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

Established 1914

Volume XV, Number 313 2nd Waning of Tabodwe 1369 ME Saturday, 23 February, 2008

Four political objectives

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

YANGON, 22 Feb—�Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Ooand wife Daw Khin SawHnin attended a receptionto mark the Armed ForcesDay of the Russian Fed-eration at Hotel NikkoRoyal Lake in BahanTownship here thisevening. They were wel-comed at the reception byRussian Military Attachéto the Union of MyanmarColonel Alexander V

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Feb — On the occasion of the 24th Anniversary of the National Dayof Brunei Darussalam which falls on 23 February, 2008, Senior General Than Shwe,Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has senta message of felicitations to His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Muizzaddin Waddaulah,Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam. —�MNA

Senior General Than Shwefelicitates Brunei King

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Feb — On the occasion of the 24th Anniversary of the National Day of BruneiDarussalam which falls on 23 February, 2008, General Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union ofMyanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah MuizzaddinWaddaulah, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam. —MNA

Prime Minister sendsfelicitations to Brunei

Secretary-1 attends reception to markArmed Forces Day of Russian Federation

Svinitsovskiy and wife andofficials.

It was also at-tended by Lt-Gen MyintSwe of the Ministry of De-fence and wife, Chairmanof Yangon Division PDC

Commander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen HlaHtay Win and wife, seniormilitary officers of theMinistry of Defence andtheir wives, officials of theMinistry of Foreign

Affairs, the Ambassadorsand Charges d’Affaires aiof foreign embassies inYangon, military attaches,officials of UN agenciesand their wives and guests.

MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-GenThiha Thura Tin

Aung Myint Oo andwife being wel-

comed by Russian MilitaryAttaché Colonel

Alexander VSvinitsovskiy and

wife at the receptionto mark Armed

Forces Day of theRussian Federation.

MNA

Kataññuta, gratitude towards the grateful; this is the way to auspiciousness

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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 DesireSaturday, 23 February, 2008

Exert concerted efforts forregional development

Today, the government is strivingtogether with the Tatmadaw and the people forthe emergence of a new modern democraticnation. In this regard, it is building a number ofinfrastructures for the development of economic,education, health and transport sectors the lengthand breadth of the nation.

In the meantime, it is doing its best forthe development of agricultural, industrial,energy and communication sectors. In the past,the national brethren found it hard to travelfrom one place to another, for there had beennatural barriers such as rivers, creeks andmountain ranges. Now, with the emergence ofnew bridges and roads they have easy access toevery region in the country.

The Yangon-Sittway road, the YangonKyaukpyu road, the Ngathaing Gyoung-Gwaroad plus new bridges of different sizes havebeen constructed in Rakhine State which had torely solely on water and air routes in the past.With better transport, access to Rakhine Statefrom other regions is now possible, therebycontributing to the development of trade andcommerce in the region.

Improvement in the living standard ofthe people is attributable to prevalence of peaceand tranquillity as well as development indifferent regions. And it is incumbent upon theentire people to maintain the already-achievedpeace, stability and development.

The government is making all-out effortsfor the emergence of a new modern democraticnation aspired by the people while in the processof drafting an enduring State constitution, thefourth step of the seven-step Road Map.

At such a time, the entire national peopleare to make concerted efforts for the successfulrealization of the seven-step Road Map makingbetter use of the already-achieved developmentinfrastructures.

Briefing on MyanmarFurniture Fair-2008

YANGON, 22 Feb — A briefing on MyanmarFurniture Fair-2008 was held at the office of theUnion of Myanmar Federation of Chambers ofCommerce and Industry on Min Ye Kyaw SwaStreet yesterday afternoon.

At the briefing, Chairman of MyanmarTimber Entrepreneurs Association U Sein Lwinexplained the purpose of holding the MyanmarFurniture fair and General Manager U Htoo Aungof Myanma Timber Enterprise under the Ministryof Forestry, pieces of furniture to be displayed atthe fair.

The fair will be held at the ConventionCentre from 3 to 7 March from 10 am to 4 pmdaily. There will be 154 booths indoors and 12outdoors. — MNA

YANGON, 22 Feb—�Under the supervision ofthe Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, Design PrintingService Co ltd (DPS) has published 1,390,000 copiesof variety Tourist Guide Maps since 1995 for thedevelopment of Myanma tourism industry.

At present, a total of 40,000 complementarycopies of Tourist Maps of Myanmar (TMM-20) andthe Maps of Bagan (MOB-11) are in circulation witha view to ensuring convenient travelling of tourists inopen season.

Tourist Maps of Myanmar (TMM-20) carrydetailed Myanmar map and particular maps ofMandalay, PyinOoLwin, Bagan, MraukU, Taunggyi,Inlay, Kyaikhtiyoe, Myeik, Napali, Ngwehsaung andChaungtha.

The Map of Bagan (MOB-11) describes thelocation of Bagan Myothit and old city, Popa, NaungUand pagodas of Bagan including lists of airlines,transport agencies, hotels and restaurants. As a result,home-grown and foreign tourists may visit theinteresting places with a low cost and time saved.Tourist Maps of Myanmar (TMM-20), the Map ofBagan (MOB-11) and other Maynama tourismguideline maps are being effectively distributed tolocal and foreign tourism countries at ITB Berlin-2008to be held in Berlin, Germany from 5 to 9 March.

YANGON, 22 Feb—The International Institute ofAbhidhamma (I.I.A) will commence the CertificateCourse in English in Abhidhamma, dealing with theoriginal Books of Abhidhamma Pitaka, in October.

Prior to the Certificate Course, with a view to layingdown the groundwork and providing a good foundationin the subject, the I.I.A will conduct Courses in theCompendium of Philosophy (Abhidhammattha Sangha)in Myanmar and English by Sayagyi U Tin Htut andSayagyi Professor Dr Mehm Tin Mon, in the eveningson weekdays at Abhidhamma Dhammayone, No. 49-51Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Township, here. From3 March to 30 September, on every Monday and Tuesday,Sayagyi U Tin Htut will give lecture on Compendium ofPhilosophy in Myanmar from 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm atAbhidhamma Dhammayone and on every Wednesdayand Friday from 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm, Sayagyi ProfessorDr Mehm Tin Mon will give lecture on Compendium ofPhilosophy in English at the same venue.

Those interested may attend the courses free ofcharge. For further information contact telephone number254102.—H

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Feb — On the occasion ofthe 24th Anniversary of the National Day of BruneiDarussalam which falls on 23 February, 2008,U Nyan Win, Minister for Foreign Affairs of theUnion of Myanmar, has sent a message offelicitations to His Royal Highness Prince HajiMohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs andTrade of Brunei Darussalam. —MNA

Donors invited to buildIIA building

YANGON, 22 Feb— Wellwishers are makingcash donations for building of International Institute ofAbhidhamma.

At the donation ceremony held at the ThaduKari Dhamayon on Bo Aung Kyaw Street recently, NunDaw Dhammadatthi of Room (4/4), Building 105, 8thMile Pyay Road, donated K 500,000 to President andPro-rector of IIA Retired Ambassador U Mya Than whopresented a certificate of honour to the donor.

Those wishing to make cash donation for thepropagation of Buddha Abhidhamma may contact phonenumber 254102 at Thadu Kari Dhamayon, No 295-297,Bo Aung Kyaw Street. —H

FM felicitates Bruneicounterpart

Compendium of Philosophycourse from 3 March to 30 Sept

Complementary copies ofTourist Maps of Myanmar,Map of Bagan in circulation Entrepreneurs of hotels and tourism agencies

and tour guides may take out the complementarycopies of the maps by verifying the copy of companyregistration and certificates of general power atMyanma Tourism Service (Sule) and Design PrintingServices Co Ltd at No 165-167, second floor, 35thstreet, Kyauktada Township, (Tel: 951-204020,204200, 570127, Tel/Fax 951-245230) during officehours beginning 8 March. — MNA

Nun Daw Dhammadatthi donates cash forbuilding of International Institute of

Abhidhamma.—H

Tourist

Maps of

Myanmar.

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Russia needs more aircraftfor national defence

McCain calls “Times” storyon lobbyist “untrue”

Democrats watch a huge

video screen at a watch

party on 21 Feb, 2008,

in Austin, Texas, during

Thursday’s televised

debate between

Democratic presidential

candidates Sen Barack

Obama, D-Ill, and Sen.

Hillary Rodham

Clinton, D-NY

INTERNET

Moscow, 22 Feb—Russia should increase thenumber of modern combataircraft for the country’sAir Force, PresidentVladimir Putin said onWednesday.

“I believe the StateArmaments Programmeshould be adjusted toincrease the procurementof aircraft for nationaldefence,” Putin told ameeting of aircraft industryofficials in Zhukovsky,near Moscow.

Putin said he found it

unacceptable that foreigncustomers receive adv-anced aircraft from Russia,while the country’s ownAir Force gets mainlyoverhauled planes builtmany years ago, RussianRIA news agency reported.

In 2007, Russia’s leadingaircraft manufacturerSukhoi alone exportedabout 50 Su-30MK2, Su-30MKM and Su-30MKIaircraft in addition to spareparts sold earlier to Algeria,India, Malaysia, Indonesiaand Venezuela.

Under the 2007-2015State Armaments Pro-gramme, the Russian AirForce will receive 116 newand 408 upgraded aircraftfor forward-deployedunits, and 156 new and 372modernized helicoptersover the next eight years.

