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4th Waxing of Hnaung Tagu 1368 ME Wednesday, 21 March, 2007Volume XIV, Number 339

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

We have taken noble oaths to sacrifice our lives for the people and the nation. We havevowed on the conviction that there is no greater honour than sacrificing one’s life for one’sown country. Therefore, if you are confronted with an enemy or in need of providing securityand safeguarding the life and property of the people or in consolidating the sovereigntyof thestate, you must show your courage, conviction and bravery according to the motto, “boldlyadvance, boldly attack and boldly annihilate the enemy.”

Sacrifice lives for the people and the nation

YANGON, 21 March—His Excellency Mr Choummaly Sayasone wasborn on 6 March 1936 in Attapeu Province, Laos. He attended the PoliticalSchool for High Ranking Cadres situated in Vietnam in 1964, and in 1978attended the Military Academy in the Soviet Union. He also studied at thePolitical and Administrative School in Vietnam in 1993.

He joined the Lao Revolutionary movement in 1954 and became amember of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party in 1955. From 1955 to 1956,he participated in the defense of the revolutionary bases and liberated zones andbecame a Deputy Chief of unit in 1959. In 1962, he served as an officer forpolitical affairs of the 5th Battalion and in 1964 was promoted to Commanderof the 2nd Battalion. From 1968 to 1975, he served as Chief of Joint Staff in

Curriculum Vitae of Mr Choummaly Sayasone,President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

(See page 2) Major Keosaychay Sayasone.

Newly opened Pyapon Bridge in Pyapon Township, Ayeyawady Division.—MNA

Better transportation brings about both development of regionsand better education, health, social and economic foundations

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein attends inauguration of Pyapon Bridge

YANGON, 20March — Secretary-1 ofthe State Peace and Devel-opment Council Lt-GenThein Sein attended theopening ceremony ofPyapon Bridge in Pyapontoday and unveiled theplaque of the bridge.

The bridge wasconstructed by the BridgeConstruction SpecialGroup-7 of Public Workswas opened today hailingthe 62nd AnniversaryArmed Forces Day.

(See page 16)

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and Development Council

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services

(From address at the graduation parade of 49th Intake of Defence Services Academy)

Mr Choummaly Sayasone

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 21 March, 2007

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

People’s DesireWednesday, 21 March, 2007

Our Three Main National Causes—Non-dis-

integration of the Union, Non-disintegration of

national solidarity and Perpetuation of sover-

eignty—is the concept, in which the Tatmadaw

believes unwaveringly, as well as the national

duty to be performed by the entire national

people.

The Tatmadaw has been brilliantly crushing

internal and external destructive elements harm-

ing Our Three Main National Cause, while sac-

rificing a lot of lives, blood and sweat of its

members for ensuring perpetuation of the inde-

pendence and sovereignty of the nation.

Now, all countries, developed and develop-

ing alike, are promoting their armed power.

Thus, the Tatmadaw is transforming itself into a

strong, capable, modern and patriotic one to

protect the motherland from any forms of dan-

ger.

The Tatmadaw in perpetual service of the

nation and the people is discharging its three

primary duties—nation-defence duty, training

duty and public welfare duty.

It is also carrying out nation-building tasks,

while safeguarding the people and their prop-

erty. Furthermore, it is exerting efforts with

might and main in implementing the projects for

building roads, railroads, irrigation facilities and

bridges.

Equipped with nationalistic fervour, patri-

otic spirit and aspiration to serve the interests of

the people, the Tatmadaw has been able to devote

itself to the national development projects with

heart and soul. It is believed that preserving a fine

tradition of making sacrifices in the interests of

the nation and the people and upholding Our

Three Main National Causes, the Tatmadaw will

be always able to shoulder national defence duties

for ensuring secure life of the entire people.

Uphold Our Three MainNational Causes, protectpeople’s lives and property

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Curriculum Vitae ofMr Choummaly Sayasone, …

(from page 1)Xieng Khuang Region and in 1975, he backed theLiberation of the whole country for the founding of theLao People’s Democratic Republic as Chief of JointStaff in Xieng Khuang Region.

From 1980 to 1982, he was appointed asDeputy Chief of the General Staff Department of theMinistry of National Defense. He was elected as aMember of the Lao People’s Revolutionary PartyCentral Committee (LPRPCC) at the 3rd Party Con-gress held in 1982 and in 1986 he was elected as anAlternate Politburo Member of the LPRPCC at the 4thParty Congress and also appointed as First Vice-Min-ister at the Ministry of National Defense.

In 1991, he was elected as a Politburo Memberat the 5th Party Congress and appointed as Minister ofNational Defense. At the 6th Party Congress held in1996, he was re-elected as a Politburo Member and alsore-appointed as Minister of National Defense. In 2001,he was re-elected as Politburo Member at the 7th PartyCongress and appointed as Vice-President of the LaoPeople’s Democratic Republic. He was elected as Gen-eral Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary PartyCentral Committee at the 8th Party Congress and thenappointed as President of the Lao People’s DemocraticRepublic at the preliminary session of the 6th Legisla-tive of the National Assembly.

His Excellency Mr Choummaly Sayasone ismarried to Major Keosaychay Sayasone and they havethree sons and five daughters.

MNA

YANGON, 20March— The second cashdonation ceremony for theFourth Renovation ofShwephonepwint Pagodawas held in conjunctionwith the meeting of theLeading Committee for theFourth All-round Renova-tion of the Pagoda yester-day at the pagoda inPazundaung Township,here. Chairman of theLeading Committee Sec-retariat Member of theUnion Solidarity and De-velopment Association In-charge of PazundaungTownship Minister for In-formation Brig-Gen KyawHsan accepted donationsand presented certificatesof honour to wellwishers.

The cash donationceremony was held at thenew Dhammayon of thepagoda. The minister andcongregation recited NamoTassa three times to openthe ceremony.

Minister Brig-

Cash donated for renovation of Shwephonepwint Pagoda

Gen Kyaw Hsan briefedon benefits of the renova-tion of religious buildingsand the five tasks carriedout for the fourth renova-tion of the pagoda.

Afterwards, Min-ister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan,members of the LeadingCommittee, departmentalheads and Chairman of thePagoda Board of TrusteesU Tint Lwin accepted K

25,774,000 donated by 68wellwishers includingState Ovdacariya AbhidajaMaha Rattha GuruAbhidhaja Agga MahaSaddhamma JotikaBhaddanta Sobhana,Member of State SanghaMaha Nayaka CommitteeShwebontha MonasterySayadaw Agga MahaSaddhamma JotikadajaBhaddanta Varama and

Myatheindan MonasterySayadaw Agga MahaPandita Bhaddanta Kesara.

After the cash do-nation ceremony the meet-ing of the Leading Com-mittee for Fourth All-round Renovation of thePagoda was held.

Chairman and of-ficials of the respective sub-committees presented workdone and future plans. Af-ter attending to the needs,Minister Brig-Gen KyawHsan stressed the need tocomplete the renovationtasks before monsoon forthe convenience of pil-grims, ensure worksitesafety and renovate the pa-goda without damaging theoriginal style. After themeeting, Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan paid hom-age to the pagoda strollingclockwise and inspectedrenovation tasks. — MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan accepts cash donated by a wellwisher. — MNA

Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint receives Mrs Hoso Kawa of Japanand party at the ministry in Nay Pyi Taw, on 20 March 2007. — MNA

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Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance of the Republic ofSingapore (centre L) speaks with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd R)

during a bilateral meeting at the premier’s official residence in Tokyo on 19 March , 2007. — INTERNET

Medics provide medical help to a victim of amethane explosion at a hospital in Russia’s

Siberian city of Novokuznetsk in this 19 March,2007 frame grab. Seventy-five people were killedwhen a methane gas explosion ripped through

Ulyanovskaya mine. —INTERNET

Sudan’s Defence Minister slamsBlair over Darfur comment

KHARTOUM, 19 March—Sudanese DefenceMinister AbdelrahimMohamed Hussein hasblasted British PrimeMinister Tony Blair forcalling to adopt tougherline against the SudaneseGovernment over theDarfur crisis, the semi-official Sudanese MediaCentre reported onSaturday.

