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Volume XIX, Number 159 15th Waning of Tawthalin 1373 ME Tuesday, 27 September, 2011

Our Three MainNational Causes

* Non-disintegration of the

Union

* Non-disintegration of

National solidarity

* Perpetuation of Sovereignty

NAY PYI TAW, 26 Sept—Mr. Cherif Chikhi,the newly-accredited Ambassador of the People’sDemocratic Republic of Algeria to the Republicof the Union of Myanmar presented his creden-tials to U Thein Sein, President of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar at President Office, here, at10 am today.

President U Thein Seinaccepts credentials ofAlgerian Ambassador

Also present on the occasion together withPresident U Thein Sein were Union Minister at thePresident Office U Thein Nyunt, Deputy Ministerfor Foreign Affairs U Maung Myint and Director-General U Kyaw Kyaw of the Protocol Depart-ment under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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NAY PYI TAW, 26 Sept—Dr. Jorge Ryder Torres Pereira,the newly-accredited Ambassadorof the Portuguese Republic to theRepublic of the Union of Myanmarpresented his credentials to UThein Sein, President of the Re-public of the Union of Myanmarat the President Office, here, at10.30 am today.

Also present on the occa-

President U Thein Sein

accepts credentials of

Portuguese Ambassador

sion together with U Thein Sein,President of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar were UnionMinister at the President Office UThein Nyunt, Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs U Maung Myintand Director-General U KyawKyaw of the Protocol Departmentunder the Ministry of ForeignAffairs.

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President

U Thein

Sein accepts

credentials

of newly-

accredited

Ambassador

of the

Portuguese

Republic to

the Repub-

lic of the

Union of

Myanmar

Dr. Jorge

Ryder

Torres

Pereira.

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President U Thein Sein receives Ambassador of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Mr. Cherif Chikhi at President Officein Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 27 September, 2011

PERSPECTIVESTuesday, 27 September, 2011

Speedy flow of commoditiesthrough better transportation

People can travel easily from one region toanother as a great number of new roads andbridges have been built across the nation.Thanks to the Ayeyawady river crossingbridges, better transportation can be witnessedin the regions on western bank of theAyeyawady River where there was poortransport due to geographical condition in thepast. Now, a day trip to some regions with poortransport in the post can be made now.

Better transportation is of vital importanceto regional development. Transport ofcommodities has become speedy thanks to aroad network connecting every part of theentire Union, thereby contributing towardsall-round development of the region ineconomic, social, education; health andadministrative sectors.

Sittoung Canal bridge located on DaikU-Sittoung road in Waw Township of Bago Regionwas put into service on 25 September. The RCtype facility with two way lane is 250 feet longand can withstand 60-ton load inclusive of thevehicles.

The bridge lies on the shortcut linkingDaikU on Yangon-Mandalay Union Highwaywith Sittoung on Yangon-Bago-Mawlamyineroad. Cutting 24 miles of the route, it canbenefit vehicles running on DaikU-Sittoungroad.

Thanks to opening of this facility, localscan go easily from Bago Region to the regionsin upper and lower Myanmar and to Mon andKayin States and Taninthayi Region.

In the time of the government of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar, six bridgeswhich are 180 feet and above long includingSittoung Canal bridge were inauguratedsuccessfully in regions and states. People arebound to maintain them constantly fordurability. Only with construction of new roadsand bridges across the nation, will travelingand flow of commodities be smoother andeasier resulting in economic development.

NAY PYI TAW, 27 Sept—The Government of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar has agreed to theappointment of HE Mr Christian-Ludwig Weber-Lortsch as Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germanyto the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

He studied law and political science atUniversities of Munich and Paris from 1971 to1997. He served as junior barrister and lecturer atthe Institute for Politics at Munich University from1977 to 1979. He joined the Ministry of ForeignAffairs in 1980 and served in various capacities atthe Ministry and German embassies in Athens,Beijing, Kuala Lumpur and Algeria at FederalChancellor’s Office, Berlin from 2000 to 2003. Heserved as Ambassador of the Federal Republic ofGermany to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from2003 to 2007. Currently, he has been serving asAmbassador to the Federal Republic of Germany tothe Republic of the Philippines. He is married andhas two children.

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Appointment of SwedishAmbassador agreed onNAY PYI TAW, 27 Sept—The Government of the

Republic of the Union of Myanmar has agreed to theappointment of HE Mr Klas Fredrik Molin asAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ofthe Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar.

HE Mr Klas Fredrik Molin was born on 19 July1959. He obtained the Bachelor of Arts in 1983 andMaster of Arts in Law and Diplomacy in 1985. Heworked as an intern at the Office of Senator EdwardM Kennedy of United States Senate in 1984. Hejoined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1985 andserved in various capacities at the Ministry andEmbassies of Sweden in Bangkok and WashingtonDC and Permanent Representation of Sweden to theUnited Nations, New York. At present, he is servingas Deputy Director-General, Head of Departmentfor Asia and the Pacific, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,Stockholm, Sweden.

He will be accredited as Ambassador of theKingdom of Sweden to the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar with residence in Bangkok.—MNA

Appointment of GermanAmbassador agreed on

Union Auditor-General receives Vietnamese guestsNAY PYI TAW, 26

Sept—Union Auditor-General U Lun Maungreceived a six-memberdelegation led by DeputyAuditor-General ofAuditor-General’s Officeof the Socialist Republicof Vietnam Mr Cao TanKhong at his office herethis afternoon.

They shared auditingexperiences and discussedmatters for promotingcooperation.

Also present at the callwere the deputy auditor-general, the director-general (duty), the deputydirector-general anddirectors.—MNA

Union Auditor-General U Lun Maung receives Vietnamese delegationled by Deputy Auditor-General Mr Cao Tan Khong.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 Sept—Deputy Minister forTransport U Win Sheininspected functions ofAhlon and DallaDockyards of InlandWater Transport,Theinbyu, Setsan andAntgyi Dockyards ofMyanma Port Authority,and Dawbon Dockyard ofDepartment of MarineAdministration on 24September and yesterdayand gave necessaryinstructions.

Minor and majorrepairs of vessels,shipbuilding, maintenanceof navigation devices anddeveloping new devicesand nurturing skilled works

Deputy Transport Minister visits dockyards

are being carried atdockyards under theMinistry of Transport.

The ministry is placingemphasis on capacity

Deputy Minister for Transport U Win Shein inspects Setsan dockyard ofInland Water Transport.—MNA

building of dockyardsand staff in orderto meet annual worktargets.

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RUMFCCI delegation toparticipate in 4th Myanmar-India Joint Trade Committee

MeetingYANGON, 26 Sept — A Myanmar delegation

comprising entrepreneurs left here for India yesterdayto participate in the 4th Myanmar-India Joint TradeCommittee Meeting in New Delhi tomorrow.

The delegation was led by President of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambersof Commerce and Industry U Win Aung.

They were seen off at the Yangon InternationalAirport by Vice-Presidents of the federation U ZawMin Win, U Aung Lwin, U Thaung Tin and U TunAung and responsible personnel.

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Indonesian ferry catches fire aftertug collision

JAKARTA, 26 Sept—An Indonesian ferry with more than 400 people on boardcollided with a barge and caught fire, killing at least four, a search and rescueofficial said. The KM Marina Nusantara, travelling on Monday from Surabaya ineastern Java, collided with the barge as it approached the City of Banjarmasin inSouth Kalimantan Province on Indonesian Borneo.

“The accident happened after 7 am this morning. So far, two people havedied. We can’t confirm how many are injured, but we are expecting morecasualties,” said Rusli Ansyah, head of search and rescue in South Kalimantan.

“The boat was carrying 443 people, some vehicles and other goods.Everyone has now been evacuated and some have been taken to hospital,”he said. The Indonesian archipelago of more than 17,000 islands has a poorsea safety record, and fatal accidents are common.—Internet

This file illustration photo shows a

transport ferry sailing towards the sea port

in Merak, on Java island.—INTERNET

Typhoon nearsPhilippines,

shuts schools,flights

MANILA, 26 Sept—Schools in the Philippinecapital have suspendedclasses and many localflights are canceled asthe country’s main islandbraces for heavy rainsand winds brought byfast-moving TyphoonNesat.

Forecasters say Nesatwill make landfall in easternAurora Province in the next24 hours and cross LuzonIsland north of Manila withwinds of up to 133 miles(215 kilometres) per hour.

Heavy downpours andwind on Monday promptedthe government to shutschools in Manila whileairlines canceled flights tocentral and eastern partsof the country.

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In this 8 Aug, 2011 photo, State Park Ranger

Brandon Dunham stands at an overlook point

above Lake Meredith near Fritch, Texas.

The lake that measured 102 feet deep in

1973 now reaches a depth of slightly over

32-feet according to park officials. On

paper, at least, Texas is well-prepared to

meet the water needs of its rapidly

expanding population, even when Mother

Nature lays down some of the worst drought

conditions imaginable.—INTERNET

11 killed as bus plunges intoditch in Bangladesh

DHAKA, 26 Sept— At least 11 people were killedand another two critically injured when a small busveered off a road and plunged into a ditch inBangladesh’s Magura District, some 150 km westof Capital Dhaka, on Sunday evening.

The district’s police chief, Proloy Cisim, toldXinhua over phone: “The accident which killed 11people on the spot and injured 2 critically tookplace at about 4 pm local time Sunday.”

Quoting witnesses, he said the small vehicleskidded off the road as it gave way to a speedy truckfrom its behind. The injured were rushed to a localhospital.—Xinhua

Seven militants killed, 32 arrested

in E AfghanistanKABUL, 26 Sept—

Afghan and NATO-ledforces during operationshave killed seven militantsand captured 32 in easternAfghanistan’s Provincesover the past 24 hours,the NATO-led Inter-national SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)said on Monday.

“Ten Afghan andCoalition forceconducted operations inRC-East (RegionalCommand-East) killingseven enemies, thedetaining 32 suspectedindividuals and a weapon

cache turned in over thepast 24 hours throughoutthe region,” said astatement issued byISAF’ s RC-East here.

A concerned localAfghan civilian turnedover a weapons cachethat included 11 mortarrounds, two anti-tankmines, an anti- personnelmine, a jug of homemadeexplosives, a bag ofimprovised explosivedevice (IED)components, 24 rocketprimers, two 82mmrecoilless rifle rounds,two bolt actions rifles and

two shotguns and a heavymachine gun barrel,according to thestatement.

It also confirmed that aCoalition drone was crashedin country’ s eastern PaktikaProvince in the same periodof time.

“An unmanned aerialvehicle (UAV) crashed inthe Sar Rowzah District ofPaktika Province.

The UAV wasrecovered and there wasno enemy activity in thearea prior to the crash,” itsaid.

Xinhua

Blasts kill two NATO soldiers

in Afghanistan

KABUL, 26 Sept—Two soldiers ofthe NATO-led International SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF) were killedin two separate blasts in easternAfghanistan on Sunday.

“An International SecurityAssistance Force service member diedfollowing an improvised explosivedevice (IED) attack in easternAfghanistan today,” ISAF said in astatement.

In a separate incident, oneInternational Security AssistanceForce service member died followingan IED attack, also in eastern

Afghanistan today, the statementadded.

However, it did not identify thenationalities of the victims, saying it isISAF policy to defer casualtyidentification procedures to therelevant national authorities.

More than 400 foreign soldiers,most of them Americans, have beenkilled in Afghanistan so far this year.

Taleban militants have beenlargely relying on suicide and roadsidebombs to fight Afghan and NATO-led troops.

Xinhua

A wounded man

arrives to a hospital

for further treatment

after a bomb attack in

Karbala, 80

kilometres (50 miles)

south of Baghdad,

Iraq, on 25 Sept,

2011. A series of

blasts hit a Shiite holy

city in Iraq on Sunday,

killing and wounding

scores of people,

police and hospital

officials said.

INTERNET

In this photo taken on 25 Sept, 2011, an Indianwoman returns to her village through flood

waters at Rasulpur village in Orissa’s JajpurDistrict, India. India’s monsoon season, which

runs from June through September, brings rainsthat are vital to agriculture but also cause floods

and landslides.—INTERNET

LUCKNOW, 26 Sept—Monsoon rains havecollapsed mud huts andflooded wide swaths ofnorth and east India,killing at least 48 peoplein recent days and leavinghundreds of thousands ofpeople marooned by theraging waters, officialssaid Monday.

