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Volume XIX, Number 169 10th Waxing of Thadingyut 1373 ME Friday, 7 October, 2011

Our Three MainNational Causes

* Non-disintegration of theUnion

* Non-disintegration of NationalSolidarity

* Perpetuation of Sovereignty

Twelve questions raised, answered,Twelve questions raised, answered,one proposal discussed

Second regular session of first PyithuHluttaw continues for 33rd day

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Oct— The second regularsession of the first Pyithu Hluttaw continued forthe 33rd day at Pyithu Hluttaw Hall of HluttawBuilding here today.

It was attended by Pyithu Hluttaw SpeakerThura U Shwe Mann and 382 representatives.

Today, 12 questions were raised and answeredand one proposal was discussed.

U Thaung of Mawleik constituency askedwhether the existing political parties are includedin the term “other organizations” expressed inthe 1963 Law Safeguarding Public Property.

Union Chief Justice U Tun Tun Oo replied thata court concerned would decide whether theexisting political parties are included in the term“other organizations” when they were chargedunder the 1963 Law Safeguarding Public Propertyafter looking into each case.

Afterwards, Dr Maung Maung Wint of Bahanconstituency asked how the State-owned mediawould be reformed to attract the people and howefforts were being made to promote the mediaas the fourth estate which could serve theinterests of the people.

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Second regular session of first Amyotha Hluttaw continues for 32SecondregularsessionoffirstAmyothaHluttawcontinuesfor32SecondregularsessionoffirstAmyothaHluttawcontinuesfor32nd daydaydayThree questions answered; two bills, one proposal and one report submittedThreequestionsanswered; twobills,oneproposalandonereportsubmittedThreequestionsanswered; twobills,oneproposalandonereportsubmitted

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Oct — The 32nd-day secondregular session of first Amyotha Hluttaw took placeat Amyotha Hluttaw Hall of Hluttaw Building, here,this morning, attended by Speaker of AmyothaHluttaw U Khin Aung Myint and 206 AmyothaHluttaw representatives.

Deputy Minister for Rail Transportation ThuraU Thaung Lwin answered the questions about railtransportation raised by two representatives.

Regarding the question raised by U KhinMaung Htay of Mandalay Constituency No-10 whosaid whether there is a plan to change the scheduleof Yangon-Mandalay express trains fromrunning in the daytime to at the night for enablingpassengers to arrive at their final destinationsthe next morning by taking a night train and togo back their regions at the night aftercompleting their daily works during the daytime,the deputy minister replied that Myanma Railwaysheard the convenience of the people and theirsatisfaction of taking the night train. As the attemptsto commit destructive acts on the carriages andon the railroads by saboteurs who take an

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Pyithu Hluttaw representatives sign attendance book .—MNA

Amyotha Hluttaw representatives sign attendance book .—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 7 October, 2011

PERSPECTIVESFriday, 7 October, 2011

Myanmar-Thai writes apage in history together

At the invitation of President of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein, a delegationled by Prime Minister of the Kingdom of ThailandMs. Yingluck Shinawatra arrived in Nay Pyi Tawon a goodwill visit to Myanmar on 5 October.

President U Thein Sein held a meeting withvisiting Thai Prime Minister Ms. YingluckShinawatra and party at President Office in Nay PyiTaw on 5 October evening.

President U Thein Sein said in his greetingsat the meeting that he, on behalf of the Myanmargovernment and the people, heartily welcomedthe Thai Prime Minister and goodwill delegation;he warmly welcomed the goodwill visit of the ThaiPrime Minister after her assumption of office; hefirmly believed that the goodwill visit of the ThaiPrime Minister will further strengthen existingfriendly relations between the two countries.

Thai PM Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra repliedthat she was delighted at her official visit toMyanmar leading the Thai goodwill delegationand thanked the President for extending warmwelcome to her delegation.

The visiting Thai Prime Minister discussedcooperation matters between the two countries,border affairs, border trade, future tasks forMyanmar migrant workers in Thailand, andconstruction of motor road from Thingannyinaungto Kawkareik. The President discussedcooperation of the two countries in smoothimplementation of Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy(ACMECS) among Myanmar, Thailand, Laos,Cambodia and Vietnam, and promotion of tradeand investment between the two countries.

Myanmar and Thai are next-doorneighbours. The two countries share both thegeographical border and culture. The Thai PM’sgoodwill visit to Myanmar is considered to be adrive to foster existing friendship and cooperationbetween the two nations.

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Oct— The President ofthe Republic of the Union of Myanmar has confirmedthe appointment of Director-GeneralU Myo Hlaing of Education and Training Departmentof the Ministry of Border Affairs on expiry of theone-year probationary period.

MYANMAR GAZETTE

Flood warning

National seminar on protection of copyright and relatedrights and their contribution to national development opens

YANGON, 6 Oct—National seminar on theprotection of copyright and related rights and theircontribution to national development jointly organizedby Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association andWorld Intellectual Property Organization under thesupervision of the Ministry of Information was openedat Traders Hotel here today.

It was attended by Deputy Minister for Information

DirectorMrs Gao

Hang of theCopyright

DevelopmentService

Division ofGeneva-

based WIPOin

Switzerlanddeliversspeech.

MNA

Deputy Minister for Construction U Kyaw Lwin inspected constructionof Ayeyawady Bridge (Pakokku) on 2 October.(News reported)—MNA

YANGON, 6 Oct— Republic of the Union ofMyanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce andIndustry and Institute of Southeast Asian Studies(ISEAS) launched a workshop on promotion ofMyanmar’s economics sector in ASEAN’s economicscommunity at the office of RUMFCCI (Headquarters)in Lanmadaw Township here this morning.

Yangon Region Chief Minister U Myint Swe,Regional Minister for Electricity and Industry U NyanTun Oo, President of RUMFCCI U Win Aung andVice Presidents, CEC members, Advicer at the

Workshop on promotionof Myanmar’s economics

sector in ASEAN’seconomics community held

President Office U Myint and Director K Kesavapanyand officials concerned of ISEAS were present in theevent.

On the occasion, the director of ISEAS made anaddress and Advicer U Myint led to the discussion.

After that, the Chief Minister took a documentaryphoto with those present at the workshop.

The workshop is from 6 to 7 October.MNA

U Soe Win, departmental heads of the Ministry ofInformation and Ministry of Culture, chairman of theMWJA and personnel, Director Mrs Gao Hang of theCopyright Development Service Division of Geneva-based WIPO in Switzerland and members.

Deputy Minister U Soe Win, speaking on theoccasion, said that national seminar on the protectionof copyright and related rights was held last time in2008 and today’s seminar was the fifth of its kind.

He noted that development of copyright protectionat national level called for systematic measures inconsideration of culture and interests of the nation. Hesaid that those present at the seminar wished forinterests of different fields and thus he hoped cooperationbetween those holding the same views on exchange ofknowledge would be beneficial to every one.

Director Mrs Gao Hang delivered a speech andthe opening ceremony ended with greetings of MWJAChairman U Tin Hlaing (Ledwintha Saw Chit). Next,the deputy minister together with personnel and guestsposed for documentary photo.

Scholars discussed copyright and related rights.The seminar continues tomorrow.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6Oct— Livestock Breedingand VeterinaryDepartment under theMinistry of Livestock andFisheries and Food andAgriculture Organizationheld a workshop on

Small-skill livestock breedingof cow on schedule

Assistant ResearchOfficer U Myint

Thaungdemonstrated

scientific farmingmethods to farmers

in AgriculturalResearch Farm in

Mohnyin on1 October.

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NAY PYI TAW, 6 Oct— According to the12:30 hr MST observation today, the water level ofAyeyawady River in Hinthada is (1270) cm. Itmay reach its danger level (1342) cm during thenext (48) hours commencing this noon, said theMeteorology and Hydrology Department.—MNA

implementation ofdeveloping plan for small-skill livestock breeding atAmara Hotel here thismorning.

Director-Generalof the Livestock Breedingand Veterinary

Department Professor DrMyint Thein gave anopening speech andOfficer Mr Vinod Ahujaof FAO Livestock Policypresented the planningtasks.

The four-yearprogramme for theimplementation of small-skill livestock breeding ofcow will be carried out in13 wards of Nay Pyi TawCouncil Area, Yangon andMandalay Regions.

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Federal police escort Martin Rosales Magaña (5th R), also known as “elTerry”, founder of the criminal organization “La Familia”, during his

presentation to the press in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on5 Oct, 2011.—XINHUA

BAGHDAD, 6 Oct—A policeman waskilled and 26 others were wounded,including four Iranian Shiite pilgrims,in separate attacks in central Iraq onWednesday, the police said.

A policeman was killed in Iraqi’swestern Province of Anbar when asticky bomb attached to a car and aroadside bomb coordinately rippedthrough the industrial area in northernthe provincial capital City of Ramadi,some 100 km west of Baghdad, a sourcefrom operations command of Anbartold Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The blasts also wounded eightpolicemen and 12 civilians at the site,the source said.

The attackers apparently followedold tactic of creating an initial explosionto attract security forces and peoplebefore setting off another blast to getheavier casualties, the source added.LASHKAR GAH, 6

Oct—One civilian waskilled and 16 othersinjured Thursdaymorning when militantsattacked a passenger busin southern Afghanis-tan’s Helmand Province,spokesman forprovincial governmentsaid.

“A passenger buswas travelling fromwestern Herat Provinceto capital City of Kabulbut a group of militantsintended to stop it inHouzi Khoshk area inGereshk District in thewee hours Thursday butthe driver deliberatelyignored to stop the busfor fear of passeng-ers’live,” spokesman forprovincial governmentDaud Ahmadi toldXinhua.

He said the armed

COTABATO CITY, 6 Oct—State security forcesrescued Thursday a midwife kidnapped by AbuSayyaf terrorists last July.

According to Felicisimo Khu, head of theDirectorate for Integrated Police Operations forWestern Mindanao, the midwife EvangelineTaverisma was rescued by police and military inthe village of Kappung in the southern PhilippineProvince of Sulu.

Khu said there was a resistance from AbuSayyaf but later abandoned their captive aftersensing they were outnumbered.

The Abu Sayyaf militants were asking some 15million pesos (354, 861 US dollars) ransom for therelease of the 57-year-old hostage.

The victim was on her way home from workwhen she was snatched at gunpoint in Sulu Province

The Abu Sayyaf group, active in southernPhilippines, was founded in the 1990s and hasperpetrated a number of high-profile attacks,including kidnapping, bombing and beheading.The Philippine military estimates the group currentlyhas less than 400 members.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 6 Oct—Afghan intelligence officials saidWednesday that they had broken up a cell thatplotted to kill President Hamid Karzai, arresting sixpeople in Kabul whom they claimed were affiliatedwith al-Qaeda and the Haqqani militant group.

Intelligence service spokesman Latifullah Mashalsaid that that the cell included one of Karzai’sbodyguards, as well as a professor at Kabul universityand three college students.—Xinhua

Policeman killed, 26 peoplewounded in bomb attacks in Iraq

An Afghan doctor helps aboy after he has been

injured in an explosion bya remote-controlled bombkilling one female policewoman and two civilians

in Herat, Afghanistanrecently.—INTERNET

Near Baghdad, a roadside bombdetonated near a bus carrying IranianShiite pilgrims in Taji area, some 20 kmnorth of Baghdad, wounded fourpilgrims abroad, an Interior Ministrysource anonymously told Xinhua.

Militants frequently attacked Iranianpilgrims who flock in large numbers toIraq to visit holy Shiite shrines since theUS- led invasion in 2003 that toppledSaddam Hussein’s Sunni regime andset up Shiite-led government.