In order to meet thegrowing demand foraircraft, it is necessary tocontinue the steadydevelopment of the UnitedAircraft Corporation(UAC), the Presidentadded.—MNA/Xinhua

TOLEDO, OHIO, 22 Feb—Republican presidentialfront-runner John McCainon Thursday dismissed as“untrue” a New York Timesreport suggesting he hadclose ties to a femalelobbyist nine years ago ina potential conflict withhis high ethical stances.

“Obviously I’m verydisappointed in the article.It’s not true,” the four-termArizona Senator told a

news conference.“At no time have I ever

done anything that wouldbetray the public trust ormake a decision which inany way would not be in thepublic interest and wouldfavour any one or anyorganization,” McCainsaid. The New York Timesreported on Wednesday thatMcCain had a closerelationship with atelecommunications lob-

byist, Vicki Iseman, sayingthat early in McCain’s failedbid for the 2000 presidentialelection, members of hiscampaign had grownconcerned the relationshipmight harm the campaign.

At the news conference,McCain described Isemanas a “friend” whom he hasseen on various occasionsin Washington includingfund-raisers and re-ceptions.— MNA/Reuters“Suicide palm tree”

seeds arrive in BritainA sequence of images

taken approximately

every twenty minutes

show the moon

passing through the

shadow of the earth as

photographed in

Toronto on 20 Feb,

2008.— INTERNET

LONDON, 22 Feb—Theseeds of the “suicide palm”,a newly discovered andextremely rare palm tree,have arrived in Britain forurgent study and con-servation, the RoyalBotanical Gardens at Kewsaid on Wednesday. Thetree, whose nicknamestems from its habit of

flowering itself to deathonce every half century,was discovered onlyrecently on the island ofMadagascar.

Only about 100examples are known toexist of the tree, whichgrows to more than 18metres high over a periodof 50 years before burstinginto bloom just once withhundreds of tiny flowersfor pollination and thendying. — MNA/Reuters

India’s Congress Partyfaces triple northeast test

GUWAHATI (India), 22 Feb—Elections in three smallstates in India’s remote and revolt-racked northeastwill provide another test for the ruling Congress Partyas it seeks to boost its shaky morale ahead of a nationalpoll due next year.

While the states are small and lack political weightnationally, elections in Tripura, Meghalaya andNagaland over the next few weeks will give Congressanother sign of whether its popularity is falling acrossthe country. Congress suffered defeats to the rivalHindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in thestates of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh last December.

“The results of these smaller states will matter for theCongress,” said Mahesh Rangarajan, a political analyst andhistory professor at Delhi University. — MNA/Reuters

I N T E R N A T I O N A L N E W S

Musharraf calls forharmonious coalition

ISLAMABAD, 22 Feb —Pakistani President PervezMusharraf on Wednesdayemphasized the need forharmonious coalition inthe interest of peacefulgovernance, developmentand progress of Pakistan,a statement issued by the

Foreign Office said. Musharraf made the

remarks when he met withUS Congressman EltonGallegly in Rawalpindi onWednesday and discussedwith him on Pakistan-USrelations and recentpolitical developments in

the country including the18 February elections.

Musharraf high-lighted the importance ofthe 18 February electionsand called for harmoniouscoalition in the interest ofthe country.

He underlinedPakistan’s commitment toa closer and broad-basedrelationship with the USbased on commonality ofinterests and enhancementof areas of agreement, saidthe statement.

MNA/Xinhua

Discovery’s mission to ship partof the Japanese laboratory Kibo

up to the International SpaceStation will be delayed one

month to 25 may.INTERNET

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CANBERRA, 21 Feb—Timor-Leste PresidentJose Ramos-Horta rega-ined consciousness onThursday, 10 days after hewas shot in an assassi-nation attempt in Timor-

BEIJING, 22 Feb —China plans to launch itssecond lunar probe,Chang'e-2, around 2009,according to a top satellitescientist.

Ye Peijian, chiefcommander and designerof China's first moonprobe satellite system,revealed the plan duringan interview programmeon CCTV, China CentralTelevision.

However, Ye did notelaborate on the plan withmore details.

He said, Chang'e-1 thecountry's first lunar probe,

ISLAMABAD, 21 Feb —The official results ofPakistan’s general electi-onsheld on Monday will benotified on 1 March, localTV channel DAWN NEWSreported on Wednesday.

Local newspaperDAWN unveiled onWednesday the unofficialresults of the polling,according to which thePakistan People’s Partysecured the largest numberof National Assemblyseats. The PakistanPeople’s Party (PPP) won88 seats, topping the list ofcontesting parties in thecompetition.

The Pakistan MuslimLeague-Nawaz (PML-N),

Pakistan’s elections result tobe notified on 1 March

led by former primeminister Nawaz Sharif,secured 65 seats as therunner up while the formerruling party PakistanMuslim League-Quaid(PML-Q) is on the thirdposition with 42 seats.

The unofficial resultscovered 267 out of a total

of 268 slots of NationalAssembly, which areavailable for candidates.

Local media reportsindicated that the pollingstaff at some polling stationhave started to recount thevotes due to complaintslodged by some politicalparties. —Xinhua

China to launch “Chang’e-2” lunarprobe around 2009

had resumed contact withthe control centre after itmoved out of the shadowarea caused by an eclipseof the sun at about 14:10on Thursday. From about10:00 a.m. on Thursday,

the satellite was blockedfrom the supply of solarenergy when the Eartheclipsed the sun and lostthe contact with thecontrol centre.

Xinhua

Timor-Leste Presidentregains consciousness

Leste’s capital Dili, accor-ding to a spokeswomanfor the President.

“He is slowly wakingup,” and has startedspeaking to his family,said Luke Gosling, aRamos-Horta aide who iswith him in northernAustralian city Darwin.

“The President hassaid a few words to familyand is resting,” Goslingsaid in a statement.

Ramos-Horta hasundergone surgery in ahospital in Darwin since11 February and has beenheavily sedated at thehospital to help him staystill and avoid pain.

Xinhua

South African twinsEthel Nembula (L) andDora Uys celebrate their100th birthday with their

family members andfriends at a gathering in

Johannesburg, on 20Feb, 2008. The twinsisters are among theoldest in the world.

XINHUA

Workers level ground

at the construction site

for Shanghai Centre,

the city’s planned new

skyscraper. Located in

Lujiazui, Pudong, the

building is expected to

soar to 580 metres,

dwarfing the 421-

metre Jin Mao Tower

and the 492-metre

Shanghai World

Financial Centre in its

neighbourhood.

XINHUA

Buehrle collection director Lukas Gloor (L) andpolice spokesman Marco Cortesi hold a news

conference in Zurich 19 Feb, 2008. XINHUA

China, DPRK, ROK meet in Beijingon eco, energy assistance

BEIJING, 22 Feb —Officials from China, theDemocratic People'sRepublic of Korea (DPRK)and the Republic of Korea(ROK) on Thursday met inBeijing to discuss econo-mic and energy assistancewithin the framework ofsix-party talks.

China's Ambassadorfor Korean PeninsulaIssues Chen Naiqing isheading the Chinesedelegation, which alsoincludes officials from theForeign Ministry andCommercial Ministry,

said Foreign Ministryspokesman Liu Jianchao.

"The six-party talksand the Korean Peninsuladenuclearization processhave achieved remarkableprogress, which isattributed by all to the greatefforts by relevant partiesincluding China," Liusaid. Despite some currentdifficulties, all partieshave maintainedconsultation andcommunication, Liu said.

"China is ready tomake joint efforts to pushforward the six-party talks

so as to realize theagreements completelyand in a balanced fashion,"Liu said.

The six-party talks heldin Beijing last Februaryreached a nuclear deal,where the DPRK agreedto disable its nuclearreactor and declare allnuclear programmes andfacilities by the end of lastyear to pave the way fordismantlement. However,the DPRK missed thedeadline despite reportedprogress in its declaration.

Xinhua

Chinese Army donates 10myuan to snow-hit Sichuan

CHENGDU, 22 Feb — The General ArmamentDepartment of the Chinese People's Liberation Army(PLA) has donated 10 million yuan (1.4 million USdollars) to the southwest Sichuan Province for disasterrelief efforts in snow-hit areas.

The funds will be distributed to Luzhou and Yibincities and Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, viathe Provincial Civil Affairs Department, said MajorGeneral Hao Jianchang, deputy director of the PoliticalDepartment of the PLA General Armament Department.

Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Afghan chopper with US senatorsmakes emergency landing

WASHINGTON, 22 Feb —A helicopter carrying threeUS senators made an emergency landing in Afghanistanon Thursday, but no one was hurt, a TV report said.

Citing military and congressional sources, CNNsaid the military helicopter with US senators —JosephBiden of Delaware, John Kerry of Massachusetts andChuck Hagel of Nebraska — on board was forced toland in the mountains of Afghanistan because of asnowstorm.

According to Kerry's spokesman David Wade, thesenators returned to Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base ina ground convoy and then left for Turkey.—Xinhua

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Malaysia’s approved productioninvestments hit record

KUALA LUMPUR, 21F e b — M a l a y s i a ’ sapproved manufacturinginvestments jumped to arecord last year as moreforeigners were attractedby easier rules while thelocals were buoyed bystrong commodity prices,local media reported onWednesday.

Approved manu-facturing investments rose30 per cent to 59.9 billion

ringgit (18.6 billion USdollars), of which morethan half were foreigndirect investments.

Malaysian InternationalTrade and IndustryMinister Rafidah Aziz,however, was quick tocaution that it would bedifficult to maintain theperformance amid theuncertain global economicoutlook.

“We have to be very

realistic ... Probably, wewill not maintain the 59.9-billion-ringgit (18.6-billion-US-dollar) mark,but we will attract a highlevel (of investment).

