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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

The State Peace and Development Councilformed the “Union Election Commission” with thefollowing persons under the Article 443 of theConstitution of the Union of the Republic of Myanmarand the Section 3 of the Union Election CommissionLaw 2010 enacted under the Law No. 1/2010 of theState Peace and Development Council for success-fully holding of the Multi-party Democracy GeneralElections in 2010. 1. U Thein Soe Chairman 2. U N Zaw Naw member

Announcement No. 1/2010 of SPDC issuedNAY PYI TAW, 11 March—The State Peace and Development Council issued Announcement No. 1/2010 today. The translation of the announcement is as

follows:

3. U Khin Maung Nu member 4. U Saw Ba Hlaing member 5. Dr. Ba Maung member 6. U Nyunt Tin member 7. U Maung Tha Hla member 8. Dr. Sai Kham Hlaing member 9. U Aung Myint member10. U Myint Naing member11. Dr. Tin Aung Aye member12. Dr. Daw Myint Kyi member13. Daw Khin Hla Myint member

Union of MyanmarState Peace and Development Council

Announcement No. 1/201012th Waning of Taboung, 1371 ME

11 March, 2010

Formation of Union Election Commission

14. U Tha Oo member15. Dr. Maung Htoo member16. U Tha Htay member17. U Win Kyi member

By Order,

Sd/ Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint OoGeneral

Secretary-1State Peace and Development Council

NAY PYI TAW, 11March— Accompanied byLt-Gen Min Aung Hlaingof the Ministry of Defence,Chairman of Shan State(North) Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of North-East Com-

Necessary laws enacted to hold free and fairelections as fifth step of State’s seven-step Road MapPrime Minister General Thein Sein tours townships in Shan State (North)

Eight supplementary pages carrying the Region Hluttaw or State HluttawElection Law issued under the Law No. 5/2010 of the State Peace and Develop-ment Council of the Union of Myanmar are inserted in today’s The New Light ofMyanmar daily.

mand Maj-Gen Aung ThanHtut, the ministers, the audi-tor-general, the deputy min-isters and departmentalheads, Prime Minister Gen-eral Thein Sein arrived inKutkai of Muse District at9.10 a.m. on 9 March.

In meeting withdepartmental officials,members of social organi-zations and local peoplein Kutkai Station and inNamhkam, the PrimeMinister made addresses

(See page 8)

Prime Minister

General Thein Sein

meets departmental

officials, members of

social organizations

and local people at

Shweli Yadana

Yeiktha in Muse.

MNA

Region Hluttaw or State Hluttaw ElectionLaw in supplement

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Friday, 12 March 2010

PERSPECTIVES* 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

For human resource developmentStrong economy and human resource

development are necessary for pursuing the

national goal of building a peaceful, modern and

developed nation. In view of this concept, the

government is fulfilling requirements for turning

out human resources.

In every region, the government has

constructed many new road networks and bridges

for smooth transport, which is of great

importance for sustainable development of a

region. It is also giving effective encouragement

to agriculture, livestock breeding, industries and

businesses, and constructing infrastructural

buildings in the education sector to promote the

nation’s education standard.

The three-storey main building of University

for Computer Studies in Lashio, Shan State

(North), was opened on 10 March. Now,

Taunggyi, Panglong, Kengtung and Lashio in

Shan State Now have an arts and science

university, a university for computer studies,

and a technological university each. As a result,

the youth of national races have an easy access to

higher education in their own regions. Students

have to work hard to become skilled in their

studies since they will have to start work soon

after they have got their degrees.

Reliable and responsible human resources

are a must for shaping the nation into a modern,

developed one. The national goal can be brought

to fruition in a short time only with those educated

persons well-versed in the subjects concerned

with self-discipline, good morality, and a sense of

patriotism and nationalistic spirit.

Teachers are the major, initial force in the

education sector in bettering the future of the

youth. So, they have to fully equip themselves

with goodwill and perseverance in teaching and

guiding their students in order that the latter will

become outstanding in their studies with good

behaviors and self-discipline.

Now, the government has established an arts

and science university, a university for computer

studies, and a technological university each for

every 24 development regions to nurture human

resources in the technological field. On account

of the hard work and brilliant performances of

teachers, the number of versatile human

resources on whom the State can rely is on the

increase in the nation.

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March—The State Peaceand Development Council has appointed Pro-Rector(Admin) Dr Myint Oo of University of Forestry ofthe Forest Department under the Ministry of Forestryas Rector of the same university on probation fromthe date he assumes charge of his duties.—MNA

Exam centres inNay Pyi Taw inspected

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March—Minister forEducation Dr Chan Nyein this morning inspected theexam centre for 2010 matriculation examination atNay Pyi Taw No. 1 Basic Education High School andviewed the students taking the examination today.

The minister also visited the examination centresat Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana No. 1 BEHS and Nay PyiTaw Lewe No. 1 BEHS.

MNA

Vocational courseenhances efficiency of

MCWA membersNAY PYI TAW, 11

March—With the aim ofgenerating income of theits members, MyanmarMaternal and ChildWelfare Asso-ciation isconducting the basictailoring course No. 1/2010 in Nay Pyi TawDekkhinathiri. Yesterdayafternoon, GeneralSecretary of MMCWADaw Thazin Nwe andCEC members Daw KhinThan Win and Daw KhinNwe Nwe visited thebasic tailoring course andviewed the works of thetrainees. Altogether 33female trainees from NayPyi Taw Dekkhinathiriand Nay Pyi Taw Lewetownships are attendingthe 45-day course.—MNA

YANGON, 11 March —

Family United Power Co

Ltd, sale representative of

Hyundai Co of Korea,

introduced new Hyundai

machinery in paper

reading session on water

resources management in

Bago on 7 March.

Hyundai products are

durable and can be bought

at reasonable price. Those

interested contact Family

United Power Co Ltd at

No (12/B) 43, Shwe

Keinnayi Housing,

Nanattaw Road, Kamayut

Hyundai products introducedRoad, Yangon (Ph: 01-

523072, 503288, 503988,

095039117, 098627770,

095070244 and

09413111.—MNA

Future flight attendants to

join Star ResourcesYANGON, 11 March — Star Resources

Hospitality Management Academy will open courses

for those who want to take flight attendant and

receptionist career in third week of March.

Those interested may contact Star Resources at

Building No (267), Room No (302), Pyay Road,

Myaynigon, Sangyoung Township (Ph: 01-523623,

523200, 4412256 and 095020302.—MNA

Appointment of GhanaianAmbassador agreed on

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March—The Governmentof the Union of Myanmar has agreed to the proposedappointment of Mr Daniel Kwasi Abodakpi asAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ofthe Republic of Ghana to the Union of Myanmar.

Mr Daniel Kwasi Abodakpi was born in 1950.He got Diploma in Science Education from theWinneba Advance Teacher Training College in 1981.He had served various official positions in TemaRegion from 1982 to 1991. He was Deputy Ministerfor Trade and Tourism from 1991 to 1993. From1993 to 1999 he was assigned to Deputy Minister forTrade and Industry. Then, he assumed the post ofActing Minister for Trade and Industry from 1999 to2000 and became the Minister for Trade and Industryin 2001. He was a Member of Parliament for KetaConstituency from 1993 to 2009.

Mr Daniel Kwasi Abodakpi will beconcurrently accredited as AmbassadorExtraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republicof Ghana to the Union of Myanmar with residence inKuala Lumpur.—MNA

Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyein visitsan exam centre for 2010 matriculation

examination in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

New heavy machinery manufactured by Hyundai Co.—MNA

MYANMAR GAZETTE

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A view of a superconducting solenoid magnet at the European Organizationfor Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva. A German woman fearing thatEarth would be sucked into oblivion in a black hole failed on Tuesday in her

court attempt to halt the world’s most powerful atom-smasher.—INTERNET

Six killed in attack on World Visionoffice in Pakistan

The agency said no threats were received ahead ofthe attack.—INTERNET

Drone raid ‘kills 12’ in north-west Pakistan

Spanish hostage in Africafreed

ISLAMABAD, 11 March— Militants have at-tacked the office of aWestern aid agency innorth-western Pakistanon Wednesday, killingsix people, police andthe agency havesaid.The victims, includ-ing two women, were allPakistani nationalsworking for World Vi-sion in Mansehra Dis-trict. The Christiangroup said it would sus-pend all operations in thecountry.

No group has admit-

ted carrying out the attackbut militants and specifi-cally the Taleban will besuspected. Earlier in theweek, following a bomb-ing in Lahore, the Talebansaid they would carry outmore attacks across thecountry as long as US airstrikes and Pakistani armyoperations against themcontinued in the tribal ar-eas.

World Vision said in astatement that it had not

received any threateningletters ahead of the attack.Hundreds of people havebeen killed in attacks byunmanned drone aircraftin Pakistan’s tribal areassince mid-2008. Two sus-pected US missile strikesnear Miranshah in NorthWaziristan on Wednesdaykilled at least 12 people,some of them thought tobe foreigners, local offi-cials said.

Internet

ISLAMABAD, 11 March— Two missile strikes byUS drone aircraft havekilled at least 12 suspectedmilitants in north-westPakistan, security officialssay. The attacks tookplace in the tribal area ofNorth Waziristan.Theidentities of those killed inthe attack, the latest ofmore than a dozen thisyear, are not yet known.

