The New Light of Myanmar 03-01-2010

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 262 4th Waning of Pyatho 1371 ME Sunday, 3 January, 2010

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Hailing the 62nd Anniversary Independence Day:

Lofty goal of the nationThe government, in pursuance of the lofty goal of building a peaceful, modern and developed

democratic nation with flourishing discipline, is implementing the 24-special region development project,the border area development project and the rural development project it has laid down for communitypeace and the rule of law, constructing more and more economic infrastructures, development of humanresources and ensuring equitable development of all parts of the nation.

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and Development Council

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services(from the message sent on the occasion of 61st Anniversary Independence Day)

Sufficient irrigation by dams, reservoirs showssigns of development of agricultural sector

Article : Zaw Moe ThaukIn the past, powerful and far-sighted kings

had encouraged building dams and reservoirs to irri-gate farmland as part of efforts for fulfilling suffi-ciency of food in the country.

During the period of Bagan Era, Zawgyi,

Panlaung, Samon and Dokhtawady rivers in Kyauksecomprising nine districts in central Myanmar weredammed up for irrigation purposes, and today, Kyauksebears the testimony to the rice basket of Bagan Era.

Today, while the country is stable, the socio-

economy of the people is thriving showing somesigns of improvement. One of the positive signs thathave happened in Myanmar within two decades is agrowing number of dams and reservoirs for irriga-tion across the country. (See page 8)

11th AGM of Myanmar Fisheries Federation heldYANGON, 2 Jan—The 11th Annual General

Meeting of Myanmar Fisheries Federation was held inconjunction with the opening ceremony of Myanmar

marine products sales 2009-2010 at the federation inInsein Township here this morning, with an address byLt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence.

It was attended by Chairman of Yangon Divi-sion Peace and Development Council Commander of

(See page 10)

Photo shows Ma Mya Dam and its control tower.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 3 January, 2010

Sunday, 3 January, 2010

PERSPECTIVES

Produce literary worksserving national interest

* 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

For many years countable by thou-sand, honorable, patriotic Myanmar peopleincluding literati have been able to preserveand hand down national literary heritage.

Those from literary world are to con-tinue to maintain such good legacies. Theyare also to strive to guide the people throughthe literary might to improve morals andmanners, foster Union Spirit and the spirit ofhelping one another, preserve the noble na-tional identity and promote knowledge andtechnology for national development.

Men of letters are duty-bound notonly to take part in national developmenttasks through their pen but also to fight neo-colonialists through the literary might.

Playing on the developing media sec-tor, the neo-colonialists are interfering inMyanmar’s internal affairs by penetratingalien culture and manufacturing fabricatednews. So, literary men are to resolutely thwarttheir interferences.

Moreover, literary men are to striveto nurture new men and women of letters, toput on record books on Myanmar lifestylesand to help promote new ideas and disperseknowledge and technology.

Overall, it is a historic duty for literatito produce literary works that serve the bestinterest of the people while fighting againstthe neo-colonialists.

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Jan—The work coordinationmeeting for boosting agricultural products in Nay PyiTaw Pyinmana, Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon and Nay Pyi TawLewe in Nay Pyi Taw District was held at the Ministryof Agriculture and Irrigation on 1 January.

It was attended by Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo, departmental headsand officials concerned.

The minister said that the ministry is applyingtwo agricultural methods — boosting agriculturalproduction, and per acre yields of crops; that the firstmethod covers not only extensive reclamation of vacantlands but also launching mixed cropping patterns; thatto meet the second method, high-yield strains,introduction of hybrid strains, and advanced methods

A&I Minister attendswork coord meeting

for boostingagricultural products

are used; and that steps are under way to figure outissues triggered by changes in climate pattern to avertadverse effects on outputs of crops. The minsiterunderscored the thrifty practice to minimize loss andwastage. He stressed the need for those responsible tocollect correct figures and data for development in theagricultural sector, and meeting the targeted output ofsummer paddy. In conclusion, the minister called forexerting goodwill to improve the socio-economic lifeof local farmers.

He also called for improving the agriculturalsector, after hearing the reports presented bydepartmental heads. He discussed matters on boostingagricultural production with departmental heads andthose in-charge from districts and townships.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Jan—Myanma Radio andTelevision will screen live the ceremony to saluteState Flag on the 62nd Anniversary IndependenceDay from the square of Nay Pyi Taw City Hall at6:45 am on 4 January 2010.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Jan — Myanma Posts andTelecommunications of the Ministry ofCommunications, Posts and Telegraphs will issue anew stamp to mark the 62nd Anniversary ofIndependence Day on 4 January.

The new stamps worth K 100 and K 200 will beon sale at post offices in states and divisions as ofMonday, 4 January.

As a special programme, a special mark will bestamped on the stamps at general post offices in NayPyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay on 4 January.

MNA NAY PYI TAW, 2 Jan — Minister for TransportMaj-Gen Thein Swe inspected progress in building

Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe inspects Nay Pyi TawInternational Airport construction project

of entrance road to the airport, main passengerlounge, laying of concrete and welding work,progress of work of sanitation department andconstruction of north pier and construction of runwayat the worksite of Nay Pyi Taw International AirportConstruction Project this evening. The ministergave necessary instructions.

At the briefing hall of the airport, the ministerheard reports on construction of VIP Lounge, carpark, control tower, earthwork of the entrance road,drains and laying of concrete presented by themanaging director of Asia World Co Ltd and officialsand gave instructions on worksite safety, supply ofadequate water to the airport building andconstruction of water treatment plants meeting setstandards.

MNAMinister Maj-Gen Thein Swe inspects Nay Pyi Taw International Airport construction project.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo addresses coordination meeting for boosting agricultural production of Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana, Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon, Nay Pyi Taw Lewe Townships.—MNA

New stamp to be issued to mark62nd Anniversary Independence Day

State Flag saluting ceremonyto be broadcast live

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New Year’s Daycelebrations result in

129 deaths, 1,315injuries in L America

MEXICO CITY, 2 Jan—While people all over theworld are enjoying the New Year’s Day celebrations,feelings in Latin America, however, are mixed be-cause of 129 deaths and 1,315 injuries associatedwith different tragedies.

Rodolfo Palomino, director of the Road Policeof Colombia, said on Friday that during the NewYear’s Day celebrations in his country, 36 peopledied and 45 were injured.

According to Paraguay’s National Police, at least13 people were killed during the celebrations. Worsestill, the figure could rise during the weekend.

In Argentina, authorities have not reported thedeath toll during the New Year’s Day celebrations,but disclosed that the number injured was 766, mostof them in traffic and firework accidents.

Jorge Melendez, director of El Salvador’s CivilProtection, said on Friday that a total of 19 peopledied and 96 others were injured during the NewYear’s Day celebrations in the Central Americancountry.

In Honduras, the National Direction of CriminalInvestigation said on Friday that at least 34 peopledied in different violent occurrences and road acci-dents. A 9-year-old girl who was hit by a car wasamong the victims.

In Guatemala, the Guatemalan firefighting au-thorities said that at least 12 people were killed and61 others were injured in different circumstances.Among those killed, seven were killed by fireguns,two in traffic accidents, and one was murdered.

The Dominican Republic’s Centre of EmergencyOperations (COE) said on Friday that during theNew Year’s Day celebrations, seven people died intraffic accidents and one person died of alcohol in-toxication. Meanwhile, 114 others were injured orintoxicated.

The Panamanian National Police said on Fridaythat seven people died as the result of different vio-lent causes, including street fights, traffic accidents,or drowning. —XinhuaSomali pirates hijack Singapore-flagged

chemical tanker LONDON, 2 Jan—A Singapore-flagged chemical tanker was hijacked in the Gulf

of Aden on Friday, the European Union naval force (EU Navfor) said. The 20,000 deadweight-ton M/V Pramoni was seized when it was heading to

Kandla in India, the Northwood-based EU Navfor said in a statement. The shiphas a crew of 24.

It was the first attack in the new year by Somali pirates who have made tens ofmillions of dollars from seizing ships for ransom in the Gulf of Aden.

“The ship’s master reported by radio that the ship was hijacked and all the creware well,” the EU Navfor said.

On Monday, Somali pirates seized a British tanker with 26 crew members anda Yemeni freighter with a crew of 15. —Xinhua

US airstrikekills 3 in NW

Pakistan ISLAMABAD, 2 Jan—A

suspected US missilestruck a car in northwestPakistan’s tribal region onFriday, killing at leastthree men in a second at-tack in less than a day, lo-cal TV channels reported.

The morning attack bya drone aircraft struck avehicle carrying militantsin Navana village in NorthWaziristan. This was thesecond drone attack in thearea during the last 24hours.

At least three peoplewere killed and two oth-ers wounded on Thursdayin a US drone attack.

