Established 1914 Volume XVIII, Number 95 14th … 1914 Volume XVIII, Number 95 14th Waxing of Second...

Established 1914

Volume XVIII, Number 95 14th Waxing of Second Waso 1372 ME Sunday, 25 July, 2010

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round developmentof 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

Senior General Than Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing attendWaso robe-offering ceremony of Defence Ministry

NAY PYI TAW, 24 July—Families of Tatmadawmembers (Army, Navy and Air Force) of theMinistry of Defence held the offering of Wasorobes at Anawrahta Hall here this morning.

Chairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesSenior General Than Shwe and wife Daw KyaingKyaing offered Waso robes and alms to members ofthe Sangha.

Members of the State Sangha Maha NayakaCommittee led by Chairman of the committeeVenerable Bhamo Sayadaw Abhidhaja Agga MahaSaddhammajotika Agga Maha Pandita DrBhaddanta Kumarabhivamsa and Secretary of thecommittee Venerable Chaukhtatkyi Sayadaw AggaMaha Pandita Bhaddanta Kemindasami, along withinvited venerable monks were present at theceremony.

It was also attended by Vice-Chairman ofSPDC Deputy Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw MyaMya San, SPDC Member General Thura ShweMann and wife Daw Khin Lay Thet, Prime MinisterU Thein Sein and wife Daw Khin Khin Win, SPDCSecretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung MyintOo and wife Daw Khin Saw Hnin, SPDC Member

Lt-Gen Tin Aye, the Commander-in-Chief (Navy),the Commander-in-Chief (Air), senior militaryofficers of the Ministry of Defence, the commander

of Nay Pyi Taw Command, ministers, the chiefjustice, the auditor-general, the chairman of the

(See page 6)

Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing offer Waso robes and alms toVenerable Bhamo Sayadaw Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhammajotika Agga Maha Pandita Dr

Bhaddanta Kumarabhivamsa.—MNA

Chairman of the

State Peace and

Development

Council

Commander-in-

Chief of Defence

Services Senior

General Than Shwe

and wife Daw

Kyaing Kyaing offer

day meals to monks

at the Waso-robes

offering ceremony of

the Ministry of

Defence.

MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 25 July, 2010

Sunday, 25 July, 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

Fundamental for regional development andhigh socio-economic status of the people arefertile soil, favourable climate patterns, richnatural resources, smooth transport and swiftcommodity flow.

In pursuance of smooth transport, thegovernment has been building roads, railroadsand bridges to cope natural barriers such asrivers, creeks and mountains. Every regionacross the Union is easily accessible from anyregion else, as a result.

As part of the drive, transport facilitiesare being built on a broad scale in AyeyawadyDivision. Besides road projects designed toform transport networks, Ayeyawady Divisionhas been seeing bridges, large and small.Yazudaing Bridge No (1) in MawlamyinegyunTownship, for instance, was commissioned afew days ago.

Transportation of local natural resourcesand products to markets in a short time is afactor for trade and economic development.The Myanma Railways is building more andmore railroads inclusive of those in regions onthe western bank of the river Ayeyawady andthose stretching between eastern and westernparts of the country and passing through Yomamountain ranges. With a view of smoothtransport ahead of schedule, it puts into servicethe sections it has completed.

Over 16 miles long Hinthada-Zalun sectionof Hinthada-Danubyu-Sakkawt (Nyaungdon)Railroad Project in Ayeyawady Division wasput into commission on 21 July. Eighty-ninemiles long Pathein-Yangon (Hlinethaya) is alsobeing built. On completion of those projects,local people will be able to travel by traindirectly to Yangon. In addition, main localproducts can be transported at cheaper faresby then.

Now, the entire people of the delta haveeasy access to transport means of sea freight,railway and motorway. Passengers and goodscan be transported by train on a large scale ina short time. Therefore, gradual emergence ofnew railroads will help ensure rapid economicgrowth and smooth transport of the delta.

Railroad networks result inrapid development

Champion ConstructionMaterials exhibiting in HousingComplex and Living Style 2010

YANGON, 24 July—As Housing Complexand Living StyleExhibition 2010 isstarted today atTatmadaw ConventionCentre on U WisaraRoad here, ChampionConstruction Materials

Co Ltd is opening a boothat the exhibition whichwill be run up to 27 July.

Champion brandedelevators, steel tanks,steel sinks, bathtubs,toilets and basins, handspray, bathroomaccessories, showerrooms, faucets, steeldoors and stainlessdoors, steel woodendoors, solid & woodendoors, PVC & ABSdoors, aluminiumimported from Singapore

and White Housebranded tillers are ondisplay.

Yangon Cham-pionShowroom No. 1 is atNo.2, Moegaung Street,Sagawa Housing,Yankin Township, Ph:400562, 400563,400564, 400565,098627843, ShowroomNo. 2 at No. 408,Theinbyu Street,Mingala TaungnyuntTownship, Ph: 200290,Mandalaly Showroom at

No. 33, 78 Street, ,between 34 and 35Street, Chan-ayethazanTownship, Ph: 02-33488, 91008197, NayPyi Taw Showroom atNo. 496, YazahtaniStreet, Paunglaung-2Ward, Nay Pyi TawPyinmana, Ph: 067-25309, 067-21426 andChampion brandedbuilding materials arealso available atconstruction materialsshop.—MNA

Signing Ceremony of Memorandum of Agreement among Department of HydropowerPlanning, YPIC International Energy Cooperation & Development Co Ltd and International

Group of Entrepreneurs Company Limited for development of Ngawchanhka hydropowerproject in progress.—MNA

Booth of ChampionConstruction Materials

at Housing Complexand Living Style

Exhibition 2010.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 24 July — Minister for ElectricPower No (1) U Zaw Min and Chairman Mr BaoMinghu of Yunnan Provincial Investment HoldingGroup Co Ltd and party from China discussedmatters related to cooperation in implementation ofNgawchanhka Hydropower Project at the ministryhere yesterday morning.

In the evening, Memorandum of Agreement oncooperation in the hydropower projectimplementation among the Hydropower PlanningDepartment, YPIC International EnergyCooperation & Development Co Ltd andInternational Group of Entrepreneurs CompanyLimited was inked in MoA signing ceremony heldat Yeywa Hall of the ministry.

The ceremony was attended by Electric PowerNo (1) Minister U Zaw Min, Electric Power No (2)Minister U Khin Maung Myint, Finance andRevenue Minister U Hla Tun, Deputy Chief JusticeDr Tun Shin, directors-general, managing directors,

EP-1 Ministry and Chinese company ink deal to cooperatein Ngawchanhka Hydropower Project implementation

Chairman Mr Bao Minghu, President Mr DuanWenquan and party of YPIC International EnergyCooperation & Development Co Ltd, Chairman UNay Aung of International Group of EntrepreneursCo Ltd and officials.

Minister U Zaw Min extended greetings andChairman Mr Bao Minghu spoke words of thanksfor inking MoA at the ceremony.

Director-General U Kyee Soe of HydropowerPlanning Department of the Ministry of ElectricPower No (1), President Mr Liu Yinong of YunnanProvincial Investment Holding Group Co Ltd andan official from International Group ofEntrepreneurs Co Ltd signed MoA and exchangedthe documents. They later had the documentaryphoto taken.

The Ngawchanhka Hydropower Project, whichis estimated to generate 1055 MW, will beimplemented in five phases on Ngawchanhka Riverin Kachin State.—MNA

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Five US soldiers relieved of dutiesfor unruly behaviour in Philippines

MANILA, 24 July—Five Americanservicemen were relievedof their duties andremoved in Basilan fortheir display of unrulybehaviour during aconcert held for thePhilippine MarineBrigade early this month,the US Embassy said onFriday.

Wossie Mazengia,embassy deputyspokesperson, said thedecision to remove thesoldiers was based on an

investigation conductedby the Joint SpecialOperation Task ForcePhilippines (JSOTF-P).

“The US troopsinvolved in the incidenthave been removed fromIsabela City. All USservice members withinJSOTF-P have beenreminded of theimportance ofprofessionalism andrespect as guests in thiscountry,” Mazengia said.

However, Mazengiadeclined to say if the US

soldiers have already leftthe country.

Reports said the USsoldiers became rowdyand uncontrollable as theconcert progressed andwere said to haveallegedly molested afemale singer of the band.The female singer,according to eye witnessaccounts, was taken to thesoldiers’ quarters, butFilipino soldiersinterceded and were ableto save her.

Xinhua

Residents gather at the site of Wednesday’s bombattack that occurred in a town near Baquba, 65 km(40 miles) northeast of Baghdad on 22 July, 2010.

A car bomb exploded in a crowded market nearthe city of Baquba in Iraq’s northern Diyala

Province on Wednesday.INTERNET

Four US troops die in bombblast in south Afghanistan

KABUL, 24 July—Four American servicemembers were killedSaturday in a bombing insouthern Afghanistan,where international forcesare stepping up the fightagainst the Taleban,officials said.

