The New Light of Myanmar 04-01-2010

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 263 5th Waning of Pyatho 1371 ME Monday, 4 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

It is an honour for me to extend my warmestgreetings to all national people of the Union on the62nd Anniversary Independence Day of the Union ofMyanmar, an auspicious day.

Myanmar, where various national races maketheir home in unity and amity, has stood tall as asovereign nation with own monarchs in the interna-tional community since time immemorial.

In late 19th century, Myanmar fell under theyoke of colonial rule and lost sovereignty and inde-pendence. Inspired by a strong sense of patriotism,Union Spirit and the fervour of making sacrifices inthe interest of the nation and the people, nationalbrethren bravely fought back the colonialists. As aresult, the Union of Myanmar regained independenceand sovereignty. Today, Independence Day enters62nd anniversary.

The people of various national races alwaysuphold the bounden duty or historic lessons such asnon-disintegration of the Union, non-disintegrationof national solidarity, and perpetuation of sover-eignty. Therefore, Myanmar again stands tall as asovereign nation.

It is required of the entire national peopleto remain vigilant at all times against dangers

Entire national people to remain vigilant at alltimes against dangers posed by neo-colonialists

Pursuing national goal is, in fact, laying substantialfoundations for a prosperous future of the nation

posed by neo-colonialists, and to make sustainedefforts, putting the national policy in the fore andexerting patriotism for ensuring perpetuity of themotherland. Now, many projects are ongoing si-multaneously for ensuring equitable developmentof all parts of the Union, and improving the livingconditions of the people. Pursuing the national goalof building a peaceful, modern and developed nationwith might and main is, in fact, laying substantialfoundations for a prosperous future of the nation.While nation-building tasks were in full swing, thenation was hit hard by Cyclone “Nargis”. However,rescue, rehabilitation, reconstruction and regionaldevelopment tasks could be launched promptly andeffectively in the storm-hit areas. Now, the livingstandard of the survivors is far better than thatpreviously, thus reflecting the consolidated unityand brilliant performances of the government, thepeople and the Tatmadaw.

The State’s seven-step Road Map designed foremergence of a peaceful, modern and developed nationis the sole process for transition to democracy. Theprogramme is in the process of being implemented stepby step. Now, the new State constitution has beenapproved with massive support of the people. Plans are

under way to hold elections in a systematic way thisyear. In that regard, the entire people have to makecorrect choices, then.

On the occasion of the Independence Day, Iwould like to exhort the entire people of variousnational races, with firm determination that the ulti-mate goal of the public—to build a peaceful, modernand developed nation—must come to fruition, toharmoniously see to the four objectives of the 62ndAnniversary Independence Day (2010):(1) All the national people to constantly join hands for

ensuring the perpetuity of independence andsovereignty of the State,

(2) All the national people to collectively strive fornon-disintegration of the Union and non-disinte-gration of national solidarity,

(3) All the national people to harmoniously make all-out efforts to build up a modern, developed disci-pline-flourishing democratic nation in accord-ance with the new State Constitution that hasbeen approved by the votes of the great majorityof the people,

(4) All the national people to cooperate in realizingthe State’s seven-step Road Map with UnionSpirit and patriotic spirit.

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan—The State Peace andDevelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar on the62nd Anniversary Independence Day (4 January 2010)(today) issued Notification No (1/2010) to confer reli-gious titles on prominent Sayadaws (abbots),Ganthadhura Pariyatti lecturer Sayadaws, Vipassana

State Peace and Development Council issuesnotifications to confer titles, medals

The following is a translation of the message sent on the occasion of the 62nd Anniversary Independence Day by Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council Senior General Than Shwe.

Dhura Patipatti Kammathanaçariya InstructorSayadaws, Roving Dhamma Preachers and nationaland foreign missionary figures; Notification No (2/2010) to confer titles and medals; Notification No (3/2010) to present Myanmar War Veterans ThingahaMedal; Notification No (4/2010) to present good mili-

tary service medal; Notification No (5/2010) to presentgood civil service medal; Notification No (6/2010) topresent good police service medal; Notification No (7/2010) to present police service medal; and Notifica-tion No (8/2010) to present civil service medal andcommunity peace and order restoration medal.—MNA

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Union of MyanmarState Peace and Development Council

Notification No. 1/20105th Waning of Pyatho, 1371 M.E.

(4th January 2010)The State Peace and Development Council of

the Union of Myanmar has conferred religious titles onthe following Most Venerable Sayadaws, GanthadhuraPariyatti Lecturer Sayadaws, Vipassanadhura PatipattiKammathanaçariya Instructor Sayadaws, RovingDhamma Preachers, national and foreign missionaryfigures and outstanding donors of the Four Essentialsto the Buddha Sasana.

Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Title1. Bhaddanta Vimalabhivamsa, Pakhan Monastery,

Ward 2, Shwebo, Sagaing Division2. Bhaddanta Neminda, Maha Wizayayama (East) Mon-

astery, Ward 1, Pakokku, Magway Division3. Bhaddanta Paññasiri, Ngwetaung Tawya Monas-

tery, Bo Min Yaung Ward, Nay Pyi Taw TatkonTipitakadhara Dhammabhandagarika Title

1. Bhaddanta Indapala, Tipitaka Nikaya Monastery,Momeik Hill, Sagaing Mountain Range, Sagaing,Sagaing Division

2. Bhaddanta Sundara, Sunlungu Vipassana Monas-tery, Ward 16/2, Thingangyun Township, YangonDivision

Agga Maha Pandita Title1. Bhaddanta Supakatabhivamsa, Shwebogyi Monas-

tery, Ward 6, Toungoo, Bago Division2. Bhaddanta Nandobhasabhivamas, Withokdayon

Baranasi Monastery, Nawin Ward, Pyay, Bago Di-vision (West)

3. Bhaddanta Sobhanabhivamsa, U Zagaragyi Monas-tery, Dekkhinayama Phayagyi Monastery, KyunlonOkshaung Ward, Chanmyathazi Township, Man-dalay Division

4. Bhaddanta Supannalankara, Dhammapala YehlaMonastery, Chanthagyi South Monastery,Thirimalar West Ward, Aungmyethazan Township,Mandalay Division

5. Bhaddanta Sujana, Bagan Monastery, MahaWizayarama Khinmagan Monastery,Aungmyethazan Township, Mandalay Division

6. Bhaddanta Ñanosuriya, Dhammamedani Monas-tery, Aungkyin Ward, Thaton, Mon State

7. Bhaddanta Indasiri, Phala ZaytawunkyaungPariyatti Monastery, Thirimarlar Ward, Ye, MonState

8. Bhaddanta Janita, Maha Santi Sukha Buddhist Mis-sionary Monastery, Natchaung Ward, TamwayTownship, Yangon Division

9. Bhaddanta Visuddhaçara, Phayagyi Monastery,Phayagyi Ward, Hinthada, Ayeyawady Division Title recipient Sayadaws from abroad

10. Bhaddanta Dhammananda, (Ven. MahopadyayaAluthgama Dhammananda Thero), Malwatta Mon-astery, Kandy, Sri Lanka

11. Bhaddanta Nanavimala, (Ven. BellanaGnanavimala Thero, Sri SamagrldharmaMahasanghasabha Monastery), Kotte, Sri Lanka

Dhammakathika Bahujanahitadhara Title1. Bhaddanta Tejananda, Yadana Gonyi Yeiktha,

Myeik, Taninthayi Division2. Dr Bhaddanta Paññissara, Dhammaduta Tawya

Sasana Yeiktha, Bule-in Village, Bago Township,

Religious titles conferred on

Most Venerable Sayadaws,

nuns, lay persons

Bago DivisionAgga Maha Ganthavaçaka Pandita Title

1. Bhaddanta Paññanandabhivamsa, MahaThandayon Monastery, Thalla Myothit, Monywa,Sagaing Division

2. Bhaddanta Khemaçara, Kangale TawyaShwegyinkyaung Monastery, Megon Ward,Ottwin, Bago Division

3. Bhaddanta Çintitabhivamsa, Shwegyin SouthPariyatti Monastery, Buta South Ward, Pyu, BagoDivision

4. Bhaddanta Kusala, Minphu Monastery, HsandawWard, Pyay, Bago Division (West)

5. Bhaddanta Neminda, Yadanamanaung TawyaPariyatti Monastery, Ywabe Ward, Pyay, BagoDivision (West)

6. Bhaddanta Kumarabhivamsa, Maha WizayayamaPali Tekkatho Monastery, North Shadaw Village,Hsinbyukyun, Salin Township, Magway Division

7. Bhaddanta Adiççavamsa, Wegyi Pariyatti Monas-tery, Wegyi Village, Pobbithiri Township, NayPyi Taw

8. Bhaddanta Uttara, Eindayama Monastery,Hsinsweput Ward, Amarapura Township, Manda-lay Division

9. Bhaddanta Paduma, Pakokku Monastery,Koehsaung Taik, Ward 10, Myingyan, MandalayDivision

10. Bhaddanta Sudassanabhivamsa, ShwetheindawTaungkyaung Pariyatti Monastery, Ward 5,Madaya, Mandalay Division

11. Bhaddanta Ankura, State Pariyatti Sasana Univer-sity, Dawnabwa Ward, Aungmyethazan Town-ship, Mandalay Division

12. Bhaddanta Viççitta, Dhammamedani Monastery,Aukkyin Ward, Thaton, Mon State

13. Bhaddanta Çandobhasa, Myazedi Monastery,Maungngan Ward, Mawlamyine, Mon State

14. Bhaddanta Ñanavamsa, Ledi TaungpawkyaungPariyatti Monastery, Kyeintali, Gwa Township,Rakhine State

15. Bhaddanta Paññananda, State Pariyatti SasanaUniversity, Ward 7, Mayangon Township, YangonDivision

16. Bhaddanta Viveka, State Pariyatti Sasana University,Ward 7, Mayangon Township, Yangon Division

17. Bhaddanta Medhavi, Sasana Waiponlla MyoleMonastery, Heho, Kalaw Township, Shan State

18. Bhaddanta Manitalankara, Maunghtaung KyaungPariyatti Monastery, Ward 2, Pathein, AyeyawadyDivisionNuns

19. Nun Daw Paññasiri, Myo Yin Yin Nunnery, KabaAye Corner, Thawtapan Ward, Sagaing, SagaingDivision

20. Nun Daw Ñanobhasi, Aletawya ThameikdawdayaMawlamyine Nunnery, Shwetaunggyar Ward 2,Bahan Township, Yangon Division

Maha Ganthavaçaka Pandita Title1. Bhaddanta Sobhita, NanU Pariyatti Monastery,

Nandawya Ward, Bago, Bago Division2. Bhaddanta Javanatikkha, Mingala Zeyon Pali

Tekkatho Monastery, Ywagauk Ward, Nay PyiTaw Pyinmana

3. Bhaddanta Indakasarabhivamsa, AlekyanugPariyatti Monastery, Kamakahsit Ward, DallaTownship, Yangon Division

Ganthavaçaka Pandita Title1. Bhaddanta Kevala, Athawkayon Monastery,

Yankin Ward, Monywa, Sagaing Division2. Bhaddanta Nandobhasa, Dhamma Paragu Pali

Tekkatho Monastery, Sulegon Ward, Monywa,Sagaing Division

3. Bhaddanta Kosalla, Gawthitayama Pali TekkathoMonastery, Kanyon Ward, Dawei, Taninthayi Di-

vision4. Bhaddanta Paññajota, MyoU Pariyatti Monastery,

Ward 1, Yedashe, Bago Division5. Bhaddanta Çanda, Maha Withutayama (Middle)

