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1st Waxing of Tazaungmon 1368 ME Saturday, 21 October, 2006Volume XIV, Number 188

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

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Oct— Prime Minister Gen-eral Soe Win met with lo-cal authorities at the cityhall in Myitkyina on 18October.

Also present at themeeting were member ofthe State Peace and Devel-opment Council Lt-Gen YeMyint, Chairman ofKachin State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of NorthernCommand Maj-Gen OhnMyint, the ministers, the

Chief duty of service personnel to provide necessaryassistance for raising living standard of people

Local administrative bodies comprising servicepersonnel have to perform the duties of the Statein security, administration, economic and socialsectors through coordination and cooperation

Prime Minister meets Kachin State, District and Township officialsdeputy ministers, officialsof the State Peace and De-velopment Council Officeand the Prime Minister’sOffice, departmentalheads, local authorities,members of the Union Soli-darity and DevelopmentAssociation and social or-ganizations, entrepreneursand local people.

Commander Maj-Gen Ohn Myint reportedon rainfall in Kachin State,land utilization, cultiva-tion of monsoon and sum-

mer paddy, edible oil cropsand 10 major crops, sur-plus of food and edibleoil, growing of teak, culti-vation of physic nut, rub-ber, sugarcane and otherperennial crops, GDP ofthe state, power supply andconstruction of roads andbridges.

Departmental offi-cials also presented reportson education, health,power supply and progressof roads and bridges.

(See page 8)

Prime Minister General Soe Win meets officials of Kachin State, district and township at the city hall in Myitkyina.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 21 October, 2006

Saturday, 21 October, 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

Greater efforts forborder area development

In an effort to enhance the living stand-ard of the entire national people the govern-ment is making all-out efforts to bring aboutequitable and harmonious development thelength and breadth of the nation.

Regarding this, a large number of in-frastructures for economic, education, healthand transport sectors are being built. As aresult, trade and closer contacts among na-tional races have contributed largely to re-gional development.

Khaunglanphu, Pannandin, Nagmon,Dawphonyan and Hsinbo in Kachin Stateand Nanyun, Pansawng, Tanai andShinbweyan in Sagaing Division are bordertowns. Priority is being given to better trans-port of those towns in order that regionaldevelopment can be brought about. This hasresulted in remarkable progress in the re-gional development task.

If motor roads leading to Pansawngregion are serviceable all the year roundtrade and commerce with the countriesacross the border will improve.

As Tanai is blessed with favourableweather and geographical conditions na-tional entrepreneurs have come to the re-gion and are engaged in integrated farmingworks. At present, sugarcane, cassava andcrops that suit the region are being grown onthe reclaimed virgin and fallow land alongthe Myitkyina-Tanai motor road.

At a time when the government is ful-filling the requirements of all sectors in dif-ferent regions for regional and national de-velopment the entrepreneurs enlisting thestrength of local people are to lend them-selves to the integrated farming works. Onlythen, will border regions develop fully.

YANGON, 20 Oct — In order to raise awarenessof importance of eating nutritious food for mothers,Yangon Division Women’s Affairs Organization or-ganized educative talks on nutrition here yesterday.

First, Dr Daw Lay Khaing of Subworking Groupfor Health under Yangon Division WAO gave talks onawareness of nutrition and members of Yangon Divi-

Mothers gain knowledge about nutrition

sion WAO, mothers, and invited guests attended theeducative talks held at Myanmar Medical Associationhere.

After the talks, Patron of Yangon Division WAODaw Mar Mar Wai inspected samples of nutritiousfood displayed at the hall of MMA.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Oct — Deputy Minister forRail Transportation U Pe Than together with officialsinspected construction of Kyangin-Okshitpin rail-road section on 13 October.

At the briefing hall, the deputy minister heardreports on progress of the construction and collectionof materials. He later inspected work being done andcalled for timely completion of the tasks.

Next, the deputy minister also inspected recon-struction of Phatashin Bridge and called upon theofficials to expedite work for the completion of tasksbeing carried out.

MNA

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DAD D-G inspects developmentof townships in Mon StateYANGON, 20 Oct — Director-General U Myo

Myint of Development Affairs Department under theMinistry for Progress of Border Areas and NationalRaces and Development Affairs accompanied by de-partmental officials inspected beautifying and greeningtasks of townships in Mon State on 17 October.

The director-general looked into the develop-ment of Paung Township. He proceeded to Thaton andinspected building of roads and water supply tasks in it.On arrival at Bilin Township, he inspected building ofNaungYo-Kyaukyaytwin village laterite road.

In Kyaikto, the director-general inspected con-struction of water tank and water supply tasks. He alsomet with staff of Township Development Affairs Com-mittee and then inspected construction of Moppalin-Sutpanu village gravel road. — MNA

Deputy Minister U Pe Than inspects

construction of Kyangin-Okshitpin

railroad section. — MR

Dr Daw Lay Khaing of Subworking Group of Health of Yangon Division WAO gives talks onnutritious foods for mothers. — MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 21 October, 2006 3

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MOSCOW, 19 Oct — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesdaycalled on the parties involved in the Middle East peace process to be moderateand exercise restraint, Russian news agencies reported.

US military trials ordered in Iraq murder cases WASHINGTON, 19 Oct — US service members will face military trials in three separate cases for the

murders of Iraqi civilians, including the gang rape and murder of a teenage girl and the killing of herfamily in their home in Mahmudiya, the military said on Wednesday.

Australia hit by 4,000 lightning bolts

Putin urges resumption ofMideast peace talks

Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi (C), together with Chinese Kuomintang (KMT)Honorary Chairman Lien Chan (L) and his wife, attends a banquet in Xiamen, southeast China’s Fujian Province, on 18 Oct, 2006.—XINHUA

“The situation in theMiddle East demands thehighest responsibility andrestraint from all partiesconcerned,” the Presidentsaid at a Press conferenceafter talks with visitingIsraeli Prime Minister EhudOlmert. “The only way toovercome the circle ofviolence is to stopaccusations from both sides,to release hostages and toresume peace talks,” Putin

said. “Only a just anduniversal settlementaccepted by all nations willbe secure and enduring.”

Russia, as part of theQuartet of Middle Eastmediators, will keep oncontributing to the swifteststabilization of the situationand the resumption of talks,Putin said.

“The strengthening ofRussian-Israeli relations notonly is in the long-term

interests of the two states,but also contributes toregional and internationalstability,” Putin said.

“An aspiration to jointlycounter challenges andthreats of the 21st century,such as terrorism,extremism, ethnic hatredand local conflicts, unitesour two countries,” he said.

Olmert said the talksconvinced him yet again ofPutin’s friendly attitude toIsrael and his adherence toIsraeli security.

MNA/Xinhua

18 road accident deaths in Malaysia in single day

Italian actress Monica Bellucci poses as she arrivesfor the premiere of her new movie “Me and Napoleon”during the first Rome International Film Festival atthe Auditorium in Rome on 14 Oct, 2006.—INTERNET

An Army Generalordered the court-martialof four soldiers in theMahmudiya case and saidtwo of the four could facedeath if found guilty. Oneof the accused will testifyagainst the others, acc-ording to his WashingtonAttorney, David Sheldon.

Army Major-GeneralThomas Turner alsoordered military trials for

four other soldiers accusedof murdering three Iraqidetainees during a raid ona suspected guerilla campnear Thar Thar Lake,southwest of Tikrit.

In the third case, threeUS Marines will be triedon murder charges in thedeath of an Iraqi gra-ndfather kidnapped fromhis house in Hamdania inthe middle of the night,

the US Marine Corps said. Those cases,

particularly the allegedMahmudiya gang rape, aswell as the killing of 24people in Haditha, havesparked outrage amongIraqis. Mahmudiya ledPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to call for a reviewof foreign troops’ imm-unity from Iraqi pro-secution.

Haditha is still beinginvestigated and noMarines have beencharged.

“I think what today’sevents show is the UnitedStates military is com-mitted to investigating anyallegations of this naturethoroughly and det-ermining the facts of thematter,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Mark Ballesteros,a Pentagon spokesman.

“Clearly the alle-gations aren’t repre-sentative of our de-partment as a whole andthey’re not representativeof the professional conductof the vast majority ofservice members servingin Iraq,” he said.

According to USmilitary prosecutors,former private StevenGreen, who faces chargesin a US civilian court, shotdead 14-year-old AbeerQasim Hamza al-Janabi’sfather, mother and six-year-old sister inMahmudiya, near Bagh-dad, in March.

Green then raped theteenager and killed her,and tried to burn the bodiesand house to concealevidence of the crime.

MNA/Xinhua

SYDNEY, 19 Oct —Thunderstorms sparked4,000 bolts of lightningacross southeasternAustralia on Wednesday,Australia’s Bureau ofMeteorology said.

Senior forecaster NealeFraser said the lightningstrikes in the southeastcorner of New South WalesState heralded the start ofAustralia’s summer stormseason.

“From now on, rightthrough the summer, is thesevere storm season.Certainly from October

onwards until March orApril next year ispotentially severethunderstorm time,” saidFraser.

MNA/ReutersSouth Korean studentsparticipate in amilitary drill duringthe ground forcesfestival held by theDefence Ministry atthe headquarters ofthe armed forces inTaejon, about 200 km(125 miles) south ofSeoul on 18 Oct,2006.—INTERNET

KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Oct— Eighteenpeople were killed in road accidents onthe first day Malaysia launched a roadsafety campaign nationwide during thefestival period, police said Wednesday.