Those stranded weretaking shelter atop trees,hills and rooftops ineastern Orissa state andthe northern states ofUttar Pradesh and Bihar.National rescue heli-copters were droppingfood parcels in hard-to-reach areas, whilehundreds of boats werebeing used to ferry thestranded to safety.

But the rains,expected to continue foranother two days, wereholding up rescue efforts,officials said.

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Rains,flooding kill

dozens innorth, east

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Healthy snacks take a bit ofplanning

SANTA MONICA, (Calif)26 Sept—After-schoolsnacks for children andteens are fuel for growth,but with some planning canalso boost their nutrition, aUS food expert says.

Phil Lempert, a foodindustry analyst, trendwatcher and creator ofthe Web site super-marketguru.com, saidchildren will mimic whattheir parents eat and whatthey find handy at home.

Fresh fruit is an easychoice, with bananas,apples, oranges availableall year long. Frozen berriesand other fruit taste canbe defrosted and mixed inwith a scoop of ricottacheese or plain yogurt.

Cut up stalks of celery,baby peeled carrots, red,yellow or green bellpeppers, and lightlyblanched cauliflower orbroccoli florets all makedelicious snacks — no dipsare necessary, Lempert

Dining as a family may create happier, healthier teensWASHINGTON, 26

Sept—A new surveyreveals that a family sit-down at dinnertime can

Dining as a family may create happier, healthierteens.—INTERNET

Asia stocks drop amid recession fears, debt crisis

A man walks past an electronic stock board of asecurities firm in Tokyo, on 26 Sept, 2011.

INTERNET

BANGKOK, 26 Sept—Asian stock markets fellMonday as investors worried about Europe’sprolonged debt crisis and the possibility of a globalrecession continued to flee riskier assets.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell 1.7 percent to8,419.36, as a stubbornly strong yen weighed on thecountry’s export sector, making its products moreexpensive overseas. Consumer electronics giantsPanasonic Corp fell 3.8 percent and Sharp Corp lost3.6 percent. Isuzu Motors Ltd tumbled 4.7 percent.South Korea’s Kospi index was 0.8 percent lower at1,684.48. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 0.7percent to 17,538.43.

Bucking the trend was Australia’s S&P/ASX200 index, up 0.2 percent to 3,911.10.

Gold shares slumped as investors sold offholdings in the precious metal to raise cash. HongKong-listed shares of Zijin Mining, China’s largestgold miner, fell 7.6 percent. “Gold’s sharp declineand extreme volatility in recent weeks has raisedquestions about it retaining its traditional role as asafe-haven asset and the sustainability of its multiyearrally,” Credit Agricole CIB wrote in a report.

On Wall Street on Friday, the Dow Jonesindustrial average rose slightly — but closed theweek down 6.4 percent, its worst showing since thedepths of the financial crisis three years ago.Meanwhile, fears about Europe’s debt increasedearly Friday on news that Moody’s Investors Servicehad downgraded its ratings of eight Greek banks bytwo notches.

Investors have been waiting in vain for news thatGreece will receive the next installment of a bailoutpackage in time to avoid defaulting on its debt nextmonth. In currencies, the euro fell to $1.3427 from$1.3467 late Friday in New York. The dollar fell to76.40 yen from 76.72 Japanese yen.—Internet

Rio Tinto eyeing Australia aluminum business spin-off

A train loaded with iron ore travels towardsthe Rio Tinto Parker Point iron ore facility inDampier at the Pilbarra Region in Western

Australia on 20 April, 2011.INTERNET

SYDNEY, 26 Sept—Global miner Rio Tinto isconsidering spinning off part of its Australian aluminumassets as a planned carbon would raise costs, theAustralian Financial Review said on Monday.

Rio has been working with Macquarie Group andPricewaterhouseCoopers to consider its options forthe business, the paper said.

Rio’s aluminum business in Australia is made up ofthree refineries, three smelters and two bauxite mines,the paper said, adding Rio would hold onto the mines asthey offer the highest margins.

Rio last week told investors it plans to achieve 40percent earnings before interest, tax, depreciation andamortization margin from the aluminum business throughthe sale of two non-specified assets, the paper said.

Rio Tinto officials could not be immediately reachedfor comment by Reuters.—Reuters

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Business

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benefit teenagers inmore ways that you maythink, and may evenreduce your child’s risk

for trying or using drugs,cigarettes, and alcohol.

Last week, the USNational Centre onAddiction and SubstanceAbuse released a reporton family dining trends andhow family mealtimes canimpact the health ofteenagers.

The study surveyedmore than 1,000 teens andfound that 58 percent dinewith their families at leastfive times per week — anumber that has heldsteady over the years,experts say.

In the report,teenagers who dined withtheir families five to seventimes a week were fourtimes less likely to usealcohol, tobacco, ormarijuana than those teenswho ate with their familiesfewer than three times aweek.

Also a recent wide-scale UK survey revealedthat dining together is akey ingredient to ensuringyour child’s happiness.

Researchers stated

that children in thesurvey reported higherlevels of happiness whenthey dined together withtheir families at leastthree times a week.

Other factors inincreasing childhoodhappiness? Spendingtime together. “Contraryto the popular belief thatchildren only want tospend time playingvideogames or watchingTV,” said researcher DrMaris Iacovou of theUniversity of Essex, “wefound that they were mosthappy when interactingwith their parents orsiblings.” WebMDadvises doing thingstogether as a family,putting family beforefriends, and limiting yourchild’s after-schoolactivities to opt for moretime together at home.Also, create a calmenvironment at home bynever arguing in front ofthe kids, experts say.

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says.The blender can make

freshly made vegetablejuices. It also can be usedto turn leftover or freshvegetables, water and abit of vegetable or chickenstock into a pureed soup.Small quantities of raisins,currants, nuts or a home-made trail mix are deliciouswith a small glass of milkor juice.

Peanut, almond,sunflower and other nutbutters — excellentsources of protein, healthyfats, minerals and vitamins— can be slathered onsliced apples, celery stalksor whole grain crackers,Lempert advises.

On cold wintry days,vegetable soup, home-made chicken soup, stir-fried veggies with brownrice or a bowl of hot cerealtopped with apple saucefor sweetening all makehot snacks, Lempert says.

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UNSG’s message onWorld Tourism Day

27 September 2011The theme of this year’s World Tourism Day,

“Tourism – linking cultures”, highlights the powerfulrole of tourism in building internationalunderstanding and mutual respect.

There is no better way to learn about a newculture than to experience it first-hand. Tourismoffers a wonderful connecting thread between visitorand host community. It promotes dialogue andinteraction. Such contact between people of differentbackgrounds is the very foundation for tolerance.In a world struggling for peaceful coexistence,tourism can build bridges and contribute to peace.

Tourism’s contributions to development alsoadvance the cause of global solidarity. At a time ofprofound global economic uncertainty, tourism’sability to generate socio-economic opportunitiesand help reduce the gap between rich and poor, ismore important than ever.

I encourage all involved in tourism to embracethe ten principles of the Global Code of Ethics forTourism. These guidelines for sustainable andresponsible tourism development, approved by theUN General Assembly in 2001, are based on theproven interaction between tourism and peace,human rights and understanding.

World Tourism Day is an opportunity to reflecton the importance of tourism to global well-being.As we travel, let us engage with other cultures andcelebrate human diversity. On this observance, letus recognize tourism as a force for a more tolerant,open and united world.—UNIC

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Forecasts signal late-week launch ofTiangong-1

BEIJING, 26 Sept—Weather forecastsshowed that Thursday orFriday might be suitablefor launching theTiangong-1 spacecraft,experts said.

The unmannedspacecraft, part ofChina’s first spacecraftrendezvous and dockingmission, was set to blastoff from the JiuquanSatellite Launch Centrein Northwest China at anappropriate timebetween Tuesday andFriday. But the latestweather forecast showedthat Tuesday andWednesday would notbe suitable for a launch,Cui Jijun, chiefcommander of themission’s launch sitesystem, was quoted byChina National Radio as

saying on Sunday.A precondition for

launching is that theaverage wind speed atthe launch site shouldnot be faster than 10metres a second. Theupper-level wind, at 300metres to 25,000 metersabove the Earth, shouldbe no faster than 70

meters a second.If the wind is too

strong, the rising rocketcarrier could wiggle andpose a danger, expertssaid. “Everything isready now except for theright weather,” Cui said.

On Sunday after-noon, all systems of theTiangong-1 project went

through a jointmaneuver, he said.Before that, the 8.5-tonspacecraft, and the LongMarch II-F rocket thatwill carry it skyward,were positioned onto thelaunch pad last Tuesday.

Engineers carriedout checkups on theconditions of the rocketand the spacecraft,among many other testsin the past few days. Allpreparation work is doneexcept for fuel loading,he said.

Wang Xiaoqing, apublicity official at thelaunch site, said that thefuel loading usuallybegins one day beforethe launch. Once the fuelis loaded into the carriervehicle, the launchbecomes “irreversible”.

Xinhua

The 8.5-ton Tiangong-1 spacecraft and

the Long March II-F rocket stand at the

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre

on 20 Sept.—XINHUA

Honda shows fuel

efficient commuter-

scooter engineTOKYO, 26 Sept— Honda has developed a new

fuel-efficient motorcycle engine that will be used ina scooter that goes on sale globally next year.

Honda Motor Co said Monday that the newengine for 125-cc scooters is 25 percent more fuelefficient than similar conventional ones.

It targets people who use scooters to commutenot only in Japan but also in Southeast Asia andother nations, according to Tokyo-based Honda,which also makes the Odyssey minivan and Civicsedan.

Honda developed a series of little ideas thatworked incrementally, rather than one majorbreakthrough, to reduce friction in engine partssuch as new types of pistons as well as bettercontrol over combustion and improved electronicstarters. Honda did not give a price for the newscooter, but acknowledged that keeping prices lowthrough cost cuts is the crucial challenge for thebusiness.

Honda also said it was planning greentechnology for a bigger motorcycle engine that willbe sold globally, but targeting especially Europe.

Honda did not say when the midsize motorcyclewill go on sale. Details will be announced at theMilan and Tokyo auto shows next month, it said.

Honda has a strong motorcycle division andcontrols nearly half of the global market in commuterscooters.

That has helped drive growth and profits,compared to rival Japanese automakers includingToyota Motor Corp and Nissan Motor Co that don’thave such businesses.—Internet

A tourist surfs the internet through the

free WiFi service in a scenic spot in

Putuo District, Zhoushan City, east

China’s Zhejiang Province, on 25 Sept,

2011. Zhoushan has offered free WiFi

service that covers the whole city,

making it one of the first group of

Chinese cities for tourism

that offer free WiFi service.

XINHUA

File photo shows a

model holding

Samsung

Electronics’ new

tablet computer,

the Galaxy Tab

10.1, during its

launch on 20 July,

2011.

INTERNET

Apple argues iPad case in Australia

tablet rowWASHINGTON, 26 Sept—American computer giant Apple claimed on Monday

that Samsung Electronics’ latest tablet computer infringes on patents relatingto touch screen technology.

Lawyers for Apple addressed the Federal Court after the firm launchedlegal action against the South Korean company last month, accusing it ofintellectual property infringements with the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet.

Apple is seeking a permanent ban on the sale or promotion of the latestGalaxy in Australia, where it would compete with its popular iPad.

Samsung disputes the claims but has agreed to delay the product’sAustralian launch pending a decision by the court.

Earlier this month, Samsung launched a counter-claim alleging Apple’siPhone and iPad 2 tablet violate wireless-technology patents held by Samsung.

Apple attorney Steven Burley told the court Samsung’s product wassimilar in “form, factor and shape” to Apple’s iPad 2, although the case centreson at least three patents that relate to touch screen technology.—Internet

GetGlue offersan

entertainment-based social

media Androidapp

NEW YORK, 26 sept—Social media networkshave become a big partof our lives. Facebook ishere to stay, Twittercontinues to grow, andGoogle+ just opened upto everyone. Do we needmore? If you think wedo, then check outGetGlue. Many peopleprefer an entertainment-based social media site,and for them, GetGlue isthe one. The app servesthis niche market, hasgot attractive featuresand offers an easy-to-use friendly interface.

