Volume XIV, Number 36 11th Waning of Kason 1368 ME Monday, 22 May, 2006

Established 1914

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

* Development of agriculture as the base andall-round development of other sectors ofthe economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-orientedeconomic system

* Development of the economy inviting par-ticipation in terms of technical know-howand investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrityand preservation and safeguarding ofcultural heritage and national charac-ter

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed na-

tion in accord with the new State Consti-tution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectivesTrue patriotism

* It is very important for everyone of the nation regardless ofthe place he lives to have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patriotism all the nationalitieswill have to safeguard.

YANGON, 21 May—Minister for Industry-1 UAung Thaung on 19 Mayinspected the WinthuzaShop in Salingyi, SagaingDivision and gave neces-sary instructions.

Industry-1 Ministerinspects factories in

Sagaing DivisionAt the shop, the

minister looked into saleof products of the Minis-try of Industry-1, physicnut oil used stoves, sew-ing machines, bicycles andstorage of items.

In the evening, theminister inspected weav-ing machines and variouskinds of textiles atSalingyi Textiles Factoryand attended to the needs.

At the briefing hall,

Factory Manager U KhinMaung reported to theminister on production,distribution and storage ofraw materials.

The ministerstressed the need to prac-tise thrifty, to follow in-structions of the ministryand to be loyal to owndepartments and indus-tries.

Accompanied byDeputy Commander ofNorth-West CommandBrig-Gen Tin Maung Ohnand local authorities, theminister proceeded toSpirulina Medicine Produc-tion centre (Twintaing).

At the briefing

hall, the minister heard areport presented by an of-ficial on matters relatedto production of the fac-tory.

Next, Factory Man-ager Dr Min Thein re-ported on production proc-ess of the factory, target toproduce 145 tons ofSpirulina in 2006-2007and other salient points.

The minister gaveinstructions on meetingthe GMP standard, givingproper supervision andexceeding the target.

At the Dyeing Fac-tory in Monywa, the min-ister viewed round de-signed garments and themaintenance of the fac-tory, and inspectedWinthuza Shop.

Next, they went onto Chindwin Yadana Hallof Monywa IndustrialZone where they met withthe industrialists.

At the meeting,Factory Manager UMaung Maung of the IronFoundry reported on pro-duction of the factory and

Secretary of Sagaing Di-vision Peace and Devel-opment Council Lt-ColMyo Myint gave a sup-plementary report.

After fulfilling therequirements, the minis-ter emphasized the needto serve the interest of theState with goodwill, tomake relentless efforts toproduce more spare partsand to try to get more shareholders.

At the MachineShop, the minister andparty inspected productionof spare parts and gavenecessary instructions.

On arrival at theForging Shop, they lookedinto machines, mini-trac-tors and spare parts.

At the FoundryShop, they viewed roundspare parts and gave in-structions.

Afterwards, theminister and party in-spected demonstration offire engines assembled byCDS Automobile Fac-tory.

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* Serve the interest of the State

with goodwill.

* Make relentless efforts to

produce more spare parts.

* Try to get more share holders.

Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung inspects products of factories in MonywaIndustrial Zone. — INDUSTRY-1

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Monday, 22 May, 2006

PERSPECTIVES

Rural development throughbetter transport

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

People’s Desire

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YANGON, 21 May — A new building of BasicEducation Post-Primary School donated by YangonDivision Union Solidarity and Development Asso-ciation and Shonan Association for Building SchoolHouse of Japan was handed over to the Ministry ofEducation at Katwe Village in Htantabin Township,Yangon North District, this morning. CEC member of USDA (Yangon Division In-charge) Vice-Chairman of Yangon City DevelopmentCommittee Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa, Secretary ofYangon Division USDA U Aye Myint, Director-Gen-eral of No 3 Basic Education Department U AyeKyu and Chairman of Shonan Association for Build-

New building of Basic Education Post-PrimarySchool handed over in Htantabin

ing School House of Japan Mr Yamada Sakai for-mally opened the building. The vice-mayor and Mr Yamada Sakai gavespeeches on the occasion.

Afterwards, Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa andDirector-General U Aye Kyu of No 3 BED handedover related documents to Township Education Of-ficer Daw San Yin Win. The TEO spoke words ofthanks. The USA CEC member and party inspected thebuilding and distributed textbooks to schoolchildrenand grew physic nut plants in Katwe Village.

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YANGON, 20 May — The fifth respects payingceremony of Yankin Education College of the Edu-cation Planning and Training Department took placeat the college this morning, attended by 118 retiredteachers.

The old students paid respects to the teacherswith cash and kind and Myanmar traditonal medi-cines. Next, Principal of the college U Me Aungexplained the purpose of holding the respects payingceremony and Principal U Khin Maung Yin (Rtd)and Head of Department Daw Khin Khin Htwe (Rtd)gave speeches. — MNA

Respects payingceremony held atYankin Education

College

D-G of Department of CulturalInstitute leaves for Bhutan

YANGON, 21 May — Director-General U MyintThein Swe of Department of Cultural Institute underthe Ministry of Culture left here by air yesterday forParo in the Kingdom of Bhutan to attend the 1stCulture Ministers’ Meeting and the Senior Officers’Meeting of BIMSTEC to be held in Bhutan from 22to 25 May.

He was seen off at Yangon International Air-port by officials of the department. — MNA

Vietnamese delegation leaves for homeYANGON, 21 May— The Vietnamese delega-

tion led by Chief of VOV’s Bureau in Central Vi-etnam Mr Tran Son Ngoe of the Voice of Vietnam(VOV) and party left here by air this morning. Thedelegation was seen off at Yangon InternationalAirport by officials of MRTV. — MNA

Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung oversees progress in construction of Textile Factory

(Project) in Pakokku. (News reported) — INDUSTRY-1

In Myanmar, the majority of the popula-tion live in rural areas. The government istaking all necessary steps for the well-being ofrural people. The measures include sufficientsupply of irrigation water and clean water.Now, 30 townships in the arid zone of Sagaing,Magway and Mandalay divisions have an easyaccess to potable water.

At the same time, the government hasbeen accelerating the establishment of infra-structures in the education, health and eco-nomic spheres in rural areas. And it has beenbuilding village-to-village roads and river andcreek spanning bridges to ensure better trans-port that plays a major role in the drive forrural development.

The inauguration of Mu River spanningbridge (Thaphanseik) in Kyunhla Township,Shwebo District, and Kyunhla-Thaphanseikgravel road took place on 7 May. In the past,the old bridge was in poor condition causedby wear and tear and local people had to relyon the Mu River to transport motor vehicleson a raft to reach the other bank.

Thanks to the newly-reconstructed facil-ity, 352 feet long and 18 feet wide one, auto-mobiles can cross the river easily. It was builtwith the contribution of K 20.5 million includ-ing K 11 million by a wellwisher entrepreneurand K 9.5 million by local entrepreneurs.

The old Kyunhla-Thaphanseik road wasjust a laterite one linking old Kyunhla andThityabin Village. Now, the over-nine-milesection of the road has been upgraded to agravel one with the contribution of an entre-preneur and local residents.

So, the people along the road inclusive ofthose living in Ywathi and Shansu Village-tracts in Kyunhla Township now have easyaccess to urban areas.

It is believed that wellwishers, local peo-ple and social organizations will continue tojoin hands with the government in thebuilding of roads and bridges, the fundamen-tal requirement for the development ofrural areas.

Executives of

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Township Mater-

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Welfare Associa-

tion present cash

assistance to an

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Tut\kun\N˙s\S tiu;®mHc\.ÂkChavez reportedly wants to visit Russia MOSCOW, 20 May — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wants to visit

Russia this summer, Interfax news agency quoted Venezuela’s ambassador toMoscow as saying on Friday.

The trip would bringtogether two major oilproducers who sharestrained relations withWashington and agrowing trade in armsthat has annoyed USofficials.

“President Chavez hasapproached the Russianleadership with a request

to visit Moscow at the endof August or the start ofSeptember,” Interfaxquoted Ambassador AlexisRafael Navarro Rojas assaying.

“At the moment we arewaiting for an answer fromthe Russians,” he said. Headded negotiations weredue to start soon on

ordering Russian Sukhoifighter jets.

A spokesman forRussia’s Foreign Ministrysaid he had no informationabout a request fromChavez to visit. Theambassador was notimmediately available forcomment.

MNA/Reuters

China, S Korea sign agreement onculture, copyright cooperation

SHENZHEN, 20 May — China and the Republic of South Korea on Thursdaysigned an agreement to enhance the exchanges and cooperation on culture andcopyright issues.

The agreement wassigned between NationalCopyright Administrationof China and South KoreaCulture and TourismMinistry on the sidelinesof a four-day internationalcultural expo in Shenzhen,a booming city in southernChina’s GuangdongProvince.

As the two Asian

nations share similarcultural and historicalbackground, it is in theirinterests to step up theexchanges and cooperationon culture and copyrightissues, said Chinese andSouth Korea officials at thesigning ceremony.

The agreementsignified the moreextensive and in-depth

cooperation on culture andcopyright issues betweenthe two countries, theofficials said.

According to theagreement, the two sideswill help with each otherand seek commonbenefits within the WorldTrade Organization andother international insti-tutions.—MNA/Xinhua

Turkishtrucks crash,

39 killed ISTANBUL, 20 May —

Thirty-nine people diedwhen a truck carryingAfghan citizens andanother truck crashed on ahighway in Turkey onFriday, NTV televisionreported.

The accident, whichalso left six injured, wason a motorway runningfrom Osmaniye toGaziantep, in southeasternTurkey, the broadcastersaid on its website, quotingOsmaniye GovernorZubeyir Kemelek.

Kemelek said smug-gled Afghan andBangladeshi immigrantsmay have been in one ofthe trucks.

Turkey is a majortransit route into Eu-rope for illegal immi-grants.

The Turkey Driversand Motorists Federationsaid in February that134,343 people had diedand 2.2 million peopleinjured in traffic accidentsin Turkey in the last 26years.

In 2004, 3,082 peoplewere killed in 494,851accidents, but in 2005, thenumber of deaths went upto 3,215 people in 570,419accidents.

MNA/Reuters

Report blames human error forCypriot plane crash

ATHENS, 20 May—Human error led to aCypriot airliner crashingnear Athens last August,killing all 121 peopleaboard, according to anofficial report leaked to the

Greek media on Friday. The report indicates

technicians in Cyprus,checking the decom-pression system followingproblems on an earlierflight, forgot to switch onits automatic activation.

Once airborne, pilotsforgot to check whether thesystem was switched onautomatic or manual,according to the draft reportby the Greek accidentsinvestigation committee.

As a consequence, thehigher the plane flew theless oxygen was in thecabin, causing every-one aboard, except fora steward, to fallunconscious. The report

said even if the steward,using portable oxygenbottles, had managed to landthe plane all the passengerswould have been deadbecause of a lack of oxygen.

There was nocomment from Cypriotauthorities on the report.The committee wasinvestigating why theHelios Airways Boeing737-300 had crashed on aflight from Cyprus toPrague. The committeedelivered the dossier toCypriot authorities onThursday. The Cypriotshave 60 days to includetheir own findings beforea final report is published.

MNA/Reuters

APR calls for strengthening cooperationto face common challenges

JAKARTA, 20 May — Ministers from Asia and the Pacific countries here onFriday called for strengthening regional cooperation to face common challengesto achieve food and livelihood security and rural development.

Anton Apriantono,Chairman of the 28thRegional Conference of theUnited Nations Food andAgriculture Organization(FAO) for Asia and thePacific Region, told a jointPress conference that thechallenges could becountered by addressingissues such as foodvulnerability, trans-boundary animal diseasesand regional vulnerabilitytowards natural disaster.

