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Bahusaccañca, to have immensity of knowledge; this is the way to auspiciousness

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development ofother sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms oftechnical know-how and investments from sources inside the coun-try and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

YANGON, 18 July — Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence and wife Daw Khin Thet Htayattended the Waso robe offering ceremony of the

Lt-Gen Myint Swe and wife attendWaso robe offering ceremony of NDC

National Defence College at the monastery of AlanpyaPagoda in the compound of NDC of the Ministry ofDefence, here, this morning.

The ceremony was also attended by membersof the Sangha led by Presiding Nayaka Sayadaw (See page 10)

The congregation led by Lt-Gen Myint Swe and wife Daw Khin Thet Htay receive the Five Precepts from a Sayadaw at Waso robe offering ceremony. — MNA

Maj-Gen Ko Ko views growing of paddy on a farmland in Talaingsu village, Pantanaw Township. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 18July – Maj-Gen Ko Ko ofthe Ministry of Defenceaccompanied by officialsconcerned went to Malzalivillage in NyaungdonTownship, Maubin Dis-trict, Ayeyawady Divi-sion, on 15 July. Theywere welcomed there byChairman of AyeyawadyDivision Peace and De-velopment Council Com-mander of South-WestCommand Brig-GenKyaw Swe and officials.

Maj-Gen Ko Ko,the commander and offi-cials proceeded toNyaungdon and met with

Maj-Gen Ko Ko meets with personnel, social organizationsmembers and local people in Pathein and Maubin Districts

division, district and town-ship level departmentalofficials, members of so-

cial organizations andtownselders at the officeof Nyaungdon Township

PDC.After hearing re-

ports on facts about the

township, arrangementsmade for the extendedcultivation of monsoon

paddy this year andregional development

(See page 10)

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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 DesireSaturday, 19 July, 2008

The government is giving priority to thedevelopment of rural regions where the majorityof the people reside.

Better transport plays a pivotal role in thedevelopment of rural regions. Therefore, newvillage-to-village roads and village-to-town roadsare being built extensively along with small andlarge bridges, thereby enabling rural people totravel from one place to another with peace ofmind.

A ceremony to inaugurate the bridge ofKyauktalon Dam constructed by local people andthe Union Solidarity and Development Associationwas held at Yondaw Village of TaungthaTownship, Mandalay Division, on 13 July. Theemergence of the bridge has contributed a lot tothe development of the economic, education andhealth sectors of local people.

Likewise, a suspension bridge acrossMyittha River in Gangaw Township, MagwayDivision, was opened on 9 June. The bridge wasbuilt at a cost of over K 50 million contributed byMagway Division Peace and Development Counciland local people. The bridge can be of service tolocal people of 16 nearby villages all the yearround.

In the meantime, projects for supply ofdrinking water, which is imperative for ruraldevelopment, have been implemented. At present,over 30 townships in Sagaing, Magway andMandalay Divisions are enjoying the fruitfulresults of the projects. Similarly, model villagesfacilitated with new school buildings, ruraldispensaries and libraries are being established.

At a time when relentless efforts are beingmade with added momentum for ruraldevelopment under the leadership of thegovernment and with the participation of well-wishers, we firmly believe that the socio-economicstatus of local people will surely be enhanced allthe more.

Make relentless effortsfor rural development

NAY PYI TAW, 18 July — The State Peace andDevelopment Council has appointed Col Soe Kyi ofthe Ministry of Defence as Director-General ofSocial Welfare Department under the Ministry ofSocial Welfare, Relief and Resettlement on probationfrom the date he assumes charge of his duties.

MNA

MYANMAR GAZETTENAY PYI TAW, 18

July—The third Wasorobes offering ceremonyof the Ministry of Sportswas held at office No. 31,here, yesterday morning.Present on the occasionwere Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura AyeMyint and wife Daw AyeAye, Minister for ReligiousAffairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung, DeputyMinister Brig-Gen ThuraAung Ko, Directors-General, officials and theirwives and staff families.Presiding NayakaSayadaw BhaddantaAggavamsa of MahaWithutayama UyinsutheinMonastery in Nay Pyi TawPyinmana administered theNine Precepts.

Next, Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint andwife Daw Aye Aye,Minister Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung and officials

Sports Ministry offersWaso robes

offered Waso robes andalms to members of theSangha.

Afterwards, thepresiding Sayadawdelivered a sermon and thecongregation offered‘soon’ to the monks.

MNA

YANGON, 18 July — Under the arrangements ofthe Ministry of Health, a medical team comprisingspecialists led by Deputy Head of Ayeyawady DivisionHealth Department Dr Zaw Htay and other health staffmembers and the staff of Melteser International arrivedat Theikpankongyi Forward Camp in Labutta Townshipto provide public health care on 29 June.

They took preventive measures against DHF,sprayed insecticides, pumped out salty water from thelakes and wells, built temporary rainwater tanks andgave public health knowledge talks. — MNA

Health care provided inTheikpankongyi Village,

Labutta TspNAY PYI TAW, 18 July—The Department of

Meteorology and Hydrology today issued a floodbulletin that the water level of Chindwin River atMawlaik has fallen below its danger level sinceyesterday afternoon.

The water level of Ayeyawady River at Hinthadaexceeded 37 cm (about 1.2 ft) above its danger level.It remains without any further rising and is forecast tostart falling within next 12 hours and continue to falluntil below its danger level within next 3 dayscommencing this noon. The water level of SittoungRiver at Madauk has exceeded 11 cm (about 0.4 foot)above its danger level and may fall below its dangerlevel 1070 cm during the next 3 days.—MNA

Ayeyawady, Chindwinbelow danger level

YANGON, 18 July— Vice-President U KyawKyaw (Chairman of Competition and DisciplinesEnforcement Committee) of Myanmar CricketFederation arrived back from Pakistan afterattending the Asian Cricket Council Annual GeneralMeeting 2008 and the ACC 25th AnniversaryMeeting 2008 organized by Asia Cricket Councilheld at Karachi, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,on 5 and 6 July.

He was welcomed back by Vice-PresidentU Maung Maung and executives of MCF at Yangon

MCF Vice-President arrives backfrom Pakistan

International Airport.Vice-President U Kyaw Kyaw on 7 July met

ACC President Dr Nasim Ashraf (President of IslamicRepublic of Pakistan Cricket Board) and Mr. SyedAshraful Haque (Chief Executive of ACC) and theycordially discussed promotion of Myanmar Cricketsports, construction of modern cricket pitch inMyanmar, training of Myanmar cricket selected playersand mutual cooperation in development of cricketsport between the two nations.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint and wife Daw Aye Aye offer Waso robes and alms to a Sayadaw.— MNA

MCF Vice-President U Kyaw Kyaw, ACCPresident Dr Nasim Ashraf and ACC Chief

Executive Mr Syed Ashraful Haque seen afterholding discussions on cricket sports

promotion programme.—MCF

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Qantas cuts 4 pct of workforce,prunes growth plan

SYDNEY, 18 July—Australia’s top airline, QantasAirways Ltd (QAN.AX), will cut 4 percent of itsworkforce and scrap its growth plan for the comingyear, saying the business would be at risk if it fails tooffset soaring fuel prices. The plan to cut 1,500 of its36,000 workers was the carrier's fifth belt-tighteningin three months. It has previously raised fares twiceand cut capacity twice.

The global airline industry faces what it calls a“perfect storm” of skyrocketing oil prices, with carriersworldwide shedding jobs and closing down routes aslosses mount.—Internet

Wipro 1Q profit missesforecast, remains cautiousBANGALORE, 18 July—India’s third largest

information technology outsourcer, Wipro Ltd(WIPR.BO), missed forecasts with a 15 percent rise inquarterly profit, and said it was cautious in the nearterm, echoing its larger rivals.

Wipro, which offers system integration, softwareapplication development and back-office services, saidnet profit rose to 8.14 billion rupees ($190 million) inits fiscal first quarter to June from 7.10 billion a yearago under US accounting rules.

A Reuters poll had forecast a net profit of 9.02 billionrupees for Bangalore-based Wipro, which countstelecoms gear makers Cisco (CSCO O), Credit Suisse(CSGN VX), Nortel (NT N) and Nokia SiemensNetworks (NSN UL) among its clients.

Revenue rose 42.5 percent to 59.62 billion rupees, asit added 31 clients during the quarter.—Internet

Merrill Lynch posts 2Q loss;sells Bloomberg stake

NEW YORK, 18 July—Merrill Lynch & Coon Thursday issued itslatest assessment of thedamage it has sufferedfrom the credit crisis:its fourth straightquarterly loss and write-downs from failedinvestments approaching$40 billion.

The world’s biggestbrokerage announced awider- than-expected$4.89 billion second-quarter loss and said itwas selling assets —its stake in media com-pany Bloomberg LP for$4.4 billion and itsFinancial Data ServicesInc subsidiary for $3.5billion.

After Wells Fargo &

Co and JPMorgan Chase& Coannouncedstronger-than-expectedearnings this week,Merrill’s results servedas a reminder that thecredit crisis isn’t fading.Global banks andbrokerages have beenforced to take some $300billion of write-downs inthe past year, an amountthat some believe couldgrow to $1 trillionbefore the turmoil haspassed.

“This was a difficultand disappointing quarterin terms of the bottomline,” Chief ExecutiveJohn Thain told analystson a conference call.“But, in spite of this loss,we likely have in our

last two quarters morethan replaced the capitalthat we lost.”

Merrill’s quarterly losscame to $4.97 per share,after accounting for thepayment of dividends forthe three months ended30 June.

