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Volume XVII, Number 32 10th Waning of Kason 1371 ME Monday, 18 May, 2009

Boosting production of quality farm equipment tochange from conventional to mechanized farming

Article: WinNaing

(Kyemon);Photos: KhinMaung Win

NAY PYI TAW, 17 May-—Lt-Gen Tha Aye of theMinistry of Defence met with military officers, otherranks and their families at Phaungpyin townshipbattalion on 12 May.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye together with Chairman of SagaingDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof North-West Command Maj-Gen Myint Soe andofficials visited Phaungpyin People's Hospital andprovided cash assistance to the patients.

The district chairman briefed on preventivemeasures against the erosion of Kyunshwewah wardand tasks to be carried out and the commander gavea supplementary report. Lt-Gen Tha Aye gave

Lt-Gen Tha Aye inspects development tasks in Sagaing Div

Vehicles of field trip teams with loads of farming equipment seen on their departure.

Being an agro-basedcountry, Myanmar isstriving for developmentof the agriculture sectorapplying various ways andmeans. As a result ofimplementing dams andriver water pumpingprojects, the number ofsown acreage hasincreased due tocultivation of double andmixed cropping all the yearround. The increasingagricultural capacity (See page 7)

necessary instructions and oversaw maintenance tasks.Next, Lt-Gen Tha Aye and party attended the

opening ceremony of Konauktaung village No 14Post-Primary School.

Afterwards, the township chairman, theassistant township education officer and membersof school board of trustees formally opened thenew school and the commander, the signboard ofthe school.

Next, Lt-Gen Tha Aye, the commander and officialsgrew Gankaw and Padauk trees to mark the opening ofthe new school. Lt-Gen Tha Aye dealt with theemergence of the new school and academic matters

resulted from the cooperation of the State and the localpeople at the ceremony to hand over the new school tothe Ministry of Education.

Afterwards, the member of school board of trusteeshanded over related documents to the Ministry ofEducation through the division education officer. Next,Lt-Gen Tha Aye presented the stationery for the studentsthrough the schoolhead in-charge.

Meeting with local people in Hawsaung village,Lt-Gen Tha Aye made arrangements to fulfil therequirements in the sectors of education, health, socialwelfare and agriculture.

(See page 8)

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of the Ministry of Defence inspects Nama river crossing bridge construction site.—MNA

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Monday, 18 May, 2009* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

The opening ceremony of Shweli (1)Hydropower Plant situated near Mantat Village,17 miles to the southwest of Namkham, ShanState (North), took place on 16 May with anaddress by Prime Minister General Thein Sein.

From 1988 to date, besides regionalhydro-power plants, a total of 13 hydropowerplants covering the power grids of the wholenation have been built. And there are 35 ongoinghydropower projects.

Out of the three large-scale hydropowerprojects to be implemented along the ShweliRiver, the Shweli (1) project is the very first onethat has been completed under the cooperationbetween Myanmar and the People’s Republic ofChina. This project reflects not only friendshipbut also mutual cooperation between the twonations.

At present, Shweli (1) Hydropower Plantwith 600 megawatts of generating capacity is thelargest power station in Myanmar. Up to date, allthe hydropower plants across the nation cangenerate more than 1,400 megawatts of electricityand 35 ongoing projects will generate over 32,900megawatts.

Generating capacity of the power plantsaround the nation now accounts for only overthree percent of that of the whole nation. Oncompletion of the ongoing projects, Myanmar, innot-too-distant future, will be the nation that willbe able to not only fulfil domestic electricityneeds but also sell power surpluses to foreigncountries.

As the government is striving to satisfythe nation’s increasing demand of electricity, thepeople on their part are to help develop thenational economy by improving their ownbusinesses realizing the goodwill effort of thegovernment.

With the government, the people and theTatmadaw working harmoniously fordevelopment of all regions of the Union, thenation will surely be able to achieve its desiredgoal.

Government, People andTatmadaw working in concert toimprove public socio-economy

YANGON, 17 May— The SilkAir Travel Fair Programme wasintroduced at a ceremony held at SKYBistro 20th Floor Sakura Tower inKyauktada Township here this morning.Golileo Travelport Assistant GeneralManager Mr Thanat Nualsuwaln andSilk Air Manager Mr Yew Latip Atwilformally opened the ceremony.

This was followed by thelaunch of sales of air tickets for Yangon-Singapore round trip by 30 per centdiscount.

Under the Silk Air Travel Fair

NAY PYI TAW, 17 May—A delegation led byMinister of Foreign Affairs Dr Dipu Moni of thePeople’s Republic of Bangladesh left here for homeby air yesterday noon.

NAY PYI TAW, 17 May— A ceremony to markthe 63rd Fire Brigade Day was held at AungmyayMantalar Sport Ground in Aungmyay ThazanTownship, Mandalay on 5 May.

It was attended by Chairman of MandalayDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Central Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe, Chairmanof Mandalay City Development Committee MayorBrig-Gen Phone Zaw Han, the deputy commander, thedeputy chief justice of Supreme Court (Upper

63rd Fire Brigade Day marked in Mandalay

Myanmar) and members, division level departmentalofficials, the principal of Central Fire Service TrainingSchool and those from Mandalay Division Fire ServiceDepartment and guests.

After making an opening speech, thecommander presented prizes to the prize-winners.

Next, the commander and officials viewed thedemonstration of putting out the fires of fire brigademembers and presented prizes to them.

MNA

YANGON, 17 May—Seinlè Shwepyi newsjournal published this week carries various items oflocal and international news and articles on agriculture,science, economic, construction, history and others.

The copies of journal are available at SarpayBeikman book shop on Merchant Street in KyauktadaTownship, Pan Shwe Pyi Book Shop at the building of

Bangladeshi Foreign Affairs Minister concludes visitThe delegation was seen off at Nay Pyi Taw

Airport by Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Winand officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

MNA

Seinlè Shwepyi news journal in circulationPrinting and Publishing Enterprise on Theinbyu Streetin Botahtaung Township and the book shop of Newsand Periodicals Enterprise.

Manuscripts may be sent to No. 8 on thesecond floor of Pangyan Tower at the corner ofDhammazedi and Bagaya Roads in SangyoungTownship, dialing 538302.—MNA

Silk Air Travel Fair Programme introducedProgramme, passengers who purchaseair ticks of Silk Air line from 16 to 18May will enjoy the right to obtain airtickets free of charge through a luckydraw programme.

Air tickets are available at SKYBistro 20th Floor Sakura Tower, AmtraTravel 393304, 393305, Columbus Travel229245, 255123, Htoo Travel 548554,557890, Nice Fare Travel 393088,245378, Saw Porn Phan Travel 373234,224883, Sun Flower Travel 243993,255338 and Than Than Travel 255034,255035.—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe addresses the ceremony to mark the 63rd Fire Brigade Day inMandalay.—MNA

Golileo Travelport Assistant General ManagerMr Thanat Nualsuwaln and Silk Air Manager

Mr Yew Latip Atwil formally open Silk AirTravel Fair Programme.—MNA

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Two policemen killed ineastern Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 17 May — Two policemen were killedand five people were wounded when a roadside bombstruck a police patrol in eastern Baghdad on Saturday,a well-informed police source said.

The attack took place in a main street in Baghdad’sneighbourhood of Mashtel, damaging a police vehi-cle and killing two policemen aboard, the source toldXinhua on condition of anonymity.

Three policemen and two civilians were alsowounded by the blast, the source said.

Earlier in the day, two more policemen were killedin separate roadside bomb explosion near their patrolin Abu Ghraib area, some15 km west of Baghdad, thepolice said.

The blast also resulted in the killing of two police-men and the wounding of two others, along withwounding five civilians.—Internet

Ambush at Afghan school in‘Valley of Death’

Mortar attack kills Iraqichild in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 17 May — A mortar round landed on ahouse in Baghdad’s Shiite bastion of Sadr City on Sat-urday, killing a 2-year-old child and wounding twoothers, an interior Ministry source said. The attack occurred early in the day when a mortarround struck a house in Sadr City neighbourhood ineastern Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on conditionof anonymity. The attack probably targeted a US military base lo-cated just few hundreds meters away from the house,the source said. Despite the security gains in recent months in Iraq,there are still sporadic bombings, which shape set-back to the Iraqi government. —Internet

Abdul Khaliq Ahmed, thefather of one year old boyAli who was killed whena mortar struck theirhome in eastern Bagh-dad, Iraq, comforts hissister Um Razaq on 16May, 2009. His two otherchildren aged 4 and 6were wounded in the attack.—INTERNET

US soldier killed in combat in IraqBAGHDAD, 17 May — A US soldier was killed in a

combat action in southern Iraq on Saturday, the USmilitary said.

A military statement did not provide further de-tails about the death of its Multi-National Division -South soldier, but said the incident is under investi-gation. Multi-National Division - South, also knownas Task Force Mountain, operates in the area south ofBaghdad ranging from Najafto Wasit provinces ex-tending to Basra.

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US military deaths in Iraq warat 4,297

WASHINGTON, 17 May—As of Saturday, on 16May, 2009, at least 4,297 members of the US mili-tary had died in the Iraq war since it began in March2003.

The figure includes eight military civilians killedin action. At least 3,442 military personnel died as aresult of hostile action, according to the military’snumbers.

