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Established 1914

Volume XVI, Number 320 9th Waxing of Taboung 1370 ME Wednesday, 4 March, 2009

* 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 participa-tion in terms of technical know-how and invest-ments from sources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must bekept in the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and pres-ervation and safeguarding of cultural heritageand national character

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

of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace and tran-quillity, prevalence of law and order

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Constitution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

Prime Minister General Thein Seinfelicitates Bulgarian counterpartNAY PYI TAW, 3 March — General Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union of

Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Sergei Stanishev, PrimeMinister of the Republic of Bulgaria, on the occasion of the National Day of the Republic ofBulgaria, which falls on 3 March, 2009.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwefelicitates Bulgarian President

NAY PYI TAW, 3 March — Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations toHis Excellency Mr Georgi Parvanov, President of the Republic of Bulgaria, on the occasionof the National Day of the Republic of Bulgaria, which falls on 3 March, 2009.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3 March—Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thiha ThuraTin Aung Myint Oo had a meeting with district andtownship level service personnel from Kyaukme atKyaukme, Shan State (North) yesterday afternoon.

Chairman of Kyaukme District PDC U Khin MaungLay reported on education, health, social and economicconditions of the district; Chairman of Shan State(North) PDC Commander of North-East CommandMaj-Gen Aung Than Htut, on self-reliant hydropowerstations, achievement of food sufficiency, and progressin reclaiming highlands; Minister for Electric PowerNo. (2) Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint, on increase inelectric power supply with the completion of ShweliHydropower Project, and ongoing projects; DeputyMinister for Health Dr Mya Oo, on construction ofmore hospitals and dispensaries and appointment ofhealth staff to expedite community health care, and

Service personnel have to put publicinterests in the fore, Secretary-1 says

requirement of massive participation to make progressin health care; and Deputy Minister for EducationBrig-Gen Aung Myo Min, on education promotionplans to be implemented with the participation ofteachers, parents and students.

The Secretary-1 in his address said that the purposeof his tour is to fulfil requirements for development ofthe district in the education, health, economic andtransport sectors. He quoted the reports of officialsconcerned as saying that Kyaukme District achieved130 per cent in rice sufficiency, 123 per cent in edibleoil, and over 300,000 kyats in per capita income (2007-2008).

He added that the Head of State has given guidanceon the need for every region to try to achieve foodsecurity, and is fulfilling the requirements. He said thatthey have learnt lessons that local people face foodshortage in times of natural disasters and interruption

of transport, adding that he wanted local people realizewhy they are urged to pay serious attention to localfood sufficiency.

Now, per capita income of 600,000 is on target, hesaid, instructing officials concerned to contributetowards the drive as Kyaukme District has got basicfoundations for development.

The government is pursuing the goal of ensuringequitable development of all states and divisions. Iflocal people work hard, each of them and the regionwill enjoy greater development in proportion to theefforts they have exerted, he noted. On the tour, he willdrop in Namhsan and fulfil requirements for regionaldevelopment including the upgrading of NamhsanHospital to a 50-bed facility. Moreover, arrangementswill be in force to upgrade Kyaukme-Hsipaw-Namhsan-Panton Road to an all-weather one, he said.

(See page 8)

Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo delivers a speech in meeting withdistrict/township level service personnel from Kyaukme.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 4 March, 2009

Wednesday, 4 March, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

Prime Minister of the Union of MyanmarGeneral Thein Sein attended the 14th ASEANSummit and related meetings held in Hua Hin,Thailand, on 28 February and 1 March at theinvitation of his Thai counterpart Mr AbhisitVejjajiva.

At the 14th ASEAN Summit Retreat, Headsof State/Government of ASEAN countries helddiscussions on implementation of ASEANCharter, exchange of views on regional andinternational issues, global financial crisis,disaster management, food and energy security,and regional and international situations.

Then, they signed the Declaration onRoadmap for ASEAN Community. After the14th ASEAN Summit Retreat, the foreign affairsministers of ASEAN countries signed the ASEANPetroleum Security Agreement. At the workingdinner for ASEAN Economic Ministers, theeconomic ministers inked ASEAN Trade inGoods Agreement, ASEAN ComprehensiveInvestment Agreement, protocol to implementthe 7th Package of Commitments under ASEANFramework Agreement on Services, and 3programmes for mutual recognition of ASEANQuality.

ASEAN is now trying hard to boost regionaleconomic cooperation as part of the drive forestablishing ASEAN economic community by2015. Being rich in natural resources and humanresources, ASEAN region has economicopportunities and attracts the attention ofinvestors.

Now, ASEAN members have endorsed theDeclaration on Roadmap for ASEANCommunity. When ASEAN Community comesinto existence, the peoples of ASEAN memberswill be able to enjoy progress in the fields ofpeace, stability, prosperity, social affairs andculture.

ASEAN countries can enjoy greater regionaldevelopment in the near future if they keep onboosting trade and investment and cooperationin the economic sector in accordance with thefine tradition of their unity.

ASEAN countries to boosteconomic cooperation

NAY PYI TAW, 3 March—Maj-Gen OhnMyint of the Ministry of Defence , accompanied byChairman of Mandalay Division Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe and officials, on 24February met with officers and other ranks ofMandalay Station at Yanaungmyin Hall anddepartmental officials, rectors, principals and

Construction of Orthopaedic Hospital(Mandalay) inspected

members of social organizations at the meeting hallof the Division PDC Office.

After that, Maj-Gen Ohn Myint inspectednewly built five-storey Mandalay General Hospitalon 30th Street and progress in construction ofOrthopaedic Hospital (Mandalay) near the Instituteof Nursing on 62th Street. Next, Maj-Gen OhnMyint of the Ministry of Defence and party lookedinto tarring of 35th Street, renovation ofShwetachaung Drain and tarring of 87th and 41stStreets on self-reliant basis and left for Nay PyiTaw.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3 March — U Nyan Win,Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar,has sent a message of felicitations to His ExcellencyMr Ivailo Kalfin, Deputy Prime Minister and Ministerof Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria, on theoccasion of the National Day of the Republic ofBulgaria, which falls on 3 March, 2009.—MNA

Foreign Minister felicitatesBulgarian Deputy Prime

Minister, Foreign Minister

YANGON, 2March—Prizes werepresented to mathematicsdistinction winners to markthe 35th Anniversary of

Saya U Maung Maung Ti(Maths) presents prizes to

distinction winnersTeaching Career of SayaU Maung Maung Ti(Maths) at a ceremony heldat Than Lwin Hall of MahaThanti Thukha Monasteryin Natchaung Ward,Tamway Township herethis afternoon.

It was attended byRector Dr Soe Yin (Retd)of Yangon University andwife, Professor Dr DawKhin Win Kyi (Retd) ofYangon Institute ofEducation, Pro-rector UTin Latt (Retd) of DagonUniversity, Professor UThein Myint (Retd),Associate Professor DrDaw Khin Tint (Retd) andteachers, CEC member ofMyanmar Writers andJournalists Association UHein Latt and those fromjournalistic world, maths

distinction winners andtheir parents.

Pro-rector U TinLatt (Retd) and ProfessorU Thein Myint (Retd)made speeches.

Next, Saya UMaung Maung Ti (Maths)presented prizes to sixdistinction winners MaungPhyo Min Han and MaungMyat Phyo Aung and 40

distinction winners inmaths in 2008matriculation exam. Afterthat, he presented gifts tosenior teachers who werepresent on the occasion.

Saya U MaungMaung Ti (Maths) has beenopening special mathsclasses at No. 284 on BanyaDala Street, TamwayTownship.—MNA

Maj-Gen Ohn Myint of the Ministry of Defence inspects Orthopaedic Hospital (Mandalay). MNA

Pro-rector U Tin Latt (Retd) makes speech at the ceremony to mark the35th Anniversary of Teaching Career of Saya U Maung Maung Ti

(Maths).—MNA

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US Justice Department say CIAdestroys almost 100 interrogation videos

NATO may ask China for sup-port in Afghanistan

US military deaths in Iraqwar at 4,254

WASHINGTON, 3 March—As of Monday, 2 March,2009, at least 4,254 members of the US military haddied in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003.

The figure includes eight military civilians killedin action. At least 3,417 military personnel died as aresult of hostile action, according to the military’snumbers. The British military has reported 179deaths; Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria,13; Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five;Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Es-tonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, two each;and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Ko-rea, one death each.—Internet

Afghan civilians could bearbrunt of increased war

KABUL, 3 March—Afghan civilians will bear thebrunt of an escalation in the Afghan war this year asthousands more US troops deploy unless more is doneby NATO forces and Taleban militants to protect them,a top Red Cross official said Monday.

Civilian casualties in Afghanistan are “significantlyhigher” today than a year ago, and an intensificationof the conflict this year could mean that consequencesfor many more Afghans will be “dire in the extreme,”said Pierre Krahenbuhl, the director of operations forthe International Committee of the Red Cross.

“The daily lives of people living in areas where thefighting is taking place are being disrupted, be it be-cause of airstrikes, night raids, suicide attacks, the useof IEDs, or because of intimidation and the popula-tion being pressurized or co-opted by the differentparties to this conflict,” he said.

The UN last month said 2,118 civilians died in theAfghan conflict in 2008, a 40 percent jump over 2007.The world body said insurgent attacks caused 55 per-cent of those deaths, while US, NATO or governmentforces caused 39 percent of the deaths. The remaining6 percent were caused in crossfire.