The Sudanese DefenceMinister strongly rejectedstatements by Blair inwhich he said the strugglein Darfur should be seenas part of the internationalwar on terror andextremists.

Hussein said that theSudanese Governmentstood by its position

against internationalforces entering the regionbecause their agendawould not lead to peace.

He said that Blair'sstatements regardingterrorism in Darfur werelies and fabrications,adding that this wasanother type of Westernpressure to enforce UNResolution 1706, which,calling for the deploymentof international peace-keeping force in Darfur,has been rejected by thegovernment.

“They lied before inIraq and claimed therewere weapons of massdestruction but these werenever found,” Husseinsaid, adding “they want torepeat the same scenario

in Darfur.” He stressed that the

government would notallow this, saying that“there is neither terrorismnor terrorists in Darfur,because people of theregion know each otherand any foreign entity inthe region would beobvious to everyone”.

“We do not wantDarfur to become anotherIraq with internationaltroops getting involved,”he said. Hussein said hehad witnessed a noticeableimprovement in Darfursince the beginning of theyear, and that there hadbeen no confrontationsbetween the Armed Forcesand rebels.

MNA/Xinhua

US embassy convoy in Afghanistanattacked

KABUL, (Afghanistan)19 March —A suicide carbomber attacked a convoyof vehicles carryingUnited States embassyofficials on a busy road inKabul today, seriouslyinjuring an Americansecurity guard who wastravelling in one of thevehicles. A 14-year-oldAfghan boy was killed;witnesses said there were

other civilian injuries aswell.

Joe Mellott, a spokes-man for the embassy, saidthe guard had beenhospitalized.

“His condition isstable,” Mr Mellott said.

The bombing, the firstsuicide attack recorded inKabul this year, took placeon the Jalalabad Road, abusy route out of Kabul

that is regularly used byembassy and militaryvehicles. The site wasabout two miles from theembassy.

The convoy was madeup of four sport-utilityvehicles, the embassysaid; the suicide bomber’scar struck the first vehiclein the convoy, pushing itacross the road.

Internet

Russia says US must engageIran in Iraq solution

MOSCOW, 19 March—A collective solutioninvolving all majorpowers plus Iran is theonly way to stop thesectarian violence tearingIraq apart, Russian For-eign Minister SergeiLavrov said on Saturday.

Lavrov said there was“a need to draw up a new

strategy and this time on acollective basis to correctthe situation in Iraq and inthe Middle East as awhole”.

“It is possible to realizethe potential of moderatepolitical forces in Iraq andmove that country in theright direction. It can onlybe done by involving Iran

but not going over itshead”.

Russian PresidentVladimir Putin hasseverely criticized USpolicies in Iraq, sayingthey have destabilzed theMiddle East. Russia’sprotests were ignoredwhen the United Statesinvaded Iraq in 2003.

Russia had a numberof lucrative oil deals withthe government ofSaddam Hussein beforeit was overthrown in2003, and Moscow hopesto revive them innegotiations with the newgovernment.

MNA/Reuters

A general view showsthe stadium court at

the Indian WellsTennis Garden as

Spain’s Rafael Nadalserves to Serbia's

Novak Djokovic duringthe final of the Pacific

Life Open tennistournament in Indian

Wells, California,on 18 March, 2007.

INTERNET

Dozens arrested in NY, SanFrancisco Iraq protests

SAN FRANCISCO, 20 March — Policearrested several dozen Iraq war protestersin San Francisco and New York City onMonday as the nation marked the fourthanniversary of the US invasion of Iraq.

Uniformed police outnumbered thefewer than 100 protesters outside thestock exchange building at the corner ofBroad and Wall streets in New York'shistoric financial district.

"Stop the money, stop the war,"

demonstrators chanted as police hauledaway limp-bodied protesters.

A police spokesman said 44 werearrested.

Demonstrators said they weredirecting their protest at major defencecontractors Lockheed Martin, Boeing,Northrop Grumman, Halliburton,General Electric and others. There protesthad no impact on the stock exchange'strading.— MNA/Reuters

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Malaysia’s King Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin inspects an honour guardduring the opening of the parliament sitting in Kuala Lumpur

on 19 March, 2007. — INTERNET

BEIJING, 20 March—The world’s largestpassenger plane made itsdebut in the United StatesMonday, as two ofAirbus’ A380 super-jumbos headed for

BAGHDAD, 20 March— Only 18 per cent ofIraqis have confidence inUS-led forces and mostthink the presence offoreign forces is makingsecurity worse, butdespite that only about athird want them to leavenow, a poll showed onMonday.

The poll of morethan 2,000 people,commissioned by theBBC, ABC News, ARDand USA Today, indicatedIraqis have become lessoptimistic about the

PRAGUE, 19 March —Residents of the tinyCzech village of Trokavechave voted overwhelm-ingly against hosting aradar station as part of aproposed US missiledefence shield, localmedia reported on Sunday.

Trokavec, some 60kilometres (40 miles) westof Prague, organized thevote to show the strengthof the villagers’ oppositionto the project, whichCzech and US officials arediscussing.

Seventy-one residents

NICOSIA, 19 March — A father and his two youngchildren died in a fire at their home in a familycompound on a British base in Cyprus, police sourcessaid on Sunday.

They said the dead children were a girl aged twoand a boy aged five.

The British military could not confirm the identityof the victims, saying they had to make a formalidentification and brief the next of kin.

Nobody else was hurt in the fire. The cause of the blaze in the RAF Akrotiri

compound, which sits on the southern tip of Cyprus,was not immediately known.

Britain has two bases on Cyprus, which was aBritish colony until 1960. — MNA/Reuters

TOKYO, 19 March —An avalanche on amountain in northernJapan’s Hokkaido onSunday led to four deadand one injured altogether,with the finding of threemore bodies on Monday,Kyodo News said.

The avalanche en-gulfed around 10 snow-mobiles at around 2:50 pm(0550 GMT) on Sundayon the southern slopes nearthe top of Mt Shakotan inHokkaido.

One body was foundlate Sunday, and threemore were discovered onMonday.

The four victims wereall from Hokkaido.

MNA/Xinhua

Czech village rejects possibleUS radar station

voted against hosting theradar station, only onebacked it and the 16 othereligible voters did not takepart.

“This is a clear signalto the government that itshould not negotiate withthe US without (ourinput),” the daily MladaFronta Dnes’s Websitequoted Trokavec MayorJan Neoral as saying.

Trokavec is only 2kilometres (1.2 miles)from Brdy military base,a frontline Soviet positionin the Cold War, and

residents fear a radarstation would again makethem a target in case ofwar.

The result of theinformal vote reflectsgrowing opposition in theCzech Republic to theplanned shield, which theUnited States says isneeded to defend againstpossible missile attacks by“rogue nations” such asIran or North Korea.

Poland is being askedto host missile batteries aspart of the system.

MNA/Reuters

A new Airbus A380 lands at John F Kennedy Airport in New York, on 19March, 2007.—INTERNET

Airbus A380 makes maidenvoyage to US

simultaneous landings inNew York and LosAngeles.

The first trans-Atlantic flights for the555-seat, double-deckerplane are part of exercisesto ensure that it iscompatible with twomajor US airports, whichhave spent hundreds ofmillions of dollars inupgrades to accommodatethe giant plane.

Between them, thosetwo facilities are spendingabout 300 million USdollarsto widen runwaysand provide specialdocking equipment forthe plane, which has awingspan almost the

length of an Americanfootball field.

Airbus has spent morethan 10 billion dollarsdeveloping the A380,which has a list price ofabout 319 million dollars.So far it has racked up 156orders from 14 customers,but has yet to score an orderfrom a US airline.

Signing up a US airlinewould be a huge financialand morale boost forAirbus, owned byEurope’s EADS, whichhas been dragged intobillion of dollars in lossesand corporate turmoil bydelays on the huge plane,which is now two yearsoverdue.—Internet

Poll: Few Iraqis trust US forcesfuture compared to asimilar survey in 2005when respondents weregenerally hopeful, theBBC said.