That compares to ayear-ago profit of $2.01billion, or $2.24 pershare. The broker re-ported negative revenueof $2.11 billion versusrevenue of $9.46 billiona year earlier.

Analysts had expectedthat the New York-basedbrokerage would lose$1.91 per share, accord-ing to Thomson Fin-ancial.

Internet

Breast-feeding triggers pulses offeel-good hormone

A Tarahumara child is breastfed by his mother inthe hamlet of Rikinapuchi, northern Chihuahuastate, Mexico, on 22 January, 2008.—INTERNET

CHICAGO, 18 July—When a baby breast-feeds,it triggers a flood of thehormone oxytocin thatreleases milk from themammary gland and afeeling of love and trust inthe mother that ensures thebaby’s needs are met.

This reflex has longpuzzled researchersbecause it requires largesurges of oxytocin to pulloff all of this.

Using a special computermodel, researchers fromChina, France, Italy, andthe United Kingdom said

on Thursday they nowunderstand how it works.

Their study, reported inthe journal PLoS Com-putational Biology,suggests that breast feedingnot only taps the normalbrain cells involved insecreting oxytocin.

It also recruits dendrites—whose normal job is tocreate communicationchannels between braincells —into secreting thehormone.

This increases com-munication between theneurons and creates a hubof oxytocin production thatresults in bursts of thehormone released atregular intervals.

Internet

Nazi hunter says closingin on ‘Dr Death’

BUENOS AIRES (Argentina), 18 July—The world’stop Nazi-hunter said Thursday he’s made progress infinding 94-year-old “Doctor Death,” a formerconcentration camp physician accused of torturingJewish prisoners as they died and who may have beenliving for decades in Argentina or Chile.

Efraim Zuroff, head of the Israeli branch of theSimon Wiesenthal Center, told a news conference thathis mission to the southern reaches of the Americas ledhim to at least four people who claim to have seenAribert Heim in the past 45 days.—Internet

Efraim Zuroff —INTERNET

SINGAPORE, 18 July—AnAustralian televisionjournalist has been ar-rested in Singapore foralleged drug possessionand faces up to 20 years injail and 15 strokes of thecane, police and hisemployer said Friday.

The Central NarcoticsBureau said the man wasarrested Wednesday butdid not identify him.Australia’s national tele-vision network, AustralianBroadcasting Corp, said itwas their New Delhi-basedSouth Asia correspondent,

Peter Lloyd. Officers sei-zed a packet of metham-phetamine weighing ap-proximately 0.03 ounces,an improvised smokingpipe and six syringes, thenarcotics bureau said in astatement. Lloyd, 41, wasexpected to be charged incourt Friday.

Singapore imposessevere penalties for druguse and possession,including a mandatorydeath penalty for anyonecaught with more than 0.5ounces of heroin or morethan 17.6 ounces ofmarijuana. The deathpenalty does not apply tosynthetic drug possession.

A statement from thedirector of ABC News, JohnCameron, said Lloyd was onleave in Singapore. Thereporter has been the face ofABC’s coverage from Indiaand Pakistan, appearingregularly on the network’snationally broadcast dailynews. The narcotics bureausaid Lloyd was arrested duringa follow-up search after aSingaporean man wasarrested earlier in the day foralleged possession ofmethamphetamine. Aninvestigation revealed thatLloyd had supplied theSingaporean with the drug, itsaid.—Internet

Pelosi calls Bush ‘a total failure’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 18 July—House SpeakerNancy Pelosi called President Bush “atotal failure” on Thursday, among theCalifornia Democrat’s harshestassessments to date of the president.

“God bless him, bless his heart,president of the United States —a totalfailure, losing all credibility with theAmerican people on the economy, onthe war, on energy, you name thesubject,” Pelosi said in an exclusiveinterview.

The comments came two days afterthe president sharply criticized Congressover what he described as relativeinaction over the course of the legislativeterm. At the White House on Wednesday,Bush noted that there were only 26legislative days left in the fiscal year andsaid Congress would need to pass aspending bill every other day to “get

their fundamental job done.”“This is not a record to be proud of, and

I think the American people deservebetter,” Bush said. VideoWatch Pelosirespond to criticism of Congress fromthe president. In the interview, Pelosisaid the president was in no position tocriticize Congress and brushed aside thecriticisms as “something to talk aboutbecause he has no ideas.”—Internet

Australian journalist heldin drug case

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WASHINGTON, 18 July—Democratic White Househopeful Barack Obamaraised a huge 52 milliondollars in June, more thandouble the haul of hisRepublican rival JohnMcCain in the same month,his campaign said Thurs-day. The fundraising bon-anza confounded some re-cent reports that Obama’sfundraising juggernautmight be slowing after hebeat Hillary Clinton to theDemocratic nomination.

Obama’s June totaltakes his record breaking

BEIJING,18 July—Aspill of poisonous miningwaste forced officials in anortheastern Chinese cityto cut off water suppliesearlier this week oversafety concerns, statemedia said on Thursday.

Water in Donggang, acity of 150,000 people,was cut off on Tuesdaywhen a sluice pipe burstat a nearby mine, sendingtailings containing poi-sonous cyanogen pouringinto a reservoir, Xinhuanews agency said.

Supplies were restoredon Wednesday, onceexperts had ensured thatthe water posed no healthrisk to consumers, thereport said.

The incident at theWulong Mining Co was

Obama piles up 52 milliondollars in June

fundraising for the 2008race, the most expensivein history, to more than330 million dollars.

His total for the monthwas just shy of his all-time record monthlyfundraising coup, when hepiled up 55 million dollarsat the height of his Demo-cratic primary clash withHillary Clinton in Feb-ruary.

Obama’s campaignmanager David Plouffeannounced Obama’sfundraising coup in anearly morning email to the

Illinois senator’s suppor-ters. “Because of yourgenerosity and commit-ment, we’re reporting tothe press today that thiscampaign is in a verystrong financial position,”Plouffe said.

“In the month of June,supporters like you helpedraise 52 million dollars.”

The Democratic Nat-ional Committee said itsfundraising combinedwith that raised by Obamatotalled 92 million dollarsat the end of June.

Internet

Water cut in Chinese cityafter toxic spill

A Chinese deliveryman loads bottles of drinkingwater in Beijing in 2007. A spill of poisonous

mining waste forced officials in a northeasternChinese city to cut off water supplies earlier thisweek over safety concerns, state media said on

Thursday.—INTERNET

being investigated.Chemical spills with

serious health conse-quences are common inChina.

In 2005, a massivechemical plant spill into

northeast China’s Song-hua River resulted indrinking water supply cutsaffecting millions ofresidents in Heilongjiangprovince.

Internet

WASHINGTON, 18 July— Former Vice PresidentAl Gore called Thursdayfor a “man on the moon”effort to switch all of thenation’s electricityproduction to wind, solarand other carbon-freesources within 10 years, agoal that he said wouldsolve global warming aswell as economic andnatural security crisescaused by dependence onfossil fuels.

“The answer is to endour reliance on carbon-based fuels,” Gore told apacked auditorium in

WASHINGTON, 18 July— Plans for a large-scaletrial of a potential AIDSvaccine are being droppedin favor of a smaller, morefocused study, theNational Institutes ofHealth said Thursday.

AIDS vaccine trial scaled back

A scientist tests blood samples for HIV. Scientistshave isolated two genes which may prevent peoplefrom contracting HIV or at least slow the rate atwhich they develop AIDS, a new study published

in the journal AIDS has found.—INTERNET

The trial of the vaccine,developed by the VaccineResearch Center at theNational Institute ofAllergy and InfectiousDisease, had been plannedto include 2,400 men inthe United States in a study

called PAVE 100.However, the agency

said that it decided thatthe vaccine did notwarrant a trial of this sizeand scope. InsteadNIAID said it will plan asmaller, more focusedclinical trial designed tosee whether the producthas a significant effecton the amount of virus ina person’s blood.

If an effect is found,then additional studies,or an expansion of thestudy could be carriedout.

NIAID said it actedafter reviewing the resultsof the STEP trial, a studyof another vaccine thatwas halted last fall afterreports of an increasednumber of infectionsamong volunteers takingpart in the test.

Internet

LONDON, 18 July—Your odds of survivingcancer depend on whichcountry you live in. And,in the United States, it alsodepends on whetheryou’re black or white, anew study finds.

Economic differencesamong countries, accessto health care, and theavailability of cancertreatments feed thedisparities in survival, thereport said.

“There is a very wideglobal range in the odds ofsurvival after a cancerdiagnosis,” said lead

Gore calls carbon-free electricityin 10 years doable

Washington’s historicConstitution Hall. “Whenyou connect the dots, itturns out that the realsolutions to the climatecrisis are the very samemeasures needed to renewour economy and escapethe trap of ever-risingenergy prices.”

Gore compared thechallenge to establishingSocial Security and theInterstate highwaysystem, as well as landinga man on the moon —allsuccesses that took morethan a single presidencyto accomplish and

required members of bothpolitical parties to over-come their partisanship.

The Alliance forClimate Protection, abipartisan group Goreleads, put the 30-year costof his plan —both govern-ment and private—at $1.5trillion to $3 trillion.

To speed up thetransition to new energysources, Gore said thesingle most importantpolicy change would be to“tax what we burn, notwhat we earn,” advocatinga tax on carbon dioxidepollution.—Internet

Cancer survival depends on where you liveresearcher MichelColeman, a professor ofepidemiology at theLondon School of Hygi-ene and Tropical Medi-cine in Great Britain.“Some of the range isunderstandable on thebasis of the relative wealthof these countries,” headded.

The study alsoconfirms the disparity incancer survival amongblacks and whites in theUnited States, Colemansaid.

