The New Light of Myanmar 18-11-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 216 2nd Waxing of Nadaw 1371 ME Wednesday, 18 November, 2009

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Today’s vehicles and motorways in Myanmar (12)Article: Kayan Soe Myint; Photos: Ministry of Construction

Photo shows Kengtung-Mongkhun-Mongkhok Road (Strategic Road).

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Nov—The inauguration ofKantdaunt dam built by Construction Group-4 of Irriga-tion Department under Ministry of Agriculture and Irri-gation was held at the dam near Kantdaunt Village in Pale

Kantdaunt dam opened in Sagaing DivTownship, Sagaing Division on 15 November morning.It was attended by Chairman of Sagaing Division Peaceand Development Council Commander of North-WestCommand Maj-Gen Myint Soe, Deputy Minister for

Agriculture and Irrigation U Ohn Myint, departmentalofficials, members of social organizations, local people,and officials and staff of Construction Group-4.

First, the commander made an opening speechfollowed by the address of the deputy minister. A localof Pale Township thanked the government for con-struction of the dam.

Afterwards, the commander and the deputy minis-ter cordially greeted the local people at the ceremony.

Next, the commander unveiled the stone inscrip-tions of the dam. And the commander and the deputyminister sprinkled scented water on it.

They inspected Kantdaunt dam and releasedfingerlings into the dam together with the rural people.

After hearing the reports on the records of construc-tion and facilities of the dam, the commander and thedeputy minister attended to the needs.

Kantdaunt dam is the 228th of its kind in the nationand the 25th of its kind in Sagaing Division. It was builton Kyaukbyut creek near Kantdaunt village. The dam isof earthern type with 79 feet in height, 1,800 feet inlength, and storage capacity of 600 acre feet of water.The dam can benefit about 200 acres of farmlands,supply drinking water and irrigation water to localpeople and contribute to greening of the region.

MNA

Myanmar is sharing border with Thailand, Laos,the People's Republic of China, India and Bangla-desh, and the reference of highways with the roadsigns to be inked with the above countries weredescribed in the byline No. 11.

The Asian Highways were designated as "A"before the highway number. For example, the high-ways were named A-1; A-2; A-14, etc. The ASEANHighways were described as 'AH' before the highwaynumbers. For example, the highways were termed asAH-1; AH-2; AH-110, etc. The Mekong Region High-ways were designated as 'R' before the highwaynumbers. For example, these were R-3, R-4, R-7, etc.

Same routes of the Asian Highways and theASEAN Highways are the same in ASEAN countriesincluding Myanmar. After holding a discussion on thedesignation of road names for the highways, the AsianHighways and the ASEAN Highways were termed as'AH'. All the authorities agreed to designate the high-ways with one digit numbers and two digit numbers asthe Asian Highways and the highways with three

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mander

Maj-Gen

Myint Soe

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Deputy

Minister

U Ohn

Myint

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rate

Kantdaunt

dam.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 18 November, 2009

Wednesday, 18 November, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

The 31st Meeting of ASEAN Ministerfor Agriculture and Forestry was held atEmpire Hotel in Bandasri Begawan, BruneiDarussalam, on 10 November, and theMyanmar delegation attended it.

At the meeting, the Myanmardelegation discussed the reduction ofdisadvantages of climate change for foodsufficiency, regional cooperation andconstruction of infrastructures fordevelopment of agriculture and forestsectors.

It also discussed dissemination ofmodern technology, conducting trainingcourses for research and development andhuman resources development and practiceof international standards and workprocedures.

The leaders of the delegations from 10ASEAN countries plus three signed theMoU on development of agriculture,livestock breeding and forest products (2009-2014) on 11 November.

Due to the signing of the MoU, theASEAN member nations will be to increasetheir cooperation in such measures as humanresources development vital for productionand trading of agricultural and forestproducts, exchange of technology andstandardization and fumigation.

We believe that cooperation amongthe ASEAN nations themselves and betweenthe ASEAN nations and their three partnerswill bring further development toagricultural and forest sectors of the region.

Develop agricultural and forestsector through increasedcooperation among ASEANmember nations


NAY PYI TAW, 17 Nov— A ceremony to presentcash awards to war veterans and students was held atthe hall of Shan State War Veterans Supervisory Com-mittee in Taunggyi on 12 November.

Chairman of Shan State Peace and Development

Commander presents cash awards to war veterans, studentsCouncil Commander of Eastern Command Maj-GenYar Pyae and officials presented cash awards to them.

On 14 November, the commander attended theceremony to mark the World Diabetes Day held atSao San Htun General Hospital in Taunggyi.— MNA

YANGON, 17 Nov—With the sponsorship of

Second Asian Youth U-18 HockeyTournament continues

the Ministry of Sports,organized by Myanmar

Hockey Federation, theSecond Asian Youth U-

18 Hockey Tournamentcontinued in TheinbyuArtificial Turf Pitchtoday.

Indian won over SriLanka 5-0 by a widemargin while Korea madean emphatic victory overJapan with 2-0.

Pakistan playsagainst Malaysia, Koreaagainst Chinese (Taipei)and Japan againstSingapore.

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NAY PYI TAW, 17Nov—Minister forConstruction Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint on 14November inspectedpaving of Yangon-Patheinroad being undertaken byAsia World Co with B.O.Tsystem and repairing ofroad between mile postNo.15/4 and 15/5 andmelting of tar for pavingof tarred road.

Afterwards, theminister looked into overlaypaving of Pantanaw-Einme-Myaungmya road betweenmilepost No.11/6 and 11/7in Einme Township

Construction Minister inspects maintenances of Yangon-Pathein, Pantanaw-Einme-Myaungmya roads

Myaungmya District.The minister met with

district-and township-levelstaff in Myaungmya

District office. The ministersave instruction onconstruction of the roads,bridges and airport building

in order to meet the setstandards, minimizingwastes and losses and sitesafety.—MNA

Refresher course No. 7 for deputy township judges opens

YANGON, 17 Nov—The opening ceremony ofrefresher course No. 7 fordeputy township judgeswas held at the Training

Department of SupremeCourt (HlinethayarTraining school), with anopening address byDeputy Chief Justice U

Thein Soe.A total of 30 trainees

are attending eight-weekcourse.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Nov—To mark World AIDSDay 2009, Youth Development Programme under theMyanmar Medical Association will conduct Mr andMs SMART Contest with the assistance of UNFPA.

The written exam will be held at MMA on 7December and final contest will be at Chatrium Hotelon 11 December. Any interested youth may enrollwith registration fee of K 1000 at No 249, TheinbyuRoad, Mingala Taungnyunt Township, here on 1, 2and 3 December during office hours.

For more details, please dial Youth DevelopmentProgramme (Ph: 380899, 394141, 378863, ext: 124and 399020).—MNA

Mr and Ms SMART Contest to be held

Match

between

Korea and

Japan in

progress.

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Deputy Chief Justice U Thein Soe gives a speech at Refresher Course No. 7 for deputy town-ship judges.—MNA

MinisterMaj-Gen

KhinMaungMyint

inspectsroadworks

on Yangon-Pathein

road.CONSTRUC-

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12 Afghans killed in attack on meetingwith French

Experts propose new ways to slowAfrica’s population growth

A patient looks at a notice board where a scenerepresenting the death of a man infected by Hiv-AIDS is painted on a paper in the Clinic of theReach Out center Kampala, in 2003. Pairing

family planning services with HIV/AIDS treatmentcan help curb Africa’s population growth ratewhich records a yearly increase of 2.5 percent,

health experts said on Monday.—INTERNET

Local residents gather around the site of a suicide bomb attack on theoutskirts of Peshawar, on 16 Nov, 2009. A suicide car bomb ripped through a

Pakistan police station in the northwest city of Peshawar on Monday,devastating part of the building and killing at least 6 people.—XINHUA

Electricity-hungry Vietnam looksto join nuclear club

Six people killed in carbomb in Iraq’s Kirkuk

KIRKUK, 17 Nov—At least six people were killedand eight others injured in a car bomb explosion incentral of the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk onMonday, a local police chief said.

The incident occurred at sunset when a booby-trapped car parkedat the Salahudin Street in the Khanal-Tamr neighbourhood, Brigadier Sarhat Abdul Qadertold Xinhua.

The blast damaged several nearby shops, buildingsand civilian cars, Qader said.

Kirkuk, some 250 km north of Baghdad, is one ofthe disputed areas between the Kurds and both Arabsand Turkmans. The area has long been the hotbed ofinsurgency since the US-led invasion in 2003.

Xinhua

Most in worldfavour worksmoking ban

RESEARCH TRIANGLE

PARK, 17 Nov—Amajority of smokersworldwide supportsmoking bans in theworkplace, a surveyconducted by USresearchers indicates.

The survey by RTIInternational and HarrisInteractive surveyed morethan 3,500 employeeswho smoke and more than1,400 employers, bothsmokers and non-smokers, in 14 countiesabout their attitudestoward workplacesmoking and cessation.

The study, published inthe International Journalof Public Health onlineedition, shows 74 percentof smoking employeesand 87 percent ofemployers felt theworkplace should besmoke-free.—Internet

TAGAB VALLEY, 17Nov—Rockets slammedinto a market northeast ofKabul on Monday, killing12 civilians but missingtheir presumed target: ameeting between France’stop general in Afghanistanand dozens of tribal eldersand senior local officials.

The attack alsowounded 38 people, 20 ofthem critically. Themarket was crowded withshoppers because Mondayis bazaar day in Tagab, asprawling town of mudbrick fortress-like

compounds and smallfields along a riversurrounded by the barrenslopes and snowcappedpeaks of the Hindu Kushmountain range.

Brig Gen Marcel Druarttold The Associated Pressthat the meeting, knownas a shura, continueddespite the attack to showthat the Taleban cannotdisrupt NATO’s plans ina tense valley where bothsides are competing forinfluence.

“The shura didn’t stop,and it was in my opinion

very important,” Druart,who was unhurt, said atthe NATO base in Nijrab,5 miles (8 kilometers)north of Tagab.

The general was sittingdown with about 40Afghan officials to discussa major French offensivelaunched the previousday. The purpose of theoperation is to secure thearea for a planned roadthat would bypass thecapital, Kabul, whilemoving in supplies fromneighbouring Pakistan.

Internet

HANOI, 17 Nov—Vietnam is expected totake a key step towardsmeeting its burgeoningappetite for electricity bypaving the way for its firstnuclear power plant, butdebate is still raging overthe controversial project.