Sources said thatshortly after Friday’s at-tack, Taleban arrived atthe scene of the attack andshifted the bodies to anundisclosed location.

Xinhua

The brides reactduring a groupwedding cer-

emony inTianyahaijiao,or “the end ofthe earth”, a

famous scenerysite in Sanya,south China’sHainan Prov-ince, on 1 Jan,2010.—XINHUA

A 40-day-old south China tiger is seen in the in-cubator in Suzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province,on 1 Jan, 2010. A female south China tiger, whichis the only survival one of the base breeding mul-tiple births in the past four years, weighed 2,700grammes in its 40 days old on Friday.—XINHUA

A woman makes red lanterns in YangZhao Village of Jifeng Townshipin Yuncheng City, north China’s Shanxi Province, on 31 Dec, 2009. The

handmade red lanterns sell well as the New Year nears.—XINHUA

Iraq disappointed by US judgedismissal of Blackwater case

Heavy fog causes flight delays at Los Angeles Airport

BAGHDAD, 2 Jan—TheIraqi government saidon Friday it regrettedthe decision by a US judgeto dismiss the chargesagainst five Blackwatersecurity guards who alleg-

edly killed innocent Iraqicivilians in 2007.

“The Iraqi governmentregrets and is disap-pointed by the decision,”said Ali al-Dabbagh,spokesman for the Iraqi

government in a state-ment.

“The investigationsconducted by the Iraqi au-thorities confirm clearlythat the Blackwaterguards committed murderand violated the rule ofonly using arms under thecircumstances of beingthreatened,” he said.

The spokesman addedthat the Iraqi governmentwould continue its proce-dures to prosecute thecriminals and protect therights of the victims, theirfamilies and others whosuffered losses in the in-cident.

Ricardo Urbina, theUS federal judge, dis-missed the charges againstthe five on Thursday,claiming incriminatingstatements were used byfederal prosecutors in the

case.Xinhua

LOS ANGELES, 2 Jan—Heavy fog caused flightdelays at the Los AngelesInternational Airport(LAX) on Friday, the Fed-eral Aviation Administra-tion (FAA) said.

A check with severalairlines serving LAXshowed northboundflights were delayed by

about 35 minutes atmidmorning, but south-bound flights appeared tobe on schedule, said theFAA. Aircraft flying intoSan Francisco Interna-tional Airport atmidmorning were delayedan average of 51 minutes,with many planes keptidling on the ground be-

fore departing for the BayArea, the FAA said.

Air travel to and fromthe rest of the nation ap-peared to be movingsmoothly, the FAA’s Website said. The delays endedwith the dissipation of theSan Franscisco BayAreafog at noon.

Xinhua

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Ethiopia rejects warning ofhunger after drought

Sweden culls its resurgent wolves

Grey wolves have made a comeback since huntingwas banned.— INTERNET

French reporters kidnappedin Afghanistan ‘alive’

KABUL, 2 Jan — Two French journalists kidnappedin Afghanistan are alive and in good health, Frenchmedia have reported. The reporters were kidnappedalong with three Afghan assistants in Kapisa Provincenorth-east of Kabul earlier this week, officials said.

A spokesman for the journalists’ employer, FrenchTV Channel FR3, said they were in good condition.French news agency AFP also quoted a source involvedin efforts to free them as saying they were well. “Thetwo French journalists appear to be alive, in good healthand being well treated,” said the source. There was noword, however, on the condition of the three Afghans.

Suspected Taleban militants ambushed the report-ers as they were being driven through the war-torn re-gion between Surobi and Tagab on Wednesday, aFrench colleague told AFP. Italian news agency Ansaquoted a spokesman for the local Afghan governor assaying the group had been taken to a remote Talebanstronghold. —Internet

French troops arestationed in Kapisa

Province as part of theNATO-led force.

INTERNET

Moon hole might be suitable for colony

Scientists report finding a lunar hole that mightmake a good candidate for a moon colony.

INTERNET

PFLP militants fire two rocketsfrom Gaza at southern Israel

China finds8,500 tons of

smuggled tyresGUANGZHOU, 2 Jan —

More than 8,500 tons oftyres illegally shippedfrom the United States toChina for disposal havebeen found at a Chineseport, officials said.

Huangpu Customs of-ficials found the tyres in lateDecember in 366 contain-ers at Dongjiangku Port inSouth China, Xinhua, theofficial government newsagency, said. Chen Wen, aCustoms official, said in-vestigators believe the tyreswere shipped between De-cember 2008 and February2009 and may have been atthe port for almost a year.

Importing waste tyresto China is illegal, officialssay. But the profits fromselling tyre materials foroil refining and retreadingcan be significant, whilethe cost of shipping thetyres from the UnitedStates is no more than $10a ton. Three suspectedsmugglers were arrested,Cai Huangyu of HuangpuCustoms said.

Internet

STOCKHOLM, 2 Jan —Sweden is to launch itsfirst wolf cull in 45 years,following a decision byParliament to control thespecies’ numbers.

Some 10,000 huntersare reported to be plan-ning to take part — hop-ing to get a rare opportu-nity to bag a wolf. But itis thought there are onlyabout 180-220 wolves in

Sweden, and the Environ-mental ProtectionAgency has said only 27can be shot. Hunters in-sist there are measures toprevent them shootingtoo many.

“There’s a lot of regu-lation, hunters have tocheck the quota everyhour,” Gunnar Gloersson,of the Swedish HuntersAssociation, told Radio

Sweden. Nevertheless,the Swedish Society forNature Conservation iscritical of the decision,claiming it is against EUlegislation as the Swedishwolf population has notreached a healthy level. Aformal complaint will beissued to the EU Com-mission, Radio Swedensays.

Internet

WASHINGTON, 2 Jan —Building a home near amoon crater or a lunar seamay sound nice, but mooncolonists might have amuch better chance of sur-vival if they just lived in ahole. That’s the messagesent by an internationalteam of scientists who saythey’ve discovered a pro-tected lunar “lava tube” —a deep, giant hole — thatmight be well suited for amoon colony or a lunarbase.

The vertical hole, in

the volcanic Marius Hillsregion on the moon’s nearside, is 213 feet wide andis estimated to be morethan 260 feet deep, ac-cording to findings pub-lished in Geophysical Re-search Letters, a journalof the American Geo-physical Union.

More important, thescientists say, the hole isprotected from themoon’s harshtemperatures andmeteorite strikes by a thinsheet of lava. That makes

the tube a good candidatefor further exploration orpossible inhabitation, thearticle says.

“Lunar lava tubes area potentially importantlocation for a future lunarbase, whether for localexploration and develop-ment, or as an outpost toserve exploration beyondthe Moon,” writes theteam, led by JunichiHaruyama, a senior re-searcher with the Japa-nese space agency JAXA.

Internet

GAZA, 2 Jan — Thearmed wing of the PopularFront for the Liberation ofPalestine (PFLP) claimedresponsibility on Friday offiring two rockets from theGaza Strip at southernIsrael on Thursday night.Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades,the PFLP armed wing, saidin a leaflet sent to reporterson Friday that its membersfired two (Grad) Russian-

made rockets on Thursdaynight from Gaza at thesouthern Israel town ofNitivot.

“Firing the two rocketsis to reiterate that armedresistance will continueagainst the Israeli occupa-tion and its massacres andwars against our innocentpeople,” said the leaflet.

It added that “the armedresistance and the nationalPalestinian unity are theshortest way to liberate theoccupied territories and getrid of the military occupa-tion,” calling on otherfactions to strongly hitIsrael by all means. Meanwhile, Israeli Ra-dio reported that two Gradrockets fired from the GazaStrip landed on Thursdaynight at an opened area inNegev in southern Israelcausing no harms or casu-alties.—Internet

ADDIS ABABA, 2 Jan — An Ethiopianminister has denied reports that millionsof people need urgent food aid afterfailed rains. Disaster Prevention Min-ister Mikitu Kassa told the BBC that thegovernment was helping those hit by thedrought.

He was speaking after the US-fundedFamine Early Warning System warnedof increased hunger in parts of thecountry in the coming months. Ethio-pia has been extremely sensitive toimages showing its people as starvingsince the famine of 1984-5.

Mr Mikitu said the report was “notevidence-based”. “It is baseless, it is con-trary to the situation on the ground,” he

told the BBC’s Focus on Africa programme.He admitted that 5.7 million people werecurrently getting food aid but argued that“in the Ethiopian context, there is no hun-ger, no famine” and that the situation wasnot as bad as in recent years.

