the new light of myanmar 11-11-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 209 10th Waning of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Wednesday, 11 November, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment 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 insidethe country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept inthe hands of the State and the national 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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

HONOURING THE 89TH ANNIVERSARY NATIONAL DAY

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Nov—Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein of the Union of Myanmar held a discussionwith Japanese Prime Minister H.E Mr Yukio Hatoyamaat Japanese Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo at 1:30p.m. on 7 November.

Also present at the meeting together with PrimeMinister General Thein Sein were Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win, Minister for National Planning

Prime Minister General Thein Sein holdsdiscussion with Japanese counterpart

and Economic Development U Soe Tha, MyanmarAmbassador to Japan U Hla Myint, Director-GeneralCol Thant Shin of the Government Office, Director-General U Kyaw Kyaw of Protocol Department andDirector-General U Kyaw Tin of Political Departmentunder the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and high-rankingofficials.

The Japanese Prime Minister was accompanied

by Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister H.E Mr KatsuyaOkada, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary H.E MrYorihisa Matsuno, Japanese Ambassador to MyanmarH.E Mr Yasuaki Nogawa and high-ranking officials.

The two prime ministers cordially discussedmatters on further strengthening friendship and mutualcooperation between the two countries.

MNA

Esteemed national people,Today, the National Day is in its 89th

anniversary that represents national educationpromotion movements launched with a strongsense of nationalistic fervour in the Myanmar’sstruggles to regain independence and sovereigntyfrom the colonialists.

Inspired by nationalistic spirit, the entirenational people showed consolidated unity in thenational level movement for bringing about aneducation system that conforms to the Myanmar

Senior General Than Shwe sends National Day messageThe government is determined to see to the policies it has laid down for better future of the nation and the people

socio-economic life. Then, the people stepped upthe struggles in unity with a sense of nationalisticspirit, patriotism, and Union Spirit. As a result,the nation managed to regain independence.Therefore, the day on which the national movementbegan was designated as National Day.

Myanmar people are by nature stronglyequipped with a sense of nationalistic fervourand patriotism with which they safeguard ownlineage, religious faith, and education. So,national brethren have been capable of preserving

and promoting national prestige and integrityby bravely and harmoniously repulsing alieninvasions in the course of the Myanmar history.

Nowadays, certain neo-colonialist countriesare interfering in the internal affairs of theirtargeted countries with the intention of wideningthe scope of their domination in various fields.Accordingly, the entire people are to tackle suchpolitical attempts with national awareness basedon true patriotic spirit.

(See page 7)

Prime Minister General Thein Sein meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Mr Yukio Hatoyama in Tokyo.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11 Nov—The following is the translation of the message sent by Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe on the occasion of the 89th Anniversary National Day.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 11 November, 2009

Wednesday, 11 November, 2009 * 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 DesirePERSPECTIVES

Today, the 10th waning day ofTazaungmon, 1371 ME, is the 89th anniversaryof National Day of the Union of Myanmar.

It was on this day 89 years ago that acampaign was launched for the emergence of anew education system compatible with socio-eco-nomic life of Myanmar people. The national cam-paign was born out of Myanmar people’s defi-ance against the colonialists’ oppressive rule overtheir race, language and religion and one-sidedoppression of their patriotism.

It was the very first national movementduring the colonialist occupation of Myanmarand served as a guiding light in our struggle forindependence. This national movement based onnational spirit and patriotism eventually led tothe regaining of independence. Therefore, it ischronicled in the history of Myanmar independ-ence struggle.

The colonialists passed the Yangon Uni-versity Act on 1 December, 1920, with the objectof prolonging their rule. Myanmar patrioticyouths opposed the act as it limited their access tohigher education. Opposition to colonialists anddemand for improved university education sys-tem led to the national movement.

The national movement was not onlyagainst the colonial education system but alsoagainst the oppressive colonial rule. The 10thwaning day of Tazaungmon, 1282 ME, was theday the movement started. Therefore, it was des-ignated as National Day and has been observedevery year.

History has proved that Myanmar peopleregained their country’s independent status andtheir independent life on account of their nationalspirit and patriotism. Therefore, it is necessaryfor all national races to always strive for perpetu-ation of national independence and sovereigntyby further cementing national unity in accord-ance with the essence of National Day.

Strive for perpetuation of nationalindependence and sovereignty byfurther cementing national unity

Hole-in-one at Hpa-anGolf Club, Kayin State

YANGON, 10 Nov—U Win Zaw Oo (BSI), on 29Oct, evening scored an ace at hole No. 5 from adistance of 160 yards, driving the ball of Titleist ProV1H No. 1 with eallaway H 14 Iron No. 1 at Hpa-anGolf Club, Kayin State. At the time, he was playingtogether with Col Kyaw Than Htay (Hpa-an Station),Police Captain Soe Than, U Kyaw Win (Zar Ti Nwe)and U Myo Myint Aung.—MNA

NA Y PY I TA W, 10Nov—Minister for In-formation Brig-GenKyaw Hsan arriving inVientiane of the LaoPeople’s DemocraticRepublic to at tendASEAN+3 Ministers’Meeting received Japa-nese Deputy Minister ofInteraffair and Commu-nication Mr AkiraTerasaki in Chan DonHotel in Vientiane on 6November morning.

On the occasion, theydiscussed matters relatedto bilateral cooperationin television broadcastingtechnologies.—MNA

Information Minister receives Japanese Deputy Minister ofInteraffair and Communication in Vientiane

UMFCCI meets Sri Lankan AmbassadorYANGON, 10 Nov—

General Secretary of theUnion of Myanmar Fed-eration of Chambers ofCommerce and IndustryDr Maung Maung Lay,CEC members U TunAung and U Aung ThanOo met Sri Lankan Am-bassador to the Union ofMyanmar Mr NewtonGunaratna at the officeheadquarters on 29 Octo-ber.

At the meeting, theydiscussed matters relatedto enhancing the bilateralcooperation in commerceand investment betweenthe two countries.

MNA

Basic Education ISD U-16 Men’s andWomen’s Basketball Tournament continues

YANGON, 10 Nov—The 1st Basic Education

nasium, here, this morn-ing.

Chairman of Or-ganizing Committee forthe tourney Director-Gen-eral U Aye Kyu of No. 3Basic Education Depart-ment, officials, joint-sec-retary U Htin Lin Pyaeand CEC members, guestsand fans enjoyed thematches.

In Men’s contest,Sagaing Division beatMon State 46-20; Manda-lay Division, Kayin State52-29; Yangon Division,Shan State (South) 87-58;Shan State (North), Bago

Division 48-32 respec-tively.

In Women’s con-test, Sagaing Division wonover Mon State 39-19;Mandalay Division, Kayin

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan receives Japanese Deputy Ministerof Interaffair and Communication Mr Akira Terasaki.—MNA

General Secretary of UMFCCI Dr MaungMaung Lay and CEC members meeting with

Sri Lankan Ambassador H.E Mr NewtonGunaratna.—MNA

SagaingDivision playsagainst MonState during

the BasicEducationInter-State/

Division U-16Men’s andWomen’sBasketballTourna-

ment.—MNA

Inter-State/Division U-16Men’s and Women’s Bas-

ketball Tournament con-tinued at Aungsan gym-

State 53-14; Shan State(South), Yangon Division39-36 respectively.

The rest of the tour-ney will continue tomor-row morning.—MNA

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Ida soaks Gulf Coast, disruptsenergy output

MOBILE, 10 Nov—A weakened Tropical Storm Ida drenched the US Gulf Coastand oil installations on Monday, shutting down nearly 30 percent of Gulf energyproduction.

The center of the ragged storm was expected to cross the coast near Mobile,Alabama, early on Tuesday.

At one time a Category 2 hurricane, Ida’s threat eased as winds dropped to 65miles per hour (100 km per hour). Ida was forecast to weaken quickly as it movedinland, turning east over northern Florida.

A US Coast Guard helicopter plucked two workers from a storm-damaged oilrig south of New Orleans. Ida is blamed for 124 flood and mudslide deaths in ElSalvador.

The Coast Guard closed the Port of Mobile, halting traffic on Mobile Bay, andauthorities closed schools and government offices in coastal counties in Alabamaand Florida, telling residents of flood-prone areas and mobile homes to evacuate.

An overnight curfew was issued for part of the Alabama coast.—Internet

A jet fighter is displayed at China Aviation Museum in Beijing, capital ofChina, on 9 Nov, 2009. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of

the Air Force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, an exhibition display-ing the achievements of the development of the weapons and equipments ofthe Air Force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army will be open to the

public from 15 Nov in Beijing.—XINHUA

Fuel convoy hit in eastern Afghanistan

The scene was a burning fuel truck on a road

outside Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, east of

Kabul, Afghanistan, on 8 Nov, 2009. A supply

convoy of NATO and coalition forces was attacked

by militants near Jalalabad city, two of the tankers

were set on fire and three others damaged.

