Established 1914

Volume XVI, Number 41 10th Waning of Kason 1370 ME Thursday, 29 May, 2008

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

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment 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 inthe hands 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

* 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

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

YANGON, 28 May — Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence, accompanied by Chairman ofYangon Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Hla HtayWin, Chairman of Yangon City Development Com-mittee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin and officials,inspected repair of power lines, reconstruction of thedamaged buildings and clearing of trees uprooted

Lt-Gen Myint Swe supervisesclearing of fallen trees and debris,

reconstruction of buildingsduring the storm in downtown Yangon this morning.

They viewed substitution of lamp-posts alongParami, Yangon-Insein and Mindhamma Roads andreinstallation of 33 KV power lines.

They also looked into clearing of fallen treesundertaken by Tatmadawmen from Taikkyi Stationin the compound of Kamayut Basic Education HighSchool No. 1, clearing of debris carried out by work-

ers of YCDC along New University Avenue andAungzeya Road and sanitation task being carried outat Kyaikkasan Pagoda and Mingala roads inThingangyun Township by Tatmadawmen fromHmawby Station.

Later, Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspected clearing ofdebris and reconstruction of buildings in ThingangyunTownship and left necessary instructions. — MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects removal of fallen trees in the compound of No. 1 BEHS in Kamayut Township. — MNA

INSIDE

Everybody may make donations at will

In practice, every well-wisher may freely make donations. There is no

restriction, in this regard. Well-wishers may present their donations right to

the hands of the victims and go right down to any storm-hit area at will. Local

authorities do not impose any restrictions on any forms of donation at all.KYAW YE MINPAGES 8+9

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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 DesireThursday, 29 May, 2008

Ayeyawady, Bago and Yangon Divisions are

major rice producing areas and they provide not

only local consumption needs but also

international food requirements.

Over one million acres of cultivable lands

were flooded with sea water in seven townships in

Ayeyawady Division, three in Yangon Division,

two in Bago Division and three in Mon State

during the storm earlier this month. Moreover,

over 200,000 cattle were lost.

Many paddy fields and farmlands were

destroyed. Seeds, fertilizers, cattle, fuel and power-

tillers are needed for production of paddy.

In order to restart agricultural work,

companies, associations and industrial zones

provide power-tillers. Moreover, the government

will provide necessary assistance for fisheries and

salt industries in the storm-affected areas.

Power-tillers arrived in Dedaye, one of the

storm-hits townships and the farmers will reclaim

the land by using the power-tillers in their fields

with the help of drivers of Agricultural

Mechanization Department.

Necessary assistance is being provided for

livelihood of the people in some worst-hit areas in

Ayeyawady Division. In addition, the tasks for

rebuilding of towns and villages and houses are

being implemented and the needs for education,

transport, food and health care services are being

provided to the villages.

Regional development will be brought about

in storm-hit regions through the assistance of the

government and cooperation of local and foreign

donors including companies.

Speed up development ofstorm-hit areas incooperation with companies

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint presents relief supplies to storm

survivors in Yekyaw Village in Kawhmu Township. —SPED

U Kyaw Naing and Academy Daw Swe Zin

Htaik hand over relief aid to U Myint Thein

Pe, U Khant Sithu and U Aung Khaing.

MNA

YANGON, 28 May— Monasteries andreligious buildings inYangon and AyeyawadyDivisions were damagedin the storm.

Those wishing to

Wellwishers invited to donateconstruction materials

donate cash, CI sheetsand constructionmaterials forreconstruction of thedamaged monasteries andreligious buildings maycontact Director U Zarni

Win of Religious AffairsDepartment (Ph: 0986-00115 and 0951-35837),Ministry of ReligiousAffairs (Yangon Branch)on Kaba-Aye PagodaRoad and Deputy

Director U Soe Naingof Yangon DivisionReligious AffairsDepartment (Ph: 01-726088 and 0951-91507).

MNA

YANGON, 28 May— Member of NationalDisaster PreparednessCentral CommitteeMinister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint on26 May met responsiblepersons from ThawdawinConstruction Co, localauthorities and schoolheads of Basic EducationMiddle School and sevenBEPSs at Yekyaw VillageBEMS in KawhmuTownship.

They discussedreconstruction tasks of thevillages. The ministerpresented relief suppliesto the storm victims.

At KyaikhtawBEHS, the minister helda meeting withresponsible persons fromthe company, localauthorities, officials of thestation hospital and schoolheads of one BEHS andseven BEPSs, and they

Sports Minister looks into reconstruction tasksin Kawhmu Township

discussed reconstructiontasks in the villages.

After fulfilling therequirements, the ministergave relief goods to thestorm victims.

The medical teamthat accompanied the

minister provided healthcare services to 136 peoplein Yekyaw Village and150 in Kyaikhtaw (North)Village. Apart from therelief supplies provided bythe government,Thawdawin Construction

Co donated 500 bags ofrice, 1,000 CI sheets, 600bottles of purifieddrinking water, 30packages of dried noodleand 20 viss of nail to thevictims.

MNA

YANGON, 28 May —Wellwishers handed overcash and kind for the stormvictims to the groupcomprising MyanmarMotion PictureAssociation and film starswho are performing relieftasks for the storm victimsin Ayeyawady andYangon divisionsyesterday afternoon.

At the office ofMMPA in BahanTownship, U KyawNaing, ExcellentPerformance for Social

Field (Third Class)award winner, andAcademy Daw Swe ZinHtaik handed overblankets, clothes, soapsand water purified tabletsworth K 2 million for 400households donated byDr Ebrahim and DrRohani (SheiphiaHolding Co Ltd/Malaysia), U KyawNaing (ManagingDirector of Kyaw NaingAssociates, U Kan Myint(Gandama Kan MyintConstruction) U Zaw

Min (Zaw Min Trading),U Ba Tun (A-1), U ZawWin (Just Fashion), UWin Htoo (MilanoFashion), U Sein Pan(52nd Street) andAcademy Daw Swe ZinHtaik (ManagingDirector of CSG CoLtd).

Chairman ofMMPA U Myint TheinPe, actor Khant Sithu andAcademy Aung Khaingaccepted the donationsand spoke words ofthanks. —MNA

Supplies for 400 households donated

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Gas flows from the crater surrounded by hot mud in Porong, Sidoarjo district.An Indonesian “mud volcano” that has oozed sludge for two years is

collapsing under its own weight, worsening an environmental disaster thathas displaced thousands, a study said on 28 May 2008.—INTERNET

Russia warns US onmissile defence

MOSCOW, 28 May—Atop Russian generalwarned on Tuesday thatthe military will respondto US missile defense planswith countermeasures, andsaid Washington’s trust-building proposals havebogged down in diplo-matic arguments.

Lt Gen Yevgeny Buzhi-nsky told reporters thatRussia was thinking about“asymmetrical” steps ifthe United States deploys

missile defense elementsin Europe. He saidMoscow has no intentionof building a similarmissile shield, but refusedto elaborate on whatspecific measures themilitary might take.

Buzhinsky said Russiaappreciated US proposalsintended to sootheRussian concerns, butadded they were notenough to changeMoscow’s perception that

the US system wouldundermine its security.

Washington haspromised to delay acti-vating the planned newsites in Poland and theCzech Republic unlessIran proves itself animminent threat to Europe.It also offered to letRussian officers monitorthe sites to make sure theyare not directed againstRussia.

Internet

British submarine hits rocks inRed Sea, no casualties reportedLONDON, 28 May—A

nuclear-powered sub-marine of Britain’s RoyalNavy hit rocks beneath thesurface of the Red Sea,but there were nocasualties and the vesselhas now safely surfaced,the Ministry of Defencesaid Tuesday.

The collision occurred

Monday when the HMSSuperb was diving in thenorthern Red Sea, theministry said in astatement.

The Swiftsure-classattack submarine, whichdoes not carry nuclearweapons, remains water-tight and its nuclear reactorwas “completely un-

affected,” it added.A ministry spokesman

refused to reveal thevessel’s current missionin the area, which he saidwas being reassessed asits sonar was damaged.

An investigation into thecause of the accident isunderway, the ministrysaid.—Internet

Iraqi men flee

the site of a

roadside bomb

after it exploded,

in Baghdad,

Iraq, on 26 May,

2008.

INTERNET

Oil prices drop below $129NEW YORK, 28 May—

Crude futures droppedsharply to below 129 USdollars a barrel Tuesdayas the demand concernbegan to weigh on themarket.

Light, sweet crude forJuly delivery settled at128.85 dollars a barrel,trading down 3.34 dollars,on the New York Mer-cantile Exchange. And theprice continued to fall aslow as 128.18 dollars a

barrel in the after-hourelectronic trading. A seriesof supply warnings sentoil prices skyrocketing toan all-time high of 135.09dollars a barrel onThursday.

Speculative traderswere heavy sellersTuesday, cashing inprofits from last week'soil price rally. Someanalysts believed thatinvestors pulled back onthe concern that the

soaring oil and gas priceshave hurt demand for fuelduring the normally busysummer driving season.

A rising dollar, whichgained ground against theeuro on Tuesday, alsocontributed to the fall ofoil prices.

In London, Brent crudefutures for July deliveryfell 4.06 dollars to settle at128.31 dollars a barrel onthe ICE Futures Exchange.

