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Volume XIII, Number 238 10th Waxing of Nadaw 1367 ME Saturday, 10 December, 2005

Established 1914

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

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

* 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

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

YANGON, 9 Dec —The delegates groups ofpolitical parties, repre-sentatives-elect, nationalraces and peasants heldtheir meetings at the des-ignated halls ofNyaunghnapin Camp inHmawby Township thismorning.

The meetings wereattended by members ofpanel of chairmen fromrespective delegate

National Convention delegate groups’ meetings continue

groups.The delegate

group of political partiesheld its meeting at themeeting hall-1 at 9 amtoday. During their meet-ing, alternate chairmanwas U Tun Yin Law ofNational Unity Partywhile Deputy Director ofthe working group-3 un-der the National Conven-tion U Khin Maung Phyuacted as master of cer-

emonies and AssistantDirector U Khin Sein, co-master of ceremonies.

First, the master ofceremonies announcedthe start of the meetingwith the permission of themeeting chairman as 27out of 28 delegates ac-counting for 96.43 percent were present.

Next, AlternateChairman U Tun YinLaw of Nation UnityParty made an openingspeech.

Panel of Chair-men’s compilation in re-spects of the proposals ofdelegates group of politi-cal parties regarding thedetailed basic principlesto be laid down for shar-

ing of executive and ju-dicial powers to be in-cluded in the writing ofthe State Constitutionwas read by U Kya HaShae of Lahu National

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Lt-Gen Kyaw Win inspects Kaukkwei Creek Dam near Manhsu Village in Lashio Township. — MNA

The meeting of delegate group of peasants inprogress.—MNA

Alternate Chairman U Mya Sein makes a speech at the meeting of the delegate group of national races. — MNA

YANGON, 9 Dec —Member of State Peaceand Development Coun-cil Lt-Gen Kyaw Win ofthe Ministry of Defence,accompanied by the of-ficials of the State Peaceand Development Coun-cil office, left here by airon 6 December morningand arrived at MandalayInternational Airport.

Together withsenior military officialsof North-East Command,Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win inspects regionaldevelopments in North-East Command

(See page 8)

At present, the factory has been installedwith machinery with a capacity of producing 1,050million tablets and capsules yearly and anothermachinery with a capacity of producing 500 mil-lion tablets and capsules.

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* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views

* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation

* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State

* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesireSaturday, 10 December, 2005

PERSPECTIVES

In an effort to fully engage in publichealth care services, the government has laiddown and is implementing the national objec-tive which calls for uplift of health, fitness andeducation standards of the entire nation. Forthe entire national people to enjoy longevityand be free from all forms of diseases, priorityis being given to producing potent medicinesand conducting research on them.

In accordance with the guidance of Headof State Senior General Than Shwe, efforts arebeing made for producing potent medicines thatare based on Myanma herbal plants for sixmajor diseases which are common in Myanmar.

Chairman of National Health CommitteeSecretary-1 of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen Thein Sein, accompanied byofficials, on 1 December 2005 inspected theherbal plantations of Medical Research Depart-ment (Upper Myanmar) and PyinOoLwin Phar-maceutical Factory (Project) of the Ministry ofIndustry-1 during his tour of PyinOoLwin,Mandalay Division and gave instructions toofficials concerned.

In his inspection tour, Secretary-1 Lt-GenThein Sein stressed the need for officials con-cerned to make constant efforts for realizationof the guidance given by the Head of State, tocarry out research on potent medicines for sixmajor diseases—malaria, TB, hypertension,diabetes, diarrhoea and dysentery—and widelydistribute them in cooperation with privateentrepreneurs, and to carry out research onpotency and side-effects of traditional and for-eign medicines and made them public in time.

Malaria, TB, hypertension, diabetes, di-arrhoea and dysentery are common inMyanmar. The Myanmar Pharmaceutical Fac-tory is striving for producing tablets and injec-tions for malaria through Cinchona plants. Itis now producing tablets and capsules for hy-pertension and diabetes.

PyinOoLwin Pharmaceutical Factory(Project) of Myanma Pharmaceutical Industriesis being implemented in PyinOoLwin Township,Mandalay Division for improvement of publichealth care services.

At present, the factory has been installedwith machinery with a capacity of producing1,050 million tablets and capsules yearly andanother machinery with a capacity of produc-ing 500 million tablets and capsules.

Therefore, we would like to call upon of-ficials of the ministries concerned to try theirutmost in order to produce potent medicinesfor six major diseases which are common inMyanmar.

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YANGON, 9 Dec —An agreement signing cer-emony, between Hydro-electric Power Departmentand EGAT Public Com-pany Ltd, Thailand, onHutgyi Hydropower Projetto be implemented onThanlwin River in KayinState, by HydroelectricPower Department underthe Ministry of ElectricPower took place at HotelNikko here this morning.

It was attended bythe ministers, the deputyministers, the Heads ofDepartments, Thai Minis-ter for Energy Mr VisetChoopiban and Head ofDepartments of the Minis-try of Energy of Thailand,Thai Ambassador MrSuphot Dhirakaosol andembassy staff, CEO MrKraisri Karnasuta and of-ficials of EGAT Public

Hydroelectric Power Department, EGAT Public CompanyLtd ink agreement on Hutgyi Hydropower Projet

Company Ltd. CEO MrKraisri Karnasuta and Di-rector-General U WinKyaw of HydroelectricPower Department ex-tended greetings and Min-ister for Electric PowerMaj-Gen Tin Htut andMinister for Energy MrViset Choopiban made ad-

dresses on the occassion.Director-General

U Win Kyaw and MrKraisri Karnasuta signedthe agreement and ex-changed the notes. Afterthe ceremony, thosepresent posed for thedocumentary photo.Hutgyi Hydropower

Projet will jointly be im-plemented by Hydroelec-tric Power Departmentand EGAT Public Com-pany Ltd. The power plantwill be equipped with 600megawatts turbine thatcan produce 3,820 millionkwh yearly.

MNA

YANGON, 9 Dec — Tatmadaw, Myanmar PoliceForce and Customs Department managed to expose282 drug-related cases in November 2005.

They exposed and seized 9.7992 kilos of opiumin 30 cases, 2.6834 kilos of heroin in 112 cases, 0.4081kilos of opium oil in five cases, 0.2536 kilo of lowopium in 10 cases, 3.6628 kilos of marijuana in 18cases, 123085 stimulant tablets in 72 cases, 0.0246 kiloof stimulant powder, 30.0179 kilos of speciosa in 5cases, 0.032 litter of cough syrup, 271 diacephen pillsin two cases, two bottles of diacephen (injection) inone case, 1687 bottles of morphine (injection) in twocases, 0.0021 kilo of caffeine in one case, 12 cases offailure to register and 11 other cases.

Action was taken against 392 people in 282cases— 317 men and 75 women during November.

One of the remarkable cases was that a com-

282 drug-related cases exposed in Novemberbined team, acting on information, stopped and searcheda motorcycle with license plates (Masa/17839) drivenby Kyan Hsan from Muse to Pan Kham village andseized 25800 stimulant tablets bearing WY letters in-side its tool box and one packet weighing 0.02 kilos ofstimulant powder on 2 November.

In connection with the case, Muse Police Stationfiled a lawsuit against Kyan Hsan.

Another one was that a combined team, actingon information, searched House No 106, KaunghmutonWard in Muse and seized 6800 stimulant tablets (pur-ple colour) bearing WY letters, 27200 stimulant tablets(brownish colour) and 10000 stimulant tablets (yellowcolour) totalling 44,000 inside the paper box under thebed of separate building in front of the house. In con-nection with the case, Muse Police Station filed a law-suit against houseowner Kwan Maw Htaung. — MNA

YANGON , 8 Dec— Jointly organized bythe Ministry of Live-stock and Fisheries,Common Fund forCommodity-CFC, FAO

Myanmar Meat Production Technology Dissemination Camp openedand UNOPS, theMyanmar Meat Produc-tion Technology Dis-semination Camp wasopened at the office ofthe Director-General of

Livestock Breeding andVeterinary Departmentin Insein Township thismorning, attended byMinister for Livestockand Fisheries Brig-Gen

Maung Maung Thein.Acting Director-

General Dr Than Tun ofLBVD and Ms NancyMorgan of FAO Head-quarters formally openedthe camp. The ministerand officials visited theMeat Production Factory.

As part of the pro-gramme of the Meat Com-modity Diversification andUpgrading of MeatProcessing Technologies inAsia and Pacific, brancheswere opened in Bangla-desh, Samoa andMyanmar.

The central campwas established in thePhilippines.

MNA Dr Than Tun of LBVD and Ms Nancy Morgan of WHO formally open the

Myanmar Meat Production Technology Dissemination Camp. — L & F

Director-General U Win Kyaw and Mr Kraisri Karnasuta sign anagreement for Hutgyi Hydropower project. — MNA

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British blame ground fire for Iraq crashhLONDON, 9 Dec— Ground fire caused a military transport jet to crash in

Iraq in January, killing 10 servicemen in Britain’s largest single loss of life inthe war, a top British official said on Thursday.

Gunmen attack Iraqi hospital,killing three police officers BAGHDAD , 8 Dec— Three police officers were killed

on Wednesday when gunmen broke into a hospital inthe northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police said.

The gunmen were attempting to free an injuredman who had been arrested for plotting to murder ajudge in the trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

The attack occurred at Al-Jumhuriya Hospital inKirkuk, 290 kilometres north of Baghdad. Six policeofficers were also injured in the attack.— MNA/Xinhua

Defence SecretaryJohn Reid told the Houseof Commons thatinvestigators determinedthat hostile fire was themost likely cause of thecrash of the C-130Hercules north ofBaghdad on 30 January.He declined to revealwhat type of weapon wasused.

A board of inquirydetermined that low-leveldaylight flying made theaircraft vulnerable toground-to-air fire. In-vestigators also reportedthat the wing which washit lacked a fuel tank

safety system. “The boardof inquiry has concludedthat the aircraft crashedbecause it becameuncontrollable afterhostile ground-to-air firecaused the outboard right-hand wing to explode andseparate from theaircraft,” Reid said. “Thecrash was notsurvivable.”

The crash happenedabout a half-hour afterpolls closed in landmarkIraq elections 30 January.

The plane reported afire six minutes aftertaking off from Baghdadon a flight to a US air base

at Baladabout, and wasreported missing 25minutes afterward. UShelicopters found thewreckage 20 minuteslater.An interim inquiryreport in March ruled outa number of possiblecauses, includingsabotage.—Internet

ASEAN Charter to be based onspirit of “togetherness”

KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Dec — The crafting of the ASEAN Charter must bebased on the sprit of “togetherness” and “we” feeling, Malaysian ForeignMinister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said on Wednesday.

He said the proposedcharter must bring peopletogether through theiractive engagement andcontributions. TheMalaysia-mooted charter,known as the KualaLumpur Declaration onthe Establishment of theASEAN Charter, will besigned on Monday duringthe 11th summit ofASEAN (Association ofSouth-East Asian Nations)in Kuala Lumpur.

“Togetherness” issomething that seems tohave eluded ASEAN allthese years. The missingingredient in ourinteractions has been this“we” feeling between andamong the ASEANpeople”, he said.

While ASEAN hasbeen in existence for 39years, ASEAN citizenshave been perceived as stillnot having a strongattachment to be labelledas belonging to an ASEANcommunity, Syed Hamidsaid at the opening of theASEAN Civil SocietyConference.

As such, ASEAN

needs to stress oncommunity building,generation of trust andbuilding of confidenceamong its people, hesaid.

Syed Hamid also saidthat ASEAN leaders, atthe 2004 Summit inVientiane, Laos, hadcalled for a more people-centerd approach tocultivate the sense of

belonging among itscitizens.

A caring ASEANcommunity could only beachieved by inculcatingunderstanding andappreciation of theuniqueness and richnessof ASEAN cultures andencouraging morepeople-to-people contact,he said.

