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Volume XVII, Number 208 9th Waning of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Tuesday, 10 November, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 9Nov—Chairman of theState Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander-in-Chief ofDefence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwewelcomed back PrimeMinister General TheinSein, who hadreturned from Tokyo ofJapan after attending the1st Mekong-JapanSummit, at Nay Pyi Tawairport this morning.

Together with theSenior General wereVice-Chairman of theSPDC DeputyCommander-in-Chief ofDefence ServicesCommander-in-Chief(Army) Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Aye,Member of the SPDCGeneral Thura Shwe

Senior General Than Shwe welcomes back Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein on PM’s return from Japan

Chairman of SPDC Commander-in-Chief of

Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe

welcomes back Prime Minister General

Thein Sein on his return from Tokyo of

Japan after attending the 1st Mekong-Japan

Summit.

MNA

Mann, Secretary-1 of theSPDC General ThihaThura Tin Aung MyintOo, Member of the SPDCLt-Gen Tin Aye,Commander-in-Chief(Navy) Vice-AdmiralNyan Tun, Lt-Gen YeMyint of the Ministry ofDefence, Commander ofNay Pyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin,Minister for TransportMaj-Gen Thein Swe,

departmental heads,Charge d' affaires ai MrKazuyuki Takeuchi ofJapanese embassy andofficials.

Minister forForeign Affairs U NyanWin, Minister forNational Planning andEconomic DevelopmentU Soe Tha anddepartmental heads alsocame back on the sameflight.—MNA

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Tuesday, 10 November, 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

Drug problem is not a concern of a coun-try or a national but a global concern that is tobe addressed by every country or the entirehuman beings.

In Myanmar, the 15-year drug elimina-tion plan from 1999 to 2014 has been laid downand is being implemented. Now, the plan is in itslast year of the second five years.

Realizing that the drug elimination taskscannot be carried out by itself alone but throughinternational cooperation, Myanmar has signedMemorandum of Understanding with neigh-bouring countries and countries in the regionand the sub-region.

Myanmar with its own resources is tryingits utmost in the fight against drugs while coop-erating with the international community.Meanwhile, it is taking all possible steps fordrug addicts so that they cannot be fallen underthe influence of drugs again and they can live adrug-free life for ever by widening their scopeof knowledge.

Under the drug elimination strategic plan-ning, efforts are being made with added mo-mentum for the development of border areasand national races and putting an end to poppygrowing. In that regard, the government spentK 288,753.3 million from 1989 to the end ofSeptember 2009 for the development of borderareas including Laukkai region.

At a time when the government is makingall-out efforts in its fight against drugs, it isincumbent upon the entire national people toextend a helping hand to the government in thedrive with national awareness.

Make every effort with ownresources in the fightagainst drugs

Basic Education ISD U-16 Men’s andWomen’s Basketball Tournament opens

YANGON, 9 Nov— TheBasic Education ISD U-16 Men’s and Women’sBasketball Tournamentopened in Aung San Gym-nasium, here, this morn-ing.

Director-General ofNo 3 Basic EducationDepartment U Aye Kyumade a speech on the oc-casion and formallyopened the tournament.

After being greeted bythe director-general andofficials, contendingteams recited the sportsoaths and then left thesports ground.

With the performanceof the vocalists, contend-ing teams played the bas-ketball matches.

The tournament willend on 16 November.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan accepts the cash donated by well-wishers for respect paying ceremony to doyen literati in commemora-tion of Sarsodaw Day of 1371 ME of MWJA at Central Printing Press

of PPE.—MNA

Information Minister attends ceremony to donate cashfor respect paying ceremony to doyen literati

YANGON, 9 Nov—Min-ister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan attended aceremony to donate cashfor respect paying cer-emony to doyen literati incommemoration ofSarsodaw Day of 1371 MEof Myanmar Writers andJournalists Association atCentral Printing Press ofPrinting and PublishingEnterprise yesterday morn-ing and accepted the cashdonated.

The ceremony was at-tended by departmentalheads, chairman and CECmembers of MWJA, chair-persons and responsiblepersons of Myanma Mo-tion Picture Asiayon andMyanma Music Asiayon,wellwishers and staff ofPrinting and PublishingEnterprise under the minis-try.

First, Chairman U HlaMyaing (Ko Saung) ofMWJA extended greetings.Minister Brig-Gen KyawHsan presented K3,930,000 donated by theState Peace and Develop-ment Council, K 0.5 mil-lions donated by the minis-try and 0.1 million donatedby himself and his familyto Chairman U Hla Myaing(Ko Saung) who then pre-sented certificates of hon-our to the minister.

Minister Brig-GenKyaw Hsan then acceptedK 7,215,000 donated by the

printers, K 2,549,000 by thepublishers, K 0.2 millionsby Yangon City Develop-ment Committee, K 0.5million by Mandalay CityDevelopment Committee,K 0.3 million each byMyanmar Women’s Fed-eration, Myanmar Mater-nal and Child Welfare As-sociation, and MyanmaMusic Asiayon, K 0.1 mil-lion by Myanma MotionPicture Asiayon, K1,310,000 by U MaungMaung Aye (AlinkaWittyi—Literature andArts), K 917000 by Dr DawKhin Khin Yi (Shine HopeCo), K 0.7 million by DrTin Tun Oo-Dr Khin MoeMoe (Swesone) Col ThetTun (Retd)-Daw Thi ThiNwe donated K 0.3 mil-lion, U Tin Soe (Thagadoe)and family K 0.3 million,Dr Tha Tun Oo K 0.2 mil-lion (Today Publishing

House) K 02 million, ColAung Nyein (Retd)-DawSan San Lwin and family K0.1 million, which were ac-cepted by Director-GeneralU Khin Maung Htay ofMyanma Radio and Tel-evision. Managing-Direc-tor U Aung Nyein acceptedK 0.1 million each donatedby U Chit Naing [ChitNaing (Psychology)], Lt-Col Ohn Maung (Myinmu-Maung Naing Moe)-DawKhin Aye Mu and U KyawWin (Manutha Kyaw Win).U Khin Maung Than (ZanZan), Physicain U AungZayar Min (Aung ZayarMin), and Dr Yin Min Oo(University of Medicine) ofMieinshin PublishingHouse donated K 0.1 mil-lion each which were ac-cepted by managing-Direc-tor U Aung Myo Myint ofMyanma Motion PicturesEnterprise. U Khant Sithu

(Actor), Pabedan TownshipWriters and Journalists’Association, and MingalarTaungnyunt TownshipWriters and Journalists’Association presented K 0.1million each through Di-rector-General U Ye Htutof Informations and PublicRelations Department.

Next, wellwishers pre-sented cash, foodstuff,medicines, calendars, andpublications. A total of 58wellwishers donated K21,808,200 in cash and K900,000 worth donationstotaling K 22,708,200.

Afterwards, Chairmanof fund raising work com-mittee for paying respect todoyen literati Vice chair-man -1 U Tin Kha(Tekkatho Tin Kha) ex-pressed gratitude. After theceremony, the ministergreeted officials andwellwishers.—MNA

Director-Gen-eral U Aye Kyumakes a speechat the opening

ceremony of theBasic Educa-tion ISD U-16

Men’s andWomen’s Bas-ketball Tourna-

ment.—MNA

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

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flat-

tered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

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Bomb attack kills threein Pakistan

Colombia seeks UN help, Chavezreadies for ‘war’

Saudis take mountain fromYemen rebels

SAN’A (Yemen), 9 Nov — Saudi Arabian forcesseized a strategic mountain straddling the border withYemen and cleared it of Shiite rebels after five daysof fighting that have left three Saudi soldiers dead, aSaudi defence official said on Sunday.

Meanwhile, rebels said they shot down a Yemenifighter jet. While Yemen acknowledged the crash, itattributed it to a “technical error.”

Saudi forces began shelling and bombing rebel po-sitions last week, dramatically escalating a five-yearconflict between Yemen’s weak central governmentand rebels in the north of the impoverished country.

The Saudi government cooperates with Yemen tofight the Shiite rebels, known as Hawthis, out of fearsthat extremism and instability in Yemen could spill intoits country, the world’s largest oil exporter.—Internet

Pakistani security officials inspect the car of MayorAbdul Malik at the site of a suicide attack on theoutskirts of Peshawar. A suicide car bomber strucknear a busy livestock market in Pakistan’s Peshawarcity on Sunday, killing 12 people including a formerTaleban sympathiser turned anti-militant mayor, police said.—INTERNET

PESHAWAR (Pakistan),9 Nov— A suspected sui-cide bomb attack at a Pa-kistan police checkpointon the ring road of north-west city Peshawar killedthree people andwounded another five onMonday, police said.

