The New Light of Myanmar 15-12-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 243 14th Waning of Nadaw 1371 ME Tuesday, 15 December, 2009

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Innate ability of the people can be put onrecord someway by completing the longest

bridge with best quality in a short timeSenior General Than Shwe inspects Ayeyawady Bridge (Pakokku) Project

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Dec—Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe, ac-companied by SPDC Member General Thura ShweMann, SPDC Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo, SPDC Member Lt-Gen Tin Aye,Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Nyan Tun,

Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, seniormilitary officers of the Ministry of Defence, com-manders, ministers and officials, left PyinOoLwin byhelicopter and arrived at Pakokku in Magway Divisionat 10 am yesterday.

They were welcomed there by Minister for Construc-tion Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint, Minister for Rail Trans-portation Maj-Gen Aung Min, Chairman of MagwayDivision PDC Col Phone Maw Shwe, Commanding Of-ficer of local division Col Myat Tun Oo and officials.

On the way to Ayeyawady Bridge (Pakokku)Project, the Senior General in a motorcade inspectedthriving crop plantations along the route in the irri-gated area of Kokkohla River Pumping Station Project.

He also inspected the alignment for AyeyawadyBridge (Pakokku) that will link Pakokku andLetpanchepaw Village on the eastern bank of theAyeyawady River through Bomma Ward nearKokkohla Village in Pakokku Township.

At the briefing hall, Minister Maj-Gen Khin MaungMyint submitted a report, saying that pre-engineering

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Chairmanof the StatePeace andDevelop-

ment Coun-cil Com-

mander-in-Chief ofDefenceServicesSenior

GeneralThan Shwe

inspectsalignment

forAyeyawady

Bridge(Pakokku).

MNA

On completion,AyeyawadyBridge (Pakokku) will linkLetpanchepaw Village inNyaungU Township on theeastern bank, and Pakokkuon the western bank of theAyeyawady River, and themain bridge will be 11,431feet (2.16 miles) long.

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Tuesday, 15 December, 2009

PERSPECTIVES

Pay serious attention toconstruction work forregional development


Nowadays, motor roads and railroads arebeing built in northernmost regions character-ized by poor transport. As a result, those regionswill soon make progress. And it is sure that thesocio-economic status of national races such asKachin, Shan, Bamar, etc residing in those re-gions will improve.

Head of State Senior General Than Shweon 12 December inspected the construction site ofAyeyawady Bridge (Sinkhan) Project nearSinkhan Village of Bhamo Township, KachinState and gave guidance. In his guidance, SeniorGeneral Than Shwe said that it was of greatimportance for personel concerned to pay seriousattention to construction work they were respon-sible for and to carry out assigned duties withUnion Spirit and goodwill, holding the firm spiritthat the gaps between national brethren must benarrowed as much as possible, regions across thecountry must see swift, equitable growth andnational solidarity must be further strengthened.

The two-lane-motor-cum-railroad bridgeis on upper reaches of the second defile ofAyeyawady River, near Sinkhan Village, BhamoTownship. It is of RC steel type and can withstand75 tons of load. On completion, commodities fromvarious regions can speedily flow to Bhamo by caror train through the bridge. The bridge will alsocontribute to the bilateral trade between Myanmarand the People’s Republic of China through theborder trade.

Now, the 98 mile-long Katha-Bhamo rail-road is under construction. There are 66 milesfrom Katha to Ayeyawady Bridge (Sinkhan), and32 miles from the bridge to Bhamo. Completedrailway stations along the railroad section areKatha, Pawmamyine, Minle and Moetagyi sta-tions.

Out of over 200 bridges to be constructed onKatha-Bhamo railroad section, 64 have now beenconstructed.

The government has built a large numberof motor roads and railroads in regions wherethe national brethren reside. With secure andbetter transport, the whole Union will see equita-ble development. And only then, will the socio-economic status of local people improve all themore.

* 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

NAY PYI TAW, 14Dec—Chairman of MonState Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of South-EastCommand Maj-GenThet Naing Win at-tended final match andthe prize presentationceremony of 2009 MonState Peace and Devel-opment Council Chair-man ’s Trophy Men’sFootball Tournament atYamanya Sports Groundin Mawlamyine on 2 De-cember.

It was also attendedby division level depart-mental officials, membersof social organizations,

Mon State PDC Chairman’s Trophy Men’sFootball Tournament concludes

and football fans. Next,the commander presentedprizes to the winningteams.—MNA

Keen Cie Health Care Service launchedYANGON, 14 Dec—

The launch of Keen CieHealth Care Service andeducative talks on healthwere held at ChatriumHotel here yesterdaymorning. It was attendedby physicians, journalistsand guests.

Project ManagerProfessor Dr Tint Swe Lattof Diabetes Control

Project of World HealthOrganization gave talk onpreventing non-infectiousdiseases by living ahealthy life. ManagingDirector Dr Kyaw Min ofKeen Cie Health CareService explained the pur-pose of launching the serv-ices and arrangemantsmade for providing serv-ices and replied to the

queries raised by theattendees.

Keen Cie HealthCare Service will providefamily-type health careprogramme, KC clinic,door-to-door nursing serv-ices, services for thosewho want to receive treat-ment, medical tourismadvisor and dietary advi-sor services with reason-

able prices.The service centre

is opened at No. (67/B),Dhammayon Road,Myaynigon (North),Sangyoung Township.

KC will supply serv-ices for preventing and cur-ing diseases, and consul-tancy services to those whocontact the service centre.For further information, dial(ph:01-502761), (fax: 951-502761), visitwww.kencie.com and mailto [email protected].

MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Thet Naing Win

presents prize to a winning team.

MNA

Managing DirectorDr Kyaw Min of Keen

Cie Health CareService explains the

purpose of launchinghealth care servicesand arrangementsmade for providing

services.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Dec—December mass walk(first week) was held on Bogyoke road in Pyay, BagoDivision on 5 December. Vice-Chairman of BagoDivision Peace and Development Council Brig-GenSein Myint, departmental staff, teachers, students,members of social organizations and local people tookpart in mass walk and took physical exercise in thesport ground.

December mass walk (first week) held in BagoAfterwards, the vice-chairman attended and de-

livered an address at ceremony to conclude refreshercourse on improving English and mathematics teachingskill held at No.1 Basic Education High School in Pyay.

Afterwards, the vice-chairman presented com-pletion certificates to trainees. And he accepted cashdonation and presented certificates of honours to thewellwishers.—MNA

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Iraqis inspect a destroyed police car after a car bomb attack in Fallujah,about 40 miles (65 kilometres) west of Baghdad, Iraq, on 13 Dec, 2009. A car

packed with explosives blew up near a passing police patrol.INTERNET

KUNDUZ,14 Dec—Gunmen stormed an Af-ghan police post set upto protect NATO con-voys in the north of thecountry overnight, kill-ing eight policemen, asenior local official saidon Monday.

The group of gunmenambushed the post at 2:00am on the main highwayrunning northeast fromthe Afghan capital Kabulthrough Baghlan Prov-ince, which lies on a route

A man drives a Toyota Motor Corp’s ‘Prius Plug-in Hybrid’ during a testdrive event at a Toyota facility in Tokyo, Japan, on 14 Dec, 2009. Toyota

showed its new plug-in hybrid, packed with a more powerful battery calledlithium-ion that’s different from the batteries used in Prius hybrids on roads

today, available for leasing this month in Japan, the US and Europe, andpromised the green vehicle for sale to regular consumers by 2011 at an

‘affordable’ price.—INTERNET

PESHAWAR, 14 Dec—Taleban militants blew upa girls’ school in Paki-stan’s Khyber District onMonday, officials said, astwo soldiers and sevenmilitants were killed inclashes in the northwesttribal belt.

The pre-dawn schoolattack took place inSaddokhel town in north-west Khyber tribal dis-trict, where militants deto-nated explosives plantedaround the building, de-stroying all five schoolrooms but causing no in-juries.

“They are Taleban.They are the same people

who do not want childrento get an education,” sen-ior administration officialRahim Gul Khattak toldAFP.

Pakistani troops laun-ched an offensive in Khy-ber District in Septemberto try and flush out boththe Taleban and home-grown militant groupLashkar-e-Islam (Army

of Islam), led by fearedwarlord Mangal Bagh.

The fabled Khybertribal region is the mainland bridge to neighbour-ing Afghanistan and isalso close to the northwestprovincial capital Pesha-war, which has been hit bya series of suicide bomb-ings in recent months.

Internet

JOHANNESBURG, 14Dec—A human rightsgroup says more than1,400 civilians have beenkilled in eastern Congoduring army operations tooust militiamen from thearea.

In a report released onMonday, Human RightsWatch said that both Con-golese army soldiers andHutu militiamen had shotcivilians as people fled. Itsaid others killed betweenJanuary and Septemberwere burned inside theirhomes.

The UN peacekeepingmission in Congo, knownas MONUC, has backedthe Congolese army in theregion since March.

Internet

KABUL, 14 Dec— Afghan and NATO-led troopsarrested several militants in Khost Province east ofAfghanistan on Monday, a Press release of the NATO-led ISAF (International Security Assistance Force)said.

These militants, according to the Press release, werearrested in Parukhil village of Sabari district this morn-ing during a joint operation of Afghan and interna-tional forces.

