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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 September, 2003 1

Established 1914

Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

Attasammapanidhi ca, to establish oneself rightfully; this is the way to auspiciousness.

Four political objectives* Stability of the State, community peace

and tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed na-

tion in accord with the new State Constitu-tion

Four economic objectives* Development of agriculture as the base and

all-round development of other sectors ofthe economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-orientedeconomic system

* Development of the economy inviting par-ticipation in terms of technical know-howand investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State andthe national peoples

Four social objectives* Uplift of the morale and morality of the

entire nation* Uplift of national prestige and integrity

and preservation and safeguarding of cul-tural heritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

INSIDE PoemWhat we’re doing is

Human RightsPage 2

Coal-fired power station project (Tikyit) —MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye inspects coal-fired power station project (Tikyit) in Pinlaung Township.—MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye inspects constructionwork of coal-fired power station project (Tikyit)

YANGON, 10 Sept — Vice-

Chairman of the State Peace

and Development Council

Deputy Commander-in-Chief

of Defence Services Com-

mander-in-Chief (Army)

Vice-Senior General Maung

Aye left here by Tatmadaw

aircraft for Kalaw Township,

Shan State, on 8 September

morning.

The entourage of Vice-

Senior General Maung Aye

were State Peace and Devel-

opment Council Secretary-1

Lt-Gen Soe Win, Secretary-

2 Lt-Gen Thein Sein, mem-

ber of the State Peace and

Development Council Lt-

Gen Aung Htwe, member of

the State Peace and Devel-

opment Council Chief of

Armed Forces Training Lt-

Gen Kyaw Win, Com-

mander-in-Chief (Navy)

Vice-Admiral Kyi Min,

Commander-in-Chief (Air)

Maj-Gen Myat Hein, minis-

ters, senior military officers

of the Ministry of Defence,

and responsible personnel of

the State Peace and Devel-

opment Council Office.

Vice-Senior General

Maung Aye arrived at Heho

Airport, Kalaw, Shan State,

at 9.30 am. On arrival at the

airport, Vice-Senior General

Maung Aye and his entou-

rage were welcomed by Maj-

Gen Khin Maung Myint,

Chairman of Shan State

Peace and Development

Council and also Com-

mander of Eastern Com-

mand, and officials.

Yesterday morning,


Aye and party flew to Tikyit

to inspect the coal-fired

power station project (Tikyit)

being undertaken by the Min-

istry of Electric Power in

Tikyit region, Pinlaung

Township.

At the briefing hall,

Deputy Superintending Engi-

neer of the Myanma Electric

Power Enterprise U Htay

Myint reported on tasks being

implemented at the project,

progress in the construction of

the station, and arrangements

for distribution of electricity.

Next, Minister for Elec-

tric Power Maj-Gen Tin Htut

also reported on arrival of

material for the project train-

ing given to employees to

widen their scope of experi-

ence in the field of coal-fired

power station tasks, and as-

sistance being rendered by

other ministries to the project.

U Chit Khine, Chairman

of Shan Yoma Naga Co Ltd,

also presented reports on coal-

mining work being carried out

by the company to supply the

project with coal.

After hearing the reports,


Aye gave instructions on sys-

tematic and precise implemen-

tation of the project and quick

supply of machinery to the

company. He also attended to

the requirements through co-

ordination with related minis-

tries.

Later, U Nay Win Tun,

Chairman of Jade Dragon Co

Ltd, presented reports on ar-

rangements for a Naga cement

plant project to be imple-

mented in Tikyit region. Next,

Minister for Science and Tech-

nology U Thaung and Minis-

ter for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn

Myint explained matters re-

lated to assistance to be of-

fered by ministries for the con-

struction of the cement plant.

Afterwards,

(See page 9)

Volume XI, Number 148 1st Waning of Tawthalin 1365 ME Thursday, 11 September, 2003

PerspectivesIntensified fight

against narcotic drugs Page 2

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still soPage 8

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PERSPECTIVESThursday, 11 September, 2003

Intensified fight againstnarcotic drugs

Since 1999, the 15-year Drug Elimination Planhas been implemented in Myanmar for eradica-tion of narcotic drugs, and starting from 2002-2003 fiscal year, the New Destiny Project, part ofthe 15-year plan, has also been implemented withthe aim of successfully carrying out the main plan.

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt, at thespecial meeting No 2/2003 of the Central Commit-tee for Drug Abuse Control held on 7 September,said, “In poppy cultivation and drug production,only drug dealers made much of profits and be-came prosperous. The innocent farmers could notmake ends meet. Thus, in destroying the poppyplantations under the New Destiny Project, seedsof poppy substitute crops were distributed to farm-ers free of charge on humanitarian grounds, landwas reclaimed by the governmental departments,and provisions were given to farmers free ofcharge.” Although the government, with itsown resources, has been making efforts on self-reliance basis in elimination of poppy cultivationas well as in fulfilling the basic needs of the poppyfarmers, some big nations which made accusa-tions, saying that there is poppy growing and drugproduction in Myanmar, have not provided anyaid to Myanmar in connection with the drug elimi-nation project.

However, Myanmar in cooperation with theUS and the UNODC conducted the opium yieldsurvey. In the reports of those organizations, it wasstated that there had been a decrease in poppycultivation and poppy yield year by year.

Thanks to the strenuous efforts of local authori-ties, national race leaders and local people for totalelimination of poppy cultivation, and the NewDestiny Project closely supervised by five minis-ters and four deputy ministers for growing poppy-substitute crops, success has been achieved in thefight against narcotic drugs in 2002 and 2003. Themeeting of the ECOSOC held at the UN Head-quarters in April 2003 chose Myanmar as a UNdrug commission member and thus Myanmar hasthe right to serve as the commission member forfour years from 2004 to 2007. Thus, Myanmar willhave the leading role in the management sector ofthe UN drug elimination drives carried out notonly in Myanmar but also in the world.

With significant progress in drug eliminationdrive, cooperation of the national race leaders andlocal people has increased. They are now makingall-out efforts for ensuring drug elimination inboth Wa region and Kokang region in 2005.

National race leaders and local national racesare urged to actively participate in the fight againstnarcotic drugs, the evil legacy of colonialism, whilestriving for regional development, raising the liv-ing standard of the people and conducting poppy-substitute agriculture and livestock breeding tasks.

* As one pleases, with one’s life Stay where one likes, in manner one chooses Right to stay, for human beings Is great Right, that’s Human Rights.* One nation, for the majority What they choose, independently In design of one’s choice, one’s great nation Organized and lived in, with right to administer Right of power, sovereignty For those whose abode, for the people Like life itself, is valued ’Tis great Right, Human Rights.* Human Rights, if lost Human’s nipped in the bud, not worth living Will lose face, that’s the way it is.* In humanity’s place, if one loses face ’Tis taken as life’s lost.* Sovereignty, if it’s firm The people of the land, will enjoy good weal More than that, throughout the land Individually counted, will proudly claim Steadfast life, will there be.* That’s why currently, in our land The sovereignty of us Myanmar To be steadfast, we’re striving Preparing, is for our Rights Human Rights, to truly exist If blamed, we stand undeterred We look ahead, do what we have to Keep it constantly in mind.

Po Wa (Trs)

What we’re doing isHuman Rights

YANGON, 10 Sept —

MRA (Myanmar Royal

Academy) education centre

opened today at No 57, 9th

Street, in Lanmadaw Town-

ship.

Professional English

course, diploma and ad-

vanced diploma foundation/

MRA education centre openedpreparatory courses, SAM

(The South Australian Ma-

triculation) course and com-

puter courses will be con-

ducted at the centre.

Further information

is available at the centre, Ph

222121.

MNA

YANGON, 10 Sept—

Minister for Agriculture and

Irrigation Maj-Gen Nyunt

Tin met Ambassador of Pa-

kistan to Myanmar Mr M

Yusuf Shah, who had com-

pleted his tour of duty in

A & I Minister meetsPakistani Ambassador

YANGON, 10 Sept —

A set of computer and 200

dozens of exercise books

worth K 400,000 were con-

tributed to Zebingyi Basic

Education High School

(Branch) in PyinOoLwin

Township on 6 September.

At the donation cer-

A set of computer andexercise books donated

YANGON, 10 Sept —

Organized by the Myanmar

Football Federation, the soc-

cer tourney for Sports Min-

ister’s Cup continued at the

Aung San Stadium here this

afternoon. In a group-A

Sports Minister’s Cup soccertourney continues

match, the Forestry team

played against the Ruby

Dragon team beating the lat-

ter 4-1. In the match, the man

of the match prize went to

Aung Kyaw Tun of the For-

estry team. — MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye gave instructions at coal-fired power plant project (Tikyit) in Pinlaung Township. (News on Page 1) — MNA

Myanmar, at his office this

morning.

Also present were heads

of enterprises and services

under the ministry and

officials.

MNA

emony, Director-General of

the Basic Education Depart-

ment (Upper Myanmar) Lt-

Col Win Htain made an ad-

dress and wellwisher Major

Maung Maung Latt (Retd)-

Daw Nan Yin Yin presented

the computer and books to

the school head. —MNA

Wellwishers present a set ofcomputer and exercise booksto the schoolhead. — MNA

YANGON, 10 Sept —

Myanmar Dental Associa-

tion presented a certificate

of recommendation for

Fresh Up toothpaste introduced

The MDA president presents a certificate to Dr Tun Min of Su Htike Tan Co Ltd. — MNA

health to local-made Fresh

Up toothpaste distributed by

Su Htike Tan Co Ltd at Trad-

ers Hotel on Sule Pagoda

Road here on 7 September

afternoon.

MMCWA Vice-Presi-

dent Dr Daw Tin Lin Myint,

MDA President Dr Ba Myint

and officials, journalists and

others attended the cer-

emony. Ma Moe Myint Thu

extended greetings and Mr

Sushir Gandhi of the com-

pany introduced the tooth-

paste.

The MDA President pre-

sented the certificate to Man-

aging Director Dr Tun Min

of the company who later

spoke words of thanks.

MNA


US BOGGED DOWN IN IRAQ QUAGMIRE

US Army soldiers stand guard outside the abandoned television building

which was set ablaze by looters in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad,

on 9 Sept, 2003. — INTERNET

Iraq’s children were the first victims of the sanctions imposed after the 1991

Gulf War, and now they are paying the heaviest price in the chaos that has

followed the fall of Saddam Hussein.

INTERNET

Insurgents broke a period of relative calm with a bomb attack on

Monday that wounded two US soldiers in Baghdad.

INTERNET

US is seeking military, financial and political help in Iraq from UNmembers. — INTERNET

US soldiers of the 1st Battalion (22nd regiment) of the fourth Division of the

US army take a position during a late night hunt for an Iraqi

bomb-maker on the outskirts of Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometres)

northwest of Baghdad, on 8 Sept, 2003. The US army went looking for the

bomb-maker after they called off a major operation to nab a senior Saddam

loyalist due to insuffecient information about the location of the loyalist.

INTERNET

Protesters attach a banner reading: ‘Troops Out of Iraq ‘ to the side of a fence

surrounding the meeting site of the upcoming World Trade Organization

summit in Cancun, Mexico Tuesday, on 9 Sept, 2003. Representatives from

146 countries begin meeting Wednesday to address world trade issues and

thousands of protesters plan to disrupt the event.

INTERNET


MOSCOW, 10 Sept — India Monday called the US-sponsored draft UN resolution for multinational troopdeployment in Iraq apparently insufficient and said a compromise can be reached only if five permanent membersof the Security Council adopts a “middle ground”.

“It appears that the US draft is not

sufficient and all the P-5 nations would

have to find a middle ground to reach a

compromise, which could be possible

within days” India’s External Affairs

Secretary Kanwal Sibal said after par-

leys with Russian Foreign Minister Igor

Ivanov and other senior officials here.

Asked to comment on whether In-

dia backed the Russian stance seeking

greater UN authority in Iraq, Sibal told

Indian journalists based here that “In-

dia is for key UN role. Any resolution

which gives UN a greater role will be

looked at favourably by us”.

“It is not proper for us to take this

or that side when the five permanent

members of the Security Council are

busy in negotiations to reach a com-

promise”, he added.

The preparations for the upcoming

Moscow visit by Prime Minister Atal

Bihari Vajpayee in November were

also discussed in detail by Sibal with

Foreign Minister Ivanov and

Trubnikov.