“It was a suspectedsuicide attack. Threepeople were ki l led,five wounded,” policeoff ic ia l Mohammad

Karim said.Doctor Zafar Iqbal at

the city’s main govern-ment-run Lady ReadingHospital confirmed thatmedics received two dead

bodies and six wounded.Monday’s attack came oneday after a suicide bomberkilled 14 people in acrowded cattle market inPeshawar.—Internet

Two American pilotsdie in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 9 NOV —TheUS military says twoAmerican pilots havedied in a helicopter crash inIraq.

A military statementsays the two pilots werekilled on Sunday, during a“hard landing” in theSalahuddin province northof Baghdad. There were nofurther details in the state-ment, which was releasedon Monday.

The names of the pilotsare being withheld until themilitary can notify familymembers. The statementsaid the incident is underinvestigation. The deathsraise to at least 4,361 thenumber of US military per-sonnel who have died in theIraq war since it began inMarch 2003.

Internet

British soldier killed insouthern Afghanistan

KABUL, 9 Nov — Britain’s Defence Ministry says aBritish soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan.

The ministry said on Sunday that the soldier fromthe 2nd Battalion, The Rifles, was killed in an ex-plosion on Saturday near Sangin in central HelmandProvince. Britain is the largest contributor to NATOforces in Afghanistan after the United States with about9,000 troops in the country and 500 more committedby the government last month. The latest death bringsthe total number of British forces who have died inAfghanistan to 231. Last Tuesday, five soldiers werekilled by a rogue Afghan policeman who opened fireon them in Helmand’s Nad-e-Ali district. Another sol-dier was killed in an explosion on Thursday in north-ern Helmand.—Internet

South Sudan faces famine dangerafter poor rains

Saudi families leave their village in the southern province of Jizan, near theborder with Yemen, Saudi Arabia, on 8 Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

BOGOTA, 9 Nov — Co-lombia has said it will seekUN help after Venezuela’sPresident Hugo Chavezinstructed his military toready “for war.”

“Faced with thesethreats of war by the gov-ernment of Venezuela, thegovernment of Colombiais weighing heading to theOrganization of AmericanStates and UN Security

Council,” said a statementfrom President AlvaroUribe, read out by hisspokesman CesarVelasquez.

“Colombia has notmade nor will it make anybellicose move toward theinternational community,(and) even less so towardfellow Latin Americannations,” the statementsaid.

“The only thing we areinterested in is defeatingterrorism related to drugtrafficking, which has beenso unfair to Colombiansfor so many years.”

Colombia, the state-ment added, “remainsready for frank dialogue,achieving greater under-standing and to the rules ofinternational law.”

Hours earlier, Chavezurged his military leadersto prepare “for war” andto ready citizens to “de-fend the homeland,” astensions continue tomount over fractious tieswith neighbouring Co-lombia.—Internet

A Dinka man poses for a photograph as he herds his cattle at a camp in Abyei,southern Sudan, in this picture released by the United Nations Mission in

Sudan (UNMIS) on 13 March, 2009.—INTERNET

BOR (Sudan), 9 Nov — South Su-dan could face famine following lowrainfall and a surge in tribal conflicts,the United Nations Children’s AgencyUNICEF said on Sunday.

UN officials earlier this year said atleast 1.2 million people in the underde-veloped region could be left withoutenough food after a poor start to therainy season.

On Sunday senior UNICEF staff saidthere were now fears of an even greateremergency after poor rainfall at the end

of the rainy season in October and thebeginning of November.

“Here the crisis is going to hit veryhard, we’re just seeing the beginning ofit at the moment,” UNICEF’s deputyexecutive director Hilde Johnson toldjournalists on a visit to the south’s oil-producing Jonglei state.

“If we are not able to handle the situa-tion well ... we can expect very, very sig-nificant levels (of hunger) which can bor-der on the red flag emergency which be-comes a famine,” she said.—Internet

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A dredger flushingwater from the River

Niger in Lokoja in theKogi State, to boost

navigation and com-merce along a 572

kilometres stretch of theriver. After decades of

delay and wrangling byresisting riverine

communities, Nigeriahas launched a multi-

million-dollar dredgingexercise to boost navi-gation and commerce

on the Niger River.INTERNET

PORT SAID, 9 Nov—With cheap labour, invest-ment incentives and unre-stricted exports, one Chi-nese textile group hasturned to Egypt as an ideallocation to produce itsready-made garments,beating stiff competitionat home.

The Chinese-ownedNile Textile Group has setup shop in the Port Saidfree zone, overlooking thenorth entrance of the SuezCanal, and developed anindustrial estate now hir-

Employees work at the Nile Textile Group factory in the free zone of PortSaid, 220 kms northeast of Cairo. With cheap labour, investment incentives

and unrestricted exports, one Chinese textile group has turned to Egypt as anideal location to produce its ready-made garments, beating stiff competition

at home.—INTERNET

LOKOJA, 9 Nov—Afterdecades of delay andwrangling by resistingriverine communities,Nigeria has launched amul t i -mi l l ion-dol la rdredging exercise toboost navigation andcommerce on the NigerRiver.

TOKYO, 9 Nov—JapanAirlines (JAL) said onMonday its executiveswould receive no pay inDecember as the strug-gling carrier needs to cutcosts in the face of mas-sive losses.

The move will affectJAL president HarukaNishimatsu and some 70other company officials, aspokesman for the airlinesaid.

JAL also wants to skippayment of customary

A jet liner ofAsia’s largest air

carrier JapanAirlines taxis atTokyo’s Hanedaairport. Japan

Airlines said onMonday its execu-tives would receiveno pay in Decem-ber as the strug-

gling carrierneeds to cut costs

in the face ofmassive losses.

INTERNET

‘Made in China’ now madein Egypting 600 workers, 20 per-cent of which are Chineseand the rest Egyptian.

Cheap raw materialsand favourable exportconditions have given thecompany easy access toforeign markets.

It’s a bargain for theNile Textile Group, whichimports 60 percent of itsbasic products tax freeand then sends them out-side Egypt, mainly to theUnited States.

Most of their cut-priceclothes are now labelled

“Made in Egypt” ratherthan “Made in China”.

“Egyptian free zonesallow for export all overthe world with almost norestrictions,” said Mo-hammed Abdel Samie,the industrial estate’s ad-ministrative director.

Local salaries are lowenough to compete withthose of Chinese workers,even with a system of bo-nuses offered to the Egyp-tian workers at the end ofeach month.

Internet

Japan Airlines executives to forgo pay in Decemberwinter bonuses to 17,000non-executive employeesalthough a formal deci-sion has not been madeyet, he said.

“Since we have askedfor public money, wemust strive to cut costs,”the spokesman said.

Debt-laden JAL,Asia’s biggest carrier, istrying to rehabilitate withthe support of a state-backed corporate turna-round body. It plans to cutthousands more jobs and

scrap loss-making routes.Unlike their US peers,

Japanese executives havelargely avoided a rowover excessive corporatepay during the economicdownturn by cutting theirown pay and makingother financial sacrifices.

Nishimatsu is knownfor taking the bus to workwith regular commutersand lining up with otheremployees for lunch in thecompany cafeteria.

Internet

SINGAPORE, 9 Nov—Oil prices broke above$78 a barrel on Mondayin Asia as Hurricane Idathreatened oil installationsin the Gulf of Mexico.

Benchmark crude forDecember delivery wasup 94 cents to $78.37 abarrel at midday Singa-pore time in electronictrading on the New YorkMercantile Exchange.

Ida, the first Atlantichurricane to approach the

HANOI, 9 Nov—Viet-nam earned 3.21 billionUS dollars from exportingfootwear in the first tenmonths of this year, down16 percent year-on-year,according to the informa-tion centre of the Minis-try of Industry and Tradeon Monday.

With this figure, Viet-nam is hardly to reach thetarget of raking in 4.77billion US dollars fromexporting footwear thisyear, said the centre.

In the first ten months,Vietnam produced 269.1million pairs of footwear,nearly equal to thenumber of footwearmanufactured during thesame period last year.

Xinhua

Nigeria banks on RiverNiger to boost commerce,

navigationPlans are to deepen

the river channel and sta-bilise its banks along astretch of 572 kilometres(376 miles) as to allowpassage of large vesselsand open up inland ports.

“The goal is to acti-vate the navigationalchannels of the riverwhich once served as abubbling colonial tradingroute,” project supervisorJoshua Arugege toldAFP.

But activists are wor-ried about the damage tothe ecosystem of the hostcommunities along thestretch where the dredg-ing will take place.

Inaugurating theproject in SeptemberPresident UmaruYar’Adua said that whencompleted, it would “en-sure all-year-round navi-gability of the RiverNiger.”