MNA/Xinhua

China, Uzbekistan vow to furtherenhance military cooperation

BEIJING , 8 Dec— Chinese Defence Minister Cao Gangchuan held talkswith visiting Defence Minister of Uzbekistan Russian Mirzayev here onWednesday.

The two sides hadan in-depth exchangeof views on currentin te rna t iona l andreg iona l i s sues ,bilateral relations andbi la te ra l mi l i t a rycooperation.

Since China andUzbekistan forgeddiplomatic ties 13 yearsago, Cao said, bilateralrelations have witnessedsmooth development andbilateral military ex-changes and cooperationhave been expanding.

Cao acknowledgedthat Mirzayev’s currentvisit to China issignificant to boost thepragmatic cooperationbetween the two armedforces.

Under the backdrop ofa complicated regional andworld situation, it is in the

fundamental interests ofthe people of both countriesto further enhance bilateralmilitary cooperation, Caosaid.

China is ready to makejoint efforts withUzbekistan to step upsecurity cooperation so asto contribute to regionaland world peace andstability, Cao said.

Mirzayev voiced hisappreciation for China’ssupport for its fightagainst terrorism and forChina’s aid over theyears.

MNA/Xinhua

13,500 people displaced byfloods in Philippines

MANILA, 8 Dec— Morethan 13,500 people have

been displaced by floodstriggered by heavy rains inlow-lying areas in thenortheastern Phili-ppines,the Office of Civil Defence(OCD) said Wednesday.The most severely hit sitewas Lucena City in QuezonProvince some 130kilometres south of Manilawhere 12,600 people wereforced to flee to evacuationcenters, the OCD said.

In Candelaria Townalso in Quezon Province,rising flood waters havedisplaced more than 100people, the report said.

Floods also hit VictoriaCapalonga Town inCamarines Norte Provincein southern Philippines,where 188 people wereforced to evacuates, saidOCD.

Seven Pakistani quakesurvivors die in tent fire

MUZAFFARABAD (Paki-stan), 8 Dec — Fireengulfed a tent in whichPakistani earthquakesurvivors were sleeping,killing seven members ofthe same family includingfour children, police saidon Wednesday. The causeof the blaze on Tuesdaynight in Banser village in

North-West FrontierProvince was believed tohave been a candle or anelectrical short circuit, saidpolice official MohammadNadeem.— MNA/Reuters

Philippines denies receivinginformation about bomb threat

MANILA, 8 Dec — TheArmed Forces of thePhilippines (AFP)Wednesday said it has notreceived any informationabout any plans to bombthe US Embassy in

Manila. Colonel Tristan

Kison, AFP’s publicinformation office chieftold a Press conferencethat terrorists would notstrike at the Americaninstallation at a timewhen security are inplace.

“As of today, we haveno information aboutthreats to the USEmbassy,” he said a dayafter a bomb scaredisrupted the operation ofthe US Embassy.

MNA/Xinhua

MNA/Xinhua

A view of Kuala Lumpur's Convention Centre, on 8 Dec, 2005, the venue for theupcoming 11th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit.

Malaysia will host the summit from 12 to 14 Dec, in its capital Kuala Lumpur.INTERNET

Iraqi policemen walk past a bus destroyed by a suicide bomb attack inBaghdad on 8 Dec, 2005.—INTERNET

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KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Dec— China supports the Association of South-EastAsian Nations (ASEAN) to remain the driving force behind the efforts topromote cooperation among East Asian countries, a senior Chinese diplomatsaid here on Wednesday.

HANOI, 8 Dec — Hu-man resources of Viet-nam's tourism industry areweak in terms of foreignlanguages and profes-sional skills, local news-paper Youth reported onWednesday.

Among 234,000 directemployees in the indus-try, over 60 per cent haveundergone full profes-sional training, and amongnearly 8,000 touristguides, less than 70 percent have been grantedprofessional cards whichensure their tourism-re-lated qualifications.

Among 700 lecturersworking at local universi-ties having tourism facul-ties, only 4 per cent havegood command of two for-eign languages, and 22per cent one foreign lan-guage, the report said.

MNA/Xinhua

BAGHDAD , 8 Dec—An Iraqi rebel group hassaid in an internet posting that it killed a kid-napped US security consultant.

The claim's authenticity could not be immedi-ately verified.

The Islamic Army in Iraq on Thursday said ithad killed "the American security consultant forthe Housing Ministry," after the United Statesfailed to respond to its demand of the release ofIraqi prisoners.

A video issued by the group was aired onTuesday on the Aljazeera Arabic satellite channelshowing the hostage - identified as Ronald Schulz,40, an industrial electrician from Alaska — sittingwith his hands tied behind his back.

Thursday's statement, posted on an Islamicrebel Web forum, did not name the hostage andprovided no evidence he had been killed, but saidpictures of the slaying would be released later.

Internet

BANGKOK , 8 Dec — Thailand's Ministry of For-eign Affairs Wednesday denied an American mediareport that the US Central Intelligence Agency hadset up secret CIA prisons in Thailand.

KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Dec— ASEAN senior economic officials concluded theirmeeting here on Wednesday and finalized several documents including one onthe establishment and implementation of a Customs facilitating initiative.

UNITED NATIONS, 8 Dec— Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner forHuman Rights, on Wednesday implicitly criticized the United States forviolating the global ban on torture.

China supports ASEAN’s leadingrole in East Asia cooperation

Chinese Vice ForeignMinister Wu Dawei, whoheads the Chinese delega-tion to the Senior Offi-cial's Meeting for the 11thASEAN Summit and re-lated summits, made theremarks while meetingwith Malaysian ForeignMinistry Secretary-Gen-

eral Ahmad Fuzi AbdulRazak. He stressed that isa stance China has alwaysbeen upholding.

Wu exchanged viewswith Razak over the pre-paratory work for theASEAN Summit and theinaugural East Asia Sum-mit, and expressed appre-

ciation over Malaysia'sefforts for the events.

The Related Summitsthat are to be held includethe 9th ASEAN + 3 Sum-mit, 9th ASEAN + ChinaSummit, 9th ASEAN +Japan Summit, 9thASEAN + Republic ofKorea Summit, 4thASEAN + India Summit,and the first ASEAN +Russia Summit.

MNA/Xinhua

Vietnamfaces ailing

tourismmanpower

Thai Foreign Ministryredenies allegations of

secret CIA prison

The ministry issued astatement in response tothe ABC News report,carried on its website onTuesday, which cited cur-rent and former Ameri-can CIA agents. Similar

allegations first appearedin the Washington Postlast month.

ABC News' cited-sources said the CIA se-cret prison system in Thai-land and two East Euro-pean countries was setwith the capture of Osamabin Laden's lieutenant AbuZabaydah in Pakistan.

The report saidZabaydah was first heldin Thailand in an unusedwarehouse on an activeairbase.

The United States hasneither confirmed nor de-nied the existence of thesecret prisons.

In its statement, theForeign Ministry deniedthe ABC report as well assimilar report carried bythe Washington Post on2 November.

MNA/Xinhua

ASEAN senior economic officialsfinalize single window document

The documents will besigned by the 10-memberbloc's economic ministersat the upcoming 11thASEAN Summit slated for12 December.

The initiative, calledthe ASEAN Single Win-dow (ASW), is the singlemost important Customsinitiative that will ensureexpeditious clearance ofgoods and reduce the costof doing business inASEAN (Association ofSouth-East Asian Na-tions), which groupsBrunei, Cambodia, Indo-nesia, Laos, Malaysia,Myanmar, the Philippines,Singapore, Thailand andVietnam.

The ASW, whose draftmodel had been completedat the ASEAN EconomicMinisters Meeting lastOctober in Vientiane,

Laos, will facilitate thespeedy clearance of im-ports through electronicprocessing of trade docu-ments at national and re-gional levels.

A pilot implementationof the initiative was tar-geted by the end of thisyear for Thailand and the

Philippines, and full im-plementation by 2008, atthe latest, for ASEAN-6(Malaysia, Indonesia,Singapore, Thailand, thePhilippines and Brunei)and by 2012 for Cambo-dia, Laos, Myanmar andVietnam.

MNA/Xinhua

UN official criticizes US foreroding ban on torture

Arbour told reportersat UN Headquarters in NewYork that the absolute banon torture is becoming acasualty of the so-called"war on terror" throughloosened legal definition,secret detention, hand-overof prisoners without ad-

equate safeguards andother practices.

"Pursuing securityobjectives at all costs maycreate a world in whichwe are neither safe norfree," she said with aim atthe United States.

Briefing reporters inthe run-up to Saturday'sHuman Rights Day,which this year is high-lighting the theme of tor-ture, Arbour singled outtwo practices as having aparticularly corrosive ef-fect, including the re-course to so-called "dip-lomatic assurances " andthe holding of prisonersin secret detention.

"The former maymake countries complicitwith torture carried outby others, while the lattercreates the conditions fortorture by one's own," shenoted, obviously refer-ring to the United States.

Holding people in se-cret detention amounts todisappearance which it-self amounts to torture orill-treatment, she said,adding that prolonged in-communicado detention

or detention in secretplaces facilitates the per-petration of torture.

Arbour stressed thatthe international ban ontorture prohibits transfer-ring persons, no matterwhat their crime or sus-pected activity, to a placewhere they might face tor-ture or other ill-treatment.

MNA/XinhuaIraq captors say US

hostage killed

An elderly earthquake survivor makes a food in a camp near the earthquake-devastated city of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir early on

9 Dec, 2005. —INTERNET

US soldiers search an Iraqi man as they patrol Sadr City, eastern Baghdad, on7 Dec, 2005. —INTERNET


Cui Tiankai, director-general of the Asian af-fairs department under theChinese Foreign Ministry,told Xinhua that theASEAN-China SeniorOfficial’s Meeting fo-cused on the preparationof the 9th ASEAN-Chinasummit scheduled to beheld here on 12 Decem-ber. With the joint efforts,Cui said, both sides be-lieve the forthcoming

summit will achieve fruit-ful results and further en-hance ASEAN-Chinastrategic partnership forpeace and prosperity.

In a related develop-ment, the preparatory Sen-ior Economic OfficialsMeeting (SEOM) was alsoheld here Wednesday. TheSEOM finalized the docu-ments to be signed by theASEAN Economic Min-isters as follows: TheMutual Recognition Ar-rangements on Engineer-ing Services, Agreement

on the ASEAN Harmo-nized Electrical and Elec-tronic regulatory Regime,and Agreement onASEAN Single Window.

The meeting also dis-cussed a report to be pre-sented to the economicministers on the currentstatus of the Free TradeAgreement with ASEANDialogue partners, namelySouth Korea, India andJapan and on the me-chanism to enhanceASEAN+3 linkages.

MNA/Xinhua

KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Dec— Senior officials from the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China held a meeting here Wednesday andboth sides expressed satisfaction over the positive development of ASEAN-China relations, a high-ranking Chinese official said.

ASEAN-China Senior Official’sMeeting held in Kuala Lumpur

Thailand to produce its ownversion of anti-bird flu drug

BANGKOK , 8 Dec— Thailand’s GovernmentPharmaceutical Organization (GPO) can suc-cessfully produce its own version of anti-bird flucapsules with imported raw materials, accord-ing to the Minister of Public Health.

Speaking after a meeting of senior officials onthe drug production and establishment of an anti-bird flu vaccine plant, Public Health Minister PinijJarusombat said it is good news that the Govern-ment Pharmaceutical Organization could makeOseltamivir — the primary anti-bird flu treatment— with a quality equivalent to the original drug.

Made of the same ingredients, Oseltamivirmanufactured in Thailand is 50 per cent cheaperthan imported Oseltamivir, the generic name ofTamiflu.—MNA/Xinhua

The accident tookplace at about 11:50 amTuesday when the truckcollided with the sedan atthe crossroad of a crowdedstreet in downtown Hefei.

