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Volume XVII, Number 205 6th Waning of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Saturday, 7 November, 2009

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Nov—Vice-Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council DeputyCommander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Commander-in-Chief (Army)Vice-Senior General Maung Ayereceived a goodwill delegation led byMalaysian Defence Minister Dato' SeriDr Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi atBayintnaung Yeiktha here at 9 a.m.today.

Also present at the call togetherwith Vice-Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council DeputyCommander-in-Chief of Defence

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye receives goodwill

delegation led by Malaysian Defence Minister

Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)Vice-Senior General Maung Aye weremember of the SPDC Lt-Gen Tin Aye ofthe Ministry of Defence, Lt-Gen YeMyint of the Ministry of Defence,Commander of Nay Pyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin, Brig-Gen Than Soeof the Ministry of Defence and DeputyMinister for Foreign Affairs U MaungMyint.

The delegation led by MalaysianDefence Minister Dato' Seri Dr AhmadZahid bin Hamidi was accompanied byMalaysian Ambassador to MyanmarDato' Mazlan Muhammad.—MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Ayereceives a goodwill delegation

led by Malaysian DefenceMinister Dato' Seri Dr Ahmad

Zahid bin Hamidi atBayintnaung Yeiktha in

Nay Pyi Taw.MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung

Aye shakes hands with

Malaysian Defence Minister

Dato' Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid

bin Hamidi at Bayintnaung

Yeiktha in Nay Pyi Taw.MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 7 November, 2009

Saturday, 7 November, 2009* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

Thanks to integrated and well-coordi-nated efforts of the Tatmadaw, the MyanmarPolice Force, departments and well-wishersin relief, rehabilitation and reconstructiontasks, storm-hit regions in seven townships ofAyeyawady Division have returned to nor-malcy.

Livelihoods of local people such as agri-culture, fisheries, salt industry, etc that arethe mainstay of the region are now in fullswing.

In Ayeyawady Division, the governmentbuilt life-saving hillocks, cyclone shelters andten road networks that can be used as shelterin the event of natural disasters in future. Theconstruction of ten road networks has con-tributed much to better transport in the re-gion.

The living standard of local people hasimproved with the construction of new homesfor storm victims and reconstruction of edu-cational, health and religious buildings. Suchgreat achievements gained in a short periodcan be attributed to benevolence, goodwilland farsighted guidance of the Head of Stateand concerted efforts of the State, the peopleand the Tatmadaw.

Upholding the concept that the collapseof earthen bricks will be substituted withstone bricks, the rehabilitation tasks havebeen carried out successfully.

At a time when the government hasbeen able to successfully launch reconstruc-tion and rehabilitation tasks in storm-hit re-gions, it is incumbent upon all the local peopleto exert more efforts for development of ownregions, realizing the goodwill and visions ofthe Head of State.

Exert more efforts fordevelopment of ownregions

YANGON, 6 Nov—Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence at-tended the 18th ASEANCouncil of Japan Alumni(ASCOJA) Conference atChatrium Hotel inTamway Township, here,this morning.

Also present on theoccasion were formerJapanese Prime MinisterMr Yasuo Fukuda, Minis-ter for Hotels and TourismMaj-Gen Soe Naing,Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin, Chairman ofthe Panel of Patrons forOrganizing the Confer-ence and members, Chair-man of Myanmar-JapanFriendship Associationand party, representativesof ASEAN countries andJapan.

Minister Maj-GenSoe Naing read the mes-sage sent by Prime Minis-ter of the Union ofMyanmar General TheinSein.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence attendsASEAN Council of Japan Alumni Conference

Next, Mr YasuoFukuda delivered an ad-dress. Lt-Gen Myint Swepresented gift to mark theconference to the formerJapanese PM. The patronof the Japan Alumni ofMyanmar made a speech.

Afterwards, Charged' Affaires ai Mr KazuyukiTakeuchi of the Japanese

Embassy extended greet-ings. Prof Shigeru Okedaof Okayama University ofJapan introduced the pa-per on Bridging Japan andASEAN countries throughbetter education.

The Chairman of theJapan Alumni of Myanmargave an opening speech onthe paper-reading session.

The representatives of Indo-nesia, Malaysia, Myanmar,the Philippines, Singapore,Thailand and Vietnam tookpart in the discussions.

Charge d' Affaires aiMr Kazuyuki Takeuchihosted a dinner in honour ofthe representatives to theconference at ParkroyalHotel, here.—MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence presents gift to formerJapanese Prime Minister Mr Yasuo Fukuda.—MNA

Director-General Dr Tin Nyunt explains matters on Myanmar Traditional MedicinePractitioners' Conference.—MNA

YANGON, 6 Nov—Myawady Publishing Housepublished Volume (12), No (35) Moethaukpan Journalon 10 November.

The journal features cartoons by Tin Aung Ni,Thant Zin, Maung Maung Nhet, Shwe Ko Oo, MyayZa and Theikkha, the story told by U Saw, the poem byKo Ko Khant Chaw (Kathamyay), the article by OoOo, puzzles and sudoku. The journal is distributedevery Tuesday.

Those who want to subscribe MoethaukpanJournal may contact No (15) Tetmyay, Mogaung Pa-goda Road, Ward 15, Baukhtaw, Yankin Townshipand No (181), 32nd Street (Upper), Pabedan Township,and dial 559273 and 371244.—MNA

Moethaukpan Journalcomes out

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Nov—Preliminary meeting of10th Myanmar Traditional Medicine Practitioners' Con-ference was held at No.7 Transit camp here this morning.Director-General Dr Tin Nyunt of Traditional MedicineDepartment under the Ministry of Health chaired themeeting and delegate U G Khaw Yein of Kachin Stateand delegate U Saw Aung Pwint of Kayin State acted asthe members of the Panel of chairmen.

Preliminary meeting of 10th Myanmar TraditionalMedicine Practitioners' Conference held

Director-General Dr Tin Nyunt explained the mat-ters on the conference and delegates discussed the propos-als to be submitted to the Traditional Medicine Practition-ers' Conference. The purposes of holding the MyanmarTraditional Medicine Practitioners' Conference are to up-lift standard of Myanmar traditional medicine, improve thequality of Myanmar traditional medicine and to enhancetraditional practitioners' image.—MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 7 November, 2009 3

Emergency

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INTERNET

12 killed, 31 wounded in shootingat US army base

A burned down room is seen in the destroyed guesthouse that left five UNstaffers dead in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 5 Nov, 2009. The United Nations saidon Thursday that it is temporarily relocating more than half its internationalstaff in Afghanistan following last week’s deadly Taleban attack against UNworkers, the most direct targeting of its employees during decades of work in

the country.—INTERNET

IAEA found nothing serious at Iran site

Afghan villagers say NATOstrike kills 9 civilians

KANDAHAR, 6 Nov— An overnight rocket strike byinternational forces killed nine civilians, including atleast three children, villagers said on Thursday. LocalAfghan authorities said they had no reports of civiliandeaths.

NATO said the target of the strike was a group ofpeople believed to be planting a bomb and that the alli-ance was investigating the allegations.

The incident illustrates the confusion and blame thatregularly result from night raids and strikes in Afghani-stan and threaten US-led efforts to curb the Taleban.

In Kabul, the head of the UN mission warned thatAfghanistan cannot count on international support in-definitely unless the government tackles corruption andbad governance.

Residents of Korkhashien village drove the bodies tothe governor’s office in the nearby provincial capital ofLashkar Gah, and Associated Press footage and photosshowed at least two children among the dead.—Internet

Gunman injures three near Tokyo, hides in building

Roadside bomb killstwo, wounds twoin E Afghanistan

KABUL, 6 Nov— Two persons were killed andtwo others got wounded as a roadside bombstruck a vehicle of a road construction com-pany in Khost Province, in east Afghanistan,on Thursday, police said.

“The incident occurred in Duamanda districtthis morning as a result two local employeesof an Indian road construction company werekilled and two others sustained injuries,” po-lice chief of Duamanda district Gulab Shah toldXinhua.

He also blamed “the enemies of peace,” aterm used against Taleban militants.

However, the militants who often carry outroadside bomb attacks have not made com-ment.

Xinhua

Venezuela deploys 15,000 moretroops to border with Colombia

VIENNA, 6 Nov—UN in-spectors found “nothing tobe worried about” in a firstlook at a previously secreturanium enrichment site inIran last month, the Inter-national Atomic Energychief said in remarks pub-lished on Thursday.

Mohamed ElBaradeialso told the New YorkTimes that he was exam-ining possible compro-mises to unblock a draftnuclear cooperation dealbetween Iran and threemajor powers that hasfoundered over Iranian ob-jections.

The nuclear site, whichIran revealed in Septemberthree years after diplomats

said Western spies firstdetected it, added to West-ern fears of covert Iranianefforts to develop atombombs. Iran says it is en-

riching uranium only forelectricity.

ElBaradei was quoted ina New York Times inter-view as saying his inspec-tors’ initial findings at thefortified site beneath adesert mountain near theShi’ite holy city of Qomwere “nothing to be wor-ried about.”

“The idea was to use itas a bunker under themountain to protectthings,” ElBaradei, allud-ing to Tehran’s referencesto the site as a fallback forits nuclear programme incase its larger Natanz en-richment plant werebombed by a foe like Is-rael.—Internet

International AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA)

Director GeneralMohamed ElBaradei

speaks during a mediaconference in Teheran

on 4 Oct, 2009.INTERNET

HOUSTON, 6 Nov—Twelve people were killedand up to 31 injured in twoshootings on Thursday atFort Hood Army Base inKilleen, Texas, the USArmy said.

The 12 dead includeone suspect, a soldier. Twoother soldiers were takeninto custody, according toGary Tallman, a spokes-man at the Pentagon.

Earlier reports saidseven people were deadand at least 12 injuredwhen gunmen opened fireat about 1:30 pm in an areanear a theater and a sportsdome, also known as thesoldier readiness area.

It was not immediately

known if the victims aresoldiers or civilians.

The shooting prom-pted the base and nearbyschools to order alockdown.

A message on the FortHood Web site said, “Ef-fective immediately, FortHood is closed.” “This isnot a drill. It is an emer-gency situation,” it said.

