The New Light of Myanmar 12-02-2010

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 302 14th Waning of Tabodwe 1371 ME Friday, 12 February, 2010

Various national races have sharedjoys and sorrows

Living together across the Union of Myanmar as well as in each and every part of thenation, various national races have possessed a common socio-economic life and shared joysand sorrows throughout the history.

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and Development Council

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services(From the message sent on the occasion of the 59th Anniversary Union Day)

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic sys-tem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be keptin the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preser-

vation and safeguarding of cultural heritage andnational character

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

the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace and tranquil-lity, prevalence of law and order

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Constitution* Building of a new modern developed nation in accord

with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Feb—The following is the translation of the message of Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council Senior General Than Shwe on the occasion of the 63rd Anniversary Union Daywhich falls today.Esteemed national brethren,

On the auspicious occasion of the 63rd Anni-versary Union Day, I, in greeting, wish all nationalbrethren across the Union of Myanmar to be blessed

with wellbeing.World anthropologists have recognized that

of the anthropoid primates excavated around(See page 5)

Today, people working together with truepatriotism to shape the Union of Myanmar into

peaceful, modern and developed nationNational races have showed their massive supportfor the State Constitution to build a new nation

Senior General Than Shwe cordially greets delegates from states and divisions and national race

cultural troupes attending the reception and dinner to mark the 62nd Anniversary Union Day.—MNA

HONOURING THE 63rd ANNIVERSARY UNION DAY

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PERSPECTIVES

To achieve the Union’s goalwith harmonious efforts

* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s Desire

Today the 12th of February 2010 is theUnion Day, an honourable day for all thenational races of the Union.

It is also an auspicious day on which thenational unity was restored to free Myanmarfrom over 100 years of colonialist subjugationand to regain independence and sovereignty.

Myanmar regained independence asthe nationalities with firm resolve to free thewhole country unanimously showed the spiritof national unity. The result is that the entirenation regained independence on 4 January1948.

The national brethren will have torelentlessly safeguard the sovereignty ofthe Union while cherishing and preservingthe traditions and culture and national prideand prestige to hand them down to posterity.

Over 100 national races have beenliving in the Union in amity. Although thereare differences in culture, language andcustoms they all possess the innate natureof kindness, sincerity, helpfulness,forgiveness and tolerance as their significantcharacteristics.

Some powers which want to dominateMyanmar are trying to sow seeds of discordto break up national unity. They are alsoimposing economic sanctions and makingpolitical instigation and interferences toslow down the national development drive.So, we all must have national awareness toward off their evil attempts.

Nowadays, the government is in theprocess of building a peaceful, modern anddeveloped discipline-flourishing democraticnation with added acceleration. In honour ofthe 63rd Anniversary Union Day, we wouldlike to urge all the national people to makeunited efforts so that we will certainly achievethe goal of the Union soonest.

MoU on establishing bilateral consulations between the two foreignaffairs ministries of Myanmar and Sudan being signed.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Feb—The State Peace andDevelopment Council has confirmed theappointment of Director-General U Kyaw Tin of thePolitical Department under the Ministry of ForeignAffairs on expiry of the one-year probation period.

The State Peace and Development Council hasappointed the following persons as heads of serviceorganizations shown against each on probation fromthe date they assume charge of their duties.

Name Appointment (a) U Thant Sin Managing Director

Deputy Director-General Myanma PetroleumMinister’s Office Products EnterpriseMinistry of Energy Ministry of Energy

(b) Professor RectorDr U Thein Kyu University ofProfessor/Dean Dental MedicineArtificial Dental (Mandalay)Medicine Medical ScienceDepartment DepartmentUniversity of Dental Ministry of HealthMedicine (Yangon)Medical ScienceDepartmentMinistry of Health MNA

MYANMAR GAZETTE

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Feb—Online networkingsystem and FTTH ofgovernment offices andprivate organizations weredemonstrated at Ministryof Commu-nications, Postsand Telegraphs here on 9February morning with anopening address byMinister for Communi-cations, Posts andTelegraphs Brig-Gen TheinZaw.

Managing Director UTint Lwin of Myanma Postsand Telecommunicationsgave accounts of tasksbeing implemented;Managing Director U Aung

Online networking systemand FTTH demonstrated

Zaw Myint of MyanmaInfo-Tech Corporation Ltd,Root CA; Daw Nilar Ayeof Yatanarpon Teleport CoLtd, CA; Chief Engineer UZaw Min Oo, YatanarponWeb Portal; and ServiceIn-charge U Myint Oo,Fiber to the Home System.

Minister forCommerce Brig-Gen TinNaing Thein, Minister forHotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing, DeputyMinister for CPT Maj-Gen Thein Tun,departmental officials andparticipants took part inthe discussions.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw addressesworkshop and demonstration on online

networking system and FTTH of governmentoffices and private organizations.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Feb—Feb The First BilateralConsultations between theMinistry of Foreign Affairsof Myanmar and Sudanwas held in Khartoum, theRepublic of Sudan on 7February.

It was attended DeputyMinister for ForeignAffairs U Maung Myint,Sudanese State Ministerfor Foreign Affairs Mr. AliAhmed Katri anddelegation members.

The two sidesexchanged views onstrengthening bilateralcooperation in varioussectors and agreed tocontinue closecooperation in regionaland international forums .

An MoU on

Myanmar, Sudan cement bilateral cooperation

establishing bilateralconsultations between thetwo ministries was signedafter the meeting.

While in Sudan, the

deputy minister metSudanese Foreign AffairsMinister Mr. Deng AlorKoul (SPLM) and StateMinister for Energy and

Mines Mrs. Anglin JangTeny separately, andvisited KhartoumInternational Trade Fairs.

MNA

YANGON, 11 Feb—Photographers, cameracrazies and models gathered at Traders Hotel heretoday, to see new model Sony Alpha Camera importedby TMW Enterprises Limited.

Photographer U Pe Myint Oo shared hisexperiences on use of new model camera and answeredthe queries raised by the attendees after a responsibleperson had presented new technologies andapplications of the camera.

The new camera will allow the user to enjoynew functions for hunting beauty. New modelSony Alpha Camera is available at all SonyShowrooms.—MNA

Sony Alpha Camera reachesMyanmar

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Journalists work nearthe crashed helicopter ina Jockey Club in south-ern Sao Paulo, Brazil, on10 Feb, 2010. A Helicop-ter of Rede Record TV, aBrazilian TV, fell around7:30 this morning on theground of the JockeyClub, killing the pilot. Acameraman in the heli-copter was rescued afterthe crash.—XINHUA

Iraq orders US Blackwater employeesto leave in seven days

India to test missile with3,100-mile range

NEW DELHI, 11 Feb — India will test a new nu-clear-capable missile with a range of more than 5,000kilometres (3,100 miles) in a year’s time, the coun-try’s top military scientist said on Wednesday.

India’s current longest-range missile is the Agni-III missile with a range of 3,000 kilometres (1,900miles), which its military test-fired on Sunday. Thatmissile is already capable of reaching targets not onlyacross historic rival, Pakistan, but also major cities inChina and the Middle East. VK Saraswat, India’s chiefmilitary scientist, said the new missile, Agni-V, wouldbe a land-based system with a range of over 5,000kilometres (3,100 miles).—Internet

A damaged building after a bomb attack in

central Baghdad recently.

INTERNET

15 die in violencein Somali capital

MOGADISHU, 11 Feb — At least 11 civilians and foursecurity officers were killed in the Somali capital onWednesday in two separate incidents of violence, anofficer and residents said.

Militants fired several mortars from Mogadishu’smain Bakara market in the direction of African Unionpeacekeeping bases in the capital’s south, said DahirMohamed, a witness.

In response, the AU troops, who are backing So-malia’s weak government, fired several missiles, somehitting Bakara market and others hitting residential ar-eas. Residents report at least 10 civilians have beenkilled.

Mohamud Jama said the missiles killed three civil-ians and flattened six houses in Hodon District wherehe lives. Abdi Haji, who owns a cosmetics shop inBakara, said he saw seven bodies, one of them awoman.

AU officials were not immediately available forcomment.

Ali Muse, the head of Mogadishu’s ambulance serv-ices, said 15 civilians were taken to different hospitalsin the capital.—Internet

Somali men escort a man at the Medina hospitalafter he was injured in clashes between Africa

Union soldiers and militants, on 10 Feb, 2010, inthe capital, Mogadishu.

INTERNET

Brazil heat wave kills 32elderly people

Vietnam War-erashell explodes,injuring four

HANOI,11 Feb— Offi-cials say a Vietnam War-era artillery shell has ex-ploded at a coffee planta-tion. Four men were in-jured, three seriously.

Vo Cong Khanh, chiefof Huong Tan villagein central Quang Tri prov-ince, says the explosionoccurred on Sunday whena man working with a hoehit the shell while weed-ing the plantation. Thearea is near the formerTa Con airstrip, part ofa US Marine outpostduring the war.—Internet

Car bomb hitspolice patrol inBaghdad, five

woundedBAGHDAD, 11 Feb — A

car bomb went off near apolice patrol in westernBaghdad on Wednesdayand wounded five people,an Interior Ministrysource said.

The attack took placeshortly before sunsetwhen a booby- trappedcar parked near the inter-section of Adel neigh-bourhood exploded, thesource told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

The blast damaged oneof the patrol’s police ve-hicles, wounding two po-licemen aboard, alongwith several nearby civil-ian cars, the source said,adding that three civilianswere also wounded by theblast.—Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 11 Feb —The Iraqi Minister of In-terior has ordered formerand current US Blackwa-ter employees to leave thecountry in seven days,the semi-official al-Iraqiya TV reported onWednesday.

