The New Light of Myanmar 05-09-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 142 2nd Waning of Tawthalin 1371 ME Saturday, 5 September, 2009

* 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 Con-

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Sept—Vice-Chairman ofthe State Peace and Development Council of theUnion of Myanmar Deputy Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)Vice-Senior General Maung Aye received MilitaryAttaché of the Lao People’s Democratic Republicto the Union of Myanmar Colonel KhamsyVongkhamsao at Bayintnaung Yeiktha here at 9am today.

Also present at the call together with Vice-Senior General Maung Aye were Member of theState Peace and Development Council GeneralThura Shwe Mann, Commander-in-Chief (Navy)Vice-Admiral Nyan Tun, Commander-in-Chief(Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein and Lt-Gen Ye Myint ofthe Ministry of Defence.—MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye

receives Military Attaché of Lao PDR

Vice-Senior General Maung Ayeshaking hands with Military Attaché ofthe Lao People’s Democratic RepublicColonel Khamsy Vongkhamsao.—MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye receiving Military Attaché of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Colonel Khamsy Vongkhamsao.MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 5 September, 2009

Saturday, 5 September, 2009 * 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 DesirePERSPECTIVES

Continue safeguardingcultural heritage andnational character

Myanmar traditional cultural performingarts competitions play a pivotal role in preservingand revitalizing national culture and, therefore,efforts are being made to be able to hold thecompetitions on a grander scale and make themmore successful year after year.

In striving for national development, it isalso necessary to work for harmoniousdevelopment of the economic, cultural and socialsectors. As science and technology can bringdevelopment to a nation, so the higher standardof national culture enables the nation and itspeople to stand with dignity among theinternational community.

Now is the time when Myanmar isincreasing its relations with the internationalcommunity. At a time like this, it is necessary tosteadfastly safeguard our national culture withnational vigilance in order to prevent theinfiltration of alien cultures.

It is important for new generation youthsto value and cherish national culture and realizethe essence of its preservation. This is one of themain reasons for holding Myanmar traditionalcultural performing arts competitions.

We would like to call on new generationyouths to regard it as a bounden duty to preventMyanmar traditional culture and arts fromextinction and continue safeguarding culturalheritage and national character handed down bytheir forefathers.

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Sept — Minister for Financeand Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun accompanied by DeputyMinister Col Hla Thein Swe, Governor of the CentralBank of Myanmar U Than Nyein, Director-General ofInternal Revenue Department U San Tun, the directors-general of the departments and enterprises under theMinistry of Finance and Revenue and the managingdirectors and officials met with staff of Internal RevenueDepartment and Revenue Appellate Tribunal anddelivered an address at the meeting hall of the InternalRevenue Department here today.

Firstly, the officers of the divisions under theInternal Revenue Department reported on theresponsibilities of the division, the progress of task in

F&R Minister meets with staff of Internal RevenueDepartment and Revenue Appellate Tribunal

the fiscal year and future programmes.Minister for Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla

Tun said in his address that all are to follow rules andregulations in every task as the Internal RevenueDepartment is an important department earning incomeof the state, to manage to use effectively the developinginformation and communication technologies, and thestaff of the department are to uphold the objectives andaims of the state and discharge duties of the departmentfaithfully.

Next, the minister inspected the Internal RevenueDepartment office, heard the reports presented by theDirector-General and the division Manager and leftnecessary instructions.—MNA

YANGON, 4 Sept— Retd General MrPham Van Tra from theSocialist Republic ofVietnam and partydonated US $ 10000 toKanbe Basic EducationHigh School in TwantayTownship, YangonDivision at the headoffice of the FireServices Department ofMayangon Townshiphere yesterday.

Director-Generalof Fire Services

Cash donated to Kanbe Basic Education High School

YANGON, 4 Sept—Fuji Xerox brand colour copiers,A3, A4 black and white laser printers, colour laserprinters, multi-purpose digital copiers and Garminbrand GPS are put on display by Concordia Ltd atElectronic and Living exhibition ’09 at TatmadawConvention Hall on U Wisara road here up to 6September.

Fuji Xerox copiers made through moderntechnology are high quality products.

For detailed information, connect Shwegon Plaza,(telephone 951- 544824, 544199, 558170, 549444,540026, Fax: 951 544199) in Yangon, on 30th Streetbetween 77th and 78th streets in Chanayethazan Township(telephone 02-36478, 69303, 095067172, Fax: 02-36478) in Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw Thiri Yadana(telephone 067- 420819, 421362).—MNA

Fuji Xerox copiers on show atElectronic and Living exhibition ’09

Department U MyintTun, Director-General ofDepartment of BasicEducation No 3 U AyeKyu and DeputyDirector-General of

Social Welfare De-partment U Aung TunKhaing received the cashassistance and presentedthe certificate of honour.

MNA

MinisterMaj-GenHla Tun

addressingstaff ofInternalRevenue

Departmentand

RevenueAppellateTribunal.

MNA

Retd General

Mr Pham Van Tra

from Socialist

Republic of

Vietnam donating

cash for Kanbe

Basic Education

High School.

MNA

Concordia Ltd shows Fuji Xerox brandcopiers at Electronic and Living

exhibition ’09.MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 5 September, 2009 3

Russia, US to hold another roundof nuclear arms talks on 21 Sept

Powerful Indian politiciankilled in chopper crash

HYDERABAD, 4 Sept — Rescuers retrieved the bodies onThursday of a powerful Indian politician and four otherswhose helicopter crashed in dense jungles during a poundingrainstorm.

The helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh state ChiefMinister YSR Reddy lost contact with air traffic controllersWednesday morning, setting off a frantic 24-hour searchoperation involving the army, air force and police in astronghold of Maoist rebels.

On Thursday morning, air force helicopters found thecrash site by tracking a mobile phone signal picked up afteran SMS was sent at midday Wednesday to Reddy’sbodyguard, who was also on the helicopter, Press Trust ofIndia news agency reported, quoting an unidentifiedgovernment official. It was not clear why the signalcoordinates had not been traced the day before.

Rescuers finally reached the scene after hacking throughhilly jungle. They found the mangled remains of thechopper and charred bodies of all five people on board.Reddy, 60, was accompanied by the bodyguard, an aideand two pilots.—Internet

Blasts kill six at Serbiamunitions factory

BELGRADE, 4 Sept — A series of explosions lateThursday at an ammunition factory in central Serbiakilled at least six people and injured 10, police said.

They said the explosions occurred around 10 pmlocal time (2000 GMT) in the town of Uzice, about 150kilometers (95 miles) southwest of Belgrade.

At least four blasts took place at an undergroundsection of the factory, Uzice Mayor Jovan Markovicsaid.

He said that firefighting teams have contained theflames and that he doesn’t know how many peoplewere in the facility when the explosions occurred.

“It’s dark down there and no one knows whatcaused the explosions,” he said—Internet

A Serbian fire-fighter runs towards a munitions factory in Uzice, 200kmsouth of Belgrade on 3 September.

INTERNET

Jimena weakens as it plowsinto Mexico, killing one

LOS CABOS, 4 Sept — Hurricane Jimena unleashedflooding that killed at least one man and cut offhundreds of people in remote fishing villages onMexico’s Baja California peninsula before mellowinginto a drifting tropical storm on Thursday.

The 75-year-old victim drowned when his houseflooded in the village of Mulege on the west coast ofthe peninsula, said Jose Gajon de la Toba, director ofCivil Protection in Baja California Sur state. He saidone other person was missing in the fishing village ofSan Buto.

Emergency workers evacuated thousands of peoplefrom shacks and low-lying areas before Jimena madelandfall on Wednesday, but some refused to leave theirhomes for fear their possessions would be stolen.

Internet

A Mexican woman is seen after Hurricane Jimenablew the roof of her home in Puerto San Carlos, BajaCalifornia state, Mexico. Tropical Storm Jimenaclaimed its first life on Thursday as it lashed Mexico’sBaja California with torrential rain and ripped the roofs of houses.—INTERNET

MOSCOW, 4 Sept — Russia and theUnited States will hold another round oftalks on a new nuclear arms reductionagreement in Geneva on 21 Sept, aForeign Ministry spokesman said onThursday.

Five rounds of full-fledged talks on areplacement for the Strategic ArmsReduction Treaty (START I) have beenheld since President Dmitry Medvedevmet US President Barack Obama inLondon in early April.

During their last meeting in Geneva,negotiators discussed the parameters ofa new treaty, formulating wording that

the presidents could both agree to, AndreiNesterenko said at a regular newsbriefing.

The diplomat also said Russia waspleased with the “strategic dialogue withthe new US administration.”

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saidearlier Thursday that the two countrieshave made progress in reaching a newarms treaty.

START I, signed in 1991 and due toexpire in December, places a limit of6,000 strategic or long-range nuclearwarheads on both countries and allowsthe inspection of weapons.—Xinhua

An Iraqi youth looks at the shrapnel riddled armyvehicle following a road side bomb in the northerncity of Kirkuk, 225 kms from Baghdad, on 2September, 2009. At least five people were killed andnearly 100 were wounded in a swathe of attacksacross Iraq on Thursday, police said.—INTERNET

Debris of the helicopter that carried Chief Ministerof the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh YSRajasekhara Reddy lies scattered at the crash siteon a hill about 275 kilometers (170 miles) south of

the state capital, Hyderabad, India, on, 3 Sept,2009.—INTERNET

Two US soldiers diein vehicle accident in IraqBAGHDAD, 4 Sept — Two US soldiers died and five

injured in a vehicle accident in northern Iraq, the USmilitary said on Thursday.

