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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment 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 inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

His Excel-lency Mr AbhisitVejjajiva was born on 3August 1964 in New-castle, the United King-dom. He obtained Bach-elor of Law and Honor-ary Doctorate in Lawfrom RamkhamhaengUniversity, Bachelor ofArts in Philosophy, Poli-tics and Economics(PPE) with first ClassHonours and Master ofPhilosophy (M.Phil.) inEconomics fromOxford University inUK. Moreover, he alsojoined Eton College inUK and ChulalongkornDemonstration Schoolin Thailand.

He became

Curriculum Vitae of H.E. MrAbhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister

of Kingdom of Thailand

Prime Minister Mr AbhisitVejjajiva of the Kingdom of

Thailand.Prime Minister U Thein Sein looksinto Ayeyawady Bridge (Pakokku)

construction projectNAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct—Prime Minister

U Thein Sein, accompanied by ministers, deputyministers and departmental heads, on 8 Octoberafternoon, left here by air and arrived inNyaungU of Mandalay Region where he waswelcomed by Chairman of Mandalay RegionPeace and Development Council Commanderof Central Command Brig-Gen Ye Aung, Chair-

man of Sagaing Region PDC Commander ofNorth-West Command Brig-Gen Soe Lwin,Chairman of Magway Region PDC U PhoneMaw Shwe and officials.

The Prime Minister looked intoprogress of Ayeyawady Bridge (Pakokku) onLetpanchepaw bank in NyaungU Township.

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Prime Minister U Thein Sein meets Rector Dr U Cho and faculty members atPakokku University.—MNA

Construction site of

Ayeyawady Bridge

(Pakokku) seen on

Letpanchepaw Bank

in NyaungU

Township,

Mandalay Region.

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special lecturer in Economics at Oxford University and lecturer atThammasart University’s Faculty of Economics as well as heserved as a lecturer at Chulachomklao Royal Military Academyuntil 1992.

He was the Government spokeperson from 1992-1994.In 1994, he served as the Deputy Secretary to the Prime Ministeron Political Affairs. In 1995, he was Chair of House Committeeon Education Affairs. In 1998, he was Chair of the Committee toConsider the National Education Bill of 1999 of the House ofRepresentative. In 2001, he was appointed as Minister to the

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 11 October, 2010

Monday, 11 October, 2010

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

People’s Desire

Improve ecotourism withenvironmental conservation

Much of Myanmar is covered in denseforest. Myanmar is a land of tourist attractionsbased on natural ecology and beach resortssuch as Ngapali, Ngwehsaung, Setse andChaungtha where people can enjoy naturalbeauty for relaxation and recreation.

Myanmar has a large number of ecology-based tourist destinations. KhakaboraziNational Gardens in Nagmon Township,Kachin State, for instance, has an area of1472 square miles. In the tourist centre,tourists can study natural ecology of snow-capped mountains, pine forests, tropical forestcamps, biodiversity, and cultures andtraditions of national races.

In addition, Alaungtaw KatthaphaNational Gardens in Yinmabin Township,Sagaing Region, has Alaungtaw Kassapa, asacred place of Buddhists, along with tropicalforests, pine forests and wildlife. In PhokyarElephant Camp in Yedashe Township, BagoRegion, tourists can study natural teak forestsand elephants.

It is fair to say that Myanmar has thepotential for greater development of tourismindustry thanks to its many tourist resorts ofnatural ecology.

Local people can enjoy higher incomesand regional development if more ecologicaltourist attractions are established in the placeswith favourable conditions. So, the people areurged to conserve forests and biodiversities inconcert for their natural ecology.

YANGON, 10 Oct—With a view to havingcomputer knowledge for youths, NetInfo trainingschool will conduct Computer Hardware A+Course, which will take one and a half months, on14 October.

After ending the course, trainees will getthorough knowledge of the computer to bridgefurther study of internationally recognized networkcertificate courses.

Address to contact the training school isRoom No. 2, Building No. 4, Myanmar Info-Techin Hline Township, Yangon (Ph: 507045 and652291).—MNA

NetInfo to conductHardware A+ course on 14 Oct

Wai Yan (2) Electronic & ITshop opens

YANGON, 10 Oct—TMW Enterprise Ltdopened Wai Yan (2) Electronic & IT Shop at No. 90on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road in Bahan Townshipyesterday morning.

The shop arranges sales of over 2000electronics about refrigerator, washing machine,rice cooker, air-cons, blender, iron and freezer,home entertainment, iPhone, iPad, camera,computers, laptops and others and IT accessoriesfor buyers.

In commemoration of opening the shop,electronics and IT accessories are put on sales at 50per cent discount up to 31 October.

Arrangement is being made to launch thelaptop lucky draw programme for those who would

Electronic equipment seen at Wai Yan (2)Electronic & IT Shop of TMW Enterprise

Ltd.—MNA

Information Minister visits NyaungU District IPRD

NA Y PY I TA W, 10 Oct—Minister forInformation U Kyaw Hsan inspected NyaungUDistrict Information and Public RelationsDepartment in NyaungU Township, NyaungUDistrict, Mandalay Region, yesterday.

The minister held a meeting with heads andstaff of IPRDs of NyaungU District and NyaungUand Ngathayauk townships. He called forupgrading with four strengths the remaining 40

libraries that have yet to meet the five standardsof a standard library among the 234 self-reliantvillage libraries in NyaungU District. He urgedofficials to stimulate the reading habit of localpeople and speed up post-literary campaignsthrough extempore talks competitions, debates,essay competitions, reading sessions and bookreviews.

MNA

Minister U

Kyaw Hsan

inspects

NyaungU

District

Information

and Public

Relations

Department.

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take coupons from newspapers and journals.MNA

YANGON, 10 Oct—The amount of rainfall (240)mm (9.44) inches observed at (09:30) hours M.S.Ton 10th October, 2010 in MraukU is the (24-hrs) newmaximum rainfall record at the station for the monthof October during the last 33 years. The formerrecord was (228) mm (8.98) inches on 4th October,1980.—MNA

New Rainfall Record

YANGON, 10 Oct—STI Education has beenconducting the diplomacourses on logistics andmanagement since 2007.In cooperation withSingapore Institute ofMaterials Management(SIMM), STI hasorganized training coursesand workshops at homeand abroad.

SIMM to present stipend tostudents

Diploma holders ofSTI may directly attendthe second year course ofSIMM and advanceddiploma holders at the finalyear course. Oncompletion, they can getB. Com degree of CurtinUniversity of Australia.SIMM and STI makearrangements forpresenting stipend S$ 3000

to students.The interested persons

may contact STIEducation, Room-7, Hall-4, Myanmar Info-Tech,Hline Campus, Hline

Township, and No. 377on Shwebontha Street(Upper Block) in PabedanTownship, Tel: 250056,700273, 507152, 507048and 507151.—MNA

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The death toll fromflooding in centralVietnam jumped

further on Sunday,with 64 people listed

as killed and 19missing more than a

week after heavy rainsstruck the area.

INTERNET

Two Taleban commanders,two fighters killed

KABUL, 10 Oct—A senior Taleban commander andtwo other militants were killed in a firefight with NATO-Afghan forces in western Afghanistan, the militaryalliance said Sunday. Another Taleban leader, AjmalAgha Jan, also was killed Saturday in southern HelmandProvince’s Marjah District after he pulled a pistol on ajoint force that raided his compound, NATO said in astatement.

An Afghan-NATO unit moved in after intelligencesources tracked the first commander, identified as MullahJamaluddin, as he traveled in western Badghis province’sMurghab District Saturday. A gunbattle erupted and theTaleban leader and two militants were killed, NATO said.Provincial spokesman Sharaf Uddin Majidi confirmedNATO’s account.

“Jamaluddin was a very important person whoreceived support from much of the local community,”Majidi said. “His death will certainly lead to increasedpeace and stability.” Six senior Taleban were killed inoperations in Badghis and neighbouring FaryabProvince over the past two weeks, NATO said.

Internet

Pakistan to reopen border crossing usedby NATO

ISLAMABAD, 10 Oct—Pakistan said Saturday itwill reopen a key bordercrossing and allowconvoys to resumedelivering supplies toNATO troops inAfghanistan, ending a 10-day blockade duringwhich trucks werestranded on their way tothe border and almost 150were destroyed byattackers.

Pakistan closed thenorthwest crossing atTorkham on 30 Sept in anapparent protest over aNATO helicopterincursion that killed twoof its soldiers on theborder.

Since the closure therehave been almost dailyattacks on the scores oftrucks stranded on theirway to Torkham from theport city of Karachi, and

Local residents lookto burning oiltankers after a

militant attack inMithri, about 200kilometers (120miles) east of

Quetta, Pakistan on 9 Oct, 2010.

INTERNET

TEHERAN, 10 Oct— Iran is ready tohold talks with six major powers overits nuclear programme “in late Octoberor early November,” Foreign MinisterManouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday.

“We think late October or earlyNovember will be an appropriate datefor the talks by the representatives ofIran and 5+1 countries,” Mottaki told anews conference.

He gave no details about the venueof the talks. Western officials say theycould take place in Vienna or Geneva.

“If Iran is ready to hold talks, allthey need to do is pick up the phone andset a date,” US State Departmentspokesman PJ Crowley said. Talksbetween Iran and the five permanentmembers of the UN Security Council— the United States, Britain, France,Russia and China — as well as Germany

Iran may be ready for nuclear talks bylate October

— meant to address concerns aboutTeheran’s uranium enrichment, stalledin October last year, leading to atoughening of international sanctions.A spokesman for European Unionforeign policy chief Catherine Ashtonsaid there was no official date set fornuclear talks with Iran.

“This is news to us. There has beenno official date set for talks, nor hasthere been any official correspondencereceived by Ashton or her services withregard to a date for talks,” the spokesmansaid. Ashton “remains ready to talk andis hopeful this can happen very soon,”he said.

The United States and its Europeanallies fear Iran’s declared civiliannuclear energy programme is a cover todevelop the capability of producingnuclear weapons.—Reuters

British aid worker diesduring rescue mission

KABUL, 10 Oct—A female British aid workerkidnapped nearly two weeks ago was killed when oneof her captors detonated a bomb as NATO forces weretrying to rescue her in eastern Afghanistan, officialssaid Saturday.

