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Volume XVII, Number 261 3rd Waning of Pyatho 1371 ME Saturday, 2 January, 2010

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

National unity is the most essential requirement for the perpetuation of the sovereignty ofthe State which is resided by over one hundred national races. Although we have different faithsand traditions, all the nationalities are the citizens of the Union of Myanmar with the samecharacteristics such as kindness, helpfulness, patience, bravery, and patriotism. True patriotismmeans not to harbour narrow-minded nationalism, but to have the true patriotic spirit desirousof working together for the perpetuation, progress and prosperity of the nation.

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and Development Council

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services(from the address at the graduation parade of the 11th Intake of Defence Services Medical Academy)

National unity, most essential requirement

Hailing the 62nd Anniversary Independence Day:

EP-2 Ministry endeavouring for soonest supplyof newly generated power to entire nation

YANGON, 1 Jan—The Leading Committee forCleaning and Upgrading Yangon held the meeting1/2010 at the hall of Yangon City Development Com-

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence attends meeting ofLeading Committee for Cleaning and Upgrading Yangon

mittee this morning.In his instructions, Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the

Ministry of Defence urged the Leading Committee and

the Work Committee to harmoniously strive for up-grading Yangon to meet the international standard intheir respective sectors. (See page 2)

For development of the economy of the State,the electric power plays a major role in buildinginfrastructures for the agriculture and industrialsectors. Electricity is also essential for the daily lifeof the people. Therefore, after 1988, the govern-ment built power grid and main power supplystations in the country as part of efforts for supply-ing power to areas with no access to it and for timelysupply of power from increased generation to thepeople.

The country’s demand for electricity had dra-matically jumped if compared with the consumptionbefore 1988 as factories and industries had mush-roomed across the country when investment fromhome and abroad had flowed into the industrialsector as the country had practiced the market

(See page 8)Yenwe Hydropower Plant.

Article: Kayan Soe Myint;Photos: Electric Power -2

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Saturday, 2 January, 2010

PERSPECTIVES

Actively participate withconcerted efforts for developmentof nation

* 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

Dy Foreign Affairs Ministerarrives back from Bangladesh

NAY PYI TAW, 1Jan—The Myanmardelegation led by DeputyMinister for ForeignAffairs U Maung Myintarrived back by air thismorning after attendingthe Fourth Consultationsbetween the two ForeignMinistries of Myanmarand Bangladesh whichwas held from 29 to 30December 2009 inDhaka, the People’sRepublic of Bangladesh.

The FourthConsultations betweenthe two ForeignMinistries of Myanmarand Bangladesh was heldat the conference hall ofthe Bangladesh ForeignMinistry in the morningof 29 December 2009.The Consultations wasco-chaired by DeputyMinister U Maung Myintand his counterpartForeign Secretary ofBangladesh H.E. Mr.Mohamed MajarulQuayes. They had acordial discussion onfurther strengthening theexisting friendlyrelations as well aspromotion of bilateral

cooperation between thetwo countries in a wideranging areas of energy,transport andc o m m u n i c a t i o n s ,economic and trade,agriculture, tourism andsecurity anddevelopment in thecommon border areas.

In the evening on thesame day, H.E. Mr.Mohamed MajarulQuayes, ForeignSecretary of Bangladesh,hosted a dinner in honourof the Myanmar

delegation. The dinnerwas also attended byASEAN Ambassadors inDhaka and high-rankingofficials from theBangladesh ForeignMinistry and otherrelated departments.

In the morning of 30December, DeputyMinister U Maung Myintand members ofMyanmar Delegationpaid a courtesy call onH.E Dr. Dipu Moni,Minister for ForeignAffairs of Bangladesh at

the Ministry of ForeignAffairs.

Members of theMyanmar delegation,Deputy Director-General U Hau Do Suanof the PoliticalDepartment and DeputyDirector-General U WinNaing of the Consularand Legal AffairsDepartment of theMinistry of ForeignAffairs also arrived backfrom Dhaka togetherwith the DeputyMinister.—MNA

The industrial sector plays a key role indevelopment of the country. In striving forbuilding an industrialized nation, it is necessaryto establish industries. Therefore, the State hasestablished industrial zones by organizing a largenumber of the manageable and commercial scaleindustries at one place. With a view to improvingthe industrial sector, the government has beenestablishing factories and workshops. On 31December 2009, a ceremony to open the Multi-purpose Diesel Engine Factory and theHydropower Turbine and Generator Factorytook place at Thagara Industrial Region ofThagara in Yedashe Township, Bago Division.

The construction of Multi-purpose DieselEngine Factory commenced in October 2006. Atpresent, the factory project has completedconstruction task, installation and test-runningof the machinery and test production.

The plan is under way to manufacture about700 units of three types of engines namely 6V 128zc, 8V 128 zc and 12V 128 zc at the factory yearly.The factory will produce necessary diesel enginesfor vessels of inland and coastal waterways, powergenerators, motor vehicles and heavy machinery.

The Hydropower Turbine and GeneratorFactory was constructed in May 2007, and atpresent, the factory project has completedconstruction of the factory buildings, machineequipment and test-running.

The factory plans to produce about 50 sets of100-kilowatt, 500-kilowatt and 2000-kilowattFrancis turbines and generators per year. Hence,the factory will satisfy the demand of hydropowerturbines and generators depending on theavailability of water resources across the nation.

As emphasis is being placed onindustrialization in building a modern anddeveloped nation, technocrats are to activelytake part in both government sector and privatesector at full capacity.

Deputy Minister U Maung Myint signs book ofcondolences for demise of the former Indonesian

President.—MNAYANGON, 1 Jan—Deputy Minister for Foreign

Affairs U Maung Myint signed Book of Condolencesat the Ambassador’s Residence, No. 100, PyitaungsuYeiktha Road, Dagon Township at 11am today openedfor the demise of His Excellency Mr. AndurrahmandWahid, former President of the Republic of Indonesia.

MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence delivers an address at meeting 1/2010 of the Leading

Committee for Cleaning and Upgrading Yangon.— MNA

Foreign Affairs Deputy Minister U Maung Myint participates inFourth Consultations between the two Foreign Ministries of

Myanmar and Bangladesh. —MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe... (from page 1)

Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Develop-ment Council Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Win Myint, Chairman of YCDC Mayor Brig-Gen

Aung Thein Lin, Chairman of the Leading CommitteeVice-Mayor Col Maung Pa and officials reported ontasks of work committee and providing of necessaryassistance for works. After attending to the needs, Lt-Gen Myint Swe gave concluding remarks.—MNA

Dy FM signs book of condolences for demiseof former Indonesian President

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Suspected drone attack killsthree in Pakistan

Al Qaeda ‘most dangerous’ arrested

Deadliest year in Mexico’s war on drugs

Iraqi officers stand near destroyed vehicles following two bombings in thewestern city of Ramadi, 100 kms (60 miles) from the capital Baghdad. Blastsin central and western Iraq killed 30 people and wounded the Anbar provin-

cial governor on Wednesday.— INTERNET

A US ‘Predator’ drone is seen passingoverhead at a forward operating basenear Kandahar, Afghanistan, Januarylast year. At least three militants werereportedly killed on Friday in the sec-ond US missile strike in as many daystargeting Pakistan’s wild tribal regionof North Waziristan.—INTERNET

ISLAMABAD, 1 Jan — A missile striketargeted a house in northwest Pakistanbelieved to be housing militants lateThursday, the latest in a string of sus-

pected US drone attacks on the region,Pakistani intelligence officials said.Three people were killed and two werewounded in the attack, one of the offi-cials told CNN.

The house was located in the largelyautonomous tribal district of NorthWaziristan, near the rugged border withAfghanistan. The border area has beenthe scene of heavy fighting between Pa-kistani forces and the Taleban, the mili-tia that is also battling US forces in Af-ghanistan.

The US military routinely offers nocomment on reported drone attacks.However, it is the only country operat-ing in the region known to have the abil-ity to launch missiles from remote-controlled aircraft.— Internet

Two Frenchjournalists

kidnapped inAfghanistan

KABUL, 1 Jan — TwoFrench reporters havebeen kidnapped north-east of the Afghan capitalKabul, Afghan officialssay. They say the journal-ists were seized in KapisaProvince, along with threeAfghans travelling withthem.

French Defence Min-ister Herve Morin, who isvisiting Afghanistan, saidhe had had no news of twojournalists since Wednes-day. Their identity is un-clear. Media sources inParis said they work forthe French TV ChannelFR3. According to pro-vincial police chiefMatiuallah Safi, the jour-nalists and the Afghansaccompanying them wereabducted in the ShinkaiDistrict of Kapisa Prov-ince, 120km (70 miles)from Kabul. —Internet

A security helicopterflies over Sanaa

during an operationin December.

INTERNET

SANAA, 1 Jan — A mandescribed as “one of alQaeda’s most dangerousmembers” was arrested inYemen, the Yemeni mili-tary, an embassy officialand state-run news agencySaba said. MohammedAbdu Saleh al-Haudali,35, is “one of the mostdangerous terroristswanted by the securityforces,” according to aYemeni military Web site,citing a security source.