“About 250 guardsworking for the security

company Blackwaterhave been dismissed andgiven seven days to leaveIraq,” Jawad al- Bolaniwas quoted as saying.

Blackwater, nowcalled Xe Services, was aprivate security contractorhired to protect US StateDepartment personnel inIraq. It was accused by theIraqi government of usingexcessive force in Bagh-dad streets.

On 16 Sept, 2007,Blackwater guardsopened fire with auto-matic weapons and gre-nade launchers on un-armed Iraqi civilians atthe busy Nissor Square inBaghdad after a car bombexploded, leaving 17 peo-ple killed.

The incident happened

at a time when the guardsprotecting US embassypersonnel were given im-munity for prosecution inIraqi courts. The shootingangered Iraqis who saw itas a symbol of foreigners’disregard for their lives.

The US governmenthas accused five Black-water guards of causingthe deaths of unarmed ci-vilians. However, a USjudge decided in Decem-ber to drop criminalcharges against fiveBlackwater securityguards who were accusedin the 2007 shooting.

Iraqi officials have re-jected the US judge’s de-cision and the country hasstarted to collect signaturesof the victims to sue thecompany. —Xinhua

BRASILIA, 11 Feb —Thirty-two elderly peopledied in a southeastern Bra-zilian city this week be-cause of a heat wave thathas pushed temperaturesto unseasonably highlevels, a health official saidon Wednesday. All of thefatalities in the coastal cityof Santos near Sao Pauloinvolved people between60 and 90 years old withpre-existing conditionssuch as diabetes or hyper-tension, according to theHealth Ministry in Santos.

The first deaths wereregistered on Monday,when the temperature in

Santos reached 39 degreesCelsius (102 Fahrenheit).Temperatures were wellabove 30 degrees (86 F) inthe following days.

Luiz Fernando Gomesda Silva, Santos’ HealthMinistry’s coordinatorfor the elderly, is urgingpeople to drink a lot ofliquids amid the heatof the South Americansummer.

Xinhua

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Kathleen O’Neill, 80-year-old left, and 71-year-oldFay Shawcross are seen on a piece of fitness ma-

chinery in a play area for older people at Dam HeadPark in the Blackley inner-city suburb of

Manchester, England, on 10 Feb, 2010.—INTERNET

Haibao, the mascot of the 2010 World Expo,appears at a flagship store for official Expo-

licensed products in downtown Beijing, capital ofChina, on 9 Feb, 2010. As the first flagship storefor official 2010 World Expo-licensed products inBeijing, the store opened on Tuesday is located onthe Wangfujing pedestrian street, Beijing’s main

shopping area, and will sell more than 5,000products such as porcelain, plush toys and Shang-

hai World Expo emblems.—XINHUA

WASHINGTON, 11 Feb—The US trade deficitjumped 10.4 percent to40.2 billion dollars in De-cember, the CommerceDepartment reported onWednesday.

MOSCOW, 11 Feb—Italy’s Fiat and Russian automaker Sollers will invest 2.4 billion euros (3.3 billiondollars) in a new joint venture to produce cars in Rus-sia, the Russian government said on Wednesday.

“With this project a second major player is createdon the Russian passenger car market,” after Russia’slargest carmaker Avtovaz, the government said in astatement.

The deal to produce up to 500,000 cars per year isto be inked on Thursday, when Russian Prime Minis-ter Vladimir Putin visits Sollers’s plant in NaberezhnyeChelny, where Fiat Albea and Doblo models are al-ready built.

Fiat chief executive Sergio Marchionne is also setto attend the event in the southwestern Russian re-public of Tartastan.—Internet

Russian Prime MinisterVladimir Putin (L)

examines a Russian-made Patriot off-roadvehicle at the Sollers

auto assembly plant inVladivostok in 2009.

INTERNET

US trade deficit rises to 40.2 billiondollars in December

The December imbal-ance was bigger than the36 billion dollars deficitthat economists had beenexpecting.

However, the overallUS trade deficit in 2009

totalled 370.7 billion dol-lars, down sharply fromthe 695.9 billion dollarsdeficit in 2008.

In December, exportsrose 3.3 percent, theeighth consecutive gain,while imports increased amuch faster 4.8 percent,led by a 14.8 percent risein petroleum imports.

US exports and im-ports both rose in the pastseveral months, a signeconomists believe thatUS economy was begin-ning to recover from themost serious recessionsince the Great Depres-sion in 1930s.—Xinhua

MACAO, 11 Feb—Thegovernments of MacaoSpecial AdministrativeRegion (SAR) and Japanon Wednesday signedhere the Air ServicesAgreement, which wasaimed at strengthening theair link between the twosides.

The signing ceremonywas held at the SAR’sGovernment Headquar-ters, and it was the first airpact officially signed af-ter the formation of thenew SAR government inDecember 2009.

PARIS, 11 Feb—Franco-Dutch airline Air France-KLM posted a fifth straight quarterly net loss onWednesday and forecast more heavy losses in the cur-rent quarter under a tough economic environment.

“There were some signs of recovery in activity dur-ing the third quarter, but in an economic environmentwhich remains difficult,” the airline said in a resultsstatement.

The group recorded a net loss of 295 million euros(405 million dollars) in the third quarter, which endedon 31 December, but it was an improvement from aloss of 508 million euros during the same period in 2008.

It also posted a 245-million-euro operating loss forthe third quarter, the same as the previous year.

Analysts had expected another loss due to high fuelprices and losses in short-and medium-haul flights,but it was heavier that their forecast of a loss of 216million euros.

“The operating loss for the Fourth Quarter shouldbe of the same order as last year’s,” or 574 millioneuros, Air France-KLM said.

The airline attributed the dreary outlook to a later-than-expected pick up in unit revenues, a drop of twopercent in passengers and seven percent in cargo andan increase of 300 million dollars in the fuel bill.

The company said it expected to break even oper-ating-wise in its 2010-2011 fiscal year.—Internet

Fiat forms joint venturewith Russian firm

Air France-KLM posts newquarterly loss

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, 11 Feb— The Royal Bru-nei Airlines (RBA) will resume direct flights to Shang-hai, China, beginning on 28 March this year, after al-most two years of suspension of this service.

RBA will resume four flights each week betweenhere and Shanghai, similar to the frequency before,the airlines said in a statement released on Wednes-day. “The travel market into and out from China isgrowing faster than most countries in Asia Pacific,”RBA Executive Vice President of Commercial RiazMoiz said in the statement.

“Our travel agents have been waiting for the Shang-hai flights,” Moiz said.—Xinhua

Brunei Airlines to resume directflight to Shanghai, China

Macao SAR signs air services agreementwith JapanWith the conclusion of

the bilateral Air ServicesAgreement between thetwo sides, “I am confidentthat the tourism market aswell as the developmentof trade and commercebetween Macao and Japancan further be enhanced”,said Lau Si Io, the SAR’ssecretary for transport andpublic works, at the sign-ing ceremony.

Under the new air pact,the restriction on airlinedesignation and flight ca-pacity will be lifted, andthe Air Macao, the SAR’s

flagship airline, will oper-ate three weekly sched-uled flights betweenMacao and Tokyo startingfrom 28 March this year.

Japan possesses richtourism resources and hasalways been a populardestination among theMacao residents, whileMacao, being listed as the31st designated WorldHeritage site in China, isalso an attractive touristdestination with mixedcultures of East and West,said Lau.

Xinhua

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Today, people workingtogether with true… (from page 1)the world, the primate discovered in the Union ofMyanmar dates back to the period about 40 millionyears ago. The Union is home to all the national races,like a stem with one hundred fruits in it. Therefore, thelong history of the Union of Myanmar is the same, thatof the national races.

The Union of Myanmar is, indeed, a land ofnatural beauty with high mountain ranges, largeplains, temperate climate patterns, fertile soil, largearea of waters, and long rivers. In addition, it is richin natural resources in abundance. In each of the partsof the Union, people of various national races havelived in harmony since time immemorial.

After waging three aggressive wars, thecolonialists annexed Myanmar, a prosperous country,thereby making all national races feel deeply heart-breaking. In colonial days, the people, whenever theywere called, had to answer Phayar (respectful form ofaddress towards monks, royalty) to colonialists. As fornational people, that was a bitter pill to swallow.Inspired by anti-colonialist sentiment and anti-Fascistsentiment, national races came to revolt against theinvaders with strong sense of nationalistic spirit. In the

end, the alien intruders had to withdraw from Myanmar.A notable lesson is that in the post-independence

period, the less united national races became, the fur-ther the Union of Myanmar lagged behind other coun-tries in development. And the more united nationalraces became, the greater development they enjoyed.

So, it is mandatory for the entire national breth-ren to put to the fore Our Three Main National Causesnamely Non-disintegration of the Union, Non-disin-tegration of natioanl solidarity, and Perpetuation ofsovereignty at risk to their life.

Moreover, it is required of each and everycitizen to strongly equip themselves with the sense ofUnion Spirit wherever they live in across the nation toensure perpetuation of the motherland, and independ-ence and sovereignty will not be lost again. As fornational brethren, Union Spirit is, in reality, exactlytrue patriotic spirit they have to uphold forever.

Today, the people are working together with truepatriotism to shape the Union of Myanmar into a peace-ful, modern and developed nation. They are all under aduty to tackle any possible attempts of colonialists tobreak up the Union, aiding and abetting their minions.

National races have showed their massive sup-port for the State Constitution of the Union of Myanmarto build a new nation. Now, according to the State'sseven-step Road Map, a free and fair election will take

place soon. That means national people will have therights to elect representatives, and stand for election.So, members of parliaments, who the voters thinkwill be capable of generating a prosperous future forthe nation, will be elected by ballot.