The NATO-led force said Monday that an opera-tion in Helmand province on 23 Feb killed eight civil-ians. A joint NATO-Afghan investigation found thatmilitants used civilian houses and religious facilitiesfor “terrorist activities” in Sangin district when theyambushed a NATO patrol, a statement said.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 3March—The US JusticeDepartment issued docu-ments on Monday show-ing that the Central Intel-ligence Agency (CIA) hasdestroyed almost 100 in-terrogation videos re-corded during the formerBush administration.

The CIA can now iden-tify the number of video-tapes that were destroyed,”Acting US Attorney LevDassin wrote in a letterdated 2 March to New

York Judge AlvinHellerstein. “Ninety-twovideotapes were de-stroyed.”

The letter was sub-mitted at the request of theNew York judge who ishandling a lawsuit filed bythe American Civil Liber-ties Union (ACLU), andseeking more details of in-terrogation programs un-der Bush’s government.

“The large number ofvideotapes destroyed con-firms that the agency en-

gaged in a systematic at-tempt to hide evidence ofits illegal interrogationsand to evade the court’sorder,” ACLU attorneyAmrit Singh said in a state-ment, adding that CIAshould be held accoun-table for holding back theinformation for so long.

The newly-releasednumber was far more thanthe number that was pre-viously acknowledged byCIA.

Internet

BRUSSELS, 3 March—NATO may ask China toprovide support for the wareffort in Afghanistan, in-cluding possibly opening asupply link for allianceforces, a senior US officialsaid Monday.

The subject is still underconsideration and no deci-sion has been reached onwhether to approachBeijing, the official said oncondition of anonymitygiven the sensitivity of theissue. He spoke ahead of ameeting of NATO foreign

ministers on Thursday inBrussels, which will in-clude Hillary RodhamClinton in her first Euro-pean trip as US secretary ofstate.

One way Beijing couldhelp would be to open analternate logistics routethrough western China intoAfghanistan, the US offi-cial said in Brussels.

China shares a 76-kilo-meter- (50-mile)-long bor-der with Afghanistan in theWakhan Corridor, a thinsparsely populated strip of

Afghan territory separatingPakistan and Tajikistan.The 2,000-year-old-cara-van route — once used byMarco Polo — is now a dirtroad that crosses some ofthe world’s most mountain-ous regions.

Until now, China —which also has faced prob-lems with Islamic militantsin its western regions —has generally been support-ive of the Afghan govern-ment and the US-led alliedwar effort.

Internet

US soldierkilled in

IraqBAGHDAD, 3 March —

An American soldier diedMonday from injuries hereceived while on patrolin the north of Baghdad,the US military said in astatement.

The name of the de-ceased is being withheldpending notifi-cation ofnext of kin, the statementsaid, adding that the inci-dent is under investiga-tion.—Internet

US ArmyStaff Ser-geant EarlGranville,

25, who losthis left leg a

year ago,close to the

Afghan-Pakistanborder, isseen at

Walter ReedArmy

MedicalCentre in

Washington.INTERNET

Bicycle bomb kills threeand wounds 20 in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 3 March—Three people were killed and20 others wounded in a bicycle bomb near a Shiitemosque northeast of Baghdad, a police source said.

A bomb set in a bicycle exploded on Monday af-ternoon near a Shiite mosque in Khalisin of Diyalaprovince, killing three civilians and wounding 20 oth-ers, most of them are children and women, the sourcetold Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Eleven of the wounded were seriously injured andtransferred to local hospital for treatment, the sourceadded. Diyala province is considered one of the mostdangerous places in Iraq, where al-Qaida and vari-ous insurgent groups still manage to launch attacksdespite a general decrease in violence levels in thecountry.—Internet

New US envoy on NorthKorea heads to region

BEIJING, 3 March—TheObama Administration’snew chief emissary onNorth Korea, StephenBosworth, is scheduled toarrive in China on Tues-day for initial discussionson how to coax a waryPyongyang toward freshnuclear disarmamentsteps.

Beijing will beBosworth’s first stop onhis first visit to the regionsince he was nominatedlast month for the job ofoverseeing protractednuclear negotiations withNorth Korea, which theUnited States fears is alsopreparing a missilelaunch.

Swedish Foreign Min-ister Carl Bildt, also inBeijing, said Chinese of-ficials also worried abouta possible North Korean

missile launch.“They (the Chinese)

are obviously concernedwith the risk of raisingtensions,” Bildt said ofNorth Korea’s moves.

But no breakthroughsare expected onBosworth’s first visit.

Internet

Afghan

soldiers

inspect the

site of a

suicide car

bomb

attack in

Nangarhar

province on

1 March,

2009.

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A US Coast Guard helicopter crew member (R) reaches out to pull a man,identified by the Coast Guard as Nick Schuyler, from a transport basket into

the helicopter after the man was rescued from the waters of the Gulf ofMexico, off the coast of St Petersburg, Florida on 2 March, 2009.—XINHUA

Vehicles park on a parking lot at LaGuardia Airportin New York, the United States, on 2 March, 2009. Amassive snowstorm ravaged the eastern United Statesearly Monday, snapping power lines, closing schoolsand snarling the morning commute amid freezing temperatures.—XINHUA

CANBERRA, 3 March —Australian ForeignMinister Stephen Smithsaid on Tuesday he wouldnot be surprised if the USrequests Australia todeploy more troops toAfghanistan.

“It will, of course, be

Australia expected to send moretroops to Afghanistan

of no surprise if we do,”Smith told Sky News.

The subject ofAfghanistan is likely tocome up when AustralianPrime Minister KevinRudd and US PresidentBarack Obama meet inWashington on 24 March.

“There is an over-arching review, known asthe Riedel Review, whichthe internationalcommunity is contributingto, including, importantly,Afghanistan and alsoPakistan,” Smith said.

The US administrationhad made it clear earlythis month that it saw theneed for additional troopcontributions fromcoalition nations.

Australia has 1,100troops in Afghanistan,which is the largestcontribution of non-NATO nations.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 3 March —China’s Health MinisterChen Zhu on Sundayurged health and medicalworkers to quit smokingand seta good example forpeople to follow, onTuesday’s China Dailyreported.

“Medical workers andthose who take thedecisions regardingpeople’s health shouldtake the lead to quitsmoking and completelyban indoor smoking to seta good example for theirpatients and others wholook up to them,” theminister said as helaunched a campaign todiscourage smokingamong medical staff.

About 56.8 percent ofmale doctors in the countrysmoke.

It is the highest rate in

LIMA, 3 March — Atleast 13 people were killedand more than 17 otherswere missing after alandslide buried a remotePeruvian mining villageMonday, local mediareported.

The landslide, causedby heavy rain, occurredin Winchomayo, a remotevillage in Carabayaprovince, about 1,300kilometers southeast ofLima, between 6 am.and7 a.m. (1100 GMT and1200 GMT).

Rescue workers werelooking for survivors, anda helicopter had been sentto the scene with an aidteam carrying medicineand supplies for thehomeless, officials said.

The village is in an areainaccessible by road, andmachinery might not beavailable for the rescueeffort.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 3 March —The aerospace industry isexpected to one daybecome the new growthengine of Shenzhen’seconomy with the esta-blishment of a satellitemanufacturing companyon Sunday.

Upon completion,Shenzhen Aerospace Spa-cesat Co Ltd is expectedto develop six to eighttypes of satellites andproduce four to fivesatellites every year. Thesatellites will be used forglobal navigation, tele-communications, remote

Chinese doctors urged to stub out killerhabit of smoking

the world, according to theChina PreventiveMedicine Association(CPMA).

Despite findingsuccess in holding a“smoke-free” Olympicslast year, the country

continues to facedifficulties getting itscitizens to give up thekiller habit due to lack ofrelevant legislations,policy implementationand awareness campaigns,Chen said.—Xinhua

Shenzhen to build four to five satellites every yearsensing and spaceexploration.

The enterprise wasjointly founded by ChinaSpacesat Co Ltd, HarbinInstitute of Technologyand Shenzhen AerospaceScience and TechnologyResearch Institute. It willbe part of a research,development and manu-facturing base for theaerospace industry inShenzhen, companyofficials said Sunday.

A research institutesubordinate to ChinaAerospace Science andTechnology Corp, themain contractor for theChinese space programs,will also move into thebase in Shenzhen. OnSunday, national and citygovernment officials brokeground for the SatelliteBuilding, an infrastructureproject at the base in theShenzhen Hi-TechIndustrial Park. —Xinhua

Landslide kills13 miners

in Peru

GULF OF ADEN, 3 March—The commander of theChinese naval fleet that is patrolling in the Gulf of Adenon Monday warned that piracy remains a problem in thegulf and urged passing ships to be on guard.

Rear Admiral Du Jingchen said that despite recentsuccesses in thwarting pirate raids, the Gulf of Aden isstill not yet safe for commercial vessels.

In the past week alone, more than 100 raids bysuspicious small ships occurred in the gulf.

The Chinese cargo ship Yandanghai was attacked 25Feb by pirates in the gulf and two of its crewmemberswere slightly injured. The Chinese fleet escorted thecargo ship to safe waters and helped treat the injuredcrewmembers after a Danish ship chased off the pirates.

The fleet also rescued an Italian merchant ship fromapproaching pirates in the sea off Somalia last Thursday.

Xinhua

BANDA ACEH, 3 March —Indonesia has opened atsunami museum in Aceh province to remember theseverity impact of the catastrophe in 2004 that killedmore than 230,000 people in Asia and most of them in theprovince.