Al-Haudali was ar-rested on Wednesday inthe village of Deer Jaber in

the Bajel District, north-east of the Yemeni capitalof Sanaa, said MohammedAlbasha, spokesman forthe Yemen Embassy inWashington. Al-Haudaliexchanged fire with secu-rity forces before his ar-rest, Saba reported, citingHodeidah Province secu-rity officer Abdul-Wahabal-Radhi. However, theYemeni military sitequoted the security sourceas saying al-Haudali wascaught when he attemptedto open fire on authorities.

In addition, Albasha

told CNN, MohammedAli Al-Henk, “a wanted alQaeda operative,” wascaptured in the Arhab Dis-trict north of Sanaa.Yemeni air forces haveraided al Qaeda hideoutsin Sanaa along withAbyan and Shabwagovernorates, killing doz-ens of al Qaeda suspects,Saba reported. It did notsay when the raids tookplace.—Internet

A young girl is visiblethrough bullet-pierced

glass near the spotwhere two Ciudad

Juarez policemen werekilled in November.

INTERNET

MEXICO CITY, 1 Jan —— Mexico ended 2009with a record number ofdrug-related deaths,greatly surpassing thethen-record tally reachedin 2008, unofficial countsindicate. The governmenthas not released officialfigures, but national mediasay 7,600 Mexicans losttheir lives in the war ondrugs in 2009. MexicanPresident Felipe Calderon

said earlier this year that6,500 Mexicans died indrug violence in 2008.

Officials say more than15,000 Mexicans havedied since Calderon de-clared war on the drug car-tels shortly after takingoffice in December 2006.Some observers, such asformer US House SpeakerNewt Gingrich, have lik-ened the situation to a civilwar. The vast majority of

the deaths have beenamong criminals, not ci-vilians, Calderon andother Mexican officialshave said repeatedly.

Ciudad Juarez, acrossthe border from El Paso,Texas, leads all otherMexican cities in thenumber of deaths, newsreport say. There weremore than 2,575 slayingsin the city in 2009, ac-cording to a tally by TVstation XHIJ. JuarezMayor Jose Reyes Ferriztold CNN he could notconfirm that number butthat it sounded correct.

Internet

DPRK’s dailies publish 2010New Year Joint editorial

PYONGYANG, 1 Jan —Rodong SinmunJosoninmingun and Chongnyonjonwi on Friday pub-lished a joint editorial titled “Bring about a radical turnin the people’s standard of living by accelerating thedevelopment of light industry and agriculture onceagain this year that marks the 65th anniversary of thefounding of the Workers’ Party of Korea” on the oc-casion of the New Year. Excerpt of the editorial is asfollows:

“This year (2010) marks the 65th anniversaries ofthe founding of the glorious Workers’ Party of Koreaand the country’s liberation.

The anniversary of the founding of the WPK will bean important occasion for demonstrating the mountingnational spirit and mettle of the Korean Army and peo-ple, who are adding brilliance to the undying exploits per-formed by President Kim IlSung in building the Partyand carrying out the revolutionary cause of Juche and thehuman cause of independence, and are speeding up thebuilding of a thriving socialist nation on the strength ofthe single-minded unity around the leadership of the revo-lution.

The might of the country’s economy, including theheavy industry, was strengthened in the flames of thegigantic great upsurge, setting up a springboard for thecountry, already a politico-ideological and military power,to justifiably reach the status of an economic giant.

Now, based on the brilliant achievements of thegreat revolutionary upsurge, the Party is unfoldingunprecedentedly grand plans and operations to bringabout a decisive turn in the people’s standard of liv-ing.—MNA/KCNA

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Workers dispatch a wind driven generator at the new base of Dongfang SteamTurbine Co, Ltd in Bajiaojing Town of Deyang City, southwest China’s

Sichuan Province, on 30 Dec, 2009.— XINHUA

Visitors and guests gather at the Tokyo Disneyland to view the annual Disneycharacters’ procession in Urayasu, near Tokyo, Japan, on 1 Jan , 2010.

INTERNET

BEIJING , 1 Jan — Anew free trade area comesinto effect on Friday, in-corporating China and thesix founding members ofthe Association of SouthEast Asian Nations(ASEAN). These coun-tries include Brunei, Indo-nesia, Malaysia, Philip-

The deal is

supposed to be

mutually

beneficial.

INTERNET

HANOI, 1 Jan — Viet-nam’s economy grew atits fastest rate in two yearsin the fourth quarter,helped by governmentspending. Hanoi’s Statis-tics Office said economicgrowth expanded by 6.9%in the final three monthsof the year. That comparesto 6.04% in the previousquarter.

In a statement, it saidthe economy “had passedthe most difficult period”.The government tookmeasures worth about$8bn (£5bn) to boostgrowth, including subsi-

Consumer spending ishelping growth to pick

up.— INTERNET

China and ASEANfree trade deal begins

BEIJING, 1 Jan — China’s central bank governor hascalled 2010 a key year in China’s fight to overcomethe financial crisis. The head of the People’s Bank ofChina, Zhou Xiaochuan, said in a message to employ-ees that its credit policy next year would be a relaxedone.

China is, in fact, one of the countries least affectedby the global financial crisis, analysts point out. Itsown economy grew by about 9% last year, as manyother key world economies were in recession. Theyare still expected to struggle to make growth, whereasChina says it will grow by 8% this year. That has beenits target for some years — and one that it has consist-ently overshot.—Internet

pines, Singapore andThailand. They plan toeliminate tariffs on 90%of imported goods. Thiswill reduce the cost oftrade and is likely to leadto an expansion of crossborder commerce be-tween the countries con-cerned. In terms of popu-

lation it will be the larg-est trade area in the world,with nearly 1.9bn peopleand it includes some ofthe leading export driveneconomies. Chinesemanufacturers will gainand so will South EastAsian exporters of rawmaterials.

Those countries arealso likely to gain accessto cheaper materials andcomponents from China.But there have been warn-ings from South East Asiathat some industries arenot ready to compete withChina and that jobs willbe lost.—Internet

LONDON, 1 Jan — TheBritish government has re-ceived plans for a high-speed railway linkingLondon with Britain’s sec-ond largest city Birming-ham in the West Midlandswhich, if built, would bethe fastest in Europe.

High Speed Two (HS2)— the company set up toadvise the government onthe development of high-speed rail services be-tween London and Scot-land — delivered the re-port to the Department ofTransport.

HS2 was asked by thegovernment to first look atwhere existing capacity isunder most pressure, be-tween London and theWest Midlands.—Internet

Moscow, 1 Jan — Turkmenistan will resume natu-ral gas supplies to Russia on 9 Jan, 2010, Russia’sstate gas monopoly Gazprom said on Thursday.

“Turkmenistan is our strategic partner and we arevery glad that we have managed to agree (on) all theterms. Turkmen gas supplies will restart at 10:00 a.m.(0700 GMT) on 9 Jan,” Gazprom spokesman SergeiKupriyanov said on Ekho Moskvy radio.

Gazprom and its Turkmen counterpart Turkmengazclinched a deal on the sidelines of Russian PresidentDmitry Medvedev’s visit to the Turkmen capital on22 Dec, ending a months-long gas dispute betweenthe two former Soviet states.

Under the new contract, Turkmenistan will supplyRussia with up to 30 billion cubic metres of naturalgas annually at European-level prices. Turkmengazcut off gas deliveries to Russia in early April after apipeline explosion. The Central Asia state accusedRussia of failing to warn that it was reducing gas im-ports, a move that resulted in a buildup of pipelinepressure and caused the blast. — Xinhua

BERLIN, 1 Jan — Togain more market share,German automakers willproduce more smaller carsnext year, automotive anindustry leader said onThursday. German car-makers need to hold andfurther strengthen theirposition at global stage tocounter an anticipated de-cline at home market af-

Vietnam’s growth picks up pace

dies in order to encouragebanks to lend. Overall in2009, the rate of expan-sion slowed to 5.32%, thelowest rate since 1999.That was put down toweaker demand for ex-

ports in the first part of theyear.

The government alsosaid it must “firstly con-tinue to actively preventthe return of hyperinfla-tion and the existing po-tential inflationary fac-tors”. In November, thecentral bank raised ratesand devalued the currencyin an attempt to controlinflation, which ran at arate of 6.52% in Decem-ber. Last year an overheat-ing economy pushed it upto 28%. —Internet

Germany to gain market share by producingmore smaller cars

ter the termination of do-mestic scrappage scheme,said Matthias Wissmann,President of the GermanAssociation of the Auto-motive Industry (VDA).

“Now we are attackingin the small car segment,with cars that only useabout three litres of fuelfor 100 kilometres,”Wissmann said. VDA es-

timated that sales coulddecline from more than3.8 million vehicles in2009 to between 2.75 mil-lion and 3 million in 2010.Wissmann said specialfactors helped the Ger-man car industry growthis year and the marketwas expected to return tonormal next year.