The British military has reported 179 deaths; Italy,33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13; Spain,11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five; Slovakia,four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Estonia, Neth-erlands, Thailand and Romania, two each; and Aus-tralia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and South Korea, onedeath each.

Internet

KABUL, 17 May – Four US private security guards are being held againsttheir will in Afghanistan by the company formerly known as Blackwaterafter their involvement in a deadly shooting, their lawyer said on Saturday.

A spokeswoman for the company denied the allegation.The shooting and allegations of forced confinement by the contractors’

lawyer highlights the murky legal world in which private security compa-nies operate in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

Blackwater was involved in a 2007 shooting in a busy square in Bagh-dad, Iraq, that left as many as 17 Iraqi civilians dead and led to the end of itsBaghdad operations this month. It has since changed its name to Xe.

An Afghan died and two others were wounded in the May 5 incident inthe capital Kabul, said Lt. Col. Chris Kubik, a U.S. military spokesman.

The family of the dead Afghan man said he and the two others wereinnocent civilians driving home after work. The lawyer for the suspects saidthey were insurgents trying to kill his clients.—Internet

FourAmericans

investi-gated in Af-ghan death

ALIABAD (Afghanistan), 17 May —The bearded Afghan army officerdropped off bundles of pens and note-books at the school and asked one boywhich he preferred: The Americans orthe Taleban?

“I don’t know,” the boy replied. Butafter a short silence other children in theclassroom answered for him: “TheTaleban.”

Within minutes the discussion waspunctuated by an insurgent ambush andthe joint US-Afghan patrol becamepinned down in this area with forestedmountains, caves and ravines thatAmerican soldiers call “the Valley ofDeath.”

Heavy machine gun fire blanketedthe patrol as troops used smoke gre-nades and cover fire to escape theambush. No one in the patrol was killedin the firefight Saturday.

The Korengal Valley in eastern Af-ghanistan’s Kunar Province has a repu-tation as one of most dangerous areasin the country, where its rugged moun-tainous terrain makes it a perfect insur-gent playground.

The region’s infamy for US and Af-ghan troops dates back to June 2005,when a four-man team of Navy SEALswas caught in a militant ambush. Threewere killed and the fourth was rescueddays later by a farmer.—Internet

Injured Iraqi police at ahospital in Kirkuk on 13May, 2009. An Iraqi tod-dler and five securityforce members werekilled in the latest vio-lence to rock Baghdad onSaturday as the US mili-tary captured three mensuspected of links with aSyria-based Al-Qaeda leader.—INTERNET

Rockets fired on Kabul,causing no casualties

KABUL, 17 May—Three rockets fired from an un-known location hit a residential area in Kabul butcaused no damage, a private television channel TOLOreported on Sunday.

“Three rockets fired Saturday night landed atDiwan Bigi area of the 5th precinct,” TOLO reportedin its morning news bulletin.

Quoting Interior Ministry spokesman ZamaraiBashari, the television added, there were no casual-ties.

This is the first time since the beginning of thisyear that Kabul came under rocket attack.

Taleban militants, who vowed to intensify activi-ties against Afghan and the US-led forces, have sev-eral times sunk into the capital and kept making pres-sure on the central government. — Internet

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Netanyahu may endorse Palestinianstate on US trip

Gunmen free 53 inmates from Mexican prison

Spain hands 13 suspected piratesto Kenya

MADRID, 17 May—Spain says 13 suspected Somali pirates captured in the law-less Gulf of Aden have been handed over to Kenya for a possible trial.

Defence Minister Carme Chacon says the suspects were transferred under in-ternational agreements signed in March by the European Union and Kenya. Thehandover took place Saturday at the Kenyan port of Mombasa.

Judge Fernando Andreu had initially sought to fly the suspects to his court inMadrid for questioning but backtracked under pressure from the Spanish govern-ment.

The bedraggled youths were plucked from an overturned hull by a Spanishnavy ship after their boat capsized 6 May while they were allegedly attempting tohijack a Panamanian-flagged freighter.

Pirate attacks have soared in the Gulf of Aden, one of the world’s most impor-tant shipping lanes.—Internet

Obama says early to mullmore troops in Afghanistan

ElBaradeiurges Iran to

engage with USBERLIN, 17 May—Iran

should engage with theUnited States and negoti-ate over its nuclearprogramme, MohamedElBaradei, chief of theInternational Atomic En-ergy Agency (IAEA), saidin a magazine interview re-leased on Saturday.

US President BarackObama is actively seekingto engage Iran on a seriesof issues, from its nuclearprogramme to Afghani-stan.

“I advise my Iraniannegotiating partners: graspthe hand that Obama is ex-tending to you,” ElBaradeitold Germany’s DerSpiegel magazine.

Asked what he meantexactly, the head of the UNnuclear watchdog added:“I think Freeze for Freezeis the next realistic step.The Iranians would installno more centrifuges, theWest would forego furthersanction measures. Duringthis time, there would beintensive negotiations.”

Internet

Resorts World on Sentosa island underconstruction in Singapore in 2008. The developersaid Saturday it was considering alternatives to

its plan to exhibit whale sharks, the world’slargest fish, which had run into strong opposition

from animal welfare groups.—INTERNET

Rescuers search for survivors on the spot of acollaped building at the Jiuzhou EconomicDevelopment Zone in Lanzhou, capital of

northwest China’s Gansu Province, on 17 May,2009. Part of the residence building collapsed dueto a landslide on late Saturday in Lanzhou. The

bodies of two victims have been found in thescene and one injured was rescued.—INTERNET

JERUSALEM, 17 May—On the eve of PrimeMinister Benjamin Ne-tanyahu’s crucial visit toWashington, his defenceminister suggested Satur-day the Israeli leader mightendorse a Palestinian statewhen he meets with Presi-dent Barack Obama.

That would be a signifi-cant shift for Netanyahu,who has made clear in thepast that he does not thinkthe Palestinians are ready

to rule themselves. Butthat position has put himat odds with long-stand-ing US policy that sup-ports Palestinian state-hood as the cornerstone ofMideast peace efforts.

Senior White Houseofficials said Obama’smeeting with NetanyahuMonday is “part of hiscommitment that he’smade since day one of theadministration to pursuecomprehensive peace in

the Middle East, includ-ing a two-state solutionbetween Israel and thePalestinians.”

Israeli Defence Minis-ter Ehud Barak said hethought an agreementwith the Palestinianscould be achieved withinthree years.

“I think and believethat Netanyahu will tellObama this government isprepared to go for a po-litical process that willresult in two peoples liv-ing side by side in peaceand mutual respect,”Barak told Channel 2 TV.

However, he did notuse the word state, leav-ing open other options forNetanyahu.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 17 May—President BarackObama says he needs tosee how fast Afghanistancan be stabilized and ledtoward a more democraticgovernment before decid-ing whether more troopsare needed.

In an interview withNewsweek magazine,Obama said the hardestthing he has had to do sofar in his administrationwas to order 17,000troops to Afghanistan ontop of an estimated 38,000that were already inAfghanistan. The inter-view was released on theWeb Saturday.

He did not rule out thepossibility of sendingeven more troops, whilestressing such a decisionwas premature at thispoint and that US militaryaction is not the only an-

swer to bringing stabilityto the region.

“We have to see ourmilitary action in the con-text of a broader effort tostabilize security in thecountry, allow nationalelections to take place inAfghanistan and then pro-vide the space for the vi-tal development workthat’s needed so that a tol-erant and open, demo-cratically elected govern-ment is considered farmore legitimate than aTaleban alternative,”Obama said.

“My strong view is thatwe are not going to suc-ceed simply by piling onmore and more troops,”he added. “The militarycomponent is critical toaccomplishing that goal,but it is not a sufficientelement by itself.”

Internet

MEXICO CITY, 17 May—An armedgang freed more than 50 inmates from aprison in central Mexico on Saturday —including two dozen with ties to a pow-erful drug cartel — in a daring raid thattook just five minutes, a state governorsaid.

The prison director, 40 guards andtwo police commanders who were onduty at the Cieneguillas prison inZacatecas state were detained for ques-tioning, according to Gov Amalia GarciaMedina. She said footage from the se-curity cameras inside and outside theprison indicates that guards helped the

armed gang, although she did not pro-vide details.

“It’s clear to us that it was a perfectlyplanned operation with inside help be-cause it lasted just five minutes and notone shot was fired,” Garcia said at a newsconference. About 20 gunmen arrived atthe prison before dawn in 10 vehicles andfreed 53 prisoners, including at least 27with ties to the Gulf cartel, she said.

She said the jailbreak may have beenrevenge for the recent arrests of druggang members and the seizure of gunsand narcotics by the Zacatecas state po-lice.—Internet

In this image obtained fromNASA video, astronauts workto service the Hubble spacetelescpe. Two spacewalkingNASA astronauts assigned tooverhaul the Hubble embarkon a fourth spacewalk onSunday to revive a longinactive instrument aboardthe 19-year-old observatorythat was once used to studysuper massive black holes.

INTERNET

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China, Austria to strengthen economiccooperation in face of financial crisis

Wu Bangguo (L Front), chairman of the Standing Committee of the NationalPeople’s Congress, China’s top legislature, meets with Austrian Acting Chancel-lor Josef Proll (R Front) in Vienna, capital of Austria, May 16, 2009. —XINHUA

Russia becomes Turkey’s leadingeconomic partner

VIENNA, 16 May—Chi-nese top legislator WuBangguo and AustrianActing Chancellor JosefProll met here on Saturday,with both sides agreeing toexpand bilateral trade andeconomic cooperation inthe fight against the ongo-ing world financial crisis.