Linda Norgrove died Friday in Kunar Provincewhere she was abducted in an ambush on 26 Sept alongwith three of her Afghan colleagues, who were laterreleased.

“Working with our allies we received informationabout where Linda was being held and we decided that,given the danger she was facing, her best chance of saferelease was to act on that information,” British ForeignSecretary William Hague said in a statement.

Internet

In this black and whitephoto made available on 9Oct, 2010, from the British

Foreign andCommonwealth Office

(FCO) showing kidnappedBritish aid worker LindaNorgrove, who was beingheld by Afghan captors,

who has been killed duringa rescue attempt by NATO

forces.INTERNET

on those bottlenecked onthe roads to a smallercrossing at Chaman in thesouthwest that hasremained open.

Just hours before theannouncement of thereopening, gunmen armedwith a rocket attacked 29tankers carrying NATO

fuel supplies which hadbeen stopped outside aroadside restaurant insouthwestern Pakistan,setting them ablaze, localgovernment officialAbdul Mateen said.—Internet

Suspected drone strike killseight in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, 10 Oct—A suspected drone strikekilled eight people in northwest Pakistan on Sunday,two intelligence officials said.The eight weresuspected militants, according to the Pakistaniofficials.

Three to four missiles appear to have been firedon a house in Shoh subdivision of North Waziristan,the officials said.They did not want to be namedbecause they are not authorized to speak to themedia.

The United States does not officially commenton suspected drone strikes. But it is the only countryoperating in the region known to have the ability tolaunch missiles from drones, which are controlledremotely.—Internet

Roadside bombs kill Seven,including Two NATO troopsKABUL, 10 Oct– Roadside bombs killed seven

people including two NATO troops in war-torn Af-ghanistan Sunday, as a suicide bomber blew up hisvehicle near a military convoy, killing a child andwounding two other people.Daily violence contin-ues unabated throughout much of Afghanistan.

Five members of a family died in a roadsidebombing in eastern Paktia Province. Two NATO ser-vice members were killed in a blast on a highway insouthern Afghanistan, NATO said.

The suicide car bombing occurred in east-ern Khost province's Mandozai District, killing a childbystander while only slightly damaging.— Internet

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Technology

Science

United Arab Emirates scraps BlackBerry ban

Sound waves aidin bone healing

LONDON, 10 Oct—European researcherssay pulses of high-frequency sound havebeen found tosignificantly speed upthe healing of brokenbones.

In a study, patientswith fractured shin-bones, or tibias, thathad not healed properlyafter four months weret rea ted wi th theultrasound therapy, TheDai ly Te legraphreported on Friday.

Over a period of 16weeks the treatmentresulted in 34 per centgreater bone density atthe in jury s i te , thenewspaper said.

A smal l emi t t e rconnec ted to ahandhe ld con t ro l le rdelivers the treatment,called LIPUS for low-in tens i ty pu l sed

ultrasound.Therapy sessions in

the study, conducted bya t eam of Germanscientists , lasted 20minutes each day.

“These f ind ingsdemons t ra te s ig -n i f i can t ly g rea te rprogress toward bonehealing after LIPUStreatment compared tono LIPUS treatment insub jec t s wi th es ta -blished delayed unionsof the tibia,” said DrJon Block, a consultantfor the San Francisco-based medical devicecompany Smith andNephew, which backedthe study.

Delayed “union,”the knitting together ofbroken bones, occurs inaround 4.4 percent oftibial fractures, TheDaily Telegraph said.

Internet

Don’t overthrowKyoto Protocol

TIANJIN, 10 Oct—AChinese official saidsome developed nationsare trying to rewrite theKyoto Protocol, a UNprogramme to reduce theemission of green-housegases.

The reason for doingso, said China’s chiefclimate changenegotiator, Su Wei, is sothey can avoid setting theemission cut target after2012, a key issue inongoing talks, Xinhuareported Saturday.

Wei, speaking

Saturday at the UNclimate talks held in thenorth China city ofTianjin, said, “Anymoves that aim tooverthrow the KyotoProtocol should bedenounced.”

About 3,100delegates from 177parties under the UNFramework Conventionon Climate Change andthe Kyoto Protocol werein Tianjin to pave the wayfor “concrete outcomes”at an environmentalsummit to be held inCancun later this year, thereport said.

Wei said somewealthy countries aretrying to create animpression thatdeveloping countrieswere blocking climate-change negotiations.

Internet

An Emirati couple at the Blackberry stand, at amobile phone dealer shop in Dubai, United Arab

Emirates, on 8 Oct, 2010. The United ArabEmirates on Friday backed off a threat to cut key

BlackBerry services, just days before a plannedban that could have harmed the country’s

business-friendly reputation.XINHUA

Google getting larger in Apple’srearview mirror

Astronaut twins to joinup in orbit

In this 8 Oct, 2010 filephoto, US astronaut Scott

Kelly, a crew member ofthe mission to the

International SpaceStation, accompanied byhis brother Mark Kelly,

right, walks to the rocketahead of the launch of the

Soyuz-FG rocket at theRussian-leased

cosmodrome in Baikonur,Kazakhstan.—INTERNET

CAPE CANAVERAL, 10 Oct—The stars may havefinally aligned for the world’s only space siblingteam.

Astronaut Scott Kelly is circling the planet,fresh into a 5 1/2-month space station mission. Hisidentical twin, Mark, will join him next year, ifNASA’s shuttle schedule holds up.Together, theywill become the first blood relatives to meet up in space.

“It’s something we hoped would happen,” Mark said. “It wasn’t done bydesign. But we’re fortunate. I think it will be fun for us.”

Scott is the International Space Station’s next commander. He took offaboard a Russian Soyuz rocket early Friday — texting and joking with hisbrother right until launch — and arrived at the orbiting complex Saturdaynight.

Mark is space shuttle Endeavour’s next commander. He’s due to take offat the end of February and knock on the space station door 1 March. It’scurrently slated to be NASA’s last shuttle flight.—Internet

SAN FRANCISCO, 10 Oct—It seemedAndroid smartphones was all anyoneat a telecoms industry pow-wow inCalifornia talked about this week.After years alone in the limelight,Apple Inc’s(AAPL.O) iPhone nowshares it with a slew of devices builton Google’s (GOOG.O) operatingsystem. At the CTIA wireless industryshow in San Francisco, Androidsmartphones, such as Motorola’sDroid, Samsung’s Galaxy S and

HTC’s Evo, dominated displays andconversations. Sales of the iPhoneare still growing at a healthy clip andits annual smartphone launchesgenerate hype that rivals only dreamof matching. In addition, Apple couldget another boost if Verizon Wirelessgets the iPhone on its network nextyear, as many expect.

But Android is giving Apple arun for its money in the consumermarket, according to research data.Android was the most popularplatform among US customers whobought smartphones in the past sixmonths, despite the launch of theiPhone 4 in June, Nielsen reported.

“Anybody who watches it with akeen eye would be crazy to assumethat Android wouldn’t gain moreshare than Apple over time,” PacificCrest Securi t ies analyst AndyHargreaves said. “They’ve got moredevices, they’re going to be on morenetworks across a wider spectrum ofprice points.”

Android has effectively expandedthe smartphone market, which hadbeen dominated by Apple in theconsumer space and Research inMotion (RIM.TO) in the businessworld.—Internet

TORONTO, 10 Oct—Research In Motion Ltd.averted a ban on its BlackBerry smartphone in theUnited Arab Emirates after the country’s phoneregulator said yesterday that the company’smessaging services now comply with localregulations.

All BlackBerry services in the United ArabEmirates will continue to operate as normal, theTelecommunications Regulatory Authority, whichhad threatened to ban the service over securityconcerns, said on its website. The regulator didn’tgive further details of how the company addressedthe concerns.

Research In Motionsaid yesterday that itcontinues to follow theprinciples for workingwith governmentofficials it laid out in an12 Aug statement andwouldn’t commentfurther . In thatstatement, the companysaid i t doesn’t do“special deals forspecific countries,’’ andthere have been nochanges to the securityof its corporate e-mailsystem.

Xinhua

A customer leaves the new Applestore, which is the world’s largest, onits opening day at Covent Garden in

London on 7 August, 2010.—INTERNET

Boost Mobile continues to enhanceits handset lineup on the NationwideSprint Network with the launch of

the BlackBerry(R) Curve(TM) 8530smartphone.

INTERNET

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Health

Business

Anorexia, bulimia affecting older patientsLONDON, 10 Oct—

Once considered adisease primarilyaffecting young women,anorexia and bulimia arenow disorders found inolder patients, doctors inBritain said.

Several things cantrigger the eatingdisorders, and patients 60years and older are nowbeing treated for thedisease, The Guardiannewspaper reported.

“Five or 10 yearsago, I would’ve seen one

case of an older persondeveloping an eatingdisorder about onceevery year or two. Butnow I see them moreoften about five newpatients a year with lateonset anorexia nervosa orbulimia,” said SylviaDahabra, a Newcastlepsychiatrist who worksfor the regional specialisteating disorders service.

Numerous eventsmay cause the onset oflate-stage anorexia andbulimia, and it can also

Ford, union reach dealon small-car plant

DEARBORN, 10 Oct—The United AutoWorkers and Ford MotorCo avoided wagechanges in a tentativecontract for workers atthe Michigan AssemblyPlant, a union officialsaid.

The deal wouldallow Ford to go forwardwith plans to build theFord Focus compact carat the plant, the DetroitFree Press reportedSaturday.

The deal, althoughstructured differentlythan one union workersat General Motors agreedto earlier in the week,could be critical for thefuture of the industry, asit allows Ford to make aprofit with a small car.

At GM, workersagreed to a two-tier wagestructure that sets somepay at $14 per hour and

Ford Motor Company’slogo hangs from theirdisplay at the North

American InternationalAuto Show at the Cobo

Centre in Detroit,Michigan.INTERNET

some at $28 per hour.Some GM workers,angered by the plan, havescheduled a protest, thenewspaper said.