In the 16 fatal road accidents reportedTuesday, nine of the dead weremotorcyclists and two were pillion riders,said Federal Traffic Police Chief NooryahMd Anvar.

Others include a car driver, a lorrydriver and two passengers, a driver ofanother vehicle and two pedestrians,Nooryah said in a statement releasedhere.

Altogether, 1,042 accidents werereported and 8,508 summonses wereissued Tuesday throughout the country,she added.

MNA/Xinhua

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A 32-metre long painting jointly created by 18 famousChinese calligraphers and painters,wasauctionedfor55 million yuan,on 18 Oct, 2006. —INTERNET

A man is seen inside a hot-air balloon during an exhibition at the King’s Cupregatta of balloons in Son Servera on the Spanish Island of Mallorca

on 18 Oct, 2006.—INTERNET

A storm approaches West Palm Beach, Florida,on 6 Sept, 2004. Failing to fight global warmingnow will cost trillions of dollars by the end of the

century, a study said on Friday. —INTERNET

LONDON, 19 Oct—Failure to take action to combat climate change will causeenvironmental catastrophe and cost the global economy $20 trillion (£10.8trillion) a year by the end of the century, the pressure group Friends of theEarth says today.

TOKYO, 19 Oct—Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe said onTuesday he hoped thatJapan can build strategicmutual beneficial relationswith China on the basis ofJapan-China friendship.

Japan hopes to build strategicmutual beneficial ties with China

Abe made the remarkswhen meeting with YotaroKobayashi, chairman ofNew Japan-ChinaFriendship Committee forthe 21st Century on theJapanese side. Kobayashiis scheduled to attend a

committee meeting inQingdao, in east China’sShandong Province onThursday.

The Premier also saidto Kobayashi that hehoped both sides of thecommittee can actively

discuss issues related tolong-term cooperationand make some break-throughs.

New Japan-ChinaFriendship Committee forthe 21st Century wasestablished under theagreement betweenleaders of both countrieswith a goal that intel-lectuals of both sides willstudy the relations from abroad perspectiveincluding politics,economy, culture, scienceand technology, and willmake a proposal and reportto the governments of bothcountries. The committeehas held four meetingssince its birth in July2003.—MNA/Xinhua

Warming will costtrillions, says report

In a report based onresearch from more than100 scientific andeconomic papers, thegroup says allowingglobal warming tocontinue unchecked willmean a temperature riseof 4C by 2100, causingeconomic damage worthup to 8% of global GDP.

The study coincideswith research from the oil

group Shell yesterday,which said the need to findsolutions to climatechange could create a£30bn market for Britishbusiness over the comingdecade.

Shell’s chairman,James Smith, said: “Wedo have to tackle climatechange and that’s a matterfor government, com-panies and individuals as

well, because the costs inthe coming years fromrising sea levels, fromfloods and extremes ofclimate will be too high.

“The cost-benefitequation of action totackle climate change isfavourable.

That’s true not just forthe UK but internationallyas well,” he said on theBBC Radio 4 Todayprogramme.

Internet

Uzbekistan plane crash kills 15TASHKENT, 19 Oct—At

least 15 people, most ofthem soldiers, have beenkilled when an aircraftcrashed in Uzbekistan.

The single-enginedAntonov An-2 planecrashed as it was trying toland at an airport near thecapital, Tashkent.

The Uzbek emer-

gencies ministry said theplane “lost control andcarried out an emergencylanding outside thegrounds of the airport”.

Thirteen soldiers andtwo crewmen died, theministry said. Bad weatherwas suspected to havecaused the crash.

The Antonov is

reported to have been acivilian aircraft hired bythe military for a trainingflight.

The ministry hadappointed a governmentcommission to investigatethe cause of the incident,the AFP news agencyreported. —Internet

Hawaii quake caused more than$40m damage

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INTERNET

HONOLULU, 19 Oct— Last Sunday’s6.7 magnitude Hawaiian earthquake, themost powerful in the Pacific Archipelagoin two decades, caused more than 40million US dollars in damage, accordingto preliminary estimates.

Hawaiian officials said theyexpected the figure to rise as Red Cross,federal emergency teams and engineersscour the islands to assess damages toroads, bridges, schools and otherbuildings.

No deaths or serious injuries werereported in the quake but repeated

aftershocks have jolted Hawaiians asthey struggle to return to normal. Thebiggest — a 4.0 magnitude temblor —hit the islanders early on Tuesdaymorning.

Vindell Hsu, a geophysicist with thePacific Tsunami Warning Centre inHonolulu, said the aftershocks were notstrong enough to generate a tsunami.

Hawaii’s Big Island, a major touristattraction, bore the brunt of the damage.Seven schools were badly hit and theport of Kawaihae was closed.

MNA/Reuters

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Clowns parade in the street of Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on 18 Oct,2006. Over 700 clowns attending the 11th Clown Congress take part in a

carnival on Wednesday. —XINHUA

The Xiezhang Bridge, inYunyang county ofChongqing, is blown apartby demolition expertspaving the way for the thirdwater storage phase of theThree Gorges Project, insouthwest China’s Chong-qing Municipality on17 Oct, 2006—INTERNET

KATHMANDU, 18 Oct—The Nepali NationalNews Agency (RSS) isall set to disseminatehourly news bulletin fromWednesday morning.

According to a releasefrom the RSS on Tuesday,the bulletin service that isto start on a trial basis will

ISLAMABAD, 18 Oct—Pakistan and India willresume in mid-Novemberpeace talks that have beenstalled since bomb blastsin the Indian city ofMumbai in July,Pakistan’s ForeignMinistry said on Tuesday.

The talks betweenforeign secretaries — thetop foreign affairs

BEIJING, 18 Oct—Chinese Defence MinisterCao Gangchuan onTuesday said China willjoin hands with Vietnamto promote the compre-hensive development ofthe relations between thetwo nations and betweenthe two military forces.

Cao made the remarksin a meeting with visitingLe Van Dung, director ofthe general politicaldepartment of the Viet-nam People’s Army.

Cao, also vicechair-man of the Central Milit-ary Commission and State

Pakistan, India to resumepeace talks in mid-Nov

officials — of the nuclear-armed neighbours will beheld on 14 and 15November in New Delhi,the ministry said.

Pakistani PresidentPervez Musharraf andIndian Prime MinisterManmohan Singh agreedto resume the peaceprocess, launched in early2004, during a meeting in

Cuba last month.Foreign secretary talks

were due in July, but Indiacancelled them afterinvestigators said theysuspected Pakistan-basedmilitants were behind the11 July blasts on trains inMumbai that killed 186people and woundedhundreds.

MNA/Reuters

China, Vietnam to further militaryrelationship

Councillor, said as goodneighbours, China andVietnam have increasedmutual political trust andenhanced military ex-changes in recent years.

The frequent ex-changes of high-levelvisits and their con-sensus on developingfriendly ties have playedan important role inhelping bilateral rela-tions maintain a healthand steady deve-lopment, he said.

He said that he issatisfied with the greatprogress that the two

military forces have madeand that China hopes thetwo sides cherish closermilitary exchanges andgreater mutual trust throughcooperation in more areas.

MNA/Xinhua

“RSS” to disseminate hourly news bulletinbe provided to itssubscribers in every onehour daily effective from18 October throughcomputerized system,according to the newprovision.

The first bulletin inNepali will be publishedat 6:30 am (0045 GMT),

while the final one will bedisseminated at 10:30 pm(1645 GMT) at night.

The bulletin, whichused to be released for fivetimes a day, will be nowdistributed for 17 times aday, according to theprovision.

Similarly, Englishnews bulletins will alsobe released in every hourfrom morning beginningat 7 am to 11 pm (0115GMT to 1715 GMT).

Likewise, the inter-national news translationservice will begin from 1pm (0715 GMT) every dayto 9 pm (1515 GMT) atnight with a provision torelease bulletin in aninterval of every two hoursfor five times a day.

The RSS will also bedisseminating flash newsof every important eventsof the day.Visitors lean on a ledge while the landmark Seri Wawasan bridge is seen

through thick haze in Putrajaya, Malaysia on 18 Oct, 2006.—INTERNET MNA/Xinhua

GABORONE, 18 Oct—Botswana’s PresidentFestus Mogae said onMonday that he was gladthat the next UNSecretary-General camefrom Asia.

In an interview withXinhua, Mogae said hisgovernment welcomedSouth Korean ForeignMinister Ban Ki-moon inhis succession of KofiAnnan as the new UNchief.

“Asians support us,and we will give him oursupport,” the Presidentsaid, adding that he hopedBan would be able to beindependent in his newrole.

Ban, 62, a veterancareer diplomat, willbecome the eighth

Suzuki APV export fromIndonesia hits 10,000

JAKARTA, 18 Oct— Japanese carmaker SuzukiMotor Corp has reported the export of minivanAPV from its Indonesian factory already hit10,000 units in the first nine months of the yearto surpass full year sales of 9,318 units lastyear.

Suzuki’s local partner PT Indomobil NiagaInternational claimed sales of 10,357 units innine months to September, leading economicdaily Bisnis Indonesia reported Tuesday.