Two men in the sedandied on the spot while the

two drivers and three pas-sengers were wounded. Ofthe five injured, a womanis in critical condition andis undergoing brain treat-ment in a local hospital,doctors said.

Traffic police attrib-uted the accident to possi-ble overspeeding of bothvehicles. Investigationinto the cause of the traf-fic accident is stillunderway.

The truck stillknocked down a roadsidewire pole, causing black-out in an adjacent eco-nomic development zone,officials with the city’spower supply departmentsaid.—MNA/Xinhua

Two killed, five injuredin traffic collision in

Hefei HEFEI, 8 Dec— Two people were killed and five

others injured after a flatbed truck bumped into alimousine on Tuesday in Hefei, capital of east China’sAnhui Province, local police said on Wednesday.

Aerial view of the Central Stadium in the eastern German city of Leipzig. Thestadium has a total seating capacity of 38,898 and is hosting five matches of the

Soccer World Cup 2006 in Germany.—INTERNET

US soldiers patrol Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, on 8 Dec, 2005.INTERNET

TANGSHAN (China), 9 Dec — A gas explosion at a Chinese coal pit haskilled at least 74 miners, state media said on Thursday, the latest in agrimly predictable series of statistics to emerge from the world's deadliestmining industry.

M IAMI , 9 Dec — US Air Marshals on Wednesday shot and killed an American Airlines passengerwho claimed to be carrying a bomb in his backpack and ran off a plane at Miami InternationalAirport after being confronted.

Federal officials said the 44-year-old Ameri-can made threats and indicated he had a bomb inhis bag as he was boarding a flight to Orlando incentral Florida.

It was the first time an airplane passenger wasshot by Air Marshals since the US Marshals pro-gramme was beefed up after the 11 September,2001, attacks on New York and Washington. Wit-nesses said the man might have been mentally ill.

The man, who arrived in Miami from Quito,Ecuador, was identified as Florida residentRigoberto Alpizar.

Authorities said he was challenged by two AirMarshals on board the Orlando-bound plane, andshot on the passenger gangway after running offthe aircraft. He ignored demands to put his bag onthe ground and instead reached into it, a Depart-ment of Homeland Security spokesman said.

"Shots were fired as the team attempted tosubdue the subject," the spokesman said.

The shooting triggered a scramble by Air Mar-shals to guard airports across the United Statesagainst possible attacks.

But Jim Bauer, special agent in charge of theFederal Air Marshals' Miami office, said investiga-tors found no immediate evidence of a link toterrorism and no sign of a bomb.

A woman who said she was a witness told NBC

television’s Miami affiliate, WTVJ, that the man’swife had screamed “my husband, my husband”,and said he had bipolar disorder and needed medi-cation.

"Her husband ran through the aisle frantically.She ran after him and all of a sudden there werefour or five shots," passenger Mary Gardner toldthe station by telephone.

Federal officials said they could not commenton the allegation that the suspect might have beenmentally ill.

MNA/Reuters

US Air Marshals kill passengerover bomb threat

China’s mine blast kills 74

Thirty-two were stillmissing in freezing tem-peratures at theLiuguantun colliery inTangshan, 108 miles eastof Beijing in Hebei pro-vince, after Wednesday'sblast.

Xinhua news agencysaid initially that 186miners had been work-ing in the pit at the timebut later revised the fig-ure to 106. The StateAdministration of WorkSafety put the number inthe pit at 123.

Police struggled tohold back hundreds ofrelatives crowdingaround the mine's en-trance hoping for infor-mation. But with highgas levels inside theshaft, rescue efforts weregoing slowly.

Families of the deadwould each be compen-

sated 200,000 yuan($24,770), state televi-sion said.

China has beenstruggling to clean up itsmining industry, which

killed 2,700 people in thefirst half of 2005 alone,but a string of accidentsin recent weeks has madea mockery of safety cam-paigns. — MNA/Reuters


Information Minister expresses gratitude to doyen literati,calls for guarding against the incitement of foreign media

YANGON, 9 Dec —Minister for InformationBrig -Gen Kyaw Hsanpraised the doyen literatifor their performance inthe service of the nationand the people in the his-tory of Myanmar at aceremony to markMyanmar Sarsodaw Dayfor 1367 ME this morn-ing.

The ceremony or-ganized by the MyanmarWriters and JournalistsAssociation was held inconjunction with a cer-emony to pay respects tothe doyen literati thismorning at the City Hall

here.Speaking on the

occasion, Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan said thatefforts of the doyenliterati not only serve inthe interests of the coun-try but also make valu-able contributions to-wards the development ofculture and improvementof knowledge of the peo-ple. Therefore, the Stateowed the literati a greatdeal of gratitude.

The Sarsodaw Dayfalls on the first waxingday of Natdaw. It is onlyMyanmar in the worldthat observes the

every year, he added.It is Myanmar’s

culture that does not copyother styles of culture, hesaid.

Regarding thepress freedom inMyanmar, the ministersaid that nowadays, thepublishing policy ismade in the hope ofpublishing journals andmagazines available tothe public.

A total of 990 pub-lishing permits including157 journal publishingpermits and 231 maga-zine publishing permitshave been issued.

Press ScrutinyBoard scrutinized over1,700 novels in 1988 andthe number scrutinized in2004-2005 reached10,433.

Therefore, it wastotally fabricated by say-ing that there is no free-dom of press inMyanmar. Every countryshall not permit publish-ing that is against thepublic interest.

There is the freedomof press in Myanmar, but

Gen Sein Htwa, DeputyMinister for InformationU Thein Sein and offi-cials presented cash andkind to doyen literati.

At the respect pay-ing ceremony, 92 out of102 doyen literati, at-tended the ceremony andothers will be paid re-spects at their homes.Supreme Court Justice DrTin Aung Aye, depart-mental officials, journal-ists, writers andwellwishers also attendedin the respect paying cer-emony.

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publishing that is not inthe public interest, hesaid.

He also called onthe literati to make thebest use of a pen to guardagainst the incitement offoreign media in this In-formation TechnologyAge. In conclusion, hethanked officials ofMyanmar Writers andJournalists Association,publishers and well-wishers.

Minister Brig-GenKyaw Hsan, Minister forSocial Welfare, Reliefand Resettlement Maj-

Those present at the ceremony to pay respects to the doyen literati.MNA

A ceremony to pay respects to the doyen literati in progress. — MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presentsgift to a doyen literati.

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Deputy Minister U Thein Sein presents gift toa doyen literati.

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Sarsodaw Day to honourthe literati and to payrespects to doyen literati

like other countries,Myanmar’s press scruti-nizing policy bans the

Minister Maj-Gen Sein Htwa presents gift to a doyen literati.MNA

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Forestry sector witnessessustained progress

Increased forest plantations

Reserved forest

(square mile) 38839 46889 8050

Protected public forest

(square mile) - 12540 12540

Natural area (square mile) 2073.93 12433.26 10359.33

Setting up of forest (acre) 79115 1301458 1222343

- teak special plantation

(acre) - 140000 140000

- acres of commercial

plantation 42083 493125 451042

- acres of village

plantation 16630 286854 270224

- acres of industrial

plantation 13690 126095 112405

- acres of watershed

plantation 6712 255384 248672

Acres of Thitseint

plantation - 19250 19250

Tree planting

through community

movement (million) 4.51 210.25 205.74

Increase in growing trees andforest plantations

Subject 1988 2005 progress

The three main economic sectors of the State— the agriculture

sector, the meat and fish sector and the forestry sector— not only fulfil

the food, clothing and shelter needs of the people but also contribute

much towards national development.

The Tatmadaw government, since its assumption of the State’s

duties, has paid serious attention to fulfilling the food, clothing and

shelter needs of the people which is the third duty out of the four main

duties it has been discharging.

In an effort for the development of the forestry sector, the tasks

for extended growing of trees which can attract markets have been

successfully carried out, and these tasks are conducive to people as well

as environment conservation.

As Myanmar’s forestry policy contributes to national economic

development, stability of natural environment and balance of ecology,

it wins support of United Nations Conference on Natural Environment

and Development.

In translating the State’s objectives into action, efforts are being

made for development of the forestry sector by conserving forests for

its perpetuity, fulfilling basic needs of the people, enhancing work

efficiency, encouraging people’s participation.

Nowadays, with the assistance of the State and public participation,

reserved forests have been established, protected public forest

conserved, natural area extended, forest plantations nurtured and trees

planted as public activities. As a result, Myanmar becomes green and

lush and forest areas have increased year after year.

The table shows increase in growing trees and forest plantations

in the time of the Tatmadaw government.

Development of forestry in the timeof the Tatmadaw government

Thriving dense forests seen in Bago mountain range as developmentof forest resources in Myanmar.

With the assistance of the Stateand public participation, reservedforests have been established,protected public forest conserved,natural area extended, forestplantations nurtured and treesplanted as public activities. As aresult, Myanmar becomes green andlush and forest areas have increasedyear after year.


(from page 1)party proceeded toHsipaw Township andvisited ancient BawkyoMuhtaw Pagoda inBawkyo village in thetownship where Chairmanof Kyaukme District PDCLt-Col Soe Win and thepagoda board of trusteeswelcomed them in theevening.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winthen offered flowers, lightand joss sticks to the pa-goda, paid obeisance tothe images in the pagodaand signed the visitors’book.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winalso donated cash forrenovation tasks to thepagoda.

When Lt-GenKyaw Win and party ar-rived at Yantaing AungSutaungpyi Pagoda at theentrance of Lashio Town-ship at 5 pm that day,Chairman of Shan State(North) Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of North-EastCommand Maj-GenMyint Hlaing, DeputyCommander Brig-GenHla Myint and officialswelcomed them.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win inspects regional…Lt-Gen Kyaw Win

paid homage toPaddanmya MyatshinBuddha image in the pre-cinct of the pagoda.

Deputy Com-mander Brig-Gen HlaMyint reported on con-struction of the pagoda,which would be a replicaof the Shwedagon Pagodato Lt-Gen Kyaw Win andCommander Maj-GenMyint Hlaing gave a sup-plementary report. Lt-GenKyaw Win then attendedto the needs and paidhomage to Seinbudaw ofthe pagoda.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winand party inspected theconstruction of the pa-goda as well and leftthere.

On inspection tourof Lashio in Shan State(North), Lt-Gen KyawWin, the commander andparty continued toMongyai on 7 December.

At the hall of thebattalion near Saikkhaungvillage in Mongyai, theymet with military officersand Tatmadawmen andcalled them on regionaldevelopment and poultry-rearing. Lt-Gen Kyaw

Win also provided clothesand foods for them.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winand party then met withmilitary officers,Tatmadawmen and theirfamilies of Mongyai Sta-tion at Thura Zaw Minhall of the station andurged them to cooperatewith the local people inregional developments. Lt-Gen Kyaw Win presentedfoods and clothes to them.

At the briefing hallof Kaukkwei Creek damproject, Deputy Director(Civil) U Kyaw Win ofShan State Irrigation De-partment reported tasks onmonsoon and summerpaddy, water-supply forthe people in Lashio, foodsufficiency for the region,dissemination of agricul-tural methods and facts onNamswum Creek damproject to be built nearMonyin village in NamatuTownship and Lt-GenKyaw Win left instruc-tions.

Next, Lt-Gen KyawWin inspected the con-struction of the dam withthe help of machinery andpresented the officials ofthe project to gifts.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winalso looked into construc-tion of the spill way ofKaukkwe Creek dam andattended to the needs.Over completion, it sup-ply the water to neigh-bouring villages and cangenerate 100 kilowatts ofelectric power.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win,the commander and partyand local people then puta variety of fishes intoHumon lake. They alsoinspected rubber planta-tion of Sein Wutt HmonCo Ltd.