Parliament in the fast-growing communist stateis set to vote at the end ofNovember on the project

— which lawmakers havebeen mulling for morethan a decade — afterlegalising the use ofnuclear power in 2008.

Vietnam’s atomicenergy commissionestimates that nuclearpower could meet as muchas 30 percent of thenation’s energy needs bythe middle of the century,compared with less thanfive percent initially.

But environmental andsecurity concerns haveprompted some experts toask if the government isalready moving too fast.

“You can’t look atnuclear power plants as

you would at cars and justbuy them as soon aspossible,” said Pham DuyHien, chairman of thescientific council atVietnam’s Agency forNuclear Safety.

The plan on the table isfor the construction ofreactors on two sites witha total capacity of 4,000megawatts, at a costestimated by experts atbetween 11 billion to 18billion dollars.—Internet

KAMPALA, 17 Nov—Pairing family planningservices with HIV/AIDStreatment can help curbAfrica’s populationgrowth rate which recordsa yearly increase of 2.5percent, health expertssaid on Monday. Many ofthose seeking HIV/AIDS

information are oftenthe ones who need tobe offered birth controlservices, MaggwaNdugga of Family HealthInternational told AFP.

Ndugga said thestrategy would be to usethe enormous globalinvestment made to

counter HIV/AIDS toprovide information onfamily planning. “Westarted to realise that mostof the people who werecoming to us for HIVAIDS information are thesame people that weneeded to be targeting forfamily planning services,”Ndugga said during aninternational familyhealth conference inKampala.—Internet

TEHERAN, 17 Nov— Iran’spermanent repre-sentative tothe Inter-national AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA) AliAsghar Soltanieh said onMonday that Iran willcontinue its attempts to obtainrights of uranium enrichmentand will keep up cooperatingwith IAEA, semi-official

Fars news agency reported. “The Islamic Republic

will continue its non-stopattempts to obtain its rights,including the use of peacefulnuclear energy and uraniumenrichment, and at the sametime will continue itscooperation with IAEA,”Soltanieh was quoted as

saying. His comments came

immediately after the IAEA’sreport, and said that the newreport of the IAEA chiefMohamed El-Baradei onIran’s nuclear activity issomething “regular” and“repetitive.”

Internet

A Filipino boy looks on as residents salvagebelongings from the remains of their burnt homesin Mandaluyong city, east of Manila, Philippines,on 17 Nov, 2009. The fire, which occurred Mondaynight, razed about 400 shanties and left some 700families homeless, investigators said. No one was

reported injured.—INTERNET

Iran to continue attempts to obtain rights ofuranium enrichment,cooperating with IAEA

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Oil pipes cross the Amazonian rain forest in the state of Amazonia, Brazil.Petrobras has announced a new find of light crude oil in the huge Camposbasin area in the southeast of the country, potentially as much as 25 million

barrels.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 17 Nov— Chi-na’s solar panel makerSuntech Power HoldingsCo, Ltd said on Mondayit will set up its first USfactory in the GreaterPhoenix, Arizona area.

In a Press release,Suntech said it plans tomake a final decision onthe specific location of theplant in the comingweeks.

The plant will have aninitial production capacityof 30 megawatts (MW)and is expected to beginproduction in the third

WASHINGTON, 17 Nov—The US Postal Servicesaid on Monday it lost 3.8billion dollars in the just-ended fiscal year, prompt-ing the need for deepercost cuts and additionalhelp from Congress.

RIO DE JANEIRO, 17Nov — Brazil’s oil giantsPetrobras and OGX an-nounced on Monday theirseparate new oil discov-eries in the Campos Ba-sin off the country’ssoutheastern coast.

The state-controlledPetrobras said it foundlight oil with estimatedrecoverable volumes of25 million barrels in thearea.

The find was made bythe drilling of the ex-ploratory well 3-MA-32A in shallow waters in

MOSCOW, 17 Nov—Russia and the EU onMonday signed an energyearly warning agreementthey said would help avertsudden disruption of sup-ply amid growing uneasein Europe over possiblecuts in gas supplies thiswinter.

Prime MinisterVladimir Putin separatelysaid that Russia andSlovakia were in talks onpossible establishment ofa gas storage and distribu-tion facility in Slovakia.

Under the agreement

A man drops letters intoa mailbox in San Fran-cisco, California. TheUS Postal Service saidon Monday it lost 3.8billion dollars in the

just-ended fiscal year,prompting the need for

deeper cost cuts andadditional help fromCongress.—INTERNET

China solar giant Suntechto set up 1st US plant

quarter of 2010, it said.Steven Chan, Sun-

tech’s Chief Strategy Of-ficer, said in Beijing thecompany will make aninitial investment of 10million US dollars.

Chan said the invest-ment decision was madeas the solar energy marketgrows rapidly in NorthAmerica thanks to the re-gion’s pro-solar policies.

Suntech’s Chairmanand CEO Dr ZhengrongShi said: “This is the firststep in what I see as along-term, strategic in-

vestment in the NorthAmerican market.”

“The leadership shownby the US government inadvancing renewable en-ergy will only improve theenvironment for further in-vestments in the comingyears.” The US plant,which will be about 80,000to 100,000 square feet, willemploy over 75 full-timeemployees at launch andmay double its staff withinthe year as the NorthAmerican market devel-ops, it said.

Xinhua

NEW DELHI, 17 Nov—French tyre makerMichelin on Monday an-nounced plans to investnearly 900 million dollarsto build a tyre plant tosupply India’s fast-growing vehicle market.

The plant will makeradial truck and bus tyresand mainly target thecountry’s domestic mar-ket, a statement byMichelin, one of theworld’s biggest tyremanufacturers, said.

“We believe that Indiaholds tremendous poten-tial for the MichelinGroup in terms of estab-lishing a world-classmanufacturing facility,”Prashant Prabhu, head ofMichelin’s Africa-India-Middle East division, saidin a statement.—Internet

French tyre maker

Michelin announced

on Monday plans to

invest nearly 900

million dollars to build

a plant to supply tyres

to India’s fast-growing

vehicle market.

INTERNET

Michelin toinvest $867 min Indian tyre

plant

Russia, EU sign energy early warning pact

Russian Prime MinisterVladimir Putin speaks

during a Pressconference in Moscow.

INTERNET

signed in Moscow, Russiaand the EU will notifyeach other of any likelydisruption to supplies ofoil, gas or electricity andjointly work to find a so-

lution, the EuropeanCommission said in astatement.

Third parties will beallowed to participate inthe arrangement, theCommission said.

“An energy crisis likethe one the EU suffered inJanuary is harmful forsupply, transit and con-suming countries alike,”said EU Energy Commis-sioner Andris Piebalgs.

Internet

US Postal Service loses 3.8 billion dollars,eyes new steps

The USPS, which is aself-supporting US gov-ernment enterprise, saidits losses in the fiscal yearended 30 September wid-ened from 2.8 billion dol-lars in the prior year.

Losses grew despiteimplementation of six bil-lion dollars in cost sav-ings and a four billiondollar reduction in pay-ments for retiree healthbenefits.

The USPS has alreadycut 40,000 employees andreduced overtime hours,transportation and othercosts.

Operating revenues forthe fiscal year fell to 68.1billion dollars from 74.9billion in 2008, as theagency coped with declin-ing mail volumes andcompetition from privatedelivery services.

Internet

CHICAGO, 17 Nov—US automaker General MotorsCo said on Monday that it has lost 1.15 billion dollarssince emerging from bankruptcy on 10 July.

By announcing third-quarter results, GM gave thepublic its first comprehensive peek at the automaker’sfinances since it emerged from bankruptcy with about50 billion dollars in federal aid.

The automaker posted a revenue of 28 billion dollarsin the third quarter, up about 4.9 billion dollars com-pared to the second quarter, a boost credited to higherindustry wide sales and stabilized market share in China,Brazil, India and Russia. GM had 3.3 billion dollars ofoperating cash flow and 42.6 billion dollars in cash andother available assets. That amount included 17.4 bil-lion dollars in US and Canadian aid held in escrow. Theamount of 42.6 billion dollars is expected to decline sub-stantially in the fourth quarter because 8.1 billion dollarsare budgeted for future loan repayments, costs for fund-ing parts supplier Delphi and other expenses.

Xinhua

Brazil’s companies announcenew oil discoveries

a new production areathat extends to the north-ern part of the Marimbafield in the Campos Ba-sin.

The new find will in-crease Marimba’s reco-verable volume by 27 per-cent.

Petrobras attributed thesuccessful drilling to therevision of the area’s geo-logical model and to theapplication of new seismicdata interpretation tech-niques in the area.

As the production in-frastructure is already in-

stalled in the area, the newwell is expected to be in-terconnected to platformP-8 and to begin produc-tion by August 2010.

Petrobras said the dis-covery was the result ofa strategy to explore newproduction areas whichare located next to in-stalled units, aiming totake advantage of the ex-isting facilities.

The strategy has re-duced the company’s pro-duction costs and sped upproduction, it added.

Internet

GM loses $1.15 b in thirdquarter

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US space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on mission to ISS

US supports one-China policy, welcomespeaceful development of cross-Straits ties

BEIJING, 17 Nov—TheUnited States welcomesthe peaceful developmentof cross-Straits ties and“more positive and sta-ble” cross-Straits rela-tions, said a China-USJoint Statement issuedhere on Tuesday. Thestatement said that bothsides underscored the im-portance of the Taipei is-sue in China-US relations.

The Chinese side em-phasized that the Taipei is-sue concerns China’s sov-ereignty and territorial in-tegrity, and expressed thehope that the US side willhonor its relevant commit-

ments and appreciate andsupport the Chinese side’sposition on this issue. TheUS side stated that theUnited States follows itsone-China policy andabides by the principles ofthe three Sino-US jointcommuniques, said thestatement.

The two sides reiter-ated that “the fundamen-tal principle of respect foreach other’s sovereigntyand territorial integrity isat the core of the threeSino-US joint communi-ques which guide China-US relations. Neither sidesupports any attempts by

any force to underminethis principle,” said thestatement.

The two sides agreedthat respecting each oth-er’s core interests is ex-tremely important to en-sure steady progress inChina-US relations.

Both countries believethat to nurture and deepenbilateral strategic trust isessential to China-US re-lations in the new era.

The US side reiteratedthat it welcomes a strong,prosperous and successfulChina that plays a greaterrole in world affairs.