Monastery, Ward 10, Pakokku, Magway Division6. Bhaddanta Nandobhasa, Sasana Mamaka Pariyatti

Monastery, Nyaungbin Village, Natogyi Town-ship, Mandalay Division

7. Bhaddanta Paññadipa, Maniyadana AletaikkyiMonastery, Tumaung Monastery,Shwegwanhtoke Ward, Amarapura Township,Mandalay Division

8. Bhaddanta Pannava, Manaung Pariyatti Monas-tery, Yanaung (2) Ward, Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana

9. Bhaddanta Pandiçça, Sasanahita Neinmita AyeKyaung Monastery, Thingaza Taik, YadanasuWard, Chanayethazan Township, MandalayDivision

10. Bhaddanta Aggavamsa, Kyaungtaw Monastery,Megawady Taungthaman Monastery, ThirihemaWest Ward, Chanayethazan Township, MandalayDivision

11. Bhaddanta Janeya, Yadanabon Monastery, WestHtilin Monastery, Thirihema East Ward,Chanayethazan Township, Mandalay Division

12. Bhaddanta Kovida, Pyinnyadikayon Monastery,Ohnbinchan Village, Singaing Township, Manda-lay Division

13. Bhaddanta Sumana, Maha ThutathawmaShwebontha Monastery, Pyigyipyawbwe WestWard, Chanayethazan Township, Mandalay Divi-sion

14. Bhaddanta Aggadhamma, Khamawin Monastery,Myataung Monastery, Yadanabonmi West Ward,Mahaaungmye Township, Mandalay Division

15. Bhaddanta Kovida, State Pariyatti SasanaUniversity, Dawnabwa Ward, AnugmyethazanTownship, Mandalay Division

16. Bhaddanta Kossala, Atulayanaung Monastery,Hline Ward, Mawlamyine, Mon State

17. Bhaddanta Paññajota, Bawdayaryama PariyattiMonastery, Guta Ward, Taungup, Rakhine State

18. Bhaddanta Khemissara, Khemathawun Monas-tery, Awataung Village, Yanbye Township,Rakhine State

19. Bhaddanta Nandabhivamsa, DhammaçariyaMonastery, Phayaphyu Monastery, Ward 10,Pazundaung Township, Yangon Division

20. Bhaddanta Revatananda, Hsutaungpyae Mon-astery, Taunglonbyan Ward, MingalaTaungnyunt Township, Yangon Division

21. Bhaddanta Uttamaçara, Linlunbin PariyattiMonastery, Linlun South Ward, SangyoungTownship, Yangon Division

22. Bhaddanta Ça ndobhasa, State Pariyatti SasanaUniversity, Ward 7, Mayangon Township,Yangon Division

23. Bhaddanta Vepulla, State Pariyatti Sasana Uni-versity, Ward 7, Mayangon Township, YangonDivision

24. Bhaddanta Çakkinda, Sankyaung PariyattiMonastery, Ward 2, Ingapu, Ayeyawady Divi-sion

25. Bhaddanta Punna, Aungmyethasi Monastery,Ward 9, Maubin, Ayeyawady Division

26. Bhaddanta Jagara, Nandayon Pariyatti Monas-tery, Ward 12, Maubin, Ayeyawady Division

27. Bhaddanta Revata, Ohnbin Pariyatti Monas-tery, Ohnbin Village, Kyonmange, WakemaTownship, Ayeyawady Division

28. Bhaddanta Paññatikkha, Masoeyein Pariyatti Mon-astery, Ward 3, Kyaiklat, Ayeyawady Division

29. Bhaddanta Nandiya, Mingala Aungmye Mon-astery, Ward 7, Pathein, Ayeyawady Division

(See page 3)

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(from page 2)Nuns

30. Nun Daw Kulavati, Saddhammayanthi Nunnery,Nandawun Ward, Monywa, Sagaing Division

31. Nun Daw Tinnavati, Yadana Manaung Nunnery,Kayatpyin Ward, Dawei, Taninthayi Division

32. Nun Daw Ñanavati, Dhammikayon Nunnery,Ywabe Ward, Pyay, Bago Division (West)

33. Nun Daw Kulaçari, Zeyamedani Myoma PariyattiNunnery, Ward 4, Yesagyo, Magway Division

Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhammajotika Title1. Bhaddanta Kovida, Htongyi Taung Monastery,

Htongyi Village, Kyungale Village-tract, KanmaTownship, Magway Division

2. Bhaddanta Tiloka, Thandawhsint Monastery,Maha Withokdayon Taikthit, Daewun EastWard, Mahaaungmye Township, MandalayDivision

3. Bhaddanta Indaka, Dewathagara Theingon Mon-astery, Dhammikayon Pali Tekkatho Monastery,Theinbyu Railway Ward, Mingala TaungnyuntTownship, Yangon DivisionTitle recipient Sayadaws from abroad

4. Bhaddanta Kheminda, Kaba Aye Zedi Monastery,Mekari Park, Moji Ward, Kitakyushu, FukuokaPrefecture, Japan

Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja Title1. Bhaddanta Kalyana, Nyaungbintha Monastery,

Nyaungbintha Village, Bhamo Township, KachinState

2. Bhaddanta Sumangalasami, Abhayathukha Mon-astery, Kyaikphane Block, Wadan Ward,Mawlamyine, Mon State

3. Bhaddanta Vayaminda, Shwemyaya PariyattiMonastery and Shwemaya Monastic EducationMiddle School, Shwemyaya Village, HmawbyTownship, Yangon Division

4. Bhaddanta Kelasa, Gangaw Tahtaung Monastery,Pechaunggyi Village, Malawt Village-tract, BogaleTownship, Ayeyawady DivisionTitle recipient Sayadaws from abroad

5. Bhaddanta Kobanna, Wat Sripravat PlaibangBangkruai, Northaburi, Bangkok, Thailand

6. Ven. Bounma SIMMAPHOM Ban Fai Temple,Xaysettha District, Vientiane Capital City, Laos

7. Ven. Samdech Preah Maha Somedhadhipatey,Nount Nget, Cambodia

8. Ven. Shi Fa Zhao, Buddha Tooth Relic Monas-tery, Buddhist Gold Temple, Singapore

Maha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja Title1. Bhaddanta Ñanissara, Parahita Nyaungzin

Theravada Buddhist Missionary Centre, Pruhso,Kayah State

2. Bhaddanta Viçara, Shwegun Ahtet Monastery andKanni Pariyatti +Patipatti Monastery, ShwegunModel Village, Hlaingbwe, Kayin State

3. Bhaddanta Ariyavamsa, Therava Buddhist Mis-sionary Center, Balai Ward, Falam, Chin State

4. Bhaddanta Tikkhindariya, Yayle Parahita Monas-tery, Dulabo Village, Myingyan Township, Man-dalay Division

5. Bhaddanta Ñana, Theravada Buddhist MissionaryMonastery, Kayein Village, Maungdaw Town-ship, Rakhine State

6. Bhaddanta Varitta, Phapyaw Central MissioneryMonastery, Phapyaw Village, Minbya Township,Rakhine State

7. Bhaddanta Sobhita, NanU Monastery, NanU Mo-nastic Education School, Ward 107, Dagon Myothit(South) Township, Yangon Division

8. Bhaddanta Ketumala, Aungzabu Pariyatti Monas-tery, Monastic Education School and Youth De-velopment Parahita House, Peinnegon Village-tract, Hsinchan Village, Kawhmu Township,Yangon Division

9. Bhaddanta Paññobhasa, Myatheindan MissionaryPariyatti Monastery and Parahita Monastic Educa-tion School, Hopang Township, Shan State (North)

10. Bhaddanta Dhammapala, Therava Buddhist Mis-sionary Monastery, Namhkat Monastic EducationSchool, Nahkat Village, Taungpaw (5) Village-tract, Kengtung, Shan State (East)Title recipient Sayadaws from abroad

11. Bhikkhu Nandisena, Dhamma Vihara Monastery,Mexico

12. Bhaddanta Lokanatha, Dhammadipa Vihara Mon-astery, Kingston, Jamaica

13. Ven. Shi Chang Zang, Ling Guang Monastery,Beijing, People's Republic of China

14. Bhaddanta Ven. Dr. Jinabodhi Bhikkhu, ChittagongBuddhist Monastery, Buddhist Pagoda Road,Chittagong, Bangladesh

15. Bhaddanta Obhasa, Myanmar Monastery,Thawuhti, Uttara Paradesh (UP) State, India

16. Bhaddanta Bodhisena, Bawdisariya Monastery,Kabare Township, Bhagmati State, Nepal

17. Bhaddanta Uttama, Dhammapala Monastery,Kandersteg, SwitzerlandNuns

18. Nun Daw Khemaçari, Sasana Gonyi Nunnery andNunnery School, Nanwingon Ward, ThingangyunTownship, Yangon Division

19. Mae Chee San Samee Sthirasuta Sathira

Dhammasathan Foundation, 24/5 Watcharaphol,Ramindar 55Rd, Bangkhen, Bangkok, 10230,ThailandLay person

20. U Bogale (a) U Bo Thaung, Nyaungbintha (6)Ward, Kalay, Sagaing Division

Title recipient lay person from abroad21. Mr. Richardo Vieira Sasaki, Riodejaneiro RJ, Bra-

zilSaddhamma Jotikadhaja Title

1. Bhaddanta Pandita, Panyeindayama SeiktathukhaMonastery, Kondangyi Laythagon Village,Mogaung Township, Kachin State

2. Bhaddanta Silaçara, Theravada Buddhist Mission-ary School, Wamgon Village, Loikaw Township,Kayah State

3. Bhaddanta Jatila, Myoma Missionary Monastery,Pyidawtha Ward, Haka, Chin State

4. Bhaddanta Sundara, Theravada Buddhist Mission-ary Monastery, Phamaung Village, Hkamti Town-ship, Sagaing Division

5. Bhaddanta Indavamsa, Letpanchaung TheravadaBuddhist Missionary Monastic Education School,Letpanchaung Village, Kalay Township, SagaingDivision

6. Bhaddanta Nandalankara, Myoma Yayle Monas-tery, Ward 11, Thongwa, Yangon Division

7. Bhaddanta Kodañña, Border Region Pariyatti Mis-sionary Kainggon Pariyatti Monastery, Ward 10,Tangyan, Shan State (North)

8. Bhaddanta Çandasiri, Matkyan Missionary Centre,Matkhan Village, Kathtaik Village-tract, KengtungTownship, Shan State (East)

9. Bhaddanta Çintasiddhi, Theravada Buddhist Mis-sionary Monastery, Kanhla Village, ThabyegonVillage-tract, Pinlaung Township, Shan State

10. Bhaddanta Tejavamsa, Pyinnyayanthi HnakyeikShithsu Monastery, Maletto Village, TaputtaNaunggyi Village-tract, Maubin Township,Ayeyawady DivisionNuns

11. Nun Daw Nandi, Chanmye Myinzuri Nunnery,3rd-Mile Shwepyitha Monastery, Bhamo, KachinState

12. Nun Daw Wunnasingi, Kanbawza Theingi, No. 1Post-Primary Nunnery Education School, Mongyu105-mile Village, Muse Township, Shan State(North)

Agga Maha Kammathanaçariya Title1. Bhaddanta Obhasa, Mahasi Nyaungan Aye Kanle

Monastery, Sasana Yeiktha, Ward 2, Thegon Town-ship, Bago Division (West)

2. Bhaddanta Aloka, Peinkan Dhamma Yeiktha Mon-astery, Peinkan Model Village, Kayan Township,Yangon Division

3. Bhaddanta Ñanasami, Dhammasekkya PatipatYeiktha Monastery, No. 20-A, Kaba Aye PagodaRoad, Yankin Township, Yangon Division

Maha Kammathanaçariya Title1. Bhaddanta Jotika, Mahasi Buddhist Sasana

Yeiktha, Kanphya Ward, Myeik, Taninthayi Divi-sion

2. Bhaddanta Kusala, (Ashin Sin Tauk), Linju SouthBuddhist Missionary Centre, Hong Kong, China

Kammathanaçariya Title1. Bhaddanta Uttaravamsa, Mula Sayagon Mogok

Dhamma Yeiktha, Ward 6, Myanaung, AyeyawadyDivision

By Order,Sd/ Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo

GeneralSecretary-1

State Peace and Development Council

Notification No. 1/2010…

YANGON, 3 Jan—Theschool family daycelebration of No. 1 BasicEducation High School ofDagon Township for 2009-2010 academic year washeld at the school thismorning.