North and SouthWaziristan are known toprovide sanctuary for al-Qaeda and Taleban mili-tants, who are often tar-

geted by drones. Localssay the attacks have de-stroyed many trainingcamps and compounds.They have also killed doz-ens of local and foreignmilitants, officials say.

Wednesday’s first striketook place at MizarMadakhel village, some50km (30 miles) west ofMiranshah, the main town inNorth Waziristan. This wasfollowed by a second attackin the same area. The firstattack targeted a vehicle anda compound which were be-ing used by suspected mili-

tants, killing eight of them,reports say.The second striketargeted two vehicles, whichkilled another four.

Internet

MahmoudAhmadinejad attacks

US for Afghan‘double game’

KABUL, 11 March —Iranian PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejadhas accused the US ofplaying a “double game” inAfghanistan after the USused the same term to con-demn Iran’s role. MrAhmadinejad said the UShad “created terrorists andnow say they are fightingthem”, as he appeared withAfghan President HamidKarzai in Kabul.

US Defence SecretaryRobert Gates, who is also inKabul, has accused Iran ofgiving the Taleban low-levelsupport. Later, Mr Karzaiflew to Pakistan for talkswith another key neighbour.This is Mr Ahmadinejad’sfirst visit to Afghanistansince both he and Mr Karzaiwere re-elected last year.

Internet

Ex-MI5 chief says US‘concealed suspect mistreatment’

LONDON, 11 March — The former head of MI5 hasclaimed US intelligence agencies “concealed” theirmistreatment of terror suspects. Baroness ElizaManningham-Buller said she only discovered alleged9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed waswaterboarded after retiring in 2007.

In a lecture at the House of Lords, she said the UShad been “very keen to conceal from us what was hap-pening”. Her comments follow controversy over UKagents’ alleged collusion with US counterparts usingtorture techniques. Last month it emerged that BinyamMohamed, a British resident formerly held atGuantanamo Bay, had been subjected to “cruel, inhu-man and degrading” treatment.Ministers and currentMI5 head Jonathan Evans have insisted that there wasno collusion by UK security officers.However, ques-tions remain about exactly when they learnt that theUS apparently changed its rules on torture after the 9/11 attacks. Lady Manningham-Buller, who headed MI5between 2002 and 2007, said: “The Americans werevery keen that people like us did not discover whatthey were doing.”—Internet

US House rejects pull outfrom Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, 11 March — US House of Repre-sentatives on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly toreject a bill demanding President Barack Obama pulltroops out of Afghanistan. The House defeated thebill by a 356-65 vote, introduced by Democratic Rep-resentative Dennis Kucinich. 60 liberal Democrats and5 Republicans supported the bill.

The bill demands Obama to pull all troops out ofAfghanistan 30 days after the bill becomes law, or bythe end of the year, should he deem the 30-day timelinetoo much of a risk. Kucinich argued if Congressdoesn’t act, US troops would “stay in Afghanistan fora very, very long time at great cost to our troops andto our national priorities.”

Afghan war is a centrepiece of Obama’s foreignpolicy. He announced the decision to send an addi-tional 30,000 troops to that country last December,and foreign troops there are now in the middle of amajor push against Taliban militants in the south.House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer opposed the bill,saying “abandoning Afghanistan just when a newstrategy and a new leadership has begun to bear fruit...would be a mistake.”—Xinhua

US drone attacks are being stepped up along the Afghan-Pakistan border.INTERNET

BARCELONA, 11 March— A Spanish woman kid-napped in West Africa lastyear has been freed, theSpanish government says.Alicia Gamez, 39, was“safe and sound... [and]travelling to Barcelonawith a family member,”Spain’s deputy prime min-ister said. There are uncon-firmed reports that an Ital-ian woman reportedly heldby the same group has alsobeen released.

Ms Gamez was seizedin Mauritania last yearand held by a militantgroup, al-Qaeda in the Is-lamic Maghreb, in Mali.She and two male Span-iards — all aid workerswere snatched from a con-voy by armed men on aroad between theMauritanian cities ofNouakchott andNouadhibou on 29 No-vember.

The two men are still

being held. Spain’sDeputy Prime MinisterMaria Teresa Fernandezde la Vega said no ransomwas paid for Ms Gamez.She said the release wasthe work of Spain’s dip-lomats and intelligenceservices.—Internet

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ROME, 11 March —Italy’s gross domesticproduct (GDP) fell 5.1percent in 2009, but somepositive hints appeared inthe first month of 2010, anItalian statistics agencysaid on Wednesday.

Istat,the Italian na-tional statistical institute,on Wednesday revised itsprevious GDP figure. The

A customer pays money after buying vegetablesfrom a street side vendor in Mumbai on 11 March,

2010. The Indian government will release theweekly inflation figure on Thursday.—INTERNET

Photo taken on 10 March, 2010 shows a famille-rose floral and fruit reticu-lated hexagonal vase of Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in New York, the UnitedStates. Hong Kong Auctions International will hold an auction featuring

fine Chinese paintings, ceramics, bronzes and works of art etc. in New Yorkon 21March .—XINHUA

Leo Delcroix, Belgiums’s commissioner general for Shanghai World Expo2010, introduces Smurfs, the mascot of the Belgium and EU Pavilion, duringa Press briefing in Brussels, capital of Belgium,on 10 March, 2010.—XINHUA

Italy’s GDP fells 5.1% in 2009, butpositive signs appear in January

working days adjusted re-sult was worse than the5.0-percent contractionreported before, whichwas the worst result since1971 when the institutewas established.

Istat also said that inthe fourth quarter of 2009,Italy’s GDP decreased 0.3percent compared withthe third quarter, when the

economy ended five con-secutive quarters of nega-tive GDP and obtained a0.6-percent increase.

The GDP of the fourthquarter of 2009 decreasedby 3.0 percent in compari-son with the fourth quar-ter of 2008.

However, in a positivesign, in January 2010 theindustrial production in-dex increased by 2.6 per-cent compared with theprevious month.

In the meantime, thecalendar adjusted indus-trial production index in-creased 0.1 percent com-pared with January 2009,which is the first rise sinceApril 2009.—Xinhua

PHNOM PENH, 11 March — Cambodia will host a“Trade Fair” for the first time in Development Trian-gle among Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, a govern-ment official said on Thursday. Son Sotha, deputy di-rector of export department of Ministry of Commerce,said that the “CLV Development Triangle Trade Fair”will be held from 13-15 March in Provincial town ofRattanakiri, the Cambodia’s far northeastern part.

He said that some 50 companies of the private sec-tors from the three countries will be there to presenttheir products. Son Sotha said the main purpose of the“Trade Fair” is to turn the area into the actual devel-opment with more awareness of the potentiality andthe connectivity among the three countries.

The “Trade Fair” will be organized at the same timeof the 5th meeting of the Joint Coordinating Commit-tee for Development Triangle Area.

Rattanakiri Province is located about 600 km, north-east of Phnom Penh—and known as one of the lessdeveloped Provinces in the country due to poor infra-structure.

Xinhua

BERLIN, 11 March — German Chancellor AngelaMerkel said on Wednesday that Germany and Francesupport toughening rules to protect the euro whichmight include setting up a European Monetary Fundas a last resort.

Speaking after talks with French Prime MinisterFrancois Fillon in Berlin, Merkel stressed that the cur-rent sanctions enshrined in the European Union’s sta-bility and growth pact to protect the euro are notenough, and the European Union members must con-sider sanctions “that have more teeth” to prevent eurozone members from running up huge budget deficitssuch as the Greek one.—Xinhua

LOS ANGELES, 11 March — California’s joblessrate was 12.5 percent in January, up from 12.3 per-cent in December, the California Economic Devel-opment Department (EDD) announced on Wednes-day. The 12.5 percent unemployment rate was abovethe January 2009 rate of 9.7 percent, according tothe EDD.

In the state, 2.27 million people were out of work,up from 2.23 million in December, the EDD said.The comparable estimates for the nation were 9.7percent in January, 10 percent in December and 7.7percent for January 2009.—Xinhua

CANBERRA, 11 March — Australia’s unemploy-ment rate was 5.3 percent in February after a re-vised 5.2 percent in January, new data released onThursday showed. The Australian Bureau of Statis-tics (ABS) announced on Thursday that the season-ally adjusted unemployment rate rose 0.1 percent-age points from the downwardly revised 5.2 percentobserved in January 2010.

The ABS reported the number of people em-ployed in February slightly increased, up 400 peo-ple to 10.971 million, seasonally adjusted. The risein employment was driven by a rise in full-time em-ployment, up 11,400 people to 7.660 million thatwas offset by a fall in part-time employment, down11,000 people to 3.311 million.—Xinhua

SEOUL, 11 March—South Korean PresidentLee Myung-bak met withDanish Prime MinisterLars Rasmussen on

Unemployment up in California

Australia’s jobless ratereaches 5.3% in February

S Korea, Denmark discuss bilateral cooperationThursday and discussedstrengthening cooperationon green growth and ex-panding bilateral tradeand investment, Seoul’spresidential office said.

