the new light of myanmar 15-08-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 121 10th Waning of Wagaung 1371 ME Saturday, 15 August, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

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

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 14Aug—Prime Ministerof the Union ofMyanmar GeneralThein Sein receivedSenator Mr. JimWebb, Chairman ofthe East Asian andPacific AffairsSubcommittee of theUS Senate ForeignRelations Committee,and party, who arrivedhere at the invitationof Minister forForeign Affairs U

Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Seinreceives US Senator

and party

Nyan Win, at the PrimeMinister’s Office,here, at 4.30 pm today.

Also present atthe call were Ministerfor Science andTechnology U Thaung,Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win,Minister forInformation Brig-GenKyaw Hsan, Ministerfor Culture Maj-GenKhin Aung Myint,Deputy Minister forNational Planning and

Economic Develop-ment Col Thurein Zaw,Director-General ColThant Shin of theGovernment Officeand Director-GeneralU Kyaw Kyaw of theProtocol Departmentunder the Ministry ofForeign Affairs.

The US Senatorwas accompanied byCharge d’Affaires ai ofthe US Embassy MrLarry M Dinger.

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein receives Senator Mr. Jim Webb, Chairman of the East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommitteeof the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and party.—MNA

Prime

Minister

General

Thein Sein

shakes

hands with

Senator

Mr. Jim

Webb,

Chairman

of the East

Asian and

Pacific

Affairs

Subcom-

mittee of

the US

Senate

Foreign

Relations

Committee.

MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 15 August, 2009

Saturday, 15 August, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

Increase freshwater fishproduction

Ponds, lakes, creeks, rivers andcoastlines of Myanmar abound with so manykinds of fish and prawns that efforts arebeing made not only to ensure sufficientdomestic consumption but also to export thesurplus. As the population of the world isincreasing, fishing and fish breedingindustries are being extended to meet thedemand for fish and meat.

In Myanmar, more and more peopleare now engaged in freshwater fish breeding.During the last twenty years, fish farms haveincreased from about 6,000 to over 200,000acres. Now, fish breeding work is being donein the regions in lower Myanmar as well as inMandalay and Sagaing Divisions in upperMyanmar.

In most of the fish farms in Myanmar,rohu is raised together with other fishes suchas tilapia, catla and catfish, the formerrepresenting 80 per cent. More and morerohu is being raised because its price is stablein both local and international markets andit is in good demand.

Research on modern fish breedingtechniques should be done in order to meetdomestic consumption and be able to increaseexport. As rohu is exported to neighbouringcountries, the Middle East and Europemarkets, research on hybridization andcommercial hatching of the species shouldbe constantly conducted.

To be able to compete with othersuppliers in the international fish market, itis necessary to raise both production andquality. For this, only pedigree fish will haveto be raised, fish farms and their environsclean and feedstuff of good quality. Onlythen will the demand for Myanmar marineproducts be higher in the international fishmarket.

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Aug— Nutrition DevelopmentWeek ceremony was held at the meeting hall of GeneralHospital in Mawlamyine, Mon State on 4 August.Chairman of Mon State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of South-East Command Maj-

Nutrition Development Week held in Mon StateGen Thet Naing Win and responsible persons fedVitamin A pills to children and presented iron tablets,and iodized salt to pregnant women.

Afterwards, the commander enjoyed measuringiodine content.—MNA

YANGON, 14 Aug— Minster for SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement Maj-GenMaung Maung Sweaccompanied by Director-General of Fire ServicesDepartment U MyintHtun inspected twoISUZU fire enginesdonated by IbarakiPrefecture of Japan at the

office headquarters of theFire Services Departmentthis afternoon.

SWRR Minister

inspects two fireengines donated

from Japan

The fire engineswere supported by theprogramme of Myanmar

Ambassador to Japan UHla Myint.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14Aug—Minister forForestry Brig-Gen TheinAung received Viet-namese Ambassador to theUnion of Myanmar Mr ChuChong Phung at theministry here on 12 August.

They helddiscussion on investmentsin wood-based indus-tries.—MNA

ForestryMinister receives

VietnameseAmbassador

YANGON, 13 Aug —Theconclusion ceremony ofbasic courses No. 181 forofficers and No. 30 for pre-officers took place at theparade ground of CentralInstitute of Civil Service(Phaunggyi) this morning.