Indomobil spokesman Priyo Kurnianto saidincreasing export sales are expected to offsetthe slump in domestic sales hurt by fuel pricerises.—MNA/Xinhua

Botswana supports newly-appointed UN chiefSecretary-General in theworld body’s 60-yearhistory. He was one ofseven candidates vying forthe UN chief’s positionand topped all fourinformal polls in the UN

Security Council. Mogae also said that

Botswana supported theUN reform, adding thatAfrica must be repres-ented in the UN SecurityCouncil. — MNA/Xinhua

All 14 sailors saved from sinkingcargo ship in Bohai Sea

BEIJING, 19 Oct— The whole crew of 14 sailors wassaved from a sinking cargo ship in the Bohai Sea onTuesday morning, an official from the Ministry ofCommunications announced.

The cargo ship, 86-metre long and 13.2-metre wide,had 14 sailors and 3,420 tons of goods on board. Itbegan to sink on Tuesday morning after being smashedby high winds 50 nautical miles northwest of DongyingCity, in eastern China’s Shandong Province, said ZhuBaozhu, a rescue official.

Two salvage ships, a fixed-wing plane and ahelicopter were sent to the rescue. The helicopter madetwo flights in strong winds to save all 14 endangeredsailors, Zhu said.

MNA/Xinhua

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Second Myanma Furniture Fair, a contributingfactor for national development

Myanmar Timber, Our Treasure

MYANMAR FURNITURE FAIR-2006

October 21-25, 2006Tatamadaw Hall

As Myanmar has favourable weatherconditions, it is rich in natural resources. Of thesenatural resources, the forestry sector is of utmostimportance. Since the time of successive Myanmarkings, the importance of forests in national economyhas been noticed. Systematic measures were takenfor preservation of forests, timber extraction andcollecting of tax on forests and forest products.

With favourable weather conditions,Myanmar is blessed with flora and fauna. Thereare a variety of timber in Myanma forests. Of them,85 kinds of timber have been produced and arebeing sold. Out of 85 kinds of timber, teak is mostpopular among the world nations. Dr Bran Disk, apioneer in the preservation of forests used to saythat among minerals diamond is peerless and amongwoods teak is unrivaled. This being so, Myanmateak is ranked top in the international forests andforest products market. Myanmar is known for itshigh quality teak. Myanmar is the greatest exporterof teak among four nations where teak growsnaturally. Teak and Myanmar are inseparable.

Therefore, in the international market onlywhen teak is attached to the word “Myanmar” willit be famous and sell well. Teak is being marketedunder the name of Myanmar teak. Some countriessell teak produced from plantations they established.Such teak is not much sought-after for it is not asold as that of Myanmar. However, with an increasein yearly teak demand such teak also finds its ownmarket. Although teak has been in high demand itsproduction is under constraint. Myanma hardwoodincluding teak is extracted under the AnnualAllowable Cut.

As demand has been greater than supply theneed of teak is on the increase yearly, resulting inthe rise of teak price. To get more benefits valuedadded products have been introduced rather thanselling teak logs. Hence, wood based industries havebeen set up in both State-run and private sectors.

In its efforts for preserving forest resources

Win Hlaing Kyaw

in the nation, the Ministry of Forestry has been takingsystematic steps in logging and timber extraction. Inaddition to logging, transport and grading of teakand sale of forest products, the ministry is supplyingraw materials to State-run and private wood-basedindustries in order that the latter can earn more foreignexchange by exporting finished wood products. Inthis regard, efforts have been made for equitabledevelopment of State-run and private sectors.

With changes and developments in the forestsector, future work programmes have already beenlaid down. The Annual Allowable Cut (AAC) is about300,000 tons of teak plus over 1.3 million tons ofhardwood. However, teak and hardwood extracted atpresent is 250,000 tons and 1.1 million tonsrespectively. As part of forest conservation measures,the production of teak is not allowed beyond thelimits fixed under AAC. But hardwood can still beproduced more the amount fixed in AAC. To preventdepletion of teak, the Lesser Used Species (LUS)are to be introduced to meet the demand of timber.

In addition to teak and other hardwood, thereare various kinds of cane and bamboo in Myanmaforests. In the past, cane and bamboo were regardedas poor men’s timber. And now, they are popularamong foreign markets. Out of different kinds ofbamboo, 16 can be produced in commercial scale.Bamboos are used in such ways as making personalgoods, medicine, furniture, mat, floor etc. Likewise,of 35 kinds of cane in Myanmar, 18 can be producedand exported.

The Ministry of Forestry is taking systematicmeasures for preservation of forests, timber extractionand export of forest products. And it is striving forthe State-run and private wood-based industries topenetrate foreign markets. In the process, it plannedto hold the Myanma Furniture Fair annually. Andthe first MFF was successfully held from 22 to 26October 2004.

Now, arrangements are being made to holdthe Second Myanma Furniture Fair-2006 incooperation with Myanma Timber Enterprise andMyanmar Forest Products and Timber EntrepreneursAssociation under the leadership of the Ministry ofForestry.

MFF will be held from 21 to 25 October atTatmadaw Convention Hall on U Wisara Road inYangon. As it is an international fair, various kindsof furniture, finished wood-based products, rattan andbamboo wares, machinery and parts used in wood-based industry will be displayed and sale contractscan be made at the fair. From 21 to 23 October, thefair will be opened for entrepreneurs only and theremaining two days will be for the public.

Myanma Timber Enterprise and 41 privatecompanies will stage 165 booths at MFF-2006. Thesignificance point is that the second fair has a greaternumber of booths and a wider variety of productsthan the first. Besides, more imported machinery andparts for wood-based industry will be shown at thefair this year. All the organizers of the booths areMyanmar nationals who are cooperating withMyanma Timber Enterprise, a State-owned enterprise,for the development of wood-based industry. Holding

Myanma Furniture Fairs annually will enable thecountry to be proud of being a special region inthe world where valuable teak, timber and otherforest products are abundant, to develop wood-based industry and earn more foreign exchange, tocreate job opportunities, to extend the market, toimprove technology and to make the people beaware of conservation of forest resources.

With an extensive market plus high demand,priority will be given to more production resultingin the increase in the requirement of raw materials.As a result, forest resources are likely to be on thewane. Regarding this, the Ministry of Forestry hastaken steps to conserve Myanma forest resources.It will give priority to establishment of more forestplantations in the country. The projects forestablishment of forest plantations can beundertaken by private entrepreneurs although theywere undertaken by the State alone in the past.Permission will be granted to those entrepreneursto set up forest plantations, whether or not theyhave established their wood-based industries. Thoseengaging in wood-based industry will have toestablish their own plantations for raw materials.Although they were given permission to establishhardwood plantations in the past they are nowpermitted to set up teak plantations as well.Research has shown that growing teak is morebeneficial than growing other crops. Theestablishment of an acre of teak plantation costsonly K 150,000. Growers can start earning moneyas soon as teak trees are five years old. Moreover,other annual crops can be grown among the teaktrees. Growing teak can generate many benefits.

The project for the development of wood-based industry plays an important role instrengthening national economy, conservinginvaluable forest resources, providing basic needsof the people and developing rural regions. Toachieve these prospects it is necessary to collectmarket data at home as well as internationally. Itis important to know the buyer’s choice andpreferences. Such information can be gathered fromMyanma Furniture Fair where buyers and sellersassemble. All in all, we hail Myanma FurnitureFair as an august celebration for the developmentof State economy.

(Translation: TS+ST)Myanma Alin: 20-10-2006

Myanma Timber Enterpriseand 41 private companies will stage165 booths at MFF-2006. Thesignificance point is that the secondfair has a greater number of boothsand a wider variety of productsthan the first. Besides, moreimported machinery and parts forwood-based industry will be shownat the fair this year.

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Lt-Gen Maung Bo attends ceremony to honouroutstanding teachers, students in Taninthayi Division

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Oct — A ceremony to honourthe outstanding students who passed the matricula-tion examination in 2006 with flying colours andoutstanding teachers was held at Pale Yadana Hall inMyeik on 15 October with an address by member ofthe State Peace and Development Council Lt-GenMaung Bo of the Ministry of Defence.

Also present on the occasion were Chairman ofTaninthayi Division Peace and Development Coun-cil Commander of Coastal Region Command Brig-Gen Khin Zaw Oo, Deputy Minister of ConstructionBrig-Gen Myint Thein, Deputy Commander Brig-Gen Hong Ngaing, senior military officers, depart-mental officials, social organizations and others.

The ceremony was opened by the studentssinging the song “ Myanma School”.

Later, Lt-Gen Maung Bo made a speech sayingthat the State, joining hands with the people includ-ing teachers, has made efforts to achieve success inevery aspect of political, economic and social devel-opments across the nation to keep abreast of the worldnations.

All embracing the existing good opportunitiesfor developments are to exert their efforts for thedevelopment of the nation. The peaceful modern devel-oped nation can be built only with the strengths ofhigher education standard of the people, developmentof science and technology and true Union Spirit.

At present, tasks of education sectors have beenimplemented through 30-year national education pro-motion plan. Moreover, it is important that the tasks offive-year short term plan can be practically imple-mented. The State has built post-primary schools, af-filiated schools and branch ones so that students in ruralareas can easily pursue their education and educationstandard in rural areas can be raised.

