The New Light of Myanmar 05-10-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 172 2nd Waning of Thadingyut 1371 ME Monday, 5 October, 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

Community Health University (Magway): sourceof proficient health assistants

Article: Htein Lin; Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

Local people in rural regions were not able toenjoy health care owing to lack of doctors over post-independence period. Nobody wished to be posted inrural areas due to poor transportation. Thus, HealthAssistant Training School was established, at No.2Union Yeiktha in Yangon in 1951 to provide healthcare to rural folks who represented 80 percent of thepopulation in the whole country.

The Health Assistant Training School wasmoved to Aung San in Insein Township from UnionYeiktha in 1963. It was then moved to Hlegu in 1968.In 1989, Health Assistant Training School and Aung

San Health Training School were transferred to theMedical Science Department from the Department ofHealth. In 1991, the two were combined to set upInstitute of Community Health.

It was then upgraded to Community HealthUniversity in November 1995 and was moved toMagway in 1999 which started conducting coursesfrom year 2000.

On our trip to Magway, we interviewedresponsible personnel of Community HealthUniversity about the background history and missionof the university. Acting rector Dr San San Myint

Aung said “Community Health University whichcovers an area of 102.3 acres is situated nearHtonepauk village, two miles away from Magway-Natmauk Road.”

“The university was opened with a view toturning out graduates in community health to provideefficient health care to entire rural folks and to conducttrainings designed for career prospect of basic healthstaff.” she went on.

Those who have passed matriculationexamination with coordinated science (Chemistry,

(See page 7)

Community Health University established in Magway with a view to conducting trainings for career prospect of primary health staff.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 5 October, 2009

Monday, 5 October, 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

In the religious faith and culture of theMyanmar society, the Buddha, the Dhamma(Teachings of the Buddha), members of theBuddhist Order, parents and teachers are re-garded as the five greatest benefactors and areworthy of greatest respects.

Parents are, indeed, initial teachers of theirchildren since they teach their children socialetiquette and traditional culture; dissuade theirchildren from doing wrong; and educate andinculcate them with a sense of good behaviours.

Teachers teach their students school lessonsand skills to the best of their ability. They safe-guard the students from varieties of dangersand harms and broaden their horizons andsharpen their abilities.

Teachers are by nature noble-minded withenourmous loving-kindness for their students.Teachers are inspired by their taste, good-willand sacrificing fervour in teaching, and theyhave such attributes as virtues, uprightness andthe art of teaching. So, they are considered tobe noble ones.

In addition, teachers educate students andserve as role models for the latter’s better fu-ture. They also nurture students for all-rounddevelopment of each individual.

Myanmar people deem the word “teacher”to be noble from the bottom of their heart. Stu-dents are in huge debt of gratitude towardstheir teachers because they teach them till theycome of age. Paying respects to those who re-spects is due is one of the ways to blessings. So,the youth hold their teachers in highest esteemfor ever in preservation of the Myanmar tra-ditions, culture and customs.

Honour and recognizeattributes of teachers for ever

The opening ceremony of Thai Trade Fair in progress at Sein GayharCentre.—MNA

Minister for Hotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing speaking at opening ceremony of Foodand Beverage (Basic) Course.—MNA

YANGON, 3 Oct—Onthe basis of business man-agement principles andpublic administrative con-cepts, the ManagementAwareness Seminar will beheld for businessmen, man-agers and administrators inorder to share experiencesand opinions among themat Grand Gate Centre at No.21 on 19th Street inLanmadaw Township at 1

Management AwarenessSeminar on 19 Oct

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Oct—The Ministry of Hotels andTourism organized the Food and Beverage (Basic)Course at the ministry on 2 October, with an openingaddress by Minister for Hotels and Tourism Maj-GenSoe Naing.

Also present on the occasion were, Deputy Minis-ter for Hotels and Tourism Brig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu,the director-general of the Directorate of Hotels andTourism, the managing director of the Myanma Hotelsand Tourism Services, principals from tourism train-ing schools (Yangon and Mandalay), managers from

Food and Beverage (Basic) Course opened

the hotels in Nay Pyi Taw Hotel Zone and trainees.The four-week course is being attended by 51

trainees.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Oct—Paddy harvesting cer-emony was held at the monsoon model paddy field inKalwin village, Myeik Township, Taninthayi Divi-sion on 28 September morning. Chairman ofTaninthayi Division Peace and Development Coun-cil Commander of Coastal Region Command Maj-

Commander views paddy harvest in Taninthayi DivGen Khin Zaw Oo and party viewed paddy harvest.

Afterwards, the Commander inspectedprogress of extended new school building of Taungpyovillage Basic Education Post Primary School and re-pairing of Kalwin-Taungpyo-Kashet road.

MNA

Thai Trade Fair launched at SeinGayhar Super Centre

YANGON, 4 Oct—SeinGayhar business group andThai entrepreneurs co-or-

ganized Thai Trade Fairwith the assistance of theDepartment of Export Pro-

motion of Thailand at SeinGayhar Super Centre, PyayRoad, Dagon Township,

here, this morning.Managing Director U

Aung Win, Directors UMaung Maung Win, UAung Zaw Myint and DrHtet Ko Ko of Sein Gayharbusiness group and entre-preneurs from Thailandformally opened the fair.

Exhibited at the fairwere varieties of Thai-made products includingshoulder bags, a large rangeof clothes, hats, foodstuff,stationery, fancy wares,shoes and slippers, and cos-metics directly sold by Thaimanufacturers. In addition,Thai companies concernedare exhibiting their prod-ucts.

There, exhibits are onsale at fair prices. Any visi-tor who buys productsworth at least 20,000 kyats,

has a chance to take part inthe lucky draw programme,in which no lot is blank, in-cluding TVs and EVDs andthree Yangon-Bangkokround trip tickets.

The fair takes place atSein Gayhar Super Centre(Pyay Road) from 4 to 11October and at SeinGayhar (Hledan) from 10to 18 October.—MNA

Earthquake reportNAY PYI TAW, 4 Oct—A strong earthquake of

intensity 6.5 Richter Scale with its epicenter out-side Myanmar (the Philippines) about 2000 milessoutheast of Kaba-Aye seismological observatorywas recorded at 17 hr 33 min 12 sec MST on 4th

October, 2009.—MNA

pm on 19 October.As seats are lim-

ited, any businessman orchief executive officerand managing director ofbusiness and enterprise,public administrative de-partment and NGO mayenroll in advance at Dy-namic Management(DYM) Firm, Tel:095143176, 216861 and216864.—MNA

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People view models ofapartment buildings atthe five-day 2009 ChinaShenzhen Autumn RealEstate Trade Fair inShenzhen, south China’sGuangdong Province, 2Oct, 2009. The five-day2009 China ShenzhenAutumn Real EstateTrade Fair kicked offhere on Thursday. XINHUA

Iran’s leader: Obama wrong tosay nuke site hidden

Russia, US conclude sixthround of nuclear arms talks

MOSCOW, 4 Oct — Russian and US negotiators con-tinued to formulate a new nuclear arms reduction treatyin their just-concluded talks in Geneva, the RussianForeign Ministry said on Saturday.

The sixth round of the Russian-US negotiation,which was held in a business like and constructive at-mosphere, discussed particular wording of the treaty,the ministry said in a statement.

“Working groups of experts coordinated the articlesof a new draft treaty and its technical aspects,” it said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his UScounterpart Hillary Clinton will be informed about theoutcomes of the talks during their upcoming meetingin Moscow later this month, it said.

The next round of talks was scheduled for mid-Oc-tober in Geneva, it added.

Six rounds of fully fledged talks have been held be-tween the two sides since Russian President DmitryMedvedev and his US counterpart Barack Obamaagreed in London in early April to work out a replace-ment for the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (STARTI). START I, which was set on the reduction and limi-tation of strategic offensive arms between the twocountries, was signed in 1991 and is due to expire inDecember.—Xinhua

Berlusconi says Sicily deathtoll could reach 50

Latest typhoon kills 16 in northern PhilippinesA view of downtownGiampilieri, near

Messina, southern Italy,on 2 Oct, 2009, after

rivers of mud unleashedby heavy rains flooded

parts of the Sicilian cityof Messina, causinginjuries and leavingseveral people miss-

ing.—INTERNET

MANILA, 4 Oct —Landslides buried twofamilies in the Philippinesas they sheltered in theirhomes from Asia’s latestdeadly typhoon, whichkilled at least 16 people andleft more than a dozenflooded villages cut offSunday.

Police Senior Superin-

tendent Loreto Espinelisaid a family of five, in-cluding a 1-year-old boy,died when their home inBenguet Province was bur-ied as Typhoon Parma hiton Saturday. Seven people,including another family offive, were buried in anearby village, he said. Of-ficials had earlier listed

four people as being killedin the typhoon, which cut adestructive path across thenorthern Philippines butspared the capital, Manila.

Parma hit just eight daysafter an earlier storm leftManila awash in the worstflooding in four decades,killing almost 300 people.

The Central WeatherBureau said Parma shouldmiss the island, but it couldstill bring heavy rain toflood- and landslide-proneareas still recovering froma deadly typhoon in August.

Tens of thousands ofFilipinos fled to higherground as Parma bore downon the main island ofLuzon, packing winds of108 mph (175 kph) anddriving rain. Towns in halfa dozen provinces were bat-tered, and downpoursswelled rivers to bursting,officials said.— Internet

A family continues toclean up flood damage

and debris in theirhome from TyphoonKetsana in Marikinatown, east of Manila,Philippines, on 4 Oct,

2009.—INTERNET

ROME, 4 Oct — Rescueworkers dug for a secondday on Saturday throughpiles of mud and debris asthey searched for about 30missing people from amudslide that has killed atleast 21 in Sicily.

Premier SilvioBerlusconi said he fearedthe death toll from Italy’sworst mudslides in a dec-ade could rise to 50. TheItalian Premier is ex-pected to survey the areaby helicopter on Sunday,his office said.

