Volume XIV, Number 45 5th Waxing of Nayon 1368 ME Wednesday, 31 May, 2006
Established 1914
Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.
* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well
* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system
* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand abroad
* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational 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 stand-
ards of the entire nation
* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order
* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Consti-
tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in
accord with the new State Constitution
Four economic objectives
Four social objectives
Four political objectives
NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace
and Dvelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of sympathy to
His Excellency Dr H Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indone-
sia, for the loss of lives and severe damage caused by a powerful earthquake that struck
recently on the Island of Java, the Republic of Indonesia.—MNA
Senior General Than Shwesends message of sympathy to
Indonesian President
NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—General Soe Win, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has
sent a message of sympathy to His Excellency Dr H Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of
the Republic of Indonesia for the loss of lives and severe damage caused by a powerful
earthquake that struck recently on the Island of Java, the Republic of Indonesia.—MNA
Prime Minister sends message ofsympathy to Indonesian President
YANGON, 30 May — Chairman of the CentralCommittee for Drug Abuse Control Minister for HomeAffairs Maj-Gen Maung Oo called for cooperationwith Myanmar Anti-Narcotics Association in a bid toreduce the drug abuse in his opening speech of thebuilding for the Drug Counselling and Training Centreof Myanmar Anti-Narcotics Association.
A building constructed with the contribution ofthe Japanese government and people to be used as theDrug Counselling and Training Centre of MyanmarAnti-Narcotics Association was opened here today inthe presence of Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry ofDefence, Chairman of the Central Committee for DrugAbuse Control Minister for Home Affairs Maj-GenMaung Oo and Ambassador of Japan Mr NobutakeOdano.
The government of Japan and people donatedcash to construct the building for Myanmar Anti-Narcotics Association.
Minister calls for cooperation with MANAto reduce drug abuse
In his opening address, the minister also saidthat MANA, a non-governmental organization, wasfounded on 26 June, 1994, and has been participatingin the task of reducing drug abuse, one of threestrategies of the drug elimination of the government.
He continued to say that while internationalcommunity is fighting the danger of the narcotic drugwhich pose a threat to the entire mankind, social
organizations in Myanmar are also participating incombating the danger.
As part of the cooperation with internationalorganizations to eliminate drug abuse, Myanmar Anti-Narcotics Association hosted the 14th IFNGO ASEANNGOs Workshop in December last year with the assist-ance of CCDAC.
While international com-munity is fighting the dan-ger of the narcotic drugswhich pose a threat to theentire mankind, social or-ganizations in Myanmar arealso participating in com-bating the danger.
(See page 7)
Ambassador Mr Nobutake Odano, Myanmar Anti-Narcotics Association PresidentU San Thein and Vice-President Dr Kyaw Sein formally open the Drug
Counselling and Training Centre. — MNA
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Director-General of the Department ofCultural Institute U Myint Thein Swe
speaking at the paper reading session. — MNA
Wednesday, 31 May, 2006
PERSPECTIVES
* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy
People’s Desire
It hardly need be emphasized that agri-culture, forestry, livestock breeding and fish-ery sectors are the main pillars of the nationaleconomy. Moreover, these sectors ensure suffi-cient food supply for the people and help con-serve the natural environment and plant andanimal ecology.
Therefore, measures are being taken todevelop the agriculture sector by making fulluse of aquatic and terrestrial resources, help-ing to increase the cultivated acreage and pro-duction and providing quality strains and ag-ricultural technology.
Ayeyawady, Bago and Yangon Divisionsare the regions where rice is mainly grown.Therefore, it is necessary to make concertedefforts not only to increase the per-acre yieldin the cultivation of rice in these regions butalso to extend the cultivation of cotton, sugarcane, corn and beans and pulses.
For the development of the forestry sec-tor, greening projects are being implementedall over the nation, especially in the the dryand arid zones in central Myanmar. The dryzones are now lush and green. Work onreafforestation, conservation of forests and har-monious ecological system should be carriedout with the use of modern technology.
Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions andRakhine State are suitable for livestock breed-ing and fish and prawn farming and the meatand fish sector can develop with the use ofmodern farming methods. And it is necessaryto raise the local quality strains rather thanrely on imported species.
If we can make full use of natural re-sources, including the resources in the agricul-ture, forest and meat and fish sectors, it willcontribute a lot to rapid national economicgrowth.
Make full use of aquatic andterrestrial resources
Hole-In-OneYANGON, 31 May–
Mr S S Jung scored inace from 122 yards at the2 hole pondy, City GolfResort at 7.45 am on 28May while playing withgolf ball Wilson Staff 3and Callaway Iron 8.
The partners at thetime were Mr H CChang, Mr B S Lee andMr J H Oh, it was learnt.
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(from page 16)4. The expression “or with fine not exceeding kyats five hundred” contained in sub-sections (1) and (2)
of section 14 of the Leave and Holidays Act, 1951 shall be substituted respectively by the expression“or with fine not exceeding kyats fifty thousand”.
5. In the schedule of the Leave and Holidays Act, 1951:(a) The expression “the Mines Act” contained in serial number 5 shall be substituted by the
expression “the Myanma Mines Law.”(b) Serial number 8 shall be deleted.
The State Peace and Development Council…
Wushu competitions held
FM sends message of sympathy toIndonesian counterpart
NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—U Nyan Win, Ministerfor Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, hassent a message of sympathy to His Excellency Dr NHassan Wirajuda, Minister for Foreign Affairs of theRepublic of Indonesia, for the loss of lives and severedamage caused by a powerful earthquake that struckrecently on the Island of Java, the Republic ofIndonesia.–MNA
(Sd.) Than ShweSenior General
ChairmanThe State Peace and Development Council
All this needs to be known
* Do not be frightened whenever
intimidated
* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered
* Do not be softened whenever appeased
ASEAN to improve artsof wickerworks
YANGON, 30 May — In an effort to improvethe arts of wickerworks in ASEAN countries, thepaper reading session took place at National Mu-seum here today.
Ten Resource persons from ASEAN countriesread out papers on arts of wickerworks.
The paper reading session was opened with akey note address by Director-General of the Depart-ment of Cultural Institute U Myint Thein Swe.
Also present at the opening ceremony of thepaper reading session were high-ranking officials ofthe Ministry of Culture, Rector of University ofCulture (Yangon), ambassadors from ASEAN na-tions to Myanmar, officials from Ministry of Coop-eratives and Ministry of Forestry and guests.–MNA
YANGON, 30 May —A total of 102 boys andgirls took part in the gen-der-wise under-12 wushucompetitions jointly spon-sored by Myanmar WushuFederation and Great WallTraditional MedicineCompany in Yangon to-day.
Officials of Sportsand Physical EducationDepartment and MWFpresented prizes to thewinners. Wushu fans andresponsible personnelwatched the competi-tions.—NLM
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Vice-President of MWF U Kyaw Kyaw presentsprize to a winner.
NLM
CASH DONATED:U Maung Maung Lwin, Daw KhinThinda Aye and family of Kan Road, Hline Town-ship, recently donated K 100,000 for Hninzigon
Home for the Aged through Secretary of theAdministration Board of the Home Maj Aung
Than (Retd). — H
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2,467 US troops killed in IraqWASHINGTON, 29 May—As of Monday, 29 May,
2006, at least 2,467 members of the US military havedied since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003,according to an Associated Press count. The figureincludes seven military civilians. At least 1,943 died asa result of hostile action, according to the military’snumbers.
The AP count is two higher than the DefenceDepartment’s tally, last updated Friday at 10 am EDT.
The British military has reported 113 deaths;Italy, 31; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13;Spain, 11; Slovakia, Denmark three; El Salvador,Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; andAustralia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania,one death each.
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Russia opposes use of force againstIran over nuclear issue
TEHERAN, 29 May—Visiting Russian NationalSecurity Council chief IgorIvanov said on Sunday thatMoscow opposed any useof force against Iran overits disputed nuclearprogramme, the state-runIranian television reported.
“Unlike the UnitedStates, Russia believesIran’s nuclear programmeneeds to be resolved only
through dialogue. Any useof force will furthercomplicate the issue andwill cause tension in theregion,” Ivanov wasquoted as saying.
Ivanov made theremarks during a meetingwith Iran’s top nuclearnegotiator Ali Larijani, thereport said.
Arriving in Teheran lateSaturday night, the senior
Russian official’s visit toIran is to focus on Iran’scontroversial nuclearactivities and new pro-posals by the EuropeanUnion trio of Germany,France and Britain whichoffer incentives if Tehe-ran suspends uraniumenrichment and possiblesanctions if it continues.
Diplomats of the fivepermanent members of the
UN Security Council plusGermany met in Londonon 24 May and discussedthe new proposals of theEU trio but stopped shortof making a finalagreement.
Foreign ministers of thesix nations are expectedto hold more talks on theEU package late this week.
Washington has accus-ed Teheran of using itscivilian nuclear pro-gramme as a cover todevelop atomic bombs, acharge denied by Iran,which insists its nuclearprogramme is only forpeaceful purposes.
Russia offered last yearto produce nuclear fuel onRussian soil for Iran inorder to ease fears that Iranwould divert uranium intowarheads.
Talks broke down whenIran insisted uraniumenrichment had to becarried out on its ownterritory.
MNA/Xinhua
LONDON, 29 May—British Prime MinisterTony Blair made signi-ficant changes to one of hismost important foreignpolicy speeches afterbowing to Americanobjections, The SundayTelegraph reported.