The two soldiers, assigned to Multi-NationalDivision-North, were killed on Wednesday in avehicle roll-over accident in the volatile province ofDiyala, a military statement said without givingfurther details.

The names of the deceased are being withheldpending notification of next of kin, it added.

The latest deaths bring the number of US soldiers whohave been killed in Iraq to about 4,338, since the breakoutof the US-led war on Iraq in 2003, according to mediaaccount based on Pentagon figures.—Internet

NATO airstrike inAfghanistan kills up to 90KABUL, 4 Sept—NATO launched an airstrike on two

fuel tankers hijacked by Taleban militants in northernAfghanistan, sparking a huge blast that killed up to90 people, including 40 civilians, Afghan officials saidon Friday. Militants seized the two trucks, which weredelivering fuel to NATO forces, around midnight nearthe village of Omar Khel in Kunduz Province, andthe alliance launched an airstrike when the Talebanfighters stopped the vehicles at a river crossing, PoliceChief Gulam Mohyuddin said.

One police official estimated at least 90 people werekilled, and that 40 of them were civilians, includingsome who were receiving fuel being distributed bymilitants at the crossing. He spoke on condition ofanonymity because of sensitivity over the issue ofcivilian deaths in the Afghan conflict.—Internet

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WASHINGTON, 4 Sept—The economy is showingconsistent signs of im-provement, but probablynot enough to stop em-ployers from cutting jobsor to keep the unemploy-ment rate from rising.

The Labour Depart-ment is expected to reporton Friday that the joblessrate increased to 9.5 per-cent in August, from 9.4percent in July, as em-ployers cut 225,000 jobs.

The employment re-port will follow other re-cent data that shows theeconomy is pulling out ofthe worst recession since

Palestinian men inspect one of the tunnels linking the southern Gaza Striptown of Rafah with Egypt following an overnight Israeli air strike on the areain August 2009. Israeli warplanes struck the Gaza Strip early today near thesouthern city of Rafah, Palestinian security officials said, hours after at least

three mortar rounds were fired into Israel.—INTERNET

An aerial view shows a labyrinth in the form of a cow that is cut into a cornand hemp field in Marienfelde outside Berlin on 2 September , 2009.Thelabyrinth was created by the Federal Institute of Risk Assessment to raise

awareness for healthy eating and dangers from harmful substances in food aswell as to explain the digestion process in the stomach of a cow.—XINHUA

Visitors gaze at the plastic cylinder braider machine, at the three-day-long 4thChina International Exposition of Technology for both Military and Civilian

Purposes, which is held at the China International Exhibition Center inBeijing, on 2 Sept, 2009. —XINHUA

Improving economy notlikely to lower jobless rate

World War II. A tradegroup reported on Tues-day that the manufactur-ing sector grew in Augustfor the first time in 19months, while home saleshave increased for severalmonths.

But the economy isn’texpected to grow stronglyenough this year to per-suade companies to rampup hiring. Most econo-mists expect the unem-ployment rate to top 10percent by early next year.

“We have a very long,painful healing process

ahead,” said BruceKasman, chief economistat JPMorgan Chase & Co“The good news is we’restarting it, the bad newsis we need much fastergrowth” to bring the em-ployment rate down.

A loss of 225,000 jobswould be the smallestmonthly decline since lastyear, a sign that layoffsare easing. Employers cut247,000 jobs in July,compared with an aver-age of 691,000 per monthin the first quarter.

Internet

MOSCOW, 4 Sept— President Dmitry Medvedev andIndian President Pratibha Patil discussed cooperationin trade, economy, science and nuclear power duringa Kremlin meeting on Thursday.

“Economic ties between the two countries are de-veloping very well this year despite the global eco-nomic crisis,” Medvedev said at a news conferenceafter the meeting.

Medvedev was confident that the goal of increas-ing bilateral trade volume to 10 billion US dollars in2010 would be soon achieved.

Patil, who arrived on Wednesday for a five-day statevisit, said both countries should not be content withthe trade figure.—Xinhua

PARIS, 4 Sept— Recov-ery in the global economyis emerging, but still re-mains weak, the Organiza-tion for Economic Coop-eration and Development(OECD) said on Thursday.

SEOUL, 4 Sept—SouthKorea’s auto productiondecreased 4.3 percent onyear in August due toweakened overseas de-mand, manufacturers saidon Friday.

According to data re-leased by the Korea Au-tomobile ManufacturersAssociation, August’s au-tomobile output marked232,552 units.

Domestic auto sales,meanwhile, increased 13percent to 91,467 units, incontrast with the nation’sexports which shrank 13.7percent to 141,090 units,the data said.

Xinhua

HOUSTON, 4 Sept— Key Energy Services Inc saidon Thursday it closed the second part of its invest-ment in Russian oilfield services company OOOGeoStream Services Group this week.

The investment completed on Tuesday was about$16.2 million and raised its stake in GeoStream to 50percent from 26 percent.

The company closed its first investment inGeoStream for $17.6 million last October.

Internet

WASHINGTON, 4 Sept—The WorldTrade Organization is expected to re-lease a long-awaited decision on Fridayon whether Airbus received an unfairboost from billions of dollars in Euro-pean government aid as it moved pastBoeing to become the world’s top pro-ducer of commercial airplanes.

A decision by the WTO on one ofthe largest commercial trade disputes theglobal trade monitor has overseen willbe released confidentially to trade rep-resentatives of the US and European Un-ion in Geneva.

At stake is financing provided byBritain, France, Germany and Spain that

S Korea’sauto outputfalls 4.3%in August

OECD says recovery in global economy emerging “Given the positive

economic news and basedon incoming high-fre-quency indicators, OECDshort-term forecastingmodels point to an earlierrecovery than envisaged a

few months ago,” said theOECD in its latest interimeconomic assessment,advising governments tocontinue to stimulate theireconomies.

Xinhua

Russia, India to bolster trade,economic cooperation

Key Energy lifts stakein Russian oilfield company

Ruling on Airbus-Boeing disputeexpected on Friday

helped Airbus develop big new passen-ger jets that compete directly with BoeingCo’s line of planes. The United Statesargues that they are illegal subsidies thatgave Airbus an unfair edge in its heatedrivalry with Boeing over what is pro-jected to be a $3.2 trillion global avia-tion market over the next 20 years.

A second ruling expected in the nextsix months will address European claimsthat the United States also improperlyhelped Boeing by funneling aid to thecompany’s commercial jet businessthrough work it did for NASA and theDefence Department.

Internet

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Minor quake hits Tokyo’s vicinityTOKYO, 4 Sept—A minor earthquake measuring

4.5 on the Richter scale jolted Tokyo and neighbour-ing Chiba Prefecture, the Japan MeteorologicalAgency said on Friday.

The focus of the quake, which occurred at 11:30am, was located some 80 km under the sea ofHokuseibu of Chiba, said the agency. The quake,measured an intensity of three in the Japanese seis-mological system of seven, is felt in the Tokyo met-ropolitan area.—Xinhua

Moderate quake rockswestern Indonesia

JAKARTA, 4 Sept—An earthquake with magnitudeof 5.6 jolted western parts of Indonesia on Fridaymorning, but there was no report of damage or casu-alties, the Indonesian Meteorology and GeophysicsAgency said.

The quake struck at 07:52 am Jakarta time (0052GMT) with epicenter at 95 km northwestUjungkulon of West Java and 15 km in depth, theagency said.—Xinhua

Earthquake hits Bangladesh,no damage report

DHAKA, 4 Sept—A strong earthquake, measuring6 on the Richter scale, shook Bangladesh early onFriday morning, but no damage has been reported.

The quake struck the entire country at 2:51 amand the epicenter was 460 kilometer northeast ofDhaka at Myanmar-India border, a spokesman withthe meteorological office in the capital Dhaka toldXinhua by telephone.

Bangladesh, which sits on the zone of earthquake,is prone to tremors and experts predict a major earth-quake in near future.—Xinhua

China stages biggest maritime rescue exerciseNINGBO, 4 Sept—China’s maritime rescue services staged their biggest ever ex-

ercise in the East China Sea on Friday to test rescue capabilities and security forthe Shanghai World Expo in 2010. The exercise, jointly held by the Ministry ofTransport and east China’s Zhejiang Province, involved 35 ships, three aircraftand more than 1,000 personnel, said He Yipei, deputy general director of the exer-cise and deputy director of the Zhejiang Maritime Safety Administration.

The exercise began at 9 am off the coast of Ningbo and lasted about an hour.The exercise simulated a collision between a passenger ship carrying 390 peo-

ple and a cargo vessel loaded with chemicals, resulting in a fire on the passengership and a benzene leak.

Rescuers transferred the people in danger, treated those overcome by fumes,controlled the chemical leak, searched for people in the water, put out the fire andevacuated 16,000 people living along the coast in the area of the exercise.

Only one passenger “died” in the “accident.”—Xinhua

Cuban Press highlightCuban leader, Chinese top

legislator meetingHAVANA, 4 Sept—The Cuban Press on

Thursday stressed the meeting betweenCuban leader Raul Castro and visiting Chi-nese top legislator Wu Bangguo, who fin-ished his visit on Thursday.