Anton, who is also

Indonesian Minister ofAgriculture, said thedelegates issued aministerial joint statementcalled “The JakartaMinisterial Statement onRegional Partnership”.

In the statement, theministers agreed tostrengthen efforts oneconomic reconstruction inAsia and on food securityand poverty alleviation, toreduce vulnerabilitytowards natural disastersand to promote a livelihood

approach towards post-natural disaster rehabilita-tion and reconstruction. Atthe Press conference,Assistant Director of FAOfor Asia and the PacificRegion He Changchui saidthat the ministers werestrongly committed toachieving the target ofWorld Food Summit on theMillennium DevelopmentGoals to reduce by a halfthe undernourished andpoor people by 2015.

MNA/Xinhua

Replicas of caravels which Cristobal Colon (Christopher Columbus) used in hisdiscovery of America are berthed in La Rabida on 20 May, 2006, during the 500th anniversary of the death of Colon in Palos de la Frontera.—INTERNET

New Zealand mountaineer Mark Inglis, who lost both

his legs in a climbing accident 24 years ago, takes a

rest on his way to becoming the first double amputee

to reach the summit of Everest recently.—INTERNET

An Iraqi boy throws a rock at a British armoured vehicle at the scene of aroadside bomb attack which destroyed a British vehicle in Basra, 550 km,(341 miles) south of Baghdad on 20 May, 2006. Two British soldiers wereinjured and their military vehicle was destroyed after a bombing attack in

Basra, according to the Iraqi police.—INTERNET

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efforts in bird flu prevention BEIJING, 20 May — China should not relax its efforts in bird flu prevention

and control, Chinese Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu warned this week. No poultry bird flu

outbreaks have beenreported in China for morethan 80 consecutive days,said Hui, who also headsthe nation’s bird fluprevention and controlteam, at a nationalmeeting.

However, he calledfor continued vigilanceagainst the fatal avian

influenza. “The situation is still

grave,” he said, urgingrelated departments to“overcome numbness,have a correct judgementfor the current epidemicsituation and take the fightagainst the disease as along-term task”.

An outbreak amongmigratory birds was

reported in northwesternQinghai Province earlierthis month. More than 300birds died in the outbreak,but the epidemic did notspread to poultry, theMinistry of Agriculturesaid on Friday. China alsoreported 18 humaninfections of bird flu, with12 fatalities since late lastyear.—MNA/Xinhua

“Chanchu” kills 23 in China BEIJING, 20 May — A

typhoon that batteredsouth and east China killed23 people and left fourmissing, state media saidon Friday.

Typhoon Chanchu,the strongest typhoon onrecord to enter the SouthChina Sea in May, the startof the typhoon season, lefta trail of destructionthrough several countries,killing at least 37 peoplein the Philippines lastweekend.

The typhoon, whichbrought heavy rain andwinds up to 170 kilometresper hour (106 miles perhour), made landfallbetween the Chinese citiesof Shantou and Xiamenand worked its way up thecoast early on Thursday.

Eight people died inGuangdong Province and15 in Fujian, which liesopposite Taiwan, theofficial Xinhua newsagency said.

The storm triggered

house collapses andlandslides in Shantou inGuangdong.

In Fujian, most ofthe dead were killed inlandslides, including atleast four children, Xinhuasaid. — MNA/Xinhua

Russia wants changes to US uranium pact MOSCOW, 20 May — Russia wants major changes to agreements with the

United States to boost sales of its nuclear materials, a source in the Russiannuclear industry said on Friday.

Russian officials wantchanges to agreements thatgive US uranium supplierUSEC the right to buyuranium recovered fromdismantled nuclear wea-pons and an end to US anti-dumping duties on otheruranium sales, the sourcesaid.

The source, who hasknowledge of Russiandiscussions about nuclearsales, told Reuters Russiawould like to sell some fueldirectly to US customers,without having to gothrough USEC.

“Russia wants to bethere on the American

market but it doesn’t haveany trouble in findingalternative markets,” thesource said. “Russia wantsserious changes and,believe me, we are veryserious about all of this.”

Sergei Kiriyenko, thehead of Russia’s AtomicEnergy Agency, began avisit to the United Stateson Friday. He will holdtalks with US companiesand senior officials, hisspokesman said. Hedeclined to comment onthe nuclear agreements.

A spokeswoman forUSEC, based in Bethesda,Maryland, could not be

immediately reached forcomment.

Relations betweenMoscow and Washingtonare now close to the coolestthey have been since thecollapse of the SovietUnion, with differencesover how to deal with Iran,the war in Iraq and viewson Russian domesticpolicy.— MNA/Reuters

Expert says China, land ofopportunity for Canadian companies

OTTAWA, 20 May —Head of Canada’s largesttrade and industryorganization on Thursdayurged the country’sbusiness community tolose no time in enteringthe lucrative Chinesemarket.

Perrin Beatty, Presi-dent and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of the Cana-dian Manufacturers &

Exporters (CME) saidmany Canadian busi-nesses see the rising Chinaas a huge challenge — theland of outsourcedCanadian production, butwith a population of over1.3 billion, the Asian giantrepresents a potentiallycolossal market forCanadian companies.

“It all depends onwhether you consider

the glass is half-full orhalf-empty.”

He was speaking toabout 200 parlia-mentarians and businessrepresentatives at abreakfast briefing on theParliament Hill in Ottawa.

“CME believes it ishalf-full, and with someimagination and hardwork on our part, we canfill it the rest of the way,”Beatty said.

MNA/Xinhua

India, Poland signtrade accord

WARSAW, 20 May —India and Poland havesigned an accord on trade and economiccooperation, the Polish news agency PAP reportedon Friday.

The accord withIndia proved Poland’sgrowing importance inthe European Union andthe world, PAP cited thePolish Economy MinisterPiotr Wozniak as saying.

India’s visitingIndustry Minister KamalNath said that India’strade with Poland, whichamounted to merely 600million US dollarsannually, could be better.

“We should bespeaking about billions,”

he said.According to Nath,

Indian investors weremainly interested inPoland’s industry branch-es such as IT, coking coaland electronics.

He added that Indiawas hoping to importinfra-structure projectsfrom Poland.

Trade with Indiacurrently accounts for0.25 per cent of Poland’sforeign trade.

MNA/Xinhua

Painters competeduring a facsimile

match in DafenVillage, ShenzhenCity, south China’s

Guangdong Province,on Thursday, 18 May,2006. More than 110

contestants makefacsimile of portrait orscenery oil painting inthe timed game held in

the village which isfamous for its oilpainting facsimile

industry.—INTERNET

Some 18,000 women clad in coloured robes form a Portuguese flag on 20May, 2006 at the National Stadium in Oeiras, outside Lisbon, in a show ofsupport for Portugal’s national soccer team that will be participating in theWorld Cup in Germany. The organizers hope what they called ‘The World’s

Most Beautiful Flag’ will make it into the Guinness Book as a new worldrecord for the largest human flag.—INTERNET

White smoke is seen

from an exploded

oil tank at a Toa Oil

refinery in

Kawasaki, south of

Tokyo, on 21 May,

2006, but just over

two hours later the

fire was nearly out,

police and fire

officials said. There

were no injuries.

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Beijing Capital Museum opens withcall for better exhibition spaces

Fire destroys nearly 33.3 hectaresof forest in Hainan

HAIKOU, 20 May— A forest fire broke out in China's island province ofHainan Thursday morning, destroying nearly 33.3 hectares of forest west ofthe Haikou-Sanya expressway.

Signs of feeding prehistoric birdsfound in Alaska

FAO calls world to prioritize fundsfor preventing bird flu

JAKARTA, 20 May— The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO) asked the international community to put top priority on allocatingfunds for the efforts to stop the spread of avian influenza, top official said hereon Thursday.

VenezuelanGovt ready tosell “F-16s” CARACAS, 20 May— The

Venezuelan Governmentwas willing to sell its F-16aircraft bought from theUnited States “to any-body”, Vice-President JoseVicente Rangel said onFriday.

Rangel said Caracascould do whatever it wantedwith the aircraft, but had nointention to break off tieswith the United States.

“It is the United Stateswho does not have the rightto cut off the supply,” hesaid.

The fighter planes werebought from the UnitedStates in the 1980s undera memorandum of under-standing, which said the USauthorities would supplyspare parts and offertechnical help. In the samedocument, Venezuelapromised not to sell thetechnology or the planes toa third party.

Rangel slammed thedelay in the Americansupply of spare parts for the21 F-16s, which hadprevented VenezuelanArmed Forces from usingthe aircraft.—MNA/Xinhua

“Some nine billion USdollars was pledged bythe world to fight avianInfluenza, but most of thismoney is on the preventionmeasures in case ofpandemic. This is at thelevel of human beingsinstead of giving priorityto the current diseaseitself. It is the disease ofanimals,” said FAODirector General JackDiouf at the FAO’s 28thRegional Conference for

Asia and the PacificRegion.

“We agree with theprecautionary measuresthat make sense, but wealso think that the strategyshould focus on stoppingavian influenza at the levelof poultry and birds, if thepandemic actions are thesecond line of defence,”he said.

“We have thereforebeen able to collect somefunds. It is still marginal

compared to money thatis being put into fightingthe possible pandemic atthe level of human being,”the director said.

The disease that earlieronly contracted livestockin three countries inSoutheast Asia, namelyThailand, Vietnam andIndonesia, now had spreadto nearly all over theworld, he said.

“If we are able toeliminate, at least limit thenumber of birds that areinfected, then we will limitthe risk of transmission tohuman being and otherconsequences. They havegot to mutate for directtransmission from humanbeing to human being, ”he said.

To pave the way forreaching the goal, thedirector stressed theneed for internationalcooperation and animmediate respond to thedanger of the virus.

MNA/Xinhua

The fire was first foundin the woods of DuanxiVillage, Longgun Townof Wanning City, about109 kilometres south ofHaikou and to the west ofthe expressway, whichruns along the island'seastern coast linking thetwo major cities of Haikouand Sanya.

Flames rising seven toeight metres could be seenfrom far away and havespread to less then 10metres from the ex-pressway.

The blaze has destroyedabout 33.3 hectares ofwoods, according to anofficial at the scene. “Thefire is expanding and has

not been controlled,” hesaid.

A large number of localvillagers, governmentworkers, policemen andfire fighters were rushingto the site. A local villagersaid the fire might havebeen caused by somepeople who were lum-bering in the forest in themorning.

MNA/Xinhua

ANCHORAGE (Alaska),20 May— Scientists foundfossilized depressions andfootprints in Alaska’sDenali National Park andPreserve in what isbelieved to be the first

evidence of prehistoricwading birds probing forfood, a geologist said onFriday.

The tracks and thefeeding marks found inrocks formed fromfreshwater sedimentswere 65 million to 70million years old, said PhilBrease, a geologist atDenali National Park.

Such evidence ofprehistoric birds’ feedingbehaviour is difficult tofind because the marksmade in the mud disappear

easily and the fossilizedevidence often erodes,Brease said.

Geologists discoveredthe tracks and marks lastsummer, but confirmedthe work over the winterafter studying photo-graphs and molds.

Denali National Park isan emerging hotbed offossil findings. A team ofgeologists also discovereda fossilized footprint of athree-toed, meat-eatingdinosaur known as atheropod.—MNA/Reuters

BEIJING, 20 May— TheCapital Museum ofBeijing, housing morethan 200,000 antiques,was formally opened topublic on Thursday with acall for more bettermuseums in China.

More than 300,000people have passedthrough its doors since itstrial operation five monthsago, with the highest dailyattendance reaching7,000, said curator GuoXiaoling at the openingon International MuseumDay.