A NATO announce-ment did not give thenationalities of thevictims of Saturday’sblast, nor specify wherein the south they died.

However, USofficials confirmed theywere Americans.

The officials spoke on

Sevenchildren

injured ingunbattle in SAfghanistan

KANDAHAR, 24 July—

Seven children wereinjured in a gunbattle

between NATO troops

and militants in Sangindistrict of the Afghan

southern province of

Helmand Saturday, adoctor of Mir Wais

hospital said.

Xinhua

A M-ATV armored vehicle burns after it struckan improvised explosive device (IED) near

Combat Outpost Nolen in the Arghandab Valleynorth of Kandahar on 23 July, 2010.

INTERNET

condition of anonymityunder US rules regardingcasualty identification.

The latest deathsbring to 69 the numberof international servicemembers k i l led inAfghanistan this month,including 52Americans.

The US -led force isramping up operationsagainst the Taleban intheir southern strong-holds, hoping to enablethe Afghan governmentto expand its control inthe volatile region.

Internet

Car bombing seriously woundssenior police officer in IraqKIRKUK, 24 July—A car bomb explosion Friday

badly wounded the police chief of Iraq’s northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk, local police source said.

The car bomb targeted the convoy of Brigadier-General Burhan Taeb, the police chief of Kirkukwhich locates 250 km north of Baghdad, when hepassed Dumez area south of the city, said the source oncondition of anonymity.

Smoke billows from a burning car in the Iraqi cityof Kirkuk. A car bomb in Kirkuk has seriouslywounded its police chief and killed his son.

XINHUA

Would-be suicide bomberdetained in S Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, 24 July—Afghan security forcesarrested a would-be suicide bomber and eliminatedthree Taleban militants elsewhere in the troubledsouthern region, officials said on Saturday.

“Police in Kandahar city, the capital of KandaharProvince, arrested a suicide bomber in 9th precinct onFriday night and thus foiled a terrorist attack,” a seniorpolice officer in Kandahar city Ahmad Shah Farooqitold Xinhua.

A suicide vest and explosive device were recoveredfrom his possession, Farooqi said.

Furthermore, spokesman for Helmand’s provincialadministration Daud Ahmadi said that three Talebanmilitants were killed on Friday elsewhere in the restiveprovince.—Xinhua

Taeb was badly injured in the explosion and wastaken to a hospital for treatment. One of his sons whowas a lieutenant in the police forces was killed, andthree of Taeb’s bodyguards were also wounded, thesource added.

A number of civilian cars and buildings nearbywere damaged. The security forces closed the area ofthe blast and prevented full movement there in fear offurther attacks, the source said.

Recent spate of bombings and waves of violenceare still ravaging the Iraqi cities, including the capital,more than four months after the country held itslandmark parliamentary elections on 7 March, raisingfears of a return to violence.

Xinhua

Iraqis inspected damages in Baquba, north ofBaghdad. Three security contractors working forthe US government were killed in a rocket attackon Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone on

Thursday, the American embassy said.INTERNET

16 killed in US dronestrikes in NW PakistanISLAMABAD, 24 July—At least 16 people were

killed and many others injured in a Saturday morningUS drone strike in Pakistan’s northwest tribal areaof South Waziristan, local media Geo News reported.

According to the report, the US drone fired fivemissiles on a compound in Angora Adda locality inSouth Waziristan, which is reportedly a hideout ofthe defunct Tehreek-e-Taleban outfit, resulting inkilling of 16 persons and injuring of many others.

One local media Express reported that at leastsuspected militants were killed in the Saturdaymorning drone strikes.

Xinhua

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Science

Technicians clean a QinetiQ Aerostar TacticalUAV unmanned drone at the Farnborough

International Airshow in Hampshire, southernEngland, on 22 July, 2010. The company has

tested a solar-powered drone, keeping it in the airfor two weeks before landing it on Saturday. It set

the record for the longest unmanned flight.XINHUA

NASA telescope finds elusivebuckyballs in space for first time

WASHINGTON, 24 July — Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescopehave discovered carbon molecules, known as “buckyballs,” in space for the first time,NASA said Friday.

Buckyballs are soccer-ball-shaped molecules that were first observed in alaboratory 25 years ago. They are named for their resemblance to architectBuckminster Fuller’s geodesic domes, which have interlocking circles on thesurface of a partial sphere. Buckyballs were thought to float around in space, buthad escaped detection until now. “We found what are now the largest moleculesknown to exist in space,” said astronomer Jan Cami of the University of WesternOntario, Canada, and the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif. “ We areparticularly excited because they have unique properties that make them importantplayers for all sorts of physical and chemical processes going on in space.” Camiauthored a paper about the discovery that appeared Friday in the journal Science.

Xinhua

“TRON:Legacy” movie brings videogame world to life

SAN DIEGO, 24 July— Back in 1982, first-time director StevenLisberger broughtmainstream audiencesinto the world ofvideogames with the sci-fi thriller “TRON”, usingearly computer-generated imagery thatpaved the way fortoday’s 3D movieblockbusters.

Now the long-awaited sequel“TRON:Legacy”, out inDecember from WaltDisney Pictures, ispoised to push 3Dtechnology and digitalperformance capture astep further.

“TRON: Legacy”finds the son of

Andretti Autosportdrivers Ryan Hunter-Reay (R) and Danica

Patrick race during thefirst day of practice for

the Indy Car Seriesrace at the EdmontonIndy in Edmonton on

23 July, 2010.INTERNET

videogame developerKevin Flynn beingpulled into the digitalworld that has trappedhis father for 20 years.

Director JoeKasinski took thetechnology that wasintroduced in thebackward aging 2008movie “The CuriousCase of BenjaminButton” to create acompletely virtualhuman character, Clu,played by Jeff Bridgeswho was also the star ofthe original “TRON”.

“One of the bigtechnological leapswe’re trying to take withthis film is in our villain,Clu, who is played byJeff Bridges, but he

looks like Jeff Bridgesdid in 1982,” Kasinkisaid.

“Jeff is driving hisperformance, but he is adigital character,”Kasinski told thousandsof fans at the annualComic Con conventionthis week.

Bridges said one ofthe things that hadalways bothered him asan actor was that, beforenow, a different actorwould be cast to play ayounger version of acharacter in the samefilm.

Internet

Customers try outApple’s new iPad ina shop in Barcelonaon 28 May, 2010.Tablet computers

such as Apple’s iPadmay allow the newsindustry a “re-set”

and to start chargingfor content afteryears of giving itaway for free, a

senior News Corpexecutive said.

INTERNET

Apple takes topspot in software

insecurityreport

NEW YORK, 24 July—Is Apple the mostinsecure softwarecompany in the world?

That’s the startlingclaim from securitycompany Secunia, whichclaims that in the first halfof 2010, more flaws werereported for Appleproducts than for anyother computer softwarevendor.

In this race to thebottom, Oracle was No 2and Microsoft was No 3.Apple had held the No 2slot since 2007, finallyovertaking Oracle thisyear for the first time.

The report considersnot just operating systemsbut all programmes thatrun on that vendor’splatform — so in the caseof Apple, not just MacOSis studied but alsoQuickTime and iTunes,as well as third-partyapplications like Flashand Java that run on thatOS.—Internet

AOL goes mobile with portal andtwo Android Apps

WASHINGTON, 24 July —AOL is working toleverage the trends of the times with a new smartphoneportal and two Android apps it hopes will captureconsumer attention in an increasingly competitivemobile marketplace. The new portal, m.aol.com,optimizes AOL for smartphones. Meanwhile, an AOLapp for Android aims to make it easy for Android-powered smartphone users to access AOL’s mostpopular properties quickly. AOL credits the newmobile-focused direction to David Temkin, thecompany’s new vice president of mobile.

“AOL is making a renewed committment tomobile, recognizing its importance as a distributionplatform for the company’s content and publications,”said Greg Sterling, principal analyst at Sterling MarketIntelligence. “AOL’s choice to do a couple of apps onAndroid before the iPhone is partly a reflection ofAndroid’s increasing market share — and a calculatedPR move that the company knew would get itattention.”—Internet

Technology

LOS ANGELES, 24 July—An ultra-light unmannedaircraft powered by solar energy and designed formilitary surveillance landed after two weeks aloft andsetting a record for the longest unmanned flight, itsmanufacturer said.

The British-based defence technology firmQinetiQ said its 22.5-metre (74-foot) long Zephyr,weighing just 50 kilos (110 pounds), finally toucheddown in the Arizona desert 14 days and 21 minutesafter it took off from the US Army’s Yuma ProvingGround. “It was airborne for 14 days and 21 minutes,”company spokeswoman Claire Scotter said fromLondon.

“We await the FAI (World Air Sports Federation)official confirmation of the world records,” she said.

Internet

Solar drone lands afterrecord 14 days aloft

CAMBERIDGE, 24July—A “hypervelocity”star speeding out of ourgalaxy was sent on its wayby a violent encounterwith a black hole at theheart of the Milky Way,scientists say. Thehypervelocity star is oneof the fastest everdetected, heading out ofour galaxy at a speed of1.6 million mph, a SpaceTelescope ScienceInstitute release saidThursday.

