Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife pay homage to

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 21 October, 2003 1

Established 1914

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

Volume XI, Number 188 11th Waning of Thadingyut 1365 ME Tuesday, 21 October, 2003

Dhammacariya ca, lawful-conduct; this is the way to auspiciousness.

Four political objectives* Stability of the State, community peace

and tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed na-

tion in accord with the new State Constitu-tion

Four social objectives* Uplift of the morale and morality of the

entire nation* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and

preservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

Four economic objectives* Development of agriculture as the base and

all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-orientedeconomic system

* Development of the economy inviting par-ticipation in terms of technical know-howand investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

Nwe, members of the State Peace and Development Coun-cil Lt-Gen Aung Htwe, Lt-Gen Maung Bo, QuartermasterGeneral Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo,Comamnder-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Kyi Min, Com-mander-in-Chief (Air) Maj-Gen Myat Hein, Minister forConstruction Maj-Gen Saw Tun, Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi, Officials of the State Peace and Develop-ment Council Office, departmental heads, arrived at HehoAirport in Kalaw Township, Shan State yesterdaymorning.

They were welcomed there by Chairman of Shan StatePeace and Development Council Commander of EasternCommand Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint, Brig-Gen Mya

water, flowers and light to the Buddha Images. Next, Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and party offered gold foils tothe images, made cash donations to the funds of the pagodathrough the pagoda board of trustees and signed in thevisitors’ book.

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife paid homageto member of the Inlay PhaungdawU Pagoda Board ofTrustees Ovadacariya Namhu Monastery SayadawDhammacariya Bhaddanta Kumuda and presentedoffertories.

After inspecting renovation of the platform of thepagoda, Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and party visitedancient Alodawpauk Pagoda in Nampan Village at noonand paid obeisance to the Buddha Images. They offeredgold foils to the images.

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife and partypaid homage to the Buddha Images and signed in thevisitors’ book. After that they donated cash to the funds ofthe pagoda. Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and partyviewed the Buddha statutes discovered from the caves to

the southern and western parts of the pagoda, ancient coinsand lead and silver plate records.

On arrival at Taunggyi in the afternoon, Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Aye and wife and party visited SulamuniLawka Chantha Pagoda where they paid homage to KasapaBuddha Image, and made cash donations to the funds of thepagoda. After signing in the visitors’ book, they paidreverence to the pagoda.

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife and partythis morning went to Konlon Pariyatti Sarthintaik inHtethon Village, Pindaya Township. Next, they paidhomage to State Ovadacariya Konlon Pariyatti SarthintaikSayadaw Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhamma JotikaBhaddanta Tejaniya and asked after the health of theSayadaw. Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wifeoffered provisions to the Sayadaw. Secretary-1 Lt-GenSoe Win and party also presented offertories to theSayadaw.

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife and partyvisited Pyidaw Nyeinchanaye Pagoda. — MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye offers gold foils to the Buddha Images of Inlay PhaungdawU Pagoda inNyaungshwe Township. — MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife pay homageto pagodas in Shan State

YANGON, 20 Oct — Vice-Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San,accompanied by Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Devel-opment Council Lt-Gen Soe Win and wife Daw Than Than

Win and Brig-Gen Thaung Htaik of Kalaw Station, No 55Light Infantry Division Commander Col Thet Oo andofficials.

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife and partywent to Inlay PhaungdawU Pagoda in Nyaungshwe Town-ship by helicopter and paid homage and offered ‘soon’,

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San pay homage to Konlon Pariyatti SarthintaikSayadaw Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotika Bhaddanta Tejaniya. — MNA

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In building the Union of Myanmar to be-come a peaceful, modern and developed nation,the Government has given priority to nationalreconsolidation, regional peace and tranquillityand law enforcement and at the same time vari-ous national plans have been laid down andimplemented with the aim of building economic,social and development infrastructures.

After consolidating national unity, effortsare being made for regional development, emer-gence of economic infrastructures and raisingthe living standards of the people. These effortsare aimed at building the basic foundations fora democratic nation.

At present, armed national race groups inShan State (North), after realizing the goodwillof the State, have returned to the legal fold andare actively taking part in regional developmentand nation-building tasks. People living in bor-der areas and the hill region are now enjoyingfruitful results of peace and development whichthey have never experienced before. Shan State(North) is developing not only in form but also inessence. Local people are striving for rice suffi-ciency by building 437 dams and reservoirs thatbenefit over 100,000 acres of land.

The main crops grown in Shan State(North) are paddy, maize, groundnut, sesamum,sunflower, green gram and soya bean. Moreo-ver, tea, coffee, mango, rubber, lime, lychee,walnut, sweet chestnut, orange, damson andgrape are grown as poppy-substitute crops.

Shweli hydropower station that will pro-duce 400 megawatt of electricity is under con-struction to supply electricity not only to ShanState (North) but also to other regions of thecountry through the national grid. For the con-venience of people living in the five special re-gions in Shan State (North), 12 post offices, 40telephone exchanges, 10 telegraph offices plus asatellite station in Laukkai region were estab-lished.

These economic and social developmentsare the results of regional peace and tranquillityand unity among national brethren. Nowadays,the future policies and programmes (roadmap)have been laid down for emergence of a peaceful,modern democratic nation. Mass rallies wereheld throughout the country in support of thepolicies and programmes.

At the mass rally held in Lashio, ShanState (North) on 19 October, Law Officer U TiKhun Myat of Kutkai Township urged the entirenational people to unitedly and energeticallystrive for the successful implementation of theseven-point future policy of the State mentionedin the speech of the Prime Minister For thecontinued existence of tranquillity and develop-ment. At a time when efforts are being made foremergence of a peaceful, modern and developeddemocratic nation, the entire national people areurged to actively participate in the tasks foraccomplishment of the State’s seven future poli-cies and programmes (roadmap).

For the success of the roadmap

PERSPECTIVES

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife present offertories to Maha Visokdayon Waso Monastery AbbotSayadaw Bhaddanta Agghiya. — MNA

Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe gives talks on trafficking in persons. — MNA

YANGON, 20 Oct —Hailing the campaign againstHIV/AIDS Control, healthtalks were given to the serv-ice personnel of the Ministryof Industry-2 at No1 Auto-mobile Factory (Yangon) onInya Lake Hotel Street this

Talks on HIV/AIDS heldafternoon.

Present on the occa-sion were Deputy Ministerfor Industry-2 Lt-Col KhinMaung Kyaw, directors-gen-eral and managing directors,Myanmar Maternal andChild Welfare Association

President Dr Daw Khin WinShwe and CEC members,officials and over 500 staff.

Director-General ofDirectorate of Myanma In-dustrial Planning U KhinMaung made a speech. ChiefMedical Officer of the Min-

istry of Industry-2 Dr DawKhin Win Shwe gave talkson trafficking in persons re-lating to HIV/AIDS.MMCWA Joint-SecretaryDr Daw Nu Aye Khin alsogave talks on HIV/AIDS.

MNA

YANGON, 18 Oct —Myanmar Royal Academy(MRA) is conducting courseson spoken English classes (In-termediate) and English formedical students, HAs andnurses, doctors an medicalEnglish. MRA Principal andAcademic Director Dr MyintHlaing takes charge of teach-ing.

At the end of themonth, special classes ofTOFEL, GCE (English), Eng-lish in accounting and financeand English in marketing andmanagement and basic com-puter courses will be opened.Contact MRA, No 57, groundfloor, Ninth Street LanmadawTownship (Ph 222121).

MNA

English courses ofMRA to be opened

YANGON, 20 Oct—Myanmar delegation led byAuditor-General Brig-GenLun Maung left here by airtoday to attend 9th Confer-ence of Federation of Audi-tor-General Offices on Asiato be held in Manila, the Phil-ippines. The delegation wasseen off at the airport by ChiefJustice U Aung Toe, Attor-ney-General U Aye Maung,Deputy Auditor-General UKhin Win, Deputy Director-General of Auditor-General’sOffice Daw Tin Kyi Oo andofficials.

Member of the del-egation Daw Thin Thin, Di-rector-General, the Auditor-General’s Office also accom-panied the Auditor-Gen-eral.—MNA

Delegation leavesfor Manila

YANGON, 20 Oct —The opening ceremony ofthird paper reading sessionof the Myanmar Academy ofArts and Science will be heldat Diamond Jubilee Hall onPyay Road here on 23 Octo-

MAAS’s paper readingsession to be held

ber morning.A total of 104 papers

will be submitted at the Uni-versity of Yangon andYangon Institute of Econom-ics and those interested mayattend it. — MNA

Ye Win and his accomplices seen with narcotic drugs.MNA

YANGON, 20 Oct —Acting on information, a com-bined team comprising mem-bers of the local intelligenceunit and Muse Anti-drugSquad searched the house ofMa Mar Ti in KaungmulwaiWard, Muse, on 25 August2003. The authorities arrestedYe Win (a) Lauk Hai, Ar Ta,Jian Yi Myint, Gao TuanMyint, Myin Chun, and RauTa Chan together with 144blocks of heroin kept in a

Heroin seized in Musebackpack under the bed, 273packages of heroin weighing774 grams, paraphernalia, MaJia Ma Li and Ma Ai Bi San ofHe Tian, Xinjian province,China, and 2.859 kilos ofheroin buried in a garden atthe back of the house.

Action is being takenagainst the drug pushers un-der the Narcotic Drugs andPsychotropic and SubstancesLaw by the Muse Police Sta-tion��. — MNA

Export market promotioncourse opens

YANGON, 20 Oct—The export market promo-tion course jointly con-ducted by the Union ofMyanmar Federation ofChambers of Commerce andIndustry and the Associa-tion for Overseas TechnicalScholarship (AOTS) in Ja-pan was opened at MingalaHall of Kandawgyi Palace

Hotel this morning. General Secretary ofUMFCCI U Sein WinHlaing, General ManagerAOTS in Bangkok OfficeMr Kazuhisa Ogawa andUMFCCI CEC memberU Moe Kyaw spoke on theoccasion. The 10-day courseis being attended by 40trainees. — MNA

Opening ceremony of Export Market Promotion Coursein progress. — MNA


�� Clear distinction to be drawn between terrorism

and the legitimate right of peoples to resist foreign

occupation stressed in debate of UN Legitimate struggle againstcolonialism and occupation

must be recognizedAmbassador Abdallah

Baali, the Permanent Rep-

resentative of Algeria to the

United Nations, said suc-

cess in the fight against ter-

rorism could be achieved

only if its underlying causes

were attacked.

and cooperation at the re-

gional level were essential

to supplement international

efforts.

He noted the Algerian

convention on terrorism and

its plan of action adopted at

an Organization of African

Unity Conference in Al-

giers, to combat terrorism

in Africa. The plan estab-

lished a framework for ac-

tion. Similar instruments

had been adopted by the

League of Arab States and

the Organization of the Is-

lamic Conference.

He announced a

number of proposals made

by his Government for com-

bating terrorism, and said

they included establishment

of data banks by the United

Nations on terrorist groups;

updating of legislation on

terrorist groups and their

activities; training and ex-

change programmes on

measures to combat terror-

ism, and the creation of an

international fund to help

carry out those pro-

grammes.

Ambassador AbdallahBaali, the Permanent

Representative ofAlgeria

Legitimate struggleagainst colonialism and oc-cupation must be recog-nized.˚ There should be nounilateral acts in the faceof the global threat whichdemanded a global re-sponse.

He said Algeria fa-

voured a high-level confer-

ence under United Nations

auspices to combat terror-

ism in all its forms and mani-

festations. Consultations

Ambassador AbdallahBaali, the Permanent

Representative ofAlgeria

Amos Wako, Attor-

ney General of Kenya, said

his country was determined

to work with all States in

full observance of the prin-

ciples and standards of in-

ternational law to elimi-

nate terrorism.

It believed the United

Nations constituted a

unique forum for promot-

ing counter-terrorism ac-

tivities and international

cooperation to combat the

scourge. International co-

operation must be under-

taken in an atmosphere of

mutual respect for the prin-

ciples of equality and non-

interference in the internal

affairs of sovereign States.

He called upon the Security

Council Counter-Terrorism

Committee to intensify its

efforts to promote the im-

plementation by the United

Nations of all aspects of the

Security Council anti-terror-

ism resolution (1373) which,

he said, provided wide-rang-

ing comprehensive steps and

strategies to combat interna-

tional terrorism.

