Maj-Gen Myint Hlaing inspects Hsinshweli sugarcane model … · 2007-07-07 · Established 1914 Volume XV, Number 29 15th Waning of Kason 1369 ME Tuesday, 15 May, 2007 Emergence of

Established 1914

15th Waning of Kason 1369 ME Tuesday, 15 May, 2007Volume XV, Number 29

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

NAY PYI TAW, 14 May— Maj-Gen Myint Hlaingof the Ministry of Defenceand Commander of NayPyi Taw Command Brig-Gen Wai Lwin inspectedHsinshweli sugarcanemodel plantation ofTaungnyo Station yester-day.

Commander of re-gional battalion Col TinAung Myint reported oncharacteristics ofHsinshweli sugarcane, theplantation and targets forcultivation of sugarcane.

Maj-Gen MyintHlaing said Nay Pyi Tawregion produced a largeamount of sugarcane in thepast and four sugar millswere established. Nowyield of sugarcane has be-come less and cultivationacreage decreases. Qual-

Maj-Gen Myint Hlaing inspects Hsinshwelisugarcane model plantation of Taungnyo Station

ity sugarcane and cultiva-tion methods will be pro-vided for the growers.

The Hsinshwelisugarcane produces over50 tons per acre.‘Sugarcane’, one of the ten

major crops is to be grown.Cultivation target of40,000 acres of sugarcanewas set.

Maj-Gen MyintHlaing, the commanderand officials went to model

plantation-1. Col KhinMaung Oo reported oncondition of the plantation.

They went to the siteof Taukpyo reservoir. Di-rector U Myo Myint ofIrrigation Department re-

ported on progress ofwork.

Maj-Gen MyintHlaing and the commanderinspected the constructionof the dam and the site.The earth dam is 725 feet

long and 40 feet high and itcan store 33,345 acre feet.Altogether 400 acres ofmonsoon and summerpaddy can be grown oncompletion of the dam.

MNA

Maj-Gen Myint Hlaing of Ministry of Defence and Commander Brig-Gen Wai Lwin visit Hsinshweli sugarcaneplantation in Taungnyo Station.— MNA

Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe inspects work of checking on import and exportgoods at Sule Wharf.— MNA

YANGON, 14 May —Chairman of the Commit-tee for Ensuring Smoothand Speedy Freight Han-

Transport Minister inspects No 3Botahtaung Jetty, Sule Wharfs

of Myanma Port Author-ity and officials this after-noon inspected the workof checking on export andimport goods, and thecontainers with the use ofX-ray machine in Con-tainer Yard at No 3Botahtaung jetty. Theminister gave instructionsto the officials.

Later, the ministerand party inspected un-loading of goods from theliners along Sule Wharfsand officials reported onwork being done to theminister.

Minister Maj-GenThein Swe and party wentto Myanmar IndustrialPort and inspected check-ing on farm machinery,

beans and plywood. Theminister called for ensur-ing the work of checkingon export and importgoods, safety measuresand timely completion oftasks.

They then inspectedunloading of logs fromWailuwadi (5) vessel atMyanmar Industrial Port.On arrival at Asia Worldjetty in Ahlon township,the minister oversaw thework of checking on tex-tiles, consumer and agri-cultural goods, and con-tainers through X-ray ma-chine.

The officials con-ducted them around thejetty and the minister leftinstructions.—MNA

dling, Minister for Trans-port Maj-Gen Thein Sweaccompanied by Manag-ing Director U Thein Htay

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The ASEAN has been striving withgreater cooperation to serve the regionalinterest. However, the US has been trying tointerfere in the affairs of the ASEAN coun-tries and expel the countries it dislikes fromthe association.

TEKKATHO MYAT THU

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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 DesireTuesday, 15 May, 2007

Monsoon has already set in. Thereused to be strong winds and storms at theonset of monsoon. The strong winds ac-companied by heavy rains have resultedin swelling rivers, strong currents andwhirlpools in rivers. This being the case,vessels are to be well aware of those pos-sible dangers in order to set sail safely.

With a view to ensuring all vessels totravel safely the Directorate of Water Re-sources and Improvement of River Systemshas issued warnings for safety of the vessels.

Moreover, different kinds of vesselsare to approach river crossing bridgesthrough the passages marking the green tri-angles to avoid possible dangers as the foun-dations of middle piers of the bridges may beunder water.

Especially, vessels are not to sail inparallel while approaching the bridges.

A sudden change in weather at thebeginning of monsoon can lead to strongwinds and downpours as well as flooding andthunderstorms. Therefore, all vessels are topay special attention to warnings issued bythe Directorate of Water Resources and Im-provement of River Systems as well as byMeteorology and Hydrology Department inorder that they can sail free from danger.

Pay special attentionto warnings for safetyof vessels

YANGON, 14 May— A friendly volleyball matchbetween Myanmar and India was held at NationalIndoor Stadium No-1 (Thuwunna) this afternoon.

Among the spectators were officials of the Minis-try of Sports, vice-presidents of Myanmar VolleyballFederation, general-secretary and executives.

In the match of second day, Myanmar SelectedVolleyball Team of Myanmar Volleyball Federationwon over India University Champion with 3-0.

The third match can be watched free of charge at thestadium on 15 May. — MNA

YANGON, 14 May — Tajikistan beat Bangla-desh 3-0 and Syria beat Myanmar 3-0 at 2007 DavisCup by BNP Paribas Asia/Oceania Zone Group IVTennis Tournament being hosted by Myanmar inTheinbyu Tennis Court here yesterday.

Among the spectators were Patron ofMyanmar Tennis Federation, Vice-Chairman ofMyanmar Olympic Committee Yangon Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin, Secretary of MOC U ThaungHtaik, officials and tennis fans. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14 May— Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi received Mr Bansarn Bunnag, Am-bassador of Thailand to Myanmar, at his office here on11 May.

During the meeting, they discussed matters

NAY PYI TAW, 14 May— A work proficiencycourse (2/2007) for officials of Information and PublicRelations Department was opened at the Ministry ofInformation here today.

Also present were the director-general of theIPRD, the deputy directors-general, directors and

NAY PYI TAW, 14 May— University forDevelopment of National Races will open two years’MEd course, four years’ BEd course, one-yearJunior Assistant Teachership Course, two years’BEd (Bridge) course, one-year teachership diplomacourse on 4 June 2007.

Those wishing to attend the courses maycontact the University for Development of NationalRaces by the last week of May.— MNA

UDNR to open regulartraining courses

on 4 June

Minister receives Ambassador of Thailand

related to the energy sector. Also present at the callwere directors-general and managing directors of thedepartments and enterprises under the ministry andofficials concerned.

MNA

Work proficiency course for IPRD officials opens

course instructors.On behalf of the Minister for Information,

IPRD Director-General U Chit Naing delivered anopening address.

A total of 56 trainees are attending the four-week course. — MNA

Myanmar, India playfriendly volleyball

match

Tajikistan, Syria win atDavis Cup Tennis

Tournament

Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi meets with Mr Bansarn Bunnag, Ambassadorof Thailand to Myanmar.— ENERGY

Director-General U Chit Naing speaks at opening of work proficiencycourse 2/2007 for IPRD officials.—MNA

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From left, Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev,Russian President Vladimir Putin and TurkmenPresident Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov shake handsafter their meeting in Turkmenbashi on the CaspianSea shore, Turkmenistan, on 12 May, 2007. — XINHUA

Son of Iraqi Vice-Presidentsurvives bomb attack in

Baghdad

Al-Qaida says it has capturedthree US soldiers

Mourners look over the memorials of the students and faculty members whowere killed on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia on 12

May, 2007. — XINHUA

BAGHDAD, 14 May—Thousands of US troopssupported by helicopters

and planes were last nightsearching for threesoldiers captured by al-

Qaida near Baghdad asviolence again hit dozensof ordinary Iraqis acrossthe country.

The Islamic State inIraq — an al-Qaidaaffiliate—said on itswebsite that it was holding“crusader” soldiers afterfour others and aninterpreter were con-firmed killed in fightingon Saturday in theMahmudiya area in the

Sunni “triangle of death”south of the capital.

Last June al-Qaidacaptured two Americansoldiers at a checkpoint innearby Yusufiya, thenkilled them before theymutilated and booby-trapped their bodies.Major-General WilliamCaldwell, spokesman forthe US military, confirmedthat three soldiers weremissing. — Internet

Iraqi soldiers near Yusufiya, Iraq, searching for UStroops who went missing after they were attacked

whilst on patrol on Saturday. —INTERNET

ROK vessel sinks off eastChina, 16 crewmen missing

JINAN, 13 May—Sixteen sailors on a cargovessel registered in theRepublic of Korea aremissing when it sank offeast China due to col-lision with a ship run bya Chinese company,rescuers said on Satur-day.

The ROK vessel,Golden Rose, sank on thesea near Yantai, eastChina’s Shandong Pro-vince after it collidedaround 3 am Saturdaywith Saint Vincent-registered Jinsheng, aship run by ShandongLufeng Shipping Com-

pany Ltd.Chinese rescuers have

found two life rafts andsome wrecked articlesconfirmed to be left bythe Golden Rose. Theybelieved the vessel hadsunk with its 16 sailorsaboard missing.