The ongoing exhibitionof the British Museum's“Treasures of the World'sCultures”, the first largeinternational exhibition atthe museum, attractedmore than 80,000 visitorsin its first month.

The cultural relics

housed in the museumrecorded the 500,000-yearhuman history of Beijing,the city’s 3,000-yearhistory and its eightcenturies as the capital ofChina, said Guo.

“There is no other placelike the Capital Museumof Beijing where peoplecan see how life was inancient times in Beijing,”Guo said.

Beijing has entered anew period of extensiveconstruction of museums,according to a report bythe municipal bureau ofcultural relics. The city has131 registered museums,topping the country interms of quantity andquality.

Zhang Bai, deputydirector of the StateAdministration of CulturalHeritage (SACH), said the

number of museums inChina had reached 2,300,or one museum for every600,000 people.

MNA/Xinhua

Models pose besides a Ford car to promote the brand at the ChongqingInternational Auto Show in Chongqing, a municipality in southwest China,on 20 May, 2006. About 40 carmakers display their latest and most popular

cars at the show.— INTERNET

Villagers walk to their field to work as Mount Merapi, background, is seenspewing volcanic smoke in Stabelan village near the town of Boyolali,

Indonesia, on 21 May, 2006. — INTERNET

A Russian Beriev Be-200 firefighting planeempties its tanks during the flight display

programme at the International Air Show ILA atthe Schoenefeld airport in Berlin on the last day of

the exhibition, on 21 May, 2006. — INTERNET

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Hu orders proper transfer of milyofficers to civilian work

BEIJING, 20 May — Hu Jintao, the Chinese President and General Secretaryof the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, says the propertransfer of military officers to civilian work will have an impact on thecountry’s reform and development.

“CPC committeesand governments at alllevels should improveplacement policies andexplore new approachesin compliance withnational and militaryconditions,” said Hu, whois also Chairman ofthe Central MilitaryCommission.

Hu also askedmilitary officers facingcareer transitions to

understand the difficultiesof regional authorities inallocating them jobs. Heasked them to accept andrespect the jobs they areprovided.

Hu’s instructionswere conveyed to anational video andtelephone conferenceheld in Beijing onThursday to discussplacement of militaryofficers in civilian posts.

Li Jinai, a member ofthe Central MilitaryCommission and directorof the General PoliticalDepartment of the ChinesePeople’s LiberationArmy, cited 2006 as acrucial year for the transferof military officers tocivilian work.

China made a decisionin 2003 to reduce its troopsby 200,000 to 2.3 million.

MNA/Xinhua

Musharraf rejects using Afghanistan asstrategic depth

ISLAMABAD, 20 May — Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has rejected the old notion of usingAfghanistan as strategic depth in case of any aggression, a local TV channel reported on Friday.

Rejecting usingAfghanistan as strategicdepth, Musharraf said thatthe theory is based onassumptions that a coun-try has been invadedand overrun and the

government is operatingfrom other countries.

“This can never happento Pakistan,” Musharraftold the TV Kheyber in aninterview aired on Friday,adding that according toPakistan’s militarystrategy its defences lie inthe borders.

We will never let ourenemies enter our areas,”the Pakistani Presidentsaid.

No one knew whereOsama bin Laden was andthose who say he was inPakistan, should come upwith information andintelligence, Musharrafsaid. Saying that Osamacould be anywhere in theworld, the PakistaniPresident, however,presumed that he mightbe hiding in the borderregion between Pakistanand Afghanistan.

Referring to the pastpolicies on Afghanistan,Musharraf said that everycountry has a policy whichchanges in accordancewith the existing environ-ment.

Pakistan’s presentgovernment policy wasvery clear and Pakistan wasnot interfering in internalaffairs of Afghanistan, hesaid.

MNA/Xinhua

Quake hits off Indonesianisland of Sulawesi

WASHINGTON, 20 May — An earthquake registering6.1 hit in the Molucca Sea near Indonesia but officialsexpected no major repercussions, an official at thePacific Tsunami Warning Centre said on Friday.

The quake struck at 10:44 pm Saturday local time(10:44 am EDT/1444 GMT) but was not strong enoughto require a tsunami warning, said Dailin Wang of thewarning centre in Ewa Beach, Hawaii. Wang said theepicenter of the quake was about 125 miles (200kilometres)off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. — MNA/Reuters

WHO confirms two bird flucases in Indonesia

JAKARTA, 20 May —The World HealthOrganization (WHO)confirmed one morehuman fatality and onemore human infection ofbird flu for Indonesia,local officials said here onFriday. A 12-year-old boywho died in Jakarta onMay 13 and a 10-year-

old boy in North Sumatra,still alive, were the newvictims of the disease,said Health Ministryspokeswoman Llly S.Sulistyawati.

The country’s totalnumber of fatality of birdflu now stood at 32 andthat of infection at 43, sheadded.

All over the world,the WHO has raised theconfirmed human deathtoll from the H5N1 birdflu strain to 122, whilethe total number ofconfirmed humaninfections since thecurrent outbreak beganin 2003 has reached 216.

MNA/Xinhua

NPL of Philippine banks drops to lowest level in 8 years MANILA, 20 May —

The universal andcommercial banks’ non-performing loans (NPL)dropped nearly one billionUS dollars from last yearto a ratio of 8.26 per cent inMarch, the lowest level ineight years, the BangkoSentral ng Pilipinas (BSP),the Philippine CentralBank, said Friday.

The end-March 2006ratio was lower than 11.3per cent last year. As ofMarch, the banks’ non-performing loans stood at157.8 billion pesos (threebillion US dollars), lowerthan 207.1 billion (fourbillion US dollars) last

year, the BSP said in anupdated report.

The remarkable dropwas due to the banks’ write-off of problematic loansand aggressive collectionand settlement of past dueswith borrowers, the report

said. The ratio was theindustry’s lowest since1998, the central bankadded. The Philippinebanks’ total loan portfoliostood at 1. 9 trillion pesos(36.5 billion dollars), itsaid. — MNA/Xinhua

Fire sparks explosions atSudan arms dump

JUBA (Sudan), 20 May— A fire at a munitions dumpsparked a wave of explosions and injured at least fourpeople outside the southern Sudanese capital of Juba onFriday, witnesses and UN staff said.

The fire, whose cause was unknown, causedintermittent explosions for about 90 minutes from 4 pm(1300 GMT) and sent a plume of smoke into the air onthe edge of Juba, where the government of southernSudan is based.— MNA/Reuters

Chinese rescuers (R) offer food to Vietnamese fishermen who were saved inthe South China Sea on 20 May, 2006. A total of 330 Vietnamese fishermen

caught in typhoon Chanchu have been saved by Chinese rescuers,said China Maritime Search and Rescue Centre on Sunday, Xinhua

News Agency reported. —INTERNET

Spanish actress Penelope Cruz (C) stands with the Chopard trophyhonourees Kevin Zegers (L) and Jasmine Trinca during a ceremony in

Cannes, on 20 May, 2006. Chopard honours masculine and feminine actingrevelations during the annual Cannes Film Festival . — INTERNET

Taxis wait for customers at the Beijing Railway Station in Beijing, capitalof China, on 20 May, 2006. Taxi fare in Beijing was raised from 1.6 RMB

yuan (0.2 US dollars) per kilometre to 2 yuan (0.25 dollars).According to the local authorities, the price change was to offset

the increase in fuel costs. Currently, Beijing has about 66,000 taxisand nearly 100,000 cab drivers. —INTERNET

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 22 May, 2006 7

Yin Yin Lay

Biodiversity: Our Life, Our Future

Loss of biodiversity is one of the seriousenvironmental issues the world is facing today.Yet, apart from scientific community andenvironmental circles, few people actuallyunderstand the seriousness of the problem orgrasp its impact on our life and future. With theaim to increase understanding and awarenessof biodiversity issues, the United Nations hasdesignated 22 May as the InternationalBiodiversity Day. Many nations across the globemark the day with special events to draw publicattention on these critical issues.

Scientists began using the termbiological diversity (or “biodiversity” ) in the1980s. This term gained prominence in 1992,when the United Nations Convention onBiological Diversity was adopted at the EarthSummit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Simplydefined, biodiversity means various forms ofplants, animals, insects and microbes. There arethree types of biodiversity:- Genetic diversity is the variety ofgenetic version of a single species- Species diversity is the variety oforganism within a community or ecosystem; and- Ecological diversity is the variety ofecosystem on Earth

Despite surveys and research, it is notyet exactly known how many species arecurrently on this planet. Science has recordedand named some 1.7 million species but thiscan only be some small fraction of the truenumber. Estimates range from some 3.6 millionto over 100 million species.

Biodiversity brings enormous benefitsto mankind. Trees, plants, animals and otherspecies provide basic supplies of food,medicines, timber, fibers, fuel and many otherproducts. Roughly, one-third of all plant specieshave edible fruits, tubers, nuts, seeds, leaves,roots or stems. Less than a dozen crops nowfeed most of the world’s population of over 6billion. Three cereals namely, maize, rice andwheat alone supply 80 to 90 per cent of worldcalorie intake. Maize is important food securityfor Africa, while rice is the principle food sourcefor half of the world’s population mainly livingin Asia. Demand for wheat is growingworldwide and the consumption has doubled in

the last thirty years.Many people rely on plants for health

an longevity. The World Health Organizationestimates that 3.5 billion people in thedeveloping countries rely on plant-based medi-cine for their primary health care. Ayurvedicand other traditional healers in South Asia useat least 1,800 different plant species intreatments. In China, healers employ more than5000 plant species. One-quarter of the medicinesmarketed in North America and Europe containactive ingredients derived from plants. FAOestimates that between 4,000 to 6,000 speciesof medicinal plants are traded internationally.Biodiversity has economic and commercialimportance. A large percentage of the ruralpopulation in the developing countries dependon locally available biodiversity for theirlivelihood. The economy of most of the devel-oping countries also depends to a large extenton the production and export of crops, livestock,fisheries and forest products.

Biodiversity also performs importantecological function. For example, trees releaseoxygen, purify air, stabilize climate and preventsoil erosion. Moreover, biodiversity has spiritual,ethical and aesthetic values. Natural world andits aesthetic richness such as the song of birds,the hum of bees and insects, exotic flowers,green woods and dense forests enrich humanminds and thoughts and instill aspirations andhappiness. It is really a pity that nowadays,people especially in the urban centres are beingconfined to the steel, concrete and plastic world.

Notwithstanding its enormous value andsignificance, the Earth’s biodiversity is decliningat an alarming rate mainly as a result of humanactions. It has been estimated that 27,000 speciesare lost every year. Aerial and satellite photoshave revealed that tropical rain forests whichharbor most of the terrestrial species of ourplanet are disappearing at a rate of 12 millionhectares a year. Species extinction is expectedto rise to between 1,000 and 10,000 times thenatural rate.

Overexploitation, overharvesting,illegal hunting and trade, illegal logging andloss of habitats are some of the main causesof biodiversity loss. Land use changes such

as agricultural expansion, mining and urbandevelopment also result in degradation andloss of habitats. Depletion of wetlands is alsoan important cause of a decline in fresh waterfish and waterfowls. Marine life is also beingthreatened due to overexploitation andpollution.

Turning to the bright side, there arepositive developments as regards biodiversityconservation. Recognising the need to addressthe dwindling world biological resources,international conventions such as Conventionon Biodiversity and Biosafety Protocol; Con-vention on Migratory species; Convention onInternational Trade in Endangered Species ofWild Fauna and Flora; and Ramsar Conventionon Wetlands of International Importance havebeen adopted and are being implemented. Sincethe last two or three decades, a host ofbiodiversity conservation projects and activitieshave been undertaken by international and localenvironmental NGOs. There are also manyindividuals who are committed to protect andconserve biodiversity.