US President BarackObama has called the in-cident a “horrific burst ofviolence” and expressedhis sympathy to the vic-tims and their families.

“These are men andwomen who have madethe selfless and coura-geous decision to risk and

at times give their lives toprotect the rest of us on adaily basis,” Obama saidwhen he delivered speechat the closing ceremony ofthe tribal nations confer-ence.

“It’s difficult enoughwhen we lose these braveAmericans in battles over-seas. It is horrifying thatthey should come underfire at an Army base onAmerican soil,” he said.

FBI agents are headedto Fort Hood to assistthe Army Criminal Inves-tigation Division, which isthe lead agency, saidFBI spokesman JasonPack.

Internet

TOKYO, 6 Nov—A lonegunman shot and wound-ed three men on Friday ina residential area near To-kyo and then took refugein a building, officials say.

Police were negotiat-ing with the gunman inYokohama, police spokes-man Shigeki Umehara

said.He said one of the three

wounded men was incritical condition and theother two had light inju-ries.

Media reports said theshooting appeared to begangster-related, and TVfootage showed police sur-

rounding a building.The shooting took

place in a residential areain Yokohama, south of To-kyo, according to KenKoide, a city fire depart-ment official.

Guns are strictly con-trolled in Japan, and shoot-ings are rare.—Internet

CARACAS, 6 Nov— Ven-ezuela announced on Thurs-day a supplementary deploy-ment of more than 15,000agents of the National Guardto six border states amidalleged invasion of Colom-bian irregular groups.

The troops would be de-ployed to the southern statesof Amazonas, Apure andBolivar, and to the south-western states of Barinas,Tachira and Zuila, Venezue-lan Vice President and De-fence Minister RamonCarrizalez told the press onThursday.

The deployment, called

“Sentinel Operation,” aimedto strike illegal mining andcombat the presence ofirregular groups in theVenezuelan territory.

This action was followedby the detainment of fivealleged Colombian para-militaries during a clash withthe Venezuelan policein Tachira on Thursdaymorning.

Two of the detainee werekilled, from whom two fusils,taken from two agents ofthe National Guard killedon Monday in the borderarea, were found, the authori-ties said.—Xinhua

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In this photo taken by Feature Photo Service: Hundreds of holiday job-seekers line up in NYC, on 5 Nov, 2009 for the chance to showcase their Love-of-the-Loo in open auditions to find five Charmin Ambassadors to work in the

Times Square Restrooms for a $10,000 salary.—INTERNET

A man walking in the desert in the Mauritanian Kiffa region. A “conspiracyof silence” is stifling debate over the future of people who become displaced

through climate change, a top UN official for refugees says.—INTERNET

The skyline of the

business district in

Auckland, New

Zealand where the

unemployment rate

has hit a nine year

high of 6.5 percent in

the September quarter

as the effects of a long

recession hit busi-

nesses, official figures

have shown.

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SEOUL, 6 Nov— SouthKorea on Friday ratified afree trade deal with Indiathat promises to slash tar-iffs on goods and servicesbetween two of Asia’sbiggest economies.

The agreement waspassed in a vote by law-makers in the NationalAssembly, said two offi-cials in the body’s secre-tariat.

They refused to givetheir names, saying theywere not authorized to

SINGAPORE, 6 Nov—APEC leaders will main-tain hefty stimulus pack-ages until they secure a“durable” recovery fromthe global economicslowdown, according to adraft communique ob-tained by AFP on Friday.

“We will maintain oureconomic stimulus poli-cies until a durable eco-

South Korea OK’s Indiafree trade agreement

speak to media.An official vote tally

was to be released later inthe day, they said. SouthKorea’s Yonhap newsagency reported that thebill passed by a margin of192-0, with five absten-tions in the 298-seat as-sembly.

The two countriessigned the deal, knownofficially as a Compre-hensive Economic Part-nership Agreement, inAugust in Seoul.

Trade between Indiaand South Korea —Asia’s third- and fourth-largest economies, re-spectively — has grownsteadily and reached$15.6 billion last year. In2002, it amounted to just$2.6 billion.

The two countries willabolish or cut tariffs for 90percent of Indian goods interms of value and 85 per-cent of South Koreanproducts, according toSouth Korea.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 6 Nov—The economy is rebound-ing from its deepest slump since the 1930s, but itprobably won’t seem that way when the governmentreleases its monthly employment report on Friday.

Employers aren’t expected to start adding jobs forseveral more months. Many are skeptical about thestrength and sustainability of the recovery,

The nation’s economy probably lost a net total of175,000 jobs in October, pushing the unemploymentrate to 9.9 percent, according to a survey of WallStreet economists by Thomson Reuters. The LabourDepartment report is scheduled for release at 8:30am EST.—Internet

BRUSSELS, 6 Nov—Euro area and EU employmentbegan to fall as the global financial crisis began, of-ficial figures showed on Thursday.

The number of persons employed in the 16-na-tion euro area fell by 1.8 percent between the secondquarters of 2008 and 2009, representing 145.5 mil-lion persons, according to first estimates from the Eu-ropean Union’s statistics agency Eurostat. During thesame period, the number of persons employed in the27-nation EU, which represents 222.7 million per-sons, decreased by1.9 percent.—Xinhua

NAIROBI, 6 Nov—Kenya said on Thursdaythat countries from theGreat Lakes Region withtheir small economies andsmall populations willcontinue to experienceunder-development un-less they are integratedinto a larger regional mar-ket.

Kenyan Vice PresidentKalonzo Musyoka notedthat this problem is com-pounded by the fact thatmost of these countriesonly recently emergedfrom conflict situations.

Such countries there-fore, he said, need to in-vest in peace and recon-ciliation efforts to fosternational unity as a pre-requisite for creating anenabling environment toattract foreign invest-ments.

Xinhua

ROME, 6 Nov— Chi-nese investments in Italy,although still limitedcompared with that in therest of Europe, are grow-ing with more and moreChinese firms operatingin the country’s strategicsectors, said an Italiangovernment agency onThursday.

Invitalia, the Italiangovernmental agency forpromoting foreign invest-ment and enterprise de-velopment, said there arejust 38 Chinese firms op-erating in the country, butChinese investments havegrown rapidly since 2000.

Four Chinese compa-

APEC to maintain stimulus till recovery in place

Singapore’s PrimeMinister Lee HsienLoong is seen on 3November during a

news conference on theAsia Pacific leaders’summit in Singapore.

INTERNET

nomic recovery is se-cured,” the draft said,stressing that “economicrecovery is not yet on asolid footing”.

Leaders of the 21-member Asia-PacificEconomic Cooperation(APEC) forum, includingthe United States andChina, will meet in Sin-gapore on 14-15 Novem-ber to discuss global eco-nomic recovery, environ-mental issues and freetrade.

Internet

Kenya calls forregional trade

blocs to expandmarket

Unemployment nears 10 pct asrebound remains slow

Eurozone employment falls sinceoutbreak of financial crisis

Chinese investments in Italy increasenies, namely ChongqingLifan (motorcycle), Enha-lor (chemicals), ZhejiangXiongfeng Holdings (tex-tile) and a major producerof tools and accessoriesfor safety in sport activi-ties, entered the Italianmarket in July.

Most of the Chinesecompanies in Italy aresmall in dimension andare highly concentrated inthe northern region ofLombardy, with the met-ropolitan area of Milan asthe prevailing investmentzone.

The nature of Chineseinvestments has recentlychanged, undergoing a

high value and qualityevolution. The establish-ment of sales and market-ing offices prevailed inthe past, while Chinesecompanies are currentlylaunching activities suchas product developmentand design.

Giuseppe Arcucci, for-eign investments’ directorof Invitalia, said at theChina Overseas Invest-ment Fair which tookplace on Wednesday inBeijing that he looked for-ward to increasing Chi-nese investments in Italyand strategic partnershipsbetween Chinese and Ital-ian companies.—Xinhua

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Major subsidiary of China’s topaircraft manufacturer to go public

Visitors view gold exhibits on a jewellary exhibition held at China Interna-tional Exhibition Center in Beijing, China, on 5 Nov, 2009. The 5-day-long2009 China International Jewellary Exhibition kicked off here on Thursday

with about 600 companies from 15 countries and regions on shown. —XINHUA

BEIJING, 6 Nov—AVICAircraft Corporation Ltd,a major subsidiary of Chi-na’s top aircraft manufac-turer Aviation IndustryCorporation of China(AVIC), will go public byinjecting assets intoAVIC’s Shenzhen-listedarm, Xi’an Aircraft Inter-national Corp, ChinaDaily reported on Friday.

It was part of AVIC Air-craft’s plan to complete anoverall listing by 2011

amid a restructuring ofChina’s aviation industry,the newspaper said.

The company plannedto complete the asset re-structuring by the firstquarter of next year anduse Xi’an Aircraft Interna-tional as the platform forthe listing, the newspapersaid, citing Hu Xiaofeng,general manager of theAVIC Aircraft Corp.

AVIC Aircraft will in-ject assets worth 8 billion

yuan (about 1.2 billion USdollars) into Xi’an Air-craft International, ac-cording to Hu.

Xi’an Aircraft Interna-tional manufactures theMA600 turboprop re-gional aircraft. It is ex-pected to be a parts sup-plier to China’s home-made large passengerplane, the C919, boostingexpectations for the planemaker’s passenger aircraftbusiness.—Xinhua

Addis Ababa to hostannual African

economic conferenceADDIS ABABA, 6 Nov— Ethiopia’s

capital Addis Ababa, Africa’s meetingplace, is to host the fourth annual Afri-can Economic Conference from 11 to13 November, it was learned on Thurs-day. Close to 400 policy makers, devel-opment experts and economists will at-tend the annual African economic gath-ering, whose theme is “Fostering De-velopment in an Era of Financial cri-sis.”

Ethiopian Prime Minister MelesZenawi will give the keynote address,and other key figures attending includeDonald Kaberuka, president of the Af-rican Development Bank; Paul Collier,director of the Center for the Study ofAfrican Economies at Britain’s OxfordUniversity; and several central bankgovernors and ministers of finance fromAfrican countries.—Xinhua

Spain reportshighest cocaine

consumption in EU MADRID, 6 Nov— Spain is the largest

cocaine consumer in the European Un-ion (EU), a report by the European drugmonitoring authority showed on Thurs-day.