Rivers of mud un-leashed by heavy rainsflooded parts of Messina,a city in eastern Sicily, onFriday, sweeping awaycars and collapsing build-ings. Hundreds were lefthomeless and about 80injured.

With the rain letting up

and sun forecast in com-ing days, the head of theCivil Protection Depart-ment expressed cautioushope the worst was over.“The situation is difficultand complex, but it is un-der control,” GuidoBertolaso told reportersfrom Messina.

However, some roadswere still impassable andthe terrain unstable fromthe rain that fell in the pastdays. Bertolaso said thatsome roads had “crum-bled.”

Internet

Eight NATO soldiers, two Afghan trooperskilled during clash with militants in

Afghanistan

TEHERAN, 4 Oct —Iran’s president hit back onSaturday at PresidentBarack Obama’s accusa-tion that his country hadsought to hide its construc-tion of a new nuclear site,arguing that Teheran re-ported the facility to theUN even earlier than re-quired.

The Iranian presidentdefended his govern-ment’s actions as the headof the UN’s nuclear moni-toring agency, MohamedElBaradei, arrived on Sat-urday to arrange an in-spection of the uraniumenrichment facility nearthe holy city of Qom.

The revelation that Iran

has been building a newnuclear plant has height-ened the concern of the USand many of its allies, whichsuspect Teheran is using acivilian nuclear programmeas a cover for developing aweapons-making capabil-ity. Iran denies such an aim,saying it only wants to gen-erate energy.

Obama and the leadersof France and Britain ac-cused Iran of keeping theconstruction hidden fromthe world for years. TheUS president said lastmonth that Iran’s actions“raised grave doubts”about its promise to usenuclear technology forpeaceful purposes only.

Internet

KABUL, 4 Oct —Eight soldiers with theNATO-led InternationalSecurity AssistanceForce (ISAF) and twoservice members withAfghan National Secu-rity Force (ANSF) werekilled during battleagainst militants in east-ern Afghan Province ofNuristan, said a state-ment of the alliance is-sued here on Sunday.

“Nuristani tribal mili-tia launched the attackson two joint outposts ofISAF and ANSF on Sat-urday morning from a lo-cal mosque and nearbyvillage and the jointforces effectively re-pelled the attack and in-flicted heavy enemy

casualties,” the statementsaid.

However, “eightISAF and two ANSFservice members werekilled during thefirefight,” it added.

Xinhua

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IT to be major engine of future economicgrowth: Microsoft CEO

SAN FRANCISCO, 4 Oct—Despite the current hardships, global economyis expected to achieve a new round of growth in the next two decadespowered mostly by innovation in information technology (IT), SteveBallmer, chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft Corp, told a technol-ogy conference on Saturday.

“I think information technology more than anything else on the planetwill be the source of the productivity and innovation that powers eco-nomic growth for the next 20 or 30 years,” Ballmer said while giving akeynote speech at the annual conference of Hua Yuan Science and Tech-nology Association (HYSTA), which was held in Santa Clara, the UnitedStates.—Xinhua

IAEA chief arrives in Iranfor talks over nuclear issue

Spain says 36-man crew on hijackedboat safe

United NationsSecretary-General’s Message

on World Habitat Day5 October, 2009

The theme of this year’s observance of WorldHabitat Day, Planning our Urban Future, is meantto underscore the urgency of meeting the needs ofcity dwellers in a rapidly urbanizing world.

The major urban challenges of the twenty-firstcentury include the rapid growth of many citiesand the decline of others, the expansion of the in-formal sector, and the role of cities in causing ormitigating climate change. Evidence from aroundthe world suggests that governments at all levelsare largely failing to address these challenges.Urban sprawl and unplanned development areamong the most visible consequences. Hundredsof millions of urban dwellers are also increasinglyvulnerable to rising sea levels, coastal floodingand other climate-related hazards.

A troubling trend has emerged in many citiesin developed and developing countries alike: thegrowth of up-market suburban areas and gatedcommunities, on the one hand, and the simultane-ous increase in over crowded tenement zones, eth-nic enclaves, slums and informal settlements, onthe other. Stark contrasts have also emerged be-tween technologically advanced and well-servicedbusiness sectors, and other areas defined by de-clining industry, sweatshops and informal busi-nesses.

Better, more equitable urban planning is essen-tial. New ideas from smart cities around the worldare pointing the way toward sustainable urbani-zation. But there is far more to do. Urban poorneed improved tenure and access to land. All cit-ies need safer and more environmentally friendlypublic transport, housing security, clinics and pub-lic services. There is also a need to mobilize fi-nancing for urban development.

Planning is at the heart of this agenda. Butplanning will work only where there is good ur-ban governance and where the urban poor arebrought into the decisions that affect their lives.And planning will work best only where corrup-tion is honestly tackled. United Nations bodiessuch as UN-HABITAT can provide vital help withcapacity building, research, and knowledge man-agement and exchange.

At the dawn of this new urban age, we recog-nize the problems and we know how to tacklethem. We understand perhaps more clearly thanever before that no-one can be excluded, especiallythe poor. On World Habitat Day, let us pledge todo our part to follow through on our plans for abetter, greener, more sustainable future for our in-creasingly urban planet.—UNIC

Spanish fishing vessel Alakrana is seen in the Indian Oceanwaters in this handout picture taken on 2 Oct, 2009 and releasedby Spain’s Defence Ministry. Somali pirates hijacked the Span-ish tuna fishing boat in the Indian Ocean, the regional govern-ment of the Basque Country, the Seychelles and a pirate said onFriday. The Seychelles coastguard said the ship was seized 400

nautical miles northwest of Mahe. The ship has previouslyescaped an attempted hijack on 4 Sept.—XINHUA

Tourists take a parade on boats for their sightsee-ing trip around Zhou Zhuang of antique beauty, inKunshan City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, on 3Oct, 2009. Zhouzhuang Water Town enjoys greatfame with its rustic brick bridges, clear water andancient houses along the rivers, and has been a

leading tourist attractions during the 8-day goldentour week of the National Day Festival.—XINHUA

A giant panda takes amooncake at the

Xiangjiang Safari Park inGuangzhou, capital of

south China’s GuangdongProvince, on 3 Oct, 2009.

Workers at the parkprepared bamboo powder

mooncakes for giantpandas to let them enjoyChinese traditional Mid-

Autumn Festival onSaturday.—XINHUA

TEHERAN, 4 Oct—Di-rector General of the In-ternational Atomic En-ergy Agency (IAEA)Mohamed ElBaradei ar-rived in Iran on Saturdayfor talks with Iranian of-ficials over Teheran’s nu-clear programme, Iran’sstate radio reported.

During his stay in Iran,ElBaradei will meet withIranian officials and dis-cuss Iran’s nuclear pro-gramme with them, the re-port said.

According to Iran’sEnglish-language satellitechannel Press TV,theIAEA chief was expectedto meet with Ali AkbarSalehi, head of the AtomicEnergy Organization ofIran, and other top nuclear

officials on Sunday. The IAEA chief would

not visit the new uraniumenrichment facility duringhis stay in Iran this time,Press TV quoted an an-nouncement of the Su-preme National SecurityCouncil (SNSC) as say-ing.

The IAEA said on Fri-day that ElBaradei hadbeen invited to Teheran byIranian authorities andwould travel there to dis-cuss with Iran about itssecond uranium enrich-ment facility near Qom.

Iran’s chief nuclearnegotiator Saeed Jalili onThursday held talks withtop envoys from theUnited States, Russia,China, Britain, France andGermany in Geneva,Switzerland.

During the talks,Jalili promised that Tehe-ran would soon open itsnewly-disclosed uranium-enrichment facility nearQom to UN inspectors,according to EuropeanUnion foreign policychief Javier Solana, whocoordinated the talks.

Xinhua

MADRID, 4 Oct—A trawler hijackedby pirates in the Indian Ocean has beenspotted by navy aircraft and the 36-mancrew is safe, the Spanish governmentsaid on Saturday.

Defence Ministry spokesmanConstantino Mendez said the Spanishwarship Canarias was heading towardthe tuna-fishing vessel and was expectedto sight the fishing boat before the pi-rates could reach port in Somalia.

“The situation is calm. There are nostrange movements on deck and the boatis on a more or less stable course,” thedefence chief of staff, Gen JaimeDominguez, said.

The boat, the Alakrana, was boardedby Somali pirates early Friday when itwas working waters 800 miles awayfrom the nearest navy escort, the gov-ernment said in a statement.

The government has set up a teamheaded by Deputy Prime Minister MariaTeresa Fernandez de la Vega alongsiderepresentatives of the defence, foreign,interior and environment ministries towork toward the tuna fishing vessel’sliberation.

The team met on Saturday to decidea strategy and the defence ministry saidall options for resolving the hijack wereopen. Ship owners of the remaining 17Spanish boats fishing in the area havesent instructions for them to move fur-ther off shore or return to port, the fish-ing organization Cepesca said.

Internet

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Hamas denies return of Abbas troopsto Gaza under Egyptian-brokered deal

People gather underthe moonlight during

the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, inNanjing, capital of

east China’s JiangsuProvince, on 3 Oct,2009. The Mid-Au-tumn Festival, alsoknown as the MoonFestival, falls on the

15th day of August onthe lunar calendar.

XINHUA

GAZA, 4 Oct— AHamas official on Satur-day denied reports that thePalestinian National Au-thority (PNA), led byPresident MahmoudAbbas, will rule the GazaStrip under an expectedreconciliation deal be-tween Hamas and Abbas’Fatah movement.

The deal, expected to beinked in Cairo later thismonth, “sees two govern-ments in the West Bankand in the Gaza Strip anda higher committee willarrange between the two

governments,” said Salahal-Bardaweel, a Hamasofficial.