He said Kenya contin-

ued to develop and enhance

its capacities and measures

to fight terrorism. A na-

tional counter-terrorism

centre had been established

to coordinate efforts. A

prosecution unit would

soon be established in the

office of the Attorney Gen-

eral. Legislation had also

been published which pro-

vided measures for the de-

tection and prevention of

terrorist activities in

Kenya.

Amos Wako, AttorneyGeneral of Kenya

Amos Wako,Attorney General

of Kenya

Nguyen Duy Chien(Vietnam), speaking for the coun-tries of the Association of South-East Asian Nations(ASEAN), said that terrorist acts had become more andmore dangerous, requiring concerted international efforts,with a central United Nations role, to deal with the prob-lem. Vietnam supported action based on the Charter andprinciples of international law, and valued work beingdone by the Ad Hoc Committee framing international anti-terrorist instruments.

He said ASEAN had, at its recent meeting, agreed

to establish an ASEAN security community, throughexisting institutions and mechanisms, to strengthennational and regional capacities to counter terrorism.

The member countries had also increased their effortsin anti-terrorism cooperation. He said a ministerial meet-ing on transnational crime would be convened in Thailandnext January to further consolidate and intensify regionalefforts to combat terrorism.

Deputy Chief Representative of Vietnam to the UNNguyen Duy Chien

Liow Tiong Lai (Malaysia) said individual efforts of

States to fight terrorism were welcome, but the scale of

the threat to international peace and security required that

such efforts be undertaken on the regional and global

level. The United Nations could provide the basis for a

truly global response.

He described measures his country had taken at the

national and regional levels, and said it was crucial to

elaborate a clear understanding of what constituted “ter-

ror”. Without a clear and common definition, perpe-trators of terrorist acts would continue to justify theiractions in the name of State security or nationalliberation.

That definition should come out of a high-level

international conference. The fight against terror must

not diminish the need to acknowledge the legitimate

struggle of people against foreign occupation.

Malaysia's representative to the sixth committee ofthe 58th session of UNGA Liow Tiong Lai

International cooperation must be undertaken in an atmosphere of

mutual respect for the principles of equality and non-interference

in the internal affairs of sovereign States

The following are remarks made by representa-tives at the 7th and 8th meeting of the Sixth Committeeof the 58th Session of the UNGA on 17 October.

Concerted global action carried out in context of the

United Nations and all its relevant organs was the only way

to defeat the scourge of terrorism, delegates of the Sixth

Committee (Legal) affirmed in two meetings on 17 Octo-

ber as they continued debate on measures to eliminate

international terrorism.

Delegations called for a definition of terrorism to be

included in the comprehensive convention, and for a clear

distinction to be drawn between terrorism and the legiti-

mate right of peoples to resist foreign occupation. Some

expressed disappointment that negotiations were stalled

by a lack of political will on a matter of the greatest

urgency. Others expressed disapproval at the linking of

the two conventions so as to preclude finalization of one

without the other.

A number of States welcomed the involvement of

multiple United Nations organs in combating the terror-

ism scourge. They urged the Counter-Terrorism Com-

mittee to work closely with regional organizations.

China among many others, expressed opposition to

misusing the war on terrorism to achieve political or other

goals. They called for a strengthening of the United

Nations role in the fight.

The fight against terror must not

diminish the need to acknowledge

the legitimate struggle of people

against foreign occupation

Mwelwa Musam-bachime,Zambia’s Permanent Repre-sentative to the UN said hiscountry condemned interna-tional terrorism and believed itcould be effectively combatedwith an international conven-tion under United Nations aus-pices.

Zambia had actively par-ticipated in the drafting ofthe African Union conven-tion on the prevention and

Mwelwa

Musambachime,

Zambia’s

Permanent

Representa-

tive to the UN

Terrorism could be effectively combated with aninternational convention under United Nations auspices

combating of terrorism, whichit would soon ratify. It hoped the divergent views onthe framing of a comprehensiveconvention on international ter-rorism would be narrowed for aconsensus text to be adopted. His delegation would cooperatewith others towards that end.

Mwelwa Musam-bachime,Zambia’s Permanent Repre-

sentative to the UN

Terrorist acts had become more and more dangerous, requiring concertedinternational efforts, with a central United Nations role, to deal with the problem


WASHINGTON , 20 Oct — US military commanders have developed a plan to steadilycut back US troop level in Iraq next year, The Washington Post reported Sunday.

US plans to reduce forces inIraq next year

The plan to cut the number of US troopsin Iraq, which stands at 130,000 at present, iswell advanced and has been described inbroad outline to Defence Secretary DonaldRumsfeld but has not been approved by him,the report quoted several senior Army officersas saying in recent interviews.

Under the plan, the United States wouldbegin to reduce its military forces in Iraq nextspring, cutting the number to fewer than100,000 by next summer and to 50,000 bymid-2005.

The plan, the report said, amounts to thefirst US formal military exit strategy for Iraq,which is designed to show how the US presencemight be reduced without undercutting thestability in the Middle East country.

The plan reflects the worries of militaryofficials that the morale of US troops in Iraqcould be damaged, the Armed Forcesshorthanded if crises emerge in other placesacross the world and a long-term personnelshortage created in the service.

MNA/Xinhua

BAGHDAD , 20 Oct— Abomb blast killed one USmilitary policeman andwounded two in the Bagh-dad area on Friday morn-ing, the US military said.

A military statement saidthe dead soldier was fromthe 220th Military PoliceBrigade. The latest deathbrings to 101 the number ofUS soldiers killed in hostileaction since Washingtondeclared major combat inIraq over on May 1.

Guerillas opposed to theUS occupation of Iraq fre-quently attack US-led forceswith roadside bombs,landmines and rocket-pro-pelled grenades. Iraqis seenas cooperating with the oc-cupation also come underattack. —MNA/Reuters

Iraq bomb killsUS militarypoliceman,wounds two Iraqi-Turkish oil pipeline

operation breaks down againANKARA , 20 Oct— Iraqi oil started to be pumped through

Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline on Saturday morning, butthe oil could not be transferred to Turkish facilities inYumurtalik Town of southern Adana Province due tofailure in the pipeline, reported the Anatolia news agency.

Gurhan Gul, regional director of the Turkish state-runPipeline Transportation Corp. (BOTAS), told the newsagency that oil pumping stopped due to a leak from thepipeline linking Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk and Turkish Medi-terranean port of Yumurtalik after two hours of pumping.

Gul said that oil transfer was expected to start againafter the pipeline was repaired. Earlier in the day, TurkishMinister of Energy and Natural Resources Hilmi Guler tolda meeting of the Union of Chambers and CommodityExchanges of Turkey (TOBB) that Kirkuk-Yumurtalikpipeline was operational again and oil had started to bepumped through the pipeline. Guler added that “oil startedto be pumped through the pipeline again. 600 barrels of oilare to be pumped a day.”

The pipeline, which opened for three days in Septemberafter Iraq war and closed again after three explosions thathad occurred one after another.—MNA/Xinhua

Iraqi youths hold their rifles as they celebrate in Falluja after a US Army ammunitiontruck burned on 19 October, 2003. Guerillas killed two American soldiers overnightand blew up a US ammunition truck on Sunday, as Iraq’s US-appointed Governing

Council called for an end to “conspiracies” threatening stability. —INTERNET

K ERBALA , 20 Oct—US troops on Saturday sealed off roads around the office andhouse of an Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim cleric whose followers the US military has blamed forstarting a shootout which killed three American soldiers.

US Forces surround office ofIraq Shi’ite cleric

Soldiers surrounded the buildings inIraq holy Shi’ite city of Kerbala used bylocal cleric Sayyid Mahmoud al-Hassaniwith armoured vehicles and helicopterscircled overhead.

Three US military police and two Iraqipolice were killed on Thursday night infighting in the city. The US military said theshootout was started by supporters ofHassani, himself a sympathizer of radicalShi’ite leader Moqtada al-Sadr who op-poses the US-led occupation of Iraq.

US officers would not comment onwhether they were hoping to arrest Hassani.His supporters said he had left his homeafter Thursday’s shooting in which local

people said eight of his followers had beenkilled.

Shi’ites are in the majority in Iraq andwere repressed by Saddam Hussein a Sunni.Moderate Shi’ite leaders have advocated cau-tious cooperation with Iraq’s occupyingforces in the hope of securing power in afuture government.

Most attacks on US forces have occurredin the so-called “Sunni Triangle” north andwest of Baghdad, but Thursday’s attack inthe Shi’ite city 90 kms (55 miles) south of thecapital showed increasing anti-American sen-timent among the young followers of radicalShi’ite clerics.

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Iraqis run for cover as gunfire breaks out in the streets of Karbala, 110 kilometres(70 miles) south of Baghdad on 17 October, 2003. A midnight clash with Shiite militants

in the same location left three Americans and ten Iraqis dead.—INTERNET

CAPE TOWN, 20 Oct— Health officials from 60 coun-tries pledged on Friday to save the lives of almost half amillion children each year through a new campaign toeradicate measles.

Experts and government officials launched the CapeTown Measles Declaration, which in line with a UnitedNations target, commits to halving the number of measlesdeaths in 1999 — 875,000 — by the end of 2005.

The declaration, backed by experts and governmentofficials, is not binding for governments but it sets a targetfor them and for health workers around the world.

“As vaccine-preventable diseases go, none is more deadlythan measles. Today and every day, this garden-varietyscourge kills 2,000 children under five,” UNICEF executivedirector Carol Bellamy said.

“In a 21st Century where we can safely immunize childrenagainst measles for life for less than a dollar per child, thesedeaths are more than tragic, they are intolerable,” she said.Measles accounts for half of vaccine-preventable deathsamong children, and is one of the most readily transmittedcommunicable diseases. Young children are most at risk butit can also affect adolescents and young adults.

The Global Measles Partnership — led by UNICEF, theWorld Health Organization (WHO), the CDC and the RedCross — aims to accelerate measles immunization worldwide.

The campaign hopes to see at least 90 per cent of infantsimmunized against measles, followed up by a second sup-plementary booster immunization. It will also put in placehigh-quality measles surveillance to detect and respond tooutbreaks.— MNA/Reuters

Health groups pledge toslash world measles deaths

ABUJA, 20 Oct—The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)is coordinating a south-south cooperation initiative between Nigeria and China, theNews Agency of Nigeria reported Friday.

FAO coordinates south-south cooperation initiative

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Devel-opment Alhaij Adamu Bello was quoted assaying that this was within the framework ofNigeria’s special programme on food security.

The programme is aimed at building andrehabilitating the small-scale water-controlirrigation scheme in all states of the federa-

tion, Bello said.According to him, the programme will

afford both countries to take advantage oftheir comparative advantage, particularly inthe field of agriculture, to achieve foodsecurity and improved productivity andincome.— MNA/Xinhua

LUSAKA, 20 Oct— Zam-bian President LevyMwanawasa has expressedthe concern over the short-age of teachers in the south-ern African country.

Addressing a nationalconsultation convention inLusaka on Friday, thePresident said the numberof teachers in governmentschools had decreasedfrom 40,448 in 1996 to38,840 in 1998 and 37,117in 1999.

Consequently, he saidthe teacher/pupil ratio hasworsened from 37 in 1996to 45 in 1998 and 47 in1999.

In rural areas, there iseven situations where oneteacher teaches all the gradesin the school, he said.

MNA/Xinhua

Shortage ofteachersworriesZambia

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Iran calls for OPEC’s international roleTEHERAN, 20 Oct — Iran’s Oil Minister

Bijan Namdar Zanganeh Saturday stressedthe need for the Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries (OPEC) to deviseprudent policies to prevent its role in theworld oil market from being undermined.

Addressing the opening ceremony ofan oil seminar in Teheran, Zanganeh saidOPEC should control an appropriate share

of the international oil market to guaranteethe price stability in the long run.

He said building production capacity ata time when the demand is high and theprices are increasing can promote the stabilityof the market, and would also guarantee theinterests of OPEC members as well as thoseof Iran.

MNA/Xinhua


More US troops killed in Iraq. — INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 20 Oct—Almost six months after major hostilities in Iraq officially ended, violence continues to plague the war-shattered country where post-war US combat deaths have passed the 100-mark.

Violence continues to affectreconstruction efforts in Iraq

Four US soldiers, all with the mili-tary police, have died since Thursdaynight, raising to 101 the number ofAmerican troops killed in action in Iraqsince US President George W. Bushdeclared major hostilities over onMay 1.