Therefore, I would like to urge all nationalpeople to see, in concert, to the 63rd AnniversaryUnion Day objectives (2010):--

* For all national races to uphold the nationalpolicy—non-disintegration of the Union,non-disintegration of national solidarity, andperpetuation of sovereignty

* To boost the sense of Union Spirit of thenational people

* To defend and safeguard the Union withconsolidated unity of all national racesagainst dangers posed to disrupt State sta-bility and development by internal and ex-ternal subversives

* For all national races to work harder to builda modern, developed, discipline-flourish-ing democratic nation in line with the StateConstitution approved with the great major-ity of the ballot

* For all national races to make concertedefforts for successful accomplishment ofthe seven-step Road Map.—MNA

Newly opened ring road to improve Manaung Island

Please read the UNHuman Rights Councilinstead of the UNSecurity Council on thesecond line of the firstcolumn in the newsunder the headline:Myanmar preparescompilation of HumanRights Report appearedin this daily on 11-2-2010. Error isregretted.—Ed

Corrigendum

Myanmar medical teamachieves success in fixingsevered thumb with toeNAY PYI TAW, 11 Feb—As a gesture of

honouring the 63rd Anniversary Union Day, the ringroad of Manaung Island put into service in ManaungTownship on 6 February morning.

With a view to ensuring better transport in theregion, maintenance tasks are being undertaken atKamar and Meinmakywe bridges in the townshipthrough the all-out efforts of the local authorities and

the people.On his inspection tour of Manaung Township,

Lt-Gen Ko Ko of the Ministry of Defence pointed outthe development of the regions.

While in Manaung, he looked into maintenanceof Kaei Bridge near Kaei Village, Hsachet StationHospital (16-bed) near Hsachet Village and the lake inMagyigon Village.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11Feb — Myanmarmedical team hassuccessfully fixed asevered left thumb witha left biggest toe of apatient after eight-hourtransplant operation atYangon OrthopaedicSpecialist Hospital.

The patient hasa good blood circulationpassing through his newthumb and can performmovements of his newthumb today andbecame the 10th patientwho had undergonesuccessful f ingertransplant. He went tothe hospi ta l on 11January , 2010 for

treatment and receivedthe transplant operationat the hospital on 28January, 2010.

U MaungMaung Soe, 40, had hisleft thumb severed in anaccident at work whenhe was working at a sawmill in Malaysia inDecember, 2007. Hisleft thumb was removedafter unsuccessfultransplant in Malaysia tojoin his thumb.

The medicalteam comprising eightspecia l i s t s and twonurses was led byAssociate Professor Dr.Khin Maung Myint.

MNA

Lt-Gen Ko Ko of Ministry of

Defence unveils stone inscription

to mark successful opening of

ring road at Manaung Island.

MNA

Specialists seen with the patient

who was successfully fixed a

severed left thumb with his left

second toe at Yangon

Orthopaedic Specialist Hospital.

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Honouring the 63rd Anniversary Union Day

Hlaing Aung

Only with consolidated national unity, canthe nation stand tall in global community

POEM

Today, many countries have collapsed; many countries have seen civilwars; and in many countries, people are going through the hell of untoldmiseries due to lack of national unity.

No one can deny thatdisagreement among thepeople is the root causeof the disintegration ofYugoslavia and Sovietempire into separate re-publics over the past twodecades, the armed con-flicts in Iraq and Afghani-stan, and Somalia andYemen, whose condi-tions have been recentlypushed to the forefront ofworld conflicts and in-stability.Here, there may be aquestion: why do notmany other multiculturaldeveloped countries,large and small, facesimilar issues?

Even Switzerland, asmall country on theAlps, is home to four na-tional races. It has an areaof 15,940 square milesonly. For its develop-ment, the country has torely on human resources,not on natural resources.Its population is onlyabout seven million, justa little more than that ofYangon Division. There-fore, the country focuseson quality rather thanquantity. Due to its smallarea, the country is in noposition to run very spa-

problems between themajority and the minorityof the people.

Its people considerthat they are the same,Swiss, and they remainharmonious and cohesive,as evidenced by its na-tional defence system.Switzerland’s nationaldefence system is basedon people’s militia strat-egy. Under this strategy,every citizen has to un-dergo military training,and all of its people aremembers of militia units.

The government pro-vides each member witharms and ammunition,and equipment to be keptat home, in order thatarmed forces can beformed immediately intimes of emergency. If theall people are armed in anation where its peopleare disunited without self-discipline, such a nationwill often see killingsprees. Switzerland issmall in area, but is on thelist of world’s top coun-tries due to the people’sconsolidated unity, senseof self-discipline, hardwork and dynamism. Iwould also like to presentsome facts about Soma-

cious enterprises, and itsenterprises are not bur-densome, but with hugeinvestments.

In productivity, it hasto choose small but ex-pensive products such aswatches and engage in dia-mond trading. As regardsservice, it turns attentionto banking services. Withits hard-working people,its GDP is more than 500billion US dollars with percapita income of 43,195US dollars. It stands as theseventh richest country inthe world.

It exercises direct de-mocracy system under therule of a regency govern-ment. Being completelyneutral in the internationalrelations, the countrycould avoid the evil con-sequences of the worldwars. And it does not jointhe United Nations. How-ever, it has a UN branch inGeneva, at which impor-tant international meetingsare held.

Switzerland has a con-solidated unity among itspeople. Despite beinghome to German-,French, Italian- and Ro-man-speaking societies, ithas no racial issues, and

lia, whose objective con-ditions are in contrary tothat of Switzerland.

If compared withSwitzerland, Somalia is alittle larger country with alittle denser population: anarea of 246,201 squaremiles with a population ofabout nine million. Soma-lia is adjacent to Suez Ca-nal, which occupies a stra-tegic location in the worldmaritime transportation,thus having more strate-gic positions than Switzer-land, a landlocked coun-try, at the top of Red Sea,in the east horn of Africa,and on the top of the Al-pine in central Europe. Inaddition, Somalia is asemi-dessert Africancountry, but Switzerlandis a very cold countrywhere snow falls heavily.

Long ago, fortune wasnot on the side of Soma-lia. In the colonial period,it persisted in repulsingthe attacks of the navalforces of the British for along time. But in the end,it fell under alien subjuga-tion. To make thingsworse, Italy colonized thenorthern Somalia. Afterregaining independence in1960, the nation was uni-fied and emerged as So-malia, but it came underthe negative impact of theCold War between theEast Bloc and the WestBloc. In consequence,there were several warsbetween Somalia andEthiopia. After the ColdWar, its ethnic groups be-came disunited, culminat-ing in racial armed con-flicts. In Somalia, Soma-

lis account for 85 per cent,and the remaining ethnicgroups, 15 per cent. Thereare many tribes among So-malis. The country has avery long bad tradition thatthe ethnic groups havebeen engaging in armedconflicts with swords,spears and bows and ar-rows for drinking water,agricultural farmlands,and pastures. After theCold War, they armedthemselves with auto-matic rifles and rockets.In 1991-92, about 300,000people died due to the warsand hunger in the nation.

Then, the UN intervenedin the internal affairs withthe assistance of the US.However, it fueled thebattles between the Somalitribes. So, the US troopsfalling from grace had towithdraw from the coun-try. From that time on, So-malia has been like a coun-try without any govern-ment.

It could not restorepeace due to outsideinterference in its do-mestic affairs such asattacks of Ethiopiatroops, and African

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As a part of efforts to supply irrigation water to farmland throughout

the country, the government built Zichaung Dam that contributes to

4,000 acres in Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State.

University of Computer Studies in Kengtung, Shan State (East)creating higher learning opportunities for local national race youths.

Home* A home should

Have the parentsActing as the vanguardOnly then will it haveThe self-respect it requires

* The inheritanceTo become a pleasant homePeace and joy for whole householdHarmony in the familyDignity and beauty the home possesses

* To build a homeStockpiling all necessitiesSelecting an auspicious dayA traditional method it isWith little keennessEven difficult to erect a post

* A home be worthy of livingOnly if it becomes a heritageDurable till future generationsFrom children to great-grand childrenHaven for all descendants

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Hlaing Aung

Only with consolidated national unity, canthe nation stand tall in global community

(from page 6)Union troops, and bombattacks of US troops.After having lived with-out law for ages, Somalipeople could not live onthe resources and tech-nologies they had. Afterall, many Somali menbecame worldwide noto-rious as pirates in RedSea.

From a comparativestudy of the conditionsof the two countries, itcan be deduced thatfriendship and unity ofown national races areof great importance for acountry, large or small.The Union of Myanmaris a land where over 100national races make theirhome in unity. They hadbeen living through thickand thin throughout suc-

cessive periods. Thecolonialists took full ad-vantage of the nation’sgeographical featuresforming natural barriersto the regions and hin-dering national racesfrom friendly relationsamong them. The Britishset up four barriers to re-lations between nationalraces.

The first was the ad-ministrative barrier. In theprocess, Britishcolonialists adopted thedivide and rule policy,under which the nation wasdivided into the hilly re-gions and plains that wereunder direct rule of thegovernor, and the regionsthat were ruled through thelegislative council.

The second was lawbarrier. The colonialists

promulgated hilly lawswith the ill intention tocreate relation barrier be-tween the mainland andhilly regions. In that way,national races were de-prived of social relationsbetween them.

The third was socialbarrier. After annexingMyanmar, the colonialistsconverted the nationalraces whose religiousfaith was animism to theirreligion in order to createdisagreement betweenthose national races andthe national races in plainssuch as Bamar, Rakhineand Mon.

Some colonists bra-zenly claimed that theyhad to use variety of reli-gious faiths as animatebarrier.