Xinhua

China central bank chiefZhou says 2010 is key

Turkmenistan to resume gasdeliveries to Russia in early

January

Britain plansEurope’s

fastest railservice

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Moderate quake hits TibetBEIJING, 1 Jan—An earthquake measuring 5.0 on

the Richter scale jolted Xigaze in southwest China’sTibet Autonomous Region on Friday morning, accord-ing to the national seismological network.

The quake struck at 10:22 am Beijing time.With a depth of about 10 km, the epicenter was de-

tected as 30.9 degrees north latitude and 84.0 degreeseast longitude in Zhongba County.

No injuries or deaths have been reported.—Xinhua

Aftershocks hit California-Mexico bor-der following magnitude-5.8 quake

LOS ANGELES, 1 Jan—Aftershocks continued to hitthe California-Mexico border on Thursday morning,following the magnitude-5.8 earthquake that struckthe region one day earlier.

There have been more than 12 aftershocks meas-uring above magnitude 3.0 in the area, with mostcentering in Mexico near Mexicali and the town ofGuadalupe Victoria, according to the US Geologi-cal Survey.

The magnitude-5.8 quake hit the region onWednesday morning. Residents along the border re-ported intense shaking but no major damage or inju-ries from the main quake.

The border area is considered a seismically activeregion, but quake experts said the 5.8 temblor is thekind of quake seen about once a decade.

The city manager of Calexico, California, about22 miles (35.2 kilometres) from the quake’s epicenter,said there was some heavy shaking for 15 seconds.But he said things quickly got back to normal.

The quake was felt over a wide section of theSouthwest, including San Diego, Phoenix andTijuana. It occurred at 10:48 am about 23 miles (36.8kilometres) south of Calexico and 20 miles (32 kilo-metres) from Mexicali.—Xinhua

Moderate earthquakeshakes Guatemala

MANAGUA, 1 Jan—An earthquake measuring 5.2on the Richter scale shook Guatemala early on Thurs-day morning, with no immediate reports of casual-ties or damage, the Nicaraguan Institute of Territo-rial Studies (INETER) said.

According to the INETER, the quake’s epicenterwas located some 489 km northwest of GuatemalaCity. It occurred at 4:12 am local time (1012 GMT).

The earthquake had a depth of 25 km, and “it wasan event related to a local failure,” the INETER saidon its website.

Xinhua

Three Turkish sailors aboardtank hijacked by Somali pirates

Taleban militants behead sixex-colleagues in S Afghanistan

KABUL, 1 Jan—A group of armed militants haveraided a house in southern Afghanistan’s UruzganProvince, beheading six former militants and wound-ing another.

The provincial police chief Juma Gul Humat saidon Thursday, “A group of extremist Taleban rebels at-tacked a house on Wednesday night in the provincialcapital of Trinkot and beheaded six of their formerfriends who were moderate and opposing the war.”

Humat also told Xinhua that another former mili-tant was injured in the incident and has been taken tohospital for medical treatment.

Taleban, which often target pro-government figures,has so far made no comment on the brutal and bloodyincident.

Xinhua

Two killed in train accidents in USSan Francisco Bay Area

Two home-made bombs explodein different banks in Mexico

ANKARA, 1 Jan—ThreeTurkish sailors wereamong the 26 crew mem-bers on board a British-flagged tanker which washijacked by Somali pi-rates in the Gulf of Aden,Turkish officials said onThursday.

The 8,000-ton St JamesPark was seized by thepirates on Tuesday whenthe chemical tanker wassailing en route to Thai-land from Spain, the offi-cials were quoted as say-

ing by the semi-officialAnatolia news agency.The tanker was the firstmerchant vessel to be hi-jacked in the Gulf of Adenin nearly six months.

The Britain-flaggedship is operated by an Is-raeli company and thepirates have not yetmade any contact withthe Israeli company forransom, officials said.Hostages captured by pi-rates usually have to waitfor two to three months

for ship owners to paythe ransom and securetheir freedom, officialsadded.

Piracy has becomerampant off the coast ofAfrica, especially in thewaters near Somalia,which has been withoutan effective governmentsince 1991.

An estimated 25,000ships annually cruise theGulf of Aden, off Soma-lia’s northern coast.

Xinhua

The moon is seenduring a partial lunareclipse in Amman on

31 Dec, 2009.—XINHUA

MEXICO CITY, 1 Jan—Two home-made bombsexploded on Thursday inbanks of the municipali-ties of Toluca andMetepec in the State ofMexico, center of thecountry, causing damagesinside and outside thebuildings, the police said.

The police of the Stateof Mexico said that thehome-made bombs ex-ploded at 3:18 am localtime (0918 GMT), in thebanks Banocomer andBanamex, without caus-ing injuries.

The first bomb ex-ploded in Bancomerbranch in Toluca, capitalof the State of Mexico,

some 400 metres from theGeneral Prosecutor’s Of-fice of Justice of the Stateof Mexico.

This explosion brokethe windows of the bank,destroyed the ATM areaand made 10 lamps to falldown. The other explo-sion was in Banamexbranch in Metepec, some300 metres from the Gen-eral Director of PublicSecurity building and thePublic Ministry Agency.

Xinhua

Craftswomen of Shuiethnic group make“Divine Tigers in

Auspicious Clouds” ina workshop in Guiyang,

capital of southwestChina’s Guizhou

Province, on 31 Dec,2009.— XINHUA

SAN FRANCISCO, 1 Jan— Two people were killedon Thursday morning inseparate incidents involv-ing Caltrain, a commuterrail system serving theSan Francisco Bay Areain the United States, localmedia reported.

A woman was hit by atrain and killed at about

5:50 am as she walkedacross Caltrain tracks inSanta Clara station.

Hours later, a trainstruck a small pickuptruck at Auzerais Avenuein San Jose, killing themale driver inside.

Including the twodeaths ahead of NewYear’s Eve, a total of 19

people have been killedin 2009 while crossingCaltrain tracks, only oneshy of the record 20 fatali-ties in 1995, Caltrainspokeswoman ChristineDunn said.

The past year also sawhigh-profile teenager sui-cides along Caltrain routein Palo Alto, where fourstudents from the sameGunn High School tooktheir own lives separatelyby stepping onto Caltraintracks.

“This has been a verydifficult year for Caltrain,”Dunn was quoted by theSan Jose Mercury News assaying.

“The impacts of thesetragedies weigh heavily onour employees. Caltraincontinues to work dili-gently to educate the pub-lic about safety aroundrailroad tracks,” shesaid.—Xinhua

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

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POEM:

Hailing the 62nd Anniversary Independence Day:

Safeguard independence andsovereignty through might of patriotism

* On the 4th JanuaryMisty was the winterThe year was 1948Reached we a new destinyGlittering was everything

* Union-born national peopleHonouring the countryShowing the strength of independenceFlag of nation flying highIn the sky it fluttered

* So evil was the legacy of colonialistsLived for over 100 years under enslavementRaces in our whole countryIn unity they gathered strengthFighting back the occupiersNever surrenderedEver fighting for freedomFirm were the hands they joinedRiding high to victoryIn unity they have been marchingStanding firm is the UnionOn this 62nd Anniversary

Hailing the 62nd Anniversary IndependenceDay

Hnin Maung (Zegon) (Trs)

Victory flag flying high in sky

New landmark in Myanmar historyChit Naing (Psychology)

Winner of Noble Prize in Economics ProfessorDr Joseph Stiglitz in Nay Pyi Taw on 17 Decemer2009 said that Myanmar had the potential fordevelopment; and that if Myanmar made economicreform depending on rich resources, fertile soil,temperate climate pattern, hardworking people andsocial resources, it would be on the threshold ofdevelopment in a matter of years.

Myanmar is naturally a beautiful land withtemperate climate patterns of summer, the rainyseason and the cold season. Unlike some countries,it is neither very cold nor very hot. I wonder ifMyanmar has been created by celestial beings andhigher celestial beings with impressive forests,mountain ranges, rivers, creeks and beaches.Myanmar is like a paradise on the earth.

“Yet, its natural beauty and rich naturalresources attracted dangers to the nation. Dutch,

Portuguese, French and British colonialists were inintense rivalry against one another to colonizeunderdeveloped Asian and African countries, like lionskilling and eating a large group of deer. The last colonyof British colonialists was Myanmar under the rule ofKing Thibaw. They annexed the nation, but not in ashort period.

“For 62 years from 1824 to 1885, they were inthe process of colonizing the nation.

It was on 1 January 1886, Myanmar was annexedto the Empire of the British Queen.

Myanmar was removed from the map of theworld.

Then, the people were deprived of the right tohoist the State flag anywhere.

