Volume XIV, Number 46 6th Waxing of Nayon 1368 ME Thursday, 1 June, 2006

Established 1914

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

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand 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 integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

Prime Minister congratulatesSingaporean counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 1 June — General Soe Win, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar,has sent a message of congratulations to His Excellency Mr Lee Hsien Loong, who hasassumed his duties as Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore by leading his newCabinet from 30 May 2006. — MNA

True patriotism* It is very important for everyone of the nation regardless of

the place he lives to have strong Union Spirit.* Only Union Spirit is the true patriotism all the nationalities

will have to safeguard.

YANGON, 31 May— Lt-Gen Myint Swe ofthe Ministry of Defenceinspected Yangon Divi-sion Vegetable andPoultry Farming SpecialZone near Nyaunghna-pin Village in Hmaw-by Township thismorning.

After inspectingthe physic nut nursery, heinstructed officials to dis-tribute the saplings atreasonable price.

Over 150,000physic nut saplings arebeing nurtured at thenursery.

At the specialzone-1, Lt-Gen MyintSwe oversaw poultry and

Yangon Division Vegetable and PoultryFarming Special Zone inspected

vegetable farms andphysic nut plantations.

Next, Lt-GenMyint Swe met with of-ficials at the special zone-2. He herad reports onagricultural and watersupply tasks.

In his speech, Lt-Gen Myint Swe said thatagricultural and livestockbreeding tasks are beingundertaken at the specialzones for food suffi-ciency of the Yangonites.Departments concernedare to give encourage-ment to agricultural andlivestock breeding entre-preneurs.

It is necessary togrow physic nut plants in

the rainy season for pro-ducing biodiesel. As thecountry has a lot of cul-tivable land, efforts are tobe made for carrying outagricultural and livestockbreeding tasks tostrengthen the Stateeconomy without relyingonly on natural re-sources.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Myint Swe viewedthriving vegetable planta-tions in the special zone-2. On arrival at the spe-cial zone-3, he inspectedprogress of agriculturaland livestock breedingwork and left necessaryinstructions.

MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence inspects thriving vegetableplantations at Yangon Division Vegetable and Poultry Farming

Special Zone. — MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe meets officials of Yangon Division Vegetable andPoultry Farming Special Zone. — MNA

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Thursday, 1 June, 2006

PERSPECTIVES

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

People’s Desire

Development of agriculture can createhigher social and economic status for farmerswho constitute the majority of the population.The agriculture sector accounts for 41 per centof the national economy and 11 per cent ofexport.

As Myanmar is an agricultural country,it is very practical to strive for all-round de-velopment of other sectors of the economythrough development of agriculture as the base.Therefore, priority has been given to reclama-tion of vacant and virgin land, cultivation ofmixed and double crops and boost in per-acreyield.

Water is essential for cultivation andtherefore dams and sluice gates are being builtwherever possible in the nation to ensure suf-ficient water supply to farmland. With theemergence of dams and sluice gates, moremonsoon paddy and summer paddy can begrown. In addition, other crops, including beansand pulses, are also cultivated.

The Mayangon sluice gate inauguratedin Thaton Township, Mon State, on 27 May,can irrigate more than 10,000 acres of farm-land. The sluice gate is built on MayangonCreek and, as a result, there have emerged ar-able land in the low-lying area around Sar andMayangon Creeks. Moreover, the sluice gatesaves freshwater for cultivation of summerpaddy.

At present, the number of dams andsluice gates in the entire nation stands at 186and these facilities can irrigate 2.6 million acresof farmland. Efforts are now being made tomeet the target yield of paddy, groundnut,sesamum, sunflower, long-staple cotton, corn,sugar cane and beans and pulses.

We believe that, with reclamation ofmore arable land, supply of sufficient waterand use of quality strains and agricultural tech-nologies, crop production will become remark-ably high and thus contribute to developmentof agriculture.

Try to meet the targetyield of crops

YANGON, 31 May—The second day sessionof the Symposium onRattan Culture inASEAN went on at theNational Theatre of theDepartment of CulturalInstitute under the Min-istry of Culture on PyayRoad here this morning.

Secretary of theMyanmar ASEAN Cul-ture and Information Com-mittee Deputy Director-General of the Fine ArtsDepartment Daw NandaHmon read the agenda ofthe session. Five resourcepersons read out five pa-pers. Also present at the

NAY PYI TAW, 1 June—U Nyan Win, Min-ister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar,has sent a message of congratulations to His Ex-cellency Mr George Yong-Boon Yeo, who hasresumed duties as Minister for Foreign Affairs ofthe Republic of Singapore in the new cabinet witheffect from 30 May 2006.—MNA

Foreign Minister sends messageof congratulations to

Singaporean counterpart

YANGON, 31 May —Settlement and Land RecordDepartment concluded anadvanced course on landsurvey and mapping for of-ficers this evening.The complelion ceremonyheld at the department be-gan with a speech bySLRD Director-General UWin Kyi.

He also presentedcertificates to 27 traineeswho had completed thecourse through the repre-sentatives. SLRD officialswere also present.—MNA

YANGON, 31 May— Under the arrange-ment of the government,the palm oil importedfrom Malaysia, Singa-pore and Indonesia isbeing sold to public at areasonable price. MT-Smooth Sea-4 vessel car-rying 2,700 tons of palmoil arrived at AsiaWorld Port today.

More large ship-ments of palm oil are ex-pected to arrive on 2 and6 June.

MNA

Mapping course ends

Symposium on Rattan Culturein ASEAN continues

session were Chairman ofthe committee Director-General of the Depart-ment of Cultural InstituteU Myint Thein Swe,Deputy Director-Generalof Department of Cul-tural Institute U MyintKyaing, officials, observ-ers and guests. —MNA

2,700 tons of palm oil arrives

The conclusion of the course on land survey and mapping in

progress. — SLRD

Symposium onRattan Culture in

ASEAN inprogress.

MNA

MT-Smooth Sea-4 vessel seen at Asia World Port. — MNA

CASH DONATED: U Soe Thein, ManagingDirector of Myanma Agricultural Produce Trad-ing (Retd) and wife Daw Mya Htwe Yi of No D/

7, Mizzu Lane-2, Parami, Yankin Township,donated K 110,000 to Hninzigon Home for theAged recently. Joint Treasurer of the Home UMaung Maung Gyi accepting the donation.

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A Philippine girl looks with amusement at a longsausage on display in San Fernando city, PampangaProvince, north of Manila on 29 May, 2006. The localsausage, known as ‘Longganisa’ and measuringabout 3,200 metres (2 miles), was an attempt by localmeat processors to land in the Guinness Book ofWorld Records and was one of the highlights of thethree-day annual fiesta. However, the length of the sausage fell short of the record. —INTERNET

World powers to guarantee Iran’sright for peaceful N-use

MOSCOW, 30 May—Russia, the United Statesand China were ready toguarantee Iran’s right to thepeaceful use of nuclearenergy if Teheran answer-ed the questions raised bythe UN nuclear watchdog,Russia’s top diplomat saidhere on Monday. “Russiasupports the efforts toresume talks between Iranand the world community.The United States andChina also support them,”

Russian Foreign MinisterSergei Lavrov was quotedby the ITAR-TASS newsagency as saying. Lavrov’sremarks came just one daybefore a teleconferencebetween diplomats of thefive permanent membersof the UN Security Coun-cil and Germany. Themeeting, grouping Britain,China, France, Russia, theUnited States and Germany,was aimed at findingcommon ground over “a

package of stimuli” forTeheran if it suspendsuranium enrichmentactivities, as well aspenalties if it does not,ITAR-TASS quoted aRussian Foreign Ministrysource as saying. The UNSecurity Council demandedthat Iran suspend uraniumenrichment by the end ofApril, but Teheran defiedthe deadline and announcedlast month that it hadsucceeded in enriching

uranium and was doingresearch on advancedenrichment. Enricheduranium can be used toproduce fuel for both powergenerators and nuclearbombs.

Iran “must be involvedin international economiccooperation and the effortsto enhance security in theregion,” Lavrov said,adding that “in parallel, weare ready to guaranteeIran’s right to developpeaceful nuclear powerengineering.”

But all these had tobe pinned on Iran’scooperation with theInternational AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA), headded. “Another conditionfor the guarantees to nuclearenergy engineering for Iranmust be Iran’s adherenceto the treaty on non-proliferation of nuclearweapons and to theadditional protocol of thetreaty,” Lavrov said.

MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON,31 May—Another reason to worryabout global warming:more and itchier poison ivy.The noxious vine growsfaster and bigger as carbondioxide levels in theatmosphere rise, resear-chers report Monday. Anda CO2-driven vine alsoproduces more of its rash-causing chemical, urushiol,conclude experimentsconducted in a forest atDuke University wherescientists increased carbon-dioxide levels to thoseexpected in 2050.

Carbon dioxide is agreenhouse gas — achemical that traps heatsimilar to the way agreenhouse does — that’sconsidered a majorcontributor to globalwarming. Greenhousegases have been steadi-ly increasing in theatmosphere since theIndustrial Revolution.

Poison ivy is commonin woods around thecountry, making it a baneof hikers, campers, fightersof forest fires, evenbackyard gardeners. Itsitchy, sometimes blistering

Study says global warmingboosts poison ivy

rash is one of the mostwidely reported ailmentsto poison-control centres,with more than 350,000reported cases a year.

Compared to poison ivygrown in usual atmosphericconditions, those exposedto the extra-high carbondioxide grew about threetimes larger — andproduced more allergenicform of urushiol, scientistsfrom Duke and HarvardUniversity reported. Theirstudy appears in this week'sProceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences.

“The fertilization effectof rising CO2 on poisonivy ... and the shift toward

a more allergenic form ofurushiol have importantimplications for the futurehealth of both humans andforests,” the study con-cludes.—Internet

Poison ivy’s itchy rash is one of the most widely reported ailments to US poison-control centres.—INTERNET

NEW YORK, 29 May—Vitamin D is needed tohelp the body absorbcalcium and build strong,healthy bones. Thevitamin is particularlyimportant for growingchildren, who need plentyof calcium for good bonehealth. Lack of vitamin Dcan lead to rickets, a

Health tip: Lack of Vitamin D can cause rickets

Attacks on British forces in Iraq increase

condition characterizedby soft or weak bones,pain or tenderness in thelimbs or spine, and bonedeformities such asbowlegs. A child withrickets may also havedental problems includingabnormal tooth formationand cavities.

The US National

Library of Medicine saystreatment usually involvesdietary changes to includemore vitamin D-rich foods— such as fish, liver andmilk— and increasedexposure to sunlight.Braces on the legs or spinemay be needed to counterbone deformities.