MNA/Xinhua

China, Slovenia, Croatia hailanniversary of dip ties

Vitamin D ‘may help ward off TB’

BEIJING, 14 May —Chinese Premier WenJiabao exchanged greetingswith Slovenian PrimeMinister Janez Jansa andCroatian Prime MinisterIvo Sanader respectivelyon the 15th anniversary ofthe establishment of dip-lomatic ties, the ChineseForeign Ministry saidSunday.

Wen and Jansa sent eachother a congratulatory

message Saturday to hailthe development of tiessince China and Sloveniaforged diplomatic relations15 years ago.

The Chinese Premierand his Croatian counterpartexchanged the messageSunday to mark theanniversary.

The premiers spokehighly of the fruitfuldevelopments in relationsbetween China and

Slovenia and betweenChina and Croatia, vowingto work together to furtherbilateral ties in the interestsof their peoples. ChineseForeign Minister YangJiechi also exchangedmessages of congratula-tions with his Slovenian andCroatian counterpartsDimitrij Rupel and KolindaGrabar Kitarovic on thedevelopment of ties.

MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 13 May—Adose of vitamin D mayhelp ward off tuberculosis,research suggests.

A study of 131 peoplefound the vitamin helpedto boost the ability of thebody to inhibit the growthof bacteria that causes therespiratory disease.

Researchers fromQueen Mary’s School ofMedicine and ImperialCollege said it could beused to target at-riskpatients or added to drinks.

The study appeared inthe American Journal ofRespiratory and CriticalCare Medicine.

Vitamin D wasoriginally used to treat TBin sanatoriums beforeantibiotics came in to use.

But until now no studyhas evaluated the effect ofvitamin D on the body’simmunity to myco-bacteria, the familyof bacteria that causeTB. During the study,blood was taken from all

the participants andinfected with myco-bacteria.

The group was thensplit into two with 64 givena dummy pill and the resta 2.5mg dose of vitaminD. After six weeks, bloodwas taken again andinfected with myco-bacteria.

The samples of bloodwere analysed after 24hours, and the growth ofthe samples taken frompeople given vitamin D

was 20% less than theplacebo group.

The researchers saidclinical trials were nowneeded to fully prove thefindings, but they addedthe vitamin had thepotential to help ward offthe respiratory disease.

Internet

BAGHDAD, 13 May—The son of the Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi survived a roadside bombattack near his car in western Baghdad on Saturday, anInterior Ministry source said.

“A roadside bomb went off near the car of AhmedTariq al-Hashimi, son of Sunni Vice-President, in theAmriyah neighbourhood,” the source told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

The Vice-President’s son was seriously woundedin the blast and was transferred to Ibn Sina Hospital,which is run by the US troops, the source said.

Three of Hashimi’s siblings, two brothers and onesister, were allegedly killed by Shiite death squads in2006.

Separately, two more roadside bombs targeted USpatrols in Saidiyah and Baladiyat neighbourhoods insouthern and eastern Baghdad respectively, the sourcesaid.

It was not clear whether the US soldiers sustainedany casualties as the troops cordoned off the area, headded. The US military did not confirm the two attacksyet. — MNA/Xinhua

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Red Bull pilot PeterBesenyei of Hungary

flies past the finish gateto win the third leg ofthe Red Bull Air Race

World Series inMonument Valley in

Utah, on 12 May ,2007. — INTERNET

This combinationpicture shows girls

dressed up in costumesin Tokyo’s Harajukudistrict, on 13 May,2007. — INTERNET

Roadside bombing killseight policemen in

S AfghanistanKABUL, 13 May— A roadside bombing killed

eight policemen in Kandahar Province of southernAfghanistan on Saturday, provincial police chiefAsmatullah Alizai told Xinhua.

A remote-controlled bomb attacked a policevan at around 6 pm (1330 GMT) in Jalai District,killing all the eight policemen in the vehicle, Alizaisaid, adding the van was totally destroyed.

No one has claimed responsibility, but Talebanmilitants have frequently carried out similar attacks.

Kandahar has been a hotbed of Taleban rebels,who attack Afghan and foreign troops frequently.

Due to rising Taleban-linked insurgency, over1,200 people, mostly Taleban militants, have beenkilled in Afghanistan this year. — MNA/Xinhua

MANILA, 13 May —The Bulusan Volcano inSorsogon Province, cen-tral Philippines, explodedSaturday morning and sentash up to four kilometershigh, local radio dzBBsaid.

Bella Santiago Tubia-nosa, resident volcano-logist of the PhilippineInstitute of Volcanology(Phivolcs) and Sei-smology, told dzBB in aninterview that the volcanowhich spew ash for 35minutes towards the south-west direction could affectseveral towns of the area.

MNA/Xinhua

Seven fishermen in mishaprescued off east China

JINAN, 13 May — Seven fishermen on two boatswere rescued on Saturday off east China after theirboats lost control in high gales, local rescue sourcessaid.

The engine of a fishing boat with six peopleaboard at the Bajiao offshore area near Yantai City,Shandong Province stopped working around1:20 pm Saturday as its screw propeller was enlacedby aquatic plants amid sudden gales on the sea.

A helicopter from the Beihai No 1 Rescue FlyingSquad was dispatched to the site and rescued the sixin 20 minutes. — MNA/Xinhua

Iron mine accident killsthree in north China

HOHHOT, 13 May — Roof collapse has killedthree miners in an iron mine in Inner MongoliaAutonomous Region in north China, local workplacesafety officials said here Saturday.

The accident took place at Thursday night.Investigators have been sent to the spot, the regionalworkplace safety bureau said.

The iron mine, located in Sonid Youqi Banner,Xinlingol League, is run by the Fushanhong miningCo, Ltd. The accident occurred at the No1 shaft ofthe company, the officials said. — MNA/Xinhua

JERUSALEM, 13 May—A flash flood killed threeIsraeli hikers on Saturdaynear the biblical Dead Seain the occupied WestBank, an Israeli rescueworker said.

The flood, which swept

LONDON, 13 May —Iran’s plans to rationgasoline and increase theprice should help curbimports and raise fuelefficiency but mayprovoke considerabledomestic opposition, theInternational EnergyAgency (IEA) said onFriday.

Iran imports 40 percent of its gasoline needs,making the Islamicrepublic vulnerable totrade sanctions in itsdispute with the UnitedNations over its nuclearprogramme.

The government has

IEA says Iran’s gasolinerationing a clever move

put forward plans to rationgasoline and raise theprice, currently among thelowest in the world, from22May. Iran is the world’sfourth largest crudeexporter but a lack ofrefining capacity has madeit dependent on gasolineimports.

“The new rationingplan should be seen as aclever move towardsgradually adopting marketprices, encouraginggreater fuel efficiency andcurbing demand,” theIEA, which advises 26industrialized nations, saidin its monthly Oil Market

Report.“However, the change

will entail considerablesocial and politicalhurdles, which will needto be overcome if it is tobe a success.” Accordingto the IEA, there are 15million cars on Iran’sroads and gasolinedemand is estimated atabout 78 million litres perday — about 5.2 litres perday per vehicle or three-quarters above Iran’splanned three litres per dayquota. “On average,therefore, the quota willlast around 17-18 days.

MNA/Reuters

Three Israeli hikers killed in flood fromrare cloudburst

over a portion of a mainhighway along the frontierwith neighbouring Jordan,was caused by a rare springcloudburst in parts ofIsrael and the Palestinianterritory.

Israeli Army helicop-

ters and Magen DavidAdom medics launchedsearches after reports that11 hikers abseiling downa cliff in the Judean Deserthad got stuck because of aflash flood in the QumranRiver bed, to the east ofJerusalem.

Yinon Yerushalmi, anIsraeli rescue worker, toldIsrael’s Army Radio threehikers had been found deadand searches were beingconducted for a fourthmissing hiker.

“All four were attachedto the same rope.”

MNA/Reuters

Volcano incentral

Philipinesthreatens to

erupt

A local residentsearches for caterpillarfungus, also known asCordyceps sinensis, a

traditional Tibetanmedicine now popularin China and across

the world, on the Lajimountains of Guide

County, west China’sQinghai Province on

12 May, 2007.INTERNET

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China promotes Chinese tourismindustry at world summit

Economists say tariff breaks seen giving little eco boost

LISBON, 13 May—Chinais using the 7th GlobalTravel and TourismSummit that opened hereFriday as its latest effort topromote China’s tourismindustry and resources.

“China has become anattractive tourist desti-nation worldwide and aprominent tourist-genera-ting country,” said WangZhifa, vice-chairman ofChina’s National TourismAdministration, whenaddressing the openingsession of the summit.

“Last year, the numberof overnight inboundtourist arrivals in China

was almost 50 million,while the country’soutbound tourist tripsreached 35 million, andthe number of domestictourist trips was almost 1.4billion,” he said.

China is a safe touristdestination, he said, notingthe Chinese Governmentis always attaching greatimportance to security andthe country enjoys apeaceful atmosphere.