Myanmar has rich biological resources.Although biodiversity inventory has not yetcompleted in Myanmar, it has been officiallystated that there are 350 mammal species, 300reptile species, 1000 bird species and 9600 plantspecies.

Biodiversity conservation has been atradition, long practised in Myanmar. Thewildlife sanctuary at the environ of MandalayCity was decreed by King Mindon in 1859.Conservation of nature and biodiversity is aningrained habits of most people in Myanmar toconserve biodversity, the Government enactedthe Protection of Wildlife, Wild plants and Con-servation of Natural Area Law in 1994. A targethas bcen set to increase protected area up to 5per cent in the short term and 10 per cent in thelong term.

There are now 40 protected areas inMyanmar including wildlife and birdsanctuaries, national parks and nature reserves.Myanmar is also a party to the Convention onBiodiversity; Convention on International Tradein Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora;and Ramsar Convention on Wetlands ofInternational Importance.

This year’s theme for the InternationalBiodiversity Day is “Protect Biodiversity inDrylands”. Drylands cover more than 40 percent of the planet’s surface. Over 250 millionpeople living in the drylands are morevulnerable members of society whose livelihooddepend greatly on local biodiversity. In orderto promote and sustain economic and socialwellbeing of the dryland population, it is mostcrucial to protect biodiversity in those regions.ln Myanmar about 10 per cent of land in thecountry are drylands. Greening project in theDry Zone undertaken since 1994 is indeed animportant measure to protect and conservebiodiversity in the drylands of Myanmar.

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Turning to the bright side, there are positive developments asregards biodiversity conservation. Recognising the need to addressthe dwindling world biological resources, international conventionssuch as Convention on Biodiversity and Biosafety Protocol; Conven-tion on Migratory species; Convention on International Trade inEndangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; and RamsarConvention on Wetlands of International Importance have beenadopted and are being implemented. Since the last two or threedecades, a host of biodiversity conservation projects and activitieshave been undertaken by international and local environmentalNGOs. There are also many individuals who are committed to protectand conserve biodiversity.

8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 22 May, 2006

DISTRICT NEWS

Physic nut plant growing ceremony in progress inTwantay Township.

Cash assistance provided toretired sisters in Pathein

PATHEIN, 12 May — In commemoration of theInternational Nurses Day, Pathein Nurses Association(Branch) donated cash assistance to retired sisters ofPathein in Ayeyawady Division on 11 May. Membersof the Nurses Association (Branch) presentedK 5,000 each for 11 retired nurses. Staff Officers DawKyin Hmwe and Daw Win Win Myint of AyeyawadyDivision Health Department (Nurse), the Principaland instructors of Nurses and Mid-Wifery TrainingSchool of Pathein, Sister Daw Ohn Myint and nursesof Pathein General Hospital gave cash assistance tothe retired persons at their homes. — Kyemon

Plan for self-reliant libraries’durability discussed

Deputy Director Daw Khin San of Shan State(North) IPRD speaks at the meeting for self-

reliant library’s durability in Manhe Village ofHsipaw Township.

HSIPAW, 10 May — Deputy Director DawKhin San of Shan State (North) Information andPublic Relations Department together with StaffOfficer U Maung Ko and officials of KyaukmeDistrict IPRD inspected Pinnya Alin self-reliantlibrary in Manhe Village in Hsipaw Township, anddiscussed durability of the library with responsiblepersons recently.

Head of Hsipaw Township IPRD U Sai ThaHlaing and Secretary of Manhe Village Self-ReliantLibrary Committee Daw Maw Maw Tun reportedon progress of the library. Deputy Director DawKhin San gave instructions on its perpetual existence.

Kyemon

Physic nut plant growingceremony held in Twantay

TWANTAY, 15 May — The physic nut plantgrowing ceremony organized by Yangon SouthDistrict Forest Department was held on 12 May atKyuntaw Reserved Forest in Phayakyi Village,Twantay Township.

Deputy Director U Than Oo of Yangon SouthDistrict Forest Department, Twantay TownshipForest Department Staff Officer U Mya Win Aungand staff planted 30,250 physic nut saplings on 25acres of land from 5 to 16 May. — Kyemon

Nay Pyi Taw, 20 May—The Ministry of Forestryheld its work coordination meeting at the meeting hallof Forest Research Department in Nay Pyi Tawyesterday morning with an address by Minister forForestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung.

It was also attended by heads of departmentunder the ministry, the rector of Institute of Forestry,the pro-rectors, the chairman of Forest Product JointVenture Corporation, directors, managers and others.

The State/Division officials reported on workcarried out and managing directors gave thesupplementary reports.

Ministry of Forestry meetsIn response to the reports of directors of Arid

Zone Greening Departments and the director-general,the minister gave instructions on forest plantations andconservation of natural forests.

Next, the directors of the State/Division ForestDepartments reported on work being carried out.

Afterwards, Director-General of Planning andStatistics Department U Than Swe reported onweaknesses and strengths during the four-month periodof the ministry and future works.

The meeting ended with the concluding remarksby the minister.—MNA

YANGON, 21 May —Sponsored by EducationWork Committee underthe Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambersof Commerce andIndustry, the UMFCCILevel I&II Course andKoeki Japanese LanguageCourse concluded at HotelNikko, here, yesterdayafternoon.

UMFCCI PresidentU Win Myint made a

Training courses of UMFCCI concludespeech. U Sein WinHlaing, General Secretaryof the federation andChairman of theEducation WorkCommittee, explainedmatters related to thetraining coursesconducted by thefederation. Instructor MrEigo Khino Shito ofKoeki Japanese LanguageCourse also explainedgiving lectures on

Japanese language course.President U Win

Myint, Vice-Presidents UWin Aung, U Zaw MinWin, U Aung Lwin and UThaung Tin and membersof the Education Work

MADRID, 21 May — Spain on Friday put forwardthe Africa Plan aimed at expanding cooperation withAfrican countries in the next three years to controlimmigration outflows from the continent.

Under the plan unveiled by the Council ofMinisters, Spain will open three new embassies inMali, Sudan and Cape Verde.

The plan also includes the opening of technicalcooperation offices in Cape Verde, Ethiopia and Mali,as well as commercial offices in Angola, Kenya,Nigeria, Senegal and South Africa.

Meanwhile, Spain will reinforce its diplomaticmissions in Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal.

One of the goals of the plan is to promotecooperation with African countries in regulatingmigration surges, according to the government.

Spain is preparing a package of Agreementson Migratory Cooperation and Readmission withAfrican countries. — MNA/ Xinhua

Committee awardedprizes to outstandingtrainees and presentedcertificates to othertrainees. They also gavegifts to instructors of thetraining courses. — MNA

Spain initiates Africa Plan tocontrol immigration influxes

Sports MinisterBrig-Gen Thura AyeMyint presents prize

to Golden BeltChampion Lone

Chaw, the winner ofAbove-Middleweight

Class at YouthTraining Centre,

Thuwunna onSunday. — MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung addresses work co-ordination meeting of the Ministry of Forestry.—MNA

President U Win Myint of UMFCCI presents gift toKoeki Japanese Language Course Instructor

Mr Eigo Khino Shito. — UMFCCI

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YANGON, 20 May — Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura Aye Myint met Myanmar athleteswho will take part in the international competitionsat National Indoor Stadium 1 this afternoon.

First, the athletes were introduced to theminister and the officials reported on preparationsfor the competitions.

In meeting with the athletes, the ministerurged them to redouble their efforts to achievesuccess in the respective competitions throughperseverance and sporting spirit.

MNA

Sports Minister meetsMyanmar athletes

Myanmar U-17Football Team is holdingthe opportunity to enter thefinal stage of the Asian U-17 Championship hostedby Singapore in September2006 by grabbing a winover opponent Thai youthteam in the qualifier match.

At present, Myan-mar youth team is makingpreparations keenly forimprovement of players’skills to achieve victory toa certain extent in the Asianlevel football tournament.When the championshipcommences, Myanmar willhave to struggle for itssuccess in the groupcomprising Asianpowerhouse teams—SaudiArabia, North Korea andimproving Laos.

As a tune-upcompetition, Myanmar

Myanmar Youth set sights on success in Lion Cup,Asian U-17 Championship

Article: Nyi Nyi Soe NyuntPhotos: Soe Nyunt (Kyemon)

Youth Team that sets sightson participation in theAsian U-17 Championshipis scheduled to take part inthe Lion Cup to beorganized by SingaporeFootball Federation inSingapore. In 1992,Myanmar had securedchampion in the Lion Cup.

In the Lion Cup tobe held from 5 to 10September, Singapore (A)and Singapore (B) teamsfrom the host country willplay against with Myanmarand Malaysia, totalling

four. Myanmar YouthTeam, being champion inthe ASEAN U-17Championship 2005 isfavorite to win success inthe Cup. Although it didnot play with Malaysia andSingapore in the ASEANU-17 Championship 2005,Myanmar deservedlyclinched the championshiptrophy by defeating Thaiand other rival teams.

Now, a total of 26tentatively selected playersof Myanmar Youth Teamis undergoing training toparticipate in the Asian U-17 Championship.Together with six newplayers, the team is formedwith 20 players who tookpart in the qualifier of thechampionship. Out of 26players, 18 selected playerswill be picked out for taking

part in the Lion Cup. Atpresent, the players arebeing folded into the campto undergo training underChief Coach Mr Minkovski(Bulgaria) together withCoaches U Khin MaungTint, U Zaw Lay Aung, UKyaw Lwin andGoalkeeper Coach U TunTint Aung.

Coach U KhinMaung Tint, in an interview,said that they were makingpreparations for the AsianU-17 Championship. SinceDecember 2005, the

Myanmar Youth Team hasbeen undergoing training.As part of preparations forthe Asian U-17Championship, Myanmaryouth will enter the LionCup in Singapore. Atpresent, the Myanmar YouthTeam is in the best position.The team is formed with 20players who had taken partin the qualifier of thechampionship, together withthree players each fromSports and PhysicalEducation Institutes(Yangon) and (Mandalay).Two injured playersGoalkeeper Nay Hlaing andNaing Lin Tun will miss theLion Cup. Prior to the LionCup, the Myanmar Youth

Team has played six tune-up matches. In its tune-upmatches, the MyanmarYouth Team trounced theUnder-20 ConstructionTeam and the Industry-1Team with a 5-0 result eachon 6 and 10 May. However,the team lost to First ElevenFC with a goalless draw on15 May and a 0-1 result on17 May. Another tune-upmatch was held between theMyanmar Youth Team andTransport on 19 May. In itsschedules, the MyanmarYouth Team will meet with

1-1 draw with host ThaiYouth Team. Due to thegoal scores difference,Myanmar was qualifiedfor the championship.

A total of 26tentatively selectedplayers of the MyanmarYouth Team are: PyaePhyo Oo, Kaung MyatHan, San Lwin Oo, ThanTun Aung, Naing Lin Tun,Moe Naing Tun, MyatNaing Aung, Nyein NyanSoe, Van La Harwe(Goalkeeper), Aye Moe,Zin Myo Aung, AungKyaw Moe, Zaw Lin, ChitKo Ko Htwe, David Dun,Tin Win Aung, Paing MyoOo, Aung Myint Tun, YanAung Win, Nay Hlaing

(Goalkeeper), Pyae Phyo KoKo, Chit Ko Ko (2), SoePaing Thu (Goalkeeper),Aung Zaw Lin, Aung PyoneKyaing and Kaung MyatTun.

