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Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut 1368 ME Friday, 6 October, 2006Volume XIV, Number 173

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, 5 Oct — A ceremony tomark World Teachers’ Day for 2006 was heldtoday at Ministry of Education here and Chair-man of Myanmar Education Committee Secre-tary-1 of the State Peace and Development Coun-cil Lt-Gen Thein Sein delivered an address at theceremony.

He presented certificates of honour to the

Teachers of universities, colleges, institutes andbasic education schools throughout the nation

to try hard to become the persons who can turnout outstanding students of the nation

outstanding teachers at the ceremony.It was also attended by ministers, deputy

ministers, Acting Dean of Diplomatic Corps Am-bassador of Lao People’s Democratic RepublicMr Chanthavy Bodhisane and ambassadors, rep-resentatives of UN agencies, departmental offi-cials, rectors and principals of universities andcolleges, officials of social organizations, teach-

Myanmar observes World Teachers’ Dayers and students.

In his speech, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen TheinSein said Myanmar commemorates the WorldTeachers’ Day which falls on 5 October andtoday’s ceremony is the fifth one in Myanmar.Myanmar observes the World Teachers’ Dayannually to preserve a fine tradition of coop-eration in international movements and en-hance the Myanmar tradition of honouringteachers.

In Myanmar society, it is a conviction thatthe dignity of teachers is endowed with nobleattributes. It is a very adorable custom that peo-ple regard teachers as one of the five infinitiestogether with the Buddha, the Dhamma, the Bud-dhist Order, and parents.

(See page 8)

Chairman of Myanmar Education Committee Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein delivers an address at a ceremony to markWorld Teachers’ Day. — MNA

The Government is making arrangements for enhancement ofthe capabilities of teachers in the process of improving teachershipquality and implementing national education promotion pro-gramme. Hence, teachers, on their part, are to make utmost effortsin carrying out their education tasks.

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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

Thadingyut FestivalToday, the Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut,

is a day of significance for Buddhists. To mark

the end of the three-month Buddhist Lent,during which Lord Buddha preached the

Abhidamma to the celestial beings at the abodeof Tavatimsa, the Thadingyut Festival or the

Festival of Lights has been held in commemo-ration of the return to earth of Lord Buddha.

Seven years after attaining the spiritualenlightenment, Lord Buddha ascended to the

celestial abode of Tavatimsa to preach theAbhidamma to celestial beings, including

Santusita, who had been His mother in the pre-vious existence, as a token of paying His grati-

tude to the latter.The preaching of the discourse lasted

three months, from the month of Waso endingon the Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut. During

the Lent, members of the Sangha go into re-treat or are confined to their respective mon-

asteries for serious meditation or study of re-ligious scriptures.

After preaching the Abhidamma at thecelestial abode of Tavatimsa, Lord Buddha re-turned to the human abode on the evening of

the Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut. To welcomeHim back to the human abode, many disciples

of celestial abodes and of human world offeredlights and paid obeisance to Him.

Nowadays, the Thadingyut Festival isusually held for three days. During the festival

days, Buddhists offer flowers, lights and waterto the pagodas. And it is an age-old tradition

for the young to pay respects to their grand-parents, parents, teachers and elders on this

occasion.The Thadingyut Festival is indeed an

auspicious occasion for us Buddhist devoteesand we should celebrate the occasion in ac-

cordance with the fine traditions.

YANGON, 5 Oct — The State Peace and Devel-opment Council has appointed the following personsas heads of service organizations shown against eachon probation from the date they assume charge oftheir duties.

Name Appointment(a) Col Kyaw Htoo Managing Director Ministry of Defence Myanma Agricultural

Produce Trading Ministry of Commerce

(b) Col Aung Myo Myint Managing Director Ministry of Defence Myanma Motion Picture

Enterprise Ministry of Information

MNA

MYANMAR GAZETTETrials for U-14youth team held

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Oct — Chairman of MyanmarOlympic Committee Minister for Sports Brig-GenThura Aye Myint, together with President of MyanmarFootball Federation U Zaw Zaw and officials of theSports and Physical Education Department, attendedthe trials to select caps for the U-14 youth team atPaunglaung Sports Ground in Nay Pyi Taw yesterdaymorning.

In the trials, Sports and Physical Education Insti-tute (Mandalay) team beat SPEI (Yangon) team 4-2.

Two U-14 youth teams from SPEI (Yangon) and(Mandalay) and three U-14 youth teams formed withplayers from States and Divisions, totalling five aretaking part in the trials. — MNA

Foreign Ministry holdsNational Seminar on

ASEAN CharterYANGON, 5 Oct — The opening ceremony of

National Seminar on ASEAN Charter, organized byMinistry of Foreign Affairs, was held at Hotel NikkoRoyal Lake this morning with an opening address byDeputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Thu.

Secretary-General of ASEAN Secretariat MrOng Keng Yong explained ASEAN Charter and MrKarl-Peter Schoenfisch of Hanns Siedel Foundationgave accounts related to the meeting. It was attendedby ASEAN Ambassadors in Yangon, Directors-Gen-eral of the ministry, representatives from Attorney-General’s Office, Civil Service Selection and TrainingBoard, National AFTA Unit, respective Ministries,International Relations Department of University ofYangon and responsible persons of social organiza-tions and associations.

At the seminar, Director-General U Aung Bwaof ASEAN Affairs Department briefed on evolution ofASEAN, Director-General U Nyan Linn of PoliticalAffairs Department, on ASEAN values, principles,objectives and challenges, Special Assistant toMyanmar EPG on ASEAN Charter Director U WynnThein, on organizational structure.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized the semi-nar wih the cooperation and support from HannsSiedel Foundation, an NGO from Germany.

MNA

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Third New Generation YouthGolf tournament to be held

YANGON, 5 Oct — Under the supervision ofMyanmar Golf Federation, Myanmar Golf Club hasalready made arrangements to hold Third New Gen-eration Youth Golf tournament at the club, 9th Mile on10 and 11 October.

The tournament features age-wise events and ithas three categories— aged 13-15 and aged 16-20 inthe men’s and aged 10-18 in the women’s.

Handsome prizes will be awarded to winners.The main sponsor is Han Golf Masters Pte Ltd and theco-sponsors are Srixon, Myanmar Golf Club DrivingRange, Han Golf Masters Academy and Golf Mastersmagazine.

The participants may register at Myanmar GolfClub (Ph-661702) not later than 2 pm of October 9.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint viewstrials to select caps for the U-14 youth team atPaunglaung Sports Ground in Nay Pyi Taw.

SPORTS

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BANGKOK, 4 Oct—Thailand’s interim PrimeMinister SurayudChulanont will attend theChina-ASEAN Com-emorative Summit laterthis month, the permanentsecretary for Foreign Min-istry said on Tuesday.

Surayud will attend theCommemorative Summiton the 15th anniversary of

the establishment ofChina-ASEAN dialoguein China’s Nanning Cityon 30-31 October , the of-ficial said. It will be hisfirst foreign trip since heassumed the post of in-terim Prime Minister.

He will also attend theAsia-Pacific EconomicCooperation meeting inVietnam in November and

will attend the ASEANsummit in the Philippinesin December.

Surayud, the PrivyCouncil member andformer Army commander,took the post as interimPrime Minister of Thai-land on 1 October after amilitary coup on 19 Sep-tember.

MNA/Xinhua

Two US soldierskilled in Afghan clash

KABUL, 4 Oct—Two US soldiers and an Afghansoldier were killed in a clash with insurgents in theeastern Afghan province of Kunar, the US-led coali-tion force said on Tuesday.

Three US soldiers were also wounded in the fight-ing late on Monday in the province’s Pech District.

Violence has surged in the Afghan east and souththis year to its most intense since US-led forces oustedthe hardline Taleban five years ago, weeks after the 11September attacks.— MNA/Reuters

At least nine die in S Korean30-vehicle pile-up

SEOUL, 4 Oct— Atleast nine people werekilled on Tuesday in afiery 30-vehicle pile-upon a South Korean high-way at the start of a na-tional holiday week, po-lice said.

Two trucks collidedon a bridge about 70 kilo-metres (45 miles) south-west of Seoul, blockingthe road and squeezingvehicles between rein-forced barriers designedto prevent them from fall-ing off the overpass, po-lice said.

The crash triggered afire and many victimssuffered severe burns aswell as crash injuries,rescue officials said.

News network YTNsaid the death toll had

already reached 12 andwas likely to rise. It saidthere were more than 40injured. Rescue officialscould not confirmYTN’s report of fatali-ties.

The crash came asmillions of South Kore-ans travelled to meetrelatives for the Chusok(Harvest Festival) holi-day week.

MNA/Reuters

A folk artist performs acrobatics in Suzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province,on 3 Oct, 2006. The temple fair held in Suzhou during the National Day

holiday, attracted tourists from China as well as abroad.XINHUA

Two young girls read

books during the 58th

Frankfurt Interna-

tional Book Fair in

Frankfurt, Germany,

on 4 Oct, 2006

XINHUA

South Korean firefight-

ers remove the wreck-

age of crashed vehicles

on a key highway bridge

in Pyeongtack, South

Korea, on 3 Oct 2006.