We have to work extrahard,” she said at theannual media conferenceby the MalaysianIndustrial DevelopmentAuthority in KualaLumpur on Tuesday.

MNA/Xinhua

Gazprom says agrees moregas/oil projects with IranMOSCOW, 21 Feb—Russia’s Gazprom, the world's

largest gas producer, has agreed to develop morephases of Iran’s giant South Pars gas field and enter thecountry’s oil sector, the firm said on Tuesday.

New investment by a Russian energy firm is unlikelyto be well received in the United States, which hasbeen seeking to isolate Iran over its nuclear ambitionsand has been urging foreign firms to cut business ties.

Gazprom said in a statement the deal was clinched onTuesday at talks between its chief executive AlexeiMiller and Iranian Energy Minister GholamhosseinNozari. It did not give any figures for investmentcommitments.

“The two sides have agreed to jointly develop two orthree blocks of South Pars as well as Gazprom Neft’sparticipation in oil production projects in Iran”, thestatement said.

Gazprom is already involved in phases two andthree of South Pars together with France’s Total andMalaysia’s Petronas. — MNA/Reuters

Iraq agrees $5b Boeing,Bombardier plane deal

Toshiba, Sony, SCEI announce new JV for semiconductors Yuan breaks 7.15-mark against US dollar

E C O N O M I C N E W S

BAGHDAD, 21 Feb—Iraqsaid on Tuesday it hadagreed to buy 40 newaircraft from US planemaker Boeing and six fromCanada’s Bombardier forstate-run Iraqi Airways in adeal worth up to five billionUS dollars. “A ministerialcommittee was formed andhas agreed to buy 40 planesfrom Boeing, and four otherused ones from Boeing andsix new planes fromBombardier,” BangeenRiqani, Deputy Minister ofTransport, told Reuters.

An earlier governmentstatement had said Iraq

would buy the 40 Boeingjets and had agreed anoption for 10 more. TheBoeing jets are due fordelivery in 2015, and theCanadian aircraft are duethis year and in 2009,Riqani said.

No details on the type ofaircraft were immediatelyavailable. Iraq’s nationalcarrier grounded its planesin the early 1990s due toUN sanctions, and muchof the carrier’s fleet andassets were destroyedduring the 2003 US-ledwar and in subsequentlooting. — MNA/Reuters

UAE low-cost airline to launch service to India’s city

BEIJING, 21 Feb—TheChinese currency rec-orded a new high onWednesday, with a centralparity rate of 7.1452 yuanagainst one US dollar, the17th high for the yuan sincethe beginning of this year.The yuan, also known asthe renminbi, has appre-ciated more than 13 per

cent since it was de-peggedfrom the dollar in July2005. It climbed 6.9 percent against the greenbackin 2007 and has alreadyappreciated more than 2per cent so far this year.Some analysts said that thegovernment wanted to usea gradual appreciation ofthe yuan to help ease

inflation pressure. ZhouXiaochuan, head of thePeople’s Bank of China(PBOC), the central bank,has said repeatedly inrecent months that the yuanrate would gradually reacha “balanced” level and helpbring equilibrium to thebalance of payments.

MNA/Xinhua

A solar power plant. Abengoa Solar plans to build the world’s largest solarplant in Arizona in cooperation with an energy utility in the southwestern

state, the companies said on Thursday.—INTERNET

TOKYO, 21 Feb—Tos-hiba Corp, Sony Corp andSony Computer Entertain-ment Inc announcedWednesday that they havesigned a definitive agree-ment to form a new jointventure for the productionof high-performance semi-conductors, and thecompany will startoperation from 1 April in

Isahaya, Nagasaki Pre-fecture. The joint venturewill produce Semicon-ductors, including the “CellBroadband EngineTM”processor, the “RSX”graphics engine for SonyGroup, as well as Toshiba’sdigital consumer products,the three companies said.

Manufacturing will startwith 65 nanometres pro-

cess, and the joint venturewill promote migration to45 nanometres processmass production, incooperation with Tos-hiba’s system LSI manu-facturing operation in Oita,while also working toachieve advances inmanufacturing techno-logies and efficiencies.

MNA/Xinhua

ABU DHABI, 21 Feb—Air Arabia, a low-costairline of the United ArabEmirates (UAE), anno-unced on Wednesday thatit will launch a new servicelinking its hub city Sharjahto the South Indian city ofKozhikode on 26 Febr-uary, the Emirates NewsAgency reported. Once theservice gets final approvalfrom India's civil aviationauthorities, the Sharjah-

based Air Arabia will bethe first Airline in theMiddle East to commenceoperations to Kozhikode.

Kozhikode, the thirdlargest city of the state ofKerala in Southwest India,will be Air Arabia’s 10thdestination in India and itsthird destination in Kerala.Currently, the airlineprovides daily roundtripservice to Keralan citiesThiruvananthapuram and

Kochi. Initially, theSharjah-Kozhikide servicewill be operated three timesper week. By the end ofMay, the service will beexpanded to six times perweek.— MNA/Xinhua

A Bangladeshi girl has herface painted with thenational emblems ofBangladesh, in Dhaka, aspart of celebrations markingthe national language dayof Bangladesh.—INTERNET

Snow storms cost China’stourism sector nearly $1bBEIJING, 22 Feb — The snow crisis that hit China

over the Spring Festival period had a devastating effecton tourism in those provinces worst hit by thesnowstorms, with revenues down nearly a thirdcompared with last year.

The seven worst-hit provinces, including Guizhou,Hunan, Anhui, and Hubei completely or partly ceasedtourism businesses. Tourism earnings during the SpringFestival were down 29.75 per cent, compared with lastyear’s holidays, Shao Qiwei, director of NationalTourism Administration (NTA) said at a disaster reliefwork conference.

Preliminary figures showed the storms have costChina’s tourism industry 6.97 billion yuan (about968.1 million US dollars), said Shao.

Some 15,800 tour groups have been cancelledsince mid-January, totalling 300,000 passengers. About60,000 of the tourists were on in-bound tours while240,000 planned for domestic travels, statistics fromNTA showed.

MNA/Xinhua

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Pakistan’s PPP, PML-N to formcoalition governments

ISLAMABAD, 22 Feb —Pakistan’s political partiesPakistan People’s Party(PPP) and PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz(PML-N) will formcoalition governments incentral and provinciallevels, leaders of the twoparties said here Thursdaynight.

PPP co-chairman AsifAli Zardari and PML-Nleader Nawaz Sharif madethe statement at a jointPress conference afteralmost an hour of closed-door meeting hereThursday night. “I have

requested Nawaz Sharif tobe a part of thatgovernment,” Zardari toldthe media.

“We are looking for abroader national con-sensus government,”Zardari said.

“We intend to betogether in our strugglefor democracy,” Zardarisaid, adding that “Weintend to remain togetherin the Parliament”.

Regarding the stancetowards President PerezMusharraf, Sharif saidthat “the sooner thePresident respects the will

of the people the better”.Analysts say the

coalition of PPP and PML-N will bring greatchallenge to Musharraf,who in 1999 seized powerin a coup. “We haveagreed to restore the 1973Constitution in its originalform,” Sharif said.

Zardari also said thePPP’s first resolution inthe National Assemblywill be a request for theUnited Nations probe intothe assassination offormer prime ministerBenazir Bhutto.

MNA/Xinhua

A NASA-released ultraviolet image of the sun. The big news: Earth is doomedto fry and then be gobbled up by the dying Sun.—INTERNET

Two fighter planes crashkills pilot in Florida

WASHINGTON, 21 Feb—A pilot was killed after twoUS F-15 fighter planes crashed into the Gulf ofMexico near Florida, the Air Force said Wednesday.

The two pilots were ejected and later were rescued.The Air Force said one of them has died, and the otherpilot is in good condition.

The jets were on a training mission when theycrashed in the air over the Gulf of Mexico, about 80kilometres from Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.

MNA/Xinhua

Mogadishu clash toll risesto 12, dozens wounded

MOGADISHU, 21 Feb—The death toll of heavyfighting between Somali government forces andinsurgent fighters around the main Bakara marketin Mogadishu has risen to 12 and almost forty-fiveothers wounded, medics and witnesses said onTuesday.

“The casualty figures in the last 24 hours are 12people dead and forty-five others wounded, almostall of them are civilians hit by stray bullets and shellsin and around Bakara market,” said Dr DahirMohamoud Mohamed, chairman of Medinahospital.—MNA/Xinhua

NY man charged after bankerror lets him take $2m

NEW YORK, 22 Feb — A New York man whodiscovered that millions of dollars had mysteriouslyappeared in his bank account, and withdrew more thantwo million US dollars has been arrested on charges ofgrand larceny, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Benjamin Lovell, 48, pleaded innocent on Tuesdayto charges that he withdrew money from a CommerceBank account that had been opened by someone withthe same name, prosecutors said.

The account belonged to Woodlawn TrusteesInc, a Delaware property management company, andwas listed under the name of its finance director, whois also named Benjamin Lovell, court papers said.

Lovell had just 800 US dollars in his ownCommerce Bank account when he went to make adeposit, but a teller, mistaking the Woodlawn accountfor Lovell’s personal account, told him that his accountcontained more than five million US dollars,prosecutors said. — MNA/Reuters

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touristsSTONE TOWN (Zanzibar),

21 Feb— Thousands moreforeign tourists came tovisit the Indian Oceanarchipelago of Zanzibarin 2007 to further boostthe tourism sector in theisles’ economy.

