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Fullmoon Day of Tazaungmon 1368 ME Saturday, 4 November, 2006Volume XIV, Number 122

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

NAY PYI TAW, 3

Nov — Chairman of the

State Peace and Devel-

opment Council Com-

mander-in-Chief of De-

fence Services Senior

General Than Shwe wel-

comed back Prime Min-

ister General Soe Win

and party at Nay Pyi Taw

Airport at 4:20 pm to-

day on their return from

the Commemorative

Summit Marking the

15th Anniversary of

ASEAN-China Dia-

logue Relations and the

Senior General Than Shwewelcomes back Prime MinisterGeneral Soe Win on his return

from ASEAN SummitsThird ASEAN-China

Economic and Invest-

ment Summit held in

Nanning, the People’s

Republic of China.

Also present at the

airport were Vice-Chair-

man of the State Peace

and Development Coun-

cil Deputy Commander-

in-Chief of Defence

Services Commander-

in-Chief (Army) Vice-

Senior General Maung

Aye, members of the

SPDC General Thura

Shwe Mann, Lt-Gen Ye

Myint, Lt-Gen Kyaw

Win, Lt-Gen Khin

Maung Than, Lt-Gen

Maung Bo and Lt-Gen

Aung Htwe of the Min-

istry of Defence, Com-

mander-in-Chief (Navy)

Vice-Admiral Soe

Thein, Commander-in-

Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat

Hein, Maj-Gen Myint

Hlaing and Maj-Gen Ye

Myint of the Ministry of

Defence, Commander of

Nay Pyi Taw Command

Brig-Gen Wai Lwin,

Minister for Transport

Maj-Gen Thein Swe, de-

partmental heads and of-

ficials.

Members of the

Myanmar delegation —

Minister for Foreign Af-

fairs U Nyan Win, Min-

ister for Industry-2 Maj-

Gen Saw Lwin, Minis-

ter for National Plan-

ning and Economic De-

velopment U Soe Tha,

Minister for Commerce

Brig-Gen Tin Naing

Thein, Minister for En-

ergy Brig-Gen Lun Thi,

Minister for Rail Trans-

portation Maj-Gen

Aung Min, Minister for

Electric Power No 1 Col

Zaw Min and depart-

mental officials — also

arrived back on the

same flight.

Senior General Than Shwe welcomes back Prime Minister General Soe Win on arrival at Nay Pyi Taw Airport. — NLM

Senior General Than Shwe welcomes back Prime Minister GeneralSoe Win on arrival at Nay Pyi Taw Airport. — NLM

MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 4 November, 2006

Saturday, 4 November, 2006

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

People’s Desire

During the month of Tazaungmon, thewhole ground is usually free from rain waterand mud, but it is covered with lush greenvegetation for the reason that the rainy sea-son has just been over. And the whole sky isclear and cloudless.

In the Fullmoon Day of Tazaungmon,the sky is more pleasant than in the fullmoonday of any other month because all the starsappear at the night together with the thirdlunar mansion, constellation Perseus, theconstellation Auriga in addition to thefullmoon.

King Ajatasat of Rajagaha, under thearrangements of physician Jivaka, paid avisit to the Lord Buddha, who was at thetime residing in the mango grove of Jivaka,in the evening on Fullmoon Day ofTazaungmon and requested Him for an ap-propriate sermon. In response to his re-quest, the Lord Buddha expounded SamaññaPhala Sutta that reflects the benefits of at-taining monkhood.

Since he heard the Samañña PhalaSutta, the king had taken refuge in the ThreeGems. With reference to the expounding ofthe Samañña Phala Sutta, Fullmoon Day ofTazaungmon was designated as SamaññaPhala Day.

Buddhists have held Kathina robe-of-fering ceremonies since the Buddha ex-pounded the sermon on the benefits of offer-ing Kathina robes in the month ofTazaungmon. Due to the Kathina robe-of-fering ceremonies, members of the Sanghawho receive the donations can enjoy fivekinds of benefit and the donors can enjoy thebenefits of their donation.

Therefore, Buddhists can enjoy goodresults in this life and next existence byhearing the Samañña Phala Sutta, offeringKathina robes to members of the Sanghaand practising meditation on Fullmoon Dayof Tazaungmon.

Hear Samañña Phala Suttaon Fullmoon Day ofTazaungmon

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win inspects maintenance of road sections,regional development tasks in Shan State (North)

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Nov — Member of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Kyaw Win,accompanied by Chairman of Shan State (North) PDCCommander of North-East Command Brig-Gen AungThan Htut and officials, inspected agricultural tasksalong Kutkai-Muse section of Lashio-Hsenwi-Kutkai-Muse Union Highway on 30 October.

At the mile post 236/2 on Kutkai-Muse section,Lt-Gen Kyaw Win heard reports on extension of theroad and maintenance of the retaining walls beingcarried out by Asia World Co presented by engineer USan Naing. The commander gave a supplementaryreport.

In Namphatka, they met with Tatmadawmenand family members of the local station, and presentedgifts to them.

At the site of Shweli Hydel Power Project,Assistant Director U Nay Lin reported to Lt-GenKyaw Win on implementation of the hydel powerprojects. Next, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win presented fruit

baskets to Chinese and Myanmar engineers.Shweli Hydel Power Project site is located near

Mantat Village, 17 miles from Namhkam.At Mantat station, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win instructed

Tatmadawmen to cooperate with local people in theregional development and extend livestock breeding.

He inspected the site for construction of BasicEducation High School near Mantat Village and at-tended to the needs.

At the site of Shweli Bridge (Namhkam) con-struction project, Superintending Engineer U Win Kyisubmitted reports on progress of the construction tasks.

They viewed harvesting of Hsinshweli monsoonpaddy by combine harvester and ploughing of farm-land by power-tiller in Aungmyitta Village of NamhkamTownship. Local authorities reported on cultivationmatters.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and party inspected functionsof Immigration and National Registration Departmentin Muse and gave necessary instructions.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Nov — Secretary-General ofthe Union Solidarity and Development Association UHtay Oo together with the Chairman of MeiktilaDistrict Peace and Development Council, departmen-tal officials and executives met with farmers at KaingVillage-tract in Wundwin Township on 28 Octoberand gave necessary instructions.

Next, the Secretary-General and party viewed

USDA Secretary-General met withfarmers in Wundwin

thriving physic nut plantations at Meiktila Air Base andoversaw completion of offering gold foil to LawkaYannaing Pagoda, sanitation works and sinking of tubewell being carried out by Meiktila Township USDAand wellwishers. In his inspection tour, the Secretary-General and party visited Myaukkaing Aungtha,Hmankyaung and Zaygon monasteries and offeredprovisions to the Sayadaws.—MNA

YANGON, 2 Nov — Legal Affairs Working Groupof Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation organizedan educative talk on legal affairs at the Ministry ofAgriculture & Irrigation on Pyay Road this afternoon.

First, working group leader Daw Ni Ni Win,deputy leader Prof Dr Daw Than Nwe and secretaryDaw Myint Swe gave educative talks.

Later, Dr Daw Than Nwe accepted K 1 millionpresented by Daw Thet Wah, wife of Deputy Ministerfor Agriculture & Irrigation U Ohn Myint.

MNA

MWAF gives educativetalk on legal Affairs

Myanmar Archery Team bags gold medal in 3rdAAGP 2006 and 2nd SEA Archery Championship

YANGON, 3 Nov —The 3rd Asian ArcheryGrand Prix 2006 and the2nd Southeast Asia Ar-chery Championshiphosted by Myanmar con-tinued today, attended by

General Secretary ofMyanmar Olympic Com-mittee Director-Generalof Sports and PhysicalEducation Department UThaung Htaik and offi-cials, member of AsianArchery Council Vice-President of SoutheastAsia Archery FederationDr Khin Shwe (ZayGabar), General Secretaryof Myanmar ArcheryCouncil Assistant Direc-tor U Kyaw Oo and ex-ecutives and guests. Af-ter some final events, theprize presentation cer-emony followed.

Myanmar baggedone gold medal in the

man’s compound teamFITA round event. Ye MinSwe stood second in theman’s compound 90 and70 metres events and third

in the man’s compound50 metres event and se-cured gold medal in theman’s compound 30 me-tres event. — MNA

Gold medallist Ye MinSwe (Myanmar).—NLM

AsianArchery

FederationPresident

MrSanguan

Kosa VintaShakes

hands withgold

medallist LH Heong(Malay-

sia).NLM

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Reese Witherspoonposes with her Oscar

for best actressalongside her husbandRyan Phillippe at the

Vanity Fair Oscarparty at Morton’s in

West Hollywood, Calif,in this 5 March, 2006file photo. The pair

have separated after 7years of marriage,according to their

publicist, Monday, 30Oct, 2006. She won the

Oscar for“Walk the Line”.

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Wrongly convicted Texas man set free after 25 yearsDALLAS, 1 Nov — DNA testing has set a Dallas man free 25 years after his wrongful conviction of rape,

the latest such case that judicial activists say highlights racial bias and other shortcomings in the USjustice system.

