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Volume XVII, Number 198 14th Waxing of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Saturday, 31 October, 2009

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye receives Defence Attaché of BangladeshNAY PYI TAW, 30 Oct—Vice-Chairman of the

State Peace and Development Council of the Unionof MyanmarDeputy Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Aye received Defence Attaché Briga-dier General ANM Shawkat Jamal, ndc, psc, of thePeople’s Republic of Bangladesh to the Union ofMyanmar at Bayintnaung Yeiktha, here, at 9 am to-day.

Also present at the call were Member of theState Peace and Development Council General ThuraShwe Mann, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Nyan Tun, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-GenMyat Hein and Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the Ministry ofDefence.— MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye receives Indonesian Defence and Military AttachésNAY PYI TAW, 30

Oct—Vice-Chairman ofthe State Peace andDevelopment Council ofthe Union of MyanmarDeputy Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General MaungAye received Defenceand Military AttachéColonel Dedi PriatnaAriestiadi of theRepublic of Indonesia tothe Union of Myanmarwho had completed histour of duty and his suc-cessor Colonel AangSuharlan at BayintnaungYeiktha, here, at 9.30 amtoday.

Also present at thecall were Member of theState Peace and

Development CouncilGeneral Thura Shwe

Mann, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-

Admiral Nyan Tun, Com-mander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-

Gen Myat Hein and Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the Min-

istry of Defence.MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye receives

Defence Attaché Brigadier General ANM

Shawkat Jamal, ndc, psc, of the People’s

Republic of Bangladesh at Bayintnaung

Yeiktha in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye receives outgoing Military Attaché Colonel Dedi Priatna Ariestiadi and incomingMilitary Attaché Colonel Aang Suharlan of Indonesia at Bayintnaung Yeiktha in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 31 October, 2009

Saturday, 31 October, 2009* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

The government is making all-out ef-forts for improvement of socio-economic sta-tus of the national people, environmentalconservation and development of eco-sys-tem.

A ceremony to open workshop on pri-vate teak plantations and training course onestablishment of teak plantations, sponsoredby the Forest Department of the Ministry ofForestry was held at the Central Trainingand Education Department for Forest Devel-opment in Hmawby on 26 October.

At the workshop, papers on establish-ment of teak plantations, conservation of teakspecies, growing of quality strain teaks, po-tential for teak plantation market, establish-ment of forest plantations according to re-fined development method, deforestation andreducing of carbon emission due to forestdegradation.

Up to date, the nation has seen 2,071,446acres of forest plantations and 1,248,205 acresof teak plantations. Starting from 2004 stepswere taken in eight districts and 31 townshipsin Yangon Division, Bago Division, Manda-lay Division and Magway Division forgreening Bago Yoma, and a pilot teak planta-tion of 1,000 acres were introduced in OttwinTownship in 2007-2008.

Since 2007-2008, arrangements havebeen made to establish 9,700 acres of teakplantations in Taungnawin Reserve Forest inPaukkang Township in Bago Division (West),Kyangin Reserve Forest in Kyangin Town-ship, Ayeyawady Division and Yenwe Re-search Forest in Kyauktaga Township, BagoDivision (East) . Under the plan, 4100 acreswere already put under teak saplings.

As the nation is blessed with vast tracksof virgin and fallow lands plus favorableweather condition, quality strains and agri-cultural techniques, efforts are to be made toextensively grow perennial trees in order tocontribute to development of eco-system, gen-eration of weather and environmental con-servation.

Extensively grow perennialtrees for developmentof eco-system

YANGON, 30 Oct—Yangon Division Supervi-sory Committee for Ensur-ing Smooth and SecureTransport held its work co-ordination meeting at themeeting hall of Yangon

Yangon Division SCESST holds work coord meetingCommand Headquartersthis afternoon, with an ad-dress by Chairman ofYangon Division Supervi-sory Committee for Ensur-ing Smooth and SecureTransport Chairman of

Yangon Division Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen WinMyint. Next, those presentreported to the commanderon matters relating to ve-

hicles, traffic rules andsafe travel for the people.In connection with the re-ports, the commander gavenecessary instructions andmade concluding re-marks.—MNA

Third Inter-ministry men’s Volleyball Tournament kicks off

NAY PYI TAW, 30Oct—Secretary of Na-tional Health CommitteeDeputy Minister forHealth Dr Mya Oo metwith district health com-mittee members, special-ists, health staff, membersof social organizations andtownselders at

YANGON, 30 Oct—ABangladeshi delegationled by Acting PrincipalBrigadier-General Habi-hur Rahman Kamal, psc ofMilitary Institute of Sci-ence and Technology-MIST arrived in here byair on 25 October evening.

Senior Military Offic-ers, Bangladeshi MilitaryAttache´ to MyanmarBrigadier-General ANMShawkat Jamal, ndc, pscand officials welcomedthe Bangladeshi delega-tion at Yangon Interna-

Deputy Minister inspects hospitals in Bago Division (West)Thayawady District Spe-cialist Hospital in BagoDivision (West) on 27October.

Afterwards, heinspected the operationtheatre, medical wards,delivery room, X-rayroom and child ward.

The deputy min-

ister also met with healthcommittee members, de-partmental personnel, so-cial organization mem-bers and townselders atLetpadan, Sitkwin andMinhla People’s Hospi-tals and attended to theneeds.

MNA

Bangladeshi delegation concludes visittional Airport.

The delegation on 26October paid tribute toKing Zafah Shah’s Tomband visited Yangon WestTechnological Universityand Shwedagon Pagoda.The next day, The delega-tion went to Mandalay byair and visited Mya NanSan Kyaw Golden Palaceand went round Manda-lay. On 28 October, theywent on a study tour ofYatanarpon Teleport, De-fence Services Techno-logical Academy, Na-

tional Kandawgyi Gar-dens and National Land-mark Gardens.

On 29 October, the del-egation arrived back inYangon by air and visitedUnion National Races Vil-lage. The delegation paidtribute to CommonwealthWar Cemetary inHtaukkyant this morning.Senior military officersand officials saw off theBangladeshi delegation atYangon International Air-port.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30 Oct—The opening of theThird Inter-ministryMen’s Volleyball Tourna-ment 2009 took place atNay Pyi Taw VolleyballGround this morning.

Among the audiencewere Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura AyeMyint, Minister for Ho-tels and Tourism Maj-GenSoe Naing, Minister forLabour U Aung Kyi,

member of Civil ServicesSelection and TrainingBoard U Soe Oo and de-partmental officials fromthe ministries.

Next, Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint de-

livered an opening ad-dress.

The match betweenthe Ministry of Progressof Border Areas and Na-tional Races and Develop-ment Affairs team and the

Ministry of ElectricPower No (1) team ended3-0.

Altogether 30vollyball teams are tak-ing part in the tourna-ment. —MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint addresses the opening of the 3rd Inter-ministry Men’sVolleyball Tournament.—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Win Myint gives a speech at the work coordination meeting ofSCESST.—MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 31 October, 2009 3

UN to boost Afghanistansecurity

WASHINGTON, 30 Oct—The UN Security Councilhas backed a call by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for more protection for UN staff and facilitiesin Afghanistan. The move followed Wednesday’s at-tack by militants on a guesthouse in Kabul, in whichfive UN employees were killed.

Mr Ban said the mission in Afghanistan would con-tinue, but that UN staff were widely regarded as beinga soft target. The Taleban has vowed to disrupt nextweek’s presidential election run-off, which is beingoverseen by the UN. But the Security Council said theviolence should not be allowed to derail the vote.

Mr Ban said he would make an appeal for securityofficers on Friday to the 192-member General Assem-bly, which controls the budget.Speaking to reportersafter briefing the Security Council in New York, MrBan said he had appealed for more security personnelin Afghanistan to meet the “dramatically escalatedthreat to UN staff now widely considered to be a softtarget”.