Official daily “Granma” published in itsfront page a picture showing Castro wasshaking hands with Wu, chairman of theStanding Committee of the Chinese Na-tional People’s Congress. The daily saidCastro and Wu discussed the excellent bi-lateral ties which are at their best historicalmoments. Granma also mentioned that Wuhailed Cuba’s foreign policy.—Xinhua

Visitors view books at the 16th Beijing International Book Fair(BIBF), in Beijing, capital of China, on 3 Sept, 2009. The 16th

BIBF kicked off in Beijing on Thursday, in which a total of160,000 kinds of books are presented to visitors.—XINHUA

Hamas deploys policein Gaza following blasts

UN team surveysaftermath of Indonesia’s

deadly earthquakeUNITED NATIONS, 4 Sept—A team of 10 UN officials

assessed on Thursday the emergency relief needs inthe aftermath of the massive earthquake that struckIndonesia on Wednesday, a UN spokesperson said.

The team, consisting of representatives from theUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP), theUN Population Fund (UNFPA), World Food Pro-gramme (WFP), the UN Department of Safety andSecurity (UNDSS), the World Bank and the UnitedNations Office for the Coordination of HumanitarianAffairs (OCHA), started its mission in Tasikmalaya,South Bandung, Garut and Bandung district, MarieOkabe told a daily news briefing.

They will visit the remaining affected districts ofCiamis and Cianjur on Friday while OCHA will holda meeting to finalize the results of the assessment,Okabe said. An earthquake measured about 7.3 on theRichter scale hit West Java Wednesday around 2:55pm local time. Indonesian authorities said on Thurs-day that the death toll has climbed to 57 and more than3,000 people have been forced from their homes.

Another 42 people are missing and feared buriedfollowing a landslide in Cianjur district and almost24,000 houses were either totally or partially damagedin the earthquake, with some 367 schools and 353places of worship in West Java also affected, accord-ing to OCHA.—Xinhua

GAZA, 4 Sept—Palestin-ian Hamas authorities onThursday deployed policeheavily on main streets andjunctions in the Gaza Stripa few days after two strongblasts hit the city with noreports of casualties.

“The deployment comesas part of a plan to strengthenorder and security in theStrip,” said Rafeeq AbuHani, a police spokesman.The policemen were seenstopping cars, searchingthem and inspecting the

identities of travelers,especially on the roads link-ing the Gaza’s south andnorth towns. The two explo-sions took place near twoHamas security compoundsin the west of Gaza city.

No one has claimed re-sponsibility for the blasts,which followed threats bya radical Muslim Salafigroup to retaliate forthedeath of its leader and agroup of the al-Qaeda-style fighters in Augustclashes with Hamas in thesouthern Gaza Strip townof Rafah. Hamas has beencontrolling the Gaza Stripsince it routed forces loyalto Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas andousted his secular Fatahmovement in 2007.

Xinhua

Chinese Navy soldiersaboard Zhoushan

missile frigate conveymessages via light

signals to a Russiannaval vessel on theGulf of Aden, on 2

Sept, 2009.—XINHUA

Medicalworkers

rescue an“injured”

persontransferred

by a helicop-ter during a

maritimerescue exer-cise in theEast ChinaSea, on 4

Sept, 2009.XINHUA

All items from XinhuaNews Agency

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NEWS ALBUMBear climbs ladder toescape Colorado skate

parkA bear that wandered into a sunken

skateboard park and got stuck was res-cued when officials lowered a ladder soit could climb out.

The bear was discovered on Tuesdaymorning in the Colorado resort town ofSnowmass. Officials say it apparently wasin the park all night, and couldn’t get outbecause of the steep concrete sides.

Workers from the Parks and Recrea-tion Department lowered a long ladder.The bear eventually climbed the ladderand wandered away.

No injuries were reported to peopleor the bear. Bear sightings have beencommon this summer in the Coloradomountains. Authorities are pressing resi-dents not to leave out food or trash thatattract bears. Most bears are trapped andrelocated after encounters with humans.

More aggressive bears are shot.

Nepenthes edwardsiana grows onlyon two mountains in Borneo. The

pitchers of this species are lined withinwards pointing blades that termi-

nate in sharp points. From theperspective of trapped prey inside thepitchers, the rows of inward pointing

spikes make escape very difficult.

89-year-old student in university for 24 years Bo Laidong, an 89-year-old resident of Jinan, Shandong Province, has been a

student at the old people’s university for the last 24 years.Bo enrolled in the university to major in calligraphy in 1985, a year after the

institution was set up. Bo, who has won several accolades for calligraphy in national competitions,

plans to stick around at the university for another five years to participate in theinstitution’s 30th anniversary celebrations.

Visitors to a tourist attraction in Ber-lin have been making off with an unu-sual memento — the 30 cm long tail ofa Lego giraffe.

The Lego tail belongs to a six metretall model that has stood outside the en-trance to the Legoland DiscoveryCenter on Potsdamer Platz since 2007.

“It’s a popular souvenir,” a spokes-woman for the center said.

“It’s been stolen four times now ...”The tail is made out of 15,000 Lego

bricks.It takes model workers about one

week to restore it at a cost of 3,000euros ($4,300), the spokeswoman said.

Lego giraffe tail repeatedly stolen

Ancient Egyptian stonefragment found

An ancient stone fragment with archaicEgyptian signs found at a dig near LakeKinneret is the first of its kind to be foundoutside Egypt, archaeologists said.

The Tel Bet Yerah (Khirbet el-Kerak)site, where the 1.574 inch long stonefragment was found last week, was on anancient highway that connected Egypt tothe ancient Near East , Maariv said onTuesday. It is also where the Jordan Riverempties into Lake Kinneret , the paper said.

Tel Aviv University’s RaphaelGreenberg and David Wengrow of Englanddirected the teams at the dig, the paper said.Such finds are rare enough in Egypt letalone outside of the country, Greenbergtold the paper. The carvings on the stonefragment he said shows an arm and handgrasping a scepter and an early form of theankh sign (key of life). Greenberg estimatedthe stone fragment dates back to Egypt’sFirst Dynasty period around 3000 BC, thepaper said.

In this photo taken, Cafae or Coffeea 1 and a half year old dog feeds athree month old unnamed cat at a

house in Chiang Mai Province,northern Thailand.

A boy passes a pinwheel to an ice sculpture carvedin the image of a child, made from water taken

from the Yellow, Yangtze and Ganges rivers, at anexhibition by Greenpeace in the Temple of Earth

Park in Beijing recently.—INTERNET

Swedish man attemptsto make breast milk

STOCKHOLM, 4 Sept — A Swedish man says he isstimulating his breasts with a pump in an attemptto produce milk from his own body.RagnarBengtsson, 26, of Stockholm, said he began hisexperiment, which is being documented by SwedishTV8, Tuesday and plans to pump his breasts at three-hour intervals every day until the start of Decemberin a bid to create milk, The Local reported on onWednesday.

“Anything that doesn’t do any harm is worthtrying out. And if it works it could prove veryimportant for men’s ability to get much closer totheir children at an early stage,” Bengtsson said.Bengtsson said he does not want to use anychemicals, such as hormone treatments known tocause male lactation.

“If it works and the milk turns out to have a highnutritional value, it could be a real breakthrough,”he said. Sigbritt Werner, professor of endocrinologyat Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, saidBengtsson’s quest could produce “a drop or two”of milk after three or four months of pumping.

Internet

Confucius to teach Houstoniansancient Chinese philosophy

HOUSTON, 4 Sept — Some 2,500 years after histime, Confucius has come to the southern USmetropolis of Houston to spread his wisdom of life tothe local residents. Major Bill White and 14 Councilmembers of Houston on Wednesday unanimouslyadopted an ordinance, accepting a cast bronze statueof Confucius into the City collection.

The statue, under the ordinance, will be placed inthe International Sculpture Garden in Hermann Park,located in one of the most picturesque areas ofdowntown Houston.

It is presented as a gift by the local Chinesecommunity and the Chinese consulate-general inHouston on the occasion of the 2,560th nativityanniversary of Confucius, the most famous andprominent ancient Chinese educator, thinker andphilosopher, as well as the 30th anniversary of theestablishment of Sino-US diplomatic relations.

A dedication ceremony of the Confucius statue willbe held on 26 Sept, jointly sponsored by Friends ofConfucius Sculpture for Hermann Park — a non-profitlocal Chinese NGO, the Chinese consulate and thecity of Houston. — Xinhua

Hitmen kill 18 in Mexico clinic on US border Couple celebrate fridge’s 50th birthdayCOVENTRY, 4 Sept — A British couple said family and friends enjoyed

cake, cheese and wine at their home to mark their refrigerator’s 50th birthday.Paul Howkins, 75, said he and his wife, Val, hosted the shindig at theirCoventry, England, home to celebrate the fridge that has adorned their kitchensince August 1959, four years after their wedding, The Daily Telegraph reportedon Wednesday.

“Everyone tells us to get rid of it but we don’t want to,” Howkins said. “Mostpeople didn’t have fridges 50 years ago but our kitchen faced south so it waswarm. We had a piece of beef on a lump of concrete and it went rotten, so I saidwe had to buy a fridge.”

Internet

CIUDAD JUAREZ, 4 Sept — About adozen hooded gunmen burst into aMexican rehabilitation clinic near theUS border on Wednesday, lining uppatients before killing 18 of them.

Drug gangs have targeted rehabclinics in the manufacturing city ofCiudad Juarez across from El Paso,Texas, accusing them of protectingdealers from rival gangs.

The attack was one of the deadliest

in President Felipe Calderon’s three-yearwar against drug cartels, despite thepresence of 10,000 troops and federalpolice in Ciudad Juarez who constantlypatrol the city’s streets. The suspectedhitmen stormed their way into the drugand alcohol rehab clinic in Ciudad Juarezand forced patients into a line in acorridor before shooting them, the armyand the El Diario newspaper said.

