Volume XII, Number 235 11th Waning of Tazaungmon 1366 ME Tuesday, 7 December 2004

Established 1914

YANGON, 6 Dec — Mr Bounnhang Vorachith wasborn on 15 August 1937 at Na Village, Tha Pang ThongDistrict, Savannakhet Province. He joined the revolu-tionary movement in 1952 and worked for the Propa-ganda Unit of the Armed Forces in Savannakhet Prov-ince. In 1954 he was stationed at No 605 Battalion inHua Phan Province and joined the Defence Unit of thetwo liberated Provinces of the Pa Thet Lao Force. In1957 he went to Vietnam for studies. In 1961 he wasbased at the No 01 Battalion of the Pa Thet Lao Forceand helped the Commanding Committee in its prepara-tion for the liberation of Luang Nam Tha Province in1962. After the liberation of Luang Nam Tha, he wentto Vietnam to study at a military college.

In 1964 he was stationed at No 613 Battalion andbecame Chief of the Organizational Committee of XiengKhuang Province in 1969 and later in 1972 he wasappointed Deputy Chief of the North Front, LuangPrabang Province. He joined the coalition in Luang

Curriculum Vitae of H E Mr Bounnhang Vorachith,Prime Minister of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

YANGON, 6 Dec— Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Senior General Than Shwe arrived on 4 De-cember at Yemon Kyunthaya Golf Course in HleguTownship where the 2004 State Peace and Develop-ment Council Chairman’s trophy Golf Tournament washeld. On arrival at the golf course, Senior General ThanShwe was welcomed by Vice-Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief(Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, member ofthe State Peace and Development Council General ThuraShwe Mann, Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win, mem-bers of the State Peace and Development Council, theCommander-in-Chief (Navy), the Commander-in-Chief(Air) and the ministers. Senior General Than Shwe cordially greeted golf-ers participating in the tournament. Senior General Than Shwe inspected golf acces-sory shops, sportswear shops, food stalls and Winthuzashops of the Ministry of Industry-1 and left in the af-ternoon. On 5 December, Senior General Than Shwe ar-rived at Yemon Kyunthaya Golf Course at 10.45 am. Senior General Than Shwe watched golfing by Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development CouncilDeputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Com-mander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General MaungAye, Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win, members of theState Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin

Senior General Than Shwe visits State Peace andDevelopment Council Chairman’s Trophy Golf Tournament

Maung Than and Lt-Gen Tin Aye and Minister forNational Planning and Economic Development U SoeTha and members of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen Ye Myint and Lt-Gen Maung Bo,Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Rear-Admiral Soe Thein,

Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein andChairman of Golf Tournament Organizing CommitteeMinister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung. Next, SeniorGeneral Than Shwe cordially greeted the golfers andleft the golf course in the afternoon.—MNA

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

Senior General Than Shwe inspects golf accessory shops at Yemon Kyunthaya Golf Course inHlegu Township. — MNA

Mr Bounnhang Vorachith. — MNA

Senior General Than Shwe watches State Peace and Development Council Chairman’s trophy Golf Tournament. — MNA

Prabang and became Party Secretary of Defence Unit ofNeutral Luang Prabang City in 1974. In 1975 he be-came Party Secretary and Political Chief of the NorthArmed Force. Then in 1978 he studied political theoryin Vietnam. In 1980 he became Party Secretary andPolitical Chief of Central Armed Force. From 1982 to1992 he served as Party Secretary as well as Governorof Savannakhet Province. From 1993 to 1996 he wasParty Secretary and Mayor of Vientiane Prefecture. Hewas appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Chairmanof Lao-Vietnam Cooperation Committee from 1996 to1999. From 1999 to March 2001, he served as DeputyPrime Minister and Minister of Finance. On 26 March2001, he was elected as Prime Minister of theLao PDR by the 7th Ordinary Session of the 4th Leg-islature.

Mr Bounnhang Vorachith is married to MadameKhammeung Vorachith and has three sons and two daugh-ters. — MNA

2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 December, 2004

Tuesday, 7 December, 2004

PERSPECTIVES

Cooperation between thegovernment and people : key toemergence of democracy

The 10th waning day of Tazaungmon, 1366ME, is the 84th anniversary of the National Day ofthe Union of Myanmar. It was on this day that thenational education movement was launched andthis movement served as a most powerful lever forindependence.

Chairman of the State Peace and Develop-ment Council Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices Senior General Than Shwe sent a mes-sage on the 84th anniversary of the National Dayas previous years. In his message, the Head ofState said that, at a time when the fruits of thenational education promotion plans were flour-ishing, it was necessary for the government andthe people to work together for the emergence ofa peaceful, developed and discipline-flourishingdemocracy, enlisting the united strength of highly-qualified human resources.

Throughout the history of Myanmar, her na-tional people were able to preserve and promotetheir dignity and integrity by daringly wardingoff all foreign aggression and encroachments withunyielding spirit. Although Myanmar had suf-fered loss of sovereignty and independence for acertain period of time in history, the entire nationwas able to regain the status as an independentnation and an independent people. It was due tothe strong and dynamic patriotism, national spiritand Union Spirit of the national people.

Our national goal is the emergence of a peace-ful, modern and developed nation. Thanks to thecorrect leadership of the government, its plausi-ble policies and the united and enthusiastic par-ticipation of the entire national people, there havebeen favourable conditions and results. In theeducation sector, for instance, the enrollment rateat the elementary level has increased up to 96.56per cent. It is because the national educationpromotion projects are being implemented withthe cooperation of the people. At present, thereare over 7.64 million students attending classes atbasic education schools. In the higher educationsector, the number of universities and colleges hasincreased up to 156 and over 900,000 students arestudying at these higher learning institutions.

Because of the rapid development in scientificand technological fields, the neo-colonialists areadopting new means, trying to encroach on, domi-nate and manipulate others through social, eco-nomic and cultural spheres and the media andinformation industry. Therefore, we must haveconstant national awareness to ward off theirperpetration. We would like to urge the entirenational people to fully cooperate with the gov-ernment in implementing the national educationpromotion plans and building the nation into anew democracy.

* 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

Home Affairs Minister attends cash donationceremony for doyen literati

YANGON, 6 Dec — The six-member Chinesedelegation led by Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs ofthe People’s Republic of China Mr Wu Dawei left herefor home by air this afternoon after paying an officialvisit to Myanmar.

The delegation was seen off at the Yangon Inter-national Airport by Deputy Minister for Foreign Af-fairs U Kyaw Thu, Political Department Director-General U Thaung Tun, Chinese Ambassador Mr LiJinjun and officials.

Before their departure for home, the Chinese del-egation visited the Shwedagon Pagoda in the morningand made cash donations towards the funds of thepagoda. The guests on December 4, visited the MyanmaGems Museum on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road.

MNA

Chinese delegation leaves for home

YANGON, 6 Nov—A ceremony to donatecash for the seventh timeto doyen literati throughthe Myanmar Writers andJournalists Association bythe Printers and Publish-ers Central RegistrationBoard under the Ministryof Home Affairs was heldat the Press Scrutiny andRegistration Division ofthe General Administra-tion Department onWinkaba Road, BahanTownship, here, thismorning, with an addressby Minister for HomeAffairs Maj-Gen MaungOo.

In his address, Maj-Gen Maung Oo said thatthe Ministry of HomeAffairs has been donat-ing cash to doyen literatiand it donated over K 29.9million from the first tosixth time and K11,841,900 for the sev-enth time totalling over K41.9 million; that the aimof the cash donation is notonly to contribute cash forthe ceremony to pay re-spects to doyen literati butalso to forge unity be-tween publishers andthose from recording stu-dios. In other words, it isaimed at ensuring devel-opment of periodicals andrecording world.

The government is

making all-out efforts forthe emergence of a peace-ful, modern and developednation. In this connection,it has laid down and is im-plementing the seven-point Road Map. Writersand musicians, who havebeen dutiful in successiveeras, are to participate insuccessful realization ofthe seven-point Road Mapby doing their bit. Thereare 5,141 printers, 1,009publishers and 1,262 fromrecording studios. They arethe ones who haveemerged in the time of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council and are run-ning their work freely.

Therefore, they areto publish literature capa-ble of serving the interestof the State and the people,

realizing the gratitude ofthe Government.

There are still wide-spread fabrications manu-factured by internal andexternal destructive ele-ments who do not want tosee the national develop-ment.

They are manufac-turing fabricated newsunder the name of pressfreedom. Thus, writersand entrepreneurs are tostrive together with thegovernment in accord withthe press policy for na-tional development whileendeavouring for devel-opment of literary andmusic world.

Next, MinisterMaj-Gen Maung Oo pre-sented K 11,841,900 do-nated by publishers, liter-

ary houses, recording cen-tres, owners of press, com-puters and copiers fordoyen literati to Chairmanof Myanmar Writers andJournalists Association(Central) U Hla Myaing(Ko Hsaung) who pre-sented certificates of hon-our to the well-wishers.

Later, U HlaMyaing (Ko Hsaung)spoke words of thanks.

After the cer-emony, the minister cor-dially greeted thosepresent on the occasion.

The Ministry ofHome Affairs donatedover K 29.9 million fromthe first to sixth time andK 11,841,900 for the sev-enth time totalling over K41.9 million.

MNA

YANGON, 6 Dec —A ceremony to honour theprize winners of YangonDivision in State level es-say, quiz, article and

Yangon Mayor attends honouring ceremony ofwinners of Yangon Division

poster contests to mark In-ternational Rice Year 2004was held at the head officeof Yangon Division Un-ion Solidarity and Devel-

opment Association inBahan Township this af-ternoon, attended by CECmember of the USDA,Chairman of Yangon City

Development CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin.

The mayor spokeon the occasion. MayorBrig-Gen Aung Thein Lin,Vice-Mayor Col MaungPa, Director-General U BoWin of Education Plan-ning and Training Depart-ment, Director-General UAye Kyu of No 3 BasicEducation Department(Yangon) and GeneralManager U San Lin of theMinistry of Agricultureand Irrigation presentedprizes to the winners ofYangon Division respec-tively and the ceremonyended.

MNA

Minister for Home Affairs Maj-Gen Maung Oo presents cash assistance toMWJA Chairman U Hla Myaing (Ko Hsaung). — MNA

Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin presents a prize to a winner of State level essay,quiz, article and poster contests to mark the International Rice year 2004. — NLM

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Indonesia drafting stricter airsafety rules after plane crash JAKARTA , 5 Dec— In the wake of a plane crash that killed 26 people this week,

the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation is preparing a regulation that willrequire air transportation operators to employ more experienced pilots.

Minister Hatta Radjasa was quotedSaturday by The Jakarta Post newspa-per as saying that the regulation would,among other things, set minimum flighthours for pilots who fly commercialplanes and ensure the airworthiness ofthe aircraft before takeoff.

“The operators will undergo a safetyaudit, where a team from the transporta-tion ministry will check whether theirpilots meet the minimum flight hoursrequirement and regular fleet mainte-nance is conducted,” Hatta said.

He added that the regulation wasalso aimed at encouraging the operatorsto beef up ground checks of their planesfor the sake of passenger safety.

