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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 September, 2003 1
Established 1914
Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.
Attasammapanidhi ca, to establish oneself rightfully; this is the way to auspiciousness.
Four political objectives* Stability of the State, community peace
and tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder
* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State
Constitution* Building of a new modern developed na-
tion in accord with the new State Constitu-tion
Four economic objectives* Development of agriculture as the base and
all-round development of other sectors ofthe economy as well
* Proper evolution of the market-orientedeconomic system
* Development of the economy inviting par-ticipation in terms of technical know-howand investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad
* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State andthe national peoples
Four social objectives* Uplift of the morale and morality of the
entire nation* Uplift of national prestige and integrity
and preservation and safeguarding of cul-tural heritage and national character
* Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit* Uplift of health, fitness and education
standards of the entire nation
INSIDE PoemWhat we’re doing is
Human RightsPage 2
Coal-fired power station project (Tikyit) —MNA
Vice-Senior General Maung Aye inspects coal-fired power station project (Tikyit) in Pinlaung Township.—MNA
Vice-Senior General Maung Aye inspects constructionwork of coal-fired power station project (Tikyit)
YANGON, 10 Sept — Vice-
Chairman of the State Peace
and Development Council
Deputy Commander-in-Chief
of Defence Services Com-
mander-in-Chief (Army)
Vice-Senior General Maung
Aye left here by Tatmadaw
aircraft for Kalaw Township,
Shan State, on 8 September
morning.
The entourage of Vice-
Senior General Maung Aye
were State Peace and Devel-
opment Council Secretary-1
Lt-Gen Soe Win, Secretary-
2 Lt-Gen Thein Sein, mem-
ber of the State Peace and
Development Council Lt-
Gen Aung Htwe, member of
the State Peace and Devel-
opment Council Chief of
Armed Forces Training Lt-
Gen Kyaw Win, Com-
mander-in-Chief (Navy)
Vice-Admiral Kyi Min,
Commander-in-Chief (Air)
Maj-Gen Myat Hein, minis-
ters, senior military officers
of the Ministry of Defence,
and responsible personnel of
the State Peace and Devel-
opment Council Office.
Vice-Senior General
Maung Aye arrived at Heho
Airport, Kalaw, Shan State,
at 9.30 am. On arrival at the
airport, Vice-Senior General
Maung Aye and his entou-
rage were welcomed by Maj-
Gen Khin Maung Myint,
Chairman of Shan State
Peace and Development
Council and also Com-
mander of Eastern Com-
mand, and officials.
Yesterday morning,
Vice-Senior General Maung
Aye and party flew to Tikyit
to inspect the coal-fired
power station project (Tikyit)
being undertaken by the Min-
istry of Electric Power in
Tikyit region, Pinlaung
Township.
At the briefing hall,
Deputy Superintending Engi-
neer of the Myanma Electric
Power Enterprise U Htay
Myint reported on tasks being
implemented at the project,
progress in the construction of
the station, and arrangements
for distribution of electricity.
Next, Minister for Elec-
tric Power Maj-Gen Tin Htut
also reported on arrival of
material for the project train-
ing given to employees to
widen their scope of experi-
ence in the field of coal-fired
power station tasks, and as-
sistance being rendered by
other ministries to the project.
U Chit Khine, Chairman
of Shan Yoma Naga Co Ltd,
also presented reports on coal-
mining work being carried out
by the company to supply the
project with coal.
After hearing the reports,
Vice-Senior General Maung
Aye gave instructions on sys-
tematic and precise implemen-
tation of the project and quick
supply of machinery to the
company. He also attended to
the requirements through co-
ordination with related minis-
tries.
Later, U Nay Win Tun,
Chairman of Jade Dragon Co
Ltd, presented reports on ar-
rangements for a Naga cement
plant project to be imple-
mented in Tikyit region. Next,
Minister for Science and Tech-
nology U Thaung and Minis-
ter for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn
Myint explained matters re-
lated to assistance to be of-
fered by ministries for the con-
struction of the cement plant.
Afterwards,
(See page 9)
Volume XI, Number 148 1st Waning of Tawthalin 1365 ME Thursday, 11 September, 2003
PerspectivesIntensified fight
against narcotic drugs Page 2
ArticleHad been foolish and
still soPage 8
Foreign NewsPages
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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 September, 2003
PERSPECTIVESThursday, 11 September, 2003
Intensified fight againstnarcotic drugs
Since 1999, the 15-year Drug Elimination Planhas been implemented in Myanmar for eradica-tion of narcotic drugs, and starting from 2002-2003 fiscal year, the New Destiny Project, part ofthe 15-year plan, has also been implemented withthe aim of successfully carrying out the main plan.
Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt, at thespecial meeting No 2/2003 of the Central Commit-tee for Drug Abuse Control held on 7 September,said, “In poppy cultivation and drug production,only drug dealers made much of profits and be-came prosperous. The innocent farmers could notmake ends meet. Thus, in destroying the poppyplantations under the New Destiny Project, seedsof poppy substitute crops were distributed to farm-ers free of charge on humanitarian grounds, landwas reclaimed by the governmental departments,and provisions were given to farmers free ofcharge.” Although the government, with itsown resources, has been making efforts on self-reliance basis in elimination of poppy cultivationas well as in fulfilling the basic needs of the poppyfarmers, some big nations which made accusa-tions, saying that there is poppy growing and drugproduction in Myanmar, have not provided anyaid to Myanmar in connection with the drug elimi-nation project.
However, Myanmar in cooperation with theUS and the UNODC conducted the opium yieldsurvey. In the reports of those organizations, it wasstated that there had been a decrease in poppycultivation and poppy yield year by year.
Thanks to the strenuous efforts of local authori-ties, national race leaders and local people for totalelimination of poppy cultivation, and the NewDestiny Project closely supervised by five minis-ters and four deputy ministers for growing poppy-substitute crops, success has been achieved in thefight against narcotic drugs in 2002 and 2003. Themeeting of the ECOSOC held at the UN Head-quarters in April 2003 chose Myanmar as a UNdrug commission member and thus Myanmar hasthe right to serve as the commission member forfour years from 2004 to 2007. Thus, Myanmar willhave the leading role in the management sector ofthe UN drug elimination drives carried out notonly in Myanmar but also in the world.
With significant progress in drug eliminationdrive, cooperation of the national race leaders andlocal people has increased. They are now makingall-out efforts for ensuring drug elimination inboth Wa region and Kokang region in 2005.
National race leaders and local national racesare urged to actively participate in the fight againstnarcotic drugs, the evil legacy of colonialism, whilestriving for regional development, raising the liv-ing standard of the people and conducting poppy-substitute agriculture and livestock breeding tasks.
* As one pleases, with one’s life Stay where one likes, in manner one chooses Right to stay, for human beings Is great Right, that’s Human Rights.* One nation, for the majority What they choose, independently In design of one’s choice, one’s great nation Organized and lived in, with right to administer Right of power, sovereignty For those whose abode, for the people Like life itself, is valued ’Tis great Right, Human Rights.* Human Rights, if lost Human’s nipped in the bud, not worth living Will lose face, that’s the way it is.* In humanity’s place, if one loses face ’Tis taken as life’s lost.* Sovereignty, if it’s firm The people of the land, will enjoy good weal More than that, throughout the land Individually counted, will proudly claim Steadfast life, will there be.* That’s why currently, in our land The sovereignty of us Myanmar To be steadfast, we’re striving Preparing, is for our Rights Human Rights, to truly exist If blamed, we stand undeterred We look ahead, do what we have to Keep it constantly in mind.
Po Wa (Trs)
What we’re doing isHuman Rights
YANGON, 10 Sept —
MRA (Myanmar Royal
Academy) education centre
opened today at No 57, 9th
Street, in Lanmadaw Town-
ship.
Professional English
course, diploma and ad-
vanced diploma foundation/
MRA education centre openedpreparatory courses, SAM
(The South Australian Ma-
triculation) course and com-
puter courses will be con-
ducted at the centre.
Further information
is available at the centre, Ph
222121.
MNA
YANGON, 10 Sept—
Minister for Agriculture and
Irrigation Maj-Gen Nyunt
Tin met Ambassador of Pa-
kistan to Myanmar Mr M
Yusuf Shah, who had com-
pleted his tour of duty in
A & I Minister meetsPakistani Ambassador
YANGON, 10 Sept —
A set of computer and 200
dozens of exercise books
worth K 400,000 were con-
tributed to Zebingyi Basic
Education High School
(Branch) in PyinOoLwin
Township on 6 September.
At the donation cer-
A set of computer andexercise books donated
YANGON, 10 Sept —
Organized by the Myanmar
Football Federation, the soc-
cer tourney for Sports Min-
ister’s Cup continued at the
Aung San Stadium here this
afternoon. In a group-A
Sports Minister’s Cup soccertourney continues
match, the Forestry team
played against the Ruby
Dragon team beating the lat-
ter 4-1. In the match, the man
of the match prize went to
Aung Kyaw Tun of the For-
estry team. — MNA
Vice-Senior General Maung Aye gave instructions at coal-fired power plant project (Tikyit) in Pinlaung Township. (News on Page 1) — MNA
Myanmar, at his office this
morning.
Also present were heads
of enterprises and services
under the ministry and
officials.
MNA
emony, Director-General of
the Basic Education Depart-
ment (Upper Myanmar) Lt-
Col Win Htain made an ad-
dress and wellwisher Major
Maung Maung Latt (Retd)-
Daw Nan Yin Yin presented
the computer and books to
the school head. —MNA
Wellwishers present a set ofcomputer and exercise booksto the schoolhead. — MNA
YANGON, 10 Sept —
Myanmar Dental Associa-
tion presented a certificate
of recommendation for
Fresh Up toothpaste introduced
The MDA president presents a certificate to Dr Tun Min of Su Htike Tan Co Ltd. — MNA
health to local-made Fresh
Up toothpaste distributed by
Su Htike Tan Co Ltd at Trad-
ers Hotel on Sule Pagoda
Road here on 7 September
afternoon.
MMCWA Vice-Presi-
dent Dr Daw Tin Lin Myint,
MDA President Dr Ba Myint
and officials, journalists and
others attended the cer-
emony. Ma Moe Myint Thu
extended greetings and Mr
Sushir Gandhi of the com-
pany introduced the tooth-
paste.
The MDA President pre-
sented the certificate to Man-
aging Director Dr Tun Min
of the company who later
spoke words of thanks.
MNA
THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 September, 2003 3
US BOGGED DOWN IN IRAQ QUAGMIRE
US Army soldiers stand guard outside the abandoned television building
which was set ablaze by looters in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad,
on 9 Sept, 2003. — INTERNET
Iraq’s children were the first victims of the sanctions imposed after the 1991
Gulf War, and now they are paying the heaviest price in the chaos that has
followed the fall of Saddam Hussein.
INTERNET
Insurgents broke a period of relative calm with a bomb attack on
Monday that wounded two US soldiers in Baghdad.
INTERNET
US is seeking military, financial and political help in Iraq from UNmembers. — INTERNET
US soldiers of the 1st Battalion (22nd regiment) of the fourth Division of the
US army take a position during a late night hunt for an Iraqi
bomb-maker on the outskirts of Tikrit, about 110 miles (180 kilometres)
northwest of Baghdad, on 8 Sept, 2003. The US army went looking for the
bomb-maker after they called off a major operation to nab a senior Saddam
loyalist due to insuffecient information about the location of the loyalist.
INTERNET
Protesters attach a banner reading: ‘Troops Out of Iraq ‘ to the side of a fence
surrounding the meeting site of the upcoming World Trade Organization
summit in Cancun, Mexico Tuesday, on 9 Sept, 2003. Representatives from
146 countries begin meeting Wednesday to address world trade issues and
thousands of protesters plan to disrupt the event.
INTERNET
4 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 September, 2003
MOSCOW, 10 Sept — India Monday called the US-sponsored draft UN resolution for multinational troopdeployment in Iraq apparently insufficient and said a compromise can be reached only if five permanent membersof the Security Council adopts a “middle ground”.
“It appears that the US draft is not
sufficient and all the P-5 nations would
have to find a middle ground to reach a
compromise, which could be possible
within days” India’s External Affairs
Secretary Kanwal Sibal said after par-
leys with Russian Foreign Minister Igor
Ivanov and other senior officials here.
Asked to comment on whether In-
dia backed the Russian stance seeking
greater UN authority in Iraq, Sibal told
Indian journalists based here that “In-
dia is for key UN role. Any resolution
which gives UN a greater role will be
looked at favourably by us”.
“It is not proper for us to take this
or that side when the five permanent
members of the Security Council are
busy in negotiations to reach a com-
promise”, he added.
The preparations for the upcoming
Moscow visit by Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee in November were
also discussed in detail by Sibal with
Foreign Minister Ivanov and
Trubnikov.