Internet

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YANGON, 4 Sept — Under the ar-rangement of officials from Myanmarand Malaysia to provide assistance toMyanmar labourers facing difficultiesin Malaysia, 49 labourers in Malaysiaarrived back here by Myanma Airwayon flight No. 8M-502 this afternoon asthe first batch. They were welcomed by

Myanmar labourers arrive back from Malaysia

Appamadena sampadetha,Accomplish oneself with

mindfulness.“O bhikkhus! All conditioned and

compounded things, coporeality and men-tality, arisen out of kamma, citta, utu andahara have the nature of decay and disin-tegration; so with steadfast mindfulnesscultivate morality, concentration and wis-dom.”

(Digha Nikaya, Mahavagga Pali-128)

The Buddha’s Messageof Great Value

NAY PYI TAW, 4Sept—Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing of the Ministry ofDefence, accompanied byChairman of Shan State(North) Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of North-EastCommand Maj-GenAung Than Htut, Minis-ter for Home Affairs Maj-Gen Maung Oo, Ministerfor Commerce Brig-GenTin Naing Thein, deputyministers, the Chief ofMyanmar Police Forceand departmental offi-cials, on 2 Septembermorning met officials atthe hall in Laukkai andexplained development ofKokang region.

The commander,the ministers, the deputyministers and departmen-tal officials reported onarrangements for devel-opment of Kokang re-gion. Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing attended to theneeds.

At the military hos-pital in Laukkai, Lt-GenMin Aung Hlaing com-forted patient servicemenand presented foodstuffsand gifts to them.

While in Laukkai,he met with members ofthe Kokang Region Pro-visional Leading Com-mittee and left necessaryinstructions.

Lt-Gen Min Aung

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of Ministry of Defenceexplains development of Kokang region in Laukkai

Hlaing and party lookedinto the arms factory ofKokang troops nearYanlonkyaing gate ofChina-Myanmar borderand the arms and ammu-nition and related itemsseized at the house of UPhon Kya Shin.

At the China-Myanmar border(Yanlonkyaing gate), theyalso inspected the returnof local people from theother country.

They proceeded toKokang troops headquar-ters (Si-aw) and viewedthe seized arms and am-munition, poppy seedsand related items formanufacturing narcoticdrugs.

Lt-Gen Min Aung

Hlaing and party observedpeaceful travelling of lo-cal national races inLaukkai and sales ofpersonal goods, textilesand household goodsat the market and cor-dially greeted the localpeople.—MNA

YANGON, 4 Sept— Electronic &Living Exhibition ’09 continued for thesecond day at Tatmadaw ConventionHall on U Wisara road, here, today.

A total of 70 companies display135 booths. As a sole agent, TMWEnterprise ltd distributes internationalstandard tiles and various items forbathroom.

The imitate INAX brand tiles

Electronic & Living Exhibition ’09 continues

are entering the market with anothername and it is a cheaper one.

New designs of other tiles andbathroom items are put on sale at spe-cial price. Super Stars Model Agencyled by U Cho Gyi held the product showand performed the entertainment to thevisitors. The exhibition will last up to 6September from 9 am to 6 pm. Admis-sion is free.—MNA

officials from Ministry of Foreign Af-fairs, Ministry of Home Affairs, Minis-try of Labour, Ministry of Social Wel-fare, Relief and Resettlement, Ministryof Immigration and Population and Min-istry of Health and theirs families at theairport.

MNA

LtLt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of Ministry of

Defence inspects seized arms and

ammunition and related items.

MNA

Visitorsview

luxurybath-room

and tilesat boothof INAXof TMWEnter-priseLtd.MNA

Myanmar lobourers arrive back from Malaysia under the arrangementof officials from Myanmar and Malaysia.—MNA

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Prosperous future of Laukkai (1)Mahn Tha Sein (Papun)

Recent Kokang issue attracted widespread criti-cisms from foreign media. In particular, certain mediaaired many broadcasts based on idle speculation thatnational races turned down the government’s offer ofreforming national race armed groups into a frontierforces before the forthcoming elections, so the tensiongrew, and the government waged an attack on Kokanggroup as an exemplary punishment. Those news pro-grammes are designed to drive a wedge between thegovernment and national race armed groups as well asto mislead the international community into misun-derstanding that the government is committing humanrights violation by launching unjust attacks on Kokang

The compound of U Phon Kya Shin’s illegal arsenal inYanlonkyaing, Kokang Region, Shan State (North).A workshop of U Phon Kya Shin’s illegal arsenal.

According to the approved constitu-tion (2008), Kokang Region will be aself-administration one. That is why thegovernment is taking preparatorymeasures for the sake of forthcomingadministrative machinery and judicialmachinery.

nationals.Foreign radio stations aired as though Kokang

troops had to launch counter offensives in retalia-tion of the Myanmar Tatmadaw’s hostile action; thewhole Laukkai had been war-torn and all the localshad fled for their lives; and the border issue wasgrowing into an incident that is beyond solution. So,there might have been common worries. However,the people now have realized the issue thanks to thenews stories the government has issued. As a result,the fabrications manufactured by the foreign radiostations have faded away.

In reality, Kokang group used to be anarmed group under the influence of Burma Com-munist Party (BCP). In March 1989, it brokeaway from the BCP, and returned to the legal

fold under the name of the Myanmar NationalDemocratic Alliance Army (MNDAA). The groupis the first of its kind to return to the legal fold. Thegovernment designated an area as Special Region(1) in Shan State (North) for it. Thenceforth, thegroup has engaged in the tasks to maintain stabil-ity, peace and development of the region in har-ness with the government, and Kokang Region hasnow developed remarkably if compared with itsconditions previously. Surely, local residents werehappy with better living conditions resulting fromstability, peace and economic growth.

Moreover, the delegate group of Kokang group

attended the National Convention and played anactive role in the proceedings of formulating theconstitution. According to the approved constitution(2008), Kokang Region will be a self-administrationone. That is why the government is taking prepara-tory measures for the sake of forthcoming adminis-trative machinery and judicial machinery.

All the conditions are satisfactory and Kokanggroup members and local people want to lead apeaceful life in the framework of the law. In contrast,the leaders of Kokang group were unable to suppresstheir sense of rapacity, and turned violent. Bluntly, itis for generations they have ignored regional andpublic interest, and focused on that of their familiesand relatives. They, like warlords, put their subordi-nates completely under their thumb and have been a

pretty well-off tribe. But, the more they were afflu-ent, the more they wanted. There have been severalclashes among Kokang nationals, vying each otherfor business, territory and power.

In that regard, I would like to present a truestory. “Phon” group (Phon clan) led by U Phon KyaShin and “Yan” group (Yan clan) led by U Yan MoeLyan, vying for power, have fought each other atfull scale as Phon-Yan affairs for two times. Moreo-ver, they hired armed groups of other national racesfor military purposes. And armed groups of certainnational races joined the armed conflicts on eitherside under the pretext of kinship. To be frank, they

were locked in the devastating conflicts. The truestory is, in reality, endless. So many times, thegovernment had to intervene in the issue in orderthat Kokang Region again would not see inferno ofarmed conflicts stemming from contradiction, andstability and peace would not deteriorate. In the end,the government had to allocate separate areas forthe “Phon”, “Yan” and “Mon” groups. To say shortand to the point, “Phon” group came to power, andU Phon Kya Shin wielded power and authority asthe chancellor of Kokang nationals.

To present the objective conditions of KokangRegion as they really are, U Phon Kya Shin hasbeen the godfather of an armed Mafia. Instead ofworking for regional development and servingthe interest of the dwellers, the strong man mo-nopolized the region’s trade and economic ac-tivities for the sake of the prosperity of “Phon”clan. All the members were completely under thecontrol of his relatives, thus attracting generaldissatisfaction from Kokang troops and havingadverse effects on the socio-economic life of localpeople. Besides, they unjustly wielded powerwith the intention of making the government’sadministrative machinery less effective. One ofthem is that they replaced the language of thetextbooks prescribed by the government withKokang language and local dialects. Actually,they did hurt the human resource developmentof local national races. Such an undesirable domi-nation with force is completely unacceptable.They are some of the misbehaviors that showedto what extent U Phon Kya Shin’s group’s wield-ing power harmed the interest of locals.

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Prosperous future of Laukkai (1)

(from page 8)Not wanting to cause any harm to peace,

the State on its part took positive persuasions outof magnanimity. It tried its best to make lastingpeace by patiently understanding the things thatcould be forgivable. However, patience has itslimits and forgiveness cannot always be expectedin every case. Overall, U Phon Kya Shin-led groupinitially made cooperation in accord with the existinglaws but later, it committed acts that are against thelaw.

U Phon Kya Shin established an illegal armsfactory and was smuggling arms and ammunition.So the State had been in no position to forgive it.The case of establishing the arms factory wasinformed by a good-neighbourly nation. The countryinformed at a bilateral ministerial meeting held in

Mahn Tha Sein (Papun)

The foundry of U Phon Kya Shin’s illegal arsenal.

Not wanting to cause any harm to peace,the State on its part took positivepersuasions out of magnanimity. It triedits best to make lasting peace by patientlyunderstanding the things that could beforgivable. However, patience has its limitsand forgiveness cannot always be expectedin every case.

One of the houses in the compound of U Phon Kya Shin’sillegal arsenal.