Black hole ‘evicted’ starfrom Milky Way

The star was the lonesurvivor of a trio of starsthat wandered too closeto the black hole, whichcaptured one and threwthe other two out of theMilky Way with suchviolence they coalescedinto a single super-hotblue star, scientists say.

About 16 hyper-velocity stars have beendiscovered since 2005and most are thought tobe exiles from the heartof our galaxy. Butscientists used the Hubblespace telescope for thefirst direct observationlinking a fast-flying starto a galactic center origin,the release said.

“Using Hubble, wecan for the first time traceback to where the starcomes from by measuringthe star’s direction ofmotion on the sky.

InternetA boy draws with computer in the Hong Kong BookFair 2010 at the Hong Kong Convention and

Exhibition Centre in south China’s Hong Kong, on 24July, 2010. The 7-day Hong Kong Book Fair kickedoff here on Wednesday with 510 exhibitors from 22

countries and regions in attendance.—XINHUA

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Health

China’s health ministryannounces project to

increase vaccination ratesBEIJING, 24 July — China will launch a national

project to increase vaccinations against infectiousdiseases, the Ministry of Health said on Friday.

The central government has allocated 1.827 billionyuan (about 269 million US dollars) to buy vaccinesand injectors, the ministry said in a statement on itswebsite.

Local governments will also fund the project.The project will boost vaccinations against diseases

including Hepatitis B, tuberculosis and polio.Separately,the ministry Friday also announced a project to helpease the trauma of the survivors of the devastating 2008Wenchuan earthquake.

The project will provide psychological counselingand conduct publicity campaigns about mental health.

Xinhua

Funding falling short inpreventing mother-to-child

infection of HIVVIENNA, 24 July—

Funding shortages are

still a major challenge in

preventing HIV infection

among newborns despite

progress made in some

A woman puts herhand on the head ofher son, both livingwith HIV/AIDS,while attending a

protest in NewDelhi on 4 May,

2010.XINHUA

countries, an AIDS expert

says.

Jimmy Kolker, chief

of the United Nations

International Children’s

Emergency Fund’s HIV/

AIDS section, told

Xinhua in a recent

interview that mother-to-

child transmissions have

been low in western

countries.

“But in many other

parts of the world there

are still 30 or 40 percent

of newborns who are

getting infected if they

are borne by HIV-

positive mothers,”

Kolker said.

“What’s happened is

also that because of

economic difficulties and

because AIDS has been

around for a long time

that those resources seem

to stop increasing,”

Kolker said.

Xinhua

Zambia warns againstadvertising breast milk

substitutesLUSAKA, 24 July — The Zambian government

has warned manufacturers and traders againstadvertising breast feeding substitutes, saying thiswas against the law, the Times of Zambia reported onFriday.

The Ministry of Health has since warned that itwill deploy a team of officers to inspect shops andother selling points where breast feeding substituteswere being marketed and advertised because this wasagainst the law, according to Times. Ministry ofHealth Spokesperson, Dr Reuben Mbewe said duringa press briefing on Thursday that there was need forthe manufacturers to stop marketing of breast-feedingsubstitutes because it discouraged mothers frombreast-feeding which was the recommended sourceof nutrition for infants.

He said the government in 2006 bannedmanufacturers, traders and other dealers fromadvertising breast milk substitutes, adding that themarketing of break milk substitutes should notinterfere with breast-feeding by portraying a wrongpicture that healthy children were those who fed onbreast milk substitutes.

“In May 2006, Zambia through the Ministry ofHealth promulgated regulations to monitor thenegative practices in the marketing, sale anddistribution of breast milk substitutes. Theseregulations aim to support, promote and protect breast-feeding by regulating the practices in the marketingof infant and young child feeding products,” DrMbewe was quoted as saying by the paper.

Xinhua

Picture shows new HIV protection gel for womenon 21 July during the 18th International AIDS

Conference in Vienna.—INTERNET

Ford reaping solid profits afterturnaround

DEARBORN, 24 July —Four years ago, Fordmortgaged everythingdown to the blue oval logoto save itself. Now, evenas Americans remainskittish about theeconomy, it’s reaping bigrewards and stealingbusiness from stumblingrivals. Ford said Fridaythat it made $2.6 billionfrom April through June,its fifth straight quarterlyprofit. The company,which reported recordlosses in 2008, now

Group leaders work on a pre-production 2012Ford Focus at the Michigan Assembly Plant in

Wayne, Mich, on 22 July, 2010.INTERNET

predicts it will end 2011with more cash than debt.

With its two longtimeDetroit rivals still findingtheir way after spendingtime in bankruptcy lastyear, Ford, which nevertook government bailoutmoney, extended itssuccess story.

President and CEOAlan Mulally said the

company is ahead ofwhere he thought it wouldbe in its turnaround. Itnow sells the mostpopular pickup truck inthe US, the F-Series, andthe most popularcrossover SUV, theEscape.—Internet

US bank failures reach 103so far this year

WASHINGTON, 24 July — US bank failures reached103 so far in 2010 on Friday as regulators seizedseven small banks, a faster pace of closures than lastyear when the century mark was not reached untilOctober.

Bank failures are expected to peak this quarter,with the industry slowly recovering from largeportfolios of bad loans, many tied to commercial realestate. The banks seized on Friday were SterlingBank of Lantana, Florida; Crescent Bank and TrustCompany of Jasper, Georgia; Williamsburg FirstNational Bank of Kingstree, South Carolina; ThunderBank of Sylvan Grove, Kansas; Community SecurityBank of New Prague, Minnesota; SouthwestUSABank of Las Vegas, Nevada and Home Valley Bankof Cave Junction, Oregon, according to the FederalDeposit Insurance Corp.

The largest of the seven banks was CrescentBank and Trust with 11 branches and about $1.01billion in total assets and $965.7 million in totaldeposits. The smallest was Thunder Bank with justtwo branches and $32.6 million in total assets and$28.5 million in deposits.—Internet

Goldmancoughs up

counterpartieson AIG hedge

WASHINGTON, 24 July—Morgan Stanley(MS.N), Citigroup (C.N)and JPMorgan Chase(JPM.N) were amongbanks that sold GoldmanSachs (GS.N) protectionagainst the risk of acollapse of giant insurerAmerican InternationalGroup (AIG.N), a sourcefamiliar with the mattersaid on Friday.

Goldman Sachs hasturned over a list of thecounterparties, whichalso includes DeutscheBank (DBKGn.DE) andCredit Suisse(CSGN.VX), to theFinancial Crisis InquiryCommission (FCIC)following a recenthearing exploring thelinks between Goldmanand AIG, the source said.

The source spokeanonymously because thelist has not been madepublic.

InternetBusiness

Greece’s ATEBank said on Friday it had fallen shortof an EU-wide health checkup to determine lenders’

chances of survival in another financial crisis.INTERNET

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Senior General Than Shwe, wifeDaw Kyaing Kyaing attend…

Vice-Chairman of State Peace and Development Council DeputyCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief(Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya

San offer Waso robes and alms to Sayadaw BhanddantaKemindasami.—MNA

Member of State Peace and Development Council General ThuraShwe Mann and wife Daw Khin Lay Thet offer Waso robes and

alms to a monk.—MNA

Prime Minister U Thein Sein and wife Daw Khin Khin Win offerWaso robes and alms to a monk.—MNA

Secretary-1 of State Peace and Development Council General ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife Daw Khin Saw Hnin offer

Waso robes and alms to a monk.—MNA

Member of State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Tin Ayeoffers Waso robes and alms to a monk..—MNA

C-in-C (Navy) Vice-Admiral Nyan Tun, C-in-C (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Heinand senior military officers offer Waso robes and alms to monks.—MNA

(from page 1)Civil Service Selectionand Training Board andtheir wives, and familymembers of servicemen.

Staff Officer of theReligious AffairsDepartment SaddhammaJotikadhaja U Thuraacted as MC.

The SSMNCchairman invested thecongregation led bySenior General ThanShwe and wife DawKyaing Kyaing withNine Precepts.

After the recitationof parittas (religiousverses) by the monks,

Senior General ThanShwe and wife offeredWaso robes and alms toVen. Sayadaw DrBhaddanta Kumarabhi-vamsa.

Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye and wifeoffered Waso robes andalms to Ven. Sayadaw

Bhaddanta Keminda-sami.

General Thura ShweMann and wife offeredWaso robes and alms tothe Ven. Sayadaw, andso did the Prime Ministerand wife, the Secretary-1and wife, and Lt-GenTin Aye.

Next, the

Commander-in-Chief(Navy), the Commander-in-Chief (Air), seniormilitary officers, thecommander, theministers, the chiefjustice, the auditor-general and the chairmanof the CSSTB offeredWaso robes and alms tothe other monks.