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Tourists enjoy the splendid evening scene along the bank of the HuangpuRiver lit up by colourful lights, in east China’s metropolis Shanghai, on

29 May, 2006. Hundreds of dynamic nightview lights were lit up on Mondayon both sides of the Huangpu River.—INTERNET

Death toll from flood, mudslidesrises to 77 in Thailand

BANGKOK, 30 May—The confirmed death tollfrom flood and mudslidesin Thailand's north hasrisen to 77 while 38 peopleare still missing, thegovernment said Monday.

Flash floods sweptthrough five northernprovinces of Nan, Phrae,Lamphang, Uttaradit and

Sukhothai last week,triggering mudslides thatburied homes aftertorrential rains hit theregion the weekendbefore. About 555 houseswere destroyed and 3,120were damaged, the InteriorMinistry said.

The ministry said thedisaster has affected at

least 170,600 residents.About 1,240 people wereevacuated.

Initial economic lossesfrom the floods wereestimated at about 1 billionbaht (about 25 million USdollars), the ministry said.Flood waters have recededin the four provinces tillMonday. — MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 30 May—British forces in Iraq hadbeen attacked by guerillasnearly 60 times on averageper month since the startof 2006, according to areport in the Independentnewspaper on Monday.

The paper said that, inJanuary, there was 36attacks on British forces in the four British-control-led Iraqi provinces. In

February, there were 41, inMarch, 57, and in April,103, making a total of 237.This averages out at morethan 59 a month.

But during 2005 as awhole, there were 562attacks in the same fourprovinces, a monthlyaverage of less than 47, thereport said.

The revelationcoincides with a report of

a sharp increase in thenumber of British soldierswho have been absentwithout leave for morethan a month and who mayhave deserted to escapethe long running Iraqoccupation.

The BBC reported onSunday that more than1,000 soldiers had desertedthe Armed Forces since theIraq war broke out in 2003,

and around 900 had notbeen found.

The sharp increase inattacks on British forces inIraq is expected to promptmore calls for the Britishtroops to be pulled outquickly rather than keepingthem there in the hopethat the violence couldeventually be controlled,analysts say.

MNA/Xinhua

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Monday in Cambodia’s tourism city, Siem Reap, about 320 kilometres north of the capital Phnom Penh,with an aim to deepen cooperation between the two sides.

Chinese Vice-ForeignMinister Wu Dawei andhis counterparts fromASEAN nations andASEAN Secretary-Gen-eral Ong Keng Yongattended the two-daymeeting to be held on29-30 May .

During the meeting,the two sides will

exchange views in an in-depth manner ondeepening the China-ASEAN strategicpartnership for peace andprosperity, China ASEANcooperation on non-traditional security, futuredirection of the China-ASEAN dialogue rela-tions, as well as interna-

tional and regional issuesof common concern.

Kao Kim Hourn,secretary of state ofCambodia’s ForeignMinistry, on Mondayhighly valued the co-operation between Chinaand ASEAN in the fieldsof politics, economics,culture and security. Hesaid such cooperation willbe sure to benefit thestrengthening of theregion’s peace, stabilityand development.

Kao also commendedthe important role playedby China in promoting thenegotiation on the issue ofKorean Peninsula and the

role in the regional andinternational affairs.

Wu Dawei said thatChina and ASEAN havemade significant progressin many areas for the past15 years which, he said,“have further strengthenthe resolve of us to deepenthe cooperation betweenus”. China will support theprocess of the ASEANintegration and thebuilding of ASEAN com-munity, Wu said, adding“the rapidly growth ofChina’s economy will notonly serve to Chinesepeople but also benefit tothe people in region andworld”.—MNA/Xinhua

Thousands of Indians to get colour TVs — for freeCHENNAI,31 May—The government of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu said on Tuesday it would

float a global tender for colour television sets that will be given free to tens of thousands of poor people.

String of Iraq attackskills 54, wound 120

BAGHDAD, 31 May—Car bombs targeting Shiiteareas tear through a cardealership in southern Iraqand a bustling outdoormarket north of BaghdadTuesday as attacksnationwide killed 54people and wounded 120in the bloodiest day inrecent weeks.

Iraqi officials also saida key terror suspect whoallegedly confessed tohundreds of be-headingswas captured in a raid thatalso netted documents,cell phones and computersthat contained informationon other wanted terroristsand Islamic extremistgroups.

The worst bombing hit

the market as Iraqis weredoing their eveningshopping in the Shiite areaof Husseiniyah, about 60miles north of Baghdad. At least 25 people werekilled and 65 werewounded, Interior Ministryspokesman Lt ColonelFalah Al-Mohamedawisaid. That attack camehours after a car packedwith explosives blew upat a dealership in thelargely Shiite city ofHillah, about 60 milessouth of Baghdad, killingat least 12 people andwounding 32, CaptMuthana Khalid said.

A bomb hidden in aplastic bag also detonatedoutside a bakery inBaghdad, killing at leastnine people and injuring10, police Lt-Col Falahal-Mohammedawi said.

The explosion occur-red at 9:15 pm in NewBaghdad, a mixedneighbourhood in theeastern part of the capital.Bakeries in this city ofabout 6 million open earlyand close as late as 10:30pm so that people can buywarm bread for dinner.

On Monday, 40 peoplewere killed in variousattacks, including a carbombing in Baghdad thatkilled two CBS crewmenand seriously woundednetwork correspondentKimberly Dozier.

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New state Chief Minister M Karunanidhi said the14-inch (35-cm) TV sets, which he had promised topeople living below the poverty line in the run-up tolocal assembly elections this month, would bedistributed from mid-September.

The 83-year-old leader, who wrested power fromhis opponent J Jayalalithaa in the elections, alsopromised rice at 2 rupees (2.3 pence) per kg for thepoor. About 30 percent of India’s more than one billionpeople live below the poverty line. —Internet

194 climbers atop Mt Everest KATHMANDU, 30 May

— Among 17 teams givenpermission from NepaliGovernment for spring2006, 194 mountaineers of25 different countries scaledthe world’s highest MtEverest till Sunday, theMinistry of Culture,Tourism and Civil Avia-tion said on Monday.

According to the list ofSummiteers of Spring 2006,Nepal is the top with atotal number of 104mountaineers, the UnitedStates 19 and Britain 16.

Other mountaineersscaling the peak are fromIndia, South Korea, Poland,New Zealand, Switzerland,Philippines, Australia,South Africa, France,China, Scotland, Bolivia,Austria, Germany, Brazil,Russia, Malaysia, Sin-gapore, Italy and Belgium.

The first two climbersTenzing Norgey Sherpa andEdmund Hillary had

reached the top successfullyon 29 May, 1953. Some1,700 mountaineers have sofar successfully climbed the8,848-metre peak from thesouthern face in the53 years. — MNA/Xinhua

Two British soldierskilled in Basra

LONDON, 30 May — Two British soldiers havebeen killed in a suspected roadside bomb attack inBasra, southern Iraq, a spokesman for Britain’sMinistry of Defence said on Monday.

The two soldiers were from the Queen’s DragoonGuards regiment. Two others from the same regimentsuffered minor injuries in the blast on Sunday evening.

“The incident took place in North-West Basra Cityand appears to be an improvised explosive device,”Defence Minister Des Browne said in a statement.

The deaths bring the British death toll in Iraq to113. Britain has about 7,000 troops in Iraq, mostlypatrolling the mainly Shiite south.

Basra had been relatively calm compared to themore volatile Baghdad but five British militarypersonnel were killed in a helicopter crash on 6 Mayand two were killed by a roadside bomb a week later.

MNA/Reuters

Firefighters spray water on the destroyed roof of a cathedral in Porvoo,Finland, on 29 May, 2006. The cathedral caught fire on Monday. The blaze

had been extinguished, but the church roof was totally destroyed. Thecathedral, one of the most famous ancient cathedrals in Finland, was the

place where Tsar Alexander I opened the Diet of Porvoo in 1809. —INTERNET

Large cigarette models are set up to mark the 19thWorld No-tobacco Day on the Shengli Square inHefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province, on

30 May, 2006.—INTERNET

The photo taken on

28 May, 2006

shows a cavalry

array of terra cotta

warriors of China's

Han Dynasty

displayed in the

newly-built

underwater terra

cotta warriors

museum in Xuzhou,

east China's

Jiangsu Province.

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CARACAS, 30 May— The OPEC cartel will decide attalks this week to keep pumping oil at current levels,Qatar’s Energy Minister Abdullah bin Hamadal-Attiyah said.

Asked if the Organization of Petroleum ExportingCountries would change its official production quotaat Thursday’s meeting here, he told reporters: “No, Idon’t think so.

“I think OPEC has nothing (to do) except to rollover at this time,” he said, indicating that OPEC wouldprolong its total quota of 28 million barrels of oil perday.

“I don’t believe there is a shortage of oil at all. Thisis market driven,” al-Attiyah added, arguing that priceshave been driven up by geopolitical tensions and byspeculation. “Hopefully the market will stabilize,” theQatari minister said, adding he was “very concerned”about prices that go too high or too low.—Internet

OSLO, 30 May—Drinking coffee in moderation, upto five cups a day, can reduce the chances of con-tracting cardio-vascular diseases, Parkison’s andAlzheimer’s, a study by Norwegian researchersshowed.

The researchers based their findings on data from27,000 women in the United States.

Those who drank between one and three cups ofcoffee daily reduced the risk of contracting cardio-vascular diseases and “inflammatories” by between20 to 25 per cent.

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Cholera death toll hits over1,500 in Angola

LUANDA, 30 May —The World HealthOrganization said here on Monday that a choleraoutbreak in Angola that broke out mid-Februaryhas claimed 1,514 lives from more than 40,557cumulative cases.

In its latest update on the epidemic that hasaffected 13 of Angola’s 18 provinces, the WHOsaid that 282 new cases of the disease and six deathswere recorded in the last 24 hours.

The province of Luanda, where cholera erupted inslum districts of the capital on 13 February, continuesto bear the brunt of the epidemic and 275 fatalities haveoccurred from over 20,781 cases. — MNA/Xinhua

Blast hits Serb explosivesplant, deaths reported

BELGRADE, 30 May — An explosion occurred ata chemicals and explosives plant 25 kilometreswest of the Serbian capital Belgrade on Monday,police said.

State television said four people were killed.The Tanjug state news agency reported a numberof people had been injured but gave no furtherdetails.

“All we know at the moment is that an explosionwent off in the weapons plant of the Prva Iskrafactory in Baric,” a police spokeswoman said. Shesaid a fire had broken out and access to the site wasdifficult.— MNA/Reuters

Rate of malnourishedchildren down in VietnamHANOI, 31 May— The rate of malnourished children

aged under five in Vietnam dropped to 25.2 per cent in2005 from 51. 5 per cent in 1985, the local newspaperVietnam News reported on Monday.

Poverty, unstable food supplies, and emergencynutrition problems caused by natural disasters havethreatened health of Vietnamese mothers and children,especially those in rural and remote areas, the newspaperquoted Director of the National Nutrition Institute,Nguyen Cong Khan, as saying.