INTERNET

A residentwalks

throughstrong rainand wind as

TropicalStorm Ida

approaches,in Gulfport,Mississippion 9 Nov,

2009.INTERNET

Bangladesh cholera linked to rivers

Venezuela,Russia to boost

technologycooperationCARACAS, 10 Nov—

Venezuela and Russia saythey are working on a se-ries of agreements forMoscow to provide theSouth American countrywith technology for thedevelopment of industriesranging from robotics tobiochemistry.

Venezuela’s scienceand technology minister,Jesse Chacon, says theagreements will likely besigned next year.

Russian authoritieshave presented more than5,000 technologicalprojects for Venezuela’sconsideration.

Chacon says the trans-fer of nuclear technologyis not among the projectsthat were presented at aforum in Venezuela’scapital on Monday —even through Russia plansto help Venezuela developnuclear energy to produceelectricity.—Internet

Envelopes containing whitepowder delivered to three

missions to UNNEW YORK, 10 Nov—Envelopes containing white

powder were delivered on Monday to three missionsto the United Nations in midtown Manhattan, touch-ing off a security scare in the central New York City,officials said here on Monday night.

There was no immediate report of injuries fromthe unknown substances, but about 30 people wereordered to decontaminate it, a New York City firespokesman said.

The three missions were the Missions of Austria,France and Uzbekistan to the United Nations, whichare in three different locations in midtown Manhat-tan, officials said.—Xinhua

KABUL, 10 Nov—AnAfghan police officialsays at least two privatesecurity guards have beenwounded and two fueltankers set on fire in east-ern Afghanistan whenmilitants attacked a sup-ply convoy for NATOforces.

Provincial policespokesman Ghafor Khan

says the two were injuredin a battle on Sunday nearJalalabad between the en-emy combatants and pri-vate guards providing se-curity for the convoy.

He says other tankerswere damaged along thehighway, a main supplyroute between Pakistanand the Afghan capital ofKabul.—Internet

BOSTON, 10 Nov—USscientists say they’ve dis-covered why cholera out-breaks that occur once ayear in Africa and LatinAmerica occur twice ayear in Bangladesh.

Cholera is an acute di-arrheal disease caused bythe bacterium Vibriocholerae, scientists said.

But they have tried, with-out much success, to deter-mine the cause of theunique dual outbreaks inBangladesh.

Researchers from TuftsUniversity, led by Profes-sor Shafiqul Islam, saythey have found a link be-tween cholera and fluctu-ating water levels in theregion’s three principalrivers — the Ganges,Brahmaputra and Meghna.

“What we are establish-ing is a way to predictcholera outbreaks two tothree months in advance,”Islam said. “It’s not amicrobiological explana-tion. The key is the riverdischarge and regional cli-mate.”

The study’s findings arereported in the 10 Oct is-sue of the journal Geo-physical Research Letters.

Internet

TOKYO, 10 Nov—Thedeepening debate over thefuture of a major USMarine base on the south-ern Japanese island ofOkinawa has opened abroad rift in Washington’smost important alliance inAsia ahead of PresidentBarack Obama’s visit tothe region this week.

For decades, it has beena rallying point forOkinawans frustrated bythe realities of sharingtheir tiny island with tensof thousands of Americantroops. So when Tokyoand Washington agreedthree years ago to moveMarine Corps Air Station

Futenma to a lesscrowded place — theproduct of nearly 12 yearsof talks — the deal washailed as a huge break-through.

Then Japan got a newgovernment.

Now, with Obama visi-ting on Friday and Satur-day, Japan’s fledgling lib-eral Prime Minister YukioHatoyama has put theplan on hold — and thedebate about the future ofFutenma and its nearly4,000 Marines is fast be-coming a major test oftheir countries’ alliance.

It’s almost certain thatHatoyama and Obama

Marine base debate cloudsUS-Japan relations

won’t resolve theFutenma issue at theirbrief weekend meeting,delayed by a day forObama to attend a memo-rial service for victims ofthe Fort Hood shooting.

To project unity, thetwo leaders will likely re-affirm the importance oftheir alliance, andHatoyama will highlightnew aid for Afghanistan,given as his governmentplans to end a navalrefueling mission in theIndian Ocean to supportUS-led forces. Climatechange and economicchallenges will also bediscussed.—Internet

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A Bangladeshi worker at a factory in Dhaka in March 2009. Bangladeshexports plunged by around 12 percent in the first quarter of the fiscal year asa delayed impact of the global recession routed the country’s garment sector,

the government said on Monday.—INTERNET

A farmer harvests wheat near the Tunisian city of Bizerte. China’s pledge of10 billion dollars in concessional loans to African states and enhanced trade

was warmly received by African delegates as a two-day summit in Egyptended on Monday.—INTERNET

Honda vehicles await export at Chiba port in Narashino city, Japan. Thecountry’s current account surplus edged up 0.2 percent in September from

a year earlier as a higher trade surplus offset a drop in gains on portfolio andother investment, official data has shown.—INTERNET

HONG KONG, 10 Nov—The world economic re-covery is still fragile,World Bank Senior VicePresident and ChiefEconomist Justin Yifu Linsaid on Monday.

Delivering a lecture onthe global financial crisisand economic imbalanceat the University of HongKong, Lin said there were

JAKARTA, 10 Nov—Tourism ties between Indone-sia and the European Union (EU) will increase fol-lowing the easing restriction on the operation of In-donesian air transportation to the region’s countries,an official said here on Tuesday.

“With the gradual easing of restrictions on the op-eration of Indonesian air carriers to the EU countries,I have every confidence that two-way tourism willflourish further,” James Moran, the Director for Asiaof European Commission’s Directorate General Ex-ternal Relation said at a seminar titled ‘Indonesia andthe European Union: Expanding Roles in a GlobalizedWorld’.

According to him, tourism is an area with hugepotential for growth. “The astoundingly diverse heri-tage of Indonesia has a magnetic attraction for Euro-pean tourists,” he said. In July, the EU has lifted itsrestriction on four Indonesian air carriers from enter-ing its territory.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 10 Nov—Chi-na’s northern Tianjin-based economical passen-ger carmaker TianjinFAW Xiali AutomobileCo, Ltd saw its sales vol-ume in October rise 10percent year on year to16,080 units.

The automaker pro-duced 17,600 units of ve-hicles last month, a 13percent increase from theprevious year, the com-pany said in a statementto the Shenzhen StockExchange on Tuesday.

Combined vehiclesales volume in Chinajumped 72 percent in Oc-tober to 1.22 million unitsfrom a year earlier, aftergaining 78 percent in Sep-tember, the China Asso-ciation of AutomobileManufacturers said.

Xinhua

PARIS, 10 Nov—Pas-senger traffic with Eu-rope’s leading airlinegroup, Air France-KLM,fell for the 10th straightmonth with a 4.1 percentdrop in October, the Paris-based company an-

SAN FRANCISCO, 10 Nov—Google on Monday an-nounced that it has agreed to buy AdMob, a providerof display ad technology for mobile phones, for 750million US dollars in stock in a deal that the Internetsearch giant said will enhance its expertise and tech-nology in mobile advertising.

“The deal will help Google in its efforts to developmore effective tools for creating, serving and analyzingemerging mobile ads formats,” said a press releasefrom Google.

Xinhua

RIO DE JANEIRO, 10Nov—Brazil had createdmore than1 million jobs inthe first 10 months thisyear, a senior governmentofficial said on Monday.

“When I said, in Janu-ary, that we would createmore than 1 million jobs, Iwas ridiculed, they all butcalled me crazy,” LabourMinister Carlos Lupi toldreporters, adding that thefigure for October was ex-pected to be released in thenext few days.

Last month, Lupi reaf-

Global economic recoverystill fragilestill many uncertainties inthe prospect for the glo-bal economy.

The World Bank pro-jected a contraction of 2.1percent for the worldeconomy in its latest fore-casts, he said.

The current world eco-nomic recovery can bepartly attributed to the ef-fect of the stimulus meas-ures worldwide and therestocking of inventory,Lin said.

The recent commentsby world economic lead-ers showed that it was stillunlikely for them to exitfrom the stimulus pack-ages in the short run, hesaid.

Lin said it is necessaryfor economies, includingthe United States andChina, to work together inthe long run to address thestructural imbalance ex-posed in the crisis.

Xinhua

China’sTianjin FAWAutomobilesees sales up10% in Oct

Air France-KLM’s passenger traffic drops4.1% in October

nounced on Monday in itsmonthly traffic statistics.

As the group cut itstransportation capacity by5.6 percent on a year-on-year basis in October,more than the decline inpassenger business, the

group was able to gain a1.3 percent improvementin passenger load factor,or the proportion of seatssold, to 82.5 percent.

