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2nd Waning of Kason 1369 ME Wednesday, 2 May, 2007Volume XV, Number 16

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

NAY PYI TAW, 1May—A ceremony toopen Kataik Dam built byConstruction Group-6 ofthe Irrigation Departmentunder the Ministry of Ag-riculture and Irrigation inPaung Township, ThatonDistrict, Mon State washeld at the pandal nearthe dam yesterday morn-ing.

It was attended byChairman of Mon StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-East Command

Kataik Dam in Paung Township, ThatonDistrict, Mon State commissioned into service

Kataik Dam will benefit 10,000 acres of farmlands,contribute much to regional development

The newly-opened Kataik Dam in Paung Township, Mon Sate. — MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Thet Naing Win delivers a speech at opening of Kataik Dam in Paung Township, Mon State.—A & I

Brig-Gen Thet NaingWin, Minister for Agri-culture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo, Brig-GenMyint Soe of Thaton Sta-tion, officials of the Min-istry of Agriculture andIrrigation, local authori-ties, members of UnionSolidarity and Develop-ment Association and so-cial organizations and lo-cal people.

In his address, Com-mander Brig-Gen ThetNaing Win said that theagricultural sector plays a

major role in fulfilling thefood, clothing and shelterneeds of the people andensuring strong nationaleconomy and local foodsufficiency, adding thatthe net sown acreage ofMon State is over 1.2 mil-lion.

There are altogether198 dams and reservoirsthe length and breadth ofthe nation. The newly-opened Kataik Dam is198th of its kind built inthe time of the State Peaceand Development Coun-cil, and it is also the tenth

in Mon State, he dis-closed.

He said that KataikDam will be able to sup-ply water to 10,000 acresof farmlands and contrib-ute much to regional de-velopment since local peo-ple will be able to engage

There are altogether 198dams and reservoirs the lengthand breadth of the nation. Thenewly-opened Kataik Dam is198th of its kind built in thetime of the State Peace andDevelopment Council, and itis also the tenth in Mon State

in double cropping as aresult.

In Mon State there arefive dams includingKataik Dam, five sluicegates and five river waterpumping stations.Through those facilitiesfloods and inundation canbe prevented in the rainyseason and double crop-ping can be introduced inthe summer, thereby con-tributing to the agriculturalsector of Mon State, henoted.

Through cultivationof summer paddy and dou-ble cropping the incomeof local farmers will in-crease, and regional de-velopment will surely bepossible.

The commanderstressed the need for localpeople to maintain and (See page 8)

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PERSPECTIVES* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesireWednesday, 2 May, 2007

The message Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council Senior General ThanShwe sent to mark the Workers Day (2007) said:

“Thanks to the correctness of the nationalpolicy, the harmonious efforts of the governmentand the people and the sector-wise endeavours ofworkers and farmers to increase productivity, thenation has been clearly witnessing progress that isprevailing together with peace and stability.”

As the national development is gaining mo-mentum, workers are actually enjoying the fruitsof progress which are the increasing number ofjob opportunities and the rise in the per capitaincome. In addition, they are enjoying otherbenefits which are the greater degree of rightsincluding occupational safety and a pleasantworking environment.

The government is now implementing theState’s seven-step Road Map in pursuit of thenational goal — the emergence of a peaceful,modern and developed democratic nation withflourishing discipline. The National Conventionis now in the process of being held to carry out thefirst step. and the workers have been enjoyingthe rights to participate in it as a delegate grouprepresenting the mass of workers to hold discus-sions and make decisions and suggestions.

However, saboteurs are resorting to a varietyof means to disrupt the progress of the nation andharm the national interest. To make matters worse,neo-colonialists are disguising the members ofdestructive groups under their control as workersand forming nominal organizations to interfere inthe affairs of international organizations. Moreo-ver, they are trying to drive a wedge to break upthe unity of the entire people including workersthrough slanders in accord with their scheme.

In conformity with the fine tradition of play-ing an active role in anti-imperialist movementsand independence struggles and preserving thecohesion of workers, farmers and national people,workers are to join hands firmly with nationalpeople in surmounting the neo-colonialists’ inter-ference in the internal affairs of the nation andsowing discord and hatred among the people.

Crush neo-colonialistsperpetrations to drive wedgeamong national people

* A notable local NGOWith noble aims in storeTo serve Myanmar SocietyWith focus on mother, child and family

* To help meet the Millennium DevelopmentGoalsMaternal and Child dealth set aforeTo lower the rate of morbidity and mortalityThrough Maternity Homes and services in thecommunity

* Advocacy and Awareness-raisingFor mothers’ physical and social well-beingHealth care access and enhancementWe see critical for their development

* Knowledge, skill and educationSocial gains and Empowerment foundationVocational training and micro credit schemeTo raise their quality of life by income-generat-ing theme

* Just to name a few of what we do:- ECDC and parenting education- 3 - Rs courses and reading circles- Nutrition centres and growth-monitoringprogrammes- Clean water and clean sanitation- Elderly Care and home-based care- Diagnostic Centre and PMCT- Projects like RH, ARH and 3D’sAll to raise the health status of our community

* Hand-in-hand with others, in the future andnowFor our continued services, we all vowTo play our role in the concerted effortTo build a health and developed nation in a timeso short.

Aye Phyu

YANGON, 30 April — A ceremony to bestow a flag ofvictory and cash to Mon State’s women’s soccer teamgoing to participate in the 12th Inter-State/Division Soc-cer Championship was held at Yamanya Hall of MonState Peace and Development Council Office yesterday,attended by Chairman of Mon State PDC Commander ofSouth-East Command Brig-Gen Thet Naing Win.

First, patron of Mon State Women’s Sports Commit-tee Daw Myint Myint Soe, wife of Chairman of MonState PDC Commander of South-East Command Brig-Gen Thet Naing Win, made a speech on the occasion.

Flag of victory, cash presented to Mon State’s women’s soccer teamCash donated to the soccer team was K 1.2 million in

total. Daw Myint Myint Soe accepted cash donations andpresented donors certificates of honour.

Next, Daw Myint Myint Soe presented the flag ofvictory to the team through leader Daw Mya Than. Onbehalf of the team, Daw Mya Mya Than spoke words ofthanks.

Afterwards, the commander and wife cordiallygreeted players of the team and then gave encouragementto them.

MNA

YANGON, 30 April —Central Executive Commit-tee Member of Union Soli-darity and DevelopmentAssociation Minister forLivestock and FisheriesBrig-Gen Maung MaungThein visited Phyo AyeyaFish Farm No 2 in WadawVillage in Maubin Town-ship yesterday.

On his tour, the minis-ter inspected fish ponds andcalled for maintaining them.He also discussed with offi-cials concerned fish breed-ing tasks of the farm whichis being carried out by theUSDA.

After hearing reports ofofficials concerned, theminister gave instructionsto them. — MNA

Minister inspects Phyo Ayeya Fish Farm in Maubin

Sixth respect-payingceremony held at TeacherTraining College (Kanbe),Yankin Education College

YANGON, 1 May — The sixth respect-payingceremony was held at Yangon Teacher Training College(Kanbe) and Yankin Education College this morning.

It was attended by sixty-year-old retired teach-ers who served from 1947 to 2007, guests and oldstudents and families.

The old students paid homage to the retiredteachers and donated cash and kind to them. On behalf ofthe retired teachers, principal U Tin Than (Retd), assist-ant lecturers Daw Yi Yi and U Aung Thein (Retd) gaveadvice during the ceremony.

Next, the old students donated ‘Soon’ to mem-bers of the Sangha and the congregation shared meritsgained. — MNA

All this needs to be known* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever

flattered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

On behalf of U Aung Kyaw Nyein and Daw SawSu Kyi of Washington, the United States ofAmerica, an official of Hninzigon Home For theAged donated cash to the Home recently. JointTreasurer of the Home U Maung Maung Gyi accepts K 106,000 from an official. — H

Minister Brig-GenMaung Maung Theinvisits Phyo Ayeya FishFarm No 2 in Maubin Township. — L & F

MMCWA

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Expert says global demand onenergy to rise 55% by 2030

KUWAIT CITY, 30 April—Global demand onenergy will rise by 55 percent by the end of year2030, Kuwait's officialKUNA news agencyreported Sunday citing alocal expert.

The hike in demand isattributed to the growthon gross domestic product(GDP) across the world,and the increase would

largely fall on natural gasinstead of petroleumbecause of environmentalconcerns, said KuwaitPetroleum Corporation(KPC) acting manager forplanning Nabil Burisli.

He made the predictwhile delivering speech atthe "What's After Oil?"seminar sponsored onSaturday evening byCollege of Technological

Studies of Kuwait. The Mideast and North

Africa region wouldmaintain its hegemonyover the oil market due totheir production capacityand oil reserves, he added.

In light of oil ex-cavations in Kuwait, hesaid the country's daily oilproduction would be atthree million barrels in2010, 3.5 million in 2015,and four million in 2020.