“The government is taking action tomitigate the problems,” he said. The lat-est Famine Early Warning System(Fewsnet) projections show parts of thecountry in the extreme east, north-east andsouth-west as “extremely food insecure”— one level below that for a famine — inthe period January-March 2010.The UNhas already said it is aiming to feed 20million people in East Africa over the nextsix months. — Internet

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Israeli warplanes, tanks strikeeastern, southern Gaza Strip

GAZA, 2 Jan—IsraeliF16 warplanes and tankshad carried out late onFriday night five succes-sive air and ground strikeson targets in eastern andsouthern Gaza Strip,wounding five people,medics and witnessessaid.

The witnesses said thatIsraeli F16 warplane firedtwo missiles, while tanksfired two shells that alllanded at empty zoneseast and northeast of GazaCity, adding that five peo-ple were injured.

Paramedics said that

local ambulances tookfive Palestinians fromeastern Gaza for medicaltreatment at Gaza hospi-tals after they were in-jured. They said that thefive have been lightly in-jured.

Meanwhile, Hamas se-curity sources said thatIsraeli F16 warplanescarried out a fifth air raidon a post that belongingto militants from IslamicHamas movement insouthern Gaza Strip, noinjuries were reported.

The five successive Is-raeli air and ground

strikes came hours aftermilitants from the Popu-lar Front for the Libera-tion of Palestine (PFLP)fired two Russian-madeGrad missiles on Thurs-day night from Gaza atsouthern Israel.

The Popular ResistanceCommittees (PRC) hadclaimed responsibilityearlier on Friday forlaunching four mortarShells at Israeli army ve-hicles near the bordersbetween southeast GazaStrip and Israel. No inju-ries were reported.

XinhuaAll items from Xinhua News Agency

Mudslide kills 16 in Brazil

An aerial view of Pousada Sankay hotel buried bya mudslide in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro state

on 1 Jan, 2010. —XINHUA

China’s FDI policies aim toboost industry upgrading

Over 300 strong men perform dragon dance withan 80-metre-long dragon model to greet the NewYear in Aojiang Township of Pingyang County,east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 1 Jan, 2010.

XINHUA

NATO tankers attacked in westPakistan’s Quetta

ISLAMABAD, 2 Jan—Unknown militants damaged two NATO tankers in westPakistan by opening fire on one of them and torching the other, local TV channelreported on Friday.

Police sources said that the incident took place early Friday on the outskirts ofcapital city Quetta, Baluchistan. The tankers were on their way to the border townof Chaman carrying fuel from the south port city of Karachi for NATO forces inAfghanistan.

The militants opened fire on one of the tankers, smashing its windscreen, theprivate TV DAWN News reported. They torched the other truck and damagedseriously the vehicle’s front.

However, loaded fuel remained safe and no casualty has so far been reported,the channel said. Police rushed to the site and cordoned off the area. An investiga-tion was underway.—Xinhua

RIO DE JANEIRO, 2Jan—The Civil Defenceof Rio de Janeiro statesaid on Friday that at least16 people were killed intwo mudslides occurred inAndra dos Reis munici-pality in the South of theBrazilian state.

The Brazilian Presi-dency said on Friday thatPresident Luiz Inacio Lulada Silva has ordered theNational Integration Min-istry to give all the neededresources “for the imme-diate rescue andreestablishment of nor-mality” in the area.

One of the mudslideshit the Sankay lodge inGrande Island and de-stroyed several housesnearby.

According to ColonelPedro Machado, head ofthe local firefighters, the

rescue teams have found11 bodies and a girl of 18years old alive.

Machado said that 80firemen and 20 MilitaryPolice agents are workingat the scene with helpfrom the Navy and localvolunteers.

The rescue efforts areadvancing slowly be-cause excavators couldnot be used for fear ofcausing new mudslides,Machado said.

Machado added thatthe number of victimscould rise, for there couldhave been some 40 peo-ple inside the lodge, andmore in the nearbyhouses.

The other mudslideoccurred in Angra dosReis city, destroying atleast five houses.

The rescue teams haverecovered five corpses,but they said more peoplecould be buried under themud.

Xinhua

Evacuees head home as Mayon volcanoeruption less imminent

BEIJING, 2 Jan—Chi-na’s efforts to boost moreforeign investment in high-tech and new energy sectorswere congruent with the na-tion’s industry upgradinggoals, Chinese economistssaid.

Zuo Xiaolei, chiefeconomist with the GalaxySecurities, said when Chinastarted its reform and open-ing-up drive three decadesago, the inflow of foreigndirect investment (FDI)played an important role inboosting economy growthand creating jobs.

“However, with therapid development of Chi-nese economy, if foreigninvestment is only pooledinto low-end manufactur-ing industries, that is not inagreement with China’sefforts to change its eco-nomic growth pattern,”Zuo said. China encour-aged overseas investors toinvest in new energy, en-

vironmental protection,high-tech, modern service,advanced manufacturingsectors, according to astatement issued onWednesday after an execu-tive meeting of the StateCouncil, or the Cabinet,chaired by Premier WenJiabao.—Xinhua

MANILA, 2 Jan— Af-ter involuntarily spend-ing the holidays awayfrom home, residents inthe Albay Province of thePhilippines were allowedto go home to the foot-hills of Mount Mayon onSaturday after state vol-canologists declared thatan eruption was no longerimminent.

The Philippine Insti-tute of Volcanology andSeismology (Phivolcs)lowered the alert level

around Mayon Volcanofrom “4” to “3” on Satur-day morning as a result ofdecreased volcanic activityrecorded from MayonVolcano. But Alert Level3 still means Mayon is ina state of “relatively highunrest” and if it continues,an eruption is still “possi-ble within weeks,” said alocal volcanologist.

After the change instatus, Albay GovernorJoey Salceda ordered thepartial decampment of

evacuation centres, whichare located mostly in pub-lic schools set to resumeclasses after the holidays.In its Jan. 2 bulletin, thePhilvolcs said “a declin-ing trend in Mayon vol-cano’s activity” includesno more “ash ejections”from the crater.

Xinhua

A girl glances at a sign reading “High Risk of Terrorist Attack” as she standsin the departure security line at Reagan National Airport in Washington on 29Dec, 2009. A failed attempt to blow up an airplane over Detroit has reigniteddebate about airport security and the role of new technology such as full-body

scanners.— INTERNET

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POEM:


Our independent country* Our independent country….

Sovereignty it hasAnd ruling government alsoSo powerful is our countryIn interest of peopleBuilding nation weCountry we are safeguardingEnsuring its perpetuityExerting efforts by ourselvesFood we are producingSafeguarding nationEnhancing our own dignityGlory we have

* Our independent country…Running its own economyProspering we all areOn own way we are marchingPossessing dignityAlso high is our prideNever relying on othersMyanmar, the Thadoe ThakiWe in this worldEndeavouring with dignityTo reach the new age

* Our independent country…..Never divided we areBecause of outsidersBelieving in internal strengthOwn way we are pavingUplifting our societyUnity till futureWe are the national racesHelping one anotherIn amity and undividedConsolidated we are

Hailing the 62nd Anniversary IndependenceDay

Zaw Min Min Oo (Trs)

Work in concert to achieve goal of building new nationYan Gyi Aung

How long does it take to build a nation intoa developed one? We cannot realize such a verydemanding plan in a couple of years — it is out of thequestion. In my opinion, however, a nation can enjoyremarkable development over a couple of decades ifthe people work hard in harmony with tenacity.

In this regard, I would like to present someinstances, referring to experiences of some of neighouringregions. Japan, for instance, is a land where naturalresources are scarce with harsh climate and frequentoutbreaks of natural disasters such as earthquake andtsunami. In the agricultural sector, it has to make all-outefforts to ensure even food security, let alone foodsurplus. It joined the World War II, exploiting its naturalresources at the highest degree. But, nuclear bomb andincendiary bomb attacks reduced the country to ash anda loser. In the post-war period, Japan did not have muchwith which it reconstructed itself, and was at the mercy

of the victors. At that time, the majority of the people hadto spend much time in queues in supply camps for somefood. About 20 years later, Japan overtook the UnitedStates of America in iron and steel industry; about 30years later, Japanese car companies defeated those inDetroit; and about 40 years later, Japan overtook its allrivals securing a leading position in electronics in theworld. Due to firm determination, great perseverance, andmental power of its people, Japan became world’s secondlargest economy.

