Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of Ministry of Defence inspects

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 29 Oct—Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaingof the Ministry of Defence heard the reports presentedby Chairman of Shan State (North) Peace and

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of Ministry of Defenceinspects developments of Hsipaw, Lashio

Development Council Commander of North-EastCommand Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut and officials onprogress of work at the briefing hall of extended

building of Hsipaw People's Hospital of Shan State(North) and staff quarter construction site on 27 October.

(See page 7)

Photo shows University of Computer Studies (Lashio).—MNA

Myogyi Diversion Weir in Kyaukse TownshipByline & Photos:

Khin Maung Than (Sethmu)

The main canal of Myogyi Diversion Weir.

The government is exerting allpossible ways and means to utilize all watersources necessary for greening the wholecountry and growing paddy and other crops.

In the process, the government hasbeen constructing dams, diversion weirs,regulating dams, sluice gates, river waterpumping stations and underground watertapping stations. Myogyi Diversion Weirinaugurated on 29 August 2009, for example,benefits local farmers significantly.

Upon arrival at the diversion weir,nine miles east of Hanmyinmo Villagefeeder road junction at Mile Post No 395of Meiktila-Mandalay Road, our mediateam was given a warm welcome by StaffOfficer U Tun Tun Win and Staff Officer UWin Ko Ko, and briefed on the irrigationfacility. Myogyi Diversion Weir lies at

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 30 October, 2009

Friday, 30 October, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

Prime Minister of the Union of MyanmarGeneral Thein Sein attended the 4th East AsiaSummit and closing ceremony of the 15th

ASEAN Summit held at Dusit Thani Hotel inHua Hin, Thailand on 25 October.

Also present at the 4th East Asia Summitwere the President of the Republic of the Phil-ippines, the King of Brunei Darussalam, thePrime Ministers of Cambodia, Lao People’sDemocratic Republic, Malaysia, Republic ofSingapore, Thailand, the Socialist Republic ofVietnam, the People’s Republic of China, Ja-pan, the Republic of Korea and the ASEANSecretary-General.

At the summit, leaders of East Asiancountries discussed and exchanged views onmatters on cooperation for Korea peninsula tobe free from nuclear weapons, overcomingglobal financial crisis, ensuring success of Co-penhagen Environmental Summit, preventivemeasures against climate change and naturaldisaster, natural disaster management, foodand energy security, collectively addressingfinancial crisis and establishment of East AsianCommunity.

Prime Minister General Thein Sein to-gether with the heads of State/Governmentfrom East Asian countries attended a workingluncheon held at Napalai Ballroom (A). TheAustralian Prime Minister over working lunch-eon presented a proposal to establish Asia-Pacific Community in 2020. Having discussedfrankly the proposal, the East Asian leadersrecognized it as the long-term vision.

We firmly believe that the discussion,exchange of views and cooperation among theleaders of East Asian countries will furtherstrengthen friendly relations between thosecountries and bring about success in multilat-eral cooperation.

Further strengthenfriendly ties among EastAsian countries

NAY PYI TAW, 29 Oct— The State Peace andDevelopment Council has appointed Col Nyi PhyuHla of the Ministry of Defence as Managing Di-rector of Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank under theMinistry of Finance and Revenue on probationfrom the date he assumes charge of his duties.

MNA

MYANMAR GAZETTE

NAY PYI TAW, 29 Oct— The final matches ofthe Defence Services Commander-in-Chief’s ShieldVolleyball Championship took place at Flying Train-ing Base in Meiktila on 23 October.

It was attended by the commander of FlyingTraining Base, senior military officers, servicemen andguests.

The airbase commander and officials presentedprizes to the respective winners.— MNA

Defence Services C-in-C’s ShieldVolleyball C’ship concludes

YANGON, 29 Oct — Chairman of AyeyawadyDivision Peace and Development Council Com-mander of South-West Command Maj-Gen Kyaw Swepresented K 2 million to Delta United on 27 Octoberto honour the unbeaten football team.

U Tun Yin of the Delta FC accepted the cashand pledged to achieve success for the AyeyawadyDivision. — MNA

Delta United FC honoured

NAY PYI TAW, 29Oct—Minister for Com-munications, Posts andTelegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw attended a cer-emony to introduceCDMA 450 in Phakant-Seikhmu-Lonkhin regionheld at Seikhmu village inPhakant township, KachinState on 26 October.

Next, Col Than Aungof the Local Battalion andChief Engineer U TheinOo of Mobile Communi-cations formally openedthe ceremony.

After inspecting anewly-installed CDMA450 room, the ministertried on trunk calls. Aftermeeting with departmen-tal officials, townseldersand members of social or-ganizations at UruyadanaHall in Phakant township,he looked into a commu-nication station in Lonkhinvillage.

Next, he attended aceremony to open newdigital auto-exchange heldat Hsarhmaw and Pinballvillages, formally openedthe ceremony and over-saw an auto-exchange

CPT Minister supervisesdevelopment tasks in

Kachin Stateroom.

Having met withtownselders and membersof social organizations inHopin town and responsi-ble persons of townshipsand villages andtownselders in Mohnyintown, the minister in-spected Mohnyin People’sGeneral Hospital.

Upon arrival atYadanarpon Myothit nearPyinOoLwin in Manda-lay Division on 27 Octo-ber, the minister lookedinto progress in construct-

ing buildings and roadsin Yadanarpon Myothit(North) housing projectarea, and factories andworkshops built by com-panies in the place of SoftBase Factories ofYadanarpon Myothit andgave instructions ontimely completion of con-struction tasks to be ableto produce mechanical

gadgets.At the meeting hall

of Yadanarpon teleport,the minister met with of-ficials of Yadanarponteleport company, depart-mental officials and en-trepreneurs, and gavenecessary instructionsand viewed a test on WiFi network.

MNA

Outstanding studentshonoured

YANGON, 29 Oct—The prize presentation foroutstanding students in theDhamma examination, or-

Yangon-Insein Road on25 October afternoon.

Chairman of the organ-izing committee U SoeMyint made a speech.

Chairman of the Com-mittee for Conducting theHindu Dhamma U MaungThein explained the pur-pose of the ceremony. Sec-retary of the organizingcommittee U Soe Hlaingspoke words of thanks.

Officials presentedprizes to 82 students inthe Hindu examination and46 distinction winners inthe matriculation examina-tion.

Later, those presentwere entertained withHindu traditional dances.

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ganized by HinduDhamma ExaminationConducting Committee ofThanantana Dhamma-

palaka Organization, washeld in conjunction withthe ceremony to honourthe students who passedthe matriculation exami-nation 2009 at No. 22/Aon Aung DhammaYeiktha Street nearThamaing Junction on

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw inaugurating new digital auto-exchangein Pinbaw Village in Hpakant Township.—MNA

Chairman U

Maung Thein

explaining the

purpose of

holding the

ceremony.

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Venezuela arrests ‘Colombia spies’CARACAS, 29 Oct—

Venezuela says it has cap-tured two Colombian se-curity agents suspected ofplanning to destabilise thegovernment, furtherheightening tensions in a

diplomatic spat betweenthe two sides.

The men, allegedlyagents of Colombia’s se-curity agency DAS, werecaught trying to bribeVenezuelan officials for

information on the coun-try’s military and insur-gents, Venezuela’s presi-dent said during a tel-evised cabinet meeting onTuesday. Describing Co-lombia as a “hostile gov-ernment” Hugo Chavezsaid he believed that “thehand of the CIA and thegovernment of the UnitedStates” were behind thealleged plot.

“They will be judgedaccording to Venezuelanlaw and will be grantedtheir rights... they werecaptured red-handed,practicing espionage andit’s not the first time... wewill not release them,” headded.The arrest followsreignited tensions afterthe weekend murder of 10members of an amateurColombian football teamin Venezuela, an incidentthe government promisedto investigate.Chavez saidofficials believe theagents were using fakenames and were purport-edly helping investigatethe killings, adding that alone survivor was assist-ing in the investigation.

Internet

Lebanon stops fresh rocket attackHULA, 29 Oct — Leba-

nese troops have deacti-vated four rockets readyto be fired at Israel, a dayafter a rocket attackcaused Israel to respondwith artillery fire.TheLebanese military saidthree of the rockets wereset with timers and left in

a half-built house in Hulavillage, where Tuesday’sattack was launched.

There were no casualtiesin the earlier exchange butit sharply raised tensionon the volatile Israel-Lebanon border.It was thefourth time rockets havebeen fired over the border

this year.The commanderof the UN Interim Forcein Lebanon (Unifil) MajGen Claudio Graziano hasinspected the area wherethe rockets were foundand where the nine Israeliartillery shells landed.

“The military has dis-covered this morning fourrockets... in a house underconstruction belonging tothe mayor of Hula,” saida Lebanese militaryspokesman quoted byAFP.The military saidthree Katyusha-type war-heads were left on impro-vised wooden launchersin the garden of the house.One was left on a balcony.

Internet

The commander of UN peacekeepers inspected thescene after the discovery.—INTERNET

Hugo Chavez said the men were caught trying tobribe Venezuelan officials .—INTERNET

KABUL, 29 Oct—Terri-fied UN workers scram-bled over the roof orleaped from windows toescape choking smokeand gunfire after beingawakened at dawnWednesday when threeTaleban militants wear-ing police uniformsstormed a residential ho-tel packed with foreign-ers.

The assault, whichkilled 12 people includ-ing three militants, wasone of a series of brazenattacks aimed at under-

Car bomb blast kills up to 106in N-W Pakistan’s Peshawar

People rush an injured person to a hospital after

an explosion in Peshawar, Pakistan on 28 Oct,

2009.—INTERNET

Taleban suicidegunmen stormed a UNguesthouse in Kabul,

killing 12 peoplein an attack.

INTERNET

PESHAWAR, 29 Oct — Ahuge car bomb explosionkilled at least 106 peoplein a crowded market innorthwest Pakistan’s cityof Peshawar on Wednes-day, a senior official said.

The bomb exploded at acrowed market at ChowkYadgar locality inPeshawar, senior ministerBashire Bilor said.