The two sides are also working to
find a slot for a meeting in New York
between Vajpayee and Putin, when they
will attend the UN General Assembly
session.
Sibal said he briefed Ivanov and
Trubnikov on Prime Minister Vajpayee’s
peace initiatives vis-a-vis Pakistan.
The situation in Afghanistan also
figured during the Indo-Russian
consultations.
Sibal said his Moscow visit was part
of a usual Foreign Ministry level
consultations between the two countries
before the General Assembly session.
MNA/PTI
Three perish offNewfoundland in
Hurricane “Fabian”M ONTREAL , 10 Sept—Days after pounding Bermuda,
Hurricane Fabian claimed the lives of three men in theAtlantic Ocean after their motorized boat capsized inrough seas, Canadian rescue officials said on Monday.
Officials could not con-
firm reports that the three
men were from Israel,
or offer details about their
vessel.
Canadian Coast Guard
ship Leonard J Cowley
retrieved the bodies of the
men, who were wearing im-
mersion suits, about 373
miles east of Cape Race,
Newfoundland, on Monday
afternoon. A signal from an
emergency radio beacon had
alerted US rescue officials
to the men’s plight on Sun-
day evening.
“At the very same time
that the beacon went off, the
eye of the hurricane passed
over that area,” Canadian
Naval Lieutenant Pat Jessup
told Reuters. Waves at the
time were “quite violent” at
39 to 52 feet high, he added.
MNA/Reuters
BEIJING , 10 Sept — In a message delivered to theFourth Congress of the China Disabled Persons’ Federa-tion (CDPF), which was opened here Monday, UN Secre-tary-General Kofi Annan spoke highly of China’s effortsto assist the country’s 60 million handicapped people.
Annan’s message said: “You raised public awareness
during the International Decade of Disabled Persons. Your
NGO forum in 2000 helped to advance international dia-
logue on the rights of persons with disabilities. You are
strongly supporting the elaboration of an international con-
vention on the rights of persons with disabilities. And your
efforts to mobilize disabled people, volunteers and others
are demonstrating the vital importance of participation in
the decisions affecting their lives.”
Annan stressed that disabled men, women and children,
as well as their families, relatives and communities, can and
must be involved in all aspects of disability programmes,
from policy-making to the implementation and evaluation
of projects.
The congress is a valuable opportunity to share best
practices, strengthen China’s advocacy and deepen the
partnerships — within China and with the international
community — that are essential for achieving “our common
goals”, he noted.
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
the Pacific (UNESCAP) also sent a message to congratulate
the congress. It places the Chinese Government as among
the strongest supporters of the elaboration process of an
international convention to protect and promote the rights
and dignity of persons with disabilities. — MNA/Xinhua
Annan praises China’sefforts to help disabled people
NASA targets Marchlaunch for space shuttle
HOUSTON, 10 Sept — NASA on Monday set a March launch date for the first spaceshuttle flight since the Columbia disaster, but added that safety, not schedulerequirements, would decide when the shuttle goes into space.
The national space
agency, in a 78-page blue-
print for its return to flight,
also vowed to redesign the
shuttle to make it safer and to
change its own culture to im-
prove communication and
encourage dissenting views.
“We will be safety driven
and not schedule driven. We
will be milestone driven and
not schedule driven,” NASA
associate administrator
William Readdy said in a
news conference at the
Johnson Space Centre.
“There’s a challenge there.
There’s very much a can-do
culture that we’d like to keep.
There was a culture that stifled
communication that somehow
we have to eliminate,” he said.
“We don’t want to throw the
baby out with the bath water.”
The proposed March
launch, with a launch win-
dow extending from March
11 to April 6, was primarily a
planning target, Readdy ad-
mitted, timed for a hookup
with the International SpaceStation and a daytime takeoff
to give NASA engineers a
An Iraqi man looks at a British soldier aiming his gun as he patrols a street in thesouthern Iraqi city of Basra.
INTERNET
A member of the Badr Brigade guards the site where thelate Shiite leader Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer al-Hakimwas assassinated in a car bomb in Najaf. US PresidentGeorge W Bush urged the United Nations to overcome“past differences” over the US-led invasion of Iraq.
INTERNET
India says US draft on Iraqappears to be insufficient
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Iraq Foreign Minister makesdebut but attacks go on BAGHDAD, 10 Sept — Iraq’s US-backed foreign minister
made his international debut on Tuesday, but attacks on
American soldiers illustrated the price of the US-led
occupation five months after Saddam Hussein’s fall.
Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari took his seat at anArab League meeting in an important step towards the
international recognition of Iraq’s US-appointed Governing
Council.
But the guerilla attacks which have overshadowed
political progress since Saddam’s fall on 9 April showed no
signs of abating, with five US soldiers wounded. Zebari, a Kurd who was appointed last week by the
Governing Council, joined other Arab ministers at a regular
meeting of the 22-member League in Cairo.
The move could set a precedent in determining whether
the Council will be allowed to fill Iraq’s seat at other bodies
such as the United Nations and OPEC. In the Iraqi town of Ramadi, part of the “Sunni Triangle”
north and west of Baghdad which is seething with
anti-American sentiment, two US soldiers were wounded
in an attack using an explosive device.
Nearly three hours later, three soldiers were wounded
when their vehicle was attacked in Falluja, the US military
said.— MNA/ReutersSHIJIAZHUANG , 10 Sept—Construction will start inOctober on a water diversion project to supply water toBeijing in case of a water shortage from the central partof north China’s Hebei Province, a provincial officialsaid here Monday.
China to launchemergency water
diversion programme
The official with the
Water Resources Depart-
ment of the Hebei provincial
government said the project
involves a 225-kilometres
water diversion channel,
which starts from
Shijiazhuang City, capital of
Hebei Province, and ends in
Beijing.
Several engineering
projects, including tunnels,
will be launched later this
year as part of the
programme.
The project is also
known as the Shijiazhuang-
Beijing section of the huge
programme to divert water
from the Yangtze River to
north China through the
provinces of Henan and
Hebei.
The project, which is ex-
pected to cost 12.6 billion
yuan (1.53 billion US dol-
lars), will be completed by
the end of 2006, said the
official.
MNA/Xinhua
good look at the shuttle as it
hurtles toward space.
MNA/Reuters
THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 September, 2003 5
File photo of BaghdadInternational Airport —scene of an attemptedmissile strike on a UStransport plane on Sunday. — INTERNET
Iraq is a founding member of the Organization of the
Petroleum— Exporting Countries, but since the US-led
invasion this year, Arab-dominated OPEC has barred Iraq
from its meetings until Baghdad has an internationally-
recognized government.
Iraq’s US-backed Governing Council last week named
25 ministers on Monday, appointing returned Shiite exile
Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum as Oil Minister.
Arab League ministers meeting in Cairo on Monday are
due to decide whether a Governing Council delegate may
represent Iraq at a League foreign ministers’ meeting later
this week. The decision will set an important precedent, a
Gulf source said. OPEC will meet in Vienna on September
24 to discuss production policy.
“It would be natural once we recognize the (Iraqi) body,
to recognize its authority in other arenas,” a Gulf source
travelling with one Arab League state delegation said.
Seven OPEC producers are also in the Arab League
including the world’s leading oil exporter Saudi Arabia, but
OPEC power Iran is not a League member.
OPEC member governments — and not the oil cartel
itself — will decide on the Governing Council’s interna-
tional standing, an OPEC delegate said.
“OPEC from the beginning was not an organization to
question the authority or legitimacy of a certain govern-
ment,” an OPEC delegate told Reuters. “This is an issue that is up to the United Nations or the
Arab League... Once something like the UN or the Arab
League accepts a state then it is not up to OPEC to reject it,”
the source said.— MNA/Reuters
China to build firstBuddhism schoolfor int’l exchangesNANJING , 10 Sept— China will start building its
first Buddhism school for international exchange onNovember 1 in Yangzhou, a scenic city in east China’sJiangsu Province, according to local officials in chargeof religious affairs.
With its founding ap-
proved by the Buddhist As-
sociation of China, the
Jianzhen School is named
after Master Jianzhen, a
prestigious ancient Chinese
monk who made the land-
mark journey to Japan to
spread Buddhism 1,250
years ago. November 1 was
the day on which Jianzhen
succeeded in his final
attempt to land on the
Japanese islands.
Covering an area of 20
hectares, the school is to sit
north of the Daming Tem-
ple in which the Jianzhen
Memorial is located. The
school, enlisting students
nationwide, will start its
first recruitment of 1,250
students next year, offering
a four-year course.
Jianzhen was a knowl-
edgeable and devoted Bud-
dhist in the Tang Dynasty
(618-907). Despite five
failed attempts, Jianzhen
succeeded in his sixth ef-
fort to reach the Japanese
islands at the invitation of a
Buddhist temple in Japan.
It took the monk 10 years to
succeed in his endeavour
and, afterward, he spent the
last decade of his life there
spreading Chinese culture
and arts, such as painting,
calligraphy, medicine,
sculpture, architecture,
printing and craftsmanship.
The Chinese and Japa-
nese governments worked
together to build the
Jianzhen Memorial in 1973
in Yangzhou, where the
monk spent some time be-
fore leaving for Japan
MNA/Xinhua
New Zealand scientists tomeasure snowfall on mountainsWELLINGTON , 10 Sept— New Zealand scientists have launched projects to gauge how
much snow is nestled on mountains at any one time. The Dominion Post reported here Monday that measuring snowfall could have far-reaching
environmental benefits, such as averting a future winter power crisis.
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research climate scientist Andrew Tait, who
is closely involved with a project to measure snow for the Otago Regional Council, was quoted
as saying that the information gathered would have several applications.
“We are looking at producing maps that show the 30-year average snow conditions, and we
are also showing maps of when the snow conditions were less than normal and when they were
more than normal.” He said the data could be used by farmers planning irrigation from rivers
reliant on snow melt, or ski operators planning new fields.
One of the biggest uses would be to allow power companies to calculate how much snow melt
was heading for their lakes, helping them make early predictions of lake levels.
Tait said his work was based on a “snow sim” model adapted from overseas by Otago
University professor Blair Fitzharris, who was conducting separate research.
The model works on the theory that for every 1,000 metres of altitude, the temperature drops
by one degree Celsius. If it is raining at sea level and it is four degrees Celsius, then the model
assumes it is snowing at 4,000 metres, where the temperature will be zero. —MNA/Xinhua
Tow models present bridgedress at a show named“Ancient City Wall andLove” in Nanjing, eastChina’s Jiangsu Province,on 9 Sept, 2003. —XINHUA
Philips China Co expectssales over $10b by 2005XIAMEN , 10 Sept— A top official of electronic con-
glomerate Philips said here that Philips’ sales in Chinawere expected to surpass 10 billion US dollars by 2005.
This was revealed by Erik Westerink, president of Philips’
global lighting operations, at a ceremony marking the
opening of Philips’ Asian and Pacific lighting centre in
Xiamen, a port city in east China’s Fujian Province.
He said China, a potentially huge market for Philips, is
pivotal in Philips’ global expansion strategy, and the com-
pany’s goal in the near future was to achieve quick re-
sponses to demands of the Chinese market.
Philips’ medium and long-term goal was to build the
China operation into regional or even global headquarters.
Philips has established 13 research and development
centres in China in the fields of lighting, colour TV set
manufacturing, acoustics, semiconductors, medical equip-
ment and mobile communications.
The company has set up a global acoustics equipment
manufacturing centre in Shenzhen, bordering Hong Kong,
which registered annual exports of 1.5 billion euros.
MNA/Xinhua
“It’s not accepted andit’s not logical to send Arabtroops to protect the occupa-tion forces or to take part inthe occupation of an Arabstate,” Moussa said at the endof a meeting of Arab foreignministers in Cairo.
Egyptian Foreign Min-ister Ahmed Maher, speak-ing alongside Moussa, addedthat the subject “was not dis-cussed at all” during the meet-
ing, in which Iraq’s newlyappointed Foreign Ministertook part.
The United States wantsthe UN Security Council toauthorize a multinationalforce for Iraq, where it hassome 130,000 troops. It wantsother nations to send up to15,000 soldiers, on top of the9,000 already there alongsideUS and British forces.
MNA/Reuters
Arab League nod to Iraq would boost OPEC chances CAIRO , 10 Sept— A decision by Arab League ministers on Monday to allow Iraq’s newly-appointed Foreign
Minister to attend their meetings would in turn boost Baghdad’s chances of being represented at the OPEC oilcartel conference later this month, OPEC and Gulf sources said.
Democrats clash onMiddle East, Iraq
BALTIMORE , 10 Sept—The nine Democratic WhiteHouse hopefuls squabbled over the Middle East andIraq in a debate on Tuesday, but hammered PresidentBush for failing to adequately plan for a postwar Iraq.