Venerable Sayadaw

Bhaddanta Keminda-sami delivered a sermon.The Senior General andwife and thecongregation shared themerits gained for thedonation.

Senior General ThanShwe and wife DawKyaing Kyaing and partyoffered day meals to themonks.—MNA

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Foreign Affairs Minister arrives back from VietnamNAY PYI TAW, 24

July — U Nyan Win,Minister for ForeignAffairs and leader of theMyanmar delegationarrived back here viaBangkok by air yesterdaymorning after attendingthe 43rd ASEANMinisterial Meeting andrelated meetings held inHanoi, Socialist Republicof Vietnam from 19 toyesterday.

On 19 July,Minister U Nyan Wintogether with the otherForeign Ministers ofASEAN membercountries attended theMeeting of the SoutheastAsia Nuclear WeaponFree Zone Commissionand the Fourth Meetingof ASEAN Political andSecurity CommunityCouncil at the NationalConvention Centre(NCC) in Hanoi.

In the evening,Minister U Nyan Winattended the InformalWorking Dinner of theASEAN ForeignMinisters hosted by MrPham Gia Khiem, DeputyPrime Minister andMinister of ForeignAffairs of Vietnam at theIntercontinental Hotel. Atthe Informal WorkingDinner, the Foreign

Ministers exchangedviews on regional andinternational issuesincluding KoreanPeninsula and G-20Summit. Minister U NyanWin briefed hiscounterparts on recentpolitical developments inMyanmar including theprogress of preparationsfor the forthcominggeneral elections at theInformal WorkingDinner.

In the morning of20 July, Minister U NyanWin together with theASEAN ForeignMinisters paid a jointcourtesy call on the PrimeMinister of Vietnam MrNguyen Tan Dung atNational ConventionCentre.

Then, Minister UNyan Win attended theopening ceremony of the43rd ASEAN MinisterialMeeting. It was alsoattended by PrimeMinister of Vietnam,Foreign Ministers ofASEAN member andobserver countries, TimorLeste’ and Papua NewGuinea, ASEANS e c r e t a r y - G e n e r a l ,delegates and guests.Prime Minister ofVietnam delivered anopening address.

Then, Minister UNyan Win attended the43rd ASEAN MinisterialMeeting (Retreat),ASEAN ForeignMinisters Working Lunchand Plenary Session of theASEAN MinisterialMeeting. He participatedin those meetings and helddiscussion on matters ofRegional Architecture,ASEAN Connectivity,Implementation ofASEAN Charter, WorkPlan of ASEANI n t e r g o v e r n m e n t a lCommission on HumanRights (AICHR),Accession of Canada andTurkey to the Treaty ofAmity and Cooperation.At the Plenary Session ofthe ASEAN MinisterialMeeting, the Ministermade a statementresponding to the reportpresented by ASEANSecretary-General on thecompletion of the post-Nargis coordination inMyanmar led by theTripartite Core Group.

In the afternoon of21 July, Minister U NyanWin attended theASEAN+3 ForeignMinisters’ Meeting heldat the NCC together withthe Foreign Ministers ofASEAN and plus threeCountries (People’s

Republic of China, Japanand Republic of Korea).The Minister exchangedviews on the matters ofthe ASEAN+3cooperation as well asregional and internationalissues at the meeting.

In the evening,Minister U Nyan Winattended the East AsiaSummit ForeignMinisters’ InformalConsultations togetherwith the Foreign Ministersof ASEAN membercountries and six EastAsian countries (People’sRepublic of China, Japan,Republic of Korea,Australia, New Zealandand India) and exchangedviews on the future goalof the East Asian Summitas well as regional and

international issues.Then, the Third

Mekong-Japan ForeignMinisters’ Meeting washeld at the NCC and itwas attended by JapanForeign Minister MrKatsuya Okada andForeign Ministers ofMekong countries —Cambodia, Lao,Myanmar, Thailand andVietnam. Minister UNyan Win participated inthe discussions on theprogress of Mekong-Japan Cooperation as wellas regional andinternational issues at themeeting.

On 22 July, PostMinisterial Conference(PMC)+1 was held inseparate session betweenASEAN and its 10

dialogue partners —Australia, Japan, People’sRepublic of China, NewZealand, Canada,Republic of Korea, EU,Russian Federation, Indiaand the USA. Minister UNyan Win attendedPMC+1 Meeting withAustralia, Canada, NewZealand and the USA.

In the afternoon,Minister U Nyan Win asthe coordinator ofASEAN-Russia DialogueRelations, co-chaired theASEAN-Russia Meetingtogether with ForeignMinister of RussianFederation Mr Sergey VLavrov.

During the 43rd

ASEAN MinisterialMeeting and related

(See page 10)

Congregation led by Chairman of State

Peace and Development Council

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services

Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw

Kyaing Kyaing sharing merits gained at the

Waso robes offering ceremony of the

Ministry of Defence. (News on Page-1)—MNA

Minister U Nyan Win poses for a documentary photo together withattendees of ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.—MNA

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Industrial development, major stridetowards modern, developed nation

Article:Maung Tway Htet, Photos: Kyemon(from page 16)

Agricultural development is given first priority forfood sufficiency as well as emphasis is being placedon industrial development which plays an importantrole in transforming the nation into a modern anddeveloped one.

Human resources are required for buildingmodern, developed and industrialized nation. A na-tion would not be an industrialized one without hav-ing human resources—technocrats and labours.

Before 1988, Myanmar had only a Technical

Training School (Hsinte) set up with the contributionof the Federal Republic of Germany. After 1988,more three schools were opened.

Technical Training School (Mandalay) wasopened in 2008 with the assistance of the People’sRepublic of China, Technical Training School(Thagara) in 2009 with the assistance of the Republicof Korea and Technical Training School (Pakokku) in2010 with the assistance of the Republic of India.Technical Training School (Magway) where subjectson automobile will be lectured with the assistance ofthe Republic of Korea is under construction in MagwayIndustrial Region in Magway Division.

Various kinds of training course are being

opened at four Technical Training Schools whereskillful technicians are being turned out yearly. Al-though there were nine factories under the Ministry ofIndustry-2 before 1988, more 13 factories have beenbuilt and there were 22 factories in the country to date.

Factories and Plants under the Ministry ofInduystry-2 after 1988 are No (1) Automobile Maker,Electrical and Electronics Factory, Electric Meter Fac-tory, LED Bulb Factory, Oxygen Factory and AcetyleneFactory in Yangon Division, No (2) Automobile Maker(Htonbo), Bulldozer and Excavator Factory (Hsinte),Coppering Casting & Ralling Factory, Enamelled Cop-per Wire Factory, Hydro Turbine & Generator Factory(Thagara), multipurpose-use Diesel Engine Factory(Thagara), Power Cable Factory, Battery Factory andNo (1) Machine and Machine Tool Factory(Nyaungchayhtauk) in Bago Division, No (2) FarmMachinery Factory (Malun) and Machine and Machine

Tool Factory (Myaing) in Magway, No (1) Tyre andRubber Product Factory and No (2) Tyre and RubberProduct Factory (Bilin) in Mon State. No (3) Automo-bile Maker (Magway) is under construction.

No (1) Automobile Maker (Yangon), No (2)Automobile Maker (Htonebo), No (3) AutomobileMaker (Magway), multipurpose-use Diesel EngineFactory (Thagara) and Bulldozer and Excavator Fac-tory (Thagara) are under the supervision of MyanmaAutomobile and Diesel Engine Industries.

No.1 Tyre and Rubber Products Factory(Thaton), No.2 Tyre and Rubber Products Factory(Bilin) and Rubber Department are run under thesupervision of Myanmar Tyre and Rubber Indus-tries.

No.1 Agricultural Machinery Factory (Sinte),and No.2 Agricultural Machinery Factory (Malun)

(See page 9)

Technical Training School (Magway) of Ministry of Industry-2.

An excavator manufactured in ThagaraIndustrial Region.

No (2) Tyre and Rubber Product Factory (Bilin) in Bilin Township, Mon State.

Tyres with high quality manufactured by No (2) Tyre and Rubber Product Factory (Bilin).

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Article:Maung Tway Htet, Photos: Kyemon

(from page 8)are run under the super-vision of Myanmar Agri-cultural Machinery In-dustries.

No.1 Machine andMachine Tool Factory(Nyaung-chay-htauk),No. 2 Electric and Elec-tronics Factory (Dagon),Machine and MachineTool Factory (Myaing)and Turbine andHydropower Plant are rununder the supervision ofMyanma Machine Tooland Electrical Industries.

Automobile Makersunder Myanma Automo-bile and Diesel EngineIndustries have juststarted to produceMyanmar Single Cab(MSC), Sport Utility Ve-hicle (SUV), MyanmarDouble cab (MDC), Es-tate Wagon Jeep (EW-1), Pathfinder (EW-2),Myanmar Electric Vehi-cle (MEV), TE-21(Truck), Myanmar Sta-tion Wagon (MSW), andheavy machinery such as

3-ton Forklift, Bulldozer,Excavator, mini Excava-tor, Vibratory SoilCompactor, 3-wheel RoadRoller. Before 1988, onlyMazda Jeep and TE-21(truck) could be manufac-tured and after 1988, up to14 kinds of vehicles canbe produced.