Internet

Oil rises above $78 on US hurricane, weaker dollarUnited States this year,headed toward the GulfCoast on Monday with105 mph (169 kph)winds, and could makelandfall as early as onTuesday. Crude was alsoboosted by a falling USdollar, which has movedinversely to oil formonths as investors buycommodities as a hedgeagainst inflation and aweaker US currency.

Oil rose to $82 lastmonth, its 2009 high,from $32 in December.

The euro rose to

$1.4929 in Asian tradingon Monday from $1.4885on Friday while the dollarwas steady near 90 yen.

Crude fell $2.19 to set-tle at $77.43 on Fridayafter the Labour Depart-ment said the unemploy-ment rate jumped morethan expected in Octoberto 10.2 percent, the high-est since 1983.

The dismal joblessdata stirred concerns thatUS consumer demandwill remain sluggish de-spite an overall economicrecovery. –Internet

Vietnam’sexport of

footwear downin value in first

ten months

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Major topics at APEC Singapore 2009

Liu Hao, an eight-year-old blind boy of a worker’s family, learns playingpiano with his teacher Liu Yongxue, in Chifeng City, north China’s Inner

Mongolia Autonomous Region, on 3 Nov, 2009.—XINHUA

File photo of a Chineseenergy giant CNOOCplant in Daya Bay, in

southern China. Chinahas dangled a near opencheque book to Africa’smajor oil producers in abid to guarantee supplies

for decades to come.INTERNET

A foreign woman and her child take part in the “family run” activity of the2009 Hangzhou International Marathon in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s

Zhejiang Province, on 8 Nov, 2009.—XINHUA

SINGAPORE, 9 Nov—Theworld’s business and po-litical leaders currentlyconverge in Singapore forthe week-long APECmeetings to explore waysto promote economicgrowth, cooperation, tradeand investment across theAsia-Pacific region.

The main topics for theAPEC meetings, themed“Sustaining Growth, Con-necting the Region” thisyear, are as follows.

Key business leaders ofthe Asia Pacific regionhave agreed that it is nowtime for the APEC to take

more decisive actions to-wards establishing a FreeTrade Area of the Asia Pa-cific (FTAAP)in view ofthe financial crisis and thestalled Doha Round nego-tiations.

The business industryexpresses caution aboutsigns of the economicrecovery and urges politi-cal leaders to take steps toensure that this is sus-tained.

They believe that thiscan be done if economiesresist protectionism, pro-mote global demand ratherthan just domestic demandand that they take the op-portunity to undertake eco-nomic reforms. And thatsetting a firm time frame

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

Cambodia celebrates 56th

anniversary of Independence DayPHNOM PENH, 9 Nov—Cambodia on Monday kicked

off its three-day celebration of the 56th anniversary ofIndependence Day in capital Phnom Penh with thou-sands of people attended the ceremony.

King Norodom Sihamoni presided over the cer-emony of celebration with lighting the victory flamewhich will burn for the duration of three days. Cam-bodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, the Senate PresidentChea Sim and other government senior officials, aswell as diplomatic corps, students, police and mili-tary also attended the ceremony held at the Independ-ence Monument.

This year’s celebration was held one day earlier inorder to having a time for many people from eachministry to present their memorial wreaths. “We’vedone this because we don’t want to make things toocomplicated for the King’s day. We don’t want tobother the King on the day he lights the victory flame,”said Chea Kean, deputy secretary general of NationalCommittee for Festivals.

Chea Kean, however, said earlier that this year, therewill be no military parade even though the 9 Novem-ber is also the 56th anniversary of the Royal Cambo-dian Armed Forces.

Xinhua

Tokyo to bidfor 2020SummerOlympics

TOKYO, 9 Nov—Tokyowill bid to host the 2020Summer Olympic Games,Kyodo News reported onMonday, quoting TokyoGov Shintaro Ishihara.

The Japanese capitalhas just lost to Rio de Ja-neiro to host the 2016Summer Olympics.

Ishihara’s remarkscame after the Japanesecities of Hiroshima andNagasaki, hit by atomicbombs during World WarII, said last month theywill seek to jointly host the2020 summer games,though the Olympic Char-ter states only one city canhost the Olympics.

Xinhua

China, Brazil vow toenhance media cooperationBEIJING, 9 Nov—China hoped to enhance media ex-

changes with Brazil in a bid to facilitate strategic part-nership between the two developing countries, said asenior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC)on Monday. Liu Yunshan, head of the Publicity Depart-ment of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarkswhen meeting with Brazil’s communication ministerFranklin Martins in Beijing.

China and Brazil has advanced their cooperation insuch areas as trade, culture, education, technology andmedia in a steady manner, said Liu.

China is willing to further exchanges with Brazil tomake new contribution to the prosperity of the two coun-tries and world peace, said Liu.

Martins said he wants to know more about Chinathrough the visit that is aimed to promote media ex-changes between the two countries. —Xinhua

Over 300 orphans, helplesschildren in west Nepal

KATHMANDU, 9 Nov—More than 300 orphans andhelpless children in Nepali west Jajarkot district areleft neglected, local media reported on Monday.

The orphans and children there lost their parents dueto the cholera and diarrhea epidemic some months ago.

“They didn’t have their parents and they had notreceived appropriate help so far. Their situation is get-ting worse day by day.” Local newspaper The RisingNepal cited Krishnahari Subedi, head of the DistrictPublic Health Office (DPHO) of Jajarkot as saying.

Many students had left school and started doingmenial works, or doing household chores in theirneighbour’s houses.

Xinhua

China gives loans to Ethiopia’sfirst expressway

ADDIS ABABA, 9 Nov—China on Sunday signed a349-million-US dollar loan agreement with Ethiopiato help build the country’s first expressway.

The 79-km expressway will link Ethiopia’s capitalAddis Ababa with the country’s second largest city ofNazeret. It will have a 12-meter width and is expectedto make easy traffic flow in the area.

Under the agreement, the Export-Import Bank ofChina will provide loans to the expressway, which willbe built by China Road and Bridge Corporation.

Construction of the road will be launched early 2010and is expected to be completed in 2014.—Xinhua

for bringing an FTAAPinto reality would send avery strong signal aboutAPEC’ s commitment toaccelerating the integra-tion of their economies.

APEC economies ac-count for approximately60 percent of world en-ergy consumption.

Climate change impactsboth individuals andeconomies at large, withdeveloping nations expe-riencing the most adverseeffects. In addition, cli-mate change is believed tocontribute to the increas-ing number of natural dis-asters, about 70percent ofwhich occur in the Asia-Pacific region.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

A 92-year-old mayor just elected toa fifth term is older than the Pennsyl-vania town he represents.

James C Kennedy of SouthCoatesville is not the oldest mayor inthe United States, an honor believed tobe held by Dorothy Gechen, the 101-year-old mayor of Ocean Breeze, Fla,the Philadelphia Daily News reportedon Saturday. But he is old enough thathe decided to rest instead of attendinga victory party .

Tourists take photographs of acolumn at Kom Ombo Temple,

southern Egypt. The temple, whichdates from about 180 BC during thePtolemaic era with additions madeduring the Roman period, stands

right on the bank of the Nile betweenEdfu and Aswan.

Photo taken on 3 Nov, 2009 shows aminiature bicycle made by

handicraftsman Zhang Tianwei (L)beside a one-jiao coin in Xi’an,

northwest China’s Shaanxi Prov-ince. This bicycle is 20 mm long, 12mm high and has two wheels, which

are 7 mm in diameter.

Mayor, 92, wins fifth termKennedy, a Democrat, won 85-59.

Four years ago, when he sought a fourthterm, he was unopposed.

South Coatesville was incorporatedin 1921, when Kennedy was 4 years old.The population has risen above 1,000since the 2000 Census, when it was 997.

Despite its small size, SouthCoatesville, a suburb of Philadelphia,has its problems. Kennedy said he is onthe lookout for grants that will help himavoid raising taxes.

“They had a little celebration downin Thorndale, but I didn’t go,” he said.

Stunned relatives tried to jump out awindow when a man presumed deadshowed up at his own funeral in south-ern Brazil, officials said.

“In my 10 years in this business, Ihave never witnessed a scene like this,”said Natanael Honorato, manager of thefuneral home in Brazil’s Parana state.

Ademir Jorge Goncalves, 59, a brick-layer, was identified as the victim of acar crash and his funeral scheduled for2 Nov, a religious holiday known as theDay of the Dead, CNN reported .

Goncalves, however, wasn’t dead.

Attorney Robert H Rines, known forspending decades chasing the Loch Nessmonster, died in Boston at the age of87, his wife, Joanne Hayes-Rines, said.