While marijuana consumption slightlyfell among the Spaniards, cocaine con-sumption has spread in the country.

Over the past year, 3.1 percent of theSpaniards admitted having consumedcocaine, while 1.1 percent said they didit in the past month, according to thereport presented by the European Moni-toring Center for Drugs and Drug Ad-diction.

During the last four of five years,Spain’s cocaine consumption has stabi-lized after registering a large increasein the years before. But “this is smallprogress, there is still much to do,” thereport said.—Xinhua

Workers clear theXiamen Xiang’an Tun-nel, the first underseatunnel in Chinese main-land, in Xiamen, south-east China’s FujianProvince, on 5 Nov,2009. The 8695-meter-long Xiamen Xiang’anTunnel was run-throughon Thursday.—XINHUA

The plump childrencheer after the firstday’s training in the

weight-reducing sum-mer camp held inChangsha, capitalof central China’sHunan Province,

recently.XINHUA

Somali pirates seize Greekcargo ship

NAIROBI, 6 Nov—Suspected Somali pirates are be-lieved to have hijacked a Greek cargo ship early onThursday with crew members from Ukrain and Philip-pine onboard .

Regional maritime official said Delvina was head-ing for the Kenyan port city of Mombasa from Medi-terranean when it was captured 250 miles northwestof Madagascar.

“I am still not sure whether Delvina was hijacked orattacked by the pirates. The vessel was sailing to Mom-basa when it was seized or attacked by pirates, about250 miles northwest of Madagascar,” AndrewMwangura, the coordinator of Seafarers AssistanceProgramme (SAP) told Xinhua by telephone.

“The ship had Ukrainian and Filipinos on aboardbut I have not established the correct number of crewmembers,” Mwangura said.—Xinhua

LIMA, 6 Nov—Peruvian President Alan Garcia saidon Thursday Peru has found a new gas field, whichhas a reserve of quintillion cubic feet, enough to guar-antee the country’s energy demand till 2050.

“This early morning I was told, directly from thejungle, that we could confirm that in Field 58, we havefound a great amount of gas,” Garcia said, adding hewas waiting for more details.

“Apparently, there is more than 1 quintillion cubicfeet of gas in the first well, and it is one of five wellsor structures. —Xinhua

Malaysia slams British ban on advertisement

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

Perudiscoversnew gasreserves

KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Nov—The British’s decision toban a Malaysian palm oiladvertisement has drawnattention from Malaysianofficials, local media re-ported here on Friday.

Malaysian Deputy In-ternational Trade and In-dustry Minister JacobSagan was quoted as re-torting the British govern-ment’s reason to ban the

advertisement.He said that Malaysia

federal and state authori-ties had put in great effortto protect the environmentand the natives’ welfare.

He added that any movedeterring the export ofMalaysian palm oil wouldunavoidably affect thelivelihoods of those work-ing in the plantations.

It was reported that the

advertisement placed bythe Malaysian Palm OilBoard said that the palmoil industry was sustain-able and contributed topoverty-eradication inMalaysia.

However, the Britishregulatory board viewedthe content as misleadingas it ruled that the indus-try had infringed on thenative’s rights.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Handicraftsman Zhang Tianweidisplays his new work, a miniature

bicycle, in Xi’an, northwest China’sShaanxi Province. This bicycle is20 mm long, 12 mm high and has

two wheels, which are 7 mm indiameter.

A two-month-old poison dart frog sitson a one euro coin at the animal park

in the southern German city ofNuremberg.

In this 13th July, 2009 photo, con-struction continues on the site of theBurj Dubai, the world’s tallest tower

in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Visitors will have to wait until early

next year for the opening of theworld’s tallest building in Dubai.

A would-be bank robber held ateaspoon to the neck of a cashierpretending it was a knife, a Polish newswebsite said.

But Gazeta pl said the two womenbehind the counter at the bank in thesouthern Polish city of Lublin onMonday were not fooled, and scared theman away with their screaming. Policehave compiled a photo-fit of the suspect.

Man tries to rob bankwith a spoon

Tracking down three alleged homeinvaders became easier for Patersonpolice after one of the bandits droppedthe keys to their getaway car.

Authorities said the gun-toting menentered a city apartment early on Friday,expecting to find loads of money.

They woke one man and demandedcash as they tried unsuccessfully tobind his arms.

But the man began screaming andfought with one bandit, stabbing himwith scissors before another suspectbeat him with a shotgun.

Realizing they targeted the wrongresidence, the men then fled with just athree-foot, beer bottle-shaped piggybank containing $2 in change.

A new study suggests aftershocks ofMidwestern US earthquakes occurring in1811 and 1812 are still being felt today.

The joint Northwestern Universityand University of Missouri-Columbiaresearch, led by Northwestern Profes-sor Seth Stein, suggests most smallearthquakes that occur in the centralUnited States are aftershocks of magni-tude 7 earthquakes that occurred in theNew Madrid seismic zone nearly 200years ago.

“This sounds strange at first,” Steinsaid. “On the San Andreas fault in Cali-fornia, aftershocks only continue forabout 10 years. But in the middle of acontinent, they go on much longer.”

Lost keys lead NJ police to home invasion suspectsPolice soon arrived and, after finding

the lost keys in a bedroom, used the caralarm to locate a deserted vehicle in anearby parking lot.

Its registration led them to the allegedrobbers, who were sitting in a taxi outsideone suspect’s home.

The three men face robbery, burglaryand weapons charges.

19th century quakeaftershocks still felt

A judge has entered a not guilty pleafor a man accused of robbing anIndianapolis check-cashing businessafter hugging and praying with a clerk.

Twenty-three-year-old GregorySmith apologized on television last weekfor the robbery and says he was driven toit after losing his job.

Defence attorney Jack Crawford says

Not guilty plea entered for praying theft suspectit’s too early to negotiate a pleaagreement with prosecutors.

Smith appeared in a Marion Countycourt on Tuesday on charges of robbery,criminal confinement, pointing a firearmand carrying a handgun without alicense.

He is charged in two robberies thismonth.

POSCO starts work on steelplant in Turkey

SEOUL, 6 Nov—South Korean steelmaker POSCOsaid on Friday it has begun building a plant in Turkeyto produce steel for automobiles.

The plant, when completed by June 2010, will havean annual capacity of 170,000 tonnes of steel forautomakers including Ford, Renault, Fiat, HyundaiMotor, Toyota and Honda, POSCO said in a statement.

The company, the world’s fourth largest steelmakerby output, currently has 41 steel processing facilitiesin 12 countries.—Internet

German Red Cross worker shotin Indonesia’s Aceh

The POSCO flag

flutters in front of the

company’s headquar-

ters in Seoul. POSCO

said on Friday it has

begun building a

plant in Turkey to

produce steel for

automobiles.

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STOCKHOLM, 6 Nov—After years of procrastination,Sweden and Finland agreed on Thursday to allow theRussian-led Nord Stream pipeline to pass through theirwaters in the Baltic Sea, a crucial step for the projectdestined to supply Europe with Russian gas.

The breakthrough approvals come as new tensionshave been playing out between Moscow and Ukraine,raising fears for a new row between the countries thatcould jeopardize Russian gas supplies to Europe.

By going under the Baltic Sea, Nord Stream’s pipelinecould free the European Union of the risks posed by dis-putes between Moscow and the Ukraine, through which80 percent of Russian gas currently transits on its way toEurope. One quarter of all gas consumed in Europe comesfrom Russia. “The government authorises Nord Stream tobuild a pipeline in international waters inside the Swedisheconomic zone,” Swedish environment minister AndreasCarlgren told reporters in Stockholm.

A few hours later, the Finnish government issued astatement saying it “granted consent for Nord StreamAG’s plan to construct an offshore natural gas pipelinesystem that would traverse the Baltic Sea.”—Internet

PARIS, 6 Nov—French Airbus company lifted itsnew A330-200 freighter into first flight-test on Thurs-day, a stride for more market share.

A330-200 freighter succeed a four hour maidenflight over Toulouse, in southeast France, starting its180 hour flight-test and certification campaign.

The group said the new plane has greater range anda higher maximum payload with much lower unit costcompared with its closest competitor, which is obvi-ously the American plane maker Boeing.

Specifically speaking, the mid-sized new freighterhas two operational configuration and can carry morethan 64 metric tones over 7,400 kilometres or morethan 69 metric tonnes up to 5,930 kilometres non-stopflight.

“The A330-200F is the right aircraft at the righttime. We are at the eve of a market recovery, and nowis the time for airlines to prepare for future freightgrowth,” John Leahy, chief operating officer of Air-bus said.

In its news release, Airbus anticipated a demand ofover 3,400 freighters in the next 20 years to cater for a5.2 percent average annual growth rate.—Xinhua

Sweden, Finland okay Russia’sNord Stream pipeline

BANDA ACEH, 6 Nov—Officials saya German working for the Red Crosshas been shot by men on a motorcyclein Indonesia’s Aceh province.

Police say Erhard Bauer, 50, wasshot on Thursday in the arm and stom-ach. The motive is unknown. Red Crossspokeswoman Svenja Koch says Bauerwas flown to Singapore for treatment.

She could not say if the injuries werelife threatening. Aceh Gov Irwandi Yusufvisited Bauer before he was evacuatedbut declined to comment to reporters.

Aceh, which was hit by the IndianOcean tsunami nearly five years ago, wasthe scene of a string of shootings aheadof elections in April, but it has beenmonths since an incident.—Internet

Airbus debuts new A330-200freighter

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As part of efforts togain development mo-mentum in the country,development tasks arebeing carried out day andnight in all regions of thenation in line with themotto "build new struc-tures and maintain oldones for development ofrural and urban areas".Therefore, remarkableprogress can be seen inrural and urban regions ofall States and Divisions.