Wu, chairman of theStanding Committee ofChina’s National People’sCongress (NPC), said Chi-na’s development has pro-vided even greater roomfor expanding economicand technological coop-

eration with Austria.Proll said the financial

crisis had incurred a seri-ous impact on Austria’seconomy. In the process ofaddressing the conse-quences of the financialcrisis, the Austrian govern-ment places great impor-tance on strengtheningeconomic and technologi-cal relations with China.

China witnessed an eco-nomic growth of 6.1 per-cent in the first quarter ofthis year, while Austria’seconomy contracted 2.8percent in the same period.

Noting that the twoeconomies are highlycomplementary, Wu saidChina has a huge marketand Austria has advancedtechnologies in manyfields.

He said China is readyto expand cooperationwith Austria in such areasas energy efficiency, envi-ronment protection, waterconservancy, eco-agricul-ture, auto parts and cleanenergy, so as to foster newgrowth spots of botheconomies.

Xinhua

Egypt opens Rafah border for Two days

People leave a hotel in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s SichuanProvince,on 16 May, 2009. More than 120 people quarantined at the hotelfor having close contacts with A/H1N1 flu patient surnamed Bao were al-lowed to leave the hotel on Saturday after they were lifted out of medical

observation. Patient Bao are receiving treatment at the Chengdu InfectiousDisease Hospital since on 11 May.—XINHUA

MOSCOW, 16 May—Russian Prime MinisterVladimir Putin said onSaturday that his countryhas become Turkey’sleading trade partner. Trade turnover betweenRussia and Turkeyreached a record 35 bil-lion U.S. dollars, makingRussia one of the mostimportant trade and eco-nomic partners of Turkey,Putin said during talks

with his Turkish counter-part Recep TayyipErdogan in the BlackSearesort of Sochi. The heads of govern-ment hailed the coopera-tion between the twocountries. “If severalyears ago we talkedmostly about cooperationin the construction sector,now diversification isvery broad,” Putin wasquoted as saying by the

Itar-Tass news agency. The premiers agreed toimmediately start talks onextending two agreementsunder which Russia deliv-ered natural gas to Turkey,the third largest consumerof Russian gas after Ger-many and Italy. Mean-while, Russian companiesare expected to participatein building four nuclearpower plants in Turkey.

Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Palestinians wait to pass the Rafahborder crossing in the southern GazaStrip on 16 May, 2009. Egypt has par-tially opened its border with the GazaStrip for Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip for humanitarian reasons, Hamas au thorities said. —XINHUA

RAFAH, 16 May—The Egyptian au-thorities reopened for two days the Rafahland crossing at the border with the Pal-estinian territory of Gaza Strip on Sat-urday, a security source at the bordersaid. The source said 300 Palestinians whohold foreign passports and residence per-mits of Gaza have been allowed into theimpoverished region, adding that some500 Palestinians have been allowed tocross into Egypt so far.Meanwhile, hundreds of Palestinians arestill waiting at the Egyptian side of theborder to get the go-ahead.

Sarkozy’s popularity falls slightly in May pollPARIS, 16 May—French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s popularity has fallen a bit

this month while Prime Minister Francois Fillon’s standing is on the rise, a newpoll says.

According to a IFOP poll for the Journal du Dimanche published Saturday, 38percent of those surveyed say they are very or fairly satisfied with Sarkozy, downfrom 40 percent in April.

About 62 percent of those surveyed said they are somewhat or very dissatis-fied. That was an increase from 59 percent in April, the poll said.

The poll said that 50 percent of those surveyed are very or somewhat satisfiedwith Fillon, up a point from 49 percent in April. But 48 percent are somewhat orvery dissatisfied, while 2 percent are undetermined, the poll said.—Xinhua

Delta Airlines to launch Shanghai-Detroit direct flight

BEIJING, 17 May—The Northwest Airline, a wholly subsidiary of the DeltaAirlines, will launch direct flight linking Shanghai and Detroit since 3 June, thecompany’s Beijing office said Saturday.

Passengers can reach more than 140 cities in north America and major centralAmerican cities via Detroit, a US transport hub.

Flight NW 90 will take off at 9:25 am every Monday, Wednesday, Friday andSaturday from Shanghai, and reach Detroit at 11:10 am, local time.

Flight NW 89 will leave Detroit at 3:45 pm every Monday, Wednesday, Thurs-day and Saturday, and arrive in Shanghai at 6:20 pm the next day.

The flight will be undertaken by Boeing 747-400 aircraft.—Xinhua

International show on public safety,security opens in Anhui

Xinhua

BEIJING, 17 May —The 2009 Anhui Interna-tional Exhibition on Pub-lic Safety and SecurityThursday open in Hefei,capital of east China’sAnhui Province.

Some 300 companiesfrom China and abroaddisplayed their productsof alarming, monitoringsystems, house security,

personal protection, po-lice equipment and fire-fighting.

Qiao Shiming, com-pany manager says“The exhibition aims atprotecting public secu-rity with high-tech fa-cilities and creating asafe city. Our companyspecializes in producingwireless surveillance

systems and road moni-toring systems, with acomprehensive serviceline of production, re-search, manufacturingand sales.”

According to the or-ganizers, the exhibition isaimed to promote publicsecurity and its related in-dustry.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUMGhost hunters inspect 180-year-old NM hotel site

This undated photo provided byJosh Bond shows the old stable from

the days that the Old Cuchillo Barwas a busy stagecoach stop in

Cuchillo, NM Owner Josh Bond hasinvited the West Coast Ghost andParanormal Society to investigate

strange noises and falling objects onthe 180-year-old property.

The former owner of a 180-year-oldadobe building hears the door of a pot-bellied stove opening and wood beingstacked inside, but no one is there.

Mysterious whispers echo in the cur-rent owner’s ear. Things fall off shelvesfor no apparent reason. These are just afew of the strange goings-on that artistJosh Bond, owner of the Old Cuchillo Barin the southern New Mexico ghost townof the same name, has asked the WestCoast Ghost and Paranormal Society toinvestigate on his property.

“The creepiest I had was a voice whis-per in my ear,” Bond said. “When thingsfall in the house, I just sort of write it off.”

When he saw an advertisement aboutWCGAPS, a Phoenix-based nonprofit or-ganization, Bond thought the group couldat least explain what was occurring.

Health Tip: Keep medications away from childrenYoungsters seem to get into everything — often things they aren’t supposed

to, such as medications. Your medicine cabinet is full of dangers for young peo-ple, so it’s important to keep medications locked away and out of a child’s reach.

The National Safety Council offers these suggestions:* Keep all medications in a securely latched medicine cabinet, even if you

don’t think your child can reach it.* Always store medications in containers with child-proof lids, and make sure

the containers are securely closed.* Try not to take medication in front of children, and never act like they are

candy or something to play with.* When you dispose of medications, don’t just throw them in the garbage can.

Dispose of them in a way that a child can’t find and swallow them.

A fire-eater entertains the crowd at astreet procession honouring SaintRoque, a miracle worker and the pa-tron saint of the unmarried, inValenzuela City, north of Manila May12, 2009. During the street proces-sion, unmarried men chant “SaintRoque, please give us a wife” and ap-proach unmarried women for a danceas they try to find a match. Accordingto local beliefs, singles who take partin the procession will be able to get married before the end of the year.

Balancing act : Cirque du Soleil’s art-ists perform in front of the SantaMonica Pier in Santa Monica, Cali-fornia during a preview of the Koozashow that they will perform here nextOctober as a part of the celebrationof the Santa Monica Pier Centennialand the 25th anniversary of Cirque du Soleil.

Bullet pulled from woman’shead after 42 years

Doctors in southwest China havesuccessfully removed a bullet from awoman’s head 42 years after she wasshot, putting an end to decades ofincreasingly unbearable pain, state mediasaid Friday.

Staff at a hospital in Chongqingmunicipality extracted the inch-long(2.5-centimetre) bullet from the righttemple of He Wenying, 65, on Thursday,the Chongqing News reported on itswebsite.

She was hit by the ricocheting bulletduring a gun battle between warringfactions at the start of the CulturalRevolution, which lasted from 1966 to1976.

Doctors initially told her that herwound was only superficial, but constantheadaches and difficulty eating led to anx-ray in 1978 that revealed the bulletlodged near her right jaw and ear, itadded.

Job losses as GM, Chrysler close dealerships

Egypt road crash leaves 13 dead

SUVs are offered for sale at a GM dealership inLincolnwood, Illinois. Moves by ailing carmakers

Chrysler and General Motors to slash their USdealerships will cost tens of thousands of jobs,taking a heavier toll than cuts in production,

analysts say.—INTERTNET

Traffic in downtownCairo. Thirteen factory

workers were killedwhen their small pickuptruck crashed head on

into a large lorry insouthern Egypt.

INTERNET

Zimbabwe road accident kills 12HARARE, 17 May—At least 12 people were killed and 20 injured when two

trucks collided near Murehwa in northeastern Zimbabwe, state radio said on Sat-urday. Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation News reported that “a seven-ton truckcarrying farmers collided with a 30-ton truck last night about 50 kilometres (30miles) east of Harare.”