In a separate incident, a gunmanthrew a hand grenade on an Iraqi armyvehicle on a highway in Baghdad’swestern district of Adel, wounding twosoldiers, the source said.

Sporadic attacks are still commonin Iraqi cities despite the dramaticdecrease of violence over the past fewyears.

Xinhua

One civilian killed, 16 injured asmilitants attack bus in S Afghanistan

California HighwayPatrol officersinspect the car,

background, beingsought in a series of

shootings on SanDiego County

freeways after thedriver stopped and

surrendered on an I-210 Freeway

onramp in the LakeView Terrace areaof Los Angeles on

4 Oct, 2011.INTERNET

Troops rescue midwife frommilitants in S Philippines

Afghan official: Karzaiassassination plot foiled

militants shortly openedfire on the running buskilling a child andinjuring 16 peopleincluded eight women,four men and fourchildren.

He said the injuredwere transported to aDistrict hospital inGereshk north ofprovincial capitalLashkar Gah Town.

The motive of theattack was notimmediately known,however, militants oftenstop vehicles forsearching soldiers andgovernment employeesespecially in restivesouthern provinces.

Ahmadi blamedTaleban militants for theattack, however, themilitant group has yet tomake comments.

Xinhua

Civil defence personnel work at the site of abomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles)

north of Baghdad recently. At least two peoplewere killed and another 36 wounded when alarge bomb exploded in Iraq’s Kirkuk Cityoutside a bank where police were collecting

their salaries, police and hospital officials saidon Thursday.—INTERNET

MOSCOW, 6 Oct—Russia said Thursday thatthe US approach to thedeployment of a missiledefence system in Europewas “unacceptable” andthat Moscow may stopcooperation withWashington in this field.

In a statement, theRussian Foreign Ministryslashed a recent US-Spain agreement ondeploying a missiledefence system in

Russia threatens to stop cooperation with USover missile defence

Europe, saying it isunacceptable toMoscow.

The statement said theplan was not discussedcollectively, nor did ittake into account aposition of all thecountries concerned. Thetwo NATO membersannounced Wednesdayto deploy four Americancounter-missile ships atthe Rota navy base onSpain’s southwestern

coast. Russia said such apractice could negativelyaffect security andstability in Euroatlanticregion. “If things go onthe same way, then thechance to render the anti-missile defence fromissue of confrontation toissue of cooperation,which was created at theRussia-NATO summit inLisbon, could be lost,”said the statement.

Xinhua

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Producer Kristin

Hahn, centre, and

actress and

producer Jennifer

Aniston, talk with a

breast cancer

survivor at the Inova

Breast Care Center,

Monday, on 3 Oct

2011, in

Alexandria,Va

October is breast

cancer awareness

month.—INTERNET

Biomarker gene target identified to track

Huntington’s diseaseWASHINGTON, 6 Oct—Scientists have identified a

biomarker gene that could be used to follow theactivity of Huntington’s disease as well as theresponse patients might have to neuroprotectivetreatments.

Huntington’s disease, a devastating geneticdisorder that causes degeneration of nerve cells inthe brain, affects more than 15,000 Americans, andat least 150,000 are at risk of developing the disease.

There is no known cure or treatment for thedisease — which starts with changes in mood,judgment, memory, and other cognitive functions

and inevitably leads to increasing physical disability,dementia and death.

The new research describes the discovery andvalidation of a blood test that could assist in themonitoring of disease activity and in the evaluationof new medications.

“We know how to diagnose HD. What we don’thave, however, is a simple test to tell us whether thedisease is active and progressing or responding tonew medications,” said Clemens Scherzer, MD, inthe Centre for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham andWomen’s Hospital.—Internet

News media tour the

inside of the second

Boeing Co 787 to be

delivered to All

Nippon Airways

(ANA) at the

assembly plant in

Everett, Wash. ANA

is the first customer

to take delivery of

the 787.

INTERNET

In this photo, Procter & Gamble marketing

director Kevin Hochman talks about the

new packaging for Ivory soap brands at

P&G’s Cincinnati headquarters.—INTERNET

In Kodak’s troubles, a snapshot of an

icon’s fallROCHESTER, 6 Oct— Blindsided by a digital revolution, Eastman Kodak is

teetering on a financial precipice after a quarter-century of failed efforts to findits focus.

The 131-year-old company that turned picture-taking into a hobby for themasses has tried to bat down sudden talk of bankruptcy.

Kodak insists it has no intention of filing for bankruptcy protection. Butinvestors are unsure it has the financial wherewithal to complete its decade-long turnaround — and employees worry more job cuts are on the way.

The collapse of such a legendary brand would reverberate through notonly American business but would also have a profound cultural effect ongenerations worldwide who took their first snapshots with cameras bearing theunmistakable yellow-and-red K logo.—Internet

Smoking can kill 40 mn more people

WASHINGTON, 6 Oct— Smoking could cause40 million excess deathsamong smokers, whoalso suffer fromtuberculosis (TB), by2050, new research says.

Once smokersdevelop the disease, theyare more likely to diefrom it, meaning thatsmoking can single-handedly undermine thegoal to reduce TB

mortality by halfbetween 1990 and 2015,says the research.

The study, led bySanjay Basu from theUniversity of California,San Francisco, used amaths model todetermine the effect ofsmoking on future TBrates, the BMJ (BritishMedical Journal)reports.

It shows that from

2010 to 2050 smokingcould lead to 40 millionexcess TB deathsworldwide - from 61 to101 million.

They also concludethat if current smokingtrends continue, thenumber of excess TBcases could rise from 256to 274 million - 18million new cases intotal.

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Japan quake rebuilding drives demand for

New Zealand timberWELLINGTON, 6 Oct—New

Zealand’s timber industry has receiveda boost in demand from thereconstruction of areas affected by theMarch earthquake and tsunami inJapan, although China continues todominate demand, New Zealand’sMinistry of Agriculture and Forestry(MAF) announced Thursday.

Log exports reached an estimated6.9 million cubic meters during theApril-June quarter, according to the

A worker fills the tank of a car at a gas station

in Pretoria, South Africa, on 5 Oct, 2011. The

Minerals and Energy departments in South

Africa increased the fuel prices on Wednesday

to a record-high of the country.—XINHUA

MAF’s forestry production and tradefigures.

It was the ninth consecutive quarterof growth underpinned by the largevolume of log exports, said AndrewDoube, MAF’s acting manager ofsector infrastructure.

Demand from China accountedfor 59.6 percent of total log exportvolumes in the quarter, compared with53.7 percent in the same quarter lastyear.—Xinhua

S Koreanoverseas plantorders contract

18.3 pctSEOUL, 6 Oct—

Overseas industrial plantorders won by SouthKorean builderscontracted 18.3 percenton-year in the first threequarters, a governmentreport showed Thurs-day. South Korea won41.4 billion US dollarsin overseas orders toconstruct industrialplants during theJanuary-Septemberperiod, the Ministry ofKnowledge Economysaid.

The ministry saidoverseas plant ordersgrew 29.1 percent on-year if the deal withUnited Arab Emirates(UAE) was excluded.South Korea signed an18.6 billion dollars dealin January last year tobuild nuclear powerplant. By region, ordersfrom the Americassoared 212 percent on-year to 5.16 billiondollars for the first ninemonths of this year, withorders from Europe andAsia growing 56.5percent and 54.6percent respectively.

Xinhua

A new drug to reverse

diabetes?LONDON, 6 Oct —American researchers are

working on a drug that could help prevent or evenreserve Type 2 diabetes, the most common form ofthe disease linked to lifestyle.

The research involves a natural cell chemicalcompound known as NMN, which when injectedinto diabetic mice normalised their blood sugarlevels.

The chemical governs how cells use energy.The jabs lowered high levels of cholesterol and

triglyceride blood fats. Researchers are now workingon a way to administer NMN to mice in drinkingwater, according to the journal Cell Metabolism.

In future, they hope to develop a ‘nutraceutical’pill that can be taken like a vitamin to combat Type2 diabetes, the Daily Mail reported.

“Once we can get a grade of NMN that humanscan take, we would really like to launch a pilothuman study,” said study leader Shin-ichiro Imaifrom Washington University School of Medicine inSt Louis.

Type 2 diabetes, the most common form of thedisease, is linked to lifestyle.

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Student-built electric car sets speed markPROVO, (Utah) 6 Oct— An electric car designed

and built by engineering students at a Utah schoolset a world land speed record for its weight class of155.8 mph, officials said.

The speed was the average of two runs at theBonneville Salt Flats for the “Electric Blue” carbuilt as a seven-year project by more than 130Brigham Young University students, a BYU releasesaid Tuesday.

Recently retired engineering professor PerryCarter spearheaded the long-term project.

“This is a wonderful closure to 31 years ofteaching at BYU and many projects,” Carter saidafter the record was certified. “But this is the onethat takes the cake. I’m done.”

The aerodynamic vehicle used lithium ironphosphate batteries to achieve speeds as high as175 mph on one of its runs. “Electric Blue” competesin the “E1” class, which includes cars weighing lessthan 1,100 pounds.

“Electric Blue” car at Bonneville.—Internet

The project was a great way for student to put classroom learning to use,Carter said. “Students who study music need to give concerts, students whostudy dance need to perform, and students who study engineering need toengineer things and compete to see how they work,” he said. “Experientialeducation is a key aspect of every programme.”—Internet

Tech

Reefs coped mass extinction earlier than Earth

LONDON, 6 Oct —Researchers had alwaysassumed it took the Earthas long as five millionyears to recover from thespecies collapse.

However, a newresearch has proved thatreefs came intoexistence soon after thegreat mass extinction assoon as the conditionsnormalised.

An internationalteam, including thepaleontologist HugoBucher from theUniversity of Zurich andhis team of researchers,has proved reefs alreadyexisted again in the

The Nikon International Small World

Competition awards photographers for

their renderings of the beauty and

complexity of teensy things through the

light microscope. The resulting

photomicrographs must not only awe but

also contribute significantly to various

scientific disciplines. From alien-looking

insects and worms to cells that would

make stunning decorations, the 2011

award-winning photographs are both

stunning and informative. Take a stroll

into the world of the small.—INTERNET

Scientists ‘developing safer breast

implants using nanotechnology’

WASHINGTON, 6Oct— Researchers at theUniversity of Akron areexploring how nano-technology may enablethe future developmentof safer breast implantsas an alternative tosilicone rubber, mini-mizing health com-plications.

The only materialoption available towomen undergoingbreast reconstructionand augmentation isbased on siliconerubber. While nomedical device is 100percent safe andeffective, there is anextraordinarily high rate

A man

demonstrates

the notebook

function of the

Samsung

Galaxy Note

tablet PC during

Press day at the

IFA consumer

electronics fair

in Berlin.

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southwest of what is nowthe USA 1.5 millionyears after the massextinction.

Metazoan organismssuch as sponges,serpulids and other livingcreatures dominated thereefs.

M e t a z o a n - d o m i -nated reefs had alreadydeveloped during theEarly Triassic, muchsearlier than was previ-ously assumed and assoon as the environmen-tal conditions more orless returned to normal,the reef began to growagain due to metazoanorganisms that hadplayed a secondary rolein the reefs up to then.

“This shows that,after the extinction ofdominant reef creators,metazoan were able toform reef ecosystemsmuch sooner than waspreviously thought,”Bucher said.

The study appears inNature Geoscience.