Internet

Aftershock damages, destroysalmost 4,000 homes in NW China

Spain rescues 67 immigrants fromsea, two dead

US military deaths toll in Iraq war at 4,085WASHINGTON, 28 May—As of Tuesday, 27 May, 2008, at least 4,085 members

of the US military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003,according to an Associated Press count.

The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,328 diedas a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.

The AP count is two higher than the Defense Department’s tally, last updatedTuesday at 10 am EDT.

The British military has reported 176 deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21;Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four;Latvia, three; Estonia, Georgia, Netherlands, Thailand, Romania, two each; andAustralia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, South Korea, one death each.—Internet

A mechanic installs a bottle of compressed naturalgas into a vehicle at a garage in Bangkok on 27

May, 2008. —INTERNET

XI’AN, 28 May—Aseismic aftershock thatstruck Ningqiang Countyof northwest China’sShaanxi Province onTuesday left one personinjured, 860 houses des-troyed and 3,100 dam-aged, said a provincialgovernment official.

As of 12:30 am onWednesday, no othercasualties or losses hadbeen reported in otherparts of Shaanxi, saida spokesman of theprovincial emergency

management office.The 5.7-magnitude

aftershock hit the countyin Hanzhong City at about4 pm on Tuesday.

The province set up aquake relief headquarters

in Hanzhong immediatelyafter the tremor andordered residents inneighboring counties to beevacuated from dila-pidated houses or buildingswithcracks.—Internet

MADRID, 28 May—Spanish Coast Guard boatsrescued 67 immigrants,including two corpses, fromthe sea near the CanaryIslands on Sunday, anemergency services spokes-man said. The immigrantswere in a bad state andthree have been taken tohospital with hypothermia,a Red Cross spokesmantold state radio.

Thousands of illegalimmigrants attempt thejourney from Africa toSpain’s Canary Islandsevery year in open-toppedwooden boats. Many die

trying to reach Europe insearch of work. Mostchoose to set sail in thesummer when conditionsare less treacherous for the

crossing to the Spanishislands, which lie hundredsof miles from the Africancoast.

MNA/Reuters

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Workers vamp the inner of the Zhongshan Warship Museum with thehistorical cruiser “Zhongshan”, salvaged out of the Yangtze River on 28

January, 1997, well placed on its preset berth, as its relocation project passedformal appraisal, at Jinkou Town, Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei

Province, on 26 May, 2008. —XINHUA

LAGOS, 28 May—Nigeria’s ruling party hasretained the governorshipsof the oil-producing stateof Bayelsa and of northernSokoto in re-runs of elect-ions last year that werecondemned as not credi-ble, officials said on Sun-day. The courts had annul-led the election of ninestate governors after pollsin April last year whichforeigner observers saidwere flawed.

The People’s De-mocratic Party (PDP) haswon all four state re-runs

FRANKFURT, 28 May —One of the main suspectsin a corruption and briberyscandal that shook Germanengineering group Sie-mens will stand trial onMonday at a Munich courton charges of embezzle-ment. Reinhard Siekaczek,who worked at Siemensfor almost four decades, isaccused of expanding a

BAGHDAD, 28 May—Iraqi soldiers seized Fri-day three large weaponcaches in a mosque and ahospital during clearingoperations in Shiite militiastrongholds in Baghdad,the US military said onSunday.

Two caches containingmore than 360 AK-47assault rifles, 12 sniperrifles, anti-tank mines, 100rocket-propelled grenaderounds and multiple RPGlaunchers, were seizedfrom inside and justoutside a mosque in theShu’lah neighbourhood innorthern Baghdad, amilitary statement said.

The troops alsodiscovered remains of awoman and two men atthe site, the statement said.

A third weapons cachewas found in a hospital inBaghdad’s eastern Shiite

TEHERAN, 28 May—Iran’s majority conserva-tives on Sunday electedAli Larijani, former topnuclear negotiator, as thecandidate for speaker inthe new Parliament.

The conservativeschose Larijani by 161votes against 50 for the

LAGOS, 28 May— TheBoeing Aircraft Manu-facturing Company hasconcluded arrangements totrain Nigerian pilots andengineers on the changingtrends in aircraft piloting.

Iran conservatives supportex-N-chief for post

of speakeroutgoing speaker GholamAli Haddad Adel, theofficial IRNA newsagency reported.

Larijani quit as topnuclear negotiator lastyear and was elected toParliament in March.

Conservatives secureda majority in the new

Parliament, winning 69per cent of the 290 seatsin elections in March.

The new parliamentwill hold its first meetingon Tuesday, but it is notclear whether the speakerwould be officiallyelected the same day.

MNA/Xinhua

Nigeria ruling party wins twore-run elections

so far held, with victoriesin central Kogi state inMarch and in northeastAdamawa state lastmonth.

The national electoralbody said on state tele-vision that Aliyu Wamak-ko polled 562,395 votesin the election in Sokototo defeat his closest rivalMaigari Dingyadi of theDemocratic PeoplesParty, who had 124,046votes.

In Bayelsa, TimipreSlyva scored a landslideagainst Ebitimi Amgbare

of the opposition ActionCongress Party, electoralofficials said.

The rerun governorshippolls on Saturday weregenerally peaceful, butturnout was low, localmedia said.

The April 2007 elect-ions were billed as ademocratic landmark inAfrica’s top oil producingnation, marking the firsttransfer of power from oneelected leader to anothersince independence fromBritain in 1960.

MNA/Reuters

Iraqi troops seize weapons in BaghdadShiite bastions

slum of Sadr City, it said.The cache contained

more than 100 rocket-propelled grenade rounds,60 home-made grenades,explosives and ammu-nition, it added.

According to the milit-ary, US and Iraqi troops

seized up 38 caches in SadrCity since Sadr’s MahdiArmy militiamen struck adeal in May 10 with theIraqi Government that letthe troops to enter Shiiteneighbourhoods and havea greater control of thestreets. — MNA/Xinhua

Prime suspect to stand trial in Siemensbribery scandal

system of funds for bribesto win contracts andsetting up a network offront firms to facilitate thetransfer of cash.

The scandal, whichresulted in one of thebiggest bribery investi-gations in German cor-porate history andprompted the departure ofthe company’s chairman,

Heinrich von Pierer, aswell as its chief executive,has tarnished the image ofa German industrial icon.

The court, which hasallotted 15 days for thetrial, is expected to heartestimony from von Piererand Thomas Ganswindt,who used to run Siemens’stelecoms business.

MNA/Reuters

US company to train Nigerian pilots,engineers

according to local reportson Monday.

Sam Adurogboye,Media Assistant in theNigerian Civil AviationAuthority (NCAA), toldnewsmen Sunday in

Lagos that the programmewould focus on flightoperators and pilottraining.

Adurogboye said thetraining became necessarybecause Boeing had 70 percent of the air crafts flyingNigeria’s airspace.

He said the programmewould be sponsored by thecompany, in partnershipwith the NCAA.

MNA/Xinhua

This image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech/

University of Arizona shows a view of Martian

northern polar region made by the Surface Stereo

Imager Right on NASA’s Phoenix Mars

Lander.—INTERNET

A team of Australian archaeologists are seen working in an excavation site inFromelle, northern France, Wednesday, May 28, 2008, the scene of a World

War I battlefield.—INTERNET

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Shoppers pick up vegetables in a supermarket in Hanoi,Vietnam, on 27 May,2008. Rising food and construction costs drove Vietnam’s inflation rate to 25

percent in May, the highest rate in more than a decade.—INTERNET

A double-headed red-eared slider turtle“Takara,” named after aboy who found it at a parknearby and meaning“treasure” in Japanese,is shown in Moriyama,western Japan 27 May,2008. Researchers say itis very rare for such aturtle to be found aliveand added that it is highlyunlikely that the causewas due to pollution butrather a naturalphenomenon. —XINHUA

243 aftershocks monitored in quake zonefrom Tuesday noon to Wednesday noonBEIJING, 28 May—A

total of 243 aftershockswere monitored in quake-affected zones betweenTuesday noon andWednesday noon,according to the ChinaSeismological Bureau.

The aftershocks includeda magnitude 5.7 tremorcentering on NingqiangCounty of northwestChina’s Shaanxi Province

at 4:37 pm Tuesday, and amagnitude 5.4 jolt whichstruck Qingchuan Countyof Sichuan Provincearound 4:03 pm Tuesday.

They also included threeaftershocks measuredabove magnitude 4,and238 very feeble shocksbelow magnitude 3.9,sources with the bureausaid.

As of Wednesday noon,

8,911 aftershocks had beenmonitored in the quake-hitareas, according to thebureau.

A devastating earth-quake measuring 8 on theRichter scale rockedWenchuan County ofSichuan on 12 May,leading to 68,109 deathsnationwide as ofWednesday noon.

Internet

Indonesia finds largeoffshore gas reserve

JAKARTA, 28 May—A survey team has discovered amajor gas deposit with estimated reserve of 10 trillioncubic feet in Indonesia's West Timor Sea off East NusaTenggara province, local press said Wednesday.

The survey was conducted by Inpex Masela Ltd,which established partnership with state-run oil andgas firm Pertamina, reported the national Antara newsagency, citing government officials.

