The New Light of Myanmar 09-10-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 176 6th Waning of Thadingyut 1371 ME Friday, 9 October, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of the economyas well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting participa-tion in terms of technical know-how and invest-ments from sources inside the country andabroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy mustbe kept in the hands of the State and the nationalpeoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the en-tire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectivesLt-Gen Myint Swe attends ceremonyto donate cash for the fifth time to

construct new building of YCHYANGON, 8 Oct—Lt-

Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence,

accompanied byChairman of YangonDivision Peace and

Development CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen Win

Myint and DeputyMinister for Health DrMya Oo, arrived atYangon Children'sHospital in DagonTownship, here, thismorning.

Lt-Gen Myint Sweand party inspectedprivate patient wards onthe ground floor ofYangon Children'sHospital (new building),surgical ward and theintensive care unit on thefirst floor, the denguefever ward and the meetinghall on the second floorand the surgical ward andburnt patient ward on thethird floor. They were

(See page 7) Photo shows new building of Yangon Children’s Hospital.—MNA

Nyaungshwe full of natural beautyByline: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Htay Aung

A traditional style hotel in Inlay Lake.

According to theadministrative records,Nyaungshwe in Taung-gyi District, Shan State(South) was establishedin 721 Myanmar Era.

The town wasnamed “Nyaungshwe”(Nyaung = Banyan tree,and Shwe = goldencolour) after the goldenBanyan tree on EissayaHill in the eastern part ofthe town.

Just as our mediateam from the MirrorDaily arrived at theentrance to Nyaung-shwe, we were greetedby the archway saying“Welcome toNyaungshwe”, and thesignboard saying“Nyaungshwe, Establi-shed in 721 MyanmarEra, Welcome to Inlay”.

Head of Shan State(South) Information andPublic RelationsDepartment Daw May

May Ni presentedChairman of NyaungshweTownship Peace andDevelopment Council U

Aung Lwin to us. So, Ihappened to ask him aboutthe conditions of the town.

He explained, “Our

town stands at an altitudeof 2950 feet.Geographically, our townis composed of three parts:

hilly regions, low plainareas, and Inlay Lakeregion.” We learnt that thetown shared the border

with Hsehsai Townshipand Taunggyi Town-ship in the east, Kalaw

(See page 7)

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 9 October, 2009

Friday, 9 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

The agriculture sector plays a majorpart in national economic development and,as agricultural output has increased, food isnot only sufficient for domestic consumptionbut there are also surpluses to be exported.

The most fundamental requirement forthe agriculture sector is availability of water.Therefore, to be able to supply sufficientwater to farmlands, dams, sluice gates, riverwater-pumping stations are being built andtube-wells and artesian wells dug wherevernecessary across the nation.

At present, the Myogyi multi-purposedam is being built near Myogyi village,Ywangan Township, Shan State (South). Oncompletion, it will be able to irrigate about30,000 acres of farmland and contribute togreening the Meiktila plain, an arid zone inthe central part of the nation.

The dam is being built between Kyaykanand Shwemyintha mountains, which are partof the Shan mountain range, and the entireproject includes construction of the mainembankment, the main canal, a concretewall, a weir and tunnels.

Irrigation Department is building damsand canals for irrigating farmlands and weirsand sluice gates for preventing floods.

As the government is fulfilling all therequirements for national economic devel-opment, the farmers, on their part, are to tryto boost agricultural production by usingquality strains and dam water systemati-cally. Only then will their income becomehigher and so will the nation’s revenues.

Build more dams foragricultural development

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Oct—The State Peace andDevelopment Council has appointed the followingpersons as heads of service organizations shownagainst each on probation from the date they assumecharge of their duties.

Name Appointment(a) U Tint Lwin Managing Director

General Manager Myanma Posts andMyanma Posts and TelecommunicationsTelecommunicationsMinistry of Ministry ofCommunications, Communications,Posts and Telegraphs Posts and Telegraphs

(b) U Than Win Director-GeneralDeputy Director- Office of CentralGeneral Trade Dispute

CommitteeMinister’s Office Ministry of LabourMinistry of Labour MNA

MYANMAR GAZETTE

YANGON, 8 Oct— TheMyanmar Medical Asso-ciation opened the 14th

medical conference onspecialized subjects for2009 at Traders Hotel onSule Pagoda Road, here,this morning.

Present on the occa-sion were Deputy Minis-ter for Health Dr MyaOo and officials con-cerned of the ministry,executives of the MMA(Central), specialists ofrespective subjects, post-graduate students and

MMA opens 14th medicalconference on specialized

subjects

Deputy Minister Dr Mya Oo makes speech at 14th medical conference on specialized subjects.—MNA

Small scaleof Sales

and Serv-ice Center(branch) ofTechnolandComputerCo Ltd tobe opened

on 11October.

MNA

YANGON, 8 Oct—Jointly organized by Sportsand Physical Education De-partment and MyanmarHockey Federation, the 1st

Inter-State/Division Men’sHockey Tournament con-tinued at Theinbyu Hockey

1st ISD Men’s Hockey Tournament goes onPitch, here, yesterday.

In the competitions,Yangon Division beatRakhine State 1-0;Ayeyawady Division playeda 2-2 draw against Bago Di-vision; and Sagaing Divisiontrounced Chin State 8-1.

Tomorrow, Shan State(North) will play againstYangon Division; AyeyawadyDivision will compete withMandalay Division; and MonState will meet with Bago Di-vision.

NLM

YangonDivisionplayingagainstRakhine

State during1st Inter-

State/Divi-sion Men’s

HockeyTournament.

MHF

YANGON, 8 Oct—Technoland ComputerCo, Ltd is going to openSale & Service Center(Branch) at No 98, InyaStreet, in Kamayut Town-ship, here, on 11 October.

Technoland to open Sales &Service Center (Branch)

The new center willsell computers, camerasand accessories and otherbranded items at reason-able prices and its servicecenter will be kept open.

MNA

resource persons.First, Deputy Minis-

ter Dr Mya Oo made anopening speech on theoccasion. Next, Chair-man of the MMA ProfDr Kyaw Myint Naingand Chairman of thecommittee for holdingmedical conference DrChit Soe made speecheson the occasion.

Afterwards, five

medical experts talked onNew Influenza A(H1N1)Pandemic 2009 of theirpoints of view at the mainsymposium.

The resource personsread out 12 diseases,preventions and treat-ments at the symposiumand they replied to thequeries raised by thosepresent.

The medical confer-ence continues up to 11October and a total of 23booths from drug compa-nies, symposiums and re-

search paper reading ses-sions are on display. In

addition, the role of sportswill also be discussed on

the last day of the confer-ence.—MNA

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A damaged car after a car bomb tore through an open-air market on Tuesdayin Fallujah, Iraq, on 7 Oct, 2009. Eight people were killed and 20 were

wounded in the blast, police said.—INTERNET

Syria, Saudi Arabia stress Arab unityDAMASCUS, 8 Oct—

Unity is upmost importantfor the Arab world in theface of increasing chal-lenges and risks against theregion, Syrian PresidentBashar al-Assad said on aSyrian-Saudi summit talksin Damascus on Wednes-day. Al-Assad made theremarks in a meeting withSaudi King AbdullahbinAbdul-Aziz on Wednes-day, who is on a two-dayofficial visit to Syria.

It is the monarch’s firstvisit to Syria since he suc-ceeded the throne in 2005,which shows that ties be-tween the two countrieshave thawed since itsoured in 2005 due to theassassination of formerLebanese Prime MinisterRafik Hariri, a close Saudi

ally. Many Lebaneseblamed Syria on the assas-sination, but Damascusdenies it had anything todo with Hariri’s murder.

During the talks, thetwo leaders awarded eachother the highest and mostprestigious medals in theircountries. “The awards

prove that Syria and SaudiArabia respect and appre-ciate each other on theirroles in current Mideastsituation, which needscoordination and consul-tations as the top priority,”the president’s spokes-woman Buthaina Shaabantold reporters. — Xinhua

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (L front) hosts awelcoming ceremony for visiting Saudi King

Abdullah at al-Shaab palace in Damascus, capitalof Syria, on 7 Oct, 2009. King Abdullah is on a

two-day visit to Syria.—XINHUA

French Navy seizes mistaken Somali piratesPARIS, 8 Oct—French Navy seized five Somali pirates on Tuesday night who

attacked a navy vessel, the defence ministry said on Wednesday. French Navyvessel La Somme, a 3800-ton refueling ship, was mistakenly attacked by twoboats of pirates during its cruise on Indian Ocean but no one was injured.

After the pirates discovered what they were firing was no commercial ship butnavy vessel, it was too late. La Somme chased after the pirates and seized five incustody, the military spokesman said. Since the restless situation started in Somaliin 1991, the coastal areas near the country were frequently infested by pirates.France joined the European Union’s anti-piracy operation in the Gulf of Aden thisyear, along side navies of China, the United States and other countries.—Xinhua

Eight wounded in grenade explosion in Lebanon

Obama rules out deep cuts into US forcelevels in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, 8 Oct—The bottom line for the US strategyin Afghanistan is no deep cuts in troop levels, President BarackObama told congressional leaders. During a session with abipartisan group of congressional leaders on Tuesday, the presi-dent also made it clear that the US mission in Afghanistanwould not be narrowed down to just hunting al-Qaeda leaders,according to US TV and wire reports on Wednesday.