Blair changed key
Blair reportedly beefs up Iranspeech for Bush
passages on possible actionagainst Iran, climate change,and a proposed shake-up ofthe International MonetaryFund and the World Bankon Friday when he deliveredhis landmark address atGeorgetown University inWashington during his tripto the United States, the
report said. Objections by US
President George WBush’s inner circle playeda key role in the alterationsof Blair’s address, said thenewspaper, according toBritish sources.
Only three hoursbefore the speech wasdelivered, Downing Streetofficials were briefingjournalists that Blairwould stress that “changeshould not be imposed”on Iran, reflecting theBritish view that bombingor invading Iran is not arealistic option.
American officials hadinsisted, however, thatthe possibility of militaryaction remained “on thetable”, arguing that thishelped to exert maximumpressure on Iran.
By the time he madehis speech, Blair hadsignificantly bowed tothe American position,claiming “I am not sayingwe should impose change”and leaving the door openfor a military attack, thereport said. According tothe report, most USofficials privately supportthe British position andaides to both leaders
concede that with theirpersonal poll ratingsplummeting neither has thepolitical capital to attackTeheran. There are signsthat Bush also recognizesthis.—MNA/Xinhua
Death toll in Indonesian earthquake rises to 5,400
A general view of phases 2-3 of the South Pars gas field in Assaluyeh seaportat the Persian Gulf about 1400 km (870 miles) south of Tehran, Iran on
27 May, 2006. —INTERNET
A handset from Vertu's Signature DiamondCollection. The luxury brand of mobile maker
Nokia is growing fast as a result partly ofgeographic expansion and plans to launch in the
Nordic countries and Japan, Vertu PresidentAlberto Torres said in comments published on 29
May, 2006. —INTERNET
A 59 day-old baby with three arms from Anhui Province waits for treatmentat a hospital in Shanghai on 29 May, 2006. —INTERNET
Workers install detonators to demolish thecofferdam of the Three Gorges Dam on the
Yangtze River in central China’s Hubei Provinceon 29 May, 2006.—INTERNET
YOGYAKARTA(Indonesia), 29 May —Death toll in the Saturday’s earthquakethat struck Indonesia’s YogyakartaProvince has risen to 5,400 according togovernment's official data releasedSunday.
The majority of casualties were insouthern town of Bantul, where 5,400people were killed in the disaster,according to a report from the Ministry
of Social Affairs. Klaten Regency in Central Jakarta
Province, just north of Yogyakarta,reported more than 1,200 deaths in thedawn earthquake.
Local geophysics agency has saidanother major quake is unlikely to occurdespite more than 500 afthershocks inthe last two days, TV news reported.
MNA/Xinhua
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A visitor views a sculpture featuring a comical figure during the 2006 HangzhouInternational Folk Handicrafts Exhibition opened on Sunday in Hangzhou, capital
of east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 28 May, 2006.—INTERENT
Earthquake survivors receive medical treatment at Sarjito Hospital afterstrong earthquake in Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, on 27 May,
2006.—INTERNET
WASHINGTON, 29 May—Two British membersof a US television newscrew were killed and acorrespondent wasseriously injured in anattack in Iraq, raising thetoll of media workerskilled in the war to 96.
Paul Douglas, 48, aveteran cameraman, andsound technician JamesBrolan, 42, died whentheir convoy was struckby an improvisedexplosive device, whilecorrespondent KimberlyDozier, 39, who hasboth US and Britishcitizenship, sustainedheavy injuries, CBSNews television said in astatement.
Also killed in the attackwere a US Army captainand an Iraqi interpreter,according to the BritishForeign Office.
The three journalistswere reporting outsidetheir “humvee” vehiclewhile on a missionembedded with the US4th Infantry division andwere believed to bewearing body armourwhen the bomb exploded,CBS said.
South Korean stars Lee Hyo-lee, Jang Dong Gun and Lee Joon Ki pose forthe shooting of a series of posters for the upcoming World Cup in Germany
this June. —INTERNET
MOSCOW, 29 May —Russia launched a researchsatellite on board a Shtilrocket from a NorthernFleet submarine at theBarents Sea late Fridaynight, the ITAR-TASS newsagency reported Saturday.
A rocket “with theresearch satellite Kompas-2 was launched from the
OTTAWA, 30 May —Five Canadian soldierswere wounded when theycame under attack fromTaleban insurgents insouthern Afghanistanearly on Monday.
The soldiers sufferednon- l i fe - threa ten inginjuries, and two of them
TIWANKU (Bolivia), 29May — Venezuelan Pre-sident Hugo Chavez onSunday bluntly accusedthe US ambassador toBolivia of trying to stir upmilitary rebellion againsthis leftist ally BolivianPresident Evo Morales.
Chavez, at the forefrontof a leftist shift that ischallenging US influencein Latin America,routinely trades insultswith Washington, whichhe blames for a short-lived
BAGHDAD, 29 May — A US helicopter with twoMarine crew members crashed in Iraq’s guerillaplagued western Anbar Province on Saturdaybut did not appear to have been brought down byguerillas, the US military said.
“Search and rescue efforts are ongoing for themissing crew members,” Marine spokesmanLieutenant-Colonel Bryan Salas said in a statement.
“The incident does not appear to be a result ofenemy action,” he said. “The incident is underinvestigation.” The military said the US MarineCorps AH-1 Cobra helicopter had been undergoinga maintenance test flight. — MNA/Reuters
Russia launches researchsatellite from submarine
Ekaterinburg missilesubmarine cruiser at 22:50Moscow Time (1850GMT),” said the head-quarters. “The launch wasaimed at orbiting theKompas-2 satellite in theinterests of the RussianFederal Space Agency,”Assistant Navy Com-mander Igor Dygalo said.
“The successful launchof the satellite into the orbitspecified proves highreliability of the navalstrategic forces and theefficiency of the combatcommand and control
system,” he said.According to Dygalo,
the submarine crewdemonstrated high pro-fessional skills during theoperation.
The launch, initiallyplanned for Wednesday,was postponed because ofproblems “in preparationsfor the experimentalshooting”, Dygalo said.
The Kompas-2 earthmonitoring satellite hasbeen developed by theAcademician MakeyevMissile Design Bureau.
MNA/Xinhua
have already returned toduty, Major MarioCouture told theCanadian BroadcastingCorporation.
Two others wereexpected be back on dutysoon. The fifth, whosuffered serious wounds,had been sent to a USmilitary hospital inLandstuhle, Germany, theofficer said.
The soldiers werereturning to their baseafter a patrol in a villagein the Zhari area next tothe Panjwai District,when they came underattack from a group ofinsurgents at about 1:30am local time.
The attackers firedassault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades at thelight armoured vehicleLAV III in which thesoldiers were travelling.
MNA/Xinhua
Chavez says US working for coup in Boliviacoup that briefly toppledhis own government in2002.
“The (US) Embassy inBolivia is alreadywhispering in the ears ofthe Bolivian military toturn them against thegovernment of EvoMorales,” said Chavez,wearing a traditional redponcho and bead necklace,at the sacred pre-Inca ruinsof Tiwanaku high inBolivia’s Andean plateau.
“There’s a plan against
Bolivia, and the USambassador in Bolivia isthe head of this plan,” hesaid during his weeklyVenezuelan televisionshow, broadcast fromTiwanaku in front of anaudience of Bolivianindigenous leaders.
No one at the USEmbassy in La Paz wasimmediately available tocomment on Chavez’accusation againstAmbassador DavidGreenlee.
Chavez made similarcomments earlier in hisvisit to Bolivia but didnot point the finger atGreenlee.
Morales, who satalongside Chavez in amatching poncho, has alsomade vague accusationsof conspiracies against hisgovernment since takingoffice in January, thoughhe has blamed foreigncompanies opposed to hisnationalization drive.
MNA/Reuters
Two US television newscrewmen killed in Iraq
Dozier was taken to aUS military hospital inBaghdad where sheunderwent surgery, andher condition was des-cribed as “critical”.
CBS said doctors were“cautiously optimistic”about the well-knowncorrespondent’s prog-nosis. “This is a devas-tating loss for CBSNews,” said presidentSean McManus.
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US helicoptercrashes in Iraq, two
crew missing
Canadian soldiers wounded inTaleban ambush in Afghanistan
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US lawmaker says Iraqi killings inHaditha worse than Abu Ghraib
The photo taken on 28 May, 2006 shows the exterior view of the newly-builtunderwater terra cotta warriors museum opened on Sunday in Xuzhou, eastChina’s Jiangsu Province. Inside the museum, the scene of pit excavationand an unearthed array of terra-cotta warriors are displayed.—INTERNET
WASHINGTON, 29May—The killing of Iraqicivilians by US Marineshas done more damage toAmerica's aims in Iraqthan the Abu GhraibPrison abuse scandal, aDemocratic congressmanand vocal war critic saidon Sunday.
Representative JohnMurtha of Pennsylvania,a decorated retiredMarine, told ABC Newsthere was “no question”that the US military triedto cover up the killing ofas many as two dozen Iraqicivilians last year in thetown of Haditha. “I willnot excuse murder,”Murtha said. “And this is
what happened. There's noquestion in my mind aboutit.” The military isinvestigating the 19November incident, a casesome American media arecomparing to the 1968 MyLai massacre in Vietnamwhen US soldiersslaughtered up to 500villagers. The US militaryhas said 15 civilians werekilled in Haditha, about140 miles (220 kilometres)north west of Baghdad.
