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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of

technical know-how and investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

ARTICLE POEM: CARTOON

Successful holding of election—duty of all citizensPrime Minister attends inauguration of Leinli Bridge on Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana-Pinlaung Road

NAY PYI TAW, 5Nov—The inaugurationof Leinli Bridge on NayPyi Taw Pyinmana-

Pinlaung Road built byBridge ConstructionProject Special Group (9)of Public Works under the

Ministry of Constructiontook place at the pavilionnear the bridge inPinlaung Township in

Shan State (South) thismorning.

Prime Minister UThein Sein made an ad-

dress at the ceremony andunveiled the stone plaqueof the bridge.

It was also attended by

Chairman of Shan StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of (See page 6)

Photo shows Leinli suspension Bridge.—MNA

PO YAYCHAN

* Towards democracy eraAspire all national peopleMaking systematic preparationsConstitution was drawnWill last till posterityTruly comprehensive and enduringMarching to the elections

YE HTETLU NYEIN THIT (TRNS) PAGE 9 PAGE 9PAGES 8+9

The reliable Election Commission in the time ofthe Tatmadaw government will hold the forthcomingelection in consistence with the constitution andelection rules on 7 November 2010.

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Saturday, 6 November, 2010

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

People’s Desire

Multiparty democracy general electionwill be held on a grand scale. It will go down inthe annals of Myanmar history. The peoplewill march on toward the new democraticnation with democracy administration bychoosing candidates with nationalistic spirit.

An election is important for the futureof the nation and the people. Casting votes inthe election is fundamental rights and duty ofa citizen. The people eligible for casting votesare to choose the good and able persons byeffectively enjoying rights of citizen.

Casting votes in the election is to bedone without fail in transition process to ademocratic nation. People can enjoydemocratic right by choosing candidates ontheir behalf to serve the interest of the State.As democracy is a system to be realized throughconcerted efforts of the people, all the peopleare to join hands in practicing democracy.

The upcoming election is the first stepto shape the nation into democratic one. Inthis case, the ballots of the people are the mostimportant in democratization process. Thus,all the people are to cast votes in order to placeright persons in right places withfarsightedness.

The respective election commissionshave made systematic arrangements to seethat the election is free and fair in all aspects.The people have the opportunity to freely votefor parties and candidates of their choice.Political parties and candidates have beenallowed to take part in the election and tocanvass for the votes in line with the respectiverules and regulations.

The upcoming election is the thresholdfor emergence of a democratic nation. Thus,all the voter people are to go to polling stationsfor casting votes for the candidates who willserve the interests of the nation and the peoplewith genuine goodwill.

Choose good and able persons

YANGON, 4 Nov— Han GolfMasters Pte Ltd organized the GolfMasters Magazine ReadersTournament 2010 (Yangon) atMyanmar Golf Club in 9th-Mile, here,

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Nov—Chairman of ShanState (North) Peace and Development CouncilCommander of North East-Command Brig-Gen AungKyaw Zaw, on 27 October, inspected road sectionwork on Kutkai-Tarmoenye-Monesi-Tapar road andmaintenance of Thanlwin River-crossing ThanlwinBridge (Tarpar).

On 28 October, the commander met officialsand other ranks and their families at Gongyan local

Commander meets officials and other ranksbattalion in Laukkai District and presented gifts tothem.

From there, the commander looked intoconstruction project of Laukkai-Gongyan road andHopan-Mameinhon-Panlon road. He fulfilled the needsin meeting with officials and other ranks and theirfamilies at station hall in Hsenwi Township and lookedround the station.

MNA

Golf Masters MagazineReaders Tournament

concludes

YANGON, 5 Nov—Chairman of the YangonCity DevelopmentCommittee Mayor U AungThein Lin signedCondolence Book opened atthe Embassy of the RussianFederation, at No 38,Sagawa Road, DagonTownship at 1:50 pm today,for the demise of HisExcellency Mr. Viktor S.Chernomyrdin, FormerChairman of Government ofthe Russian Federation on 3November 2010.

MNA

Yangon Mayor signs condolence book for the demise of FormerChairman of Government of the Russian Federation

yesterday morning. Responsiblepersons presented awards of nearestpin and longest drive and first to fifthprizes to respective winners in thedivisions A and B.

The tournament was sponsoredby Nivea (Men Product), Vitabiotics,Dagon Brewery Ltd, Grand RoyalPremium Drinking Water, RoyalFurniture, Ogawa and 9th-MileMyanmar Golf Club.

MNA

Minister for

Labour U Aung

Kyi visiting

Earth Industrial

Electrical

Appliances

Factory in

South Dagon

Industrial Zone.

(News reported)

MNA

YCDCChairman

Yangon MayorU Aung Thein

Lin signsCondolenceBook openedfor the demiseof Mr Viktor S.Chernomyrdin,

FormerChairman of

Government ofthe Russian

Federation on 3November.

MNA

Winners seen after the prize

presentation ceremony of Golf

Masters Magazine Readers

Tournament.

HAN GOLF MASTERS

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CARACAS, 5 Nov—Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez andColombian counterpartJuan Manuel Santosagreed Tuesday tostrengthen ties throughenergy projects as theysought to improverelations and leavebehind recent bitterdisputes. They agreed toresurrect plans for anatural gas pipelinestretching fromVenezuela to CentralAmerica and alsorevived a proposal tobuild an oil pipeline fromVenezuela’s oil fields toColombia’s Pacificcoast.

Venezuela’s state oilcompany will resume

Leaders of Colombia, Venezuela seekimproved ties

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, right, wavesto journalists as Colombia’s President JuanManuel Santos looks on after a welcoming

ceremony at Miraflores presidential palace inCaracas, Venezuela, on 2 Nov, 2010.

INTERNET

fuel sales to Colombian border states and Chavezinvited Colombian oil company Ecopetrol to seeka deal to pump oil in Venezuela’s crude-rich OrinocoRiver basin.

Internet

BEIJING, 5 Nov—China’s rapid growth iseasing to a manageablepace and Beijing can domore to reconfigure itseconomy to promotedomestic consumptionand reduce reliance ontrade, the World Banksaid Wednesday.

Inflation that hasrisen steadily this yearshould level off and isunlikely to be a seriousproblem, the bank saidin a quarterly Chinaoutlook.

The Washington-based bank raised its2010 growth forecastfrom 9.5 percent to 10

In this 13 Oct, 2010 photo, a worker installs a newlayer on an advertisement board showing

skyscrapers.—INTERNET

World Bank raises China growth outlook

BAGHDAD, 5 Nov— A rocket confiscated byauthorities blew up in the back of a policepickup truck in northern Iraq on Thursday,killing four people. Police and hospital officialsalso said two people died in a roadside bombexplosion west of Baghdad.The deaths comejust days after the Iraqi capital was hit by aseries of horrific attacks that claimed morethan 150 lives.

At least 91 people died Tuesday night in astring of bombings in the city’s predominantlyShiite Districts while 58 died in a four-hoursiege of a Baghdad church during Sunday Mass.Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stronglycondemned the assault on the Catholic churchin downtown Baghdad, calling it an “evil terroristattack that targeted our Christian brothers.”

Internet

Rocket blows up in policevehicle, kills four

Policemen arrest a suspected militant during a raid

operation at an area south of Tikrit, 150 km (95

miles) north of Baghdad on 4 Nov, 2010.

INTERNET

Policemen cry duringa funeral of their

colleague a day aftera bomb attack inBaghdad’s JihadDistrict on 3 Nov,

2010.INTERNET

percent and said theexpansion should slowto 8.7 percent next year.

Growth eased to 9.6percent in the threemonths ending inSeptember, down from10.3 percent theprevious quarter, as thegovernment imposedlending and investmentcurbs.

“We think thatcoming from this verystrong growth, Chinashould be able to easeinto a more sustainablegrowth rate in the longterm,” said the report’smain author, LouisKuijs , at a news

conference.The outlook reflects

China’s status as the firstmajor economy torebound from the globalcrisis on the strength ofa f lood of s t imulusspending and banklending. WhileWashington and othersare trying to shore upgrowth, Beijing facesthe challenge of coolinginflation and restoringnormal conditions.

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SAN JOSE, 5 Nov—A landslide caused by heavy rainkilled 20 people in Costa Rica on Thursday as PresidentLaura Chinchilla considered declaring a nationalemergency to help the coffee-growing nation deal withwidespread flooding. The National EmergencyCommission said 15 people remained missing after rainsovernight loosened a swathe of Cerro Pico Blanco, amountain popular with hikers and rock climbers, causingthe mudslide that buried poorly constructed houses.Chinchilla told a conference earlier on Thursday thedisaster was one of the worst the Central American nationhad confronted. “It has been a great national tragedy,” shesaid.

Rescuers searched for survivors in San Antonio deEscazu, where shanty homes are mixed in with statelydwellings belonging to foreigners drawn to its trails andwooded areas. Over 1,300 people in the capital and alongCosta Rica’s Pacific coast were moved to shelters to fleethe flooding prompted by rains pelting the country thisweek. —MNA/Reuters

HAVANA, 5 Nov—All 68 people on board anAero Caribbean plane were killed when it crashedin mountainous central Cuba on Thursday afterissuing an emergency call, a Cuban Governmentwebsite said on Friday.