GetGlue, just likeother social networkingsites, allows users toshare what they’rewatching, listening to orthinking. Interestingly,this app gives shiny andnice looking stickers asrewards for sharing theseentertainment activitiesand thoughts withfriends, which othersocial networking sitedon’t do.—Internet

Researchers attack studies linking increased brain function to video games

NEW YORK, 26 Sept—Published withinFrontiers in Cognition,Walter R Boot and DanielP. Blakely of Florida StateUniversity as well asDaniel J Simons of theUniversity of Illinoiscalled into doubt themethods used withinstudies that found video

game players outperforming non-gamersin cognition andperception. Cognitionincludes aspects likesolving problems,attention, makingdecisions as well aslinguistic skills whileperception involvesunderstanding the

environment andawareness ofsurroundings. While theprevious research showsa clear lead in cognitiveability with people whoplay games regularly, theresearchers don’t believethat games are the onlypossible cause for theincreased cognition. It’s

possible that people withincreased levels ofcognition are naturallydrawn to video gamesdue to the requirementsof solving puzzles ingames like Tomb Raideror deciding which pathto take in games likeMass Effect. The groupalso found no link to

video game trainingwhen trying to increasesomeone’s cognitiveability and weak controlgroups didn’t show anysign of improving eventhe most basic measuresof attention after trainingwith action games.

The researchers alsofound issues with themethod that people wererecruited into thesestudies.—Internet

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Nearly 100 pangolins seizedby Thai officials

province of PrachuapKhiri Khan after a driverfled a checkpoint there.

Prasong says thedriver was detained.

Prasong saidMonday the mammalsmight have come fromMalaysia or Indonesiaand were en route toeither Vietnam or China,where many believethey can cure ailmentsand boost sexualprowess.

The animals areprotected by a conven-tion on internationaltrade in endangeredspecies of whichThailand is a member.

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A Thai customs officialholds the tail of apangolin before puttingit in a cage prior to anews conference at thecustoms office inBangkok, Thailand on26 Sept, 2011.Authorities in Thailandhave rescued nearly 100endangered pangolinsworth about $32,000that they say were to besold and eaten outsidethe country.—INTERNET

This photo, provided bythe US Navy, showsSomali pirates travellingon their speedboat inIndian Ocean. AVietnamese shipping firmpaid more than $2 millionin ransom to free itscrewmen held for monthsby Somali pirates, acompany executive saidafter the sailors arrivedhome.—INTERNET

Vietnam firm pays ‘millions’ tofree pirated ship

HANOI, 26 Sept—AVietnamese shipping firmpaid more than $2 millionin ransom to free itscrewmen held for monthsby Somali pirates, acompany executive saidafter the sailors arrivedhome.

All 24 Vietnamesecrew members landed onFriday at Hanoi’s Noi BaiInternational Airport,Nguyen Truong Son,deputy general director ofthe Hoang Son Ltd Co,told AFP.

“We had to pay thepirates $2.6 million. Themoney was from our owncompany,” said Son,whose firm has an officein the northern port Cityof Haiphong.

The European Un-ion’s anti-piracy navalforce reported on 20January that the HoangSon Sun, a 22,835-tonnebulk carrier, was believedto have been capturedabout 520 nautical milessouth-east of Muscat.

The ship wasMongolian-flagged butVietnamese-owned.

Piracy has flourishedin war-torn Somalia,outwitting internationalefforts including constantpatrols by warships andtough sentencing ofconvicted pirates.

According to HansTino Hansen, managingdirector of Denmark-based Risk Intelligence,the size of ransoms paidhas steadily risen to about$5 million for an average-sized merchant vessel.

Son said therepatriated Vietnamesesailors will undergohealth checks.

“We know that somemight have been affected,physically and mentally,”he said, but gave nodetails about the piracyattack or the treatment ofthe crew.

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country.Customs Depart-

ment Director-GeneralPrasong Poontaneat saysthe anteaters were seizedfrom a truck Sundayevening in the southern

BANGKOK, 26 Sept—Authorities in Thailandhave rescued nearly 100endangered pangolinsworth about $32,000 thatthey say were to be soldand eaten outside the

Spain’s Catalonia bids farewell tobullfighting

Spain’s bullfighter Jose Tomas performs at theMonumental bullring in Barcelona, Spain, on 25Sept, 2011. Spain’s powerful northeastern Regionof Catalonia bids farewell Sunday to the country’semblematic tradition of bullfighting with a finalbash at the Barcelona bullring.—INTERNET

Indonesia, Poland signsMoU on energy, coal mining

Representatives attend the opening ceremonyof the 17th Middle East Oil & Gas Show and

Conference in Manama, Bahrain, on 25Sept, 2011. The 17th Middle East Oil & Gas

Show and Conference kicked off here onSunday.—XINHUA

JAKARTA, 26 Sept—Indonesia and PolandMonday on signed a memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) on energy and coal miningsectors, a press statement said here.The Polishdelegation chaired by Deputy Economic MinisterMaciej Kaliski signed the MoU with Indonesia’sMinistry for Energy and Mineral resources.

The MoU contains strategic values as Polandis a country with technology and expertise in thesector while Indonesia is one of the world’s largestcoal producers that need increasing energy tosupport its sustainable economic development.

The MoU signing was one of both countries’agendas during a business meeting on 26-29 Septto foster economic ties.

The Polish delegation will also visit SouthSumatra to directly see investment potentials andopportunities in the province.

In the last five years, economic cooperationbetween Indonesia and Poland has beenincreasing.

However, the cooperation level has not yetrepresented the real potentials.

Through the business meeting, the Polishdelegation’s awareness on Indonesia is expectedto be increased, ending up with rising investment.

Xinhua

BARCELONA, 26Sept—Matadors drovethe killing sword intobulls for the last timeSunday in Spain’spowerful northeasternRegion of Catalonia inan emotive farewell fightbefore a polemicalregional ban on the

country’s emblematictradition takes effect.

Three of Spain’s topbullfighters, includingNo 1 Jose Tomas, starredin the sold-out show atBarcelona’s 20,000-seatMonumental ring.Catalan bullfighterSerafin Marin closed the

fight killing the last ofsix bulls to greatapplause.

Many fans theninvaded the ring to grabhandfuls of sand to keepas souvenirs. Thebullfighters were latercarried shoulder highfrom the ring into the

streets outside thebullring while the crowdchanted slogans in favorof freedom and againstthe prohibition. A briefbout of scuffling brokeout as fans confrontedabout 20 animal welfareactivists, but there wereno reports of injuries orarrests.

The fight was alsopreceded by moments oftension as pro- and anti-bullfighting activistsexchanged insults.Catalonia’s Parliamentbanned bullfighting inJuly 2010 following as igna ture -co l lec t ioncampaign by animalrights activists. The bandoes not take effect until1 Jan, but Sunday’s fightwas the last scheduledthis season.

Internet

Korean Air wins 400 mln USDorder from US Air Force

SEOUL, 26 Sept—Korean Air,South Korea’s top air carrier, saidMonday that it has won an orderworth 400 million US dollars fromthe US Air Force to improveperformance of F-15 fighter jets.

Under the deal with the US AirForce, Korean Air will conductperformance improvementprocesses and aircraft conditioninspections on 60 F-15 fighter jetsstationed in the Pacific region by

2016.Korean Air has successfully

carried out projects for repairing andimproving fighter jets andhelicopters of the US Army, Navyand Air Force.

It has repaired some 530 F-15fighter jets of the US Air Force since1983, serving as a central facilityneeded for the US Air Force tomaintain combat strength in thePacific region.—Xinhua

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NAY PYI TAW, 26 Sept — TheSecond regular session of the first PyithuHluttaw continued for the 25th day at thePyithu Hluttaw hall of Hluttaw Building heretoday, attended by Speaker of Pyithu HluttawThura U Shwe Mann and 381 Pyithu Hluttawrepresentatives.

Six questions were answered, oneproposal was discussed, one bill was ap-proved and one bill was submitted at today’smeeting.

U Ba Hti of of Yanbye TownshipConstituency asked whether there was aplan to construct a bridge over the KinCreek which was 750 ft wide and 35 ftdeep located in Kinmyaut Village-tractin Kyaukpyu Township and Laytaungregion in Yanbye Township and DeputyMinister for Border Affairs Maj-Gen ZawWin replied that Kin Creek bridge wouldlink Yanbye island ring road and Zinchaung-Kinmyauk road in Kyaukpyu Township andKin Creek was located at the border ofKyaukpyu and Yanbye townships and thebridge would provide smooth transportationin Kyaukpyu, Yanbye and Manaung

townships and bridge would benefit a popu-lation of 22630 from 4500 households in 56villages. He continued to say that the minis-try would make assessment of the site wherethe bridge would be constructed and woulddraw yearly plans for the construction afterreporting the committee for development ofborder areas and national races to fund thebridge construction as the township devel-opment affairs department had not enoughfunds to construct the bridge.

U Paik Lin of Paletwa TownshipConstituency asked the Hluttaw whetherthe government had a plan to include theKimomon (a) Kyauk Pann Mountain, ahome to wildlife and local floral andfauna, about 20-miles east of PaletwaTownship in the list of seven naturereserves as hunting and forest fire were

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not prevented there though it was desig-nated as a sanctuary.` Union Minister for EnvironmentalConservation and Forestry U Win Tun re-plied that the ministry had already releasedthe notification No. 17/2001 on 18, April,2001, declaring the 32768 acres of forest inthe Kyauk Pann Mountain with 51.2 squaremiles as a Wildlife Reserve and it wasincluded in the seven nature reserves. Inaccordance with the notification, thepreliminary assessment team had been setup to deal with grievances of the local peoplein the reserve and to establish the reserve.

He continued to say that plans hadbeen made to make field trips to the area tocarry out survey tasks in the opening sea-son. While the departments concerned wereworking together to establish the forest inthe Kyauk Pann Mountain as the wildlifereserve, local people should cooperate withthem to emerge the reserve as soon aspossible and should conserve the wildlifeand local floral and fauna to be able to passthem to their generations as a heritage, hesaid.

U Aung Myint of GangawConstituency asked whether the govern-ment had a plan to allow farmers to workin the farm in forest reserves legally,getting grantee that the farmland wouldnot be confiscated, without paying hightax on the farmland.

The Union Minister replied that theForest Department had been protecting theforests and forest reserves in accordancewith the rules and regulations of the forestlaw. When the forest reserves wereestablished, farmland of the villages wereexcluded in the reserves and only forestareas were established as the reserves underthe permission of the Union Government, headded. Reclamation of farmland was notallowed in a forest reserve in accordancewith the Section 40 of the Forest Law. The

farmland in a forest reserve should be theones which had been allowed for farmingsince the establishment of the forest reserve.A land survey officer was appointed toassess farmland in a forest reserve andfarmers were allowed to work in the farmlandin the forest reserve not to cause loss of themas the land possess good fertility.

When forest reserves were estab-lished, local people were allowed to grazetheir cattle, to cultivate and to collect firewood in the reserves after their demandswere scrutinized by the land survey officer.The forest reserves were established inaccordance with the rules and regulations asthe work was related to the interests of theState and the people. He continued to say thatdesignating the illegal farmland in forestreserves as the legal farmland did not complywith the existing rules and regulations of theForest Law and that could leads todeforestation and environmental degradation.Apart from the state-owned forest, theMinistry had allowed the private sector toestablish private-owned forest. The ministryhad planned to promulgate the environmentalconservation law to be able to conserve theenvironment.

Therefore, the farmland which hadbeen allowed for cultivation since the estab-lishment of the forest reserves would beconsidered to be designated as legal farmland,and it was necessary to protect the forestsand forest reserves in accordance with therules and regulations for the sustainabledevelopment of forests, he said.

Afterwards, U Se Ke Kaw ofMonghkat Constituency asked whetherthere was a plan to assign an assistantdoctor to Monghkat Hospital as theassistant doctor of the hospital was alsoappointed as the assistant doctor ofTachilek Hospital concurrently, causingtroubles at Monghkat Hospital to handleemergency cases. For there were onetownship medical officer and one assistantdoctor there.