The two sides are also working to

find a slot for a meeting in New York

between Vajpayee and Putin, when they

will attend the UN General Assembly

session.

Sibal said he briefed Ivanov and

Trubnikov on Prime Minister Vajpayee’s

peace initiatives vis-a-vis Pakistan.

The situation in Afghanistan also

figured during the Indo-Russian

consultations.

Sibal said his Moscow visit was part

of a usual Foreign Ministry level

consultations between the two countries

before the General Assembly session.

MNA/PTI

Three perish offNewfoundland in

Hurricane “Fabian”M ONTREAL , 10 Sept—Days after pounding Bermuda,

Hurricane Fabian claimed the lives of three men in theAtlantic Ocean after their motorized boat capsized inrough seas, Canadian rescue officials said on Monday.

Officials could not con-

firm reports that the three

men were from Israel,

or offer details about their

vessel.

Canadian Coast Guard

ship Leonard J Cowley

retrieved the bodies of the

men, who were wearing im-

mersion suits, about 373

miles east of Cape Race,

Newfoundland, on Monday

afternoon. A signal from an

emergency radio beacon had

alerted US rescue officials

to the men’s plight on Sun-

day evening.

“At the very same time

that the beacon went off, the

eye of the hurricane passed

over that area,” Canadian

Naval Lieutenant Pat Jessup

told Reuters. Waves at the

time were “quite violent” at

39 to 52 feet high, he added.

MNA/Reuters

BEIJING , 10 Sept — In a message delivered to theFourth Congress of the China Disabled Persons’ Federa-tion (CDPF), which was opened here Monday, UN Secre-tary-General Kofi Annan spoke highly of China’s effortsto assist the country’s 60 million handicapped people.

Annan’s message said: “You raised public awareness

during the International Decade of Disabled Persons. Your

NGO forum in 2000 helped to advance international dia-

logue on the rights of persons with disabilities. You are

strongly supporting the elaboration of an international con-

vention on the rights of persons with disabilities. And your

efforts to mobilize disabled people, volunteers and others

are demonstrating the vital importance of participation in

the decisions affecting their lives.”

Annan stressed that disabled men, women and children,

as well as their families, relatives and communities, can and

must be involved in all aspects of disability programmes,

from policy-making to the implementation and evaluation

of projects.

The congress is a valuable opportunity to share best

practices, strengthen China’s advocacy and deepen the

partnerships — within China and with the international

community — that are essential for achieving “our common

goals”, he noted.

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and

the Pacific (UNESCAP) also sent a message to congratulate

the congress. It places the Chinese Government as among

the strongest supporters of the elaboration process of an

international convention to protect and promote the rights

and dignity of persons with disabilities. — MNA/Xinhua

Annan praises China’sefforts to help disabled people

NASA targets Marchlaunch for space shuttle

HOUSTON, 10 Sept — NASA on Monday set a March launch date for the first spaceshuttle flight since the Columbia disaster, but added that safety, not schedulerequirements, would decide when the shuttle goes into space.

The national space

agency, in a 78-page blue-

print for its return to flight,

also vowed to redesign the

shuttle to make it safer and to

change its own culture to im-

prove communication and

encourage dissenting views.

“We will be safety driven

and not schedule driven. We

will be milestone driven and

not schedule driven,” NASA

associate administrator

William Readdy said in a

news conference at the

Johnson Space Centre.

“There’s a challenge there.

There’s very much a can-do

culture that we’d like to keep.

There was a culture that stifled

communication that somehow

we have to eliminate,” he said.

“We don’t want to throw the

baby out with the bath water.”

The proposed March

launch, with a launch win-

dow extending from March

11 to April 6, was primarily a

planning target, Readdy ad-

mitted, timed for a hookup

with the International SpaceStation and a daytime takeoff

to give NASA engineers a

An Iraqi man looks at a British soldier aiming his gun as he patrols a street in thesouthern Iraqi city of Basra.

INTERNET

A member of the Badr Brigade guards the site where thelate Shiite leader Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Hakimwas assassinated in a car bomb in Najaf. US PresidentGeorge W Bush urged the United Nations to overcome“past differences” over the US-led invasion of Iraq.

INTERNET

India says US draft on Iraqappears to be insufficient

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Iraq Foreign Minister makesdebut but attacks go on BAGHDAD, 10 Sept — Iraq’s US-backed foreign minister

made his international debut on Tuesday, but attacks on

American soldiers illustrated the price of the US-led

occupation five months after Saddam Hussein’s fall.

Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari took his seat at anArab League meeting in an important step towards the

international recognition of Iraq’s US-appointed Governing

Council.

But the guerilla attacks which have overshadowed

political progress since Saddam’s fall on 9 April showed no

signs of abating, with five US soldiers wounded. Zebari, a Kurd who was appointed last week by the

Governing Council, joined other Arab ministers at a regular

meeting of the 22-member League in Cairo.

The move could set a precedent in determining whether

the Council will be allowed to fill Iraq’s seat at other bodies

such as the United Nations and OPEC. In the Iraqi town of Ramadi, part of the “Sunni Triangle”

north and west of Baghdad which is seething with

anti-American sentiment, two US soldiers were wounded

in an attack using an explosive device.

Nearly three hours later, three soldiers were wounded

when their vehicle was attacked in Falluja, the US military

said.— MNA/ReutersSHIJIAZHUANG , 10 Sept—Construction will start inOctober on a water diversion project to supply water toBeijing in case of a water shortage from the central partof north China’s Hebei Province, a provincial officialsaid here Monday.

China to launchemergency water

diversion programme

The official with the

Water Resources Depart-

ment of the Hebei provincial

government said the project

involves a 225-kilometres

water diversion channel,

which starts from

Shijiazhuang City, capital of

Hebei Province, and ends in

Beijing.

Several engineering

projects, including tunnels,

will be launched later this

year as part of the

programme.

The project is also

known as the Shijiazhuang-

Beijing section of the huge

programme to divert water

from the Yangtze River to

north China through the

provinces of Henan and

Hebei.

The project, which is ex-

pected to cost 12.6 billion

yuan (1.53 billion US dol-

lars), will be completed by

the end of 2006, said the

official.

MNA/Xinhua

good look at the shuttle as it

hurtles toward space.

MNA/Reuters


File photo of BaghdadInternational Airport —scene of an attemptedmissile strike on a UStransport plane on Sunday. — INTERNET

Iraq is a founding member of the Organization of the

Petroleum— Exporting Countries, but since the US-led

invasion this year, Arab-dominated OPEC has barred Iraq

from its meetings until Baghdad has an internationally-

recognized government.

Iraq’s US-backed Governing Council last week named

25 ministers on Monday, appointing returned Shiite exile

Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum as Oil Minister.

Arab League ministers meeting in Cairo on Monday are

due to decide whether a Governing Council delegate may

represent Iraq at a League foreign ministers’ meeting later

this week. The decision will set an important precedent, a

Gulf source said. OPEC will meet in Vienna on September

24 to discuss production policy.

“It would be natural once we recognize the (Iraqi) body,

to recognize its authority in other arenas,” a Gulf source

travelling with one Arab League state delegation said.

Seven OPEC producers are also in the Arab League

including the world’s leading oil exporter Saudi Arabia, but

OPEC power Iran is not a League member.

OPEC member governments — and not the oil cartel

itself — will decide on the Governing Council’s interna-

tional standing, an OPEC delegate said.

“OPEC from the beginning was not an organization to

question the authority or legitimacy of a certain govern-

ment,” an OPEC delegate told Reuters. “This is an issue that is up to the United Nations or the

Arab League... Once something like the UN or the Arab

League accepts a state then it is not up to OPEC to reject it,”

the source said.— MNA/Reuters

China to build firstBuddhism schoolfor int’l exchangesNANJING , 10 Sept— China will start building its

first Buddhism school for international exchange onNovember 1 in Yangzhou, a scenic city in east China’sJiangsu Province, according to local officials in chargeof religious affairs.

With its founding ap-

proved by the Buddhist As-

sociation of China, the

Jianzhen School is named

after Master Jianzhen, a

prestigious ancient Chinese

monk who made the land-

mark journey to Japan to

spread Buddhism 1,250

years ago. November 1 was

the day on which Jianzhen

succeeded in his final

attempt to land on the

Japanese islands.

Covering an area of 20

hectares, the school is to sit

north of the Daming Tem-

ple in which the Jianzhen

Memorial is located. The

school, enlisting students

nationwide, will start its

first recruitment of 1,250

students next year, offering

a four-year course.

Jianzhen was a knowl-

edgeable and devoted Bud-

dhist in the Tang Dynasty

(618-907). Despite five

failed attempts, Jianzhen

succeeded in his sixth ef-

fort to reach the Japanese

islands at the invitation of a

Buddhist temple in Japan.

It took the monk 10 years to

succeed in his endeavour

and, afterward, he spent the

last decade of his life there

spreading Chinese culture

and arts, such as painting,

calligraphy, medicine,

sculpture, architecture,

printing and craftsmanship.

The Chinese and Japa-

nese governments worked

together to build the

Jianzhen Memorial in 1973

in Yangzhou, where the

monk spent some time be-

fore leaving for Japan

MNA/Xinhua

New Zealand scientists tomeasure snowfall on mountainsWELLINGTON , 10 Sept— New Zealand scientists have launched projects to gauge how

much snow is nestled on mountains at any one time. The Dominion Post reported here Monday that measuring snowfall could have far-reaching

environmental benefits, such as averting a future winter power crisis.

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research climate scientist Andrew Tait, who

is closely involved with a project to measure snow for the Otago Regional Council, was quoted

as saying that the information gathered would have several applications.

“We are looking at producing maps that show the 30-year average snow conditions, and we

are also showing maps of when the snow conditions were less than normal and when they were

more than normal.” He said the data could be used by farmers planning irrigation from rivers

reliant on snow melt, or ski operators planning new fields.

One of the biggest uses would be to allow power companies to calculate how much snow melt

was heading for their lakes, helping them make early predictions of lake levels.

Tait said his work was based on a “snow sim” model adapted from overseas by Otago

University professor Blair Fitzharris, who was conducting separate research.

The model works on the theory that for every 1,000 metres of altitude, the temperature drops

by one degree Celsius. If it is raining at sea level and it is four degrees Celsius, then the model

assumes it is snowing at 4,000 metres, where the temperature will be zero. —MNA/Xinhua

Tow models present bridgedress at a show named“Ancient City Wall andLove” in Nanjing, eastChina’s Jiangsu Province,on 9 Sept, 2003. —XINHUA

Philips China Co expectssales over $10b by 2005XIAMEN , 10 Sept— A top official of electronic con-

glomerate Philips said here that Philips’ sales in Chinawere expected to surpass 10 billion US dollars by 2005.

This was revealed by Erik Westerink, president of Philips’

global lighting operations, at a ceremony marking the

opening of Philips’ Asian and Pacific lighting centre in

Xiamen, a port city in east China’s Fujian Province.

He said China, a potentially huge market for Philips, is

pivotal in Philips’ global expansion strategy, and the com-

pany’s goal in the near future was to achieve quick re-

sponses to demands of the Chinese market.

Philips’ medium and long-term goal was to build the

China operation into regional or even global headquarters.

Philips has established 13 research and development

centres in China in the fields of lighting, colour TV set

manufacturing, acoustics, semiconductors, medical equip-

ment and mobile communications.

The company has set up a global acoustics equipment

manufacturing centre in Shenzhen, bordering Hong Kong,

which registered annual exports of 1.5 billion euros.

MNA/Xinhua

“It’s not accepted andit’s not logical to send Arabtroops to protect the occupa-tion forces or to take part inthe occupation of an Arabstate,” Moussa said at the endof a meeting of Arab foreignministers in Cairo.

Egyptian Foreign Min-ister Ahmed Maher, speak-ing alongside Moussa, addedthat the subject “was not dis-cussed at all” during the meet-

ing, in which Iraq’s newlyappointed Foreign Ministertook part.

The United States wantsthe UN Security Council toauthorize a multinationalforce for Iraq, where it hassome 130,000 troops. It wantsother nations to send up to15,000 soldiers, on top of the9,000 already there alongsideUS and British forces.

MNA/Reuters

Arab League nod to Iraq would boost OPEC chances CAIRO , 10 Sept— A decision by Arab League ministers on Monday to allow Iraq’s newly-appointed Foreign

Minister to attend their meetings would in turn boost Baghdad’s chances of being represented at the OPEC oilcartel conference later this month, OPEC and Gulf sources said.