The museum displayed the pictures of victims andhuge damages in coastal areas of the province in northerntip of Sumatra island when a tsunami triggered by strongquakes devastated the areas on 24 Dec five yeas ago.

“The museum has been opened in Telang Padangdistrict,” head of Aceh Development Planning RahmanLubis told Xinhua.

The four-level building also exhibits stories ofsurvivors and an electronic simulation of tidal waves,said Lubis.—Xinhua

Chinese Navy fleet warns ofdanger in Gulf of Aden

Indonesia opens tsunamimuseum in Aceh

All items from Xinhua NewsAgency

OTTAWA, 3 March —Freezing rain and snow shutdown schools and cut power supplies to thousands ofhouseholds in Canada’s Atlantic provinces, local mediareported. The province of Nova Scotia was poundedby bursts of freezing rain throughout Monday, withEnvironment Canada predicting that 25 millimeters ormore of rain would fall on the province by Tuesdaymorning.

The freezing rain closed schools province-wide,and the ice that built up on trees was blamed forcausing power outages to more than 2,000 houses.

The rain with snowmelt could result in local flood,authorities warned.—Xinhua

Canada’s eastern provinces hitby snow, freezing rain

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One job to be lost every 25 secondsin next three months in Britain

One-third of Americanslosing sleep over economy

Global PC shipments to suffersharpest decline in 2009

SAN FRANCISCO, 3 March—Economic downturnwill drag global personal computer (PC) shipments toits steepest decline in 2009, market research companyGartner predicted on Monday. PC shipments are ex-pected to decline 11.9 percent from last year to 257million units in 2009, Gartner said.

The industry previously experienced its worst de-cline in 2001 when PC shipments contracted 3.2 per-cent.

“The PC industry is facing extraordinary conditionsas the global economy continues to weaken, usersstretch PC lifetimes and PC suppliers grow increas-ingly cautious,” George Shiffler, research director atGartner, said in a statement.

Internet

World’s biggest IT fairCeBIT opens in Germany

HANOVER, 3 March—CeBIT, the world’s biggest ITtrade show, opened here Tuesday with special high-lights on “Webciety” and “green IT.”

Compared to 5,845 exhibitors last year, CeBIT haslost more than 35 percent of its exhibitors this timearound because of the global economic crisis.

However, with some 4,300 exhibiting firms from69 countries this year, CeBIT is still the world’s mostimportant annual get-together for the IT and telecom-munications sectors.

CeBIT 2009 also managed to get 200 new exhibi-tors. Big brands that displayed at the CeBIT 2009 in-cluded Microsoft, IBM, SAP, Software AG, Vodafone,Intel, and Dell.—Internet

LONDON, 3 March—About 320,000 jobs lookset to be lost in the nextthree months as the reces-sion hits home in Britain,equating to a job lost ev-ery 25 seconds, expertswarned.

If the cull continued atthe same rate for the restof the year unemploymentwould hit 3.06 millionwhen job losses are seenin all sectors of business,from services to manu-

facturing, and among bothlarge and small firms, busi-ness adviser BDO StoyHayward predicted.

“Businesses are takingswift and decisive action totackle the challenges of therecession,” its report said.

The jobless total inBritain now stands at 1.97million. In a glimmer ofhope, the report indicatesits optimism index, whichpredicts business con-fidence for the next two

quarters rose slightly inFebruary compared withJanuary.

Meanwhile, the Engi-neering Employers’ Fed-eration (EEF) warnedmore than 140,000 manu-facturing posts would belost this year.

The EEF predicted thesector would shrink by 8.6percent this year, the worstdecline since the recessionof the 1980s.

Internet

WASHINGTON, 3March—One-third ofAmericans are losing sleepover the state of the USeconomy and other per-sonal financial con-cerns,a new poll says.

The poll, released Mon-day by the National SleepFoundation (NSF), sug-gests that inadequate sleepis associated with un-healthy lifestyles andnegatively impacts healthand safety.

The number of peoplereporting sleep problemshas increased 13 percentsince 2001. In the pasteight years, the number ofAmericans who sleep lessthan six hours a nightjumped from 13 percentto 20 percent, and thosewho reported sleepingeight hours or moredropped from 38 percentto 28 percent. “It’s easy tounderstand why so manypeople are concernedover the economy andjobs, but sacrificing sleepis the wrong solution,”

said David Cloud, chiefexecutive officer of theWashington-based foun-dation.

“Sleep is essential forproductivity and alertnessand is a vital sign for one’soverall health,” he added.

About 40 percent ofAmericans agree that sleepis as important as diet andexercise to overall healthand well-being; yet, only32 percent of Americanswho report sleep problemsdiscuss them with theirdoctor.

InternetPeople of the Bouyei

ethnic group play the

trombone in the rape

field on the opening

ceremony of “Golden

Sea and Snow Moun-

tains” tourist promot-

ing campaign held in

Guiding, a county of

southwest China’s

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INTERNET

Former Iranian presidentpromises help for Iraq

BAGHDAD, 3 March—One of Iran’s most powerfulpolitical and religious figures — former PresidentHashemi Rafsanjani — promised Monday to assist inIraq’s reconstruction after nearly six years of war thathas involved Shiite militias with suspected links toTeheran.

“We hope the era of conflict and hardships for Iraq iscoming to an end,” Rafsanjani told reporters in his firstvisit to Iraq since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Iran, a predominantly Shiite country, has close tieswith Iraq’s Shiite-led government and seeks to expandits commercial links as Iraq looks ahead to projects torebuild roads and core services such as electrical net-works and sewers.

Internet

FormerIranian

PresidentHashemi

Rafsanjaniand IraqiPresident

JalalTalabani, left,

inspect thehonor guardin Baghdad,Iraq, on 2

March, 2009.INTERNET

Gazans want open bor-ders, not handouts

RAFAN, 3 March—As top diplomats pledged billionsof dollars for war-ravaged Gaza on Monday, ordinarypeople here — from merchants to housewives — saidthey’d rather have open borders than handouts.

Even some tunnel smugglers who profit from Gaza’sblockaded borders say they’d rather import legallythrough open crossings than risk Israeli bombing raidsand shaft collapses.

“I want a cease-fire and open borders. Crossingsare better than tunnels,” said 22-year-old smuggler AbuMahmoud, leaning over a shaft as workers tried to cleara 300-foot stretch of tunnel that had collapsed underan Israeli airstrike.—Internet

Girls of theHani ethnicgroup sing

songs duringthe “China

Honghe terraceculture tourism

festival” inYuanyangCounty,

southwestChina’sYunnan

Province, on 1March, 2009.

INTERNET

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NEWS ALBUM

Two hostesses look at a light-installation at the booth of IBM atthe CeBIT in Hanover, northern

Germany, on 2 March, 2009. Some4,300 exhibitors will present theirlatest developments on the world’sbiggest IT fair from on 3 March to

8 March, 2009.

The new cruise ship AIDAlunastarted its trip from the shipyard tothe ocean with what will likely beone of its closest passages on the

narrow Ems River. The 252-meter(827-foot) long ship will make its

first voyage in the North Sea then goback to the docks for a final check.

Taxi runs over crocodilein Aussie town

A taxi driver ran over and killed acrocodile in the central business district ofan Australian town on Wednesday, policesaid.

When the driver reported the accident,“police thought he may have been a bitstrange or under the influence of liquor orsomething but it was all above board,”said Inspector Ray Pringle.

The taxi collided with the one metre(three foot) croc while driving in MountIsa, Pringle said.

“Sure enough when they went down,there was this freshwater croc,” he told theAustralian Broadcasting Corporation.

“It was quite severely injured and theylooked at opportunities to save its life butthe injuries were so bad it passed away.”

French Spider-Man’ scales HongKong skyscraper

“French Spider-Man” Alain Robert scaled one of HongKong’s tallest skyscrapers on Tuesday, in what he said wasan effort to highlight global warming.

Robert, famous for climbing the world’s tallest buildingswithout safety equipment, was arrested by police after a 40-minute ascent of the 62-storey Cheung Kong Centre,according to an AFP photographer.

The Frenchman unfurled a bright yellow banner as heclimbed, advertising a website, onehundredmonths org,which is counting down “the number of months left to savethe planet from global warming.”

Anger really can killyou: study

Anger and other strong emotions cantrigger potentially deadly heart rhythmsin certain vulnerable people, USresearchers said on Monday.

Previous studies have shown thatearthquakes, war or even the loss of aWorld Cup Soccer match can increaserates of death from sudden cardiac ar-rest, in which the heart stops circulat-ing blood.

“It’s definitely been shown in all dif-ferent ways that when you put a wholepopulation under a stressor that suddendeath will increase,” said Dr RachelLampert of Yale University in New Ha-ven, Connecticut, whose study appearsin the Journal of the American Collegeof Cardiology.

Children in single-parent households,step families benefit from time with

grandparents: study Spending time with a grandparent is linked with bettersocial skills and fewer behavior problems among adoles-cents, especially those living in single-parent or stepfamilyhouseholds, according to a new study available here onMonday. This study, appearing in the February Journal of FamilyPsychology, published by the American Psychological As-sociation, found that children and adolescents whose par-ents have separated or divorced see their grandparents asconfidants and sources of comfort.

Some of the stranded pilot whales ona King Island beach are seen in thishandout obtained on 2 March, 2009.Rescuers were trying on Monday tosave dozens of pilot whales after almost200 beached themselves on an islandnear Australia’s southern state ofTasmania, with many already dead.