“There were no survivors in airline accident,”www.cubadebate.cu said in a headline that toppeda list of the passengers and crew on the ill-fatedplane.

The Civil Aeronautics Agency said there were40 Cubans on board, including seven crewmembers, and 28 foreigners. The foreigners camefrom 10 countries.

A photograph on the website showed flamesrising from the shattered remains of the plane — anATR-72-212 twin turboprop built by ATR, a jointventure of Europe’s EADS and Italian groupFinmeccanica.—MNA/Reuters

Cuba says all 68 on boarddied in plane crash

Costa Rica landslide kills20 people

BEIRUT, 5 Nov—The Arab world, one of the driestregions on the planet, will tip into severe water scarcityas early as 2015, a report issued on Thursday predicts.By then, Arabs will have to survive on less than 500cubic metres of water a year each, or below a tenth of theworld average of more than 6,000 cubic metres percapita, said the report by the Arab Forum for Environmentand Development (AFED).

“The Arab world is already living a water crisis thatwill only get worse with inaction,” the report says,adding per capita supply has plunged to only a quarterof its 1960 level. Rapid population growth will furtherstress water resources. According to UN projections, theArabs, who now number almost 360 million, willmultiply to nearly 600 million by 2050. Climate changewill aggravate matters. By the end of this century, Arabcountries may experience a 25 percent drop inprecipitation and a 25 percent increase in evaporationrates, according to climate change models cited in thereport.

“As a result, rain-fed agriculture will be threatened,with average yields estimated to decline by 20 percent,”it says. Thirteen Arab countries are among the world’s19 most water-scarce nations. People in eight Arabcountries already have to make do with less than 200cubic metres a year each.

MNA/Reuters

Report says Arab worldfaces worsening water crisis

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World stocks gain as Fed word onstimulus awaited

BANGKOK, 5 Nov—World stockswere mostly higher Wednesday asmarkets digested news thatRepublicans gained control of theHouse in midterm US elections andattention refocused on the FederalReserve’s plans to stimulate theworld’s biggest economy.

Oil prices rose above $84 a barrelamid expectations the Fed’s upcomingannouncement could further weakenthe dollar and boost demand for crude.

In this 1 Nov, 2010 photo, ThomasBishop, left, talks with a fellow

specialist.—INTERNET

In currencies, the dollar fell againstthe yen and the euro.

European bourses rose in earlytrading. Britain’s FTSE 100 was upless than 0.1 percent to 5,759.42.France’s CAC-40 was up 0.3 percentto 3,875.82, and Germany’s DAX rose0.1 percent to 6,661.46.

Stock market futures in the UnitedStates were little changed as electionresults streamed in. Dow futures weredown less than 0.1 percent to 11,145.Standard and Poor’s 500 Index, themarket index that most professionalinvestors follow, was down 0.5 point,or less than 0.1 percent, at 1,192.20.

Among Asian shares closinghigher was Hong Kong’s Hang Sengindex, which climbed 2 percent to24,144.67.

South Korea’s Kospi rose 1percent to 1,935.97 and Australia’sS&P/ASX 200 climbed 0.5 percent to4,722.6.

Internet

Is GM really worth as muchas Ford right now?

DETROIT, 5 Nov—If investors pay what GeneralMotors hopes to get for its stock in a planned IPO, they’llhave to buy the logic that the company’s stock-marketvalue should be similar to its closest competitor, FordMotor Co. But Ford is making far more money thesedays and its US market share is rising while GM’s isfalling and its new management team has little autoindustry experience.

Ford’s market value — calculated by multiplyingits current share price by the total number of sharesoutstanding — is almost $50 billion.

A GM logo is seenat a General

Motors used cardealership at theTroy Motor Mall

August 2010.INTERNET

BMW astonishes with 11-fold jumpin quarterly profit

GM’s total would be close to that if it is successfulin selling a portion of its shares in an initial publicoffering later this month somewhere between $26 and$29 a share. That price range was confirmed Monday bythree people briefed on the sale who asked not to benamed because a formal announcement has not yet beenmade.

But is GM really worth as much as Ford right now?Ford has been working on a rebuilding plan for fiveyears. It earned $1.7 billion in the third quarter, its sixthconsecutive quarterly profit. It also managed throughthe financial downturn without taking taxpayer money,a big plus in the minds of American car buyers whoincreasingly are choosing its new cars and trucks.

General Motors Co is still in the early stages of itsrestructuring, having emerged from bankruptcyprotection just 16 months ago. The company has hadfour CEOs in less than two years, and still must find away to pay back more than $50 billion in taxpayermoney it took to help survive the economic downturn.It has only posted profits in the last two quarters, totaling$2.2 billion.

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FRANKFURT, 5 Nov—The world’s leadingluxury car maker, BMW,reported a huge leap inthird-quarter net profiton Wednesday asrecovering globalmarkets snapped up itssaloons (sedans) andsports utility vehicles.

BMW said its netprofit leapt 11-fold fromthe equivalent figure lastyear, to 874 millioneuros (1.2 bi l l iondollars), and stood by itssales target for this yearand profitability targetsfor 2012.

“Strong demand forour models, a high-valuemodel mix and thegroup’s strong salesposition on internationalautomobile marketsresulted in above-average earnings,” astatement said.

Analysts polled byDow Jones Newswireshad forecast a slightlymore modest gain of 914percent to 791 millioneuros.

Sales in the quarterrose by 35.6 percent to15.9 billion euros from11.76 billion, exceedingthe 14.27 billion eurosexpected by analysts.

Like many premiumautomakers, BMW

suffered a heavy slumpin 2009, though it stillmanaged to post profits.

Core earnings at theGerman group this timearound climbed to 1.19billion euros from 55mill ion in the thirdquarter of 2009, butmissed an averageanalyst forecast of 1.25billion euros.

BMW said the groupstill planned to sell morethan 1.4 million vehiclesthis year , and wasaiming for a profi tmargin of between eightand ten percent for itscore auto activities in2012.

It also forecast “asignificant increase ingroup pre-tax earningsfor the full year 2010,”but did not provide adetailed figure.

Internet

Net profit at the world’s leading luxury car maker,BMW, leapt 11-fold in the third quarter of 2010.

INTERNET

Battle beginsin

business-software

square-offOAKLAND, 5 Nov—A

battle between two of theworld’s biggest makersof business softwarehinges on the value of atrove of millions of stolencustomer-support docu-ments.

In its first pitch to afederal jury Tuesday,Oracle Corp saidarchrival SAP AG’splundering of password-protected Oraclewebsites dealt a $2 billionblow to Oracle’sbusiness.

The attacks onOracle’s resources attimes seemed ham-handed.

Oracle said an SAPsubsidiary, Tomor-rowNow, created bogusaccounts to get access towalled-off Oraclewebsites. Once inside,Oracle said,TomorrowNow deplo-yed computerprogrammes thatpowered through pageafter page of supportdocuments, “scraping”and saving the contentsof those pages as theywent.

Internet

Orade CEOLarry Ellisontalks duringhis keynoteaddress at

Oracle OpenWorld in San

Francisco,California.INTERNET

US jobless claims up,productivity caps inflation

WASHINGTON, 5Nov—New US claimsfor jobless aid rose lastweek and a strongrebound in productivityin the third quartershowed emplo-yerswringing more outputfrom current workersrather than hiring.

US businessproductivity rose at astronger-than-expected1.9 percent annual rate,the Labour Departmentsaid on Thursday,leading to a surprise dipin unit labor costs, aclosely watched gauge ofinflation pressure.

The data came a dayafter the Federal Reservelaunched a programmeto buy an additional 600billion US dollars worth

of government bonds outof concern over loftyunemployment and therisk slowing inflationcould lead to a down-ward price spiral thatcould shackle theeconomy.

“The big picture isthat firms are trying tosqueeze every ounce outof the workers they haveand this is one reasonthey feel no need tohire,” said Cary Leahey,an economist atDecision Economics inNew York.

The govern-ment’sclosely watched monthlyemployment report, to bereleased on Friday, isexpected to show anemicjobs growth in October.

MNA/Reuters

WellPoint profit edgeshigher

NEW YORK, 5 Nov—Health insurer WellPointInc (WLP.N) posted slightly higher net incomeon Wednesday, helped by administrative costcontrols, and raised its full-year forecast forprofit and membership.

Net income rose to $739.1 million, or $1.84per share, from $730.2 million, or $1.53 pershare, a year earlier.

The largest US health insurer by membershipprojected net income of “at least” $6.60 pershare for 2010, or at least $6.45 excluding items.It previously projected at least $6.30.

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Google was in ‘significant breach’ ofdata law

In this 2March,

2010 filephoto, awoman

decorates acamera carof Google atthe CeBIT

inHannover.INTERNET

LONDON, 5 Nov—Google violatedBritain’s data protection laws when itsStreet View mapping service recordeddata from private wireless networks, thecountry’s information commissioner saidWednesday.