District CoordinationOffice Sahibzada Anesssaid that 106 people havebeen confirmed dead and150 others were injured.

He said that the deathtoll may rise as resuce op-eration continued andthere is possibility thatsome people are still un-der the rubble of collaspedbuildings.

Hospital sources said thatscores of the injured are incritical condition. Servalwomen and children areamong the injured, hospi-tal sources said. Shopscaught fire and fire fighterwere called to extinguishthe blaze.

Sahibzada Aness said that

the resuce teams were fac-ing difficulties as severalshops caught fire and thefire fighter can not easilyenter the narrow markets.

Senior offical of the bombdisposal squad ShafqatMalik said that the blastwas carried out throught acar and at least 150 kilo-grammes explosives wereused.

MNA/Xinhua

Death toll rises to 155 in twin Baghdad BombingsBAGHDAD, 29 Oct—

The death toll from two sui-cide bombs in Baghdad, oneof Iraq's bloodiest attacks inyears, has risen to 155 withmore than 500 wounded,police said. The October 25bombings, near the JusticeMinistry and the Baghdadprovincial governmentbuilding, ripping through

cars and people, was thebloodiest in Iraqi capitalsince mid-2007.

An al-Qaeda linkedgroup claimed responsibil-ity for the twin suicidebombings in the heart ofBaghdad that killed at least155 people as Iraq’s politi-cal leadership on Tuesdaystepped up efforts to agreeon new voting guidelines

ahead of January elections.Massive vehicle

bombs and suicide attackshave been the hallmark ofal-Qaeda, and Iraq-basedSunni insurgents have usedsimilar means and style ofattacks with an aiming tooverthrow the country’sShiite-dominated govern-ment in Baghdad.

Internet

The site of the bomb attack in central Baghdad

seen on 25 October.—INTERNET

UN workers scramble over roofs during Kabul attackmining the 7 Nov presi-dential election runoff. Itunderscored the risksfacing UN and Afghanofficials in organizing thevote and the massivechallenge for the US-ledmilitary force in curbingthe determined insur-gency. Six UN employ-ees, including an Ameri-can, were among thosekilled at the guest housein Kabul. The attack wascondemned by theUnited Nations Secre-tary-General. In anotherattack, a rocket landed

near the compound of thepresidential palace nearSerena Hotel, but no onewas injured.

Internet

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A cone of moisture surrounds part of the Ares I-Xrocket during lift off on 28 Oct, 2009, on a sub-

orbital test flight from the Kennedy Space Centre’sLaunch Pad 39-B in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

INTERNET

LONDON, 29 Oct—Banning trade in Atlan-tic bluefin tuna is justi-fied by the extent of theirdecline, an analysis byscientists advising fisher-ies regulators suggests.

The InternationalCommission for the Con-servation of Atlantic Tu-nas’ (ICCAT) adviserssaid stocks are probablyless than 15% of theiroriginal size.

The analysis has de-lighted conservationgroups, which havewarned that over-fishing

The bluefin is highly prized for many dishes, notably sushi.—INTERNET

CAPE CANAVERAL, 29 Oct — NASA launched theworld’s tallest rocket, the Ares I-X, on a two-minutetest flight yesterday.

NASA successfully launched the prototype for anew generation of space rocket, advancing its plans toreturn man to the Moon by 2020.

The Ares I-X, the tallest rocket ever built, blastedoff at 11:30am (02:30 AEDT) from Cape Canaveral inFlorida, carrying with it the US space agency’s loftyambitions for human space flight.

The rocket is the prototype of the Ares I, designedto carry a new capsule-shaped crew module called theOrion into low Earth orbit for missions to the Interna-tional Space Station, the Moon, and beyond.

“I can’t say enough about this team,” NASA spokes-man Doug Cooke said.—Internet

Tears as Ares I-X Mars missionhopes lift off

GENEVA, 29 Oct — The Swiss government has laidout the details of proposals to ban or severely restrictassisted suicide as part of plans to tackle “suicide tour-ism”. More than 100 Britons with terminal or incur-able illnesses have used the Swiss centre Dignitas tokill themselves.

Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf hascalled for organisations like it to face stricter controls.

The proposals will now be subject to consultation,with a draft law due to be sent to parliament inMarch.Ms Widmer-Schlumpf said groups like Dignitaswould face prosecution if the proposals are passed intolaw and they do not comply.

As part of the proposals, patients would have toprovide two separate medical opinions proving thatthey have a terminal illness and are expected only tohave months to live.Those who are chronically or men-tally ill would find it more difficult to get help in end-ing their lives. Ms Widmer-Schlumpf said: “We haveno interest, as a country, in being attractive for suicidetourism.” —Internet

Tuna ban ‘justified’ by sciencerisks the species’ sur-vival.

ICCAT meets to con-sider the report in 10days’ time.

The analysis was trig-gered by Monaco’s re-cent proposal to ban in-ternational trade in theAtlantic bluefin underthe Convention on Inter-national Trade in Endan-gered Species (CITES)— a proposal that hasgathered support fromseveral other Europeancountries.

“What’s needed to

save the stocks is a sus-pension of fishing activ-ity and a suspension of in-ternational commercialtrade,” said Sergi Tudela,head of fisheries with theenvironmental groupWWF for the Mediterra-nean region.

“We must stop merci-lessly exploiting this frag-ile natural resource untilstocks show clear signs ofrebound and until sustain-able management andcontrol measures arefirmly put in place.”

Internet

HAVANA, 29 Oct — Cu-ba’s ex-leader FidelCastro is looking strongand remains on top of de-velopments at home andabroad, says a worldhealth chief Dr MargaretChan, head of the WorldHealth Organization, wasgranted an audience withMr Castro this week.

Mr Castro has not beenseen in public for morethan three years, since aseries of major intestinaloperations.

The only updates onhis health come from vis-iting dignitaries who havebeen able to meet him.

Exactly what he suf-fers from, and where he isrecuperating, remain statesecrets.

Dr Chan spent morethan two-and-a-halfhours with Mr Castro onTuesday evening, whenshe had a “long talk”with him.“He walked me

Swiss to tackle ‘suicide tourism’

Fidel Castro has not

been seen in public for

three years.

INTERNET

Cuba’s ex-leader Castro ‘strong’

out of the house, that’squite a distance, sopretty strong.

And don’t forget, I’m

younger than him,” shesaid, without discussingspecific health issues.

Internet

LA homelessnessdeclines despiteeconomic crisis

LOS ANGELES, 29 Oct— The homeless populationof Los Angeles fell sharply during the past two years,a study released on Wednesday found confoundingexpectations that the recession would drive more peo-ple into the city’s streets and shelters.

Some credit went to better programmes to keeppeople off the steets, but experts say the worst eco-nomic slump sine the Great Depression may also haveplayed a role as rents declined and created more af-fordable housing.

Others disputed that notion asserting that recentwaves of foreclosures invariably drive more peopleinto homelessness.—MNA/Reuters

Cooling towers aredemolished in an attempt tosave energy and reduceemissions, at a power plant inXinxiang, Henan province,

on 28 October, 2009.INTERNET

Thai cargo ship seized off of Somalia coastNAIROBI, 29 Oct —

Suspected pirates havehijacked a Thai cargoship in the Gulf of Adenoff the Somali coast, aregional maritimeofficial confirmed onT h u r s d a y . A n d r e wMwangura, the EastAfrica Coordinator ofSeafarers AssistanceProgram (SAP), said theMV Thor Star, washijacked on Thursdaywith unknown number ofcrew members on board.

“The Thai ship washijacked some 200nautical miles north ofSeychelles. There are still

conflicting reports as towhere the vessel washeading to and thenationalities of the crewmembers onboard,”Mwangura told Xinhuaby telephone fromMombasa.

The Thai-flaggedship is owned byBangkok-based ThoresenThai Agencies.Earlierreports said the Somalipirates had seized a Thaifishing boat.

Somali pirates haveseized dozens of ships

over the last two years,taking in tens of millionsof dollars in ransommoney. The pirates arebelieved to be holdingseven ships in all.

The Somali pirates,who come from specificregions and clans faraway from the war-ravaged capital, havebeen challenging thecoalition of warshipspatrolling the world’smost dangerous waters toend the menace.

Xinhua

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Chinese President meets DPRK delegation

UNGA calls for end toUS embargo on Cuba

UNITED NATIONS, 29 Oct—The UN General Assem-bly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to callfor an end to the US embargo on Cuba. The votewas cast at the 192-member General Assembly with187 in favour, three against and two abstentions.This is the 18th year that the General Assembly votedto urge an end to the US embargo.

Only the United States, Israel and Palau votedagainst the non- binding resolution, while Micronesiaand the Marshall Islands abstained. Over 17 consecu-tive years since 1992, a majority in the UnitedNations General Assembly have supported lifting theunilateral US embargo.

The United States imposed the trade embargo onCuba in early 1960s when both countries severeddiplomatic ties. Cuban Foreign Minister BrunoRodriguez Parrilla, while taking the floor atthe General Assembly, said that US embargo was“an absurd policy that causes scarcities andsufferings.”

Xinhua

BEIJING, 29 Oct—President Hu Jintao methere on Wednesday witha delegation of the Work-ers’ Party of Korea of theDemocratic People’s Re-public of Korea (DPRK),headed by Choe ThaeBok, secretary of the Par-ty’s Central Committee.Hu, also general secretaryof the Central Committeeof the Communist Partyof China (CPC), wel-comed the delegation’svisit to China on behalf ofthe CPC Central Commit-tee. He said, since the twocountries established dip-

lomatic ties 60 years ago,China-DPRK relationshave weathered the testsof international vicissi-tudes and been furtherconsolidated and devel-oped.