“The differences arelarge across the USA, and

even in different metro-politan areas,” he said.

Coleman believes thedifferences amongcountries — and withinregions of countries — isdirectly related to accessto health care.

“This is not a questionof the competence ofdoctors in any particularcountry,” he said. “This isan issue of the overalleffectiveness of healthservices.”

The report was pub-lished in the 17 July onlineedition of The LancetOncology.—Internet

Say goodbye to the computer mouse

The world’s first computer mousedidn’t make any money for its

inventor.—INTERNET

“You’ve got Panasonic showingforward facing video in the homeentertainment enviornment. Instead ofusing a conventional remote control youhold up your hand and it recognises youhave done that,” he said.

Internet

SILICON VALLEY, 18 July—It’s nearly40 years old but one leading researchcompany says the days of the computermouse are numbered.

A Gartner analyst predicts the demiseof the computer mouse in the next threeto five years. Taking over will be socalled gestural computer mechanismslike touch screens and facial recognitiondevices.

“The mouse works fine in the desktopenvironment but for home entertainmentor working on a notebook it’s over,”declared analyst Steve Prentice. He saidthat his prediction is driven by the effortsof consumer electronics firm which aremaking products with new interactiveinterfaces inspired by the world ofgaming.

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Obama says he wantsa nuke-free world

Medvedev ratifies new Russianforeign policy paper

China rejects Bush’s “religion freedom” remarksOPEC revises down global oil demand for 2008

WASHINGTON, 18 July—US Democratic pre-sidential hopeful BarackObama on Wednesdaysaid he would like theworld free of nuclearweapons and pledged tofight emerging threatsposed by biological andcyber-terrorism.

The Senator fromIllinois made the remarksat a roundtable discussionon national security inWest Lafayette, Indiana.

“It’s time to send a clearmessage to the world:America seeks a world

with no nuclear weapons,”he said.

“As long as nuclearweapons exist, we’ll retaina strong deterrent. Butwe'll make the goal ofeliminating all nuclearweapons a central elementin our nuclear policy,”Obama added.

The remarks, deliveredbefore a roundtable dis-cussion with foreignpolicy experts, comebefore the presidentialhopeful’s scheduled tripto Europe and Mideast.

It is the second day in a

row that he focuses hisspeech on nationalsecurity issues.

Obama is trying to beatback the public perceptionthat he is less experiencedthan his Republican rivalJohn McCain whenhandling national security.

Shortly after he con-cluded his remarks, theMcCain campaign rel-eased a letter signed by 10retired admirals andgenerals touting McCain’snational security creden-tials.

Xinhua

MOSCOW, 18 July—Russian President DmitryMedvedev has ratified anew foreign policy paperon the general direction ofthe country’s diplomaticefforts, as well as itsrelations with the UnitedStates, Europe and NATO.

The top priority ofRussia’s foreign policy isensuring national securityand nurturing a goodinternational environmentfor its development.

The nation also aims tocontribute to the processtoward creating a just and

democratic world throughpushing for goodneighbourly relations,collective solving ofinternational problemsand eliminating hotbedsof conflict, according toan article posted Tuesdayon the president’s website.Russia embraces an open,foreseeable and pragmaticforeign policy, the articlesaid. The new framework,which extends anddevelops on a foreignpolicy paper approved byformer president VladimirPutin in June 2000,

denounces unilateralactions unauthorized bythe United Nations, which,Russia believes, willdestabilize the world bycausing tensions, pro-voking arms races,deepening conflicts, andcreating national andreligious rifts.

On relations with theUnited States, it saysRussia will build astrategic partnership withthe country and overstepbarriers of strategicprinciples of the past.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 18 July—Chinese Foreign Ministryspokesman Liu Jianchaoon Wednesday rejectedUS President George WBush’s remarks con-cerning religion freedomin China, urging theUnited States to viewChina’s religious con-dition with a just andobjective attitude.

“China is a countryunder the rule of law, andthe Chinese Governmentprotects its citizens’freedom of religious beliefaccording to law, andChinese citizens enjoy fullfreedom of religious beliefprotected by law,” Liusaid.

Liu’s remarks came inresponse to a questionconcerning the USPresident’s speech onMonday at the ceremonyof the 10th anniversaryof the American

International ReligiousFreedom Act.

“Meanwhile, whatneeds to be stressed is thatpeople are all equals inthe eyes of the law.Anyone’s speech orbehaviour should notviolate the country’s lawnor imperil the statesecurity and social

stability,” Liu said.“We urged the United

States to discard bias andview the religious situ-ation in China with a justand objective attitude, andstop interfering in China'sinternal affairs under thepretext of relevant issues,”Liu said.

Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

VIENNA, 18 July—The Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries(OPEC) has revised downglobal oil demand to86.81 million barrels perday for this year, 90,000barrels lower than its

forecast in June. This is the fourth timeOPEC has lowered itsglobal oil demandforecast for this year. Inits latest monthly reportpublished Tuesday, theVienna-based cartel alsoforecasted a daily demandrise of 0.9 million barrelsin 2009, which representsa decline of 0.1 millionbarrels from estimatedgrowth in 2008. The report said demandfor OPEC crude oil in 2008would average 32 millionbpd and, and in 2009,average demand wouldfurther decrease to 31.2million bpd. OPEC monthly oil

prices reached a recordhigh of 128 US dollarsper barrel in June, 7.5 percent higher than theprevious month, mainlydue to rising Middle Easttensions, financial marketspeculations, supplyconcerns over a stormthreat in the Gulf ofMexico and the continuedfluctuation of the dollar,OPEC said. Iran, the second-largestoil producer of OPEC,started testing long-distance missiles lastWednesday, deepeningglobal concerns aboutthe future stable supply ofOPEC oil.

Xinhua

Boats take part in the Bretz-Douarnenez regatta in Brittany, western France,on 17 July, 2008 during the Brest 2008 international maritime festival.

INTERNET

Traders arrange their groceries at an open air stall in Highfield, Harare, on17 July, 2008.—INTERNET

A man reads a book next to a statue in front of a

book store in Tokyo, on 15 July, 2008.—INTERNET

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TEHERAN, 18 July —Iran’s Government spokes-man Gholam-HosseinElham said on Tuesdaythat Teheran is ready tohold talks with othercountries, including theUnited States, Iran’ssatellite Press TV reported.

“Iran, as a influentialpower, is ready to holdtalks with other countries,”Elham was quoted assaying, “but this willing-ness should not be inter-preted as a need or a formof passivity.” He also

Iran ready to negotiatewith US

pointed out that directtalks with Washingtoncould only take placewhen the time is right. Thetwo countries severeddiplomatic ties in 1979when the Islamic revolu-tion took place in Iran.

“The time for unilateraltalks and pressure hasended. You can not talk toa great power like Iranusing that kind oflanguage,” Elham added.

Elham’s commentscame after recent reportsthat the United States is

willing to open an interestsection in Teheran forissuing visas and carryingout cultural activities.Iranian Foreign MinisterManouchehr Mottaki saidrecently in New York thatTeheran will consider theplan if the United Statespresents the proposalofficially.

On Sunday, IranianPresident MahmoudAhmadinejad said that hewas ready to talk with USPresident George W Bushdirectly. — MNA/Xinhua

An Afghan woman clad in a burqa, left, talks witha woman who was allegedly wounded by coalitionairstrikes in the Zerko area of Shindand district, ata hospital in the city of Herat Province Southwest

of Kabul, Afghanistan on 17 July, 2008.INTERNET

Russian Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser leavesfor the Barents Sea in this Aug 2004 file picture.

Russia announced Monday that it is sendingwarships to patrol Arctic waters for the first timesince the breakup of the Soviet Union —the latest

move to increase the country’s global militarypresence. —INTERNET

A general view shows Teheran’s wealthy northern neighbourhood as seenfrom the rooftop of a multi-storey building in March 2008. The United Stateswill announce in the next month plans to establish a diplomatic presence in

Iran for the first time in 30 years, London’s Guardian newspaper saidon 18 July, 2008.—INTERNET

SEOUL, 18 July — For-mer Samsung Group chiefLee Kun-hee, one of SouthKorea’s most powerfulbusinessmen, was handeda three-year suspended jailsentence on Wednesdayfor tax evasion, but wascleared of other charges.

The court also finedLee 110 billion won (109million US dollars), butcleared him of charges ofbreach of trust and illegalissuance of convertiblebonds. His jail sentencewas suspended for five

BRUSSELS, 18 July— The European Commissionexpressed here Wednesday satisfaction that Israel andHizbollah exchanged prisoners.

“I am satisfied that this exchange of prisonersfinally takes place,” said Commissioner for ExternalRelations and European Neighbourhood Policy BenitaFerrero-Waldner.

“First and foremost this is a positive step taken byboth sides,” she said. “Today’s exchange is also a steptowards the full implementation of UNSC resolution1701 and therefore contributes to regional stability.”

She urged that “those whose loved ones have dieddeserve to receive the remains for burial”.

The commissioner commended the UN and allthose who contributed for their role played in makingthis exchange of prisoners possible. —MNA/Xinhua

EU “satisfied” of prisoners swapbetween Israel, Hizbollah

Ex-Samsung chief handed three-year suspended jail termyears.

The decision not toincarcerate Lee was widelyexpected and comes onlya month after the head ofworlds No 6 automaker,Hyundai Motor, was alsogiven a three-year suspend-ed jail sentence after beingfound guilty of fraud.

“We ruled against anactual jail sentence as thedegree of illegality wasnot significant enough,”Judge Min Byong-hoonsaid.

South Korean prose-

cutors had sought a seven-year jail term and a 350-billion won fine for Lee,who led the country’sbiggest conglomerate fornearly 20 years.