The sovereign nation was reduced to a colony.Myanmar people became slaves. The Britishdemonetized the currency that had been in circulationsince the time of Myanmar monarchs. After Japanesetroops had entered the nation, the Japanese militarygovernment demonetized the currency that had been incirculation since the time of the British. Myanmarbecame completely impoverished. After reenteringMyanmar, the British onesidedly declared Japanesecurrency notes illegitimate. I am confident that at thattime no one was as poor as Myanmar people. Thewhole country was reduced to ash due to the aggressivewars launched by the British. The alien governments’torture was intolerable for the people. In consequence,the living standard of Myanmar people came bottom inthe times of the colonialits and Fascists.

It took Myanmar people 62 years to regain freedomfrom the British. During the period, Myanmar was fartoo immersed to regain independence, sacrificing livesof a large number of its people. In the figurative sense ofthe word, Myanmar had to spend oceans of blood of itspeople to regain independence. The British beheadedMingyi Shwe La Yaung to frighten the revolutionaries,making it clear how much cruel they were.

“To build trust is of great importance indemocratization. Political scientists say democracywill be long-lasting only if trust is built firmly.

Institution is of two types: State institution andhuman society institution. Trust must well overwhelmboth institutions.”

Writer Maung Sue SanTen Kinds of Trust, Democracy and Image

Myanmar regained independence from the Britishgovernment on 4 January 1948. The Union of Myanmardeclined the British offer to grant the nation Dominicanstatus, and invitation to the British Commonwealth.Myanmar stood as independent, sovereign nation. Itwas them independent politically, but Myanmar peoplewere still impoverished in terms of economy.

The country was on the edge of collapse dueto some narrow-minded political leaders withoutbroad political view. In particular, the majority ofthe people went through the hell of evilconsequences of armed revolts. Local people didnot dare to live in the rural areas due to armedinsurgency and lawless acts. They were in povertyin urban areas.

Anyhow, Myanmar managed to put an end tointernal armed insurgency. Successive governmentsworked for national development. In the period of 62years, the nation has not been able to achieve thedevelopment rate of China and India yet, still laggingbehind other countries in development. The nationwas hunted for colonization for 62 years (1824-1885); it fell under alien rule for 62 years (1886-1947), and it has struggled for 62 years (1948-2009).

Nearly the lifespan of a man does not takelong, but the current of history keeps on flowing.

Till today, subversives are still threatening thenation. However, according to the objectiveconditions, it is impossible Myanmar will become aminion of other countries. Myanmar is capable ofstanding on its own feet, and building itself up. Thatis comprehensible to all.

(See page 7)

The people have taken 62 years to reachthe top of the hole in which they came underthe process of colonization for 62 years, andwere in dire straits for 62 years. Now, theyare out of the hole in the year of 2010. Whyare some persons trying to get into the holeagain? We have to try to transform the nationfrom old to new system.

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Hailing the 62nd Anniversary Independence Day:

Towards perpetuation of Independence

What are needed forperpetuity of

Independence,Grandpa?

The majorrequirement is

national solidarity.You’d better think

about it Grandson ...

Unity is strength,isn’t it?

Only with strength youare independent and

you can stand on yourown feet.

And when youare self-reliant

you areindependent.

Then only will ourIndependence last long,

my grandson.

Min Oo

(Datth

ana)

New landmark in Myanmar historyChit Naing (Psychology)

(from page 6)The people gave top priority to non-

disintegration of the Union. All have built nationalunity for a couple of decades for ensuring non-disintegration of national solidarity.

We all love independence.We safeguard our country at risk to our lives

for perpetuation of sovereignty. I want all to takelessons from past events. The people have taken 62years to reach the top of the hole in which they cameunder the process of colonization for 62 years, andwere in dire straits for 62 years. Now, they are out ofthe hole in the year of 2010. Why are some personstrying to get into the hole again? We have to try totransform the nation from old to new system.

“The State Peace and Development Councillaid down the seven-step Road Map in 2003, and it isin pursuit of it. In May 2008, the constitution wasapproved through a referendum. “The interest of the

people in Myanmar in political affairs is that they lookforward to some positive changes after the 2010election. They do not want revolution, either.”

Professor Robert H TaylorPolitical scientist

Perspective, The Voice, 17-12-2009The people trust the Tatmadaw government.

The government managed to make peace with 17major and 20 small national race armed groups risingagainst successive governments. It has showed itsbenevolent attitudes and goodwill towards them. Itdoes not speak much, but has great tenacity in carryingout prudent projects that need great patience.

The government has not done much to refute theaccusations of internal and external anti-governmentelements, because accusations alone cannot work wellto break the nation into parts. The government does notharbour grudge, nor does it have any intention toretaliate.

Let it be, but –Anything that can harm the public interest is

not acceptable to it. It is opposed to the sanctions thathave adverse effects to the life of the people. Nogovernment wants any forms of attacks designed toharm the socio-economic life of the people. It isunder a duty to dissuade those foreign countries fromimposing unfair sanctions against Myanmar.

With little cooperation and support fromabroad, the government has been building roads andbridges and improving the infrastructures at theunprecedented level. Thanks to the river-spanningbridges, national races have more access to amicablerelations between them.

And as a result of hundreds of dams,reserviours, sluice gates, river water pumping stations,and underground water tapping stations, there hasbeen a sharp increase in outputs of crops. Over thepast 20 years, the living standard of countrymen andwomen has been far better than that previously.

Whatever it is, the Independence Day enters62nd anniversary in 2010, and I am confidentMyanmar will soon see a landmark, surmountingvarious forms of disruptions.

May the independence of Myanmar remainperpetual! (Hailing the Independence Day)

Translation: MS

Myanmar will soon see a landmark,surmounting various forms ofdisruptions.

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(from page 1)oriented economic system since 1988. The establishment of new towns andindustrial zones by the government, housing projects and use of electric poweredhousehold goods by the people had increased the demand for power supply.

The rapid development of the country has trigered the dramatic rise in demandfor power supply in the country. To fulfill the requirements in the power sector, theMinistry of Electric Power No. 2 has implemented the power supply projects and theministry has taken the first priority to supply power to industrial zones. Thegovernment has established industrial zones across the country as part of efforts forbuilding a modern developed State. The following are industrial zones across thecountry.

Hailing the 62nd Anniversary Independence Day:

EP-2 Ministry endeavouring…

1. Industrial Zones Nos. - 28 28 (A) Industrial Zone Nos. - 18 18 (B) Sub-Industrial Zone Nos. - 10 10

2. Industries Nos. - 9,702 9,7023. Private Industries factory 26,690 43,784 17,0944. Cottage Industries Industry - 10,438 10,4385. State-owned factories

under Ministry of factory 624 789 165 Industry-1

6. State-owned factories under Ministry of factory 9 31 22 Industry-2 (A) constructed factory 9 23 14 (B) Under construction factory - 8 8

No. Type Counting 1988 31-12-2009 Progress

Though there were small-scale factories and industries in the past, today’sfactories and industries have enormous capacity and run at full capacity. Theincreased number of factories and industries with sizeable number of workershas made enormous demands for electricity. Besides, use of electric poweredhousehold goods and escalators and elevators at high-rise housing have causedthe spirally upward consumption of power. Following is the required amount ofelectricity in the power supply network to sufficiently supply power to thepeople.

No Electricity Consumption Yangon Mandalay Other States/Divisions Total

1. Public consumption 294.55 48.16 357.48 700.19

2. State-owned factories 74.22 12.70 212.56 299.48

3. Industrial Zones 123.36 25.72 22.10 171.18

4. River water pumping project 3.38 7.10 25.00 35.48

5. Private-owned factories 62.00 19.19 25.80 106.99

6. Hospitals/schools/offices 109.27 28.77 103.89 241.93

Total 666.78 141.64 746.83 1,555.25

Now, power plants only can generate 556 megawatts due to decrease inproducing electricity of hydropower plants in summer when fewer water can be storedand decrease in generating capacity of some old power plants although the amountof electricity demand is 1555.25 megawatts. A total of 856 megawatts of electricityis being produced and distributed averagely including 300 megawatts from Shweli (1)Hydropower Plant of Ministry of Electric Power No (1). So, the Ministry ofElectricity No (2) is distributing electricity alternately to the public from the nationalpower grid by setting groups in order to keep balance between supply anddemand of electric power.

Demand for electric power increases year after year while arrangementsare being made to build more power plants with the aim of producing moreelectricity. The government put first priority in building mega structures. Thereare 16 hydropower plants which are under construction – four plants will emergein 2010, five in 2011, three in 2012, one in 2015 and three later in the year of 2015.It is learnt that electricity will be in surplus in 2015 as the projects which aretargeted to finish in 2010/2011 will fulfill the demand for electric power.