Democrats clash onMiddle East, Iraq

BALTIMORE , 10 Sept—The nine Democratic WhiteHouse hopefuls squabbled over the Middle East andIraq in a debate on Tuesday, but hammered PresidentBush for failing to adequately plan for a postwar Iraq.

The second Democratic debate in less than a week

featured sharp exchanges on foreign policy and a confron-

tation over Israel between Connecticut Sen. Joseph

Lieberman and emerging front-runner Howard Dean.

The Democrats lashed out at Bush for failing to win

diplomatic support from allies for the war in Iraq, saying he

had jeopardized America’s standing in the world by acting

alone.“At home and abroad, America is weaker,” Lieberman

said during the debate on the campus of Morgan State

University.

As in last week’s debate in New Mexico, Lieberman led

the charge against Dean, attacking him for saying the

United States should not take sides in the Israeli-Palestinian

conflict. He said the former Vermont governor would end

more than five decades of strong U.S. support for Israel.

“Howard Dean’s statements break a 50-year record in

which presidents, Republican and Democrat, members of

Congress of both parties, have supported our relationship

with Israel based on shared values and common strategic

interests,” Lieberman said.

Dean said he recognized the special relationship be-

tween the United States and Israel but Washington needed

to become a credible negotiator in the region.

“We need to be trusted by both sides,” he said, adding

that his position on Israel was no different than the one held

by former President Bill Clinton. “Not right,” Lieberman

interrupted him.

“We do not gain strength as a negotiator if we compro-

mise on support of Israel,” said Lieberman, who is Jewish.

Dean responded: “We need peace. It doesn’t help, Joe, to

demagogue this issue.”— Internet

Arab League says Arabswill not send forces to Iraq

CAIRO , 10 Sept — Arab League Secretary-GeneralAmr Moussa said on Tuesday Arab states would not sendtroops to Iraq, where occupying US forces face almostdaily attacks.

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Walls go up with fearfactor in Baghdad

BAGHDAD , 10 Sept — The factory by a highway just south of Baghdad normally makesconcrete foundations for Iraq’s construction industry. But a sign near the entrance showswhat’s in demand in the capital these days.

“We provide road blocks,” the orange

writing on a chunk of concrete declares in

English.

Since the bombing of Baghdad’s United

Nations compound, fortifications of tower-

ing concrete slabs, cement-filled barrels and

barbed wire coils have been growing by the

day around the offices of UN agencies and

other foreign organizations.

In a city where security measures were

already extreme before the bombing, more

and more streets are being blocked off, guards

with automatic rifles stand outside any build-

ing considered at risk and body searches are

a part of daily life.

Visitors to hotels and official buildings

moan as they queue to be frisked, reporters

are irked at having to turn up an hour and a

half before news conferences for security

checks, motorists are annoyed at traffic jams

caused by the road blocks.

“Instead of getting to your destination

in 30 minutes, it takes three hours,” said

Idrees Mohammed, a taxi driver parked near

one of the most striking new fortifications,

protecting the UN Development Programme

near the banks of the Tigris River.

But no one wants to take chances after

the attack on the UN, which had been consid-

ered a less likely target than sites directly

linked to the US-led occupation of Iraq.

A wall of about 50 four-metre (12 foot)

high slabs of concrete screens the entrance to

the UNDP’s street. Guards block off one side

of Abu Nawas, the riverside main road at

right angles to the street.

Just down the road, foreign journalists

have decamped from other locations to join

colleagues in two big hotels protected by

both local guards and US soldiers, kept in

place after US media organizations pleaded

with the Pentagon.

Staff at an office on Abu Nawas are

unhappy that they and their customers now

have to be searched every time they come to

the office because it is inside UNDP’s new

security cordon.

A manager named Ashraf said he under-

stood why the new measures were needed for

the UNDP.— MNA/Reuters

Daschle says ballooning Iraq costscrowding out dire US domestic needs

WASHINGTON , 10 Sept—The leader of opposition Democrats in the US Senatecriticized the escalating costs of the US-led occupation of Iraq , and accused the WhiteHouse of giving short shrift to a wide-range of pressing domestic issues.

“There is urgency with regard to meet-

ing the needs in Iraq, but there is an urgency

to meet the needs in this country, as well,”

said Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle

at a press briefing, citing the need for addi-

tional funding in the areas of education,

homeland security and health care.

The White House is seeking 87 billion

dollars — on top of 79 billion dollars already

authorized by Congress for Iraq’s recon-

struction earlier this year — to police and

rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan.

Critics, including Daschle, have said Con-

gress should not give the president carte

blanche at a time of spiraling deficits and

major cuts in domestic social spending.

“If we don’t have that kind of a plan, with

an understanding of that kind of an urgency

(on domestic spending), then I think the

president’s going to have a great deal of

difficulty in convincing the Congress and the

American people that this 87 billion dollars

in its current form is right,” the South Dakota

senator said. —Internet

BERLIN, 10 Sept— German economy may see a slight

increase in the third quarter of this year after decreasing for

two consecutive quarters, the German Institute for Eco-

nomic Research said Monday.

The institute said in its monthly report on German

economic climate that the economy could rise by some 0.1

per cent in this quarter over the previous one.

Industrial production in July surpassed that in June and

construction sector also was on improvement, it said.

However, the number of new orders saw no progress and

retail sales fell in July, the institute said. — MNA/Xinhua

Germaneconomy torise slightlyin 3rdquarter

American soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division,search a suspected Saddam loyalist house in Tikrit, Iraq, on 9 Sept, 2003.—INTERNET

An Iraqi policeman walks past the burned-out remains of a vehicle in the northern Iraqitown of Arbil late on 9, Sept, 2003. The bomb killed at least one person and wounded

scores, including six American military personnel, in largely peaceful Kurdish northernIraq, the US military said on Wednesday.—INTERNET

Spain, Italyseize one ton

of cocaineMADRID, 10 Sept— Span-

ish police, in cooperation

with Italian police, seized one

ton of cocaine being trans-

ported from South America

to Spain and arrested four

people in Barcelona on

Monday, Spanish authorities

announced.

Police said the drug-traf-

ficking ring, now disman-

tled, established several com-

panies and a complex trans-

portation and storage net-

work in order to import drugs

from Venezuela and Chile

into Spain.

In August, Italian au-

thorities detected in Rome,

Italy’s capital, a suspicious

cargo transported through

Venezuela and Italy for

Barcelona. During the

inspection, 500 kilos of

cocaine were found dis-

guised in candles.

MNA/Xinhua

Iraq Council wins diplomaticcoup at Arab League

CAIRO , 10 Sept— Iraq’s US-appointed Governing Council took a step towardsinternational legitimacy on Tuesday when its delegate took up Iraq’s vacant seat at anArab League ministerial meeting.

A landmark decision by Arab foreign

ministers to let the delegate join their talks,

taken early on Tuesday after hours of de-

bate, was a diplomatic victory for the Coun-

cil that could help determine if it will be

allowed to fill Iraq’s seat in other bodies like

the United Nations and oil cartel OPEC.

In a highly symbolic move, Iraqi Foreign

Minister Hoshyar Zebari, a Kurd newly ap-

pointed by the Governing Council, sat down

in Iraq’s chair at the ministerial meeting of

the 22-member Cairo-based League.

Speaking to the assembly, Egyptian For-

eign Minister Ahmed Maher said the Iraqi

people needed to receive greater powers and

the United Nations had to gain a pivotal role

in building Iraq’s political structure.

“This is the meaning which we have

confirmed today in our resolution and which

we have confirmed in inviting... the repre-

sentative of the transitional government to

sit with us,” Maher said.

Arab League chief Amr Moussa said it

was “an occasion to welcome the Iraqi del-

egation in the context of moving towards

restoring Iraqi sovereignty and ending the

occupation”.

The consensus agreement was a victory

for more moderate Arab states over hardliners

in the League. Analysts had said some states

would try to deny Zebari access, and per-

haps only grant him observer status, to avoid

legitimizing the US-led occupation of Iraq

and the unelected Council.

But analysts said more moderate states,

including a number of US allies, wanted to

have the Council represented in the League

to ensure that Iraq was embedded in the

Arab fold and that Arabs could influence

Iraq’s future.—MNA/Reuter

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Car bomb killsone and injures‘large number’

CAIRO , 10 Sept — A car bomb killed and injured a“large number” of people in the Kurdish city of Arbil, innorthern Iraq, Egypt’s official MENA news agency said.

The explosion was set off near a checkpoint of the KurdishDemocratic Party (KDP) of Massoud Barzani, the report said,quoting witnesses.

“The car was packed with large quantities of explosives,a large number of people were killed and injured,” it said.

The report said it was the first time such an explosion hashit Arbil, which has been a KDP stronghold after the 1991Gulf war. US military spokesmen in Iraq, contacted by AFP,said they were investigating the report but could provide noconfirmation.

MENA’s report came on the heels of a string of bombattacks across Iraq. On August 29, a huge car bomb killedleading Shiite Muslim cleric Ayatollah Mohammad BaqerHakim and 82 others in the city of Najaf, south of Baghdad.

A truck-bomb attack on UN headquarters in the Iraqicapital on August 19 cost the lives of 22 people, including topUN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello.

On September 4, Kurdish security forces said they hadfoiled a big bomb planted by suspected members of Ansaral-Islam group.—Internet


trained, utilised and super-vised in the field, and theirtasks at the different levels.These personnel would be thefront line basic health work-ers who will assume majorshare in developing oral healthcare in rural areas. The role ofdental surgeons in the oralhealth care of rural Myanmarwith projections for the futurewill be presented in the paperfrom the Institute of DentalMedicine, Yangon, the De-partment of Medical Science.

The oral health unit of theDepartment of Health, -basedon the earlier presentations, isexpected to wind up with strat-egies and actions for effectiveintegration of basic oral healthcomponent into our townshiphealth system using the Pri-mary Health Care approach.

As in all National Pro-grammes, the oral health caremust also be introduced witha modest undertaking givingpriority to needs of the peo-ple. I believe that the oralhealth care project of Depart-ment of health has been oper-ating in selected numbers oftownships, mostly led by den-tal profession and auxiliaries.Then the findings must be as-sessed and the outputs or re-sults evaluated and with thefeedback the programmeshould expand and extend toother areas.

Next, Chairman of themeeting Prof Dr Thein Nyuntmade a speech. Prof WimVan Palenstein Helderman,Dr May May Kyaing, DrNilar Tin, Dr Htay Myint Ooand Dr Ko Ko Maw presentedmatters on oral health andthose present took part in thediscussions. The meetingcame to a close with con-cluding remarks by the chair-man.

MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye hears report on extension work of the runway of theHeho Airport presented by Department of Civil Aviation Director-General

U Tin Aye. — MNA

YANGON, 10 Sept — Di-

rector-General Col Myo Myint

of Development Affairs De-

partment of the Ministry for

Progress of Border Areas and

National Races and Develop-

ment Affairs together with

officials inspected develop-

ment tasks in Pwintbyu, Salin

and Seikphyu in Magway Di-

vision on 8 September.

On arrival at Pwintbyu

Township Development Af-

fairs Committee, Col Myo

Myint heard reports and

gave instructions on sani-

tary and greening tasks and

timely completion in imple-

menting tasks and meeting

set standards.

At the hall of Salin

Township DAC, Col Myo

Myint met with Executive

Officer U Khin Maung

Myint, Engineer in-Charge

U Ye Win Aung and staff.

He gave instructions and

inspected development

tasks. He also visited

Seikphyu Township DAC

office and gave instructions

to officials on greening

and sanitary tasks for the

town.—MNA

Development, greening tasksin Magway Division inspected

YANGON, 10 Sept —

Saemoonan Medical Mission

Service of the Republic of

Korea led by Dr Kim Kyung

Nyun today gave medical

treatment to local people in

Samalauk Village in

Nyaungdon Township,

Ayeyawady Division, at a

hospital in the village.

The Korean medical

mission arrived here yester-

day by air. Korean Ambas-

sador Mr Park Joon-Young

and officials welcomed

them at Yangon International

Airport.

Korean medical mission

will provide medical care at

the same hospital tomorrow.