On arrival at Magwayof Magway Division, thenews team of KyemonDaily met with ExecutiveOfficer (Deputy Director)U Thet Tun of Magway

Beautifying development works withconcerted efforts of Magway Township DAC

Article: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)

A beautiful triangle landscape seen at junction of circular road andNatmauk Road in Magway.

Sinking a tube-well in progress at KyaganVillage of Magway Township for supply of

potable water to rural people.

Workers seen at construction of gravel road to Hsugauksan Village inMagway Township.

Townselder ofKyagan Village.

sion DAC."He offered us to

observe the construction ofrural roads and rural watersupply. Accompanied byofficials of the department,

We all are pleased that wewill be free from the prob-lems on shortage of water.So, we thank officials ofthe Development AffairsCommittee for their effortsin sinking tube-well."

In an interview with awoman who fed the work-ers with snacks, we askedfor use of water before sink-ing the tube-well. Whilepointing to a monastery,she said,” We took waterat a stream near the monas-tery. We enquired her feel-ing on supply of water fromthe tube-well. She told us,"I am so happy. I wish toquickly complete the task."

Magway TownshipDAC plans to re-sink andmaintain tube-wells andsink new wells in order tosupply potable water to therural people.

The news team con-tinued its trip alongMagway-TaungdwingyiRoad. We turned to thegravel road from MyingunJunction and got off fromthe car in front of the sign-board "Welcome toShazaungkan Village".Pieces of gravel wereplaced on two miles longand 12 feet wideShazaungkan Road sectionin 2008-2009 and the re-maining five furlongs longsection is being placed withgravel.

We saw the move of ayellow roller on the gravelof the road. The chairmanof Village PDC introduceda man on a motorcycle driv-ing along the road. There-fore, we had an interviewwith him.

“I am a Shazaungkanvillager. And, I am head-master of Basic EducationPrimary School,” he in-troduced himself. He con-tinued to say, "Our villagehas over 400 houses and418 households. All thehouseholds are engagingin growing various crops.In the past, they faced hard-ships to send their produceto the main road. Now, theycan carry their produce bylight vehicle or motorcy-

cle."The chairman of Vil-

lage PDC participated inthe interview. He said, "En-gineer Ko Kyaw KhaingTun, who is closely super-vising the construction ofthe road, is a best friend ofall villagers and he isknown to all."

Indeed, the relianceand belief of rural peopleis the successful result ofthe department.

On the way, westopped over atHsugauksan Village. Atthe entrance to the village,in-charge of the road Jun-ior Engineer-II U AungKyaw Min explained, "Ourcommittee constructed thisroad with 30 feet width in2007-2008 financial year.Taking one year break forensuring proper conditionof the ground, we start toconstruct the gravel roadthat measures 5130 feet

long and 12 feet wide."Village Chairman U

Ko Ko Oo said, "In thepast, the road was notenough for two bullockcarts. While two carts weredodging each other, greensnakes from roadside treesfell on the carts."

We saw the straightmain road of the village.For durability of the road,bullock carts have theirtracks on both sides ofthe road.

We went back toMagway. In the oilfieldregion, we witnessedbeautiful scenes of thegrand signboard at theentrance to the town, thetriangle landscape of thejunction of circular roadand Natmauk Road, thelandscape at Lotus FlowerRoundabout atTaungdwingyi Road andcircular road, the tradi-tional oil-sinking ma-

chine and roundaboutwith flowery plants inthe background.

In the urban area,we saw the straightMyitta Road andtarmaking of ThitsaRoad as the pride of thetown.

N o w a d a y s ,Magway Township De-velopment Affairs Com-mittee is realizing 16work guidelines on de-velopment tasks for en-suring equitable im-provement of rural andurban areas. Moreover,the committee is joininghands with the local peo-ple in supplying potablewater and constructingthe rural roads. As a re-sult, the region is gain-ing development mo-mentum day by day.

*****Translation: TTAKyemon: 4-11-2009

Township DevelopmentAffairs Committee tolearn duties and functionsof the committee for keep-ing the town clean andpleasant.

The Executive Of-ficer said, "The TownshipDAC is striving for timelycompletion of develop-ment tasks in rural andurban areas under the su-pervision of the depart-ment, Division and Dis-trict Peace and Develop-ment Councils and Divi-

we made a trip to rural areaof Magway Township.

We, together withAssistant Engineer DawSaw Myat Mon, arrived atKyagan Village. While inthe village, we saw sink-ing of a tube-well.

We enquired a localof over 60 years old amongthose who helped the sink-ing tube-well. The old mansaid, "We help the workersin sinking tube-well asmuch as we can for sup-plying water to our village.

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Lt-Gen Tin Aye and wife host dinner toMalaysian Defence Minister and wife

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Nov—Memberof the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen Tin Aye of the Ministryof Defence and wife Daw Kyi Kyi Ohnhosted a dinner to the delegation led byMinister of Defence Dato’ Seri Dr.Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi and wife ofMalaysia who are here to pay a goodwillvisit to the Union of Myanmar, at ShweNan Daw Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw HotelZone at 7 pm yesterday.

Also present at the dinner were

Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the Ministry ofDefence, Chief of Staff (Air) Maj-GenKhin Aung Myint and wife, DeputyMinister for Foreign Affairs U MaungMyint, senior military officers of theMinistry of Defence, Myanmar MilitaryAttaché Col Aung Thaw to Malaysia,Malaysian Ambassador Dato’ MazlanMuhammad and wife, Defence AdviserColonel Gan Seng Look and wife andofficials.

MNA

Myanmar, Egypt sign agreement to cooperate in culture,education and technology

NAY PYI TAW, 6Nov—Myanmar and ArabRepublic of Egypt signedan agreement to cooperatein culture, education andtechnology at the Ministryof National Planning andEconomic Developmenthere on 2 November.

It was attended byMinister for NationalPlanning and Economicdevelopment U Soe Tha,Deputy Minister ColThurein Zaw, DeputyMinister for Science andTechnology U Kyaw Soe,Deputy Minister forEducation Brig-Gen AungMyo Min, departmentalheads, Egyptian Am-

bassador to the Union ofMyanmar Mr YoussefKamal Botros Hanna andofficials.

Minister U Soe Thaand the EgyptianAmbassador signed andexchanged the agreement

notes. Next, the minister andthe Ambassador discussedmatters related to mutualcooperation.—MNA

Economic delegation ofDehong Prefecture of China

meets UMFCCI officialsYANGON, 6 Nov—A 15-member delegation led

by Managing Director Mr He Hai of Economic andCommercial Department of Dehong Prefecture of thePeople’s Republic of China met with Myanmarentrepreneurs led by Vice-Presidents U Win Aung, UZaw Min Win and U Tun Aung of the Union ofMyanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce andIndustry, Joint General Secretaries U Myint Soe andDr Myo Thet, CEC members and executives at theoffice of the federation, here, on 4 November.

They discussed participation of Myanmarentrepreneurs in China-Myanmar Border EconomicExpo in Shweli of Yunnan Province from 2 to 6December, practicing of banking system for paymentin commodity trading between the two countries andimplementation of banking system as quickly aspossible, assistance of the federation for economiccooperation and investment matters, sales ofagricultural produce and marine products throughborder trade, and cooperation in smoothening andpromoting border trade.—MNA

YANGON, 6 Nov—With a view to turningout qualified IT expertsneeded in IT industry,Joint-Secretary-1 U YeYint Win of MyanmarComputer ProfessionalsAssociation will givetalks on MCPA Exam,organized by MCPA for

Talks on MCPA Exam on 14 NovICT development atRoom No. 205 ofMyanmar Info-tech,Hline Township here on14 November.

Those who havepassed the matriculationexam, students fromUniversities of ComputerStudies and Technological

Universities, those whoare from IT field and ITenthusiasts may attend thetalks free of charge.

For moreinformation, contactMCPA office, Building(4), Room (4), Ph-652276.

NLM

NAY PYI TAW, 6Nov—A good will dele-gation led by MalaysianDefence Minister Dato’Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid binHamidi and wife Dato’Seri Hamidah bte Khamisarrived here by specialflight of Malaysian RoyalArmed Forces yesterdayafternoon.

Goodwill delegation led by MalaysianDefence Minister and wife arrives

The delegationwas welcomed at NayPyi Taw airport byDeputy Commander ofNay Pyi Taw CommandBrig-Gen Min Zaw,Brig-Gen Than Soe ofthe Ministry of Defenceand wife, senior militaryofficers and department

officials, MyanmarMilitary Attache´ ColAung Thaw andMalaysian AmbassadorDato’ MazlanMuhammad and wife,Malaysian DefenceAdviser Colonel GanSeng Look and officials.

MNA

Winners awarded in KachinState Inter-Township Football

TournamentNAY PYI TAW, 6 Nov—Chairman of Kachin

State Peace and Development Council Commander ofNorthern Command Maj-Gen Soe Win attended thefinal match of the Kachin State PDC Chairman’s CupMen’s (Open) Football Tournament at the KachinState People’s Sports Ground in Myitkyina on 31October.

After the match, the commander presentedprizes to the respective winning teams.

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Vice-Presidents

U WinAung, UZaw Min

Win and UTun Aung

ofUMFCCI

receiveChinese

delegationled by MrHe Hai.UMFCCI

Minister U Soe Tha and Egyptian Ambassador Mr Youssef KamalBotros Hanna sign agreement to cooperate in culture, education and

technology.—MNA

Lt-Gen Tin

Aye of

Ministry of

Defence and

wife host

dinner to

Malaysian

Defence

Minister

Dato' Seri Dr

Ahmad Zahid

bin Hamidi.

MNA

DRIVE SAFELY

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NAY PYI TAW, 6Nov—Lt-Gen Tha Aye ofthe Ministry of Defence,accompanied by Chairmanof Sagaing Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of North-West Command Maj-GenMyint Soe, inspectedMonywa-Yinmabin Roadand Myaukyama Bridge on2 November.