But analysts andexperts had expected Leeto escape prolonged jailtime because judges haveoften been lenient tocorporate leaders con-victed of white collarcrimes on the basis thatputting them behind barscould hurt business.

MNA/Reuters

Cambodia to produce4,000 tons of organic rice

in 2008PHNOM PENH, 18 July— Cambodia plans to produce

4,000 tons of organic rice this year for exports to EUand US, a 1,000 tons rise over last year, English-Khmerlanguage newspaper the Mekong Times said Friday.

The Centre for Studies and Development inCambodian Agriculture will undertake the task, whichis expected as a key step to strengthen the agriculturalsector, said the paper.

Around 10,000 families in eight provinces areproducing the organic rice, said center director YangSaing Koma. “We think only organic rice productioncan help the economic sector because this kind of ricecan be sold at a high price in local and internationalmarkets,” he added.

Thanks to right climate and soil conditions,Cambodia used to be a major rice producer andexporter before wars ravaged the country around1970s. Currently, Vietnam and Thailand have surpassedCambodia as the top rice exporters in the region.

MNA/Xinhua

Large gas field found in N-E RomaniaBUCHAREST, 18 July — Romanian gas company

Romgaz has discovered a gas field with a storagecapacity of 200,000 cubic metres in the northeast, theofficial Rompres news agency reported Thursday.

Romgaz had planned in 2006 to explore gas fieldsin eight areas throughout Romania, said the company’sgeneral manager Francisc Toth.

Seven gas fields had been found, he added.The state-owned corporation is Romania’s largest

producer and supplier of natural gas, taking up 41.2 percent of the domestic market.

MNA/Xinhua

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Minister calls for effortsfor industrial development

NAY PYI TAW, 18 July — Minister for Industry-2 Vice-Admiral Soe Thein met with deputy ministersof the ministry and departmental officials at the ministryhere on 16 July and gave instructions to them.

At the meeting, the minister called forproduction of quality products and running of factoriesunder the ministry at full-capacity. He also urged theofficials to make efforts for the development ofindustrial sector.

The deputy ministers of the ministry reported toMinister Vice-Admiral Soe Thein on the matters relatedto the production and plans of the ministry and thedevelopment of the industrial sector.

The meeting ended with concluding remarks bythe minister.—MNA

Umbrella hoisted atoppagoda on Pantapwint Hill

YANGON, 18 July — A ceremony to hoist theumbrella atop the pagoda on Pantapwint Hill in TaikkyiTownship was held in conjunction with the Waso robesoffering ceremony yesterday.

Presiding Nayaka of Pantapwint HillMissionary Monastery Saddhamma JotikadhajaDhammakahtika Bahujanahitadhara BhaddantaPaññasara and laypersons sprinkled scented wateron the diamond orb, the pennant-shaped vane andtiers of umbrella. Next, they hoisted them atop thepagoda.

In the afternoon, the Waso robes offeringceremony and the re-ordination ceremony followed.

NLM

YANGON, 18 July—No. 1 Basic Education HighSchool of Dagon Township conducted a ceremony tooffer Waso robes to Members of the Sangha at theschool here today.

It was attended by Dagon Township EducationOfficer U Min Sein, Headmaster Dr Aung Ko Ko,executives of the parent-teacher association of theschool and teachers and students.

The ceremony was opened with three timesrecitation of Namo Tassa. Agga Maha Ganthavacaka

NAY PYI TAW, 18 July—Under the aegis of theMinister for Livestock and Fisheries Brig-Gen MaungMaung Thein and wife Daw Myint Myint Aye, thethird waso robe offering ceremony was held at theMinistry here yesterday morning.

The congregation led by minister received theFive Precepts from Sayadaw U Damahapala of YwarooMonastery in Pyankapay village.

Afterwards, Sayadaws recited the parittas. Theminister, Directors-General and Managing Directorsdonated waso robes and offertories to sayadaws. Andthen they shared the merits gained and offered “soon”to Sayadaws.

MNANAY PYI TAW, 18 July—The third Waso robesoffering ceremony of staff families under the Ministryof Energy was held at the Ministry, here, yesterdaymorning. Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi andthe congregation received the Nine Precepts fromSayadaw Bhaddanta Kavisarya of MahavisudayamaZeykon Monastery in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana. The

Energy Ministry offers Waso robes

Sayadaw and members of the Sangha recited the parittas.Next, the minister, the deputy minister and

head of department offered Waso robes and alms to thesayadaw and members of the Sangha. Later, ‘soon’was offered to the monks. They delivered the sermonand those present shared the merits gained.

MNA

Dagon BEHS No. 1 conducts Waso robe offering ceremonyPandita Agga Maha Pandita Bhaddanta Tejobhasa investedthe Five Precepts. Presiding Sayadaw of MahawithoddayonMonastery Tipitaka Dhara Dhamma Bhandhgarika AggaMaha Pandita Bhaddanta Sirinda Bhivamsa (Yaw Sayadaw)delivered a sermon. The headmaster, teachers and guestsoffered Waso robes to Yaw Sayadaw and offered a daymeal to Members of the Sangha. Today’s donation toMahawithoddayon Monastery, Pyinsa Nikaya BeikmanMonastery and Tipitaka Maha Gandaryon Monasteryamounted to over K 5.7 million.—NLM

A wellwisher offers Waso robes to Pantapwint Hill SayadawBhaddanta Paññasara. — MNAWaso robe offering ceremony of Dagon BEHS No.1 in progress.—H

Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi and the congregation receive Nine Precepts from a Sayadawat 3rd Waso robes offering ceremony of the Ministry of Energy.—MNA

The wise outstrips the intoxicatedNot intoxicated among the intoxicated and wide-awake

among the sleeping, the wise one outstrips them as a swifthorse outstrips a weak one.

Dhammapada-29

Ministry of L&F offersWaso robes

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The cyclone Nargisdevastated some areas inAyeyawady and Yangondivisions on 2 and 3 May.For continued survival ofthe storm survivors and aquick launch of rescuetasks, Chairman of theNational Disaster Prepar-edness Central Commit-

A glow of pride in health care for storm victimsDr Kyaw Myint

A specialist giving medical check-up to a woman.

The Deputy Director-General giving instructions to medical teammembers at the emergency and outpatient department of Yangon

General Hospital.

Sick storm survivors are receiving medical treatments on floatinghospital Vessel Taing Aye.

Specialists giving treatment to storm victims.

tee Prime Minister Gen-eral Thein Sein and CECmember ministers held anemergency meeting inNay Pyi Taw on 3 May.In the afternoon the sameday, the control office wasopened in Yangon andrescue tasks werelaunched immediately.

The Ministry ofHealth opened its tempo-rary control office at theemergency and outpatientdepartment of YangonGeneral Hospital and pro-vided health care. Doc-tors from Public Healthand Disease Control De-partments made field trips

by helicopter, by car andby boat to Bogale,M a w l a m y i n e g y u n ,Labutta, Wakema, Pyapon,Dedaye and Myaungmyatownships. Severely in-jured victims were trans-ferred by helicopter toYangon General Hospital.Specialists provided health

care to the victim patients.I was much pleased to

notice the eagerness ofmedical teams consistingof medical experts, special-ists, general practitionersand nurses from hospitalsunder the Ministry ofHealth when I saw themoff at Wadan Jetty inYangon on 6 June beforetheir departure for Labutta,M y a w l a m y i n g y u n ,Bogale, Wakema, Pyaponand Myaungmya to pro-vide health care there.

Some of the memberswere young with less ex-perience in travelling, so Iwas concerned over them.

Out of worry about them, Iput them some questionssuch as “Do you take warmclothes, raincoats and mos-quito nets?” My worriesand anxieties were no morewhen young doctors saidto me, “Don’t worry aboutthat, sir. We take all neces-sary things and we are

determined to get to ourdestination.”

I also saw off special-ists, physicians, generalpractitioners and nurses atWadan Jetty in Yangonon 19 May morning be-fore their departure forAyeyawady Division inthree ships to providehealth care in storm-hit ar-eas such as Labutta,Bogale and Pyapon town-ships under the joint pro-gramme of the Ministryof Health and the Minis-try of Transport.

The three ships wereVessel Taing Aye thatwould leave for Bogale,

Vessel Ta-taing Hmway,for Pyapon Township, andVessel Vessantara, forLabutta. On 11 June, theywere reinforced with morespecialists and nurses onboard Vessel Pa Pa Win

bound forMawlamyinegyun Town-ship.

So far, 173 doctors in-cluding experts and spe-cialists plus 29 nurses ofthe teams on board float-ing hospitals have dis-charged duties in rotationfor 10 times.

In giving treatment tothe victims, the medicalteams from the floatinghospitals went round thetownship concerned, and

they proceeded by smallship or motorized boats tothe villages that were in-accessible by larger ves-sels.

Team members gavetreatment to the victim pa-

tients who visited theships, and they also vis-ited the patients to givetreatment. AyeyawadyDivision has a largenumber of rivers, creeksand lakes. So, it was diffi-cult for the people of somevillages near rivers orcreeks to get to the town-ship people’s hospitals,health departments andhealth care centres. So,various forms of mobilemedical teams were

formed.Traditional medi-

cine and modern medi-cine teams form the Tra-ditional Medicine De-partment left Pathein byship hospital Vessel Tet

Ne Win Tun. They vis-ited 21 villages inNgapudaw Township byboat and by motorizedboat and provided healthcare to the dwellers.

Specialists and mem-bers from the hospitals inYangon opened a clinicat Kawhmu People’sHospital to give treatmentto injured people and sickpersons and took diseasecontrol measures.