The New York Times said on Sundaywhile Rines founded the Franklin PierceLaw Centre and held more than 800 pat-ents, it was his passionate search for the

‘Dead’ man attends own funeralHe’d spent the night drinking at a barnear the site of the crash, but wasn’t thevictim.

When he learned of the mix-up, hewent to the Funeraria Rainha dasColinas funeral home and walked in onhis grieving family, some of whom triedto jump out a window when they sawhim.

Loch Ness monster hunter Rines dead at 87rumored creature that earned him wide-spread notoriety.

While spending more than 25 yearssearching for the Scottish monster, Rinescame to suspect the fabled creature mayhave died. Not to be deterred, Rinesmoved forward in hopes of finding theskeleton of the Loch Ness beast.

MOGADISHU, 9 Nov—Somalia’s governmentexpects a settlement inabout three weeks with pi-rates holding hostage 36crew of a Spanish fishingvessel, a source close tothe Somali prime ministersaid on Sunday.

“The government ofSpain is facing mountingpressure from its people

SINGAPORE, 9 Nov—Singapore Minister Mentor LeeKuan Yew said on Sunday the country’s economy hasemerged out of the recession with minimum damage.

Speaking at an annual tree planting ceremony, Leesaid that Singapore’s economy may grow by 3 per-cent next year, adding that this year’s 4th quarter lookshealthy after the economy bounced back in the 2ndand 3rd quarters, according to local TV broadcasterChannel News Asia.

Lee added that Singaporeans must be prepared forslower economic growth, but said that slower growthin the nation and other countries in Asia will still behigher than other regions of the world.

He said that Singapore is placed at the junction ofthree big economies that are not export-dependent,namely China, India and Indonesia, whose domesticconsumption and investments have enabled theireconomies to continue achieving positive growth de-spite a slowdown in exports. “The rest of East andSoutheast Asia have the benefit of the overflow effectfrom China, India and, to a lesser extent, Indonesia.Furthermore, we have free trade agreements withChina and India that will give us an advantage overother regions.” Lee said.—Xinhua

HONG KONG, 9 Nov—Hong Kong’s Commissionerfor Transport Joseph Y T Lai on Monday expressedhis concern regarding a fatal traffic accident in TseungKwan O early morning on Monday and extended hisdeepest condolences to the bereaved families and theinjured involved.

The accident happened shortly after midnight onMonday, involving a double decker bus heading forTseung Kwan O, the New Territories from Central,Hong Kong Island.

The bus overturned on a roundabout near TongMong Street at Tseung Kwan O, killing a 17-year-oldgirl and injuring at least 35 passengers. The 36-year-old driver has been arrested. Lai said the Hong Konggovernment and related departments were very con-cerned about this serious accident. The Transport De-partment will urge the bus company to submit an ac-cident report as soon as possible. The Police will alsocarry out a thorough and in-depth investigation on thecause of the accident.—Xinhua

SEOUL, 9 Nov—South Korea saw a fall in producerprices for a sixth straight month in October mainlydue to cheaper oil prices and strengthening local cur-rency, the central bank said on Monday.

According to the Bank of Korea (BOK), the pro-ducer price index, a barometer of future consumer in-flation, marked an on-year decline of 3.1 percent inOctober, compared with a 2.6 percent on-year fall tal-lied the previous month.

Meanwhile, the index dropped 0.8 percent in lastmonth compared with September, marking the firstmonthly decline since June, the BOK said.

The continued on-year fall in October was con-tributed the lower costs for oil which pulled up lastyear’s producer prices by peaking at 147 US dollarsper barrel, and stronger local currency against USdollars, which rose an average of about 13 percenton-year versus the dollar in October, the BOK said.

South Korea, the world’s fifth-largest crude buyer,relies entirely on imports for its oil needs. The BOK isexpected to freeze the nation’s key rate at a record lowof 2 percent for the ninth consecutive month during amonthly rate-setting meeting on Thursday.—Xinhua

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on 5 November, 2009.

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One killed, 35 injured in HKbus crash

Somalia sees end to Spain hostage crisisin three weeksand wants an end to thishostage crisis veryquickly,” the source toldReuters.

“But the situation onthe ground is tough. Itmay take two to threeweeks to secure the free-dom of its nationals.”

The source spoke aftera meeting between theSpanish envoy to Kenya

and Somali Prime Minis-ter Omar AbdirashidSharmarke in the Kenyancapital. A second meetingis to be held on Mondayto work out a strategy forfreeing the hostages, thesource added.

Internet

S Korea’s producer prices fallfor 6th month in Oct

Singapore bottoms out ofcrisis with minimum damage

An Indian Army soldier crashes withhis motorcycle through fluorescent

tubes during “Army Mela 2009”celebrations at Shalugara army baseon the outskirts of the eastern Indiancity of Siliguri on 7 November,2009.

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PMs of Mekong region countries meet Japan’s Upper House President

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Nov—Prime Minister of theUnion of Myanmar General Thein Sein attended aluncheon hosted by Japan Business Federation(Keidanren) at IMPERIAL Hotel in Tokyo, Japan on 6November.

Before the luncheon, Myanmar Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein had documentary photo takentogether with Cambodian Prime Minister SamdechHun Sen, Laotian Prime Minister Mr BouasoneBouphavanh, Thai Prime Minister Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva,Vietnamese Prime Minister Mr Nguyen Tan Dung,President of Japan Business Federation Mr Mitarai andChairman of Japan merchants’ association Mr Okamura.

Prime Minister General Thein Sein attends luncheon in Tokyo, Japan

Next, President of Japan Business FederationMr Mitarai extended greetings.

Afterwards, Cambodian Prime Minister, Lao-tian Prime Minister, Myanmar Prime Minister, ThaiPrime Minister and Vietnamese Prime Minister ex-tended greetings mentioning boosting economic coop-eration between their countries and Japan and, MekongRegion Countries and Japan.

Also present at the luncheon were ministers,deputy ministers and senior officers from Cambodia,Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam and repre-sentatives of private sectors from Japan and MekongRegion Countries.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein and Prime Ministers of the Mekong region countries call on Japan's Upper House PresidentMr. Satsuki Eda.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein togetherwith Prime Ministers of the Mekong region

countries, President of Japan BusinessFederation and Chairman of Japan Mer-chants’ Association pose for documentary

photo.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein

extending greetings at luncheon

at IMPERIAL Hotel.

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NAY PYI TAW, 9 Nov—Prime Minister of the Unionof Myanmar General Thein Sein and Prime Ministers ofthe Mekong region countries attending the First SummitMeeting between Japan and the Mekong Region Coun-

tries met with Mr. Satsuki Eda, President of the Houseof Councillors of Japan, in Tokyo on 6 November.

Present at the meeting were Cambodian PrimeMinister Samdech Hun Sen, Laotian Prime Minister

Mr. Bouasone Bouphavanh, Thai Prime Minister Mr.Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Mr.Nguyen Tan Dung and members of the Japanese UpperHouse.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 9 Nov—The Special AppellateBench comprising Deputy Chief Justic U Khin MaungLat, judges U San Tint Yi and U Sein Hlaing of theSupreme Court (Mandalay) sitting at court room No(1) of the Supreme Court (Nay Pyi Taw) deliveredjudgments on 10 special criminal cases and heard fivespecial appeal criminal cases under Section 7 of theJudiciary Law, 2000, this morning.

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Special Appellate Bench sits atNay Pyi Taw Supreme Court

YANGON, 9 Nov— The National League forDemocracy (Headquarters) has kept in touch withthe US and British embassies and is following theirinstructions. The people are criticizing such act ofNLD and keeping a watchful eye on it.

Those from US and British embassies visitedthe NLD (Headquarters) on West Shwegondinestreet here 27 times in October 2009. During theirvisits, they met with CEC members of the party andgave small and large envelops and parcels to thelatter.

MNA

Those from US and Britishembassies visited NLD

(Headquarters) 27 times inOctober

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Nov— Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein of the Union of Myanmarattended dinner hosted by Japanese Prime MinisterHE Mr Yukio Hatoyama at the State House, Tokyo,Japan at 7.30 pm on 6 November.

Present at the dinner were Cambodian PrimeMinister Samdech Hun Sen, Laotian Prime MinisterMr Bouasone Bouphavanh, Thai Prime MinisterMr Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese PrimeMinister Mr Nguyen Tan Dung, ministers, deputyministers and high ranking officials of Mekong

PM General Thein Sein attends dinner hosted by Japanese Prime MinisterRegion countries.

The Japanese Prime Minister warmly welcomedheads of Government from Mekong Region countriesarriving to attend the dinner.