Present on the occasionwere Township EducationOfficer Daw San San Myint,Chairman of School Boardof Trustees U Soe Nyunt,Vice-Chairman of Parent-Teacher Association U KhinMaung Lay, Headmaster DrAung Ko Ko, teachers,parents and students.

Dagon No. 1 BEHS holdsschool family day

Headmaster Dr AungKo Ko presents prize toan outstanding studentat the school family dayceremony of Dagon No. 1 BEHS.— NLM

Having opened the schoolfamily day cutting aribbon at the entrance tothe school, the headmasterand guests viewed roundmarket festivals andplaygrounds. Next, theheadmaster and officialspresented prizes tooutstanding students inliterature, arts and sports.

NLM

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Eurozone faces 2010 debt crisis

FAA watchingAmerican

Airlines after3 mishaps

FORT WORTH, 3 Jan—The Federal Aviation Ad-ministration is increasingoversight of AmericanAirlines after three mis-haps during landings lastmonth.

Jetliners’ wingtipstouched the ground duringtwo landings, one in Char-lotte, NC, on 13 Dec, theother in Austin, Texas, on24 Dec. And in Jamaica, aplane overshot the runwayduring heavy rain on 22Dec.

FAA officials said in astatement on Friday theywill conduct a review ofthe mishaps to see if theremight be a larger issue.

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China expected to grow 9.5% in 2010BEIJING, 3 Jan—China is expected to grow by about 9.5 percent in 2010, state

media has quoted a government think tank as saying, exceeding forecasts made byoutside experts for the new year.

The world’s third-largest economy will be boosted by double-digit growth inreal estate investment and mild inflation, the State Council’s Development Re-search Centre said on Friday in a report published in the China Economic Times.

“In 2010, the external environment will remain rather grim but it will not dete-riorate further,” Zhang Liqun, a macroeconomist at the centre, said in the report.

Zhang added that exports — a key driver of economic growth — would start togrow again in the coming year.

The think tank’s 2010 economic growth forecast is well above Beijing’s oft-stated target of eight percent — seen as crucial for job creation and ensuring socialstability — and is higher than estimates for 2009.

For 2010, the Asian Development Bank has put its economic growth forecastfor China at 8.9 percent, while the International Monetary Fund predicted growthof nine percent.—Internet

New Zealand crude oil productionrises 17%

A male

cardinalsits on asquirrelfeeder

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from theside of atree in

MorelandHills, Ohio

on 2 Jan,2010.

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Two hunters wait asthey attend a wolf hunt

near Kristinehamn,Sweden, on 2 Jan,

2009. Swedenlaunches its first wolf

cull in 45 years follow-ing a decision by the

country’s parliament tocontrol the species’numbers.—XINHUA

French industry fearsrevised carbon tax

FRANKFURT, 3 Jan—Theeurozone’s new year her-alds a debt crisis that hasalarm bells ringing andmarkets tracking govern-ment plans to tame thegrowing shortfall.

Officials have bor-rowed heavily to pull the16-nation zone out of itsfirst recession, and debtlevels are set to smash ahuge hole in the ceiling setby the European Union inits Stability and GrowthPact. Soaring budget defi-cits, low growth and bank-ing sector support “arefeeding into significantly

higher public debt levels,”the European Commis-sion has warned.

Average eurozone“public debt could reach84 percent of GDP (grossdomestic product) by2010, an increase of 18percentage points from2007,” it said, far abovethe pact’s limit of 60 per-cent. Government debtratings have been down-graded in Greece by allthree major internationalagencies, and by some ofthem in Ireland and Spainas well.

The Fitch agency has

urged all governmentswith top ratings to tamedebt, mentioning in par-ticular Britain, which isnot a eurozone member,along with France andSpain, which are.

Germany, long consid-ered the cornerstone ofeurozone fiscal discipline,forecasts public debt ataround 78 percent of GDPthis year, while in France,the second biggesteurozone economy, pub-lic debt jumped to a record75.8 percent in the thirdquarter of 2009.

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WELLINGTON, 3 Jan—New Zealand crude oilproduction increased 17percent in the third quar-ter of 2009.

The increase, reportedin the New Zealand En-ergy Quarterly, waslargely due to the Maarifield in the Taranaki Ba-sin reaching full produc-tion, Energy and Re-sources Minister GerryBrownlee said on Sunday.

“Increased productionof crude oil is a step in theright direction, given themassive economic ben-efits of a buoyant petro-leum industry. On the

back of this, productionexports of crude and con-densate were up 17 per-cent on the previous quar-ter,” he said in a state-ment.

It was “heartening” tosee production levels lift-ing with an intensive sum-mer drilling season begin-ning, he added.

“New Zealand’s petro-leum resources are largelyuntapped - increasing ex-

ploration activities here isthe first step in realizingthe government’s goal ofa thriving industry.”

The quarterly alsofound wind power was ata new high, accounting formore than 3 percent oftotal generation in thequarter, which was largelydue to windy spring con-ditions and Meridian En-ergy’s Wellington windfarm.—Xinhua

PARIS , 3 Jan—TheFrench government’s firstjob for 2010 is to revise itsplanned carbon emissionstax, raising fears amongbusinesses they will behurt by changes to theenvironmental measure.President Nicolas Sarkozymade the tax a pillar of his2010 budget, aiming toreduce emissions by tax-ing them and redistribut-ing the revenue to rewardhouseholds that cutcarbon fuel consumption.

But while pursuing en-vironmental reforms onthe one hand, Sarkozy

risks jeopardising anotherof his major priorities:making French businessesmore competitive.

The tax, which the gov-ernment has been forcedto revise after a court rul-ing on Wednesday, “willbe a new blow for our ex-ports and jobs,” said YvonJacob, president of theGroup of Industry Federa-tions.

The constitutionalcourt struck down the pro-posed tax just days beforeit was to kick in, rulingthat it created inequalitiesby placing the burden ofcuts on a minority.

The plan offered toomany exemptions andwould have allowed ma-jor polluters to dodge thetax, it ruled. This raisedconcerns among businessleaders that efforts to evenout the tax will harm theircompetitiveness.

Internet

An elderly man sells tissues in central Athens. The eurozone’s new yearheralds a debt crisis that has alarm bells ringing and markets tracking

government plans to tame the growing shortfall.—INTERNET

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A staff member tests the pesticide residue of vegetables in an export companyin Chengmai, a county in south China Hainan Province, on 29 Dec, 2009.

The total export of Hainan’s melons and vegetables amounted to 4.86 milliontons, valuing 15.4 billion yuan. Some of them were exported to countries and

regions like Central Asia, Japan, and Hong Kong. —XINHUA

Vietnam to chair ASEAN for 2010 periodJAKARTA,3 Jan—Viet-

nam will officially chairthe Association of theSouth East Asian Nations(ASEAN) in period in2010, replacing Thailand,the detikcom online newsquoted a statement as say-ing on Saturday.

Vietnam will lead theorganization to 31 Decwith the theme of “To-ward ASEAN Commu-nity: from Vision to Mis-sion.” In the Press re-lease, the organization’sSecretary-General SurinPitsuwan said that he was

impressed with Vietnam’spreparation in taking overthe leadership.

“The new leader has apriority set and usefulagenda as an implementa-tion guidance and a sup-port for member coun-tries, the ASEAN Secre-tariat, the ASEAN’sdialog partners and otherexternal parties,” saidSurin.

In its next one-yearleadership, Vietnam willfocus on cooperation withother member countries inaccelerating the realiza-

tion of various agree-ments, plans and pro-grammes.

Surin also stated hishighest appreciation toThailand for its very goodleadership in 2009.

Surin welcomed Viet-nam as the new leader andwas hoping tighter coor-dination between theASEAN Secretariat andVietnam.

The ASEAN was es-tablished in 8 Aug, 1967while Vietnam joined theassociation in 28 July,1995.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Abbas to visit Cairo over peace talksresumption with Israel

British-flagged ship hijacked bySomali pirates

Studies show boozing becoming tooheavy a burden for Britain

R AMALLAH , 3 Jan—Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas will visitCairo on Monday to talkwith Egyptian PresidentHosni Mubarak on theMiddle East peace, thePalestinian official newsagency Wafa reported onSaturday. The two leaderswill focus on the Egyptianefforts to resume peacetalks between Israel andthe Palestinian NationalAuthority (PNA), accord-ing to Wafa.

Barakat al-Farra, thePalestinian ambassador inCairo, said Abbas’s visit is“important” since Egyp-tian Foreign MinisterAhmed Abul Gheit wouldvisit Washington on 8 Janto hand over proposalsaimed to help revive the

Israeli-Palestinian peacetalks.

Mubarak will also briefAbbas about his talks withIsraeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu whovisited Cairo on Tuesday.

The peace negotiations

between Israel and thePNA stopped in Decem-ber 2008 and efforts to re-start them failed due to thecontinuation of Jewishsettlement in the WestBank and East Jerusa-lem.—Xinhua

SOFIA, 3 Jan— A Brit-ish-flagged cargo ship washijacked off the coast ofSomalia coast late Friday,the Bulgarian ForeignMinistry said on Saturday.

The Asian Glory, enroute from Singapore to

Saudi Arabia, was seizedabout 620 miles (about1,000 kilometres) east ofSomalia, said DragovestGoranov, a foreign min-istry spokesman.

“Eight men among the25 crew members of theBritish-flagged car car-rier Asian Glory are Bul-garians,” Capt ProdanRadanov, head of theBulgarian office of theLondon-based shipowner, Zodiac MaritimeAgencies, told reporters.

The Asian Glory washijacked at 1912 GMT onFriday, Radanov said,adding that the ship’s cap-tain was a Bulgarian, andthere were Romanians,Ukrainians and Indiansamong the crew as well.

Radanov said one ofthe sailors managed tocontact the ship owner,and said that everybodyonboard was in goodhealth. Bulgarian DeputyMinister of Foreign Af-fairs Marin Raykov con-firmed the news, sayingthat there has been no con-tact with the ship since thehijacking.

Goranov pointed outthat the case was atypical,as the ship was hijackedfar off the Somali coast.