July that there was an arms factory nearYanlonkyaing Village in Kokang; that Thu KawHon, a 43-year-old Chinese man, was taking chargeof running the factory; and that arms and ammunitionwere being smuggled. Acting on the tip-off,Myanmar Police Force combed and seized thefactory on 8 August. According to investigation, UPhon Kya Shin, U Phon Kya Phu, U Phon Tar Shwinand U Phon Tarli were held responsible for the case.So, MPF filed a lawsuit and summoned them tosettle the issue. If those responsible had solved theproblem in accordance with the law, it would nothave got worse. But it is natural that law breakersare quick to breach laws but reluctant to face alawsuit in accord with the law.

Now again, the U Phon Kya Shin’s grouprefused to address the issue legally for fear of facingthe law. Moreover, he arranged redeployment ofsome members of his Kokang troops in SpecialRegion (1). He himself moved to the border ofYanlonkyaing region. At the same time, false newswas manufactured that Kokang troops would befacing the government and there would be armedclashes in the region. Consequently, there causedinstability in border region and some local peoplefled in fear to other regions of the country and theother neighbouring nation. It was clear that thosewho initiated destruction of regional peace byspreading rumours were none other than thegroup of U Phon Kya Shin. Their acts caused

negative impact not only on our nation but also onour neighbouring nation, and this adverselyaffected economic stability of both countries aswell.

If the arms factory remained on the long borderof our two countries smuggling arms and ammunition,it would threaten the border security, the rule of lawand peace and stability of both countries. What’smore, there might cause instigation of insurgents andterrorist groups and media attacks. That was why theneighbouring country informed us of the case as agood neighbour and our country did what should havebeen done in no time. This means continuing tomaintain the fine tradition of cooperation betweenthe two countries. In the past, there were similarinstances of successful bilateral cooperation incombating narcotic drugs. Now, the problem of

illegally trading arms and ammunition could havebeen solved in time through bilateral cooperation.

Going back to the incident, it can be found thatfor fear of facing the law, Phon Kya Shin’s groupmade arrangements to use Kokang troops as a tool toprotect their own family members. That was whyKokang troops, abhorring the leadership of U PhonKya Shin, came to cooperate with regional authorities.Besides, they formed Kokang Region ProvisionalLeading Committee. This means that Kokang troopshave opposed and broken away from Phon Kya Shin’s

group which is operating with the arbitraryleadership in the interests of their own familymembers.

Despite having faced breakaway Kokangtroops, U Phon Kya Shin’s group does not seem torealize the real situation. So, they took 39 membersof MPF who were on duty at Yanlonkyaing bordercheckpoint as hostages on 27 August morning. TheState did its best to negotiate with them. Althoughinformation was repeatedly sent to U Phon KyaShin’s group to release the hostages, they ignored it.So, with the help of Kokang Region ProvisionalLeading Committee, a combined team of theTatmadaw and MPF went to the Yanlonkyaingborder at 4 pm. On their arrival, the combined teamreceived fire from the Kokang troops loyal to UPhon Kya Shin. As there were causalities of members

of the national security force, they unavoidablyopened fire on Kokang troops.

Looking at the situation, it was clear thatthe government troops did not launch theoffensive as said by outside anti-governmentmedia. As the troops of U Phon Kya Shin startedopening fire, there caused causalities of ourgovernment troops and they had to open fire onthe Kokang troops.

(To be continued)Translation: MS+ST

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NAY PYI TAW, 4 Sept—The Republicof Indonesia donated 1 million US dollarfor storm victims through Tripartite CoreGroup (TCG) comprising Union ofMyanmar, ASEAN and UN at the officeof Civil Service Selection and TrainingBoard here this morning.

It was attended by Chairman ofTCG and CSSTB U Kyaw Thu,Indonesian Ambassador to MyanmarMr Sebastianus Sumarsono, membersof TCG Thai Ambassador toMyanmar Mr Bansarn Bunnag,Specia l envoy of the ASEANSecretary-General Dr Wil l iamSabandar, Military Attaché Col(CHB) Dedi Priatna Ariestiadi of

Indonesia donates 1 million USD to storm victimsIndonesia and officials from theMinistry of Foreign Affairs ofIndonesia led by Director for ASEANFunctional Cooperation DepartmentMr Irmawan Emir Wisnandar.

TCG Chairman U Kyaw Thuaccepted 1 million US dollar donated byIndonesian Ambassador Mr SebastianusSumarsono on behalf of the Governmentof the Republic of Indonesia, and spokewords of thanks.

In compliance with the wish of thedonor, the donation will be spent on theeducation and health care sectors out ofrehabilitations tasks being undertaken inthe storm-hit areas.

MNA

Prime Minis-ter GeneralThein Seincordially

greetsattendees atthe openingof workshopon coopera-tion betweenagricultural-ists, traineeswho attendedagriculture

coursesabroad andentrepre-

neurs.— MNA

Chairman of TCG and CSSTB U Kyaw Thu accepts cash donated byIndonesian Ambassador Mr Sebastianus Sumarsono.—MNA

(from page 16)Prime Minister General Thein Sein made an open-

ing address. In his speech, he said that in reviewing thehistory of nation-building tasks from assumption of Stateduties by the Tatmadaw government to date, the govern-ment strived for putting an end to armed insurgenciescaused by ill-legacy of colonialists, strengthening na-tional consolidation and prevalence of law and order andpeace and stability. In building modern and developednation regarding as the national goal, the government haslaid down political, economic and social objectives up-holding “Our Three Main National Causes” and imple-mented national plans step by step, he added.

In serving the interest of the State and thepeople, the government is making all-out efforts totransform the nation into industrialized one in accordwith the already-laid down economic policies for thedevelopment of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well.The Prime Minister urged not to be complacent aboutcurrent progress in carrying out tasks for the emer-gence of industrialized nation with the help of benefitsfrom agriculture sector. In striving for food sufficiencyin the nation, emphasis is being placed on food securitywhich will be able to fulfill the food requirement of theentire people as the first phase, boosting agriculturalproduction with the aim of exporting food surplus asthe second phase and emergence of modern and devel-oped nation by transforming the nation into industrial-ized one with the help of incomes from agriculturesector as the third phase.

He added that the nation enjoys food sufficiencyand sees food surplus as national level projects wereimplemented simultaneously in accord with the guidancegiven by the Head of State. He urged not to be complacentabout current progress and called for strenuous efforts onboosting agricultural production in order to meet thegrowing demand of future population. The surplus willcontribute towards regional food sufficiency and exportearnings are to be invested in other sectors for the emer-gence of industrialized nation.

Agriculture sector constitutes 40 per cent of thecountry’s GDP and it is necessary to transform andupgrade the role of industrial sector as industrial sectorconstitutes about 20 per cent of GDP. It is required toplace emphasis on emergence of industrialized nation inaccord with the guidance given by the Head of State thatthe nation will become modern and developed one onlythrough the industrial development. In making effortswith added momentum to improve the industrial sector,it is required to strengthen the agriculture sector whichplays an important role in national economy and to use

modern agricultural methods which will help exportmore agricultural produce.

As the government has implemented with addedmomentum to attend to the social needs of the entirepeople based on own natural resources, strengths of ownhuman resources and production capacity of the nation,the remarkable progress can be seen in agricultural pro-duction while the export volume of agricultural producehas been increasing year by year.

In export sector of farm product, earnings reached535.12 million US dollar in 2005-2006, 1400.85 millionUS dollar in 2008-2009 and 509.87 million USD untilJuly of 2009-2010 financial year. It is a sign ofdevelopment for the agriculture sector due to the factthat more farm products were exported and moreforeign exchange received year by year. It should notrelent in this efforts and be satisfied with what it hasachieved so far but have to work harder to be able tokeep abreast of the international community.

Due to the cooperation of the State, people andprivate entrepreneurs, export of agricultural producehas increased but there is still room for qualitative andquantitative improvement in competing with othernations in the international market.

The country does not get reasonable price forfarm products due to the inability to use the advancedtechnologies and weaknesses in storage and packagingmethods. These have resulted in losses not only for anindividual entrepreneur but also for the State.

Agricultural countries in the region do nothave much land that can be reclaimed for agriculture.Therefore, these countries are placing emphasis onquality-based agriculture to improve quality and boostper-acre yield of farm products.

According to farm production capacity of thecountry, there are vast tracts of land that can bereclaimed and there is potential for improvement inquality and quantity of farm products. I would like tosay that we can do extensive farming and intensivefarming.

The country has a total area of 167.18 millionacres. Out of them, there are 84.7 million acres ofarable land, exclusive of human settlements urban andrural areas and forest reserves and protected forestsaccording to land reclamation in 2008-2009 year. Atpresent, 29.35 million acres of farmland can be grownand there are 0.63 million acres of fallow land, 40.69million acres of virgin land, and 14.03 million acres ofvacant lands and 55.35 million acres of arable land thathave not been cultivated. Therefore, there are still65.348 percent of additional acres of land that can beused for cultivation. There is a vast area of land that canbe reclaimed for agricultural purpose.

The State is changing cropping patterns fromconventional single cropping to double cropping, triplecropping, multiple cropping and mixed cropping forboosting par acre yield.

At the same time, such infrastructures astransportation networks, dams and river water-pumpingstations are being built to strengthen the foundation ofagricultural economy. Moreover, the State is fulfillingall the requirements such as modern farm implements,quality strains and fertilizers to shift from manualfarming to mechanized farming. Farmers, on theirpart, are required to preserve local quality strains, togrow quality crops in good demand and to use systematiccultivation methods.