Raw passenger num-bers dropped to 6.3 mil-lion in October, down 5.3percent compared withthe same period last year.

Xinhua

Indonesia, EU to boost tourism ties

Google to buy mobile ad providerAdMob for $750 mln

Brazil creates over 1 mln jobs in 2009firmed his belief that Bra-zil would create1.1 mil-lion jobs by the end of theyear.

Brazil had already cre-ated some 934,000 jobsby the end of September,showing a positive sign ofits economic recovery.But the figures were stillmuch lower than the 2million jobs created dur-ing the same period of2008.

The figures showedthat Brazil’s job markethad overcome the effects

of the international finan-cial crisis after the gov-ernment adopted severalanti-crisis measures thisyear, Lupi said.

“We are seeing the cri-sis through the rear viewmirror,” he said. “The cri-sis is just for the foreign-ers now.”

Brazil’s unemploy-ment rate for October hasnot been released, but it isexpected to decrease dueto the temporary hiringsfor the Christmas season.

Xinhua

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Two killed as lightaircraft crashes in KenyaNAIROBI, 10 Nov—A light cargo plane crashed

in Nairobi, Kenya, killing two crew members.Eyewitnesses said the American made aircrafts

had taken off 0330 GMT at Wilson Airport before itwas forced to turn back after the pilot reported ithad developed mechanical problems.

The light aircraft that was transporting miraa, alsoknown as khat which is a mild narcotic leaf, toMogadishu, Somalia, crashed just a few meters fromthe runway before bursting into flames.

The pilot died as he was being taken to hospital,while his co-pilot later died at the hospital where hehad been admitted in critical condition.

Airport officials said the crew decided to returnto crash-land at the airport after being airborne forabout two hours. But the plane crashed into the air-port’s fence and burst into flames before landingonto a ditch near the runway.—Xinhua

Three killed in planecrash in central CanadaOTTAWA, 10 Nov—Three people were killed

in a plane crash that happened in central Canadaover the weekend, reports reaching here saidon Monday.

The wreckage of the plane was found on Sundayevening in a remote area near the city of Drydenin northwestern Ontario province by rescuers froma nearby Canadian forces base.

The crashed plane was a charter plane from thelocal Lockhart Air Service which left SiouxLookout for Cat Lake, both located in northwesternOntario. The plane was reported overdue late thatevening and a search was launched.

There has been no word yet on the identities ofthe victims.—Xinhua

China-Singapore ties are atbest period in history

SINGAPORE, 10 Nov—The bilateral relations be-tween China and Singa-pore are now at its bestperiod in history, a seniorChinese diplomat has said.

In a recent exclusive in-terview with Xinhua, Chi-nese Ambassador to Sin-gapore Zhang Xiaokangsaid that China and Singa-pore have maintained fre-quent high-level visits, en-hanced their political trustand developed mutualbeneficial cooperation invarious aspects in recentyears. The trade volumebetween the two countries

reached over 52.4 billionUS dollars last year, up10.5 percent over the pre-vious year.

The ambassador spokehighly of the upcomingstate visit to Singapore byChinese President HuJintao, who will also attendthe17th APEC EconomicLeaders’ Meeting here.“President Hu’s visit, at atime when the two coun-tries are set to celebrate the20th anniversary of the es-tablishment of their diplo-matic ties in 1990, is thefirst visit to Singapore bya Chinese President in 15

years, and marks a mile-stone in the development ofbilateral relations betweenthe two countries,” shesaid.

During his visit, Presi-dent Hu will exchangeviews with Singaporeanleaders on bilateral and re-gional and international is-sues of common concern,and meet local people fromall walks of life to discussthe development of bilat-eral relations and the pro-motion of communicationand cooperation in a widerange of areas between thetwo countries.—Xinhua

Honduran policeseize 685 kgof cocaine

TEGUCIGALPA, 10 Nov–Honduran police seized atleast 685 kg of cocaine onthe border with Nicaraguaon Monday and detainedone person, a policespokesman said.

Police intercepted thedrugs, which were beingtransported on a wagon, atLas Manos, 125 km eastof Tegucigalpa, thespokesman said, addingthat police were stillsearching for more drugsinside the vehicle. OnSunday, police discoveredan illegal landing runwayused by a Mexican drugcartel to traffic drugs inthe country’s northern cityof Cortes. —Xinhua

Mexican President calls for rule of law,more business competition

Two pupils play withsnow in Beijing,

capital of China, on10 Nov, 2009. Beijingwitnessed the secondsnowfall this winter

on 10 Nov.XINHUA

A model of Nepal’sPavilion on Shang-

hai World Expo2010 is displayed at

the pressconference in

Kathmandu, capitalof Nepal, on 9 Nov

2009. Nepal ispreparing to takepart in Expo 2010in China’s Shang-hai from 1 May to31 Oct next year.

XINHUA

A woman views thedisplayed photos during

a photo exhibition atthe Chinese Embassy in

Kampala, capital ofUganda, on 9 Nov,

2009.—Xinhua

Britain unveils plan for 10 new nuclear power stations

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

MEXICO CITY, 10 Nov—Mexican President FelipeCalderon on Mondaymade a public call forclearer rule of law andmore business competi-tion in Mexico.

“The state’s most im-portant task is to ensurethe rule of law, via legalmeans that are the sourceof all legitimacy,”Calderon said during hisspeech at the MexicoBusiness Summit, held inMonterrey, capital of thenorthern Mexican state

Nuevo Leon.He also called for lower

barriers to market accessand fewer monopolisticpractices for the sake ofenhancing the nation’scompetitiveness.

“There will not bestronger competitivenessif there is not more com-petition,” Calderon said.

Officials from theMexican CompetitionCommission have warnedof monopolistic practicesin telecommunicationsand corn flour markets, as

well as less extreme casesin milk and meat markets.

Speaking earlier at thesame summit, GenaroGarcia Luna, the nation’sSecretary of Public Secu-rity, said that media hadoveremphasized drug vio-lence.

“Should Mexico berated insecure it would befor theft, not for crimesrelated to drug traffick-ing,” he said.—Xinhua

LONDON, 10 Nov—The British govern-ment has announced a huge expansionof nuclear power stations, naming 10 sitesin England and Wales as suitable for newpower stations, Britain’s Sky Newsreported on Monday.

Energy and Climate Change SecretaryEd Miliband told the Commons that therewould be no new coal-fired power sta-tions unless they were fitted with carboncapture and storage technology.

The reports said 10 sites in Englandand Wales have been identified for possi-ble new power stations by 2025 and plan-ning laws will be changed to allow theInfrastructure Planning Commission(IPC) to speed up the projects.

Miliband said a streamlined planningprocess would mean a clear timetable ofone year from the acceptance of an appli-cation to a decision.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

A New York supermarket clerk issuing a deli owner for $5 million be-cause of a bite he allegedly receivedfrom the defendant’s cat, the clerk’s law-yer said.

Attorney Steven Ehrlich, who rep-resents supermarket clerk Jonas Cruz,alleges his client was bitten at the ColdCut House by a cat belonging to thedeli’s owner and Cruz suffered an ad-verse reaction to the animal’s saliva, theNew York Post said.

“He was immediately hospitalized,”Ehrlich alleges of the fallout from the

A woman in South Korea who triedto pass the written exam for a driver’slicense with near-daily attempts sinceApril 2005 has finally succeeded on her950th time.

The aspiring driver spent more than5 million won ($4,200) in applicationfees, but until now had failed to scorethe minimum 60 out of a possible 100points needed to get behind the wheelfor a driving test.

Cha Sa-soon, 68, finally passed thewritten exam with a score of 60 onWednesday, said Choi Young-chul, apolice official at the drivers’ licenseagency in Jeonju, 130 miles (210 kilo-

S Korean woman passes driver’s examon 950th try

metres) south of Seoul.Police said Cha took the test hun-

dreds of times, but had no specific to-tal. Local media said she took the test950 times.

Now she must pass a driving testbefore getting her license, Choi said.

Repeated calls to Cha seeking com-ment went unanswered. She told theKorea Times newspaper she needed thelicense for her vegetable-selling busi-ness.

NYC man wants $5 million for cat bite2008 incident. “His body had a reactionto the bite — his arm blew up.”

Ehrlich alleges in a Manhattan Su-preme Court lawsuit that his client wasunable to work for a month because ofan infection caused by the cat bite.

The deli owner, who identified him-self only as Frank to the Post, said hiscat, Katie, would not have attacked any-one. “She never bothers anybody,” saidFrank, who added he received no com-plaints from customers about his cat theday of the alleged attack. “He’s up for apayday.”

Paris’s Louvre museum launchedan application giving Apple iPhoneand iPod touch users access to its col-lections.