Xinhua

Newlyweds go to thewedding site by black-

roof boat in the ancientwaterside town of

Anchang in ShaoxingCity, east China’s

Zhejiang Province, on 2Jan, 2010. —XINHUA

Road deaths fell below 2,000 in Spain during 2009MADRID , 3 Jan—Road deaths in

Spain last year fell below 2,000 for thefirst time since records began being keptin 1969, the government said on Satur-day.

A total of 1,857 people died in traf-fic accidents in Spain as of 27 Dec, 2009,

the sixth consecutive year of decline, theInterior Ministry said.

The number of fatalities in 1969 was3,951 and had been on a rise due to in-creased traffic volume. About 7,000 peo-ple lost their lives in traffic accidents in1989.—Xinhua

LONDON, 3 Jan—Heavydrinking is causing Britainas many health problemsas it is costing the countrytoo much money thatcould have been spent ongenuine health care, ac-cording to studies by medi-cal expert groups. One in six Britonsdrinks above sensible lim-its while one in 60 has alevel of alcohol addictionand the so-called boozingculture costs Britain over4 billion US dollars a year. But these might be justthe tip of an iceberg. “With only one in 18

people dependent on alco-hol receiving treatment ...we know that more needsto be done to help identifyand treat patients,” saidSteve Barnett, chief execu-tive of the National HealthService (NHS) Confedera-tion which unveiled thefigures in collaborationwith the Royal College ofPhysicians. This is because the bulkof the 4 billion spent onboozers goes to hospitalsand ambulance serviceswhich are forced to dealwith people who get intodifficulties after drinking

too much, said the reportcompiled by the confed-eration and the college. Half of all assaults arerelated to alcohol, alongwith more than a fifth ofaccidental deaths and al-most a third of all sui-cides.—Xinhua

Swimmers hold onto alifeguard’s boat in thewaters of English Bay

in the pouring rainduring the 90th annual

Polar Bear Swim inVancouver, BritishColumbia on 1 Jan,

2010. —XINHUA

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From His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej ofThailand

On the occasion of the Independence Day ofthe Union of Myanmar, I wish to extend to YourExcellency my cordial congratulations and best wishesfor your happiness and well-being as well as for theprogress and prosperity of the Union of Myanmar andher people.From Emperor Akihito of Japan

His Excellency, the Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council of the Union ofMyanmar on the occasion of the Independence Day ofthe Union of Myanmar, I have great pleasure in sendingYour Excellency my heartfelt congratulations and sin-cere good wishes for Your happiness and for the pros-perity of the people of Your country.From Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of BruneiDarussalam

I have much pleasure in sending my warmestcongratulations to you and to the government andpeople of the Union of Myanmar on your 62nd Inde-pendence Day.

I am pleased with the warm and friendly rela-tions shared by our countries and our close partnershipin ASEAN. I am confident that this will continue in thecoming years.

I wish Your Excellency success and continuedgood health in this New Year.From President Mr. Hu Jintao of the People’s Re-public of ChinaExcellency,

Upon the auspicious occasion of the 62ndAnniversary of the Independence Day of the Union ofMyanmar, I would like to, on behalf of the Chinesepeople and in my own name, extend to Your Excel-lency and through you to the people of Myanmar thewarmest congratulations and best wishes.

China and Myanmar are linked by commonmountains and rivers, and the two peoples enjoy pro-found Pauk-Phaw friendship. Through our joint ef-forts, China-Myanmar relations have gained all-rounddevelopment and the China-Myanmar friendship ahsbeen deeply rooted among the two peoples. Continuesenhancement of food-neighbourly and friendly rela-tions of cooperation serves the fundamental interest ofthe two peoples and is conducive to peace, stability anddevelopment of the region. China is ready to work withMyanmar to take the opportunity of the 60th anniver-sary of diplomatic relations between China andMyanmar for the further promotion of extensive, in-depth and all-round development of bilateral relationswhich benefits our two peoples.

Foreign Heads of State send felicitations toSenior General Than Shwe

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan—The following are messages of felicitations from foreign Heads of State sent to Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council, on the occasion of the 62nd Anniversary of Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar.

I would like to take this opportunity to conveymy best wishes for the prosperity to Myanmar andwell-being to the Myanmar peoples as well as for YourExcellency’s good health and personal well-being.From President Mr. Dimitry A. Medvedev of Rus-sian FederationEsteemed Mr. Chairman,

Please accept my sincere greetings on the occa-sion of the national holiday of the Union of Myanmaró theIndependence Day.

I am confident that relations of friendship andcooperation between Russia and Myanmar will be furtherdynamically developing for the benefit of our peoples,peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region.

I wish You, esteemed Mr. Chairman, stronghealth and success in Your responsible activities, andwell-being and prosperity to the friendly Myanmar people.From President Mr.Nguyen Minh Triet of the Social-ist Republic of Vietnam

On behalf of the State and people of Vietnam andin my own name, I have the great honour to extend to YourExcellency and the people of Myanmar the warmestcongratulations on the occasion of the 62nd anniversaryof the Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar.

May the people of Myanmar continue to recordgreater achievements in their cause of building a Myanmarof prosperity and happiness.

We are much delighted to see the fine develop-ment of the traditional relations of friendship and closemulti-faceted cooperation between Vietnam and Myanmarin the recent years and strongly believe that these finerelationship will be further strengthened and broadened,in the interests of the peoples of our two countries and forthe sake of peace, stability, cooperation and developmentin the region and all over the world.

May Your Excellency every stay in the best ofhealth and happiness and outstanding successes in yournoble position.From President Mr. Choummaly Sayasone of the LaoPeople’s Democratic RepublicYour Excellency,

On the auspicious occasion of the 62nd Anniver-sary of the Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar, onbehalf of the people of the Lao People’s Democratic Republicand on my own behalf. I wish to convey my warmestcongratulations and best wishes to Your Excellency andthrough Your Excellency to the entire people of the Union ofMyanmar.

I strongly believe that the traditional friendly rela-tions and good cooperation between our two countries andpeoples will be enhanced and strengthened thus contributingto the cause of peace, stability and cooperation for development

in the region and in the world at large.May I wish Your Excellency good health, happi-

ness and wish for the continued prosperity of the Union ofMyanmar.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances ofmy highest consideration.From President Mr. S R Nathan of the Republic ofSingaporeExcellency,

On behalf of the people of the Republic of Singa-pore, I extend my warmest wishes to Your Excellency and thepeople of the Union of Myanmar on the 62nd anniversary ofthe Independence of Myanmar.

We wish Myanmar well as it prepares for the 2010general elections. As a friend, Singapore will continue tosupport the ongoing post-Cyclone Nargis recovery activitiesin Myanmar, and continue to cooperate closely with Myanmarboth bilaterally and within ASEAN, for the mutual benefitof both countries and the goal of ASEAN integration.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances ofmy highest consideration.From Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President of the Republicof IndiaExcellency,

On behalf of the people of India and on my ownbehalf, I have the pleasure to extend my warm felicitationsand best wishes to Your Excellency and to the people ofMyanmar on the occasion of the Independence Day of theUnion of Myanmar.

The friendship between India and Myanmar isrooted in shared history and culture. Over the years, ourrelations have blossomed and are now multi-facetedencompassing a range of areas. I am confident that in the yearsto come our close cooperation would be further strengthenedan diversified to include new areas of cooperation.

Please accept, Excellency, my best wishes for yourpersonal well being and for the continued prosperity of thepeople of Myanmar.

With the assurance of my highest consideration.From President Mr. Viktor Yuschevko of UkraineYour Excellency,

On behalf of the people of Ukraine and myself pleaseaccept my congratulations on the occasion of the National Dayof the Union of Myanmaró the Independence Day.

Availing ,myself of this opportunity I wish toexpress my hope that the bilateral relations between Ukraineand the Union of Myanmar will further develop for thebenefit of peoples of our states.

Please accept, Excellency, sincere wishes of goodhealth and happiness, as well as peace and prosperity to thefriendly people of Myanmar.

(To be continued)

Message of felicitations sent to Vice-Senior General Maung AyeNAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan—The following is message of felicitations from the Vice President of the Lao

People's Democratic Republic sent to Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, Vice-Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council, on the occasion of the 62nd Anniversary of Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar.

From Mr. Bounnhang Vorachith, Vice President ofthe Lao People's Democratic RepublicYour Excellency,

On the occasion of the 62nd Anniversary of

I am firmly confident that the traditionalfriendly relations and good cooperation between ourtwo countries, Laos and Myanmar will be furtherstrengthening and enhancing.

May I wish Your Excellency good health,happiness and greater success in your noble tasks.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurancesof my highest consideration.—MNA

the Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar, Ihave a great pleasure to extend my warmest congratu-lations and best wishes to Your Excellency and peopleof the Union of Myanmar.

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NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan—The following are messagesof felicitations from foreign Heads of Government sent toGeneral Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union ofMyanmar, on the occasion of the 62nd Anniversary ofIndependence Day of the Union of Myanmar.From Mr. Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State CouncilPeople's Republic of ChinaExcellency,

Upon the auspicious occasion of the 62 nd

Anniversary of the Independence Day of the Union ofMyanmar, I would like to, on behalf of the Government ofthe People's Republic of China and in my own name, extendto Your Excellency and through you to the Government ofthe Union of Myanmar the warmest congratulations andbest wishes.

I am very glad to see that the China-Myanmarrelations based on the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistencehave made continuous new progress, with deepeningexchanges and cooperation in politics, economy and culturethat brings tangible benefits to the two peoples. Chinastands ready to work with Myanmar for the consolidationof the traditional friendship, enhancement of mutuallybeneficial cooperation and further promotion of continuousdevelopment of China-Myanmar relations.

I would like to take this opportunity to convey mybest wishes for the prosperity to Myanmar and well-beingto the Myanmar people as well as for Your Excellency'sgood health and personal well-being.From Mr. Yukio Hatoyama, Prime Minister of JapanExcellency,

On the 62nd Anniversary of the Independence Dayof the Union of Myanmar, I wish to extend to YourExcellency, on behalf of the Government and people ofJapan, my warm congratulations and best wishes for theprosperity of your country.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of myhighest consideration.

Foreign Heads of Government send messages offelicitations to Myanmar Prime Minister

From Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of BruneiDarussalamYour Excellency,

I am pleased to convey my warmest congratulationsto you and to the Government and people of the Union ofMyanmar on your country’s 62nd Independence Day.

I am happy with our countries’ warm and friendlyrelations and close cooperation in ASEAN and I hope thatwe will continue to develop these ties further in the comingyear.

I wish Your Excellency much success and bestwishes for this new year.From Mr. Nguyen Tan Dzung, Prime Minister of theSocialist Republic of Vietnam

On behalf of the Government and people ofVietnam, I have the honour to convey to Your Excellencyand the Government and people of Myanmar the warmestcongratulations on the occasion of the 62nd Anniversary ofthe Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar.

I am pleased to see the traditional relations offriendship and the fine multi-faceted cooperation betweenVietnam and Myanmar have been more and more broadenedand effective in the past years, particularly in trade andinvestment. I am confident that with the joint efforts of ourtwo Governments and peoples, the cooperation betweenthe two countries will be unceasingly strengthened anddeveloped in the coming time for the interests of the twopeoples and for peace, stability, cooperation and prosperousdevelopment in Southeast Asia and the world over.

May Your Excellency ever stay in the best ofhealth and happiness and brilliant successes in your nobleduty.From Mr. Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of theKingdom of ThailandExcellency,

On behalf of the Royal Thai Government and theThai people, I have the honour to extend my felicitations

and warmest wishes for the prosperity of the Union ofMyanmar and her people on the occasion of the IndependenceDay.