Therefore, teachers are to nurture students tobecome the ones who are endowed with intelligenceand thoughtfulness.

Taninthayi division stood third with the 28.96per cent pass rate in the matriculation examination in2006. The officials concerned, teachers and studentsare commended for their successful work.

In conclusion, he called upon them to made

efforts for producing outstanding students more thanthis year. Later, Commander Brig-Gen Khin Zaw Oodelivered an address.

Next, Lt-Gen Maung Bo presented prizes toTownship Education Officer Daw Shwe Mi of LaunglonTownship, headmaster U Tin Maung Swe of No 1Basic Education High School and Maung Wai Yan KoKo who will attend the 18th Get-together of Youths inAsia-Pacific Region to be held in Fukuoka, Japan.

Commander Brig-Gen Khin Zaw Oo awardedprizes to the students who got distinctions in matricu-lation examination in 2006.

Deputy Director-General U Tun Kyi of No 1Basic Education Department under the Ministry ofEducation and Police Col Myint Soe presented prizesto 50 outstanding students in the division.

Division Education Officer U Win Swe awardedprizes to rector U Thein Aung of Myeik University,pro-rector U Kyaw Kyaw Htay of Dawei Universityand teachers of Myeik, Dawei, Palaw and LaunglonTownships.

Afterwards, five-distinction winners Ma EkariTun of No 1 BEHS in Myeik expressed thanks.

After the ceremony, Lt-Gen Maung Bo, thecommander and party posed for a documentary phototogether with the outstanding students.—MNA

When the devilpossesses you

* East or WestHome is the bestAll countries in the world consideredWherever you may seek a home,worldwideYour land, your water, your relationsOnly your own environment is the best.

* Therefore, manWhen not possessed, or is not crazyOnly the original thought is in him.

* But when he’s possessed and mind goescrazyUnable to gauge right from wrongIs incapable of reasoningEven brazenly curses out own kinAs if doing that in public is to take pride.All that is but natural.

Po Wa (Trs)

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Oct — MTA (Shwepyi Aye)on 24 September issued the declaration on its stanceover the decision to place Myanmar on the agendaof the United Nations Security Council.

The following is the full text of the declara-tion:

The declaration of MTA (Shwepyi Aye) oncondemnation of US interference in

Myanmar’s international affairs using the UN24 September 2006

1. Owing to the submission of the US perma-nent representative to the UN, a decision was madeon 15 September to put Myanmar on the agenda ofthe UN Security Council accusing the country ofposing a threat to regional stability.2. It is clear that the US has plotted to interferein Myanmar’s internal affairs using the UN as a tool.3. We believe that Myanmar’s internal affairscan be settled through cooperative efforts of na-tional races. There is no reason for Myanmar to posea threat to international peace and security. Ourorganization understands that it is unfair and unjust

to put the blame on Myanmar alone.4. We believe that Myanmar has achieved fruitfulresults in settling internal affairs through peacefulmeans and cooperative efforts of the people. TheGovernment laid down the Seven-Point Road Mapand has reconvened the National Convention with theparticipation of delegates representing the people fromall strata of life to draft the constitution.5. We desire ensuring community peace and tran-quillity, unity of national races, development ofeconomy and improvement of social standards inbuilding a democratic nation step by step.6. Therefore, MTA (Shwepyi Aye) hereby de-clares that it condemns and protests against the act ofUnited States as it is mere interference in Myanmar’sinternal affairs using the UN as a tool, and there is noreason for Myanmar to pose a threat to regionalstability.

U Sai Khun MeinChairman

Central Executive CommitteeMTA (Shwepyi Aye)

MTA (Shwepyi Aye) condemns US for its interferencein Myanmar’s internal affairs using UN as a tool

Lt-Gen Maung Bo addresses ceremony to honour the outstanding teachers and students in Taninthayi Division. — MNA

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Prime Minister General Soe Win presentsmedicines to the head of Health Department of

Kachin State. — MNA

Prime Minister General Soe Win hears reports on extension of the runway of Myitkyina Airport. — MNA

USDA Secretariat Member Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw meets secretaries, executives andmembers of state, district and township USDAs. — MNA

(from page 1)Minister for Communications, Posts and Tel-

egraphs Brig-Gen Thein Zaw explained services ofpost offices and telegraph offices in Kachin State,arrangements for installation of mobile telephones inMyitkyina and other telephone services for remoteareas of Kachin State.

Minister for Progress of Border Areas and Na-tional Races and Development Affairs Col Thein Nyuntalso explained assistance being provided for develop-ment of all regions in Kachin State including borderareas.

Minister for Science and Technology U Thaungmade clarification on construction of GovernmentTechnological College in Myitkyina to enable thenational races to pursue advanced technologies andturning out of human resources at GTC and GCC.

Deputy Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen AungTun explained arrangements being made by the minis-try for entrepreneurs to be able to carry out export andimport tasks. Deputy Minister for Health Dr Mya Ooalso explained public health care services of the min-istry and participation of the people and social organi-zations in health care services.

Deputy Minister for Education Brig-Gen AungMyo Min made clarification on basic education forstudents.

Afterwards, Prime Minister General Soe Windelivered an address. He said that Kachin State is richin land and water resources. Utilizing land and waterresources, better transport and prevailing peace and

Chief duty of service…

stability will contribute much towards sector-wisedevelopment of Kachin State with momentum. There-fore, the Government is upgrading Mandalay-Myitkyina railroad and constructing strategic roadsof Kachin State such as Shwebo-Myitkyina motorroad on west bank of Ayeyawady River and Tagaung-Shwegu-Bhamo motor road on the east bank. Fur-thermore, Myitkyina Airport, Bhamo Airport andPutao Airport have been upgraded. These transport

structure will reflect development of the state.He said that Myitkyina and Bhamo regions were

designated as special development regions to empha-size matters related to education, health and humanresources. Moreover, human resources developmentcentres were opened in densely populated Mohnyinregion. In reviewing situations in global countries, thecountries with development of human resources standtall in all fields. Hence, the country needs adequatenumber of human resources that have capabilities todevelop the nation and safeguard the democratic na-tion for ever.

He went on to say that development of the Stateand the region depends upon inprovement in thehuman resources. The nation or the region cannot bebuilt without participation of intellectuals and intel-ligentsia. Hence, arrangements have been made toenable local students to pursue higher education inMyitkyina, Bhamo and Mohnyin regions, and edu-cated persons are being nurtured. The democraticnation just in name cannot develop the country.Likewise, if there is no person who has abilities tobuild and safeguard the nation, sovereignty of the

democratic nation cannot be safeguarded for per-petual existence. Thus, educated human resourcesneed to build and safeguard the democratic nation.

The Prime Minister added that at present, anaverage of 10 per cent in the economic sector increasesin Kachin State yearly. People in Kachin State hasK 180,000 per capita income last year. Kachin Statehas been standing as a region with food sufficiencysince 1998-99. Now, over 500,000 acres of land in the

State is put under paddy yearly.He said extended cultivation of paddy and rubber

is to be undertaken as there are many cultivable lands.Sugarcane and physic nut from which bio-diesel canbe produced are to be grown on a commercial scale, hesaid. He said the chief duty of service personnel is toprovide necessary assistance for raising the livingstandard of the people and they are to help the peopleearn their living without anxiety.

He said local administrative bodies comprisingservice personnel have to perform the duties of theState in security, administration, economic and socialsectors through coordination and cooperation.

He pointed out that administrative bodies shouldnot suppress or bully the people or deal with the peoplewithout proper respect or raise funds. Such acts wouldadversely affect the respective bodies and even sinceregoodwill and the objectives of the government.

Now reforms of some civil organizations arebeing made. Duties are assigned to ward/village, town-ship, district, state and division peace and develop-ment councils after being reformed.

The main purpose of the reforms is to serve theinterest of the people effectively and to practise admin-istrative order in accord with the forthcoming StateConstitution. In other words, administrative efficiencyis being upgraded, he said.

It is important for the people to participate in thetasks for reforms of the administrative machinery.Thus, effective administrative machinery would emergethrough mutual cooperation between the people andthe service personnel, he added.

(See page 9)

The country needs adequatenumber of human resourcesthat have capabilities to developthe nation and safeguard thedemocratic nation for ever.

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(from page 16)Work Group-7 of the National Convention ConveningWork Committee and Assistant Director U Aung Winacted as MCs.

First, the MC declared the start of the groupmeeting as 46 out of 47 delegates were in attendance,accounting for 97.87 per cent.

Alternate Chairman of the Meeting Dr MyoThant Tin delivered a speech.

Next, NC delegates U Thein Aung of MagwayDivision and U La Kon of Chin State read out theproposal paper of the Delegate Group of workers onthe clarification of the National Convention Conven-ing Work Committee Chairman on separate sugges-tions to seek the approval of the delegate groups.These suggestions were submitted by the delegategroups to lay down detailed basic principles for the

Two National Convention… functions on legislation of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, PyithuHluttaw, Amyotha Hluttaw, and Region or StateHluttaw to be included in the writing of the StateConstitution, the chapter on the citizenship and funda-mental rights and duties of the citizens and the role ofthe Tatmadaw.