According to a recent report of the United NationsChildren’s Fund, around 12.5 per cent of Vietnamesechildren aged under five suffer from Vitamin Adeficiency, 32 per cent of pregnant women from anemia,and 53.8 per cent of lactating mothers from low levelsof Vitamin A in their breast milk. — MNA/Xinhua

Road accident kills 12 inZimbabwe

HARARE, 30 May — Twelve family membershave been killed instantly when a Nissan Hardbodytruck collided head-on with a bus before the twovehicles overturned in a Zimbabwe city, localpolice said on Monday.

The accident occurred near Kwekwe, a cityabout 200 kilometres south to the country’s capitalcity of Harare. The people were on their way tochurch service when the tragedy struck at around 11pm on Sunday. Police spokesman PatrickChademana said the drivers and passengers in thetruck died on the spot while the bus driver sustaineda broken leg.—MNA/Xinhua

AMSTERDAM, 30 May — Eating too little fish, fruit and vegetables is as bad for human health assmoking, a report by the Dutch public health agency said on Monday.

China cracks down on illegal cabs BEIJING, 31 May — China has launched a

nationwide campaign to stamp out illegal taxis thatwill see serious offenders be sentenced to a periodof supervised labour.

The campaign will be jointly pursued by theMinistry of Construction, the Ministry of PublicSecurity and four other central governmentdepartments and will last from May to November,according to the Ministry of Construction.

The campaign will target illegal cabs withoutlicences or using forged licences, criminal gangsoperating cabs, as well as civil servants providingprotection to illegal operators. — MNA/Xinhua

Report says poor diet as bad assmoking for health

The study, which theEuropean Food SafetyAuthority says it will usewhen analysing food anddiet risks, concluded that“of all dietary factors,insufficient consumptionof fish, fruit and vege-tables currently causes themost cases of seriousillness and death in theNetherlands”.

“Taking into accountnot just deaths but alsoyears spent living withserious disability, un-healthy dietary habitscause as much health lossas does smoking,” said theDutch National Institutefor Public Health and theEnvironment (RIVM).

“Unhealthy diet com-position currently re-duces the average lifeexpectancy of a 40-year-old Dutch person by 1.2years, while obesityclaims 0.8 years.”

Some 75 per cent ofthe Netherlands’ 16million people eat fruit andvegetables below therecommended level, saidthe report, which used datafrom existing Dutchstudies on public healthand food habits to reach

the conclusions. Each year in the

Netherlands, poor dietcauses about 13,000deaths due to diabetes,cardiovascular disease andcancer, while obesityclaims 7,000 lives bycausing heart disease andcancer, it said.

RIVM researchersrecommended that gov-ernments around the worldshould start encouraginga healthy diet to improvepublic health.

The Dutch researchers

also say that about 25 percent of deaths and seriousillness caused by over-weight and obesity wouldbe avoided if all adultsshed 3 kilogrammes.

“In particular, attemptsat reducing saturated and trans fatty acid uptakeand increasing fish, fruitand vegetables con-sumption could savemany lives,” the reportsaid.

Saturated and transfatty acids — which comefrom animal fats, tropical

oils such as coconut andpalm oils as well asprocessed vegetable oils— raise the levels ofcholesterol and the risk ofheart disease.

The head of theEuropean Food SafetyAuthority, HermanKoeter, who received acopy of the report, said inthe RIVM statement thatit would be a leadingdocument in Europe whenmaking risk analysis offood and diets.

MNA/Reuters

Qatar says OPEC set tomaintain output

Contestants oar their boats forward during a dragon boat race in Xiamen,southeast China’s Fujian Province, on 28 May, 2006.—INTERNET

Coffee isgood for

you:Norwegian

study

The picture taken on 30May, 2006 shows a

security man standingguard beside a rare

under glaze copper-redMing Dynasty (1368-1644) vase in Hong

Kong, south China. Thevase was sold at a priceof 78.52 million HongKong dollars (10.13

million US dollars) onTuesday in Hong Kong,setting a world auction

record for any Mingporcelain.—INTERNET

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Chinese Vice-President saystechnician sets public example

BEIJING, 30 May — Chinese Vice-President Zeng Qinghong on Mondayurged the public to learn the hardworking spirit of an outstanding transporttechnician to contribute to the country’s modernization drive.

He also stressed thegovernment would takebetter care of modelworkers and outstandingfigures like Chen Gangyi,a senior engineer ofcentral China’s HubeiTransport Planning andDesign Institute, who hasbeen working on majorprojects for 20 years sincegraduation from a college.

Chen had managedthe construction of twohighway and bridgeconstruction projects in

Tibet since 2001. Despitebeing diagnosed withcancer and undergoingsurgery, he refused to quitand went to Tibet fourtimes till the successfulcompletion of the projects.

Meeting with Chen atthe Great Hall of thePeople in downtownBeijing, Zeng praised himfor his outstandingcontributions to Tibet’sdevelopment, saying hisdedicated spirit was “aprecious spiritual treasure

in building a relativelyprosperous society in anall-round way and turningChina into an innovation-oriented country”.

Zeng said the govern-ment would treasuremodel workers andoutstanding figures likeChen and especially bemore solicitous about theirliving conditions andhealth, helping themovercome difficulties andproblems in their work anddaily life. — MNA/Xinhua

Iran to continue uranium enrichment at home TEHERAN, 30 May — Iranian Government spokesman Gholam- Hossein Elham said here on Monday

that Iran will continue its peaceful-purpose uranium enrichment activities on its soil.Elham made the

assertion at his weeklyPress conference inresponse to a question onthe current visit of RussianSecurity Council SecretaryIgor Ivanov to Iran.

Russia had earlieradvised Iran to shift itscontroversial uraniumenrichment to Russia,

which was rejected byTeheran. “The sides havenot held talks on sus-pension of enrichment byIran in its territory,” Elhamtold reporters. He alsodenied that the two sideshave talked about movingIran’s uranium enrichmentto Russia.

The spokesman de-

fended his country’s on-going peaceful-purposeuranium enrichment as inaccordance with rulesand regulations of theInternational AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA).

“Iran is conductinguranium enrichment inorder to produce nuclearfuel. Enrichment by up to3.5 to 5 per cent is enoughfor this purpose,” said

Elham. Meanwhile, hestressed that Iran’s nuclearcase should be settledwithin the framework ofthe IAEA.

“If the IAEA will takecontrol of Iran’s nuclearcase, all international andlegal supervision will becontinued. This will bebeneficial for all sides,”Elham added.

MNA/Xinhua

Six UN peacekeepers heldby Congo militia

KINSHASA, 30 May— Six Nepalese UNpeacekeepers have beencaptured in easternDemocratic Republicof Congo by militiafighters who are de-manding a ransom fortheir release, UN andCongolese sources said onMonday.

The sources, whoasked not be named, saidthe United Nationsmission in Congo was incontact with the militiaholding the Nepalesepeacekeepers, who wereseized during a UNmilitary operation inviolence-prone IturiDistrict on Sunday.

The UN mission hadsaid on Sunday it lostcontact with the sixsoldiers, whose unitwas involved in apeacekeeping operationahead of historic electionsscheduled for 30 July.

“We understand thesepeople have been takenand there are talks goingon,” a UN source toldReuters.

A Congolese sourcesaid the Nepalese werebeing held by fighters ledby militia chief Peter

Karim.“Peter Karim is

holding these men and heis demanding money fortheir release. We arehearing of a figure of20,000 US dollars for eachpeacekeeeper,” the source,who has contacts with themilitia, said.

MNA/Reuters

Expressway pile-up leaves ninedead, 30 injured in E China

HEFEI, 30 May —Heavy fog causedthe pile-up of 28vehicles on an ex-pressway in east China’sAnhui Province onMonday, killing at leastnine people and injuring30 others, the localexpressway admini-stration said.

Eighteen successive

collisions took placebetween 4 am and 6 amwithin a three-kilometresection of the freewaylinking the provincialcapital of Hefei toNanjing, capital ofneighbouring JiangsuProvince.

The tragedy wascaused by fog that beganto envelop the road at

2 am on Monday. Thetraffic administrators hadwarned drivers about thefog, which graduallyturned thick and trig-gered the first accidenttwo hours later.

The injured peoplehave been hospitalizedand rescue workersare clearing the site.

MNA/Xinhua

Britain’s MFI set to shut Welshsofa-making factory, cut jobs

LONDON, 30 May — Britain’s MFI FurnitureGroup Plc is looking to close a sofa-making factoryin south Wales, which could mean the loss of over300 jobs, the company said on Monday.

A 90-day consultation process on the proposal toshut the factory began on the 19th of May and 323 jobsare at risk, MFI said.

“The intention is to close the site, unless someother solution is found,” a spokeswoman said.

In February, MFI vowed to cut jobs as it planned toscale back operations after poor sales wiped out profitsin 2005. —MNA/Reuters

Visitors view a piece

of wood-carving

during the 2006

Hangzhou

International Folk

Handicrafts

Exhibition opened

on Sunday in

Hangzhou, capital of

east China’s

Zhejiang Province,

on 28 May, 2006.

INTERNET

Acrobatic Gymnasticsathletes from eastChina’s JiangsuProvince performduring the closingceremony of theThird All-ChinaGames held in

Suzhou, a city inJiangsu, on 30 May,

2006. The FourthAll-China Games will

be held in Hefei,capital of eastChina’s Anhui

Province, in 2010.INTERNET

Russia’s Tsarukaeva Svetlana (C), Columbia’s Perez Mercedes (L) and China’s GuWei smile on the podium after the women’s 58kg class competition during the 32nd

Men’s and 12th Women’s Junior World Weightlifting Championships held inHangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 30 May, 2006. Tsarukaeva

won the gold medal, Perez won the silver and Gu took the bronze. —INTERNET

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 1 June, 2006 7

Tobacco: Deadly in any form or disguiseDr Nyo Nyo Kyaing

World No-Tobacco Day has been celebratedin Myanmar on the 31st of May, every year, since1989 to promote public awareness on hazards of to-bacco. The occasion was also observed not only atthe central level but also at all States and Divisionsand some districts.

The purpose of World No -Tobacco Day 2006is to raise awareness about the existence of deadlytobacco products in order to help people get accu-rate informatin, remove the disguise, unveil the truthbehind the tobacco products-traditional, new andfuture. This year’s slogan reads as “Tobacco: Deadlyin any form or disguise”. It is crucial to empowerpeople and organizations with knowledge about thedifferent tobacco products and their many forms anddisguise in order to implement more effectively con-trol tobacco and global health.