Ferdi Tanoni, who leads a working group on theoffshore exploration in the West Timor Sea, urged thegovernment to order Inpex Masela to begin exploitingthe gas deposits for immediate benefits.—Internet

Iran says ElBaradei report approvesits peaceful use of nuke program

VIENNA, 28 May—Iranian Ambassador toIAEA Ali AsgharSoltanieh said hereTuesday the report of theIAEA Director GeneralMohamed ElBaradeiapproved that all atomicprograms of Iran are forpeaceful use and nonuclear-related militaryprograms were found.

He reaffirmed that Iranhad clarified all un-

resolved problems, sayingthat “we have madenecessary explanations” toall questions and Iranwould continue “co-operating with IAEA.”

However, some mediapointed out that El-Baradei’s latest report,which was circulatedMonday evening to theUN Security Council andthe IAEA Board ofGovernors still showed

serious concern on thenuclear programs of Iran.

Therefore, the agencywould require “sub-stantive explanations”from Iran to support itsstatements on the allegedstudies and otherinformation with apossible military dimen-sion.

Some media even saidthe report mentioned Iran'suranium enrichmentfacilities were still onincrease.

So far the report has notbeen published. However,according to media inVienna, this draft reportwas a development on thereport which waspublished on 22 Feb, andsaid Iran did not offerenough explanation onsome problems, especiallythose ranged over highexplosives testing and themissile re-entry vehicleproject as well as uranium-related components.

Internet

Heavy snowstorm kills 21in Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, 28 May—At least 21 people werefrozen to death in a heavy snowstorm which sweptthrough seven provinces in Mongolia since Monday,said the Mongolian General Authority for EmergencyManagement (GAEM) Wednesday.

Now the GAEM is still in search of 51 people whogot lost in the snowstorm.

In the eastern province of Suhbaatar, the wind speedhad once reached 40 meters per second.

The snowstorm has also caused damage tobuildings and electronic infrastructure, accordingto the GAEM.

Snowstorms usually occur in spring in Mongolia.Internet

A traditional wind tower is seen on top of a building, in the old quarter ofDubai’s Bastakiya, on 15 May, 2008.—INTERNET

Rising food prices hurting poorest in war zonesGENEVA, 28 May—Millions of

people already suffering because ofarmed conflicts are likely to beparticularly hard hit by the currentincrease in food prices, the InternationalCommittee of the Red Cross (ICRC)warned on Tuesday.

“The recent rise in food and fuelprices is making life even harder forpoor people already struggling to copewith the effects of war and internalviolence,” said ICRC President JakobKellenberger in a statement.

“This is especially the case incountries such as Chad, Somalia,Yemen, Afghanistan and Haiti,” he said.

In its annual report on 2007, whichwas released on Tuesday, ICRCannounced a total expenditure of 944million Swiss francs (about 917 millionU.S. dollars), with 45 percent of fieldexpenditure last year going to Africaand 21 percent to the Middle East.

The welfare of people forced by

fighting to flee their homes continuedto be a priority for the ICRC.

In 2007 it assisted more than 4million internally displaced people—around half a million more than in 2006—especially in places not covered byother organizations on security grounds.

Kellenberger expressed concernthat in many armed conflicts, civiliansare being specifically targeted, witheffects that devastate the lives ofmillions of men, women and children.

“This report draws attention to thecountless violations of internationalhumanitarian law that we witnessedthroughout the world last year and itdocuments the ICRC’s efforts to put astop to those violations,” he said.

“Greater respect for the law wouldmean fewer civilians being killed orwounded, fewer women and girls beingraped, and fewer people forced to leavetheir homes,” he added.

Internet

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NAY PYI TAW, 28May—A ceremony toobserve School EnrollmentDay for 2008-09 academicyear was held at No 6 BasicEducation High School,here, yesterday morning.

Students sang schoolenrollment song at theceremony. Commander ofNay Pyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin madea speech.

Chairman of CentralLeading Committee for

Nay Pyi Taw observesenrollment day ceremony

Enrollment of All School-Age Children Minister forEducation Dr Chan Nyeinalso spoke.

The commanderpresented stipend for NayPyi Taw Pyinmana, NayPyi Taw Tatkon, Nay PyiTaw Lewe Townships inNay Pyi Taw PyinmanaDistrict to chairmen oftownship Peace andDevelopment Councils.

The minister alsopresented textbooks for

kindergarten in threetownships to the respectivetownship educationofficers.

Deputy Minister forEducation U Myo Nyuntaccepted cash donationsfrom the wellwishers anddonors.

Next,the commanderand party inspectedmeasures taken for schoolenrollment for 2008-09academic year.

MNA

YANGON, 28 May—Waidi Shoe Store and LilyShoe Collection familydonated 2,050 pairs offoreign-made slippersworth K 17.5 million to

Slippers donated to storm victimsstorm victims atMaykhalar Hall of FireServices Department(Head Office) inMayangon Townshipyesterday afternoon.

Deputy Minister for SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement Brig-GenKyaw Myint accepted theslippers and thanked thedonors.—MNA

Seven schools in Labutta Tsp restoredYANGON, 28 May— A

total of seven schoolsincluding Nos 1 and 2Basic Education HighSchools and BEPSs havealready been repaired inLabutta.

The schools in thetownship were destroyedby the storm.

The damaged schoolsare being repaired byearnest efforts of Naing-Ngan Thar Companiesunder the close

supervision of Member ofthe National DisasterPreparedness CentralCommittee Minister forCooperatives Maj-GenTin Htut.

The roof-damagedschools are also beingrenovated village-wise.The repair tasks have tobe completed before theschool season.

MNA

A & I Minister receives WHO officialsYANGON, 28 May—

Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation Maj-GenHtay Oo received DeputyDirector-General of Foodand Agriculture Organi-zation and ResidentRepresentative for Asiaand Pacific Region

Mr He Chaung Chui andActing Resident Re-presentative of FAO toMyanmar Mr Leon Gounsat Irrigation Departmentin Yankin Township on25 May.

They cordially dis-cussed matters relating to

works to be done forregenerating of farming instorm-hit areas andprogrammes for boostingof rice production in otherregions in order to saverice production decline instorm-affected areas.

MNA

Relief aids shipped toBogale, MawlamyinegyunYANGON, 28 May — Shwenady ship, carrying relief

aids, shipped to Bogale and Mawlamyinegyun fromPhonegyi Street No 1 jetty, here yesterday afternoon.

The ship was loaded with 140 tons of foodstuff,clothes, tarpaulin rolls, generators, water purifiers,blankets, drinking water bottles and medicines donatedby local and foreign donors.

MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin presents stipend for students inNay Pyi Taw Pyinmana District. — MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo receives Deputy Director-General Mr HeChaung Chui and Acting Resident Representative Mr Leon Gouns

of FAO. — A & I

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Myint accepts slippers worth K 17.5million donated by a wellwisher. — MNA

A truck is loaded with power-tillers to be sent to Ayeyawady Division. —MNA

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Cash donated to MWAFYANGON, 28 May—

A ceremony to donatecash to the MyanmarWomen’s AffairsFederation took place atthe federation today.

President of thefederation Daw KhinKhin Win accepted thedonations and presentedcertificates of honour to

Deputy Minister consolesstorm victim patientsYANGON, 28 May –

Deputy Minister for HealthDr Mya Oo met with thedeputy directors-general,directors and deputydirectors of HealthDepartment at the meetinghall of Central MedicalStore Depot this morningand gave instructions onsending medical teams,storage of medicines,systematic providing ofmedicines and preventivemeasures against diarrhoeaand infectious diseases.

The deputy ministerinspected storage of

medicines and medicalequipment donated byinternational communityand distribution andpackaging processes.

Next, the deputyminister and party visitedYangon General Hospitaland consoled the stormpatients who are undergoingtreatments at the operationtheaters and surgical wards.The deputy ministerpresented cash assistance tomidwife Daw Khin MarAye from PyaponTownship and attended tothe needs. – MNA

the donors.Vice-President Daw

Khin Thet Htay and CECmembers were among theattendees.

DENT MyanmarDental Centre presented K1,000,000 and Dr Tun MinLatt-Dr Win Min Soe ofAllure Group, K 1,000,000to the federation.—MNA

Supplies from abroad arrivingat Yangon International Airport

YANGON, 28 May —AN-12 flight carrying13.601 tons of emptybottles for purified water,water purifiers andequipment, waterpurifying tablets,mosquito nets, stoves,tarpaulins and healthequipment donated byThai-based WFP, IL-76flight carrying 38.925 tonsof blankets, mosquito nets,plastic rolls and kitchenutensils by Dubai-basedUNHCR of UAE, C-130carrying 11.9 tons of eggs,dried noodle and clothesby U Aung Myaing and ULin Kyi of Thailandthrough the office ofMyanmar MilitaryAttaché Office four C-130flights carrying 36 tons ofmosquito nets, driednoodle and eggs by theUS, A-300 flight carrying38.58 tons of plastic rollsby Reletx Relief Suppliesof the UK, two MD-11flights carrying 149.96tons of foods, medicines,

milk and tents by SaudiArabia and DG-8 flightcarrying 36.99 tons ofhealth equipment andempty plastic drums of theDoctors Without Borderbased in Indonesia arrivedat Yangon InternationalAirport today.