However, it did not mention the exact number ofthose arrested but added among those arrested there isweapon facilitator loyal to Taleban top commanderMawlawi Jalaludin Haqani.

“The Haqqani facilitator confirmed his identity andsurrendered,” the Press release stressed.

It also contended that there were no casualties onthe troops during the operation. Taleban militants haveyet to make comment.—Xinhua

Pakistani men inspect the damage after suspectedmilitants blew up a school building in Khyberregion’s Bara town in November.—INTERNET

A convoy of the United Nations AssistanceMission in Darfur (UNAMID) crosses through

mud in the southern village of Kashalongo, southof Nyala in southern Darfur, in June 2009. Two

civilian staffers working for the joint UN-AfricanUnion peacekeeping force in Darfur were freed

on Sunday after 107 days in captivity, a UNAMIDspokesman told. —INTERNET

KHARTOUM, 14 Dec—Two civilian employeesof the UN-African Unionpeacekeeping force in Su-dan’s war-torn region ofDarfur were freed on Sun-day after more than 100days in captivity, aUNAMID spokesmansaid.

“A short while ago,Sudanese security handedthe two UNAMID staff-ers to the deputy chief ofthe UNAMID, Moham-med Yunis. They are bothin good health,” Nured-dine Mezni told AFP.

“They had spent 107days in captivity,” said thespokesman for the UnitedNations African UnionMission in Darfur.

The two, a Nigerianman and a Zimbabwean

Gunmen storm Afghanpolice post, kill eight

supplying NATO troopsfighting a Taleban-led in-surgency.

The attack underscoresthe vulnerability of Af-ghan police, whose train-ing along with that of thelocal military is a corner-stone of a new US strat-egy to turn around the warand start withdrawingAmerican troops in July2011.

“Eight police werekilled in an attack on theirpost. Their post was in

Baghlan Markazi dis-trict,” Mohammad AkbarBarakzai, Baghlan pro-vincial governor, toldAFP.

He blamed Hezb-e-Islami, an militant groupparticularly strong innortheastern regions ofAfghanistan, such asBaghlan and neighbour-ing Kunduz Province,where violence has stead-ily increased over the lasttwo years.

Internet

Taleban blow up school in NW Pakistan

Two UNAMID staff freed in Darfurafter kidnap ordeal

woman, were kidnappedat gunpoint in Darfur on29 August, in the first ab-duction targeting the joint

force operating in theDarfur region of westernSudan for nearly twoyears.—Internet

1,400 killed ineast Congo over

nine months

Troops detain severalmilitants in E Afghanistan

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This undated photo shows a sealer loads up a sledwith harp seal pelts on an ice floe in the Gulf of St

Lawrence near Iles-de-la-Madeleine, PQ. TheDepartment of Fisheries and Oceans set this year’s

total allowable catch to 280,000 seals.INTERNET

File photo shows a Woodside Petroleum gasproduction platform off the coast of Australia. The

energy firm has said it would raise 2.5 billiondollars (2.3 billion US) by selling new shares to

pay for a push into the growing liquefied naturalgas sector.—INTERNET

TURKMENABAT, 14Dec—Chinese PresidentHu Jintao, together withleaders of Turkmenistan,

TOKYO, 14 Dec—Ja-pan’s business confidencehas improved for a thirdstraight quarter but firmsplan to slash investmentto cope with the fallout ofthe worst recession indecades, the central banksaid on Monday.

Sentiment among ma-jor manufacturers rose toa better-than-expectedreading of minus 24 inDecember — the bestlevel in a year — fromminus 33 in September,according to the bank’s

The giant new Tokyo Tower seen under construction in the Japanese capitalon 9 December. Business confidence in the country has improved for a thirdstraight quarter but firms plan to slash investment to cope with the fallout ofthe worst recession in decades, the central bank said on Monday.—INTERNET

Hu attends inaugurationof China-Central Asia

gas pipelineUzbekistan and Kazakh-stan, attended an inaugu-ration ceremony for theChina-Central Asia natu-

ral gas pipeline on Mon-day in a gas plant near theTurkmen-Uzbek border.

At the ceremony onthe right bank of the AmuDarya River, Hu, togetherwith Turkmen PresidentGurbanguly Berdymu-khamedov, Uzbek Presi-dent Islam Karimov andKazakh President Nur-sultan Nazarbayev, spokehighly of the pipelineproject, describing it as asuccessful example of co-operation among coun-tries in the region.

Xinhua

JAKARTA, 14 Dec—Indonesian government-runpower firm, PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), re-ceived syndicated loan worth 4.8 trillion rupiah (about506 million US dollars) provided by four large-scalebanks in the country, a bank statement said here onMonday. The funds, that provided by four major banksin term of assets comprised of Bank Mandiri, BNI,BRI and BCA, would be used to finance the powertransmission of power plants part of the PLN’s fasttrack power plant projects with a total capacity of10,000 MW.

According to the statement released by BankMandiri, the largest state-run bank in the country con-tributed 1.13 trillion rupiah in the syndicated loan(about 119.8 million US dollars).

Meanwhile the other state-run bank BNI contrib-uted 1.35 trillion rupiah and BRI contributed 1.31 tril-lion rupiah. The only private bank joined the loansyndication, BCA, contributed some 800 billionrupiah.

The 1.93 trillion rupiah (about 204.6 million USdollars) of the loan would be used to finance powertransmission projects outside Java.

The remaining funds of 327.19 billion rupiah (about34.6 million US dollars) were allocated to financepower transmission in PLN’s sub-stations.—Xinhua

TEHERAN, 14 Dec—Iran, which has theworld’s second largestnatural gas reserves afterRussia, seeks to invest 85billion dollars within adecade to bolster gas ex-ports, Kayhan Interna-tional newspaper reportedon Sunday.

Reza Kasaizadeh,managing director of theNational Iranian Gas Ex-ports Company, told thepaper that the oil ministryplans to attract the moneyfrom both foreign and pri-vate sector investors.

“For the expansion ofgas exports... around 85billion dollars will be in-vested within the nextdecade,” Kasaizadeh wasquoted as saying.

Internet

SINGAPORE, 14 Dec—Oil prices fell below $69a barrel on Monday inAsia amid signs OPECwon’t cut crude outputwhen it meets next week.

Benchmark crude forJanuary delivery wasdown 55 cents to $69.32at midday Singapore timein electronic trading onthe New York MercantileExchange after falling aslow at $68.59. On Friday,

Iran eyes $85billion investmentto up gas exports

Oil falls below $69 as OPEC signalsno output cutthe contract gave up 67cents to settle at $69.87.

Kuwait’s oil ministerSheik Ahmed al-Abdullahal-Sabah told state newsagency KUNA on Sundaythat the 12-member Or-ganization of the Petro-leum Exporting Countriesprobably won’t change itsproduction levels at itsnext meeting in Angola on22 Dec.

Oil prices have slid

from $82 in October oninvestor concern crudedemand in the US isn’trebounding despite anoverall economic recov-ery.

Recent strength in thedollar is also helping topush crude prices down.Investors often buy crudeas a hedge against infla-tion if the dollar weakens,and sell when the dollar isstronger.—Internet

Indonesian power firm gets506 mln USD loan to finance

transmission projects

Japan’s business confidence growsTankan survey of morethan 10,000 firms.

The index, whichmeasures the percentageof firms that think busi-ness conditions are goodminus those that believethey are bad, hit a recordlow of minus 58 in March.

Sentiment among bignon-manufacturers im-proved to minus 22 inDecember from minus 24in September.

“Companies don’t ex-pect any double dip reces-sion into next year,” said

Susumu Kato, chief econo-mist for Japan at CalyonCredit Agricole CIB.

Large manufacturingcompanies appear to becoping relatively well,despite the recent strengthof the yen, he noted.

But while the mood isslightly less gloomy, com-panies are stepping uptheir planned cutbacks inspending on plants andequipment, which is likelyto hobble an economystruggling to return to sus-tainable growth.—Internet

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China, Ghana explore new opportunitiesfor faster development, says ambassador

Cuba’s Castro hails encouragingadvances in Bolivarian allianceHAVANA, 14 Dec—Cuban leader Raul Castro said

on Sunday that the Bolivarian Alliance of the Ameri-cas (ALBA) had brought many achievements to themember countries.

During the inauguration of the 8th ALBA Summit inCuba’s capital Havana, Castro saluted the victory ofthe Bolivian people for reelecting Bolivian PresidentEvo Morales for another presidential term.

“There have been five years of hard work, of com-mon search, where we have achieved encouraging re-sults at the social order, and which we have to men-tion and celebrate, “ said the Cuban leader.

Meanwhile, he noted that the illiteracy eradicationin Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua is of great sig-nificance and a step of the fight against the social prob-lem. Additionally, Castro also praised the achievementsof the Miracle Operation, through which at least 1million people in many countries of the region recov-ered the eyesight.—Xinhua

China to launch“Yaogan VIII”remote-sensing

satelliteTAIYUAN, 14 Dec—

China will launch a remote-sensing satellite,“YaoganVIII” in the coming daysfrom the Taiyuan SatelliteLaunch Centre in northernShanxi Province, the centresaid on Sunday. The satel-lite would be sent into thespace aboard a LongMarch 4C carrier rocket,the centre said.Also onboard is China’s first pub-lic-welfare mini satellite,“Hope I,” which will beused for the country’syoung people to experi-ence aerospace scienceand technology.—Xinhua

Gaza militantsfire rockets

at IsraelGAZA, 14 Dec—The

Popular Front for the Lib-eration of Palestine(PFLP) fired several rock-ets into Israeli communi-ties near the Gaza Strip onSunday.