China’s tourismindustry income isexpected to reach 600billion RMB (78.2 billionUS dollars) in 2007,accounting to 2.5 per cent

of the country’s grossdomestic product (GDP),according to 2007 ChinaTravel and TourismEconomic Research, areport released by theWorld Travel and TourismCouncil earlier this year.

The report alsopredicted that in 2017China’s tourism incomewould jump to nearly twotrillion RMB (260.8 bil-lion dollars).

MNA/Xinhua

A customer selects a fire engine shaped cartoon TV set at a shop in Roppongiof Tokyo, capital of Japan, on 12 May, 2007. A home appliance shop put aseries of cartoon TV sets on sale recently, which attracted many customers

purchasing them for their children. — XINHUA

The specialV150 French

TGV high-speedtrain that brokethe world speedrecord at 574.8kilometres (357miles) per hour

in easternFrance last 3April, 2007 is

transported on abarge on the

Seine River inParis on 13May, 2007. INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 13 May—Tariff breaks offered bymany of the world’s richestcountries to developingnations may be anineffective way to fightpoverty, economists saidon Friday. Unilateral tradepreference programmes“don’t make much of adifference in many cases”,Bernard Hoekman, a tradeeconomist at the WorldBank, said at a paneldiscussion at the CarnegieEndowment for Inter-national Peace, a Washing-ton think tank.

A better solution is toreform trade policies andfocus on making exporters

more competitive, Hoek-man and others suggested.

Under preference pro-grammes, rich nations likethe United States lowertariffs for imports frompoor countries.

US programmes includethe Generalized System ofPreferences, which gives

over 4,000 products frommore than 100 countriesduty-free access, theAfrican Growth andOpportunity Act, and theAndean Trade Preferenceand Drug Eradication Act,which is linked to drugeradication efforts. Yetmore important than duty

reductions, Hoekman andother economists sug-gested, are poor countries’own trade liberalization,efforts to make theirindustries more com-petitive, and improve-ments to roads, ports andregulation.

MNA/Reuters

Indonesia has ten millionunemployed workers

JAKARTA, 13 May —About 10 million peoplein Indonesia’s work forceare currently still un-employed, so it isnecessary for the govern-ment and other parties inthe country to engage inserious efforts to changetheir fate, IndonesianManpower and Transmi-gration Minister ErmanSuparno said.

Addressing thelaunching of a NationalMovement to TackleUnemployment (GNPP)in the resort island of Balion Friday, the ministersaid “Not only thegovern-ment but allconcerned parties must

take part in efforts to solvethis un-employmentproblem”, Antara newsagency reported onSaturday.

He said in 2006, thegovernment was able tohelp one million joblesspeople find work invarious fields, includingin foreign countries.

He did not mention thenumber of Indonesianworkers who had beenplaced overseas but saidhis office would ease theprocedures and systemso far used to sendworkers overseas.

In the future, peoplewho were going to workabroad would no longer

need to pay various kindsof fiscal and admini-strative levies beforeleaving the country.

MNA/Xinhua

African countries urged to boost trade ties with China

Competitors run across

the Millau Viaduct

during the “Viaduc”

race of 23,550 km

(14,633 miles) from

Millau and back,

southern France on 13

May, 2007. — INTERNET

HARARE, 14 May —African countries have beenurged to boost their tradeties with China whose roleon the affairs of thecontinent has been growingsteadily, New Zianareported on Sunday.

Infrastructure Develop-ment Bank of Zimbabwe’schief executive CharlesChikaura said this at aconference on cooperationbetween Africa and China’sfinancial institutions.

“Africa can exploit

opportunities for trade andinvestment with China onlyif it is competitive,” he said.

“This competitivenessdepends on its ability toattract significant foreigndirect investment andputting this capital toproductive use.”

He said trade andinvestment would not becompetitive in countrieswhere there was heavydependency on primarycommodities, poor incen-tives for exports and weakmanufacturing base gearedmostly on import sub-stitution.—MNA/Xinhua

Men look at a claysculpture during an artexhibit at a gallery inBaghdad on 13 May,2007.— INTERNET

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The ASEAN Charter or thebackbone of ASEAN unity

Tekkatho Myat Thu

The United Nations was established on 24

October 1945 in accord with the desire of the peoples

of the world to save the succeeding generations from

the scourge of wars like World War II. The UN has

laid down principles concerning the freedom of

world peoples, their self-determination, equality

among all nations, to be free from foreign interferences

and intrusions, the settlement of problems through

dialogue and political means avoiding the use of

force and the cooperation in global peace, security

and development.

The UN was founded with 51 nations, and

now it has 192 member states. Purposes and principles

and the structure of the organization are included in

the UN Charter. The UN Charter was drawn in the

early 1945, and since June that year, the member

states began to sign it.

Regional organizations have been formed to

serve the common interest. They are African Union

(AU), Organization of American States (OAS),

European Union (EU), League of Arab States (Arab

League), Association of Southeast Asian Nations

(ASEAN), Caribbean Community and Common

Market (CARI-COM), etc.

The ASEAN was established on 8 August

1967. Its aims include the acceleration of economic

growth, social progress, cultural development among

its members through mutual cooperation.

It was first formed with five nations —

Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore and

Malaysia. Later, Vietnam, Brunei, Myanmar, Laos

and Cambodia joined it. So, it has become an

association covering the whole region. The ASEAN

now has ten member nations, with a total population of

over 570 million. Economic scholars have predicted

that the ASEAN would become a regional economic

powerhouse.

Southeast Asian nations suffered from colonial

occupation in the past. They launched anti-colonialist

and independence struggles. They also faced WWII.

When former colonialists — Britain, France, Dutch

and Portugal — granted independence to Southeast

Asian nations and withdrew from the region, the

United States, keeping in mind the Domino Theory,

tried to intrude into and dominate the region and

interfere in its affairs. The result was the war in

Vietnam that spread to Cambodia and Laos. Southeast

Asia, especially Indochina, was burning with regional

wars.

America believed that the spread of

communism could have domino theory effect, saying

that if one country fell under communism, others

would become communist countries as well. With that

belief, the US was interfering in the affairs of the

countries of Asia, Africa, Middle East and North and

South America. During the time, communists gained

power in North Vietnam, North Korea and China.

Thus, America meddled in the affairs of Asia on

political, economic and military fronts.

America founded Southeast Asia Treaty

Organization (SAETO) in 1954 with the intention of

dominating the whole Asia with its military power.

Like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

founded by the US to establish military bases in

Europe, SEATO’s aim was to set up military bases in

Southeast Asia and to launch military attacks against

the communist governments of the People’s Republic

of China, Vietnam and Laos and then Cambodia.

Only Thailand and the Philippines from the South

East Asia region were included as SEATO members.

Other SEATO members were Australia, New Zealand,

Pakistan, the US, Britain and Canada that are nations

located outside the region. Majority of Southeast

Asian nations opposed SEATO as it was formed with

nations from outside the region. The US intended to

use SEATO as an instrument in launching aggressive

wars against Vietnam and Laos in 1964 and 1973. In

1962, the problem of federal principle was brewing

in Myanmar triggered by certain Shan Sawbwas who

planned to join SEATO. If the scheme could be

materialized Myanmar would have distintegrated

into eight states. If everything went according to their

plan, SEATO would exist longer and be more

powerful.

America used a lot of manpower, firepower

and financial power in Vietnam War. The peoples

of the world including American citizens were

opposing the war daily. America lost the war and

had to withdraw from the country due to the armed

resistance launched by the Vietnamese people with

valour and determination. In 1975, the Philippines

and Thailand demanded the abolishment of

SEATO. The military pact was dissolved in 1977.

But America has always been trying to reactivate

SEATO. On the other hand, Southeast Asian nations

are not interested in a military pact like SEATO

dominated by an outside power. They are giving

priority to reinforcing the ASEAN to serve their

common interest in concert.

To the extent of my memory, the US tried

hard to oppose Vietnam from entering the ASEAN.

But the ASEAN accepted her. Likewise, it made all

efforts to deny Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia’s

access to the association in 1997. ASEAN member

states ignored the US interference and accepted the

three new members. From that time on, the ASEAN

has become a powerful organization covering the

whole Southeast Asia region.

Since then the ASEAN has been striving

with greater cooperation to serve the regional interest.

However, the US has been trying to interfere in the

affairs of the ASEAN countries and expel the countries

it dislikes from the association.

(See page 9)

America used a lot of manpower, firepower and financialpower in Vietnam War. The peoples of the world includingAmerican citizens were opposing the war daily. America lost thewar and had to withdraw from the country due to the armedresistance launched by the Vietnamese people with valour anddetermination. In 1975, the Philippines and Thailand demandedthe abolishment of SEATO. The military pact was dissolved in1977. But America has always been trying to reactivate SEATO.On the other hand, Southeast Asia nations are not interested in amilitary pact like SEATO dominated by an outside power. Theyare giving priority to reinforcing the ASEAN to serve theircommon interest in concert.