Egypt’s al-Ahram dailyreported on Saturday thatpro-Abbas forces, whowere routed by Hamas inJune 2007, would returnto Gaza under the agree-ment and they will helpopen Rafah crossing pointbetween Egypt and Gaza,since an international pro-tocol says this crossingcan not open without theseforces.

“The government ofIsmail Haneya (Hamas),

which was endorsed by theparliament, will remain incharge of all security af-fairs,” al-Bardaweel toldreporters.

Egypt has hosted sev-eral rounds of talks be-tween Palestinian factionsover the past months in abid to end the national riftand the political split be-tween Gaza and the WestBank.

According to al-Bardaweel, the reconcilia-tion agreement “is on theright way.”

XinhuaAll items from Xinhua News Agency

More earthquakes struckeastern California

LOS ANGELES, 4 Oct—Eastern California awoke Sat-urday morning only to find that another spate of earth-quakes have struck the Eastern Sierra, as a magnitude4.5 quake rattled a famous ghost town some 200 miles(320 km) north of Los Angeles. The latest magnitude4.5 aftershock hit at 4:50 am local time (1150 GMT),and a trio of temblors at or above 3.0 magnitude hitlater in the morning, according to automated seismo-graphs operated by Caltech, the USGS and otheruniversities.The epicenters were near Keeler, an oldghost town founded in the 1870s as a steamboat porton the north shore of Owens Lake.A 5.0 quake sent thearea rattling early Thursday morning, and a trio ofquakes with magnitudes of 4.7, 4.9 and 5.2 struck within a few minutes on Friday evening.—Xinhua

Rio de Janeiro Olympics opportunity forChinese investors

Strong earthquake joltseastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, 4 Oct—A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on theRicher scale rocked Indonesia’s eastern region of Papua prov-ince at 12:36 am local time (0336 GMT) on Sunday at a depth of39 km, 128 km northwest the provincial capital of Manokwari,Indonesian meteorology and geophysics agency said.

No report on injured person or damaged building was reportedso far. “The earthquake in Papua has nothing to do with that inSumatra. The tectonic plates in both incidents are different,”Suharjono, the official of the agency said.

The powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake that rocked WestSumatra Province that occurred on Wednesday killed more than500 people with thousands others feared dead as they were stilltrapped under the rubble of while the rescue teams from acrossthe world try to discover them from underneath buildings col-lapsed by the quake and landslide.—Xinhua

An helicopter uploads relief materials,which will be sent to the disaster area insouth Upolu Island, in Apia, capital of

Samoa, on 3 Oct, 2009. The death toll roseto 170, as Samoa and America Samoa werestruggling in the aftermath of the devastat-ing earthquake and the ensuring tsunami.

XINHUA

Reports say three aid workers seized inJuly set free in Somalia

MOGADISHU, 4 Oct— Three aid workers who had been held since July werereleased by gunmen in the Horn of Africa country of Somalia, according to agen-cies’ reports on Saturday.

The three were kidnapped in July in the north of Kenya and taken to Somaliaacross the border. They were taken to a small plane on Saturday morning in thesouthwestern Somali town of Luq, the reports said.

It was unclear so far whether any ransom have been paid for the release.The development came after fierce battles between two main groups in Soma-

lia’s southern port city which fell to the hardline Al-Shabaab movement continuedon Thursday.

At least 15 people including combatants were killed and 35 others wounded onThursday after the fighting, medics and residents said.—Xinhua

Several chefs slice off a super moon cake with a diameter of more than 3meters and give out for local citizens to share for free in an activity of the

Middle Autumn Festival in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 3Oct, 2009. —XINHUA

BEIJING, 4 Oct—Former Chinese ambassa-dor to Brazil Chen Duqingsaid on Saturday Chinamay play a significant rolein Riode Janeiro’s prepa-rations for the 2016 Olym-pic Games. “Comparedwith the other applicants,currently Rio de Janeirostill has a lot to do to im-prove its sports facilitiesand other infrastructure,which indicates a special

opportunity for Chinesecompanies,” Chen toldXinhua Saturday in an ex-clusive interview.

The costs of preparingfor the event in 2016 areestimated at roughly 12billion US dollars. How-ever, the event is expectedto generate 250 billion.

Zhou Zhiwei, an expertin Brazil studies with theChinese Academy of So-cial Sciences, noted that

for Rio de Janeiro, trafficand infrastructure are thecity’s weak points.

Beating rivals Chicago,Tokyo and Madrid, Rio deJaneiro won the right tohost the world’s largeststage of sporting eventsafter three failed attempts.

Rio de Janeiro’s winalso marks the first timethat an Olympic Gameswill be held in SouthAmerica.—Xinhua

A visitor takes photos of rabbit figurines at theDongyue Temple in Beijing, capital of China, on 3

Oct, 2009, the Mid-Autumn Festival. —XINHUA

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NEWS ALBUMA 16-year-old Australian girl will

resume her record bid to sail solo aroundthe world within days, her spokesmansaid on Tuesday, despite loud calls forher to quit after she crashed on a test voy-age.

Critics have urged Jessica Watson toabandon her attempt to become the young-est person to sail non-stop and alonearound the world after her yacht hit a63,000-tonne frigate less than 24 hoursafter leaving port this month.

But spokesman Andrew Fraser saidWatson was determined to go ahead withthe journey.

“She’s just switched off now. She’s justfocused on doing this,” Fraser told AFP.

When it’s feeding time at the zoo,it’s still a jungle out there.

Although food is plentiful, there’salways a fierce battle to grab your share.

Its teeth bared, a white Bengal tigerlunges into the water ready to snap upwhatever is thrown its way.

Photographer Birte Person capturedthese spectacular shots as the tiger andfive others did the closest thing theycould to hunting at Singapore Zoo.

Teenager Jessica Watson (C) poseswith her parents Roger and Julie onher yacht at the Rivergate Marina

and Shipyard near Brisbane in May2009. The 16-year-old Australian

girl will resume her record bid to sailsolo around the world within days,

her spokesman has said, despite loudcalls for her to quit after she crashed

on a test voyage.

Aussie yacht-crash girl to resume round-world bidRare white BenglaTiger springs on prey

Birte says that Singapore has one of thelargest collections of white tigers in theworld and runs a very efficient breeding and conservation programme.

John Casas, 15, walks with his“Cheetah flex-foot” prosthetic feet

during a training session in Medellinon 17 September, 2009. Casas, who

lives in the violent Comuna 13neighbourhood in Medellin, lost his

legs in a car accident. The Casasfamily were displaced by civil war

from their home in Uraba, AntioquiaProvince. John is being helped by arehabilitation center and dreams ofparticipating in the Paralympics inLondon 2012. Picture taken on 17

September, 2009.

Israeli army strikes Gaza weapons workshop

A Palestinian man sitsnext to the entrance to

a smuggling tunneldestroyed after anIsraeli air strike in

Rafah, near theborder between Egyptand the southern GazaStrip, on 3 Oct, 2009.

INTERNET

Cuban civil defence teamskeep swine flu at bay

HAVANA, 4 Oct — Cuba is ready to use justabout everything at its disposal, from its well-oiledcivil defense system to the soldiers of a totalitar-ian government, to keep swine flu cases to a mini-mum. Everything but a vaccine.

As the US prepares an extensive health surveyfor side affects from its massive inoculation plans,Cuba’s No 2 health official says relying on a shotto contain a world pandemic is risky as best — anddemoralizing at worst. “Nobody knows if it wouldwork,” Dr Luis Estruch told The Associated Pressin an interview. “How safe would it be?”

Cuba’s sophisticated public-monitoring systemand geographic isolation as an island have keptswine flu cases to just 435 in a country of 11 mil-lion — and no deaths to date. That’s roughly onein 25,000 people, compared with one in 6,900 inthe US and one in 4,000 in Mexico.—Internet

Germany marks 19thanniversary of reunificationBERLIN, 4 Oct — Germany celebrated the

anniversary of its reunification Saturday withfestivals, concerts and parades across the coun-try.

In the capital, tens of thousands of peoplewatched a massive-scale street performancefeaturing a pair of giant marionettes suspendedby cranes marching slowly through downtown.

Wearing a green dress — and at times a yel-low slicker overtop to fend off the drizzle —the 7.5-meter (25-foot) “small giant” wanderedone route looking for her partner — a 15-me-ter (50-foot) “big giant.”

The big giant, clad as a deep-sea diver, waspulled by a crane from under the waters of theSpree river outside Berlin’s main train station,then paraded past the federal Chancellory build-ing along his route.—Internet

Southern California forest firedestroys 3 homes

GAZA CITY, 4 Oct —The Israeli army says itcarried out airstrikes on aweapons workshop eastof Gaza City and twoweapons smuggling tun-nels under the Gaza-Egypt border.

Palestinian health offi-cials reported no injuries.

The army says Satur-day’s strikes were in re-sponse to a mortar shelland a rocket fired at Israelfrom Gaza the day before.

A small extremistgroup, Ansar al-Sunna,said on Friday it fired tworockets at Israel.

Exchanges of fire be-tween Israel and Gazamilitants have increasedin recent months after aperiod of relative quietfollowing Israel’s Gazaoffensive, which ended on18 Jan.

The Israeli army saidabout 60 rockets and mor-tar rounds have been fired

at Israel in the last threemonths. Airstrikes fol-lowed some of those at-tacks.—Internet

LYTLE CREEK, 4 Oct — A firedriven by winds of 40 mph destroyedthree homes and threatened dozensof others in a rugged warren of moun-tains and canyons northeast of SanBernardino on Saturday. As a hugewall of flames chewed through thicktimber and brush in the Lytle Creekarea 15 miles northeast of SanBernardino, residents of some 50homes in its path fled, taking horsesand pets with them. No injuries werereported.

“We do have structures lost,three homes in Swarthout Can-yon,” said Norma Bailey, a fire in-formation officer with the US. For-est Service. The area is not far from

Interstate 15, a major route con-necting Las Vegas with SouthernCalifornia.