MNA/Xinhua

Indonesia calls to boost partnershipto reach internationalism

Macao’s population seesnew high in 2006

MACAO, 30 April—The resident population ofMacao totalled a record 502,113 at the end of August2006, according to official statistics issued Friday.

The figures from the government-run Statistics andCensus Service (SCS) showed that the annual rate ofpopulation growth in the past five years averaged 2.9per cent. The proportion of the elderly population(aged 65 and above) dropped slightly from 7.3 per centin 2001 to 7.0 per cent in 2006, the figures showed.

The SCS dues the shrinking of aged group mainlyto the influx of immigrants and expatriates.

MNA/Xinhua

JAKARTA, 30 April —Indonesian PresidentSusilo Bambang Yud-hoyono Sunday called ondeveloped and developingcountries to boost partner-ships to push forward theinternationalism in the21st Century.

Yudhoyono made thecall when opening the

116th Inter-ParliamentaryAssembly on Sundayevening in Indonesia’sresort island of Bali.

He recalled the longhistory of the Inter-Parliamentary Union(IPU), saying that in the21st Century, a quantumleap can be made into anera of internationalism in

which all nations are muchmore strongly connectedwith one another.

“However, the inter-nationalism can only workif it is supported by a com-prehensive network ofpartnerships,” he added.

He said the countriesof the developed world cando more to open up their

markets to the products ofthe developing world,especially agriculturalproducts.

The developed worldcan help developingcountries that are strangledby chronic debt throughinnovative debt reliefprogrammes and deve-loped countries canincrease financial flows,especially foreign directinvestments, to thedeveloping world, hestressed.—MNA/Xinhua

Newly crowned MissPhilippines Earth

Jeanne Harn waves tothe crowd during MissEarth 2007 pageant at

a theatre in QuezonCity, central Manila on

29 April, 2007.XINHUA

An injured man is carried away following an explosion in a crowdedcommercial area near the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, some 100 km

south of Baghdad, on 28 April, 2007.—XINHUA

British soldier killed in southern Iraq BAGHDAD, 30 April—

A British soldier was shotdead while on patrol in thesouthern Iraqi city of Basraon Sunday, in what hasbeen the bloodiest monthfor British forces in Iraqsince the US-led invasionin 2003.

Twelve have beenkilled in April, the highestnumber of casualties in asingle month since March2003, when 27 were killedin the opening days of thewar. A British militaryspokesman in Basra,Major David Gell, said the

soldier was shot after hehad dismounted from hisvehicle during a routinepatrol in the Al-AsharDistrict of Basra.

“This has been aparticularly hard monthfor us,” he said. In London,the Defence Ministry saidthe soldier was from the2nd Battalion The Rifles,but did not name him.

Analysts say that withBritish troops poised tobegin reducing their7,000-strong force inBasra to about 5,500 bythe beginning of June,

Shiite militias are in-creasing their attacks sothat they can claim victorywhen they eventually pullout. British bases havebeen struck almost dailyby mortar fire and patrolshit by roadside bombs andmachine gun fire.

In the worst singleattack this month, foursoldiers were killed whentheir Warrior armouredvehicle was blown up.

A total of 146 Britishtroops have died in the Iraqcampaign since the 2003invasion. —MNA/Reuters

US forces detain 72 suspectedguerillas in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 30 April—US troops arrested 72 suspectedguerillas and seized nitric acid along with other bomb-making materials in overnight raids on al-Qaeda in thenorth and west of Baghdad, the US military said onSunday. The raids in Samarra, some 120 kilometresnorth of Baghdad, led to capture of 36 guerillas allegedlywith ties to al-Qaeda network, the military said in astatement.

Following intelligence reports, the US troops alsoseized 20 five-gallon drums of nitric acid and otherbomb-making materials near Karma, a town close torestive city of Falluajah, some 50 kilometres west ofBaghdad, the statement added.—MNA/Xinhua

Lead singer Win Butler performs with the Arcade Fire at the Coachella MusicFestival in Indio, California, on 28 April, 2007. —XINHUA

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BAGHDAD, 30 April —Gunmen shot dead threeIraqi civilians in a northernBaghdad district andwounded a veteran femalepresenter who works foran Iraqi official radio onSunday, an InteriorMinistry source said.

“Gunmen in a vehicleopened fire on threecivilians, killing all ofthem in the Sunnineighbourhood of Adha-miyah,” the source toldXinhua on condition ofanonymity.

In a separate incident,Amal al-Mudaris, aveteran female presenterwho works in a state-runradio, was criticallywounded when gunmenshowered her with bulletswhile she was leaving herhouse in Khadraa Districtin western Baghdad, thesource said.

Mudaris, in her 60s, isa well-known Iraqi mediaworker who worked forthe Iraqi radio andtelevision since 1960s and

ZHENGZHOU, 30 April— Six new airports willbe built in central Chinabefore the end of thedecade, said a seniorofficial with the GeneralAdministration of CivilAviation of China(CAAC).

The six small airportswill be built in Bengbu

BANGKOK, 30 April —After two gloomy UNreports on global warm-ing, scientists and gov-ernments on Monday beginlooking at how to fightclimate change, with greengroups saying the worldhas the means to cutemissions at little cost.

As experts meet inBangkok to review the

PESHAWAR (Pakistan),30 April — The death tollfrom a suicide bombing in Pakistan rose to 28 onSunday as investigators attempted to identify thebomber who tried to kill the Interior Minister.

The lone suicide bomber blew himself up onSaturday just three metres (10 feet) from InteriorMinister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao at the end of apublic gathering in Charsadda, in North West of FrontierProvince (NWFP).

Sherpao sustained minor injuries on his both legsfrom shrapnel and pellets in the attack. One of his aidesand several of his security detail were killed.

Investigators found the severed head and torso ofthe grey-bearded suspect and were trying to establishhis identity. Officials say the attack may have beenplotted by Islamist militants. “It is a continuation ofwhat is going on in our tribal areas and across theborder in Afghanistan,” Asif Iqbal Daudzai, NWFPInformation Minister told Reuters.— MNA/Reuters

China to construct moreairports in central regions

City in east China’s AnhuiProvince, Yichun inJiangxi Province, Zhu-madian in HenanProvince, Yueyang andHengyang in HunanProvince. The sixth willbe located near MountJiuhua, a well-knownBuddhist holy mountainin Anhui. Airports at sixprovincial capitals,namely, Zhengzhou,Wuhan, Taiyuan, Chang-sha, Nanchang and Hefeiwill also be upgraded, saidLi Yongqi, from theCAAC’s planning sec-tion, at a seminar held in

this capital of centralChina’s Henan Province.

Central regions includeAnhui, Henan, Hubei,Hunan, Jiangxi andShanxi. They have acombined population of361 million. The centralregions are economicallyless developed as thecountry’s eastern region.

The Chinese Govern-ment introduced a newstrategy in early 2004known as “the rise ofcentral regions” to im-prove the economies of thesix provinces.

MNA/Xinhua

Death toll rises in Pakistansuicide bombing

Three moderate quakes hitIndonesia

JAKARTA, 30 April— Three moderate quakes jolteddifferent parts of Indonesia early on Sunday but causedno damage or casualties, a meteorological agencyofficial said.

“The quakes do not have the potential to generatea tsunami,” Suharjono, head of the IndonesianMeteorology and Geophysics agency, told Reuters.

A 5.1 magnitude undersea quake first struck thenorthern part of Sumatra Island at a depth of 33kilometres. Two further quakes measuring 4.3 and 4.7later hit near Padang in western Sumatra and Kupangon Timor island.

MNA/Reuters

Experts meet on global warming but timerunning out

latest UN report, a draft ofsolutions to be issued onFriday after review by morethan 100 nations warns thattime for inexpensive fixesis running out because of asurge in greenhouse gasemissions.

The survey is the thirdthis year by the Inter-governmental Panel onClimate Change (IPCC).

The UN climate panelissued its first report inFebruary saying it was atleast 90 per cent certainthat mankind was to blamefor warming.

The second report on 6April warned of morehunger, droughts, heat-waves and rising seas.

Green groups say thetime for bickering by

governments is over. “It is crystal clear that

we can cut emissions towell below today’s levelsby shifting from carbon-heavy fuels like coal toclean and efficientenergy,” said HansVerolme, director of theWWF’s Global ClimateChange Programme.

MNA/Reuters

Three Iraqi civilians killedby gunmen

continued her work for theIraqi media network afterthe collapse of Saddamregime in 2003.

Meanwhile, the USmilitary said that 18rounds of artillery werefired from a US base insoutheastern Baghdadearlier in the day withoutidentifying the targets ofthe barrage.

MNA/Xinhua

Pink was named the Best Female Artist and Download of the Year at the MTVAustralia Video Music Awards in Sydney on 29 April, 2007. — INTERNET

A giant tortoise is seen on the Galapagos islands on 29 April, 2007, whereBritish naturalist Charles Darwin conceived his theory of evolution.