INTERNET

Pieter Gijselaar, 7 feet (210 centimeters) tall, posesfor a portrait next to an elevator in his office building in Amsterdam recently. — INTERNET

Study says over 3 mln people for-cibly evicted in Africa

GENEVA,4 Oct— More than three million Africans have been forciblyevicted from their homes in the country since 2000, a study has revealed.

According to a researchconducted by AmnestyInternational and the Ge-neva-based Centre onHousing Rights and Evic-tions (COHRE) the prac-tice of forced evictions hasreached epidemic propor-tions in Africa.

The two organisationscalled on African govern-ments to halt forced evic-tions and abide by their

international human rightsobligations.

The research indicatesthat some two millionpeople have been forci-bly evicted from theirhomes and many thou-sands have been madehomeless since 2000 inNigeria, while more than12,000 people were for-cibly evicted from DarAssalaam camp in Sudan

in August 2006.The government of

Zimbabwe staggered theinternational communityin 2005 when, in a mili-tary style operation, itforced an estimated700,000 people from theirhomes, their businessesor both.

Angola’s capital,Luanda, has seen the evic-tion of at least 6,000 fami-lies and their homes weredemolished since 2001.

Internet

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BANGKOK, 4 Oct—Kosit Panpiemras, exe-cutive chairman of Thai-land’s largest bank,Bangkok Bank PCL, saidon Tuesday he hadaccepted an offer to be aCabinet minister in theinterim civilian govern-ment.

“I’ve agreed to be in theCabinet, but I don’t knowwhich ministry the PrimeMinister will give me,”

DHANANG (Vietnam),4 Oct— Typhoon Xang-sane killed at least 120people in the Philippinesand Vietnam and left tensof thousands homeless,officials said on Tuesday.

The typhoon swept

Bangkok Bank chief saysto join new Thai Cabinet

Kosit told reporters .“I think it will be one

of the economic mini-stries,” said the secondeconomic heavyweight tojoin Surayud interimgovernment, which pro-mises a new Constitutionand fresh elections in ayear.

Bank of ThailandGovernor PridiyathornDevakula has said he willlead the economic team of

the new government.Kosit, a well-respected

economist and formerhead of the nationalplanning agency, wasappointed last month asone of 19 members of theeconomic advisory boardto coup leaders who seizedpower from deposedPrime Minister ThaksinShinawatra on 19 Sept-ember.

MNA/Reuters

Typhoon death toll rises to 120in Philippines, Vietnam

fierce winds and rain intoVietnam’s central coast atthe weekend after leavinga trail of destruction in thenorthern and centralPhilippines, including thecapital, Manila.

Vietnam officials said

at least 42 died in severalcentral provinces and theresort city of Danang,Vietnam’s fourth largestcity of about one million,which took the brunt ofthe typhoon when it hit onSunday.

“The death toll is notcompleted yet as we arestill receiving casualtyreports from districts andcommunes in the pro-vinces,” said an official atthe Danang Flood andStorm Control Com-mittee. She said 24 peoplehad died in Danang. Acity health official wasquoted in state-run mediaas saying more than 1,000residents had beenhospitalized.

Homes collapsed androofs were ripped off inDanang and the nearbyancient town of Hoi An.

MNA/Reuters

Men scatter flowers on a statue of Mahatma Gandhi during a prayerceremony to celebrate 137th birth anniversary of Gandhi in the northern

Indian city of Amritsar on 2 Oct, 2006. — INTERNET

Crocodiles are being caught in an effort to look for remain of a boy feared to havebeen eaten, in Malaysia’s village of Bako, on the Borneo island, on 2 Oct,

2006.Malaysian conservation groups on Wednesday called for a halt to crocodilehunts in the wild jungles of Borneo mounted by Malaysians searching for theremains of a boy feared to have been eaten by one of the reptiles. — INTERNET

Couple claims $200 million jackpotDES MOINES(Iowa),4 Oct— A Fort Dodge couple who bought three Powerball

tickets during a pit stop for soda came forward Wednesday to claim the $200million jackpot.

Robbers grab ATMs with forkliftsPHOENIX, (Arizona), 4

Oct— Leave the gun.Bank robbers have foundan easier way to make offwith other people'smoney: Around thecountry, thieves have hot-wired forklifts atconstruction sites,chugged up to banks andscooped up their ATMs,with all the cash inside.

ATM manufacturershave been working onways to stop the heists, andsometimes the moneyinvolved is so small ithardly seems worth therisk. But that hasn't

discouraged thieves thissummer in such states asArizona, California andGeorgia. They have pulledoff or attempted such theftsat least 21 times this yearin the Phoenix area alone.

"It's called the smash-and-dash," said RobEvans, director of industrymarketing for Dayton,Ohio-based NCR Corp,the world's largest makerof automated tellermachines. Evans is thecompany expert on ATMthefts.

Since the 1990s,thieves have used forklifts

to steal ATMs inIndonesia, New Zealand,Scotland, Ireland andEstonia, as well as the USFour years ago, criminalsplowed through the frontdoors of a movie theaterin Lethbridge, Canada,with a forklift, drove intothe lobby, hoisted thebulky machine andcarried it to a waitingpickup truck.

The payoff for thosewho succeed in breakinginto the machines varieswidely, from a few hundreddollars to tens of thousandsof dollars.—Internet

Tim and KellieGuderian bought thewinning ticket 23 Sept ata Kum & Go store in FortDodge. They discoveredtheir good fortune the

following evening, asKellie read off the winningnumbers to an awe-struckTim.

"What a stroke of luck,"Tim Guderian said. "It

seemed like a dream."According to the Iowa

lottery, the odds of winningwere about 140 million-to-1. Tim Guderian, 36,served in the Marinesduring Operation DesertStorm and works as anautomotive detailer in FortDodge. His 44-year-oldwife of nearly seven yearsis a sales associate at theWal-Mart where the pairfirst met.

The Guderians choseto take the lump-sumpayment, which amountsto $67.1 million aftertaxes. The winning ticketnumbers were computer-picked. They were 13-21-26-45-50 and Powerball20.— Internet

Tim and Kellie Guderian, of Fort Dodge, Iowa,receive their check for $200.8 million on

Wednesday.—INTERNET

20,000 weddings scheduled inweek-long holidays in Beijing

BEIJING, 3 Oct — The streets of Beijing were linedup with wedding cars decorated by flowers on Monday,the second day of the week-long national holidays.

It’s estimated that there are more than 20,000 weddingsbeing held or to be held in Beijing around the holidays,according to the China Committee of Wedding ServiceIndustries.About one third of the new couples in Beijingchoose to tie the knot on the national holidays from 1October to 7 October, according to the committee.

Some wedding service companies operated more than20 wedding ceremonies a day. Since the wedding cars arein short, some companies have to dispatch cars from thenearby city Tianjin.

For the restaurants, wedding banquets are the mainbusiness during the holidays. Some people even reservedtables half a year in advance. — MNA/Xinhua

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Cuba’s National Ballet dancers Romel Frometa (L) and Viengsay Valdesperform during a rehearsal for “The Magic Flute” in Madrid on 3 October,2006. The National Ballet of Cuba will perform “Gala Coreografica Alicia

Alonso”, a set of five choreographies directed by the ballet’s foundingdirector and former prima ballerina Alicia Alonso, at Madrid’s Albeniz

theatre from 4 October until 9 October.—INTERNET

Actors perform underwater ballet in Wenfeng Park in Nantong,on 2 Oct,2006.—XINHUA

Twin sisters attend the Twins Festival at YongPioneer Park in Beijing on 2 Oct, 2006. More than600 pairs of twins across the country took part in the festival, China Daily reported. —INTERNET

Fuel oil spill hits Bulgariansection of Danube

SOFIA, 3 Oct— The Bulgarian section of the Danube has been hit by a fueloil spill with considerable density since Monday morning, the EmergencyMinistry said.

The slick flowing fromthe upper reaches of theDanube in the neigh-bouring Serbia wasexpanding and now turnedout to be over 45 kilometreslong, said the ministry.

Bulgarian authoritieshave sent an official inquiryto the Serbian sidedemanding to know wherethe spill came from.

It would be very

difficult to clean out the oilspot given its huge size,experts said.

At present, what worriesthe authorities most is theVidachim Heating PowerPlant located along the

banks of the Danube. If oil-polluted water

entered the plant’s steamgenerators, there would bea serious risk of a fire,experts said.

MNA/Xinhua

Screeching mobiles willgive thieves ear bashing

LONDON, 3 Oct — A new service that makesmobile phones emit a piercing electronic scream ifstolen and automatically blocks access to sensitivedata was launched in Britain on Monday.

The product, called Remote XT after the companythat created it, is designed for application on smarthandsets.

It is primarily targeted at the high-end of the market,typically business-users who may hold confidentialdata, such as emails, on their phones.

“By making mobiles unusable to anyone but therightful owner the phones become worthless and wewill see the market for stolen handsets stamped outonce and for all,” said Mark Whiteman, managingdirector of Remote XT.— MNA/Reuters

Cuba-China trade surges to $890m

Blast injuresseven in

western Turkey

China, Vietnam, Philippines seekbetter assess to EMIS

HO CHI MINH (Vie-tnam), 3 Oct— A work-shop co-organized by theWorld Health Organizat-ion (WHO) and a Vietna-

mese institute opened hereMonday to assess theemergency managementinformation systems(EMIS) of China, thePhilippines and Vietnam,the most disaster-pronecountries in the region.