To be able to bringthe honour to the State,Myanmar Under-17 Team— holder of the ASEANUnder-17 Championship2005 and the qualifier of theAsian Under-17Championship 2006—isstriving with concertedefforts to take part in theAsian U-17 Championshipand the Lion Cup ofSingapore.

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Translation: TTA

Construction Team on 22May. Despite sufferinginjury in the tune-upmatches, Pyae Phyo Oo, ZinMyo Aung and Than TunAung would recover fromtheir injury soon and theywill not miss the matches.Now, the Myanmar YouthTeam is being nurtured byChief Coach Mr Minkovskiand Myanmar Coaches.

In the qualifier of theAsian U-17 Championshipheld in Thailand from 13 to17 November 2005,Myanmar whitewashedMaldives 12-0 and played a

ForeignMinister meets…

(from page 16)The Bangladesh

delegation was seen off atthe airport by the DirectorGeneral of Consular andLegal Affairs U PhaeThann Oo, the Ambassa-dor of Bangladesh toMyanmar Mr MohammedKhairuzzaman and offi-cials concerned of theMinistry of Foreign Af-fairs and the Embassy ofBangladesh in Yangon.

MNA

A Myanmar Coach training Myanmar U-17 players.

Bulgarian Coach gives training to players of Myanmar U-17 Team.

A player of Myanmar U-17 seen in training session.

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Thu meets withBangladeshi delegation. — MNA

10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 22 May, 2006

BEIJING, 21 May —Electronic books, e-book-stores and digital librariesare becoming more popu-lar in China.

A national survey onpeople’s reading habits inthe Internet era, conductedby Beijing Founder Elec-tronic Co Ltd affiliatedto Beijing University anda national newspapercalled China InformationWorld, showed 27.8 percent of Chinese citizenswere accustomed to read-ing books and articles onthe Internet in 2005, whilethe figures in 1999 and2003 were 3.7 per cent

Growing number of Chineseprefer electronic reading

and 18.3 per cent respec-tively.

China currently has110 million netizens andthe number is growingsteadily.

To feed citizens’ in-creasing e-reading needs,publishing houses are co-operating with websites,mobile phone suppliersand telecommunicationsoperators. China has morethan 400 publishinghouses operating onlinepublishing businesses.

Dai Longji, curatorof Beijing University li-brary, said the borrowingof e-books is constantly

increasing in his library.The problem is the numberand the content of e-bookscannot satisfy readers’needs. He suggested book-stores establish electronicbookstores on the Internetas soon as possible to meetreaders’ needs.

The popularity ofonline-reading has begunto affect the circulation ofnewspapers and maga-zines in the country, ac-cording to reports. Anumber of newspapers andmagazines have reportedthe decline in advertise-ment revenue.

MNA/Xinhua

HK suspendspoultry import

applicationfrom Denmark

HONG KONG, 21 May— Hong Kong Friday sus-pended processing of ap-plications for the impor-tation of poultry meat fromDenmark for fear of birdflu outbreak.

The city’s Food andEnvironmental HygieneDepartment made the an-nouncement on Friday anddeclared its immediate ef-fectiveness.

“The decision wastaken following the con-firmation of an outbreakof avian influenza H5N1in a poultry farm in Den-mark,” said a spokesmanfor the department.

“We are seeking fur-ther information from therelevant authorities con-cerning the case,” he said.

MNA/Xinhua

PRAGUE, 21 May — Aformer rightist deputyprime minister attackedleftist Health MinisterDavid Rath at a meetingon Saturday, state televi-sion showed, raising po-litical tensions in theCzech Republic twoweeks before an election.

Miroslav Macek, aformer deputy prime min-ister in the 1990s and along-time adviser to Presi-dent Vaclav Klaus, waschairing a meeting ofCzech dentists whenvideotape aired on statetelevision showed hewalked over to a seatedRath and hit him in theback of the head.

Former rightist Czech officialattacks Minister

Macek, a dentist whois no longer officially ac-tive in politics but stillclosely associated with therightist Civic Democrats,said he hit Rath over com-ments the minister hadmade about him and hiswife. The two men stoodtoe to toe arguing after thefirst hit, before Macekagain tried to punch Rath.The two then wrestledbriefly before they wereseparated.

The Civic Democratshave a narrow 4 percent-age point lead over the

leftist Social Democratsof Prime Minister JiriParoubek with a 2-3 Junevote looming in a bruisingcampaign.

“Dr Macek hasshown how the CivicDemocrats behave. Thatis, they attack unexpect-edly from behind thosewho oppose their views,”Rath said journalists at themeeting after the incident.

Macek said the inci-dent was personal and notpolitical, a line echoed bythe Civic Democrats.

MNA/Reuters

WASHINGTON, 21May — Government test-ing found the cancer-caus-ing chemical benzene insome soft drinks but not athigh enough levels to causeharm, US regulators saidon Friday.

Five out of morethan 100 beverages testedhad benzene in amounts ex-ceeding the limit set for USdrinking water — 5 partsper billion, the Food andDrug Administration said.The agency said it askedmanufacturers to minimizeor eliminate benzene levelsin their products. All of themakers contacted have re-formulated the drinks or arein the process of doing so,FDA officials said.

The agency testedsamples of soft drinks andother beverages from No-vember 2005 through April2006.

The benzeneamounts detected “do notpose a safety concern forconsumers”, the FDA saidin a statement. Most prod-ucts had very low levels ofbenzene or none that was

US FDA says benzene foundin some soft drinks

detected, said Dr LauraTarantino, director of theFDA’s Office of Food Ad-ditive Safety. Some levelswere as high as 88 parts perbillion, according to dataposted on the FDA website.There is no limit set for softdrinks but regulators be-lieve benzene levels shouldbe minimal, Tarantino said.

“Any benzene in softdrinks that can be avoidedby the way you formulateor package or distributeshould be avoided. That’swhat we’re really asking,”she said.

The drinks with ben-zene exceeding five partsper billion were certain lotsof Safeway Inc’s SafewaySelect Diet Orange;Cadbury Schweppes Plc’sCrush Pineapple; GiantLight Cranberry JuiceCocktail, sold by Ahold unitGiant Food Inc; MeridianBeverage Co’s AquaCalStrawberry Flavoured Wa-ter Beverage, and KraftFood Inc’s Crystal LightSunrise Classic Orange.

Safeway reformu-lated its Select Diet Orange

LONDON, 21 May —Police arrested a teenageron Saturday in their in-vestigation into the stab-bing to death this week ofa 15-year-old boy outsidehis London school.

Kiyan Prince was fa-tally wounded outside theLondon Academy inEdgware, northwest Lon-don, as pupils were goinghome on Thursday. Hewas taken to a hospital butdied from his wounds.

British media said theboy was stabbed after step-ping in to break up a fight.

Scotland Yard saidon Saturday they had ar-rested a 16-year-old boyin connection with theirinquiry. Prince was ayouth team player at theLondon Championshipsoccer club Queens ParkRangers (QPR).

Teenager held over Londonschoolboy’s death

“He was a great lad, aterrific prospect and it’s ahuge setback for every-one that knew him,” headof youth Joe Gallen saidon the QPR website.

Chairman GianniPaladini said the clubwould do everything itcould to help the familythrough “this terribletime”.

The school’s princi-pal Phil Hearne said staffand children were devas-tated by the attack in whathe described as a safe andquiet area.

“This was a lovelyyoung man,” he said. “Hewas looked up to byyoungsters here, terriblywell respected, an ex-tremely reliable, hardworking, bright youngman — a natural bornleader.” — MNA/Reuters

French actress Marie Gillain (L) and Frenchactor Jose Garcia arrive for the screening ofFrench director Nicole Garcia’s in-competitionfilm ‘Selon Charlie’ at the 59th CannesFilm Festival on 20 May, 2006. — INTERNET

A representative for Swiss jeweller Choparddisplays the Palme d’Or film award as

preparations continue on the eve of the start ofthe 59th International Film Festival in

Cannes, on May 16, 2006. The festival openson 17 May and runs until 28 May. INTERNET

A male baboon yawns in the Cape Peninsula outside Cape Town, SouthAfrica in this 9 May, 2006 file photo. Unruly gangs of baboons raidthe upmarket homes that line the spectacular coast of South Africa’s

Cape Peninsula, clearing out pantries, emptying fridges, and defecatingover the designer

finishes. It’s baboonversus human in astring of wealthy

ocean-frontcommunities 30

minutes from thetrendy centre of Cape

Town, a top touristdestination. Picture

taken on 9 May, 2006. INTERNET

soda before it was contactedby the FDA, companyspokeswoman TeenaMassingill said. Repre-sentatives of the other mak-ers could not immediatelybe reached on Fridayevening.

MNA/Reuters

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BEIJING, 21 May — China has launched a comprehensive check ofpharmaceutical plants nationwide after a fake drug caused the death of fivepeople.

China begins comprehensivecheck of pharmaceutical plants

GAZA, 21 May — Two people were killed and 10 others including Palestin-ian intelligence chief were injured in a blast that rocked the Palestiniansecurity headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, security sources said.

An Airbus A319 of East Star Air is seen at the Meilan InternationalAirport in Haikou, capital of south China’s Hainan Province on 20May, 2006. East Star Air opened the flight from Wuhan, capital of

central China’s Hubei Province, to Haikou on 20 May. The Wuhan-based company is the fourth private airlines in China. — INTERNET

The Third All-China Games is opened in Suzhou, a city in east China’sJiangsu Province, on 20 May, 2006. The event held every four yearsincludes almost all non-Olympic sports items in China. —INTERNET

"Drug administra-tions should immediatelylaunch comprehensivechecks of raw materialspurchased, managementof materials and examina-tion of finished productsof pharmaceutical plants,"says a circular issued bythe State Food and DrugAdministration.

Five people died andsix people were hospital-ized after they were in-jected with the fake drugArmillarisni A injectionmade by the Qiqihar No 2Pharmaceutical Co Ltdin northeast China's Hei-longjiang Province.

The government hasshut down the plant andbanned the sale of allmedicines made by it.

"We must furtherimprove supervision and

administration of drugproduction to ensure thesafety of drugs and pre-vent such accidents fromhappening again," said anofficial with the adminis-tration.

According to a gov-ernment investigation, thecompany purchased oneton of "propylene glycol"from drug dealer WangGuiping in September2005 as auxiliary mate-rial for producing theArmillarisni A Injection.

The "propylene gly-col" delivered by Wang isactually diglycol, an in-dustrial material whichcauses acute kidney fail-ure if taken by humans.The company's qualityinspectors failed to dis-cover the problem.

Using diglycol, the

company produced theinjection, mainly for treat-ing acute or chronic chole-cystitis and chronic andatrophic gastritis.

Drug authorities inSouth China's GuangdongProvince reported on 3May that patients usingthe injection had deve-loped acute kidney fail-ure symptoms, whichprompted immediate in-vestigation into the case.

The police have de-tained the suspect WangGuiping and have takenother people involved inthe case into custody.

Further investiga-tions revealed the QiqiharNo 2 Pharmaceutical CoLtd had been producingfour other fake drugs be-fore its closure.

MNA/Xinhua

Two killed in Gaza’s Palestiniansecurity HQs blast

Palestinian intelli-gence chief Tareq AbuRajab and his bodyguardswere in the area when theexplosion went off in thebuilding’s elevator, saidthe sources. One of AbuRajab’s bodyguard waskilled in the blast and theother was not immediatelyrecognized.

Abu Rajab, alongwith other injured, wasrushed to Gaza City hos-pital where he was under-going a surgery, said thesources.