Analysts said, based on Obama’s remarks at the meeting,that he seemed to be searching for some sort of middle ground.The president said he wanted to “dispense with the straw manargument that this is about either doubling down or leavingAfghanistan.” While leading congressional Democrats saidthey would support whatever Obama decided, others chal-lenged him about sending more troops.— Xinhua

Car bomb kills at least 12in Afghan capital

KABUL, 8 Oct—A powerful car bomb exploded out-side the Indian Embassy in the busy center of Afghani-stan’s capital on early Thursday, killing at least 12 ci-vilians, destroying vehicles and blowing off the wallsof shops, officials said.

At least 84 people, including members of Afghansecurity forces, were wounded in the attack, whichstruck a shop-lined road between the Indian Embassyand the Interior Ministry, said Health Ministry spokes-man Ahmad Farid Raaid, spokesman for the HealthMinistry.

The blast hit shortly after 8:30 am, just as residentswere arriving to work. It shattered glass and rattled build-ings more than a mile (kilometre) away. A huge brownplume of smoke was visible in the air as ambulancesraced to the scene and carried away the wounded.

Internet

Air strike kills 10Taleban militantsin E Afghanistan

KHOSR, 8 Oct— Air-strikes against Talebanmilitants left 10 militantsdead in Afghanistan’seastern Paktika Provinceon Wednesday night, astatement of US-led Coa-lition Press office insoutheastern religion is-sued here said on Thurs-day. Armed militants at-tacked a coalition militaryconvoy in Gomal districton Wednesday night andforces called on war planekilling 10 armed militantson the spot, the statementadded.Taleban militantsfighting Afghan and inter-national troops have yet tomake comments.

Eastern Afghanistan hasbeen the scene of Taleban-led insurgency as the topUS, NATO commander inhis military assessment re-quired up to 40,000 moreadditional troops to com-bat insurgency in the post-Taleban country.—Xinhua

BEIRUT, 8 Oct — Eightpeople were wounded in agrenade explosion in north-ern Lebanon’s port city ofTripoli on Wednesday, thecountry’s official newsagency reported. The explo-sion took place on Wednes-day’s evening at al-AshkarCafe in Tripoli’s JabalMohsen neighbourhood.Among the eight injured,one is in serious condition.

It is still unclear whois responsible for the

incident. Recent days haveseen unstable security situ-ation in Lebanon. Abloodystreet fight broke out onTuesday night, leaving onedead and four injured inBeirut’s southern suburbAin al-Remmaneh.

Ain al-Remmaneh isprobably Beirut’s most in-famous neighbourhood, asLebanon’s 15-year civil

war broke out in 1975 here.Security source said thefighting was between Ainal-Remmaneh’s mostlyChristian residents andpeople from neighbouringShiyyah, a predominantlyShiite neigbourhood that ispart of Dahiyeh, theHezbollah stronghold inBeirut’s southern suburbs.

Xinhua

Afghans try to take a victim out of a car at the site of a blast in Kabul,Afghanistan on 8 Oct, 2009.—INTERNET

The French supply ship “La Somme” sails through the Red Sea in 2004.Somali pirates attempted to storm the French Navy’s 18,000 tonne Indian

Ocean fleet flagship after mistaking it for a cargo vessel.—INTERNET

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A gaphic showing thereduction of green-house gas emissions

required by the Kyotoprotocol. Whether to

tweak, bolster or burythe Kyoto Protocol —

the only binding globalagreement for curbinggreenhouse gases —has become a red-hot

issue as UN negotiatorsin Bangkok try to laythe groundwork for a

successor treaty.INTERNET

Jackson Townshipresident Christy Harpshows off her world-record 1,725-pound

Atlantic giant pumpkinon in Jackson Town-ship, Ohio. Harp tookfirst place at the OhioValley Giant Pumpkin

Growers annual weigh-off Saturday in

Canfield. She won$2,500 and could claim

the world title.INTERNET

In this photo taken on 26 Sept, 2009, Nissan Motor Co’s Land Glider electricvehicle is demonstrated for 41st Tokyo Motor Show at a Nissan technical

design center in Atsugi, near Tokyo, Japan. The Land Glider tilts from side toside, sashaying into curves by up to a 17-degree angle, as though showing off

in a fashion statement that it’s zero-emissions.—INTERNET

HOUSTON, 8 Oct —Three terminals at an air-port in the US state ofTexas were temporarilyshut down on Wednesdayevening due to a false se-curity alert triggered by apassenger trying to catcha flight, airport officialssaid.

A passenger who wastrying to make a connect-ing flight at Bush Interna-tional Airport, in Hou-ston, went the wrong way

Terminals at US airportbriefly closed due to false

security alertand was headed down theescalator to the area nearthe security checkpoint,airport officials said.

When the man realizedhe made a mistake, heturned around and tried torun up the down escala-tor, which triggered a se-curity breach alert.

Three terminals wereshut down while the manwas questioned by airportsecurity.

Passengers were not

allowed to board or exitand arriving and departingflights were delayed.

The shutdown lastedfor approximately 20 min-utes before operations re-turned to normal, officialssaid.

Xinhua

YICHANG, 8 Oct —The Three Gorges Dam,the world’s largest hydro-power project, has re-ceived a record of 82,000tourists during the firstseven days of the NationalDay holiday, local tourismcompany said on Wednes-day. The holiday is usuallya week-long golden week.But this year it is extendedto eight days as the Mid-

PHNOM PENH, 8 Oct — Cambodia hosts a three-day meeting on Thursday in Cambodia’s northernprovince of Siem Reap, focusing on global economiccrisis.

A statement released by Cambodian Center forStudy and Development in Agriculture (CEDAC) saidthe annual forum’s theme for this year is “Overcom-ing the Global Financial and Economic Crisis: TheRule of Law as the Key to Economic Freedom,” whichis devoted to the topic of dealing with the global eco-nomic crisis.

“We need to understand them to see which reformsare needed. Wealso need to guard against those whouse the crisis as a pretext for furthering their own il-liberal agendas,” the statement said.

“We will try to explore how to bridge the gap be-tween people’s clamor for action and protectionagainst the effects of the crisis can be reconciled tosober economic analysis. Otherwise we risk wastinghuge amounts of resources for little effect, resourcesthat will go to the politically powerful rather than thepoor and needy,” it added.

Xinhua

DALLAS , 8 Oct —Lengthy airline delays aretwice as common now asin 1990 and will get worseas the economy recovers,according to a BrookingsInstitution report releasedon Thursday.

The researchers saidmuch of the problem isdue to heavy concentra-tions of short trips be-tween big cities, but theyalso cited an “ill-equipped” air traffic con-trol system and other fac-tors.

They suggested in-

LONDON, 8 Oct — Eu-rope’s two leading centralbanks are expected tokeep interest rates un-changed on Thursday anddamp down any talk thatborrowing costs will soonrise in the wake of a sur-prise rate hike by Austral-ia’s central bank to liftrates.

Analysts say the Euro-pean Central Bank, whichcontrols monetary policyfor the 16 countries thatuse the euro, and Britain’sBank of England will

China’s Three Gorges Dam sees record

tourists in National Day holidayAutumn Festival, also apublic holiday, fell on 3Oct.

Xu Ting, manager ofthe marketing departmentof the Yangtze RiverThree Gorges TourismDevelopment Co, said thenumber of tourists wouldclimb to 88,000 as theholiday ends on Thurs-day.

The dam area, one offive major tourist sitesalong the Yangtze River,had received 820,000visitors in the year to Sep-tember, and the numberwould rise to 1.15 millionfor the whole year, Xusaid.—Xinhua

European rates set to stay at record lowskeep benchmark interestrates unchanged at his-toric lows of 1 percent and0.5 percent. Unlike Aus-tralia, the eurozone andBritish economies remainin recession, thoughupcoming figures mayshow a modest pickup ingrowth over the finalmonths of 2009.

In contrast, the Re-serve Bank of Australiafelt able to lift its maininterest rate by a quarterpercentage point to 3.25percent amid mounting

inflation concerns and astrong rebound in growth.Rate hikes are bankerschief weapon against in-flation; low rates are usedto spur growth in reces-sions. And The Interna-tional Monetary Fundsays it expects only 0.3percent for the eurozonenext year.

Even that would bewelcome after a massive4.2 percent slump in 2009as exports, particularlyfrom Germany, dwindled.

Internet

Cambodia hosts int’l meetingon global economic crisis

Brookings researchers warn

of more flight delayscreasing high-speed railservice to offer travelersalternatives to shortflights.—Internet

HONG KONG, 8 Oct—Asian stock markets weremodestly higher as investors eyed earnings from ma-jor companies for clues about the health of the globaleconomy.

The moderate advance came after a mixed finishon Wall Street, where traders were reluctant to placemajor bets ahead of quarterly reports from US com-panies.—Internet

Asia stocks rise modestlyas company earnings

eyed

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UN launches online trainingcourse to fight terrorism

Newly-married couples prepare to get in apalanquin during a group wedding in Shanghai,east China, on 5 Oct , 2009. The group wedding,featuring its traditional Chinese characters, was

held in Shanghai on Monday with the participationof 60 newly-married couples.—XINHUA

Finland, Lithuaniadiscuss opportunities for

energy cooperation HELSINKI, 8 Oct—President Tarja Halonen met onWednesday with her Lithuanian counterpart to discussopportunities for cooperation on a number of projects,especially those involving alternative energies. Lithua-nian President Dalia Grybauskaite said Finland is avery important partner for Lithuania in strengtheningcooperation with Nordic countries. Grybauskaite said Finnish experience in the fieldsof energy and innovation is very useful to her country.The two presidents also discussed the planned NordStream gas pipeline, underlying the need to make athorough examination and assessment of the environ-mental impact of the offshore proposal. On other topics, Grybauskaite said the sale of 1.5-billion-US-dollars worth of Lithuanian securities hascreated opportunities for Lithuania to overcome theeconomic downturn without seeking assistance fromthe International Monetary Fund.