Since they seized Baghdad and sentstrongman Saddam Hussein fleeing,the US-led forces have continued toface daily attacks.

On Friday one American soldierwas killed and two others woundedwhen an explosive device blew up inBaghdad, while three lost their livespatroling a neighbourhood of Karbala,110 kilometres (70 miles) south ofBaghdad.

The coalition blamed the incidenton armed followers of little-known lo-cal cleric Mahmud al-Hassani, who isinfluential in the Karbala neighbour-hood where he lives.

At least one police officer, on patrolwith the Americans, and several ofHassani’s bodyguards were killed inthe firefight.

The fighting occurred during a cur-few that was imposed after at least oneperson died earlier in the week in aclash between moderate and radicalShiites.

Among those involved in that clashwere followers of Moqtada Sadr, a fun-damentalist cleric who stepped backinto the limelight last week with theannouncement he had formed an Is-lamic-style government to rival the US-installed Governing Council.

A few days after he announced theproject, Sadr said he dropped it for lackof popular support, but then went on torevive it on Friday, saying he wouldseek UN recognition for his self-an-nounced government.

At the same time, he claimed the

Americans were planning to arrest him,and accused them of stirring up troubleamong the Shiite Muslim communityin a bid to discredit him.

The coalition forces, for their part,said they were closely monitoring Sadr,who has repeatedly condemned the USoccupation of Iraq.

US troops on Thursday movedagainst his followers in the Sadr Cityneighbourhood of Baghdad where thefirebrand cleric draws much of hissupport.

The soldiers dislodged Sadr fol-lowers from municipal council officesin Sadr City, returning councillors tothe building that was taken from thema week earlier.

Tension has been high in Sadr Citysince the death last week of two USsoldiers during a firefight involvingmembers of Sadr’s Mehdi Army mili-tia. —Internet

US military vehicle explodes asconvoy comes under fire in Iraq

BAGHDAD , 20 Oct—A US vehicle exploded when assailants attacked a convoyapparently transporting weapons and ammunition in the flashpoint Iraqi city ofFallujah, witnesses said.

None of the occupants were seen emerg-ing from the vehicle as it burst into flames,according to Ahmed Suheil, 40, and JumaAbbas, 35, who both said they witnessedthe attack.

A US military spokesman said he hadno immediate confirmation of the incidentin the city 50 kilometres (30 miles) west ofBaghdad.

In the aftermath of the blast, AFP pho-tographer Patrick Baz and a Reuters cam-eraman were detained by Iraqi police whosaid they were acting on orders from USmilitary forces.

Witnesses said the convoy came underrocket-propelled grenade fire. Pieces ofrockets were later seen on the ground.

Some of the witnesses said a detonation,apparently from an explosive device, alsowas heard.

US troops left immediately after theattack but returned a little later and openedfire, wounding two Iraqis, the witnessessaid.

American forces in armoured vehiclestook position at the scene. “We are here tosecure the area,” a US officer said, declin-ing to give details of the attack.

A number of people at the scene chantedslogans in support of ousted presidentSaddam Hussein.

“This is a first reaction after (Osama)bin Laden’s declaration,” said Suheil.

In two “messages” to the Iraqi andAmerican people aired by Al-Jazeera tel-evision Saturday, a speaker purporting tobe the al-Qaeda leader threatened to sendsuicide bombers to the United States and toattack any forces joining the coalition inIraq. — Internet

Iraqis from the restive town of Falluja watch as a US Army ammunition truck explodesthrowing flaming shrapnel on 19 October, 2003. Witnesses said the vehicle had beenhit with a rocket propelled grenade in an ambush, and there was no information on

casualties.—INTERNET

US President George WBush , meanwhile, said a newaudiotape purportedly byOsama bin Laden threaten-ing Washington over itsoccupation of Baghdadmeant that “the war on terrorgoes on.”

Coalition officials an-nounced that two soldiers ofthe US 4th Infantry Divisionwere killed and one woundedin a rocket-propelled grenade(RPG) and small arms attacklate Saturday near the north-ern oil centre of Kirkuk, 260kilometres (160 miles) northof Baghdad.

The two deaths con-firmed by the coalition bringto 103 the number of Ameri-cans who have died in com-bat since Bush declared anend to major combat onMay 1.

And in the flashpoint

town of Fallujah, an Iraqiwas killed and anotherwounded when US soldiersopened fire after they cameunder RPG attack while re-moving a military vehicle hitearlier by an RPG, witnessesand hospital sources said.

The US vehicle had ex-ploded when assailants at-tacked a convoy apparentlytransporting weapons andammunition in the town, 50kilometres (30 miles) westof Baghdad, witnesses said.

US troops left im-mediately after the attack butreturned a little later and thenopened fire, wounding twoIraqis, the witnesses said.

A local hospital doctor,Aiman Abdul Qader, saidfive Iraqis were wounded inthe first incident, three ofthem seriously.

Internet

GENEVA, 20 Oct—The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday it wantedcontrols on laboratories holding SARS virus samples in order to prevent a return of thedisease which killed more than 800 people in the past year.

WHO body seeks pact onhandling SARS virus

The risk of transmissionfrom laboratories, the onlyplace where SARS is knownto still exist, will be high onthe agenda when scientistsmeet at WHO headquarterson Monday for a week ofmeetings aimed at preparingfor any fresh outbreak.

“We are trying to readyourselves and ready the worldfor what could happen thisyear if SARS did come back,”Professor John Mackenzie,coordinator of the WHO’sscientific advisory commit-tee, told a news conference.

The respiratory disease,which is believed to haveoriginated in southern Chinain November 2002, infectedabout 8,500 people in 30countries and health officials

are on high alert for a possi-ble resurgence. The UnitedNations health agency de-clared the outbreak over inJuly, but there has since beenone case in Singapore wherea research student caught thedisease while working in alaboratory that kept samplesof the virus.

Mackenzie said that theWHO hoped scientists wouldcall for countries to keep tightcontrol over allowing labo-ratories to work with the vi-rus and to keep close track ofstocks.

“Not all laboratoriesshould have the right to workwith the virus. We do notwant it to be too available foraccidents,” he added.

MNA/Reuters

BAGHDAD , 20 Oct—US forces in Iraq said that two oftheir soldiers were killed, and an Iraqi was also struckdown during a gun battle, while a letter purportedlywritten by Saddam Hussein called for jihad, or holy war,against “the hated invaders.”

More US troops killed in Iraq,Saddam “letter” urges holy war

BEIJING, 20 Oct—A lead-ing Chinese scientist on Fri-day predicted there would beno outbreak of SARS in thecoming winter, but warnedof the possibility of sporadiccases and urged the publicnot to ease up on preventivemeasures.

Professor ZhongNanshan said that the Chi-nese Government has begunto revive all-round measuresto prevent a possible come-back of severe acute respira-tory syndrome (SARS),which infected some 8,400people worldwide in the pastspring, killing more than 900,mostly in Asia.

“Various governmentaldepartments have been work-ing to get ready, such as im-proving the monitoring sys-tem and publishing a nationalguideline to provide sugges-tions on prevention, diagno-sis and treatment,” Zhongtold Xinhua.

“With these active mea-sures, I believe there will notbe an outbreak of SARS thiswinter,” he said. But the aca-demician of the ChineseAcademy of Engineering didnot exclude the possibility ofa resurgence of sporadiccases, saying that much workremains on those basic mea-sures like early discovery,early isolation, and early con-tact tracing.

Zhong earned fame inChina when he led a researchteam at a respiratory diseaseinstitute to effectively fightagainst SARS in south Chi-na’s Guangdong Province,where the disease first ap-peared.

MNA/Xinhua

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FALLUJAH , 20 Oct—Two US soldiers were killed and one was wounded in an ambushnorth of Baghdad, the military said, and insurgents on Sunday attacked a convoy in thisturbulent city west of the capital, setting off huge explosions in several vehicles.

WASHINGTON , 20 Oct—A yearlong State Department study predicted many of theproblems that have plagued the American-led occupation of Iraq, according tointernal State Department documents and interviews with administration andCongressional officials.

State Dept study foresawtrouble now plaguing Iraq

Beginning in April 2002, the State De-partment project assembled more than 200Iraqi lawyers, engineers, business peopleand other experts into 17 working groupsto study topics ranging from creating a newjustice system to reorganizing the militaryto revamping the economy.

Their findings included a much moredire assessment of Iraq’s dilapidated elec-trical and water systems than many Penta-gon officials assumed. They warned of asociety so brutalized by Saddam Hussein’srule that many Iraqis might react coolly toAmericans’ notion of quickly rebuildingcivil society.

Several officials said that many of thefindings in the $5 million study were ig-nored by Pentagon officials until recently,although the Pentagon said they took thefindings into account. The work is nowbeing relied on heavily as occupation forcesstruggle to impose stability in Iraq.

The working group studying transitionaljustice was eerily prescient in forecastingthe widespread looting in the aftermath ofthe fall of Mr Hussein’s government, caused

in part by thousands of criminals set freefrom prison, and it recommended force toprevent the chaos.

“The period immediately after regimechange might offer these criminals the op-portunity to engage in acts of killing, plun-der and looting,” the report warned, urgingAmerican officials to “organize militarypatrols by coalition forces in all major citiesto prevent lawlessness, especially againstvital utilities and key government facili-ties.”

Despite the scope of the project, the mili-tary office initially charged with rebuildingIraq did not learn of it until a major govern-ment drill for the postwar mission was heldin Washington in late February, less than amonth before the conflict began, said RonAdams, the office’s deputy director.

The man overseeing the planning, TomWarrick, a State Department official, soimpressed aides to Jay Garner, a retiredArmy lieutenant general heading the mili-tary’s reconstruction office, that they re-cruited Mr Warrick to join their team.

Internet

Dozens of Iraqi youths cheer and dance atop a burned out US Army militaryammunition truck after it was attacked in Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, on 19 October, 2003,

35 miles (60 kms) west of Baghdad.—INTERNET

Two soldiers killedin attack on patrol in Iraq

In a third incident, threeapparent Iraqi attackers werealso reported killed.

There were no reports ofcasualties in the Sundaymorning attack against whatappeared to be a US ammuni-tion truck here in Fallujah, 35miles west of Baghdad in the“Sunni Triangle.”

Dozens of Iraqi youthscheered and danced in cele-bration as contents of theflaming vehicles continued toexplode.

US troops and Iraqi policekept journalists away fromthe scene, but from a distanceit appeared that three Ameri-can vehicles, including at leastone truck and one Humvee,were ablaze.

There were conflicting re-ports whether the attack inthe eastern end of the city wastriggered by a roadside bombor by rocket-propelled gre-nades.

“Shells were flying every-where, like fireworks,” saidKhalil al-Qubaisi, 45, anearby shopkeeper.

In the northern attack, anAmerican mounted patrol wasambushed by rocket-pro-pelled grenades and smallarms fire at 10.45 pm Satur-day outside the northern cityof Kirkuk, 159 miles north ofBaghdad, said Maj JosslynAberle, spokeswoman for the4th Infantry Division.

The patrol from Task ForceIronhorse — a force that in-cludes the 4th Division —returned fire, but no additionalenemy contact followed,Aberle said.

In other action in the northearly Sunday, US troops wereattacked by grenades andsmall arms and returned fire,killing three Iraqis nearHawija, 150 miles north ofBaghdad, the 4th InfantryDivision reported.

Other American forces de-tained five attackers north ofBeiji, 120 miles north ofBaghdad, after a brieffirefight. Resistance forceshave mounted an average of22 attacks a day on the USoccupation forces in Iraq inrecent weeks, mostly in theso-called “Sunni Triangle,” aSunni Muslim-dominatedarea stretching from the westof Baghdad to the north. Thearea was a strong base of sup-port for Saddam’s Baath Partyregime toppled by the US-British invasion earlier thisyear.

Saturday’s deaths camebarely a day after four Ameri-can soldiers were killed in aroadside explosion in Bagh-dad and a clash with ShiiteMuslim gunmen in the south-ern shrine city of Karbala, onthe deadliest day for the oc-cupation force in a month.

Internet

BAGHDAD, 20 Oct—US defence officials said on Thursday they are drawing upplans to mobilize more American forces for duty in Iraq in the expectation that toofew international troops will be available by early next year.