“Although coun-tries have emergencymanagement informationsystems to address thisissue, there is still much tobe done in terms of makingthese systems capable ofmeeting the informationneeds of different levels ofusers and decision-makers,”said HansTroedsson, WHO Re-presentative in Vietnam.

The workshop isexpected to provideimportant guidelines forstrengthening differentcomponents of the EMIS,especially in relation to the

monitoring, analysis andutilization of health-related data. It will alsoidentify gaps in the existingEMIS so that relevant andeffective interventions canbe planned for andoptimized, and provide abasis for designing trainingprogrammes for providersand users.

“Information plays acritical role in healthemergency management inall areas and phases ofdisaster work, fromemergency preparedness toresponse. The workshop isof particular significancesince it addresses needs andchallenges to improvinghealth-related data co-llection at both the nationaland regional level,”Vietnamese DeputyMinister of Health Tran ChiLiem said. —MNA/Xinhua

HAVANA, 3 Oct — Thetrade volume betweenCuba and China soared to890 million US dollars byJuly this year, up 80 percent on an annual base,China’s Ambassador toCuba, Zhao Rongxian,told local media onMonday.

The total trade volumein 2005 was only 830million dollars, he added.

“Cuba is now adestination for Chinesetourists and business

people; that is why wehave to promote thismarket,” Zhao said, citingalso great potential formutual understanding.

Zhao said that 57 yearsafter the founding of thePeople’s Republic ofChina on 1 October, 1949,China will mark theanniversary with “greatadvances in economic andsocial forces and greatimprovement of livingstandards”.

MNA/Xinhua

ANKARA, 3 Oct —Seven people were injured in an explosion inwestern city of Izmir onMonday, the semi-officialAnatolia news agencyreported.

The blast occurredafter a person threw ahand grenade on a cafe inAlsancak District of Izmir,leaving seven peoplewounded, said the report,adding that one of thewounded is in seriouscondition.

Turkish police cor-doned off the area wherethe explosion took place,according to the report.

MNA/Xinhua

Philippines bus swept awayby swollen river, 15 dead

ILOILO CITY (Philippines), 4 Oct— At least 15people drowned and 30 were missing on Mondaywhen a mini-bus was swept away while trying to crossa river in central Philippines.

Police said passengers in the jeepney, a uniquelyPhilippine bus fashioned after the US military jeep,were returning from a funeral in Igbaras town in IloiloProvince.

Igbaras Mayor James Esmeralda said nine survivedthe accident, which comes after 76 people were killedand 1.3 billion pesos (26 million US dollars) worth ofinfrastructure, crops and livestock were damaged by atyphoon in northern and central Philippines last week.Meteorologists said a new storm, which could developinto a typhoon, could hit the Philippines on Tuesday orearly Wednesday.

MNA/Reuters

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India’s TVS makes Indonesiaproduction base in S-E Asia

JAKARTA, 4 Oct—Indian motorcycleproducer TVS MotorCompany has vowed tomake Indonesia as itsproduction base inSoutheast Asia, withproduction set to begin inearly 2007, a localnewspaper reported onTuesday.

Having invested 43million US dollars to build

a factory in Indonesia,TVS aims to sell mostlymoped models from itslocal factory, whoseproduction capacity isestimated at 300,000 unitsa year, reported BisnisIndonesia.

TVS director BLPSimha has said the factoryconstruction in the WestJava town of Karawangwas near completion.

“The factory isexpected to beginoperations early 2007, andbefore November 2007,

Venezuela’s state oil company seeshigh net earnings rise in 2005

CARACAS, 4 Oct—Venezuela’s state oil companysaw its net earnings rise to nearly 6.5 billion US dollarsin 2005 due to soaring crude prices, the company saidon Tuesday.

Rafael Ramirez, president of Petroleos de VenezuelaSA (PDVSA), told a Press conference that the figurerepresented a 20-per-cent increase over 2004.

Ramirez, who is also Venezuela’s Oil Minister,said the government is very satisfied with theearnings.

He also said Venezuela, the world’s fifth largest oil

exporter, has cut its oil production by 50,000 barrels aday, in a bid to shore up flagging international petroleumprices.

Venezuela has managed to increase oil productionin the past year, and even with the latest cut the countryis still producing more than 3.3 million barrels a day,Ramirez said.

Venezuela wants the Organization of PetroleumExporting Countries (OPEC) to reduce oil output, amove opposed by many OPEC members.

MNA/Xinhua

Made-in-China regional airplanesells well abroad

Mexico suspends saleof US carrot juice

MEXICO CITY, 4 Oct— Mexico said on Tuesday ithad ordered supermarkets to withdraw carrot juiceimported from the United States after the US Foodand Drug Administration issued a warning linkingfour case of botulism to the product.

Mexico’s Health Ministry told the country’s topsupermarket Wal-Mart de Mexico controlled by USretailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc and members of retailersgroup ANTAD to withdraw the juice.

The ministry mentioned by name Bolthouse Farms100 per cent carrot juice, Earthbound Farm Organiccarrot juice and President’s Choice Organics 100 percent pure carrot juices.

The cases of botulism in the United States firstappeared in September and one woman in Floridasuffered paralysis after drinking the juice.

Botulism can cause double-vision, droopy eyelidsand trouble with speaking and swallowing.

MNA/Reuters

BEIJING, 5 Oct— Xi’anAircraft IndustryCompany (XAC), a majorChinese aircraft producer,has taken export orders for32 Xinzhou-60 (MA60)twin turbo-prop regionalpassenger planes.

The company hasalready delivered sixMA60s, designed for shortand medium-rangecommuter services, tocustomers in Zimbabwe,Zambia, Laos and the

Republic of Congo, saidWang Dawei, deputypresident of the ChinaNational Aero-Technology Import andExport Corporation,XAC’s export agent.

Five more of the 60-seatplanes will be delivered toforeign customers by theend of the year. The MA60,an improved version of theY7-200A, uses importedengines, turbo propellersand electronic equipment.

XAC believes it is one ofthe best turbo-propregional airplanes in theworld.— MNA/Xinhua

Philippines faces threat ofanother typhoon

MANILA, 4 Oct—Daysafter typhoon Xangsanekilled about 200 people anddevastated many parts ofLuzon and Metro Manilain northern and central

Philippines, anothertropical storm, Bebinca, isnow heading toward thecentral and northern partsof Luzon, the local weatherbureau PAGASA reportedTuesday.

The weather bureausaid that as of 16:00 localtime (08:00 GMT), thestorm was spotted 550kilometres east southeastof Casiguran, Aurora innorthern Philippines, withmaximum sustainedwinds of 85 kilometres perhour near the centre andgustiness of up to 100 kph.

It is moving west north-west at seven kph and isexpected to be 390kilometres east southeast ofCasiguran by Wednesdayafternoon, said PAGASA.

MNA/Xinhua

A train conductor (L) chats with passengers on the Shanghai-Lhasa train inShanghai,on 1 Oct, 2006.—XINHUA

product sales begin,” hesaid Monday.

The factory will alsomanufacture scooters andsport models. Indonesianmotorcycle market isdominated by Japaneseproducers.

Motorcycle sales in thefirst eight months of theyear totaled 2.65 millionunits, of which the triomotorcycle giants —Honda, Yamaha andSuzuki — made up ofmore than 2.5 millionunits.—MNA/Xinhua

A parrot rides a tiny bicycle during a performance at a zoo in Nanjing,east China's Jiangsu Province on 1 Oct, 2006. — INTERNET

A model presents acreation by Japanesedesigner Yohji Yama-moto during Spring/Summer 2007 ready-to-wear fashion collectionin Paris 2 Oct, 2006.

INTERNET

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The Significant and Noble Day of Abhidhamma

Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)

The Significant and Noble Day of Abhidhamma(the Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut, MahapavaranaDay) falls on 6th October in the year 2006.

In the fourth week, after attaining theenlightenment, the Buddha began to comtemplateand review the Dhamma (the truth) He had realizednear the Bodhi tree. On His seventh Vassa (SevenYears) of enlightenment, the Buddha, out ofcompassion for the devas and brahmas, went to theTavatimsa Devaloka (Celestial abode) where Hepreached the Abhidhamma Pitaka (Basket of Ultimatethings) for a full three months to His deceased motherwho was reborn as Santusita Deva, and also to theother devas and brahmas assembled there, hoping tomake them realize the four ultimate things for whicha Knowledge of Abhidhamma is absolutely necessarybecause it deals with the highest and ultimate sense ofthings springing into being as facts as distinct frommere names.