The relief supplies

donated from abroad forthe storm victims havebeen arriving by air and bysea. Officials accepted thedonations at the airport andports systematically anddistributed them to thestorm-hit regions withoutdelay.

MNA

Painting Exhibition to be held to raisefunds for storm victim artists

YANGON, 28 May—The executives’ meetingof Myanmar TraditionalArtists and ArtisansOrganization (Central)was held at the meetinghall of Bogyoke Marketrecently, attended byVice-Chairmen U ThantSin (a) Bagyi Hla Tin Tun,U Saw Hlaing, U AungThein, Secretary U KyiWin (Today), Joint-

Secretary U Mya Lwinand executives.

The meeting decidedto organize a paintingexhibition to raise fundsfor storm victim artists atthe office of theorganization from 17 to26 June. Those wishing toparticipate in the fund-raising painting exhibitionare to deliver theirpaintings to the office not

later than 10 June.CEC member artist U

Min Wai Aung and wifeDaw Than Than Maw(New Treasure ArtGallery) and U HtayAung of Intha Gallerydonated rice and cash forthe first time. Thosewishing to donate maycontact the organization(Central).

H

President of MWAF

Daw Khin Khin Win

accepts K 1 million

donated by Myanmar

Dental Centre.

�MNA

Volunteers

unloading

relief aids

from a

plane at

Yangon

Interna-

tional

Airport.

MNA

Deputy Minister DrMya Oo comforts

storm victimsreceiving treatmentat Yangon GeneralHospital. — MNA

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 29 May, 2008

Myanmar has been hit by the cyclone ‘Nargis’.The storm is the severest of its kind in the course

of Myanmar history. So, it destroyed houses andbuildings in seven townships in Ayeyawady Divisionand 40 townships in Yangon Division and triggeredtidal waves, killing a huge number of human beingsand animals. Some villages, farm huts and fisheryhuts were swept away.

So, the National Disaster Preparedness CentralCommittee steered by the Prime Minister held anemergency meeting during the period of the storm on3 May, Then, rescue and relief tasks were launched assoon as possible. Rescue and resettlement workswere carried out with might and main at the nationallevel. As a result, a large number of the homelesspeople had been rescued and more than 1,064,000homeless people could be evacuated andaccommodated in five base camps, 15 transit campsand 12 forward camps. Moreover, drinking waterand food supplies were distributed by motorboat andby helicopter in the storm-hit areas stretching to thefar-flung areas.

Now, rescue tasks have been carried out to acertain degree. And food supplies, water, clothes andshelters have been provided for the victims to continueto survive. The success is largely due to the donationsmade by internal and international donors. It iscommon knowledge that the relief supplies are beingdelivered by car, by helicopter, by motorboat, byvessel and by naval ship as soon as possible to thevictims.

Now, the victims have an easy access to food andclothes. Huts are being built for enabling them toresume their agricultural works in the upcomingmonsoon. In the process, some huts are built of woodand bamboo and some, of tarpaulin sheets and plasticsheets donated by well-wishers. Plans are under wayto roof schools, hospitals, departmental offices and

Everybody may make donations at willKyaw Ye Min

houses with corrugated zinc sheets. In doing so, thedonations of local and foreign donors play a dominantrole, and we are deeply grateful to them.

The government spent initially five billion kaytson the relief and rehabilitation tasks. So far, it has spent70 billion kyats. The amount of the cash assistance andrelief aid donated by foreign countries, INGOs, NGOs,the United Nations and its agencies, and individualdonors is also very huge. The people’s significantcontribution of cash and kind, and voluntary servicewell reflects their generosity and deserves recognition.

The pace of rescue and resettlement has picked upmomentum. As the second phase, it is required to fulfiltheir requirements for enabling to resume their farming,fishery, salt farming, as well as to reconstruct houses,schools, hospitals and saltern kilns, and to providecattle, tractors, paddy seeds for cultivation, trawlers,fishing nets and saltern kilns. In this connextion, theASEAN-UN International Pledging Conference washeld in Yangon very recently. The international andlocal relief aid will continue to play an important role.

We Myanmar people by nature are never hesitantto make donations due to the religious teaching. We areready not only to donate cash and kind but also tosacrifice life and limb, if necessary, as evidenced bythe generous donations being made continuously bythe people from the four corners of the nation to thevictims to the cyclone ‘Nargis’. The amount of cashand kind donated by the people is very encouraging. Itis very heartening to hear the generous donations andI have sympathetic joy for the victims accepting thesupplies.

Nonetheless, these days, certain foreign radiostations are airing repeatedly some news stories asthough the government has forbidden donations to thestorm victims, and donors are not in a position todonate supplies to the victims freely, with the intentionof misleading the people into misunderstanding the

situations. In fact, those news stories are groundless.Such news stories are absolutely unacceptable toMyanmar, a Buddhist country, whose people are verygenerous to others.

In practice, every well-wisher may freely makedonations. There is no restriction, in this regard.Well-wishers may present their donations right tothe hands of the victims and go right down to anystorm-hit area at will. Local authorities do notimpose any restrictions on any forms of donationat all. Now, even well-wishers are invited to donatethings to the storm-affected areas, let aloneimposing restrictions on the donors. The more thepeople provide supplies, the greater benefit thevictims will enjoy.

Here, I would like to present what I have heardfrom some witnesses and the stories relayed by somepeople so that well-wishers and donors can weigh therumours. As far as I am concerned, in some regions,the people dropped snacks and things from the movingvehicles, and as a result, a large number of peoplewere waiting along the roads for supplies. Maybesome of them were storm-victims, whereas somewere opportunists. No one can know exactly wherethose waiting for vehicles along the roads are fromand who they are.

Supposing they were victims, the people shouldrecognize the status of the victims. The victimsalong the roads were in a scramble to get thedropped things from the vehicles. I would say thatcan tarnish the image of the country and thepeople, and downgrade the status of the victims.In addition, that can have adverse effects on thegenerosity of the donors. Indeed, the donors shouldshow their respect in presenting their donations,while the victims should accept the donations in allmodesty. There might be conflicts between victims,jostling each other for the supplies from the movingvehicles. If the conflict between two victims growsinto that between two villages, and then betweentwo village-tracts, it will not be worth it for thedonors. Moreover, the donors may get evilconsequences, rather than fruitful benefits. Thatis a notable point.

Another possible point is that the victims gatherinto a large crowd and they might stop the vehiclesby force for things. And they might not allow a carto move on if the passengers do not make anydonations to them. If so, charity may grow into arobbery without violence. There should not besuch incidents. Some said that they had witnessedsuch incidents. I learnt that in their trip to theareas to donate things, some donors had to sparesome of their supplies to present to the peoplewaiting along the roads in order to avoid possiblehostility. Donors were embarrassed in their tripsto the storm-hit areas.

(See page 9)

Now, some persons are trying to exploit the

natural disaster for political gains. I do not

want any unnecessary restrictions on the

people who are willing to make donations.

Therefore, it is required of the donors to be

vigilant against the real purposes of so-called

donors trying to attain political gains.

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Everybody may make donations at willKyaw Ye Min

Every well-wisher may freely make donations.There is no restriction, in this regard.

Well-wishers may present their donations rightto the hands of the victims and go right down toany storm-hit area at will.

Local authorities do not impose any restrictionson any forms of donation at all.

Now, even well-wishers are invited to donatethings to the storm-affected areas, let aloneimposing restrictions on the donors.

(from page 8)It is also learnt that township level authorities

going around the township concerned warned withthe use of loudspeakers that some people weredropping things from the vehicles to the victims,thereby arousing the covetousness of non-victims;and that donors were requested not to make donationsalong the roads and to cooperate with respectiverelief committees to donate things. I would like thedonors to understand and accept that dropping thingsfrom moving vehicles to the victims along the roadsmay harm the character of local victims.

Some of such donors are making donationsdesigned for political gains. In some cases, suchpeople in disguise of donors incited a riot by provokingthe outrage of the crowd on the road. Some shot thescenes in which people were in a scramble to getmoney and things dropped from moving vehicles andsold the tapes and photos to foreign media at theexpense of the image of the nation and the people. Ifforeigners, watching those tapes and looking at thosephotos, misunderstand the status of our country, theimage and dignity of the nation and the people will godown the drain. That is food for thought.

Now, some persons are trying to exploit thenatural disaster for political gains. I do not wantany unnecessary restrictions on the people whoare willing to make donations. Therefore, it isrequired of the donors to be vigilant against thereal purposes of so-called donors trying to attainpolitical gains.

I would like to present a true story. A team madeup of the chairman of Pathein NLD, the secretary andmembers gave away a one-thousand kyat note each tothe victims at the relief camp in Pathein BasicEducation High School (3). After giving away 34notes, they engaged in conflict with local authorities.So, they stopped giving away the notes. If theirdonation was based on goodwill, they should presentall the notes to the victims. Some of the victims who

had not got a one-thousand kyat note left the camp toshow their dissatisfaction. So, officials concerned hadto meet and organize them and make arrangements fortheir convenience to proceed to their destinations.Indeed, it is NLD that incited the outrage of the victimsunder the pretext of donation. Officials had to addressthe issue crated by the NLD.