Xinhua

Chinese exploration team unloads supplies at theport of the Great Wall Station in Antarctic, on 16Nov, 2009. The 26th Antarctic exploration team ofChina completed the task of uploading supplies

from Snow Dragon exploration ship to Great WallStation on Monday after 4 days’ work.—XINHUA

Ban warns of dangers of losing culturaldifferences as world grows closer

UNITED NATIONS, 17 Nov—UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon on Monday cautioned against the ero-sion of diversity and rise of discrimination as the forcesof globalization and technology bring disparate com-munities across the world closer together.

The secretary-general made the statement in hismessage marking the International Day for Tolerance,observed annually on 16 Nov.

In the message, Ban said that “Internet chatroomsand social networking sites enable us to connect withmore people than we can hope to meet.”

“Global branding and the growth of internationalsocial and cultural movements expose us on a dailybasis to the tastes, opinions and habits of our fellowmen and women,” said Ban.

Xinhua

Spain seeking releaseof vessel seized by

Somali pirates MADRID, 17 Nov—

Spain’s Foreign MinisterMiguel Angel Moratinossaid on Monday that thegovernment is making allits efforts to seek for thesooner release of the tuna-fish vessel “Alakrana,”which was seized by So-mali pirates, but respectingthe judicial power.

Moratinos did not men-tioned the decision of theProsecutor’s Office,which reportedly re-quested more than 200years of prison for theSomali pirates who kid-napped the vessel.

He called for calm overthe issue while seeking aprompt solution.—Xinhua

Vietnam to host int’l exhibition on communications, electronics

The China Literal Museum is officially opened in Anyang City of HenanProvince, north China, on 16 Nov, 2009.—XINHUA

Russia-Lebanon deal on MiG-29 to enter final phase soon

Space shuttle Atlantislifts off from launch

pad 39A at theKennedy SpaceCenter in Cape

Canaveral, Floridaon 16 Nov, 2009.

Atlantis lifted off itsseaside launch padon Monday, loadedwith spare parts tokeep the Interna-

tional Space Stationflying after the

shuttles are retirednext year.—XINHUA

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

BEIRUT, 17 Nov—Russia’s plan to sup-ply Lebanon with 10 MiG-29 fighter jetswill enter its final phase soon, the Beirut-based Al-Markazia news agency reportedon Monday. The news agency reportedthat a Russian military group of expertswill be visiting Lebanon in the next fewdays, on a mission that consists of explor-ing the capabilities of Lebanese airportsto maintain the MiGs.

Days later, Lebanese military envoys

will pay a visit to Mosco win order to putthe final touches on the deal, the reportsaid. Lebanese President MichelSuleiman had planned to visit Russia lastSeptember, but the trip was canceled dueto the busy schedule of his Russian coun-terpart Dmitry Medvedev.

The deal was announced in December2008 by Lebanese Defence Minister EliasMichel Murr during a visit to Moscow.

Xinhua

HANOI, 17 Nov—Viet-nam will host an interna-tional exhibition on com-munications and electron-ics on 18-21 Nov, drawingparticipation of about 200companies from 18 coun-tries and regions, said areport on the website of theMinistry of Informationand Communications on

Tuesday.The exhibition is among

the biggest and most pres-tigious ones on communi-cations, information tech-nology, telecommunica-tions and electronics inVietnam, said the report.

The participation of fa-mous foreign companiesin the exhibition shows

that Vietnam is an attrac-tive market for telecom-munication, informationtechnology and electronicproducts, said Bui QuocViet, head of the informa-tion and public relationsdepartment under the Vi-etnam Posts and Telecom-munications Group.

Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 17 Nov—US space shut-tle Atlantis lifted off on Monday fromthe Kennedy Space Center in Florida ona mission to deliver a stockpile of spareparts for the orbiting International SpaceStation (ISS).

According to NASA, Atlantis’ missionwill focus on storing spare hardware onthe exterior of the ISS. In total, NASAsaid some 27,250 pounds (12,360 kilo-grams) of spares will be delivered tokeep the orbiting outpost in service af-ter the shuttle fleet is retired, includingtwo control moment gyroscopes, used in

maneuvering the station. An experimentby students at Texas Southern Universityin Houston that will study how microbesgrow in microgravity is also heading toorbit aboard Atlantis.

“We wish you good luck, Godspeed,and we’ll see you back here just afterThanksgiving,” launch director MikeLeinbach told shuttle commanderCharles Hobaugh right before the liftoff.

“We’re excited to take this incrediblevehicle for a ride and meet up with an-other incredible vehicle,” Hobaughsaid.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

The Ghost Forest art installation byBritish artist Angela Palmer is seenin Trafalgar Square in London on

16 November, 2009.

A US dental professor says he seesthe oral cavity as an indicator of overallhealth of the body.

Dr Li Mao of the University ofMaryland Dental School in Baltimoreis a physician who wants to retool den-tal education so dentists practice morewithin the larger healthcare community.

Mao says in a study he led last yearhe found surface tissues inside the cheekcould be checked to detect tobacco-in-duced damage in the lungs.

“We hypothesized that tobacco-in-duced molecular alterations in the oralepithelium are similar to those in thelungs,” Mao says in statement.

Handout photo received from theMelbourne Royal Children’s Hospi-

tal on 13 November and taken inAugust 2009 shows Trishna (L) and

Krishna, the Bangladeshi set oftwins who are joined at the head.Australian doctors admitted high-

risk surgery to separate Bangladeshitwins who are joined at the head was

“very fiddly” as the operation bal-looned past 24 hours on Tuesday.

Australian surgeons on Tuesday suc-cessfully separated conjoined twinsKrishna and Trishna after more than 27hours of surgery.

Plastic surgeons have now movedin to work on the girls, aged two yearsand 11 months.

A team of 16 surgeons have beenworking to separate the pair at Mel-bourne’s Royal Children’s Hospitalsince on Monday morning.

The hospital’s head of surgery LeoDonnan praised his doctors, who he

Australian surgeons separate conjoined twinssaid had worked seamlessly to separatethe girls.

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opera-tion that teams would do,” Donnan toldreporters outside the hospital.

Krishna and Trishna will remain inthe hospital’s intensive care unit for “anumber of days”, he said.

“And then they’ll be slowly wokenup.”

Supporters remain optimistic the tod-dlers will pull through the risky proce-dure unharmed The Bangladeshi or-phans arrived in Australia just over twoyears ago through Moira Kelly’s Chil-dren First Foundation.

S African woman survivesafter thrown from bridge

Police say a South African womanhas survived after carjackers threw heroff a nearly 200-foot (60-meter)-tallbridge.

Police Superintendent VincentMdunge said that no arrests have beenmade although four suspects were ques-tioned and released.

The South African Press Associationsays Kavisha Seevnarain was carjackedand then forced at gunpoint to go toATMs to take out money. The 26-year-old was thrown off a bridge south ofDurban. Oral health an indicator

of overall health

A big wheel at Berlin’sSchlossplatz Square.

Fourteen peoplerescued by the fire

brigade after being leftdangling upside downfrom a fairground ridein Germany for nearly

an hour have beenslapped with a hefty

bill, a spokesman hassaid.

INTERNET

BEIJING, 17 Nov—Astate media report says amassive landslide innorthern China partiallyhas buried a village andkilled at least 23 people,and that rescuers areseeking survivors.

The official XinhuaNews Agency says thelandslide occurred Mon-

VIENNA, 17 Nov—The weekly average prices ofthe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC) kept dropping with fluctuation last week, fall-ing by 0.10 US dollars compared with the previousweek to 76.26 dollars per barrel, the Vienna-basedcartel said on Monday.

The OPEC oil prices kept fluctuating during the fivetrading days from 9 Nov to 13 Nov. It increased from76.57 dollars per barrel on 9 Nov to 76.89 dollars on 11Nov, and then declined to 75.26 dollars on 13 Nov.

OPEC weekly average oil prices have been oscil-lating within a narrow range from 76 dollars to 76.5dollars per barrel for four weeks so far. It reflectedthat the increase of international oil prices is slowingdown after a rapid rise in the first half of this year.

Xinhua

Landslide in northern China kills 23day in ZhangzishanTownship, near Luliangcity in northern ShanxiProvince.

Xinhua said on Tues-day that rescuers have re-covered 23 bodies fromthe debris so far, and thattwo people have beenpulled out alive.

Most of those killed

were migrant workerswho worked at a nearbycoal mine.

Xinhua quoted the lo-cal Communist Partychief, Nie Chunyu, assaying that most of thevictims were from thesouthwestern YunnanProvince.

Xinhua

OPEC weekly oil prices declinewith fluctuation

TEHERAN, 17 Nov—The Brazilian charge d’affairein Teheran said on Monday that Iran and Brazil enjoypotentials to extend cooperation to nuclear activities,the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.

Ties between Iran and Brazil are mainly politicaland economic, however, “there are other potentials invarious domains for cooperation, such as in energyand nuclear energy fields,” Brazilian diplomat PhillipFlores Pinto was quoted as saying.

Pinto said Iran has the right to use peaceful nuclearenergy and Brazil knows that Iran obeys the interna-tional regulations and it must have the opportunity tomake the issue transparent, the report said.

Iran is Brazil’s economic partner in the Middle Eastand could act as a gate for the country to the regionand central Asia, he told ISNA.—Xinhua

Iran, Brazil with potentials tocooperate on nuclear activities

South African dinosaur bones fill in gapsDinosaur bones found in South Af-

rica have filled in some blanks in thelong evolutionary history of the extinctgiant reptiles, a scientist says.

An Australian paleontologist has un-covered bones from three new speciesand the fangs of a previously unknowncarnivorous dinosaur, Australia’s TheAge newspaper reported .

Adam Yates began the dig in 2006expecting to find only massospondylus— South Africa’s most common dino-saur. But he said he quickly realized itwas something more exciting.

“We kept on finding bone after bone.

You start to say, ‘This doesn’t add up.It’s not what I thought it is’. Pretty muchwithin the first few days I was clear thatit was a new type of dinosaur,” Yatessaid.

Named Aardonyx celestae, Yates saidit fills in a blank spot in dinosaur evolu-tion. But he said he doesn’t like the term“missing link.”

“It’s one of the dinosaurs in a long,smeary continuum,” he explained. “Itshows us what we should already havepretty much guessed, which was thatevolution was a messy, complicated af-fair.’’

X’mas sales to see firstfall since 1980s

LONDON, 17 Nov—Retail expenditure thisChristmas will fall for the first time since thelate 1980s, as non-food sales decline by 2.5percent or 1.3 billion pounds, according to asurvey published on Tuesday.