Next, the alternate Chairman sought the ap-proval of the delegates for the proposal paper of theDelegate Group of Workers and approved it. Themeeting ended with concluding remarks by the alter-nate chairman. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Oct—Hailing the 61st Anniversary Armed ForcesDay, the TV Play titled Tha-gaung-mi-khin will be rescreened by MyawadyTV on 23, 24, 25 and 26 October dividing four sections after the 6 pm newsprogrammes.

The director of the play is Academy Bagyi Soe Moe and the jointdirector Academy Nyein Min. The casts are Academy Lwin Moe, AcademyZin Waing, Nay Toe, Sai Sai Hkam Hlaing, Tun Tun, Academy Soe MyatThuza, Academy May Thinza Oo, Academy Pan Phyu, Thet Mon Myint,Pale Win and child actor Heavy Phyo.

MNA

Chief duty of service personnel…(from page 8)

Kachin State is no longer an unstable one withinsurgents. Respective national race peace groupsare implementing the regional development tasks incooperation with the government. The people inKachin State are now enjoying the taste of peaceand development and realize the correct path to de-velopment.

He said it is needed for officials, service per-sonnel, the Tatmadawmen and local people to workhard maintaining peace and stability and progress.

National solidarity is the most basic for politi-cal progress and national races must be united. Withthe development of various regions, the Union willdevelop and become strong. Efforts are to be made

Meeting on organizing86th AnniversaryNational Day heldNAY PYI TAW, 20 Oct — Chairman of Central

Committee for Organizing the 86th Anniversary Na-tional Day Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyeindelivered an address at the coordination meeting of thecentral committee at the ministry, here, this morning.

Members of the central committee deputy min-isters, departmental heads, guests and officials at-tended the meeting and took part in the discussions.Director-General U Aye Lwin of No 2 Basic EducationDepartment and Director-General U Bo Win of Educa-tion Planning and Training Department submittedreports on holding of the previous National Day andthe plan for organizing the 86th Anniversary NationalDay.

Later, Minister Dr Chan Nyein gave the con-cluding remarks. — MNA

TV play titled Tha-gaung-mi-khinto be broadcast

for stronger economy in the region with the exploi-tation of land and marine resources, he added.

Next, hoteliers association, construction entre-preneurs association and national development Cogroup Ltd presented K 7.5 million each for supply ofelectric power in rural regions in Kachin State to thecommander.

Chairman of Greenlight Co U Yone Mu andManaging Director of Eya Pyaephyo Gem Co UMann Shwe presented cash for construction of KachinState USDA office to Secretary of Kachin StateUSDA U Rawon Jones.

The Prime Minister presented medicine to headof Kachin State Health Department. Lt-Gen YeMyint, Commander Maj-Gen Ohn Myint and Minis-ter Brig-Gen Thein Zaw presented gifts and USDAuniforms.

Commander Maj-Gen Ohn Myint accepts cashdonation from the wellwishers.—MNA

Alternate Chairman U Maung Gyi of Union Pa-O National Organization speaks at the meetingof Delegate Group of Representatives-elect.—MNA

Alternate Chairman

Dr Myo Thant Tin

of Yangon Division

addresses the

meeting of Delegate

Group of

Workers.

MNA

The Prime Minister and party cordially greetedthose present.

They then went to Myitkyina Airport whereMinister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe re-ported on measures undertaken for developmentof the airport. The commander gave a supplemen-tary report.

Director-General of Department of Civil Avia-tion U Tun Hlaing reported on extension of the run-ways of Myitkyina and Bhamo airports.

The Prime Minister inspected extension of therunway of Myitkyina Airport. They arrived back herein the afternoon.

On 18 October, Lt-Gen Ye Myint met Tatmadawmembers and their families of Myitkyina Station.Secretariat member of USDA Minister Brig-GenThein Zaw and CEC member Maj-Gen Thein Swemet secretaries and members of district and town-ship USDAs on 17 October.

Minister for Hotels and Tourism Maj-Gen SoeNaing discussed matters on hotels and tourism serv-ices in meeting with hoteliers and tour operators onthe same day. — MNA

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Commander inspectsmonsoon paddy plantations,

power supply facilities inNaungtayar

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Oct — Chairman of Shan StatePeace and Development Council Commander of East-ern Command Brig-Gen Taung Aye together withofficials concerned inspected thriving monsoon paddyplantations on both sides of Taunggyi-Pinlaung Roadand 50-acre monsoon paddy model farm in NaungtayarTownship. The commander met with departmentalofficials of the township and gave necessary instruc-tions.

In Moebye Dam, the commander oversaw powersupply facilities of the dam and heard reports onstorage of water and water supply task presented byofficials. The dam facilitates water supply to the 19,942-acre farm for the regional development. Later, thecommander met with local Tatmadaw members andtheir families, and fulfilled the requirements.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 20Oct — The VesantaraDrama Contest of the 14thMyanmar TraditionalCultural Performing ArtsCompetitions continuedfor the fifth day heretoday.

U Kyaw Soe Minand troupe representingMagway Division partici-pated in the contest.

Among the audi-ence were Member of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council Lt-Gen YeMyint of the Ministry ofDefence, Chairman of theLeading Committee forOrganizing the Competi-tions Commander of NayPyi Taw Command Brig-Gen Wai Lwin and wife,Minister for ConstructionMaj-Gen Saw Tun andwife, Minister for Hotelsand Tourism Maj-Gen SoeNaing and wife, DeputyMinister for Construction

Vesantara Drama Contest in progress

U Tint Swe, Deputy Min-ister for Finace and Rev-enue Col Hla Thein Swe,officials concerned andlocal people.

Zeya Thiri Mari-onette Troup representingSagaing Division will takepart in the contest tomor-row. — MNA

Happy occasion for familyElder sister sings, elder brother dances

Younger sister composes, younger brother plays

Occasion when your eyes never tire

Taking place in the park

No discrimination among blood relations

Happy little occasion for family

Yan Naing Oo (Trs)

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testants took part in thehigher education levelmen’s dancing contest. Itwas supervised by thechairperson of the Panelof the Judges for danc-ing contest and members.

At dobat contest,six groups competed inthe amateur level (firstclass) men’s and six inthe basic education level(aged 5-10) boys’ dobatcontests. They were su-pervised by the leader ofthe Panel of the Judgesfor dobat contest.

At piano contest,four contestants took partin the higher education

level women’s and fourin the basic educationlevel (aged 15-20) boys’piano contests.

At solo orchestracontest, nine groups par-ticipated in the amateur

level (second class)men’s and five in thebasic education level(aged 15-20) boys’ soloorchestra contests. Theywere supervised by thechairman of the Panel of

the Judges for music con-test.

The 14thMyanmar TraditionalCultural Performing ArtsCompetitions continuetomorrow. — MNA

Lt-Gen Ye Myint of Ministry of Defence enjoys Vesantara Drama Contest.—MNA

Minister Dr Chan Nyein greets contestants from States andDivisions.—MNA

One can witness that it is the happy little occasion for a national race family rehearsing for14th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions.—MNA

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Myanmar to launch massmeasles campaign

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Oct — Coordination meetingfor Mass Measles Campaign was held here today andMinister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint said in his openingaddress that morbidity and measles mortality rateshave decreased in Myanmar thanks to measlesimmunization activities.

A nationwide Mass Measles Campaign wasimplemented over three years from 2002 to 2004 inMyanmar and all 9 months to under 5 years oldchildren were immunized across the country.

In his address, Minister Dr Kyaw Myint saidthat Myanmar has achieved 50% reduction of measlesmorbidity in 2006 in comparison with that in 1995.

At the meeting, resident representatives of WHOand UNICEF and officials concerned discussed mattersrelated to Mass Measles Campaign for children agedfrom one and half months to two years to beimplemented in Myanmar. The meeting was alsoattended by Deputy Minister for Health Dr Mya Oo,directors-general of the departments under the ministryof health and officials concerned. — MNA

YANGON, 20 Oct — Myanmar Women’s AffairsFederation held a ceremony to donate desks, stationeryand clothing to eight Basic Education Primary schoolsin Hmawby Township at Bentbwegon Village BEPSthis morning.

Vice-President Daw Khin Thet Htay of MWAF,Head of Administration Department Dr Daw KhinHsan Nwe and members, Patron of Yangon DivisionWomen’s Affairs Organization Daw Mar Mar Wai andmembers, Deputy Director-General U Ye Lwin Aungand officials of N0 3 Basic Education Department,teachers and students attended the ceremony.

MWAF Vice-President Daw Khin Thet Htaypresented 100 desks for the BEPSs in the township torespective headmasters and headmistresses. Dr DawKhin Hsan Nwe also presented clothing worth K920,950 donated by Pale Family to respectiveheadmasters and headmistresses. Next, Daw KhinThet Htay, Daw Mar Mar Wai and Dr Daw Khin HsanNwe held roundtable discussions with students at No1 Basic Education High School in the township. Thevice-president presented exercise books and stationerydonated by Myat Lay Yon family to the headmistress.Later, the vice-president accepted WAO membershipapplications from basic education schools in thetownship. — MNA

MWAF Information Departmentdonates cash and books

YANGON, 20 Oct —A ceremony to donatebooks made by theInformation Departmentof Myanmar Women’sAffairs Federation washeld at Alinyaung self-

MWAF holds donationceremony in Hmawby

reliant library inNyaungdon Township inMaubin District,Ayeyawaddy Divisionthis morning, attended bymembers of thedepartment, officials andtownelders.