In the first visit byLars, the two leadersnoted closer cooperationon renewable energy andgreen growth in the recentyears and vowed furtherefforts to bolster coopera-tion on the fields, CheongWa Dae said in a state-ment.

They agreed to makeefforts to ratify the freetrade deal between SouthKorea and the EuropeanUnion, which the Seoulgovernment previouslysaid is expected to besealed by the end of April.

The two countries alsoagreed work more closelyon international develop-ment aid, according toCheong Wa Dae.

Xinhua

Germany, France support tougher rules toprevent future crisis in euro zone

Cambodia to host “Trade Fair”in Development Triangle

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Indonesia President callson Australian businesses to invest

CANBERRA, 11 March—Visiting Indonesian Presi-dent Susilo BambangYudhoyono has called onThursday on Australianentrepreneurs to invest inthe Asian country, sayingthere is a huge potential toboost business links.

“Our economy is notonly in good health, it isalso in a good position tohelp restore the health ofthe global financial sys-tem, “ Dr Yudhoyono toldguests at a business forumon Thursday morning.” Isee no reason why in theyears ahead that partner-

ship will not grow evenstronger,” Dr Yudhoyonosaid. “I join you here thismorning with a goodsense of confidence.”

“I hope the entrepre-neurs of both countriesfind ways of complement-ing each other and strikeup partnerships that ben-efit us all.” He also reas-sured business leadersthat his country was ingood economic healthwith a stable democracy.”The president said therewere a range of sectorsin which Australian andIndonesian companies

could co-operate suchas agriculture and foodsecurity.

“Australia has experi-ence and skill to do thisbusiness and we welcomethe co-operation and part-nership in this, in foodprocessing and other ag-ricultural type business.”“In energy security, weinvite you to be part of thedevelopment of our en-ergy, not just oil, gas andcoal but in renewable en-ergy as well. Infrastruc-ture building is also goodfor our partnership.

Xinhua

The photo taken on 10 March, 2010 shows the CanadaPavilion in the 2010 World Expo Site in east China’sShanghai Municipality. The preparation of 2010World Expo has entered into the final phase of deco-ration and exhibition installation at present.—XINHUA

Russian government to pump capitalinto innovation-oriented economy

MOSCOW, 11 March—The Russian government hasdecided to allocate 90 billion rubles (about 3 billionUS dollars) to college researchers and a series of re-forms from 2010 to 2012 to boost the country’s inno-vation-oriented economy, a senior official said onWednesday.

The government planned to establish a market for in-tellectual property rights and knowledge economy andcombine the technical budget system with higher edu-cation institutions to form the country’s innovation-ori-ented economy, Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanovsaid. In the next three years, the government also plansto invest 8 billion rubles (270.3 million dollars) to setup industrial incubators and technical centers at highereducation institutions, he said. The innovation-orientedeconomy needs a solid base of massive national pur-chases amounting to 4,000 billion rubles (135.2 billiondollars), Ivanov said.—Xinhua

Robotics centreopens in Sarajevo

BELGRADE, 11 March —A centre of robotics for thesoutheast region of Europewas officially opened inSarajevo, Bosnia andHerzegovina on Wednes-day. At a total estimatedcost of 3 million euros byyear-end, the centre is theresult of a business andtechnological partnershipbetween a local Bosnianfirm, Grizelj dd Sarajevo,and Italian Evolut SpAMilano, reported theBosnian news agencyFENA. The center will notmanufacture robots, butwill seek technological so-lutions for companies us-ing robotics in the metal,wood, automobile andfood industries in the re-gion. “Increased produc-tion and modernization ofexisting equipment and theintroduction of new tech-nologies is the impera-tive,” said Bosnian DeputyMinister of InternationalTrade Vilim Primorac.

Xinhua

Evening event held in Belgrade to showcase aspects of Shanghai

Italian ministry, Google launchpartnership to digitize one million books

ROME, 11 March—The Italian Cultural HeritageMinistry and Google launched on Wednesday a part-nership aimed at digitizing up to a million out-of-copy-right Italian books from the National Libraries of Romeand Florence. Culture Minister Sandro Bondi, at aPress conference here, praised the agreement as“unique in its kind.” “It’s the first time a governmentallows a web leader access to a national library col-lection,” he said, stressing that Italy was proving to bea front-runner of digitization in believing that theInternet can help spread and preserve a country’s cul-tural heritage.—Xinhua

Hui Shen, a CPPCC member and chairman of theJiuhuashan Buddhist Association, demonstrateshis kungfu calligraphy skills during a panel dis-

cussion on Wednesday.—XINHUA

A UFO with curious green light is seen hovering over a 19th century windmillin Norfolk of eastern England. The undated photo was spotted by photogra-

pher Peter Rye who wanted to take night-time images of Denver mill inDownham Market.—XINHUA

Chinese Navyhas no plan foroverseas basesBEIJING, 11 March—A

stronger Chinese Navywill not seek to build mili-tary bases overseas, a re-tired senior officer hassaid amid media reportsthat the country harbourssuch “ambitions”.

Zhang Deshun, whowas till recently the deputychief of staff of the PLANavy, said a naval forcewith advanced armamentsand enhanced capabilitieswill contribute more toUN-led anti-terrorism,anti-piracy and disaster-relief missions. A largernavy with a greater reachdoes not mean it will seekto play the role of “worldpolice”, said the retiredrear admiral, who is adeputy to the ongoing ses-sion of the National Peo-ple’s Congress.—Xinhua

BELGRADE, 11 March —An evening eventshowcasing the history, de-velopment and other as-pects of Shanghai was held

here on Wednesday. In hisopening speech, GoranVasiljevic, president of FarEast Society, made a de-tailed introduction to thehistory, social and culturallife, heritage, develop-ment, and other interestingaspects of Shanghai. Hisspeech was aided by aslide-show of pictures.

Marina Pop-Cenic,founder and deputy presi-dent of the society, andZhu Lin, a visiting Chineseprofessor at Belgrade Uni-versity, jointly recitedthree Chinese poems, bothin Chinese and Serbian.Liu Yonghong, cultural

counsellor at the ChineseEmbassy, participated inthe event. The event, titled“Shanghai, City of Lights”was sponsored by the FarEast Society, in partner-ship with Shanghai Li-brary. It is part of a “Win-dow of Shanghai” pro-gramme that was launchedhere on 16 Dec, 2009.

“Window of Shanghai”is a joint project of ChinaBook International,Shanghai Library and theShanghai municipal gov-ernment. It has 60 pro-grammes worldwide, withthe one in Belgrade beingthe newest.—Xinhua

All Items from XinhuaNews Agency

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NEWS ALBUM

Nine spectacles onMars

As the most similar planet to theEarth in the solar system, the Mars al-ways attracts people’s attentions.When people were exploring the Mars,they have discovered many unex-plained spectacles. The following arenine spectacles that were captured byprobes.

Human faces on the Mars capturedby probe “Viking 1”.

A woman photo by Mars RoverSpirit in 2008.

More dinosaur extinctionevidence offered

A US scientist says he’s found moreevidence an asteroid that crashedintothe Earth 65 million years agoended the age of the dinosaurs.

Purdue University Professor JayMelosh refutes recent alternative hy-potheses to the dinosaur extinction.

Melosh is among a panel of 41 ex-perts from Europe, the United States,Mexico, Canada and Japan that evalu-ated new core samples from ocean andland sites.

“We find that alternative hypothesesare inadequate to explain the abruptmass extinction and that the Chicxulubimpact hypothesis has grown strongerthan ever,” Melosh said. “The impacthypothesis has been widely acceptedby the scientific community, but therehas still been some debate, and we con-tinue to examine the evidence.”

About 20 years ago an impact cra-ter more than 125 miles wide was dis-covered in Yucatan, Mexico, and isthought to have caused the mass extinc-tion 65 million years ago. However,some scientists suggest that event oc-curred 300,000 years earlier and couldnot have been the cause. Those scien-tists suggest active volcanoes led toglobal cooling and acid rainfall thatkilled the dinosaurs.

The new findings are reported in thejournal Science.

Centuries-old shipwrecks discovered in Baltic Sea

Photo shows the wheel of a 18th or

19th century sailing ship seen in the

waters of the Baltic Sea.

A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks —some of them unusually well-preserved— have been found in the Baltic Sea bya gas company building an underwaterpipeline between Russia and Germany,Swedish experts said on Tuesday.

The oldest wreck probably datesback to medieval times and could be upto 800 years old, while the others arelikely from the 17th to 19th centuries,said Peter Norman, of Sweden’s Na-tional Heritage Board.

“They could be interesting, but wehave only seen pictures of their exte-rior. Many of them are considered to befully intact. They look very well-pre-served,” Norman told The AssociatedPress.

Thousands of wrecks from medievalships to warships sunk during the worldwars of the 20th century have beenfound in the Baltic Sea, which doesn’thave the ship worm that destroys

Restaurant serves breast-milk cheeseA New York chef said public demand led him to allow diners at his restaurant

to sample homemade cheese made from his wife’s breast milk.Klee Brasserie chef Daniel Angerer, who once beat famed cook Bobby Flay on

TV’s “Iron Chef,” said his regular customers became curious after he startedblogging about his accomplishments with human-produced cheese, the New YorkPost reported on Tuesday.