A Palestinian is seen inside a smuggling tunnel, that runs under the border betweenEgypt and Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 1March, 2009.—INTERNET

MEXICO CITY, 3 March—More than 800 federaland local police havebeen assigned to improvesecurity in and aroundMexico City’s interna-tional airport after a seriesof armed robberiesagainst travelers who ex-changed money there, au-thorities announced onMonday.

Mexico City AttorneyGeneral Miguel Mancerasaid 460 additional city po-lice officers have been as-signed to patrol the areassurrounding the airport.

Federal police haveadded 350 new agents tothe airport since Decem-ber, said Federal Police

PORT ST LUCIE, 3March —Just five yearsago, Port St Lucie wasAmerica’s fastest-grow-ing large city. Then theforeclosure crisis slam-med it like a hurricane.

Today it sits in one ofthe hardest-hit counties inthe nation. Thousands ofhouses are empty or un-finished. Neighborhoodsare littered with for-saleand foreclosure signs andovergrown, neglectedyards. Break-ins are on

TORONTO, 3 March— Children rated as impulsiveby their kindergarten teachers appear more likely tobegin gambling behaviours like playing cards or plac-ing bets before they hit middle school, Canadian re-searchers said on Monday.

The study in the Archives of Paediatrics & Ado-lescent Medicine is the first to show gambling amongchildren this young, said Linda Pagani, who led thestudy at Sainte-Justine University Hospital ResearchCentre and the Universite de Montreal.

“The question has always been, ‘What comes be-fore adolescent gambling?’” Pagani said in a telephoneinterview.—Internet

Fla county may declare itselfdisaster area

the rise.But one politician be-

lieves he has a unique so-lution: Declare St LucieCounty a disaster area asif it had been hit by, well,a hurricane.

“This is a manmadedisaster,” County Com-missioner Doug Cowardacknowledged. But hesaid that is why “we’vegot to do something.Clearly, the economic cri-sis of the country far ex-ceeds the ability of local

governments to solve it,but we’re trying be a partof the solution.”

The declaration wouldallow the county to sus-pend the usual biddingprocess for shovel-readyprojects so that local con-tractors would get thejobs. It would also enablegovernment officials touse some of the money ina $17.5 million countyfund usually reserved fornatural disasters.

Internet

Mexico increases airport security after robberies

Members of a newly-assigned police force, aimedat providing more security to Mexico City’s inter-

national airport, line up during a presentationceremony in Mexico City, on 2 March, 2009.

INTERNET

Commissioner RodrigoEsparza.

At least 18 people havebeen robbed recently out-side the airport. They ap-

parently were followedafter doing business at thecurrency exchanges in-side, according to cityprosecutors.—Internet

Distracted

kindergarteners

turn to

gambling

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Hsinthay Dam irrigating 10,000acres of summer paddy yearly

Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Hla Shwe (Ketumati)

“Hsinthay Dam can irrigate 10,000 acresof summer paddy yearly.”

U Khin Maung San, Staff Officer,Irrigation Department

Hsinthay Dam.

Forests and plantations seen near Hsinthay Dam of Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon Township.

Vehicles with loads of cauliflowers on Yangon-Mandalay Highwaynear Thahtaygon Village of Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon Township.

(from page 16)Under the arrange-

ments of Staff Officer USoe Myint of IrrigationDepartment, the newsteam recently visited

Hsinthay Dam located 16miles north of Nay PyiTaw Tatkon.

We, members of thenews team, together withStaff Officer U KhinMaung San of IrrigationDepartment went to thedam by motorcyclethrough a hill.

After passingthrough Dahatgon Vil-lage, we saw a reinforcedconcrete type diversionweir. Hsinthay Diver-sion Weir has a 29-mile-long right canal and a 12-mile-long left canal.Tributary canals from thetwo main canals are sup-plying water to the farm-lands. The right canal thatflows towards south is ir-

rigating the farmlands inGwaygyi, Shwemyo,Wegyi, Pazunseik,Khitaye, Letha, Nan-awand Phyokkhwe village-tracts. Some villages are

making preparations forcultivation of summerpaddy with the use of irri-gation facility and somehave already grown sum-mer paddy.

The left main canalflows to the north and sup-plying water to the culti-vable lands inMyaukmyaik, Inbin,Gyokon, Magyikon,Naungthinkha, Byaikinand Kyetthunkhin village-tracts.

The news team left thediversion weir and passedthrough Myaukmyaik andAlekyun villages. In therecent cultivation season,those villages had put thelands under Ngwechi-6staple cotton.

After visitingAlekyun Village, westarted to climb a hill. Itwas one of the hills of themiddle mountain range.It was estimated that thehilltop may be at an alti-tude of 2,000 feet. From

the hilltop, we witnessedthe panoramic views suchas farmlands, hills and for-ests and the water body ofHsinthay Dam. We saw asignboard of caution thatit was a restricted area. Ata time when Forest De-partment is carrying outestablishment of forestsalong the hillside of themountain range, the tend-ing of cattle, the settingfire to bushes and the cut-ting of wood are prohib-ited in the region. There-fore, we saw teak andvaluable hardwood treeswith the thickness of hu-man calf or arm along thehillside. In coming 14 to15 years, these treeswould cover the region if

they could be preserved.At Hsinthay Dam,

Staff Officer U KhinMaung San explained,“Hsinthay Dam was builtbetween Central Moun-tain Range and ShanMountain Range in im-

plementing Sittoung Val-ley Plan. The governmenthad inaugurated Kintha,Mone, Paunglaung, Pathiand Yenwe dams in addi-tion to Hsinthay Dam. Thelatter was opened in 1999-2000 and is irrigating

32,400 acres of farmlands.Thanks to Hsinthay Dam,the water can be suppliedto 15,000 acres ofmonsoon paddy and10,000 acres of summerpaddy.”

The earthen embank-ment of the dam is 1,350feet long and 109 feet high.It has 308 square miles ofwatershed area. A total of110,000 acre feet of waterflows into the dam yearly.The dam can store 143,890acre feet of water at thefull brim and 17,303 acrefeet of water at the lowestlevel. The dam has 12.9

square miles of water atthe highest level. The fa-cility has one 500 feetlong reinforced concretetype conduit and one 110feet wide spillway.

At present, the gov-ernment has undertaken

supply of water, con-struction of dams, im-plementation of riverwater pumping projectsand building of dikes foruplifting the livelihoodof the rural people.Hsinthay Dam is one of218 dams built in thetime of Tatmadaw Gov-ernment. Thanks to con-struction of HsinthayDam, the rural peopleare enjoying the fruits ofagriculture sector basedon irrigation facilities.

Translation: TTAMyanma Alin:

24-2-2009

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(from page 1)He pointed out that

service personnel have toput in the fore publicinterests, to carry outcommunity welfareservice, to show goodmoral conduct to winpublic trust and reliance,and to avert acts that canburden the public.

In some cases, he saidthat those responsibleincidentally burden local

Service personnel have to…people due to the former'sexcessive goodwill andsense of duty, so servicepersonnel are to avert suchan unnecessary matter.

In conclusion, hecalled on service personnelto organize local people tobe able to mobilize their

participation in andcomprehension of thetasks.

Also present on theoccasion was Maj-GenMin Aung Hlaing of theMinistry of Defence.

After the meeting, theSecretary-1 cordiallygreeted the attendees.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3March—To mark theceremony to fixShwehtidaw (Umbrella)and Seinbudaw (Diamondbud) atop UppatasantiPagoda and to consecratethe pagoda in Nay Pyi Taw,entertainments wereperformed for the third dayin the field near the pagodayesterday.

Among over10,000 spectators enjoying

Festivities continue for third day

‘Mandalay Nan Anyeint’were Commander of NayPyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, Ministerfor Culture Maj-Gen KhinAung Myint and Director-General of the Fine ArtsDepartment U Yan NaingOo.

Local peoplewere also entertained withtwo Academy AwardWinning films shown byMawgon Film Enterprise

of Myanma MotionPicture Enterprise.

Arrangements asfixing places for vehicleswere made for thespectators to keep theirnumerous vehicles.

As for the fourthday, apart from two otherAcademy Award Winningfilms, local people will beentertained by MandalayNan Anyeint.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3 March — The 17th DefenceServices (Army, Navy and Air) Military BandCompetition continued today in Nay Pyi Tawattended by Chairman of leading committee fororganizing the military band competition JointAdjutant-General Maj-Gen Hla Shwe, members ofthe committee, senior military officers of the Ministryof Defence, members of the panel of judges andservicemen.

The military band representing No.88 LID,the band representing Northern Command, the bandrepresenting Eastern Command, the band representingSouthern Command, the band representing EasternCommand and the band representing South-EastCommand took part in the competition.

MNA

Military BandCompetition goes on

YANGON, 2March—Ba Gyan &Brothers Co Ltdorganized a ceremony toopen a new automobilespare parts showroom atNo. 198-A in Bo MyatTun Street in BotahtaungTownship, here, thismorning, attended byMD of Ba Gyan &Brothers Co Ltd U AyeWin (a) U Ba Gyan,personnel, sales agentsand guests.

First, U Sae Yuu,U Aung Soe of Ba Gyan &Brothers Co Ltd and U GaPu (Shwe Myaing PaintsShop) cut a ribbon to openthe showroom. U Hla Shwe

Ba Gyan & Brothers showcase automobile spare partsthen unveiled the signboardof the showroom.