Other accounts put thenumber at around 24.While a senior Republicansenator vowed to holdhearings on the Marines’actions, Murtha said thekillings hurt the United
States’ ability to push itspolitical agenda in Iraq,and repeated assertionsthat the war cannot be wonmilitarily.
“We’re set back everytime something like thishappens,” he said. “Thisis worse than AbuGhraib.” Murtha, who saidhe based his assertions onbriefings he receivedfrom high-level militaryofficials, added: “Therewas an investigation rightafterward, but then it wasstifled.”—MNA/Reuters
Eight tourists feared deadin Sri Lanka park blast
COLOMBO, 29 May—Eight Sri Lankan touristswere feared killed after asuspected landmineexploded as they weretracking wild elephants ina national park near TamilTiger rebel territory, anofficial said on Sunday.
Another group of SriLankan tourists in the parkheard a large blast deepinside the park onSaturday, and went to thesite to find a jeep in a ditch
and body parts on the road,but police, military andwildlife officials were stillon the way to the site.
“We believe thatincluding our interpreter,eight people have beenkilled — all locals,”Dayananda Kariyawasam,director general of theWildlife Department, toldReuters from the fringes ofthe Wilpattu National Parkwildlife sanctuary in thenorthwest of the country.
“Another group oftourists heard the blast andwent to see, and informedthat they have seen partsof the bodies and vehicleparts,” he added.
The blast occurredaround 50 kilometres (30miles) from the parkentrance, and search teamswaited until daybreak onSunday to head to the siteto avoid encountering wildanimals in the dark.
MNA/Reuters
Japanoffers $10m
to aidIndonesia
TOKYO, 29 May—Japan is to provide 10million US dollars andemergency equipment,as well as to dispatchpersonnel to the earth-quake-hit Indonesia, theForeign Ministry said ina Press release on Mon-day.
Japan will send a 25-member emergencymedical team andemergency items to theJava Island on Monday,the ministry said. Japanwill also extend grant aidto assist post-disasterreconstruction.
A 5.9-magnitudeearthquake struck theancient IndonesianProvince of Yogyakartaand part of Central JavaProvince on Saturdaymorning, killing morethan 4,600 people andinjuring 10,000 others sofar.—MNA/Xinhua
An aerial view of damaged houses in Indonesia's Bantul District, on 29 May, 2006. —INTERNET
Southwest Airlines planes prepare for departurefrom Oakland International Airport in Oakland,
California on 29 May, 2006. —INTERNET
Pakistan, Bangladesh to holdmeeting on FTA next month
ISLAMABAD, 29May—Two ministries ofcommerce of Pakistan andBangladesh will hold ameeting next month inDhaka to further negotiateon Free Trade Agreement(FTA), an official saidSunday.
The official said thatboth ministries would holda meeting next month in
Dhaka and negotiate onthe modalities of FTA asPakistan and Bangladeshwere determined tofinalize the agreement by30 September this year.
Pakistan and Ban-gladesh already signedfour memorandum ofunderstandings (MoUs)last year and agreed tofinalize the FTA by
September during a visitof Bangladeshi PrimeMinister Khaleda Zia hereon Saturday in Islamabad.
The agreements weresigned after talks betweenvisiting BangladeshiPrime Minister KhaledaZia and his Pakistanicounterpart Shaukat Azizin Islamabad.
MNA/Xinhua
Comoros volcano erupts,spews lava
MORONI, 29 May—Lava spewed from a volcano onthe Indian Ocean island of Grande Comore on Sunday,lighting up the sky and sending scores of frightenedresidents onto the streets.
Residents of Moroni, the capital of the ComorosIslands, said they could see lava at the top of 2,361-metre (7,746-feet) Mount Karthala, one of the world'slargest active volcanoes.
“When I saw Karthala glowing we came out to seewhat was going on but I really don’t know, I’mworried,” said 35-year-old Houmadu Saindou.
Karthala last erupted in April 2005, affecting asmany as 40,000 residents and forcing thousands to fleein fear of poisonous gas and a possible magma flow.
It was the volcano’s first eruption in more thandecade on the archipelego nation, 300 kilometres (190miles) off the coast of east Africa.
Volcano scientist Hamidou Nassor said Sunday'sactivity also amounted to an eruption but it was toosoon to tell how dangerous this one would be.
“Effectively there is an eruption but we don’t knowyet if there will be any gas,” he said.
“There is a risk of a lava flow but we don’t know yetwhich direction. It is urgent that we get a helicopterthere to assess what is going on.” —MNA/Reuters
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Cash donation made hailing Literary Conference of MWJA
YANGON, 30 May — Hailing the Conferenceof Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association, cashdonation is being made and writer Dr Yi Yi Hla(Yuwadi Khin Oo) donated K 200,000, writer DawThein Sai (Ma Myat Lay), K 100,000, U Hein Soe(Dagon Kyi Soe) and U Aye Naing, K 50,000 each;South Okkalapa Township WJA, MingalaTaungnyunt WJA and writer Thatepan Moe Aung,K 10,000 each and U Saik Kyin, K 5,000 throughVice-Chairman of MWJA U Than Maung (ThanMaung) and members of working committee forraising funds.
Those wishing to donate cash or kind toMWJA are to contact No 529/531, Sarpay Beikmanon Merchant Street at the corner of 37th Streets Tel:252417. —MNA
YANGON, 30May—A ceremony toopen Workshop onProperty TransactionReport jointly sponsoredby Settlement and LandRecords Department ofthe Ministry of Agricul-ture and Irrigation,Financial IntelligenceUnit (FIU) and AustralianTransaction ReportAnalysis (AUSTRAC)was held at the meetinghall of SLRD on KabaAye Pagoda Road herethis morning.
Director-Generalof SLRD U Win Kyimade a speech on theoccasion.
Next, Head of FIUPolice Col Sit Aye andMr Lindsay Chan of
Workshop on Property Transaction Report opensAustralian TransactionReport Analysis(AUSTRAC) extendedgreetings, followed by
the workshop.The two-day
workshop is beingattended by 53 trainees
from SLRD and state/division/district/townshipland records departmentsand observers.—MNA
YANGON, 30 May—Minister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan,accompanied by officialsconcerned, on 28 Mayinspected Alinpya Libraryin Mottama, PaungTownship, and gavenecessary instructions.
Next, the ministerand party proceeded to theTV retransmission stationin Mawlamyine where heviewed round theretransmission of TVprogrammes to Mon Stateand Kayin State and gaveinstructions on fulltransmission of TVprogrammes, firepreventive measures,repair of power line of thestation, maintenance ofmachines and minimizingloss and wastage.
On arrival at theDistrict Information andPublic RelationsDepartment inMawlamyine, the minister
Inform the people of nation-building endeavours through mediaMinister inspects information tasks in Mon State
looked into work beingcarried out for informationpurpose.
In meeting with theinformation staff at theoffice of the DistrictIPRD, officials of MonState IPRD, Mawlamyineand Thaton DistrictIPRDs, Mawlamyine,Chaungson, Kyaikmaraw,Mudon, Thanbyuzayat,Ye, Lamine, Thaton,Kyaikhto, Bilin and PaungTownship IPRDs reportedto the minister on workcarried out.
In his address,Minister Brig-Gen KyawHsan said that officials ofdepartments andenterprises under theministry are to makestrenuous efforts in accordwith the instructions forthe five-year project of thethird short-term planwhich calls for boostingproduction, improving theindustrial sector,
generating more power,developing the energysector and trade, andpractising thrifty. Theminister also emphasizedthe need for every
department to focus ondoubling the targetedamount of earnings in2006-2007, to thriftily usefunds by spending 15 percent less than the amountallocated of and to reviewmeasures that call forcapital expenditure.
Moreover, theminister stressed the needfor officials concerned toinform the people of
nation-building endea-vours through media forsuccessful realization ofthe projects beingimplemented,
In the same way,they are to inform thepeople of fabrications,destructive acts andatrocities of internal andexternal destructiveelements, to safeguardnational solidarity on the
basis of Union Spirit, totake part in the successfulrealization of the seven-point Road Map and toengage in farming onmanageable scale. Yester-day, Minister Brig-GenKyaw Hsan inspectedMibagonyay Library inKyaukkalat Village,Kyaikto Township andcalled for development ofthe library.—MNA
* Inform the people of fabrications, destructiveacts and atrocities of internal and externaldestructive elements.
* Safeguard national solidarity on the basis ofUnion Spirit.
* Take part in the successful realization of theseven-point Road Map.
* Engage in farming on manageable scale.
Workshop on Property Transaction Report in progress.—NLM
Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan meeting with employees of the Ministry of Information inMon State. — MNA
Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan views posters
and photos displayed at Mawlamyine District
Information and Public Relations
Department. — MNA
THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 May, 2006 7
(from page 16)The nation is also carrying out surveillance tasks
to prevent avian influenza, SARS and other diseasesfrom being spread into the nation. In a bid to combatAIDS in Myanmar, the Ministry of Health and othercongenial ministries are implementing the NationalStrategic Plan for HIV/AIDS (2006-2011) incooperation with the WHO and UNAIDS. Myanmarhas paid special attention to the drive for thedevelopment of human resources in the health sector.In the process, it is crucial to sharpen the skills ofphysicians, nurses and medical professionals who willplay a major role in the health care services. Myanmarwill open Public Health School in the near future. It ismobilizing the local strengths to achieve the millenniumdevelopment goals and Working Together for Health.
On 24 May, the Myanmar delegation attended theconference, committee (A) and (B) meetings.