The cordial relations between Thailand and theUnion of Myanmar are a showcase of a six-decade old oftrue friendship fabricated by goodwill and mutualunderstanding. I believe that our close cooperation and keendetermination to further enhance our good neighborlinessrelations will make our friendship even stronger and moresustainable. I, therefore, look forward to working closelywith Your Excellency at bilateral, regional, and multilaterallevels for the benefit of our two countries. As Myanmarassumes a Chairmanship of BIMSTEC, I wish to reaffirmThailand's commitment to work closely with Myanmar topromote regional integration and accelerate our collaborativeefforts towards the expansion of BIMSTEC cooperationfor our socio-economic development in the years ahead.

Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances ofmy highest consideration.From Mr. Bouasone Bouphavanh, Prime Minister ofthe Lao People’s Democratic RepublicYour Excellency,

On the occasion of the 62 nd Anniversary of theIndependence Day of the Union of Myanmar, on behalf ofthe Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republicand on my own behalf, I wish to convey my warmestcongratulations to Your Excellency and the Government ofthe Union of Myanmar.

I strongly believe that the existing close cooperationbetween our two countries will be further enhancing andstrengthening for mutually benefit of the two countries,Laos and Myanmar as well as for the dynamism of theASEAN family, the region and the world at large.

May I wish Your Excellency good health,happiness and greater success in your noble tasks.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assurances ofmy highest consideration. (To be continued)

NAY PYI T AW, 3Jan—The Ministry ofLabour celebrated its62nd founding aniversaryalong with commem-orative sports events at

Labour Ministry marks 62nd foundinganniversary

its assembly hall here on1 January.

Minister forLabour U Aung Kyidelivered a speech to openthe ceremony.

The minister ,Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Tin Tun Aung anddirectors-general underthe ministry presentedgifts to those who had

won State level medals,as well as to outstandingstaff members for 2009.Officials concernedpresented prizes to thewinners in the sportsevents.—MNA

Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura AyeMyint, Director-General U Thaung Htaik ofSports and Physical Education Department,

Chairman of Alpha Group InternationalProfessor Mr Gao Yi Huai and Advisory

Group Chairman Dr Khin Shwe (Zekabar)and CEO Mr Gao Wei formally opened the

new office of Alpha Health & Care Co Ltd ofAGI at No 97-B, KabaAye Pagoda Road,

Bahan Township on 27 December.MNA

Minister U Aung Kyi delivers an address at 62nd founding anniversary of

Ministry of Labour. — MNA

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* 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

Myanmar education promotion plans designed tobring about all-round students

NAY PYI TAW, 3Jan—School Family Dayfor 2009-2010 AcademicYear took place at No (1)Basic Education HighSchool in Nay Pyi TawZeyathiri this afternoon,with an address byChairman of the MyanmarEducation CommitteeSecretary-1 of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil General ThihaThura Tin Aung MyintOo.

Also present onthe occasion wereCommander of Nay Pyi

Secretary-1 attends School Family Day for 2009-2010 Academic Year

Taw Command Maj-GenWai Lwin, ministers,deputy ministers, heads ofdepartment, members ofsocial organizations,township education officersfrom Nay Pyi Taw LeweTownship, Nay Pyi TawPyinmana Township andNay Pyi Taw TatkonTownship, principals andmembers of school boardsof trustees from basiceducation school in Nay PyiTaw District, guests andprizewinning students.

The MECchairman, the commander,

ministers and officialsinspected documentaryphotos on educationpromotion plans in thehigher and basic educationsectors, booth on educationresearch done university-wise, and handicrafts oneducation developmentcreated by students.

Students fromNay Pyi Taw BEHS No(1) played the NationalAnthem and sang the song“Myanmar School” toopen the awardingceremony.

In his address, theSecretary-1 said that thesocio-economic life ofworld nations isimproving dramaticallydue to advancements inthe science andtechnology andinformation technology.In the meantime, thegovernment is makingeducation reforms to copewith a series of challengesin the political, economic,social sectors.

With the conceptthat national educationplans play a prominent rolein shaping the nation intoa peaceful, modern anddeveloped one, thegovernment has beenimplementing educationpromotion programmes to

face multifariouschallenges of the 21 st

century with nationalisticfervour since 1998-99academic year.

In compliancewith the guidance of theHead of State, thegovernment has beenpursuing the 30-yearnational educationpromotion plan since2001-2002 fordevelopment of humanresources and bringingabout growing educatedpopulation in regionsconcerned. Now, thesecond five-year plan is inits fourth year.

(see page 9)

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo addressesopening of School Family Day for 2009-2010 Academic Year.—MNA

Secretary-1 GeneralThiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo

awards outstandingstudents for 2009-

2010 AcademicYear.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo presents awardsto the outstanding students.—MNA

Minister U NyanWin presenting

award to anoutstanding

student.MNA

True patriotism* It is very important for everyone of the

nation regardless of the place helives to have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patriotismall the nationalities will have to safeguard.

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Myanmar is an independent, sovereignnation. It is a State with the characteristics of anindependent nation. And Myanmar is a countrywhich is standing tall among the globalcommunity.

Today (4 January, 2010) is the 62ndAnniversary

Our country, our land, enjoyingfruits of peace, stability anddevelopment

Monday, 4 January, 2010

PERSPECTIVES of the Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar.The Myanmar people cherish their own country.

They have had the innate duty to value their ownrace. They also have the fine tradition of preservingtheir literature, culture and customs. With thestrong patriotic spirit, the Myanmar people cannotbear having their national integrity harmed.

Despite having fine traditions and goodspirits, Myanmar lost her independence in thelate 19th Century after being invaded by theimperialists. Without independence and freedom,the entire national people had bitter experiencesunder the colonial rule subject to varioussuppressions.

Myanmar regained independence and

sovereignty when Myanmar patriots fought fiercebattles with the colonialists and Fascists, riskingtheir lives. In free and independent nationhood,the people have enjoyed the tastes of peace andstability and prosperity.

Now the country is striving for emergence ofa peaceful, modern, developed democratic nationdesired by the entire people. So it is shaping ademocracy by adopting and implementing theseven-step Road Map.

With peace and stability prevailingnationwide, Myanmar is enjoying fruits ofdevelopment. All the national people are to activelytake part in nation-building tasks with full patrioticspirit.

(from page 8)Simultaneously,

the government payscareful attention to adultliteracy campaigns, post-literary campaigns andThree R’s courses to boostadult literate rate.

Moreover, tosharpen the abilities of in-service basic educationteachers, it is openingpreliminary teachershipcourses extensively anddirectly appointing thempermanent teachers, andopening refresher courseson related subjects forteachers.

In the highereducation sector, thegovernment has so far setup 159 universities, degreecolleges and colleges acrossthe nation. It is alsoensuring easy access toeducation and supervisingeducation promotion plansthrough various ways suchas opening master degrees’courses, master researchdegrees’ courses, and PhDcourses extensively,running applied coursesafter forming centers forhuman resources in

Myanmar education...

level curriculumcompilation groups areupgrading present curriculato international level onesin the basic educationsector, and students havebeen trained since 2008-2009 academic year. Andin the higher educationsector, syllabuses are beingupgraded to internationallevel. Students have beentrained and nurtured withupgraded syllabuses since2007. English is prescribedas a compulsory subject inthe under-graduate andpost-graduate courses.Principles have beenprescribed for candidates to

submit theses and papers.Curriculum developmentteams are formed inuniversities concerned tomake reviews.

Myanmar educa-tion promotion plans aredesigned to bring aboutversatile students.

Since 2006-2007academic year, schoolinspection boards havebeen formed basiceducation-wise to ensureeffective use ofpedagogical aids, teachingall chapters, andimprovement of students’learning skills. The boardsmake inspection toursquarterly, and officialsconcerned regularly maketrips to universities andcolleges to provide close

supervision.In the basic

education sector, refreshercourses on basic educationschool management fortownship education officersand principals are beingconducted. So, greatersuccess has been achievedin respective sectors.

In order to realizenational educationpromotion plans, theMinistry of Education issupervising the tasks,adhering to the guidance ofthe Head of State. So, localauthorities, departments,social organizations, well-wishers and students’

parents are urged to worktogether for reducing drop-out rates, improvingstudents’ learning skills,and renovating old schoolbuildings.

O u t s t a n d i n gstudents and schools areurged with allseriousness to continueto work hard under thepatronage of theMyanmar EducationCommittee to bringdignity to themotherland.

In conclusion, theSecretary-1 urged thestudents to try to becomereliable human resourcesfor building a modern,developed nation;education staff andteachers, to train and

nurture students to beexcellent human resourcesin line with nationaleducation promotion plans;and students’ parents, andwell-wishers, to furthercooperate with localauthorities, education staff,and teachers to achieve thegoal.

Minister forEducation Dr Chan Nyeinreported on educationpromotion tasks realized inthe 2009-2010 academicyear.

S e c r e t a r y - 1General Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo andCommander Maj-Gen Wai

Lwin accepted thecommemorative pennantfrom Minister Dr ChanNyein.

The Secretary-1presented awards for all-round development at thematriculation level for2009-2010 academic yearto the winners.

The commanderpresented awards at themiddle school level to thewinners.

Ministers and theDeputy Minister forEducation presented prizesfor primary and middleschool level Englishproficiency contests,primary and middle schoollevel Mathematics contest,eighth MathematicsOlympic contest,

Myanmar and Internationaldiplomacy contest,international level paintingcontests, international levelsports events, schoolsawards for outstandingperformances in greeningschool compounds andenvirons, and outstandingstudents under the projectfor ensuring all school-agechildren go to school.

Studetns fromNay Pyi Taw No (3)BEHS and Nay Pyi TawPyinmana TownshipBEHS No (3)entertained the visitorswith songs to concludethe ceremony. —MNA

universities, and degreecolleges, expeditingresearch work, establishingelectronic informationsystem, and founding e-Education Learning Centresat 71 offices, universitiesand colleges and 656 basiceducation schools.

In order toimprove the highereducation sector, it createsmore opportunities forfaculty members to attendPhD courses and carry outresearch on related subjectsin the national interest, andattend seminars at homeand abroad.