The fourth was eco-

nomic barrier . Thecolonialists gave a lamereason that it was im-possible to adjust the ad-ministrative patterns be-cause there was a devel-opment gap betweenhilly regions and plains.In practice, they, how-ever, showed no interestin plans for developmentof hilly regions through-out their long rule overthe nation, and what theyturned their intention towas to exploit highland-ers in their interest. Theybuilt railroads that wentas far as regions withmineral resources suchas Namtu and Mawchee,whereas the transport fa-cilities they built in ChinState, from which theycould not gain economicbenefits, were pedestrianlanes and motorways. InMyanmar that stretchesbetween north and south,there were no fine roadsfrom Shwebo to the north-ernmost part of the na-tion, and in the southernpart was only a transportfacility: a short railroadthat went as far as Dawei.There were no roads thatled to Rakhine Strip. If acitizen wanted to go tosouthern or northern ShanState, he had to go downto Thazi-Meiktila first.Even Kengtung in theeastern part was difficultof access from Taunggyiin the southern part ofShan State.

The colonialists notonly closed their mind tothe idea of building eco-nomic infrastructures, but

also showed no interest inthe social, education andhealth sectors. The major-ity of highlanders were il-literate and they spentmuch of their time, gam-bling and abusing narcoticdrugs in opium dens.

In consequence, thenation, in spite of havingregained independence,could not rise from thenightmare of internalarmed insurgency. In thatperiod, it was impossiblefor the nation to carry outany undertakings effec-tively for development ofthe Union. Therefore, thenation faced doubts andsuspicions, grudge andarmed conflicts amongown national races formore than 50 years. How-ever, now peace has beenrestored well.

Seeing the light, na-tional race armed groupshave joined hands withthe people. The govern-ment, the people and theTatmadaw have been ableto ward off the barriers tofriendly relations amongnational races thecolonialists created onpurpose. Now, the wholecountry has seen tangibleresults of hard work fornational development.

According to the newconstitution approvedwith the vast majority ofthe ballot, all nationalraces will be bestowed therights to administer theaffairs and work for thedevelopment of their ownregions. The constitutionguarantees the freedom ofbusiness for the citizens.

Therefore, unlike in thecolonial days, any at-tempts to drive a wedgeand sow hatred amongnational races cannotwork.

As a tangible result,all parts of the nationhave enjoyed parallel de-velopment due to the 24-Region Special Devel-opment Project andmany other specialprojects the governmenthas been implementingfor progress of borderareas and national racesand all-round develop-ment of the nation espe-cially in the social, eco-nomic, education, healthand transport sectors.

In the past, the peoplereckoned that smoothtransport by car and bytrain between Sittway andTachilek, and betweenKawthoung and Putaowas in a dream world.Now, the goal is withinthe touching distance.Major cities in every stateor division have seen in-stitutes, and universities.

Such fruitful resultsare largely due to na-tional unity. Myanmarwill be able to stand tallin the global commu-nity only if the entirenational brethren con-tinue to work hard incollaboration with con-solidated unity in build-ing a democratic nation,sharing joys and sor-rows and making gooduse of the already-achieved developmentmomentum.

Translation: MS

For man

Even the creatures like ants and

bees are united in collecting

food and defending themselves

against the enemies.

Save for a

rainy day.

The crows, too, are ready to

fight back when their kin are

under attack.

Enemy!

It wouldn’t be

proper for human

beings, ack-

nowledged to possess

c o n s i d e r - a b l e

intellect, if they could

not stay united like

those creatures nor

organized in the

public interest.

Yadana Gas Project at Mottama Offshore, Mon State.

Kyaw Thu Hein

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Grand and magnificent Hluttaw Building.

Night scene of illuminated Nay Pyi Taw City Hall.

Myanmar International Convention Centre under construction inNay Pyi Taw Dekkhinathiri.

Signs of rapid development in Nay Pyi TawHlaing Bwa (Parami)

It was at dawn andthe sun was rising when Iwas about to take a photoof sublime, serene pagoda"Uppatasanti" seen withShan Yoma mountainranges in the east in thebackground. The upperterrace of the pagoda over-looks buildings built inrows around Nay Pyi Taw.The region is Nay Pyi Taw,the capital of the Union ofMyanmar, as evidenced bywell-organized housingpatterns, wide roads keptclean, and junctions androundabouts decoratedwith beds of flowers andlandscaping plants. So, theearly morning pilgrimagemade me feel great pleas-ure.

Occupying a stra-tegic location in the Un-ion of Myanmar, and be-ing surrounded by ShanYoma mountain range inthe east and Bago Yomamountain range in thewest, Nay Pyi Taw was atthat time like a paintingof natural beauty. A shorttrip from Nay Pyi Taw

are Inlay Lake, and ShanState with historic pagodas.A one-day round-trip canbe made between Nay PyiTaw and PyinOoLwin, ahill station, and Kalaw. Inaddition, Nay Pyi Taw iseasily accessible from anyother part from around thenation. Thus, the govern-ment, the people and theTatmadaw will be able toeffectively carry out in thefields of State security, ad-ministration, economy andnational development.Moreover, it is close to Man-dalay, Bagan and Srikestra,which are repositories of ar-chaeological buildings, aswell as Pontaung PonnyaRegion where anthropoidprimates, which support thepoint "human beings origi-nated in Myanmar" werediscovered. So, with tech-nological development inNay Pyi Taw, Myanmar'srole in the evolution of theorigin of human beings, andpreservation of cultural her-itage, Myanmar will be ableto catch up with other globalpartners soon.

The emergence ofthe 325 feet highUppatasanti Pagoda lendsa certain dignity to Nay PyiTaw. For public homage inNay Pyi Taw, a replica ofthe Shwedagon Pagoda inYangon was built under thetitle of Uppatasanti in No-vember 2006. The con-struction process was com-pleted in March 2009. Thepagoda was consecrated on9 March. In the pagoda pre-

cinct are impressive reli-gious edifices such as MahaHsutaungpyae Buddha Im-age in Maha PasadabhumiGandhakuti Chamber; fourjade Buddha images in thecave of the pagoda; statuesdepicting the birth, enlight-enment, the first discourse,and attaining Nirvana of theLord Buddha; the 108 feethigh flagstaff; Bo Tree Gar-den with Maha Bo Tree andthe images of the 28Buddhas; the garden of 108Sacred Bo Trees; MarliniMangala Lake with thechamber of Shin Uppaguttain it; Withongama Ordina-tion Hall; CetiyapalaChamber; Sangha Yamahostels; Sasana MahaBeikmandaw Building;museum; Pitakat Buildingand religious Archive. Cer-emonies to confer religioustitles on eminent monks andceremonies to offer alms tomembers of the Sanghawere held on a grand scalewith the presence of theHead of State at SasanaMaha BeikmandawBuiding. The structure of

the pagoda built with 10traditional arts and craftsadds to the prestige of NayPyi Taw. Therefore, it is agolden opportunity for visi-tors from the four cornersof the nation to pay a visitto the pagoda on their tripto Nay Pyi Taw.

Datusaya Dat-paungsu Pagoda was builton Nay Pyi Taw MangalaHill in Zabuthiri Townshipfor the reverence of busystaff members. The pagodais teeming with well-wishers

and staff members in eve-nings, weekends, days ofsignificant occasions.

To the south of theUppatasanti Pagoda is NayPyi Taw City Hall, in whichNay Pyi Taw DevelopmentCommittee establishes itsheadquarters, which under-takes tasks for developmentof Nay Pyi Taw. State occa-sions are held with the ac-companiment of the tune ofNational Anthem played byState Orchestra in Nay PyiTaw City Hall. That indi-cates Nay Pyi Taw as theadministrative city of theUnion of Myanmar. Nay PyiTaw has developed consid-erably in a short time due tothe visionary Head of State.

In the administrativecity are 53 substantial headoffices of the ministries. Thewell-furnished staff quarterswith water supply and elec-tric power are for the con-venience of staff memberstrying to meet the State ob-jectives. Offices of minis-tries built without sacrific-ing the geographical featuresare like a painting, making

beholders feel refreshed.Cutting down of trees isforbidden, and tree-grow-ing ceremonies are heldannually in Nay Pyi Taw.So, it will soon becomeEver Green City.

Nay Pyi Taw iscomposed of eight town-ships: Lewe, Pyinmana,Tatkon, Zeyathiri,Pobbathiri, Uttarathiri,Zabuthiri, andDekkhinathiri. Staff mem-bers in Nay Pyi Taw areprovided with international

level staff quarters inZabuthiri andDekkhinathiri. They arealso allowed to live in suchwards as Zeyatheikdi,Pannyatheikdi, Min-galatheikdi, Bawga-theikdi, Wunnatheikdi,Thukhatheikdi, Bala-theikdi, Nyanatheikdi, andDanatheikdi. Each of thetownships in Nay Pyi Tawhas basic education highschool, ward administrativeoffices, housing estates ofthe Department of HumanSettlement and HousingDevelopment, health cen-tres, and police stations.Land allotments were alsoprovided for retired staffmembers, merchants, wageearners, and businessmenapart from staff in not onlyold villages and wards butalso new wards such asBayintnaung, Shwenantha,and Thabyegon. Moreover,the urbanization process inwell underway, so the wholeNay Pyi Taw will be bois-terous with activities in thenear future.

(See page 9)

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Photo shows Gem Museum located near Hotel Zone in Nay Pyi TawZabuthiri.

Scenic beauty of Sal Flower Roundabout in Nay Pyi Taw.

An aerial view of staff housings in Nay Pyi Taw.