At the briefing hall,

Lt-Col Kyaw Shwe, sec-retary of Shan State(North) PDC, reported ongrowing of 12,997 rubberacres in the year of 2005-2006 in the five districtsand Wa region and exten-sion of growing rubber.Managing Director UMaung Myint of theCompany and Com-mander Maj-Gen MyintHlaing gave supplemen-tary reports.

Later, Lt-GenKyaw Win gave neces-sary instructions and ob-served raw materials.They also inspected

40,000 rubber plants to begrown by Sein WuttHmon Co Ltd.

On arrival at veg-etable plantation of NorthEast Command, Lt-ColMyo Chit of the com-mand reported on theplantations to Lt-GenKyaw Win, who attendedto the needs.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winalso oversaw sunflower,pineapple and orangeplantations of the com-mand. Lt-Gen Kyaw Win,the commander and partyspent the night in Lashio.

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(from page 1)Development Party, UMaung Pein (a) U KhinMaung Thein of Mro (a)Khami National Solidar-ity Organization, U MannTin Maung (a) U MannMyo Nyunt of UnionKayin League and UKhun Sein Win of UnionPa-O National Organiza-tion.

After the conclud-ing remarks had beenmade by the alternatechairman the meeting ad-journed at 10.32 am.

The delegate groupof representatives-electheld its meeting at the

National Convention delegate groups’meetings continue …

hall-2 at 9 am today.During the meet-

ing, U Maung Gyi ofUnion Pa-O National Or-ganization was an alter-nate chairman and U YawAye Hla of Lahu NationalDevelopment Party and USan Tha Aung of Mro (a)Khami National Solidar-ity Organization, mem-bers of the panel of chair-men while Deputy Direc-tor of the working group-4 under the National Con-vention U Maung MaungPhyu Tint acted as masterof ceremonies and Assist-ant Director Daw MieMie Shein, co-master of

ceremonies.First, the master of

ceremonies announced thestart of the meeting withthe permission of themeeting chairman as all13 delegates were present,accounting for 100 percent.

Next, AlternateChairman U Maung Gyiof Union Pa-O NationalOrganization delivered aspeech.

Panel of Chair-men’s compilation as tothe proposals of delegatesgroup of representatives-elect regarding the de-tailed basic principles to

be laid down for sharingof executive and judicialpower to be included inthe writing of the StateConstitution was read byU Yaw Aye Hla of LahuNational DevelopmentParty, independent repre-sentative U Tin TunMaung of MingaladonTownship Constituency-2and independent repre-sentative U Thein Kyi ofTaungdwingyi TownshipConstituency-1.

After the conclud-ing remarks of the alter-nate chairman, the meet-ing adjourned at 9.30 am.

The delegate groupof national races held itsmeeting at Pyidaungsuhall at 9 am today. Dur-

ing the meeting, U MyaSein of Mandalay Divi-sion was an alternatechairman and U KyawDin (a) U Htay Rei ofKayah State, Duwa ZoatDaung of Shan State(North), U Mann OhnMaung of Kayin State andU Maung Hla (a) U HlaMyint of Taninthayi Di-vision, members of panelof chairmen while DeputyDirector U Than Tun ofthe working group-5 un-der the National Conven-tion acted as master ofceremonies and AssistantDirector U Tin MaungOo, co-master of ceremo-nies.

First, the master ofceremonies announced the

start of the meeting withthe permission of themeeting chairman as 640out of 645 delegates werepresent, accounting for96.22 per cent.

Next, U Mya Seinof Mandalay Divisiondelivered a speech at themeeting.

U Mann OhnMaung of Kayin State readout Panel of Chairmen’scompilation as to the pro-posals of delegates groupof national races regardingthe detailed basic princi-ples to be laid down forsharing of executive andjudicial power to be in-cluded in the writing of theState Constitution.

(See page 9)

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win releases fingerlings into Humon lake. — MNA

U Maung Gyi of Union Pa-O National Organization addresses meeting ofdelegate group of Representatives-elect. —MNA

U Tun Yin Law of National Unity Party makes a speech at the meeting ofdelegate group of Political Parties.— MNA


(from page 8)After the concluding remarks of

the alternate chairman, the meeting ad-journed at 9.30 am.

The delegates group of peasantsheld its meeting at the meeting hall-4at 8.30 am today.

During the meeting, U SaingTint Aung of Shan State (North) wasan alternate chairman and U Kan Nyuntof Sagaing Division and U Tin MaungKyaw of Magway Division, membersof panel of chairmen, Deputy DirectorU Myint Kyaing of the working group-6 under the National Convention actedas master of ceremonies and AssistantDirector Daw Myint Sein, co-masterof ceremonies.

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announced the start of the meeting withthe permission of the meeting chairmanas 92 out of 93 delegates were present,accounting for 98.92 per cent.

Next, U Saing Tint Aung of ShanState (North) made an opening speechon the occasion.

U Mya Aye of Yangon Divisionand U Kyi Tint of Ayeyawady Divi-sion read out Panel of Chairmen’s com-pilation as to the proposals of delegatesgroup of peasants regarding the detailedbasic principles to be laid down forsharing of executive and judicial powerto be included in the writing of the StateConstitution.

After the concluding remarks ofthe alternate chairman, the meeting ad-journed at 9.15 am.—MNA

YANGON, 9 Dec — A ceremonyto honour Hajis organized by Haji Se-lection Leading Committee of the Reli-gious Affairs Department under theMinistry of Religious Affairs took placeat the International Business Centre onPyay Road this afternoon. Minister forReligious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura MyintMaung addressed the ceremony. It wasalso attended by departmental heads ofthe ministry, members of the leadingcommittee, representatives of states anddivisions and officials.

Myanmar Hajis honouredFirst, the minister delivered a

speech and leader of Myanmar Hajis As-sociation U Sai Yu Sein of Yangon Divi-sion spoke words of thanks. Next, U NyiNyi Tun, a member of the leading com-mittee read out rules and regulations tobe followed during Haji tourporgrammes.

Later, the minister presented a cer-tificate of honour to Haji U Soe Thanwho gave help to 300 Myanmar Hajisfor their free accommodation.

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YANGON, 9 Dec —A prize presentationceremony to award thewinners of lucky draws ofMeilin Shampoodistributed by Ta-Fa

Winners of lucky draws of Meilin shampoo awardedTrading Co Ltd was heldat Traders Hotel thismorning. It was attendedby departmentalofficials,journalists, luckywinners and guests.

Firstly, ProductionDirector U Mein Thetextended greetings andpresented awards to 17shopkeepers, 22 salesagents and 17 customers."Enjoy Shampoo” wasintroduced to guests at theocassion. Next, ManangerU Tin Aye spoke words ofthanks. A total of 150consolation prizes will betaken out at No 61,Shwetaungdan Street inLamadaw Township.

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Minister Maj-Gen Sein Htwa receivesChinese Ambassador

YANGON, 9 Dec — ChineseAmbassador Mr Guan Mu called onMinister for Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement Maj-Gen Sein Htwa at theministry this afternoon.

Also present at the call wereDeputy Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Myint,Officer on Special Duty Brig-Gen ThuraSein Thaung, departmental officials andhead of office. — MNA

Home Affairs Minister meets ChineseAmbassador

YANGON, 9 Dec — Minister forHome Affairs Maj-Gen Maung Ooreceived Chinese Ambassador Mr GuanMu at the ministry this afternoon.

Also present at the call wereDirector-General of Myanmar PoliceForce Brig-Gen Khin Yi, Director-General U Aung Saw Win of Bureau of

Special Investigation, Deputy Director-General U Khin Maung Thein of GeneralAdministrative Department, Head ofDepartment of Transnational CrimePolice Col Sit Aye, Director U Than Ooof Prisons Department and Head of OfficeU Kyaw San.

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Coord meeting of panel of chairmen ofdelegate group of Other Invited Persons held

YANGON, 9 Dec — The Coordinationmeeting of the Panel of Chairmen ofdelegate group of other invited personswas held at the meeting hall-8 at 9 amtoday. It was attended by members ofpanel of chairmen Secretary of MyanmarHistory Commission U Tun Aung Chein,U Paw Laik Kham of Shan State (North)Special Region-2, Dr Manan Tu Ja ofKachin State Special Region-2, U AungKham Hti of Shan State (South) SpecialRegion-6, delegates of other invitedpersons, Deputy Director of the workinggroup-10 under the National ConventionU Aung Kyi and Assistant Director U

Win Myint.Member of panel of chairmen U

Tun Aung Chein made an openingaddress at the meeting.

They made discussions on panelof chairmen’s compilation concerningthe proposals of delegates of other invitedpersons regarding the detailed basicprinciples to be laid down for sharing ofexecutive and judicial power to beincluded in the drawing of the StateConstitution. The meeting came to anend with the concluding remarks bymember of panel of chairmen U TunAung Chein. — MNA

Coordination meeting of panel of chairmen of delegates group of otherinvited persons in progress. — MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Sein Htwa meets Chinese Ambassador Mr Guan Mu.— MNA

Production Manager U Mein Thet extends greetings at prize presentation ceremony to award the winnersof lucky draws of Meilin Shampoo.—MNA

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(from page 16)by the Chairman of NCC Work Committee should beadopted as detailed basic principles.

Among four proposals submitted by the del-egate group of representatives-elect, political partiesthat include the delegate group of political partiesdiscussed attitude and views of the representatives ofNational Unity Party and Mro (or) Khami NationalSolidarity Organization. The respective delegates alsomade similar discussions.

Independent representative-elect Dr Hmu Htanof Thangtlan Township Constituency of Chin State,Independent representative-elect U Aung Thein ofYwangan Township Constituency of Shan State, andIndependent representative-elect U Tun Kyaw ofNamhsan Township Constituency of Shan State (North)submitted that the Chairman of the NCC Work Com-mittee clarified matters related to State service person-nel at the Plenary Session of the National Conventionon 8 March 2005. There is no suggestion to be addedas the clarification of the Chairman of the WorkCommittee are reasonable.

Independent representatives-elect U Tin Win ofKyaiklat Township Constituency-2, U Thein Kyi ofTaungdwingyi Township Constituency-1, U Hla Soeof Minbu Township Constituency-2, U Mya Hlaing ofTwantay Township Constituency-2, U Kyi Win ofMingaladon Township Constituency-1 and U Tin TunMaung of Mingaladon Township Constituency-2 dis-cussed that the Chairman of the NCC Work Commit-tee explained matters related to the State service per-sonnel. In this regard, the State service personnel are toabide by five points clarified by the Chairman of NCCWork Committee. The service personnel who are freefrom the party politics can run the government ma-chinery with stability. Hence, the clarification of theNCC Work Committee is reasonable.

The delegate group of national races also madediscussions that five points concerning the State serv-ice personnel clarified by the Chairman of the NCCWork Committee should be laid down as detailed basicprinciples.

Similarly, the delegate group of peasants sup-ported that five points regarding the State servicepersonnel clarified by the Chairman of the NCC WorkCommittee should be laid down as detailed basicprinciples.

Likewise, the delegate group of workers dis-cussed clarification concerning five points made bythe Chairman of the NCC Work Committee should belaid down as detailed basic principles.

The delegate group of intellectuals and intelli-gentsia submitted that matters related to the occupa-tional guarantee for the State service personnel werenot prescribed exactly in the Constitutions enactedafter regaining independence of Myanmar. Hence, thedelegate group supported that five points regardingoccupational guarantee for service personnel clarifiedby the NCC Work Committee are appropriate.

The group submitted a separate suggestion thatas matters related to appointment, promotion, retire-ment, enforcement of rules, and the taking of actionagainst service personnel included existing law, by-law, rules and regulations and directives. Likewise, itshould consider the above-mentioned points in draw-ing the law to be prescribed by the State in the future.