Union Minister for Health Dr. PeThet Khin replied that Monghkat Townshipmedical officer had been transferred toHtantabin Township People’s Hospital inYangon Region and other two doctors weretaking their duties as assistant doctors atTachilek Hospital. Arrangements are beingmade to assign one township medical officerand one assistant doctor to MonghkatHospital.

U Maung Maung Soe of IngapuTownship Constituency asked if arrange-ments were made to assign doctors and toprovide an ambulance to Ingapu Town-ship’s 25-bed hospital as there were onlyone doctor, no dentists, and it needs anambulance to carry patients to specialistsin Hinthada, 27 miles from Ingapu.

The Union Minister replied thatIngapu Township Hospital had one town-ship medical officer and arrangements werebeing made to post an assistant doctor and

one dentist to the hospital. The Ministry ofHealth had provided central hospitals, re-gion/state hospitals and some district hospi-tals with ambulances, however it had not yetprovided ambulances to the townshiphospitals. Some township hospitals wereusing ambulances donated by wellwishers,he said.

Afterwards, U Sai Khattiya ofMonghsat Constituency asked whether thegovernment had a plan to assign onephysician, one senior surgeon, senioranaesthetist, five assistant doctors andone dentist to Monghsat Township as thetownship had only one township medicalofficer and could not be able to providesufficient medical services to localpopulation.

The Union Minister replied that oneassistant doctor had been assigned toMonghsat People’s Hospital while onetownship medical officer was working at thehospital. Besides, arrangements were beingmade to post one assistant doctor to thehospital and to fill vacancies of the specialistsand one dentist at the hospital.

Then, three representatives dis-cussed the proposal of U Kyi Myint of LathaConstituency “to implement nationallevel health care security plan incoordination by separately setting up (a)insurance policy for all national people,(b) fund raised with monthly/yearlypremiums of paid employees, furthercontributed by employers and the gov-ernment, and (c) temporary fund by thegovernment on behalf of the jobless,farmers who earn seasonally, and hawk-ers.”

Dr Maung Maung Wint of BahanConstituency said that the proposal is advis-able in principle, but there exist basic needsto be fulfilled and thus calling for assessmentand coordination of respective departmentsand the proposal can be put into practice onlywhen conditions and situations are mature.

Dr Aung Than of Shwebo Con-stituency said that it is still not time forimplementation of health Insurance Systemand conditions and situations are not mature.

U Than Win of TaungdwinggyiConstituency said that the proposal wouldbe a shot in the arm for the basic strata butthe government will have to take time toprepare necessary.

Union Minister for Health Dr PeThet Khin said that national economiccondition, proficiency and managementskills, amount of available tax for the project,domestic workforce and income, and healthcare infrastructures are to be evaluated insetting a national level health care securityplan; firstly, the national economy must bedeveloping healthily and sustainably, inaddition, the plan is not a simple taskand requires proficiency andmanagement skills, which in turn needspending; the fund for the plan is basically

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(from page 7)raised with the premiumsof employers/employees; itis difficult to collect the fullamount from the employ-ees in times of low salary;employers may also limitthe number of workforcein order to reduce the rate,which deters job opportu-nity; if most of the employ-ees are government staff,the government has to actas the main contributor tothe primary financial sourceof burdening itself with in-creased spending.

He went on that indeveloping countries, mostof the population are en-gaged in informal indus-tries and agriculture, andhave no normal income andthus have difficulty in pay-ing fixed dues, the same istrue for the hawkers; it isneeded to provide desired

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fare Act and thus only oneper cent of the populationof the nation can enjoy theprogramme; his ministryhas planned to do feasibil-ity study in two townshipsin 2011 in order to launchtownship health care insur-ance system for the poorand based on the study,township-based health careinsurance system compat-ible with Myanmar will berun on trial; as to insurancepolicy for all national peo-ple, a private insurancesystem can be set up forwell-off persons.

He went on thatregarding the fund raisedwith monthly/yearlypremiums of regularly paidemployees, furthercontributed by theemployers and the govern-ment, the current socialwelfare programmed beingimplemented by SocialWelfare Association underthe Ministry of Labour canbe expanded to cover gov-ernment staff and their fami-lies; as to temporary fundraised by the governmenton behalf of the famerswho earn seasonally andhawkers, public health in-surance system can be setup either with the contribu-tions of the government,wellwishers and social or-ganizations or full contri-bution of the governmentfor the poor.

He went on that therewill be different health careinsurance systems cover-ing well-off persons, staffand paid workers, and thosewho do not have regularwork and income if imple-mented in accordance withabove-mentioned methodsafter basic needs are ful-filled for health care cover-age of the entire nation; the

State will take full respon-sibility for the poor; settingup national-level healthycare security plan calls forcollaborative efforts of theMinistry of Health, privatehealth care providers,insurance, banks, socialwelfare department, UnionAttorney-General’s Office,and social organizations,and it should be long-termsystem agreeable with allrural development andpoverty alleviationschemes; so, the proposalis agreed in principle butcurrently primary needs areto be fulfilled and conditionsare not mature, concludedthe Union Minister.

U Kyi Myint, proposerof national health caresecurity plan, said that hewould respect the decisionof the Hluttaw whichagreed that the proposal isadvisable in principle but tobe recorded first for imple-mentation in the future as itneeds comprehensivepreparation.

In passing the bill, thechairman of the BillCommittee submitted “Pri-vate School Bill”, which wasapproved by the AmyothaHluttaw and sent to PyihuHluttaw on 9 September, tothe Hluttaw. As of 14September, no representa-tives made any amendment

to the bill and the Hluttawdiscussed the amendmentof the committee to the billparagraph by paragraph.

On behalf of the gov-ernment, Union Ministerfor Education Dr Mya Aye,when asked what govern-ment’s opinions about theproposal “The Section 4should not be canceled andremain as originally pre-scribed by the ministry”were, answered he sec-onded the proposal.

The Union Minister, onbehalf of the government,also seconded the proposalto replace the Paragraph 8(a) with the phrase“arranging for providingeither basic educationmiddle school level, orbasic education highschool level, or basic edu-cation middle to highschool level”.

He again supported theproposal to add “to ar-range messing hallmeeting hygienicconditions” as the sub-paragraph under Paragraph8 (h) (iv).

The Union Minister alsoaffirmed the proposal to“keep the Sub paragraph(a) of the Paragraph 10 ofthe bill as originally pre-scribed by the ministry con-cerned.”

The Union Minister said

services to persons who payfixed premiums.

He said that SocialWelfare Association of theMinistry of Health is cur-rently implementing a so-cial welfare programme forworkers at factories andworkshops, who are theonly eligible persons in ac-cord with 1954 Social Wel-

he had no objection, whenthe bill committee askedabout the opinions of thegovernment on its proposalto delete “other grades ex-cept primary grades” pre-scribed in Sub-paragraph (q)of Paragraph (15) of the billas there is no prescription inthe bill prohibiting foundingof private school forprimary education.

The Hluttaw approvedthe proposals as norepresentative made objec-tion. Pyithu Hluttaw thenpassed the amended Pri-vate School Bill sent byAmyotha Hluttaw as itsrepresentative approvedthe amended version of thebill.

In submitting bill,

Union Minister for HomeAffairs Lt-Gen Ko Ko sub-mitted bill on “Peacefulgathering and demonstra-tion” and U Ngun Maung ,member of the Bill Com-mittee, read the analysisreport of the committee.

Date for discussion ofthe bill will be announcedlater and Hluttaw repre-sentatives wishing to amendthe bill may register, clearlydescribing paragraph, sub-paragraph, and topic by 29September.

The 25th day of thesecond regular session ofthe first Pyithu Hluttawended at 2.50 pm and the26th meeting continuestomorrow.

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Union Agriculture and Irrigation Ministerviews use of modern farming equipment

Training of selectedyachting teams inspected

Hluttaw representatives at 25th day second regular session of first Pyithu Hluttaw.—MNA

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Pyithu Hluttaw Rep-resentative U Se KeKaw of Mongkhat

Constituency.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26Sept—Union Ministerfor Agriculture and Irri-gation U Myint Hlaingthis morning inspectedharvesting, threshingand winnowing of 500-acre farmer educativepaddy plantations withthe use of 200-HPHurricane TSY brandcombined harvester and70-HP Hurricane

harvester in Nyaungbin-gyisu of PobbathiriTownship, here, thismorning.

The Union Min-ister conducted a 50-farmer led by Manager UAung Myo Oo of MyanmaIndustrial Crops Develop-ment Enterprise of KachinState round 10 acres ofsugarcane plant propaga-tion farm that can pro-

duce 60 tons of sugarcaneper acre.

At five acresquality sugarcaneplantation that canproduce 60 tons ofsugarcane nearThabyebin Village-tractin Zeyathiri Township,the excursion group mem-bers viewed cultivationof sugarcane and use offertilizer.

At 20-hectaremodern mechanized farmin Chaing Village ofDekkhinathiri Township,they viewed 25-day thriv-ing paddy plantation,100-day high yieldpaddy plantation on 40acres of farmland, ripeningpaddy plantations. They alsolooked into sugarcanespecial yield plantation thatcan produce 60 tons ofsugarcane near Kyiin Vil-lage of PyinmanaTownship.

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NAY PYI TAW, 26Sept— Chairman ofMyanmar NationalSports Committee UnionMinister for Sports UTint Hsan visited thetraining camp ofMyanmar YachtingFederation atNgwehsaung beach inAyeyawady Regionyesterday morning.

The Union Min-

ister cordially metselected Myanmaryachting athletes andviewed participation ofathletes in training.

Next, heinspected the watersurface area for yachtingcontests in XXVII SEAGames to be hosted byMyanmar and sites forconstruction ofbuildings.—MNA

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Seven questions replied, one of two bills decided to rehear, one billapproved, one proposal discussed, approved, three proposals submitted

Second regular session of first Amyotha Hluttaw continues for 25th day

NAY PYI TAW, 26Sept—The second regularsession of the firstAmyotha Hluttawcontinued for the 25th dayat Amyotha Hluttaw Hallof Hluttaw Building, here,10 am today, attended bySpeaker of AmyothaHluttaw U Khin AungMyint and 204 AmyothaHluttaw representatives.

U Zon Hle Htang ofChin State ConstituencyNo. 2 said that in thesecond term of PyithuHluttaw of the MyanmaSocialist ProgrammeParty, the singlechromites reserve inMyanmar was found atMwe Hill region of ChinState. The governmentdeclared that there wouldbe 8000 million tons ofchromites and 100million tons of nickel atthe reserve, and he askedhow about prospects ofmining works there are.Union Minister for MinesU Thein Htaik replied thatthe Mineral ExplorationCorporation of the Ministryof Mines conducted testsfor chromites at Mwe Hillregion of TiddimTownship in Chin State in1965-66 and theGeological Survey andMineral ExplorationDepartment in 1973, 1982and 1999. Despite findingnickel at Mwe Hill regionon a wider scale, chromiteswere found in blocks.

No. 3 MiningEnterprise and KingbaoMining Ltd signed anagreement for conductingfeasibility studies on nickelat Mwe Hill region. Theyfound 44.89 million tonsof nickel ore at the region.The commercial-scaledeposit comprises about 36million tons of nickel withthe content of 1.48 per centof nickel on average.

Despite signing theproduction sharing contract(draft) on the Mwe Hillnickel deposit to producenickel signed by No 3Mining Enterprise andKingbao Mining Ltd, thework could not beoperated, and the contractwas cancelled.

With regard to thedeposit, New Top HongKong Group Ltd of thePeople’s Republic of Chinaheld a meeting at theMinistry of Mines on 24-3-2011. They made a fieldtrip as preliminaryobservation to Mwe Hillregion on 7 and 8 July andthen held discussions withdepartments andenterprises concerned ofthe Ministry of Mines onproduction of nickel fromMwe Hill.

North MiningInvestment Co Ltd ofChina, China NonferrousMetal Industry’s ForeignEngineering & Con-struction Co Ltd andGuiling Research Instituteof Geology for MineralResources held discussionson exploration andproduction of the deposit.Four nickel deposit areasin Mwe Hill, Webula Hill,Hakhalay and Nat Hill andfour chromites areas inMwe Hill, Webula Hill,Hakhalay, Nat Hill,B o p i b u n , M u w e l u t ,Maungtaw-Hnamataw andFalam were found. Therecord states that therewould be 110.57 million

exploration and test ofchromites at Webula-Pamonchaung region, westof Mwe Hill beginning 30July. If there is electricitysufficiency in explorationof nickel ore at Mwe Hillin Chin State, there wouldbe good prospects withforeign investment.Moreover, if chromites isexplored on a small scale,good prospects can befound, he replied.