The American Internet search giantwill escape any fines, however, so long asit pledges not to do it again.

Google Inc drew internationaloutrage after it emerged that its StreetView cars, which take street-levelphotographs to illustrate the company’spopular mapping service, had also been

Court hears arguments on violentvideo games

WASHINGTON, 5 Nov—The SupremeCourt on Tuesday expressed sympathyfor a California law that aims to keepchildren from buying ultra-violent videogames in which players maim, kill orsexually assault images of people.

But justices seemed closely split onwhether the restrictions areconstitutional.

The high court has been reluctant tocarve out exceptions to the FirstAmendment, striking down a ban onvideos showing graphic violence toanimals earlier this year.

California officials argue that they

In this imagereleased by Rockstar

Games, a scene isshown from ‘Grand

Theft Auto IV:The Lost and

Damned’.INTERNET

should be allowed to limit minors’ abilityto pick up violent video games on theirown at retailers because of the purporteddamage they cause to the mentaldevelopment of children. Some justicesappeared to agree.

“We do not have a tradition in thiscountry of telling children they shouldwatch people actively hitting schoolgirlsover the head with a shovel so they’llbeg with mercy, being merciless anddecapitating them, shooting people inthe leg so they fall down,” Chief JusticeJohn Roberts said.

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scooping up e-mails, Internet addressesand passwords from unencrypted wirelessnetworks. Scotland Yard recently said itwould not launch a criminal inquiry intothe beach, which the company hasdescribed as inadvertent.

Information CommissionerChristopher Graham was recently giventhe power to levy fines up to 500,000pounds (about $800,000) for seriousviolations, but he said in a statement thatthe “most appropriate and proportionateregulatory action” would be to seek awritten assurance from Google that thebreach would not be repeated and conductan audit of the company’s data protectionpractices.

The company based inMountainview, California said in astatement that it “was profoundly sorry”for the breach, adding that it had sinceworked to improve its internal controls.

“We did not want this data, havenever used any of it on our products andservices, and have sought to delete it asquickly as possible,” the statement said.

Internet

Kinect aims to please, butprice could be a hurdle

NEW YORK, 5 NOV—Caryn Bailey, a 32-year-oldblogger and mother of two, is impressed withMicrosoft’s new Kinect game-control system. But shealready owns the Wii from rival Nintendo, and she’snot ready to shell out hundreds of dollars to switch.

That’s the challenge Microsoft Corp faces as itbegins selling the long-awaited system on Thursdayahead of the lucrative holiday season. To succeed,Kinect will need to exude the kind of iPad-like magicthat defies frugality and gets people spending toexperience something new, even as they cut backelsewhere in the uncertain economy.

By all accounts, Kinect is loads of fun. The black,rectangular device, used in conjunction withMicrosoft’s Xbox 360 console, goes just below yourTV screen and senses all the activity in the living room.

Using a 3-D camera, depth sensors and voice-

In this 31 Oct, 2010 photo, eleven-year-oldMichael McKoy of Charlotte plays the Kinect for

XBOX 360.—INTERNET

recognition software, it recognizes your face, voiceand gestures as you move around and talk, withoutrequiring you to hold a controller or wear a headset.Kinect removes the last barrier between you and thescreen: the remote.—Internet

Advent Energy ownersdeny talks with Indian

groupNEW DELHI, 5 Nov—The owners of Advent

Energy denied a report Wednesday that India’s state-run energy group ONGC was in talks to buy theAustralian explorer as the fast-growing country seeksnew fuel sources abroad.

India’s Economic Times newspaper had said Oil& Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) was leading aconsortium of Indian groups in talks to buy a 25-percent stake in the unlisted company in a deal thatcould be worth a billion dollars.

“Commentary in the media in India on formaldiscussions between Advent Energy Ltd and aconsortium of Indian state-run energy firms,regarding talks to acquire a 25-percent stake inAdvent for one billion, is incorrect,” its owners saidin statements.

India’s growing dependence on energy importshas led the government to urge state-run groups tostep up efforts to make overseas acquisitions.

However, none of the big Indian state-run groupshas been able to seal a deal in the past 18 months asthey suffer competition from their financiallystronger Chinese rivals.—Internet

An Indian service station employee refuels a gas-powered auto-rickshaw in New Delhi.

INTERNET

Zoo Atlanta giant panda gives birth to third cubATLANTA, 5 Nov—A giant panda at

Zoo Atlanta has given birth to her thirdcub, the only panda birth at a US zoo so farthis year.

Zoo officials say Lun Lun (loon loon)gave birth to the cub at 5:39 am onWednesday in a specially prepared birthingden.

Zoo Atlanta is one of only four US zooswith the endangered animals. The othersare in San Diego, Memphis andWashington, DC.

Lun Lun was inseminated with spermfrom her partner, Yang Yang (yahngyahng), in June after the two failed to mate.The couple’s previous cubs were Mei Lan(may lahn), born in 2006, and Xi Lan (shelahn), born in 2008. Researchers estimateonly 1,600 to 3,000 of the endangeredspecies remain in the wild and another 200in captivity.—Internet

File photo show Giant Panda mother Lun Lun, right, eats

bamboo as her cub Mei Lan explores her new habitat at

Zoo Atlanta.

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(from page 1)Eastern Command Brig-Gen Hsan Oo, Ministerfor Commerce U TinNaing Thein, Minister forConstruction U KhinMaung Myint, Ministerfor Home Affairs UMaung Oo, the deputyministers, departmentalheads, officials,engineers and staff, mem-bers of social organiza-

Successful holding ofelection…

they will have easy accessto all parts of the nationvia Yangon-MandalayHighway.

Smooth transport isa fundamental require-ment not only for regionalbut also for national de-velopment. As it is alsoan essential infrastructurein building a modern anddeveloped nation, thegovernment has built rail-

government has replacedold bridges with betterones, and has constructedbridges over rivers andcreeks one after anotherto overcome natural bar-riers between one regionand another. So far, theUnion has seen 249 above180-foot bridges.

Now, there are eightbridges spanning the river

Ayeyawady, comparedwith only one bridge“Innwa” in the past. Con-struction of SinkhanBridge, Pakokku Bridge,Malun Bridge,Nyaungdon Bridge andYadanatheinga Bridgeare underway.

Previously, nationalbrethren had keptthemselves aloof from

tions, local people andguests.

In his address, thePrime Minister said a one-way old bailey bridge thatcan withstand 13-tonloads was located in theplace of already-openedbridge across PaunglaungCreek in the past. The oldbridge was often floodeddue to heavy rains andtransportation was poorin consequence.

Leinli Bridge thatcan withstand 75-tonloads was built whileupgrading Nay Pyi Taw-Pinlaung Road. Thanks tothe new bridge, Pinlaunghas direct land access toNay Pyi Taw, enablinglocal people to travel fromShan State (South) andKayah State to Nay PyiTaw at any time. Besides,

road and road networkscovering the whole na-tion.

In addition, the gov-ernment has been con-structing river and creekcrossing bridges one af-ter another. The LeinliBridge is 1760 feet longand it is the sixth of above180-foot facility in ShanState (South), thus repre-senting the potential for amodern, developed na-tion. The new bridge willsurely contribute to bettertransport as well as,transportation of goods toYangon Region, Manda-lay Region, Mon State,Kayin State and borderareas in a short time. The

others due to naturalbarriers, which are nomore now thanks to bettertransport. Better transporthas led to narrowing ofdevelopment gapbetween one region andanother and improvementin per capita income andsocio-economic status oflocal people. Withsmooth transport, na-tional unity has beenfurther cemented.

After its assumptionof State’s duties, theState Peace andDevelopment Council

put Our Three MainNational Causes in thefore and gave top prior-ity to State stability andcommunity peace andnational unity. In themeantime, it has beenmaking efforts toimprove the transportsector, which is essentialfor improving socio-economic status of thepeople, fortifying rela-tions and cohesion be-tween national races andtransforming the nationinto an industrialized one.

(See page 7)

Photo shows Leinlisuspension Bridge.

MNA

Prime Minister U Thein Sein delivers anaddress at the opening ceremony.

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Prime

Minister U

Thein Sein

cordially

greets

those

present at

the cer-

emony.

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(from page 6)The government is

pouring huge funds intoshort- and long-termprojects for transport net-works and communicationnetworks across the nationto transform national roadnetworks into nationaleconomic corridors.

Thanks to bettertransport, one can nowtravel from Putao in thenorthern part toKawthoung in the south-ern part of Myanmareasily, and people cantravel by car at any timefrom Muse, Lashio andKengtung in the easternpart to Sittway in thewestern part.

The bridge is one ofthe facilities for develop-ment of the Union. Like-wise, progress in all as-

Successfulholding…

pects can be witnessed inStates and Regions includ-ing border areas. InMyanmar history, unprec-edented sound foundationscan be seen in the time ofthe State Peace and De-velopment Council. Thegovernment carries outsector-wise developmentby adopting 12 political,economic and socialobjectives for emergenceof peaceful, modern anddeveloped democratic newnation that all the peopleaspire, for ensuringgrowth of nationaleconomy, and enhancingstandards of education,health and social sectors.As development momen-tum could not be equal inall States and Regionsbased on economicstrength, natural resourcestrength, productionstrength and living stand-ard, the government

strove for narrowing thedevelopment gap amongthe parts of the Union.Nation-building task is tobe undertaken withmomentum for gaininggood results and devel-opment based on presentsituation.