The PFLP, the largestfaction in the PalestineLiberation Organization(PLO) after Fatah, saidin a statement that itsmilitants fired “tensof rockets” at Israel.

But Israeli armyradio reported that twomissiles landed at westernNegev on Sunday, caus-ing no damage or casual-ties.

Xinhua

Indonesia, Malaysia establishbrotherhood alliance

JAKARTA, 14 Dec—Indonesian and Malaysian sen-ior officials at ministerial level witnessed the signingof a brotherhood alliance which aims at preservingpeace between the two neighbouring countries, theBisnis Indonesia reported here on Monday.

The alliance, called Persaudaraan Serumpun Indo-nesia Malaysia (PSIM), was initiated by Indonesianand Malaysian alumni forum of ESQ Leadership Cen-tre.

Ary Ginanjar Agustian, Chairman of ESQ Interna-tional alumni communication forum, said the estab-lishment of PSIM is aimed at cultivating the spiritualrelationship between peoples of the two neighbour-ing countries.

“Spiritual relationship is eternal and invulnerable.It could not sway if a problem occurs in the relation-ship of the two countries. The alliance establishmentis genuinely initiated by both the peoples in Malaysiaand Indonesia,” Ary said on the sidelines of the pactsigning here.

Indonesian Manpower Minister Muhaimin Iskandarsaid the establishment of the PSIM alliance marks anew history in the milestone of Indonesia-Malaysiarelationship.

Xinhua

ACCRA, 14 Dec—TheChinese ambassador toGhana said on Sunday thatboth countries are explor-ing opportunities for fasterdevelopment as the worldundergoes unprecedentedchanges and adjustment.

At a ceremony markingthe 10th Anniversary of theGhana-China FriendshipAssociation (GHACHIFA)in the Ghanaian capitalAccra, Yu Wenzhe saidboth countries are makingefforts to boost their com-mon interests throughstrengthened coordination,enhanced economic coop-eration and more frequent

cultural exchanges.The GHACHIFA seeks

to foster friendly relationsbetween the governmentsof both countries andnongovernmental coop-eration between the peo-ples of the two countriesand to promote people-to-people exchanges, culturalexchanges and educationalexchange programmes,among others.

Yu reiterated China’seight-point developmentagenda for Ghana and Af-rica, which was announcedat the just-ended FourthMinisterial Conference ofthe Forum on China-Af-

rica Cooperation in Egypt.The development agenda

is also called the “Sharm ElSheikh Declaration.” To-gether with the three-year“Action Plan for Sharm El-Sheikh (2010-2012),” itdefines new measures forpushing forward China-Africa cooperation. TheChinese official said theagenda highlights China’sendeavor to increase aid toAfrica, reduce debt owedby African countries, maxi-mize investment in Africa,open more markets to Af-rica and promote scientificcooperation with Africa.

Xinhua

Palestinian women working with the Recycle andRescue of House Wastes Project transform wastematerial into art pieces in Khan Yunes, southern

Gaza Strip, on 13 Dec, 2009.—XINHUA

Some 200 localvolunteers take

part in arubbish collec-tion campaign

along theBeijiang Riverin Qingyuan,south China’sGuangdongProvince, on13 Dec, 2009.

XINHUA

A huge flower statue forNew Year celebration is

seen in Shanghaimunicipality in east

China, on 13 Dec, 2009.XINHUA

All Items from Xinhua News AgencyJAKARTA, 14 Dec—A

Boeing 737-400 plane op-erated by Indonesianbudget airline, Lion Air,skidded off the runwaywhen it landed in Pekan-baru airport, Sumatra, onSunday, local media re-ported.

The report said that theplane’s gear passed off therunway and ended up atthe tip of the airport’s run-

Indonesian plane skids off runwayway at around 15:00 localtime.

It made passengerspanic and disrupted flightsin and out the Pekanbaruairport for hours.

Many planes delayedtheir flight schedules. Ittook one hour to evacuate165 passengers from theplane, the report said.

“We ban the pilot, MNovan, from continuing

his flight duty on Sundayand order Lion Air to un-dertake internal audit onthe plane, aborted all ofthe plane’s flights sched-ule until we have re-ceived the report on theaudit result,” Transporta-tion Ministry Spokesper-son Bam-bang Ervanwas quoted by theDetik.com as saying.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Hundreds of Indian languages struggle to surviveClassrooms at the Adivasi Academy

in western India echo to the speech pat-terns of languages that may soon be-come no more than a meaningless jum-ble of noises.

Kukna, Panchmahali and Rathvi arejust three of dozens of tribal Indiantongues taught at the academy, whichwas set up in 1996 in an attempt to pre-serve the country’s indigenous cultures.

India’s 1.16-billion people speakmore than 6,500 languages and dialects,according to the 2001 census.

But almost 200 of them are seriouslyendangered, says the United Nations cul-tural agency UNESCO, as Hindi and Eng-lish strengthen their grip in an increas-ingly mobile and interconnected world.

“If younger generations don’t learnthese languages, they will be forgotten,”said academy teacher Jeetendra Vasava,29. “Without education in the next 30years the current speakers will get old

and these languages will die.”Vasava, who believes India’s rich

diversity will be wrecked if local lan-guages disappear, is a fine example ofthe nation’s polyglot nature.

Persian Leopards Razan and Marumare pictured at the zoo in Chemnitz,eastern Germany in 2007. Russia onTuesday asked Iran if it would be pre-pared to supply rare Persian leopardsas part of a Russian project to reintro-duce the big cat to its Caucasus region.

A female polar bear (R) and her twotwo-year cubs stand at Cape Blossom onthe Isle of Vrangel in this 2002 archive

picture. Russia’s polar bears areadapting their behaviour to overcome

the “catastrophic effects” of globalwarming, but new migration routes are

pushing them dangerously close tohumans, a leading researcher

said.

In this picture taken, Indian studentsfrom tribal communities are taughtabout tribal symbols at the Adivasi Acad-emy in the village of Tejgadh, some200kms from Ahmedabad. Classroomsat the Adivasi Academy in western In-dia echo to the speech patterns of lan-guages that may soon become no morethan a meaningless jumble of noises.

An Oregon man says a 3-month-oldkitten apparently hitched a cold, 120-mile ride in the wheel well of his SUV.

Marc Lichty left Olympia, Wash, afterfinishing a day of work on Wednesday.He heard meowing when he stopped at arest stop along the way home but couldn’tsee a cat.

When he reached his home in Tualatin,Ore, he heard the meowing again andgrabbed a flashlight. Sure enough, hesays, “the cat was up underneath in thespare tire spot.”

Daughter Jenna helped coax thepassenger out with a bit of salmon.

Lichty says he can’t imagine makingthat trip at 70 mph in this week’ssubfreezing temperatures.

The family called Olympia businessesin the area where he was working onWednesday but didn’t find the kitten’sowner. The animal had no collar ormicrochip; the Lichtys say they’ll keepthe kitten.

Kitten apparently rides120 miles in wheel well

Members of the Bayi (1 Aug) Parachute JumpingTeam of the Air Force of the Chinese People’s

Liberation Army (PLA) perform to celebrate the10th anniversary of Macao’s return to China, inMacao, south China, on 13 Dec, 2009.—XINHUA

Gas explosion at mall killsone, injures seven in Malacca

KUALA LUMPUR, 14 Dec—A gas explosion at thefood court of the Aeon Jusco Mall in Bachang, Ma-lacca State, claimed one life, leaving seven others in-jured.

The Star, a local daily, reported here on Mondaythat the incident took place at 1 pm on Monday, kill-ing Tan Kwan Hai, a 25-year-old local.

According to the daily, the incident took place whenworkers and tenants were rushing to make final prepa-rations for the shopping mall’s grand opening on 17Dec.

The blast was said to have taken place at the mall’sfood court and tore a two-metre hole in the wall, shat-tering glass and debris over a 25-metre radius.

While three injured workers were in critical condi-tions, the rest suffered only blast wounds, all beingtreated at the Malacca Hospital.—Xinhua

JOHANNESBURG, 14 Dec—A collapsed stair case at achurch in South Africa’s Johannesburg on Sunday left94 worshippers injured, the South African Press Asso-ciation reported, citing Gauteng paramedics.

The stair case collapsed shortly after noon and fellupon congregants of the Universal Church of the King-dom of God on Eloffand Plein streets, said Netcare911 spokesman Jeff Wicks.

Of those injured, 25 were in a serious condition.“The cause of the collapse is still unknown but is

being investigated by the fire service as well as thepolice services,” said ER24 spokesman Lloyd Krause.

The worshippers suffered injuries ranging fromminor bruises to fractures. They have been taken toJohannesburg hospital, Helen Josephs hospital andHillbrow Clinic.—Xinhua

Over 90 worshippers injured inJohannesburg church stair case collapse

Two New Zealanders have smasheda world distance gliding record, beat-ing temperatures as low as minus 35deg C to fly 2,500 km over nearly 15hours. Christchurch pilot Terry Deloreand John Kokshoorn, originally fromChristchurch but now living in Aus-tralia, touched down in Omarama in

New Zealand glider pilots break world distance recordCentral Otago on Sunday night, havingglided 2,501 km. They smashed the pre-vious record by Klaus Ohlmann byabout 80km, the Timaru Herald reportedon Monday.