The second Democratic debate in less than a week
featured sharp exchanges on foreign policy and a confron-
tation over Israel between Connecticut Sen. Joseph
Lieberman and emerging front-runner Howard Dean.
The Democrats lashed out at Bush for failing to win
diplomatic support from allies for the war in Iraq, saying he
had jeopardized America’s standing in the world by acting
alone.“At home and abroad, America is weaker,” Lieberman
said during the debate on the campus of Morgan State
University.
As in last week’s debate in New Mexico, Lieberman led
the charge against Dean, attacking him for saying the
United States should not take sides in the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. He said the former Vermont governor would end
more than five decades of strong U.S. support for Israel.
“Howard Dean’s statements break a 50-year record in
which presidents, Republican and Democrat, members of
Congress of both parties, have supported our relationship
with Israel based on shared values and common strategic
interests,” Lieberman said.
Dean said he recognized the special relationship be-
tween the United States and Israel but Washington needed
to become a credible negotiator in the region.
“We need to be trusted by both sides,” he said, adding
that his position on Israel was no different than the one held
by former President Bill Clinton. “Not right,” Lieberman
interrupted him.
“We do not gain strength as a negotiator if we compro-
mise on support of Israel,” said Lieberman, who is Jewish.
Dean responded: “We need peace. It doesn’t help, Joe, to
demagogue this issue.”— Internet
Arab League says Arabswill not send forces to Iraq
CAIRO , 10 Sept — Arab League Secretary-GeneralAmr Moussa said on Tuesday Arab states would not sendtroops to Iraq, where occupying US forces face almostdaily attacks.
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6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 September, 2003
Walls go up with fearfactor in Baghdad
BAGHDAD , 10 Sept — The factory by a highway just south of Baghdad normally makesconcrete foundations for Iraq’s construction industry. But a sign near the entrance showswhat’s in demand in the capital these days.
“We provide road blocks,” the orange
writing on a chunk of concrete declares in
English.
Since the bombing of Baghdad’s United
Nations compound, fortifications of tower-
ing concrete slabs, cement-filled barrels and
barbed wire coils have been growing by the
day around the offices of UN agencies and
other foreign organizations.
In a city where security measures were
already extreme before the bombing, more
and more streets are being blocked off, guards
with automatic rifles stand outside any build-
ing considered at risk and body searches are
a part of daily life.
Visitors to hotels and official buildings
moan as they queue to be frisked, reporters
are irked at having to turn up an hour and a
half before news conferences for security
checks, motorists are annoyed at traffic jams
caused by the road blocks.
“Instead of getting to your destination
in 30 minutes, it takes three hours,” said
Idrees Mohammed, a taxi driver parked near
one of the most striking new fortifications,
protecting the UN Development Programme
near the banks of the Tigris River.
But no one wants to take chances after
the attack on the UN, which had been consid-
ered a less likely target than sites directly
linked to the US-led occupation of Iraq.
A wall of about 50 four-metre (12 foot)
high slabs of concrete screens the entrance to
the UNDP’s street. Guards block off one side
of Abu Nawas, the riverside main road at
right angles to the street.
Just down the road, foreign journalists
have decamped from other locations to join
colleagues in two big hotels protected by
both local guards and US soldiers, kept in
place after US media organizations pleaded
with the Pentagon.
Staff at an office on Abu Nawas are
unhappy that they and their customers now
have to be searched every time they come to
the office because it is inside UNDP’s new
security cordon.
A manager named Ashraf said he under-
stood why the new measures were needed for
the UNDP.— MNA/Reuters
Daschle says ballooning Iraq costscrowding out dire US domestic needs
WASHINGTON , 10 Sept—The leader of opposition Democrats in the US Senatecriticized the escalating costs of the US-led occupation of Iraq , and accused the WhiteHouse of giving short shrift to a wide-range of pressing domestic issues.
“There is urgency with regard to meet-
ing the needs in Iraq, but there is an urgency
to meet the needs in this country, as well,”
said Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle
at a press briefing, citing the need for addi-
tional funding in the areas of education,
homeland security and health care.
The White House is seeking 87 billion
dollars — on top of 79 billion dollars already
authorized by Congress for Iraq’s recon-
struction earlier this year — to police and
rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan.
Critics, including Daschle, have said Con-
gress should not give the president carte
blanche at a time of spiraling deficits and
major cuts in domestic social spending.
“If we don’t have that kind of a plan, with
an understanding of that kind of an urgency
(on domestic spending), then I think the
president’s going to have a great deal of
difficulty in convincing the Congress and the
American people that this 87 billion dollars
in its current form is right,” the South Dakota
senator said. —Internet
BERLIN, 10 Sept— German economy may see a slight
increase in the third quarter of this year after decreasing for
two consecutive quarters, the German Institute for Eco-
nomic Research said Monday.
The institute said in its monthly report on German
economic climate that the economy could rise by some 0.1
per cent in this quarter over the previous one.
Industrial production in July surpassed that in June and
construction sector also was on improvement, it said.
However, the number of new orders saw no progress and
retail sales fell in July, the institute said. — MNA/Xinhua
Germaneconomy torise slightlyin 3rdquarter
American soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division,search a suspected Saddam loyalist house in Tikrit, Iraq, on 9 Sept, 2003.—INTERNET
An Iraqi policeman walks past the burned-out remains of a vehicle in the northern Iraqitown of Arbil late on 9, Sept, 2003. The bomb killed at least one person and wounded
scores, including six American military personnel, in largely peaceful Kurdish northernIraq, the US military said on Wednesday.—INTERNET
Spain, Italyseize one ton
of cocaineMADRID, 10 Sept— Span-
ish police, in cooperation
with Italian police, seized one
ton of cocaine being trans-
ported from South America
to Spain and arrested four
people in Barcelona on
Monday, Spanish authorities
announced.
Police said the drug-traf-
ficking ring, now disman-
tled, established several com-
panies and a complex trans-
portation and storage net-
work in order to import drugs
from Venezuela and Chile
into Spain.
In August, Italian au-
thorities detected in Rome,
Italy’s capital, a suspicious
cargo transported through
Venezuela and Italy for
Barcelona. During the
inspection, 500 kilos of
cocaine were found dis-
guised in candles.
MNA/Xinhua
Iraq Council wins diplomaticcoup at Arab League
CAIRO , 10 Sept— Iraq’s US-appointed Governing Council took a step towardsinternational legitimacy on Tuesday when its delegate took up Iraq’s vacant seat at anArab League ministerial meeting.
A landmark decision by Arab foreign
ministers to let the delegate join their talks,
taken early on Tuesday after hours of de-
bate, was a diplomatic victory for the Coun-
cil that could help determine if it will be
allowed to fill Iraq’s seat in other bodies like
the United Nations and oil cartel OPEC.
In a highly symbolic move, Iraqi Foreign
Minister Hoshyar Zebari, a Kurd newly ap-
pointed by the Governing Council, sat down
in Iraq’s chair at the ministerial meeting of
the 22-member Cairo-based League.
Speaking to the assembly, Egyptian For-
eign Minister Ahmed Maher said the Iraqi
people needed to receive greater powers and
the United Nations had to gain a pivotal role
in building Iraq’s political structure.
“This is the meaning which we have
confirmed today in our resolution and which
we have confirmed in inviting... the repre-
sentative of the transitional government to
sit with us,” Maher said.
Arab League chief Amr Moussa said it
was “an occasion to welcome the Iraqi del-
egation in the context of moving towards
restoring Iraqi sovereignty and ending the
occupation”.
The consensus agreement was a victory
for more moderate Arab states over hardliners
in the League. Analysts had said some states
would try to deny Zebari access, and per-
haps only grant him observer status, to avoid
legitimizing the US-led occupation of Iraq
and the unelected Council.
But analysts said more moderate states,
including a number of US allies, wanted to
have the Council represented in the League
to ensure that Iraq was embedded in the
Arab fold and that Arabs could influence
Iraq’s future.—MNA/Reuter
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Car bomb killsone and injures‘large number’
CAIRO , 10 Sept — A car bomb killed and injured a“large number” of people in the Kurdish city of Arbil, innorthern Iraq, Egypt’s official MENA news agency said.
The explosion was set off near a checkpoint of the KurdishDemocratic Party (KDP) of Massoud Barzani, the report said,quoting witnesses.
“The car was packed with large quantities of explosives,a large number of people were killed and injured,” it said.
The report said it was the first time such an explosion hashit Arbil, which has been a KDP stronghold after the 1991Gulf war. US military spokesmen in Iraq, contacted by AFP,said they were investigating the report but could provide noconfirmation.
MENA’s report came on the heels of a string of bombattacks across Iraq. On August 29, a huge car bomb killedleading Shiite Muslim cleric Ayatollah Mohammad BaqerHakim and 82 others in the city of Najaf, south of Baghdad.
A truck-bomb attack on UN headquarters in the Iraqicapital on August 19 cost the lives of 22 people, including topUN envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello.
On September 4, Kurdish security forces said they hadfoiled a big bomb planted by suspected members of Ansaral-Islam group.—Internet
THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 September, 2003 7
trained, utilised and super-vised in the field, and theirtasks at the different levels.These personnel would be thefront line basic health work-ers who will assume majorshare in developing oral healthcare in rural areas. The role ofdental surgeons in the oralhealth care of rural Myanmarwith projections for the futurewill be presented in the paperfrom the Institute of DentalMedicine, Yangon, the De-partment of Medical Science.
The oral health unit of theDepartment of Health, -basedon the earlier presentations, isexpected to wind up with strat-egies and actions for effectiveintegration of basic oral healthcomponent into our townshiphealth system using the Pri-mary Health Care approach.
As in all National Pro-grammes, the oral health caremust also be introduced witha modest undertaking givingpriority to needs of the peo-ple. I believe that the oralhealth care project of Depart-ment of health has been oper-ating in selected numbers oftownships, mostly led by den-tal profession and auxiliaries.Then the findings must be as-sessed and the outputs or re-sults evaluated and with thefeedback the programmeshould expand and extend toother areas.
Next, Chairman of themeeting Prof Dr Thein Nyuntmade a speech. Prof WimVan Palenstein Helderman,Dr May May Kyaing, DrNilar Tin, Dr Htay Myint Ooand Dr Ko Ko Maw presentedmatters on oral health andthose present took part in thediscussions. The meetingcame to a close with con-cluding remarks by the chair-man.
MNA
Vice-Senior General Maung Aye hears report on extension work of the runway of theHeho Airport presented by Department of Civil Aviation Director-General
U Tin Aye. — MNA
YANGON, 10 Sept — Di-
rector-General Col Myo Myint
of Development Affairs De-
partment of the Ministry for
Progress of Border Areas and
National Races and Develop-
ment Affairs together with
officials inspected develop-
ment tasks in Pwintbyu, Salin
and Seikphyu in Magway Di-
vision on 8 September.
On arrival at Pwintbyu
Township Development Af-
fairs Committee, Col Myo
Myint heard reports and
gave instructions on sani-
tary and greening tasks and
timely completion in imple-
menting tasks and meeting
set standards.
At the hall of Salin
Township DAC, Col Myo
Myint met with Executive
Officer U Khin Maung
Myint, Engineer in-Charge
U Ye Win Aung and staff.
He gave instructions and
inspected development
tasks. He also visited
Seikphyu Township DAC
office and gave instructions
to officials on greening
and sanitary tasks for the
town.—MNA
Development, greening tasksin Magway Division inspected
YANGON, 10 Sept —
Saemoonan Medical Mission
Service of the Republic of
Korea led by Dr Kim Kyung
Nyun today gave medical
treatment to local people in
Samalauk Village in
Nyaungdon Township,
Ayeyawady Division, at a
hospital in the village.
The Korean medical
mission arrived here yester-
day by air. Korean Ambas-
sador Mr Park Joon-Young
and officials welcomed
them at Yangon International
Airport.
Korean medical mission
will provide medical care at
the same hospital tomorrow.
Before the treatment, the
responsible officials briefed
the locals on the purpose of
the treatment. — MNA
Korean medical mission provideshealth care in Nyaungdon
Minister for Religious Af-
fairs Brig-Gen Thura Aung
Ko, Deputy Minister for
Progress of Border Areas and
National Races and Devel-
opment Affairs Brig-Gen
Than Tun, Pro-rector
(Admin) Dr Hla Pe, and oth-
ers.
The meeting started with
three-time recitation of
“namotassa”, followed by
the Ovadakatha delivered by
the Sayadaw. Later, those
present at the meeting took
part in the discussions.
MNA
YANGON, 10 Sept — The
work coordination meeting
No 1/2003 on all-round re-
furbishment of Naga Hline
Gu Aungchantha Pagoda
took place at the pagoda this
afternoon.