About 50 homes are locatedin the canyon, and Bailey saidevacuation centers had beenopened for people, large animalslike horses and smaller animalslike dogs and cats. People werebeing housed at Eisenhower HighSchool in nearby Rialto, whilehorses were being boarded at theGlen Helen Regional Park rodeogrounds in Devore and smalleranimals were being taken to a lo-cal animal shelter. The area isabout 60 miles east of Los Ange-les.—Internet

“Super volcano” with twisted innardsfound in Italy

Long before Vesuvius blew its topand smothered Pompeii, Italy was rockedby a “supervolcano” eruption so powerfulit possibly blocked out the sun and triggeredprolonged global cooling, scientists say.

The now fossilized supervolcano lasterupted about 280 million years ago,leaving behind an 8-mile-wide (13-kilometre-wide) caldera, which wasrecently discovered in the Italian Alps’Sesia Valley. What’s more, seismic forceshave twisted the volcano’s interior, giving

scientists an unprecedented glimpse deepinto the feature’s explosive plumbing—and a better shot at deciphering when thenext one might blow. The Italian eruptionlikely lasted for weeks, Quick told NationalGeographic News.

During that time the supervolcanohefted an estimated 239 cubic miles (1,000cubic kilometres) of material into theatmosphere—about a thousand times morematerial than Mount St. Helens spewedduring its infamous 1980 eruption.

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Community Health University (Magway):source of proficient health assistants

Article: Htein Lin; Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

Dr San San Myint AungActing Rector

Community Health University (Magway)“I am attending the

course so that Icould render more

healthcare service tothe public.”

Daw Aye Myat MawAyeyawady

Division,Ngwehsaung

“My aim of studyinghere is to render

healthcare to ruralfolks.”

Maung Tin WinNaing

Yanbye Township

“I am learning herefor I want to becomea health assistant.”Maung Htay Myo

AungMinbu

“The reason I amhere is to providehealthcare to the

public.”Maung Khun San Oo

Second year undergraduates taking notes on anatomy.

(from page 1)Physics, Biology) areeligible for the entranceof the university and ittakes four years to begraduated in B. Comm.H.

Concerning theorganization set-up chart,the acting rector explained“Our university is staffedwith a total of 256including one rector, twopro-rectors, and oneregistrar, 42 officer and214 staff in addition to102 faculty members.”

It is learnt that theuniversity conductsHealth Assistant Course(Short & Regular),Community HealthSupervisor (Levels 1 &2), apart from the degreecourse. Furthermore,short courses such asRefresher Course forHealth Assistant, NursingCourse, House SurgeonCourse all-roundmidwifery Course (Civil& Military) are also

conducted occasionally.The university has so farproduced 594 graduatesfrom 1999 to 2007.

To realize one of thefour social objectives, thatis “Uplift of health, fitnessand education standardsof the entire nation”, thegovernment has beenimplementing such long-term plans as BorderAreas and National RacesDevelopment Project, 24-Special RegionsDevelopment Project,Rural Areas DevelopmentProject. It has also beenestablishing ruralhealthcare centres acrossthe nation, now the figurehas reached to 1473.

We also interviewedsome students comingfrom different regionsabout their aims of doing adegree there.

“I am Maung Tin WinNaing, Rakhine national, Icome from Yanbye toattend 9-monthCommunity HealthSupervisor Course (Level-1).The lecture is from 9am to 4 pm. I am studyingthis course as I want torender healthcare service

who came from Minbu,revealed his dream ofbecoming a healthassistant.

The last intervieweesaid, “My name is MgKhun San Oo, Pa-Onational from Hpa-an. Iam studying at secondyear. I am here trying tobecome a proficient healthassistant, and to render

to the public.” a traineeanswered willingly.

The next intervieweewas Daw Aye Myat Mawwho said that she wasfrom Thalatkwa Stationin Ngwehsaung: that shewas attending HealthAssistant Course (Short-term), with the aim ofproviding morehealthcare to the public.

When asked what hisintentions were instudying for a degreethere, Maung Htay MyoAung, a first-year student,

health care to the publicwith my specializedknowledge.”

The social objectiveof the State—“Uplift ofhealth, fitness, andeducation standards of theentire nation”—is onehundred percent on trackand thus students andtrainees learning atCommunity HealthUniversity with nobleattitude will be able to

render healthcareservice to rural folks asdesired by them whenthey enter practical fieldafter having graduated.

Translation: TKKMyanma Alin

2-10-2009*******

YANGON, 4 Oct— The Management Course No.7 for Middle Level Officer concluded at Ketu Hall ofCentral Institute of Civil Service (Phaunggyi), here, on2 October morning.

Rector U Win Maung presented prizes to theoutstanding trainees and delivered an address on theoccasion.

Later, he gave completion certificates to thetrainees.

MNA

Management Course for MiddleLevel Officer concludesYANGON, 3 Oct — Chairman of Yangon City

Development Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung TheinLin inspected eight-inches diameter tube well sunk byEngineering Department (Water and Sanitation) of thecommittee for enabling the people in the township toget drinking water and supply of drinking water at thejunction between Maha bandoola Road and 32nd Streetin Pabedan Township here this morning.

Next, the mayor looked into maintenance of 32nd

Street, preventive measures against DHF carried outby departmental officials and members of socialorganizations in the township and presented insecticides

Mayor oversees undertakings of YCDC Engineering Departmentto officials. Then the mayor attended the opening ofnew school buildings for Basic Education MiddleSchool No (1) and BEPS No (3) in Insein Townshipand formally opened the new school buildings. Two-storey buildings were built under the assistance ofEngineering Department (Building).

Afterwards, the mayor addressed the new schoolbuildings handing over ceremony of BEMS No (1) andBEPS (3) at the hall of BEPS No (3) and handed overdocuments related to new school buildings to DeputyDirector-General U Myo Myint of No (3) BasicEducation Department.—MNA

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Transport Minister meetslocal people in Nay Pyi Taw

DistrictNAY PYI TAW, 4 Oct—Minister for Transport

Maj-Gen Thein Swe yesterday morning met withtownselders, members of social organizations andlocal people from villages of Kinpontan, Nyaungbinthaand Thitlaylone village-tracts at the No, 123 BasicEducation Primary School in Thitseintbin village, NayPyi Taw Pyinmana Township, Nay Pyi Taw districtand made a speech to them.

Next, the minister presented uniforms andexercise books for students of Thitseintbin villageBasic Education Primary School, periodicals for vil-lage library, clothes for village people and cash for thevillage through officials.

After that, the minister met with townselders,members of social organizations and local peoplefrom 61 villages in Thawuthti, Paukmyine, Ahlekyun,Inpin, Titaung, Thabyaygon, Thayatgon, Pyanchi and

Pyaungkhungkhayi village-tracts at No. 6 Basic Edu-cation High School in Thawuthti village, Nay Pyi TawLewe Township.

Afterwards, the Minister presented uniformsfor the village, exercise books for students of ThawuthtiNo. 6 Basic Education High School, periodicals for thevillage library, 200 of cement bags for the village BasicEducation High School and cash, and clothes for localpeople through officials.

MNA

YANGON, 4 Oct—Atotal of 15 members ofMyanmar InternationalFreight Forwarders’ Asso-ciation left here for Bang-kok, Thailand today to at-tend “Practical Training forMyanmar Logistics Provid-ers in Thailand Course” con-ducted by Japan Interna-tional Cooperation Centerfrom 5 to 9 October.—MNA

MIFFA members leave for Bangkok

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Oct—Acting on information,the local security force members of Laukkai Townshipof Shan State (North) combed Tarsinkyaing Village ofLaukkai Township and seized 4462 litres of chloro-form liquid, 360 litres of sulphuric acid, 50 kilos of trisodium phosphate, two flat-bottomed flasks and two

Precursor chemicals, related items seized inLaukkai Township, Shan State (North)

funnels used in producing drug at the basement of oldwarehouse. Those seized items are transferred to Kunlonspecial anti-drug squad and action is being taken toarrest culprits. It is learnt that the seized items arerelated to the outlaws.

MNA

45th Anniversary MPF Daymarked in Mon StateYANGON, 4 Oct— Organized by Mon State

Police Force, the ceremony to mark the 45th Anniver-sary Myanmar Police Force Day and the awardingceremony for outstanding police members were heldat the meeting hall of the Mon State Police Force on 1October. Present on the occasion were the commanderof Mon State Police Force, state, district and townshiplevel police officers, members of the traffic policeforce, outstanding police members and their familiesand chairmen and members of Ward and Village Peaceand Development Councils.

At the ceremony, Police Col Win Kyi readthe message on the 45th Anniversary Myanmar PoliceForce Day from the MPF Chief. Police Col Win Kyiand wife, Police Lt-Col Shwe Aye and officialspresented the awards to the outstanding police mem-bers.

The state flag hoisting ceremony to mark the45th Anniversary Myanmar Police Force Day was heldat the parade ground of Mon State Police Force.

MNA

Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyein andwife being welcomed by Ambassador of

Federal Republic of Germany Mr. JuliusGeorg Luy at the reception to mark National

Day of FRG on 3 October.— MNA

Trainees fromcompanies of MIFFA

seen at the airportbefore departure forThailand.— UMFCCI

Drums of chemical precursors and related items seized from cell ofold warehouse near Tarsinkyaing Village

of Laukkai Township. — MNA

Plastic containers of chemical precursors and related items seizedfrom cell of old warehouse near Tarsinkyaing Village of Laukkai

Township. — MNA

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YANGON, 4 Oct—Theopening ceremony for 1stIn te r -S ta te /Div is ionMen’s Hockey competi-tion, jointly organized bySports and Physical Edu-cation Department andMyanmar Hockey Federa-tion, was held at TheinbyuHockey pitch this evening.Minister for Sports Chair-man of Myanmar Olym-pic Committee Brig-GenThura Aye Myint openedthe competition.