The delegation attended the committee (A) meeting
Myanmar mobilizing localstrengths to…
Minister callsfor coopera-tion with…
on 25 May. On 26 May, the delegation attended theconference. The meeting chairman approved and puton record the resolutions passed by the committee (A)and (B) meeting.
In the afternoon, the minister delivered a speech atthe international leprosy elimination conference.
The Myanmar delegation attended the conclusionof the conference on 27 May.
During his stay in Geneva, the minister met withMalaysian counterpart Dr Chua Soi Leti, and Bhutanesecounterpart Mr L S Singay separately and discussedmatters on mutual cooperation programmes in the healthsector.
The minister held discussions with Director ofWHO Southeast Asia Region Dr Samlee PlienbungChang, representatives of WHO Director-General DrTomris Turmen and Dr David Heymann, Director ofWHO (Headquarters) TB Control Programme Dr MarioRaviglione, Director of Traditional MedicinesDevelopment Programme Dr Xiaorui Zhang, leader oftropical diseases control department Dr Denis Daumerie,Chairman of Japan Sasakawa Foundation Mr YoheiSasakawa, Executive Director of International Extended
(from page 1)MANA also consti-
tuted division/district/township level associa-tions and so far one divi-sional level association,seven district-level asso-ciations and 58 township-level associations havebeen constituted.
At the opening cer-emony of the building nearDrug Elimination Mu-seum in Kamayut Town-ship, Japanese Ambassa-dor Mr Nobutake Odano,President of MANA U San
Mr NobutakeOdano also explained thepurpose of the donationand handed over the docu-ments related to the build-ing to MANA PresidentU San Thein.
Afterwards, U SanThein presented com-memorative pennants to Lt-Gen Myint Swe, Maj-GenMaung Oo and Ambassa-dor Mr Nobutake Odano.After the closing ceremony,Lt-Gen Myint Swe andguests viewed documentaryphotos of the associationdisplayed at the building.— MNA
Thein and Vice PresidentDr Kyaw Sein formallyopened it.
Vaccination Funds Dr Jalian Lob Levyt, and Delegate-General of the International Red Cross Society inGeneva Mr Reto Meisto separately.
The Myanmar delegation arrived back hereyesterday evening. The members were welcomed backat Yangon International Airport by Chairman of YangonCity Development Committee Mayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin, directors-general of the departments underthe Health Ministry, officials, WHO ResidentRepresentative Professor Adik Wibowo and theirrelatives. Members of the delegation — Director-General of the Department of Health Dr Tin WinMaung, Acting Director-General of Medical ScienceDepartment Dr Than Myint, Manager of ExtendedVaccination Project of the Department of Health DrThan Htein Win and Deputy Director (ForeignRelations) of the Ministry of Health U Thet Lwin alsoarrived back on the same flight. — MNA
Mayor attends ceremonies toopen Gyobyu water pipeline
YANGON, 30 May — CEC Members of UnionSolidarity and Development Association Chairman ofYangon City Development Committee Mayor Brig-GenAung Thein Lin and Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa attendedceremonies to open Gyobyu water pipeline and presentUSDA membership applications held in Hninzigon Ward-A, Thingangyun Township this morning.
Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin formally unveiledthe stone plaque of Gyobyu water pipeline and sprinkledscented water on it. After turning water pipe bar to makeit open, the mayor and the vice-mayor inspected conditionof drinking water.
Afterwards, the mayor attended a ceremony topresent USDA membership applications held at No 4BEPS, Thingangyun and made a speech on the occasion.
Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin later accepted1170 membership applications presented by townselderU Hla Soe and gave away certificates of honour to thepersons who participated in making efforts to acquiredrinking water.
The connection of Gyobyu water pipeline toHninzigon Ward-A, Thingangyun was started in Februaryof 2006. — MNA
Lt-Gen Myint Swe and party view documentary photos on activities of MANA.— MNA
Japanese Ambassador Mr Nobutake Odano hands over documentsrelated to the building to President of MANA U San Thein.— MNA
Japa-nese
Ambas-sador MrNobutakeOdano
explainsthe
purposeof thedona-tion.MNA
New building of Drug Counselling and Training Centre.— MNA
8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 May, 2006
KNU in reality is ......Soe Mya Kyaw and Saw Mya Aung
It was in the news
report on the local and
foreign journalists’ tour
of the areas where local
nationalities were
suffering from robberies,
arsons and land mines of
the KNU and the article
“Regional development
as witnessed by an
expedition” presented in
two parts in the dailies
that I have read about
peace, security and the
rule of law in Southern
Command area in Bago
Division, and the victims
who had to flee their
homes to escape KNU
atrocities resulting from
power struggles within
the insurgents.
In its noticeable
conclusion reads the article
“Journalists will have to
join hands with the
government, the
Tatmadaw and the people
to end KNU’s destructive
misdeeds in order to
achieve “Peace, prosperity
and progress” the people
desire.”
After a conversa-
tion about the article and
the news report, we, Soe
Mya Kyaw and Saw Mya
Aung, are paying greater
attention to local and
foreign news. Since then
we have been trying to
find and read books and
documentaries on the
KNU, and Kayin State and
its people.
At Thabyenyunt
Village during the
expedition on 13 May
2006, the Minister for
Information said, “All the
incidents are the results of
the well-planned
underground plots of the
KNU terrorist insurgents
and their foreign masters,
and the aboveground
schemes from inside and
outside the country to
attack Myanmar. The
KNU began sending
bombers to the nation’s
inner regions, attempting
to use the government’s
peace endeavours or
security measures as a
stepping stone. If the KNU
continue to blast railroads
and motor roads and plant
mines in cities again and
again, the Tatmadaw has
no other way but to take
security measures for
regional stability. And
when the Tatmadaw takes
actions against the KNU,
the perpetrators in accord
with their pre-orchestrated
plots will start to cry “The
Tatmadaw’s attacks have
relocated villages and
driven out villagers as
refugees” with the
intention of misleading the
world into having a wrong
view on Myanmar. Then
they will try to highlight
the so-called refugee
problem, which in reality
is their own baby, saying
that the problem
jeopardizes regional
security. Their ultimate
aim is to submit the matter
concerning the Myanmar
affairs to the UN if their
well-planned conspiracy
succeeds in puzzling the
international community.”
Full text of the
minister’s clarification and
the KNU atrocities the
local nationalities have
revealed were globally
disseminated through the
media and the Internet.
Journalists of Myanmar
Foreign Correspondents
Club sent news on the
matter to their mother
agencies abroad. Duty
conscious journalists of the
local periodicals also
featured the news report in
their journals and
magazines.
However the truth
has been aired and
published internationally,
saboteurs from inside and
outside the nation and
some media under the
influence of alien masters
in accord with their
lopsided policy towards
Myanmar are still insisting
their accusation on
Myanmar to be true
despite knowing that it is
wrong. Instead of
slamming the KNU they
remain silent, although the
KNU’s blowing up of
powerful mines to
massacre people has been
revealed with concrete
evidences. The same
quarters that are silent
on the KNU atrocities
are orchestrating
groundless and illogical
slanders, saying that the
Tatmadaw is forcefully
relocating the local
nationalities and
oppressing them.
Even though those
quarters too heard and saw
like us the voices of the
victims of KNU arson and
mines saying whether they
would have to face the
KNU atrocities till
posterity, they are still
trying to ignore the
villagers’ sufferings. We
are astonished to witness
that their stance is against
the truth and their news
stories are lopsided ones,
saying, “Stop the offensive
against the KNU! Please
don’t force Kayins to flee
their homes as refugees.”
What the alien
masters and their
minions and destructive
cohorts like to say is,
“Death and destruction
caused by KNU bombs
are not a serious case.”
“Let the KNU do as it
wishes, and the
Tatmadaw should do
nothing but stay as a
bystander.” But this
attitude is like
breaching the most
important human rights
— security of public
lives and property.
As for me, I was
asking myself, “What is
the KNU? Where is it
heading? Why are the
foreign masters so much
in favour of the KNU? I
was trying to find the
answers.
Our motherland is
the Union of Myanmar.
At present the country is
made up of seven states
and seven divisions
where more than 100
national races live. The
divisions are named in
terms of respective
regions and the states are
named representing
some of national races.
Although Kachin State is
so named, it is not
inhabited by only Kachin
nationals. And so is
Kayin State. There is no
state or division where
only a single national
race lives. Since yore, all
nationalities have been
living in amity in all the
states and divisions. All
national races have been
residing unitedly and
peacefully in all towns
and villages which are
like mini-unions in the
whole Union. With
better transport facilities
built by the State,
relationships between
the national races have
been further cemented.
(See page 9)
Innocent people killed and wounded in mine blasts committed by KNUinsurgents at Mandalay-Yangon Express Train near Pazundaung
Station on 10-1-88.
The number of remnant KNU insurgents of about3,500 accounts for only 0.1 per cent if compared withthe 3.5 million Kayin nationals that live in various partsof the nation. And it accounts for only 0.42 per cent ifcompared with the population of over 830,000 Kayinnationals of Kayin State. So, the ratio of Kayin nationalsto KNU insurgents stands at 100 to less than one.
Hence, it is apparent that KNU members representneither Kayin nationals in Kayin State nor Kayinnationals in the entire Union, and Kayin nationals inKayin State are not in favour of KNU’s ‘Look West’policy and terrorists acts. Kayin national peoplein other states and divisions do not recognize at all theexistence of KNU insurgents.
THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 May, 2006 9
Hanthawady daily issued on 27-3-61 published atrocities committedby KNU blowing up Dagon Lwin Mandalay-Yangon Train on 26-3-61
killing innocent passengers.