Before the treatment, the

responsible officials briefed

the locals on the purpose of

the treatment. — MNA

Korean medical mission provideshealth care in Nyaungdon

Minister for Religious Af-

fairs Brig-Gen Thura Aung

Ko, Deputy Minister for

Progress of Border Areas and

National Races and Devel-

opment Affairs Brig-Gen

Than Tun, Pro-rector

(Admin) Dr Hla Pe, and oth-

ers.

The meeting started with

three-time recitation of

“namotassa”, followed by

the Ovadakatha delivered by

the Sayadaw. Later, those

present at the meeting took

part in the discussions.

MNA

YANGON, 10 Sept — The

work coordination meeting

No 1/2003 on all-round re-

furbishment of Naga Hline

Gu Aungchantha Pagoda

took place at the pagoda this

afternoon.

Present on the occasion

were Joint-Secretary

Sayadaw of the State Sangha

Maha Nayaka Committee

Agga Maha Pandita

Dwipitakadhara Dwipitaka-

kovida Bhaddanta Jaga-

rabhivamsa, Deputy Minis-

ter for Science and Technol-

ogy U Nyi Hla Nge, Deputy

Coord meeting held for renovationof Aungchantha Pagoda

Secretary-2

Lt-Gen Thein

Sein gives

instructions

to

departmental

officials in

Kalaw.—MNA

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Invitational Meeting on …(from page 16)

Oral Health” covering oralhealth subject as a whole. InJune 2002, there was anInvitational Meeting on Fluo-ride in Dental Health. Thiswas a special meeting of asmall group of specialists,studying the epidemiologicalsituation and environmentalaspects as a basis for futureaction.

The present activity, an-other Invitational Meeting willbe the third meeting on oralhealth, focusing on OralHealth Care Development ofRural Myanmar. Within thegeneral conceptual frame oforal health care from techni-cal and professional point ofview, major activities willnaturally encompass upon theestablishment of health serv-ices infrastructure in theTownship Health System, itshealth manpower and train-ing and utilisation of man-power and essential medicalsupplies in oral health.

In addition, by now, oralhealth specialists of the WHOhave established priorities inoral health care for the ruralareas of the developing world.

Untreated oral diseases, ineq-uity in accessible dental caredelivery systems and the ab-sence of a systematic and ad-equate community-orientedprevention services are thecommon challenges in manydeveloping countries. Thissituation could not be im-proved by adopting the dentalcare system of industrializedcountries, since the dental caresystems in industrializedcountries are heavily clinical-oriented and far too expen-sive for developing countries.

For that reason, the strat-egy of oral health care in thecommunity was developedand implemented, within theframe of primary health care(PHC) aiming to make basichealth care services accessi-ble to all people and at coststhat the community could af-ford. But, as a prerequisite forsuch an approach top oralhealth care the content of ba-sic oral health care for ruralcommunities should be de-fined, logistics and necessaryresources and manpower con-sidered.

An experienced consult-ant Professor Wim Van

YANGON, 10 Sept — Thefirst work coordination meet-ing of the Education, Organ-izing and Information Com-mittee for upgrading and beau-tifying the Yangon City tookplace this afternoon atMyanmar Radio and Televi-sion here with an address byDeputy Minister for Informa-tion Brig-Gen Aung Thein.

In his address, Chairmanof the Committee Brig-GenAung Thein said that the com-mittee was formed by theCommittee for upgrading andbeautifying the Yangon City

to carry out the informationtasks. He urged those presentto put forward the informa-tion tasks.

Next, Secretary of thecommittee Director-Generalof MRTV U Khin MaungHtay reported on organiza-tional set-up of the committeeand sub committees. Next,committee members also re-ported on tasks of their sec-tors to carry out the informa-tion tasks. The meeting cameto an end with the concludingremarks of the committeechairman. — MNA

Palenstein Helderman fromthe WHO Oral Health Col-laborating Centre of the Neth-erlands is now visitingMyanmar in support of oralhealth project of Departmentof Health in the country. He isattending this meeting and Ilike to welcome him warmly.He will present the provenand effective oral health meas-ures for developing commu-nities based on his conceptsand personal experience.

I would like to recall that,we have great success stories,in our community health careprogrammes, for example —eradication of small pox,elimination of leprosy, con-trol of trachoma, poliomyeli-tis eradication etc. We are pro-gressing very well in manyother areas as well — IDDcontrol, role back malaria, TBDOTS programme, GAVI ininitiated vaccination work,children immunisation, Ma-ternal and Child Welfare, justto quote a few as examples,Myanmar national health sys-tem is well known for theintegrated services both verti-cal and horizontal and the ef-fectiveness in intersectoralcollaboration.

In today’s meeting, 4 pro-fessionals from different di-visions of our Ministry willpresent inputs to facilitatefruitful discussions. The situ-ation analysis of existing, rou-tine oral health care activities,permeating into the primaryoral health care delivery sys-tem, will be presented in “OralHealth Care in RuralMyanmar”.

The public health divisionof the Department of Healthwill present “The role of basichealth staff and voluntaryhealth workers in the oralhealth care of rural Myanmar”.I believe the speaker will bepresenting the historical back-ground of how they have been

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Aung Thein speaks at Education, Organizing and Information Committee meeting. —MNA

City Development EOICommittee meets


* Oppose those relying on externalelements, acting as stooges, holdingnegative views

* Oppose those trying to jeopardizestability of the State and progress ofthe nation

* Oppose foreign nations interfering ininternal affairs of the State

* Crush all internal and externaldestructive elements as the commonenemy

People’s Desire

* Do not be frightenedwhenever intimidated

* Do not be bolsteredwhenever flattered

* Do not be softenedwhenever appeased

All this needs tobe known

* Saving one gallon of fuel per car per monthwill save the nation one US dollar

* Thus, a total of 455,822 cars in Myanmarcan save US$ 5.5 million in a year

* The amount, US $ 5.5 million, can build amajor bridge across Ayeyawady River

Efficient use of fuel

There are about 500,000 householdsusing electricity in Yangon. Thus, saving afour-foot fluorescent lamp every day by eachhousehold amounts to saving power that isequal to the capacity a 20-megawatt powerstation can supply.

Efficient use of electricity* Use daylight as the main source of light* Use the least possible amount of electricity

only if there is not enough natural light* Use the least possible amount of electricity

required in production and service enter-prises

* Preventing waste of electricity benefits theuser and others

— to vitalize patriotism and nationalism in all

citizens

— to preserve and safeguard Myanmar cultural

heritage

— to perpetuate genuine Myanmar music, dance

and traditional fine arts

— to preserve Myanmar national character

— to nurture spiritual development of the youths

— to prevent influence of alien cultures

The Objectives of the 11thMyanmar Traditional

Cultural Performing ArtsCompetitions

(Continued from yesterday)There are persons who have left the nation for vari-

ous reasons throughout the successive eras. We can call

them expatriates. But those expatriates know best the

reason why they have left their own country. To have the

permission to take refuge in a foreign country, those per-

sons without having any consideration for their own dig-

nity and that of the nation, turned themselves into expa-

triate politicians, and participate in the so-called revolu-

tion of the unworthy politicians, already taking asylum in

that particular country. From abroad, those persons are

trying to discredit the nation together with the unworthy

politicians. The alien masters, who are using the expatri-

ates as tools to earn money, are making arrangements to

broadcast the voices of the expatriate politicians from some

foreign radio stations. The expatriates also formed a

number of bodies including a parallel government and

other committees. With their limited manpower, they are

trying to create political confusion.

As the information technology is changing and de-

veloping, they are trying to introduce the social, economic

and political changes of the host country to their mother

nation under cover of democracy, whether the people of

the mother country want them or not, in spite of the fact

that the changes are alien to her social, economic and

political conditions. Those persons are holding the days

marking various occasions endlessly. They are criticizing

Myanmar for not following the developments in the world,

while trying to give orders over the matters they do not

even know. They are yelling at the nation under orders of

their masters who wish to slander Myanmar. As the bad

guys are usually fond of associating with other bad guys,

the KNU and the Ywet Sit group have been trying to play

an important role in the band of expatriate politicians.

Thus, the two insurgent groups loudly support the leader-

ship of the persons who cannot bear to see the endeavours

of the Tatmadaw Government from the positive point of

view, and accept their patronage. Let alone serving the

interest of the Union, the KNU has not even serve a little

for the Kayin State itself. But the KNU has shamelessly

declared that the act of blowing up the cinema or the

natural gas pipeline to cause public alarm was the strug-

gle for democracy; and that it would intensify its terrorist

acts. From certain radio stations, the unworthy politicians

living in a number of foreign countries declared that they

fully supported America’s one-sided bullies to terrorize

and invade Iraq, with the crushing of terrorists and libera-

tion of Iraq as the excuse, despite the opposition of the

UN and the world countries. They tried to give orders to

the Myanmar Government what to do for SARS preven-

tion. Are they really clever to that extent? So ridiculous.

The national traitors in various countries are being

fed, supported and given refuge under the policy of domi-

nating and bullying the developing countries by applying

the ever advancing IT. Arrangements are being made to

make interviews possible with any of the unworthy poli-

ticians, whether Phado Mahn Sha or expatriate Sein Win.

Although they are unable to see and appreciate the devel-

opment endeavours of the Union of Myanmar, they are so

good at creating false stories and so eloquent in telling

them to others.

Even the national race armed groups, which had

followed the armed struggle line for many years, are now

striving their utmost together with the people for the pros-

perity of the Union. So, I would like to tell the sub-stand-

ard politicians trying to discredit the nation from some

foreign radio stations, that I feel pity for them. The nation

and the people have already seen how the national traitors

of the successive eras met their end after making attempts

to disparage the nation with the support of the aliens. If

they have the actual wish to serve the interest of the

national cause, they should abandon their ideological,

personal and factional prejudices, and come back into the

embrace of the mother country and take part in the na-

tion-building task, instead of discrediting the nation through

the air waves.

The acts of a person that make him a national trai-

tor for such acts do not benefit the nation and the people,

are foolish. We will have to call the stooges of the neo-

colonialists and political swaggers foolish guys. A village

or a ward organizer uses a microphone to organize the

people for the latter’s benefit and to do good things. But

some become a swagger as soon as he gets hold of a

microphone in his hand, going beyond all limits to show

his mastery and arogance. But his voice make people dis

pleasing and unhappy. People call them foolish and sense-

less persons. The national traitors from outside and inside

the nation, giving priority more to serving the self-interest

and the interest of a party or a group than to working in

the interest of the nation were committing senseless acts

through the air waves in the past, and are still doing so at

present. Here, I would like to warn them that the persons,

who never benefit the nation and the people, but continue

to remain foolish, will meet with an ugly end.

(Concluded)(Translation: TMT)

Myanma Alin, Kyemon: 7 September 2003.*******

Akkho Bhini

Had been foolish and still so

Pentagon grilledon Iraq troop

strength, fundsWASHINGTON , 10 Sept — US senators on Tuesday

told the Pentagon it was stretching US forces too thinwith operations in Iraq, and called an 87 billion USdollars emergency package for Iraq and Afghanistan a“bitter pill to swallow”.

Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Armed Ser

vices Committee also criticized the Bush Administration for

miscalculations in planning for postwar Iraq and said it was

demanding a staggering sum for Iraq, on top of the nearly 80

billion US dollars Congress provided for it in April.

“It’s a bitter pill for the American people to swallow,”

Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, the committee’s top Demo-

crat, told Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz.

“The facts as I see them ... are clearly that we underes-

timated the size of the challenge” after major combat,

Senator John McCain, an Arizona Republican, said. He said

extended deployments for the National Guard and Reserves

showed US forces were stretched too thin.

Senator Robert Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat, said

recent talk by White House advisers of “a generational

commitment to transform the Middle East into a region of

peace and democracy” made him wonder if “generations of

soldiers will serve in this volatile part of the world”.

MNA/Reuters

L OS ANGELES, 10 Sept — An undergroundUS hacker who has admitted breaking into computernetworks of The New York Times, Yahoo and otherlarge corporations, surrendered Tuesday to face twofederal criminal charges of electronic breaking andentering.

US undergroundhacker surrenders

Adrian Lamo, 22,

turned himself in at the US

courthouse in Sacramento,

California, where he was

booked and ordered to ap-

pear before a federal mag-

istrate, said Patty Pontello,

a spokeswoman for the US

Attorney’s Office.

Lamo’s defence is

likely to be the “white-hat

hacker” defence, according

to Mark Rasch, former

head of the computer crime

unit at the US Department

of Justice.