First ISD Men’s Hockey competition commences

It was also attendedby Sports Minister’s wifeDaw Aye Aye, Brig-GenMyo Myint (Retd), Presi-dent of MHF Col HtinZaw Win, officials andfans. Artistes staged theirperformance before theceremony.

In the debut, SagaingDivision played againstYangon Division. Con-tending teams at the com-petition were Chin State,Mon State, Rakhine

State, Shan State (North),Yangon Division,Sagaing Division, BagoDivision, Mandalay Di-vision and AyeyawadyDivision.

The competition willbe held up to 13 October.Three matches each willbe held daily. Semi-finalswill be on 11 October,third place match on 12October and final on 13October.

NLM

Minister for Religious Affairs,chairman of Kayin State onregional development tasks

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Oct—Minister for Religious Af-fairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung together withChairman of Kayin State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Brig-Gen Zaw Min attended a ceremony topay respects to elders at Kawrin (lower) Village BasicEducation High School (Branch) in Hpa-an Townshipon 29 September morning. The minister and the chair-man encouraged a team of specialists led by medicalsuperintendent Dr U Hla Tun of Hpa-an People’sHospital giving free medical treatment to the localpeople of Kawring village-tract and inspected the five-acre teak plantation of the Forest Department.

They also met local people from Pakut village atthe hall of village Basic Education High School; from13 villages in Hlarkamyin village-tract at Meboungvillage school hall; from 4 villages of Shwetaw villagetract at the hall of Shwetaw model village Basic Edu-cation Middle School, and they presented clothes,periodicals, exercise books, sport gears and cash forpeople, libraries and schools.

Afterwards, the Minister and the Chairman inspectedU Saw Tun Nay’s integrated farms in Shwetaw modelvillage, and viewed collective broadcasting of fertilizer at20 acres of Manorthukha monsoon paddy fields inKawkyaik model village, Hpa-an Township.—MNA

Minister for Forestry meets withAmbassador of Republic of Philippines

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Oct—Minister for ForestryBrig-Gen Thein Aung metwith Ambassador of theRepublic of PhilippinesMs Maria Hellen at theministry here on 2 Octo-ber morning.

They discussed mat-ters on bilateral coopera-tion in the forest sector.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4Oct—Landslide trig-gered by heavy rain de-stroyed some houses,buildings and blockedroads in KawthoungTownship, TaninthayiDivision, on 2 October.

The landslideblocked Kawthoung-Bokpyin Road at milepost No (7) and some

Tatmadaw U-21 FootballTournament continues

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Oct—The group matches ofthe first round of the 25th Defence Services Com-mander-in-Chief’s Trophy U-21 Tatmadaw (Army,Navy and Air) Football Tournament continued at thedesignated zones this evening.

In the South-East Command Zone(Mawlamyine), Southern Command beat Central Com-mand 2-1. In the South-West Command Zone (Pathein),No. 22 LID routed Nay Pyi Taw Command-B 3-0. Inthe Southern Command Zone (Toungoo), YangonCommand trounced No. 88 LID 5-0.—MNA

MMA to conduct distance courseYANGON, 4 Oct—Continuous Medical Educa-

tion Unit under Myanmar Medical Association willconduct “Emergency Management for GPs (2009)”distance course from 15 October to 11 December.

Those interested may submit three license pho-tos to MMA office at No 249, Theinphyu Road inMingala Taungnyunt Township during office hoursfrom 15 October to 6 November and contact (ph;378863, 380899 and 394141).—MNA

Heavy rain causes landslide in TaninthayiCorrigendum

Please read “pota-ble water” instead of “port-able water” in the head-line and body text of thebyline on page 7 of4-10-2009 issue of NewLight of Myanmar.

Ed

Minister for ForestryBrig-Gen Thein Aungreceives Ambassador

of the Republic ofPhilippines Ms MariaHellen. —�FORESTRY

Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint delivers an address at opening of 1st Inter-State/Division Men’s Hockey Competition.—MHF

streets in Thirimyine andPadauk Shwewa wards inKawthoung and ravagedtwo houses on Mya YiPale Street, one buildingand four public resthouses in Shwe ParamiMeditation Centre andtwo buildings and onehouse in AyeYeikthaNunnery on MyopatStreet in Padauk Shwewa

ward.Two monks and

one novice were killedand two novices and onechild slightly injured inthe disaster. Rescue andclearing work wasjointly carried out byofficials concerned andsocial associations andcompleted yesterday af-ternoon.—MNA

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YANGON, 4 Oct—Traffic Rules EnforcementCommittee recently announced the winners in con-tests to mark its 20th anniversary.

U Aye Ko (Maung Aye Ko-Paungtale) won thefirst, U Kan Myint (Kan Myint Maw) the second andU Win Min Tun (Lin Nay Yi-Kalaw) the third in theopen short story contest. In the article contest, U HteinLin (Lin Ayon Oo-Bago) occupied the first followedby second prize winner U Nyunt Hlaing (Nyunt HlaingWin-Kungyangon) and third prize winner Daw KhinWut Yi (Wut Yi Khin-Bago). U Kyaw Tun (AphyukMyay Maung Swe Mon) became the first in the openpoem contest where U Than Win (Min Yin Su) wonthe second and U Pannita Nanda (Myat Phone-Tatkon)the third. U Sae Boe Ta won the first, U J MaungMaung the second and U Min Zarni Zaw the third inthe open photo contest. Ma Aye Ei Soe San (Ma AyeEi Soe San) conquered the first, U Soe Thein (SoeThein-Letpadan) the second and Ma Win Win (Win

Winners of Traffic Rules Enforcement Committee’s 20th anniversary contests announcedWin) the third in the open poster contest. In BasicEducation Middle Level poster contest, Ma KhineMay Thu won the first, Ma Thin Nadi Soe the secondand Ma Nay Zin Hnin Htet the third Ma Seint ThinzaNyunt won the first, Ma Shun Myint Mo Oo thesecond and Ma May Htoo Myat Mon the third in BasicEducation High Level poster contest. In the opencartoon contest, Ma Aye Ei Soe San (Ma Aye Ei SoeSan) won the first, U Khin Maung Oo (Shwe Ko Oo)the second and U Zaw Min (Min Zaw Oo-Ma Hta Tha)the third. In the Basic Education Middle Level cartooncontest, Maung Paing Thu Hein won the first, Mg YeMyat Aung the second and Ma Khine May Thu thethird. Ma Seint Thinza Nyunt won the first, Ma MayHtoo Myat Mon the second and Ma Ei Pwint Phyu thethird in the Basic Education High Level cartooncontest. In the Basic Education Middle Level essaycontest, Ma Wut Yi Moe won the first, Maung ThuraTin the second and Ma Kaung Yi Ywe Thant the third.

Ma May Zami secured the first, Ma Ei Sanda Win Htetthe second and Maung Paing Htet Zaw the third in theBasic Education High Level essay contest. In BasicEducation Primary Level stage show contest, BEPS(1) Bahan won the first, BEMS (1) Dagon the secondand BEPS (2) Kamayut the third. In the Basic Educa-tion High Level stage show contest, BEHS (1) Dagonwon the first, BEHS (2) Kamayut and BEHS (3)Mingala Taungnyunt the second and BEPPS (10) Hlinethe third. There were five and six consolation prizewinners in each contest.

Prizes will be presented to the first, second andthird winners at the National Theatre on Myoma KyaungRoad in Dagon Township here on 24 and 25 October.The winners are to contect the holding committee at theNational Theatre on 22 October and consolation prizewinners may take out their prizes at Wireless andTraffic Police Force Commander’s Office on 51st Streetin Pazundaung Township.—MNA

(from page 16)are one 50-bed hospital, one station hospital, six ruralhealth centres and 26 rural health branches in thetownship.

The local farmers place emphasis on growingmonsoon paddy, summer paddy, groundnut, sesame,sunflower, green gram, pigeon pea and long staplecotton. A plan was set to cultivate 1 million acres ofmonsoon paddy in the township. A total of 107835acres of land have been put under monsoon paddywith the use of irrigation water in the 2008-2009 and4109 acres of land under summer paddy. Therefore,the township has achieved 168.77 per cent of ricesufficiency and 361 per cent of edible oil sufficiency.

At present, the local farmers can use the irriga-tion water for their farmlands. These water resourcesare Ngamin Dam near Ngamin Village that can irri-gate 4000 acres of farmlands, Kandawgyi Lake thatcan irrigate 1128 acres of farmlands, Yinmale Damnear Zeedaw Village that can supply water to 2492acres of farmlands, Kinmontaung Dam near

Taungdwingyi-Nay Pyi Taw Road, Bangon Dam thatcan irrigate 2000 acres of farmlands and Yanpei Dam,4.5 miles south of Wakkthay Village, that can irrigate10,000 acres of farmlands. Thanks to the irrigationfacilities, the cultivable lands were extended inTaungdwingyi Township year by year.

The news crew of Kyemon Daily, together withHead of Township Information and Public RelationsDepartment U Zaw Htay Aung, visited Yanpei Dam.

Staff Officer of Irrigation Department U WinLwin explained that Yanpei Dam is an earthen em-bankment type. It is 78 feet high and 9100 feet longmain embankment. The dam can store 8740 acre feet

of water at the lowest level and 35140 acre feet ofwater at the highest level. This year, the dam irrigatedover 800 acres of monsoon paddy.

The right main canal supplies water to 6488acres of farmlands of Nyakamoe Village-tract, TetawVillage-tract-2, Kyakhatkan, Ingon, Pandawnge,Thakan Wakkathay and Hsugaukgyi villages. Like-wise, the left main canal irrigates 4372 acres offarmlands of Wakkathay, Paratkyei, Thiri Mingala,Thitpokkon and Nyadaw villages. Thanks to the dam,the local farmers can grow summer paddy and doublecropping. The local people have food and edible oilsufficiency this year. Therefore, they are enjoyingfruits of economic, health, education and social devel-opment.