(from page 8)Chaungmagyi Dam

was constructed by block-ing the water routes betweenmountain ranges forgreening the whole Nay PyiTaw and adequate watersupply. The water supplyproject is being undertakenby Nay Pyi Taw Develop-ment Committee. For thetime being, five million gal-lons of water from the damare supplied daily. If neces-sary, the water supply canbe increased to 10 milliongallons. Therefore, Nay PyiTaw dwellers can do theirbusinesses, pursue educa-tion and shoulder State re-sponsibilities in peace.

Now, four-lane, six-lane and eight-lane roadshave been built to enableNay Pyi Taw to possesscharacteristics of an inter-national level city. In thenear future, Nay Pyi Tawwill see 20-lane roads. Inthe middle of the roads aretraffic islands decoratedwith flower beds and land-

Signs of rapid development in Nay Pyi Taw

scaping plants. At night, traf-fic islands are very fascinat-ing under the mercury elec-tric lights. In addition, nineroundabouts—Thabyegon,Kyapan, Yazathingaha,Ingyinpan, Ottarathiri,Gangawpan, Wunnatheikdi,Dahatheikdi, andBawgatheikdi are beautifiedwith beds of various speciesof flowering plants. So, theroads receive constant flowsof visitors such as foreign-ers, amateur photographers,and walkers who are therefor relaxation. Therefore,news about Nay Pyi Tawspread far and wide.

Outside Nay Pyi Taware Nay Pyi Taw-Yangonand Nay Pyi Taw-Manda-lay Expressways, throughwhich people can travel toother regions across the na-tion. So, Yangon is now afour-hour drive from NayPyi Taw, and local peoplecan do their work in thehealth, economic and edu-cation sectors and make ex-cursions with comfort in a

short time. Nay Pyi Taw hasdozens of highway bus linesincluding Shwe Mann Thu,Aung Soe Moe, Gandawin,Nan Htaik San, Htet Oo,Asia, Kyei Sin Hein, YazaMin, Yoma, and Shwe SinSekkya. Local residents cannow travel to other regionswith convenience.

Besides bus runs,there are many train sched-

ules between Nay Pyi Tawand many regions the lengthand breadth of the nation.Nay Pyi Taw Central Rail-way Station in Nay Pyi TawPobbathiri provides bettertransport services to passen-gers.

Nay Pyi Taw has alsobeen facilitated with NayPyi Taw Airport. On com-pletion of a new interna-tional airport, the capital willbe further busy with visi-tors.

In compliance withthe guidance of the Head ofState, Nay Pyi Taw GeneralHospital was upgraded from300-bed to 1000-bed healthfacility with advanced diag-nosis equipment and inten-sive care units on 27 Sep-tember 2008. Now, 50-bedhospitals are being con-structed in each of the town-ships, and plans are ongo-ing to upgrade them to 100-bed ones. Nay Pyi Taw Gen-eral Hospital (1000-bed) andNo (2) Defence ServicesGeneral Hospital (1000-bed) also provide health care

to civilians. Furthermore,Nay Pyi Taw’s first private-owned general hospital isbeing constructed inOttarathiri, which is heart-ening for the dwellers.

While focusing onhealth care services, manyparks and recreation centresare kept open for public rec-reation and relaxation. Ofthem, the Nay Pyi Taw Wa-ter Fountain Garden,Ngalaikkantha Recreationand bathing site are mostfamous. In the evening, theilluminated Water FountainGarden is packed with visi-tors, while the water surfacemovie with the applicationof modern technology isamazing for the viewers. At

present, the Water FountainGardens (1) and (2) havebeen opened for the publicand a plan is under way toinaugurate the Water Foun-tain Garden (3). In addition,Nay Pyi Taw dwellers willenjoy the world class life-style in the short period asthe 2D/3D Cinema is underconstruction in Nay Pyi TawThabyegon.

Moreover, the Na-tional Herbal Park has beenestablished in Nay Pyi Tawnot only for public recrea-tion but also for disseminat-ing knowledge about tradi-tional medicines. While tak-ing recreation under theshade at the park, the visi-tors and holiday-makershave the opportunity tostudy Myanmar traditionalmedicine related to 353 spe-cies of herbal plants. Indeed,the National Herbal Park isbeneficial to the visitors andenthusiasts in the traditionalmedicines.

As another publicrecreation, the ZoologicalGarden (Nay Pyi Taw) was

constructed on 1062 acresof land in Nay Pyi TawYezin and it was opened on26 March 2008. A total of39 species of mammals, 30species of birds and 12 spe-cies of reptiles are put ondisplay at 27 booths. Amongthem, the rare and endan-gered wildlife are beingshown at the booths includ-ing icy land inhabitant pen-guins and the rare specieswhite tiger. Therefore, thevisitors have an opportunityto observe the rare wildlifeat the gardens which theycould watch only in themovies.

With the aims of de-veloping the astronomicalknowledge for the student

youths and the people, pro-viding educative knowl-edge and recreation, thePlanetarium (Nay PyiTaw) was inaugurated on26 March 2006. The visi-tors can enjoy the won-ders about the planets in-cluding the Earth and theSolar System and the cap-tivating scenes underwa-ter created with the use ofmodern planetarium ma-chinery applying the com-puter animation technol-ogy.

The Nay Pyi TawNational Landmarks Gar-den is under constructionon Thaikchaung Road nearYezin Dam in Zeyathirifor enabling the Nay PyiTaw dwellers and visitorsat home and abroad to ob-serve the progress of thenation in the time ofTatmadaw Government,the landmark structures ofthe national races and theircustoms in a short period.The booths at the gardenreflect the cultural herit-age of the national people

and foster the Union Spirit.Moreover, the gardenproves the long time exist-ence of the Union to thetourists from abroad.

In accord with oneof the four social objec-tives of the State “Upliftof health, fitness and edu-cation standards of theentire nation”, four foot-ball grounds, four basket-ball grounds, four volley-ball pitches and six tenniscourts in addition to bil-liards and bowling gym-nasiums were constructedfor enabling the people ofNay Pyi Taw to do healthexercises and hold sportsevents.

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Bird’s eye view of 10 hotels meeting international standard at Nay Pyi Taw Hotel Zone.

An aerial view of Nay Pyi Taw General Hospital (1000-bed).

Photo shows aerial view of Nay Pyi Taw Myoma Market.

(from page 9)Furthermore, the

30 ,000- fan-capac i tyZabuthiri modern stadiumis under construction inZabuthiri and the 30,000-fan-capacity Zeyathirimodern stadium inZeyathiri. Upon comple-tion, Myanmar will hostthe international sports andgames including the South-East Asian Games.

As the markets havebeen built for enabling thelocal people to conven-iently purchase necessarygoods and utensils for dailyuse, Nay Pyi Taw MyomaMarket, Thabyegon Mar-ket, Thiri Yadana ModernMarket, Mingala Marketand Ahara Thukha Marketare packed with custom-ers. Moreover, the exist-ing markets are being up-graded. Ahara Thukha

Signs of rapid development in Nay Pyi Taw

Market is kept open thewhole night. While newmarkets are under construc-tion in Pobbathiri andOttarathiri, Nay Pyi TawJunction Centre andZeyathiri Department Storesell various kinds of goodsto the buyers through theone stop service similar tointernational practice. As aresult, the Nay Pyi Tawdwellers can lead a peacefullifestyle. In their spare time,the dwellers can take pleas-ure in enjoying movies atthe modern cinemas at thebuilding of the market. In-deed, the Nay Pyi Tawdwellers can lead the inter-national standard lifestyle.On completion of CapitalHypermarket (Nay Pyi Taw)being built by the Union ofMyanmar Economic Hold-ings Ltd, the scene of NayPyi Taw will be packed with

visitors from far and near inthe future.

For giving comfort-able accommodation to theguests from internationalcommunity, the State guestsand national brethren fromfar and near coming to at-tend the festivals, national

tude of 1600 feet near NayPyi Taw Ottarathiri is pro-viding hotel services to theguests for enjoying scenicbeauties of Nay Pyi Tawplus the opportunity to feelthe cold and fresh breeze.At present, eight more ho-tels are under constructionto compete their beautieswith that of the completed

hotels. Moreover, the guest-house of Nay Pyi Taw CityDevelopment Committeewas built with many roomsand halls to provide accom-modation at fair price to theservice personnel, middleclass guests and those wish-ing to save expense, whoarrive in Nay Pyi Taw fromvarious regions of the coun-try. As a result, the guestsand visitors are satisfied withthe services and fair pricesof the guesthouse. Such ac-commodation service is oneof the significant milestonesof Nay Pyi Taw. The guestsand tourists from abroad re-marked that Myanmar en-gineers and architects havecapabilities to build the ho-tels and buildings in NayPyi Taw including the build-

ings in a row at the guest-house decorated with tra-ditional handicrafts incombination with modernarchitectural styles.

The banking serv-ice is essential for a moderncapital. In upgrading thecapital, the banking serviceplays an important role inmaking payment of trading

sector and monetary af-fairs. In Nay Pyi Taw,Myanma Economic Bank,Myawady Bank Limited,Si Pin Tha Yar Yay BankLimited and Myanma In-dustrial DevelopmentBank built in grand andmodern designs are func-tioning, while Livestockand Fisheries Bank,Myanmar Citizens Bank,Kanbawza Bank,Myanmar Oriental Bank,First Private Bank and TunFoundation Bank are un-der construction. It is surethat development ofMyanmar economy woulddepend on services of thesebanks in the new era.

Nay Pyi Taw, be-ing capital of the Unionof Myanmar, must beready to host internationalconferences, meetings,seminars, paper-readingsessions and commemo-rative ceremonies. TheMyanmar InternationalConvention Centre is un-der construction inDekkhinathiri, and it willbe completed in the nearfuture. Thanks to thegrand building, the NayPyi Taw will be activeand alive with guests frominternational communityto attend the meetings andconferences in the future.