Conservationists worried over the damage by the growing tourism to thevolcanic islands’ unique ecosystem. —XINHUA

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Cargo ships wait to pass a ship lock during trial navigation at the ThreeGorges Dam in central China’s Hubei Province on 30 April, 2007. The dual-track ship lock of the Three Gorges Dam will fully reopen to traffic on 1 Mayafter more than seven months’ construction and trial operations. —XINHUA

UAE’s ADNOC, Japan’s JBIC agree onpartnership in oil-gas sector

ABU DHABI, 30 April—Abu Dhabi National OilCompany (ADNOC), theenergy giant of the UnitedArab Emirates (UAE),signed on Sunday amemorandum of under-standing (MoU) with aJapanese bank to set up acomprehensive partner-ship in the oil and gassector.

The documentbetween ADNOC and theJapan Bank for Inter-national Cooperation(JBIC) was signed in thepresence of JapanesePrime Minister ShinzoAbe who is on an officialvisit to the oil-rich Mideastcountry, local Emirates

News Agency reportedhere.

According to the report,the MoU seeks to establisha comprehensive andstrategic partnership bysetting out consultationsand information sharing.

It will increaseopportunities of mutualbusiness development forJapanese companies andADNOC in the oil and gassector and realize the long-term crude oil transactionbetween ADNOC andJapanese oil companies,thereby contributing to thesecuring of stable energysupply to Japan, said thereport.

Japan has steadily

imported huge amounts ofcrude oil from ADNOCfor more than 30 years asthe UAE is currently thesecond largest source ofcrude oil supply to Japan,accounting for about 25per cent of its total crudeoil imports.

ADNOC owns most ofthe oil and gas reservesand production facilitiesin the UAE.

MNA/Xinhua

Expert says China to become world’s2nd largest trader

Singer Paulina Rubio of Mexico and Nicolas Vallejo-Nagera of Spain pose after getting married in XcaretPark in Playa del Carmen on 30 April, 2007. –INTERNET

GUANGZHOU, 30 April—China will this yearreplace Germany as theworld’s second largesttrader with 2.1 trillion USdollars in foreign trade andmay overtake the world’slargest trader, the UnitedStates, by the end of thedecade, says a seniorChinese researcher.

“China maintained agrowth rate of more than

20 per cent in foreign tradein the first quarter and islikely to maintain themomentum throughout theyear,” said Li Yushi, vice-president of the ResearchInstitute of InternationalTrade and EconomicCooperation under theMinistry of Commerce.

Despite a growth ratethat declined to 6.9 percent in March, foreign

trade in the first threemonths totalled 457.7billion US dollars, up 23.3per cent year-on-year.

Exports reached 252.1billion US dollars, up 27.8per cent, while importswere valued at 205.7billion US dollars, up 18.2per cent, according tofigures released by theChinese Customs.

While the Ministry of

Commerce projectedforeign trade to grow byabout 10 per cent a yearbetween 2006 and 2010,Li’s institute predicts thegrowth rate will be between12 and 15 per cent. “Basedon these predictions, we cantell that China will overtakethe United States to be theworld’s largest trader in2010,” Li told a seminar onChina’s foreign tradeprospects in Guangzhou.

MNA/XinhuaLhasa overpass opens on eve of tourist boom

Two killed in Angolan AirForce plane crash

LUANDA, April 30 — A Zlin-142 training planeof the Angolan Air Force (FAN) crashed Thursdayin Catumbela Region in the country's centralprovince of Benguela, killing two people on board,Angola Press agency ANGOP reported Saturday.

ANGOP quoted on Saturday a communiquefrom FAN Staff as saying that the airplane pertainingto the Lobito Military Aeronautic Training School,with the plate number I-130, that was on a trainingflight, piloted by instructor Major Bento JoseHenriques Coelho, with trainee Marlene Luis.

According to the document, a FAN team ofexperts is already in the Catumbela Region to findout the causes of the accident. — MNA/Xinhua

Ethiopian rebelsfree Chinese oil

workers ADDIS ABABA, 30 April

— Ethiopian rebels havereleased seven Chineseworkers seized in a deadlyraid on an oilfield, theguerillas and a spokesmanfor the InternationalCommittee of the Red Cross(ICRC) said on Sunday.

Gunmen killed 65Ethiopians and nine otherChinese in Tuesday’s pre-dawn assault on the oilexploration field inEthiopia's barren easternOgaden region — one ofthe worst attacks to date onBeijing’s growing interestsin Africa. “We handedthem over to the ICRC,”Adurahmin MohammedMahdi, a London-basedspokesman for the OgadenNational Liberation Front(ONLF) rebels told Reutersby telephone. “They areall very healthy. They areuninjured and veryhappy.”— MNA/Reuters

A model walks down what was promoted as the world’s longest straightcatwalk at around 200 metres, during a show at Australian Fashion Week in

Sydney on 30 April, 2007. A total of 76 designers from the Asia-Pacificregion will showcase their designsduring the fashion week. —XINHUA

LHASA, 30 April— Amajor bridge, more than akilometre-and-half long,opened to traffic here onMonday, just in time forMay Day holiday weekwhen Lhasa expects aninflux of tourists.

With an investment of450 million yuan (about58 million US dollars), the

urban overpass is com-prised of a northern andsouthern bridge.

The Liuwu Bridge is1,660 metres long and 29metres wide. It spans theLhasa River and links thisplateau city with the Lhasarailway station, terminusof the Qinghai-TibetRailway.

The opening of thebridge has cut travel timefrom downtown Lhasa toits railway station fromhalf-an-hour to 10minutes.

Tourism officials saythey are expecting200,000 visitors during theMay Day Golden Week.

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Afghans drive their vehicles under the arch of double-rainbow in Kabul,capital of Afghanistan, on 29 April, 2007. Afghans went out from their home

to watch the double-rainbow on 29 April in Kabul. —XINHUA

A model wearing a design by Australian design label Bowie walks down thecatwalk during a show at Australian Fashion Week in Sydney on 1 May,

2007. —INTERNET

Technicians examine the St. Stephans cathedral’sbell “Pummerin” to assess possible damage inVienna recently. Europe’s second largest bell,

nicknamed “Pummerin”, is one of many famousbells across the continent.— INTERNET

Major Chinese steel firmsquadruple profits in Q1

B EIJING, 30 April — Ninety-nine large and medium-sized steel plants inChina reported a year-on-year 282 percent rise in net profits in the firstquarter of this year, according to the China Iron and Steel Association.

UAE President, Japanese PMdiscuss ways of boosting ties

ABU DHABI, 30 April — Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President ofthe United Arab Emirates (UAE), held talks with visiting Japanese PrimeMinister Shinzo Abe on Sunday discussing ways of boosting bilateral relations,Emirates News Agency reported.

During the meeting,Sheikh Khalifa expressedhis country’s desire tostrengthen trade, economicand investment relationswith Japan.

Sheikh Khalifa expressedthe hope that Abe’s visit tothe UAE would open up newavenues for enhancing bi-lateral relations and greaterhorizons in all fields so as tomake a qualitative leap in

the two countries’ economicpartnership.

Abe said that it is thosecommon factors Japan andthe UAE share in the trade,economic and investmentpolicies that give theJapanese Government andcompanies strong incentivesto invest in the UAE.

Abe added that hisregional tour constitutes adeparture on the path to

concluding a free tradeagreement with the GulfCooperation Council (GCC),which groups Bahrain,Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, SaudiArabia and the UAE.

Abe arrived Sunday inthe oil-rich UAE, the secondleg of his regional tourwhich has taken him toSaudi Arabia and will alsotake him to Egypt, Kuwaitand Qatar. — MNA/Xinhua

Luo Bingsheng, deputychief of the association, saidcombined profits of thesesteel plants jumped to 34.5billion yuan (4.5 billion USdollars) in the first threemonths, boosted by the steelprice increases.

The composite priceindex of steel products stoodat 109.8 by end-March, 4.42percent higher than thebeginning of this year, hesaid.

The 99 steel enterprises

posted an industrial outputvalue of 390.8 billion yuan,up 37.99 percent, and theirsales shot up 39.34 percentto 431.6 billion yuan.

Net income of thenation’s major steel plantAngang Steel Co, rose111.7 percent to 2.39billion yuan in the firstquarter, the company saidon Sunday. Meanwhile, theBaoshan Iron and Steel CoLtd, China’s biggest steelproducer, said last week its

first quarter net incomejumped 156.38 percent to3.68 billion yuan.

China produced 114.7million tons of crude steelin January-March period,up 22.34 percent year onyear, according to Luo.

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Mainland announces new policies topromote cross-Strait ties

BEIJING, 30 April — The Chinese Mainland has announced a package of newpolicies to promote economic, trade and cultural relations across the Taiwan Straits.

A total of 13 newpolicies were announcedat Saturday’s closingcere-mony of a two-daycross-Strait forum, co-sponsored by theCommunist Party ofChina and the Chinese

Kuomintang Party, Tai-wan’s major oppositionparty.