After preaching Abhidhamma (Ultimate Truth)to His deceased mother, Santusita Deva and otherDevas and brahmas for a full three months, theBuddha returned to the human abode on the FullmoonDay of Thadingyut. According to the Pali Text, threedecorated stairways of silver, gold and ruby beginningfrom the top of the great Mount Meru to the gate ofSankassa town on earth were created as a token ofpaying deep homage to the Buddha who returned tothe human abode. The Buddha took the middlestairway accompanied by Devas and Brahmas whotook right stairway and left stairway. All Devas andBrahmas from the Tavatimsa Devaloka (Celestialabode) paid deep homage to the Omniscient Buddhafor a full three months from 1st Waning of Waso toFullmoon of Thadingyut. According to the Vinayarules of the Buddha, the period of a full three monthsfrom 1st Waning of Waso to Fullmoon of Thadingyut

(round about from mid-July to mid-October) is retreat-period of Buddhists. During retreat-period, all Buddhistmonks must not have to go away from their residence(monasteries, temples) not more than seven days.Especially, they have to fulfil their religious duties(Ganthadhura and Vipassanadhura) during the retreat-period more than before. All Buddhist monks havefollowed and practised the said Vinaya rules since over2500 years ago.

When the Buddha descended from Tavatimsa(Celestial abode), the Devas and Brahmas accompaniedHim putting up white sacred umbrellas and fanningHim. At that time, because of unlimited miraculouspowers, supernormal powers and glory of the Buddha,the whole earthings could see the magnificent celestialabode, and also the Devas and Brahmas could seehundreds of thousands of millions of people greetingand paying deep homage to the Buddha who descendedat the gate of Sankassa Town of the human abode onthe Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut (Mahapavarana Day).

The Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut(Mahapavarana Day) has been marked by Buddhists asthe singnificant and noble day of Abhidhamma sincethen (over 2000 years ago). On the auspicious occasionof the Abhidhamma (Mahaparavana Day), inremembrance of the Buddha, members of the Sangharecite Abhidhamma discourses, and multifariousBuddhist devotees offer lights, water, flowers, incense,fragrant scents, fruits and other offertories. And also,Dhamma talks about Abhidhamma (Mahapavarana)Day are held. On this noble day, most Buddhists keepnine precepts for their meritorious deeds dedicating tothe attainment of noble stage of Nibbana (supremebliss).

The Pali term Abhidhamma is composed ofAbhi which means subtle or ultimate, and Dhammawhich means truth or doctrine. The Abhidhamma,

therefore, means subtle or ultimate truth or doctrine.The Abhidhamma Pitaka consists of the four ultimatethings; Mind (Citta), Psychicfactor (Cetasikas) Matter(Rupa) and Nibbana. It is the most important andmost interesting to a deep thinker. It is subdividedinto seven books.

When the Buddha had preached Abhidhammafor a full three months to His deceased mother whowas reborn as Santusita Deva and to other Devas andBrahmas at the celestial abode, He said to the king ofthe celestials that He would return to the humanabode. Therefore, the king of the celestials createdand arranged three stairways of silver, gold and rubybeginning from the top of the great Mount Meru tothe gate of Sankassa Town of the human abode.

Sending forth the six coloured rays emanatedfrom His body, the Buddha descended by the middlestairway of ruby to the gate of Sankassa Town of thehuman abode (on earth). The Devas (Celestial beings)accompanied the Buddha from the right side stairwayof gold playing musical instruments and fanning theBuddha. The Brahmas (higher celestial beings)accompanied the Buddha from the left side stairwayof silver putting up white umbrellas.

At the time, When the Buddha returned fromthe celestial abode to the human abode, the highestBrahma realm, Ekamanta, the lowest Aviji (Apayaplanes of miserable existences), the four cardinalpoints, the ten directions and thousands of worldswere clearly visible without any blockage and barrierbecause of unlimited miraculous powers, supernomalpowers and glory of the Buddha.

People could see the whole celestial abodeDevas and Brahmas, and all celestial beings in turnviewed more than hundreds of thousands of millionsof people who were welcoming and paying deephomage to the Buddha. There was no one that did notwish and pray to become a Buddha, the most noblewish after witnessing the most surpassing splendour.

Up to this day we can visualize the most

surpassing splendour and significant event of the

Omniscient Buddha descending to the earth from the

great Mount Meru accompanied by Devas and

Brahmas to the gate of Sankassa Town of the human

abode.

On the Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut, we all

Buddhists generously offer lights, water, flowers,

scents, fruits, food and other various kinds of

offertories to pagodas and monasteries and also pay

respect to teachers, parents and elders. These

meritorious deeds dedicate to the attainment of the

noble stage of Nibbana through the most surpassing

splendour and significant event of the Omniscient

Buddha descending to the human abode from the

celestial abode on the Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut.

The Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut (Mahapavarana Day)has been marked by Buddhist as the singnificant and nobleday of Abhidhamma since then (over 2000 years ago). On theauspicious occasion of the Abhidhamma (MahaparavanaDay), in remembrance of the Buddha, members of the Sangharecite Abhidhamma discourses, and multifarious Buddhistdevotees offer lights, water, flowers, incense, fragrant scents,fruits and other offertories. And also, Dhamma talks aboutAbhidhamma (Mahapavarana) Day are held. On this nobleday, most Buddhists keep nine precepts for their meritoriousdeeds dedicating to the attainment of noble stage of Nibbana(supreme bliss).

(The Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut, Mahapavarana Day)

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 6 October, 2006

Teachers of universities, colleges, institutes and…(from page 1)

Apart from teaching students, teachers areregarded as honourable persons who are capable ofguiding and nurturing students to become theeducated with good morality.

In his address, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Seinurged teachers and parent to work joining handswith one another to develop the abilities and talentsof teachers and to open opportunities for teachers.

As part of an effort for development of theState, the Government has been implementing the30-year long-term national education promotion plan.The Government has also encouraged teachers toparticipate in drawing and implementing the NationalEducation Promotion Plan. Moreover, a programmefor improvement of abilities and talents of teachersis included in the plan.

In basic education sector, teachers and parentsare working together to enable every child to go toschool and to reduce the dropout rates.

The Government is taking steps to improvethe abilities of teachers, to upgrade the curricula, touse information technologies in teaching and learningactivities, to ensure the examination system to beadaptable to the teaching and learning activities andto achieve success in teaching activities in basiceducation schools.

In an attempt to improve the national educationstandard, Head of State Senior General Than Shwegave guidance to improve teaching skills, to upgradethe curricula, to use teaching aids, to motivatestudents to observe rules and regulations and toemphasize flourishing of Patriotic Spirit and UnionSpirit.

In accordance with guidance of the Head ofState, refresher courses for senior assistant teacherswere opened and arrangements have been made toupgrade the school curricula and those who qualifiedfor senior assistant teachers were assigned to basiceducation high schools.

The Government has opened more teachershipcourses, pre-occupational degree courses, pre andpost graduate courses, master’s degree course anddoctorate courses.

DTEd, DTEC, BEd, PGDT, PGDMA coursesand Special Certificate in Educational Technology-SCET course have been conducted in educationcolleges.

Therefore, it can be said that today’s teachersbecome those who have high teachership efficiency.

In the higher education sector, faculty membershave many options to pursue further education invarious subjects. Due to opening master’s courses, MRes courses and doctoral courses, subject-wise expertsand highly-qualified faculty members rose. Therefore,teachers have more opportunities to create their betterlives.

The Government is making arrangements forenhancement of the capabilities of teachers in theprocess of the improvement of teachership qualityand national education promotion programme. Hence,teachers, on their part, are to make utmost efforts forcarrying out their respective education tasks.

Teachers are noble persons entrusted with mostsubtle and praise-worthy tasks of the human society.They are also honorable persons striving for nurturing

Examinations Director-General of MyanmarEducation Research Department U Ohn Myint; andawards and certificates of honour to four outstandingteachers —Headmaster U Tin Htay of PhaletkhoBEPS in Zalun Township, Headmaster U MyoKhaing of Legyikwin BEPS in Kyangin Township,retired Headmaster U Than Aye of Moemeik BEPSNo 2 and JAT Daw Khin Than of Loikaw BEMS No1 respectively.

Minister for Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe presentedfirst, second and third prizes to the winners in thefaculty member level article contest, the articlecontests of basic education high school teachers,middle school teachers and primary school levelteachers respectively.

Minister for Religious Affairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung and Minister for Education Dr ChanNyein gave first, second and third prizes to thewinners in the essay and poem contests at university/college level, high school level and middle schoollevel.

After the ceremony, the Secretary-1 greeteddiplomats of foreign missions, resident representativesof UN agencies and honorary teachers.

Later, the Secretary-1 and party together withguests viewed the booth opened in commemorationof World Teachers’ Day (2006), prize winningworks of poem, essay and article contests andendeavours of honorary teachers and outstandingteachers displayed at the hall of the Ministry ofEducation.

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intellectuals and intelligentsia on whom the State canrely and outstanding persons for the nation and theworld.

Therefore, teachers of universities, colleges,institutes and basic education schools throughout thenation are to try hard to become the persons who canturn out outstanding students of the nation bypreserving teachers’ ethics and dignity in theirrespective regions.

In conclusion, the Secretary-1 on behalf of theGovernment, expressed gratitude to all the teachersfor their performance in nurturing students who wouldenhance socio-economic life of the State in the future,and urged them to dutifully perform tasks of region-wise human resources development with diligenceand perseverance.

Next, Education for All Country CoordinatorU Tin Nyo read the joint message sent by heads ofUNESCO, UNDP, ILO and UNICEF.

Students of Nay Pyi Taw BEHS No 6 sang thesong entitled “Obe-myatsaya”.