(See page 12)

entrepreneurs have built andopened 10 internationalstandard hotels includingShwe Nan Taw, ShweMyanamr, Shwe Ethei,Thingaha, Myat Taw Win,Amara, Royal Kumudra,Mount Pleasant and YadanaTheinga. Among them,Mount Pleasant Hotel builton Po Zaung Hill at an alti-

Building of Myawady Bank Ltd in modern designin Nay Pyi Taw.

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NAY PYI TAW, 11Feb—As a gesture of hon-ouring the 63rd Anniver-sary Union Day, the cer-emony to open the Na-tional Landmarks Garden(Nay Pyi Taw) was held atthe archway of the gardennear Thaikchaung Villageof Zeyathiri Township,Nay Pyi Taw District, at 8am today, with an addressby Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil General ThihaThura Tin Aung MyintOo.

Also present on theoccasion were senior mili-

tary officers of the Minis-try of Defence, the com-mander of Nay Pyi TawCommand, the ministers,the deputy ministers, de-partmental heads, guests,

artistes, Union Day del-egates and local people.

Speaking on the occa-sion, the Secretary-1 saidthat the State Peace andDevelopment Council isstriving for ensuring peaceand stability and develop-ment of the Union ofMyanmar, upholding OurThree Main NationalCauses: Non-disintegra-tion of the Union, Non-disintegration of nationalsolidarity and Perpetuationof sovereignty. After con-structing necessary infra-structures for uplift of live-lihoods of the national peo-

ple in the entire nation, NayPyi Taw was built as theCapital of the State in thecentral area of the countryaccessible from variousregions of Myanmar in ac-

cordance with the struc-ture of new nation toemerge in line with theConstitution 2008 ap-proved by 92.48 per centof the national people.

As Nay Pyi Taw hasbecome a gathering pointof all national races, the Na-tional Landmarks Garden(Nay Pyi Taw) was builtwith the aim of enabling allthe people to enjoy the cul-ture and customs of nationalraces at a single place. TheUnion National Races Vil-lage was constructed inYangon in 2002 and theNational Landmarks Gar-

den in PyinOoLwin in 2006.As a result of building themuseums in order to ob-serve the culture and cus-toms of the national races,the national brethren who

have been living in the Un-ion of Myanmar in unityand amity since time im-memorial will adore theculture and customs of eachother and enhance friendlyrelations. Thanks to theLandmarks Gardens, thenational people will handdown the strong UnionSpirit to their new genera-tions.

The newly-openedNational Landmarks Gar-den (Nay Pyi Taw) wasbuilt as a small scale of theUnion on over 400 acres ofland in Zeyathiri Town-ship on 8 November 2008.

The significant structuressuch as pagodas and stupas,hills, lakes, waterfalls,caves, beaches and islandslocated in States and Divi-sions were built as land-

marks at the respectiveexhibition sites. The edu-cative booths depicting tra-ditional houses that reflectdaily lifestyle of respec-tive national races, tradi-tional food stalls andprogress of socio-eco-nomic sector are put ondisplay for the visitors.

Moreover, the modernplayground, halls and otherrecreation centres werebuilt in the garden. Moredecorations will be under-taken at the garden to havethe characteristics of rec-reation parks meeting theinternational standard. Hethanked nine national en-trepreneur groups for theirendeavours in building thegarden.

In conclusion, the Sec-retary-1 urged all the visi-tors to the garden to safe-guard Our Three MainNational Causes, to gainknowledge at the NationalLandmarks Garden (NayPyi Taw) and the Zoologi-cal Gardens and the De-fence Services Museumand gymnasium under con-struction and to take re-laxation there.

Next, the national racerepresentatives of Statesand Divisions formallyopened the National Land-marks Garden (Nay PyiTaw).

The Secretary-1 for-mally opened the NationalLandmarks Garden (NayPyi Taw).

Next, the Secretary-1

and party viewed the land-marks in the NationalLandmarks Garden bybuggy.

The National Land-marks Garden (Nay PyiTaw) depicting landmarksof famous pagodas, stupas,caves, river crossingbridges, mountains, lakes,dams, waterfalls, beachesand islands in states anddivisions in Myanmar issituated on a 400-acre plotnear Thaikchaung villagein Zeyathiri Township.

In Kachin State Booth,there were booths ofMt.Khakaborazi, Lisu resi-dence, Rawan residence,Kachin traditional resi-dence, Jaingphaw resi-dence, Indawgyi Pagodaand Indawgyi Lake, con-fluence of the Maykha andMalikha Rivers,Ayeyawady River Cross-ing Bala Min Htin Bridge,statues of Kachin nation-als and Kachin traditionalfood shop.

At Kayah State Booth,Taunggwe Pagoda, Kayahtraditional houses, pleas-ant scenes of Dimawhsoand Bawlakhe were con-structed in it.

Kayin traditionalwooden houses, ThanlwinBridge (Hpa-an), Mt.Zwegabin, the beautifulscenes of Myawady,Thanlwin River, andPapun-Hpa-an Road wereon display at Kayin StateBooth.

(See page 12)

Opening ceremony of National Landmarks Garden (Nay Pyi Taw) in progress.—�MNA

Secretary-1 General

Thiha Thura Tin

Aung Myint Oo

visits Landmarks

booths of States and

Divisions.—MNA

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(from page 11)The scenic beauty of

Haka, Tidim-Haka-Gangaw-ChaungU Road,the magnificent scenery ofMindat and Reed Lakewere built as landmarks atChin State Booth.

In Mon State Boothwere the sublimeKyaikhtiyoe pagoda, Montraditional houses, SetseBeach and ThanlwinBridge (Mawlamyine).

There were pleasantscenes of Sittway,Kissapanadi Bridge,Koethaung Stupa,Shitthaung Stupa, SittwayPoint Tower and NgapaliBeach in Rakhine StateBooth.

Shan State Booth com-prises Inlay Lake andPhaungdawU Pagoda,Standing Buddha Image inKengtung, Pindaya CavePagoda, Thanlwin RiverCrossing Bridges such asKunlong SuspensionBridge, Tarhsan Bridge,

Landmarks Gardens to helpnational people hand down…

Takaw Bridge and Takaw-et Bridge.

Booths of Yezin Dam,Ngalike Dam andPaunglaung Reservoir,playground, developingNay Pyi Taw booth andscale model of Nay PyiTaw that can be studiedby pressing the buttonwere on display at NayPyi Taw Booth.

Booths of SagaingHills, Shwebo Palace,Kaunghmudaw Pagoda,the beautiful scenes ofMonywa, Myanmar tradi-tional house, Leshi andNaga traditional houses,Chindwin River andChindwin Bridge,Hsinbyushin Bridge andThaphanseik Dam werebuilt at Sagaing DivisionBooth.

In Taninthayi Divi-sion Booth were moun-tain ranges alongMyanmar coastal line, ar-chipelago, Mt.Pahtawpahtet on the other

bank of Myeik and theReclining Buddha Image,Pearl Island,Maungmakan Beach, thescenic beauty of Dawei,Bayintnaung Statue inKawthoung, BayintnaungCape and Kawthoung.

Bago Division Boothcomprises Sittoung Bridge,Kanbawzathadi Palace,Shwemawdaw Pagoda andNawade Bridge.

Booths of MagwayMyathalun Pagoda,Ayeyawady Bridge(Magway), AnawrahtaBridge (Chauk), Mann

Shwesettaw, Nagapwa-taung, the beautiful sceneof Magway, Pathein-Monywa Road, Magway-Nay Pyi Taw Road andMagway-Chauk Roadwere constructed atMagway Division Booth.

In Mandalay DivisionBooth were the scalemodel of Bagan and itsenvirons, the Four ToothRelics booth comprisingShwezigon Pagoda,Tantkyitaung, Tuyintaungand Lawkananda Pagodaand Bagan Palace,M y a n a n s a n k y a w

Shwenanntaw, Moat,Nannmyint Tower, stoneinscription, the scalemodel of Mandalay Pal-ace, Meiktila, Mogok andMt. Mandalay,Ayeyawady Bridge(Yadanabon), Mt. Popaand Yeywa HydropowerProject booth.ShwedagonPagoda, City Hall and In-dependence Monumentwere built as landmark atYangon Division Booth.

Ayeyawady DivisionBooth comprisesMawtinsun Pagoda,Ngwehsaung Beach,

Ngawun River CrossingBridge, Bo Myat TunBridge and Pathein foodshop.

Among them were tra-ditional residences of na-tional races and food stallswhere visitors can havetraditional foods.

Relaxation spots suchas playgrounds and otherrecreation centers werebuilt on the area of land-marks of states and divi-sions. Plan is underway tobuild Ice Skating Center,Artificial Beach Resort andViewing Towers.—MNA

YANGON, 11 Feb—547 Trading &Associate Companies commenced thespecial sales at Hmyawsin Island ofKaraweik Park at Kandawgyi Gardens,here, yesterday afternoon, attended by

547 Trading & Associate Companieslaunch special sales

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry ofDefence.

Chairman of Yangon DivisionPeace and Development Council Com-mander of Yangon Command Maj-GenWin Myint, Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin and officials for-mally opened the sales.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe, officials andguests visited the booths displayed at thesales.

MNA

Union Day delegates formally open National Landmarks Garden (Nay Pyi Taw).—MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of

Defence views booths displayed

at special sales of 547 Trading &

Associate Companies.