“Increasingly, the UN is being targeted, in this caseprecisely because of our support for the Afghan elec-tions,” he added. Mr Ban said Afghanistan had be-come the most dangerous places on the planet for UNstaff. —Internet

Pakistan’s growing anti-US angerISLAMABAD, 30 Oct — Recently, while Pakistan’s

government may have been saying the things that theWhite House wants to hear, the country’s mediaand public have often been openly hostile towardsthe United States. US Secretary of State HillaryClinton’s charm offensive this week suggests that sherecognises that.

Town hall-style meetings with students in Lahoreand round-table debates with senior news broadcast-ers in Islamabad may be seen as steps in the rightdirection.But it is likely to take much more to turnaround Pakistani mistrust of American intentions.

“Americans want this country to face anarchy,” saysMunawar Hassan, the head of Pakistan’s largest reli-gious party, Jamaat-e-Islami. He has just finished giv-ing another press conference in his “Go America Go”tour. —Internet

Space chief calls for Marsmission with atomic shipEDINBURGH, 30 Oct—Russia should build a new nu-

clear-powered spaceship for prospective manned mis-sions to Mars and other planets, the nation’s space chiefsaid. Anatoly Perminov said the project is challeng-ing technologically, but could capitalise on the Sovietand Russian experience in the field.

He also said the preliminary design could be readyby 2012, and then it would take nine more years andcost 17 billion rubles (about £360 million) to buildthe ship.” The project is aimed at implementing large-scale space exploration programs, including a mannedmission to Mars, interplanetary travel, the creation andoperation of planetary outposts,” Mr Perminov said.

The proposal has the backing of president DmitryMedvedev who has urged the government to find themoney. The ambitious plans contrast with Russia’s slowprogress on building a replacement to its mainstayspacecraft – the Soyuz. Russia is using Soyuz boosterrockets and capsules, developed 40 years ago, to sendcrews to the International Space Station.—Internet

Iraqi workers repairthe windows and doorsof the Chinese embassy

in Iraq in Baghdad,capital of Iraq, on 29Oct, 2009. Two carbombs exploded in

downtown Baghdad on25 Oct, damaging

some facilities of theChinese embassy based

in the nearby AlMansour Hotel.

XINHUA

‘Mystery ship’ returns to MaltaVALLETTA , 30 Oct—A Maltese-flagged freighter that

mysteriously disappeared in the Atlantic over the sum-mer has returned to Malta, officials say. The ArcticSea was towed into harbour in the Maltese capital,Valletta, after maritime officials inspected the vesseland declared it radiation-free.

The ship disappeared on its way from Finland toAlgeria, and was eventually found off the Cape Verdeislands. It was at the centre of bizarre claims abouthijacking and weapons smuggling. The Maltese-flagged, Russian-crewed ship was purportedly attackedby pirates in Swedish waters in July.

A Russian warship located it off West Africa inAugust and arrested eight alleged hijackers. Theboldness of the hijacking and the elaborate effort torecapture it prompted speculation that the ship wascarrying missiles for Iran or Syria, but Russianofficials dismissed the claims. —Internet

Mr Ban said Afghanistan was the most dangerousplace for UN staff.—INTERNET

Experts found it hardto believe the ship

would be hijacked forits cargo of timber.

INTERNET

Iraqi security officialsheld in blast aftermathBAGHDAD, 30 Oct—Iraq detained dozens of secu-

rity officials responsible for protecting the Baghdaddistrict where twin suicide bombings this week killed155 people, and authorities said on Thursday they aretrying to determine whether they were negligent oreven had a role in the attack.

The blasts in the heart of the capital infuriated Ira-qis, who question how the bombers could have driventheir deadly cargo undetected through the multiplecheckpoints that dot Baghdad. Prime Minister Nourial-Maliki’s government, facing a January election, hasbeen under intense pressure to restore a sense of secu-rity and show that the military and police are able totake over when Americans go home.

A military spokesman for the Iraqi capital, Maj GenQassim al-Moussawi, told The Associated Press that11 army officers and 50 security officials have beentaken into custody over Sunday’s bombings, whichtargeted the Justice Ministry and the Baghdad Provin-cial Administration.

The suspects were detained because they were re-sponsible for protecting the area where the bombingsoccurred, al-Moussawi said. He said the investigationwill determine whether they were simply negligent oractually helped the militants.

Internet

Among the grief, there is anger and blame directedat the US.—INTERNET

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People seeking employment line up outside an employment guide job fair inSeptember 2009 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland.

The jobless rate rose to 9.8 percent in September, a 26-year record, and isexpected to rise into double digits even after the economy recovers.—INTERNET

RIO DE JANEIRO , 30 Oct— Brazil’s Senate For-eign Relations Committeehas approved Venezuela’srequest to join the SouthAmerican trade blocMercosur. The committeevoted by 12 to five in fa-vour of Venezuela’s appli-cation, and the proposalwill now go before theSenate to gain full ap-proval.

Paraguay’s parliamentmust also approve Ven-

Venezuela step closerto Mercosur

The Brazilian presidentis visiting Venezuela this

week.—INTERNET

ezuela’s membership be-fore it will be allowed tojoin Mercosur.Venezuelahas been trying to join thebloc for three years. Thecountry officially teamed

up with Brazil, Argentina,Paraguay and Uruguay aspart of their Mercosurtrading bloc in July 2006.

But, so far, its mem-bership has only been ap-proved by the Uruguayan,Argentine and Venezuelanparliaments. Correspond-ents say a rejection byBrazil’s Foreign RelationsCommittee would havebeen severely embarrass-ing for the Brazilian Presi-dent, Luiz Inacio Lula daSilva, who is visiting Ven-ezuela this week. Mer-cosur was established inMarch 1991. —Internet

TOKYO, 30 Oct — Loss-making carrier Japan Air-lines (JAL) has confirmed it is to apply for financialassistance from a newly-formed state-backed turna-round agency. JAL said it had started negotiations withthe Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation(ETIC).

ETIC has access to up to 1.6 trillion yen ($17.7bn;£10.8bn) of government guaranteed funds, but it re-mains to be seen how much JAL may be given.

JAL reported a loss of 99bn yen between April andJune. Thursday’s announcement comes a month afterthe airline first said it would need state aid.

Hit by falling passenger numbers and high oilprices, the firm has been in severe financial troublefor some time, and its debts are said to total $15bn.The airline recently announced plans to cut 6,800 jobsto save money. The ETIC has been given the power tobuy the debt of companies in trouble, and send in turna-round specialists to help them restructure their opera-tions.

It will now study JAL’s finances and restructuringplan to decide what funds it requires - a process ana-lysts say could take a few months.Japan’s TransportMinister Seiji Maehara said helping the airline recov-ery was vital for the Japanese economy.—Internet

The airline has substantial debts.—INTERNET

Japan Airlines seekingstate aid

NEW DELHI , 30 Oct —A massive fire at an oildepot in the western In-dian state of Rajasthan haskilled at least five peopleand injured 150 others,officials say.

Army soldiers havejoined fire-fighters to putout the fire and rescue thetrapped people at the de-pot in Jaipur.

People near the depothave been evacuated, of-ficials said.

The depot, located16km (10 miles) south ofthe tourist city of Jaipur,stocks gasoline, keroseneand diesel fuel for state-owned oil companies.

It is unclear whatcaused the fire, whichbroke out on Thursdayevening, and it was stillraging early on Friday,officials said.

Black smoke billowed

LOS ANGELES, 30 Oct— A US Coast Guardplane collided on Thurs-day with a military heli-copter off the southernCalifornia coast, the As-sociated Press quoted aCoast Guard spokesmanas saying.

There has been no im-mediate report of casual-ties so far.

The navy reportedcrash of a helicopter atabout 7:00 pm local timeon Thursday (2200GMT). The helicopterwent down about 24 kmeast of San Clemente Is-land, the southern tip ofthe Channel Islands.

The Coast Guard saidseveral vessels weresearching the area for thewreckage. — Xinhua

A fuel leak is suspected to be the cause of thefire.—INTERNET

LOS ANGELES , 30 Oct— The family of a USwoman who drank somuch water in a contestrun by a radio station thatshe died has received$16m (£9.7m) in com-pensation.