Automobile spareparts for Japan madeautomobiles such as Toyota,

Nissan, Mitsubishi, Honda,Mazda and Isuzu brandsand lubricants are availableat the showroom.

Sales represen-

tatives and consumers maycontact the showroom atthe above-mentionedaddress; Ph:291996,098640784. —MNA

SPDC Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo converses with district/township level service personnel from

Kyaukme.—MNA

Local people come to enjoy entertainments at the ceremony.—MNA

Spectators enjoying an Academy Award Winning film shown byMyanma Motion Picture Enterprise.—MNA

U Sae Yuu, U Aung Soe of Ba Gyan & Brothers Co Ltd and U Ga Pu(Shwe Myaing Paints Shop) cut a ribbon to open the showroom.—MNA

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(from page 16)The Secretary-1 offered flowers, water and lights

to a Buddha Image being kept at the Pagoda and goldfoils to four Buddha Images.

Next, the Secretary-1 inspected progress in reno-vation of religious building in the compound of thePagoda and signed visitors’ book.

The Secretary-1 presented cash donation for thePagoda to the members of the board of trustees whopresented a Picture of the Pagoda to the Secretary-1 asDhamma gift.

At the office of the board of trustees of the Pagoda,the Secretary-1 and party presented robes and offerto-ries to members of the Sangha led by SayadawBhaddanta Nanda Siri of Mya Shwegu Monastery.

Next, the Secretary-1 and party visited 100-bedPeople’s Hospital in Hsipaw where Medical Superin-tendent Dr Daw Yi Yi Htwe and officials conductedthem round labor room, operation theater, X-ray room,dental and oral department, patient wards and hospitalbuildings.

Then the Secretary-1 met with doctors and nursesat the training hall of the hospital.

After hearing reports on providing medical treat-ment and requirements of the hospital presented by themedical superintendent, the Secretary-1 attended tothe needs for extended construction of buildings forthe 100-bed hospital through master plan. DeputyMinister Dr Mya Oo and Commander Maj-Gen AungThan Htut made supplementary reports in the meeting.

Next, the Secretary-1, the commander, Minister

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oo…

Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint and Chairman U TunMyint Naing of Asia World Co Ltd presented cash forthe funds of medicine.

Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing presented medicalequipment and disposable syringe to the medical su-perintendent.

At Hsipaw Township Basic Education High School,the Secretary-1 and party inspected school buildings.

Then the Secretary-1 met with teachers and mem-bers of the board of trustees of the school at Mya Nyilahall of the school.

Headmistress Daw Than Myint Htay presentedreports on academic matters and pass rate of the schoolin matriculation examination and Deputy MinisterBrig-Gen Aung Myo Min made a supplementary re-port.

The Secretary-1 fulfilled the requirements on con-struction of water tank and toilets for the school andurged teachers to try to get qualified for their respectivesubjects with effective use of laboratory equipments andteaching aids including computers. The Secretary-1 andparty arrived back Kyaukme in the evening.—MNA

YIT civil engineering studentsto pay respects on 25, 26 April

YANGON, 3 March—Old students of YangonInstitute of Technology, majoring in civil engineeringin (1981-85), will hold their respect paying ceremonyon 25 and 26 April. For more information, contact KoMyo Win (Ph-01-502534, 535894), Ma Tin Moe Myint(Ph-067-409410, 420092), Ko Saw Htway Zaw (Ph-095009356), Ko Kyaw Min (Ph-095017678,098730798), Ma Mi Mi Chan ( Ph-01-564167), MaMyint Myint Yi (Ph-095102454), Ko Win Oo (Ph-0920 04787), Ko Yi Win (Ph-095119754), Ko MoeAung (Ph-0920 16444), Ko Win Maw Htay (Ph-095341076), Ma Khin San Thwin (Ph-0951 61971) and MaToe Toe Maw (Ph-01-577553).

MNA

Housing Estate,Bayintnaung, MayangonTownship dialing 686066,686064 or 095183122 and

Tiptop engine oil and lubricants launchedYANGON, 3 March – A

ceremony to launch Tip-top engine oil and lubri-cants imported from theUnited Arab Emirates washeld at Sky Bistro inSakura Tower here today.

Executive Director UKyaw Tun of LuckyChoice Co Ltd, a soleagent of Tiptop engine oiland lubricants, extendedgreeting to the guests andsales agents. Retired As-sistant Director U WinMaung of Myanma Petro-

leum Product Enterpriseexplained the engine oiland lubricants.

The lubricants includ-ing engine oil, gear oil,brake fluid, grease andhydraulic fluid are avail-able at No 31-B,Naungyoe Road, Tetlan

No Sa-37, Kywesekan 6th

Street, PyigyidagunTownship, Mandalay,(Ph: 70412 or096804150.—MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo pays homage to the Buddha Image at Bawgyo Muhtaw Pagoda in Hsipaw.—MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo meets with doctors and nurses at 100-bedPeople’s Hospital in Hsipaw.— MNA

Executive DirectorU Kyaw Tun of LuckyChoice Co Ltd intro-ducing Tiptop engine

oil and lubricants.MNA

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Aid for development of Ponnagyun, Kyauktaw Townships providedYANGON, 3 March –

Chairman of Rakhine StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofWestern Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye, Ministerfor Industry-2 Vice-Admiral Soe Thein andMinister for Progress ofBorder Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs Col Thein Nyuntmet with townselders,members of socialorganizations, officials andlocal people at the townhall in Ponnagyun on 1March.

The commander andMinister Col Thein Nyuntdelivered addresses.

Next, the commanderpresented two firefightingmachines and pipes worthK 2.4 million to be used infire preventive measures

in the township, MinisterVice-Admiral Soe Thein,a Ayeya (1) power tillerworth K 2.7 million and100 chopping hoes andMinister Col Thein Nyunt,K 7.63 million for

upgrading of Thaya roadin the township, K 6.694million for construction ofZediyin-Natseik road, aroller worth K 12.5 millionand a crusher worth K 2.3million to officials.

The commander andthe ministers cordiallygreeted local people.

In the evening, thecommander and MinisterCol Thein Nyunt attendedthe opening ceremony of

Thayat Tabin-MinthaTaung gravel road inKyauktaw Township tohonour the 64th

Anniversary ArmedForces Day.

Next, the

commander and theminister met with localpeople of Thayat Tabin,Kyauktalon and MinthaTaung village-tracts atPauktaw village.

MNA

Financial Rules Special Course No (20)for PBANRDA Ministry staff

YANGON, 3 March—A specialprogramme of POLICE BEUNIQUEand PUPA SUMMER PARADE SALEwill be launched from 1 to 10 March2009.

Under the special programme,anyone who buys any item will be

YANGON, 3 March—The prize distributionceremony of the 35th

Chess Championship(men) and the 11th ChessChampionship (women)for 2009 took place atAung San Stadium here at1 pm yesterday.

Member of theMyanmar OlympicCommittee Deputy

YANGON, 3 March –Principal U Win Aung ofNationalities YouthResource DevelopmentDegree College (Yangon)of the Education andTraining Department underthe Ministry for Progress ofBorder Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs made an address atthe opening ceremony of

Financial Rules SpecialCourse No (20) at the centraltraining school of thedepartment in DagonMyothit (North) here thismorning.

Also present wereofficials of the departmentsunder the ministry,instructors of Auditor-General Office, guests andtrainees.

The principal in-spected hostel, learningtheater and mess at theschool. A total of 60 traineesfrom Progress of BorderAreas and National RacesDepartment, DevelopmentAffairs Department andEducation and TrainingDepartment are attendingthe five-week course.

MNA

Prizes presented to winners ofChess Championships

Minister for Hotels andTourism Brig-Gen AyeMyint Kyu and officialspresented prizes to thewinners.

After that, GeneralSecretary of MyanmarOlympic CommitteeDirector-General ofSports and PhysicalEducation Department UThaung Htaik presented

the championship shieldto Zaw Oo (Defence) whostood first in the ChessChampionship (men)while Leading Patron ofMyanmar Chess Feder-ation Daw Mu Mu Winpresented the champion-ship shield to May HsuLwin who came in first inthe Chess Championship(women). — MNA

Special programme of POLICE BEUNIQUEand PUPA SUMMER PARADE SALE

offered 10 per cent discount, and if hebuys one item he will get one item(selected item) free as a special chance.

The special programmes are to belaunched at His and Her InternationalCounter, Police Beunique Counter andPupa Counter (Yangon).—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Thaung Aye and Minister Col Thein Nyunt attend the opening of Thayat Tabin-Mintha Taunggravel road in Kyauktaw Township.—MNA

Principal U Win Aung of Nationalities Youth Resource DevelopmentDegree College (Yangon) speaks at the opening ceremony of Financial

Rules Special Course No. (20).— MNA

Physical fitness improves spatial memorySCIENCEDAILY, 3

March — When it comesto the hippocampus, abrain structure vital tocertain types of memory,size matters.

Numerous studieshave shown that biggeris usually better. Nowresearchers have foundthat elderly adults whoare more physically fittend to have bigger

hippocampi and betterspatial memory than thosewho are less fit.

The study, in thejournal Hippocampus,shows that hippocampussize in physically fit adultsaccounts for about 40percent of their advantagein spatial memory.

The hippocampus, acurved structure deepinside the medial temporal

lobe of the brain, isessential to memoryformation. Remove it –as was done in the well-known case of surgicalpatient Henry GustavMolaison – and a person'sability to store most newexperiences in memory isdestroyed.