The radio station said 10 people died at the scene while the other two werepronounced dead later. It quoted a survivor as saying one of the drivers veeredonto the other side of the road to avoid a tractor in front of him.

Roads are poorly maintained in Zimbabwe and littered with gaping potholes,often referred to as “drumholes” because of their size, which often cause acci-dents.—Internet

CAIRO, 17 May — Thir-teen factory workers werekilled on Saturday whentheir small pickup truckcrashed head on into alarge lorry in southernEgypt, a security officialsaid.

The workers were ontheir way to their factory inZaafarana, close to thepopular Red Sea resort ofHurghada, when the driverlost control of the steeringweel. “The 13, includingthe driver, died instantly.

Three people are in hospi-tal in critical condition,” theofficial told AFP.

Egypt’s roads areamong the most chaoticand dangerous in the world,with traffic laws floutedwidely. Road accidents killabout 6,000 people eachyear, according to transportministry figures.

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Four PKK militants killed in southeastern TurkeyNEW YORK, 17 May —

Moves by ailingcarmakers Chrysler andGeneral Motors to slashtheir US dealerships willcost tens of thousands ofjobs, taking a heavier tollthan cuts in production,analysts say.

General Motors, thelargest US automaker,said Friday it would seekto eliminate nearly 40 per-cent of its US dealers,more than 2,300 sales out-lets, by the end of 2010 aspart of its reorganizationto avert bankruptcy.

Chrysler, which hasfiled for bankruptcy pro-tection, said Thursday ithad asked the bankruptcycourt to shut down 789dealers, nearly one-fourth

of its sales outlets.For GM, the decision to

close the dealerships,which employ about 50people each, could trans-late into the loss of as

many as 150,000 jobs —representing a 0.2 percent-age point rise in the unem-ployment rate, Joel Naroffat Naroff Economic Advi-sors said.—Internet

ANKARA, 17 May —Four militants of thebanned Kurdish Workers’Party (PKK) were killedin a clash in southeasternTurkey, Turkish GeneralStaff said in a statementon Saturday.

The statement said thatthe Turkish securityforces conducted an op-eration in the region aftera village guard died andanother one was injured

after stepping on a landmine planted by PKK ter-rorists.

The statement saidone village guard and asoldier was injured in theclash that erupted be-tween the security forcesand a group of PKKmilitants in Yassidag re-gion in Eruh town ofSiirt province, addingthat operations in fightagainst the PKK rebels

are underway in the re-gion.

The security forcesconduct frequent opera-tions against PKK mili-tants in eastern and south-eastern Turkey. The PKKtook up arms in 1984 tocreate an ethnic homelandin southeastern Turkey.Some 40,000 people havebeen killed in the over-two-decade conflict.

Internet

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Boosting production of quality farm equipment tochange from conventional to mechanized farming

Article: Win Naing (Kyemon); Photos: Khin Maung Win

Director U SoeHlaing of

AgriculturalMechanization

Department (HeadOffice).

Farmers observe use of agricultural equipment.

Field trip leader Naw Lay Ma Aye.

Farming implements being displayed on board of the trucks.

(from page 1)indicated that it isnecessary to change fromthe manual to themechanized farmingwithout fail.

To contribute to thechanging of agriculturalsystem, the governmentestablished farmequipment factories. No.1 Agricultural EquipmentFactory in 9th Mile ofYangon and theAgricultural EquipmentFactory in Ingon ofKyaukse Township inMandalay Division aremanufacturing farmingimplements.

In the past, the

factories assembled Leyar-16 power-tillers andLeyar-22 power-tillersonly. As part of efforts tochange the farming systemwith momentum, thefactories produce newmachinery items due to thedevelopment of agriculturesector and the higherdemand of farmingequipment.

Recently, the newscrew of Kyemon Daily hadan interview with DirectorU Soe Hlaing ofAgricultural Mechani-zation Department (HeadOffice) to observe theextended production ofmodern agriculturalequipment of thedepartment under theMinistry of Agricultureand Irrigation and theutmost efforts for changingof agricultural system.

The director said, “Inproviding farming

implements for stormNargis-hit regions to be ableto grow monsoon paddy intime, the factories ofAgricultural Mechani-zation Departmentmanufactured new items ofagricultural machinery inaccord with the directivesof the government as thelocal farmers requested thedepartment to produce newsuitable farming machineryin addition to the presentbrands of farming

equipment. In the past, thedepartment assembled twobrands of power-tillersnamely Leyar-16 andLeyar-22. Beginning 2009-2010 financial year, thedepartment ismanufacturing eightfarming implementsnamely one-wheel power-tiller, long handle power-tiller, power-tiller forworking on slopes, paddyharvester, paddy thresher,form vehicles and trailers.Moreover, efforts are beingmade to manufacturesowing machine, paddytransplanting machine,pumps, sprays and combineharvesters.”

Service personnel ofthe department made fieldtrips to the rural areas forrealizing the mechanizedfarming.

To observe theprogress of changing thefarming system, the newscrew went toKwammoedein ModelVillage in Kayan Townshipand had an interview withleader of the field trip teamDeputy Staff Officer NawLay Ma Aye.

She explained,“During the field trips, ourteam demonstrated the useof new farming equipment,collected data, gave of freerepair and maintenanceservices and providedspare parts in the villagesto attract the interest oflocal farmers. We sold theequipment to the farmersthrough cash payment andinstallment systems. Spareparts of machines were alsosold with the one-yearguarantee. Wedemonstrated the use of allmachinery and sought theadvice of the farmers. Forexample, new generation2009 power-tiller is a newproduct by remedy theweak points of Leyar-16and Leyar-22 power-tillersaccording to thesuggestions of the farmers.The field trip team went to5-10 villages in a townshipand sold the farmingequipment afterconducting demonstrationon use of machinery. Weplan to go field trips to allthe townships of YangonSouth District.”

The news team met

with farmer U Aung Kyifrom ShwepaukpinVillage of KayanTownship who wasobserving agriculturalequipment. He said, “I amgrowing crops at 14 acresof farmlands with the useof one Leyar-16 power-tiller. I am interested inpaddy thresher. Beforebuying the power-tiller, Iwas very tired in workingtogether with a couple ofdraught cattle. The use ofmachine saves the farmingcost and time andcontributes to growing ofdouble crops a year. Ifwater is sufficient at anytime, we can cultivate

triple crops the whole year.The power-tiller is multi-purpose in the cultivationtask. The two-hour use ofmachine is equal to oneday’s work with cattle. Ibought the power-tiller six

years ago, and the two-year use of machine hadbeen leveled its value. Theuse of machine contributesto better ploughing andboosting production.Now, I am interested inpaddy thresher and tractor.We take two days inthreshing 20-25 baskets ofpaddy using the animals.The paddy thresher canwork 60 baskets of paddyper hour. We can save thetime. If the farmers canharvest, thresh and storepaddy speedily, they willnot be necessary to worryabout loss and wastage ofpaddy.”

Myanmar has fertile

soil and favourableclimate. In the agriculturesector, the government hasbuilt infrastructures forpractising the mechanizedfarming. We firmlybelieve that the farmerswill have the ability toemploy the mechanizedfarming system bysubstituting theconventional cultivationmethods with the modernones with the aims ofdeveloping the agriculturesector and uplifting theirliving standard.

*****

Translation: TTA

Kyemon: 11-5-2009

Farmer U Aung Kyiof ShwepaukpinVillage, Kayan

Township.

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 18 May, 2009

NAY PYI TAW, 17May – Lt-Gen Khin Zawof the Ministry of Defence,accompanied byChairman of Mon StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-East CommandMaj-Gen Thet Naing Win,Chairman of Kayin StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Brig-Gen Zaw

Hlaingbwe Township achieving progress with greater momentumMin and departmentalpersonnel, visited a rubberfarm in Gyochaungvillage, HlaingbweTownship, on 15 May.

The Kayin StateManager of MyanmarPerennial CropsEnterprise presented areport on cultivation ofrubber and mixed crops inKayin State.

Lt-Gen KhinZaw and party viewedrubber sap production andthriving rubber trees.

In SoannathaMyaingswe Myodaw inMyainggyingu region,Hlaingbwe Township,they paid respects toThizzamuni PhayagyiPagoda and presentedgifts to members of the

peace groups.Later they met

with officials andtownselders at Aung SanHall in Hlaingbwe wherethe Township Peace andDevelopment CouncilChairman presenteds e c t o r - w i s edevelopments.

Brig-Gen ZawMin presented a

supplementary report onprogress of agriculture,health and educationsectors and ongoing tasks.

Speaking on theoccasion, Lt-Gen KhinZaw said that peace hadbeen restored inHlaingbwe Townshipwhich is now achievingprogress with greatermomentum. He cordially

met with local people andpresented them gifts.

In HlaingbweStation, he met withfamilies of the station.

During theinspection of Htilonvillage in the township, heheard a report on housingproject presented by anofficial.

MNA

YANGON, 17May—The goodwilldelegation led by CentralCommittee Member of the

Vocational training courses opened in Lashio, Kengtung, Loikaw

YANGON, 17 May—The Women’s VocationalTraining School of Education and Training Departmentunder the Ministry of Progress of Border Areas andNational Races and Development Affairs in Lashioconducted the Domestic Science Course No 50, theAdvanced Tailoring Course No 23 and the WickerworkCourse No 5 at its hall on 11 May, with an address byChairman of Shan State (North) Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of North-East Command Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut.

