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French businessmanalleges Rs 1 bn fraud

PORT LOUIS: A special cell ofthe Central Criminal Investiga-tion Division (CCID) is investi-gating an alleged fraud of Rs 1billion involving a Frenchbusinessman. He had record-ed a statement that an offshorecompany has misused Rs 1 bil-lion from his company. Themoney was placed across sev-eral businesses and one wasalso expected to generate Rs500 million. According tosources, a panel of Mauritianlawyers is looking into thematter. INS

Sarkozy calls rivalHollande liar

ANNECY: French PresidentNicolas Sarkozy used his firstre-election campaign rallyThursday to launch a blister-ing attack on his frontrunningSocialist rival, calling him aninveterate liar. Francois Hol-lande "lies from morning tonight," Sarkozy told cheeringsupporters at the Alpine townof Annecy, the day after offi-cially declaring his candidacyfor election in 10 weeks. AFP

Chinese vice president Xi Jinping and lieutenant governor Kim Reynolds(right) listen during a state dinner at the Iowa State Capitol on February 15 inDes Moines, Iowa. Xi, expected to become China's leader next year, reached outto heartland America by talking farm cooperation in Iowa..Photo AFP

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Legislation toprevent importof fake gadgetsCERTIFICATES FROM PARENT COMPANY NEEDED

Pouvanah AllaghoyeePort Louis, February 16

The number of defective prod-ucts, especially mobile phones in themarket is of growing concern to thegovernment.

A new legislation will therefore beadopted in the coming week to re-view the import standards of suchproducts.

ICT minister Tassarajen PillayChedumbrum made it clear that im-porters should meet all standards re-quired before entering the market.“It is not acceptable that anyone en-ters the market to sell fake productsto the public.

It will become mandatory for mo-bile importers to obtain a certificatefrom the parent company, whichgives the authorisation to sell theirproducts in Mauritius,” explainedChedumbrum.

He highlighted that importersshould also ensure that guaranteedafter sales services are provided tocustomers. “It is unacceptable thatcustomers make sacrifices to buy amobile which stops functioningproperly after a few days and then

they have to pay extra amount for re-pairs,” stated the minister. “Cus-tomers should get value for money,”he added.

According to statistics collectedfrom the Consumer Protection Unit(CPU), over 50 per cent of com-plaints received in January concerndefective products while in 2011, thedefective products amounted toaround 40 per cent.

“Out of 258 complaints registeredin January, 122 were related to defec-tive products. Last year, 1,109 out of2,699 complaints involved defectiveproducts,” stated a CPU officer. It hasbeen reported that customers facethe problem of buying cell phoneswith a damaged battery or no spareparts.

Chedumbrum said that he has al-ready given directives to the con-cerned authorities to ensure that allimporters possess the necessary au-thorisation certificate. “Excess ofeverything is bad. If a person spendstoo much time on mobile, it mayhave an impact on his health. Now, ifthe product itself is defective, thedamage will be much more,” hestressed. feedback@theindependent.mu

Earthquakemeasuring5.1 felt nearRodrigues

Luxmi Anousha Boodhoo Port Louis, February 16

An earthquake measur-ing 5.1 on the Richter scalewas recorded at 6.20 am onThursday 308 km north eastof Rodrigues. The epicentrewas located at a latitude of17.8 degrees South and lon-gitude 65.6 degrees East.

However, according tothe forecaster of the Mauri-tius Meteorological Station,no tsunami warning was is-sued on the island as notremors were felt in Ro-drigues or Mauritius.

Officials from Vacoas me-teorological station statedthe phenomenon is naturalas Mascarene Islands are lo-cated in Mid Indian Ridge, itwitnesses frequent move-ment of tectonic plates

Oceanographer VassenKauppaymuthoo stated thatwhat is significant aboutthis earthquake is its para-meter and strength. It indi-cates that Rodrigues is notsafe from earthquakes. “Ifthe earthquake had oc-curred closer to Rodrigues,the island would have suf-fered major damages,” hesaid. feedback@theindependent.mu

Jugnauth meets BérengerRadhima Ramdeen Vacoas, February 16

The document 'The newdelimitation - a decline ofdemocracy and risk of socialdisintegration’ on the read-justment of delimitation ofthe wards in urban areas,prepared by the leaders ofthe Militant Socialist Move-ment (MSM), was submit-ted to opposition leader

Paul Bérenger on Thursday.This was done during hismeeting with Pravind Jug-nauth at Riverwalk, Vacoas.

Jugnath stated, “ThePresident will decide on theneed to review the electoralboundaries, which was pre-sented by Hervé Aimée. Hehas his part of the work todo now. There would havebeen the 'gerrymandering'to promote the government.

The MSM has broughtpropositions and a copy wasgiven to the oppositionleader as he is also againstwhat the government hasdecided regarding the de-limitation of wards. It is asubject which is within hisinterest.” Bérenger said, “Ihave just received the docu-ment. I need to study it sothat I can comment.” feedback@theindependent.mu

NTA offers appointments by SMSIndependent News Service Ebene, February 16

The minister of Informa-tion and CommunicationTechnology (ICT), Tassara-jen Pillay Chedumbrumsaid that the NTA-SentryCitizen is already in force.This was announced at theMobile Apps event held atCyberTower1 Ebene onThursday.

The National TransportAuthority (NTA) has im-

proved its services in collab-oration with ICT. Instead offollowing the normal proce-dures of calling and fixingappointments, now it canbe done through SMS.

For example, if someonewants an appointment tocheck his car at NTA he cansimply send an SMS men-tioning the NTA area code.After a few seconds, the per-son will receive an appoint-ment date on his mobilephone. If the date is not

convenient, the person canrequest for another date.This is a 24/7 service.

The minister said, “Forthe Ministry of Education, ifa student wants to know thescholarships available, hecan do so by sending anSMS to the ministry. Thisservice is also being offeredby the Ministry of LocalGovernment with regards tojobs available in districtcouncils and municipali-ties.” feedback@theindependent.mu

Enterprises pessimisticover business outlook

Independent News Service Port Louis, February 16

Many enterprises are pes-simistic about the business situa-tion in Mauritius in 2012, with51.2 per cent expecting it to beworse than 2011. Thiswas stated by the presi-dent of the MauritiusEmployers Federation(MEF), Clency Appavooat the launch of the An-nual Business TrendsSurvey 2012 at the MEF,Ebène on Thursday.

“The survey revealedthat lack of visibility is animportant constraint, accordingto enterprises. 2012 will be diffi-cult and we request the govern-ment and the private sector tocome together on a platform topursue discussions and find new

markets, thus preventing loss ofjobs, and also the National Re-silience Fund and set up by theMOFEE,” said Appavoo.

The pessimism is mainly beingfelt among wholesale and retailtrade, export-oriented enterpris-

es, construction industryand hotels and restau-rants. Meanwhile, finan-cial intermediation andbusiness services, infor-mation and communi-cation technology andthe business processoutsourcing sectorsshowed more confi-dence.

The major constraint for ex-pansion of activity is uncertaintyof the economic climate, acutecompetition and a drop in de-mand, according to stakeholders. feedback@theindependent.mu

NATIONWorkshop on MobileApps 2012 launchedThe University of Technology(UTM) in collaboration with theICTA organised a workshop onMobile Apps 2012.

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Radhima RamdeenEbene, February 16

The University of Tech-nology Mauritius (UTM), incollaboration with the In-formation of Communica-tion Technologies Authority(ICTA) has organised athree-day workshop on Mo-bile Apps 2012.

On Wednesday, theopening ceremony tookplace at CyberTower 1,Ebene, for which TassarajenPillay Chedumbrum, theminister of Information andCommunication Technolo-gy and Rajesh Jeetah, minis-ter of Tertiary Education,Science, Research and Technology were the chiefguests.

Chedumbrum said,“New technologies, digitisa-tion, smart phone penetra-tion and mobile apps haveprofoundly changed theway people go about theireveryday lives.”

He added, “Today, mostpeople use smart phoneswith Internet facilities. Theyhave access to information

easily and quickly. This willreduce the demand for pa-per, making it a Green Infor-mation and Communica-tion Technology (ICT) sec-tor.”

The minister also high-lighted that in line with thevision of his ministry, he willsoon make access to Inter-net a basic citizen’s right.

Similarly, Jeetah declared,“We find mobile servicesand applications every-where nowadays.” Headded, “This is a technologythat is driving the economyand changing all sectors ofsociety, including the highereducation sector. As minis-ter of Tertiary Education,Science, Research and Tech-nology, I have witnessedduring the past years, howthe world of education hasbeen changing.”

He continued, “It is apleasure to see UTM’s will-ingness to modernise, inno-vate and engage deeply inresearch and development.”The UoM and UTM willsoon benefit from WiFi facil-ities. feedback@theindependent.mu

Pouvanah AllaghoyeePort Louis, February 16

The lack of teachers in sec-ondary schools continues to makeheadlines.

On Thursday, students fromPailles SSS (Girls) held a sit-in foraround 45 minutes in the schoolpremises.

A Higher School Certificate(HSC) student of the college explained, “For the past onemonth, we do not have any accounting teacher. The classesare overpopulated and sometimestwo classes are merged into a single one with over 50 students.”

She said, “With a subject thatrequires particular attention, it be-comes difficult to concentrate.”

The students have reported theproblem to the rector but no action has been taken yet.

However, the management sideinsists that this is not a big issue.

“It is true that the students helda sit-in for some 45 minutes in the morning,” an academic staff of the college said, “But they later returned to their classes.”

The staff added, “The policealso came but the situation wentback to normal shortly.”

The problem of insufficient educators is also being condemned in a boys’ college at

Camp de Masque. A Form V student said that they

were missing a lot of classes due tothis crisis.

“We have a lot of free time,” heunderlined.

“The exams are nearing and wehave not yet completed the syllabus.”

According to the Ministry ofEducation and Human Resources,supply teachers are being recruit-ed to remedy the situation.feedback@theindependent.mu

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MT worker suffersfrom food posoning

PORT LOUIS: An employee ofMauritius Telecom sufferedfrom food poisoning after eat-ing canned tuna. Staff mem-bers had received this provi-sion package during the cy-clonic period. Following an in-quiry, the MT said they or-dered products dated 2012-13but the food company deliv-ered products that expired onOctober 2011. The poisonedstaff member is receivingtreatment at the hospital.

Yaum-un-Nabi celebration at ICC

PORT LOUIS: The Islamic Cul-tural Centre (ICC) in collabo-ration with Plaine Verte’s AlAqsa mosque celebratedYaum-un-Nabi on Wednesdayevening to commemorate the birth of Prophet Moham-mad. The guests present at the event, including Vice-Prime Minister, Rashid Bee-beejaun, ministers, Abu Kasenally and Shakeel Mo-hamed, and the Lord Mayor,Mahmad Kodabaccus wereable to appreciate a perfor-mance by children from the Al Aqsa’s Madrassah (Koranic school) and a Naatrecitation by Lebanese poets.Eminent international theolo-gians, Sheik Sayyed Jamil Hal-im, Hosseiniy from Beyrouthand Sheik Sayyed Mouaffaq Ri-faiy Hosseiniy from Lausannein Switzerland talked abouthow Muslims should take theProphet’s life as an example tofollow.

Abandoned plots destroy hotel business

PORT LOUIS: Manoj Rajwani, manager of Raj Ma-hal Hotel, in Quatre-Bornesclaims that forsaken plotsaround his establishment aredestroying its reputation.“We contacted concerned au-thorities, including the municipality, but nothing happened,” he said. “The re-sult is that the area has be-come unhealthy.” Touristsrefuse to stay at the hotel, butstill the establishment has topay taxes to avoid sanction.The plots belong to an ex-politician and a magistratewho refuse to cooperate evenwhen the management pro-posed to convert the land intoa green space.

Septuagenariankilled in explosion

PORT LOUIS: RajwanteeSonoowa, 72, resident of TroisBoutiques, Plaine Magnienwas killed in an explosion inher kitchen on Wednesdaywhile she was preparing tea at7 am. She was admitted to theICU at Candos where she suc-cumbed to her burns. Policeinquiry found out that the gasconnection was not properlyattached to the cylinder. Theautopsy report confirms thatthe woman died from exten-sive burns.