They took off from Omarama, flewto Ward in Marlborough, back to Clyde,near Alexandra, and then back up andlevel with Taihape in the North Island,before turning around and landing atOmarama.

Ten killed, 24 injured in busaccident in W Nepal

KATHMANDUA, 14Dec—At least 10 peoplehave been killed andother 24 injured in apassenger bus accident inKaski District in westernNepal on Monday.

According to thelocal police, among theinjured five havesustained criticalinjuries.

The bus heading for

Pokhara from Kaskikot,some 200 kilometreswest of Kathmandu,skidded some 50 metresdown the road at around10:30 (0445 GMT) onMonday morning.

Seven passengersdied on the spot and threedied on the way tohospitals, policeinformed.

The police have said

that the bus might havemet with an accident atthe graveled road due tothe over-loadedpassengers.

MNA/Xinhua

Three German tourists killed inEgypt car crash

CAIRO,14 Dec —Three German touristswere killed and four othersinjured in a car crash nearthe Egyptian Red Sea Portof Safaga, 53 kilometres

south of Hurghada,Egypt’s MENA newsagency reported onSunday.

The car collided witha freight train on the wayto Marsa Alam on the Westcoast of the Red Sea, saidthe report.

The German fatalitiesincluded two women,while the injured are three

Germans and an Egyptiandriver.

The bodies of thevictims have been takento Safaga central hospitalwhile the wounded wererushed to Hurghadageneral hospital, the reportadded.

The accident is underinvestigation, the reportsaid.—MNA/Xinhua

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NAY PYI TAW, 14Dec—Minister forAgriculture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htay Oo on 9December visited MyogyiDam being built onZawgyi River nearMyogyivillage, YwanganTownship, Shan State(South), by ConstructionGroup-7 of IrrigationDepartment.

At the briefing hall ofthe dam, director ofConstruction Group-7reported to the minister oncompleted tasks such asconcrete wall, spillway anddiversion weir, and layingsoil and rock on theembankment, and ongoingtasks such as constructionof spillway, andhydropower tunnel.Director-General U TinMaung Ohn gave

A&I Minister inspects Myogyi Dam Project in Shan State (South)

supplementary report.The minister said that

the government had beenbuilding irrigation facilitiesby spending a large sum ofmoney with the aim ofsupplying adequateirrigation water to boostagricultural production.Staff members are to makeefforts for completion ofthe dam ahead of schedule,give priority overminimizing wastage andloss, increasing watersupply and water supplysystem.

Next, the ministerviewed construction site ofthe dam from the viewpoint. He then inspectedconstruction of lower partof the main dam, conditionof the flow of Zawgyi Riverand earthwork.

The Myogyi multi-

purpose dam is located onZawgyi River nearMyogyi Village, YwanganTownship of Shan State(South).

The embankment ofthe dam is of earth typeand is 2461 feet long and258 feet high with 359,500acres of catchment area.

The dam can supplyirrigation water to700,000acres in Zawgyi irrigationsystem of Kyaukse Districtand 445,605 acres forgreening Meiktila Plain bycontrolling water fromongoing Kengkham Damproject and completedZawgyi Dam.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14Dec— Minister for RailTransportation Maj-GenAung Min, accompaniedby Deputy Minister U PeThan, visited Naba railwaystation and Katha railwaystation on 10 December.The minister inspected thecleanliness of Nabarailway station yard and ofKatha railway station yard.

The minister alsoinspected the progress inconstruction of new Katharailway station of Katha-Bhamo railroad con-struction project and sitechosen for construction ofentrance road to the station.

On arrival at thebriefing hall of Katha-Bhamo railroad con-struction project, theminister heard reports onprogress in construction ofKatha-Moetagyi railroad

Rail Transportation Ministerinspects construction of Katha-

Moetagyi railroad sectionsection presented by theproject director. DeputyMinister U Pe Than madethe supplementary report.The minister called forcompleting work onschedule and attended tothe needs.

Next, the ministerviewed the construction of60-ft Gonmin Bridge andMaehin Bridge nearMaehin Village andMinlae Bridge near Minlaevillage.

Later, the ministerinspected the site chosenfor construction of railroadbetween Minlae andMoetagyi villages,construction of Moetagyirailway station, site chosenfor construction of Mansirailway station and Bhamorailway station and leftnecessary instructions.

MNA

YANGON, 14 Dec—TheFisheries Departmentunder the Ministry ofLivestock and Fisheries thismorning presented prizesto outstanding students andrecounted experiences on

Fisheries Department presents prizes tostudents and recount experiences

a foreign trip for study offishing industrydevelopment at thedepartment in SinminStreet, Ahlon Township,with a speech by Director-General U Khin Ko Lay of

Fisheries Department.Next, the director-

general, the deputydirector-general anddirectors presentedawards to the outstandingstudents who passed2008-2009 academic yearmatriculation exami-nation with flyingcolours.

On the occasion, theleader of the study groupDirector-General U KhinKo Lay made an address,and members of the groupU Tun Win Myint andDr. Aung Naing Oorecounted experiencesstudy tour.

MNA

Deputy Energy Minister inspects maingas station (Ywama)

Minister Maj-

Gen Aung Min

inspects

construction of

Maehin Bridge

near Maehin

village on

Katha-

Moetagyi

railroad

section.

MNA

Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo inspects Myogyi dam project.—MNA

Storm NewsNAY PYI TAW, 14 Dec—Department of Meteorology

and Hydrology announced that according to the observations

at 5.30 pm today, the cyclonic storm “Ward” over the

Southwest of the bay of Bengal has moved westwards and

is crossing Sri Lankan coast near Trincomalee.—MNA

Hmawby BEHS-2 to pay respects to retired teachers

The best time to plant a treewas 20 years ago.

The second best time is now.

NAY PYI TAW, 14Dec—Deputy Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen ThanHtay inspected main gasstation (Ywama)construction site, part ofoffshore gas pipelineproject, being undertakenby Myanma Oil and Gas

Enterprise yesterday.Afterwards, the

deputy minister inspectedjoining of 24-inch pipelineto be connected to maingas station from HlineRiver.

The deputy ministerinspected preparation of

HDD drilling machine tobe used in digging riverfloor at Hline river banknear Shwelinban industrialzone in Hlainethayatownship and calledofficials for timelycompletion of the project.

MNA

YANGON, 14 Dec —Hmawby Basic EducationHigh School No-2 will holdits 3rd ceremony to payrespects to retired teachersof the school on 31 January,2010.

The alumni of theschool are invited to attendethe ceremony to payrespects to teachers who

had worked at the schoolfrom 1966 to 1980, andthose wishing to donatecash to the funds for theceremony may contact DrSaw Kale Khu, Ph: 095165814, 09 8622034,Daw Aye Myint Oo, Ph: 095151436, Dr. Thiha KyawPh: 09 5153687, Daw KhinMyat Mu, Ph: 6619o3,

Daw Aye Aye Soe, Ph:620881, Capt. Aung Myint(Retd) Ph: 09 5162872, UKar Kyaw, Ph: 09 8500059and may contribute cashthrough the bank accountNo. K 171 of Dr. Saw KaleKhu at Myanmar EconomicBank (Branch) in NorthOkkalapa Township.

MNA

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Innate ability of the people…(from page 1)

tasks were carried out suchas seeking preliminaryalignments of the bridge,measuring the speed of theriver’s current, and stock-piling of construction ma-terials, machinery and ve-hicles for construction ofAyeyawady Bridge(Pakokku).

After a thorough feasi-bility study, No.5 alignmentwas chosen among thealignments; and that ac-cording to the alignment,the bridge will be the long-est of its kind in Myanmar,he said explaining factsabout the transport facilityand the speeds of the cur-rent of the river.

On completion, thebridge will linkLetpanchepaw Village inNyaungU Township on theeastern bank, and Pakokkuon the western bank of theAyeyawady River, and themain bridge will be 11,431feet (2.16 miles) long.

And the bridge willhave a 28-foot-wide mo-torway and 14-foot-wide

railroad in parallel and twothree feet and three incheswide pedestrian walkwayson it. It is of broad crest typewith a 52 feet high clear-ance area.

The minister also re-ported on the bridge’s po-tential to have a link withAsian highways, ASEANhighways and the highwaysin Mekong River Basin tobe built in Myanmar in co-operation with neighbour-ing countries, and regionalorganizations.

Minister Maj-GenAung Min in his report ex-plained that as soon as theproject is completed, therailroad section passingthrough Pakokku, Myin-gyaint, Letpanchepaw,Thit-htaunt, NyaungU willbe serviceable; and ground-work is now in progress.

With the use of thecharts of the alignments,the minister continued toreport that in addition, ar-rangements are being madeto complete AyeyawadyBridge (Malun) railroadsection that on completion

it will link Magway-Taungdwingyi railroad sec-tion on the eastern bank andKyangin-Pakokku railroadunder construction on the

western bank of theAyeyawady River.

He also presented a re-port using charts on condi-tion of the targeted strate-

gic railroads in the nation,the potential for emergenceof a Union railroad networkcovering all states and divi-sions on completion of theongoing railroad projects,and said that the nation-

wide railroad network willbe formed with some of itssections circling the re-spective regions.