Higher education

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo views boothsdisplayed at School Family Day for 2009-2010 Academic Year.—MNA

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo has photo taken together with outstanding students.—MNA

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(from page 16)In 1978, the Myanmar Socialist Programme

Party issued new provision on honorary titles andhonorary medals in conformity with the Socialist Sys-tem to amend the honorary titles and honorary medalsawarded in the Parliamentary Democracy Period. Ac-cording to new provision, the titles and medals wereconferred on those who forged the Socialism, on thosewho made utmost efforts for improvement of theSocialist economic system and on those who madesacrifice of lives in safeguarding the nation. The hon-orary titles and medals awarded from 1978 to 1988were as follows:-

1. Independence Mawgunwin Medal(First,Second and Third Classes)

2. Honorary Title(a) Tagun Group

(1) Aung San Tagun Title(2) Pyidaungsu Tagun Title(3) Tagun Title

(b) Zarni Group(1) Lanzin Zarni Title(2) Pyidaungsu Zarni Title(3) Zarni Title

(c) Naingngan Gonyi Title (First andSecond Classes) (no permission to use it as prefix orsuffix to the name of the winner)

3. Honorary Titles for Gallantry(a) Aung San Thuriya Title(b) Thiha Thura Title(c) Thura Title

4. Honorary Titles for Outstanding Perfor- mance (It had not been awarded)5. Medals for Gallantry

(a) Aung San Medal(b) Thiha Bala Medal(c) Gallantry Medal(d) Ye Thiha Medal(e) Ye Thura Medal(f) Ye Bala Medal

6. Medals for Outstanding Performance(a) All-round Excellent Performance in Socialist

Provision on honorary titlesand honorary…

Economy(b) Excellent Performance in Agricultural

Field (First, Second and Third Classes)(c) Excellent Performance in Industrial Field

(First, Second and Third Classes)(d) All-round Excellent Performance in

Socialist Democracy(e) Excellent Performance in Administrative

Field (First, Second and Third Classes)(f) Excellent Performance in Social Field

(First, Second and Third Classes)(g) Ayaydawpon Medal(h) Independence Organizing Medal(i) Medal of Freedom(j) Good Military Service Medal(k) Good Public Medal(l) Medal for those who made sacrifices(m) State Military Service Medal(n) Medal for Combating Foreign Enemy(o) People’s Militia Combat Medal(p) Ye Thurein Medal(q) Ye Kyawswa Medal(r) Ye Kyawthu Medal(s) Good Police Service Medal(t) State Police Service Medal(u) Police Joint Combat Medal(v) Public Good Service Medal(w) Public Service Medal(x) Rule of Law and Order Medal

When the Union was about to collapse in 1988,the Tatmadaw had to take over the State duties. Up to2008, there were no changes in honorary titles andmedals and most were awarded in accord with thesystem practised in the period of Myanmar SocialistProgramme Party. After the order No.33/2001 of theState Peace and Development Council was issued on13 September 2001, 30 kinds of medals have beenpresented instead of 24 kinds in the past. Presenthonorary titles and medals are found to be the same asthe ones conferred on those who practised and pro-moted socialism. So, with the aim of keeping abreast ofthe changing era and systems, the State has prescribednew honorary titles and medals.

The State is in democratic transition in linewith the seven-step Road Map and multi-party generalelections, the fifth step, will be held in 2010. After the

elections, a democratic nation will come into shape.So, those who serve the best interest of the State and thepeople in changing into a democratic nation and build-ing a future State will have to be awarded in accord withthe democratic system.

To catch up with the era and systems in award-ing and honouring people, measures were taken tocontinue using some of the prescribed medals, to cancelsome, to prescribe some again and to improve somebased on the original essence.

It is learnt that the provisions on honorarytitles and medals that have been issued now are not newand they are the ones used in the parliamentarydemocracy period to be used in line with the presentera. The following are the honorary titles and medalsand classes issued today:1. Thingaha Title

(a) Thudama Thingaha(1) Agga Maha Thiri Thudama Title(2) Thadoe Thiri Thudama Title(3) Maha Thiri Thudama Title

(b) Pyidaungsu Sithu Thingaha(4) Agga Maha Tharay Sithu Title(5) Thadoe Maha Tharay Sithu Title(6) Maha Tharay Sithu Title(7) Tharay Sithu Title(8) Sithu Title

2. Gallantry Title(a) Aung San Thuriya Title

(b) Thiha Thura Title(c) Thura Title

3. Title for Outstanding Performance(a) Thiri Pyanchi Title(b) Zeya Kyawhtin Title(c) Wunna Kyawhtin Title(d) Alinka Kyawswa Title(e) Theikpa Kyawswa Title

4. Gallantry Medal(a) Aung San Medal(b) Thiha Bala Medal(c) Gallantry Medal(d) Ye Thiha Medal(e) Ye Thura Medal(f) Ye Bala Medal

5. Medal for Outstanding Performance(a) Myanmar Military Service Thingaha

Medal(b) Good Military Service Medal(c) Good Public Medal(d) State Military Service Medal(e) Medal for Thwarting Foreign Enemy(f) People’s Militia Combat Medal(g) Ye Thurein Medal(h) Ye Kyawswa Medal(i) Ye Kyaw Thu Medal(j) Good Police Service Medal(k) State Police Service Medal(l) Myanmar Joint Police Combat Medal(m) Good Public Service Medal(n) Public Service Medal(o) Rule of Law and Order Medal(p) State Peace MedalAccording to the above list, there are 16 hon-

orary titles and 22 honorary medals. For honorarytitles, honorary medals, small replicas of medals,certificates and cash awards will be presented. Forhonorary medals, honorary medals, small replicas ofmedals, certificates and deserving cash awards willbe presented.

Moreover, those who are awarded honorarytitles and medals will be entitled to attain them up totheir posterity. Those who had already been awardedhonorary titles and medals before the issuance of thisorder will also be entitled to continue to receive cashawards and benefits. — MNA

This tree of enormoussize can be reduced tolop and top in no timebut it is hard to makeit grow to this stage.

Keep firmly united.Unscrupulous

elements over thereare lying lowto uproot it.

Keep firmly united

Internal/externaldestructionists

Min

Han

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Beat the blues by going to bed early: study

TEHERAN, 3 Jan—Drug traffickers have killed 11policemen in eastern Iran, local police were quotedas saying by the official IRNA news agency onSaturday.

The confrontation occurred on Friday in a desert areaof eastern Iran, which lies on a major narcotics routefrom neighbouring Afghanistan and Pakistan.

“In clashes between police and a narcotics convoyheaded from south to north, seven policemen werekilled and four others were injured who died later oftheir severe injuries,” Colonel Kazem Hashemabadisaid.—Internet

Mexico announces captureof alleged drug lord

North China oil spill threatensYellow River

Massive clean-up as Philippinevolcano calms down

MANILA, 3 Jan—Disaster relief officials in the Philippineslaunched a massive clean-up on Sunday as tens of thousands ofvillagers began returning home after the restive Mayon volcanoshowed signs of calming down.

Joey Salceda, governor of the province of Albay southeast ofManila where Mayon is located, said he expected all 29 publicschools converted into temporary shelters would reopen for classeson Monday.

“What we are doing now is conducting damage assessment. Weare on an early recovery stage,” Salceda told reporters. “We arecleaning up schools and classrooms so that classes can resumetomorrow.”

Internet

Evacuees affected by theMayon volcano eruptionreturn home with theirbelongings in the out-

skirts of Legazpi City inPhilippines’ Albay

Province, on 2 January.Tens of thousands of

Filipinos evacuated fromthe shadow of the vol-

cano after it beganspewing ash and lava

prepared to head homeon Saturday after the

alert level waslowered.—INTERNET

A girl sleeps as her father shops for bargains at the Glendale Galleria shop-ping mall in Glendale, California in November 2009. It seems parents have

long been right. Going to bed early is key to getting enough sleep and helpingadolescents feel on top of the world, a new study reported.—INTERNET

A litte girl sits on the sled while her father pullsit in snow in Berlin of Germany, on 2 Jan,

2009.—XINHUA

NEW YORK, 3 Jan—Itseems parents have longbeen right. Going to bedearly is key to gettingenough sleep and helpingadolescents feel on top ofthe world, a new studyreported. A lack of sleepamong youngsters maytrigger depression and sui-cidal thoughts, accordingto the study by the Colum-bia University MedicalCentre.

“Our results are con-sistent with the theory thatinadequate sleep is a risk

factor for depression,working with other riskand protective factorsthrough multiple possiblecausal pathways to the de-velopment of this mooddisorder,” said lead authorJames Gangwisch.

“Adequate qualitysleep could therefore be apreventative measureagainst depression and atreatment for depression,”he added in the study pub-lished in the Friday issueof Sleep magazine.

The study followed the

nightly habits of some15,659 college and high-school students, andfound those who consist-ently went to bed aftermidnight had a 24 percenthigher risk of depressionthan those who turned inbefore 10:00 pm.

Night owls also ran a20 percent higher risk ofbattling suicidal thoughts,the study added.

Internet

B EIJING, 3 Jan—Aburst oil pipeline in northChina has spewed thou-sands of gallons (litres)of diesel into a majortributary of the YellowRiver, state media said onSunday.

The spill occurred onWednesday last week onthe Chishui River inShaanxi Province when apipeline operated by theChina National Petro-leum Corporation(CNPC) ruptured, a state-ment on the Weinan citygovernment website said.

Emergency measureshave been taken to stopthe leak, with 23 contain-ment belts set up down-stream from the spill andup to 700 people scram-bling to clean up themess, the statement said.

Local government of-ficials refused to revealhow much diesel hadspilled into the river or

comment on the spillwhen contacted by AFP.

The official Xinhuanews agency reportedthat up to 150,000 litres(40,000 US gallons) hadleaked into the riverabout 70 kilometres (42miles) from the YellowRiver, one of China’slongest watercourses.

Oil has already beendetected 33 kilometresdownstream from thespill, the report said.

“We must take thor-

ough measures to handlethe spill and the pollutionand strictly prevent itfrom entering the YellowRiver, while ensuring thesafety of drinking water,”the Chongqing EveningNews quoted VicePremier Li Keqiang assaying.

Local environmentaldepartments have warnedresidents not to use theriver water as it may bepolluted, the report said.

Internet

MEXICO CITY, 3 Jan—Mexican police havecaptured alleged druglord Carlos BeltranLeyva, just two weeks af-ter his even more power-ful brother was killed in ashootout with troops —back-to-back victoriesin President Felipe

Calderon’s drug war.The Public Safety De-

partment said in a state-ment on Saturday nightthat Carlos Beltran Leyvawas arrested in Culiacan,the capital of the Pacificcoast state of Sinaloa,where he and several ofhis brothers were born andallegedly started theirgang.

Two weeks ago, hisbrother Arturo, reputedchief of the BeltranLeyva cartel, was killedin a shootout withMexican marines in thecentral city ofCuernavaca. He was thehighest-ranking cartelsuspect taken down sinceCalderon sent tens ofthousands of soldiers andfederal police across thecountry three years agoto fight brutal druggangs.

Mexican officials in thepast have describedCarlos Beltran Levya, 40,as a key member of thegang, but it was unclear ifhe took over as chief of thecartel after his brother.

Internet

Drug traffickers kill11 policemen in Iran

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Death toll from Pakistansuicide attack reaches 90

Uruguay floods cause 600homeless on New Year’s eve

MONTEVIDEO, 3 Jan — At least 626 Uruguayanshad to celebrate the arrival of the New Year in tempo-rary shelters due to the long-lasting floods that, in theworst cases, had begun since last November.

The National Emergency System (NES) of Uru-guay said on Friday that these people had to be evacu-ated from several regions where rivers overflowed theirbanks.

The NES said the overflow of the Negro River, inthe Northwest of Uruguay, which is now 6.55 metreshigher than its normal level, forced 293 residents inthe nearby Mercedes City to abandon their homes onNew Year’s eve.—Xinhua

ISLAMABAD, 3 Jan — Death toll froma suicide attack in a remote village inPakistan’s northwest has reached 90, apolice officer in the region said on Sat-urday.A group of three suicide bombersrammed their explosive-laden car intothe wall of the volleyball ground inLakki Marwat District in North WestFrontier Province, on Friday, DistrictPolice Officer Ayub Khan said. Up to 400 people were present in thevolleyball ground to watch a localmatch when the bombers carried out theattack in small village Shah HassanKhel. Officials said the bombers wanted toattack members of a local peace com-

mittee who were holding meeting in anearby mosque. The peace committee had helped thesecurity forces to expel the militantsfrom the village. Head of peace committee, MushtaqMarwat, said that members of the com-mittee had received threats from severalTaleban commanders in the nearbyNorth Waziristan tribal region. He saidthat the Taleban militants had warnedthe people to end contacts with the gov-ernment. Ayub Khan said that more injured diedof wounds in several hospitals. He saidthat several serious injured were shiftedto Peshawar, the provincial capital.