Tyre and RubberProducts Plants underMyanma Tyre and Rub-ber Industries are manu-facturing automobile tyre,light truck tyre, heavytruck tyre, tractor tyre, andCrumb Rubber andRibbed Smoked SheedRubber.

Agricultural Machin-ery Factories underMyanma AgriculturalMachinery Industries areproducing battery-pow-ered harvester, Ayeya-1power tiller, threshers, 4-inch water pump, 4-inchhigh-pressure waterpump, Zwe branded trac-tor, such farm implementsas mattock, chopping hoe,pickaxe, axe, tractor, 4-

ton trailer, 3-tooth harrow,16-tooth harrow, minitractor, and 3-wheel roadroller.

Factories under thesupervision of MyanmaMachine Tool and Elec-trical Industries are pro-ducing 21 kinds of ma-chine tools, and such cop-per cables as PVC cable,Bare Copper Wire,Enameled Rod and Powercable, and electric andelectronics such as solar-powered LED bulb, bat-tery, oxygen, acetylene,electric meter box, trans-former, turbine and gen-erator.

Before 1988, only bat-tery, oxygen and acety-lene gas could be producedand after 1988, up to 35items of machine tools andelectronics can be pro-duced.

It goes without sayingthat a nation will never be-come modern and devel-oped one without industrialdevelopment. A nation canbe prosperous only when

its industrial sector devel-ops.

However, the Govern-ment alone is impossible todo and joint-efforts of pri-vate sector can not belacked. So, a total of 18

industrial zones have beenset up in states and divi-sions, namely, MandalayIndustrial Zone, Myin-gyanIndustrial Zone, Yangon(East) Industrial Zone,Yangon (West) IndustrialZone, Yangon (South) In-dustrial Zone, Yangon(North) Industrial Zone,Meiktila Industrial Zone,Myaungmya IndustrialZone, Hinthada IndustrialZone, Mawlamyine Indus-trial Zone, Monywa Indus-trial Zone, Taunggyi Indus-trial Zone, YanangyaungIndustrial Zone, Pathein In-dustrial Zone, Myeik In-dustrial Zone, Pyay Indus-trial Zone, Pakokku Indus-trial Zone and Kale Indus-trial Zone.

On 23 June in NayPyi Taw, Ministry of In-dustry-2 organized an ex-

hibition in which newly-produced automobilesand electronics of theindustry were exhibited.At the exhibition,Myanmar Double Cab,Myanmar Single Cab,

Sport Utility Vehicle(SUV), Myanmar StationWagon, (MSW),Myanmar Micro Bus (15-Seater), Myanmar MiniBus (29-Seater), Path-finder Estate Wagon Jeep,solar power-technologydry battery, long life-spanbattery, different kinds ofLED bulb, controller andinverter manufactured byMyanma Automobile andDiesel Engine Industrieswere exhibited. Productsof Ministry of Industry-2are low-priced but qualityproducts. Industry-2 Min-istry-produced vehiclescan be purchased at SalesDepartment of the minis-try in Nay Pyi Taw andNo.1 Automobile Maker(Yangon).

Apart from solar-powered equipment, Min-

istry of Industry-2 is pre-paring to produce solarparels ranging from 21watt to 185 watt at Ma-chine Tool and Electron-ics Factory (SouthDagon) in coming Sep-

tember. LED Bulb Fac-tory in Hline Township,Yangon Division hasbeen manufacturingabout 24 million units ofbulb a year since 2008.

Myanmar IndustrialDevelopment Committee,with a view to developingagro-based industries, im-proving quality and in-creasing quantity of indus-trial products, producingmore kinds of machines,and helping the nationtransforming into industri-alized one, establishedMyanmar Industrial De-velopment Bank on 15February 1996. MIDB ismaking loans to differentbusinesses, contributingnot only to industrial de-velopment but sector-wiseeconomic growth.

(See page 10)

Import-substitute Hydro Turbine and Generator Factory.

Automobiles manufactured in Mandalay Industrial Region.

Motorbikes manufactured in Yanangyoung Industrial Zone.

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Industrial development,major stride …

(from page 9)Research and De-

velopment (R&D)works are pivotal in es-tablishment of mod-ern, developed, indus-trialized nation. So,Research and Devel-opment Centre hasbeen set up to do re-searches on productsof industries under theministry.

Sr. Name of Factory Location

1 Myanma Automobile and Diesel EngineIndustries(1) No. 1 Automobile Maker (Yangon) Mayangon Township,

Yangon Division(2) No. 2 Automobile Ma (Htonebo) Padaung Township,

Bago Division(3) No. 3 Automobile Maker Project Magway Township,

(Magway) Magway Division(4) Multi-purpose Diesel Engine Factory Yedashae Township,

(Thagara) Bago Division(5) Bulldozer, Excavator Factory Yedashae Township

Bago Division2. Myanmar Tyre and Rubber Product

Industries(1) No. 1 Tyre and Rubber Products Thaton Township, Mon

Factory (Thaton) State(2) No. 2 Tyre and Rubber Products Bilin Township, Mon

Factory (Bilin) State(3) Rubber Department (Mayangon) Kyaikhto Township,

Mon State3. Myanmar Agricultural Machinery

Industries(1) No. 1 Agricultural Machinery Factory Padaung Township,

(Sinte) Bago Division(2) No. 2 Agricultural Machinery Factory Minhla Township,

(Malun) Magway Division4. Myanmar Machine Tool and Electrical

Industries(1) No. 1 Machine and Machine Tool Padaung Township,

Factory (Nyaungkyehtauk) Bago Division(2) Electric and Electronics Factory South Dagon

(Dagon) Township, YangonDivision

(3) Machine and Machine Tool Factory Myaing Township,(Myaing) Magway Division

(4) Turbine and Hydropower Plant Yedashae Township,(Thagara) Bago Division

Major Factories and Production Departments under Ministryof Industry-2

1. Technical Training School (Sinte) set up before 19882. Technical Training School (Mandalay) opened in 20083. Technical Training School (Thagara) opened in 20094. Technical Training School (Pakokku) opened in 20105. Technical Training School (Magway) under construction

Technical Training Schools in Myanmar

Sr. Name of Schools Remark

Now, with peaceand stability prevailingin the nation, establish-ment of modern and de-veloped nation has be-come the national goal.Our nation is blessedwith inexhaustible natu-ral resources and thusinte l lectuals , in-telligentsias and tech-nocrats are needed toutilize these resources. efforts are being made

to transform the nationin to modern, devel-oped, industr ia l izedone. The Governmenthas ado-pted the correctpolicy and implement-ing with profound good-

will for industrial de-velopment of the nation.

Onus is thus on fu-ture generat ions tomaintain and promote aswell as utilizing thesound foundations in in-dustrial sector which is

The Governmenthas set up TechnicalSchools and Tech-nological Universitiesin states and divisionswith the aim of turningout technicians andtech-nocrats . TheGover-nment hasworked day in day outover 20 years for futuregenerations to be ableto posses modern, de-veloped nation that canstand shoulder in shoul-der with global nations.

Nowadays, all-out

the tangible result ofearnest efforts of theGovernment.

*******Translation:

YM+TKKKyemon: 24-7-2010

*****

Solar-powered equipment of MyanmaAutomobile and Diesel Engine Industries

under Ministry of Industry-2.

Automobiles of Myanma Automobile and Diesel Engine Industries.

No. 2 Steel Plant (Myaungdaga) is doing its bit for development ofindustrial sector.

Foreign Affairs Minister arrivesback from Vietnam

(from page 7)meetings, ForeignMinister of ASEANMember Countries signedthe Instruments ofExtension of the Treaty ofAmity and Cooperation(TAC) in Southeast Asiaand Foreign Ministers ofCanada and Turkey signedthe Instruments ofAccession to TAC byCanada and Turkey

respectively.On the side-lines of

the meetings in Hanoi,Minister U Nyan Win heldseparate bilateraldiscussions with Ministerof Foreign Affairs of TimorLeste’ Dr Zacarias Albanoda Costa, Minister ofForeign Affairs ofIndonesia Dr MartyNatalegawa, Minister ofForeign Affairs of Japan

Mr Katsuya Okada andMinister of Foreign Affairsof Bangladesh Ms DepuMoni and exchangedviews on promotion ofbilateral relations and onissues of mutual interests.

Minister U Nyan Winvisited Myanmar Embassyin Hanoi on 21 July andmet with MyanmarAmbassador to Vietnam UKhin Maung Soe and staffof the Embassy andfamilies for givingnecessary guidance.