At Ford, however,“Right now, we are nottalking about wages,”said UAW Vice PresidentJimmy Settles.

“There are manyways to createefficiencies withoutlooking at wages,” hesaid.—Internet

Apple to produce iPhonesusing Verizon

SAN FRANCISCO, 10Oct— Apple, which haslimited the iPhone toAT&T, will make itavailable on VerizonWireless, a source closeto the company saidFriday.

The iPhone has beenlosing market share tosmart phones usingGoogle’s Android system,which is compatible withVerizon, the largestwireless carrier in theUnited States.

Apple and Verizonwill begin selling thephone early next year, asource with ties to thecompany said, speakingon condition ofanonymity.

Apple and VerizonWireless declined tocomment Friday.

The long-awaitedarrival of the iPhone onVerizon could reset thesmartphone market in the

President Barack Obama is

videoed by an attendee with

an iPhone as he deliversremarks at the Historically

Blacks Colleges and

Universities reception.

INTERNET

United States. The iPhoneremains the best-sellingsmartphone, but aroundthe world, many carrierscompeting with AT&Thave been promotingmodels running onAndroid.

This week, Nielsenreported that Androidaccounted for 32 percentof the new smartphonessold in the United States inlast six months. The iPhoneaccounted for only 25percent.—Internet

affect men, the reportsaid. “The person canlose their job, suffer abereavement, have achild or see theirrelationship breakdown,” Dahabra said.

“As a result, theirmood deteriorates andthey develop adepressive illness. Theylose their appetite andthen lose weight .”Stewart Craig, whosedaughter died ofanorexia in 2007, said ithas the highest mortality

rate of any mentali l lness, includingdepression, schi-zophrenia and bipolardisorder. Natasha Craig,35, weighed just 64pounds when she died,her father said.

“I think that anorexiais a bit like being analcoholic, except thatwith alcohol it’s mucheasier because you cangive up drinking; but youcan’t give up eating,”Craig said.

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Germany welcome to join SouthStream

MOSCOW, 10 Oct—Germany is welcome to takepart in the Russian-led South Stream pipeline thataims to transport Russian gas to Europe, the primeministers of Russia and Italy said on Saturday.

Press reports have said Wintershall, the oil andgas subsidiary of Germany’s BASF, is interestedin the pipeline and may take a stake of up to 20percent by the end of the year.

“As for the participation of one Germancompany, I think that this would be an absolutelypositive contribution,” Italian Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi told his Russian counterpartVladimir Putin in talks in Saint Petersburg.

“This would show an interest from the EuropeanUnion in this very important project which isdesigned to deliver gas to the European Union,” headded in comments broadcast on Russian statetelevision. Putin replied that this was “perfect” andwould be worked on by the participants in theSouth Stream project.

The company involved was not named butWintershall has been the one German firmrepeatedly cited in recent press reports. Reportsthat a stake has been offered to German power firmRWE were denied in July.

Wintershall’s involvement may be seen as ablow for the competing EU-backed Nabuccopipel ine which aims to reduce Europeandependency on Russian energy by transporting gasfrom Central Asia and the Caucasus direct toEurope.—Internet

A worker is seen at a Boehringer Ingelheim

research facility in Vienna, Austra in a

handout photo.

INTERNET

LONDON, 10 Oct—Thanks to a computer error, hundreds of British familieswere told mistakenly that their children were overweight, the governmentadmitted.

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has halted the notifications until theglitch is fixed, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.

Millions of schoolchildren are weighed at the beginning and end of theschool year for the National Child Measurement Programme to combat childobesity.

“Parental feedback letters,” generated by a computer programme, are sentadvising parents if their offspring need to lose weight.

Government sources believe 2,500 children may have been incorrectlyweighed and measured, and hundreds told they were overweight, because ofa software error.

For example, children with a healthy body mass index centile of 87 werewrongly told they were overweight.—Internet

Newly wed couples pose at a photo session during amass wedding ceremony at the Hokkien Association

building in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia, on 10 Oct, 2010.—INTERNET

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NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct— U Tha Ban Aung, Vice-Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of Khami National Development Party, presented party’s policy,stance and work programmes on radio and TV on 10 October.

The translation of his presentation is as follows:-

Esteemed national brethren,I am U Tha Ban Aung, Vice-Chairman of

the Central Executive Committee of KhamiNational Development Party.

Our party will compete in three seats for theAmyotha Hluttaw in the free and fair multipartydemocracy general elections to be held on 7November 2010.

Candidate U Sein Hla Kyaw of our partywi l l compete in MraukU Township andCandidate U Maung Tha Tun in PonnagyunTownship and U Shwe Khaing (a) Maung KyawKhaing in Buthidaung Township of MaungtawDistrict.

Our Khami ethnic people are living inMraukU, Kyauktaw, Ponnagyun, Pauktaw,Yathedaung, Buthidaung and Maungtawtownships in northern Rakhine State, and PaletwaTownship of Chin State. Those residing inPaletwa Township are called Aphya Khami andthose in Rakhine State, Awa Khami.

In Rakhine State, Khami ethnic group isdifferent in Wakon ethnic language group andArai ethnic language group. Rakhines call usMro or Chin or Taungtha or Khamwi in sometownships. As such, our ethnic group is called intwo names, Khami or Mro.

Khami National Development Party is formedfor enhancing socio-status of Khami ethnicpeople in line with the constitution.Esteemed national brethren,

In Khami language, Matsi or Khami or Yi

means Khami ethnic. Khami ethnic people whohave been residing in Rakhine State since yore togetherwith other national brethren through thick and thinparticipated in the independence struggle, anti-colonialist, anti-Fascist freedom and national freedomactivities in their respective roles.Esteemed national brethren,

The policies of our party are as follows:-Policy of the party

(a) to cooperate with all the national races toenable the Union of Myanmar to stand tallamong the global countries,

(b) to join hands with national races inreal iz ing the discipl ine-f lour ishingmultiparty democracy system,

(c) to focus on improvement of physical andmental characters of Khami ethnic peopleand to encourage all-round developmentof other ethnic people,

(d) to forge Union Spirit based family spiriton friendly relations among the nationalraces wi th mutual respect , mutualassistance and mutual tolerance,

(e) to preserve our traditions, customs, cultureand national characters and to enhancethem in conformity with the changing time

Esteemed national people of the Union,I would like to continue my presentation on

basic principles for implementation of the taskswith regard to the policies of the party. They are:

(a) all the national races to strive for enablingthe Union of Myanmar to stand tall amongthe countries through national unity

(b) to realize multiparty democracy based onmutual interest, mutual respects, personalrights and freedom among the nationalraces

(c) to make all-out efforts for improvement ofour ethnic group and other national races

(d) to cooperate with other national races incarrying out national duty based on theUnion Spirit

(e) to join hands with other national races or

Khami National Development Partypresents its policy, stance and work programmes

other nationalrace groups inu n d e r t a k i n gd e v e l o p m e n ttasks ifnecessary.

Esteemed nat ionalpeople,

I have presented abrief account of theemergence of our partyand party policies. Our party has opened itsheadquarters at No. 114 on Hsaungku Road in Ward1 of Sittway, Rakhine State.

The design of the flag of our party is madewith green, white and blue colours in equal ratio.The flag is three portions in length with green atthe bottom, white in the middle and blue at thetop.

A red star called Makhi is located at the leftcorner of the flag on the blue part. Blue colourof the f lag means the sky as peace andtranquility. The red colour of the star meansbravery and activeness.

The white colour means honesty. The greencolour represents the Earth which means lushand green environment and sincerity.

The brooch of the party is illustrated with“Wa” mayet (a) yellow bird with the bluebackground. The yellow bird on the branchmeans integrity and peace.Esteemed national people of the Union andnational voters in Rakhine State,

We all have been residing in Rakhine Stateas national races since yore through thick andthin. With the assistance of Rakhine nationals,we could carry out national and religious tasks.Time has come to forge the national unity andcarry out development tasks. As we are an ethnicparty of Rakhine national race, we would like torequest you all to cast votes for our KhamiNational Development Party with yellow birdsymbol.

WASHINGTON, 10 Oct—OPEC isseeing evidence of sluggish economicgrowth reflected in the demand forpetroleum, and views weakness likelyto persist into 2011, the cartel’s topofficial said Saturday. OPEC SecretaryGeneral Abdalla Salem El-Badri,speaking to global economic officialsgathered in Washington, said there aresigns global growth is sputtering nowthat many countries are ending theirstimulus efforts.

“The impact of slowing economicrecovery on oil demand is alreadyevident, as growth in oil consumptionis easing in some parts of the world,”said the head of the Organization ofPetroleum Exporting Countries.

“Next year, the situation is notexpected to improve considerably. In

OPEC sees sluggish global growth Cycling hero Cavendish goes for gold in DelhiNEW DELHI, 10 Oct— Tour de France

hero Mark Cavendish will be the man tobeat in the cycling road race at theCommonwealth Games on Sunday. TheIsle of Man speedster, who won gold onthe track at Melbourne four years ago, iscoming off a disappointing finish in theworld championships in Australia lastweek.

But on what is a generally a flat168km course, the devastating sprintfinish that has turned Cavendish into asuperstar of cycling would normallyprevail. He will have strong oppositionthough from veteran Scot David Miller,Australia’s Allan Davis, who was thirdin Melbourne last week, and RobertHunter of South Africa. It is the womenwho race first, however, with NicoleCooke looking to give Wales their first

fact, world economic growth isprojected to be lower than in the currentyear.

Thus, continued slow growth inoil demand is expected in 2011 ataround 1.0 million barrels per day, inline with the growth level of the currentyear.” Moreover, he said much of thedemand is coming from developingcountries including China, India, andsome in the Middle East and LatinAmerica.

El-Badri, speaking at annualmeetings of the International MonetaryFund and World Bank, said crude oilprices have been relatively stable inthe past 12 months, holding in a rangeof 70 to 85 dollars a barrel followingextraordinary volatility in the priorperiod.—Internet

gold medal of the Games after five silversin the face of a challenge from England’sEmma Poole and Liz Armitstead amongothers.