World No-Tobacco Day 2006 is observedaround the world, with the objectives to raise aware-ness about all forms of tobacco which are deadly inany form, to raise awareness about all types andnames and flavours which are deadly in any disguiseand to raise awareness about the need for strictregulatin and encourage its implementatin. Tobaccoproducts are deadly in any form, whether as smok-ing tobacco products in the forms of cigarettes, che-roots, pipes, bidis, kreteks, clove cigarettes, cigars,waterpipes or as smokeless tobacco products in theform of snus, snuffs, chewing tobacco, betel quidwith tobacco etc. They are also deadly in any dis-guise: tobacco companies are launching new weap-ons in the form of products disguised to appear lessharmful and more attractive. Nowadays, tobaccocompanies continue reassuring health concernedsmokers by offering their new products the illusionof safety. They are selling their new products dis-guised under healthier names, fruity flavours or moreattractive looking packaging. Tobacco productswhether they are sold as mild, light, low tar, fullflabour, fruit flavored, chocolate flavored, natural,additive—free, organic cigarettes, PRPS (PotentiallyReduced-Exposure Products), harm-reduced—theyare all deadly.

A study conducted in 2004 by the Ministry ofHealth in collaboration with the World Health Or-ganization showed that laboratory examinations ofsome cigarettes and cheroots produced domesticallycontained much higher contents of nicotine than in-ternational standards. The nicotine content of smoke-less tobacco (betel quid with tobacco) was also foundto be very high.

Myanmar Tobacco Free InitiativesIn the era of globalization, marketing and pro-

motion of harmful products such as tobacco had beenidentified as one of the major transnational determi-nants of ill-health which would qualify as globalbads. Globalization of the epidemic restricts the ca-pacity of countries to regulate tobacco through do-mestic legislation alone. In response to the globali-zation of the tobacco epidemic, the 191 memberStates of World Health Organization unanimously

adopoted the WHO Framework Convention on To-bacco Control (WHOFCTC) at the 56th World HealthAssembly in May 2003, as a global complement tonational actions. THE WHOFCTC is a major globaldevelopment for addressing the globalization of thetobacco epidemic.

The initiation and adoption of WHOFCTC had anenormous impact on the world-wide anti-tobaccomovements. Getting involved in the negotiating processitself moved the tobacco control measures of countriesforward; in countries like Myanmar, delegates whohad participated in the Intergovernmental NegotiatingBodies reported back to the policy makers with strongrecommendations to enhance the momentum of anti-tobacco activities and public awareness campaigns.The whole process of adopting, signing and ratifyingthe WHO FCTC was a challenging and excitingexperience and having the national tobacco controllegislation adopted was a huge success in the history ofpublic health in Myanmar. In many countries,WHOFCTC had been used as a strong advocating toolto fight against the powerful tobacco industries.

Myanmar and the global movement for tobaccocontrol

In July 1998, WHO reorganized its tobacco controlefforts within a new structure, the Tobacco FreeInitiative (TFI) and this movement greatly enhancedthe momentum of the anti-tobacco activities inMyanmar. The National Health Committee which isthe highest inter-ministerial advisory group of allconcerned ministries at the national level issuedguidelines for prevention and control of smokingrelated diseases at its 26 meeting held in September1998. The National Programme on Tobacco Controlwas officially launched in January 2000 with thedrafting and approval of the NationalPolicy on Tobacco Control and Plan of Action. TheNational Tobacco Control Committee was formed inMarch 2002, headed by the Minister for Health andincluded heads of related departments and chairpersonsof several national NGOs as members. The committeeset guidelines for the tobacco control measures to beimplemented in the country.

The Ministry of Information prohibitedadvertisement of tobacco on television and radio andfrom all electronic media in the year 2000. Tobaccoadvertising billboards were banned from the vicinityof schools, hospitals, health facilities, sports stadiumsand maternity homes in May 2002 and from otherplaces in April 2003. Tobacco advertisements werealso been banned from the newspapers, journals andmagazines in early 2003. Smoking was prohibited atall hospitals and health departments, at all basiceducation schools, all sports stadiums and sports fieldsand at some workplaces.

In May 1999, the World Health Assembly—thegoverning body of the World Health Organization,adopted a resolution (WHA 52.18) which paved theway for starting multilateral negotiations on the WHOFCTC and possible related protocols. Myanmar alongwith fellow member states actively participated in the

negotiating process of the WHOFCTC and stronglysupported the convention. Myanmar delegatesexpressed their strong commitment towardscomprehensive tobacco control measures and voicedfor the need of a comprehensive ban on all forms oftobacco advertisements including cross-borderadvertising. Myanmar proudly hosted the 4 Inter-country Consultation Meeting on FrameworkConvention on Tobacco Control in August 2002,where the countries of South-East Asia Region issuedthe “Yangon Declaration”. Myanmar became a proudsignatory to the FCTC on the 23rd October 2003 andbecame a Party to the Convention on the 20th ofApril, 2004; it was 11th country to become Party tothe Convention. Minister for Health, ProfessorDr Kyaw Myint, received the “World No-TobaccoDay 2004” award for his excellent leadership in thearea of tobaccco control in Myanmar.

National Legislation on Tobacco ControlThe Control of Smoking and Consumption of

Tobacco Products Law was adopted on 4th May, 2006as the State Peace and Development Council Law5/2006. The adoption of the law was a very signifi-cant milestone in the history of public health ofMyanmar and was highly appreciated by the WorldHealth Organization and anti-tobacco advocates.

According to this law many public places in-cluding hospital buildings, officers, medical treat-ment centres and clinics; stadiums and indoor play-ing fields; children drill sheds and play grounds;teaching buildings, classrooms, offices, compounds,opera houses, cinema halls, video halls and otherbuildings of entertainment; marts, department stores,stores and market sheds; museums, archives, publiclibraries and reading rooms; elevators and escala-tors, motor vehicles and aircraft for passengertransoprt; air-conditioned public rooms; public au-ditoriums etc are non-smoking areas and places towhich the public have access in certain buildings,vehicles and crafts are no-smoking areas except theprivate offices and rooms. However, specific placeswhere smoking is allowed, shall be arranged in suchareas which include buildings of offices and depart-ments; buildings of factories and workshops; build-ing of hotels, guest houses and lodging houses; build-ings of railway stations, airports, ports and highwaybus terminals, restaurants, trains and vessels for pas-senger transoprt.

The tobacco control law which will come intoforce one year after its adoption strictly prohibits to-bacco advertisement in all forms; it also prohibitssale of tobacco to and by minors, sale of cigarettessingly or in a package containing less than 20 to en-able easy purchase and smoking. The law also statesthat it is an offence to produce, distribute or sell ciga-rette and other smoking tobacco products without ahealth warning in Myanmar language.

The national legislation had also incorporatedthe issue of product regulation and disclosure stat-ing that it is an offence to cigar and tobacco prod-ucts fraudulently mentioning that the toxic chemicalpotency is less than the amount prescribed by theCentral Board in cigar and tobacco production, dis-tribution or sale thereof in spite of knowing such factmentioned. The Control of Smoking and Consump-tion of Tocacco Products Law, adpoted on the 4th ofMay, 2006 was very comprehensive as it had incor-porated many essential elements stated in the WHOFCTC. With the law coming into force in May 2007,we sincerely believe that the tobacco consumptionin Myanmar will be signficantly reduced, especiallyamong the youth. This will greatly uplift the healthand fitness of the entire nation as stated in the foursocial objectives of the country.

A study conducted in 2004 by the Ministry of Health incollaboration with the World Health Organization showedthat laboratory examinations of some cigarettes and cherootsproduced domestically contained much higher contents ofnicotine than international standards. The nicotine contentof smokeless tobacco (betel quid with tobacco) was also foundto be very high.

8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 1 June, 2006

YANGON, 31 May — Chairman of SagaingDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof North-West Command Maj-Gen Tha Aye andMinister for Livestock and Fisheries Brig-Gen MaungMaung Thein discussed bird flu prevention in Myinmuon 28 May.

The minister also inspected erection of alaboratory in the town. In Monywa Industrial zone, hemet with farming entrepreneurs, speaking of the needto adopt collective farming system in which livestockbreeding centres are linked with communicationnetworks to immediately inform Livestock Breedingand Veterinary Department about any suspiciousoccurrence. Experts are in the process of discoveringa vaccine for the bird flu. Livestock BreedingDevelopment Bank will disburse K 50 million tofarms of the disease-affected areas.

While in Shwebo, he discussed systematicscreening of poultry products before transportingthem to markets. He also visited Thayetkon fish farmin Aungmyethazan on 29 May.

MNA

YANGON, 31 May — Seminar on Avian InfluenzaDisease Control’s Experience in Asia was heldyesterday here.

It was jointly organized by Livestock Breedingand Veterinary Department of the Ministry of Livestockand Fisheries and Yin Yin Kyaw International TradingCo Ltd.

At the seminar, Dr Yong Ming, Technical andCommercial Director for South East Asia Fort DodgeAnimal Health presented the paper on AI diseasecontrol.

Also present on the occasion were Dr MyaNyun, Chairman of the Myanmar Veterinary Council,U Maung Maung Nyunt, Director-General of LivestockBreeding and Veterinary Department (LBVD) andsenior officials from LBVD, professors from Universityof Veterinary Science, officials from Livestock,Feedstuff and Dairy Products Enterprise, membersfrom Myanmar Livestock Federation and interestedlivestock entrepreneur in Myanmar poultry production.

MNA

Seminar focuses AI diseasecontrol experience in Asia

YANGON, 31 May — The Ministry of Transportheld the coordination meeting for 2005-06 at its meetinghall in Nay Pyi Taw on 29 May.

Present were Minister for Transport Maj-GenThein Swe, Deputy Ministers U Pe Than and Col NyanTun Aung, departmental heads and officials.

The minister elaborated tasks of the transportsector to be carried out in 2005-06 financial year tomeet the target, earning income and thrifty use ofexpenditure, implementation of assignments andcooperation with local authorities.

Officials reported on their respective tasks.Deputy Ministers U Pe Than and Col Nyan Tun Aungassessed the reports.

Work coord meeting of Ministry ofTransport held

In his remarks, the minister urged them to takepart in the respective sectors in serving the interest ofthe people, the ministry and the State.

MNA

YANGON, 31 May— Minister for ElectricPower No (2) Maj-GenKhin Maung Myintyesterday met districtand township electricalengineers and servicepersonnel of the ministryat the meeting hall ofYangon City PowerSupply Board. The

Electric meters installed in Hline,Dagon Myothit (East) townships

YANGON, 31 May —TOA Paint (Thailand) CoLtd introduced its newproducts at its TOASeminar 2006 held todayat Traders Hotel here.

At the seminar, thecompany’s responsibleofficials demonstratedways to use the paint andanswered the queries ofthose present at the

seminar.The new paint is

produced with the use ofthe high technology andthe significant quality ofthe new product is that it isdesigned to resist dust andslime, said an official ofTOA Paint (Thailand) CoLtd at the seminar.

TOA paint can beused in the industry, home

decoration and forpainting the furniture, andis available at GMG CoLtd, No 65, KonzaydanStreet, Pabedan Town-ship, Ph 246194, 384119and at No 310, on 80thStreet, between 20thstreet and 21st street,Aungmyaythazan Town-ship; Ph 02-64858.