The hippocampusalso is a key player inspatial navigation andother types of relationalmemory.

Certain activities arebelieved to modifyhippocampus size inhumans. For example, astudy of London taxidrivers found that theposterior portion of thehippocampus was largerin experienced taxidrivers than in othersubjects. —InternetActive senior couple running in the woods.

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A balloon in the shape of Smurf is displayed during the Balloon Day Parade inBrussels, capital of Belgium, on 28 Feb. 2009. Gigantic helium balloons mainlyfeaturing comic strip characters paraded in central Brussels Saturday, marking

the beginning of the Brussels 2009 BD Comics Strip year.—INTERNET

The new iChange of Swiss car maker Rinspeed is displayed during the firstmedia day of the 79th Geneva Car Show at the Palexpo in Geneva on

3 March, 2009.—INTERNET

Pupils learn the knowledgeof ear care in a class atDaminghu Primary Schoolin Jinan, east China’sShandong Province, on 2March, 2009, a day beforethe Ear Care Day. Lots ofactivities were held all overthe nation around the 10thNational Ear Care Day ofChina, with the theme of“Use the AcousticonCorrectly”.—INTERNET

TRIPOLI, 3 March—Libya’s Congress ratifiedon Monday an accord withItaly freeing up five billionUS dollors compensationfor Italys’s colonial-cramisdeeds and boostinginvestments which havealready seen Libya buyinto Italian banking andenergy. Its pariah statuslifted, Libya has becomea strategic investor in Italy,using its energy wealth tobuy into Unicredit bankand oil company Eni andplanning a joint fund withMediobanea to invest inItalian companies. As asign of Tripoli’s growingimportance to Italy, PrimeMinister Silvio Berlu-sconi flew to Libya onMonday to address theGeneral People’sCongress, its equivalentof a Parliament.

MNA/Reuters

ICRC says more must be done toprotect Afghan civilians

KABUL, 3 March—All sides in the war inAfghanistan must do much more to protect civilianswho will face the brunt of any increase in violence withthe arrival of thousands of new troops, a top Red Crossofficial said on Monday.

Ordinary Afghans were now more at risk from thefighting than at any other time since the start of the warin 2001, said Pierre Kraehenbuehl, director ofoperations for the International Committee of the RedCross (ICRC).

Kraehenbuehl told a news conference unless muchmore was done by the different parties to the conflictto respect their obligations under internationalhumanitarian law “the ICRC seriously fears that theAfghan population will bear the brunt of the announcedand potential escalation”.

Violence in Afghanistan surged last year withsome 5,000 people killed, including more than 2,100civilians, a 40-per-cent increase on the previous year,the United Nations says.

President Barack Obama has ordered 17,000additional US troops to Afghanistan to bolster some70,000 foreign troops, including 38,000 US soldiersalready in the country fighting a resurgent Taleban.

MNA/Reuters

FAO reports about24,000 fishermen die

at sea annually ROME, 3 March—Some 24,000 fishermen die at

sea each year, making fishing probably the mostdangerous occupation in the world, the United Nations’Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in areport released on Monday.

The figure is “unacceptable”, said the FAO in itsannual report on the State of Fisheries and Aquaculturecalling on nations to adopt its 1995 Code of Conductfor Responsible Fisheries. The Code provides anecessary framework to ensure sustainable fishing andif implemented could help save lives, it said.

“Human behaviour or error is estimated to beresponsible for 80 per cent of accidents in the fishingindustry,” said the report. “ Safety at sea is a seriousproblem in both developing and developed countries.”

“The main cause of accidents and loss of life in thefishing industry is not only poorly designed, constructedor equipped vessels, but inappropriate humanbehaviour, sometimes compounded by error,negligence or ignorance,” the report said.

MNA/Xinhua

MOSCOW, 3 March—Russia wantsthe United States to agree to limits on alltypes of nuclear weapons deliveryvehicles in a new arms reduction pactthat will replace START I, Russia’sForeign Minister was quoted as sayingon Monday.

Moscow and Washington arediscussing ways to replace the StrategicArms Reduction Treaty (START I)which will expire in December thisyear.

Russia would like to “preserve limitsnot only on warheads ... but also limitson all types of delivery vehicles”, theRIA news agency quoted ForeignMinister Sergei Lavrov as saying in

Madrid.Lavrov was quoted as saying the

previous US Administration of presidentGeorge W. Bush had tried to move awayfrom limits on nuclear weapons deliveryvehicles.

He said Russia was againstautomatically extending the START Itreaty past its expiry date and he woulddiscuss the ideas with US Secretary ofState Hillary Clinton in Geneva thisweek.

The START I treaty was signed onJuly 31, 1991 by US president GeorgeBush and Soviet president MikhailGorbachev, five months before the fallof the Soviet Union.—MNA/Reuters

Russia wants US to limit nucleardeliver vehicles

MADRID, 3 March—Several skilifts plunged tothe ground in the Spanishski resort of Sierra Nevadaon Monday, injuring 21people, a SpanishGovernment spokes-woman said.

The lifts fell after avibrating cable jerkedscrews out of one of thelift’s pillars at the skistation in the southernSpanish region ofAndalusia, thespokeswoman for thenational government’soffice in the nearby city ofGranada said.

Two of the injuredwere taken to hospitalwith rib injuries but theothers were less badlyhurt and were attended atthe ski station’s medicalcentre.

Another 35-40 peoplehad to be rescued after theygot stuck on lifts whichdid not fall but ground to a

halt, the spokeswomansaid.

Newspaper ElMundo reported on itswebsite that the skiers fellfrom heights of up to eightmetres (26 feet).

MNA/Reuters

21 hurt as Spanish ski liftsplunge to ground

Libya okayspact with Italy

to boostinvestment

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GATI MAJESTIC VOY NO (-)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GATI MAJES-TIC VOY NO (-) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 3.3.2009 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.

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 SUPA BHUM VOY NO (128N)Consignees of cargo carried on MV SUPA BHUM

VOY NO (128N) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 3.3.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

US Navy hands over nine suspected pirates to SomaliaMOGADISHU, 3 March—The US Navy handed over nine suspected pirates to

authorities in northern Somalia after determining there was not enough evidenceto put them on trial, an American said Monday.

Lt Nate Christensen of the Bahrain-based US 5th Fleet said the men had beendetained on 12 Feb after being found in the vicinity of an Indian merchant shipthat pirates had unsuccessfully attacked off the lawless Somali coast.

“The US Navy evaluated the situation and determined there was insufficientevidence to support their prosecution” by the US, Christensen said.

Mohamed Siad Jaqanaf, deputy police chief of Somalia’s semiautonomous re-gion of Puntland, also reported the handover. He did not give any details on whatwould happen to the men. The waters off the Horn of Africa nation have beenplagued by pirate attacks the past few years.

More than 100 ships were attacked last year, around half of them successfully.Countries as diverse as Russia, India, America and France have sent warships topatrol Somali waters following the spate of hijackings.—Internet

Toyota financial unit asksto borrow public money

TOKYO, 3 March—Toyota Motor Corp’s financialunit said Tuesday that it had asked for an emergencyloan from a state-backed lender to ride out the finan-cial crisis, with reports putting the sum at two billiondollars.

Toyota Financial Services, which provides loans tocar buyers, is in consultations with the Japan Bank forInternational Cooperation (JBIC) but the size of theloan has not yet been decided, company official MioSugito told AFP.

“The move is aimed at diversifying our financial re-sources as the international financial market is gettingtighter, especially in the United States,” Sugito said.

The Nikkei business daily and the Jiji Press newsagency reported that Toyota’s wholly-owned financialsubsidiary is asking for about 200 billion yen (twobillion dollars), without citing sources.

If the loan is realised, it will be JBIC’s first to aJapanese automaker under a new government scheme,the reports said. JBIC’s main role is to invest in projectsin developing countries, but the government in De-cember decided as an emergency measure to allow thebank to lend to Japanese companies operating in de-veloped countries.—Internet

SYDNEY, 3 March—Australian Treasurer Wayne Swansaid on Tuesday the nation’s economic growth figuresfor the December quarter would have the first negativeresult for gross domestic product in eight years. Thefinancial crisis occurring elsewhere in the world willhave an “obvious” impact on the national accounts,Swan told a press conference in Sydney.

According to Swan, the government’s stimulus pack-age will improve the economy in long term.

“As I said on a number of occasions, things will getworse before they will get better,” Swan said.—Internet

Vietnamese proposal to helpgarment sector

HANOI, 3 March—Vietnam’s Ministry of In-dustry and Trade made athree-point proposal tohelp the country’s garmentand textile sector to sur-vive in the context of dif-ficulties caused by the glo-bal economic down-turn,the local newspaper Lib-erty Saigon reported onTuesday. First, the minis-

try asked the governmentto grant one percent of thesector’s total export rev-enue as subsidy to localgarment and textile export-ers to maintain their pro-duction.

The ministry suggestedthe government earmark1.1 to 1.4 million US dol-lars for the country’s gar-ment and textile associa-tion to organize trade pro-motion activities in foreignmarkets such as Africa,Japan, East Europe andSouth America.