Next, Lt-Gen ThaAye inspected themonsoon paddy farm andpaddy strains and met withlocal farmers in LengaukVillage. He then inspectedNgwechi-6 long staple cot-ton farm in Thayatkan Vil-lage, Yinmabin Township.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of Ministry of Defence sees to localdevelopment tasks in Monywa, Gangaw Districts

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Nov—Ministerfor Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi, accom-panied by Business in-charge Mr TangHai of Chinese Embassy to the Unionof Myanmar, Executive Vice-Presidentof China National Offshore Oil Corpo-ration (CNOOC) Mr Zhu Weilin, offi-cials from Myanma Oil and Gas Enter-prise, and Managing-Director U TunMyint Naing of Asia World Co Ltd,attended the ceremony to launch drill-ing of Shwe Pyi Thit No (6) test well inM-10 block in Mottama Offshore re-gion yesterday.

On arrival at the briefing hall ofActinia Semi Submersible Rig, the min-ister and party heard the reports pre-sented by Chairman of CNOOC(Myanmar) Ltd Mr Li Mingde on theprogramme of exploration of Shwe PyiThit No (6). The minister extended greet-ings and attendees expressed thanks.

The minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi

Minister attends ceremony to launchdrilling of Shwe Pyi Thit No 6 test well

and CNOOC Executive Vice-PresidentZhu Weilin opened the ceremony tolaunch drilling of Shwe Pyi Thit No (6)test well.

At 9.54 am, the minister formallylaunched drilling of Shwe Pyi Thit No (6)test well. Next, the minister and partyviewed Actinia Rig.

The minister presented a basket offruits to foreign technicians and staff ofMyanma Oil and Gas Enterprise who areworking on the rig.

The M-10 block in Mottama Off-shore region is mutually explored withCNOOC Company of the People's Re-public of China. It is learnt that HydroCarbon was found in three test wells inFirst Campaign in 2008 open season. Newthree wells will be sunk in 2009 openseason in Second Campaign. There areprospects for other new natural gas de-posits in Mottama Offshore region.

MNA

YANGON, 6 Nov—Jointly organ-ized by Premier coffee and Ginsetin Koreaginseng tonic, Vocalist selection andbeauty contest of Premier coffee Part 1,2, 3, 4, 5 had been held successfully andPart 6 and 7 had just been held in Monywa,Shwebo, Kawlin, Myitkyina, Bhamo,Muse, Lashio, Taunggyi, Kalaw andKyaukse.

Composer Naung Naung (Sunflower) judged the contests and vocalists

Vocalist selection of Premier coffee now reaches final

YANGON, 5 Nov—The IBTC OpenGolf Championships (Mandalay), the fourthleg of Myanmar Golf Tour 2009-2010,organized by Myanmar Golf Federationand Myanmar PGA and sponsored by Inter-national Beverages Trading Co Ltd, will beheld at Yedaguntaung Golf Club in Manda-lay from 12 to 15 November.

Professional golfers and amateurgolfers (handicap 0-12) are allowed to takepart in the championships that will be heldin line with the Saint Andrew rules andregional rules and regulations. Deservedprizes will be awarded to the hole-in-onescorers.

IBTC Open Golf Championships on 12-15 Nov

Lt-Gen Tha Aye of the Ministry of Defence inspects Ngwechi-6 long staple cotton farm in Pale Township.—MNA

Photo shows Kandaung Dam in Pale Township.—MNA

viewed the paddy farm andmet with the local farmersin Lettaungkyi Village,

Pale Township.Next, Lt-Gen Tha

Aye inspected the

Winthuza Shop of theMinistry of Industry-1 andNgwechi-6 long staple

cotton farm in NorthernWard of Pale andKandaung Dam near

Kandaung Village, PaleTownship.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye in-spected Monywa-Pale-Gangaw road, station hos-pital and railway station ofKyawtaik Village and do-nated cash towards the fundof hospital.

Lt-Gen Tha Ayemet with the headmistress,teachers and local peoplein Yaymyatni BEHS(Branch) and donated acomputer set in HtilinTownship. Lt-Gen ThaAye inspected the tarringof Myoywa-Pale-Gangawroad and Yaymyatni-Gangaw road.

MNA

Khine Shwe Wah, Naung Naung, AungKhant and July (Melody World) assistedthe contests. Winners of the contests willhave to compete in final at national levelat City Hyper Market and handsomeprizes will be presented to first, secondand third prize winners.

The previous contests were saidto be packed with consumers of Premiercoffee, departmental personnel and town-ship reps.—MNA

Those wishing to participate in thechampionships are to contact 09-5017049and 09-2037671 and enlist at YedaguntaungGolf Club, not later than 2 pm on 10 Novem-ber. International Beverages Trading Co Ltd(IBTC) will mainly sponsor the champion-ships together with co-sponsors Air BaganLtd, KBZ Bank Ltd, Hotel Yangon, KMGolf Centre, HAN Golf Masters Pte Ltd,Myanmar Thiha Trading Co Ltd, Bay ofBengal Resort (BOB), INAX, T-Home,CEPSA Lubricants, ACCEL InternationalCo Ltd (Canon), Imperial Jade Purified Drink-ing Water, Lifeline Co Ltd, GP Watch andYedaguntaung Golf Club.—NLM

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NAY PYI TAW, 6Nov—A ceremony to signthe MoU betweenHydropower Administra-tion Department under theMinistry of Electric PowerNo. 1 and Future PowerCo Ltd for SaidinHydropower Project andthe similar department andMin Anawrahta Group CoLtd for Upper BeluchaungHydropower Projectthrough Build, Operate &Transfer system was heldat the hall of the ministryyesterday evening.

MoU signed for implementation of Saidin,Upper Beluchaung hydropower projects

Minister for ElectricPower No. 1 Col Zaw Minextended greetings.

The director-generalof HAD and ManagingDirector U Aung ZawNaing of Future Power CoLtd signed the MoU onSaidin HydropowerProject and exchangednotes. Next, the director-general and ManagingDirector U Khaing Oo ofMin Anawrahta Group CoLtd signed the MoU andexchanged documents.

Hydropower Admin-

istration Departmentsigned the MoU on im-plementation of SaidinHydropower Project withFuture Power Co Ltd andthat of Upper BeluchaungHydropower Project withMin Anawrahta Group CoLtd.

Also present on theoccasion were Attorney-General U Aye Maung,Minister for Finance andRevenue Maj-Gen HlaTun, deputy ministers, de-partmental heads and of-ficials.—MNA

YANGON, 6 Nov—Wellwishers donate cashto the funds for the respectpaying ceremony to doyenliterati to be organized byMyanmar Writers andJournalists Association onSarsodaw Day.

Today, MandalayCity Development Com-mittee donated K 500,000,YCDC K 200,000, UMaung Maung Aye(Maung Hay Mar) ofAlinka Wutyi Fine ArtsFamily K 1.31 million, UHla Tun (Hla Tun-Twantay)-Daw Nyunt

Cash donated to respect payingceremony to doyen literati

Nyunt Than (H&T) K60,000, U Khin Zaw (KhinZaw-Mayangon) K60,000 and 150 booksworth K 150,000, WO-IYin Min Htwe (Ko Htwe-Kalaw GTI)-Daw HlaKyawt Khaing family K40,000, U Han Nyunt(Han Nyunt-Law) (Direc-tor-General of Attorney-General’s office)-DawSan Myint (Nyo Nyo Yin-DaikU) K 30,000, U KyawNyunt Yi (Kyaw NyuntYi)-Daw Wah Wah Kyaw(Kyaw Nyunt Yi Sarpay)K 20,000, and U Tun

Shein and Than Win SheinLiterary House K 12,000.

Chairman ofMWJA U Hla Myaing (KoHsaung), Vice-Chairman-1 U Tin Kha (TekkathoTin Kha) and officials ac-cepted the cash donationsand presented certificatesof honour to the donors.

Those wishing todonate cash to the fundsmay contact MWJA atSarpay Beikman Buildingat 529/531 at the corner ofMerchant Street and 37th

Street, Tel: 01-252417 and01-385273.—MNA

Yesagyo with development facilities in all aspectsArticle & Photos: Pe Tun Zaw

Nowadays, Yesagyohas gained developmentmomentum in varioussectors. The town ispacked with newhousings, driving of vari-ous sized vehicles, mo-torcycles and bicyclesalong the local roads.Indeed, these develop-ments prove prevalenceof peace and tranquility.

To write bylines onvarious development un-dertakings of YesagyoTownship, the news crewof Kyemon Daily had aninterview with Chairmanof Township Peace andDevelopment Council UMya Ngwe at his office.

Yesagyo Townshipis sharing border withMyingyan Township ofMandalay Division in theeast, Myaing Townshipof Magway Division onthe west, Pakokku Town-

ship of Magway Divisionin the south and MyaungTownship of Sagaing Di-vision in the north. Withregard to the geographicalcondition, Shinma Hill,Kyaukhtet mountainranges, TaungU Hill andHsindaga mountain rangein addition to the plainsare located in the area ofthe township. The areason the eastern bank ofChindwin River and onthe western bank ofAyeyawady River and theeastern part of Yesagyo-Pakokku Road are allu-vial lands. The westernand the northern parts ofthe town are land areas.

Yesagyo Township isformed with eight wardsand 245 villages in 81 vil-lage-tracts.

Before 1988, thetownship was a dry, hotand drought region where

water was scarce. In thetime of the Tatmadaw gov-ernment after 1988, thetownship was included inthe 13-district greeningproject in accord with thefarsighted guidance of theHead of State. To makethe township lush andgreen, efforts are beingmade to conserve the for-ests, establish manageableforest plantations, desig-nate the forest reserves,grow fuel plantations invillages and cultivateplants along both sides ofthe roads annually. There-fore, the township be-comes the lush and greenregion.

In the past, the town-ship faced many difficul-ties to grow paddy forachieving local food suf-ficiency. At present, thegovernment has built fivedams and seven river wa-

ter pumping stations.Moreover, the local peo-ple constructed 18 small-scale dams and lakes onself-reliance basis underthe leadership of DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil. To seek the wa-ter sources, the authori-ties concerned joinedhands with the local peo-ple in construction of 7400feet long Paygon canal,5200 feet long Kanaduntcanal, 3000 feet longPahnyin canal and 3500feet long Thetywa canal.In addition, a total of 120acres of farmlands werereclaimed and 408 acresof croplands were tamedto the farmlands.