MNA

TOA paint to be on MyanmarMarket

Commander, Ministerinspect bird flu prevention

minister urged them towork hard in dischargeof duties, to abide byrules and regulations,and to serve the interestsof the nation and thepeople.

Next, the ministertogether with Col KhinMaung Soe of YangonCity Power Supply Boardinspected the installationof electric metres in Hline

Township. So far, 311electric meters have beeninstalled in Hline andDagon Myothit (East)Townships.

Minister Maj-GenKhin Maung Myintproceeded to theconstruction site of 230KV Sub-Power Station inThanlyan Township.Superintending EngineerU Zaw Weik reported on

the installation tasksof Bago (Kamarnat)-Thakayta-Thanlyan 230KV power line andconstruction of Thanlyan100 MVA Sub-PowerStation. In meeting with

employees, the ministerstressed the need forspeedy completion oftasks and worksite safety.

MNA

Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe addresses the coordination meeting. — TRANSPORT

Minister for Electric Power No (2) Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint at the construction site of230 KV Sub-Power Station. — MNA

Staff of TOA Paint (Thailand) Co Ltd explains the quality of thecompany’s products. — MNA

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 1 June, 2006 9

YANGON, 31 May — The National Level ASEANQuiz Organizing Committee chaired by the DeputyMinister for Information held the Third National LevelASEAN Quiz 2006.

A total of 36 students of basic education highschool level from States and Divisions participated inthe written test on 28 May and in the oral contest on 30May.

Of them, 10 contestants enter the final contest atthe Studio-A of Myanma Radio and Television today.

After the Quiz, Maung Oak Soe of Pyay BEHSNo 1 won the first prize, Maung Ye Tun Soe ofKamayut BEHS No 2 the second, Ma Mya Thida Winof Dagon BEHS No 1 the third, and Maung Nay MyoHan of Practising High School (Kamayut) consolationprize.

On behalf of the Organizing CommitteeChairman, Director-General U Khin Maung Htay ofMRTV presented prizes to the winners.

The first to third winners will take part in theRegional Level ASEAN Quiz in Kuala Lumpur ofMalaysia in September.

MNA

School enrolmentceremony held in

MyitkyinaNAY PYI TAW, 31 May —The school enrolment

ceremony in Kachin State for 2006-07 academic yearwas held at Myintsuthaka Hall of No 3 BasicEducation High School in Myitkyina on 27 Maymorning.

It was attended by Chairman of Kachin StatePeace and Development Council Commander ofNorthern Command Maj-Gen Ohn Myint,Chairperson of Kachin State Maternal and ChildWelfare Supervisory Committee wife of thecommander Daw Nu Nu Swe, Deputy Minister forEducation Brig-Gen Aung Myo Min, senior militaryofficers of Myitkyina Station, local authorities, schoolheads, members of Parent-Teacher Association andSchool Board of Trustees, wellwishers and guests.

The commander explained efforts to be madefor uplift of education sectors.

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Aung Myo Minreported on tasks being carried out for developmentof human resources, and presented 28,450 assortedcopies of kindergarten worth K 4,318,300 to thecommander.

Next, the deputy minister and the Kachin Stateeducation officer accepted cash donations to theeducation fund donated by wellwishers.

After the ceremony, the commander, thedeputy minister and officials viewed enrolment ofstudents at No 1 and No 2 BEHSs in Myitkyina.

They inspected construction of the two-storeybuilding at BEHS No 1 and fulfilled the requirements.

MNA

Minister meets with staff of ministries ofSWRR, IP

NAY PYI TAW, 31 May — Minister for SocialWelfare, Relief and Resettlement and Minister forImmigration and Population Maj-Gen Maung MaungSwe met with employees of the two ministries at theMinistry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement inNay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.

Present were Deputy Minister for Social Welfare,Relief and Resettlement Brig-Gen Kyaw Myint, DeputyMinister for Immigration and Population Maj-GenAung Kyi, directors-general, deputy directors-general,heads of office, officials and staff.

First, Director-General U Sit Myaing of SocialWelfare Department reported on tasks of the SWD.Director-General U Than Oo of Relief and ResettlementDepartment also reported on rescue and relief tasksand resettlement matters.

Director U Zaw Win of Fire Services Department

briefed the minister on fire prevention measures. DeputyMinister for Social Welfare, Relief and ResettlementBrig-Gen Kyaw Myint gave a supplementary report.

Next, Deputy Director-General U Khin MaungMyint of Immigration and National RegistrationDepartment and Assistant Director U Myo Thwin ofPopulation Department reported on their respectivesectors.

After hearing the reports, Minister Maj-GenMaung Maung Swe explained progress of the Stateand loyal participation of staff in building a modern,developed and discipline-flourishing democraticnation. He instructed them to avoid bribery andcorruption in the tasks and to promptly performtheir respective tasks to serve the interest of thepeople.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 31May — The Ministry forMines held the meetingto review accom-plishments in third fourmonths of 2005 and first

four month of 2006 andcoordinate exceeding thetarget in second fourmonths of 2006, at itshall in Nay Pyi Taw on29 and 30 May.

In the first-daysession, Minister forMines Brig-Gen OhnMyint delivered anaddress.

Next, managingdirectors, directors-general and officialsreported on tasks in 2006and arrangements forexceeding the target in2006 in detail.

Also present on theoccasion were DeputyMinister U Myint Theinand officials.

The second-daysession continuedyesterday morning.Managing directors,directors-general andofficials submitted their

reports. The deputy mini-ster gave a supplementaryreport.

After hearing thereports, the minister gavenecessary instructions.The minister explainedguidance of the Head ofState, and instructed themto make efforts forexceeding the target ofthe respective depart-ments by seeking meansand ways, to abide bylaws, rules andregulations, to use fuel inproduction only, nurturethe employees for upliftof their efficiency andcarry out welfare affairsof the staff.

MNA

Coord meeting of Ministry of Mines held

Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint delivers an address at the coordination meeting.MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe meeting with employees. — SWRR

Final contest of ASEAN Quiz 2006 in progress. — MNA

Prizes awarded to winners inNational Level ASEAN Quiz

10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 1 June, 2006

YANGON, 31 May — The opening ceremonyof the sports and education combined course and thesports training course for 2006-07 academic year washeld at the gymnasium of Sports and PhysicalEducation Institute (Mandalay) this morning.

It was attended by Chairman of MandalayDivision Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Central Command Maj-Gen KhinZaw, Chairman of Myanmar Olympic CommitteeMinister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint,officials and representatives.

First, the minister gave an opening speech.The minister provided K 555,000 for sports suits totrainers, K 150,000 for school uniforms to teachersand 30 footballs worth K 150,000 to the trainees

Refresher course concludesNAY PYI TAW, 31 May—A refresher course

for senior assistant teachers who teach English,Mathematics and Physics concluded at MyeikUniversity, Taninthayi Division, on 26 May.

Chairman of Taninthayi Division Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of Coastal RegionCommand Brig-Gen Khin Zaw Oo and officialsattended the ceremony. First, the commanderextended greetings and Rector U Thein Aungexplained the matters related to the course.

Next, the commander awarded prizes tooutstanding trainees in their respective subjects, andthe rector gave presents to the instructors, and theceremony came to a close.—MNA

YANGON, 31 May—The World No-TobaccoDay for 2006 wasmarked at a ceremonyheld at the InternationalBusiness Centre on PyayRoad here this morning.

Deputy Director-General of theDepartment of Health DrTin Nyunt read thec o m m e m o r a t i v emessage sent by Ministerfor Health Dr KyawMyint.

WHO ResidentRepresentative ProfessorAdik Wibowo delivered

Physic nut plant growing ceremoniesheld in Thayet District

THAYET, 20 May — Under the arrangementsof Thayet District Peace and Development Council,physic nuts plants growing ceremonies were heldfrom 16 to 20 May in Mindon, Kanma, Thayet,Aunglan, Sinbaungwe and Minhla townships ofThayet District. District social organization memberscollectively participated in the ceremonies. ThayetDistrict PDC Chairman Lt-Col Maung Maung Sanand members, Chairperson of Thayet DistrictMaternal and Child Welfare Supervisory Committeeattended the ceremonies. The plan is beingundertaken to cultivate physic nut plants in sixtownships of the district to meet the targeted acres inMay. — Kyemon

DISTRICT NEWSWorld No-Tobacco Day

observed

Talks on traffic rules, prevention againsthuman trafficking given

TATKON, 16 May — An educative talk onreduction of traffic accidents and prevention againsthuman trafficking conducted by Myanmar PoliceForce was held on 14 May at Aung San Hall inTatkon Township, Pyinmana District, with an addressby Tatkon Township Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Chairman U Myint Wai. It was also attendedby members of Tatkon Township PDC, USDA,WAO, MCWA, Red Cross Society and AuxiliaryFire Brigade, and vehicle owners.

At the ceremony, Commander of PyinmanaDistrict Police Force Police Major Zaw Win gavetalks on reduction of traffic rules violations, PoliceCaptain Moe Moe Tun on prevention against humantrafficking, and Police Lt-Col Aung Naing on trafficrules. — Kyemon

NAY PYI TAW, 31 May—Chairman of RakhineState Peace and Development Council Commanderof Western Command Brig-Gen Maung Shein carriedout an inspection of An-Minbu section of Yangon-Sittway Road on 24 May.

Officials reported on progress in tarring thesection. The commander assessed the reports andlooked into the work site.

On the morning of 25 May, the commander andDeputy Commander Brig-Gen Tin Hlaing held ameeting with service personnel at An Township PDCoffice. Officials reported on facts about the region,development affairs tasks and water supply. Thecommander gave instructions on regionaldevelopment and attended to the needs.

He visited the 100-bed township people’s hospitaland provided cash assistance for the patients. Healso inspected staff quarters.

The commander inspected Hinywetchaung Damin An Township.

MNA

Sports and education combined course opens atSPEI (Mandalay)

through officials. Later, the minister cordially greetedthe trainees. At the Sports and Physical EducationInstitute, 292 trainees will attend football, volleyball,boxing, weightlifting, Sepak Takraw, Wushu,gymnastics, swimming and tennis events.

MNA

An-Minbu road sectioninspected

a speech.An educative

documentary film“Tobacco: deadly in anyform or disguise” wasshown to those present.

The deputy director-general and guestsobserved the exhibitsdisplayed on the booths.

Also present werePresident of theMyanmar Academy ofMedical Science DrU Ko Ko, Vice-Presidentof the MyanmarWomen’sAffairs Fede-ration Daw Khin Thet

Htay, CEC members ofthe Myanmar Maternaland Child WelfareAssociation Daw HtweHtwe Nyunt, Daw NilarThaw and Daw Tin TinMya, Chairperson ofYangon Division MCWSupervisory CommitteeDaw Mar Mar Wai,rectors, directors, medicalsuperintendents andexecutives.