(See page 11)

Government fulfilling allrequirements such as …

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(from page 10)A look at the

international food marketshows that the currentpopulation of the world isincreasing every minuteand therefore the demandof increasing worldpopulation for food isbecoming greater.

All in all, theagriculture sector ofMyanmar has goodprospects but there areweaknesses in use of hightechnology in accord withthe international standards,investment, skilled labour,crop quality control, cropstorage and packaging, andexploration of market. Thepurpose of the workshopbeing held today is toweather these challenges,for agricultural produce tofetch good prices in theinternational market and tomodernize the agriculturesector.

Every nation in theworld is faced with suchproblems as foodinsufficiency, climatechange and rising cropprices. Moreover, due tothe fact that fossil fuel isbecoming scarce,measures are being taken

Government is fulfilling allrequirements such as…

to produce and use bioenergy. Therefore, higherefficiency of theagriculture sector hasbecome more importantand it is necessary to strivefor agriculturaldevelopment by makingthe best use of moderntechnology, investment,human resources andmachines and throughharmonious combinationof active cooperation of theprivate sector, assistanceof the State andtechnological skill.

The governmenthas spent a lot of moneysending agriculturalscholars abroad. Now thenation has more than 1,000agriculturalists, including78 master’s degree holdersand 26 who hold PhD’s —an enormous humanresources for theagriculture sector. Thesescholars need support andassistance to put theirknowledge into practiceand effective use. If thegovernment and privateentrepreneurs rendernecessary assistance, it willbenefit the nation as wellas the entrepreneursthemselves.

The Prime Ministersaid that high quality andsafe agricultural foodstuffsare required in the nationin the long term. Hestressed the need toorganize thea g r i c u l t u r a l i s t s ,entrepreneurs and farmersto enable them to work incohesion. It is necessary tocreate the opportunity forthe entrepreneurs to be ableto apply research works,human resources and greenhouse cultivation methodand use modern farms, hesaid. If the government, thelocal people and farmers,agriculturalists and privateentrepreneurs join handsto establish theinternational standardmodern special farmingzones, the agriculturesector of the State willachieve remarkableprogress, he noted.

In studying thecultivation andproduction system ofsome countries that earnhuge income throughagriculture task, thecompanies ofentrepreneurs providedquality strains of crops andnecessary inputs to thefarmers, he said. Moreover,he added that theagriculturalists trained thefarmers to systematically

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Sept—Stability and peace have been back to normal inKokang Region, Shan State (North), since 29 August. Up to 6 pm today, 10,731of the inhabitants, who had fled to the neighbouring country, had returned toLaukkai via Yanlonkyaing and Chinshwehaw border checkpoints.

Now, the administrative machinery has returned to normal in KokangRegion in Shan State (North).—MNA

Stability, peace return to normal inKokang Region, Shan State (North)

grow and harvest the crops.When the crops come out,the agriculturalistsexamined the quality ofcrops; the companiessought the market andexported their products;then, the profits wereshared among themincluding the government.In addition, he said that the

companies are conductingthe research works to getquality strains of crops withthe assistance ofagriculturalists byspending a large sum ofmoney.

Therefore, thePrime Minister stressed theneed for theagriculturalists, private

entrepreneurs and farmersto join hands for producingquality crops. They needto strive for keeping abreastof other countries insystematic cultivation andproduction of crops byestablishing agriculturalzones and green houses,he said.

(See page 12)

der, a machine and acces-sories used for packingand chemical precursors—bags of Potassium Ni-trate (KNO3), bags of Sul-phur, coal, empty dieselcontainers, a containerwith Toluene-like liquid,a bag with unidentifiedwhite powder, a bag withunidentified transport yel-low-coloured slabs—atTNT factory with sevenbuildings betweenMukwakyaing andTarsenkyaing villages.The words mentioned onpacking boxes are DTRock Type, An-TNT-FoExplosive, LuliangYunnan China, State-owned Yunnan PackingPlant (No. 9815 MilitaryPlant).—MNA

Some machines seized by combined teamcomprising members of local battalion and

anti-drug squad.—MNA

Packing boxes seized by combined team comprising members of localbattalion and anti-drug squad.—MNA

Some bags ofchemical precursorsseized by combined

team comprisingmembers of local

battalion and anti-drug squad.—MNA

(from page 16)The team seized a

steam boiler, a set of mixerreactor, a set of rector sup-posed to produce gunpow-

TNT factoryin Laukkairegion in…

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DAGAT BLUE VOY NO (49)Consignees of cargo carried on MV DAGAT BLUE

VOY NO (49) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 6.9.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of S.P.W-7 where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: TOKO KAIUN KAISHA LTDPhone No:256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG DA VOY NO (9034)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG DAVOY NO (9034) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 5.9.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




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

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (467)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAP

VOY NO (467 ) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 5.9.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Two women watch a wash painting at an exhibition of modern Chinese inkand wash held in Warsaw, Poland, on 2 Sept, 2009. — XINHUA

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in Mumbaislum area

(frompage 11)The Prime Minister urged those present to carry

out development of agriculture sector as a duty. Whenthe private plantations emerge, the agriculturalists whohad assisted agriculture technology to the entrepreneurswill gain the share of profits, he said. At a time when theproducts would be exported to the international market,the national entrepreneurs would have the deservedprices, he noted. If local farmers generate value-addedagricultural produce, they will also make more profit.Therefore, per capita income will increase while thesocio-economy of the people will improve, he said. Thefarmers will carry out agriculture tasks convenientlywithout any worry about the investment and inputs, hesaid. As a result, the Prime Minister pointed out that theagriculture sector of Myanmar will be transformed intothe modern farming system gradually.

He urged all the participants to focus on cultivationand production of organic crops that have high demandand good prices in the international market. He said thattoday’s global countries set the targets to achieve thegreen economy and green growth due to global climatechange, global warming and deterioration of naturalenvironment. He noted that paying attention to mattersrelated to natural environment and health of humansociety contributes to environmental conservation. Now,he said that efforts are being made to boost production offresh organic crops and organic agricultural produce. Theorganic agricultural produce grown with the use of naturalfertilizers and domestic inputs and without using a largevolume of chemical inputs have higher value and higherdemand more than the crops planted through the traditionalcultivation methods, he said. He added that the market oforganic crops will be larger in the future.

He said that in line with the demand of changinginternational market, Asian and European countriesincluding neighbouring countries and nations in the regionare widely transformed into the organic farming system.He pointed out that as the production of organic crops isbeing boosted, the farmers are earning higher incomes.

In applying the modern agricultural system, the

Government is fulfilling allrequirements such as…

Prime Minister stressed the need to uplift the organiccultivation system and apply the good agriculturepractices for gaining the safe and fresh agriculturalproduce. In reviewing the current agriculture sector ofMyanmar, good prospects can be seen to launch theapplying of organic farming system in a short time dueto favourable climate and fertile soil, use of fertilizers,pesticides and genes of seeds, he said. If the investmentand market seeking capability of entrepreneurs will beput to proper use with the help of the natural resources,technology and human resources of the nation, Myanmarwill have a firm position in the international market in ashort time, he noted. In implementing the modern farmingspecial zones, the Prime Minister urged those present torealize the organic farming system in cooperation withagriculturalists and economists under the leadership ofthe government so as to hand down the clean naturalenvironment and greater benefit to new generations.

In conclusion, the Prime Minister pointed out theachievements of the government, the people and theprivate entrepreneurs in overcoming the natural disastersand other problems through unity and concerted efforts.He said that the government will provide necessaryassistance. If those present at the workshop participatein the respective sectors with utmost efforts, theinternational level modern farming system will beestablished in a short time, he added. Finally the PrimeMinister urged them to hold the discussions frankly, tounitedly focus on their interest and the national interestand that of the people, to serve the interest of the entirenation by exploiting the natural resources and humanresources and to secure the firm position in theinternational market for agro-based industrial productsof the Myanmar national people.

Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-GenHtay Oo made a speech. He said that today’s workshopwas a meeting of agriculturalists, trainees and agriculturalentrepreneurs for boosting production of agriculturalproduce, other marketable crops, vegetables and flowersby applying modern technology. The Ministry ofAgriculture and Irrigation had sent 1201 trainees toforeign countries up to 2008, and most of them aredischarging duties at the respective departments andprivate works, he said. They gained experiences toproduce crops and flowers. Depending on climate, soil

and market position of the nation, it is necessary to applymodern technology, he added. The minister said that thepapers to be submitted to the workshop would focus onsuccessful carrying out of the agriculture task and onseeking the foreign market in term of profit.

The Prime Minister and party posed fordocumentary photo with agriculturalists, entrepreneursand resource persons.

After the opening ceremony, the Prime Ministercordially greeted those present.

The workshop continued at 10 am. The resourcepersons submitted their papers on flowers, fruits,vegetables and organic farming and the paper on post-harvesting and scrutinizing market news. Those presenttook part in the discussions and the workshop ended inthe evening.—MNA

SINGAPORE, 4 Sept—One in four ofits cabin crew has opted for voluntary no-pay leave, as Singapore Airlines (SIA)takes action to ride out the financial storm,local media reported on Friday.

This works out to about 1,800 out of7,400 of cabin crew, who have taken up

Singapore Airlines takes measure toweather financial storm

the scheme to go on anything from oneweek to two years of no-pay leave, asSIA trims excess manpower, local news-paper The Straits Times said. Many whotook it up have asked for periods of upto one month.

Xinhua

NEW DELHI, 4 Sept—Atleast 10 people were killedand 25 injured on Thurs-day midnight in a slumdistrict, northeast of In-dia’s Mumbai, followinga landslide triggered byheavy rains, reported theIndo-Asian News Serviceon Friday.