Jia Qinglin, chairmanof the National Com-mittee of the ChinesePeople’s Political Con-sultative Conference, and

KMT HonoraryChairman Lien Chanwere present at the closingceremony.

Under the newpolicies, Taiwan shippingand road transportcompanies are allowed toset up wholly-ownedcompanies or jointventures on the Mainland.

Taiwan enterprises arealso encouraged todirectly invest in theconstruction and opera-tion of ports and highwayson the Mainland.

Taiwan shipping com-panies engaged in directpassenger transportbetween coastal cities inFujian and Jinmen, Mazuand Penghu in Taiwanhave been authorized toset up ticket agencies inFujian.

MNA/Xinhua

Fiery crash melts vitalSan Francisco highway

BAGHDAD, 30 April— About two dozen loudexplosions shook southern Baghdad on Sunday, Reutersreporters heard. The blasts, several seconds apart,sounded like artillery.The US military could notimmediately confirm the cause of the blasts. US militaryspokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Garver saidthe military sometimes fired artillery in support ofoperations.

Tens of thousands of US and Iraqi troops have beendeployed in Baghdad as part of a 10-week-old securitycrackdown to combat sectarian militias and guerillas.While the plan has reduced the number of sectarian killings,car bombs in the capital and across Iraq remain a securityconcern for military commanders. — MNA/Reuters

EMERYVILLE (Califor-nia), 30 April—A stretchof vital highway for SanFrancisco Bay areacommuters collapsed onSunday after a gas tankertruck crashed and ignitedflames that shot more than200 feet (60 metres) high,officials said.

San Francisco MayorGavin Newsom quicklyruled out sabotage orterrorism, but said the

accident showed theregion’s infrastructureremains dangerouslyvulnerable.

Flames on a lowerramp melted the upperdeck of a highway on theOakland/Emeryville sideleading to the double-decker Bay Bridge thatconnects the heavilypopulated East Bay to SanFrancisco.

MNA/Reuters

Loud explosions rocksouthern Baghdad

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New leaves of big and small trees seemed to be

bearing the brunt of the intense heat of the month of

Tabaung. Post-graduate diploma students made field

trips to Bagan-NyaungU in NyaungU District like an

excursion of high school students. Post-graduate students

were of different ages and different careers and they

included those who were not employed yet, those who

were engaged in own business and company and

departmental staff. Htanaung (Acacia Leucophloea)

and neem trees, tamarind trees, toddy palms, cacrus

trees and thorny trees revealed the nature of Upper

Myanmar. The shadow of Htanaung was cool in the

midday of high temperature. Drinking plain tea and

having jaggery under the tree made us refresh. We learnt

much about the region because of hospitality of the

villagers answering all our questions.

We thought that there was scarcity of water in the

dry area. Local people told us that there was much clean

water as the Development Affairs Department

implemented tube-well sinking project. We visited the

tube-wells and found that the donors’ names and other

facts about the well were written on the plaque. We

thanked the donors and those who solved the problem of

scarcity of water. We unanimously made a decision

without consulting among us. It was the decision to

donate a tube-well in a village where clean and drinking

water was not available.

We collected cash before the end of our trip and

donated it to the Development Affairs Department. The

copies of the receipt were distributed to the fellow

trainees. The department informed us to attend the 13th

cash donation ceremony for water supply.

The ceremony was held at the meeting hall of DAD

of the Ministry for Progress of Border Areas and National

Races and Development Affairs on Thanlyetsoon Street

in Botahtaung Township on 19-3-2007. Secretary-1 of

Ardent desire and generosityZeya Myo Htet

the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thein

Sein attended the ceremony and accepted the donations.

Also present were Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry

of Defence, Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen

Hla Htay Win, the ministers, the deputy ministers,

departmental officials and wellwishers.

Minister for Progress of Border Areas and National

Races and Development Affairs Col Thein Nyunt

explained the measures for the supply of clean water in

rural areas. He said the government is implementing the

border area development project, the 24 special region

development plan and five rural development tasks for

development of the nation. The Head of State had given

guidance to lay down a 10-year plan to supply clean water

to all villages in three divisions of the arid region.

According to the survey, there were 23,225 villages that

needed clean water in the entire nation —8,042 in

Sagaing, Magway and Mandalay divisions and 15,183

villages in the remaining States and Divisions.

Tasks have been carried out to supply clean water to

7,891 villages among 8,042 in three arid divisions or 98

per cent up to the end of February 2007 in the 2006-07

financial year. Likewise, 9,206 villages out of 15,183

villages in other remaining states and divisions or 61 per

cent have been facilitated with supply of clean water up

to the end of February in 2006-07 financial year. A total

of 17,097 villages out of 23,225 in all States and Divisions

have been supplied with clean water.

A total of 1753 wellwishers have donated over K

1,402.8 million, US $ 76,752, euro 770 and 10,012 FECs

for the water supply task from the first to the 12th cash

donation ceremonies. The people of 34 townships — 10

in Sagaing Division, 12 in Magway Division and 12 in

Mandalay Division — can enjoy fruits of water supply

tasks. Clean water supply tasks were also undertaken in

Sagaing and Tamu Districts in Sagaing Division, Pakokku

District in Magway Division and Mandalay and Kyaukse

Districts in Mandalay Division.

The Secretary-1, Lt-Gen Myint Swe, the

commander, the ministers and the deputy ministers

accepted the cash donations and presented certificates

of honour to the wellwishers.

One of the wellwishers expressed his pleasure of

donating cash for the water supply.

In his speech, the Secretary-1 said Our Three Main

National Causes and objectives laid down by the Head

of State for transition to a peaceful, modern and developed

discipline-flourishing nation, the border areas and

national races development project, the 24 special regions

development project and five rural development tasks

are now being implemented harmoniously for ensuring

equitable development of all parts of the Union.

The development affairs committees have been

assigned major duties for smooth transportation and

supply of water for rural areas where about 70 per cent

of the population live in the drive for rural development.

Beginning 2000-2001 financial year, the department

launched the 10-year clean water supply project for

rural areas with the funds of the government and the

Development Affairs Committees, cash donations of

wellwishers, and contributions by the Union Solidarity

and Development Association, social organizations

and international NGOs. Thanks to the cooperation,

between 2000-2001 and February in 2007, the project

had benefited 7,891 of 8,042 villages in three arid

zones—Sagaing, Magway and Mandalay divisions.

About eight million local people have had access to

clean water.

In accordance with the directives of the ministry

and the department, responsible officials are to make

increased efforts in sinking tube-wells and digging

lakes and give educative talks to local people for ensuring

durability of the facilities. He believed that the amount

of cash donated by the wellwishers can be stated in

figures but their goodwill and generosity were beyond

words.

We witnessed that the heat of the arid zone

disappeared under the pleasure and smile of the villagers

who enjoyed benefits of the water supply project. Such

smiles on their faces can often be seen in the areas.

After the ceremony, I conveyed the message of

pleasure to my friends. During our field trip, we made

a decision to donate cash to water supply project.

Although cash donations of the post-graduate students

can be counted, ardent desire and generosity to sink a

tube- well for clean water in a village where there is

scarcity of water cannot be fathomed.

Translation: NY

Myanma Alin: 27-4-2007

The development affairs committees have been assigned majorduties for smooth transportation and supply of water for rural areaswhere about 70 per cent of the population live in the drive for ruraldevelopment. Beginning 2000-2001 financial year, the departmentlaunched the 10-year clean water supply project for rural areas with thefunds of the government and the Development Affairs Committees, cashdonations of wellwishers, and contributions by the Union Solidarity andDevelopment Association, social organizations and international NGOs.Thanks to the cooperation, between 2000-2001 and February in 2007, theproject had benefited 7,891 of 8,042 villages in three arid zones—Sagaing, Magway and Mandalay divisions. About eight million localpeople have had access to clean water.

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(from page 1)safeguard the dam for its durability for posterity as itwas built with a large amount of the State funds.

The Head of State has frequently given guidanceon implementing projects for dams, sluice gates andriver water pumping stations for boosting the agricul-ture production.

Mon State cultivated 100,000 acres of physicnut plants in 2006-2007. Work is under way to culti-vate 200,000 acres of physic nut plants in 2007-2008and 200,000 acres in 2008-2009 in Mon State totaling500,000 acres. At the same time, extended cultivationof pepper is being carried out to turn Mon State into apepper state.

He urged the entire people including local farm-ers to strive for the development of economic andsocial sectors of the region making better use of thealready-built infrastructures including the newly-opened Kataik Dam and put in the fore Our Three MainNational Causes, a prerequisite for building a peaceful,modern and developed nation.

Next, Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo said that helike local people is pleased at the opening of KataikDam as it will be able to contribute to boosting theagricultural production of the region.

YANGON, 1 May —Minister for ConstructionMaj-Gen Saw Tun, accompanied by officials of PublicWorks, arrived at Dagon Bridge construction site inDagon Myothit (Seikkan) Township here by car thisafternoon.