Ahmada Hamad Khatib,executive secretary of theZanzibar Tourism Com-mission, told reporters onTuesday that a total of 143,283 foreign tourists hadvisited the isles last yearwhereas the previous yeardrew 137,111 tourists.

Due to the post-electionviolence in Kenya, someforeign tourists opted toturn to Zanzibar for theirscheduled holidays.

MNA/Xinhua

Democrat Obama raised $36m in January

NATO chief in Afghanistanon unannounced visit

KABUL, 22 Feb—NATOSecretary-General Jaapde Hoop Scheffer hasarrived in Afghanistan onan unannounced visit tothe war-torn country, anofficial of the AfghanPresidential Palace said onWednesday.

The official, whodeclined to be named,

confirmed the NATOchief's arrival with Xinhuabut gave no details.

The NATO’s decision-making body, the NorthAtlantic Council, led byScheffer, is visitingAfghanistan from 19 to21 January and will holdmeeting with AfghanPresident Hamid Karzai,

according to a NATOstatement released fromBrussels. A 43,000-strongmulti-national force isdeployed in Afghanistanunder the flag of NATO-led International SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF),fighting militants andensuring security.

MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 21 Feb—Democrat Barack Obamaraised just over 36 mil-lion US dollars for hispresidential campaign inJanuary, three times morethan Republican front-runner John McCain,according to a campaignfinance report filed onWednesday.

Locked in a tight battlewith New York SenatorHillary Clinton for theDemocratic presidentialnomination, Obama raised36.1 million US dollarsfrom donors in Januaryand had 24.9 million USdollars in cash on hand at

the end of the month tospend on his campaign.

Clinton raised 13.9million US dollars incontributions in Januaryand made a personal loanto her campaign of fivemillion US dollars,according to her FederalElection Commissionreport. Clinton had 29.1million US dollars in cashon hand before theFebruary contests in thestate-by-state battle to naildown the nomination forthe 4 November pre-sidential election. Obamahas won 10 state nomi-nating contests in a row

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against Clinton.McCain’s campaign

was nearly derailed lastsummer by lacklusterfundraising but the pacepicked up as he movedcloser to becoming thelikely Republican pre-sidential nominee.

MNA/Reuters

US soldier in S Koreainvestigated for raping girl

SEOUL, 22 Feb—A US soldier stationed in SouthKorea is under investigation on allegations that hesexually assaulted a 19-year-old local girl, SouthKorea’s Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.

The US soldier, who was identified as a private firstclass, was alleged to rape a 19-year-old South Koreangirl in Seoul on Wednesday after meeting her throughan Internet site. Spokesman for the US Force Korea(USFK) Kim Young-kyu told Yonhap that the USFKis cooperating fully with South Korean authorities inthe investigation of the incident.—MNA/Xinhua

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 23 February, 2008 7

National Development and the Role of Health Sector—VProfessor Dr Paing Soe

(continued from 20-2-2008)

In building a peaceful and developed nation,

national fitness and higher education level of the

citizens are an important factor in producing qualified

human resources. For the development of the health

sector, the national health committee at the leading

position is striving in line with the state health

policies and responsibilities to implement a health

system which is compatible with the developing

political, economic and social conditions.

The majority of population lives in rural

areas and has been depending for years on traditional

medicine as a custom for family health care.

Traditional medicine developmentTo promote the usage of customary

traditional medicine, the Head of State has madea guidance to the ministry of health to implementfor the development of traditional medicine whichhas potency, efficacy and safety. To implement theguidance of “traditional medicine which is anational heritage will attain a dependency andusage by the people if produced purely andaccurately in the traditional way” the ministry ofhealth laid down the work plans for the threedepartments of medical research and thedepartment of traditional medicine to do scientificresearch on traditional medicine for curing andpreventing diseases.

The office of the traditional medicine was

established under department of health in 1953. It

was elevated to department level in 1989 by the

Tatmadaw government. In drawing the national health

plan (1989), the traditional medicine was co-opted

into public health care plan.

Realizing that the western medicine alonecould not solve the global health problems, theWHO is promoting traditional medicine on allaspects to augment western medicine.

The main responsibility of a traditional

medicine practitioner is to care the patient and cure

the symptoms with the traditional drugs which are

not harmful. To achieve this responsibility, it is

important to promote and develop the near extinct

potent drugs for effective usage. Historically,

Myanmar is standing on its own with the traditional

medicine before the introducing of the western

medicine. Even after the western medicine reaches

into the country, traditional practitioners like Saya

San maintain the traditional methods and preventing

it from extinction.

Development of traditional medicine isimplemented under the objectives of preventingpotent traditional drugs from extinction,increasing the number of traditional practitionersquantitatively and qualitatively, upgrading theservices and research to the international level

and to give health care to the public.In line with the health resources development,

increasing hospitals from (2) to (14), upgrading of two

hospitals and increasing clinics from (89) to (237). A

total of more than (5000) traditional drugs were

registered in 2003 as a development activity. Two

traditional medicine factories were constructed and to

get raw materials for production of potent herbal drugs

(9) herbal gardens were set up in states and divisions.

According to the direction of the Head of State the

National Herbal Garden has been set up at Nay PyiTaw on a 196-acre plot so that the interested persons

from inland and abroad can study herbal plants in one

place.

For the development of traditional medicine, Auniversity was opened in 2002 at Mandalay to trainand produce qualified traditional medicinepractitioners and had already produced (174)graduates.

A total of (8) traditional Medicine Congresses

were held yearly for propagation of traditional medicine

and were attended by traditional medicine council

members, representatives from traditional medicine

associations, ministries, departments and organizations,

non-governmental organizations and manufacturers.

In relation to traditional medicine development,

the government had made legislations such astraditional drug law, and traditional medicine councillaw resulting in prevention of unsafe drugs, issuinglicenses to manufacturers, electing traditionalmedicine council, issuing licenses to practitionersand setting up of traditional medicine practitionersassociation.

The department of medical research (LowerMyanmar) has been doing research on traditionalmedicine for more than (40) years especially on the

herbal drugs and formularies of most common diseases

of Myanmar; research findings, treatment regiments,

dispensary use formularies and master degree

dissertations are systematically collected and achieved

in book forms as well as electronic format for the use

by the furture generations.

The use of customary traditional medicine

will give the benefit of low cost, easy accessibility and

acquiring health care in an easy and simple way.

Western and traditional medicine have different basic

concepts and if research is done in a scientific method

as in western medicine on traditional formularies that

are used confidently by the practitioners for years it

will find that these are reliable. In this way, Quinine

and artemesinine are cultivated locally and used as

drugs.

In TB management, traditional medicine

drugs and formularies are very promising in treating

first line drugs resistant and multidrug resistant TB. A

breakthrough is expected in near furture on treating

the MDR TB with traditional medicine combinations

with the second line western drugs.

Under the supervision of national health

committee and due to the efforts of raw herbal producers,

cultivators and researchers it was able to producetraditional drugs for the six commonest diseases ofMyanmar. Drugs for diabetes from Kyet-hin-gar-thee, hypertension from a-kyaw-paung-ta-htaung,diarrhoea from coconut water and dysentry fromyar-dan-se were experimental and tested and foundto have potencies and safety. The technologies forthese drugs production were transferred todepartments concerned for public use.

In this era of the Tatmadaw government, the

health sector is tremendously developed and the health

coverage is covered to the whole country. The whole

country has the privileges of both physical and mental

well being.

Traditional Medicine Hospital (Mandalay).

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 23 February, 2008

YANGON, 22 Feb—The Union Solidarity andDevelopment Associationheld the conclusion ofBasic Journalism CourseNo 11 at the trainingschool in NyaunghnapinCamp, HmawbyTownship, here, thismorning.

Secretary-General ofUSDA U Htay Oo saidthat the government is nowin pursuit of the policies ithas laid down for buildinga peaceful, modern anddeveloped nation, asaspired by the people.

He called on themembers to organize theentire people to participatein the process, which is tobe implemented throughnationalistic fervour.

The Association iswell convinced that theprocess can be achievedonly through Our ThreeMain National Causes or

Process of building new nation can be achievedonly through Our Three Main National Causes

and political, economic and social objectivesUSDA Journalism Course No 11 concludes

YANGON, 22 Feb— For ensuringconservation of thee n v i r o n m e n t ,arrangements are beingmade to substitute the useof plastic bags with the GoGreen shopping bags thatare environment-friendlyand can be recycled at

Orange Supermarkets use newbrand shopping bags

Orange Supermarkets.Orange Super-

markets are opened at thecorner of Maha Bandoolastreet and 19th street inLatha Township; atWayzayanta ShoppingMall on Wayzayanta Roadin ThingangyunTownship; near

Thudhamma Road inNorth OkkalapaTownship, at the site on80th street between 28thand 29th streets andSkywalk shopping mall on78th street between 33rdand 34th streets inMandalay.

MNA

the national policy alongwith realizing the political,economic and socialobjectives which, in fact,constitute practicalapproaches to theobjective conditions.

During the 14-yearexistence, the Associationhas achieved considerablesuccess, thus successfullymobilizing theparticipation of more than24 million members.

He stressed theimportance of enhancingqualifications of membersand knowledge ofprevailing situations of thenation, people’s desire andrequirements in servingthe public interests.

It is necessary to makeclarifications by rebuttingfabricated news, rumoursand instigation that aredesigned to underminepeace and stability. USDAmembers are to always

serve the interest of thepeople by analyzing trueand false and constructiveand destructive acts.

In the basicjournalism course,experienced instructorsgave lectures on duty andfunctions of journalistsand ethics to be followedin reporting the news.Hence, the trainees are toapply the knowledge andexperiences obtained fromthe training in theirpractical fields.