A California courtfound Sacramento radiostation KDND-FM andits owner liable for thedeath in January 2007 ofmother-of-three JenniferStrange, 28.

She had taken part in

US Coast Guardplane, helicopter

collide offCalifornia coast

Five die in huge India oil blazeout of the oil depot ownedby the state-owned IndianOil Corporation as the firespread and engulfed ad-joining factories, reportssay.

Huge explosions wereheard before the firebroke out, and the blaze

was visible from over25km (16 miles) away, asenior official said.

“The fire is massive.We are finding it difficultto douse it,” PetroleumMinister Murli Deorasaid.

Internet

Huge fine for radio contest deatha contest to see who coulddrink the most withoutgoing to the toilet, to wina Nintendo Wii.She lost,and a few hours later diedof acute water intoxica-tion. Water intoxicationcan occur when the nor-mal balance of electro-lytes in the body is alteredby a rapid intake of wa-ter.

This can eventuallycause the brain to swell,stopping it regulating vitalfunctions such as breath-

ing, and causing death.Inthe competition - “HoldYour Wee for a Wii” —contestants were given225-ml bottles to drinkevery 15 minutes withoutgoing to the toilet.

After eight rounds,contestants drank half-li-tre bottles. Ms Strange isbelieved to have drunknearly two gallons (7.5 li-tres) in the hope of win-ning the games consolefor her children.

Internet

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NEWS ALBUM

Invading giant snakesthreaten US wilderness

areasPythons and other giant snakes

imported as pets could endanger someof America’s most important parksand wilderness areas if they areallowed to multiply, according to areport released.

Wildlife experts say the python isdistributed across thousands of squaremiles in south Florida. There could betens of thousands in the Everglades, awildlife refuge that is home to theFlorida panther and other endangeredspecies.

The python and four other non-native snakes — boa constrictors,yellow anacondas, northern andsouthern African pythons — areconsidered “high-risk” threats to thehealth of US ecosystems because theyeat native birds and animals, the USGeological Survey report said.

Heavy duty video gamershave less focus

High-volume action video gameplayers — those who play about 40hours a week — had more difficultykeeping focused on longer tasks, US re-searchers say.

The study, published online in thejournal Psychophysiology, also supportsresearch published within the last yearlinking video game-playing addiction toattention deficit disorder.

Rob West, an associate professor ofpsychology Iowa State University, andKira Bailey, psychology graduate stu-dent, recorded the electrical activity inthe brains of 51 Iowa State undergradu-ate men ages 18-33 while they took com-pleted an attention-measuring task.

The groups were nearly evenly di-vided between those who reported play-ing less than a couple of hours of videogames per week and those who playedvideo games an average of 43 hours perweek.

Tigers fast dying out despite campaignsThe world’s tiger population is

declining fast despite efforts to savethem, and new strategies are urgentlyneeded to keep the species from dyingout, international wildlife experts said.

“We are assembled here to savetigers that are at the verge ofextinction,” Nepal’s secretary offorest and soil conservation, YuvarajBhusal, told a conference of tigerexperts from 20 countries, includingthe 13 where wild tigers are stillfound.

An estimated 3,500 to 4,000 tigersnow roam the world’s forests, downfrom the more than 100,000 estimatedat the beginning of the 20th century.All the remaining tigers are in Asia.

Participants at the conference,which also includes the World Bank,the World Wildlife Fund and othergroups, plan to discuss strategies for

t iger conservation, as well aschallenges such as poaching, the tradeof tiger parts and conflicts betweentigers and local populations.

A radio-controlled patrol robot wasdisplayed at the Seoul InternationalAerospace and Defence Exhibition

(ADEX) 2009 at a military airport inSeongnam, south of Seoul on 20

October, 2009. About 270 defencefirms from 27 countries attend the

biennial international aerospace anddefence exhibition from on 20-25October, according to local media.

Students look at an exhibit at theBody Worlds Exhibition held at the

Science Center Singapore on 26 Oct,2009 in Singapore. The Showcase isthe latest installment of anatomical

exhibitions by German scientistGunther von Hagens.

A Sumatran tiger with a badlyinjured leg is seen inside a cage, afterit was caught in a villagers’ snare, asit waits for medical treatment at the

Natural Resources ConservationAgency in Banda Aceh, Aceh

province, Indonesia.

Traffic jam seen in France. Half of urban Europe endures noise pollutionfrom road that are loud enough to disrupt sleep and trigger hypertension,

according to a report released on Monday.—INTERNET

LEXINGTON, 30 Oct —Several hundred peoplewere arrested this week inKentucky raids aimed attraffickers who bring pre-scription drugs into thestate.

Investigators say theviolators go out of state toavoid Kentucky’s strictprescription tracking sys-tem, the Lexington (Ky)Herald-Leader reported.

MOGADISHU, 30 Oct —Somali pirates moved twoBritish hostages fromtheir hijacked yacht onThursday to a capturedcontainer ship nowmoored near a pirate ha-ven.

Paul and Rachel Chan-dler, both in their 50s, hadleft the Seychelles ontheir 38-foot yacht LynnRival and were believedto be sailing to Tanzaniawhen they were hijackedon 23 October.

“After we understoodthe British navy might at-tack us, we took the hos-tages off the yacht into theSingaporean ship to bringthem safely here,” a piratecalled Hassan toldReuters by telephonefrom the coastal town ofHaradheere.

KABUL, 30 Oct —A taxi carrying nine civilians hita bomb buried in the road in eastern Afghanistan onFriday, killing everyone inside, police said.

Nangahar provincial police spokesman GhafourKhan said the dead included a mother and her child.

The taxi was headed to a market in the district ofKhogyani when the explosion ripped through the ve-hicle, Khan said. No other details were immediatelyavailable.

Internet

Hundreds arrested in Ky drug crackdownOne popular destina-

tion is South Florida, withKentucky residentstraveling to clinics thereto get prescriptions foroxycodone and other painmedication that can beresold.

State police said at anews conference onThursday in Lexington atotal of 518 people hadbeen charged in the case

and more than 300 hadbeen arrested by Thursdayafternoon.

Federal, state and locallaw enforcement joined inthe effort.

“There is no higher pri-ority than this prescriptiondrug battle,” assistant USAttorney Bob McBridesaid at the news confer-ence.

Internet

Afghanistan:

blast kills

nine civilians

Somali pirates move UK couple to container ship“They are close to

Haradheere. We will beholding them in theSingaporean ship alongwith that ship’s crew. Wedecided not to take themto shore. They are ex-hausted and they needrest.”

Hassan was referring

to a Singaporean con-tainer ship, the KotaWajar, which was seizedby Somali gunmen earlierthis month along with its21 crew. Earlier on Thurs-day, the European navalforce said a Spanish heli-copter had spotted theyacht. —Internet

Tow trucks assist the Colorado State Patrol to clearstalled vehicles from westbound Interstate 70 onFloyd Hill just west of the Denver metropolitan

area on 28 Oct , 2009. —INTERNET

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Heavy Truck Factory being built in MagwayByline: Htein Lin; Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

Heavy Truck Factory, six miles from Magway on Magway-Taungdwingyi Road, is being built by the Ministry of Industry-2.

U Myo Cho, ActingGeneral Manager,

Heavy Truck Factory(Magway), the Minis-

try of Industry-2.

Remarkable devel-opment the whole nationhas begun to enjoy in ashort period is a tangibleresult of multifariousprojects the Tatmadawgovernment has on thego, in pursuit of the loftygoal of shaping the na-tion into a modern, de-veloped one.

As to the economicarena, the governmenthas introduced the mar-ket-oriented economicsystem to the nation, andis encouraging privateinvestments. A greatnumber of national en-trepreneurs once runningcottage industries havenow become rich withhotels, companies, indus-tries, and supermarkets,

as a result.In addition, the gov-

ernment has establishedindustrial zones across thecountry and given greenlight to run industries.Now, the industries havelaunched their productionlines of goods such as au-tomobiles, three-wheel-ers, bicycles, farm ma-chinery and machine tools,foodstuff, kitchen utensils,and garments.