Xinhua

Colombia troops bombrebel camp, killing 18

11 killed, seveninjured in road

mishap in westernIndia

NEW DELHI, 3 Jan—At least 11 people werekilled and seven otherssustained injuries whenthe vehicle in which theywere travelling hit a sta-tionary truck in the west-ern Indian state ofMaharashtra on Friday, asenior police official said.

“The mishap happen-ed at Borisawargaon vil-lage in the state’s BeedDistrict. The vehicle wastravelling at a high speedand the driver lost controlof it, leading to the acci-dent. The travellers in thevehicle were comingback after attending afamily function in aneighbouring district.The injured have been ad-mitted to a local hospi-tal,” the official said.

Xinhua

Fire kills five, injures 13in South France

PARIS, 3 Jan — A New Year Day fire in southernFrench city of Nimes killed five people and injuredanother 13, local authorities said on Friday. The cause of the fire, which broke out around 5:00a.m. local time (0400 GMT), was still under investiga-tion, local media reported. The five deaths, including three children, occurredin the same family. The injured have been hospitalizedfor monoxide poisoning, with three of them in gravecondition. The fire-stricken building has been evacuated, localofficials said. —Xinhua

Some 65 suffermonoxide intoxication

near Paris PARIS , 3 Jan — About

65 people suffered fromcarbon monoxide intoxi-cation on New Year’s Dayin Seine-Saint-Denis de-partment to the northeastof Paris, police said onFriday.

The city prefect ofPantin, the site of the in-cident, told local mediathat the intoxication oc-curred around 2:00 am.when over 200 peoplewere enjoying New Yearfeast in a dining hall.

All victims, includingtwo in grave situation,have been sent to nearbyhospitals.

Preliminary investiga-tion attributed the collec-tive poisoning to theflawed extra heating ap-pliance and theunventilated dining room,local official Philippe Bonsaid.

As winter fell, morecarbon monoxide intoxi-cation cases have beenreported across France.More than 200 people re-portedly suffered fromintoxication. —Xinhua

Soldiers of Heilongjiang Military Zone of the Chinese People’s LiberationArmy patrol the border from “North Pole” village of Mohe, northeast

China’s Heilongjiang Province, on 2 Jan, 2010.— XINHUA

Children prepare to play with snow in acommunity of Shijingshan district, Beijing,

China, on. 3 Jan, 2010.—XINHUA

People walk on theHuashan Road

decorated with lightsin Shanghai, eastChina, on 3 Jan,

2010. The colorfulnight scene of

Shanghai has been ascenery spot for

tourists.XINHUA

BOGOTA, 3 Jan — At least 18 members of Colom-bia’s biggest rebel army FARC were killed on Fridayduring a bombing of their camp, Colombian Ministry ofDefence said.

The joint Colombian Air Forces and Army on Fridaybombed a camp of the Revolutionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) in Llanos Orientales region (Central-East), Defence Minister Gabriel Silva said in a commu-nique. Besides the 18 deaths, 13 rebels were capturedalive and many others were injured during the action,according to Silva.

The attack target was a camp of the FARC’s Front43, located in the rural area of Vista Hermosa municipal-ity, in the Meta department.

The bombing came after months of tracking of therebels, and obviously caught the FARC front unprepared,in middle of their New Year celebration. Twenty-fiverifles, explosives and other war materials and informa-tion were found in the camp, said the communique.

Xinhua

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Engineered tobacco plants have morepotential as biofuel, US study shows

A worker walks among tobacco plants at a farm in Cuba’s western province ofPinar del Rio on 26 Feb, 2008.— XINHUA

LOS ANGELES, 3 Jan—Increasing the oil in to-bacco plant leaves may bea step towards using theplants for biofuel, a newstudy suggests.

Researchers from theBiotechnology Founda-tion Laboratories (BFL)at Thomas Jefferson Uni-versity said they haveidentified a way to in-crease the oil in tobaccoplant leaves, thus pavingthe way for turning the

plants into biofuel. Their findings were

published in the Januaryissue of Plant Biotechnol-ogy Journal.

Tobacco can generatebiofuel more efficientlythan other agriculturalcrops. However, most ofthe oil is typically foundin the seeds — tobaccoseeds are composed ofabout 40 percent oil perdry weight.

Although the seed oil

has been tested for use asfuel for diesel engines, to-bacco plants yield a mod-est amount of seeds, atonly about 600 kg of seedsper acre.

But researchers at BFLsought to find ways to en-gineer tobacco plants, sothat their leaves expressedthe oil.

Typical tobacco plantleaves contain 1.7 percentto 4 percent of oil per dryweight.—Xinhua

Drugs during pregnancybeing studied

Stressed depressed workers less productiveBOSTON, 3 Jan—Psychological stress where people earn their paychecks can make

it more difficult for depressed workers to be productive, US researchers found.Lead author Debra Lerner, director of the Programme on Health, Work and Pro-

ductivity at Tufts Medical Centre’s Institute for Clinical Research and Health PolicyStudies, said the researchers screened 14,268 adults employed at doctor’s offices.They compared 286 depressed workers with 193 who were not depressed.

The study, to be published in the January/February issue of the American Journal ofHealth Promotion, found that in many cases, the depressed employees had problems atwork — often having difficulty handling the pacing of work, managing a routine,performing physical job tasks and managing their usual workload.—Internet

Vitamin E may not extend life

Eye doctors: Quit smoking, save sight

Convenience stores linkedto child obesity

MONTREAL, 3 Jan—A Canadian researcher suggestsfighting child obesity by making school zones con-venience-store free.

Tracie Ann Barnett, at the Universite de Montrealand the Sainte Justine University Hospital ResearchCentre, and colleagues from six Quebec institutionsare examining the cardiovascular and type 2 diabetesrisk factors for 632 children recruited from variousMontreal neighbourhoods with incomes ranging from$31,000 to $141,000.

The preliminary findings for the Quebec Adiposeand Lifestyle InvesTigation in Youth study were pre-sented at Canadian and French symposiums in Lyon,France.

“Access to convenience stores seems more relevantin obesity than access to fast food restaurants,” Barnettsays in a statement. —Internet

TEL AVIV, 3 Jan—Is-raeli researchers say giv-ing everyone the anti-oxi-dant vitamin E may not bea good thing.

The researchers at theTel Aviv UniversitySackler School of Medi-cine in Israel say theirstudy finds average qual-ity-adjusted longevitywas 0.30 of a year shorterin treated people than inuntreated people.

“This, of course, doesnot mean that everybodyconsuming vitamin Eshortens their life by al-most four months. But on

average, the quality-ad-justed longevity is lowerfor vitamin-treated peo-ple. This says somethingsignificant,” study co-re-searcher Ilya Pinchuk saidin a statement. “We’venow concluded that goingto the grocery or to ahealth food store to buyvitamin E supplements,for the most part, won’t doyou good. In some casesit can do harm.”

Pinchuk and colleaguesexamined data for morethan 300,000 subjects inthe United States, Europeand Israel to determinequality-adjusted lifeyears. For instance, a per-son healthy during thefirst 10 out of the 20 yearsof the study scored 10 forthe first 10 years but afterbeing struck by a strokeand becoming dependenton others scored 5 for thenext 10 years for a total ofquality-adjusted lifeyears.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 3 Jan—A new public/private re-search programme willstudy the effects of pre-scription medicationsused during pregnancy,US researchers say.

The researchers fromthe US Food and DrugAdministration, theHMO Research NetworkCentre for Education andResearch in Therapeu-tics, Kaiser Permanente’smultiple research centresand Vanderbilt Univer-sity say very few clinicaltrials test the safety ofmedications in pregnancyalthough one study findstwo-thirds of women de-livering a baby havetaken at least one pre-scription medicationduring pregnancy. TheMedication Exposurein Pregnancy RiskEvaluation Programmewill address that research

gap, they say.“This programme is a

great example of FDAand the private sectorworking together to im-prove the health of preg-nant women and theirchildren,” Dr MargaretHamburg, commissionerof the Food & Drug Ad-ministration, said in astatement. “These datawill guide regulatorypolicy and influencemedical practice.”

To overcome the chal-lenges presented by thelack of clinical trial dataabout the use of medica-tions during pregnancy,the research programmewill link healthcare infor-mation for mothers andtheir babies from 11 par-ticipating research sites— a total of about 1 mil-lion births during the pastseven years since 2001.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 3 Jan—US eye doctors say theyhave found another rea-son to decide to quitsmoking for the NewYear — saving vision.

The ophthalmologistsat the University of Cali-fornia-Los Angeles findeven in women age 80and older, smoking con-tinues to increase the riskof age-related maculardegeneration — a diseasedamaging the centre ofthe retina that can preventreading, driving and rec-ognizing faces, and theleading cause of blind-ness in the elderly.

The researchers foundsmokers had 11 percenthigher rates of the diseasethan other women theirsame age. Smokers overage 80 were 5.5 timesmore likely to developthe disease than womentheir age who did notsmoke.

“The take-home mes-sage is that it’s never toolate to quit smoking,” DrAnne Coleman, thestudy’s lead author, saidin a statement. “Wefound that even olderpeople’s eyes will benefitfrom kicking the habit.”

Coleman and col-

leagues followed a groupof 1,958 women who un-derwent retinal photo-graphs at five-year inter-vals. Seventy-five of thewomen — 4 percent —smoked and the research-ers compared retinal im-ages at ages 78 and 83 toevaluate whether smok-ing affected the women’slikelihood of developingthe disease comparedwith non-smokers.

The findings are tobe published in theJanuary issue of theAmerican Journal ofOphthalmology.

Internet

All glass, concrete and steel, rising from the desert sands, Dubai has in thespace of decades become a symbol of architectural innovation, proving a boon

for architects seeking to display their prowess.—INTERNET

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Murray pulls out ofBritish Davis Cup tie

L ONDON, 3 Jan—Andy Murray haswithdrawn from Britain’s Davis Cup tieagainst Lithuania in March and will infuture discuss his participation with theLawn Tennis Association (LTA) beforeevery match, the BBC reported.

“We have a talented young playerswho need Davis Cup experience to helpwith their career development,” Murraywas quoted as saying on the BBCwebsite on Saturday. “I’m happy to stepaside for this match and will take deci-sions on future ties with the LTA. It’simportant we get back up the groups inthe Davis Cup over the next few years.”

Xinhua

Kaka out of Madrid squadfor Osasuna clash

MADRID , 3 Jan—Real Madrid coach ManuelPellegrini decided not to risk Brazilian midfielder Kakafor his side’s away game to Osasuna on Sunday. Kakawas expected to be included in the Real Madrid squadafter training with the rest of his team mates on Fridayand Saturday. However, after having been without theplayer for the past month, Pellegrini opted to give himanother week to recover match fitness.—Internet

Barcelona’s Xavi Hernandez,Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta (L-R) pose the 6 trophies the team wonduring the 2009 season, before theirSpanish first division soccer leaguematch against Villarreal at CampNou stadium in Barcelona, on 2

Jan, 2010. —XINHUA

Barcelona drop home record against Villarreal

Heart problem forcesSevilla defender

Sanchez to temporarilyabandon football

MADRID, 3 Jan—Sevilla football club hasannounced that its 23-year-old defender SergioSanchez has been forced totemporarily abandon thegame because of a heartcomplaint. Sanchez joinedSevilla from Espanyol lastsummer, but recent testshave discovered an abnor-mality in his heart.