Free to download, the Louvre saidthe technology available in French andEnglish will permit subscribers to ac-cess the best the museum has to offer

Paris’s Louvre museum launched

an application giving Apple iPhone

and iPod touch users access to its

collections including Leonardo da

Vinci’s Mona Lisa,

seen here.

Louvre’s Mona Lisa smiles on Appleround the clock from anywhere in theworld.

The museum’s most popularpieces are accessible along with de-tailed videos, a virtual tour and practi-cal information on opening hours andtariffs.

The Louvre website www.louvre.fr,which has been up since 1995 andis part of the museum’s bid to widenpublic access to its art treasures, cur-rently receives 10 million visitors peryear.

NAIROBI, 10 Nov—Somali pirates attacked an oiltanker and fired automatic weapons and rocket-pro-pelled grenades on Monday farther out at sea than anyprevious assault, suggesting that pirate capabilities aregrowing as they increase activity off East Africa.

Pirates in two skiffs fired at the Hong Kong-flaggedBW Lion about 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometres) eastof the Somali coast, the European Union Naval Forcesaid.

The tanker’s captain increased speed and took eva-sive maneuvers, avoiding the attack, the force said.No casualties were reported.

The naval force sent a plane from the Seychellesislands to investigate.

Pirates have launched increasingly bold attacksagainst vessels in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Adenin hopes of capturing a ship and crew and collectingransom.

They currently hold more than 190 hostages, in-cluding a British couple seized from their personalyacht late last month.—Internet

LONDON, 10 Nov—The World Travel & Tour-ism Council (WTTC) an-nounced on Monday thatChina will hold the 2010Global Travel & TourismSummit in Beijing.

The summit will takeplace in Beijing on 25-27May, 2010.

“Our members are alldelighted that we will be

SAN FRANCISCO, 10Nov—Electronic Arts Inc(ERTS.O) posted a widerquarterly loss and said itwould cut about 1,500jobs, or about 17 percent ofits workforce, in anotherround of restructuring forthe video game publisher.

The company, whoseshares fell 2 percent in after-hours trade, also plans to nar-

WASHINGTON, 10 Nov—The US space agency saysit has awarded $900,000 in prize money to a Seattlecompany for creating a wireless energy beaming tech-nology.

The company, LaserMotive, won the Power Beam-ing Challenge competition, which was a demonstra-tion of wireless power transmission that enabled a ro-botic device to climb a vertical cable. NASA said thetechnology developed by LaserMotive might one daybe used to help power a “space elevator.”

The competition was held last week at NASA’sDryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif. TheSpaceward Foundation of Mountain View, Calif, man-ages the competition for NASA.

To win a prize, teams had to develop a power trans-mission system and robotic climber that could reach aheight of 3,280 feet.

Teams that reached the top share in a total purse of$2 million, based on their vertical speed and payloadmass.

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Two, blue overalls, of the seven suspected Somalipirates are guarded by Kenyan security officers as

they arrived at the port’s police stationin Mombasa, Kenya, on 9 Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

Somali pirates hit oil tankerin long-range attack

Prize awarded for wirelessenergy systems

Electronic Arts posts loss, to cut jobsrow its product portfolio tofocus on higher margingames and said it expects topublish fewer than 40 titlesnext fiscal year, down fromaround 60 last year.

Like its rivals, EA ex-pressed concern about theall-important holiday sea-son, saying retailers re-main cautious and con-sumers are not showing

up consistently. EA low-ered its 2009 industry out-look for packaged goodsoftware sales.

The company’s chiefrival, Activision BlizzardInc (ATVI.O), will launchits “Call of Duty: ModernWarfare 2” on Tuesday, inthe most anticipated gamelaunch of the year.

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Beijing to host 10th global travel, tourism summitgoing to Beijing, capitalof the world’s most dy-namic travel and tourismeconomy and one of themost interesting and ex-citing new tourism desti-nations,” said Jean-Claude Baumgarten,WTTC president & CEO,while announcing thesummit venue.

The board was unani-

mous in its decision to se-lect China.

“From a participant’spoint of view as well,Beijing is an ideal loca-tion.

As China’s capital cityis the major focal point forinternational tourists toChina.” Baumgartenadded.

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Information Minister attends 10th Amri and 1st Conferenceof ASEAN+3 information ministers’ meeting

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Nov— Information MinisterBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan par-ticipated in the 10th meet-ing of Asean MinistersResponsible for Informa-tion (AMRI) and the FirstConference of theASEAN+3 Ministers Re-sponsible for Informationheld in Vientiane, LaoPeople’s Democratic Re-public, from 5 to 6 No-vember.

Information MinisterBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan,together with his coun-

formation (AMRI), Min-ister Brig-Gen KyawHsan discussed mattersrelated to strengtheningcooperation in informa-tion and media sectors in-cluding advancing infor-mation exchanges, coop-eration programmes forbroadcasting ASEANnews in internationalarena and conductingmedia trainings for devel-opment of the media sec-tor as part of efforts foreffective use of the infor-mation sector in the quest

Senior General Than Shwe sends National Day message(from page 1)

Myanmar is an independent country, so all areduty-bound to cohesively ward off alien threats withnational objectives such as Our Three Main NationalCauses “Non-disintegration of the Union, Non-disin-tegration of national solidarity, and Perpetuation ofsovereignty” to be able to improve the future of thenation and the people, and ensure perpetuation ofsovereignty.

Today, the world sees dramatic advancements inscience and technology. The youth are being nurturedand groomed in accordance with the 30-year nationaleducation promotion plan, which can help the nationkeep abreast of global partners in terms of education,

with the aim of bringing about reliable human re-sources in the interest of the nation and the regionsconcerned. Now, all regions of the Union includingborder areas and rural regions have enjoyed equitabledevelopment.

Now, the State's seven-step Road Map is in theprocess of being implemented to shape the nation intoa peaceful, modern and developed discipline-flourish-ing democratic one. The constitution of the Union ofMyanmar has been approved with massive support ofthe people at the referendum. The government isgearing up to hold the election according to the newconstitution in 2010.

The government is determined to see to the poli-

cies it has laid down for better future of the nation andthe people. Therefore, the people on their part are toelect reliable candidates in the public interest.

Therefore, I would like to urge the entire peopleto work hard with nationalistic vigour in line with the89th Anniversary National Day objectives: —

(1) To strengthen nationalistic spirit and upliftnational prestige and integrity

(2) To promote national education,(3) Perpetuity of independence and sovereignty

of the State,(4) To achieve success in implementing the

seven-step Road Map.MNA

terparts from ASEANcountries, greeted DeputyPrime Minister and For-eign Affairs Minister ofLaos Mr. Sisoulith and at-tended the opening cer-emony of the meetings.

The information min-ister and his counterpartsalso called on LaotianPrime Minister Mr.Bovasone Bouphavanh atthe prime minister’s of-fice in Vientiane.

Speaking at the 10th

meeting of Asean Minis-ters Responsible for In-

to build an ASEAN com-munity. Regarding coop-eration in the media sec-tor, the minister also dis-cussed the three sectors :development of technol-ogy in media sector, co-operation in radio and TVprogrammes and observ-ing media ethics as part ofefforts for social respon-sibility to be able to broad-cast unbiased news so thatpeople in ASEAN and in-ternational communitycan realize the objectiveconditions in ASEAN

counties.On 6 November, Min-

ister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsanattended the First Confer-ence of the ASEAN+3Ministers Responsible forInformation, and attendeda ceremony to sign min-utes of the 10th meeting ofAsean Ministers Respon-sible for Information(AMRI) and the First Con-

ference of the ASEAN+3Ministers Responsible forInformation.

The First Conferenceof the ASEAN+3 Minis-ters Responsible for Infor-mation was participated byinformation ministers fromASEAN countries and thePeople’s Republic ofChina, Japan and the Re-public of Korea. —MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan poses for docu-mentary photo together with the ASEAN+3Ministers Responsible for Information at the 10th meeting of ASEAN ministers.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan attends the 10th meeting of ASEAN ministers and the firstconference of the ASEAN+3 ministers responsible for Information.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan poses for documentary photo together with the ASEAN+3Ministers Responsible for Information at the first conference of ASEAN ministers.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 10 Nov—A jointpress conference on First Mekong-JapanSummit was held at Official Resident ofthe Japanese Prime Minister at 10:30am on 7 November.

Present at the joint pressconference were Cambodian PrimeMinister Samdech Hun Sen, JapanesePrime Minister Mr Yukio Hatoyama,Laotian Prime Minister Mr BouasoneBouphavanh, Prime Minister of theUnion of Myanmar General Thein Sein,

Joint press conference on FirstMekong-Japan Summit held

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Nov—Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein of the Union of Myanmar received JapaneseForeign Minister H.E Mr Katsuya Okada at the Edohall of New Otani Hotel in Tokyo of Japan at 5 p.m. on7 November.