Retail consultancy Verdict forecast theretail market would shrink by 0.7 percent yearon year in the fourth quarter of 2009,equivalent to a decline of 535 million pounds—the first fall since Verdict’s records beganin 1989.

It said the sales decline in non-food will bedriven by a recession-related 1 billion poundfall in housing related sectors (DIY, electricals,furniture, floorcoverings and homewares),along with the impact of price deflation inelectricals and capacity withdrawal, such as theclosure of toys-to-CD retailer Woolworths inJanuary.

Internet

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Opening of

Lily Shoes

Collection

Footwear

Gallery in

progress.

MNA

YANGON, 17 Nov—Thefourth and final round ofthe IBTC Open GolfChampionships, the fourthleg of the Myanmar GolfTour 2009-2010, jointlyorganized by MyanmarGolf Federation andMyanmar PGA, continuedat Yedaguntaung GolfClub in Mandalay on 15November morning.

After the fourth round,officials presented prizesto the daily best scorers inthe men’s amateur golfersdivisions.

Deputy Commander ofCentral Command Brig-Gen Than Tun Aungpresented first prize to AungWin with 281 strokes. Thesecond prize went to Bo Bowith 287 strokes and thethird to Tin Lin Ko with287 in the men’s amateurgolfers division.

Chairman of MandalayCity DevelopmentCommittee Mayor Brig-Gen Phone Zaw Hanawarded the first prize toNaing Naing Lin (Srixon)with 280 strokes, thesecond to Myo Min Aung

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Nov—Ministerfor Rail Transportation Maj-Gen AungMin together with Deputy Minister U PeThan left Pyawbwe station by RBEspecial train to inspect laying rail tracksand paving ballast between NyantawVillage and Kanswe Village andThaphanchaung station nearThaphanchaung Village, PyawbweTownship in Pyawbwe-Natmauk railwaysection in Pyawbwe-Natmauk-Magwayrailway project.

Next, the minister and party looked

Rail Transportation Minister inspectsrailway project

into construction of road over bridgeunder Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalayexpressway undertaken by Nay PyiTaw-Mandalay expressway con-struction project near PaypinlayVillage and construction ofTaungnyaung station and roadworknear Taungnyaung Village, PyawbweTownship.

The minister and party alsoinspected retaining walls andconstruction of Ywataw station nearYwataw Village in Pyawbwe

Townsip.There are six stations and 53

bridges under 10 feet and six bridgesbetween 10 and 40 feet between

Deputy Minister Col Tin Ngwe addresses opening of ManagementCourse No (35/36) and Clerical Course No (64/65).—PBANRDA

YANGON, 17 Nov— Chairmanof Myanmar Olympic CommitteeMinister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura AyeMyint attended the 2nd dinner of U-18Asian Youth Men’s Hockey Tournamentat Strand Hotel, here on 13 Novemberevening and delivered an address.

Afterwards, the ministerpresented Tournament Director Mr. NorSreedharan Bin Adbullah the certificatesfor the tournament officials of U-18 AsianYouth Men’s Hockey Tournament, and

2nd U-18 Asian Youth Men’s HockeyTournament’s dinner held

also gave the certificates to Umpires ManagerMr. Billy Dillon for Umpires.

Next, Chairman of MyanmarHockey Federation gave the presents tothe hockey players. And the minister andofficials concerned received the gifts thatthe India, Pakistan, Korea, Malaysia andChinese (Taipei) teams offered.

Myanmar, Korea, Pakistan, India,Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Chinese (Taipei),Japan and Singapore teams took part inthe Hockey Tournament.—MNA

Winners awarded in IBTC Open GolfChampionships

(Trophy & Proshop) with281 and the third to YinAung Latt with 283 in theprofessional golfersdivision.

On behalf of thePresident of MGF andMPGA, Vice-President UMin Thein presentedcheque to Naing Naing Lin(Srixon).

International Beve-rages Trading Co Ltdmainly sponsored thechampionships together

with Air Bagan Ltd, KBZLtd, Hotel Yangon, KMGolf Centre, HAN GolfMasters Pte Ltd, MyanmarThiha Trading Co Ltd, Bayof Bengal Resort (BOB),INAX, T-Home, CEPSALubricants, ACCELInternational Co Ltd(Canon), Imperial JadePurified Drinking Water,Lifeline Co Ltd, GP Watchand Yedaguntaung GolfClub.

NLM

Vice-President U Min Thein of MGF andMPGA, presents cheque to Naing Naing Lin

(Srixon), first prize winner of IBTC Open GolfChampionships.—NLM

YANGON, 17 Nov—Lily ShoesCollection opened its sale centre today.

To mark its opening ceremony, K500,000 was donated to ShantiniketanLibrary of writer Sayagyi Paragu, K200,000 to private journalists and K100,000 to the funds of paying respects todoyen literati.

On the occasion, foreign-madeshoes were sold at 15 per cent discountwith the lucky draw programme. Special

Sales centre of Lily ShoesCollection opened

sales will be made at 15 per centdiscount from 16 to 30 November.

Best quality shoes with ownidea for young and old Myanmarwomen of Lily Shoes Collectionbrand are being imported by WaideFootwear of Thailand. The shoesare made with the use of quality rawmaterials from the Republic ofKorea.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Aung Min inspects Pyawbwe-Natmauk-Magwayrailroad construction project.—MNA

Pyawbwe and Ywataw railroad section.Staff of Myanma Railway are makingefforts for timely completion of thefacilities.—MNAManagement Course No (35/36), Clerical

Course No (64/65) commenceYANGON, 17 Nov—Deputy Minister for

Progress of Border Areas and National Racesand Development Affairs Col Tin Ngweaddressed the opening of ManagementCourse No (35/36) and Clerical Course No(64/65) at Central Training School ofProgress of Border Areas and National RacesDepartment in Dagon Myothit (North)

Township here yesterday morning.The deputy minister viewed the

hostel, lecture rooms and canteen ofthe trainees. Altogether 150 traineesare attending 12-week courses. Themanagement courses are attended by60 trainees and the clerical courses90.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 17 Nov—MyanmaOil and Gas Enterprise under theMinistry of Energy will conduct thelaying of 24-inch diametre pipeline forYadana-Yangon local-used offshorenatural gas pipelines laying project withthe use of the pipeline laying vessel andsupporting ships from 1 December 2009to 31 May 2010.

The point of Yadana platform willbe located at north latitude 15˚07'23.95"and east longitude 94˚46'55.64", PointTP6 at north latitude 15˚20'30.00" andeast longitude 95˚23'00.00", Point TP5at north latitude 15˚26'30.00" and eastlongitude 95˚31'30.00", Point TP4 atnorth latitude 15˚31'30.00" and east

YANGON, 17 Nov—Kyaw ZeyarTrading Group Co, Ltd hosted a dinner tomark its 10th anniversary at M3 Food Centrein Bahan Township here on 14 Novemberevening, attended by departmental officialsfrom departments, diplomats of foreignembassies in Myanmar, MyanmarComputer Entrepreneurs, technicians andsales agents and guests.

Managing Director Dr Naing Winof the company extended greetings andpresented gifts to the guests. Thosepresent were served with dinner.

The authorized distributorimported Panasonic P.A.B.X Exchanges,

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Nov—A ceremony to present certificates for CertifiedPublic Accountant and Diploma in Accounting of the Myanmar AccountancyCouncil will be held at the training school (Yangon) of the Auditor-General'sOffice on Thakhin Mya Park Road in Ahlon Township at 9 am on 27 December.

The certificates will be conferred on those who passed the examination forCPA No. 29 Part-II held in February 2009 and the DA Course No. 30 Part-II heldin July 2009. Prizes and cash awards will be given to the outstanding students inthe respective subjects of CPA and DA courses.

All the students are to attend the ceremony and to pay K 3,000 for theceremony fee and one passport-size photo to the training school (Yangon)between 1 to 18 December. They may take out the invitation cards in advance.

Those who won the highest mark in the respective subject will be announcedat the training school (Yangon).—MNA

Certificate presentation for CPA, DAon 27 December

Notice to Mariners issued for watercraftlongitude 95˚36'00.00", Point TP3 atnorth latitude 15˚38'50.00" and eastlongitude 95˚43'30.00", Point TP2A atnorth latitude 15˚47'00.00" and eastlongitude 95˚42'00.00", Point TP1 atnorth latitude 15˚51'37.00" and eastlongitude 95˚38'50.00", and PointLandfall at north latitude 15˚54'05.20"and east longitude 95˚36'54.00".

For avoiding the delay of pipelinelaying works, the Notice to Mariner'swas issued for various sizes ofwatercraft, cargo boats and trawlers notto pass, anchor and work fishery in foursquare kilometres along the pipelineduring the pipeline laying period.

MNA Kyaw Zeyar Trading Group Co marks its10th Anniversary

Single Line Telephones, CordlessTelephones, Faxes, CCTV Cameras,Printers and others communicationequipment of Matsushita ElectricIndustrial Co Ltd of Japan.

Those wishing to purchasePanasonic electronic equipment maycontact the company, at No. 87, PyayRoad, Dagon Township, Yangon, Tel216266, 216265 or 216264, on the topfloor of Mingala Market at the corner of30th and 73rd Streets, Mandalay, Tel 02-61626 or 02-61621 and No. 20, TaungnyoRoad, Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana, Tel 067-21588 or 067-21599.—MNA

Managing Director Dr Naing Win of Kyaw Zeyar Trading Group CoLtd extends greetings at its 10th anniversary dinner.—UMFCCI

Photo shows Kantdaunt Dam. (News on page 1)

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Nov—Minister for Religious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung receivedPakistani Ambassador to the Unionof Myanmar HE Mr Qazi MohammadKhalilullah at the ministry here thisafternoon.

Religious Affairs Ministerreceives Pakistani Ambassador

Also present at the call wereDeputy Minister Brig-Gen Thura AungKo, Director-General Dr Myo Myintof Department for Promotion andPropagation of the Sasana andofficials.

MNA

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Minister Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein delivers an address at coordi-nation meeting on fish/meet sector at Dawei District Fisheries

Department.—L & F

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun attending Special ASEAN Finance Minis-ters' Meeting, APEC CEO Meeting and related meetings in the Repub-

lic of Singapore.—F&R

NAY PYI TAW, 17Nov—Chairman ofAyeyawady DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-West CommandMaj-Gen Kyaw Swe andMinister for ConstructionMaj-Gen Khin Maung

Commander, Minister inspect PanmawadySuspension Bridge (Myinkaseik)

Myint looked intomaintenance ofPanmawady SuspectionBridge (Myinkaseik) on15 November.