Another country to which I would like to refer isthe People’s Republic of China, which was reconstructedon 1 October 1949. At that time, the majority of the peoplewere in the mire of sufferings triggered by the World WarII and very long civil war. The majority of the Chinesefarmers, who had just liberated themselves from feudallords, had to start their new life with one-fourth or half of anacre of land each without harrows, ploughs and draughtcattle. Millions of people died in the Great Leap Forwarddue to food shortage resulting from the defects in thepolicies. The nation was even on the point of collapse dueto the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. Amidst thedeteriorating conditions, the nation in 1978 launchedmodernization in far aspects and reforms under the guidanceof visionary leader Deng Xiaoping. In compliance with hispolicy that a cat was acceptable so long as it catches miceregardless of its colour, the nation launched Socialist MarketEconomy. For about 30 years in a rain, China’s economicgrowth rate stood at more than 10 per cent yearly, accountingfor the highest rate in the world. In 2008, the whole worldcame under global financial crisis. But, China did not suffermuch, except fairly slow economic growth. It even providedthe US, the world’s largest economy, with huge loans.China, which once used to be branded “Sick Man of Asia”,is now poised to reach world’s superpower position. It iswidespread forecast that China will become the world’slargest economy by 2050.

Myanmar regained independence in 1948.Myanmar President Sao Shwe Thaik in Declaration ongovernment’s policy and objective delivered at theConstituent Assembly says that “…The initial objectiveof the people of us who constantly make reviews is torevoke the capitalism of the Union of Myanmar and tobuild a Socialist country in which the people haveexclusive right to manage responsibilities of the State.

Socialism is meant to bring prosperity to the peoplewithout any discrimination, not to forcibly nationalizepublic property. Ours will be a good country only ifthe entire people, regardless of status, have aprosperous future.

“Our government has drawn planssystematically to bring economic prosperity to the entirenation, and to avert unnecessary mistakes inreconstructing war-torn industries. Our government willtry to reconstruct the nation in accordance with the plansand to expedite the tasks for economic development ofthe nation.”

The objectives of the nation in the post-independence period reflected the government’sbenevolent attitudes for economic growth of the nation,irrespective of status, to reconstruct the war-tornnation, and generate a better future of the nation.

(See page 7)

* By blaming one another, we cannot builda developed nation in a short time.

* Only when the people work hard in concertwill it be possible for our country to catchup with regional countries that are nowmuch more developed than ours. And wecan bring a prosperous future to the entirepeople, as aspired by the nation founders.

Safeguard independence andsovereignty through might of patriotism

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(from page 6)However, the

government’s bene-volent attitude andwishers could not berealized over a decadeafter independence.Political forces thatcollaboratively gotinvolved in the nationalliberation movements,sharing common goal,came to be locked inarmed conflicts due todogmatism and racism.In consequence, interna-tional newspapersbranded Myanmar asYangon six-mile radiusgovernment. Beingcaught in the snare ofpower-craving sense,members of the Anti-Fascist People’s FreedomLeague, the nationalleading front, becamedisunited and the AFPFLsplit into factions such as

Work in concert to achieve goal of building new nationYan Gyi Aung

The taste of Independence U Ba Galay

Thank you Grandpa for securing Independence forus. Now we are enjoying the fruits of Independence—we can dress as we like freely; we can sing whateversongs we like, and during the Thingyan water festivalwe can enjoy it freely, hi... hi...

We have fought to regain Independence but that’s notfor you to dress, shout and behave wildly and madly.

It’s for you to try to develop the country on self-reliance and to shape own destiny, remember!

Staple AFPFL-CleanAFPFL, U group, Bogroup, and Thakin group.

The goal ofbuilding a Socialistcountry, the initial aim ofthe nation builders, wasdeviated from its course.Some national people triedto break up the Union,taking full advantage ofthe provisions of the 1947constitution of the right tosecede from the Union.Therefore, the nation sawpolitical changes in 1962.Nevertheless, due to theeffects of internationaleconomic decline, anddefects of the new system,the nation could not drawinvestments, and the theninvestments were beingwithdrawn gradually. Theproblems could not beworked out owing toweakness of thoseresponsible. A lot of

natural and humanresources were wasted inthe long internalinsurgency. After all, theSocialism of Myanmarway collapsed 26 yearsafter its introduction.

Then, the wholenation passed throughreal hard times,stemming from politicalunrest. Despite Stateinstability, outsidepressure and sanctions,the Tatmadaw managedto restore peace andstability and improveeconomic infrastructurenecessary for building anew nation. The prudentdrive has begun to yieldfruits over 20 years, butthe nation still has a lot todo for full development.

Independence ofthe nation has passed over60 years, nation-buildingtasks waxing and waning.

In fact, according to theexperiences of the citedcountries above, a periodof 60 years is much morethan enough fordevelopment of a nation.But, the nation laggedbehind other countries inthe region indevelopment due tovarious reasons.

Here, I do notwant to put all the blameon any particular person.By blaming one another,we cannot build adeveloped nation in ashort time.

Only when thepeople work hard inconcert will it be possiblefor our country to catchup with regionalcountries that are nowmuch more developedthan ours. And we canbring a prosperous futureto the entire people, asaspired by the nationfounders.

Myanmar isgifted with fertile soil,temperate climate pattern,rich natural resources, areasonable size ofpopulation, a large area,and a strategic location.According to manyexperts, Myanmar has thepotential for economicgrowth.

Yet, the nationhas not been able toembrace the goldenopportunity fordevelopment for morethan 60 years.

In this regard, itis not wise to hold anyparticular personresponsible for that. Thepeople are all responsiblefor their brighter future.They are required toremain cohesive. Puttingblame on others can causenothing more thanirresponsibility anddisunity among thepeople. Today is the mostopportune time to build anew nation. It is time theentire people work hardwith renewed vigour toachieve the lofty goal.Let’s do our bit in thenoble drive.

Translation: MS

Objectives of the 62nd AnniversaryIndependence Day (2010)

* All the national people to constantly joinhands for ensuring the perpetuity ofindependence and sovereignty of the State,

* All the national people to collectivelystrive for non-disintegration of the Unionand non-disintegration of nationalsolidarity,

* All the national people to harmoniouslymake all-out efforts to build up a modern,developed discipline-flourishingdemocratic nation in accordance withthe new State Constitution that has beenapproved by the votes of the greatmajority of the people,

* All the national people to cooperate inrealizing the States seven-step Road Mapwith Union Spirit and patriotic spirit.

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Sufficient irrigation by dams....(from page 1)

The country hasenjoyed the sufficientsupply of irrigation andwater resources which isthe lifeblood for thefarming.

Though succes-sive governments hadmade endeavours for de-velopment of the farmingsector for nearly 40 yearsafter the country gainedthe independence, theycould build only 138 damsincluding reservoirs from1948 to 1988 due tounstability of the State andsome circumstances.

Only 1.3 millionacres had been fed by irri-gation and over 3.8 millionacres had been used fordouble cropped farming.

After 1988, newdams and reservoirs havebeen built across thecountry. The new dams,reservoirs, river waterpumping projects,underground waterpumping projects haveboosted the agriculturalproduction in the country.

Farmland andwater resources play avital role in boosting agri-cultural production. As thegovernment has made ef-forts for reclamation offarmland and irrigation,the number of farmlandhas increased 23.8 millionacres in 1988 to 56.9million acres in 2008-2009.

As part of effortsfor irrigation, thegovernment built a totalof 228 dams, 322 riverwater pumping projectsand sank 8001 wells andrenovated reservoirs from1988 to 2009.Dam Projects

ThaphanseikDam located in KyunhlaTownhip, Sagaing Divi-sion and inaugurated on17 April, 2001 is the largestone in Myanmar and thelongest in south-east Asia.The earthen-type dam is108 ft high and 22,587 ft(over four miles) long andit is considered as an inlandsea. The dam has enoughwater storage capacity to


Dam projects which are underway in states and divisions for development of agricultural sector

Sr. State/Division Number Benefited area Water storage Hydropower that can be generated

1. Kachin 1 5000 225862. Kayin 1 3000 360003. Sagaing 7 1064550 27550809 (1584) megawatts4. Taninthayi 1 3200 220780 (5.0) megawatts5. Bago 3 117000 848530 (40) megawatts6. Magway 5 12840 2474971 (306) megawatts7. Mandalay 5 6400 6038000 (60.30) megawatts8. Rakhine 1 - - -9. Shan 2 – 704900 (36.00) megawatts10. Ayeyawady 1 25000 148800 (5) megawatts

Total 27 1236990 32627976 (2036.30) megawatts

(acre) capacity(acre feet)

Mone Yin Dam in Namtu Township, Kyaukme District, Shan State (North).

irrigate over 500,000 acresin Shwebo, KhinU,Kanbalu, Taze, YeU,Dabayin, Butalin andAyadaw townships all-year round.

There were only138 dams built before1988 could irrigate

1.3million acres in total.As 228 dams were builtfrom 1988 to November,2009, the number offarmland has reached 2.82million acres and totalnumber of farmland hasreached over 4.152 millionacres.

A total of 27 dams areunder construction by theIrrigation Department.Upon completion, thosedams will irrigate more1.23 million acres and canproduce 2,136.30Megawatts of hydroelectric.