US approves first drug forlate-stage Alzheimer’s

WASHINGTON , 20 Oct— US health officials on Fridayapproved the first medicine for the late stages of Alzhe-imer’s, the degenerative brain disease that afflicts anestimated four million Americans.

Namenda, made by For-est Laboratories Inc., slowedthe decline in awareness,reasoning and daily func-tion experienced by patientswith moderate to severeAlzheimer’s who weretreated in clinical trials, theFood and Drug Administra-tion said.

The disease causes agradual loss of brain cellsthat results in memory lossand dementia, and can even-tually lead to death.

In the studies, most pa-tients’ mental and functionalability did deteriorate. Buton average those givenNamenda were better ableto perform tasks such asfeeding themselves ordialing a phone than those

given a placebo, the FDAsaid.

Forest said Namenda willaddress an important medi-cal need because the moder-ate to severe stages of Alzhe-imer’s can last years.

“It certainly provides amodest, but we think mean-ingful, benefit,” said CharlesTriano, Forest’s vice-presi-dent for investor relations.

The drug should be avail-able in January, Triano said.

The FDA action followslast month’s unanimous rec-ommendation for approvalfrom an FDA advisorypanel. Members of the panelagreed the drug was safeand effective but stressedthat benefits appeared lim-ited.—MNA/Reuters

Undergroundtrain derailsin London

LONDON, 20 Oct— An un-derground train in Londonderailed on Friday night butthere were no reports of anyinjuries.

The accident took placeshortly before 10 pm on thePiccadilly Line at Hammer-smith Station, leading to ahalt in other undergroundservices on that route, ac-cording to police.

There were 76 passen-gers on board when the de-railment happened and po-lice said no other trains wereinvolved.

Police, firefighters andunderground staff have cometo the aid to the passengers.

MNA/Xinhua

Donateblood

US forces in Iraq admit morale is low

A survey of US troops in Iraq, mean-while, found that one-third described theirmorale as low and half did not plan to re-enlist — findings that led Pentagon leadersto say on Thursday they are closely watch-ing for such problems.

The additional reservists to be calledup have not been notified because Penta-gon planners have yet to decide whichunits to call on, and there remains a chancethat international troops can be used in-stead.

The extra forces — which could turn outto be a mixture of international troops,active-duty US Marines and National Guardand Reserve soldiers — are to replace ac-tive-duty units due to return home.

Some members of Congress said it wastime to bring home some units already inIraq.

“You have to have some sort of rotationscheme for the men or women that are overthere that’s a limit to how long they’ll stay.Then you have to bring in other people,other divisions or other National Guard orwhatever,’’ said Senator Trent Lott of Mis-sissippi.

The survey of 1,935 troops, published ina series of special reports on Iraq in theStars and Stripes newspaper, also foundthat a significant number of troops wereconfused about the purpose of their pres-ence, and had lost faith in their mission.

Coinciding with the report, the army onThursday admitted that at least 13 UStroops had committed suicide in Iraq, rep-resenting more than 10 per cent of Ameri-can non-combat deaths there, and said thearmy had sent a suicide-prevention expertto Iraq.—Internet

Chinese tourists

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looted by French and

English troops during the

Qing Dynasty at the Old

Summer Palace in

Beijing, China on 18

October, 2003.

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A tribute to our teachersYenanmyay Ko TinYenanmyay Ko TinYenanmyay Ko TinYenanmyay Ko TinYenanmyay Ko Tin

I had occasion to drop in on my granddaughter ata school one day. She was only about eleven years oldand wasn't the praiseworthy type at all at home. Infact, all bad adjectives — headstrong, stubborn, un-bending, unmanageable, etc., could have been hurledat her.

However, I was in such a shock that day. On reach-ing there, my granddaughter happened to spot herteacher coming towards the school. And I saw mygranddaughter rushing to her teacher to pay obeisancerespectfully and to take over her teacher's tiffin-carrieras a way of giving a helping hand and following herteacher one pace behind, like a well-trained puppy.

I was amazed at the change of my granddaughter’sdemeanor. Was the teacher a wizard or a modern Mad-ame Hudini? I noticed that my granddaughter had se-renely taken refuge in her and that a stanza from the“Loka Niti—Buddhist Philosophy”, came to me as :-

* The shade of the tree is cool.* The refuge of parents and relatives is cooler.* Even more is the refuge of the teachers.* The coolest is the refuge of the Buddha.

My granddaughter’s teacher filled me with admi-ration. Perhaps she belonged to that category of goodand memorable teachers that were able to impart edu-cation, and at the same time instill discipline andawaken moral awareness.

Globalisation, and the advances in InformationTechnologies has propelled education to the forefrontand incidentally the “Loka Niti” highlighted educa-tion as :-

* Men or animals are capable of sleeping, eat-ing or having sex.

* Education is the quality where man excels.Education is the tool used to develop and sharpen

one’s mind, skills, character, ect., and the only me-dium of acquiring it is solely through teachers at alllevels of learning. Hence the role of teachers or edu-cationalists is by no means trifling or minimal.

Prior to Myanmar’s annexation, monastic educa-tion remained in prominance. Subsequent to coloniza-

tion, many vernacular and Anglo-vernacular schoolscame into existence. Next came the Yangon Collegeand the Yangon University, for higher education. Withthe systems of national schools through national fer-vour, all the teachers remained steadfast to their role aseducationalists amidst all the changes. Then came theSecond World War and its attendant hardships. Theteachers nevertheless stood by their posts and continuedto impart education, in spite of the many anomaliesunavoidable in education at that time.

The post-war period witnessed an influx of facilitiesfor the primary, middle and high schools, leading to theestablishment of colleges and universities in States andDivisions and in recent years, also in the border areas.And with the widening scope in learning, many newsubjects also came into existence, calling for the avail-ability of a large number of Educationalist Corps, bothgeneralists and specialists. The creation of a cadre ofteachers was assisted by the Government of Myanmar,with the opening of more training schools for teachers,training colleges as well as post-graduate courses.

We are grateful to all educationalists who haveresponded to the needs of the nation. We remain highlyindebted to them for their patience, devotion and skillsin educating and nurturing such a motley flock ofyoungsters.

Myanmar’s Education Index (based on primary,secondary and tertiary enrollment), and the rate ofadult literacy remains highly favourable. And ac-cording to the UNDP’s Human Development Report,2000, Myanmar’s Education Index is (0.75), whilethe Adult Literacy rate is (84.1%). The rate refers tothe year 1998 and should definitely be much higher,as of date. The New International Webster’s Pocket Thesau-rus defines ‘education’ as "teach, train, inform, tutorand instruct". That’s what by former gurus did in sin-cerity and devotion. All of them passed away, but myrespect for them still lingers on and I remain resolute.By now, they will have attained higher levels of ex-istence. Education, however, will have to go on. Our chil-

dren’s time, between the age of five and up to abouttwenty two years, are mostly spent in schools andinstitutions in pursuit of education. It constitutes theperiod when they could be moulded either into Saintsor criminals. But in credit to their noble profession,the educationalists have never failed us, the parents.

They have unflaggingly produced intellectualsand worthy citizens. And it’s no wonder thatMyanmars regard all techers as one of the FiveGems, in conjunction with the Lord Buddha, theDhamma, the Sangha and Parents. And in paying my tribute to all educationalistson the “World Techer’s Day, 2003", may I echo theconcluding words of UNESCO, ILO, UNDP andUNICEF’s joint message, that pertinently stresses,“We salute your courage, commitment and determi-nation. Be assured that there is no substitution foryour profession, which deserves the respect and sup-port of everyone. Let there be no mistake: our fu-ture depends on it.”

President of the Myanmar Construction Entrepreneurs Association Dr Khin Shwemakes an address at 7th annual meeting of the association at Karaweik Palace

on 16 October. — NLM

The 17-member engineering delegation led by President of the Myanmar EngineeringAssociation Prof Dr Sein Myint being seen off on 19 October at the Yangon

International Airport together with officials before departure for Indonesia toattend the ASEAN engineering conference (CAFEO-21). — NLM Enthusiasts visit Soft Guide Language Lab of the Fifth International ICT Exhibition

2003 being held at Tatmadaw Convention Hall on 19 October.— MNA

A contestant taking part in dancecontest (man, aged 10-15). — MNA


(continued from yesterday)All the ASEAN member countries and dialogue

partners realized and accepted the seven-point roadmapfor building the discipline-flourishing democratic nationand unanimously expressed their stand that the internalaffairs of Myanmar should be resolved by her people.

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt explained theseven-point roadmap of democratic transition of Myanmarto the leaders of the ASEAN countries. The Prime Min-ister said on the occasion that he announced the seven-point roadmap soon after he had taken charge of the re-sponsibilities of the prime minister, and, that the NationalConvention was to be reconvened and the state constitu-tion was to be drafted for the successful implementationof the roadmap. The draft constitution would be adoptedthrough a national referendum and afterwards, free andfair elections were to be held and Pyithu Hluttaws (Leg-islative bodies) to be convened, he added. The new gov-ernment would be formed by the Pyithu Hluttaw in ac-cord with the state constitution, and the state power wouldbe transferred to the government.

The new government would carry on the nationaldevelopment projects. At present, the National Conven-tion Convening Commission and the work committee havealready been formed. The Prime Minister noted that thoseduties could not easily be carried out overnight. He ex-pressed his belief that all would realize the delicate situ-ation in which the government had to tackle the tasks asMyanmar is home to over one hundred national races.National races of the country had once fought againsteach other. And now the government has been able tomake peace with seventeen armed groups, he said. Indrafting a constitution, there should not be weakness andflaws. If there are flaws in the constitution, the nationwould face danger.

People from all walks of life including the repre-sentatives of the national races, political parties, peasants,workers, intellectuals, technicians and service personnelare participating in the Nation Convention. A consensuswas sought through mutual negotiations in the NationalConvention. Therefore, the tasks could not be carried outwithin a limited period hastily. The government, he said,had no wish to prolong the duration. Appropriate periodof time must be allowed to gain mutual understandingand consent of all the parties. He expressed his hope thatthe friendly nations and regional countries would realizethe situation of Myanmar and help overcome the difficul-ties. Outside pressure and interference would adverselyaffect the delicate tasks.

The Prime Minister expressed his strong belief thatthe desired goal would be achieved through building thenational unity and mutual understanding, and all wouldrealize the situation of Myanmar and cooperate with her.All the news indicated that the country won the under-standing and support of the members of the ASEAN coun-tries.

Statement of the ASEAN Summit and theAESAN+3 Summit dated 7, October, 2003, issued byChairman of the Summits and alternate Chairman of theASEAN President of the Republic of Indonesia MadameMegawati Soekarnoputri mentioned the future tasks, suc-cess and matters discussed at the summits in detail. Para-graph 25 of the statement said that the leaders welcomedthe recent positive developments of Myanmar and theGovernment’s pledge to bring about a transition to de-mocracy through dialogue and reconciliation. The roadmapas outlined by the Prime Minister of Myanmar that wouldinvolve all strata of Myanmar society is a pragmatic ap-proach and deserves understanding and support. TheASEAN leaders also agreed that sanctions are not helpfulin promoting peace and stability essential for democracyto take root. Some people and media from the west hada lot of negative words and writings over the democratictransition of Myanmar together with speculations and

instigation about the summit. They hinted that so and soleader from an ASEAN member country would blameand criticize Myanmar. In reality, the summits, with com-plete mutual understanding and friendship, agreed on theemergence of the only market in the ASEAN region in2020 and guided towards the emergence of a free tradearea of the ASEAN+3.

Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi expressed hiswish to witness democratic development in Myanmar. Heand Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt did not hold aseparate meeting as exaggerated by the western media.They only greeted and chatted for about 5 minutes on thecorridor after a meeting. The statement of Myanmar is-sued in Bali on 8 October said that Myanmar is strivingto establish democracy amidst many challenges: estab-lishing democracy in accord with the wishes of Myanmarpeople is more important than that of an individual personor a particular organization; and the Government will doits best for Myanmar. Concerning the speech of the Japa-nese prime minister, what Myanmar would like to con-firm is that it will do its best for the country.

Now they have known that provocation, instiga-tion, sowing of discord made with ill will up to just be-fore the summit proved nothing in their favour and couldnot penetrate or destroy the unity of the ASEAN, and thatthe ASEAN is staunchly exercising its over-thirty-year-old practice of non-interference in the internal affairs ofmember-countries. But some persons and media in thewest have begun to criticize the leaders of the ASEAN.The UN charter also explicitly states that nothing in theCharter is to authorize the UN to intervene in matterswhich are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction ofany state.