Afterwards, theMinister inspected roadrepairing and maintenancealong Pathein-Kankon-

Myinkaseik-Myaungmyaroad. And then he lookedinto bridge No.1/15(Nyaungchaung bridge)construction site at milepost No 14/3, earth workof bridge approach roadand progress of bridgeconstruction.—MNA

YANGON, 17 Nov—Minister for Livestockand Fisheries Brig-GenMaung Maung Thein on14 November viewedprocessing of cuttle fishat the cold storage ofNaing Naing Aung CoLtd in Kyauknimaw Vil-lage of Launglon Town-ship.

L&F Minister visits cold storage inKyauknimaw Village of Dawei Tsp

On 16 November, theminister met with staff ofthe Fisheries Department,the Livestock Breedingand Veterinary Depart-ment and the MyanmaLivestock and FisheriesDevelopment Bank(Dawei) at the office ofDawei District FisheriesDepartment and gave in-

structions on efforts to bemade for exceeding thetargets in meat and fishsector of the State.

On 17 November, theminister attended the co-ordination meeting onfish/meat sector at theDistrict Fisheries Depart-ment.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17Nov—A delegation led byMinister for Finance andRevenue Maj-Gen Hla Tunattended Special ASEANFinance Ministers’Meeting, APEC CEOMeeting and relatedmeetings in the Republicof Singapore from 11 to 14November. The delegationdiscussed matters relatedto ASEAN InfrastructureFund, CMIM Unit,Macroeconomic andSurveillance Office-MFSO) at the SpecialASEAN FinanceMinisters’ Meeting in

F&R Minister arrives back from Singapore

Marina Mandarin Hotel on11 November.

They also discussedmatters related to theimpact of the globalfinancial crisis to the UnitedStates of America andASEAN and the balanceand continuous economicdevelopment at InformalASEAN-US FinanceMinisters’ Meeting inSuntec SingaporeInternational ConventionExhibition Centre on 12November.

The minister andGovernor of the CentralBank of Myanmar U Than

Nyein attended APECCEO Meeting in SuntecSingapore InternationalConvention and ExhibitionCentre on 13 November.

At the meeting, leadersof the delegation fromAPEC countries exchangedviews on the challenges ofcurrent economic field,global economic reformand consistency ineconomic development.The meeting came to endon 14 November. Thedelegation led by MinisterMaj-Gen Hla Tun arrivedback in Nay Pyi Tawyesterday.—MNA

Second round group matches of third Inter-Ministry Volleyball Tournament in progress.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Nov—Second round of third NayPyi Taw inter-ministry men’s volleyball tournament2009 was held at Nay Pyi Taw volleyball grounds thismorning. Among the spectators were officials concerned,staff families and fan.

In the morning matches, Ministry of Informationwon over Ministry of Livestock and Fishery 3-2 andMinistry of Commerce over Ministry of Forestry 3-nil.

In the evening matches, Ministry of RailTransportation played against Ministry of Culture,Ministry of Home Affairs against Ministry of Industry-1.—MNA

Third Nay Pyi Taw inter-ministrymen’s volleyball tournament kicks off

YANGON, 17 Nov—Book on common childdiseases compiled by childspecialist Dr Khin MyoHan has been in circulation.

The book includes fivesections, namely commonchild illness, illness thatshould be paid seriousattention to, cancer,infectious diseases anddiseases that may developaccidentally. The book

Book on common child diseases in circulationsuggests child’s parents thatthey should provide healthcare and prevention on childillness.

The book is availablefor K 2000 per copy atWisdom House, No. 101,Building (1191/1192),Letwemindin road,Mittarnyunt ward, TamwayTownship, Yangon (09-50585.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17Nov—A passenger shipand push boat with oilbarge collided in thewaters near Pathein on 15November. Although mostof the passengers and crewwere rescued from thepassenger ship, there weresome deaths and missing.The search and rescueworks are being carriedout.

A private ship “NayMyo Tun Gyi” with 176passengers and crew onboard running Pathein-Thethethaung route leftPathein Port at 7 pm on 15November. The passengership collided with a pushboat “Dhana” with a dieselbarge near ShannguVillage, 6.5 miles fromPathein at 8 pm. The bowof the passenger was

smashed and at sank onthe scene.

As soon as they knew,the local people ofShanngu and surroundingvillages arrived on thescene by motor boats andthe Deputy Commander ofSouth-West Command,officials, members ofMyanmar Police Force,Fire Brigade and socialorganizations byhovercraft. They saved126 passengers and crewout of 176. Up toyesterday, a total of 31bodies were found, andsearch continued for 19missing persons.

A total of 126 personsrescued on the scene weresent to Pathein. Chairman ofAyeyawady Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of South-West

Command Maj-Gen KyawSwe and officials of Reliefand ResettlementDepartment accommodatedand provided necessaryhealth care services andassistance to the victims andsent them back to theirrespective native places.

MNA

Passenger ship, push boat with oil barge collide near Pathein126 passengers and crew rescued with 31 deaths, 19 missing

Search and rescue works continue

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Kengtung

Mawlamyine

Muse

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Lashio

Kalay

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Bengal

ReferenceAsian Highways

ASEAN Highways

MGS Highways

BIMSTEC Highways

India-Myanmar-Thailand Tripartite

Highways

Paletwa border road

Main roads to link

Myanmar and

neighbouring countries

Union of

Myanmar

Today’s vehicles and motorways in Myanmar (12)Article: Kayan Soe Myint; Photos: Ministry of Construction

Hpa-an-Kawkareik Road Section.

(from page 1)digits numbers as theASEAN Highways. Assuch, the Asian HighwayNo. 1 and the ASEANHighway No. 1 weretermed as 'AH' in English. Mandalay-Lashio-Museroad section was the AsianHighway No. 14 as well asthe ASEAN Highways No.110. After holding coordi-nation, it was designatedas the Asian Highway withtwo digit number and Man-dalay-Lashio-Muse High-way as AH-14.

The technical mattersare mainly included in thedesignation of the AsianHighways with the routesof road networks and high-way numbers, the highwaycharacteristics, the roaddirections and signboardssimilar to that of theASEAN Highways. Thereare some differences be-tween the standards andnorms of the Asian High-ways and the ASEANHighways. At present, theMinistry of Constructionof Myanmar is carrying outthe construction and reno-vation of the highways inconformity with the roadcharacteristics.

Myanmar joined theASEAN on 23-7-1997. Asthe highways linking 10

ASEAN countries becamethe ASEAN Highways, theMinistry of Transport is tak-ing the responsibility for thetasks of Myanmar ASEANTransport and Communica-tion Committee. The RoadAdministration Departmentunder the Ministry of RailTransportation is carryingout the tasks of designatingthe weight of vehicles, meas-urements and directions forroad safety in conformitywith the ASEAN road stand-ards. Public Works underthe Ministry of Construc-tion is taking the responsi-bility for the constructionand renovation of theASEAN Highways in theroad transport sector.

In observing the high-ways to be linked withMyanmar and surroundingcountries, Asian/ASEANHighway No. 1 fromMyawady to Tamu, theHighway No. 2 fromTachilek to Meiktila, theHighway No. 3 fromKengtung to Mongla and theHighway No. 14 from Man-dalay to Muse, to be linkedwith Thailand, the People'sRepublic of China and In-dia, are main highways inMyanmar, and these routesare the same as many sec-tions of the Union High-ways in Myanmar.

It is necessary to con-struct and renovate theAsian/ASEAN Highways inMyanmar in accordancewith the characteristics ofthe highways such as stand-ards, norms and road signs.The weight of vehicle to usethe highways and the maxi-mum weight of an axle areto be standardized in accord-ance with prescribed norms.

The State Peace andDevelopment Councilpromulgated the HighwaysLaw (the Law Number8/2000 of the State Peaceand Development Council)on 17 November 2000. Thelaw includes six chapters.They are:-

Chapter (1): Title andDefinitions

Chapter (2): ObjectivesChapter (3): Duties and

Powers of the Ministry ofConstruction

Chapter (4): Duties andPowers of Public Works

Chapter (5): Offencesand Penalties

Chapter (6): Miscella-neous.

Practising the entrustedpowers enacted in the law,the Ministry of Construc-tion issued the Bylaw onHighways with the OrderNo. 1/2002 on 20 Decem-ber 2002 with the approvalof the government.

Mainly, the law and by-law on highways highlightedthe following matters:-

- for assigning the dutyto the Ministry of Construc-tion to ensure good condi-tion of highways in the en-tire nation,

- controlling the dete-rioration of road conditions(control of vehicle andweight and prohibition ongrowing of trees, dredgingof drains, digging of ground,filling of earth and construc-tion of buildings that candamage the road areas)

- drawing the plans forconstruction of the high-ways meeting set standards,and

- systematically main-taining the roads for theirdurability.

Thus, ManagementCommittee of Ministry ofConstruction founded Roadand Bridge Security and Dis-cipline Enforcement Team,according to (Meeting 3/2009), in order to reducedamages to roads andbridges before the end oflifespan. Since 2 March of2009, the team first informeddrivers of timber loaded ve-

hicles and timber compa-nies in east and west parts ofBago mountain ranges aboutlaws, punishment and rulesto be abided by issuing pam-phlets and notices. Further-more, the team set weight(vehicle & load) that is ap-propriate to withstandingpower of the road. Further-more, platform scales areused on the road and severepunishment is imposedonoverloaded vehicles.

Roads are constructedwith different purposes, forexample strategic road formilitary purpose, forestroads for production of tim-ber, factory roads for manu-facturing plants, roads fordevelopment of regions, andhighways.

The Ministry of Con-struction is responsible forconstruction and mainte-nance of highways whichare daily used by the publicand thus vital for develop-ment of socio-economic sec-tor of the State. Roads aregraded as Main Roads con-necting townships or dis-tricts, Provincial Roads link-ing States and Divisions andUnion Highways con-structed through States andDivisions. Furthermore, de-pending upon use, they arecalled as Strategic Highway,Primary Highway, Express-way and so on.

If above-mentionedroads are to be constructedor renovated, it is usuallydone only after analysis ofestimated quantity of vehi-cles to use the road, esti-mated profit from the roadto be constructed, estimatedconstruction cost and calcu-lation of economics of theroads. (It means the cost forconstruction of a road is sucha huge amount that it needsto consider these points.)