(See page 9)

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(from page 8)Moreover, special-

ists and members of themedical teams opened aclinic in KungyangonTownship People’s Hos-pital and provided healthcare. Medical teams com-prising township levelhealth staff opened clin-ics in the wards of out-skirts and villages andprovided health care.

The deputy director-general (Treatment) metmembers of the medicalteams at the emergencyand outpatient depart-

A glow of pride in health care for storm victimsDr Kyaw Myint

Vessel Tet Ne Win Tun leaves Pathein to give health care with the useof traditional medicines.

House surgeons giving health care to people in Tawkhayan (East)Village, Kungyangon Township.

A medical staff member taking preventive measures against infectiousdiseases.

Sick people are receiving treatment on a floating hospital.

ment of Yangon GeneralHospital before their set-ting out and fulfilled therequirements on the shipsin order to avert unneces-sary delays and difficul-ties in providing healthcare services. It was alsoheartening to see themedical superintendentgiving encouragement to

the members and helpingmake arrangements.

In addition, medicalteams led by deputy direc-tors-general, rectors andprofessors of hospitals inYangon made field trips tosuch storm-affected areasas Kawhmu, Kungyangon,Twantay and Thongwatownships and providedhealth care continuously.

One hundred housesurgeons from Universityof Medicine (1) and Uni-versity of Medicine (2) inYangon stepped up healthcare services by opening

clinics in rural areas in thestorm-hit townships underthe leadership of academicteachers and supervisionof heads of township healthdepartments.

In the process, forwardclinics have been openedin 12 regions in PyinsaluTownship, AyeyawadyDivision. I felt very en-

couraged to see medicalstaff providing health caretirelessly at the clinics inPyinsalu, Pyinkhayaing,Thingangon, Saluseik,T h e i k p a n g o n g y i ,Hlinephone, Polaung,Kwinpauk, Kyeinchaung,Setsan, Kadonkani andKyoundah forward camps.

In the meantime, spe-cialists were taking publichealth care and diseasecontrol measures such assanitations, fumigation,chlorinating freshwater,encouraging use of fly-proof latrines, vaccinating

pregnant women and un-der-15 children, and giv-ing oral vaccines to un-der-five children againstpolio. Moreover, 73 finalyear students (health as-sistant) of the CommunityHealth University also par-ticipated in the communityhealth care services.

I was also pleased to

witness the active partici-pation of officers and otherranks of the Medical Serv-ices of the Ministry of De-fence, and volunteers fromthe Myanmar Medical As-sociation, Myanmar Den-tal Association, MyanmarNurses and Midwives As-

medical teams in the healthcare services being givenby staff of the Ministry ofHealth in the storm-hit ar-eas.

I appreciated the hu-manitarianism of interna-tional medical teams thattook part in the social wel-

I write this article tohonour those who havecarried out health careservices in the reliefcamps, those from float-ing hospitals who gavetreatments and those whodischarged duties in thestorm-hit areas for their

Specialists provide health care to storm survivors on floating hospitalVessel Ta-taing Hmway.

sociation, Myanmar RedCross Society, internalNGOs, internationalNGOs and voluntary

fare services in coordina-tion with the Ministry ofHealth in the storm rav-aged areas.

goodwill and brilliant per-formances.

Translation: MS*****

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Lt-Gen Myint Swe and …

Maj-Gen Ko Ko meets withpersonnel, social…

(from page 1)Bhaddanta Sirinda of Alanpya Pagoda Monastery, Chair-man of Yangon Division Peace and Development Coun-cil Commander of Yangon Command Brig-Gen WinMyint and wife Daw Kyin Myaing, Commandant ofNational Defence College Maj-Gen Mya Win, the deputycommandant and senior military officers and their wives.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe, wife and party took the FivePrecepts from the Presiding Nayaka Sayadaw. Membersof the Sangha recited Parittas.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe and wife offered Waso robesto the Sayadaw. The commander and wife donatedWaso robes and provisions to the Sayadaw.

The commandant of National Defence College,the deputy commandant and senior military officerspresented Waso robes to members of the Sangha.

The Sayadaw delivered a sermon, and Lt-GenMyint Swe, wife and party shared merits gained.

After the ceremony, Lt-Gen Myint Swe, wife andparty offered meals to members of the Sangha. — MNA

(from page 1)programme presented bythe chairman of townshipPDC, Maj-Gen Ko Kostressed the need for com-munity peace and law andorder, sound foundation ofeconomic infrastructuresand human resources de-

Objectives of the 16th Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing Arts Competitions

1. Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preservation andsafeguarding of cultural heritage and national character

2. Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation3. Keeping genuine patriotism based on national solidarity alive

and dynamic4. Turning out younger generation who will continue to safeguard

the national culture and character

Lt-Gen Myint Swe and wife Daw Khin Thet Htay offer Waso robes and provisions to a Sayadaw.—MNA

YANGON, 18July— The OrganizationalDepartment of theMyanmar Women’s Af-fairs Federation organizedthe Waso robe offeringceremony at Mingla Mar-ket Dhammayon onGyatawya Road in BahanTownship this morning.

It was attended byVice-President Daw KhinThet Htay and members,Head of OrganizationalDepartment Dr Daw Nyunt

MWAF holds Waso robes offering ceremonyNyunt Oo and members,heads of departments, lead-ers of working groups, Sec-retariat members andmembers of Yangon Divi-sion, district and townshipWomen’s Affairs Organi-zations.

First, the congre-gation received the FivePrecepts from Chairman ofYangon Division SanghaNayaka Committee MahaSaddhamma JotikadhajaBhaddanta Iddhibala of

Mula Seltaungpyae Mon-astery. Vice-PresidentDaw Khin Thet Htay andmembers offered Wasorobes and alms to mem-bers of the Sangha.

Secretary ofYangon Division SanghaNayaka CommitteeSayadaw BhaddantaKundala of AhlonAungmingala Taikthit Mon-astery delivered a sermonand those presents sharedmerits gained.—MNA

velopment and extension ofagricultural works in theregion, collaborative effortof departments concernedand local people for regionaldevelopment and preven-tive measures against floodsof Pun Hlaing andAyeyawady river.

Next, Maj-Gen KoKo inspected flow of PunHlaing river and preven-tive measures against bankerosion. Maj-Gen Ko Koheard reports on earthworks and clearance ofwaterway under Bo MyatTun Bridge presented byan official of AyeyawadyDivision Water Utilizationand Improvement of River

Systems Department andgave necessary instruc-tions.

Maj-Gen Ko Ko, thecommander and partylooked into thriving physicnut plantations of townshipdepartments concernedalong Nyanugdon-

Pantanaw road in a motor-cade.

At the office ofPantanaw Township PDC,they met with departmen-tal personnel, social organi-zations members and localpeople. Maj-Gen Ko Koheard reports on agricul-ture works and progress ofthe implementation of fiverural development tasks.The commander made asupplementary report.

Maj-Gen Ko Kourged the officials to carryout regional developmenttasks in cooperation withthe local people and viewedcleaning and beautifyingtasks of the township in amotorcade.

Next, Maj-Gen KoKo, the commander andparty inspected growing ofpaddy on the farmland of afarmer and attended five-acre physic nut planting cer-emony at Talaingsu village.Maj-Gen Ko Ko presentedphysic nut saplings to de-partmental personnel andmembers of social organi-

zations.At the office of

Kyaunggon TownshipPDC in Pathein District,Maj-Gen Ko Ko met withdepartmental personnel,social organization mem-bers and local people. Afterhearing reports on regionaldevelopment tasks, Maj-Gen Ko Ko gave necessaryinstructions.

Next, Maj-Gen KoKo, the commander andparty met with departmen-tal personnel, social organi-zation members and localpeople at the Ayeya ThiriThukha Hall inKangyidaunt Township.Maj-Gen Ko Ko heard re-ports on implementation ofregional development tasksand gave instructions onextended cultivation of ed-ible oil crops.

Afterwards, theyvisited Lawkahmanku Pa-goda in the township andmade cash donation to theBoard of Trustees of thePagoda.

MNA

MWAF Vice-President Daw Khin Thet Htay and members sharing

merits gained at Waso robes offering ceremony.—MNA

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The persons whorelayed such news to mewere Township ManagerU Hla Soe and party ofM a w l a m y i n e g y u nTownship Inland WaterTransport. Indeed, it wasa good deed of thevocalists and musiciansto stage entertainment atthe villages.

At 3.15 am on 3July, the double-deckerBala Kyaw Khaung ofIWT carrying the famousvocalists and musiciansberthed at the new jettyof IWT inMawlamyinegyun. I sawthe executives of theMyanmar Music Asiayon(Central), famousvocalists and musicianson board the vessel.

On 3 July, theweather in the townshipwas fine in the morning.Vessel Bala KyawKhaung carrying us leftMawlamyinegyun at 6.35am and headed in thesouth-east direction. Allthe persons on board thevessel were happy and

Musical entertainment with sympathy forstorm-hit areas of Mawlamyinegyun Township

Article and Photos: Mawgyun Myint Aung (IPRD)

I was pleased with the news that the executives of Myanmar MusicAsiayon (Central) and renowned vocalists and musicians went to storm-hitregions of Mawlamyinegyun Township to donate foodstuff and personalgoods to the people of the storm-hit villages.

Assistant ManagerU Khin Maung Hla ofDelta Branch of IWT

Manager U Hla Soeof Mawlamyinegyun

Township IWT

Song Composer Min Chit Thu

Joint-Secretary-2 ofMyanmar MusicAsiayon (Central)U Yan Paing Soe

Vocalist Bo Bo Han

Vocalist Bo Phyu

Artistes present supplies to storm victims in Upper Gyobyu Village inMawlamyinegyun Township.

active. While the vesselwas running along theriver, I was preparing forinterviews withresponsible persons.