Present on the occasion
were Joint-Secretary
Sayadaw of the State Sangha
Maha Nayaka Committee
Agga Maha Pandita
Dwipitakadhara Dwipitaka-
kovida Bhaddanta Jaga-
rabhivamsa, Deputy Minis-
ter for Science and Technol-
ogy U Nyi Hla Nge, Deputy
Coord meeting held for renovationof Aungchantha Pagoda
Secretary-2
Lt-Gen Thein
Sein gives
instructions
to
departmental
officials in
Kalaw.—MNA
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Invitational Meeting on …(from page 16)
Oral Health” covering oralhealth subject as a whole. InJune 2002, there was anInvitational Meeting on Fluo-ride in Dental Health. Thiswas a special meeting of asmall group of specialists,studying the epidemiologicalsituation and environmentalaspects as a basis for futureaction.
The present activity, an-other Invitational Meeting willbe the third meeting on oralhealth, focusing on OralHealth Care Development ofRural Myanmar. Within thegeneral conceptual frame oforal health care from techni-cal and professional point ofview, major activities willnaturally encompass upon theestablishment of health serv-ices infrastructure in theTownship Health System, itshealth manpower and train-ing and utilisation of man-power and essential medicalsupplies in oral health.
In addition, by now, oralhealth specialists of the WHOhave established priorities inoral health care for the ruralareas of the developing world.
Untreated oral diseases, ineq-uity in accessible dental caredelivery systems and the ab-sence of a systematic and ad-equate community-orientedprevention services are thecommon challenges in manydeveloping countries. Thissituation could not be im-proved by adopting the dentalcare system of industrializedcountries, since the dental caresystems in industrializedcountries are heavily clinical-oriented and far too expen-sive for developing countries.
For that reason, the strat-egy of oral health care in thecommunity was developedand implemented, within theframe of primary health care(PHC) aiming to make basichealth care services accessi-ble to all people and at coststhat the community could af-ford. But, as a prerequisite forsuch an approach top oralhealth care the content of ba-sic oral health care for ruralcommunities should be de-fined, logistics and necessaryresources and manpower con-sidered.
An experienced consult-ant Professor Wim Van
YANGON, 10 Sept — Thefirst work coordination meet-ing of the Education, Organ-izing and Information Com-mittee for upgrading and beau-tifying the Yangon City tookplace this afternoon atMyanmar Radio and Televi-sion here with an address byDeputy Minister for Informa-tion Brig-Gen Aung Thein.
In his address, Chairmanof the Committee Brig-GenAung Thein said that the com-mittee was formed by theCommittee for upgrading andbeautifying the Yangon City
to carry out the informationtasks. He urged those presentto put forward the informa-tion tasks.
Next, Secretary of thecommittee Director-Generalof MRTV U Khin MaungHtay reported on organiza-tional set-up of the committeeand sub committees. Next,committee members also re-ported on tasks of their sec-tors to carry out the informa-tion tasks. The meeting cameto an end with the concludingremarks of the committeechairman. — MNA
Palenstein Helderman fromthe WHO Oral Health Col-laborating Centre of the Neth-erlands is now visitingMyanmar in support of oralhealth project of Departmentof Health in the country. He isattending this meeting and Ilike to welcome him warmly.He will present the provenand effective oral health meas-ures for developing commu-nities based on his conceptsand personal experience.
I would like to recall that,we have great success stories,in our community health careprogrammes, for example —eradication of small pox,elimination of leprosy, con-trol of trachoma, poliomyeli-tis eradication etc. We are pro-gressing very well in manyother areas as well — IDDcontrol, role back malaria, TBDOTS programme, GAVI ininitiated vaccination work,children immunisation, Ma-ternal and Child Welfare, justto quote a few as examples,Myanmar national health sys-tem is well known for theintegrated services both verti-cal and horizontal and the ef-fectiveness in intersectoralcollaboration.
In today’s meeting, 4 pro-fessionals from different di-visions of our Ministry willpresent inputs to facilitatefruitful discussions. The situ-ation analysis of existing, rou-tine oral health care activities,permeating into the primaryoral health care delivery sys-tem, will be presented in “OralHealth Care in RuralMyanmar”.
The public health divisionof the Department of Healthwill present “The role of basichealth staff and voluntaryhealth workers in the oralhealth care of rural Myanmar”.I believe the speaker will bepresenting the historical back-ground of how they have been
Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Aung Thein speaks at Education, Organizing and Information Committee meeting. —MNA
City Development EOICommittee meets
8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 September, 2003
* Oppose those relying on externalelements, acting as stooges, holdingnegative views
* Oppose those trying to jeopardizestability of the State and progress ofthe nation
* Oppose foreign nations interfering ininternal affairs of the State
* Crush all internal and externaldestructive elements as the commonenemy
People’s Desire
* Do not be frightenedwhenever intimidated
* Do not be bolsteredwhenever flattered
* Do not be softenedwhenever appeased
All this needs tobe known
* Saving one gallon of fuel per car per monthwill save the nation one US dollar
* Thus, a total of 455,822 cars in Myanmarcan save US$ 5.5 million in a year
* The amount, US $ 5.5 million, can build amajor bridge across Ayeyawady River
Efficient use of fuel
There are about 500,000 householdsusing electricity in Yangon. Thus, saving afour-foot fluorescent lamp every day by eachhousehold amounts to saving power that isequal to the capacity a 20-megawatt powerstation can supply.
Efficient use of electricity* Use daylight as the main source of light* Use the least possible amount of electricity
only if there is not enough natural light* Use the least possible amount of electricity
required in production and service enter-prises
* Preventing waste of electricity benefits theuser and others
— to vitalize patriotism and nationalism in all
citizens
— to preserve and safeguard Myanmar cultural
heritage
— to perpetuate genuine Myanmar music, dance
and traditional fine arts
— to preserve Myanmar national character
— to nurture spiritual development of the youths
— to prevent influence of alien cultures
The Objectives of the 11thMyanmar Traditional
Cultural Performing ArtsCompetitions
(Continued from yesterday)There are persons who have left the nation for vari-
ous reasons throughout the successive eras. We can call
them expatriates. But those expatriates know best the
reason why they have left their own country. To have the
permission to take refuge in a foreign country, those per-
sons without having any consideration for their own dig-
nity and that of the nation, turned themselves into expa-
triate politicians, and participate in the so-called revolu-
tion of the unworthy politicians, already taking asylum in
that particular country. From abroad, those persons are
trying to discredit the nation together with the unworthy
politicians. The alien masters, who are using the expatri-
ates as tools to earn money, are making arrangements to
broadcast the voices of the expatriate politicians from some
foreign radio stations. The expatriates also formed a
number of bodies including a parallel government and
other committees. With their limited manpower, they are
trying to create political confusion.
As the information technology is changing and de-
veloping, they are trying to introduce the social, economic
and political changes of the host country to their mother
nation under cover of democracy, whether the people of
the mother country want them or not, in spite of the fact
that the changes are alien to her social, economic and
political conditions. Those persons are holding the days
marking various occasions endlessly. They are criticizing
Myanmar for not following the developments in the world,
while trying to give orders over the matters they do not
even know. They are yelling at the nation under orders of
their masters who wish to slander Myanmar. As the bad
guys are usually fond of associating with other bad guys,
the KNU and the Ywet Sit group have been trying to play
an important role in the band of expatriate politicians.
Thus, the two insurgent groups loudly support the leader-
ship of the persons who cannot bear to see the endeavours
of the Tatmadaw Government from the positive point of
view, and accept their patronage. Let alone serving the
interest of the Union, the KNU has not even serve a little
for the Kayin State itself. But the KNU has shamelessly
declared that the act of blowing up the cinema or the
natural gas pipeline to cause public alarm was the strug-
gle for democracy; and that it would intensify its terrorist
acts. From certain radio stations, the unworthy politicians
living in a number of foreign countries declared that they
fully supported America’s one-sided bullies to terrorize
and invade Iraq, with the crushing of terrorists and libera-
tion of Iraq as the excuse, despite the opposition of the
UN and the world countries. They tried to give orders to
the Myanmar Government what to do for SARS preven-
tion. Are they really clever to that extent? So ridiculous.
The national traitors in various countries are being
fed, supported and given refuge under the policy of domi-
nating and bullying the developing countries by applying
the ever advancing IT. Arrangements are being made to
make interviews possible with any of the unworthy poli-
ticians, whether Phado Mahn Sha or expatriate Sein Win.
Although they are unable to see and appreciate the devel-
opment endeavours of the Union of Myanmar, they are so
good at creating false stories and so eloquent in telling
them to others.
Even the national race armed groups, which had
followed the armed struggle line for many years, are now
striving their utmost together with the people for the pros-
perity of the Union. So, I would like to tell the sub-stand-
ard politicians trying to discredit the nation from some
foreign radio stations, that I feel pity for them. The nation
and the people have already seen how the national traitors
of the successive eras met their end after making attempts
to disparage the nation with the support of the aliens. If
they have the actual wish to serve the interest of the
national cause, they should abandon their ideological,
personal and factional prejudices, and come back into the
embrace of the mother country and take part in the na-
tion-building task, instead of discrediting the nation through
the air waves.
The acts of a person that make him a national trai-
tor for such acts do not benefit the nation and the people,
are foolish. We will have to call the stooges of the neo-
colonialists and political swaggers foolish guys. A village
or a ward organizer uses a microphone to organize the
people for the latter’s benefit and to do good things. But
some become a swagger as soon as he gets hold of a
microphone in his hand, going beyond all limits to show
his mastery and arogance. But his voice make people dis
pleasing and unhappy. People call them foolish and sense-
less persons. The national traitors from outside and inside
the nation, giving priority more to serving the self-interest
and the interest of a party or a group than to working in
the interest of the nation were committing senseless acts
through the air waves in the past, and are still doing so at
present. Here, I would like to warn them that the persons,
who never benefit the nation and the people, but continue
to remain foolish, will meet with an ugly end.
(Concluded)(Translation: TMT)
Myanma Alin, Kyemon: 7 September 2003.*******
Akkho Bhini
Had been foolish and still so
Pentagon grilledon Iraq troop
strength, fundsWASHINGTON , 10 Sept — US senators on Tuesday
told the Pentagon it was stretching US forces too thinwith operations in Iraq, and called an 87 billion USdollars emergency package for Iraq and Afghanistan a“bitter pill to swallow”.
Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Armed Ser
vices Committee also criticized the Bush Administration for
miscalculations in planning for postwar Iraq and said it was
demanding a staggering sum for Iraq, on top of the nearly 80
billion US dollars Congress provided for it in April.
“It’s a bitter pill for the American people to swallow,”
Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, the committee’s top Demo-
crat, told Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz.
“The facts as I see them ... are clearly that we underes-
timated the size of the challenge” after major combat,
Senator John McCain, an Arizona Republican, said. He said
extended deployments for the National Guard and Reserves
showed US forces were stretched too thin.
Senator Robert Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat, said
recent talk by White House advisers of “a generational
commitment to transform the Middle East into a region of
peace and democracy” made him wonder if “generations of
soldiers will serve in this volatile part of the world”.
MNA/Reuters
L OS ANGELES, 10 Sept — An undergroundUS hacker who has admitted breaking into computernetworks of The New York Times, Yahoo and otherlarge corporations, surrendered Tuesday to face twofederal criminal charges of electronic breaking andentering.
US undergroundhacker surrenders
Adrian Lamo, 22,
turned himself in at the US
courthouse in Sacramento,
California, where he was
booked and ordered to ap-
pear before a federal mag-
istrate, said Patty Pontello,
a spokeswoman for the US
Attorney’s Office.
Lamo’s defence is
likely to be the “white-hat
hacker” defence, according
to Mark Rasch, former
head of the computer crime
unit at the US Department
of Justice.
White-hat hacker is a
term used for people who
work to protect computers
from attack while “black-
hat hackers” are those who
attempt to break into them.
Lamo hacked into the
New York Times network in
February 2002 and
accessed employee records
and phone numbers and
Social Security numbers of
editorial page contributors.
The newspaper called the
FBI after Lamo browsed
those sensitive data.
The young hacker also
break into Yahoo’s website
and changed the text of at
least one news story site in
September 2001.
On the other side,
Lamo has won praise from
some companies for locat-
ing and helping fix secu-
rity holes in corporate net-
works.
MNA/Xinhua
THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 September, 2003 9
(from page 1)Vice-Senior General
Maung Aye gave necessary
instructions, and inspected
the construction work at the
project and storage of con-
struction materials.
In a bid to satisfy the
growing demand of elec-
tricity, the Ministry of Elec-
tric Power is implementing
the coal-fired power station
project (Tikyit), which will
generate 120 Megawatts of
electricity, using the coal
mined from Tikyit region.