Firstly, Writer MaSanda explained

purposes of donationNext, responsible personsaccepted various kinds ofbooks and K 210,000donated by wellwishers.

After theceremony, members ofthe department viewedround the library.

MNA

YANGON, 20 Oct — Swollen rivers caused bythe incessant rains inundated some parts in ShanState, Mandalay and Sagaing Divisions. The floodvictims were evacuated from the flood-affected areas,and local authorities, Tatmadawmen, members ofUnion Solidarity and Development Association, andsocial organizations rushed into the areas andprovided relief supplies to the flood victims.

Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen Khin Zaw, USDA Secretary-General U Htay Oo, CEC members U Maung MaungThein, U Thein Aung, Minister for Social Welfare

Relief and Resettlement Maj-Gen Maung MaungSwe, Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Myint,Kyaukse District PDC Chairman Lt-Col Sein Yacomforted the flood victims and provided K 4.32million and 367 million baskets of rice donated bythe Command, USDA, WAO, MCWA and localwellwishers to them on 13 October.

On 15 October, USDA Secretariat Member UThaung went on field trip to the flooded areas andprovided necessary assistance.

Due to the heavy rains, Zawgyi, Kinda Damsin Shan State (North) and Ngapyaung Dam inKyaukse District overflowed their embankments andso did Kyatmauktaung and Thaphanseik Dams.Likewise, water level of some lakes rose but thelakes did not broke. Due to the flooding, morehydroelectric power can be produced and water storedfor irrigated farmlands.

Around 60,000 farmlands were swamped bythe flood but the flood waters are receding now. Itis estimated that the flooding has destroyed over8,000 paddy acres and 3,000 crop acres.Arrangements for restoring damaged farmlands havebeen made by local authorities and members ofUSDA in cooperation with local farmers. Over 16.8million paddy acres have been cultivated this yearand 3.34 million summer paddy will be grown. Riceproduction of the State cannot be harmed due to thedamages of paddy fields. Health care and socialwelfare services have been provided to the flood-affected areas by local authorities, socialorganizations and local people.—MNA

Emergency aid provided to flood victims

Patron of Yangon

Division WAO Daw

Mar Mar Wai gives

talks on women’s

affairs to the

schoolgirls.

YCDC

A responsible person from Kyein Pinse

village of Hsin Hton village-tract in

Nyaungdon Township speaks words of

thanks in a book donation ceremony.

MNA

A contestant from Sagaing Division taking partin basic education level (aged 15-20) classical song contest. (News on page 16) — MNA

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SEA MERCHANT VOY NO (707)Consignees of cargo carried on MV SEA MER-

CHANT VOY NO (707) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 21.10.2006 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T 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 up to Claims Daynow declared as the third day after final discharge ofcargo from the vessel.

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES PTE LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Twelve people were killed and 25 others injured when a suicide bomber drovehis booby-trapped fuel truck into a police station and detonated it in Mosul on

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“RIA” to promote mediaexchanges with China

BEIJING, 19 Oct— Adelegation of the RussianInformation Agency(RIA), Russia’s state newsagency, paid a visit toChina to step up me-dia exchanges and co-operation, the ChineseForeign Ministry said onTuesday.

The head of thedelegation, RIA Vice-president Andrei Ili-ashenko, said relationsbetween the RIA and theChinese media have

developed rapidly inrecent years.

In a meeting with thedelegation, Chinese As-sistant Foreign Minister LiHui briefed them on thecurrent “Russia Year” inChina, China’s peacefuldevelopment policy andthe China-Russia co-operation in envir-onmental protection.

Li expressed hisappreciation for the RIA’sefforts in reporting onChina and China-Russiarelations. He hoped RIAcould provide objectivereports about China to theRussian people to deepenbilateral understandingand friendship.

Iliashenko said the RIAwill work with the Chinesemedia to report on the“China Year” in Russia in2007.

MNA/Xinhua

Study shows Britain must cutflights or miss CO2 targets

LONDON, 19 Oct—The British Governmentmust curb the hugeexpansion in air travel orrisk overshooting its self-imposed target of cuttingcarbon dioxide emis-sions by 60 per cent by2050, a study said onTuesday.

CO2 emissions fromaviation in Britain are setto surge by between fourand ten times 1990 levelsby the middle of thecentury, accounting ontheir own for two-thirdsof the government'semission target for thatyear, it said.

Yet far from doinganything about theproblem, governmentpolicy is actively pro-moting airport expansionwhich could see pas-senger numbers morethan double to 470 million

a year, from 200 million,by 2030, it said.

“The government hasto confront the con-tradictions in its policies,”said Brenda Boardmanfrom Oxford University’sEnvironment ChangeInstitute which conductedthe study for the gov-ernment-funded UK Ener-gy Research Centre.

“Unless the rate ofgrowth in flights iscurbed, the British cannotfulfil its commitments onclimate change. It has toundertake demand man-agement. Relying ontechnological fixes aloneis totally unrealistic,” shesaid.

The report “Predict andDecide” was published bythe All Party Parliament-ary Sustainable AviationGroup.

MNA/Reuters

Forest haze paralyzes airport in Indonesia JAKARTA, 19 Oct— The

Sultan Thaha Airport inIndonesia's JambiProvince has beenparalyzed for the last fewdays by the choking hazecoming from forest firesin Kalimantan and thesouthern parts of Sumatra,local Press reportedWednesday.

No planes have beenable to land or take off atthe airport due to poorvisibility, estimated ataround 50 metres to 100metres, The Jakarta Postnewspaper reported.

Nearly all activities atthe airport on SumatraIsland have been groundto a halt, although a smallnumber of workers arepresent and travel agenciesand ticket sales countersare open.

Airport managementofficials said most flightsto Jambi have beenrerouted to SultanMahmud Badaruddin

Airport in Palembang,South Sumatra, fromwhere passengers couldcontinue their journeysoverland, said the report.

Due to the disruption,a number of high-rankingJambi officials, includingGovernor Zulkifli Nurdin

and provincial adm-inistration secretary CalikSaleh, who intended toreturn home to theprovince from Jakarta onSunday, were left strandedat Soekarno-Hatta Int-ernational Airport inJakarta.— MNA/Xinhua

Indonesia to install instrumentlanding system at 50 airports

JAKARTA, 19 Oct— The Indonesian Government is setto install instrument landing systems (ILS) at 50 nationalairports to enable airplanes to land and take off safely incase of haze, a Transportation Ministry official said.

“Our programme in two to three years’ time will beinstalling ILS at 50 national airports for the sake of flightsafety,” Antara news agency quoted Director-General ofAir Transportation M Iksan Tatang as saying on Tuesday.

To date, only 18 of 178 airports in the country havehad an adequate navigational system while the rest had noILS, he said.

The instrument was badly needed particularly fornight flights or in case of bad weather, he said.

The government is installing ILS at a number ofairports, including Cilik Riwut Airport in Palangkaraya,Central Kalimantan, and Sultan Thaha Airport in Jambi,and the installation of the instruments will be completedonly in December 2006, he said. — MNA/Xinhua

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A report from the US Institute of Medicine on

Tuesday recommended people should

incorporate a variety of seafood in their diet,

because health benefits outweigh the risks from

exposure to environmental contaminants.

XINHUA

A panda cub yawns at the Wolong Giant Panda Protection Centre in Wolong,southwest China's Sichuan Province on 18 Sept, 2006.A new study by Americanresearchers reveals giant pandas are capable of distinguishing colours fromshades of gray. Colour vision could be useful to pandas in the wild by helpingthemrecognize healthy bamboo patches from brown and dying ones. —XINHUA

People ride segways in front of the installation"House Attack" by Austrian artist Erwin Wurmon the facade of the Museum of Modern Arts in

Vienna on 18 Oct, 2006.—INTERNET

US study urges to eat more fish despite toxin risk WASHINGTON, 19 Oct — Most people should eat more fish because of its health benefits, the US

Institute of Medicine reported on Tuesday, but added that consumers must also consider the risks ofchemically contaminated seafood.

The report was hailed by the US fisheries industryand criticized by environmental and science watchdoggroups, which said the study used old data and failedto adequately address the environmental impacts offishing and fish-farming.

"The average person can consume more fish thanthey do; I think average consumption is not up to thelevels that we have allowed,"said Susan Krebs-Smithof the National Cancer Institute, who served on acommittee that wrote the report.

The report offered guidelines that suggest a limitedintake of fish -- two 3-ounce (85-grammes) servingsa week -- for women of child-bearing age and childrenaged 12 and under, but even these two groups cansafely eat 12 ounces (340 grammes) a week. Forhealthy adolescent and adult males and for womenwho will not become pregnant, and for adults at riskfor coronary heart disease, the guidelines list no upperlimit.

However, Krebs-Smith and others on the panelnoted confusing information about the benefits andrisks of eating fish made it difficult for consumers tostrike a healthy balance, and said no one solution wasright for all people.

Fish has long been seen as a healthy food, high inprotein and omega-3 fatty acids, which may be

associated with lower risk for heart disease and betterfetal and brain development. However, contaminationwith mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) andother chemicals can offset some of the benefits, thereport found.