White-hat hacker is a

term used for people who

work to protect computers

from attack while “black-

hat hackers” are those who

attempt to break into them.

Lamo hacked into the

New York Times network in

February 2002 and

accessed employee records

and phone numbers and

Social Security numbers of

editorial page contributors.

The newspaper called the

FBI after Lamo browsed

those sensitive data.

The young hacker also

break into Yahoo’s website

and changed the text of at

least one news story site in

September 2001.

On the other side,

Lamo has won praise from

some companies for locat-

ing and helping fix secu-

rity holes in corporate net-

works.

MNA/Xinhua


(from page 1)Vice-Senior General

Maung Aye gave necessary

instructions, and inspected

the construction work at the

project and storage of con-

struction materials.

In a bid to satisfy the

growing demand of elec-

tricity, the Ministry of Elec-

tric Power is implementing

the coal-fired power station

project (Tikyit), which will

generate 120 Megawatts of

electricity, using the coal

mined from Tikyit region.

At present, 55 per cent of

the project have been com-

pleted.

Next, Vice-Senior Gen-

eral Maung Aye and party

looked into the coal extrac-

tion work being undertaken

by Shan Yoma Naga Co

Ltd. Officials of the project

reported on the type of coal

mined in Tikyit region, the

location of coalfield, ar-

rangements for the mining

of coals, and ongoing proc-

esses for coal extraction.

Shan Yoma Naga Co

Ltd will provide the coal-

fired power station project

(Tikyit) with more than

1,700 tons of coal on a daily

basis to generate electric-

ity.

Later, Vice-Senior Gen-

eral Maung Aye and party

arrived at the Government

Technological College in

Ayethaya Myothit,

Taunggyi Township, at

11.30 am. At the temporary

briefing hall, officials re-

ported on the plot suitable

for extension of the college.

Commander Maj-Gen Khin

Maung Myint and Minister

U Thaung also reported on

possibilities for extended

construction of buildings on

the plot bordering with the

campus of the college. Af-

ter inspecting the proposed

plots, Vice-Senior General

Maung Aye gave instruc-

tions on construction of the

buildings of the college

grandly meeting the set

standards.

Next, they flew back to

Kalaw and proceeded to the

Heho Airport. At the lounge

of the airport, U Win

Maung, Director-General

of the Department for Civil

Aviation, reported on ex-

tension of the runway and

the apron, and progress in

the construction work. Af-

ter hearing the reports,

Vice-Senior General

Maung Aye gave instruc-

tions.

Asia World Co Ltd is

carrying out the airport ex-

tension work. Afterwards,

Vice-Senior General

Maung Aye and party left

there for Yangon by

Tatmadaw aircraft and ar-

rived back here at 11 am.

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Soe

Win and Secretary-2 Lt-

Gen Thein Sein, members

of the entourage, met de-

partmental officials at the

town hall in Kalaw on 8

September afternoon.

Present on the occasion

were local authorities, de-

partmental personnel,

members of social organi-

zations, and townselders.

Chairman of Kalaw

Township Peace and De-

velopment Council U Myint

Wai reported on area of the

township, land used, recla-

mation of fallow and virgin

lands and cultivation of

monsoon and summer

paddy and other crops.

Officials concerned re-

ported on education, health

and requirements.

The Secretary-1 ful-

filled the requirements. He

said the government is lay-

ing emphasis on equal de-

velopment of states and di-

visions including Shan

State and the entire Union.

In doing so, a great deal of

obvious material infrastruc-

tures such as roads, bridges

and dams had emerged in

various parts of the nation.

Moreover, staff and experts

who participated in the na-

tion-building tasks gained

invaluable experience, ex-

pertise and qualifications.

He said these experi-

ence are strength of further

development of the nation.

Construction projects do

not aim at short-term inter-

est but they are fulfilments

for the future and long-term

interest of the nation.

He said economic

progress in the private sec-

tor is gaining momentum

with the economic devel-

opment process of the na-

tion.

Investment, technology

and experience of the pri-

vate sector are valuable

strength for nation-build-

ing tasks. Moreover, he

said, efforts are being made

for human resource devel-

opment among the re-

sources of the nation.

Around 1988, the number

of graduates were only five

digits . Now there are over

100,000 graduates. Ar-

rangements are being made

for emergence of advanced

human resources by con-

ducting master and honours

courses, he said.

The Secretary-1 said

continued efforts are to be

made in building a modern

developed nation in coop-

eration with the govern-

ment based on material de-

velopment, technology and

experiences. He said the

government has laid down

seven future political tasks

and a democratic state is to

be shaped in practice in ac-

cord with the tasks.

The development of

economic and social sec-

tors, human resource and

politics are interrelated.

Strenuous efforts are to be

made in harmony for im-

provement of socio-eco-

nomic condition of the State

and for considerable in-

crease of individual income

while the government is

undertaking measures on

political process with no-

ble aims.

The Secretary-2 made

a speech, saying that the

government has adopted

the political steps in turn-

ing the nation into a new

modern developed demo-

cratic one, and all have to

participate in the tasks. In

an endeavour to enable the

nation to be on her devel-

opment path, the govern-

ment had to construct eco-

nomic, social and transpor-

tation foundations. In the

process, as is known to all,

the government took meas-

ures in advance to restore

peace and to regain the na-

t ional reconsolidation

across the nation, he added.

The government is im-

plementing short-term

plans for ensuring food suf-

ficiency for the increasing

population of the country

and for higher living stand-

ard of the people. Now,

there have been constructed

good economic and social

foundations.

The government has

been implementing the bor-

der areas development

project, the 24 development

regions project and the five

rural development tasks for

harmonious development in

all parts of the nation. The

government alone cannot

manage to accomplish the

projects, and the service

personnel and the people

are therefore to cooperate

in the tasks in cooperation

with the government.

Playing a leading role

in regional development,

the staff are to be equipped

with correct ideas and views

and good morality.

At a time when some

western powers resorting to

various ways and means are

imposing sanctions on

Myanmar, the citizens must

value and cherish the na-

tion and the people more

than usual.

In conclusion, he called

the employees imbued with

good morals to make con-

certed efforts, to practise

thrift in the work sites and

to place emphasis on mini-

mizing loss and wastage.

Next, Vice-Chairman of

Myanmar Education Com-

mittee the Secretary-1 pre-

sented exercise books to the

basic education schools in

the township through the

township education officer.

The Secretary-2 presented

cash assistance to the town-

ship MCWA through the

president of the association

and to township WCWA

through a committee mem-

ber. After the meeting, the

Secretary-1 and the Secre-

tary-2 cordially greeted

those present. — MNA

Vice-Senior General MaungAye inspects…

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye hears report presented by Minister for Electric Power Maj-Gen Tin Htut on coal-fired power station (Tikyit) in Pinlaung township. — MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Soe Win presents exercise books toKalaw Township Education Officer Daw Tin May Win.

MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye inspects site chosen for extension of Government Technological College inAyethaya, Taunggyi. —MNA


A promising industryThiha TinThiha TinThiha TinThiha TinThiha Tin

One of the most

promising economic sectors

of the nation is the meat and

population and increased

export earnings.

As the nation has

exerting utmost efforts to

reclaim more land for set-

ting up fish, prawn and live-

stock breeding farms, intro-

ducing advanced methods,

applying innovative means,

using farm equipment of the

fish industry, that is help-

ing the nation produce sur-

plus food for its growing

great potentials to extend

the meat and fish industry,

the Government has been

latest models and increas-

ing the role of the private

sector.

Work is in progress

to develop prawn farming,

as the marine products have

ready markets abroad. In

addition, plans are under

way to increase the annual

foreign currency earnings of

the industry to reach from

US $ 400 million to US $

500 million in accord with

the guidance of the Head of

State.

Special attention is

being paid to extending sea

and fresh water prawn

breeding in Taninthayi Di-

vision, Mon State, Yangon

Division, Ayeyawady Divi-

sion and Rakhine State as

they are ideal places for

conducting aquaculture.

Moreover, the Gov-

ernment has been giving

encouragement, support and

assistance to the private

sector, the military com-

mands, battalions and units,

the departments and the lo-

cal people to breed aquatic

creatures and animals as

much as they can to ensure

surplus food in the nation,

and to set up and run ice

factories, cold storage and

factories producing finished

goods, canned foods and

preserved foods and proc-

essed animal fodder for

export as well as domestic

consumption.

And due to the ener-

getic efforts of the Govern-

ment, the nation saw a 4.6

per cent annual average

growth in the fish and meat

sector during the first short-

term national economic plan

from fiscal 1992-93 to

1995-96; and 12.7 per cent

during the second short-

term five-year national eco-

nomic plan from fiscal

1996-97 to 2000-2001. In

fiscal 2001-2002, the sector

grew by 12.6 per cent and

its growth rate in fiscal

2002-2003 was 12.0 per

cent.

Fresh water and sea

fish and prawn production

in fiscal 2002-2003 was

nearly 1.6 million tons, up

from 681,000 tons in 1987-

88.

At the same time,

efforts are being made to

raise the volume as well as

the quality of the products

of the meat and fish sector,

and the sector at present is

a success story of the na-

tion’s economy.

As the profits made

from the meat and fish sec-

tor can be invested in build-

ing industries needed for the

national development and

modernization drive, it ac-

tually is a promising indus-

try for the nation.

*****

Pwintbyu Textile and GarmentFactory Construction Project

The Ministry of In-

dustry-1, in accordance with

the guidance of Head of

State Senior General Than

Shwe on fulfilling the

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ral regions, and competing

with textile and garment

industries of Myanmar’s

neighbours and Asian coun-

tries.

nation with a view to creat-

ing more job opportunities

for local residents, dissemi-

nating methods on textile

industry in the regions,

clothing requirement of the

people, has been construct-

ing dyeing and printing fac-

tories and textile and gar-

ment factories in the entire

meeting the local garment

demand, producing import-

substitute garments, bridg-

ing the gap of living stand-

ard between urban and ru-

The ministry is si-

multaneously implementing

three textile and garment

factory construction projects

in Pakokku, Salingyi and

Pwintbyu townships.

The Pwintbyu Tex-

tile and Garment Factory

Construction Project started

in September 2000 on

Lekaing-Pwintbyu road

near Kanthagyi village two

miles from Pwintbyu Town-

ship, Magway Division.

Now 86 per cent of the

project has been completed.

For the project, the

ministry imported the open-

ing machine, single beater

scutcher, cording machine,

pre-drawing frame, lap

former, combing machine,

drawing frame, roving ma-

chine, ring spinning ma-

chine, cone winding ma-

chine, warping machine,

sizing machine and rapier

loom from the People’s

Republic of China.

Construction of all

the project’s buildings is

expected to be completed by

September 2003. Cent per

cent iron construction ma-

terials and 95.2 per cent

machines and accessories

have arrived at the project.

And, installation of ma-

chines to the factory is tar-

geted to be completed by

the end of March 2004. The

factory is scheduled to be

put into service by the end

of July 2004.

On completion, the

factory will have annual

production capacity of

4.988 million yards of 1/40

poplin. The total investment

for the project is K

5,285.167 million plus US$

37.283 million.

The project will

mean an employment of

some 5,000 local people.

On the whole, Pwintbyu

region will enjoy fruitful

Water treatment plant under construction at the project.

The water tower being built at the project site.Mess for the employees.

The main building of the project. 1.428 million pounds of 1/

40 PC thread, 1.428 million

pounds of combining

thread, 4.988 million yards

of 1/40 PC rough cloth and

results of regional develop-

ment thanks to the project.

*****(Translation: MS)

(Myanma Alin: 7-9-2003)

A prawn and fish feedstuff factory in Dagon Myothit (East).


Implementation of projects for socio-economicdevelopment of all regions in the country

The government is

trying its best to

provide basic health

care services to the

entire national people.

Hospitals, dispensa-

ries, rural health care

centres are being built

wherever necessary in

the country. The

photo taken on 2

September shows

Maubin General

Hospital in Maubin,

Ayeyawady Divi-

sion.—PHOTO:MNA

In addition to two in-

stitutes of medicine

in Yangon and one in

Mandalay, another

institute of medicine

was opened in

Magway. The photo

taken on 2 Septem-

ber shows the Insti-

tute of Medicine

in Magway.