People against MonChoisy road works

PORT LOUIS: ‘Save the beachof Mauritus’ is still fightingagainst the decision to deviate the coastal route atMon Choisy. The final hearing at the Supreme Courtwill be done before Judge Eddy on Friday morning. Road works were stopped because of a conflict of interest between villagers andcontractors. George Ah Yan,spokesman of the platform declared that Seayu Ltd began the works without the EIA Permit. INS

(From left) Group marketing manager of Pharmacie Nouvelle Ltd Valerie Kerambrun Imbert, Rosy Khedoo fromMouvement Civique Baie du Tombeau, Linda from Mouvement d'Aide à la Maternité, Ragini Runghenfrom A LaCaz, Marlene Ladin from Chrysalide Centre, Hossenfaeb from CEDEM, brand manager of Bebecalin and TipitiVanessa Carver during the distribution of more that 10,000 nappies to NGOs on Wednesday.FOOD PO

BABY STEPS: PUTTING TOGETHER HEADS,ALL FOR A CAUSE

Students protestteachers shortage THE PROBLEM OF INSUFFICIENT EDUCATORS IS ALSO BEING CONDEMNED IN A BOYS’ COLLEGE AT CAMP DE MASQUE

For the past one month, we do not have anyaccounting teacher. The classes are overpopulated andsometimes two classes are merged into a single one with over 50 students. — Pailles SSS student

MTPA to participate inShanghai tourism festival

Independent News ServicePort Louis, February 16

The Mauritius TourismPromotion Authority(MTPA) has been invited toparticipate in the ShanghaiTourism Festival, which isthe main opening paradethat takes place in the Chi-nese city every year.

This was finalised duringthis week in China betweenthe Mauritian delegationled by MTPA chairmanRobert Desvaux and theShanghai Tourism Munici-pal Administration (STMA)chairman, Dao Shu Ming.

According to a press release,the meeting was very fruit-ful. Mauritius has assuredSTMA that they are interest-ed in cooperating with Chi-na. On this note, Air Mauri-tius is converting its Shang-hai flight into a non-stop,direct one from March 26.

STMA is responsible forpromoting Shanghai to theinbound tourists as well asencouraging the inhabitantsof the city to travel overseas.

The delegation also had ameeting with some of theorganisers from the localChinese television pro-gramme called 'Rose Wed-

ding’ on Wednesday. Theprogramme showcasesweddings that have takenplace at approved and ac-credited tourism destina-tions.

Each year, one destina-tion is chosen and this yearMauritius will benefit.

The Chinese newspapersand television channels willpromote the country be-tween April and October2012 till the filming of thefirst programme, which willinvolve 15 couples. Theweddings will take place inMauritius. feedback@theindependent.mu

Magistrate rejects defence motionIndependent News ServicePort Louis, February 16

The case against NeerunjunRamdin and Hazareesing, the al-leged assaulters of Dr KishanKumar Malthotra, was broughtbefore magistrates RenukaDabee and Vijay Appadoo at the

Intermediate Court on Thurs-day. The accused party had earli-er presented a motion of abuseof process as the offence datesback to March 12, 1998. The mo-tion was rejected by the magis-trate.

The defence party feared thatthe medical certificate could

have been tampered with giventhat it went missing and was lat-er recovered.

Ramdin and Hazareesingwere suspected of throwing acidon Malhotra’s face in his office atthe MedPoint clinic causing se-vere burns and impairing hiseyesight. feedback@theindependent.mu

Governmentseeks media helpin sensitisation

Independent News ServicePort Louis, February 16

The unsustainable patterns of consumptionand production have contributed to the slowbut dangerous depletion of our planet’s naturalresources. This has resulted in high levels ofpollution, increasing the amount of waste gen-erated. Hence, the Ministry of Environment ispromoting sustainable consumption and pro-duction (SCP) in the society.

However, the government cannot bring aradical restructuring of existing systems andpractices. This will require the close collabora-tion of various stakeholders like governmentbodies, NGOs, private sector, civil sector andmembers of the press.

On Thursday, a workshop for the media inthis contextwas held in Bal-aclava, whereDevanand Vira-sawmy, theminister of En-vironment andS u s t a i n a b l eDevelopmentand LeylaTegmo-Reddy,

UN resident representative were present.Virasawmy stated that following the 1992

RIO Summit, world leaders and decision mak-ers were urged to review their resources andhighly polluting development strategies to putin place a more sustainable approach to socio-economic development.

The minister said, “As a responsible govern-ment, we are conscious that bold policy mea-sures and firm actions are required if we wantto reverse the trend of unsustainable con-sumption and production.”

He added, “My ministry, together with thesupport of the United Nations EnvironmentProgramme has developed a National Pro-gramme on SCP.” The overall aim is to bring achange in consumption patterns while in-creasing resource efficiency, promoting a moresustainable lifestyle.

The National Programme on SCP encom-passes 44 projects that focus on seven priorityareas in Mauritius. This includes energy, water,sustainable buildings, waste management andmore sustainable public service practices.feedback@theindependent.mu

The government cannotbring a radicalrestructuring of existingsystems and practices

Tomb raiders sentenced to embellish cemeteryPravind RughooPort Louis, February 16

Malabar Laval Christian andthe two Marday brothers weresentenced to a combined 900hours to clean the Beau Valloncemetery. The sentence was pro-

nounced by magistrate Raj Penti-ah on Thursday. He stated, “Youdisrespected a scared place.”

In 2011, the Grand Port policearrested the suspects over a caseof larceny. The sentence originallycarried a maximum penalty of fiveyears behind bars. However, the

magistrate sentenced them tocommunity service because theaccused cooperated by speakingthe truth and pleading guilty. “Youchose to speak the truth at theright time and you had thecourage to do so,” said Pentiah.

The offenders were thus sen-

tenced to 300 hours communityservice each. They were ordered toclean Beau Vallon cemetery and toplant flowers there with the help ofthe Grand Port Forestry Depart-ment till February 29. Their sen-tence is now being followed up byprobation officer Heeroo.

The magistrate showed lenien-cy when pronouncing the sen-tence after considering that theaccused had wives and children.The magistrate also notified hisintention to inspect the cemeteryafter the completion of the task. feedback@theindependent.mu

UTM, ICTA host Mobile Apps ’12 workshop

Island toink DTAAwith Kenyasoon

Himanshu MarchurchandPort Louis, February 16

Speaking at a seminar ti-tled ‘Global Business Sector:What Orientation’ organ-ised by the Global Institu-tional Investors Forum(GIIF) on Thursday, Financeminister Xavier Luc Duvalset the tone for Mauritius tobe a clean destinationwhich applies the best inter-national practices.

“We are negotiating 13new DTAAs, out of which sixwill be with Africa, besidesthe existent 36. Mauritiuswill proceed to the signatureof this agreement withKenya shortly,” announcedDuval. Concerning theDTAA with India, the minis-ter stressed that both partiesbenefited equally from it.

“Mauritius resident com-panies hold some $165 bil-lion of investment in India,creating hundreds of thou-sands of jobs. We are con-cerned with creating morecommercial substance. In-dia intends to negotiate 79treaties with other coun-tries. Whatever we do inMauritius thus will haverepercussions internation-ally,” he said.

Clairette Ah-Hen, CEO ofthe Financial Services Com-mission spoke on the needfor Mauritius to accept thatthe island does not havemonopoly on knowledge.

Ben Lim, CEO of Interna-tional Trust Limited mean-while proposed the provi-sion of visa free access toAfrica for investors owning acompany in Mauritius. feedback@theindependent.mu

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The 100 per cent zero emission vehicle, Nissan LEAF, was unveiled on Thursdayevening at the Swami Vivekananda International Convention Centre. Executivedirector of ABC Motors Dean Ah Chuen (2nd left) and the corporate vice presidentof Nissan Motor Co Ltd Gilles Normand (2nd right) with models at the launch.

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CPI notes 1.8 pc risein price of steel bars

PORT LOUIS: The Construc-tion Price Index, which stoodat 105.2 at the end of Septem-ber 2011 increased by 0.2 percent in October 2011 mainly as a result of increases of 1.8per cent in the prices of steelbars and 0.2 per cent in timbercarpentry. In November 2011,the index remained at thesame level following an in-crease of 0.4 per cent in theprices of cement offset by a decrease of 2.8 per cent inthe prices of ceramic tiles. The index increased by 0.1 per cent in December 2011 asa result of an increase in theprices of cement, mitigated by decreases of 0.2 per cent in the prices of steel bars and0.3 per cent in the prices ofsanitary installations.

Nursing associationto postpone protests

PORT LOUIS: Following thedecision of the Nursing Association to stage protests,the minister of Health andQuality of Life, Lormus Bundhoo has assured themthat their demands will be taken into consideration. As a result, the Nursing Association has postponedtheir demonstrations until thenecessary procedures are carried out. The union decided to stage demonstra-tions on February 17 and 23 at Dr AG Jeetoo and Flacq hospital respectively becausethe payment of nurses'allowances for overtime hadbeen delayed for severalmonths, for some for even a year.

UoM organises talkon law on Friday

PORT LOUIS: A guest lectureon the ‘Law courses at Nottingham Trent Law University in UK’ will be organised on Friday at the University of Mauritius, Réduit. Two consultants in-cluding Dr Jane Ching andJane Jarman who are also solicitors and lecturers fromthe Nottingham Trent LawUniversity are visiting the island to have discussions with the head of the law de-partment from UoM and rep-resentatives of the Tertiary Ed-ucation Commission and theState Law Office. The UoM ispreparing to welcome theCouncil of Legal Education forthe year 2013 to students wish-ing to do their bar and the lec-ture will help in this exercise.

RCC to assist vulnerable families

PORT LOUIS: With the help of their teachers, the studentsof Royal College of Curepipecreated the Community Support Group (CSG). Theytook the initiative to help theunderprivileged families of society. Twenty-two HigherSchool Certificate studentsvisited the family of BhushanJagoobarah at Plaine desRoches, a kid who committedsuicide on January 25. Theyoung boy was living with hismother and four siblings. The students have decided to help the siblings morally and financially and they alsopromised to pay them visit ona regular basis to ensure thatthe children are growing ingood condition. INS

MPL chairman Arnaud Godere (second left), ICT minister Tassarajen PillayChedumbrum (centre), MPL CEO Giandev Moteea (right) at the opening of thepost office at Ebene o n Wednesday. Photo INS

MAURITIUS POST INAUGURATES EBENE BRANCHAIESEC to recruit youthfor int’l internshipsORGANISATION AIMS TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL EXPERIENCES TO STUDENTS

Vishal BheerooPort Louis, February 16

AIESEC Mauritius, whichboasts of 125 members, has beeninvolved in several projects suchas the red ribbon initiative, leadgreen and Teach Mauritius,among others. Their motto is‘Agents of positive change.’

The members of AIESEC Mau-ritius held a press meet on Thurs-day in Port Louis to announce thepresentation of the global villageand the international internshipof 6 to 8 weeks for local youth.

The members of AIESEC alsoannounced the holding up of theglobal village that will take placeon February 26 at the BagatelleMall of Mauritius.

The communication directorof AIESEC Mauritius, Jan Forsterunderlined that the organisation

aims to inculcate leadership skillsin the youth and help them devel-op their personalities. “AIESECoffers practical experience toyouth who get the opportunity totravel around the globe to broad-en their horizons.”

Speaking on the internationalinternship, the director of outgo-ing exchanges, Vaibhav Sharmasaid, “Mauritian students will getthe opportunity to be part of theglobal community developmentprogramme, where they can visit

countries such as India, China,Russia and Romania, among oth-ers. We have tied up with severalforeign universities for studentexchange.” The students will alsobe awarded an international cer-tificate. The president of theglobal village organising com-mittee and team member of Tal-ent Management at AIESEC,Sandrine Busuiah said that theaim of the global village is tobreak the geographical barrierand share different cultures.