Documentary photos on KNU's attack at Kyaikhtiyoe Pagodaon 21 March, 1988
Taungbaing Bo Bo Nat Nan the spirit housewhere a skirmish broke out, an insurgent was
killed and a person kidnapped.
Shops on the road fromKyeepazuk Kadok to Mohsotaung seen
burnt down.
KNU in reality is ......(from page 8)
After regaining its
independence, Myanmar
formed a region as Kayin
State, where most Kayin
nationals lived. Ac-
cording to Constitutional
Amendment Act-62 in
1951, the then President
signed it on 7-11-1951
with the approval of the
parliament that Thanlwin
District (Papun) should
be designated as Kayin
State. As the second
phase to expand the
delineation of Kayin
State, Hpa-an and
Hlaingbwe Townships in
Thaton District to
Thandaung Township in
Taungoo District were
made parts of the Kayin
State on 1-6-1954. As the
third phase, Kawkareik
and Kya-in-Seikkyi
Townships in
Kyaikkhami District
were extended as parts of
the state on 1-7-1955.
Moreover, Myawady that
included in Kawkareik
Township was set up as a
township on 1 March,
1960. Accordingly, Kayin
State included in the 14
states and divisions is
made up of seven
townships namely Hpa-an,
Hlaingbwe, Papun,
Thandaung, Kawkareik,
Kya-in-Seikkyi and
Myawady.
Kayin State has an
area of 11,730.85 square
miles with a population of
about 1.7 million of various
national races such as
Kayin, Kayah, Pa-O, Mon,
Bamar, Rakhine and Shan.
According to the census
collected in 2004, the
Kayin national population
of Kayin State stood at
more than 830,000. So, it
indicated that in Kayin
State, half the population
were made up of Kayin
nationals and another half
other national races.
Of the population
of over 54 million of
Myanmar, the number of
Kayin nationals stands
nearly 3.5 million. The
Kayin nationals live in all
the 14 states and divisions
together with people of
other national races. And
the majority of the
population of more than
3.5 million live in
Ayeyawady Division. The
population of Ayeyawady
Division is about 7.5
million, about 1.5 million
of which are Kayin
nationals.
In the past, KNU
insurgents lorded it over
the national people in
Ayeyawady Division.
Later local people
including Kayin nationals
could no longer tolerate
KNU’s wrongful ‘Look
West’ policy and terrorist
acts, and joined hands with
the Tatmadaw in
eliminating KNU
insurgents. As a result,
Ayeyawady Division has
been changed into a white
area or insurgent free area
with stability, peace and
development. Similarly,
local people inclusive of
Kayin nationals living in
other states and divisions
have enjoyed fruitful
results of unprecedented
stability, peace and
progress due to the fact
that 17 major national race
armed groups and other
small armed groups
returned to the legal fold
and made peace with the
government.
Indeed, the armed
struggle line and wrong
policies of KNU
insurgents are disrupting
the interests of the entire
national people including
Kayin nationals and the
entire Union including
Kayin State. In
consequence, more than
5,000 members broke
away from KNU and
formed DKBA, and rose
against KNU. Likewise,
thousands of members of
the group led by Phado
Aung San and the group
led by U Saw Tha Mu He,
the group led by U Saw
Phe Re Mo and the group
led by U Ko Gyi left KNU
and exchanged arms for
peace. Now, the strength
of KNU insurgents who
stay on the border of the
two nations under the
pretext of refugee camps
is only about 3,500.
The number of
remnant KNU insurgents
of about 3,500 accounts
for only 0.1 per cent if
compared with the 3.5
million Kayin nationals
that live in various parts
of the nation. And it
accounts for only 0.42
per cent if compared
with the population of
over 830,000 Kayin
nationals of Kayin State.
So, the ratio of Kayin
nationals to KNU
insurgents stands at 100
to less than one.
Hence, it is
apparent that KNU
members represent
neither Kayin nationals
in Kayin State nor Kayin
nationals in the entire
Union, and Kayin
nationals in Kayin State
are not in favour of
KNU’s ‘Look West’
policy and terrorists acts.
Kayin national people
in other states and
divisions do not
recognize at all the
existence of KNU
insurgents. Nevertheless,
certain Western powers
and their minions are
helping the remnant
KNU insurgents survive.
But, the national people
are well convinced of the
intention behind their
help. The position of
KNU members will get
worse so long as they
continue to dance to
the tune of their
masters. The KNU’s
too much reliance on
external elements and
perpetration of
terrorists acts fill Kayin
national people as well
as the entire national
people of more than 54
million with disgust.
It is because KNU
had committed a variety
of atrocities on the people
throughout its armed
insurgency. Their
sabotages and violent acts
had been put on record
with concrete evidences
in the book titled
“History of Internal
Armed Insurgency”. In
1948 and 49, KNU
committed violent and
terrorist acts for 110
times and armed
robberies 35 times, and
robbed the government
treasury 13 times. The
acts they committed later
are countless. They
blasted the trains plying
between Yangon and
Mandalay and between
Yangon and Mawla-
myine and killed the
passengers many times. It
is very spine-tingling if
one studies the massacre
of entire local people in
Maymyo (now
PyinOoLwin) and Pyu
townships KNU
insurgents committed in
1949 were like genocide
the Nazis committed in
the past. The acts of
KNU are, in fact, ethnic
cleansing. However, in
spite of their knowledge,
Western masters and their
associates are levelling
accusations against the
government to cover the
acts of KNU.
(See page 10)
10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 May, 2006
KNU in reality is ......
Photo shows houses burnt down in Myawady in April 1989, one of the atrocities committed byKNU terrorists.
Documentary photo on derailment of Mandalay-Yangon Express Train due to mine planted by KNU terrorists on 10-1-88.
(from page 9)
On 22 November 1953, Kayin insurgent Bo
Ya Kyaw and members blasted the passenger train
that left Sittoung and when it reached near Naungkalar
Village and robbed all the belongings of the
passengers. Besides, they abducted about 50 young
women, 20 of them were raped by Bo Ya Kyaw and
his followers. Such Kayin insurgents as Lin Htin,
Hsa Lan and Pha Lu Kyaw were very notorious as
womanizers. Lin Htin took 45 wives. Hsa Lan over
120 till 1963 when he was arrested by the Tatmadaw.
Pha Lu Kyaw took more than 150 young wives.
Thousands of national race young women such as
Kayin, Mon and Bamar got into great troubles due
to the sexual violence committed by Kayin
insurgents. The newspapers at that time branded Lin
Htin as a great pot of lust. In fact, it is KNU
members and their associate insurgents who are
licensed to rape. But internal and external
destructive elements are accusing the Tatmadaw of
being licensed to rape.
Among the most violent acts committed by
KNU insurgents, one act that took place in 1954
was spine-chilling.
It was in 1954. The KNU insurgents attacked
the Sittoung-Mottama train and took away more than
40 university girl students returning home on holiday
and 20 other young women by force. The insurgents
handed over these young women as well as some
lasses arrested from Mon villages to KMT Maj-Gen
Lawli in exchange for arms and ammunition. The
KNUs are still committing similar atrocities. They
are really responsible for terrorism and human
trafficking in Myanmar. However, the
masterminds abroad have always let them go scot-
free and levelled unfounded accusations against
the Tatmadaw government of Myanmar. Why
these masterminds are doing so is as plain as day.
These university girlstudents and other young
women went to the dogs as the KNU insurgents had
placed them in the hands of KMT who intruded into
our country. Later, the KNUs have sent saboteurs to
destroy the life and property of people by planting
mines and setting villages ablaze hundreds of times.
In March, 1988, the KNU insurgents raided
the Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda and made off with the cash
donated by people. Pilgrims — monks as well as lay
persons — were killed and wounded. Also in March,
1990, they attacked the people who visited the
Sandawya Pagoda Festival and made away with
donations. They also pounced upon passenger buses
and craft many a time. On 3 February, 1991, they
mined the motorcade of Mingun Sayadaw U
Vicittasara Bhivamsa, Secretary Sayadaw of the State
Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee, who was on his
way from Dawei to Thayetchaung. Five people were
injured but the Sayadaw escaped unhurt.
Not only that, a motorcade carrying the statue
of the Alantayar Sayadaw, monks and lay person was
mined near Kyarinn village in Kayin State, killing
and wounding some monks and lay persons.
Cruel and inhumane acts of terror by the
KNU insurgents were bittter experiences for the
government and the entire people. But the
government let the past be past and kept the peace
door open to the KNUs for a long time in view of
national solidarity.
However, the KNUs, capitalizing on the
government’s building of peace, are trying to make
the internaltional community think that they want
peace but at the same time committing terror acts.
And they are making a political profit out of refugee
camps.
It is very disheartening to see the master hands
from the West trying to control the political situation
in Myanmar by using the KNUs and supporting, as
always, whatever the latter do. So long as there are
KNU insurgents and expatriates in the border area,
they will always be in a position to make groundless
accusations about Myanmar. With this end in view,
the masterminds from the West are grooming the
KNU insurgents and their fellow terrorists.
The KNU insurgents do not serve the interests
of Kayin nationals in theory or in practice. However,
the Western masterminds always stand by the KNUs.
They do so not for the sake of Myanmar and Kayin
nationals and for democracy and human rights but
for their own interests — politically and militarily.
In reality, the KNUs are a handful of
mercenaries. They are just the puppets dancing to
the tune of their foreign masters. They are the
terrorists who constantly commit various kinds of
destructive acts, massacre and human trafficking and
who uproot the local people. In reality, they are
national traitors attempting to shatter our national
goal for a peaceful, modern and developed nation by
relying on the West.