U Khin Maung Yi ofAyeyawady RegionConstituency No. 6 askedwhether there is a plan toopen one Technical HighSchool or oneGovernment TechnicalInstitute in MyanaungTownship and if it is true,when the institution willbe opened in fiscal yearor academic year. UnionMinister for Science andTechnology U Aye Myintreplied that the Ministry ofScience and Technologyopened the TechnologicalUniversity (Pathein),Technological University(Maubin), TechnologicalUniversity (Hinthada) andAGTI (Wakema) to turnout engineers andtechnicians. Moreover, sixTHSs are opened in Pathein,Ahmar, Pyinsalu, Chaung-wa, Hinthada and MaubinTownships in providingbasic engineering andmechanical courses to thetrainees.

Technological uni-versities and GTIs inAyeyawady Region haveproduced 1359 BEgraduates, 3372 BTechgraduates, and 8229 AGTIdiploma holders, totaling12960. in 2010-2011academic year, 1962 firstyear AGTI students, 1109second year AGTIstudents, 856 first yearBTech students, 511second year BTechstudents and 612 BEstudents totaling 5050 areattending the universitiesand GTIs. Six THSs inAyeyawady Region haveturned out 614 technicians.These schools admit 261first year students and 268second year studentstotaling 529 students in

2010-2011 academic year.Eligible students who

passed the second yearcourses from THS areallowed to attend first yearcourse of AGTI, and moreeligible ones, BTech andBE courses. Therefore,students from AyeyawadyRegion can pursue higheducation and technologybased on their abilities.Moreover, PyayTechnological Universityand THS (Pyay) is openedin Pyay, western of BagoRegion, close to Kyanginandn Myanaung townshipsas part of efforts to createthe learning opportunity forthe local youths fromtownships in Bago Region(West) and some townshipsof Ayeyawawdy Region.They have the opportunityto pursue seven subjects ofengineering courses in theirrespective regions. Thereis no plan to open moreAGTI and THS inMyanaung Township.

U Zon Hle Htang ofChin State ConstituencyNo. 2 asked whether acontract should bestamped or not and hewould like to knowempowerment ofregistration officeraccording to the contractlaw and township revenueofficer according to thestamp duty to makedecisions for stamping thecontract. Deputy Ministerfor Finance and Revenue UWin Than replied that with

regard to various kinds ofcontracts described in theappendix table (1) of Article3 of Myanmar Stamp Act

Myanmar Stamp Act 1899.With regard to

registration of contracts forhanding over of unmovable

tons of nickel ore and38,100 tons of chromitesore in Chin State.

According to theinformation given by theChin State government,two field groups ofGeological Survey andMineral ExplorationDepartment launched the

1899, it is necessary to paystamp duty in line with therates described in the table.Moreover, the table statesexemptions for the variouskinds of contracts.

If the contract is notincluded in the contracttypes described in thetable, 1 it is not necessary topay stamp duty. Accordingto the announcement No.146/97 issued on 27 July1997, the authority ofCollector Officer prescribedin the Myanmar Stamp Act,its rules and orders havebeen entrusted to respectiveheads of Township RevenueDepartment on 1 August1997. Therefore, the headof respective TownshipRevenue Department hasauthority in accord with the

property, therepresentatives fromTownship RevenueDepartment, DevelopmentAffairs Committee/Development AffairsDepartment, TownshipGeneral AdministrationDepartment, MyanmarPolice Force, TownshipPlanning Department andTownship Land Recordsand Settlement Departmentare formed as a currentvalue assessment group toassess the value of property.It is necessary to pay stampduty for the contract in linewith the value assessed bythe group. Therefore,customers concerned are topay tax including stampduty to the government.

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Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint at 25th-day secondregular session of first Amyotha Hluttaw.—MNA

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Amyotha HluttawRepresentative

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(from page 9)Deputy Minister for

Commerce Dr Pwint Hsanreplied to questions raisedby two Hluttawrepresentatives.

Dr Myat Nyana Soe ofYangon RegionConstituency No. 4 saidthat buses and trucksrunning across the nationare facing degradation ofstrength. He askedwhether there is a plan tomanufacture adequatenumber of modern busesand trucks at home andwhether there is a plan toallow import of vehiclesat fair prices. The DeputyMinister replied that theMinistry of Industry-2 andindustrial zones across thenation are manufacturingbuses and trucks. With aview to contributing to theconstruction tasks of theState and convenienttraveling of the people,import of new vehicles withleft steering are allowed tobe able to substituteplacement of trucks, heavymachinery and buses withleft steering manufacturedlast seven years.

With regard to levyingtax answered by theMinistry of Finance andRevenue, 20 per cent ofcommercial tax and 3 percent of custom duty arelevied for buses, over 10-person-capacity vehiclesand trucks. If the vehicle ismanufactured by ASEANcountries with evidences,custom duty will be free.

U Min Myo Tint Lwinof Kayin State ConstituencyNo. 10 said thePhayathonhsu is locatedat Thai-Myanmar border.Phayathonhsu Town ofMyanmar andPhayathonhsu Village ofThailand are inspirablearea. Therefore, he askedwhether there is a plan toopen a border trade camp,and if it is true, when itwill be opened. The DeputyMinister replied that Statehas been opening 12 bordertrade camps beginning 1988for trading. In so doing,basic reasons for openingindividual camps aredifferent, so these campswere opened in differenttime.

In opening a bordertrade camp, the localsecurity and better transportneed between two

countries. Moreover,opening of the camps isbased on friendly tiesbetween two countries,agreement for openingborder trade camp,facilities of trade, custom,baking and immigrationtasks at the border gates,reasonable volume forfairly trading between twocountries beyond theordinary trade volume, andtrade situation for linkingother regions and states.There is no plan to open aborder trade camp at Thai-Myanmar border inPhayathonhsu of Kyain-seikkyi Township of KayinState.

Union Minister forEducation Dr Mya Ayereplied to educationalquestions raised by twoHluttaw representatives.

Regarding thequestion raised by Dr MyatNyana Soe of YangonRegion Constituency No.4 about promulgation of alaw to provide assistanceto monastic educationschools monasticeducation system whichare under management ofthe Ministry of ReligiousAffairs by the governmentfor realization of effectiveand free primary educationsystem, saying thatMyanmar has 65,000villages and there is onemonastic education schoolin five villages on average,the Union minister repliedthat altogether 215,000students, novices and nunsincluding 176,000 primarylevel students are attending1431 monastic educationschools which are beingopened in 252 townshipsfor the2010-2011 academicyear. In basic educationsector, three are more thanthree basic educationschools in five villages onaverage and more than eightmillion students arepursuing their educationyearly. Starting from the2011-2012 academic year,free primary educationsystem was introducednationwide. Thegovernment spent K 2087.2million on providing morethan five million studentsincluding students inmonastic education schoolswith school text books freeof charge. Stationery andnotebooks will be providedin equal terms.

Since monasticeducation schools wereopened, school textbooksare being distributed yearlyto students of those schoolsin coordination with theMinistry of ReligiousAffairs. Under StateSangha Maha NayakaCommittee, supervisorycommittee for monasticeducation (central) wasformed and annualmeetings are held with theparticipation of membersof central supervisorycommittee chairmansayadaws of Region/Statesupervisory committeesand officials of the Ministryof Religious Affairs andthe Ministry of Education.Proposals for monasticeducation schoolssubmitted by respectivechairman sayadaws areunder discussions.

As students ofmonastic education schoolsare being provided withschool textbooks free ofcharge under free primaryeducation system andcoordination meetings ofcentral supervisorycommittee are yearly heldin cooperation with theMinistry of ReligiousAffairs and the Ministry ofEducation, it is notnecessary to enact a law toprovide assistance tomonastic education schools.

Regarding the questionraised by U Khin MaungYi of Ayeyawady RegionContituency No. 6 whoasked how the Ministry ofEducation manage toupgrade 6000 post primaryschools and 300 affiliatedmiddle schools across theUnion to middle schools(branch) under four-yearplan starting from the 2012-2013 academic year, theUnion minister replied that41.272 schools including6767 post primary schoolsand 338 affiliated middleschools have been opened

up to July 2011. There are5799 post primary schoolsthat can accept Grade VIIIstudents, 609 that can acceptGrade VII students and 359that can accept Grade VIstudents. All affiliatedmiddle school can acceptGrade IX students.

Of primary schoolswith a lot of middle schoolstudents and are far frommiddle and high schools,some schools which aresuitable to be allowed wereupgraded to post primaryschools or middle schools.Temporary teachers areallowed to be appointedwith the assistance of thelocal community inaffiliated middle schools.Post primary schools arebeing allowed to acceptGrade VI students startingfrom academic year theschool was opened andpermissions have beengranted to them to acceptGrade VI, VII and VIIIstudents year after year.More teachers wereappointed at school withhigh ratio of students andteachers and affiliatedmiddle schools and postprimary schools wereupgraded to middle schools(branch) with theappointment of four moreJATs. During the 2011-12academic year, 84 affiliatedmiddle schools and 45 postprimary school totaling 129schools were upgraded tomiddle schools (branch)with the appointment offour more JATs.

Of 7105 affiliatedmiddle schools and postprimary schools, someschools were upgraded tomiddle schools (branch)depending on condition ofschool buildings, poortransport and number ofmiddle school students.Arrangements are beingmade to report the Uniongovernment onappointment of more JATs.

Regarding the PyithuH l u t t a w - a p p r o v e dMyanmar Micro CreditScheme Bill, U NyanLin of Shan StateConstituency No. 1discussed matters relatedto points that should beadded in section (2),subsection (a) in Chapter(1), section (7), subsection(c) in Chapter (4), section(10), subsection (a) inChapter (5), section (16),subsection (a) in Chapter(8), section (28) andsection (32), subsection (b)in Chapter (9).

The Hluttaw decidedthat Amyotha Hluttaw BillCommittee shall discuss thesuggestion of U Nyan Lin.

Regarding the PyithuHluttaw-approved Bill toamend Pyithu HluttawElection Law, U Sai ThantZin of Shan StateConstituency No. 4discussed that originalclauses should be placed inPyithu Hluttaw ElectionLaw Section 49 (a) stated inparagraph 2, subparagraph(a) of the Bill.

Regarding the proposalof U Sai Thant Zin to placeoriginal clauses in Section49 (a), the Hluttaw decidedthat the proposal shall bepart of the Bill as it is inconformity with theapproval of Pyithu Hluttawand the report of AmyothaHluttaw Bill Committee.Next, the Hluttaw decidedthat paragraph 1 and 2 ofthe Bill are part of the Bill.U Saw Ohn of Mon StateConstituency No. 9submitted a proposal thatthe Union government isurged to use various waysand means including massactivities for eradicationof gambling that candamage micro creditscheme for povertyalleviation. Hluttawrepresentatives U Nyi NyiTun, U Hla Swe, U SweAung and U Sai Win Naung

seconded the proposal,saying that micro creditscheme is aimed forenabling the people to startthe business with thecapital. The act of spendingmoney in gamblingincluding three-digitgambling is that oftarnishing the goodwill ofthe government.

It is necessary to takeeradication of gamblinginto consideration widely.Elimination of gamblingcalls for effective actionsto be taken. Gambling candestroy socioeconomicstatus of the youths andtheir moral conducts. It isrequired to put pressure andto take action against thosewho commit gambling andto conduct educative talks.Although it is difficult tocontrol, many ways andmeans are available. It isnecessary to designategambling-free zone,township and village.Firstly, actions are to betaken in accord with thelaw. Secondly, measuresshould be taken to organizethe people through masscampaign. Gambling hascaused evil consequencesto the entire mankind. It islearnt that the incumbentgovernment is takingmeasures to eradicatevarious forms of gambling.

Next, Deputy Ministerfor Home Affairs Brig-GenKyaw Zan Myint repliedthat there are various formof gambling since yore. Notonly in our country but alsoacross the globe, people aregambling as a kind ofrelaxing or as a business.Now two-digit gambling hasbeen infiltrating among thepublic.