PHOTO: MNA

Kale region is economically and socially important one for

not only Tamu and Mawlaik region in Sagaing Division but

also regions in Chin State (North). Many students from Chin

State (North) are attending Kale University and

colleges in Kalay. The photo taken on 25 July

shows the magnificent building of

Kale University in Kale,

Sagaing Division.

PHOTO: MNA


TRADE MARK CAUTIONMERLONI TERMO-

SANITARI S.p.A., a Com-

pany incorporated in Italy,

of Viale Aristide Merloni,

45 60044 Fabriano (Ancona)

Italy, is the Owner of the

following Trade Mark:-

Reg. No. 927/2000in respect of “Central-heat-

ing boilers, bath heaters,

water heaters, electric water

heaters, boilers, electric boil-

ers, shower baths, electric

shower baths, baths, shower

bases, shower box, sanitary

wares, air conditioners, heat

pumps”

Fraudulent imitation or

unauthorised use of the said

Trade Mark will be dealt with

according to law.

Win Mu Tin,M.A., H.G.P., D.B.L

for MERLONITERMOSANITARI

S.p.A.P.O. Box 60, Yangon.

Dated: 11 September, 2003

ARRIVAL/CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV “MAGWAY” VOY NO 278/N

Consignees of cargo carried on MV “MAGWAY”

Voy No278/N are here by notified that the vessel arrives

at Yangon port on 11-9-2003 and will be berthing on

about 12-9-2003 and cargoes will be discharged into the

premises of Myanma Port Authority where it will lie at

the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the bye-

laws and conditions of the port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily between 8 am

to 11.30 am and 12 noon to 4 pm into Claims Day now

declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo

from the vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the

Claims Day.

CONTAINER FEEDER SERVICEMYANMA FIVE STAR LINE

Phone : 293147/296507/295754

1,400 killedin DutchheatwaveAMSTERDAM, 10 Sept —

Up to 1,400 people were

killed in the Netherlands by

the heatwave that roasted

Europe this summer, the

Dutch statistics office said

on Monday.

“In the summer of 2003,

between 1,000 and 1,400

more people died than usual

because of the heat,” the

Central Bureau of Statistics

(CBS) said in a report.

France was by far the

worst hit by the heatwave,

which is believed to have

claimed more than 11,000

lives there. The Dutch Health

Ministry had previously said

500 to 1,000 people died

from the heat this summer in

the normally mild Nether-

lands.

The greater-than-normal

toll was most pronounced in

the Netherlands in August

but deaths were also higher

than usual at the start of June

and in the second half of

July, the CBS said.

A one-degree rise in tem-

perature causes 25 to 35 more

deaths per week, the CBS

said.

In the first half of Au-

gust, which was the hottest

period, temperatures were

consistently above 25 de-

grees Celsius and repeatedly

topped 30 degrees — far

above the 22 degree average

for the time of year.

MNA/Reuters

Probe links badorganization to

French heat deathsPARIS, 10 Sept — French hospitals and emergency

services struggled to cope with August’s deadly heatwavebecause of bad organization, medical staff takingholiday and poor communication, a government-backedinquiry said on Monday.

“For want of anticipation, organization and coordina-

tion, the response was not appropriate,” said a report by

three doctors commissioned by Health Minister

Jean-Francois Mattei to lead the inquiry into the heatwave.

In France, 11,435 more people than usual died during

the first two weeks of August, when temperatures soared

above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in the worst

heatwave since records began in 1945, causing dehydration

and hyperthermia.

“The catastrophe arose while there were no measures in

place to cope with the heat,” the doctors’ report added.

The report deals a blow to the prestige of a health service

vaunted as the world’s best, but which was overrun by heat-

struck patients. The rise in deaths led the government to

consider scrapping a public holiday to fund extra care for

the elderly. The report suggested improving the organiza-

tion of hospital emergency services and looking into install-

ing air conditioning, which most French hospitals do not

have. — MNA/Reuters

Indian FM speaks to Europeancounterparts

NEW DELHI , 10 Sept — Indian External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha hasspoken to his counterparts in Germany, France and Russia on the US draft resolutionon Iraq and underlined the need to continue consultations with all interlocutors on thisissue.

Sinha’s telephonic conversation took

place late last week ahead of the week-long

visit of US Assistant Secretary of State for

South Asia Christina Rocca commencing

from Tuesday.

Sinha’s counterparts shared with him

their views on the draft resolution, External

Affairs Ministry spokesman told reporters.

“We have underlined the need to continue

consultations with all our interlocutors on

this matter,” he said.

He said they have expressed their desire

to keep in touch on these matters and “keep

us informed of any developments”.

France and Germany have sought sig-

nificant changes in the draft which seeks

establishment of a multinational force un-

der American control in Iraq. It is now being

discussed by UN Security Council mem-

bers.

Apart from the two countries, India,

Turkey and Syria, the only Arab member of

the 15-member Council, demand much

greater role for the UN than envisaged in the

American proposal even as Britain, Spain

and Mexico support the resolution.

India’s official stand has been that it

could consider sending troops to Iraq if there

was an explicit UN mandate.

Asked whether India shared the views of

these three countries, the spokesman said

the July 14 decision of the Cabinet Commit-

tee on Security (CCS) “is India’s decision”.

The CCS had held that government would

consider sending troops to Iraq for partici-

pation in the stabilization force if there was

an explicit UN mandate.

“All the developments that happen....we

will see it in that context,” he said.

The three foreign ministers briefed

Sinha on what they were looking at, the

spokesman said.

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The poster of the 20th European Heritage Day was displayed at a press conference inthe French Ministry of Culture in Paris, on 9 Sept, 2003. The French Government hasset the Heritage Day since 1984 to promote the French masterpieces of architectures,

gardens, and historical sites. At the third weekend of Sept, which was fixed as theHeritage Day each year, about 11 million visitors tour around the historical sites within

France free of charge. — XINHUA

BEIJING , 10 Sept— A videophone conference washeld Monday across China to deploy the work ofmilitary conscription in 2003, and to demand the localgovernments and military departments at all levelsfulfill the tasks endowed them by the State Council andthe Central Military Commission of the CommunistParty of China.

Local governments and military departments were

told to do their best to recruit highly-qualified soldiers, so

as to improve the Army’s battle effectiveness, promote

military reform with Chinese characteristics and realize

the Army’s modernization.

MNA/Xinhua

XIAMEN , 10 Sept— Foreign business leaders and officials attending the ongoing 7thChina International Fair for Investment and Trade said here Monday that China hasbeen an important source of stability and growth in the world economy given theslowdown of economic growth worldwide.

WASHINGTON , 10 Sept— Smoking causes damagethroughout the body by lowering levels of an enzyme keyto physical and mental health, US researchers reportedon Monday.

Smoking is known to damage the lungs, heart and arter-

ies, but PET scans showed it affected these organs as well as

the kidneys and spleen by its impact on monoamine oxidase

B, the researchers said.

“When we think about smoking and the harmful effects

of smoke, we usually think of the lungs and of nicotine,” Dr

Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug

Abuse and a researcher on the study, said in a statement.

“But here we see a marked effect on a major body enzyme

in sites far removed from the lungs that we know is due to a

substance other than nicotine. This alerts us to the fact that

smoking, which is highly addictive, exposes the whole body

to the thousands of compounds in tobacco smoke.”

MNA/Reuters

BUENOS AIRES, 10 Sept— The ozonosphere hole over Antarctic is currentlygrowing at the fastest rate yet in the past 20 years, the Argentine daily, La Nacion,said on Monday.

NEW DELHI , 10 Sept— Describing India as one of the most important countries inthe world, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Tuesday hoped his visit wouldcontribute in strengthening bilateral relations and help achieving “many thingstogether in many fields”.

Sharon, the first Israeli Premier to visit

India since the two countries established

diplomatic relations in 1992, began his

official engagements with a ceremonial re-

ception at Rashtrapati Bhavan (President’s

official residence).

“We are very much interested in devel-

oping and strengthening relations with

India because India is one of the most

important countries in the world,” Sharon,

who is heading a 124-member delegation

on a four-day visit, told reporters.

Warmly welcoming Sharon, Prime Min-

ister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said he was

confident that this “historic” visit would

further cement growing ties with India.

Sharon, who moved amidst tight

security, also visited Raj Ghat, where he

placed floral wreath on the tomb of Ma-

hatma Gandhi.

During his 40-minute meeting, with In-

dian President APJ Abdul Kalam, the two

leaders discussed the situation in the Middle

East besides bilateral cooperation in various

fields. Kalam emphasized the need for last-

ing global peace.

The issue of global war against terrorism

figured prominently when External Affairs

Minister Yashwant Sinha called on the Is-

raeli Premier.

During the 75-minute parleys, develop-

ments relating to Middle East peace process

and ways to enhance bilateral economic

cooperation and having joint ventures in

various areas including information tech-

nology also came up.

An official travelling with Sharon’s del-

egation was quoted as saying that Septem-

ber 11 terror strike in US and global cam-

paign against terrorism have “created a new

opportunity” for stronger ties between In-

dia, Israel and the US. —MNA/PTI

A group of girls perform at the opening ceremony of the Fifth Quanzhou TourismFestival in Hui’an County, east China’s Fujian Province, on 9 Sept, 2003.

XINHUA

Ozonosphere hole overAntarctic growing faster

The report, citing US and

European space authorities,

said the hole had shaped and

enlarged very fast since this

August. It posed a threat to

the island of Tierra del Fuego,

at the southern tip of South

America, and to the southern

Argentine province of Santa

Cruz.

The size of the hole had

already surpassed 27 million

square kilometres, close to

the record of 30 million

square kilometres in the same

period of 2000, the paper

said. Its sources were the lat-

est detection data of the US

National Aeronautics and

Space Administration

(NASA) and the European

Space Agency.

The extended hole had

covered Argentina’s Santa

Cruz Province for the first

time in past years, and was

still spreading to the north,

said Doctor Pablo Canziani,

head of the Atmosphere and

Ocean Science Department

of the University of Buenos

Aires.

MNA/Xinhua

Chinadeploys

recruitmentin 2003 invideophoneconference

Foreign business leaders say“China is already a success story”

“China’s course over the

past decades suggests that

the world now faces a new

reality: a reality of a huge,

rapidly modernizing, but still

relatively poor economy, op-

erating at full throttle in glo-

bal markets, increasingly

able to perform economic

tasks that formerly could

only be handled by the

wealthiest and most ad-

vanced industrial econo-

mies,” said Dr. Robert Kapp,

President of US-China Busi-

ness Council, when deliver-

ing a speech at the Interna-

tional Investment Forum

2003.

“From the standpoint of

foreign investment, China is

a success story,” Kapp said.

China has absorbed 52.7

billion US dollars of foreign

direct investment (FDI) in

2002, overtaking the United

States as the No1 recipient

of FDI, according to the sta-

tistics from the Ministry of

Commerce.

The fact is “indeed a sign

that much in China has gone

very well indeed, and that

China is now a very good

place to invest”, from many

standpoints, Kapp said.

Kapp said China has re-

affirmed its determination to

continue the process of eco-

nomic reform and integra-

tion with global commercial

practices by joining the

World Trade Organization

(WTO) on demanding but

ultimately beneficial terms.

China’s decision to join

the WTO, its impressive rate

of economic growth, and the

emergence of a large domes-

tic market, “ has further en-

couraged foreign firms to in-

tegrate China into their glo-

bal business strategies”, he

said.

Foreign officials like Sir

Stephen Brown, Group Chief

Executive of British Trade

International (BTI), and Dale

D Marshall, MP, Minister of

Industry and International

Business of Barbados also

gave speeches during the

forum. Sir Stephen said

China “has been an impor-

tant source of stability and

growth in the world

economy”, particularly in

some of the high tech sec-

tors. He quoted BTI’s statis-

tics as saying that more than

170 Chinese companies have

invested in Britain with a

further 100 from Hong Kong

including Britain’s largest

single inward investor, Li

Ka Sing. — MNA/Xinhua

MANCHESTER (England),

10 Sept— Africa’s multi-

million dollar bushmeat in-

dustry is threatening species

like gorillas and chimpan-

zees with extinction, conser-

vationists said on Monday.

But the meat from wild

animals is a key source of

food and livelihood for poor

people in countries in

central and western Africa

with crumbling economies.

Scientists at the Zoologi-

cal Society of London (ZSL)

told a British conference that

better management of the

trade is needed to eliminate

the threat to great apes

without further harming poor

rural communities.