Some of the industriesare run individually, andsome are run jointly by en-trepreneurs, or with minis-tries and foreign compa-nies for mutual interests.

On our recent tour ofMagway, our media teamfrom the Myanma Alindropped in Heavy Truck

Factory Project for an in-terview with responsiblepersons from the factory.

When asked about thefactory, Acting GeneralManager U Myo Cho said,“Our factory is a heavytruck factory. The factoryis about four miles west ofMile Post No (324) onMagway-TaungdwingyiRoad. The factory com-pound has an area of about1300 acres. The factory isbeing built jointly by TarTar Automobile Ltd thatproduces world’s leastexpensive automobilesand the Ministry of Indus-try-2 from Myanmar.”

He said, “The projectwas launched in late June2008. In rough estimate,we have roofed it and laid

all the foundations. Weare now trying to start themanufacturing line by2010.”

In respect to the pro-duction line, he said, “We

give customer satisfac-tion, so when the projectis completed, we will pro-duce comfortable and leastexpensive heavy truckswith fashionable designs.For the time being, thefactory is run with 25 of-ficers and 121 workerstotaling 146. We have aplan to extend the organi-zational set-up of workersto nearly 600 when thefactory is completed.Then, we will build multi-purpose diesel factory,turbine and generator fac-tory and technical train-ing school.

So, our industrial zonewill be the largest indus-trial zone after ThagayaIndustrial Region inMyanmar.”

A delegation led byMr. Biswadev Sengup-tafrom India Tar Tar Auto-mobile Ltd held a meet-ing with responsible per-sons including the Min-ister for Industry-2 in NayPyi Taw on 19 August2009 to expedite the tasksto build the factory.

Upon completion,Magway Heavy TruckFactory will producehigh-quality heavy truckswhich are attractive to theState and to national en-trepreneurs, and generatea large number of job op-portunities for local peo-ple.

**********Translation: MS

Myanma Alin:15-10-2009

LONDON, 30 Oct— Two Penn State Universityresearchers have carried out one of the first-ever analy-ses of the effects of global warming on endangeredprimates. This innovative work by Graduate StudentRuscena Wiederholt and Associate Professor of Biol-ogy Eric Post examined how El Niño warming affectedthe abundance of four New World monkeys overdecades.

Wiederholt and Post decided to concentrate on theway the oscillating weather patterns directly and indi-rectly influence plants and animals in the tropics. Untilthe research by Wiederholt and Post, this intricatenetwork of interacting factors had rarely been analyzedas a single system. “We know very little about howclimate change and global warming are affecting pri-

Global warming cycles threaten endangered primate speciesmate species,” explains Wiederholt. “Up to one thirdof primates species are threatened with extinction, soit is really crucial to understand how these changes inclimate may be affecting their populations.”

The scientists focused on the large-bodied mon-keys of South America, which are highly threatened.Choosing one species from each of the four genera ofAtelines, Wiederholt and Post examined abundancetrends and dynamics in populations of the muriqui(Brachyteles hypoxanthus, formerly B. arachnoides)of Brazil, the woolly monkey (Lagothrix lagotricha)in Colombia, Geoffroy’s spider monkey (Atelesgeoffroyi), which was studied on Barro ColoradoIsland in Panama, and the red howler monkey (Alouattaseniculus) in Venezuela.—Internet

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NAY PYI TAW, 30Oct—Minister forCommunications, Posts andTelegraphs Brig-Gen TheinZaw on 23 October attendedthe ceremony to awardmedals and certificates ofhonour to outstanding RedCross members, organizedby Myanmar Red CrossSociety, at the town hall inMyitkyina. The ministerand officials presentedmedals and certificates of

CPT Minister looks into regionaldevelopment task in Kachin State

honour to 14 outstandingRed Cross members andtwo other members whowon the ExcellentPerformance in SocialField awards and first aidkids to officials. Theyviewed the documentaryphotos on activities of theRed Cross societydisplayed at the hall. Theminister met with localpeople and townselders atJanmaikaung Ward of

Myitkyina. On 24 October,the minister met district andtownship level authorities,townselders andentrepreneurs.

On 25 October, theminister attended theceremony to launch theacceleration of transmissioncapacity for MRTV andMyawady TV. Afteropening it, the ministerinspected the control room.

In Mogaung, he visitedCetana Phyo free clinic.

The minister met localpeople at Kamaing BasicEducation High School.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30Oct—Opening ceremonyof the Finished-woodproduct factory was held atAyethaya Industrial zonein Taunggyi Township on23 October. Chairman ofShan State Peace and

H&T Minister inspects regionaldevelopment of Pyapon Tsp

NAY PYI TAW, 30Oct—Minister for Hotelsand Tourism Maj-Gen SoeNaing on 26 Octoberpresented nutritiouspowder for patients to

Medical Superintendent DrNyi Nyi Min at People’sHospital in PyaponTownship.

Afterwards, the mini-ster inspected extended

construction of the 200-bed hospital and the newbuilding at No 3 BasicEducation High Schooland fulfilled the needs.

MNA

Commander attends opening of factory,furniture showroom

Development CouncilCommander of EasternCommand Maj-Gen YarPyae attended the openingceremony. Next, thecommander opened thesignboard of the factoryand inspected it.

After that, the com-mander attended theopening ceremony offurniture show room andunveiled the signboard.Furthermore, the com-mander viewed finished-wood products. —MNA

Kayin State Chairman attendscoordination meeting

NAY PYI TAW, 30Oct—Chairman of KayinState Peace andDevelopment CouncilBrig-Gen Zaw Min on 14and 16 October attended

the coordination meetingat the hall of Kayin StatePDC. He delivered anaddress at the meeting andfulfilled the requirements.Next he inspected

cultivation of paddy andbroadcasting of fertilizeron both sides of Hpa-an-Zarthapyin Road on 17October.

MNAMinister Brig-Gen

Thein Zaw presentsmedal and honouring

certificate to anExcellent Performancein Social Field awardwinning Red Cross

member in Myitkyina.MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye shaking hands with incoming MilitaryAttaché Colonel Aang Suharlan of Indonesia. (News on page 1)—MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye coordially greets outgoing Military AttachéColonel Dedi Priatna Ariestiadi of Indonesia. (News on page 1)—MNA

Vice-Senior General

Maung Aye receives

Military Attaché

Brigadier General

ANM Shawkat

Jamal,ndc, psc of

Bangladesh.

(News on page 1)

MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 30Oct—Chairman ofRakhine State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of WesternCommand Maj-GenThaung Aye inspectedconstruction site of thethree-storey building ofSittway University on 20

NAY PYI TAW, 30Oct—Minister for Fi-nance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun addressedthe concluding ceremonyof on-job training courseNo. (37) for Heads ofTownship Internal Rev-enue Department under

YANGON, 30 Oct —Hlawga Park of the For-est Department will be

NAY PYI TAW, 30Oct—Deputy Ministerfor Communications,Posts and TelegraphsMaj-Gen Thein Tun metwith the chiarman ofMyaing TownshipPeace and DevelopmentCounci l and depar t -

YANGON, 30 Oct—Mon State Traffic RulesEnforcement SupervisoryCommittee organized thetalks on traffic rules atBasic Education HighSchool in Kawkhame Vil-lage of Mawlamyine

On-job Training Course for Heads ofTownship IRD concludes

the Ministry of Financeand Revenue at the audi-torium of the Ministry herethis morning.

Also present on theoccasion were DeputyMinister Brig-Gen HlaThein Swe, departmentalheads, lecturers and train-

ees.The minister pre-

sented prizes to the out-standing trainees and com-pletion certificates to eachtrainee.

The four-week coursewas attended by 48 train-ees.—MNA

Talks on traffic rules held in Mawlamyine Tsp

Township on 22 October.Officials gave talks

on traffic rules for pedes-trians and vehicles.In-charge (traffic) PoliceCaptain Myint Aye pre-sented CD and pamphletson traffic rules to Head-

mistress Daw Than ThanAye.

The traffic policeforce of Mon State willorganize the talks on traf-fic rules at BEHSs inMawlamyine and Thatondistricts.—NLM

Commander inspects construction site of thethree-storey building of Sittway University

October and he gave nec-essary instructions.