Asked whether theirlives were overall betteror worse than before theinvasion, 43 per cent saidbetter, 36 per cent worseand the rest about thesame. Expectations forhow things will be in ayear were much lowerthan in 2005, with only35 per cent expectingimprovement comparedto 64 per cent in a 2005

survey. The survey showed

sharp geographicalvariations, with con-fidence in US-led forceshighest in the north, at 46per cent, and non-existentin Baghdad, where 100per cent said they had notvery much or noconfidence in US-ledforces.

Overall, 18 per centof Iraqis expressedconfidence in US forcesand 69 per cent said theirpresence made securityworse. — MNA/Reuters

Four deadin

avalanchein northern

Japan

Three die at home onBritish base in Cyprus

Hryhory Nestor, a former shepherd, presumed to be the world’s oldest living person,celebrates his 116th birthday with a glass of champagne -- diluted with water and fruit

juice-- in his house, in the village of Stariy Yarychiv, 30 km (18 miles) east of the historiccity of Lviv, on 15 March, 2007. Nestor's birthdate makes him nearly two years older

than Yone Minagawa, a Japanese woman who turned 114 in January.—XINHUA

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NAY PYI TAW, 20 March — Member of theState Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen YeMyint of the Ministry of Defence on his inspectiontour of Myitkyina, Kachin State, accompanied byChairman of Kachin State PDC Commander ofNorthern Command Maj-Gen Ohn Myint, seniormilitary officers, officials concerned of the SPDCOffice and departmental heads arrived at mile post No12/0 on Akye-Hsinbo-Peinkhunyan-Myohla road on18 March.

Upon arrival at the district-to-district road,Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party looked into a road map anda signboard and passenger mini buses running on No3 district-to-district road and gave necessaryinstructions. After asking condition of floods on theroad in the rainy season, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and partycordially greeted local people of Phayaw Village nearthe mile post No 15/0 and inspected durability of theMalisutyan Bridge near the mile post No 24/0.

Next, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party oversawTokat village Basic Education Primary School andcondition of the road section near the mile post No 32/0 and steel bridge on Mokaung Creek in NantainloneVillage. Afterwards, Commander Maj-Gen Ohn Myintpresented reports on construction of the bridge andcondition of flow of water in the creek.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party looked

Lt-Gen Ye Myint looks into regional developmentworks in Kachin State

into situation of first defile of Ayeyawady River andearth work with the use of heavy machinery. Next, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party arrived at Northern RoyalDiamond Co Ltd on Wegyi-Nalon road section andinspected teak plantations and Namhsanyan bridge onBhamo-Myitkyina road.

Next, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party oversaw

plantations of rubber, pepper, avocado pear andphysic nut plants at local battalion in WaimawTownship.

After inspecting conditions of bridges onBhamo-Myitkyina road and plantations on eitherside of the road they arrived Myitkyina in the evening.

MNA

YANGON, 20 March—Patron of Myanma GemsEmporium CentralCommittee Minister forMines Brig-Gen OhnMyint, accom-panied bysecretary of theCommittee ManagingDirector U Thein Swe ofMyanma Gems Enter-prise and members, arrivedat the 44th Myanma GemsEmporium held atMyanmar ConventionCentre on Mindhammaroad in MayangonTownship this morning,and viewed sale of jadelots through competitivebidding system andcordially greeted local andforeign gem merchants.

Lots of jade, gem andpearl were sold throughcompetitive bidding andtender system at the 44thMyanma Gems Em-porium from 8 to 20March. The local andforeign merchantsbought a total of 3652lots of jade, gem andpearl.

A total of 3421merchants— 2069 from

3652 lots of gem, jades, pearl sold at MyanmaGems Emporium

YANGON, 20March— Tea CocktailCompetition Myanmarwas held at ThamadaHotel here on 17 March.

The competitionwas organized byMyanmar Chef As-sociation and sponsoredby Hotels and Tourism

Minister meets Gementrepreneurs

YANGON, 20 March — Patron of MyanmarGems Emporium Central Committee Minster for MinesBrig-Gen Ohn Myint met with Myanma Gementrepreneurs and executives at the MyanmarConvention Centre today.

Also present were directors-general andmanaging directors of the departments and enterprisesunder the ministry and executives of the MyanmarGem Entrepreneur Association.

At the meeting, the minister called for moreefforts to be able to create a firmed market, to penetrateinternational gems markets and to expand the gemsindustry to increase the revenue of the country.

MNA

Myanmar Insurance setsup new office

NAY PYI TAW, 20 March— The new office ofMyanmar Insurance was opened at the office heretoday in the presence of Commander of Nay Pyi TawCommand Brig-Gen Wai Lwin and Minister for Financeand Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun.

Also present on the occasion were Vice-Governor U Than Nyein of Central Bank of Myanmar,directors-general and managing directors of thedepartments and enterprises under the ministry.

First, Managing Director U Thein Lwin ofMyanmar Insurance and Chairman of PyinmanaDistrict Peace and Development Council U Khin MaungZaw formally opened the new office.

The commander unveiled the signboard of thenew office. The managing director explained factsabout the new office. Afterwards, the commander andthe minister visited the new office.— MNA

Tea Cocktail CompetitionMyanmar held

Ministry.Deputy Minister

for Hotels and TourismBrig-Gen Aye Myint Kyupresented first prize to MaLai Ram Chann of theGovernor Residence,second prize to U HlaMyint of Strand Hotel,third prize to Saw Min Min

Aye and Moe Moe Aungof Manis Restaurant &Bar.

The competitionaimed at improving ofhotel services andintroducing acombination of tastes ofMyanmar green tea.

MNA

foreign countries and1352 local merchants—visited the emporium.

MNA

Lt-Gen Ye Myint of Ministry of Defence inspects Mokaung Bridge near Nantainlone Village.MNA

Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myintpresents a souvenir to Mr Thirapol Tattrajettit,

a Chinese merchant, the highest buyer in jade lots. — MNA

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HAILING THE 62ND ANNIVERSARY ARMED FORCES DAY:

Only when the Tatmadaw isstrong, will the nation be strong

Every country has a

Tatmadaw (armed

forces) responsible for

defending the

motherland. The

Myanmar Tatmadaw has

come into existence with

patriotic fervour and

political concept since

independence struggles.

During the Second

World War, Myanmar

youths underwent

military training in

Hainan Island and

formed a Tatmadaw.

Today’s Myanmar

Tatmadaw is not an

expansionist Tatmadaw

that invades other

countries or that is under

alien influence. It is just

a national Tatmadaw in

perpetual service of the

nation and the people.

By nature, the Tatmadaw

has never remained

indifferent to any alien

invasion of the mother

country nor intruded into

other countries.

The Tatmadaw

sacrificed a large number

of lives of its members

Tatmadaw born of the peopleKhin Win San

in the independence

struggles. It also played

the major role in the drive

for tackling the armed

conflict that emerged soon

after regaining the

independence. It has

repulsed all alien

intrusions. In addition, it

is dedicating itself to

ensuring peace and

stability of the State,

national reconsolidation,

national development, and

transition to a democratic

nation. These are major

tasks of the Tatma-

daw reflecting its

attributes.

According to the

social science, every effect

has its cause. Similarly,

the Tatmadaw (Tatmadaw

Government)’s engage-

ment in the Myanmar

political sector and

playing a leading role in

the building of a

democratic nation are

effects, not causes. In an

objective assessment, one

can notice clearly the

fundamental factors as

follows:—

(1) the Tatmadaw was

conceived in the

independence strug-

gles, and since then it

has played a

leadership role in

national politics,

(2) it has managed to put

an end to the internal

armed conflict, so it

has engaged in the

military and political

sectors,

(3) political parties are

not in a position to

achieve national

reconso-lidation due

to attachment to the

party concerned,

personality cult, and

sectarianism, and

(4) every time the nation

is on the verge of

collapse following

general deterioration

in the political and

economic sectors, the

Tatmadaw has taken

up State duties

unavoidably, uphold-

ing Our Three Main

National Causes.

In the 1988 unrest, the

nation saw various groups

in rivalry, violent killings,

destructive acts, and

anarchic situation in which

the people had to live in a

state of alarm, attracting

alien interference and

intervention. Therefore,

the Tatmadaw had to take

up State responsibilities

unavoidably. At that time,

no politician nor political

force and organization

was capable of addressing

the deteriorating situation.