The divers also enter the fray on Sundaywith Australia’s Matt Mitchell favourite inthe men’s 1m springboard and there willbe the first gold medals awarded in thelawn bowls in the men’s and women’striples.

The heavyweights take to the stage forthe final day of the weightliftingcompetition, while in tennis, SomdevDevvarman will look to do what SaniaMirza failed to achieve in winning singlesgold for hosts India.

Mirza lost a heartbreaker in a decidingset tie-break to Australia’s AnastasiaRodionova.

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NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct—Chairman of National Democratic Force Dr Than Nyein presented party’s policy, stance and work programmes on radio and TV on10 October.

The translation of his presentation is as follows:-

Esteemed people,

Let me give a brief account of the emergence

of our party.

The majority of those who have founded the

National Democratic Force are representatives-

elect of the National League for Democracy in

the 1990 elections. At that time, we stood for

election with a vow to transform the nation into

democracy in compliance with the aspiration of

the people. From that time on, we have owed a

debt of satisfying the strong desire of the people.

So, we formed National Democratic Force,

whose emblem is a bamboo hat. We will

continue serving public interest in cooperation

with new members from all walks of life.

Now, our country is in transitional period to

democracy. We assume that forthcoming election

is the first step of democratization the people

aspire for. In addition, we hope election is a

good opportunity for us to make public welfare.

Our party will stand for election with the emblem

of a bamboo hat.

Esteemed people,

We will try our best for human rights and

democracy and to cope with economic crisis and

social sufferings faced by the people.

In this case, we will prioritize individual

freedom, but we will never ignore the majority

of the people who are with poor living conditions

due to great gap of wealth. The government is

responsible for doing everything possible for

their betterment. That is the foundation of Social

Liberalism our party will exercise.

Here, I would say that we stay in touch with

the people, so we understand well how hard the

people have to try to deal with their adversities.

We have some short- and long-term plans to be

carried out from forthcoming hluttaws onwards.

In this regard, we do not give any impossible

promises that we will solve all the problems

overnight.

Esteemed people,

After elections, laws will be enacted by

people’s representatives, not by a body alone.

Our party representatives will become MPs if our

party wins the favour of the people. At least, we

will have the right to express our voice in the

legislative body. Then, we will be able to talk on

behalf of the people. And we can take part in

enacting, amending and revoking laws in public

interest.

I would like to present some of our work

programmes we will carry out if we come to

political power. Regarding economic policy, we

will effectively exercise the market economy.

Necessary laws shall be promulgated for every

citizen to have equal access to business so as to

wipe out economic monopolization of a handful

of people. We shall review and amend laws and

regulat ions on trade, money and foreign

investment. Capital made from natural resources

shall be used especially for creating jobs. Only

then, will it be possible to scale up economic

growth and catch up with neighbouring ASEAN

nations.

Esteemed people,

For farmers, we will try our best for them to

enjoy rights of land ownership and freely growing

crops and transporting and trading agricultural

produce. Moreover, we will provide adequate

agricultural subsidies, and establish an insurance

system for agricultural produce and encourage

advanced agricultural methods, with the aim of

enabling our country to regain the position of a

world leading rice exporting country.

For workers, we will try to promulgate

necessary laws for work hours, overtime wages,

minimum salary rate, salary rates and pension

rates enough for living costs, and monetary

service based on pension rates for life security of

retired workers.

Regarding the social sector, education is the

key to prosperous future and long-term

development of a country. So, we will try to

launch a system under which the youth have

access to free middle school education. We will

speed up development of international level

human resources because today technology is

advancing rapidly.

Regarding the health sector, health care shall

also cover rural areas. We will do everything to

improve skills and morality of health staff. Our

party will not accept any situation in which a

citizen is under death threat due to poverty.

We will encourage the private sector to be on

a par with the government sector in terms of

transportation and communication.

Like nongovern-

mental organizations,

the government shall

take responsibilities for

social security of the

aged, pregnant women,

orphans, physical ly

handicapped people,

and victims to natural

disasters . We wil l see to our party’s

announcement on democracy general elections

which has been approved by the Union Election

Commission “to ensure all national races have

equal rights in addressing issues on affairs of

national races”.

One of our party’s important work

programmes is to achieve national reconciliation.

To build consolidated national unity, we have to

work together for national reconciliation.

Our party strongly believes that only with

national reconciliation, will we achieve success

in internal peace, democratization, human rights

and national development.

Esteemed people,

They are some of our party’s main work

programmes. Adhering to such policies and work

programmes, candidates representing our party

will stand for election with the emblem of a

bamboo hat in various constituencies.

We will never stick to over-confident attitude

in working for human rights and democracy.

Whoever works, what is the most important is

to work with goodwill. It is, therefore, up to the

people to vote for the parties and candidates they

can rely on. Only then will it be possible for the

country to see positive changes.

Now, I have presented our party’s

representatives to the people. So, I kindly request

the people to give advice and make suggestions

as necessary.

Esteemed people,

In conclusion, I would say our party

members:-

- will never leave the people alone,

- will never give up democracy campaign,

- will cling on to the stance that elections

are part of democracy. So, I would say

the people can place reliance and trust in

our party’s representatives.

May the constituents and the people enjoy

physical and mental wellbeing!

Thank you all!

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National Democratic Forcepresents its policy, stance and work programmes

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(from page 1)Prime Minister's Office in-charge of Board of Investment (BOI), CounterCorruption Commission, Office of the Education Council and Office of theDecentralization to Local Government Organization Committee.

After 1992, he was elected as a member of the House of Representativesrepresenting the Democrat Party and became the deputy leader and the leader ofthe Party in 1999 and 2005 respectively. He was the leader of the opposition inHouse of Representatives from 2005 to 2008.

From 17 December 2008, he has been serving as Prime Minister of theKingdom of Thailand. He is married with two children.

Ministry of Foreign AffairsNay Pyi Taw

Curriculum Vitae of H.E. Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva…(from page 1)

At the briefinghall, Minister for Construc-tion U Khin Maung Myintreported on availability ofmain construction materi-als, use of machine, vehi-cle and heavy machinery,characteristics and normsfor the bridge, progress ofconstruction task, annualrainfalls and river water

Prime Minister U Thein Sein…

Prime Minister

U Thein Sein

inspects construc-

tion of Ayeyawady

Bridge (Pakokku)

on Pakokku bank.

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Prime Minister

U Thein Sein

inspects progress of

Ayeyawady Bridge

(Pakokku)

construction project.

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level in the area of bridgeproject and building ofapproach bridge, boredpiles and piers.

Minister for RailTransportation U AungMin reported on construc-tion for the approach rail-road.

After attending tothe needs, the Prime Min-ister stressed the need toplace emphasis on timely

completion of the bridgemeeting set standards.

A y e y a w a d yBridge (Pakokku) is beingbuilt by three SpecialProject Groups of PublicWorks under the Ministryof Construction. Theapproach road, theapproach bridge, the pre-engineering works forlower structure and

Myanmar-Thai Tripar-t i te Highway, to bejointly built by India,Myanmar and Thailand,emerges, the bridge willbe located on it.

On completion,the bridge will link thewestern and the easternareas of AyeyawadyRiver and Pakokku willhave easy access to otherStates and Regions.

On arrival at

upper structure of themain bridge are underconstruction. At present,the bridge has completed52.10 per cent.

It is the rail-cum-road bridge. Thebridge with 13,537 feetlong motor road and therailroad, 20,597 feetlong will be the longestfacility in the nation.

When the India-

Pakokku bank, the PrimeMinister looked intoconstruction of the ap-proach bridge and boredpiles at the bridge con-struction site. He thenviewed round progressof Pakokku in a motor-cade.

At PakokkuUnivers i ty , he metRector Dr U Cho andfaculty members and

stressed the need to turnout qualified human re-sources for establishmentof industrialized nation inorder to boost the Stateeconomy, to constantlystudy improving scienceand technology and teachthe students to becomeproficient ones with dyna-mism of patriotic spirit.

Minister forEducation Dr ChanNyein reported oneducation goal of the

State.At the briefing

hall on Pakokku bank,the Prime Minister metengineers and workersand urged them to workhard abiding by rulesand regulations of serv-ice personnels and to co-operate with local peo-ple for undertaking ru-ral development.

At night, thePrime Minister viewedprogress of the bridge

by watercraf t andprocceded to NyaungU.

On 9 Octobermorning, the Pr imeMinister attended theinauguration ceremonyof Seikpyu-Hsinbyukyun railroadsection at Seikpyu Sta-t ion in Seikpyu ofPakokku District. Heleft there and arrivedback here in the after-noon.

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Ayeyawady Bridge (Pakokku) is the rail-cum-road bridge. The bridge with 13,537 feetlong motor road and 20,597 feet long railroadwill be the longest facility in the nation. Oncompletion, the bridge will link the western andthe eastern areas of Ayeyawady River andPakokku will have easy access to other Statesand Regions.

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NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct — Maj-Gen Aung ThanHtut of the Ministry of Defence, accompanied byChairman of Shan State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of Eastern Command Brig-GenHsan Oo, met with officers and other ranks fromKalaw Station and their families at the station yester-day.

At the meeting, Maj-Gen Aung Than Htutpresented gifts to them.

During the visit, Maj-Gen Aung Than Htutand the commander also met officers and other ranksfrom Tikyit local battalion in Kalaw Station and theirfamilies. At the meeting, Maj-Gen Aung Than Htutpresented gifts to them and inspected agriculture andlivestock farms of the local battalion.

Afterwards, they went to the coal-fired powerplant (Tikyit) and gave instructions to officials con-cerned and inspected the plant.

Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut visits Kalaw Station,inspects coal-fired power plant (Tikyit)

At Tikyit Station Hospital, Maj-Gen AungThan Htut and the commander comforted the patientsreceiving treatment there and presented aids to them.

Afterwards, they went to the construction site

of Nantpantat-Kalaw-Taunggyi Road Section andPyaynyaung Bridge and Maj-Gen Aung Than Htutassisted in construction of the road and the bridge.