In an interview,Assistant Manager UKhin Maung Hla of DeltaBranch of IWT said,“Under the arrangementsof Managing Director USoe Tint of IWT, I goalong with the vocalistsand musicians of theMyanmar Music Asiayonto provide necessary

assistance of thedepartment for them on atrip to Maw-lamyinegyun.”

Next, I had aninterview with TownshipManager of IWT U HlaSoe. He explained, “I have

to render assistance for themusician team on theirentertainment tour. I amso happy for the successfularrangement of the tour.”

When the vesselsounded a siren, we allnoticed our arrival atstorm-hit Upper GyobyuVillage. Along the bankof the village, stormvictims accorded a rousingwelcome to us.

After temporarilystopping the interviews, Iobserved the village.Upper Gyobyu Village islocated next to MyatthaRiver. Waves of the riverare always hitting the landof the village.

At the entrance tothe village, the vocalistsand musicians donatedfoodstuff and personalgoods to the victims. Itwas a noble donation withthe humanitarian spirit tothe needy persons. Theypresented one pyi each ofrice, two buckets each,three packets each ofgram, three packets eachof salt, one nether garmenteach for male, one nethergarment each for female,two small bottles each ofedible oil, one torch light

each and two pieces ofbattery to households ofthe victims. Moreover,one small Buddha imageeach was offered to everyhouse. Happy smiles wereseen on the faces of all. Itcan be said that they gavea helping hand to thevictims.

Meanwhile, I heardthe music from the vessel.The famous vocalists sangthe songs in rotation. Inoticed many malevocalists namely R Zar Ni,Bo Bo Han, Yan PaingSoe, Guitar Pe Win, TuTu, Bo Phyu, Po Kar,Tekkatho Ko Ko Zaw,Yazar Win Tint, Dollar,

Chit Kaung, Hsaung OoHlaing, Po Zaw, Maritza,Kyet Pha and J MaungMaung in addition to thefemale vocalists: Yi YiThant, Po Ei San, She,Zam Nu, Hson Thin Par,Yadana, Yi Mon andothers. Due to manynumbers of the vocalists,I thought that they mightnot easily get the turn tosing the songs.

They stationed atUpper Gyobyu Village tomake donations for thestorm victims of Lower

Gyobyu Village. Thevictims were pleased withthe entertainment of thevocalists and musicians.

Some of the villagers weredancing and singing thesongs joyfully. After that,the vessel proceeded toNathmu Village. All thepersons on board thevessel prepared theirrespective tasks for thenext stop.

In the interviewswith responsible personsof the Myanmar MusicAsiayon (Central),vocalist Yan Paing Soesaid, “I am discharging

duties as Joint-Secretary-2 of the Asiayon. We allmade donations to storm-affected villages ofM a w l a m y i n e g y u nTownship by spending thefunds through a night ofmusic concert held atBahtoo Stadium inMandalay. Actually, thedonations funded by fivestrata of the Asiayonreflected the unity of theAsiayon members. It wasthe first donation of theAsiayon.”

Next, I had aninterview with songcomposer Min Chit Thu.

He explained, “I am veryhappy for successfulcompletion of the donationceremony. It was my firstexperience onentertainment tour of thevillages on board vesselBala Kyaw Khaungtogether with those fromthe music circle. I wouldlike to visit here once more,if it is possible. Over 90vocalists and musicians

were on board the vessel.We all make thevillagers happy.”

At NathmuVillage, supplies weredistributed to the stormvictims not only fromNathmu Village but alsofrom Tatseik Village.Afterwards, we headedfor Kyargaung Village,the final destination.

I saw a largenumber of storm victimson the bank ofKyargaung Village in adistant view. We hadplanned to entertainthem. At the village, thesupplies were deliveredto the victims, and themusic entertainmentwas performed. Thelocal villagers werejoyful in theentertainment.

At 4.35 pm, weleft for Mawla-myinegyun. At 6 pm,vessel Bala KyawKhaung docked atMawlamyinegyun. As aspecial show, the artistespresented variety ofsongs to the local people

of Mawlamyinegyunfrom 7.30 pm to 10.30pm.

On my way backto Yangon, I, on boardvessel Bala KyawKhaung, was thinkingsome words “Musicentertainment withsympathy” in my mind.

Translation: TTAMyanma Alin:

13-7-2008

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MINISTRY OF RAIL TRANSPORTATION

ROAD TRANSPORT, YANGON DIVISION

INVITATION TO TENDER

TENDER NO.002/TRT/2008-20091. Sealed Tenders from eligible suppliers are invited for the supply of the followingTyres Sets with Tubes and flaps.Prices to quoted in Myanmar Kyats-

(a) 9.00 x 20 (1500 ) Sets (Huaqing Brand-China)(b) 7.50 x 16 ( 300 ) Sets (Huaqing Brand-China)(c) 10.00 x 20 ( 200 ) Sets (Indo Brand-China)

2 .(a) Tender Documents are available at the office of Procurement & StoresDepartment, Yangon Division, Road Transport, No.375, Bogyoke AungSan Street, Yangon Myanmar. Commencing on the 21-7 2008

(b) Tender will be closed on 4-8-2008 at 16:00 hours (The Road Transportreserves the right to reject any or all tenders)

3. Detailed information will be available at the office Procurement & StoresDepartment, Phone No. 01-252574 (or) 01-376549

Road Transport

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SHAN HAI GUAN VOY NO (65)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SHAN HAIGUAN VOY NO (65) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 18.7.2008 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of S.P.W.3 where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up 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 COSCO SHIPPING CO, LTDPhone No: 256919/256916/256912

Man convicted in 2006Vermont school shootingsBURLINGTON, (Vt), 18 July—A man was convicted of

murder Thursday for a shooting rampage that killed ateacher in an elementary school and his ex-girlfriend'smother. After 4 1/2 hours of deliberations, jurorsrejected the insanity defense for Christopher Williams,29. Prosecutors said Williams set out to kill his ex-girlfriend and her mother after being turned away fromtheir home when he came to collect his belongingsafter a breakup.

Williams was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degreemurder and one count of attempted second-degreemurder. Another teacher at the school and a friend whohad loaned him the gun were shot but survived.

Internet

German firemen try to clean up large river oil slick

US troops at risk from shoddy wiring in IraqWASHINGTON, 18 July—

US soldiers face death anddanger from shoddyelectrical work at theirbases in Iraq, raisingfurther questions about aheavy reliance on privatecontractors, the New YorkTimes reported on Friday.

The Pentagon knewabout the problems but didlittle to address them until

Ryan Maseth, a memberof the elite Green Berets,was electrocuted inJanuary while taking ashower, the newspapersaid.

The Army says 13soldiers have beenelectrocuted in Iraq sincethe invasion in March2003 but the Timesreported that internal

documents show manyinjuries from shocks andlosses from electricalfires.

As recently as June, anelectrical fire destroyed 10buildings at a base inFalluja, forcing Marinesto ask for donations toreplace their belongings,the paper said.

Internet

A fireman lays floating oil barriers on 16 July,2008 on the Elbe river in Hamburg, northernGermany, after a tanker collided with another

ship. German firemen struggled to contain an oilslick on Thursday, a day after two ships collided

near Hamburg.—INTERNET

HAMBURG (Germany),18 July—German firemenstruggled to contain an oilslick on Thursday, a dayafter two ships collided

near Hamburg.The slick has spread

some 10 kilometres (sixmiles) along the Elbe riverin northern Germany and

work is being hamperedby strong winds and theflow of the river, firemensaid.

The spill took place afew miles southeast of thecity port, when a bargecollided with a 82-metre-long (260-foot) tanker,ripping through four of itseight tanks and sending120 tons of diesel pouringinto the river.

Initial attempts tocontain the slick failed andfiremen Thursday wereputting down floatingbarriers to stop the dieselfrom spreading. Therewere no immediate reportsof environmental damage.

Internet

NY man claimsSubway baked

knife into sandwichNEW YORK, 18 July—A

New York man claimedin a lawsuit filed onWednesday that he founda knife with a 7-inch (18-cm) blade baked into thebread of his foot-long“Cold Cut Trio” Subwaysandwich.

John Agnesini, 26, amagazine designer, said hehad already taken a fewbites from the sandwichin late June when hespotted the knife juttingout from the bread's crust.The lawsuit, filed inManhattan state court,seeks one million USdollars.—MNA/Reuters

McDonald’s franchisee fined 1 mlndollars for hiring illegal immigrants

WASHINGTON, 18 July—A company that owns 11McDonald’s restaurants inNevada was fined onemillion dollars Wednes-day after pleading guiltyto employing 58 illegalimmigrants.

The company, MackAssociates Inc., knew theemployees were illegalimmigrants and hadoffered them names and

social security numbersbelonging to other people,the US Justice Departmentsaid. The company pleadedguilty in federal court inLas Vegas to conspiracy toencourage and induce analien's unlawful residencein the United States andaiding and abetting an aliento remain in the country,the department said.

The company’s director

of operations also pleadedguilty to aiding andabetting an alien to remainin the country.

And the former vicepresident of MackAssociates pleaded guiltyto inducing an illegal aliento remain in the UnitedStates and faces a possiblesentence of up to five yearsin prison and a 250,000dollar five.—Internet

Taleban leader killed inAfghanistan

KABUL, 18 July— Afghan National Security Forceand the NATO-led International Security AssistanceForce (ISAF) in a joint operation killed a Talebanleader in Now Zad district of Afghanistan’s HelmandProvince, said a statement issued by ISAF Thursday.