The theme of thisyear’s World No-TobaccoDay is “Tobacco: deadlyin any form or disguise”.

MNAGuests visit World No-Tobacco Day booth. — MNA

Thayet District PDC Chairman Lt-Col MaungMaung San participating in physic nut plant growing ceremony in Thayet District.

81 radio sets provided to self-reliantlibraries in Yesagyo

YESAGYO, 17 MAY — With the aim ofdeveloping self-reliant libraries and disseminatingknowledge to local people, a ceremony to present 81radio sets worth K 500,000 for self-reliant libraries inYesagyo Township donated by departmentsconcerned was held on 17 May at Yesagyo TownshipPeace and Development Council Office with anaddress by Township PDC Chairman.

Head of Office U Tin Aung Khaing of YesagyoTownship Information and Public RelationsDepartment accepted the radios and spoke words ofthanks. The radios will be delivered to all self-reliantlibraries in villages on 31 May. — Kyemon

Police Captain Moe Moe Tun gives talks onprevention against human trafficking.

ResidentRepresen-tative of

WHO ProfAdik

Wibowodelivers anaddress at

WorldNo-

TobaccoDay

ceremony.MNA

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 1 June, 2006 11

Vietnam to set up centralanti-corruption steering

committee HANOI, 31 May — The Vietnamese Government

will discuss the establishment of a central anti-corrup-tion steering committee at its regular meeting startingon Wednesday, according to local media.

Under a scheme on the establishment, the com-mittee to be led by Vietnamese Prime Minister will beentitled to temporarily suspend ministers, chairmen ofPeople’s Committees and People’s Councils of citiesor provinces from their posts in the time of threemonths downward, if they have signs of law violations,and the suspending is necessary for the investigation,newspaper Youth reported on Tuesday.

Now, to suspend or dismiss a minister, the PrimeMinister has to propose the Political Bureau under theCommunist Party of Vietnam Central Committee todeal with his or her activities in the party, and theNational Assembly to consider and decide the disci-pline.— MNA/Xinhua

Deadly quake affects tourism inYogyakarta

JAKARTA, 31 May — The deadly earthquake measuring 6.2 on the RichterScale which had killed over 5,400 people and devastated over 100,000 houses,ancient temples and tourist objects, had seriously affected the tourism sectorin Yogyakarta, 440 kilometres east of Jakarta, capital of Indonesia.

Cambodia formally bans 3G phones PHNOM PENH, 31 May — The latest generation of video phone was formally banned by Cambodia, local

media reported on Tuesday.

So Khun, Minister ofPosts and Telecommuni-cations, on Monday an-nounced the ban andurged phone companiesnot to be disappointed,adding that the ban wouldnot be extended to theInternet.

Cambodian PrimeMinister Hun Sen an-nounced a 10-year banon the “3G” mobilephones on Friday, afterhis wife Bun Rany andthe wives of severalother top governmentofficials petitioned himto do so, warning that

Data issued by the Yogyakarta disas-ter media centre on Tuesday nightshowed, up till Tuesday evening, thoseinjured in the earthquake totalled 16,547,while a total of 116,046 homes weredamaged.

The quake indiscriminately damageda mall, plaza, hotels and the historicpalace of the Yogyakarta kingdom,houses of prayers and historic sites aswell as souvenir centres in the area.

The disaster would adversely affect

Yogyakarta which is known as the iconof Indonesian tourism, besides Bali, es-pecially by foreign tourists, Antara newsagency quoted Bagus Sudibya, DeputyChairman of the Travel Agencies Asso-ciation as saying in Surabaya, capital ofEast Java Province on Tuesday.

“Yogyakarta as well as Bali have theirrespective special market in the tourismsector. In the short run, the deadly quakewill certainly affect tourism businesses,”he said. — MNA/Xinhua

the phones could beused by women to se-duce men with pornog-raphy.

“The postponement ismade only on the videophone, but the InternetISP is not banned. It stilloperates as usual,” SoKhun was quoted by TheCambodia Daily assaying.

“Phone operators,please don’t be disap-pointed. Please under-stand the ministry,” hesaid. “The 3G technologyis not banned forever. Itis just postponed for awhile.”

Cambodia’s MobiTel

and the AZ group hadbeen vying to introducethe first 3G network toCambodia.

In a letter dated on25 May, Hun Senstated that the 3G

phones should be heldoff for an “appropriatetime in the future whenthe social morality isimproved”.

Players from Japan’s futsal team, Kanta

Fujii (L), Rikardo Higa (2nd L), Takuya

Suzumura (2nd R) and Kanichiro Kogure,

celebrate after winning the AFC Futsal

Championship title at Yunasabad Sports

Complex in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 27

May, 2006. Japan defeated Uzbekistan

in the final.

INTERNET

MNA/Xinhua

12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 1 June, 2006

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Chile, Argentina

discuss natural

gas, collaborative

projectsSANTIAGO, 30 May —

Chilean and Argentineministers begandiscussions here onMonday regarding col-laboration in natural gassupply, local mediareports said.

The Chilean Govern-ment said it wasexpecting more cuts inthe imports of gas fromArgentina in comingdays because of risingdomestic demand inArgentina where winterwas drawing near.Argentina began reducingits natural gas exports toChile in 2004 as itsproduction could notmeet the needs of boththe domestic market andthat of Chile.

Chile imports around22 million cubic metresof gas daily, supplyingthe plants which generate30 per cent of Chile’selectricity, among otheruses.

The ministers ofForeign Affairs, Energyand other departmentstook part in the meeting.

At the meeting theministers are expected toapprove the 2006-2010Work Plan, a schemeagreed to by Argen-tine President NestorKirchner and his Chileancounterpart MichelleBachelet during ameeting on 21 March.

The plan will covergovernment planning,public services, energy,mines, and transpor-tation.

MNA/Xinhua

Venezuela supports oilproduction cut

China extends $2m forIndonesia’s quake victims

LIMA, 30 May— Atleast eight people died andthree others were injuredwhen a dump truckcrashed in Peru’s northernjungle zone, police saidon Monday.

The vehicle wastravelling on a main roadin heavy rain when theaccident occurred near thesettlement of Pomacochain the province ofAmazonas. The dead weremoved to a local morgue,while the injured were

taken to nearby hospitals,police reported.

Investigations areunder way. Police didnot rule out the dri-ver’s recklessness andmechanical faults aspossible causes of thetragedy.

MNA/Xinhua

CARACAS, 30 May —The Venezuelan Govern-ment said on Monday thatit favoured a cut inOPEC’s oil production torestore the balance of theinternational oil markets.

Venezuela’s Energyand Petroleum MinisterRafael Ramirez said thatthere should be a cut in oilproduction as the levels ofoil inventory were abovetheir historical averages.

In view of “thefundamentals of themarket,” a production cutshould be proposed,Ramirez said. “But givencurrent price levels, wewill have to discuss... thebest position to take.”OPEC (the Organizationof Petroleum-Exporting

Countries) will hold aspecial meeting in Caracason 1 June.

“Prices have notobeyed market funda-mentals: instead they havebeen strongly influencedby the geopoliticaltensions, for instancebetween Iran and theUnited States,” Ramirezsaid.

Iran initiated itsnuclear programme thisyear despite internationalopposition, particularlyfrom the United States,which has a large numberof troops in neighbouringIraq. Fears of a regionalwar have helped to pushup oil prices since early2006.

Iran’s oil minister isdue to arrive in Venezuelaon Monday, and theministers of other OPECcountries will arrive onTuesday.

MNA/Xinhua

JAKARTA, 30 May—The Chinese Governmenthas extended financialassistance amounting to 2million US dollars toIndonesia to help victimsof the Yogyakarta earth-quake.

The assistance waspresented by ChineseAmbassador to IndonesiaLan Lijun to IndonesianCoordinating Ministerfor People’s WelfareAburizal Bakrie hereMonday.

Aburizal saidChina’s assistance was thefirst foreign financial aidreceived by the IndonesianGovernment.

He said the financialaid would be soontransferred to the NationalDisaster Mitigation Co-ordinating Agency.

The aid would bedistributed to disastervictims in the form of cashhandouts.

“We hope with thecash they can buy food,raw materials to rebuildtheir houses, and otherneeds so that it willstimulate the localpeople’s economic acti-vities,” he said.

Lan Lijun said, theChinese Government andpeople paid great atten-tion to earthquake inYogayakarta whichcaused huge casualtiesand material losses.Chinese President HuJintao had expressed hisdeep sympathies andsolidarity in a letter toIndonesian PresidentSusilo Bambang Yodho-yono.

Lan expressed hisconfidence in theIndonesian Governmentand people in overcomingthe impacts of theearthquake which killedabout 5000 people.

MNA/Xinhua

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BEIJING, 30 May — The Chinese Government is to fund more scholars tostudy abroad to help meet the demand for skills in its social and economicdevelopment, the Ministry of Education said here Monday.

Cao Guoxing, director-general with the Ministry’sInternational Cooperationand Exchanges Department,said the central budgetallocated 2.2 billion yuan(275 million US dollars) tofund scholars studyingabroad from 2001 to 2005,up nearly 50 per cent fromthe previous five years.

The central budget hadincreased funding for thenext five years, Cao said,although he did not specifythe amount of th Statisticsfrom the China Scholarship

Council (CSC) show that22,031 people studiedabroad with governmentfunding or resources from1996 to 2005, including arecord 7,000 last year, up75 per cent from theprevious year.

Most students went tothe United States, GreatBritain, Germany,Australia and Canada,according to the CSC. “Aswell as governmentfunding, we’ll send morescholars abroad bydeveloping, consolidating

or renewing internationalcooperation and exchangeprogrammes,” Cao said.

The government waslooking forward to selectingmore graduates in keyresearch areas, such ascommunications, lifesciences, new materials,and energy sources andenvironment, said Cao.

“We aim to dispatch10,000 graduates abroad inthe next five years ifadequate funding can befound,” Cao said.

MNA/Xinhua

Mubarak to probe Mideast peaceprospects with Israeli PM

CAIRO, 30 May — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will probe theprospects of reviving the long-stalled Mideast peace process with Israeli PrimeMinister Ehud Olmert during their meeting scheduled for 4 June, an Egyptianpresidential spokesman said on Sunday.

The meeting, to be held in Egypt’sRed Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, will bethe first of its kind since Olmert formed anew Israeli Government on 4 May.

Presidential spokesman SolimanAwwad was quoted by Egypt’s officialMENA news agency as saying that the twoleaders would discuss the situation on thePalestinian territories and probe theprospects of reviving the peace process.

The meeting could pave the way for afuture trilateral summit also involvingPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbasbesides Olmert and Mubarak, Awwadadded.Mubarak said on May 22 on thesidelines of a regional economic forumthat he was planning to meet with Olmertin Sharm el-Sheikh.