LONDON, 1 Nov—Three soldiers were arrested onTuesday on suspicion of manslaughter over the suddendeath of a 22-year-old fellow serviceman in Wiltshirein July, police said.

Private Gavin Williams, serving with the 2ndBattalion Royal Welsh, collapsed and died afterexercising at Lucknow Barracks in Tidworth on 3 July.

Wiltshire Police said the arrested men were beingheld at Salisbury police station.

They are a 32-year-old from the Royal Army MedicalCorps, based at Tidworth, and two 35-year-olds withthe 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh, also based at Tidworth.Five other members of the battalion were arrested onsuspicion of manslaughter in July, and were subsequentlyreleased on police bail.— MNA/Reuters

Three arrested in Britain overfellow soldier’s exercise death

Larry Fuller, 57, aBlack Vietnam Warveteran, walked out ofcourt a free man onTuesday after the legaladvocacy group theInnocence Project took uphis case. He was the 10thwrongfully convictedprisoner to be freed inDallas County based on

DNA testing in the pastfive years.

Fuller was convicted ofaggravated rape in 1981and sentenced to 50 yearsin prison.

“Any time DNAproves a wrongfulconviction, we need tolearn what went wrong soit can be prevented in the

future.When DNA proves 10

wrongful convictions inone county, the need forreform can’t be ignored.”said Maddy deLone, theexecutive director of theInnocence Project.

The Innocence Projectsaid many of these casesinvolved misidentification

Alcohol now Finland’s top killerLONDON, 1 Nov—

Alcohol has become theleading cause of death inFinland for men, and is aclose second for women, astudy says.

Figures for 2005released by the statestatistics agency showedalcohol killed more peopleaged 15 to 64 thancardiovascular disease orcancer.

Almost as many womendied of alcohol-related

causes as breast cancer lastyear.

Alcohol consumption inthe Nordic country hasrisen steadily over the past20 years, correspondentssay. About 2,000 Finnsdied of alcohol-relatedcauses last year — 150more than in previousyears.

Each Finn drank onaverage the equivalent of10.5 litres (22 pints) of purealcohol in 2005.

Alcohol was also foundto be a contributory factorin suicides, andintoxication is involved innearly one in four deathscaused by accidents orviolence, the figuresshowed.

“If the trend continues,we are talking about asignificant matter evenfrom the point of view ofthe economy, becausepeople of working age paythe pensions of the coming

generations, and keep theeconomy competitive”,Ismo Tuominen, a Ministryof Social Affairs andHealth senior official, toldHelsingin Sanomatnewspaper. —Internet

Russia’s PresidentVladimir Putin (R)

greets South KoreanForeign Minister and

new UN SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moonand invites him to the

table of negotiations inMoscow, on 1 Nov,2006.—INTERNET

Tourists stand infront of the famous

Petronas TwinTowers in Kuala

Lumpur, inNovember 2005 filephoto. Malaysia’sstate energy firm

Petronas has said itwill supply China

with liquefied naturalgas for the first timein a landmark deal

worth 25 billiondollars over 25 years.

INTERNET

involving white victims oreyewitnesses and Blacksuspects.

“That was the casehere, Larry Fuller wasBlack and the victim wasWhite,” Eric Ferrero,director of commu-nications at the InnocenceProject, told Reuters.

MNA/Reuters

Chinese Premier urge Guangxi toexpand cooperation with ASEAN

NANNING, 2 Nov — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region in south China to expand cooperation with the Associationof South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), develop economy and improve people’sliving standard. The Premier made the remarks during a recent two-dayinspection tour of Guangxi ahead of the opening of the China-ASEAN Businessand Investment summit, which kicked off here on Tuesday.

During the inspectiontour, Wen visited Liang-mianzhen Co Ltd a namebrand toothpaste producer,Liuzhou Tech MachineryCo Ltd and Wuling MotorsCo Ltd in Liuzhou,Guangxi’s largest in-dustrial city, and held talkswith enterprise officialsand workers. He urgedthese companies to exploredevelopment potential,grasp op-portunities andstep up development ofindustries with uniqueadvantages by taking theregion’s rich naturalresources.

He also visited twovillages and inquired aboutfarmers rice production,revenues, medical care andthe implementation ofseeds and farm toolsubsidies, stressing that theconstruction of newsocialist countryside

should respect farmerswill. The input in ruralareas should be increasedand efforts should focuson developing roads,water, electricity, tele-communications and otherinfrastructure facilities soas to lay a foundation forrural development andimproving farmers life, he

noted. As for the seriousdrought problem comp-lained by villagers, Wencalled on governments atvarious levels to build anirrigation system andimprove water conser-vancy facilities in a bid toupgrade drought-fightingability.

MNA/Xinhua

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A Sanrio employee holds a diamond-encrusted gold Hello Kitty pendant worth over$10,000 at an Isetan department store in Tokyo on 1 Nov, 2006. —INTERNET

A model

walks on

the catwalk

showing a

design by

Thai

designer

Issue

during the

Elle

Fashion

Week 2006

in Bangkok,

Thailand,

on 31 Oct ,

2006.

INTERNET

Models pose withToshiba’s new ‘HD-

XA1’ HD DVD playerin a Tokyo file photofrom 31 March, 2006.

Electronics makerToshiba Corp morethan doubled its net

profit in the fiscal first-half, it said Tuesday,

thanks to strong sales ofdigital products, home

appliances and flat-panel displays.

INTERNET

PHOENIX, 1 Nov —Police have arrested morethan 40 people and brokenup a family-run smugglingring that hauled illegalimmigrants from Mexicoto Arizona for generations,officials said on Monday.

The operation, whichbegan in 2001, broke up aring that smuggled un-documented immigrantsto Bowie, Arizona,southeast of Phoenix, fromAgua Prieta in Mexico,Immigration and CustomsEnforcement said.

Alonzo Pena, ICEspecial agent in chargeof Arizona, said a grandjury handed down anindictment this monthcharging 55 people inconnection with theoperation. Eleven suspectsremained at large.

“This was an ex-tremely significant

smuggling operation andone of the largest of itskind in the state,” Penatold Reuters.

“It was run by a familythat passed on theiractivity from one ge-neration to another, froma father to his two sonsand their wives,” headded. Pena said thosecharged included thealleged ringleader and hiswife, guides who ferried

Police bust large Arizonahuman trafficking ring

Two killed in plantexplosion in US

WASHINGTON, 1 Nov — Two people were killedand a third was injured in an explosion early Tuesdayat a plant in the south-central US state of Arkansas,news report said.

The blast took place at a production area of analuminum recycling plant, but there was no fire orchemical release, the reports said, quoting a spokesmanfor the company, Arkansas Aluminum Alloys.

MNA/Xinhua

people across the desertborder to Arizona,couriers who picked upsmuggling fees sent bywire transfers and drivers.

Pena said the groupsmuggled hundreds ofundocumented immi-grants, including Mexi-cans and Salvadoreans,over the border to Bowieand onto destinationsacross the United States.

MNA/Reuters

Eight die in Latviaafter drinkingbootleg alcohol

RIGA, 1 Nov— Eight people have died in Latvia afterdrinking the same homemade alcohol laced withdisinfectant and furniture polish that put hundreds inhospital in Russia. Latvian police said on Tuesday 69people were in hospital and some were critically ill.

State police spokeswoman Sintija Kajina said firsttest results on the alcohol, consumed in Latvia’s easternregion of Latgale which borders Russia, showed itscontents were similar to those of the dangerous Russianbootleg.

“We can confirm that the alcohol has the samedisinfectant as the alcohol in Russia and we are expectingmore cases of people falling ill in the region becausesymptoms only start to show after some two weeks afterconsumption,” Kajina said.

The Russian region of Pskov, which borders Latvia,declared a state of emergency this month after severalhundred people were taken to hospital and many diedas a result of drinking tainted alcohol.

Last week hospitals in Preili, 200 kilometres fromthe Latvian capital Riga, were flooded with victims ofalcohol poisoning who showed severe symptoms ofhepatitis and liver damage.

The Latvian Health Ministry declared the ruralregion an emergency area and helicopters were broughtin to transport patients to Riga.

MNA/Reuters

Schools take action toaddress obesity

CANBERRA, 1 Nov—Schools in south-east New SouthWales are heeding the warnings that Australia is headingtowards being one of the most overweight nations inthe world.

Principals are taking action in line with a recentAccess Economics report that estimates that just under30 per cent of Australians could be overweight by theyear 2025.

The grim statistics come as no surprise to teacherswho have been watching their students become slowerand heavier each year.

The principal of Cooma’s Monaro High, RayDowney, says he is shocked at the increase in obesity-related illness.

“More and more young people being diagnosedwith diabetes 2 is a bit of a signal,” he said.

But it is not all bad news.—Internet

Guatemala, Venezuela choosePanama for UN seat

UNITED NATIONS, 2Nov—Guatemala andVenezuela agreed tosupport Panama as aconsensus candidate for anon-permanent seat of theUN Security Council,Ecuador’s UN AmbassadorDiego Cordovez anno-unced on Wednesdayevening.