Projects to be implemented

No. Name of project Location Generatingin states/ capacitydivisions (mega�watts)

1 Myitsone Kachin 41002 Yinan Kachin 12003. Khaunglanphu Kachin 27004. Piza Kachin 20005 Wuhsauk Kachin 18006 Chiphwe Kachin 28007 Laza Kachin 19008 Tapein (2) Kachin 1409 Hatgyi Kayin 136010 Dayai Kayin 2511 Bilin Mon 28012 Saidin Rakhine 7613 Lemyo Rakhine 50014 Tahsan Shan 711015 Shweli (2) Shan 64016 Shweli (3) Shan 80017 Upper Thanlwin Shan 140018 Shwesaryay Sagaing 66019 Taninthayi Taninthayi 60020 Thakyat Taninthayi 2021 Bawgata Bago 16822 Upper Yeywa Mandalay 6023 Upper Hsedawgyi Mandalay 6024 Upper Bu Magway 15025 Bu Magway 4226 Myogyi Shan 3027 Myittha Magway 40

Total 30,661

Power line installation of 230 KV at Upper Paunglaung-Nanhkiopower grid in progress.

Khabaung Hydropower Plant.

(Megawatts)

(See page 9)

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(from page 8)While the govern-

ment is implementing newhydropower projects, theMinistry of Energy isbuilding 24-inch widepipeline from YadanaNatural Gas Platform toYangon, 179.64 miles –93.16 miles offshore and86.48 miles onshore – atthe cost of US$ 270 mil-lion for supplying enoughnatural gas to natural gas-fired power plants. Thepipeline installation willbe completed in 2010, andnatural gas-fired powerplants in Yangon can pro-duce more electricitysoon.

The people on theirpart are to be careful inconsuming electric powerto avoid unnecessarywastage while the projectsare under way, in responseto the efforts the govern-ment is making for ad-equate supply of electricpower to the public. Thegovernment and the peo-ple are to remain harmo-nious in pursuing the goalof building a modern, de-veloped nation based onthe electric power.Translation: AMS+YM

EP-2 Ministryendeavour-ing…

Hailing the 62nd Anniversary Independence Day:

Hydropower Plants which are under construction

No Name of project Location in states/divisions Generating capacity Targetted year

1 Shwegyin Bago 18.75 4 75 2010 2. Pyu Bago 20 2 40 2011 3. Yeywa Mandalay 197.5 4 790 2010 4. Nanhkio Mandalay 20 2 40 2011 5. An Rakhine 5 2 10 2010 6. Tapein (1) Kachin 60 4 240 2011 7. Chiphwenge Kachin 33 3 99 2011 8. Kyeeohn Kyeewa Magway 37 2 74 2010 9. Kun Bago 20 3 60 201110. Upper Paunglaung Mandalay 70 2 140 201211. Thaukyaykhat (2) Bago 40 3 120 201212. Beluchaung (3) Kayah 24 2 48 201213. Thahtay Rakhine 37 3 111 201514. Htamanthi Sagaing 200 6 1200 –15. Manipu Sagaing 95 4 380 –16. Upper Kengtawng Shan 17 3 51 –

Total 3478

electricity(megawatts)

numbers of generators

total(megawatts)

While the government is im-plementing new hydropowerprojects, the Ministry of Energyis building 24-inch wide pipelinefrom Yadana Natural Gas Plat-form to Yangon, 179.64 miles –93.16 miles offshore and 86.48miles onshore – at the cost of US$270 million for supplying enoughnatural gas to natural gas-firedpower plants. The pipeline in-stallation will be completed in2010, and natural gas-fired powerplants in Yangon can producemore electricity soon.

Shweli-Mansan230-KV grid and

Switchyard ofShweli Power

Plant.

Thabyaywa (Meikhtila) 230-KV Main Power Station.

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Yanpe Dam supplying irrigation water to eastern Magway DivisionByline & Photos: Khin Maung Than (Sathmu)

(from page 16)irrigation system ofYanpe Dam opened inFebruary 2001, inTaungdwingyi Townshipof eastern Magway Divi-sion.

We went to Assist-ant Director’s Office ofthe Irrigation Department(Maintenance) whencewe proceeded to Yanpe

Dam together with StaffOfficer U Win Lwinthrough Taungdwingyi-Pyay Road. Yanpe Dam issupplying irrigation wa-ter through left and rightchannels to farmlands forgrowing monsoon andsummer paddy success-fully.

Yanpe Dam is situ-ated Watkathay Village,

Taungdwingyi Townshipof Magway Division. Withthe length of 9100 feetdam, it can store 35,140acre feet of water. Saddledyke (1) is 1500 feet long,saddle dyke (2), 6000 feetlong and embankment ofthe dam is 78 feet high.The dam is supplying10,000 acres of irrigablearea to grow summer and

monsoon paddy, ground-nut, sesame, and beans andpulses.

Having 10,000acres of original irrigatedarea, the dam in 2006-2007was able to supply waterto 6488 acres of irrigatedarea through the rightchannel and 3512 acresthrough left channel tomeet targeted acreage.Magway Division wasdesignated to grow onemillion acres of monsoonpaddy in 2006-2007. So,the channel extending bytwo feet at foot post No.10200 can fully supplywater to extended 800acres since 2007.

The irrigated areaof Yanpe Dam is 4852acres of monsoon paddyand 3563 acres of sum-mer paddy in 2002-2003,7440 acres of monsoonand 915 acres in 2003-2004, 7440 acres ofmonsoon and 915 acresof summer in 2004-2005,8715 acres of monsoon

and 1523 acres of sum-mer in 2005-2006, 10,000acres of monsoon and 908acres of summer in 2006-2007, 1080 acres ofmonsoon and 1720 acresof summer in 2007-2008and 10,000 acres ofmonsoon and 1772 acresof summer in 2008-2009.In 2009-2010, 10,821acres of monsoon paddyhave been grown and ef-forts are being made to hittargeted acreage for sum-mer paddy. Groundnut,sesame and beans andpulses are to be cultivatedon the fields where notsuitable for growing sum-mer paddy. Arrangementsare being made to trans-form the croplands intofarmlands, explained thestaff officer. The dam is calledYanpe, that is to saydamming Yanpe creek.The Yanpe creek, whereKing Dut tabaungwaged the war againstPrincess Panhtwa, is

famous as a historicalplace in the course ofMyanmar history. Withstrong current, the Yanpecreek enjoys an enormousamount of inflow water.Construction on YanpeDam began in 1999-2000and completed in 2000-2001 by spending on thesum of 1692.60 millionkyats. The dam washanded over to the Irriga-tion Department (Main-tenance) on 26 Novem-ber 2003.

Yanpe Dam which isthe facilitator of easternMagway Division is nowcontributing to the targetedacreage of the whole divi-sion to grow one millionacres of monsoon paddy.All in all it is the duty oflocal people to maintainthe channels, the spillwayand water control tower,and the sluice gate of thedam for their sustainability.

***********Translation: ZZS

(Kyemon: 26-12-2009)Thriving paddy fields by consuming water from Yanpe Dam.

NAY PYI TAW, 1Jan—A ceremony to handover the new diesel loco-motive built by InseinLocomotive Shed ofMyanma Railways withthe own design was heldat Nay Pyi Taw RailwayStation, here, this morn-ing.

It was attended byMinister for Rail Trans-portation Maj-Gen AungMin, Minister for Indus-try-2 Vice-Admiral SoeThein, Minister for Trans-port Maj-Gen Thein Swe,Deputy Minister for RailTransportation Thura UThaung Lwin and offi-cials.

General Manager(Mechanical and Electri-cal) U Tun Oo of MR re-ported on manufacturingof modern diesel locomo-tive from the Insein Loco-motive Shed. GeneralManager (Factory ofInsein) U Saw Valentinehanded over documentsrelated to the locomotiveto Divisional MechanicalSenior Engineer U Toe Ni.

New diesel locomotive handed over

The minister sprin-kled scented water on thelocomotive and viewed it.

The technicians ofInsein Locomotive Shedbuilt the new locomotive

YANGON, 1 Jan—The second respect pay-ing ceremony and the get-together party of thegraduates of Institute ofAnimal Husbandry andVeterinary Science (1972-78) was held at M-3 Food

IAHVS graduatespay respects to oldfaculty members

Centre in Bahan Town-ship on 27 December2009.

Old students pre-sented cash and gifts toold faculty members.

On behalf of the oldfaculty members, retired

Rector Dr. Maung MaungSa gave words of advice. Onbehalf of the old students,Director Dr Ohn Kyawspoke words of thanks.Later, Dr Ohn Kywe ex-plained the social and gen-eral matters.—MNA

based on the structure ofthe locomotive boughtfrom the People’s Repub-lic of China in 2008.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Aung Min and

ministers view new diesel locomotive.

MNA

Tobacco kills.

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China to launch epidemiologicalinvestigation of swine flu

Small plane crashes in Indonesia, killing two

2010 Shanghai WorldExpo website to open

English versionSHANGHAI, 1 Jan—The English version of the 2010

Shanghai World Expo website was scheduled to openon Friday, the New Year’s Eve, said an official withthe preparation committee.

Netizens can log in at www.expo.cn to see the Ex-po’s 3.28 square-km garden and more than 150 exhi-bition halls, according to the committee.

The website launched its Chinese version in Novem-ber. It will be updated regularly with information aboutthe Expo which opens in May next year.