Also present at the call together with PrimeMinister General Thein Sein were Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win, Minister for National Planningand Economic Development U Soe Tha, MyanmarAmbassador to Japan U Hla Myint, Director-GeneralCol Thant Shin of the Government Office, Director-General U Kyaw Kyaw of Protocol Department andDirector-General U Kyaw Tin of Political Departmentunder the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and high-rankingofficials.—MNA

Thai Prime Minister Mr Abhisit Vejjajivaand Vietnamese Prime Minister MrNguyen Tan Dung.

At the outset, the Japanese PrimeMinister explained the purpose of holdingthe summit. On behalf of Mekong regionalcountries, the Laotian Prime Ministerexpressed thanks.

Next, the Japanese Prime Ministerand respective PMs replied to the queriesraised by journalists.

MNA

Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein receives

Japanese Foreign Minister

Prime Minister General Thein Sein cordially greets Japanese Prime

Minister Mr Yukio Hatoyama in Tokyo (News on page 1).—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint inspects the construction of Ayeyawady

Bridge (Sinkhan).—CONSTRUCTION

Prime Minister General Thein Sein receives Japanese Foreign Minister Mr Katsuya Okada in

Tokyo.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein together with PMs of Mekong

region countries and Japan attending press conference.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Nov—Ministerfor Construction Maj-Gen Khin MaungMyint on 8 November inspected theconstruction of Ayeyawady bridge(Sinkhan) undertaken by bridgeconstruction special project group-4 ofPublic Works and fulfilled therequirements.

Construction Minister inspectsconstruction of Ayeyawady

bridge (Sinkhan)

The Ayeyawady bridge (Sinkhan)is of broad crest type and is 3215 feet 3inches long. The 28-foot-wide two-lanemotorway is flanked by 3-foot-widepedestrian lanes and can withstand 60tons of load. The railway is 14 feet wide,and clearance is 328 feet wide and is 47feet high.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 10 Nov—Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein of the Union of Myanmar received chairmanof Japan-Myanmar Parliamentary Association for Friend-ship and member of Japan's Upper House HE Mr HideoWatanabe at Edo room in New Otani Hotel in Tokyo on7 November.

Also present at the call together with Prime Min-ister General Thein Sein were Minister for Foreign Af-fairs U Nyan Win, Minister for National Planning and

PM General Thein Sein receivesmember of Japan’s Upper House

NAY PYI TAW, 10Nov—Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein ofthe Union of Myanmartook respects paid byMyanmar Ambassador toJapan U Hla Myint andwife, Military AttachéBrig-Gen Tun Tun andwife and embassy andmilitary attaché's officestaff families at the NewOtani Hotel in Tokyo at8 am on 8 November.

After that, thePrime Minister explained

Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Seinmeets embassy andmilitary attaché’s

office staff families

Economic Development U Soe Tha, Myanmar Ambassa-dor to Japan U Hla Myint, Director-General of Govern-ment Office Col. Thant Shin, Director-General of Proto-col Department U Kyaw Kyaw and Director-General ofPolitical Department U Kyaw Tin. The member of Ja-pan's Upper House was accompanied by Chairman ofNippon Foundation Mr Yohei Sasakawa and Chairmanof Sasakawa Foundation Mr Akinori Seki.

MNA the internal political situ-ation, preparations beingmade for holding 2010elections, condition ofMyanmar-Japan relationsand efforts to be made tofurther consolidate thefriendship between thetwo countries and gaveinstructions on perform-ing their duties conscien-tiously.

Then, the PrimeMinister presented gifts tothe staff families.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10Nov—Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein of theUnion of Myanmar to-gether with Minister forForeign Affairs U NyanWin, Minister for NationalPlanning and EconomicDevelopment U Soe Tha,Director-General of Gov-ernment Office Col ThantShin, Director-General ofProtocol Department UKyaw Kyaw, Director-General of Political De-partment U Kyaw Tin andheads of department leftNew Otani Hotel in Tokyoand cordially greeted staff

PM General Thein Sein arrives backNay Pyi Taw after attending First

Mekong-Japan Summitand their families ofMyanmar Embassy andOffice of the Military At-tache’ before returning toMyanmar at 9 am on 8November.

Next, the PrimeMinister and party arrivedat Narita International Air-port and then they left thereby air and arrived atSuvannabumi Airport at3.45 pm local time. ThePrime Minister and partywere welcomed at the air-port by officials of ThaiMinistry of Foreign Affairs,Myanmar Ambassador toThailand U Aung Thein,

Military Attache’ Col WinMaung, and staff and theirfamilies of Myanmar Em-bassy and Office of Mili-tary Attache’.

At the special loungeof the airport, Thai DeputyPrime Minister Mr SuthepThuagsuban called onPrime Minister GeneralThein Sein.

Next, Prime Minis-ter General Thein Sein andparty left Suvannabumiairport by air and arrivedback here.

MNA

YANGON, 10 Nov—A ceremony to hand over newbuilding of youth nursery was held at the rural health carecentre of Tawku model village in Kungyangon Town-ship on 6 November.

Director-General U Khin Maung Lwin of CentralHealth Educative Department under the Ministry ofHealth, Township Health Officer Dr Saw Kalaya andProject Officer of Japanese Organization of InternationalCooperation in Family Planning Dr Aye Aye Theinopened the new building.

JOICFP donated the building to pursue the activi-ties of reducing the death rate of expectant mothers,HIV/AIDS infection in youths.—MNA

Youth nursery buildinghanded over

Prime Minister General Thein Sein receives Chairman of Japan-Myanmar ParliamentaryAssociation for Friendship and member of Japan's Upper House Mr Hideo Watanabe in Tokyo.

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein cordially greets Japanese

Foreign Minister Mr Katsuya Okada in Tokyo.(News on page 8)

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein presentsgifts to the Myanmar Ambassador to Japan in

Tokyo.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 10Nov— Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein of theUnion of Myanmar at-tended the second day’ssession of the FirstMekong-Japan Summitheld at the Office of PrimeMinister in Tokyo of Ja-pan on 7 November morn-ing.

Present at the secondday’s session of the sum-mit were Cambodian

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Nov—Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein and party whilein Tokyo of Japan traveledaround Tokyo downtownand Tokyo Bay Oasis at 2.30pm on 7 November.

After touring Tokyodowntown in a motorcade,Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein and party were

PM General Thein Sein and partyon sightseeing tour of Tokyo

PM General Thein Sein attends second day’ssession of First Mekong-Japan Summit

Prime Minister SamdechHun Sen, Japanese PrimeMinister Mr YukioHatoyama, Laotian PrimeMinister Mr BouasoneBouphavanh, Thai PrimeMinister Mr AbhisitVejjajiva, VietnamesePrime Minister MrNguyen Tan Dung, min-isters, deputy ministers,and senior officials fromCambodia, Japan, Laos,Thailand and Vietnam.

Those present at thesummit continued to dis-cuss cooperative measuresbetween Mekong regioncountries and Japan, Ja-pan to host Mekong-Ja-pan Summit every threeyears in the later periodand Mekong-Japan Sum-mit to be jointly held inthe country whereASEAN Summit will beheld in the remainingyears.—MNA

welcomed by officials upontheir arrival at Tokyo BayOasis from Aqua Line Tun-nel and they were conductedaround there.

Next, Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein andparty studied the construc-tion of Tokyo Bay Oasisand its environs and posedfor a documentary photo.

Tokyo Bay Aqua LineTunnel with the length of15.5 kilometers can endureearthquake and it linksKanagawa with Chibaregions. It is connectedwith 9.5 kilo meters longtunnel and 44 kilo meterlong bridge. It is theworld’s largest underwa-ter tunnel.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Nov—Threeinnocent people were killed and an-other two wounded in KNU terroristattack on a passenger boat on Thanlwinriver in Kayin State this morning.

About 20 KNU terrorists firedsmall weapons at the boat from thebank at about 7.20 am after it leftTagaung Boe village. The security per-sonnel on the boat returned fire. Theboat "Saw Ohmma" of Inland WaterTransport arrived in the village at 7.15

KNU terrorists kill three passengersam.

The boat plying between Hpa-an, the capital of Kayin State, andShwegoon village was on its way backto Hpa-an when the shooting took place.

The two wounded persons, notin serious condition, were rushed toHpa-an Peoples' Hospital. Local au-thorities and officials concerned areproviding assistance to them. LocalTatmadaw columns are in hot pursuitof the insurgents. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10Nov—Deputy Ministerfor Energy Brig-Gen ThanHtay inspectedThagyitaung Oil Field ofMyanma Oil and Gas En-terprise in Myaing Town-ship, Magway Division,on 7 November.