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In the discussions about socio-culture sector, Vietnameseand Cambodian representatives urged the meeting to givepriority to successful completion of ASEAN Charter throughASEAN unity spirit even if there were disagreements betweenone representative and another. In my speech, I said thatreligious faiths, languages, political affairs and cultures of 10ASEAN countries were not the same, but all of them wereAsians and ASEAN family members. And they would have toenjoy common interests equally. It was a pleasure for me tosee that despite some differences, the members were workingtogether to achieve ASEAN Vision in accordance with peacefulcoexistence principle. Culture of a people is its image andentity. I expressed my belief that the charter would guaranteeeach member country the rights of safeguarding andpromoting national culture systematically.

Tekkatho Myat Thu

The ASEAN Charter or thebackbone of ASEAN unity

(from page 6)

However, ASEAN strictly followed the principle

of non-interference in the internal affairs of member

nations it had laid down when it came into being.

Now it has been nearly four decades it has practised

the principle. ASEAN has been a region that has been

against military domination of SEATO or the US and

deployment of US troops in it.

Now ASEAN Charter, which can be called

ASEAN Constitution, is being framed. It is needed to

draw a charter to make ASEAN more dynamic with

rules and regulations in forming ASEAN as a regional

organisation, to strengthen regional unity, to be able

to overcome challenges harmoniously, to get involved

in globalization process, and to ensure effectiveness

in dealing with international community.

To write ASEAN Charter was one of the

objectives of Vientiane Plan of Action laid down in

November 2004. The heads of ASEAN members

signed Kuala Lumpur Declaration in December 2005

to draft ASEAN Charter, and formed a 10-member

Eminent Persons Group. Chairman of the Civil

Service Selection and Training Board Dr Than Nyun

is one of the ten eminent persons from ASEAN

member countries.

The group held discussions with ministers,

parliamentarians and governmental officials of

ASEAN countries, and experts of the European

Union, and social organizations. The findings of the

meeting were submitted to the ASEAN to help

compile the charter.

High Level Task Force took responsibilities for

writing ASEAN Charter based on the proposals of

the EPG. The High Level Task Force consists of 10

experts from respective member countries, Director-

General U Aung Bwa of the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs represents Myanmar in the High Level Task

Force.

Chairman of the High Level Task Force Mr

Rosario G Manalo of the Philippines invited

representatives of social organizations from High

Level Task Force member countries and had

discussions with them in Manila, the Philippines, on

27 March to seek their views, desire, stances and

suggestions. Six members of social organizations

from each country attended the meeting.

Myanmar delegation comprised Director-

General U Hla Myint of the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs, U Tun Aung of the Union of Myanmar

Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry,

Dr Daw Thet Thet Zin of the Myanmar Women’s

Affairs Federation, Dr Htay Myint of the Union

Solidarity and Development Association, Dr Wah

Wah Maung and myself as a writer / journalist. At the

opening ceremony, meeting chairman Mr Rosario G

Manalo extended greetings. Dividing themselves into

three groups for three chapters, the participants held

discussions and compiled papers group-wise. In the

afternoon plenary session, each group read the paper

concerned for discussion. The meeting chairman

explained that HLTF members would have to present

their assessments; and that ASEAN ministerial level

participants would discuss matters on human rights

separately so the charter would not feature human

rights and the discussions would not focus on matters

on termination of charter member countries.

U Hla Myint and Dr Htay Myint took part in the

discussions about political and security sector, U Tun

Aung and Dr Wah Wah Maung, about economic

integration sector, and Dr Daw Thet Thet Zin and I,

about socio-culture sector. In the three sectors, all

Myanmar representatives presented their proposals for

successful compilation of the charter. All representatives

placed emphasis on ASEAN spirit, ASEAN unity and

successful completion of ASEAN Charter.

In the discussions about socio-culture sector,

Vietnamese and Cambodian representatives urged the

meeting to give priority to successful completion of

ASEAN Charter through ASEAN unity spirit even if

there were disagreements between one representative

and another. In my speech, I said that religious faiths,

languages, political affairs and cultures of 10 ASEAN

countries were not the same, but all of them were

Asians and ASEAN family members. And they would

have to enjoy common interests equally. It was a

pleasure for me to see that despite some differences,

the members were working together to achieve

ASEAN Vision in accordance with peaceful

coexistence principle. Culture of a people is its image

and entity. I expressed my belief that the charter

would guarantee each member country the rights of

safeguarding and promoting national culture

systematically.

In the afternoon session, three papers were read,

and they won the support of all representatives. The

HLTF continued discussions on steps for drafting the

charter. The draft is expected to be submitted to the

13th ASEAN Summit due to be held in Singapore in

November 2007.

I think the emergence of ASEAN Charter will

help ASEAN to be more cohesive and dynamic with

positive results in the tasks, so the forthcoming charter

will serve as a pillar for enhancing the unity of

ASEAN members.

Translation: TMT + MS

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(from page 16)There are 13 printing

presses at News andPeriodicals Enterprise andseven printing presses atthe PPE. Altogether 61presses-16 rotary presses,25 sheet-fed presses, 20letterpresses are inoperation in NPE and PPE.

A number of spareparts are imported for thepresses. The ministry cansave foreign exchange iflocal industrialists producethese. He hoped that theindustrialists canmanufacture more spareparts.

Next, on behalf of thechairman of cooperationcommittee on industrialdevelopment Vice-Chairman Deputy Ministerfor Rail TransportationThura U Thaung Lwin saidbeing able to producemachine partsdomestically will saveforeign exchange,facilitate full operation offactories and workshops,help improve technicalskills of workers andemployers, help realize the

goal of building anindustrial nation withsupporting industries,create more jobopportunities andimprove the livingstandards of the people.Various ministriesdisplaced their machinesand spare parts from 1 to

25 October 2005. Out of6650 machine items, 1275were domesticallyproduced and plans areunder way to produce1431 other items.Machine items displayedby various ministriesincluded eight items —cast iron-based products,steel and alloyedproducts, rubberproducts, glass andceramic materials, plasticand polymer materials,metal coating, compositematerials and electricaland electronic goods.Next, he called forassistance fordomestically producingmachines and partsnecessary for localfactories.

Printing and

Publishing EnterpriseGeneral Manager U ZawMin Oo reported onmatters related to displayof samples of machinesand spare parts to bedomestically produced;Deputy General Manager(Printing) U Kyaw Thuon display of 315 items ofmachine parts of PPE; andManager (Printing) U YanMyo Aung of News andPeriodicals Enterprise ondisplay of 151 items ofmachine parts of NPE andoperation of printingpresses.

Minister Brig-GenKyaw Hsan, DeputyMinister Thura U ThaungLwin and party viewed315 items of machine partsdisplayed by PPEincluding 195 items ofiron and steel machineparts, 10 items of alloymachine parts, two itemsof machine parts made ofother kinds of mineral, 62items of machine partsmade of rubber, 26 items

of fibre and woodenmachine parts and 20 itemsof electrical goods, 151items of machine partsdisplayed by NPEincluding 91 items of ironand steel machine parts, 9items of alloy machineparts, 14 items of machineparts made of other kindsof mineral, 17 items ofmachine parts made ofrubber, three items of fibre

and wooden machine partsand 17 items of electricalgoods and documentaryphotos showingmaintenance tasks carriedout at Sarpay BeikmanPrinting Press, Nay PyiTaw Printing Press, UpperMyanmar Printing Press,GTC & Aung San PrintingPress, Photolitho Pressand presses of theMyanmar Alin, Kyemon

and the New Light ofMyanmar. Later,technicians andindustrialists discussedproduction of spare partsin the country.

The display of spareparts and machine parts ofthe Ministry ofInformation continues upto 16 May at the meetinghall of PPE.

MNA

Information Ministryseeks means…

Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan and guests view display of spare parts andmachinery parts.—MNA

DeputyMinister for

RailTranspor-

tationThura

U ThaungLwin briefs

onindustrialdevelop-ments.

MNA

Spare parts and machinery parts on display.—MNA

Spare parts and machinery parts being displayed.—MNA

Now the industrial zones are in a

position of manufacturing new parts.

Therefore, the first aim is to boost

manufacturing of new spare parts.

The second aim is to produce parts in

cooperation with technicians of the

ministry and industrialists.

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YANGON, 14 May—Phyo Cetana Clinic wasopened under thearrangements of YangonDivision Solidarity andDevelopment Associationand supervision of YangonNorth District USDA alongwith cash donationspresentation at InseinTownship USDA onPhanset Street in KannaAle Ward, Insein, here, thismorning.

USDA CEC Member

Free clinic launched in Insein

Minister for Electric PowerNo 2 Maj-Gen Khin MaungMyint, CEC Member(Yangon Division InCharge) Chairman ofYangon City DevelopmentCommittee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin andVice-Chairman of YCDCVice-Mayor Col Maung Paopened the clinic.

The mayor and theminister made speeches.

Wellwishers presentedcash donations through the

minister, the mayor and thevice mayor.