At present, thegovernment is striving forensuring economicgrowth of the State andthe people anddevelopment of humanresources. Thegovernment isimplementing the 24special developmentregion plan, the borderareas development planand the rural development

tasks for improvement ofall parts of the nation. Allthe members together withthe people can enjoy fruitsof the unprecedenteddevelopment, peace andstability and soundfoundations.

The seven-step RoadMap of the State is the onlymethod of smoothtransition to emergence ofa new nation. USDAmembers firmly believethat there is no alternativeexcept the seven-step RoadMap and they need torealize that the correct planis being implemented. Thesuccessful completion ofthe National Conventionwhere over 1,000 delegatesof the whole countryparticipated in thediscussions is themilestone of the nation.

The USDA is to join handswith the entire people totake part in the task forholding the multi-partygeneral election in theyear of 2010 in accordwith the forthcomingconstitution.

During the transitionalperiod of the new nation,all the USDA members areto try hard to overcomeobstacles, disturbancesand difficulties and guardagainst all theinterferences through firmconviction and unity.

In conclusion, thesecretary-general urgedthe trainees to participatein the respective sectorsof realizing the transitionalprocess for the newdemocratic nation; todischarge respectiveduties in seeking the

approval of the draftconstitution in thereferendum andsuccessful holding of themulti-party generalelection; based on constantalert, firm spirit andsacrificing devotion, toguard against destructiveelements that disturb theprocess to build a newnation; to carry out thetasks of the association asmuch as possible; and tostrive for serving theinterest of the people.

After the ceremony,the secretary-general andofficials viewednewspapers produced bythe trainees.

The eight-weektraining course wasattended by 47 traineesfrom States and Divisions.

MNA

Orange Supermarket in Wayzayanta Shopping Mall that uses GoGreen shopping bags.—MNA

USDA Secretary-General U Htay Oo addresses conclusion of Basic Journalism Course No 11 of USDA.—MNA

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YANGON, 22 Feb — The Myanmar AmateurOpen Golf Championship 2008 organized byMyanmar Golf Federation will be held at YangonGolf Resort in Danyingon, Insein Township from 4to 7 March.

Those who are in the level of the amateurdivision (men) (handicap 0 to 12) are entitled totake part in the champioship. And they are to contactTel 651374 or 09-99 72554 or 635563 not later than2 March for their enrollment. —MNA

(from page 16)station will generate 230megawatts to contribute tothe implementation of YeywaHydropower Station.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winlooked into summer paddyplantations of the local sta-tion and planting of summerpaddy at Kyangin in Hsipaw

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win inspects sugar…

Staff urged to make preparations for carryingout of tasks in coming financial year

NAY PYI TAW, 22 Feb— Minister for Financeand Revenue Maj-Gen HlaTun met departmentalheads and officials ofBudget Department at themeeting hall of ministry,here, this morning.

It was attended by

NAY PYI TAW, 22 Feb— Commander of NayPyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin yesterdaydelivered an address at theopening ceremony of theMilitary Code of Conductcontest in commemora-tion of the 63rdAnniversary ArmedForces Day at the hall of

Commander inspects Military Codeof Conduct Contest

the local battalion, here.The commander

viewed participation ofofficers, WOs, sergeantsand privates in the contest.

A total of 60contestants — threeofficers and 12 other ranksof the Camp Com-mandant’s Office of theMinistry of Defence and

12 officers and 33 otherranks — took part in thecontest.—MNA

Consecration, ‘soon’ and riceoffering ceremony held at

Maha Wizaya PagodaYANGON, 22 Feb — The consecration and ‘soon’

and rice offering ceremony was held at DhammaRekkhita Dhammayon of Maha Wizaya Pagoda inDagon Township this morning.

Chairman of Yangon Division Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win and wife Daw MarMar Wai together with congregation took the FivePrecepts from Chairman of State Sangha Maha NayakaCommittee Magway Sayadaw Abhidhaja Maha RatthaGuru Abhidhaja Agga Maha SaddhammajotikaBhaddanta Kumara.

The commander, wife and party donated alms tomembers of the Sangha.

Next, the congregation shared merits gained.After the ceremony, the commander, wife and

officials offered rice and provisions to 45

MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin inspects Military Code of Conductcontest to mark the 63rd Anniversary Armed Forces Day.—MNA

Township.At Hsipaw Asia World

(Toll Gate), Lt-Gen KyawWin heard reports on condi-tion of the Hsipaw Bridgebuilt on Dokhtawady Riverpresented by the com-mander and gave necessaryinstructions.

Next, Lt-Gen Kyaw

Win inspected the bridge,and the commander reportedon tasks being carried outfor durability of the bridgeto ensure smooth transportof goods before completionof the new bridge.

Later, they went toLashio.

MNA

Myanmar RiceMillers' Association

Chairman U Tin Winand General

Secretary U ThaungWin present cash and

publications toAssistant DirectorU Myint of IPRD

(Yangon Division).MNA

YANGON, 22 Feb — Aceremony to donate 1,500copies of Paddy and RiceInformation and Tech-nology journal publishedby Myanmar Rice Millers’Association to Informationand Public RelationsDepartment was held at theoffice of the MRMA inBotahtaung Township this

Journals, cash donated toself-reliant libraries

afternoon.Chairman of the asso-

ciation U Tin Winand General SecretaryU Thaung Win presentedK 500,000 and 1,500copies of the journal to self-reliant libraries of IPRD.Assistant Director U Myintof IPRD (YangonDivision) ac-cepted thedonations and spoke wordsof thanks.—MNA

Governor of the CentralBank of Myanmar U ThanNyein, Director-Generalof Budget Department USaw Maung Hla,managing directors anddirectors-general of thedepartments andenterprises and officials.

Those in-charge ofbranches of the departmentreported on functions ofrespective branches,accomplishments in thefiscal year and future tasksfor 2008-09 financial year.

Afterwards, theminister said in his speechthat the BudgetDepartment plays a pivotalrole in implementing thefinancial policies of theState. He stressed the need

to carry out thedepartmental tasks inaccord with the laws, rulesand regulations andprocedures. All the servicepersonnel are to try hard tobecome good staff instriving for exceeding thetarget and goal of the

department, he said. Hecontinued to say that it isnecessary to makepreparations for carryingout of the tasks in comingfinancial year by reviewingweak and strong points in2007-08. In conclusion, theminister urged themto effectively applyinformation and com-munications technology inthe respective sectors.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun meets officials of the Budget Department.—MNA

Myanmar Amateur OpenGolf Championship 2008

from 4 to 7 March

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 23 February, 2008

The United States hitone of its own dying spysatellites with a missileon Wednesday,Washing-ton Time —Thursday in Beijing —citing fears that a normalre-entry would risk lives.

Earlier this month,Russia and Chinaproposed a treaty to banweapons in space and theuse or threat of forceagainst satellites andother spacecraft.

But Washingtonrejected the proposal asunworkable and said itinstead favours

China paper accuses US ofhypocrisy in space

conf idence-bu i ld ingefforts, the New YorkTimes reported.

China, which shotdown one of its ownsatellites in January2007, is monitoringW a s h i n g - t o n ’ sdestruction of thesatellite.

“The Chinese side iscontinuing to closelyfollow the US actionwhich may influence thesecurity of outer spaceand may harm othercountries,” ForeignMinistry spokesman LiuJianchao told a regular

news conference.The ruling Com-

munist Party’s news-paper, the People’sDaily, went further,accusing the US ofdangerous space ambi-tions and double-standards.

When China testedan anti-satellite missile ayear ago, the BushAdministration and othergovernments criticizedthe act as dangerous.

The Chinese statenewspaper said the UnitedStates was hypocritical.

MNA/Reuters

Attendees look at a 108-inch LCD television during the 2007International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.Demand for flat panel television is expected to more than double to 180

million units by 2012, driven by strong sales inChina and the United States, a Japanese industry group said.—INTERNET

PHNOM PENH, 22 Feb— Cambodiawill deport a US veteran who toldjournalists that militants were planninga rocket attack on the US Embassy inPhnom Penh, deputy police chief SokPhal said on Thursday.

Gerald Forbes, 63, of Hawaii, wasarrested for sending e-mails tojournalists asking them to spread thewarning the embassy would be

Cambodia to deport US veteranfor false threat

rocketed, then overrun, he said. “He admitted he did it because he

was angry with the slow reception of hispension. In fact there was no group tocommit an act of terror,” Sok Phal toldReuters without further explanation.

He said Forbes, in the country on atourist visa, would be deported and neverallowed to re-enter Cambodia.

MNA/Reuters

MANILA, 22 Feb—Philippine soldiers hikedthrough a remote centralprovince on Thursday todeliver food, water andclothes to thousands ofevacuees after raging floodwaters drowned 14 peopleand forced wholecommunities to flee.

Days of rain triggeredthe flooding in EasternSamar, submerging roadsand destroying bridges,making the remote ruralprovince even moredifficult to traverse.

“If the weather permitsus, we’re using helicoptersto bring the relief goods,”L i e u t e n a n t - G e n e r a lPedrito Cadungog, headof the Air Force, toldreporters after hedispatched a C-130Hercules transport plane.

JAKARTA, 22 Feb—Indonesia will not buy ricefrom other countries thisyear because domesticsupplies can meet thenational demand, anofficial said on Thursday.

“The 2008 riceprocurement will be filledentirely by domesticsources,” state logisticsagency Bulog headMustofa Abubakar wasquoted by leading newswebsite Detikcom assaying.

Rice production isexpected to increase bysome 6 per cent to 35million tons in 2008 fromlast year’s 33 million tons.