Internet

Nose couldhelp reveal

accurate timeof death

LONDON, 6 Oct —The inside of the nosecould help pinpoint thetime of death, especiallyif it was within theprevious 24 hours,scientists say.

Tiny finger-likeprojections lining thenose called ciliacontinue to beat afterdeath, even though itslows down gradually ata predictable rate.

Accurately estimat-ing the time of death hasbeen a challenge forforensic teams asindicators of bodytemperature or decom-position rate can beconfounded by a numberof factors includingtemperature, and whe-ther the person wasinvolved in a struggle,say, shortly beforedeath. Cilia, however,seems relatively immuneto environmentalfactors, researchers say.

Biagio Solarino ofthe University of Bari inItaly and his colleaguessuspected that ciliacontinue to beat afterdeath. So they took ascraping of the inside ofthe nose from 100cadavers to examine thecilia.—Internet

Science

of complications report-edly attributed tosilicone breast implants.

Lead researcherJudit E Puskas, PhD,ME, and her colleaguesare currently developingan alternative nano-structured material tosilicone rubber that willminimize complica-tions.

The new materialwill also be able todeliver cancer drugslocally to improve theefficacy of treatment andminimize side effectsassociated with chemo-therapy.

“If successful, ourmaterial could be used

for implants with drugdelivery capabilities,”says Puskas.

“We are hoping thatthis review willcontribute to a betterunderstanding of thecontroversial issues andmotivate materialscientists and medicaldoctors to work togetherto develop alternativesbased on new nano-technology for thewomen who opt for adevice made of syntheticmaterials,” she added.

The review ispublished in WIRE’sNanomedicine andNanobiotechnology.

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Science

72-million-yr-old armoured dinosaur’s brain being ‘recreated’WASHINGTON, 6 Oct—Scientists have gained

valuable insights into the brain of a 72 million-year-old dinosaur after its skull broke down recently.

Lead researcher Tetsuto Miyashita, a Universityof Alberta master’s student in paleontology, andhis colleagues took a rare look inside the skull of aEuoplocephalus and came away with unprecedenteddetails on the brain and nasal passages of theanimal. CT scans from undamaged Euoplocephalusskulls are helping the team to reconstruct the twisted,

looping nasal passages and brain chamber.The researchers claimed that the entire brain of

a Euoplocephalus would fit inside a coffee mug,but the size was not small for a dinosaur.

They also claimed that the dinosaur possiblygenerated sound through its looping nasal passages.

The reconstructed inner ear was tuned for this‘nasal roar’, as the length of the ear indicates thatthe dinosaur was sensitive to low-frequency sounds.

Internet

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People ofDong ethnicgroups and

touristsdance andsing duringDuoye (or

group dance)Festival inSanjiang

DongPrefecture,southwestChina’sGuangxiZhuang

AutonomousRegion, on 2

Oct, 2011.XINHUA

Singer Liang Xiaoxue performs at StrawberryChang Jiang Music Festival 2011 in Zhenjiang,

of east China’s Jiangsu Province, on 2 Oct,2011, the second day of the national holiday.The four-day festival kicked off on Sunday,

attracting music bands and groups from homeand abroad. —XINHUA

Cable thefts disrupt trains, and a village

Photo taken on 2 Oct, 2011shows the autumn scenery in

Shahu Scenery Zone in PingluoCounty, northwest China’sNingxia Hui Autonomous

Region. The Shahu SceneryZone has received 850,000

person-times with sales revenuesreaching 128 million yuan

(about 20 million US dollars) in2011 till on 2 Oct, according to

statistic figures.XINHUA

LONDON, 6 Oct— Stealing cable for scrap metalhas become a common crime in Britain, with recentthefts disrupting rail service in London and blackingout a village. Commuters into Liverpool Street Stationwere delayed Tuesday morning after thieves, undercover of darkness, climbed gantries and removedseveral hundred feet of cable, the Evening Standardreported. Sparks jumping from the live wires causeda fire, forcing the closing of a section of track.

“It doesn’t bear thinking about if one of our staffhad come into contact with these cables,” a spokesmanfor National Rail said. The lights went out Fridayevening in Newton-on-Trent in Lincolnshire, TheDaily Telegraph reported. Mike Price said he and his

wife were about to watch her favourite TVprogramme, “Strictly Come Dancing.” “We cut ourlosses and went to bed, then we were woken upwhen the lights came back at around quarter tofour,” he said. “When we found out it was cablethieves, we were pretty mad. But then you aregetting cables stolen from the railway and leadtaken from churches, it is pretty sad really.”

Karen Taylor of the White Hart Inn said dinerswere able to finish their meals by candlelight but didnot stay around to drink as they might have. Thepower went off again Saturday, and she said thecombined disruptions cost the inn its profit for theweekend.—Internet

Tabloid’s mistaken storymakes Knox guilty

LONDON, 6 Oct—ABritish tabloid ran aprepared- in-advance“Amanda Knox guilty”story on its Web site,complete with a colorfuldescription of Knox“sobbing uncon-trollably.” The Daily Mailwas one of a number ofnewspapers andbroadcasters in Britain toreport wrongly that anItalian appeals court hadupheld Knox’s murderconviction, TheGuardian said. TheGuardian, one of thecountry’s most respectedpapers, made the samemistake, based on anincorrect translation ofthe verdict.

But the Mail wentfarther, running a full storythat included quotes fromthe prosecutors, who said“justice has been done.”In fact, the Italian courtthrew out the guiltyverdicts against Knox, aformer University ofWashington student, andher Italian ex-boyfriend,Rafaelle Sollecito.

“As Knox realizedthe enormity of what

Edda Knox, left, comfortsher daughter, AmandaKnox, during a news

Conference held at theSeattle-Tacoma

International Airportnear Seattle, on 4 Oct,

2011.—INTERNET

Judge Hellman wassaying she sank into herchair sobbinguncontrollably while herfamily and friendshugged each other intears,” the Mail reportedMonday. In fact, theappeals court foundKnox and Sollecito wereconvicted on unreliableevidence of killingMeredith Kercher, aLeeds University studentwho shared a house withKnox in Perugia.

The Mail reported thatKnox and Sollecito wouldbe on suicide watch forthe next few days. Knoxarrived in Seattle Tuesday,where she was reunitedwith her family.—Internet

Russia sends Intelsat telecomsatellite into space

MOSCOW, 6 Oct—Russia launched a US Intelsattelecom satellite into space early Thursday, aboard aZenit carrier rocket from a space centre in Kazakhstan,the Russian Space Agency Roskosmos said.

The satellite, produced by Orbital Services,separated from the rocket at around 0330 GMTThursday and started taking up its geostationaryorbit, the Interfax news agency quoted a Roskosmosofficial as saying.

The Intelsat-18 satellite is equipped with 32transponders and will provide telecommunicationsservices to customers in East Asia, the US West Coastand the Pacific Region for an expected life-span of 15years.

The Zenit-2SB, a medium-lift two-stage rocket, isproduced by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau in Ukraine.Intelsat, originally formed as the InternationalTelecommunications Satellite Organization, is anintergovernmental consortium which operates theworld’s most extensive satellite network, comprisingmore than 50 satellites.—Xinhua

Panasonic unveils first robotichairdresser

BEIJING, 6 Oct—The annual CEATEC technology in Tokyogives Japanese technology companies a chance to let their hairdown and show off robots far, far too odd for Western consumption.

Robot unicyclists and ‘robot companions’ are regulars at theshow - often unveiled by otherwise normal technology companies.This year, Panasonic unveiled the first robotic hairdresser - aswell as a robot ‘doctor’.

Panasonic’s robot hair washer uses advanced robot ‘fingers’to massage the scalp while washing your head with jets of waterand soap - rather like a car wash for your skull.—Xinhua

POEM:

* Our traditional heritageLove we more and moreThe inborn Myanmar duty

* Earth cannot swallow raceBut can other racesSo terrifying the danger is

* Never abandon traditional valuesEver be sensiblePrudent we always are

* Honesty the best policyRoots we discover and preserveShowing dignity to worldAll with dynamic efforts

Myo Myat Myat Myint Maung (Trs)

A national duty

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NAY PYI TAW, 6 Oct— The Union Election Commission releasedNotification No. 52/2011 today.

The unofficial translation of the notification is as follows:-

Republic of the Union of MyanmarUnion Election Commission

Nay Pyi Taw

Notification No. 52/20119th Waxing of Thadingyut, 1373 ME

6 October, 2011

Change of title of Wunthanu NLD (Union of Myanmar)to Wunthanu Democratic Party allowed

1. The Wunthanu NLD (Union of Myanmar) Party registered with theregistration number 22 in accord with Section 9 of Political PartiesRegistration Law at the Union Election Commission submitted applicationto the commission to rename the title of the party as Wunthanu DemocraticParty.2. After scrutinizing the submission of the party under the law, theUnion Election Commission agreed the change of party title and declaredthat the title of the Wunthanu NLD (Union of Myanmar) was renamed as theWunthanu Democratic Party as of 6-10-2011.

By order,

(Win Ko) SecretaryUnion Election Commission

Change of title of Wunthanu NLD(Union of Myanmar) to Wunthanu

Democratic Party allowed1. The Myanmar National Human Rights Commission has been established to

promote and protect the fundamental rights of citizens enshrined in theConstitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and it has opened itsoffice at No. 27, Pyay Road, Hline Township, Yangon.

2. Any citizen may send complaint to the Myanmar National Human RightsCommission when his or her fundamental rights in the Constitution of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar are violated. The following facts must bestated completely in the complaint:-(a) Complainant’s name, full address and contact address (If any phone, fax

and e-mail),(b) Full account of how the Complainant’s rights were violated, and(c) Signed admission that the facts stated in the complaint are true.

3. The complaint, attached with copy of the Complainant’s national registrationcard, must be addressed to the Secretary of the Myanmar National HumanRights Commission and may be either sent by registered mail or delivered tothe Commission in person.

4. The facts under above-mentioned paragraph 2 (a), (b) and (c) are necessary tobe mentioned completely so that the Commission will be able to deal with thecomplaint effectively.

5. Matters that have been brought before a court or under the proceedings of acourt of law and matters that have been finally decided by a court are notrelevant under this announcement.

6. In its examination of the complaints which are received, the Commission will,if and when necessary, interview the complainant.

7. If the Commission concludes that the alleged violations of the fundamentalrights in the Constitution against a citizen are true, it will take steps in accordancewith its rules of procedure to promote and safeguard the fundamental rights.

Myanmar National Human Rights CommissionDate: 6 October 2011

The Republic of the Union of MyanmarMyanmar National Human Rights Commission

Accepting of complaint

Tekkatho Hla Maung(Yedashe)Sweet melodies, aesthetics of lifeSweet melodies, aesthetics of lifeSweet melodies, aesthetics of lifeSweet melodies, aesthetics of life

Sweet melodies whisper the aesthetics of life. Whensweet melodies touch the ears, what they please is not justthe ears, but also the heart. And what exactly is the feelingat that moment?

Life is nature. Aesthetic of life means aesthetic ofnature. Do you want the life to be bed of thorns or bedof roses? Do you want to see the positive side of life orface raging infernos of life? If you want a pleasant life,you need to extract aesthetic from the life.

Aesthetics of life lie in music. We can extract essenceof Dhamma (religion) from the songs and vice versa.Melody is the harmonious combination of beat, key,rhythm, which creates melodious arts. Sweet melodieswill emphasize invaluable aesthetics of nature and leadto sensible life, adorning refined human culture.

I am looking forward to spectrum of such aestheticsof life illuminating Myanmar Traditional CulturalPerforming Arts Competitions with great excitement.