The government and the people are nowworking in collaboration in carrying outrehabilitation tasks at the national level.International community is making significantcontribution towards the drive. In such a situation,NLD is trying to exploit the situation politically,instead of cooperating with the people. That eventwas a profound evidence that NLD is attempting toincite the outrage of the victims and problems, andto make the public outrage go into riots. I would saythat evidence showed the selfishness and coarsemanners of NLD.

In conclusion, remarkable success will beachieved in the rescue, resettlement andrehabilitation tasks and supply of relief aid in thecamps only if the government, the people and theTatmadaw work hard in harness. In this regard,the contribution of the people is greater than thatof the other two. The people’s donations of funds,relief and voluntary service play a crucial role. So,every citizen is urged to make donations to thevictims. They may present cash or kind right inthe hands of the persons and may go down to anystorm-hit area of their choice. However, theyshould take care in doing so in order thatunscrupulous persons cannot exploit the situationsfor political gains, and their donation may nottarnish the image of the nation and the people.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin + Kyemon (27-5-2008)

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YANGON, 28 May— Myanmar Maternaland Child Welfare

MMCWA donates reliefsupplies in Maubin

Association donatedrelief supplies topregnant women,students and childrenvictims at relief campsin Maubin township,Ayeyawady Division on26 May.

Secretary ofMMCWA Dr Daw WaiWai Tha, CEC memberDr Daw Nilar Thaw,Chairperson ofAyeyawady DivisionMaternal and ChildWelfare SupervisoryCommittee Daw WinWin Maw andresponsible persons

handed over diapers,vitamins and iron tabletsfor pregnant women,uniforms and stationeriesfor students and snacksfor children at all reliefcamps.

Later, Chair-persons of district andtownship MCWAsaccepted K 0.5 m donatedby MMCWA to Maubintownship MCWA andpresented certificates ofhonour.

MMCWA alsodonated medicines to thematernity clinic ofgeneral hospital.— MNA

Secretary of MMCWA Dr Daw Wai Wai Thaand CEC member Dr Daw Nilar Thaw present

cash to Maubin Township MCWA.—MNA

Deputy Minister for Finance and RevenueCol Hla Thein Swe accepts US $ 100,000

donated by Dr Yang Junchen (GM) ofKingbao Mining Ltd to storm victims

on 28 May, 2008.—MNA

YANGON, 28 May—Wellwishers aredonating cash and kindcontinuously to the storm

Wood Craft Int’L Pte Ltd donates16.6 tons of rice

victims. On 17 May,Singapore-based WoodCraft International PteLtd donated 350 bags of

rice weighing 16.6 tonsto storm victims inBogale.

MNA

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A student plays the role of a suicide bomber during an outdoor pantomimeplay in Baghdad, on 25 May, 2008. Fine arts students from Baghdad

University took part in a play about the security situation in Iraq before anaudience in Baghdad.—INTERNET

Russian policemen guard the area where a Russian An-12 cargo planecrashed in 2007, four kilometres from Domodedovo airport, outside Moscow.A cargo plane crashed as it prepared to land in the city of Chelyabinsk in the

Urals region of Russia on Monday, killing all nine people aboard, aspokeswoman for the emergency situations ministry said.—INTERNET

Nepali parties agree oncriteria for 26 CA members KATHMANDU, 28 May — The three Nepali largest

parties have agreed to share 26 seats to be nominatedby the Cabinet from amongst nine political partieswhich have secured at least seven seats in theConstituent Assembly (CA).

According to Monday’s The Kathmandu Post, thisagreement was made during a meeting of the NepaliCongress, the Communist Party Nepal-Unified MarxistLeninist (CPN-UML) and the Communist Party ofNepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) leaders held in Kathmanduon Sunday.

According to the agreement, the CPN-Maoists willrecommend nine names, NC and CPN-UML fiveeach, Madheshi People’s Rights Forum two and oneeach by other five parties.

Out of the 26 members, the parties will nominate 10members from the ethnic communities recommendedby the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities(NEFIN). The NEFIN has been demanding at least 13seats for the 22 communities that have goneunrepresented in the CA.

Indonesia gains

support for virus

sharing proposal JAKARTA, 28 May —

Indonesia’s proposal fora virus-sharing mecha-nism to benefit develop-ing nations has gained amajor boost, with 112countries throwing theirweight behind the idea, asenior official hasclaimed.

The support wasexpressed at the recentNon-Aligned Movement(NAM) Health MinistersMeeting which wasattended by represen-tatives of 193 countries,Health Minister SitiFadilah Supari wasquoted Monday by majornewspaper The JakartaPost as saying.

Siti said the supportingparticipants praisedIndonesia’s ResponsibleVirus Sharing andBenefits Sharing proposalas “more transparent, fairand equal” for developingcountries.

“We received moraland political support fromhealth ministers fromEngland, Russia, Iran andAustralia,” she said.

“Russia, for example,offered cooperation in thefield of healthcare, suchas by providing trainingfor medical workers, andwith the production ofmedicines and a new avianflu vaccine.”

MNA/Xinhua

Displaced immigrants at a temporary camp setup outside the Primrose Methodist Church, eastof Johannesburg, prepare for the day ahead on

25 May, 2008. While the violence was dyingdown, thousands of displaced people remainedin camps and foreigners were streaming back

home.—INTERNET

Pakistan talks lead to more Afghan attacks KABUL, 28 May—

Peace talks between thePakistani Governmentand Taleban militantshave already led to anincrease in insurgentattacks in Afghanistan,NATO said on Sunday.

Faced with a wave ofsuicide attacks, Pakistanhas begun negotiationswith Taleban militantswho control much of themountainous region on itsside of the border withAfghanistan and thinnedout the number of itstroops in the area.

Whatever the results ofthe talks, PakistaniTaleban leader BaitullahMehsud on Saturdayvowed to carry on fightingAfghan and foreign forcesin Afghanistan.

“We have seenincreased activity in theeastern part of the country

especially, which webelieve can only beattributed to the de factoceasefires and a reductionof Pakistani military

activity,” NATO’scivilian spokesman inAfghanistan Mark Laitytold a news conference.

MNA/Reuters

Man sentenced to death overkilling Mayor of Nagasaki

TOKYO, 28 May— Agangster accused ofshooting Nagasaki MayorItcho Ito to death last Aprilwas convicted andsentenced to death penaltyon Monday by the

Nagasaki District Court. Tetsuya Shiroo, 60,

shot the mayor twice inthe back with a pistolduring the mayor’scampaigning for re-election in front of thecity’s central railwaystation on the evening of17 April , 2007. The mayordied the next morning inhospital due to loss ofblood.

Prosecutors said Shiroocommitted the crime due togrievance over themunicipal government’spolicy which put him infinancial trouble. Pro-secutors said the crime wasan act of terrorism and theultimate violence againstauthorities.—MNA/Xinhua

MNA/Xinhua

Dem lawyers: Fla, Mich can’t befully restored

WASHINGTON, 28 May— A Democratic Partyrules committee has theauthority to seat somedelegates from Michiganand Florida but not fullyrestore the two states asHillary Rodham Clintonwants, according to partylawyers.

Democratic NationalCommittee rules requirethat the two states lose atleast half of theirconvention delegates forholding elections too early,the party's legal expertswrote in a 38-page memo.

The memo was sent lateTuesday to the 30 members

of the party's Rules andBylaws Committee, whichplans to meet Saturday at aWashington hotel.

The committee isconsidering ways toinclude the two importantgeneral electionbattlegrounds at thenominating convention inAugust, and the staffanalysis says seating halfthe delegates is “as far asit legally can” go.

Saturday's meeting isexpected to draw a largecrowd, with Clintonsupporters among those

encouraging a protestoutside demanding that allthe states' delegates beseated. Proponents of fullreseating have mailedcommittee membersFlorida oranges and pairsof shoes to get theirattention.

DNC officials areconcerned about apotentially large turnout atthe “Count Every Vote”rally outside the event andhave asked the hotel staff toincrease security to keepeveryone safe.

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Visitors look at the a sculpted work named as Labyrinth and Enticement, among45 pieces of sculptures by graduate and postgraduate students of China Academyof Art at their schooling conclusion year of 2008 on an exhibition at Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 27 May, 2008. —INTERNET

Palestinian fishermen take fish out of their nets at sunrise to Gaza City. on 26May, 2008. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told lawmakers Monday thatIsrael would not agree to open a key Gaza crossing explicity rejecting a chief

condition Hamas militants have set for any truce with Israel.—INTERNET

Asia’s biggest colourlessdiamond sold for $6.2m

Obama competitive againstMcCain with key voters

Iran may limit cooperation withnuclear watchdog

Thousands seeking refuge near Cape of Good Hope

WASHINGTON, 28 May— Barack Obama hasdone poorly in theDemocratic primarieswith women, Catholicsand others who will bepivotal in this fall'spresidential election. Yetearly polling shows thatwith several of thesegroups, he's competitivewhen matched againstRepublican JohnMcCain.

A look at voters whohave been closelycontested in recentpresidential elections ó orveered from one party tothe other, making themtrue swing groups ó showsa significant number haveleaned toward Obama'srival, Hillary RodhamClinton, in the primaries.Besides women andCatholics, these includethe elderly, the lesseducated andsuburbanites, leadingClinton to argue that thismakes her the Democrats'

stronger candidate for thefall campaign.