Due to carrying outnation-building tasks in allsectors, roads, bridges,

railroads, health care fa-cilities and human re-source infrastructureshave emerged in all partsof the Union includingborder areas. Myanmar isblessed with plenty ofnatural resources. Empha-sizing on agriculture sec-tor, the country achievesfood sufficiency andcontributes to regionalfood sufficiency. Time hascome to build a modernand developed industrial-ized nation by sustainingdevelopment in theagriculture sector and byimproving infrastructures.

In making prepara-tions for handing over thesound foundations to newgenerations to enable thefuture nation to stand tallamong the global coun-tries, it is necessary toplace emphasis on pos-sessing national strengthwith constant develop-

ment of industry, scienceand technology sectors forstrengthening of economyin the respective regionsand development of na-tional economy.

In implementingseven-step Road Map ofthe State for peacefultransformation from old tonew system that will shapethe discipline-flourishing

democratic new nation allthe people aspire, theMultiparty DemocracyElection which is the fifthstep of the Road Map willbe held on 7 November.

Successfully holdingthe election which is theprestige and integrity ofall the citizens and the

State is the duty of all citi-zens. As such, all the peo-ple are to carry out thetasks of successfully hold-ing the election in theirrespective sectors not totarnish the images of theState and the people.

In conclusion, thePrime Minister stressedthe need to maintain thebridge for its durability, to

try hard in their works forimprovement of theirsocial-economic statusand to participate in allsectors for successfullyholding the election.Chairman of Shan StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofEastern Command Brig-

Gen Hsan Oo made aspeech. He said thanks toLeinli Bridge, Shan andKayah States will enjoyfruits of bettertransportation and speedyflow of commodities. Hethanked the governmentand the Ministry ofConstruction for construc-tion of Leinli Bridge andurged the local people tomaintain the bridge for itsdurability.

Minister for Con-struction U Khin MaungMyint said that the 274-feet-high- bridge was builtat a cost of 3.476 millionin foreign currency plus K14,500 million. In the pastthere was over 200-milejourney from Nay Pyi Tawto Pinlaung throughPy inmana-Meik t i l a -Aungban-Pinlaung road.But now the distance isonly 70 miles, the ministersaid. U Sai Naw Kham ofPinlaung spoke words ofthanks.

After the Prime Min-ister and party have takenthe positions, the com-mander, Minister forCommerce U Tin NaingThein, Minister for Con-struction U Khin Maung

Myint and Minister forHome Affairs U MaungOo formally opened thebridge.

The Prime Ministerand party posed for docu-mentary photo togetherwith those present. ThePrime Minister then un-veiled the stone inscrip-tion of the bridge andsprinkled scented water onit.

After the ceremony,they strolled along thebridge.

Leinli Bridge is lo-cated at mile post No. 42/5 on Nay Pyi Taw-Pinlaung Road near LeinliVillage of Pinlaung Town-ship, Shan State (South).

The facility is of steeltruss suspension bridge.The bridge is 1760 feetlong with 1000 feet longmain bridge and approachbridges each 380 feet long.The motor way is 28 feetwide flanked by three feetwide pedestrian. Thebridge can withstand 75-ton loads. The already-opened bridge is asubstitute for the old one-way bailey bridge thatwithstood 13-ton loads inthe past.—MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Hsan Oo, Minister U Tin Naing Thein, Minister U Khin Maung Myintand Minister U Maung Oo formally open Leinli Bridge.—MNA

Prime

Minister U

Thein Sein

and party

stroll along

the bridge.

MNA

Prime Minister U Thein Sein unveils stone inscription of Leinli Bridge.—MNA

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Myanmar’s election will be free and fairPo Yaychan

Having seen several elections, Myanmar hasencountered varieties of evil consequences ofelections. Myanmar had never witnessed (democratic)elections in the time of the colonialists. Chosen to theparliament were only consultant ministers to theBritish governor. So, it was under complete influenceof foreigners. There were so many restrictions on thevoting right and the right to stand for election.Therefore, such unfair elections are not put on the listof democratic elections that reflect the desire ofMyanmar people.

Despite the rule of the British, Myanmarpeople’s independence struggles picked upmomentum, thus pressurizing the British governorgrant permission to General Aung San at the helm ofindependence movements to form a consultant council(Myanmar interim government). So, the nation gotcloser to the goal of independence. That called forformulation of a constitution to be designed to enablethe representatives elected by vote of the people toeffectively exercise State’s sovereign power (thepower to promulgate laws in the public interest, thepower to rule the country in line with those laws, andthe power to put law offenders on trial). So, aconstituent assembly election was convened in 1947to coordinate independence movements and draw aconstitution.

The election was held in the reign of the Britishgovernment but under the aegis of General Aung San,head of the Myanmar Patriotic Army which was ahousehold name for its fine tradition of anti-colonialistmovements, anti-Fascist resistance and independencestruggles. General Aung San steered the AFPFL(Anti-Fascists People’s Freedom League) formed tolaunch attacks with massive participation of the publicfor independence. The entire people firmly believedthat the nation would soon regain independence thanksto the leadership of General Aung San, and the strengthof the AFPFL and the people in combination.Therefore, in the 1947 constituent assembly election,the people expressed massive support for all theAFPFL candidates (except seven Communistcandidates) nominated by General Aung San. In theelection, there were no vote rigging, murders orthreats.

Myanmar regained independence on 4 January1948, and Burma Communist Party, Pyithu Yebaw(White Yebaw) and Red Flag Communists wentunderground shortly thereafter. KNDO (Kayin)

attempting with the abetment of the West bloc tosecede from the Union, MNDO (Mon), Mujahit, andKMT (nationalist Chinese) troops that had fled fromChina and invaded and occupied eastern Shan Statewith the abetments of CIA of the US sparkedmulticoloured insurgency. Many members walkedout of the AFPFL. After the demise of General AungSan, the AFPFL was no longer popular among thepeople.

In such alarming situations, the AFPFL extendedits rule to 1952 by making amendments to theconstitution three times, instead of holding an electiondue to take place in June 1949 in accordance with theprovisions of the constitution. Myanmar saw aparliamentary general election in 1952, an election in1956, and two elections held under the arrangementsof the AFPFL government. Yet, pocket armies ofAFPFL (Pyusawhti, militia, defence, reserve policeforce, and special police) committed the murder ofnine men (killed in Minhla and Sitkwin), and massacrein Sitaung-aing Village, Myeik.

The election was held for three separate sessionsin order that every AFPFL representative could beelected in another election if they were not elected inan election. The election was completely rigged. Theydishonestly arranged the results of the election. Districtcommissioners under the influence of AFPFL wereappointed as officials for district elections. Only afterbeing kept for many days, were the ballot paperscounted. One way or another, they deterred voters whowere in support of Pa-Ma-Nya-Ta (opposition) fromcasting votes. In the meanwhile, insurgents(Communists) made death threats to residents ofvillages in order that the latter would vote for Pa-Ma-Nya-Ta. The book “Towards Fair MultipartyDemocracy Election” written by the chairman of theelection commission Saya Che (Naingngan GonyiGrade I) and published by Aung Sit The PublishingHouse, the books published by opposition party Pa-Ma-Nya-Ta, the-then newspapers and documents onthe election tribunal feature all the dishonestarrangements for election results.

After the ruling AFPFL government split intomany factions, Socialist Party in disguise of AFPFLwas broken into two groups: Nu-Tin (Clean AFPFL)with U Nu, who was not a member of Socialist Partybut who could not bear the situations of losing powerat all, and Thakin Tin; and Swe-Nyein (Stable AFPFL)led by U Ba Swe and U Kyaw Nyein. They were

aggressive to each other. With the intention of takingone jump ahead of their rivals, members of CleanAFPFL smuggled forces and weapons into Yangon,so the situation was on the verge of a bloodstream.Worrying that a battle between two Socialist factswas in the horizon, U Nu resigned from the party asPrime Minister on 28 October 1958, and handedpower to General Ne Win to hold a free and fairelection following restoration of State stability.Taking over power at a parliamentary conference,General Ne Win’s Caretaker Government launchedmeasures to restore stability, and held an election inFebruary 1960.