The clinic opens onFridays from 1 pm to 4 pmand on weekends from 4pm to 6 pm, and PhyoCetana TraditionalMedicine Division, onevery Tuesday,Wednesday, Thursday,Friday and Sunday from 9am to noon to give freetreatments to the people,irrespective of race andcreed.— MNA

Minister inspects construction ofTechnical Training School (Mandalay)

NAY PYI TAW, 14May — Minister for In-dustry-2 Maj-Gen SawLwin and officials in-spected construction ofTechnical TrainingSchool (Mandalay) inAungmyaythazan town-ship, Mandalay on 11May. Acting Principal UKyaw Swa Thein re-

ported on collection ofequipment for the con-struction project andteaching aids, instructorsfor the training school andcurricula and greeningtasks to the minister.

The ministercalled upon the officials tolay the groundwork forthe training school. He

also urged them to man-age to set the deadline,and minimize loss andwastage.

Later, the minis-ter inspected constructionof classrooms and trainingworkshops, and officialsconducted him around thetraining school.

MNA

YANGON, 14 May —Mass measles vaccinationprogramme was launchedin all townships of easternand western BagoDivision, MagwayDivision, AyeyawadyDivision and lowerSagaing Division today.

Measles vaccinationprogramme, that will lasttill 27 May,is the thirdstage of integrated measlescontrol and preventionstrategy beingimplemented by extendedvaccination project of theHealth Department in thewhole nation.

Field supervisorsvisited the vaccinationpoints together withUNICEF officials.

They inspected thevaccination tasks carriedout by Head of HealthDepartment Dr Htay Aungand officials atTharyargone Village in

Mass measles vaccination programmelaunched in Bago Township

Intagaw Village-tract,Bago Township thismorning and attended tothe needs.

They also inspectedthe other vaccinationpoints in Bago Township.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint and Mayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin formally open Phyo Cetana free clinic in Insein.— YCDCYANGON, 14 May —

Minister for ElectricPower No 2 Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint and wifeattended a communalordination and novitiationceremony of the stafffamilies of Yangon CityElectric Power SupplyBard on 13 May.

Electric Power No 2 Minister attendsordination and novitiation ceremony

YANGON, 14 May— A medical team led byCEC member ofMyanmar Maternal andChild Welfare Associa-tion Dr Than Oo went todelivery room of MingonModel village Maternaland Child Welfare Asso-

Dr Than Oo of MMCWA hands over medical equipment throughChairperson of MCWSC Daw San San Htay.— MNA

Medical treatment given to expectantmothers, residents in Mingon village

ciation in Hlegu town-ship on 12 May.

Dr Than Oo andProf Dr Tun Yi held ameeting on disseminationof health knowledge torural people and femalereproductive cancer.

The CEC mem-

ber donated medicalequipment worth K300,000 to the deliveryroom. Treatment wasalso given to 94 expect-ant mothers and PapSmear treatment to 26women.

MNA

The minister and wifeand staff families donatedalms to the Sayadaw ofAung Mingala Monasteryin Ahlone Township, 10invited members of theSangha, 40 newly-ordained monks and sixnovices.

Next, the minister

and party offered ‘soon’(day’s meals) to themembers of Sangha.

The minister and wifeand Col Khin Maung Soe ofYangon City Electric PowerSupply Barrd offered robesand alms to the members ofSangha.

MNA

Field supervisors and UNICEF officialsinspect measles vaccination in Kyunthaya

ward in Bago.— MNA

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.

The second best time is now.

All this needs to be known* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flat-

tered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

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Vietnamese delegation in townYANGON, 14 May—Deputy Minister for

Religious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Aung Ko received

a delegation headed by Chairman Mr Vu Mao of

Foreign Relations Committee of Vietnam National

Congress at his office at 9 am today.

Also present on the occasion were Pro-rector

(Admin) Dr Myint Kyi of International Theravada

Buddhist Missionary University and officials,

Vietnamese Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Tran Van

Tung and officials.

Likewise, Deputy Chief Justice U Thein Soe

received the visiting Vietnamese delegation at his

office at 10 am today.

Also present at the call were justices of Supreme

Court, Director-General U Soe Nyunt and directors.

At the meeting, Deputy Chief Justice U Thein

Soe extended greetings and Chairman Mr Vu Mao of

Foreign Relations Committee made a speech.

They exchanged views on experiences in

judiciary.

The visiting Vietnamese delegation also called

on Deputy Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin at the latter’s

office at 11 am today.

Also present at the call were Deputy Director-

General U Kyaw Sein of Attorney-General’s Office,

Director Daw Kyin San of Attorney-General’s Office

Branch (Yangon) and Deputy Director U Alone

Maung.

They exchanged views on legislative affairs and

procedures practised by the AGO.—MNA

Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan poses together withDr Tin Shwe Literary award winners.— MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan awards Dr TinShwe Literary award winner Dr Toe Hla.

MNA

Players

dunk in

Third Inter-

State/

Division

U-18

Basketball

Tournament

2007 at

Aung San

gymnasium

on

14-5-2007.

NLM

Information Minister attends prize presentationceremony of Fifth Dr Tin Shwe Literary Award

YANGON, 14 May —

The fifth Dr Tin Shwe

Literary Award

presentation was held at

International Business

Centre this afternoon with

an address by Minister for

Information Brig-Gen

Kyaw Hsan.

Also present were

managing directors and

directors-general of the

departments and

enterprises under the

Ministry of Information,

the chairman of Myanmar

Writers and Journalists

Association, the vice-

chairmen and EC

members, literati,

families of Dr Tin Shwe

and prize winners.

In his address, the

minister said the

ceremony is held every

year to foster the spirit of

serving the interest of

literacy in memory of Dr

Tin Shwe. Dr Tin Shwe

won first prize in the

belles-lettres in 1963 and

a consolation prize in

literature on dynamism of

patriotism in 1994 and the

best poster award in paper

reading session of

medical research in 1996.

Before he passed away in

2000, he compiled a lot

of literary works on

religion and books for

children in discharging

literary duties. It is the

fifth ceremony. The

number of Dr Tin Shwe

literary awards is

increasing year after year.

More books are required

for the development of

Myanmar literature.

Besides, reading power of

Myanmar people should

be enhanced. The

Government has been

providing all-out

assistance for flourishing

of Myanmar literature and

presenting occasionally

National Literary

Awards , Sarpay

Beikman Manuscript

Awards, and prizes for

national motto, literary

and photo compe-

titions.

In 2006, Myanmar

published 11,443 kinds of

books, up from 1,731 in

1988. Total circulation of

periodicals reached about

26 million in 2006, while

five million copies of

other books were printed

and distributed. But

Myanmar still needs to

increase circulation rate

of books and the number

of readers for literary

development. She also

needs to conduct research

to categorize readers into

age-wise and subject-

wise. At the same time,

efforts should be made to

penetrate international

markets. The ministry, on

its part, is ready to render

assistance to publishers.

The Government has set

up nearly 60,000 libraries

in all parts of the country.

Increase in the number of

readers will help develop

human resources and

widen the literary market

of the nation. The minister

urged men and women of

letters and publishers to

follow 12 objectives of

the State for the

emergence of a peaceful,

modern developed

democratic nation.

Next, chairman of

MWJA U Hla Myaing

(Ko Hsaung) made a

speech on the occasion.

Afterwards, the

minister presented prizes

to Dr Kyaw Sein, Dr Toe

Hla, Daw Saw Hmon

Nyin and Dr Khin Maung

Nyunt. On behalf of the

prize winners, Daw Saw

Hmon Nyin spoke words

of thanks.

Wellwishers U Kyaw

Zaw and Daw Hla family

donated 100 books, Yan

Aung Publishing House,

50 books and Dr Tin Shwe

family, 200 books to be

used at self-reliant rural

libraries.

Next, the minister

accepted books presented

by writer Daw Aye Thant,

wife of Dr Tin Shwe.

After the ceremony, the

minister posed for a

documentary photo

together with prize

winners.

MNA

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The national teams of South Korea and Chinaplayed women’s soccer friendly game on 13

May in Hangzhou, China. China’s women’ssoccer team beat South Korea with a 5-2

victory. —INTERNET

Frankfurt’s Trade Fair Tower (Messeturm) ispictured out of a helicopter in Frankfurt on 13

May, 2007.— INTERNET

Poisonous gas sickens 112workers in Colombian factory

BOGOTA, 14 May —At least 112 workers gotsick Saturday afterinhaling a poisonous gasin a garment factory innorthwestern Colombia,local media reported.

Workers in the

It is the largest group ofits kind to be sighted in theBeibu Gulf in recent years.

The majority of therare dolphins we spottedwere adults, said aresearch fellow with theQinzhou Bay Indo-PacificHump-Backed DolphinsResearch Centre of PekingUniversity.

Experts say that the

Endangered dolphin speciesspotted in Beibu Gulf

NANNING, 14 May — A research team from Peking University has foundbetween 110 and 122 Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphins in the waters ofQinzhou Bay in the Beibu Gulf, off the the southern coast of China.

healthy ecologicalenvironment is a keyreason for the increase inthe population of the Indo-Pacific hump-backeddolphins.

Indo-Pacific hump-backed dolphins are foundfrom northern Australiaand Indonesia to southernChina, and around thecoastal rim of the Indian

Ocean to southern Africa.The dolphins, whosecolours range from blackand grey to white and red,are inhabitants of tropicalto warm temperate coastalwaters and they can enterrivers, estuaries andmangroves.

They are listed for topstate protection in China.