The minister did not go into details,

saying the regulation was being drafted. An MD-82 aircraft belonging to

budget carrier Lion Air crashed at AdiSumarmo Airport in the Central Javatown of Solo on Tuesday after it skiddedoff the wet runway during a heavy rainand smashed into a wall.

Another aircraft belonging to Bouraqand an F-16 jet fighter also skidded offthe runway at Hasanuddin Airport inMakassar.

“I am not going to say whether it washuman error or a mechanical error or badweather which caused the crash, becausewe are still conducting the investigationand we will announce the result after wehave completed all necessary data,” theminister said.—MNA/Xinhua

Indonesia delivers militaryplane to Pakistan

JAKARTA, 5 Dec—Indonesia’s state aircraft manu-facturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) delivered a CN-235 aircraft to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Friday.

The 40-seater airplane is the third of four airplanesordered by the PAF, the company’s president director,Edwin Sudarmo, was quoted as saying by the officialAntara news agency.

PAF technical representative Sajid Mehmood andPakistani Ambassador to Indonesia Sayed MustafaAnwar Husain were also present at the ceremony at theDirgantara factory in the West Java capital of Bandungto witness the delivery.

Edwin said a similar type of aircraft designed forthe Pakistani President will be delivered in January.

Under the 54-million-US-dollar contract signed in2004, the company delivered the first of the four airplanesto PAF in February this year and the second lastSeptember.“Three of the four airplanes will be used tocarry troops and the other will be used as a presidentialor a VIP airplane,” Edwin said. — MNA/Xinhua

Gasoline prices to drop in Thailand

The two companies,Beijing Zhongxinlian andTianjin Minzu, producedrecovery discs of WindowXP Home Edition forLenovo computers with-out authorization fromMicrosoft, said WangZiqiang, the NCA spokes-man, at a Press conferenceFriday. The administrationstarted investigation intothe two companies afterreceiving a request fromMicrosoft in June thisyear, he said.

Beijing Zhongxinlianhad produced 55,000 discs

of the Microsoft softwarefrom November 2001 toJuly 2003 for a Beijing-based TV and movie enter-tainment company, BeijingYanjing Tianbao. TianjinMinzu made 4,000 discs ofthe same kind in 2002 for atechnology companynamed Fangxiaojun Tech-nology, according to theNCA. The administration

confiscated the income of10,405 yuan (1,258 USdollars) of the BeijingZhongxinlian and fined thecompany 80,000 yuan(9,673 US dollars), whichwas the ceiling amount forsuch a violation accordingto the Regulations on Pro-tection of Computer Soft-ware, Wang said. TianjinMinzu was fined 10,000

yuan and confiscated its il-legal earning of 600 yuanfrom this deal.“The twocompanies were the execu-tors in the violation. As forBeijing Yanjing Tianbaoand Fangxiaojun Technol-ogy who asked them to doso, as far as I know,Microsoft is going to takethem to the court,” Wangsaid.— MNA/Xinhua

BANGKOK, 5 Dec—Re-tail prices of premium andregular gasoline on thedomestic market will befurther cut by 0.40 baht(0.1 cents) a litre, taking

effect as of early Saturdaymorning, the Thai NewsAgency reported Friday.

The new drop of thedomestic gasoline pricesfollowed continual falls

of oil prices on the USmarket — by around sixUS dollars a barrel —over the past days, saidthe agency.

MNA/Xinhua

Four US troops, 16 others killed in Iraq

1,271 US troops killed since beginningof Iraq war

BAGHDAD , 5 Dec—As of Sunday, 5 December, 2004, at least 1,271members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq warin March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 988 died asa result of hostile action, the Defence Department said as of Friday. Thefigures include three military civilians. The department did not update itsnumbers over the weekend.

The AP count is eleven higher thanthe Defence Department’s tally, lastupdated at 10 am EST Friday.

The British military has reported 74deaths; Italy, 19; Poland, 13; Spain, 11;Ukraine, nine; Bulgaria, seven;Slovakia, three; Estonia, Thailand andthe Netherlands, two each; and Den-mark, El Salvador, Hungary and Latviahave reported one death each.

Since 1 May, 2003, when President

Bush declared that major combat opera-tions in Iraq had ended, 1,133 US mili-tary members have died, according toAP’s count. That includes at least 879deaths resulting from hostile action,according to the military’s numbers.

The latest deaths reported by themilitary:

Two US soldiers died Saturdayafter coming under fire during a patrolin Mosul. —Internet

BAGHDAD, 5 Dec—Sui-cide car bombs struck Iraqipolice and Kurdish mili-tiamen in Baghdad andnorthern Iraq on Saturday,killing at least 16 peopleand wounding dozens,while four US soldiersdied in separate attacks,again demonstrating thelethal reach of Iraq’s gue-rilla just weeks ahead ofcrucial elections.

Meanwhile, the gueril-las pursued their deadlycampaign against Ameri-can troops and Iraqi secu-rity forces.

Two US soldiers werekilled by roadside bombsin Baghdad and nearBaqouba Saturday, andtwo other American sol-diers were killed and fourwounded when their pa-trol came under attack in

the northern city of Mosul.Also Saturday in

Mosul, a suicide bomberexploded his vehiclealongside a bus carryingKurdish militiamen in thecity, killing at least ninepeople, including sevenmilitiamen and twopassers-by, and wound-ing nine more, officialssaid.

Internet

Scientists test blood in Beijing on 5 Dec, 2004. China's government announcedthat a vaccine for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) has emerged

from the first phase clinical test as both safe and effective.—INTERNET

A US Marine searches a building in the central Iraqi city of Mahmudiyah, southof Baghdad on 5 Dec 2004.—INTERNET

China punishes two companies forviolating Microsoft’s copyright

BEIJING , 5 Dec— Two Chinese companies were punished by the National Copyright Administration(NCA) for producing software violating Microsoft’s copyright, said an NCA official on Friday.

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Putin inaugurates“BrahMos” complex

in New DelhiNEW DELHI , 5 Dec— Russian President Vladimir Putin inaugurated

Saturday an Indo-Russian joint venture complex here that will produce andmarket the supersonic BrahMos missiles, the Indo-Asian News Service re-ported.

India’s Defence Research andDevelopment Organization and the Fed-eral State Unitary Enterprise NPOMashinostroyenia of Russia are the jointventure partners of the company.

Inauguration of the BrahMos JointVenture Complex at BrahMos Aero-space at Kirby Place here was the lastengagement of the Russian leader in thecapital before he left for Bangalore, In-dia’s technology capital.

Putin, who had the annual sum-mit talks with Prime Minister ManmohanSingh Friday, also held tal ks with De-fence Minister Pranab Mukherjee andVice-President Bhairon SinghShekhawat Saturday.

The BrahMos joint venture is en-gaged in the design, development, manu-facture and marketing of the supersonicanti-ship cruise missile systems with theparticipation of multiple Indian and Rus-sian institutions and industries.

According to the company, theJoint Venture BrahMos is an example“integration and promotion of jointlydeveloped high technology military prod-ucts to the world market”.

The first flight-test of the BrahMosmissile was conducted in June 2001 atthe Interim Test Range on the easternIndian state of Orissa coast. Since thenvariants of the missile have been suc-cessfully tested. — MNA/Xinhua

ISLAMABAD , 5 Dec— Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Friday saidPakistan has achieved full economic sovereignty and entered a new era ofeconomic self-reliance.

PM says Pakistan enjoys fulleconomic sovereignty

“Pakistan of todayand tomorrow is not thePakistan of yesterday,” thelocal news agency NewsNetwork International Fri-day quoted the Prime Min-ister as saying in Paki-stan’s economic capitalKarachi.

“Only two nightsago the Board of IMF (In-ternational MonetaryFund) received our requestfor saying goodbye tothem and this was gra-ciously accepted,” he said.

“We have shown toour people and the worldthat instead of living fromtranche to tranche, we areentering a new era of self-reliance in Pakistan,” Azizsaid. The Prime Ministersaid Pakistan’s economyhas gone through a majorchange and transforma-tion over the last fiveyears.

However he saidthis does not mean thatPakistan will not be disci-plined and prudent, the

report said.Shaukat Aziz said

that last fiscal year (fromJuly 1, 2003 to June 30,2004) Pakistan had a growthof 6.4 per cent in GDP.

The Prime Minis-ter said that for this yearthe target for growth is 6.6per cent. The figures ofthe first four months ofthis fiscal year suggest thatPakistan will meet andexceed the target of 6.6per cent growth rate.

MNA/Xinhua

Smoke and steam rise from a mass of vehicles destroyed by two car bombswhich detonated in front of a police station near a checkpoint to Baghdad

Green Zone on 4 Dec, 2004.—INTERNET

Japanese Internet firm Softbank said it aims to enter the mobile phone industrysupplying third-generation (3G) services, which are currently only in the hands

of NTT DoCoMo.—INTERNET

HK welcomes 20millionth tourist

BAGHDAD , 5 Dec—Guerillas in Iraq mounted a third straight day ofserious attacks yesterday, killing 17 people when they opened fire on busesdelivering workers to an ordnance disposal site.

70 die as Iraq violence escalates

At least 70 Iraqis,many of them members ofthe police and securityforces, have been killed

since Friday in attacksacross central and north-ern Iraq.

The organized vio-lence underlines the gue-rilla’s continued strengthdespite last month’s USmilitary assault onFallujah and suggests thatattacks will intensify inthe run-up to next month’sgeneral election.

In southern Iraq, theBlack Watch returned tobase in Basra at the end ofa controversial month-long deployment south-west of Baghdad.

A Ministry of De-fence source said therewere no plans to send moreBritish troops outside theirarea of responsibility.

At 8.30 am yester-day gunmen in Tikrit,Saddam Hussein’s hometown north of Baghdad,

opened fire on two busesdelivering Iraqi workersto a weapons dump, theUS military said. At least17 people were killed and13 were injured and takento hospitals.

The Iraqis wereworking for a civilian con-tractor, Bushmaster, ac-cording to Reuters.Shortly afterwards, 30miles north in the town ofBaiji, a suicide car bomberdrove into a convoy ofNational Guardsmen, kill-ing the local commander,Mohammad JassimRumaied, and three body-guards. Several otherswere hurt. Another attackon National Guardsmenin Samarra, to the southof Tikrit, killed one manand left four injured.

Internet

KATHMANDU, 5 Dec—Nepal’s ready-madegarment export to theUnited States decreasedby 33 per cent in Novem-ber compared with thesame period last year, ac-cording to the latest fig-ures released by the Gar-ment Association of Ne-pal on Saturday.

Garments valued at5.37 million US dollarswere exported to theUnited States last month,while the figure was eightmillion dollars in Novem-ber 2003, the datarevealed—MNA/Xinhua

Five Jordaniandrivers

arrested in IraqAMMAN, 5 Dec—Jor-

danian governmentspokeswoman Asma-Khader said on Sundaythat the US-led coalitionforces in Iraq seized fiveJordanian drivers on 3 De-cember, the official Petranews agency reported.

Khader said that thegovernment contacted theJordanian Embassy inBaghdad to seek ways tofree the drivers. She addedthat the government is fol-lowing up the issue withconcerned parties, refus-ing to reveal more detailsabout the reason of thearrest.