The deputy ministercontinued to say thatgambling has beensuppressed in successiveeras; 1986 gamblinglaw prescribes prison terms

(See page 11)

Hluttaw Representatives at 25thday second regular session of first Amyotha Hluttaw.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 27 Sept—ThePresident of the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar has appointed U KyawZwar Minn, Ambassador Extraordinaryand Plenipotentiary of the Republic of

Myanmar Ambassador concurrentlyappointed to Andorra

the Union of Myanmar to the FrenchPublic, concurrently as Ambassador Ex-traordinary and Plenipotentiary of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar to thePrincipality of Andorra.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26Sept—Union Minister forDefence Lt-Gen Hla Minreceived Ambassador ofthe Republic of BelarusDr. Valery Sadokho to

Union Defence Minister receivesBelarusian Ambassador

the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar at theMinistry of Defence, here,at 4 pm today.

They discussedmutual cooperation

between the twocountries.

Also present at the callwas Deputy Minister forDefence Captain AungThaw.—MNA

Second regular session of firstAmyotha Hluttaw …

(from page 10)from six months to fiveyears for gamblingoffences; Myanmar PoliceForce prioritizes gamblingin its nine crime preventivemeasures; each Region andState has drafted gamblingeradication plans; thanksto the plans followed bystrict actions, gamblingcases have shrunk and thenumber of gamblersdecreased; corrupted MPFmembers, regardless oftheir ranks, who extractedbribes, did misdeeds inconnection with gamblers,and failed to detain thegamblers are investigatedand actions were broughtagainst them.

As arrests and actionsdid not eliminate corruptedpolice members at all,

people and other partnerdepartmental institutionsare to join hands foreradication of corruption;the drafting of plans isdirected in order to tacklegambling issues with broadcoverage which could deterthe new government’sstride to foster GoodGovernance and CleanGovernment, to build upthe rule of law, to addresssecurity issues, to developrural regions and to reducepoverty; in response to thedirective, the plan wasdrafted completely and theperiod between 1 and 30June, 2011 was designed aseducative period; the arrestof gambling cases was tobe accelerated as of 1 Julyin accord with the specialplan; central, Region/State,

district, and township levelgambling eliminationsupervisory committees,gambling control specialsquads, gambling educativegroups, statistics teams, andaudit teams were establishedto supervise the activity ateach level; under the plan,Union Supreme Court,Union Attorney-General’sOffice, General Admini-stration Department, SpecialInvestigation Department,Higher Education Depart-ment and Basic EducationDepartment are alsocooperating in the attempt,said the deputy minister.

He went on that theMinistry of Home Affairsis monitoring the actionsagainst gambling daily andencouraging daily, weeklyand monthly progress; asthe complaints that anypolice members is makingcontacts with gamblers orcommitting mischievous

deeds, immediateinvestigation is conductedand substantial penalties areimposed.

The deputy ministerhighlighted the need towork in concert byregional authorities,departments, non-governmental organi-zations, and the entirepeople to deal withgambling till their ownregion is recognized asgambling-free region inrealizing the nationwidegambling elimination planas a national duty.

The Hluttaw approvedthe proposal.

U Aung Nyein ofMagway Region Con-stituency (2) submitted theproposal that “the Uniongovernment is urged tohandle plethora ofunsettled cases regardingfarmland/land cen-tralization systema-

tically” which the Hluttawgave assent to discuss.

Dr Myat Nyana Soe ofYangon RegionConstituency (4) submittedthe proposal that “theUnion government isurged to prescribe lawwhich defines least salaryfor labours at reasonablerate”. The Hluttaw decidedto change the proposal to“the Union governmentis urged to set least salaryfor labours at foreigninvestment enterprises atreasonable rate” and topass it to the Peasants andLocal/Foreign WorkersCommittee to review.

U Nyi Nyi Tun of MonState Constituency (11)submitted the proposal that“the Union governmentis urged to share alluviallands to the farmers whoactually want to establishfarm formed by thechange in waterway of

rivers and streams”. TheHluttaw decided to changethe proposal to question.

Speaker of PyidaungsuHluttaw and of AmyothaHluttaw U Khin AungMyint briefed the attendingof 32nd ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assemblyheld in Phnom Penh ofCambodia.

The 25th day secondregular session of firstAmyotha Hluttawconcluded at 2.20 pm andthe session continues for26th day at 10 am on 27September.

At today’s session,seven questions wereraised and answered, onebill out of two was decidedto review by BillCommittee, another onewas approved, oneproposal was discussedand approved and threeproposals were submitted.

MNA

After 3 years, Boeing Dreamliner becomes reality

SEATTLE, 26 Sept—Boeing’s long-awaiteddream machine became acommercial reality onSunday when thelightweight plastic-composites 787 Dream-liner was formally deliveredto its first Japanesecustomer.

Boeing says therevolutionary carbon fiberdesign will hand 20 percentfuel savings to airlinesstruggling to avoid a newrecession, and givepassengers a morecomfortable ride with bettercabin air and largeelectronically dimmable

A police dog catches a “criminal” during an air-raid and anti-terrorism military exercise in Zunyi, southwest China’s Guizhou

Province, on 26 Sept, 2011.—XINHUA

Vietnam’s economy grows 5.7 pct in first 9months

HANOI, 26 Sept—Vietnam’s grossdomestic product grewat a slower pace in thefirst nine months of 2011compared with the sameperiod a year ago amidhigh inflation and a tradedeficit.

The government’sGeneral Statistics Officesaid Monday the

country’s economy hasmaintained “reasonable”growth at 5.7 percent.Vietnam’s economicgrowth in the first ninemonths of 2010 was 6.5percent.

Inflation in the firstnine months of 2011surged to 18 percentfrom 8.6 percent a yearearlier. The trade deficit

stood at $6.9 billion,down from $8.5 billiona year ago.

The government hasintroduced a series ofmeasures, includingtighter monetary policesand cutting publicspending, to try to tameone of Asia’s highestinflation rates.

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windows. The first $200million aircraft was handedover to Japanese carrier AllNippon Airways three yearsbehind schedule afterpersistent delays that costBoeing billions of dollars.

“It took a lot of hardwork to get to this day,”said Scott Fancher, vicepresident and generalmanager of the 787programme, at the outset oftwo days of celebrations atthe plane’s Seattle produ-ction plant.

The blue and white-painted long-range aircraft,which boasts a graceful newdesign with raked wingtips,will leave for Japan onTuesday and enter servicedomestically on 26 October.Boeing has taken orders for821 Dreamliners, which willcompete with the futureAirbus A350, due in 2013.

Reuters

Boeing employees work on a Boeing 787Dreamliner for United Airlines on 25 Sept, 2011

in Everett, Washington. Boeing delivered itslong-awaited and delayed first 787 airliner to

All Nippon Airways which it will celebratebefore ANA flies the airliner to Japan on 27

Sept, 2011.—XINHUA

Criminal special appeal cases heardNAY PYI TAW, 26

Sept—The specialappellete courtcomprising of UnionChief Justice of Union

Supreme Court U TunTun Oo, and Judges ofUnion Supreme Court UMyint Aung and U MyintHan sat at No (1) Office

of Union SupremeCourt at 9.30 am todayand heard 10 criminalspecial appeal cases.

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DIBENA WIN VOY NO (145)Consignees of cargo carried on MV DIBENA WIN

VOY NO (145) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 27.9.2011 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of S.P.W.1 where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S PHULSAWAT SHIPPINGCO, LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SUPA BHUM VOY NO (195)Consignees of cargo carried on MV SUPA BHUM

VOY NO (195) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 27.9.2011 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

A patient suffering from facial paralysis receivesacupuncture treatment at a hospital in Nanjing,the capital of Jiangsu Province, on 6 Dec, 2010.

XINHUA

LONDON, 26 Sept—Sixmen from Birmingham, thesecond largest city of Brit-ain, were charged withterrorism offences onSunday evening followinga counter-terrorism opera-tion. A statement releasedby West Midlands Policesaid that four men had beencharged with preparing foran act of terrorism, andtwo with failing to discloseinformation.

One of the men hasadditionally been chargedwith terrorist fund-raising,while the seventh will untilThursday to be charged,released or applied forfurther warrant ofdetention, the statementsaid. The six charged willappear at West LondonMagistrates Court onMonday afternoon. Amongthe charged, Ashik Ali, 26,was accused of preparingfor an act of terrorism,which involved planning abombing campaign,providing premises for theplanning of terrorist attack

“Sharpen up” acupuncture study

and stating an intention tobe a suicide bomber.

They were arrestedduring a major pre-plannedand intelligence-led opera-tion carried out by the WestMidlands CounterTerrorism Unit.—Xinhua

Six charged with terrorismoffences in Britain

MEXICO CITY, 26 Sept—A day after authoritiesannounced that the body of a Mexican congressmanwas found along a highway in the coastal state ofGuerrero, lawmakers from his political party called onMonday for a swift investigation of his killing.

Authorities found Moises Villanueva de la Cruznear the same highway when he went missing after aparty on 4 September. —Internet

Authorities investigate killing ofMexican congressman

Colin Powell advises “get mad” in new bookWASHINGTON, 26

Sept—Former Secretaryof State, General ColinPowell has penned abook on leadership skillswith the advice “get mad,then get over it,” set tohit book stores in May2012, publisherHarperCollins said onSunday. “It Worked ForMe: Lessons in

Leadership and Life” isa collection of personaltales from the four-starArmy general startingwith his famous “13Rules,” as well as the‘get mad’ advice and‘share credit,’ thepublisher said.

Powell, 74, was thefirst African Americanto serve as Secretary of

Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell.INTERNET

State, where he workedin the first term ofPresident George WBush’s administration.In the 1990s, he waswidely considered apossible presidentialcandidate. He rose thearmy’s ranks, fighting

in the Vietnam war andrising to the position ofChairman of the JointChiefs of Staff, wherehe played a key role inthe Persian Gulf War andin the administration ofPresident Bill Clinton.

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Films lined upfor a sparklingnew dimensionBEIJING, 26 Sept— One

of the world's brightestminds aims to bring tothe world a new,advanced three-dimensional imagetechnology that will leaveother such technology inthe shadows. "Our newtechnology will be betterthan that used in Avatar,"says Professor Yau Shing-tung of Harvard Univer-sity. "The image will bemore vivid than with tech-nologies used in previousmovies. The new tech-nology is not only quickerbut cheaper."

Yau is one of theworld's greatest math-ematicians, having wonthe prestigious FieldsMedal. He was once thedean of the departmentof mathematics atHarvard, and is now aprofessor there. He is alsoa visiting professor atTsinghua University. Pro-fessor Yau and his teammet professionals fromTsinghua University andRenmin University ofChina last week, and theydiscussed possible coop-eration to apply the tech-nology in making a dem-onstration movie usingthe new technology.

Yau and a team startedworking on the new 3Dtechnology, founded ongeometrical principles, atHarvard 10 years ago.

Xinhua

2011

INTERNATIONAL DAY

OF OLDER PERSONS

1st October 2011

19 killed assmall plane

crashes in NepalKATHMANDU, 26 Sept

— Nineteen people aboarda small plane were killedon Sunday when it crashedwhile trying to land at theairport in Kathmandu,police in Nepal said.Among the occupantsonboard were two Ameri-cans, officials said.

The Beechcraft planewas returning from a sight-seeing tour when it hit amountain and broke intopieces about 12 kilome-tres (7 miles) from the air-port, said police spokes-man Binod Singh. It wascarrying 16 passengersand three crewmembers.—Internet

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BEIJING, 26 Sept—Although it is home totraditional Chinesemedicine (TCM), Chinamust do much more toimprove its academicresearch capacity for acu-puncture, a form of TCM,to take the lead worldwideon both the academic andclinical sides.

At present, among allacademic theses onacupuncture indexed bythe Science CitationIndex (SCI), a leadingworld thesis index sys-

tem, only 5 percent arefrom the Chinesemainland, according toWang Linpeng, thedirector of theacupuncture andmoxibustion centre of theBeijing Hospital of Tra-ditional Chinese Medi-cine, which is affiliatedwith the Capital MedicalUniversity. AlthoughChinese acupuncturistsabsolutely excelworldwide in clinicalpractice, "they are not asgood as their foreign

peers in academic capac-ity, particularly Western-style research methodsand lab experimentdesign," he told ChinaDaily on Friday duringthe 2011 InternationalSymposium onAcupuncture.