Ministry of Construc-

tion first has to completeGeometric Design and RoadStructure Design for roadmodels and then starts con-struction work. Standard ofroad condition and geogra-phy is important for geo-metric design and quality ofground, quality of kinds ofmaterials to be used in con-struction, quantity andweigh of vehicles to use theroad, lifespan of road andpossible increased numberof vehicles over the courseof its lifespan.

Regularly, if a road isconstructed, it must be ingood condition during itsexpected lifespan just withregular maintenance andseasonal maintenance. Theroad cannot be left ne-glected. It needs regularcheck and maintenance forstrength of the road through-out its whole lifespan.Moreover, vehicles to usethe road also play an impor-tant part in strength of theroad to endure to its fulllifespan. (It means the dura-bility of road will be af-fected if vehicles whose axleand load are not accordingto ones when geometric de-sign is first drawn.)

It needs to keep over-loaded vehicles in otherwords vehicles whose axlecan not bear the load fromrunning on roads in order tokeep them in good condi-tion. It is very dangerous todrive overloaded vehicles onthe roads. We often see somevehicles that are overloadedand not in line with standardturn over when we travel onhighways. If there is a roadaccident, vehicle ownerswill suffer from damages ofvehicles and drivers andconductors will also have toface life threat. Furthermore,it also causes damages tothe road and thus results in

short lifespan of the road.Out of different modes

of transportation services,motor road is mainly usedin Myanmar. Thus, themajor factor for decreas-ing and stability of com-modity prices is smoothtransportation and safe ar-rival to the desired destina-tion. For example, if suchfoodstuff as potatoes, gar-lic and cabbage from ShanState, onion, edible oilcrops and pepper fromUpper Myanmar, are to bedispatched to Yangon orrice and marine productsof Yangon and AyeyawadyDivisions are to be trans-ported to Upper Myanmaror Shan State, it need to use3-axle vehicles for 30 tonsload, 6-axle vehicles for 60tons load and by doing so,roads and vehicles will beless damaged, and goodscan be transported to de-sired places, thus in the longrun, there would not be highcommodity prices.

In brief, in a road trans-portation system, road con-struction cost takes up12per cent, maintenance cost,three per cent of the wholetransportation cost and re-maining 85 per cent is ve-hicle operation cost. If aroad is in bad condition,due to such everyday ex-penses ranging from costsof tyres, brakes, engine oiland lubricants of vehiclesto costs for maintenance ofother parts, cost of vehi-cles, and salaries of driversand conductors and thebudget of the State wouldbe spent for a cause. Thus,vehicles running on roadsof Myanmar need to haveappropriate axle in accord-ance with internationalstandard.

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Drugs ads have somebenefit, but risky too

LOS ANGELES, 17 Nov—Direct-to-consumer adver-tising of drugs offers some benefits but also has signifi-cant risks that can be magnified, US researchers said.

“American television viewers see as many as 16 hoursof prescription drug advertisements each year, and thereality is that these ads are not doing a good job of help-ing consumers make better decisions about their health,”lead author Dominick L Frosch of the University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles, said in a statement. “If thepharmaceutical industry isn’t willing to change the adsto make them more useful to consumers, Congressshould consider passing legislation that will regulatethe ads to improve the information provided in order tohelp patients make more informed choices.”

Frosch and his colleagues confirmed there are somebenefits to drug ads, but they are limited and can beimproved. The majority of ads fail to provide enoughinformation to allow consumers to identify clearlywhether the advertised drug is right for them.—Internet

Colombiadetained

troops illegallyCARACAS,17 Nov— A

Venezuelan commandercontends Colombiawrongly detained four ofhis soldiers last weekalong the border separat-ing the South Americannations.

National Guard GenOrlando Mijares says thetroops were navigatingthe Meta River, which ispart of the border, whenColombian soldiers inter-cepted their boat.

Mijares said on Mon-day that rivers on the fron-tier are considered inter-national waters underagreements between Ven-ezuela and Colombia,meaning troops from bothcountries are allowed touse them. Colombia sentthe Venezuelans homeover the weekend, sayingit wanted to ease worsen-ing tensions. There havebeen several shootingsand slayings the past fewweeks along the border.

Internet

Brazil to earmark 58.8 millionUSD to fight malaria

RIO DE JANEIRO, 17 Nov—The Brazilian governmenton Monday announced that it will earmark 100 millionreais (about 58.8 million US dollars) to launch a “rollback malaria” project in the country’s Amazon rainfor-est region in the next five years.

The money will benefit local communities in 47 mu-nicipalities in six states, said Jose Gomes Temporao, thecountry’s health minister, at the project’s inaugurationceremony in Manaus, Amazonas state.

These communities account for 70 percent of some458,000 malaria cases registered in Brazil in 2007, headded.—Internet

Performersdressed as natives

take part in atraditional folkfestival in SanMartin in the

province of Metaon 15 Nov, 2009.

The annualfestival, whichhas at least 270years of history,commemoratesthe native peo-

ple’s struggle forfreedom against

Spanish coloniza-tion.—XINHUA

JUBA, 17 Nov—Five people werekilled and seven wounded, including aminister in the south Sudan regionalgovernment, when a gunbattle eruptedbetween rival ethnic groups, officialssaid on Monday.

Gunmen ambushed the convoy of thesouth’s agriculture and forestry minis-ter Samson Kwaje on Sunday, as hedrove in Lainya county in CentralEquatoria state, some 60 kilometres (40miles) southwest of the regional capitalJuba.

“Five people were kil led andseven wounded, including the minis-ter, who was shot in his right arm,”said Major General Kuol Deim Kuol,spokesman for the southern formerrebel Sudan People’s LiberationArmy (SPLA).

Internet

A map of Sudan showing the north-south boundary and the country’s oil

fields. —INTERNET

LG new products introducedYANGON, 17 Nov—

TMW Enterprise Ltdintroduced new techno-logy of LG Electronicsat Traders Hotel on SulePagoda Road, here, thisevening.

President of LGElectronics Mr WoodyNam extended greet-ings, and ManagingDirector of TMWEnterprise Ltd, the sole

agent of the country, UWai Lwin spoke words ofthanks.

Responsible per-sons of TMW EnterpriseLtd explained latestproducts on latestmodels of washingmachine, healthy coolmodel and art coolmodel air-conditioners,LCD TV, Plasma TV andLED TV with modern

technology by applyingenergy savingtechnology andBoletooth technology,and Managing DirectorMr Howard Lee gaveconcluding remarks.

Also present on theoccasion were sale agentsof TMW Enterprise Ltdand journalists.

The LB brand highquality electronicproducts are available atLG electronic mobileshop at 123 on SulePagoda Road, the GLshowroom at 56 A/B onKaba Aye Pagoda Road,TMW Tower at 352 atthe corner of 30th and82nd streets in EastAungnan Yeik ofChanayethazan Town-ship in Mandalay and126 on Bogyoke AungSan Street in MyomaWard of Taunggyi andLG sale centres in othertownships.

MNA

President Mr Woody Nam extends greetings at new tech introductionceremony of LG Electronics.—MNA

Washing machines, air conditioners, LCDTVs, Plasama TVs, and LED TVs on display atnew tech introduction ceremony of LG Elec-

tronics.—MNA

Five dead, Minister wounded in south Sundan unrest

This photo taken on 14 Oct, 2009 shows fishermen pulling a net full of jelly-fish out of the ocean off the coast of Kokonogi, Japan. Once considered a

rarity occurring every 40 years, jellyfish swarms are now an almost annualoccurrence along several thousand kilometers (miles) of Japanese coast, andfar beyond Japan, decimating local fishing industries from the Japan Sea to

the Black Sea.—INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV ORIENTAL ELF VOY NO (002 )Consignees of cargo carried on MV ORIENTAL

ELF VOY NO (002 ) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 18.11.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR:SONGWON PCS CO., LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

INVITATIONThe Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia invites all qualifiedcompanies to submit their best proposal for the human resourcesmanagement services for non-clerical employees (technicians,watchmen, gardeners, cleaning services, and drivers) at theIndonesian Embassy Office and send it to the Embassy of theRepublic of Indonesia.

For further information, please contact the Committee of EmployeeRequirement (Gopokson, Firman, and Djumara) at IndonesianEmbassy Office (telp. nos.: 01-254465, 254469 or facs.no.:01- 254468).

Interested companies may come to the Embassy during officehours (09.00 am - 04.00 pm) from 18 to 24 November 2009.The proposals are to be submitted by 27 November 2009. Late bidswill not be accepted.

Yangon, 17 November 2009

Nine killed, 64injured in road

accident inBangladesh

DHAKA, 17 Nov—Ninepeople, including a six-month-old baby boy, werekilled and more than 60others were injured onMonday afternoon as twobuses collided in a fatalaccident on Bangladesh’sTangail-Dhaka highwayin Mirzapur sub-district,some 90 km northwest ofcapital Dhaka.

Police were quoted byprivate news agency UNBas saying that a Dhaka-bound bus collided withanother bus coming fromthe opposite direction atabout 03:30 pm, leavingfive people dead on thespot and injuring 64 oth-ers.

Xinhua

“Electro Tech2009” expo to

be held in NepalKATHMANDU, 17 Nov—

Nepal Electrical Associa-tion is geared up for thefifth international electri-cal-electronic products’exhibition and sympo-sium “Electro Tech 2009”which will be held from 1to 5 Dec, local mediareported on Tuesday.

According to localnewspaper The Him-alayan Times, the exhibi-tion and symposium istargeted at making peopleaware of electronic itemsavailable in the worldmarket as well as the im-portance of electronic us-age while conserving en-ergy methods.

Xinhua

Japanese engineerkidnapped by Yemen

tribesmenSAN’A, 17 Nov—Armed tribesmen have

kidnapped a Japanese engineer workingin Yemen and demanded the governmentrelease one of their imprisoned tribe mem-bers, the Japanese Embassy and a Yemenisecurity official said on Monday.

Kohei Akiyama, the Embassy’s firstsecretary, did not release the name of thekidnapped man or the private companyhe works for in Yemen. He said on Mon-day evening that the kidnapping tookplace more than a day earlier.

“Local tribesmen kidnapped the Japa-nese guy,” Akiyama told The AssociatedPress by telephone from the capitalSan’a. “The Japanese Embassy has con-tacted the Yemeni authorities, who arecarrying out some negotiations” with thekidnappers.

A Yemeni security official said the en-gineer was working on the constructionof a school in an area about 12 miles (20kilometers) northeast of San’a.

Internet

Death toll in El Salva-dor storms rises to 194SAN SALVADOR, 17 Nov—The death

toll in El Salvador from the rains andflooding caused by Hurricane Ida hasreached 194, said an official report re-leased on Monday.