The news team observed the thriving monsoonpaddy plantations in Paratkyei Village. We met witha farmer at work. Farmer U San Oo heartily said, “Inthe past, we did not place emphasis on cultivation ofmonsoon paddy due to lack of rainwater. We grew peaand sesame in the region. At present, we cultivatepaddy in the farmlands in addition to pea and sesamethanks to water supply from Yanpei Creek throughYanpei Dam. So, we thank the authorities concernedfor their efforts to build the Yanpei Dam.”

Nowadays, various dams and reservoirs havebeen built in the arid region to supply water to thefarmlands and croplands. During our trip, we saw thegood results in Taungdwingyi Township of MagwayDivision in growing monsoon and summer paddy andvarious kinds of crops with the use of irrigation waterwithout too much reliance on the rainwater.

*****Translation: TTAKyemon: 21-9-2009

Staff Officer U Win Lwin of TaungdwingyiTownship Irrigation Department.

Farmer U San Oo of Paratkyei Village.

Photo shows main canal of Yanpei Dam.

Paddy plantations thriving in Paratkyei Village with the use of irrigation water from Yanpei Dam.

Successful agricultural undertakings in TaungdwingyiArticle: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)

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LONDON, 4 Oct— Dozens of trans-Atlantic flights from the UnitedKingdom were delayed on Saturday aftera glitch in an air traffic control system inScotland, but the problem was fixed afew hours later and authorities wereworking to get the flight schedule backto normal.

Engineers found a malfunction onSaturday morning in the system thatcontrols the airspace across the AtlanticOcean from Scotland, a statement fromthe National Air Traffic Services said.Theagency said it had reverted to back-up

Computer glitch delays dozens of UK flights

WILLIAMS,(ARIZ), 4 Oct —Residents of 64 homesin Williams, Arizona, spent most of Saturday awayfrom their homes when a controlled burn turnedinto a wildfire, authorities said.

Parts of Williams, the town known as “TheGateway to the Grand Canyon,” were stillthreatened by strong winds Saturday night, TheArizona Republic reported. The fire was stillburning undergrowth and Ponderosa pines on BillWilliams Mountain. Crews expected to spend thenight making fire lines along the northeast side ofthe blaze.

The fire, in the Kaibab National Forest, hadburned 1,000 acres outside the controlled burnarea, near Williams south of Interstate 40, theRepublic reported.The Red Cross set up anevacuation center at an elementary school inWilliams.The fire jumped the line Thursday whennortheast winds shifted to the southwest.

Punky Moore, a spokeswoman for the nationalforest, told the Republic in a story publishedSaturday 90 firefighters were working to suppressthe blaze with 10 air tankers and three crews fromCalifornia expected to assist in the effort.—Internet

Arizona fire forces peopleout of homes

Each year on 5 October we cel-ebrate teachers for their invaluablecontribution in shaping effectiveeducation systems and preparingchildren, young people and adultsfor active and responsible partici-pation in society.

Education is a human right andcentral to sustainable development.It is both vital to increase accessand to enhance inclusion andquality at all levels of education andin all settings. Among the many fac-tors which affect the quality of edu-cation, teachers play a pivotal rolein ensuring good learning out-comes. It is commonly acknowl-edged that the quality of learningdepends ,first and foremost, on thequality of teachers. It was on thisday in 1966 that standards wereadopted by the international com-munity to promote quality teachersand teaching.

There is an acute shortage ofqualified and trained teachers, es-pecially in the developing worldwhere enrolments at all levels areincreasing. It is estimated that 2.4million teachers ( 1.2 million newteacher posts) will be needed be-tween 2007 and 2015 in sub -Sa-haran Africa alone to achieve Uni-versal Primary Education. Lack oftraining, professional developmentand growing recruitment on a con-tract basis weaken education qual-i ty. But the profession is a lsogravely affected by poverty, theHIV and AIDS pandemic, naturaldisasters, conflict and violenceagainst teachers in school.

We f ace an u rgen t need tobridge this global “teacher gap.”It requires policies that take anintegrated approach combininglarge-scale recruitment with ap-propriate pre-service and in-ser-vice training, strong leadership,satisfactory working conditions,and relevant teaching-learningtools and materials.

High expectations and demandsare placed on teachers today withthe emergence of knowledge soci-eties and the growing integration ofinformation and communicationtechnologies in education. The 21st

century calls for new approaches tolearning, innovative thinking, theacquisition of specific knowledge

Joint message on the occasionof World Teachers’ Day

ATHENS, 4 Oct —Hospitals in Athens,Greece, routinely sendtoxic waste to landfills,violating regulations andendangering people’shealth, a municipal reportsaid.

A random inspectionof garbage trucks by theAssociation of Munici-palities and Comm-unities of Attica revealedwaste transported fromprivate and state-runhospitals containedmaterials that are requiredby law to be disposed ofby sanitary incineration,Kathimerini reported onSaturday.

Many hospitaladministrators said the fewincinerators, on thegrounds of municipalassociation or at thecapital’s larger hospitals,

Dumped medical waste poseshealth hazards

are insufficient toaccommodate all the wastefrom the city’s hospitals.Some hospitals indicatedthey incinerate their wastein their own facilities, thereport said.

Internet

KABUL, 4 Oct—Afghan National Police(ANP) destroyed a heroinlab during an operation inBadakhshan Province,northeast Afghanistan, apress release of theInterior Ministry said onSunday. “A drug lab wasdestroyed and a largequantity of the contrabandwas dis-covered duringoperation launched inArgo district since Friday,”the press release said.

It added that over 370liters of liquid opium,seven gas cylinders, apower generator andchemical materials usedin manufacturing heroinwere sized by ANP. Theowner of the lab tried toescape, but police arrestedhim during searching, itsaid. Moreover, police insouthern province ofHelmand detained onedrug smuggler afterfinding 5,800 kg liquidopium from hispossession.

Xinhua

Afghan policedestroy heroin

lab in NAfghanistan

equipment as engineers worked to fixthe system. The agency said theproblem did not create a safety issuebut could cause delays in flights thatcould last hours.

By midday, the agency said,“operations were back to normal” andthe agency confirmed it was backoperating on a “normal, automatedsystem.”Airlines were working toclear delays. British Airways said ithas had minor delays, but flights werenow running on a normal schedule.

Internetabout the environment, health andcitizenship and the promotion ofethical values and attitudes. Theability of education systems to re-spond effectively to the needs oftoday’s learners depends largely onthe action that is taken now to re-cruit, train and support teachers andto ensure decent work for them.

The current global financial andeconomic crisis is placing increas-ing strain on education budgetsaround the world. It is critical toseek mechanisms that protect teach-ers and ensure that education invest-ments match demand. One chal-lenge is to find ways to make theteaching profession attractive in or-der to draw an adequate number ofwell- qualified and motivated can-didates . Another is to make surethose already there stay on. Achiev-ing these goals depends on the sta-tus, salary, career development op-portunities available for teachersand public respect for them. It alsodepends on the autonomy they haveto develop their own creative learn-ing experiences. The voices ofteachers and their representative or-ganizations matter and must beheard.

We commit to expanding the fo-cus of World Teacher’s Day to in-clude higher education and to takeinto consideration the 1997 Recom-mendation Concerning the Statusof Higher Education Teaching Per-sonnel. In particular, we need toaddress issues related to the respectfor academic freedom and collegialgovernance, which have sufferedgreatly in recent times.

We call upon governments, com-munities, national and interna-tional institutions everywhere toact decisively to achieve Educationfor All. We commit to do our partand to extend all possible supportto the new international task forceon “Teachers for EFA.”

The teaching force wi th i t sknowledge, experience and fore-sight can, in these times of crisis,bring new insights and solutions fora sustainable future. In celebratingWorld Teachers’ Day 1009, we, thesignatories, therefore call upon allto join us with renewed energy andconviction- to invest in teachersnow!

Job seekers line up before dawn to register at acommunity employment centre, on 2 Oct, 2009 inPasadena, California. The US economic recoverytrain lost momentum in September as job lossesaccelerated to 263,000, sending the unemploymentrate to a 26-year high of 9.8 percent.—INTERNET

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Jamaica cops saymother slain, twochildren woundedKINGSTON, 4 Oct—Au-

thorities in Jamaica saygunmen killed a womanand critically woundedher 6-year-old daughterand 17-year-old son.

Police say the suspectsfatally shot 42-year-oldsecurity guard KarenMarshall after they kickedin her door and openedfire on the five people in-side her home.

In a statement issued onSaturday, police say noone has been arrested andno motive has surfaced.The killing occurred earlyon Friday in southeast StCatherine parish.

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Large crowds of tourists view floats at theTian’anmen Square in central Beijing, capital of

China, on 2 Oct, 2009. —XINHUADeveloped countries urgedto help developing nations

in eco crisisISTANBUL, 4 Oct—China today urged developed

countries to help developing countries, the poorestcountries in particular, realize their agenda for povertyreduction and sustainable development.

The statement was made by Chinese Deputy FinanceMinister Li Yong at the G-24 ministerial meeting heldin Istanbul on Saturday on the eve of the InternationalMonetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings. Hesaid that the global financial crisis originated fromdeveloped countries. But its negative impacts ondeveloping countries, particularly on the poorestcountries are even worse.—MNA/Xinhua

Jordanian-Indian facility toproduce phosphoric acid in 2012

AMMAN, 4 Oct—Foundation stone for a megaJordanian-Indian facility for the manufacturing ofphosphoric acid was laid on Saturday with commercialoperation scheduled to start in 2012.