Mullah Bismullah Akhund was a senior Talebanleader responsible for supplying weapons and IEDs(Improvised Explosive Device) that have killedcivilians and ISAF forces in northern Helmand, thestatement said.

Bismullah was closely associated with localTaleban leader Mullah Rahim, whose brother was alsokilled during this operation on 12 July, it added.

Afghanistan has been the scene of increasinginsurgency led by Taleban militants in terms of suicidebombings and ambushes though a 70,000-strong foreigntroops are deployed. — MNA/Xinhua

Four Czech pilots refusing to goto Afghanistan grounded

PRAGUE, 18 July — The Czech military command decided to send four pilotswho refused to undergo a training for helicopters to be deployed in Afghanistan toadministrative work at the General Staff, the public Czech Television (CT)reported on Thursday.

The four pilots from the Prerov air base refused to be trained for the Mi-171helicopters that are to be used in Afghanistan. Air technician Jiri Kohout said theirrefusal was also motivated by the possibility to fly in Afghanistan.

The military sent four of the rebels from Prerov to the General Staff in Prague,though other pilots from Prague must now fulfill the rescue and search tasks inPrerov, CT reported.

The pilots allegedly minded not being sufficiently trained for the plannedAfghan mission, according to the report.

MNA/Xinhua

Korean planemakes

emergencylanding in

JapanTOKYO, 18 July— A

Korean Air Lines Co Ltdplane made an emergencylanding at an airport onJapan’s northernmostisland of Hokkaido onThursday, but no one wasinjured.

Television showedthe plane landingsmoothly in misty weatherat Shin Chitose Airport,after the airline said itplanned to divert there onits way to its intendeddestination of New York.

The plane dumpedfuel in the ocean andchanged course after acockpit indicator showeda problem with a powersource, a spokesman forJapan’s TransportMinistry said.

MNA/Reuters

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Group says US still flunkshealthcare test

WASHINGTON,18 July—- The United States failson most measures ofhealth care quality,with Americans waitinglonger to see doctorsand more likelyto die of preventableor treatable illnessesthan people in otherindustrialized countries, areport released onThursday said. Americanssquander money onwasteful administrativecosts, illnesses caused bymedical error andinefficient use of time, thereport from the nonprofitCommonwealth Fundconcluded.

“We lead the world inspending. We should be

expecting much morein return,” CommonwealthFund senior vice presidentCathy Schoen toldreporters.The Common-wealth Fund, a privatefoundation, created a 100-point scorecard using 37indicators such as healthoutcomes, quality, accessand efficiency.

They compare the USaverage on these to the bestperforming states, countiesor hospitals, and to othercountries. The United Statesscored 65 — two points lowerthan in 2006.One keymeasure is prevention ofpremature deaths from easilytreated conditions such asasthma and heart attacks.

The United States fell

from 15th to last among 19industrialized nations onthis measure from 2006 to2008. The report estimatedthe US health care systemcould save 100,000 lives ifit matched Japan or France,the top performers.

Infant mortality remainshigh in the United States,with a rate of 7 infant deathsper 1,000 live births,compared to 2.8 per 1,000in Japan and 3.1 in Sweden.

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Chavez says US tieswould be no warmer

with ObamaCARACAS, 18 July —

Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez said onWednesday his pricklyrelations with Washing-ton would not improveeven if Democratcandidate Barack Obamawins the US presidentialelection in November.

Chavez, a relentlesscritic of US foreign policyand President GeorgeWBush,advocates we-akening the influence ofthe United States and callsthe nation “the empire”.Chavez told his supportersnot to raise their hopesthat relations with theUnited States wouldimprove if Obama iselected US president,saying there was littledifference between himand Republican candidateJohn McCain.

“The two candidatesfor the US presidencyattack us equally, theyattack us defending theinterests of the empire,”Chavez said at a meetingof his socialist party.

MNA/Reuters

Hollywood studios, SAG atimpasse after meeting

LOS ANGELES, 18 July—Hollywood producersand the Screen Actors Guild failed to reach a contractagreement Wednesday after meeting privately fortwo hours. The sides have no further meetingsplanned.

The meeting came a week after the union rejectedwhat the producers called their final contract offer.

Representatives for both sides declined comment.The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television

Producers has been calling on union leaders to allowactors to vote on a contract offer that it said wouldprovide $250 million in additional compensation overthree years. The guild has said the estimated value ofthe offer is highly inflated.

The producers said if the offer is not ratified by 15Aug, any proposed wage increases would not be maderetroactive to1 July. Actors have been working undera contract that expired last month.

SAG, the largest and most powerful actors union,represents 120,000 actors in movies, TV and othermedia.

It is seeking greater compensation for DVDs,something neither writers, directors nor a smalleractors union could secure in negotiations.

SAG also wants more say for actors when they areasked to endorse products in scripted shows.

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Businessmen are pictured next to an airplane motor at Farnborough Airshow,Hampshire, on 15 July, 2008. US aerospace giant Boeing on Thursday signedits second major deal of the Farnborough International Airshow, clinching a

multi-billion-dollar sale of ‘green’ jets to Air China.—INTERNET

An Afghan child, who was allegedly wounded by coalition airstrikes in theZerko area of Shindand district stands with his father at a hospital in the city ofHerat Province southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan on 17 July, 2008.—INTERNET

Pelican battle : Whitepelicans battle to catch a

little fish thrown by avisitor at the HakkeijimaSea Paradise aquarium

at Yokohama city inKanagawa prefecture,

suburban Tokyo.INTERNET

US hearing set on ‘imperial Bush presidency’WASHINGTON, 18 July— Impeachment is out for US President George W Bush,

but a top US lawmaker said on Thursday he wants to take a look at his “imperialpresidency”.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers announced his panelwould examine possible Administration wrongdoing, which has included complaintsthat Bush misled the United States into the Iraq war in 2003.

“Over the last seven plus years, there have been numerous credible allegationsof serious misconduct by officials in the Bush Administration,” said Conyers, aMichigan Democrat.

He scheduled a 25 July hearing on “the Imperial Presidency of George WBush and possible legal responses.”

Conyers’ action follows hundreds of oversight hearings the past year and a halfin the Democratic-controlled Congress on a host of Administration matters — fromthe Iraq war and torture to the firing of federal prosecutors and leaking of theidentity of a CIA agent. Current and former Bush aides have refused to testify,claiming it would violate Bush’s right to private counsel from staff. Democrats arechallenging their claim in court. — MNA/Reuters

Israel says near to getting Russia gas for pipeline ANKARA, 18 July —

Israel is close to anagreement with Russiathat would secure naturalgas for a planned pipeline

project between Turkeyand Israel, IsraeliInfrastructure MinisterBinyamin Ben-Eliezersaid on Thursday.

The project consistsof five pipelines thatwould carry water, naturalgas, oil, electricity andfibre optics from Turkey’sMediterranean coast toIsrael. “We are very closeto reaching an agreementwith Russia that would

supply the pipeline withnatural gas,” Ben-Eliezersaid after meetings withTurkish energy officialsover technical details ofthe pipeline project.

Feasibility studies onan accompanying oilpipeline will be done in 10months, said Turkish EnergyMinister Hilmi Guler,adding that the pipelinecould carry at least 40 milliontonnes of oil annually.

MNA/Reuters

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S P O R T S

Everton’s Nigerian defender Joseph Yobo eyes theball during an English Premiership match earlierthis year. Joseph Yobo has been reunited with his

brother, Norum, who was kidnapped by armed men12 days ago in Port Harcourt, the capital of Niger-

ia’s southern oil-producing region.—INTERNET

Barcelona’s Thierry Henry (L) and newly-signedAlexander Hleb stretches during a soccer trainingsession in Barcelona on 17 July, 2008.—INTERNET

Phil Mickelson of the US watches his shot afterteeing off from the 14th hole during first round

play at the 2008 British Open Golf Championshipat Royal Birkdale, England on 17 July, 2008.

INTERNET

MILAN, 18 July – Ronaldinho arrived at AC Milan’straining ground on Wednesday where he was due toundergo a medical and sign a three-year contract.

Barcelona agreed late on Tuesday to sell the Brazilforward for an initial fee of 21 million euros (33.5million US dollars) following two days of talks withMilan chief executive Adriano Galliani.

Ronaldinho and Galliani flew into Milan earlier onWednesday and went straight to the Milanello trainingground where the squad was gathering for the first dayof pre-season work.

Some 4,000 fans were outside the gates to welcomethe 28-year-old playmaker, who was FIFA WorldPlayer of the Year in 2004 and 2005 but struggled lastseason with form and fitness.

The formalities of the move will be concluded overthe next couple of days and he will then be presented tothe media.

MNA/Reuters

Ronaldinho arrives in Milanto complete move

INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana) 18 July —James Blake hadmore trouble than expected in holding off South Ko-rean qualifier Jun Woong-sun to post a 6-3, 7-5 win inthe second round of the ATP Indianapolis TennisChampionships.

The top-seeded 2006 champion admitted he madehis own life a misery at times on Thursday against thenumber 293 who had won his first ATP match onlythis week.

“I shouldn’t have had as much trouble as I did,” saidthe number eight coming off of Roland Garros andWimbledon second-round disappointments. “He mademe work hard and gave me a scare.

“It had more to do with me than him today, maybeI felt him out a bit too much at first.”

Blake narrowly missed going into a third set andhad to save two set points in the tenth game of thesecond then notched up his game to finish the job in 71minutes.—Internet

Blake blames himself for strugglingwin at ATP Indianapolis

CHICAGO, 18 July— Sweden’s Richard Johnsonmade a hole-in-one on the par-three 14th on his way toa seven-under-par 63 to give him a one-stroke leadafter Thursday’s first round of the US PGA Tour’sMilwaukee Championship.