The group added one more suggestion that in theservice personnel sector on page 56, the rights forexplanation of any service personnel in the action to betaken due to a reason clarified by the Chairman of NCCWork Committee include the existing law, by-law, rulesand regulations, and directives. Similarly, these factsshould be considered to enact the law in the future.

They gave another suggestion that appointmentof new service personnel and transfer of them to theremote areas causes difficulties to the respective de-partments and enterprises. It is necessary to grantoccupational security to the personnel who are dis-charging duties in the remote areas for many years andmanage to assign duties to them in the limited period,but not for many years. When appointment, transferand promotion of employees to regions or states will beperformed, necessary assistance and rights are to befixed for the service personnel, based on significantsituations of the regions. These facts are included in the

The State is responsible to…existing law, by-law, rules and regulations and direc-tives. Likewise, these facts should be considered inprescribing the law in the future.

Furthermore, the law granting occupational se-curity for State service personnel to be able to dis-charge duties of the State and the citizens should beenacted.

In the existing law, by-law, rules and regula-tions and directives, any working citizen will have theopportunities to take health care services and to ensuresufficiency of food, clothing and shelter when he isinjured in the worksite accident, and when he hasretired from service. Therefore, the State should con-sider these facts in enacting the law in the future.

As regards the enough security and protectionfor the State service personnel the occupational secu-rity for the State service personnel who are dischargingthe duties at the worksites facing danger in which theremay affect health, in the existing law, by-law, rules andregulations and instructions, they should be taken intoconsideration in enacting law in the future.

The maternal right to enjoy for the women inservice is very important not only to benefit the healthof mother but also the babies physically and mentally.

In some countries, with a view to turning out thenew good generations for the country and health ofmother, the maternal leave can be enjoyed up to oneyear after delivery according to law. Being a Myanmardesired for the increase of population, the increasedpopulation are needed to be intelligent generation.This is why, instead of 42 days before and afterdelivery, 42 days before delivery in the existing lawsand 120 days after delivery should be in the law in thefuture.

Besides, as a result of increasing the number ofthe new generation with low intelligence quotient ofthe women in service, the care centres are needed torehabilitate them during the duty of working hours. Itcan be found that the birth-rate of the intelligentfamilies declines due to the troubles of worrying abouttheir infants. I have heard that there are the customs ofawarding the apartments to the service personnel giv-ing birth in some countries. Thus, in the proposal of thedelegate group of Intellectuals and Intelligentsia, it isexpressed for taking consideration in prescribing lawof western country to open the nurseries and pre-primary school at the departments where most womenin service are discharging the duties.

The Delegate group of State Service Personaldiscussed the five points clarified by the Chairman ofthe NCC Work Committee regarding the mattersrelated to the occupational security for State servicepersonnel that do not mention precisely in the post-independence Constitutions to adopt for laying downas the detailed basic principles concerning the occupa-tional security and welfare.

Delegate group of other invited persons dis-cussed that the study of Work Committee regarding theState Service Personnel is right to describe the truesituation.

It could be found that there were discontentmentamong the service personnel because of no leadershipto handle service personnel affairs conveniently in theperiods of British Colony, Parliament Democracy,Revolutionary Council and Lanzin Party of Myanmar.Paying attention to practising the management author-ity, there was also disadvantage in productivity.

As regards the State service personnel, there aretwo parts: the State part and the service personnel part.The State is responsible to assist the service personnelwith everything they deserve. And the service person-nel, on their part, must be loyal to the State and thecitizens, and carry out their responsibilities with fullqualification. In carrying out their responsibilities, theservice personnel should be honest and should upholdtheir moral.

It is therefore assumed that the Constitution shouldprescribe qualification and dutifulness, honesty, emer-gence of law-abiding employees capable of imple-menting the tasks, and occupational guarantees.

The National Convention held on 8 March,2005 laid down the following the basic principlesconcerning the judicial sectors:(1) The judicial power of the State is distributed

among the Supreme Court of the Union, regionhigh courts, state high courts, and law courts ofdifferent levels including law courts of self-ad-

ministered areas:(2) The Union is constituted one Supreme Court of

the Union. The Supreme Court of the Union is thehighest law court of the State:

(3) The Supreme Court of the Union has powers toissue writs:

(4) A region high court is constituted in each of theregions, and a state high court is constituted ineach of the states: and

(5) The following are stipulated as judicial princi-ples:— independent administration of justice in ac-

cord with law:— administration of in public, except where

restricted by law:— giving of right of defence and right of appeal

by law in cases.Moreover, the National Convention has laid

down the following detailed basic principles for theformation of the judicial power that should be includedin writing the Constitution as basic principles:

The judicial power of the State is distributed:(a) in accordance with the State Constitution or the

other laws, among the Supreme Courts of theUnion, High Courts of the Regions, High Courtsof the States, Courts of the self-administereddivision, Courts of the self-administered zones,District Courts, Township Courts, and other courtsconstituted by the law and judges appointed inaccord with law;

(b) in accord with the State Constitution and by otherlaws among Courts Martial;

(c) in accord with the State Constitution, to the Con-stitutional Tribunal.

In connection with the above-mentioned explana-tions, delegates will have to discuss and suggest whetheror not the following detailed basic principles should belaid down:

I will now sort out the detailed basic principles thatshould be adopted in connection with the distributionof judicial power that shall be embodied in the writingof the Constitution based on the studies I have pre-sented.1. “(a) The Supreme Court of the Union shall have the

exclusive original jurisdiction —(1) in all matters arising under any treaty

made by the Union;(2) the disputes, other than the constitutional

disputes, between the Union Governmentand region or state governments,

(3) the disputes, other than the constitutionaldisputes, among the regions, among thestates, between regions and states andbetween Union territories and regions orstates

(4) other matters prescribed by any laws(b) as the Supreme Court of the Union is the

highest court of the State, it is also the finalappellate court

(c) as the judgement passed by the SupremeCourt of the Union are final and conclusive,no right of appeal shall be permitted

(d) The Supreme Court of the Union, subject toany provisions of this Constitution or anyprovisions of other law, shall have the appel-late jurisdiction to decide on the judgmentspassed by the region or state high courts. TheSupreme Court of the Union shall also havethe appellate jurisdiction to inspect and de-cide on, according to the law, the judgmentspassed by other courts.

(e) The Supreme Court of the Union shall havethe jurisdiction of revision according to law.”

2. “(a) The Supreme Court of the Union has the powerto issue the following writs:

(1) Writ of habeas corpus(2) Writ of mandamus(3) Writ of prohibition(4) Writ of quo warranto(5) Writ of certiorari

(b) The submission for issuance of writs shall besuspended in the areas where the state ofemergency is declared.”

3. “The courts of regions or states are vested withthe following jurisdiction in accordance with law:

(1) adjudicating on original case (See page 11)


The State is responsible to…(2) adjudicating on appeal case(3) adjudicating on revision case(4) adjudicating on matters vested by any

4. “(a) With regard to the judicial matter, Yangon Region High Court is the high court ofthe courts situated in Yangon City andCocogyun Township.

(b) In case any area located in regions orstates is designated to be a Union terri-

tory, the region or statehigh court concernedwith regard to the judicial matter is thehigh court of the courts situated in thesaid Union territory.”

5. “District courts, self-administered division courtsand self-administered area courts have the jurisdic-tion with regard to original criminal cases, originalcivil cases, or appeal cases and revision cases, orthe matters vested by any law.”

6. “Township courts have the jurisdiction with regardto original criminal cases, original civil cases, orthe matters vested by any law.”

7. “The judges appointed in accordance with law areto take charge of the entire judicial affairs acrossthe whole Union at the courts formed according tothis Constitution or any of other laws.”

8. “The Union Supreme Court shall submit judiciarybudget to the Union government to express them inthe Bill of the Annual Union Budget in accordancewith the provisions embodied in this Constitution.”

9. “The Chief Justice of the Union shall have the rightto submit the important judiciary condition con-cerning the State or the public in writing to thesession of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, or to the ses-sion of the Pyithu Hluttaw or the Amyotha Hluttawon an occasional basis.” — MNAThe Supreme Court of …

villages to save money and loss of working hours.Therefore, ways and means should be sought foraddressing the cases that can be handled at village andward.

Union Pa-O National Organization discussedthat the classifications made by the Chairman of theNCC Work Committee regarding sharing of judiciarypowers included basic principles on jurisdiction, con-stitutions on jurisdiction, conditions of courts in exist-ence from 1948 to 1962, conditions of pyithu councilsat different levels and panel of judges from 1974 to1988, present jurisdiction and others. The judicialcentres are of utmost importance for each and everynation. The main duties of these centres are to manageexecutive matters fairly.

The Supreme Court of the Union, High Courtsof the Regions and High Courts of the States, Courts ofthe self-administered division and Courts of the self-administered zones, District Courts, and TownshipCourts are the top of the judicial pillar and also thecentres that safeguard the rights of the people. Thejudicial pillar needs to be upright and independent. Ifthe acts of executive bodies at different levels goagainst the law, the Suprime Court and courts atdifferent levels will have to take action against them inaccordance with law. Hence, the points on sharing ofjudiciary powers should be laid down as detailed basicprinciples.

Mro (or) Khami National Solidarity Organiza-tion discussed that they have the opportunity to ob-serve the classifications made by the Chairman of theNCC Work Committee at the NC plenary meeting heldon 8 March 2005.

In the clarifications, there are nine sections onsharing of judiciary powers and the classifications areproper and appropriate. Therefore, the points concern-ing sharing of judiciary powers should be laid down asdetailed basic principles.

Lahu National Development Party discussedthat the clarifications made by the Chairman of theNCC Work Committee with regard to sharing ofjudiciary powers should be laid down as detailed basicprinciples.

Union Kayin League discussed that as regards

judiciary powers of courts at different levels includedin the judicial sector, there will be the Supreme Courtof the Union, High Courts of the Regions and HighCourts of the States, Courts of the self-administereddivision and Courts of the self-administered zones,District Courts, and Township Courts.

The points from 1 to 9 included in the clarifica-tions of the NCC Work Committee Chairman concern-ing sharing of judiciary powers should be laid down asdetailed basic principles.

Kokang Democracy and Solidarity Party dis-cussed that the findings of the Chairman of NCC WorkCommittee regarding sharing of judiciary powers vestedin courts at different levels are in conformity withdetailed basic principles and the State constitution toemerge.

The clarifications of the Chairman of NCC WorkCommittee also included the facts that jurisdiction onoriginal case, appellate jurisdiction and the jurisdictionof revision should be vested in the Supreme Court of theUnion as it is the highest one, and judiciary powersshould be shared with High Courts of the Regions andHigh Courts of the States, Courts of the self-adminis-tered division and Courts of the self-administered zones,District Courts, and Township Courts.

Therefore, the points included in the clarifica-tions of the NCC Work Committee Chairman concern-ing sharing of judiciary powers should be laid down asdetailed basic principles.

Wa National Development Party suggested thatit is important that crimes and punishments should bedecided correctly in judicial affairs. All people haveequal rights before the law. There must not be anyonewho is above the law. They also must be protected bythe law.

As for the division of judicial power clarified bythe Work Committee, adopted detailed basic principleswere based on and adapted from the 1947 StateConstitution and 1974 Constitutions and other coun-tries’ constitutions. They will be also consistent withthe future situation of our country. Therefore, this nine-point principles relate to the prevailing conditions ofthe nation are proper to adopt. Among the eight delegategroups, the delegate group of representatives-elect sub-mitted the four proposal papers. Regarding this, politicalparties from the delegate group of political partiesdiscussed the attitudes of National Unity Party and Mro(or) Khami National Solidarity Organization. And otherrespective delegates also discussed the same.