The deputy ministerheard the reports on theexploration of petroleumand natural gas presentedby the manager and offi-cials and gave necessaryinstructions.

Later, the deputy min-ister inspected ZJ 70 bur-rowing machine.

On arrival at Ayadaw

Dy Energy Minister inspects oil fields andpetroleum products distribution points

Oil Field, the deputy min-ister heard the reports onthe production of petro-leum and natural gas pre-sented by the manager ofAyadaw Oil Field and of-ficials, gave necessary in-structions and fulfilled theneeds.

On 8 November, thedeputy minister inspectedthe (b) level main petro-leum shed (Mandalay) ofMyanma Petroleum Prod-ucts Enterprise. Afterhearing the report pre-sented by Manager U KhinMaung Win, the deputyminister gave necessaryinstructions.—MNA

Deputy Energy Minister Brig-Gen Than Htayinspects the (b) level main petroleum shed.

ENERGY

Prime Minister General Thein Sein views Tokyo Bay Oasis inTokyo.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein visits

downtown Tokyo.—MNA

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(from page 16)The process gives

new strength to safeguard-ing the ongoing task of im-plementing regional devel-opment undertakings with

Ceremonies to mark forma-tion of frontier forces…

added momentum. The re-gional development under-takings is a result of peace.

National unity will not beharmed if the frontier forcejoins the consolidated

Tatmadaw in safeguardingthe State. The frontier forceis going to win centpercentreliance and support of thepeople if it serves the na-tional defence duty with

pride lawfully bearingarms.

So, he said, he was

grateful to the State lead-ers and wished membersof all ranks of the frontier

force to be able to workwith a sense of duty andraise their dignity by beingloyal to the State and thepeople.

Similarly, the cer-emonies to mark the for-mation of the frontier forceheld in Gangwin andSinkyaing regions were

attended by senior militaryofficers of Northern Com-mand, responsible persons

of Kachin Special Region-1 and the local people to-talling 550. The ceremo-

nies were held as sched-uled and after the ceremo-nies, the attendees posedfor documentary photosand the local people per-formed the traditional cul-tural dances.

Likewise, ceremo-nies to mark the formationof the frontier force ofKayah State Special Re-gion-2 (Ka-La-La-Ta) thathad returned to the legalfold took place in Pantainand Sutpaing regions inKayah State on 8 Novem-ber. Chairman of ShanState Peace and Develop-ment Council Commanderof Eastern Command Maj-Gen Yar Pyae addressedthe ceremony held inSutpaing and Kayah StatePDC Chairman Brig-GenWin Myint addressed the

ceremony held in Pantain.The ceremonies

were also attended by sen-ior military officers of East-ern Command, state leveldepartmental officials, U

Tun Kyaw and responsi-ble persons of Kayah StateSpecial Region-2 and thelocal people totalling 400.

At the ceremonies, theState Flag was hoisted, thefour oaths of aTatmadawman taken, ap-pointments of Tatmadaw

ranks with badges madeand the commander andofficials grew trees to markthe ceremonies. Then theyposed for documentaryphotos.

It is learnt that thenational race armed or-ganizations feel delightedand proud of shouldering

their duties of safeguard-ing the State by legallyholding arms in order thateternal peace can beachieved in border regions.

Members of the frontierforces will enjoy the samesalary, rations and uni-forms as a Tatmadawmanprovided by the State.Moreover, local national

race leaders and the peoplehave accorded warm wel-come to the formation offrontier forces. —MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Yar Pyae helps a mem-ber put on Tatmadaw insignia.—MNA

Chairman of Kayah State PDC Brig-Gen Win Myint presents cashassistance at the ceremony to form the frontier force of Kayah State

Special Region-2.—MNA

Members of the frontier force Kayah State Special Region-2 (Ka-La-La-Ta) taking an oath to be Tatmadawman.—MNA

Chairman of Kayah State PDC Brig-Gen Win Myint helps a memberput on Tatmadaw insignia.—MNA

A member being helped put on Tatmadaw insignia at the ceremony toform the frontier force of Kachin State Special Region-1.—MNA

U Za Khun Ting Ring makes speech at the ceremony to form the fron-tier force of Kachin State Special Region-1.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 10 Nov—The opening of No. 36Special Refresher Course for Basic Education Teach-ers took place at Yadana hall of Central Institute ofCivil Service (upper Myanmar) in PyinOoLwin,Mandalay Division yesterday morning.

On behalf of Chairman of the Myanmar Educa-tion Committee Secretary-1 of the State Peace andDevelopment Council General Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo, Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyein de-livered an address.

Also present on the occasion were Minister forSports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint, Minister for So-cial Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Maj-Gen MaungMaung Swe, Chairman of Civil Service Selection andTraining Board U Kyaw Thu, Deputy Minister forNational Planning and Economic Development ColThurein Zaw, Deputy Minister for Energy Brig-GenThan Htay, Chairman of Mandalay City DevelopmentCommittee Mayor Brig-Gen Phone Zaw Han, mem-ber of CSSTB U Kyaw Aung, departmental heads,rector, pro-rector, deans and trainees.

Special Refresher Course No 36 for Basic Education Teachers opens

Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyein made anopening speech on the occasion, saying that the gov-ernment has laid down short-term and long-term edu-cation projects and with the aim of ensuring equitabledevelopment of all parts of the Union, the governmentis making efforts to develop human resources, effec-tively apply advanced communications and technolo-gies, conduct research works for the state, enhanceinternational level education and preserve nationalnorms. The government recognizes teachers as noblepersons who nurture students, the most important hu-man resources, to be good citizens on whom the fu-ture State can rely in accord with the vision and plansof the State. By attending the special refresher coursesteachers playing a leading role in the country willclearly come to know of prevailing conditions of theState, basic facts of history, future prospects and na-tional visions, contributing much towards the studentsand the State. The government has laid down politi-cal, economic and social objectives for the emergeonce of an independent and sovereign nation.

Moreover, the government has facilitated basic struc-tures for IT, international level research department,computer networks and electronic systems in all partsof the country for all-round development. Learningeducation opportunities have been provided not onlyin rural areas but also in remote areas. By graspingthese opportunities effectively, rural areas will makeprogress at the same time. The government is makingefforts for the emergence of all-round developed na-tion in line with ongoing seven-step Road Map of theState. Teachers are to cooperate in implementingseven-step Road Map to be realized so that the coun-try will emerge a peaceful modern developed disci-pline-flourishing democratic one. The minister urgesthe teachers to clearly come to know and study thegovernment’s efforts to undertake ongoing seven-stepRoad Map of the State for the emergence of a newfuture nation.

A total of 1308 trainees from basic educationschools are attending the 5-week course.

MNA

On behalf of Chairman of MEC Secretary-1 of SPDC General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyeindelivers an address at the opening of No. 36 Special Refresher Course for Basic Education Teachers.—MNA

Vinegars apossible risk to kids

CHARLOTTESVILLE, 10 Nov — The EnvironmentalHealth Sciences organization said on Monday that USchildren could be at risk by consuming certain vin-egars containing lead. The journalism organization saidon its Environmental Health News Web site that, ac-cording to a new analysis, lead found in balsamic andother red wine vinegars could significantly increase achild’s lead level.

Levels of the potent neurotoxin in a child couldbe raised by more than 30 percent if the child con-sumes a tablespoon daily of those vinegars, Environ-mental Health Sciences said. Unidentified vinegar in-dustry representatives insist their products are safe toconsume, pointing out that lead can be found in a va-riety of food products.

Scientific studies indicate that a child can experi-ence learning disorders or a diminished IQ from hav-ing low levels of lead in the body. Increased lead lev-els in adults have been known to impact individuals’cardiovascular and immune systems, along with theirkidneys. Environmental Health Services said a list ofvinegars with lower lead levels is available onenvironmentalhealthnews.org.—Internet

Dolphins blamedfor dead porpoises

Fresno, Calif, air a lungpatient risk

SAN FRANCISCO, 10 Nov — Air pollution is a majorhealth risk for patients in Fresno, Calif, who suffer fromchronic lung diseases, US researchers said. Research-ers at the University of California, San Francisco, com-pared the weekly rates of those admitted to a hospitalemergency room with asthma or chronic obstructive pul-monary disease with air pollution indices for corre-sponding weeks.

There were 1,184 emergency room visits in total —60 percent by female patients. Of the total emergencyroom visits, 79 percent of patients were admitted and 2percent were intensive care unit admissions.—Internet

S Korea reports 4 more deathcases related to A/H1N1

SEOUL, 10 Nov — South Korea on Tuesday reportedfour more death cases related to A/H1N1 flu, raisingthe country’s death toll from the new contagious dis-ease to 52.