Before the dinner, the Japanese Prime Ministerextended greetings and made a speech, saying thatfriendship between Japan and Mekong Regioncountries has existed since 400 years ago. He believesthat trust can be built through the friendship. Todevelop Mekong Basin is greatly important. Heconsiders that friendship will further strengthen by

sending youth between Japan and Mekong Regioncountries. He also said that he was very pleased hostthe summit.

On behalf of Mekong Region countries,Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Senexpressed thanks. Next, the Japanese Prime Ministerhosted dinner to those present.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Nov—Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein of the Union of Myanmar and PrimeMinisters of Mekong regional countries attending theFirst Mekong-Japan Summit called on Japanese HIHCrown Prince Naruhito at Crown Prince’s Palace inTokyo at 2.30 pm on 6 November.

Present at the call were Cambodian Prime

Minister Samdech Hun Sen, Laotian Prime MinisterMr Bouasone Bouphavanh, Thai Prime Minister MrAbhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister MrNguyen Tan Dung. Next, the Japanese Prince andvisiting Prime Ministers posed for a documentaryphoto.

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein has photo taken together with PMs of Mekong regioncountries and Japanese PM H.E Mr. Yukio Hatoyama.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein together with PMs of Mekong region countries andJapanese HIH Crown Prince Naruhito poses for documentary photo at Crown Prince’s

Palace.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein beingwelcomed by Japanese PM H.E Mr. Yukio

Hatoyama at State guest house.—MNA

Japanese Crown Prince grants audience toPMs of Mekong Region countries

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NAY PYI TAW, 9 Nov—Prime Minister of theUnion of Myanmar General Thein Sein and primeministers of the Mekong region countries attending theFirst Summit Meeting between Japan and the MekongRegion Countries met with the Speaker of the JapaneseHouse of Representatives Mr. Takahiro Yokomichi inTokyo at 3.30 pm on 6 November.

PMs of Mekong region countries meet Speakerof Japanese House of Representatives

Present at the meeting were Cambodian PrimeMinister Samdech Hun Sen, Laotian Prime MinisterMr. Bouasone Bouphavanh, Thai Prime Minister Mr.Abhisit Vejjajiva and Vietnamese Prime Minister Mr.Nguyen Tan Dung and members of the Japanese Houseof Representatives.

MNA

YANGON, 9 Nov—KMD Computer Centre willconduct Software Engineering On-the-Job TrainingCourse for those who want to become proficient Soft-ware Designer and Software Development.

The course intended to teach basic techniques ofSoftware Engineering and to overcome difficulties tobe met on actual job by Myanmar youths.

The trainees will be able to study new program-ming software and technologies themselves after study-ing how to implement the software through lecturesand practical lessons.

They may enjoy the career opportunities as theprogrammer, system analyst or software engineer.

The 4-month course will open this month andthe seat is limited. So, those interested may contactKMD Computer Centre, No (550-552), MerchantStreet, Kyauktada Township and dial 249255, 381035,381776 and 700895.—MNA

Software EngineeringOn-the-Job TrainingCourse to be opened

Prime Minister General Thein Sein holds discussion at 1st Mekong-Japan Summit.(News on page 16)—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein and

prime ministers of the Mekong region

countries call on Speaker of the Japanese

House of Representatives Mr. Takahiro

Yokomichi.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 9Nov—At the invitation ofthe Japanese Government,Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein together withMinister for Foreign AffairsU Nyan Win, Minister forNational Planning and Eco-nomic Development U SoeTha, Director-General ColThant Shin of GovernmentOffice, Director-General UKyaw Kyaw of Protocol De-partment of MOFA, and de-partmental heads left herefor Japan by air on 5 No-vember to attend the 1stMekong-Japan summit tobe held in Tokyo of Japan.

The Prime Ministerand party arrived atSuvanna Bumi Interna-tional Airport in Bangkokof Thailand at 9:35 pm lo-cal time. They were wel-

Prime Minister arrives Tokyo of Japancomed by Myanmar Am-bassador to Thailand UAung Thein, MilitaryAttaché Col Win Maungand staff of the embassy.

Deputy Prime Min-ister of Thailand Mr.Suthep Thuagsubangreeted the Prime Ministerand party at the loungewhere the Prime Ministerand party stopped for awhile.

Next, the PrimeMinister and party pro-ceeded to Japan by air andarrived at Narita Interna-tional Airport in Tokyo of

Japan the next morning.They were welcomed thereby Ambassador toMekong-Japan SummitMr Kiyoshi Araki andJapanese Ambassador toMyanmar Mr YasuakiNogawa, Myanmar Am-bassador to Japan U HlaMyint, Military AttachéBrig-Gen Tun Tun andpersonnel of the embassy.

Afterwards, thePrime Minister and partyleft the airport for NewOtani Hotel and they weregreeted by family of em-bassy staff.—MNA

YANGON, 9 Nov—The Central Institute of CivilService (Phaunggyi) opened Special Refresher CourseNo (70) for Basic Education Teachers at its NawaratHall in Hlegu Township, here, this morning.

Minister for Science and Technology U Thaungdelivered an address on behalf of Chairman of theMyanmar Education Committee Secretary-1 of theState Peace and Development Council General ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oo.

Also present on the occasion were Minister forCommerce Brig-Gen Tin Naing Thein, Minister forLabour U Aung Kyi, Auditor-General Maj-Gen LunMaung, Chairman of Yangon City Development Com-mittee Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin, deputy ministers,members of the Civil Service Selection and TrainingBoard, heads of department, the rector, the pro-rector,deans and trainees.

In his speech, Minister U Thaung said that thegovernment is working hard to proportionately im-prove basic and higher education sectors in pursuanceof the Myanmar education goal of generating an edu-

The future of the youth of today rests on the education systemSpecial Refresher Course No (70) for Basic Education Teachers opened

cation system that guarantees a lifelong learning soci-ety capable of facing challenges of the Age of Knowl-edge.

With the aim of ensuring equitable developmentof all parts of the Union, the government has improvedeconomic, health and educational infrastructures to acertain degree for economic growth of all regions ofthe Union, smooth transport between one region andanother, and better health care to local people. It is stillestablishing infrastructural buildings.

As to the basic education sector, the governmenthas equipped the schools in rural areas includingborder areas with multimedia classrooms. So, thoseregions have kept abreast of urban areas in terms of e-Education.

The future of the youth of today rests on theeducation system. So, teachers are responsible fornurturing their students into reliable intellectuals andintelligentsia. Today, the advancement of things is sorapid that teachers should no longer be complacentabout their attributes of interest, goodwill and sacri-

fice. They have to exert the lifelong learning andinnovations by improving their professional skills withnew ideas in the interests of their students and theirown.

The government upgraded teacher training in-stitutes and schools to education colleges in its bid toimprove teaching skills. From 1998 to date, the gov-ernment has appointed those who have completed pre-teachership training courses at the two education uni-versities and 20 education colleges. And it is sharpen-ing the abilities of the appointed teachers. From 2006-2007 academic year to 2007-2008 academic year,refresher courses on subjects at the basic educationlevel were conducted to improve the teaching skills ofbasic education teachers.

In 2007-2008 academic year, refresher courseson subjects were organized to train senior assistantteachers with a view to systematically teaching basiceducation high school students subjects in accordancewith the newly-upgraded international level syllabuses.

(See page 11)

Minister U Thaung addresses the opening of Special Refresher Course No (70) for Basic Education Teachers.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein beingwelcomed by Ambassador H.E Mr. Kiyoshi

Araki at Narita International Airport inTokyo, Japan.

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(from page 10)In addition, teaching training courses are con-

ducted to train honours degrees and M.A degreesholders, and trainees who have completed the coursesare appointed as senior assistant teachers. Of facultymembers, qualified ones are appointed as principals ofbasic education high schools after they have com-pleted refresher courses on school management. Thatis designed to help improve teaching skills at the highschool level, and bring about a growing number ofoutstanding students subject-wise.

Teachers are to complete all the curricula pre-scribed by the Ministry of Education in an academicyear so as to improve the educational qualifications ofthe students. Those responsible are to find out whethersubjects are taught in accordance with the syllabuses,curricula are completed, and students get on with theirstudies in basic education schools.

Student will become responsible and reliablecitizens with a sense of serving the interests of thecountry and the people only if teachers are versed inrespective subjects, and they inculcate students with asense of self-discipline, adhering to the rules andregulations of their communities, and the law of theState, nationalistic fervour, and preserving the ownlinage.

Today, high education standard is a drivingforce for development of the nation and the peopleconcerned. And the spirit of national unity and UnionSpirit are essential for ensuring perpetual existence ofthe Union. With this context in view, teachers are to

The future of the youth…

shoulder educational responsibilities with a sense ofnational duty for the brighter future of the nation andthe people, and ensuring that the Union exists as longas the world does.