Then, the Tatmadaw had

to discharge bounden

duties of ensuring stability

and peace of State,

national reconsolidation,

and building a new nation

through the market-

oriented economic

system.

As a result, the nation

is enjoying the taste of

development in the time

of the Tatmadaw

Government. In addition,

resulting from giving

priority to national

reconsolidation, 17 major

national race armed

groups and many small

armed groups have

returned to the legal fold

and are now

wholeheartedly partici-

pating in the regional

development tasks.

Thanks to prevalence of

peace and stability of the

State, the Tatmadaw has

been able to implement

national development

projects the length and

breadth of the nation.

Despite economic

sanctions imposed by

certain nations, it has been

able to make self-reliant

efforts to develop the

motherland.

Now, Myanmar has

enjoyed fruitful results of

progress in various sectors

such as border areas and

national races, anti-

narcotics campaigns,

agriculture, livestock

breeding, afforestation,

regional greening and

development, transport,

communications, electric

power, industry, energy,

education, science and

technology, health,

development affairs of

towns and villages, roads

and bridges, information

and public relations,

commodity production,

commerce, and private

sector. As the Myanmar

society has developed

dramatically, the State’s

seven-point Road Map is

being implemented for

transition to a discipline-

flourishing democratic

nation. Simultaneously,

the National Convention

representing the entire

national people is drawing

the State constitution for

the multi-party system. In

the process, strong points

and weak points of

previous State

constitutions are reviewed

to ensure harmony of the

three pillars—legislative,

executive and judicial

sectors—in conformity

with the way of life of the

people.

It is enumerated that

legislative power will be

delegated to the

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, and

the Region or State

Hluttaw.

(See page 7)

However much certain powerful countries

and their cohorts are using various ways and

means to hinder the nation-building tasks at a

time when the Tatmadaw Government is

playing a leading role in the building of a

democratic nation with flourishing discipline,

the people’s Tatmadaw (national Tatmadaw)

born of the people will make continued efforts

hand in hand with the entire people to achieve

the national goal.

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Tatmadaw with Fine Traditions* From days of yore in history

To this era, our Tatmadawmen

Who have staunchly defended Myanmar

Have had to stay away from wives and children

And this staying away has been numerous

More than a thousand or even ten thousand times.

* Likewise, staying away from

Parents, friends and company

Has been counted

More than ten thousand times.

* More than that, our lives have been

Given no preference, without relish

Sacrificed, and given of blood.

And having thus given, if counted

Would brim over the ocean.

* In fact, our Tatmadaw

While uprooting the intruder

And those who brazenly insult

The sovereignty and integrity of the nation.

Destroying and crushing, claiming victory

And in so doing, giving the intruder his due

Parting from friends and relatives, parents

Children and wives, many partings

These are sacrifices made

Our strength increases rapidly

Bravely waving our victory flag

Ready to do battle, red as red can be

With belief in the nation

Leaving not a single dust of destruction

To the Myanmar’s bravery overwhelm the world

To hand down to be accepted

With good Taboung summer month witness

May it spread goodness all over.

Myinmu Maung Naing Moe (Trs)

(Hailing the 62nd Anniversary Armed Forces

Day)

(from page 6)

And self-admini-

stered areas will be vested

with the legislative power

prescribed in the State

constitution. Regarding

the Hluttaws at different

levels, there will be the

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw

Tatmadaw born of…

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POEM

made up of the Pyithu

Hluttaw and the Amyotha

Hluttaw. And there will be

seven Region Hluttaws

and seven State Hluttaws

along with one self-

administered division

leading body and five self-

administered zone leading

bodies. So, under the

forthcoming State

Constitution, there will be

seven legislative bodies:

(1) the Pyidaungsu

Hluttaw, (2) the Pyithu

Hluttaw, (3) the Amyotha

Hluttaw, (4) Region

Hluttaw, (5) State

Hluttaw, (6) Self-

Administered Division

Leading Body and (7) Self-

Administered Zone Leading

Body. Unlike previous State

constitutions, the upcoming

State constitution will have

salient characteristics based

on equality to national races.

Then, the State constitution

will be approved through a

referendum. However

much certain powerful

countries and their cohorts

are using various ways and

means to hinder the nation-

building tasks at a time

when the Tatmadaw

Government is playing a

leading role in the building

of a democratic nation with

flourishing discipline, the

people’s Tatmadaw

(national Tatmadaw) born

of the people will make

continued efforts hand in

hand with the entire people

to achieve the national goal.

Translation: MS

******

Film Academy Award winners honoured

Information Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan greets a motion picture academy award winner.MNA

YANGON, 20 March — The Myanma MotionPicture Academy Award winners for 2005 were honouredby the Myanmar Motion Picture Assiayon at the buildingof the Asiayon here today.

Present on the occasion were Minister forInformation Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, departmental officialsof the ministry, officials of the Myanmar Motion PictureScrutinizing Board, Myanmar Film Censor Board andVideo Censor Board, patrons of the Asiayon and academy

award winners.Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan cordially greeted

those present on the occasion. Patron U Khin Zawdelivered an address. Patrons of MMPA presented cashawards to the winners.

On behalf of the award winners, Actor Lu Minspoke words of thanks.

Afterwards, those presents were hosted a dinnerby MMPA.— MNA

* To work in concert with the people inbuilding a peaceful, modern, developedand discipline-flourishing democraticnation

* To strive for successful realization ofthe seven-step Road Map of the Statewith genuine Union Spirit

* To crush every danger posed to stabil-ity and development of the State handin hand with the people

* To build a strong, capable and mod-ern patriotic Tatmadaw to safeguardOur Three Main National Causes

Objectives of the 62nd AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

With the people and theTatmadaw

hand in hand, who woulddare test the strength?

Ye Min Htet

Internal and external destructionists

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(from page 16)education health andsocial infrastructures inthe country.

Local peopleknow disadvantages of thepoor transportation andadvantages of the smoothtransportation.

Bridges in thecountry including PyaponBridge indicate the gov-ernment’s goodwill to-wards the people and arethe milestones of the

Secretary-1Lt-Gen Thein Seinattends inaugura-tion of PyaponBridge…

Tatmadaw Government.Although there are

hindrances to developmentof the country, Myanmarexperts, without assistancefrom foreign countries,have built river crossingbridges, dams and reser-voirs which are demandinga huge sum of money andadvanced technology. Thisshows the high calibre ofthe national people.

It is the pride ofthe nation that river cross-ing bridges includingPyapon Bridge constructedare installed with ironbeams produced by facto-ries at home.

Therefore, out of180-foot- and above longbridges constructed in thetime of the present govern-ment, Pyapon Bridge is the

223rd one. It has also be-come the 43rd bridge ofAyeyawady Division.

The newlyopened bridge has also

become the linkage be-tween Dedaye-Kungyangon Road andM a w l a - m y i n e g y u n ,Bogale and Pyapon town-ships.

Moreover, thanksto the bridge, Yangon-Nyaungdon-Maubin-K y a i k l a t - P y a p o n -Dedaye-Kungyangon-Dalla Road will become anetwork road. Therefore,the bridge will also felici-tate smooth flow of goodsand boost trade in the re-gion.

In AyeyawadyDivision, the distance ofroad has increased fromover 400 miles in 1988 toover 1,300 miles today.Now, people can go on aday trip from Yangon toDanubyu, Zalun,

Hinthada through Bayin-tnaung and Bo Myat Tunbridges, and to Pantanaw,Einme and Pathein.

N y a u n g d o n -

Hlinethaya Road,P y a p o n - D e d a y e -Kungyangon Road,Ngathainggyaung-GwaRoad and Pathein-

Monywa Road have beenconstructed to connectAyeyawady Division andother states and divisions.

Residents had torely on waterways to travelin the region in the pastand it took them a longtime to travel from onetown to another in the di-vision. Now, it is a pleas-ure to see vehicles includ-ing trucks running fromone place to another in thethe division.

At present, famouspagodas and religious build-ings in the division havebeen visited by pilgrimswhile its beach resorts havebeen crowded with touristsand the people.

The governmenthas given encouragementto the development of theeconomy in the division.Thanks to the improve-ment of transport infra-structure, fish and prawnbreeding business, wetland cultivation and hotels

and sea resorts are boom-ing in the division.