Next, the commanderinspected progress ofPonenakyun-Kyauktawroad section and met withteachers and students atthe Aungphyupyin BasicEducation Post PrimarySchool.

The commander alsolooked into renovationtasks of Sittway-Kyaukpyu gravel road,harvest the monsoonpaddy near the Yoetayokevillage and 50 ton of ricemill in Kyauktaw Town-ship.

MNA

CPT Deputy Minister performs regionaldevelopment task in Myaing Township

mental officials at auto-exchange in Myaing,Pakokku Dis t r ic t ofMagway Division on 28October.

In the afternoon,the deputy minister pre-sented a computer set,200 bags of cement, cash

for education funds andsports gear to TwinmaVillage Basic EducationHigh School (Branch) inthe township in meetingwith townselders, teach-ers and students at theschool.

MNA

Hlawga Park to be kept openon 1, 11 November

kept open from 8 am to 5pm on 1 November(Fullmoon Day of

Tazaungmon) and 11No-vember (National Day) forpublic recretation.—MNA

Adjutant-General

Lt-Gen Thura Myint

Aung enjoys the

final match between

Eastern Command

and Defence Serv-

ices (Air). (News on

Page 16)—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun addresses the on-job training courseNo. (37) for Heads of Township Internal Revenue Department.—F & R

Deputy Minister Maj-Gen Thein Tun presents a computer set toTwinma village BEHS (Branch).—MNA

PoliceCaptain

Myint AyepresentsCD and

pamphletson trafficrules to

Headmis-tress Daw

ThanThan Aye.

NLM

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Wakema gaining development momentumArticle & Photos: Maung Tin Hlaing (H&T)

Nowadays, develop-ment undertakings can beseen in various town-ships. Of them, Wakemais one of the developingtownships.Wakema river,Shwelaungriver, Razud-aing river, Ayeyawadyriver and Pyanmalawriver are flowing throughthe township from thenorth to the south.

Wakema Township,formed with 585 villagesin 126 village-tracts and14 wards, is home to383,940 people. Most ofthem are engaging in ag-riculture business. Eve-rybody can travel toWakema by land or bywaterway.

Thanks to concertedefforts of the govern-ment, the local peopleand departmental person-nel, Wakema is gainingdevelopment momentumat present.

Up to now, the town-ship has put 184,876acres of land undermonsoon paddy againstthe target of 184,787acres, accounting for cent

per cent.Wakema is located as

a port of double-deckersof Inland Water Transportunder the Ministry ofTransport on the water-way from Yangon toPathein, from Yangon toMyaungmya and fromYangon to Labutta. As aresult, the local people areenjoying the fruits of de-

velopment in social,health, education and eco-nomic sectors. The regionhas the ability to maintainthe narrowing of develop-ment gap between urbanand rural areas.

Along the way fromYangon to Wakema bycar, Myuyone Road inSayaygon and Minbaingwards is evident forsmooth transportation fa-cility.

The 3020 feet longWakema suspensionbridge lies on Pantanaw-Shwelaung-WakemaRoad. Moreover, the 220feet long concrete typeLanthamaing bridge is lo-cated on KyonmangeRoad. The 1900 feet long

Shwelaung steel cable sus-pension bridge is also situ-ated on Wakema-Pantanaw Road. As such,the local people have easyaccess to other regions ofthe nation.

Local farmers growmaize, sunflower,monsoon groundnut, coldseason groundnut,monsoon sesame, coldseason sesame, greenbean, green gram, pigeonpea, coffee and pepper inaddition to monsoon andsummer paddy.

The Irrigation Depart-ment built 15 sluice gatesin the township to con-tribute to development ofthe agriculture sector. Thedepartment concernedopened eight jute purchasecentres and bought 50,040viss of jute from the localgrowers.

Photo shows the tower of Auto-Exchange inWakema.

Myuyone Road has been upgraded to tarred road in Sayaygon and Minbaing wards.

Due to improvementof transport facility, thelocal farmers can selltheir agricultural pro-duce to other regions.Therefore, livelihood ofthe local people im-proves.

Efforts of the Min-istry of Communica-tions, Posts and Tel-egraphs plays a key rolein development of thetownship.

All in all, progresscan be seen in WakemaTownship thanks to con-certed efforts of the dis-trict and township levelauthorities and local peo-ple under the supervisionof Ayeyawady DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil.

*****Translation: TTA

Kyemon: 21-10-2009

U Zaw Zaw, Chairman of Wakema TownshipPeace and Development Council.

Wakema People’s Hospital that provides health care services to localpeople.Beautiful night scene of illuminated Wakema Bridge in Wakema.

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GENEVA, 30 Oct—A WHO expert group says asingle dose of swine flu vaccine is enough to immunizeadults and children over 10 against the pandemicstrain.

But the experts say medical regulators should havethe final say on which vaccines can be administeredas a single shot.

Europe’s drug regulator recommends that theswine flu vaccines it has licensed be given in twodoses, at least three weeks apart.

U.S. regulators recommend two doses for childrenunder 10.

The WHO experts say more data on children agedbetween 6 months and 10 years are needed todetermine whether one or two doses are enough.

WHO released the recommendations Friday aftera three-day meeting of vaccine experts in Geneva.

Internet

LONDON, 30 Oct—Agamer from Kent hasplayed himself into therecord books Fridayafter speeding throughthe classic Sonic theHedgehog game in thefastest recorded timeever. James Richards,21, completed the ‘speedrun’ through the firstlevel of the platformgame in 22 seconds, atime confirmed as arecord by GuinnessWorld Records officialspresent at London’sGolden Joystick Awards.

“It got really tense and

Show goers check around a Toyota’s Venza during Vietnam Auto and Petro show

2009 at Vietnam Exhibition & Fair Center in Hanoi, Vietnam,

on Wednesday, 28 Oct, 2009.—INTERNET

WHO experts: single doseswine flu vaccine enough

A hot air balloon is

seen in Trafalgar

Square in London,

during a launch to

mark 1000 days to go

until the start of the

London 2012

Olympics, on Friday,

30 Oct, 2009.

INTERNET

British artist Stephen Wiltshire works on a hand-

drawn panorama of the skyline of New York, from a

studio at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn on 28 Oct,

2009. The 18 foot (5.5 m) long panorama is being

drawn from memory and will be displayed in the

London gallery, which has similar drawings

Wiltshire drew of Tokyo,

Hong Kong, Rome, Madrid, Frankfurt,

Dubai and Jerusalem.

INTERNET

LANZHOU, 30 Oct—Ten people were killedand 12 others wereinjured in a highwayauto crash in northwestChina’s Gansu Province,a local official said onFriday.

The accident occurredat 11:15 am when a coachcarrying 22 passengerscollided with a semi-trailerat the No. 316 nationalhighway trunk in HuixianCounty, Longnan City,said Luo Jianhong, anofficial with the provincialpublic securitydepartment.

Five people died atthe scene, and 17 otherswere rushed to localhospitals, among whichfive died later, Luo said.

The 12 injured,including three seriouslywounded and nine withslight injuries, are beingtreated in hospital, andtheir conditions are notyet known, he said.

Xinhua

HELSINKI, 30 Oct—The world’s largest cruise liner — the Oasis of the Seas —has set sail for Miami from the Finnish shipyard where it was built.

The 1,200-foot (360-meter) ship has a price tag of almost euro1 billion ($1.5billion) and was commissioned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. It is due tobegin cruises out of Miami in December.

The ship has 16 passenger decks with 2,700 cabins and can accommodate6,300 passengers and 2,100 crew. It has an open-air arena the size of a footballfield and features a 750-seat theater modeled on an ancient Greek amphitheater, askating rink and a youth area.—Internet

BEIJING, 30 Oct—China’s centralgovernment launched 20venture capital funds withseven local governmentson Friday to provideinvestment in thecountry’s high-techsectors, the top economicplanner said in astatement on its web site.