It is love that makes the earth go round. Beauty isborn out of love. When there is love, there is beauty andwhen love is ignored, beauty disappears itself.

“Beauty is in the eyes of beholder. Only there is love,there is beauty and life is meaningful”, there goes a song.

Love and beauty go hand in hand and sometimeslove leaves lovely customs.

There is a piece of lyrics that say “make a generousdonation of loving-kindness”. Large donation of loving-kindness sounds great but generous donation of love hassomewhat adverse meaning. None but monogamousmarriage is ideal for a couple. And monogamy is anaspect of culture. It is the result of emergence of civilizedsocieties. The song entitled “Love matters” of vocalistTin Tin Mya which depicts “the world of the two”highlights this fact.

“We the couple....even in the old tent...or in the

golden palace...love is what matters...I want to say thatlove is what matters...now we love....let our love continuethen...darling.”

Songster Tin Tin Mya in the advanced age do notwant to sing love songs anymore. But, her love songs arestill on air. Because there is no end in love. Love cannotbe faded away. The world will be doomed to its end on theday love disappears. I love to hear the sweet lyrics “nowwe love...let our love continue then” forever in mymoments in this world.

If the term “couple” stands for three or four, theparticular culture will turn upside down. Recently in ajournal, a photo with a bridegroom in the centre hostinga wedding reception with two brides on his right and leftappears. As the couple means three in that case, I feel someconcern over the culture. If the love is so abundant that itcan be offered to more than one, there will be doom andgloom.

Love differs from kindness. The better the kindnessby its nature, the more it is offered generously. A songportraying the kindness comes into my head.

“Beings worth kindess...cannot be calculated....theBuddha taught....any beings on the earth....be in goodhealth....pray in loving kindness.”

“Stream water flowing through....cooling theearth....believe it forever....having sympathy forothers....only kindness can freshen the world up.”

Lovely songs are leading to peaceful process ofhuman beings. All the songs bear aesthetic. Nationalisticspirit and the patriotism are also essence of life. If thereis no patriotism, our human society would collapse.Creating the essence of life gently flow into our hearts.We all love our nation. We all will safeguard all dangersof the nation. The songs serving the State interest naturethe youths equipped with patriotic spirit and nationalistic

spirit.All the sweet songs possess various types of beauties.

The Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitionswill present depicting love and loving-kindness,patriotism, nationalistic spirit, genuine beauty of strength,scenic beauty, attributes of the Lord Buddha, attributesof Dhamma, attributes of truth, prestige of life, variousbeauties and varieties of aesthetics. Types of songscomprise classical songs, modern songs and religioussongs. Only will the aesthetics create the essence andnatural beauty. Aesthetics and beauty are invaluableproperty of the life. The life without beauty and aestheticsmeans the life with lack of attribute and glory.

It is required to adore aesthesis and admire thebeauty as both beauty and aesthesis are essences of thelife.

Subtlety and politeness are derived from teachingsof the Buddha. Unlawful acts and politeness are opposite.Rudeness, cruelty, warfare and killing are thrived in theunlawful world. Where can we search for the peace?

The whole nature is filled with beautiful tunes. Thenature exists on singing a song with beautiful tunes. Sothe essence of the music is the essence of the nature aswell as the essence of the life. The essence of the life isliberation from desires. In order to stroll along the walkof aesthesis, petals of flowers and sweet songs are to bescattered. I wish for singing songs to get better life.

While singing Dhamma songs comprisingteachings, law of nature and aesthesis, we have clearlyfound out our quest for the peace taught by Buddha.

It is worth to listen to the sweet songs when werealize the essence of the life. It is necessary to extractthe essence of the life from the beautiful tunes. Let’swelcome the performing arts competitions.

Translation: TKK+HKA+TTA+YM

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Second regular session of firstPyithu Hluttaw …

(from page 1)Union Minister for Information and for Culture U

Kyaw Hsan replied that nowadays, the nation is beingbuilt as a peaceful, modern, developed and discipline-flourishing democratic nation in realization of the market-oriented economic system in conformity with theconstitution and multi-party democracy system. Indoing so, there must be upright in legislative, executiveand judicial powers of the State to achieve success indemocratization process and to practice democracyperfectly. Moreover, he said he believes that check andbalance system and cooperation tasks play a key role inpracticing these powers separately in order that singleperson or organization may not practice these powers.Thus, the 2008 constitution prescribes the check andbalance system of three powers. Practising thesesystems, the country is being built and democratizationprocess is in progress.

The majority accept that the newspapers, journals,magazines, books and publications, radio and televisioncalled the fourth estate is to watch the righteous use ofthree main powers so as to serve the interest of the Stateand the people and practice the democracy with correctand perfect essence.

He said he firmly believes that the above-mentionedpoint is right and it needs really. However, the mediacalled the fourth estate itself must be owned qualificationto be able to monitor successfully. The country has notonly State owned media but also private owned media.While improving themselves, both media are to performcheck and balance between them.

The Ministry of Information has been striving forenhancing the State-owned media to have improvedform and essence for discharging its duty successfullysince their establishment. Therefore, the State-ownednewspapers at the centre established their branches assub-printing houses in cities of regions and states toenable the people to read the newspapers daily. A plan isunderway to accelerate its tasks. In the past, the mainhouses of newspapers and sub-printing houses used 19per cent of domestic newsprint. Now, four per cent ofdomestic newsprint only is used for improvement of itsquality and form in colour and impression. In the future,better quality of newspapers will be presented to thereaders after trying hard to increase the income of thenewspapers. Moreover, a future plan has been adoptedto deliver the coloured newspaper.

With regard to the essence of media, information onpolitical, economic and social affairs, development tasksand natural disasters at home and abroad are beingpresented in the newspapers for broadening horizon ofthe readers and for proving relaxation to the people in linewith the policies to inform, to educate and to entertainthe people. At present, the readers are being providedwith information presentation through edutainment andinfotainment systems. Training courses, seminars andon-job trainings on in-dept and effective writing arebeing conducted to the staff for improved presentationof editorials, news and articles. Policies were formulatedto realize State and public interests or the nationalinterest as objective of the State-owned newspapers tobe able to stand as the fourth estate. Moreover, theinformation network has been extended for thenewspapers with appointment of countrysidecorrespondents.

Moreover, State-owned radio and TV media hasbeen built with high form and essence since itsestablishment and the media is being built. Now, free toair TV channels and pay TV channels are being extendedone after another to provide the people with information,knowledge and entertainments and to be able to keepabreast of other countries. These TV channels includemany types of TV channels focusing on information,knowledge, edutainment and infotainment. After passingcensorship scrutiny, the showing of movies and TV

series are allowed. Likewise the online censor boardscrutinizes the delay broadcasting of TV channels fromabroad after censoring inappropriate scenes in Myanmartraditional culture.

Regarding radio transmission, Padaukmyay andFM lines in addition to existing Radio Myanmar andnational race language radio transmission sessions havebeen extended for broadcasting the programmes from5.30 am to 23.00 pm daily. These broadcasts areallowed freely on a wider scale for improving form andessence of such media based on the national cause. Theprogrammes on various items of district news, varioussectors, knowledge and aesthetics are aired through FMradios. Moreover, proficiency of staff are beingpromoted through training courses on creation andproduction of radio and TV programmes at home andabroad and workshops. The transmission systems of

TV and radio are being upgraded from Analogue to betterquality and cost-effective digital system to be on a parwith the international community.

In summery of enhancing the form and essence,State-owned media are being improved with material andskillful performances, upgrading the organizational setupwith cooperation network.

While the State-owned media are standing tall on itsbetter quality as the fourth estate, the private-ownedmedia need to do so. In this way, the fourth estate willhave the capabilities to adjust the remaining three estatesthrough check and balance system. If they operate theirworks based on ism, personality cult and sectarianism,the media will not be dutiful and there will arise weaknessin the fourth estate. Only when they give priority to thenational interest without focusing on ism, personalitycult and sectarianism, will the fourth estate effectivelyserve the interest of the nation and the people. As all themedia persons love the State and the people, adore thevalue of media and wish to support the remaining threeestates through the strength of fourth estate throughcheck and balance, he said he believes that the media willagree the principle that the media must perfect as thefourth estate.

To be perfect themselves as the fourth state, themedia are to abide by the provision of Section 354 of theConstitution saying that every citizen shall be at liberty,if not contrary to the laws, enacted for Union security,prevalence of law and order, community peace andtranquility or public order and morality to express andpublish freely their convictions and opinions.

Thus, it can be found that the media persons havethe right to express and publish freely and have theresponsibility to maintain security, prevalence or law andorder and community peace and tranquility. They havethe rights of freely writing and publishing as well asavoiding the activities against the laws enacted for theinterest of public morality. Indeed, the word ‘publicmorality’ is wide and profound. In this regard, someactivities can be controlled under the prescription oflaws and some cannot be controlled through laws. All themedia persons are to do their works in line with theprescribed laws and do other works through reasoning

power. In establishing the perfected fourth estate, themedia persons are to practise the freedom andresponsibility and the freedom and reasoning power.

While looking forward the future, all the mediapersons are to take lessons from the past and presentevents. He said he has noted the lessons from the pastevents. He continued to say that he would like to pointout the present events. In some democratic nations,the media misuse their freedom of press so thesecountries face political and social problems. Up tonow, not only the parliaments and but also thegovernments control and supervise them in order tofairly use the freedom and responsibility and the freedomand reasoning power.

The Ministry of Information is striving for creatingthe local media to become the fourth estate for servingthe public interest. In so doing, studies are being madefor promulgation of a media law that can control themedia for concurrently practising the freedom andresponsibility and the freedom and reasoning power tobe able to protect the rights of media persons in accordwith the constitution and to emerge the local media asthe fourth estate based on the national interest.

Moreover, a total of 21 principles of press scrutinyhave been reduced to 12 points. After studying theprinciples exercised in ASEAN countries and globalnations, those points were set to be in conformity withthe current situations and to be a fourth pillar servingthe public interests. Moreover, all journals, magazines,books and publications are to practise the freedom andresponsibility and the freedom and reasoning powerwithin the 12-point press policy. In addition, they areallowed to criticize any person, an organization or adepartment through positive attitude as part of effortsto nurture the emergence of the fourth estate.Moreover, all the publications are divided into twogroups. The publications in the group (1) are allowedfor their operation through publishing and submittingsystem. The system is to submit their publications tothe Press Scrutiny and Registration Division afterthese works have freely been published through freedomand responsibility and the freedom and reasoningpower in line with the 12 press scrutiny principles.The types of publications in the group (1) are fine arts,knowledge, aesthetics, sports, health, child andtechnological literature. The submitting and publishingsystem is to draft the works to the Press Scrutiny andRegistration Division after creating the works throughfreedom and responsibility and the freedom andreasoning power in line with the 12 press scrutinyprinciples. After seeking the permission, the worksare to be published.

When the practices are in harmony with the pressscrutiny principles, the publications from the group (2)will be inserted into the group (1). Finally, all the publicationsare to practise the publishing and submitting systemmeeting standards of the democratic nations. With thecollaborative efforts of those from the literary world, themedia is being transformed into the fourth estate for (See page 9)

Padaung ConstituencyPyithu Hluttaw

Representative U KhinWin raising

questions.—MNA

Kyaukkyi ConstituencyPyithu Hluttaw

Representative U NyanSwe Win raisingquestions.—MNA

Union

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(from page 8)serving the interest of the people step by step. With theaim of turning out the outstanding media persons andcontributing to the emergence of the fourth estate, theNational Information Prize Scrutiny Committee wasformed with the participation of Myanmar Writers andJournalists Association and those of the literary world on18-8-2011. The committee will present the bestinformation award, the best byline award, the bestnews photograph award and the best cartoon award.While improving form and essence of the State-ownedmedia, The Ministry of Information is encouraging theprivate-owned media to become the genuine fourthestate that will serve the national interest. The MyanmarWriters and Journalists Association and those of theliterary world are to cooperate with the Ministry ofInformation to take up the duties for emergence of thefourth estate. Moreover, the entire people to be dubbedas the fifth estate are to participate in successful realizationof democracy with full essence. That is why all the mediawill become the genuine fourth estate as quickly aspossible so as to serve the public interest.