MNA/Reuters

Report says Britons mustdrink recycled sewage

LONDON, 19 Oct — Britain needs to use morerecycled effluent as drinking water if it is to deal witha long-term shortage crisis, a report said on Tuesday.

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) said usingtreated sewage was one radical suggestion that neededto be pursued if the country was deal with the growingproblem.

It also called for a rise in spending on infrastructurealong with price rises of up to 20 per cent to fund thereplacement of old, leaky pipes, particularly in London.

Many British water companies were forced toimpose tough restrictions on water usage this summer,banning the use of hosepipes and sprinklers, becauseof low reservoir levels.

The Environment Agency said southeast Englandhad endured its worst drought for a century.

MNA/Reuters

Archaeologists unearth 4,500-year-oldChinese characters

BEIJING, 19 Oct— Chinese archaeologists have discovered pottery bearinginscriptions dating back 4,500 years, which could prove to be China's earliestwritten language.

These pottery fragments, found in the ruins of an ancient city in Huaiyangcounty, central Henan Province, are believed to be parts of a spinning wheel,according to a report released by the Huaiyang government.

The inscriptions are similar in shape to those found in the Ba Gua, an octagonaldiagram which is a fundamental philosophical concept of ancient China, the reportsaid, quoting renowned Chinese archaeologist Li Xueqin of Tsinghua University.

Before this discovery, the earliest Chinese characters discovered byarchaeologists were inscriptions on bones and tortoise shells — known as theOracle Bones — buried in the royal tombs of the Shang Dynasty 3,000 years ago.They were used to tell the oracles from the gods. — MNA/Xinhua

Bullet in skulldeepens Australia

WWII ship mystery SYDNEY, 19 Oct — A

bullet found inside a skullburied on a remote IndianOcean island has addedfurther intrigue toAustralia’s greatest navaltragedy, the mysteriousWorld War II sinking of awarship with the loss ofall 645 hands. The lightcruiser HMAS Sydney IIsank somewhere offWestern Australia’snorthwest in November1941 after it came underfire from a German raider,thought to be theKormoran disguised as aDutch merchant ship.

The Sydney has neverbeen found after it sailedablaze over the horizon atthe end of a fierce 30-minute battle. Australiandefence officials said aNavy team had this monthexhumed the remains of anunknown sailor buried inan unmarked grave onChristmas Island, remainslong thought to be those ofa Sydney crewman.

MNA/Reuters

China to set up Confuciusinstitutes in Russia

BEIJING, 19 Oct— Chinese Education MinisterZhou Ji said on Tuesday that China will set up severalConfucius Institutes in Russia next year to cope withthe growing demand from Russian people to learnChinese.

The Confucius Institute is a non-profit schoolspecializing in Chinese-language education andcultural communication.

Zhou said the Russian Government also attachesgreat importance to Chinese-language education andthe two governments have signed an agreementspecializing in supporting language teaching in bothcountries. According to Zhou, there are about 10,000people in Russia learning Chinese, up 40 per cent onlast year. — MNA/Xinhua

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China's athletes (C) hold the torch after the flamelighting ceremony for the torch relay for the 6thAsian Winter Games in Beijing, capital of China, on19 Oct, 2006. The game will be held in Changchun,capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, from 28 Jan to 4 Feb, 2007. —XINHUA

Chinese women's team followed men's step to pulloff their first ever world championships title in Aarhus of Denmark on 18 Oct , 2006.—XINHUA

Arsenal's Thierry Henry tells the as-sistant referee that the ball was con-trolled with his stomach and not hishand after having his goal disallowedduring their Champions League GroupG soccer match against CSKA at theLokomotiv Stadium in Moscow on 17 Oct, 2006.—XINHUA

Uruguay trounce Venezuela4-0 in friendly

MONTEVIDEO, 20 Oct — Uruguay trounced Vene-zuela 4-0 in a friendly international in which bothteams fielded experimental sides.

Mexican-based forward Vicente Sanchez and de-fender Diego Godin gave Uruguay an excellent start byscoring in the first 15 minutes of Wednesday night'sgame.

Sebastian Abreu, another Mexican-based forward,added the third six minutes after halftime when hepicked up a bad back pass, rounded goalkeeper ManuelSanhouse and scored into an empty net.

Sergio Blanco fired the fourth in the 88th minuteand Venezuela had midfielder Miguel Mea Vitali sentoff for a second bookable offence in the last minute.

Venezuela, next year's Copa America hosts, wonthe previous meeting between the sides in September,Uruguay's only defeat in five outings under coachOscar Washington Tabarez. — MNA/Reuters

Roddick, Robredo toppledin Madrid

MADRID, 20 Oct— Sixth seed Andy Roddick andworld number eight Tommy Robredo suffered straightsets defeats in the third round of the Madrid Masterson Thursday.

Czech Tomas Berdych toppled Roddick 7-6, 6-3with the American ending the match complaining ofpain in his left ankle, while the unseeded RobbyGinepri beat Spain's Robredo 6-3, 7-6.

There was nothing to separate Berdych and Roddickin the first set as they held firm on their serves and itwas no surprise when the set went to a tiebreak. ButRoddick was the first to crack and the 21-year-oldCzech edged the tiebreak 9-7.

The American received treatment on his left ankleat 3-2 down in the second set and Berdych produceda sensational running pass to break serve in the nextgame before easing his way to victory in the firstmeeting between the pair.

Berdych will now play the winner of the matchbetween defending champion Rafael Nadal and 13th-seeded German Tommy Haas in the quarterfinals.

MNA/Reuters

Harrington’s order of merithopes hit by 77 in Mallorca MALLORCA (Spain), 20 Oct — Padraig Harrington's

bid to steal a march on his European money-list rivalPaul Casey went awry when the Irishman slumped to aseven-over-par 77 in the opening round of the MallorcaClassic on Thursday. Harrington finished 11 strokesbehind early leaders Niclas Fasth of Sweden, SouthAfrican Andrew McLardy and Ireland's Gary Murphy,giving him scant chance of making a dent in the 218,185euros he trails Casey at the top of the money-list.

Casey is not playing at the Pula course this week, butHarrington could conceivably now have only one chanceleft to catch the Briton — at next week's Volvo Masters.

Harrington's playing partner Jose Maria Olazabalalso had a dismal day, firing a 78. The Spaniard believeshe now needs "a miracle" to stay in the tournament.

MNA/Reuters

FA will not take action over Cech injury LONDON, 20 Oct — The FA will not take any formal discipli-

nary action over the injuries sustained by Peter Cech and hisfellow Chelsea goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini in last Saturday'sPremier League match at Reading.

The FA said on its website onThursday that it had reviewed thecircumstances and had contactedreferee Mike Riley, who confirmedthat the match officials saw bothincidents at the time. "There willtherefore be no further action," itsaid. Czech Republic goalkeeperCech, who has had an operationon a fractured skull, is likely to beout for several months after hewas caught on the head by a slid-ing Stephen Hunt.

Hunt has apologized and de-nied the challenge was deliber-ate, a view supported by his cluband the players' association.

Chelsea had asked the FA toinvestigate the challenge aftermanager Jose Mourinho saidCech was lucky to be alive.

The club's outspoken Portu-

guese manager also complainedthat it took 30 minutes for an am-bulance to collect the strickenkeeper and take him to hospital.

Reading said Mourinho's re-marks contained "very serious fac-tual inaccuracies" and issued atimeline of events.

The Cech incident was fol-lowed by substitute goalkeeperCudicini also being carried offunconscious after a mid-airgoalmouth collision with IbrahimaSonko. He was discharged fromhospital on Saturday night andshould be fit to play next week.

Third-choice keeper Hilariofilled in against European cham-pions Barcelona in the ChampionsLeague on Wednesday and the Por-tuguese debutant kept a clean sheetin a 1-0 win. — MNA/Reuters

Van Nistelrooy wants to playat 2008 Olympics

AMSTERDAM, 20 Oct — Real Madrid striker Ruudvan Nistelrooy has expressed an interest in represent-ing the Dutch Under-23 side in Beijing if they qualifyfor the 2008 Olympics.

“Ruud (van Nistelrooy) told me he really wants togo to the Olympics with the Under-23 team,” Charlesvan Commenee, technical director of the Dutch Olym-pic Committee, told reporters.

“Playing at the Olympic Games has always beenRuud’s dream.”

Van Nistelrooy, 30, was dropped from the Dutchsenior squad after the World Cup finals in Germanyand the disaffected striker declined a call-up whenasked to replace the injured Klaas-Jan Huntelaar ear-lier this month.—MNA/Reuters

Fabregas signs new 8-yeardeal at Arsenal

LONDON, 20 Oct — Spain’s teenage midfielder CescFabregas has signed a new eight-year contract at Arsenal,the Premier League club announced on Thursday.

The 19-year-old, who played at the World Cup, putpen to paper on an extension last summer that was agreedwhen he negotiated his initial contract with the northLondon club.

However, he was expected to sign a new longer-termdeal after emerging as one of Europe’s most promisingplayers since joining the Premier League club fromBarcelona three years ago.

Fabregas became Arsenal’s youngest player andscorer in his first season and is setting his sights on majorhonours after committing his future to the north Londonclub.— MNA/Reuters

Goal-shy Shevchenko getsMourinho’s backing

LONDON, 20 Oct — Chelsea have raced five pointsclear in their Champions League group and share thelead in the Premier League despite a goal drought fromtheir top close-season signing Andriy Shevchenko.