They agreed to give uptheir own bid for the seatand supported Panama as acompromise candidate forthe 35-member Latin

American and Caribbeangroup, said Cordovez, whohosted two rounds of talksbetween GuatemalanForeign Minister GertRosenthal and hisVenezuelan counterpartNicolas Maduro.

Cordovez said the twoministers will present thechoice to a meeting of theLatin American andCaribbean group onThursday for approval.After that, the UN GeneralAssembly must vote.

Guatemala andVenezuela were vying forthe Latin American seat thatArgentina will vacate on31 December. Guatemala,backed by the United States,led Venezuela by about 25votes in all but one of the 47rounds of balloting thatstarted on October 16. ButGuatemala fell short of arequired two-third majorityto secure the seat.

MNA/Xinhua

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Construction continues on the Burj Dubai

skyscraper in Dubai, on 29 Oct 2006. Set to be the

world’s tallest tower on completion in 2008, Burj

Dubai has now clocked up 79 floors. —XINHUA

Japanese artist MitsuoTakeuchi polishes his

stainless steel work‘Transfiguration Wind’

as he makes finalpreparations for the

opening of the Sculptureby the Sea exhibition nearSydney’s Bondi Beach, on31 Oct, 2006. —INTERNET

Photo taken on 31 Oct, 2006 shows the Chinese subway at the site of the fairin Shanghai.—XINHUA

MANILA, 1 Nov—Typhoon Cimaron churn-ed towards centralVietnam on Tuesday afterkilling at least 10 peopleand displacing thousandsin the northern Philippineswith fierce winds andraging waters. Cimaronslammed into Luzon, thePhilippines’ most popu-lated island and its ricebowl, on Sunday night as

BAGHDAD, 1 Nov— Two American soldiers werekilled in Baghdad in two attacks on Monday, the USmilitary said on Tuesday.

A US soldier, assigned to the Multi-NationalDivision-Baghdad, was killed at approximately 5:00pm (1400 GMT) Monday by small arms fire whileconducting combat operation in western Baghdad, theUS military said in a statement.

Thirty minutes later, another soldier was killedwhen an improvised-explosive device struck his vehiclesouth of Baghdad, the military said in a separatestatement. The latest deaths brought to more than 100the number of US soldiers killed in October, the heaviestloss for the military in a single month this year.

MNA/Xinhua

UNITED NATIONS, 1 Nov— UN Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on Mondaycalled for more resourcesfrom member states toimprove recruiting prac-tices and streamline con-tracts so as to attract goodcandidates and keep themwith the organization.

Addressing the FifthCommittee of the GeneralAssembly, Annan said hislatest call for action toimprove staffing condi-tions builds on recom-mendations contained inhis overall reform pack-age, “Investing in the

LONDON, 1 Nov—Prime Minister TonyBlair’s Labour govern-ment faces possibledefeat in Parliament onTuesday over a call foran inquiry into the Iraqwar and its aftermath.

Scottish and Welshnationalist members ofParliament have put for-ward a motion calling fora committee of seven se-nior politicians to re-view the government’shand-ling of the conflict.

Opposition Conser-vatives say they willsupport the motion,

CHENNAI (India), 1Nov— Eighteen people,including 14 women farmlabourers, were killedwhen a passenger train hittheir shared taxi as theytravelled to work insouthern India on Tues-day, officials said.

The crash occurred inTamil Nadu State, near thetemple town of Kanchee-puram, about 60 kilome-tres (35 miles) from thestate capital Chennai, asthe large three-wheeledtaxi, known locally as a“share auto-rickshaw”,crossed the railway line.

MNA/Reuters

Annan calls for reform toretain good UN staff

United Nations”, releasedearlier this year.

While confirming thatthe world body was “on theright track”, he noted theUN still faces importantobstacles, citing recruit-ment practices as “reactiveand slow”. “Change needsto begin with the way werecruit people to serve theorganization, the condi-tions of service we offerthem, and how we developtheir skills ... We aim tospeed up recruitment, withtargeted steps to find thepeople we need rather thanwaiting for them to find

us,” he said. “We need tohave one kind of contractrather than the complexarrangements that prevailat present.Even this seem-ingly modest change willdo much to restore equityand to improve trans-parency, mobility andflexibility,” he said, addingthe proposals in theInvesting in People pack-age built not only onexperience but also ondiscussions with more than5,000 staff worldwide, whohad showed “great support”for the ideas.

MNA/Xinhua

Two US soldiers killedin Baghdad

Blair faces demand for inquiry on Iraqraising the prospect ofan embarrassing defeatfor the government ifenough of Blair’s ownLabour members —many of whom areunhappy about the wholeIraq conflict — decide torebel against him.

Blair’s officialspokesman said agreeingto hold an Iraq inquirywould send the wrongsignal to “an enemy whois looking for any sign ofweakness at all”.

“What matters is thatwe fully support ourtroops, that we do

nothing to underminetheir ability to do theirjob.

“That includes notsending any signal tothose we are fighting thatwe are anything otherthan resolute to see the

job through,” he said.Blair and US Presid-

ent George W Bush arefacing a barrage ofcriticism over Iraq as thedeath toll for their forcesrises.

MNA/Reuters

Eighteenkilled as

Indian trainrams taxi

Ten dead in Philippinesafter typhoon “Cimaron”

a maximum category fivestorm or “super typhoon”,tearing up trees, powerlines and roofs anddestroying houses androads. The typhoon, thesecond to hit the Philip-pines in over a month,weakened as it swept outof the archipelago onMonday and was churn-ing westwards towardsVietnam with winds of

120 kilometres (75 miles)per hour and gusts of up to150 kilometres per hour.

Storm tracker www-tropicalstormrisk.comshowed Cimaron picking upspeed and tipping north-wards en route to Vietnam,bringing stormy weather toHong Kong and the Chineseisland of Hainan on Wed-nesday morning.

MNA/Reuters

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Recently, on my birthday, I paid a visit to thepagoda in the morning. On the platform of the pagoda,I came across a friend of mine who is also a pensioner,the same as me. He said to me, “Oh, what a white shirtyou’re wearing”, adding “Good! You’re also asupporter”. Then, he shook hands with me. I did notknow what he meant. While I was puzzled and stunned,he left the pagoda. So, I did not know what I should puthim a question and I was left in a daze.

Then, my daughter said to me, “Maybe, hethought you are participating in the white expressioncampaign”. I felt angry a lot with him when I knew whathe meant. Throughout successive eras, I had beenserving the interests of my motherland and was tryingto become a good citizen. Now, I am leading a peacefullife by devoting myself in reading and writing, with mypension. My children have come of age and they arerepaying our gratitude. So, I have an opportunity toconcentrate more on reading and writing, to which Icould not pay any attention when I was in service.

I was completely taken aback by the behavioursof my friend who is still silly despite the age of nearly60. That event evoked memories of my youth atuniversity.

At that time, there were no students’ unions,except associations of respective townships, for example,Maubin Association and Pyapon Association that weresocial associations with no political purposes. Having agood taste in reading and writing, I was in no mood to joinsuch social associations. The friend I ran across at thepagoda spent most of his time on the activities of theassociations at university. Sometimes, he came to myroom and persuaded me to attend meetings that were heldunder the name of movements of the student union. Suchan illegal movement could not draw my attention at alland I had never attended the meetings. One day, I wentto his room to borrow some books from him. At that time,I witnessed a clandestine meeting was in progress in hisroom. Then, he introduced so-called leaders of the studentsto me. I did not know when they became the leaders of thestudents and who elected them.

Later one day, I asked him who had elected themas the student leaders. He said he knew he had beenelected as secretary only when a letter was sent to him.He added he did not know when and where he waselected as secretary.

Then, there occurred unrests and disorders manytimes and that cause repeated closure of educationalinstitutions. When I was a resident student at university,it was certain students with long hair who aroused theemotion of other students, saying “Hey, aren’t youbrave enough? Come down the hostels or wear a saronginstead of a longyi!”. They were indeed the studentswho often smoked marijuana and abused heroin byinjection and were like poets. It was unacceptable to methat such so-called student leaders were up in arms tocause outrage of other students. Therefore, I ponderedover that. The students with long hair took a leadingrole acting like student leaders to launch anti-governmentmovement in which the majority of the students did notwant to get involved. Did we have to recognize them asstudent leaders and follow their instructions? Of course,I was not that naive.

My birth does not date back to the colonialperiod. But, I held high esteem in the students in thecolonial days who rose against the colonialists. To myknowledge, they were endowed with many formidablequalities such as education, bravery, morale and finepersonalities. They made sharp decisions and carried

So-called “88” generation students,abysmally-stupid ones

Nay Chiout meaningful activities with fine goals. And they neverhesitated to sacrifice their lives if necessary for anystruggles to regain the independence. The books onpolitics and independence struggles they studied andwrote with the aim of entering into politics are put onrecord as classical works.