Apart from the confirmed deaths, 80others remained missing, and thenumber of homeless had risen to 15,090,according to the country’s National Sys-tem of Civil Protection.

About 223 houses were destroyedand another 239 were damaged, the re-port said. Moreover, about 103 schoolswere damaged and three health centerswere destroyed, it said.

The storms had destroyed or seri-ously damaged 34 bridges and seri-ously affected 93 highways, 50 ofwhich had been repaired, it added.

Many nations as well as internationaland regional groups, including Cuba,Guatemala, Japan, Nicaragua, Mexico,the United States, Spain and Venezuelaas well as the United Nations have of-fered humanitarian aid to the country.

Xinhua

Camels are seen taking a sunset walk along the beach at Jumeirah BeachResidences in Dubai, on 14 Nov, 2009. Dubai’s ruler assured investors earlierthis week it will have the support of its wealthier neighbour Abu Dhabi as it

meets its financial obligations and said the emirate’s future ambitions remainundeterred.—INTERNET

A Russian mancarrying a redumbrella walksdown a snowysidewalk in St

Petersburgduring thecity’s first

major snowfall.Russians are

gearing up forthe long winter

ahead.INTERNET

S Korea decides to cutgreenhouse gas emissions by

4% from 2005 levelSEOUL, 17 Nov—South Korea will cut its

greenhouse gas emissions by 4 percent from its 2005level by 2020, the country’s presidential office CheongWa Dae said on Tuesday.

It would be equivalent to 30 percent of the proposedBusiness-as-usual (BAU) guideline.

The decision was made at a weekly Cabinet meetingchaired by President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday. Thegovernment has weighed three options on gas emissionscut target. Besides the 4-percent plan, the other twowas an 8 percent increase of the 2005 level or the sameamount as the emission in the cited year.

The business circle has been arguing that the 4-percent target, the most radical option among the three,is too severe for them to meet, worrying over the heavycost expected.

Xinhua

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France reports 11 moredeaths from A/H1N1 fluPARIS, 17 Nov— French health authorities an-

nounced Monday 11 more deaths from A/H1N1 fluon the mainland since 10 Nov.

The new victims include seven men and fourwomen, the French Institute for Public Health Sur-veillance (In VS) said in a statement.

“In total, 43 deaths are attributed to A/H1N1 on theFrench mainland since the beginning of the epidemicin 2009,” the statement said. Among the casualties werefive children aged three months to one year. Another27 deaths occurred in French overseas territories. Mean-while, a primary school in southwestern France’sCharente-Maritime department was closed due to sus-pected cases of A/H1N1 flu in four classes. A kinder-garten and a primary school in Gers department, alsoin southwest France, were closed after children camedown with flu symptoms.—Xinhua

Death toll of A/H1N1 flurises to 73 in Turkey

ANKARA, 17 Nov— Turkey has seen 13 more deathscaused by the A/H1N1 flu, bringing the death toll ofthe deadly disease to 73 in the country, said an offi-cial statement on Monday.The statement issued byTurkey’s Health Ministry said that altogether 249 peo-ple infected with the flu were under treatment in hos-pitals and 56 of them were in intensive care units.

Turkey has witnessed a fast rise of A/H1N1 fludeaths during the past few weeks, with the first A/H1N1 flu case reported on 15 May. The first deathcase was a 28-year-old male hospital janitor in An-kara, who died on 24 Oct. On Monday, Turkeylaunched A/H1N1 flu vaccination for children be-tween the ages of 6 months and 5 years as well aspeople suffering from chronic illnesses.

Vaccinations are being given free of charge at lo-cal health clinics and family health centers, accord-ing to the Health Ministry.—Xinhua

Tunisia confirms first twodeaths of A/H1N1 flu

TUNIS, 17 Nov— Tunisia confirmed the death oftwo men with influenza A/H1N1, the first death casesin the north African country, government-run TVchannel reported on Monday. “We recorded the firstdeaths with the virus in the country. The two deadmen infected with A/H1N1 suffered from seriousdiseases and the virus had worsened their healthproblems,” Tunisia 7 channel quoted MonjiHamrouni, general director of basic health care cen-tre, as saying.

Hamrouni did not give more details on the twovictims, while local weekly Essabeh Elousboui re-ported that a man about 40 years old from the coun-try’s capital suffering from heart problems was re-ported dead of A/H1N1 flu on Sunday.—Xinhua

Cell phone use may be walking safety risk

Diet may define healthyskin colour

Benefit of annual mammographs questionedCHAMPAIGN, 17 Nov—

A University of Illinoisstudy of pedestrian safetyhas found using a cellphone while walking canendanger one’s health.

The study involvedpeople crossing a virtualstreet while either talkingon the phone or listeningto music. The scientistssaid they discovered mu-sic-listeners were able tonavigate traffic as well asthe average unencum-bered pedestrian. But us-ers of hands-free cell

phones, however, tooklonger to cross the samestreet under the same con-ditions and were morelikely to get run over by avehicle.

“Many people assumethat walking is so auto-matic that really nothingwill get in the way,” saidpsychology Professor Art

Kramer, who led the re-search with ProfessorJason McCarley andpostdoctoral researcherMark Neider. “But actu-ally walking in environ-ments that have lots of ob-stacles is perhaps not asautomatic as one mightthink.”

Internet

Cooling towers aredemolished in an attempt

to save energy andreduce emissions, at a

power plant in Xinxiang,Henan province,on 28 Oct, 2009.

Binding internationaltreaty to limit green-

house gas emissions willslip to mid-2010 or

beyond and a summit inCopenhagen next month

will fall short of itsambitions, the UN said.

INTERNET

The San AntonioSilver Stars’ HelenDarling undergoes

a mammogramas part of an aware-ness-raising event in

San Antonio,Texas. US health

authorities have issuedguidelines questioningthe benefit of annual

screening for breast cancer

in womenaged 40-49.

INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 17 Nov—US health authoritieshave issued guidelinesquestioning the benefitof annual screening forbreast cancer in womenaged 40-49 and recom-mended only biennialmammograms for womenover 50.

In an update of its 2002recommendations, the USPreventive Service TaskForce (USPSTF) said “thedecision to start regular,biennial screening mam-mography before the age

of 50 years should be anindividual one.”

After examining datafrom 600,830 womenwho underwent routinemammographs between2000 and 2005, theUSPSTF concluded thatthere was “moderate evi-dence that the net benefitis small for women aged40 to 49.”

The study said screen-ing for breast cancer inthe 40-49 age group canoften lead tomisdiagnosis and unnec-

essary surgery, or can failto detect the cancer alto-gether.

In an earlier survey, theUSPSTF said that in 10percent to 20 percent ofwomen diagnosed withbreast cancer the tumorswere not detected bymammography.

In another 10-20 per-cent of women, the taskforce added, growthswere misdiagnosed asmalignant, or cancerous,when they were benign.

Internet

Vitamin D deficiencylinked with cardiovascular

disease, deathLOS ANGELES, 17 Nov— People with inadequate lev-

els of vitamin D may face greater risk of stroke, heartdisease, and death, even though they’ve never had heartdisease, a new study suggests.

Researchers at the Heart Institute at IntermountainMedical Center in Salt Lake City presented their find-ings to the American Heart Association’s ScientificConference which opened on Monday in Orlando,Florida. The more-than-one-year study involved27,686 patients who were 50 years of age or older withno prior history of cardiovascular disease. The par-ticipants had their blood Vitamin D levels tested dur-ing routine clinical care. The patients were dividedinto three groups based on their Vitamin D levels —normal (over 30 nanograms per milliliter), low (15-30ng/ml), or very low (less than 15 ng/ml).

The patients were then followed to see if they de-veloped some form of heart disease.—Internet

ST ANDREWS, 17 Nov—Diet may be crucial to thelook of healthy skin, re-searchers in Scotland andEngland said.

Fifty-four study partici-pants at St Andrews inScotland were asked touse specialized computersoftware to manipulateskin tone and brightnessto make both male andfemale Caucasian facesappear as healthy aspossible.

The study, published inInternational Journal ofPrimatology, found thestudy participants madeskin lighter and more yel-

low to appear most healthy.The researchers link

lighter and more yellowskin colour to the “carote-noid pigments” found infruit and vegetables.

“What we eat and notjust how much we eat ap-pears to be important fora healthy appearance,”study researcher DavidPerrett of the Universityof St Andrews in Scotlandsaid in a statement. “Theonly natural way in whichwe can make our skinlighter and more yellow isto eat a more healthy diethigh in fruit and vegeta-bles.”—Xinhua

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S P O R T S

Nadal, Verdasco to lead Spainfor Davis Cup final

MADRID, 17 Nov—World No 2 Rafael Nadal andNo 8 Fernando Verdasco will lead the Spainish sidefor next month’s Davis Cup final against the CzechRepublic, said captain Albert Costa on Monday.

Costa also called up David Ferrer and FelicianoLopez in the four-man team for the 4-6 Dec tie onclay surface in Barcelona.

Nadal has not played for his country since the firstround tie to Serbia in March. The injured clay-courtking missed both the quarterfinal against Germany inJuly and September’s semifinal clash against Israel.

Verdasco, who has returned to clinch a place at theseason-ending ATP World Tour Finals at the end ofthis month, was also sidelined for the Israel tie.

A victory of the final will mark the fourth DavisCup trophy for Spain in ten years.

S Africa seekscoring-sickness

cure againstJamaica

JOHANNESBURG, 17Nov—World Cup hostsSouth Africa get anotherchance on Tuesday againstJamaica in Bloemfonteinto cure the scoring sick-ness that has infected theteam. A goalless draw withJapan two days ago in PortElizabeth meant BafanaBafana (The Boys) havescored just once in the lastsix internationals, and thatcame against African foot-ball flyweights Madagas-car.

South African sup-por-ters had high hopes againstJapan with 1994 BrazilWorld Cup-winning coachCarlos Alberto Parreirastarting a second spell incharge of the first Africancountry to host the tourna-ment. ControversialBlackburn striker BenniMcCarthy was also backafter a indiscipline-in-duced eight-month exile,but ‘rust’ accumulatedfrom sitting on the benchin the English Premiershipwas all too apparent.