“The phone was ringing off the hook,” Angerer said. “So I prepared a littlecanape of breast-milk cheese with figs and Hungarian pepper.”

Lori Mason, the chef’s wife, said some customers are reluctant to sample thebreast-milk cheese. “I think a lot of the criticism has to do with the combination ofsex and cheese, but ... the breast is there to make food,” Mason said.

wooden wrecks in saltier oceans.Sweden’s most famous discovery, the

royal warship Vasa, is housed in a popu-lar museum in Stockholm where visi-tors can admire the ship’s details, downto the flashing teeth of the carved lionsthat adorn its elaborate exterior. TheVasa was raised from the Stockholmharbor in 1961, 333 years after it sankon its maiden voyage.

BEIJING,11 March —They didn’t exactly smile forthe camera.But there was lots of tail wagging, tonguelolling and contented purring when these models gottogether.Some even managed that classic pose of cock-ing their head to one side with an earnest gaze.

No wonder they were happy. After a rather toughstart to life each and every one of this whiskered bri-gade has fallen on their feet, or rather paws.

And all have the famous Battersea Dogs & CatsHome in London to thank for putting them on the pathto a happy ever after. These former Battersea resi-dents, all happily living with new owners, star in a setof first-class stamps to mark the home’s 150th anni-versary. They were once among the 12,000 animalsthe charity takes in a year.

The charity began life as the Temporary Home forLost and Starving Dogs in Holloway, North London,back in 1860.—Xinhua

MACAO, 11 March— Thirty-five-year-old US cardstacker Bryan Berg has broken his own GuinnessWorld Record set in 2004 by toiling over 44 days atbuilding the largest house of free standing cards inVenetian Macao, the largest local casino, the MacaoDaily Post reported on Thursday.

Using some 218,792 playing cards, Berg single-handedly built a scaled replica of the Venetian Macaocomplex, which organized the event.

He laid the final card on the structure on Wednes-day, which has a total combined weight of 272 kilo-grams, according to the event organizer.

The secret is that every card was set up in a verysystematic way, and they look a lot like grids or hon-eycombs, the daily quoted Berg as saying.—Xinhua

The eye-catching stamps celebrate 150 years of the Battersea Dogs & CatsHome.—XINHUA

Dogs and cats abandoned atBattersea home become

photogenic stars of new stampsGEORGIA, 11 March —A woman from Georgia isstaking a claim to be theoldest person in theworld, Sky News reportedtoday. Officials say AntisaKhvichava, who lives ina remote mountain vil-lage, will be 130 on 8July. The Georgian au-thorities have petitionedthe Guinness Book ofRecords to include her as

LONDON , 11 March —A 54-year-old Britishmother of eight has re-vealed she is pregnantwith twins. KarenJohnston, who has alreadybeen through menopause,fell pregnant after visitingtwo clinics in the CzechRepublic where she un-derwent IVF treatmentusing donor eggs.

Ms Johnston, whogave birth to her first sonDaniel 33 years ago, saysshe is addicted to havingbabies. “For years Ithought I’d never be ableto have another child andthat’s all I wanted,” shetold the Daily Mirror.

“While I know that alot of women aren’t ableto have as many childrenas I’ve had, and I do feellucky, I still felt I neededmore. I couldn’t see whyjust because I had sevenchildren already thatmeant I should try to ig-nore my desire to have aneighth.”—Internet

Woman claims to be 130 years old,wants Guinness Record

the oldest person.“Antisa Khvichava

was born in the 19th cen-tury, and she is amazing,”said Giorgi Vashadze,Head of Georgia’s CivilRegistry Agency. “Wehave the necessary docu-ments to prove it.” Theauthorities have MsKhvichava’s Soviet-erapassport registration,which shows her date of

birth, and her pensionbook issued in the 1960s.

Although she wasborn in 1880, the pen-sioner only retired in1965. She was shown onTV on Monday — on In-ternational Women’s Day— being congratulated byher children, grandchil-dren and great-grandchil-dren, and enjoying a glassof wine.

The matriarch, a resi-dent of the Tsalenjikhi re-gion, remains in goodhealth, according to re-ports, and still plays back-gammon and drinksvodka.—Internet

US Card stacker breaksGuinness World Record

in Macao

54-year-oldwoman pregnant

with twins

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BEIJING, 11 March — A miracle baby elephant sur-vived on Wednesday at Taronga Zoo of Australia afterit was announced dead in its mother’s womb, Sydney’sDaily Telegraph reported. Mark Williams, TarongaZoo spokesman, said the calf is receiving intensivecare from its keepers and the veterinary team and isstill with its mother, Porntip.

This 100kg-weight, as-yet unnamed calf has earneda nickname “Mr Shuffles.” It has already ridden outits first night, which delighted the staffs in TarongaZoo.

Williams said it was an encouraging sign. “Bothhe and his mother are well and will be staying in thewarm barn today,” he said.

“The other elephants, including the zoo’s other calf,eight-month old Luk Chai, will be in the exhibit todaywith access to the barn so they can spend as muchtime as they wish with the pair,” Williams also saidKeepers and vets will continue to monitor the miraclebaby elephant’s progress.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 11 March —In the United States, aBoston-based technologycompany, Terrafugia, hascreated a car that can fly.The company’s CEO saysthat the company is readyto begin manufacturingthe flying car, but the USrecession has groundedprogress. The idea is asold as the Jetsons cartoonbut the flying car is nowa reality.

In August last year,Terrafugia tested out its

The company’s CEOsays that the company is

ready to begin manu-facturing the flying car,

but the US recessionhas grounded

progress.—XINHUA

LONDON , 11 March — Responsible pet lovers saidthey would be unfairly penalized by British govern-ment plans to crack down on “devil” dogs, The Sunreported on Wednesday. Home Secretary Alan Johnsonfaced a furious backlash after he unveiled proposalsincluding compulsory insurance and microchip im-plants for all pooches.

He aimed to target thugs who increasingly use dogssuch as rottweilers or illegally-kept pitbulls as weap-ons in turf wars. There were also several family trag-edies, including the death last year of four-year-oldJohn-Paul Massey, mauled by a pitbull at his grand-mother’s house in Liverpool, northen England.

Vicious animals, or “weapon” dogs, could be madesubject to orders under which rogue owners wouldhave to muzzle or neuter them — or face having themconfiscated. But law-abiding dog fans said they wouldhave to fork out up to $745 for the insurance, aimed atensuring compensation was paid to victims of attacks.And the microchips, which would contain owner dataand be used for tracking, could cost another $50. Upto eight millions dogs could be affected.—Internet A dog walks past a landscape of central London, on Hampstead Heath.—INTERNET

US company to manufactureflying carlatest prototype. The testwas successful and sincethen the team has beenperfecting its design andpreparing the flying carfor commercialization.

The company’s CEOsays the latest design ismuch sexier than its pred-ecessors.

Carl Dietrich, Terra-fugia CEO, said, “This isa 200,000 dollar vehicle,so you are buying it oryou are buying aLamborghini. So whenyou have got that choice,why are you buying a

Lamborghini if can buysomething that looks cooland flies on top of that. Imean it actually flies. It’sa flying car.”

Dietrich says the com-pany already has plenty oforders. But he thinks thecar’s potential market isgigantic. In the US alone,he says there are morethan 5,000 airports, mostof which lack rental carfacilities or taxi standsand charge high fees foraircraft storage. He sayswith a flying car, there isno problem.—Xinhua

RIO DE JANEIRO, 11 March—Brazilian President LuizInacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that his coun-try is in good shape thanks to eight years of efforts toimprove the economy. At the inauguration of a ther-mal power plant in Cubatao, Sao Paulo state, Lulaspoke highly of economic achievements since 2003when he took office.

“In 2003, Brazil underwent an unprecedented cri-sis: we were subordinate to the IMF and many Brazil-ian companies, including the state-owned oil and gascompany Petrobras, did not make any investments,”he said.—Xinhua

CANBERRA, 11 March— Australia will struggleto reduce its contributionto global greenhouseemissions unless a viablealternative energy sourcecan be developed withinthe next decade, accord-ing to local media onThursday.

“If we actually don’tmake the progress on anyof those associated tech-nologies in the period

PARIS, 11 March—French President NicolasSarkozy will open adaylong conference onThursday of some 40 na-tions to start turning plansinto action to save theworld’s forests and helprein in the noxious gasesblamed for climate change.Ministers from countries ofthe Amazon and Congoriver basins and Indonesia— whose massive forests,most at risk, are at the heartof efforts to end deforesta-tion — were among thoseattending the one-day con-ference. A follow-up meet-ing is scheduled for May inOslo, Norway.

“The forest in danger.Massive planet-wide de-struction continues,”France’s influential envi-ronment minister Jean-Louis Borloo said to re-porters on Wednesdayahead of the conference.The conference, withclosed-door workinggroups, is looking totranslate measuresadopted at the UN cli-

TOKYO, 11 March — Japan revised it’s gross do-mestic product (GDP) figures for the October-Decem-ber period down by 0.9 percentage points from theprevious quarter to 3.8 percent, the Cabinet Office an-nounced on Thursday. The increase in domestic de-mand was also revised down by 0.2 points to 0.4 per-cent, while private demand was cut to 0.4 percent from0.7 percent.