Myanmar people themselves fought for their inde-pendence. Myanmar itself safeguard the union and sover-eignty (independence). Myanmar herself strore for stabil-ity and tranquillity, and development. Therefore, Myanmarwill also make efforts for the emergence of a discipline-flourishing democratic nation and a new state constitutionrequired for her in accord with the attitude, wishes andefforts of Myanmar.

The democracy roadmap or seven-point future poli-cies and programmes of Myanmar forwarded by the PrimeMinister General Khin Nyunt at the right time matcheswith the historical experience and prevailing conditionsof Myanmar. All the ASEAN countries, friendly nations,and most of the world nations that hold correct view haveobserved the roadmap as an appropriate one and supportedit. It is no need to explain the support of the people ofMyanmar as all the states and divisions have been hold-ing mass rallies in support of the roadmap or the seven-point future policies and programmes of the State since20-9-2003.

***(Concluded)

(Translation: MWT)Myanma Alin, Kyemon: 17-10-2003

Not only the people of Myanmar but also ASEAN andinternational community support the seven-point

roadmap of MyanmarTekkatho Myat ThuTekkatho Myat ThuTekkatho Myat ThuTekkatho Myat ThuTekkatho Myat Thu

* Do not be frightenedwhenever intimidated

* Do not be bolsteredwhenever flattered

* Do not be softenedwhenever appeased

All this needs tobe known

* Saving one gallon of fuel per car per monthwill save the nation one US dollar

* Thus, a total of 455,822 cars in Myanmarcan save US$ 5.5 million in a year

* The amount, US $ 5.5 million, can build amajor bridge across Ayeyawady River

Efficient use of fuel

There are about 500,000 householdsusing electricity in Yangon. Thus, saving afour-foot fluorescent lamp every day by eachhousehold amounts to saving power that isequal to the capacity a 20-megawatt powerstation can supply.

Efficient use of electricity* Use daylight as the main source of light* Use the least possible amount of electricity

only if there is not enough natural light* Use the least possible amount of electricity

required in production and service enter-prises

* Preventing waste of electricity benefits theuser and others

* Oppose those relying on externalelements, acting as stooges, holdingnegative views

* Oppose those trying to jeopardizestability of the State and progress ofthe nation

* Oppose foreign nations interfering ininternal affairs of the State

* Crush all internal and externaldestructive elements as the commonenemy

People’s Desire

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Lt-Gen Ye Myint inspects…

Ophthalmic Surgeon’sConference to be held

YANGON, 20 Oct—The15th Ophthalmic Sur-geon’s Conference spon-sored by Ophthalmic Sur-geons Society of MyanmarMedical Association willbe held here on 13 and 14November 2003.

Those who are inter-

ested to attend and thosewho are interested to readpapers at the conferenceare requested to contact theSecretary of OphthalmicSurgeons Society of MMA,Yangon Eye Hospital onNamauk Road, Yangon.

MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San present offertories toNamhukyaung Sayadaw Bhaddanta Kumula.—MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Soe Win and party cover the casket of the remains of the Kangyi Pariyatti SarthintaikSayadaw with diamond velvet robes.—MNA

Brig-Gen Nay Win, presents a cheque to Min Naing(Srixon) who emerges champion in the professional

golfers contest.—MGF

(from page 16)Vijitayon monastery in Man-dalay Agga Maha PanditaAgga Maha Saddhamma-jotikadhaja BhaddantaVicareindabhivamsa read themessage of condolence of thecommittee.

Secretary Sayadaw ofShwekyin Gana WorkingCommittee PresidingSayadaw of Sishin monas-tery of Maha VisuddhayonTaikthit in Mandalay AggaMaha Pandita Agga MahaGandhavacaka PanditaBhaddanta AggaÑanabhivamsa read the“Thanwaiga DhammaGatha” of the ShwekyinNikaya Central Committee.

Member of the StateSangha Maha Nayaka Pre-siding Sayadaw of TipitakaMaha Gandhayon Taik inMayangon Township,Yangon, SayadawTipitakadhara DhammaBandhagarika Agga MahaPandita Dr BhaddantaSumangala Lankara read themessage of Yangon DivisionShwekyin Nikaya ViniyaDepartment.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen SoeWin, Lt-Gen Aung Htwe andLt-Gen Maung Bo, Com-mander Brig-Gen KhinMaung Myint covered theremains of the Sayadaw withvelvet. Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye supplicated mat-ters on religious affairs.

Next, Minister for Reli-gious Affairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung read out themessage of condolence sentby the ministry, followed bythe brief biography of theSayadaw read by SayadawBhaddanta MahosadhaPandita. Vice-Senior Gen-eral Maung Aye and wifeDaw Mya Mya San presentedoffertories to the StateOvadacariya AbhidhajaMaha Ratha Guru Mandalay

Maha Visuddhayon TaikthitWaso Monastery Sayadaw.

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen SoeWin also offered provisionsto the Sagaing Sitagu WorldBuddhist University Chancel-lor Sitagu Sayadaw.

Later, members of theState Peace and DevelopmentCouncil, the Commander-in-Chief (Navy), the Com-mander-in-Chief (Air), thecommander, ministers, andsenior military officers pre-sented offertories to membersof the Sangha.

After the recitation of the“Thanwaiga Dhamma Gatha”by Sayadaw Dr BhaddantaÑanissara, Vice-Senior Gen-eral Maung Aye, wife DawMya Mya San and party, andthe congregation shared themerits gained from gooddeeds. Next, Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Aye and wifeDaw Mya Mya San and partypaid homage to the KangyiPariyatti School Sayadaw.

Sayadaw DhammaKathika Bahujana HitadharaBhaddanta Dhammavara an-nounced the conveyance ofthe remains onto the carriage.Flanked by those holding theportrait of the Sayadaw andreligious pennants, the mem-bers of the Sangha, the Secre-tary-1 and party, and officialsconveyed the remains of theSayadaw onto the carriage.

Later, Vice-Senior Gen-eral Maung Aye pressed abutton to set fire to the re-mains of the Sayadaw for thefinal rites. Vice-Senior Gen-eral Maung Aye, wife DawMya Mya San and party, andthe congregation paid hom-age to the remains of theSayadaw.

Afterwards, Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Aye, wifeDaw Mya Mya San and partyleft for Heho and then flew toYangon, and arrived backhere in the evening. — MNA

(from page 16)Kyaukse Township wherethe Hospital In Charge DrSai Pan Ohn reported on the

salient points of the hospital.Lt-Gen Ye Myint ful-

filled the needs and gave in-structions on public healthcare services and growing ofperennial crops in the com-pound of the hospital.

Next, Lt-Gen Ye Myintinspected the hospital andattended to the needs.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen YeMyint and party inspectedthe village telephone boothof Myanma Posts and Tel-ecommunications.

Next, Lt-Gen Ye Myintand party arrived at MinsuModel Village Basic Educa-tion High School whereHeadmaster U Yan Naing

Aung reported on the numberof the students and require-ments.

Township Education Of-ficer U Mya Thein gave asupplementary report.

Later, Lt-Gen Ye Myintpresented cash donations forthe school.

Next, Lt-Gen Ye Myintand party inspected learningof the students, the languagelab, the computer aided in-struction, and the computerskills rooms.

Next, they proceeded toMonastic Parahita BasicEducation Middle School ofNational Parahita Home inMyittha Township. They of-fered robes and requisites toAcademic and AdminSayadaws BhaddantaYewata, BhaddantaNeminda and BhaddantaPannasami of the school.Afterwards, Lt-Gen YeMyint presented cash dona-tion for the school throughofficials.

Later, they inspected de-velopment of Myittha Re-gion and village-to-villageroads. Next, they arrived atYwakhinegyi Village StationHospital in Myittha Villageand attended to the needs.After that Lt-Gen Ye Myintand party inspected the hos-pital.

Then, Lt-Gen Ye Myintand party proceeded toYwakhinegyi Village Affili-ated Basic Education HighSchool where they inspectedconstruction of the two-sto-rey building of the school.They then donated cash forthe building. Next, Lt-GenYe Myint and party inspectedrenovation of PyaungpyaCanal that supplies water foragricultural purpose and cul-tivation of monsoon paddy.

At 1 pm, Lt-Gen YeMyint and party paid hom-age to Lawka ManaungShwegugyi Pagoda in MinsuModel Village, KyaukseTownship.—MNA

Shwesaryan Open Golf Tour concludedYANGON, 20Oct —ShwesaryanOpen GolfChampion-ship of theM y a n m a rGolf Tour2003 organ-

ized by the Central Com-mand, Myanmar Golf Fed-eration and Myanmar PGAcontinued yesterday atShwesaryan Golf Course inMandalay.

After the 18-hole con-tests, prize presentation cer-emony followed. Officials

of Htoo Trading Co Ltd pre-sented prizes to winners whostood first, second and thirdin handicap 13-18 contes,amateur level contest andprofessional golfers contest,and the hole-in-one awardwinner.

Next, special projectmanager of Rothmans of PallMall Myanmar Pte Ltd andCommander of the CentralCommand Brig-Gen NayWin awarded daily bestplayer in amateur level tour-nament and professionalgolfers tournament respec-tively.

Similarly, winners of theamateur level tournamentand professional golfers tour-nament concluded also re-ceived prizes presented byPresident of MPGA andMGF Maj-Gen Win Hlaing.

Likewise, on behalf ofthe Chairman of MandalayDivision Peace and Devel-opment Council, DeputyCommander Brig-Gen NayWin gave away cash awardto the champion of the pro-fessional golfers tour.

Maj-Gen Win Hlaingalso presented a gift to HtooTrading Co Ltd, the titlesponsor, through ManagingDirector U Te Za.

The golf tour was cosponsored by Rothmans ofPall Mall Myanmar Ptd Ltd,Htoo Trading Co Ltd, NadiMyanmar Hotel, Air Man-dalay, Grand Slam (MunsingWear), Loi Hein (Alpine),Honma and Wilson, UPGand Myanmar ElephantCement and Han EventManagement took responsi-bilities to organize thetourney.—MNA

YANGON, 20 Oct — Underthe programme of the Mid-year Myanma Gems Empo-rium 2003, 168 lots of gemswere put on sale at the MyanmaGems Museum this morningthrough tender system and thecompetitive bidding.

At the emporium, localand foreign gems merchantsbought 33 lots of gemsthrough the competitive bid-ding till 5 pm today.

Gems sale will continuetomorrow through competi-tive bidding. —MNA

Mid-year GemsEmporium continues


Wonderful experiences Tin Maung ThanTin Maung ThanTin Maung ThanTin Maung ThanTin Maung Than

Laukkai, Muse andKongyan are the rapidly de-veloping modern towns innorthern Shan State, thanksto the peace and stability pre-vailing in the whole regiondue to the earnest and sin-cere efforts of the Govern-ment.

As there is peace andstability in the region, busi-ness prospers, leading to rais-ing the living standard of thelocal people and coming into

being of the modern facili-ties needed for well-roundeddevelopment of the northernShan State in particular andthe whole nation in general.

The motor road fromMandalay, the second larg-est city and a tourist destina-tion, lying in the centralMyanmar, to Muse, a pros-pering town at Myanmar-China border, the ShweliRiver Bridge and other newinfrastructures are also the

results of the peace and sta-bility and the endeavours ofthe Government, the peacegroups, the entrepreneursand the local ethnic races.

The Mandalay-Museroad is a Union Highwaylinking the central and thenorth-east regions of thecountry, also serving as vitalland route between the Un-ion of Myanmar and the Peo-ple’s Republic of China.

Starting from Man-

dalay, the road runs thoughPyinOoLwin, a beautiful hillstation in Mandalay Division,before entering the northernShan State in NawnghkioTownship where the famousGok-htake viaduct is located.Gok-htake is a gorge, wherea creek flows through it. Thecreek is also called the Gok-htake Creek.

In PyinOoLwin, avisitor may go sightseeing atPwegauk Falls, Anisakan

Falls, Wetwun Falls, andPaik-chin-myaung Falls andCave.

The Paik-chin-myaung Cave was formed bythe forces of nature millionsof years ago. Inside the caveare the ancient Buddha im-ages and small streams. Na-tional Kandawgyi Gardens isalso an interesting place inthe town.