The 2010 Shanghai World Expo will last from 1 Mayto 31 Oct, 2010. —Xinhua

French public debt recordsnew high in third quarterPARIS, 1 Jan — France’s public debt hit a record high

in the third quarter following a series of governmentalstimulus measures, the official statistics bureau INSEEsaid on Wednesday.

The public debt reached 1.46 trillion euros (2.1 tril-lion US dollars) after a 29.4-billion-euro (about 42.28-billion-dollars) increase during the July-Septemberperiod.

It accounted for 75.8 percent of the country’s do-mestic gross product (GDP).

INSEE predicted the public debt would continue torise, and could amount to 77.9 percent of the GDP inthe fourth quarter as the government maintains extraspending in a bid to deal with the economic crisis.

Massive governmental spending contributed muchto France’s leading recovery from the crisis in the sec-ond quarter. But the heavy debt was also likely to slowthe country’s long-term development.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 1 Jan—China will launch a na-tionwide epidemiological investigation ofA/H1N1 influenza next year in a bid toprovide more scientific data for furtherprevention and control measures.

According to a circular released by theMinistry of Health on Wednesday, the re-search will be focused on 12 provinces,municipalities and autonomous regionsincluding Beijing, Shandong and Henan.A total of 54,000 people 4,500 for eachprovince—will be surveyed.

The research will be carried out in threetime periods: next January, from Marchto April and from August to September.

Experts with the ministry said that cur-rently a large number of patients only

have slight flu symptoms and many po-tential infection cases exist, which meansthe official number of flu cases can nolonger reflect the actual epidemic situa-tion in the country.

According to the experts, the countryis in urgent need of understanding the in-fection level in different age groups indifferent time periods in order to map outfurther prevention and control plan.

Also, a serum epidemiological investi-gation will be launched next year acrossthe country, sampling 400 people for eachof the 31 provinces, municipalities, au-tonomous regions and the Xinjiang Pro-duction and Construction Corps.

Xinhua

JAKARTA, 1 Jan—A smallplane crashed in Indone-sia’s West Kali-mantanProvince on Thursdaymorning, killing a pilotand a technician, an offi-cial said here.

The plane used forspraying germ fell at 8:50am (0150 GMT) in frontof a hospital in Ketapangtown of the province, headof the crisis centre of In-donesian Health MinistryRustam Pakaya said. “Thepilot and the technician aredead,” he told Xinhua over

phone. Evacuation hasbeen under way, he said.

The Head of PublicCommunication of theTransportation MinistryBambang S Ervan tolddetikcom online news thatthe victims are pilot SigitSudiarjo and technicianWinarno.

Bambang said that theplane was just registered inthe ministry two years ago.The head of WestKalimantan’s Health De-partment Subuh said thatthe operation of the hospi-

tal runs normally after theincident that damaged apart of the hospital.

“Only the roof of theemergency installationwas heavily damaged,”said Subuh.

According to Subuh, theplane also fell on one of thehospital’s cars.

The spokesman of theNational Committee ofTransportation Safety JABarata said that his officeis still collecting informa-tion related to the incident.

Xinhua

Russia approves charterflights from Georgia

MOSCOW, 1 Jan — Moscow has authorized the firstdirect flights between Russia and Georgia since a briefwar between the two countries in August 2008, theRussian Transportation Ministry said on Thursday.

“Georgian Airways will be allowed to run Tbilisi-Moscow-Tbilisi charter flights on 8-10 Jan and Tbilisi-St Petersburg-Tbilisi flights on 9 and 10 Jan,” the min-istry said. The ministry added that the resumption ofregular flights still requires negotiations.

Direct flights between Tbilisi and Moscow werehalted in 2006 over a spy row between the formerSoviet neighbours. The flights were resumed for ashort time in 2008, but were suspended again afterthe five-day Caucasus war.— Xinhua

Boy, three, shoots youngcousin dead with father’s gun

RAYVILLE, 1 Jan — An off-duty police officer’sthree-year-old son has reportedly shot and killed athree-year-old cousin with his father’s gun in the US.Police were called to a house in Rayville, Louisiana at2.30 pm local time yesterday, the News-Star reported.

Sheriff Charles McDonald said the children — aboy and a girl — were playing out the front of thehouse when the off-duty officer went to get somethingout of his car. While he was turned, the boy walked upand picked up the officer’s firearm, which was in thedriver’s side door.— Internet

A group of people ride in an overloaded motorized tricycle on 1 Jan , 2010 inManila, Philippines. People with their family went to the park to take advan-

tage of the long week end before going back to their job.—INTERNET

People celebrate New Year in Venice’s St Mark square flooded by high water,northern Italy, early on 1 Jan , 2010. The phenomenon of high water, which floodsthe Venice lagoon, occurs mainly between autumn and spring when tides are rein-

forced by seasonal winds.— INTERNET

A winter swim-

mer swims in icy

waters at a park,

as part of New

Year celebra-

tions in

Shenyang,

Liaoning Prov-

ince

on 1 Jan, 2010.

INTERNET

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 2 January, 2010

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV MILLENNIUM VOY NO (07/09)Consignees of cargo carried on MV MILLEN-

NIUM VOY NO (07/09) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 2.1.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W.3 where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S KM INTERTRANSPhone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DIBENA JOY VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DIBENA JOYVOY NO ( ) are here by notified that the vessels will bearriving on 2.1.2010 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of S.P.W.2 where it will lie at the consign-ee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws andconditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S SIAM PHULSAWATMARITIME CO., LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

Body mistakenlycremated

PROSPECT, 1 Jan — A grieving family learned their95-year-old great-grandmother had been crematedwhen they found a stranger’s body in her casket, and afuneral home is being investigated in the incident.

Relatives of Aurelie Tuccillo noticed the wrongbody when they arrived at the Buckmiller BrothersFuneral Home in Connecticut for calling hours onTuesday night.

Police said on Wednesday that state and local offic-ers found Tuccillo had “inadvertently been cremated.”

Funeral home owner Wayne P Buckmiller calls themix-up “a most unfortunate incident.” He says thehome is working with the family to resolve the situa-tion. Tuccillo’s family did not immediately return acall for comment.

The state Department of Public Health is also in-vestigating the incident.

Internet

‘Beaten’ manjust wantedride to bar

ST PETERSBURG, 1 Jan —Authorities say a Floridaman who called police dis-patchers claiming that hehad been beaten and shot atwas hoping the tale wouldget him a ride to a bar.

Instead, 37-year-oldGregory Oras is facingcharges of misusing theemergency call systemand battery of a law en-forcement officer.

The St Petersburg Timessaid an arrest report saysOras called police dis-patchers three times beforehis arrest. He told the dis-patchers he had a brokennose and bleeding ears,and claimed people wereshooting at him.—Internet

Brazil storms andlandslides kill at least 18

RIO DE JANEIRO, 1 Jan—Heavy rains have causedfloods and landslides in Brazil, leaving at least 18 peo-ple dead. Officials said that most of the deaths occurredas shanties collapsed under mud or rain in the greaterRio de Janeiro city area.

One of the worst incidents was in Jacarepagua, inwestern Rio area, where a family of five died in a land-slide. The state has been hit by 24 hours of downpoursthreatening new year celebrations on CopacabanaBeach.

Some 200 people had to flee their homes in BaixadaFuminese, in northern Rio, after three rivers burst theirbanks. The authorities have urged people in vulner-able areas to move to safety even if it means abandon-ing their homes. Weather forecasters expected the rainsto continue throughout Thursday.

Internet

Man faked owncremation for $1.5m,

say policeSEOUL, 1 Jan — South Korean police have arrested

a man who faked his own death—and cremation—tosecure insurance payouts totalling 1.8 billion won ($1.5million). Police said a man surnamed Chung, 51 andhis wife, Ahn, 49, hatched the scheme after their busi-ness in Indonesia ran into trouble.

The wife made life insurance claims to six Koreancompanies after reporting that her husband had diedin a motorcycle accident on Batam Island in Indone-sia. The Korea Times said the couple bribed Indone-sian doctors to supply a death certificate and submit-ted it to the Korean Embassy in Jakarta. Ahn alsovideotaped a “cremation ceremony’’ for Chung to bol-ster her claim.

A policewoman in Seoul’s Namdaemun District saidthey have also issued a warrant for the couple’s nephewas an accessory to the fraud.” There have been a fewinsurance frauds faking death in Korea, but this wasthe first time for such a case abroad,’’ she said, declin-ing to be identified.

Insurance scams are common in South Korea, withthe number of fake claims rising amid the economicdownturn. In a case reported by police in April, awoman who held a funeral for her husband after claim-ing he was lost at sea scammed insurers out of$800,000 before he was found alive and well.

Internet

Gunman kills five, thenself, in Finland

ESPOO, 1 Jan—A lone gunman dressed in blackkilled five people, including four in a crowded shop-ping mall, before returning home and taking his ownlife on Thursday. It was the third such massacre inFinland in about two years, and once again raised ques-tions about gun control in a Nordic country wherehunting is popular.