Johnson holed a seven-iron from 185 yards for hisace, which helped him record a five-under 31 on theback nine at Brown Deer Park golf course.

South African brothers Deane and Brenden Pappas,were tied for second after both registered 64s.

“I’ve been struggling this year,” said 31-year-oldJohnson, who has missed eight of 11 cuts on the PGATour this year. “I didn’t really get anything goingearly.

“If you can get a little confidence going, all of asudden the hole looks bigger, you start hitting shotsthat you believe in. If you’ve got no confidence going,you’re always kind of spotting around and hoping toget a good score in.”—Internet

Johnson uses ace to trump field atMilwaukee Championship

SOUTHPORT (England), 18 July— From sunny SanDiego to bleak and blustery Royal Birkdale, the ex-pression on Rocco Mediate’s face didn’t change. Hewatched one final birdie tumble into the cup for a 1-under 69 and a three-way share of the lead in the BritishOpen, straightened his 45-year-old back, then droppedhis jaw into a smile that said, “How did that justhappen?”

Others must have been wondering the same thingThursday.

Ernie Els was playing some of his best golf in theworst of the weather until taking 45 shots on the backnine and posting an 80, his highest score in nearly twodecades at his favorite major.

Phil Mickelson was up to his knees in grass right ofthe sixth green and never found his ball, taking a triplebogey that sent him to a 79.—Internet

Rocco Mediate of theUSA plays from therough near the sixthgreen during the firstround of the British

Open Golf champion-ship, at the Royal

Birkdale golf course,Southport, England, on

17 July, 2008.INTERNET

Mediate in 3-way tie for the leadat British Open

HANGZHOU (China), 18 JULY—Yao Ming is back,transforming China’s basketball team and providing abig relief for Olympic organizers.

The Houston Rockets center marked his returnfrom injury Thursday with 11 points in just over 12minutes of play for the Chinese national team in anOlympics warmup against a Serbian squad.

Entering six minutes into the first quarter to hugeapplause from the crowd in the eastern Chinese city ofHangzhou, Yao appeared a little rusty, but made a solidcontribution to China’s kickoff 96-72 victory in thefour-team Stankovic Cup tournament.

The game was Yao’s first since a stress fracture inhis left foot ended his NBA season in February andthreatened his star turn as part of China’s team.

The injury has caused major concern among China’sOlympic organizers expecting him to become the faceof the games and his return was certain to help themsleep easier. Yao is considered a leading candidate tocarry the Olympic torch on its final leg into Beijing’sgrandiose new National Stadium.—Internet

Yao Ming returns to actionfor China

China’s Yao Ming (13) aims to score as Serbia’sBoban Marjanovic (12) blocks during their match

of the Stankovic Cup international basketballtournament on 17 July, 2008, in Hangzhou, China.Russia, Angola, Serbia, and China are competing

in the tournament which is a warm-up for theOlympic Games. China won 96- 72.—INTERNET

Ferguson confirms Berbatov bidMANCHESTER, 18 July — Alex Ferguson has con-

firmed that Manchester United have made Tottenhaman offer for their Bulgaria striker Dimitar Berbatov.

United manager Ferguson had already revealed hewas trying to sign a player who would significantlyimprove the European champions.

Now he has signalled an all-out attempt to priseBerbatov from White Hart Lane by going public withhis interest.

“We have made Tottenham an offer on Berbatovand we have good expectations that this deal will gothrough,” Ferguson told The Sun.

“Berbatov has been impressive during a long timeand would be a great addition to our attack.”

A move to Old Trafford would suit Berbatov, whois keen to play in the Champions League. But Tottenhamare believed to want 30 million pounds (37 millioneuros) for their star player, while United are offeringaround 22 million pounds (27.6 million euros).

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kayah State, lower Sagaing and Magway Di-visions, rain or thundershowers have been isolated in ChinState, Mandalay, Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions,scattered in Shan State, fairly widespread in upper Sagaingand Bago Divisions and widespread in the remainingStates and Divisions. The noteworthy amounts of rainfallsrecorded were Nay Pyi Taw (0.87) inch, Kyaukpyu (2.56)inches, Kyauktaw (2.40) inches, Putao (1.50) inches,Zaungtu (1.38) inches, Hpa-an (1.18) inches, Thaton andMogok (1.10) inches each.

Maximum temperature on 17-7-2008 was 90˚F.Minimum temperature on 18-7-2008 was 75ºF. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 18-7-2008 was 85%.Total sunshine hours on 17-7-2008 was (3.2) hours(approx).

Rainfall on 18-7-2008 was Nil at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and (Tr) at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since1-1-2008 was (51.57) inches at Mingaladon, (60.79) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (74.09) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6)mph from Southwest at (12:30) hours MST on 17-7-2008.

Bay inference: Monsoon is generally moderate inthe Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 19-7-2008: Rain orthundershowers will be isolated in Kayah State, lowerSagaing and Magway Divisions, scattered in Chin State,Mandalay and upper Sagaing Divisions, fairly wide-spread in Kachin and Shan States, Yangon and AyeyawadyDivisions and widespread in the remaining States andDivisions. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likehood ofdecrease of rain in lower Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 19-7-2008: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for19-7-2008: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for19-7-2008: Possibility of isolated rain or thundershow-ers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

Weather outlook for third weekend of July 2008:During the coming weekend, likelihood of fairly wide-spread rain or thundershowers in Yangon Division, like-lihood of isolated rain or thundershowers in Nay Pyi Tawand Mandalay Division.

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A South Korean couple covered in mud are seenduring a mud festival at Daecheon swimming beach

in Boryeong, 190 kilometers southwest of Seoulrecently.—INTERNET

Costa Rica disappointed by USanti-drug aid package

SAN JOSE, 18 July —The Costa RicanGovernment on Wed-nesday voiced discontentwith a recent US anti-drug aid package, sayingthe money is far less thanwhat the country needsto combat drugtrafficking.

The 4.2-million-USdollar-aid, provided by theUnited States under theanti-drug initiative called“Merida”, is not evenenough to buy an anti-drug

vessel, said PublicSecurity Minister Janinadel Vecchio.

“I don’t understandwhy the United Statesgave us so less money tofight drug traffickers,”she said.

The Costa RicanGovernment needs helpfrom its allies, especiallySpain, to carry on its anti-drug campaign, said theminister.

In June, the USSenate approved a 1.6-

billion-dollar, three-yearpackage of anti-drugassistance to Mexico,Central America and theCaribbean, known as theMerida Initiative.

The package wassigned into law by USPresident George W. Bushon 30 June.

Costa Rica and theUnited States started jointanti-drug operations andpatrols in 1993. A largeamount of drugs originatedin Colombia have beenconfiscated since then.

Costa Rican policeseized a total of over 30tons of drugs since May2006, when incumbentCosta Rican PresidentOscar Arias took office.

MNA/Xinhua

Strong wind,downpours leave 1,200

homeless in ChileSANTIAGO, 18 July— Strong wind and rains in the

past days in central-south Chile have made 1,200homeless and isolated another 1,400, regionalauthorities said on Thursday.

Director of the National Bureau of Emergency(ONEMI) Carmen Fernandez has called for swiftgovernment actions to open shelters for the displaced.Roads were cut off, rivers overflowed and landslideswere frequent in the wake of the prolonging rainyseason, said the official.

In Los Lagos, the most affected region, a total of1,023 were rendered homeless, Fernandez said.

Fernandez affirmed that the frontal system isdecreasing, therefore “we can work much better,because it is difficult to have a real measure of thedamages when the rainy season is in fulldevelopment”. — MNA/Xinhua

British police seize3 tons of cannabis

LONDON, 18 July —British police have seizedthree tons of cannabisresin in Coventry, centralEngland, the BBCreported on Thursday.

The cannabis, whichWest Midlands Policebelieve has a street valueof 9.5 million pounds(some 19 million USdollars), was foundduring a raid in Coventry.

The drugs werefound in six pallets, eachcontaining 500 kilos ofcannabis resin bars, withsome 20,000 pounds(40,000 US dollars) incash. Two men have beenarrested in connectionwith the haul.

MNA/Xinhua

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Make donations to the storm victims

� Everybody may make donations freely.� Everybody may make donations to any person or any area.

However, wellwishers are urged to avoid unsystematic donations and acts that may tarnishthe image of the nation and its people.

� Certain internal and external anti-government elements, self-centred persons andunscrupulous elements are now seeking their self-interests by sending to the foreign newsagencies stories about relief and rehabilitation work they have made up and shot on video.

� Storm victims are hereby warned to remain vigilant with nationalistic spirit against thedeceptions of the self-centred persons and unscrupulous elements.

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� Skyful liars attempting to destroy nation� BBC lying

VOA deceivingRFA setting up hostilities

� Beware! Don’t be bought by those ill-wishers

Anyone may dial the following phone numbers of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and

Resettlement if he witnesses or knows that the cash assistance and relief supplies donated from

abroad and at home to the storm victims are kept for self-interest, traded, used for particular persons

and organizations, or misappropriated for other purposes.

Head of Office Ph: 067 404021 and 067 404022

Deputy Head of Office Ph: 09 860 1002

Witness may inform about misappropriation ofinternal and international relief funds and supplies

INSIDE

A glow of pride in healthcare for storm victims

I write this article to honour those whohave carried out health care services inthe relief camps, those from floatinghospitals who gave treatments and thosewho discharged duties in the storm-hitareas for their goodwill and brilliantperformances.

DR KYAW MYINTPAGES 8+9 Sick people are receiving treatment on a floating hospital.

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