Director-General U Bo Win of EducationPlanning and Training Department reported on thelist of four honorary teachers and four outstandingteachers and their contributions to education sector.

Next, the Secretary-1 presented awards andcertificates of honour to retired rector of MandalayUniversity Dr Kyaw Sein, retired principal of YangonInstitute of Foreign Languages Vice-Chairman-2 ofMyanmar History Commission U Sai Aung Tun,retired director-general of Basic EducationDepartment U Tin Pe and retired chairman ofMyanmar Board of Examinations U Maung MaungSein through Chairman of Myanmar Board of

The Government istaking steps to improve theabilities of teachers, toupgrade the curricula, to useinformation technologies inteaching and learningactivities, to ensure theexamination system to beadaptable to the teachingand learning activities andto achieve success inteaching activities in basiceducation schools.

Teachers are noble persons entrustedwith most subtle and praise-worthy

tasks of the human society

Chairman of Myanmar Education CommitteeSecretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein presents a

certificate of honour to Dr Kyaw Sein, Rector(Retd) of University of Mandalay.

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(from page 16)a first-hand statement on all criteria before adoptingsuitable decisions on the issue in question.

“Actions like this, based on an arbitrary andselective interpretation of the provisional rules ofprocedure of the Security Council, do not contributeto advancing towards the necessary transparencyand representativeness that should characterize thework of an organ that under the Charter of the UnitedNations, should act on behalf of all Member Statesof the United Nations.

“I am hereby requesting that the text of thepresent letter and it’s annex containing the statementCuba was to make on behalf of the Non-AlignedMovement at today’s private meeting on “Thesituation in Myanmar”, be circulated as a documentof the Security Council.”

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(from page 16) the question of encroachment by the Security Councilon the functions and powers of the General Assemblyand the Economic and Social Council, as well as othermatters related thereto.

The principled positions of the Movement onthese issues have been transmitted to the President ofthe Security Council for the month of February, 2006through the letters of the Chairman of the CoordinationBureau of the Non-Aligned Movement dated 10February 2006 and 20 February 2006, as contained indocuments S/2006/85 and S/2006/111, respectively,and the letter dated 10 July 2006.

The Non-Aligned Movement stresses onceagain that the decision by the Security Council toinitiate a formal or informal discussions on the situationin any Member State of the United Nations or anyissue that does not constitute a threat to internationalpeace and security is contrary to Article 24 of theCharter of the United Nations. The Movement doesnot consider that the situation in Myanmar constitutesa threat to international peace and security and opposes

Cuban representativesends letter to…

NAM stresses situation in Myanmar …attempts by a member of the Council to catergorizethe situation in Myanmar as such.

Therefore, including this issue in the agenda ofthe Council would be in violation of the purposes andprinciples of the Charter, in particular, Article 24. Inthis regard, the Movement further stresses once againthe need for the Council to uphold the primacy of andrespect for the Charter in carrying out its duties andresponsibilities.

I also wish to inform the Council that theFourteenth Summit Conference of Heads of State orGovernment of the Non-Aligned Movement in itsFinal Document adopted on 16 September 2006“call(s) upon the Security Council to uphold theprimacy of the respect for the Charter in connectionwith its functions and power and stresses once againthat the decision by the Security Council to initiateformal or informal discussions on the situation in anyMember State of the United Nations or any issue thatdoes not constitute a threat to international peace andsecurity is contrary to Article 24 of the Charter.”

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YANGON, 5 Oct — Thedelegates to the NationalConvention fromTaninthayi Division, ShanState ( East ) and RakhineState arrived at YangonInternational Airporttoday.

They were wel-

Delegates to NC arrive in Yangon

YANGON, 5 Oct —Hailing the AnnualGeneral Meeting for 2006of Union Solidarity andDevelopment Associa-tion, a billboard was setup in front of the office ofMandalay DivisionUSDA in Mandalay on 3October. Chairman ofMan-dalay Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen KhinZaw, wife Daw Khin

Billboards set up in MandalayPyone Win, chairpersonof Mandalay DivisionMaternal and ChildWelfare SupervisoryCommittee, local author-ities, members ofMandalay DivisionUSDA were present.

The two outstand-ingstudents unveiled thebillboard. Likewise, abillboard was erected nearthe office of Chan-myathazi TownshipUSDA and the two

outstanding studentsformally opened thebillboard.

A similar ceremonywas held at the corner of80th Street and 26th Streetin Mandalay. At theceremony, the twooutstanding studentsunveiled the billboard.Secretary of MandalayDivision USDA U TinMaung Oo, members ofUSDA and students werepresent. — MNA

comed at the airport byChairman of Invitation andAccommodation Sub-committee Col Htein Linand committee membersand conveyed toNyaunghnapin Camp,venue of the NationalConvention in Hmawby

Lt-Gen Myint Sweof Ministry ofDefence beingwelcomed by

Military Attaché ofRepublic of

Indonesia Col YayatHidayat at 61st

Anniversary ArmedForces Dayreception ofRepublic ofIndonesia inYangon on 5

October 2006.—MNAPatron of Mandalay Division Union Solidarity and Development

Association Commander Maj-Gen Khin Zaw attends a ceremony toerect a billboard reading USDA’s Annual General Meeting-2006 in

front of Mandalay Division USDA Office. — MNA

Delegates from ShanState (East) to National

Convention beingwelcomed by officials atYangon International

Airport. — MNA

Township, YangonDivision. — MNA

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 6 October, 2006

Good teachers and good pupilsU Than Oo

The 5th of October 2006 (Thursday) is the

World Teachers’ Day. It is an auspicious day or a

day of significance.

The motto designated for the World

Teachers’ Day this year is “Quality Teachers for

Quality Education”. Those who are capable of

bringing about quality education are indeed quality

teachers. This profound and noble definition

highlights the essence of the World Teachers’ Day.

In the Knowledge Age of today teachers

capable of bringing about quality education are

badly required in different countries. The world is

now facing the shortage of capable and qualified

teachers.

Therefore, to organize the existing qualified

teachers to remain in their career and to make the

new generation capable teachers to embark on

teaching career are a challenging task.

A joint message sent by UN agencies such

as UNESCO, UNDP, ILO and UNICEF on the

occasion of the World Teachers’ Day stated those

points regarding quality teachers, quality education

and called for fulfilling the requirements.

The first Shwegyin Sayadaw used to say that

an iron piece cannot be turned into a weapon

without being beaten by a blacksmith; a stone

cannot be made into a statue without being carved

by a sculptor; a pupil cannot become a good one

without being trained and nurtured by a good

teacher.

That’s right. To have a good weapon a

blacksmith needs to beat an iron piece as necessary.

This is the task of a blacksmith. Likewise, to have

a fine statue a sculptor needs to carve a stone as

necessary. This is also the task of a sculptor. In the

same way, to become a good one, a pupil is to be

taught and trained patiently by a good teacher. To

teach, nurture and guide a pupil is the task of a

good teacher. It means that a pupil who is not

exposed to a good teacher cannot become a good

one. And only when he is nurtured by a good teacher

as much as possible will he become a good one.

There is a Myanmar saying that a pupil will

not become a capable person without being

systematically trained by a teacher. A pupil needs

to be under the care of a good teacher to become a

talented, educated and civilized one. Only when a

pupil learns from a good teacher will he surely

become a good citizen.

In Myanmar society, parents are regarded as

first and foremost teachers. And the social status of

a teacher is placed on the same level together with

parents. Being held in high regard, a teacher, in

turn, regards pupils as sons and daughters of his

own. This being so, the Myanmar society has

regarded those who are well nurtured and trained

by both parents and teachers as good pupils and

children of good teachers and parents.

There are three kinds of pupil, namely:

Atijata pupil—one who is superior to one’s

parents and teachers in terms of capability and

qualification. It can be said that an apprentice may

be more dexterous than his master. It means the

new generation youths are qualitatively superior to

the existing old ones. If a large number of those

generation youths emerge the nation will surely

develop. And the whole society will be prosperous.

Anujata pupil—one who just has the same

quality as one’s parents and teachers. Naturally,

he is not qualitatively superior or inferior to his

parents and teachers. It can be assumed as the one

who catches up with the ability of his parents and

teachers or the new generation youths meet ability

and qualification of the existing old ones. Such

person is capable enough to preserve the present

condition or may not be able to do so. If so, the

society will be stagnant.

Avajata pupil—one who is inferior to one’s

parents and teachers in terms of capability and

qualification. Such person will not be able to

contribute his shares to the creating of a peaceful

and prosperous society.

All the new generation youths are truly

human resources on whom parents, teachers and

the State can rely.

Hence, teachers of the Knowledge Age are

to try their utmost to become well-versed and

qualified ones. At the same time, they are to strive

to become teachers for producing good pupils. Only

when they can produce pupils like Atijata pupils

will the nation develop.

And they are to constantly strive to become

teachers for good pupils by producing and nurturing

talented and good pupils on whom the State and

the people can rely.

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To have a good weapon a blacksmith needs to beatan iron piece as necessary. This is the task of a blacksmith.Likewise, to have a fine statue a sculptor needs to carvea stone as necessary. This is also the task of a sculptor.In the same way, to become a good one, a pupil is to betaught and trained patiently by a good teacher. To teach,nurture and guide a pupil is the task of a good teacher.It means that a pupil who is not exposed to a good teachercannot become a good one. And only when he is nurturedby a good teacher as much as possible will he become agood one.