The 625 million US dollar project consists of afacility for the production of sulphuric acid with acapacity of 4,500 metric tones per day (MTPD) andanother facility for the manufacturing of phosphoricacid with a capacity of 1,500 MTPD, the Jordan NewsAgency, Petra, reported. Located in Al Shidieh area inthe southern governorate of Maan, some 300 kilometresto the Jordanian capital of Amman, the project isexpected to create 2,000 jobs during the constructionphase and 800 after the completion of the scheme,according to the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company(JPMC).—MNA/Xinhua

Indonesia’s mining Co Bumiobtains $1.9b loans from China

JAKARTA, 4 Oct—Indonesian prominent miningholding company, PT Bumi Resources Tbk, offeredfour of its mining companies as guarantee to earn 1.9billion US dollars of loans from China InvestmentCorporation (CIC), the Kompas Daily reported here onSaturday.

The loan would be disbursed by the Country ForestLimited, a subsidiary unit of CIC. In its explanation toIndonesian Stock Market Supervisory Body (BEI),Bumi management board said on Friday that the loanagreement with CIC had been signed on 18 Septemberthis year. —MNA/Xinhua

Ministry of InformationPrinting and Publishing Enterprise &Myanma Motion Picture Enterprise

Invitation to Tender1. Sealed tenders are invited for Printing and PublishingEnterprise and Myanma Motion Picture Enterprise for supplyof the following—(A) Printing and Publishing Enterprise

No. Descriptions Quantity(1) Pallet Truck (3 tons) - 1 No(2) Digital Multifunction Copier - 1 No(3) Book Scanner - 1 No(4) Computer P4 - 6 Nos(5) Laserjet Printer (A3) - 2 Nos(6) Computer (Branded) P4 - 4 Nos(7) Document Scanner (A4) - 1 No(8) Scanner (A4) - 1 No(9) Printer (Cannon IP 1880) - 1 No

(B) Myanmar Motion Picture EnterpriseNo. Descriptions Quantity(1) Air Conditioner Split Type 2 H.P - 3 Sets(2) Dehumaidillier 1 H.P - 2 Nos(3) Television Receiver (32'’ LCD)

& Digital Video Player - 16 Sets(4) Cassette Recorder 100 W - 2 Nos(5) Computer Accessories - 2 Nos

2. Tender closing date/time will be on 16-10-2009 at16:30 hrs.

3. Tender documents are available at the below-mentioned address.

Procurement CommitteeMinistry of Information

Myanma Motion Picture EnterpriseNo.28, Kokkine Yeiktha Street, Bahan Township,

Yangon.Ph: 534574, 536029

Ministry of InformationMyanma Radio and Television

Invitation To Tender1. Sealed tenders are invited for Myanma Radio andTelevision for supply of the following—

(A) Office EquipmentNo. Descriptions Quantity(1) 400V (400 A) Main Circuit

Control Breaker - 6 Nos(2) 14'' TV Colour Receiver - 30 Nos(3) 6'' TV Colour Monitor - 2 Nos(4) 3 Meter TVRO Solid Type - 10 Nos(5) DVD Player (Blueray) - 5 Nos(6) Camera Access: (Battery Pack) - 12 Nos(7) Wireless Mic - 10 Nos(8) Vacuum Tube Cleaner - 10 Nos(9) Fax Machine - 10 Nos

(10) Duplo Printer - 2 Nos

(B) Machine EquipmentNo. Descriptions Quantity(1) ENG Camera XD Cam

1⁄2'' 3 CCD Colour Video Camerawith Accessories ( 9 Items ) - 10 Sets

(2) VCR EquipmentXD Cam HD Recorder with HD drive& Blue Ray Disk - 3 Sets

(3) Non-Linear Editing EquipmentNon-Linear Editing workstationwith 17'' LCD & 20'' Monitor - 2 Sets

(4) Test EquipmentSD-SDI portable video test generatormonitoring & analyzer - 1 No

2. Tender closing date/ time will be on 16-10-2009 at 16:30hrs.

3. Tender documents are available at the below-mentionedaddress.

Ministry of InformationProcurement Committee

Myanma Motion Picture EnterpriseNo. 28, Kokkine Yeiktha Street,

Bahan Township, Yangon.Ph: 534574, 536029

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Nepal tries to control diarrhea outbreak

Disease outbreaks feared intsunami-battered Samoa

APIA, 4 Oct—Fears of deadly outbreaks of disease in tsunami-battered Samoamounted, as frightened survivors sheltering on higher ground refused to return totheir beachfront villages.

As roads and beaches were cleared of debris and rebuilding began, planeloadsof medical supplies were rushed to the Pacific island nation which was poundedby massive waves following a 8.0-magnitude undersea quake Tuesday.

The number of people confirmed dead from the tragedy in Samoa, AmericanSamoa and Tonga reached 176 Saturday with grave fears for 12 others still miss-ing and officials warned the toll would rise. Related article: Samoa resorts de-stroyed.

Dr Limbo Fiu, a manager with the National Health Service in Samoa, said asecond wave of deaths was looming as the injured continued to trickle intohospitals.“In a few weeks, we will see many people sick with gastroenteritis anddiarrhoea. That will affect the young and the elderly. Deaths are inevitable,” hetold reporters.—Internet

Survivors survey the damage to their home in Matatula village on thetsunami devastated coastline of American Samoa. Fears of deadly outbreaks

of disease in tsunami-battered Samoa mounted Saturday, as frightenedsurvivors sheltering on higher ground refused to return to their beachfront

villages.—INTERNET

US rolls out massive swine fluvaccination campaign

A woman is given a flu shot during a “vaccine and vino” event in Chicago,Illinois last month where guests sampled wine while being vaccinated. UShealth authorities are hoping to contain what they say is an intensifyingswine flu pandemic with a massive A(H1N1) vaccination campaign that

begins this week.—INTERNET

Ethiopia gears up formalaria outbreak

Ethiopia is stockpilingmedicine to counter an

expected surge inmalaria cases due to

hotter weather.INTERNET

US researchers identify gene with possiblelink to infertility in mice

WASHINGTON, 4 Oct—US health authorities arehoping to contain whatthey say is an intensifyingswine flu pandemic witha massive A(H1N1) vac-cination campaign startingthis week.

“We expect on Fridayin our weekly update ofFluView that we will bereporting substantial fluillness in most of the coun-try, significant flu activityin virtually all states,” saidAnne Schuchat, directorof the Center for Immuni-

zation and RespiratoryDiseases at the Centers forDisease Control (CDC).

“Most states do havequite a lot of disease rightnow, and that is unusualfor this time of the year,”she said at a press confer-ence on Friday evening.

Schuchat also sharedher concern over the seri-ous risks facing pregnantwomen infected with thevirus, whose risk of dyingfrom the A(H1N1) strainis effectively six timeshigher than for the general

population.Between April and Au-

gust, 100 pregnant womenin the United States whocontracted the virus wereadmitted to intensive care,and 28 died, Schuchatsaid.

According to the mostrecent figures released bythe CDC, 10,082 peoplehave been hospitalizedwith swine flu in theUnited States so far, with936 deaths from the virus,including 36 children.

Internet

KATHMANDU, 4 Oct—Epidemiology and Dis-ease Control Division(EDCD) under the Min-istry of Health and Popu-lation has claimed that thediarrhea outbreak inKapilvastu in western Ne-pal was “under control”,local media reported onSunday.

According to Sunday’sThe Himalayan Timesdaily, GD Thakur,EDCD’s director said that

the government wasclosely monitoring the af-fected area.

However, diarrhea out-break has been recordedat four places duringDashain festival recently,Thakur said.

A 62-year-old womanlost her life due todiarrhea in the festival. Atleast four districts in thecountry were hit -hardduring Dashain, saidThakur.

Meanwhile, a team ofdoctors and health person-nel has been dispatched tothe area. “The situation isunder control,” Thakuradded.

Thakur also told thedaily that health campswere established inKapilvastu, some 200 kmwest of Kathmandu, andenough medicines weredispatched from a re-gional medical store inButwal.—Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 4 Oct —Virginia CommonwealthUniversity(VCU) re-searchers have identifiedthe role of a gene in regu-lating molecular signalsinvolved with ovarian fol-licle development, whichmay one day help shedlight on some of thecauses of fertility issues inhumans, the universitysaid on Friday in a Press

release.The steps involved with

conception and pregnancyare delicate and complex— particularly the processof follicle genesis. In fe-males, fertility is depend-ant on the growth of a fol-licle, a structure that ulti-mately transforms to re-lease a mature egg.

In an ordinary cycle,one follicle, known as the

dominant follicle, maturesto release an egg, while therest of the eggs producedin that cycle will die. Dis-ruption at any stage in thedevelopment of the folli-cle can prevent this matu-ration and impair fertility,as well as alter the produc-tion of hormones in theovaries.

In the study, publishedonline in the Oct 1 issue ofthe journal Biology of Re-production, researchersused a mouse model toexamine the role of a geneknown as Smad-3 in theearly stages of folliculargrowth to better under-stand the molecularmechanisms that could in-fluence fertility. —Xinhua

ADDIS ABABA, 4 Oct—Ethiopia is stockpilingmedicine to counter anexpected surge in malariacases due to hotterweather, its health minis-try said on Saturday.

In a statement,Kesetebirhan Admasu,head of the disease pre-vention directorate, saidthe El Nino effect wouldraise temperatures, re-

duce rain and generallyaggravate conditions forthe spread of malaria.

In response to thethreat, he said, “there issufficient medicine instore that could treat 12million people,” forwhich 12.6 million birr(685,000 euros, one mil-lion dollars) has beenspent.

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Venus Williams advances intoChina Open second round

Venus Williams

Mexico’s Ochoa seeks to closethe LPGA deal

Lorena Ochoa ofMexico hits her drive on

the 12th hole duringthird round play in theNavistar LPGA Classic

at the Robert TrentJones Golf Trail at

Capitol Hill inPrattville, Alabama.