At the project briefing hall, bridge construc-tion incharge senior engineer U Tint Lwin reported onprogress in construction tasks and future tasks. Theminister gave instructions on making efforts for earliercompletion of the project and simultaneous implemen-tation of work for construction of approach roads,laying of gravel and tarring of road and fulfilled theneeds.

Next, the minister and party inspected thepillar (p-11). Senior engineer U Tint Lwin conductedthem round the construction site.

Dagon Bridge is of RCD reinforced concretetype. It is 4,540 feet long and 72 feet wide and has 6-foot pedestrian lane on each side. It can withstand 75tons of loads.

Minister inspects Dagon Bridge construction workThe approach roads to Yangon bank and

Thanlyin bank have been completed and the bridgewill be opened soon. — MNA

Minister

Maj-Gen

Htay Oo

delivers an

address.

A & R

Minister Maj-Gen Saw Tun inspects construction of Dagon Bridge in Dagon Myothit SeikkanTownship. — CONSTRUCTION

Kataik Dam inPaung Township,Thaton District,…

Commander Brig-Gen Thet Naing Win unveils the stone plaque of Kataik Dam. — A & I

He said that boosting the agricultural produc-tion is a driving factor for strong economy of the State,adding that the government is giving priority to boost-ing the agricultural production in order to ensure thedevelopment of economy of local people. In the proc-ess, the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation is mak-ing all-out efforts for boosting the per acre yield andfor extended cultivation of crops.

There were 138 dams and reservoirs in 1988across the nation along with 1.34 million acres offarmlands, and there are now 198 additional dams andreservoirs along with 2.6 million acres of farmlands.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation is trying itsutmost for boosting the per acre yield of ten majorcrops. As rubber grows well in Mon State extendedgrowing of rubber is being launched while priority isbeing given to growing of physic nut plants in theregion.

The government spent over K 7,012 million onconstruction of the dam. The dam is 5,200 feet longand 234 feet high and can store over 56,000 acre feetof water, he said. The dam will be able to prevent10,000 acres of farmlands from being flooded andbenefit double cropping, he said.

Unlike in the past, local farmers now have anopportunity to boost agricultural production, he said,calling for durability of the irrigation facility andconservation of watershed areas.The commander unveiled the stone plaque of the dam.

The commander and the minister formallyopened the dam and inspected the main embankment,spillway, control tower, storage of water, rubber andcashew plantations in the watershed areas.

Director U Hla Baw of Construction (6) of theIrrigation Department reported on steps taken to con-struct the dam and irrigation system. Irrigation Depart-ment Acting Director-General U Khin Zaw gave asupplementary report.

The minister gave instructions on supply ofirrigation water for boosting agricultural production.

With a catchment area of eight square miles,Kataik Dam was built on the Kataik Creek, whoseannaul flow of water is about 59,000 acre feet, nearKataik Village in Paung Township. It has a 134 feethigh and 5200 feet long embankment and its maximumwater storage capacity is 56,000 acre feet.

It has a 650 feet conduit. It will be able to benefit10,000 acres and protect the paddy fields downstreamof the Yinnyein Creek from being inundated.—MNA

Mon State cultivated

100,000 acres of physic nut plants

in 2006-2007. Work is under way

to cultivate 200,000 acres of physic

nut plants in 2007-2008 and

200,000 acres in 2008-2009 in Mon

State totaling 500,000 acres. At

the same time, extended cultiva-

tion of pepper is being carried out

to turn Mon State into a pepper

state.

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YANGON, 1 May — Minister for Immigrationand Population Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe togetherwith Director-General of Immigration and NationalRegistration Department U Maung Maung Than ar-rived at Bago Division Union Solidarity and Develop-ment Association Office on an inspection tour on 29April.

The minister and party inspected issuing ofCSCs to town dwellers and gave necessary instruc-tions. Next, the Director-General dealt with manage-ment to be made for issuing CSCs as quickly aspossible.

Upon arrival at Waw Township, the ministerlooked into progress in issuing CSCs to the towndwellers. Next, the minister met with local authoritiesand members of social organizations, and gave in-structions on issuing of CSCs to the town dwellers assoon as possible.

Afterwards, the minister oversaw related docu-ments on issuing CSCs in Waw Township INRD. Atotal of 395 CSCs were issued to the town dwellers inBago District, Bago Division (East).

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30 April — CEC member of theUnion Solidarity and Development Association Min-ister for Rail Transportation Maj-Gen Aung Minwatched the final match of inter-ward and villagefootball tournament organized by Bago Division USDA

YANGON, 1 May — A new building of MyanmaEconomic Bank (Branch) was opened in Bilin Town-ship on 29 April.

Chairman of Mon State Peace and Develop-ment Council Commander of South-East CommandBrig-Gen Thet Naing Win unveiled the signboard.

Chairman of Thaton District Peace and Devel-opment Council U Tin Aung and Managing Director ofMyanma Economic Bank U Myat Maw cut the ribbonto officially open the new building. Minister for Fi-nance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun sprinkled scentedwater on the signboard.

After the opening, the commander, the minis-ter and guests viewed around the building.

In the afternoon, the minister inspectedMyanma Economic Bank in Hpa-an Township, KayinState. The managing director of the Myanma Eco-nomic Bank reported to the minister on the bankingservices. On his inspection tour, the minister alsoinspected the office of State’s Pension Department inMawlamyine Township in Mon State today. At theoffice, the officials briefed the minister on the tasks oftheir respective departments.

Afterwards, the minister visited Nos 1 and 2of Myanma Economic Bank (Branch) and MyanmaSmall Loans Department in Mawlamyine.— MNA

YANGON, 30 April — Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Yangon Command Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win in-spected condition of rail roads and stations here yester-day.

After hearing reports on extension of railroadsaround Yangon, the commander fulfilled the require-ments.

Commander inspects circular railroad, stations

After his tour of inspection, Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win met with officials of stations on thecircular railroad at Yangon Railway Station. At themeeting, he presented awards to officials who kept thestations and their environs clean and pleasant. He alsoawarded the townselders who contributed to the clean-liness of the stations.

MNA

Bilin Township MEB(Branch) gets new building

Citizenship Scrutiny Cardsissued in Bago District

Executive Management Courses (Multiplier) and BasicSolidarity Courses opened in three townships

at the sports ground in Thanatpin yesterday.Yaykyaw Makyetsu team beat Yaykyaw team (A)

3-1. CEC Member Maj-Gen Aung Min and officialspresented prizes to the winners.

CEC Member Minister Maj-Gen Aung Minattended the opening ceremony of ExecutiveManagement Course (Multiplier) No 11/2007 andBasic Solidarity Course No 1/2007 in KyauktagaTownship.

The minister also attended similar ceremonies inKyaukkyi and Pyu Townships.

Pyu Township Peace and Development Counciland Township Development Committee presented K50,000 each to Township USDA.

MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win inspects circular railroad in Yangon. — MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun delivers an address at the opening of Myanma Economic Bank(Branch) in Bilin. — F & R

Minister Maj-Gen Aung Min delivers anaddress at opening of Management Course

(Multiplier) No 4 for executives of KyaukkyiTownship USDA. — MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 30 April — The insurgents arecommitting destructive acts through various wayswith the intention of disrupting the stability of theState, community peace and tranquillity andprevalence of law and order and killing the peopleand making them panic.

Seventeen-year-old Min Thu Tun, son of UKyaw Soe Naing at Aung Thukha Ward, Kyaukkyi,Bago Division, made his way to pick up vegetableson 26 April and stepped on a mine planted byinsurgents and it went off. His right foot was blownoff and right eyebrow wounded.

Similarly, twenty-year-old Ye Aung, son ofU Tin Aye in MyaungU village, went into the forestand stepped on a mine planted by insurgents on thesame day. His left foot was cut off and right thighwounded.

Injured Min Thu Tun was sent to KyaukkyiTownship People’s Hospital and Ye Aung to MoneStation Hospital. Medical treatment and necessaryassistance were provided to the victims. Theauthorities and the local people are makingarrangements to expose the insurgents. — MNA

YANGON, 30 April — Yangon Division Smoothand Secure Transport Supervisory Committee held awork coordination meeting at the meeting hall ofYangon Command on 27 April, with an address byChairman of Yangon Division SSTSC Chairman ofYangon Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win.

First, the commander called on officials con-cerned to carry out roads repair including No 2 and No3 Highways without delay and take cooperative meas-ures between bus lines and Division Transport Coordi-nation Committee to ensure that 8 to 12 CNG cylindersare installed at buses that are plying on highways.

Next, officials concerned briefed the ministeron management work for ensuring smooth and securetransport.

After hearing the reports, the ministerfulfilled the requirements and made concludingremarks.