The drivers are FarhanAdnan, Mamdouh Joma,Ali Yassin, AliAhmad andMuhammad Ahmad,according to the report.

Internet

Nepal’s garmentexport to US

slips inNovember

HONG KONG, 6 Dec —A female tourist from TheNetherlands has becomethe most lucky overseastourist to Hong Kong in2004 — the 20 millionthtourist to Hong Kong whoreceived a package ofrewards.

Barbara Wallerbosch,who arrived in Hong Kongat about 8:00 am at HongKong InternationalAirport on Sunday wasrecognized by HongKong’s ImmigrationDepartment as the 20millionth tourist to HongKong in 2004.

Hong Kong TouristDevelopment Board(HKTB) has offered her a12-minute Helitours atnight, week-long MuseumPass, guided heritagetour, guided LantauIsland monastery tour,Hong Kong Winter-

Fest guided tour, hotelupgrade, transfer tohotel from airport anddinner, crystal junk andabout 10 souvenirs fromthe HKTB.

Surprised at the giftoffering, Wallerbosch saidshe was very happy to bethe most lucky tourist toHong Kong.

She said she was mostinterested in the helicoptertour at night during whichshe could observe thewell-known charms ofVictoria Harbor.

She said this is herfirst trip to Hong Kong.During her one-week stayin Hong Kong, shoppingwas one of her majordestinations as sheplanned to buy jewelleryitems, a digital camera,fashions and gifts forfriends.

MNA/Xinhua

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Four Iraqi guards killed in carbomb north of Baghdad

BAIJI(Iraq), 6 Dec— A suicide car bomb attackkilled the Iraqi National Guard commander in Iraqiguerilla stronghold of Baiji and three of his body-guards, a National Guard officer in the town said.

Abu Bakr Salim said the attack targeted aconvoy carrying Mohammed Jassim Rumaied,the local National Guard commander, who waskilled.

Fourteen people were wounded in the attack, Salimsaid. Guerillas fighting US-led troops and the interimIraqi government have concentrated most of theirattacks in recent months on Iraqi security forces.

MNA/Reuters

Cambodia launches public financialmanagement reform programme

“What makes this reform pro-gramme different from other previousprogrammes is that this programmewas developed with a clear structureand realistic action plan,” said KeatChhon, Minister of Commerce, at thelaunching ceremony.

“Through implementation of thisreform programme, step by step, theroyal government will be able to pro-mote efficiency and strengthen publicfinancial management capacity,” addedKeat Chhon.

What is more important is that theprogramme is launched at the time

when the Cambodian Government willmeet with its donor countries on Mon-day and Tuesday to ask for money as-sistance for the next three years.

Prime Minister Hun Sen said at theceremony that “Cambodia has long rec-ognized the fundamental importance ofimproving its administration of publicfinances and some necessary measureshave been set out and implemented.”

Cambodia’s development partnersapplauded the programme, saying“the programme is well conceived,prioritized and sequenced”.

MNA/Xinhua

Schroeder says Germany, Chinaimportant force for world peace

BERLIN , 6 Dec— Germany and China share common views on many international issues and can makeimportant contributions to securing peace and stability in the world, German Chancellor GerhardSchroeder said.

In a written interview with Xinhua on the eve of histhree-day visit to China starting Monday, Schroedersaid his talks with Chinese leaders will aim at deepen-ing “strategic partnership” and continuing the “veryclose political dialogue” between the two countries.

The talks will cover a broad range of topics such ashow to double bilateral trade volume by 2010, expandcultural and environmental protection, deepen people-to-people contact and contribute to solving interna-tional problems, he said.

Both countries share identical views on sustainedeconomic development, protection of global resourcesand environment, and narrowing of the North-Southgap, he said.

By cooperating in those international fields, Ger-

many and China can make important contributions tosafeguarding peace and stability in the world, he said.

On economic issues, Schroeder said Germany isready to engage strongly in the revitalization of Chi-na’s industrial northeastern region. He will visit north-east China in the company of a large German businessdelegation and hold talks with governors of threenortheastern Chinese provinces.

He noted that China had made changes to itsforeign trade and enterprise rights laws, which makesforeign investment in China more attractive andalso represents a step closer to the recognition ofChina’s market economy status by the EuropeanUnion.

MNA/Xinhua

Annan pledges help forPhilippine flood victims

UNITED NATIONS, 5 Dec— UN Secretary-Gen-eral Kofi Annan on Friday pledged help for victimsafter powerful storms struck the Philippines inrecent days.

“The Secretary-General is profoundly saddened bythe large-scale loss of life and destruction wrought bythe powerful storms that have struck the Philippines inrecent days,” Annan’s spokesman Fred Eckhard toldreporters in New York.

“He extends his sincere condolences to the familiesof the deceased and to all those affected by this catas-trophe,” said the spokesman, reading out a statementby the UN chief.

Eckhard said that the world body has been workingclosely with Philippine authorities in responding toneeds created by the disaster and has made emergencycash grants available for the purchase of relief sup-plies.

MNA/Xinhua

China toconstruct six

projects inNepal

KATHMANDU, 6 Dec—The Chinese Governmentwill immediately under-take construction of siximportant projects aimedat helping Nepal’s devel-opment, Chinese Ambas-sador to Nepal Sun Hepingtold Xinhua on Sunday.

“Three projects will beimplemented in the firstphase and three others inthe second phase as part ofChinese cooperation as-sisting Nepal’s develop-ment,” Sun said.

Among the projectsslated to be undertaken inthe first phase are the CivilServants’ Hospital, Poly-technic College and theSyaphrubesi-RusuwaRoad. Projects to be con-structed in the second phaseinclude the Outer RingRoad in the KathmanduValley, Ayurvedic Hospi-tal and laying of a fibreoptical system up to theroad in Nepal via Zhangmuin China. — MNA/Xinhua

Russian filmfestival opens

in Nepal KATHMANDU, 6 Dec —

The Russian Film Festi-val on the World War IIkicked off here Sunday tocommemorate the victoryof joint forces against thefascism in 1945. Thethree-day festival is or-ganized by the RussianEmbassy to Nepal and theRussian Centre of Scienceand Culture based inKathmandu on the eve ofthe 60th anniversary ofthe victory in the WorldWar II. “It is a commemo-ration of the then Sovietpeople and Soviet armieswho boldly fought againstthe fascism,” said SergeyF Kiselev, director of theRussian Centre.

“The Eastern Front,” afilm on the German inva-sion in 1941; “Ballad of aSoldier,” one of the fa-mous war movies; “TheCranes are Flying,” a lovestory; “At Dawn It’s QuietHere...” a patriotic movie;and “The Star”, a movieon World War II in theformer Soviet Union, willbe showcased during thefestival. — MNA/Xinhua

Armed guerillas take to a street in the northern Iraqitown of Mosul, on 5 Dec, 2004.—INTERNET

An elderly musician performs among the crowd, wearing colourful traditionaldress of China’s ethnic Bai group, as they gather at the market place of

Sideng town recently.—INTERNET

17 Iraqis killed inambush north of

Baghdad BAGHDAD, 6 Dec— At least 17 Iraqi civilians

working for a US contractor were killed and 13 otherswounded Sunday when they were ambushed on theirway to work in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, the USmilitary said.

The attack took place at about 8.30 am (0530 GMT),the military said in a statement.

“Anti-Iraqi Forces in two vehicles opened fire oncivilian buses that had stopped to let the workers off,”it added.

Guerillas fighting the occupation forces havefrequently launched attacks against civiliansworking with multinational troops, accusing them ofcollaboration.

MNA/Xinhua

Two US troops killed,four wounded in Mosul

PHOM PENH, 6 Dec — Cambodia announced on Sunday afternoon toformally launch its Public Financial Management Reform Programme todeepen its reform efforts in order to reach the regional and internationalstandard of public financial management by 2015.

BAGHDAD, 6 Dec — Two US soldiers were killedand four others wounded on Saturday when guerillasattacked a US military patrol in the northern Iraqi cityof Mosul, the US military said on Sunday.

The soldiers were part of the US Task ForceOlympia based near Mosul, and were shot dead by theattackers at some 3 pm (1200 GMT) Saturday, accord-ing to a military statement.

The wounded soldiers were evacuated to a Mosulmilitary hospital for treatment. — MNA/Xinhua

6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 December, 2004

YANGON, 6 Dec—A cer-emony to enshrine relics inYandaing AungHsutaungpyi MyoU Pa-goda to be built onWizayabhumi MahaAungmye Hill in Lashiowas held in conjunctionwith the 7th cash presenta-

Ovadacariya PresidingSayadaw of LashioKanmaing KyaungtaikAgga Maha PanditaBhaddanta Muninda, mem-ber of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Gen Aung Htwe of the Min-istry of Defence, Chairman

of Shan State (North) Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of North-EastCommand Maj-Gen MyintHlaing, ministers, deputyministers, senior militaryofficers, officials of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council Office, mem-

bers of Shan State (North)/District/Township Peaceand Development Coun-cils, departmental officials,national race leaders ofShan State (North) Spe-cial Regions, social andreligious associations, lo-cal people and others. The

ceremony was openedwith the recitation of NamoTassa three times.

The congregation ledby the Secretary-1 receivedthe Nine Precepts fromSayadaw BhaddantaMuninda.

Next, members of the

Sangha recited parittas.Afterwards, Secretary-

1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein pre-sented Yadana Seinbudaw,Shwehtidaw, eight requi-sites, Shwe padethabin,Ngwe padethabin, goldcasket, a Buddha imageand offertories donated by

Progress of Border Areasand National Races andDevelopment Affairs ColThein Nyunt, a Buddhaimage and offertories;Deputy Commander Brig-Gen Hla Myint, Yadanagold plate, Shwehtidaw,Bodhi tree and offertories

ister’s Office Brig-Gen PyiSone and family; K200,000 by Minister forElectric Power Maj-GenTin Htut and family; K 5million by Asia World CoLtd; K 2.7 million byHsenwi Station; K 2.7 mil-lion by Tangyan Station;

K 2.7 million by LashioStation; and K 2.7 millionby local construction engi-neering unit and Major OhnMaw-Daw Phyu Phyu Linand family—and presentedcertificates of honour to thewell-wishers.

Next, Lt-Gen AungHtwe accepted cash dona-tions—K 1 million by Spe-cial Region-1; K 1 millionby Special Region-2; K100,000 by Special Region-3; K 500,000 by SpecialRegion-5; K 500,000 bySpecial Region-7; K100,000 by U Sai Swunt; K1 million by Panhse Peo-ple’s militia group led by UKyaw Myint; K 100,000by U Zaw Kun; K 3 millionby UMFCCI President UWin Myint—and presentedcertificates of honour to thewell-wishers.

Senior General Than Shweand wife Daw KyaingKyaing and family toSayadaw BhaddantaMuninda.

Later, Lt-Gen AungHtwe presented YadanaHngetmyatnadaw, eightrequisites, two Buddha im-ages, one stupa, two Ngwepadethabins and offertoriesdonated by Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Aye andwife Daw Mya Mya Sanand family to SayadawBhaddanta Muninda. Afterthat, Commander Maj-GenMyint Hlaing presented aBuddha image, religiousobjects, cash and offerto-ries to members of theSangha.