Palestinian President Abbas held a 40-minute closed-door meeting with IsraeliForeign Minister Tzipi Livni and DeputyPrime Minister Shimon Peres on the fringeof the forum, the first high-level contactbetween the two sides since the Islamic

Resistance Movement (Hamas) won theJanuary 25 Palestinian parliamentaryelections.

Meanwhile, a statement from Olmert’sOffice said that Olmert would discusswith Mubarak his convergence plan onmore withdrawals from the West Bank.

Under the plan, Israel will draw the finalborders with the Palestinians by 2010 viawithdrawing from isolated settlements inthe West Bank and enlarging bigger oneswith or without Palestinian consent. Lastweek, Olmert discussed the plan with USPresident George W. Bush during his visitto Washington.

Following talks with Mubarak, Olmertis also scheduled to visit Britain, Franceand German in June, said the statement,adding that a meeting is also planned withJordanian King Abdullah II.

Olmert will not meet Abbas until theseries of meetings are finished, accordingto the statement.

MNA/Xinhua

Heat kills 27 in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, 30 May — At least 27 people have died of heat and three

children died of gastroenteritis and hundreds were hospitalized for treatmentof the disease in Pakistan’s central Punjab Province during the last 24 hours,local newspaper Daily Times reported on Monday.

Most of the heat deathswere in southern Punjab,as temperatures shot up to47 degree Celsius in Multanand 48 in Dera Ghazi Khan,Bahawalnagar andBahawalpur. More than150 people also fainted dueto the sizzling heat.

Meanwhile, three more

children suffering fromgastroenteritis died onSunday and 50 people, mostof them children, wereadmitted to hospital inSheikhupura. The numberof gastroenteritis cases hasincreased in the district withthe death toll until Sundayreaching 11 during the last

28 days. The number of people

suffering from gastroenteritisin the district has reachedaround 1,200 within a monthwith hundreds also consultingprivate hospitals and clinics.The increasing death toll hasalarmed people of the area.

MNA/Xinhua

11th World Human ResourcesCongress opens in Singapore

SINGAPORE, 31 May — The 11th World Human Resources (HR) Congressopened in Singapore on Tuesday with the participation of some 2,000 delegatesfrom more than 60 countries.

Enterprise executives, humanresources experts and researchers areexpected to exchange views on topicssuch as HR challenges and strategies,talent engagement and management, aswell as human capital development,during the three-day meeting.

Declaring the Congress open,Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee HsienLoong said that good HR managementdoes not end with finding a select groupof elite managers at the top but involvestraining the employees at all levels.

“Globalization and rapid IT(information technology) advances in aknowledge-based economy will posemany challenges to HR practitioners.

These challenges will require morecreative and innovative approaches tothe management of people and humancapital at the workplace,” he noted.

He outlined four strategies that

Singapore has adopted to maximize itshuman capital, including keeping theeconomy growing, equipping workerswith wide knowledge, varied skills,creativity and innovation to sustaineconomic growth, attracting internationaltalents, as well as raising the level of HRpractice in the city state.

Along with the meeting, an HRbusiness-connect exposition is being heldwhere about 90 exhibitors from aroundthe world are showcasing their latestservices, products, solutions andtechnologies in the HR field.

Inaugurated in 1986, the WorldHuman Resources Congress is a biennialevent organized by the World Federationof Personnel Management Associations,which is a global network ofprofessionals in peple managementfounded in 1976.

MNA/Xinhua

Earthquake hits off coast of Papua New Guinea CANBERRA, 30 May — An earthquake measuring 6.2 on Richter Scale

rocked off the coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG) Sunday, the US GeologicalSurvey said on its web site.

The quake happened at 13:12 p.m. local time (03:12 GMT) around 188 kilo-metres northeast of PNG’s New Britain region and 2,410 kilometres north ofAustralia’s east coast city of Brisbane, capital of the state of Queensland. Therewere no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

MNA/Xinhua

A rescued Bald Eagle from the World Bird Sanctuary flies to home platebefore the beginning of the game between the St. Louis Cardinals and theHouston Astros on Monday, 29 May, 2006 at Busch Stadium in St Louis.

INTETNET

An artist’s impression released by the International Polar Foundation (IPF)shows the first polar station powered solely by renewable sources of energy,

which will be built by Belgium in Antarctica, the IPF announced on 31 May,2006. — INTERNET

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S P O R T S

China's Zhong Guoshun acts in themen's 69kg class competition duringthe 32nd Men's and 12th Women's

Junior World Weightlifting Champi-onships held in Hangzhou, capital of

east China's Zhejiang Province, on 30May, 2006. Zhong won two gold

medals in the snatch with 146 kg andtotal with 316 kg.

INTERNET

Real Madrid presidentialbid looks to Wenger

MADRID, 30 May— Carlos Sainz and Juan MiguelVillar Mir hope to lure Arsenal's Arsene Wenger toReal Madrid as part of their joint bid for the club'spresidential election on 2 July.

At the launch of their campaign the duo said theywanted to appoint a general manager in overall controlof the football section, with the power to purchaseplayers.

They cited Wenger's role with the North Londonclub as a good model to follow.

When asked at the Press conference if they hadspoken to Wenger, former world rally champion Sainzsaid: "We are in the process of trying to do that."

But Sainz and Villar Mir, a construction magnate,will find it hard to secure the Frenchman's services ashe has stated on a number of occasions he is happywhere he is.

Sainz, who would be vice-president to Villar Mir,added: "We want a complete overhaul of the wholeclub."

It has become traditional to bolster a campaign withpromises of a big new signing if a candidate is electedbut Villar Mir refused to play that game.

"You can't start building house with the roof first.We need to secure a general manager and a coach firstwho will be at the heart of the club," he said.

Earlier on Monday another potential candidate,Ramon Calderon, hinted that he would be throwing hishat into the ring.

Calderon told Spanish state television he wouldappoint a foreigner who had helped Real win a Euro-pean Cup to the post of sports director.

Serbia & Montenegro striker Predrag Mijatovic,who scored Real's winner in the 1998 ChampionsLeague final, is the favourite in the media to take thatpost.—MNA/Reuters

Brazil crush Swiss local side 8-0 BASEL (Switzerland), 31 May— Champions Brazil warmed up in style for next month's World Cup

with an 8-0 romp over a Lucerne select side in front of a capacity 30,000 crowd at the St Jakob Stadiumon Tuesday.

Tuta header helps Fluminensemove clear in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, 30 May— Fluminense moved to the top ofthe Brazilian championship table on Sunday with a narrow 1-0win over local rivals Flamengo.

Victory gives England World Cup lift MANCHESTER (England), 31 May— England ground out a 3-1 victory over

Hungary in a World Cup warm-up on Tuesday, with teenage striker TheoWalcott making history for the hosts.

Ronaldo and Adrianoscored twice while Lucio,Juninho Pernambucano,Robinho and Kakagrabbed the other goals.

Their opponents werebased on the FC Lucerneside which won promo-tion from the second divi-sion this year plus severalformer players who arenow based abroad.

Brazil's last interna-tional before their open-ing World Cup matchagainst Croatia on June13 will be against NewZealand in Geneva onSunday.

The South Americans,who are training at Weggis

on the shores of LakeLucerne, kicked off withthe side which coachCarlos Alberto Parreirahas already announcedwill face Croatia andwhich started their lastcompetitive game againstVenezuela in October.

Ronaldo, who has notplayed since limping outof a Real Madrid matchon April 8 with a thighstrain, played for 67 min-utes before being substi-tuted and showed no ill-effects from his injury.

"It was a training ses-

sion which achieved whatwe wanted," Parreira toldreporters.

"It's the first time foreight months this team hasplayed a game in front of acrowd, live television andwearing the yellow shirt.

"It was time for theplayers to get to know eachother again. This was theeighth day of our prepara-tion and it is still veryearly."

Kaka, who scored thefirst goal and set up thenext two, agreed withParreira that the match,

played on a chilly evening,was little more than a train-ing session in front of anaudience.

"It's not really normalto play a club side so wedon't analyse the result,just as we don't analysethe result of a training ses-sion," he said.

"But today we wore theyellow shirt and we hadthe responsibility of hav-ing to win. It's a privilege,it's not the same as play-ing another national teambut it's still a Brazil game."

MNA/Reuters

Early second-half headers fromSteven Gerrard and John Terry put Eng-land in front after Frank Lampard's pen-alty was saved in the closing stages ofthe first period at Old Trafford.

Hungary captain Pal Dardai pulled agoal back with a superb 25-metre shot inthe 55th minute before substitute PeterCrouch rifled home England's third inthe 83rd.

It was a special night for Walcott,who came on as a second-half substituteto become England's youngest player at17 years and 75 days.

Striker Wayne Rooney, whose footinjury sent shockwaves through Eng-land's World Cup preparations, set theprevious record at 17 years and 111days.

England coach Sven-Goran Erikssonused the match to try out midfielderGerrard in an advanced role behindstriker Michael Owen, as a possiblereplacement for Rooney.

Gerrard's usual position went to cen-tral defender Jamie Carragher, pushedforward into a holding midfield role inthe evening's other experiment.

Rooney's hopes of going to the WorldCup hinge on a scan he will undergo onhis broken right foot on June 7. UnderFIFA rules, Eriksson can replace him inthe squad up to 24 hours before the open-ing game against Paraguay on June 10.

Gerrard was pushed into Rooney's rolebecause of his goal sense, underlined byhis two strikes in Liverpool's FA Cupfinal triumph over West Ham Unitedearlier this month.

It was not an instant success. Englandlacked penetration against well-organ-ized opponents in a dour opening halfwhich only burst into life in the closingminutes. Owen, short of match fitnessafter a long-term injury, missed a close-range header from a superb cross fromthe right by captain David Beckham.

MNA/Reuters

The win, secured with a Tutaheader, lifted Fluminense to 19points and opened a two-point gapover second-placed Cruzeiro whowere held to a 1-1 draw atInternacional. Santos got back towinning ways with a solid 2-0 winover a Corinthians team weak-ened since players left for theWorld Cup.

Tuta's goal came afterFlamengo had dominated the earlystages of the game. The burlystriker, who was later sent off fora second-half challenge on Leo,met Dejan Petkovich's free kickwith a glancing header.

The result meant Flamengohave gathered one point from twogames under new coach NeyLopes.

"We played well today but Iwas not happy with our finishingand we will have to work on that,"Lopes told reporters.

Internacional outplayedCruzeiro on Sunday but could notmake their dominance count.

Indio gave the home team thelead from a close-range header butEdu Dracena managed to scram-ble an equaliser five minutes later.

Santos also moved up to 17points after goals by CleberSantana and Rodrigo Tabata dis-posed of Corinthians. Corinthianscoach Geninho complained aboutreferee Alicio Pena after a defeatthat leaves his team on nine points.

He criticised Rubens Junior'sdismissal for a handball incidentand a penalty decision given whenSantos striker Tiui apparentlytripped over a tuft of grass.