The investment wouldgo to high-tech sectorsincluding the electronicand information sector,biological andpharmaceutical industry,new energy sector andprojects related to energyconservation andenvironmental pro-tection, the NationalDevelopment and Reform

Super-Sonic gamer smashes world recordwas very exciting when heactually broke the record,”event spokesman JustinCrosby told AFP. “He tookabout an hour-and-a-halfto finally do it, and waslooking very tired at theend.

“He’s been intraining for four or fiveweeks in anticipation andhas been helped by hisgirlfriend workingnights, giving him moretime to practice,” headded.

The Maidstonerecord holder will bepresented with his awardat a ceremony thisevening in front ofhundreds of industry big-hitters.

The record attemptwas part of the build-upto the 27th edition of theannual awards, which areknown as the industry’sequivalent of the Oscars,and form the cornerstoneof the London GamesWeek.—Internet

10 dead, 12injured in NW

Gansuhighwaycollision

World’s largest cruise ship setssail from FinlandChina launches funds

to back high-tech sectorsCommission (NDRC)said.

The 20 funds wouldcollect about nine billionyuan (1.31 billion U.S.dollars), of which, onebillion yuan was investedby the centralgovernment, 1.2 billionyuan by localgovernments and the restfrom private investment,the NDRC said.

The funds wereaimed to direct capitalinto new industries andcompetitive high-techenterprises to pushforward self-innovation,it said.

The NDRC and theMinistry of Financesigned the agreement

with 7 local govern-mentsof Beijing, Jilin,Shanghai, Anhui, Hunan,Chongqing andShenzhen.

Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG DA VOY NO (9042 )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG DAVOY NO (9042) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 31.10.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T 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.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING(MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA RAJA VOY NO (903)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RAJAVOY NO (903) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 31.10.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Ministry of InformationNews and Periodicals Enterprise

Invitation to Tender to buyspare parts for rotary offset

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

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

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

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

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

Procurement CommitteeMinistry of Information

Myanma Motion Picture EnterpriseNo. 28, Kokkine Yeiktha Street,

Bahan Township, Yangon.Tel: 534574, 536029

Firms signagreement of

largest Chineseinvestment in USWASHINGTON, 30 Oct—

Chinese and US firms Thurs-day signed an agreement todevelop a 600MW windfarm in Texas, the largestChinese investment in USrenewable energy. The USRenewable Energy Group(US-REG) and Cielo WindPower LP said that they willwork with China’s ShenyangPower Group (SPG) on theproject, which was expectedto cost 1.5 billion US dollars.

“US-REG, SPG, andCielo Wind Power LP arecombining investment, ex-pertise, and resources tobring clean, reliable, and af-fordable renewable tech-nologies to the marketplace,”said Cappy McGarr, US-REG Managing Partner in astatement. “This planned1.5-billion-dollar investmentin wind energy will spur tre-mendous growth in the re-newable energy sector anddirectly create hundreds ofhigh-paying American jobs,”he noted.

MNA/Xinhua

Arianespace shoots twocommercial satellites

PARIS, 30 Oct—European Space Agency success-fully shot two telecommunication satellites NSS-12 andTHOR 6 aboard Ariane 5 ECA launcher at 2000 GMTon Thursday from Arianespace in Kourou, FrenchGuiana. Ariane 5 was ignited at the South Americanjungle of Kourou, with two direct broadcast satelliteson mission: NSS-12, for the operator of SES WorldSkies, a cross-continent satellite operator, and THOR 6for Norwegian mobile operator Telenor.

After climbing vertically for 6 seconds, Ariane 5 thenrotated towards the East, heading to the proper orbit,the live webcast of Arianespace headquartered near Parisshowed. About 27 minutes after the lift-off, NSS-12, onthe upper stage of the launcher, was firstly ejected, twomore minutes later, the other passenger THOR 6 wasseparated from the white launcher. —MNA/Xinhua

A nurse gives anti-retroviral drugs to apatient at a clinic in

Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal. South African

President Jacob Zumahas vowed to

strengthen the fightagainst AIDS in the

world’s worst affectedcountry, in a “renewedonslaught” against theepidemic.—INTERNET

MOSCOW, 30 Oct—Russian President DmitryMedvedev and his visiting Ecuadorean counterpartRafael Correa signed a declaration of strategic part-nership between the two countries at the Kremlin onThursday. In a nine-page document, the two coun-tries said they were determined to strengthen dialogueand consultations in the fields of security and defence,and invigorate cooperation between the United Na-tions and regional organizations. Russia and Ecuadoralso unanimously expressed willingness to cooperateon fighting terrorism, fighting transborder organizedcrime, drug trafficking and other threats to interna-tional security.—MNA/Xinhua

Russia, Ec-uador

inkdeclarationof strategicpartnership

Members of GPIN conduct an excersise on theRhone near Lyon on 10 October. A young Albanianhas been jailed for stealing a boat in the inlandFrench city of Lyon and embarking on a bid to sailit down the Rhone and through the Mediterranean and Atlantic to England.—INTERNET

Jackson film “This Is It” brings$20m on 1st day of screening

LOS ANGELES, 30Oct—“This Is It” , adocumentary depictingthe late pop king MichaelJackson’s rehearsal inpreparation for a plannedLondon concert grossed20.1 million dollars intheatres across the world,figures released Thursdayshow. This was generatedon the first day of itsrelease, or Wednesday insome 100 countries andregions around the world.

Among the hugesum, a total of 12.7

millions dollars camefrom abroad while 7.4million dollars weregenerated in theatres inthe United States,H o l l y w o o d . c o mreported. It is expectedto bring moreconsidering Jackson’spopularity and lingeringlove from the fans athome and abroad. Thef e a t u r e - l e n g t hdocumentary is expectedto be the number onemoney earner in thisyear.

“This Is It”premiered Tuesdayevening at NokiaTheater, Hollywood,with a red-carpetceremony. Some 5,000people had the chance towatch the long-expecteddocumentary. OnWednesday it startedscreening to public for alimited two-week run.

MNA/Xinhua

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A traditionallydressed Indian folk

dancer waits toperform on thesecond day of acrafts fair in the

northern Indian cityof Chandigarh on 25Oct, 2009. Hundredsof artists and crafts-

men thronged theten-day long craftsfair to perform and

sell theirhandicrafts.

INTERNET

A couple, with their motorbike decorated as anairplane, ride their motorcycle during a “Halloween

Convoy of Terror” in Cali on 29 Oct, 2009. Everyyear motorcycle enthusiasts dress up in outfits and

ride around Cali to celebrate Halloween.—INTERNET

An unidentified woman takes pictures to GP2racing car from a window of an hotel inside theYas Marina racetrack complex, in Abu Dhabi,

United Arab Emirates, on Friday, 30 Oct, 2009.The Emirates Formula One Grand Prix will take

place on Sunday, 1 Nov.—INTERNET

Strong earth-quake strikesnear Afghan-

Pakistanborder

ISLAMABAD, 30 Oct —A meteorology officialsays a strong earthquakehas shaken large areasof Pakistan and Afgh-anistan. There are no im-mediate reports of casual-ties or damage from theearthquake, which strucklate Thursday.

The quake was cen-tered in Afghanistan’sHindu Kush mountainsabout 160 miles (250kilometers north of Ka-bul. The US GeologicalSurvey says its prelimi-nary magnitude was 6.0,but Pakistani officialssaid it was 6.1.

It was felt in Pakistan’snorthwest and in thecapital, Islamabad, caus-ing some buildings toshake.—Internet

Internet addresses setfor change

SEOUL , 30 Oct — The internet regulator has ap-proved plans to allow non-Latin-script web addresses,in a move that is set to transform the online world.The board of Icann voted at its annual meeting in Seoulto allow domain names in Arabic, Chinese and otherscripts.More than half of the 1.6 billion people whouse the internet speak languages with non-Latin scripts.

It is being described as the biggest change to theway the internet works since it was created 40 yearsago. The first Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs)could be in use next year.Plans for IDNs were firstapproved at a meeting in June 2008, but testing of thesystem has been going on for two years. The movepaves the way for the internet’s Domain Name Sys-tem (DNS) to be changed so it can recognize and trans-late non-Latin characters.