Studies by TCMpractitioners —including acupuncturists— largely focus on theirarea of specialization,and few are in line withglobal interest in themedical science that hasbeen proven effectiveover thousands of years,he said. "Chinese TCMpractitioners are verygood at treatingconditions, but they areclumsy at showing howand why it really worksin an internationally ac-cepted 'language' and'manner'," said GaoSihua, chancellor of theBeijing University ofChinese Medicine.

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Participants ride a homemade roller cart duringthe 2nd Red Bull Balineras Race in Bogota

on 25 Sept, 2011.

Mei Lan, a giantpanda incorrectlyidentified as female bystaff at Zoo Atlanta, wasdetermined to be male atthe Chengdu ResearchBase in China.

Staff members at theChengdu Research Baseof Giant Panda Breedingnoticed the appearanceof testes on the pandaborn in 2006 sometime

Giant panda found to bemale after four years

Giant panda cub MeiLan nuzzles its

mother, Lun Lun, atthe public debut of

the cub in theirhabitat at Zoo Atlanta

in Atlanta on 12January, 2007.

New York City is owed nearly $17 million (10 million pounds) in parkingtickets issued to diplomats, a hefty amount that may have grown this week asworld leaders gathered for the UN General Assembly.

The city’s Department of Finance said unpaid tickets totalled $16.7million through the end of July. Egypt topped the list with $1.9 million intickets, followed by Nigeria with about $1 million and Indonesia with about$725,000.

US congressmen Michael Grimm, Peter King and Edolphus Towns haveintroduced legislation that would impose sanctions on countries with diplomatswho fail to pay parking fines in New York City.

“We can only imagine how much is being racked up this week,” Grimm’sspokeswoman, Carol Danko, said of the diplomats and world leaders who metat the United Nations in New York.

Under current law, 110 percent of total unpaid parking fines owed to NewYork City and Washington will be withheld from the foreign aid andobligations to the offending countries.

A Mark Twainbook with nudeillustrations, added to aMassachusetts publiclibrary after a century-old ban was lifted, wasplucked from the shelfwithin hours onThursday.

Library lifts 1906 ban onMark Twain book

The cover to Eve’sDiary by Mark Twainis seen in a handout

photo.

Trustees of theCharlton Public Librarylifted the 1906 banearlier this week of“Eve’s Diary,” Twain’ssatirical version of theAdam and Eve story,said Cheryl Hansen, the

library’s director. Twopaperback copies weremade available at thelibrary in centralMassachusetts onThursday and, withinhours, one of them wasin a reader’s hands, shesaid.

“I think there’ll be alot of interest in taking itout,” Hansen added,saying the unanimousvote to lift the ban camejust in time for BannedBooks Week, whichbegins on Saturday.

A library trusteelearned about the banfrom a local newspaperarticle and last yeartracked down a firstedition of the book, whichwill be on display throughnext week, she said. Thebook, published in 1906,was banned when thelibrary’s then-trusteestook issue withillustrations by LesterRalph that showed Evenaked. Adam appearscovered up in thepictures, she said.

Diplomats owe $17 million in New Yorkparking fines

after his arrival in Chinain February 2010, ZooAtlanta said in a releaseFriday.

Giant panda cubsare sexed as infants,however, it is sometimesdifficult to determinesex, especially if a cubis more than a few daysold. Male testes do notdescend for more thanthree years.

Mei Lan was notexamined by ZooAtlanta staff until hewas 19 days old andwas incorrectly sexed.

BERLIN, 26 Sept— Michael Jackson’s 14-year-old son, Prince, seemed to make a good impressionwhen he appeared on stage at a weekend charityevent in Berlin, attendees reported.

Prince told a crowd of about 800 people hewanted to help affect changes for the better in theworld. “With everything I do, I try to build on whatmy father did. I also try to help and change things— just like he did,” Prince told the Tribute to BambiFriday night.

Audience members said Prince appeared poisedand well-bred and apologized for leaving earlybecause he had to get back to the United States forschool. “I think we can expect to hear more fromhim,” one guest told People magazine.

Prince presented the charity with threehandwritten copies of his father’s hits “Bad,” “BillieJean” and “Smooth Criminal” to be auctioned.

Internet

Paris Jackson, (L),Prince Michael

Jackson I and PrinceMichael Jackson II on

stage during thememorial service forMichael Jackson at

Staples Centre in LosAngeles on 7 July,

2009.INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 26 Sept—Pop star Justin Bieber took over Los Angeles’Staples Centre to watch “Titanic” alone with his girlfriend, actress and singerSelena Gomez.

After a day at the beach and seeing friend Demi Lovato in concert, Bieber,17, and Gomez, 19, headed to Staples Centre to watch the 1997 film starringKate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in privacy in the 20,000-seat arena,People magazine reported.

Bieber reportedly didn’t have to pay for the privilege. The Staples Centre’smanagement let the couple use the place for free because Bieber sold out thearena three times. “Romance isn’t dead,” Bieber tweeted Friday. “Treat yourlady right fellas.”

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 26Sept—Suspense masterAlfred Hitchcock died in1980 but that hasn’tstopped him from addinga new title to hisfilmography. “The WhiteShadow,” produced in1924, is the earliestknown film bearing hiscreative touch.

The long lost film wasunveiled to audiences onThursday night at theAcademy of MotionPictures Arts andSciences in Beverly Hillswith a screening attendedby the stars of two

Prince Jackson appears atcharity event

Singers Selena Gomez(L) and Justin Bieber

mingle backstage at theMTV Video Music

Awards in Los Angeleson 28 Aug, 2011 in Los

Angeles.—INTERNET

Long lost Hitchcock film takes a bow inLos Angeles

Aldred Hitchcock

Hitchcock classics, EvaMarie Saint (“North byNorthwest”) and NormanLloyd (“Saboteur”).

Also on hand wereexperts from the NewZealand Film Archivewhere the print wasuncovered by LeslieAnne Lewis of theNational FilmPreservation Founda-tion. Lewis stumbledupon the first three reelsof the film while poringthrough original nitrateprints unseen for decades.The movie had no credits,requiring Lewis to matchdocumentation fromvarious sources to themovie. “She’s workedthrough inter-titles,identifying actors orlocations,” said FrankStark, Chief Executive ofthe New Zealand FilmArchive. “So it came intofocus exactly what thisfilm might be and we hada consultation internat-ionally to confirm things.Ultimately we got to that

Bieber takes Gomez on special date

moment where it’sinescapable — we dohave a film thatHitchcock worked on.”

A lush melodrama,“The White Shadow”stars Betty Compson astwin sisters, Georgia(pure of heart), andNancy, (black as Hades).Clive Brook plays anAmerican art student whomeets Nancy in transit toEurope and ultimatelyfalls in love. But Nancydisappears, leaving herfather grief stricken andwandering the landlooking for her.

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Woods to hireDustin Johnson’s caddie

Tennis star Wozniacki saysit’s tough at the top

Martinez Sanchez wins tennisHansol Korea Open

Haas wins high-stakes FedEx Cup

Wenger: Van Persie growinginto captain’s role

Barcelona’s Messi closing inon Kubala 194-goal record

Sneijder amongst Interabsentees in Moscow

Barcelona'sLionel Messi

BARCELONA, 26 Sept— Lionel Messi is deter-mined to keep breakinggoal-scoring records atBarcelona after his 12thcareer hat-trick for theEuropean and Spanishchampions took him to192 at the club. The 24-year-old Argentine ma-gician hit his latest hat-

trick in the 5-0 demoli-tion of Atletico Madridand is now just two be-hind Hungary's LaszloKubala who scored 194in his career at the CampNou in the 1950s.

Once he gets past that,the all-time club recordof 235, set by CesarRodriguez betwen 1939and 1955, will be easilywithin his sights. "I'mpretty calm about it. I justtake it a game at a time,but obviously I'm veryexcited about becomingtop scorer," Messi toldfcbarcelona.com.

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PlaymakerWesley Sneijder

MILAN, 26 Sept —Playmaker WesleySneijder was amongst theabsentees as Inter Milannamed their squad forTuesday's ChampionsLeague clash with CSKAin Moscow. Brazil full-back Maicon and Serbiacaptain and midfielderDejan Stankovic will alsomiss the crunch encoun-ter. Having lost their open-ing match at home to groupoutsiders Trabzonspor,Inter are desperate to takesomething from the game.

Nigerian midfielderJoel Obi will make the tripbut such are Inter's injury

problems that coachClaudio Ranieri has calledup youth team midfieldersLorenzo Crisetig andAndrea Romano into his21-man squad. He also hasto do without forwardDiego Forlan, who is cup-tied having representedAtletico Madrid in theEuropa League qualifyingrounds. —Internet

Bill Haas

ATLANTA, 26 Sept —Bill Haas had a sinkingfeeling when he heard thegallery groan, the first in-dication that his shot hadtumbled down the slopeand into the lake.

When he saw the ballonly half-submerged inwater, Haas figured he stillhad the slightest chance.To somehow save par.

Against all odds, to stay

alive in his sudden-deathplayoff with HunterMahan at the Tour Cham-pionship, the richestplayoff in golf history withFedEx Cup and its $10million bonus riding onthe outcome.

"It was an all or noth-ing shot," Haas said. "Soif I don't pull it off, I'mshaking Hunter's hand."

As he did through thefinal, frenzied hour at EastLake on Sunday, it workedto near perfection. Haassplashed the ball out ontothe green to 3 feet for par,then won the Tour Cham-pionship — and the FedExCup — on the third extraplayoff hole. In the five-year history of this FedExCup, no finish was morecompelling. — Internet

Arsene Wenger ispleased with Robin van

Persie's maturityas captain

Robin van Persie

LONDON, 26 Sept —Arsenal manager ArseneWenger is encouraged athow Robin van Persie hastaken on his responsibili-ties as captain. The Dutch-man became only the 17thArsenal player to score100 goals for the club inSaturday's 3-0 win overBolton Wanderers, writesStewart Coggin.

After struggling to findtheir rhythm in the first-half, van Persie put theGunners ahead with a low

near post finish and theGunners eased to victoryafter David Wheater wassent-off for a professionalfoul on Theo Walcottshortly afterwards.

Van Persie added a sec-ond and Alex Song curledin a superb third late on asArsenal returned to win-ning ways in the leagueafter last week's 4-3 de-feat at Blackburn Rovers.Striker Van Persie tookover the captaincy afterCesc Fabregas joined Bar-celona in August andWenger is pleased withhow he has adapted.

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Diana Nyad: Ending swimwas ‘huge disappointment’

Bradley sets up 2 goals asChievo rallies

Michael Bradley

ROME, 26 Sept —American midfielderMichael Bradley helpedset up two goals as ChievoVerona rallied to beatGenoa 2-1 in the ItalianSerie A.

Sergio Pellissier tiedthe score in the 74thminute with a header offBradley's corner kick. Ininjury time, Bradley senta long pass up the rightflank to Gennaro Sardo,who crossed to DavideMoscardelli for the go-ahead goal.

Michael's father, Bob

Bradley, was hired Satur-day as Egypt's coach. BobBradley coached the USfrom 2006 until July.

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In this photo releasedby the Florida Keys

News Bureau, endur-ance swimmer Diana

Nyad shows PortugueseMan o’ War jellyfish

stings after she arrivedin Key West, Fla, on 25Sept, 2011.— INTERNET

MIAMI, 26 Sept —Marathon swimmer DianaNyad spent more than 40hours in the shark-filledwaters between Cuba andthe Florida Keys, climb-ing into a boat only to betreated for searing weltsleft by Portuguese man o'war stings. Left swollen

and red, Nyad had nochoice but to end her trekearly when medics warnedanother sting could bedeadly.

The 62-year-oldsoldiered on for a time,cutting eye and mouthholes into a cap she woreover her face to protectagainst future stings. Shesurpassed 100,000strokes, but the stings —which team members saidleft what looked likebranding marks from thejellyfish-like creatures'tentacles — were toomuch of a risk.