The blast was caused

by a bomb planted in thebuilding’s elevator bank,said the sources, addingthat the bomb went off inthe elevator close to thesecond floor as he and hisbodyguards were headingto his office on the fourthfloor of the building.

It is the third timethat he escapes assassi-nation attempt. Satur-day’s blast against thesecurity headquarters inGaza came amid mount-ing tension between rul-ing Hamas and support-ers of the previously

dominant Fatah move-ment after armed clasheshad left several militantsdead.

Abu Rajab heads thegeneral intelligenceforces, which is underPalestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas’ com-mand.

The intelligencechief headed an investi-gation team to Jordan inmid-May to probe an al-leged weapon smugglingissued by Hamas activ-ists.

MNA/Xinhua

Rescuers install steel pipes to pump water outof the flooded shaft of a coal mine in order torescue at least 44 still trapped underground inZuoyun county, Shanxi Province on 20 May,

2006. A total of 145 miners were workingunderground when the flooding accident tookplace on Thursday night, and 101 managed to

escape, rescuers said. —INTERNET

Flood forces evacuation ofcommunity in eastern CanadaOTTAWA, 21 May — Ten straight days of rain have

forced a community east of Montreal, Canada’s sec-ond largest city, to evacuate about 30 homes becauseof flooding.

The banks of the Yamaska River began overflow-ing early Saturday morning, forcing about 100 peoplefrom their homes, reports reaching here said.

Officials warned that more homes could be eva-cuated if the situation worsens, and are asking resi-dents to clear out their basements as a precautionarymeasure.

The Red Cross set up an emergency shelter for theevacuees, and several pumps are working to keep theflooding from spreading.

Flooding was also reported in several other re-gions of Quebec Province. According to EnvironmentCanada, around 140 millimetres of rain has fallen thismonth in southwestern Quebec. The agency says the10 consecutive days of rain parts of the province haveseen is unusual. —MNA/Xinhua

28 climbers scaleMt Everest on

Saturday KATHMANDU, 21May

— A total of 28 moun-taineers of four differentexpeditions have scaledMt Qomolangma, theworld's tallest peak, onSaturday.

According to RadioNepal, a 12-member teamof India climbed MtEverest Saturday fromSouth. The team com-prises of six Indians andsix Nepali high altitudeworkers.

The six Indians whoscaled the peak were allgovernment employees.

MNA/Xinhua

Indonesia pressing for Australiansupport on Papua

MEDFORD, (Massa-chusetts), 21May — Aus-

tralia's leader should signa document recognizing

Jakarta's rule over WestPapua Province to resolvea dispute over Canberra’sdecision to grant 42Papuans asylum, a seniorIndonesia official said onSaturday.

Leaders of Australiaand Indonesia, facingtheir most serious disrup-tion of relations sinceover East Timor inde-pendence in 1999, planto meet soon to discussthe dispute, which causedJakarta to recall its am-bassador.

Indonesia says Aus-tralia's decision to grantrefugee status to thePapuans in March gavesupport to Papua's inde-pendence movement.

But differencesover the issue were nar-rowing between Jakartaand Canberra, said For-eign Minister HassanWirajuda.

MNA/Reuters

12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 22 May, 2006

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

Int’l cultural expoopens in S China GUANGZHOU, 20 May—

An international culturalexpo opened Thursday inShenzhen, a booming cityin southern China’sGuangdong Province, withthe aim of promotingChinese cultural productsand services to the worldmarket. Activities duringthe four-day expo includeexhibitions, trade fairs, andseminars on artistic design,media technology, publica-tion, education, auctionsand performances by inter-national artists.

More than 1,500 Chineseenterprises, 26 delegationsfrom Australia, SouthKorea, Japan and a numberof other countries, and some21,000 participants fromcultural circles, will attendthe expo.— MNA/Xinhua

Work on Three Gorges Dam’smain wall starts final sprint THREE GORGES DAM SITE (Hubei Province), 20

May— The final part of concrete placement for themain section of the mammoth Three Gorges Damstarted at 4:00 am on Friday in the middle reach ofthe Yangtze River, the longest in China.

China’s Trade Union calls forminimum wage boost

BEIJING, 20 May— The All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) hascalled on provincial governments to raise their legal minimum wage amidconcerns the real value of the minimum wage is slipping.

Singapore launches new service to help SMEs finance SINGAPORE, 20 May— Singapore’s SME (small- and medium-sized enterprises) Credit Bureau launched

a new service, the Singapore Business Toolkit, to help SMEs finance, Minister of State for Education andTrade and Industry Chan Soo Sen announced on Friday.

The final concreteplacement is due to finishon Saturday, which willmark the completion of thedam’s main wall.

The 185-metre-highand 2,309-metre-longdam, often compared tothe Great Wall in itsscale, is the world’s largestdam of reinforced con-crete, with a total of 28million cubic metres of

concrete to be poured. Thelast placement involves1,017.5 cubic metres ofconcrete.

Actually, the com-pleted section of thedam's main wall is 184.8metres high, with theremaining 0.2 metrereserved for building thehighway on the top ofthe dam.

MNA/Xinhua

A statement from theACFTU said somegovernments had yet toset per-hour minimumwage standards, some hadfailed to include un-employment insurance,workers’ injury insurance,medical insurance andpublic housing funds whensetting minimum wagestandards.

Employers in someareas are by-passing localminimum wage standardsby implementing a

piecework wage system. The Chinese

Government establisheda minimum wage systemin 1993, which thecountry's 31 provincial,autonomous region andmunicipal authoritieswere responsible forimplementing.

Minimum wage levelsin some areas were con-sidered too low to ensurelow-income groups andan inadequate minimumwage would enlarge the

income gap. Beijing’s 2004

minimum wage of 545yuan a month was just20 per cent of thecity’s average income,down from 39 per cent in1994.

The ACFTU state-ment has called ongovernments to adjusttheir minimum wagelevels to 40 to 60 per centof local average incomeswithin three to five years.

MNA/Xinhua

“The Toolkit will helpSMEs to identify areas ofweaknesses and offerbasic advice to addressthese areas. The ultimategoal is to improve SMEs'credit standing and thusenhance their chances in

raising capital,” Chan saidat the second SME CreditBureau Conference.

The service is a jointeffort by the SME CreditBureau, which is an onlineplatform providinglenders with credit-relatedinformation on localcompanies, and the WorldBank’s InternationalFinance Corporation.

Chan also noted in hisspeech that the SingaporeGovernment has adopteda three-pronged approachto collaborate with theprivate sector in helpingSMEs access financing.

Firstly, it has developeda suite of financingschemes, including theStart-up EnterpriseDevelopment Scheme(SEEDS) and the BusinessAngel Scheme (BAS) forthe start-ups, as well as theLocal Enterprise FinanceScheme (LEFS) andMicroloans for thegrowing SMEs, to address

areas where there aremarket gaps, Chan said.

The LEFS has offered40,000 loans worth 10billion Singapore dollars(about six billion USdollars) since its launch in1976 while Microloanshave benefitted more than10,000 businesses, whichhave less than 10employees each, in the pastfive years with some 326million Singapore dollars(about 207 million USdollars), according to theminister.

The second approach isthat the government hasbeen catalyzing newfinancing options, Chansaid, citing the LoanInsurance Scheme (LIS)and the SME Access Loanas examples. The SMEAccess Loan has so farprovided loans of over 100million Singapore dollars(about 63 million USdollars) to more than 400under-served SMEs.

Thirdly, the govern-ment also helps creategreater awareness andmatch SMEs to theappropriate financingoptions available throughvarious platforms, such asthe Finance Roadshows,Deal Flow Connection,EnterpriseOne and theEnterprise DevelopmentCentres, Chan noted.

He reiterated that thegovernment has pledgedthree billion Singaporedollars (about two billionUS dollars) as loans toSMEs over the next fiveyears, hoping to catalyzean equal amount of loansfrom the private sectorduring the same period.

Currently, there areover 130,000 SMEsoperating in the city state,which employ more thanhalf of the total workforceand contribute to some 43per cent of the country'sgross domestic product(GDP). — MNA/Xinhua

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

INVITATION TO SEALED QUOTATION

1. Sealed quotations are invited by the Myanma PortAuthority, for the supply of the following items;

(a) Mooring Chain & Accessories.(b) 35 Ton Diesel Hydraulic Mobile Crane.(c) 10 Ton Diesel Forklift Truck (Low Mast).(d) U-AIS Transponder FA-100.(e) Handheld Ranger Finder.

2. Quotation forms and documents are available at theStores Department, Seik Kan Township, MyanmaPort Authority, starting from 23-5-2006, duringoffice hours.

3. For further details, please contact telephone number292334 and 292301.

Controller of Stores Stores DepartmentMyanma Port Authority

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Chinese netizens oppose auction of Mao Zedong’s portrait BEIJING, 20 May — Sina.com, a popular Chinese Internet portal, has seen more than 18,000 posts from

netizens opposing the auction of late Chairman Mao Zedong’s portrait.

Greenpeace briefly shuts Cargill in Brazil terminal

SAOPAULO (Brazil), 20 May — Environmental activist group Greenpeacesaid on Friday it temporarily shut down a Cargill Inc export terminal in Brazilto protest the US grain trader’s work in the Amazon.

China offers subsidies for retiringoutdated motor vehicles

BEIJING, 20 May — China will offer up to 15,000 yuan (1,875 US dollars)for each motor vehicle which is retired before the date required by law,China’s Ministry of Finance said on Friday.

Mittal Steel launchesArcelor takeover bid

BRUSSELS, 20 May — Mittal Steel has officiallylaunched its bid for rival Arcelor after the go-aheadfrom European regulators, local media reported onThursday.

Chinese Vice-Premier wantsimproved meteorological innovation

BEIJING,20 May— Chinese Vice-Premier HuiLiangyu underscored here Thursday that Chinaneeds to build a world class modern meteorologicalsystem.

The retired motorvehicle eligible forsubsidies include largecargo and passengervehicles registered during1997 and 1999 and

scrapped or dismemberedthis year.

The per-unit subsidieswill be 4,000 yuan forthose vehicles which areover 12 tons in weight or

those with over 30 seatsand nine metres in length.

The ministry said thesubsidies for retiring andreplacing an outdated buswith a new bus that meetEURO II exhaust gasemission standards will be15,000 yuan.

The move is designed topromote the developmentof the country’s auto sector,reduce air pollution andtraffic accidents, and saveenergy.— MNA/Xinhua

After the websitepublished the news thatHuachen Auction Com-pany will begin the biddingfor Mao’s portrait on 3 June,

thousands went onlineexpressing hopes that thegovernment authority willend the auction, Saturday’sChina Daily reported.

The original model forthe Mao painting that hungover high through the 1950son Beijing’s TiananmenRostrum, the symbol of theChina’s Communistrevolution, is expected tofetch one million to 1.2million yuan (120,000-

150,000 US dollars). “I strongly oppose the

auction of Chairman Mao’sportrait because it is neithera mere piece of artistic worknor a commercial activity.Mao Zedong is the spirit ofour great nation,” ananonymous person said onthe Internet. “How dare theydo such a thing! If they soldMao’s portrait today, theywill sold TiananmenRostrum the other day.”

Hui said China’smeteorological serviceshave played an importantrole in the country’sdisaster relief, economicconstruction, socialdevelopment and nationaldefence.

Yet the Vice-Premier said that currentmeteorological techno-

logy and services do notentirely meet the need ofthe fast growing society.

He urged all the relateddepartments to implementthe central government’spolicies on meteorologicaldevelopment and providesufficient support to theinnovation.