Xinhua

Flash flood hitsIndonesia’s

CentralSulawesi

JAKARTA, 8 Oct — Aflash flood on Thursdaymorning hit Tolitoli city inIndonesia’s CentralSulawesi province, leav-ing thousands of resi-dents’ houses inundated,according to Antara newsagency’s report. The cityis paralyzed by the flood,which is half a meter deepand even up to a house’roof in some areas.

The worst-hit area is atAnoa Street compound inTuweley village with hun-dreds of houses and publicfacilities inundated. Resi-dents living around theTuweley River have beenevacuated. But they had notime to save their propertybecause of the suddenswollen river.—Xinhua

Biggest landing craft ofMalaysian Navy on fire

UNITED NATIONS, 8Oct—The United Nationscrime-fighting agencyand its partners havelaunched a six-weekonline training course toprovide member stateswith crucial technical as-sistance for strengtheningjudicial and police coop-eration against terrorism,UN officials said here onWednesday.

“In today’s world, ter-rorism knows no bor-

ders,” the UN Office onDrugs and Crime(UNODC) said in a state-ment. “Criminals carryout their illicit activitiesby moving from onecountry to another or byoperating on several na-tional territories. As a re-sult, in an increasingly in-terdependent world, nostate alone can deal effec-tively with terrorism.”

“Cooperation betweenstates to prevent and sup-

press acts of terrorism to-day is crucial. States mustprovide prompt and effec-tive assistance to eachother to effectively ad-dress the terrorist threat,”the statement said, addingthat UNODC is beingpartnered by the Interna-tional Criminal PoliceOrganization (INTER-POL) and the Diplo Foun-dation, a non-profit or-ganization based in Malta.

Xinhua

Photo taken on 6 Oct,2009 shows the outside

view of the bar FourSisters Izakaya in

Kushiro City, HokkaidoPrefecture, Japan. The

original name of the barFour Sisters Izakaya

was HamakkoIzakaya.—XINHUA

French Navy recovers body of jet pilot in MediterraneanPARIS, 8 Oct—The French Navy has recovered the body of a jet pilot killed in a

training accident last month, the navy said in a statement.The body of navy pilot Francois Duflot was recovered from his Rafale fighter

jet in the Mediterranean Sea about 35 km off the southern French coast on Mon-day, the navy said. Duflot was killed when two Rafale jets plunged into the Medi-terranean on their way back to their aircraft carrier after a test flight on 24 Sept.The other pilot was rescued shortly after the accident.

Investigators believe the jets collided but a cause of the mishap has not yet beenofficially determined. The jets, manufactured by France’s Dassault Aviation, havenever been sold overseas but are being considered for a deal with Brazil.— Xinhua

The 58th MissWorld winner

Ksenia Sukhinovaof Russia crowns

the winner ofMiss China Yu

Sheng during thefinal of the 59th

Miss World Chinain Shenzhen,south China’sGuangdong

Province, on 6Oct, 2009.

XINHUA

Egypt demands Francereturning stolen relics

PARIS, 8 Oct—France is demanded by Egypt to returnrelics on display in Paris’ Louvre Museum, and it is readyto do that if theft get proved, French culture ministersaid on Wednesday. If the culture ministry’s special meet-ing on Friday issues returning ruling, “the ministry isready to restitute the relics to the Egyptian authoritieswithout delay,” Frederic Mitterrand said in a statement.

Egypt on Wednesday accused Louvre Museum ofexhibiting its stolen antiquities, and alleged a suspen-sion of all cooperation with the museum unless the rel-ics are returned, according to the France 24 radio.

Though some French source claimed the museumgained these relics through legal buying, a member ofthe Louvre’s executive expressed no rejection of resti-tution, only saying they need the agreement of the Na-tional Scientific Commission for the Museum Collec-tion of France, French Press Agency reported. Egyp-tian authorities keep demanding restitution of many an-tiquities scattered in many famous museums in theseyears, some succeeded, for example France returnedsome royal mummy’s hair in 2007, but more are fruit-less.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

KUALA LUMPUR, 8Oct—The KD SeriInderapura, the RoyalMalaysian Navy’s (RMN)largest landing craft,caught fire at the RMN

base jetty at Ipoh in thestate of Perak, local me-dia reported here onThursday. It was reportedthat the incident tookplace at 6 am on Thursdayand efforts are still beingpoured in to extinguishthe fire.

Manjung Officer inCharge of Police Districtcum Assistant Superin-tendent of Police MohdJamil Osman said thatpreliminary reportshowed that the fire in-volved the office and stor-age areas. However, noinjuries were reported,added Jamil. He also saidthat police had not re-ceived reports from RMNin Lumut.

Manjung is a district inthe southwestern part ofthe state of Perak whileLumut is a town some 80km from Ipoh. Mean-while, it was reported thatthe Malaysian DefenceMinistry is gathering in-formation about the inci-dent.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

A replica of the world’s best pre-served wooly mammoth — a 40,000year old baby named Lyuba who was

discovered in Siberia in 2007 — isdescribed by curator and geologistDaniel Fisher at Chicago’s FieldMuseum on 30 September. The

Field Museum will be the first inNorth America to display Lyuba’s

body, which is currently undergoinganalysis in Russia, in an exhibit

which opens on 5 March.

Love between German and Pole survives Iron Curtain

Elvira Profe, right, and FortunatMackiewicz walk in the front yard oftheir house in Mieszkowice, Poland.

For five decades, she kept his pic-ture in her wallet — a black-and-whitesnapshot of a handsome young Polishman with brooding eyes.

The unlikely love story of ElviraProfe and Fortunat Mackiewicz beganin the chaotic aftermath of World War II,as Poland’s borders were redrawn bythe victorious Allies and millions ofGermans were expelled.

It blossomed even as their peopleseethed with mutual hate and enduredsome of the past century’s most tor-tured upheavals, and survived the ColdWar that drove them apart. Now, in this70th year since World War II broke out,and 20th year since the Cold Warended, they are married in a love affairthat has triumphed against all odds.

Sucked to her death in a muddy riverbed, a baby woolly mammoth spent40,000 years frozen in the Siberian per-mafrost where her body was so perfectlypreserved traces of her mother’s milkremained in her belly.

Three years after her discovery bynomadic reindeer herders, Lyuba willhead to Chicago as the star of a mam-moths and mastodons exhibit at theworld-famous Field Museum.

The exhibition, announced at mid-week, opens on 5 March and will runthrough on 6 September.

The Field Museum is the first USmuseum to display the prehistoric speci-men.

“There’s a visceral awe that takeshold of you in looking at a specimenlike Lyuba, and the exhibition as awhole demonstrates how close we cancome to knowing what these animalswere like,” said lead curator DanielFisher, a professor of geological sci-ences at the University of Michiganwho is part of the international teamstudying the remains.

A woman looks at an artwork madefrom metal dust from an atomised

passenger jet engine by artist RogerHiorns during a preview of The

Turner Prize at Tate Britain,in London.

Heap of dust, whale skull up for Turner PrizeA heap of dust made from the remains

of an atomised passenger jet engine anda sperm whale skull are among the worksby artists nominated for a top prize onshow at an exhibition from Monday.

The pieces by nominees for the TurnerPrize went on display at Tate Britain inLondon ahead of the announcement ofits winner on 7 December.

The four artists in the running for theaward are Enrico David, Roger Hiorns,Lucy Skaer and Richard Wright.

Explaining the significance of theheap of dust by Hiorns, assistantexhibition curator Helen Little saidhis work was about “giving new lifeto objects. It’s a test of faith intechnology.”

The winner of the annual prize,for an outstanding British artist underthe age of 50, will receive 25,000pounds.

Previous Turner Prize winners includeGilbert and George and Damien Hirst.

Baby mammothpreserved in frozen soil

heads to Chicago

NEW YORK , 8 Oct —The case of an ESPN re-porter who was video-taped through a peepholein her hotel room doorshows how easy it is for ahotel guest’s security andprivacy to be violated.Here are some tips forstaying safe in hotels.

— Desk clerks shouldnever say your roomnumber aloud when youcheck in. The numbershould be written on thecard key sleeve and dis-creetly handed to you.You have every right toask for a different room ifthe room number is an-nounced, according toPeter Green-berg, CBStravel editor and author of“Hotel Secrets from theTravel Detective.”

— Solo travelers, es-pecially those jugglingluggage and card keys,

How to safeguard your security, privacy in a hotelare vulnerable to push-insat their hotel room door.If you feel uncomfortablewalking from the lobby toyour room, “ask the frontdesk to provide an escortfrom the hotel staff,”Greenberg said.

— If you haven’t re-quested room service orassistance from house-keeping, and someoneknocks on your hotel doorclaiming to be a memberof the hotel staff, “call thefront desk and ask ifsomeone from their staffis supposed to have ac-cess to your room and forwhat purpose,” accordingto a list of “Guest SafetyTips” from the AmericanHotel & Lodging Asso-ciation. It’s not unusualfor high-end hotels tosend staff for turndownservice or to deliver com-plimentary chocolatesand other amenities, buteven someone who ap-pears to be wearing a uni-form can be a phony.

— Last summer thehotel industry reported aspate of prank calls tohotel employees andguests in which frantic

callers claimed to be re-porting an emergencysuch as a fire that requiredguests to leave theirrooms. The AmericanHotel & Lodging Asso-ciation says if you receivesuch a call, hang up andcall the front desk for con-firmation before leavingyour room.