In the new century, topleaders of both countrieshave attached great im-portance to bilateral ties,which have thus gainednew vigor and vitality, hesaid. In particular, thecelebrations and ex-change activities markingthe 60th anniversary ofbilateral relations and theChina-DPRK friendship

year, have helped deepentraditional friendship, ex-pand mutual-beneficialcooperation, and the co-operative friendly rela-tions have been pushed toa new level, Hu said. Hesaid the friendship be-tween China and theDPRK, which was estab-lished and carefully fos-tered by leaders of oldergenerations, has been pre-cious wealth for the twopeoples and “it is ourshared responsibility andmission to continuouslyconsolidate and developthe friendship.”—Xinhua

Crocodiles are on saleat Walmart’s first Sam’sClub after the openingceremony in China’s

southern city,Guangzhou on 27 Oct ,

2009.—INTERNET

Mexico city, Japan’s Nissan set for electric cars in 2011

World’s largest cruise ship delivered in Finland

UN Mine clearerdies in accident

in cyprusNICOSIA, 29 Oct—A UN

mine clearer from Mo-zambique died in an ex-plosion on Wednesdaymorning in a minefieldsome 10 kilometres south-east of Nicosia, said theUN Press office in Cyprus.

The dead mine expertwas Femisberto Novele, amember of the Mine Ac-tion Centre Cyprus(MACC). It was thegroup’s first fatality in fiveyears of work on the is-land. The incident tookplace at about 8:00 am lo-cal time (0600 GMT) in aminefield inside the 180kilometres long bufferzone under UN control.

Taye-Brook Zerihoun,Special Representative ofthe UN Secretary-Generaland head of UN Peace-keeping Forces In Cyprus(UNFICYP), said he wassaddened and shocked tolearn of the accident,which he called “a tragicreminder of the dangerslandmines still pose inCyprus”.—Xinhua

Japanese miniature craft artist Rieko Tanakashows off her 18mm tall wooden handmade

“Gundam” character from the popular Japanesetelevision animation series at Design Festa in

Tokyo on 24 Oct, 2009. —INTERNET

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

Indonesia holds UNESCO’santi-discrimination conference

JAKARTA, 29 Oct—Indonesia on Thursday held theUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and CulturalOrganization (UNESCO)’s International Anti-dis-crimination Conference in West Java provincial capi-tal of Bandung, attended by 107 delegations from 15countries, Elshinta online news reported here.

The event opened by the UNESCO’s assistant di-rector general Pierre Sane accompanied by vice gov-ernor Dede Jusuf is the first anti-discrimination con-ference in the world. In his opening speech, the vicegovernor said that in 1955, Indonesia held the firstAsian-African Conference in the same building, thebiggest conference in the two continents’ countriesagainst eastern bloc.

Xinhua

MEXICO CITY, 29 Oct—Mexico City Wednesdaysigned an agreement withJapanese auto giant Nissanto deliver recharging infra-structure for electric vehi-cles in 2011, a measureofficials said will helpfight climate change.

The government will setup a series of buildingssimilar to gas stations for

electric car owners andNissan will respond by im-porting 500 units of its Leafelectric vehicle in 2011.Mexico City has at leasttwo electric car show-rooms, but the vehicles soldthere have to be rechargedfrom the domestic supply.

The city was once oneof the world’s worst pol-luted, but has been imple-

menting a series of meas-ures to reduce emissions ofcarbon dioxide and otheremissions including onlyallowing electrical publictransport on key city centerroutes.

Earlier this week, thecity government an-nounced plans to fight cli-mate change from a dif-ferent source starting nextyear, by using Germany-made equipment to cap-ture greenhouse gas meth-ane that is produced byrotting liquids at a hugecity dump.—Xinhua

Japans’s auto production down 21.6% TOKYO, 29 Oct—Ja-

pan’s auto industry pro-duced 830,140 units inSeptember, 21.6 per centless than the same periodof 2008, according to sta-tistics released on Thurs-day by the Japan Automo-bile Manufacturers Asso-ciation.

In a sign of the lack of

investment in businessesunder current economicconditions, production inSeptember of trucks fell by30.7 percent, while busproduction dropped by26.3 per cent. Cars faredslightly better, posting afall of 20.1 per cent.

It was the ninth con-secutive month that pro-

duction has fell year onyear in Japan’s auto indus-try. Demand within Japan,however, posted a slightrise of 0.2 per cent whencompared with Septemberlast year. Demand for carsrose by 4.2 per cent, whiledemand for trucks droppedby 38.8 per cent, and buses28.8 per cent.—Xinhua

HELSINKI, 29 Oct—Finland’s Turkushipyard delivered the world’s largestcruise ship Oasis of the Seas to the UScruise line Royal Caribbean Interna-tional on Wednesday after the comple-tion of construction.

The Oasis of the Seas is 360 metreslong, 66 metres wide and 72 metreshigh above the water level. The grossregister tonnage (GRT) of the ship is225,000. It has 16 passenger decks andover 2,700 staterooms, displacingthe Independence of the Seas, which isalso owned by Royal Caribbean as theworld’s largest passenger vessel carry-ing 5,400 passengers and over 2,100

crew.The cruise ship offers passengers with

seven so-called “ neighbourhoods” ar-eas classified by functions, includingCentral Park, an open-air atrium withlive trees; Boardwalk, a family-friendlyamusement area; the Royal Promenade,an indoor mall-like zone with bars andshops; Sea Spa and Fitness Centre,gathering different workout studios anda beauty salon; Pool and Sports Zone,featuring pool areas and places for bas-ketball and mini-golf; EntertainmentPlace and Youth Zone, a space dedi-cated to youth activities.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Lebanese chefs chop tomatoes asthey prepare a giant serving of

tabbouleh, a salad made of choppedparsley and tomatoes, in an attemptto set a Guinness World Record, inBeirut, Lebanon, on 25 Oct, 2009.Lebanese chefs prepared a massiveplate of tabbouleh weighing overthree tons on Sunday that broke aworld record organizers said waspreviously held by Israel, a bid toreaffirm proprietorship over the

popular Middle Eastern dip.

Chinese sailor Liu Juncheng,

54-year-old, waves to friends and

relatives as he starts his global

voyage alone with his “Ho Yo”

unpowered sailing ship from a pier

of the Yalujiang River in Dandong,

northeast China’s Liaoning

Province, on 25 Oct, 2009.

People look into a crater in field nearMazsalaca, about 170 km (106 miles)from Riga, on 26 October , 2009. Theobject, a possible meteorite, fell fromthe sky on Sunday and a geological

survey has started at the site andwould probably last the next three

days, according to press release fromthe Latvia’s Ministry of Enviroment.Local media reported the crater to

5-metres-deep and about 10-metres-wide, and said last registered meteor-

ite landed in Latvia year 1890, butdid not leave a crater.

How Mussolini onceworked for British

intelligenceHe formed part of the Nazi axis that

nearly brought Britain to its knees inWorld War Two, but historical papershave revealed that Italian dictator BenitoMussolini was once on the payroll ofBritish intelligence.

During World War One, the thensocialist journalist was running popularnewspaper Il Popolo d’Italia in Milanand Italy was allied with Britain andFrance in the fight against Germany.

British secret services desperatelyneeded Mussolini to print pro-warpropaganda to keep Italy on board, saidCambridge historian Peter Martland,who uncovered details of weeklypayments of 100 pounds by MI5 toMussolini in 1917.

An Australian man describedspending 12 hours clinging to a treebranch “like a koala bear” as crocodilescircled beneath him after his boat ranaground in the country’s north.

Stan Martell said he climbed the treeafter he fell asleep while out on a boat onthe crocodile-infested Lynne River inthe north of Western Australia state, andawoke to find the boat jammed under a

980-pound man once lost140 in prison

A 980-pound British man believedto be the world’s heaviest once lost 140pounds during a yearlong prison sen-tence, his family says.

Paul Mason, 48, of Ipswich, England,who recently said he requires emergencysurgery to reduce his weight, was sentto jail in 1990, when he weighed 420pounds, and lost 140 pounds during hisyear of incarceration, The Daily Tel-egraph reported on Friday.

Australian man spends 12 hours up tree as crocs circletree and filled with water.

Martell said he spent on Friday nightin fear that the tree branch would break.

“I crawled up as high as I could, andjust sat there like a koala bear all night,”he told a reporter. He said he was “a bitwary about the crocs.

I saw two crocs right where I was,one was a big one, and one was about 10foot (three metres).

LONDON, 29 Oct —Anextract found in the brightyellow curry spice tur-meric can kill off cancercells, scientists haveshown.

The chemical —curcumin — has longbeen thought to have heal-ing powers and is alreadybeing tested as a treatmentfor arthritis and even de-mentia.

Now tests by a team atthe Cork Cancer ResearchCentre show it can de-stroy gullet cancer cells inthe lab.

Cancer experts said thefindings in the BritishJournal of Cancer could

WASHINGTON, 29 Oct— No need to curse thatbad driver weaving in andout of the lane in front ofyou — he cannot help it,US researchers reportedon Wednesday.

They found that peo-ple with a particular genevariant performed morethan 20 percent worse on

LOUISVILLE, 29 Oct — A 43-year-old Indiana manhas died of rabies after being bitten by a rabid bat,authorities say.

His death marked the state’s first from rabies since2006.The victim — authorities did not identify him— died on 20 Oct at Norton Health Care Hospital inLouisville, WLKY-TV, Louisville, reported.

Tests confirmed the infection came from a bat bite,though the man had not reported any concerns aboutpossible exposure and had no apparent wounds or bitemarks, family members said.

The Centres for Disease Control and Preventionsays less than 1 percent of bats in the wild are rabid.

Mac Spainhour, a spokesman for Indiana Conser-vation, said people can be exposed to bats in placeslike attics, on porches or in parks.

Along with bats, raccoons, foxes and skunks cantransmit rabies.

InternetThe yellow spice gives curries their bright

colour.—INTERNET

Curry spice ‘kills cancer cells’

Russia warned aboutHIV epidemic

MOSCOW , 29 Oct — A top international HIV/Aidsexpert has told the BBC that the epidemic in Russia isnow out of control.

Robin Gorna, head of the International Aids Soci-ety, urged Russia to do much more to prevent the spreadof HIV among an estimated two million drug users.

Ms Gorna was speaking ahead of a major interna-tional conference on Aids which is taking place inMoscow.