In conclusion, he urged the trainees to studyhard with national, social and administrative points of

YANGON, 9 Nov—Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan received Chief Executive Officer MrWoon Tai Ho and Director Mr Wong Choo Han of GreenOrange Pte Ltd of the Republic of Singapore at themeeting hall of Myanmar Radio and Television thismorning.

On the occasion, they discussed matters on broad-casting MRTV-3. Also present were Director-General ofMyanmar Radio and Television U Khin Maung Htay,Director-General of Information and Public RelationsDepartment U Ye Htut, Managing Director of Printingand Publishing Enterprise U Aung Nyein, ManagingDirector of Myanma Motion Picture Enterprise U AungMyo Myint and officials concerned.—MNA

Information Minister receives Singaporean guests

views in order to gain knowledge of national levelprojects including the national education plan to achievethe Myanmar education goal.

Altogether 1,500 trainees form basic educationschools in lower Myanmar are attending the five-weekcourse.—MNA

YANGON, 9 Nov—A stake-driving ceremonyfor construction of aschool building ofPyapontaman Village Ba-sic Education High School(Branch) in Pyapon Town-ship, Ayeyawady Divi-

Stake driven for construction of schoolbuilding of Pyapontaman Village

BEHS (Branch) in Pyapon Township

sion, donated by MyanmarRed Cross Society andJapan Red Cross Societytook place this morning.

MRCS ChairmanProf Dr Tha Hla Shwe andDirector Mr Naoki KoKAWA of JRCS ex-plained purpose of con-struction of the schoolbuilding. The schoolbuilding is 90 feet longand 30 feet wide and itcost over K 54.5 million.

MNA

YANGON, 9 Nov —An opening ceremony ofthe 21st conference of oph-thalmologists was held atChatrium Hotel here to-day.

The ceremony wasattended by professorsfrom the medical univer-sities, medical superin-tendents, invited ophthal-mologists at home and

21st conference of ophthalmologistsfrom foreign countries andguests.

Chairman ofMyanmar Medical Asso-ciation Prof Dr KyawMyint Naing and Chair-man of Myanmar Ophthal-mologists Association ProfDr U Kan Nyunt deliveredaddresses at the ceremony.Afterwards, guests visitedbooths of medical compa-

nies.The conference will

last tomorrow and a total

of 24 papers will be readout during the conference.— MNA

Tobacco kills

Prime Minister General Thein Sein has a documentary photo taken together with PMs of theMekong region countries and Japan’s Upper House President Mr Satsuki Eda.—MNA

(News on page 7)

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan receives Chief Executive Officer Mr Woon Tai Ho and DirectorMr Wong Choo Han of Green Orange Pte Ltd of the Republic of Singapore.—MNA

Chairman of MRCSProf Dr Tha Hla

Shwe and officialsdriving stakes.

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MYANMAR IVANHOE COPPER COMPANY LIMITED (TENDER NOTICE)TENDER. IFB No. 40/Overseas/2009Supply of General, Caterpillar Spares, Tyre, Electrical, Pipe & Fittings, Pump (27) lots are invited from OverseasSuppliers by CIF Yangon Basis, Euro or Singapore $ Currency, by LC Term.CLOSING DATE will be on 23 November 2009 12 noon.Tender documents are available at the following addresses:70 (I) Bo Chein Street, Pyay Road, Hlaing Township, Yangon, MyanmarTel: (95) 1 514194 to 7 ; Fax: (95) 1 514208; email:miccl@miccl.com.mmSite: Tel: (95) 71 22225/6; Fax: (95) 71 22522: email: supply@miccl.com.mmBids are to be reached the above offices on or before the closing date.Queries can be done between 10am to 4pm at Supply Department; Tel: (95) 71 22225/6;email :supply@miccl.com.mm before the Tender Closing Date.

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV PRINCESS DIANA VOY NO (1)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV PRINCESSDIANA VOY NO (1) are hereby notified that thevessels will be arriving on 10.11.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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 J. OCEAN, KOREAPhone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BANGSRIMUANG VOY NO (85)Consignees of cargo carried on MV BANG-

SRIMUANG VOY NO (85) are hereby notified that thevessels will be arriving on 9.11.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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 WONGSAMUT OCEANSHIPPING CO., LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV LU SHAN VOY NO (106)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV LU SHANVOY NO (106) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 8.11.2009 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 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 COSCO SHIPPING CO., LTDPhone No: 256916/256919/256921

MYANMAR IVANHOE COPPER COMPANY LIMITED (TENDER NOTICE)TENDER. IFB No. 41/Local/2009Supply of Electrical, Tyre & Tube, Services and General (44 lots) are invited from Local Suppliers by FECCurrency.CLOSING DATE will be on 23nd November 2009 at 12:00 hr.Tender documents are available at the following addresses:70 (I) Bo Chein Street, Pyay Road, Hlaing Township, Yangon, MyanmarTel: (95) 1 514194 to 7 ; Fax: (95) 1 514208; email:miccl@miccl.com.mmSite: Tel: (95) 71 22225/6; Fax: (95) 71 22522: email: supply@miccl.com.mmSealed Bids are to be reached the above offices on or before the closing date.Queries can be done between 10am to 4pm at Supply Department; Tel: (95) 71 22225/6;email :supply@miccl.com.mm before the Tender Closing Date.

Freezing rain hits Beijing andneighbouring regions

Malaysia todevelop suburbs

to ease urbancongestion

KUALA LUMPUR, 9Nov—The Malaysiangovernment will strive tocreate job opportunitiesand develop industries onthe outskirt of urban areasto ease congestion, aMalaysian official saidhere on Monday.

Malaysian Housingand Local GovernmentMinister Kong Cho Hatold a press conferenceafter opening the WorldHabitat Day 2009 andWorld Town PlanningDay 2009 that the movewould lower the urbani-zation rate in the coun-try.

Kong said that Malay-sia’s urbanization ratehad risen from 55.1per-cent in 1995 to 61.8 per-cent in 2000 and was ex-pected to hit 75percent in2020, bringing along vari-ous challenges to theMalaysian government.

Following the subur-ban-to-urban migration,Kong said the Malaysiangovernment would haveto deal with issues such asurban congestion, envi-ronment pollution andeconomy instability.

While the migration ofpeople could not bestopped, the Malaysiangovernment would alsohave to ensure that suffi-cient infrastructure wasprovided for the well-be-ing of the urban residents,added Kong.

Xinhua

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BEIJING, 9 Nov—Freez-ing rain and sleet hitBeijing’s downtown areaon Monday.

Ice droplets about 2 to5 mm in diameter were re-ported falling across thecity.

The capital’s meteoro-logical station said the icyrain would be followed bysnow on Monday evening,and the sleet would con-tinue to Thursday.

Zhang Mingying, sen-ior engineer with the sta-tion, said sleet in Beijingwas rare in November,and the average tempera-ture this week was aboutsix degrees Celsius belowaverage for the time ofyear.

December was theusual month for icyweather, he said.

Beijing residents are notfamiliar with frozen rain.

A man surnamed Wei saidhe thought it was hail.

“The ice battered mycar window as I was driv-ing along Chang’an Av-enue. I was surprised,” hesaid.

“It hit the windows ofmy home loudly, and Iwas surprised it was notrain but ice,” said a resi-dent of Wanjing commu-nity in eastern Beijing.

Xinhua

The best timeto plant a treewas 20 yearsago. Second

best timeis now.

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Sony offers free movie to TV, Blu-rayplayer buyers

What kids drink at five could affectweight at 15

Two killed by strong centralIndonesian quake

A woman walks past a Sony Corpflat TV at the company’s

headquarters in Tokyo on 22 Jan,2009.—XINHUA

BEIJING, 9 Nov— Sony Corp is offer-ing a movie called “Cloudy with AChance of Meatballs” for free to USbuyers of its Internet-connected TVs andBlu-ray players from Monday.

People who buy the equipment willbe able to watch the movie in any 24-hour window from 8 Dec. until it is re-leased on DVD and Blu-ray disc on 5Jan. Sony’s move highlights the way thatmovies are increasingly becoming avail-

able on TVs that connect directly to theInternet as the entertainment industrystrives to come up with new businessmodels.

“What we’re doing is game-chang-ing for TV,” said Robert Jacobs, seniorbusiness development manager for SonyElectronics Inc.

Last year, Sony streamed “Hancock”to Bravia TV owners for two weeks be-fore its home video release. The promo-tion created a “halo effect” helping elec-tronics sales and the movie’s DVD pur-chases and rentals, Jacobs said.