R a i l - c u m - r o a dHsinbyushin Bridge con-tributes to the extendedplying of new bus linesand smooth and speedyflow of commodities in

the region.In providing health

care services, a total of 15doctors, eight health as-sistants, 32 nurses and 93midwives were assignedduties in the township.And 2655 persons whohave attended the tradi-tional medicine coursesare also taking part inhealth care services for thelocal people. These healthpersonnel are dischargingduties at one 50-bedTownship Hospital, four16-bed facilities, four ru-ral health centres, 34 ruralhealth branches, one ma-ternal and child health cen-tre, seven private clinics,one traditional medicineclinic and three diseasecontrol units.

To have easy accessto other regions throughcommunication facility,the township has been

equipped with four postoffices, one digital ex-change, one computerfax-telegraphic office,506 auto-telephones, 150manual phones and 378CDMA phones. A totalof 450 telephones arebeing installed.

The township has8580 feet long tarredroads, 3600 feet longgravel road, 13530 feetlong laterite roads and 15miles earth road.

At present, Town-ship General Administra-tion Department is im-plementing the objec-tives of the State and fu-ture tasks in cooperationwith the local authorities,social organizations andlocal people so as to de-velop the township.

*****Translation: TTA

Kyemon: 30-10-2009

Monsoon paddy plantations are thriving in irrigated fields throughPaygon canal.

Photo shows Nyaungsauk-Yesagyo Tarred Road.

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798 Art Zone is located on the east side of Jiuxianqiao Road which is at theDashanzi exit of the airport expressway. It is the most distinctive culture andcreation-related industrial cluster area in Beijing, attracting a large number

of domestic and foreign tourists and celebrities.—INTERNET

A perfect stocking stuffer for active women, GoGirlallows the simple convenience of taking bathroombreaks standing up in situations where restrooms

are unfit or nonexistent.—INTERENT

An 8-year-old male

macaque Tasik drinks

Cahors wine in the

Royev Ruchey zoo in

Russia’s Siberian city

of Krasnoyarsk, 6

November, 2009.

INTERNET

TOKYO, 6 NOV—Microsoft Corp ChiefExecutive Steve Ballmersaid on Thursday thecompany’s search enginepartnership with Yahoowould not be limited tothe U.S. but would beintroduced around theworld, once it getsregulatory approval.

Earlier this yearMicrosoft and Yahoosigned a 10-year globalWeb search partnership tochallenge Google Inc, apact that US and Europeanantitrust regulators areevaluating.

“It’s possible that we

NWE YORK, 5 Nov—Former New York Citypolice commissionerBernard Kerik pleadedguilty Thursday to eightcharges including taxfraud and lying to WhiteHouse officials.

A federal judgeaccepted the plea bargain,

Microsoft CEO sees Yahoo partner ship outside US

Ex-head of NY police pleads guiltyto eight charges

under which Kerik wouldbe sentenced to between27 and 33 months inprison, but was notrequired to plead guiltyto several other charges.

The judge also saidhe would not make a finaljudgment until formalsentencing on Feb. 8,

2010. The possiblemaximum sentence is 61years.

Kerik admitted thathe lied to White Houseofficials while beingvetted for head of theHomeland SecurityDepartment by denyingthat he had financialdealings with anyonedoing business withinNew York City.

Kerik, 54, was oncehailed as a 9/11 hero. Hewas widely praised for hisfirm leadership after theSeptember 11 attackswhen he was New YorkCity Police Commissionerfrom 2000 to 2001. As arising star, he wasnominated as Secretary ofHomeland Security byPresident George W. Bushin December 2004.

Xinhua

HONG KONG, 6 Nov—In a laboratory in China’ssouthern city ofGuangzhou, scientists aretrying to enhance the raresweet wormwood shrub,from which artemisinin— the best drug to fightmalaria — is derived.China hopes to improveand use the drug as auniquely Chinese weaponto fight malaria not on itsown soil, where thedeadly disease has beensharply pruned back, butin Africa, where it stillkills one child every 30

China adopts “malaria diplomacy”as part of Africa push

seconds.Already, a Chinese-

backed eradica t ionprogramme on a smallisland off Africa hasproven a huge success.Away from its practicalapplication, scientistsback in the lab inGuangzhou are alsoachieving results. Inone of the lab’srefrigerators sit a dozentriangular test- tubesholding seedlings of thesweet wormwoodshrub, a lso ca l ledArtemisia annua, which

has only been found inthe wild in China andVietnam.

“There are about 0.6parts of artemisinin inevery 100 parts of theplant in the wild, but wehave managed toincrease the artemisinincontent to between 1.2and 1.8,” said FengLil ing, assistantprofessor at the TropicalMedicine Institute inGuangzhou Universityof Traditional ChineseMedicine.

MNA/Reuters

Saudi air force hits Yemen rebelsafter border raid

RIYADH, 6 Nov—Saudi Arabia haslaunched heavy airstrikeson rebels in northernYemen and is movingtroops nearer the borderafter a raid into itsterritory by the Shi’iteinsurgents, a SaudiGovernment adviser saidon Thursday. SaudiGovernment officialssaid only that the AirForce had bombed

Yemeni rebels who hadseized a border areainside the kingdom,which they said had nowbeen recaptured. Theofficials said at least 40rebels had been killed inthe fighting.

The YemeniGovernment—which haslong dismissedaccusations by rebels thatit has colluded with SaudiArabia to combat them—

denied that Saudi planeshad struck across theborder. “Saudi Arabia didnot hit targets in Yemen”,a Yemeni defence officialtold Reuters, decliningfurther comment.

Saudi Arabia, theworld’s biggest oilexporter, has becomeincreasingly anxiousabout instability andmilitancy in Yemen,which is also facingseparatist sentiment in thesouth and a growingthreat from resurgent al-Qaeda fighters. “As ofyesterday late afternoon,Saudi airstrikes began ontheir positions in northernYemen”, the adviser said,asking not to be namedbecause operations werestill going on.

MNA/Xinhua

will extend that partnership(with Yahoo) outside theU.S.,” Ballmer toldreporters at a newsconference. “We will haveto wait and see if we canget approval andconsummate thatpartnership inside the U.S.first.” The deal, struck inJuly, must be approved byregulators in the UnitedStates and Europe in orderto go into effect.

As soon as thoseregulators give approval,the agreement goes intoeffect worldwide, althoughimplementation in aspecific country would be

postponed if regulatoryapproval is required butnot yet obtained. Thatshould not postponeimplementation in otherplaces, a Microsoftspokesman said.

Internet

Health Ministry orders investigationinto alleged illegal medical practice

B E I J I N G, 4 Nov—China’s Heal thMinis t ry sa idWednesday i t hasordered i t s Bei j ingbureau to investigatethe Peking University’sFirs t Hospi ta l foralleged illegal medicalpractice that caused thedeath of a professor.

The ministry said ina statement that theHealth and EducationMinistries had issued aspecial regulation onclinical internship for

medical students, whichmandates that medicalstudents are forbiddento provide c l in ica lservices wi thout aqual i f ied doctor’ssupervision.

I t p ledged topublicize the result ofthe invest igat ion assoon as possible.

Prof. Xiong Zhuoweiwith the PekingUniversi ty died ofpulmonary failure afterreceiving a backbonesurgery in the hospital

aff i l iated to theuniversity on Jan. 31,2006.

Wang J ianguo,Xiong’s husband who isalso a professor with theunivers i ty , la terbrought a lawsui tagainst the hospital forillegal medical practiceafter he collected aser ies of evidenceshowing that themedical staff involvedin her wife’s death werestill medical students.

Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV IDRIS ERDOGDU VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV IDRISERDOGDU VOY NO ( ) are hereby notified that thevessels will be arriving on 7.11.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of B.S.W.3 where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ALLISON/GREAT PROS-PERITY INT’L

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG XIU VOY NO (9054)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG XIUVOY NO (9054) are hereby notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 7.11.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING(MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

EU-India summit to focus on climatechange, energy security, trade

BRUSSELS, 6 Nov—The annual European Union-In-dia summit to be held in New Delhi will focus onclimate change, energy security and trade.

The one-day summit, which begins 6 Nov, will alsodiscuss various other global issues, such as terrorism,climate change, energy security and the global financialcrisis, the European Commission said on Thursday.

The participants will also address questions con-cerning the international response to the global finan-cial crisis and the reform of international financial in-stitutions following the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh.

The EU and India Annual Bilateral Summit, firstheld in 2000, provided an apt platform for politicaldialogue between the two global entities and pavedthe way in 2004 for a concrete strategic partnershipbetween the EU and India.—Xinhua

10 herbal teas found to contain pesticides

Plants rated topindoor air‘cleaners’

ATHENS, 6 Nov—US scientists say theyhave come up with five ornamental plantsthat do a superior job of removing indoor airpollutants.

The study of 28 types of plants, publishedin HortScience, found Hemigraphis alternata,known as purple waffle plant; Hederahelix or English ivy; Hoya carnosa or vari-egated wax plant; and Asparagus densiflorusor Asparagus fern had the highest removalrates for all five volatile organic compoundsintroduced.

Tradescantia pallida or Purple heart plantwas rated superior for its ability to removefour of the volatile organic compounds.

Study leader Stanley J Kays of the Univer-sity of Georgia in Athens placed plants ingas-tight glass jars, exposing them to ben-zene, octane, toluene and alpha-pinene.

The researchers analyzed air samples andthen classified plants as superior, intermedi-ate and poor in their ability to removethe five volatile organic compounds fromthe air.

“The volatile organic compounds testedin this study can adversely affect indoorair quality and have a potential to seriouslycompromise the health of exposed individu-als,” Kays said in a statement.

Internet

STOCKHOLM, 6 Nov—Ten green herbaltea brands popular in Sweden werefound to contain pesticides and otherhazardous chemicals, a consumer test-ing laboratory said on Thursday.

The only brand whose trace levels ex-ceeded Swedish Food Administrationlimits was made by Kung Markatta ofOrebro, Sweden, the consumer testingorganization Testfakta said.

“We have decided to halt all sales ofthe tea from our stocks,” KungMarkatta’s Peter Engberg told Sweden’sOstgota Correspondenten newspaper.