The revision suggests that Japan still has to remaincautious on the economy, despite more optimism onconditions recently. The downward revision comesamid a series of government and Bank of Japan (BOJ)plans to try to keep spending up, and suggests that theeffects of various stimulus measures put in place maybe starting to wear off.—Xinhua

Deforestation conference toturn plans to action

mate summit in Copen-hagen in December intoconcrete mechanisms —and funds. World Bankrepresentatives and lend-ing nations were also at-tending the meeting.

Internet

Furious dog owners in UK fightmicrochips for ‘weapon’ pets

“Dead” baby elephant alivein Sydney

Alternative energy needs to beproven in next decade

2015 to 2020, then Aus-tralia will have a chal-lenge as will the globalcommunity in how wemake progress in reduc-ing emissions,” MartinFerguson, Resources andEnergy Minister told ABCTelevision later Wednes-day.

The federal govern-ment is investing inbiofuels and carbon cap-ture and storage (CCS)research, but beyond that,it insisted that it does notwant to pick winners inthe alternative energy sec-tor, the minister said.

Xinhua

Lula says Brazil in good shape

Japan’s economic growthrevised down for Q4

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(from page 1)and presented clothes andmedicines to townselders.Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation Maj-GenHtay Oo touched upon as-sistance provided forgreater development inagricultural sector in allparts of the nation andcultivation of marketablecrops that are suitable forthe region on commercialscale. Minister for Con-struction Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint gave ac-counts of extended con-struction and upgrading ofroads for better transportin Shan State (North) andstressed the need to main-tain Namhkam-Bhamotarred road linking Shan

Necessarylaws enactedto hold free…

State (North) and KachinState for durability. Audi-tor-General Maj-Gen LunMaung called for collabo-rative efforts to maintainalready-achieved nationalconsolidation and peaceand stability.

At Kutkai TownshipPeople’s Hospital, thePrime Minister gave in-structions on uplift ofhealth standard of the lo-cal people and comfortedpatients.

While visiting ShweliYadana Yeiktha in Muse,a local presented tradi-

tional items to Prime Min-ister General Thein Sein,Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaingand the commander.

On his arrival atHsenwi in Lashio District,

the Prime Minister metdepartmental officials,members of social organi-zations and local peopleand presented clothes andmedicines to them. ThePrime Minister and partyarrived back in Lashio inthe evening.

While in Lashio yes-terday, the Prime Minis-ter attended the openingof three-storey main build-ing of University of Com-puter Studies (Lashio).Next, the Prime Ministerproceeded to Hsipaw ofKyaukme District.

The Prime Minis-ter visited Hsipaw Town-ship People’s Hospital. Inmeeting with departmen-tal officials, members ofsocial organizations and

local people, MinisterMaj-Gen Htay Oo briefedthem on ensuring durabil-ity of infrastructural build-ings and Auditor-GeneralMaj-Gen Lun Maungstressed that parentsshould involve themselvesin their children’s educa-tion as intellectuals andintelligentsia play key rolein carrying out nationalconsolidation and regionaldevelopment tasks.

The Prime Ministerlooked into progress ofDokhtawady River cross-ing RC Bridge and Pon-

toon Bridge being built byAsia World Co Ltd nearHsipaw.

In Mongyai andTangyan, the Prime Min-ister met departmental of-ficials, members of socialorganizations andtownselders at the hall ofthe local battalion.

Minister Maj-GenHtay Oo explained that asthe government hasbrought about develop-ment of the region, thelocal people are to utilizethe sound foundation inimproving their socio-eco-nomic status, and the Au-ditor-General also stressedthe need for cementingfriendly relations amongthe national people andmaintenance of security,peace and stability of theregion, the importance ofnational unity and con-certed efforts to be madefor development of theUnion with genuine na-tionalistic spirit.

The Prime Ministerpresented clothes andmedicines to the local peo-ple in Mongyai andTangyan.

In the evening, theyarrived back in Nay PyiTaw via Lashio.

In meeting with de-partmental personnel,members of social organi-zations and local people inthe townships of Shan State(North), the Prime Minis-ter said that although ShanState (North) lacked peaceand stability in the past, theregion has now restoredsecurity, peace and stabil-ity.

He spoke of the needto make sustained effortsto ensure prevalence oflaw and order, to carryout development tasksbased on peace and sta-bility of the regions andexplained endeavours ofthe government on con-struction of infrastruc-tures including transport,

education and health sec-tors for equitable devel-opment of all regions, re-quirements of intelligent-sia and intellectual humanresources for exploringnatural resources to servethe interest of the State,the all-out efforts of thegovernment in imple-menting the national edu-cation plans to enhancebasic and higher educa-tion sectors for turningout skilled human re-sources, the opportunityfor the local youths tolearn higher education intheir own regions withcost efficiency thanks toestablishment of one tech-nological university eachin 24 development re-gions, opening of hospi-tals and clinics and as-signment of specialists foruplifting health carestandard for emergenceof healthy and fit humanresources.

(See page 9)

Aerial view of Muse.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects Dokhtawady River crossing RC Bridge and Pontoon Bridge near Hsipaw.MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein presents clothes and medicines to atownselder in Hsenwi.—MNA

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(from page 8)He pointed out that as allthe national races are re-siding in the Union, theyall are to cultivate theUnion Spirit and upholdOur Three Main NationalCauses—Non-disintegra-tion of the Union, Non-disintegration of nationalsolidarity and Perpetua-tion of sovereignty. Headded that as the State’s

Necessary laws enacted tohold free…

seven-step Road Map isbeing realized step by stepfor building a peaceful,modern and developeddemocratic nation whichis the national goal, nec-essary laws are enacted tohold free and fair elec-tions as the fifth step.

Afterwards, thePrime Minister urgedthose present to work hardfor improvement of live-lihoods by effectively uti-lizing the sound founda-tions built by the State fordevelopment, to harmoni-ously participate in the

development tasks bymaintaining the existingfoundations of develop-ment, to contribute toaccom-plishment of theelections as the nationalduty and join hands withthe government, the peo-ple and the Tatmadaw instriving for security, peaceand stability and develop-ment of the State.

MNA

Aerial view of Namkham.—MNA

Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Seinencourages a patient

at Kutkai People'sHospital.

MNA

Bird's eye view ofTangyan.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11March — Member of Cen-tral Organizing Commit-tee of Myanmar WarVeterans OrganizationMinister for ReligiousAffairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung togetherwith Chairman of KayinState Peace and Develop-ment Council Brig-GenZaw Min on 7 March metmembers of seven town-ship WVOs in the state atthe office of Kayin State

War veterans get assistance inKayin State

PDC and made cash do-nations.

After his visit to32,000 acres of rubberplantation at 20th MileHillock in HlinebweTownship on 9 March, theminister presented publi-cations for the war vet-eran village (Htilon) li-brary at Htilon village,donated cash assistanceand wheelchairs to warveterans who made sacri-fice their parts of body in

the interest of the Stateand inspected availabilityof water and war veteranshousing at the village.

Next, the ministeroversaw construction ofYeboke Dam which isunder construction dam-ming Yebok and Kazaicreeks. Upon completion,the dam can benefit 5000acres of farmland in thetownship and contributegreater development in theregion.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March—Yangon-Bagan special train has beenrunning as of 10 March. The 61-upYangon-Bagan special train departsfrom Yangon railway station at 4 p.m.and arrives at Bagan railway station at8 a.m. and 62-down Bagan-Yangonspecial train leaves Bagan railway sta-tion at 4.30 p.m and get to Yangonrailway station at 8.30 a.m.

Yangon-Bagan special train to stopat six railway stations

The 61-up Yangon-Bagan andthe 62-down Bagan-Yangon specialtrains will stop at Latpatan andShwedaga railway stations with twominutes break each, Aunglan railwaystation, 10 minutes break, andSatthwarphu, Taungdwingyi andKyaukpadaung railway stations, twominutes each.

MNA

YANGON, 11 March— MGS Beverages Co Ltdintroduced its new softdrink SIP (The Fruity Ad-venture) at Park RoyalHotel here yesterdayevening.

At the ceremony, anofficial of Guardian Inde-

SIP for summerpendent Certification(GIC) awarded ISO 9001-2008, HACCP certificateto MGS for its interna-tional standard manage-ment.

Star, Crusher andQuench are big brotherbrands of SIP drink, pro-

duced by MGS. Those in-terested may dial(Ph: 01-223415), YangonSales Centre (Ph: 01-501338 and 01-501340),and Mandalay Sales Cen-tre (Ph: 02-53737 and 02-88041).

MNA

YANGON, 11 March— Oryx Institute of Ca-reer Development willopen food and beverageservice and housekeeping

Oryx for hotel careercourses in March.