Translation: TMT + ST + MS + NN
* * *
THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 May, 2006 11
China, India pledge to deepenmilitary exchanges
BEIJING, 30 May —The Chinese and Indiandefence ministers on Mon-day pledged to deepenmilitary exchanges be-tween the two armedforces.
Chinese DefenceMinister Cao Gangchuansaid during the talks herewith his Indian counter-part Pranab Mukherjeethat the Chinese Govern-ment hoped peace, stabi-lity and economic growthwould continue in theSouth Asia region.
Cao, also vice-chair-man of the Central Mili-tary Commission and statecouncilor, said the Chi-
nese Government sup-ported efforts of SouthAsian nations to push forregional cooperation.
Friendship and mu-tually-beneficial coopera-tion were in the funda-mental interests of Chinaand India, and were con-ducive to the peace, sta-bility and development ofAsia and the world, Caosaid.
Mukherjee said Indiaattached great importanceto the strategic and coope-rative partnership withChina. The Indian Gov-ernment would work withChina on the basis of mu-tual respect and mutual
trust to continue deepen-ing defence and militaryexchanges.
Mukherjee arrived inBeijing on Sunday for asix-day visit as a guest ofCao.
This is Mukherjee’sfirst trip to China since theassumption of his post in2004. He is expected tomeet and hold talks withChinese leaders andsenior military officers.
The Indian ministerwill also visit northwestChina’s Gansu Provinceand Shanghai Municipal-ity, the country’s eco-nomic hub in east China.
MNA/Xinhua
KUALA LUMPUR, 30May— The Non-AlignedMovement (NAM) onMonday accepted twonew members, Domini-can Republic as well asAntigua and Barbuda,thus bringing its totalmembership to 116.
Malaysian ForeignMinister Syed HamidAlbar made the an-nouncement at the NAMCoordinating Bureau(NAM-CoB) MinisterialMeeting in the adminis-trative centre of Putra-jaya.
International cash aid forIndonesian quake tops $47m
YOGYAKARTA (In-donesia), 30 May — Anumber of countries havepledged aid totalling 47.7million US dollars foremergency response to In-donesia’s earthquake-stricken Java Island, agovernment spokesmansaid on Monday evening.
“The figure conti-nues to rise,” Foreign Af-fairs Ministry spokesmanYuri Thamrin was quoted
by the Antara news agencyas saying.
The financial aid of-fers came from Australia,Britain, Canada, China,Cuba, France, Germany,Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia,Norway, Saudi Arabia,Russia, Singapore, SouthKorea, the EuropeanUnion and the UnitedStates, he said.
The Indonesian Gov-ernment has given permits
for foreign planes carry-ing relief supplies andparamedics to land in thequake zone.
Cargo planes fromSingapore and Malaysialanded Sunday while thosefrom China, Qatar, SaudiArabia, the United ArabEmirates and the UnitedStates are expected toarrive on Mondayevening.
MNA/Xinhua
NAM accepts two new members Dominican Repub-
lican’s head of delega-tion Crispin S Gregoiresaid his country has beenan NAM observer formany years and feelshonoured to join theNAM.
“Even though we areonly a small country, wehave been in the UnitedNations since 1978, af-ter our independencefrom Britain. Today, wejoin the world commu-nity, the committee ofdeveloping nations,which is a great honour
for our country,”Gregoire told theBernama news agency.
Meanwhile, Anti-gua and Barbuda’s Per-manent Representative tothe United Nations JohnW Ashe expressed hiscountry’s appreciationfor the NAM’s decision.
Dominican Repub-lic is an island state inthe Caribbean archi-pelago while Antigua andBarbuda is located be-tween the Caribbean Seaand the North AtlanticOcean. — MNA/Xinhua
Colombia’s Catalina Castano returns a shot to Japan’s AikoNakamura at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris’
Roland Garros Stadium, on 29 May , 2006. — INTERNET
12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 May, 2006
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Children draw animals on six pieces of fabrics, each 9-metre long and 0.9-metre wide, at the Youth Centre in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s
Zhejiang Province,on 27 May, 2006.—INTERNET
Indian Defence Chiefstarts 6-day China visit
Chinese farmers encouragedto start their own business
Nepal to construct highwayto link with China
Over 400 kids killed in conflicts in Nepal
BEIJING, 29 May—Indian Defence MinisterPranab Mukherjee ar-rived in Beijing Sundayafternoon for talks withChinese officials on Sino-Indian military ties.
“As guest of hisChinese counterpart CaoGangchuan, Mukherjeewill visit China fromSunday to next Friday,”sources with the ChineseMinistry of NationalDefence said.
This is Mukherjee’sfirst trip to China since theassumption of his post in
2004, during which, he isexpected to meet and holdtalks with Chinese leadersand senior military officers.
“The visit is with theobjective of keeping ourrelationship warm and alsoto expand our areas ofcooperation,” Mukherjeesaid prior to his China trip.
The Indian Ministerwill travel to northwesternChina’s Gansu Provinceand Shanghai Munici-pality, the country’seconomic hub in eastChina.
MNA/Xinhua
KATHMANDU, 29 May— A senior govern-mentofficial has said that Nepalis set to construct highwayto link Nepal with TibetAutonomous Region(TAR) of China, with thehelp of the ChineseGovernment, state runRadio Nepal reported onSunday.
“With the help ofthe Chinese Government,we are going to startconstruction of themuch-hyped Syafrubesi-Rasuwagadhi highwaythis year,” the radioquoted Ram SharanMahat, Finance Ministerof Nepal, as saying.
MNA/Xinhua
BEIJING, 29 May—Chinese Vice-PremierHui Liangyu on Sundayencouraged farmers tostart their own businessesas a way out of poverty.
He said increasingfarmer’s income is astrategic and importanttask for governments.
“The construction ofa new socialist countrysideand the comprehensiveand sustainable economicand social developmentrequire new types offarmers who have basicknowledge of bothfarming techniques andbusiness,” he said.
He said at a national
meeting for awarding eliteprivate businessmen onSunday that governmentsat all levels shouldestablish favourablepolicies and laws toencourage farmers to starttheir own businesses.
He said China has ahuge rural market that offersbig potential for rural labouremployment and farmer-initiated businesses.
MNA/Xinhua
KATHMANDU, 29May— A total of 460children below the age of16 were killed during thearmed conflicts that beganin February 1996 in Nepal,National Resource Centreon Children in Conflict(NRCCC) said here onSunday.
“Most of thosechildren died due to straybombs and other ex-
plosives left behind byboth security forces andguerillas, NRCCC, a non-government organization,said in a Press statement.
Altogether 535children including 150girls were physicallyinjured over the lastdecade of armed conflictsin the country, the state-ment noted.
MNA/Xinhua
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build makeshift shelters BANTUL (Indonesia), 29 May — Using fabric, plastic and anything that
could be pulled from the rubble of the deadly Indonesian earthquake, survivorsconstructed makeshift shelters on Sunday as they waited for international aidto arrive.
Aid agencies saybetween 100,000 and200,000 people have beenleft homeless by Satur-day’s 6.3 magnitudequake, which particularlydevastated the Bantul areanear the ancient royal cityof Yogyakarta, about 440kilometres (270 miles) eastof the Indonesian capitalJakarta.
UNICEF spokesmanJohn Budd said 40 per centof the homeless were under18.The death toll fromthe quake, centred justoffshore, stands at morethan 4,600, and up to 20,000people have been injured.
“We desperately needtents, the kind of aidcoming here has beenlimited so far. We haveonly received instantnoodles,” Yudi Rahardjotold Reuters outside hisruined house in the farmingvillage of Karangtalunwhere his sister was stilltrapped.
Rahardjo said he tried tosleep on a badminton fieldbut had been kept awake byovernight rain.
Another Karangtalunlocal, Jumilah, whose father
died in the quake, was seenpicking up the roof tiles ofher collapsed home.
“I am just picking upevery single thing,” she saidas she piled the tiles in herarms. “All of our basic foodis now squashed, includingthe rice, so we need help.”
A truck carrying cleanwater arrived in the villagebut most residents said whatthey needed most was foodand tents.“The mostimportant thing is to givetents, staying in the open airarea may be fine for oneday but after that it’s notOK,” said Captain Mulyadihead of military in thedistrict in Imogiri.
But UNICEF’s Buddsaid that while aid wasbeginning to get throughto Bantul, which accountedfor more than 2,000 of thedeaths reported so far andwhere most buildings wereflattened, treating theinjured was still thepriority. Red Crossspokeswoman TeresitaUspadin said the agencyhad started bringing in anddistributing 1,000 tents inBantul, but said water andfood were also desperately
needed.“There are some areas
where there is no safedrinking water,” Uspadinsaid. Aid agencies said thespread of disease is a keyconcern in the first daysafter such a disaster, but itwas not yet posing aproblem.
MNA/Reuters
European rocket orbits telecomsatellites for Mexico, Thailand PARIS, 29 May — A European space consortium
rocket placed into orbit two telecommunications satellitesfor Mexico and Thailand after blasting off from FrenchGuiana on Saturday evening. The Ariane-5 rocket,designed to launch payloads of up to 10 tons, lifted offfrom the Europe’s launch centre in Kourou, about 40miles from French Guiana’s capital of Cayenne, at about6:10 pm (2210 GMT).
Reaching an altitude of about 1,400 kilometres, the rocketreleased into orbit Mexico’s Satmex 6, a 5.7-ton satellite,about 27 minutes after takeoff.