At present, 55 per cent of
the project have been com-
pleted.
Next, Vice-Senior Gen-
eral Maung Aye and party
looked into the coal extrac-
tion work being undertaken
by Shan Yoma Naga Co
Ltd. Officials of the project
reported on the type of coal
mined in Tikyit region, the
location of coalfield, ar-
rangements for the mining
of coals, and ongoing proc-
esses for coal extraction.
Shan Yoma Naga Co
Ltd will provide the coal-
fired power station project
(Tikyit) with more than
1,700 tons of coal on a daily
basis to generate electric-
ity.
Later, Vice-Senior Gen-
eral Maung Aye and party
arrived at the Government
Technological College in
Ayethaya Myothit,
Taunggyi Township, at
11.30 am. At the temporary
briefing hall, officials re-
ported on the plot suitable
for extension of the college.
Commander Maj-Gen Khin
Maung Myint and Minister
U Thaung also reported on
possibilities for extended
construction of buildings on
the plot bordering with the
campus of the college. Af-
ter inspecting the proposed
plots, Vice-Senior General
Maung Aye gave instruc-
tions on construction of the
buildings of the college
grandly meeting the set
standards.
Next, they flew back to
Kalaw and proceeded to the
Heho Airport. At the lounge
of the airport, U Win
Maung, Director-General
of the Department for Civil
Aviation, reported on ex-
tension of the runway and
the apron, and progress in
the construction work. Af-
ter hearing the reports,
Vice-Senior General
Maung Aye gave instruc-
tions.
Asia World Co Ltd is
carrying out the airport ex-
tension work. Afterwards,
Vice-Senior General
Maung Aye and party left
there for Yangon by
Tatmadaw aircraft and ar-
rived back here at 11 am.
Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Soe
Win and Secretary-2 Lt-
Gen Thein Sein, members
of the entourage, met de-
partmental officials at the
town hall in Kalaw on 8
September afternoon.
Present on the occasion
were local authorities, de-
partmental personnel,
members of social organi-
zations, and townselders.
Chairman of Kalaw
Township Peace and De-
velopment Council U Myint
Wai reported on area of the
township, land used, recla-
mation of fallow and virgin
lands and cultivation of
monsoon and summer
paddy and other crops.
Officials concerned re-
ported on education, health
and requirements.
The Secretary-1 ful-
filled the requirements. He
said the government is lay-
ing emphasis on equal de-
velopment of states and di-
visions including Shan
State and the entire Union.
In doing so, a great deal of
obvious material infrastruc-
tures such as roads, bridges
and dams had emerged in
various parts of the nation.
Moreover, staff and experts
who participated in the na-
tion-building tasks gained
invaluable experience, ex-
pertise and qualifications.
He said these experi-
ence are strength of further
development of the nation.
Construction projects do
not aim at short-term inter-
est but they are fulfilments
for the future and long-term
interest of the nation.
He said economic
progress in the private sec-
tor is gaining momentum
with the economic devel-
opment process of the na-
tion.
Investment, technology
and experience of the pri-
vate sector are valuable
strength for nation-build-
ing tasks. Moreover, he
said, efforts are being made
for human resource devel-
opment among the re-
sources of the nation.
Around 1988, the number
of graduates were only five
digits . Now there are over
100,000 graduates. Ar-
rangements are being made
for emergence of advanced
human resources by con-
ducting master and honours
courses, he said.
The Secretary-1 said
continued efforts are to be
made in building a modern
developed nation in coop-
eration with the govern-
ment based on material de-
velopment, technology and
experiences. He said the
government has laid down
seven future political tasks
and a democratic state is to
be shaped in practice in ac-
cord with the tasks.
The development of
economic and social sec-
tors, human resource and
politics are interrelated.
Strenuous efforts are to be
made in harmony for im-
provement of socio-eco-
nomic condition of the State
and for considerable in-
crease of individual income
while the government is
undertaking measures on
political process with no-
ble aims.
The Secretary-2 made
a speech, saying that the
government has adopted
the political steps in turn-
ing the nation into a new
modern developed demo-
cratic one, and all have to
participate in the tasks. In
an endeavour to enable the
nation to be on her devel-
opment path, the govern-
ment had to construct eco-
nomic, social and transpor-
tation foundations. In the
process, as is known to all,
the government took meas-
ures in advance to restore
peace and to regain the na-
t ional reconsolidation
across the nation, he added.
The government is im-
plementing short-term
plans for ensuring food suf-
ficiency for the increasing
population of the country
and for higher living stand-
ard of the people. Now,
there have been constructed
good economic and social
foundations.
The government has
been implementing the bor-
der areas development
project, the 24 development
regions project and the five
rural development tasks for
harmonious development in
all parts of the nation. The
government alone cannot
manage to accomplish the
projects, and the service
personnel and the people
are therefore to cooperate
in the tasks in cooperation
with the government.
Playing a leading role
in regional development,
the staff are to be equipped
with correct ideas and views
and good morality.
At a time when some
western powers resorting to
various ways and means are
imposing sanctions on
Myanmar, the citizens must
value and cherish the na-
tion and the people more
than usual.
In conclusion, he called
the employees imbued with
good morals to make con-
certed efforts, to practise
thrift in the work sites and
to place emphasis on mini-
mizing loss and wastage.
Next, Vice-Chairman of
Myanmar Education Com-
mittee the Secretary-1 pre-
sented exercise books to the
basic education schools in
the township through the
township education officer.
The Secretary-2 presented
cash assistance to the town-
ship MCWA through the
president of the association
and to township WCWA
through a committee mem-
ber. After the meeting, the
Secretary-1 and the Secre-
tary-2 cordially greeted
those present. — MNA
Vice-Senior General MaungAye inspects…
Vice-Senior General Maung Aye hears report presented by Minister for Electric Power Maj-Gen Tin Htut on coal-fired power station (Tikyit) in Pinlaung township. — MNA
Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Soe Win presents exercise books toKalaw Township Education Officer Daw Tin May Win.
MNA
Vice-Senior General Maung Aye inspects site chosen for extension of Government Technological College inAyethaya, Taunggyi. —MNA
10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 September, 2003
A promising industryThiha TinThiha TinThiha TinThiha TinThiha Tin
One of the most
promising economic sectors
of the nation is the meat and
population and increased
export earnings.
As the nation has
exerting utmost efforts to
reclaim more land for set-
ting up fish, prawn and live-
stock breeding farms, intro-
ducing advanced methods,
applying innovative means,
using farm equipment of the
fish industry, that is help-
ing the nation produce sur-
plus food for its growing
great potentials to extend
the meat and fish industry,
the Government has been
latest models and increas-
ing the role of the private
sector.
Work is in progress
to develop prawn farming,
as the marine products have
ready markets abroad. In
addition, plans are under
way to increase the annual
foreign currency earnings of
the industry to reach from
US $ 400 million to US $
500 million in accord with
the guidance of the Head of
State.
Special attention is
being paid to extending sea
and fresh water prawn
breeding in Taninthayi Di-
vision, Mon State, Yangon
Division, Ayeyawady Divi-
sion and Rakhine State as
they are ideal places for
conducting aquaculture.
Moreover, the Gov-
ernment has been giving
encouragement, support and
assistance to the private
sector, the military com-
mands, battalions and units,
the departments and the lo-
cal people to breed aquatic
creatures and animals as
much as they can to ensure
surplus food in the nation,
and to set up and run ice
factories, cold storage and
factories producing finished
goods, canned foods and
preserved foods and proc-
essed animal fodder for
export as well as domestic
consumption.
And due to the ener-
getic efforts of the Govern-
ment, the nation saw a 4.6
per cent annual average
growth in the fish and meat
sector during the first short-
term national economic plan
from fiscal 1992-93 to
1995-96; and 12.7 per cent
during the second short-
term five-year national eco-
nomic plan from fiscal
1996-97 to 2000-2001. In
fiscal 2001-2002, the sector
grew by 12.6 per cent and
its growth rate in fiscal
2002-2003 was 12.0 per
cent.
Fresh water and sea
fish and prawn production
in fiscal 2002-2003 was
nearly 1.6 million tons, up
from 681,000 tons in 1987-
88.
At the same time,
efforts are being made to
raise the volume as well as
the quality of the products
of the meat and fish sector,
and the sector at present is
a success story of the na-
tion’s economy.
As the profits made
from the meat and fish sec-
tor can be invested in build-
ing industries needed for the
national development and
modernization drive, it ac-
tually is a promising indus-
try for the nation.
*****
Pwintbyu Textile and GarmentFactory Construction Project
The Ministry of In-
dustry-1, in accordance with
the guidance of Head of
State Senior General Than
Shwe on fulfilling the
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ral regions, and competing
with textile and garment
industries of Myanmar’s
neighbours and Asian coun-
tries.
nation with a view to creat-
ing more job opportunities
for local residents, dissemi-
nating methods on textile
industry in the regions,
clothing requirement of the
people, has been construct-
ing dyeing and printing fac-
tories and textile and gar-
ment factories in the entire
meeting the local garment
demand, producing import-
substitute garments, bridg-
ing the gap of living stand-
ard between urban and ru-
The ministry is si-
multaneously implementing
three textile and garment
factory construction projects
in Pakokku, Salingyi and
Pwintbyu townships.
The Pwintbyu Tex-
tile and Garment Factory
Construction Project started
in September 2000 on
Lekaing-Pwintbyu road
near Kanthagyi village two
miles from Pwintbyu Town-
ship, Magway Division.
Now 86 per cent of the
project has been completed.
For the project, the
ministry imported the open-
ing machine, single beater
scutcher, cording machine,
pre-drawing frame, lap
former, combing machine,
drawing frame, roving ma-
chine, ring spinning ma-
chine, cone winding ma-
chine, warping machine,
sizing machine and rapier
loom from the People’s
Republic of China.
Construction of all
the project’s buildings is
expected to be completed by
September 2003. Cent per
cent iron construction ma-
terials and 95.2 per cent
machines and accessories
have arrived at the project.
And, installation of ma-
chines to the factory is tar-
geted to be completed by
the end of March 2004. The
factory is scheduled to be
put into service by the end
of July 2004.
On completion, the
factory will have annual
production capacity of
4.988 million yards of 1/40
poplin. The total investment
for the project is K
5,285.167 million plus US$
37.283 million.
The project will
mean an employment of
some 5,000 local people.
On the whole, Pwintbyu
region will enjoy fruitful
Water treatment plant under construction at the project.
The water tower being built at the project site.Mess for the employees.
The main building of the project. 1.428 million pounds of 1/
40 PC thread, 1.428 million
pounds of combining
thread, 4.988 million yards
of 1/40 PC rough cloth and
results of regional develop-
ment thanks to the project.
*****(Translation: MS)
(Myanma Alin: 7-9-2003)
A prawn and fish feedstuff factory in Dagon Myothit (East).
THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 September, 2003 11
Implementation of projects for socio-economicdevelopment of all regions in the country
The government is
trying its best to
provide basic health
care services to the
entire national people.
Hospitals, dispensa-
ries, rural health care
centres are being built
wherever necessary in
the country. The
photo taken on 2
September shows
Maubin General
Hospital in Maubin,
Ayeyawady Divi-
sion.—PHOTO:MNA
In addition to two in-
stitutes of medicine
in Yangon and one in
Mandalay, another
institute of medicine
was opened in
Magway. The photo
taken on 2 Septem-
ber shows the Insti-
tute of Medicine
in Magway.
PHOTO: MNA
Kale region is economically and socially important one for
not only Tamu and Mawlaik region in Sagaing Division but
also regions in Chin State (North). Many students from Chin
State (North) are attending Kale University and
colleges in Kalay. The photo taken on 25 July
shows the magnificent building of
Kale University in Kale,
Sagaing Division.
PHOTO: MNA
12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 September, 2003
TRADE MARK CAUTIONMERLONI TERMO-
SANITARI S.p.A., a Com-
pany incorporated in Italy,
of Viale Aristide Merloni,
45 60044 Fabriano (Ancona)
Italy, is the Owner of the
following Trade Mark:-
Reg. No. 927/2000in respect of “Central-heat-
ing boilers, bath heaters,
water heaters, electric water
heaters, boilers, electric boil-
ers, shower baths, electric
shower baths, baths, shower
bases, shower box, sanitary
wares, air conditioners, heat
pumps”
Fraudulent imitation or
unauthorised use of the said
Trade Mark will be dealt with
according to law.
Win Mu Tin,M.A., H.G.P., D.B.L
for MERLONITERMOSANITARI
S.p.A.P.O. Box 60, Yangon.