According to the Ministry for Health, Welfare andFamily Affairs, the victims include a 79-year-old manand two women aged 76 and 56 respectively, all ofwhom are regarded as “high-risk” patients, and a 25-year-old woman who is not categorized as a “high-risk” patient.

Xinhua

SALINAS, 10 Nov —Bottlenose dolphins arelikely responsible for thegrowing number of deadporpoises appearing onCalifornia beaches, ma-rine biologists said.

Daniela Maldini, chiefscientist with theOkeanis conservationgroup, said her groupshot footage in Septem-ber of a porpoise beingfatally attacked by agroup of dolphins,KTVU-TV, Oakland,Calif, reported.

“We saw severe beat-ings,” Maldini said. “Itwas a mob of dolphins.”

The severity of thewildlife attack would ex-plain the broken bonesand internal bleedingsuffered by other deadporpoises found on the

state’s beaches in recentyears.

A University of Cali-fornia, Santa Cruz, pro-fessor of ecology andevolutionary biologysaid while dolphins aretraditionally seen aspeaceful animals, themarine mammals canactually turn hostile inthe wild.

“Everybody thinksFlipper is this nice, mel-low animal,” UC-SantaCruz professor DanCosta said. “In the wild,there’s interactions thatoccur and not all of themare friendly.”

KTVU said, accord-ing to scientists, nearly74 dead porpoises werefound in California in2008 alone.

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DIBENA HAPPY VOY NO (114)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DIBENAHAPPY VOY NO (114) are hereby notified that thevessels will be arriving on 11.11.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W.6 where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and 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

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Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

WHO calls for women’shealthcare reform

GENEVA, 10 Nov—The World Health Organization(WHO) called for girls’ and women’s healthcare re-form on Monday in Geneva.

A WHO report titled “Women and health: today’sevidence tomorrow’s agenda” used current data totrack the disparities in female health from newbornsto adults over 60 years of age.

“If women are denied a chance to develop their fullhuman potential, including their potential to leadhealthier and at least somewhat happier lives, is soci-ety as a whole really healthy?” asked WHO Director-general Dr Margaret Chan.

The report states that while women compose thebulk of health care providers, their own health needsoften go unmet in the areas of sexual violence, cervi-cal cancer screening and mental health. In addition,lower socio-economic status, which translates to lackof access to education, decision-making and income,limits women’s ability to protect their own health, thestudy said.

“We will not see significant progress as long aswomen are regarded as second-class citizens in somany parts of the world,” Dr Chan said, adding that“these unequal power relations translate into unequalaccess to health care and unequal control over healthresources.”—Xinhua

Gunmen kidnap three workersin southern Philippines

Study uncovers new fact of coral spawning

MANILA, 10 Nov—Gunmen in camouflagestormed a plywood fac-tory and abducted threeworkers on Tuesday, aday after suspected Mus-lim militants beheaded akidnapped schoolteacheron a nearby southernPhilippine island, offi-cials said.

About 20 assailantsbroke through a woodenfence and took away threemen from the factory incoastal Maluso town onBasilan Island, militaryspokesman Maj David

Hontiveros said.The latest abductions in

the restive southern region,where al-Qaeda-linkedAbu Sayyaf militants haveevaded US-backed Philip-pine offensives, came asthe military promised aswift retaliation for the be-heading of a teacher whosefamily failed to raise ran-som money on Jolo Island.

The severed head ofGabriel Canizares, 36, wasleft in a bag at a Jolo towngas station on Monday,three weeks after sus-pected Abu Sayyaf mili-

tants stopped a passengerminibus and dragged himaway in front of his col-leagues.

Hontiveros refused tosay if the Abu Sayyaf alsowas suspected in theBasilan attack. The kid-nappers and hostages, in-cluding two factory man-agers, were moving onfoot and authorities weretracking them, saidBasilan Vice Gov AlRasheed Sakalahul. Hesuspected ransom was themotive for the attack.

Xinhua

MELBOURNE, 10 Nov—US scientists say they havedetermined why coralsspawn for just a few nightsin some locations, but else-where the spawning con-tinues for several months.

It’s long been knowncorals synchronize theirrelease of eggs and sperminto the water, but scien-tists were unsure how andwhy they did so.

Florida Institute of Tech-nology Professor Robert

van Woesik says he’s de-termined corals spawnwhen regional wind fieldsare light. When it is calmthe eggs and sperm havethe best chance to unitebefore they are dispersed.

Corals off the coast ofKenya have months oflight winds so they can re-produce for much of theyear, Woesik said. On theGreat Barrier Reef in Aus-tralia, calm weather isshort-lived and the coral

reproductive season isbrief.

Woesik said his findingsare critically important foreffective reef conserva-tion.

“Coral reproduction is avery local event,” Woesiksaid. “This means localconservation efforts willmaximize reproductivesuccess and give reef sys-tems a chance to adapt toglobal climate change.”

Xinhua

Firefighters work at the site of bus collision in Manhattan of New York, theUnited States, on 9 Nov, 2009. The collision left at least 10 people injured.

XINHUA

Death toll fromAstana warehouse

fire rises to 14ALMATY, 10 Nov–A fire

that broke out in the sub-urbs of Kazakh capitalAstana killed 14 people onMonday evening,the Interfax news agencyreported.

The blaze occurred at aplastic foam warehouse ataround 5:00 pm local time(1200 GMT), with a strongsmell spreading all overthe city.

Zhumabai Yeskendirov,head of Astana’s emer-gency situations depart-ment, told reporters that“the builders themselvescan’t say for sure howmany people were insidethe warehouse when thefire broke out.”

According to a fire-fighter, at least 20 peoplewere inside the warehousewhen it caught fire.

Yeskendirov also saidone survivor was rescuedfrom the fire, and thesearch work for the miss-ing people was continuing.

The fire, having alreadybeen contained, set some8,000 square meters of thewarehouse ablaze.

Twenty-five fire engineswere deployed in puttingout the fire. Firefighters atthe scene were recoveringthe victims’ bodies.

Xinhua

WHO Director-General Margaret Chan holds a copyof the “Women and Health” report during a newsconference at the World Health Organization (WHO)headquarters in Geneva on 9 Nov, 2009.—XINHUA

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S P O R T SLiverpool tie 2-2 with Birmingham

City with controversial penalty

Liverpool’s Spanishcoach Rafael Benitezwho has refused to con-cede that the Premiershiptitle is out of his side’sreach despite being 11points adrift of leadersChelsea following a 2-2draw with Birmingham.

INTERNET

Tiger Woods surprised byAustralian Masters hype

Safin lives to fightanother day - just

PARIS, 10 Nov—Russia’s former world number oneMarat Safin saved three match points here on Mon-day to prolong his career for a little longer.

The 29-year-old two-time Grand Slam winner even-tually prevailed over Frenchman Thierry Ascione 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7/3).

Safin - who is playing in his last tournament beforeretiring - will next play Argentina’s US Open cham-pion Juan Martin Del Potro.

“Do you really believe that I am going to beat him(del Potro)?” said Safin, who powered down 24 aces,three of which saved the match points.

“I think the level he is playing at the moment that Ihave no chance. “But I will try and give him a goodmatch,” added Safin, who has won here three timesthe last time back in 2004.—Internet

Russian Marat Safin reactsafter a point against FrenchThierry Ascione during theirATP Paris Indoor MasterTournament tennis match atthe Palais Omnisport deBercy in Paris. Safin savedthree match points here onMonday to prolong his careerfor a little longer.—INTERNET

Chelsea andEngland left-back

Ashley Cole

Ashley Cole set for more time out injuredFootball star Rooney warned

over referee criticismLONDON, 10 Nov—Wayne Rooney has been warned

about his future conduct following a remark the strikermade to television cameras after Manchester United’sdefeat by Chelsea, the Football Association said onMonday.

Rooney appeared to mouth “12 men” to the cam-eras following Premier League champions United’s1-0 loss to leaders Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sun-day, a remark implying referee Martin Atkinson hadbeen biased in favour of the Blues.

An FA spokesman said Monday: “Wayne Rooneyhas been warned as to his future conduct followingremarks made yesterday (Sunday).”

After the match, United manager Sir Alex Fergusonfollowed up the England striker’s comment with somepointed remarks about Atkinson, particularly in rela-tion to the official’s decision to award a 76th minutefree-kick that led to Chelsea’s winner, scored by Bluescaptain John Terry.—Internet

Cameroon Lions roar back underFrench magician

JOHANNESBURG, 10 Nov—Cameroon football supporters were con-templating the unthinkable just two months ago - a second consecu-tive World Cup without their national team.

The country that had qualified a record five times from Africa werebottom of Group 1 in the final elimination phase for the 2010 tourna-ment in South Africa.

Minnows Gabon had six points after two rounds, shock 2006 quali-fiers Togo four and Morocco and Cameroon one each with the ‘In-domitable Lions’ last on goals scored.