Police identified the killer as 43-year-old IbrahimShkupolli, an ethnic Albanian immigrant from Kosovowho had been living for several years in Finland, andthe national tragedy cast a pall over the nation’s NewYear’s Eve celebrations.

Shkupolli killed his ex-girlfriend, a Finnish woman,at her home, and four employees of the Prisma gro-cery store at the Sello shopping mall in Espoo, sixmiles (10 kilometres) west of Helsinki, the capital. Itwas unclear whom he shot first. The former girlfriend,who was 42, had also worked at the same Prisma store,and police superintendent Jukka Kaski said she had arestraining order imposed on Shkupolli.

The Finnish newspaper, Aamulehti, wrote thatShkupolli allegedly stalked the woman for years andthat she had complained to police about how he usedto show up at the Prisma grocery store to watch her.

Internet

Police vehicles andambulances are parked

outside the Selloshopping centre in

Espoo. A lone gunmanshot dead his formergirlfriend and then

gunned down four ofher work colleagues ina rampage at a Finnish

shopping mall onThursday before

turning his weaponon himself.INTERNET

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Cambodia’s dengue fever death tollsharply falls this year

‘Raid’ to seizeDNA of

Argentinamedia heirsBUENOS AIRES , 1 Jan —

Lawyers for young heirsof an Argentine mediaempire say police raidedtheir homes amid suspi-cions they were victims ofstate-organized forcedadoption. The alleged raidtook place a day afterFelipe and Marcela Noblecomplied with a court or-der and gave blood sam-ples.

The pair were adoptedby media mogul ErnestinaHerrera de Noble in 1976.Campaigners allege thatthey are the offspring ofpolitical prisoners whogave birth while in cus-tody during the country’speriod of military rule.They believe the biologi-cal parents of the siblingswere killed in prisons andtheir babies were thentaken by the state.

Under the country’sformer regime, babieswere often given to fami-lies considered loyal tothe military. The Noblefamily’s lawyer JorgeAnzorreguy said thatboth toothbrushes andhairbrushes were seizedduring the raid at theirhomes on the outskirts ofBuenos Aires. The raid, healleges, was carried outunder an order of a judge.Argentine officials haverefused to confirm or denythat the raid took place.

Mr Anzorreguy descri-bed 33-year-old Marcelaas “surprised” at the raid.

Internet

Singapore commits toeco-friendly shipping

SINGAPORE, 1 Jan — The Maritime and Port Au-thority of Singapore (MPA) said on Thursday that thecountry has started eco-friendly shipping.

The island-state has deposited its Instrument ofAccession to the International Convention on the Con-trol of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001(AFS Convention) with the International MaritimeOrganization (IMO), according to a statement by theMPA.The AFS Convention was adopted at the IMOon 5 Oct, 2001, and became effective on 17 Sept 2008.When it enters into force for Singapore on 31 March,2010, the country will join 40 other countries to be aparty to the AFS Convention.

The Convention will apply to ships registered withSingapore and also to ships calling at the Port of Sin-gapore. MPA Chief Executive Lam Yi Young said, “Asone of the world’s busiest port, protection of the ma-rine environment is of great importance to Singa-pore.— Xinhua

Indonesia sets target toplant 1.6 billion trees

each yearJAKARTA, 1 Jan— Indonesia set a target to plant

1.6 billion trees each year in its reforestation effortsto overcome the devastation of forest areas that takes500,000 hectares each year, an Indonesian senior of-ficial said on Thursday.

“The new tree planting programme would initiallybe implemented next year and is expected to be con-tinued in the following years,” Production Supervi-sion Deputy at Forestry Ministry Hadi Daryanto wasquoted as saying by the Antara news agency, whenaccompanied the forestry minister’s visit in West BaliNational Conservation Park (TNBB).

“The ministry would implement various tree plant-ing methods aimed at preserving the natural forestareas,” he added.

According to the deputy, Indonesia has 126.8 mil-lion hectares of forest area that consisted of naturalconservancy area 32.4 million hectares, limited logproduction 21.6 million hectares, conversion forest23.2 million and production-conversion forest 14million hectares.

Due to the high cost to finance the programme,the government would involve the public to take partin the reforestation programme.

Xinhua

PHNOM PENH, 1 Jan—The number of reportedcases of dengue fever rosein 2009, but fatalities sig-nificantly fell from 2008due to improved publicawareness, local media re-ported on Thursday, citinghealth officials.

Ngan Chantha, directorof dengue control at theHealth Ministry, wasquoted by the CambodiaDaily as saying that there

A visitor poses for a souvenir photo with the animated statue of MonkeyKing at the ongoing 1st China International Animation Copyright Fair,

which opens at the International Convention & Exhibition Centre ofDongguan, south China’s Guangdong Province, on 30 Dec, 2009.

XINHUA

were 11,625 cases of den-gue fever and 36 deathsfrom the disease this year,compared to 9,245 casesand 65 deaths last year.

“We intervened by dis-seminating informa-tion through the media,spraying mosquito inse-cticide and training doctorsand nurses to help denguevictims properly.”

“People understandthe disease and how danger-

ous it is, but they still don’tchange their behavior,” hesaid, referring to the need tokeep homes free of placeswhere mosquitoes can breed.Most of this year’s dengueinfections occurred in high-density areasin provinces includingKompong Cham, Kandal,Siem Reap and Kampot, aswell as the capital PhnomPenh, Chantha added.

Xinhua

China’s Antarctic expedition team finds firstmeteorite at Glove Mountain

A scientist of Chinese 26th Antarcticexpedition team explores at the foot of

Mason Peak, the summit of GroveMountains in Antarctica, on 30 Dec,

2009. —XINHUA

1

GLOVE MOUNTAIN, 1 Jan— China’s 26thAntarctic expedition team discovered itsfirst meteorite at Antarctica’s Glove Moun-tain Wednesday afternoon.

The team found the meteorite at the

southern foot of Glove Mountain’s peak,said Dr Hu Sen, a researcher at the Insti-tute of Geology and Geophysics of theChinese Academy of Sciences. “It is highlyprobable (that it is) a Chondrite judgingfrom the failure surface,” said Hu, addingthat the meteorite weighed 221.5 grams.

Efflorescence makes it hard for mete-orites to stay in densely populated areas,Hu explained, but they could last for mil-lions of years in Antarctica’s dry, coldweather.Many of such meteorites werestopped by the mountains as they werecarried along by running glaciers, he said.Therefore, a lot of meteorites could befound around the Antarctic mountain ar-eas.—Xinhua

Ships cross the Gatun Locks Panama Canal in Colon about 100 kms north ofPanama City. Panama on Thursday marked the 10th anniversary of the end ofUS control over the legendary canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, long considered one of the world’s engineering wonders.—INTERNET

A New York City police officersearches a man at a securitycheckpoint in Times Squareahead of New Year celebrations.President Barack Obamaplanned to ring in the New Yearby plowing through initial probesinto the botched bombing of a USplane, after slamming “systemic”intelligence failures.—INTERNET

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Veron voted best soccer playerin Latin America for 2009

RIO DE JANEIRO, 1 Jan — Argentine midfielder JuanSebastian Veron was voted the best soccer player inLatin America for 2009, Uruguayan newspaper El Paisannounced on Thursday. Veron beat Humberto Suazo of Chile and Ecuador’sEdison Mendez to pick up the honour. Journalists fromall over the American continents took part in the poll.Brazil striker Adriano led his country’s players with17 votes, ranking 20th. The continent’s best coach ofthe year went to the head coach of the Chilean na-tional soccer team, Marcelo Bielsa. The Dream Team of the Americas include MiguelPinto (Universidad de Chile-CHI), Reasco (LDU-EQU), Desabato (Estudiantes-ARG), Otamendi (VelezSarsfield-ARG), Medel (Boca Juniors-ARG), Mendez(LDU-EQU), Veron (Estudiantes-ARG/Internacional-BRA), Lodeiro (Nacional-URU), Cabanas (America-MEX), Suazo (Monterrey-MEX) and Bieler (LDU-EQU).— Xinhua

MADRID, 1 Jan — RealMadrid’s midfielder Kakareturned to a training ses-sion on Thursday afterone-month staying awaywith a hernia, the Spanishclub said.

“Kaka appears to haverecovered from his sportshernia and today got hisfirst feel for the ball inseveral weeks. He andCristiano Ronaldo teamedup during the second halfof the session to work onvarious drills,” the clubsaid in a statement. Realwill hold two more train-ing sessions before itfaces Osasuna in theleague on Sunday inPamplona and it is not yetclear if the 27-year-old

Soderling, Ferrer reach semisat Abu Dhabi invitational

ABU DHABI, 1 Jan —Robin Soderling of Swe-den and David Ferrer of Spain advanced to the semi-finals of the season-opening Abu Dhabi invitationaltournament on Thursday. Soderling outlasted StanislasWawrinka of Switzerland 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2) and Ferrerrallied to beat sixth-ranked Nikolay Davydenko 2-6,6-2, 6-4 at the Zayed Sports City.