MNA

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Foreign visitors learn to draw rural paintings inFengjing Township in east China's Shanghai,on

22 July, 2010. Around 100 representatives ofworking staff of international participants of World

Expo 2010, visited the town, famous for ruralpaintings to experience the Chinese rural culture

on Thursday.XINHUA

Two killed in Okla medicalhelicopter crash

OKLAHOMA CITY, 24JULY —A medical heli-copter on i ts way topick up a pat ientcrashed in a secludedfield in central Okla-homa late Thursday,ki l l ing two of threepeople on board, au-thorities said.

The helicopter wasen route from IntegrisBaptist Medical Centrein Oklahoma City to ahospital about 90 milesaway in Okeene when itwent down about 8 pmnear Kingfisher, saidFederal Aviation Ad-ministration spokesmanLynn Lunsford. King-

Argentine bank robbersrelease hostages

PILAR, 24 July —After a seven-hour standoff,two robbers who took over 30 hostages at a bankin the northern suburbs of Buenos Aires on Thurs-day released the hostages and surrendered to thepolice.

The criminal suspects turned themselves in af-ter one of them, believed to be the leader, talkedto his wife as he had requested. The hostage situa-tion emerged after a failed robbery attempt on theBanco de la Nacion Argentina, or the ArgentinaNation Bank.

The release of the hostages was done withoutviolence. The bank robbery involved a total of fivesuspects, and three of them managed to escape dur-ing a shootout with local police.

The remaining two held the bank staff and cli-ents as hostages, and once threatened to detonatea bomb in the bank if the police would storm in.

Xinhua

fisher is about 50 milesnorthwest of OklahomaCity.

"Three people wereon board, but one ofthem survived and is inthe process of being air-l i f ted back to Okla-homa City," Lunsfordsaid late Thursday.

Kingfisher MayorJack Stutevil le, whoowns property near thecrash site, was amongthe first on the scene.He said a man workingon the land called himand told him he'd justseen a helicopter spin,then hit the ground.

Internet

The robber (2nd R) surrenders to police aftertaking 30 hostages for 5 hours at a branch of the

Bank of the Nation in Pilar in Buenos AiresProvince, Argentina, on 22 July, 2010. All the

hostages were released unharmed.XINHUA

A woman pushes her drum filled with water toher house on 23 July, 2010 in Manila, Philip-

pines. Many in Manila have been left withlimited supplies or no water at all this week afterwater levels at the Angat Dam, the main source

for the capital, fell to a critically low pointfollowing a prolonged drought.

INTERNET

Singapore’s parking ratesrelatively cheap

SINGAPORE, 24 July —A global poll puts Singapore at No. 50 on a list ofglobal cities according to their daily parking rates, local newspaper the StraitsTimes reported on Friday.

United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi tops the list, with drivers paying 55 USdollars a day on average to park in the city.

In comparison, Singapore's average is less than half that amount at 21.53US dollars, and this rate has remained stable since the last survey a year ago.The information was collated from more than 20 carparks in core business districtsin Singapore.

Colliers International, a real estate consultancy, released the survey com-paring the parking charges of 145 cities around the world.

Faring more costly than Singapore were Asian cities Tokyo (54. 50 USdollars) and China's Hong Kong (28.25 US dollars), coming in third and 29threspectively.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 24 July—Beijing municipalpeople’s congress re-vealed this week that theChinese capital now has19.72 million inhabit-ants, growing by over3% in the past 2 years.

Previous estimateshad predicted that thecity's population wouldswell to that level a de-cade later than it has.According to the guide-lines regarding Beijing'sdevelopment between2004 and 2020 set by theState Council, the num-ber of permanent resi-dents living in capitalshould have been cappedbelow 18 million untilthe end of 2020.

However, a recentlyreleased report from thepopulation investigationand research team withinthe people's congressshows that by the end of2009, approximately12.46 million people inthe capital held a Beijing“hukou” (permanentresidence).

An additional 7.26mi l l ion inhabi tan t swere migrant workerswho had been living inthe city for more thanhalf a year and who aretherefore also classi-f i ed as permanentresidents.

Xinhua

Beijing’spopulation

surges near 20million

RIO DE JANEIRO, 24July—Deforestation inBrazil 's Amazonrainforest region wouldbe a record-low thisyear, Environment Min-ister Izabella Teixeirasaid on Thursday.

According to fig-ures released by theNational Insti tute of

Deforestation in Brazil to berecord-low this year, says Minister

A tourist laughswhile beingasked by his

fellow tourist topose for photosinside a cage

with a dinosaursculpture at

Beijing's 798 ArtDistrict, China,23 July, 2010.

INTERNET

Space Research (Inpe),deforestat ion in theAmazon rainforest inMay fell to 109.6 squarekilometres, a year-on-year decrease of 12 per-cent.

The figures indicatedeforestation this yearwill be lower than the7,400 square kilometres

registered in 2009,which was the lowest inthe past 20 years.

The state of MatoGrosso reported thehighest deforestationfigures in May: a loss of51.9 square kilometersof rainforest, accordingto Inpe.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 24 July—Japan looks set to hold onto it’sranking as the world’s second largest economy. Chinastaged a dramatic recovery from the global financial crisis,and has since been breathing down Japan’s neck. China’snominal GDP of 4.9 trillion US dollars in 2009, was justbehind Japan’s 5.1 trillion. But China announced last weekthat second quarter growth has slowed to 10.3 percent.Industrial production is much weaker, and the propertymarket has come to a standstill. By contrast, the yen iscurrently trading at just under 88 to the US dollar, sixpercent stronger than its average rate during 2009.

Xinhua

Japan set to hold world No 2largest economy

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ENGAGEMENTU Min Zan Oo & Daw Khin Ohn Myint,

140 St, Tamwe Tsp, Yangon, announce theEngagement of their eldest daughter

Le Mon OoM.B.A, B.A. (English), E.G.T.I (Civil)

ToSoe Myint Lwin

B.Sc (Computer Science UCST)Son of

Al Haj U Aye Ko & Daw Baby Than163 St, Tamwe Tsp, Yangon.

On 27th June 2010, at Central Hotel,in the presence of both parents and elders.

Both parents & Le Mon Oo-Soe Myint Lwin

38 bodies found at northernMexico dumping ground

Workers bury a coffinat the San Rafael

cemetery on the out-skirts of Ciudad Juarezon 21 July, 2010. The

bodies of 19 men, killedin drug-related inci-dents, were buried onWednesday after beingheld in the city morguewithout being claimed

by relatives. INTERNET

MEXICO CITY, 24July —Authorities foundthe remains of at least 38people in a series of pitsand scattered on theground at a suspecteddrug-gang dumping sitenear the industrial hub ofMonterrey in northernMexico, an official saidon Friday. Investigatorswere using heavy equip-

ment to search for morebodies at the rural siteoutside Mexico’s third-largest city, local mediasaid. Photographsshowed charred spots onthe soil suggesting somebodies may have beenpartially burned. NuevoLeon stateAttorney General Alej-andro Garzya Garza saidofficials still had to in-spect three more pits forbodies. He said 36 of thevictims found so far are

men and two are women.The state attorney

general ’s off ice inNuevo Leon s ta te ,where Monterrey is lo-cated, said more heavyequipment was beingbrought in to search theground and pits wherethe remains werefound.

The bodies were toobadly decomposed forimmediate identifica-tion, the office said.

Internet

One in six UKteens pregnant

by age 18LONDON, 24 July—

One in six teenage girlsin Britain has been preg-nant by the age of 18, fig-ures suggest. Forty-sixper cent of the pregnantteens decided to keeptheir baby, while 36 percent had abortions, ac-cording to a study of8500 teenagers for theDepartment of Educa-tion. More than eight outof ten said they weresexually active and al-most one in five of thoseteens admitted they hadbeen pregnant at leastonce by the age of 18.

Almost eight in 10had been expecting ababy on one occasion, 18per cent had been preg-nant twice, and three percent had been pregnant atleast three times.

Internet

LONDON, 24 July—Just seven Europeanbanks failed a healthcheck and were orderedto raise their capital by3.5 billion euros ($4.5billion), much less thanexpected, confirmingfears the continent’s long-awaited stress test was toosoft. Results of the test ofhow 91 banks in 20countries would copewith another recessionwas released on Friday ina bid to restore investorconfidence after theGreek debt crisis spookedmarkets earlier this year.But it fell on deaf ears.“There is little evidencethat the tests have beenapplied consistently andthere is a distinct lack ofcredibility, making this awasted opportunity,” saidRichard Cranfield atinternational law firm

Seven banks fail Europe test,credibility questioned

Allen & Overy.While the modest

findings cast doubt on thecredibility of the banktests, some analysts saidthat may not matterbecause the Europeaneconomy is improvingfast.—Internet

Corns which are unusually short because of thedrought are pictured in Lyskovo of Nizhnij

Novgorod, Russia, on 22 July, 2010. RussianFirst Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkovassured on Friday that there will be no food

shortage due to the ongoing drought thatdestroyed one-fifth of Russia’s crops. —XINHUA

KIEV, 24 July—Ukraine plans to increasethe trade turnover withneighbouring Russia tomore than 50 billion USdollars by the end of 2010from 25.8 billion dollars in2009, Ukraine’s DeputyEco-nomy Minister ValeryMuntiyan said on Friday.