U Nyan Swe Win of Kyaukkyi constituency askedthere was a plan to upgrade the Livestock Breedingand Veterinary Department to a department whichmet international standard so that it could successfullycarry out research work for breeding, educating andveterinary science.

Union Minister for Livestock Breeding and FisheriesU Tin Naing Thein said Breeding and VeterinaryDepartment had carried out tasks for livestock breedingand veterinary services, prevention and control of animalinfectious diseases and boosting production of livestockand fish and research work.

Under the department, there were one the director-general office, 15 Nay Pyi Taw, region/state livestockbreeding and veterinary offices, 65 district LBV officesand 325 township LBV offices, and the department’s996 veterinarians, 62 assistant veterinarians, 89 2nd

assistant veterinary personnel were participating inimplementing the tasks of the department, he said.

He continued to say that it was required to increasethe number of veterinarians and the University ofVeterinary Science had increased the enrollment ofstudents from 200 to 270 per year.

The department’s laboratories in Yangon,PyinOoLwin, Taunggyi and Pathein had producedvaccines, and employees of the department had beencarrying out prevention and control of animal infectiousdiseases.

Today, the department had carried out not only tasksfor prevention and control of animal infectious diseasesbut also five tasks for boosting production of livestockbreeding and fish and meat as part of efforts forreforming the department to become a reliable onewhich could carry out both livestock breeding andveterinary tasks.

The ministry had already sought approval from theState to compile new curriculums of the University ofVeterinary Science within the framework of the universityeducation council and to be adaptable to current time.Besides, arrangements had been made to expandlaboratories and livestock breeding farms for the theoryand practice of the veterinary science, he said.

Afterwards, two representatives asked two questionson the transportations and Union Minister for TransportU Nyan Tun Aung replied them.

U Tha Sein of Kyauktaw constituency asked whetherthere was a plan to carry out a new project to repairSittway Port and Kyaukdaw, Ponnagyun andMyaukU jetties.

Union Minister for Transport U Nyan Tun Aungreplied that Myanma Port Authority had constructedSittway, Kyaukpyu, Thandwe, Pathein, Mawlamyine,Dawei, Myeik and Kawthoung ports to handle coastal

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and sea-going vessels.Out of Sittway, Kyauktaw, MyaukU, Ponnagyun,

Yathedaung and Buthidaung ports, Sittway Poart wasgoverned by the Myanma Port Authority as it waslocated within the port limit of the Myanma PortAuthority. There were three pontoon bridges: one 120 ftlong and 15 ft wide bride and two 26 ft wide and 11 ftwide wooden bridges at the Sittway Port. The conditionsof all bridges had a suitable level of strength anddurability, and the ministry had repaired the No.2Boatseik Bridge at the cost of K5.4 million in the 2008-2009 fiscal year. For the Sittway Port, it was found thatit was impossible to construct a ship basin in theSakyokya Creek as it was narrow. Concerning KyaukphyuPort, departmental watercrafts anchored at the previouspontoon of the port at high tide. The Ministry had beenconstructing a new pontoon bridge at the MyaukU Portat the cost of K 12.9 millions in the 2011-2012 fiscalyear.

The pontoon bridge constructed by the PublicWork at the Ponnagyun Port was damaged. But,condition of the pontoon bridges at Yathedaung Portand Buthidaung Port had a suitable level of strength anddurability.

Therefore, the Ministry of Transport had beenmaintaining and repairing the pontoon bridges of theSittway Port and remaining bridges of Kyauktaw,MyaukU, Ponnagyun, Yathedaung and Buthidaungports depending on funds allotted by the State.

Afterwards, Daw Khin Saw Wai of Yathedaungconstituency asked the new fare of the two-storeySittway-Yathedaung-Buthidaung ship was fixed bythe government as the fare had increased after thetransportation was transferred to the private sectorand whether there was a plan to fix a reasonablefares for water transportation in Rakhine State.

The Union Minister replied that the fare was fixedafter calculating cost for a passenger and one ton ofgood for one mile.

The cost of running a ship included 70 percent offuel cost. The fare for passengers and goods werecalculated at 160 kyats per one gallon. The fare had notincreased though the price of fuel reached K3000 pergallon of diesel today.

Instead of taking hold of State-owned firms at aloss, arrangements are being made to ensure balancebudget by transferring firms to private sector if possibleand engaging in joint venture. After assessingimplications, it is required to terminate the running ofuneconomic routes, reduce times of uneconomic routesrun by Inland Water Transport, and to cooperate withprivate sector based on mutual interests.

In Rakhine Branch, ships owned by the ministrywere ran by a private sector after reaching agreementbetween the ministry and the private sector. The farewas less than those of private ships. Arrangements hadbeen made to collect ship fare from passengers lowerthan those of private-run ships.

Afterwards, Union Minister for Construction UKhin Maung Myint replied seven questions raised byseven representatives.

In response to the question about whether there isa plan to allot funds for continuation of repair workof Momeik-Thitkhwepin-Twinnge Road raised by UKyaw Myint (a) U Pho Tote of Momeik Constituency,the Union Minister said that Twinnge-Momeik Road that

links Twinnge of Thabeikkyin Township, PyinOoLwinDistrict of Mandalay Region and Momeik of KyaukmeDistrict of Shan State (North) constructed by deputysuperintending engineer and group of Road ConstructionSpecial Group-14 in 2000-2001 fiscal year is 46 mileslong. In 2007-2008 fiscal year, Tagaung-Katha RoadProject Group took the road and bridge construction task.The Ministry of Construction conducted upgrading roadsand bridges in 2010-2011 fiscal year.

In 2011-2012 fiscal year, large sum of money arebeing spent on tarmacking and gravelling potholes, andordinary repair funds on ordinary maintenance works,and construction for roads and bridges.

As Ministry of Electric Power No. 1 is implementingShweli-3 Hydropower Project in Shan State (North) inthe 2010-2011 fiscal year, vehicles used for the projectand vehicles loaded with Pozolan from Mt Popa,Kyaukpadaung Township of Mandalay Region will usethe road desperately. The wooden big and small bridgeson Twinnge-Momeik Road are not strong enough. Due toheavy rains this year, a number of bridges were damaged.

Earthen Twinnge-Momeik Road is being upgradedinto gravel one step by step. Collaborative efforts willbe made to maintain the road during the constructionperiod of Ministry of Electric Power No. 1 that willimplement Shweli-3 Hydropower Project and Ministryof Construction.

U Nan Oo of Moenyo Constituency asked whetherthere is a plan to repair Htanbinkon Bridge inMonyo-Minhla road section for swift commodityflow and convenience of travelers. In response, theUnion Minister said that Htanbinkon Bridge is locatedacross the Myitmakha River at milepost No. 10/5 onMonyo-Minhla Road. Htanbinkon Bridge is now atageing state as it was constructed in 1980. Constructiongroup of Thayawady District led by superintendingengineer has been carrying out maintenance works withannual budget allocation due to decaying bore pile andweakening bailey frame.

In 2011-2012 fiscal year, works on substitution ofwooden floor and track way are being carried out fornew structures, and wooden posts will be replaced inopen season. Minhla-Moenyo Road in Moenyo Townshipwill be constructed as a sturdy concrete bridge in 2012-2013 fiscal year by spending a large sum of budget.

U Ko Ko Tun of Aunglan Constituency asked howarrangements will be made to construct detour inAunglan and whether or not related ministry willimplement it at opportune time. In response, the UnionMinister said that Yangon-Pyay-Magway Union Highwaylies across Aunglan Township of Magway Region. Theroad section of Aunglan Township is 38 miles longranging between milepost Nos. 193/7 and 231/7. MaxMyanmar construction Co Ltd was allowed to repairroads and bridges on 28-6-2011 through BOT system.Length of road between milepost Nos 220/0 and 226/0 indowntown Aunglan is six miles long. Until 31-5-2011,the road consisted of 16-foot-wide three-mile-long tarroad and 32-foot-wide three-mile-long tar road sections.

(See page 10)

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(from page 9)As from open season of 2011-2012 fiscal year, Max

Myanmar Construction Co Ltd will carry out upgradingworks in downtown Aunglan road section betweenmilepost Nos 221/4 and 224/4 into 32-foot-wide three-mile-long tar road. In coordination with the relatedregion government, arrangements will be made forextension of road for bicycles and motorbikes. If averagepassing vehicles per day are on the increase, survey ofconstruction for new detour appropriate to increasingvehicles will be conducted.

Pyay-Aunglan-Magway Road meeting set standardwill be constructed in 2011-2012 fiscal year. There is noplan for construction of detour in Aunglan for now.

In response to the question raised by U MaungMaung of Thayawady Constituency about whetherthere is a plan to upgrade Yangon-Pyay Road inBago Region into six-lane road for better transport,the Union Minister said that Yangon-Pyay-MagwayRoad between milepost Nos 70/6 and 193/7 in BagoRegion is 123 miles and one furlong long. Max MyanmarConstruction Co Ltd as of 28-6-2011 has been engagingin maintenance works of Yangon-Pyay-Magway Roadand bridges on it.

In upgrading roads through BOT system, accordingto the primary charter of 1996, it is set that length of aroad must be 24 feet wide. But, some road sections areless important and found less passing vehicles. So, thelength of road of the said road sections is determinedaccording to passing vehicles per day for the sake ofconvenience of companies running through BOT system.Roads designated as Asian highways and ASEANhighways must be 24 feet wide at least.

Vehicles crossing on Yangon-Pyay Road at Taikkyiand Thayawady toll gates in May and June of 2011numbered 1812 per day. Despite adequate width of theroad, Max Myanmar Construction Co Ltd will upgradethe road ranging from 18 and 22 feet into a 24-foot-road.So, there is no plan to upgrade Yangon-Pyay Road intoa six-lane road at the moment.

In response to the question of Daw Nan Wa Nu ofKunhein Constituency about what kind of plan theState will make to upgrade the road from Kholan toTakaw Bridge, and whether there is a plan to assigntasks to private companies through BOT system, theUnion Minister said that if there are proposals fromnational races entrepreneurs to upgrade 94-mile-and-four-furlong-long road from Namhsan to Takaw throughBOT system, they will be tasked in accord with rules andregulations. Ministry of Construction is also invitingnational races entrepreneurs to engage in road and bridgeconstruction works by offering technological expertise.

In 2011-2012 fiscal year, arrangements are beingmade for ordinary maintenance works for 50 miles andfour furlongs, fully tarmacking for 17 miles, partialtarmacking for 50 miles and repair works for 11 bridgesin the road section from Kholan Sub-township to TakawBridge with ordinary maintenance fund. Meiktila-Taunggyi-Kengtung-Tachilek Union Highway linkingShan State (South) and Shan State (East) is an importantroad.