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NAY PYI TAW, 10Oct—The opening cer-emony of Pyawbwe-Y w a m o n - N a t m a u k -Kanbya asphalt road builtby Public Works under theMinistry of Constructionlinking Natmauk Town-ship, Magway District inMagway Region withPyawbwe Township,Yamethin District in Man-dalay Region was held atthe pandal at mile post No.62/4 this morning.

It was attended

Pyawbwe-Ywamon-Natmauk-Kanbya asphalt road inaugurated

by Minister for Construc-tion U Khin MaungMyint, Deputy Ministerfor Construction U TintSwe, Chairman ofMagway Region Peaceand Development Coun-

cil U Phone Maw Shwe,No.88 LID CommanderCol Tun Tun Naung,Region/district/town-ship-level departmentalofficials, responsible per-sons from Public Works,social organizations,teachers, students,townselders and guests.

The Minister forConstruction explainedfacts about the road. Hesaid that the State Peaceand Development Coun-cil has been striving for

ensuring secure andsmooth transport in build-ing a peaceful, modernand developed nation.

P y a w b w e -Y w a m o n - N a t m a u k -Kanbya asphalt road

starts in Yamethin Dis-trict of Mandalay Regionfrom mile posts 0/0 to25/4 in length andMagway District ofMagway Region frommile posts 25/4 to 91/4.The road has two parts—18 feet wide motor roadwith 8 miles and fourfurlongs in length and 12feet wide facility with 83miles in length. Construc-tion of the road started in1991-1992. In accord withthe guidance of the Head

of State, five district spe-cial groups, two road spe-cial groups, two buildingspecial groups and onebridge special group startedrenovation of the road on15-5-2010 and opened it

on 10-10-2010. Althoughtravellers took five hourson the old road, the newfacility is two and a halfhours drive.

At present, theMinistry of Constructionis taking responsibilityfor construction of 17motor roads in coopera-tion with 93 constructioncompanies. The ministryhas built 2915 bridges ofless than 180 feet longand 245 bridges of above180 feet long. A total of35 over 180 feet longbridges are under con-struction. Moreover, fivebridges acrossAyeyawady River arebeing built. Of them, fourfacilities are rail-cum-road bridges and the re-

maining one is two-waymotor road.

In conclusion,the minister urged thosepresent to use the roadsystematically and main-tain the road for its dura-bility.

After that,Magway Region PDCChairman U Phone MawShwe made a speech.

A local spokewords of thanks. After-wards, the Chairman, thedeputy minister and offi-cials opened the road.

The minister andparty together with thosepresent took documen-tary photo taken.

The minister un-veiled the stone plaqueof the road. Then, the

chairman, the deputyminister and officialssprinkled it with scentedwater. They strolledalong the road.

The newly-opened Pyawbwe-Y w a m o n - N a t m a u k -Kanbya tarred road is 91miles and four furlongslong and links NatmaukTownship, MagwayDistrict in MagwayRegion with PyawbweTownship, YamethinDistrict in MandalayRegion. Thanks to theroad, products from everyregion could swiftly flowto the four corners of thecountry through a net-work of roads linking eastto west and south to north.

MNA

Minister U Khin Maung Myint unveils stone plaque ofPyawbwe-Ywamon-Natmauk-Kanbya Road.

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Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut inspects

Pyaynyaung Bridge Project.

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Minister U Khin Maung Myint, Magway Region PDC ChairmanU Phone Maw Shwe and officials stroll on Pyawbwe-Ywamon-

Natmauk-Kanbya Road. —MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct—Member of the UnionElection Commission Daw Khin Hla Myint metchairmen and members of Ayeyawady Region, PatheinDistrict and townships’ election subcommissions atPathein on 4 October.

Daw Khin Hla Myint then inspected samplepolling station at No. 1 Basic Education High Schooland demonstration of casting votes there.

From 5 to 8 October, she met members ofelection subcommissions in Myaungmya, Hinthada,Maubin and Pyapon and inspected sample pollingstations and demonstration of casting of votes there.

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NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct—The AdvancedEnglish Proficiency Course No. 1 for Officersconcluded at the Ministry of Religious Affairs, here,on 8 October.

Minister for Religious Affairs Thura U MyintMaung delivered an address and presented prizes to

Advanced English Proficiency Course concludes

outstanding trainees.He gave completion certificates to the trainees

through their leader.Altogether 20 trainees attended the four-week

course.MNA

Y A N G O N , 10 Oc t — Sta rResources Hospitality ManagementAcademy concluded its courses onhotel services & management, andacademic courses for 2010 atChatrium Hotel here today.

Ins t ructors of the academyconferred completion certificates on350 trainees from Receptionist &Flight At tendent Course-2010,Internat ional Bakery & PastryCourse-2010, International Culinary

SRHMA concludes hotel services &management courses, academic courses

Course, IELTS Foundation Course-2010, IELTS Intensive Course-2010,English for Hotel and Cruise Staff-2010.

The academy has planned toconduct courses on hotel servicesand management in November, andmore information is available at StarResources Hospitality ManagementAcademy, Building No 267, Room-302, Pyay Road, Myenigon,Sangyoung Township, Yangon, Ph01 523623, 523200, 4412256 and 095020302.

MNA

Member of UEC meetselection subcommissions in

Pathein

(from page 16)beginning 2002-2003 financial yearand the project was completed in 2007-2008. Construction of Dolphin projectand 300-ton new dock project wasundertaken and it was completed in2007-2008 financial year.Ahlon Dockyard

Ahlon Dockyard was built in 1904.The dockyard is located on 28.62 acresof land. Implementation of Yekyi JettyProject and 250-ton new dockyardproject began in 2004-2005 financialyear, and the projects were completedin 2007-2008 financial year.Mandalay Yadanabon Dockyard

In the past, the vessels running inthe Monywa-Chindwin water courseand Ayeyawady water courseunderwent maintenance at thedockyards of Yangon which is over400 miles far from their bases. Thus,

the vessels cost a large amount of fuel,time and money. After MandalayYadanabon Dockyard has beenupgraded, the vessels in UpperMyanmar can save their costs formaintenance.

These vessels can take maintenanceat the dockyard in Mandalay in time.Thus, the functions of the dockyardcontribute much to smoothtransportation of the region.During theperiod from 1997-98 to 2003-2004, a600 feet long and 180 feet wide 200-tondock was constructed and it wascompleted in February 2004. A 300-tonnew dock was built in 2003-2004financial year and opened on 18February 2004. As such, the dockyardhas capability to dock five vesselssimultaneously for maintenance.Mawlamyine/Thanlwin Dockyard

In implementing the Strand RoadUpgrading Project in Mawlamyine,Mawlamyine Dockyard was rebuilt on23 acres of land in Mottama Hsihson

Construction and maintenanceDockyards are providing

emergency, annual and majormaintenance services to the vessels. Inaddition, the dockyards built newvessels to earn incomes for the IWTand the State.

From 1988-89 to 6 June 2010, thedockyards of the EngineeringDepartment under IWT had built 85new vessels. Indeed, vessels under IWTare transporting 25 million passengersand 4 million tons of commoditiesyearly. Therefore, the vessels are beingmaintained in order to transportpassengers and commodities accordingto schedules. Dockyards that play animportant role in waterway transportare earning income for the departmentand the State by building new vesselsand by saving foreign exchange.

Translation: TTAKyemon: 8-10-2010

Ward beginning 1997-1998. In April2001, the new dockyard was inauguratedand it started maintenance of vessels atfull capacity. The dockyard can accepttwo vessels at one time in providingmaintenance.Sittway Dockyard

Arakan Flotilla Co constructed thedockyard on 3.37 acres of land in 1900.The dockyard was handed over byArakan Flotilla Co to Inland WaterTransport in 1953.Chindwin Dockyard

It was built in the year 2000 to beable to dock 42 engineless vessels basedin Chindwin branch. In the past, thevessels of the branch went to Yangon,600 miles from the branch, to receivemaintenance. After building thedockyard, the vessels reduced use offuel because they needed not to go toYangon. The dockyard was put intoservice on 7 August 2005.Dalla Dockyard at Yangon River seen from a distance.

Dockyardscontributing...

A vessel being maintained at Sittway Dockyard.

Minister Thura U Myint Maung addressing the concluding of English Proficiency CourseNo. 1 for Officers.—MNA

Managing Director Daw Nay YiAung extending greetings.—MNA

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Microsoft pinning mobilehopes on new operating

systemNEW YORK, 10 Oct—

Microsoft unveils a newmobile phone operatingsystem on Monday inwhat is being seen as apotentially make-or-break effort by the USsoftware giant to remaina player in the hotlycompetitive niche.

Microsoft chiefexecutive Steve Ballmeris to take the wraps off anew line of smartphonespowered by WindowsPhone 7 (WP7) at an eventin New York and thedevices are expected tohit stores around theworld in the next fewweeks.

Though mobilemakes up only onepercent of Microsoft’srevenue, Morgan Stanleyanalyst Adam Holt saidWP7 is a “pivotal release”for the Redmond,W a s h i n g t o n - b a s e dcompany.

“This is an 11 on ascale of one to 10,” agreedRamon Llamas oftechnology research firmIDC. “They’ve been slowto come to market, andwhen they do, they use

New operating system,‘Windows Phone,’ is seen

here on a smartphoneHD2 of mobile phone

manufacturer HTC at theMicrosoft stand during a

high-tech fair in Hanover,Germany, earlier this

year.—INTERNET

yesterday’s technology.There’s some catching upto do.”

Ballmer is confidentWP7 will help Microsoftclaw back market sharelost to Apple’s iPhone,Research in Motion’sBlackberry and devicespowered by Google’sAndroid mobileplatform.

“I think our productswill stand out comparedto any others,” Ballmertold a businessconference in Madrid.“We would not belaunching the product ifwe did not feel goodabout its chances to dowell.”

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France’s GDF Suez signsChina LNG supply dealSHANGHAI, 10 Oct— French energy giant GDF

Suez on Saturday signed a deal to sell 2.6 milliontonnes of liquefied natural gas to China between 2013and 2016 as the energy-hungry nation steps up gasimports.