It is believed there are now at least a million peo-ple infected with HIV in Russia.

This represents a dramatic increase over the pastdecade.

The vast majority are people under the age of 30.Most were infected because they share needles for in-jecting heroin.

According to some estimates, there are almost twomillion intravenous drug users in the country - the re-sult of the large quantities of heroin flowing from Af-ghanistan into Russia.

Internet

help doctors find newtreatments.

Dr Sharon McKennaand her team found thatcurcumin started to killcancer cells within 24hours.

The cells also began todigest themselves, afterthe curcumin triggeredlethal cell death signals.

Dr McKenna said:“Scientists have knownfor a long time that natu-ral compounds have thepotential to treat faultycells that have becomecancerous and we sus-pected that curcuminmight have therapeuticvalue.”

Dr Lesley Walker, di-rector of cancer informa-tion at Cancer ResearchUK, said: “This is inter-esting research whichopens up the possibilitythat natural chemicalsfound in turmeric could bedeveloped into new treat-ments for oesophagealcancer.” —Internet

Bad driver? Blame your genesa driving test than peoplewith a different DNA se-quence.

The study may explainwhy there are so manybad drivers out there —about 30 percent ofAmericans have the vari-ant, the team at the Uni-versity of CaliforniaIrvine found. “These peo-ple make more errorsfrom the get-go, and theyforget more of what they

learned after time away,”Dr Steven Cramer, wholed the study published inthe journal Cerebral Cor-tex, said in a statement.

Cramer and his teamtested 29 people — 22without the gene variantand seven who had it —asking them to drive 15laps on a simulator andthen repeat the task aweek later.

Internet

Indiana man dies of rabiesafter bat bite

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Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of Ministry ofDefence looks into progress of University of

Computer Studies (Lashio).—MNA

(from page 1)Afterwards, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing inspected

progress in construction of extended building ofPeople's Hospital of Shan State (North), staff quartersand Hsipaw Bridge.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing inspetcedprogress in construction of University of ComputerStudies (Lashio).—MNA

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of Ministryof Defence inspects developments ofHsipaw, Lashio…

(from page 1)the foot of Bodawgyimountain, adding to thenatural beauty of theregion's geographicalfeatures covered withlush, green vegetation.Being located on theborder of MandalayDivision and Shan State(South), the region has acold weather andwonderful views.

Myogyi Dam isbeing constructed at thesite about five milesupstream MyogyiDiversion Weir. Onlyafter some nearby damshad been constructed,was the diversion weirproject launched withthe aim of irrigatingnearby farmlands

Myogyi Diversion Weir in Kyaukse TownshipByline & Photos: Khin Maung Than (Sethmu)

Myaungmadaw Canal of Myogyi Diversion Weir.

Water is released from Myogyi Diversion Weir into the right main canal of Kindah Dam.

through main canals.Myogyi Dam Project hasnot been completed yet,but Myogyi DiversionWEir has beenconstructed and it hasbegun its irrigation watersupply. According to thestaff officers, MyogyiDam was beingconstructed upstreamMyogyi Diversion Weir;that Zawgyi Dam wasupstream the twoirrigation facilities; thatupstream Zawgyi Damwas Kengkham Dambeing constructed bydamming the Nant-etCreek; that MyogyiDiversion Weir was thelast irrigation facility onthe Zawgyi River; andthat Myogyi Diversion

Weir was designed tosupply 700,000 acre feetof water to ZawgyiIrrigation Pattern inKyaukse District and445,605 acre feet of waterfor greening MeiktilaPlain.

Myogyi DiversionWeir is constructed in thenarrowest part of theZawgyi River to divertthe current of the river tothe 12-mile main canaldesigned to supply waterto Kindah Dam. Myogyicanal will be able toirrigate 4150 acres offarmlands, Pyaungpyacanal, 18,550 acres offarmlands,and Ngalai-ngzin canal, 12,800 acresof farmlands with the useof water from Myogyi

Diversion Weir.The catchment area

of Myogyi Diversion Weiris 760 square miles. It is ofbroad crest type. It is 160feet wide and 6.5 feet high.Its water flow rate is 12,000

cubic feet per second. Ithas five sluice gates to filtersand, rubbish and silt.Myaungmadaw canal is 26feet wide and 12 miles longwith 41 related structures.It is to support KindahDam, from which water issupplied through the rightcanal for greening MeiktilaPlain. Previously, theirrigated area was 31,350acres. But it will reach35,500 acres if it is addedwith 4150 acres of MyogyiMyaungmadaw canalirrigated area. If so, theproject will further benefitsome farmlands inKyaukse and Myitthatownships.

Myogyi DiversionWeir Project waslaunched before thecompletion of MyogyiDam Project with the aimof ensuring all-year roundcultivation of paddy andother crops through

multiple croppingsystem. KyaukseDistrict gets averageannual rainfall of about40 inches. Since thetimes of Myanmarmonarchs, KyaukseDistrict has been greenwith a large number ofdams, canals and creeksand fertile soil. Thanksto new dams anddiversion weirs,Kyaukse District is in aposition to grow paddyand other crops on abroader scale.

Without doubt,Myogyi Dam, uponcompletion, will be ableto make significantcontribution towardsregional greening, localfood security, andincreasing per capitaincome of local farmers.

*****Translation: MS

Kyemon: 29-10-2009

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NAY PYI TAW, 29Oct—Chairman of MonState Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of South-East

Commander inspects regionaldevelopment tasks in Mon State

Command Maj-Gen ThetNaing Win inspected seaprawn farm in Thanbyuzayat,construction of Panga-Kayopepi bridge and rubber

plantations of MyanmaAgriculture Service inMudon on 28 September. Hethen met the rubbergrowers.—NLM

NAY PYI TAW, 29Oct—The final matches ofthe 2nd Inter-MinistryBowling Contest 2009 tookplace at the bowling pitchof Nay Pyi TawDevelopment Committee,here,yesterday morning.

After the finalmatches, officialspresented first, second andthird prizes to therespective winners in thesingles and doubles events.

President ofMyanmar BowlingFederation U Thein Zawgave prizes and cashawards to the top scorers—Zaw Lin Tun (Nay Pyi TawDC) and Aye Mya Thu(Nay Pyi Taw DC), ThanZaw Oo (CSSTB) and MayMyinzu Lwin (CSSTB).

Chairman ofMyanmar OlympicCommittee Minister forSports Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint presented firstprize trophies to Nay Pyi

Winners awarded in 2nd Inter-MinistryBowling Contest

Taw DevelopmentCommittee men's andwomen's teams in the men'sand women's events andchampionship shield andduplicate shield to Nay PyiTaw DC team.

Among thespectators were CSSTBmembers U Soe Oo and UHla Myint Oo, Secretaryof Nay Pyi Taw DC U TunKyi and officials.

MNA

YANGON, 29 Oct—TV GuideVol 1 No 17 has been in circulation on30 October.

The guide features EuropeMusic Awards to be on air over MTVchannel, Ever jolly song ablum of SaiSai Kham Hlaing to be included in 5Music of 5 Movies, match previews ofEnglish Premier League to be shownover ESPN and STARSPORTchannels, Grand Prix de Tennis Lyon,Asian Amateur Championship, meateater Jellyfish over Animal Planetchannel, detestable behaviors of PeterSchmeichel, Man-U hero, over

TV Guide in circulationDiscovery channel, EPL footballmatches to be broadcast over MandalayFM, Yuzana Birdal Show-2 to be on airover MRTV-4, weekly detailedprograms of 17 TV channels and a FMand highlights not to be missed.

TV Guides are available at theprice of K 500 at City Marts, Sein GayHar Centres, Shopping Centers,bookstalls, journal shops. door-to-doorsystem is being introduced in Yangonand Mandalay.

Novel Light Express (Tel-391186, 243893) distributes TV Guidesevery Friday.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 29Oct—Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thireceived IndianAmbassador to MyanmarMr Aloke Sen at the

Energy Minister receives Indian Ambassadormeeting hall of theMinistry here yesterday.They cordially discussedmatters on energy sector.

Also present at thecall were Deputy Minister

Brig-Gen Than Htay,directors-general andmanaging directors ofdepartments andenterprises under theMinistry.—MNA

YANGON, 28 Oct—The annual general meetingof Myanmar HealthAssistant Association (Mon

AGM, respect paying ceremony ofMHAA (Mon State branch) held

State branch) was held inconjunction with the respectpaying ceremony atGeneral Hospital in

Mawlamyine on 18October. It was attended bymedical officer Dr ZawWin and staff, Chairman UKayin of MHAA (MonState branch), CECmembers, outstandinghealth assistants and retiredhealth officers from tentownships of Mon State.

First, Dr Zaw Winmade an opening speechand later presentedrecognition certificates to12 outstanding staff. So didSecretary U Min Naing toretired health assistants. Itwas followed by respectpaying ceremony.

The officials read outthe reports on 2008-2009fiscal year and elected newCEC members for 2009-2010 fiscal year.—NLM

Commander Maj-Gen Thet Naing Win inspects sea prawn farm.—NLM

MinisterBrig-Gen

Lun ThireceivesIndianAmba-ssador

MrAlokeSen.MNA

Dr Zaw Win presents a certificate to anoutstanding staff.—NLM

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint awardswinning team.—MNA

YANGON, 29 Oct—The Printing andPublishing Enterprise ofthe Ministry ofInformation has starteddistributing SarpayBeikman manuscriptwinning books.

The winning books

Sarpay Beikman manuscriptwinning books in circulation

are written by Maung NiHmine (Kyauktan), MyatWai Toe (University ofEducation).

The books areavailable at SarpayBeikman Bookstall No(Ta-55), Thabyaykonmarket, Nay Pyi Taw

( T e l - 0 6 7 - 4 1 4 6 8 1 ) ,Sarpay BeikmanBookstall No (529/531),Merchant Street, Yangon(Tel-01-249031), SarpayBeikman Bookstall,Mandalay (Tel-02-62931).

MNA

Tobacco Kills.