The repair works were carried out section-wise asfrom 2011-2012, and smooth transport has been seen. Asupgrading works for roads and bridges in Taunggyi-Loilem section and Loilem border section are beingcarried out through BOT system, swift transport can beseen. Ministry of Construction will ask for large sum ofbudget and ordinary fund in 2012-2013 fiscal year toperform upgrading works of Namhsan-Kholan-Takawroad section.

Regarding the question of U Yon Bee of TaninthayiRegion Constituency about whether or not thegovernment will build Nyaungbinkwin creek crossingbridge for rural development of Taninthayi Region,

the Union Minister said that 300-foot-wideNyaungbinkwin Creek flows across 69-mile-longTaninthayi-Nyaungbinkwin-Thabawlaik-Thepyu-Mawtaung Road at milepost No. 9/4. NyaungbinkwinVillage sits astride the creek. The residents includingstudents from west bank of Nyaungbinkwin have to passthrough the creek daily by lying temporary bridge ortaking motorboat.

Yuzana Construction Company is taking measuresfor upgrading works of roads and bridges on Taninthayi-Nyaungbinkwin-Thabawtlaik-Thepyu-Mawtaung Roadthrough BOT system. There is no plan to buildNyaungbinkwin Creek Bridge by the company and alsoby the Ministry of Construction.

Regarding the question raised by U KhinWin of Padaung Constituency about “if there is aplan to upgrade Sinte-Nawaday motor road inPadaung Township to be the one which can cope withexpress buses and trucks”, the Union Minister repliedthat Sinte-Nawaday approach road linking PadaungTownship and Pyay Township is 2 miles and fourfurlongs long and 12-ft wide road from mile post Nos(1/7) to (4/3); some sections of the road are pavedalong mountains beside the bank of AyeyawadyRiver; maintenance of such sections between milepost No (1/7) and (4/3) is progress with ordinarymaintenance fund for 2011-2012 fiscal year.

The Union Minister went on that as the spiral roadwas paved along mountains beside Ayeyawady River, itis needed to widen the road to be 40 feet one if the roadis to be broaden, which means that the houses along theentrance to Sinte Village will be moved as they arewithin the area of proposed construction; in addition,such religious edifices as prayer halls of NgwebonthaPagoda and Tankyitaung Pagoda and Boyone Monasteryare also in the area.

The Union Minister said that in broadening the roadon rocky mountains, it is needed to use mines andgunpowder, thus disrupting nearby factories and runningof vehicles; the Ministry of Construction currently doesnot have plan to upgrade the Sinte-Nawaday approachroad and in 2012-2013 fiscal year, the ministry will askfund for maintenance of the road and start the works.

U Soe Win of Kyauktada Township Constituency, UNyunt Hlaing of Pyu Constituency, U Khin Maung Winof Lanmadaw Constituency, U Aung Zin of PazundaungConstituency seconded the proposal submitted yesterdayby U Soe Win of Sangyoung Constituency “to enact alaw on water resources conservation for preventionagainst utilization of large amount of naturalresources such as river water, creek water and underground water and water pollution”, saying that theproposal is beneficial to the next generations and nationalwater resources law concerned with the entire nation isnow in need.

U Win Than of Thabaung Constituency suggestedthat comprehensive discussion should be made if WaterResources Bill is submitted and the bill should coverriver, creek, lake, and dam in need of protection; theproposal is to be recorded and discussed when the relatedministry submit the bill.

Union Minister for Environmental Conservationand Forestry U Win Tun said Chapter (12) of MyanmarEnvironmental Conservation 21st Century Plan issued in1997 has called for drawing of administrative policy,planning and management systems of long-termmanagement of fresh water resources and nationalintegarted water resources; Section (3), ResourcesManagement Section of National SustainableDevelopment Strategy issued in 2009 has described freshwater resources management.

The Union Government Office has instructed forformation of enforcement committee on systematicindustrial sewage disposal on 5-9-2011 in accordancewith rules and regulations and the enforcement committeecomprising 21 representatives from related ministry willdraw future work plans; the Ministry of Industry (1)issued water and air pollution control plan in 1995 with

a view to preventing pollution and environmentalpollution due to sewages of factories and workshopsunder the ministry; Myanmar Investment Commissionalso issued an announcement in 1994 urging to set uppurification plants for treating of industrial liquidsewages before disposal and practice other pollutioncontrol means.

The Union Minister added that his ministry has setup separate department for administration of watershedareas since 1995 and has been taking effective protectionmeasures such as establishment of swamps andconservation of natural forests; gold and mineral miningis totally restricted in watershed areas that can affectmain rivers, dams and reservoirs.

Gems and gold mining in Kachin State and SagaingRegion through which Ayeyawady River flows andPhakant gems land in Kachin State is supervised inaccordance with Myanma Mines Law, in order to preventraising of sea bed level of upper Ayeyawady River dueto gold mining, and degradation of natural environmentof Uru Creek and Chindwin River due to gold and jademining.

Directorate of Water Resources and Improvementof River Systems under the Ministry of Transport hasenacted water resources and river systems conservationlaw on 2-10-2006 and has drawn water resources andriver systems conservation rules concerning preventionagainst water pollution and natural environmentconservation, gold-panning, gold mining and exploitationof resources, using of water ways and conservation ofwater ways described in the law and submitted them toUnion Attorney-General’s Office; the Ministry ofAgriculture and Irrigation, for adoption of water masterplan and integrated water resources management strategy,has worked in cooperation with UNESCAP and FAOsince 2004 and the directorate has participated in everystep of the works; today, formation of Myanmar WaterPartnership is in the process of planning; the directoratehas also joined the Myanmar Water Partnership and it isprojected to formulate water resources policy and nationallevel water resources management strategy with thecooperation of water resources-related departments afterthe establishment of the partnership.

The Union Minister said that water resources inrivers and creeks in Myanmar is about 870 million acrefeet in total and the total amount used by 371 dams and367 river water pumping stations yearly only accountsfor about six per cent of the total water resources; currentutilization of underground water for irrigation anddrinking and other purposes only account for 0.81 percent (3.248 million acre feet) of the total undergroundwater resources which is 400.72 million acre feet;although natural resources such as river water, creekwater, and under ground water are utilized for publicinterests, it is needed to abide by laws for water resourcesconservation for national interests and prevention againstwater pollution.

The Union Minister added that as there has been waterresources and river systems conservation law promulgatedby the Ministry of Transport and water resources and riversystems conservation rules have been drawn and submittedto the Union Attorney-General’s Office, enforcementwill be made in line with those law and rules; laws on long-term use of river water, creek water and undergroundwater and prevention of water pollution are prescribed inenvironmental conservation law which has been drawn bythe Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestryand submitted to the Attorney-General’s Office and thuswhen the law formally comes into effect, further steps canbe taken for effective conservation works and askedHluttaw’s opinion whether it is needed to enact a specificlaw.

The Hluttaw then put U Soe Win’s proposal on therecord with the approval of the representatives.

The 33rd-day second regular session of first PyithuHluttaw adjourned at 3.20 pm and the 34th-day sessioncontinues tomorrow.

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Second regular session of firstAmyotha Hluttaw…

(from page 1)advantage of the darkness and the period whenpassengers are asleep were informed, passenger trainswere allowed to run in the daytime on railroad sectionswhich are likely to be under threat with the aim ofensuring safety of the people and passengers.

In many global countries, passengers take the nighttrains in order to save hotel and food charges. Althoughnight trains should be run, only cargo trains wereallowed to run day in, day out and passenger trains torun in the daytime on Yangon-Mandalay railroadsection in accord with the current situation, putting

companies on mutual benefit at 18 inland blocks.When more natural gas are found there or explored andproduced by Myanma Oil and Natural Gas Enterprise,plans will be carried out to more distribute CNG.

Regarding the question raised by U Khin MaungYi of Ayeyawady Region Constituency No-6 whoasked whether there is a plan to make a similarprogramme of changing banknotes with new onesfor the convenience of local people in their tradingas it was very convenient for the people in Nay PyiTaw and Yangon to change adequately K 50, K 100and K 200 banknotes with new ones, Deputy Ministerfor Finance and Revenue U Win Than replied thatCentral Bank of Myanmar in accord with the CentralBank of Myanmar Law engages in circulation of localcurrency such as banknotes or coins as a sole producer,circulating various kinds of banknotes from K 1 to K5000 banknotes and maintaining the value of MyanmarKyats to be strong at home and abroad.

Banknotes are in circulation through branches ofMyanma Economic Bank (Branch). Monthly circulationof various kinds of banknotes including small banknotessuch as K 50, K 100 and K 200 banknotes are beingcarried out from Central Bank of Myanmar (Nay PyiTaw) to 30 branches of MEB, form Yangon Bank ofMEB to 141 branches of MEB in lower Myanmar,from Mandalay branch to 139 branches of MEB inupper Myanmar depending on leftover banknotes andsize of branches.

Besides, Central Bank of Myanmar distributed K1859 million including small banknotes from K 10 toK 500 to All-Bus Line Control Committees in Yangonand Mandalay from 22 January 2008 to 30 September2011 and K 2328 million to markets in Nay Pyi Taw,Yangon and Mandalay from 8 August 2008 to 30September 2011.

The deputy minister continued to say that, inconveying cash to Sittway, Kyaukpyu and ThandweDistrict Bank branches in Rakhine State in charteredflight and to Myanma Economic Banks in TaninthayiRegion and Kachin State, small banknotes are regularlyincluded; new 50-kyat, 100-kyat and 200-kyat notesare included in the salaries paid to departmental staffin Nay Pyi Taw District since May 2011, those inYangon Region since July 2011 and those in MandalayRegion in March, 2011; small banknotes will be paidto departmental staff in capitals of States and Regionsand countryside as well; the workforce of the staff iscompiling; after compilation, the notes will bedistributed to them, depending on the amount of smallbanknotes held in reserve by Central Bank of Myanmar.

Member of Bill Committee U Hsai Paung Nat readout the report of the committee on discussions ofAmyotha Hluttaw representatives about Private SchoolRegistration Bill sent by Pyithu Hluttaw withamendments.

The Hluttaw agreed amendment paragraphs (4),(8), (10) subparagraph (a), and (16) subparagraph (r)approved by Amyotha Hluttaw.

The insertion of amendment paragraph (8)subparagraph (h) (v) of Pyithu Hluttaw was approvedas part of bill as there is no objection to insertion whilethe approval of the Hluttaw was sought.

A Hluttaw representative submitted the proposal

Member of BillCommittee

U Hsai Paung Natexplains aboutPrivate School

Registration Bill.MNA

Amyotha HluttawRepresentative U

Phone Myint Aungof Yangon RegionConstituency (3)raising question.

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public interest at the fore. Passenger trains will beallowed to run not only in the daytime but also at thenight after getting rid of the threats posed by destructiveelements.

Regarding the question raised by U Phone MyintAung of Yangon Region Constituency No-3 who askedwhen will permits to use CNG be issued as newapplications for use of CNG were suspended andwhether there is a plan to allow to reuse CNGcylinders in new cars imported after handing overold cars, the deputy minister answered that up to datefrom 19 September on which vehicles with the licencesof over forty years old were handed over, 7744vehicles were handed over. Among them, 334 arenatural gas vehicles and CNG kits and gas cylinderswere handed over to owners.

If imported cars are CNGs, reuse of CNG will beallowed in line with the capacity the old cars wereallowed to use. Size of gas cylinder and capacity ofimported cars will not be taken into consideration andthat of old cars which were handed over will beallowed. But imported dual-use vehicles are to usegasoline. In accord with the Ministry of Energy,vehicles can use natural gas from inland fields as CNG.20 out of 70 million cubic feet produced by inland gasfields per day are being distributed to NGVs.arrangements are being made to cooperate with foreign

to discuss the disagreements of Amyotha Hluttaw onPrivate School Registration Bill sent by Pyithu Hluttawat Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.