MNA

(from page 10)The Gem Museum attracting tourists, located

near the hotel zone of Zabuthiri, is a pride of Nay PyiTaw. The large area of upstairs museum decoratedwith large wall glasses and beautiful and wonderfuldecorations in the modern designs reflects the higharchitectural standards of Myanmar engineers. In theupstairs room, precious jewels such as ruby and sap-phire that can be found only in the land of Myanmar,quality jade lots and the largest pearl in Myanmar areput on display. The upstairs is formed with the showroom, and the downstairs is displayed with jewelleryshops. The guests who visit Nay Pyi Taw can study theprecious jewelleries of Myanmar at the museum andbuy the gems of their choice. It is good news forjewellery lovers that near the Gem Museum, theManiyadana Emporium Hall is under construction innew and modern designs by meeting the international

Signs of rapid development inNay Pyi Taw…

set standards.In upgrading the Nay Pyi Taw to possess the

capital characteristics, an international standard golfcourse was constructed for the distinguished guests andlocal golf enthusiasts. The facilities of golf events arethe Nay Pyi Taw Golf Course, the City Golf Course andthe Yepyar Golf Course with 18 holes each and thePaunglaung Golf Course and the Yezin Golf Coursewith nine holes each, the City Golf Training Range andthe Royal Myanmar Golf Training Range. In addition,the 36-hole Royal Myanmar Modern Golf Course isunder construction in Nay Pyi Taw Zabuthiri and the 18-hole Yanaungmyin Golf Course in Dekkhinathiri to addthe lush and green scenes of roughs and fairways fromthe golf courses to the beauties of Nay Pyi Taw. Due tothe fact that the State level golf tournaments includingthe State Peace and Development Council Chairman’sTrophy Golf Tournament and the Nay Pyi Taw MahaThingyan Tour Golf Cup are organized at the golfcourses, no one can deny that the professional golferswould turn out from the tournaments to bring honour tothe State.

With a view to ensuring emergence of thedemocratic nation in accordance with the Consti-tution 2008 approved by 92.48 per cent of thenational people including the dwellers of Nay PyiTaw, the grand and splendid Hluttaw Building isalready completed in Nay Pyi Taw Zabuthiri. TheHluttaw building decorated with fine and magnifi-cent architectural works and beautiful Myanmartraditional handicrafts reflects the Myanmastrength that will appear in the world in the nearfuture. Indeed, the Hluttaw building unveils theprogress of Nay Pyi Taw that is ready for thefuture democratic nation.

While removing the darkness, the Sun graduallyrises to generate the warmth and light. Likewise, theUnion of Myanmar gives light to its land by crushingthe destructive acts through the Union Spirit. It isobvious that the lighting mechanism of the Union fromcentering Nay Pyi Taw is guiding the nation to progressand prosperity of the new era.

Translation: MS+TTA

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US shuttle Endeavour docks with ISSWASHINGTON, 11 Feb—US space shuttle Endeavour

docked with the International Space Station (ISS) earlyon Wednesday morning, said NASA.

Endeavour was launched on Monday morning fromKennedy Space Centre in Florida. It is delivering anew room and a seven-windowed dome observationdeck for the ISS.

The new room, named Tranquility, and the observa-tion deck will be installed on the station during threespacewalks on the shuttle’s 13-day construction mis-sion. Tranquility will provide additional room for crewmembers and many of the space station’s life supportand environmental control systems.—Xinhua

South Korea to promote technology,culture at Shanghai Expo

SEOUL, 11 Feb—SouthKorea will promote itshigh-end technology andpopular culture at the 2010World Expo in Shanghai,the government said onWednesday.

With the world exposi-tion only 80 days away, theMinistry of KnowledgeEconomy said it will set upa national pavilion, costing38.2 billion won (32.9 mil-lion US dollars), in a floorspace of 7,683 square me-tres to create a positiveimage of the country for

people visiting the six-month long event.

South Korea will alsobuild a corporate pavilion,worth 29.9 billion won(25.8 million US dollars),where 12 local companiesincluding Samsung Elec-tronics, Hyundai Motors,LG, SK, and POSCO, willshowcase their products.

“The two pavilions aswell as an exhibition roomby the city of Seoul will beopen to the public from 1May when the Expo be-gins,” the ministry said in

a Press release.It added South Korea is

one of the dozen countries,including the UnitedStates, Japan, Germany,Britain, and France, tobuild national pavilionsexceeding the size of 6,000square metres.

Also, South Korea willserve traditional food andbooklets at their pavilions,while a number of popu-lar local movie stars arescheduled to make appear-ances as well, the ministrysaid.—Xinhua

Malaysia wants all maritime unitsunder one roof

Four killedin train-busaccident inBangladesh

DHAKA, 11 Feb—Fourpersons were killed andthree persons wounded asa passenger express trainrammed into a mini- buson Tuesday at Basail sub-district of Bangladesh’sTangail District, 92 kilo-metres northwest of capi-tal Dhaka, police said.

Mizanur Raman, policehead of Tangail District,said the City Express trainbound for capital Dhakarammed into the mini-buscarrying seven passengerswhile it was crossing anunmanned level crossingat the sub-district.

Xinhua

China plansto buildnational

renewableenergy centreBEIJING, 11 Feb—China

plans to build a nationalrenewable energy centreto further shore up devel-opment of the industry,the China Daily reportedon Wednesday.

The establishment ofthe centre is in the pre-liminary planning stages,the newspaper quotedHan Wenke, director gen-eral of Energy ResearchInstitute under the Na-tional Development andReform Commission assaying.

The centre will be re-sponsible for policy-making, key project andprogramme manage-ment, market and indus-trial operations, data-base and informationplatform establishment aswell as international ex-changes, according to thenewspaper.

Han made these re-marks at the launch of aSino-Danish RenewableEnergy Development Pro-gramme on Tuesday,without providing furtherdetail. China made greatprogress in renewable en-ergy growth last year.

Xinhua

Citizens visit the special exhibition of fine artspresented by the newly-built Jiangsu Province Art

Museum in Nanjing, capital of east China’sJiangsu Province, on 9 Feb, 2010. The new

museum will present a special exhibition of finearts to the public for free during the coming

Spring Festival holidays. —XINHUA

Peru to help rebuild schools,water systems in Haiti

LIMA, 11 Feb—Peruvian President Alan Garcia saidTuesday his country will donate 10 million US dol-lars for the reconstruction of schools and potable wa-ter systems in quake-hit Haiti.

If all South American countries follow suit, theamount could soon reach some 100 million dollars,Garcia said at an extraordinary summit of the Union ofSouth American Nations (Unasur) in Quito, Ecuador.

According to news reaching here, Garcia called onSouth American countries to contribute to the recon-struction of road infrastructure and all other fields inneed of rebuilding in the small Caribbean island coun-try.—Xinhua

The spaceshuttle Endeav-our is seen inthis view fromthe Interna-tional SpaceStation as it

approaches theorbiting labora-tory for dockingin this image on

9 Feb, 2010from NASA

TV.—XINHUA

Invitation To Tender

Sr No Description Qty Issuing Date Closing Date1. kun\Âkm\;qy\pui 35 Tons 11.2.2010 15.2.20102. sk\psßv\;qy\pui 80.88 Ton 11.2.2010 15.2.20103. Raw Materials For Tile Plant 7 Items 11.2.2010 8.3.2010

Tender forms and documents are available at the Procurement Department, MyanmaCeramic Enterprise, Ministry of Industry (1), Office No. 41, Nay Pyi Taw, during office hours.Tender will be accepted only from Bidder who purchased Tender Documents officially.(For further details, contact telephone number. 067-408298)

Myanma Ceramic Industry

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV RAINBOW ANGEL VOY NO (11)Consignees of cargo carried on MV RAINBOW

ANGEL VOY NO (11) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 13.2.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W.5 where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: TOKO KAIUN KAISHA LTDJAPAN

Phone No: 256924/256914

The best time toplant a tree was 20years ago. Secondbest time is now.

KUALA LUMPUR, 11Feb—The Malaysian gov-ernment wants all mari-time units in various de-partments and agencies tobe placed under theMalaysian Maritime En-forcement Agency(MMEA), local media re-ported on Wednesday.

The Star quotedMalaysian Deputy PrimeMinister MuhyiddinYassin as saying that ameeting would be held tofacilitate the transfer of thenecessary assets and per-sonnel to the agency.

Muhyiddin said the

Malaysian governmenthad handed over part of theassets belonging to variousmaritime enforcementunits to the MMEA, whichwould be the main mari-time enforcement body inthe country.

Discussions aimed atavoiding overlapping ofduties between agencieswould also be carried out,added Muhyiddin.

According to the report,Muhyiddin had earlier wit-nessed various demonstra-tions conducted by theMMEA’s personnel at thewaters of Pulau Pintu

Gedung, or the PintuGedung Island, near PortKlang in the state ofSelangor.

When asked if theMalaysian governmenthad plans to purchase newassets to further strengthenthe agency, Muhyiddinsaid things were beingdone in stages.

The Deputy Prime Min-ister said the country cur-rently had a high- cost planand 600 million ringgit(176.5 million US dollars)had been spent on theagency last year.

Xinhua

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S P O R T S

PARIS, 11 Feb—Bor-deaux striker MarouaneChamakh may rarely fea-ture at the top of thegoalscoring charts, butthat has not stopped himbecoming one of the mosttalked-about players inFrench football.

A product of Bor-deaux’s youth team, the26-year-old Moroccan in-ternational has beenlinked with a string of Eu-ropean giants over thepast year including Liver-pool, Arsenal, Inter Milanand Juventus.

Internet

BIRMINGHAM, 11 Feb—Sir Alex Ferguson beliedhis reputation as a referee-baiter by insisting he hadno problems with Nani’ssending off in a 1-1 drawaway to Aston Villa.

Wednesday’s resultleft champions United apoint behind PremierLeague leaders Chelsea.