At the conference of commanding officers inYangon in 1959, General Ne Win said that theTatmadaw government would hold a free and fairelection, instructing senior military officers and high-ranking officials not to interfere in and to be neutralin the election in order that not only the people butalso servicemen would be able to vote for thecandidates they favoured. (read contemporarypublications for more details)

Stable AFPFL, Clean AFPFL and Pa-Ma-Nya-Ta were major contenders in the election in February1960. In the run-up to the election, U Nu of CleanAFPFL offered religious incentives in canvassing forvotes. Burma Communist Party that went undergroundissued announcements to canvass for votes and madearmed threats to many villages for Pa-Ma-Nya-Ta tocome to power. About 10 military commandingofficers, hard-cores Socialist Party, with attachmentsto Stable (Swe-Nyein) AFPFL also dishonestlyarranged the election results, made threats andcommitted election rigging. Only when the winningparty Clean AFPFL (Pa-Hta-Sa) submitted reports ondishonest arrangements to change election results bysome commanding officers, did the commander-in-chief of defence services know about that. Later, theoffenders were sacked from the Tatmadaw. The headof the Tatmadaw and the whole armed forces served asan upright judge, so the prime minister of Pa-Hta-Sapraised General Ne Win and the Tatmadaw (CaretakerGovernment) at the parliamentary session on 4 April1960. Commanding officers, reserve police andcommanding officers of special police forces whowere in support of Stable AFPFL were widely slammedin the 1960 election. Bo Tet Myint, who supportedStable AFPFL, killed six people who were canvassingfor votes to Clean AFPFL, which was later known asthe murder of six people.

From 1974 to date, the nation saw elections forfour times under the arrangements of theRevolutionary Council and the Myanmar SocialistProgramme Party government. At that time, theMyanmar Socialist Programme Party served as theone party government according to the 1974constitution approved by 90.19 percent of the voters.In the election pattern, a voter had to put his ballot fora party into the white ballot box if he was in faour ofthe representatives nominated by the party, or intothe black ballot box if he was not. At the time, theMyanmar Socialist Programme Party was the mostpopular in the nation, so only the representatives ithad nominated were elected. There were someobjection votes. So, there were no tragedies or riggingin the election.

(See page 9)

The reliable Election Commission in the timeof the Tatmadaw government will hold theforthcoming election in consistence with theconstitution and election rules on 7 November2010. Every voter can vote freely in a pollingbooth. They just have to put their ballot papersinto the ballot boxes in front of others.

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Myanmar’s election will be free and fairPo Yaychan

(from page 8)The Tatmadaw government organized the 1990

election. It did not interfere in it. The election washeld in the absence of a constitution. So the electionwas, like the 1947 election, merely a constituentassembly designed to write a constitution. Of the 238parties, 93 parties stood for election. The Tatmadawassigned duties to the election commission to ensurea free and fair election.

However, such foreign radio stations as BBC,VOA, and AIR meddled in the election. They unjustlycanvassed for votes. In addition, insurgentsunderground made armed threats to and squeezed thepeople to cast votes for the candidates the formerfavoured. Some foreign diplomats who did not honourthe diplomatic ethics interfered in the election for thecandidates they were in support of. Many elementslaunched movements as pro-democracy activities fora repeat of 8-8-1988 disturbances. The winnersclaimed that the election was free and fair. If in doubt,anyone can observe the tribunal records or files heardat Yangon High Court at No. 1, Pansodan Street, afterthe election, regarding the complaints lodged bymany parties.

In the times of 1952 and 1956 elections, manypeople did not have national registration cards yet.Taking full advantage of that weak point, somepeople drew ballot papers several times by tellingwho they were and cast votes several times. In a casein Pyinmana, a person was arrested with 45 ballotpapers in his pocket. According to the situation, aperson could put a large number of ballot papers intothe ballot box. In the 1960 election, voters werechecked with their national registration cards.(However, many cases of rigging could not beprevented.)

In the election held on 27 May 1990, everyvoter had to show their national registration cards. Init, ballot paper system was used instead of poll cardsystem. A voter had to make a seal in the square boxshown against the name of the candidates they were

in favour. In some cases, seals were not clear, and insome cases, seals were too inky, which were cancelled.No one had opportunity to rig the election. Whenpolling station hours were over, ballot papers werecounted in front of the candidates. The Tatmadaw wasneutral and made sure that the election was free andfair.

The referendum (2008) was held in the time ofthe State Peace and Development Council (Tatmadaw)government. A voter had to submit his citizenshipscrutiny card to draw a ballot paper, enter a pollingbooth and put a tick if he favoured or a cross if he didnot vaour the draft constitution. Then, he had to putit into the ballot box in front of others. Before thepolling station was opened, some persons who werealready in the station were invited to witness that theballot boxes were empty and set in places where theboxes were easily visible to comers. After the votingprocess was over, last comers were invited to a placewhere ballot boxes were opened and ballot paperswere counted. Then, the papers were classified andput on record, put into sacks and sent to the superiorelection commission. Diplomats of foreign embassiesin Yangon, and representatives of UN agencies wereinvited to the referendum for their firsthandexperience. They came to know that the referendumwas fair.

The reliable Election Commission in the time ofthe Tatmadaw government will hold the forthcomingelection in consistence with the constitution andelection rules on 7 November 2010. Every voter canvote freely in a polling booth. They just have to puttheir ballot papers into the ballot boxes in front ofothers. Before that, they have to fold the ballot papersin half in order that others including the returningofficer cannot know for who voters have voted. Ballotboxes will be set in clearly visible places. As soon asthe polling station is opened, ballot boxes will beopened and proved that they are empty. Only then, willthe ballot boxes be closed. Then, voted ballot paperswill be put into the boxes. When the polling station is

closed at 4 pm, ballot papers will be counted in frontof the candidates or their representatives. Then, ballotpapers will be classified, registered and put intorespective sacks. Then, signs will be put and thesacks will be sealed. If an unauthorized personapproaches the site, he will be clearly visible tobystanders outside the polling station. If so, securitymembers will debar him from advancing. And therepresentatives of the candidates can object suchsuspicious acts. Only ballot papers that carry thesignature of the returning officer will be counted inorder that fake ballot papers cannot be put into theballot boxes. A law has been promulgated to prohibitanyone from canvassing for votes in the area 500yards radius of the polling station.

On 18 October 2010, Chairman of the UnionElection Commission U Thein Soe invited residentrepresentatives of UN agencies, foreign diplomatsand journalists to Nay Pyi Taw and make clarificationto the voting process so that the visitors would seethat the election will be free and fair. Out of pessimismand negative attitude, certain elements are claimingthat they do not think that the upcoming election willbe free and fair. There are so many profound evidencesof elections of other countries. But, I’d rather makeno comments on them because they are the concernsof the nations concerned. I am confident that upcomingMyanmar’s election will be record free and fair.

Translation: MS

POEM:

* Towards democracy eraAspire all national peopleMaking systematic preparationsConstitution was drawnWill last till posterityTruly comprehensive and enduringMarching to the elections

* Citizens of this countryGlory of milestoneEqual rights for making choicesVoting is constructiveIn mind people knowAnd cast votes they allHistory they are writing

* On air comes instigationSaboteurs and destructionistsConspiracy they are makingAs all going against their wantPeople distinguish between rightand wrong

* All the peopleConviction they haveAdding awareness in mindWill go to polling stationsCast votes en masseSo happy they are

* Will cast votes for our causeIn mind our own goalWhole nation will voteProgress and prosperityFor the future of Union

Lu Nyein Thit (Trns)

The future of Union

As the government hasadopted the seven-step

Road Map and isimplementing it

steadfastly, the newdemocratic nation is not

far off.

That’s right....Since the government andthe people are in onenessworking in unison we arecertain of success despite

all hindrances.

Ye Htet

Ne w d e m o c r a t i c n a t ino

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International-standard football stadium in National Sports Park Complex (Mandalay) project.MNA

Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Chairman of Myanmar National Olympic Council Thiha Thura U Tin Aung MyintOo views sites chosen for construction of stadiums. — MNA

Photo shows layouts of stadiums to be constructed in National Sports ParkComplex (Mandalay).—MNA

(from page 16)Funded by FIFA, permission for construction of Foot-ball Academy (Upper Myanmar) was granted on 10-acre area next to the Sports and Physical EducationInstitute. One international-standard football stadium,one sports stadium, one swimming pool, one velo-drome ground, one sepak takraw stadium, one weightlifting centre, one bowling alley, one shooting rangeand tennis courts will be constructed in the remainingarea.

President of Myanmar Football Federation UZaw Zaw gave a supplementary report on constructionof the international-standard football stadium.

Plans underway to buildinternational...

The Secretary-1 said that to uplift sports stand-ard and to host SEA Games and Asian Games, twointernational-standard football stadiums are beingconstructed in Nay Pyi Taw and Youth Training Centre(Thuwunna) is being upgraded into modern one. Oncompletion of sports facilities in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangonand Mandalay, Myanmar will be able to host AsianGames in a classy manner. He urged the officials tomind for safety of spectators, and to systematicallyconstruct the National Sports Park Complex with fullfacilities.

The Secretary-1 coordinated for constructionof an international-standard football stadium in Man-dalay due to insufficient seating capacity at Bahtoofootball ground which is currently hosting the MNLLeague. The Secretary-1 viewed the layout of theinternational-standard football stadium and gavenecessary instructions.

After inspecting the sites chosen forconstruction of the stadiums, the Secretary-1 left thefootball academy for Nay Pyi Taw and arrived backhere in the evening.

(See page 11)

The construction of theNational Sports Park Com-plex (Mandalay) is being im-plemented with the aim ofimproving Myanmar’ssports standard and host-ing Asian Games as well asSEA Games in the future.