The Hluttaw decided to present Pyidaungsu Hluttawabout the disagreements of Amyotha Hluttaw on PrivateSchool Registration Bill sent by Pyithu Hluttaw.

Chairman of Bill Committee U Mya Nyein submittedthe report of the committee on Farmland Bill approvedand sent by Pyithu Hluttaw. The Hluttaw decided thatthe Union Government or Union level institution willsend back the bill for amending after the UnionGovernment adopted policies and compiled data stepby step and the work is underway to make the billcomprehensive.

U Phone Myint Aung of Yangon RegionConstituency (3) submitted the proposal that “theUnion Government is urged to issue a regulationnecessary to allow private or public or joint venturesystem to undertake public water supply, partly orentirely”. The Hluttaw agreed to discuss the proposalas a Hluttaw representative seconded the proposal.

The Hluttaw announced that Hluttaw representativeswho want to discuss the proposal are to enlist atAmyotha Hluttaw Department.

Chairman of National Planning, Economic,Monetary and Tax Affairs Committee U San Pyaesubmitted the report of the committee on the proposal“to transform the Republic of the Union of Myanmarto mining-developed country” submitted by U NayWin Tun of Shan State Constituency (9). The Hluttawapproved the proposal as amended in the committee’sreport and things to be undertaken will be sent to theUnion Government.

The 32nd-day second regular session of firstAmyotha Hluttaw concluded at 11.30 am and thesession continues for 33rd day at 10 am on 7 October.

At today’s session, the deputy ministers answeredthree questions raised by Hluttaw representatives; twobills were submitted; one of them was decided to discussat Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and another one, as the workbeing carried out; one new proposal was submitted, andone report of National Planning, Economic, Monetaryand Tax Affairs Committee was submitted.—MNA

MCPAA to hold talks 30 OctoberYANGON, 6 Oct—

Myanmar CertifiedPublic AccountantsAssociation willorganize educative talksat the hall of Republic ofthe Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambersof Commerce andIndustry in LanmadawTownship at 8 am on 30

October.Deputy Director U

Zeya Kyi Nyunt andAssistant Director DawMya Mya Oo will givelectures on taxreformation.

Those wishing toattend the talks may payregistration fee at theMCPAA Office on the

first floor of the trainingschool (Yangon) of theUnion Auditor-General’s office, No. 1/19 on Thakin Mya ParkRoad, here, not later than26 October. Anyinterested person mayattend it. CPA whoattended the talks willget the CPE hour

endorsement. Thestudents attending theCPA Course Part II mayenlist at the school,before the prescribeddate. Those from thecountryside may enlistat the office of theassociation, dialing214653. Those wishingto enlist beyond theprescribed date will notbe considered.—MNA

The best time to plant a tree was20 years ago.

The second best time is now.

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NEW YORK, 6 Oct—Three US-bornscientists won the Nobel Prize in physicsTuesday for discovering that the uni-verse is expanding at an acceleratingpace, a stunning revelation that suggeststhe cosmos could be headed for a colder,bleaker future, nearly devoid of light.

In 1998, Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidtand Adam Riess presented findings thatoverturned the conventional idea that theexpansion was slowing 13.7 billion yearsafter the big bang. Their discovery raiseda question: What is pushing the universeapart? Scientists have labeled it “darkenergy,” but nobody knows what it is.It’s“an enigma, perhaps the greatest in physicstoday,” the Nobel committee said.

Perlmutter, 52, of the Lawrence

US study showsgreen tea helps

mice keep off extrapounds

WASHINGTON, 6 Oct—Green tea may slowdown weight gain andserve as another tool inthe fight against obes-ity, according to USPennsylvania State Uni-versity food scientists.

Obese mice that werefed a compound foundin green tea along with ahigh-fat diet gainedweight significantlymore slowly than a con-trol group of mice thatdid not receive the greentea supplement, saidJoshua Lambert, assist-ant professor of food sci-ence in agricultural sci-ences.

“In this experiment,we see the rate of bodyweight gain slowsdown,” said Lambert.The researchers, who re-leased their findings onTuesday in the onlineversion of Obesity, fedtwo groups of mice ahigh-fat diet.

Internet

Saul Perlmutter, winner of the Nobel Prize for

physics, poses with his daughter’s telescope at

his home in Berkeley, Calif, on 4 Oct, 2011.

INTERNET

Three win Nobel for showing universe is speeding upBerkeley National Laboratory and Uni-versity of California, Berkeley, will re-ceive half the $1.5 million prize. Theother half will go to Schmidt, 44, at theAustralian National University in WestonCreek, Australia, and Riess, 41, an as-tronomy professor at Johns Hopkins Uni-versity and Space Telescope Science In-stitute in Baltimore.—Internet

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MYANMA PORT AUTHORITYHOLIDAY NOTICE

As the wharves, warehouses and chellan officesof Yangon Port will be closed on the 12th October2011 (Full Moon Day Of Thadinkyut) GoodsShipped or delivered on payment will be receivedas Holiday Fees.

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV CTP FORTUNE VOY NO (025)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV CTP FOR-TUNE VOY NO (025) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 7.10.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Daynow declared as the third day after final discharge ofcargo from the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admittedafter the Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPINGLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DIBENA EXPRESS VOY NO (135)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DIBENAEXPRESS VOY NO (135) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 7.10.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W(1) where it will lieat the 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.


AGENT FOR: M/S PHULSAWAT SHIPPINGCO LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV HOANG ANH VOY NO (11)Consignees of cargo carried on MV HOANG

ANH VOY NO (11) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 6.10.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Daynow declared as the third day after final discharge ofcargo from the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admittedafter the Claims Day.


AGENT FOR: RK SHIPPING & TRADINGPTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

Pilot in fatal NYC chopper crash was experienced

In this frame grab image taken fromWCBS-TV, survivors cling to the

bottom of a helicopter after it invertedfollowing a crash in the East River in

New York, on 4 Oct.—INTERNET

NEW YORK, 6 Oct — The man at thehelm of a private helicopter that crashedinto the East River on Tuesday, killingone passenger and injuring three others,was an experienced commercial pilotwho owns a company that manages alocal airport. Investigators are still tryingto determine why the helicopter wentdown shortly after takeoff from ariverbank heliport.

Emergency crews arrived within sec-onds of the crash to find the helicopterupside-down in the murky water withjust its skids showing on the surface. Thepilot, Paul Dudley, and three passengerswere bobbing, and witnesses reported aman diving down, possibly in an attemptto rescue the remaining passenger.

New York Police Department diverspulled Sonia Marra, 40, from the waterabout 90 minutes after the Bell 206 JetRanger went down at around 3:30 pm.She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Meanwhile, a portrait emerged of the

pilot as an expert flier who once landed aplane in a field near Coney Island after itsengine failed. Dudley owns Linden AirportServices, the company that manages theLinden, NJ, municipal airport under a 20-year contract with the city, Linden MayorRichard Gerbounka said.

Internet

New AppleiPhone fails towow investors,

fansCUPERTINO, 6 Oct—

Apple Inc’s newest iPhoneleft Wall Street and fanswishing for more than asouped-up version of lastyear’s device, at a timewhen rival smartphonemakers are nipping at itsheels.

At his first majorproduct launch since beingcrowned CEO, Tim Cookceded the critical iPhonepresentation to anotherexecutive, and failed togenerate the same level ofexcitement and buzz thatpredecessor Steve Jobswas famous for.

The new iPhone 4S isidentical in form to theprevious model, disap-pointing fans who hadhoped for a thinner, big-ger-screened design.Apple’s shares fell asmuch as 5 percent, beforerecovering with thebroader market to closedown 0.6 percent.

But analysts say thenew device sported somenew features, such asvoice commands, to drawin consumers and is stillgoing to be a big drawthis holiday season, par-ticularly as the phone isnow available on Sprint’snetwork in addition toAT&T and Verizon Wire-less.

Internet

Apple CEO Tim Cookspeaks in front of an

image of an iPhone 4Sat Apple headquarters inCupertino, California on4 Oct, 2011.—INTERNET

Jackson doctor’s girlfriend talkscalls, shipments

Porcelain painter Xiang Qiaoyun and her husbandtalk about Fencai painting, a coloring techniquedeveloped in Yongzheng period (1722-1735) ofQing Dynasty, in Jingdezhen, east China’s JiangxiProvince, on 27 Sept, 2011. Fencai painting, knownas soft pigment, was built upon the foundation ofWucai porcelain of Kangxi period (1661-1722) ofQing Dynasty and derived from enamel coloring.XINHUA

LOS ANGELES, 6 Oct—Dr Conrad Murray’s com-plicated love life becameentangled with the life anddeath of his patientMichael Jackson, pros-ecutors suggestedTuesday as they called aparade of women wit-nesses who receivedphone calls from the doc-tor as Jackson was neardeath.

The evidence was de-signed to show that thedoctor was trying to jugglehis medical practice, per-sonal life and superstar

patient all at the same timeand was so distracted hefailed to give Jacksonproper care. Murray’sphone records from theday Jackson died were dis-played in court as a back-drop for testimony of thoseat the other end of the cellphone calls. Three of themwere current and formergirlfriends and one wasthe manager of Murray’sHouston office. NicoleAlvarez, who lives withMurray and is the motherof his small son, was a keywitness. —Internet

Brazil approves obesity drugbanned in US, Europe

SANTOS, 6 Oct—Bra-zil on Tuesday approvedthe use of an anti-obesitymedication, sibutramine,which has been bannedin Europe and the UnitedStates, officials said.

The National HealthSurveillance Agency(Anvisa) said it would haltsales of weight-loss medi-cations which are based

on amphetamines, but al-low sibutramine underheightened surveillance.

The drug will be al-lowed to be prescribed topatients seeking to loseweight but only if they donot have cardiovascularproblems, Anvisa direc-tor Dirceu Barbano toldthe state news agencyAgencia Brasil.But oneAnvisa board member,former health ministerAgenor Alvares, dis-sented.

If a number of coun-tries took this off the mar-ket based on scientificevidence, we cannot ig-nore that evidence,”Alvares said.

Internet

Prosecutionwitness Sade

Anding testifiesduring Dr ConradMurray’s trial inthe death of pop

star MichaelJackson in Los

Angeles, on 4 Oct,2011.—INTERNET

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Germany strikersMario Gomez

Germany waiton Klose,

Gomez forTurkey clash

MUNICH, 6 Oct—Ger-many coach JoachimLoew has a potentialheadache ahead ofFriday’s Euro 2012 quali-fier against Turkey in Is-tanbul with both key strik-ers Mario Gomez andMiroslav Klose strugglingto be fit.

Veteran Klose, whoplays for Lazio, broke offtraining on Wednesdaywith a painful knee, whileBayern Munich’s Gomezis struggling with a groinstrain.

Should both fail to befit, Loew would have justone available striker inBrazil-born Cacau to callon with his team chasingtheir ninth straight win inGroup A in their qualifi-cation campaign.

Internet

Sounders claim third US Open Cup in a row

Stadium law to be passedwithin a month: minister

Rome’s Olympic stadium as the AS Roma footballteam plays against Cagliari during an Italian Serie

A football match in September 2011.—INTERNET

Fredy Montero of the Seattle Sound-ers FC holds the US Open Cup

trophy after defeating the ChicagoFire 2-0 in the 2011 Lamar HuntUS Open Cup Final.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 6 Oct—Seattle Sound-ers won their third successive US OpenCup final here on Tuesday aftersecond-half goals from Freddy

Montero and Osvaldo Alonso gavethem a 2-0 victory over Chicago.