In response to the re-

port, the Senior Generalcalled for parallel workingof building the bridge andthe railroad, saying that thebridge will be the longest ofits kind in the nation, so itmust meet the standards.

Innate ability of thepeople can be put on recordsomeway by completing thelongest bridge with bestquality in a short time, he

stressed, calling for thor-oughly and effectively im-plementing the project inorder that it can be referredas the exemplary project inthe nation.

He inspected the map

showing the preliminaryalignments, and the mapshowing the chosen align-ment for the bridge, hear-ing the reports presentedby ministers. From theview desk of the briefinghall, the Senior Generalinspected the project site,and cordially greeted lo-cal residents.

The Senior Generaland entourage in a motor-cade inspectedinfrastructural buildings ofPakokku, the capital on thewest bank of theAyeyawady River such asdevelopment, regionalgreening, universities,schools, departmentalbuildings and govermentalbuildings internal roads.

The Head of Stateand party left Pakokku byhelicopter.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Kh

Senior General Than Shwe hears reports submitted by Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe meets local people at the briefing hall of Ayeyawady Bridge(Pakokku) Project.—MNA

Photo shows University of Computer Studies in Pakokku.—MNA

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YANGON, 14 Dec—Adelegation led by UnderSecretary General of theUnited Nations and UNExecutive Secretary of theEconomic and SocialCommission for Asia andthe Pacific (UNESCAP)Dr Noeleen Heyzer andparty arrived here by airyesterday evening toattend the 2nd seminar ondevelopment cooperation,jointly organized by theMinistry of Agricultureand Irrigation andUNESCAP.

They werewelcomed at YangonInternational Airport bydepartmental heads andofficials from the Ministryof Agriculture and

UN Under SecretaryGeneral arrives in Yangon

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Dec— Deputy Minister forTransport Col Nyan Tun Aung received Vice-PresidentMr Duong Tri Thanh and party of Vietnam Airlines ofthe Socialist Republic of Vietnam at the ministry herethis afternoon.

Irrigation, UN ResidentCoordinator Mr BishowB. Parajuli andresponsible persons.

MNA

Dy Transport Minister meets Vietnamese guestsThe two sides discussed matters relating to aviation

between Myanmar and Vietnam. Also present at thecall were Director-General U Tin Naing Tun ofDepartment for Civil Aviation, Head of Office U WinKhant and personnel.—MNA

Dy Foreign AffairsMinister attends 2nd Bali

Democracy ForumYANGON, 14 Dec—

Myanmar delegation ledby Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs U MaungMyint attended 2nd BaliDemocracy Forum in Bali,Republic of Indonesia, on10 and 11 December.

The opening sessionof the forum was held atGrand Hyatt Hotel in Baliat 10 am on 10 December.It was attended by Headsof State and Governmentincluding the Sultan ofBrunei Darussalam, thePrime Minister of Japan,the Prime Minister Timor

Leste, Ministers, DeputyMinisters and SeniorOfficials from 36countries of Asia regionand representatives from13 countries outside Asia.

The leaders ofdelegations gave speecheson prompting synergybetween democracy anddevelopment: prospects ofregional cooperation.

Next, the leaders ofdelegations posed fordocumentary phototogether with the Presidentof the Republic ofIndonesia. The Indonesian briefed that there is

interlink betweendemocracy anddevelopment; democracycan be established only inthe environment ofprevalence of peace andstability; in order to builda democracy, theprevalence of peace andstability, economicdevelopment and humanresources developmentare needed; theimplementation of theSeven-step road map.

Indonesian ForeignAffairs Minister Dr MartyNatalegawa hosted adinner at Grand HyattHotel in the evening the

same day.On 11 December, the

deputy ministerparticipated in theinteractive sessions ondemocracy and the rule oflaw, and democracy anddevelopment in theinformation age. Thedeputy minister presentedthat the prevalence of lawis fundamental for thedevelopment of demo-cracy; democracy can onlybe established inenvironment of theprevalence of peace andstability; there arenumerous examples ofchaos and suffering arisingfrom hasty transition to

democracy.The forum was

successfully completed at5 pm.

The Myanmardelegation led by DeputyMinister U Maung Myintleft Bali for Bangkok on12 December. Themembers of delegationarrived back here on 13December.

In the evening of 12December, the deputyminister proceeded fromBangkok to Tokyo toattend MyanmarInvestment Seminar,organized by ASEAN-Japan Centre to be held inTokyo.—MNA

President hosted aluncheon at Grand HyattHotel.

The deputy minister

Prime Minister of the Union of MyanmarGeneral Thein Sein shaking hands with UNUnder Secretary General and UN ExecutiveSecretary of UNESCAP Dr Noeleen Heyzer.

(News on Page-16)MNA

UN Under Secretary General and UNExecutive Secretary of UNESCAPDr Noeleen Heyzer seen at Yangon

International Airport.—MNA

DeputyMinisterCol NyanTun Aungreceives

Vice-PresidentMr DuongTri Thanh

ofVietnamAirlines.

MNA

Deputy Minister U Maung Myint attending2nd Bali Democracy Forum. —MOFA

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Medal Standing in XXV SEA Games

Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total

Thailand 42 49 48 139Vietnam 32 31 38 101Singapore 28 19 25 72Malaysia 22 27 35 84Indonesia 21 21 36 78Philippines 18 19 23 60Laos 15 7 27 49Myanmar 6 10 21 37Cambodia 2 5 11 18Brunei 1 1 5 7Timor Leste 0 0 3 3

Total 198 189 272 648

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Dec—Theopening ceremony of Shan State (East)Peace and Development CouncilChairman’s Cup inter-Township Men’s(open) Football Tournament was heldat sports ground in Kengtung, ShanState on 10 December.

It was attended by Chairman ofShan State (East) Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of

Commander attends opening of chairman’s cupinter-Township Men’s (open) Football Tournament

Triangle Region Command Maj-GenKyaw Phyo, senior military officers,commandants of regiments and units,state-level departmental heads, students,football teams and local people. Thecommander made an opening speechand formally opened the tournament.

Afterwards, the commanderenjoyed the first day’s matches.

MNA

YANGON, 14 Dec— InXXV SEA Games, NaingNaing Win secured silverin 5000 metres women’sevent and so did Yin YinKhaing, Aye Aye Than,Kay Khaing Lwin and LèLè Win in 400 metresrelay event.—MNA

Myanmar win more silver in SEA Games

NAY PYI TAW, 14Dec—Jointly conductedby Forest Departmentunder the Ministry ofForestry and ICIMOD, theopening ceremony of LandCover Workshop cumTraining Programme washeld at convocation hall ofForest Research

Land Cover Workshop cum TrainingProgramme opens

Department in Nay PyiTaw Yezin today. Onbehalf of Minister forForestry, DeputyDirector-General U KyawTun of Planning andStatistics Departmentmade an opening speechon the occasion. Officialsand guests from

departments under theMinistry of Forestry andICIMOD and 21 traineesattended the workshop.MENRIS Division HeadMr Basanta R. Shresthaof ICIMOD gave talks.The course will last till 18December.

MNA

Deputy Director-General U Kyaw Tun addresses Land CoverWorkshop cum Training Programme.—MNA

Silver medal winnerNaing Naing Win.

SPORTS

Silver medal winnerAye Aye Than.

SPORTS

Silver medal winnerLè Lè Win.

SPORTS

YANGON, 14 Dec—TheReligious AffairsDepartment under theMinistry of ReligiousAffairs held the 62nd

Tipitakadhara Tipitaka-kovida Examination atVijaya Mingala DhammaThabin Hall on Kaba AyeHill here yesterday morning.

Chairmen Sayadawsof the State SanghaMaha NayakaCommittee, Tipitaka-dhara Select ionOvadacariya Sayadaws,prompter Sayadaws andcandidate Sayadaws

Tipitakadhara TipitakakovidaExamination enters 62nd time

were ushered from MahaPasana Cave OrdinationHall into VijayaMangala DhammaThabin Hall.

Chairman of TipitakaSelection OvadacariyaBoard Abbot ofPaukmyaing Monastery inMandalay Agga MahaPandita Bhaddanta AggaVamsabhivamsa investedthe congregation with theFive Precepts.

Members of theSangha recited parittas.

Chairman ofYangon Division Peace

and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofYangon Command Maj-Gen Win Myint andMinister for ReligiousAffairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maungsupplicated on religiousaffairs.

W e l l - w i s h e r sdonated cash for almsfood and examination.Nyaungdon Sayadawdelivered a sermon, andmerits were shared. Afterthe ceremony, well-wishers offered alms tothe monks.—MNA

Silver medal winnerKay Khaing Lwin.

SPORTS

Silver medal winnerYin Yin Khaing.

SPORTS

NAIROBI,14 Dec—Xinhua, China’s statenews agency, willcontinue to strengthcooperation with themedia groups in Kenya toenhance mutualunderstanding betweenthe Chinese and Kenyanpeoples, a top official ofXinhua News Agencysaid here on Monday. Speaking at a meetingwith Kenyan VicePresident KalonzoMusyoka in Nairobi, LuWei, the vice president ofXinhua, said the statenews agency of China hasestablished goodrelationship with localmedia, including itscounterpart in the East

Xinhua vice president says to enhancecooperation with Kenyan mediagroups

African country, KenyaNews Agency (KNA). He hoped that the twoagencies could bring theircooperation to a new levelwith continuing effortsfrom both sides, sayingXinhua would like toprovide help andassistance within itscapacity to KNA.