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MGEA holds annual meeting

YANGON, 29 Oct —Myanmar Gem Entrepre-neurs Association held its1st Annual Meeting atSedona Hotel here on 27October.

Patron of MyanmarGem Entrepreneurs Asso-ciation Minister for MinesBrig-Gen Ohn Myint de-livered an opening ad-dress at the meeting.

The president of theassociation extendedgreetings and the director-general of Myanma GemsEnterprise reported onmining and gem sales inMyanmar.

The association do-nated K 90 million to re-habilitation and recon-

struction in the storm-hitareas in Ayeyawady Divi-sion through Member ofthe National Disaster Pre-paredness Central Com-mittee Minister Brig-GenOhn Myint.

The meeting ap-proved the annual reportand financial statement ofthe association and endedwith concluding remarksof the president of the as-sociation. — MNA

Contestants, supervisors, judges andmembers of national race study group

on Nay Pyi Taw sightseeingNAY PYI TAW, 29

Oct—The contestants,supervisors, judges andmembers of nationalraces study group fromstates and divisions whohad participated in 17th

Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing ArtsCompetitions together

with the officials made astudy tour of ZoologicalGarden (Nay Pyi Taw)and Planetarium (NayPyi Taw) in which theyobserved Myanmabeauty and scenic sights,King Fergo and planets,and the universe showsthis morning and after-

noon.Next, they paid hom-

age to Uppatasanti Pa-goda and donated cash.They also visited Nay PyiTaw Myoma Market,Junction Center, GemsMuseum (Nay Pyi Taw),Nay Pyi Taw FountainGarden.—MNA

YANGON, 29 Oct— AirBagan Open Golf Cham-pionships (PyinOoLwin),the third leg of MyanmarGolf Tour 2009-2010) or-ganized by the MyanmarGolf Federation andmainly sponsored by AirBagan Ltd, took place atPyinOoLwin Golf Club inPhyinOoLwin, MandalayDivision, this morning.

Patrons ofPyinOoLwin Golf Asso-ciation: Commander ofPyinOoLwin Station Brig-Gen Zeya Aung, Princi-pal of Defence ServicesTechnological AcademyBrig-Gen Hsan Oo, Chair-man of PyinOoLwin GolfAssociation and Principalof Defence Services Ad-

ministration School Brig-Gen Zarni Win, Vice-President of MGF U AungKyi and Vice-Chairmanof Air Bagan Ltd U MinThein teed off to open thetournament.

In the first-day 18-hole event, Soe KyawNaing (Srixon) fired 68strokes to take the lead.Yan Aung Lat and ZawZaw Lat (Srixon) sharedthe second position with70 strokes.

In the men’s amateurlevel, Maung Maung Oostood first on 67 strokes,followed by Maung Meon 71 strokes and Naing

Ye Lin on 73 strokes.The main sponsor of

the tourney is Air BaganLtd, and co-sponsors areInternational BeveragesTrading Co Ltd (IBTC),KBZ Bank Ltd, HotelYangon, KM Golf Centre,Han Golf Masters Pte Ltd,Myanmar Thiha TradingCo Ltd, Bay of BengalResort (BOB), (INAX’T-Home), CEPSA Lubri-cants, ACCEL Interna-tional Co Ltd (Canon),Imperial Jade PurifiedDrinking Water, LifelineCo Ltd, GP Watch, andPyinOoLwin Golf Asso-ciation.—MGF

Air Bagan Open Golf Championships continues

Contestants, supervisors, judges and members of national races studygroup at Nay Pyi Taw Fountain Garden.—MNA

Contestants,

supervisors,

judges and

members of

national races

study group

observe

Zoological

Garden

(Nay Pyi Taw).

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Ohn Myint addresses 1st AGM of MGEA.—MNA

Vice-Chairman of Air Bagan Ltd U Min Theintees off to open the golf tournament.—MGF

Responsible personsfrom Golden Power

Technology present K300,000 to Chan NyeinAung who stood first,

K 200,000 to KyawKyaw Moe who stoodsecond and K 100,000to Ye Hein who stood

third in ROG ProStreet game at ICT

Exhibition 2009 held atTatmadaw Convention

Hall.—MCIA

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(from page 16)Kyaw-Yemyetni railroad section of Pakokku-

Gangaw-Kalay railroad and Ponnyataung Tunnel,built by Myanma Railways of the Ministry of RailTransportation, were commissioned on 27 January2007. As a result, the people in the area are enjoyingthe fruits of secure and smooth transportation andspeedy flow of commodities.

Ponnyataung Tunnel is 5610 feet long, 15 feetand four inches wide and 19 feet and four incheshigh. A total of 12 places for pedestrians wereconstructed in the reinforced concrete type facility.

Thanks to construction of the tunnel, the na-tional people have easy access to the plains from thehilly regions and vice versa.

*****Translation: TTA

Myanma Alin: 29-10-2009

Myanma Railways servingas bridge between…

NAY PYI TAW, 29 Oct— Commander of NayPyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin enjoyed thefinal match of the Nay Pyi Taw Command Com-mander's Shield Volleyball Tournament at Nay PyiTaw Paunglaung Sports ground here on 23 October.

The commander watched the final match of thetournament and awarded the winners at the presenta-tion ceremony.

MNA

Commander’s ShieldVolleyball Tournament

concludes in Nay Pyi Taw

YANGON, 29 Oct—The final matches of Tennistournament 2009 and prize presentation ceremony tookplace at Theinbyu Tennis Court, here, yesterday evening.

At the prize presentation ceremony, the officialspresented prizes to winners.

General Secretary of Myanmar Olympic Commit-tee Director-General of Sports and Physical Education

Finals of Tennis tournament 2009 and prizepresentation ceremony held

YANGON, 29 Oct—With the sponsorship of theWISE International, Khin Maung Nyo (Economics)will give talks on business ethics and affluence atTraders Hotel on Sule Pagoda Road, here, on 31October. The talks will be followed by the introductionof abe courses. Those wishing to attend the talks maydial 556183 or 09-5157032.—MNA

Department U Thaung Htaik presented prizes to winnersin men's event (singles and doubles) and first prize toChairman of Yangon City Development CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin and Myo Thein Htwe,second prize to U Tun Ngwe and Yazar, and third prizeto Aung Thein and Tin Htoo in open men's event (dou-bles) for October.—MNA

Talks on business ethics andaffluence on 31 Oct

A p p r o a c h i n gToungoo, a passengerfrom Yangon can see alarge bridge “Khabaung”,the magnificent Independ-ence Monument andTownship People’s play-grounds, and a passengerfrom Nay Pyi Taw can seethe entrance signboardwith flower beds, and thebronze statue of KingBayintnaung, the founderof the Second MyanmarEmpire.

Now, the Moat Cir-cular Road Project is be-ing implemented in orderthat visitors can observe

Toungoo distributing great variety of local goods Byline: Maung Swe (Toungoo)

the archaeologicalheritages of Toungoo alsoknown as Kaytumati in-cluding the walls and moatsof the old palace.

When I was on a visitto Toungoo, Executive Of-ficer (Deputy Director) UMin Lwin Soe explainedthe process of making or-ganic fertilizers to me, say-ing, “The process of mak-ing natural fertilizers fromgarbage has proved success-ful.”

Under ToungooTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee are sixmarkets including Myoma

Market and Kyaylet Mar-ket. Of them, ToungooMyoma Market is the larg-est and the busiest one of-fering jewellery, a widerange of garments and tex-tiles, personal goods, cos-metics, local products, meatand fish. It is boisterous withtrade activities every day.Bayintnaung Market hasmany wholesales centres ofagricultural produce fromKayin State such as arecanut, cardamom, durian,mangosteen, mango,djenkol bean, lychee, andbanana, and distributes thelocal products to other re-

gions around the nation.Betel leaf, areca nut,

coconut, banana, pineapple,durian, lychee, djenkol beanand mangosteen are pro-duced on a large scale inThandaung, Than-daunggyi, Leiktho andBawgali in Kayin State.Kayinchaung corn andBogadaw corn fromKayinchaung Village aresoft with sweet flavour.Areca nut from Toungoo,wet tea and dry tea fromThandaunggyi are in de-mand. Rubber is also grownon a commercial scale. Ital-ian marble tiles from theregion are marketable.

Toungoo isbounded by the SittoungRiver, the Khabaung Creekand a large number of smallcreeks and fishery lakes,from which multifariousspecies of freshwater fishand prawn are caught, es-pecially in the rainy sea-son. So, fishing is a sourceof income for local people.In the greens, meat and fishmarket, beef, pork, mut-ton, chicken, duck, meatand fish of diverse speciesof farm animals, and fruitare abundant. It also haswholesale centers of areca

nut, banana, djenkok beanand cardamom. IndaingMarket, a rural market, iscrowded with dealers, andis close to Southern Com-mand Headquarters.

The Township De-velopment Affairs Com-mittee is pursuing the 16programmes to keepToungoo clean and pleas-ant. As part of the drive, ithas set up bed of colourfulflowers and landscapingplants around the sign-boards of the entrance andthe exit of the township. Ithas established the down-town Triangle Island Park,and flower beds and shadetrees along Yangon-Man-dalay Highway. It has atarget of tarring 10 urbanroads and upgrading 16urban roads. So far, it hastarred seven roads and up-graded six roads. And ithas built one earth roadand three gravel roadsagainst the target of twoearth roads and three gravelroads. It has reconstructedfive urban and 11 ruralbridges. It is gearing up torepair the remainingbridges.

Toungoo TownshipDevelopment Affairs

Committee is workinghard to shape the town-ship into a model town-ship in the division. From1988 to date, it has built99 tarrted roads, 24 gravelroads, and 40 earth roadswith a total length of 178miles, thus helping im-prove the socio-economiclife of locals.

In addition, it hasbuilt fine pavements witha total length of 60,000feet on both sides of Ma-jor Po Kun Road,Yangon-Mandalay High-way and main urbanroads.

Under the 10-yearrural water supply project,the committee has sunk41 two-inch diameterdeep tube-wells and 192two-inch diameter swal-low tube-wells whichbenefit 210 surroundingvillages. So, ToungooTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee welldeserves recognition andhonour for brilliant per-formances it has showedfor regional developmentin the time of theTatmadaw government.