It also meant Nani,shown a straight red cardfor a two-footed challengeon Stiliyan Petrov, wouldbe suspended for United’snext three matches, in-cluding this month’sLeague Cup final against

LIVERPOOL,11 Feb—John Terry is to missChelsea’s FA Cup fifthround tie with CardiffCity on Saturday on com-passionate grounds.

Chelsea assistantmanager Ray Wilkinsmade the announcementabout Terry’s break afterthe centre-half wascaught out for both ofLouis Saha’s goals in a 2-1 loss away to Evertonthat cut the Londonerslead at the top of the Eng-

LONDON, 11 Feb—Arsene Wenger believesArsenal’s title challenge isback on track after his sidereduced the gap on Pre-mier League leaders Chel-sea to six points with a 1-0 win over Liverpool.

BERLIN, 11 Feb—France star Franck Riberymade an immediate im-pact on his first start forBayern Munich in morethan four months onWednesday as he scoredin their 6-2 German Cupquarter-final win overFurth.

The 26-year-old at-tacking midfielder, whohad been out with kneetendinitis, was in spar-kling form and set up Tho-mas Mueller for Bayern’sfirst - the young Germanstar was to score anothereight minutes from time -in the fifth minute beforescoring himself in the 61stminute.—Internet

ROTTERDAM, 11 Feb— Russian second seedNikolay Davyd-enkopulled off an impressivewin over in-form Span-iard Feliciano Lopezhere on Wednesday inthe first round of theRotterdam Open beat-ing him 6-4, 6-2.

Davydenko, a two-time semi-finalist here,was a surprisingly easywinner over Lopez, whoarrived on the back ofthe second title of hiscareer the South AfricanOpen last Sunday.

Internet

PARIS, 11 Feb—Rus-sian top seed ElenaDementieva beat compa-triot Anastasia Pavlyuc-henkova in straight sets toreach the quarter-finals ofthe WTA Paris IndoorOpen here on Wednesday.

Dementieva, a second-round casualty at the Aus-

WOLVERHAMPTON, 11 Feb—Wolverhampton Wan-derers shocked Tottenham for the second time thisseason as the Premier League strugglers claimed a 1-0 win over Harry Redknapp’s team at Molineux onWednesday.

Mick McCarthy’s men had defeated the north Lon-doners at White Hart Lane earlier this season and re-peated the trick thanks to David Jones’s first leaguegoal of the season.

The midfielder struck midway through the first halfand that was enough to see off lacklustre Spurs andlift Wanderers out of the relegation zone.

After promising earlier this week that his sidewould make a run at third place, Redknapp was left toreflect on another let-down against unfancied opposi-tion.

Spurs are only a point off fourth but, with Liver-pool losing at Arsenal, they missed a golden opportu-nity to boost their Champions League bid.–Internet

Manchester United’sNani (right) looks on ashis teammates protest toreferee Peter Walton(left) after he had sentNani off during theirPremier League matchagainst Aston Villa atVilla Park, Birmingham.

INTERNET

Chelsea captain JohnTerry

Chelsea give Terry time offafter Everton slip

lish Premier League tojust a point.

Last week Terry wasstripped of the Englandcaptaincy after reports ofan alleged affair with theex-girlfriend of formerChelsea team-mateWayne Bridge dominatedthe British press.

Since the story becamepublic property, Chelseacaptain Terry has re-sponded with a series offine displays for the Bluesbut his standards slippedat Goodison Park onWednesday as his teamsuffered their fourthleague defeat of the sea-son. Terry will now missthis weekend’s tie beforereturning to prepare forthe league game at Wol-verhampton Wandererson February 20.

Meanwhile Wilkinssaid Saha deserved praisefor the way he made lifetough for Terry.–Internet

Ferguson has no complaintsas Nani sees red

Villa at Wembley.Ferguson, who earlier

this season received atwo-match touchline banfor criticising referee AlanWiley’s fitness, had nocomplaints with PeterWalton’s decision to re-duce United to 10 men inthe 29th minute at VillaPark.

“It’s a red card, Naniwent in double-footed andhe can’t do that,”Ferguson said. “It was anaive tackle and the ref-eree had no option. “ButNani is not a maliciousplayer.

“He has been doing sowell for us and we’ll nowmiss him for the LeagueCup final. “He’s alsomissing two league gameswhich is just as impor-tant.” United’s droppingof two points was com-pounded by the sight ofveteran winger RyanGiggs leaving Villa Parkwith his arm in a sling af-ter a innocuous collisionwith Steve Sidwell late inthe second half.—Internet

Wenger insists Arsenal areback in title hunt

Liverpool’s StevenGerrard vies with Arse-nal’s Abou Diaby (up) dur-ing their Premier Leaguematch at the Emirates stadium.—INTERNET

The Gunners had beenwidely written off afterSunday’s 2-0 defeat atStamford Bridge, whichfollowed a heavy homeloss to ManchesterUnited.

But Wenger was de-lighted with his side’s re-sponse as they ended arun of three games with-out a win thanks to AbouDiaby’s 72nd minuteheader at the EmiratesStadium on Wednesday.

Diaby’s winner en-sured the Gunners tookadvantage of Chelsea’sloss at Everton, while sec-ond-placed Uniteddropped two points atAston Villa.

Internet

Ribery scores on return toBayern starting XI

Bayern Munich’s Frenchmidfielder Franck Ribery(L) celebrates scoringwith Bayern Munich’sdefender Philipp Lahmduring the DFB GermanCup quarter final footballmatch SpVgg Greuther Fuerth in Munich. INTERNET

Tennis ace Davydenko bringsLopez back down to earth

Russian tennis playerNikolai Davydenko re-turns a forehandl toSpanish player FelicianoLopez in the first roundof the ABN AMROWorld Tennis Tourna-ment in Rotterdam. INTERNET

Russia’s tennis playerElena Dementieva re-turns a forehand to hercompatriot AnastasiaPavlyuchenkova duringtheir Paris WTA tennisopen match. Dementivawon 6-4, 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals. INTERNET

Dementieva cruises into Parislast eight

tralian Open, took the firstset 6-4 and was 4-1 up inthe second set beforePavlyuchenkova staged amini-revival, only for theworld number seven toeventually prevail 6-4, 6-4.

“It wasn’t an easymatch to play,” saidDementieva, who lost inlast year’s final to homefavourite, the now retiredAmelie Mauresmo.

“Anastasia had an op-portunity to play on thiscourt already and she wasplaying with a lot of con-fidence.

“I don’t think I played100 percent and I was upand down in the match,but in the end it was goodto win in two sets. NowI’ll focus on my quarter-final match.”–Internet

Wolves stun Spurs again toboost survival bid

Chamakh gunning for bigmove abroad

Bordeaux strikerMarouane Chamakh (pic-tured in 2009) may rarelyfeature at the top of thegoalscoring charts, but thathas not stopped him be-coming one of the mosttalked-about players in French football. INTERNET

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine States, upperSagaing and Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair inthe remaining areas. Night temperatures were (3°C) to(4°C) below February average temperatures in Kachin,Chin, Rakhine States and Bago Division, (5 °C)aboveFebruary average temperatures in Mon State and TaninthayiDivision and about February average temperatures in theremainng States and Divisions. The significant nighttemperatures were Namhsan (0 °C), Pinlaung, Haka andAn (2°C) each, Lashio and Heho (4 °C) each.

Maximum temperature on 10-2-2010 was 97°F.Minimum temperature on 11 -2-2010 was 67°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 11-2-2010 was 45%.Total sun shine hours on 10-2-2010 was (10.0) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 11-2-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010was (Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(5) mph from Southeast at (15:30) hours MST on 10-2-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy inthe Southwest Bay and generally fair in the Andaman Seaand eleswhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 12thFebruary 2010:Weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin State andTaninthayi division and generally fair in the remainingStates and Divisions.

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Fair weather in thewhole country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for12-2-2010:Generally fair weather .

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for12-2-2010: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for12-2-2010: Generally fair weather.

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Common Stem, Our Union (Main Prorgamme)* Urbanized Kachin Traditional Cuisines* News* Travelogue in Popa* Inlay Traditional Cotton Clothes* News* Traditional Dance of National Races “Golden

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tribute to her careerduring Paris Open

tennis tournament atthe Coubertin stadium

in Paris, on 10February 2010.

INTERNET

China’s Antarctic team completesinland field trips

ZHONGSHAN STATION, ANTARCTICA, 11 Feb—Twogroups of scientists on China’s 26th Antarcticexpedition team returned to their base camp hereon Wednesday after about two months of inlandfield trips.

Both squads set out on Dec. 18 to explore thearea around Kunlun Station, China’s first researchbase in inland Antarctica, and the inland’s GroveMountain, respectively.—Internet

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14th Waning of Tabodwe 1371 ME Friday, 12 February, 2010

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

★ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

★ Do not allow ourselves to be swayedby killer broadcasts designed tocause troubles

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

and violence

SPECIAL FEATURES TO HONOUR 63RD ANNIVERSARY UNION DAY

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Landmarks Gardens to help national people handdown strong Union Spirit to new generations

National Landmarks Garden (Nay Pyi Taw) inaugurated

Home * A home should

Have the parentsActing as the vanguardOnly then will it haveThe self-respect it requires

Secretary-1 of the

State Peace and

Development Coun-

cil General Thiha

Thura

Tin Aung Myint Oo

unveils National

Landmarks Garden

(Nay Pyi Taw).

(News on page 11)

MNA

HLAING BWA (PARAMI)

Nay Pyi Taw is easily accessible from any other part fromaround the nation. Thus, the government, the people and theTatmadaw will be able to effectively carry out tasks in the fields ofState security, administration, economy and national development.

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