Internet

Beckham left off MLSall-star team

David Beckham, pic-tured, has been left offthe Los Angeles Gal-

axy’s all-star squad fortheir match against

Real Salt Lake in theforthcoming 2009 MLS

Cup game in Seattle.INTERNET

European giants face nervy World Cup trials

French forward Andre-Pierre Gignac(left) during his squad’s first leg of theWorld Cup 2010 play-off football matchagainst the Republic of Ireland on 14November. Three years ago Francebeat Portugal in the World Cup semi-final but both teams are now flaggingas they drag narrow leads into theirplay-off second leg clashes.—INTERNET

Ronaldo resumes training,may play against Zurich

Real Madrid’s Portu-guese forward Cristiano

Ronaldo warms up ashe takes part in his first

training session afterrecovering from an

ankle sprain in Madrid.Ronaldo resumed

training on Monday,several weeks aftersuffering an ankle

injury, and may be fit toplay against FC Zurich

in the ChampionsLeague next week.

INTERNET

Sudan on high alert forcrunch Algeria-Egypt tie

KHARTOUM, 17 Nov—Sudanese police were on highalert on Monday as Algerian and Egyptian fans beganarriving for this week’s crunch World Cup qualifica-tion play-off amid mounting fears of trouble.

Despite a demand from Egypt for additional pro-tection for its nationals and interests in Algeria, EgyptAir’s Algiers offices were again ransacked by fans stillangry over stonethrowing in Cairo last week that leftthree Algerian players injured.

“We have put all our security forces on their high-est level of alert,” Khartoum state governorAbderrahman al-Khidr told reporters in the Sudanesecapital, adding that a total of 15,000 police would beon duty for Wednesday’s game and ready to respondto any incident.

Khidr said that only 35,000 spectators would be al-lowed into the 41,000 capacity stadium in Khartoum’stwin city of Omdurman to allow for segregation ofthe rival fans.

Algeria and Egypt each have an allocation of 9,000tickets for their travelling fans.

“We are expecting 48 planes from Algeria and 18from Egypt,” Khidr said, adding that 2,000 fans werealso travelling by road from neighbouring Egypt forthe game.

The Khartoum governor said travelling fans neededto be aware of a shortage of hotel capacity in the Su-danese capital.

“For those who arrive on match day, the two sets offans will be assigned separate areas to sleep in,” wheregiant screens will also be set up to allow those with-out tickets to see the game.—Internet

Germany trains for first timesince Enke suicide

BERLIN, 17 Nov—Germany’s football team trainedon Monday for the first time since the suicide of goal-keeper Robert Enke, with coach Joachim Loew say-ing the players were doing their best to return to nor-mality. “I think that after yesterday’s memorial serv-ice, which was very important for us all to attend ...we must now try to get back into a normal rhythm, tolook ahead,” Loew told reporters.

Enke, who was suffering from depression for manyyears, threw himself under a train last Tuesday, leavingthe world of German football in a state of shock. He was32. The national team took part in a memorial serviceattended by around 35,000 fans at Enke’s home groundin Hanover before he was buried at a nearby cemeterynext to his two-year-old daughter, who died in 2006.

Germany cancelled a friendly against Chile on Sat-urday out of respect for Enke. On Wednesday the teamfaces Ivory Coast in a friendly at Gelsenkirchen.

“The next one or two days will of course be impor-tant for me as coach in order to observe the playersand talk to them to see who is capable and who hasthe strength to perform well on Wednesday,” Loewsaid.—Internet

Germany’s football teamhead coach JoachimLoew (centre) gives in-structions to the teamduring a training sessionin Duesseldorf, westernGermany. Germany’s na-tional team has trainedfor the first time since thesuicide of goalkeeperRobert Enke, with coachJoachim Loew saying theplayers are doing theirbest to return to nor-

mality.—INTERNET

PARIS, 17 Nov—Three years agoFrance beat Portugal in the World Cupsemi-final - on Wednesday both couldfail to even reach the 2010 finals as theytake narrow leads into their play-off sec-ond leg clashes.

France, champions in 1998, hold a1-0 lead over the Republic of Irelandwhile Portugal hold the same advantageover Bosnia Hercegovina though theFrench unlike the Portuguese have theadded advantage of it being an awaygoal. The other two play-offs see Euro2008 semi-finalists Russia also lookinga bit shaky as they take a 2-1 lead toSlovenia while Ukraine - who made the2006 finals - have everything to play forwhen they host Euro 2004 championsGreece in Donetsk as they are tied at 0-0. Related article: No room for panic,says Russia’s Hiddink.

The French-Irish clash looks likely tobe a high octane affair after the angryexchanges between rival players at theend of the match in Dublin on Saturdayprovoked by derogatory remarks by RealMadrid midfielder Lassana Diarra. Re-lated article: France eye World Cupslot.—Internet

LOS ANGELES, 17Nov—David Beckhammay have led the Los An-geles Galaxy to the MLSchampionship game buthe has been left off theleague’s all-star squad.

While Galaxymidfielder Landon Dono-van and Swedish starFreddie Ljunberg madethe squad there was noroom for Beckham.

Beckham’s Galaxy willface Real Salt Lake in the2009 MLS Cup game inSeattle on Sunday.

Donovan and Ljunbergwere two of the fivemidfielders on the 11-manall-star team which alsocomprised one goal-keeper, three defendersand two forwards.

Chivas USA’s ZachThornton was picked as agoalkeeper while the de-

fence featured ColumbusCrew centre back ChadMarshall, Houston Dyna-mo’s Geoff Cameron andthe Chicago Fire’sWilman Conde.

Internet

MADRID, 17 Nov—RealMadrid star CristianoRonaldo resumed trainingon Monday, several

weeks after suffering anankle injury, and may befit to play against FC Zu-rich in the ChampionsLeague next week.

The world’s most ex-pensive player has said hehopes to play against Rac-ing Santander in theleague this weekend.

But Real does not wantto risk him so soon, andhe is expected to take thefield again on November25 against Zurich, beforeplaying in the “clasico”match at Barcelona fourdays later, the club said.

The Portuguese wingerwas among a dozen or soplayers training on Mon-day, the others being ab-sent due to internationalcommitments.

Ronaldo injured hisright ankle in Real’s 3-0Champions League vic-tory over Marseille at theend of September and ag-gravated the problemwhile playing for Portugalon 10 October.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have been

isolated in Kachin, Shan, Rakhine States, Mandalay and

Taninthayi Divisions and weather has been partly cloudly in the

remaining areas. Night temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) above

November average temperatures in Kachin, Shan, Rakhine States,

Upper Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Divisions and about

November average temperatures in the remaining areas. The

significant night temperature was Haka (6°C). The noteworthy

amounts of rainfall recorded were Monghsat, Kyauktaw and

Kawthoung (0.24) inch each and Tadar U (0.20) inch.

Maximum temperature on 16-11-2009 was 96°F. Minimum

temperature on 17-11-2009 was 69°F. Relative humidity at (09:30)

hours MST on 17 -11-2009 was 79%. Total sun shine hours on 16-

11-2009 was (6.1) hours approx.

Rainfall on 17-11-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye

and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (111.06)

inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inches at Kaba-Aye and (129.41)

inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-

Aye) was (7) mph from Southeast at (16:30) hours MST on

16-11-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is generally fair in the North Bay

and partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and elsewhere in the Bay

of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 18th November 2009: Light

rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated in Kachin, Chin

States, Upper Sagaing, Mandalay and Taninthayi Divisions and

weather will be generally fair in the remaining areas. Degree of

certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of continuation

of isolated light rain in the Nothern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for18-11-2009: Generally fair.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for18-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for18-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

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LONDON, 17 Nov—Liverpool skipper StevenGerrard expects to be fitto face Manchester Citythis weekend aftershaking off his groinproblem.

Gerrard missedEngland’s friendly withBrazil as he continued hisrecovery from the nigglinginjury.

Gerrard ready for City clash

Steven Gerrard

The midfielder, who came off the bench last timeout against Birmingham, has used the internationalbreak to step up his rehabilitation from the problemand believes he is over the worst.

“I felt very tired after the (Birmingham)game as I wasn’t really ready to return,” said Gerrard.“I’d done very little training in the three weeksbeforehand.

“It took me two or three days to recover from thatgame but I have spent the past week doingstrengthening work. “I’m feeling a lot better now. I’mlooking forward to the weekend. There’s no mentalhurdle to cross.

“I’ve had a problem in my groin that has taken awhile to get over but I’m just relieved the secondinjection seems to have done the trick.

Internet

The China Literal Museum is officially openedin Anyang City of Henan Province, north China,

16 Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

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2nd Waxing of Nadaw 1371 ME Wednesday, 18 November, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

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

troubles

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

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Ngachin Dam contributing lush and green of Pakokku DistrictArticle & Photos: Khin Maung Than (Sethmu)

The Government isimplementing small- andmedium-scale damprojects spending theleast expenditure to greenthe dry and hot regionsand supply irrigationwater to the farmlands.In so doing, Ngachin

Dam was built on NgachinCreek, 1.5 miles north-west of Ngachin Village,Seikpyu Township,Pakokku District ofMagway Division.

The dam was builtwith the aim of storing1,160 acre feet of water,

irrigating 250 acres offarmlands in SeikpyuTownship and contribut-ing to lush and green ofPakokku District.

We, the news crew ofKyemon Daily, leftTaungdwingyi by Nay PyiTaw-Bagan train. While

in Taungdwingyi, we to-gether with Deputy StaffOfficer U Ye Htut of theoffice of Assistant Direc-tor for Construction (3) ofIrrigation Departmentmade a trip to NgachinDam.

The Deputy Staff Of-

ficer explained, “NgachinDam is constructed onNgachin Creek, 1.5 milesnorthwest of Ngachin Vil-lage, Seikpyu Township,Pakokku District. A totalof 970 acre feet of waterflows into the dam annu-ally. The embankment is

1980 feet long and 43 feethigh with 300 feet longdyke”.

Moreover, a total of71 small dams and lakesare maintained for ensur-ing local rice sufficiencyand regional greeningtask. The Irrigation De-partment built 47 damsand the local authorities,24 facilities that benefit8,628 acres of farmlands.The department has sofar implemented 37 irri-gation projects out of 47and they irrigate 5,712acres of farmlands.

According to the sta-tistics in 2008, SeikpyuTownship has 13 irriga-tion facilities includingNgachin Dam.

As such, the depart-ments concerned and lo-cal people are to main-tain Ngachin Dam in ad-dition to the dams andreservoirs for ensuringlocal food sufficiency andthe lush and green of theregion.

Translation: TTAWater control tower of Ngachin Dam in Seikpyu Township of Pakokku District.

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The New Light of Myanmar 18-11-2009