“In the first half of 2010the trade turnover between

Ukraine to double trade turnoverwith Russia

Ukraine and Russia hasgrown 68.2 percentcompared with the sameperiod of last year.Therefore, we believe thatwe are able to fulfill the taskof increasing the volume oftrade twice,” Muntiyan tolda press briefing in Kiev.“Twelve joint commissionsare working actively ondifferent economic areas toexpand Ukrainian-Russiantrade activities, including thesectors of energy, transpor-tation, communications,engineering, ship-buildingand aircraft manufacturing,”he noted.

Xinhua

File photo shows newly crowned Miss World

Hungary Agnes Dobo (C) poses with runner-up

and Miss Universe Hungary Timea Babinyecz (L)

and Miss Earth Hungary Jennifer Kalo(R) after

winning a joint beauty contest in Budapest

13 May, 2010.—XINHUA

LIMA, 24 July—Peruvian DefenceMinister Rafael Rey saidhis country hadpurchased eight Russian-made Mi serieshelicopters for the fightagainst terrorism anddrug trafficking, a localnewspaper reported onFriday. The helicopters,worth 250 million USdollars, will be used bythe armed forces in theValley of Apurimac andEne Rivers (VRAE) inthe southeastern Andes,which is difficult toaccess due to adverseclimates, the “LaRepublica” daily quotedRey as saying.—Xinhua

Peru purchasesRussian

helicopters tocounter terrorism,drug trafficking

MOSCOW, 24 July—A methane explosion at acoal mine in western Siberia early Saturday killedone miner and left two hospitalized with burns,officials said. A sudden buildup of the gas at theKrasnogorskaya mine ignited as 66 miners were atwork, and 65 were evacuated, said Valery Korchagin,an Emergencies Ministry spokesman. The extent ofthe burns injuries was unclear.

State television reported the Krasnogorskayamine is one of the region’s oldest, built in the 1940s,but that new safety equipment had recently beeninstalled. In Saturday’s blast the methaneaccumulated so quickly it wasn’t picked up bydetectors in time, the Rossiya-24 news channelreported.

The mine is one of dozens in and aroundKemerovo, an industrial city atop one of the world’slargest coal basins. Fatal accidents are commonthere, with workers often ignoring — or forced toignore — dangerous levels of volatile gases to raiseproduction figures.

Internet

Methane blast at Russianmine kills one

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LONDON, 24 July— London’s National Gallerysays it is borrowing paintings from all over the worldfor its exhibition “Leonardo Da Vinci: Painter at theCourt of Milan.” The show, which is to run fromNovember 2011 through February 2012 will featurepaintings never seen before in the United Kingdom. Itis expected to be the most complete display of theRenaissance artist’s paintings ever held, the BBC said.

The museum will borrow “La Belle Ferroniere”from the Louvre museum in Paris; the “MadonnaLitta” from the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, Russia;“Saint Jerome” from Pinacoteca Vaticana in Rome;and a full-scale copy of “Last Supper” from the RoyalAcademy, the British broadcaster said.

Internet

National Gallery planningDa Vinci show

VENICE, 24 July—“Black Swan,” apsychological thrillerstarring NataliePortman and WinonaRyder, has beenselected to open theVenice film festival,

‘Black Swan’ named Venice festopener

Natalie Portmanarrives for the 2009

Gotham IndependentFilm Awards at

Cipriani Wall Streetin

New York on30 November, 2009.

INTERNET

A bank robber dressed as “Star Wars”villain Darth Vader made off with anundetermined amount of cash afterpointing a handgun at startled tellersinside a Chase bank branch on LongIsland.

Detectives say the man walked intothe bank shortly before noon Thursdaywearing a full head mask and a bluecape. The only part of the uniform thatwas out of place were his camouflagepants. And that handgun — no lightsaber. Suffolk County police detectiveSgt. William Lamb told reporters that atleast one customer at the time didn’tthink the theft was legit.

The customer, whose identity wasnot released, can be seen cowering onthe floor in a surveillance camera photo,moments after the robber shoved him

Man decked out in Darth Vader maskrobs NY bank

In this photo released on 22 July,2010 by the Suffolk County PoliceDepartment, a person wearing aDarth Vader mask and cape is

captured on surveillance camerarobbing a Chase bank in Setauket,

NY, on 22 July.

KAPOLEI, 24 July—More than 80years after Mickey Mouse piloted“Steamboat Willie” and whistled hisway into the hearts of children acrossthe world, he has finally reached theshores of Hawaii.

The Walt Disney Co on Friday gavea peek of its sprawling, beachsideHawaiian resort that is underconstruction and scheduled to open nextyear.

“Aulani” is Disney’s first majorstandalone resort away from a themepark and could serve as a model forfuture projects as the companydiversifies and expands its vacationofferings.

Internet

Disney gives sneak peek of new Hawaii resort

This undated photo provided by DisneyEnterprises, Inc shows Construction on

Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa in KoOlina, Hawaii. The resort is scheduledto open on 29 Aug, 2011 and features

two 15-storey room towers, anexpansive pool and garden area, spa,

restaurants and access to a 9-acrelagoon and Ted Robinson designed 18-

hole championship golf course.INTERNET

Cast members TomCruise (R) and

Cameron Diaz jokeduring a news

conference for thepremiere of the film“Night & Day” in

Martillac,southwestern France,

on 23 July, 2010.XINHUA

Beer bottles sold

by the Scottish

Brewery

BrewDog are

seen inside the

bodies of stuffed

animals. The

strongest and

most expensive

beer ever created

sold out within

hours Friday,

BrewDog said as

they courted

controversy by

packaging the

bottles inside

animal

receptacles.

Corrie cat’s ashes sell forover £800

A tribute to former Coronation Street cat, Frisky.The cremated remains of a cat that appeared in the

opening credits of Britain’s longest runningtelevition soap sold for £700 (1,000 dollars, 830

euros), an auction house said.

The cremated remains of a cat that appeared inthe opening credits of ITV’s Coronation Street havesold for more than Â£800 (1,200 dollars, 1,000euros), an auction house said on Thursday.

For over a decade, viewers tuning in to Britain’slongest-running television soap were greeted with aclip of Frisky the cat crouching on a pigeon house.

The tabby beat 5,000 other cats to get the part in1990, and he featured in more than 1,000 episodesof the show before he died ten years ago.

His ashes, sealed in a wooden box with a brassplaque, were put up for auction by the cat’s ownerand sold for more than four times the initialestimate.

After some frenzied bidding, the item wentunder the hammer for Â£700, and with buyer’spremium the total came to Â£844, Dominic WinterAuctioneers said.

Pictured are fourUFOs that mystifiedonlookers in the sky whenthey appeared in the sky

“UFOs” mystify Chongqing citizensover Pingsha Park,Chongqing on12 July for about an hourbefore they disappeared.

A witness surnamed‘Liang’ said she received amessage from an onlinecommunity QQ group thatthe UFOs appeared in thesky at about 8:40 pm. Shelived on the 32nd floor, andcame to the balcony quickly

and saw the lights - threewhite round ones thatformed a triangle and asingle yellow one with a“tail” that was separatedfrom the others. Initially,all were motionless, shesaid.

away.“The customer thought it might have

been a joke and not a serious attempt ata robbery,” Lamb told the Daily News.

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organizers said.Directed by DarrenAronofsky, the movieis about the rivalrybetween two dancers ata competitive balletcompany inNew York.

“The cast and crewof ‘Black Swan’ areboth excited andhumbled by theselection committee’s

invitation,” the BBCquoted Aronofsky assaying in a statement.“It is an honour to walkthe great red carpet onthe Lido, and we areexcited to premiere ourfilm to the wonderfulaudiences in Venice.”The festival is to runfrom 1-11 Sept.

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S P O R T SDuchaussoy appointed new

French football chief

United ready to offer Rooneynew deal

French football wel-comed a new chief Fri-day after FernandDuchaussoy.—INTERNET

PARIS, 24 July—Frenchfootball welcomed a newchief Friday after FernandDuchaussoy was unveiledas successor to Jean-PierreEscallettes, who resigned inthe wake of the country’swoeful World Cup display.

Duchaussoy waselected president of theFrench Football Federa-tion on a caretaker basiswith the mandate of re-storing the country’sfootballing fortunes aftera year marked by cheat-ing, scandal, player revolt,and mediocrity.

The 67-year-old steps

Riera signs record four-yearOlympiakos deal

LONDON, 24 July—Manchester United are setto begin negotiations withWayne Rooney on a lucra-tive new contract, eventhough the England strikerstill has two years to runon his current agreement.

United chief executiveDavid Gill announced hisplans after confirming Ser-bian defender NemanjaVidic had agreed a new“long-term” contract of hisown.