Altogether 33 trainees are attending at thetraining courses.

The Domestic Science Course No. 51, theAdvanced Tailoring Course No. 23, the Knitting CourseNo. 10 and the Wickerwork Course No. 4 were openedschool in Kengtung, with an address by Chairman ofShan State (East) PDC Commander of Triangle RegionCommand Brig-Gen Kyaw Phyo.

Altogether 38 trainess are attending the courses.A similar ceremony was held in Loikaw of

Kayah State.MNA

Vietnamese goodwill delegation winds up visit

Vietnam CommunistParty of the SocialistRepublic of Vietnam,President of Vietnam

Fatherland Front (VFF)Mr Huynh Dam left hereby air this morning afterconcluding their goodwill

visit to Myanmar. CECmembers of Union ofthe Solidarity andDevelopment Asso-ciation U Aung Thein Linand U Than Htay,Vietnamese Ambassadorto Myanmar Mr ChuCong Phung andresponsible persons sawoff the delegation at theYangon InternationalAirport.—MNA

(from page 1)Upon arrival at Phaungpyin-Pinlebu motor road,

the chairman of Katha district, the division seniorengineer and the district senior engineer reported onroad works to Lt-Gen Tha Aye. After hearing thereports, Lt-Gen Tha Aye gave necessary instructionson timely completion of the roads.

After meeting with the local people from Thaziand Khauksin villages along Phaungpyin-Pinlebu

Lt-Gen Tha Aye inspectsdevelopment…

motor road, Lt-Gen Tha Aye presented bio batteryand related florescent lamps to officials and attendedto the needs.

At the briefing hall of Nama river crossingbridge construction site, the assistant engineer ofDevelopment Affairs Department reported to Lt-Gen Tha Aye on progress in building the bridgeand future tasks to be carried out and thecommander gave a supplementary report. Afterhearing the reports, Lt-Gen Tha Aye attended tothe needs.

Next, Lt-Gen Tha Aye met with divisionselected vol leybal l p layers and gave

encouragement to them.After meeting with townselders, members of

social organizations and the local people inPinlebu township and Kantbalu township, Lt-Gen Tha Aye attended to the needs of the villagesand presented cash assistance to trainees red crossmembers.

After inspecting the forest department onKyunhla-Kantbalu motor road, Lt-Gen Tha Ayepaid homage to Maha Shwesigyi Pagoda inKantbalu township and made cash donations at thepagoda.

MNA

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw inspects houses of Htilon village in Hlinebwe Township.—MNA

Vietnamese

goodwill delegation

being seen off by

officials at Yangon

Airport.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 17 May -- A/H1N1 has infected 8480 people in 39countries as from 17 April to date and 72 died of flu. In Asia and the PacificRegion, 30 people have contracted the flu in eight countries namely South Korea,China, Japan, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand, India and Malaysia.

Dr Wantanee Kalpravidh, regional coordinator of Asia and the PacificRegion Cross Border Disease Emergency Control of UNFAO and laboratoryexpert Dr Sudarat Damrongwatanapokin visited Yangon Diagnosis Laboratoryof the Livestock and Veterinary Department on 13 May and took measures suchas taking diagnostic tests on common pig diseases and unusual pig diseases,getting disease samples, promoting lab technologies and providing lab chemicalsand equipment.

On 14 May, adviser of FAO Dr Murray Maclean and experts ofLivestock and Veterinary Department and Myanmar Livestock BreedingFederation met with heads of state/division LVDs and discussed matters relatedto pig diseases, preventive measures and area risk assessment and market chainstudy.

Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries has issued an announcement that A/H1N1 has not infected pigs at all in Myanmar, that the virus cannot survive if porkand pig products are well cooked at 70 degree centigrade or 160 degreeFahrenheit, and that there will be no infection of the virus if pork and pig productsare cooked in a systematically hygienic way.—MNA

A/H1N1 virus in humans hasspread to 39 countries

The virus has not been found in Myanmar

News and information on outbreak ofswine flu released to people in time

Ministry of Health: There has been noswine flu case in Myanmar up to now

NAY PYI TAW, 17 May--Swine flu A/H1N1 has broken out in the worldsince 17 April. So far, the swine flu has infected 8480 people and killed 72 andthe virus has spread to 39 countries including Mexico said the announcementreleased by WHO on 17 May.

The Ministry of Health has been taking preventive measures against theoutbreak of the swine flu since 25 April as it may be able to transform into globalhuman flu.

The Ministry of Health has carried out preventive measures against theoutbreak of the swine influenza (A/H1N1) in Myanmar, made preparations forkeeping a constant watch on the virus and medical treatment, provided medicinesand medical equipment and laboratory apparatus to the hospital and prepared thespecial care units and wards at the hospitals for emergency use.

With regard to the situation of outbreak of swine flu, preventive measuresare being taken and health knowledge is being disseminated to the people throughTV, radio and dailies in time.

Since 29 April, the visitors have been under medical checks at internationalairports, seaports and borders.

Up to now, the Ministry of Health released information that there is nocase of influenza A/H1N1 in Myanmar.—MNA

On-job Training Course for Law OfficersGrade-4 concludes

Jumbo super mosquitocoil introduced

YANGON, 17 May—A ceremony to introduce newJumbo super mosquito coil was held at Traders Hotelhere in the morning.

First, Managing Director U Aung Thein ofPowerhouse Company greeted the guests and thenGeneral Manager U Myo Min and General ManagerMr Ridzuan from Research & Developmentdemonstrated the effectiveness of new Jumbo supermosquito coil and answered the queries.

The new mosquito coil contains new chemicalproduct MctoFluthrin which was invented by SumitomoChemical Company and forty times more effectivethan the normal as it contains small amount of chemicalsand reduces the environmental pollution.

Diethelm & Co Ltd distributes the new productsacross the nation and it is the first of its kind inMyanmar among the Southeast Asian Nations.—MNA

Training courses opened at Women’sVocational Training Schools

YANGON, 17 May—The basic domesticscience course No. 51 andthe advanced tailoringcourse No. 22 wereopened at Women’sVocational TrainingSchool of Education andTraining Department inMyeik on 11 May.

Chairman of TaninthayiDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of CoastalRegion Command Maj-Gen Khin Zaw Oodelivered an openingaddress. The courses arebeing attended by 45trainees.

Similar ceremonieswere held in Hpa-an, Haka,Kawthaung, Maungtaw,Myawady, Falam, Tiddim,Mindat, Matupi, Kanpetlet,Pakokku, Yesagyo,Myaing, Seikpyu,Yinmabin, Pale, Salingyi,Leshi, Lahe andNanyun.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17May—The On-jobTraining Course for LawOfficers Grade-4concluded at the hall of

the Attorney-General’sOffice, here, on 14 May,with an address byAttorney-General U AyeMaung.

Next, the Attorney-General prese-nted prizesto the outstanding trainees.

Also present on theoccasion were DeputyAttorneys-General Dr TunShin and U Tun Tun Oo,Director-General U TinMyint, officials, instructorsand 96 trainees.

MNA

Health Ministry staff checking tourists of a cruise ship.—MNA

Health Ministry staff taking preventive measures against A/H1N1 at Mandalay InternationalAirport (TadaU).—MNA

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 18 May, 2009

Beautiful and peaceful Taunggyi in Shan State (South)Article: Win Kyaw; Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)

Officer of Taunggyi Township DevelopmentAffairs Committee U Aung Myint.

Taunggyi Myoma Market.

Workers dredging a drain in downtown Taunggyi.

(from page 16)At the entrance to

Taunggyi is a floral mapof Myanmar saying"Welcome to Taunggyi".Director of Shan State

Development AffairsCommittee U AungMyint Swe told theMyanma Alin, "The de-sign of this flower bed isnot much different fromit used to be. As you see,we grow landscapingplants in the triangle-shaped compound ofmulticoloured brick lineto attract the attention ofviewers. And at night, weillustrate the area withmulticolour lights."

When asked aboutthe plan to keep the town-ship clean and beautiful,

Executive Officer(Deputy Director) U AungMyint said, "In our town-ship, you can see UnionHighway, and east andwest circular roads. They

are long, but we manageto keep them clean. OurTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee hires105 piecework workers fordaily work such as clean-ing urban areas and themarket, supplying water,and maintaining the flowergarden.

"We get over 38 tonsof garbage a day; over 20tons from urban areas andabout 18 tons from themarket. We throw it sys-tematically into the gar-bage hole, about two milesfrom the township to avert

environmental damage.We get natural humusfrom the waste and weuse it to grow landscap-ing plants and enrich thesoil. We collect garbage

from street to street fromthe wards.

"We have got a plas-tic factory to recycle theused plastic to help avoidenvironmental impact ofpollution from the usedplastic."

Regarding the sewagesystem, he said, "In ourtownship, about 97 percent of the population usefly-proof latrines. We usevacuum trucks to collectsewage. Then, we treat thesewage we have collectedand systematically throwit into the hole near the

garbage hole. There is nohousing, plantation orwatershed area around thesewage hole, and that isimportant for avoidingenvironmental damage."

He added that alongthe roads in the downtownareas are drains and theylet used water flow awaythrough three major ca-nals.