The DNS acts like a phonebook, turning easily un-derstood domain names into strings of computer-read-able numbers, known as Internet Protocol (IP) ad-dresses. —Internet

German man dumped byBrazilian woman lives in

airport for 13 daysCAMPINAS, 30 Oct — A German man reportedly

dumped by a Brazilian woman he met on the Internetcamped out in an airport for 13 days before being takenon Thursday to a hospital for a psychological evalua-tion. The man, identified by authorities as HeinzMuller, was out of money and wouldn’t say when heplanned to leave, according to airport workers, someof whom brought him meals from the food court.

The 46-year-old former pilot spent his time wan-dering the airport in Campinas, an industrial city aboutan hour’s drive from Sao Paulo, and using his laptopperched on a luggage cart. Occasionally he spoke toworkers and passengers in basic Portuguese mixedwith some Spanish.While airport workers said theywere getting used to Muller’s presence and authori-ties said he could stay at the airport because he was inBrazil legally, doctors determined Muller needed tobe checked out.—Internet

Sony stays in the red, trims annualloss forecast

TOKYO, 30 Oct—Sonyreported a smaller-than-expected 26.3 billion yen($289 million) quarterlyloss as cost cuts com-bined with healthy salesof PlayStation 3 gameconsoles and MichaelJackson hits helped itinch toward recovery.

The Japanese electron-ics and entertainment gi-ant has been battered bythe global slowdown,sliding prices of gadgetsand its failure to producenew blockbuster con-sumer products.

But Tokyo-based SonyCorp said on Friday itnow expects a smallerflow of red ink for the fullfiscal year through

March 2010.It’s forecasting a 95

billion yen ($1 billion)loss compared with theinitial projection for a120 billion yen ($1.3 bil-lion) loss. The new fore-cast is marginally betterthan the 98.9 billion yenloss it suffered the previ-ous fiscal year.

Chief ExecutiveHoward Stringer has pro-

mised a turnaround atSony since taking thehelm in 2005, but con-vincing results have beenslow in coming.Stringerhas appointed a new andyounger managementteam that he says will bet-ter bring together Sony’ssprawling empire, in-cluding gaming, elec-tronics and entertain-ment.—Internet

Samsung 3Q profit triplesto record as sales jump

SEOUL, 30 Oct—Samsung Electronics Cosaid third-quarter net profittripled to a record amid in-creased sales of flat screenTVs and mobile phonesand higher prices for com-puter memory chips. Theworld’s top producer ofcomputer memory chips,flat screen televisions andliquid crystal displaysearned 3.72 trillion won($3.14 billion) in the threemonths ended Sept. 30, itsaid Friday. Samsungposted net profit of 1.22 tril-lion won a year earlier.

The quarterly net profitwas an all-time high for thecompany, said spokesmanReuben Staines. The previ-ous record was 3.14 trillionwon in the first quarter of2004.Sales at the Suwon,South Korea-based com-pany rose 29 percent to24.86 trillion won during

the quarter from 19.3 tril-lion won a year earlier.That was also a record,Staines said.Samsungshares rose 2.1 percent to733,000 won in late morn-ing trading. The companyreleased earnings resultsabout 30 minutes after thestock market opened. Thestock price has risen about62 percent this year.

The company said in astatement it benefited fromhigher prices for computermemory chips as well asincreased demand. Sales offlat screen TVs increased22 percent from the previ-ous three months.

Internet

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S P O R T S

DOHA, 30 Oct —World number one SerenaWilliams of the UnitedStates entered the semi-finals of the WTA Cham-pionships here on Thurs-day with a win over Rus-sian Elena Dementieva.Her 6-2, 6-4 victory con-firmed her as the firstplayer through to the lastfour at the season-endingtournament.

Her sister Venus, wholost to both Dementievaand Serena in her first twomatches, beat RussianSvetlana Kuznetsova 6-2,6-7 and 6-4 but must waitfor Friday’s results beforeknowing whether she willcontinue her action.

Teenager CarolineWozniacki of Denmark

ATHENS, 30 Oct —The Olympic Flame for Van-couver’s 21st Winter Olympic Games, which was kin-dled last week at Olympia, the birthplace of the Ol-ympics, was officially handed over to the Canadiandelegation by the Greek Olympic Committee on Thurs-day evening in Athens.

In a moving ceremony held at the Panathenian Sta-dium, where the first modern Olympics was hosted in1896, the Sacred flame finished its journey aroundGreece and began its trip to Canada. In the presenceof President of the Hellenic Republic KarolosPapoulias, the Governor General of Canada MichaelleJean, Greek minister of Culture Pavlos Geroulanos andother officials, Niki Georgiadou, a Greek figure skat-ing champion who is a student at Toronto, entered theStadium as the last torchbearer on Greek soil.

Ending the Greek leg of the 2,180 Torch Relaywhich on Thursday included a stop at the Acropolisand the New Acropolis Museum, under cheers fromthe crowd Georgiadou lit the altar.Then actress MariaNafpliotou dressed as High Priestess accompanied byother 14 priestesses kindled the torch and gave it toGreek Olympic Committee president SpyrosKapralos.— Xinhua

MADRID, 30 Oct —Real Madrid’s Portuguesewinger CristianoRonaldo, who has beensidelined with an anklesprain for most of the pastmonth, said Thursday heis not the Spanish club’s“saviour”.”We’re not go-ing through a great mo-ment but I’m also not thesaviour of the nation,” the24-year-old told reporters

ZURICH , 30 Oct — Soc-cer’s governing body FIFAwill work with the WorldAnti-Doping Agency(WADA) to step up thepressure on drug cheats inthe sport, possibly withcycling-style biologicalpassports.” This is a strat-egy which could be ex-tremely beneficial in thenext few years,” WADApresident John Fahey toldreporters after meeting hisopposite number SeppBlatter at FIFA headquar-ters Thursday.

“We welcome thispartnership and we arehappy that such an impor-tant sport is prepared towork with us,” he added,although he warned itcould take time toimplement.”It will notnecessarily bring resultsstraight away.”SinceJanuary 2008, the Interna-tional Cycling Union(UCI) has collected bloodsamples from all profes-sional riders to create amedical profile thatwould be compared withdata registered in anti-doping tests.

“This is a long-termproject and it’s worth-

LOS ANGELES, 30 Oct– Andre Agassi’s admis-sion he used a banneddrug in 1997 shouldserve as a wake-up call tothe ATP that they need toact now before they areshamed into it as a resultof a scandal, says DickPound.

“It has got to the pointwhere either these sports

Inter edge Palermo in eightgoal thriller

ROME , 30 Oct — Inter Milan ruined Walter Zenga’shomecoming by beating Palermo 5-3 in an eight-goalthriller at the San Siro on Thursday.

Zenga had threatened to upset his former employ-ers as his battling team fought back from a 4-0 half-time deficit to within a goal with a quarter of the gameremaining before Diego Milito settled things late on.

Former Italy goalkeeper Zenga, who spent 12 yearsas an Inter player, was given a standing ovation whenhe arrived but his team was then ripped apart in a pain-ful first 45 minutes, seemingly making a mockery ofhis pre-match claims that his side would challengefor the title.

Internet

PARIS , 30 Oct—The French leaguematch between Marseille and ParisSaint-Germain that was postponed dueto an outbreak of swine flu at PSG at theweekend has been rescheduled for 20November, the French ProfessionalLeague (LFP) confirmed on Tuesday.

The new date “suits both clubs as wellas television rights holder Canal+,” theLFP said in a statement, adding thatMarseille and PSG’s scheduled leaguematches for 21 November againstSochaux and Boulogne respectively

Serena into semis of WTAChampionship

Serena Williams of UShits a return to ElenaDementieva of Russiaduring their WTA TourChampionships tennismatch in Doha on 29Oct, 2009.— XINHUA

remained undefeated atthe 4.5 million dollarschampionships afterbeating Russian VeraZvonareva in a WhiteGroup match. The 19-year-old won 6-0, 6-7 and6-4 despite suffering ago-nising cramps in her leftthigh.