MNA/Xinhua

Indonesiaclaims self

sufficiency inrice

Philippines rushes aidafter floods kill 14

The waters have started torecede but more than200,000 people have beenaffected in Eastern Samaras well as Leyte and Albayprovinces, including tensof thousands who havebeen forced into temporaryshelters. Fourteen peoplewere reported drowned andanother seven were stillmissing, the Philippine RedCross said.

The military wastrying to get nearly 30,000pounds (13,600 kilo-grammes) of food andshelter materials toevacuees and hundreds oftroops marched on foot todeliver bags of rice, packsof instant noodles, potablewater, sleeping mats, tentsand warm clothes.

MNA/Reuters

In a study of obeseadults at risk of heartdisease, researchers foundthat those who trimmedcalories and increased theirwhole-grain intake shedmore belly fat and loweredtheir blood levels of C-reactive protein or CRP.

CRP is a marker ofchronic, low-levelinflammation in the bloodvessels, and both

Whole grains may curb belly fat, inflammation

abdominal fat and CRP, inexcess, are linked to heartattack and stroke.

In contrast, dieters inthe study who mainly aterefined grains, like whitebread, were able to loseweight, but they trimmedless fat from the middleand showed no change inCRP. The findings offeryet more incentive forAmericans to opt for whole

grains over highlyprocessed versions,according to theresearchers.

“This is the firstclinical study to prove thata diet rich in whole grainscan lead to weight loss andreduce the risk of severalchronic diseases,” Dr.Penny Kris-Etherton, thesenior researcher on thestudy, said in a statement.

She and her colleaguesat Pennsylvania StateUniversity report thefindings in the AmericanJournal of ClinicalNutrition. In general,experts recommend eatingwhole grains — such asoatmeal, brown rice andbarley — rather thanrefined grains, like whitebread and other productsmade from white flour.Whole-grain foods retainmore of the nutrients andfibre components of thegrain. — MNA/Reuters

KABUL, 22 Feb— Asoldier of the NATO-ledInternational SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)was killed and anothersoldier was injured in anexplosion during theirpatrol in southernAfghanistan Thursday, themilitary alliance said in astatement. It did notidentify the nationality of

the casualties, saying “ inaccordance with ISAFpolicy, ISAF does notrelease the casualty’snationality prior to therelevant national authoritydoing so”.

The injured soldier’swounds are not thoughtto be life-threatening,the statement added.

MNA/Xinhua

An Afghan man looks on a damaged car after a remote controlled bomb hit apolice vehicle in Lashkar Gah the provincial capital of Helmand Province

south of Kabul, Afghanistan on 21 Feb, 2008.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 22 Feb— A leading Chinese newspaper has accused the UnitedStates of hypocrisy in criticizing other nations’ space ambitions whilerejecting a proposed space treaty and firing a missile to destroy one of itsown satellites.

NATO soldier killedin S Afghanistan

NEW YORK, 22 Feb— Cutting calories helps people lose weight, but doingso by filling up on whole grains may be particularly heart-healthy, newresearch suggests.

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Japanese professorYoji Kimura

(standing at theback) demonstrates

how to measurelaughter in Osakaon 20 Februaryafter attaching

sensors on the skinof subject’s

stomach. Kimurabelieves laughter is

a weapon that inhealthy doses canend the world’s

wars.INTERNET

Children watch a

traditional puppet

show at an outdoor

market in Singapore.

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Artist Cai Guo-Qiang’s installation “Inopportune: Stage One”, made of nine suspended automobiles

hangs from the ceiling of the Guggenheim Museum in New York, on 21 Feb, 2008.

The piece is part of the artist’s exhibition Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe.—INTERNET

A girl touches anadvertising billboard

in Shanghai. A new wayto decipher a person’sage by looking into the

lens of the eye couldhelp forensic scientistsidentify bodies, Danish

researchers said onTuesday.INTERNET

A girl looks at ‘hina’ dolls arranged on the5.74-meter-high (18.8-foot-high) 26-step

terraced shelves in the lobby at Konosu CityHall, Saitama Prefecture (state), north ofTokyo, on 19 Feb, 2008. More than 1,400

traditional ‘hina’ dolls clad in ancient courtcostume, believed to protect girls from evil, are

on display on the pyramid-shaped structureuntil the March 3 hina doll festival.—INTERNET

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Scientists develop self-healing rubberLONDON, 22 Feb —

Scientists have developeda kind of rubber that whensnapped into two can healitself back into a stretchypiece of rubber again.

The self-healingrubber was built up fromsimple starting materials— fatty acids fromvegetable oil and urea (acomponent of urine) inthe lab of Ludwik Leiblerat the Industrial Physicsand Chemistry HigherEducational Institution inParis, Nature reportedWednesday on itswebsite.

The resulting mate-rial made by LudwikLeibler and his colleagues

is a cross between sillyputty and a rubber ball, itcan stretch, but whensnapped in two it can bestuck back together again,according to the report.

The self-healingrubber could haveapplications in anythingfrom adhesives to bicycletyres, scientists said.

The material works atroom temperature and justrequires the two brokenbits to be held togethergently while other existingself-healing materials’bonds knit back togetheronly when heated or astrong force is applied.

Conventional rubber ismade of a single,

continuous, stretchymolecule, held togetherwith strong chemicallinks called covalentbonds, once the bonds arecut by a break in thematerial, the rubber cannot be reassembled.

The self-healingrubber was made byusing small moleculargroups instead — thefatty acids fromvegetable oil. Reactingthese molecules withurea in a two-step processstuck nitrogen-containing chemicalgroups (amides andimidazolidones) onto theends of the fatty acids.

MNA/Reuters

India “IT” chief faces chargesover employee death

NEW DELHI, 22 Feb — The head of India’s mainoutsourcing industry body will be prosecuted forallegedly giving inadequate security to a femaleemployee killed while travelling home after work,after the Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Thursday.

Pratibha Srikanth Murthy, an employee of anIndian division of Hewlett-Packard Co, was beingdriven home in a company taxi after finishing her nightshift in Bangalore when her driver raped and murderedher in December 2005, according to police.

Som Mittal was the managing director of Hewlett-Packard GlobalSoft at the time. He is now the presidentof the National Association of Software and ServicesCompanies (NASSCOM).

The government of Karnataka State, of whichBangalore is the capital, is prosecuting Mittal under alaw governing employee safety, said Sanjay Hegde,counsel for Karnataka. The Supreme Court rejectedhis challenge to the charge on Thursday.

MNA/Reuters

Japan eyes emissions cap,trade system

TOKYO, 21 Feb—Japanis considering introducingcompulsory emissionscaps and a domesticemissions trading schemefor its reluctant cor-porations, the Nikkeinewspaper said onWednesday.

Tokyo currently letscompanies set their owntargets and monitorthemselves for com-pliance, and the country’smost powerful businesslobby strongly opposes acompulsory scheme.

But the Ministry ofEconomy, Trade andIndustry appears to be

breaking ranks with thefirms it regulates. Theministry has set up aninformal study panel tolook into compulsorytrading schemes, theNikkei said. The panelreports to a senior officialat the ministry’s techno-logy and environmentbureau and will compileits findings in June, it said,without citing sources.

METI will then meetwith other ministries andkey industries to hammerout the details of a plan thatcould come into effectfrom 2013, after the expiryof the Kyoto Protocol, the

world’s current frameworkagreement to tackle globalwarming.

Tokyo argues thatvoluntary industry cuts andenergy conservation byhouseholds will allow thecountry to meet itsinternational obligationsunder the Kyoto Protocol.

Big Japanese manu-facturers have argued thatemissions caps will meangovernment meddling,unfair distribution ofemission permits, restri-ctions on growth of healthycompanies and subsidiesfor ailing ones.

MNA/Reuters

Visitors watch two horses fighting in Rongshui insouthern China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous

Region on 19 Feb, 2008. The folk custom of horse-fighting originated from a solution to a marriage

dispute about 500 years ago, according to the localpeople. Now the ritual is held during festivals as a

celebration. —XINHUA

Kenya Airways suspendsflights to Paris

China activelypromotes employmentBEIJING, 21 Feb—China is stepping up its policy

support to promote employment, said a circularreleased here on Tuesday on the official governmentwebsite.

The circular allowed localities to raise the ceiling ofthe amount of small loans — a policy partly designedto help the unemployed open their own businesses —and lower the threshold for qualified borrowers whennecessary.

The preferential tax policies, which reduce or exemptthe tax burden on the unemployed and the disabled,should continue to be carried out till the end of thisyear. New policies would be introduced in 2009.

The government has been taking measures toencourage companies to recruit those who have haddifficulty in finding employment. It was also creatingmore public service jobs.

China has implemented active employment policiessince 2002. It has increased the number of newlyemployed in cities from 8.4 million in 2002 to 12.04million people last year.

MNA/Xinhua

Thailand cancels tsunami alert BANGKOK, 21 Feb—

Thailand’s disasterwarning centre Wednes-day lifted a tsunami alertissued for the resort islandof Phuket and five nearbyprovinces after a 7.6-magnitude quake rockedIndonesia’s SumatraIsland. “The NationalDisaster Warning Centrehas investigated andanalyzed moreinformation, and found thatthere was no tsunami thatcould affect Thailand,” thecentre said in a statement.

The Hawaii-basedPacific Tsunami WarningCentre also cancelled thetsunami alert two hours

after the quake, whichoccurred at 15: 08 localtime (0808 GMT) at adepth of 30 kilometres,according to Indonesia'smeteorological andgeophysics agency.