Dated: 11 September, 2003
ARRIVAL/CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV “MAGWAY” VOY NO 278/N
Consignees of cargo carried on MV “MAGWAY”
Voy No278/N are here by notified that the vessel arrives
at Yangon port on 11-9-2003 and will be berthing on
about 12-9-2003 and cargoes will be discharged into the
premises of Myanma Port Authority where it will lie at
the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the bye-
laws and conditions of the port of Yangon.
Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily between 8 am
to 11.30 am and 12 noon to 4 pm into Claims Day now
declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo
from the vessel.
No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the
Claims Day.
CONTAINER FEEDER SERVICEMYANMA FIVE STAR LINE
Phone : 293147/296507/295754
1,400 killedin DutchheatwaveAMSTERDAM, 10 Sept —
Up to 1,400 people were
killed in the Netherlands by
the heatwave that roasted
Europe this summer, the
Dutch statistics office said
on Monday.
“In the summer of 2003,
between 1,000 and 1,400
more people died than usual
because of the heat,” the
Central Bureau of Statistics
(CBS) said in a report.
France was by far the
worst hit by the heatwave,
which is believed to have
claimed more than 11,000
lives there. The Dutch Health
Ministry had previously said
500 to 1,000 people died
from the heat this summer in
the normally mild Nether-
lands.
The greater-than-normal
toll was most pronounced in
the Netherlands in August
but deaths were also higher
than usual at the start of June
and in the second half of
July, the CBS said.
A one-degree rise in tem-
perature causes 25 to 35 more
deaths per week, the CBS
said.
In the first half of Au-
gust, which was the hottest
period, temperatures were
consistently above 25 de-
grees Celsius and repeatedly
topped 30 degrees — far
above the 22 degree average
for the time of year.
MNA/Reuters
Probe links badorganization to
French heat deathsPARIS, 10 Sept — French hospitals and emergency
services struggled to cope with August’s deadly heatwavebecause of bad organization, medical staff takingholiday and poor communication, a government-backedinquiry said on Monday.
“For want of anticipation, organization and coordina-
tion, the response was not appropriate,” said a report by
three doctors commissioned by Health Minister
Jean-Francois Mattei to lead the inquiry into the heatwave.
In France, 11,435 more people than usual died during
the first two weeks of August, when temperatures soared
above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in the worst
heatwave since records began in 1945, causing dehydration
and hyperthermia.
“The catastrophe arose while there were no measures in
place to cope with the heat,” the doctors’ report added.
The report deals a blow to the prestige of a health service
vaunted as the world’s best, but which was overrun by heat-
struck patients. The rise in deaths led the government to
consider scrapping a public holiday to fund extra care for
the elderly. The report suggested improving the organiza-
tion of hospital emergency services and looking into install-
ing air conditioning, which most French hospitals do not
have. — MNA/Reuters
Indian FM speaks to Europeancounterparts
NEW DELHI , 10 Sept — Indian External Affairs Minister Yashwant Sinha hasspoken to his counterparts in Germany, France and Russia on the US draft resolutionon Iraq and underlined the need to continue consultations with all interlocutors on thisissue.
Sinha’s telephonic conversation took
place late last week ahead of the week-long
visit of US Assistant Secretary of State for
South Asia Christina Rocca commencing
from Tuesday.
Sinha’s counterparts shared with him
their views on the draft resolution, External
Affairs Ministry spokesman told reporters.
“We have underlined the need to continue
consultations with all our interlocutors on
this matter,” he said.
He said they have expressed their desire
to keep in touch on these matters and “keep
us informed of any developments”.
France and Germany have sought sig-
nificant changes in the draft which seeks
establishment of a multinational force un-
der American control in Iraq. It is now being
discussed by UN Security Council mem-
bers.
Apart from the two countries, India,
Turkey and Syria, the only Arab member of
the 15-member Council, demand much
greater role for the UN than envisaged in the
American proposal even as Britain, Spain
and Mexico support the resolution.
India’s official stand has been that it
could consider sending troops to Iraq if there
was an explicit UN mandate.
Asked whether India shared the views of
these three countries, the spokesman said
the July 14 decision of the Cabinet Commit-
tee on Security (CCS) “is India’s decision”.
The CCS had held that government would
consider sending troops to Iraq for partici-
pation in the stabilization force if there was
an explicit UN mandate.
“All the developments that happen....we
will see it in that context,” he said.
The three foreign ministers briefed
Sinha on what they were looking at, the
spokesman said.
MNA/PTI
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The poster of the 20th European Heritage Day was displayed at a press conference inthe French Ministry of Culture in Paris, on 9 Sept, 2003. The French Government hasset the Heritage Day since 1984 to promote the French masterpieces of architectures,
gardens, and historical sites. At the third weekend of Sept, which was fixed as theHeritage Day each year, about 11 million visitors tour around the historical sites within
France free of charge. — XINHUA
BEIJING , 10 Sept— A videophone conference washeld Monday across China to deploy the work ofmilitary conscription in 2003, and to demand the localgovernments and military departments at all levelsfulfill the tasks endowed them by the State Council andthe Central Military Commission of the CommunistParty of China.
Local governments and military departments were
told to do their best to recruit highly-qualified soldiers, so
as to improve the Army’s battle effectiveness, promote
military reform with Chinese characteristics and realize
the Army’s modernization.
MNA/Xinhua
XIAMEN , 10 Sept— Foreign business leaders and officials attending the ongoing 7thChina International Fair for Investment and Trade said here Monday that China hasbeen an important source of stability and growth in the world economy given theslowdown of economic growth worldwide.
WASHINGTON , 10 Sept— Smoking causes damagethroughout the body by lowering levels of an enzyme keyto physical and mental health, US researchers reportedon Monday.
Smoking is known to damage the lungs, heart and arter-
ies, but PET scans showed it affected these organs as well as
the kidneys and spleen by its impact on monoamine oxidase
B, the researchers said.
“When we think about smoking and the harmful effects
of smoke, we usually think of the lungs and of nicotine,” Dr
Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug
Abuse and a researcher on the study, said in a statement.
“But here we see a marked effect on a major body enzyme
in sites far removed from the lungs that we know is due to a
substance other than nicotine. This alerts us to the fact that
smoking, which is highly addictive, exposes the whole body
to the thousands of compounds in tobacco smoke.”
MNA/Reuters
BUENOS AIRES, 10 Sept— The ozonosphere hole over Antarctic is currentlygrowing at the fastest rate yet in the past 20 years, the Argentine daily, La Nacion,said on Monday.
NEW DELHI , 10 Sept— Describing India as one of the most important countries inthe world, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Tuesday hoped his visit wouldcontribute in strengthening bilateral relations and help achieving “many thingstogether in many fields”.
Sharon, the first Israeli Premier to visit
India since the two countries established
diplomatic relations in 1992, began his
official engagements with a ceremonial re-
ception at Rashtrapati Bhavan (President’s
official residence).
“We are very much interested in devel-
oping and strengthening relations with
India because India is one of the most
important countries in the world,” Sharon,
who is heading a 124-member delegation
on a four-day visit, told reporters.
Warmly welcoming Sharon, Prime Min-
ister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said he was
confident that this “historic” visit would
further cement growing ties with India.
Sharon, who moved amidst tight
security, also visited Raj Ghat, where he
placed floral wreath on the tomb of Ma-
hatma Gandhi.
During his 40-minute meeting, with In-
dian President APJ Abdul Kalam, the two
leaders discussed the situation in the Middle
East besides bilateral cooperation in various
fields. Kalam emphasized the need for last-
ing global peace.
The issue of global war against terrorism
figured prominently when External Affairs
Minister Yashwant Sinha called on the Is-
raeli Premier.
During the 75-minute parleys, develop-
ments relating to Middle East peace process
and ways to enhance bilateral economic
cooperation and having joint ventures in
various areas including information tech-
nology also came up.
An official travelling with Sharon’s del-
egation was quoted as saying that Septem-
ber 11 terror strike in US and global cam-
paign against terrorism have “created a new
opportunity” for stronger ties between In-
dia, Israel and the US. —MNA/PTI
A group of girls perform at the opening ceremony of the Fifth Quanzhou TourismFestival in Hui’an County, east China’s Fujian Province, on 9 Sept, 2003.
XINHUA
Ozonosphere hole overAntarctic growing faster
The report, citing US and
European space authorities,
said the hole had shaped and
enlarged very fast since this
August. It posed a threat to
the island of Tierra del Fuego,
at the southern tip of South
America, and to the southern
Argentine province of Santa
Cruz.
The size of the hole had
already surpassed 27 million
square kilometres, close to
the record of 30 million
square kilometres in the same
period of 2000, the paper
said. Its sources were the lat-
est detection data of the US
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
(NASA) and the European
Space Agency.
The extended hole had
covered Argentina’s Santa
Cruz Province for the first
time in past years, and was
still spreading to the north,
said Doctor Pablo Canziani,
head of the Atmosphere and
Ocean Science Department
of the University of Buenos
Aires.
MNA/Xinhua
Chinadeploys
recruitmentin 2003 invideophoneconference
Foreign business leaders say“China is already a success story”
“China’s course over the
past decades suggests that
the world now faces a new
reality: a reality of a huge,
rapidly modernizing, but still
relatively poor economy, op-
erating at full throttle in glo-
bal markets, increasingly
able to perform economic
tasks that formerly could
only be handled by the
wealthiest and most ad-
vanced industrial econo-
mies,” said Dr. Robert Kapp,
President of US-China Busi-
ness Council, when deliver-
ing a speech at the Interna-
tional Investment Forum
2003.
“From the standpoint of
foreign investment, China is
a success story,” Kapp said.
China has absorbed 52.7
billion US dollars of foreign
direct investment (FDI) in
2002, overtaking the United
States as the No1 recipient
of FDI, according to the sta-
tistics from the Ministry of
Commerce.
The fact is “indeed a sign
that much in China has gone
very well indeed, and that
China is now a very good
place to invest”, from many
standpoints, Kapp said.
Kapp said China has re-
affirmed its determination to
continue the process of eco-
nomic reform and integra-
tion with global commercial
practices by joining the
World Trade Organization
(WTO) on demanding but
ultimately beneficial terms.
China’s decision to join
the WTO, its impressive rate
of economic growth, and the
emergence of a large domes-
tic market, “ has further en-
couraged foreign firms to in-
tegrate China into their glo-
bal business strategies”, he
said.
Foreign officials like Sir
Stephen Brown, Group Chief
Executive of British Trade
International (BTI), and Dale
D Marshall, MP, Minister of
Industry and International
Business of Barbados also
gave speeches during the
forum. Sir Stephen said
China “has been an impor-
tant source of stability and
growth in the world
economy”, particularly in
some of the high tech sec-
tors. He quoted BTI’s statis-
tics as saying that more than
170 Chinese companies have
invested in Britain with a
further 100 from Hong Kong
including Britain’s largest
single inward investor, Li
Ka Sing. — MNA/Xinhua
MANCHESTER (England),
10 Sept— Africa’s multi-
million dollar bushmeat in-
dustry is threatening species
like gorillas and chimpan-
zees with extinction, conser-
vationists said on Monday.
But the meat from wild
animals is a key source of
food and livelihood for poor
people in countries in
central and western Africa
with crumbling economies.
Scientists at the Zoologi-
cal Society of London (ZSL)
told a British conference that
better management of the
trade is needed to eliminate
the threat to great apes
without further harming poor
rural communities.
MNA/Reuters
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SPORTS
M ANCHESTER (England), 10 Sept— England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson facesthe bizarre option of dropping his inspirational captain David Beckham againstLiechtenstein in order to boost his team’s Euro 2004 qualifying bid.
Beckham, though desperate to play at
his former Old Trafford home on Wednes-
day, is a yellow card away from a suspen-
sion that would rule him out of next month’s
decisive Group 7 match in Turkey.
Beckham’s return to Manchester a few
weeks after leaving United for Real Madrid
would be a highly charged moment for the
28-year-old and the fans who worshipped
him in a red shirt.
The argument in favour of England’s
methodical Swedish coach denying both
sides that moment is a clinical assessment of
the facts.
England are perfectly capable of beating
Liechtenstein’s assortment of part-timers
and journeyman professionals without their
35-million-euro midfielder.
By contrast, it would be extremely diffi-
cult for England to get the result they need
— a draw if they beat Liechtenstein —
without Beckham on October 11 in Istan-
bul. Beckham’s passionate attachment to
the England captaincy has often made him a
ferocious competitor in games in which his
teammates are struggling.
His committed tackling and ability to
galvanize England’s attacking play through
his trademark pinpoint passes can turn de-
feats into victories.
Alongside his sheer stamina and work
rate, Beckham’s other contribution is the
most important of all — scoring goals.
Eriksson confirmed him as captain when
the Swede took effective charge in February
2001 and Beckham has repaid that faith
with 12 goals in 25 starts — an astonishing
record for a midfielder.