The agreement was signed with China’s overseasenergy firm China National Offshore Oil Corporation(CNOOC) in the presence of GDF Suez’s chairman,Gerard Mestrallet. No sale price was published. Thecontract “represents a major step for our presence inChina’s energy sector,” said Mestrallet.

It comes after GDF Suez made its first LNGdelivery to Shanghai in August.

Natural gas still represents a small proportionaround five percent of total energy consumption inChina, but demand for the relatively clean fuel isrising rapidly and Beijing is increasingly resorting toLNG imports while building up gas infrastructure.

“This new contract will contribute to energysaving, to reducing carbon dioxide emissions and todeveloping a low-carbon economy in China,” saidCNOOC deputy chairman Wang Jiaxiang, who headsthe company’s gas and power division.

As it seeks to increase its Asian presence, GDFSuez is particularly relying on resources in Australia,where it bought a 60 percent share in three gas fields

The offices of French energy group GDF Suez,outside Paris. The firm signed a deal to sell 2.6million tonnes of liquefied natural gas to China

between 2013 and 2016 as the energy-hungrynation steps up gas imports.—INTERNET

in the Bonaparte basin in January for 200 milliondollars.

GDF Suez’s deputy chairman, Jean-Marie Dauger,said: “China will become an important player for thegas industry in the decades to come. That’s one of thereasons why the group has decided to develop inAsia.”

GDF Suez announced last month it had reached adeal to sell 2.5 million tonnes of LNG to SouthKorea’s state gas company Kogas over three years, adeal valued at about one billion dollars according topress estimates.—Internet

America moves on fromspill; coast feels

abandonedBIRMINGHAM,10 Oct—About 800

miles from the Gulf of Mexico, DaveEdmonds is struggling to remind peopleabout the BP oil spill.

There aren’t many magazine coverswith photos of oil-drenched birds nowthat BP has capped its massive gusher atthe bottom of the sea. People aren’tlooking online for information about thehistoric spill like they were a few weeksago.

So Edmonds, who lives on theDelaware coast, has started a nonprofitorganization to keep the disaster onpeople’s minds with a website and socialnetworking campaign. “Awareness hasdropped. People don’t really care aboutthe people who were affected. They don’tcare about the fish life,” said Edmonds,founder of Taking Back the Gulf. ForGulf residents fighting for economicsurvival, a nation’s short attention spanis deeply unsettling, especially with oilstill washing ashore. Yet it’s unclearwhether Americans are turning theirattention elsewhere, or whether it’s justthe media that have.

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In this 8 Oct, 2010photo, Chris Sherrill,owner of Staycations

Beach Weddings,stands inside the

storefront he plannedon opening before theGulf oil spill slowed

business and funding,in Gulf Shores, Ala.Sherrill and other

business owners alongthe Alabama Gulf

Coast feel forgottensince the well has beencapped and attention

has been movedelsewhere.INTERNET

Goal set for capping emissionsfrom international aviation

MONTREAL, 10 Oct—The International CivilAviation Organization has set a goal of cappingemissions from international aviation beginning in2020 while gradually improving fuel efficiency.

The UN agency approved the “aspirational” goal,which is not binding on any of its 190 members, in afinal resolution late Friday of a meeting here of itsgeneral assembly.

The organization also unanimously supported acomprehensive aviation security strategy that callsfor identifying and preventing new forms of attacks,streamlined security checks, and helping statesimprove their capabilities in this area.

President Barack Obama issued a statementSaturday praising the security declaration as “ahistoric new foundation for aviation security thatwill better protect our world from evolving terroristthreats.”

On the environmental side, IAOC reaffirmed agoal of improving fuel efficiency by an average twopercent a year through 2050.

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The International CivilAviation Organization

has set a goal of cappingemissions from

international aviationbeginning in 2020 whilegradually improving fuelefficiency.—INTERNET

IMF fails to findconsensus to easecurrency friction

WA S H I N G T O N, 10 Oct—IMFpolicymakers fai led to reach aconsensus on measures to head offwhat some see as a looming currencywar but pledged to keep workingtoward easing global economicimbalances.

The International Monetary Fundsteering committee, which has beenstruggling to address friction amongkey economies including China andthe United States, said the organizationshould continue its study.

“While the international monetarysystem has proved resilient, tensionsand vulnerabilities remain as a resultof widening global imbalances,continued volatile capital flows,exchange rate movements and issuesrelated to the supply and accumulationof official reserves,” the IMF panelsaid in a statement after its meetingSaturday. “We call on the Fund todeepen its work in these areas,including in-depth studies to helpincrease the effectiveness of policiesto manage capital flows.”—Internet

Bahamaspolice find9th victimfrom plane

crash

NASSAU,10 Oct—Officials have found the body of a ninth victim from thecrash of what may have been an illegal charter flight to a cultural festival in theBahamas, and they say a 10th passenger may missing as well.

The twin-engine Cessna 402 carrying a pilot and at least eight passengerscrashed into Lake Killarney near the international airport in the capital, Nassau,after one of its engines caught fire on Tuesday, authorities have said.

The body recovered Friday was likely that of a 23-year-old sound engineer,according to Assistant Police Commissioner Glenn Miller, and police aresearching for a 10th person whose Jamaican passport was discovered at thecrash site. Pilot Nelson Hanna, owner of the plane, did not report he wascarrying any passengers, making it hard to determine how many people died,Miller said Friday.—Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV FRISIA LAHN VOY NO (040)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV FRISIA LAHNVOY NO (040) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 11.10.2010 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 SAMUDERA SHIPPINGLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA RESTU VOY NO (053)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RESTU

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Lost Vivaldi flute concertofound in Edinburgh archive

Initiative aims to supplymillions of mobiles to women

Mobile phone‘saves man’s life

from bullet’NEW YORK , 10 Oct —

A New York man wassaved by his mobilephone today after his en-raged building superin-tendent opened fire onhim and the bullet lodgedin the phone that wastucked into his pocket.Police raced to the NewYork City apartment at11:13 am local time anddiscovered the tenant withnothing more than a fewminor injuries, all becausethe phone absorbed theimpact of the gunshot.

Authorities quicklyconfiscated video footagethat showed the gunman —identified by another tenantas the building superintend-ent — running from thescene. The confrontationoccurred on the third floorof the building, where thesuperintendent lives, butdetails on what triggeredthe near-hit were not imme-diately clear. —Internet

A lost flute concerto by the composer Vivaldi hasbeen discovered in Scotland.— INTERNET

Samanthi, small business-owner in Sri Lanka:“A phone is an essential item”.—INTERNET

Swimmers fall illat Commonwealth Games

Games Federationchief Mike Fennellsaid tests came back

and showed the waterquality in all pools

was clear. INTERNET

EDINBURGH, 10 Oct —A lost flute concerto bythe composer Vivaldihas been discovered atthe National Archives ofScotland. Il Gran Mogol,which belonged to a

quartet of lost concertos,has been authenticated asthe work of the 18thCentury Italian com-poser.

Southampton Univer-sity research fellowAndrew Woolley foundthe piece among theMarquesses of Lothian’sfamily papers at the ar-chives in Edinburgh.

It will receive its mod-ern day premiere at PerthConcert Hall in January.The other pieces of thequartet — La Francia, LaSpagna and L’Inghilterro— remain lost. Il GranMogol is almost com-plete, only missing a partfor the second violin.

But Mr Woolley hasreconstructed it using themanuscript of anotherflute concerto by Vivaldi,which is kept in Turinand appears to be a re-working of Il GranMogol.—Internet

NEW DELHI, 10 Oct — A dozen Australian swim-mers have fallen ill at the beleaguered CommonwealthGames in India, officials say. The swimmers are re-porting a higher percentage of diarrhea than other ath-letes at the games, said an Australian official who spokeon condition of anonymity. Two Australian swimmershave withdrawn.

“The Commonwealth Games Federation chief, MikeFennell, asked at a Press conference on Thursday thatimmediate tests be conducted on all pools. The organiz-ing committee conducted the tests and have come backand said the water quality in all pools is clear,” said anofficial with the Commonwealth Games Federation, whoalso spoke on condition of anonymity. When askedwhether there was a problem with the food, he said: “Weare confident the food in the games village is up to inter-national standards. Since 12 September, more than 700tests have been conducted on the food and all independ-ent tests have passed with flying colours.”— Internet

LONDON, 10 Oct — Awoman living in sub-Sa-haran Africa is 23% lesslikely than a man to owna mobile phone, accordingto research. This figurerises to 24% in the MiddleEast and increases againto 37% for a woman livingin South Asia, found thestudy by the GSMAssociation. In total, itfound, 300 million fewerwomen than men in devel-oping countries owned amobile.

An initiative calledmWomen proposes tohalve this “gender gap”

within three years.Theprogramme, championedby Cherie Blair, the wifeof former British PrimeMinister Tony Blair, andUS Secretary of StateHillary Clinton aims toprovide 150 millionwomen around the worldwith access to mobilephone technology.

Mrs Blair said therewere many benefits a mo-bile phone could bring towomen. “There is somuch you can do with amobile phone,” she toldthe BBC World Serv-ice.—Internet

Malaysian babykilled by

macaque monkeyKUALA LUMPUR, 10

Oct—A Malaysian babygirl has died after beingsnatched by a monkeywhich bit her thendropped her from a roof.

The four-day-old wassleeping in the livingroom of her home in thecentral Malaysian state ofNegeri Sembilan when amacaque monkey entered.The baby had been brieflyleft alone.

Wildlife officials saidthe monkey had probablybeen searching for food.The officials said it wasthe first case of an attackby wild monkeys on a hu-man in the state.

Internet

Macaque monkeys canbecome aggressive

when in search of foodor mates.— INTERNET

Ship feared hijacked offMadagascar just ‘lost touch’

ANTSIRANANA, 10 Oct— A Chinese ship fearedhijacked by Somalipirates, east of Madagas-car, had simply lost touchwith its owner, officialsnow say. The EU navalforce said the report of aseizure was filed earlier inthe day because the ownerof the Feng Guo had notheard from the crew fortwo days.

The force welcomedthe fact that the fishingboat and its 14 crewmembers were safe. Itwas feared the ship hadbeen seized 435km (270miles) east of Madagas-car.