Independent representatives-elect Dr Hmu Htanof Thangtlan township constituency in Chin State, UAung Thein of Ywangan township constituency inShan State and U Tun Kyaw of Namhsam township

constituency of Shan State (North) would clarify dis-tribution of judicial powers to courts at various lev-els. According to already adopted detailed basic prin-ciples, Pyidaungsu Taya Hluttaw (The SupremeCourt), Region Taya Hluttaw (Region High Court),State Taya Hluttaw (State High Court), law courts ofdifferent levels including districts and townships andself-administered areas will be formed in the nation.The Chairman of the NCC Work Committee clarifiedthe distribution of judicial powers to courts at variouslevels in detail at the plenary session of the NationalConvention on 8-3-2005. The delegates supported theChairman’s clarifications as they were heathy and fineprinciples.

Independent representatives-elect U Tin Win ofKyaiklat township constituency-2, U Thein Kyi ofTaungdwingyi township constituency-1, U Hla Soeof Minbu township constituency-2, U Mya Hlaing ofTwantay township constituency-2, U Kyi Win ofMingaladon township constituency-1 and U Tin TunMaung of Mingaladon township constituency-2 saidthe Chairman of the Work Committee madeclarifications concerning the division of judicial power.And they supported the nine-point detailed basicprinciples as they are appropriate.

In addition, the delegate group of national races,delegate group of peasants, delegate group of work-ers, delegate group of intellectuals and intelligentsia,delegate group of State service personnel unanimouslyseconded the nine-point detailed basic principles clari-fied by the Chairman of the Work Committee.

The group of other invited persons also said thepoints in the division of judicial power are consistentwith already laid down basic principles; they helprealize the six objectives of the National Convention;they are consistent with the distribution of judicialpowers included in the constitutions of global coun-tries; and they are appropriate in deciding fair andhealthy judicial affairs. That is why they seconded thenine-point judicial power distribution clarified by theChairman.

Regarding detailed basic principles to be laiddown for the division of executive and judicial pow-ers clarified by the Work Committee Chairman, find-ings of panel of alternate chairmen concerning theproposals of the delegate groups and delegate groupof political parties have been submitted to the plenarysession. Assessing the proposal papers, it is foundthat the detailed basic principles clarified by theChairman are appropriate to be adopted and they arefully supported by the delegate groups. Moreover, itis found that some delegates made some suggestionsregarding the matter. — MNA

royal palace, the walls, the moat and ancient glazekilns built in Bagan, Inwa and Hanthawady periods,and chose the sites for carrying out excavation tasks.

On 3 December, the talks on preservation ofcultural heritage was held at the Dhammayon in theancient city of Myaungmya. After the talks, SayadawBhaddanta Ñaninda of Shwesikhon Monastery handedover seven items of artifacts including a part of Monstone script made in 16 Century AD and rare glazewaresto the Director-General of Archaeology Department.

According to the records of the local researchers,there are 499 pagodas built in the period of KingAlaungsithu from 1113-1167 AD. Of them, 278pagodas had been unearthed. Some bricks made in Pyuperiod and votive tablets and religious edifices ofBagan period, the part of laterite walls and other itemsof cultural heritage were found. At present, theArchaeology Department plans to systematicallypreserve the cultural heritage in ancient city ofMyaungmya.

The Minister for Culture sent a preliminarysurvey team led by Deputy Director U Min Wai(Research & Training) of Archaeology Department toancient Myaungmya city on 22 April 2005.

˚MNA

Survey of ancient city and artifacts conducted inMyaungmya

YANGON, 9 Dec — Under the arrangements ofMinister for Culture Maj-Gen Kyi Aung, Director-General U Kyaw Win of Archaeology Department andparty arrived Myaungmya on 2 December to conductsurvey of archaeological tasks.

Chairman of Myaungmya District Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Col Kyi Htut Win andofficials explained cultural heritage buildings in theancient Myaungmya city and preservation tasks.

On 2 December, Director-General U Kyaw Winand party performed some religious edifices, the site of

Artifacts including ancient Mon stone inscription(AD 16th Century) .— CULTURE

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The South Korean FairTrade Commission (FTC)announced its ruling at aPress conference held onWednesday, after its four-year investigation overMicrosoft, the world’s big-gest software producer.

The “corrective meas-ure” will last over the next10 years and the FTC willmonitor Microsoft to seewhether the US-basedmultinational companyimplements the ruling toseparate the bundling pro-

gramme from Windows,said a statement of the FTCreleased at the Press con-ference.

“Microsoft’s practiceof bundling programmesinto Windows have hurtconsumers’ interest by lim-iting fair market competi-tion,” said FTC ChairmanKang Chul-kyu at thePress briefing.

The FTC started inves-tigation on Microsoft inSeptember 2001, when alocal Internet portal Daum

Communications Corp.lodged a complaint withthe commission overMicrosoft’s bundling of itsinstant messenger softwarewith some versions of itsdominant Windows oper-ating system.

Daum offers its ownchatting software — DaumMessenger — in localmarket. Daum claimedMicrosoft’s bundling saleof MSN Messenger, oneof the most popular instantmessenger software in theworld, in South Koreanmarket has hurt its busi-ness in such field.

The FTC’s investiga-tion was widened afterUS software companyRealNetworks Inc filed acomplaint with the com-mission in November2004, condemningMicrosoft for tying its au-dio and video software withWindows, allowing thecompany to have an unfairadvantage over rival mu-sic and video softwarecompanies.

Both Daum andRealNetworks filed suitsagainst Microsoft to local

courts, accusing its viola-tion of trade fair rules inSouth Korea. However,the FTC’s ruling cameabout one month afterMicrosoft, Daum andRealNetworks reached out-of-court settlements overthe antitrust dispute.Microsoft agreed to give atotal of 30 million dollars toDaum, and 761 million dol-lars to RealNetworks.

MNA/Xinhua

SEOUL, 8 Dec— South Korean antitrust regulator delivered its ruling Wednesday against MicrosoftCorp, demanding 33 billion won (32 million US dollars) in fines for Microsoft’s violations of fair traderules and separation of the company’s MSN instant messenger as well as Media Server programmesfrom its personal computer operating system Windows.

Microsoft fined $32m in S Korea

Vietnam to gain bigger exportearnings this year

HANOI , 8 Dec— Vietnam is expected to reap export revenues of three billionUS dollars in December, raising this year’s total to 32.1 billion dollars, up from26.5 billion dollars last year.

The expected hike ismainly due to increasingprices of many exports,including coffee, rice andseafood, and higher de-mand of China for suchlocal products as rubber,coal and seafood, the In-formation Centre underVietnam’s Trade Minis-try said Monday.

In the first four daysof this month alone, Chi-nese enterprises ordered5,000 tons of seafood,

3,000 tons of fragrant andsticky rice, and 100,000tons of powder coal fromVietnam, the centre noted.

Vietnam earned 29.1billion dollars from sup-plying its goods to theworld market in the first11 months of this year,posting a year-on-yearsurge of 21.5 per cent, ac-cording to the country’sGeneral Statistics Office.

During the period, theUnited States was the big-

gest importer of Vietnam-ese products, with turno-vers reaching 4.8 billiondollars, followed by the10-member Associationof South-East Asian Na-tions with 4.4 billion dol-lars, the European Unionwith 4.3 billion dollars,Japan with 3.5 billion dol-lars, and China with 2. 3billion dollars.

MNA/Xinhua

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV ZHE HAI 315 VOY NO (039)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV ZHE HAI 315VOY NO (039) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 11.12.2005 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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 INTERASIA LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797 Ford to cut

30,000 jobs WASHINGTON, 8 Dec—

Ford Motor Co, the sec-ond largest auto maker inthe United States, is pre-paring to cut as many as30,000 jobs and close 10plants as part of a broadrestructuring plan, theDetroit News reported onWednesday.

The newspaper, citingunnamed sources, said themeasure aims to restoreprofitability of the com-pany, whose market shareis declining.

Ford reported a pretaxloss of 1.2 billion US dol-lar in its North Americanautomotive operations inthe third quarter.

Last week, the WallStreet Journal reported theautomaker was preparingto close five plants andslash 7,500 workers.

Ford had a total of122,877 North Americanemployees at the end oflast year and 324,000 em-ployees worldwide.

The automaker has al-ready cut 2,750 workersthis year and outlinedplans for slashing another4,000 workers in the firstquarter of 2006. Ford has23 assembly plants inNorth America, but is onlyusing around 86 per centof the capacity as com-pared with 107 per cent ofits major rival ToyotaMotor Corp.

MNA/Xinhua

China aims to introduce generalassembly line from Airbus

BEIJING , 8 Dec— China, the fastest growing aviation market in the world,has reportedly signed a memorandum of understanding with Europeanaircraft maker Airbus on importing a general assembly line, the EconomicInformation Daily reported on Tuesday.

The memo, signed byChina’s National Develop-ment and Reform Commis-sion and Airbus, talkedabout a feasibility study onbuilding a general assem-bly line for Airbus single-aisle planes in China.

This will be the high-est-level cooperation be-tween China and Airbus inthe history of Chinese avia-tion industry, the reportsaid. China and Francesigned on Monday 16 co-operation agreements con-cerning various sectorsduring Chinese PremierWen Jiabao’s ongoing visitto France.

The biggest deal was aframework agreement onthe Chinese purchase of150 aircraft from Airbus’A320 family of single-aisleplanes, signed by Airbus’chief executive, GustavHumbertand and Li Hai,president of the ChinaAviation Supplies Import

and Export Group. Airbus is seeking to

topple US rival Boeing’sdominance of the Chinesecivil aviation sector byclawing its way up to a 50-per-cent market share.

Boeing last monthnotched up firm orders for70 of its mid-range planes,the 737s, and options for

another 80 during a visit toChina by US PresidentGeorge W Bush.

China said it would bebuying between 1,800 and2,700 planes from the twocompanies, which are theworld’s leading commer-cial airline manufacturers,over the next two decades.

MNA/Xinhua

Chinese auto brand debuts inItalian Motor Show

SHIJIAZHUANG , 8 Dec—Great Wall Motor, aleading pickup truck maker in China, will debut atthe 30th Motor Show Bologna in Italy, making itthe first Chinese auto company to participate inthis international motor show.

During the eight-dayexhibition, six GreatWall Company modelautos will be displayed,including the state-of-artHover CUV and the dou-ble cabin pickup DEER.Its exhibition floor cov-ers more than 340 squaremetres.

“We hope to use theopportunity to showcasethe image of Chinesecarmakers and to pro-mote our brand’s inter-national profile,” an of-ficial with the company’sinternational marketingdepartment said.

MNA/Xinhua

Thousands flee Vanuatu forfear of volcanic eruption

WELLINGTON , 8 Dec— Thousands of Vanuaturesidents were evacuated from homes for fear ofvolcanic eruption, according to Wednesday’s re-ports from this South Pacific islands nation.

Mount Manaro, on theisland of Ambae, report-edly began spewing outash and steam on 27 No-vember and is said to becontinually shaking.

There are fears that ifManaro will erupt it mayalso unleash a mud streamfrom a lake inside its cra-ter.

According to the offi-cial website of the coun-try, community leadersincluding chiefs onAmbae are currently en-forcing the provincial dis-aster preparedness plan inthe face of threats from

volcano. The Natural Disaster

Management Office(NDMO) said that the cur-rent situation of Manarohas reached Level 2, thatindicates it is a danger toapproach the vent of thevolcano as it signals con-tinuing eruption.

The police operationcentre has been on 24hours daily monitoring thesituation since Friday.

Vanuatu is a chain of83 islands, some with ac-tive volcanoes and mostof which are inhabited.

MNA/Xinhua

Internet users base up by 54% in India NEW DELHI , 9 Dec— Indians are increasingly becoming net savvy with the

Internet users base registering a 54-per-cent growth, with 38.5 million peopleusing the medium this year, Indo-Asian News Service reported.