Inevitably, his most memorable perform-
ances are when Beckham combines his roles
as battler and goalscorer.
England’s best player on Saturday, it
was Beckham’s match-winning penalty in
Macedonia that sealed a priceless win. In
Slovakia last October, Beckham’s equalizer
set England on their way to a similar 2-1
comeback victory.
Best of all, though, was his performance
in the final 2002 World Cup qualifier against
Greece at Old Trafford, capped by a memo-
rable free kick goal in injury time to make it
2-2 and seal England’s place in the finals.
In Turkey, England face a similar task —
needing a draw in their final qualifier to
reach a major tournament.
However, this time they are playing in
Istanbul instead of Manchester and World
Cup semifinalists Turkey are a very different
proposition to Greece, with the crowd — in
theory bereft of England fans after the FA
turned down its ticket allocation — likely to
be hostile.
It will not be an easy decision for Eriksson.
The Swede could find himself in a similar
situation to Beckham’s former manager Alex
Ferguson, whose captain Roy Keane and
fellow midfielder Paul Scholes missed their
1999 European Cup final triumph over
Bayern Munich after being booked in the
semifinal against Juventus.
On Wednesday, Beckham will probably
get the nod, along with a wagging figure
warning him to keep out of trouble.
MNA/Reuters
Ferdinand, Butt out ofLiechtenstein game
M ANCHESTER, 10 Sept— England defender RioFerdinand and midfielder Nicky Butt have been ruledout of Wednesday’s Euro 2004 qualifier against Liech-tenstein.
Ferdinand has a kidney problem that forced him to miss
Saturday’s 2-1 win over Macedonia, while Butt, his Man-
chester United teammate, played in the Group 7 match in
Skopje despite a recent ankle injury.
“Nicky Butt and Rio Ferdinand unfortunately have had to
withdraw from the squad due to injury,” a Football Associa-
tion spokesman said on Monday.
“Nicky has an ankle problem and will not be recovered
in time for Wednesday’s match. “Rio is still not fully
recovered from the problem that kept him out of Saturday’s
game.” Midfielders Paul Scholes and Trevor Sinclair have
also been ruled out of the match at Manchester United’s Old
Trafford ground but Steven Gerrard is fit to return after
missing the Macedonia match. — MNA/Reuters
Euro 2004 hopefuls eye playoffchances as pace hots up
LONDON, 10 Sept — Italy and hat-trick hero Filippo Inzaghi came out strongest fromthe latest round of Euro 2004 qualifiers but Spain’s 3-0 win over tournament hostsPortugal in a friendly could be of greater significance.
Zidane very doubtfulfor Slovenia game
LJUBLJANA, 10 Sept— Zinedine Zidane is
likely to miss France’s Euro 2004 Group 1
qualifier against Slovenia on Wednesday as
he is still nursing a thigh injury.
Zidane, who missed the game against
Cyprus on Saturday which the European
champions won 5-0, trained separately in
Ljubljana on Monday. As his teammates
practised passing the inspirational playmaker
had a session with defender Mikael Silvestre,
who is suffering with a knee injury.
But the Manchester United player linked
up with the rest of the squad after 10 minutes
while Zidane continued on his own before
eventually joining the other players in front
of a crowd of 1,500 — more than the aver-
age attendance for a league game in Slovenia.
France lead Group 1 with a maximum 18
points from six outings, five ahead of sec-
ond-placed Slovenia.
The defending champions only need a draw
to qualify directly for next year’s European
Championship. Slovenia require one point to
secure a playoff spot.—MNA/Reuters
Petit announces end ofinternational career
PARIS, 10 Sept— World Cup-winning
midfielder Emmanuel Petit announced the
end of his international career on Monday,
blaming France coach Jacques Santini for a
“lack of frankness”.
“It was not an easy decision to take. But I
made up my mind and this is now irrevoca-
ble,” the 32-year-old Chelsea player was
quoted as saying by the sports daily L’Equipe.
“I feel great physically and I’m certainly
back to my best but I don’t think the French
squad is led by the right man. He (Santini) is
lacking frankness.” said Petit, who helped
Arsenal win the English Premier League and
FA Cup double in 1998.
Less than two months later, Petit scored
the third goal in France’s 3-0 defeat of Brazil
in the 1998 World Cup final in Paris. He also
played in the French team that won the 2000
European championship.
Petit, who won 63 international caps, last
played for France in the 2-0 defeat to the
Czech Republic in a friendly in Paris in
February. — MNA/Reuters
Recoba wins over Uruguayan public MONTEVIDEO, 10 Sept— Alvaro Recoba,
who for years has enjoyed a love-hate rela-
tionship with the Uruguayan public, appears
to be back in favour again.
Recoba was hailed on Monday as the
inspiration of the previous day’s 5-0 win
over Bolivia as the twice former champions
began their 2006 World Cup qualifying cam-
paign in convincing style.
Handed the captaincy following the in-
ternational retirement of Paolo Montero,
Recoba was applauded off the field by the
40,000 crowd and given a mark of nine out
of ten by the newspaper El Pais for his
performance.
It was a significant turnaround for the
player whose motivation has often been
questioned and who took much of the blame
for Uruguay’s first-round exit at last year’s
World Cup in South Korea and Japan.
“I always play for the national team, for
the good of Uruguay and nothing more,” said
the Inter Milan player.
“It’s quite normal that the entire country
is not in favour of what Recoba does.
“My target is to score goals, win and
qualify for the World Cup, and that will
always be my target.”
Recoba, best known for his gifted left
foot, has scored 10 goals in 51 appearances
since making his debut against Spain in
1995. His club career has been a similar story
of highs and lows.
MNA/Reuters
While Italy crushed Wales 4-0 to go top
of Group 9, England came from behind to
beat Macedonia 2-1 away and keep pace
with Turkey in Group 7 and defending
champions France continued their relent-
less march in Group 1.
The Spanish impressed against Luiz
Felipe Scolari’s Portugal but they were
watching from the sidelines as Greece all
but secured qualification from Group 6.
Greece upset the apple cart with a 1-0
win in Spain in June and their 1-0 victory
in Armenia on Saturday coupled with
Ukraine’s 0-0 home draw with bottom team
Northern Ireland put the Greeks firmly in
control, four points clear of Spain.
The top team from each group quali-
fies for the finals, while the second-placed
team goes into a playoff with the runner up
from another group for a spot in Portugal.
With the Greeks needing a home victory
over winless Northern Ireland in their last
qualifier on October 11 to finish top of the
group, Spain are realistically looking at the
playoffs and the unspeakable possibility of
not even getting to the finals in neighbour-
ing Portugal next year.
But the Spanish, who had not beaten
Portugal for 45 years, did rediscover their
scoring touch on Saturday with goals from
Joseba Etxeberria, Joaquin Sanchez and
Diego Tristan against a Portuguese side
being groomed by Brazilian World Cup
winner Scolari to win their home tourna-
ment. Spain have two qualifiers left, at home
to Ukraine on Wednesday and away to Ar-
menia on October 11, and the playoffs unless
the Greeks slip up badly, to put things rights.
Wales’ fate at the San Siro reflected that
of a number of teams that started as outsiders
but have given themselves a chance of
reaching the finals.
Having surrendered top spot in their group
to favourites Italy, the Welsh will have to
fight to ensure they bag at least a playoff
berth, starting with their home match against
third-placed Finland on Wednesday.
MNA/Reuters
Rooney becomes England’syoungest goalscorer
SKOPJE, 10 Sept— Wayne Rooney be-
came the youngest player to score a senior
goal for England on Saturday when he equal-
ized during the Euro 2004 qualifier against
Macedonia. The Everton striker, aged 17
years and 317 days, drove an 18-metre shot
into the net to make the score 1-1 after 53
minutes against in the Macedonian capital.
Rooney, who was winning his sixth sen-
ior cap, beat the record of Michael Owen
who was 18 years and 164 days old when he
scored against Morocco in May 1998.
Rooney became the youngest player to
win a senior England cap when he made his
debut against Australia in February aged 17
years and 111 days.—MNA/Reuters
Two athletes of Guangxi Zhuang
Autonomous Region run on stilt
during the preliminary match of men's
2x200m relay race at the Seventh
National Games for Traditional
Sports of Nationalities in Shizuishan
City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui
Autonomous Region, on 8 Sept, 2003.
Running on the stilt originated from
areas in south China's Hunan
Province where Miao and Tujia
ethnic groups lived. It's a new game
of the sports meet.—XINHUA
Eriksson faces Beckham dilemma
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Tune in today:Thursday, September 11
8.30 am Brief news8.35 am Music8.40 am Perspectives8.45 am Music8.50 am National news/
Slogan9.00 am Music9.05 am International news9.10 am Music1.30 pm News/Slogan1.40 pm Lunch time music
-Top of the world (Carpenters) -I have a dream (Westlife)
9.00 pm Aspects of Myanmar -Homalin Airport
9.10 pm Article/Music9.20 pm Topics potpourri
-Medical experts urge anti-SARS vigilance
9.30 pm Favourite songs chosen by
“Nwe Nwe Khine” -Just like a pill (Pink) -I love rock & roll (Britney Spears) -Ain't live without your love & affection (Natural)
9.45 pm News/Slogan10.00 pm PEL
9:00 Signature TuneGreetings
9:02 Song of MyanmarBeauty & ScenicSights “Mingalabar”
9:06 Myaing Hay Wun Elephant Camp
9:10 Headline News9:12 Easliy Cooked Tasty
Dishes “Prawn Salad”9:15 National News9:20 The Ancient City
Thrikhittaya9:25 Dance of Drums9:30 National News9:35 Beautiful Pleasant
Beach Village9:40 Song “Towards Man-
dalay Golden City”9:45 National News9:50 Myanma Traditional
Flower Arrangements(Decoration withGlaze)
9:58 Song of MyanmarBeauty & ScenicSights “Come andSee Myanmar”
11-9-2003˚(Thursday)Regular Programmes for
Viewers from AbroadEvening Transmission
(15:30 - 17:30)15:30 Signature Tune
Greetings15:32 Song of Myanmar
Beauty & ScenicSights “MyanmaPanorama & MyanmaSentiment”
15:36 Myaing Hay Wun Elephant Camp
15:40 Headline News15:42 Easliy Cooked Tasty
Dishes “Prawn Salad”15:45 National News15:50 The Ancient City
Thrikhittaya15:55 Dance of Drums16:00 National News16:05 Beautiful Pleasant
Beach Village16:10 Song “Towards Man-
dalay Golden City”16:12 The Wooden Walking
Stick
Cultural Showroom21:10 Myanmar Modern
Song “Pleasant andGreenish Lake”
21:12 Innwa Ancient Capital21:15 National News21:20 Mogok (or) The Ruby-
Land of Myanmar21:25 Song of Myanmar
Beauty & ScenicSights “MyanmaPanorama & MyanmaSentiment”
21:36 Myaing Hay Wun Elephant Camp
21:40 Headline News21:42 Easliy Cooked Tasty
Dishes “Prawn Salad”21:45 National News21:50 The Ancient City
Thrikhittaya21:55 Dance of Drums22:00 National News22:05 Beautiful Pleasant
Beach Village22:10 Song “Towards Man-
dalay Golden City”22:12 The Wooden Walking
Stick22:15 National News22:20 Myanma Traditional
Flower Arrangements(Decoration withGlaze)
22:25 Myanmar ModernSong “Lover's Life”
22:30 National News22:35 Myanmar Traditional
Folk Songs22:40 Myanmar Cuisine
“Peppery Monhingha”22:45 National News22:50 A Day in the Life of
the Pa-O Family22:55 A Dance to the Harvest23:00 National News23:05 Pickled Featherback23:10 Song on Screen “Pre-
destination”23:15 National News23:20 The National Museum
(I)23:25 Song of Myanmar
Beauty & ScenicSights “Come and SeeMyanmar”
11-9-2003˚(Thursday) &12-9-2003 (Friday)
Evening & MorningTransmission
(23:30 - 01:30)23:30 Signature Tune
Greetings23:32 Song of Myanmar
Beauty & ScenicSights “Mingalabar”
23:36 Myaing Hay Wun
16:15 National News16:20 Myanma Traditional
Flower Arrangements(Decoration withGlaze)
16:25 Song of MyanmarBeauty & ScenicSights “Mingalabar”
16:30 National News16:35 Myanmar Traditional
Folk Songs16:40 Myanmar Cuisine
“Peppery Monhingha”16:45 National News16:50 A Day in the Life of
the Pa-O Family16:55 A Dance to the Harvest17:00 National News17:05 Pickled Featherback17:10 Song on Screen “Pre-