This would have beenover 2,000km (1,250miles) south of the pirates’bases in Somalia - farfrom the part of the IndianOcean normally patrolledby international warshipstrying to prevent piracy.The lack of a governmentin Somalia means piratescan operate freely.

Internet

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LOS ANGELES, 10Oct— Media giant Foxis celebrating afterjoining fellow majors byproducing its first filmin Mandarin, as it battlesfor a slice of an explo-

Fox gets teeth into Chinesemovie market

Chinese cinema-goerswait outside a cinema

in Beijing. Mediagiant Fox is

celebrating afterjoining fellow majorsby producing its firstfilm in Mandarin, as

it battles for a slice ofan exploding Chinese

movie market.INTERNET

ding Chinese moviemarket.

The Fox Interna-tional division wascreated in 2008 to “makelocal films all over theworld, and to focus onmarkets that weregrowing, or that alreadyhave big establishedlocal products,” said itshead Sanford Panitch.

“And China beingthe fastest-growingmarket in the world, and50 percent of the productin China being local, itwas a great opportunityfor us to be able toparticipate in makingChinese film,” he said.

Fox is not the first totest the Chinese moviewaters — Warner startedin 2004, and has beenfollowed by Sony andDisney, which isdeveloping a Chineseversion of its teenmegahit “High SchoolMusical.”

Internet

John Lennon’s 70th celebrated inNY’s Central Park

NEW YORK, 10 Oct—A crush of fans circled a flower-graced mosaic in Central Park’s Strawberry Fields andsang lyrics from “Imagine” on Saturday to honour Beatleslegend John Lennon on his 70th birthday.

On the day when the Liverpool Lad would have becomea septuagenarian, thousands of fans from around theworld gathered to remember the floppy-haired Britishsuperstar who just wanted to give peace a chance.

“His music speaks to people of any nation, any age,

Buttons with picturesof John Lennon sit on

a table for sale inStrawberry Fields inNew York’s CentralPark to celebrate the

birthday of JohnLennon in New York,

9 October, 2010.Beatles lead singer

John Lennon, who wasshot and killed outside

his residence at thenearby Dakotabuilding on 8

December, 1980, wouldhave turned 70 years

old on 9 October,2010.

INTERNET

and that’s why I think so manyyoung people now who neverwould have known him still findhim so appealing,” said KarenKriendler Nelson, 69, who livesnearby and often visi ts themosaic that spells out Lennon’ssong “Imagine.”

She and her Maltese dog,Pino, joined a group of fans whosang the lines, “Imagine there’sno countries/ It isn’t hard to do/Nothing to kill or die for/ And noreligion too/ Imagine all thepeople/ Living life in peace .JoanAcarin and his wife, Laia, visitedthe memorial from Spain.

“The values Lennondefended are still alive,” saidJoan Acarin , a 41-year-oldattorney from Barcelona. “It’sthe idea that we do not have tofight wars.”

Internet

Ubisoft jumps on Kinectmotion-sensing videogame

controls

Photographers take pictures of theKinect peripheral and the new Xbox 360console at a Microsoft press briefing in

Los Angeles, California, in June2010.—INTERNET

SAN FRANCISCO, 10 Oct— Frenchvideogame star Ubisoft is showing off itsmoves with titles that capitalize on Kinectmotion-sensing Xbox 360 consolecontrollers set to debut in November.

Ubisoft gave the press a preview of itsKinect line-up at a San Francisco eventwhere executives envisioned becoming thetop third-party developer of titles forMicrosoft’s gesture-guided Xbox 360control system.

“Kinect leapfrogs interactivity fromwhat we have seen so far,” said UbisoftNorth America president Laurent Detoc.“Ubisoft is well position to be the leader inthat space.”

Internet

A man wearing a “Scream” thrillermovie mask tried to hold up a doughnutshop on New York’s Long Island.

Nassau County police say the thiefwalked into a Dunkin’ Donuts inFarmingdale just before midnightTuesday brandishing a silver handgunand demanding money.

An employee, washing trays, tellsthe New York Post that he turned thewater on the bandit, hitting the mask.

‘Scream’ mask-wearing bandit attemptsNY robbery

This photo provided by the NassauCounty Police Department, on 8 Oct,

2010, shows a would-be bandit wearinga ‘Scream’ thriller movie mask whotried to hold up a doughnut shop on

Long Island. Nassau County police saythe thief, who is still at large, walked

into a Dunkin’ Donuts in Farmingdalejust before midnight on 5 Oct,

brandishing a silver handgun anddemanding money. He was foiled by a

dishwasher who sprayed him with water.

The thief, clad all in black, fled empty-handed.

Police ask anyone with informationto call Crime Stoppers at 800-244-TIPS.Calls are confidential.

In July, a bank robber dressed as“Star Wars” villain Darth Vader madeoff with an undetermined amount ofcash at a Chase bank branch on LongIsland.

Tens of thousands of runners filled upa major road during an early morningmarathon on 10 Oct, 2010 along Roxas

Blvd. in Manila, Philippines. Morethan 130,000 people led by former

President Fidel Ramos and Filipinoboxing star Manny Pacquiao,

registered for the marathon, which wasorganized to raise funds to help clean

up Manila’s heavily polluted PasigRiver and try to set a Guinness World

Record for the most number ofparticipants in a foot race.

A submerged car inChile, seen in February

2010. A Canadianwoman had to be

rescued from the roofof her submerged carafter driving into an

isolated marsh as sherelied on GPS

navigation, police saidWednesday.

Police in Florida said a 25-year-old man told them he falsified an armedrobbery to avoid repaying a $400 loanfrom his mother.

Boynton Beach Police said LeonMurray told officers he was robbed of$400 cash, a bank card and a 45-caliberTaurus handgun 20 Sept, but he lateradmitted during questioning that heinvented the story because of the debt,the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reportedFriday.

Investigators said the handgunMurray reported stolen had beenpawned several months earlier.

Murray was charged with one countof making a false report to lawenforcement and arrested on anunrelated misdemeanor warrant, policesaid.

Man faked robbery toavoid repaying loan

Two Florida twins have sharedeverything from their births 4 minutesapart to the births of their first childrenon the same day this week.

Alexandra Lima Pennington andCristina Lima Rodriguez deliveredtheir daughters about 6 hours apartTuesday at Baptist Hospital of Miami,the Miami Herald reported.

“We grew up sharing everything,”Pennington said, holding her daughterOlivia. “To some people this mightseem out of the ordinary, but to us itseems normal.’’

Olivia weighed about a pound lessat birth than her cousin, Ava.

The sisters said the joint deliveryday was a coincidence. ThePenningtons decided to return toFlorida from Las Vegas, where theywere living when Alexandra gotpregnant.

Twins have firstchildren on same day

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Answers to yesterday’sCrosswords Puzzle

Results of international friendlieson 8, 9 and 10 October

8 October Bolivia 1 - 3 Venezuela Japan 1 - 0 Argentina China 2 - 1 Syria Oman 1 - 0 Gabon Indonesia 1 - 7 Uruguay India 3 - 1 Vietnam Kuwait 1 - 3 Bahrain Ukraine 2 - 2 Canada Peru 2 - 0 Costa Rica

9 October Colombia 1 - 0 Ecuador Panama 1 - 0 El Salvador New Zealand 1 - 1 Honduras Australia 1 - 0 Paraguay Taiwan 7 - 1 Macao U.A.E. 0 - 2 Chile Saudi Arabia 4 - 0 Uzbekistan Guatemala 4 - 2 Belize

10 October United States 2 - 2 Poland

Remy, Gourcuff see Francepast Romania in Euro qualifierUS and Poland play to 2-2

friendly draw

Prandelli wary of wounded Serbia

New Zealand and Honduras draw 1-1

Liverpool could faceadministration, says chairman

Beausejour to miss Gunners clash

Kerr takes 3-stroke lead in Alabama

Italy’s national footballteam coach Cesare

Prandelli.—INTERNET

FLORENCE, 10 Oct —Italy coach CesarePrandelli believes Ser-bia’s shock 3-1 home de-feat to Estonia will workagainst his team whenthey face the Serbs inGenoa on Tuesday.

Italy dropped their firstGroup C points on Fridaywhen they were held to a0-0 draw by Northern Ire-land in Belfast.

But they remain top ofthe group on seven pointsfrom three matches due toSerbia’s shock defeat,with Estonia now secondand just a point behind theAzzurri.

Serbia were expectedto be Italy’s closest com-petition in the group andPrandelli believes theirsetback will only makethem tougher to defeat inGenoa.—Internet

Mauricio Sabillon (left)of Honduras chases NewZealand’s Shane Smeltzduring their interna-tional match.—INTERNET

chance for a penalty goalin a friendly against Hon-duras in Auckland Satur-day, with the sides level-ling at 1-1.

With the score at 1-1after 89 minutes, Smeltzhit the crossbar, denyingthe All Whites a last-gaspvictory against the CentralAmericans.

New Zealand, revel-ling in their first home dis-play since the World Cupin South Africa, domi-nated the young Hondu-ran side, which has beenrebuilding after soccer’sshowcase tournament.

Internet

Birmingham City’sJean Beausejour

WELLINGTON, 10 Oct— New Zealand strikerShane Smeltz blew a late

French midfielder YoannGourcuff is congratu-lated by his teammateFrench forward Dimitri

Payet after scoring.INTERNET

PARIS, 10 Oct—Substi-tutes Loic Remy andYoann Gourcuff strucklate goals to give Francea 2-0 win at home to Ro-mania on Saturday thatsent them top of theirEuro 2012 qualifyinggroup.

Marseille forwardRemy rapped a low shotinto the bottom-left cornerin the 83rd minute, at theend of a game the hostshad dominated, beforeGourcuff swept home acutback from debutantDimitri Payet in injurytime.

“A match lasts 90 oreven 95 minutes, sothere’s no point just ana-lysing the first 75,” saidFrance coach LaurentBlanc.—Internet

Jakub Blaszczykowski(left) of Poland kicks

the ball against MauriceEdu of the USA during

the first.—INTERNET

Liverpool chairmanMartin Broughton, adm-its the club could end up in administration.