— Memorize the loca-tions of elevators andemergency exits on yourfloor.

— Keep hotel roomwindows and doorslocked, and blinds anddrapes closed. Be sure tocheck bathroom win-dows, sliding glass doorsand doors that connect ad-jacent rooms. Use what-ever bolt or chain locksare on the door wheneveryou are inside the room.

— If you are worriedabout being spied onthrough the peephole ofyour door, Greenbergsuggests covering it witha piece of duct tape,which is easy to removeif you do get a knock onthe door and want to seewho’s on the other side.

Internet

PORT VILA, 8 Oct — A manitude 7.8 earthquake,which struck northwest of the South Pacific islandnation of Vanuatu and triggered tsunami warning,caused panic in the island of Espiritu Santo.

The epicenter of the quake was 295 km north-northwest of Luganville in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu ata depth of 35 km, at 09:03 am on Thursday local time(22:03 GMT Wednesday).

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a re-gional tsunami warning and watch for parts of the Pa-cific, which caused panic in Vanuatu with schools inEspiritu Santo closed.

There were reports that people on Espiritu Santowere running for higher ground. Businesses were alsoaffected. So far, there were no reports of damagecaused by the earthquake. In latest development, thePacific Tsuami Warning Center dropped the warningtwo hours after it was issued.

Xinhua

7.8 magnitude earthquake and tsunamiwarning cause panic in Vanuatu

Graphic showing how tsunamis are generated by

large earthquakes. Vanuatu, Fiji, Tuvalu and New

Caledonia sounded sirens and evacuated coastal

areas after a 7.8 quake struck off Vanuatu at 9:03

am (2203 GMT), followed by a 7.1 tremor 10 min-

utes later, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

Internet

Strong windscause damage inNew York CityNEW YORK, 8 Oct —

Strong winds on Wednes-day caused some damagein New York City, leav-ing thousands of homeswithout power. No inju-ries were reported so far.The US National WeatherService said that it hasgotten reports of somewind gusts of up to 50miles (about 80 kilome-tres) per hour.

The New York De-partment of Buildings isurging property owners,builders, and contractorsto take necessary precau-tions. Meanwhile, some11,000 homes and busi-nesses in upstate NewYork are temporarilywithout power after thun-derstorms and strongwinds rolled through theregion. — Xinhua

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Lt-Gen Myint Swe attendsceremony to…

(from page 1)conducted round byofficials concerned. Aftergiving instructions, Lt-Gen Myint Swe attendedto the needs.

Next, the ceremony todonate cash for the fifthand final time for theconstruction of theextended building of theYCH was held at the

meeting hall of theemergency patient ward.Lt-Gen Myint Swe madea speech on the occasion.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe,the commander and thedeputy minister and

officials accepted thedonations and presentedcertificates of hounor tothe wellwishers.

The medicalsuperintendent of thehospital spoke words ofthanks.

MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of

Defence accepts cash donated by a

wellwisher.—MNA

Nyaungshwe full of natural beautyByline: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Htay Aung

Floating plantations of tomatoes in InlayLake.

The entrance to Nyaungshwe.

Foreigners taking a boat ride in Inlay Lake.

(from page 1)Township in the west,Phekon Township in thesouth, and TaunggyiTownship in the north.

He said, “Ourtownship’s attraction isInlay Lake. The wholetownship is boisterouswhen PhaungdawUBuddha Image isconveyed for publichomage.

It is the peak seasonand the people gainforeign exchange fromforeign tourists in theperiod.”

Nyaungshwe is 413miles from Yangon, 204

miles from Mandalay,and 19 miles fromTaunggyi. Phaungdawjetty in Nyaungshwe is13miles fromPhaungdawU BuddhaImage in Thalay Village-tract.

He said,“Nyaungshwe isconstituted with eightwards and 35 villages. Ithas over 30,000 houses ora population of over160,000.”

The township has sixbasic education highschools, five affiliatedbasic education highschools, seven middleschools, three affiliatedBEMSs, 28 post-primaryschools and 167 primaryschools, a townshiphospital, a station hospital,a maternal and childwelfare centre, and a ruralhealth care centre.

Specialists constantlymake field trips to thegrassroots level to providehealth care to local people.

It has a sown acreageof 359,300. Major cropsare paddy, sugarcane, andegg plant. We noticed

heaps of tomatoes atMyoma Mingala Bazaar,Nanpan Bazaar and HeyaYwama floating market.We also saw many trucksbeing loaded withtomatoes in Nyaungshwe,Nanpan, and Mongthauk

jetties on their ways to NayPyi Taw, Yangon,Mandalay and othertowns.

Inlay Lake sees aconstant steam of foreigntourists.

We also noticedtraditional style hotels. Welearnt that there were 36hotels in urban areas andaround the lake.

Nyaungshwe is well-known for its many

traditional floatinghouses in the lake, leg-rowing style of Innthapeople, traditionallooms, lovely textilesand silk, and OVOPproducts. The townshipis always crowded withpilgrims from around thenation and foreigncountries.

******Translation: MS

Kyemon: 7-10-2009

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YANGON, 8 Oct—Deputy Minister for Construc-tion Brig-Gen Myint Thein on 5 October inspectedupgrading of Pyay-Paukkhaung-Toungoo road(Ottwin-Paukkhaung) section.

On 6 October, the deputy minister was briefed bythe engineers (incharge) of the Toungoo District Build-ing Special Teams 3 and 5 on the upgrading of the road.Later, he gave necessary instruction to officials con-cerned and inspected progress in building the detourroad around Kabaung Dam. Next, the deputy ministerinspected maintenance of Pyay-Paukkaung road Sec-tion and Pathein-Monywa (south) road section andfulfilled the requirements.—MNA

Construction Dy Ministerinspects road section

Myanmar female weightlifters to competein King’s Cup weightlifting in Thailand

YANGON, 8 Oct—Un-der the arrangements ofMyanmar Fishery Federa-tion and Myanmar PrawnEntrepreneurs’ Associa-tion and sponsored by

Advanced Applied PharmaceuticalManagement Course concludes

YANGON, 8 Oct—Themonthly subject talk (forOctober 2009) organizedby Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambersof Commerce and Indus-

YANGON, 8 Oct—Aceremony to mark the11th anniversary ofMyanmar ComputerFederation, MyanmarComputer ProfessionalsAssociation, MyanmarComputer EntrepreneursAssociation andMyanmar Computer En-

Tatmadaw Football Tournament continues

YANGON, 8 Oct—Theconcluding ceremony ofAdvanced Applied Phar-maceutical ManagementCourse No. (5), conductedby the Myanmar Pharma-ceutical and Medical Equip-ment Entrepreneurs Asso-ciation, was held at the of-fice of the association inUMFCCI Office Tower onMinye Kyawswa street inLanmadaw Township,here, yesterday.

On the occasion,Chairman Dr Win Sithu andVice-Chairman U ThantZin of the Association de-livered addresses and re-sponsible persons pre-sented certificates of hon-our to course instructors,Joint-Secretary Dr ThinNwe, head of the course DrMi Mi Ko. And the chair-man and responsible per-sons presented gifts to out-standing trainees—Daw

Nandar Aung, Daw KayKhine Aye and Daw ChitYon.

Next, course instructorDr Mi Mi Ko explained thecourse of training.

Aarrangement are be-ing made to open the coursein the third week of Octo-ber. So those wishing toattend the course may con-tact the association (Tel:216205 and 214834).

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Oct—The first round robinmatches of the 25th De-fence Services Com-

mander-in-Chief’s U-21Tatmadaw (Army, Navyand Air) Football Tourna-ment continued at South-

ern Command Zone inToungoo this afternoon. Inthe match, No. 88 LID beatNo. 55 LID 3-1.—MNA

MCPA to hold anniversary celebrationthusiasts Associationwill take place atMyanmar Info-Tech inHline Township on 14October.

All members ofMCPA may attend theceremony.

Questions and sug-gestions are sent to the as-

sociation not later than 12noon on 12 October. Forfurther information, mayvisit www.mcpamyanmar.org. Those interested mayenlist at MCPA, Room-4,building-4 at MyanmarInfo-Tech, Hline Town-ship, Yangon.

MNA

YANGON, 8 Oct—Thefive-member Myanmarweightlifting delegationled by Joint-Secretary ofthe Myanmar Weightlift-ing Federation Daw HninSandar Oo (Staff Officerof the Sports and Physi-cal Education Depart-ment) left here for theThailand by air this morn-ing to participate the ThaiKing’s Cup WeightliftingContest to be held in Si Sa

Ket of Thailand on 10 to17 October.

The Myanmar delega-tion was seen off atYangon International Air-port by officials of theSports and Physical Edu-cation Department, Gen-eral Secretary of theMyanmar WeightliftingFederation Assistant Di-rector of SPED U MyintSwe and CEC membersand coaches.

The delegation mem-bers are Coach Daw KayThi Win (YCDC), athletesKay Khine (YCDC), MaAye Cho (Sports andPhysical Education Insti-tute, Mandalay) and MoeThu Zar (Sports and Physi-cal Education Institute,Yangon).

The Myanmar ath-letes will compete the con-test on 11, 12 and 13 Oc-tober.—MNA

Talks on Thinking and Reasoning on 10 OctEver Flow River Group ofCompanies, talks onThinking and Reasoningwill be given by Head ofDepartment Professor DrHsan Tun (Philosophy

Department) at MFF onBayintnaung road inInsein Township here on10 October (Saturday).Interested persons mayattend the talks.—MNA

UMFCCI to hold talkstry will be held at theUMFCCI Office Toweron Min Ye Kyaw SwaRoad, Lanmadaw Town-ship, here, at 2 p.m on 10October.