According to a surveyby the Internet and MobileAssociation of India(IAMAI), more and morepeople are using theInternet. Against 25 millionusers in 2004, this year has

recorded 38.5 million userstill November. Internetpenetration has beenfacilitated by low rates forbroadband connections,now available for 199rupees. (four US dollars)

per month, and introductionof affordable PCs priced at10,000 rupees (216 USdollars), which enables thecommon man overcome thefirst obstacle of accessingthe net.— MNA/Xinhua

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NASA seeks privatereplacements for shuttle trips CAPE CANAVERAL , 8 Dec— With the space shuttles due to retire, NASA is

looking for private companies interested in taking over the potentially lucrativebusiness of flying cargo and crew to the International Space Station.

The US space agencyissued a solicitation forproposals on Tuesday forfirms interested in handlingdelivery services nowprovided by the threeshuttles, which are due tostop flying by 2010.

“Certainly this is anopportunity for the newspace companies,” said JimBanke, head of Floridaoperations for The SpaceFoundation industry tradeassociation. “They’ve beenlobbying NASA hard forsomething like this foryears.”

NASA hopes tosupplement, and eventuallyreplace, crew and cargoflights to the space stationthat had been planned forthe shuttle fleet. The agencyalso may have to pare downthe number of shuttle flightsto the station even beforethey retire to pay fordevelopment of a newspacecraft.

In addition to flying tothe station if no commercialproviders are available, the

new NASA ships are beingdesigned to carry astronautsto the moon.

“We’re excited about thisopportunity,” said LarryWilliams, who handlesinternational and govern-ment affairs for California-based Space ExplorationTechnologies, or SpaceX,which plans its debut rocketlaunch this month.

SpaceX was foundedand funded by Internet

entrepreneur Elon Musk,who sold his online paymentservices firm PayPal to eBayfor 1.5 billion US dollars.

Musk is developing aseries of launchers, calledthe Falcon, which, ifsuccessful, could signi-ficantly undercut the priceroutinely paid to aero-space giants LockheedMartin Corp and Boeing Co,to send payloads into orbit.

MNA/Reuters

Ness Display opens “OLED”plant in Singapore

SINGAPORE, 8 Dec— Ness Display, a South Korea-based manufacturer anddeveloper of Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) technology, opened a newplant in Singapore on Wednesday.

The new facility of aninvestment of 100million Singaporedollars (about 60 millionUS dollars) is not onlyNess Display’s firstmanufacturing plantoutside South Korea, butalso Singapore’ s firstOLED factory.

Currently, the plantproduces high qualityone-inch OLED displaypanels used in mobilephones and MP3 players,which will be exported tocountries in the AsiaPacific Region includingChina and Japan. It willstart producing 1.5-inchand 1.8-inch OLEDdisplay panels from nextyear.

Kim Myung Jin, ChiefExecutive Officer of thenew plant, was quoted assaying that OLED willbecome the nextgeneration of flat paneldisplay for mostconsumer electronic

appliances due to its costadvantages and enhancedcapabilities.

It is expected that thenew facility will helpreinforce Ness Display’sleading position in OLEDtechnology and meet thedemand for high qualityOLED panels andmodules worldwide,especially in East Asia.

Singapore identifiedOLED as a “potentiallydisruptive technology”five years ago, accordingto Lim Hng Kiang,Minister for Trade andIndustry, who officiated atthe opening ceremony.

MNA/Xinhua

Uganda supports modernizingtelecom in Africa

KAMPALA , 8 Dec— Uganda CommunicationsCommission (UCC) on Wednesday expressed itsstrong support to various African regional initiativesaimed at modernizing the telecommunicationsinfrastructure.

The remarks was madeby UCC ExecutiveDirector Engineer PatrickMasambu in a statement tomark this year’s AfricaTelecommunications Daywhich falls on 7 Decemberwith the theme “NextGeneration Networks(NGN): Challenges andOpportunities for Africa.”

Masambu said Ugandasupports the SubmarineFibre Optics System forEastern and SouthernAfrica (EASSY project),adding that this projectaims to provide a backbonefor Uganda’s ICTinfrastructure. The UCCchief said Uganda hasmade significant progressin ICT services in the last

one year. “There is network

coverageof telecommunicationservice in all the districts of thecountry. The June 2005 figuresfor fixed telephone lines stoodat 87,513, cellular phones1,405,395 and pay phones61,914,” he said.

Masambu pointed out thatin line with achieving theMillennium DevelopmentGoals as set out by the UnitedNations in 2000, Uganda hasgone a long way in ensuringsustainable nationaldevelopment throughavailability and access toreliable, cost effective, andaffordable communicationsservices largely deliveredthrough an enabled privatesector.— MNA/Xinhua

Charles, Willam and Harryface “Ant and Dec” probe

LONDON, 8 Dec— Prince Charles and his sonsWilliam and Harry will be interviewed together byAnt and Dec as part of a live TV show attended bya host of stars to celebrate 30 years of the charity setup by the heir to the throne.

The princes and Charles’s wife Camilla, the Duchess ofCornwall, will join the popular duo for the event next Mayto celebrate the work of the Prince’s Trust, ITV1 and thecharity said on Wednesday.The interview by Ant McPartlinand Declan Donnelly, the presenters of TV shows such as“I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!”, will be the firsttime all three princes have been quizzed together.

“We enjoyed interviewing the Prince of Wales fouryears ago and we’re thrilled to have the opportunity tointerview him again, this time with William and Harry,”the pair said in a statement.“The Prince’s Trust 30thLive”, to be staged at the Tower of London, will includea concert which will feature “some of the biggest Britishand international stars” although the line-up has notbeen confirmed yet.— MNA/Reuters

China donates medicalfacilities to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD , 8 Dec— A signing ceremony was heldhere on Wednesday regarding China’s donation ofmedical instruments and other facilities worth 60,000dollars to Pakistan.

Present at the ceremonyon behalf of their respectivegovernments were MaoSiwei, China’s ChargeD’affaires to Pakistan andAhmed Jawad, AdditionalSecretary of Pakistan’sEconomic Affairs Division.

The donation of themedical facilities was amongthe pledges made by theChinese Government at theinternational donors’conference held in thePakistani capital of Is-lamabad on 19 November.

At the conference, Chinaannounced a concessionalloan of 300 million USdollars to fund reconstructionand rehabilitation plans inearthquake-hit areas ofPakistan, including the repairof Karakoram Highway, theprovision of health andeducational facilities inBalakot of the North-WestFrontier Province, and theestablishment of a network

of seismic stationsthroughout Pakistan.

MNA/Xinhua

A bus passes a billboard for the Miss World finals in downtown Sanya onChina's Hainan Island , on 9 Dec, 2005. —INTERNET

A Bangladeshi woman stands beside her Volkswagen car during a rally inDhaka on 9 Dec, 2005. Some 30 old 1960's model Volkswagen cars began a 100km (62 miles) journey on Friday on the sixth rally organised by the VolkswagenClub of Bangladesh. The organisers want to preserve these cars as antiques forthe future generation as the model of these cars ceased production several years

ago. —INTERNET


S P O R T S Agony for 57,000 Napoli crowd as Roma win 3-0 ROME , 9 Dec — A crowd of 57,000 were sent home disappointed when

Third Division Napoli slid to a 3-0 defeat by AS Roma in the first leg of theirlast-16 tie in the Italian Cup on Thursday.

Eriksson wary of Australia in World Cup draw L ISBON,9 Dece — Sven-Goran Eriksson says England will have no fear of Brazil or Argentina at next

year's World Cup but he does want to avoid Australia in Friday's draw. EU, UEFA launch inquiryinto European soccer

LEIPZIG, 9 Dec— A study into how football is run inEurope is to be organized by European soccer's gov-erning body UEFA and the European Commission,Richard Caborn, the British Sports Minister said onThursday.

Caborn told a news conference his initiative had thesupport of FIFA president Sepp Blatter and LennartJohansson, the president of UEFA.

"We had a historic meeting today," Blatter said atthe joint news conference.

"We must maintain the autonomy of sport, and theinquiry will also provide a better definition of thespecifity of sport in general and of football in particularunder the Nice declaration of December 1999."

That declaration was designed to define the statusof sport in the EU.

The British minister, whose country currently holdsthe rotating Presidency of the EU, said he hoped todeliver "concrete proposals" to the Council of Minis-ters in June of next year.

"Both the Austrian and Finnish Presidencies are onboard and the European Parliament has been kept inthe loop," Caborn said.

"The input from the European Commission andCommissioner Jan Figel was most significant," Cabornadded.— MNA/Reuters

Though he believes aseeded England are better-equipped to face theworld's elite in 2006 thanthey were in 2002,Eriksson is bracing him-self for a tricky draw inLeipzig.

"Holland, Australia andthe United States would bethe worst for us," the Eng-land coach told reporters.

"On paper, Holland arethe best non-seeded team.Marco van Basten is build-ing a new team and hasbeen very successful withit."

Looking at the otherpots from which England'sgroup rivals will emerge,Eriksson said: "The UnitedStates and Australia des-perately want to beat Eng-land in a big tournament.

That would be a big boostfor their countries."

England's long-stand-ing sporting rivalry withAustralia has reached newheights in recent years withtheir cricketers' victory inthe Ashes and their rugbytriumph over Australia inthe 2003 World Cup final.

However, Eriksson hasunhappy memories of theirlast meeting on a footballpitch. England lost 3-1 in asharply-contested friendlyin February 2003 at UptonPark which he now regretshaving organized.

"It was far away from afriendly match," he re-called. "They desperatelywanted to beat us and theydid."

Unaware of the inten-sity of the old rivalry, he

admitted: "I never knew. IfI had known about it, Iwouldn't have played Aus-tralia because it was not afriendly game at all."

Whatever the draw, ifDavid Beckham's menmake headway they arelikely to face the big gunsof South America.

Knocked out in 1998by Argentina and in 2002by eventual championsBrazil, England have nowadded the likes of FrankLampard, Joe Cole andmore importantly, 20-year-old sensation WayneRooney.

"The squad, the team ismuch, much stronger thanit was three-and-a-halfyears ago," said Eriksson.

"I think we are techni-cally much better and weare more experienced.

"We are one of four orfive teams who can win itand we will have oneweek's more preparation,which I think will mean alot to the squad."

The Swede also pointedto Lampard and fellowmidfielder Steven Gerrardcoming second and thirdbehind Ronaldinho in lastmonth's European Foot-baller of the Year awardand highlighted England's3-2 friendly win over Ar-gentina last month as evi-dence of the team's increas-ing quality.

He dismissed any ideaof England being fright-ened by the favourites orbeing susceptible to thekind of red cards shownthis season to Rooney forManchester United andBeckham for both Real

German coach sacked forheadbutting rival player

LEIPZIG (Germany), 9 Dec — MSV Duisburg sackedcoach Norbert Meier on Thursday one day after theleague suspended him indefinitely for headbuttingCologne player Albert Streit and then pretending to bethe victim of the attack.

Duisburg, 17th in the 18-team Bundesliga, said theyfelt compelled to sack Meier because his suspensioncould last months following the incident which tookplace in Tuesday's match.

"The pressure on the coach has become enormousbecause of the incident," said Duisburg chairman WalterHellmich, who added Meier was in agreement with theclub's decision. "That's why we decided to take thisstep."

He said assistant coach Heiko Scholz would leadthe team on Saturday against Arminia Bielefeld.

"We'll find a new coach in the foreseeable future butwe're not going to put pressure on ourselves," saidScholz.

The German football association's (DFB) controlcommittee announced on Wednesday that Meier, 47,was banned indefinitely from training the club andtaking part in meetings.

USA's Lindsey Kildow, left, talks with Germany's Maria Reisch after a trainingrun in Aspen, Colo, on 8 Dec, 2005. Morning temperatures at the mountain

were about 15 degrees below zero. The women's World Cup super-G isscheduled for Friday. — INTERNET

Roma's city rivalsLazio defeated Cittadella2-0 while a late goal by19-year-old strikerAndrea Cocco earnedCagliari a 1-1 home drawwith Sampdoria.