From Nawnghkio, theUnion Highway reaches

Kyaukme, a business townin northern Shan State, fa-mous for its various kinds oflocal agricultural produce.The highway continues toHsipaw, a silent town, withmany natural mini streamscrisscrossing it. BetweenHsipaw and Lashio, the re-gional capital, is a deep for-est, serving as the source ofwater for the magnificentMansam Falls.

The railroad fromMandalay to northern ShanState ends in Lashio, but theUnion Highway keeps ongoing till reaching Muse. Theregional capital is famous forits hot springs.

From Lashio, thehighway passes through theHsenwi plains, one of themajor rice growing areas innorthern Shan State, and en-tered Hsenwi, a small townin the region. And from there,the Union Highway reachesMuse, a busy border town,and also serving as an entrypoint for tourists coming infrom China.

Apart from its vital-ity in the trade between thetowns along the road and withChina also, the highwaypasses though many interest-ing towns and places. Thus,travelling on the highway willgive a passenger a lot ofwonderful experiences.

11th Myanmar performing arts competitions continue 16th ASEAN Senior TransportOfficials Meeting commences

YANGON, 20 Oct—The 16th ASEAN SeniorTransport Officials Meetinghosted by the Union ofMyanmar was held atSedona Hotel this morning. Present were seniorofficials of member ofASEAN nations Brunei,Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,Malaysia, the Philippines,Singapore, Thailand and Vi-etnam and delegates, offi-cials of ASEAN Secretariat.delegates of Myanmar andofficials of the Ministry ofForeign Affairs. Leader of Myanmar del-egation Deputy Minister forTransport Col Nyan TunAung presided over themeeting and delivered aspeech. He recalled on the fu-ture tasks decided by 8thATM and 14th STOMMeetings which were heldin Indonesia last year. Someof the objectives laid downby Hanoi Plan of Action arestill pending. The three im-portant transport relatedagreements, ASEAN frame-work agreement on the fa-cilitation of Goods in Tran-sit, Multimodal Transportand inter- State Transportstill need to be concludedas soon as possible. He said7 ASEAN Transport relatedmeetings will be held con-secutively in Yangon.

He hoped that the meet-ings will be able to achieveour objectives and concludethese meetings to our satis-faction.

Leader of the delega-tions and members and of-ficials of ASEAN Secre-tariat posed for souvenirphotos. In the afternoon session,participants discussed re-ports prepared by ASEANSecretariat on resolutions,statements and future taskslaid down by the 9thASEAN Summit held inBali, Indonesia, implemen-tation of the agreements ontransport with the applica-tion of ASEAN minus Xformula, reports of transportfacilitation working group,cooperation on transportamong dialogue partners—the People’s Republic ofChina, India and Japan,ASEAN Highway NetworkPlan, Singapore-KunmingRailroad Project and generalissues. The first day sessionended in the evening. Themeeting continues tomor-row. Deputy Minister ColNyan Tun Aung hosted din-ner in honour of delegatesof the 16th ASEAN SeniorTransport Officials Meetingand officials of ASEANSecretariat at KandawgyiPalace Hotel..—MNA

YANGON, 20 Oct—The 11th Myanmar Tradi-tional Cultural PerformingArts Competitions contin-ued for the seventh day atrespective venues today.

The song contestwas held at the NationalMuseum on Pyay road, thedance contest at the Na-tional Theatre on MyomaKyaung Street, the song-composing contest at PantraSchool on Kaba Aye Pa-goda road, the xylophonecontest at Kanbawza Thea-tre on Kaba Aye Pagodaroad and the Dobat contestat Padonma Theatre onBagaya road here on agrand scale.

The competitionswere attended by Memberof the Panel of Patrons ofthe Committee for Holdingthe 11th Myanmar Tradi-tional Cultural PerformingArts Competitions Chair-man of the Leading Com-mittee for Holding the com-petitions Chairman ofYangon Division Peace andDevelopment Council Com-mander of Yangon Com-mand Maj-Gen Myint Swe,members of Panels ofPatrons Minister for Trans-port Maj-Gen Hla MyintSwe and Minister for So-cial Welfare, Relief andResettlements Maj-GenSein Htwa, Vice-Chairmanof the Leading Committee

for Holding the competi-tions Deputy Minister forInformation Brig-Gen AungThein, Deputy Commanderof Yangon Command ColWai Lwin, senior militaryofficers, Chairman of theWork Committee for hold-ing the competitions Com-mander of No-3 MilitaryRegion Col Tint Hsan, offi-cials of work committeesand sub-committees, enthu-siasts and tourists.

Chairman of thePanel of Judges AssistantDirector Daw Tin Tin Myaof MRTV, Secretary Assist-ant Engineer Daw MayPyone Khine and workcommittee members madejudgements on the perform-ance of the contestants at

the song contest.At the professional

level religious song contest(female), a total of 15 con-testants competed with TayBonma song composed byU Pyone Cho. At the basiceducation level classic/mod-ern song contest (boys, aged15-20), a total 15 contest-ants competed with Sabesong composed by GitaNettan Ko Saw Nyein.

The professionallevel religious song contest(male), and basic educationlevel classic/modern songcontest (aged 15-20, girls)will be held tomorrow.

A total of 15 contest-ants participated in thebasic education level dancecontest (aged 15-20, girls).

Chairman of Judgesfor Dance Contests Wunna

A contestant taking partin song contest

(boys, aged 15-20). —MNA

A truck travelling on Mandalay-Muse Union Highway.

Transport Deputy Minister Col Nyan Tun Aung addresses the 16th ASEAN SeniorTransport Officials Meeting.—MNA

(See page 15)


Tangible results of Development in Shan State (North)

Shwehlay sluice

gate is located at the

confluence of

Hsema Creek and

Bago River in Kawa

Township, Bago

Division. It will

prevent floods in the

rainy season and

also prevent brine

and silt carried by

Bago River. More-

over, it is built with

the aim of supplying

water to 35,000

acres of summer

paddy.

PHOTO: MNA

Mann Creek dam, a gigantic facility included in

the cluster of dams in the western Magway Divi-

sion, was constructed with a view to contributing

towards the development of the regions including

Minbu, Sagu, Salin, Ngaphe, Sedoktara, and

Pwintbyu.— PHOTO: KYEMON

The Pwintbyu Textile Factory (Project) is located on 681.71 acres of land, near Kanthagyi Village on Lekaing-Pwintbyu motor road, twomiles from Pwintbyu in Magway Division. 87 per cent of construction is complete. Arrangements are being made for the factory to be able

to come into operation in December 2004. — PHOTO: MNA


CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV “JATIWANGI PB400” VOY

NO (YJT 357)Consignees of cargo carried on MV “JATIWANGI

PB 400” Voy No (357) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 21-10-2003 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at the consign-ee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws andconditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily between 8 am to11.20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up to Claims Day now declaredas the third day after final discharge of cargo from the vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted after theClaims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINER LINEPhone : 256908,378316,376797

Illusionist Blaine’s stuntnears end in London

LONDON, 20 Oct — US showman David Blaine is toswap his plastic box by London’s River Thames for ahospital ward when his 44-day starvation stunt ends onSunday.

China sets upcentre for Int’l

political studiesBEIJING, 20 Oct — Pe-

king University, in the Chi-nese capital, on Saturdayopened the country’s firstnational centre for the studyof international politics anddiplomacy.

The National Associa-tion of International Politicsfor Higher Learning Institu-tions (NAIPHLI) was wel-comed by Qian Qichen,former vice-premier and di-rector of the School of Inter-national Studies of PekingUniversity, who sent a con-gratulatory letter.

Qian said the establish-ment of the NAIPHLI wouldpromote China’s interna-tional politics and relationsas well as foreign affairs stud-ies. He hoped the associa-tion would develop academicexchanges at home andabroad and provide effectiveintellectual support for Chi-na’s reform and opening.

Professor Li Yihu, sec-retary-general of theNAIPHLI, said that a com-mon political academiccourse, “World Politics andInternational Relations”, hadbeen run in all Chinese uni-versities and colleges since1985.

More than 40 universi-ties and colleges have estab-lished academic institutes ordepartments focusing on in-ternational politics and rela-tions and diplomacy.

Professor Liang Shoudesaid the new associationwould also hold the coun-try’s research.

MNA/Xinhua

Filthy, unshaven andcomplaining of black-outs,Blaine will be taken to hospi-tal by ambulance to beginwhat he describes as the mostdangerous stage of his feat.

“The hardest part is whenyou come out and you arebrought back to nourish-ment,” he told Reuters Tel-evision in a recent interview.

The illusionist will buildhis strength slowly with min-eral supplements before tack-ling solid food, a spokesmansaid.

Blaine has been sus-pended in a see-through boxbeneath a crane next to Lon-don’s landmark TowerBridge since September 5,apparently with no food andonly one tube for water andanother for urinating.

The 30-year-old NewYorker said it was more dan-gerous than his previousstunts when he was buriedalive in a glass coffin andencased in a giant block ofice. Organizers said on Fri-day that Blaine had sufferedbreathing problems and heart

palpitations. He will beslowly lowered on Sunday at9.30 pm (2030 GMT).

“Doctors will be onhand,” said a spokesman forSky One, the television chan-nel broadcasting the event.“We don’t know if he will beable to walk or whether he’llbe on a stretcher.”

Blaine says he feels illand denies sceptics’ sugges-tions he has secretly takensugar and nutrients throughhis water pipe. “When I standup everything goes black andsometimes my hearing goesout,” he told onlookersthrough a hatch earlier thisweek. “When I concentrateon something too much ithurts in my head.”

He won’t miss the tauntsfrom passers-by.

Onlookers have pelted hiscell with eggs, paint and golfballs and have woken himwith drums and foghorns.Others tormented him withthe smell of fish-and-chipsand hamburgers, whilewomen have bared theirbreasts.—MNA/Xinhua

About 5,000 Nigerians deportedfor human trafficking

ABUJA, 20 Oct — About 5,000 Nigerians have been deported from variouscountries across the world in the last five months over human trafficking offences, aleading official from the Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Founda-tion (WTCLEF) said Friday.

ans know criminals amongstus and must therefore ex-pose them. To keep quiet isto render a great disserviceto our father land,” she said.

Speaking before thedaunting task before thefoundation against child la-bour and trafficking, TitiAbubakar, also wife of Ni-gerian Vice-President AtikuAbubakar, said that was dis-heartening that Nigerians

“A total number of 4,835were either arrested or de-ported for various humantrafficking related offencesbetween March and August2002,” Titi Abubakar, chair-person of the WTCLEF, toldXinhua in an exclusive inter-view.

“We have to, therefore,remain vigilant in order tosave our dear country fur-ther embarrassment. Nigeri-

Indonesia promotes tourism in ChinaBEIJING, 20 Oct — Chi-

nese tourists are being urgedto travel to Indonesia to ex-plore the 2,000-year-old cul-tural links between the twocountries.

Edward Situmorang, se-nior assistant to the Indone-sian Tourism Minister, saidhere Saturday that Chinese

tourists would feel at homein Indonesia. “Chinese tour-ists can easily find traces ofthe Chinese culture. The in-fluence of the Chinese on theIndonesian people will makevisitors feel at home,” he said.

China is potentially thebiggest tourist source nationin the world and Indonesian

tourism operators are hopingto attract more visitors withits well-preserved Chineseculture. Since the Chinesefirst landed on Indonesia inthe first century, Chinese foodand clothes have been intro-duced and visitors can findChinese cuisine all aroundIndonesia. —MNA/Xinhua

could still set child slavecamps like the ones discov-ered recently in three statesof Ogun, Oyo and Osun re-spectively in southwesternNigeria.

The development, shesaid, would not stop her frompursuing the objective ofcompleting a rehabilitationcentre in a suburb in Abujawhere thousands of victimsof the illicit trade would beaccommodated and trainedfor skill acquisition, she alsosaid that the training centrewould require over one bil-lion naira (about 7.8 millionUS dollars) and urged thesupport of well-meaning Ni-gerians.—MNA/Xinhua

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Thousands of peopleflocked through the doors ofthe Institute of Chemistry ofthe Chinese Academy ofSciences (ICCAS) in Beijingto see the laboratories anddisplays and to listen to lec-tures.

“Chemistry Creates Bet-ter Life” was the theme slo-gan for the open day.

Dr Wang Meixiang, direc-

tor of the ICCAS, said chem-istry was the core science ofthe natural sciences, and wasvital to knowing and chang-ing nature.