During the time when I was at university, many ofthe students indulged themselves in composing poems.They published poem booklets without seekingpermission and distributed them at the rate of one kyatper copy. In that way, they were like politicians or poets.Then, they became under the influence of the opinions ofMao Zedong and Lenin. The students who were underthe influence of Communism began to act as though theywere philosophers. Many hot-blooded students decidedto launch an uprising against the government. Therefore,the ever-peaceful environment of universities waschanged into a place where such students had theopportunity to burst their anger.

In consequence, Myanmar lagged behind indevelopment of the education sector if compared withthat of neighbouring countries. These days, the voices ofthe “88” generation students become louder. Supposing,a so-called “88” generation student was 25 years old in1988, now their ages range from over 40 to 50 years. Atsuch age, they should have been mature enough withhigh reasoning power. And they should have givenpriority to what is appropriate.

“Mother gave birth to me, and the prison feedsme” is the slogan during the colonial era. But we must beaware of the fact that not everyone serving prison term isa patriot. As for today’s students they will jeer at anyonerecounting his long-term prison experience with pride.

Student youths suffer most from the consequencesof national instability perpetrators have created throughvarious means. The so-called ‘88’ generation studentsshould have realized the difference between the past andthe present. During their time, there was no Internet orcomputer, and IT was beyond their knowledge. Youthsare trying so hard to catch up with the ever advancingage. They have no time to spare for some other mattersthan studying computer and Internet. It will be wrong forthe so-called ‘88’ generation students to think that thelives of today’s youths are the same as theirs. Howeverloud the voices are shouting the name “Min Ko Naing”,today’s university students will take no interest in him,instead, they will even ask “Who is Min Ko Naing?” Ata time when youths are busy preparing to meet thechallenges of the age, they will leave anyone out in thecold if they know him as a person recruiting new membersfor the forces of darkness.

The self-imposed student leaders are now talkingbig as if they are national leaders only because theyhave come to realize that they cannot penetrate today’sstudents. I want to ask them “What is a national leader?“Do you know its meaning definitely?” “You presumeyourself leaders because you dared come out to thestreets in the first line during the unrest; because youhad been in prison for a long time; because you arepraising yourself with mean words after you have beenreleased from prison; because you can slander andattack the government at the interviews with radiostations of the West? I am asking the so-called ‘88’generation students these questions as they are foolishlyclaiming themselves as leaders. They are thinkingthemselves so great as they are being flattered by ahandful of persons. Do we have to accept such personsas our national leaders, representing all the country’speople?

I have a bad experience of the 1988 unrest. I hadto make an apologetic request to the so-called studentleaders just to enter my own ward. I felt so bitter forbeing scolded by those so-called student leaders wearingred headbands for my failure to appear at the meetingthey had summoned me to attend. I almost stoppedbreathing when they said angrily “We haven’t cut offanyone’s head yet in the ward! Do we have to do so?”Even the sound of footsteps at night were fearfulenough to awaken me. We were like Jews during theWorld War II.

Later, the Tatmadaw took over the State duties.We were able to earn our living in peace. “If those so-called student leaders seize State power....” I wasthinking with horror during the whole unrest. Factionaldifferences appear due to disagreements among the so-called leaders. People fell victim to the conflicts amongthe so-called leaders crazed with political advantageand power. People were helpless and did not knowwhom they should trust. No so-called leader’s acts wereworthy of winning public trust.

The so-called ‘88’ generation students are nowtrying to forcibly realize their public-governmentconfrontation programme as they wish to see therecurrence of another unrest in Myanmar. They havetimed their campaign in harmony with theannouncements of the radio stations of the West. But alltheir thunders are nothing for us. We even pity those so-called ‘88’ generation students who are trying to play apolitical gambit. Because they are playing their game inaccord with the schedule of the West. At the same time,they tried to mess up the public situation with theircampaign “The White Expression”. But what they willget is the disgust from the people who usually wearwhite clothes in their daily life.

Now they are boasting that they have collectedtens of thousands of public signatures. It seems thatthey imitate a Korean TV series in which the femaleprotagonist tried to collect public signatures for herhusband’s freedom. It is just a political stunt. Andwhen they urged the people to make a wish for themat the pagoda, pilgrims were wavering between visitingthe pagoda and staying away from it as they are afraidof being counted by those so-called students as theparticipants in their prayer campaign.

The aim of the so-called ‘88’ generationstudents is to make a confrontation with thegovernment, while instigating people to come out tothe streets for public demonstrations. If people stagestreet demonstrations they wearing red headbandswith the picture of the fighting peacock will try torule the public with a rod of iron. But the personswho are going to give orders to the people should bethe ones who can exercise and control the powerwell. During the 1988 unrest the nation was spinningout of control till it almost fell into an abyss becauseof the power craze who knew nothing about thepeople, the government, the administration and thesovereignty.

We the people are trying to become good sonsand daughters of the nation while leading a peacefullife. We are not the persons who will become saboteursfor not having the leadership position or duty. Ouronly wish is to serve the national interest as goodfollowers. The persons trying to disturb and destroypeace and development with the discontent at theirfailure to grab the leadership role will be punished byhistory.

(Translation: MS+TMT)

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Lt-Gen Ye Myint visits rice, cotton, physic nutcultivation in Kyaukse, Meiktila districts

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Nov — Member of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint ofthe Ministry of Defence and Chairman of MandalayDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Central Command Maj-Gen Khin Zaw visited rice,physic nut and cotton cultivations in Kyaukse andMeiktila districts on 31 October and gave instructionsto officials.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint went to a 115-acre paddyplantation of quality strains in Myittha Township andmet with local farmers on 31 October.

There are 80 acres of Manawthukha, 20 acres ofShwemyanmar and 15 acres of Shwethweyin speciesin the field.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party went toTaungtaw Village and inspected the thriving physicnut cultivation. He also called on officials for extendedcultivation of the plants in vacant land.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint, accompanied by DeputyCommander Brig-Gen Nay Win, also inspected thephysic nut cultivation of the local battalion in MyitthaTownship. During his inspection tour, Lt-Gen YeMyint and party went to Kinda Dam 21 miles southeast of Kume and inspected the storage of water anddiversion canal of the dam which supply irrigationwater to fields in the region.

Next, they proceeded to Kintar Hydel PowerStation of Hydro-Electric Power Department underthe Ministry of Electric Power-1. At the meeting, anofficial reported on generation of electricity of theKinda Hydel Power Station which came into operationin December 2005.

Kintarlay Diversion Dam is designed to divertwater from Kinda Dam to the catchment areas throughcanals.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party visited

the cotton special cultivation zone in WundwinTownship and urged officials concerned to growquality strains of cotton.

Next, they went to the 100-acre monsoonpaddy cultivation where an official of MyanmaAgricultural Services reported on the pilot cultivationof paddy. Lt-Gen Ye Myint viewed the thriving fieldsand called for meeting the target production rate.

On his tour of Meiktila Township, Lt-Gen YeMyint also inspected the physic nut cultivation ofFlying Training Base and Ground Training Base.

Before his tour of inspection on 31 October,first, Lt-Gen Ye Myint, accompanied by CommanderMaj-Gen Khin Zaw, Mayor of Mandalay Brig-GenPhone Zaw Han and Deputy Commander Brig-GenNay Win, went to Nandaw Special Clinic in Mandalayand attended to the needs for Bawditahtaung Sayadawwho is undergoing treatment at the clinic. — MNA

Shwedagon’s Board ofTrustees complains about

prayers campaignNAY PYI TAW, 3 Nov

— The Board of Trusteesof Shwedagon Pagoda inYangon sent a complainto Dagon TownshipPolice Station recentlyabout a political campaignstaged by ‘88’ GenerationStudents, NLD membersand veteran politicians on29 October under thepretext of a religiousceremony.

An estimated 100people including MyaAye and Jimmy (a) KyawMin Yu of ‘88’ Genera-tion Students”, dressed inwhite, staged a prayerscampaign at ShwedagonPagoda on 29 October.The group gathered atwest-north corner of thepagoda and said prayersloudly. During thecampaign, they wentround the pagoda clock-

wise and lit candles.Their activities

disturbed the pilgrims andwell-wishers. Besides,Thein Nyunt (a) Ko Aye,a member of NLD, fromSouth Dagon Townshipand Yin Yin Myat fromThingangyun respondedto members of the boardof trustees and the securityabusively when they wereinterrogated. Pilgrimsand willwishers worriedabout their aggressive be-haviour. As the group com-prising ‘88’ GenerationStudents, disturbed thewellwishers and incitedunrest, the pagoda boardof trustees sent acomplained to DagonTownship Police Stationto take action against them.

According to therules and regulations of theboard of trustees, those

MMPE holds Kathina robes offering ceremony

YANGON, 3 Nov —Under the auspicious ofMinister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan and

wife Daw Kyi Kyi Win,Kathina robes offeringceremony of MyanmaMotion Picture Enterprisewas held at YandanaBeikman MonasticEducation (post primary)School in Ward 5,Mayangon Township thismorning, attended by

members of the Sanghaled by Sayadaw AggaMaha SaddhamaJotikadaja BhaddantaSandobnasa of themonastery, officials, staffand their families.