Ayeyawady Di-vision has become a reli-able division due to its ag-ricultural produce, live-stock breeding and pro-duction of goods.

He said the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil has been makingendeavours for emergenceof a modern developed na-tion in a short time for overone and half decades afterlaying down systematicplans. As a result of this,the entire Union includingAyeyawady Division hasdeveloped.

He said the gov-ernment firmly built na-tional solidarity for all-round development inevery sector creatingpeaceful and tranquil con-ditions in the country. Atthe same time it also builtinfrastructures on devel-opment such as

(See page 9)

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein cordially greets those present at opening ceremonyof Pyapon Bridge. — MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein unveils the stone plaque of Pyapon Bridge. — MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein and party pose for documentary photo togetherwith local people. — MNA

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(from page 8)dams and irrigation networks, major roads, bridgesand hydro-electric power projects that can promote thenational development greatly, he said. The government is implementing the border areasand national races development project, special 24-region development project and rural developmentproject for harmonious and equitable development ofall parts of the Union and for narrowing the develop-ment gap among the regions and it made arrangementsfor uplift of education, health and social foundationswhile fulfilling the requirements of each region. Significant progress has been made in various re-gions in the country due to peace and tranquillity, theinfrastructures on development and active participa-tion of the people. In the transport sector, regions in the east of Shweliand regions in the west of Ayeyawady and Chindwinthat lagged behind in development in the past havedeveloped rapidly on account of seven bridges across

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein attendsinauguration of Pyapon Bridge…

the Ayeyawady, two across the Chindwin and fiveacross the Thanlwin and living standard of the peoplehas also improved significantly. He said a great number of strategic bridges includingthe Thanlwin River (Mawlamyine) Bridge and a lot ofbridges in Taninthayi Division were built to link theUnion Highways from the south to the north. People in Ayeyawady Division and Rakhine Staterelied on only waterways as there are a lot of rivers andcreeks. Now they can travel to other states and divi-sions by land because of the network of roads, he said.

Roads and bridges were built in cooperation with theMinistry of Construction, the Ministry of Defence, theMinistry of Rail Transportation, the Ministry ofProgress of Border Areas and National Races andDevelopment Affairs and the Ministry of Eletric Power.Some of the highways were built with the assistance ofthe private entrepreneurs. In 1988, there were 13,600miles of roads and now there are 19,000 miles of roads. He said Myanmar engineers built ChaungU-Pakokku-Gangaw-Kalay Railroad including 5,000 feetPontaung Ponnya Tunnel with the use of high technol-

ogy. A total of 1,140 miles of railroads were built. The Secretary-1 spoke at length of construction ofrailroads linking regions and over 70 airports includ-ing two international airports. Better transportation in the country brings aboutboth development of the regions and better education,health, social and economic foundations. In Ayeyawady Division, arts and science universi-ties, technological universities, universities of compu-ter studies, specialist hospitals and general hospitalshave emerged based on three special developmentregions— Pathein, Maubin and Hinthada. He urged the officials to make continued efforts forregional and national development with the use of thefoundations and better transport. He called on the officials concerned to make con-certed efforts for prosperity of the regions and thenation as Ayeyawady Division contributes toward thedevelopment of agriculture and livestock breedingsectors. Better foundations have already been laid due tocommunity peace and tranquillity. He also urged themto safeguard the prevalence of law and order, stabilityin the region and better atmosphere with nationalawareness and to utilize these better foundations effec-

tively for prosperity of the nation.Next, Commander Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung

made a speech. He said that the Pyapon Bridge is a transportfacility linking Ohnpin Village in Dedaye Township andWard 1 of Pyapon. The bridge has saved time and cut thelength of journey. With the emergence of the bridge, peopleresiding in the region were in joy and happiness.

(See page 10)

U Win

Myint, a

resident

of

Pyapon.

MNA

Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein and party stroll onPyapon Bridge after opening of the bridge. — MNA

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than, Commander Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung and MinisterMaj-Gen Saw Tun formally open Pyapon Bridge. — MNA

Comman-

der Maj-

Gen

Thura

Myint

Aung.

MNA

Minister

Maj-

Gen

Saw

Tun.

MNA

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(from page 9)People in Ayeyawady Division had to rely

mostly on waterways in the past. At present, they areable to travel from one place to another by land with theemergence of a string of bridges in the division, headded.

He quoted the guidance of Head of StateSenior General Than Shwe as saying that better trans-port is a must for development of a region. Only whenthere is better transport in a region, will its economic,social and administrative sectors develop, he disclosed.

More roads and bridges were built and the oldones upgraded for development of the whole division.So, the length of roads has increased to 1,281 miles and3 furlongs up to date from 461 miles and 7 forlongs in1988. In 1988, there were 11 bridges large and small,but there are now 43 including the Pyapon Bridge.Those transport facilities were able to bring aboutharmonious development and ensure swift and smooth


flow of commodities in the region, he stressed.As the strength of local people plays a leading

role in developing a region, concerted efforts are to bemade for boosting producion making better use ofresources available in the division.

After that, the Minister for Construction madea speech. He quoted the guidance of Head of StateSenior General Than Shwe during his inspection tourof Anawratha Bridge across Ayeyawady River sayingthat priority was to be given to development of regionson western bank of Ayeyawady River as they laggedbehind in development. At present, people in differentparts of the division were able to move about with theemergence of a large number of roads and bridges.

He said that the emergence of Pyapon Bridgebrought immediate benefits to local peopel as well asto the State. The 3,933 feet long bridge is 203rd of itskind which were opened after 1988. The constructionof the bridge started on April 2003 and it was able to beopened today. Altogether seven bridges acrossAyeyawady River have been opened and YadanabonBridge across Ayeyawady River will soon be opened.Now, the development of regions on east bank of

Ayeyawady River and that of regions on west bank ofAyeyawady River is nearly the same as roads andbridges have emerged there.

Next, U Win Myint of Pyapon Township, onbehalf of local people, spoke words of thanks.

After that, the Secretary-1 greeted those presenton the occasion.

Later, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than, CommanderMaj-Gen Thura Myint Aung and Minister for Con-struction Maj-Gen Saw Tun formally opened the bridge.

The Secretary-1 and party had a documentaryphoto taken together with local people in front of thearchway of the bridge.

After that, the Secretary-1 unveiled the stoneinscription of the bridge.

Next, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than, Lt-Gen MyintSwe, Commander Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung andMinister Maj-Gen Saw Tun sprinkled scented water onthe stone inscription.

After that, the Secretary-1 and party and offi-cials strolled along the bridge and inspected it.

After the ceremony, the Secretary-1 and partylooked into development of Pyapon by car.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 20March — Member of theState Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Gen Kyaw Win of theMinistry of Defence onhis inspection tour ofKengtung in Shan State(East) together withChairman of Shan State(East) PDC Commanderof Triangle RegionCommand Maj-Gen MinAung Hlaing and officialsconcerned of the SPDCOffice and departmentalheads arrived at No 3 Wardof Kengtung on 17 March,and attended a ceremonyto open Cherry tarred roadto hail the 62ndAnniversary ArmedForces Day.

First, ExecutiveOfficer of KengtungTownship Development

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win attends opening of newtarred road in Kengtung of Shan State (East)

Affairs CommitteeDeputy Director U KhinKyaw briefed Lt-GenKyaw Win and party onbuilding of the tarred road.

Next, ExecutiveU Khin Kyaw presentedcommemorative flags toLt-Gen Kyaw Win,Commander Maj-GenMin Aung Hlaing andchairman of No 3 wardPDC U Sai Hsi Nwan.

A f t e r w a r d s ,secretary U Mya Aung ofShan State (East) PDC,director U Hla Myo ofShan State (East) DACand chairman U Sai HsiNwan formally opened thenewly-built tarred road.Commander Maj-GenMin Aung Hlaing thenformally unveiled thesignboard of the road.