The organic branding organizationKrav immediately withdrew its classi-

fication of the tea. “We consider this mat-ter to be very serious as the Krav labelstands for production without the use ofpesticides,” Kristin Cooper at Krav toldthe Dagens Nyheter newspaper.

Testfakta said it tested nine otherbrands and found traces of Cypermethrin,a neurotoxin found in household ant andcockroach killers; the insecticide Ethion;and Deltamethrin, which has been shownto be highly toxic to aquatic life.

The only brand found free from pesti-cides was Britain’s Clipper, with teagrown in India and China, The Localnewspaper of Stockholm, Sweden, re-ported.—Internet

Vancouver Winter Games brings 1 blnCanadian dollars to economy

Schools closedin W Nepal afterfever outbreak

KATHMANDU, 6 Nov—All schoolsin Nepali western Baglung districtheadquarters have been closed fromThursday following an outbreak ofviral fever among students, localmedia reported on Friday.

A few schools in Baglung bazaarwere closed from on Wednesdaynoon after the students sufferedfrom an unknown disease whileother schools announced closurefrom Thursday.

“A meeting of the schools’ prin-cipals decided to close the schoolsfor three days,” local newspaperThe Rising Nepal cited MaheshChandra Pradhan, principalof Amrit Boarding School, as say-ing.

The students are showing symp-toms like headache, eye itching,cough and cold, and watery eyes.

Tarun Poudel, medical superin-tendent of Dhaulagiri Zonal Hos-pital in Baglung district, said itwas difficult to diagnose the dis-ease though it may be the symbolof season change, adding that thesymptoms look like that of viralfever.

Xinhua

Kira, a 5-day-old baboon baby, is fed by an employee of the Royev RucheyZoo in Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on 5 Nov, 2009. Kira’s mother

refused to feed her cub and now it will be bottle fed.—XINHUA

Astronaut ZhaiZhigang of

China holds thenational flag

after exiting theShenzhou VIIspace craft inthis 27 Sept,

2008 video grab.China supports

the peacefulexploration and

use of space,President HuJintao said.

INTERNET

VANCOUVER, 6 Nov— The Vancouver2010 Winter Olympic Games, about 100days to go, have already generated aboutone billion Canadian dollars (936 millionUS dollars) for the economy, accordingto an independent report released onThursday. The report, prepared byPriceWaterhouse Coopers, one of theworld’s largest professional servicesfirms, examined the economic effects theGames brought to the province of Brit-ish Columbia and elsewhere of Canadafrom 2003, when the city of Vancouerwon the bid, to 2008.

It estimated that preparations for theGames generated between 684 million

and 884 million Canadian dollars (640million and 827 million US dollars) inGDP for BC as well as an additional170million Canadian dollars (159 millionUS dollars) in other provinces across thecountry. It found that during the period ofsix years, the Games helped to create morethan 20,000 jobs in BC and about 800 newbusinesses. But in looking at the benefitsof the Games, the report does not con-sider the estimated 1.6 billion Canadiandollars (1.5 billion US dollars) spent onvenue construction and other Games-re-lated costs over the same time, makingit difficult to determine the true overallsituation. —Xinhua

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Ren Houshu showsher camera at Jilin Road

Elementary School inQingdao, a coastal city

in east China’sShandong Province, on

26 Oct, 2009. RenHoushu, a nine-year-old

student of 4th grade inJilin Road ElementarySchool, liked playing

pottery pipe and makingsilk flower. She always

presented her handmadesilk flower to friends to

share the fruit of labour.INTERNET

Six-year-old Ven-ezuelan girl AriannisCarolina Root trainsin a dancing class in

Valencia, capital of thestate of Carabobo, on

Oct 27, 2009.INTERNET

Spain registers big rise inA/H1N1 cases

MADRID, 6 Nov — Spain recorded a sharp rise inthe number of A/H1N1 fl cases in the week between25 and 31 Oct. Figures published by the SpanishMinistry of Health on Thursday showed 126,999 newA/H1N1 flu cases were reported last week, comparedwith 80,981 new cases in the previous week.

The ratio of newly infected cases last week stoodat 292.45 in every 100,000 inhabitants, while that inthe previous week was 182.45 in the same numberof people.

The week also saw 10 fatalities, bringing the totalnumber of deaths to 73. However, the mortality rateremains low with just 0.13 fatalities per 1,000 cases,the ministry said.—Internet

S Korea reports three moredeaths related to A/H1N1

SEOUL, 6 Nov — South Korea on Friday reportedthree more death cases related to the A/H1N1 fluvirus, raising the country’s death toll from the newcontagious disease to 48.

According to the Ministry for Health, Welfare andFamily Affairs, a two-year-old boy, a 29-year-oldwoman and a 54-year-oldwomen died recently afterhaving been infected with the A/H1N1 virus.

The two-year-old boy who lived in Chung CheongProvince, died on Tuesday after being treated withantiviral drug Tamiflu on Monday, the ministry said,adding that it was not clear when he first began show-ing symptoms of the new flu and the route of infec-tion.—Internet

Death toll from A/H1N1 flurise to 39 in Vietnam

HANOI, 6 Nov — Vietnam confirmed two moredeaths of A/H1N1 influenza, bringing the country’s totalnumber of flu deaths to 39, said a report on the websiteof the Ministry of Health on Friday.

The 38th case is a 54-year-old woman from northernSon La province of Vietnam. She has a history of dia-betes and arthritis.The patient was taken to the NationalInstitute of Infectious and Tropical Diseases on Oct.27 with fever, coughing. She was diagnosed with pneu-monia and diabetes. The woman was treated withTamiflu drug, but died on Nov. 2 due to pneumoniaand diabetes. Her test sample showed positive with theA/H1N1 virus, said the ministry.—Internet

Hybrid molecules maytreat Alzheimer’s

Estrogen has protective‘brain effect’

AUGUSTA, 6 Nov — US researchers and Chineseresearchers say rat studies show losing estrogen canlead to diminished brain function.

The study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience,found areas of the brain — such as CA3 — that tendto be stroke resistant and important in learning andmemory, became vulnerable to stroke in rats that wentwithout estrogen for long periods. It appears estrogenhelps suppress free radical production that can becomedeadly to cells at higher levels.

“Estrogen must be doing something that is very criti-cal for the protection of CA3 and we think it’s sup-pressing NADPH oxidase production,” Dr Darrell WBrann, chief of Medical College of Georgia who wasthe study’s corresponding author, said in a statement.

NADPH oxidase is the enzyme that makes the freeradical superoxide, the researchers said.

“If this is also true in humans, just using surgicalmenopause as an example, most women would be fineunless they came upon a severe stress,” Brann said.

Internet

Abnormal sleep may increase nurse errors

ANN ARBOR, 6 Nov —University of Michiganscientists say they havedeveloped new molecu-lar tools that hold prom-ise in Alzheimer’s dis-ease treatment.

The researchers, ledby Professor Mi HeeLim, said one of themysteries of Alzheimer’sdisease is how protein-like snippets called amy-loid-beta peptides canclump together, causingcell death, that leads tothe disease’s memoryloss and other mentaldifficulties.

Although the exact

mechanism for amyloid-beta clump formationisn’t known, scientistsdo know that copper andzinc ions are somehowinvolved.

Lim and coworkerssaid they used a newstrategy to develop “bi-functional” small mol-ecules that not only grabmetal ions, but also in-teract with amyloid-beta.

“The idea is simple,”said Lim.

“We found moleculesknown for amyloid-betarecognition and then at-tached metal bindingsites to them.”

The scientists showedthe bi-functional mol-ecules were able to regu-late copper-inducedamyloid-beta aggrega-tion, not only disruptingthe formation of clumps,but also breaking upclumps that already hadformed.

Internet

SAN DIEGO, 6 Nov —US researchers say theyfound nurses who workedin hospital intensive careunits may get less regularsleep than other nursesand may commit more er-rors

Researchers at BaylorCollege of Medicine inHouston assessed the

overall sleep quality andvigilance among intensivecare unit nurses at the be-ginning and end of theirshift.

They compared theirfindings with similarmeasurements in floornurses.

The intensive carenurses and the floor

nurses completed thePittsburgh Sleep QualityIndex Questionnaire andwere assessed for vigi-lance at the beginningand end of a 12-hourshift.

The study found the er-rors at either end of theshift were different onlyfor the nurses whoworked in the intensivecare unit group, but not onthe hospital floors.

The researchers specu-lated the abnormal sleepand fall in vigilance dem-onstrated among intensivecare unit nurses may haveimplications for patientsafety.

Internet

Asthma linked to latepregnancy folic acid

ADELAIDE, 6 Nov — Folic acid supplements taken latein pregnancy may be tied to allergic asthma in childrenages 3-5, researchers in Australia said.

Michael Davies of the University of Adelaide’sRobinson Institute said public health guidelines recom-mend women consume a supplemental dose of 400micrograms of folic acid per day in the month precedingand during the first trimester of pregnancy to reduce therisk of neural tube defects in children.

The study involved more than 500 women whosematernal diet and supplements were assessed twice dur-ing their pregnancy, with follow-up on their child’s asthmastatus at 3.5 years and 5.5 years. Asthma was reported in11.6 percent of children at 3.5 years and 11.8 percent ofchildren at 5.5 years. Nearly one-third of these childrenreported persistent asthma.—Internet

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S P O R T S

BRUSSELS, 6 Nov—US Open semi-finalist YaninaWickmayer and her Belgian compatriot Xavier Malissewere on Thursday handed one-year bans for falling foulof doping regulations, the Belga news agency reported.

Wickmayer, the world number 18, was suspendedby the Flemish Doping Tribunal (VDT) for failing tofulfill the controversial “whereabouts rule” whileMalisse was also punished for missing a drugs test.

Both players can appeal their suspensions to theCourt of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

The suspension was announced despite 20-year-oldWickmayer currently playing in the Tournament ofChampions event in Bali where on Friday she wouldbe attempting to reach the semi-finals.—Internet

BASEL,6 Nov— NovakDjokovic clinched themost comprehensive vic-tory of his career onThursday when he hu-miliated Czech journey-man Jan Hernych 6-0, 6-0 to reach the Swiss In-doors quarter-finals.