MNA

Yangon DivisionSmooth and Secure

Transport SupervisoryCommittee meets

Two wounded interrorist-planted

mines blasts

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan poses for a photo together with literary award winners. — MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presents

literary award for Applied Science to

Dr Myint Myint Khin. — MNA

YANGON, 1 May — The second Thutaswezonliterary award presentation and a ceremony to markthe 25th Anniversary of Thutaswezon publishinghouse were held at Traders Hotel this afternoon, withan address by Minister for Information Brig-GenKyaw Hsan. Also present were heads of enterprises anddepartments under the Ministry of Information,Chairman of Myanmar Writers and JournalistsAssociation U Hla Myaing (Ko Hsaung), CECmembers, literati, members of Thutaswezon literaryaward selection committee, award winners and guests. In his address, Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan saidhe was glad to see literati. Every nation is makingefforts to serve their national interest and bring aboutdevelopment. In doing so, emphasis is being placedon development of human resources that contributestowards the national development rather than progressof exhaustible natural resources.

Second Thutaswezon literaryaward presentation held

He said in the country priority is given to thedevelopment of technology and human resourcesamong the youth. He said literati play an important role in humanresource development. He spoke of the need to makeefforts for keeping reading habit. He said 30 millionbooks of different kinds were published in 2006. He pointed out that attempts to harm culturalheritage and morale of the people are made throughthe media. Material development has been made insome nations but affluent society cannot be built dueto the self and lack of social interest. Cultural heritageand national character are to be preserved in accordwith the social objectives. He urged the literati to serve the national interest. The minister presented Thutaswezon life timeachievement award to U Hla Kyaing (Paragu) and healso presented to other winners of science and appliedscience category. Chairman of MWJA U Hla Myaing (Ko Hsaung)presented awards winners of arts, translation andreference literature categories. Dr Tin Tun Oo and wife Dr Daw Khin Moe Moepresented K 300,000 for literati to U Hla Myaing. Dr Tin Tun Oo presented gifts for members ofliterary award selection committee to U Thaw Kaung. U Hla Kyaing (Paragu) and Dr Thet Lwin spokewords of thanks. Next, the minister had documentary photos takenwith the literary award winners.

MNA

SHANGHAI, 1 May — Shanghai will buy three helicopters to form its first-ever helicopter police team,which will serve the security of the World Expo in 2010.

Shanghai to form helicopter police

The municipal public security bureau signed acontract with the Eurocopter for the purchase onSaturday, including two light-duty EC135s and onemedium-sized EC155.

These helicopters are expected to be put into usein 2008. They will also be used in hunting criminalsuspects, anti-terrorist operations, directing groundtraffic, disaster-relief operations and dealing withother emergencies, said Wu Zhiming, head of the

public security bureau. Founded in 1992, Eurocopter, a 100-per-cent

subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence andSpace Company, is world’s largest helicopter producer,accounting for more than 40 per cent of the turbinehelicopter fleet in service in Asia.

According to Eurocopter, an EC135 canaccommodate one pilot and seven passengers and anEC155 for two pilots and 13 passengers. — MNA/Xinhua

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Ex-CIA director faces criticismover memoir

WASHINGTON, 1 May— Ex-CIA DirectorGeorge Tenet facedaccusations of hypocrisy

from former espionageofficials on Monday fornot speaking out earlieragainst the White House’s

push to invade Iraq, whichhe criticizes in his newmemoir.

Six former CIAofficials, including formertop terrorism experts,called on Tenet to returnhis presidential Medal ofFreedom award for fai-ling to speak out in 2002and 2003 as theAdministration pressedthe case for war based onflawed intelligence.

“We also call for youto dedicate a significantpercentage of the royaltiesfrom your book to the USsoldiers and their familieswho have been killed andwounded in Iraq,” theofficials said in a letterissued over the weekend.

“By your silence youhelped build the case forwar,” the letter said.

Tenet also cameunder fire from formerCIA analyst MichaelScheuer, who headed theagency’s hunt for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin

Laden. “The former director

of central intelligence isout to absolve himself ofthe failings of 9/11 andIraq,” Scheuer said in anop-ed piece in theWashington Post. “Weshouldn’t buy his attemptsto let himself off thehook.”

Tenet, whose book Atthe Centre of the Storm:My Years at the CIA, wenton sale on Monday, ledthe CIA during the 11September attacks andplayed a prominent publicrole during the monthspreceding the Iraqinvasion.

He resigned in 2004as the second-longest-serving director of centralintelligence. Bush laterawarded him thepresidential Medal ofFreedom, the highest UScivilian award, for hisservice to the UnitedStates.

MNA/Reuters

BEIJING, 1 May— Government officials in Chinarisk getting sacked if they use their influence tobenefit a lover or become involved in other formsof corrupt behaviour, according to a regulationreleased by the central government on Sunday.

The 55-article regulation, scheduled to takeeffect on 1 June, details a variety of wrongdoingsand misconduct and is designed “to make suregovernment officials perform their duty according tothe law.”

The regulation stipulates that governmentofficials who engage in corruption, organizesuperstitious gatherings, use drugs, engage in the sextrade or fail to fulfill their duties can be demoted orfired.

The regulation also allows for the firing ofgovernment officials who abuse or abandon familymembers or refuse to support their elderly relations.

The regulation is “China’s first to systematicallystipulate what administrative punishments civilservants abusing their power will receive,” sourcessaid.

A Press conference on detailing the regulationwas jointly held by the Central Committee forDiscipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Partyof China (CPC), Ministry of Supervision, Ministryof Personnel and the Legislative Affairs Office ofthe State Council on Sunday.

MNA/Xinhua

China details punishmentfor wrongdoing

civil servants

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Prison Break hero is coming to China

Qatar’s $500m worth steel projects ready by year-end KUWAIT CITY, 30 April

—Qatar’s state-ownedQatar Steel Company isexpected to complete threemajor expansion projectsby the end of 2007, therebylargely increasing the steelproduction capacity of thegas-rich emirate, accord-ing to news reportsreaching here on Sunday.

According to Doha-based daily Gulf Times,the three projects,including a directreduction iron (DRI) plant,a rolling mill and afurnace, were worth over500 million US dollars.

The DRI plant wouldboost Qatar Steel’s spongeiron production capacityto 1.5 million tons per yearfrom the current 1 milliontons per year, Qatar Steel’sdirector and GeneralManager Sheikh Nasserbin Hamad al-Thani wasquoted as saying.

He said that the new

rolling mill would doubleits annual rebar productioncapacity to 1.4 million tonsfrom the current 700,000tons. The completion of thenew furnace would in-creased the molten steel’sannual capacity to 1.6

million tons, according toSheikh Nasser. “We havelaunched these projectssome two years ago. Andwe are well on track tocommission them thisyear,” said the manager.

He added that Qatar

Steel was also expandingits rolling mill unit in Dubaiof United Arab Emirates.Once completed, it willhave an annual capacity of500,000 tons steel bar fromthe existing 300,000tons.— MNA/Xinhua

Wentworth Miller

BEIJING, 30 April—Prison Break star,Wentworth Miller has been invited tovisit China in June, media reports haverecently revealed.

The Shanghai-based News Timesreported Wentworth Miller as havingbeen invited by Zhongbo Media Group,who have bought the rights from Fox toshoot an online video adaptation of theAmerican hit TV drama.

In an interview with the paper, anofficial of Zhongbo said that Miller iscoming to promote the Chinese versionof Prison Break, and will take part insome commercial activities.

Miller is also invited to act as a finaljudge to select actors for the ChinesePrison Break.

The official said Beijing is likely tobe the first leg of Miller’s China tour

that might also includes Shanghai.Internet

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BEIJING, 30 April —The number ofcomplaints about illegalbackstreet cl inics,quacks and medicalfraud in China fell 80per cent last yearcompared to 2005, theHealth Ministry said onFriday, as it tries to cleanup the scandal-hitindustry.

“The problem ofengaging in medicinewithout documentationhas been brought underinitial control, and order

China claims progress in medical fraud battlehas improved in themedical services market,”the ministry said in astatement on its website(www.moh.gov.cn).

In the past twoyears, authorities raided11,000 backstreet clinicsand 5,000 placesoffering illegal sex-selective abortions, thestatement said, citingnumbers from a jointmeeting attended byhealth and publicsecurity officials.

They also revoked the

medical licences of 921individuals and 2,485medical facilities, itsaid, naming some of theinstitutions implicatedin improprieties.

The officials alsourged continued vigilanceagainst the illegalcollection of blood — aproblem that helped setoff China’s AIDSproblem in the 1990s.

“As soon as we findsuspected illegal medi-cal adverts, we will trackthem down to see if the

medical facil i ty hasbroken any laws,” thestatement said, quotingDeputy Health MinistryMa Xiaowei.

China has beengrappling with not onlya spate of medicalscandals but growingpublic anger at risingmedical costs and poorservice, including un-necessary treatmentscarried out by hospitalslooking to earn someextra cash.

MNA/Reuters

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British physicist Stephen Hawking (C) is assisted as he floats during a ZERO-G flight aboard a modified Boeing 727 after taking off from the Kennedy

Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, recently. —XINHUA

Thousands of runners fill the street after their starton the Hamburg Marathon in central Hamburg

on 29 April, 2007. —XINHUA

India for third research base in Antarctica

NEW YORK, 30 April—Mental stimulation anddrug treatment could helppeople with de-generativebrain diseases such asAlzheimer’s recover theirmemories, a study says.