In the first two monthsthis year, Vietnam’s gar-ment export turnover wentdown 12 percent over thesame period last year tofetch 1.15 billion US dol-lars. —Internet

Australia’seconomyto reachlowest

in eightyears

Photo taken on 2 March, 2009, shows the coal dock of the Caofeidian indus-trial zone in Tangshan, north China’s Hebei Province. Caofeidian, an island-

turned 50-sq km development zone in the Bohai Bay, has developed a porthandling capacity of 100 million tons per year, with the establishment of an

ore dock, a crude oil dock and a coal dock.—XINHUA

Somalipirates

captured inthe Gulf ofAden are

presented tothe Puntland

marineforces in the

northernport town ofBosasso, on

2 March,2009.

XINHUA

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NNNNNew South Wales and Victorian volunteer firefighters take a break duringoperations to extinguish smouldering embers left after wildfire burnt through

the Lysterfield State Park east of Melbourne. —INTERNET

Low levels of vitamin B12 mayincrease risk for defects

WASHINGTON, 3 March— Children born towomen who have lowblood levels of vitaminB12 shortly before andafter conception may havean increased risk of aneural tube defect, a newstudy says.

Women with the lowestB12 levels had five timesthe risk of having a childwith a neural tube defectcompared to women withthe highest B12 levels.Women who consumelittle or no meat or animalbased foods were the mostlikely to have low B12levels, according to thejoint study by the U.S.National Institutes ofHealth (NIH), TrinityCollege Dublin, and theHealth Research Board ofIreland.

"Vitamin B12 isessential for thefunctioning of the nervoussystem and for theproduction of red bloodcells," said DuaneAlexander, director of theNational Institute of ChildHealth and HumanDevelopment (NICHD).

Researchers haveknown that taking anothernutrient, folic acid, duringthe weeks before and afterconception can greatlyreduce a woman's chancesof having a child with aneural tube defect. Folicacid, which is the syntheticform of vitamin B. Neuraltube defects, is a class ofbirth defects affecting thebrain and spinal cord.

In the United States,cereal grains are fortifiedwith folic acid to reduce

the occurrence of neuraltube defects in the USpopulation.

Ireland has a high rateof neural tube defects, andNIH scientists havefrequently collaboratedwith Irish researchers togain insight into the causesof this group of disorders.

"The results of thisstudy suggest that womenwith low levels of B12 notonly may risk healthproblems of their own, butalso may increase thechance that their childrenmay be born with a seriousbirth defect." Alexandersaid.—Internet

The team will be trekking for up to 12 hours a dayfor 100 days.—INTERNET

Explorers begin epic Arctic trek

LONDON , 2 March — ABritish team has begun agruelling trek to the NorthPole to discover howquickly the Arctic sea-iceis melting.

Renowned Arctic

explorer Pen Hadow andtwo companions weredropped onto the ice byplane 800km (500 miles)off the northern coast ofCanada on Saturday.During their 1,000km

journey they plan to takemeasurements of thethickness of the ice. It willbe the most detailedsurvey of its kind thisseason, and should becompleted in late May.

At the rear of one sledgeis a mobile radar unitwhich will constantlymeasure the thickness ofthe ice.Satellites haveshown how the area ofArctic sea-ice has beenshrinking in recent years,but this expedition shouldgive scientists a better ideaof how thin the ice isbecoming.

Internet

Researchers identify geneinvolved in pancreatic cancer

WASHINGTON, 3 March —Researchers from theUniversity of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Centerhave identified a gene that is overexpressed in 90percent of pancreatic cancers, the most deadly type ofcancer Results of the study appear in the March issueof Cancer Cell.

Expression of the gene, Ataxia Telangiectasia GroupD Complementing gene (ATDC), is on average 20times higher in pancreatic cancer cells than in cellsfrom a normal pancreas. What's more, the gene appearsto make pancreatic cancer cells resistant to currenttherapies.

"One of the challenges in pancreatic cancer is thatit is biologically aggressive and it does not respondwell to chemotherapy or radiation. We found thatATDC not only causes the cancer cells to grow fasterand be more aggressive, but it also makes the cancercells particularly resistant to chemotherapy andradiation. —Internet

Broccoli may help prevent respiratoryconditions like asthma

WASHINGTON, 3 March— Here's another reasonto eat your broccoli:

researchers fromUniversity of Californiain Los Angeles (UCLA)report that a naturallyoccurring compoundfound in broccoli and othercruciferous vegetablesmay help protect againstrespiratory inflammationthat causes conditions likeasthma, allergic rhinitisand chronic obstructivepulmonary disease.

Published in the Marchedition of the journalClinical Immunology, theresearch shows thatsulforaphane, a chemicalin broccoli, triggers anincrease of antioxidantenzymes in the human airway, which offerprotection against theonslaught of free radicalsthat people breathe in

every day in polluted air,pollen, diesel exhaust andtobacco smoke.

A supercharged formof oxygen, free radicalscan cause oxidative tissuedamage, which leads toinflammation andrespiratory conditions likeasthma. "This is one of thefirst studies showing thatbroccoli sprouts-- a readilyavailable food source --offered potent biologiceffects in stimulating anantioxidant response inhumans," said Marc Riedl,the study's principalinvestigator and anassistant professor ofclinical immunology andallergy at the DavidGeffen School ofMedicine at UCLA.

Internet

Watchdogsays few

Israelis safefrom

chemical hitJERUSALEM, 3 March —

A parliamentary panelsaid Monday that mostIsraelis have no protectionagainst chemical weaponsattack and harshlycriticized defense officialsfor what it called a"continuing mess" infailing to replacestockpiles of worn andobsolete gas mask andantidote kits.

The annual report of theState Comptroller'sCommittee said a 2004Cabinet decision to collectkits previously distributedto the public and to storeand maintain themcentrally was neverproperly followedthrough.

"The low incidence offunctioning protection kitswill not allow theprovision of protection tomost of the citizens ofIsrael in the event that thecountry is attacked," itsaid.The kits —containing gas masks,filters, syringes with anantidote for nerve gas andpowder for neutralizingchemicals — wereoriginally distributed in1990, ahead of the firstGulf War. Although Israeldid not fight in the US-ledwar, Iraq fired 39 Scudmissiles at Israel.

Internet

The photo taken on 2 March, 2009 shows a matrix of solar panelsin Hefei Solar PV Power Plant, in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui

Province. The Solar PV Plant built by Hefei Sunshine Powerwas combined to the state power grid 1 March with a total installation

capacity of 500 kilowatts and annual capacity of 600,000kilowatt-hours.—XINHUA

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S P O R T SNakamura uncertain over

Celtic futureCharlton says Man United

clean sweep unlikely

Italy throws hat into the ringto host Euro 2016

The president of Italianfootball federationGiancarlo Abete, seenhere in 2008, announcedthat Italy was throwinghat into the ring to hostEuro 2016.—INTERNET

Sir Bobby Charlton,seen here in 2007

Shunsuke Nakamura

Beckham deal could delayMilan departure until July

AC Milan want toextend the loan period

for former Englandcaptain David

Beckham, seen here on1 March, from Los

Angeles Galaxy till theend of the season,

according to the Italianclub’s vice-president

Adriano Galliani.INTERNET

Serena beats Venus to capture inauguralKing Cup event

Serena Williams accepts the Billie JeanKing Cup from the tennis legend herselfafter defeating sister Venus in the finalof the BNP Paribas Showdown for the

Billie Jean Cup at Madison SquareGarden, on 2 March, in New York.

Serena won 6-4, 6-3.—INTERNET

Inter and Juve face Cup distraction

Juventus’ ClaudioMarchisio (right) cel-ebrates with Alex del Piero

after scoring during arecent Series A match in

Turin.—INTERNET

Italian clubs tacklean inconvenient truth

ROME, 3 March—World champions they may be, butItaly is feeling a chill in its domestic game as thecountry’s glamour clubs suffer a potentially devastat-ing slump.

Last week’s European action brought home a veryuncomfortable truth that the Italians, considered thecontinental driving force in the 1990s, are no longersitting at the head of the table.

In three clashes against English opposition, Italy’sthree Champions League representatives failed to scorea goal, suffered two defeats and only some profligateManchester United finishing, coupled with heroicgoalkeeping from Julio Cesar, allowed Inter Milan tobuck the losing trend.

To make matters even worse, three of Italy’s fourUEFA Cup sides went crashing out with AC Milan,Fiorentina and Sampdoria eliminated, leaving onlynorthern side Udinese to progress to the last 16.

If Udinese fail to get past holders Zenit St Petersburgin the next round, Italy could well find itself without asingle team in the quarter-finals of either Europeancompetition.

It’s a far cry from the glory days of the 1990s.First, the Spanish and now the dominant English,

thanks to the mega-rich Premier League, have streakedpast.—Internet

Austria part company with veteran coach BrucknerVIENNA, 3 March— Karel Bruckner has left his position as coach of the Austrian

national team, the Austrian football federation (OFB) announced on Monday.In an official statement, the OFB said that a mutual decision had been taken by

Bruckner and the OFB following a telephone interview between the Czech coachand newly-appointed OFB president Leo Windtner. Windtner, disappointed byAustria’s stuttering World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign, hinted before heassumed his new role on Saturday that he was prepared to part company withBrucker, 68, if he was not convinced by his plans for the national side.—Internet

ROME, 3 March—Italyare to bid to host the Euro2016 finals the Italian Foot-ball Federation (FIGC) an-nounced on Monday de-spite losing out to host the2012 edition to Poland andUkraine.

Giancarlo Abete, presi-dent of FIGC, made theannouncement following aboard meeting and addedthey would be sending aletter to UEFA later in the

week confirming the bid. Candidates for the first Euroto involve 24 teams have until March 9 to inform UEFAthat they want to bid - the vote by the UEFA ExecutiveCommittee as to who hosts the championships will betaken on May 27, 2010.