The Indonesian agencyput the magnitude of thequake at 6.6, while theHong Kong Observatorysaid the quake wasmeasured at 7.6 on theRichter Scale. Meanwhile,a tourist who is on Phuket'sfamous Patong Beach toldXinhua that no emergencyalert was heard on thebeach by now and thesituation in Phuket isnormal.— MNA/Xinhua

NAIROBI, 21 Feb—National carrier, KenyaAirways announced onTuesday it will tempor-arily suspend flights toParis from Tuesday nextweek.

The airline CEO TitusNaikuni said there hadbeen a sharp declineon bookings on the routeas the French citizensreacted to their govern-ment’s decision to issuea blanket travel advisoryagainst travel to Kenyadue to post-electionunrest.

However, Naikuniremained optimistic ofresuming the normal flightoperations.

“We will monitor thesituation on a monthlybasis and are hopeful thatwe will resume Parisflights for the summerhigh season once theFrench Government’stravel advisory has beenremoved,” he said.

Kenya Airways, one ofAfrica’s most successfulairlines began thriceweekly flights to theCharles de Gaulle Airportin October 2006, flyingmostly tourists.

French diplomatic andbusiness community havealso greatly benefited fromthe direct connection toParis.

MNA/Xinhua

Norway’s biggest quakehits Svalbard archipelago OSLO, 22 Feb—An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude —

the biggest in Norwegian history—jolted the thinlypopulated Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic onWednesday night, the Norsar seismic research institutesaid on Thursday.

No one was hurt by the quake and no damage hasbeen reported in the islands, about 1,000 kilometres(600 miles) from the North Pole, reports said.

"This is the biggest earthquake on Norwegianterritory in history," the institute said in a statement,adding that the quake occurred at sea, about 10kilometres (six miles) below the surface.

Anne-Karin Bekken, one of roughly 2,000 residentsof the archipelago's main town Longyearbyen, saidshe and her boyfriend were jolted awake by theearthquake.— MNA/Reuters

The best time to plant a tree wastwenty years ago.

Second best time is now.

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A Lebanese army jeep and armored personnel vehicle make their way close tothe Kuwaiti Embassy in Beirut. The Kuwaiti Embassy in Beirut was evacuated

on Thursday after an anonymous threat of a rocket attack.—INTERNET

A man passes an advertisement for Harry Potter items on sale at a store inMexico City, on 21 Feb, 2008. The latest book in the series, ‘Harry Potter andthe Deathly Hallows,’ goes on sale in Spanish in Latin America on Thursday.

INTERNET

Homeless people set up tents at Republic squaredowntown Paris during a demonstration to draw

attention to the need for long-termaccommodation solutions for the city’shomeless,on 21 Feb, 2008.—INTERNET

JAKARTA, 21 Feb—The Indonesian Govern-ment warned on Wednes-day that a massive powercrisis could hit the mostcrowded island of Java inthe coming days due todisruption in fuel suppliesat major generators.

“The government islikely to announce anemergency situation”unless the problem issolved immediately, Mi-

Indonesia warns ofmassive power crisis

nister of Energy andMineral Resources Purno-mo Yusgiantoro said inan open hearing withlegislators here.

Storms and high tideshave caused delays in fueland coal shipment to fivemajor generators on Java,home to about 60 per centof the national population,resulting in a deficit of1,000 megawatts ofelectricity supplies.

The government willannounce a state of emer-gency in power supplieswhen the deficit grows to1,500 megawatts, theminister said.

Earlier in the day, thestaterun electricity com-panyPerusahaan Listrik Negara(PLN) issued a call forresidents to cut electri-cityconsumption by up to 20 percent until supplies are backto normal. —MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING, 21 Feb — Agiant snakehead, a fear-some predator of a fishusually found in the freshwaters of South East Asiaand India, has beenhooked by an angler froma river in England, media

Giant snakehead hooked in UK river

A giant snakehead, a fearsome predator of a fishusually found in the fresh waters of South EastAsia and India, has been hooked by an angler

from a river in England.—INTERNET

repor-ted Thursday.Andy Alder from

Lincoln claimed to havecaptured the 60 cm longpredator while using asprat as bait on the RiverWitham near North Hyke-ham, Lincolnshire, Eng-

land. The creature, boa-sting a large mouthful ofsharp teeth, usually preyson other fish.

The discovery sparkedfears in the tabloid news-papers that the “savagefish” which has “even beenreported to kill people”could start to breed in UKwaters, as one member ofthe family has done in theUnited States.

However, the Environ-ment Agency tried to allaythe fears, saying thespecies of Channidaewould stand little chanceof surviving a winter inthe East Midlands.

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Study says Water gushescreated “staircases” on Mars

WASHINGTON, 22 Feb — Sudden, tremendousgushes of water from underground most likely carvedout unusual fan-shaped geological formations withsteps like a staircase long ago on the surface of Mars,scientists said on Wednesday.

The Martian surface boasts perhaps 200 largebasins that have formations resembling fans. About 10of them are terraced, with what looks like steps into thebasin. Since they were first seen three years ago,scientists have debated how these formations, some ofthem nine miles (15 kilometres) wide, were created.

Dutch and US researchers simulated on Earth ona vastly smaller scale the conditions that might haveled to these formations on Mars that resemble dry riverdeltas with steps.

At a facility at Utrecht University in theNetherlands, they dug a crater in sand in a room-sizedtub, then started water flowing into the crater. As thewater flowed in through a channel, it eroded thesediment, then fanned out and deposited sediment asdeltas, building steps down into the basin, very muchlike the Martian formations. —MNA/Reuters

Vietnam facesshipping

manpowershortage

HANOI, 22 Feb —Vietnam annuallycompletes training ofaround 3,000 people forthe domestic shipbuildingindustry, meeting around50 per cent of itsmanpower demand,according to a localeducation agency onWednesday.

Specialized schools,colleges and universitiesin Vietnam annually turnout 600-700 engineers and2,000-3,000 workers inshipbui ld ing-re la tedfields, meeting 40-60 percent of the industry’sdemand for humanresources, said the HigherEducation Departmentunder the Ministry ofEducation and Training.

MNA/Xinhua

KUALA LUMPUR, 21 Feb— Malaysian Govern-ment Tuesday introducedthe Mobile ImmigrationEnforcement System(MIES), a fast way tocheck on foreigners, in

Malaysia introduces MIES to checkforeign documents

efforts to enhance enforce-ment to track down illegalforeign workers in Malay-sia.

Malaysia was the firstcountry to use the systemto track those who stay in

the country illegally,including foreignworkers, Home AffairsMinister Radzi SheikhAhmad said afterlaunching the MIES inPutrajaya, the admini-strative centre of Malay-sia.

For a start, 100 MIESmachines costing 9,000ringgit (2,795 US dollars)each will be supplied toimmigration enforcementteams and the People’sVolunteer Corps for usein their operations.

“Our country is one ofthose which required theircitizens to carry theiridentity cards with them,so we are introducing asimilar system forforeigners who come toour country, whether towork or to further theirstudies. We want to detectthose who stay hereillegally.

MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T S

The peloton passes through a turn during the fourthstage of the Tour of California bicycle race on 21Feb, 2008 in Big Sur, California. The stage began

in Seaside finishing 135 miles later in San LuisObispo, nearly all of the route through rain and

strong winds along the scenic and rugged coastlineof Highway 1 through Big Sur. —INTERNET

Argentina’s San Lorenzo Andres NicolasD’Alessandro (L) blocks Jadilson of Brazil’s Cruzeiro

during their Copa Libertadores soccer match inBuenos Aires, on 21 Feb, 2008.—INTERNET

Atletico Madrid’s Perea (L) battles for the ball withBolton Wanderers’ Diouf during their UEFA Cup

third round soccer match at Madrid’s VicenteCalderon stadium on 21 Feb, 2008.—INTERNET

Ohio State’s Jantel Lavender, left,grabs a rebound in front of Iowa’s

Megan Skouby during the second halfof a college basketball game on 21

Feb, 2008, in Columbus, Ohio. OhioState won 69-56.—INTERNET

Paul Gascoigne heldunder Mental Health Act

English FA says plan for 39thmatch needs major rethink

Australian league announcecautious expansion plansBayern lead German quartet

into UEFA Cup last 16 MELBOURNE, 22 Feb —Australia’s domestic soc-cer league have an-nounced plans to expandthe league to 10 teams fornext season, pending thefranchises meeting finan-cial and operational crite-ria, Football Federation

Australia have said. The franchises would

be on Queensland's GoldCoast and in Townsvillein north Queensland. TheQueensland Roar fran-chise is already based inBrisbane.

“We have advised theinterested consortia thatthey have two weeks tosatisfy certain criteria,which include financialcriteria, to enable them toenter the competition nextseason,” FFA chairmanFrank Lowy said in a state-ment.

“If they are able tosatisfy the criteria withinthis timeframe, then therewill be 10 teams in theA-League in 2008-09.

“If not, then they willbe considered for entry in2009-10.”

MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 22 Feb — TheEnglish Premier League’splan for a 39th round ofmatches to be played over-seas was unsustainable inits current format, FAchairman David Triesmansaid on Thursday.

He was speaking to SkySports News after an FAboard meeting discussedthe plan, concluding thatit needed a huge rethinkand might never becomereality.

Despite widespreadopposition to the idea, Pre-mier League chief execu-tive Richard Scudamoreplans to meet FIFA presi-dent Sepp Blatter nextweek to argue his case fora proposal which theLeague would like to startin the 2010-11 season.

Scudamore will meetBlatter next Thursday inZurich to try and convincehim of the merits of thescheme which has beenwidely condemned inEngland and overseas.