Lu also briefed theKenyan vice president onthe operation of Xinhuain the Sub-SaharanAfrican region. “We notonly introduce Africa toChina, but also introduceChina to Africa,” he said.

Musyoka com-mended Xinhua for itscooperation with KNA,hoping that the

relationship can bestrengthened in the future. He also expressed hopethat with the help ofXinhua, more Chinesetourist and investors willcome to Kenya, thecountry blessed withabundant tourismresources and positionedas an important portal tothe East African market. Earlier on Monday, Lu,who heads a six-memberdelegation from Xinhuaon the African tour, alsovisited Kenya NewsAgency and had a meetingwith Ezekiel Mutua, thedirector of the Informationand Public Com-munications.

Xinhua

YANGON, 12 Dec—The 16th annual generalmeeting of the YangonDivision Merchants andIndustrialists Associationwas held at the meetinghall of the association thismorning.

Secretary of theassociation U Myo Thantmade a speech on theoccasion. Next, thereport of centralexecutive committee for2008 and budget wereread out and approvalwas sought.

MNA

YangonDivision MIAholds AGM

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Abu Dhabi gives Dubai$10 billion to cover debt

DUBAI,14 Dec—Dubai’s government says it has re-ceived $10 billion in emergency funds from oil-richneighbour Abu Dhabi that will go toward paying debtsowed by its struggling Dubai World conglomerate.

Some $4.1 billion of the money will be used to payoff a pile of debt from Dubai World’s Nakheel prop-erty division that comes due Monday.

Dubai’s ability to repay those funds had been seenas a key test of the debt-laden emirate’s creditworthi-ness.

The UAE central bank, based in the federation’scapital Abu Dhabi, also says it is prepared to providesupport to local banks.—Internet

US jobless rate ‘could rise further’

Nemo, the world’s firstcanal boat powered by

hydrogen fuel cell,arrives in Amsterdamrecently.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 14 Dec—President Barack Obama’stop economic aide Chri-stina Romer said on Sun-day the US jobless ratecould rise further andthat the improving USeconomy is not yet out ofrecession.

Asked if the 10 percentunemployment rate couldgo higher, Romer, whoheads up the White HouseCouncil of Economic Ad-visers, told NBC: “It couldwell.”

“These things certainlydo bounce around. Iwould anticipate somebumps in the road as wego ahead,” she told the

network’s “Meet thePress” programme, notingthat jobs were a key ele-ment of the economic re-covery.

“The President has al-ways said, and what Ifirmly believe, is you’renot recovered until all ofthose people that want towork are back to work,”said Romer.

“For the people onMain Street and through-out this country, they arestill suffering, the unem-ployment rate is still 10percent.

“I’m not going to saythe recession is over untilthe unemployment rate is

down to normal levels...where we were before therecession — certainly inthe five percent” range,Romer said.

Her comments camewith the US Congresspoised later this week totake up a new jobs bill toconfront the soaring USunemployment rate.

Obama and his Demo-cratic allies, facing deepUS public worry over un-employment running at aquarter-century high,have redoubled their ef-forts to tackle the problemahead of the November2010 mid-term elections.

Internet

Deutsche Bahn set to cut 14,000 jobs

ArcelorMittal couldcut 10,000 jobs

PARIS, 14 Dec— Arcelor-Mittal (ISPA.AS), the world’sbiggest steelmaker, could cut10,000 jobs worldwide next yearto boost productivity and reducegeneral expenses by around$500 million, French newspaperLes Echos said on Monday.

The company, which cur-rently employs 285,300 people,wants to regain lost market shareand has a goal for general ex-penses to account for less than3.5 percent of revenue, the pa-per said, citing trade union rep-resentatives who attended a Eu-ropean workers committeemeeting on 9-10 Dec.

Internet

The new military Airbus A400M transport planetakes off during its exhibition flight at Seville,

Spain, on 11 Dec, 2009.INTERNET

A construction site is seen here in Dubai in No-vember. Gulf leaders meeting on 14 Dec will givethe green light to a number of multi-billion-dollareconomic projects, but it remains unclear whether

they will also step in to ease the woes ofdebt-ridden Dubai.—INTERNET

BERLIN, 14 Dec—German rail operator DeutscheBahn plans to cut 14,000 jobs over the next five years,the Tagesspiegel newspaper said in a report to be pub-lished on Monday. Deutsche Bahn currently employs240,000 people. It has 182,000 in Germany.

The newspaper, quoting an unnamed member of thegroup’s supervisory board, said the economic crisismade the job cuts necessary.

The same source told the daily there would be noforced redundancies before the end of next year.

A Deutsche Bahn spokesman declined to commentwhen contacted by the Tagesspiegel.—Internet

Moderate earthquake joltsXinjiang

BEIJING, 14 Dec—An earthquake measuring 5.1 onthe Richter Scale hit Hami city in northwest China’sXinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 00:03 am onMonday, according to the China Earthquake Net-works Centre. The epicenter was at 41.9 degrees northlatitude and 94.5 degrees east longitude.—Xinhua

Moderate quake jolts Indonesia’sE Nusatenggara Province

JAKARTA, 14 Dec—A 5.5-magnitude earthquakerocked East Nusantenggara Province, Indonesia’sneighbouring territory to Timor Leste on Mondayat 12:05 local time (05:05 GMT), Indonesian Mete-orology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMG)agency said here on Monday.

The quake that lasted 15 seconds was centered 19km Southeast of East Nusantenggara Province’scapital city of Kupang, 278 km Southwest of TimorLeste’s capital city of Dili.

According to BMG, the quake that occurred at 10km below the sea surface did not have tsunami po-tential. Indonesia sits on quake-vulnerable zonecalled the “Pacific Ring of Fire.” —Xinhua

A high-speed Inter-City Express train of theDeutsche Bahn makes its way on Berlin’s so-called

ring way in October. German rail operatorDeutsche Bahn plans to cut 14,000 jobs over thenext five years, the Tagesspiegel newspaper has

said in a report.—INTERNET

In this photo provided by Joseph M Martinka via the Connecticut Post,cars are crowded together after accident on 13 Dec, 2009 in Shelton,Conn. Police say at least 50 cars crashed in a chain-reaction collisionon a wet Connecticut road that was turning icy, and 46 people reported

minor injuries.—INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BANGSAPHAN VOY NO (78)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BANG-SAPHAN VOY NO (78) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 16.12.2009 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of A.W.P.T where itwill lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subjectto the byelaws 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 WONGSAMUT OCEANSHIPPING CO. LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA RAJA VOY NO (911)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RAJAVOY NO (911) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 14.12.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SANG THAI IRIS VOY NO (14/09)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SANG THAIIRIS VOY NO (14/09) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 15.12.2009 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: SANG THAI SHIPPING CO. LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

MYANMA PORT AUTHORITYHOLIDAY NOTICE

As the wharves warehouses and chellan Offices ofYangon Port will be closed on the 16th December2009 (Kayin-New Year Day) and 25th December2009 (Christmas Day) being the public HolidayGoods. Will be received shipped or delivered onpayment of Holiday Fees.

Rainstorm closesSyria’s Tartous port

DAMASCUS, 14 Dec— Syria’s Tartous Port wasclosed on Sunday morning due to a heavy rainstormthat hit the second largest port city, 220 km north-west of Damascus, the official SANA news agencyreported.

Tartous Port Administration urged small boats toreturn to the dock due to the rainstorm which was ac-companied by huge waves up to 4 meters high andstrong wind with a speed of over 70 km per hour.

The administration also warned larger ships to pulltheir hooks, switch on their engines and to maneuverin speed and direction to avoid deviation and colli-sion. Ali Khalil, head of the port, confirmed that noincidents were reported up till now, adding that theport will remain closed till the end of the storm.

Xinhua

Tenn mom of three deliversfourth in back of van

LEBANON, 14 Dec—A 42-year-old Tennessee motherof three children delivered her own baby in the fami-ly’s minivan on the way to the hospital, the baby’sparents said.

Nathan Phillip Adkisson was born after his mother,Kelli Adkisson, pushed only twice in the back of thevehicle, The Tennessean reported on Sunday.

“I thought, cool, I get to deliver my own kid. I getout, fling open the door and she is sitting there hold-ing him and yells at me for letting the cold air in,” saidBill Adkisson, 45.—Internet

“Cigarettes kill,” but don’ttell smokers

BEIJING, 14 Dec—Study shows that warnings relatedto self-esteem were more effective than those indicat-ing “cigarettes kill” in reducing smoking, accordingto media reports quoting the Journal of ExperimentalSocial Psychology on Monday.

Psychologists from the US, Switzerland and Ger-many conducted a small study and drew the conclu-sion that warnings such as “smoking makes you unat-tractive” or “smoking brings you and the people aroundyou severe damage” do a better job in talking peopleout of their habit.

This worked especially well when people smokedto boost their self-esteem, such as young people wholearned to smoke to become popular or fit in with theirpeers, the psychologists figured out.

“To succeed with anti-smoking messages on ciga-rette packs one has to take into account that consider-ing their death may make people smoke,” the studysaid.