Writer U Ko KoHlaing will give talk onInstitutional Changes inSociety. Those interestedmay attend the talk.

MNAVice-Chairman of MPMEEA U Thant Zin awards an outstanding

trainee.—UMFCCI

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Myint Thein inspecting repairing of Pyay-Paukkaung-Toungoo(Ottwin-Paukkhaung) road section.—CONSTRUCTION

Hailing Myanmar War Veteran Conference for 2009, over 150 mem-bers of war veteran organization and social organizations take part in

sanitation work in Seikkan Township, Yangon on 4 October.DISTRICT/IPRD

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(from page 16)They visited the fish farm in Gwaygyo Village and

feedstuff factory in Yankintaung ward.Lt-Gen Ko Ko focused on regional development

at the work coordination meeting.At Pathein University, he watched the prepara-

tions of contestants for taking part in the 17th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions.Lt-Gen Ko Ko and the commander presented cashawards to them.

This morning, Lt-Gen Ko Ko viewed paddy fieldsin Bawaing Village of Pantanaw Township and metwith local people.

At Bo Myat Tun Bridge, Lt-Gen Ko Ko inspecteddurability of the bridge and left necessary instruc-tions.—MNA

Lt-Gen Ko Ko inspects…

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Oct—The Ministry of Healthheld workshop on Millen-nium Development Goalsat the hall of the ministryhere this morning, at-tended by Minister forHealth Dr Kyaw Myint,Deputy Minister Dr PaingSoe, departmental heads,professors/deans, special-ists and officials.

The minister said inhis opening address thatthe Health Ministry is up-holding the two objec-tives—longevity for eve-rybody in their lifespan andfree from any diseases—and three tactics—givingeducative talks to reachgrassroot level, preventionof disease and caring ef-fective treatment in caseof outbreak of disease.

Workshop on Millennium Development Goals held

He continued thatkeeping faithful serviceto the State, the medicalstaff are to carry outhealth care not only in theregion they are discharg-ing but also in the entirenation. State and Divisionhealth officers need to re-port on maternity andmortality rates and healtheducative talks are alsoneeded to reach the ruralpeople at the grassrootlevel.

Next, the deputy min-ister instructed the offi-cials to systematicallycarry out the reports onmaternity death rate andmortality rate. Director-General Dr Win Myintand Deputy Director-General Dr Thein TheinHtay gave supplementary

reports.After discussions, de-

cisions were made. Theworkshop came to an endwith the concluding re-mark by the deputy min-ister.

MNA

TV Guide Vol I, No. 14 in circulation

YANGON, 8 Oct—TheTV Guide Vol I, No. 14published by Novel LightExpress (Tel: 391186) willcome out tomorrow.

It covers one weekdetailed programme lists

of Channel V, MTV,STAR SPORTS, AnimalPlanet, Mandalay FM andMRTV-4.

The TV Guide costsK 500 per copy and avail-able at bookstalls, City

Marts, and journal shops.Door to door service isbeing given to those whowant to buy the bookmonthly in Yangon andMandalay.

MNA

Lt-Gen Ko Ko of Ministry of Defence views harvesting in model monsoon paddy fields inLatpanchaung Village of Kyaunggon Township.—MNA

Minister Dr Kyaw Myint addresses at workshop on MillenniumDevelopment Goals.—HEALTH

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Oct—Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi looked intorehabilitation tasks atMyitta Village ofKungyangon Township

Energy Minister views village rehabilitationtask in Kungyangon Township

on 6 October morning.In Thayetthonbin Vil-

lage, the minister met withlocal people and visitedthe Basic Education Pri-mary School that can be

used as Cyclone Shelterduring the storm.

On arrival at ThongwaVillage, the minister cor-dially met with local peo-ple.—MNA

YANGON, 8 Oct—Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung on 5October looked into con-struction of a cyclone shel-ter by Htoo Company inKadonkani village-tract inBogale Township and an-other one by DiamondMercury Company inAyeya village-tract andgave necessary instruc-tions.

In Kyeinchaunggyi

Minister inspects progress ofBogale Township

village, he viewed open-ing of the clinic of theMinistry of Health. Heheard reported on con-struction of houses for 425families in the village andarrangements for buildingthe hospital and cycloneshelters presented by re-sponsible persons of HtooCo. The minister fulfilledthe requirements.

The minister in-spected opening of tel-

ecommunication stationin Setsan Village, con-struction of 16-bed sta-tion hospital, progress ofnew building atAungthabye Basic Edu-cation Post-PrimarySchool in Bogale, con-struction of the townshiphall and renovation of 120feet by 30 feet schoolbuildings at BEMSNo. 1.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung inspects construction of cyclone shelter in Kadonkani Village,Bogale Township.—FORESTRY

YANGON, 8 Oct—Thevisiting Vietnamese del-egation led by Vice-Chair-man of Foreign AffairsCommittee of the NationalAssembly Office andChairman of Vietnam-ASEAN Congresspersongroup Mr Ngo Duc Manh

Vietnamese delegation concludes visitof the Socialist Republicof Vietnam left here by airthis morning.

They Vietnamese del-egation was seen off atYangon International Air-port by CEC member ofthe Union Solidarity andDevelopment Association

U Aung Thein Lin andofficials of the USDAHeadquarters.

Yesterday evening,USDA CEC member UAung Thein Lin hosteddinner to the Vietnamesedelegation at Yangon CityHotel.—MNA

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Lush and green Taungdwingyi Townshipwith various irrigation water sources

Article: Sai Thein (Kengtung); Photos: Myanma Alin

Feeder canal No. 2 of Yanpei Dam supplying water to 800 extended acres of land inTaungdwingyi Township.

Photo shows thriving 100 acres of special teak plantation inTaungdwingyi Township.

Kinmontaung Dam of Taungdwingyi Township irrigates 5100 acres ofland through its conduit.

Over 10,000 acres of lush and green paddy plantations seen inirrigated areas of Yanpei Dam at Wakkathay Village-tract of

Taungdwingyi Township.

Recently, I visitedmy native Taungdwingyivia Nay Pyi Taw. Onarrival at Taungdwingyi,I toured the rural areas ofthe township, dams andreservoirs built by theState and thriving paddyand other cropplantations.

While in Taung-dwingyi, I had anopportunity to visitBeikthanoe archae-ological region. I sawlush and green monsoonpaddy plantationsirrigated by the waterfrom Ngamin Dam. Theroads were covered withthick foliage of shadytrees. I witnessed the

harmony of developingTaungdwingyi andimproving ecosystem.

Kinmontaung Damwas built in 1982-83 andcompleted in 1989-90. Atthat time, the dam thatbenefited 5000 acres ofland was constructed at a

cost of K 75.1 million. Thefacility is located at analtitude of 632 feet and itsembankment is 82 feet highand 1680 feet long.

I saw greening teakplantation near Kinmon-taung Dam. After that, Iproceeded to WakkathayVillage near Yanpei Dam.

During the trip, Inoticed the roads linkingrural and urban areas.Thanks to the concertedefforts of thegovernment, the localpeople and the NGOs, theearthen roads have beenupgraded there.

The government builtYanpei Dam. Thedepartments concerned

planted trees by organizinglocal people. At present,Wakkathay Village-tractcan grow monsoon andsummer paddy in additionto edible oil crops.

Out of 25 townshipsin Magway Division,Taungdwingyi Township

has put about 100,000 acresof land under paddy. Up tothe first week of Septemberthis year, the township hasgrown 90,372 acres ofpaddy against the target of107,835 acres. The localfarmers use the irrigationwater from Ngamin Lake,

Yinmale Dam,Kinmontaung Dam,Bankon Dam and YanpeiLake for their farmlandson self-reliant basis.

So far, the townshiphas cultivated 4109 acresof summer paddy thanksto the irrigation facilities.

I have learnt that thetownship achieves 168.16per cent food sufficiencyfor its population of326,00. A total of 17,923acres of land has been putunder maize and 80,483acres of land under mungbean, green gram, chickpea and lablab bean and95,606 acres of groundnut,sesame and sunflower. Allthe crops are high yieldstrains.

In my childhood, I facewater shortage problem.In 1987, there were 29.40inches of rainfall. After1989-1990, thegovernment constructeddams and reservoirs and

established forests toconserve the environmentof the township. As a result,the rainfall of the townshipincreased year by year.Thanks to betterenvironment, there were59.86 inches of rainfall in2007 and 62 inches in 2008.

Moreover, potable watercan be supplied to over 275villages in the township.

Nowadays, thescientists warned that if theecosystem deteriorates, themankind will be extinct.The global people wereworried about the dangerof pandemic A/H1N1virus. Indeed, such virusoriginated from the naturalenvironment, accordingthe scientists.

All the global peopleare relying on naturalresources. Therefore, theyshould not destroy theirenvirons. If not, they willface the bitterconsequences of environ-

mental problems. I wouldlike to urge all the globalpeople to actively take partin the environmentalconser-vation.

To visit my nativeTaungdwingyi, I went toYangon from Kengtungby flight. Next, I left

Yangon for Nay Pyi Tawby air. After that, Iproceeded toTaungdwingyi from NayPyi Taw by car.

Despite tirednessduring the trips, I waspleased to witness theprogress of agriculture,tran-sportation, lush andgreening environmentand thriving paddyplantations. I wasenjoying the fresh airwhile standing near thelush and green paddyfields.

Translation: TTAMyanma Alin:

8-10-2009

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DUBAI, 8 Oct—After introducing luxury flooringdesigned to imitate a sandy beach, a leading airlines inthe Gulf is now claiming to have built the mostluxurious toilet in the aviation industry.