Founded in 1956, theICCAS focused on thenational key strategic researchprogrammes and had mademany contributions to Chi-nese chemical development,he said. MNA/Xinhua

Int’l centre set up for materialstechnology promotion

BEIJING , 20 Oct — The United Nations IndustrialDevelopment Organization (UNIDO) set up Sunday aninternational centre in Beijing for promoting new tech-nologies of materials.

The International Centrefor Materials TechnologyPromotion, also supported byChina’s Ministry of Scienceand Technology and Minis-try of Commerce, is expectedto help developing countriesimprove their research of de-velopment on materials.

Chinese enterprisesshould wisely use the inter-

national network constructedby the centre to obtain moreadvanced materials technolo-gies and sell more productsto global markets, ShiDinghuan, a senior officialwith the Ministry of Scienceand Technology, said at theinauguration ceremony forthe centre.

MNA/Xinhua

Four more nations approvedto receive Chinese tourists BEIJING , 20 Oct—The Chinese Government has ap-

proved Cuba, Croatia, Hungary and Pakistan to receiveChinese tourists from November 1.

A China InternationalTravel Service official saidthe company was designingroutes to send the first groupson 1 November. The Hun-gary and Croatia tours werelikely to be the first to sell.

Experts said the travelcosts to Croatia, Hungary andPakistan will each exceed10,000 yuan (1,250 US dol-lars). A trip to Cuba for aweek will cost over 20,000

yuan (2,500 US dollars).However, a survey indicatedhigh fees would not neces-sarily deter Chinese tourists,as scenery and knowledge ofa destination were the majorfactors in deciding a holiday.

More travel agencies arefocusing on Canada, whichwill enable tourists to trans-fer to Cuba via Vancouverand thus lower the travelcosts. —MNA/Xinhua

Trade between Guangxi, ASEAN rises by 59%NANNING , 20 Oct— Trade between south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous

Region and the 10 members of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN)rose to 610 million US dollars during the first nine months, up 59 per cent from thesame period last year.

The photo taken on Saturday, 18 October, 2003 shows a couple of Siamese twins, bornon 7 October, at the Hospital Affiliated to Luzhou Medical University in southwest

China’s Sichuan Province. The hospital is to separate the twins in an operation whenthey are three to six months old.—INTERNET

The ‘Gemini’ solar car from the Queens University of Canada races during the start ofthe 7th World Solar Challenge in Darwin, on 19 October, 2003. The World Solar

Challenge entrants will traverse more than 3,000 km ( 1,864 miles) of the Australiancontinent from tropical Darwin to balmy Adelaide in a race that started on Sunday.

INTERNET

The volume included 200 million dollarsof imports from ASEAN and 410 milliondollars of exports.

Border trade accounted for most of thetrade at more than 60 per cent of the totalvolume, or 400 million dollars.

State-run enterprises accounted for halfof Guangxi’s trade with ASEAN, or 300million dollars.

Private firms in the region imported 64.46million dollars of goods from ASEAN fromJanuary to September this year, up 670 percent year-on-year, with exports rising by

510 per cent to 160 million dollars.Machinery and electronic products were

Guangxi’s main items exported to ASEAN,valued at 130 million dollars, up 60 per cent.

Other major exports were garments andclothing accessories, Chinese herbal medi-cines, fruits, garlic and fertilizer.

Vietnam leads ASEAN countries in tradewith Guangxi, with bilateral trade growingby 79 per cent to 490 million dollars.

China and ASEAN agreed to establish theChina-ASEAN free trade zone by 2010.

MNA/Xinhua

Singapore’s external trade up 17%year-on-year in September

SINGAPORE , 20 Oct — Singapore’s foreign trade totalled some 24.1 billion USdollars in September 2003, an increase of 17 per cent over the correspondingperiod last year, a government release said on Friday.

Non-oil domestic ex-ports (NODX) grew by 25.9per cent year-on-year inSeptember 2003, with ex-ports of electronic productsexpanding by 15.3 per cent,said the Press release pub-lished by International En-terprise Singapore (IE Sin-gapore), previously knownas Trade DevelopmentBoard.

NODX of non-elec-tronic products also posteda robust 41.1 per cent

growth in the month, saidthe release, adding thestrong year-on-year expan-sion was sustained bystrong exports of pharma-ceuticals to the EuropeanUnion and the UnitedStates.

Oil domestic exportsregistered a 9.6-per-centgrowth in September, simi-lar to the 10-per-cent risein the previous month, itsaid.

Non-oil re-exports re-

corded a third month ofpositive growth at 17.1 percent, which is significantlyhigher than the growthachieved in the precedingtwo month, said IE Singa-pore.

Advance estimatesshow that the Singaporeeconomy expanded by 1.0per cent in the third quarterof 2003. The officialgrowth forecast for the yearas a whole stands at 0-1percent.—MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING , 20 Oct— Thecity of Beijing is aheadof Tianjin, Shanghai,Guangzhou and Chongqingin growth rate of consumergoods retailing.

Latest figures fromBeijing Municipal StatisticsBureau show the cityachieved 138.61 billion yuan(about 16.7 billion US dol-lars) in retail sales of con-sumer goods from Januaryto September, up 13.7 percent on the same period lastyear.

In September alone, thecity chalked up 17.18 billionyuan (about 2.07 billion USdollars) in retail sales of con-sumer goods, up 11.7 percent, a record high.

The retail sales of con-sumer goods over the wholeyear is expected to grow byabout 13 per cent, said ananalyst with the statisticsbureau.

MNA/Xinhua

Vietnam strives to reach GDPgrowth of 7.5-8% next year HANOI , 20 Oct— Vietnam will take urgent measures

to gain gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 7.5-8per cent in 2004, the country’s National Assembly Officesaid on Friday.

The country targetsgrowth of more than 10 percent in the industry and con-struction sector, over 7 percent in the services sector,and over 4 per cent in theagriculture, forestry andfishery sector, next year.

Meanwhile, it will striveto ensure that total statebudget collection accountsfor more than 21 per cent ofGDP, and that capital fordevelopment investment isequivalent to 30 per cent ofbudget spending.

Regarding exports, theMinistry of Trade has set atarget of gaining total ex-port turnover of 21 billionUS dollars next year, an es-timated increase of 8.8 percent against this year.

To realize the targets, theVietnamese Governmentwill focus on reviewingschemes on developing keyregions, industries and prod-ucts, applying flexible mon-etary policies, acceleratingimplementation of bilateraland multilateral commit-ments, and raising qualityof education and training.

The country is to increasespending on education, train-ing, science, technology, andpoverty reduction. It will givemore development assist-ance to the northern moun-tainous region, the CentralHighlands region, and theMekong Delta.

As for external economicaffairs, the country will fur-ther negotiations so that itcan become a member of theWorld Trade Organizationby 2005. It will also try tofulfil its commitment to theAssociation of the South-East Asian Nations’ FreeTrade Area (FTA) agree-ment.

After gaining remarkablesocioeconomic achieve-ments in the first nine monthsof 2003, Vietnam made fore-cast for the whole year that itwill record GDP growth of7.2-7.3 per cent, exportturnovers of 19.5 billion dol-lars, state budget collectionof 8.55 billion dollars, budgetspending of 10.82 billiondollars, and creation of 1.5million new jobs.

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BEIJING ,20 Oct — China’s leading chemistry researchinstitution held its first open day Saturday to raise publicawareness of the subject’s importance in daily life.


SPORTS

LONDON, 21 Oct— Tottenham Hotspur stole a barely deserved 2-1 victory atbottom club Leicester City on Sunday to continue their improved run under care-taker-manager David Pleat.

Spurs comeback stuns Leicester, Villa hold City

A 79th-minute goal by South Africansubstitute Mbulelo Mabizela on his debutand a last-minute winner from FrenchmanFrederic Kanoute turned the match on itshead after a Kasey Keller blunder allowedPaul Dickov to give Leicester a first-halflead. The win meant Spurs jumped to 11thin the English Premier League table on 11points, while Leicester remained a point

adrift at the bottom on five points.There were no goals in Sunday’s other

two games between Birmingham City andAston Villa in the Midlands derby at St.Andrews and Everton and Southampton atGoodison Park.

Birmingham’s point meant they wentfourth in the table on 16 points, four adrift ofthird-placed Chelsea who were beaten 2-1by leaders Arsenal (23) on Saturday.

Second-placed champions ManchesterUnited (22) won 1-0 at Leeds on Saturday.

Mabizela, signed from Orlando Piratesin the close season, had only just come on asa substitute for Spurs when he hammered a20-metre shot high into the roof of the net atthe Walkers Stadium.

Spurs had trailed to a 38th-minute goalby an offside-looking Dickov after theirAmerican goalkeeper Keller had embar-rassingly allowed the Leicester striker’s weakshot to pass through his legs. Kanoute con-verted the winner after a fine shot by anotherSpurs substitute, Frenchman StephaneDalmat, came back off the post but Leicesterwill be kicking themselves after dominatingthe game.

Kanoute was carried off with an ankleinjury almost immediately after the goal.

Spurs have now won three games anddrawn one since David Pleat took over ascaretaker manager from Glenn Hoddle, whowas sacked last month.

“It’s fantasy land,” Pleat told Sky Sportstelevision. “I’m enjoying being the care-taker in a strange way you haven’t got thatpressure (of being manager). This is a nicelittle Indian summer.”—MNA/Reuters

Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium returns a ball toJelena Dokic of Serbia-Montenegro during their final

match at the Swisscom Challenge Tennis Tournament inKloten, Switzerland, on Sunday, 19 October, 2003. Henin-Hardenne won the match by 6-0, 6-4 to become the new

women’s number one of the world.—INTERNET

World number one tennis player Juan Carlos Ferrero ofSpain serves to Chilean Nicolas Massu during their finalmatch at the Madrid Master’s ATP tennis tournament on

19 October, 2003. Ferrero won 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.INTERNET

Bochum win to stay neartop in Bundesliga

BERLIN, 20 Oct— VfL Bochum beat Schalke 04 inGelsenkirchen 2-0 on Sunday to stay within striking distance ofleaders Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga while mid-tableKaiserslautern thrashed struggling Hamburg SV 4-0.

Schalke, who have reached the second round of the UEFACup, fell to second half goals from defender Frank Fahrenhorst inthe 65th minute and striker Momo Diabang in the 79th.

Bochum, sixth with 15 points and unbeaten in six straightmatches, had fended off a series of Schalke attacks in the first halfin an ill-tempered Ruhr River Valley derby.

Schalke’s attack, with only five goals in five home matches,continued to struggle to find the net. Striker Victor Agali missedseveral solid chances and drew loud boos from the large homecrowd.

Bayer Leverkusen reclaimed the top of the table on Saturdaywith a 4-1 trouncing of Hertha Berlin while VfB Stuttgart movedinto second with a 3-1 victory over previous leaders WerderBremen. Bayer have 22 points and Stuttgart 21.

Champions Bayern Munich are in fifth on 18. MNA/Reuters

Devastating Valencia backon top after 4-0 win

M ADRID , 20 Oct— Valencia were in devastating form as they crushed bottomclub Espanyol 4-0 at the Mestalla to record their sixth win on the trot and reclaimtop spot in the Primera Liga on Sunday.

Two goals from striker Mista and onefrom the outstanding Ruben Baraja putValencia 3-0 up by the break and wingerVicente added a fourth 11 minutes fromtime to complete the rout against a sorry-looking Espanyol, who have yet to win thisseason.

The result means Valencia, who haveconceded just one goal in their sevenmatches, retain top spot after the weekend’smatches with 19 points, one ahead ofDeportivo Coruna, who beat Barcelona 2-0at the Nou Camp on Saturday.

Champions Real Madrid, who claimeda valuable 2-0 win at Celta Vigo on Satur-day, are two points further back in third.

Osasuna, who are more accustomed tobattling it out at the other end of the table,regained fourth spot after a goal in each halffrom Ivory Coast striker Ibrahima Bakayokogave them a 2-1 win against nine-man Murciaat El Sadar.

Valencia are now the only unbeaten

team in the top flight after neighboursVillarreal slipped to their first defeat of theseason when they lost 2-0 at Athletic Bilbao.

Atletico Madrid moved out of the rele-gation zone after a sweetly struck free kickfrom substitute Jorge gave them a last gasp2-1 victory at home to Real Mallorca, whoremain in trouble.