Translation: MSKyemon: 21-10-2009

The signboard of the entrance to Toungoo Township is decorated withflower beds and landscaping plants.

Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin presentschampionship shield to the winning team.

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Children view a parterre on the theme of Shanghai 2010 Expo during the 5th

Autumn Chrysanthemum Fair in Shanghai, east China, on 29 Oct, 2009. Theparterres, made up of 50,000 pots of chrysanthemums, were display on the

Fair.—INTERNET

The Centre for Biological Diversity has publishedan inventory of 350 species threatended by climatechange. The list includes the polar bear, which is

suffering a loss of habitat as the Arcticsea-ice melts.—INTERNET

Citizens view a steel sculpture works in the shape of a locomotive at HuijinPlaza in Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province, on 29 Oct, 2009. A creative

steel sculpture show, displaying nearly 40 steel sculpture works, was held inWuxi on Thursday.—INTERNET

SINGAPORE, 29 Oct—More Asia-Pacificshoppers have taken toshopping online, accordingto results released onThursday by the Visa e-Commerce ConsumerMonitor.

When asked howmuch they had spentshopping online in the past12 months, respondents inthe March 2009 Monitorreported an average spendof 3,743 US dollars, anincrease over the past threeMonitor periods.

The Visa e-CommerceConsumer Monitor tracksquarterly online spendingtrends of internet

SINGAPORE, 29 Oct—The Singapore economy isexpected to grow gradually, with gross domesticproduct (GDP) growth in 2010 expected to be lowerthan previous post-recession periods, local mediareported on Thursday.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) saidin the Macroeconomics Review that compared to sixmonths ago, the outlook for the second half of 2009and for 2010 is “markedly more optimistic,” addingthat the GDP growth in 2010 will likely shift to a moresustainable trajectory, underpinned by a modestturnaround in final demand in Singapore’s key externalmarkets, local broadcaster Channel News Asiareported.

There remain concerns about the resilience ofglobal demand, given the lingering weakness in thefinancial sectors and labor markets of developedeconomies.

The MAS added that Singapore’s job creationcould be modest in 2010 as the relatively small joblosses resulting from this downturn means that firmsmay be carrying surplus labour. It also expectsinflation here to come in at around 0 percent in 2009,before rising to 1 to 2 percent in 2010. The Singaporegovernment earlier this month upgraded the country’seconomic growth forecast for 2009 to minus 2.5 tominus 2.0 percent, up from its previous forecast ofminus 6.0 to minus 4.0 percent.—Internet

HANOI, 29 Oct—Vietnam will activelypromote the building ofthe Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations(ASEAN) Community asit serves the ASEAN Chairnext year, said VietnameseDeputy Prime Ministerand Foreign MinisterPham Gia Khiem in arecent interview withXinhua.

Vietnam officiallyassumed the ASEANrotating presidency fornext year at the 15th

ASEAN Summit whichhas successfully ended in

DHAKA, 29 Oct—TheInternational MonetaryFund (IMF) sees brighteconomy of Bangladeshand believes that the SouthAsian country can achievemore than 6 percentgrowth in domesticproduct in the current2009-10 fiscal year (July2009-June 2010) withstrong efforts in reforminginfrastructure, tax system,banking and servicesectors.

“Bangladesh has thepotentials to achieve morethan 6 percent GDPgrowth and it needs toaccelerate variousreforms for it,” MasaitoMiyazaki, the IMFmission chief, was quotedas saying by nationalnews agency BSSThursday.

Like previous years,

More Asia-Pacific shoppers turn toonline shopping: Visa survey

consumers in six keycountries and regions inAsia-Pacific.

In addition, moreinternet users (87 percent)made online purchases inthe March 2009 quarterthan in the precedingquarter (72 percent).

South Korea, Japan,Australia and China arethe top online spenderswith respondents fromSouth Korea (96 percent)being the most likely tohave bought products andservices from the internetin the past 12 months,followed by Japan (94percent), Australia andChina (89 percent

respectively).From January to

March 2009, 2,380 onlineinterviews were conductedon behalf of Visa withinternet users, namelythose who access theinternet at least once aweek.

These respondentswere aged 18 to 49 yearsfrom six countries andterritories includingChina, Singapore, Japan,South Korea, Australiaand India.

Internet

Vietnam to promote ASEAN Communitybuilding process as next ASEAN chair

Thailand recently, saidKhiem. “ASEAN coun-tries must cooperateactively in order toenhance regional capacityto address globalchallenges to ensure thesustainable developmentof member countries,”said Khiem.

Vietnam would focuson pushing the ASEANcooperation and inte-gration, deepening thec o m p r e h e n s i v ecooperation betweenASEAN and dialoguepartners, strengtheningASEAN’s role as the

driving force forcooperation and dialogueprocesses of the region,improving the efficiencyof cooperation schemes,and taking steps tomobilize suitableresources for realizingASEAN’s developmentgoals, said Khiem.

Vietnam hopes that asthe ASEAN Chair in 2010,it will help add to themomentum of ASEANtoward the goal of theASEAN Community by2015, according to theDeputy Prime Minister.

XinhuaSingapore expects gradualeconomic pickup Bangladesh can achieve over 6% GDP

growth in 2009-10 fiscal: IMFthe IMF mission came toBangladesh on theirroutine annual visit toassess the country’seconomic situation andrecommend thegovernment somemeasures for further

improvement.He said improving

communications, gas andpower supply and makingtax and financial sectorsmore efficient are vital toboost the economy.

Internet

Iran ‘reply’on nuclearfuel deal

TEHERA, 29 Oct—Iranhas delivered a response ona UN-backed proposalseen as crucial to easingdiplomatic tensions over itsnuclear programme,Iranian media say.

Under the plan, mostof Iran’s enricheduranium would be sentabroad to be turned intofuel rods for researchuse. Iran’s president saidearlier his country wasready to co-operate withthe proposal. Iran says itis enriching uranium forfuel, but the US and itsallies have accused it ofseeking nuclearweapons. A report on Al-Alam TV on Thursdaysaid Iran had given itsresponse on theInternational AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA)plan, but gave no details.

Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV MILLENNIUM VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV MILLEN-NIUM VOY NO ( ) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 30.10.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of S.P.W 3 where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S KM INTERTRANS CO., LTDPhone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV JIAO CHENG VOY NO (97)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV JIAO CHENGVOY NO (97) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 30.10.2009 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.




AGENT FOR: M/S COSCO SHIPPING CO., LTDPhone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV FREE ENVOY VOY NO (901)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV FREE EN-VOY VOY NO (901) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 29.10.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: KOOK YANG SHIPPING CO., LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

MYANMA PORT AUTHORITYHOLIDAY NOTICE

As the wharves, warehouses and chellan Officesof Yangon Port will be closed on the 1st November2009 (Full Moon Day Of Ta Soung Mone) Day and11st November 2009 (National Day) being the publicHoliday Goods will be received, shipped or deliveredon payment of Holiday Fees.

INVITATION FOR TENDER(TENDER NO. 5 (T)/LBO (3) 2009-2010)

1. Sealed Tenders are invited for the Myanma Petro-chemical Enterprise, the Ministry of Energy for thesupply of 782±10% Metric Tons Lube Base Oil &Additives.2. Tender Closing Date : 10-11-2009 at (12:00) noon.3. Tender Opening Date : 10-11-2009 at (13:00) hrs.4. Delivery Time : January 20105. Tender Documents and details information are avail-able at the Department of Finance, Myanma Petro-chemical Enterprise, Nay Pyi Taw, during office hourscommencing 30-10-2009 on payment of the MyanmarKyat One Hundred Thousand (Kyat 100,000) per set.6. Only bid from tenderer who has purchased tenderdocument officially from Myanma Petrochemical En-terprise will be accepted for evaluation.

Managing DirectorMyanma Petrochemical Enterprise

Ministry of InformationNews and Periodicals Enterprise

Invitation to Tender to buyspare parts for rotary offset

1. Spare parts for rotary offset will be purchased for News andPeriodicals Enterprise under the Ministry of Information.No. Title Number of spare part(a) Goss Community SSC 798 15

(4 unit Web Offset)(b) Goss Community SS-1230 12

(4 unit Web Offset)(c) Bandhu Pacer 36 Lyno Type 13

(4 unit Web Offset)2. The tender closing day will be at 16.30 hours

on 13-11-2009.3. The tender applications and detaile information are avail-able at the following address.

Procurement CommitteeMinistry of Information

Myanma Motion Picture EnterpriseNo. 28, Kokkine Yeiktha Street,

Bahan Township, Yangon.Tel: 534574, 536029

LONDON, 29 Oct–A Eu-ropean Union counter-pi-racy force arrested sevensuspected pirates after aFrench fishing boat wasattacked in the IndianOcean, it said on Wednes-

British Govt cuts blamed for military plane crash

S Korean Govt says A/H1N1related death toll hit 33

SEOUL, 29 Oct–South Korea’s death toll from the A/H1N1 flu has increased to 33, as four additional deathcases were confirmed linked to the new flu on Wednes-day, the government said.

According to the Ministry for Health, Welfare andFamily Affairs, an 89-year-old woman, a 60-year-oldman and a 75-year-old woman died on Wednesdayafter having infected with the A/H1N1 virus.

Meanwhile, the health authorities also confirmed thatthe new flu has been the direct cause of death of a 59year-old-man who died on Friday.

Earlier in the day, the ministry said the death of a42-year-old woman who died on Sunday was also di-rectly caused by the A/ H1N1 flu.

MNA/Xinhua

EU force arrests sevensuspected pirates

day. Pirates in two skiffsopened fire on the Frenchvessel on Tuesday, 350nautical miles (650 kilo-metres) east of Somalia’scapital Mogadishu, EUNavfor said in a state-ment. The pirates brokeoff their attack after secu-rity guards on board theFrench boat fired warningshots, it said.