Amazon com Inc and Blockbuster Incalso offer movies for rental or purchaseon certain Internet-connected TVs.

Those services, however, don’t pro-vide the early-release jump Sony is try-ing with “Cloudy with A Chance ofMeatballs,” which comes from the SonyPictures movie studio.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 9 Nov—Par-ents may be setting theirdaughters up for weightproblems simply by al-lowing them to drink twoor more sweetened drinksdaily while young, studyfindings hint.

Higher sweetened bev-erage intake, such as so-das and fruit and sportdrinks, at age 5 years waslinked to more body fatduring the following 10years, Dr Laura Fiorito atThe Pennsylvania StateUniversity in UniversityPark said. Higher body fatduring the teen years hasbeen tied to long-termoverweight and otherhealth problems such asdiabetes and later heart

disease, Fiorito and col-leagues note in the Ameri-can Journal of ClinicalNutrition.

Fiorito’s team looked atwhat 166 non-Hispanicwhite girls drank betweenthe ages of 5 and 15. Theyalso measured theirweight, height, and bodyfat. Body fat and weightdid not vary depending onhow much milk or juicemade from 100 percentfruit the girls drank.

By contrast, after al-lowing for other factorstied to weight and bodyfat levels, girls who dranktwo or more sweeteneddrinks daily had higherpercentages of body fat,weighed more, and were

more likely to be over-weight than girls whodrank lesser amounts ofsuch beverages.For exam-ple, of the 5 and 15 yearold girls drinking less thanone drink, the researchersfound about 16 and 19percent overweight, re-spectively. —Internet

S China Agricultural Universitycelebrates 100th founding anniversary

El Salvador floods, mudslides kill124, 60 missing

Bangladeshdeath toll ofA/H1N1 flurises to sixDHAKA, 9 Nov—The

Bangladesh Health Minis-try said on Sunday that theA/H1N1 flu death toll inthe South Asian country sofar rose to 6, and that thenumber of infected pa-tients is 800.

Head of the country’sInstitute of Epidemiology,Disease Control andResearch (IEDCR) underthe Health MinistryMahmudur Rahman toldXinhua on Sunday, “Threepeople died until the firstweek of October whilethree others died in the pastone month.” Of the sixdead, he said most of themlive outside capital Dhaka.A laboratory test has con-firmed that they were in-fected with A/H1N1virus.Rahman, however,said the number of A/H1N1 virus infected casesstood at 800 until Sunday,which was 680 on 11 Oct.

Xinhua

Volunteers makekimchi, traditional

pungent vegetable, todonate to needy neigh-bours for winter prepa-ration in Seoul, SouthKorea, on 9 Nov, 2009.

INTERNET

GUANGZHOU, 9 Nov—Three senior Chinese of-ficials on Sunday sentcongratulation letters toSouth China AgriculturalUniversity, a prestigiousuniversity in south China’sGuangdong Province, forthe celebration of its 100th

founding anniversary.Chinese Vice Premier

Hui Liangyu said in theletter that the universityhad worked hard for thepromotion of the country’sagriculture developmentover the past 100 yearssince the university wasestablished.

“Since the foundingof New China and launch-ing of the reform andopening-up policy, the uni-versity has trained manytalents and obtained greatprogress in science re-searches, which havemade significant contribu-tions to the country’s agri-cultural science and socialand economic develop-ment,” Hui said.

“The university shouldmake innovations whilecarrying on its good tradi-tions in building the first-class university, and makefurther contributions for

the promotion of agricul-tural modernization withChinese characteristics,”Hui said. State CouncilorLiu Yandong said in theletter that the universityhas made great progress infields of education, scienceresearches and social serv-ices.—Xinhua

A teacher points to a school build-ing damaged by a 6.7-magnitude

earthquake in the town of Bima, onIndonesia’s Sumbawa island, on 9

Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

JAKARTA, 9 Nov—A strong underseaearthquake killed two people and dam-aged buildings on the remote island ofSumbawa in central Indonesia, officialssaid on Monday.

At least 20 people were hospitalizedon the island after the 6.7-magnitudetemblor, many of them with brokenbones, said Rustam Pakaya, the Headof the Health Ministry’s crisis centre.He said at least 40 people were injured.

The quake struck at 3:41 am localtime (1941 GMT) near a small islandchain just east of the Lombok resort is-land. It had a depth of 11 miles (17.7kilometers) and the epicentre was about830 miles (1,335 kilometers) east of theIndonesian capital, Jakarta.

Two people were killed in a part ofSumbawa called Ambalawe, local gov-

ernment spokesman Abdul WahabUsman said.

“They were hit by a collapsing build-ing,” Usman said. “There are believedto be many injuries, but we are stillchecking.”—Internet

People make their way through aflooded street in Verapaz, some 125

km east from San Salvador, on 8Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

VERAPAZ, 9 Nov—Mud and bouldersloosened by heavy rains swept down avolcano and partly buried a small townon Sunday, swallowing up homes asflooding and landslides across El Sal-vador killed at least 124 people, authori-ties said. Hundreds of soldiers, policeand residents dug through rock and de-bris in Verapaz looking for another 60people missing from the mudslide,which struck before dawn on Sundaywhile residents were still in their beds.

Matias Mendoza, 26, was at homewith his wife Claudia and their year-oldson, Franklin, when the earth beganmoving.“It was about two in the morn-ing when the rain started coming downharder, and the earth started shaking,”Mendoza recalled. “I warned my wifeand grabbed my son, and all of a sud-

den we heard a sound. The next thing Iknew I was lying among parts of thewalls of my house.” “A few minuteslater, I found my wife and my son inthe middle of the rubble, and, thankGod, we’re alive,” said Mendoza, whosuffered cuts on his cheek that emer-gency workers stitched up.—Internet

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S P O R T S

Terry’s header gives Chelseawin over Man United

Chelsea’s John Terry (4th R) scores againstManchester United in their English PremierLeague soccer match at Stamford Bridge in

London on 8 Nov, 2009.—XINHUA

Murray beatsYouzhny to take

Valencia titleVALENCIA, 9 Nov—Brit-

ish top seed Andy Murraydefeated Russia’s MikhailYouzhny 6-3, 6-2 on Sun-day to win the ValenciaATP title and capture hissixth trophy of the season.

The world number four,playing his first tourna-ment following a six-weekbreak to rest a wrist injury,took just 69 minutes to seeoff the unseeded Russianand wrap-up the 14th titleof his career. Murray brokeYouzhny?s serve twice inthe 35-minute first set, de-spite being broken in theseventh game.

In the 34-minute secondset, Murray didn?t giveYouzhny an opportunity tobounce back as he racedinto a 4-0 lead after 18minutes.

Youzhny, who put outsecond seeded compatriotNikolay Davydenko in thesemi-finals, was unable tohalt the Murray charge asthe Scot improved to a63-9 match record on theseason.—Internet

Hamburg go second despite Stajner’s late penalty

Hamburg’s defender MarcellJansen (C) celebrates scoringwith Hamburg’s striker TunayTorun (R) and Hamburg’s de-fender Jerome Boateng duringthe German first divisionBundesliga football matchHanover 96 vs Hamburg SV inthe northern German city of

Hanover.—INTERNET

Sevilla’s Malian forwardFrederic Kanoute headsthe ball during a Spanishleague football matchagainst Villarreal atSanchez Pizjuan stadium

in Seville.—INTERNET

Kanoute keeps Sevillain touch with Barcelona

BARCELONA, 9 Nov—Substitute Frederic Kanouteheaded the winner for Sevilla who overcame a resur-gent Villarreal 3-2 to keep themselves in touch withBarcelona at the top of the Spanish league on Sunday.

Villarreal proved tough competition though and re-sponded to Luis Fabiano’s opener after nine minuteswith goals from Robert Pires and David Fuster.

Fabiano equalised almost immediately and thenKanoute, still not fully fit and starting the game onthe bench, scored a crucial winner to maintain the four-point distance from the champions.

Sevilla coach Manolo Jimenez felt his team wasnot as sharp as they should have been after playing inthe Champions League in midweek.

“We can have no excuses about playing in threecompetitions and it is now that we have to show howstrong we are. We need to be able to change the chipquickly and be concentrated,” he said.

Internet

Subdued Inter held by battling Roma

Inter Milan’s forward Mario Balotellimakes a bicycle kick against AS Romaduring their Serie A football match atSan Siro Stadium in Milan. The match

ended in a 1-1 draw.—INTERNET

Lyon held in goalrush as Bordeaux slip up

Capello avoids Benitez row by resting Gerrard

Liverpool’s Englishmidfielder

Steven Gerrard

Federer upset by Djokovic at Basel ATP final

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic (R)celebrates with his trophy after

his victory against Switzer-land’s Roger Federer (L)

in their final match at the SwissIndoors ATP tennis tournament

in Basel on 8 Nov, 2009.XINHUA

ROME, 9 Nov—Inter Milan’s lead atthe top of Serie A was cut to five pointsafter their five-game winning streak

came to an end following a 1-1 drawagainst Roma on Sunday.