Next, Minister at thePrime Minister’s OfficeBrig-Gen Pyi Sone pre-sented a Buddha image andoffertories; Minister for

donated by Minister forElectric Power Maj-GenTin Htut and family; Min-ister for Cooperatives ColZaw Min, a Buddha imageand offertories; DeputyMinister for EducationBrig-Gen Aung Myo Min,a Buddha image and offer-tories; Deputy Minister forHealth Dr Mya Oo, a Bud-dha image and offertories;and Maj-Gen Khin AungMyint of the Ministry ofDefence, silver casket andoffertories to SayadawBhaddanta Muninda. Thiswas followed by cash pres-entation ceremony.

Secretary-1 Lt-GenThein Sein accepted cashdonations for the pagoda—K 500,000 by CommanderMaj-Gen Myint Hlaing andwife Daw Khin Thant Zinand family; K 100,000 byMinister at the Prime Min-

Lt-Gen Thein Sein presents Yadana Seinbudaw, Shwehtidaw, golden and silverpadethabins and gold casket donated by Senior General Than Shwe and wife

Daw Kyaing Kyaing, and family to a Sayadaw. — MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein accepts K 200,000 donated by Minister forElectric Power Maj-Gen Tin Htut and family.

MNA

Lt-Gen Aung Htwe presents offertories donated by Vice-Senior General MaungAye and wife Daw Mya Mya San, and family to a Sayadaw. — MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein and congregation receive the Nine Precepts at a ceremony to enshrine relics in Yandaing Aung Hsutaungpyi MyoU Pagoda in Lashio. — MNA

Secretary-1 attends ceremony to enshrine relics inYandaing Aung Hsutaungpyi MyoU Pagoda in Lashio

tion ceremony at the pandalon the hill yesterday morn-ing, attended by Secretary-1 of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein.

Also present on the oc-casion were members of theSangha led by State

(See page 7)

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 December, 2004 7

YANGON, 6 Dec— Chairman of MyanmarEducation Committee Secretary-1 of the State Peaceand Development Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein at-tended a prize presentation ceremony for outstand-ing students from northern Shan State who passedthe 2004 matriculation examination, for schoolsand townships that stood positions from 1 to 10 andfor education fund at the city hall in Lashio on 5December.

Also present were member of the State Peaceand Development Council Lt-Gen Aung Htwe of

Secretary-1 presents prizes to outstanding studentsfrom northern Shan State

the Ministry of Defence, Chairman of Shan State(North) Peace and Development Council Com-mander of North-East Command Maj-Gen MyintHlaing, ministers, senior military officers, deputyministers, officials of the State Peace and Develop-ment Council Office, departmental officials, localauthorities, school heads, national race leadersfrom special regions, members of social organiza-tions and students.

Secretary of Shan State (North) Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Col Kyaw Shwe reported

on the prize presentation and establishment ofeducation fund for northern Shan State.

Shan State (North) Additional Education Of-ficer U Ngwe Toe reported on efforts for emer-gence of outstanding students and arrangementsfor promotion of education. Next, the Secretary-1presented prizes to the outstanding students fromShan State (North) and provided stipend for 11outstanding students attending institutes and col-leges.

BEHS students in Lashio entertain Lt-Gen Thein Sein and party with songs at a ceremony to honour outstanding students in Shan State (North). — MNA

Lt-Gen Thein Sein sprinkles scented water onto relics. — MNA

Lt-Gen Thein Sein sprinkles scented water onto Bo Tree at Wizayabhumi Maha Aungmyay Hill in Lashio. MNA

(from page 6)After that, Minister Brig-Gen Pyi Sone, Minister

Col Thein Nyunt and Minister Col Zaw Min acceptedcash donations—K 3 million by U Thein Than ofDiamond Palace Co; K 2.5 million by U Kyaw Myintof Tiger Head Co; K 2.5 million by U Shwe Chauk ofAAA Cement; K 2 million by U Ah Phon; K 36 millionby U Sai Aye of So So Pye Pye Co; K 1 million byYoma Bank; K 1 million by U Lauk Hti; K 530,000 byLashio Degree College; K 300,000 by Lashio RiceMerchants Association; K 100,000 by Dr Sai MawKham and K 100,000 by U Duwa Zok Khaung—andpresented certificates of honour to the well-wishers.

The 7th cash donation for the pagoda amounted toK 197,407,000.

Afterwards, Secretary of Lashio Township SanghaNayaka Committee Presiding Sayadaw of KhayoPariyatti Sarthintaik Bhaddanta Sumana delivered asermon and the congregation led by Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein shared merits gained.

Next, the ceremony to enshrine relics in YandaingAung Hsutaungpyi MyoU Pagoda followed.

Secretary-1 attends…

First, the Secretary-1 and party and Upathakasflanked by regal processions conveyed relics round thepagoda clock-wise.

At the auspicious time, the Secretary-1 and partyput the relics in the reliquary of the pagoda.

Next, they sprinkled scented water onto the relicsand enshrined them.

Next, they sprinkled scented water onto the reli-quary.

Afterwards, the ceremony to sprinkle scented wa-ter onto Maha Bodhi tree in the compound of thepagoda was held with the recitation of Namo Tassathree times by the congregation led by the Secretary-1 and party.

Later, the Secretary-1 and party sprinkled scentedwater onto Mah Bodhi tree.

Next, the Secretary-1 and party went round MahaBodhi tree clock-wise three times with the recitation ofreligious verses.

The ceremony ended with the recitation of BuddhaSasanan Ciram Titthatu three times.

Next, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein performedthe rituals of golden and silver showers to mark thesuccess of the ceremony.—MNA

(See page 9)

8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 December, 2004

(from page 16)deputy ministers, senior military officers, the direc-tor-general of the SPDC Office, departmental heads,members of the subcommittee for the golf tourna-ment, and contestant golfers from 34 teams.

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, GeneralThura Shwe Mann, Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win,Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein, and Chairman of theLeading Committee for Golf Tournament Ministerfor Industry-1 U Aung Thaung opened the tourna-ment by teeing off smoke balls.

On the first day of the tournament, the golfersplayed 18 holes.

The second day and the last day of the tourna-ment took place at the same venue yesterday morn-ing. After the competitions, the award ceremony washeld at the Club House in the evening. Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Aye attended the ceremony.

Before the ceremony, vocalists entertained theguests with songs to the accompaniment of theMyanma Modern Music Band. On the occasion,Minister U Aung Thaung gave a brief account of thetournament.

Next, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein, on be-

half of State Peace and Development Council Chair-man Senior General Than Shwe, presented champi-onship awards to the leader of the Ministry of De-fence team in the team handicap event and theleader of the Ministry of Defence team in the scratchevent.

For the handicap event, Minister for ForestryBrig-Gen Thein Aung presented third prize to theMinistry of Forestry team; Minister for Industry-1U Aung Thaung, second prize to the Ministry ofHome Affairs team; and Secretary-1 Lt-Gen TheinSein, first prize to the Ministry of Defence team.

For the scratch event, Minister for TransportMaj-Gen Thein Swe presented third prize to theMinistry of Transport team; Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura Aye Myint, second prize to theMinistry of Home Affairs team; and Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein, first prize to the Ministry of De-fence team.

Next, Minister U Aung Thaung presented cashawards to the manager, who accepted on behalf ofthe markers of the Yangon City Golf Course for theircontribution to the tournament.

He also gave away cash awards to the leadersof the best losers in the team handicap and scratchevents.

Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi pre-sented awards to golfers who won Most Eagle, MostBirdie, Most Par, Longest Drive and Nearest Pin.

Next, Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation

Maj-Gen Htay Oo presented first, second and thirdprizes to golfers in the individual handicap event;and Minister for Industry-2 Maj-Gen Saw Lwin, tothose in the team scratch event. Minister for NationalPlanning and Economic Development U Soe Thapresented best stroke awards to golfers. Minister for

Commerce Brig-Gen Tin Naing Thein presentedprizes to golfers who ranked fourth to twentieth inthe individual handicap event.

After the award ceremony, Secretary-1 Lt-GenThein Sein, Minister U Aung Thaung and MinisterBrig-Gen Thura Aye Myint posed for a group phototogether with award-winning golfers.

In the team scratch event, the Ministry of De-fence team stood first with 503 strokes in total; theMinistry of Home Affairs team, second with 517strokes; and the Ministry of Transport team, thirdwith 527 strokes.

In the team handicap event, the Ministry ofDefence team stood first with 395 strokes in total;the Ministry of Home Affairs team, second with 413strokes; and the Ministry of Forestry team, third with428 strokes.

In the single handicap event, Major MaungMaung Myint of the Ministry of Defence won firstprize with 127 strokes in total; Major Than Oo ofthe Ministry of Defence, second prize with 130strokes; and U Myat Ko Ko of the Ministry of For-estry, third prize with 136 strokes.

In the single scratch event, Major MaungMaung Myint of the Ministry of Defence won firstprize with 163 strokes in total; U Thurein Kyaw ofthe Ministry of Labour, second prize with 165strokes; and Major Than Oo of the Ministry of De-fence, third prize with 166 strokes.

MNA

Deputy C-in-C of Defence Services Vice-Senior General Maung Aye attendsprize presentation…

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein tees off a smoke ball to open the State Peace and Development CouncilChairman’s Trophy Golf Tournament. — MNA

General Thura Shwe Mann tees off a smoke ball to open the State Peace and Development CouncilChairman’s Trophy Golf Tournament. — MNA

Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win tees off a smoke ball to open the State Peace and Development CouncilChairman’s Trophy Golf Tournament. — MNA

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 December, 2004 9

YANGON, 6 Dec —Prime Minister Lt-GenSoe Win inspected theYangon InternationalAirport ExtensionProject this morning.

Accompanied byofficials of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Office, thePrime Minister arrivedat the project at 10.30am and was welcomed

Prime Minister inspects Yangon International Airport Extension Project

Students of Dagon BEHS-2 and 3 entertain with dance and song at the celebra-tion of 84th Anniversary National Day at the hall of BEHS-2 Dagon.— NLM

Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win inspects extension project of Yangon Internation Airport. —MNA

by Minister for Trans-port Maj-Gen TheinSwe, Deputy Ministerfor Construction U TintSwe, Deputy Ministerfor Transport Col NyanTun Aung, departmentalheads and officials ofAsia World Company.

At the briefing hall,the Prime Ministerheard a report on sali-ent points of the

project, presented bythe Minister for Trans-port, and ManagingDirector of the com-pany U Tun MyintNaing on progress inimplementing theproject and the designsof the buildings withthe help of audio-visualaids.

The Prime Ministerspoke of the need tosystematically and ef-fectively implement theproject, to strive tomeet the set standard,to complete it in time,and to give work profi-ciency courses for staffto run the internationalairport with efficiency.

He observed theprogress in constructingthe extended buildingsand a parking lot, in-stallation of a trans-former, a generator andmachines. He then wentaround the project andgave instructions to of-ficials.

Yangon Interna-

tional Airport has beenextended to become anadvanced facilityhandling the landingand taking off of jumbojets. The project waslaunched in April 2003and over 35 per cent ofthe work has been com-pleted.