UEFA has insisted that the host country has ninestadia.

Opposing Italy for the moment are France, whohosted it in 1984, and a joint bid by Norway and Sweden.

Internet

ROME, 3 March—Italy’stop two sides will switchoff from their Serie A andChampions League chal-lenges in midweek to try totake a step closer to a CoppaItalia final appearance.

Champions and leagueleaders Inter Milan, run-ners-up in this competitionthe last two seasons, hostSampdoria on Wednesdayin what will be a very trickytie. Just a week later theyface a trip to ManchesterUnited for the second legof their Champions Leaguesecond round clash.

That is a match they are desperate to win and this cupencounter, the first of two legs that are bizarrely spreadout by seven weeks, will be seen more as a distractionthan an opportunity.

Coach Jose Mourinho is almost certain to ring thechanges with more than just reserve goalkeeperFrancesco Toldo getting a rare start.

For Sampdoria this competition represents theironly realistic hope of qualifying for European footballnext season and as they are comfortably clear of therelegation zone, they are sure to give this their fullattention — something teams rarely do in the much-maligned Italian Cup.—Internet

MANCHESTER, 3March—Sir BobbyCharlton insists it is un-likely Manchester Unitedwill be able to carry out anunprecedented cleansweep of five trophies thisseason.

United’s League Cupfinal victory overTottenham on Sunday se-cured a second major tro-phy for Sir AlexFerguson’s team follow-ing their Club World Cup

success in December.The reigning European champions are also firmly

on course to win the Premier League after opening upa seven point lead over Chelsea and Liverpool.

They are also in the FA Cup quarter-finals - wherethey face Fulham on Saturday - and the last 16 of theChampions League, with a second leg clash againstInter Milan looming next week—Internet

LOS ANGELES, 3M a r c h — E n g l i s hmidfielder David Beck-ham would complete theItalian season with ACMilan and return to the LosAngeles Galaxy in mid-July under a deal in theworks, according to the LosAngeles Times.

Terms of the loan ex-tension were not reported,but the deal was said to beworth millions of dollarsto Major League Soccerand the Galaxy, whichwould lose star ticket sellerBeckham for 17 of 30 regu-lar-season games this year.

Beckham has reportedlyagreed to the deal, whichwould allow him to staywith AC Milan until theend of the Serie A cam-paign, and the plan wasexpected to be finalized bythe end of the week.

Beckham, 33, has beenso successful while on loanto AC Milan - scoring twogoals - that the club wantshim to stay at the San Sirothrough the end of the sea-son. His loan is set to ex-pire in one week.—Internet

NEW YORK, 3 March—Reigning USand Australian Open champion SerenaWilliams defeated elder sister VenusWilliams 6-4, 6-3 in the final of themade-for-television Billie Jean KingCup one-day tennis event.

Serena Williams won 5-of-14 breakpoint chances over the reigning Wim-bledon champion to capture the 400,000-dollar top prize in the four-woman eventat Madison Square Garden.

“It was really intense,” SerenaWilliams said. “She never gives up.That’s what’s so hard about playing her.She hits so hard and she runs downeverything. That is what’s so frustratingabout her.”—Internet

GLASGOW, 3 March—Shunsuke Nakamura ad-mits he could still stay atCeltic but the Japanmidfielder won’t decide hisfuture until the club’s bidfor a fourth successiveScottish Premier Leaguetitle is settled.

Nakamura scored a hat-trick in Saturday’s 7-0 winover St Mirren to moveCeltic level on points be-hind leaders Rangers andnarrow the goal differencegap between the Glasgowrivals. It was an influentialdisplay that underlinedwhy Celtic boss GordonStrachan is keen to per-suade Nakamura to sign a

new contract with the Scot-tish champions.

Nakamura is believed tobe considering a return toJapan but he hinted it waspossible he could remainin Scotland.—Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, rain have been scatteredin Taninthayi Division, weather has been partly cloudy inKachin and Rakhine States, Yangon Division and gener-ally fair in the remaining States and Divisions. Day tem-peratures were (3˚C) below March average temperaturesin Kachin States, (3°C) to (4˚C) above March averagetemperatures in Shan, Rakhine and Kayin States, upperSagaing, Mandalay, Magway, Bago, Ayeyawady andTaninthayi Divisions and about March average tempera-tures in the remaining areas. The significant Day tem-peratures were Chauk and Aunglan (40˚C). The notewor-thy amounts of rainfall recorded were Myeik (0.83) inchand Dawei (0.24) inch.

Maximum temperature on 2-3-2009 was 98˚F.Minimum temperature on 3-3-2009 was 67˚F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 3-3-2009 was 77%.Total sunshine hours on 2-3-2009 was (8.7) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 3-3-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6)mph from Northwest at (15:30) hours MST on2-3-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and Southeast Bay and generally fair else-where in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 4th March 2009: Like-lihood of isolated light rain or thundershowers in KachinState and Taninthayi Division, weather will be partly cloudyin Shan, Rakhine and Mon States, upper Sagaing andYangon Divisions and generally fair in the remaining Statesand Divisions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofcontinuation of isolated light rain or thundershower in theextreme Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 4-3-2009: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 4-3-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 4-3-2009: Generally fair weather.

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Signature TuneSong of Myanma Beauty and Scenic SightsMyanma LacquerwareFrom Yangon to the Peak of Mt. VictoriaExquisite Silver JewelleryAyeyawady Second DefileExploit Marine Resources most efficientlyPlanetary Posts! What do they serve?Myanmar Modern SongThe Ancient City Mrauk UMyanmar Art of MarionettesNational Races Village (Kachin, Kayah, Kayin)Boost Production of Mills and FactoriesLet’s keep fit by exercisingTravel and Description (Mandalay to Lashio)“Myanma Marionette” A Laudable MyanmarMarionette (Part-1)Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights

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A Koala nicknamed Sam, saved from thebushfires in Gippsland, is cared at the MountainAsh Wildlife Center in Rawson, 100 miles east of

Melbourne, Australia, where workers werescrambling to salve the wounds of possums,

kangaroos and lizards.—INTERNET

HONG KONG, 3 March—The Centre for Food Safetyof Hong Kong announced Monday that it tested 4,600food samples in January and found 51 to beunsatisfactory. Apart from the four unsatisfactorysamples of Lunar New Year food earlier, a pickledplum and a red date sample were found to containpreservative sulphur dioxide exceeding the legal limit,the centre said in a statement.

Apart from the unsatisfactory samples of 20 freshbeef and one preserved Chinese sausage earlier, 15fresh beef samples were found to contain sulphurdioxide. Two samples of smoked pork sausage and onesample of pork loin ham were found to contain thepreservative sorbic acid.

A sample of chilled orange roughy fillet wasfound to contain mercury exceeding the legal limit. Asample of slipper lobster had cadmium exceeding thelegal limit. The centre said most of the exceedances orbreaches are not serious and will not pose immediatehealth risks. It has traced the sources of the food inquestion, stopped their sale and issued warning letters.

MNA/Xinhua

51 food samples in HKfail safety tests

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9th Waxing of Taboung 1370 ME Wednesday, 4 March, 2009

Hsinthay Dam irrigating 10,000acres of summer paddy yearly

Thanks to construction of Hsinthay Dam,villages of Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon Township are enjoy-ing fruits of irrigation facilities in the agriculturesector all the year round. Local people can grow

Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Hla Shwe (Ketumati)

sugarcane, maize, sesame and cotton in addition tomonsoon paddy in the rainy season.

They can grasp the opportunity to put the landsunder groundnut, chick pea, green bean, green gram

and sunflower in the cold season. Moreover, the ruralpeople can earn income by growing water-melon,onion, potato and cauliflower.

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Thriving summer paddy field irrigated by Hsinthay Dam near Khitaye Village in Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon Township.

NAY PYI TAW, 3 March — Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thiha ThuraTin Aung Myint Oo accompanied by Maj-Gen MinAung Hlaing of the Ministry of Defence, Minister forElectric Power No.2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint,Deputy Minister for Health Dr Mya Oo, Deputy Min-ister for Education Brig-Gen Aung Myo Min anddepartmental officials left Nay Pyi Taw for Kyaukmein Shan State (North) by helicopter yesterday morning.

The Secretary-1 and party were welcomed in

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo inspectsregional development tasks in Kyaukme, Hsipaw Townships

Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo inspects renovation of religious building in thecompound of Historic Bawgyo Muhtaw Pagoda.—MNA

Kyaukme by Chairman of Shan State (North) Peaceand Development Council Commander of North-EastCommand Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut and officials.

At Yan Aung Myin Pariyatti Monastery in Ward-2 in Kyaukme, the Secretary-1 and party received theFive Precepts from Chairman of Kyaukme TownshipSangha Nayaka Committee Bhaddanta Tejinda.

Next, the Secretary-1 and wife offered robes andprovisions to 18 members of Sangha led by the chair-man Sayadaw in memory of late Presiding Nayaka

Sayadaw of Yan Aung Myin Pariyatti MonasterySecretary Sayadaw of the State Central Working Com-mittee of the Sangha Agga Maha Pandita BhaddantaVilasa who passed away on 19 February.

Afterwards, the Secretary-1 and party proceededto Historic Bawgyo Muhtaw Pagoda in Bawgyo vil-lage in Hsipaw Township in a motorcade where theywere welcomed by the chairman of board of trustees ofthe Pagoda and members.

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