INTERNET

LONDON, 10 Oct—Liv-erpool chairman MartinBroughton admits theclub could end up in ad-ministration if the increas-ingly bitter battle to takeover the Reds isn’t re-

solved in his favour nextweek.

The future of the Pre-mier League outfit will bedecided in the High Courton Tuesday as Broughtonbattles with the club’sAmerican owners GeorgeGillett and Tom Hicksover the proposed sale ofthe club to New EnglandSports Ventures (NESV).

Broughton has set up a300-million-pounds (478-million-dollars) sale toNESV, who own the Bos-ton Red Sox baseballteam, but Hicks andGillett are not happy withthe price and are now tak-ing the issue to court.

Internet

CHICAGO, 10 Oct—Jakub Blaszczykowskinetted the final equalizerin the 73rd minute to givePoland a 2-2 draw withthe United States in an in-ternational footballfriendly. Before a crowdof 31,696 at Soldier Fieldthat included thousands ofPolish supporters, thevisitors twice answeredthe hosts seizing the leadto earn a deadlock.

Jozy Altidore openedthe scoring in the 13thminute off an assist fromJermaine Jones, a Frank-furt-born midfielder forGermany’s FC Schalkemaking his debut for the

American side. AdamMatuszczyk pulled Po-land level in the 30thminute to leave the matchlevel 1-1 at half-time.

Internet

Cristie Kerr hits to the18th green during thirdround play in the Navistar

LPGA Classic golftournament.—INTERNET

Djokovic, Wozniacki into China Open tennis final

LPGA State Farm Clas-sic and LPGA Champi-onship — by 12 strokes— in consecutive starts inJune, had a 17-under 199total on the links-styleSenator layout at theRobert Trent Jones GolfTrail’s Capitol Hill com-plex. She opened withrounds of 65 and 67.

Internet

PRATTVILLE, 10 Oct—Cristie Kerr moved intoposition for her third vic-tory of the year, shootinga 5-under 67 on Saturdayto take a three-stroke leadin the Navistar LPGAClassic.

Kerr, who won the

Novak Djokovic ofSerbia reacts afterwinning his men’ssingles semifinal

against John Isner.INTERNET

BIRMINGHAM, 10 Oct— Birmingham’s Chileaninternational JeanBeausejour has been ruledout of next weekend’sclash at Arsenal with aknee ligament strain,his club confirmed onSaturday.

It is the latest setbackin a frustrating start at StAndrew’s for the wingerwho was lacking matchfitness after signing on thefinal day of the summertransfer window from

Mexican side ClubAmerica.—Internet

BEIJING, 10 Oct—De-fending champion NovakDjokovic overcame anearly challenge fromAmerican John Isner

to advance to the finalof the China Open onSaturday and qualify fornext month’s season-ending ATP champion-

ships.On the women’s side,

Caroline Wozniacki andVera Zvonareva lived upto their one-two seeding,setting up a final that willbe a grudge match for theDane, who lost to theRussian in the semi-fi-nals at the US Open amonth ago.

Internet

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Local Transmission* Opening* News* Let’s Join the Elephant Dance* Kid’s Talent (Pre School, No.4)* News* The Year of Seafarers* Music Gallery* News* Being Young (Youth and Fashion)* News* Hukaung Valley Rattan SurveyOversea Transmission* Opening* News* Let’s Join the Elephant Dance* Kid’s Talent (Pre School, No.4)* News* The Year of Seafarers* News* Being Young (Youth and Fashion)* News* Hukaung Valley Rattan Survey* News* I love Myanmar* News* Trish Gallery’s Art Atmosphere* Music Gallery* News* Myanmar’s Secret Beautifier* News* Myanma Pottery* Myanmar Movie “My Teacher”

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly

Region MissionarySayadaw

7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy

Exercise7:30 am 3. Morning News7:40 am 4. Dhamma Puja

Song

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7:50 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song

8:00 am 6. Song Of National

Races

8:05 am 7. Cute Little Dancers

8:20 am 8. Myanmar

Traditional Culture

Performing Arts

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8:30 am 9. Documentary

8:40 am10. International News8:45 am11. Musical Programme

4:00 pm 1. Martial Song

4:10 pm 2. Dance Yariety4:20 pm 3. Musical Programme

(The RadioMyanmar ModernMusic Troupe)

4:40 pm 4. University Of

Distance Education(TV Lectures)-Fourth Year (Law)

4:55 pm 5. Songs For

Upholding NationalSpirit

5:00 pm 6. Musical Programme5:15 pm 7. Myanmar

Language

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8. Myanmar Idol

6:00 pm

9. Evening News

6:15 pm

10. Weather Report

6:20 pm

11. Sing & Enjoy

7:00 pm

12. TV Drama Series

8:00 pm

13. News

14. Talks of the

Political Parties

15. International News

16. Weather Report

17. TV Drama Series

18. Fine Arts Square

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Programme Schedule(11-10-2010)(Monday)

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am) MSTOversea Transmission - (11-10-10 09:30 am ~

12-10-10 09:30 am) MST

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been scattered in Kayah State, fairly widespread inShan and Kayin States, lower Sagaing and MagwayRegions and widespread in the remaining States andRegions with locally heavy falls in Rakhine State andisolated heavy falls in upper Sagaing, Mandalay andTaninthayi Regions. The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were MraukU (9.44) inches, Maungtaw (4.92)inches, Shwegu (4.06) inches, Thandwe (3.50) inches,Kyaukpyu (3.38) inches, Kawthoung (3.31) inches,Kyauktaw (3.27) inches and Kyaukpadaung (1.86) inches.

Nay Pyi Taw WeatherMaximum temperature on 9-10-2010 was 90°F.

Minimum temperature on 10-10-2010 was 75°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 10-10-2010 was(100%). Rainall on 10-10-2010 was (Tr).

Yangon (Kaba-Aye)Maximum temperature on 9-10-2010 was 90°F.

Minimum temperature on 10-10-2010 was 76°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 10-10-2010 was (82%).Total sunshine hours on 9-10-2010 was (3.2) hours.

Rainfall on 10-10-2010 was (0.64) inch atMingaladon, (0.71) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.56) inch at

WEATHERSunday, 10th October, 2010

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was(72.68) inches at Mingaladon, (84.61) inches at Kaba-Aye and (94.61) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mph fromSouthwest at (16:30) hours MST on 9-10-2010.

Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy inthe Andaman Sea and South Bay and partly cloudyelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until afternoon of the 11th October2010: Rain or thundershower will be scattered in Kayahand Kayin States, fairly widespread in Kachin and ShanStates,Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Regions andwidespread in the remaining States and Regions withlikelihood of isolated heavy falls in Rakhine State.Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to roughseas are likely Deltaic, off and along Rakhine Coast.Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (35-40) mph.Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar water.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofdecrease of rain in the Northern Myanmar area.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor11-10-2010: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for11-10-2010: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 11-10-2010: Isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Thomas lifts No. 23 FSU past No. 13Miami, 45-17

MIAMI, 10 Oct—Jimbo Fisher got his first celebratory water-coolershower, shocked at how chilling it really was. On the other side of the field,Randy Shannon was boiling mad.Sums up a night Florida State wants tosavor, and Miami surely wants to forget.Jermaine Thomas scored a career-high three touchdowns, all in the first 21 minutes, and Chris Thompson sealedthe outcome with the longest run Miami has allowed in its illustrious historya 90-yard scoring jaunt as the 23rd-ranked Seminoles enjoyed a surprisinglyeasy 45-17 win over the 13th-ranked Hurricanes on Saturday night.

“Winning’s nice,” Fisher said, “but dadgum it, that’s cold.”The dadgumwas Bobby Bowden-esque.Even the venerable Bowden didn’t enjoy too manynights like this against Miami.It was the second-most points Florida Statescored in the series, and just the fifth time in 55 games that a team enjoyed asbig a win. Christian Ponder threw for 173 yards and two touchdowns forFlorida State (5-1, 3-0), which hasn’t gotten off to a start this good inconference play since 2005.“I knew there were going to be ups and downs thisgame,” Ponder said on the field afterward.Indeed there were ups for FloridaState, downs for Miami.“I’m not going to sugarcoat it,” Shannon said. “Wejust got our butts kicked tonight. It’s my fault as a coach at the University ofMiami. I don’t blame the kids.—Internet

Florida State running backJermaine Thomas (38) celebrates

with offensive tackle Andrew Datko(67) after scoring a touchdown in

the second quarter during an NCAAcollege football game against Miami

in Miami, on 10 Oct, 2010.—INTERNET

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

People’s DesireWe favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

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Khami NationalDevelopment Party andNational Democratic Forcepresent their policies, stanceand work programmes

Dokhtawady River remainsabove danger level

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Oct — According to the12:30 hr M.S.T observation today, the water level ofthe Dokhtawady River at Myitnge is 894 cm. It mayremain above its danger level 870 cm during the next24 hours commencing this noon.— MNA

Dockyards contributing a lot totransport service of IWT

Article: Ye Win Hsaung (Kyemon); Photos: IWTThe Inland Water Transport is one of the reliable

transport services for the people. Dockyards arecontributing to regular running of vessels to transportpassengers and commodities with momentum throughproper maintenance of vessels.

The dockyards are providing maintenance servicesfor the vessels for the regular runs and security ofpassengers.

Six dockyards are in operation under control ofEngineering Department of Inland Water Transport.These dockyards are giving maintenance services tothe vessels regularly.

Dalla DockyardIt is an oldest one among the dockyards. Dalla

Dockyard is taking responsibility for building newvessels and maintaining the old ones.

Dalla Dockyard repaired 1400-ton vessels at itsdry dock in 2001-2002. Moreover, the 10-ton woodencrane jetty of the dockyard was rebuilt as the reinforcedconcrete jetty in 2001-2002. The wooden bridge at 14docks was upgraded to the concrete facility in 2003-2004. Furthermore, 200-engineless old dockyard nearDawtha Creek was renovated as the 500-ton dry dock

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Vessels under construction at Ahlon Dockyard.

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