MNA

Lt-Gen Thein Sein accepts K 60 million for savings account book presented by Commander Maj-Gen MyintHlaing. — MNA

Lt-Gen Thein Sein presents a prize to an outstandingstudent. — MNA

(from page 7)Next, Lt-Gen Aung

Htwe, Minister at thePrime Minister’s OfficeBrig-Gen Pyi Sone, Min-ister for Progress of Bor-der Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs Col Thein Nyuntand Minister for Coopera-tives Col Zaw Min pre-sented cash and prizes todistinction winners andCommander Maj-GenMyint Hlaing presentedprizes for producing out-standing students to offi-cials of the schools. Deputy Minister forEducation Brig-Gen AungMyo Min presented prizes

Secretary-1 presentsprizes…

to education officers fromHsipaw, Kyaukme,Lashio and Nawnghkiotownships. Secretary ofShan State (North) Peaceand Development Coun-cil Lt-Col Kyaw Shwe pre-sented K 1 million to ShanState (North) AdditionalEducation Officer UNgwe Toe. CommanderMaj-Gen Myint Hlaingand Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Aung Myo Min ac-cepted K 2.23 million fromthe wellwishers. Maj-GenKhin Aung Myint ac-cepted K 5 million for thefund of Tatmadaw Educa-tion Schools. Commander Maj-Gen

Myint Hlaing presented K60 million for savings ac-count book to the Secre-tary-1. Deputy MinisterBrig-Gen Aung Myo Minreported on Myanmar’seducation promotion pro-

YANGON, 6 Dec —A self-reliant library wasopened on 2 December inMongnaung, Shan State

Self-reliant library openedin Mongnaung

(South).At the inauguration

ceremony, Brig-GenThaung Aye ofMongnaung Station andtownship Health OfficerDr Aung Kyaw Winhanded over 170 books ongeneral knowledge in-cluding journals and peri-odicals provided by offic-ers and other ranks of thestation and MongnaungHealth Department.

Inspector HtayAung Kyaw of Mong-naung Police Station andHead of the township In-formation and Public Re-lations Department for-mally opened the library.

MNA

grammes in order to catchup with the internationalstandard.

The Secretary-1 andparty arrived back here inthe afternoon.

MNA

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(from page 16)Similarly, the 84th

Anniversary NationalDay ceremony took placeat No 1 BEHS in LathaTownship, attended byMinister for Education UThan Aung and officials.The Latha Township PDCchairman read the mes-sage of the Senior Gen-eral. The minister and of-ficials presented prizes tothe winners of essay and

YANGON, 6 Dec —Prime Minister Lt-GenSoe Win presented 324dozens of exercise books,pencils and ball pens formonastic educationschools in YedasheTownship, and PatronBago Division UnionSolidarity and Develop-ment Association Com-mander of Southern Com-mand Maj-Gen Ko Koand USDA Central Ex-ecutive Committee mem-ber Minister for RailTransportation Maj-Gen

Prime Minister’s gifts for monasticeducation schools in Yedashe

Aung Min, on behalf ofthe Prime Minister,handed over the gifts, thisafternoon.

Five Sayadaws ledby Chairman of MonasticEducation Schools Super-visory Committee inYedashe TownshipSayadaw BhaddantaSobhita of KanmyintMonastery attended theceremony. The Sayadawfounded the first monas-tic education school at hismonastery in the town-ship, with 18 students in

1999. Five more monas-tic schools have beenopened in the townshipincluding in hill regions,and 324 students are at-tending classes at theschools. The minister metwith USDA members inToungoo District USDAOffice, Pyu TownshipOffice and Bago DivisionOffice, and urged them totake part in the successfulmaterialization of theseven-point future policyprogramme of the State.

MNA

Extension project of Yangon International Airport in progress. (new on page 9) — MNA

Lt-Gen Soe Win plants an Ingyin Tree near the southern entrance of MahaPathana Cave. (News on Page 16) — MNA

Lt-Gen Soe Win inspects Photo Exhibition on the Essence of Buddhism atWizaya Mingala Dhamma Thabin Hall. (News on Page 16) — MNA

Lt-Gen Thein Sein presents the bowl to Ministry of Defence Team who comesfirst in State Peace and Development Council Chairman’s Trophy Golf

Tournament. (News on Page 16) — MNA

Lt-Gen Thein Sein, Ministers U Aung Thaung and Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint pose fora documentary photo together with golfers of the Ministry of Defence Team. — MNA

National Day observed at basic education…poem competitions.

Similarly ceremonytook place at No 6 BEHSin Bohtataung Township,attended by Deputy Min-ister for Education Brig-Gen Aung Myo Min andofficials. The townshipPDC chairman read themessage of the SeniorGeneral and presentedprizes to the winners ofessay and poem competi-tions.

Likewise, the Na-tional Day ceremonieswere held at No 1 BEHSin Pabedan Township, No1 BEHS in LanmadawTownship, No 2 BEHS inHlinethaya Township, andNo 1 BEHS in ThanlyinTownship, where the Sen-ior General’s message wasread out. And the prizeswere awarded to the win-ners of essay and poemcompetitions. — MNA

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 December, 2004 11

Hailing the World Buddhist Summit of the Union of Myanmar

Ba Sein(Religious Affairs)

We all Buddhists throughout the world are hon-oured and very pleased to learn that the World Bud-dhist Summit will be held in the Union of Myanmar inDecember 2004. This great and grand Buddhist Sum-mit will be sponsored by the Government of the Unionof Myanmar. The aims and objectives of holding theWorld Buddhist Summit are mainly contributing to pro-motion and propagation of Buddhism throughout theworld and to construct and enhance cooperation andprofound friendship and solidarity among Buddhists andBuddhist communities all over the world and also toattach great importance to creation of global peace, andto reduce tensions and conflicts among nations in theWorld. It is learnt that in order to effectively and suc-cessfully hold the World Budddhist Summit, the Gov-ernment of the State Peace and Development Councilof the Union of Myanmar has formed the AdvisoryBoard of Mahatheras, the Steering Committee, the Or-ganizing Committee and respective Sub-committees.

sponsored by the Government of the Union of Myanmar.Two thousand and five hundred venerable elders (Bud-dhist monks) from five Theravada Buddhist nations,other Buddhist nations and Buddhist communities allover the world attended the Council to recite and verifythe scriptures of the Buddha which were later put intoprint. With a view to purification, perpetuation, promo-tion and propagation of the Buddha Sasana (the nobleteaching of the Buddha) at home and abroad, the First,the Second, the Third, the Fourth and the Fifth Congre-gations of the Sangha of All Orders of the Union ofMyanmar were successfully held by the Government ofthe Union of Myanmar in 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995 and2000 respectively. Each congreagation was attended byone thousand and five hundred Sangha representativesrepresenting over five hundred thousand members ofSangha throughout the country.

And now, it is further learnt that under the guid-ance and instructions of the Steering Committee andOrganizing Committee, the respective Sub-committeeshave already completed necessary arrangements andrequirements for successfully holding the World Bud-dhist Summit.

It is learnt that heads of State, delegates, Bud-dhist leaders, participants and observers from 37 coun-tries are invited and expected to attend the World Bud-dhist Summit.

We all Buddhists throughout the world firmlybelieve that the World Buddhist Summit will surely gaina concrete momentum for global peace and generatemore positive changes in exercising loving-kindness,compassion and tolerance among human-beings for cre-ating to reduce tensions, conflicts and sufferings andmaking the world a better and peaceful place to live in.

We all Buddhists all over the world would liketo express our sincere thanks to the Government of theState Peace and Development Council of the Union ofMyanmar to successfully hold the World Buddhist Sum-mit, and earnestly wish the World Buddhist Summitevery success.

News from theDistricts

Tube-wells inauguratedin rural areas

BUDALIN, 27 Nov — A two-inch tube-well sunkwith the contribution of wellwishers was put into serv-ice in PyuTu Village in Budalin Township, SagaingDivision on 15 November.

Local people in PyuTu Village in Budalin Town-ship now get sufficient drinking water.

Wellwishers U Kyaw Ho and Daw Thin Yin ofYangon provided K 1.25 million for sinking the tube-well.

Newly-sunk tube-well now supplies 1500 gal-lons of water per hour to local people.

Budalin Township Development Affairs Depart-ment is sinking tube-wells in the township under thesupervision of Sagaing Division DAD.

Similarly, as part of a rural area water supplyproject, Pinlebu Township Development Affairs De-partment has made arrangements for sinking 11 tube-wells using the fund of the township DAD in the vil-lages.

Up to 17 November, altogether seven tube-wellshave been sunk in the township.

The Development Affairs Departments under theMinistry of Progress of Border Areas and NationalRaces and Development Affairs are making concertedefforts in sinking tube-wells in order to get sufficientclean water in rural areas in states and divisions wherewater is scarce. — KYEMON

Cash provided for schoolbuilding

MYITNGE, 30 Nov — As part of a rural areadevelopment project, Mandalay Division Union Soli-darity and Development Association provided cashassistance for construction of a school building inMaetawsu Village in Amarapura Township.

At the cash donation ceremony, Secretary ofMandalay Division USDA U Ko Ko Lay explainedthe purpose of the donation and handed over K200,000 to Headmistress Daw Tint Tint Khaing.

MYANMA ALIN

Photo shows opening ceremony of a library inMinlattpan Village in Myawady Township.

KYEMON

Self-reliant libraries inauguratedMINHLA, 24 Nov —A self-reliant library was

opened in ShaPhyuKwin Village in Minhla Town-ship, Bago Division (West) on 20 November.

At the opening ceremony, township Informa-tion and Public Relations Department and wellwishersdonated 150 books on general knowledge to the li-brary.

Similarly, a self-reliant library was opend inMinlattpan Model Village in Myawady Township.

Myawady Township IPRD and local peopleprovided books and cash for the library. —KYEMON

Booth of UMFCCI being displayed at First CLMTV-ECS Trade Fairs-2004.MNA

YANGON, 6 Dec—The First CLMTV-ECS TradeFair-2004 continued for the fourth day at the MyanmarConvention Centre here today.

Chairman of the Central Committee for Organiz-ing the Trade Fair Deputy Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Aung Tun and officials viewed around the trade fairwhich was packed with visitors.

At the fair, wood-based furniture, electronic appli-ances, traditional medicines, plastic pipes, personal goods,seafood, traditional costumes, paints, foodstuff and sculp-tures are on display. Cultural troupes from the Fine ArtsDepartment of Myanmar and traditional cultural troupesfrom Thailand and Cambodia entertained the audiencewith dances. Eight ministries, 135 local companies and 21foreign companies participated in the fair, and the numberof today’s visitors totalled to some 60,000. Today’s saleof the trade fair fetched K 17,924,838. The sale from thebegining to date fetched K 32,901,451 and the trade faircontinues until 7 December.—MNA

First CLMTV-ECS TradeFair-2004 continues

YANGON, 6 Dec —A ceremony was held inthe compound ofThaddamma ZotikayonPariyatti School in DagonMyothit (South) Townshiptoday to lay the corner-stone of a two-story build-ing and inaugurate theThaddamma WaiponlaOrdination Hall. Chairmanof Yangon Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen MyintSwe and Minister for Live-stock and Fisheries Brig-Gen Maung Maung Theinwere present.