Firstly, thosepresent received FivePrecepts from the

Sayadaw. Later, theyoffered Kathina robes andprovisions to the membersof the Sangha and sharedthe merits gained.

After the ceremony,the congregation providedday meal to the Sayadawand members of theSangha. — MNA

Family doctor of Daw Suu Kyi says hefailed to visit her of his own accord

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Nov— Specialist Dr Tin MyoWin, a family doctor ofDaw Suu Kyi, sent a letterto authorities concernedregarding his visits to DawSuu Kyi. In the letter heexplained that he failed tovisit her during the monthsof September and Octoberand he did so of his ownaccord.

Dr Tin Myo Winwas allowed to visit DawSuu Kyi once a month forher checkups. He was also

allowed to visit her intimes of emergency whenshe falls ill.

The doctor had toarrange things at herhouse such as repairs offences and pipes andwater tanks, changingfluorescent tubes andbulbs. The last time hevisited Daw Suu Kyi wns24 August. And he failedto visit her in Septemberand October. He admittedthat he did so of his ownvolition, not by force of

the authorities. In his letterDr Tin Myo Win said thereason he did not visit herwas there were suchoccasions as theanniversary of NLD inSeptember, authorities’calling in five membersof the group of ‘88’generation studentsincluding Min Ko Naingand Ko Ko Gyi forquestioning and launch ofpublic signature collectioncampaigns in October, itis learnt. — MNA

wishing to celebratereligious ceremonies atthe pagoda are to seekprior consent and sentdprogramme of theceremony includingobjectives and names ofpreachers to the board.

MNA

The congregation receive Five Precepts from a Sayadaw at Kathina robes offeringceremony of MMPE. —MNA

A group of people seen using Shwedagon Pagoda platform aspolitical podium on 29 October.

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It is essential and prerequisite that ASEAN…(from page 16)

Also present at thesummit were BruneiDarussalam King SultanHaji Hassanal BolkiahMuizzaddin Waddhaulah,Cambodian Prime Minis-ter Mr Samdech HunSen, Indonesian PresidentDr Susilo BambangYudhoyono, LaotianPrime Minister MrBouasone Bouphavanh,Malaysian Prime Minis-ter Dato’ Seri AbdullahAhmad Badawi, Philip-pines President MadameGloria MacapagalArroyo, SingaporeanPrime Minister Lee HsienLoong, Thai Prime Min-ister retired General

Affairs Department,Deputy Director-GeneralDaw Than Than Htay ofPolitical Department,ministers, deputy minis-ters and senior officers ofASEAN countries andChina, ASEAN Secre-tary-General Mr OngKeng Yong and officials.

Before the sum-mit, Chinese Premier ofthe State Council MrWen Jiabao cordiallygreeted Heads of State/Government of ASEANcountries at InternationalConference Center at2.30 pm.

Next, they posedfor documentary photo.They viewed documen-

delivered an address.After showing a

documentary film on es-tablishment of ASEAN-China dialogue relations,officials made presenta-tion on the documentaryfilm.

Next, China andHeads of State/Govern-ment delivered addresses.First, Chinese PremierMr Wen Jiabao made aspeech. Next, BruneiDarussalam King SultanHaji Hassanal BolkiahMuizzaddin Waddhaulah,Cambodian Prime Minis-ter Mr Samdech HunSen, Indonesian PresidentDr Susilo BambangYudhoyono, Laotian

dress. He said thatASEAN-China dialoguerelations have become avery prominent, growingand healthy phenomenonwithin a relatively shortspan of time. Both of oureconomies are vibrantand have enjoyed broad-based development thatcould help improve sig-nificantly the standard ofliving of our peoples inrecent years. Thesetrends have provided aswith an environmentconducive to furtherstrengthening of our dia-logue relations.

I am very pleasedthat in recent years,ASEAN and China could

Surayud Chulanont, Viet-namese Prime MinisterMr Nguyen Tan Dung,Minister for Foreign Af-fairs U Nyan Win of theUnion of Myanmar, Min-ister for Industry-2 Maj-Gen Saw Lwin, Ministerfor National Planning andEconomic DevelopmentU Soe Tha, Minister forCommerce Brig-Gen TinNaing Thein, Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen LunThi, Minister for RailTransportation Maj-GenAung Min, Minister forElectric Power No 1 ColZaw Min, MyanmarAmbassador U TheinLwin, Director-GeneralCol Kyaw Kyaw Win ofthe State Peace and De-velopment Council Of-fice, Director-General UKyaw Kyaw of ProtocolDepartment under theMinistry of Foreign Af-fairs, Director-General UAung Bwa of ASEAN

tary photos of ASEANcountries and China atthe entrance of the hall.

The Summit com-menced at 2.45 pm. Pre-mier Mr Wen Jiabao de-livered an opening ad-dress. Next, PhilippinePresident Madame GloriaMacapagal Arroyo also

Prime Minister MrBouasone Bouphavanh,and Malaysian PrimeMinister Dato’ SeriAbdullah AhmadBadawi delivered ad-dresses respectively.

Afterwards, PrimeMinister General SoeWin delivered an ad-

set significant milestoneswhich have deepened andbroaden our dialogue re-lations.

One of the positivedevelopments in recentyears is the understand-ing reached by ASEANand China on the Decla-ration on Conduct of Par-

ties in the South ChinaSea which will contrib-ute to peace and stabilityin the region. I wouldalso like to take this op-portunity to reiterate ourfirm stand on the OneChina Policy.

At the time of glo-balization, we shouldunderscore the urgencyof addressing the non-tra-ditional security issuesespecially drug traffick-ing, trafficking of womenand children. The AC-CORD is the best exam-ple in strengthening co-operation in drug mattersbetween ASEAN andChina. That arrangementwould greatly contributeto the realization of DrugFree ASEAN 2015. As amember of ASEAN andas a country seriouslyaddressing this issue,Myanmar would like tocooperate more fullywith China bilaterally orin the context ofASEAN. I also wish to

see the expansion of ourcooperation in other ar-eas of non-traditional se-curity issues.

As much as Chinais trying to narrow thedevelopment gaps be-tween Eastern and West-ern provinces, ASEAN isalso trying to narrow thedevelopment gaps amongits members. It is essen-tial and prerequisite thatASEAN must narrow thedevelopment gaps beforeit could further integrateinto the ASEAN Com-munity.

Another substan-tial achievement inASEAN-China dialoguerelations is the imple-mentation of theASEAN-China FreeTrade Area. After thesigning of the FrameworkAgreement on Compre-hensive Economic Coop-eration between ASEANand China on 4 Novem-ber 2002, we

(See page 9)

Prime Minister General Soe Win shakeshands with Premier Mr Wen Jiabao. — MNA

Prime Minister General Soe Win, Premier of PRC and Heads of State/Government of ASEAN countries pose for adocumentary photo. — MNA

Prime Minister General Soe Win attends joint press conference relating to commemorativesummit marking the 15th anniversary of ASEAN-China dialogue relations. — MNA

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It is essential and prerequisitethat ASEAN…

(from page 8)were able to conclude Agreements on Trade in Goodsand Dispute Settlement Mechanism. I am also heart-ened to learn that negotiations on trade in servicesare making progress.

In promoting trade, investment and tourism,the ASEAN-China Expo set a good example. TheASEAN-China Expo has greatly contributed in thepromotion of Trade and Investment between ASEANand China. The year before when I first visited here,we had aimed to reach trade between ASEAN andChina to US$ 100 billions by 2005. We have nowmuch surpassed this target and I am very encour-aged to note that the trade volume has reached toover 130 billion US dollars.

By taking this opportunity, I wish to under-score that energy is one of the areas that we attachesgreat importance in ASEAN-China cooperation.Without the stable and predictable prices and secu-rity of energy supplies, future sustainability of oureconomies could be at risk. Therefore, it is impor-tant that we need to seriously address the issues ofenergy security and efficient energy management.

In addition to securing the conventional en-ergy supply, we should do more on the development

of alternative and renewable energy resources thatwill in the long-run could supplement or substitutethe rapidly depleting non-renewable energy supplies.

Promoting people to people contacts is one ofthe essential ingredients of our relations. In this re-gard, I wish to reiterate the importance of promotingtourism, youth and cultural exchanges, sport and

ening our cooperation will benefit both sides.Singaporean Prime Minister Mr Lee Hsien

Loong, Thai Prime Minister retired General SurayudChulanont and Vietnamese Prime Minister MrNguyen Tan Dung delivered addresses.

The Summit ended with concluding remarksby the Philippine President and the Chinese Premier.

After the summit, Prime Minister General SoeWin, Heads of State/Government of ASEAN coun-tries and Chinese Premier Mr Wen Jiabao signed thejoint communique at the meeting room ofInterantional Conference Center of the hotel.