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350i/-

Tibetan women greets tourists from Singapore at the Tibet’s Gonggarairport in Lhasa, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region,

on 3 Oct, 2006.— INTERNET

Tibet welcomes first non-stopoverseas charter flight for tourists

LHASA, 5 Oct — A charter flightwith 109 tourists aboard arrivedTuesday afternoon in Tibet fromSingapore, becoming the first non-stopoverseas charter flight for tourists tothis southwest China autonomousregion.

A Singaporean travel agency rentedthe flight by Air China, China’s topairline company, for this tour, accordingto the Tibet Tourism Bureau.

The non-stop flight marked that

Lhasa, the regional capital, has becomethe direct destinations of overseastourists, said Bazho, director of thebureau.

Overseas tourists usually have tostop at Chengdu, capital of southwestChina’s Sichuan Province, or Beijingbefore they fly to Tibet.

The flight will spur a new trend foroverseas tourists who want to visit Tibet,said Bazho.

MNA/Xinhua

Remains of 6,000-year-old housesdiscovered in N-W China

XI’AN, 5 Oct —Chinese archaeologistshave discovered theremains of houses datingback 6,000 years innorthwest China’s ShaanxiProvince.

The remains werelocated on a section of afarming terrace inLinglong Village,Chencang District of BaojiCity. The remains wereabout one fifth the size of

the original houses whichare estimated to be nearly200 square metres,archaeologists said.

The houses werebuilt on two 8 to 10-cemtimetre-thick layers ofhard earth.The remains ofa wall is nearly 15 metreslong and 40 to 50-cemtimetre wide, and 103-cm tall.

A 1.6-metre-ditchwas found outside the

Officials of the Royan ResearchCentre in Isfahan have picked “Royana”from a list of suggested names for thecloned lamb that was born in the centreSaturday morning.

Royana is Iran’s second cloned lambwhile the first died five minutes after itwas born in the same centre in August,IRNA said.

According to a statement issued bythe centre, Royana’s scientific name is

“Royan-SHA-C2”. In the scientific name, SH stands for

the first two letters of the cloned species— sheep while the third letter A standsfor the sheep’s race — Afshari.

In the last section of the scientificname, letter C indicates that the lamb isa cloned one and the following numberof two indicates that it is the secondcloned sheep born in the country.

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Iran’s first surviving cloned lambnamed “Royana”

TEHERAN, 5 Oct — Iran’s first surviving cloned lamb has been named“Royana” after the institute where it was born, the official IRNA news agencyreported on Tuesday.

wall, which archaeologistsbelieve was used todischarge water.

The remains weredestroyed during themiddle or end of theYangshao Culture datingback 5,000 to 7,000 yearswhen people usually livedin houses built partlyunderground, said anexpert with anarchaeology team ofBaoji.— MNA/Xinhua

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

People attend the annual Dussehra celebration in Mysore, about 148 km (92miles) south of the southern Indian city of Bangalore on 2 Oct, 2006. The festivalof Dussehra is celebrated to mark the victory of god over evil. —INTERNET

Indonesia records highest exportin August

Ningxia likely to be China’stop wind power region in 2020

JAKARTA, 3 Oct—Indonesia’s exportvolume in August reached8.89 billion US dollars,the highest ever, theNational Statistic Bureauannounced here Monday.

Head of the bureauRusman Heriawan told aPress conference that thefigure was 0.73 per centhigher than the previousmonth. He said that thecountry’s cumulativeexport by August was64.63 billion US dollars,

17.13 per cent higher fromthe same period last year.

The rise of the figurein August was driven bythe increase of exports ofthe non-oil-and-gasproducts by 4.08 per centto 7.04 billion US dollars,he said. Japan, the UnitedStates and Singapore werestill the main destinationcountries for Indonesia’snon-oil-and-gas export inAugust, said Heriawan.

Meanwhile, Indone-sia’s import in August

increased by 4.35 per centfrom July to 5.62 billionUS dollars, he said.Heriawan said thecumulative import for thefirst eight months rose by2.56 per cent to 38.94billion US dollarscompared to the sameperiod last year.

Japan, China and theUnited States were stillthe most contributivecountries on Indonesia’simport in August, he said.

MNA/Xinhua

Vietnam toraise railway

competitiveness HANOI, 3 Oct—

Vietnam is making a planon raising the standard ofits railway industry to thelevel of Southeast Asia,mainly by calling forstronger foreign anddomestic investment,and offering betterservices, according tolocal newspaper VietnamNews on Monday.

The State-ownedVietnam Railway Cor-poration will appeal forforeign and domesticinvestment in newcarriages, locomotivesand on-train services, andlaunch more express traintrips.

The industry will focuson manufacturing diesel-powered locomotives andcarriages by itself, insteadof importing them. AfterVietnam joins the WorldTrade Organization, theindustry would becompeting with Chinesecompanies specializingin train repair andmaintenance services, saidthe corporation's generaldirector Nguyen HuuBang. — MNA/Xinhua

YINCHUAN, 3 Oct— Northwest China’sNingxia Hui AutonomousRegion will build nine newwind power plants with

an investment of 2.2billion US dollars by 2020,said the local government.

The region is expectedto become the country'sbiggest wind powergenerator in 2020, when itwill have the installedcapacity of 2.15 millionkilowatts.

The region’s installedcapacity of wind powerstood at 112,200 kilowattsin 2005, according to theChina Electricity Council(CEC), an association ofChinese electricity plants.

By 2005, Ningxiaranked fourth in windpower capacity after InnerMongolia and XinjiangUygur AutonomousRegions, and LiaoningProvince, the council said.

Development of windpower is hailed as anurgent matter in China asit struggles to alleviatepower shortages and curb

pollution. The country has set a

target of raising theproportion of renewableenergy such as wind andsolar power in its totalenergy supply to 10 percent by 2010 and to about16 per cent by 2020.

To achieve the goal,China will need a totalinvestment of 101.1billion US dollars by 2020,offering vast businessopportunities for foreigninvestors.

MNA/Xinhua

Vietnam to reduce pharmaceuticaltariffs under WTO roadmap

HANOI, 3 Oct— Vietnam will gradually slash importtaxes on pharmaceuticals to an average of 2.5 per centwithin five years after its accession to the World TradeOrganization (WTO) from current 0-15 per cent, localnewspaper Vietnam News reported Monday. Specifically,47 pharmaceutical categories which currently bear tariffsof 10-15 per cent will see lower import taxes, the paperquoted sources from the Drug Administration ofVietnam under the Health Ministry.— MNA/Xinhua

MYANMAR IVANHOE COPPERCOMPANY LIMITED

TENDER NOTICE

TENDER NO: SUPPLY OF EXCAVATOR MOUNTEDDRILL RIG(IFB NO. SAB EXCAVATOR DRILL RIG-06)Supply of one unit of Excavator mounted drill rig to theMICCL mining operation, west bank of Monywa, Myanmar.CLOSE DATE:30th October 2006 at 4 pmTENDER DOCUMENT FEE:US$100 (in FEC)COLLECTION DOCUMENT AT:MICCL—Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Limited70 (I) Bo Chein StreetPyay Road, Hlaing TownshipYangon, MyanmarTel: 951-514194 to 7Fax: 951 514208DATE AND TIME OF COLLECTION6th October 2006 to 20th October 2006Monday to Friday, 10 am to 5 pm.

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG FA VOY NO (6049)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG FAVOY NO (6049) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 6.10.2006 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

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

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

The best time to plant atree was 20 years ago.

Second best time is now.

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with China, S Korea TOKYO, 3 Oct — Japan is trying to agree on dates for fence-mending

summits between its new Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, and the leaders of Chinaand South Korea, a senior Japanese Foreign Ministry official said on Monday.

Leaders of the twocountries, where bittermemories of Japan’swartime aggression rundeep, had refused to meetAbe’s predecessor,Junichiro Koizumi,because of his visits to aTokyo war shrine seen bymany as a symbol ofJapan’s militaristic past.

“We are not at odds overwhether to have (summits)

or not,” Vice ForeignMinister Shotaro Yachitold a news conference.

But he said that specificdates had not been agreedupon.

Abe, who took over asPrime Minister last week,has supported Koizumi’svisits to Yasukuni Shrine,but has declined to say ifhe would pay his respectsthere while in office. An

adviser to Abe has said hevisited Yasukuni last April,when he was a Cabinetminister, but Abe himselfhas neither confirmed nordenied that.

MNA/Reuters

Chinese middle school foundedby Yale alumni celebrates

CHANGSHA, 3 Oct — A middle school in centralChina’s Hunan Province that was founded by aprivate organization of the US ivy league YaleUniversity marked its 100th anniversary onSaturday.