The commander,the minister and officialslaid the cornerstone. Thecommander covered thecentre cornerstone with thestone slab and sprinkledscented water on it.

The minister, Chair-man of Yangon East Dis-trict Peace and Develop-ment Council Lt-ColMaung Maung Shein anddonor Dr Khin Khin Yiformally opened theThaddamma Waiponla Or-dination Hall. The com-mander unveiled the sign-board.

Thaddamma Waiponla Ordination Hallinaugurated in Dagon Myothit (South)

Vice-Chairman ofState Sangha MahaNayaka CommitteeSayadaw Agga MahaPandita Agga MahaSaddhammajotika Bhad-danta Kondaljotika admin-istered the Five Precepts.The Sayadaws recitedparittas. The congregationpresented offertories toSayadaws. The Sayadawdelivered a sermon, andthe congregation sharedthe merits gained. Thecommander, the minister and partyoffered ‘soon’ to theSayadaws. — MNA

We all Buddhists throughout theworld firmly believe that the World Bud-dhist Summit will surely gain a concretemomentum for global peace and generatemore positive changes in exercising loving-kindness, compassion and tolerance amonghuman-beings for creating to reduce ten-sions, conflicts and sufferings and makingthe world a better and peaceful place tolive in.

According to historical records of Buddhism, it isfurther learnt that the Fifth Great Buddhist Council(Synod) was held in the city of Mandalay, Myanmar inthe year 2415 of the Buddhist Era (1871 CE). Twothousand and four hundred venerable elders (Buddhistmonks) attended the Council to recite and approve thescriptures of the Buddha which were then inscribed onstone slabs, and also, the Sixth Great Buddhist Council(Synod) was internationlly held in the Union of Myanmarin the year 2498 of the Buddhist Era (1954 CE) and

12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 7 December, 2004

China not violating

US currency lawWASHINGTON, 5 Dec—

The US Government saidon Friday that neither Chinanor any other major tradingpartner of the United Statesis violating a US law againstcurrency manipulation togain unfair trade advan-tages.

In an annual report tothe US Congress, the Treas-ury Department said that“no major trading partnerof the United States met thetechnical requirements”laid out in the 1988 lawconcerning problematiccurrency manipulations forunfair trade advantages.

A 1988 US law requiresthe Treasury Department toanalyze other countries’exchange rate policies anddetermine whether suchmanipulation is occurringand the US Government canimpose trade sanction oncountries found in viola-tion of the law. On China,the report said that “the USGovernment will pursuepersistently and firmly itsapproach to promote eco-nomic, financial and mar-ket reforms in China andassist China to move as soonas possible to a flexible ex-change rate regime”.

MNA/Xinhua

Nine killed infactory fire

outsideMoscow

MOSCOW, 5 Dec— Ninepeople were killed when afire swept through a two-storey furniture factory out-side Moscow, an official atthe Emergency Ministrysaid on Saturday.

The official gave nofurther details but newsagencies reported the firein the village ofPerkhushkovo broke out onFriday and raged for sev-eral hours before fire bri-gade workers put it out.

Flames spread throughthe factory after polyurethanefoam caught fire in a work-shop, Interfax reported.Seven other workers fromthe plant were being treatedfor burns at a nearby hospi-tal, the news agency said.

MNA/Reuters

At least 21 killed as bus hurtles into ravine GUATEMALA CITY , 5 Dec—A bus carrying Evangelical Christians to a

religious meeting in Guatemala crashed and hurtled into a ravine, killing atleast 21 people, officials said on Saturday.

The bus carrying thechurchgoers was travellingalong a steeply descend-ing, winding road about110 miles from GuatemalaCity when it collided withanother bus late on Friday.

“The bus comingdown the hill collided withanother bus coming theother way. The first one

lost control and fell 165feet into a ravine,” fire de-partment spokesman JoseOtoniel Rivera toldReuters.

Eighteen people werekilled immediately and atleast three others died afterbeing taken to a hospital.Four children and the busdriver were among the

dead. Thirteen people wereinjured. No one on the otherbus was killed.

Road accidents arecommon in Guatemala,where converted USschool buses are frequentlyoverloaded with passen-gers and driven at break-neck speeds along moun-tain roads.—MNA/Reuters

“I am very, very happy to announcethat today, for the first time Dow is accept-ing full responsibility for the Bhopal ca-tastrophe,” company spokesman JudeFinisterra told BBC World television.“This is a momentous occasion.”

“We have a 12-billion-US-dollar planto finally at long last fully compensate thevictims including the 120,000 who mayneed medical care for their entire lives andto fully and swiftly remediate the Bhopalplant site.” More than 3,500 died after

lethal gas escaped from a chemical plant inthe central Indian city of Bhopal. The fac-tory was owned by Union Carbide, now asubsidiary of Dow Chemical.

“We have resolved to liquidate UnionCarbide, this nightmare for the world andthis headache for Dow and use the 12billion US dollars to provide more than500 dollars per victim, which is all thatthey’ve seen,” Finisterra said, speakingon the 20th anniversary of the disaster.

MNA/Reuters

Dow Co accepting full responsibility for ’84 Bhopal disasterLONDON, 5 Dec—Dow Chemical Co, in a major policy reversal, is accepting

full responsibility for the 1984 Bhopal disaster in India, a company spokesmansaid on Friday.

Underscoring thegrowing strains between theWest and Russia over thecrisis, the State DumaLower House unanimouslyapproved a resolution de-nouncing European supportfor Ukraine’s oppositionwhich says its candidatewas cheated of victory in aNovember 21 presidentialelection. “Duma deputieswatch with increasing alarmthe activities of some rep-resentatives of the EuropeanUnion, including the Euro-pean Parliament, and the

OSCE ... which do not helpstabilize the situation inUkraine,” the resolutionsaid. Using language remi-niscent of the Cold Wardays, it said: “Their one-sided approach is reflectedin the absence of an assess-ment of the unprecedentedpressure on the authoritiesby the opposition encour-aging a radical element ofthe population to take ac-tion which threatens unrest,chaos and the split of thecountry.”

MNA/Reuters

Russia accuses EU , OSCE ofstoking pol crisis in Ukraine MOSCOW, 5 Dec— Russia’s Parliament on Friday

accused the EU and the Organization for Securityand Cooperation in Europe of stoking the politicalcrisis in neighbouring Ukraine.

Little progress made in6th round of Andean-US

FTA talks QUITO, 5 Dec— Ecuadorean Trade Minister Ivonne

Baki said Friday that little progress emerged in thejust-concluded sixth round of negotiations for a freetrade agreement (FTA) between the United States andColombia, Ecuador and Peru.

Baki said the three Andean countries insisted ontheir position on the patent and intellectual-propertyissues, adding that intellectual property ought not bean obstacle in the negotiations.

Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and the United Statesdecided Thursday to extend FTA talks for two morerounds, which will be held in Colombia from 31January to 4 February, and in the United States inearly-March respectively.—MNA/Xinhua

Several people injured as chemicalplant explodes in US

WASHINGTON , 5 Dec— Numerous explosions occurred in a wax plant inHouston, the south-central US state of Texas, Friday evening injuring severalpeople, an NBC report said.

The explosions atMarcus Oil and Chemi-cal, in southwest Houston,shot flames into the skythat could be seen severalkilometers away, the NBCreport said.

Four people workingin the warehouse at thetime of the explosion werenot injured, but a HoustonFire Department captainand one firefighter wereinjured. One received

burns to his hand whilethe other injured his back,the report cited officialsas saying.

Eight nearby residentssought treatment at a localhospital for minor inju-ries, with five of them in-jured at a church acrossthe street from the plant.The church was damagedin the blasts.

Firefighters were sentto the plant and the Hou-

ston Fire Department wasgoing door-to-door toevacuate residents in a four-block area east of the plant.Others were being asked toshelter-in-place as a pre-caution, which requiredresidents to go inside theirhouses, shut all doors andwindows, turn off air con-ditioners and heaters, andmove to a room with thefewest windows anddoors.—MNA/Xinhua

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A Russian model sports creation by a youngfashion designer during an avant-garde fashion

show contest in St Petersburg, recently.—INTERNET

Cage film tops box officefor 3rd weekend

BEIJING, 6 Dec — Nicolas Cage logged a thirdweekend atop the North American box office onSunday with his action-adventure “NationalTreasure”.

One of the hardest-hit films was director OliverStone’s “Alexander,” which earned an estimated $4.7million in the three days beginning Friday, losingabout two-thirds of its opening-weekend tally as itdropped one place to No 7.

“National Treasure” dug up an estimated $17.1million, taking its total to $110.3 million. The WaltDisney Co picture is on track to surpass 1996’s “TheRock” ($134 million) as Cage’s biggest movie.

The only new entry in the top 10 was directorMike Nichols’ potty-mouthed adultery drama “Closer,”which opened at No 6 with $7.7 million, a heftynumber for a limited release.—Internet

Spain, Morocco reinforcecooperation against terrorism

MADRID , 5 Dec— Spain and Morocco decided to reinforce cooperationagainst terrorism during the third Hispano-Moroccan Judicial Meeting,General Council of the Judicial Power of Spain said on Friday.

The meeting, held lastweek at the Moroccancapital of Rabat, was at-tended by the judicial bod-ies of Spain and Moroccoto discuss fighting terror-ism and organized crimesin an effective way.

The General Councilof the Judicial Power ofSpain and the SupremeCourt of Morocco an-nounced in the final dec-laration that they havemade great progress inprotecting the rights of the

victims of the most vio-lent crimes.

The meeting also pro-duced a list of liaisonjudges between the twocountries for further co-operation.

MNA/Xinhua

BA investigates security lapses atHeathrow Airport

LONDON, 5 Dec — The British Airways (BA) launched an investigationinto major security lapses at Heathrow Airport following a report releasedFriday that an undercovered journalist entered the airline’s restricted areaswithout any check.

Sky News reportedthat its reporter had re-peatedly accessed re-stricted areas at theworld’s busiest airport,saying airport officescontaining confidentialsecurity documents andout-of-bounds airside ar-eas were easily breached.

He managed to walkby passenger planes justhours before they weredue to take off, Sky Newssaid.

The reporter returnedto the airport on a number

of occasions at night andcarrying only a broom,which was used to es-cape the attention of se-curity. Only once was hechallenged by securitystaff, but even then notasked for security cre-dentials before being al-lowed to carry on.

He also entered an un-locked BA office withkey manuals inside. Themanuals detailed the air-line’s security proce-dures, such as how staffare supposed to respond

to bomb threats, how theyare vetted before joiningand procedures for ne-gotiating with hijackers.

On another occasion,the reporter brokethrough what shouldhave been a watertightcordon keeping the pub-lic away from restrictedareas of the airport. Fromthe public viewing plat-form on top of Terminal2, he found a gap inrazorwire and slippedthrough.

MNA/Xinhua

Nicolas Cage logged a third weekend atop the NorthAmerican box office on Sunday with his action-adven-

ture “National Treasure”.—INTERNET

Millions of children to die for rich countries’failed promises

Seven killed, 20 injured in S African road accidents JOHANNESBURG, 6 Dec — Collisions on South Africa’s roads on the first

weekend of the festive season have claimed the lives of at least six adults anda five-month-old baby and left 20 people injured, officials said on Saturday.