Next, the joint press conference was held atthe same venue. Chinese Premier Mr Wen Jiabaoand Philippine President Madame Gloria MacapagalArroyo clarified matters concerning the Commemo-rative Summit Marking the 15th Anniversary ofASEAN-China Dialogue Relations.

After the joint press conference, they plantedtrees to mark successful completion of the summiton the lawns of the guest house No 17.

In the evening, the Chinese Premier and Headsof State/Government of ASEAN countries attendedthe dinner in their honour at Banquet Hal of theInternational Conference Center of Liyuan Hotel.Also present at the dinner were the ministers, thedeputy ministers and senior officers of China andASEAN countries, the ASEAN Secretary-General,officials and guests.

During the dinner, they were entertained withChinese traditional songs.

Next, they watched the concert at the NanningPeople’s Hall. After the concert, the Prime Ministerand party went back to the Guest House No 8 ofLiyuan Hotel.

MNA

intellectual exchanges between ASEAN and China.ASEAN nations and China see eye to eye in

most issues in the area of international affairs. I hopethat China will stand by the issues mostly concernedwith ASEAN nations. We will strengthen coopera-tion for ensuring more consolidated unity of thesenations. Moreover, we thank China for its strong

support for Myanmar issue at the UN Security Coun-cil.

This Summit will not only be a mere com-memorative one celebrating our 15 years of dialoguerelations, but also a historic milestone that will sharpour future direction and add momentum to furtherstrengthen our relations. I do believe that strength-

Prime Minister General Soe Win grows a tree to mark the successful completion of Commemo-rative Summit Marking the 15th Anniversary of ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations. — MNA

Prime Minister General Soe Win, Premier of the People’s Republic of China and Heads ofState/Government of ASEAN countries attend a dinner. — MNA

Prime Minister General Soe Win at the concert at People’s Hall in Nanning. — MNA

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Prime Minister General Soe Win arrives at Nanning ofPeople’s Republic of China

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Nov — At the invitation of theGovernment of the People’s Republic of China, PrimeMinister of the Union of Myanmar General Soe Win,accompanied by Minister for Foreign Affairs U NyanWin, Minister for Industry-2 Maj-Gen Saw Lwin,Minister for National Planning and Economic Devel-opment U Soe Tha, Minister for Commerce Brig-GenTin Naing Thein, Minister for Energy Brig-Gen LunThi, Minister for Rail Transportation Maj-Gen AungMin, Minister for Electric Power No 1 Col Zaw Min,Director-General Col Kyaw Kyaw Win of the StatePeace and Development Council Office and depart-mental officials, left Nay Pyi Taw by special flight ofMyanma Airways on 29 October morning to attendthe Commemorative Summit Marking the 15th Anni-versary of ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations to beheld in Nanning of Guangxi Zhuang AutonomousRegion of China, and arrived at Nanning InternationalAirport in Nanning at 1.30 pm local time.

First, Myanmar Ambassador to China U TheinLwin and Deputy Head of Foreign Affairs Office MrZeng Xiaohua of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Re-gion welcomed the Prime Minister and party on boardthe aircraft.

Next, Chinese Ambassador Mr Guan Mu and

Vice-Governor of the region Mr Zhang Wenxue wel-comed the Myanmar delegation led by the Prime Min-ister. A child presented a bouquet to the Prime Minis-ter.

Myanmar, Chinese Prime Ministers…

Prime Minister General Soe Win takes salute of Guard of Honour at Nanning International Airport. — MNA

Prime Minister General Soe Win inspects Guard of Honour at Nanning International Airport.—MNA

(from page 16)U Nyan Win, Minister forIndustry-2 Maj-Gen SawLwin, Minister for Na-tional Planning and Eco-nomic Development U SoeTha, Minister for Com-merce Brig-Gen Tin NaingThein, Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi, Minis-ter for Rail TransportationMaj-Gen Aung Min, Min-ister for Electric Power No1 Col Zw Min, MyanmarAmbassador U TheinLwin, Director-GeneralCol Kyaw Kyaw Win ofthe State Peace and Devel-opment Council Office,Director-General U KyawKyaw of the Protocol De-partment under the Minis-try of Foreign Affairs, Di-rector-General U AungBwa of ASEAN AffairsDepartment and DeputyDirector-General DawThan Than Htay of Politi-cal Department.

Chinese Premier ofthe State Council Mr WenJiabao was accompanied byMinister for Foreign Af-

fairs Mr Li Zhaoxing, Min-ister for Finance Mr JinRenqing, Minister for Com-merce Mr Bo Xilai, Gover-nor of the Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region Mr LuBing, Chinese AmbassadorMr Guan Mu and seniorofficials.

At the meeting,Prime Minister General SoeWin said that the two na-tions have been dealingwith one another on thebasis of Paukphaw friend-ship; that constant progresshas been made in friend-ship and cooperation be-tween the two nations aswell as in the fight againstnarcotic drugs andtransnational crimes; thatfrequent visits betweenleaders of the two nationswere made, that is, officialvisits to Myanmar weremade by the Vice-Presidentof the PRC in 2000, byPresident Jiang Zemin in2001 and by Vice PremierMadame Wu Yi of the PRCin 2004; that he invited dig-nitaries of PRC, especially

the Prime Minister to pay avisit to Myanmar; that heexpressed his pleasure forassistance provided by thePRC in the economic sec-tor of Myanmar as well asin the international arena;that Myanmar dignitariesthanked a lot to the Chinesedignitaries for their stand-ing by Myanmar when at-tempts were made by theUS and some western na-tions to put Myanmar onthe agenda of the UnitedNations Security Council;that he expressed his beliefthat China will continue tostand by Myanmar withunderstanding in order thatresolution leading to pres-sures and sanctions cannotbe imposed; that Myanmarhas been pursuing OneChina Policy and will con-tinue to do so , and acceptsthat Taiwan is an insepara-ble part of China; thatMyanmar completed theNational Convention for thethird times with the partici-pation of delegates from allwalks of life for successful

realization of the seven-point Road Map; that theNational Convention inwhich detailed basic prin-ciples on fundamentalrights and duties of citizensand the role of theTatmadaw to be discussedstarted on 10 October forthe fourth time; that hethanked the PRC for itsunderstanding on and sup-port of Myanmar; thatMyanmar has wishes tocooperate with the PRC intapping natural resourcesand energy sector; thatprogress has been made inbilateral cooperation in tim-ber and mineral sectors andborder trade as well as inthe fight against drugs; thatMyanmar is making relent-less efforts for eliminationof drugs with the belief thatdrugs will soon be elimi-nated from the Myanmarsoil; that Myanmar in co-operation with neighbour-ing countries is exposingand arresting those in-volved in drug traffickingand chemicals used in mak-ing drugs cannot be manu-factured in Myanmar; and

that it is making efforts tocontrol the smuggling ofchemicals into the nation.

Next, Prime Min-ister Mr Wen Jiabao saidthat during the visit ofPrime Minister GeneralSoe Win to the PRC inFebruary a string of agree-ments were reached; thatthe PRC will provideMyanmar with Yuan 300million at lower rates ofinterest as a gesture ofshowing attachment to-wards the latter; that thegrant will be used in con-struction of a communi-cation network in Mekongbasin; that the PRC willalso grant Myanmar Yuan50 million as an interest-free loan; that tapping ofnatural resource and en-ergy is vital in economiccooperation between thetwo nations; that the twonations were able to signan agreement in the fightagainst drugs in May; thatthe PRC providedMyanmar with 10,000tons of rice as part of drug-substitute programme;that he expressed his be-

lief that the two nationswill exert more efforts inelimination of drugs; thatthe PRC needs to makeconcerted efforts withMyanmar for prevalenceof peace and stability inthe border by making morecooperation in administra-tion in border regions; thatthe PRC believes that withstability of the State andeconomic development,Myanmar will make moreprogress in its national con-solidation; that the PRC’spolicy towards Myanmarremains unchanged; thatMyanmar’s internal affairsare to be solved only by theMyanmar government andits people themselves; thatthe PRC has a strong dis-like to the interferences offoreign nations inMyanmar’s internal af-fairs, especially it protestsagainst the act of puttingMyanmar on the agenda ofthe UNSC; and that thePRC will continue to givea helping hand to Myanmarin the international arena.

MNA

The Prime Minister took the salute of the Guardof Honour and inspected it.

Later, Prime Minister General Soe Win and partyproceeded to Liyuan Hotel. — MNA

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YANGON, 3 Nov — Robeweaving competitions were held atpagodas here this evening and oillamps were lighted at pagodas to markthe Tazuangdaing Light Festival.

The 22th Matho Robe WeavingCeremony of Shwedagon Pagoda wasopened this evening by members ofthe board of trustees and a total of nineteams were participating in thecompetition.

Robe weaving competitionsheld at pagodas

Similarly, the annual robeweaving ceremony was held at pagodashere including Botahtaung Kyaik-dayup Pagoda, Thiri Mingalar KabaAye Pagoda and ShwephonepwintPagoda.