Yet Obama'sperformance with thesevoters in the primariesdoesn't necessarily meanhe'd do poorly with themin the general election,assuming he nails downthe last few conventiondelegates he needs to winthe nomination.

Polls this month showthe Illinois senator leadingMcCain among women,running even with him

among Catholics andsuburbanites and trailinghim with people over age65. Results vary by pollfor those without collegedegrees. And thoughObama trails decisivelywith a group that hasshunned him againstClinton ó whites who havenot completed college óhe's doing about the samewith them as the past twoDemocratic presidentialcandidates.

Internet

TEHERAN, 28 May —Iran's new parliamentspeaker warnedWednesday that Tehrancould impose new limitson its cooperation withthe U.N. nuclearwatchdog after a criticalreport from the agency.

Ali Larijani, formerlythe country's top nuclearnegotiator, wasoverwhelmingly electedas parliament speakerWednesday. Momentslater, he told parliamentthat a new report by theInternational AtomicEnergy Agency was“deplorable.”

The unusually stronglyworded report issuedMonday said Iran may bewithholding information

needed to establishwhether it tried to makenuclear weapons.

“We recommend themnot to clandestinely keeppassing Iran’s nucleardossier between the IAEAand 5-plus-1 group. Thisparliament won’t allowsuch deception,” Larijanitold an open session ofparliament broadcast liveon state-run radio.

He was referring toIAEA reports andpermanent members ofthe UN Security Councilplus Germany. Thecouncil has imposed threesets of sanctions againstIran for its refusal to haltenriching uranium ó aprocess that can be usedto generate electricity or

nuclear arms."Should this behavior

continue, the parliament... will set new limits oncooperation with theIAEA," Larijani said.

Internet

CAPE TOWN, (SouthAfrica), 28 May — One ofSouth Africa's mostfamous beauty spots isnow a scene of disgrace.Just out of sight of the tourbuses that flock to the Capeof Good Hope, more than2,000 foreigners arecrammed into a makeshiftrefugee camp on the shoresof the Atlantic, seekingprotection fromxenophobic attacks thathave killed more than 50

people across the countryand devastated SouthAfrica's image as a havenof stability.

Nearly 19,000 peopleare in shelters after fleeingCape Town over theweekend as the violencespread from Johannesburgto the so-called MotherCity, which prides itself ontolerance and is the jewelin South Africa's touristcrown.

"These attacks threaten

to negate the gains we havemade since the end ofapartheid," Chief JusticePius Langa told a sombercrowd in Cape Town'scathedral on Tuesday.

"Are we as a societygoing to allow ourselvesto be sabotaged?" saidLanga, who like many inthe congregation worea T-shirt emblazonedwith the word"foreigner."

Internet

HONG KONG, 28 May —A 101.27-carat diamond thesize of a squash ball and thelargest colorless stone to beauctioned in Asia, hasfetched $6.2 million at aChristie's sale in HongKong on Wednesday.

The gem, which isinternally flawless but ratedVVS1 (very very slightlyimperfect 1st degree) for

clarity was sold after patchybidding for HK$48.5million including thebuyer's premium, arelatively low per-caratprice and at the low-end ofits pre-sale estimate.

The diamond is thelargest colorless diamondto appear at auction in 18years and one of only threecolorless diamonds of over100-carats ever to beauctioned, Christie's said.It was also the biggestcolorless diamond ever tobe sold in Asia.

While rare polisheddiamonds achieved all-timehighs per carat at sales inGeneva late last year, amuch-hyped 72.22 carat"D" flawless white diamondfailed to sell at a Sotheby’sHong Kong auction inApril, suggesting demandfor top stones may bewaning due to a weakeningworld economy.—Internet

G-8 ministers announced 3Raction plan at Kobe meeting

KOBE (Japan), 28May—The G-8 environ-ment ministers issued“Kobe 3R Action Plan”Monday in a bid to promotethe efficient use ofresources and theharmonization of theenvironment and theeconomy.

By promoting sustain-able consumption andproduction, the 3Rs(Reduce, Reuse andRecycle) activities cancontribute to increases inresource productivityand decoupling resourceconsumption and env-ironmental degrada-tion

caused by economicactivities, said the plan,which was released towardthe conclusion of the G-8environment ministersmeeting.

Calling for highpriority to wastereduction and concreteactions such as reducingthe use of disposableplastic bags and othersingle-use consumerproducts, the plan alsoadvocated effectiveutilization of waste asone of the alternativesources of energy tofossil fuel resources bydeveloping and utilizing

technologies that helpgenerate heat and powerfrom organic and otherwastes.

It is of great significanceto collaborate to improve3Rs capacity in developingcountries by helping themdevelop databases, in-formation sharing andmonitoring mechanisms,3Rs-related institutionaldesign and policyplanning.

The 3Rs, along withbiodiversity and climatechange, was one of the threemajor themes discussed atthe three-day ministerialmeeting.—MNA/Xinhua

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S MYANMAR IVANHOE COPPER COMPANY LIMITED (TENDER NOTICE)TENDER NO. (IFB No. CCS-03-08)Sale of an estimated (4,000 metric tones) of copper cathode from MICCL S&K Mine site in Monywa,Myanmar.Interested buyer may quote for the whole 4,000 metric tonnes or for a minimum quantity of 1,000metric tonnes.CLOSING DATE & TIME: 12th June 2008 at 12:00 noonTender documents are available at the following address or can be accessed at www.miccl.com.mm. Anyqueries can be done between 10 am to 4pm at MICCL Yangon office before the tender closing date.Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Limited70(I) Bo Chein Street, Pyay Road, Hlaing TownshipYangon, Myanmar (Tel: (95) 1-514194 to 7/ Fax: (95) 1 514208/ Email: miccl@miccl.com.mm)

Protests banned as Nepal set to abolish monarchy

A hippo swims in the surf at Thompsons Bay,about 50 km (31 miles) from Durban, 27 May,

2008. It is thought that the lone young male hippohas wandered from its habitat in Richards Bay.

XINHUA

Six killed, thousand injured asstrong aftershock hits ChinaHANZHOU (Shaanxi), 28 May—A 6.4 magnitude

aftershock on Sunday has killed six people and injurednearly one thousand in southwest and northwest China,according to local government sources.

Four people were confirmed dead and 20 otherswere seriously injured in Hanzhong City of thenorthwestern Shaanxi Province, said mayor Hu Runzeon Monday.

Hu said all the four dead were in a paddy field ofXixiang County when the aftershock occurred.

He said investigation had started for detailed lossescaused by the aftershock, the strongest tremor sincethe 8.0-magnitude 12 May quake.

In Qingchuan County of Sichuan, the epicentre ofthe aftershock, one was killed and more than 700people had been injured while nine villages and townssuffered telecommunication cutoff, according to thedisaster relief headquarters in the county.

MNA/Reuters

KATHMANDU, 28 May—Nepal has banned demon-strations in and around theroyal palace and KingGyanendra’s private homein Kathmandu, fearingtrouble two days before aspecial assembly is due toformally abolish 239-year-old monarchy.

Supporters of the formerMaoist rebels, who haveled the campaign againstthe monarchy, are expectedto gather in the streets tocelebrate the expected

assembly decision onWednesday.

But royalists say thedecision to abolish themonarchy should not betaken in a haste.

“This is to control alltypes of provocations,”said Peace and Recon-struction Minister RamChandra Poudel about themove to ban gatherings atkey places in Kathmandu.

“Any one could try totake the advantage of thesensitive situation and

create trouble.”Authorities have also

banned demonstrations atthe official residence ofthe Prime Minister and theconvention centre wherethe assembly will meet.

The assembly elected inApril is scheduled to turnNepal into a republic, akey part of a peace processending a decade-long civilwar which killed more than13,000 people.

“We have urged thepeople to come to the

streets on that day tocelebrate the republic day,”said Dinanath Sharma, asenior Maoist leader.

“This will mark theformal end of the feudalmonarchy. It is a historicday.”

Hindu-majority Nepalhas remained a monarchyall through its history andthe king was traditionallyrevered as an incarnationof Lord Vishnu, the godfor protection.

MNA/Reuters

African models, designerspromote peace in Kenya

Haitian presidentnominates adviser,

friend as PM NAIROBI, 28 May—

Scores of top Africandesigners and models helda show in Nairobi NationalPark at the weekend toraise money for victims ofKenya’s post-electionviolence and show adifferent face to theircontinent.

The “Fashion forPeace” event drew mainlyWest and East Africanmodels onto a catwalk in amarquee under themoonlight on savannahusually known for its lionsand rhinos.

“Fashion for Peace willnot change the world,although it does aim atchanging people’snegative perceptions of

Kenya and Africa in othercountries,” organizers saidin a statement.

“And it is a call forpeace.”

Proceeds from the showwere to go to some of theroughly 300,000 Kenyansuprooted from their homesin fighting after a disputedDecember election. Morethan 1,300 people died.

Kenyan former modeland fashion commentatorWaridi Schrobsdroff tookto the stage in white forpeace.

“Kenyans can reallymake things happen whenthey put their handstogether,” she told Reutersbefore the show started.