Soderling will take on top-ranked Roger Federerin the semifinals on Friday, while Ferrer faces No. 2Rafael Nadal. Federer and Nadal both had first-roundbyes in the six-player invitational tournament, whichis not part of the ATP tour calendar. Soderling, who is0-12 against Federer in his career, took a 5-1 lead inthe first set before Wawrinka started returning better,but the Swede’s booming serve proved decisive in bothtiebreakers. Davydenko, who won the season-ending ATP WorldTour Finals in London last month, said he still felt theeffects of a recent illness and struggled to maintain hisconcentration. Davydenko still dominated the first setbefore losing his serve in the fourth and eighth games ofthe second as the Spaniard levelled the match.—Xinhua

Portsmouth delay players’salaries

LONDON, 1 Jan — Crisis-laden Premier Leaguebottom club Portsmouth said on Thursday their play-ers’ December salaries would not be paid until 5 Jan.

“Portsmouth Football Club expects to pay their firstteam squad’s December salaries on Tuesday, 5 Janu-ary,” said a club statement.

“The club has been speaking to the ProfessionalFootballers’ Association and the players have been in-formed. The club has been assured of receipt of fundsby Tuesday and the owner (Ali Al-Faraj) and boardhave been working hard on resolving the short-termdelay.”

This is the third time this season Portsmouth hasbeen unable to pay players’ wages on time after simi-lar delays in September and November. Portmouth arein trouble both on and off the field and have to headinto 2010 four points adrift at the bottom of the tablefollowing on Wednesday’s 4-1 home defeat by Arse-nal at Fratton Park. — Xinhua

LONDON, 1 Jan —South Africa star BenniMcCarthy is ready toleave Blackburn Roversduring the January trans-fer window to boost hischances of representinghis country on home soilat the 2010 World Cup fi-nals.

The 32-year-old for-ward, who joined the Eng-lish Premier League sidefrom Portuguese clubPorto for 2.5 millionpounds in July 2006, feelshe is becoming a periph-eral figure at Ewood Parkunder manager SamAllardyce.

“I’d like to stay in Eng-land. This is a greatleague,” McCarthy told

MANCHESTER, 1 Jan —Sir Alex Ferguson entersa new year and new dec-ade as manager of Man-chester United confidentthe future of the club is insafe hands.

A new generation ofyoung stars have beengiven their opportunitiesin the first half of the cur-rent campaign andFerguson has promised hewill retain his policy ofusing a relatively inexpe-rienced side for the firstleg of United’s eagerly-anticipated League Cupsemi-final with Manches-ter City next week.

Ferguson is confidentthe current crop of emerg-ing talent is on a par withany in his 23 years incharge at Old Trafford, animpressive claim giventhe quality of young play-ers associated with hisclub.

“I think the youngplayers are doing well

BERLIN, 1 Jan—BayernMunich’s Italian WorldCup winner Luca Toni isbeing lent to Serie A clubAS Roma for the rest ofthe season, the Germangiants said on Thursday.“Luca Toni asked theboard of Bayern Munichin personal talks to lendhim to AS Roma until theend of the season for per-sonal reasons,” Bayernsaid in a statement.

“He wants to realizehis biggest aim, playingfor Italy in the 2010 WorldCup in South Africa, withregular appearances inSerie A.” The 32-year-old’s move comes as lit-tle surprise, with the Ital-ian saying publicly onnumerous occasions that

TOKYO, 1 Jan—CSKAMoscow have acquired Ja-pan international KeisukeHonda from VVV Venlo,as the Russian giants lookto boost their squad aheadof the knockout stages ofthe UEFA ChampionsLeague, according to thelatest reports.

The 23-year-oldmidfielder signed an es-timated nine-million-euro(12.9-million-dollar),four-year contract, JijiPress and other news me-dia said.

In a posting on his website, Honda said on Thurs-day: “I would not go ifthere was even one per-cent of doubt inside me.”Known as a dead-ballspecialist with a toughphysical presence, Hondahas scored 24 goals in 67games for Venlo sincejoining the Dutch outfit inJanuary 2008, followingfour seasons with J-League side NagoyaGrampus.

He has also scored

CSKA Moscow haveacquired Japan interna-

tional, 23-year-oldmidfielder KeisukeHonda from VVV

Venlo, as the Russiangiants look to boost

their squad ahead of theknockout stages of the

UEFA ChampionsLeague, according to

the latest reports. INTERNET

CSKA Moscow signsVVV Venlo’s Honda

three goals in 10 gamesfor Japan since makinghis international debut inJune 2008 during WorldCup qualifying. Dutch gi-ants PSV and Ajax wereseen as among the mostlikely buyers of the Japa-nese star, who had alsopreviously suggested Liv-erpool was interested inhim.— Internet

Manchester United’sDanny Welbeck (R)

craves a path throughthe Wigan defence.

INTERNET

Ferguson delighted withMan United’s young stars

here,” Ferguson insisted.“Their progress has

been good and they aregetting their opportuni-ties,” said Ferguson, cit-ing Wednesday’s 5-0thrashing of Wigan — aresult that left the cham-pions just two points be-hind English PremierLeague leaders Chelsea— as evidence. “DannyWelbeck came on in ourgame against Wigan,Rafael was outstanding inthat game and showedfantastic energy and de-sire to do well.”

Internet

McCarthy ready to quitRovers as World Cup looms

South Africa star BenniMcCarthy.INTERNET

Thursday’s LancashireTelegraph.

“I’m just unhappy withmy situation and need tofeel wanted again. I’m notgetting any younger but Iknow I can still make animpact. “This is a very bigyear for me.

To come from SouthAfrica and have thechance to play for mycountry in the World Cupis massive.

Internet

Real Madrid’s Kaka.

Kaka returns to trainingwill be called up for thesquad for that match.

Real have won allfour of their matches inKaka’s absence, leadingsome in the Spanish me-dia to suggest that Realplay better without the 65-million-euro (93.5-mil-lion-dollar) summer sign-ing from AC Milan. Realwent into the Christmasbreak two points behindleaders and championsBarcelona in the LaLiga.— Xinhua

Bayern Munich’sItalian World Cup

winner Luca Toni isbeing lent to Serie A

club AS Roma for therest of the season, theGerman giants have

said.—INTERNET

Toni shoots for World Cupwith AS Roma move

he wanted to leave Bayernfollowing a breakdown inrelations with Bayern’sDutch trainer Louis vanGaal.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, light rain has beenisolated in Kachin State and Taninthayi Division , weatherhas been partly cloudy in Shan, Rakhine and Mon States,Mandalay and upper Sagaing Divisions and generally fairin the remaining areas. Night temperatures were (6°C)below January average temperatures in upper Sagaing andYangon Divisions, (3°C) below January averagetemperatures in Chin State and Bago Division, (3°C) to(4°C) above January average temperatures in Mon Stateand Taninthayi Division and about December averagetemperatures in the remaining areas. The significant nighttemperatures were Pinlaung and Loilem (-1°C), Namhsanand Hakha (2°C) each, Heho and An (3°C) each, Katha andPyinOoLwin (4°C) each.

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Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the SouthBay and generally fair in the Andaman Sea and elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 2nd January 2010:Weather will be generally fair in the whole country.

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days:Likelihood of slightincrease of night temperatures in the lower Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for2-1-2010: Fair weather .

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for2-1-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for2-1-2010: Fair weather.

Weather outlook for first weekend of January 2010:During the coming weekend, weather will be generally fairin Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay Divisions.

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Chelsea targets David Villa.

LONDON, 1 Jan—Chelsea are poised tomake a stunning £40mbid for Valencia starDavid Villa.

The Blues are setto pay Villa more than£10m a year, as theysearch for a way toboost their forwardoptions for the secondhalf of the season.

Didier Drogba isaway at the Africa Cupof Nations, Chelseawant to land Villa asthey chase glory inboth the Premier

Chelsea set to break thebank with sensational

£40m swoop for Valenciastar David Villa

League and EuropeanCup.

The Londonershave alreadyapproached Valencia,according to theExpress, in a bid to fendoff competition fromtitle rivals ManchesterUnited and Spanishgiants Real Madrid.

Chelsea ownerRoman Abramovich,who earlier this weekpaid off the club’s hugedebts, is prepared tobankroll the deal.

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

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

troubles

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

and violence

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Yanpe Dam supplying irrigation water to eastern Magway DivisionByline & Photos: Khin Maung Than (Sathmu)

The government ismaking all-out efforts inseeking ways and meansto ensure water for agri-culture and drinking inarid regions.

Magway Divisionis located in arid zone.For ensuring equitabledevelopment of easternand western regions ofthe division, the govern-ment has been buildinginfrastructures in all sec-tors including roads andbridges.

Our news crewmade a study tour of

(See page 10) Yanpe Dam.

* On the 4th JanuaryMisty was the winterThe year was 1948Reached we a new destinyGlittering was everything

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