After the competition, hand-woven robes which are completedbefore dawn will be offered to BuddhaImages at the pagodas.

MNA

YANGON, 3 Nov — Under theauspicious of Minister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan and wife DawKyi Kyi Win, Myanma Radio andTelevision and Information and PublicRelations Department (YangonDivision) held the 4th Kathina robesoffering ceremony at NanU Monasteryin Ward 5, Mayangon Township thismorning.

The ceremony was held in thepresence of Sayadaw Agga MahaSuddhama Jotikadaja Bhaddanta

4th Kathina robes offering ceremony ofMRTV and Yangon Division IPRD held

Dhamma Thayhta and members of theSangha.

Also present were Director-General U Khin Maung Htay of MRTVand officials, Assistant Director DawTin Tin Myint of Yangon DivisionIPRD and families members of thestaff. Firstly, those present receivedFive Precepts from the Sayadaw.

Later, they offered Kathina robesand provisions to the members of theSangha and shared the merits gained.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3Nov—In an agitativeletter that was posted infront of DhammapalaKyaung of MasoyeinTaikthit in Mandalay on31 October it is statedthat all are to recite Mettasuttas for the freedom ofso-called ‘88’ generationstudent group leaders.

Regarding this,members of the Sanghafrom Myataung Taik,Masoyein Taikhaung andM a h a w i t h u d d h a y o nKyaungtaik got veryannoyed it is learnt.

Members of theSangha in Mandalay saidthat the government sinceits assumption of theState responsibilities hasbeen holding religiousceremonies such asoffering Waso robes,

NAY PYI TAW, 3Nov — A publicsignature campaign waslaunched through tricks inYwadanshe village inMahline township, like inother townships inMandalay Division, it islearnt.

On 15 OctoberMeikhtila township NLDChairman Dr Thein Lwinmet U Kyaw Dwe ofYwadanshe village atMeikhtila Yoma Bankand asked him toorganize the villagers to

Members of the Sangha in Mandalay getannoyed with political stunt so-called ‘88’

generation student group

offering Kathina robesand offering provisions tomembers of the Sanghawithout fail; that suchreligious functions werenot carried outsignificantly in the timeof the previousgovernment for fear thatit might involve partypolitics; that at theceremony to open theShwedagon replicapagoda held in India on29 October, WorldBuddhist MeditationDhamma instructor UGoenka praised thegovernment for itspreservation ofTheravada Buddhism;that members of theSangha would notinvolve in suchperpetration carried outby a handful of

destructive elements; thatmembers of the Sangharecite parittas includingMetta parittas daily; thatmembers of ‘88’generation student groupexploited the wearing ofwhite clothes by themajority of the people;that service personnel,students and the peopleget annoyed in thisregard; that members ofthe Sangha would notrecite Metta suttas to theliking of such studentgroup; and that suchpolitical stunt in the nameof religion done bymembers of ‘88’generation student groupin collusion with internaland external destructiveelements is an act that istotally unacceptable.

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Fake signatures collected in Ywadanshevillage in Mahline township

give their signatures. Inthe evening of 18 OctoberU Kyaw Dwe togetherwith his colleague U PhuNyo met with othervillagers and persuadedthem to give theirsignatures on the paperdemanding for the releaseof students.

As the villagersrefused to oblige, the twomen made up fakesignatures, names,addresses of the villagersand sent them to DrThein Lwin on 19

October. Dr Thein Lwinaccepted the documentsalthough he knew theywere all fake as hethought that the dignity ofMandalay Division NLDwould be recognized onlywhen he could collect agreater number ofsignatures.

Moreover, UKyaw Dwe and U PhuNyo also gave fakesignatures of their eightfamily members to DrThein Lwin.

H

The 4th Kathina robes offering ceremony of MRTV and IPRD(Yangon Division) in progress at NanU monastery. —IPRD

Pilgrims view Matho Robes weaving competitions at BotahtaungKyaikdayup Pagoda. —NLM

EARTHQUAKE REPORT

(Issued 23:00 hours MST on 3-11-2006)

A moderate earthquake of intensity (5.3)

Richter Scale with its epicenter near Myanmar-

Bangladesh border about (370) miles Northwest

of Kaba-Aye Seismological observatory was

recorded at (21) hrs (14) min (28) sec MST on

3rd November 2006. — MNA

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV FAR EAST PIONEER VOY NO (-)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV FAR EASTPIONEER VOY NO (-) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 4.11.2006 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of MYANMA PORTAUTHORITYwhere it will lie at the consignee’s riskand expenses and subject to the byelaws and condi-tions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: IL SUNG SHIPPING CO., LTD,KOREA

Phone No: 256924/256914

INVITATION TO TENDERMYANMA MACHINE TOOLS AND ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES

MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY (2)Sealed Tender is invited by Myanma Machine Tools and Electrical Indus-

tries, the Union of Myanmar, from reputed manufacturers or their bona fide agentsfor the supply of the folowing:

Sr Tender Issuing Tender Closing No Date Date

1 03/MTEI/ Material for ACSR 6-11-2006 20-11-2006ACSR/2006 Aluminium Rod & Wire, (Monday) (Monday)

Steel Rod & Gl Wire,Zinc.

Tender Documents are available at the office of Myanma Machine Tools andElectrical Industries, Ministry of Industry (2), Building No. 30, Nay Pyi Taw, theUnion of Myanmar and General Manager, Machine and Machine Tools Factry No(2) Yangon, Parami Road, Hlaing Township, Yangon, the Union of Myanmarduring office hour.

Bids are to reach the office of Myanma Machine Tools and ElectricalIndustries, Ministry of Industry (2), Building No 30, Nay Pyi Taw, the Union ofMyanmar and General Manager, Machine and Machine Tools Factory No (2)Yangon, Parami Road, Hlaing Township, Yangon, the Union of Myanmar on orbefore the Closing Date and Time.

No Telegraphic/ Telex/Fax/e-mail proposal will be considered or accepted.Myanma Machine Tools and Electrical Industries reserves the right to reject

the Tender without furnishing reasons.Managing Director, Myanma Machine Tools and Electrical Industries,

Ministry of Industry (2), Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.

Tender No Description

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SEA MERCHANT VOY NO (707)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SEA MER-CHANT VOY NO (707) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 4.11.2006 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws 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 up to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the vessel.

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES (PTE) LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

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Young Chinese acrobats perform at the closingceremony of The 7th China Wuhan International

Acrobatic Festival in Wuhan, in the capital ofcentral China’s Hubei Province, on 1 Nov,

2006.—INTERNET

Japanese worry about baby boomer retirement TOKYO, 2 Nov—The majority of Japanese people are concerned that the

coming mass retirement of baby boomers would wage an impact on societyand the economy, a survey organized by the Yomiuri daily showed.

The October survey showed that 78 per cent of respondents bore suchworries. Of those who believed the impact would be significant or noticeable,65 per cent said possible increase in social security costs would burden theworkforce, the newspaper said.

While half of the respondents thought technology and skilled workerswould be negatively affected and 38 per cent feared labour shortages, an-other 38 per cent believed the leaving of elders could invigorate employmentof the young workforce, acc-ording to the result of the survey which wasreleased on Wed-nesday.—MNA/Xinhua

China’s Chery auto to supply

Fiat 100,000 gasoline engines

Singapore’s Budget Terminalofficially opens

SINGAPORE, 2 Nov—Singapore’s Budget Terminal,a new dedicated terminal for low cost carriers (LCCs),officially opened on Tuesday after it came into operationin March.

The budget terminal is linked to 16 cities with about244 weekly scheduled flights, which is a 97-per-centincrease in the number of flights since the terminal wasoperational, Raymond Lim, Minister for Transportsaid at the opening ceremony.

And about 657,000 passengers have gone throughthe departure gate, he added.

The construction of this terminal commenced in thefirst quarter of last year, and was completed in less thana year. The terminal opened for operations in Marchthis year, after a short three-month period of testing,commissioning and familiarization.

The terminal comprises two single-storey buildingswith a total floor area of about 25,000 square metres.

Today, two low-cost carriers operating fromSingapore-based Tiger Airways and Philippine's CebuPacific use the terminal.— MNA/Xinhua

HEFEI, 2 Nov—Chi-na’s Chery AutomobileCo, Ltd will supply100,000 gasoline en-gines a year to Italy’sFiat Auto under amemorandum of under-standing signed onTuesday in east China’sAnhui Province.

The 1.6-litre and1.8-litre gasoline en-

gines will be providedfor Fiat cars producedboth in China andabroad, according tocooperation agreementsigned in Wuhu City, thebase of CheryAutomobile.

MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 2 Nov—British Gas is notonly Britain’s most expensive fuelprovider, but is also the worst forcustomer service, according to a studyon Tuesday.

Complaints about the utilityprovider more than doubled in the sixmonths to end-September, while thosefor the other big suppliers halved.

The figures will be unveiled on BBCOne’s “Watchdog” on Tuesday night.