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(from page 10)The stadium in the National Sports Park

Complex (Mandalay) will be built between 68thStreet and 73rd Street and between NgushwewahStreet and Thazin Street in ChanmyathaziTownship in Mandalay Region.

The stadium, which will be able to hold30,000 fans will be 16265 square metres widerunning track with 294,27 square metres-widefootball pitch. The height of its structure will be23.5 metres.

Showroom, office, meeting hall, clinic,dressing room, VIP room, cafetaria, press room,bath room, mega stores, training room, library andoffices for referees and coaches will compose theground floor of the stadium.

Offices, meeting halls, coach rooms, bathroom, and restrooms will be included on its firstfloor.

CCTV room, control room, VIP room,

Scale model of stadium included inNational Sports Park Complex

(Mandalay).—MNA

cafetaria, TV room, radio room and light andsound control room will form the second floor.

Football academy, tennis grounds, shootingrange, body fitness centre, swimming pool,velodrome, archery range, weight lifting centre,sepak tekraw ground, and bowling alley will bebuilt in the stadium.

The construction of the National Sports ParkComplex (Mandalay) is being implemented withthe aim of improving Myanmar’s sports standardand hosting Asian Games as well as SEA Gamesin the future.

Mandalay currently has Ba Htoo andAungmyay Mandalar stadiums, but both of whichdo not meet the seating capacity for local matches.

On completion of the park, it will be able tohold domestic games conveniently.

MNA

Photo shows scale model of international-standard gymnasium ofNational Sports Park Complex (Mandalay).—MNA

Scale model of swimming pool at National

Sports Park Complex (Mandalay).

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov— A mine planted byinsurgents in Kyaukkyee Pauk Village in HtantabinTownship, Bago Region exploded at 3:30 of 31 October,leaving one civilian seriously wounded.

Zaw Min Tun, who lives in Kyaukkyee PaukVillage, Htantabin Township, Bago Region, steppedon the mine near Yaukthawa Creek while searchingwood with his companions.

The victim lost his right foot and wastransferred to Taungoo Hospital from HtantabinHospital. He is now receiving treatment at TaungooHospital.—MNA

Civilian wounded inmine blast in

Htantabin Township

Plans underway to buildinternational...

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1. Try to know your serial number of ballot list inorder to cast vote without any delay.

2. Voting process can be quick by giving yourserial number of ballot list to the ballot listinspector.

3. Put a tick in the box next to the candidate andthe symbol you want to choose on your ballotpaper.

4. Do not sketch or write anything on your ballotpaper, except putting a tick.

5. Do not sketch anything impossible to decidewhether it is a tick or cross on your ballot paper.

6. Make sure that your ballot paper is not torn.7. Put the ballot paper you have put a tick on into

the ballot box concerned.

Instructions to befollowed in voting

process

Election Rule 66 (c) states that the followingtypes of ballot papers shall be cancelled.

(1) A ballot paper that does not have the seal ofthe commission

(2) A ballot paper that does not have thesignature of the returning officer

(3) A ballot paper with more than one tick tofavour more than one candidate

(4) A ballot paper with no tick(5) A ballot paper with an unclear tick(6) A ballot paper the returning officer decides

to be a fake one(7) A ballot paper with a mark designed to hint(8) A torn-up ballot paperTo amplify the provisions on cancelled votes

for the knowledge of voters,(1) A voter must put a tick in the square box

shown against the name of the candidate hefavours.

(2) If a voter puts at least two ticks or crosses insquare boxes shown against candidates, theballot paper is cancelled.

(3) A vote with no tick is cancelled.(4) If a ballot paper carries only one mark in a

box, but the mark is not clear enough todecide whether it is a tick or cross, it iscancelled.

(5) However, if a vote is cast with one tick tofavour only one candidate, it can be deemedto be a firm vote even if the tick is in thesquare box, or it passes through the line ofthe square box, or it is put diagonally orhorizontally, or it has a bent line at its end ornot.

To decide whether a ballot paper is valid orinvalid is up to the returning officer. Candidates tohluttaws, their election representatives, and therepresentatives of a polling station are allowed tocheck the cancelled votes. The reason why a vote iscancelled will be put on record with the designatedform.

Notable points to averthaving votes cancelled

Interna-

tional-

standard

tennis

court

included

in the

project.

(News on

page 16)

MNA

International-standard bowling alley included in the project. (News on page 16)—MNA

The interior design of international-standard football stadiun. (News on page 16)—MNA

sanitation tasks.Likewise, the medical teams provided healthcare

to 321 patients in Laundarate Village of MyebonTownship. An eight-member specialist team of YangonGeneral Hospital also gave medical treatment by mobilehospital-ship along the riverbank.

Thirty-three members of regional medical teamwent to Myebon and Pauktaw townships to deal withhealthcare treatment for storm victims.

Other medical teams also gave treatments tostorm victims in Kyaukpyu Township.—MNA

Healthcare treatmentactivities continue in

Giri storm-hit regionsNAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov—A medical team led by

Deputy Director-General Dr Saw Lwin of Health De-partment of the Ministry of Health made the field trips toKoyanpyin rural healthcare centre and Laundarate clinicof storm-hit Myebon Township on 3 November wherethey provided healthcare for 187 patients and carried out

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GATI PRIDE VOY NO (21611)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GATI PRIDEVOY NO (21611) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 6.11.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S GATI COAST TO COASTPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Greece: Suspect packagereturned, destroyed

A police bomb disposal expert carries equipment be-fore destroying a suspicious package returned by theFrench embassy to a delivery service was destroyed, in central Athens, on 4 Nov, 2010. — INTERNET

Kenny Chesney returns toroad with Zac Brown Band

Spanish authorities inspect10-year-old mom’s home

Applications for jobless aid rise sharply

ATHENS, 5 Nov —Bomb disposal expertsdestroyed a suspiciouspackage returned by theFrench embassy Thursdayto a delivery service incentral Athens, followinga spate of mail bombingsthat targeted embassiesand European leaders.

Police said the latestpackage contained a smallamount of explosives andwas destroyed by control-led explosion. They said anerroneous return addresson the package was for theGreek Orthodox Church.In Paris, French ForeignMinistry spokesman

Bernard Valero confirmedthe suspect package wasreturned by the embassy inAthens. Valero said the“conditions” by which itreached the embassy ap-peared suspicious but didnot elaborate.

Police were also in-specting packages Thurs-day at a private deliverycompany’s sorting officeoutside Athens.The latestincidents occurred despitea large-scale operation in-volving police, the postoffice and private mailcompanies to re-examinethousands of parcels.

InternetKenny Chesney performsat the 45th Annual Acad-emy of Country MusicAwards in Las Vegas.Country music’s toptouring draw of thedecade announced on 4Nov, 2010 that he will co-headline nine stadiumdates next year with theZac Brown Band, pairingtwo top road acts. INTERNET

NASHVILLE, 5 Nov —Kenny Chesney is return-ing to the road with avengeance. Country mu-sic’s top touring draw ofthe decade announcedThursday he will co-head-line nine stadium datesnext year with the ZacBrown Band, pairing twotop road acts.

Chesney had soldmore than a million tick-ets a year for eight con-secutive years before tak-ing 2010 off. He filled uphis time by making twomovies and completinghis new album,“Hemingway’s Whis-key,” which debuted atNo. 1 in September.

The singer admitted tofeeling the lure of the roadwhile away, but the four-time winner of entertainerof the year from both TheCountry Music Associa-tion and The Academy of

Country Music thinks thetime off will improve theshow his fans see nextspring and summer.

Internet

MADRID, 5 Nov—Spanish authorities saysocial workers have in-spected the home of a 10-year-old Romanian girlwho gave birth last weekto determine whether herbaby is being properlycared for. Authorities in

the small southern city ofLebrija also arranged adoctor’s appointment tomake sure the youngmother and infant are do-ing well.

In a statement Thurs-day, city officials said theyare investigating when thepregnant child arrived inSpain and why she had notseen a doctor in Lebrijabefore showing up lastweek at a hospital to givebirth. The birth shockedSpaniards and created aninternational sensation.

Authorities did notgive details about themodest apartment wherethe 10-year-old girl is liv-ing with her mother, butthe mayor of Lebrija wasquoted as calling it “hum-ble.”— Internet

Job seekers join a line ofhundreds of people at ajob fair sponsored byMonster.com, in NewYork. The Labour De-partment said on 4 Nov, 2010,— INTERNET

Deutsche Telekom resultsunderscore iPhone effect

People walk past aDeutsche Telekom logoat a high-tech fair in Ger-many. German telecom-munications operatorDeutsche Telekom disap-pointed investors withthird-quarter results onThursday, and spot-lighted the impact onearnings of smartphonessuch as Apple’s iPhone.— INTERNET

FRANKFURT, 5 Nov —German telecommunica-tions operator DeutscheTelekom disappointed in-vestors with third-quarterresults on Thursday, andspotlighted the impact onearnings of smartphonessuch as Apple’s iPhone.

Deutsche Telekom re-affirmed its underlyingoperating profit target for2010 thanks in part tostronger domestic rev-enues and reported a 7.9-percent rise in quarterlynet profit to 1.035 billioneuros (1.46 billion dol-lars).