Five minutes later, the rocket orbited the Thaicom 6satellite, for a Thai private telecommunications operator,completing the launch.Thaicom will provide tele-communications and television broadcasting throughoutAsia, the Pacific, Europe and Africa. The launch wasoriginally scheduled for Friday but was put off because ofequipment alerts. Arianespace, the commercial arm of the13-country European Space Agency, has scheduled fourmore Ariane rockets to launch this year. The launch of theAriane-5 rocket on Saturday was the second in 2006 andthe 23rd successful flight for Ariane launchers, acompany statement said.— MNA/Xinhua
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi delivers his openingremarks at the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the NAMat the Putrajaya International Convention Centre in Putrajaya, Malayisa, on
29 May, 2006. —INTERNET
Michael Jackson smiles after receiving the LegendAward at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan
2006 in Tokyo on 27 May, 2006.—INTERNET
Annan urged to help stop “Syrian violations” BEIRUT, 29 May —
Lebanese ProgressiveSocialist Party (PSP)urged UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan tosupport Lebanon and putan end to Syrianinterference, local news-paper the Daily Starreported on Saturday.
According to thereport, the PSP stressedon Friday “the continuousSyrian violations ofLebanese sovereignty” ina letter sent to the UNSecurity Council, theInternational SocialistParty, the European Unionand other internationalhuman rights groups.
“Syria is still exertingall forms of intimidationagainst the Lebanese,violating their territories,attacking the LebaneseArmy directly or throughPalestinian organizations
and carrying out smug-gling operations”, said theletter.
The PSP also said thatan arrest warrant issuedby Damascus against the
party leader Walid Jum-blatt violated inter-national law.
The warrant relayedto Beirut this week viaInterpol demanded
Jumblatt be broughtbefore a Syrian militarycourt to face charges of“slander and incitinghatred” against Damascus.
MNA/Xinhua
WHO to see if patent systemkeeps drugs from poor
GENEVA, 29 May — The World HealthOrganization said on Saturday it would examinewhether the international drug patent systemprevents developing countries from obtainingneeded medicines, vaccines and diagnostic tests.
Spurred on by Braziland Kenya, the 192 WHOmembers agreed at an annualmeeting in Geneva to launchan inter-governmental groupto look for gaps in medicalresearch and development,and draw up a global strategyto ensure the health needs ofpoor people are met.
The WHO said the groupwould integrate the findingsof an April report by formerSwiss president RuthDreifuss, which criticized theexisting drug development,marketing and pricingsystem, saying it largelyneglected the poor.
The report, commission-ed by the WHO in 2003, didnot call for a weakening ofpatent rights but urged big
companies to reduce theprice of medicines sold todeveloping countries and toavoid filing for patentprotection there. The WHOsaid the new group, open toall interested countries, wouldpay particular attention towhether research investmentmatched health needs,including diseases com-mon to poor countries suchas AIDS, malaria andtuberculosis Ellen 't Hoen ofthe Medicins Sans Frontierescampaign for access toessential medicines descri-bed the WHO announce-ment as a "breakthroughagreement" which she saidcould lead to better access todrugs for millions of people.
MNA/Reuters
A man takes a photograph of a 1959 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud at a classic carshow in Tehran on 29 May, 2006.—INTERNET
14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 May, 2006
S P O R T S
Brazilian striker Ronaldinho shots a corner during a training sessionat Thermoplan arena in Weggis, central Switzerland, on 29 May, 2006.Brazil will play against Australia, Croatia and Japan in group F at the
upcoming 2006 Soccer World Cup in Germany.—INTERNET
Thailand’s Paradorn Srichaphanplays a shot to James Blake of the US
during the French Open tennistournament at Roland Garros in
Paris on 29 May, 2006. —INTERNET
Japan’s head coach Zico (R) of Brazil gives direc-tions to midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata (16) during a
practice session in Bonn on 29 May, 2006.INTERENT
FIFA urged to restore smokingban for World Cup
GENEVA, 30 May— Health advocacy groups onMonday urged FIFA to ban smoking at next month'sWorld Cup in Germany after soccer's governing bodydropped a smoke-free rule adopted in 2002.
Instead of barring smoking at stadiums, expected todraw about three million people during the month-longtournament starting June 9, FIFA said it would ask fansvoluntarily to refrain.
"An outright ban will not apply," FIFA said in astatement describing a campaign of posters, audio andvideo announcements and "and mantra-like repetitionof the key phrase 'No Smoking Please'" to discouragespectators from lighting up. Sinead Jones, director of theInternational Union Against Cancer's global smoke freepartnership, said the voluntary policy meant smokingwould be freely permitted throughout the stadiums.
"They are saying to fans 'don't smoke', but on theother hand there will be absolutely no enforcementthere," said Jones, whose organization is appealing forthe German tournament to be smoke-free like the lastWorld Cup in Japan and South Korea.
Noting that FIFA is selling branded lighters andashtrays during the tournament, she said the campaignsent fans a mixed message about tobacco and sports.
"The whole thing is really inconsistent. It seems likea backward step," Jones said.
The World Health Organization (WHO) signed adeal with FIFA four years ago to make the 2002 WorldCup venues tobacco-free, as are the Olympic Games, ina deal it hoped would set a precedent for future tourna-ments. But FIFA declined to renew the agreement forthe 2006 event after discussions with the German Gov-ernment and the local organizing committee.
Phone calls seeking comment from FIFA and theorganizing committee in Frankfurt were not imme-diately returned.—MNA/Reuters
Beckenbauer says fan poweris key for Germany
BERLIN, 30 May— Germany's World Cup organizing commit-tee president Franz Beckenbauer now believes the hosts areamong the favourites to win the tournament starting next monthbecause of the enthusiastic home crowds.
Ronaldo brushes aside weight speculation WEGGIS, 30 May—Brazil striker Ronaldo says that continued speculation
about his weight is created by lack of knowledge and by the media havingnothing better to talk about.
Ronaldo’s room topsRonaldinho’s in online auction
ZURICH, 30 May— Ronaldo’s hotel room toppedthat of team mate Ronaldinho's in an online auction,fetching 1,010 Swiss francs (825.8 US dollars) for aone-night stay in the room of Brazil's leading strikerafter the team's stay in Switzerland.
Japan’s Ono putting team glory firstBONN (Germany), 30 May — Japan’s Shinji
Ono has resigned himself to a place on the bench forhis country’s World Cup opener against Australia.Injured Jamaican referee
out of World Cup ZURICH, 30 May— Jamaican referee Peter
Prendergast has pulled out of the World Cup finalsafter injuring a knee, FIFA announced on Monday.
Under the new system of fielding the referee and histwo assistants working together as a team at the finals,linesmen Anthony Garwood of Jamaica and JosephTaylor of Trinidad & Tobago, are also now out of thetournament. In a statement FIFA explained that medi-cal examinations confirmed that Prendergast wouldnot be fit enough to officiate at any matches at the finalswhich start on 9 June.
FIFA will announce their replacements later. Prendergast is the second referee to be withdrawn
from the tournament after Italy's Massimo De Santiswas pulled out by the Italian Football Federation. DeSantis is under investigation in a probe into possiblesoccer fraud in Italy.—MNA/Reuters
"I was surprised thatRonaldo came out on top,"said assistant managerPhilipp Musshafen at thePark Hotel in Weggis,which launched the eBayauction.
The Brazilian team setup camp at the luxury hotelat the foot of the Swiss Alpslast week to train for theWorld Cup in neighbour-ing Germany next month.
Ronaldinho's hotel roomfetched 850 francs. In totalthe five rooms auctioned,including those of Kaka,Adriano and RobertoCarlos, reaped 3,200 francs.
"We will donate theamount to a Brazilian in-stitution," Park Hotel'sMusshafen said.
The winners will spendthe night of June 3 at thehotel, just hours after the
Brazilians move out at theend of their two-week stay.
They will also be givensigned Brazilian footballshirts. Normal rates for thefive rooms on offer rangefrom 480 to 780 Swissfrancs each.
MNA/Reuters
Beckenbauer, who in recentmonths had sounded pessimisticabout Germany's chances, wrotein a column for Bild newspaperthat Germany are among theteams to beat after they crushedLuxembourg 7-0 before a fren-zied crowd in Freiburg on Satur-day. "We're not the favouritebased on what we've got butclearly a co-favourite becausewe'll be playing at home," wroteBeckenbauer, who coached the1990 World Cup winning teamand was captain of the 1974 sidethat beat the Netherlands in thefinal.
"The football enthusiasm wasnot bad beforehand but now youcan really feel the way everythingis starting to vibrate and everyonecan't wait for the tournament."
Beckenbauer said he was im-pressed with the crowd supportfor Germany at Dreisam stadiumin Freiburg on Saturday.
"The team clearly play betterwhen they're fired on by the homecrowd," he said. "The recent recordhas been been eight wins, fourdraws and only one defeat in Ger-man stadiums -- and that loss wasagainst Brazil in the Confed Cup.
MNA/Reuters
The Phenomenal Oneendured a frustrating sea-son at Real Madrid,puncuated by a series ofminor injuries and sugges-tions that was fighting alosing battle against theflab.
"It doesn't bother mein the slightest," saidRonaldo, who has alreadybeen named in Brazil's
starting line-up for theiropening world Cup matchagainst Croatia on 13June.
"I think it's all down toa lack of knowledge. Af-ter all, what is fat," he said,looking in the direction ofa group of radio reportersamid laughter.