MNA/Reuters

PORT-AU-PRINCE, 28May—Haitian PresidentRene Preval nominated hislongtime friend andadviser Robert Manuel onSunday to become PrimeMinister of the im-poverished Caribbeannation, where the previousgovernment was toppledby food riots in April.

Preval named Manuelin a late-night meetingwith the presidents of theSenate and Chamber ofDeputies, the LowerHouse in Haiti’s Par-liament. Both chambersmust vote on thenomination.

Preval's efforts to

establish a stabledemocracy in Haiti weredealt a heavy blow whenviolent demonstrationserupted last month overthe rapidly escalating costof living in the poorestcountry in the Americas.

At least six people werekilled in the protests,which spread from thesouthern city of Les Cayesto the capital, Port-au-Prince, and other townsand cities.

Shortly after the riots,the Senate fired then-Prime Minister JacquesEdouard Alexis. Parlia-ment rejected Preval’s firstnominee to replace Alexis,Inter-American Develop-ment Bank official EricqPierre, on 12 May.

Manuel, 55, is anarchitect and a recognizedsecurity and lawenforcement authoritywho served as secretaryof state for public safetyduring a portion ofPreval’s first term aspresident from 1996 to2001. He managedPreval’s successfulelection campaign in2006.

MNA/Reuters

Afghan suicide blast killscivilian, wounds 2 policemen

KABUL, 28 May—Asuicide bomber explodedhimself next to a policevehicle in southern Afghanprovince HelmandWednesday, killing onecivilian, and woundingseveral others includingtwo policemen, officialssaid. The attack occurredjust as the police car wasmoving into a policeheadquarter in Lashkar

Gah, the provincial capitalin Helmand, MohammadHussein Andiwal,provincial police chief toldXinhua. He said twopolicemen were seriouslywounded and two passing-by civilians also sustainedinjuries in the blast whichdamaged the policevehicle.

An official from the localintelligence department in

Lashkar Gah, who declinedto be named, however, toldXinhua the blast killed onecivilian and wounded twopolicemen and five othercivilians.

An eyewitness identifiedhimself as Abdul Khaleqsaid one civilian died andthree civilians and twopolicemen sustainedinjuries in the incident.

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BRUSSELS, 28 May—Europe has almost 22million overweight child-ren, and a further 1.3million will be overweightor obese by 2010, accord-ing to a report by theEuropean Parliament’sCommittee on the Env-ironment, Public Healthand Food Safety adoptedon Tuesday.

The report called foran earlier start of measuresto prevent obesity.Remedies include clearerfood labeling, better foodin schools and kinder-

A newly born baby flamingo reaches up for itsmother at the Oji zoo in Kobe, western Japan on

25 May, 2008.—INTERNET

Anti-Iraq war protesters wave a banner and shout as Republican presidentialcandidate and Senator John McCain delivers a foreign policy speech in

Denver, Colorado, on 27 May, 2008.—INTERNET

A balloon flies over afield near Hungary’s

biggest lake, the Balatonduring the fifth hot air

balloon race of fivenations, Austria, Great

Britain, Hungary,Poland and Slovakia

around Lake Balaton.INTERNET

About 22 mln children inEurope are overweight

gartens, restrictions onadvertising unhealthyfood to children.

The report recom-mends a multi-level,comprehensive approachto fighting obesity, whichhas resulted diseaseapproaching epidemicproportions. Obesityalready accou-nts directlyfor about 6 percent ofhealth spend-ing, but theindirect costs are muchhigher, says the report.

“Obesity is one ofEurope’s most seriouspublic health problems,

because it significantlyincreases the risk ofchronic diseases such ascardiovascular disease,type 2 diabetes and somecancers,” according to apress release by theparliament.

Since childhood obe-sity correlates closely withobesity in adults, thecommission and otherstakeholders should makefighting it their priority,said the report.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 28 May — A train collided with agarbage truck in the U.S. states of Mississippi onTuesday afternoon, sparking fire and leaving anuncertain number of injuries, according to a local TVreport.The Amtrak train hit the truck in Copiah County,sending at least one train car off the tracks, the localWAPT TV said. According to American Medical Response officials,about 150 people were injured. But MississippiEmergency Management Agency officials said thatfour people were injured and two of them were sent tohospital, the report said. It also cited Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari assaying that the train, named the City of New Orleans,left Chicago on Monday night on the way to Louisiana.But he denied any serious injuries resulted from theaccident. Officials from the Mississippi EmergencyManagement Agency, the Copiah County Sheriff’sDepartment and the Crystal Springs police are all atthe scene of the wreck, it added.—Internet

US train collides with truck

MANILA, 28 May— Asmany as 40,000 denguecases are projected in thePhilippines during therainy season, thecountry’s Department ofHealth (DOH) said onWednesday.

The rainy season lastsfrom June to October inthe archipelago.

While there have beenno outbreaks of thedisease, there have been

OTTAWA, 28 May — Atown in western Canada’sBritish Columbia (BC)province declared a stateof emergency Tuesdayafter a series of major firesdestroyed industrialfacilities.

Officials of PrinceGeorge town in central BCdeclared emergency as therash of fires blazed at anindustrial site overnightMonday and into Tuesdaymorning.

The first fire occurredat a plywood plant anddestroyed the facility.Crews managed to controlthe blaze, but sparksignited materials at awarehouse nearby anddestroyed the structureearly Tuesday.

Firefighters called to afire at a small buildingwere able to quickly dousethe flames.

No one was injured inthe incidents.

The cause of the firesis under investigation.

Internet

40,000 dengue cases projected inPhilippines rainy months

clusters of cases in thecities of Manila, Davao,Zamboanga, Olongapoand San Fernando, thePhilippine Daily Inquirerciting DOH DirectorEnrique Tayag as sayingin a report posted on itswebsite.

The health agencyearlier reported a 36.4percent increase in denguecases from 1 January to26 April over the same

period last year, from7,697 to 10,497.

The three regions withthe most reported casesare the National CapitalRegion with 2,750,Central Luzon with 1,736,and Central Visayas with1,384. Deaths from thedisease also increasedfrom 88 to 116 during thisperiod, mostly in CentralVisayas, the agencysaid.— Xinhua

BERLIN, 28 May—Germany’s Social Demo-crats plan to nominatetheir own candidate for theceremonial office of presi-dent, SPD general secre-tary Hubertus Heil said onMonday ahead of a partyexecutive meeting to dis-cuss the issue.

Heil said the SPD isnot worried that the movecould strain relations intheir coalition with Chan-cellor Angela Merkel’sChristian Democrats, who

German SPD to pick Schwan despite coalition strainsendorse incumbent HorstKoehler.

“I assume there willbe broad support forGesine Schann as our can-didate,” Heil told Germantelevision.

SPD party chairmanKurt Beck is due to for-mally announce the deci-sion at a news conferenceat 1100 GMT.

Heil also dismissedtalk from the arch con-servative Christian So-cial Union, Bavarian sis-

ter party to Merkel’sCDU, that Schwan’snomination would put thegrand coalition in jeop-ardy 16 months before thenext parliamentary elec-tions.

“A little competitionisn’t going to cause anyharm to a functioningdemocracy,” Heil said.“The CSU is nervousahead of state elections inSeptember. I urge them tojust relax.”

MNA/Reuters

Canadiantown declares

state ofemergency

after series offires

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14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 29 May, 2008

S P O R T S

Roberto Mancini

Mancini leaves Inter - agentMourinho set for San Siro move

with Italian linked to Chelsea

Cristiano Ronaldo

Real plead Ron innocencePresident believes problem liesbetween United and the player

Wayne Rooney

Fabio has plans for RooneyCapello says striker ‘is too generous”’

ahead of USA friendly

Capello admits Terry concernBut England boss confident skipper

is up to the task

Fabio Capello

US consider 2018 bidFA could face World Cup competition

from across the AtlanticWASHINGTON,28 May--The United States Soccer Federation has

signalled a desire to challenge England for the right to host the 2018World Cup.

Ahead of Wednesday's friendly meeting between England andUSA at Wembley, the US Soccer Federation has sounded plans tolaunch a bid to rival the Football Association.

The FA has made no secret of a desire to host the World Cup in tenyears' time, but US Soccer Federation president Sunil Galati admitshis organisation are keen to finish 'what we started' after hosting theevent in 1994.

"We will make a decision in the next two or three months, but weare looking at it very seriously," said Galati when asked abouthosting the 2018 World Cup.

"The bid process has become very competitive and whetherplaying a game in Trinidad has anything to do with that I am notsure," added Galati.

"I think the FA are more sophisticated than to think they are goingto get Jack Warner's vote on the back of playing one game."

Internet

Grant bemoans Jose’s startSacked Chelsea boss believes title would have

been his

Colorado Rapids’ Kosuke Kimura ofJapan kicks the ball against the Los

Angeles Galaxy in the first half of theirMLS US Open Cup qualifying soccer

match on 27 May, 2008 in Carson,Calif.—INTERNET

Avram Grant

Pedro Morales (L) of Chile fights for the ball withKouamatien Kone of Ivory Coast during the semi-final of the Toulon International Soccer Tourna-ment in southern France on 27 May, 2008. Thetournament is played by under-21 players.—INTERNET

Russia’s Dinara Safina returns theball to Ukraine’s Kateryna

Bondarenko during their first roundmatch at the French Open tennistournament in Paris on 27 May,

2008.—INTERNET

LONDON, 28May — Englandmanager FabioCapello believesWayne Rooneyshould be 'moreselfish' as he looksto fully utilisethe Manchester

United forward's ability.Capello is set to deploy Rooney - who has netted just

three times in 14 international games - as part of a fronttwo when England host USA at Wembley on Wednes-day evening.