A helicopter, from aSpanish warship that alsoforms part of the EUforce, ESPS Canarias,spotted two skiffs fleeingthe area and fired warn-ing shots, stopping theskiffs. Crew from a Ger-man warship, the FGSKarlsruhe, then boardedthe skiffs, detaining theseven suspected pirates.

MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 29 Oct—Brit-ish Government cost cutsplayed a major role in afatal 2006 military planecrash, an inquiry found onWednesday—a furtherblow to Prime MinisterGordon Brown who is al-ready accused of failingthe troops. The independ-ent inquiry into the crashalso said a safety reviewled by the aircraft’s manu-facturer, BAE Systems,failed to properly assess

fatal hazards, accusing it of“incompetence, compla-cency and cynicism”. Thecrash in Afghanistan, inwhich a Nimrod MR2 re-connaissance plane caughtfire and exploded minutesafter mid-air refuelling,killed all 14 military per-sonnel on board in theworst single incident forBritish forces since theFalklands War. “Therewas a shift in culture andpriorities in the Ministry

of Defence (MoD) to-wards business and finan-cial targets, at the expenseof functional values suchas safety and airworthi-ness,” said aviation law-yer Charles Haddon-Cave,who conducted the 20-month review. Haddon-Cave said his report hadidentified “manifoldshortcomings in the UKmilitary airworthiness andin-service support re-gime”.—MNA/Reuters

BEIJING, 29 Oct—Beijing has reported its first death case of A/H1N1 flu, alsothe fourth on the Chinese Mainland, health authorities said Wednesday. The pa-tient, a freshman at the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, hadtested positive for A/H1N1 flu and died Tuesday, a spokesman with the BeijingMunicipal Health Bureau said. The young student and some other schoolmatesdeveloped fever and other flu symptoms during a military training — a compul-sory training for freshmen at Chinese universities — in the past week in DaxingDistrict in suburban Beijing. The student was sent to a district hospital Monday asthe physical condition deteriorated, but died Tuesday.

More than 3,000 freshmen from the university attended the military trainingstarting 22 and 28 October, out of 71 who had temperatures above 38 degreesCelsius had tested positive for A/H1N1 flu, the health bureau spokesman said.

MNA/Xinhua

Chinese Mainland report fourth deathcase of A/H1N1 flu

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Dieting ‘keeps diabetesat bay’

WASHINGTON, 29 Oct —A period of careful eatingand regular exercise can stave off diabetes for a dec-ade, a study suggests.

US researchers followed up nearly 3,000 overweightpeople who had taken part in a three year diabetes pre-vention programme.

The group had initially been divided into three —assigned either to a diet and exercise programme, thediabetes drug metformin or a placebo.

The Lancet report notes it was the dieters whoreaped the most benefit.

All three groups were given access to ongoing life-style coaching once the initial three year trial hadended.

That trial, carried out by the US-based DiabetesPrevention Program Research Group, had shown a dietaimed at achieving 7% weight loss, combined withhalf an hour of exercise five days a week, reduced therisk of developing Type 2 diabetes by 58% comparedwith the placebo group.

The group on metformin, a drug which has beenused to treat the condition since the 1950s, saw theirrisk decline by nearly a third.

Internet

Diabetes disrupts blood sugar levels.—INTERNET

Guests attend the “Discover Music!” event at Capitol Studios in Hollywood,California on 28 Oct, 2009. Google Inc partnered with Web services Lala and

MySpace’s iLike to give music fans an easier way to find, sample and buysongs on the Internet.—INTERNET

Snow piles up on the frame of a bicycleparked in downtown Denver as an autumn

snowstorm sweeps over the intermountain Weston 28 Oct, 2009. Forecasters predict that up to

10 inches of snow will fall on the Denvermetropolitan area while some places in themountains could see up to two feet of snow

before the storm finally moves outon Thursday.—INTERNET

UN official heads to Iraq afterBaghdad bombings

UNITED NATIONS, 29 Oct— UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon said onWednesday he was send-ing a senior official fromthe world body to Iraqsoon to discuss a series ofrecent deadly bombings inBaghdad.

Earlier this week Iraqrenewed a previous re-quest for a UN inquiry intothe support given by for-eign countries to insur-gents after twin suicideblasts against governmentbuildings in Baghdad on

Sunday killed more than150 people.

“In response to a re-quest from the govern-ment of Iraq, I will send(UN) assistant secretary-general Oscar Fernandez-Taranco to Iraq for pre-liminary consultations re-lated to Iraq’s security andsovereignty,” Ban told re-porters. He made clear thatFernandez-Taranco wouldnot be launching an inves-tigation. For a formalprobe Ban said he wouldneed “a clear mandate by

the Security Council.”Iraq has blamed on Sun-

day’s attack againstthe Justice Ministry andthe Baghdad provincialgovernorate, and bomb-ings on 19 August thatdevastated the Foreign andFinance Ministries, on alQaeda and supporters ofSaddam Hussein’s out-lawed Baath party. Thegovernment has accusedneighbouring Syria of pro-viding a safe haven forBaathists plotting at-tacks.—Internet

Hararedetains UN

tortureexpert

HARARE , 29 Oct — AUnited Nations expert ontorture was detained atHarare airport last nightby Zimbabwean securityagents and may be de-ported to South Africatoday.

Zimbabwe earlierbarred a week-long visitby Manfred Nowak, whohad been invited to thecountry by the govern-ment.

The Austrian aca-demic was only told hisvisit had been postponedas he arrived in Johan-nesburg on his way toZimbabwe. The foreignministry cited as a reasonfor the cancellation thevisit of three ministersfrom the regional South-ern African Develop-ment Community group-ing to hold talks on Zim-babwe’s stalled power-sharing deal.

But the special rap-porteur said he was notconvinced that theSADC talks were a“valid reason” to cancelhis trip.

His mission coincideswith a surge in violencein the crisis-riddledcountry following primeminister Morgan Tsvan-girai’s decision to disen-gage from the govern-ment two weeks ago.

Internet

Study says combined therapy helpshead, neck cancer

LONDON, 29 Oct— Patients with non-operable head and neck cancers shouldbe given chemo- and radiotherapy at the same time, as it more than doubles thetime they live without the disease getting worse, British scientists said onWednesday.

Researchers from the UK Head and Neck (UKHAN) cancer group said theirstudy offered doctors a cheap and simple way of treating a high risk category ofpatients, many of whom continue to drink and smoke even during treatment.

About 400,000 cases of head and neck cancer are diagnosed globally eachyear, including some 45,000 in the United States and 7,500 in Britain. Heavysmokers and drinkers are at highest risk of developing head and neck cancers,which can be difficult to operate on. More than half of patients die from thedisease.—MNA/Reuters

Man jailed for illegal gold futures operationin east China

HANGZHOU, 29 Oct — A man in eastChina’s Zhejiang Province wassentenced to 9 years in jail for the crimeof illegal gold futures operationinvolving more than 58 billion yuan(8.49 billion U.S. dollars), a local courtruling said Thursday. It was believed tobe the biggest ever case of illegal goldfutures dealing.

Zhang Yong, legal representative ofthe Zhejiang Century Gold ProductCompany, was accused of illegaloperation and flight of capitalcontribution and was fined 1.2 million

yuan, a Shangcheng District People’sCourt ruling said. Wang Jianping, a staffof the company, was sentenced to threeyears in jail with a four-year reprieve forthe crime of illegal operation and wasfined 100,000 yuan.

The company was also accused ofillegal operation and was fined71 millionyuan, it said. Zhang began to advertiseon the Internet and in the media to attractclients since July 2005. The companydeveloped an online trading platform andthe registered clients reached 1,217 as ofJune 2008.—Xinhua

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S P O R T SLONDON , 29 Oct – Paul

Duffen has resigned aschairman of PremierLeague strugglers Hull,the club confirmed onThursday.

A club statement said:“The club has received aletter of resignation fromPaul Duffen, executivechairman of Hull City FCand Superstadium Man-agement Company Ltd,which has been acceptedand is effective immedi-ately.”

There had been specu-lation over the future ofboth Duffen and managerPhil Brown in recent days,with the club taking theunusual step on Wednes-day of denying reportsthat Brown had been

ROME , 29 Oct — Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinhoon Wednesday gave his backing to former Italy goal-keeper Walter Zenga as his eventual successor at theSan Siro.Mourinho’s league leaders Inter host fourth-placed Palermo, coached by Zenga, on Thursday in amatch the former Italy goalkeeper would like to be-lieve is a title clash.

Zenga caused a stir last week by claiming he wantsto win the title this season with Palermo while it isalso no secret that we would like to one day coachInter.

So far his team have delivered with a 1-0 victoryover Juventus the highlight of a positive start to theseason. And Mourinho believes there is more to comefrom Zenga.

“Walter is a great friend of mine. I like him be-cause he doesn’t worry about his image, he’s originaland he defends his team,” said the Portuguese.

Internet

Klose leads Bayern’s chargeinto third round

BERLIN, 29 Oct —Bayern Munich’s Miroslav Klosescored two early goals on Wednesday to help the Ger-man giants on their way to a 4-0 demolition ofEintracht Frankfurt and book their place in the Ger-man Cup quarter-finals.

“This is the sort of strong performance from BayernMunich which I had imagined,” said Bayern team man-ager Uli Hoeness. “This is the Bayern Munich whoshow how strong they are.” Frankfurt coach MichaelSkibbe admitted his side were outclassed from first tolast whistle.—Internet

Late Napoli show stuns Milanas Juve hit five past Samp

ROME, 29 Oct – Napoli scored two goals in injurytime to hold 10-man AC Milan to a draw in Serie A onWednesday and end the seven-time European cham-pions recent winning run. Juventus went second in thetable as they thrashed high-flying Sampdoria, who dropto third, 5-1 in Turin.

But the real drama came in Naples where late goalsfrom Luca Cigarini and German Denis earned Napolia richly deserved point after Ignazio Abate was sentoff four minutes from time. Having developed a habitof starting slowly this season, Milan vice-presidentAdriano Galliani had promised president, and ItalyPrime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi that they would stoptorturing him.