Scientists found micewith a similar condition toAlzheimer’s were able toregain memories of tasksthey had previously beentaught.

A team at the Mas-sachusetts Institute ofTechnology found twomethods — brain stimulationand drugs — both worked.

Their findings werepublished in British journalNature.

The researchers used

Scientists ‘reverse’ memory loss

The study says progress is possible even after majorbrain damage.—INTERNET

genetically engineeredmice in which a protein

linked to degenerativebrain disease could be

triggered.Scientists had pre-

viously given the mice testswhere they learnt to avoidan electric shock and howto find their way through amaze to reach food.

After six weeks with the

brain disease, the micewere no longer able toremember how to performthese tasks.

Some of the mice werethen placed in a morestimulating environmentwith toys, treadmills andother mice.

“We show the firstevidence that even if thebrain suffered some verysevere neurodegenera-tion and the individualexhibits very severelearning impairment andmemory loss, there is stillthe possibility to improvelearning ability and recoverto a certain extent lost long-term memories.”

She said thestudy suggested that inpeople with degenerativebrain diseases, memorieswere not erased from thebrain, but rather could notbe accessed because ofthe disease.

“However, bydemonstrating that lostmemories can be accessedagain these results offerhope of a better un-derstanding of whathappens to memories asdementia develops.

“It highlights therole of both an ‘enrich-ing environment’ andthrough its focus onbiochemical processescould provide importantbuilding blocks for newtreatments to alleviatethe symptoms of de-mentia.”— Internet

LONDON, 30 April—Arctic ice is melting fasterthan computer models ofclimate calculate,according to a group ofUS researchers.

Since 1979, the Arctichas been losing summerice at about 9% per decade,but models on averageproduce a melting rate lessthan half that figure.

The scientists suggestforecasts from theIntergovernmental Panelon Climate Change(IPCC) may be toocautious.

The latest observationsindicate that Arctic sum-mers could be ice-free by

Arctic melt faster than forecast

the middle of the century.“Somewhere in the

second half of the century,it would happen,” said TedScambos of the NationalSnow and Ice Data Centre(NSIDC) at the Universityof Colorado.

“Some computermodels show periods ofgreat sensitivity where theArctic ice system collapsessuddenly, and that trendmay occur a bit earlier;

that’s the best guess, butexactly when it’s hard tosay,” he told the BBCNews website.

Dr Scambos co-authored the latest study,published in the journalGeophysical ResearchLetters, with otherscientists from NSIDC andfrom the National Centrefor Atmospheric Research(NCAR), also in Boulder,Colorado.

They also calculate thatabout half, if not more, ofthe warming observedsince 1979 originates inhumanity’s emissions ofgreenhouse gases.

Internet

NEW DELHI , 30 April— India Monday formallysought permission of theSecretariat of the AntarcticTreaty (ATS) to set up athird research base in theicy continent in order tobolster its scientificresearch there, Indo-AsianNews Service reportedhere.

IANS reported thatIndian Minister of Earth

Sciences Kapil Sibal saidIndia had askedpermission of the treatymembers in this regardand expressed the hopethat it would get the greensignal at the ongoing 30thAntarctic Treaty Con-sultative Meeting (AT-CM) here. The ATCM isbeing held in India for thefirst time.

India has two research

bases in the Antarctica,called the DakshinGangotri and Maitri.However, the first one,Dakshin Gangotri, iscompletely non-func-tional as it is buried underice. There are around 20scientists working inMaitri.

The ATCM meetinghere is being participatedby scientists and expertsfrom governmental andn o n - g o v e r n m e n t a lorganizations from morethan 45 countries.

Internet

NDRC: More small coalmines to be shut downBEIJING, 30 April —

China’s top economicplanner says that moresmall coal mines will beshut down because of theirimpact on re-sources andthe environment, orbecause they fail to com-ply with the country’sindustrial policy.

The National De-velopment and ReformCommission (NDRC)reiterated in a circularissued on Monday that itwould close down 4,000small coal mines by theend of the year.

It said it would focusnot only on illegal coalmines with poor safetyfacilities but on all smallcoal mines.

The process will bebottom-up, starting in the

coal-producing townsthemselves, said thecommission.

It asked local govern-ments to examine all coalmines with a productioncapacity of less than300,000 tons and decidewhat to do with them. Thecountry aims to reduce itsnumber of small coalmines to 10,000 by 2010.

The commission saidcoal mines with aproduction capacity ofless than 300,000 tonswould no longer getbuilding permits andongoing small projectswould be integrated withother coal mines wherepossible, expanded ifconditions permit, orhalted.

Internet

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S P O R T S

O'Sullivan beats Robertsonin snooker worlds

Two-time snooker world championRonnie ‘Rocket’ O’Sullivan, picturedin 2000, fought off fierce challenge

from Australia’s Neil Robertsonwho came back from 6-2 down to level

at 8-8 at the end of the afternoon.INTERNET

San Jose Sharks Joe Thorton (L) is stopped byDetroit Red Wings goalie Dominik Hasek (R)

after getting past defenceman Chris Chelios (C)during the third period of Game 3 of their NHLWestern Conference semifinal playoff hockey

game in San Jose, California, on 30 April,2007.—INTERNET

Denver Nuggets center Marcus Camby (L) andforward Carmelo Anthony (R) defend San AntonioSpurs forward Bruce Bowen (C) in Game 4 of their

NBA Western Conference Playoffs in Denveron 30 April, 2007.—INTERNET

Spanish tennis playerRafael Nadal bites histrophy after his victory

over Guillermo Canas ofArgentina during their

final Open tennis matchin Barcelona, Spain, on29 April, 2007. Nadal

won 6-3, 6-4.—INTERNET

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher TimHudson, wearing the initials of hisformer Auburn college teammate StLouis Cardinals Josh Hancock, throwsin the second inning against the Phila-delphia Phillies during their NationalLeague baseball game in Atlanta,Georgia on 30 April, 2007. Hancockwas killed in a car wreck in the earlymorning hours of 29 April.—INTERNET

South Korean footballer Parkexpected to miss Asian Cup

KUALA LUMPUR, 1 May — South Korea's preparations for the AFCAsian Cup 2007 has taken a knock as the ace striker Park Ji-sung isexpected out of action at least until August after a surgery, the AsianFootball Confederation (AFC) said on Monday.

Park suffered the injury while playing for his club ManchesterUnited in the English Premier League last month and had a compli-cated surgery in the United States last Saturday, the AFC said in areport on its official website.

"Ji-sung Park has had a complicated cartilage operation thatrequired an expert in his field. He will be out for the remainder of theseason and we will assess the situation again in August," a spokesmanfrom the Manchester United was quoted as saying. —MNA/Xinhua

Foreign soccer coach to costZambia 25,000 dollar monthly

LUSAKA, 1 May — Zambia’s search foran expatriate soccer coach will cost up to25,000 US dollars monthly when thetrainer is finally engaged, The Post re-ported on Monday. The local newspaperquoted senior government officials as say-ing that to acquire the services of an aver-age coach it will require a budget of no lessthan 25,000 dollars a month to cater for thesalary and other expenses.

Sports Minister Gabriel Namulambesaid that the Search Committee is lookinginto all the necessary aspects of engagingthe expatriate coach. He said only KonkolaCopper Mines, the biggest copper minecorporation in Zambia, has offered to meetthe salary of the expatriate coach and it istherefore important to look at various otheravenues before engaging the expatriatetrainer.— MNA/Xinhua

Liverpool must risk allfor chance of Euro glory

LONDON, 1 May — A place in theChampions League final is Liverpool'sfor the taking but to claim it they will haveto take risks to get past an ailing butstubborn Chelsea on Tuesday.

Liverpool were lucky to escape with a1-0 defeat from a first leg where theyseemed so concerned with the tacticalrequirements of negating the London sidethat they completely forgot about launch-ing attacks of their own. Now, to reachtheir second final in three years and earna shot at a sixth European Cup they mustfind a way to goal.

At Stamford Bridge there was at leastsome justification for their cautious ap-proach but on home ground, roared on bya full throated Anfield chorus and againsta stand-in centre back, it is time to de-liver. Coach Rafael Benitez admitted tobeing angry with himself and his playersafter their meek first leg performance andthe ultra-calm Spaniard for once lost histemper in the dressing room.

"We didn't play at our level and I wasreally disappointed but we are going toplay at Anfield and it's just 1-0," he said.

He has had plenty of time to thinkabout his line-up for Tuesday and restedmost of his first team for the 2-1 leaguedefeat at Portsmouth on Saturday.

MNA/Reuters

Blatter says FIFA have World Cupback-up plan for 2010

Ferguson urgesScholes to tread

carefully in San Siro MANCHESTER, 1 May — Manchester

United manager Alex Ferguson haswarned Paul Scholes about rash tacklesin Wednesday's Champions Leaguesemi-final, second leg against ACMilan, fearing he could miss anotherfinal through suspension.