Rooney played as a lone striker in Capello's first twogames in charge, but the Italian has explained that hewill alter his position in a bid to make full use of the22-year-old's quality. "When I saw Rooney in Portugal(at Euro 2004), he played very well," said Capello. "Hehas to play like he did then.

"I feel the same as Sir Alex Ferguson. I have spokenwith Rooney maybe three times now. And I've said tohim that he is too generous. —Internet

MILAN, 28 May —Roberto Mancini's agenthas indicated his client isno longer the coach ofInter Milan.

Mancini, heavily linkedwith the Chelsea vacancy,looks to be on his way outat the San Siro less than afortnight after deliveringthe club's third consecu-tive Serie A title.

The 43-year-old'sagent, Giorgio DeGiorgis, says Mancini leftthe club following a 25-minute meeting withpresident MassimoMoratti. The club has yetto make an announce-ment.

De Giorgis also claimed

former Chelsea boss JoseMourinho has been linedup as Mancini's replace-ment.

He told Sportitalia tel-evision: "Roberto neverexpected it to end like this.

Internet

Madrid, 28 May — RealMadrid president RamonCalderon has pleaded theclub's innocence after thespeculation over CristianoRonaldo's future at Man-chester United took an-other twist.

On Tuesday, Unitedthreatened to report Realto Fifa if the Primera Di-

vision champions contin-ued to pursue their at-tempted capture ofRonaldo in an 'unaccept-able fashion'.

The Portugal interna-tional's future at OldTrafford has been in doubtin recent weeks with vari-ous Real officials publiclyspeaking about their in-terest in Ronaldo.

However, the Red De-vils have vehemently de-nied that they will be los-ing the PFA Player of theYear this summer.

Real have now movedto ease the growing ten-sion between the twoclubs, but do insist thatthe problem lies betweenUnited and the player.

Internet

LONDON, 28 May — Recently sackedChelsea manager Avram Grant hasclaimed that The Blues would have se-cured the Premier League title if he hadbeen at the helm from the beginning ofthe season.

Grant had his contract terminated bythe Stamford Bridge club on Saturdayafter just eight months in charge.

The Israeli took over from former bossJose Mourinho at Chelsea last Septem-ber with the club fifth in the league tableat the time.

Grant went on to push Manchester United for the League title onlyto miss out by two points on the final day of the season.

And he has insisted that Chelsea would have been crowned 2007/08 champions had he taken the reins sooner.

Internet

LONDON, 28 May —Fabio Capello admits thathe was concerned for JohnTerry’s state of mind afterhis penalty shoot-outmisery.

The Chelsea skippermissed a crucial spot kickfor his side in the UEFAChampions League finalagainst ManchesterUnited, and was forced towatch the Red Devils liftthe trophy in the knowl-edge that it could havebeen him.

The usually unflappabledefender was inconsolable

after the Moscow show-down and could easilyhave let the occasion af-fect his forthcoming per-formances.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 9:30 hour MST:During the past 24 hours, Southwest monsoon is advancinginto Central Myanmar areas. Weather has been partly cloudyin lower Sagaing Division, rain or thundershowers have beenisolated in Chin State and Mandalay Division, scattered inShan Stae, upper Sagaing, Magway and Bago Divisions, fairlywidespread in Taninthayi Division and widespread in theremaining areas with isolated heavyfalls in upper Sagaing andYangon Divisions. Day temperatures were (5°C) below Mayaverage temperatures in lower Sagaing Division, (4°C) aboveMay average temperatures in Eastern Shan State, Magway andBago Divisions and about May average temperatures in theremaining States and Divisions. The significant day tempera-tures was Shwebo (41°C). The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Katha (4.17) inches, Yangon (Central) (3.11)inches, Myitkyina (2.99) inches, Pathein (1.77) inches, Sittway(1.34) inches and Thaton (1.02) inches.

Maximum temperature on 27-5-2008 was 89ºF. Minimumtemperature on 28-5-2008 was 72ºF. Relative humidity at(09:30) hours MST on 28-5-2008 was 84%. Total sunshinehours on 27-5-2008 was (1.0) hours approx.

Rainfall on 28-5-2008 was (0.19) inch at Mingaladon,(0.82) inch at Kaba-Aye and (3.11) inches at Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (27.99) inches at Mingaladon,(32.83) inches at Kaba-Aye and (40.08) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4)mph from Southeast at (06:30) hours MST on 27-5-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy in theNorth Bay and monsoon is moderated in the Andaman Sea andelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 29-5-2008: Rain or thun-dershowers will be widespread in Kachin, Rakhine and MonStates, Yangon, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions, fairlywidespread in Kayin State, upper Sagaing and Bago Divi-sions, scattered in Chin and Shan States, Mandalay and MagwayDivisions and isolated in the remaining areas. Degree of cer-tainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seas arelikely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface windspeed in squalls may reach (35) to (40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of increaseof rain in Central Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for29-5-2008: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for29-5-2008: Some rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for29-5-2008: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

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10th Waning of Kason 1370 ME Thursday, 29 May, 2008

Make donations to the storm victims

� Everybody may make donations freely.� Everybody may make donations to any person or any area.

However, wellwishers are urged to avoid unsystematic donations and acts thatmay tarnish the image of the nation and its people.

Arrangements under wayfor salt distribution

YANGON, 28 May — Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry Vice-President U Zaw Min Win and General Secretary U Sein Win Hlaing held talks with responsible persons ofYangon Salt Millers’ Association over bringing down the salt price and distribution of the item to consumersat the UMFCCI (Head Office), here, on 22 May.

According to SMA, consumption of salt in Yangon is 1.0 million viss a month, and there are over 7.8million viss of salt in stock. From 23 May on, salt is sold at the price of K 500 per viss to the consumers inthe city. With the help of township committees under the Yangon City Development Committee, the item ison sale at tax free markets and will be sold in townships which are needed.

Similarly, Sein Myittamon Salt Mill will sell salt in Tamway Township, Toenayar Salt Mill in DagonMyothit (Seikkan) and Kyauktada townships, OK Zar Zar Salt Mill in Dagon Myothit (South) Township,Annwamin Salt Mill in Thakayta Township and Lanmadaw Township (Nyaungbinlay Market), KK Salt Millin Lanmadaw Township (Nyaungbinlay Market), Myat Thukha Salt Mill in Shwepyitha Township, AungHtaiktan Salt Mill in Thanlyan and Kyauktan Townships, Sein Myittha Salt Mill in Hlinethaya Township,Phupwintsan Salt Mill in Thuwunna, Thingangyun and Dagon Myothit (North) Townships, Shwe La WinSalt Mill in Dawbon Township, Sar Taungthu Salt Mill in Pazundaung Township, Htet Aung Tha Salt Millin Thamway Township, KM Salt Mill in Dawbon Township and Aung Thiha Salt Mill in Kamayut Township.

Everyone may freely buy the salt. —MNA

YANGON, 28 May—The Pakistan-MyanmarFriendship Association of the Islamic Republic ofPakistan donated relief supplies to the storm victims,at Yangon International Airport this morning.

Present on the occasion were Director-GeneralU Myint Tun of Fire Services Department, departmen-tal officials, Acting Pakistani Ambassador Mr HabibUR Rehman, Military Attaché Col Muzammil HussainShah and officials.

The Ambassador explained the purpose of thedonations and handed over the relief supplies to theDirector-General of FSD who spoke words of thanks.

The arrival of donations from Pakistan by TG-303 were 3.25 tons of rice, edible oil, sugar, candle,biscuit, tea, purified drinking water, medicine, clothes,wool and slippers.

MNA

Pakistan-Myanmar Friendship Associationdonates supplies to storm victims

Acting Pakistani Ambassador Mr Habib UR Rehman hands over relief aids to U Myint Tun,Director-General of Fire Services Department.—MNA

YANGON, 28 May—Myanma Agricultural De-velopment Bank plans to disburse a loan of over K 441million to farmers in Labutta Township, AyeyawadyDivision.

Local authorities in the storm-hit areas havebeen making efforts for reclamation of paddy fields inthe delta region and Myanma Agriculture Service hasalso planned to provide paddy seeds and fertilizers tofarmers in the storm-hit areas.

Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Depart-ment has already sent some water buffalos to LabuttaTownship as part of a plan for providing 600 buffalosto the township.

Meanwhile, Agricultural Mechanization De-partment has arranged for using 238 power-tillers toplough some paddy fields which were also damaged bythe storm.

Similarly, Union Solidarity and DevelopmentAssociation (Central) has sent 67 power-tillers andAung Yi Phyo Co 335 power-tillers to Labutta Town-ship and these power-tillers will be distributed tofarmers in the township.—MNA

Land reclamationstepped up in

Labutta Township

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