Ministry of Agricultureand Irrigation built 322River Water PumpingProjects that can irrigate467028 acres of farmlandincluding special projects.Among them were a totalof 188 River WaterPumping Projectsincluding 16 specialprojects in order to benefit326795 acres of farmlandin Sagaing, Magway andMandalay Divisions,central part of Myanmar.Underground Water

Likewise, majoragricultural projects foravailability ofunderground water havebeen implemented. A totalof 8001 wells — 5022 tubewells and 2979 pumpsincluding 99 artisan wellsin Yinmabin, MonywaDistrict, Sagaing Division,artisan wells in Ayadaw-KhinU region and artisanwell in Meiktila-Thaziregion in MandalayDivision and some artisanwells in Pyawbwe-PhayaNgahsu region have beenbuilt with the aim ofbenefiting 98355 acres offarmland and supplyingdrinking water.

Moreover, 377tube wells and pumps thatcan benefit 5410 acres offarmlands in Meiktila-Thazi region and 30 tubewells that can benefit 450acres in Pyawbwe-PayaNgazu region supplywater to 5860 acres.

(See page 9)

With the increasein population, demand forfood also increases. Hence,it is necessary to boost cropproduction and to extendland reclamation. It is learntthat Irrigation Departmenthas planned to implement100 irrigation projects assupply of irrigation waterplays an important role inboosting agriculturalproduction.River Water PumpingProjects

Up to the end ofDecember, 2009, WaterResources UtilizationDepartment of the

Kadatpana sluice gate near Kadatpana village in Kyauktan Township, Yangon Division.

of dams

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(from page 8)As planned river water pumping projects, 41

projects that can benefit 262,781 acres of farmlands including20 special projects that can benefit 232,300 acres of farmland,21 projects of the department that can benefit 30,481 acres

Availability of irrigation water and benefited acres in the time of Tatmadaw government

Type Unit From the time of Myanmar Kings to 1988 From 1988 to 2009 Progress

Dam, Lake, Reservoir-completed nos 138 366 228-under construction - 27 27Benefited areas acre 1336199 4162474 2826275River water pumping andunderground water work(River water pumping)-completed nos – 322 322Benefited area acre – 467028 467028Tube well nos 8001 8001Benefited area acre 98355 98355River water pumping /underground water-Follow-up tasks nos – 41 41-benefited area acre – 262781 262781Damming creekBenefited area acre – 184570 184570

Water pumps of Nathmaw river water pumping project implemented in Shwedaung Township, Pyay District, Bago Division (West).

Paunglaung Diversion Weir built near Thitseikpin village in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township.

of farmland are under way. For ensuring irrigation watersufficiency through underground water, construction oftube wells and manual pumps are being implemented inMeiktila-Thazi region and Pyawbwe-Phaya Ngahsu re-gion.

Under the arrangement of the State, Myanmaagriculture has developed as infrastructures have beenconstructed in agricultural sector within a short period oftime. Agricultural production capacity jumped from 120per cent in 1988 to 171.1 per cent in 2008-2009.

Projects being implemented by the Ministry ofAgriculture and Irrigation and work programmes for longterm benefit are foundations of the future of the nation.

Lush and green plantations irrigated by dams,

lakes and creeks, housesroofed with CI sheets,worksites of farmers withthe use of farm machineryand their higher livingstandards can be seen allparts of the nation.

I would like tourge all national people,in response to the goodwillof the government, tograsp the opportunity forpromotion of livingstandards and for boost-ing production inagricultural sector throughthe effective utilization ofgod-given naturalresources.Translation: AMS+YM

Under the arrangement of the State,Myanma agriculture has developed as infra-structures have been constructed inagricultural sector within a short period oftime.

Projects beingimplemented by theMinistry of Agricultureand Irrigation and workprogrammes for longterm benefit arefoundations of the futureof the nation.

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Monywa-Bawditahtaung railroad…(from page 16)

Minister Maj-Gen Aung Min thankedthe commander for hisclose supervision andworkers of MR for theirefforts. Next, a local spoke

words of thanks.Afterwards, the

commander and the min-isters formally openedMonywa-Bawditahtaungrailroad section. The com-mander unveiled the arch-way and posed for docu-mentary photos togetherwith locals.

Next, the com-mander, the ministers andthe deputy minister and

officials sprinkledscented water on the spe-cial train of the railroadopening ceremony andgreeted the locals aboardthe train. They presentedgifts to them and waved

back to local people wel-coming them at stationsalong the railroad.

A u n g t h a -Bawditahtaung railroadsection on Monywa circu-lar railroad is 5.25 miles inlength and there are sixrailway stations and threebridges along this railroadsection. The railroad wasconstructed fromMonywa railway station

to Aungtha station andthen to Bawditahtaungrailway station. The con-struction of railroad sec-tion started on 23 June,2009 and it was inaugu-rated today.—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Myint Soe unveilssignboard of Monywa-Bawditahtaung

railroad section.— MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Myint Soe sprinkles scented water on specialtrain. — MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Myint Soe, MinisterMaj-Gen Aung Min and Minister Brig-Gen

Thura Aye Myint cut the ribbon to openMonywa-Bawditahtaung railroad section.—MNA

(from page 1)Yangon Command Maj-Gen Win Myint, Patronof Myanmar FisheriesFederation Minister forLivestock and FisheriesBrig-Gen Maung MaungThein, Vice-Mayor ColMaung Pa, heads of de-partments, the presidentsand members of the fed-eration, chairmen andmembers of brother asso-

11th AGM of Myanmar…ciations.

Lt-Gen MyintSwe gave a speech, callingfor achievement ofguidance of the Head ofState on extended distri-bution of pedigrees,striving for developmentof prawn breeding taskswith added momentumand for breeding taks inrural regions.Minister Brig-Gen Maung

Maung Thein also spokeon the occasion. Next, thepresident of MFF elabo-rated on works andprogress of the federation.

Lt-Gen MyintSwe presented cashawards to outstandingoffspring of members ofthe federation. The com-mander, the minister andthe vice-mayor presentedcash awards and gifts tothose who had writtentheses on fishery for PhD,

the minister, the vice-mayor and the presidentof the federation openedMyanmar Marine Prod-ucts Sales 2009-2010. Lt-Gen Myint Swe and partythen looked round thebooths, documentaryphotos, sea foods andstalls selling ready-mademarine products.—MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence delivers an address at 11th Annual General Meeting ofMyanmar Fisheries Federation. — MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence visits

Myanmar Marine Products Sales 2009-2010.

MNA

technicians, and the CECmember of the federationwho got PhD.

Lt-Gen MyintSwe, the commander, theminister, the vice-mayorand responsible personsaccepted cash presented bydonors and presented cer-tificates of honour to them.

The commander,

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NEWS ALBUM

People dressed as cartoon characters perform on the 22ndTaiyangdao Island International Snow Sculpture Expo inHarbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province.

A ship makes its way through the icefloes in the harbour at the northern

German port of Hamburg onWednesday. Traffic has continued toflow through Europe’s third largest

port despite this week’s freezingtemperatures.

A high-speed train stops at WuhanRailway Station, in Wuhan, capitalof central China’s Hubei Province.

Australian mothercharged for locking babyin 60-degree Celsius car

An Australian mother was chargedon Wednesday with leaving her littleboy locked inside her vehicle inextremely hot conditions while she wentshopping.

The woman, who has admittedmaking a “stupid mistake”, was chargedwith leaving a child unsupervised in amotor vehicle.

The 18-month-old was rescued byshopkeepers who used a hammer tosmash their way into a four-wheeldrive in the car park of a shoppingcentre at McGraths Hill in northwestSydney.

The temperature inside the vehiclewas estimated to be more than 60degrees Celsius.

The boy’s 34-year-old mother, whohas five children, had been contacted bycaseworkers investigating the matter,authorities said.

Bangladesh bans ‘painful’ greeting practiceBangladesh has ended a British colonial era practice that

forces children to line the streets in front of their schools everytime a senior official visits, a minister said on Wednesday.

Last month, a government official came under fire in theBangladeshi media when hundreds of students were made towait more than two hours under a scorching sun to greet him.

Many Bangladeshis recall similar experiences from theirschool days and visits from senior bureaucrats and otherdignitaries can be frequent in rural areas.

“We’ve stopped this practice because it does not set a goodexample. It’s unnecessary. It’s painful for the students and itmakes their guardians angry,” HYPERLINK “http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fc/education.html” Education MinisterNurul Islam Nahid told AFP. “Get away from me! I’m a

penny pincher of a thief!” A thief stole 3.5 yuan (50 cents) froma woman, but wound up calling for helpfrom the police in Xi’an, capital ofShaanxi Province. Zhang, a 19-year-old migrantworker, mugged a woman on themorning of 9 August, but was soonfollowed by his victim and five others.Scared for his life, he fled to policefor help. He ended up being detainedfor 15 days.