United go into Wednesday's semi-final, second leg against AC Milanwith a 3-2 advantage but midfieldplaymaker Scholes would sit out theAthens showpiece against either Liver-pool or Chelsea, should United progress,if he got booked.

He suffered a similar fate in 1999when he was forced to watch United'sepic triumph over Bayern Munich in theNou Camp from the sidelines because ofsuspension.

Ferguson told Scholes not to slideinto any challenges in the first leg andwill repeat his message to the 32-year-old ahead of the return in the San Siro.

"Paul has to make sure he doesn't getbooked. That's without question,"Ferguson, who also has CristianoRonaldo and Gabriel Heinze on yellowcards, told reporters.—MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 1 May — Ronnie O'Sullivan,John Higgins, Allister Carter and MarkSelby all reached the quarterfinals afterwinning their respective matches at theworld snooker championship here onMonday.O'Sullivan fought off fierce challengefrom Australia's Neil Robertson whocame back from 6-2 down to level at 8-8 at the end of the afternoon.But O'Sullivan dominated the eveningsession and won 13-10.

O'Sullivan will take on Higgins in thelast eight. Higgins advanced with a 13-4victory over Ireland's Fergal O'Brien.Qualifier Selby produced an impres-sive display to knock out former cham-pion and last year's runner-up, PeterEbdon.Selby, who beat Stephen Lee in theopening round, compiled five centurieson his way to a 13-8 victory.—Internet

LONDON, 1 May — FIFA presi-dent Sepp Blatter has told the BBCthat football's world governing bodyhas contingency plans in case SouthAfrica cannot host the World Cupin 2010. Blatter's comments to BBCTV's Inside Sport programme dueto be broadcast on Monday night,were reported on the BBC Web site(www.bbc.co.uk) on Monday.

"Other countries are ready toorganize the World Cup", Blatteris quoted as saying although heimplied they would not be needed.He tells the programme that the

United States, England, Mexico,Japan and Spain would be ready tostep in, adding: "definitely we havea possibility to go somewhere elseif something happens. "It was thesame case in Germany. Somethingcan happen. A natural catastropheor whatever, a big change in so-ciety - everybody against football.

"But then for the time being thePlan B is South Africa and the PlanC we definitely must have is apossibility to go somewhere else,but it must be a natural catastro-phe."—MNA/Reuters

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Tuesday, 30 April, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenscattered in Mon State, Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions, isolatedin Kayin State, Bago and Ayeyawady Divisions and weather hasbeen partly cloudy in the remaining States and Divisions. Daytemperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) above normal in Kachin, Kayinand Mon States, Mandalay Division, (5°C) above normal in upperSagaing and Magway Divisions, (7°C) above normal in AyeyawadyDivision and about normal in the remaining States and Divisions.The significant day temperatures were Chauk and Minbu (43°C)each, Monywa, Mandalay, Pyinmana, Magway and Pakokku (42°C)each. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Pathein(2.48) inches, Thayawady (2.36) inches, Yangon (Kaba-Aye)(0.79) inch and Yangon (Central) (0.52) inch.

Maximum temperature on 30-4-2007 was 100°F. Mini-mum temperature on 1-5-2007 was 78°F. Relative humidity at09:30 hours MST on 1-5-2007 was 66%. Total sunshine hours on30-4-2007 was (3.6) hours approx.

Rainfall on 1-5-2007 was (Tr) at Mingaladon, (0.79) inchat Kaba-Aye and (0.52) inch at Central Yangon. Total rainfallsince 1-1-2007 was (Tr) at Mingaladon, (0.79) inch at Kaba-Ayeand (0.87)inch at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (18) mph from Southwest at (15:20) hours MSTon 30-4-2007.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy in theAndaman Sea and the Southeast Bay and partly cloudy elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Special feature: According to the observations at (12:30)hrs MST today, a depression has formed over the Gulf of Thailand.It is moving westward slowly.

Forecast valid until evening of 2-5-2007: Rain or thunder-showers are likely to be widespread in Mon State and TaninthayiDivision, scattered in Kayin State, Bago, Yangon and AyeyawadyDivisions, isolated in Kachin, Rakhine and Kayah States, Manda-lay Division with likelihood of isolated heavyfalls in Mon Stateand Taninthayi Division and weather will be partly cloudy in theremaining States and Divisions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Squalls with temporary rough sea arelikely at times off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coasts. Surface windspeed in squalls may reach (40-45) mph. Seas will be slight tomoderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of isolatedrain or thundershowers in the Lower Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 2-5-2007: Possibility of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (40%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 2-5-2007: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areas for2-5-2007: Partly cloudy.

WEATHER

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Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar arrives to attend thepremiere of the film “The Air I Breathe” during the

Tribeca Film Festival in New York on 29 April,2007. –– INTERNET

Mrs. Monica Mya Maung (M.B.E)(Age 92)

Mrs. Monica Mya Maung, relic of UPercy Mya Maung, mother of U Myint Boand Daw Su Su, passed away peacefully ather nome, 22 Poyarzar Road, Kyaukkone,Yangon, at 7:02 am, Tuesday, May 1, 2007.

She was cremated at Yay-Way cemeteryon the same day, according to her wishes.

“Special Storm News”(Issued at 14:30 hrs MST on 1-5-2007)

According to the observations at (12:30) MSTtoday, a depression has formed over the Gulf of Thailandand is centred about (100) miles East of Kawthoung(Myanmar). It is moving westward slowly.

Under the influence of the depression, rain orthundershowers are likely to be widespread in Mon Stateand Taninthayi Division (Southern Myanmar) withlikelihood of isolated heavyfalls during next (36) hrscommencing this evening today. Surface wind speed inrain may reach (40-45) mph. Squalls with temporaryrough sea are likely at times off and along Mon-TaninthayiCoast.

Greek police station attacked ATHENS, 1 May —

Attackers threw a handgrenade and fired 17 roundswith a semi-automaticweapon at a police station inAthens early on Monday,damaging police cars andcivilian vehicles but injuringno one.

Police said they wereinvestigating the possibleinvolvement of localguerilla groups in the attackin the Nea Ionia district,the worst in a spate of strikeson police stations andbanks.

Self-styled anarchistsand leftist fringe groupshave in the past week stagedseveral strikes, includinghurling petrol bombs at a

central Athens policestation, torching cars andforcing officers inside toflee.

They claimed theirattacks were in support ofjailed comrades.

“It appears to be partof the anarchist attacks wehave witnessed over thepast few days but we ruleout nothing,” a policeofficial, who declined to benamed, told Reuters.

Police were alsoinvestigating whether the9mm rounds used in theNea Ionia attack came fromseveral weapons stolenfrom police guards in thepast 18 months.

MNA/Reuters

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SIGNIFICANTDAY TEMPERATURES

1-5-2007

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

New well to produce over3 million cubic ft of gas per day

YANGON, 1 May —Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi went to thegas field in Maubin,Ayeyawady Division, yes-terday and inspected pro-duction of natural gas atthe new Well No 1.

At the meeting with

Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi inspects production of gas at new Well No 1 of Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise in Maubin. — ENERGY

for oil and gas in order tocontinue exploring newwells in the field.

On his tour of inspec-tion, Minister Brig-GenLun Thi awarded the em-ployees who participatedin exploration and drill-ing of the new well which

NLD undermining interest ofpeople and nation after receiving

instructions from embassies

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US embassy officials visit NLDHeadquarters 11 times in March YANGON, 1 May — National League for De-

mocracy (Central) is attempting to push the nation to

a life of servitude and to become a minion of the

imperialists. The acts of the party have proved that the

party relies too much on big western nations.

The NLD (Central) is in contact with the US

Embassy in Yangon and the public criticizes and

condemns the NLD that they are undermining the

interest of the people and the nation after receiving the

instructions through the embassy. The public is keep-

ing watch on their contact.

US embassy officials visited the NLD Head-

quarters on West Shwegondine Road 11 times in

March. They met CEC members of the NLD and sent

letters and parcels to them.

MNA

officials of Myanma Oiland Gas Enterprise underthe ministry, the ministercalled for increasing pro-duction of oil and naturalgas for domestic con-sumption. He also urgedthem to make a detailedassessment of potential

The new well is located two miles south of Maubin and18 miles south of Nyaungdon gas field. The Ministry ofEnergy is making efforts to meet the demands of vehicles,gas-fuelled turbines and factories.

is expected to produce 3.2million cubic feet of natu-ral gas per day.

The new well is lo-cated two miles south ofMaubin and 18 milessouth of Nyaungdon gasfield. The Ministry of En-ergy is making efforts tomeet the demands of ve-

hicles, gas-fuelled turbinesand factories. MinisterBrig-Gen Lun Thi laiddown work plans for oiland gas exploration andfulfilled the requirementsduring his tour. — MNA

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