MNA/Xinhua

Argentine bus crash kills13 musicians

BUENOS AIRES, 14 May — At least 13 members ofPeruvian group Nectar died on Sunday when the vanin which they were travelling lost control, hit twocars and left the road, falling onto a table-tennis courtbefore exploding.

Police said that the crash took place at 3.00 am onBuenos Aires’ 25 de May Highway, close to SanCristobal, as the musicians headed for the city of LaPlata, 60 kilometres south of Buenos Aires, wherethey had been scheduled to play a concert.

Alberto Crecenti, head of the Emergency MedicalAttention System, said that not one passenger survivedthe accident.—MNA/Xinhua

At least 10 killed inRussian cafe blast

MOSCOW, 14 May — At least 10 people werekilled on Sunday in an explosion in a cafe in theRussian town of Orsk at the southern edge of theUral Mountains, Russian news agencies said.

Interfax news agency quoted an EmergenciesMinistry spokesman as saying the cafe, located inthe town’s market complex, was completelydestroyed by the blast that was followed by a firethat covered more than 150 square metres.

ITAR-TASS news agency quoted the spokesman,Viktor Beltsov, as saying at least 10 bodies had beenrecovered. It was not clear how many people hadbeen in the cafe at the time of the explosion.

MNA/Reuters

Bicycle bomb injures 15in Turkish port of Izmir IZMIR (Turkey), 14 May — A bicycle bomb

exploded in a market in the Turkish port of Izmir onSaturday, injuring 15 people, two of them seriously,police said.

“The bomb exploded on a bicycle ... The injuredare being treated at two local hospitals,” a policespokesman said.

He said nobody was riding the bike at the time ofthe blast, which occurred early in the morning whenthere were relatively few people in the area. Most ofthe injured were tradespeople working at the market,in the Bornova District of the city.

Nobody has claimed responsibility for the bomb,which is thought to have been fastened to the bicycle.

MNA/Reuters

XICHANG (SichuanProvince), 14 May —China on early Mondaymorning launched acommunications satellitefor Nigeria, the first of itskind in Africa and the firsttime a foreign buyer haspurchased a Chinesesatellite and its launchingservice.

The carrier rocket,Long March 3-B, blastedoff from Xichang SatelliteLaunch Centre in south-west China’s SichuanProvince at 0:01 Mondayand 26 minutes later, data

from the northwest Xi’anSatellite Control Centreshowed that the satellitehad entered orbit.

The Nigerian Com-munication Satellite, orNIGCOMSAT-1, is a superhybrid geostationarysatellite designed tooperate in Africa, parts ofthe Middle East andsouthern Europe.

The Nigerian Gov-ernment delegation presentat the launching ceremonyhere include the Ministerof Science and Technologyand several other high-

ranking officials. The entire launching

process and the ceremonywas broadcast live fromChina by the NigeriaTelevision Authority.

Experts estimate thatthe satellite programmewill revolutionize tele-communications, broad-casting and broadbandmultimedia services inAfrica.

MNA/Xinhua

China launches communicationssatellite for Nigeria

DAMASCUS, 14 May —Syrian Minister ofTourism Saadallah Aghaal-Qalaa and his visitingMalaysian counterpartDatuk Seri Tengku AdnanTengku Mansor held talkshere Sunday, seeking toboost tourism cooperationbetween the two countries.

Both sides conferredon issues to activate jointinvestments and exchangeexpertise in the field oftourism and the possibilityof opening direct airlinescorridors between the twocountries, said Syria’sofficial SANA newsagency.

During the meeting,Agha al-Qalaa briefed hisMalaysian counterpart onthe development oftourism in Syria and the

Syria, Malaysia seek toboost tourism cooperation

steps taken by thegovernment to improvetourist products. Syria hashistorical and antiquitiesfactors which make thecountry an internationaltourist destination, hestressed.

For his part, TengkuAdnan underlined thenecessity to activate thetourism cooperation amongthe Islamic countries ingeneral and between Syriaand Malaysia in particularto create joint and integratedtourist products.

MNA/Xinhua

SOFIA, 14 May —Bulgarian Prime MinisterSergey Stanishev made the

Bulgaria, Romania start secondDanube bridge construction

symbolic first sod for theconstruction of the DanubeBridge II at Vidin-Kalafaton Sunday, reported BTAnews agency.

The bridge constructionis an important part of thePan-European TransportCorridor 4 passing fromThessaloniki through Sofiaand Vidin to Romania byproviding connection toCentral and WesternEurope, Stanishev said atthe official ground-

breaking ceremony inVidin.

According to the PrimeMinister, the new infra-structure project is one ofthe biggest in the next yearsin Bulgaria.

The bridge is importantnot only for Bulgaria andRomania, but also for theEuropean Union (EU), asit is definitely a bridge ofthe reunion of the Europeancontinent, said the PrimeMinister. — MNA/Xinhua

factory that makesgarments for export in LaEstrella City started to getsick early Saturdaymorning with symptomsof dizziness, headacheand vomitting.

MNA/Xinhua

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

MINISTRY OF RAIL TRANSPORTATIONROAD TRANSPORT, YANGON DIVISION

INVITATION TO TENDERTENDER NO. 001/ ME/ 2007-2008

1. Sealed Tenders from eligible suppliers are invited for the supply of following Recondi-tioned Engine Ass’y & Rear Axle Ass’y. Prices to be quoted in Myanmar Kyats -(a) Reconditioned HINO M 10U (Horizontal Type) Engine Assy; with Gear Box Assy; (2) Sets

(b) Reconditioned HINO HO 7C/HO 7D NISSAN FE 6 Engine Assy; With Gear Box Assy; (54) Sets (c) Reconditioned HINO/ NISSAN/ FUSO Rear Axle Assy; (14 ton). Gear Ratio (6.00:1 to 6.83:1) (69) Sets

2. (a) Tender Documents are available at the office of Procurement & Stores Department. Road Transport No. 375/ Bogyoke Aung San Street, Yangon, Myanmar Commencing on the 15-5-2007

(b) Tender will be closed on 31-5-2007 at (16:00) Hours (The Road Transport Reserves the right to reject any or all Tenders)

3. Detailed information will be available at the office of the Procurement & StoresDepartment. Phone No. 01-252574 (or) 01-376549

ROAD TRANSPORT

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GATI SUVIDHA VOY NO (73307)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GATISUVIDHA VOY NO (73307) are hereby notified thatthe vessel has arrived on 13.5.2007 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S GATI COAST TO COASTPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TABAH VOY NO (153)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TABAH

VOY NO (153) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 15.5.2007 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.




AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES PTE LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GEE HONG VOY NO (709)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GEE HONGVOY NO (709) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 15.5.2007 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




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

MINISTRY OF RAIL TRANSPORTATIONROAD TRANSPORT, YANGON DIVISION

INVITATION TO TENDERTENDER NO. 002/ TRT/ 2007-2008

1. Sealed Tenders from eligible suppliers are invited forthe supply of following Tyres with Tubes AndFlaps. Prices to be quoted in Myanmar Kyats -(a) 9.00x20 - 4300 Sets(b) 7.50x16 - 230 Sets(c) 10.00x20 - 250 Sets(d) 6.00x14 - 20 Sets(e) 5.50x13 - 50 Sets

2. (a) Tender Documents are available at the office ofProcurement & Stores Department, YangonDvision, Road Transport No.375/Bogyoke AungSan Street, Yangon, Myanmar Commencing onthe 16-5-2007(b) Tender will be closed on 1-6-2007 at (16:00)hours(The Road Transport Reserves the right to rejectany or all Tenders)

3. Detailed information will be available at the officeof the Procurement & Stores Department, PhoneNo. 01-252574 (or) 01-376549

ROAD TRANSPORT

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV MINDORO VOY NO (41)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV MINDOROVOY NO (41) are hereby notified that the vessel will bearriving on 15.5.2007 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY whereit will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses andsubject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port ofYangon.




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Death toll rises to nine in carbomb in central Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 14 May—The death toll rose to nine andup to 40 people injured in a car bomb at a crowdedsquare in downtown Baghdad on Sunday, an InteriorMinistry source said.

Earlier, the source put the toll at four people killedand 10 others injured when a booby-trapped car parkingnear the Wathabah Square detonated at about 2:30 pm(1030 GMT). The attack took place in a crowded areaclose to the popular market of Sadriyah where a truckbomb explosion on 19 April killed up to 140 peopleand wounded some 150 others. —MNA/Xinhua

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pvaer;®Pc\. eKt\m^P∑M>‘Pi;tui;tk\eqa Nuic\cMeta\”k; tv\eSak\AM.Additional bird flu outbreak reported in Vietnam

HANOI, 13 May — Vietnam’s central Nghe An Province, which detected an outbreak among fowlsin early May, has faced a new one, a local veterinary official told Xinhua on Sunday.

Map of Vietnam’s central Nghe An Province.—INTERNET

Nearly 1,300 out offlocks of 3,800 ducksraised by three householdsin Hung Nguyen district,Nghe An, were found deadon 9 May, the official fromthe Department of AnimalHealth under the Ministryof Agriculture and RuralDevelopment said oncondition of anonymity,adding that samples fromdead poultry were testedpositive to bird flu virusstrain H5.

flu, the official said. Birdflu outbreaks in Vietnam,starting in December2003, have killed and ledto the forced culling ofdozens of millions offowls in the country.