The toilet in the first class suite on Oman Air’sbrand new A330-300 is, however, accessible only tothe pilot and the First Class passengers, HotelierMiddle East reported.

The suite also features a 82-inch-long bed fittedwith gadgets such as an eight-point massage system, a23-inch entertainment monitor with wireless headsetand USB, Ethernet and power plugs.

Passengers will also be able to use mobile phonesand have access to Wi-Fi, the report said quotingOman Air CEO Peter Hill.—Internet

Welcome to the mostluxurious toilet in air!

CTIA Wireless Association announced it was backing a drive tostandardize audio and USB plugs for laptops and other mobile gadgets.

The group said it is behind an initiative to make 3.5mm plugs thestandard for earphones, headphones and micro-USB connections in

mobile devices introduced to the market after January 2012.INTERNET

NEW DELHI, 8 Oct—As exporters startedcomplaining aboutadverse effects of risingvalue of the rupee againstthe dollar, the govern-ment today said appre-ciating Indian currencyreflects strength of theeconomy and it cannotdo much so long as theunit rises and falls in arange.

“As long as themovement is not volatileand takes place based onfundamentals within asort of range and movestwo ways, there is notmuch that one can doabout i t ,” FinanceSecretary AshokChawla told reporterswhen asked if the RBIor the government willinter-vene to rein infirming rupee.

Chawla said risingvalue of the rupeereflects strongfundamentals of theIndian economy andcapital flows into thecountry. “I t (rupeevalue) has beenappreciating. It showsthe fundamentalstrength of the economy.The fact that capitalflows, which had driedup earlier, are coming.

Internet

‘Rising rupeereflects Indian

economy’sstrength’WASHINGTON, 8

Oct—Scientists havespotted a huge new ringaround Saturn — thelargest planetary ringseen yet in the solarsystem.

The faint ring, madeof tiny particles, partlymarks the orbit ofSaturn’s distant moonPhoebe, Anne Verbiscerof the University ofVirginia and colleaguesreported on Wednesdayin the journal Nature.

Phoebe, orbits theringed planet at a radiusof about 8 million miles(13 million kilometers)and, evidently, objectscolliding with Phoebeand kicking up dust keepthe ring supplied withmaterial.

“The closest analogs

Huge new ring spottedaround Saturn

An image captured byNASA’s Cassini

spacecraft February 4,2007 and released on 1

March , 2007.

to the Phoebe ring arethe two gossamer ringsassociated with Jupiter’sinner satellites, Thebeand Amalthea,” theywrote. These moons,too, are the source ofdust kicked up bycollisions.

“Similar structuresshould also adorn theother gas giant planets,”the researchers added.

Galileo first pottedSaturn’s colorful rings in1610 with his telescope,and almost any amateurplanet-spotter can see thedensest of the giantplanet’s rings.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 8 Oct—Mexicanresearchers say they have someevidence that the ordinary seasonalflu vaccine may offer some protectionagainst the new pandemic H1N1 swineflu — contrary to other studies.

They found that people who hadbeen vaccinated against seasonal fluwere far less likely to be sick or todie from H1N1 than people who hadnot been immunized against seasonalflu.

“These results are to beconsidered cautiously and in no wayindicate that seasonal vaccine shouldreplace vaccination against pandemicinfluenza A/H1N1 2009,” LourdesGarcia-Garcia and colleagues at theNational Institute of Public Health inCuernavaca wrote in the BritishMedical Journal.

But they said the findings might

Study says ordinary flu jabmay protect against H1N1

offer some good news for people whohave been vaccinated against seasonalflu, especially as governments arejust beginning to distribute newlymade swine flu vaccines. The newH1N1 swine flu virus is a very distantcousin of the H1N1 seasonal flu virus,which is included in the mixtureprovided every year in the seasonalflu vaccine.

Most studies have shown theannual vaccine provides little or noprotection against H1N1, likelybecause it is very different.One studyin Canada suggested that in fact peoplewho got seasonal flu vaccines may bemore likely to become infected withH1N1, although the World HealthOrganization and the US Centres forDisease Control and Prevention bothexpressed doubts about the findings.

MNA/Reuters

NASA says Arctic Sea iceextent 3rd lowest on record

WASHINGTON, 8 Oct—US satellite measur-ements show Arctic sea iceextent in 2009 — the areaof the Arctic Oceancovered by floating ice —was the third lowest sincesatellite measurem-entswere first made in 1979,NASA announcedTuesday in a Press release.The ice area at its minimumwas an increase from thepast two years, but stillwell below the average forthe past 30 years. Arcticsea ice reached itsminimum extent aroundSeptember 12.Accordingto scienti-sts affiliatedwith the National Snowand Ice Data Centre(NSIDC), sea ice coveragedropped to 5.1 millionsquare kilom-etres at itsminimum. The ice cover

was 970,000 squarekilometres greater than therecord low of 2007 and580,000 square kilometresgreater than 2008.NSIDCis sponsored by several USGovern-ment agencies,including NASA. Ice dataare derived frommeasurements made by the

US Department of Defenceand NASA satellites, withkey work in interpreting thedata and developing the 30-year history done byscientists at NASA’sGoddard Space FlightCentre in Greenbelt,Maryland.

MNA/Xinhua

Women pray during the Hindu festival of Karva Chauthinside a temple in the northern Indian cityof Chandigarh

on 7 October, 2009. —INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV FRISIA LAHN VOY NO (016N)Consignees of cargo carried on MV FRISIA LAHN

VOY NO (016N) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 9.10.2009 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.

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: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPINGLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

New quakes, small tsunami panic Pacific islanders

Tampa man chargedin USF bomb threats

TAMPA, 8 Oct—A Tampa man was arrested onWednesday and charged with making a false bombthreat that closed the University of South Florida forthree hours, police said. Markenson Innocent, 26, aUSF accounting graduate, was being held at theHillsborough County Jail on $7,500 bail on one countof making a false report of a bomb against state-ownedproperty, the St Petersburg Times reported Wednes-day.

Innocent called 911 about 1:30 Monday and gavethe name “Isaiah Daniels,” USF police Lt Meg Rosssaid. The caller said he had a bomb and a gun and wasat the library on the Tampa campus, drawing heavilyarmed police. Markenson posted messages about thethreat on his Facebook page during and after the inci-dent, police said. Warning text messages went to56,000 people in the USF community.—Internet

NASA downgradesthreat of large

asteroidLOS ANGELES, 8 Oct—

Earth can breathe a sigh ofrelief. NASA on Wednes-day downgraded the odds ofan 885-foot asteroid strikingthe planet in 2036. Scientistsinitially believed there wasa 1-in-45,000 chance thatApophis could hit the planeton 13 April, 2036. But thethreat was lowered to a 1-in-250,000 chance after re-searchers recalculated theasteroid’s path.

“It wasn’t anything toworry about before. Nowit’s even less so,” saidSteve Chesley, an astrono-mer with the Near EarthObject Programme atNASA’s Jet PropulsionLaboratory.Chesley andhis colleagues refined theasteroid’s orbit after an as-tronomer in Hawaiianalyzed previouslyunreleased images thatgave scientists a better ideaof Apophis’ position.

Internet

Technicians look over a computer monitor which lets them know the height ofa tsunami if it’s generated by a earthquake at the Richard H Hagemeyer

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center located in Ewa Beach, Hawaii on the islandof Oahu on 7 Oct, 2009. Three powerful earthquakes struck the South Pacific

near the Vanuatu archipelago on Thursday.—INTERNET

WELLINGTON, 8 Oct—Thousands of panickedSouth Pacific islandersraced away from thecoastline after threestrong earthquakes rockedthe region and generateda small tsunami on Thurs-day, just over a week af-ter a massive wave killed178 people in the Samoasand Tonga.

There were no immedi-ate reports of damage, andall tsunami warnings andwatches were sooncanceled. But people

across the South Pacifictook no chances, scram-bling up hillsides andmaneuvering throughtraffic-clogged streets toreach higher ground.

“There is panic here,too,” Chris McKee, assist-ant director of the Geo-physical Observatory inthe Papua New Guineacapital, Port Moresby,told The Associated Press.“Offices have closed.People have rushed outonto the streets and areclimbing hills. A lot of

places have shut down. ...We tried to put the damp-eners on it, but it was al-ready out of hand.”

The Hawaii-based Pa-cific Tsunami WarningCenter issued a regionaltsunami warning for 11nations and territories af-ter a quake with a magni-tude of 7.8 struck 183miles (294 kilometers)northwest of the Vanuatuisland of Santo at a depthof 21 miles (35 kilome-tres).

Internet

East Malaysia on Orangealert for tropical storm Parma

KUALA LUMPUR, 8 Oct— East Malaysia’s state ofSabah has been on orange alert as tropical storm Parmaover the Philippines aroused heavy rains and strongwinds there, a local newspaper reported on Thursday.

The state was put under Orange alert — moderateand occasionally heavy rain — that could cause flood-ing in low-lying areas and overflowing of rivers dueto Parma over northern Philippines, The Star quotedAbdul Malik Tussin, director of SabahMeteorologicalDepartment, as saying.

Xinhua

The best timeto plant a treewas 20 yearsago. Secondbest time is

now.

Drivesafely

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Third of parents oppose swineflu vaccine

A girl 3, watches as a nurse takesa measurement of the mark left onher arm after receiving a swine flu

vaccination during a clinical trial forchildren at Emory Children’s Center

in Atlanta last month.—INTERNET

ATLANTA,8 Oct —As the first waveof swine flu vaccine crosses the coun-try, more than a third of parents don’twant their kids vaccinated, according toan Associated Press-GfK poll.Some

parents say they are concerned aboutside effects from the new vaccine —even though nothing serious has turnedup in tests so far — while others sayswine flu doesn’t amount to any greaterhealth threat than seasonal flu.