She emphasised, “AIESECMauritius is one place where so-cial issues, education and childempowerment are discussed bystudents of different nationalitiesunder one roof.” AIESEC memberOxana Ashikhima , from Russia,said that she is keen to share localtraditions with her new friends. feedback@theindependent.mu

Leena GoorayaPort Louis, February 16

The Rotary Club has comeforward with a social projectto boost the education ofchildren at the VuilleminGovernment School.

Situated in a deprived andisolated area, the school haswitnessed a high rate of failure and absenteeism overthe past years.

Despite the hard work ofthe teaching staff, the students in the locality do notseem to be interested in studies.

Most of them come fromvulnerable families whereparents cannot afford to provide them with the necessary equipment andthey lack moral support.

To solve this issue, theclub is offering books andfruits to motivate the children to attend classes.

Raincoats will also be provided.

They also plan to paint theschool to make it look moreattractive.

They will also be offeringequipment for the schoollaboratory.

In his address, presidentof the Rotary Club, RajeshBucktowonsing encouragedthe children to come toschool daily.

He highlighted the importance of education.“We have chosen VuilleminGovernment School becauseit is in a deprived region,” hesaid.

Bucktowonsing added,“We are completely aware ofthe poverty that prevails hereand the project aims to pro-vide spill over benefits to thelocality,” he said.

The president of the Ro-tary Club also announcedthat at the end of the year thebest students as well as thosewith the highest rate ofschool attendance will beawarded. feedback@theindependent.mu

Rotary Clubto boosteducationin Vuillemin

AIESEC announced that theglobal village will take placeon February 26 at theBagatelle Mall of Mauritius

Sports ministry launches life skills information pack

Independent News ServicePort Louis, February 16

The Ministry of Youth andSports, in collaboration withthe United Nations Popula-tion Fund (UNFPA)launched an informationpack and DVD on life skillseducation at the Municipali-ty of Port Louis on Thursday.

The aim is to equip theyouth with skills to helpthem develop a healthylifestyle.

In his address, the minis-ter of Youth and Sports, De-vanand Ritoo said that theprogramme is being adopt-ed as a means to empoweryoung people to face chal-lenges in life.

He added that the pro-gramme will enable them toacquire knowledge to devel-op attitudes and skills.

“Investing in the develop-ment of young people andproviding them with the best

services remains one of themain objectives of the gov-ernment. I hope the stu-dents will make efficient useof the package,” he said.

According to Elodie Bac-soo, a student of JM FrankRichard SSS, the pack is auseful tool that provides

awareness on social chal-lenges that young peopleface.

“The DVD has images ofwhat is prevailing in societyand it is really sad to seeyoungsters choosing thewrong path in life,” she said.feedback@theindependent.mu

NTA arranges for busfacilities to Grand Bassin

Devotees offer prayers to a statue of Shiva on Wednesday.Photo INS

Independent News ServicePort Louis, February 16

The National Transport Authori-ty (NTA) is providing bus facilitiesto pilgrims heading to Grand Bassinon the occasion of Maha Shivratreewith the aim to reduce the numberof cars converging there.

Over the last five days, some12,000 cars have entered GrandBassin and the insufficient parkingspace cannot accommodate all thevehicles.

The police are also investigatinga case of alleged damaged Ma-hashivratree banners at Vacoas. Ac-cording to an anonymous callerwho informed police, some passen-gers of a red pick-up truck damagedseveral banners placed on theguard rails at Diolle junction in Va-coas. An initial inquiry revealedthat the registration plate of thetruck is that of a motorcycle. feedback@theindependent.mu

Friday, February 17Bonne Terre 8 am- 24h/24hRiviere du Rempart and PortLouis (Immigration) 6 am- 4 pm Curepipe from 8 am – 9 pm

Saturday, February 18 and Sun-day, February 19Bonne Terre 6 am- 24h/24h Riviere du Rempart and PortLouis (Immigration) 6 am- 4 pmCurepipe 6 am- 9 pm St. Pierre via Bonne Terre 9 am- 3 pm

Monday, February 20Bonne Terre and Curepipe 6 am- 1 pmPort Louis (Immigration) 6 am- 10 pmSt Pierre via Bonne Terre andBeaux Songes 7 am- 9.30 am

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Sports minister Devanand Ritoo (right) and lord mayorMahmad Kodabaccus (left) handing over Life Skills Edu-cation kit to a college representative. Photo INS

Thiruvananthapuram, February 16

Navy guards on board an Italian oil tankerhave shot dead two Indian fishermen aftermistaking them for pirates, an Indian officialsaid Thursday.

India’s coast guard brought back the bod-ies of two men who are thought to have beenkilled on Wednesday by Italian navy officerson board the vessel Enrica Lexie 64 kilome-tres off India’s southern state of Kerala.

The Italian ambassador to India was sum-moned to the foreign ministry where Indiaregistered an official protest over the deaths,the Press Trust of India news agency said.

The captain of Enrica Lexie, ordered to an-chor near the local port Cochin, told officialsthe motorised fishing boat was believed to bea pirate ship after it sailed close to the tanker,

Indian navy spokesmanRoy Francis said.

“The security wing firedat the fishermen and thecaptain has alerted thecoast guard about the fir-ing. We are making an in-vestigation,” Francis said.

In Rome, the navy issueda statement saying that thefishing boat had behavedaggressively and had beenwarned on several occa-sions by the security teamon board. AFP

NEWSDIGEST

Honduras dead IDssought after jail fire

COMAYAGUA: Forensic ex-perts Thursday sought to iden-tify the charred remains of 355inmates killed when fire en-gulfed an overcrowded Hon-duras prison, thought to be theworld’s worst ever jail blaze.The devastating fire has ledPresident Porfirio Lobo to sus-pend top prison officials.

Zuma warns against‘denial’ over SA land

CAPE TOWN: resident JacobZuma on Thursday warnedagainst provoking emotionsover South Africa’s skewedland ownership, after a whitedeputy minister said blackshad no claim to nearly half ofthe country. Zuma terselyslammed deputy agricultureminister Pieter Mulder’s asser-tion that blacks, barred fromwhite areas under apartheid,had no right to 40 per cent ofland as they had not lived inSouth Africa’s western regions.

Taliban deny talkswith Afghan govt

KABUL: Taliban insurgentsThursday denied that they hadbegun talks with the Afghangovernment alongside earlycontacts over negotiationswith the US. The Taliban“strongly dismiss this state-ment by (Afghan PresidentHamid) Karzai,” spokesmanZabiullah Mujahid said.

N Korea marks b’dayof late Kim Jong-Il

SEOUL: North Korea’s militaryparaded Thursday to mark thebirthday of late leader KimJong-Il, pledging to defend hisson and successor Jong-Unwith their lives. AFP

Indian actor Ranvir Kapoor isseen on set in Punding village,20 km from Siliguri, India, onThursday, during filming for themovie ‘Barfee’ directed byAnurag Basu. Barfee is about adeaf-and-mute man, played byRanbir. Photo AFP

Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (centre) sits in a bob as he attendsa training session of the Russian National Team during Putin’s visit toParamonovo bobsleigh and tobogganing center outside Dmitrov in theMoscow Region, on Thursday. After serving two consecutive presidentialterms between 2000 and 2008 and a term as prime minister, Putin is seek-ing a third term in the March 4 presidential election.PHOTO AFP

PUTIN LAUNCHES INTO PRESIDENTIAL ARENA

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Crackdownintensifiesin Syria

Damascus, February 16

At least 22 people died onThursday as Syrian armourmoved on protest hubs,while prominent bloggerRazan Ghazzawi and othertop activists were arrested,monitors said ahead of a UNvote on the crisis.

President Bashar al-Assad’s troops pummelledthe central city of Homs for a 13th straight day, with18 killed in central Hamaprovince and four others dying in the southern city of Daraa, the monitors reported.

“It’s very methodical,”said Mohammed, a residentof Daraa reached by tele-phone from Beirut. He saidregime forces were attack-ing the province “village byvillage”.

The Syrian Observatoryfor Human Rights monitor-ing group also said it fearssecurity forces carried out amassacre in the province ofDaraa, where dozens ofcivilians disappeared onWednesday after being cor-nered in a valley.

“There are fears regimeforces carried out a mas-sacre in Sahm al-Julan,” theBritain-based group said ina statement.

“Witnesses said securityforces shot at the civiliansand then piled them ontopick-up trucks,” said theObservatory, which provid-ed the names of 14 of thosefeared killed.

PAKISTAN’S SUPPORT IS “CRITICAL TO THESUCCESS” OF AN AFGHAN-OWNED ANDAFGHAN-LED PEACE PROCESS — KARZAI

MULDER STUNNED ALL OF US WITH HISBOLD DENIAL OF HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUTLAND DISPOSSESSION — ZUMA

Iran at counterterror meet asIsrael simmers

Islamabad, February 16

Pakistan on Thursday welcomedthe leaders of Afghanistan and Iranfor a regional summit at a key junc-ture in peace efforts with the Talibanand amid rising tensions betweenTehran and Israel.

Iranian leaderMahmoud Ah-madinejad flew intoIslamabad in the af-ternoon for a formalsummit meetingscheduled on Fridayto be followed by ajoint news confer-ence, Pakistan offi-cials said.

Afghan PresidentHamid Karzai arrivedearlier in the day for aseries of talks with thegovernment and themilitary on his sec-ond visit in nine months.

His office said separate talks withPakistani President Asif Ali Zardariand Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gi-lani would focus on expanding rela-tions, economic ties and “enhancedcooperation” on ending 10 years ofwar in Afghanistan.

Pakistan’s army chief general Ash-faq Kayani and senior governmentministers were also present.

Karzai termed Pakistan’s supportas “critical to the success” of anAfghan-owned and Afghan-ledpeace process and reconciliation.

Pakistan, the historic ally of theTaliban, says it will do anything re-quired by Kabul to support anAfghan-led peace process, but thereis a wide degree of scepticism inAfghanistan and the United Statesabout its sincerity.

“Both sides agreed on the need tostrengthen mutualcooperation to over-come the commonchallenges of terror-ism and extremismand expressed theirresolve to work forthe stability andpeace of both thecountries,” Gilani’soffice said.

Karzai hailed histrip to Pakistan as oneof the most impor-tant in the past 10years, his office said.

“He thanked Pak-istan for cooperation in the investi-gation of the assassination of Profes-sor Rabbani in which two suspectshave been arrested,” it said.

The assassination in Septemberof the Afghan government’s peacemission head Burhanuddin Rabbaniby a suicide bomber who purportedto be a peace envoy for the Talibanderailed efforts to talk peace.

Calling terrorism a common ene-my that threatened people on bothsides of the border, Karzai said it wasimperative for the two countries tocontinue to maintain relations. AFP

PAKISTAN WELCOMES LEADERS OF AFGHANISTAN, IRANFOR SUMMIT AMID PEACE EFFORTS WITH TALIBAN

No plot to killBarak: Police

SINGAPORE: Singaporepolice on Thursday de-nied media reports thatthey had foiled a plot toassassinate Israeli De-fence minister EhudBarak while he was in thecity-state. “The report isuntrue. No such incidentoccurred in Singapore,”the police said in an e-mailed statement. AFP

Italian oil tankerguards kill Indianfishermen: Navy

‘Islamists’ spring 200in Nigeria prison break

Kano, February 16

Suspected Islamist gun-men bombed their way intoa prison in central Nigeriabefore opening fire on thewardens and emptying thejail of its 200 inmates, aspokeswoman said Thurs-day.

The attack in the centralKogi state left one wardendead and while there was noofficial confirmation of theraiders’ identity, local resi-dents suspected the BokoHaram Islamist sect whichhas been wreaking havoc inNigeria.

“There was a jail breaklast night. From reportsavailable to us, a large num-ber of gunmen attacked theKoton Karfe prison around7:00 pm and threw explo-sives at the gate and openedfire on our wardens,” saidprison spokeswomanHadiza Aminu.

She said a shootout thenerupted.

“One of our men waskilled and the gunmen over-powered the wardens andbroke into the cells, freeinginmates — 199 inmates allawaiting trial escaped, leav-

ing only one inmate,”Aminu told AFP. She refusedto speculate on the identityof the attackers.