Corinthians were without sixfirst-choice players, including Ar-gentine squad members CarlosTevez and Javier Mascherano, andBrazil's own Ricardinho.

MNA/Reuters

Ayala wins 100th cap in Argentinawin over Angola

SALERNO (Italy), 31 May— Central defender Roberto Ayala won his 100thcap when Argentina beat Angola 2-0 in a World Cup warm-up in southernItaly on Tuesday.

Winger MaxiRodriguez put Argentinain front when he nettedcaptain Juan Pablo Sorin'scross from the left after 29minutes.

Twice World Cup win-ners Argentina, who opentheir campaign in Ger-many against Ivory Coast

on June 10, went furtherahead in the 37th minutewhen another Sorin crosswas deflected in off de-fender Andre Mateus.

Argentina dominatedtheir African opponents,who are going to the WorldCup for the first time, andalmost scored again in the

75th minute whenRodriguez hit the bar aftera fine move involving sub-stitute Lionel Messi.

Ayala, who had an un-troubled match at the back,is Argentina's third mostcapped player after DiegoSimeone (106) and JavierZanetti (102).

He could set a newrecord if Argentinareach the World Cup finalin Berlin on July 9 andhe plays in all seven oftheir matches in thetournament.

MNA/Reuters

Russia’s Maria Sharapova blows a kiss to the

crowd after winning her second round match

against Czech Republic’s Iveta Benesova during

the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland

Garros Stadium in Paris, on 31 May, 2006.

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WEATHER

Wednesday, 31 May, 2006Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thunder-showers have been isolated in Kayah State, scattered inKayin State and lower Sagaing Division and fairlywidespread to widespread in the remaining areas withisolated heavyfall in Rakhine State. The noteworthyamounts of rainfall recorded were Kyauktaw (8.66)inches, Mindat (2.44) inches, Sittway (2.21) inches,Gwa (2.17) inches, Ann (1.77) inches, Hinthada (1.70)inches and Chauk (0.55) inch.

Maximum temperature on 30-5-2006 was 86°F.Minimum temperature on 31-5-2006 was 68°F. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 31-5-2006 was(96%). Total sunshine hours on 30-5-2006 was (2.7)hours approx.

Rainfalls on 31-5-2006 were (0.48) inch atMingaladon, (0.87) inch at Kaba-Aye and (1.19)inches at Central Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were (15.24) inches at Mingaladon, (19.57) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (20.91) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(12) mph from Southwest at (20:15) hours MST on 30-5-2006.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the Northand Central Bay and generally moderate elsewhere inthe Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 1-6-2006: Rainor thundershowers will be scattered in Kayah State,lower Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Divisions,fairly widespread in Shan and Kayin States, BagoDivision and widespread in the remaining areas withisolated heavyfall in Rakhine State. Degree of cer-tainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with rough sea arelikely at times off and along Rakhine Coast. Surfacewind speed in squalls may reach (35) to (40) mph. Seaswill be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Moderateto strong monsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 1-6-2006: Isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 1-6-2006: One or two rain or thundershow-ers. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 1-6-2006: Isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

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5:05 pm

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5:10 pm

7. Cute little dancers

5:20 pm

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5:30 pm

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8:00 pm17. News

18. International news

19. Weather report

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21. The next day’s

programme

EARTHQUAKE REPORT(Issued at 04:30 hours MST Today)

A slight earthquake of intensity (4.5) Richter Scalewith its epicentre about (150) miles Southwest ofSittway in the Bay of Bengal, was recorded at (02)hrs (15) min (00) sec MST on 31 May 2006.

Asleep in Jesus

Dr Andrew U Mya HanRetired Yangon Bishop & Arch Bishop

Church of the Province of Myanmar (Anglican)Poet Maung Pauk Si (Mann Tekkatho)

Chairman (Retd), Myanmar Council of ChurchesHonorary Chairman, Yangon YMCAChairman (Retd), National Council of

Myanmar YMCAs75 years

Residing at No-140, Pyidaungzu Yeiktha Road,son of (Archdeacon Luke U Bo Ke- Elizabeth Daw LayKhin); son-in-law of (Dr NR Kanagoe-Daw Gay) ofToungoo; beloved husband of Daw Dolly (RetiredMatron-Yangon Children's Hospital); father of MichaelZin Min Oo-Ma Moe Theint Latt, beloved grandfatherof Ma Andrea A Mya Han; younger brother of (UJohnny Thaung Tin) and Daw Thaung Thaung (Retirednurse); elder brother of Daw Cecilia Bo Ke (RetiredHead of Office-H&T) and Daw Khin Htwe Yi (RetiredProfessor-IR, YU) fell asleep in Jesus at 11 am on 31-5-2006. Funeral service will be held at the Holy TrinityCathedral at No-446, Bogyoke Aung San Street at 1.30pm on 2-6-2006 and thence to Hteinbin Cemetery forcremation. Cars will leave the above-mentioned cathe-dral at 2 pm.

Bereaved family

NEW YORK, 31 May — Americans in their 20sare one of the largest segments of the populationlacking health insurance, and new research sug-gests the problem is growing.

Many young adults in USlack health insurance

YANGON, 30 May — As a gesture of hailingthe 4th Literary Conference, Doyen Writer Daw

Thein Sai (Ma Myat Lay) (R) donates K 100,000 toMyanmar Writers and Journalists Association

through Vice Chairman of MWJA U Than Maung(Than Maung). —MWJA

In 2004, nearly 14million Americans be-tween 19 and 29 yearsold were uninsured, anincrease of 2.5 millionsince 2000, according toa report by the Common-wealth Fund, a privateresearch foundation thatfocuses on health andsocial issues.

The findings, basedon data from governmentand CommonwealthFund surveys, suggest

that the age of 19 or justafter graduation fromhigh school or collegeare crucial turning pointsin young Americans'health coverage. At theseages, private and publichealth plans often cut offbenefits.—MNA/Reuters

Significant Water Level Bulletin(Issued at 12:00 hours MST Today)

During the last (4) days, the water level hasrisen (730) cm (about 24-feet) at Myitkyina ofAyeyawady River and (663) cm (about 22-feet) atHkamti of Chindwin River. Under this condition,the water levels may rise (420) cm (about 14-feet)at NyaungU, Chauk, Minbu, Magway, Aunglan and(350) cm (about 12-feet) at Pyay and Hinthadaabove the present water levels during the next (3)to (7) days.

Flood Warning(Issued at 12:00 hours MST Today)According to the (06:30) hrs MST observa-

tion today, the water level of Ayeyawady River atMyitkyina is (1022) cm. It may reach its danger level(1200) cm during the next (48) hours commencingnoon today.

6th Waxing of Nayon 1368 ME Thursday, 1 June, 2006

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YANGON, 31 May—The Yangon DivisionHealth Committee andDivision Maternal andChild Welfare Supervi-sory Committee co-organ-ized the observance ofYangon Division WorldNo-Tobacco Day at

Yangon Division marks WorldNo-Tobacco Day

Yankin Education Collegein Yankin Township,Yangon East District, thisnoon.

Present at the cer-emony were Chairman ofYangon Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of Yangon

Command Brig-Gen HlaHtay Win, Chairperson ofthe supervisory committeeDaw Mar Mar Wai andmembers, local authorities,officials of Health Depart-ment, representatives fromsocial organizations prizewinners and guests.

The commander de-livered an introductoryspeech, and presented thefirst prize for excellentperformance on commu-nity health care to HealthOfficer Daw Htay HtayWin of Dagon TownshipHealth Department, thesecond prize to MidwifeDaw Thandar Tun ofThanlyin TownshipHealth Department, andthe third prize to MidwifeDaw Naw Mwi Mwi Hseof Insein Township HealthDepartment and the first,second and third prizes forintelligent power contestsfor Red Cross membersto Nyi Nyi Naing ofKyauktada Township,Moe Pa Pa Kyi of HlineTownship and MaungWin Htaik of Thingan-gyun Township.

Head of Yangon Di-vision Health Department

Dr Hla Myint read themessage sent by Ministerfor Health Dr KyawMyint.

Chairperson Daw MarMar Wai reported on workdone for the World No-Tobacco Day project, andpresented the first, secondand third prizes for thequiz to Ma Zin Zar Maungof Kyimyindine Town-ship, Daw Nilar Myint ofBahan Township and DawThazin Myaing of InseinTownship, and the first,second and third prizes forthe World No-TobaccoDay commemorative oneact play contest to

Botahtaung, DagonMyothit (South) andThingangyun townshipsrespectively.

Deputy Director of theDepartment of HealthProject Manager (To-bacco) Dr Nyo NyoKyaing presented factsabout the project for con-trol of cigarette and to-bacco products.

An educative pro-gramme was presentedand one act play, enter-tained to those present.

Later, they observedthe exhibits in the com-memorative pavilions.

MNA

YANGON, 31 May — U Tin Aung, member ofNo 3 branch of Shan State (South) National Leaguefor Democracy, and vice-chairman of TaunggyiTownship NLD U Khin Maung Than and executiveU Maung resigned from the party after sendingsigned letters to the NLD headquarters and therespective local authorities on 8 May.

In their signed letters of resignation theysubmitted to Taunggyi Township Multiparty De-mocracy General Election Sub-Commission, thethree said that they joined the NLD with the hope ofeffectively serving the interest of the local people.As NLD members, they had discharged duties with

sincerity.They were unhappy with the NLD for its

constant perpetration of the incorrect policy of con-frontation, employing four means to put the nationunder foreign economic sanctions and relying onforeign nations and organizations.

They added that NLD leadership ignored thepeople and the party walked out of the NationalConvention because of the wish of a few. Hence, theysaid, they resigned from the party and duties of ownvolition as they had no wish at all to live as NLDmembers.

MNA

Nay Pyi Taw & neighbouring areasIsolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of

certainty is (80%).

Yangon & neighbouring areasOne or two rain or thundershowers. Degree of

certainty is (80%).

Mandalay and neighbouring areasIsolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of

certainty is (80%).

Weather Forecast for (1-6-2006)

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win speaking at the ceremony in commemoration of Yangon Division World No-Tobacco Day. — MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win presents prize to an outstandinghealth staff. — MNA

NLD in constant perpetration of incorrect policy of confrontation,employing four means to put nation under foreign economic sanctions and

relying on foreign nations and organizationsNLD leadership ignore people and it walked out ofNational Convention because of the wish of fewThree members resign from Shan State

(South) NLD

DR NYO NYO KYAING

The tobacco control law whichwill come into force one year afterits adoption strictly prohibits tobaccoadvertisement in all forms; it alsoprohibits sale of tobacco to and byminors, sale of cigarettes singly orin a package containing less than 20to enable easy purchase and smok-ing. The law also states that it is anoffence to produce, distribute or sellcigarette and other smoking tobaccoproducts without a health warningin Myanmar language.