The baby and itsmother were killed whena BMW speeding alongthe N1 highway from CapeTown lost control atBellville and jumped themedian, landing on top ofthe family’s Audi, on itsway from Paarl, not faraway from Cape Town.

The child’s father anda four-year-old brotherwere in critical conditionsin the KuilsrivierMediclinic, according toa report from South Afri-can Press Association.

All three occupants of

the BMW, thought to havebeen drunk at the time,were killed, one of themdecapitated, in the ex-tremely gruesome crash,said Land Transport Regu-lation chief director,Wendy Watson.

No penalty was harshenough for the killing ofan innocent family, par-ticularly over Decemberwhen Christmas wouldforever be a reminder forthem of the loved onesthey had lost, she said.Drunk drivers are respon-sible for half the road

crashes in South Africa.A recent survey showed55 per cent of drivers inroad crashes in 2003 wereunder the influence of al-cohol.

In a second collision,a woman died and 18 peo-ple were injured when ahorse and trailer ploughedinto a minibus on theClairwood off-ramp of theM4 south, near Durban, at9 a.m. (0700 GMT) onSaturday, said KwaZulu-Natal traffic spokesman,Colin Govender.

MNA/Xinhua

“The world’s poorestchildren are paying for richcountries’ policies on aidand debt with their lives,”said Oxfam directorBarbara Stocking.

In a report titled “Pay-ing the Price”, the British

aid agency said countrieslike United States, Ger-many and Japan had re-neged on pledges made in1970 to make available 0.7per cent of their gross na-tional income (GNI) in aidand as a result up to 45

million children would dieby 2015.

“Thirty-four years onnone of the G-8 membershave reached this targetand many have not evenset a timetable,” it said.

The aid budgets of

rich nations are halfwhat they were in 1960,Oxfam said, while poorcountries are having tocough up 100 million USdollars a day in debt re-payments.

MNA/Reuters

15 Nigerianskilled in road

accident LAGOS, 6 Dec — Fif-

teen people were killed ina road accident in the cen-tral Nigerian state of Kogi,local radio reported Sat-urday.

The accident occurredon Friday as a truck lostcontrol and ran into a buson a road linking Ankpaand Abejukolo, two townsin eastern Kogi.

Vehicles speeding,overloading and recklessdriving are blamed to bethe main causes of roadaccidents in Nigeria,Africa’s most populousnation.

MNA/Xinhua

Bombs explode in fivepumping stations of Madrid MADRID, 5 Dec— Bombs exploded Friday in

five pumping stations of Madrid, leaving no victims,but causing material damage, said the Spanish Inte-rior Ministry.

The attacks occurred at 1830 hours, local timeand responsibility was claimed by separatist organi-zation Basque Homeland and Freedom (ETA).

These service stations had been evacuated be-forehand, after an anonymous phone call on behalfof ETA, warned Basque daily Gara, on the immi-nent explosions. — MNA/Xinhua

Oman pledgesequal

attention toHIV patients

ABU DHABI, 5 Dec —Omani Health MinisterAli Bin Muhammad BinMusa has said that Omanoffers equal opportunitiesto both men and womenHIV/AIDS patients andboth genders have equalaccess to public awarenessand health services, theKhaleej Times reportedon Friday.

The minister made theremarks when the countrymarked the world AIDSday, which fell on 1 De-cember with emphasis onreducing the vulnerabil-ity of women and girls toAIDS-related diseases.

“Efforts to prevent thespread of HIV/AIDS havepaid off in the country,”Musa was quoted as say-ing. There are 902 HIV/AIDS patients in Oman,30 per cent of whom arewomen.The first case ofHIV/AIDS in Oman wasreported in 1984, but therate of infection has re-mained low, he said.

MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 6 Dec— About 45 million children around the world will die in the next decade because richcountries have failed to meet their aid promises, humanitarian agency Oxfam said on Monday.

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IAAF chief says anti-doping policy needsgovt’s help

HELSINKI , 6 Dec — Athletics is committed to a zero-tolerance anti-dopingpolicy but needs the help of governments to snare drug cheats, IAAF chiefLamine Diack said on Saturday.

Spain wins Davis Cup ˚MADRID , 5 Dec— Carlos Moya crushed Andy Roddick on Sunday to win theDavis Cup for Spain, giving the home team an unbeatable 3-1 lead.

Dortmund's midfielder Markus Brzenska (L) viesagainst Schalke's Brazilian striker Ailton duringtheir 16th day Bundesliga football match at the

Westfalenstadium in Dortmund.—INTERNET

Bundesliga match reports BERLIN , 6 Dec— Brief reports of Bundesliga matches played on Saturday:

Carlos Moya crushed Andy Roddick onSunday to win the Davis Cup for

Spain.—INTERNET

Thierry Henry struck two late goals tohelp Arsenal maintain the pressure onleaders Chelsea with a 3-0 victory over

Birmingham City at Highbury.INTERNET

Premier League leading scorers LONDON, 6 Dec— English Premier League leading scorers after Saturday’smatches:

Berlin to host 2009 WorldAthletics C'Ships

HELSINKI, 6 Dec— Berlin won the right to host the2009 world athletics championships on Saturday.

The German capital beat off rival bids by Valenciaand Split in a vote of the International Association ofAthletics Federations (IAAF) Council.

Berlin was the favourite to win, with a stadiumalready built and its huge market a lure for sponsors. Itsbid was given extra clout by German Interior MinisterOtto Schily, who was in Helsinki on Saturday to lobbyfor the event.

IAAF President Lamine Diack declined to givedetails of the vote but said: "It was a decisive victory...now we are going to a great athletics country, andcapital in Europe and the world."

The fact that the 1999 championships were held inthe Spanish city of Seville was seen by some as anegative factor for Valencia.—MNA/Reuters

USADA to investigate Marion Jonestaking banned drugs

HELSINKI, 6 Dec— US anti-doping officials plan to questionVictor Conte after the BALCO head claimed he saw sprinterMarion Jones taking banned drugs, world athletics body the IAAFsaid on Saturday.

"The IAAF has made contact with... the relevant prosecutingauthority in the US, in this case USADA (US Anti-DopingAgency)," International Association of Athletics Federationsspokesman Nick Davies told reporters.

"Now Conte has broken his silence, they will be seeking him forfurther information. The IAAF will follow the situation," he said."All links with BALCO are being investigated."

Jones has consistently denied using performance-enhancingdrugs but Conte said in an interview on ABC television on Fridaythat he had seen the former Olympic champion inject herself withsteroids in a drug programme he devised.—MNA/Reuters

Kashiwa Reysol beat AvispaFukuoka 2-0

FUKUOKA (Japan), 6 Dec— Kashiwa Reysol took abig step towards ensuring their survival in the top flightof the J-League with a 2-0 win over Avispa Fukuoka inthe first leg of a promotion/relegation playoff onSaturday.

Fukuoka, who finished third in the Second Divisionthis season, now face an uphill battle in the second legon December 12.

Reysol went ahead three minutes into the secondhalf when midfielder Harutaka Ono's cross found theback of the net via a wicked deflection in rain-lashedKyushu.—MNA/Reuters

Moya won over the American 6-2,7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-5) before a 27,000

sellout crowd to leave the 31-times DavisCup champions without a victory in thetournament since 1995. The former world No. 1 took the matchand the Davis Cup when Roddick netteda backhand off Moya's serve. The United States had giventhemselves a chance of an unlikelycomeback when the Bryan twins won thedoubles on Saturday having lost both thesingles on Friday. "This has been incredible - the momentI've been waiting for years," said Moya."I've prepared myself for this day. I knewthat playing on clay I would have mychances to win. "The Davis Cup is my dream. I can'task for more. There is nothing biggerthan what I've lived today."

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Eidur Gudjohnsen (Chelsea), Jermain Defoe (Tottenham Hotspur), Kevin Davies (Bolton Wanderers) 5 - Andy Cole (Fulham), Paul Dickov (Blackburn Rovers), Luis Boa Morte (Fulham), Alan Shearer (Newcastle United), Shaun Wright-Phillips (Manchester City), Robert Earnshaw (West Bromwich Albion) 4 - Darren Huckerby (Norwich City), Lee Hendrie (Aston Villa), Anders Svensson (Southampton), Marcus Bent (Everton), Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal), Nolberto Solano (Aston Villa), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Radhi Jaidi (Bolton Wanderers), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), Damien Duff (Chelsea), Thomas Gravesen (Everton), Paul Scholes (Manchester United)

MNA/Reuters

"The war against doping is a fight thatsports people cannot win alone. Thestruggle also demands strong help fromcountries' governments," Diack, the headof the International Association ofAthletics Federations (IAAF), told dailyHelsingin Sanomat in an interview.

"(But) we are ready for the dopingwar. Our approach is zero-tolerance.Cheats must be caught and disciplined."

Diack is in the Finnish capital for ameeting of the IAAF Council, whichwill decide on the host city for the 2009world championships as well as hear areport from the athletics body's anti-doping task force, set up in the wake ofthe Athens Olympics.

The world championships will be heldin Helsinki next year and the IAAF haspromised stringent testing with roughlyone in four of the more than 2,000 athletesgiving samples. Diack said that the greaterpopularity enjoyed by track events overfield disciplines, changes should be madeto the way athletics events are staged —one possibility being to limit the numberof throws or jumps.

"In the Golden League there is a limitedtime. Not all the disciplines will fit in 2-3 hours," Diack said. "The field eventrules must be adjusted. It is not possiblethat there are six throws or jumps. Thesecould be reduced, even radically."

MNA/Reuters

SC Freiburg 0 Werder Bremen 6 Greece striker Angelos Haristeas scored a hat-trickafter Miroslav Klose had put away two in thick fog.Johan Micoud was the third player on the scoresheetfor Bremen. There was fresh speculation that Freiburg'scoach Volker Finke might be sacked after his side fellto the bottom of the table with just nine points.

Arminia Bielefeld 1 Hansa Rostock 1 Patrick Owomoyela scored his fourth goal of theseason two days after Germany coach JuergenKlinsmann added the son of a Nigerian father andGerman mother to his team but it was not enough forBielefield, who slipped two spots to ninth. Rostockclimbed off the bottom of the table with their seconddraw in three matches since new coach Joerg Bergerarrived.

Bayer Leverkusen 2 VfL Wolfsburg 1 Franca's goal gave Bayer Leverkusen a last-minutewin over former league leaders Wolfsburg four daysbefore their Champions League showdown againstDynamo Kiev. Diego Klimowicz' superb header gaveWolfsburg the lead in the fourth minute but AndriyVoronin equalized after the break. Wolfburg goalkeeperSimon Jentzsch celebrated his first invitation fromKlinsmann to join Germany for their Asian trip withseveral good saves. Hertha Berlin 6 Borussia Moenchengladbach 0

Hertha extended their unbeaten streak to six with anexplosion of goals, including five in the second half, toclimb two spots to seventh. Yildiray Basturk got twogoals for Hertha after Guiseppe Reina opened thescoring at Olympic stadium with his first goal of theseason in the 38th minute and Nando Rafael got a

second in the 54th. It was the third successive defeat forDutch trainer Dick Advocaat's side.