“We still don’t know whowas behind this attack. In-vestigations have com-menced to determine that.”

But a resident, IsiakaYakub, said: “From all indi-cations, the attackers weremembers of Boko Haram,”adding that there werearound 20 of them. A re-porter said “some gunmenbelieved to be members ofBoko Haram sect stormedthe prison around 7 pm andblasted the gate with explo-sives.” AFP

DETROIT: A Detroitjudge will decide onThursday if the Nigerian“underwear bomber”who tried to blow up apacked airliner on Christ-mas Day 2009 mustspend the rest of his lifebehind bars. UmarFarouk Abdulmutallab,25, faces a mandatoryminimum life sentenceafter pleading guilty inOctober to eight charges.

‘UNDERWEAR BOMBER’

O F F B E A T T R A C K

‘Worst car’ taken off theroad by S African policeJOHANNESBURG: SouthAfrican police have impound-ed a run-down 1976 pickuptruck, described by a sea-soned officer as the “worstcar” he had ever seen chug-ging along the highway,deeming only the windshieldfit for the road, media reportedon Thursday. A leaking five-litre plastic water bottle, whichwas mounted to the engine,served as a petrol tank. Onlytwo gears functioned, thetyres were completely smoothand the shock absorbers hadbeen tied together with twist-ed wire. “Nothing worked. Ithad no lights, no wipers andonly rudimentary car seats,”

Moses Alfonse, the officer,was quoted as saying byBeeld newspaper. DPA

Houston funeral to bebroadcast live NEW YORK: The funeral onSaturday for pop superstarWhitney Houston will bebroadcast live from the NewJersey Baptist church whereshe grew up singing in agospel choir, the funeral homeowner said Wednesday.

“Her publicist has chosen one person who willbe allowed into the sanctuaryand who will be streaming(video) to you all,” said Carolyn Whigham, whoseNewark funeral home is handling preparations forHouston’s service. AFP

15-minute-old newborngets pacemaker for heartSAN FRANCISCO: The nameJaya in Hindi means victori-ous. And little Jaya Maharajwas just that, when she be-came one of the smallest re-cipients of a pacemaker whenshe was just 15 minutes old. Ateam of doctors at StanfordUniversity’s Lucile PackardChildren’s Hospital deter-mined the girl born nineweeks premature had onlyhours to live if they did notperform the surgery.

A handout picture from toymaker MattelInc shows theirBarbie and Kendolls dressed asBritain’s PrinceWilliam and hiswife Catherine,Duchess of Cambridge, ontheir weddingday.The dolls willbe available inApril timed totheir one yearweddinganniversary.Photo AFP

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Islamic clerics forbidforex trading

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’shighest Islamic body has issued an edict forbidding foreign exchange trading byMuslim individuals, sayingsuch speculation violates Is-lamic law. The National FatwaCouncil ruled forex trading bymoney changers or betweenbanks was allowable but trad-ing by individuals “createsconfusion” among the faithful,according to a report issued bystate news agency Bernama.

EU trade chief pressures China

HONG KONG: China is pro-tecting a domestic market forpublic procurements worth$1.1 trillion, EU Trade Com-missioner Karel De Gucht saidas he appealed to Beijing toopen upto global trade anddismissed fears of an escalat-ing trade war with China. AFP

An employee of German luxurycar maker Audi works on anAudi A4 car on the assembly line at the Audi plant in Neckar-sulm, southwestern Germany.Audi is a subsidiary of Volkswa-gen. Photo AFP

China to surpass Indiaas top gold buyer

Mumbai, February 16

China is set to overtake Indiaas the world’s largest gold buyerthis year as demand for the met-al for jewellery and as a safe-haven investment surges, theWorld Gold Council (WGC) saidThursday.

Global demand hit 4,067.1tonnes in 2011 -- edging up 0.4percent year-on-year -- worth anestimated $205.5 billion, the firsttime demand has surpassed$200 billion, the council said inits latest annual report.

Gold prices rose to a recordover $1,920 an ounce in Septem-ber on frenzied buying by indi-viduals, investment funds andcentral banks in the aftermath ofa US credit rating downgradeand plunging global equity mar-

kets. Prices have slipped sincebut still hover around $1,700 perounce.

India, the largest gold con-sumer and importer, saw a 7.0-

percent decline in demand year-on-year to 933.4 tonnes last year,while demand from Chinajumped 20.0 percent to 769.8tonnes in the same period.

“There was a major boost tothe overall demand from China,a trend we see continuing in thenew year,” said Marcus Grubb,WGC’s investment managing di-rector. “It is likely that China willemerge as the largest gold mar-ket in the world for the first timein 2012.”

India, where gold is widelypurchased for religious and cere-monial occasions, consumedless of the yellow metal in 2011largely because of a weak rupee,which made imports of gold --priced in US dollars -- more ex-pensive.“The domestic currencyfell precipitously in the secondhalf of 2011, on foreign capitaloutflows. The rapid rise and fallin the rupee and resulting localgold price swings impacted goldbuying,” the report said. AFP

Greece headsfor debt deal

Athens, February 16

Greece rushed to finalisea debt rescue to avert bank-ruptcy, under orders fromthe eurozone on Thursdaythat it must accept oversighton every detail in return forbailout funds next week.

European Union officialsmade clear they were step-ping up surveillance ofGreek state revenues andexpenditure, with early elec-tions in April a cause fordoubt about how reformswill be carried through.

Finance Minister Evan-gelos Venizelos said late onWednesday that a telecon-ference by eurozone minis-ters had “clarified” how toplug a 325-million-eurohole in Greece’s 2012 budgetand that remaining issueswould be worked out by

Monday. “Other issues,technical but basically polit-ical, will be prepared at aeuro working group in Brus-sels on Sunday,” Venizelossaid, having warned dra-matically that some coun-tries no longer wantedGreece in the eurozone.

“This will in good timelead to a final decision” onthe approval of the euro-zone bailout and a “publicannouncement” on a debtswap with private creditorsworth 100 billion euros onMonday, the minister said.

Greece desperatelyneeds the rescue package of130 billion euros in freshloans and a 100-billion-eurowrite down on privately-held government bonds toavoid defaulting on 14.4 bil-lion euros in debt owed onMarch 20. AFP

MCB bags three awards at 14th edition of CRAHimanshu MarchurchandEbène, February 16

The 14th edition of thePricewaterhousecoopers(PwC) Corporate ReportingAwards (CRA) was held atthe Hennessy Park Hotel,Ebène on Wednesdayevening, in the presence ofthe crème de la crème ofcorporates in Mauritius aswell as vice prime ministerand Finance Minister XavierLuc Duval.

All companies listed onthe Stock Exchange of Mau-ritius (SEM) were automati-cally considered for theawards while Public InterestEntities (PIEs) and Paras-tatals were able to compete

only by submitting their an-nual reports for review. Thejudging panel examined allsubmitted annual reportsissued between December31, 2010 to December 302011.

The Mauritius Commer-cial Bank (MCB) won itself

the larger piece of the cake,with three awards. Speakingto The Independent, AntonyWithers, CEO of MCB com-mented that it comes as nosurprise to them. "We areobviously delighted. Theawards reflect the hard workof our team, also our im-

provement on online re-porting. As for whether theawards were fuelled by ourrebranding, well one cannever really know," he said.

Duval for his part seizedthe occasion to encouragethe Company crowd to takeadvantage of the recession."Some people love a crisis.Private sector investmentamounts to 19 per cent ofGDP, and is in your hands.My message is not to waste agood crisis. Let us work to-gether towards anothergood year," he said. Theminister also added theBoard of Investment willprovide all the necessarysupport to the private sec-tor. feedback@theindependent.mu

Finance minister Xavier Luc Duval (left) and PwC country head AndréBonieux (second from right) pose with the award winners during the cocktail hosted by PwC for the Corporate Reporting Awards.Photo INS

AWARDSRisk ManagementCorporate Governance DisclosuresOnline ReportingSEM 7 CompaniesBanking Insurance andCapital MarketsOther Listed Companies (including DEM)

WINNERSState Bank of Mauritius Mauritius Commercial Bank

Mauritius Commercial Bank Mauritius Commercial Bank Swan Insurance Co Limited

Air Mauritius Limited

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Messi argument toprofit charity

BERLIN: Bayer Leverkusen di-rector of sport Rudi Voellersays he is going to make two ofhis players sell off the LionelMessi shirts that they obtainedduring the German side's 3-1Champions League defeat toBarcelona. Czech left-backMichal Kadlec swapped hisjersey with the Argentina starat half-time but his fellow de-fender Manuel Friedrich tookit from him, sparking a dress-ing room bust-up between thetwo players. Kadlec ended upgetting a second shirt off Messiat the final whistle. "Both play-ers overstepped the mark,"Voeller was quoted as tellingthe Bild tabloid on Thursday."I haven't spoken to them yetbut I will." But Voeller said hehad a solution: "I can guaran-tee that Kadlec and Friedrichwill auction off the Messi shirtsand give the money to charity."

PSG interested inSuarez move

PARIS: Under pressure Liver-pool striker Luis Suarez couldbe in line for a move to Frenchclub Paris Saint-Germain, L'E-quipe newspaper said onThursday. The French leagueleaders, boosted by fresh capi-tal from new Qatari owners,have been in contact withSuarez's representatives with aview to bringing the Uruguayforward to the Parc des Princesat the end of the season.Suarez, recently back after aneight-match suspension forracially abusing ManchesterUnited's Patrice Evra, wouldnot be against a move if PSGwon a Champions Leagueberth next season, the sportsdaily said, without quotingsources.

Dow to stay asOlympics sponsor

NEW DELHI: Olympic organ-isers said Thursday that DowChemical, a firm linked to the1984 Bhopal Gas disaster,would not be dropped as oneof the sponsors of the LondonGames despite complaintsfrom India. India wanted Dowejected from the Games as it isthe parent company of UnionCarbide, whose pesticide plantleaked gas into the central In-dian city of Bhopal, killing tensof thousands in the world'sworst industrial accident. In-ternational Olympic Commit-tee president Jacques Roggesaid in a letter to the IndianOlympic Association that thecomplaints had been regis-tered but Dow would remain asponsor.

Ghana star Abedi Peleturns coach

JOHANNESBURG: TripleAfrican Footballer of the Yearaward winner Abedi 'Pele'Ayew of Ghana turns coachthis weekend when Naniacompete in the CAF Confeder-ation Cup. It will be unchar-tered territory for Pele and hissecond division side whenthey host Sequence FC ofGuinea in the first leg of a firstround tie in the second-tiercontinental competition. Na-nia defied the odds to win theGhana FA Cup last season.

Regan Smith, driver of the #78Furniture Row Chevrolet, posesduring NASCAR Media Day atDaytona International Speed-way on Thursday in DaytonaBeach, Florida. Photo AFP

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Berdych joins Federer witheasy advance in Rotterdam

Rotterdam, February 16

Tomas Berdych followed theexample of top seed Roger Fed-erer by making almost effortlessprogress into the quarter-finalsof the Rotterdam Open onThursday as opponent MarcosBaghdatis quit while trailing 3-0 in their second-roundmatch.

Berdych spent just 19 min-utes on court but put the formerAustralian Open finalist underimmediate pressure with fivebreak points.

On Wednesday, Federermoved easily into the last eightat the Ahoy stadium as second-round opponent MikhailYouzhny withdrew a day beforetheir contest with a left foot in-jury.

Federer still had to go outand win his opening matchagainst Frenchman NicolasMahut, which he did, 6-4, 6-4.

Federer and Berdych set thepace for number three seed andRotterdam debutant Juan DelPotro, with the Argentine 2009US Open champion to face Slo-vak Karol Beck later in a bid forthe quarters.

Frenchman Richard Gas-

quet, seeded fifth, continuedhis steady progress at his sec-ond tournament appearance,defeating Russian Alex Bogo-molov 6-3, 6-2.

Italy's Andreas Seppi dis-patched German PhilippKohlschreiber 6-4, 6-2 in theirsecond-round encounter.