“Where’s our camaraderie?” One of four crooks that robbed awoman had to seek police help afterthey fought over the loot. The four stole 160 yuan (23 US dollars)from a woman on a street in Nanbucounty, Sichuan Province. Afterwards,one thief, surnamed Li, tried to keep allthe money. The three others beat him upand stole his share. He flagged down apolice car and asked for help. The police arrested all four of themand returned the money to the woman.

“Can I steal your cellphone for a whopping 10,000 yuan?” A bank customer in Tianjin grabbed someone’s cell phone that was lying on thecounter and left his own 10,000 yuan (1,462 US dollars) behind on 9 June. The cell phone owner called police who identified the thief as a man surnamedLiu through the bank’s surveillance camera. After Liu returned to the bank to retrieve his money, while police were waitingfor him. He was reprimanded and let go.

Chub now rare in Great LakesMILWAUKEE, 2 Jan—Chub, a small fish found only

in the Great Lakes, has become a rare find in stores inthe US Midwest thanks to zebra mussels and otherinvasive species.

Fishermen say catches have become so small inLake Michigan going out for chub is no longer worththe fuel, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported onThursday. Dan Anderson of Milwaukee said the lasttime he went out he got 45 pounds of chubs out of18,000 feet of nets. The chubs he did bring in were notthe fat fish prized as a holiday treat in Wisconsin.

“The larger chubs that are marketable aren’t outthere. There are a lot of smaller ones that, with enoughfood, will grow to market size,” Anderson said. “Butquite honestly, I don’t think there’s enough food inthe lake.”

Zebra mussels, tiny shellfish native to Russia, werefirst reported in the Great Lakes in 1988 and havemultiplied and become a major nuisance. Andersonsaid when he hauls in his nets he pulls in large amountsof zebra mussels.—Internet

TEL AVIV, 2 Jan — AnIsraeli illusionist gave anicy reception to the NewYear, emerging at mid-night from 66 hours in an8-tonne block of ice,breaking the record ofAmerican magicianDavid Blaine.

LONDON, 2 Jan — Scien-tists fighting a cancer thatthreatens to wipe out Aus-tralia’s Tasmanian devilssay they have made a break-through. A contagious fa-cial tumour has cut thenumber of the animals bymore than half in 10 years.

But researchers saythey have now identifiedthe cell type that promptsthe cancer and are devel-oping a test to diagnosetumours at an early stage.Tasmanian devils are

Fact file on the Tasmanian devil. Scientists havemade a breakthrough in the genetic analysis of a

facial cancer killing the endangered animals,rasing hopes that the species’ future may be

secured.— INTERNET

Hezi Dean is pictured in the ice block as he tries toset a new record .

INTERNET

Cancer cure hope for Tasmanian devilsfamed for their spine-chilling shrieks and badtemper. They are theworld’s largest marsupialcarnivores and only foundon the island state of Tas-mania. Tumours spreadamong groups of devilsthrough biting, and in-fected animals die withinmonths of the symptomsfirst appearing.

An international team ofresearchers has been work-ing on finding a cure andtheir breakthrough was re-

ported in the latest editionof the journal Science.

“Our findings repre-sent a big step forward inthe race to save the devilsfrom extinction,” Eliza-beth Murchison, of the USCold Spring HarbourLaboratory and the Aus-tralian National Univer-sity, wrote in the study.

Internet

Illusionist Hezi Dean emergesfrom Tel Aviv ice cube

Hezi Dean, 29, hadhimself sealed into a spe-cially constructed trans-parent ice cube in TelAviv’s Rabin Square,where he apparentlystayed for nearly threedays wearing just jeansand a thin T-shirt. At thestroke of midnight, assist-ants cut open the ice blockand removed a weak-looking Dean, taking himstraight to a waiting am-bulance. His conditionwas not immediately

clear.Some 200 onlookers

celebrated the arrival ofthe new decade withDean, many of the themcarrying signs - from theencouraging “Hezi thegreat’’ to the more prac-tical “Don’t die HeziDean’’. Dean had beenattempting to break therecord of Blaine, whospent 63 hours in a simi-lar ice cube in NewYork’s Times Square in2000.—Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG XIU VOY NO (1010)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG XIUVOY NO (1010) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 3.1.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

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

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

INVITATION FOR TENDERTENDER NO. BRIDGE/PKU/2009-2010/NPT/ST-004

1. Sealed Tender is invited by Public Works, Ministryof Construction, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar for thesupply of Steel Truss and Accessories forAYEYAWADY BRIDGE (PAKOKKU) Motor-cum- Rail Construction Project across AyeyawadyRiver on Nyaungu-Pakokku Road in MagwayDivision.

2. Tender application form of PAKOKKU BRIDGE(including Technical Specifications, Terms of Ten-der, Tender Schedule and Offer Form) can be pur-chased with USD 3000.

3. The Payment for tender application must be paid toPublic Works’s Account No. SEE 01015, MyanmaEconomic Bank (2) through Myanma Foreign TradeBank.

4. The Tender document can be obtained from BridgeDivision, Building No.(11), Public Works, Ministryof Construction, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar only withthe Payment Receipt to Myanmar Foreign TradeBank.

5. Tender should be submitted to the above addressnot later than 16:30 hours on 5th March, 2010.

6. For further detail information, Please contact toTelephone No. 067-407276, 407466.

Managing DirectorPublic Works

Myanma Port AuthorityHoliday Notice

As the wharves warehouses and chellan Of-fices of Yangon Port will be closed on 4th January2010 (Independence Day) being the public holi-day. Goods will be received shipped or deliveredon payment of Holiday Fees.

Part one of tsunamisystem completed

UK twins turn 102 onNew Year’s Day

United flight lands oversecurity concern

ST LOUIS, 2 Jan—AUnited Express jetliner re-turned to the St Louis air-port shortly after takeoffon Friday because of se-curity concerns about apassenger, officials said.

United Express Flight7445 was about 15 min-utes into its 8 am flight toChicago with 66 passen-gers when it returnedwithout incident to the StLouis Airport, St LouisGlobe-Democrat.com re-ported.

“After the flight tookoff, there was a securityconcern and the flight re-turned to St Louis werethe issue was resolved,”Megan McCarthy, aspokeswoman said.

While McCarthy and a

spokesperson fro theTransportation Safety Ad-ministration were unableto provide specifics of thesecurity concern, St LouisAirport spokesman JeffLea said there may havebeen a concern about get-ting information from apassenger.

The aircraft was backin the air by 9:40 am andarrived in Chicago at10:27 am.

“Ultimately, every-thing was fine,” said FredOxley, vice president ofcommunications forTrans States Holdings,which operates UnitedExpress flights under theGoJet name.—Internet

LONDON, 2 Jan—Brit-ain’s oldest twins, BettyRichards and JennyPelmore, celebrated birth-day No. 102 on NewYear’s Day with familyand friends.

The doctor who deliv-ered them in Manchester,England, arrived onhorseback on 1 Jan, 1908,when King Edward VIIwas on the throne, theDaily Express reportedon Friday.

Jenny and Betty, bothwidowed, live near eachother in Cornwall. Betty,a secretary, marriedBrandon Richards in1936 and had two chil-

dren. Jenny was a teacherwho married HughPelmore, an RAF pilotwho also raced Bentleys,the newspaper said.

Others may make theirage an issue, but it’s notfor Jenny.

“We never think aboutour age much,” she said.

“Life is much fasternow but the only thing Idon’t understand is com-puters,” Betty added.

The secret to longevityis simple, Jenny said:“Having a busy life andnot sitting still for too longis the key. The secret is tokeep smiling and keepgoing.”—Internet

JAKARTA, 2 Jan— Indo-nesia has completed thefirst part of a three-partsystem to provide rapidearly warnings againsttsunamis, officials said.

The first part deter-mines earthquake sizesand scopes “and the poten-tial for tsunami genera-tion,” said Fauzi, head ofthe Tsunami and Earth-quake Centre in Jakarta.

The second part,scheduled for completionin April, monitors the sealevel. And the third part,projected to be in place by2011, will include compu-ter modeling of tsunamis,said Fauzi, who goes byonly one name like manypeople in Indonesia.

His update comes fiveyears after a 9.1-magnitudeundersea earthquake on 26Dec, 2004, triggered a se-

ries of devastating tsuna-mis, killing nearly 230,000people in 13 countries andinundating coastal commu-nities with waves up to 100feet high.

The Indian Ocean tsu-nami was one of the dead-liest natural disasters inhistory. Indonesia, SriLanka, India and Thailandwere the hardest hit.