Hamburg SV 2 Hanover 96 0 Surprising Hanover, who have lost only one of theirlast 10 matches, climbed a spot to fourth and endedHamburg's three-match winning streak. AmericanSteve Cherundolo and Daniel Stendel scored forHanover. Hamburg were missing their top scorer SergejBarbarez and central defender Khalid Boulahrouz,both suspended.—MNA/Reuters

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WEATHERMonday, 6 November, 2004

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hoursMST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been fair inthe whole country. Night temperatures were (6°C) abovenormal in Kachin State and (3˚C) above normal in MonState, (3˚C) below normal each in Yangon and TaninthayiDivisions and about normal in the remaining areas. Thesignificant night temperatures were Namsam, Mindat andPyinOoLwin (7°C) each.

Maximum temperature on 5-12-2004 was 93°F. Mini-mum temperature on 6-12-2004 was 60°F. Relative hu-midity at 9:30 hrs MST on 6-12-2004 was 74%. Totalsunshine hours on 5-12-2004 was (7.4) hours approx. Rain-fall on 6-12-2004 was nil at Yangon Airport, Kaba-Ayeand central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2004 was112.28 inches at Yangon Airport, 106.77 inches at Kaba-Aye and 109.68 inches at central Yangon. Maximum windspeed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was 5 mph from Northeastat (12:00) hours MST on 5-12-2004.

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

Forecast valid until evening of 7-12-2004: Exceptfor the possibility of isolated light rain in eastern ShanState and Taninthayi Division and weather will be gen-erally fair in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is(40%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofslight decrease of night temperature in the whole country.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for7-12-2004: Fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for7-12-2004: Fair weather.

Tuesday, December 7View on today:

7:00 am 1. Recitation of Parittas

by Missionary Saya-

daw U Ottamathara

7:25 am 2. To be healthy

exercise

7:30 am 3. Morning news

7:40 am 4. Nice and sweet song

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8:00 am 6. Song of yesteryears

8:10 am 7.

8:20 am 8.

8:30 am 9. International news

8:45 am 10.Let’s go

4:00 pm 1. Martial song

4:15 pm 2. Song to uphold

National Spirit

4:30 pm 3. English for Everyday

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4:45 pm 4. Musical programme

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WARSAW, 6 Dec — South Korean President RohMoo-hyun ended his two-day visit to Poland Satur-day, the first ever by the country’s head of state sincethe two nations established diplomatic relations 15years ago. With a focus on economic cooperation,Roh’s trip was hailed by both sides as a chance ofboosting bilateral economic ties.

On Saturday, Roh and his Polish counterpartAleksander Kwasniewski attended a forum on devel-opment of bilateral economic relations. The two saidthe economic ties face a new chance of development.Kwasniewski called on South Korea to open widerto Polish goods. He told Roh that his country hasachieved the fastest-growing economy among theEuropean Union (EU) countries, which is expectedto increase 5 per cent this year. He hopes South Koreawill pay more attention to Poland.

Roh said Poland has faced a new opportunity ofdevelopment after it joined the EU on May 1 andSouth Korean companies can use the chance to expandtheir investments to gain profits. Last year, bilateraltrade totalled 702 million dollars. —MNA/Xinhua

M IAMI , 6 Dec — The former boss of Colombia’sCali cocaine cartel was in a US prison cell on Satur-day after an extradition that capped a 14-year inves-tigation into his multibillion dollar drug business.

S Korean President ends Polishtrip with focus on economy

Peruvian police seize140 kilos of cocaine

LIMA, 6 Dec — Peruvian police seized 140 kilosof cocaine and arrested 10 suspected drug pushers,including nine Peruvians and one Colombian, duringan anti-drug sweep in the capital on Saturday, theNational Police of Peru said. The police swooped ahouse in the eastern capital, where 100 kilos of co-caine were confiscated, and a couple were arrested.

The rest of the drugs were found in two otherhouses. Meanwhile, a clandestine drug-processinglaboratory was also found. With an annual output of250 tons, Peru is the world’s second largest cocaineproducer after Colombia. Peruvian police have con-fiscated more than 10 tons of drugs since the begin-ning of the year. — MNA/Xinhua

Cuba to conduct large-scale military drills

HAVANA , 6 Dec — Cuba will conduct large-scalemilitary drills on December 13-19 due to threatsfrom the United States against the island, RaulCastro, Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces,said in a statement released Saturday by local Press.

Raul Castro, brotherof President Fidel Castro,termed as “gigantic” the“Bastion 2004” drills inwhich millions of Cubanswill participate.

The first five days ofthe exercises will be at-tended by 100,000 troops,including reserves. In thelast two days, millions ofCubans will join the exer-cises, said the second-in-command of Cuba’s po-litical leadership.

“What matters is thateveryone knows at leastwhat is indispensable inorder to combat the en-emy,” he said. “Defi-nitely, all these we areplanning are to guaranteeyour future and that ofyour children,” the mini-

ster was quoted as say-ing.

The Bastion 2004 isto be conducted due to thecontinuous threats ofaggressions by the USGovernment, according toa communique of theMinistry of the CubanRevolutionary ArmedForces. The armies havethe duty to assess “the de-gree of preparation of thewhole society to cope withan armed aggression”, thecommunique said.

It stressed that allseemed to indicate thegovernment of US Presi-dent George W. Bush willkeep its hostile policy to-wards Cuba as was thecase during his first term.

MNA/Xinhua

He was being held ina cell until an initial courtappearance on Monday,the official said on con-dition of anonymity. Nodetails were available.

Known in the 1980sand early 1990s as the“Chess Player” for hisability to outwit police,the now gray-haired 65-year-old capo was one ofthe last of Colombia’slegendary outlaws to runthe cocaine business fromjungle laboratories tooverseas distribution.

Colombian authori-ties say he continued torun his empire from jailafter being arrested in1995 and after a ban onextraditions was liftedtwo years later.

He and other defend-ants named in indict-ments in Miami and NewYork face charges of con-spiracy to import and dis-tribute cocaine and ofmoney laundering. Ifconvicted, he faces lifeimprisonment on the drugcharges and up to 20years prison time formoney laundering.

US justice authoritieswant the courts to seize2.1 billion US dollars —the amount they say wasinvolved in the moneylaundering conspiracyrun by Rodriguez

Orejuela.“At one time,

Gilberto Rodriguez-Orejuela and his organi-zation were believed tobe responsible for about80 per cent of the cocaineshipped to the UnitedStates, as well as count-less murders and a reignof terror in Colombia,”said Michael Garcia, De-partment of HomelandSecurity Assistant Secre-tary for US Immigrationand Customs Enforce-ment.

“Today, Gilberto isunder arrest in the UnitedStates, where he ranks asarguably the highest-leveldrug trafficking figure toever occupy a US prisoncell,” Garcia said in astatement late Friday.

Rodriguez Orejuelaand his brother, Miguel,took near control of Co-lombia’s cocaine industryafter police gunned downrival drug lord PabloEscobar in 1993. Miguelis in a Colombian jail.

MNA/Reuters

Ex-boss of Colombia’s Calicocaine cartel held in US prison cell

11th Waning of Tazaungmon 1366 ME Tuesday, 7 December, 2004

* 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

* 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

Four political objectives

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

YANGON, 6 Dec — The 84th National Day wasobserved at the basic education schools in YangonCity this morning, and the message sent by SeniorGeneral Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council and Commander-in-Chief ofDefence Services was read out at the respective schools.

The ceremony was held at No 2 BEHS in DagonTownship, attended by Daw Khin Than Nwe, wife ofLt-Gen Tin Oo, Daw Khin Thet Htay, wife of Chair-man of Yangon Division PDC Commander of YangonCommand, Minister for Education U Than Aung,

National Day observed at basic education schoolsMinister for Social Welfare, Relief and ResettlementsMaj-Gen Sein Htwa, Deputy Minister for EducationBrig-Gen Aung Myo Min, Deputy Minister for HealthDr Mya Oo, officials, teachers and students and guests.Minister U Than Aung read the message of the SeniorGeneral. Next, the ministers, the deputy ministers andDaw Khin Than Nwe presented awards to the out-standing students of No 2 BEHS and No 3 BEHS inDagon Township and well-wishers made cash dona-tions.

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We all Buddhists all over the world would liketo express our sincere thanks to the Government ofthe State Peace and Development Council of theUnion of Myanmar to successfully hold the WorldBuddhist Summit, and earnestly wish the WorldBuddhist Summit every success.

YANGON, 6 Dec — Chairman of the LeadingCommittee for holding of the World Buddhist Sum-mit Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win attended a re-hearsal of the World Buddhist Summit held in MahaPasana Cave at Kaba Aye here this morning.

Also present to pay respects to the Sayadawsled by Secretary of State Sangha Maha NayakaCommittee Sayadaw Abhidhaja Maha Rattha GuruAbhidhaja Agga Maha Saddhammajotika BhaddantaKumara and Chancellor of Sitagu International Bud-dhist Academy Sayadaw Dr Ñanisara, were Chair-man of Yangon Division Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of Yangon Command Maj-GenMyint Swe, the ministers, the chairman of YangonCity Development Committee the mayor, deputyministers, the vice mayor, senior military officers,officials of the State Peace and Development Coun-cil Office, departmental heads, chairmen and mem-bers of the work committee and subcommittees,officials and nuns.

On arrival at the Cave at 7.30 am, Prime Minis-ter Lt-Gen Soe Win was welcomed by the commander,the ministers and members of the leading committee.

The Prime Minister inspected the landscapingin the compound of the Cave and made arrangementsto facilitate the work.

Sayadaw Bhaddanta Kumara planted a Bo treeconveyed from Bodh Gaya at the south-west corner ofthe Cave, and the Prime Minister, an ingin tree con-veyed from Lumbini at the south-east corner near thesouthern entrance to the Cave simultaneously.

The Prime Minister observed the rehearsal, andleft words for necessary arrangements. He also visitedthe (Myanmar-India) Photo Exhibition on the Essenceof Buddhism at Wizaya Mingala Dhamma ThabinHall.

MNA

Prime Minister attends rehearsal of World Buddhist Summit

Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win inspects rehearsal at Maha Pasana Cave for World Buddhist Summit. MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye tees off smoke ball to open the State Peace and Development CouncilChairman’s Trophy Golf Tournament 2004. — MNA

YANGON, 6 Dec — State Peace and Develop-ment Council Chairman’s Trophy Golf Tournament2004 started at Yemon Kyunthaya Golf of Course inHlegu Township here on 4 December. State Peace andDevelopment Council Vice-Chairman, Defence Serv-ices Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye tookpart in the tournament.

Deputy C-in-C of Defence ServicesVice-Senior General Maung Aye attends

prize presentationThe opening ceremony was attended by member

of the State Peace and Development Council GeneralThura Shwe Mann, Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Win,State Peace and Development Council Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein, members of the SPDC, the Commander-in-Chief (Navy), the Commander-in-Chief(Air), theministers, the chief justice, the attorney-general,

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