The 16th-ranked Gasquet

improved his record to sevenwins this season to next faceRussian Niklay Davydenko.

The Frenchman with six ca-reer titles went through to victo-

ry in just over an hour and aquarter with four aces and fourbreaks of the Bogomolov serve.

Meanwhile, Poland's Ag-nieszka Radwanska advancedto the quarter-finals of the WTAQatar Open on Thursday whenshe defeated Varvara Lep-chenko of the United States.

Radwanska, the world num-ber six and fourth seed in Qatar,fought back from a break downin the first set to clinch a 7-5, 6-1victory over the Uzbek-bornLepchenko who is yet to win aWTA title after turning pro as a15-year-old back in 2001.

"I lost my serve in the first setand at that point the only thing Iwanted was to fight back," saidRadwanska, the winner of seventitles and a quarter-finalist atthe Australian Open this year.

"She was hitting the ball well,but I got my game together,"added Radwanska who wonthree games in a row after trail-ing 4-5 in the first set.

Earlier Belgian Yanina Wick-mayer defeated Kazakhstan'sKsenia Pervak 6-4, 6-0 to makethe last eight of the tournamentwhich has seen 11 of the 16seeds crash out over the firstthree days. AFP

Yuvrajrevealsupbeatoutlook

New Delhi, February 16

India's World Cup crickethero Yuvraj Singh issued anupbeat health report onThursday after undergoingchemotherapy for a malig-nant cancer tumour be-tween his lungs.

"Got very good news...The tumor is almost way outof the system... Second cyclehas started," the 30-year-oldall-rounder said via Twitterfrom the United States,where he is receiving treat-ment.

Left-handed Yuvraj,named man of the tourna-ment after India's WorldCup triumph at home inApril last year, was diag-nosed with cancer soon af-ter the event ended.

Thousands of well-wish-ers, including US cyclinggreat Lance Armstrong,have sent messages of sup-port to the player, who isknown for his aggressivebatting and disciplined spinbowling.

Yuvra has scored 362runs and bagged 15 wicketsin nine World Cup matches.

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland returns the ball to Varvara Lepchenko of the US during their WTAQatar Open tennis match in Doha on Thursday.Photo AFP

TENNIS: ROTTERDAM OPEN CRICKET

GOLF: HONDA LPGAOLYMPICS: LONDON 2012

GOLF: AVANTHA MASTERS

Miyazato sizzles in Thai heatPattaya, February 16

Japan's Ai Miyazato puton a performance to matchthe sizzling heat as she fireda five-under 67 to take thefirst round lead in the $1.5million Honda LPGA Thai-land tournament Thursday.

Miyazato, who won thesame tournament two yearsago, took a one-shot leadover Australian veteran Kar-rie Webb, as well as Swe-den's Anna Nordqvist andKoreans Amy Yang, Se Ri Pakand Na Yeon Choi who allshot 68.

The Japanese player setthe Siam Country Clubcourse alight with fivebirdies and no bogeys.

"I'm really excited, but Ifeel very tired. It's been along day. I think it must bethe heat," said Miyazato,who hardly made a mistakein her round.

"I've been working onmy short game and it seemsto be paying off. I like thiscourse, but the greens aretricky."

P r e - t o u r n a m e n tfavourite and world numberone Yani Tseng of Taiwancould not find her rhythmand had to be content with aone-over 73.

Making the early pacewere Webb and Nordqvist.

"Four birdies and no bo-geys. I'm pretty happy withthat," said Webb, currentlyranked 20th in the world.

"The conditions, apartfrom the heat, were good,"she said, speaking for manyplayers who battled swelter-ing conditions.

"I was a little scratchy onthe front nine, but on theback nine I started to hit myirons better and gave myselfquite a few birdie chances."

Nordqvist was equallypleased with her round. "I

hit the ball really smoothand gave myself a lot ofbirdie opportunities. I neverreally had to fight for par."

American Stacy Lewishad looked to be poised totake the first round lead asshe arrived at the 18th holeon five-under.

But a disastrous triplebogey eight at the final hole,in which she ran intobunker trouble, ruined whathad been a good day. Heranguish was apparent as shethrew her putter into her

bag in disappointment atthe 18th, having to settle fora 70 in joint ninth place.

Leading the local chal-lenge was Numa Gulyana-mitta, who shot a three-un-der 69 for joint seventhplace, a fine performance inonly her second LPGA out-ing. Among the crowdfavourites Paula Creamerhad a roller-coaster start.Despite shooting a hole inone at the 12th, she endedwith a relatively modestround of even par 72.

London chiefs slammedfor ticket ‘secrecy’

London, February 16

Organisers of the London 2012Olympics have been accused in a re-port published on Thursday of dam-aging public confidence in the Gamesby being unduly secretive about theissue of ticket sales.

There has been a huge demand fortickets but the LondonOrganising Committeeof the Olympic Games'status as a private com-pany meant it has beenable to withhold infor-mation about sales.

According to theLondon Assembly localauthority, this makesLOCOG exempt fromrequests under free-dom of informationlaws.

Concerns have been raised aboutthe share of tickets going to sponsorsinstead of to fans.

A report by the assembly's Econo-my, Culture and Sport Committee(ECS) said that after two years of ask-ing, it had still to receive answers toseveral questions about the 8.8 mil-lion Olympic and two million Para-lympics tickets.

"LOCOG's legal status should notexcuse them from the transparencyand openness we expect in other ar-eas of public life," committee chair-

man Dee Doocey stated.London 2012 has not provided a

detailed breakdown of how manytickets have been sold at what pricefor each event, according to the com-mittee's "Sold Out?" report.

In late 2010, London 2012 suggest-ed that out of the 8.8 million ticketsfor the Olympics, 2.5 million, or 28

percent, would cost£20 (24 euros, $31) orless.

It has refused toprovide informationto prove whethercheaper tickets werespread equally acrossall events or concen-trated in events suchas football, where sup-ply exceeds demand,the report said.

London 2012 wantsto raise between £20 million and £50million from Paralympic tickets aspart of its overall £500 million rev-enue target from all Olympic and Par-alympic ticket sales.

A London 2012 spokesman said itwould provide complete informationon ticket sales -- but only after it hadsold the final batch of tickets.

"We are committed to providing afull breakdown of ticket sales and be-lieve the best time to do this is oncewe have completed the final salesprocess," the spokesman said.

Ai Miyazato of Japan watches the ball as she tees-off during the first round of Golf Honda LPGA Thailand 2012 in Pattaya resort on Thursday.Photo AFP

Whiteford, Canizares share lead in Avantha MastersGurgoan, February 16

Peter Whiteford of Scot-land and Spain's AlejandroCanizares left fancied oppo-nents behind to take thelead after the opening roundof the $2.4 million AvanthaMasters on Thursday.

The duo both shot six-under par 66 to head theleaderboard in India's richest golf event, tri-sanc-tioned by the European andAsian Tours and the Profes-sional Golf Tour of India(PGTI).

Federico Colombo ofItaly was one shot behind asplayers battled a wind-swept course at the DLFGolf and Country Club onthe outskirts of New Delhi.

Thailand's KiradechAphibarnrat and ThongchaiJaidee were bunched infourth place on 68 alongside

four other players, includingthe French duo of Jean-Bap-tiste Gonnet and GregoryHavret.

The 29-year-oldCanizares, looking for hisfirst win since 2006, was de-lighted after he birdied the18th hole to join Whitefordin the lead.

"It's always nice to finishon a high like that," he said."I didn't hit a great wedgeshot into the green so it wasnice to sink the putt.

"I played very steady andI putted quite nicely. Theonly mistake I made wasmissing a short putt on theseventh so I made a bogey. Ihad a couple of waywarddrives but nothing seriousand I felt very comfortable.”

"Hopefully I can keepthis going and be in con-tention going into the finalround," said Canizares.

Whiteford, who was one-under par at the turn,birdied four in a row fromthe 10th to shoot to the topof the board.

"It was the first time I'vehit the fairways in months,"said the 31-year-old Scot,chasing his first EuropeanTour title. "I probably didnot hit that many fairways,but it felt a lot better.

"I hit a lot more driversthan people usually do outthere and just took advan-tage of the course and bullyit a little. It can bite you easi-ly though if you're not care-ful."

Two-time Major winnerJohn Daly finished a poorseven-over par 79, with six bogeys and one birdie.Former British Open cham-pion Todd Hamilton alsohad a bad day with four-overpar 76.

This handout picture provided by IMG and taken on Thursday shows Petyer Whiteford of Scotland on dayone of the Advantha Masters 2012 at the DLF Golf and Country Club in New Dehi.The 2.4 million USDevent runs from February 16 to 19. Photo AFP

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Malaysia to probedoping charge

KUALA LUMPUR: TheMalaysian Athletic Union willinvestigate charges that itsdeputy president suppliedbanned drugs to a gold medal-winning athlete at the South-east Asian Games, reports saidThursday. Mohammad YunusLasaleh, who was part ofMalaysia's victorious 4X400mrelay team at the NovemberGames in Indonesia, has al-leged that MAU deputy presi-dent Karim Ibrahim arrangedto supply him with drugs, according to media reports.

Top seed Monfilspulls out of San Jose

SAN JOSE: Top seeded French-man Gael Monfils has pulledout of the ATP Tour's San JoseOpen with a right knee injury,organizers said on Wednesday.Monfils, who is ranked 13thin the world, withdrew onWednesday after playing in adoubles match on Tuesday. Hewas schedule to play in his firstsingles match on Thursday.Monfils started to feel pain inhis knee during his last tour-nament where he reached thefinal in Montpellier. He saidthe pain returned this weekwhen he played on Monday.

China jails referees in graft scandal

BEIJING: A Chinese court onThursday jailed four refereesand an official for their rolesin a corruption scandal thatbrought the country's footballleague to its knees, the stateXinhua news agency said.Among the four defendants isLu Jun, who officiated at the2000 Olympic Games and the2002 World Cup. AFP

France's rugby union nationalteam former head coach MarcLievremont takes part in the TV broadcast show "Le GrandJournal" on Canal Plus channelset in Paris. Photo AFP

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Spike Lee fires back atMayweather on Lin

New York, February 16

Film director and pas-sionate New York Knickssupporter Spike Lee hasfired back at Floyd May-weather's comments thatall the hype around JeremyLin is about his race andnot his basketball skills.

Lee also spoke Wednes-day on MSNBC about theglobal "Lin-sanity" phe-nomenon that surroundsthe first US-born player ofTaiwanese and Chineseheritage, who has the mostpoints of any NBA player inhis first five starts since1976. "Don't try to explainit, dissect it," Lee said."We're just in the middle ofit and enjoy it. Especially ifyou are a Knick fan. "It's agreat American story. Agreat American story."

Lin, a 23-year-old pointguard who was an econom-ics major at Harvard, wentundrafted by the NBA, wascut last December by Gold-en State and Houston, andwas seeing little playingtime for the Knicks.

But when Carmelo An-thony was sidelined with agroin strain and AmareStoudemire was absent fora week after the death of hisbrother in a car crash, Linreceived his chance andmade the most of it.

After an already aston-ishing run of leading the

Knicks to five wins in a rowwith precision passing anddramatic drives to thehoop, Lin hit the winningthree-pointer with half-a-second remaining on Tues-day to defeat Toronto.

"Floyd Mayweather IHope You Watched JeremyHit The Gamewinning 3Pointer With .5 SecondsLeft.Our Guy Can BALLPLAIN AND SIMPLE.REC-OGNIZE." Lee posted onhis Twitter account.

Mayweather had saidthe hype around Lin was allbecause of his Asian her-itage. "Jeremy Lin is a goodplayer but all the hype is be-cause he's Asian. Blackplayers do what he doesevery night and don't getthe same praise," May-weather said in a Twitterposting on Monday. AFP

Four-goal Milan sink hapless ArsenalMilan, February 16

AC Milan all but bookedtheir place in the ChampionsLeague quarter-finals with aswashbuckling performance tothump hapless Arsenal 4-0 atthe San Siro on Wednesday.