"People have been talk-ing about it for so long
that nowadays I just takeit as a joke.
"Nobody ever takesabout exact numbers,about the percentage offat. It's down to a lack ofknowledge, a lack of in-formation and a lack ofsomething better to talkabout."
Ronaldo, 29, has notplayed a competitive gamesince 8 April, when helimped out of Real Ma-drid's 1-1 draw with RealSociedad with an injury tohis right thigh.
He has taken part inBrazil's training as usualand says he only needs towin back match fitness.
"This is like a pre-sea-son for me, I'm comingback from injury and Ihaven't played for one anda half months," he said."I'm very happy and I'mgetting on with my job."
Ronaldo, who will betaking part at his fourthWorld Cup, finished astopscorer in 2002 witheight goals as Brazil wonan unprecedented fifthworld title.
MNA/Reuters
Once an automaticchoice, the formerFeyenoord midfielderlooks likely to be amongthe substitutes for Japan’sGroup F clash with GuusHiddink’s “Socceroos” onJune 12.
“It’s not as if I’venever been on the benchbefore,” smiled Ono onSunday, 48 hours before
Japan meet World Cuphosts Germany in a warm-up game in Leverkusen.
“I’m on stand-by toplay and just hope I get thechance to play at the WorldCup.”
Ono had a frustratingWorld Cup in 2002 afterbeing struck down by ap-pendicitis before the tour-nament.—MNA/Reuters
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WEATHERTuesday, 30 May, 2006
Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thunder-showers have been isolated in Kayah State and MagwayDivision, scattered in lower Sagaing, Ayeyawady andTaninthayi Divisions, fairly widespread in upperSagaing and Yangon Divisions and widespread in theremaining States and Divisions with locally heavyfallin Rakhine State and isolated heavyfall in upper SagaingDivision. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recordedwere Kyauktaw (8.15) inches, Hkamti (4.64) inches,Kyaukpyu (3.19) inches, Maungtaw (3.15) inches,Thaton (1.69) inches, Sittway (1.41) inches, Myitkyina(1.38) inches and Kyaukse (1.34) inches.
Maximum temperature on 29-5-2006 was 89°F.Minimum temperature on 30-5-2006 was 70°F. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 30-5-2006 was(85%). Total sunshine hours on 29-5-2006 was (5.5)hours approx.
Rainfalls on 30-5-2006 were (0.31) inch atMingaladon, (0.71) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.58) inchat Central Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were(14.76) inches at Mingaladon, (18.70) inches at Kaba-Aye and (19.72) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (15) mph fromEast at (14:15) hours MST on 29-5-2006.
Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the Northand Central Bay and moderate elsewhere in the Bay ofBengal.
Forecast valid until evening of 31-5-2006:Rain or thundershowers will be widespread in Kachin,Chin and Rakhine States, upper Sagaing and TaninthayiDivisions, fairly widespread in Shan, Mon and KayinStates, lower Sagaing, Bago, Ayeyawady and YangonDivisions and scattered in the remaining States andDivisions with isolated heavyfall in Rakhine State.Degree of certainty is (80%).
State of the sea: Squalls with rough sea arelikely at times off and along Rakhine Coast. Surfacewind speed in squalls may reach (35) to (40) mph.Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.
Outlook for subsequent two days: Strongmonsoon.
Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 31-5-2006: Isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).
Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 31-5-2006: Some rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).
Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 31-5-2006: Isolated rain or thundershow-ers. Degree of certainty is (80%).
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China to make Olympics a smoke-free zoneBEIJING, 30 May— China vowed on Monday to organize a “non-smoking” Olympic Games, but
health officials admitted that changing the habits of 350 million smokers would be difficult.China would enforce
a ban on smoking in pub-lic places, a Health Minis-try official told a newsconference on Monday,with those places that of-fer services to children atop concern.
“Smoking will bebanned at all Olympic-designated hospitals by the
end of 2007,” Xinhuanews agency quotedZhang Bin as saying.
The ban would alsoapply to public transportand in offices, Zhang said,acknowledging thatchanging habits would behard.
“China faces manyobstacles to overcome in
hosting a non-smokingOlympics,” he said.
The ministry’s vowcomes as Beijing passesthe 10th anniversary of itsban on smoking in publicplaces.
In practice, many ofthe capital’s millions ofsmokers habitually ignorethe bans given that they
run only a slight risk ofpunishment or complaintfrom bystanders.
“We need consistentefforts to wake up the pub-lic, tell those smokers inpublic places that they aredamaging the health ofpeople around them, andencourage our numb fel-lows to stand up againstsuch behaviour,” a ChinaDaily editorial said thismonth.
China is the world’slargest producer and con-sumer of cigarettes withnearly 2 trillion sticks con-sumed a year.
Tax on cigarettescontributed 159 billionyuan (19.8 billion US dol-lars) to the government in2005, around 5 per cent offiscal revenues.
The World HealthOrganization estimatesthat smoking kills 1.2 mil-lion people a year in China.
MNA/ReutersIn this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, children playchess during the 15th international chess contest held at DingfuzhuangNo 4 Primary School in Chaoyang District of Beijing, capital of China,on 28 May, 2006. More than 260 children from this school and foreigncountries including the United States, Japan, and Singapore took part
in this contest on 28 May, 2006. —INTERNET
5th Waxing of Nayon 1368 ME Wednesday, 31 May, 2006
The State Peace and Development CouncilThe Law Amending the Leave and Holidays Act, 1951(The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 6/2006)
The 4th Waxing of Nayon 1368 M.E.(30 May, 2006)
The State Peace and Development Council hereby enacts the following Law:
1. This Law shall be called the Law Amending the Leave and Holidays
Act, 1951.
2. In the Leave and Holidays Act, 1951:
(a) The expression “not exceeding four hundred kyats per month”
contained in sub-section (4) of section 2 shall be deleted.
(b) Sub-section (1) of section 4 shall be substituted as follows:
(1) Every employee who has completed a period of twelve
months continuous service shall be granted earned leave with
average wages or average pay for a period of ten consecu-
tive days by his employer during the subsequent period of
twelve months.
(c) The expression “twenty-four days” contained in sub-section (2) of
section 4 shall be substituted by the expression “twenty days”.
3. The expression “Inspector” contained in sections 12, 14, 15 and 16 of
the Leave and Holidays Act, 1951 shall be substituted respectively by the ex-
pression “Inspection Officer.”
(See page 2)
YANGON, 30 May— Minister forLivestock and Fisheries Brig-GenMaung Maung Thein, accompanied byDirector-General U Maung MaungNyunt of Livestock Breeding and Vet-erinary Department, on 26 May wentto Myittha Township in Mandalay Di-vision and inspected breeding andhatchery of Tilavia at Kume FishBreeding Camp in Kume.
On his tour of Shan State (North)the next day, the minister and Com-mander of the North-East CommandBrig-Gen Aung Than Htut went to the
Minister calls for conductinglivestock breeding tasks
5,000-acre highland cultivation inLashio and the rubber cultivation of aprivate company and called on officialsconcerned to fully engage in livestockbreeding and rubber cultivation.
At the highland cultivationproject, over 1,000 acres have been putunder the pine apple, honey orange andother plants so far.
During his tour, the minister alsoinspected the pig farm of the LivestockBreeding and Veterinary Department inLashio and fulfilled the requirements.
MNA
Myanmar mobilizing local strengths toachieve millennium development goals
and Working Together for HealthYANGON, 30 May—
Minister for Health DrKyaw Myint representedMyanmar at the 59thWorld Health Conferenceheld in Geneva, Switzer-land from 22 to 27 May.
At the World HealthOrganization preliminarymeeting of health minis-ters of Southeast AsiaRegion held on 21 May,he dealt with health mat-ters to be presented by re-gional countries to the59th conference.
The Myanmar del-egation led by the minis-
ter attended the openingof the conference. Meet-ing chairman Minister ofHealth of MozambiqueProfessor Paulo IvoGarrido delivered an in-troductory speech.
The minister also at-tended the committee (A)meeting and discussionson respective subjects.
On the morning of 23May, he addressed the59th conference, sayingthat Myanmar is makingefforts in various sectorsto achieve millenniumdevelopment goals.
Myanmar is in full sup-port of the efforts madein accordance with thegoal of the conference —Working Together forHealth. In 2006, somemembers of WHO facedavian influenza. But, thedisease is now under con-trol thanks to the assist-ance and effective man-agement of the WHO.Myanmar saw the diseasein March 2006 but therehas been no infection tohuman. Myanmar is im-plementing the NationalAvian Influenza Preven-
tion and Pandemic Pre-paredness Plan. It isstrengthening cooperationwith the WHO and UNagencies for disease pre-vention and treatments. Itis also doing its best toimplement InternationalHealth Regulation.
(See page 7)
Ayeyawady, Bago and YangonDivisions are the regions whererice is mainly grown. Therefore, itis necessary to make concertedefforts not only to increase theper-acre yield in the cultivation ofrice in these regions but also toextend the cultivation of cotton,sugar cane, corn and beans andpulses.
I N S I D E
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Commander Brig-Gen Aung Than Htut and Minister Brig-GenMaung Maung Thein inspect the livestock farm in Lashio.
LIVESTOCK & FISHERIES
Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint addresses the 59th WorldHealth Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. — MNA
In a bid to combat AIDS in Myanmar,the Ministry of Health and other con-genial ministries are implementing theNational Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS(2006-2011) in cooperation with theWHO and UNAIDS.
Every employee who has completed aperiod of twelve months continuousservice shall be granted earned leave
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