The team seemed to heed the advice and came fly-ing out of the blocks, only to then collapse late on.

“We started the way we should have, we had spo-ken a lot about what we should do but we scored twogoals too quickly because then it’s not easy to managethe next 85 minutes,” said Milan coach Leonardo.

Internet

LONDON, 29 Oct —Ancelotti played downChelsea’s recent scoringrun that has brought 13goals in three games andwarned his side will facea much sterner test atBolton this weekend.

DOHA, 29 Oct – DinaraSafina faces a desperateAustralian Open fitnessbattle after suffering acrippling back injury atthe WTA Championshipswhich also forced her totearfully surrender herworld number one rank-ing.

The 23-year-old Rus-

Ian Poulter takes early lead atSingapore Open

SINGAPORE, 29 Oct — Ian Poulter took a one-shotlead over Ernie Els at the Singapore Open on Thurs-day before play was halted by darkness following athree-hour suspension due to lightning.Poulter, whohad six birdies, shot a 5-under 66 at the par-71 SentosaGolf Club, one stroke ahead of Els and Chan Yih-shin.

“It was nice,” Poulter said after his round. “Therewere no mistakes on the back nine and on my frontnine, after I bogeyed the first, I started to hit somegood shots.”Phil Mickelson, who had an eagle andthree birdies to go with three bogeys for a 69, was in agroup of seven players at 2 under.

“I putted well today, and as the week goes on I thinkI will get better and better as I get accustomed to thespeed of the greens,” Mickelson said. Poulter is look-ing to move up the rankings of the European Tour’sRace to Dubai, where he’s currently in 29th place. TheSingapore Open is co-sanctioned by the European andAsian tours.—Internet

Ancelotti won’t get carriedaway by free-scoring Chelsea

Dinara Safina of Russiahits a return shortly

before retiring from hersingle match against

Serbia’s JelenaJankovic on the second

day of the $4.55 mlnWTA Championships at

the Khalifa Interna-tional Tennis and

Squash Complex inDoha, Qatar.

INTERNET

Chelsea’s Didier Drogbacelebrates after scoringa goal against BoltonWanderers during aCarling Cup Fourth

Round match atStamford Bridge in

London.INTERNET

Safina battles for AustralianOpen fitness

sian, who said she hadbeen plagued by inflam-mation in her lower backfor over three months,lasted just two games and13 minutes in her tourna-ment opener againstJelena Jankovic onWednesday.

Her failure to win amatch here means thatbitter rival Serena Williamswill now claim thewidely-coveted year-endtop spot which she hadalso clinched in 2002.

As well as her batteredbody and bruised pride,Safina admits that the re-habilitation programmeshe now faces could ruleher out of the AustralianOpen in January, the firstGrand Slam event of2010.

“It’s a question if I willbe able to play in Aus-tralia, because when wespeak with the doctors, itdoesn’t sound so good.

So it’s possible that Imight even not be 100-percent fit for the Austral-ian. Maybe I’ll have toskip it,” said Safina.

Internet

Ancelotti’s teamcruised into the last eightof the League Cup on theback of a comprehensive4-0 defeat of GaryMegson’s side onWednesday and theymeet again in a PremierLeague clash at theReebok Stadium on Sat-urday.

Despite the comfort-able nature of the victorythat was achieved on theback of goals fromSalomon Kalou, FlorentMalouda, Deco andDidier Drogba, the Chel-sea coach warned againstcomplacency before agame that will test hisside’s abilities away fromhome.

“It’s an impressive(tally), but for us the firstthing is to play well andto win a game,” Ancelottisaid.

Internet

Mourinho backs Zenga as hissuccessor

Jose Mourinho, head coach of Inter Milan FC.INTERNET

Paul Duffen.

Hull football club chairmanDuffen quits

sacked. Hull issued astatement after severalleading bookmakersstopped taking bets onBrown being the next Pre-mier League manager tolose his job.

Hull are currently inthe Premier League rel-egation zone, a point shyof safety, with only WestHam and bottom clubPortsmouth below them inthe table. The Tigers’ nextmatch sees them away toBurnley on Saturday.

Internet

Arsenal’s Fran Merida(left) celebrates with

teammates CraigEastmond (right) and

Samir Nasri afterMerida’s goal during

their Carling Cupfourth round matchagainst Liverpool at

home to Arsenal, at theEmirates stadium.

INTERNET

LONDON, 29 Oct –Arsene Wenger predictedhis crop of Arsenalyoungsters would reach“the top level in the

Wenger confident about Arsenal starletsgame” after they scalpedLiverpool in the LeagueCup fourth round.

The Frenchman didnot pick any of his regu-lar Premier League start-ers for Wednesday’s 2-1victory against the Reds atthe Emirates Stadium, butit made little differenceagainst opposition whoalso boasted an unfamil-iar look.

Goals from FranMerida and NicklasBendtner were enough tosee off Liverpool, who hadlevelled through EmilianoInsua’s excellent long-range volley, but it was thecomposed and polishedquality of his tyros’ foot-ball which impressedWenger.—Internet

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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 392308, Manager 392226, Circulation 392304, Advertisement 392223,Accounts 392224, Administration 392225, Production/Press 392369

Local Transmission

* Signature Tune

* Song of Myanma Beauty & Scenic Sights

* The Unstable Robe Weaving Ceremony

* Beauty of Myanmar Women’s Costumes in Twelve

Seasona “Tazaungmone”

* Pa-O Nationals’ Traditional Long Drum

* Culture Stage

* Seik Khun Hand Loom Industry

* In All The Ananda’s Glory


Europe/ North America Transmission

* Signature Tune


* The Unstable Robe Weaving Ceremony

* Beauty of Myanmar Women’s Costumes in Twelve

Seasons “Tazaungmone”

* Pa-O Nationals’ Traditional Long Drum

* Seik Khun Hand Loom Industry

* Myanmar Modern Song

* In All the Ananda’s Glory


* A Day in Yangon “Hlawga Park (Part-1)”

* Medicinal Orchids

* Easily Cooked Tasty Dishes

* Culture Stage

* Let’s Decorate with Myanma Silversmith


* Inle’s Beauty for Eternity


Website: www.mrtv3.net.mm

MRTV-3Programme Schedule

(30-10-2009) (Friday)

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.

During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershower have been

isolated in Shan State, Bago, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi

Divisions and weather have been partly cloudy in the

remaining States and Divisions. The noteworthy amounts of

rainfall recorded were Thayawady (0.59) inch and Pathein

(0.48) inch.

Maximum temperature on 28-10-2009 was 95°F.

Minimum temperature on 29-10-2009 was 69°F. Relative

humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 29-10-2009 was 76%. Total

sun shine hours on 28-10-2009 was (7.3) hours approx.

Rainfall on 29-10-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-

Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was

(111.06) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inches at Kaba-Aye

and (129.41) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed

at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from South at (16:30)

hours MST on 28-10-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the Andaman

Sea, South Bay and West Central Bay and generally fair

elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 30th October 2009:

Likelihood of rain or thundershowers will be isolated in

Shan and Kayah States, Bago, Yangon and Taninthayi

Divisions and weather will be partly cloudy in the remaining

States and Divisions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generally fair in the

whole Country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for

30-10-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for

30-10-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.

Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for

30-10-2009: Partly cloudy.

WEATHERThursday, 29th October, 2009

Transmissions Times

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8:20 am 8. apwemxm;umukoay;

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8:30 am 9. wefaqmifwdkifaw;rsm;

8:40 am10. International News

8:45 am11. Songs of Yester

Years

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5:15 pm 4. Song to uphold

National Spirit

5:20 pm 5. Musical Programme

5:30 pm 6. yÍövufausmif;awmf

6:00 pm 7. Evening News

6:15 pm 8. Weather Report

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A bird, yellow leaves and clear blue sky in thebackground.—INTERNET

Globalization: Diseasesspreading from humans to

animals, study findsSCIENCE DAILY, 28 Oct—Globalization and

industrialization are causing diseases to spreadfrom humans to animals, a study has shown.

Researchers from The Roslin Institute of theUniversity of Edinburgh have shown that a strain ofbacteria has jumped from humans to chickens.

It is believed to be the first clear evidence ofbacterial pathogens crossing over from humans toanimals and then spreading since animals were firstdomesticated some 10,000 years ago. The studyidentified a form of the bacteria Staphylococcusaureus — of which MRSA is a subtype — inchickens, and found that the bacteria originallycame from humans. Genetic testing showed thatthe bacteria crossed over from one species toanother around 40 years ago, coinciding with amove towards intensive poultry farming practices.

In comparison to the corresponding form ofStaphylococcus aureus in humans, which wasisolated to one geographical area, the strain inchickens was spread across different continents.

Infectious diseases in chicken flocks are amajor economic burden on the industry and thespread of bacteria from humans to chickens couldhave a huge impact on poultry farming. If bacteriaare also shown to be crossing over from humans toother livestock then there could be an impact onfood security.—Internet

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13th Waxing of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Friday, 30 October, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

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

troubles

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

and violence

Myanma Railways serving asbridge between national races from

plains and hilly regions

Article: Tin Mar Win &Aye Thanda Thein

Photo: Myanma Alin

A train running past Ponnyataung Tunnel on Kyaw-Yemyetni railroad section.

With a view to ensuring socio-economic de-velopment of the people, narrowing the developmentgap among the regions of the nation and forging theamity of the national brethren, the government isstriving for better transportation of the country.

(See page 10)

SCIENCE DAILY, 26 Oct—Fire is often

thought of something that trees should be

protected from, but a new study suggests that

some trees may themselves contribute to the

likelihood of wildfires in order to promote

their own abundance at the expense of their

competitors.—INTERNET

Zoological Garden (NayPyi Taw) to present specialentertainment programmes

NAY PYI TAW, 29 Oct—In addition to animalshows and elephant show, the skill demonstration ofwomen in playing traditional cane-ball will be pre-sented to the holiday-makers at the Zoological Gar-den (Nay Pyi Taw) on psublic holidays 31 Octoberand 1 November during the Tazaungdine lightingfestival.

MNA

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