Under Indonesia’searly-warning system —supported by the UnitedStates, Germany, Franceand China, along withUnited Nations agencies— a tsunami warning isissued for an underseaearthquake with a Richterscale magnitude of 7.0 orhigher and a depth of lessthan 44 miles, the Inte-grated Regional Informa-tion Networks reported.

Internet

A Tarantula spider is examined by a scientist.Tarantula lovers be warned: if you are going to getup-close-and-personal with your hairy eight-legged

friend, do it from the other side of an aquariumpane or wearing a pair of glasses.—INTERNET

Spider attacks owner with‘mist of hair’

LEEDS, 2 Jan — Tarantula lovers be warned: ifyou are going to get up close and personal with yourhairy eight-legged friend, do it from the other sideof an aquarium pane or wearing a pair of glasses.

That’s a lesson that a 29-year-old man fromLeeds in Britain learned the hard way, the Britishmedical journal The Lancet has reported. In Febru-ary of 2009, the man turned up at St James’sUniversity Hospital in Leeds after three weeks ofstinging pain in one eye, which had become red,watery and light-sensitive.

Doctors prescribed antibiotics, assuming he wasafflicted with a particularly stubborn case of con-junctivitis, but the treatment did not relieve thesymptoms.

When they re-examined the patient with high-magnification lenses, doctors spotted ultra-thin,hair-like projections sticking into the cornea.

Internet

A swarm of carpsscramble for banana

at the Zoo ofNanning, southwest

China’s GuangxiZhuang AutonomousRegion, on 31 Dec,2009. The swarm ofcarps who especiallylike eating bananas

attracts lots ofvisitors in recentdays.— XINHUA

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Calif police building rigged to explode

Arabic study may have beencover for bomb suspect

SANAA, 2 Jan—The Nigerian suspected of trying tobring down a US airliner with explosives might haveused Arabic studies as a pretext for entering Yemenbefore disappearing for months, perhaps into one ofthe lawless country’s al-Qaeda strongholds, fellow stu-dents and teachers said.

Interviews with staff and students at the Institute forthe Arabic Language this week have revealed thatUmar Farouk Abdulmutallab was frequently absentfrom classes and spent at most one month at the schoolin Yemen’s capital, San’a, starting in late August be-fore vanishing. Authorities say he didn’t leave thecountry until December and that his whereabouts dur-ing that period remains a mystery.

Adding to the notion that his studies were a ruse,one teacher at the institute said the young man stoodout because he already spoke Arabic with a consider-able degree of fluency. “I noticed he understood thelanguage very quickly and he was eloquent and con-vincing in his speech,” Ahmed Moajjib said.

Internet

Degas artwork stolen from museum

650 militants killedin Pakistan in three months ISLAMABAD, 2 Jan—Pakistani security forces have

killed some 650 militants in operation in SouthWaziristan tribal region in three months, the militarysaid on Thursday.

Thousands of Pakistan troops launched a major of-fensive against the militants in South Waziristan inOctober.

Some 30,000 troops took part in the operation andthe army has now taken control most of the areas andthe militants have fled.

Military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas saidthat Pakistan Army is carrying out successful opera-tion against terrorists in tribal areas and have killed650 militants so far in South Waziristan.

“The Army has achieved tremendous success in veryshort time in the on-going war on terrorism and hastaken control of major towns in South Waziristan,”General Abbas said, according to state radio. He saidoperation is continuing as militants have fled into otherareas and the Army is chasing them.

Xinhua

22 Koreans land atshoreline of N Philippines

after ship capsized MANILA, 2 Jan—Twenty-two Koreansswam to safety on Friday after theircargo ship capsized off the waters ofClaveria town in northern Philippineprovince of Cagayan, a police officialreported. Cagayan Valley police director ChiefSupt Roberto Damian said one of theKoreans was injured and was taken to ahospital in Claveria town for treatment.The 21 others stayed at the residence ofthe village chieftain. The group led by the ship captain JonKi Ung—landed at the shoreline ofTaggat Norte village in Claveria townaround 7 am after abandoning ship,Damian said. The ship, carrying 2,615 magnetite,left the port of Appari at 6 pm on Thurs-day. At around 9 pm while at approxi-mately 6 nautical miles off TaggatNorte, the ship leaned on the left sidelisted because of the unbalanced wetmagnetite.—Xinhua

CIA probes Afghanbase security afterbomber kills sevenWASHINGTON/KABUL, 2 Jan—The CIA

vowed on Thursday to avenge the deathsof seven officers in a suicide bombingin Afghanistan and to investigate secu-rity breaches that allowed the seconddeadliest attack in agency history. TheTaleban claimed the attacker was a sym-pathizer from the Afghan army whodetonated a vest of explosives at a meet-ing with CIA workers on Wednesday. AnAfghan was also killed and six CIA em-ployees were wounded, US officials said.

“This deadly attack was carried out bya valorous Afghan army member,”Taleban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahidtold Reuters. In a letter to CIA employ-ees, US President Barack Obamamourned the deaths of those he said“served in the shadows.” The death tollwas the intelligence agency’s highestsince eight employees were killed in abombing of the US Embassy in Beirutin 1983.

Internet

HEMET, 2 Jan—Policeofficers and other mem-bers of a gang task force inSouthern California foundtheir building had beenrigged to explode onThursday, authorities said.At the headquarters of theHemet-San Jacinto ValleyAnti-Gang Task Force, agas line had been reroutedthrough the office, saidHemet police Lt DuaneWisehart. Given theamount of gas that had ac-cumulated, a spark couldhave ignited the building,

Wisehart told KABC-TV,Los Angeles.

“It could have easily lev-elled that building —that’s about a 1,700-square-foot building —and killed anyone inside,”he said. “It was planned toblow up the building andanyone in it. We’re not re-ally sure why it didn’t.”When officers arrived forwork on Thursday “theyimmediately smelled natu-ral gas very thick withinthe office,” Wisehart said.Authorities evacuated the

building and shutdown thegas as investigators exam-ined the office.

Wisehart told the LosAngeles Times it’s “aneducated guess” that gangmembers are responsible.The gang task force,formed five years ago, in-cludes members of theHemet Police Depart-ment, the RiversideCounty Sheriff’s Depart-ment, the county proba-tion office, the state paroleoffice and the district at-torney’s office.—Internet

The San’a Institute for the Arabic Language inSanaa, Yemen is seen on 29 Dec, 2009.— INTERNET

MARSEILLES, 2 Jan—An artwork byImpressionist artist Edgar Degas hasbeen stolen from a Marseilles museum,police have said. Les Choristes (TheChorus) was missing when staff at theCatini Museum opened the premises onThursday morning. There were no signsof a break-in, said Jacques Dallest, theFrench city’s public prosecutor.

Local police originally said that itsvalue was £26m, but France’s nationalmuseum service subsequently put itsworth at £710,000. The item was on loan

from the Musee D’Orsay, in Paris, as partof an exhibition of Degas’ work whichwas due to come an end on 3 January andtravel to Italy and Canada.

The museum will now remain closedwhile the theft is being investigated, in-cluding the examination of CCTV foot-age from security cameras. Mr Dallestalso told Agence France Presse that po-lice are looking into the possibility thatthe artwork was stolen by an intruder, avisitor or a museum insider.

Internet

Rescue workers carry

an injured man who

was injured in a bomb

blast to hospital for

treatment in the town

of Lakki Marwat on 1

January, 2010.

XINHUA

Canadian country music sensation Shania Twain lights the OlympicCauldron with the Olympic Flame at Hollinger Park in her hometown of

Timmins, Ontario on 1 Jan, 2010. The Olympic flame is passing through morethan 1,000 communities on a 106-day journey before arriving in time for the

Vancouver Games on 12 Feb.—INTERNET

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DOWN 1 Criminal 2 Jar 4 Argue 5 Dunce 6 Amusing remark 7 Pulled forcibly 8 Employ axe12 Amusing14 Money invested15 Acknowledgement17 Cloth cleanser19 Ireland21 European capital24 Bind

CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

MADRID, 2 Jan—After a memorable 2009 in which they won a recordsix trophies, league leaders Barcelona hope for more success in 2010and aim to start on the right note with a home win over Villareal onSaturday.

Champions Barca lead the table by two points from Real Madrid aftergoing the first 15 league games unbeaten and should be full of confi-dence after winning the World Club Championship before the Christ-mas break.

“We don’t know how things will go in 2010 but with the coach (PepGuardiola) we’ve got there is no way we are going to relax,” said Brazil-ian defender Dani Alves.