INTERNET

Capello won’t rest Englandstars for last qualifiers

LONDON, 4 Oct—Fabio Capello insists he will notrest Wayne Rooney or any of England’s star playersfor his side’s final two World Cup qualifiersagainst the Ukraine and Belarus. Capello, whose teamhave already qualified for South Africa 2010 witheight victories in their opening eight fixtures, had pre-viously hinted that Rooney and Steven Gerrard inparticular could be omitted in order to protect themfrom inury and to give other players an opportunityto press their case.

Internet

Pedro wonder strike sendsBarcelona top

MADRID, 4 Oct—A terrific strike from PedroRodriguez helped Barcelona equal their best ever startto a league season with a nervy 1-0 home victory overAlmeria on Saturday.Barcelona’s sixth successive win,matching a club record set in 1991 and 1998, also seesthe defending champions replace Real Madrid at thesummit of La Liga.

Pedro, the latest Barcelona youth player to makethe breakthrough, turned sharply before rifling homean unstoppable 31st minute shot to follow up his goalagainst Dinamo Kiev in midweek.”It is always nice toscore and win, however, the coach won?t be happybecause we misplaced a lot of passes in our build-upplay and didn?t create as many chances as in othergames,” said Pedro.—Internet

Last-gasp Sneijder sendsInter top

ROME, 4 Oct—Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijderscored in the dying moments to send Italian champi-ons Inter Milan to the top of the Serie A on Saturdaywith a 2-1 win at Udinese.Inter have 16 points, oneahead of Sampdoria and two in front of Juventus.

However, positions could switch on Sunday whenSampdoria welcome Parma while Juve travel toPalermo.Victory on Saturday was a welcome boost forJose Mourinho’s side who had lost 1-0 at Sampdorialast weekend before struggling to secure a 1-1Champions League draw at Kazan in Russia inmidweek.”Sneijder’s goal was what the team de-served,” said Mourinho.—Internet

Udinese’s forward Alexis Alejandro Sanchez (L)fights for the ball with Inter Milan’s midfielder

Wesley Sneijder during their Serie A football matchat San Siro Stadium in Milan.—INTERNET

Real Madridwon’t missRonaldo

MADRID, 4 Oct—RealMadrid coach ManuelPellegrini said onSaturday that his clubwould not miss Cris-tiano Ronaldo in Sun-day’s Primera Ligagame away to Sevilla.Ronaldo misses the gameafter failing to recoverfrom an ankle injury thathe picked up playingagainst Olympique Mar-seilles in the ChampionsLeague on Wednesdaynight.

The game in theSanchez Pizjuan is RealMadrid’s toughest gameof the season to date.Sevilla is currently thirdin the league table withfour wins from fivematches, but Pellegrini isconfident his side canget by without its starplayer. “All of our play-ers are important,” saidthe Real coach.

Xinhua

Furious Fergie lashes outat ‘unfit’ referee

MANCHESTER, 4 Oct—Sir Alex Ferguson launched an extraordi-nary attack on referee Alan Wiley after Manchester United’s 2-2draw with Sunderland, claiming he wasn’t fit enough to officiate atthe highest level.United needed a 93rd minute deflected Patrice Evraeffort to earn a point against a Sunderland side who almost causedthe surprise of the season.

Darren Bent’s seventh minute strike was cancelled out by a stun-ning overhead effort from Dimitar Berbatov early in the second halfbefore Kenwyne Jones again restored the visitors’ lead.Steve Bruce’sside looked to have done enough to hold onto all three points beforeEvra’s edge-of-the-box effort took a huge deflection off AntonFerdinand to equalise.—Internet

Sunderland’s forward Darren Bent (R)wins a header during their English

Premier League football match againstManchester United at Old Trafford in

Manchester.—INTERNET

Lyon go top as weary Bordeaux slumpto shock defeat

Lens defender Ala-Eddine Yahia (L)clashes with Lyon’s midfielder KimKallstrom during their French L1football match at Felix Bollaert

stadium in Lens.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 4 Oct—VenusWilliams advanced intothe second round of ten-nis China Open by de-feating Vera Dushevinaof Russia in two straightsets 6-2, 7-6(1).Williams, third seed ofthe tournament, domi-nated the first set by win-

ning it 6-2 with ease. However, the second

set was really tough.Dushevina, ranked 47 inthe world, found herrhythm gradually whilethe Amerian made sev-eral unforced errors. TheRussian broke Williamstwice and saved her ownto make a 4-0 lead, butWilliams did the samething after that as shemade it equal 4-4. Thethird seed found her formback in the tie-break asshe won it 7-1.

Xinhua

PARIS, 4 Oct—Lyon went top of theFrench first division with a 2-0 win overLens on Saturday as defending cham-pions Bordeaux slumped to a 3-1 de-

feat at Saint Etienne, ending their 22-match unbeaten streak.Sydney Govougave Lyon a sixth-minute lead beforeKim Kallstrom wrapped up the threepoints late in the second period.Lyonhave 20 points, one ahead of Bordeaux,and are the only undefeated side left inthe top flight.

Bordeaux were missing their influen-tial midfielder Yoann Gourcuff, who suf-fered a thigh injury in the 1-0 Champi-ons League win over Maccabi Haifa asthe champions suffered their first losssince a 3-0 reverse against Toulouse on7 March. Coach Laurent Blanc, desper-ate to keep his stars fresh for the domes-tic and European campaigns, also leftMorocco striker Maroune Chamakh andBrazilian midfielder Wendel on thebench for Saturday’s trip.— Internet

MONTGOMERY, 4 Oct—Mexico’s Lorena Ochoashot a six- under-par 66and moved into sole pos-session of first place witha three-stroke lead follow-ing the third round of theLPGA’s Navistar Classic.Defending champ Ochoamoved to 16-under 200ahead of Germany’s

Sandra Gal at The Sena-tor Course at Capitol HillGolf Club. Gal also fireda 66 on Saturday.

“It was a good day,”Ochoa said. “I didn’tmake many birdies early.My first birdie was onhole number seven.”Once I made that, I justgive myself more of a bet-ter feeling and a goodr h y t h m . ” A l e x i sThompson struggled onSaturday as the 14-year-old shot a two-over 74 andfell into a tie for 13thplace at eight-under 208.She shared the secondround lead with Ochoa.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenscattered in Kachin,Shan, Kayin States and MandalayDivision, fairly widespread in lower Sagaing Division andwidespread in the remaining areas with Locally heavyfallsin Sagaing Division and isolated heavyfalls Chin, Rakhine,Mon States, and Yangon Division. The noteworthy amountsof rainfall recorded were NayPyiTaw (Yezin) (0.59) inch,Thandwe (3.86) inches, Minkin (3.74) inches, Coco Island(3.58) inches, Kani(3.36)inches, Mindat (3.35)inches, Palae(3.30) inches, Theinzayat (3.23) inches, Kalay(3.18) inches,Kalaywa (2.52) inches, Yinmabin (2.40) inches, Monywa(2.37) inches, Aunglan (1.41) inches, Budalin (1.40) inchesand Salingyi (1.10) inches.

Maximum temperature on 3-10-2009 was 82°F.Minimum temperature on 4-10-2009 was 67°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 4-10-2009 was 96%.Total sun shine hours on 3-10-2009 was Nil.

Rainfall on 4-10-2009 was (0.43) inch at Mingaladon,(0.83) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.51) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (107.48) inches atMingaladon, (118.98) inches at Kaba-Aye and (124.09) inchesat Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph from Southwest at (15:30) hours MSTon 3-10-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is cloudy in the North Bay andmonsoon is moderate in the Andaman Sea and elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 5th October 2009: Rainor thundershowers will be widespread in Rakhine, Mon andKayin States, Yangon, Ayeyawady and TaninthayiDivision, fairly widespread in Kachin and Chin States, UpperSagaing and Bago Divisions and isolated in the remainingareas. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seas arelikely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surfacewind speed in squalls may reach (35-40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofwithdrawal Southwest monsoon from in Deltaic areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for5-10-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for5-10-2009: One or two rain or tundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for5-10-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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Elderly people sell fresh vegetables on theroads just in front of an extensively damaged

building on 4 Oct, 2009 in Padang,Indonesia.—INTERNET

KABUL, 4 Oct—A local official in KunduzProvince north of Afghanistan said on Sunday thatGerman forces came under attack on late Saturdaynight.”The troops were on routine patrol in ZakhilKhakani area of Chardara district when militantsattacked them with rocket propelled grenade at11:00 pm local time (06.30 GMT) but caused noloss of life or damage,” Abdul Wahid Omar Khil,the governor of Chardara district, told Xinhua.

However, locals said that a military vehiclewas slightly damaged. On the other hand, a Talibanpurported spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimedresponsibility and in talks with media fromundisclosed location via telephone said that theinsurgents had inflicted huge damage to the troops.

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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

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Successful agricultural undertakings in TaungdwingyiArticle: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)

Yanpei Dam supplying adequate volume of water to farmlands of villages in Taungdwingyi Township.

In the past, an an-cient town had fournames called

Dokhtapura, YadanaTintein, Ponnawady andTaungdwingyi. Recently,

the news crew of KyemonDaily stopped over inTaungdwingyi.

The town is sharingborder with Bago moun-tain range, Pyawbwe, Nay

Pyi Taw Lewe andYamethin townships ofMandalay Division in the

east, Magway Townshipin the west, Aunglan andHsinbaungwe townshipsin the south and MyothitTownship in the north.

Taungdwingyi has anarea of 760 square miles,formed with 10 wards inthe urban area and 275villages of 72 village-tracts. It has over 43,000households in urban andrural areas.

The township isequipped with four BasicEducation High Schools,nine Basic EducationMiddle Schools, 40 Ba-sic Education Post-Pri-mary Schools and 204Basic Education PrimarySchools. Of them, twoBEHSs have been facili-tated with computers intheir multi-media class-rooms. In the 2008-2009academic year, the town-ship had 41.56 per centpass rate in the matricula-tion examination. In thehealth care sector, there

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