Rescuers said the land-slide took place at the LalBahadur Shastri Nagarslums in Saki-Naka area,burying more than twodozen shanties in the area,according to the report.Officials and local peoplemanaged to save twodozen people who weretrapped under the debris,while several others arestill missing, said the re-port. —Xinhua

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New treatment may combatdrug-resistant flu

Airport’s shooting of endangeredbirds arouses controversy

Research suggests monkeysare heavy metal fans

Flu cases surge in SpainMADRID, 4 Sept—The occurrence of A/H1N1 flu

cases in Spain surged by 24 percent last week, theSpanish Ministry of Health said on Thursday inweekly-published figures.

The estimated prevalence increased from 41 casesper 100,000 inhabitants to 53.16 per 100,000 inhab-itants, which means Spain now has nearly 24,000cases in total.

Two more flu deaths were reported in the last ninedays, raising the death toll to 23. The flu mortalityrate of the country now stands at 0.18 deaths per1,000 cases.

The Health Ministry did not give further details ofthe two deaths, but said it would as Spanish schoolsprepared for the new academic year.—Xinhua

Kuwait reports 443 casesof A/H1N1 flu in past weekKUWAIT CITY, 4 Sept—Kuwait registered 443 new

cases of A/H1N1 flu infections in the past week,bringing the total number to 1,779, official KUNAnews agency reported on Thursday.

Most of the cases were light and did not have to behospitalized, the report quoted a release of KuwaitiHealth Ministry as saying.

To date, there were five deaths of the deadly virusin Gulf country, which has witnessed a spiraling risein the number of infection in recent weeks.—Xinhua

Nearly 1,200 new A/H1N1 flucases confirmed in Europe

STOCKHOLM, 4 Sept—A European health agencysaid on Thursday that 1,193 new A/H1N1 flu caseswere reported in European countries within the last24 hours.

Of the news cases, 380 were confirmed in Portu-gal, 323 in Germany, 258 in Italy and 128 in Nor-way, while the remaining 104 cases were reported in10 other European countries, the European Centerfor Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said inits daily situation report.

The cumulative number of confirmed cases of theA/H1N1 flu virus in the EU (European Union) andEFTA (European Free Trade Association) countriesincreased to 47,828, with 16,584 cases in Germany,13,095 in Britain, 2,624 in Portugal, 2,058 in Italyand 1,839 in Greece, the ECDC said.—Xinhua

Biotransformed blueberryjuice fights fat

MONTREAL, 3 Sept—North American blueberryjuice, biotransformed with bacteria from the fruit’sskin, may be an anti-obesity and anti-diabetic agent,Canadian researchers say. Researchers at theUniversite de Montreal, the Institut Armand-Frappierand the Universite de Moncton tested the effects ofbiotransformed juices compared to regular blueberrydrinks on mice.

Senior author Pierre S Haddad of the Universite deMontreal tested the effect of biotransformed blueberryjuice on a group of mice prone to obesity, insulinresistance, diabetes and hypertension.

Incorporating biotransformed blueberry juice intothe water of mice reduced their food intake and theirbody weight.—Internet

LONDON, 4 Sept—Anew and unlicensed treat-ment for swine flu couldbe used in patients whohave Tamiflu-resistant vi-ruses, doctors say.

In an article publishedon Friday in the medicaljournal Lancet, Britishdoctors describe how theyused an intravenous formof the antiviral Relenza totreat a 22-year-old womanwho had a severe case ofswine flu. Relenza is usu-ally inhaled via the nose,and is not licensed to begiven intravenously.

The woman had re-cently undergone chemo-therapy for Hodgkin’s dis-ease. After catching swineflu, her lungs filled with

fluid and she was put ona ventilator to help herbreathe. Despite days ofbeing given Tamiflu,inhalable Relenza, andother medicines, the pa-tient deteriorated.

So her doctors decidedto try a different way ofgetting the drug into herbody, since her lungsweren’t able to absorb theantivirals the usual way.After getting permissionfrom her family and ahospital committee, theygave her an unlicensed,

intravenous form of theantiviral zanamivir, orRelenza, provided by itsmaker, GlaxoSmithKlinePLC. The patient recov-ered soon afterward, withno reported side effects.

“This may provide athird route to treat patientsthat are not responding toantiviral treatment be-cause the active drug isnot getting to the lungs,”said Michael Kidd, ofUniversity College Lon-don, and the lead authorof the study.—Internet

A street vendor helps a boywear a protective mask inDhaka, capital of Bangla-desh, on 3 Sept, 2009. The

total number of peopleinfected by

A/H1N1 flu in Bangla-desh has so far reached

275, as 16 more new caseswere detected

on Thursday. —XINHUA

Emergency workersand army soldiers

attend a wounded manoutside the El Aliviane

drug rehabilitationcentre after gunmen

broke in, lined peopleagainst a wall and shot

17 dead, in CiudadJuarez on the Mexico’sborder with the US, late

2 Sept, 2009.INTERNET

BEIJING, 3 Sept—Monkeys prefer heavy metal toclassical music, according to researchers at theUniversity of Wisconsin whose findings are publishedthis week in Biology Letters. Scientists played aselection of music to a group of cotton-top tamarinmonkeys but the only tunes that got a reaction werefrom the heavy metal band Metallica. They wereseemingly disinterested in Led Zeppelin, Miles Davisand Bach, but after the dulcet tones of Master ofPuppets by Metallica was played the tamarins calmeddown.“Monkeys interpret rising and falling tonesdifferently than humans. Oddly, their only responseto several samples of human music was a calmingresponse to the heavy-metal band Metallica,” saidProfessor Charles Snowdon, from the University ofWisconsin-Madison.—Internet

HANGZHOU, 4 Sept—Toshoot or not to shoot, thatis a question for a Chineseairport using live ammuni-tion to prevent birds fromendangering aircraftsafety. During the post-ty-phoon season from June toOctober every year, about400-1000 migrating egretsstop over on grassland atthe Lishe International Air-port in the eastern coastalcity of Ningbo.

The airport sets up a taskforce to keep a close watchover the birds around the

clock every day and hadpreviously managed toscare them away with gun-shot sounds or catch themin nets to ensure the safetyof flights. “But over recentmonths, the airport staffhave changed their usualpractice of driving thebirds away and are shoot-ing to kill them instead,”netizen “Jinkaili”, whoworks near the airport, saidin an article posted on on-line forum bbs.cnool.netlast week.

Opinions over the air-

port’s actions are sharplydivided, according to com-ments posted after the ar-ticle appeared.

“There should be a limitto animal protection. Thebirds should be killed ifthey endanger flightsafety,” said “Huduan” insupport of the airport.

“Birds are living beings,too, and they have the rightto live. Egrets can bedriven away, but it is notnecessary for us to killthem,” netizen “Wokunle”said.—Xinhua

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NEW YORK, 4 Sept—It’s not quite the case that17-year-old MelanieOudin and her familyknew for sure she wouldget this far, this fast.

NEW YORK , 4 Sept—Hopes for a first homewin in the men’s singlesat the US Open in sixyears were given a boostwith Andy Roddick andrising star Sam Querreyleading a charge into thethird round.

Roddick, the fifth seedand the last American towin the title here in 2003,coasted through 6-1, 6-4,6-4 against FrenchmanMarc Giquel in a matchthat finished aftermidnight.

The giant 21-year-oldQuerrey, who this

Maria Sharapova ofRussia celebratesafter winning thewomen’s singles

second round matchagainst Christina

McHale of the US atthe US Open tennistournament in New

York, on 3 Sept,2009. Sharapova

won 2-0.INTERNET

Kaka says Messi the best inthe world right now

RIO DE JANEIRO, 4 Sept — Former World Footballerof the Year Kaka acknowledges Lionel Messi deservesthat title for now.” He is a player who makes adifference,” Kaka said on Thursday, just two daysbefore meeting Messi in a World Cup qualifierbetween South American rivals Brazil and Argentina.“I would vote for him for all he has done, leadingBarcelona to all these titles.”

Messi has never won FIFA’s Player of the YearAward but he is considered a front-runner for thisyear’s title. Kaka won it in 2007 and has constantlysaid his goal was to earn the prize again. “It remainsmy objective to get back there and win it,” said Kaka.Kaka played down a duel with Messi when they meetin the qualifier at Rosario on Saturday. — Xinhua

Adriano says that Brazil will“shock” Argentina

RIO DE JANEIRO, 4 Sept — Brazil striker Adrianosaid on Thursday that the five-time World Cup winnerwill “shock” Argentina when they meet in a WorldCup qualifier on Sunday.

Adriano is with Brazil’s squad preparing for thehighly-anticipated match on Saturday at Rosario. Hehadn’t been called up by coach Dunga since he failedto rejoin Inter Milan in April after the World Cupqualifier against Peru.

Adriano missed out on the Confederations Cup inSouth Africa, and the last time Adriano played in amatch for Brazil was in the 2-0 win over Italy in afriendly in February.

“I didn’t feel like playing or practicing anymoreso I decided to return to stay close to my family,”Adriano said. “It was very important to be near theBrazilian people again.”

Should Brazil win Saturday’s game, along with aColumbian win and a Uruguayan loss, Brazil willguarantee their appearance in South Africa in theirhunt for a record 6th World Cup title.— Xinhua

I’m no cheatsays Man Utd’s Rooney

WATFORDS, 4 Sept — Wayne Rooney has reactedto suggestions that he dived to win a penalty inManchester United’s win over Arsenal last weekendby insisting he is an honest player. Rooney earnedand converted the spot-kick that brought United levelagainst the Gunners when he tumbled undergoalkeeper Manuel Almunia’s challenge.