destination”17:15 National News17:20 The National Museum
(I)17:25 Song of Myanmar
Beauty & ScenicSights “Come and SeeMyanmar”
Evening Transmission(19:30 - 23:30)
19:30 Signature TuneGreetings
19:32 Song of MyanmarBeauty & ScenicSights “Mingalabar”
19:36 Moyungyi Wildlife Sanctuary
19:40 Headline News19:42 Easily Cooked Tasty
Dishes “FriedFermented Prawn”
19:45 National News19:50 Fantastic Scenic
Sunset of Myanmar19:55 Long Drum Folk Song
& Dance20:00 National News20:05 Myanma Artistic
Works At ShwedagonPagoda Archways
20:10 Song “Tranquil Bagan”20:15 National News20:20 A Peaceful Place of
Mind20:25 Song
“Golden Shangaing”20:30 National News20:35 Peaceful & Developed
Dawei20:40 Myanmar Cuisine
“Traditional Mounbine daunt”
20:45 National News20:50 Myanmar Spirulina20:55 The Rakhine Dance,
The Pride of Yoma21:00 National News21:05 Naga Traditional
Elephant Camp23:40 Headline News23:42 Easliy Cooked Tasty
Dishes “Prawn Salad”23:45 National News23:50 The Ancient City
Thrikhittaya23:55 Dance of Drums24:00 National News00:05 Beautiful Pleasant
Beach Village00:10 Song “Towards Man-
dalay Golden City”00:12 The Wooden Walking
Stick00:15 National News00:20 Myanma Traditional
Flower Arrangements(Decoration withGlaze)
00:25 Song of MyanmarBeauty & ScenicSights “Mingalabar”
00:30 National News00:35 Myanmar Traditional
Folk Songs00:40 Myanmar Cuisine
“Peppery Monhingha”00:45 National News00:50 A Day in the Life of
the Pa-O Family00:55 A Dance to the Harvest01:00 National News01:05 Pickled Featherback01:10 Song on Screen “Pre-
destination”01:15 National News01:20 The National Museum
(I)01:25 Song of Myanmar
Beauty & ScenicSights “Come and SeeMyanmar”
12-9-2003˚(Friday)
Morning Transmission(03:30 - 07:30)
03:30 Signature TuneGreetings
03:32 Song of MyanmarBeauty & ScenicSights “Mingalabar”
03:36 Moyungyi WildlifeSanctuary
03:40 Headline News03:42 Easily Cooked Tasty
Dishes “FriedFermented Prawn”
03:45 National News03:50 Fantastic Scenic
Sunset of Myanmar03:55 Long Drum Folk Song
& Dance04:00 National News04:05 Myanma Artistic
Works At ShwedagonPagoda Archways
04:10 Song “Tranquil Bagan”
04:15 National News04:20 A Peaceful Place of
Mind04:25 Song
“Golden Shangaing”04:30 National News04:35 Peaceful & Developed
Dawei04:40 Myanmar Cuisine
“Traditional Mounbine daunt”
04:45 National News04:50 Myanmar Spirulina04:55 The Rakhine Dance,
The Pride of Yoma05:00 National News05:05 Naga Traditional
Cultural Showroom05:10 Myanmar Modern
Song “Pleasant andGreenish Lake”
05:12 Innwa Ancient Capital05:15 National News05:20 Mogok (or) The Ruby-
Land of Myanmar05:25 Song of Myanmar
Beauty & ScenicSights “MyanmaPanorama & MyanmaSentiment”
05:36 Myaing Hay Wun Elephant Camp
05:40 Headline News05:42 Easliy Cooked Tasty
Dishes “Prawn Salad”05:45 National News05:50 The Ancient City
Thrikhittaya
05:55 Dance of Drums
06:00 National News06:05 Beautiful Pleasant
Beach Village
06:10 Song “Towards Man-
dalay Golden City”
06:12 The Wooden Walking
Stick
06:15 National News06:20 Myanma Traditional
Flower Arrangements
(Decoration withGlaze)
06:25 Myanmar Modern
Song “Lover's life”
06:30 National News06:35 Myanmar Traditional
Folk Songs
06:40 Myanmar Cuisine
“Peppery Monhingha”
06:45 National News06:50 A Day in the Life of
the Pa-O Family
06:55 A Dance to the Harvest
07:00 National News07:05 Pickled Featherback
07:10 Song on Screen “Pre-
destination”
07:15 National News07:20 The National Museum
(I)
07:25 Song of Myanmar
Beauty & Scenic
Sights
“Come and See
Myanmar”
Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudy inKachin State, scattered in Rakhine, Kayin, Kayah States, Magwayand Yangon Divisions and widespread in the remaining areaswith isolated heavyfalls in Rakhine, Mon States, upper Sagaing,Mandalay, Bago and Taninthayi Divisions. The noteworthyamounts of rainfall recorded were Ye (6.10) inches, Kalewa(4.13) inches, Ann and Zaungtu (3.35) inches each, Dawei (3.31)inches and NyaungU (2.36) inches.
Maximum temperature on 9-9-2003 was 30.5°C (87°F). Mini-mum temperature on 10-9-2003 was 21.5°C (71°F).Relative humidity at 9:30 hrs MST on 10-9-2003 was 85%.Total sunshine hours on 9-9-2003 was (0.8) hour approx. Rain-fall on 10-9-2003 was 6 mm at Yangon Airport, 3 mm at Kaba-Aye and nil at central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2003 was1989 mm (78.31 inches) at Yangon Airport, 2118 mm (83.39inches) at Kaba-Aye and 2088 mm (82.21 inches) at centralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was 10mph from southwest at (15:30) hours MST on 9-9-2003.
Bay inference: Monsoon is generally moderate in the Bayof Bengal. Forecast valid until evening of 11-9-2003: Rain orthundershowers will be widespread in Rakhine, Kayin and MonStates, upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions, scattered in ShanState, Mandalay, Ayeyawady, Bago and Yangon Divisions andisolated in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is (80%).State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters.Outlook for subsequent two days: Weak to moderate monsoon.
Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 11-9-2003: One or two rains or thundershowers. Degree of certaintyis (80%). Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for11-9-2003: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers. De-gree of certainty is (60%).
16 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 11 September, 20031st Waning of Tawthalin, 1365 ME Thursday, 11 September, 2003
Vice-Senior General Maung Aye inspects coal extraction work of Shan Yoma NagaCo Ltd. — MNA
YANGON, 10 Sept — Un-
der the cultural exchange pro-
gramme between Myanmar
and China, a 25-member
Chinese acrobatic troupe
from Yunnan Province, the
People’s Republic of China,
is arriving in Myanmar on 12
Chinese acrobatic performance to be stagedin Mandalay and Yangon
September, and will stage
acrobatic performances at
Mandalay National Theatre
on 15 and 16 September and
then at Yangon National
Theatre from 18 to 20 Sep-
tember.
The Chinese acrobatic
troupe presented entertain-
ment successfully in coun-
tries of Europe, the America
and Asia, and has won
awards in acrobatic compe-
titions at national and inter-
national levels.
MNA
Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Kyi Aung receives Cambodian Ambassador Mr Hul Phany. — MNA
YANGON, 10 Sept— Min-
ister for Health Dr Kyaw
Myint, Director-General of
Health Department Dr Wan
Maung, Director-General of
Medical Research Depart-
ment (Lower Myanmar) Dr
Minister for Health inspects Spect GammaCamera at YGH
Paing Soe and officials in-
spected Spect Gamma Cam-
era at the diagnosis unit of
X-ray department at the
Yangon General Hospital
this morning.
The computerized ma-
chine worth US $ 500,000 is
used in diagnosis of heart
and other diseases with the
use of gamma ray.
Professor Dr Win Mar ex-
plained the functions of the
machine.—MNA
Health Minister Dr Kyaw Myint inspects Spect Gamma Camera at Yangon People’sHospital. — MNA
Minister for Culture meets Ambassador ofCambodia
YANGON, 10 Sept— Min-
ister for Culture Maj-Gen
Kyi Aung met Ambassador
of Cambodia to Myanmar
Mr Hul Phany at his office
this afternoon.
Present were Director-
General of Department of
Cultural Institute U Myint
Thein Swe, Director-General
of Archaeological Depart-
ment U Nyunt Han, Direc-
tor-General of Fine Arts
Department U Kyaw Win.
Rector of the University of
Culture (Yangon) U Tin Soe
and officials.
MNA
YANGON, 10 Sept —
Chairman of Yangon Divi-
sion Peace and Development
Council Commander of
Yangon Command Maj-Gen
Myint Swe, together with
Vice-Chairman of Yangon
City Development Commit-
tee Vice-Mayor Col Maung
Pa and departmental offi-
cials, inspected regional de-
velopment work in the wards
on the other bank of Hline
River in Kyimyindine Town-
ship, Yangon West District,
this morning.
The commander and
party visited Aung Mingalar
Monastery in Setsan Ward
on the other bank of Hline
River in Kyimyindine Town-
ship. He presented offerto-
ries to Sayadaw Bhaddanta
Visada and supplicated on
necessary assistance for re-
gional development. There,
they met with service per-
sonnel of the wards, social
organizations and ward
dwellers. Officials reported
on progress in construction
of 15,370 feet village-to-vil-
lage road from
Chaungwainglay Creek to
Ayeywa Ward, arrange-
ments for construction of
25,820 feet road from
Balotnyunt Ward to
Measures being taken for development ofSetsan Ward, Kyimyindine Township
Panhlaine River-crossing
Bridge Street in Twantay
Township, and preparations
for building 120 feet long
Alechaung Creek Bridge and
200 feet long Konywa Creek
Bridge.
The vice-mayor dealt
with the 24 development re-
gions project and the five
rural development tasks be-
ing undertaken by the gov-
ernment for equitable devel-
opment of all parts of the
country.
The commander held
talks about necessary assist-
ance and measures on edu-
cation and health sectors and
water supply and better trans-
port being taken for the wards
on the other bank of Hline
River in Kyimyindine Town-
ship for enabling the wards
to keep abreast with the de-
velopment of the ones in
Yangon City. He discussed
extended cultivation and
livestock breeding by local
residents. He called for col-
lective participation of de-
partmental officials, social
organizations and village
elders in the tasks.
The commander in-
spected the health care cen-
tre, delivery room, medical
store and dispensary in the
ward and fulfilled the re-
quirements. The commander
and party inspected the earth
road and left necessary in-
structions.
They visited Maha
Withuddayon Monastery in
Wayonseik Ward on the
other bank of Hline River.
The commandeer presented
offertories to Sayadaw
Bhaddanta Visuddhacara
and supplicated on regional
development work. They
held discussions with village
elders. At the meeting, the
commander dealt with par-
ticipation of local people in
the regional development
tasks. He called for success-
ful implementation of dou-
ble and triple cropping meth-
ods for raising the income of
local populace. He also dis-
cussed assistance to be pro-
vided for education, health,
transport and water supply
sectors.
They proceeded to
Wayonseik Ward BEPS and
inspected conditions of the
axis of the road linking the
school and the wards and the
villages, thriving paddy
fields. The commander gave
necessary instructions to the
officials concerned and at-
tended to the needs. —MNA
YANGON, 10 Sept — The
Invitational Meeting on Oral
Health Care Development of
Rural Myanmar, organized
by Myanmar Academy of
Medical Science of the Min-
istry of Health, was held at
the hall of Medical Research
Department (Lower
Myanmar) on Ziwaka Street
in Dagon Township here this
morning, with an opening
address by Minister for
Health Dr Kyaw Myint.
Also present on the occa-
sion were MAMS President
Dr Ko Ko and executives,
directors-general and deputy
directors-general of the min-
istry, rectors, directors,
deputy directors, professors/
heads of departments, offi-
cials of UN agencies, Prof
Invitational Meeting on Oral Health CareDevelopment of Rural Myanmar held
Wim Van Palenstein
Helderman of University of
Nijnegen of the Netherlands,
social organization mem-
bers, invited guests and oth-
ers.
Minister Dr Kyaw Myint
made an opening speech.
The Academy was es-
tablished in August 1999
with the objectives of con-
tributing to the advancement
and modernisation of the
nation augmenting its peace-
ful development. Specifi-
cally the Academy’s objec-
tives are to promote the de-
velopment of medical sci-
ence.
The Academy participate
in the programmes of the
health ministry and also un-
dertake a series of technical
activities, including Organi-
sation of orations, meetings,
seminars, symposia, panels,
forum etc. Every year, the.
Academy organises 4 to 6
such technical activities,
once in every two or three
months.
Such technical activities
are chosen from various dis-
ciplines - medicine, health,
dentistry, nursing, clinical
specialities and topical sub-
jects cutting across the tech-
nical areas of departments
and institutes.
In the field of dentistry
and oral health, the First sym-
posium was organised in
June 2001 with the title of
“Oral Habits in Myanmar,
Detrimental to General and
(See page 7)