The group said itwould make an adjustedcore operating profit of 20billion euros for the yearas a whole, but its sharesfell sharply in middaytrading.— Internet

Struck gas line caused Bostonhome blast

BOSTON, 5 Nov—Autility official says a homein Boston exploded afterconstruction crews acci-dentally struck a naturalgas line.

Homeowner MichaelBurns told reporters thatno one was home Wednes-day morning when theblast occurred. There wereno reports of injuries, butpeople in about 40 homesin the neighbourhood wereordered to evacuate.

NStar spokeswomanCaroline Allen says the ex-plosion happened after acontractor for the BostonWater and Sewer Com-mission who was install-ing a water main at an in-tersection in the Hyde Parkneighbourhood hit the gasline. Gas was released intothe home, which was flat-tened. There were no vis-ible flames but a plume ofsmoke rose from thewreckage.— Internet

Sharp to launch two 3DAndroid Handsets

WASHINGTON, 5 Nov —The number of people seek-ing jobless benefits jumpedsharply last week, after twostraight weeks of declines.The Labour Departmentsaid on Thursday that initialclaims for unemploymentaid rose by 20,000 to a sea-sonally adjusted 457,000 forthe week ending on 30 Oct.

Wall Street analystspolled by Thomson Reutershad expected a smaller rise.The increase comes afterclaims fell in four of the pre-vious five weeks. Thosedrops had brought claims totheir lowest level since Julyand raised hopes the jobmarket was improving. In-

stead, claims have risenback above the 450,000level they have fluctuatedaround all year.

They will need to dropbelow 425,000 to signal sus-tained job gains. The weeklyapplications for unemploy-ment benefits are volatile,but are considered a real-

time snapshot of the jobmarket.

They reflect the paceof layoffs and indicatewhether companies arehiring. The four-week av-erage of claims, a lessvolatile measure, rose by2,000 to 456,000.

Internet

TOKYO, 5 Nov — Howdo you feel about the ideaof a 3D display on aphone? Having to wear apair of special glasses to beable to enjoy 3D contenton a mobile phone doesn’tsound very practical, butSharp has a solution in theway of two glasses-free 3DAndroid handsets.

Bearing the namesGalapagos 003SH and005SH, both handsetssport 1GHz SnapdragonCPUs, Android 2.2, and a3.8-inch 3D-capable dis-play with 800 x 480 pixelresolution. The main dif-ference between the twophones is the fullQWERTY keyboard onthe 005SH, but 003SHmakes up for it with a

slightly better camera, a9.6 megapixel model capa-ble of recording 720pvideo, while 005SH sportsa (still formidable) 8-megapixel camera.

With 3D currently be-ing all the rage in the worldof video entertainment, thetechnology will inevitablystart spilling into the worldof smartphones, which - intoday’s world of handsetswith large touch screens -are just as much mobile en-tertainment platforms asthey are phones. While wedon’t know much aboutthe 3D capabilities ofSharp’s upcoming devices,a glasses-free 3D displaysounds like the right pathin the context ofsmartphones. — Internet

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Mourinho returns to Milan as big guns eye last 16

AC Milan’s Ronaldinho (centre) andteammates, seen here warming up

during a training session.—INTERNET

FC Barcelona’s Argen-tinian forward Lionel

Messi (R) shoots toscore in front of FC

Copenhagen’s Swedishdefender Mikael

Antonsson.—INTERNET

Barcelona held by defiant Danes

Redknapp tells rivals to keephands off Bale

Tottenham Hotspur’sGareth Bale (left) vies

with Inter Milan’sLucio during theirUEFA Champions

League.—INTERNET

Man Utd eye last 16 afterBursaspor rout

Manchester United’sDarren Fletcher(R)

celebrates with GabrielObertan after scoring

against Bursaspor.INTERNET

Benfica’s midfielderFabio Coentrao (R)

celebrates after scoringagainst Lyon during

their ChampionsLeague.—INTERNET

Lyon denied as Benfica go forthe knockout

Soldado brace sets upValencia’s Rangers romp

Valencia’s forwardRoberto Soldado (R)

celebrates his goal withValencia’s forward Aritz

Aduriz.—INTERNET

Ten-man Monaco held by Bordeaux

Bordeaux’s forwardYoan Gouffran (L) vies

with Monaco’s goal-keeper Stephane

Ruffier.—INTERNET

Tiger Woods has one lastchance for PGA Tour win

Tiger Woods of the USsmiles upon arrival for anews conference for theShanghai HSBC Cham-pions golf.—INTERNET

Tennis ace Djokovic cruises as Serbssavour future Cup final

Holder Novak Djokovic, seen here inOctober 2010, led the way with a 6-4,6-2 defeat of recent training partnerErnests Gulbis as the bulk of Ser-

bia’s Davis Cup squad made it to thesecond round of the Swiss Indoors

on Tuesday.—INTERNET

PARIS, 5 Nov—Jose Mourinho’s re-turn to the San Siro will highlightWednesday’s Champions League actionwhich could see his Real Madrid ad-

vance to the last 16 with a win over ACMilan as Arsenal, Chelsea and BayernMunich also bid to seal their place in theknock-out stages.

Mourinho led city rivals Inter Milanto the title last season and with threegames left in the group stages his star-studded side, who currently have ninepoints and sit top of Group G, have achance to qualify for the last 16.

Real Madrid have never won at theSan Siro but will sew up qualificationwith a second straight win over theRossoneri, and could do so as group lead-ers if Dutch side Ajax fail to win at bot-tom-placed French team Auxerre.

Internet

LONDON, 5 Nov—Harry Redknapp warnedEurope’s top clubs to keeptheir hands off GarethBale after the Tottenhamwinger underlined hisgrowing reputation by in-spiring a 3-1 win over In-ter Milan in the Champi-ons League.

Although Rafael vander Vaart, Peter Crouchand RomanPavlyuchenko scored thegoals that killed off theEuropean champions atWhite Hart Lane on Tues-day, it was a formidabledisplay from Bale that laidthe groundwork for anight to remember for thenorth London club.

Bale had served em-phatic notice of his prodi-gious talent by scoring ahat-trick in Spurs’ 4-3 de-feat against Inter in the

San Siro two weeks ago,but Rafael Benitez’s teamclearly hadn’t heeded thewarning.

The 21-year-old, whojoined Spurs from South-ampton in 2007 after be-coming the youngestplayer to represent Walesaged 16, was unstoppableas he made a mockery ofMaicon’s reputation asone of the best right-backsin the world.—Internet

LISBON, 5 Nov—Adouble from FabioCoentrao inspired Benficato a 4-3 ChampionsLeague win over Lyon onTuesday, relaunching thePortuguese side’s last 16bid and ending Lyon’shopes of acquiring the

point they needed to makethe knockout stage.

Brazilian Alan Kardecopened the scoring forBenfica after 20 minutes,with Portuguese interna-tional Coentrao grabbingthe first of his two goalsjust after the half hour.

Javi Garcia lit up theStadium of Light to givethe hosts a 3-0 lead at theinterval, and a fourthcame from Coentrao on67 minutes.

Such is Lyon’s precari-ous predicament at homethat some Lyon fans un-furled a banner calling oncoach Claude Puel to re-sign.

Internet

COPENHAGEN, 5 Nov—A Claudemir strike sawCopenhagen draw 1-1with Barcelona and itmeans that the winners ofChampions LeagueGroup D will be decidedin the final two matches.

Barcelona travelled toDenmark with the inten-tion of securing qualifica-tion for the next round butthey found it difficultagainst a battling Copen-hagen, a point behindthem.

Lionel Messi gave the

visitors the lead but it wasshort lived as Claudemirequalised from the nextattack.

The Catalan side cameinto the game on the backof an emphatic 5-0 winover Sevilla domesticallywhich keeps them a pointbehind leaders Real Ma-drid.

Internet

MADRID, 5 Nov—Spainforward Roberto Soldadoscored a brace as Valenciadefeated Rangers 3-0 at theMestalla Stadium on Tues-day to boost their chancesof reaching the knockout

stage of the ChampionsLeague.

Soldado, a 10-million-euro summer signing fromGetafe, scored his firstChampions League goalsfor Valencia on 32 and 69minutes with Tino Costaadding a late third to inflicta first defeat of the seasonon Walter Smith’s side.

“I am happy with thegoals and an importantChampions League winfor us,” said Soldado.“This (playing in theChampions League) is oneof the big reasons I signedfor Valencia.—Internet

BURSA, 5 Nov—Man-chester United virtuallyassured themselves of aplace in the ChampionsLeague knockout roundshere Tuesday with a com-

fortable 3-0 victory overTurkish side Bursaspor.

Second half goals fromScottish midfielderDarren Fletcher, GabrielObertan and Bebe sealedvictory for United, whonow lead Group C bythree points from Valen-cia with two games re-maining.

Fletcher put United oncourse for the win after ri-fling a low finish pastDimitar Ivankov in the48th minute at the BursaAtaturk Stadium.