Vietnam is activelyvaccinating fowls againstbird flu viruses to preventpotential outbreaks, theofficial said, noting that atotal of 111 million poultryin 60 cities and provinceshave been vaccinated sofar this year.

Internet

In this photo provided by Princess Cruises, Emerald Princess is docked at themain port of Piraues, near Athens on 13 May, 2007.— INTERNET

The supermarket of the future

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV RAINBOW JOY VOY NO (23)Consignees of cargo carried on MV RAINBOW

JOY VOY NO (23) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 15.5.2007 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of MYANMA PORT AU-THORITY where it will lie at the consignee’s risk andexpenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions ofthe Port of Yangon.




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China’s largest astronomicaltelescope in operation

LIJIANG, 12 May— China’s largestastronomical telescopewas put into operation on

Saturday in a south-western Chinese city, aspokesman with ChineseAcademy of Sciences

The picture taken on 10 April, 2007 shows a largeastronomical telescope newly developed and stationedat the Lijiang observation station in southwest China’s Yunnan Province on 12 May, 2007. —INTERNET

(CAS) said. The telescope,2.4 metres in diametre, 8metres tall and weighing40 tons, is the largest of itskind both in China and inEast Asia, the spokesmansaid, it will be used inresearches of star physicsand galaxy study.

The telescope will beopen to astronomers fromhome and abroad upon thecompletion of the test runby the end of this year.

Internet

Earlier, specimensfrom ducks raised by ahousehold in Dien Chaudistrict, Nghe An weretested positive to H5.

Among the flock of 610ducks, 246 died from 1-4May . Nghe An is theonly locality in Vietnamcurrently being hit by bird

Two die of mystery disease in Nepal

CHICAGO, 12 May — Standing in along line at the grocer soon might getyou through the checkout faster.

That’s because a British company hasdesigned a system to track and predictthe movements of supermarket shoppersusing thermal imaging. A computeranalyzes data from infrared cameras,then advises when and where additionalcashiers are needed.

“The idea is that the more pleasant thecheckout experience, the more you willbuy,” said Nick Stogdale, senior salesmanager for InfraRed IntegratedSystems’ SMARTLANE product. Thesystem is being tested by two US chains.

The SMARTLANE was one of manynew food-related technologies ondisplay at this week’s Food MarketingInstitute show, where speed, ease,sanitation and a touch of theater ruled.

Take the case of rotisserie chicken,one of the most popular items in the fast-

growing prepared foods category: Thelatest crop of chicken roasters — thoseubiquitous ovens that endlessly twirlcrisp, golden chickens at grocers acrossthe nation — are designed not just tocook, but also to capture your attentionwith good looks and funky design.

Internet

KATHMANDU, 13 May— Two members of afamily have died whileseven others been inserious conditions due toan unidentified disease in

Dhading District some 50km east of Kathmandu,website the himalayan-times.com reported onSunday. Three-year-oldKanchhi Maya Tamang

and her uncle Top BahadurTamang died from thedisease on Saturday.

Seven other members ofthe same family areundergoing treatment inhospital in Kathmandu.Meanwhile, Chief Dis -trict Officer of DhadingRam Sharan Chimoriyasaid: “A team of healthworkers from the DistrictPublic Health Office hasbeen sent to the site.”

Earlier, one person diedof similar disease in thearea with symptoms likevomiting, foaming frommouth and fallingunconscious a week ago.

Internet

China completes new power line to Vietnam KUNMING, 14 May—A new power transmission

line designed to send electricity from Wenshan insouthwest China to Ha Giang in Vietnam has beencompleted and put into service, reported the YunnanPower Grid.

It is the fifth power line to transfer electricity fromChina to Vietnam.

The newly completed line is also the second 220-kilovolt power line to be constructed between Chinaand Vietnam. The first one runs between Honghe inYunnan and Lao Cai of Vietnam.— MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T S

Sheffield United down as West Ham beat Man Utd

Gimnastic on brink of relegation after 3-1 defeat

Sochaux’s team holds the cup to celebrate theFrench Cup final soccer match against Marseilleat the Stade de France in Saint-Denis near Paris,

on 12 May, 2007.— XINHUA

Lazio, Milan bag Champions League places

Jose defends summer signings

Manchester United lifts 16th League trophy

Manchester United celebrate winningthe English Premier League at OldTrafford Stadium, Manchester,England, on 13 May, 2007.—INTERNETLONDON, 14 May—

Jose Mourinho has de-fended the contributionof Chelsea's summer re-cruits.

The Blues saw theirstranglehold on the Pre-miership prised off byManchester United andsome have pointed thefinger at Chelsea's sum-mer signings.

Chelsea splashed outsome £30million onAndrei Shevchenko,grabbed Germany starMichael Ballack on a freetransfer and also broughtin England full-backAshley Cole and forward

Salomon Kalou.The quartet have

shown only flashes of theirtrue form, but Mourinhohas been happy with theirfirst seasons at StamfordBridge.

“Young Salomon hasdone fantastically for a boycoming from a differentculture,” said Mourinho.

He is still very naivebut his contribution hasbeen very, very good.

For Ashley Cole it wasnot easy to change.Willie's (Gallas) season atArsenal was also not su-perb.

I think it is easier to

go from Chelsea to RealMadrid or from Arsenalto Real Madrid. ButAshley has played well.He is one of the heroeswho has played injuredthe whole season and hisintegration has beensmooth.

Ballack, even againstsome opinion, has con-tributed to the team verypositively. In big mo-ments, he scored the goalto put Chelsea into the FACup final and scored thegoal that put us in theChampions League semi-final.

Internet

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of play at ThePlayers

Champion-ship golf

tournamentin Ponte

Vedra Beach,Florida on 12

May, 2007.XINHUA

Liu Xiang holds up two trophies forSportsman of the Year and the MostPopular Sportsman of the Year duringthe 2007 China Top Ten BenefitingLaureus Sports For Good award cere-mony in Changsha, on 12 May, 2007.The awards including 10 categories,has combined the China Top Ten Ath-letes Award and the Laureus WorldSports Award since 2004. — XINHUA

B EIJING, 14 May — ManchesterUnitedon Sunday finished the PremierLeague season at Old Trafford as cham-pions, for the first time in four years andthe16th in its history.

Crowned the previous weekend andtreated to a guard of honour by deposedchampions Chelsea in midweek, Unitedcould afford to lose 1-0 to West HamUnited on Sunday and still had man-ager Alex Ferguson describe it "a fan-tastic occasion."

The result, which secured WestHam's survival, was only United's fifthdefeat in a season which they endedwith 89 points, six more than second-placed Chelsea.

As an added bonus, United werewidely credited with having played thebest football — an accolade never givenin the same measure to Chelsea lastterm.

United veterans Gary Neville andRyan Giggs raised the trophy in front ofmore than 70,00 fans at Old Trafford asfireworks exploded behind them.

"There were times in last three yearswhen we have been really low and in-consistent," said Neville, the Unitedcaptain who has been injured for abouttwo months. "But this year we deservedto be champions."

The team's jubilation wasn't dimin-ished by a weakened side that lost tovisiting West Ham 1-0 on the final dayof the season. United manager AlexFerguson started Sunday's match withPaul Scholes, Cristiano Ronaldo andGiggs on the bench. —Internet

MADRID, 14 May —Basement side GimnasticTarragona were left withone foot in the second Di-vision on Sunday after a3-1 defeat at home to fel-low strugglers RealSociedad in the PrimeraLiga. First half strikesfrom midfielders GaizkaGaritano and Savio, and aclose-range volley fromdefender Ion Ansotegi en-sured Sociedad of a winthat kept alive their hopesof survival.

But defeat for Gimnasticmeant that the Catalans arenow 10 points adrift of

safety with just four gamesleft to play.

Celta Vigo also suffereda major blow to theirchances of avoiding thedrop when they slumpedto a 2-1 defeat at home to

Levante in another relega-tion six-pointer, theirfourth defeat in a row un-der new coach HristoStoichkov.

Gimnastic have 24points from 34 games,

Celta and Sociedad have30 and Athletic Bilbao,who drew 1-1 at home toDeportivo Coruna, occupythe final place above therelegation zone on 34.

MNA/Reuters

Olympique Khouribga winfirst Moroccan Championship

RABAT, 14 May — Olympique Khouribga won theirfirst Moroccan league championship on Sunday, gain-ing the point they needed for an unassailable lead witha goalless draw away at Ittihad Tanger.

Olympique Khouribga, from the phosphate-pro-ducing area of the North African country, had neededonly a single point from their last three matches aftersecond-placed Royal Armed Forces were beaten 2-1 atHassania Agadir on Saturday. — MNA/Reuters

MILAN, 14 May — Lazio and ACMilan secured places in the ChampionsLeague qualifying round after Empoli'sdefeat in Serie A on Sunday.