Next, Lt-Gen

Kyaw Win, accompaniedby patron of Shan State(East) Maternal and ChildWelfare Association DawKyu Kyu Hla andmembers, visitedDhamapon monastery inNo 1 Myothit Ward ofKengtung, and oversawvaccination againstmeasles aiming at theinfants aged between ninemonths and five years. Thecollective vaccinationagainst measles waslaunched in 54 designatedplaces from 17 to 30March. The programme isto vaccinate a total of22,080 infants againstmeasles.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and partyinspected Kengtung Homefor the Aged and presentedsouvenirs to the aged. Next,

they viewed collectivevaccination againstmeasles at 300-bedhospital and presentedrefreshments to thechildren. Before thedeparture for Nay Pyi Taw

Airport, Lt-Gen KyawWin was seen off by thecommander, seniormilitary officers,

departmental heads andmembers of socialorganizations.

MNA

YANGON, 20 March—The Livestock Breeding andVeterinary Department today announced that at achicken farm in Nyaunghnapin agriculture and livestockzone (1) in Hmawby Township, Yangon Division,1645 of the 22,337 layers were dead due to H5N1 on17 and 18 March. The remaining 20,692 layers werethus culled.

The chicken, ducks and quails in suspected farmsone kilometer around the affected area are beingwatched and culled systematically. And sales andtransport of fowls and fowl products in the farms sixkilometers radius of the restricted zone are nowprohibited.

Between 28 February and 18 March, the virus wasfound at a farm of layers, ducks, pheasants or quailseach in Mayangon, Hlaingthaya, North Okkalapa,

Latest developments about bird flu outbreak in YangonMingaladon and Hmawby townships. In the cases,1863 fowls were dead due to the virus, 37,883 wereculled, and 39,746 were dead or culled.

The outbreak in the Nyaunghnapin might be due tothe virus carried by trays used to carry eggs, feedstuffbags or other small birds or visit of people, and at fourfarms in Mayangon, Hlanethaya, North Okkalapa andMingaladon townships, the keeping of pigs, ducks andchicken of local species closely in an area, unrestrictedvisit of people or visit to chicken and duck markets.

Regarding the bird flu outbreak in Yangon,conclusive evidence is not available yet. Despitepreparedness and designating restricted zones andcontrolled zones, there can be more bird flu outbreaks inthe other regions. So, those engaged in the fowl breedingand sales are urged to raise awareness.—MNA

Minister meets entrepreneurs,oversees functions of One Stop Service

YANGON, 20 March — Minister for CommerceBrig-Gen Tin Naing Thein and officials concerned metwith merchants and fish breeders at Myintzuthaka hallin Kawthoung on 17 March.

During the meeting, the minister said the Stateis giving encouragement to enhance the private sector.The merchants are to focus on cooperative measures inbreeding sector. The entrepreneurs are to participate inrespective production fields because an increasedproduction plays a key role. Next, the minister repliedto the queries raised by the entrepreneurs.

Upon arrival at the border trade point(Kawthoung), the minister inspected functions of OneStop Service and gave instructions on cooperativemeasures to be taken for rapid flow of commodities inexports and import services.

In the afternoon, the minister looked intobreeding tasks and production of rubber in Kawthoung.

MNA

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win of Ministry of Defence gives presents to a child to bevaccinated against measles in Kengtung. — MNA

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“Like Father, Like Son” a would-be-popular…

The film uses a large number of people in its battle scenes.

I was full of confidence to shoot this movie.Director Bagyi Soe Moe

Script writer Nyein Min visits the place wherethe battle of Sisiwan-Tarpan took place.

Like Father, Like Son! Both ready to die forthe national cause.

Child actor Heavy Phyo plays as the son.

Actor Lu Min as Sgt Ye Tint.

(from page 16)

“I directed this tel-

eplay with full of confi-

dence and conviction to

serve the interest of the

nation”, director Bagyi

Soe Moe told me during

the interview. Bagyi Soe

Moe is a Motion Picture

Academy Award winner.

“I present this film with

the aim of winning the

hearts of the people from

all walks of life, and of

benefiting the audience

whether they are ordinary

citizens or Tatmadaw

members”, the film direc-

tor explained his goal.

Even a sneak

preview of some parts of

the teleplay are captivat-

ing the viewers with full

of breathtaking adven-

tures.

“Based on a true

story, the film portrays the

battle of Sisiwan-Tarpan,

in which Tatmadawmen

gallantly fought the enemy

at risk to their own lives

and the people and Red

Cross members helping

our soldiers. In the end, the

battle was won. Those are

all true events. The film is

based on them”, the direc-

tor continued to say.

Bagyi Soe Moe

had already filmed “He-

roes Emerge” in honour of

the 60th Anniversary

Armed Forces Day;

“Mother of a Good Son”

commemorating the 61st

Anniversary Armed

Forces Day.

“I believe that the

film will be a work of great

artistic merit in my 40 years

of experience as a film di-

rector”, he told me with

full confidence, adding,

“The scenes were so fac-

tual that the audience may

feel as if they are witness-

ing the real battle of

Sisiwan-Tarpan.” “I used

my creative skills to my

heart’s content in filming

“Like Father, Like Son”.

But I took great care in

producing the film as such

national-interest-serving

films should be free from

any kind of error or weak-

ness”, he said.

“Like Father, Like

Son” has a lot of battle

scenes for the audience

who love war movies.

Script writer

Nyein Min, another Mo-

tion Picture Academy

Award winner, said “The

battle of Sisiwan-Tarpan

stands witness to the fact

that the Tatmadaw wins

every battle it fights with

enemy thanks to public as-

sistance, and that is the

main theme of the feature.

I visited the area where

Sisiwan-Tarpan lies and in-

terviewed some native peo-

ple and others. I also held

discussions with some

other people, who have

taken part in or who have a

great deal of knowledge

about it so that my script

will be nearest to the truth”,

he said.

The scenes of the

Tatmadawmen fighting

enemy troops with sacri-

ficing spirit, the local na-

tional races supplying food

packages for soldiers, and

Red Cross members carry-

ing away wounded soldiers

and sending them to hospi-

tal are like a real documen-

tary.

In the movie, the

protagonist, Sgt Ye Tint,

played by Lu Min, told his

son played by Min

Mawgun: “There are peo-

ple who wish to enjoy the

fruits soon after growing a

tree. But some enjoy the

fruits only after a long time

they have planted a tree.

And there are people who

grow trees just for the pos-

terity. They never enjoy

the fruits.” Both actors are

Motion Picture Academy

Award winners.

In another part,

the father during his con-

versation with the son said,

“You should not shed tears

in a place like this. This

place has the wounded and

the blood. If tears roll

down from your eyes, you

will be like betraying the

earth. Another thing is ....

here we have no medals

nor privileges, only sacri-

fices...”

Those are the

touching dialogues cre-

ated by the script writer.

The perform-

ances of Lu Min as Sgt Ye

Tint, who has great love

for the country and makes

sacrifices for the national

cause, Pan Phyu as his

wife Mya Hninzi, Min

Mawgun as Pyi Nyein

Aye, Zin Waing as battal-

ion commander Lt-Col

Win Thaw, May Thinza

Oo as the commander’s

wife and Nanda Hlaing as

their daughter will be so

artistic and impressive

enough to captivate the

hearts of audience. All the

stars stated above are

Academy Award winners.

(Translation: TMT)

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TOKYO, 19 March —Japan’s environmentministry said Sunday thatit detected the deadlyH5N1 strain of avianinfluenza in the body of anendangered eagle insouthern Japan’s Kuma-moto prefecture.

The mountain hawkeagle, which was found tobe ailing in the village ofSagara on 4 January anddied shortly afterward, hasbeen confirmed to havecontracted the virus, afterbeing examined by auniversity laboratory,Kyodo News reported.

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BEIJING , 19 March —Laughter is often said tobe “the best medicine,”and now a recent study

A hearty laugh makes you feel betterreveals a hearty laugh maynot only make you feelbetter, but also can makeyou more cooperative andaltruistic toward strangers.

Laughter is a universalhuman behavior previousstudies have shownacts asa “social lubricant” andpromotes group cohesive-ness. In this new study,researchers tested whetherthis sense of closenesswould promote altruisticbehaviour.

Study participantswatched either a funny or aserious video, and then

played a game withstrangers to see howlaughter affected thebalance between groupinterest and self-interestduring the game-play.