Triesman, said hewould also travel to Zu-rich to meet Blatter, eventhough the FA does notsupport the plan in its cur-rent format and has anumber of serious reser-vations about its integrity.

The FA are concernedabout fixture congestion,unbalancing the symme-try of the competition,their relationship with

FIFA and UEFA and howthe plan could harm theirattempts to win the rightto stage the 2018 WorldCup finals.

Triesman said the FAhad not seen a “sustain-able plan it could agreeto” and that the PremierLeague needed “somefresh thinking and reallysubstantive answers” tothe issues it raised.

Blatter denounced theplan last week and said hewould never allow the ideato become reality while heremains president of worldsoccer’s governing body.

The board of the Eng-lish FA met to discuss the“39th match” proposal onThursday and agreed togive the Premier Leaguemore time to formulate theidea.

MNA/Reuters

Tommy Haas, of Germany, returns a shot toJohn Isner in the SAP Open tennis tournamentin San Jose, Calif, on 21 Feb, 2008.—INTERNET

LONDON, 22 Feb —Bayern Munich led a quar-tet of German clubs intothe last 16 of the UEFACup when the competi-tion favourites thumpedAberdeen 5-1 on Thurs-day.

Bundesliga leadersBayern, who next playAnderlecht, went through7-3 on aggregate after aone-sided contest at theAllianz Arena.

They were joined in thesecond knockout round byBayer Leverkusen, whoenjoyed a 5-1 demolitionof Galatasaray, and nowmeet league rivals Ham-burg SV, who dispensedwith FC Zurich.

Werder Bremencruised through 4-0 onaggregate against Braga.The four German sides toprogress occupy the topfour positions in theBundesliga.

It was a perfect nightfor British sides withRangers, TottenhamHotspur, Everton and Bol-ton Wanderers all pro-

gressing. Zenit St.Petersburg, Getafe,Olympique Marseille,PSV Eindhoven, Benfica,Fiorentina and Sportingalso booked their places.

Bayern made the break-through against Aberdeenafter 12 minutes whenLucio thumped home avicious free kick and theydoubled their advantagenine minutes beforehalftime with defenderDaniel van Buyten's pow-erful header.

Podolski added twomore with a close-rangefinish on 71 minutes and aheader six minutes later.Steve Lovell pulled oneback for the Scottish sidebefore Mark vanBommel's strike tookBayern's tally in the com-petition to 22 so far thisseason. Leverkusen, oneplace and two points be-hind third-placed Ham-burg in the Bundesliga,tore Galatasaray apart atthe BayArena after a goal-less first leg in Istanbul.

MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 22 Feb — FormerEngland midfielder PaulGascoigne is being held underthe Mental Health Act, a policesource said on Thursday.

The former Tottenham Hotspurand Newcastle United player,widely known as Gazza, was ar-rested at the Hilton Hotel in Gates-head, on Wednesday evening.

Nobody was injured and therewas no violence and no damageto the hotel. “A 40-year-old manhas been detained,” a spokesmanfor Northumbria Police said.

“We had received a report ofconcern for a 40-year-old man stay-ing at the hotel. The man wasdetained under the Mental HealthAct.” Gascoigne's last directinvolvement in football was asmanager of minor League club

Kettering Town, a job he left in2005. He was capped 57 times byEngland between 1988 and 1998scoring 10 goals, and made inter-national headlines during the 1990World Cup finals in Italy.

Famously bursting into tearsafter receiving a yellow card inEngland's semi-final against WestGermany, which would have seenhim suspended for the final ifEngland had qualified, he becamea household name and“Gazzamania” was born.

He had already been identifiedas the most naturally gifted playerof his generation, but hopes thathis early promise would be ful-filled were seriously compro-mised playing for Spurs in the1991 FA Cup final against Not-tingham Forest. —MNA/Reuters

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

Friday, 22 February, 2008Summary of observations recorded at 9:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thunder-showers have been scattered in Shan State and lowerSagaing Division, isolated in upper Sagaing, Mandalayand Magway Divisions, weather has been partly cloudyin Kachin and Chin States, Taninthayi Division andgenerally fair in the remaining areas. Night temperatureswere (3ºC) to (4ºC) below February average tempera-tures in Shan State, upper Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway,Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions, (9ºC) below Feb-ruary average temperatures in Chin State, about Feb-ruary average temperatures in the remaining areas. Thesignificant night temperatures were Haka (-2ºC), Loilem(-1ºC), Namhsan and Heho (2ºC) each, PyinOoLwinand Pinlaung (3ºC) each and Mogok (4ºC). The note-worthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Monghsat(1.10) inches, Kengtung and Katha (0.20) each, Kanbaluand Mogok (0.08) inch each.

Maximum temperature on 21-2-2008 was 91ºF.Minimum temperature on 22-2-2008 was 61ºF. Rela-tive humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 22-2-2008was 59%. Total sunshine hours on 21-2-2008 was(9.1) hours approx.

Rainfall on 22-2-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since1-1-2008 was (0.67) inch at Mingaladon, (0.47 ) inchat Kaba-Aye and (0.35) inch at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(8) mph from West at (15:30) hours MST on21-2-2008.

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

Forecast valid until evening of 23-2-2008: Pos-sibility of isolated rain in Kachin and Shan States,upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions, weather willbe partly cloudy in Chin, Rakhine, Mon and KayinStates, Mandalay and lower Sagaing Divisions and gen-erally fair in the the remaining States and Divisions. De-gree of certainty is (40%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderatein Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generally fairweather in the whole country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 23-2-2008: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 23-2-2008: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 23-2-2008: Generally fair weather.

Weather outlook for last weekend of Febru-ary 2008: During the oming weekend, weather will bepartly cloudy in NayPyiTaw,Yangon and Mandalay Di-visions.

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16. The next day’s programme

Memory loss declining amongUS seniors

CHICAGO, 22 Feb— Older Americans arehaving less trouble withtheir memories, and itmay be because theyspent more time inschool, US researcherssaid on Wednesday.

They found the rateof cognitive impairment— which includes a rangeof ills from significantmemory loss to

Alzheimer’s disease —fell 3.5 percentage pointsamong people 70 andover between 1993 and2002.

“We found a clearrelationship. The moreeducation people had, thebetter they performed oncognitive tests,” said Dr.Ken Langa of theUniversity of Michigan,whose study appears in thejournal Alzheimer’s &Dementia.

Langa said theresearch reinforces otherstudies that suggest peoplewho do mentallychallenging tasks early onbuild up a reserve of brainpower that helps themwithstand later injuries tothe brain, such as a mini-stroke.

MNA/Reuters

Members of the FELCN, a special task force fighting drug trafficking, burnpacks of cocaine in La Rinconada near La Paz,Bolovia on 21 Feb, 2008. The

FELCN burnt some 500 kg of cocaine worth more than $1 million onThursday, according to a report by the FELCN.—INTERNET

Asleep in Jesus

Saw Matthew Ba Saing (Saw Khu)57 years

Younger son of ( U Saw Harvey Ba Saing +

Daw Aileen); son-in-law of (U Ko Gyi + Daw Mya

Thein) of Mandalay; beloved husband of Daw Rita Ba

Saing (FAO), residing at No.13, Yadana Road,

Kyaukkon Ward, Yankin Township; and beloved father

of Ma Thet Mar Lin (Marlene) (Australia) and Maung

Wai Lin Saing (Warren) (Australia) fell asleep in Jesus

peacefully on 22 February, 2008 at 9 pm.

(Funeral will be announced later.)

Bereaved family

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2nd Waning of Tabodwe 1369 ME Saturday, 23 February, 2008

People’s Desire� We favour stability.� We favour peace.� We oppose unrest and violence.

Objectives of the 63rdAnniversary Armed Forces Day

* To work in concert with the people in

building a peaceful, modern, developed

and discipline-flourishing democratic

nation

* To realize the seven-step Road Map of

the State joining hands with the people

* Joining hands with the people and

based on Union Spirit to crush inter-

nal and external destructive elements

sabotaging stability and development

of the State

* To build a strong, capable and modern

patriotic Tatmadaw to safeguard Our

Three Main National Causes

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� Skyful liars attempting to destroy nation� BBC lying

VOA deceivingRFA setting up hostilities

� Beware! Don’t be bought by those ill-wishers

NAY PYI TAW, 22 Feb — Member of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Kyaw Win ofthe Ministry of Defence together with Chairman ofShan State (North) PDC Commander of North-EastCommand Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut and officialsinspected production process of Hsinshweli Sugar Millof Ngweyi Pale Co in Samahse Village in NawnghkioTownship yesterday.

The mill can crush 1,500 tons of sugarcane andproduce 150 tons of sugar daily. So far, 10,000 acreshave been put under sugarcane against 12,000 acres.The mill needs to meet a yearly demand of 300,000 tonsof sugarcane.

Next, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win looked into thrivingtwo-acre radish and mustard plantations of farmer UWin Oo at Goktwin in the township and fulfilled therequirements. Radish and mustard plants have beengrown as mixed crops, and there are 1,720 acres ofradish and mustard in the township.

At the hall of Kyaukme Asia World (Toll Gate),Lt-Gen Kyaw Win heard reports on implementation ofMyaungcho Hydropower Station Project and futuretasks presented by Assistant Director U Nay Myo Winof Hydropower Implementation Department of Minis-try of Electric Power No 1. Upon completion, the

(See page 9)

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win inspects sugarmill, edible oil crop, summer paddy

plantations in Kyaukme District

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win views transplanting of summer paddy in Hsipaw Township.—MNA

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