Manager Jose Mourinho has no plans to drop the 29million pounds (54.04 million US dollars) Ukrainianstriker, however, and has praised his contribution to theteam.

It was Shevchenko’s strike partner Didier Drogbawhose stunning 47th-minute goal earned the Englishchampions a 1-0 win over holders Barcelona in theChampions League on Wednesday.

Added to his first hat-trick for Chelsea in theircomfortable 3-1 win at Levski Sofia last month, thegoal made Drogba the leading marksman in the compe-tition so far.

Shevchenko, the top active scorer in UEFA compe-tition with 56 goals for Dynamo Kiev and AC Milan,has yet to get off the mark in the Champions League forhis new club.

He has not scored in nine games since Chelsea’sonly defeat in the Premier League so far, by Middles-brough on 23 August.

But Mourinho is sticking by his acquisition and issure he will come good. — MNA/Reuters

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Friday, 20 October, 2006Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, weather has beenpartly cloudy in Chin, Kayah States, Yangon andAyeyawady Divisions, rain or thundershowers have beenisolated in Rakhine State, Magway and Bago Divisions,scattered in Kayin State, fairly widespread in TaninthayiDivision, Kachin and Shan States and widespread in theremaining States and Divisions with locally heavyfalls inlower Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions. The noteworthyamounts of rainfall recorded were Mandalay (3.27) inches,Pyawbwe (2.13) inches, Sagaing (2.01) inches, Monywa(1.53) inches, Ye (1.38) inches, Namhsam (1.22) inches,Yamethin (0.82) inch and Meiktila (0.79) inch.

Maximum temperature on 19-10-2006 was 94°F.Minimum temperature on 20-10-2006 was 75°F. Relativehumidity at 09:30 hours MST on 20-10-2006 was 79%.Total sunshine hours on 19-10-2006 was 3.0 hours approx.

Rainfalls on 20-10-2006 were (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were 98.46 inches at Mingaladon and 111.42 inchesat Kaba Aye and 116.61 inches at Central Yangon. Maxi-mum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was 8 mph fromNorthwest at 14:30 hours MST on 19-10-2006.

Bay inference: Weather is generally fair in theEast Central Bay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Seaand elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 21-10-2006:Weather will be partly cloudy in Kayah State, rain orthundershowers will be fairly widespread in upper SagaingDivision, Kachin and Chin States, scattered in TaninthayiDivision, northern Shan, Kayin and Mon States and iso-lated in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is 80%.

State of the Sea: Seas will be slight to mode-ratein Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuationof rain or thundershowers in the Southern Myanmar ar-eas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 21-10-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain or thun-dershowers in the afternoon or evening. Degree of cer-tainty is 60%.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 21-10-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain or thun-dershowers in the afternoon or evening. Degree of cer-tainty is 60%.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 21-10-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain or thun-dershowers in the afternoon or evening. Degree of cer-tainty is 60%.

Weather outlook for last weekend of October2006: During the coming weekend, rain or thundershow-ers are likely to be isolated in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon andMandalay Divisions.

WEATHER

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21. The next day’sprogramme

Director and Economic Incharge of

Wa Import and Export Co Ltd U

Kyan Kyu (a) Mr K and wife Daw

Yi Yi Lwin donate K 2 million to the

missionary works of State

Theravada Buddhist Missionary

Centre through Sayadaw

Bhaddanta Narinda recently. — H

M6.5 quake rocks seas west of PeruHONG KONG, 20 Oct — An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter Scale shook

the seas West of central Peru at about 7:09 pm (1109 GMT) Friday, according toa bulletin released by the Hong Kong Observatory.

The epicenter was determined to be located at 13.4 degrees south latitude and76.6 degrees west longitude, about 160 km south-southeast of Lima, Peru.

There has been no immediate casualty report by the Press time.—MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 20 Oct — Raiders have stolen nearly two million pounds in cash after ramming a lorry intoa bank depot on an industrial estate in Staffordshire, police said on Thursday.

Raiders steal 2m pounds in cash depot heist

Up to five men es-caped with the moneyfrom the NatWest depotin Tamworth.

The thieves wore masksor crash helmets and highvisibility jackets as theydrove a skip lorry into thebuilding, smashing througha wall late on Wednesdaynight. No weapons wereused and no one was hurt.

“The raid was oververy quickly. Thankfullyno one was injured,” De-tective Inspector Bob

Titley said in a statement. The area has been

sealed off for forensic ex-amination and detectives

are appealing for help infinding a car and motor-cycle used as getaway ve-hicles. — MNA/Reuters

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1st Waxing of Tazaungmon 1368 ME Saturday, 21 October, 2006

Two National Convention delegategroups hold meetings

YANGON, 20 Oct — Delegate groups of repre-sentatives-elect and workers held group meetings atthe designated places of Nyaunghnapin Camp inHmawby Township today.Delegate Group of Representatives-elect

The group meeting of Delegates of Representa-tives-elect was held at meeting hall-2 this morning. UMaung Gyi of Union Pa-O National Organizationpresided over the meeting together with members ofthe Panel of Chairmen U Law Hsin Kwan of KokangDemocracy and Unity Party and U Mann Tin Maung(a) U Mann Myo Nyunt of Union Kayin League.Deputy Director U Khin Sein of Work Group-4 of theNational Convention Convening Work Committeeand Assistant Director Daw Mi Mi Shein acted asMCs.

YANGON, 20 Oct—Altogether2,835 gem merchants—1,702 from 440foreign companies of 12 countries and1,133 from 442 local companies—havearrived here to attend the Myanma Mid-Year Gems Emporium for 2006 spon-sored by Myanma Gems EmporiumCentral Committee.

Those merchants at home andabroad observed enthusiastically pearllots and gem lots on display at the GemMart of the Myanma Mid-Year GemsEmporium on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road

2,835 local and foreign gemmerchants arrive

and jade lots at the Myanmar Conven-tion Centre on Mindhamma Road,Mayangon Township from 9 am to 5 pmtoday.

According to the agenda of theMyanma Mid-Year Gems Emporium,the foreign gem merchants today puttheir proposals for pearl lots into therespective tender boxes, and sale of pearllots through tender system and competi-tive bidding will be held on 21 October.

On 22 October, sale of gem lotsthrough tender system and competitivebidding will follow.

Jade lots will be sold through ten-der system and competitive bidding atthe Myanmar Convention Centre from23 to 29 October.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Oct — The SaddhasumanaDrama for marionette contest of the 14th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing Arts Competi-tions continued at University of Veterinary Sci-ence in Yezin and anyone may enjoy the competi-tions free of charge.

Zeya Thiri Marionette Troupe representingSagaing Division will take part in the contesttomorrow. — MNA

Saddhasumana drama formarionette contest

14th Myanmar Traditional CulturalPerforming Arts Competitions continue

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Oct — The 14th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitionscontinued for the sixth day today at Auditorium Hall,Lecture Theatre and Convocation Hall of University ofAgriculture, University of Veterinary Science andAuditorium of Agriculture Research Department inhere.

Present were Chairman of Leading Commit-tee for Organizing the 14th Myanmar Traditional

Cultural Performing Arts Competitions Nay PyiTaw Command Commander Brig-Gen Wai Lwin,Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Tin Naing Thein,Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyein, deputy min-isters heads of department, the Secretary of theLeading Committee and officials, service personneland guests.

Altogether 12 contestants from States and Divi-sions participated in the amateur level (second class)Maha Gita men ’s singing contest, 10 in the basiceducation level (aged 15-20) girls’ Maha Gita singingcontest, 14 in the higher education level men’s modernsong contest and 15 in the basic education level (aged5-10) girls’ modern song contest. It was supervised bychairperson, secretary and members of the Panel of theJudges for singing contests.

(See page 10)

First, the MC declared the start of the groupmeeting as 11 out of 12 delegates were present, ac-counting for 91.67 per cent.

Alternate Chairman of the Meeting U MaungGyi delivered a speech.

Next, independent delegate U Aung Thein(Ywangan Constituency) read out the proposal paperof the Delegate Group of Representatives-elect con-cerning the clarification of the National ConventionConvening Work Committee Chairman on separatesuggestions to seek the approval of the delegate groups.These suggestions were submitted by the delegategroups to lay down detailed basic principles for thefunctions on legislation of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, PyithuHluttaw, Amyotha Hluttaw, and Region or StateHluttaw to be included in the writing of the State

Constitution, the chapter on the citizens and funda-mental rights and duties of the citizens and the role ofthe Tatmadaw.

Next, the alternate Chairman sought the ap-proval of the delegates for the proposal paper of theDelegate Group of Representatives-elect and approvedit. The meeting ended with concluding remarks by thealternate chairman.Delegate Group of Workers

Delegate Group of Workers held its group meet-ing at meeting hall-5 this morning. Dr Myo Thant Tinof Yangon Division presided over the meeting to-gether with members of the Panel of Chairmen U BoThein (Taungdwin Bo Thein) and U Kyaw Myo Winof Bago Division. Deputy Director U Zaw Win of

(See page 9)

A contestant from Mon State taking part inhigher education level boys’ dancing

contest. — MNA

Gem merchants observe jade lots

displayed at Mid-Year Myanma

Gems Emporium 2006. — MNA

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