A Kevin-Prince Boatengblockbuster, a Robinho braceand a penalty from ZlatanIbrahimovic gave the Italianstheir first win in seven Champi-ons League clashes againstEnglish opposition while alsoending a run of three straighthome defeats against PremierLeague teams.

It means the second round,second leg at the Emirates inthree weeks time should be lit-tle more than a formality forMassimiliano Allegri's players.

Not even the introduction ofThierry Henry in his final ap-pearance before returning toNew York Red Bulls could in-spire a surprisingly out of sortsGunners formation.

"We didn't have the best ofgames but we have to givecredit to Milan who punished

us on every goal. They were thebetter team on the day," saidArsenal goalkeeper WojciechSzczesny.

Any suggestions that Milanmight have had an inferiority

complex following their terri-ble run against the Englishwere shattered in a first half inwhich the hosts were com-posed and clinical on thecounter while the visitors were

unsettled and error-prone.Tomas Rosicky at one end

and Clarence Seedorf at theother traded sight-setters earlyon before Ignazio Abate had across deflected into the side-

netting. A lovely move from Mi-lan saw Luca Antonini chip theball to Ibrahimovic who teedup Urby Emanuelson but theDutch midfielder, on as an ear-ly substitute for Seedorf, could-n't match the neat build-upplay with a comparable finish.

The hosts went ahead on thequarter hour mark whenSzczesny scuffed a clearancestraight to Antonio Nocerinowho fed Boateng to crash a vol-ley in off the underside of thebar.

Nocerino thrashed a volleyover with Ibrahimovic scream-ing for a pass while the largelyanonymous Robin Van Persie'sfree-kick was headed tamely byLaurent Koscielny into goal-keeper Christian Abbiati'sarms. Another Arsenal mistakesaw Ibrahimovic, who was intigerish form all night, sentscampering down the left on 38minutes and he had time topick out Robinho to head infrom eight yards.

Arsene Wenger introducedHenry at half-time but anythoughts that might inspire the

Londoners were dispelledwithin four minutes as moretimid defending gave Robinhothe time and space to shoothome into the bottom cornerfrom the edge of the box.

Milan were ripping Arsenalapart on the counter and onesuch rapier attack with a three-on-two situation fell unfortu-nately to full-back Antoniniwhose finish was true to his oc-cupation.

Arsenal finally put togethera move of stunning quality on65 minutes with Henry flickingthe ball up for Van Persie to vol-ley goalwards but Abbiati'ssave matched what had comebefore it.

And yet 11 minutes fromtime Ibrahimovic hammeredthe final nail into Arsenal's cof-fin as he used his wealth of ex-perience to win a penalty incontact with Johan Djouroubefore putting away the spot-kick himself.

Abbiati would twice moredeny Van Persie whose volleywith his weaker right foot andheader were both kept out. AFP

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AC Milan's Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic kicks and score a penalty during UEFA Champi-ons League round of 16 first leg match AC Milan vs Arsenal at San Siro stadium.Photo AFP

Mallinder rules out England job

London, February 16

Northampton director ofrugby Jim Mallinder onThursday ruled himself outof the running to become thenext permanent Englandcoach.

Mallinder had been tout-ed as a replacement for Mar-tin Johnson, who resignedafter a wretched World Cupin New Zealand where a fail-ure to make the semi-finalswas compounded by severalembarrassing off-field inci-dents involving Englandplayers.

But former England re-serve coach Stuart Lancasterwas put in temporary chargefor the ongoing Six Nations.

Although Mallinder,whose Northampton sidewere beaten European Cupfinalists last season, wasconsidered one of the lead-ing English contenders forthe post, he said now was notthe time for him to coachEngland.

"No, I've not applied,"Mallinder told the BBC. "It'sprobably the best job in the

world coaching-wise. What agreat opportunity. But it'sgot to be the right thing atthe right time."

Mallinder's commentscame a day after the dead-line for applications to be-come England coach closed.

He was the second high-profile figure to rule himselfout of the running after for-mer All Blacks assistantcoach Wayne Smith, himselfpreviously in charge of Eng-lish Premiershipi clubNorthampton, said he wasno longer interested.

Smith told Wellington'sDominion Post newspaperthe job description he hadbeen supplied with was"waffly and looked like it wasfor the head of a PR compa-ny, rather than a rugbycoach".

But the former All Blackplaymaker also said the tim-ing involved in the job,which is scheduled to beginwith England's tour of SouthAfrica in June, clashed withhis new role as assistantcoach of Super 15 club theWaikato Chiefs. AFP

Midfielder Shirokov’s double gives Zenit edge over Benfica

Saint Petersburg, February 16

Russian champions Zenit StPetersburg came from a goaldown to beat Portuguese gi-ants Benfica 3-2 in their Cham-pions League last 16 first-legencounter here on Wednesday.

Zenit midfielder RomanShirokov netted a double - tak-ing his tally to five in this sea-son's competition - while sub-stitute Sergei Semak got thehosts other goal.

Benfica's goals came fromdefender Maxi Pereira andParaguayan striker Oscar Car-dozo, both after errors by goal-keeper Yury Zhevnov.

"It was a nervous match,"Zenit manager Luciano Spal-letti said.

"My players showed reallygood skill. They showed a lot ofheart to win the match in sucha grave situation. Howeverthey did exactly what we decid-ed to do ahead of the match.We won deservedly tonight."

The visitors manager JorgeJesus meanwhile said he wasupset with the result but wasexpecting an even tougher bat-tle in the second leg.

"It was really tough to play

here," he said. "We allowedZenit to score three goals, thatmeans we defended poorly thisevening. It's a pity. "But noth-ing is finished yet. The place inthe next round will be decidedin the return match. I think itwill be even more tough."

The hosts, who came intothe match lacking a competi-tive edge because the Russianleague is on a winter break,

coped well enough withoutseveral key players but still fellbehind in the 20th minute.

Uruguayan star Pereirapounced after Zhevnov, stand-ing in for injured first choiceVyacheslav Malafeyev, failed tohold Cardozo's freekick.

Benfica 'keeper Artur cameto the visitors rescue in the22nd minute as he saved wellfrom Alexander Kerzhakov's

shot from inside the area.However he was unable to

prevent Shirokov's equaliser inthe 27th minute when theRussian international mid-fielder scored with a sweetright-footed volley from TomasHubocan's cross from the left.

Both teams had morechances to get the upper handbefore the break with Benfica'sformer Argentinian interna-tional midfielder Pablo Aimartesting Zhevnov with a low ef-fort from 20-metres out.

Both sides got mired in amidfield battle in the earlystages of the second-half withthe first clear chance falling toZenit substitute Vladimir By-strov in the 68th minute but hemissed the target with a close-range sharp-angled shot.

Semak, though, gave thehosts the lead for the first time19 minutes from the final whis-tle with a delightful backheelfrom Bystrov's cross.

The visitors poured forwardand were rewarded when Car-dozo equalised with three min-utes remaining but Shirokovreplied immediately with thewinner, tapping home after adefensive mix-up. AFP

RUGBYFOOTBAL: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Igor Denisov of FC Zenit St Petersburg celebrates after scoring agoal against SL Benfica during their UEFA Champions League,round of 16, first legs match in Saint-Petersburg.Photo AFP

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�Vele Govinden GovernmentSchool PTA Maganlall DesaStreet, Beau Bassin Compli-ance members are invited to at-tend the Annual General Meet-ing of the association to be heldon Tuesday 6th March 2012 at2.30p.m at the seat of theschool. Agenda: 1.Reading andapproval of minutes of lastAGM 2.President's Report

3.Headmaster's address4.Treasurer's Report 5.Mattersarising 6.Approval of estimatebudget for year 2012 7.A.O.B.Secrétaire J.Thannoo

�New life Ministries of World-wideMissionary Movement invitesmembers for the AGM whichwill be held at the seat of the as-sociation at Imp. Pot de TerreCurepipe on Wednesday 29thFebruary 2012 at 17h00hrs.Agenda: 1.Reading and ap-proval of last AGM 2.Presi-dent's Report 3.Treasurer's Re-port 4.Election of ManagingCommittee 5.Appointment ofAuditors 6.Approval of esti-mates 2012 7.A.O.B.

�Organisation of Artisa's Unity,42, Sir William Newton Street,Port-Louis Les membres sontpriés d'assister à l'AssembléeGénérale Annuelle qui aura lieule samedi 10 mars 2012 à 9heures à son siège, 42, SirWilliam Newton Street, Port-Louis. Ordre du jour: 1.Lectureet adoption du procès verbal del'Assemblée Générale Annuellede l'année dernière 2.Rapportdu Président 3.Rapport du Tré-sorier, Présentation et Adoptionde l'Etat de situation au31.12.11 4.Elire les membresdu Comité Exécutif pour l'an-née 2012-2013 5.Elire deux Au-diteurs pour l'année 2012-20136.Décision à prendre concer-nant l'aderation de l'O.U.A àune nouvelle Fédération7.Questions diverses. Les let-tres de candidatures doiventêtres parvenus au Secrétaire auplus tard le mercredi 7 mars2012 à 3.00p.m à son siège 42,Rue Sir William Newton Street,Port-Louis. Faute de quorum,l'Assemblée sera renvoyéepour le samedi 17 mars à lamême heure, au même endroitet avec le même ordre du jour.

�Central Electricity Board StaffMulti-purpose Co-operativeCredit Union Limited Les SuitesCothamah Goojha, Apparte-ment No.2, 8, Teste de BuchStreet, Curepipe Members arekindly invited to the SpecialGeneral Meeting of the societyto be held at the Assembly Hallof Loreto College, CommerfordStreet, Curepipe (Opposite of StJoseph

�College) on Saturday 25th Feb-ruary 2012 at 09.45 hourssharp. Agenda: 1.Welcome ad-dress 2.Reading and approvalof minutes of proceedings oflast Special General Meetingheld on Tuesday 21st April 20093.Sale of the Central ElectricityBoard Staff Multi-purpose Co-operative Credit Union LimitedBuilding situated at Ste ThérèseStreet, Curepipe. We wish todraw the attention of all ourmembers that in case the quo-rum of 160 members is not at-tained on the 25th February2012, The S.G.M shall be post-poned for Saturday 10th March2012 at the same time, placeand with the same agenda. Weare thus making a special ap-peal to our members to make ita must to attend the SpecialGeneral Meeting so as to avoidthe additional expenses and theinconveniences associated withthe postponement of the Meet-ing. Secretary PradeshPadaruth

�Traffic Warden and Vehicle Ex-aminer Staff Union Membersare kindly invited to attend theAnnual General Meeting of theUnion which will be held onTuesday 27th March 2012 at12.00 hrs at the seat of theUnion, NTA Head Office, MSIBuilding, Cassis, Port-Louis.Agenda: 1.Reading and ap-proval of the last general meet-ing minutes 2.Presiden's Report3.Treasurer's Report 4.Electionof office bearers for the year2012-2013 5.A.O.B. Memberswishing to stand as candidaturefor the nest Executive Commit-tee are invited to send their let-ter of candidature to the Secre-tary latest by Monday 19thMarch 2012. Secretary JNSautrelle

�Gopall and Gopall's AssociationRegd.No.6667 Members are re-quested to attend the AnnualGeneral Meeting of the associa-tion to be held on Sunday 11thMarch 2012 at 14.00 hrs at theSecretary's residence, CampBombaye No.3, Vacoas. Agen-da: 1.Reading and approval ofthe minutes of last Annual Gen-eral Meeting 2.Matters arising3.President Report 4.Treasurerreport and approval of State-ments of Account for periodending 31st December 20115.Motion from members (if any)6.Election of Executive mem-bers for 2012/2013. Memberswho wish to stand as candi-dates should send their lettersof candidature to the secretaryby 10th March 2012 at latest.Incase of lack of quorum, themeeting will be postponed for25th March 2012 at the sametime, place and agenda. Secre-tary

�The Annual General Meeting ofthe Thalassemia Society will beheld on Saturday 3rd March2012 at the School of Nursing,Victoria Hospital, Candos asfrom 10h00 to 11h30. Agenda:1.Approval of Proceedings oflast year's AGM 2.President'sReport 3.Treasurer's Report4.A.OB. In case there is no quo-rum the meeting will be ad-journed for next week, sametime and place. Secretary Leeb-hasha Sambhoolaul