Almunia had rushed from his line and appeared tocatch Rooney, but television replays showed that theEngland star may have started to fall before there wasany contact. In the aftermath of Arsenal strikerEduardo’s two-match ban for deceiving the refereeto win a penalty against Celtic, Rooney felt compelledto defend himself when questioned on the issue ofcheating ahead of England’s friendly against Sloveniaon Saturday.

Internet

LONDON ,4 Sept —Manchester United bossSir Alex Ferguson saidThursday that he hopesFrench Under 21international GabrielObertan will be fitenough to make his debutby next month.

Obertan cost threemillion pounds fromBordeaux in the summer,but has been sidelinedbecause of a spinalinjury.“Gabriel has had aspine problem but I thinkhe will be back in a monthto six weeks’ time,”Ferguson told InsideUnited.

‘Believe’: Teen from Georgiastuns Dementieva

Melanie Oudin of theUnited States,

celebrates her 5-7, 6-4,6-3 victory over ElenaDementieva of Russia,

during the secondround of the US Opentennis tournament inNew York, on 3 Sept,

2009.—INTERNET

Not when Melaniewas 7, hitting buckets oftennis balls withGrandma Mimi backhome in Marietta, Ga.Not a couple of yearslater, when Melanie andher twin sister begantaking lessons together.

And certainly notwhen Melanie lost herfirst two Grand Slammatches.

Still, there was Oudinat the US Open onThursday, ranked all of70th, dealing with apainful leg and anoverwhelming occasionon a supersized stage —and stunning No 4-seededElena Dementieva 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to set up a third-round match against 2006champion MariaSharapova.

Internet

Roddick, Querrey lead homecharge at US Open

US Andy Roddick.

INTERNET

summer has taken over asthe US number two,defeated compatriotKevin Kim 7-5, 6-7 (6/8),6-4, 6-4 and is just twowins from a possiblequarter-final matchagainst top seed and title-holder Roger Federer.

Internet

Manchester United’s forward Wayne Rooney(right) lines up a free kick during their English

Premier League football match against Arsenal atOld Trafford in Manchester.—INTERNET

LONDON , 4 Sept —Chelsea has vowed tovigorously contest FIFAsanctions that wouldprevent the London clubfrom signing any newplayers until January2011.

World football’sgoverning bodyannounced the ban onThursday after its DisputeResolution Chamber(DRC) concluded that thePremier League club had

Chicago 2016 confident afterIOC bid evaluation

CHICAGO, 4 Sept — Chicago 2016 says it is proudof the evaluation it got from the International OlympicCommittee (IOC). Based on its April visit to Chicago,the IOC reported that Chicago did not have a fullguarantee covering potential economic shortfalls fromthe Games. Since then Chicago organizers havepledged additional insurance to protect taxpayers fromfooting any financial losses.

Chicago 2016 CEO Pat Ryan told local reporterson Thursday that the question of finance should havebeen addressed sooner. He said there’s nothing thecommittee can not resolve within the next month.“We’re certainly going to communicate to the IOCmembership all of we think is relevant to the report.We’re going to communicate very quickly thedisposition of the issues raised.”

“Ambitious but achievable” is how the IOC reportdescribed Chicago’s bid. The three other finalistcities—Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo—alsoreceived praise and criticism from the IOC. The finalselection of the city to host the 2016 summer OlympicGames will take place on 2 Oct in Gopenhagan.

Xinhua

Ferguson hopeful of Obertan United bow

French Under 21international Gabriel

Obertan.

“We are taking ourtime with him because wewant him back and 100percent. He is very quick,can play wide both sidesand through the middle sohe brings a real versatilityto us. —Internet

Chelsea vow to fighttransfer ban

induced promisingFrench youngster GaelKakuta to break hiscontract with his first clubLens.FIFA’s DRC saidChelsea would not beallowed to registerplayers in the next twotransfer windows —January 2010 and theperiod between the end ofthe current season and theend of August 2010.

Kakuta was bannedfrom playing for fourmonths and ordered topay Lens 780,000 euroscompensation. Chelseawill be liable for thatamount and a furthercompensation payment of130,000 euros to theFrench club.

Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenisolated in Lower Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions,scattered in Shan State and Magway Division, fairlywidespread in kayah State and upper Sagaing Division andwidespread in the remaining States and Divisions withisolated heavyfalls in Rakhine and Mon States. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Sittway (3.70)inches, Paung (3.54) inches, Pyay (2.56) inches, Dawei(2.24) inches, Kyeikkhame (2.20) inches, Zaungtu (2.09)inches, Bago, Mawlamyine and Myeik (1.65) inches each,Aunglan (0.57) inch, Taungdwingyi (0.55)inch and Shwebo(0.36) inch .

Maximum temperature on 3-9-2009 was 88°F.Minimum temperature on 4-9-2009 was 68°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 4-9-2009 was 96%.Total sun shine hours on 3-9-2009 was (0.6) hour approx.

Rainfall on 4-9-2009 was (0.59) inch at Mingaladon,(1.14) inches at Kaba-Aye and (1.38) inches at CentralYangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (87.32) inchesat Mingaladon, (99.53) inches at Kaba-Aye and (104.57)inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (7) mph from Southwest at (18:30) hoursMST on 3-9-2009.

Bay inference: According to the observations at(09:30) hrs M.S.T today, a low pressure area has formed overWest Central Bay and adjoining Northwest Bay of Bengal.Monsoon is strong in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 5th September 2009:Rain or thundershowers will be isolated in lower Sagaingand Mandalay Divisions, scattered in Shan and KayahStates, Magway Division, fairly widespread in Kachin andChin States, upper Sagaing Division and widespread in theremaining States and Divisions with likelihood of isolatedheavyfall in Rakhine and Mon States and TaninthayiDivision. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with rough seas are likely attimes off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface wind speed insqualls may reach (40)mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Strong monsoon.Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for

5-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for5-9-2009: Some rain or thundershowers. Degree of certaintyis (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for5-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Weather outlook for second weekend of September2009: During the coming weekend, rain of thundershowerswill be scattered in Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay Divisions,widespread in Yangon Division.

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LONDON, 4 Sept—Arsene Wenger feelscaptain Cesc Fabregascan enjoy the freedom ofArsenal’s new formation.The Gunners skipper isrecovering from ahamstring problem whichkept him out of the 2-1defeat at Old Trafford, butshould return alongsidedefensive duo Alex Songand Denilson after the

Arsene Wenger

international break.Wenger has been

impressed with how thefluid 4-3-3 set up hasbeen implemented by theplayers. “Cesc likes toplay deep when you havethe ball first, and thenjoin in later,” saidWenger. “He’s a bit like[Chelsea midfielderFrank] Lampard in that.He wants to structure thegame.“Cesc likes to beat the start of things andthen get on the end ofthings. And he can pushforward more thisseason because he hastwo players around himwho can defend.”

Internet

Casillas wants to break ‘curse’ atWorld Cup qualifier

MADRID, 4 Sept—Goalkeeper Iker Casillas, whohas never won a match with Real Madrid at DeportivoLa Coruna’s El Riazor stadium, hopes to break this“curse” when he plays for Spain there on Saturdayin a World Cup qualifier against Belgium.

“I have never managed to win here but we hopeto break this curse with the national squad. Afterwhen I come with Real Madrid it will be anotherstory,” he told a news conference in La Coruna onFriday on the eve of the match.

Meanwhile, Valencia striker David Villa, thetop scorer at the Euro 2008 championship whichSpain won, said he hoped to put an end to a three-match goalless streak with the Spanish nationalteam on Saturday.—Internet

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

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

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC - sowing hatred among thepeople

■ RFA, DVB - generating public outrage■ 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

Prime Minister General Thein Sein addresses opening of workshop on cooperation between agriculturalists, trainees who attendedagriculture courses abroad and entrepreneurs.—MNA

Prime Minister addresses opening of workshop on cooperation between agriculturalists, trainees and entrepreneurs

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Sept—Acting on a tip-off, a combined team comprisingmembers of local battalion and anti-drug squad combed the area near border postNo (127) at China-Myanmar border in Laukkai Special Region (1), Shan State(North) on 2 September.

(See page 11)

TNT factory in Laukkai regionin Shan State (North) Special

Region-1 seized

NAY PYI TAW, 4Sept—The opening ofworkshop on cooperationbetween agriculturalists,trainees who attended agri-culture courses abroad andentrepreneurs, organized bythe Ministry of Agricultureand Irrigation, was held atthe meeting hall of the Min-istry of Agriculture and Irri-gation here this morning withan address by Prime Minis-

ter General Thein Sein.It was also attended

by Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation Maj-GenHtay Oo, Minister for Live-stock and Fisheries Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein,Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung, DeputyMinister for CommerceBrig-Gen Aung Tun, thedirector-general of the Gov-ernment Office and depart-

mental heads, officials ofthe Ministry of Agricultureand Irrigation, the vice-president of MyanmarAcademy of Agriculture,Forestry, Livestock andFisheries and executives, of-ficials of agro-based asso-ciations, agriculturalists,trainees who attended agri-culture courses abroad, en-trepreneurs and guests.

(See page 10)

Government fulfilling all requirements such as modernfarm implements, quality strains and fertilizers to shift

from manual farming to mechanized farmingFarmers, on their part, are to preserve local quality strains, growquality crops in good demand, use systematic cultivation methods

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