MNA/Reuters

Bushmeat crisisin Africa threatensgreat apes

Study shows smokingeffects throughout body

�� India one of the most

important countries in the world

14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 September, 2003� � � � � � � � � � � � � � ��

SPORTS

M ANCHESTER (England), 10 Sept— England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson facesthe bizarre option of dropping his inspirational captain David Beckham againstLiechtenstein in order to boost his team’s Euro 2004 qualifying bid.

Beckham, though desperate to play at

his former Old Trafford home on Wednes-

day, is a yellow card away from a suspen-

sion that would rule him out of next month’s

decisive Group 7 match in Turkey.

Beckham’s return to Manchester a few

weeks after leaving United for Real Madrid

would be a highly charged moment for the

28-year-old and the fans who worshipped

him in a red shirt.

The argument in favour of England’s

methodical Swedish coach denying both

sides that moment is a clinical assessment of

the facts.

England are perfectly capable of beating

Liechtenstein’s assortment of part-timers

and journeyman professionals without their

35-million-euro midfielder.

By contrast, it would be extremely diffi-

cult for England to get the result they need

— a draw if they beat Liechtenstein —

without Beckham on October 11 in Istan-

bul. Beckham’s passionate attachment to

the England captaincy has often made him a

ferocious competitor in games in which his

teammates are struggling.

His committed tackling and ability to

galvanize England’s attacking play through

his trademark pinpoint passes can turn de-

feats into victories.

Alongside his sheer stamina and work

rate, Beckham’s other contribution is the

most important of all — scoring goals.

Eriksson confirmed him as captain when

the Swede took effective charge in February

2001 and Beckham has repaid that faith

with 12 goals in 25 starts — an astonishing

record for a midfielder.

Inevitably, his most memorable perform-

ances are when Beckham combines his roles

as battler and goalscorer.

England’s best player on Saturday, it

was Beckham’s match-winning penalty in

Macedonia that sealed a priceless win. In

Slovakia last October, Beckham’s equalizer

set England on their way to a similar 2-1

comeback victory.

Best of all, though, was his performance

in the final 2002 World Cup qualifier against

Greece at Old Trafford, capped by a memo-

rable free kick goal in injury time to make it

2-2 and seal England’s place in the finals.

In Turkey, England face a similar task —

needing a draw in their final qualifier to

reach a major tournament.

However, this time they are playing in

Istanbul instead of Manchester and World

Cup semifinalists Turkey are a very different

proposition to Greece, with the crowd — in

theory bereft of England fans after the FA

turned down its ticket allocation — likely to

be hostile.

It will not be an easy decision for Eriksson.

The Swede could find himself in a similar

situation to Beckham’s former manager Alex

Ferguson, whose captain Roy Keane and

fellow midfielder Paul Scholes missed their

1999 European Cup final triumph over

Bayern Munich after being booked in the

semifinal against Juventus.

On Wednesday, Beckham will probably

get the nod, along with a wagging figure

warning him to keep out of trouble.

MNA/Reuters

Ferdinand, Butt out ofLiechtenstein game

M ANCHESTER, 10 Sept— England defender RioFerdinand and midfielder Nicky Butt have been ruledout of Wednesday’s Euro 2004 qualifier against Liech-tenstein.

Ferdinand has a kidney problem that forced him to miss

Saturday’s 2-1 win over Macedonia, while Butt, his Man-

chester United teammate, played in the Group 7 match in

Skopje despite a recent ankle injury.

“Nicky Butt and Rio Ferdinand unfortunately have had to

withdraw from the squad due to injury,” a Football Associa-

tion spokesman said on Monday.

“Nicky has an ankle problem and will not be recovered

in time for Wednesday’s match. “Rio is still not fully

recovered from the problem that kept him out of Saturday’s

game.” Midfielders Paul Scholes and Trevor Sinclair have

also been ruled out of the match at Manchester United’s Old

Trafford ground but Steven Gerrard is fit to return after

missing the Macedonia match. — MNA/Reuters

Euro 2004 hopefuls eye playoffchances as pace hots up

LONDON, 10 Sept — Italy and hat-trick hero Filippo Inzaghi came out strongest fromthe latest round of Euro 2004 qualifiers but Spain’s 3-0 win over tournament hostsPortugal in a friendly could be of greater significance.

Zidane very doubtfulfor Slovenia game

LJUBLJANA, 10 Sept— Zinedine Zidane is

likely to miss France’s Euro 2004 Group 1

qualifier against Slovenia on Wednesday as

he is still nursing a thigh injury.

Zidane, who missed the game against

Cyprus on Saturday which the European

champions won 5-0, trained separately in

Ljubljana on Monday. As his teammates

practised passing the inspirational playmaker

had a session with defender Mikael Silvestre,

who is suffering with a knee injury.

But the Manchester United player linked

up with the rest of the squad after 10 minutes

while Zidane continued on his own before

eventually joining the other players in front

of a crowd of 1,500 — more than the aver-

age attendance for a league game in Slovenia.

France lead Group 1 with a maximum 18

points from six outings, five ahead of sec-

ond-placed Slovenia.

The defending champions only need a draw

to qualify directly for next year’s European

Championship. Slovenia require one point to

secure a playoff spot.—MNA/Reuters

Petit announces end ofinternational career

PARIS, 10 Sept— World Cup-winning

midfielder Emmanuel Petit announced the

end of his international career on Monday,

blaming France coach Jacques Santini for a

“lack of frankness”.

“It was not an easy decision to take. But I

made up my mind and this is now irrevoca-

ble,” the 32-year-old Chelsea player was

quoted as saying by the sports daily L’Equipe.

“I feel great physically and I’m certainly

back to my best but I don’t think the French

squad is led by the right man. He (Santini) is

lacking frankness.” said Petit, who helped

Arsenal win the English Premier League and

FA Cup double in 1998.

Less than two months later, Petit scored

the third goal in France’s 3-0 defeat of Brazil

in the 1998 World Cup final in Paris. He also

played in the French team that won the 2000

European championship.

Petit, who won 63 international caps, last

played for France in the 2-0 defeat to the

Czech Republic in a friendly in Paris in

February. — MNA/Reuters

Recoba wins over Uruguayan public MONTEVIDEO, 10 Sept— Alvaro Recoba,

who for years has enjoyed a love-hate rela-

tionship with the Uruguayan public, appears

to be back in favour again.

Recoba was hailed on Monday as the

inspiration of the previous day’s 5-0 win

over Bolivia as the twice former champions

began their 2006 World Cup qualifying cam-

paign in convincing style.

Handed the captaincy following the in-

ternational retirement of Paolo Montero,

Recoba was applauded off the field by the

40,000 crowd and given a mark of nine out

of ten by the newspaper El Pais for his

performance.

It was a significant turnaround for the

player whose motivation has often been

questioned and who took much of the blame

for Uruguay’s first-round exit at last year’s

World Cup in South Korea and Japan.

“I always play for the national team, for

the good of Uruguay and nothing more,” said

the Inter Milan player.

“It’s quite normal that the entire country

is not in favour of what Recoba does.

“My target is to score goals, win and

qualify for the World Cup, and that will

always be my target.”

Recoba, best known for his gifted left

foot, has scored 10 goals in 51 appearances

since making his debut against Spain in

1995. His club career has been a similar story

of highs and lows.

MNA/Reuters

While Italy crushed Wales 4-0 to go top

of Group 9, England came from behind to

beat Macedonia 2-1 away and keep pace

with Turkey in Group 7 and defending

champions France continued their relent-

less march in Group 1.

The Spanish impressed against Luiz

Felipe Scolari’s Portugal but they were

watching from the sidelines as Greece all

but secured qualification from Group 6.

Greece upset the apple cart with a 1-0

win in Spain in June and their 1-0 victory

in Armenia on Saturday coupled with

Ukraine’s 0-0 home draw with bottom team

Northern Ireland put the Greeks firmly in

control, four points clear of Spain.

The top team from each group quali-

fies for the finals, while the second-placed

team goes into a playoff with the runner up

from another group for a spot in Portugal.

With the Greeks needing a home victory

over winless Northern Ireland in their last

qualifier on October 11 to finish top of the

group, Spain are realistically looking at the

playoffs and the unspeakable possibility of

not even getting to the finals in neighbour-

ing Portugal next year.

But the Spanish, who had not beaten

Portugal for 45 years, did rediscover their

scoring touch on Saturday with goals from

Joseba Etxeberria, Joaquin Sanchez and

Diego Tristan against a Portuguese side

being groomed by Brazilian World Cup

winner Scolari to win their home tourna-

ment. Spain have two qualifiers left, at home

to Ukraine on Wednesday and away to Ar-

menia on October 11, and the playoffs unless

the Greeks slip up badly, to put things rights.

Wales’ fate at the San Siro reflected that

of a number of teams that started as outsiders

but have given themselves a chance of

reaching the finals.

Having surrendered top spot in their group

to favourites Italy, the Welsh will have to

fight to ensure they bag at least a playoff

berth, starting with their home match against

third-placed Finland on Wednesday.

MNA/Reuters

Rooney becomes England’syoungest goalscorer

SKOPJE, 10 Sept— Wayne Rooney be-

came the youngest player to score a senior

goal for England on Saturday when he equal-

ized during the Euro 2004 qualifier against

Macedonia. The Everton striker, aged 17

years and 317 days, drove an 18-metre shot

into the net to make the score 1-1 after 53

minutes against in the Macedonian capital.

Rooney, who was winning his sixth sen-

ior cap, beat the record of Michael Owen

who was 18 years and 164 days old when he

scored against Morocco in May 1998.

Rooney became the youngest player to

win a senior England cap when he made his

debut against Australia in February aged 17

years and 111 days.—MNA/Reuters

Two athletes of Guangxi Zhuang

Autonomous Region run on stilt

during the preliminary match of men's

2x200m relay race at the Seventh

National Games for Traditional

Sports of Nationalities in Shizuishan

City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui

Autonomous Region, on 8 Sept, 2003.

Running on the stilt originated from

areas in south China's Hunan

Province where Miao and Tujia

ethnic groups lived. It's a new game

of the sports meet.—XINHUA

Eriksson faces Beckham dilemma


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7:00 am1. Recitation of Parittas by

Missionary Sayadaw

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7:25 am 2. To be healthy exercise

7:30 am 3. Morning news

7:40 am 4. Nice and sweet song

7:55 am 5. Dance variety

8:05 am 6. � � � � �� 8:10 am 7. Dance of national races

8:20 am 8. Musical programme

8:30 am 9. International news

8:45 am 10. Let's Go

4:00 pm 1. Martial song

4:15 pm 2. Songs to uphold

National Spirit

4:30 pm 3. English for Everyday Use

4:40 pm 4. Cute little dancers

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8:00 pm 18. News

19. International news

20. Weather report

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22. The next day's

programme

Tune in today:Thursday, September 11

8.30 am Brief news8.35 am Music8.40 am Perspectives8.45 am Music8.50 am National news/

Slogan9.00 am Music9.05 am International news9.10 am Music1.30 pm News/Slogan1.40 pm Lunch time music

-Top of the world (Carpenters) -I have a dream (Westlife)

9.00 pm Aspects of Myanmar -Homalin Airport

9.10 pm Article/Music9.20 pm Topics potpourri

-Medical experts urge anti-SARS vigilance

9.30 pm Favourite songs chosen by

“Nwe Nwe Khine” -Just like a pill (Pink) -I love rock & roll (Britney Spears) -Ain't live without your love & affection (Natural)

9.45 pm News/Slogan10.00 pm PEL

9:00 Signature TuneGreetings

9:02 Song of MyanmarBeauty & ScenicSights “Mingalabar”

9:06 Myaing Hay Wun Elephant Camp

9:10 Headline News9:12 Easliy Cooked Tasty

Dishes “Prawn Salad”9:15 National News9:20 The Ancient City

Thrikhittaya9:25 Dance of Drums9:30 National News9:35 Beautiful Pleasant

Beach Village9:40 Song “Towards Man-

dalay Golden City”9:45 National News9:50 Myanma Traditional

Flower Arrangements(Decoration withGlaze)

9:58 Song of MyanmarBeauty & ScenicSights “Come andSee Myanmar”

11-9-2003˚(Thursday)Regular Programmes for

Viewers from AbroadEvening Transmission

(15:30 - 17:30)15:30 Signature Tune

Greetings15:32 Song of Myanmar

Beauty & ScenicSights “MyanmaPanorama & MyanmaSentiment”






dalay Golden City”16:12 The Wooden Walking

Stick

Cultural Showroom21:10 Myanmar Modern

Song “Pleasant andGreenish Lake”