�L'Assemblée Générale Annuellede l'Association Parents En-seignants de l'école Père LavalRCA aura lieu le jeudi 1er mars2012 à 14h30 à l'école PèreLaval, Ste-Croix. Tous les mem-bres sont invités à y assister.Ordre du jour: 1.Discours duPrésident 2.Message du Maîtred'Ecole 3.Lecture/ Adoption duprocès verbal de l'Assemblée2011 4.Adoption du rapport fi-nancier 5.Election des mem-bres du bureau exécutif pour2012/2013 6.Autres sujets. Lesmembres désirant faire partiedu nouveau bureau exécutifdoivent envoyer leurs lettres decandidatures au secrétaire, auplus tard le vendredi 24 février

2012. Secrétaire C.Manoula.

�Bait-Ul-Maal de Beau-Bassin 14Royal Road, Beacu-BassinMembers are kindly invited toattend the Annual GeneralMeeting which will be held onWednesday 22nd February2012 after Namaz Magribprayer at the seat of MasjidNoor-e-Nabawi, Dr Reid Street,Beau-Bassin. Agenda: 1.Open-ing and welcome address 2.Reading and approval of min-utes of last Annual GeneralMeeting 3.Approbal of AuditedFinancial Statements for year2011 4.President's Report5.Approval of Estimates of In-come and Expenditure Ac-count for year 2012 6.Appoint-ment of one auditor 7.Any otherbusiness. Secretary Ramanoul-la Roojee

�Hubert Humphrey Alumni Asso-ciation Members are kindly in-vited to attend the Annual Gen-eral Assembly to be held atMEF, MCCI Building, Ebène onFriday 2nd March 2012 at 17.00hrs. Agenda: 1.Welcome ad-dress 2.Approval of last AGMmeeting 3.President's Report4.Treasurer's Report 5.Approvalof estimates for year 2012 6.Ap-proval of project in collaborationwith Probation Youth Center7.Election of Office bearers2012 8.Appointment of Audi-tors 9.Setting up of HH-Humphrey Alumni office. Mem-bers wishing to stand as candi-dates for the forthcoming Exec-utive Committee are requestedto send their letters by Wednes-day 29th February 2012 to theSecretary via email. Secretary

�Roches Brunes Govt SchoolPTA Independence St, RocheBrunes Members are kindly in-vited to attend Annual GeneralMeeting on Tuesday 28th Feb-ruary 2012 at 2.15p.m at theseat of the school. Agenda:1.Reading and approval of min-utes 2.Headmaster's Report3.Treasurer's Report 4.Estimateexpenditure 2012-2013 5.Mat-ters arising 6.Election of officebearers 7.Election/ Nominationof two auditors 8.A.O.B. Com-pliant members wishing tostand as candidates shouldsend their letters of candidatureto the Secretary at the aboveaddress at latest Friday 24thFebruary 2012. Secretary

�Primary School Teacher's SeniorCitizen AssociationRegd.No.8960 Members arekindly requested to attend theAnnual General Meeting onWednesday 14th March 2012 at1.30p.m at L.Eugène FabienTeacher's Centre, QuatreBornes. Agenda: 1.Approval ofminutes of last meeting 2.Mat-ters arising 3.Approval of Trea-surer's Report 4.Approval of Es-timates 2013 5.Election of Ex-ecutive members 6.A.O.B.Members wishing to stand ascandidates for the executivecommittee should send theirletters to the Secretary of theAssociation at 2,Mgr Gonin St,Port-Louis.

�Quatre Soeurs GovernmentSchool Members are kindly in-vited to attend the GeneralMeeting on 2nd March 2012 at2.30p.m at the seat of theschool. Agenda: 1.Head Mas-ter's Address 2.President's Re-port 3.Reading and approval ofminutes of last AGM 4.Mattersarising 5.Treasurer's Report6.Estimate Budget for 20127.Election of Executive mem-bers 2012-2013 6.Election of 2Auditors 7.A.O.B. All compliantmembers wishing to form partof the Executive Committee arekindly requested to send theirletters of candidature to thesecretary at latest on Monday15th February 2012. Secretary

�La Floral Govt School, registerednumber 2751 The AGM of thePTA will be held on Thursday1st March 2012 at 14.30 at theseat of the school. Agenda:1.Approval of minutes of previ-ous AGM 2.Presiden's Report3.Treasurer's Report 4.Amend-ment of Rules and regulationsi.c.w member's contributionfrom Rs 100 to Rs 200 yearly5.A.O.B.

�Trou d'Eau Douce Citizen Same-lan Sabha of T.D.Douce arekindly invited to attend the AGMon Friday 24.02.12 at 2.00p.mat the T.D.Douce village Hall.Agenda: 1.Presiden's Report2.Reading and approval of min-utes of last AGM 3.Matters aris-ing 4.Treasurer's Report 5.Anyother Business 6.Election of Of-fice Bearers. Members willing tostand as candidates shouldsend their letter to the SecretarySundhoo Sakun by Wednesday22nd February 2012 at 3.00p.mand should clear all the arrears.Secretary Sundhoo Sakun

�Association Civique de CitéSaint Joseph de MontagneBlanche Regd.No.6592L'Assemblée Générale Annuellese tiendra le dimanche 25 mars2012 à 14 heures au CentrePolyvalent de Cité SaintJoseph, Montagne Blanche.Agenda: 1.Lecture et adoptiondu procès verbal 2.Rapport duPrésident 3.Rapport du Trésori-er 4.Autres questions. Secré-taire

�Riche Terre Senior Citizen Asso-ciation Members are kindly re-quested to attend to the AGMon 07.03.2012 at 13.30 hours atthe seat of the association.Agenda: 1.Reading and ap-proval of the last AGM 2.Presi-den's Report 3.Treasurer's Re-port 4.Estimate Budget 20125.Election of office bearers foryear 2012 6.Election of 2 audi-tors and A.O.B. Members will-ing to serve as office bearers foryear 2012-2014 are requestedto send their application letterby 06.03.2012. Secretary

�Curepipe Road Govt School,Parent Teacher AssociationCompliance members of theassociation are kindly request-ed to attend its Annual GeneralMeeting to be held at the seat ofthe school on Thursday 1stMarch 2012 at 2.15p.m. Agen-da: 1.Reading and approval ofminutes of last AGM meeting2.President's Report 3.Treasur-

er's Report 4.Budget Estimatesfor 2012-2013 5.Headteacher'sAddress 6.Election of ExecutiveCommittee 7.Appointment ofAuditors 8.Amendment of PTAContribution 9.A.O.B. SecretaryMrs Priya Lochun

�Ganeshwaree Sabha, BelleMare Q.Cocos (Regd. No.2674)Members are kindly requestedto attend the Annual GeneralMeeting which will be held onTuesday the 6th of March 2012at 7.00p.m at the seat of thesabha. Agenda: 1.Reading andapproval of the last AGM Min-utes 2.President's Report3.Treasurer's Report 4.Approvalof the estimate Budget for theyear 2012 5.Matters arisingthere from 6.Appointment oftwo Auditors 7.A.O.B. Secretary

�ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENTDE ST JOSEPH Cascavelle Lesmembres sont priez d'assisterL'Assemble Générale di-manche 19 févier 2012 à 9hr30à Camp Créole. Agenda: 1.Bil-lan 2011 2.Rapport Trésorier3.Election membres Exécutif.Secrétaire Christian Poona

�PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIA-TION PORT-LOUIS STATESECONDARY SCHOOLChateau D'Eau Street, Tranque-bar, Port-Louis Members are in-vited to attend the Annual Gen-eral Meeting which will be heldon Tuesday 06 March 2012 atthe seat of the School at12.00hjrs. Agenda: 1.Readingand approval of minutes AGM2011 2.Matters arising 3.Presi-dent's report 4.Treasurer's re-port 5.Voting of motion to in-crease PTA contribution to Rs300 6.Motions if any 7.Electionof members of Managing Com-mittee 2012 8.Approval of bud-get for the year March 2012 toMarch 2013 9.Appointment oftwo Auditors for 2012 10.AOB.In case the meeting is not heldon that day due to lack of quo-rum, the AGM will be post-poned to Tuesday 20 March2012, same time, venue andagenda. Members who wish toform part of the ManagingCommittee 2012 must forwardtheir candidature to the PTASecretary by Friday 02 March2012. M.Boodoo (Ms) For Sec-retary

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Singer Seal seems to have finally acceptedthat his marriage with Heidi Klum has end-ed. He has been spotted without his wedding

ring for the first time. After the split last month,Seal appeared on a TV show, and said he had “nointention” of removing the wedding band be-cause “it’s a token of how I feel about this woman”.

“It feels really comfortable on my hand.” But now the ring is gone. On his arrival in Australia,Seal was spotted with bright yellow nail polish on his fingers, which drew even more attention to the fact he was without his wedding ring. Seal and Heidi were married for seven years. IANS

SEAL DUMPSWEDDING RING

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Just think of the view infront of you as you sit onthe balcony of this restau-rant and you will forget about the rest of the sur-

roundings. To be honest I wouldn’t have

gone up there on my own if itwasn’t for my northern friendswho told me this restaurant hasexcellent fresh crab on themenu.

It is a family-run Chineserestaurant where on the week-ends the children are aroundhappily playing and there are noformalities at all. There was ahuge selection on the menu andthere is no pork at all in therestaurant.

Seafood is the specialty sinceit’s located close to the sea!Some of the starter delicaciesinclude octopus salad andcrispy squid. The squid wasnice, crispy and not too greasy.

A variety of individual bowlsof soup gives everyone a choice,from hot and sour soup to a gin-ger and vegetable based soup.

W H A T ’ S C O O K I N GW H A T ’ S C O O K I N G BY LILY BENOIT

★★★CHINESE GARDEN RESTAURANT, GRAND BAY

Fresh off the hook: Seafood platter

LILY BENOIT loves cooking, a hobby she attributesto her restaurateurparents. Given herpassion for food andthe kitchen, this former beauty queenand the name behindEvent Managementfirm Extreme Con-nect (www.extreme-connects.com) donsthe apron of a foodcritic just for TheIndependent.

WHERE: Royal Road, GrandBay, Tel 269 1473

HOURS OF OPERATION:Lunch — Tuesday - Sunday11 am to 3 pmDinner — Monday - Sunday 6 pm to 10 pm

SPECIALTY: Chinese

AIR-CONDITIONED: Yes

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VALUE FOR MONEY: $$ Lunch for 2 persons Rs 650 (approximately)

SUGGESTION FOR IMPROVEMENT: Brightenup the restaurant entrance

Note: Rating is based on food, service and ambience, with price taken into account in relation to quality. ★★★★★: Outstanding on every count ★★★★: Very good ★★★: Good ★★: Satisfactory ★: Poor

For our mains we orderedsweet and sour fish, sweet andsour chicken, sizzling lamb,steam whole fresh fish, crabsautéed with ginger and springonions, hotpot of tofu and to ac-company it all, a huge plate offried rice.

All the dishes were fresh andhad plenty of sauce.

The crabs on this day were allyoung male crabs and the fleshwas soft and meaty. The fish wasfresh from the sea and so flavor-ful with ocean freshness to itand a light delicate taste.

My least favorite dish on thatday was the lamb — it was toopungent for my liking.

The service was good and theowner-chef was there to help uschoose and guide us throughwhat was brought in that morn-ing. If we had more room in ourtummies I’d have ordered the fatlobster, which still looked alive.

They can cook it anyway you like. I personally like mine steamed with some gingerand garlic.

Had we seen the film before making it,we would never have had

the guts to make it.Sanjay, Aishwarya andMadhuri we all felt that

first we should finish thefilm then we should

watch it

Shah Rukh Khan, who wasappreciated for the role of adoomed lover in 2002 re-make of ‘Devdas’, earlier

played by Dilip Kumar in the 1955film of the same name, feels no-body can imitate the thespian.