The busy places in thecentre of the town andMyoma Market werefound clean and tidy. Thegarden has various spe-cies of flowers, and land-scaping plants are grownin the garden and on thetraffic islands. Taunggyi

has a cool climate patternand it can be seen withgreenish Shan mountainrange in the background.So, we enjoyed pleasantto view of the township.

Being surrounded bymountain ranges,Taunggyi is beautiful andpleasant due to effectivesystems, and that repre-sents the development ofthe township.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin: 9-5-2009

southward from theLabrador Sea is probablyall wet New research ledby Duke University andthe Woods HoleOceanographic Institutionrelied on an armada ofsophisticated floats toshow that much of thiswater, originating in thesea between Newfound-land and Greenland, isdiverted generallyeastward by the time itflows as far south asMassachusetts.—Internet

Cold water ocean circulation doesn’t work as expectedDURHAM, 17 May —

The familiar model ofAtlantic ocean currents

that shows a discrete“conveyor belt” of deep,cold water flowing

This model of North Atlantic currents has beencalled into question by new data from Duke

University and the Woods Hole OceanographicInstitution.

Medicinal plant Kava safe, effective in reducing anxietyBRISBANE, 17 May —

Researchers at theUniversity of Queenslandin Australia have found atraditional extract of Kava,a medicinal plant from theSouth Pacific, to be safeand effective in reducinganxiety.

To be publishedonline this week in theSpringer journalPsychopharmacology, theresults of a world-firstclinical trial which foundthat a water-soluble

extract of Kava waseffective in treatinganxiety and improving

mood. The Kava wasprescribed in the form oftablets.—Internet

Local man making traditional Kava.

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An internally displaced girl, who fled from a militaryoffensive in the Swat valley, carries a pitcher ofwater on top of her head at an UNHCR (UnitedNations High Commission for Refugees) camp onthe outskirts of Peshawar on 17 May, 2009. ThePakistani government on Sunday urged peoplestranded by the military offensive against Talibanmilitants in the Swat valley to try and get out. Thearmy launched the offensive more than a week agoto stop the spread of Taleban influence.—INTERNET

Photo shows a polarbear near Barrow,Alaska. In a report

Wednesday, on 13 May,2009, the Paris-basedInternational EnergyAgency estimates newelectronic gadgets will

triple their energyconsumption by 2030 to

1,700 terawatt hours,the equivalent of

today’s home electricityconsumption of theUnited States andJapan combined.

INTERNET

Facts on the Hubble telescope and NASA’s latest servicing mission. USastronauts on Sunday will undertake a fourth in a series of five daily

spacewalks intended to equip the 19-year-old Hubble Space Telescope for atleast another five years of valuable scientific work.—INTERNET

MOSCOW, 17 May—President DmitryMedvedev on Saturdaycriticized the ongoingNATO war games inGeorgia for aggravatingtensions instead ofimproving Europeansecurity.

“We cannot but beconcerned by the NATOexercises in Georgia,”Medvedev told reportersafter meeting with ItalianPrime Minister SilvioBerlusconi. “They arecausing problems and

Medvedev says NATO exercises inGeorgia aggravate tensions

tensions, and I believe theycan add nothing good toEuropean security.”Russia and NATOrecently started to improveties frozen after Russia’swar with Georgia inAugust but tensions roseagain over expulsions ofdiplomats and the NATOexercises that began lastweek in Georgia.

Moscow hascriticized NATO fortaking former Sovietrepublics and satellites inCentral and Eastern

Europe as members andhas fiercely opposed thealliance’s plan to includeRussia’s neighboursGeorgia and Ukraine.

Medvedev, talkingabout the G-8 summitscheduled for July in Italy,said Russia would onceagain propose to build anew global financial andeconomic architecture,create a supranationalreserve currency, and usethe Russian ruble as areserve currency.

MNA/Xinhua

ZURICH, 17 May—Thenumber of confirmedcases of the new H1N1flu has climbed to 8,451,including 72 deaths, theWorld HealthOrganization said onSaturday. The number ofcountries reportingconfirmed cases of H1N1,commonly known asswine flu, has risen to 36with Ecuador and Peru

WHO Says H1N1 flu cases, death toll riseconfirming their firstcases, the WHO said.

The vast majority ofcases have been in Mexicoand the United States. The spread of the diseasehas led the WHO todeclare a pandemic isimminent. On 29 April itraised its pandemic alertto 5 on a 6-level scale.

WHO Director-General Margaret Chan

said on Friday thereremained “greatuncertainty” about thenew strain, whichcontinues to spread andcould pose particularthreats in SoutheastAsia. US health officialslater on Fridayannounced they wereeasing their warning ontravel to Mexico.

MNA/Reuters

First woman UN AssistantSecretary-General diesHELSINKI, 17 May—

The first woman assistantsecretary-general of theUnited Nations, HelviSipil, died on Friday, May15 in Helsinki at the age of94, Finnish media reportedon Saturday.

As the first woman tohold the senior position ofassistant secretary-generalin the world body, Sipil’sspecific area ofresponsibility was theCentre for Social

Development andHumanitarian Affairs,where she served from1972 to 1980.

Among the achie-vements during her periodof office were the first UNInternational Women’sYear and its related worldconference in 1974-75.Later she was appointedchairperson of the Finnishassociation of the UNDevelopment Fund.

MNA/Xinhua

Turkish forces kill 7 kurdish rebels in southeastTUNCELI (Turkey),

17 May— Turkishsoldiers killed sevenmembers of the outlawedKurdistan Workers Party(PKK) in fighting in thecountry’s southeast,military sources said onSaturday.

A fighter in the

g o v e r n m e n t - a r m e d“village guard” militia,which employs localcivilians to combat thePKK, was also killed andthree soldiers werewounded after clashesbroke out on Friday in amountainous area of SiirtProvince, they said.

Fighting continued onSaturday, and the Armyhas deployed troopreinforcements, backed byhelicopter gunships, to theregion in one of the biggestoperations in recentmonths against the PKK,the sources said.

MNA/Reuters

Study confirms H1N1 fluvirus found in swine same

as in humansOttawa, 17 May—

The H1N1 flu virus foundon infected swine at aCanadian farm is the sameas the virus causing illnessin humans around theworld, Canadian scientistshave confirmed.

Scientists at theCanadian Food InspectionAgency (CFIA)’sNational Centre forForeign Animal Disease(NCFAD) have mappedthe full genetic sequenceof the virus found in swinefrom Alberta andconfirmed that the viruson the infected swine isthe same as on humans,the CFIA said in a Pressrelease on its website lateFriday.

A portion of a totalof 2,300 swine on thefarm were found to beinfected with the new

virus in early May. Thevirus was believed to betransmitted by a workerwho had returned fromMexico. As scientists aretrying to probe this newvirus, this developmentwill help scientists aroundthe world betterunderstand the virus andits effects on animals, theCFIA said.

MNA/Xinhua

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 18 May, 2009

MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND REVENUEINTERNAL REVENUE DEPARTMENT

INCOME TAX DIRECTORATENOTICE FOR FILING OF RETURN OF INCOME

1. All Co-operative societies which have been assessedto tax under the Income Tax Law and those Co-operative societies having income amounting aboveKyats 30000 during the income year 2008-09 arealso required to file the return of income, duly filled-in and signed by the chairman or the secretary of thesociety concerned, in the respective TownshipRevenue Office not later than 30 June 2009.Moreover, Companies, Joint Venture enterprisesand other tax-payers who are covered by the IncomeTax Law are also required to file the return ofincome with Annual Financial Statement duly filled-in and properly signed in the respective TownshipRevenue Office and Companies Circle Tax Office(CCTO) not later than foresaid date.

2. Persons having income amounting above Kyats30000 solely under the head “Salaries” during theincome year 2008-09 are not required to file thereturn of income in respect of their salary income asthe tax had been paid thereon by way of deductionat source. However, the employer is responsible forfurnishing the Annual Salary Statement in therespective Township Revenue Office not later than30 June 2009.

3. Prescribed forms of return of income and AnnualSalary Statement are available free of charge at theTownship Revenue Office. The Return can be filedin the person or sent by registered post. A receiptwill be issued by the Township Revenue Office andCompanies Circle Tax Office (CCTO) concerned incase the return is filed in person.

4. According to the Income Tax Law of section 46, subsection (a), if any person fails to furnish Return ofincome without resonable cause, a penalty notexceeding ten percent of the tax shall, in addition tothe tax payable, be imposed for default.

5. Further information can be obtained from TownshipRevenue Offices and Companies Circle Tax Office.

Thein NaingDirector

Income Tax Directorate

European telescopes on cosmos birthstudy expedition launched

Survival chances slim for 11 missingpeople in sunken ship in NE China SUIZHONG, 17 May—Survival chances are slim for

the 11 missing people after a boat sank off the coast innortheast China’s Liaoning Province, a local maritimeofficial said on Sunday.

“Survival chances for the 11 missing people areslim 60 hours after the boat sank,” said Xu Hongbin,head of the marine search and rescue center in HuludaoCity.

The boat was a sand carrier, coded Haida No 8 andfrom Wuhan, capital of the central Hubei Province.It capsized Thursday night.—Internet

Autopsy inconclusive for boyfound buried in park

The waitresses place thetable for food show at

the InternationalTourism and Food

Festival in Aksu city ofnorthwest China’s

Xinjiang Uygur Autono-mous Region, on 15

May, 2009.—INTERNET

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ALBUQUERQUE, 17May—A preliminary au-topsy failed Saturday todetermine the cause ofdeath of a young boywhose body was foundburied in sand in a publicplayground.