21:12 Innwa Ancient Capital21:15 National News21:20 Mogok (or) The Ruby-

Land of Myanmar21:25 Song of Myanmar








Stick22:15 National News22:20 Myanma Traditional


22:25 Myanmar ModernSong “Lover's Life”

22:30 National News22:35 Myanmar Traditional

Folk Songs22:40 Myanmar Cuisine

“Peppery Monhingha”22:45 National News22:50 A Day in the Life of

the Pa-O Family22:55 A Dance to the Harvest23:00 National News23:05 Pickled Featherback23:10 Song on Screen “Pre-

destination”23:15 National News23:20 The National Museum

(I)23:25 Song of Myanmar

Beauty & ScenicSights “Come and SeeMyanmar”

11-9-2003˚(Thursday) &12-9-2003 (Friday)

Evening & MorningTransmission

(23:30 - 01:30)23:30 Signature Tune

Greetings23:32 Song of Myanmar

Beauty & ScenicSights “Mingalabar”

23:36 Myaing Hay Wun

16:15 National News16:20 Myanma Traditional










Evening Transmission(19:30 - 23:30)



19:36 Moyungyi Wildlife Sanctuary

19:40 Headline News19:42 Easily Cooked Tasty

Dishes “FriedFermented Prawn”

19:45 National News19:50 Fantastic Scenic

Sunset of Myanmar19:55 Long Drum Folk Song

& Dance20:00 National News20:05 Myanma Artistic

Works At ShwedagonPagoda Archways

20:10 Song “Tranquil Bagan”20:15 National News20:20 A Peaceful Place of

Mind20:25 Song

“Golden Shangaing”20:30 National News20:35 Peaceful & Developed

Dawei20:40 Myanmar Cuisine

“Traditional Mounbine daunt”

20:45 National News20:50 Myanmar Spirulina20:55 The Rakhine Dance,

The Pride of Yoma21:00 National News21:05 Naga Traditional

Elephant Camp23:40 Headline News23:42 Easliy Cooked Tasty





Stick00:15 National News00:20 Myanma Traditional










12-9-2003˚(Friday)

Morning Transmission(03:30 - 07:30)



03:36 Moyungyi WildlifeSanctuary

03:40 Headline News03:42 Easily Cooked Tasty

Dishes “FriedFermented Prawn”

03:45 National News03:50 Fantastic Scenic

Sunset of Myanmar03:55 Long Drum Folk Song

& Dance04:00 National News04:05 Myanma Artistic

Works At ShwedagonPagoda Archways

04:10 Song “Tranquil Bagan”

04:15 National News04:20 A Peaceful Place of

Mind04:25 Song

“Golden Shangaing”04:30 National News04:35 Peaceful & Developed

Dawei04:40 Myanmar Cuisine

“Traditional Mounbine daunt”

04:45 National News04:50 Myanmar Spirulina04:55 The Rakhine Dance,

The Pride of Yoma05:00 National News05:05 Naga Traditional

Cultural Showroom05:10 Myanmar Modern

Song “Pleasant andGreenish Lake”

05:12 Innwa Ancient Capital05:15 National News05:20 Mogok (or) The Ruby-

Land of Myanmar05:25 Song of Myanmar





Thrikhittaya

05:55 Dance of Drums

06:00 National News06:05 Beautiful Pleasant

Beach Village

06:10 Song “Towards Man-

dalay Golden City”

06:12 The Wooden Walking

Stick

06:15 National News06:20 Myanma Traditional

Flower Arrangements

(Decoration withGlaze)

06:25 Myanmar Modern

Song “Lover's life”


Folk Songs

06:40 Myanmar Cuisine

“Peppery Monhingha”

06:45 National News06:50 A Day in the Life of

the Pa-O Family

06:55 A Dance to the Harvest

07:00 National News07:05 Pickled Featherback

07:10 Song on Screen “Pre-

destination”

07:15 National News07:20 The National Museum

(I)

07:25 Song of Myanmar

Beauty & Scenic

Sights

“Come and See

Myanmar”

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudy inKachin State, scattered in Rakhine, Kayin, Kayah States, Magwayand Yangon Divisions and widespread in the remaining areaswith isolated heavyfalls in Rakhine, Mon States, upper Sagaing,Mandalay, Bago and Taninthayi Divisions. The noteworthyamounts of rainfall recorded were Ye (6.10) inches, Kalewa(4.13) inches, Ann and Zaungtu (3.35) inches each, Dawei (3.31)inches and NyaungU (2.36) inches.

Maximum temperature on 9-9-2003 was 30.5°C (87°F). Mini-mum temperature on 10-9-2003 was 21.5°C (71°F).Relative humidity at 9:30 hrs MST on 10-9-2003 was 85%.Total sunshine hours on 9-9-2003 was (0.8) hour approx. Rain-fall on 10-9-2003 was 6 mm at Yangon Airport, 3 mm at Kaba-Aye and nil at central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2003 was1989 mm (78.31 inches) at Yangon Airport, 2118 mm (83.39inches) at Kaba-Aye and 2088 mm (82.21 inches) at centralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was 10mph from southwest at (15:30) hours MST on 9-9-2003.

Bay inference: Monsoon is generally moderate in the Bayof Bengal. Forecast valid until evening of 11-9-2003: Rain orthundershowers will be widespread in Rakhine, Kayin and MonStates, upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions, scattered in ShanState, Mandalay, Ayeyawady, Bago and Yangon Divisions andisolated in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is (80%).State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters.Outlook for subsequent two days: Weak to moderate monsoon.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 11-9-2003: One or two rains or thundershowers. Degree of certaintyis (80%). Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for11-9-2003: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers. De-gree of certainty is (60%).

16 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 September, 20031st Waning of Tawthalin, 1365 ME Thursday, 11 September, 2003

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye inspects coal extraction work of Shan Yoma NagaCo Ltd. — MNA

YANGON, 10 Sept — Un-

der the cultural exchange pro-

gramme between Myanmar

and China, a 25-member

Chinese acrobatic troupe

from Yunnan Province, the

People’s Republic of China,

is arriving in Myanmar on 12

Chinese acrobatic performance to be stagedin Mandalay and Yangon

September, and will stage

acrobatic performances at

Mandalay National Theatre

on 15 and 16 September and

then at Yangon National

Theatre from 18 to 20 Sep-

tember.

The Chinese acrobatic

troupe presented entertain-

ment successfully in coun-

tries of Europe, the America

and Asia, and has won

awards in acrobatic compe-

titions at national and inter-

national levels.

MNA

Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Kyi Aung receives Cambodian Ambassador Mr Hul Phany. — MNA

YANGON, 10 Sept— Min-

ister for Health Dr Kyaw

Myint, Director-General of

Health Department Dr Wan

Maung, Director-General of

Medical Research Depart-

ment (Lower Myanmar) Dr

Minister for Health inspects Spect GammaCamera at YGH

Paing Soe and officials in-

spected Spect Gamma Cam-

era at the diagnosis unit of

X-ray department at the

Yangon General Hospital

this morning.

The computerized ma-

chine worth US $ 500,000 is

used in diagnosis of heart

and other diseases with the

use of gamma ray.

Professor Dr Win Mar ex-

plained the functions of the

machine.—MNA

Health Minister Dr Kyaw Myint inspects Spect Gamma Camera at Yangon People’sHospital. — MNA

Minister for Culture meets Ambassador ofCambodia

YANGON, 10 Sept— Min-

ister for Culture Maj-Gen

Kyi Aung met Ambassador

of Cambodia to Myanmar

Mr Hul Phany at his office

this afternoon.

Present were Director-

General of Department of

Cultural Institute U Myint

Thein Swe, Director-General

of Archaeological Depart-

ment U Nyunt Han, Direc-

tor-General of Fine Arts

Department U Kyaw Win.

Rector of the University of

Culture (Yangon) U Tin Soe

and officials.

MNA

YANGON, 10 Sept —

Chairman of Yangon Divi-

sion Peace and Development

Council Commander of

Yangon Command Maj-Gen

Myint Swe, together with

Vice-Chairman of Yangon

City Development Commit-

tee Vice-Mayor Col Maung

Pa and departmental offi-

cials, inspected regional de-

velopment work in the wards

on the other bank of Hline

River in Kyimyindine Town-

ship, Yangon West District,

this morning.

The commander and

party visited Aung Mingalar

Monastery in Setsan Ward



ship. He presented offerto-

ries to Sayadaw Bhaddanta

Visada and supplicated on

necessary assistance for re-

gional development. There,

they met with service per-

sonnel of the wards, social

organizations and ward

dwellers. Officials reported

on progress in construction

of 15,370 feet village-to-vil-

lage road from

Chaungwainglay Creek to

Ayeywa Ward, arrange-

ments for construction of

25,820 feet road from

Balotnyunt Ward to

Measures being taken for development ofSetsan Ward, Kyimyindine Township

Panhlaine River-crossing

Bridge Street in Twantay

Township, and preparations

for building 120 feet long

Alechaung Creek Bridge and

200 feet long Konywa Creek

Bridge.

The vice-mayor dealt

with the 24 development re-

gions project and the five

rural development tasks be-

ing undertaken by the gov-

ernment for equitable devel-

opment of all parts of the

country.

The commander held

talks about necessary assist-

ance and measures on edu-

cation and health sectors and

water supply and better trans-

port being taken for the wards



ship for enabling the wards

to keep abreast with the de-

velopment of the ones in

Yangon City. He discussed

extended cultivation and

livestock breeding by local

residents. He called for col-

lective participation of de-

partmental officials, social

organizations and village

elders in the tasks.

The commander in-

spected the health care cen-

tre, delivery room, medical

store and dispensary in the

ward and fulfilled the re-

quirements. The commander

and party inspected the earth

road and left necessary in-

structions.

They visited Maha

Withuddayon Monastery in

Wayonseik Ward on the

other bank of Hline River.

The commandeer presented

offertories to Sayadaw

Bhaddanta Visuddhacara

and supplicated on regional

development work. They

held discussions with village

elders. At the meeting, the

commander dealt with par-

ticipation of local people in

the regional development

tasks. He called for success-

ful implementation of dou-

ble and triple cropping meth-

ods for raising the income of

local populace. He also dis-

cussed assistance to be pro-

vided for education, health,

transport and water supply

sectors.

They proceeded to

Wayonseik Ward BEPS and

inspected conditions of the

axis of the road linking the

school and the wards and the

villages, thriving paddy

fields. The commander gave

necessary instructions to the

officials concerned and at-

tended to the needs. —MNA

YANGON, 10 Sept — The

Invitational Meeting on Oral

Health Care Development of

Rural Myanmar, organized

by Myanmar Academy of

Medical Science of the Min-

istry of Health, was held at

the hall of Medical Research

Department (Lower

Myanmar) on Ziwaka Street

in Dagon Township here this

morning, with an opening

address by Minister for

Health Dr Kyaw Myint.

Also present on the occa-

sion were MAMS President

Dr Ko Ko and executives,

directors-general and deputy

directors-general of the min-

istry, rectors, directors,

deputy directors, professors/

heads of departments, offi-

cials of UN agencies, Prof

Invitational Meeting on Oral Health CareDevelopment of Rural Myanmar held

Wim Van Palenstein

Helderman of University of

Nijnegen of the Netherlands,

social organization mem-

bers, invited guests and oth-

ers.

Minister Dr Kyaw Myint

made an opening speech.

The Academy was es-

tablished in August 1999

with the objectives of con-

tributing to the advancement

and modernisation of the

nation augmenting its peace-

ful development. Specifi-

cally the Academy’s objec-

tives are to promote the de-

velopment of medical sci-

ence.

The Academy participate

in the programmes of the

health ministry and also un-

dertake a series of technical

activities, including Organi-

sation of orations, meetings,

seminars, symposia, panels,

forum etc. Every year, the.

Academy organises 4 to 6

such technical activities,

once in every two or three

months.

Such technical activities

are chosen from various dis-

ciplines - medicine, health,

dentistry, nursing, clinical

specialities and topical sub-

jects cutting across the tech-

nical areas of departments

and institutes.

In the field of dentistry

and oral health, the First sym-

posium was organised in

June 2001 with the title of

“Oral Habits in Myanmar,

Detrimental to General and

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