Those who wantedto attend courses may con-tact the institute at 13rdfloor of Yuzana Tower,

Room No. (1410),Shwegondine, BahanTownship, Yangon (Ph:552876, 558302 and095126295).—MNA

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1. To uphold Our Three Main National Causesat risk to life as the national policy

2. To work hard with national people forsuccessful completion of elections due to beheld in accordance with the new constitution

3. To crush internal and external subversiveelements through the strength andconsolidated unity of the people

4. To build a strong, patriotic modernTatmadaw capable of safeguarding thesovereignty and territorial integrity of thenation

Objectives of 65th AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

YANGON, 11March—Under theprogramme of the GrantAssistance for CulturalGrassroots Projects ofJapan, a ceremony to signGrant Contract betweenthe Embassy of Japan andMyanmar KaratedoFederation, and theproject for theImprovement of KarateEquipment of MyanmarKaratedo Federation took

Dy Health Minister meets Professorof Georgetown University

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March—Yesterday morning,Deputy Minister for Health Dr Mya Oo and ProfessorDavid I Steinberg of Georgetown University of theUnited States of America held a discussion at theMinistry of Health.

The deputy minister explained health care servicesin Myanmar and tasks of cooperation with socialorganizations. They focused on cooperation withinternational and internal social organizations in thehealth care tasks.

Also present at the call were departmental headsand project managers of the AIDS, malaria and TBprojects.—MNA

Minister Col Thein Nyunt attends opening of Ngwetaung Kyaung tarred road in Nay Pyi TawTatkon.—MNA

Deputy Minister for Health Dr Mya Ooreceives Professor David I Steinberg ofGeorgetown University of USA.—MNA

Japanese Ambassador Mr Yasuaki Nogawa and President of MKFDr Win Zaw signing grant contract.—SPED

Japan donates cash to MKFplace at Chatrium Hotelhere yesterday.

It was attended byGeneral Secretary ofMyanmar OlympicCommittee Director-General U Thaung Htaikof Sports and PhysicalEducation Department,Japanese Ambassador toMyanmar Mr YasuakiNogawa, honorary patronPolice Col Khin MaungTun (Retd) of MKF,

President Dr Win Zaw andofficials.

Ambassador MrYasuaki Nogawa andPresident Dr Zaw Winspoke words of thanks.The ambassador and thepresident singed thecontract. The presidentaccepted the donation.

Director-General UThaung Htaik presentedcertificate of honour to theambassador.—MNA

Tarred roads opened in Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon

NAY PYI TAW, 11March—Hailing the 65th

Anniversary ArmedForces Day, tarred roadswere opened in Nay PyiTaw Tatkon today.

Minister for Progressof Border Areas andNational Races andDevelopment Affairs ColThein Nyunt attended theopening of NgwetaungKyaung tarred road in NayPyi Taw Tatkon.

Head U Kyaw Myintof Engineering

Department (road andBridge) of Nay Pyi TawDevelopment Committeeexplained about the roadand a local spoke wordsof thanks.

Head U Myo Aung ofNay Pyi Taw DC,Chairman of TatkonTownship Peace andDevelopment Council U

Nay Aung and atownselder opened theroad. After that, MinisterCol Thein Nyunt strolledalong the road.

The newly-openedtarred road is 3,400 feetlong and 12 feet wide. Itwas upgraded to tarredroad from earth road.

After that, the minister

attended the opening ofMaha Thihanada road inNay Pyi Taw Tatkon. Theroad is 5,000-foot-long and12-foot-wide, andupgraded to tarred roadfrom gravel one.

Nay Pyi TawDevelopment Committeeis upgrading five roads totarred ones.—MNA

YANGON, 11 March—Myanmar TechnologyZone Co Ltd, sole agentand service partner inMyanmar, will distributeworld famous GigabyteNotebook Computerswith internationalwarranty and best service.

M1022 modelNotebook with Wireless-N (108 Mbps), Multi-Touch Touchpad, BatteryStatus Check, 3.5GHSDPA Support and

Gigabyte Notebook in salesHDD and easyupgradeable memory,keyboard and long lifebattery is smart andportable.

Under the specialpromotion programme tomark the launching ofGigabyte Notebook inMyanmar, 35 % off willbe offered to customers atMyanmar ICT Exhibition2010 to be held from 19 to21 March. Every one maymake order not later than

12 March as sales arelimited.

Dealer showrooms inMyanmar ICT Exhibition2010 are King Power, TopPower, iCom, Life Mark,ADT, ICE, Neo-Tech andTechnoland. GigabyteNotebooks and BenQElectronics accessories areavailable at the Sales Center,No. 125-B, ShwegondineStreet, Bahan Township,Yangon, Ph: 542569 and723009.—MNA

Beware of fire

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A newly-opened building of rural health center in Gamontaungvillage of Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana.

National race girls of Gamontaung village reading publications towiden the scope of their horizons.

Chairman of TCG arrives backNAY PYI TAW, 11

March—At the invitation ofASEAN Secretary-GeneralDr Surin Pitsuwan,Myanmar delegation led bythe Chairman of theTripartite Core Group(TCG), Chairman of theCivil Service Selection andTraining Board U KyawThu left for Hanoi on 7March to attend seventhMeeting of the ASEANHumanitarian Task Force(AHTF) for the victims ofcyclone Nargis and itsrelated meetings in Hanoi,the Socialist Republic ofVietnam.

The meetings were alsoattended by senior membersof the TCG, representingthe ASEAN and the UN,the ASEAN Secretary-General and Chairman ofthe AHTF Dr SurinPitsuwan, members of theAHTF and AHTF advisorygroup, representatives fromthe ASEAN countries anddonor countries,responsible personnel fromASEAN Secretariat, theWorld Bank and the ADBand officials from theAHTF office in Yangon.

On 8 and 9 March,the Myanmar delegation

attended the seventhmeeting of the AHTF andits related meetings.

Chairman of TCG UKyaw Thu at the meetingsubmitted report onprogress of relief andresettlement in theaftermath of cycloneNargis and futurearrangement forprecautionary measuresagainst natural disasterafter sixth AHTF meeting

held in Jakarta ofIndonesia on 2 July 2009.They also discussedongoing relief andrebuilding plan accordingto Post Nargis Recoveryand Preparedness Plan(PONREPP), donors’support, and preparation toconclude AHTF and TCGby July 2010.

Myanmar delegationarrived back in Yangon thismorning.—MNA

YANGON, 11 March— Chairman of YangonCity DevelopmentCommittee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lininspected dredging ofdrains for proper drainage

Mayor inspects tasks for properdrainage in Sangyoung

in Sangyoung Townshiphere today.

He also viewed theupgrading of roads andsupplying of adequatepotable water in thetownship.

MNA

SWD cares for victims ofhuman trafficking

NAY PYI TAW, 11March — Director-General U Soe Kyi ofSocial WelfareDepartment inspectedMandalay VocationalTraining Schoolyesterday.

He encouragedvictims of humantrafficking. SWD opensseven vocational training

schools in Yangon,Mandalay, Myitkyina,Pathein, Toungoo,Mawlamyine andZeepingyi in order touplift the role of womenin the society. The schoolsare taking care oftrafficked persons formental and physicalrehabilitation.

MNA

YANGON, 11 March—PopularBookstore, jointly owned by PopularHolding Limited Popular and City MartHolding Co., Ltd, opened its firstfranchise shop at East Point ShoppingCenter on 15 March 2010 and at MyaeNi Ghone Center on June 2009.

Stationery, assorted Englishbooks and Singapore syllabus teachingaid and SATs books are available atPopular Book Store. It is a one-stopbook shop.

Good news for bookwormsPopular Bookstore always holds

Promotion programme monthly. PopularKids Contest was held in September andDecember 2009.

As a special progarmme of thefirst anniversary, Popular Bookstore willsell books at 10-20 percent discount andother stationery at 10 percent from 12March to 31 March. Popular Bookstorehas made an arrangement to presentgifts to customers who will purchase in12 March.—MNA

Better communications: key to greaterdevelopment of rural areas

Byline: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Akar Kyaw(from page 16)

In addition, Nay PyiTaw District Informa-tion and Public Rela-

tions Department do-nated publications withthe aim of broadeningthe horizons of local

people. Besides, the de-partment donated K 3million for constructionof a monastery in

Phonesoe village and K1.2 million for ruralhealth center inMyathida village.

It was a red-letter day forGamontaung dwellersbecause they received notonly a CDMA telephone

that can assist them indoing businesses,thereby enhancing so-cial, health and educa-

tion standard of localpeople but also a newrural health center on thesame day. Thanks to

opening of new buildingfor rural health center,health care services willcover Gamontaung vill-

age and nearby villages.Translation: YM

1-3-2010 Myanma Alin

TCG Chairman U Kyaw Thu addresses 7th Meeting of the ASEANHumanitarian Task Force (AHTF) for the victims of cyclone Nargis and its

related meetings in Hanoi, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.—CSSTB

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (313)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATAMPAN VOY NO (313) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 12.3.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Take Fire Preventive Measures

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

Thirteen dead, sixinjured as bus

crashes off bridgeGUIYANG, 11 March—

Thirteen people died andsix were injured after abus plunged off a bridgein southwest GuizhouProvince on Wednesday,police said.

The bus, carrying 19people, rolled down a 37-metre mountain slope inGuiyang city en route toGuiyang Airport at 6:20pm, said a statement ofGuiyang Municipal Pub-licity Security Bureau onThursday. Four peopledied at the scene, one diedon the way to hospital andeight others, includingthe driver, died later in hos-pital. Six injured peopleare receiving treatmentin hospital. Police are stillinvestigating the cause ofthe accident.

Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GATI MAJESTIC VOY NO ( )Consignees of cargo carried on MV GATI MA-

JESTIC VOY NO ( ) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 12.3.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S GATI COAST TO COASTPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

‘Bali bomber’ Dulmatin confirmeddead in Indonesia raid

JAKARTA, 11 March—DNA tests on the body of a mankilled in Jakarta prove beyond doubt he is Dulmatin,the last main suspect of the Bali bombings, Indonesianpolice say. Police Chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri saidbomb-making equipment had been found during the raidin the capital. Dulmatin was suspected of planning the2002 attacks which killed 202 people.

News of Dulmatin’s death had been announced ear-lier by Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,during talks in Australia. About half of those killed inBali were Australian, and officials there have praised In-donesia’s anti-terror operations.—Internet

Russia to equip army withnew air defence system in 2010

Winter in Venice : Aman holds his um-

brella broken by thewind on the Ponte diCalatrava (Calatravabridge) during a snow

storm in Venice. INTERNET

Kia Motors’ globalsales jump 39.5%

in FebruarySEOUL, 11 March — Kia Motors Corp, South Ko-

rea’s second largest automaker, saw a year-on-yearglobal sales increase of 39.5 percent in February thisyear, selling a total of 143,267 vehicles, the companysaid on Thursday.

The sales increase in February was a result of Kia’sdouble- digit year-on-year sales growth in all regions:it gained 128.6 percent in China with 25,435 units sold,52.7 percent in general markets with 32,578 units sold,34.4 percent in Europe with 24,992 units sold, 21.6percent in South Korea with 33,209 units sold, and11.4 percent in North America with 27,053 units sold,according to the company.

General markets include the regions in Central andSouth America, the Caribbean, Asia (excluding China),the Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. In addition,Kia’s global sales have jumped 50.6 percent year- on-year in the first two months of 2010, reaching 293,659units sold, the company said.

Through the first two months of 2010, China hadthe highest year-on-year sales spike of 180.9 percent,for a total of 61,339 units sold, while general marketsand Europe had increases of 56.7 percent and 42.8 per-cent, respectively, added the company.—Xinhua

Somali rebelsbehead two,

fighting kills 17MOGADISHU, 11 March —

Fighting between Somaligovernment forces and alShabaab rebels in the northof Mogadishu on Wednes-day killed 17 people andwounded 65, a Somali hu-man rights group and res-cue services said.

Residents said alShabaab also beheaded twoemployees of a telecom-munications company inthe capital who had beenaccused by the al-Qaeda-linked militants of spyingfor the government. Somalimilitants have fought thegovernment since the startof 2007 and the Western-backed administration hasbeen hemmed into a fewblocks of the capital sincea rebel offensive last May.

Internet

Copper shop : An Iraqi coppersmith works at his shop in central Baghdad’sSafafir street.—INTERNET

Eight reporters kidnappedin Mexican city

MOSCOW, 11 March —Russia will supply the new-est Pantsir-S1 air defencesystems to the army in2010, Defence MinisterAnatoly Serdyukov an-nounced on Wednesday.

Spokeswoman for the De-fence Ministry IrinaKovalchuk said Serdy-ukov inspected severalstate-owned defence enter-prises in the Tula regionearlier in the day.

After the working trip,the minister announced thatsupplies of the Pantsir-S1air defence system consist-ing of 12 surface-to-airguided missiles and two30-millimetre automaticguns “to the army will be-gin this year,” saidKovalchuk. “Currently, tensuch systems are being pre-pared for participation inthe Victory Day parade inRed Square,” Kovalchuk

was quoted as saying by theItar-Tass news agency.Created by the Tula Instru-ment-Making Design Bu-reau, the Pantsir systemaims to protect small-scalenational and military stra-tegic targets, and is usuallyconsidered as effectivewhen countering high-pre-cision weapons.

It can also be used to de-stroy underwater and sur-face light- armored targetsand manpower.The Pantsirsystem has already beensupplied to the United ArabEmirates, and several sup-ply contracts are beingnegotiated on, said the Itar-Tass.—Xinhua

MEXICO CITY, 11March—Eight journalistshave been kidnapped in aMexican border city in atwo-week span in a wave ofabductions unprecedentedin the Western Hemisphere,the Inter-American PressAssociation said onWednesday. The pressgroup said only three of thejournalists kidnapped be-tween 18 Feb. and 3 Marchin Reynosa, across the bor-der from McAllen, Texas,have reappeared alive.

It said one died of appar-ent torture, two were re-leased alive and five remainmissing. “The Mexicangovernment must act withurgency and with due forceto rescue these journalistsalive,” said IAPA PresidentAlejandro Aguirre. Aguirrecalled the abductions “se-rious and without precedentin the Western Hemi-sphere.” The abductions

were apparently carriedout by drug gangs in theGulf coast state of Tamau-lipas where Reynosa is lo-cated. State prosecutors inTamaulipas and the federalattorney general’s office inMexico City could notimmediately confirmthe report.—Internet

Cuba’s sugar harvest threatened byrain, organizational problems

HAVANA, 11 March — Organizational problems andrain could jeopardize Cuba’s sugar harvest this year,the official daily Granma said on Wednesday. Opera-tional breakdowns of sugar mills and a lack of sugarcanedue to the heavy rainfall have become “powerfulenemies” of Cuba’s sugar harvest, Granma said, citingan article written by agricultural expert Juan Varela.

By the end of February, the sugar mills across Cubawere operating at only 64 percent of their potentials,well below the expectations of 80 percent, the Ministryof Sugar (MINAZ) said. It meant a delay of some147,900 tons of sugar compared with what had beenplanned, said the ministry.—Xinhua

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S P O R T S

MADRID, 11 March —Real Madrid drew 1-1 athome to Olympic Lyon tocrash out of the Champi-ons League on Wednes-day night.

It is the sixth consecu-tive season that the clubhas failed to get past thefirst knockout round ofEurope’s most importantcompetition, but thisyear’s failure is the mostpainful of all.

Returning PresidentFlorentino Perez investedover 250 million Euros inplayers such as CristianoRonaldo and Kaka withthe aim of lifting a his-toric tenth title.

The fact this year’s fi-nal is to be held in Ma-drid’s Santiago BernabeuStadium was another fac-

MADRID, 11 March –After spending over 250million euros to build asecond dynasty of‘Galacticos’ Real Madridwere expected to lift thisseason’s ChampionsLeague trophy in the May22 final at their SantiagoBernabeu stadium, Butthat dream was shatteredon Wednesday as Lyoneliminated Real 2-1 on ag-gregate at the last 16stage.

Pressure is always in-tense on Real Madridmanagers and ManuelPellegrini had more thanusual after a massive sum-mer outlay on Kaka,Cristiano Ronaldo and

INDIAN WELLS, 11March —World numberone Roger Federer faces apotentially difficult pathto the final of the IndianWells hardcourt tourna-ment, the season’s first

BERLIN, 11 March—German legend FranzBeckenbauer pleaded onWednesday for the rulesof football to be left asthey are, warts and all,because refereeing errorscan be part of the sport’scharm. “Leave footballas simple and as clear asit is, together with all itsmistakes,” Beckenbauer— a member of the ex-ecutive committee ofFIFA, the sport’s govern-ing body — told the Ger-man daily Bild. “The1966 Wembley goal ispart of football legend.We’ve been talking aboutit for over 40 years inEngland and Germany,and probably still will be

Henin advances at Indian WellsINDIAN WELLS, 11 March — Justine Henin led the

way on the opening day of the BNP Paribas Open onWednesday by rolling to a 6-2, 6-2 victory overMagdalena Rybarikova. Henin is mounting a come-back after having retired as the No 1 player in the worldalmost two years ago. She is unseeded for this pres-tigious event, at which she is a former champion.

The seeded players received a bye past the open-ing round. Henin was joined in the second roundWednesday by Patty Schnyder, a 6-1, 6-2 winner overTathiana Garbin, and Jill Craybas, who ousted EleniDaniilidou 6-0, 7-5.—Internet

LONDON , 11 March —In-form England strikerWayne Rooney scoredthe opening two goals asManchester Unitedcrushed AC Milan 4-0 toreach the quarterfinals ofthe Champions League.Park Ji-sung and DarrenFletcher were also on tar-get for the English Pre-mier League championsas United secured a con-vincing 7-2 aggregatesuccess. All the talk be-forehand was of Milanmidfielder DavidBeckham’s return to OldTrafford for the first timesince United sold him toReal Madrid in 2003.

And the England starwas given an emotionalreception by the Unitedfans when he came on asa second-half substitute.

Brazilian Confederation of Footballissues warning to Adriano

RIO DE JANEIRO, 11 March — The president of theBrazilian Confederation of Football Ricardo Teixeiraoffered some strong advice for Adriano on Wednes-day. Teixeira declared that if the star striker wants tobe part of Brazil’s national team to travel to SouthAfrica in the 2010 World Cup, he had better get hispersonal life together. “On the Brazilian national team,one needs to take good care of their physical condi-tion,” said Teixeira in reference to Adriano and hisdrinking problem and his weight.