Bathers swim in the geothermal hot springs at Iceland’s Blue Lagoon nearGrindavik on 30 Sept, 2006. The blue colour of the water is caused by

minerals and a blue green algae.—INTERNET

Gold medal winner France’s Vencelas Dabaya, centre, silver medalist China’sZhiyong Shi, left, and Bulgaria’s Demir Demirev, bronze, pose at the podium ofthe men’s 69 kgs (152 lbs) category at the World Weightlifting Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on 2 Oct, 2006.—INTERNET

Honda Formula One drivers Rubens Barrichello (L) of Brazil and JensonButton of Britain pose at a Honda news conference in Tokyo on 3 Oct , 2006,

ahead of Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka. — INTERNET

Macao’s fixed,cell phone

numbers reach8-digit

MACAO, 3 Oct —Macao’s fixed and mobilephone numbers wereupgraded to eight-digit onSunday.

The previous numberswill remain in effect forfive months, sourcesfrom the Bureau ofTelecommunicat ionsRegulation said. Sub-scribers are to prefix “28”to the previous six-digitfixed numbers and “6” tothe previous seven-digitcell phone numbers.

The emergency andpublic service numberswill remain unchanged,said the sources. Macaoupgraded the fixednumbers from five-digitto six-digit in 1983 andthe cell phone numbersfrom six-digit to seven-digit in 1994.

MNA/Xinhua

The Yali Middle Schoolin Changsha, Hunan, wasfounded by Yale Uni-versity graduates of theYale-China Associationin 1906, principal LiuWeichao said. The nameYali came from theAnalects of Confucius, theancient Chinese philo-sopher and educator,meaning elegance ofexpression (ya) andpropriety of conduct (li),and was a transliteration ofYale, Liu said. Over the lastcentury, Yali had educatedmore than 70,000graduates, including 14members of China’s two

academies of science andtechnology, who had madecontributions to the man-kind around the world, hesaid.

Yale UniversityPresident Richard C Levinand former US PresidentGeorge Bush both sentcongratulatory messages,the principal said. “AmongChinese institutions, Yaliis unique in the depth,breadth, and longevity ofits ties with Americans, andwe are proud that those tiesare with graduates of ourown university,” Levinsaid in the letter.

MNA/Xinhua

Vietnam eyes ecogrowth of 8.4 % in Q4HANOI, 3 Oct — The Vietnamese Government has

targeted gross domestic product (GDP) growth ofsome 8.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2006 in orderto gain an economic growth of 8.2 per cent this year,local media reported Tuesday.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, in a monthlyCabinet meeting on Monday, called for greater effortsto achieve the GDP growth of 8. 4 per cent in the threeremaining months of this year, Youth newspaperreported. The country’s economic growth in the firstthree quarters stood at 7.84 per cent, while the figurewas 8.12 per cent in the same period last year, said thereport. Dung urged more efforts to foster the growth ofindustry, services, seafood and crude oil production,and keep a close eye on price changes to put forthtimely measures on containing price hikes in thedomestic market in the fourth quarter. — MNA/Xinhua

CHANGSHA, 4 Oct—More than 1,000teachers, students andalumni gathered onTuesday in central Chinato mark the 1,030thanniversary of thefounding of Yuelu Aca-demy, China’s oldestlearning institution thatis now affi l iated toHunan University.

Established in976AD, the YueluAcademy is one of themost famous academiesin ancient China.

It became a schoolof higher learning in1903 and became part ofHunan University in1926.

“Historical recordsshow there were morethan 7,000 ancientacademies in China,

China’s oldest academy celebrates 1,030th anniversary but most disappearedexcept for the YueluAcademy, whichdeveloped into HunanUniversity,” said Deng

Hongbo, director ofYuelu’s ChineseAcadmy ResearchCentre.

MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T S

Classical World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, right,and World Chess Champion Veselin Topalov, left,seen during the match in Elista, capital of Kalmykia,southern Russia, on 4 Oct, 2006. Russia's VladimirKramnik and Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov playedgame 7 to a draw Wednesday, their second consecu-tive and the fourth game in the 12-game tournament. — INTERNET

Ghana upset Japan 1-0 in soccer friendly TOKYO/YOKOHAMA, 5 Oct — Ghana edged Japan 1-0 on Wednesday in an international soccer friendly

at Yokohama International Stadium.

Caballero stuns Somsak to lift world title BAN RAI (Thailand), 5 Oct — Panamanian Celestino Caballero won the

WBA super-bantamweight title on Wednesday after a third-round demolitionof champion Somsak Sithchatchawal at a Buddhist temple in rural Thailand.

Federer through but Murray slips up in Japan TOKYO, 5 Oct — World number one Roger Federer overcame stubborn

Serb qualifier Viktor Troicki 7-6, 7-6 to reach the third round of the JapanOpen on Wednesday.

Draman Haminuscored the winning goalfrom close range in the73rd minute against alargely experimental Japanside.

Ghana, led by Chel-sea's Michael Essien, wererarely troubled and hadseveral chances to take thelead in the first half throughAsamoah Gyan, StephenAppiah and Essien.

Japan debutant SatoruYamagishi hit the post witha lucky shot off his kneejust before the hour.

Ghana got their re-

ward with 17 minutes re-maining after RazakPimpong worked well onthe right before sendingin a low cross that Haminucrashed home at the nearpost.

Japan, without the helpof Europe-based stars tiedwith their club commit-ments, lacked precisionboth on the offensive and

the defensive. "Ghana proved to be

a strong team as ex-pected," said Japan coachIvica Osim, a 65-year-oldBosnian who took overthe team from Brazilianlegend Zico after Ger-many 2006.

"Japan played betterin terms of details. It isdisappointing that we lost

the match this way," headded.

It was the second lossagainst three wins forOsim's charges who areaiming to rebuild the Asianside after their dismalWorld Cup campaignwhich ended with twolosses and one draw in thefirst round.

MNA/Xinhua

Russia's Tatiana Matveeva lifts 135 kgs (298 lbs) towin the bronze medal in the in the clean and jerkmodality of the women's 69 kgs (152 lbs) category atthe World Weightlifting Championships in SantoDomingo, Dominican Republic, on 4 Oct, 2006. INTERNET

British number oneAndy Murray failed tofollow suit, however, the19-year-old Scot slump-ing to a 6-3, 7-6 defeat byCzech Jiri Novak in hisopening match in Tokyo.

Federer played wellwithin himself in his firstever match in Japan butripped through the first-set tiebreak for the loss ofjust two points against thehard-serving Troicki.

The Swiss failed tooverpower his 276th-ranked opponent in thesecond set as well, untilhis superior class gave himthe edge in anothertiebreak.

A fabulous cross-courtforehand gave Federer a6-2 lead before the nine-times Grand Slam cham-pion closed out proceed-ings with a fierce serve onhis second match point.

"I made it hard on my-self," Federer told report-

ers. "Thank God I have theability to play well when Ireally need it. It was atough match and I'm re-ally happy I camethrough."

Federer improved hiswin-loss record for the yearto 73-5 in setting up a third-round clash with defend-ing Japan Open championWesley Moodie.

The South African beatAustria's Stefan Koubek6-3, 6-4 to earn a shot atFederer.

"It was my first matchand I didn't want to taketoo many risks," Federersaid. "I wanted to get arhythm for myself."

Murray, who likeFederer received a first-round bye, clawed his wayback into the second setfrom 4-1 down but man-aged to win just one pointin a one-sided tiebreak asNovak closed it out in style.

It was the 10th time

this year Murray hastripped at the first hurdleand came on the heels ofhis first-round defeat bycompatriot Tim Henmanin Bangkok last week.

MNA/Reuters

Caballero won the fighton a technical knockout af-ter Somsak went downthree times in the thirdround following a barrageof punches from the fast-hitting challenger.

The Panamanian hadthe best of the first roundbut Somsak fought back inthe second as a boisterousrural Thai crowd got be-hind him, some climbing

over the barricades to getringside.

However, Caballero si-lenced Somsak's support-ers in the third round whenhe burst out of the cornerand sent the champion tothe canvas twice beforepinning him to the ropesand knocking him downwith hail of left and righthooks.

With Somsak on thedeck, the referee calledtime on the fight to handvictory to Caballero.

Caballero, a devoutMuslim, said God hadgiven him the will to winthe fight and he vowed toremain champion for yearsto come.

"I trained hard for this,but God was on my side,"he told reporters. "It willbe a long time before some-one takes this title awayfrom me."

"I felt good, my puncheswere powerful, with everyone of them I was hurtinghim,"" added Caballero,who boasts a record of 25wins, two defeats and 18knockouts.

A crowd of around5,000 mostly rural farmersflocked to see the fight inthe grounds of the Ban Raitemple in Thailand's im-poverished northeast.

The narrow roads anddirt tracks near the templewere lined with tractors andpick-up trucks loaded withpeople, while goats andcattle roamed near the vil-lage. Somsak had turneddown modern venues inBangkok and chose to fightat the temple to honour 83-year-old Luang Phor KoonParisuttho, an ailing Bud-dhist monk whom manyThais believe has healingpowers.—MNA/Reuters

Moscow to stage2008 Champions League final

MOSCOW, 5 Oct— Mos-cow’s Luzhniki Stadiumwill stage next season’sEuropean ChampionsLeague final, UEFA’s Ex-ecutive Committee said onWednesday.

The decision was madeafter the first day of a two-day meeting of the Execu-tive Committee in theSlovenian capitalLjubljana.

The 84,745-seater sta-dium became last week thefirst ground to stage aChampions League groupstage match on artificialturf when Spartak Moscowdrew 1-1 with SportingLisbon.