“There were no obvioussigns or cause of death,”Albuquerque policespokesman John Walshsaid Saturday after receiv-ing the autopsy resultsfrom the state Office of theMedical Investigator.

Blood and toxicologytests were still pending, aswere other advanced tech-niques that could yieldclues as to how the uniden-tified boy died. It wasn’tclear when they would becomplete. The body of the

3- to 5-year-old boy wasdiscovered Friday by awoman who had taken herown children to the city’sAlvarado Park and spotteda shoe sticking out of thesand.

Stuffed teddy bears, toytrucks and flowers wereplaced as a makeshift me-morial at the base of theplayground equipment atAlvarado Park where theboy was found.—Internet

BEIJING, 17 May—Two European Space Agency spacecraft lifted off thisweek on a mission to gather fundamental new insights into the nature of theuniverse.

The two spacecraft - an infrared space telescope “Herschel” and a cosmicbackground mapper “Planck” were launched Thursday from FrenchGuiana.

The crafts will focus on the darkest, coldest and oldest parts of the universeto study dark matter, and to learn more about the birth of stars and galaxies.They are designed to help scientists unravel the mysteries of the theoreticalBig Bang by peering back into the earliest moments of the universe.

Internet

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A/H1N1 flu continues to spread worldwide BEIJING, 17 May—Influenza A/H1N1 continued to spread around the world onSunday as more than 8,450 people in 39 countries have been confirmed to havebeen infected with the disease with 75 deaths. Turkey confirmed its first two cases while India confirmed its first case of theflu on Saturday, all involving airline passengers from the United States. Malaysiafound its second confirmed case on Saturday and its first on Friday. They are in addition to the 36 other countries that the World Health Organiza-tion says have confirmed cases of the disease. In China, one confirmed case of the epidemic was reported in Beijing, theMinistry of Health said on Saturday evening. It is the third confirmed case of A/H1N1 flu on Chinese mainland, according tothe ministry.The case involved a 18-year-old Chinese student at a university inthe New York State of the United States, and she is currently in stable conditionwith normal body temperature, the ministry said.—Internet

Nine students confirmedinfected with new flu in Japan

Mexico’s swine flu death toll rises to 68MEXICO CITY, 17 May—Mexico says tests have confirmed two more deaths

from swine flu, bringing the nation’s toll to 68.The Health Department says one person died Tuesday in Baja California state

and the other died in Mexico City on 2 May.The department says tests confirmed207 more cases for a total of 3,102, including the deaths. The numbers jumpedbecause officials were able to process more backlogged cases.

The department released the numbers in a statement Saturday.Mexico says its epidemic is declining. The department says only five of the

people who have died fell ill after 23 April, when Mexico first announced theoutbreak.—Internet

Journalists with facemasks work at the high school where the confirmed A/H1N1 patient studies in Kobe city, Japan,on 16 May, 2009. Japan’s first

domestic case of A/H1N1 flu was confirmed on Saturday. —INTERNET

TOKYO, 17 May—Ninestudents from a highschool in Osaka Prefec-ture were confirmed tohave been infected withthe H1N1 strain of influ-enza A, the health minis-try said Sunday, bringingthe total number of infec-tions in Japan to 21. The nine had no recordof overseas travel. The

confirmation follows thediscovery of Japan’s firsteight domestic cases ofthe new flu in theneighboring Kobe, HyogoPrefecture, on Saturday. Japan found the firstfour cases of infection ontravelers who returnedfrom North America. The nine in Osaka Pre-fecture are from the

Kansai Okura SeniorHigh School in the cityof Ibaraki. About 110students at the highschool have shownsymptoms of influenzasince around Monday,according to the school. The health ministrysaid the patients are re-covering at local hospi-tals.—Internet

A whale shark, nearly six meters (20 feet) long, inwaters off Donsol town in 2007 in the Philippines.A Singapore casino developer said on Saturday itwas considering alternatives to its plan to exhibitwhale sharks, the world’s largest fish, which hadrun into strong opposition from animal welfare

groups.—INTERNET

A robot is seen in action at a qualifying footballmatch of the RoboCup 2009 in Hefei, Anhui

Province on 16 May , 2009. More then thirty teamsfrom Chinese universities attended the qualifyingmatch and four of them will represent the countryto participate in the Robocup 2009 finals in Aus-

tria in June, local media reported.—INTERNET

Depressed first-gradekids bullied later

Stress direct contributorto teen obesity

Immunotherapy worksagainst brain cancer

SAN DIEGO 17 May—Adding an antibody-basedtherapy that harnesses the body’s immune system re-sulted in children living longer with a child cancer,US researchers said.

Lead author Dr Alice Yu of the University of Cali-fornia, San Diego School of Medicine, said neurob-lastoma, a hard-to-treat cancer arising from nervoussystem cells, is responsible for 15 percent of cancer-related deaths in children.

The therapy targets a specific glycan — a complexsugar chain found on the surface of cells — on neu-roblastoma cells called GD2, which inhibit the immunesystem from killing cancer cells. The antibody —ch14.18 — binds to this glycan, enabling various typesof immune cells to attack the cancer.

Yu and colleagues compared both the percentageof patients who were still alive without experiencinga recurrence after two years as well as overall sur-vival in two groups of 113 patients each.—Internet

AMES, 17 May—IowaState University research-ers say increased levels ofstress in teens are associ-ated with a greater likeli-hood of them being over-weight or obese.

Lead author BrendaLohman, Susan Stewart,Steven Garasky and col-leagues analyzed datafrom a six-year longitudi-nal investigation andmeasured the height andweight of the adolescentsto determine their bodymass index, which wassubsequently used to de-termine weight statusbased on two widely used

classification systems.Adolescent food inse-

curity status and indi-vidual, maternal and fam-ily stressors were also de-termined through inter-views, the researcherssaid.aThe study of 1,011adolescents ages 10-15and their mothers fromlow income families livingin Boston, Chicago andSan Antonio, Texas, found47 percent of the teen wereoverweight or obese, butthat percentage increasedto 56.2 percent amongthose who were impactedby four or more stressors.

Internet

Fame and fortune maymake you unhappy

ROCHESTER, 17 May — Many think having money,good looks or the admiration of others can actuallymake a person less happy, US researcherssuggest.University of Rochester researchers trackedand surveyed 147 alumni from two universities dur-ing their second year after graduation.

“Even though our culture puts a strong emphasis onattaining wealth and fame, pursuing these goals doesnot contribute to having a satisfying life,” study au-thor Edward Deci says in a statement. “The things thatmake your life happy are growing as an individual,having loving relationships and contributing to yourcommunity.”

Internet

VICTORIA, 17 May—First-grade children withsigns of depression, anxi-ety or aggression are atrisk of being victimizedby peers by third grade,Canadian researcherssaid.

Researchers at the Uni-versity of Victoria askedsome 400 Canadian chil-dren beginning first gradeif they were bullied —such as being hit, pushedand shoved, or beingteased and excluded fromplay.

The children’s teacherswere asked to report onthe children’s symptoms

of depression and anxi-ety, as well as on theirdisplays of physical ag-gression.

The study, publishedin the journal Child De-velopment, found 73 per-cent of children showedfew symptoms of depres-sion and anxiety over thethree years.But 7 percentof the children showedcontinuously high levelsof depressive symptoms.

The remaining 20 per-cent showed moderatesymptoms at first, butthese increased overtime.

Internet

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Premier winners Man Unitedready to bash Barca

MANCHESTER, 17 May—Sir Alex Ferguson haswarned Barcelona that Manchester United are “bounc-ing” into the Champions League final after wrappingup the Premier League title.

A goalless draw with Arsenal at Old Trafford on Sat-urday was enough for Ferguson’s side to secure theleague for a record equalling 18th time.

Having sealed a third successive title, as well as theLeague Cup and Club World Cup this season, Fergusonhas now set his sights on bringing the curtain down ona hugely successful campaign with a second consecu-tive European Cup triumph when United face Barca inRome on 27 May.

Before then United face relegation-threatened Hullin their final league game of the season next weekend,but Ferguson admitted his players were already look-ing forward to facing the Spanish league leaders. “Nowwe’ve won the league we’re bouncing into the final inRome,” said Ferguson as he savoured his 11th Englishtitle since taking charge of United in 1986.—Internet

Manchester United’s Portuguese midfielder CristianoRonaldo (R) celebrates with English defender GaryNeville (L) and Welsh midfielder Ryan Giggs afterthey clinch the Premier League title with a 0-0 drawagainst Arsenal in the English Premier League foot-ball match at Old Trafford, Manchester.—INTERNET

Beautiful game prevails asBarca win title

Real Madrid’s Higuain reactsduring their Spanish leaguefootball match at Madrigal

Stadium in Villarreal. Barcelonawere crowned Spanish champi-

ons for the 19th time on Saturdayafter Real Madrid’s 3-2 defeat at

Villarreal handed them theleague title for the first time since

2006.—INTERNET

Milan defeat hands Interfourth straight Italian title

ROME, 17 May—Inter Milan won a fourth straightSerie A title on Saturday despite not playing when near-est challengers AC Milan lost 2-1 at Udinese. Sec-ond-placed Milan trail Inter, who host Siena on Sun-day, by seven points but the Rossonero have only twomatches left to play.