Jackie Shea of Newtown, Conn, themother of a 5-year-old boy namedEmmett, says the vaccine is too new andtoo untested.” I will not be first in linein October to get him vaccinated,” shesaid in an interview last month. “We’retalking about putting an unknown intohim. I can’t do that.” The AP poll foundthat 38 percent of parents said they wereunlikely to give permission for their kidsto be vaccinated at school. The belief thatthe new vaccine could be risky is onefederal health officials have been fight-ing from the start, and they plan an un-precedented system of monitoring forside effects.—Internet

More attention, better treatmentfor concussions

NEW YORK , 8 Oct —The days of a footballplayer getting his bellrung, taking a whiff ofsmelling salts and gettingback on the field are gone.

Florida quarterbackTim Tebow can attest tothat. The Heisman Trophywinner took a hard hit tothe head and chest by aKentucky lineman andhad the back of his headdriven into the knee of ateammate. The concus-sion he received put himin the hospital for a night

and left his status for No1 Florida’s huge gameagainst No 4 LSU on Sat-urday in doubt.

“The concussion in thepast was called a ding, aso-called minor injury,”said Dr Julian Bailes, thechair of West VirginiaUniversity’s departmentof neurosurgery. “The lastfive years there has beenmore research and under-standing on how they oc-cur and how we take careof them.”

A spate of studies —

including one commis-sioned by the NFL andreleased last week thatfound retired professionalfootball players may havea higher rate than normalof Alzheimer’s diseaseand other memory prob-lems — have gainedwidespread attention inrecent years. There’s evena new law in Washingtonstate, setting out condi-tions for how head inju-ries are to be dealt with insports.

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Dinosaur prints found in France

Study finds rare head and neck cancerlinked to HPV

Indian newborn survives fallfrom train

The 30-tonne dinosaurs may havelooked like this.—INTERNETChip measures breast

estrogen with just a pokeWASHINGTON , 8 Oct — Estrogen fuels breast cancer

yet doctors can’t measure how much of the hormone isin a woman’s breast without cutting into it. A Canadianinvention might change that: A lab-on-a-chip that can dothe work quickly with just the poke of a small needle.

Several years of study are needed before the ex-perimental device could hit doctors’ offices, but theresearch published on Wednesday opens the tantaliz-ing possibility of easy, routine monitoring of varioushormones. Doctors could use it to see if breast cancertherapy is working, tell who’s at high risk, or for otherproblems, such as infertility — maybe even prostatecancer.

“It’s thought-provoking to think, ‘What could I dowith a tool like this?’” said Dr Kelly Marcom, breastoncology chief at Duke University Medical Center,who wasn’t involved with the new invention. “It opensup an avenue of investigation that without tools likethis, you couldn’t explore.”

The University of Toronto researchers used a pow-erful new technology to measure tiny droplets ofestrogen from samples at least 1,000 times smaller thantoday’s testing requires. Called digital microfluidics,it uses electricity to separate and purify droplets ofthe hormone from a mix of other cells — all on thesurface of a chip no bigger than a credit card.— Internet

A nurse takes care ofnewborn babies at amaternity hospital in

Agartala, eastern India,in 2008. A newbornbaby has escaped

unhurt after beingdelivered in the toilet ofa moving Indian trainand then falling onto

the tracks, reports saidon Thursday.

INTERNET

PARIS, 8 Oct — French fossil huntershave discovered huge dinosaur foot-prints, said to be among the biggest inthe world. The footprints were madeabout 150 million years ago bysauropods — long-necked herbivores —in chalky sediment in the Jura plateauof eastern France.

The depressions are about 1.5m(4.9ft) wide, corresponding to animals

that were more than 25m long andweighed about 30 tonnes.French expertssay the find at Plagne, near Switzerland,is “exceptional”.”The tracks formed bythe footprints extend over dozens, evenhundreds, of metres,” the National Cen-tre for Scientific Research (CNRS) said.”Further digs will be carried out in thecoming years and they may reveal thatthe site at Plagne is one of the biggest ofits kind in the world.”

The footprints, from the UpperJurassic era, were found in April this yearby a pair of amateur fossil hunters, buthave only now been authenticated byscientists. Another layer of sediment,now rock-hard, had preserved the foot-prints. They were revealed when localtree-felling exposed the earth under-neath, French media report.The regionwas near a shallow, warm sea at the timethe sauropods lived there. —Internet

WASHINGTON, 8 Oct —An increase in cases of arare type of head and neckcancer appears to belinked to HPV, or humanpapilloma virus, accord-ing to a new study fromresearchers at the Univer-sity of Michigan Compre-hensive Cancer Center.

The study looked atpatients with nasopharyn-geal cancer, a tumor thatgrows behind the noseand at the top of the throat,

above the tonsils. Thisrare cancer occurs in lessthan 1 of every100,000Americans.

“Though rare, this isthe first report of nasopha-ryngeal cancer beingcaused by the HPV epi-demic. We are in the mid-dle of a tonsil cancer epi-demic, seeing many pa-tients with tonsil cancerlinked to HPV. It turns outthat HPV may also be anew cause of this rare

form of cancer that occursin this hidden location,”says study author CarolBradford, professor andchair of otolaryngology atthe U-M Medical School.

In the study, which ap-pears online on Wednes-day in the journal Head &Neck, the researcherslooked at tissue samplestaken before treatment foreither nasopharyngealcancer or tonsil cancer.

Of the 89 patients in thestudy, five had nasopha-ryngeal cancer, and fourof those were positive forHPV. At the same time,the four HPV-positivetumors were also all nega-tive for Epstein-Barr vi-rus, which has previouslybeen one of the biggestinfectious causes of na-sopharyngeal cancer.

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KOLKATA, 8 Oct —Anewborn baby hasescaped unhurt after beingdelivered in the toilet of amoving Indian train andthen falling onto the tracks,reports said on Thurs-day.

Rinku Debu Ray, 28, sud-denly went into labour lateTuesday while on board anexpress train that was pass-ing through the state ofWest Bengal.

According to the Timesof India and HindustanTimes, Ray delivered thebaby in the toilet of hercarriage and the newborn

infant slipped through thedischarge chute and ontothe tracks below. The dis-traught Ray immediatelyjumped from the train,prompting passengers topull the emergency cord inthe belief that she was try-ing to commit suicide.

“We got off the trainand started looking for mywife,” husband Bhola Ray,33, told the HindustanTimes.”After an hour, wefound Rinku sitting besidethe track with the baby inher lap,” he said. Motherand child reboarded thetrain and were taken to thenearest station and then tohospital, where doctorspronounced them both ingood health.

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BUENOS AIRES, 8 Oct — Argentine national soccerteam trained on Wednesday with a few surprises forthe 2010 World Cup qualifications, including GonzaloHiguain, Lionel Messi and Pablo Aimar in the squad.

During the training session at the Argentine Foot-ball Association’s grounds in Ezeiza, on the southernoutskirts of Buenos Aires, coach Diego Maradona linedup only four having played the team’s 1-0 lose to Para-guay.

They were striker Messi, goalkeeper SergioRomero, defender Gabriel Heinza and midfielderJavier Mascherano, as Jonas Gutierres came in on theright wing.

During a 35-minute training match, the team beatthe under-18 national team 3-0 with goals from EnzoPerez, Higuain and Angel DiMaria.

The squad was Romero: Gutierrez, RolandoSchiavi, Heinze, Emiliano Insua; Perez, Mascherano,Di Maria; Aimar; Messi and Higuain.

Argentina will play Peru on Saturday at RiverPlate’s Monumental Stadium in capital Buenos Aires,and against Uruguay four days later in the CentenarioStadium in Uruguayan capital Montevideo.

The Argentine team, which may have to play a play-off against Costa Rica to earn the berth to next year’sWorld Cup in South Africa, now has 22 points and isfifth in the ten-team South American qualificationgroup.

Xinhua

Monfils, Blake, Ivanovic set forBrisbane Intl

SYENDY , 8 Oct — Gael Monfils, James Blake andAna Ivanovic will compete in the Brisbane ATP/WTAInternational tournament in January ahead of the Aus-tralian Open, according to organisers.FrenchmanMonfils, ranked 13, cracked the top 10 ATP rankingsfor the first time this year and will be joined by Ameri-can Blake, currently ranked No 24 in the world.

Former French Open champion Ivanovic, of Ser-bia, is ranked at 11 after reaching the world numberone spot in June 2008 following her performance atthe Paris Grand Slam tournament.The trio will joinalready confirmed players Andy Roddick and KimClijsters for the second running of the January 3-10Brisbane International, a warm-up for the first of thefour Grand Slam tournaments in Melbourne.

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BEIJING , 8 Oct – Ser-bian second seed NovakDjokovic cruised into thequarterfinals of the ChinaOpen on Wednesday, butMaria Sharapova becamethe latest upset victim onthe women’s side of the6.6-million-dollar event.

Beyond Sharapova’sloss, it was a good day forRussian players in Beijing,with the other four in ac-tion — NikolayDavydenko, ElenaDementieva, SvetlanaKuznetsova and teenAnastasia Pavlyu-chenkova — all into thequarterfinals.

Djokovic, looking forhis third ATP title of theyear, easily defeated com-patriot Viktor Troicki 6-3,6-0 in just over an hour on

WATFORD, 8 Oct — As David James watched hisEngland team-mates celebrate qualifying for theWorld Cup finals on his television, an unpleasantthought crossed the Portsmouth goalkeeper’s mind.