“Drinking one beer here or there is not a problem.However, it is not ok when a player is drinking a wholecase,” described the president. Teixeira also warnedthat he does not want to see the same behavior of Bra-zil’s 2006 World Cup team in this year’s Cup in SouthAfrica. In 2006, some of Brazil’s players were photo-graphed while inside of clubs and bars during the earlyhours of the morning. According to Teixeira, this typeof behavior will not repeat as the players will be closelymonitored.—Xinhua

Wayne Rooney cel-ebrates his opening goalas Manchester Unitedcruised into the Cham-pions League quarter-

finals.—INTERNET

Rooney double as Man Unitedcrush Milan

However, Milan were al-ready 3-0 behind whenBeckham was introducedby Milan coach Leonardoand, despite some nicetouches and a couple ofdangerous crosses, waspowerless to help Milanback into the match.Rooney took his personaltally for the season to 30with goals either side ofhalf-time.—Internet

Real Madrid crashes out ofChampions League

Real Madrid’s Sergio

Ramos (R) duels for the

ball during the

second leg of the first

knockout round

Champions League

soccer match at the

Santiago Bernabeu

stadium in Madrid,

on 10 March, 2010.

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tor motivating Madridand is another reason whythis failure hurts morethan any.

Xinhua

LONDON , 11 March —England manager FabioCapello insists the Foot-ball Association’s targetof reaching the semi-fi-nals at the World Cup in

Paralympic torch relaylights up Vancouver

streetsVANCOUVER, 11 March — The Paralympic torch

relay arrived in Vancouver on Wednesday for the finalleg of its journey before the start of Friday’s openingceremony in the Canadian city.

Unlike the Winter Olympic torch relay that trav-elled across Canada on a massive 45,000-kilometerjourney, the longest in Winter Olympic history, theParalympic torch relay has been a decidedly more-low key affair, taking 10 days in all and covering13 communities across the country, mainly in thehost Province British Columbia.

About 600 torchbearers are participating nation-wide.

In all, the Paralympics, which goes from 12-21March, features 1,350 athletes, trainers and sup-port staff from 44 countries and regions.

With the venues spread out over the ThunderbirdArena at the University of British Columbia, theVancouver Olympic Center and the mountain re-sort of Whistler, located about two hours north-east ofVancouver, the athletes will compete in five eventsin the wheelchair curling, ice sledge hockey, Al-pine skiing and the Nordic skiing encompassingbiathlon and cross-country skiing.

Xinhua

England boss Fabio Capellotargets World Cup semi-final

England manager

Fabio Carpello

INTERNET

South Africa is achiev-able.

The Italian believes hisside contains one of thebest players in the worldin striker Wayne Rooneyand is one of the leadingcontenders for the finals.

“The semi-finals is aminimum. We can beat allteams because we play atthe same level as the bestteams,” he said. “LionelMessi, Cristiano Ronaldoand Rooney are the bestin the world.”

Internet

Real Madrid’s failure leavesPellegrini exposed

Real Madrid’s Chileancoach, Manuel

Pellegrini.

company — but moneydoesn’t guarantee successand the bitter ChampionsLeague exit leaves thelikeable Chilean fearingfor his job. Pellegrini wasentrusted with endingReal’s last 16 hoodoo butit struck again as Realexited the competition atthe first knockout stagefor the sixth successiveseason.—Internet

Federer, Nadal return to actionin desert

World number oneRoger Federer.

prestigious ATP Masters1000 event. The top-seeded Swiss is seeded tomeet seventh-seededAmerican Andy Roddickin the quarter-finals andlast year ’s runner-up,Andy Murray of Britain,in the semi-finals.Federer, who claimed his16th Grand Slam title atthe Australian Open, willbe playing his first tour-nament since beatingMurray in the final at Mel-bourne.

He had been slated toplay the Dubai Open lastmonth but withdrew witha lung infection.

Internet

Referee errors part of football

German legend FranzBeckenbauer.

in another 40 years. Justlike Maradona’s ‘Handof God’ goal (in 1986).”

The comments fol-lowed some radical pro-posals on Tuesday byBayern Munich coachLouis van Gaal, includingdoing away with throw-ins, having two referees onthe pitch and cameras re-placing linesmen for off-side decisions.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours light rsin or thundershowershave been isolated in Shan State and Taninthayi Division,weather has been partly cloudy in Rakhine and Mon States,upper Sagaing and Yangon Divisions and generally fair inthe remaining areas. Day temperatures were (3 °C) to (4°C)above March average temperatures in Kachin, Shan, Kayinand Mon States, Sagaing, Bago, Ayeyawady and YangonDivisions, (5 °C) above March average temperatures inChin State, Mandalay and Taninthayi Divisions and aboutMarch average temperatures in the remaining States andDivisions. The significant day temperatures were Nay PyiTaw, Monywa, Chauk, Aunglan and Pyay (40°C) each. Thenoteworthy amount of rainfall recorded was Myeik (0.11)inch.

Maximum temperature on 10-3-2010 was 99 °F.Minimum temperature on 11-3-2010 was 77°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 11-3-2010 was 75%.Total sun shine hours on 10-3-2010 was (8.1) hours approx.

Rainfall on 11-3-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was(Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (7) mphfrom Northeast at (15:30) hours MST on 10-3-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the AndmanSea and South Bay and generally fair in the elsewhere inthe Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 12th March 2010:Light rain or thundershowers ae likely to be isolated inKachin, Shan and Mon States, Taninthayi Diision andweather will be partly cloudy in the remaining States andDivisions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Strong easterly winds with moderateto rough seas are likely at times Gulf of Mottama, off andalong Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speed in thestrong wind may reach (35) m.p.h. Seas will be moderateeleswhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likehood ofcontinuation of isolated rain or thundershowers in theSouthern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for12-3-2010 : Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for12-3-2010: Partly cloudy .

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for12-3-2010: Partly cloudy .

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Lindsey Vonn of theUnited States powers pasta gate during the first runof an alpine ski, Women’sWorld cup giant slalom,in Garmisch Partenkir-

chen, Germany, on Thurs-day, 11 March, 2010.

INTERNET

Hoelzl wins giant slalom World Cup title;Vonn crashes

GARMISCH, 11 March — Olympicsilver medalist Tina Maze of Sloveniawon the final giant slalom race of theseason Thursday and Kathrin Hoelzlof Germany clinched the World Cuptitle in the event by finishing second.

Maria Riesch of Germany placedthird to cut Lindsey Vonn’s overallWorld Cup lead to 165 points withtwo races remaining. Vonn, seeking

her third straight overall title, fell inthe first run of the giant slalom and didnot earn any points. A victory is worth100 points.

Vonn’s skis locked, she spun inthe air and crashed into the safetynetting. The American then skieddown the slope and was taken awayfrom the race area for medicalevaluation.—Internet

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

People’s Desire ★ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred 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

Better communications: key to greaterdevelopment of rural areas

Byline: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Akar Kyaw

The government paysspecial attention to thedrive for improving theliving standard of the peo-ple in rural areas by ful-filling the requirementsone after another. Apartfrom ensuring better trans-port, supplying clean wa-ter and opening of librar-ies in each and every vil-lage, bettercommunications in rural

areas is being givenpriority.

At the invitation of UKyaw Tint, chairman ofNay Pyi Taw PyinmanaTownship PDC, to attendthe ceremony to hand overCDMA telephones to vil-lages in eastern hilly re-gion, we, Myanma Alinnews crew, went toGamontaung village ofMepauk village-tract in the

township on 18 February,2010. Thanks to emer-gence of Paunglaung Damproject, the road that lead-ing to the village is far bet-ter than it was in the past.This road is the artery forpeople of the hilly regionof eastern part of Nay PyiTaw Pyinmana. Peopleonce had to go to the down-town Nay Pyi TawPyinmana on foot from

morning to evening. As aresult of better transport,they can reach there by caror by motorbikes.

The ceremony re-flected that people are en-joying fruitful results ofachievement in communi-cation sector along withbetter transport.

U Kyaw Tint ex-plained to us that a planto hand over at least one

phone to one village-tractemerged thanks to col-laborative efforts of NayPyi Taw Command andMyanma Posts and Tel-ecommunications.

So far 16 villages in-cluded in seven village-tracts in hilly region havebeen provided withCDMA telephones with aunit price of K 550,000through the funds for all-

round development ofNay Pyi Taw District.Handsets worth K 100,000each were donated by NayPyi Taw Pyinmana Town-ship PDC through regionaldevelopment funds.

Gamontaung village isone of the villages thatwere provided withCDMA telephones. Ar-rangements are beingmade to hand over CDMAtelephones to the remain-ing 21 village-tracts in thetownship.

The ceremony to do-nate 40 water pumps to thevillages on hills by officeof Nay Pyi Taw DistrictMyanma AgricultureService of ministry ofAgriculture and Irrigationwas held on the same day.The ceremony aimed toachieving greater devel-opment of agriculture inthe hilly which has springsin large quantities, thus itis requir-ed to use pumpsto draw waterfrom thesprings.

(See page 11)

The tranquil hilly village called Gamontaung on eastern part of Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana seen from a distance.

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