Hernan Crespo scored a hat-trick to

help champions Inter Milan to a 4-3 winover Lazio while Milan could manageonly a 1-1 draw with Catania.

However, Empoli's 2-0 defeat at Sienameans Lazio and Milan, both on 61 points,are now certain of finishing third or fourthwith two rounds of matches left to play.

Siena's victory lifted them out of therelegation places and they have beenreplaced by Chievo. The battle to avoidthe drop seems certain to go down to thelast day with a host of clubs still indanger.

Ascoli, who beat UEFA Cup hopefulsPalermo 3-2, and Messina who werecrushed 4-1 by struggling Parma, wererelegated last Sunday.

Lazio had looked on course for animpressive away victory over recently-crowned champions Inter but concededtwice late on in a thrilling match.

Goran Pandev opened the scoring onthree minutes with a deflected shot andLazio doubled their advantage two min-utes later when Massimo Mutarelliheaded in at the far post.

MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 14 May —Sheffield United were rele-gated from the PremierLeague on goal differenceafter they lost 2-1 at home

to Wigan Athletic andCarlos Tevez fired WestHam United to a shock 1-0win at champions Manches-ter United on Sunday.

Sheffield United fin-ished the season in 18thplace with a goal differenceof -23, a single goal worsethan Wigan, to join alreadyrelegated Charlton Athleticand Watford in the SecondDivision. It was a dramaticfinale at Bramall Lane, withWigan down to 10 men af-ter Lee McCulloch was red-carded in the 75th minuteand his teammates strug-gling to keep the ball out oftheir penalty area.

Everton, who drew 1-1at deposed champions andrunners-up Chelsea,Tottenham Hotspur andBolton Wanderers allbooked spots in next sea-son's UEFA Cup.

Third-placed Liverpool,who drew 2-2 at home withCharlton, and Arsenal, whofinished goalless at Port-smouth, had already sealedtheir places in the Cham-pions League qualifiers.

Liverpool will qualifyautomatically for the groupstage, though, if they beatAC Milan in this season'sfinal in Athens on 23 May.

MNA/Reuters

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Monday, 14 May, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, the Southwest Monsoon hasadvanced into Southern Myanmar areas. Rain or thundershow-ers have been fairly widespread in Mon State, Magway Divisionand widespread in the remaining areas with locally heavyfalls inMandalay and Magway Divisions and isolated heavyfalls inupper Sagaing and Bago Divisions. Day temperatures were(8ºC) below May average temperature in Mandalay Division,(9ºC) below May average temperature in upper Sagaing Divi-sion and about May average temperature in the remaining areas.The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Minkin(6.46) inches, Thayawady (5.28) inches, Mindat (4.37) inches,Hakha (3.03) inches, Pathein (2.84) inches, NyaungU (2.44)inches, Kalewa (2.36) inches, Mawlaik (2.29) inches, CocoIsland (2.20) inches, Magway (2.16) inches, Yangon (Kaba-Aye) (2.09) inches, Gwa (2.01) inches, Hkamti (1.93) inches,Yamethin and Chauk (1.69) inches each.

Maximum temperature on 13-5-2007 was 86°F. Minimumtemperature on 14-5-2007 was 75°F. Relative humidity at 09:30hours MST on 14-5-2007 was 100%. Total sunshine hours on13-5-2007 was (2.7) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 14-5-2007 was (1.93) inches at Mingaladon,(2.09) inches at Kaba-Aye and (1.29) inches at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2007 was (18.35) inches at Mingaladon,(22.56) inches at Kaba-Aye and (20.34) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (15)mph from Southeast at (15:30) hours MST on 13-5-2007.

Bay inference: According to the observations at (12:30)hrs MST today, the tropical storm in the East Central Bay furtherintensified into a cyclonic storm. It is centred at about (200)miles Southwest of Sittway and forecast to move Northeastdirection and cross between Sittway and Kyaukpyu (NorthernRakhine). Moonsoon is moderate in the Andaman Sea andSouth Bay. Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy elsewhere in theBay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 15-5-2007: Rain or thun-dershowers will be widespread in Chin, Rakhine and MonStates, Taninthayi, Bago, Ayeyawady, Yangon and upper SagaingDivisions and scattered to fairly widespread in the remainingStates and Divisions with likelihood of isolated heavyfalls inChin and Rakhine States, upper Sagaing, Ayeyawady, Bago andYangon Divisions. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with rough seas are likely at timesoff and along Detaic and Rakhine Coast. Surface wind speed insqualls may reach (60) to (75) mph. Seas will be moderate torough elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation of rain inCentral Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areas for15-5-2007: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areas for15-5-2007: Some rain or thundershowers . Degree of certaintyis (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areas for 15-5-2007: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree of certaintyis (80%).

WEATHER

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Two families make cakes for the Mother's Day scheduled on 13 May in HongKong, China, on 12 May , 2007. A series of celebrative activities were staged onSaturday in Hong Kong for the upcoming Mother's Day which falls on 13 May .

XINHUA

Key Taleban commanderkilled in S Afghanistan

KABUL, 14 May — Akey Taleban commanderMullah Dadullah was killedin Helmand Province ofsouthern Afghanistan, anofficer of the NationalDirectorate of Security told

Xinhua on Sunday. He was a member of

the Taleban's 10-manleadership council beforethe US-led invasion in2001, and also was a closeaide to Mullah Omar, thetop Taleban leader.

MNA/Xinhua

Mogadishu blast kills 3 as top UN aidofficial visits

MOGADISHU, 14 May — An explosion near the UN compound in Mogadishu killed three people onSaturday, shortly after the United Nations' top aid official arrived to tour the shattered capital.

A security source saida senior intelligence officialwas killed when gunmendetonated an explosivedevice planted in his carshortly after UN emergencyrelief coordinator JohnHolmes landed in Moga-dishu where he met Presi-dent Abdullahi Yusuf.

The source said theattack, the latest targetingsenior officials in Moga-dishu, was unrelated toHolmes' visit.

"Ibrahim MohamedAhmed, a senior intell-igence officer who was incharge of the airport diedalong with two others," thesecurity source toldReuters.

"He had manyenemies because of hiswork. We can't point afinger now, but certainlyit's his enemies who arebehind this."

There has beenrelatively calm in Moga-

dishu since the interimgovernment and its Ethiopianmilitary allies declaredvictory over insurgents two

weeks ago, in a move thathas encouraged smallnumbers of Somalis to returnhome. –– MNA/Reuters

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15th Waning of Kason 1369 ME Tuesday, 15 May, 2007

NAY PYI TAW, 14 May—According to the observation conducted at (18:30)hrs MST today, the Cyclone centered at the east-central part of the Bay of Bengaladvanced to the northern wards. It is now centered in the sea, about 70 miles westof Sittway. It is now advancing to the northeast wards, and is expected to passthrough the coast between Maungtaw of Rakhine State and Chittagong ofBangladesh in 12 hours commencing from this afternoon.

Under the influence of the storm, rain will be widespread in Kachin, Chin,Rakhine and Mon States, Taninthayi, Bago, Ayeyawady, Yangon and SagaingDivisions and scattered to fairly widespread in the remaining states and divisionswith heavyfalls in specific parts of Kachin, Chin and Rakhine States, upperSagaing, Ayeyawady, Bago and Yangon Divisions.

Squalls with rough sea are likely at times off and along Deltaic and RakhineCoast. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach 80 to 100 mph during heavy rainand strong winds. The tide is likely to rise from 8 to 10 feet from the current waterlevel. — MNA

Special Storm News

NAY PYI TAW, 14 May —The amount of rainfall (164) mm (6.46 inches)observed at ( 09:30 ) hours MST on 14 May in Minkin is the 24 hours newmaximum rainfall record at the station for the amount of May during last 23 years.The former record was 160 mm (6.30 inches) on 12 May 2007.— MNA

Information Ministry seeks means tomanufacture spare parts in nation

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

YANGON, 14 May — Aceremony to display spareparts and machinery partsof the printing pressesunder the Ministry of In-formation for manufactur-ing them in the countrywas held at Printing andPublishing Enterprise onTheinbyu Street, here, thisafternoon.

Present were Ministerfor Information Brig-GenKyaw Hsan, Deputy Min-ister for Rail Transporta-tion Thura U ThaungLwin, heads of depart-ments and enterprises un-der the ministries con-cerned, chief-editors,deputy chief-editors, tech-nicians, experts and indus-

trialists. Minister Brig-GenKyaw Hsan said the dis-play of spare parts andmachinery parts was heldwith the two aims. In-dustrialists produced alarge number of spareparts and the Ministry ofInformation purchasedthem. Now the industrial

zones are in a position ofmanufacturing newparts. Therefore, the firstaim is to boost manufac-turing of new spare parts.

The second aim is to pro-duce parts in coopera-tion with technicians ofthe ministry and indus-trialists, he said. He said

continued efforts are to bemade for development ofthe industrial sector basedon agriculture.

(See page 8)

Technicians and industrialists visit display of spare parts andmachinery parts.— MNA

Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan addresses the ceremony to display spare parts and machinery parts for manufacturing themin the country. — MNA

New rainfall record

Foreign exchange can be savedthrough producting spare parts locally

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