“We are hoping to start the year well, like we finished this one.”Internet

Barcelona’s Dani Alves (right),captain Carles Puyol (left) andBojan Krkic are seen during atraining session at CiutatEsportiva Joan Gamper, near Bar-celona, in November.—INTERNET

Manchester City’sArgentinian player

Carlos Tevez

Mancini salutes Tevez asUnited clash nears

Ancelotti backs CechWenger rules out Chamakh swoop

Arsenal boss ArseneWenger on Fridayruled out a transferwindow swoop forMoroccan interna-

tional strikerMarouane Chamakh,a long-time Gunners

target.—INTERNET

FA Cup out to prove its worth again

Chelsea goalkeeperPetr Cech

LONDON, 2 Jan—Chel-sea goalkeeper Petr Cech,in the firing line for somerecent error-prone show-ings, Friday received avote of confidence fromcoach Carlo Ancelotti,who described him as oneof the best goalkeepers inthe world. Cech’s relativeloss of form in recentweeks was highlighted byChelsea taking just ninepoints from a possible 18in December - butAncelotti rode to his de-fence.

“I said Petr Cech is oneof the most importantplayers for this team, one

of the best goalkeepers inthe world,” Ancelotti said.“I like him because hetakes on responsibility inthe box, he likes to comeout to catch the ball.Above all, that’s impor-tant in England, to havethis kind of goalkeeper.

Internet

LONDON, 2 Jan—Arse-nal boss Arsene Wengeron Friday ruled out a trans-fer window swoop for Mo-roccan international strikerMarouane Chamakh, along-time Gunners target.“Chamakh is in the Cham-pions League with Bor-

deaux and at the top oftheir league, so he will notmove now,” said Wenger.“He has four months of hiscontract to go with Bor-deaux and they have nointerest in selling him.”

Twelve months ago,Wenger concluded a Janu-ary deal for Russianplaymaker AndreyArshavin, but with Robinvan Persie out for most ofthe rest of the season, theFrenchman desperatelyneeds a new striker. But asyet he insists he has no spe-cific target in mind.”Fornow I am like I was whenI was a student and I hadto study for an exam, and Ido not know what I willwrite,” he said.— Internet

Tennis star Nadal wins,Federer sinks in desert

ABU DHABI, 2 Jan—Rafael Nadal gets an early NewYear opportunity to avenge the worst defeat of his ca-reer Saturday when he tackles bitter rival RobinSoderling, the man who dumped him out of the FrenchOpen.

World number two Nadal was defeated for the firsttime at Roland Garros in 2009, where he was four-time champion, by the towering Swede, a setbackwhich sent his season into a downward, injury-hit spi-ral.

Nadal, who also lost to Soderling at the ATP WorldTour finals in London, gets his chance for revengewhen the two meet in the final of the Capitala WorldTennis Championship, an exhibition tournament, hereon Saturday.

Soderling made the final by beating world numberone Roger Federer 6-7 (8/10), 7-6 (7/1), 6-2 in his semi-final on Friday.”I’m very happy to be here in AbuDhabi, it’s the perfect place to prepare for Doha andthe Australian Open,” said Nadal who heads for theQatar Open next week before defending his title inMelbourne.— Internet

Rafael Nadal returns tofellow Spaniard David

Ferrer during theirsemi-final tennis match

at the 250,000-dollarCapitala World TennisChampionship at AbuDhabi’s International

Tennis Compelx inZayed Sports City.

INTERNET

MANCHESTER, 2 Jan—Manchester City coachRoberto Mancini hailedCarlos Tevez’s goal-scor-ing record on Saturday asthe Argentine strikereyed an emotional cupclash with former club

Manchester United.Tevez has hit 12 goalssince leaving OldTrafford last year andwill get the chance to addto that total when theManchester rivals clashin the League Cup semi-finals on Wednesday.

Before that, City travelto Middlesbrough onSaturday for an FA Cupthird-round tie. “CarlosTevez has been outstand-ing,” said Mancini. “He isa world-class striker whois in top form. “He isplaying with a smileon his face and to scoreeight goals during De-cember was an incredibleeffort.—Internet

Ferguson backs Leeds for big-time returnMANCHESTER, 2 Jan—Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson confidently

expects FA Cup opponents Leeds United to be back in the Premier League andreignite one of English football’s most bitter rivalries.

Leeds, former English champions and one-time Champions League semi-final-ists, have endured a spectacular fall from grace but are currently topping LeagueTwo, the third tier of English football. On Sunday, they will play at Old Traffordfor the first time since 2004 and will have an opportunity to see how they measureup against the English champions.

InternetManchester United boss

Sir Alex Ferguson

LONDON, 2 Jan—Howmuch the FA Cup stillmatters is a much dis-cussed topic of conver-sation among Englishfootball fans. It is a sub-ject brought into evensharper focus at thistime of year when the

world’s oldest seniorknockout football tour-nament reaches the thirdround stage, the pointwhen teams from Eng-land’s top two divisionsenter the event.

Conventional wisdomhas it that the FA Cup

has now lost much of itslustre. The advent of theChampions League con-centrates the minds ofsides at the top ofthe English PremierLeague, whose domesticfocus is on winning theleague title or at leastfinishing in the top fourto guarantee themselvesa place in European clubfootball’s elite competi-tion.

Internet

High-flying Barcelona hope formore joy in 2010

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Mon State and Taninthayi Division andgenerally fair in the re maining States and Divisions. Nighttemperatures were (5°C) to (6°C) below January averagetemperatures in Chin State and upper Sagaing Division,(3°C) to (4°C) below January average temperatures in Shanand Rakhine States, Bago and Yangon Divisions, (3°C) to(4°C) above January average temperatures in Mon Stateand Taninthayi Division and about January averagetemperatures in the remaining areas.The significant nighttemperatures were Loilem (-3°C), Haka and Pinlaung(-2°C) each, Namhsan and He ho (0°C) each, An (2°C),Lashio and PyinOoLwin (3°C) each, Putao, Machanbaw,Katha, Mindat, Shwebo and Mogok (4°C)each.

Maximum temperature on 1-1-2010 was 91°F.Minimum temperature on 2-1-2010 was 56°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 2-1-2010 was 55%.Total sun shine hours on 1-1-2010 was (9.2) hours approx.

Rainfall on 2-1-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010was (111.69) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inches atKaba-Aye and (129.41) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom Northeast at (17:30) hours MST on 1-1-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and South Bay and generally fair in theelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 3rd January 2010:Weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin, Mon, States andTaninthayi Division and generally fair in remaining Statesand Divisions.

State of the sea: Strong Easterly winds with moderaeat to rough seas are likely at times Delatic, Gulf of Mottama,off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speedin strong wind may reach (35)mph. Seas will be moderateelsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days:Generally fairweather in the whole country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for3-1-2010: Fair weather .

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for3-1-2010: Fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for2-1-2010: Fair weather.

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Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama, nearTokyo on 1 Jan , 2010.—INTERNET

Russia announces anti-crisisprogram for 2010

MOSCOW, 2 Jan—The Russian government hasannounced an anti-crisis program that lists socialstability, improvement in social security andcontinued economic growth as priorities.

According to the program posted on thegovernment’s website Friday, the government plansto inject 36.3 billion rubles (about 1.21 billion U.S.dollars) in the job market and continue to fulfill theeconomic stimulus packages announced in 2009.

It will also maintain measures in support ofregional credit markets and facilitate majorenterprises’ debt restructuring.

To reform the economic structure, thegovernment will set up a fund to provide subsidiesand loans in order to resolve the problem of single-industry cities. The government also intends tomap out measures to tap the potential of the pensionand insurance systems to activate the financialmarket.—Xinhua

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

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

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

troubles

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

and violence

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Monywa-Bawditahtaung railroad section inauguratedNAY PYI TAW, 2 Jan—Hailing the 62nd Anniver-

sary Independence Day 2010, Myanma Railways todayopened Monywa-Bawditahtaung railroad section ofMonywa circular railroad project in Monywa, SagaingDivision, at Aungtha railway station in Monywa.

It was attended by Chairman of Sagaing Divi-sion Peace and Development Council Commander ofNorth-West Command Maj-Gen Myint Soe, Ministerfor Rail Transportation Maj-Gen Aung Min, Ministerfor Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint, Deputy Minis-ter for Rail Transportation Thura U Thaung Lwin,departmental personnel, members of social organiza-tions and locals.

Commander Maj-Gen Myint Soe in his speechsaid that Tatmadaw Government had been upgradingold railroads and building new ones and Aungtha-Bawditahtaung railroad, the first phase of Monywacircular railroad, would contribute to smooth andsecure transportation for students of TechnologicalUniversity and 11411 residents of seven villages.

(See page 10)

Special Train runs on Aungtha-Bawditahtaung railroad section of Monywa

circular railroad.—MNA

* Our independent country….Sovereignty it hasAnd ruling government alsoSo powerful is our country

Work in concert to achievegoal of building new nation

YAN GYI AUNG

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