Xinhua

Olympic Flame on its way toVancouver 2010 Winter Olympics

Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games chief JohnFurlong (L) receives the Olympic Flame from the

President of the Hellenic Olympic Committee SpirosKapralos during the flame handing over ceremonyfor the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.— XINHUA

New date for Marseille-PSG gamewould now take place on 2 December.

Marseille coach Didier Deschampssaid that 20 November had been the bestsolution offered.

“Different dates were proposedwhich we refused, notably at the begin-ning of January when four players willbe at the African Nations Cup and on22 November, three days before or tripto Milan for the Champions League,which for me was unthinkable,” saidDeschamps.

Internet

Ronaldo says he is not RealMadrid’s ‘saviour’

Real Madrid’s Portu-guese forward CristianoRonaldo (L) attends a

training session inMadrid. —INTERNET

when asked about thestring of losses which theclub have suffered in hisabsence.

Real have sufferedthree losses without the94-million-euro signing,including a 4-0 SpanishCup route away to third-division club Alcorcon onTuesday which have ledto calls for the resignationof coach ManuelPellegrini.”We lost, no-body’s happy, nobody ex-pected it, the team did notplay well, but we have toraise our heads. The worldis not going to end be-cause of that,” Ronaldoadded.

Ronaldo has been in-jured ever since Real’s 3-0 Champions League winover Marseille at the endof September when hewas tackled by the Frenchside’s Senegalese de-fender SouleymaneDiawara.—Internet

FIFA considers biologicalpassports to fight doping

while exploring,” saidFIFA chief medical officerJiri Dvorak, adding thatFIFA carried out 33,000doping tests each year.”Ofthese, 0.3 percent testpositive and these aremostly with social drugssuch as marijuana and co-caine,” said Dvorak. Hesaid 0.03 percent of the33,000 tested positive forperformance-enhancingdrugs.

FIFA and WADA wereuntil recently involved ina series of disputes, mainlyover the controversialwhereabouts rule whichrequires athletes to givethree months’ notice ofwhere they will be for anhour each day.—Internet

Agassi’s confession:a ‘wake-up call for ATP’

Andre Agassi.

organizations enforce therules or someone likecongress is going to say‘we gave you a chance tomanage your affairsproperly and now we aregoing to take it over,’”said Pound, the formerpresident of the WorldAnti-Doping Agency.

Eight-time grand slamchampion Agassi admit-ted in his autobiography,called Open, that he’dtaken the highly-addic-tive drug crystal metham-phetamine and then liedto the Association of Ten-nis Professionals (ATP)to escape a ban.

Internet

Inter Milan’s Cameroonian forward Samuel Eto’o(C) challenges Palermo’s Argentinian defender

Javier Pastore (L) and Palermo’s midfielder GiulioMigliaccio (R) during their Serie A football match

Inter Milan vs Palermo at San Siro Stadium inMilan.—INTERNET

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Local Transmission

* Signature Tune

* Song of Myanma Beauty & Scenic Sights

* Full Moon Day of Tazaungmon

* Wonderful Tazaungdaing Nights in PyinOoLwin

* From Yangon to the Peak of Mt. Victoria

* Come and Visit Our Khami Land (Rakhine State)

* Myanmar Modern Song

* Thadingyut Festival of 9000 Lights: Zalun Pyidawpyan

Pagoda Glows Bright


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* Signature Tune


* Full Moon Day of Tazaungmon

* Wonderful Tazaungdaing Nights in PyinOoLwin

* From Yangon to the Peak of Mt. Vicoria

* Come and Visit Our Khami Land (Rakhine State)


* Thadingyut Festival of 9000 Lights: Zalun Pyidawpyan

Pagoda Glows Bright

* Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon): A Jewel of

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* Art from the Heart

* Beautiful Magway


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MRTV-3Programme Schedule(31-10-2009) (Saturday)

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

isolated in Shan and Rakhine States, Bago, Ayeyawady and

Taninthayi Divisions, weather has been partly cloudy in

the remaining States and Divisions. The noteworthy amounts

of rainfall recorded were Pathein and Gwa (0.27) inch each

and Hinthada (0.15) inch.

Maximum temperature on 29-10-2009 was 96°F.

Minimum temperature on 30-10-2009 was 70°F. Relative

humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 30-10-2009 was 75%.

Total sun shine hours on 29-10-2009 was (9.3) hours approx.

Rainfall on 30-10-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-

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

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

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

at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from Southeast at (12:30)

hours MST on 29-10-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the Andaman

Sea and South Bay and generally fair elsewhere in the Bay

of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 31st October 2009: Rain

or thundershowers are likely to be isolated in Rakhine

State, Bago, Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions and weather

will be partly cloudy in the remaining States and Divisions.

Degree of certainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Fair weather in the

whole Country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for31-10-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for31-10-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.

Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for31-10-2009: Partly cloudy.

Weather outlook for first weekend of November 2009:During the coming weekend, likelihood of isolated rain or

thundershowers in Yangon Division, weather will be partly

cloudy in Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay Division.

WEATHERFriday, 30th October, 2009

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Rafa admits Gerrard strugglesFears grow over surgery needed

for Reds skipper

LONDON, 30 Oct—Liverpool boss RafaBenitez has admittedSteven Gerrard isstruggling to recoverfrom his groin injury.

Gerrard has missedLiverpool’s last twogames with the probleminitially picked up on

international duty withEngland earlier thismonth.

The Reds skipper islikely to be again missingfor Saturday’s trip toFulham amid fears hecould need surgery tosolve the problem.

Better news on theinjury front for Benitez isthat Fernando Torres islikely to face Fulhamdespite struggling with asimilar problem toGerrard. “Both have tokeep going,” saidBenitez. “Gerrard is stillworking with the physioso we will see.

“Hopefully, Torreswill be okay, but forGerrard maybe it moredifficult.”—Internet

Staff members show two silver commemorativecoins for the 60th anniversary of the founding of thePeople’s Republic of China, at the BeijingInternational Coin Expo in Beijing, capital of China,

on 30 Oct, 2009.—XINHUA

Steven Gerrard

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14th Waxing of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Saturday, 31 October, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

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

troubles

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

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 30 Oct—The Ministry of Healthhas been taking preventive measures against NewInfluenza A/H1N1 with added momentum since 28April. Up to now, a total of 63 cases infected withNew Influenza A/H1N1 had been confirmed, but nocasualties. Of them, a total of 61 patients had beendischarged from the hospitals as they had fullyrecovered and there are still two patients at hospitalwith improved health conditions.

The ministry urged the public to follow thewarnings on New Influenza A/H1N1 and to cooper-ate in preventive measures against the virus.

MNA

Earthquake NewsNAY PYI TAW, 30 Oct—The Meteorology and

Hydrology Department announced that a moderateearthquake of intensity (6.0) Richter Scale with itsepicenter about (2100) miles north-west of Kaba-Aye Seismological observatory outside of Myanmar(Afghanistan) was recorded at (00) hrs (14) min (31)sec MST on 30 October 2009.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30 Oct—The final match of the25th Defence Services Commander-in-Chief’s Tro-phy U-21 Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air) FootballTournament 2009 was held in conjunction with theprize presentation ceremony at Nay Pyi Taw SportsGround No. 1, here, at 3 pm today, attended byAdjutant-General Lt-Gen Thura Myint Aung.

Among the spectators were Commander of NayPyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, senior mili-tary officers of the Ministry of Defence, guests andreferees.

In the final match, Eastern Command team beatDefence Services (Air).

Senior military officers of the Ministry of De-fence presented cash awards to third prize winningNorth-West Command team, second prize winningDefence Services (Air) team and first prize winningEastern Command team.

The commander of Nay Pyi Taw Commandgave away best player awards for respective places tothe winners and Fairplay Award to Defence Services(Air) team.

On behalf of the Commander-in-Chief of De-fence Services, Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Thura MyintAung presented championship trophy and duplicatetrophy to Eastern Command team.—MNA

Eastern Command team emerges championin Tatmadaw U-21 Football Tourney

Preventivemeasures against

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Adjutant-

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