The 52-minute “doule-bagel” was the first for theSerb at the elite ATP level,bettering his 6-1, 6-0 winover Argentina’s DavidNalbandian in theQueen’s Club semi-finalsin 2008, a route whichtook four minutes less.

Djokovic also defeatedBritain’s Andy Murray bythe same scoreline in Mi-ami two years ago.

“I’ve never had one(“double bagel”) before.It’s really tough to analysethe match,” said the worldnumber four.

“I played enough towin, I had great servicegames and on his serve Inever felt pressure. Hedidn’t put up much of aneffort. Anytime you winlike this the opponent hasto be playing reallypoorly.

“I know the crowdwanted him to win the last

VALENCIA, 6 Nov— Topseed Andy Murray surviveda scare before advancing tothe quarter-finals of the Va-lencia Open on Thursdaywhen he defeated Argenti-na’s Leonardo Mayer 6-4,3-6, 6-3.

The world numberfour from Britain, who isreturning from a six-weekwrist injury lay-off,looked set for a comfort-able victory as he brokeserve in the seventh gameof the first set to seal aone-set lead.

But world number 64Mayer hit back, breakingserve twice as he raced toa 5-0 lead in the secondset. Murray was able torecover one of the breaks,but could not prevent the

SHANGHAI, 6 Nov—Ti-ger Woods has shot an-other 5-under 67 in theHSBC Champions, thisone giving him a share ofthe 36-hole lead withNick Watney in the finalWorld Golf Champion-ship of the year.

Woods overcame mildfrustration early in hisround Friday by makingfive birdies over his final10 holes to catch Watney,a fellow American, atopthe leaderboard atSheshan International.They were at 10-under134.—Internet

JOHANNESBURG, 6 Nov—New coach Carlos AlbertoParreira says struggling 2010 World Cup hosts SouthAfrica can defy the odds and reach the quarter-finals.

“The greatest challenge is getting to the secondphase. South Africa must work hard but I’m confidentwe will get there,” he told Brazilian television aheadof a second spell in charge of Bafana Bafana (TheBoys).—Internet

PARIS, 6 Nov—PatrickVieira has failed to im-press France coachRaymond Domenech,who left the Inter Milanmidfielder out of hissquad for two World Cupqualifying playoffmatches against the Re-public of Ireland.

Aly Cissokho was theonly surprise among a 24-man squad named byDomenech Thursday, theLyon defender beinggiven the chance to winhis first cap only threeyears after moving out ofthe amateur divisions.

France face the Repub-lic in Dublin on 14 No-vember and then host thereturn leg at the Stade deFrance in Paris four dayslater, the aggregate win-ner gaining entry to the

Portugal set to call injury-plagued C Ronaldo Lisbon, 5 Nov—An ankle injury is not enough to saveCristiano Ronaldo from playing as Portugal are set tocall the Real Madrid star winger for a key play-off enroute to the 2010 World Cup. Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) presidentGilberto Madail insisted Thursday that Ronaldo wouldbe on Sunday’s national team list for the crucial No-vember 14 and 18 matches against Bosnia-Herzegovina. “Ronaldo will come to the national team trainingcamp,” Madail said in the winger’s native island, Ma-deira. “I stand by what I said. Cristiano Ronaldo wantsto come to play, he is coming to the training camp andhe will be evaluated by the federation’s medical team.” Earlier, Real Madrid had said in a statement thatRonaldo would be off the pitch for at least two moreweeks due to an injury to his right ankle.—Internet

US Open semi-finalist Wickmayer,Malisse handed doping bans

Yanina Wickmayer

Serbia’s NovakDjokovic returns a

backhand to Czech’sJan Hernych in their 1/

8 final match at theSwiss Indoors tennistournament in Basel.

Djokovic won6-0, 6-0.—INTERNET

Tennis ace Djokovic clinches career-best‘double-bagel’ victory

game, but I felt the needto win every game.There’s no room for sym-pathy, we are profession-als.”

Second seed Djokovicsaved three break points inthe first set before step-ping on the gas against a59h-ranked opponent whohad claimed his first vic-tory since the US Open inthe first round here.

Hernych’s cause wasnot helped by committing40 errors in the loss.

Internet

Murray survives Valencia tennis scare

Andy Murray

Argentine from levellingthe match.

The experience ofMurray eventually told inthe third set as he brokeserve in the sixth game toopen up a 4-2 lead beforegoing on to close out vic-tory with his eighth aceafter two hours and 22minutes.—Internet

No place for football veteranVieira as Domenech names

squad

Inter Milan’s PatrickVieira

World Cup finals in SouthAfrica.

Given Vieira’s im-proved performances forInter, Domenech had beenhalf-expected to give thedefensive midfielder achance to feature for ‘LesBleus’ for the first timesince a friendly defeat toNigeria on 2 June.

Internet

Tiger surges into a share of thelead at HSBC

Tiger Woods of the

United States reacts

after a tee-off at the

HSBC Champions golf

tournament in Shang-

hai, China, on 5 Nov,

2009.—INTERNET

SAfrica can reach WCupquarter-finals, says Parreira

Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira (pictured in 2008)says struggling 2010 World Cup hosts South

Africa can defy the odds and reach thequarter-finals.—INTERNET

PARIS, 6 Nov—Fulham compromisedtheir hopes of advancingin the Europa League onThursday when Romacame from behind to win2-1 in Italy, the EnglishPremiership side endingthe Group (E) contestwith nine men, whileEverton slumped 2-0 athome to Benfica.

Diomansy Kamarashocked the StadioOlimpico by netting aspotkick on 19 minutesafter Marco Andreollibrought him down buteverything went downhillfor the visitors thereafteras substitute Erik Nevlandwas dismissed within

AS Roma’s John Arne

Riise eyes at the ball

during his team’s group

(E) UEFA Cup football

match vs Fulham at

Olympic stadium in

Rome. Roma won 2-1.

INTERNET

Roma late show shocks Fulham,Celtic face Europa League exit

three minutes of comingon for a heavy challengeon Daniele De Rossi.

Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenfairly widespread in Chin State, scattered in upper SagaingDivision and weather has been partly cloudy in theremaining areas. Night temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C)above November average temperatures in Kachin, Kayah,Mon States, Mandalay and Magway Divisions, (3°C) to(4°C) below November average temperatures in Shan State,lower Sagaing, Bago, Yangon and Taninthayi Divisionsand about November average temperatures in the remainingStates and Divisions. The significant night temperaturewas Haha (7°C) . The note worthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Falam (0.43) inch, Haha (0.28) inch andKalay (0.20) inch.

Maximum temperature on 5-11-2009 was 95°F.Minimum temperature on 6-11-2009 was 64°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 6 -11-2009 was 64%.Total sun shine hours on 5-11-2009 was (10.1) hours approx.

Rainfall on 6-11-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was(111.06) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inches at Kaba-Ayeand (129.41) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum windspeed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mph from Northeastat (09:30) hours MST on 5-11-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is cloudy in the West CentralBay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 7thNovember 2009:Rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated in Kachinand Chin States, upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisionsand weather will be partly cloudy in the remaining areas.Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Strong easterly wind with moderateto rough seas are likely at times Gulf of Mottama, off andalong Mon and Taninthayi coasts. Surface wind speed instrong wind may reach 35 mph. Seas will be moderateelsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated light rain or thundershowers in the NorthernMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for7-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for7-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for7-11-2009: Generally fair weather.

Weather outlook for seconed weekend of November2009: During the coming weekend, weather will be partlycloudy in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay Divisions.

WEATHERFriday, 6th November, 2009

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Philippine China Bank netprofit for Jan-Sept up by 40%

MANILA, 6 Nov—China Banking Corp., one ofthe Philippines biggest commercial banks, chalkedup 3.21 billion pesos (68.5 million U.S. dollars) innet profit for the first nine months of the year, or up40.7 percent on year, on back of stronger revenues.

In its disclosure issued to the Philippine StockExchange Friday, China Bank officials reported thatthe bank’s revenues increased 22.8 percent on yearto 13.02 billion pesos (27 million U.S. dollars).

“With our continued focus on improving service,strengthening our balance sheet, and effectivemanagement of risks, we were able to sustain ourgrowth momentum for this year. Our double digitgrowth is underpinned by our commitment toconsistently deliver strong shareholder value,” ChinaBank executive vice president and chief operatingofficer Ricardo Chua said in a press statement.

To strengthen its balance sheet, provisions forprobable credit losses were more than doubled to493 million pesos (10.4 million U.S. dollars), bringingChina Bank’s loan loss coverage ratio to 112.21percent from 82.55 percent last year.—Xinhua

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6th Waning of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Saturday, 7 November, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

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

troubles

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

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Nov—Member of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Tin Aye of theMinistry of Defence received a Malaysian delegationled by Defence Minister Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahidbin Hamidi at the SPDC office here yesterday after-noon.

Also present were Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the Min-istry of Defence, Deputy Minister Maj-Gen Thein Htay

Lt-Gen Tin Aye of Ministry ofDefence receives Malaysian Defence

Minister and partyof the Ministry of Defence, Chief of Staff (Air) Maj-GenKhin Aung Myint, senior military officers of the Minis-try of Defence, Myanmar Military Attache' to MalaysiaCol Aung Thaw and together with the Malaysian De-fence Minister were Malaysian Ambassador to theUnion of Myanmar Dato’ Mazlan Muhammad andMilitary Attaché Colonel Gan Seng Lock and seniormilitary officers of the Malaysian Army.—MNA

Lt-Gen Tin Aye of Ministry of Defence receives delegation led by Defence Minister of Malaysia Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Nov—Ministry of Health hasbeen taking preventive and control measures againstthe global human flu with added momentum since28 April. So far there have been 64 people infectedwith A (H1N1) virus and 62 have been dischargedfrom hospitals after recovering from the illness. Theremaining two patients in hospital are in good con-dition.

The ministry has announced that the publicare to follow its warnings against the human flu andparticipate in the preventive measures.

MNA

Human flu preventiveand control measures

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