Not since the 1967-1969 New YorkGreek-Americans had a team won threeconsecutive US Open Cups, whichfeatures clubs from all levels of UStalent but typically matches two MajorLeague Soccer clubs in the final.

Montero, a 24-year-old Colombianstriker, netted a rebound off a savefrom Jeff Parke’s header in the 77thminute to give the Sounders the lead.

Cuban midfielder Alonso wrappedup the win with a goal six minutes intostoppage time in front of 35,615 spec-tators in the 98th edition of the Americanclub championship event.

US veteran goalkeeper KaseyKeller, the Sounders captain who willretire at the end of the season, madefour crucial saves.—Internet

How do you solve a problemlike Lionel Messi?

Argentina’s forwardLionel Messi gives athumbs-up during a train-ing session in Ezeiza,

Buenos Aires, on 5October.—INTERNET

Unemployed man pays forreferee’s blunders

Sevilla named Davis Cup final venue

Rafael Nadal (L) andCarlos Moya of Spain

pose with the DavisCup Trophy in 2004.

INTERNET

Italy strike Mario Balotelli

Woods eager to make another return to golf

Tiger Woods signs autographsfor fans during the pro-amat the Frys.com Open golf

tournament.INTERNET

Italian refereeGianluca Rocchi lookson during the Italian

serie A football matchInter Milan vs Napoli.

INTERNET

VALENCIA, 6 Oct—December’sDavis Cup final between Spain andArgentina will be held in Seville, theRoyal Spanish Tennis Federation(RFET) announced on Wednesday.

“As their bid was the only one thatfulfilled all of our requirements, wewill propose to the International TennisFederation (ITF) that Seville shouldhost the final,” read a statement on theRFET’s website.

Malaga, Madrid and Valencia hadalso declared an interest in staging thefinal, although the former two had

already pulled out of the running, leav-ing Valencia as the only rival toSeville.The venue for the December2-4 match-up will be the 25,000-seatLa Cartuja Stadium.—Internet

S P O R T S

BUENOS AIRES, 6 Oct—By common consensus theworld’s best player, LionelMessi is shy and softlyspoken off the pitch and ismore likely to be foundplaying on his PlayStationthan tearing up the dance-floor in his local nightclub.As problem players go,Messi is not an obviouscandidate, but for fans ofArgentina he remains afrustrating enigma.

World-beating for Bar-celona, he is a differentplayer in the sky blue andwhite of his country andhis record of 17 goals in 62internationals is a poorreturn for a man whoscores goals in his sleepfor Barca. “I am not goingto win any games on myown, just as I don’t wingames on my own withBarcelona,” he protestedin a recent interview onArgentine radio.

How to get Messi play-ing for Argentina like he

plays for Barcelona hasbecome something of anational obsession in hishomeland, where suspi-cions fester about his com-mitment to the country’scause.—Internet

MILAN, 6 Oct—An un-employed man from Flor-ence has received deaththreats after his namesake,Serie A referee GianlucaRocchi, made a series ofblunders during Saturdaynight’s Inter Milan-Napoliclash. Napoli won 3-0 af-ter Rocchi, who is alsofrom the Florence region,sent off Inter’s Joel Obiand awarded a penalty fora foul that actually hap-pened outside the box.

Playing with 10 men,Inter went onto to lose thematch 3-0 and after thegame, players, officialsand fans all expressed theirire towards the referee.

But now a 44-year-oldfrom Limite sull’Arno,

just outside Florence, hasreceived threateningphone calls.

“It’s not the first timeit’s happened and that’salso why I follow theFlorentine referee’s per-formances to see if I needto expect some telephonethreats,” the unemployedRocchi told local news-paper Il Tirreno.—Internet

SAN MARTIN, 6 Oct—When last seen ata golf tournament, Tiger Woods was leav-ing early from the PGA Championshipafter missing the cut. He didn’t qualify forthe FedEx Cup playoffs, giving him along break that he wasn’t expecting.

If there was an upside that day inAtlanta, Woods figured he would have“nothing to do but work on my game.”

And that’s what he did.He showed upWednesday at CordeValle for theFrys.com Open knowing that whateverhappens over the next two or four days, itwon’t be from a lack of practice.—Internet

Balotelli, Pazzini to miss Italy’s Serbia clashROME, 6 Oct— Italy strike pair Mario Balotelli and Giampaolo Pazzini will

both miss Friday’s Euro 2012 qualifier against Serbia in Belgrade throughinjury.

Italy’s chief medical officer Enrico Castellacci revealed on Wednesdaythat both players had been sent back to their clubs to receive treatment.

Manchester City forward Balotelli has a back problem, while InterMilan’s Pazzini is suffering from pain in his heel.

Italy coach Cesare Prandelli reacted by calling up in-form Roma forwardPablo Osvaldo, who has scored in his last three matches.—Internet

ROME, 6 Oct—Italy isto pass a new law withinthe next month which willfacilitate the building ofprivately-owned footballstadiums, junior govern-ment minister RoccoCrimi said Wednesday.

Currently onlyJuventus own their ownstadium and they onlymoved there this season.Even big clubs like ACMilan, Inter Milan and

Roma rent their stadiumsfrom the city. The prob-lem with building a sta-dium is the level of bu-reaucracy that needs to beovercome before an ideacan be put into practice.

But that will soon be athing of the past as thegovernment is set to ap-prove a law that will re-move most of theobstacles.‘‘I’m veryhappy that the law relatingto stadiums has been ap-proved ... it’s an impor-tant step,” said Crimi.

“It will now pass intoparliament and I hope thatit will be quickly approvedto give the country aframework that will allowsports societies to havemodern, secure and effi-cient stadia.—Internet

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* Colourful Lotus-Shaped CandlesOverseas Transmission* Opening* News* Myanmar Performing Arts (Puppet)* News* The Elephant Dance Festival Myanmar’s

Pride Devotion* News* “Myanmar Movies Impact” Mighty

Energetic Love

* News* Colourful Lotus-Shaped Candles* News* Youth of the Future (Episode-3)

Photographer* News* Glimpse at the Architecture (The

Dhammayangyi)* Music Gallery* News* The World’s Largest Book* News* Safari park: Nay Pyi Taw’s Fresh Appeal* Myanmar Movie “Essence of Devotion”

8:10 am 7. The Mirror Images of

The Musical Oldies

8:20 am 8. Teleplay (Traffic)

8:25 am 9. Selected Songs for

18th Myanmar

Traditional Cultural

Performing Arts

Competitions

(2011) (Modern Song)

(Higher Education

Level) (Women)

8:40 am10. International News

8:45 am11. Musical Programme

4:00 pm 1. Martial Song

4:05 pm 2. Song Of National

Races

4:10 pm 3. Songs Of Yester Years

4:20 pm 4. University of

Distance Education

(TV Lectures) -

Second Year

(Chemistry)

4:35 pm 5. Songs for Uphol-

ding National Spirit

4:40 pm 6. Myanmar Language

4:50 pm 7. Musical Programme

5:00 pm 8. Documentary

5:10 pm 9. Selected Songs for

18th Myanmar


Performing Arts

Competitions

(2011) (Maha Gita)

(Amateur (First)

Division Level)

(Men/Women)

5:30 pm10. Yoetha Phyu Sin

Kalaydoeathwin

6:00 pm11. Evening News

6:15 pm12. Weather Report

6:20 pm13. Internet Gardern

7:00 pm14. TV Drama Series

8:00 pm15. News

16. International News

17. Weather Report

18. 18th Myanmar


Performing Arts

Competitions

(2011) Interview

(Opera)

19. Just For Laughs

(Gags Asia)

20. TV Drama Series

21. Song Lover

Li Na becomes first Chinese to reach WTAChampionships

China’s Li Na hits a shot during her matchagainst Romania’s Monica Niculescu at theChina Open tennis tournament in Beijing on

2 October, 2011. The Chinese charactersread “Beijing”.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 6 Oct—Chinese tennis star Li Naon Thursday became thefifth singles player toqualify for theprestigious TEB BNPParibas WTAChampionships whichwould be held inIstanbul, Turkey on 25to 30 October, 2011,becoming the firstChinese singles playerto book a spot on theWTA season-endingtournament.

“This year has beenthe most successful ofmy career so far and I’mvery happy to havequalified,” said Li Na.“I’m proud to be the firstChinese woman toqualify in singles for thisevent.”

Li Na enjoyed ahistoric season in 2011,twice making into the

Grand Slam finals andtaking the title of RolandGarros. She turned outto be the first Asiansingles player to becomea Grand Slam champion.

Li equaled theAsian-best worldnumber four rankingduring the season. Hersuccess aroused the

tennis fever both athome and abroad.According to the stats ofCCTV (China CentralTelevision), her FrenchOpen final againstFrancesca Schiavoneattracted more than 100million audience towatch through TV.

Xinhua

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Friday, 7 October, 201110th Waxing of Thadingyut 1373 ME

Attasammapanidhica; to establish oneself rightfully; this is the way to auspiciousness

Prime Minister of Kingdom of Thailand visitsUppatasanti Pagoda in Nay Pyi Taw

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Oct—The Thai delegation led byMs. Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Kingdomof Thailand, who were on a goodwill visit to Myanmarat the invitation of President U Thein Sein of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar, visited UppatasantiPagoda in Nay Pyi Taw at 8:40 pm yesterday.

On their arrival at the pagoda, they were warmlywelcomed by Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs DrMaung Maung Htay and officials concerned.

The Thai Prime Minister and her entourage paidhomage to the pagoda, and offered flowers and waterto Buddha Patima Jade Image in the cave of thepagoda. They then made cash donations to the PagodaBoard of Trustees.

After that, they observed the white elephants inthe precinct of the pagoda.

Later, the Thai Prime Minister and party on theirdeparture for Thailand by the special flight at 10 pmwere seen off by Union Minister for Foreign Affairs UWunna Maung Lwin and departmental officials at NayPyi Taw Airport.

MNA Thai Prime Minister Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra making cash donation.—MNA

Thai Prime Minister Ms. Yingluck Shinawatra views white elephant in the precinct ofUppatasanti Pagoda.—MNA

Southwest monsoonwithdraws

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Oct— According to the12:30 hr MST observation today, the water levelof Sittoung River in Toungoo 640 cm hasexceeded by 40 cm (about 1.3ft) above its dangerlevel. It may remain above its danger level 600cm during the next 48 hours commencing thisnoon, announced by the Meteorology andHydrology Department.—MNA

Flood Bulletin

Talks on traffic rulespromulgated

YANGON, 6 Oct—SIP Khin Maung Tun of No.4 and Traffic Region of Yangon Region Wirelessand Traffic Police Corps gave an educative traffictalk to 230 bus owners, drivers and bus conductorsat the office of Yangon Region All Private BusLine Control Committee on 3 October, and Headof Traffic Region No. 1 Police Captain Myint Kyiand party to 721 teachers and students at No. 44Basic Education Middle School (branch) inShwepyitha Township in the afternoon.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Oct—TheDepartment of Meteorology andHydrology announced today thatduring the past (24) hours,southwest monsoon haswithdrawn from Central Bay ofBengal and Deltaic areas.—MNA

National seminar on protection ofcopyright and related rights and

their contribution to nationaldevelopment opens

Student-built electric car setsspeed markPAGE 2 PAGE 5

Stadium lawto be passed

within amonth

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Woods eager tomake anotherreturn to golf

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