MNA/Xinhua

another person said. The portrait was painted

by Zhang Zhenshi, knownas the best portraitist inChina specialized in thepainting of Mao. He wasamong more than 30painters invited fromaround the country to createa new portrait of Mao tomark the first anniversaryof the People’s Republic ofChina in 1950 .

MNA/Xinhua

The group said the soyexported from Cargill’sterminal in Santarem wasgrown on deforestedAmazon jungle.

One activist wasthrown into the riverand eight people werearrested, Greenpeace said.Climbers tried to occupythe roof and conveyorbelts of Cargill’s facilitywhere they display abanner reading ‘ForaCargill’ — ‘Cargill getout’, Greenpeace said in astatement.

Greenpeace said othervolunteers were trying toprevent soybeans frombeing unloaded frombarges.

The organization’sArctic Sunrise boat wasobstructing the dock areabut a vessel at the terminalwas attempting to removeit.

“American corpo-rations like Cargill are

eating up the Amazon togrow soya,” GreenpeaceAmazon coordinator

France, Belgium andLuxembourg regulatorshave already givenapproval for Mittal’s21-billion-euro hostiletakeover bid for steel firmArcelor, according toBrussels-based newswebsite expatica.

US regulators havealso cleared the deal onantitrust grounds, butMittal is still waiting forEU-level regulatoryapproval. The EuropeanUnion (EU) is set toapprove the deal by June 7.Mittal, the world’s largest

steel group by volume, isoffering a mix of cash andequity during its Arceloroffer period extending untilJune 29. However, the Luxebourg-based Arcelor hasrepeatedly voiced itsopposition to the bid.

Aecelor has urgedshareholders to preserve itsindependence and hasalready promised anincreased 2005 dividendand a 5-billion-euro (around6.4 billion US dollars) sharebuyback above market levelto convince them.

MNA/Xinhua

Solar energyproduction base

established inShanghai

SHANGHAI, 21 May —A Chinese company plansto invest two billion yuan(250 million US dollars)to set up a solar energyproduction base inShanghai in the comingfive years, one of the largestof its kind in the country.

The Jinlong IndustrialGroup, a leading solarenergy company based inHebei Province, will beengaged in manufacturingphotovoltaic cell, crystalsilicon and other keyproducts in FengxianCounty of Shanghai.

MNA/Xinhua

Paulo Adario said in thestatement.

MNA/Reuters

Villagers row anewly-built dragon

boat at a river in thesuburbs of

Guangzhou, capitalof China’s southern

Guangdong Provinceon 20 May, 2006. The

boats are preparedfor the Dragon Boat

Festival which iscelebrated with boat

races to represent theattempted rescue ofpoet Chu Yuan. ChuYuan drowned on thefifth day of the fifthlunar month in 277

BC. This year’sDragon Boat Festival

falls on 31 May. INTERNET

A baby Bactrian

camel is sheltered

by its mother Lila,

two-year-old, in

their enclosure at

Hellabrunn zoo in

Munich on 28

April, 2006. The

female baby camel

is yet to be named,

and was born on 17

April, 2006.

INTERNET

The new Sony Ericsson Walkman telephone.Ericsson, the world’s biggest supplier of mobiletelecommunication systems, is to bid for a contract toset up a 2.1 billion euro (2.7 billion dollar) surveillance system on the US-Mexico border.—INTERNET

14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 22 May, 2006

S P O R T S Brazilians power CSKAMoscow to Cup victory MOSCOW, 21 May — CSKA Moscow kept hold of

the Russian Cup on Saturday after their Brazilianstrikers Jo and Vagner Love swept them to a 3-0victory over city rivals Spartak.

Jo opened the scoring two minutes before the end ofa fast and furious first half, driving a free kick throughthe wall and out of reach of Spartak keeper WojciechKowalewski.

Spartak, who have not won a game against CSKAsince 2001, tried hard to level but never looked danger-ous and their misery was compounded when midfielderSantos Mozart was shown a red card for fouling fellowBrazilian Dudu two minutes from time.

Vagner Love made it 2-0 with a solo effort in the90th minute when he picked the ball up in midfield andfoxed the goalkeeper.

Jo, Russian league’s top scorer with 11 goals in ninematches, then finished off Spartak with a clean strikefrom just outside the box in injury time.

Spartak’s caretaker coach Vladimir Fedotov praisedhis opponents.

“We simply lost to a better team,” said formerCSKA striker Fedotov.

CSKA coach Valery Gazzayev added: “It’s notenough to play well, it was also important to show theteam spirit and fight to the end.” —MNA/Reuters

South Africa end 7-hour goaldrought in Swazi win

Safina struggles pastKuznetsova to Rome final ROME 21, May — Dinara Safina emerged victo-

rious from a 2-1/2 hour claycourt battle, beatingfellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6, 6-4,7-5 to reach the final of the Italian Open on Saturday.

Henry signs newcontract with Arsenal

LONDON, 21 May — Arsenal talisman ThierryHenry ended months of speculation about his fu-ture by pledging his future to the North Londonclub on Friday.

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Levski secureBulgarian leaguetitle for 24th time SOFIA, 21 May — Levski Sofia clinched their 24th

Bulgarian league title on Saturday with a 2-1 win atrelegation-threatened Botev Plovdiv.

With two matches to go, Levski have an unassail-able eight-point lead over bitter city rivals CSKA whowere beaten 1-0 at lowly Rodopa Smolyan.

CSKA had a seven-point lead at the top after thefirst half of the season but thanks to a string of fineperformances Levski overtook them to capture theirfirst league title since 2002. Levski top the 15-teamleague with 67 points from 26 matches and will play inthe second qualifying round of the Champions Leaguenext season. CSKA lie second on 59.

“We’ve been the most consistent team throughoutthe season and we deserve the title,” said Levski coachStanimir Stoilov whose side also enjoyed an excellentrun in the UEFA Cup this season, reaching the quarter-finals. —MNA/Reuters

The 28-year-old, whosigned a new four-yearcontract, had a year left onhis former contract andhad been linked with amove to Barcelona but hasopted to stay and lead Ar-senal in their new stadium.

"At one point it crossedmy mind to leave," he tolda news conference, twodays after Arsenal lost theChampions League finalto Barca.

"But I think with myheart and my heart toldme to stay."

Henry said Arsenal'sperformance in the 2-1defeat to Barcelona hadbeen key to his decision tocommit his future to theclub.

"We can be so proud ofwhat we did," he said.

"The game reassuredme of one thing I wantedto know — how far I cango with that team. Theyshowed me they are a teamwith heart and lots ofquality.— MNA/Xinhua

JOHANNESBURG, 21May — South Africaended a run of almostseven hours without agoal in a 1-0 win overSwaziland in the CosafaCastle Cup on Saturday.Benson Mhlongo scoredwith a 13th minuteheader to ensure a placein the Group B finalagainst Botswana onSunday.

Botswana won Sat-urday’s second semifinalwith a 2-0 win overMadagascar. Mhlongo’s

ended South Africa’srecord run of 418 min-utes without a goal whenhe stole in behindSwaziland’s defence.

A locally-based sideproved too strong for theSwazis, playing their firstmatch under Belgiancoach Jan van Winckel.

Two goals in twominutes midway throughthe second half fromsubstitute MoemediMothiaping and defenderKhumo Mothibane al-lowed Botswana to capi-

talize on their dominationagainst the Malagasy.

The mini-tourna-ment serves as a quali-fier for the semifinals ofthe annual southern Afri-can regional tournament.

World Cup finalistsAngola qualified fromthe Group A tournamentin Lesotho last month.

MNA/Reuters

Barca lose but Eto’o finishes as top scorerMADRID, 21 May —

Barcelona striker SamuelEto’o crowned a memo-rable season by finishingas the Primera Liga’s topmarksman with 26 goalsas he scored in his side’s3-1 defeat at Athletic Bil-bao on Saturday.

The Cameroon in-ternational missed out onthe honour last year whenVillarreal’s Diego Forlanpipped him at the post onthe last day of the sea-son.

Eto’o, who alsoscored in Wednesday’s 2-1 Champions League fi-nal win over Arsenal,started the day level withValencia’s David Villaon 25 goals.

He netted after 36minutes to put his weak-ened side ahead in theirrescheduled last game ofthe season though theBasques scored threetimes after the break totake the points.

The European andSpanish champions fin-ished their league cam-paign on 82 points, 12clear of second-placedReal Madrid. After a sea-son spent fighting againstrelegation Bilbao climbedto 12th.

The game had a trueend of season feel aboutit with Barca alreadycrowned champions andBilbao safe from relega-tion and out of the run-

ning for the Europeanplaces.

The visitors wereshorn of first-team regu-

She will play MartinaHingis or Venus Williamsin the final.

Safina, seeded 16, fi-nally seized control inthe 11th game of the finalset when seventh seedKuznetsova netted twoforehands and drifted abackhand over the base-line to gift her opponent abreak and the chance toserve out for the match.

"It was really a longtime. In the second set Ijust said to myself 'play itpoint by point' and in theend it went my way to-day," said Safina after

reaching her first final ofthe year.

Former US Openchampion Kuznetsovamade a slow start to thematch, going 3-1 downto Safina before findingthe rhythm on hergroundstrokes to break inthe seventh and ninthgames and wrap up thefirst set.

She battled back froma break down in the sec-ond set too, but then serveda double fault and put abackhand wide in the ninthgame to gift a vital breakto Safina who levelled thematch.

Safina maintained hermomentum into the de-cider, three times going abreak up only to be peggedback on each occasion.

MNA/Reuters

Jose Armando Santa Cruz, right, of of Los

Angeles lands a right to the bloody face of

Chikashi Inada, of Japan, early in the sixth round

of a scheduled 12-round WBC lightweight interim

world championship boxing match in Los Angeles,

on Saturday, 20 May, 2006. Santa Cruz won by

TKO when the referee stopped the fight later in the

sixth round.—INTERNET

Thierry Henry and Arsene Wenger.

Samuel Eto’o

lars such asRonaldinho, Deco,Carles Puyol andRafael Marquez.Part of FIFA’s rul-ing that allowedthe delayed matchto take place afterthe May 15 dead-line set for the endof the league sea-son was that inter-national players in-volved in nextmonth’s WorldCup finals werebarred from com-peting.

MNA/Reuters

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WEATHERSunday, 21 May, 2006

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hours MST: During the past 24 hours, the Southwestmonsoon has advanced into Myanmar Deltaic areas.Rain or thundershowers have been widespread in Chinand Mon States, Yangon, Ayeyawady and TaninthayiDivisions, scattered in Kayin State and Bago Division,isolated in Rakhine State, upper Sagaing and MandalayDivisions with locally heavyfall in Taninthayi Divisionand isolated heavyfalls in Mon State and Yangon Divi-sion and weather has been partly cloudy in the remainingareas. Day temperatures were (5°C) above normal inKachin State and upper Sagaing Division, (3˚C) to (4˚C)above normal in Kayin and Mon States, Bago andAyeyawady Divisions, (5˚C) below normal in TaninthayiDivision and about normal in the remaining areas. Thesignificant day temperature was Kalewa (40˚C). Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfalls recorded were Launglon(6.22) inches, Myeik (4.65) inches, Ye and Central Yangon(4.14) inches each, Dawei (3.90) inches, Yangon (Kaba-Aye) (2.24) inches, Co co Island (2.12) inches andMawlamyine (1.77) inches.

Maximum temperature on 20-5-2006 was 85°F.Minimum temperature on 21-5-2006 was 67°F. Relativehumidity at 09:30 hrs MST on 21-5-2006 was (96%).Total sunshine hours on 20-5-2006 was nil.