A total of 39 psychology students, smokers agedbetween 17 and 41, participated in the study.

Xinhua

Indonesia’s economic growth bringssmall contribution to tax income

JAKARTA, 14 Dec—Indonesia’s Minister for People’ s Housing Suharso Monoarfasaid on Monday that the economic growth could not generate significant chancein tax ratio to contribute more for the country’s income.

“In the last 20 years, we only have been seeing tax ratio of 12 percent to 13percent. In 2009, we only achieve tax ratio of a little bit more than 12 percent. Wemust work extra hard to achieve 20 percent in the next five years. In 2010, at leastwe could achieve 14 percent,” said the minister, adding that compared to Malay-sia and Singapore, Indonesian tax ratio is relatively lower.

According to the minister at a real estate panel discussion here, economic growthshould generate economic activities which in turn provide benefit for the countryof increasing income to fund infrastructure construction.

“It’s meaningless that we could achieve extra ordinary growth if it brings nosignificant contribution in tax,” said Suharso.

Xinhua

A 6-day-oldsheep

relaxeswith itsmother

‘Mana’ atthe SaitamaChildren’s

Zoo inHigashi-

Matsuyama,near Tokyo,

Japan,on 13 Dec,

2009.INTERNET

Iraqi rescue workers search the rubble at thescene of a bomb blast near the Finance Ministry

in Baghdad on 8 Dec.—INTERNET

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Nanomaterial used in cancer tests,medicine delivery

VIllustration of a nanosensor chipfor measuring biomarkers in whole

blood. The picture depicts bloodbeing filtered and transferred to the

nanosensors.—INTERNET

PARIS, 14 Dec — Scientists have usednanosensors for the quick detection ofcancers through blood tests, withnanomaterial also enabling the releaseof medicine at targeted organs, saidstudies released on Sunday.

A technique developed at YaleUniversity in the United States allowsscientists to “detect tiny amounts ofcancer biomarkers in a small volume ofwhole blood in just 20 minutes,” thejournal Nature Nanotechnologyreported.Yale added in a statement thatthe findings could “dramatically simplifythe way physicians test for biomarkers ofcancer and other diseases.”

Researchers developed a device thatacts as a filter and catches cancerbiomarkers, in this case for prostate andbreast cancers, on a chip while washingaway the rest of the blood.

This allows for detection of extremelysmall concentrations on the order ofpicograms (a trillionth of a gram) permillilitre of blood, Yale said.

“This is the equivalent of being ableto detect the concentration of a singlegrain of salt dissolved in a largeswimming pool,” it said.

Current cancer tests take several daysbut the new device is able to read outbiomarker concentrations in a just a fewminutes.—Internet

A 20-year-old Beluga whale, swims with her newborn calf after givingbirth a1t the Vancouver Aquarium in Vancouver, British Columbia recently.

Aurora was in labour for about three hours before deliveringthe calf.— INTERNET

Beer drinking may slow prostate cancer,but no remedy

BEIJING, 14 Dec — Acompound in beer mayslow down growth of cellsthat cause enlargedprostates, according to astudy conducted by EmilyHo and colleagues fromLinus Pauling Institute of

Oregon State University asquoted by media reportsMonday.But conclusioncannot be drawn thatdrinking beer is a way toprevent prostate cancer,warned the study.

The study found onecompound xanthohumol inhops rendering flavor andbitterness of the beveragehas shown promise inslowing down growth ofcells that cause enlargedprostates.

The researchers foundxanthohumol in a cellculture blocks the signalingof NF-KappaB proteinslowing the growthof benign prostatichyperplasia and malignantprostate cancer cells.

However, the amount of

xanthohumol used in cellcultures to have an effect isequivalent to the amountpresent in 17 beers, anddrinking too much alcoholicbeverage has beenassociated with a number ofcancers. Moreover, thealcohol or whatever elseother than xanthohumol inbeer may offset theprotective effect from thebeer ingredient.

Meanwhile, a studyconducted by researchersat Curtin University inAustralia reviewed 45studies on drinking and riskof prostate cancer andfound heavy drinkers(drinking 14 or morealcoholic drinks per week)were at 20 percentincreased risk.—Internet

Lines of dyed cotton are hung out to dry inNarshingdi, 50kms north-east of the Bangladeshi

capital Dhaka recently.—INTERNET

Influenza A/H1N1 vaccineto be introduced in Nepal KATHMANDU, 14 Dec— The A/H1N1 flu vaccine is

coming to Nepal soon, The Rising Nepal reported onMonday.

The country will receive the vaccine latest by thesecond week of January, 2010 said Dr Shayam SundarMishra, director of the Avian Influenza Control Projectat the Department of Health Services.

The World Health Organization had alreadyrequested to the Ministry of Health and Population toidentify the priority groups of the country, said thenewspaper.

Front line medical health workers and labtechnicians have been included in the top priority list.Similarly, people having low immunity power,pregnant women and children under five years of ageare also taken as a priority group.

According to the report, Nepal is already selectedas priority country for the vaccination. Over 90 leastdeveloped countries in the world are receiving thevaccination free of cost, said the daily.

Xinhua

Death toll from A/H1N1 influenza riseto 47 in Vietnam

Brazilian soccerplayer infectedwith influenza

A/H1N1RIO DE JANEIRO, 14

Dec— Toulousemidfielder Luan has beenconfirmed to havecontracted A/H1N1 viruson Sunday. The Brazilianplayer was unable to helphis team in their lastdefeat to Montpellier inthe French first divisionsoccer league and is notexpected to return anytime soon.

“Luan is at homereceiving adequate care,”said the team’s headcoachAlain Casanova. As ofSunday, no other case fromthe team was reported.

Xinhua

HANOI, 14 Dec—Vietnam confirmed that a57-year-oldman in thecapital city of Hanoi diedof the A/H1N1 influenza,

bringing the country’s fludeath toll to 47, said areport on the Ministry ofHealth’s website onMonday.The man had ahistory of malaria,said the ministry. Hestarted showing flu-likesymptoms with high feverand headache on 22 NovHe was treated withtablets for common flubut his health conditionsdid not improve.

The patient was taken

to the Hanoi-basedVietnam-France Hospitalon 29 Nov with fever,headache, coughing anddifficulty in breathing,said the ministry. He diedon 31 Nov due torespiratory failure. Hissample was testedpositive to the A/H1N1influenza. So far, Vietnamhas reported 11,040 casesof A/H1N1 flu, accordingto the ministry.

Xinhua

A boy poses beside an image of the Virgin of

Guadalupe in San Salvador

on 12 December 2009.

INTERNET

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S P O R T SBrazil beats Mexico 3-2 to lead

four-nation women’s soccer tournament RIO DE JANEIRO, 14 Dec—Brazil beat Mexico 3-2

on Sunday in the four-nation women’s soccer tourna-ment in Sao Paulo to lead the standings on six points.

Elsewhere, China lost to Chile 1-0 but shared thesecond place with Chile on three points while Mexicoremained at bottom after suffering two straight defeats.

Chile, scoring the sole goal by striker DanielaMancilla, will play Mexico in the third and last groupmatch on 16 Dec.

Brazil started strongly by scoring their first goal inthe 3rd minute of play when Marta found the back ofthe net and only two minutes later, the team doubledthe lead when Cristiane sent a ball through two de-fenders for Erika who tapped it into the lower rightcorner.

Xinhua

Stuttgart drawnfrom Mainz’slate penalty

BERLIN, 14 Dec— VfBStuttgart were held todraw 1-1at Mainz from alate penalty and squan-dered the chance to leapaway from Bundesligatrouble on Sunday.

Former Germanykeeper Jens Lehmann wassent off three minutesfrom time after blockingthe ball and pushingMainz striker AristideBance for no apparent rea-son. The referee awardedMainz a penalty whichwas converted by EugenPolanski.

Stuttgart’s PavelPogrebnyak had used hisknee to direct an ArthurBoka cross into the netfrom five yards on 11minutes to give Stuttgartthe lead.

Stuttgart, who havequalified for the Champi-ons League knockoutstage, slumped this seasonin Bundesliga ranking in15th place on 13 points.

Xinhua

Inter draw, AC Milan lose at Serie A

Inter Milan’s Diego Milito (R) celebrateswith his team mate Samuel Eto’o afterscoring against Atalanta during theirItalian Serie A soccer match at the AtletiAzzurri d’Italia stadium in Bergamo on

13 Dec, 2009.—XINHUA

AC Milan’s Pato (R) reacts after miss-ing a goal scoring opportunity againstPalermo in their Italian Serie A soccermatch at San Siro stadium in Milan,on 13 Dec, 2009.—XINHUA

Dortmund upset Wolfsburg 3-1 at German Bundesliga

BERLIN, 14 Dec — Lucas Barrios scored two earlygoals as Borussia Dortmund eased past defendingchampions Wolfsburg at the Bundesliga on Sunday.

Dortmund went three goals up in the first half be-fore winning 3-1 at Wolfsburg to extend its undefeatedrun to nine games.

Juergen Klopp’s team jumped to sixth place in thestandings with 27 points from 16 matches with its sixthvictory in the nine-game stretch.

Barrios was twice set up by Mohamed Zidan inscoring in the eighth and 10th minutes. And PatrickOwomoyela made it 3-0 after 37 minutes.

Grafite pulled a goal back in the 55th but Wolfsburg,who have not won in four games, never looked likegetting anything from the game.