A subdued Inter went behind early onto Mirko Vucinic’s header as Roma hadthe better of the opening period.

Inter coach Jose Mourinho threw cau-tion to the wind at half-time, lining hisside with four attackers, but despiteSamuel Eto’o’s 48th-minute equaliser,there was no grandstand finish for thetired-looking champions.

With Juventus and AC Milan bothwinning, the race for the scudetto is verymuch back on, while Roma, on 15 points,moved up a place to 13th. Roma beganpurposefully and should have taken thelead after two minutes.—Internet

Marseille’s Brazilianforward Brandao

PARIS, 9 Nov—Frenchtitle contenders Lyon andBordeaux both suffered abumpy ride on Sunday asreigning champions Bor-deaux went down 2-0 atLille only to stay top asLyon drew 5-5 with Mar-seille in an extraordinarygame.

After momentous mid-week showings saw bothclubs advance to the secondphase of the ChampionsLeague on Sunday theyshredded their own nerves

and those of their fans.Laurent Blanc’s men

dislodged Lyon last seasonafter seven championshipwins on the bounce, andstayed top with 25 pointsfrom 12 matches despitesecond-half Lille goalsfrom Yohan Cabaye andFlorent Balmont from thepenalty spot handing theGirondins their third re-verse of the campaign.

Lyon should have gonetwo points clear but wereleft aghast by Stephane

M’Bia’s injury-time goalfor Marseille, the final ac-tion of a rollercoaster of agame.—Internet

BERLIN, 9 Nov—Hamburg bagged a share ofsecond spot in the Bundesliga on Sunday de-spite Czech Republic striker Jiri Stajner nettinga late penalty for Hanover to share the points ina 2-2 draw.

Hamburg were cruising to a 2-1 win to closethe gap behind leaders Leverkusen, who beatEintracht Frankfurt 4-0 on Friday, before Stajnerwas hauled down with just five minutes left.

The 33-year-old made no mistake with hisshot and drilled it past Hamburg goalkeeperFrank Rost to put his side ninth while Hamburgare now three points behind Leverkusen.

The northerners share second spot with neigh-bours Werder Bremen, who drew 1-1 at hometo Dortmund after Argentine Lukas Barriosequalised Mesut Ozil’s opener for Werder.

Internet

GENEVA, 9 Nov—World No. 1 Roger Federersuffered upset to No. 3 Novak Djokovic andmissed out on a fourth successive Swiss Indoorstitle in his hometown of Basel on Sunday.

The Serbian won 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to record histhird win over Federer in five meetings this yearand notch his fourth ATP title of the season af-ter winning in Beijing, Belgrade and Dubai.

The Swiss just returned from a six-weekbreak following his US Open final defeat toJuan Martin del Potro.

Federer, who had not previously dropped aset or lost a service game in the tournament,had his serve broken four times as he lost afinal for the third time this year following de-feats at the Australian and US Open.—Xinhua

LONDON, 9 Nov—In asizzling encounter at thePremier League, Chelseaskipper John Terryheaded home the deci-sive goal to hold off de-fending champions Man-chester United 1-0 atStamford Bridge on Sun-day.

Chelsea now lead thestandings with a fivepoints ahead of Arsenaland Man. U, who aresecond and third respec-tively with the samepoints.

Both Chelsea andMan. U played defensegame from the start, sti-fling each other for quite

a while since the start. Then well-organized

Chelsea attacked more inthe first half especiallywhen Nicolas Anelkafired unexpectedly fromthe right flank on 28 min-utes. But the French-man’s effort just wasmelted down in easy bythe 39-year-old EdwinVan der Sar, who madeanother fantastic one-hand stop to the Frenchstriker’s curl four min-utes later. —Xinhua

LONDON, 9 Nov—Eng-land coach Fabio Capelloavoided a row with Liver-pool boss Rafael Benitezas he left Steven Gerrardout of his squad for Satur-day’s friendly against Bra-zil in Doha. Benitez hadmade it clear on Sundaythat he didn’t think Gerrardshould be selected as theLiverpool captain hasmissed several matcheswith a groin injury suffered

during England’s defeat inUkraine last month.

Gerrard could playsome part of Liverpool’sPremier League matchagainst Birmingham onMonday, but Capello hasplacated Benitez by leav-ing the star out of the tripto Qatar. Despite injuriesto Emile Heskey andCarlton Cole, there wasstill no place for Manches-ter United striker Michael

Owen once again asCapello recalled DarrenBent.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenwidespread in Taninthayi Division, isolated in Chin Stateand weather has been partly cloudy in the remaining Statesand Divisions. Night temperatures were (6°C) belowNovember average temperatures in upper Sagaing Division,(3°C) to (4°C) below November average temperatures inShan and Chin States, lower Sagaing Division, (3°C) aboveNovember average temperatures in Kayah and Mon States,Mandalay and Bago Divisions and about November averagetemperatures in the remaining areas. The significant nighttemperature were Haka (4°C) and Loilem (5°C). Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Myeik (0.59)inch, Dawei (0.23) inch and Mindat (0.08) inch.

Maximum temperature on 8-11-2009 was 97°F.Minimum temperature on 9-11-2009 was 69°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 9 -11-2009 was 61%.Total sun shine hours on 8-11-2009 was (9.1) hours approx.

Rainfall on 9-11-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was(111.06) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inches at Kaba-Ayeand (129.41) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum windspeed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mph from Southeastat (18:30) hours MST on 8-11-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is cloudy in the South Bay andWest Central Bay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Seaand elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 10th November 2009:Rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated in Shan andMon States, Taninthayi Division and weather will begenerally fair in the remaining States and Divisions. Degreeof certainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofcontinuation of isolated light rain or thundershowers in theSouthern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for10-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for10-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for10-11-2009: Fair weather.

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In this 1 Aug, 2009 Photo show, a giraffe fromAfrica's most endangered giraffe subspecies standsin the bush near Koure, Niger. By all accounts,they should be extinct. Instead, their numbers havequadrupled to 200 since 1996, an unlikely boonexperts credit to the concurrence of animpoverished government keen for revenue thathas enacted laws to protected them, a conservationprogramme that encourages people to supportthem, and a rare harmony with humans who have

accepted their presence.—INTERNET

NANCHANG, 9 Nov—The prolonged drought thathas plagued east China’s Jiangxi Province for twomonths is relieved by heavy rains on Monday.

A total of 252 townships had over 15 mmrainfalls, among which 82 townships experiencedheavy rains and 4 others were hit by rainstorms,said Xu Bin, deputy director of Jiangxi ProvincialMeteorological Observatory. The rain will keepfalling for the next three days, causing a temperaturedrop of 8 to 10 degrees Celsius, Xu said.

A total of 34 weather rockets were launched forartificial precipitation in 20 counties, enhancing therainfall over an area of 10.2 thousand squarekilometres, according to a statement from theprovincial artificial weather modification office.

Xinhua

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9th Waning of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Tuesday, 10 November, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 9Nov—Prime Minister ofthe Union of MyanmarGeneral Thein Sein, on 6November evening, at-tended the 1st Mekong-Ja-pan Summit at the Japa-nese Prime Minister's of-fice in Tokyo of Japan.

The summit was at-tended by Prime Ministerof Cambodia Samdech HunSen, Prime Minister of Ja-pan Mr Yukio Hatoyama,Prime Minister of Lao Peo-ple’s Democratic RepublicMr Bouasone Bouphavanh,Prime Minister of ThailandMr Abhisit Vejjajiva, PrimeMinister of Socialist Re-public of Vietnam MrNguyen Tan Dung, minis-ters, deputy ministers, andsenior officials from Cam-bodia, Japan, Laos,Myanmar, Thailand andVietnam.

Japanese PM andPMs of Mekong Region

Prime Minister General Thein Sein

attends 1st Mekong-Japan Summit

countries had documen-tary photos taken beforethe summit.

Japanese PrimeMinister gave an opening

address, presiding over thesummit. Next, PMs ofCambodia, Laos, Myan--mar, Thailand and Viet-nam exchanged views on

development of regionalinfrastructures and humanresources, environmentalconservation and climatechange, promotion of trade

and investment, disastermanagement, promotionof tourism industry, fur-ther cementing ofMekong-Japan friendship

and mutual cooperation be-tween Mekong countriesand Japan. The first daysession of the summit cameto an end at 7 pm.—MNA

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