"I trained this hard forthis big dream I had for somany years, and to thinkthese stupid little Portu-guese man o' war take itdown," Nyad told TheAssociated Press, justhours after getting out ofthe water.—Internet

Caroline Wozniacki

TOKYO, 26 Sept —Caroline Wozniacki Sun-day admitted she found ittough trying to stay at thetop after nearly a year asworld number one, as sheprepared to defend her PanPacific Open title in To-kyo. Wozniacki is amongseven of the world's top10 players — including

the top four — gunningfor the trophy in the star-studded tournament.

The Dane lost to Ve-nus Williams in the USOpen semi-finals, mean-ing that she is still withouta Grand Slam, but contro-versially, that has not pre-vented her from toppingthe rankings. "It's verytough to be number one.But it's even tougher tostay there because every-one wants to beat you,"said the 21-year-old, as thefirst round of the $2.05million tournament gotunder way.—Internet

ATLANTA, 26 Sept —Tiger Woods has hired JoeLaCava to be his third full-time caddie. LaCava de-cided to leave DustinJohnson, one of the mosttalented young Ameri-

S P O R T S

Maria Jose MartinezSanchez of Spain

SEOUL , 26 Sept—Spaniard Maria JoseMartinez Sanchez beatKazakhstan's Galina

Voskoboeva in the finalof the $220,000 HansolKorea Open on Sunday towin her fifth WTA title.The 29-year-old MartinezSanchez defeatedVoskoboeva, a first-timeWTA finalist, 7-6 7-6 towin her first hardcourttournament on the WTAand $37,000 in prizemoney.

Internet

Dustin Johnson, right,talks with his caddie JoeLaCava on the second teeduring the final round ofthe Tour Championshipgolf tournament at EastLake Golf Club in Atlanta

on 25 Sept, 2011.INTERNET

cans, to go to work for theformer world No. 1 whohasn't won in the last twoyears.

According to a storyposted on Woods' websiteSunday night, LaCavaapproached Woods andhis agent, Mark Steinberg,about the job.

"This was an impor-tant decision, and I wantedto think about it carefully,"Woods said in the story."Also, out of deference forthe FedEx Cup Playoffs, Idecided to wait until theywere concluding to havesubstantive talks. We thenspoke to Joe and came toan agreement.

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R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information.

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Mya Nan San Kyaw Golden Palace* Living with the Love of the Nature

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MST

Overseas Transmission - (27-9-11 09:30 am ~ 28-9-11 09:30 am) MST

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(27-9-2011) (Tuesday)

* News* Taste Around the City* News* Record Album* News* Myanmar’s Traditions and Culture “The

Mystique of Shwedagon Pagoda”

Overseas Transmission* Opening* News* Mya Nan San Kyaw Golden Palace* Living with the Love of the Nature* News* Taste Around the City

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

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Weather forecast for 27th September, 2011

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly

Region MissonarySayadaw

7:25 am 2. To be Healthy

Exercise7:30 am 3. Morning News7:40 am 4. Dhamma Puja

Song

7:50 am 5. Nice & Sweet

Song8:00 am 6. Health Programme8:10 am 7. Songs of yester

years8:15 am 8. Selected Songs for

18th MyanmarTraditionalCulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions(2011) (Oldies &Mono classical)(Amateur (second)Division Level)(Women)

8:30 am 9. International News8:40 am10. Islands of

Dhamma (5)8:45 am11. The nine precepts

3:00 pm 1. Myanmar National

League MNLGrand Royal Cup2011 (Delay)(SouthernMyanmar &Magway)

5:00 pm 2. Documentary5:10 pm 3. Selected Songs for

18th MyanmarTraditionalCulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions(2011) (Oldies &Mono classical)(Amateur (second)Division Level)(Women)

5:30 pm 4. Greatest Famous

Songs6:00 pm 5. Evening News

* News* Record Album* News* Myanmar’s Traditions and Culture “The

Mystique of Shwedagon Pagoda”* News* She & Her Melodious Music* News* A Festival on Buddha’s Life Story (Part-1)* News* Music Gallary* News* Sea of Love Dream Wedding Fair 2011* Myanmar Movie “I miss you painfully”

6:15 pm 6. Weather Report6:20 pm 7. Kyae Pwint

Myaye YinKhone Than

6:35 pm 8. Sing a song7:00 pm 9. TV Drama

Series8:00 pm10. News11. International

News12. Weather Report13. TV play in honour

of MyanmarLibraryFoundation

14. Bakery World15. TV Drama

Series16. Metta Bhavana

by MingunSayadaw

Sr. No.

Regions/States Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 33/91 26/79 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

2 Kayah 31/88 21/70 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

3 Kayin 33/91 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers(IH) 80%

4 Chin 23/73 12/54 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

5 Upper Sagaing 34/93 25/77 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

6 Lower Sagaing 36/97 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

7 Taninthayi 31/88 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

8 Bago 31/88 23/73 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

9 Magway 35/95 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

10 Mandalay 36/97 28/82 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

11 Mon 33/91 25/77 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

12 Yangon 35/95 25/77 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

13 Rakhine 32/90 23/73 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

14 Southern Shan 28/82 20/68 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

15 Northern Shan 30/86 21/70 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

16 Eastern Shan 31/88 24/75 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

17 Ayeyawady 34/93 25/77 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 35/95 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

19 Neighbouring Yangon 35/95 25/77 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 36/97 28/82 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60%

Summary of observations at 09:30 hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, Southwest monsoon has been withdrawn from the Northern Myanmar areas. Rain or thundershowers have been widespread in Taninthayi Region, fairly widespread in Kachin and Mon States, scattered in Upper Sagaing, Bago, Yangon and Ayeyawady Regions and Rakhine and Shan States and isolated in Mandalay and Magway Regions, Kayin State and weather has been partly cloudy in the remaining Regions and States. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Cocogyun (2.60) inches, Manaung (2.01) inches, Myitkyina and Pyapon (1.92) inches each, Kawthoung and Launglon (1.77) inches each, Putao (1.57) inches, Kayan (1.46) inches and Nyaunglebin (1.42) inches.

Bay Inference Monsoon is moderate in the Andaman Sea and South Bay and weak elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Squalls with moderate to rough seas are likely at times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottma off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (35) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days

Southwest monsoon are likely withdrawal in the Central Myanmar areas.

Dinamo Zagreb’s Brazilian-born midfielderSammir, seen here in 2010, is hoping for a

better performance in the Champions Leagueagainst Lyon on Tuesday than he gave at hometo Real Madrid earlier this month.—INTERNET

Sammir wants to redeemhimself in Lyon

MADRID, 26 Sept—Dinamo Zagreb’sBrazilian-born midfielder Sammir is hopingfor a better performance in the ChampionsLeague against Lyon on Tuesday than hegave at home to Real Madrid earlier thismonth.

“I admit, it was not the real me againstReal. If I was at my usual level, maybe wewould remain undefeated. I still regret it,”said the 24-year-old of the 1-0 loss to theSpanish giants in Zagreb.

Although it was not an easy win forReal Madrid, Sammir, considered DinamoZagreb’s key player, was not at his toplevel.

“The rest of the team played very welland I’m convinced that we can repeat thatin Lyon. I believe that we can earn a point,although we are going for a victory,” hesaid.

“I believe I will redeem myself inLyon, that I will be much better. Lyon area big team, but Real’s defence is muchbetter.

“I feel much better than against Real,

I feel that I will play a good match in Lyon. Not onlyme but the whole team,” the former Brazil under-19player added.

Sammir joined Dinamo Zagreb in 2006 and aprocedure to grant him Croatian citizenship isunderway. If he gets it, Sammir will become thesecond Brazilian, after former Arsenal strikerEduardo, to play for Croatia.

With Dinamo Zagreb, has Sammir won fivenational championships and four national cups.

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NAY PYI TAW, 26 Sept—Dr. ValerySadokho, the newly-accredited Ambassadorof the Republic of Belarus to the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar presented hiscredentials to U Thein Sein, President of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar atPresident Office, here, at 11 am today.

Also present on the occasion wereUnion Minister at the President Office UThein Nyunt, Deputy Minister for ForeignAffairs U Maung Myint and Director-

President U Thein SeinPresident U Thein Seinaccepts credentials ofaccepts credentials of

Belarusian AmbassadorBelarusian AmbassadorGeneral U Kyaw Kyaw of the ProtocolDepartment under the Ministry of ForeignAffairs.

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NAY PYI TAW, 26 Sept—According to the(12.30) hr MST observation today, the waterlevel of Sittoung River at Madauk (1107) cm hasexceeded by (37) cm (about 1.2 ft) above itsdanger level. It may remain above its dangerlevel (1070) cm during the next (72) hourscommencing noon today, announced Meterologyand Hydrology Department.—MNA

Water level of Sittoung Riverin Madauk has exceeded

above its danger level

President of the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar U Thein Sein accepts

credentials of newly-accreditedAmbassador of the Republic of Belarus

to the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar Dr. Valery Sadokho.—MNA

Haase hits stride in openingBangkok tennis win

Drawcards Andy Murray and Gael Monfilsarrived in Bangkok from Europe as the

Thailand Open got under way with a victory forDutchman Robin Haase, seen here on 2 Sept,

over a plucky local wildcard.—INTERNET

BANGKOK, 26 Sept—Drawcards Andy Murrayand Gael Monfils arrived in Bangkok from Europeon Monday as the Thailand Open got under way witha victory for Dutchman Robin Haase over a pluckylocal wildcard.

Top-seed Murray and number two Monfils havefirst-round byes on the hard courts at the ImpactArena in the Thai capital.

World number four Murray, the losing finalist toRoger Federer seven years ago, will be starting littlemore than a week after leading Britain to victory in

NAY PYI TAW, 26 Sept—Oral pleadings for thefinal round over the case concerning the delimitationof the Maritime Boundary between Bangladesh andMyanmar in the Bay of Bengal is concluded on 24September 2011 before the International Tribunal forthe Law of the Sea.

Prof Alain Pellet, Sir Michael Wood, ProfMathias Forteau, Mr Daniel Muller, and Mr CoalterLathrop, legal counsels for Myanmar side had pleadedon behalf of the Republic of the Union of Myanmarin order to achieve equitable results for both States.

Dr Tun Shin, Attorney-General of the Unionand the Agent of Myanmar for the case ConcerningDelimitation of the Maritime Boundary between

Final round over case concerningdelimitation of Maritime Boundarybetween Bangladesh and Myanmar

Bangladesh and Myanmar in the Bay of Bengal madea concluding statement by expressing his gratitudetowards all those who had worked so hard over thelast few weeks on this case, the President and alldistinguished Judges of the Tribunal, the Registrarand the members of the Registry.

The Republic of the Union of Myanmar isconfident that the judgment will resolve the disputebetween Myanmar and Bangladesh in the Bay ofBengal on the basis of the modern law of maritimedelimitation, thus making an important contributionto friendly relations between the two countries.

It is learnt that the Judgement on this case willbe awarded on March 2012.—MNA

the Davis Cup. He has complained bitterly about thebusy schedule.

Monfils will test the knee injury which kept himfrom Davis Cup duties as France went down to Spainin the World Group semi-final.

Haase made a successful debut in Thailand witha 6-3, 7-6 (7-1) defeat of KittiphongWachiramanowong.

The Thai, ranked a lowly 523 in the world, hasyet to win any of his three Thailand Open appearancesbut put up a brave fight in the second set beforesuccumbing to Haase’s superior class and experience.

“When I was a break up in the second set Ithought it was looking like an easy win,” said Haase,the world-ranked 42 who won his first career title inAugust on clay in Kitzbuehel, Austria.

“I was playing better than in the first set. On thebig points and the break points especially I was doingwell. But he also played better when he was down,”he said.

“I knew I didn’t have to worry even if we got intoa tiebreaker as I have so much more experience thanhim. I think that was a big advantage for me today.”

Haase will next line up against 2010 losingfinalist Jarkko Nieminen of Finland or wildcardDominic Thiem of Austria.

Only four main draw matches were scheduledon the opening day, with Croatian fifth seed IvanDodig playing Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, ItalianFabio Fognini facing Thai Danai Udomchoke andDudi Sela of Israel taking on Colombian SantiagoGiraldo.—Internet

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Union Auditor-Generalreceives Vietnamese guests

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Forecastssignal

late-weeklaunch of

Tiangong-1

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