Wolfsburg have dropped to ninth place with just23 points from 16 games.

Stuttgart conceded a late penalty to draw withMainz, while Mainz maintained its unbeaten homerecord thanks to a late penalty.

The early game Sunday saw Mainz draw levelwith a 90th minute penalty after Stuttgart keeperJens Lehmann was red-carded with two minutes leftfor stepping on the foot of Mainz striker AristideBance.

Xinhua

Real confirm Pepe out the season

Real Madrid’s Pepe smiles as he runswith the ball during a training sessionat the San Siro stadium in Milan on 2Nov, 2009. Real Madrid have confirmedon Sunday the extent of the knee injurysuffered by central defender Pepe, whowill be out of action for a minimum of

six months.—XINHUA

Sevilla beat Gijon to reach third in La Liga

ROME, 14 Dec—Italian Serie A lead-ers Inter Milan were held to a 1-1 drawat Atalanta, while their arch-rivals ACMilan fell into a humbled 2-0 defeat athome by Palermo on Sunday.

Reigning champions Inter went aheadon 15 minutes when Argentina strikerDiego Milito, one of three forwards inanother attacking formation, skipped twotackles and scuffed the ball home.

Dutch playmaker Wesley Sneijder hitthe bar with a free kick but was dismissedfor a second booking after the break.

Simone Tiribocchi expertly equalized

for struggling Atalanta nine minutesfrom time after Lucio failed to stop athrough ball.

Second-placed Milan meekly endeda run of five straight league wins andslipped five points behind Inter whenFabrizio Miccoli scored one goal andhelped set up Mark Bresciano for thesecond in Palermo’s victory.

Forward Miccoli cut inside andarrowed in an unstoppable drive early inthe second half before producing greatskill on the flank to allow AustralianBresciano to slam the ball into the net.

Nicola Amoruso missed a penalty butredeemed himself with an 86th-minutewinner as fourth-placed Parma cameback to win 2-1 at home to Bologna andmove two points behind third-placedJuventus, who lost 3-1 at Bari on Satur-day.

Inter were the only Serie A side whoplayed in the Champions League in mid-week to pick up a point with Fiorentinagoing down 2-1 at Chievo to slip fouradrift of Parma.—Xinhua

MADRID, 14 Dec—Real Madrid haveconfirmed Sunday the extent of the kneeinjury suffered by central defender Pepe,who will be out of action for a minimumof six months.

The 26-year-old damaged his rightknee after falling badly inn the first halfof his side’s 3-2 win in Valencia and hadto be carried off the pitch on a stretcher.

Initial diagnosis pointed to knee liga-ment damage and tests carried out onSunday have confirmed the worst.

Pepe has ruptured his cruciate ligamentand will need an operation. He will not playfor Real Madrid again this season. He alsocan be considered a doubt for the Portugalside in the World Cup finals.

Real Madrid director of sport JorgeValdano highlighted the players impor-tance to the squad and refused to rule outthe club signing a replacement in Janu-ary.

“Pepe is irreplaceable. There is no

other Pepe, but we will have to look intothe possibility of balancing out the squad.We will look into the transfer market, butthere is nobody in the world like him,”he said on the club website.—Xinhua

MADRID, 14 Dec—AFreddy Kanoute goal af-ter nine minutes wasenough to hand Sevilla a1-0 win away to SportingGijon, earning a thirdplace for the club in Span-ish La Liga.

The win lifted Sevillaabove Valencia, wholost to Real Madridon Saturday, into thirdplace.

Sevilla traveled northfollowing two draws, butrarely suffered afterKanoute’s goal. Sportingworked hard, but lackedthe guile to break down awell organized Sevilladefense.

Atletico Madrid lostat home to Villarreal inthe Vicente Calderon Sta-dium.

Quique Sanchez

Flores’s side was out-played by Villarreal thathad previously only takenone point away fromhome.

Villarreal missed sev-eral chances before Simaoput Atletico ahead againstthe run of play.

David Fuster leveled

the score four minutesinto the second half fol-lowing some poor defend-ing from Atletico andJoseba Llorente scoredthe winning in injury timefollowing more woefulwork by the Atletico backline.

Xinhua

Messi doubtful for Barca’s Club WorldCup semi

ABUDHABI, 14 Dec— Lionel Messicould miss Barcelona’s Club World Cupsemi-final against CONCACAFchampions Atlante on Wednesdaybecause of an ankle injury.

Messi, who twisted his right ankleduring Barca’s Champions Leaguematch away to Dynamo Kiev last week,missed their first training session in AbuDhabi on Monday, staying in the hotelfor treatment, the team said.

“He’s fed up, but keen to recoverand see if he can make it to the match,”the European champions’ captain CarlesPuyol told reporters after the session.

Puyol said Barcelona were keen toround off a brilliant year with the worldtitle that escaped them three years ago

when they lost 1-0 to Internacional ofBrazil in the final in Japan.

“The team have already madehistory but we want more, that’s whywe’re here,” said Puyol.

“We’re keen and have a dream. Wehad the chance to win it and we let itslip. We hope that won’t happen again.”

Barcelona had a light session giventhat they had a long flight from homeon Sunday, having won the city derby1-0 against Espanyol on Saturday.

“We’re used to playing lots ofmatches in a row with little time to rest,”Puyol said as Barcelona prepared for athird match in eight days in threedifferent competitions.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudy inShan, Rakhine States, Sagaing, Mandalay, Yangon,Ayeyawady, Bago and Taninthayi Divisions and generallyfair in remaining States and Divisions. Night temperatureswere (3°C) to (4°C) below December average temperaturesin Northern Shan and Chin States, lower Sagaing, Bago andYangon Divisions, (5°C) below December averagetemperatures in upper Sagaing Division and about Decemberaverage temperatures in the remaining States and Divisions.The significant night temperatures were Haka (0°C) , Loilem(1°C),Namsam and Pinlaung(4°C) each, Heho and Mogok,Lashio and Pyin Oo Lwin (6°C) each.

Maximum temperature on 13-12-2009 was 93°F.Minimum temperature on 14-12-2009 was 58°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 14-12-2009 was 66%.Total sun shine hours on 13-12-2009 was (7.1) hours approx.

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Bay inference: According to the observations at (12:30)hrs M.S.T today, cyclonic storm “Ward” over SouthweastBay is centered at about (60) miles East of Trincomalee(Srilanka). It is continuation to move West ward and forecastto cros the Coast of Srilanka within next (12) hours. Weatheris partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and elsewhere in theBay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 15th December 2009:Light rain are likely to be isolated in Kachin States and upperSagaing Division and weather will be partly cloudy in theremaining areas. Degree of ceratainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of isolatedlight rain in the Lower Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for15-12-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for15-12-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for15-12-2009: Partly cloudy.

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BEIJING, 14 Dec— Beijing has registered 49 deathsamong the 10,127 people infected by the A/H1N1flu so far, the municipal health bureau said onMonday.

Among the infected, 3,493 were still hospitalizedby Sunday, the bureau said. In the week from 7 Decto 13 Dec the city witnessed five new deaths of thedisease and 419 newly infected people, it said.

The total number of confirmed cases of A/H1N1 flu in the Chinese mainland had topped100 ,000 and fa ta l i t i es to ta led 326 byWednesday.

The next two months would be “very critical”for A/H1N1 flu control, as the country is expectinga huge number of travelers nationwide during theupcoming New Year and Spring Festival, whichwill further increase pressure to control the epidemic,Deng Haihua, spokesman of the Ministry of Health,has said.—Xinhua

Beijing reports 49deaths of A/H1N1 fludeaths of A/H1N1 fludeaths of A/H1N1 flu

Driver Cathleen Martini (L) and pusher Romy Logschof team Germany 2 celebrate their victory with a giantbeer after winning the women’s Bobsleigh World Cup

race in the western German winter sport resort ofWinterberg on 12 December, 2009.—INTERNET

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14th Waning of Nadaw 1371 ME Tuesday, 15 December, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

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

troubles

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

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Dec—Prime Minister ofthe Union of Myanmar General Thein Sein re-ceived Under Secretary General of the UnitedNations and UN Executive Secretary of the Eco-nomic and Social Commission for Asia and thePacific (UNESCAP) Dr Noeleen Heyzer andparty at the Government Office here this evening.

Prime Minister receives UNUnder Secretary General

Present on the occasion together with PrimeMinister General Thein Sein were Minister forAgriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo,Minister for National Planning and EconomicDevelopment U Soe Tha and departmental offi-cials.

MNA

Hlawga Park opens onKayin New Year Day and

ChristmasYANGON, 14 Dec—Hlawga Park of Depart-

ment of Forestry opens daily from 8 am to 4 pm. Thepark will be kept open on 16 December (Kayin NewYear Day) and 25 December (Christmas) from 8 amto 5 pm for public recreation.—MNA

Significant night temperatures

(14-12-2009)Haka (0°C)Loilem (1°C)Namsam, Pinlaung (4°C)Heho and Mogok (5°C)Lashio and PyinOoLwin (6°C)

True patriotism* It is very important for every-

one of the nation regardlessof the place he lives to havestrong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationali-ties will have to safeguard.

Prime Minister General Thein Sein receives UN Under Secretary General Dr Noeleen Heyzerand party at the Government Office in Nay Pyi Taw.

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