What if he was still be watching from the side-lines by the time England kick off their campaign towin the World Cup in South Africa next year?

In the five games James had missed as a result of aseries of injuries, West Ham’s Robert Green had per-formed well enough and, more importantly for Eng-land coach Fabio Capello, the team had kept on win-ning.

James only had to look at the treatment handedout to Michael Owen - banished from the squad en-tirely — and David Beckham — reduced to a bit-partsubstitutes role — to know that experience and repu-tation are no guarantee of selection under the Italian.

Now James is fit Capello faces a tough choice be-tween him and Green and the former Liverpool staracknowledges that he may not regain his place forSaturday’s World Cup qualifier against Ukraine.

Internet

Terry determined to slayspectre of failure

LONDON, 8 Oct — England captain John Terry be-lieves he will be haunted by a sense of failure until theend of his days if he doesn’t win either the Champi-ons League trophy or the World Cup before he stopsplaying.

With Chelsea going well in Europe under CarloAncelotti and England currently regarded as third fa-vourites for next year’s World Cup in South Africa,Terry knows that, at 28, this season could be the onethat defines his career.

“This is my biggest season ahead of me and it’simportant to stay fit and keep playing well for Chel-sea,” Terry said ahead of England’s trip to the Ukrainefor Saturday’s penultimate qualifier.

Fabio Capello’s squad have already qualified forthe finals but the Italian has made it clear that no playercan take their place in the squad for South Africa forgranted and Terry insists he does not feel immune fromthe pressure to prove himself.—Internet

LONDON ,8 Oct – Be-leaguered Premier Leagueclub Portsmouth onWednesday re-appointedAvram Grant as directorof football but insisted theformer Chelsea and Israelboss was not a threat tothe position of managerPaul Hart.

Grant has signed atwo-year deal with theclub following this week’stakeover of the club bySaudi businessman AliAl-Faraj. Grant filled thesame role when HarryRedknapp was manager atPortsmouth, before leav-ing for Chelsea.—Internet

Blanc to become new Juvepresident

ROME, 8 Oct – Frenchman Jean-Claude Blanc isdue to take over from Giovanni Cobolli Gigli as thenew president of Juventus, according to the club’swebsite.

Blanc was already the club’s managing director butwill replace Cobolli Gigli as of October 27, in whatJohn Elkann, chairman of the Exor company whichcontrols the club, described as a competitive restruc-turing.

Cobolli Gigli had been Juventus president since2006 when the club was demoted to Serie B andstripped of its previous two titles for match-fixing inthe infamous calciopoli scandal.—Internet

Maradona revampsArgentine squad

James faces up to WorldCup battle

England’s David

James.

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WATFORD, 8 Oct — When it comes to putting hismedals on the table, Michael Carrick can produce ahaul that eclipses even the most illustrious membersof England’s midfield, yet the Manchester United starstill remains his country’s forgotten man.

Carrick has won more Premier League and Cham-pions League silverware than Steven Gerrard andFrank Lampard have managed between them duringtheir careers.

While Lampard has held the Premier League tro-phy twice, the Chelsea star has yet to taste Champi-ons League success.

Liverpool captain Gerrard lifted the European Cupin 2005, but he is still waiting for a first title victory.

Even Gareth Barry is ahead of Carrick in themidfield pecking order despite failing to win a singlemajor trophy in his career to date.

Carrick has no such absences from his medal col-lection.

Since joining United in 2006, the softly spoken 28-year-old has won three successive Premier League ti-tles and helped United defeat Lampard’s Chelsea inthe 2008 Champions League final.

Internet

Serbia’s NovakDjokovic.INTERNET

Djokovic cruises, Sharapovaout at China Open

centre court at the Olym-pic tennis venue.The 22-year-old world numberone — who had 17 win-ners and just sevenunforced errors — brokeTroicki to go up 5-3 in thefirst set and never lookedback, reeling off the nextseven games to close outthe match.—Internet

Frenchman Jean-Claude Blanc.

Beleaguered PremierLeague club Port-

smouth on Wednesdayre-appointed AvramGrant, as director of

football but insisted theformer Chelsea andIsrael boss was not a

threat to the position ofmanager Paul Hart.

INTERNET

Grant returns to Portsmouthas director of football

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, Southwest monsoon haswithdrawn from the whole country.Rain orthundershowers have been widespread in KachinState and Taninthayi Division,fairly widespread inMon State and upper Sagaing Division, scattered inShan and Rakhine States, isolated in Chin States,lower Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago, Yangon andAyeyawady Divisions and weather has been partlycloudy in the remaining States nad Divisions. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded wereKyaikmaraw (1.92) inches, Katha (1.38)inches,Kawthoung (1.22) inches, Dawei (1.03) inches,Mogok (0.98) inch, Falam (0.71) inch, Hkamti(0.51) inch and Kanbalu (0.27) inch.

Maximum temperature on 7-10-2009 was 91°F.Minimum temperature on 8-10-2009 was 70°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 8-10-2009 was 79%.Total sun shine hours on 7-10-2009 was (7.5) hours approx.

Rainfall on 8-10-2009 was (0.32) inch at Mingaladon,Nil at Kaba-Aye and Nil at Central Yangon. Total rainfallsince 1-1-2009 was (108.94) inches at Mingaladon, (119.57)inches at Kaba-Aye and (125.00) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom Southwest at (17:30) hours MST on 7-10-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is cloudy in the AndamanSea and North Bay and West Central Bay, generallyfair elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 9th October 2009:Rain or thundershowers will be widespread inKachin State, upper Sagaing and TaninthayiDivisions, fairly widespread in Chin State, scatteredin Rakhine, Kayin and Mon States, Mandalay, Bago,Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions, isolated in ShanState and lower Sagaing Division and weather willbe partly cloudy in the remaining States andDivisions. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Condinuations ofrain or thundershowers in the Northern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for9-10-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for9-10-2009: Isolated rain or tundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for9-10-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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A general view of the new PS20 solar plantwhich was inaugurated last month at “Solucar”solar park in Sanlucar La Mayor, near Seville,on 7 October, 2009. The solar thermal power

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

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

troubles

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

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Earthquake ReportNAY PYI TAW, 8 Oct—A very strong earth-

quake of intensity (8.1) Richter Scale with its epicenteroutside Myanmar (Santa Cruz Islands) about (5200)miles east-southeast of Kaba-Aye seismology ob-servatory was recorded at (04) hr (45) min (13) secM.S.T on 8 October, 2009.—MNA

Acceleration ofpreventive measures

against A/H1N1NAY PYI TAW, 8 Oct—Ministry of Health

has been accelerating concerted efforts on preven-tive measures against New Influenza A/H1N1 since28 April. There are 56 confirmed patients infectedwith New Influenza A/H1N1. Of them, 50 patientswere allowed to discharge from hospital as theyfully recovered from their illness and the flu leavesno one dead. So far, six patients receiving health careat hospital are getting better.

The Ministry has been reminding the publicto strictly follow the directives issued by Ministry ofHealth and to participate in preventive measures incooperation with the Ministry for the public to befree from infection of A/H1N1.—MNA

Lt-Gen Ko Ko inspects progress oftransport, agriculture, livestock breeding,

development task in Pathein DistrictNAY PYI TAW, 8 Oct—Lt-Gen Ko Ko of the Min-

istry of Defence on 6 October viewed maintenance ofroad section along Yangon-Pathein Road by car.

Accompanied by Chairman of Ayeyawady Divi-sion Peace and Development Council Commander ofSouth-West Command Maj-Gen Kyaw Swe and offi-cials, Lt-Gen Ko Ko looked into road works at mile postNo. 78 miles and six furlongs of Yangon-Pathein Road.

In Letpanchaung and Gonmin villages ofKyaunggon Township, he inspected collective har-vesting paddy and winnowing task at model monsoon

paddy plantation.Yesterday morning, Lt-Gen Ko Ko and party

attended the fish releasing ceremony and released fishinto Ngawun River in Pathein.

At the hall of Pathein, he heard reports on progressof tasks in the division presented by the commanderand gave instructions on regional development.

Lt-Gen Ko Ko and the commander presentedshoulder paddy harvesters and other equipment tothose present.

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A customer tries on a gold bracelet at a jewelleryboutique in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, on7 October, 2009. Gold eased from record highs onWednesday as investors took profits, but sentiment

remained bullish and a fresh record was withinsight as the dollar's weakness and inflation

concerns reinforced bullion's appeal as a hedge.

Gold’s record price rise findstepid response

SYDNEY, 8 Oct—Gold received a lukewarm recep-tion a day after racing to a record high, with consumersin Asia more likely to be cashing in than panic buying.

Profit taking —read selling —replaced gold pur-chases that in New York and across Europe on Tuesdayhad swept spot bullion through the March 2008 recordto hit $1,043.45 an ounce.

“It is simple, buy low and sell high — I am makinga 10 percent profit already so I am selling,” said NguyenDuc Hung while waiting to sell five taels of gold at ashop on Hanoi’s Ha Trung street. Hung said he boughtthe gold in early July.

To date, there have been no reports of gold hoardersburying stashes in secret spots as was the case in 1980,when gold zoomed above $800 an ounce for the first

time, or about double today's level when adjusted forinflation.

Gold was last quoted at $1,042.20 an ounce, justshy of Tuesday’s peak.

“Today’s been like any other day,” said DavidCarr, of KJC Coins Australia in Sydney. “No one’scoming in to sell gold because the price jumped over-night, it's more wait and see, business as usual.”

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