However, the stadiumorganizers plan to restoregrass for European clubfootball’s most prestigiousevent. “There were no de-mands from UEFA aboutthe artificial pitch being re-moved,” spokesmanWilliam Gaillard toldReuters by telephone fromLjubjlana.

“It has been legal to playall Champions Leaguematches on artificial turffor a year and a half now,but the Moscow bidderschose to state in their tech-nical data that the finalwould be played on grass.”

Russian Football Un-ion president Vitaly Mutko

acclaimed the announce-ment.

“This is just great, greatnews for all of us,” Mutkowas quoted as saying bythe official website of theRussian Football Union(RFU).— MNA/Reuters

Costa Rica’s LDAlajuelenese playerRafael Rodriguez,center, fights for con-trol of the ball withChile’s Colo Colo play-ers during their soccermatch for the CopaSudamericana at theMorea Soto stadium inAlajuela, Costa Rica, on 4 Oct, 2006. INTERNET

Jelena Jankovic from Serbia and Montenegro returnsthe ball to Mary Pierce from France at the PorscheTennis Grand Prix in the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart,southwestern Germany, on 4 Oct, 2006. — INTERNET

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Thursday, 5 October, 2006Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Chin State, rain or thundershowers have beenisolated in Kayin and Kayah States and Magway Divi-sion, scattered in Shan State and lower Sagaing Division,fairly widespread in Kachin and Rakhine States, Yangonand Ayeyawady Divisions and widespread in the remain-ing areas with locally heavyfalls in Mandalay and lowerSagaing Divisions and isolated heavyfall in Magway Di-vision. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded wereNay Pyi Taw (1.57) inches, Mandalay (3.90) inches,Thayawady (2.87) inches, Sagaing (2.68) inches, Thandwe(2.08) inches, Kawthoung (1.96) inches, Kyaukpyu (1.93)inches, Pyinmana (1.85) inches, Shwebo (1.77) inches andTaungdwingyi (1.57) inches.

Maximum temperature on 4-10-2006 was 88°F.Minimum temperature on 5-10-2006 was 76°F. Relativehumidity at 09:30 hours MST on 5-10-2006 was (96%).Total sunshine hours on 4-10-2006 was (2.7) hours approx.

Rainfalls on 5-10-2006 were (Tr) at Mingaladonand (Tr) at Kaba-Aye and (0.16) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were (95.67) inches atMingaladon and (108.62) inches at Kaba-Aye and (112.68)inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed atYangon (Kaba-Aye) was (12) mph from Northwest at(11:15) hours MST on 4-10-2006.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theWest Central Bay and partly cloudy to cloudy elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 6-10-2006: Rainor thundershowers will be widespread in Mon State andTaninthayi Division, fairly widespread in Rakhine State,Ayeyawady, Yangon and Bago Divisions, scattered inKachin, Kayin and Shan States, Sagaing, Magway andMandalay Divisions and isolated in the remaining Statesand Divisions. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the Sea: Seas will be moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuationof rain or thundershowers in the lower Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 6-10-2006: One or two rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 6-10-2006: One or two rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 6-10-2006: One or two rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

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Using a microwave probe of US space agencyNASA, scientists said recently they have evidence

that the universe has a shape somewhat akin to anegg, rather than the expected round.

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Malaysia opens National Space CentreKUALA LUMPUR, 5 Oct — Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi opened Malaysia’s

National Space Centre at Banting, some 150 kilometres southwest of Kuala Lumpur, in a bid to harnessspace technology for the country’s development.

The Prime Ministersaid that, to compete withdeveloped countries, Ma-laysia needed to mastervarious science and tech-nology fields includingspace technology.

He said that theMalaysian Governmentwas committed to enhancespace science researchcapabilities and innova-

tions, stressing that thecountry would not be ableto become a developedcountry without buildingthe capacity in that field.

Malaysia has set atarget to become a devel-oped country by 2020.Badawi said that the cen-tre was an additional stepto propel the country to-wards a developed nation

based on knowledge andtechnology.

Malaysia’s nationalnews services Bernamasaid that the space centreis equipped with sophisti-cated laboratories to as-sist in work relating to sat-ellite systems.

The centre, whichbegan to be developed in2004, has the capacity tomonitor and communicatewith astronauts at the In-ternational Space Station,Bernama said.

Badawi said thatMalaysia has gained a lotfrom space technologiessince the 1970s, includingcommunication satellitetechnology which facili-tated contact with the out-side world and enabled thecountry to receive world-wide news.

Communication sat-ellites are also used in thesecurity and defence sec-tors, he said.

Malaysia had usedsatellite pictures over the

past several decades forvarious purposes, includ-ing to forecast weather,monitor land developmentand the latest to detect andmonitor natural disastersand forest fires, he added.

In addition, he said,Malaysia was building theNational Observatory inLangkawi, another crucialinfrastructure in the coun-try for space science re-search.

The observatorywould reportedly beequipped with a robotictelescope, which will en-able people to view spacethrough the Internet.

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Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut 1368 ME Friday, 6 October, 2006

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Oct — A private meeting washeld at the UN Security Council on 29 Septemberafternoon after putting Myanmar on the UNSC agenda.UN Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs MrIbrahim Gambari gave clarifications on the agenda.

Cuba taking the chairmanship duty of Non-Aligned Movement submitted a request to attend themeeting. But the UNSC rejected the request. CubanUN representative sent a letter to the UNSC chairman

Cuban representative sends letter to UNSCchairman as Cuba’s demand to

attend UNSC meeting on Myanmar agenda,on behalf of NAM, is not permitted

the same day.The letter says,“we regret that decision which

reaffirm once against the validity of the Non-AlignedMovement's position on the need for an urgent and in-depth reform of the Security Council including thereform of the working methods of this organ.

“The request made by the Non-Aligned Move-ment to address the above-mentioned Council meetingwas entirely justified and in full accordance with the

provisional rules of procedure of this organ. The Non-Aligned Movement is made up of 118 States, includingneighbouring States of Myanmar, whose interests aredirectly affected by the item under discussion.

“We uphold the view that listening to the consid-erations of such an example and representative numberof Member States of the United Nations would be in theinterest of the Security Council, providing it with (See page 9)

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Oct—After the Myanmar issuewas constituted on the agenda of the United NationsSecurity Council, a private meeting took place on 29September afternoon to deal with the issue. In thatregard, Cuba asked that it would attend the meeting onbehalf of the NAM, but the request met the dismissalof the UNSC. So, Cuban representative to the UNwrote to the president of the UNSC, attaching to theletter the clarification of Cuba to be made at theprivate meeting on behalf of the NAM. The clarifica-

NAM stresses situation in Myanmar does notconstitute a threat to international peace andsecurity & need for the Council to uphold the

primacy of and respect for the Charter incarrying out its duties and responsibilities

tion made by Cuba on behalf of the NAM is as follows:I wish to thank you for the opportunity to express

on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement the concernsthat have been expressed by member countries of theMovement on the inclusion of the issue of the situationin Myanmar in the agenda of the Security Council.

The Non-Aligned Movement reaffirms its

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Oct — Kayinni Nationalities Peopel’s Liberation Front (Ka-La-La-Ta) on 27 Septem-ber issused the declaration on its stance on the decision to put Myanmar on the agenda of the UnitedNations Security Council.

The following is the full text of the declaration:The declaration of Kayinni Nationalities Peopel’s Liberation Front (Ka-La-La-Ta)

27 September 2006 1. Myanmar is a souvereign State in which different national races are residing. 2. With one-sided pressure on a sovereign State, US made an attempt to interfere in internal affairs ofMyanmar and put Myanmar on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council, accusing it of posing athreat to regional stability. The US's act violated UN Charter Article 24 and Five Principles of BandongDeclaration. 3. Ensuring peace and development and emergence of democracy in Myanmar is the duties of all Myanmarnational races. All the national races have accepted the need to discharge these national duties with the samemind. All the national races joining hands with the people are striving for peace, development and demo-cratic transition and we are enjoying fruitful results to some extent. 4. There is no reason for Myanmar to pose a threat to regional stability because peace and stabilityprevails throughout the country and there can be seen unprecedented developments in all regions. 5. Therefore, KNPLF hereby declares that it condemns and protests against the act of United States as it ismerely interference in Myanmar’s internal affairs using the UN as a tool.

U Tun KyawVice-Chairman

Kayinni Nationalities Peopel’s Liberation Front (Ka-La-La-Ta)

KNPLF condemns United States for itsinterference in Myanmar’s

internal affairs using the UN as a toolINSIDE

Up to this day we can visualize themost surpassing splendour and signifi-cant event of the Omniscient Buddhadescending to the earth from the greatMount Meru accompanied by Devasand Brahmas to the gate of SankassaTown of the human abode.

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Teachers of the Knowledge Ageare to try their utmost to become well-versed and qualified ones. At the sametime, they are to strive to becometeachers for producing good pupils.Only when they can produce pupilslike Atijata pupils will the nationdevelop.

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principled positions pertaining to the cardinal require-ment of upholding respect for the purposes and princi-ples of the Charter of the United Nations, and ofmaintaining the relationship between the SecurityCouncil and other principal organs of the United Na-tions in accordance with the Charter, in particular on

(See page 9)

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