Internet

MONACO, 5 Nov—Monaco failed to arresttheir slump in form asthey were held 2-2 athome by Bordeaux hereon Tuesday in a matchoriginally postponed onSunday because of ap-palling weather in the re-gion.

The point was notenough to lift the 2004Champions League final-ists out of the bottomthree and leaves themwith just one win in theirlast 11 league matches

with their two goals end-ing a goal drought in theleague stretching backsix games.—Internet

SHANGHAI, 5 Nov—Nolonger No 1 in the world,Tiger Woods said onWednesday that hasn’tchanged how he sees him-self or what he’s trying todo at the HSBC Champi-ons.

“I come to the event towin the event,” Woodssaid. “I haven’t won anevent in about a year. I’vegone through periods likethis before in the past. Inorder to become No 1 inthe world, I’ve won golftournaments. It’s some-thing I haven’t done, andit’s a matter of going out

there and competing andwinning.”

The HSBC Champi-ons, which starts Thurs-day at Sheshan Interna-tional, is the only WorldGolf Championship hehasn’t won.—Internet

BASEL, 5 Nov—Holder NovakDjokovic led the way with a 6-4,6-2 defeat of recent training part-ner Ernests Gulbis as the bulk ofSerbia’s Davis Cup squad madeit to the second round of the SwissIndoors on Tuesday.

World number three Djokovichad practised last week inGeneva with the Latvian, withwhom he grew up at tennis schoolin Munich, and used the fresh ex-perience on court to roll to victory,his third of four in their series.

Gulbis was broken in the finalgame and ended his exit with adouble-fault after 71 minutes andfour breaks of serve.

Internet

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

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Caves of Myanmar* News* Secret Places for Yummy Food

(Episode-6)* News* Seven Special Stops around Inlay Lake* News* Wedding Fair ‘‘2010’’Oversea Transmission* Opening* News* Caves of Myanmar* News* Secret Places for Yummy Food

(Episode-6)* News* Seven Special Stops around Inlay Lake* News* DEMO’s Birthday* Music Gallery* News* ‘‘Myanmar Physically Handicapped

Association’’* News* Mant Hero, Beauty Queen On Shweli

River* Exquisite Silver Jewellery* News* Thiri Zeya Buhmi Bagan Golden Palace

and Museum of King Anawrahta* Myanmar Movies “Pure Love”

7:00 am 1. Paritta By

Venerable Min GunSayadaw

7:10 am 2. Dhamma Puja Song 7:25 am 3. To Be Healthy

Exercise 7:30 am 4. Morning News 7:40 am 5. Nice & Sweet

Song 8:05 am 6. Poem Garden

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8:20 am 7. Myanmar

Traditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetition

8:30 am 8. Musical Programme8:40 am 9. International News8:45 am10. Teleplay (Traffic)11:00 am 1. Martial Song11:10 am 2. Musical Programme11:25 am 3. Game For Children11:50 am 4. Round Up Of The

Week’s TV LocalNews

1:20 pm 5. Yan Can Cook1:40 pm 6. TV Drama Series2:40 pm 7. Myanmar

Traditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetition

2:50 pm 8. International News4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:10 pm 2. Musical Programme4:20 pm 3. Cultural Dances4:30 pm 4. Song Of National

Races4:40 pm 5. University Of

Distance Education(TV Lectures)-(First Year)(Botany)

4:55 pm 6. Songs For Upholding

National Spirit5:00 pm 7. Myanmar

Traditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetition

5:10 pm 8. Documentary5:30 pm 9. Game For Children

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Programme Schedule(6-11-2010)(Saturday)

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am) MSTOversea Transmission - (6-11-10 09:30 am ~

7-11-10 09:30 am) MST

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, light rain have beenisolated in Chin State, upper Sagaing and TaninthayiRegions and weather has been partly cloudy in theremaining States and Regions. Night temperatures were(3°C) to (4°C) below November average temperature inShan, Chin, Rakhine and Kayin States, Yangon, Ayeyawadyand Taninthayi Regions, (6°C) below November averagetemperatures in Kayah State, (3°C) to (4°C) aboveNovember average temperature in Kachin State andMandalay Region and about November averagetemperature in the remaining States and Regions. Thesiginficant night temperatures were Namhsam (6°C), Heho(7°C) and Haha (8°C). The noteworthy amount of rainfallswere Kawthong (0.12) inch and Htilin (0.10) inch.

Nay Pyi TawMaximum temperature on 4-11-2010 was 90°F.

Minimum temperature on 5-11-2010 was 62°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 5-11-2010 was (74%).Rainfall on 5-11-2010 was (Nil) .

Yangon (Kaba-Aye)Maximum temperature on 4-11-2010 was 91°F.

Minimum temperature on 5-11-2010 was 69°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 5-11-2010 was (65%).Total sunshine hours on 4-11-2010 was (10) hours.

Rainfall on 5-11-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010 was(82.20) inches at Mingaladon, (96.06) inches at Kaba-Ayeand (108.46) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind

WEATHERFriday, 5th November, 2010

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from Southeastat (18:30) hours MST on 4-11-2010.

Bay Inference: According to the observations at(12:30) hrs MST today, the depression over the SoutheastBay of Bengal has move west wards and it is centered atabout (540) miles Southeast of Chennai (India). It is likelyto intensify further and forecast to move West Northwestwards. Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy in South BayWest central Bay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Seaand elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until afternoon of the 6thNovember2010: Light rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolatedin Kachin and Rakhine States and Taninthayi Region,weather will be partly cloudy in the remaining States andRegions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seasare likely at times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and alongMon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speed in squallsmay reach (35) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofslight decrese of night temperatures in the EasternMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 6-11-2010: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 6-11-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for6-11-2010: Generally fair weather.

Weather Outlook For Second Weekend OfNovember 2010: During the coming wekend, weather willbe generally fair in Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay Region andpartly cloudy in Yangon Region.

6:00 pm10. Evening News6:15 pm11. Weather Report6:20 pm12. Yindagomae6:40 pm13. TV Drama Series7:45 pm14. ‘‘ How to Cast Vote’’

(Myanmar MotionPicture Asiayon)

8:00 pm15. News16. Demo Birthday

(Myanmar MotionPicture Asiayon)

17. International News18. Weather Report19. Documentary20. Cartoon Series21. TV Drama Series22. Gitadagale

Phwintbaohn23. Dispensing Metta

Bhavana ByMingun SayadawPhayagyi

Astronauts cast early ballotsfrom space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, 5 Nov—Red states. Blue states.And now voting from a weightless state.

The three Americans orbiting the planet onElection Day have cast their ballots.

Space station astronaut Scott Kelly voted Sundayvia a secure e-mail system. Douglas Wheelock andShannon Walker also voted recently 200-plus-milesup. Kelly said Tuesday it was an “honour and aprivilege” to vote from the International Space Station.

As for the six shuttle astronauts headed soon tothe space station, they voted back home in Houstonbefore heading to NASA’s Florida launch site lastweek. Discovery is scheduled to lift off Wednesday.

Texas legislators passed a bill in 1997 allowingastronauts to vote from orbit. Space station residentshave taken advantage of that many times since.

Internet

US astronaut Scott Kelly, crew member of themission to the International Space Station, ISS.

INTERNET

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

People’s DesireWe favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

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Plans underway to build international-standardfootball stadium in National Sports Park Complex

(Mandalay) project to host Sea Games, Asian Games

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov—Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and Development Council Chairman ofMyanmar National Olympic Council Thiha ThuraU Tin Aung Myint Oo held a discussion aboutconstruction of an international-standard footballstadium in National Sports Park Complex(Mandalay) project in Mandalay Region thismorning.

The Secretary-1 together with Maj-Gen MyintSoe of the Ministry of Defence, Deputy Minister forConstruction U Tint Swe and officials left here andarrived at Football Academy in ChanayethazanTownship of Mandalay. They were welcomed byChairman of Mandalay Region Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of CentralCommand Brig-Gen Ye Aung, Minister for SportsThura U Aye Myint, Mandalay Mayor U Phone ZawHan and officials.

The sports minister explained that in accordwith the instruction of the NOC to uplift the nationalsports, a project to construct the National SportsPark Complex (Mandalay) in upper Myanmar wasdrawn. A plot covering 184.94 acres of land betweenThazin and Ngushwewah streets, between 68th and73rd streets in Chanmyathazi Township ofMandalay was chosen to construct the complex.Sports and Physical Education Institute (Mandalay)was opened on 50-acre plot of that ground in 2002.

(See page 10)

Secretary-1 holds discussions on implementation of the project

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov— The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology announced that accordingto the observations at 5.30 pm MST today, Depression over Southeast Bay of Bengal is centered at about(530) miles Southeast of Chennai (India). It is likely to intensify and forecast to move West-Northwestwards. The present stage of the Depression is coded yellow stage and it is not moving towards MyanmarCoasts. Under the influence of the Depression, squalls with moderate to rough seas are likely at times inDelta, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach(35) mph.—MNA

StormNews

SPDCSecretary-1MyanmarNationalOlympicCouncil

ChairmanThiha

Thura UTin AungMyint Oo

viewslayout of

international-standardfootballstadium.

MNA

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