“The current intention isto meet with Wayne and hisadvisors when we’re backfrom tour (in the USA) andhe’s back from holidaywith a view to sorting out anew deal for him,” Gill toldwww.mutv.com.

Internet

PIRAEUS, 24 July—Liverpool’s Spanishwinger Albert Riera com-pleted his Greek recordmove to Olympiakos onFriday when he signed afour-year contract.

It is the biggest trans-action ever in the GreekSuper League withOlympiakos paying Liv-erpool five million euros.

“I will work hard towrite history withOlympiakos,” said28-year-old Riera.

The former Espanyoland Bordeaux winger willreceive a total of sevenmillion euros for the du-ration of his contract, afigure which does not in-clude bonuses.

“It was an easy choicefor me to make and I amhappy to be here. I did notexpect such a big turnout atthe airport. It was a pleas-ant surprise,” Riera saidabout the welcome fromsome 3,000 Olympiakossupporters at the airport onThursday.—Internet

Japan’s Miyazato leads EvianMasters by one stroke

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EVIAN-LES-BAINS, 24July—Mika Miyazato ofJapan shot a 5-under 67 forthe second-round lead at theEvian Masters on Friday.

Michelle Wie startedthe day tied for sixth at 4under, but slipped downthe leaderboard at 1 overafter a sluggish round (77)that included a quintuplebogey on the 10th hole.

Defending championAi Miyazato of Japanmanaged a 72 to stay 3

under overall and sixshots off the lead.

Miyazato was 9 underand had a one-stroke leadover Gwladys Nocera ofFrance. Miyazato had sixbirdies. Nocera had aneagle and five birdies inher round.—Internet

Mika Miyazato ofJapan plays on the

fourteenth hole duringthe second round of the

Evian Masters wom-en’s.—INTERNET

Striker Wayne Rooneykicks the ball duringthe 2010 World Cup

on June 2010.INTERNET

Liverpool’s Spanishwinger Albert Rieracompleted his Greek

record move toOlympiakos on

Friday.—INTERNET

Isner beats the heat withquick Atlanta win

John Isner returns a

forehand to Michael

Russell on Day 5 of

the Atlanta Tennis

Championships.

INTERNET

ATLANTA, 24 July—Wimbledon marathonman John Isner kept itshort and sweet in 48 Cel-sius on-court heat Friday,dismissing Michael

Russell 6-1, 6-2 to reachthe ATP Atlanta Champi-onship semi-finals.

Isner’s win in 58 min-utes was around 10 hoursless than his Wimbledonepic of a month ago, whenhe won the longest matchever played in the sport.

The second seed, whoadmitted he was glad toget off court in a hurry,will play in the Saturdaysemi-final against formeruniversity tennis oppo-nent Kevin Andersonafter the South Africancrushed Lukas Lacko 6-3,6-4 following theSlovak’s upset of LleytonHewitt.

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Athletics sign C Kurt Suzukito 4-year contract

New coach wants young Juvewith ‘winning mentality’

Juventus forwardVincenzo Iaquinta(right) is hugged byteammates as they

celebrate afterscoring.—INTERNET

Youthful Chelsea undone byAjax, keeper error

Chelsea’s goalkeeperRoss Turnbull.

INTERNET

Oakland Athletics’ KurtSuzuki (8) beats the tagby Kansas City Royalscatcher Jason Kendallto score.—INTERNET

OAKLAND, 24 July—Kurt Suzuki and theOakland Athletics agreedto a four-year contract Fri-day that locks up thecatcher through his arbi-tration years.

The deal replacesSuzuki’s previous 2010

contract and includes aclub option for the 2014season. The option year isthe first year Suzukiwould be eligible for freeagency.

“Since the day Kurtgot here, beyond being anoutstanding player, he’sbeen an outstandingleader and a quality guyoff the field as well,” A’sgeneral manager BillyBeane said.

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ROME, 24 July—CoachLuigi Delneri wants tobuild a new Juventus teambased on young playerswith a winning mentalityahead of the upcomingItalian season.

Juventus were due toplay Lyon in a friendly on

Saturday before begin-ning the serious businessagainst Shamrock Roversin the Europa League thirdqualifying round next onThursday. And Delneriwill be under the spotlightto see how he has turnedaround a team that last sea-son crashed to their worstever showing in Serie A,losing a club recordnumber of games and con-ceding a record number ofgoals in a seventh-placedfinish.—Internet

AMSTERDAM, 24 July—Premier League champi-ons Chelsea slumped to a3-1 defeat to Martin Jol’s

Ajax in a pre-seasonfriendly on Friday, butcoach Carlo Ancelottipraised his side, eight ofwhom were under 21years old.

“Our young playersdid their best and it is nor-mal for young players toplay this kind of game,”said Ancelotti, whoseWorld Cup players did notfeature.

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up to the top job from hisposition as head of theamateur football league.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain orthundershowers have been scartered in LowerSagaing, Mandalay, Magway and Bago Divisionsand widespread in the remaining areas with locallyheavy falls in Rakhine and Mon States andTaninthayi Division and isolated heavy falls inKayin State and Magway Division. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were NayPyi Taw (Head Office) (1.53)inches, Nay Pyi Taw(Yezin) (0.35)inches, Hpa-an (6.89)inches,Kawthoung (5.67)inches, Launglon (5.28)inches,Kyeikkhame (5.00)inches, Chaungzon (4.92)inches, Gwa (4.88)inches, Mawlamyine (3.86)inches, Thandwe (3.70)inches, Kyeikmaraw(3.44)inches, Mudon(3.15)inches, Ye (3.03)inches, Kalay and Pakokku (2.05)inches each.

Maximum temperature on 23-7-2010 was 91°F.Minimum temperature on 24-7-2010 was 76°F.Relative humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 24-7-2010was 79%. Total sun shine hours on 23-7-2010 was(2.4) hours.

Rainfall on 24-7-2010 was (0.19) inch atMingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (0.12) inch at CentralYangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was (38.14)inches at Mingaladon, (44.09) inches at Kaba-Ayeand (52.28) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph fromWest at (15:30) hours MST on 23-7-2010.

Bay Inference: Monsoon is strong to vigorous inthe Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 24thJuly2010: Rain or thundershowers will be scattered inKayah State, Lower Sagaing Magway andMandalay Divisions, fairly widespread in ShanState and widespread in the remaining areas withlikelihood of isolated heavy falls in Rakhine, Kayinand Mon States and Taninthayi Divisions. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Occasional squalls with roughseas will be experienced off and along MyanmarCoast. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach(40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Strongmonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 25-7-2010: One or two rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 25-7-2010: Some rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 25-7-2010: Isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

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26-7-10 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission

* Opening

* News

* National Kandawgyi Garden (Pyin Oo Lwin)

* News

* The World’s Largest Book

* Brighter Future for Myanmar Seafarers

* News

* Myanmar Movies Impact ‘‘Heart-Hit’’

* Myanmar Fashion Show of Successive Era

* News

* Living Myanmar Glazed Ceramics

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* News

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* Brighter Future for Myanmar Seafarers

* News

* Myanmar Movies Impact ‘‘Heart-Hit’’

* Myanmar Fashion Show of Successive Era

* News

* Living Myanmar Glazed Ceramics

* News

* Surprising Myanmar (Gifts)

* News

* Fashionable and Beautiful Silk Fabric

* A Study Tour to Bagan (Sulamuni Temple)

* Music Gallery

* News

* Artist Ahead : Min Wai Aung

* Travelogue in Popa

* Myanmar Movie ‘‘As her real son’’

Tourists visit the Xiamen branch of the GuanfuMuseum in Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, eastChina’s Fujian Province, on 23 July, 2010.

XINHUA

JOHANNESBURG, 24 July—Five South Africanpolice officers, believed to be members of thespecialized National Intervention Unit, and twopilots died in a helicopter crash in Witbank, east ofJohannesburg on Friday morning.

By mid-morning Talk Radio 702 inJohannesburg said details were still sketchy and itis not known what led to the aircraft going down.

The radio said it is understood South Africanpolice minister Nathi Mthethwa and National PoliceCommissioner Bheki Cele were on their way to thescene. —Xinhua

Five top South African police, twopilots killed in helicopter crash

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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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Multipurpose-use Diesel Engine Factory (Thagara).


Article: Maung Tway Htet, Photos: Kyemon

Establishment of industries on a large scale isa main driver behind the development of the industri-alized countries. It is widely said that today is Informa-tion and Communication Technology Age. Needlessto say we cannot reach ICT Age without industrialrevolution. Only with industrial development have wepassed better ages one after another.

Although Myanmar is rich in land and waterresources, she could not exploit and utilize them effec-tively due to lack of technology. During the rule ofcolonialists, Myanmar lagged far behind other globalpartners in terms of technology.

During the post-independence days, the coun-try lagged behind in industrial sector compared with

other countries due to lack of peace and stability andgood policies. The country encountered unemploy-ment and relied on neighbouring countries for house-hold goods due to lack of industrial development.

After 1988, the government promoted indus-trial sector while implementing 12 objectives.

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