A 1-0 away defeat by Togo was bad enough, but being held goal-less by serial poor travellers Morocco before 50,000 Camerooniansin Yaounde was hard to stomach and veteran German coach Otto Pfisterquit soon after. Enter Paul Le Guen, a 45-year-old former France de-fender and coach of Lyon, who he guided to three consecutive na-tional league titles before less happy spells at Rangers and Paris Saint-Germain.—Internet

Cameroon’s (Indomitable Lions) na-tional football team attend a trainingsession in September. Cameroon foot-ball supporters were contemplating theunthinkable just two months ago - asecond consecutive World Cup withouttheir national team, but former Francedefender Paul Le Guen could change

all that.—INTERNET

Wayne Rooney

Seedorf backs Beckhamto boost Milan

AC Milan midfielderClarence Seedorf

Tiger Woods from the USplays a practice roundbefore the AustralianMasters golf tournamentat Kingston Heath Golf

Club, Melbourne,Australia, on 10 Nov,

2009.—INTERNET

LONDON, 10 Nov—Liverpool drew 2-2 withBirmingham City atAnfield on Monday. Butthe one point is far lesssatisfying as they are 11points behind PremierLeague leaders Chelsea.

With the absence ofstar striker FernandoTorres due to a groin in-jury, David Ngog becamethe saver of Liverpoolwho had lost six out oftheir last eight games thisseason. The French for-ward gave the Reds anearly lead by volleyinghome in the 13th minutebefore he earned a penaltywhen his side trailed 2-1.

Ngog fell in the 70thminute after Lee Carsleyreached his right leg. Al-though there seemed nobody contact between thetwo players, the refereestoutly awarded a penaltykick for the hosts. Thenthe visitors’ furious pro-test could not discourageLiverpool captain StevenGerrard to slot in theequalizer.

Christian Benitezheaded for BirminghamCity on 26 minutes beforeCameron Jerome’s unex-pected long shot beforehalf-time gave the visitors

a lead. The half-fitGerrard was forced to jointhe match from bench be-fore the break as AlbertRiera got hamstring prob-lem. Rafa Benitez’s sidesuffered more when Is-raeli mid Yossi Benayounlamedout of the pitch inthe 77th minute.

Xinhua

LONDON, 10 Nov—Chelsea and England left-back Ashley Cole couldbe out for up to three moreweeks with the leg injurythat has ruled him out ofthis Saturday’s interna-tional friendly againstBrazil in Qatar.

Cole has been diag-nosed with a depressedfracture of the tibia afteraggravating the injury be-fore Sunday’s 1-0 homewin over ManchesterUnited - a victory that leftPremier League leadersChelsea five points infront of the reigningchampions.

Full-back Cole missedthree games after sustain-ing the injury in the Blues’

4-0 Champions Leaguewin against Atletico Ma-drid last month atStamford Bridge.

He came back againstMadrid in the returnGroup D game last weekbut required an injectionin order to play againstUnited.

Cole was left out of theEngland squad unveiledby Capello on Sunday,with Stephen Warnock ofAston Villa taking hisplace.—Internet

CANBERRA, 10 Nov—The world’s best golferTiger Woods said onTuesday he was surprisedby the hype surroundinghis visit to Melbourne forthis week’s AustralianMasters.

Woods said he just

needed to get his “timing”right to visit Australia forthe first time in 11 years -a 3 million US dollars in-centive apparently had lit-tle to do with it.

While the 14-time ma-jor winner draws hugecrowds wherever Woodsplays in the world, he saidthe fuss surrounding hisnine-hole practice roundand a pre-tournamentpress conference at King-ston Heath Golf Coursehas taken the attention toan unfamiliar level.

Television networkhelicopters hovered aboveWoods as he acquaintedhimself with the sand beltlayout, while 7,000 fanslined the fairways.

Woods acknowledgedthat even for a golfer ofhis unique drawingpower, they were unfamil-iar scenes.—Xinhua

LONDON, 10 Nov—ACMilan midfielder ClarenceSeedorf expects DavidBeckham’s return to theclub to be a boon for boththe Italian giants and theEngland star.

Beckham last weekagreed a second six-monthloan spell with theRossoneri, starting inJanuary, as the free-kickspecialist tries to earn aplace in England’s squadfor next year’s World Cupfinals in South Africa.

A similiar short-termdeal last season rejuve-nated the internationalprospects of Beckham,now a United States-basedplayer with the LA Galaxy,

under England managerFabio Capello, the formerMilan boss. Dutch interna-tional Seedorf believesformer Manchester Unitedmidfielder Beckham’s de-sire to play in anotherWorld Cup will work toMilan’s advantage.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, except for rain or thundershowershave been isolated in Yangon Division and weather hasbeen partly cloudy in the whole country. Night temperatureswere (3°C) below November average temperatures in lowerSagaing and Mandalay Divisions, (6°C) below Novemberaverage temperatures in upper Sagaing Division, (7°C)below November average temperatures in Shan State, (4°C)above November average temperatures in Mon State, (5°C)above November average temperatures in Kayah State andabout November average temperatures in the remainingStates and Divisions. The significant night temperaturewere Loilem (3°C), Lashio (7°C) and Namsang (8°C). Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded was Coco Island(0.12)inch.

Maximum temperature on 9-11-2009 was 97°F.Minimum temperature on 10-11-2009 was 69°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 10 -11-2009 was 66%.Total sun shine hours on 9-11-2009 was (10.1) hours approx.

Rainfall on 10-11-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (111.06) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (129.41) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom North at (13:30) hours MST on 9-11-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is cloudy in the Southwest Bayand partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and elsewhere inthe Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 11th November 2009:Rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated in Kachinand Shan States, Taninthayi Division and weather will begenerally fair in the remaining States and Divisions. Degreeof certainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated rain or thundershowers in the Eastern Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for11-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for11-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for11-11-2009: Fair weather.

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LONDON, 10 Nov—Britain’s state-controlledLloyds Banking Groupis to cut 5,000 roles bythe end of 2010, it saidon Tuesday, confirmingearlier media reports.

“LBG is announcingtoday a number ofchanges within its groupoperations, insuranceand retail divisions,” thecompany said in astatement.

“These changesmean that the totalnumber of affected rolesby the end of 2010 isexpected to be about5,000.” Lloyds said ithoped to focus on cutting

WASHINGTON, 10 Nov—Three people were killedand six others were wounded in a drive-by shootingin Walterboro, a small town in South Carolina,Monday night, authorities said on Tuesday.

Police said the suspect was probably driving ablack BMW car and opened fire at a house onMcDaniel Street in Walterboro, Colleton County,SC.

Three killed victims included two adults and a20-month-old toddler, according to Colleton CountyCoroner’s Office. It’s not clear if the victims wererelated. There has been no reports of the conditionsof those wounded or any arrests have been made.

Xinhua

Three killed, six hurt in USdrive-by shooting

British bank Lloyds saysto cut 5,000 jobs

temporary staff,contractors and offshoreworkers, whileredeploying someBritish personnel.

“Taking thesemitigating actions intoaccount means there willbe a net reduction ofabout 2,600 permanentjobs across the UK bythe end of 2010,” itadded.

The Britishgovernment has a 43-percent stake in LloydsBanking Group afterbailing out the companyin the wake of the fierceglobal financial crisis.

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10th Waning of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Wednesday, 11 November, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 10Nov—Arrangements have beenmade for nationality groups that returned to the legalfold to transform themselves into frontier forces legallyholding arms. The frontier force of Kachin State SpecialRegion 1 (NDAK) was organized in Gangwin, Lupi andSinkyaing regions on 8 Novemner.

Present at the ceremony to organize the frontierforce in Lupi were Chairman of Kachin State Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of Northern Com-mand Maj-Gen Soe Win, Director of People’s Militiaand Frontier Forces of the Ministry of Defence Maj-Gen

Ceremonies to mark formation of frontier forces heldMaung Maung Ohn, senior military officers of thecommand, leader of the Special Region 1 U Za KhunTing Ring and local people totalling 450.

At the ceremony, the State flags were hoisted atthe places where new frontier forces would be stationed,members of the frontier force took the four oaths ofservicemen and appointments for military positions andduty assignements were made. Commander Maj-GenSoe Win, Maj-Gen Maung Maung Ohn and U Za KhunTing Ring made speeches.

In his speech, U Za Khun Ting Ring said, today

is the milestone of national races living in weal or woesince time immemorial in Myanmar marking an auspi-cious day on which a significant change in history takesplace.

The armed personnel of the Special Region havebeen successfully transformed into a frontier force al-ways safeguarding Our Three Main National Causes—non-disintegration of the Union; non-disintegration ofnational unity; and perpetuation of sovereignty -- withlofty aims.

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