Each person was givena small sum of money(about 5 US dollars) andtold they could invest it ineither a private fund or agroup fund — they wouldget back whatever they putin the private fund, whilewhatever was contributedto the group fund wouldbe doubled and splitevenly among group

BEIJING , 19 March— The world’s firstapproved targeted medi-cine for non-small celllung cancer, the mostcommon type of lungcancer, was launched inChina over the weekend,company officials an-

Cancer drug hits market

HANGZHOU, 19 March — Emergency crew havefound eight bodies of the 29 sailors of a ship that sankoff east China after its collision with another ship lateSaturday night.

Twelve sailors have been rescued and the other nineare still missing, sources with the maritime safetyadministration of Zhejiang Province revealed onSunday. The collision occurred around 11 pm Saturdayon the sea near the Langgang Islands, northeast ofZhoushan Island, Zhejiang Province, when a cargoship belonging to a transport company in Shenzhencrashed with another one registered in Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong ship, Huirong, sank immediatelyand all its 29 sailors on board were marooned on thesea. The other ship, Pengyan, was from ShenzhenOcean Shipping Co, Ltd. More than 40 vessels andthree helicopters from the East China Sea Fleet, EastChina Sea Rescue Bureau, and local maritime safetyauthorities in Zhejiang have joined the rescue efforts.

MNA/Xinhua

Two cargo ships collide ineast China sea, eight dead

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members, regardless ofhow much each person putin. The researchers foundlaughter made strangersmore likely to invest inthe group fund, and soincreased their sense ofaltruism.

“This study may haveimportant implications forthe way charities ororganizations couldincrease the level ofreceived donations,” saidMark van Vugt of theUniversity of Kent, leadauthor of the unpublishedstudy.— Internet

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nounced in Shanghai overthe weekend.

Sold by ShanghaiRoche PharmaceuticalsLtd in China, Tarcevawas approved for use inChina last year, follow-ing approval in theUnited States in 2004 andthe European Union in2005. The drug is approv-ed for use in patientsfor whom standard

chemotherapy has failedto stop the cancer.

Targeted therapyrefers to a drug that targetsa specific pathway in thegrowth of a tumour. Byattacking or blockingthese critical targets, thetherapy can cripple thecancer while leavinghealthy cells unharmed.

In clinical trialsinvolving 731 lung cancerpatients in 17 countries,31 percent of patientssurvived at one year afterreceiving Tarceva com-pared with 21 percent whosurvived at one year whengiven an inactive sub-stance, a placebo.

Internet

LONDON, 19 March— Three men were stabbed todeath in separate incidents overnight in GreaterManchester, police said on Saturday.

Seven people aged between 17 and 25 were arrestedon suspicion of murder after a 21-year-old was attackedin the suburb of Hattersley early on Saturday. Anambulance crew called police to a pub and hotel wherethey were treating the victim. He later died in hospital.

In a second incident, police on patrol in the town ofBolton found a man aged 30 with multiple stab woundsafter an argument late on Friday. He was taken to RoyalBolton Hospital where doctors were unable to savehim. Three men have been arrested on suspicion of hismurder.— MNA/Reuters

Three men killed in separateManchester stabbings

The airliner called “World Expo” of ChinaEastern Airlines arrives at the Narita Airoprt in

Tokyo, capital of Japan, on 18 March , 2008. Theairliner, with 2010 World Expo’s emblem andtheme “Better City, Better Life” on arrived inTokyo on Sunday, marking the beginning of

overseas promotion of the World Expo which is tobe held in east China’s Shanghai in 2010.

XINHUA

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China trails Russia ingolds at swimming worldsMELBOURNE, 19 March — China unex-

pectedly swept the first two diving goldshere on Monday at the FINA World Cham-pionships, but Russia still leads the medaltable after adding one to their alreadytwo-gold collection.

In the men's three-meter springboardsynchronized final, newly-combinedWang Feng and Qin Kai overcame a fifth-ranked opening dive, then remained onthe top position since the fourth rounds.

Internet

Jia Tong and Chen Ruolin of Chinatake part in the 10-metre synchronizedplatform diving final at the WorldAquatics Championships in Mel-bourne on 19 March, 2007. China tookthe gold medal in the event. —XINHUA

Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney (C) challengesMiddlesbrough’s Mark Scwarzer (R) for the ballduring their FA Cup quarter-final replay soccermatch in Manchester, on 19 March, 2007. Chelseaand Manchester United advanced to the semifinals of

The Football Association Cup with victories inquarter-final replays on Monday night. —XINHUA

Chelsea, Man Utd reach FA Cup semifinals

Chapchai Nirat from Thailand carries his trophyas he celebrates with attendants on the 18thfairway after winning the TCL Classic golf

tournament in Sanya at China’s Hainan Provinceon 18 March , 2007. — INTERNET

Japan's Takefumi Sakata holds trophies after hedefeated Venezuela's Lorenzo Parra at their WBAFlyweight boxing match in Tokyo on 19 March ,

2007. — INTERNET

Spectator attacksLampard after FA Cup tie LONDON, 20 March — An angry fan raced on to the

pitch and threw a punch at Chelsea midfielder FrankLampard after his side beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 inan FA Cup quarterfinal replay on Monday.

Lampard, who was celebrating with team mates,ducked to miss the punch and the spectator was man-handled to the ground before being led away by secu-rity men.

"...maybe the security people slept a little bit. Theycould never believe the guy could come on to the pitchand chase my players. But it was no problem," Chelseamanager Jose Mourinho told reporters.

"They (security staff) have to be alert in future.Frank Lampard is ok. He's happy with the victory.Everything else is secondary.

A Tottenham spokesman said "two people enteredthe field of play and have subsequently been arrested".

MNA/Reuters

Zidane makes first Europeanappearance since World Cup MARSEILLE (France), 20 March — Zinedine Zidane

made his first appearance on a European pitch sinceretiring following last year's World Cup final in a charitygame at Marseille's Stade Velodrome on Monday.

"The Match Against Poverty", played under the aegisof the United Nations Development Program (UNDP),was won 6-2 by Zidane and Friends against Ronaldo andFriends.

The former France playmaker and the AC Milanstriker are both goodwill ambassadors for the UNDP.

"The message is that everyone can do something tomake the world a better place," Zidane told a newsconference ahead of the game.

Zidane and Friends opened the scoring in the 38thminute with an own goal by Sporting defender Ronny.

However, Ronaldo and Friends had the best opportu-nities in a dull first half with Brazilian Rivaldo hitting thebar twice in the opening 25 minutes.

MNA/Reuters

Palladino hits hat-trick asJuventus thrash Triestina 5-1 ROME, 20 March — Striker Raffaele Palladino hit a

hat-trick as Juventus thrashed Triestina 5-1 to go sixpoints clear at the top of Italy's Serie B on Monday.

Juventus have 55 points from 28 matches. Napoliare second on 49 points after losing 2-1 to Crotone atthe weekend. Trailing to an early goal by visitingstriker Federico Piovaccari, Juventus equalised throughmidfielder Mauro Camoranesi before Palladino gotthe first of his goals at the end of a solo run midwaythrough the first half.

The 22-year-old, who is usually overshadowed byhis more famous team mates, struck again secondsbefore the interval, turning in a Matteo Paro cross, thensealed his hat-trick in the 60th minute, when he latchedon to an Alessandro Del Piero pass and coolly beatgoalkeeper Generoso Rossi.— MNA/Reuters

Benfica’s win over Amadorakeeps title hopes alive

LISBON, 20 March — Benfica kept alive their hopesof clinching the Portuguese Premier League title witha 1-0 victory at Estrela Amadora on Monday, closingthe gap on leaders Porto to only one point. Benficamidfielder Armando Petit got the goal with a deflected30-metre free kick nine minutes from the time.

Champions Porto, who suffered a 1-0 defeat atSporting on Saturday, head the table with 52 pointsafter 22 games and they meet Benfica at Lisbon's LuzStadium after next weekend's international break Sport-ing are third on 46 points. — MNA/Reuters

Call for suspended jail termfor ex-federation president

LONDON, 20 March — Champions Chelsea beatTottenham Hotspur 2-1 and league leaders Manches-ter United overcame Middlesbrough with a CristianoRonaldo penalty on Monday to book their places innext month's semi-finals of the FA Cup.