They are expected to show thatenergywatch received 15,433 com-plaints about British Gas between Apriland September, compared to 6,222 in

British Gas found worst for customer servicethe same period last year.

Inaccurate billing was found to bethe main problem — sometimesresulting in threats of disconnection ordebt collectors — as well as a lack ofresponse to enquiries.

Complaints about EDF Energy,Powergen, nPower, Scottish andSouthern Energy and Scottish Powerhave, in contrast, decreased.

British Gas will now have beenfeatured 29 times on Watchdog — morethan any other company except BritishTelecom.

MNA/Reuters

INVITATION TO TENDER Sealed Tenders are invited for the supply of Base Oil &Additives (400±10%) Metric Tons.

Tener No. : 10(T)MPE/LBO/(2)/2006-07Closing Date : 16-11-2006

Detailed Tender Documents are available at the FinanceDepartment of Myanma Petrochemical Enterprise (NayPyi Taw) on payment of FEC (100) per set. Evaluation shallbe made only those purchase officially.

Managing DirectorMyanma Petrochemical Enterprise

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S P O R T S Allback stuns Man United to give Copenhagen win

Wasteful Arsenal heldgoalless by CSKA Moscow

LONDON, 2 Nov — Arsenal paid the price for acatalogue of missed chances, including one spectacu-lar howler, when they were held to a goalless homedraw by CSKA Moscow in Champions League GroupG on Wednesday.

The draw leaves last season's runners-up withplenty to do if they are to reach the knockout phase butis a boost for the Russians, who beat the Londoners1-0 two weeks ago.

With two games to go CSKA, yet to concede a goalin the competition, lead the group on eight pointswhile Arsenal and Porto have seven after the Portu-guese side won 3-1 at SV Hamburg.

Arsenal will wonder how they failed to pierce thevisiting defence, particularly in the first half whichwas a tale of almost constant home pressure capped bya series of extraordinary misses.

The misfortune began in the sixth minute whenAleksander Hleb set up Robin van Persie only for theDutchman to screw his shot over the bar.

Thierry Henry was off target, Hleb had a sharp shotwell saved by Igor Akinfeyev before the Belarussianmidfielder inexplicably chose to square for Henrywhen clean through.

It was relentless Arsenal attacking and it seemedcertain to pay dividends in the 27th minute when CescFabregas played a neat one-two with Tomas Rosicky,rounded the keeper but could only find the side nettingwith the goal gaping.

CSKA mounted a rare raid in the 40th minute butit merely opened the way for Arsenal to break fromtheir own box, Henry starting the move and finishingit with another deft touch centimetres wide.

The worst miss came in injury time when Henryreached the byline and cut back for Rosicky.

Akinfeyev was stranded and the Czech had only tosidefoot the ball into an empty goal from three metresbut instead it caught his heel and squirted into the armsof the disbelieving goalkeeper.

MNA/Reuters

Roma close to knockout phase after drawwith Olympiakos

Brazilian stadium closed afterpitch invasion

Utah Jazz forward Andrei Kirilenko (47), of Russia,drives around Houston Rockets forward Shane Bat-tier (31) during the third quarter of their NBA basket-ball game on 1 Nov, 2006, in Salt Lake City. The Jazz beat the Rockets, 107-97. —INTERNET

Manchester United's JohnO'Shea heads the ball away dur-ing Champions League Group Fsoccer match against FC Copen-hagen in Copenhagen. Others inpicture from left: DarrenFletcher,Man Utd, MichaelGravgaard, FCK, goalie Edwinvan der Sar, Man Utd, and HjalteNoerregaard, FCK Copenhagen won 1-0.—INTERNET

Arsenal's Robin van Persie (R) heads on goal but failsto score against CSKA Moscow during their Cham-pions League Group G soccer match at the Emirates stadium in London, on 1 Nov, 2006.—INTERNET

COPENHAGEN, 2 Nov — Swedenstriker Marcus Allback bundled theball home to give FC Copenhagena 1-0 win over an under-strengthManchester United in ChampionsLeague Group F on Wednesday.Allback turned in Canadianmidfielder Atiba Hutchinson'sheader after 73 minutes to recordthe Danish champion's first goaland victory in their debut seasonin Europe's premier club competi-tion.

"Today we had nothing to lose.To win it is great. It is our first threepoints against a very good side,"Allback told Sky Sports.

United manager Alex Fergusonmade several changes for the tiewith Ryan Giggs, Louis Saha andGary Neville not travelling becauseof injuries. Defender Rio Ferdinandand midfielder Paul Scholes bothcame off the bench in the secondhalf.

A bumpy pitch made for ascrappy game with the Danishchampions only threatening Edwinvan der Sar once in the opening

half, when the Dutch keeper eas-ily saved Michael Silberbauer'slong range shot.

Meanwhile, Wayne Rooneyworried the Copenhagen defenceseveral times, first testing keeper

Jesper Christiansen with a sharpshot and then misfiring a close-range header over the bar.

His best chance of the first halfcame when Ole Gunnar Solskjaerfound him in the penalty box in the32nd minute. Rooney turned a de-fender around but delivered a weakshot from 10 metres that trickledpast the goal.

"We've controlled the wholematch. Maybe we were a bit care-less with finishing at times,"Ferguson said.

In the second half, ChristianoRonaldo sprung Solskjaer free, butChristiansen dove at the Norwe-gian's feet to grab the ball. Mo-ments later Solsjkaer was involvedagain, testing Christiansen with asharp low shot, but the Dane heldon to the ball.

Copenhagen returned to the at-tack in the 55th minute, when Mar-tin Bergvold's cross foundHutchinson unmarked in the boxbut the Canadian's header wentwide.

MNA/Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO, 1 Nov— Brazil's disciplinarytribunal has closed the sta-dium of third divisionclub Bahia after a pitchinvasion forced a matchto be suspended lastSaturday.

Dozens of fans ran ontothe pitch during the sec-ond half of the match athome to Ipatinga, wherethey attacked the homeplayers and fought with

riot police, who replied byfiring tear gas.

The match at the FonteNova stadium was aban-doned in the 63rd minutewith Ipatinga leading2-0.

The fans were appar-ently furious at Bahia'spoor campaign in theeight-team final stage ofthe tournament, whichdecides promotion to thesecond division.

Bahia are consideredone of Brazil's biggestclubs and won the firstdivision in 1988. The sta-dium will remain provi-sionally closed until thetribunal's final verdict.

MNA/Reuters

ROME, 1 Nov — ASRoma closed in on theknockout phase of theChampions League asthey recovered from a goaldown to draw 1-1 withOlympiakos Piraeus onTuesday.

The result left the SerieA side second in Group Dwith seven points, threebehind leaders Valencia,but five ahead ofOlympiakos and ShakhtarDonetsk with two roundsto play.

Roma, who have neverqualified for the knock-out phase before, were 1-0 down at halftime afterOlympiakos defenderJulio Cesar headed in a

corner and FrancescoTotti missed a chance toequalize from the penaltyspot.

But the Roma captainmade up for his mistakemidway through the sec-ond half when he latchedon to Rodrigo Taddei'spass before angling a shotpast visiting keeperAntonios Nikopolidis.

"The players are a littlebit disappointed becausewe had the chance toqualify tonight at homeand we didn't do it," saidRoma coach LucianoSpalletti.

"We were very slow toget into the match. Whatwe really lacked was the

ability to close them downwhenever they had the ballearly on.

MNA/Reuters

Real Madrid's Ruud Van Nistelroy (R) and Robinhocelebrates the first goal against Steaua Bucharestduring their Champions League Group E soccer match in Madrid, on 1 Nov, 2006. —INTERNET

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Friday, 3 November, 2006

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hours MST: During the past 24 hours, light rain orthundershowers have been isolated in Chin State andTaninthayi Division and weather has been partlycloudy in the remaining areas. Night temperatureswere (3°C) to (4°C) below normal in upper Sagaingand Magway Divisions, (3°C) above normal in ChinState, Mandalay and Taninthayi Divisions, (5°C)above normal in Kachin State and about normal inthe remaining areas.

Maximum temperature on 2-11-2006 was97°F. Minimum temperature on 3-11-2006 was 75°F.Relative humidity at 09:30 hours MST on3-11-2006 was 78%. Total sunshine hours on2-11-2006 was (7.6) hours approx.

Rainfalls on 3-11-2006 were (Nil) atMingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Totalrainfalls since 1-1-2006 were (98.46) inches atMingaladon and (111.61) inches at Kaba-Aye and(116.69) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum windspeed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mph fromSoutheast at 9:30 hours MST on 3-11-2006.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy inthe Andaman Sea and Southwest Bay and generallyfair elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 4-11-2006:Light rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolatedin Kachin and Chin States, upper Sagaing andTaninthayi Divisions and weather will be partly cloudyin the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is 60%.

State of the Sea: Seas will be slight to mode-rate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likeli-hood of isolated light rain or thundershowers in theextreme southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbour-ing areas for 4-11-2006: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 4-11-2006: Partly cl

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