“You can’t imitate Mr Dilip Ku-mar.Whoever copies Dilip Kumar,they are idiots like me,” said ShahRukh.

Shah Rukh Khan starrer ‘Dev-das’ was treated differently by San-jay Leela Bhansali, who gave it alarger than life feel and the mag-num opus had Madhuri Dixit andAishwarya Rai as Chandramukhiand Paro respectively. The film wonlots of awards.

After a decade of the film’s re-lease, Shah Rukh feels that it wasstupid of him to go ahead and do‘Devdas’, which is a big screenadaptation of Sharat ChandraChattopadhyay’s novel.

“I am not someone who wouldlike to do something which has

been so beautifully crafted. I have avery deep regard for the fact thatmy parents loved ‘Devdas’. I wasvery young and stupid that I saidyes and did it, but as I am gettingmature, hopefully more intelligent,and perhaps would not be able todo it this time,” the 46-year-oldsaid.

The superstar also feels hewould have never mustered thecourage to be part of ‘Devdas’ hadhe seen Dilip Kumar’s version.

“Had we seen the film beforemaking it, we would never havehad the guts to make it. Sanjay,Aishwarya and Madhuri weall felt that first we shouldfinish the film then weshould watch it,” he said.

It is said that so far thenovel has been madeinto films 15 times, in-cluding in languageslike Bengali, Telugu,Tamil, Urdu and As-samese. IANS

WHOEVER COPIES DILIP KUMARARE IDIOTS LIKE ME: SHAH RUKH

Vidya Balan, who has been on a success spreeafter her films ‘No One Killed Jessica’ and‘The Dirty Picture’, took a lot of time before

zeroing on to Sujoy Ghosh’s ‘Kahaani’.“Sujoy came to me with a script, which I didn’t

like. Then he said I will bring to you one idea afteranother till you like it. I thought he was just sayingit. But he actually came with a lot of ideas to meand I liked this one a lot and asked him to developit and that we will see. But till the time the scriptwas not complete, I didn’t say yes,” the 33-year-old

said while promoting ‘Kahaani’.Releasing March 9, ‘Kahaani’ tells the story

of a pregnant woman who comes to Kolkata insearch of her missing husband.

“He patiently waited for me and thankgod he did that because it has been a greatexperience. I have been associated withthis film in different capacities besidesacting. After ‘Parineeta’, this is the filmwith which I feel so associated — fromscripting to locations,” said Vidya. IANS

VIDYA PLAYED CHOOSY BEFORESAYING YES FOR ‘KAHAANI’

Amitabh Bachchan, who is re-cuperating from two recentabdominal surgeries, says

some new medical issues haveemerged, and it is likely that his stayat the Seven Hills Hospital here maybe further extended.

“I seek forgiveness... I will not bedetailing any more... some freshmedical issues have come up, and Ineed to concentrate on the treat-ment now,” the 69-year-old ailingactor posted on his blog on Wednes-day night.

The megastar was successfullyoperated upon Saturday, and wasdue to be discharged from the hospi-tal Monday. But following com-plaints of acute pain, doctors decid-ed to keep him under observation tillFriday or Saturday at least.

However, his blog update, whichwas unusually short and to-the-point, indicates his condition couldbe grave. So far, his health hasn’t de-terred him from blogging and tweet-ing for his “extended family”.

“Once you open Twitter, you justremain there...an obsession to readand know what others feel and say...To all those that communicate withme here, and wanting personal re-sponse... it is inconsiderate to askme in this condition...,” he added.

His abdominal problems are a re-sult of a near fatal injury he sufferedwhile shooting ‘Coolie’ in 1982. IANS

FRESH MEDICALISSUES TROUBLEBACHCHAN

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■ South Indian Ocean Billfish CompetitionDate: February 14 - 21Venue: Le Morne

■ Exhibition 'Sport and Literature'Date: Alliance FrancaiseVenue: January 30- February 19

■ Mauritius International University and Careers Expo

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■ Indian Chemical ExhibitionDate: February 23 -24Venue: FOM Exhibition Centre, Port Louis

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GEMINI (May 21to June 20): A work associate or dear friend makes it clear thathe or she needs and wants more time. Your resilience and ability to flex withchanges emerges in order to make time. Count on being busy. A financial agree-ment is subject to change. Tonight: Lighten up the moment. ★★★★★

CANCER (June 21to July 22): Unexpected developments could toss your sched-ule into chaos. Communications take you in a new direction and help you movethrough a hassle. If you allow others to play a more dominant role, you will bemuch happier. Tonight: Surrounded by people. ★★★★✩

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) : You might not be able to contain yourself, even ifsomeone rains on your parade. Your vision also might be broader than many peo-ple's, as you look to growth and many changes. Understand others might have afear of change. Tonight: Christen the weekend. ★★★★✩

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22): You could be far more in touch with your feelingsthan you want to acknowledge. Hunkering down and hiding them will only back-fire in the long run. A family member or roommate has the gift of gab. Tonight: At home. ★★★★★

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21): Understand that there are many ways to ap-proach a situation, even if you do not always or automatically see them. Some-one easily could rebuff an idea or suggestion. Try expressing the thought differ-ently. Revise plans if need be as the day ends. Tonight: Out and about. ★★★★✩

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21): Be aware of what is said. The unexpectedplays a major role in planning and at work. Maintain your traditional sense of hu-mor, and you'll discover just how easy it is to move past a limitation. Tonight:Whatever you do, you do it with grand style. ★★★★✩

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) : Someone close to you decides to buck thestatus quo, particularly as to how it relates to you. Be willing to move in a new di-rection and incorporate different ideas without this person's support. Romanceseems to be weaving through the air. Tonight: The world is your oyster. ★★★★✩

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) : Knowing when to cut your losses is important. Ifyou do, others could be shocked by your actions and let you know in no uncer-tain terms. Your individuality and independence come into play. Listen to sugges-tions politely. Tonight: Perhaps with a favorite person. ★★✩✩✩

PISCES (2Feb. 19 to March 20): Taking a risk financially could cause a situationto tumble one way or another. How you see this gamble might be very differentfrom a partner's perspective. Meetings prove to be enlightening and significant.Follow through on a suggestion. Tonight: Celebrating.★★★★✩

ARIES (March 21 to April 19): Assume responsibility, even if you would like toproceed differently. Good will surrounds you. Emphasize gain, both financiallyand emotionally. Good communication transforms a project, allowing greatergive-and-take. Schedule a meeting later today. Tonight: A must show. ★★★✩✩

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) : Your ability to move through an issue quickly aftera jolt defines you as a person and demonstrates your strength. Your rebound re-sults in possibilities. Open up to an offer, making sure at the same time that nostrings are attached. Tonight: Try a new spot. ★★★★★

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22): Manifesting another's ideas proves worthwhile on sev-eral levels. You encourage others to go for what they want more often. Ratherthan being critical, demonstrate and teach through example. Trust that your mes-sage will be heard. Tonight: Try mellow. ★★★✩✩

BORN TODAY: Socialite Paris Hilton (1981), actor Jason Ritter (1980), co-median Larry the Cable Guy (1963)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR FRIDAY, FEB. 17, 2012:This year family becomes very important, yet you also demand enormous privacy. Juggling

the various demands in your life takes talent. At first it might be difficult, but you will handleeverything. Remain confident. If you are single, you could choose an emotionally unavailableperson. Unless you are comfortable with this situation, the sooner you clear out, the better. Ifyou are attached, you benefit from frequent weekends away together.

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SUDOKU

Give the meaning of the following words.

TODAY’S TEASER

The bee's knees is used to indicatesomething which is excellent or ofthe highest quality. 'Bee's knees'began to be used in early 20th cen-tury America. Initially, it was just anonsense expression that denotedsomething that didn't have anymeaningful existence - the kind ofthing that a naive apprentice wouldbe sent to the stores to ask for, like a'sky-hook' or 'striped paint'. Thatmeaning is apparent in a spoof re-port in the New Zealand newspaperThe West Coast Times in August1906, which listed the cargo carriedby the SS Zealandia as 'a quantityof post holes, 3 bags of treacle and7 cases of bees' knees'. The teasingwasn't restricted to the southernhemisphere. The US author ZaneGrey's 1909 story, The Shortstop,has a city slicker teasing a yokel byquestioning him about make-be-lieve farm products: "How's yerham trees? Wal, dog-gone me! Why,over in Indianer our ham trees issproutin' powerful. An' how aboutthe bee's knees? Got any bee'sknees this Spring?" The nonsenseexpression 'the bee's knees' wastaken up by the socialites of Roaring20s America and added to the list of'excellent' phrases. A printed refer-ence in that context appears in theOhio newspaper The Newark Advo-cate, April 1922, in a piece on newlycoined phrases entitles 'What DoesIt Mean?': "That's what you wonderwhen you hear a flapper chatter intypical flapper language. 'AppleKnocker,' for instance. And 'BeesKnees.' That's flapper talk. This lin-go will be explained in the woman'spage under the head of Flapper Dic-tionary." [an 'apple knocker' is arustic] It's not beyond the bounds ofpossibility that the expression be-came popular in reference to herand her very active knees, but 1924post dates the origin of the phrase.

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Grades:5 correct excellent,3 or 4 correct = GoodLess than 3 = Improvementneeded.

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ALPHAGRAMS

Solve the 4 anagrams and move one letter to each square to form four ordinary words…

S C R A M B L E

Now arrange the letters marked with an asterisk (*) to form the answer to the riddleor to fill in the missing words as indicated

Solution:Words: Reins, ionic, draper, frothy.Answer: When someone allows you to bear his burdens, you have found deep friendship.

When someone allows you to bear his burdens, you have found deep _____. (10)

Solve the angrams. Each solution is a one-word angram of the letters above. The five solutions are alphabeticaly sequential. For example if the five letters solution start with J, the sixth letter solutionstarts with K. and so on.

Solution:mails, nether, occlude, paradigm, quotation

Answers:1) an idiot 2) strong disciplineto stop unwanted behaviour 3) to removesomething 4) wearing glasses 5) reallydo what one preaches about

1) If someone is one sandwichshort of a picnic, he is....

An idiotOverweightNot a good cookA poor planner

2) crackdownThe after effects of taking drugsA ruined buildingRepair of a damaged structureStrong discipline to stop unwanted behaviour

3) spirit awayTo meditateTo remove somethingTo operate a strict non-alcohol policyTo work as a carpenter

4) bespectacled Wearing glassesAppearing stupidUsing a hearing aidMaking a nuisance of oneself

5) To walk the talk is to....Really do what one preaches aboutMake promises that are never keptTurn a normal situation into a big dramaGive an extended TV interview

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Across: 1 Get in touch with a lovedone (4)3 A well-built but stupid group(8)9 A breach of security (7)10 Wasjust like a model doing dope, includingspeed (5)11 Obviously not the placewhere they put dolls to rights (4,8)14Keep tied up on prisoner’s vehicle(9)17 Journalists report on riversidedevelopment (6,6)22 Papal HQ beingdeprived of an emphatically propheticoutcome (5)23 They help rescuers findyou when someone abandons you(7)24 Monotonous delivery of commu-nity numbers (8)25 Resort for lovers,so to speak (4).Down: 1 Mark and I log out remark-able weight (8)2 Bubbly senior citizenin the Seychelles (5)4 Contemptiblepeople should be put under control(5)5 Where the goat goes without corn(5)6 Keep up with us when Mark`saround (7)7 Bound to say it does affectone’s swimming (4)8 Rather with Fa-ther than in India (6)12 Soft iridiummuch valued in Pakistan (3)13 Ladybegins nice revolution - see, she’s apub manager! (8)14 It’s out of the fry-ing pan into the soup, perhaps (7)15Firm collection (3)16 Categorise asgold in a way (6)18 Tortures one’s poorbrain into activity ? (5)19 The motherbird outside is actually very much amale (2-3)20 Extreme suffering in thepast near New York (5)21 Eve said hewas French (4).

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A historical teaser for a change:Where did the common "mili-tary salute" get its start?

Answer:Armoured knights raised their vi-sors to identify themselves when theyrode past their king. This custom has be-come the modern military salute.

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