Rainfalls on 21-5-2006 were (1.38) inches atMingaladon, (2.24) inches at Kaba-Aye and (4.14)inches at Central Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006were (12.60) inches at Mingaladon, (14.09) inches atKaba-Aye and (14.49) inches at Central Yangon. Maxi-mum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (15) mphfrom Southeast at (11:50) hours MST on 20-5-2006.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong to vigorous inthe Andaman Sea, Central Bay and South Bay. Weatheris partly cloudy elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 22-5-2006:Weather will be partly cloudy in lower Sagaing andMagway Divisions and rain or thundershowers will beisolated in Kachin, Chin, Shan and Kayah States, scat-tered in Rakhine State, upper Sagaing and Bago Divi-sions and widespread in the remaining States and Divi-sions with likelihood of isolated heavyfalls in Mon State,Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions. Degree of certainty is(80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with rough sea are likelyat times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach(35) to (40) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofthundery conditions in Central Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 22-5-2006: Possibility of isolated rain or thun-dershowers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 22-5-2006: Some rain or thundershowers whichmay be heavy at times. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 22-5-2006: Possibility of isolated rain or thun-dershowers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

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Toronto Public Healthurged the patients not toshare toothbrushes or ra-zors with family membersand to use condoms.

“There are eight pa-tients we are investigatingwith new infections,” DrMichael Finkelstein, anassociate medical officerwith Toronto PublicHealth, told the Globe andMail newspaper.

It is not clear howdialysis patients who usethe facilities run by

Toronto issues health warningover hepatitis outbreak

OTTAWA, 21 May — Toronto, Canada’s largest city, issued a healthwarning on Saturday following an outbreak of hepatitis among about 400dialysis patients at a local hospital.

Scarborough Hospital, lo-cated at Toronto’s eastend, would have becomeinfected with the Hepati-tis B or C that has shownup in recent routine tests.

Dr Gordon Nagai,who works in theScarborough RegionalDialysis Programme, saidthat they were searchingfor the source of the infec-tion. A staff member couldbe the source and the en-tire staff is being tested.However, the infection

could be coming from an-other place.

Every dialysis patientis being tested for bothHepatitis B and C. As afurther precaution, theyare also testing for HIVduring regular dialysis ses-sions.

Hepatitis B and C areviral diseases of the liverspread through contactwith blood or body fluids.The disease can cause per-manent liver damage.

MNA/Xinhua

Irish U2 lead singer and anti-poverty campaigner Bono is welcomed byMaasai women as he visits their traditional Shambasha Village near

Arusha on 20 May. —INTERNET

Offices in Nepalbusy with

changing names KATHMANDU, 21 May

— Government officesand state institutions havebeen busy since on Fridaywith changing their sign-boards, letter pads andstamps and adopting thenew name: Governmentof Nepal, local Press re-ported on Saturday.

Following a procla-mation by the House ofRepresentatives on Thurs-day, the government toldall its ministries, officesand other bodies, includ-ing foreign missions, toreplace “His Majesty’sGovernment” with “Gov-ernment of Nepal” in sign-boards, letter pads, offi-cial seals and officialscirculars, The KathmanduPost reported.

The Office of thePrime Minister (PMO)and Council of MinistersFriday told the Army torename itself “NepaliArmy”, the English-lan-guage newspaper re-ported. — MNA/Xinhua

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4:45 pm4. Musical programme

4:55 pm5. Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;

Rup\�mc\qMÂka; qc\Kn\;saRup\�mc\qMÂka; qc\Kn\;saRup\�mc\qMÂka; qc\Kn\;saRup\�mc\qMÂka; qc\Kn\;saRup\�mc\qMÂka; qc\Kn\;sapTmpTmpTmpTmpTmNs\Ns\Ns\Ns\Ns\ (((((qipπMqipπMqipπMqipπMqipπMAT;‘pAT;‘pAT;‘pAT;‘pAT;‘pAa;luM;Aa;luM;Aa;luM;Aa;luM;Aa;luM;)))))(Rpebd(Rpebd(Rpebd(Rpebd(Rpebd)))))

5:05 pm6. Dance variety

5:15 pm7. �mn\ma.Riu;ra etaDel.�mn\ma.Riu;ra etaDel.�mn\ma.Riu;ra etaDel.�mn\ma.Riu;ra etaDel.�mn\ma.Riu;ra etaDel.

ek¥;lk\et;qMm¥a;ek¥;lk\et;qMm¥a;ek¥;lk\et;qMm¥a;ek¥;lk\et;qMm¥a;ek¥;lk\et;qMm¥a;5:25 pm

8. �mn\masa' �mn\maska;�mn\masa' �mn\maska;�mn\masa' �mn\maska;�mn\masa' �mn\maska;�mn\masa' �mn\maska;5:35 pm

9. {mNiuc\eqaAROM;}{mNiuc\eqaAROM;}{mNiuc\eqaAROM;}{mNiuc\eqaAROM;}{mNiuc\eqaAROM;}(hk\kt\ ' zc \r ´Tk\ '(hk\kt\ ' zc \r ´Tk\ '(hk\kt\ ' zc \r ´Tk\ '(hk\kt\ ' zc \r ´Tk\ '(hk\kt\ ' zc \r ´Tk\ 'Kiuc\qc\;Âkv\)Kiuc\qc\;Âkv\)Kiuc\qc\;Âkv\)Kiuc\qc\;Âkv\)Kiuc\qc\;Âkv\)(dåRiuk\ta-eAwm\;emac\lm¥io;)(dåRiuk\ta-eAwm\;emac\lm¥io;)(dåRiuk\ta-eAwm\;emac\lm¥io;)(dåRiuk\ta-eAwm\;emac\lm¥io;)(dåRiuk\ta-eAwm\;emac\lm¥io;)

5:50 pm10. Musical programme

(The Radio MyanmarModern MusicTroupe)

6:00 pm11. Evening news6:30 pm12. Weather report6:35 pm13. At^;‘pic\p∑´At^;‘pic\p∑´At^;‘pic\p∑´At^;‘pic\p∑´At^;‘pic\p∑´6:50 pm14. Industrial achievement7:05 pm15. ASiu‘pic\p∑´ASiu‘pic\p∑´ASiu‘pic\p∑´ASiu‘pic\p∑´ASiu‘pic\p∑´7:15 pm16. mMeSac\;tMta;mMeSac\;tMta;mMeSac\;tMta;mMeSac\;tMta;mMeSac\;tMta;

(K¥c\;�pv\ny\)(K¥c\;�pv\ny\)(K¥c\;�pv\ny\)(K¥c\;�pv\ny\)(K¥c\;�pv\ny\)7:25 pm17. Ak‘pic\p∑´Ak‘pic\p∑´Ak‘pic\p∑´Ak‘pic\p∑´Ak‘pic\p∑´7:35 pm18. Musical programme7:50 pm19. �mn\mamOpn\;Sy\m¥io; (pn\;p)�mn\mamOpn\;Sy\m¥io; (pn\;p)�mn\mamOpn\;Sy\m¥io; (pn\;p)�mn\mamOpn\;Sy\m¥io; (pn\;p)�mn\mamOpn\;Sy\m¥io; (pn\;p)8:00 pm20. News21. International news22. Weather report23. Niuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑´Niuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑´Niuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑´Niuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑´Niuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑´

{Aip\mk\kmıa}{Aip\mk\kmıa}{Aip\mk\kmıa}{Aip\mk\kmıa}{Aip\mk\kmıa}(Apiuc\;-15)(Apiuc\;-15)(Apiuc\;-15)(Apiuc\;-15)(Apiuc\;-15)

24. The next day’sprogramme

11th Waning of Kason 1368 ME Monday, 22 May, 2006

INSIDE

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In order to promote and sustaineconomic and social wellbeing of the

dryland population, it is most crucial to

protect biodiversity in those regions. lnMyanmar about 10 per cent of land in

the country are drylands. Greening

project in the Dry Zone undertaken since1994 is indeed an important measure to

protect and conserve biodiversity in the

drylands of Myanmar.

YANGON,21 May— The Bangladeshi Delega-tion led by Foreign Secretary of the People's Republicof Bangladesh Mr Hemayetuddin,who was on an offi-cial visit to the Union of Myanmar at the invitation ofthe Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Thu,paid a courtesy call on U Nyan Win, Minister forForeign Affairs at 3 pm on19 May at the Ministry ofForeign Affairs. During the call, the Foreign Secretaryof Bangladesh was accompanied by the Ambassadorof the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to MyanmarMr Mohammed Kairuzzaman and the members of theBangladesh delegation.

During their stay in Myanmar, the BangladeshDelegation led by Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh MrHemayetuddin held High-level Bilateral Consulta-tions with the Myanmar Delegation led by the DeputyMinister for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Thu on bilateralissues and mutually beneficial cooperation in the morn-ing on 19 May at the Hotel Nikko Royal Lake. In theevening the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs UKyaw Thu and wife hosted a dinner in honour of thevisiting Bangladesh Foreign Secretary and his wifeand members of the delegation at the Hotel NikkoRoyal Lake.

The Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh was ac-companied by his wife, Additional Secretary of theMinistry of Home Affairs Mr Mohammad Mohsin andsenior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of

Foreign Minister meets Bangladeshi guests

Bangladesh. The Bangladesh delegation also held aseparate meeting with Col Maung Maung Than, Direc-tor- General of the Department of Immigration andNational Registration in the afternoon on 19 May.

The Foreign Secretary of the People's Republicof Bangladesh H.E Mr Hemayetuddin and party lefthere by air yesterday.

(See page 9)

YANGON, 21 May—Nine members of NamtuTownship National League for Democracy in ShanState (North) — Chairman U Mya Aung, Vice-Chairman-1 U Kyaw Nyein, Vice-Chairman-2 UThan Tun, Secretary-1 U Aik Kyan, Secretary-2 UTin Tun, Treasurer Daw Khin Myint and executivesDaw Kyi Kyi Myint, U San Win and U Kyaw NaingOo — resigned of their own accord from the party bysending their resignation letters to NLD (HQ) andauthorities concerned.

In the letter they said Namtu Township NLD wasreconstituted in 2002 with the aim of serving theinterest of the local people. But, a glance at the actsof NLD would reveal that it has been sticking to thepolicy of “Look West” and grabbing power. Besides,being jealous of peace and stability prevailing in theState, it is instigating the people to cause panic

Nay Pyi Taw & neighbouring areasPossibility of isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

Yangon & neighbouring areasSome rain or thundershowers which may be heavy at times. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Mandalay and neighbouring areasPossibility of isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

Weather Forecast for (21-5-2006)

among them. Meanwhile, the government has beenendeavouring for the development of their region incollaboration with the local people. As a result,PSLA of Special Region-7 and SSNA of SpecialRegion-3 have exchanged arms for peace after real-izing the goodwill of the government. So, the State aswell as the local people of the region are now in aposition to fully enjoy development fruits. There-fore, breaking away from the acts of NLD, they havedecided to resign from the party and shut down thetownship NLD so as to work for the development ofeducation, health and transport sectors of the regionin cooperation with local authorities.

Apart from executive U Min Min Myo Naing ofNamtu NLD, who has moved to the other area, all theremaining nine members have resigned of their ownvolition form the party, it is learnt. — MNA

Members of Namtu Township NLD resign

Being jealous of peace and stabilityprevailing in the State, NLD is

instigating the people to cause panic

Foreign Minister U Nyan Win receives Foreign Secretary of the People's Republic of BangladeshMr Hemayetuddin.— MNA

Shwe Wah Tun (MPCE) and Lone Chaw(KLN) in action in final match of Above-

Middleweight Class held at Youth TrainingCentre, Thuwunna on Sunday. The latter wins

the match.— NLM

NLD sticking to policy of “Look West”and grabbing power