Valencia, whose winning streak hasincluded victories over Real Madrid andBarcelona, were gifted an early goal by theirunlucky opponents at the Mestalla.

Espanyol goalkeeper Toni attempted toclear a harmless through pass from Baraja,but the ball took a deflection off a defenderand fell to the feet of Mista who guided theball into the empty net from the edge of thearea after eight minutes.

Boosted by their early stroke of goodfortune, Valencia took control of the gamewith Baraja and Pablo Aimar bossing themidfield and Mista threatening up front.

MNA/Reuters

Servette dumpedout of Swiss Cup by

part-timers

Inter sack coach Cuper and turn to ZaccheroniMILAN, Oct— Inter

Milan have sacked their Ar-gentine coach Hector Cuperand brought in former ACMilan boss AlbertoZaccheroni, the Serie A clubsaid on Sunday.

Inter were held to a 2-2draw at Brescia on Saturday,their fourth successive SerieA match without a win and aresult which leaves themseven points behind leadersJuventus. Cuper, in his thirdseason at Inter, had beenwarned by chairmanMassimo Moratti that fur-ther setbacks would not betolerated after the 3-1 derbydefeat by rivals AC Milantwo weeks ago.

“Last night after thematch away to Brescia therewas a meeting between thepresident and Hector Cuper.At the end of the meeting thedecision was made to dis-miss Cuper and all his staff,”Inter vice-president GiacintoFacchetti said.

“The club thanks Cuperfor the work done in the lasttwo years. From Wednes-day Alberto Zaccheroni willbe the new Inter coach.”

Assistant coachCorrado Verdelli, who hasenjoyed success with Inter’syouth team, takes chargetemporarily for the Champi-ons League game againstLokomotiv Moscow onTuesday. Cuper, a former Argentinacentral defender, took overat Inter in June 2001 after

coaching stints in Argentinaand at Real Mallorca andValencia in Spain. Having taken Valencia totwo runners-up spots in theChampions League in suc-cessive seasons, he wascharged with the task of end-ing Inter’s long wait for anItalian title.

Inter last won in 1989and Moratti had tried severalcoaches including MarcelloLippi, Roy Hodgson andMarco Tardelli in his bid tobring back the glory days ofthe 1960s when his fatherAngelo was president andInter won two EuropeanCups.—MNA/Reuters

Ronaldo welcomesCuper sacking

MILAN, 20 Oct— World Player of theYear Ronaldo has welcomed Inter Milan’sdecision to sack his former coach HectorCuper. “I am pleased for all the Inter sup-porters,” Ronaldo told Italian television onSunday, just hours after Cuper was sackedby Inter and replaced by former AC Milancoach Alberto Zaccheroni. “I am speaking as an Inter fan because Ihave remained one and I was hoping thatcoach would go as soon as possible,” addedthe Real Madrid forward. Ronaldo left Inter for Real last year afterfive seasons in Milan and cited Cuper as oneof the reasons behind his decision to quit theItalian club. The Brazilan’s appearances forInter had been limited after two seriousknee operations but he recovered to leadBrazil to their World Cup triumph in 2002before joining Real. “I left because of differences with Cuperthat is true,” said Ronaldo, “I felt he was toodefensive and we didn’t agree on thingseven if there weren’t specific problems.”

MNA/Reuters

GENEVA 20 Oct — Seven-times Swiss Cup winnersServette were knocked outof the competition on Sun-day after going down 3-2 topart-timers Malcantone Agroin the second round.

Servette, second inthe Swiss league and cupwinners in 2001, were un-done by an extra-time goalfrom Gianluca Penzavalli forMalcantone.

Marcelo Citran hadput Second Division clubMalcantone in front after 10minutes only for GoranObradovic and PhilippeCravero to give Servette thelead. But Alberto Regazzoniequalized in the 89th minuteto take the game into extra-time before Penzavalli struckafter 95 minutes to secure asurprise victory.

Cup holders Baselcomfortably progressed intothe last 16 with a 4-1 win atFourth Division Urania Ge-neva-Sports. MNA/Reuters


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WEATHERMonday, 20 October, 2003

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hoursMST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Rakhine, Kayin States, Yangon and AyeyawadyDivisions and rain or thundershowers have been isolatedin Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions, Mon and KayahStates and scattered in the remaining areas with isolatedheavyfalls in Mandalay Division. The noteworthy amountsof rainfalls recorded were Pyinmana (1.89) inches andMandalay (0.94) inch.

Maximum temperature on 19-10-2003 was 35.0°C(95°F). Minimum temperature on 20-10-2003 was 22.0°C(72°F). Relative humidity at 9:30 hrs MST on20-10-2003 was 87%. Total sunshine hours on19-10-2003 was (8.3) hours approx. Rainfall on20-10-2003 was nil at Yangon Airport, Kaba-Aye andcentral Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2003 was 2199mm (86.57 inches) at Yangon Airport, 2310 mm (90.94inches) at Kaba-Aye and 2349 mm (92.48 inches) at cen-tral Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was 12 mph from Northwest at (06:15) hours MSTon 20-10-2003.

Bay inference: Weather is cloudy in West and SouthBay and partly cloudy elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 21-10-2003: Weatherwill be partly cloudy in Kayah State, lower Sagaing andMagway Divisions and rain or thundershowers are likelyto be scattered in Taninthayi Division, isolated in theremaining areas. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofrain or thundershowers are likely in Southern Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for21-10-2003: Isolated rain or thundershowers are likely inthe afternoon/evening. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for21-10-2003: Possibility of isolated rain or thundershow-ers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

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(From page 10)Kyaw Htin U Sein AungMin and members madejudgements on the perform-ance. A total of 16 contest-ants participated in the ba-sic education level dancecontest (aged 10-15, boys).

Today is the finalday of all dance contests.The piano contest will beheld tomorrow at the Na-tional Theatre. The highereducation level piano con-test (male) (female) will beheld in the morning and thebasic education level pianocontest (aged 10-15, boys)in the afternoon.

The rehearsal ofsongs composed by the con-testants were held at thePantra School on Kaba AyePagoda Road this morning.Songs entitled LungeAhman composed by con-testants of basic educationlevel song-composing con-test (aged 15-20) on 15October were rehearsedwith the music accompani-

11th Myanmar performing…ment. At the higher educa-tion level xylophone contest(female), eight contestantstook part in the contest withKyun Kyun Paing Tha(Kyo) song.

At the higher educa-tion level xylophone contest(male), eight contestantstook part in the contest withKyun Kyun Paing Tha(Kyo). At the basic educa-tion level xylophone contest(aged 10-15, boys), 13 con-testants took part in the con-test with Baho Myet Thansong. Member of Panel ofJudges U Yee Nwe andmembers made judgementson the performance.

Altogether eightgroups participated in theamateur level Dobat contest.Member of Panel of JudgesU Sein Ba Maw and mem-bers made judgements onthe performance. Altogethersix groups participated inthe basic education levelDobat contest (aged 10-15,boys) contest. —MNA

16 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 21 October, 200311th Waning of Thadingyut, 1365 ME Tuesday, 21 October, 2003

Saddan Hsinmin DramaCompetition continues

YANGON, 20 Oct — TheSaddan Hsinmin DramaCompetition of the 11thMyanmar Traditional Cul-tural Performing Arts Com-petitions continued today forthe sixth day at the NationalTheatre on Myoma KyaungStreet in Dagon Township,here.

Pantra Tin Moe Win’sdrama troupe from YangonDivision performed at thevenue today.

Among those whoenjoyed the performancewere Yangon Division Peaceand Development CouncilChairman Yongan Com-mand Commander Maj-Gen

Myint Swe, Minister forTransport Maj-Gen HlaMyint Swe, Minister for Cul-ture Maj-Gen Kyi Aung,Deputy Minister for Infor-mation Brig-Gen AungThein, senior military offic-ers, Commander of No 3Military Region Col TintHsan, doyen artistes, andenthusiasts.

The Pantra Tin MoeWin’s drama troupe stagedits performance with artisticsense. Tomorrow evening,Mandalay Division willpresent its performance ofMahajanakka marionette forthe first day at the samevenue. — MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San, and party pay homage to remains of Shwekyin Sasanabaing XIII Sayadaw Abhidaja Maha Rattha Guru AbhidhajaAgga Maha Saddhamma Jotika Bhaddanta Vimalabhivamsa. — MNA

Lt-Gen Ye Myint inspects BEHS (Branch) of Minsu Model Village.— MNA

Yangon Command Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe enjoys performance of Pantra Tin Moe Win of Yangon Division in Saddan Hsinmin(King of Elephants) Drama Competition. — MNA

Lt-Gen Ye Myint inspects upgrading of road sections,development of Kyaukse region

YANGON, 20 Oct—Mem-ber of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint accompaniedby Chairman of MandalayDivision Peace and Develop-ment Council Commander ofCentral Command Maj-GenYe Myint, officials of theState Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Office, the Ministryof Agriculture and Irrigation,the Ministry of Constructionand the Ministry for Progressof Border Areas and NationalRaces and Development Af-fairs, inspected tarring of the18-mile Mandalay-Singaingsub-section of Mandalay-Meiktila Section under thesix-lane Yangon-MandalayHighway Extension Projectundertaken by HongpanConstruction Co yesterdaymorning.

Next, Lt-Gen Ye Myintand party arrived at the Toll

Gate near Myothagon Vil-lage, Singaing Townshipwhere General Manager USai Philip Yi reported onprogress in construction ofthe Toll Gate and weighingof vehicles with the use ofcomputer. Afterwards, Lt-

Gen Ye Myint and party in-spected tarring of 14-mileSingaing-Kyaukse sectionand upgrading of the old roadwith the use of heavy ma-chinery.

They then inspected the10 miles and 6 furlongs long

Kyaukse-Minsu-Myitthasection and gave necessaryinstructions to officials.

In the morning, Lt-GenYe Myint and party pro-ceeded to the Station Hospi-tal in Minsu Model Village,

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife attend final rites of ShwekyinSasanabaing Sayadaw

YANGON, 20 Oct — Whileserving the interests of reli-gious affairs, member of theState Ovadacariya Chairmanof Shwekyin NikayadhibasiMaha Nayaka DhammaSenabati TerasamaShwekyin Sasanabaing ShanState (South) NyaungshweKangyi Pariyatti MonasteryPresiding Nayaka Abhidhaja

Maha Rattha GuruAbhidhaja Agga MahaSaddhammajotika SayadawBhaddanta Vimalabhivamsapassed away at 9.02 pm on13 October.

The final rites of theSayadaw was held at noontoday, attended by Vice-Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council

Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesC o m m a n d e r - i n - C h i e f(Army) Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye and wife DawMya Mya San.

Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye supplicated mat-ters on religious affairs. Alsopresent on the occasionwere State Ovadacariya

Sayadaws, State SanghaMaha Nayaka Sayadaws,Sayadaws and members ofthe Sangha from monaster-ies and disciples, Secretary-1 of the SPDC Lt-Gen SoeWin and wife Daw ThanThan Nwe, SPDC membersLt-Gen Aung Htwe, Lt-GenMaung Bo and Quartermas-ter-General Lt-Gen Thiha

Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo,C o m m a n d e r - i n - C h i e f(Navy) Vice-Admiral KyiMin, Commander-in-Chief(Air) Maj-Gen Myat Hein,Shan State PDC ChairmanEastern Command Com-mander Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint, ministers, of-ficials from the SPDC Of-fice, departmental heads,members of Shan State PDC,state level departmental of-ficials, officials of TaunggyiDistrict and townships, rela-tives of the Sayadaw, offi-cials of the various commit-tee for holding the final rites,religious associations, in-vited guests, wellwishers,disciples, local people andnuns.

Presiding Sayadaw Agga

Maha Gandhavacaka PanditaBhaddanta Odata Siribhi-vamsa of Awaiya RamaYankin monastery in SeinbanThanhlyethmaw (East) Wardin Mandalay acted as Masterof Ceremonies. After open-ing the ceremony, Vice-Sen-ior General Maung Aye andwife Daw Mya Mya San re-ceived the Five Precepts,administered by StateOvadacariya AbhidhajaMaha Rattha Guru Manda-lay Maha VisuddhayonTaikthit Waso monasterySayadaw BhaddantaAgghiya.

Joint-Secretary Sayadawof the State Sangha MahaNayaka Committee Presid-ing Sayadaw of Maha

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