The second legs arescheduled for 11 January.

Napoli, Italian soccer'sfallen giants, attracted acapacity crowd to theirSan Paolo Stadium for theafternoon match but thehome team could not com-pete with a Roma sidedecimated by injury andsuspension.

Twice Serie A cham-pions Napoli started ag-gressively, Brazilian

striker Pia firing narrowlywide at the end of a solorun down the left.

Gradually Roma tookcontrol and went ahead inthe 34th minute whenNapoli keeper GennaroIezzo spilled RodrigoTaddei's low cross into thepath of midfielder AlbertoAquilani, who poked theball in from close range.

Taddei also set upRoma's second goal,threading a neat passthrough the defence forShabani Nonda to ham-mer home four minutesbefore the interval.

Napoli almost pulledone back midway throughthe second half whenGianluca Curci beat awayRoberto De Palma's close-

range shot but a StefanoOkaka strike seven min-utes from time completeda comfortable victory.

Hosts Napoli were re-duced to 10 men follow-ing the last-minute dis-missal of defender RubenMaldonado for a foul onOkaka.

Lazio's home victoryover Third DivisionCittadella came courtesyof a first-half penalty bySimone Inzaghi and a lategoal by Goran Pandev.

Simone Pavan headedSampdoria in front in the68th minute at Cagliari butCocco's equalizer two min-utes from the end rewardeda strong second-half per-formance by the home side.

MNA/Reuters

Madrid and England. "If you look at the list I

don't think we need to beafraid of any of them -- any more than they are ofus -- and the right word isnot 'afraid' it's 'respect'," hesaid.

"You have to respectBrazil or Argentina or Hol-land if you meet them andyou have to play very well.But I know that we can dothat."

As for having the righttemperament, Erikssonsaid: "All the playerspicked, from Real Madridor wherever, will come intothe World Cup wanting towin it.

"I'm not worried aboutthe temperament ofBeckham or Rooney. Theywill do everything right atthe World Cup."

MNA/Reuters

Austria's Markus Rogan (L) reacts to his world record setting time as ArkadyVyatchanin of Russia celebrates his second placing in the men's 200m back-

stroke final at the European Swimming Championships Short Course in Trieste,northern Italy on 8 Dec, 2005. Rogan took gold and set a new world record

with a time of 1 minute 50.43 seconds. Vyatchanin took the silver and CroatianGordan Kozulj the bronze.—INTERNET MNA/Reuters


*R 489 Published by the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar. Edited and printed at The New Light of Myanmar Press,No 22/30 Strand Road at 43rd Street, Yangon. Cable Newlight, PO Box No. 43, Telephones: Editors 296115, Manager 296864, Circulation 297093, Advertisement 296843,Accounts 296545, Administration 296161, Production 297032 (Office) /297028 (Press).

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hoursMST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been widespread in Shan State and Mandalay Divi-sion, scattered in Rakhine State, lower Sagaing and MagwayDivisions, isolated in Chin, Kayah States, Bago and YangonDivisions and weather has been partly cloudy in the remain-ing areas with isolated heavyfall in Mandalay Division.Night temperatures were (5°C) to (6°C) above normal inShan, Kayah and Mon States, (3°C) to (4°C) above normalin Kachin, Chin and Rakhine States, lower Sagaing, Manda-lay, Bago and Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions andabout normal in the remaining areas. The noteworthy amountsof rainfall recorded were PyinOoLwin (2.52) inches,Kyauktaw (1.69) inches, Mandalay (1.22) inches, Sagaing(1.06) inches and Monywa (0.63) inch.

Maximum temperature on 8-12-2005 was 91°F. Mini-mum temperature on 9-12-2005 was 65°F. Relative humid-ity at 09:30 hrs MST on 9-12-2005 was 87%. Total sunshinehours on 8-12-2005 was (8.0) hours approx.

Rainfalls on 9-12-2005 were nil at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and central Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2005were (103.62) inches at Mingaladon, (102.87) inches atKaba-Aye and (107.44) inches at central Yangon. Maxi-mum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph fromSoutheast (12:30) hours MST on 8-12-2005.

Bay inference: According to the observations at (09:30)hours MST today, yesterday’s tropical storm ‘Fanoos’ overSoutheast Bay and adjoining Southwest Bay has movedweswards and lies over Southwest Bay. It is centred at about(300) miles Southeast of Chennai, India and forecast tomove Westwards. Weather is cloudy in South and CentralBay and partly cloudy elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 10-12-2005:Weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin, Chin States, upperSagaing Division and rain or thundershowers will be scat-tered in Rakhine State, Ayeyawady, Yangon, Mandalay,Magway and Taninthayi Divisions and isolated in the re-maining areas. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Strong easterly wind with moderate torough seas are likely at times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, offand along Mon-Taninthayi Coasts. Surface wind speeds instrong wind may reach (30 to 35) mph. Seas will bemoderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Slight increase ofnight temperatures in the whole country.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for10-12-2005: Likelihood of isolated light rain or thunder-showers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 10-12-2005: Likelihood of isolated light rain or thun-dershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Weather outlook for second weekend of Decem-ber 2005: During the coming weekend, isolated rain orthundershowers are likely in Yangon and Mandalay Divi-sions.

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According to the observations at (09:30) hours MSTtoday, yesterday’s tropical storm ‘Fanoos’ over SoutheastBay and adjoining Southwest Bay has moved westwardsand lies over Southwest Bay. It is centred at about (300)miles Southweast of Chennai, India and forecast to moveWestwards.

A map showing the host cities and the bowls that will be used in the final drawfor the 2006 Soccer Cup are seen during a hpotocall in Leipzing, Germany

on 8 Dec, 2005. — INTERNET

The study isimportant forunderstanding digestivedisorders, including somecancers, and fordeveloping cures, saidscientists at the CarnegieInstitution. Their findings

appeared on 7 Decemberearly online edition of thejournal Nature. “The factthat fruitflies have thesame genetic program-ming in their intestines ashumans, strongly suggeststhat we were both cut from

the same evolutionarycloth more than 500million years ago,” statedBenjamin Ohlstein,leading author of thepaper.

It may come as asurprise, but insects have

the same basic structureto their gastrointestinaltract as vertebrates.

They have a mouth,an esophagus, theequivalent to a stomach,and large and smallintestines.

The researcherslooked at their smallintestines, where food isbroken down into itsconstituent nutrients forthe body to absorb.

They focused on twocell types — cells that linethe small and largeintestines in a single layerto help break up andtransport food molecules,called enterocytes; andcells that produce peptidehormones, whosefunctions includeregulation of gastricmotility as well as growthand differentiation of thegut (enteroendocrinecells).

MNA/Xinhua

Study shows fruitfly has human-like stem cells LOS ANGELES, 9 Dec — Adult fruitflies have the same stem cells controlling cell regulation in their gut

as humans do, a research team reported on Wednesday.

10th Waxing of Nadaw 1367 ME Saturday, 10 December, 2005

The State is responsible to assist service personnelwith everything they deserve; State service personnel,must be loyal to the State and the citizens, and carry

out their responsibilities with full qualification

Supreme Court of the Union, High Courts of Regions, High Courtsof States, Courts of self-administered division and Courts of

self-administered zones, District Courts, and Township Courts areto be established

Member of

the Panel

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men U Bo

Thein

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MNA

Member ofthe Panelof Chair-men DrTheinNyunt

(Nyunt WaiKatha)

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MNA

YANGON, 9 Dec —The following is a trans-lation of the clarificationmade by member of thePanel of Chairmen U BoThein on collections of theproposal papers submit-ted by the delegate groupson laying down detailedbasic principles for shar-ing of executive and judi-cial powers to be includedin the drawing of the StateConstitution at the Na-tional Convention held at

the Nyaunghnapin Camp,Hmawby Township, on 7December.

Kokang Democ-racy and Unity Party dis-cussed that with regard tothe State service person-nel, the Chairman of theNational Convention Con-vening Work Committeemade clarification on mat-ters related to the Stateservice personnel in allaspects.

As regards the State

service personnel, thereare two parts: the Statepart and the service per-sonnel part. The State isresponsible to assist theservice personnel witheverything they deserve.And, the State service per-sonnel, on their part, mustbe loyal to the State andthe citizens, and carry outtheir responsibilities withfull qualification. In car-rying out their responsi-bilities, the service per-

sonnel should be honestand should uphold theirmoral. It is a very impor-tant factor. Policy-mak-ing organ and personsplays a very significantrole in realizing the policy.Hence, rights, codes ofconduct and moral of serv-ice personnel were in-cluded in the clarificationof the Chairman of NCCWork Committee.

Wa National De-velopment Party also dis-cussed that State servicepersonnel take up the dutywith the aim of working toexactly implement thepolicies and guidance laiddown by the government.In multi-party system,State service personnelshould remain robust re-gardless of any govern-ment change so that theState machinery at differ-ent levels can run

smoothly. The State serv-ice personnel speciallyneeded to be free fromsectarian, qualified, duti-ful and honest. The Stateis therefore responsible togrant the occupational se-curity to the service per-sonnel. If the State servicepersonnel are not free fromparty politics, the govern-

ment machinery will beout of order at the collapseof harmonious relationsamong the State servicepersonnel as well as dis-advantages and losses ofthe State will be caused.

Therefore, fivepoints regarding the Stateservice personnel clarified

(See page 10)

Policy-making organ and persons plays a

very significant role in realizing the policy.

Hence, rights, codes of conduct and moral of

service personnel were included in the clarifi-

cation of the Chairman of NCC Work Com-

mittee.

YANGON, 9 Dec —The following is a trans-lation of the clarificationsmade by member of Panelof Chairmen Dr TheinNyunt (Nyunt Wai-Katha)on collections of the pro-posal papers submitted bythe National Conventiondelegates for laying downdetailed basic principlesfor sharing of executiveand judiciary powers tobe included in the Stateconstitution at the NC ple-

nary meeting held atNyaunghnapin Camp inHmawby Township on 7December 2005.

Regarding hisclarifications, the Na-tional Unity Party dis-cussed that the Chairmanof the NCC Work Com-mittee presented the ninepoints regarding the shar-ing of judiciary powersthat should be or shouldnot be considered as de-tailed basic principles.

The clarifications statedthe jurisdiction on origi-nal case, writs, appellatejurisdiction, the jurisdic-tion of revision and theprinciples on jurisdictionvested in High Courts ofthe Regions and HighCourts of the States. Forjurisdiction matters, theclarifications also statedthat the Yangon RegionHigh Court shall be theHigh Court of courts inYangon City and

Kokogyun Township.Likewise, for jurisdictionmatters, High Courts ofthe Regions or HighCourts of the States shallbe the High Court of courtsin the region or the state.Moreover, it is stated thatCourts of the self-admin-istered division and Courtsof the self-administeredzones, District Courtshave the right to exercisejudicial powers on adju-dicating on original case,appeal case, revision caseand matters vested by anylaw.

According to basicprinciples laid down bythe National Convention,the Supreme Court of theUnion, High Courts of theRegions, High Courts ofthe States, Courts of theself-administered divisionand Courts of the self-ad-ministered zones, DistrictCourts, and Township

Courts are to be estab-lished. Therefore, thepoints included in theclarifications of the NCCWork Committee Chair-man concerning sharingof judiciary powers shouldbe laid down as detailedbasic principles.

They also sug-gested that according tothe coming State consti-

tution, it was found thatthere will be no courts atvillage and ward levels.In this connection, if anycases in villages andwards, they will have tobe handled at the town-ship courts. If cases in vil-lages and wards can beaddressed there, there willbe convenient for the

(See page 11)

The Supreme Court of the Union, HighCourts of the Regions and High Courts of theStates, Courts of the self-administered divi-sion and Courts of the self-administered zones,District Courts, and Township Courts are thetop of the judicial pillar and also the centresthat safeguard the rights of the people.

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