United will meet Watford and Chelsea will take onBlackburn Rovers, with the final scheduled to return tothe rebuilt Wembley stadium.

A magical 55th minute goal conjured against the runof play from Andriy Shevchenko and a second scorchernine minutes later from Shaun Wright-Phillips earnedChelsea their win in Monday's quarter-final replay.

The Ukraine striker took a pass from Wright-Phillipson the right, stepped inside Steed Malbranque and senta left foot shot into the top left of the net from 20metres.

Seven minutes later Ivory Coast striker DidierDrogba expertly chested a ball, passed from deep byAshley Cole, to Wright-Phillips on his left and thediminutive winger belted it past Paul Robinson in theSpurs net.

Chelsea looked to be cruising until Ricardo Carvalhobrought down Dimitar Berbatov in the Cheslea area inthe 77th minute and Robbie Keane sent a penalty pastPetr Cech.

After an uneventful first half this set up a grandstandfinish with the home side pouring towards the Chelseagoal but, despite six minutes of time added on, Spursfailed to break through.

United had Middlesbrough on the backfoot from thefirst kick in their replay and might have scored half adozen but for some fine goalkeeping from MarkSchwarzer.

He plucked the ball from England striker WayneRooney's feet and denied him twice more in the second

half with Middlesbrough constantly unbalanced byRonaldo's jinking runs. The tie was finally decided bya Ronaldo penalty after the Portuguese winger wasbrought down by Jonathan Woodgate in the 74thminute.—MNA/Reuters

PARIS, 20 March — Acall was made on Mondayfor a six-month suspendedjail sentence for formerFrench Federation (FFF)president Claude Simonet.

The public prosecutorhas charged Simonet andex-FFF treasurer BernardBacourt with false ac-counting and obstructingan auditor.

"This is not just a mis-take but an act of conceal-ment," the prosecutor toldreporters. He allegesSimonet and Bacourt, whofaces a possible three-month suspended jailterm, altered the FFF's ac-counts for the 2002/03season with a 14 millioneuro deficit transformedinto one of just 62,000euros.

A date for the court'sverdict has yet to be set.

MNA/Reuters

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Tuesday, 20 March, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thunder-showers have been isolated in Taninthayi Division,weather has been partly cloudy in Kachin, Chin, Shan,Rakhine and Mon States, upper Sagaing Division andgenerally fair in the remaining areas. Day tempera-tures were (3°C) below normal in Eastern Shan State,(3°C) to (4°C) above normal in Kachin, Chin, South-ern and Northern Shan States and Taninthayi Divisionand about normal in the remaining States and Divi-sions. The significant day temperature was Aunglan(39°C). The noteworthy amount of rainfall record wasMyeik (0.08) inch.

Maximum temperature on 19-3-2007 was 99°F.Minimum temperature on 20-3-2007 was 72°F. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 20-3-2007 was77%. Total sunshine hours on 19-3-2007 was (9.5)hours approx.

Rainfall on 20-3-2007 was (nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since1-1-2007 was (nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye andCentral Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (10) mph from South at (11:15) hoursMST on 19-3-2007.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and generally fair in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 21-3-2007: Iso-lated rain or thundershowers are likely in TaninthayiDivision and weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin,Eastern Shan, Rakhine, Kayin and Mon States andupper Sagaing Division and generally fair in the re-maining areas. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderatein Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihoodof isolated rain or thundershowers in the SouthernMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 21-3-2007: Fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 21-3-2007: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 21-3-2007: Fair weather.

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Singapore to set up new centre todevelop risk assessment system

SINGAPORE, 20 March — Singapore will set up a experimentation centre todevelop an early warning system which can identify and assess new emergingthreats to national security.

It was announced atthe inaugural RiskAssessment and HorizonScanning Symposiumheld here on Monday,which aimed to raiseawareness of theimportance of the riskassessment and horizonscanning “in today’sincreasingly complex anduncertain environment.”

Peter Ho, Head of

Civil Service announcedthe centre will belaunched by August, andrun by the NationalSecurity CoordinationSecretariat and Singa-pore’s Defence Scienceand Technology Agency(DSTA).

How Khee Yin,deputy director of theDSTA, introduced aworking version of this

early warning system toabout 270 participantswho attended the event.

He said the systemwill augment humananalytical process tobetter monitor past andpresent trends as well asdata to detect potentialthreats such as terroristattacks and diseasepandemics.

MNA/Xinhua

Consecration of Ananda Gonyi Yanpye Manpye Mahabodhi Hsutaungpyae Zedi inTayoke Hmaw Village, Shwedaung Township, Bago Division (West) was held on 7March. Photo shows wellwishers donating religious objects to a Sayadaw.—MNA

Bird flu strikesagain in northern

Thailand BANGKOK, 20 March

— The H5N1 bird flu vi-rus has reappeared in anortheastern Thai province,the country’s fourthoutbreak this year, anAgriculture Ministryofficial said on Monday.

The latest outbreak wasconfirmed at a governmenttraining centre near theborder with Laos, which hasalso reported outbreaksrecently, Department ofLivestock director Nirun-dorn Aungtragoolsuk toldReuters.

“The lab test resultyesterday has confirmedthat the virus found in thecentre was the deadlyH5N1 and we have alreadygot rid of all of them,” hesaid, referring to fowl atthe centre. After a six-month lull, the virusreappeared in north andnortheastern Thailand inJanuary and in the centralarea last month.

MNA/Reuters

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4th Waxing of Hnaung Tagu 1368 ME Wednesday, 21 March, 2007


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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

* 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 StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein delivers an address at the openingceremony of Pyapon Bridge in Pyapon Township. — MNA

(from page 1)Also present on the

occasion were Lt-GenKhin Maung Than of theMinistry of Defence, Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Min-istry of Defence, Chairmanof Ayeyawady DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-West CommandMaj-Gen Thura MyintAung, ministers, the Mayorof Yangon, deputy minis-

ters officials of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Office, depart-mental officials, membersof social organizations andresidents.

Speaking on the oc-casion, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein saidPyapon Bridge located onP y a p o n - D e d a y eKungyangon Roa linkingsouthernmost parts ofAyeyawady Division, was

completed in time andcould be inaugurated as agesture of hailing the 62ndAnniversary ArmedForces Day.

The government hasbuilt river crossing bridgesacross the country to en-sure smooth transporta-tion, to boost trade and toimprove the economic andsocial standards of thepeople while building the

(See page 8)

Hailing the 62nd AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

The Tatmadaw sacrificed a large numberof lives of its members in the independencestruggles.

PAGE 6+7ARTICLE

CARTOON PAGE 7

Poem

*From days of yore inhistoryTo this era, ourTatmadawmen…

PAGE 7

“A-phay-tu-thar” to be telecast YANGON, 20 March — Hailing the 62nd Anniver-sary Armed Forces Day, a teleplay entitled “A-phay-tu-thar (Like Father, Like Son)” will be telecast onMRTV and Myawady TV at 9 pm daily from 23 to 26March. The teleplay directed by Academy Award winnerBagyi Soe Moe is based on the novel of Tin Aung Soe(Panmyodaw). The script writer is Academy Awardwinner Nyein Min. The play features the Tatmadaw formed with off-

spring of the people regained the independence. It also features the Tatmadaw that safeguards theindependence and wards off the danger and capabili-ties and sacrifice of the Tatmadaw members andassistance of their wives, sons and daughters andrelatives. Academy Award winners Lu Min, Min Mawgun,Zin Waing, Panphyu, Nanda Hlaing and May ThinzaOo, Tun Tun (Examplez), Thet Mon Myint andTatmadaw members starred in the play.—MNA

“Like Father, Like Son” a would-be-popular teleplayhailing 62nd Anniversary Armed Forces Day

Interviewed by Maung Maung Myint Swe:Photos by Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)

The 62nd Anniver-sary Armed Forces Day isjust around the corner. Theproduction of a TV fea-ture “Like Father, LikeSon” honouring theArmed Forces Day has

also finished. Interviewprogrammes broadcast by

TV Myanmar andMyawady TV, have

aroused public interest inprogramme.

The Myanma AlinDaily interviewed the di-rector and the script writerof the film the other day.

(See page 11)

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