Milan’s defeat meant that Inter boss Jose Mourinhohas won the scudetto in his first season in Italian foot-ball after joining in June last year. It is Mourinho’sfifth title in seven years in three different countrieshaving claimed the Portuguese crown with Porto in2003 and 2004 and the English Premier League tro-phy in 2005 and 2006 with Chelsea.

Milan went into the game in Udine knowing thatthey had to get a result to stop their bitter city rivalsclaiming the title, but they put in one of their worstperformances of the season in what could be one ofcoach Carlo Ancleotti’s final matches in charge withrumours growing that he will join Chelsea next sea-son.—Internet

Supporters of Italian Serie A team Inter Milancelebrate after winning the Italian Serie A footballchampionship on Duomo Square in Milan.—INTERNET

Disallowed goal drama as Newcastle face relegation

Newcastle United’s Aus-tralian forward MarkViduka (R) in action dur-ing the English PremierLeague football match

between NewcastleUnited and Fulham at

St James’ Park inNewcastle.—INTERNET

Pettersen, Oh lead LPGAtourney after rounds of 69

CLIFTON, 17 May—Suzann Pettersen and Ji YoungOh seemingly won’t have to worry about three-timedefending champion Lorena Ochoa making a run atthem in the final round of the Sybase Classic.

There are plenty of other challengers though, in-cluding recent major winner Brittany Lincicome, eight-time LPGA winner Paul Creamer and probably themost famous non-winner on tour, 19-year-old MichelleWie.—Internet

Advantage Bordeaux asFrench title race ticks down

Suzann Pettersen of Norway, tees off on the 17thhole during the third round of the Sybase ClassicLPGA golf tournament at Upper Montclair Coun-try Club in Clifton, NJ, on 16 May, 2009.—INTERNET

Mourinho achieves Interminimum in first season

Jose Mourinho

MADRID, 17May—Barce-lona blew awaythe cobwebs ofthe FrankRijkaard era tolift their first ti-tle in two years,triumphing witha swagger andsome eye-catch-ing football thatleft their fansand neutralspurring.

Real Madridwere dreamingof a third suc-cessive league title but Barcelona coach Pep Guardioladefied his inexperience using the attacking talents ofLionel Messi, Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto’o to perfec-tion as they gunned down their rivals and helped wina 19th league title.

Barca led for most of the season and their attackingstyle drew comparisons with Johan Cruyff’s ‘DreamTeam’, in which Guardiola played a part.The inexpe-rienced Guardiola, a former Barcelona midfielder pro-moted from youth team coach, replaced Rijkaard atthe young age of 37 and was pitted against Real’s farmore experienced coach Bernd Schuster.—Internet

NEWCASTLE, 17 May—Australia’s Mark Vidukaand Mark Schwarzer wereat the centre of a disal-lowed goal storm as New-castle’s Premier Leaguefuture was left hanging by

a thread following their1-0 defeat against Fulham.

Referee Howard Webbruled out Magpies strikerViduka’s second-halfheader for a foul by KevinNolan on Fulham goal-

keeper Schwarzer asFulham moved a stepcloser to qualifying fornext season’s EuropaLeague and left AlanShearer’s side in dire trou-ble.—Internet

PARIS, 17 May—Bor-deaux took a step closerto clinching their firstFrench league title in adecade with a hard-fought3-2 win over Le Mans onSaturday. Coached byformer France defenderLaurent Blanc, Bor-

deaux’s 22nd win of theseason took them top ofthe table with a three-point lead over Marseilleand two league matchesremaining.

That could all changeon Sunday if Marseillebeat seven-times consecu-tive champions Lyon,who are already out of thetitle race. However EricGerets’ Marseille side, theonly other team who cannow win the Frenchleague, will be under hugepressure to deliver againstClaude Puel’s under-achieving champions.

Internet

ROME, 17 May—WhenJose Mourinho arrived atInter Milan amongstmuch pomp and fanfare inJune last year he was seta definite target — win theChampions League. Interwere on a run of three

straight titles, in no smallpart thanks to the match-fixing punishment thatsent Juventus down toSerie B, and two of theirbest players into Inter’scolours.

Back then, in the sum-mer of 2006, Inter wereknown as the country’sperennial underachieversand chokers. But theyromped to the 2007 titlemore by default as pointspenalties dealt out to ACMilan, Fiorentina andLazio had robbed Inter ofany meaningful challeng-ers.—Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, Southwest monsoon has advancedinto the Southern Myanmar areas. Weather has been partlycloudy in Magway Division, rain or thundershowers havebeen widespread in Shan State, lower Sagaing andTaninthayi Divisions, fairly widespreads in upper Sagaingand Mandalay Divisions and isolated in the remainingStates and Divisions with locally heavyfall in lower Sagaingand Mandalay Divisions. Day temperatures were (3°C) to(4°C) above May average temperatures in Rakhine, Kayin,Mon States, Magway and Bago Divisions, (5°C) above Mayaverage temperatures in Mandalay and TaninthayiDivisions and about May average temperatures in theremaining States and Divisions. The significant daytemperature were Chauk and Minbu (41°C) each. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw(0.78) inch, Nay Pyi Taw (Thapyaygon) (2.40) inches NayPyi Taw (Tutkon) (1.93) inches, Monywa (1.89) inches andSagaing (1.54) inches.

Maximum temperature on 16-5-2009 was 91°F.Minimum temperature on 17-5-2009 was 73°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 17-5-2009 was 74%.Total sunshine hours on 16-5-2009 was (0.7) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 17-5-2009was (Tr) at Mingaladon, (Nil)at Kaba-Aye and (0.04) inch at Central Yangon. Totalrainfall since 1-1-2009 was (3.54) inches at Mingaladon,(4.61) inches at Kaba-Aye and (5.75) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(5) mph from Southwest at (17:30) hour MST on 16-5-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is moderate in the AndamanSea and South Bay and weather is partly cloudy elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 18th May 2009: Rainor thundershowers will be scattered in Kachin and ShanStates, upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions isolated inthe remaining areas. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seasare likely at times Gulf of mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach(35) to (40) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Rain orthundershowers in the lower Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for18-5-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for18-5-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for18-5-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

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Giraffe calf Shani is seen with her father Naruk,left, and her mother Kibaya, right, at the BerlinZoo, Friday, on 15 May, 2009. Shani was born

on 3 May, 2009.—INTERNET

Thousands March in Britainfor better protection of jobs

LONDON, 17 May,—As unemployment in Britainrose to more than 2.2 million this week, the country’sbiggest union brought thousands of people fromacross the UK on Saturday to march in defence oftheir jobs.

The national March for Jobs throughBirmingham saw workers from every sector of theeconomy unite to send a message to the governmentthat protecting jobs during the recession must be itstop priority.

Workers from numerous manufacturingcompanies and from the public and private sectorsconverged on Britain’s second largest city andmanufacturing heartland to demand urgent steps tokeep people employed.

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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment 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 in thehands 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

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Beautiful and peaceful Taunggyi in Shan State (South)Article: Win Kyaw; Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)

It was at 3 am on 7May 2009 when we ar-rived at Taunggyi on ourtour of Shan State (South)to collect facts about re-gional development, andwe were greeted by ashower.

At about 10 am thesame day, we wentaround Taunggyi andsaw fine, wide roads,flower beds and beauti-ful houses. Internal roadsof the wards across thetown were found cleanand tidy, and the roadand the beds of variousspecies of flowers andlandscaping plantsmatched together.

The buildings in theurban areas are paintedvarious colours. Despitethe dense population andhaving a large number ofbuildings, the Taunggyiis clean and tidy due tospecial programmes tospruce it up.

(See page 10)A panoramic view of Taunggyi, Shan State (South).

Monsoon enters southern MyanmarNAY PYI TAW, 17 May— The monsoon wind that blows from the south-

west already entered the southern regions of Myanmar 24 hours ago, it is learnt.MNA

More critically endangered birds onIUCN red list than ever

Lear's Macaw (Anodorhynchus leari). 2009 IUCNRed List of Threatened Species status: Endan-

gered.

AMMAN, 17 May —The latest evaluation ofthe world’s birds revealsthat more species thanever are threatened withextinction, according tothe IUCN Red List ofThreatened Species.

BirdLife Interna-tional, which conductedthe research for the IUCNRed List, found 1,227species (12 percent) areclassified as globallythreatened with extinc-

tion. The good news is thatwhen conservation action

is put in place, speciescan be saved.—Internet

String theory: Equivalence principle in space testtheory.

Now, the equiva-lence principle is put totest with so farunachieved accuracywithin the scope of the"Microscope" spaceproject - a German-French cooperation. PTBhas developed the manu-facturing and measuringmethods for the testmasses which are re-quired for the accelera-tion experiments in anear-Earth orbit, and hasmanufactured the firsttest pieces.

The validity of theseacceleration experimentsdecisively depends on thequality of the test massesused. —Internet

The “Microscope” space project will check theequivalence principle of inert and heavy mass

with so far unequalled accuracy.

BERLIN, 17 May —Since Galileo Galilei andNewton, the assumptionis valid that inert and

heavy mass are equivalent.This is, however, ques-tioned by new physicaltheories such as the String

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