“Sevilla FC communi-cates that through thestudy of medical tests car-ried out recently, the de-fender has been discoveredto suffer from a heart pa-thology which leads us tostop all physical activityfor the moment,” an-nounced the club on its of-ficial website. “We will becarrying out further testswith the aim of certifyingthe initial diagnosis,” saidthe club.—Internet

Clijsters opens New Yearin style in tennis

BRISBANE, 3 Jan—Belgium’s KimClijsters opened the New Year in the bestpossible style when she overpoweredItalian Tathiana Garbin 6-2, 6-1 in thefirst round of the Brisbane Internationalon Sunday. Despite a nervous start to thematch when she lost her serve in theopening game, the reigning US Openchampion quickly found her form toovercome Garbin in just 53 minutes.

Internet

Kim Clijsters of Belgium (R) shakes handswith Tathiana Garbin of Italy (L) afterdefeating her in the first round of theBrisbane International tennis tournament

being played in Brisbane.—INTERNET

Cahill’s landmark goal helps Everton reach fourth round

Australia’s Tim Cahill, , fired Evertoninto the FA Cup fourth round as his 50thgoal for the club inspired a 3-1 winagainst Carlisle on Saturday.—INTERNET

MADRID, 3 Jan—FC Barcelona could onlydraw 1-1 at home to Villarreal in the biggestgame played this Saturday in Spain’s PrimeraLiga.

The pre-match ceremonies saw theBarca players receive the applause of the sup-porters in the Camp Nou stadium for the sixtrophies the team had won in 2009. Every-thing looked to be going to plan when PedroRodriguez opened the scoring after sevenminutes. The winger collected a rebound af-ter Thierry Henry’s shot had hit the crossbar.

Villarreal responded with some flowingfootball and David Fuster was unfortunate tosee his header bounce over the crossbar.It wasthe first Primera Liga game Barcelona hasfailed to win in its stadium this season.

Internet

Ethiopian teenager wins XiamenInt’l Marathon in recod time

XIAMEN, 3 Jan—The 19-year-old Feyisa Lilesa ofEthiopia set an event record to clinch the second mara-thon title of his career at the Xiamen International Mara-thon here on Saturday.

Lilesa, who won the 2009 Dublin Marathon in Oc-tober on his debut in the 42.195-kilometre run, notcheda personal best of two hours, eight minutes and 47 sec-onds, curtailing four seconds off the previous mark setby defending champion Mugo Samuel Muturi of Kenya.

Negari Getachew Terfa, also from Ethiopia, had tosettle for second place for the second consecutive yearin 2:09:40. Muturi was third in 2:10:11. In the wom-en’s race, Baysa Atsede of Ethiopia surged to an undis-putable lead at 25 km before crossing home in 2:28:53,six minutes adrift of the course record set by ZhangYingying of China in 2008. Lilesa was in the leadinggroup from the start and overtook Muturi with aboutsix kilometres to go. — Xinhua

Baysa Atsede of Ethio-pia reaches the finish

line at the XiamenInternational Marathon

in Xiamen, SoutheastChina, on 2 Jan,2010.— XINHUA

Coventry add to Portsmouth woeswith FA Cup draw

PORTSMOUTH, 3 Jan—Premier League strugglers Portsmouth en-dured another dispiriting day as Championship side Coventry earneda 1-1 draw in the FA Cup third round at Fratton Park. For the thirdtime this season, Portsmouth’s players are still waiting to receive theirmonthly salaries as Saudi owner Ali Al-Faraj tries to agree a bankloan that will ease the club’s perilous financial situation. AvramGrant’s side have found it hard to cope with the financial distractionsas their position at the foot of the Premier League shows all too clearlyand they fared little better in the Cup on Saturday.—Internet

Steven Gerrard’s goal rescuesLiverpool in FA Cup

LONDON, 3 Jan—Steven Gerrard scored in the 36thminute, rallying Liverpool to a 1-1 draw with second-tier Reading on Saturday to keep its FA Cup hopes alive.

Simon Church opened the scoring for Reading witha goal from close range in the 24th minute. But Gerrardtied it with a long shot as teammate Dirk Kuyt let theball go past him in front of goal, watching it sail insidethe far post. The result means that the two teams willmeet again at Anfield in a replay.

Portsmouth was held to a 1-1 draw at home by sec-ond-tier Coventry. Birmingham managed only a score-less draw with Coventry while Aston Villa and Wiganoutplayed Premier League rivals to reach the fourthround. There were comfortable victories for Tottenham,Bolton, Everton, Sunderland, Stoke and Burnley againstopponents from lower divisions.—Internet

Liverpool’s captainSteven Gerrard (2nd L)jumps for the ballagainst Reading’smidfielder Kalifa Cisse(2nd R) during their FACup third round foot-ball match at TheMadejski Stadium inReading.—INTERNET

LIVERPOOL , 3 Jan—Australiamidfielder Tim Cahill fired Everton intothe FA Cup fourth round as his 50th goalfor the club inspired a 3-1 win againstCarlisle on Saturday. David Moyes’ sidehad struggled to see off their fiestyLeague One opponents at Goodison Parkafter Kevan Hurst cancelled out James

Vaughan’s early opener for the hosts.It needed a typically predatory finish

from Cahill, who reached his half centuryof goals in his 192nd appearance for theToffees, eight minutes from full-time toshatter Carlisle’s resistance beforeLeighton Baines put a flattering gloss onthe score with a late penalty. Carlisle werenever overawed by their more illustriousopponents and, backed by 6,000 fans whohad braved blizzards to get to Merseyside,they were unfortunate not to earn a money-spinning replay.— Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, light rain has beenisolated in Taninthayi Division, weather has been partlycloudy in Rakhine State and Yangon Division andgenerally fair in the re maining States and Divisions. Nighttemperatures were (3°C) to (4 °C) below January averagetemperatures in Kachin State, lower Saiging, Mandalay,Magway, Bago and Ayeyawady Divisions, (5°C) to (6°C)below Januaty average temperatures in Northern Shan andChin States, upper Sagaing and Yangon Divisions, (3 °C)above January average temperatures in Taninthayi Divisionand about January average temperatures in the remainingareas. The significant night temperatures were Haka andLoilem (-2 °C), Namhsan (-1°C ) ,Lashio and He ho (0°C)each, Pinlaung (1°C), An and Mogok (2 °C) each,Shwebo(3°C), Putao, Machanbaw and PyinOoLwin (4°C)each.

Maximum temperature on 2-1-2010 was 91°F.Minimum temperature on 3-1-2010 was 52°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 3-1-2010 was 65%.Total sun shine hours on 2-1-2010 was (9.2) hours approx.

Rainfall on 3-1-2010 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 South at (10:30) hours MST on 3-1-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is cloudy in the South Bayand partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and and elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 4th January 2010:Expect for the likelihood of isolated light rain in TaninthayiDivision and weather will be generally fair in the wholecountry. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Strong Easterly winds with moderateto 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:Likelihood of lightrain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for4-1-2010: Fair weather .

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for4-1-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for4-1-2010: Fair weather.

Sunday, 3rd January, 2010

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Two trains collide inwestern Turkey, one dead

ANKARA , 3 Jan— A Turkish official said onSunday that one person was killed and seven othersincluding two train staff members injured in a traincollision in western Turkey.

One train from Istanbul to Eskisehir on Sundaycollided with another from Eskisehir to Istanbulbetween the towns of Bayirkoy and Vezirhan ofBilecik province in western Turkey due tosignalization failure, Bilecik governor Musa Colakwas quoted as saying by the semi-official Anatolianews agency.

“Engine driver Ismet Kocay, who was seriouslyinjured in the accident, lost his life,” said Colak.

Rescue teams rushed to the spot and helpedpassengers trapped in the railway cars, said Anatolia.

Xinhua

A pair of parrots enjoy their meal in SuzhouZoo of Suzhou City, east China’s Jiangsu

Province,on 3 Jan, 2010. The lovely and happyanimal “stars” in Suzhou Zoo have attracted a

lot of visitors during the New Year holidays.INTERNET

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5th Waning of Pyatho 1371 ME Monday, 4 January, 2010

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

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

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

troubles

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

and violence

NAY PYI T AW, 4 Jan —The provision on hon-orary titles and honorary medals as Notification No.48/2009 of the State Peace and Development Coun-cil was issued on 17 December 2009.

The State Peace and Development Councilissued the provision to confer the deserving honorarytitles and honorary medals on those who strove forbuilding the peaceful, modern and developed nationwith excellent performances, on those who madesacrifice of lives in safeguarding Our Three MainNational Causes, on those who made outstandingperformances in the economic, social and public affairsmanagement sectors of the State, on the military andcivilian personnel who served the interest of the Statewith excellent performances, on those who success-fully took an innovative measure on the science, artsor any other subject meeting the world standard forthe nation and the people, on the outstanding personsin the literary and fine arts spheres, on those whodischarged the duties of security of the State, peaceand tranquillity and prevalence of law and order withdiligence and perseverance, on the leaders of theforeign countries, diplomats and responsible personsof foreign countries who cordially cooperated withMyanmar, and religious titles on members of theSangha and nuns and titles of missionary and SasanaNuggaha on the lay persons.

The State Peace and Development Council

Provision on honorary titles and honorary medals issuedIt is no new provision, and honorary titles and

honorary medals in Parliamentary Democracy Periodreused in conformity with current period

is shaping the nation in all aspects to become apeaceful, modern and developed democraticnation. In so doing, the State constitution wasapproved with the overwhemling support of thenational people at the national referendum in May2008. In accord with the new Sate constitution,the honorary titles and the honorary medals willbe conferred on the outstanding persons whocontributed to building a peaceful, modern anddeveloped nation.

In the Parliamentary Democracy Periodafter regaining Independence in 1948, the honorarytitles and honorary medals in conformity with theindependent and sovereign country were created toconfer them on the outstanding persons. From 1948to 1978, the honorary titles and honorary medalsconferred on the outstanding persons were asfollows:-1. Independence Mawgunwin Title

(First, Second and Third Classes)2. Thingaha Honorary Title a. Thudhamma Thingaha

(1) Agga Maha Thirithudhamma Title(2) Thadoe Thirithudhamma Title(3) Maha Thirithudhamma Title

b. Pyidaungsu Sithu Thingaha(4) Agga Maha Tharaysithu Title(5) Thadoe Maha Tharaysithu Title

(6) Maha Tharaysithu Title(7) Tharaysithu Title(8) Sithu Title

3. Honorary Title for Gallantry(It had not been awarded)

4. Honorary Titles for OutstandingPerformance(a) Thiri Pyanchi Title(b) Wunna Kyawhtin Title(c) Alinka Kyawswa Title(d) Theikpa Kyawswa Title(e) Zeya Kyawhtin Title

5. Medals for Gallantry(a) Aung San Thuriya(b) Thiha Thura(c) Thura(d) Aung San Medal(e) Thiha Bala Medal(f) Gallantry Medal(g) Pyidaungsu Gold Medal(h) Pyidaungsu Silver Medal(i) Good Military Service Medal(j) State Good Military Service Medal(k) Good Police Service Medal(first and second classes)

6. Medals for Outstanding Performances(It had not been awarded)

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