At the Ohndaw hall,Rector U Win Maung pre-sented model prizes to traineesand made concluding remarksbefore presenting.—MNA

YANGON, 14 Aug—The Basic EducationCricket Refresher Courseconcluded at the hall ofMyanmar CricketFederation at AungsanStadium, here, thisafternoon.

President of thefederation U Nyunt Winmade a speech andpresented CentenaryMedals awarded by

Basic Education Cricket RefresherCourse ends

International CricketCommittee to JointSecretary of the federationU Than Win andExecutive U Win Maw.

The course was jointlyconducted by No. 3 BasicEducation Departmentand MCF.

A similar course willbe held in Mandalay from19 to 23 August.

MNA

MinisterMaj-GenMaungMaung

Sweviews two

fireengines

donated byIbaraki

Prefectureof Japan.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung receives Vietnamese AmbassadorMr Chu Chong Phung.—MNA

U Nyunt Win presents completion certificateto a trainee at the concluding ceremony

of Basic Education Cricket.Refresher Course.—MCF

Basic courses forofficers andpre-officersconcludes

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Indonesian President urges people tofight terrorism together

Several wildfires scorch Calif as thousands flee

Yemeni planes bomb northernprovince for 2nd day

Rand Ali, three weeks, lies in a hospital bed after she was wounded whenthree car bombs exploded on Tuesday in eastern Baghdad, Iraq, on 12 Aug

2009.—INTERNET

JAKARTA, 14 Aug —Indonesian PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudho-yono said here on Fridaythat the war againstterrorism in the countrywould continue, addingthat people should beactively involved in thecampaign to eradicateterrorism in the country.

“To all of Indonesianpeople, let’s stick togetherin fighting the terrorists’acts.

Let’s protect ourchildren from wrong and

extreme thoughts thatcould lead them to committerrorism.

Help the apparatus bysupplying information onthe terrorists who arehiding among ourneighbourhood,” thepresident said.

Susilo made the re-marks when he deliveredin his speech to com-me-morate national indepen-dence day at the parlia-ment building here.

He said the state wouldnot bow on terrorists’

threat.“The state must not be

defeated and will neverbe defeated by theterrorists.”

The President thatwould serve his secondterm starting fromOctober this year said thatthe terrorist group whobombed two Jakarta’slavish hotels on 17 Julyhas a new target: “theyplotted to retaliate theirown country by assassi-nating the president”.

Xinhua

Three British soldiers killedin Afghanistan

LONDON, 14 Aug — Britain’s military says threeof its soldiers have been killed by an explosion inAfghanistan’s Helmand Province.

The Ministry of Defence says two soldiers fromthe 2nd Battalion The Rifles and a third from 40Regiment Royal Artillery were killed when theirfoot patrol was hit by blast near the town of Sanginon Thursday. The deaths bring the number of Britishservice personnel killed in the country since fightingthere began to 199.

Task Force Helmand spokesman Lt Col NickRichardson said the day “has been an incredibly sadone.” The ministry says next of kin have beeninformed.—Internet

American service memberkilled in Afghanistan

KABUL, 14 Aug — The US military says anAmerican service member has been killed inAfghanistan’s Taleban-heavy south.

The service member was a part of the NATOforce in this country.

A Press release on Thursday says the deathoccurred as the result of “a direct fire attack.”

Authorities did not identify the victim or givemore specifics about where the incident occurred.

US spokeswoman Lt Cmdr Christine Sidenstric-ker confirmed that the deceased was an American.

Internet

Smoke from the Lockheed fire billows over a fieldin the Bonny Doon area of Santa Cruz County,

Calif, on 13 Aug, 2009.—INTERNET

DAVENPORT, 14 Aug —Thousands of firefightersbattled wildfires acrossCalifornia on Thursday,including a growing blazethat forced about 2,400people to evacuate theirhomes in the Santa CruzMountains.

The Lockheed Fire,which started around 7 pmWednesday, had scorchedabout 2,800 acres, or 4.4

square miles, in SantaCruz County, accordingto the California Depart-ment of Forestry and FireProtection.

The blaze, about 10miles north of the coastalcity of Santa Cruz,threatened more than1,000 homes and otherbuildings and was notcontained by lateThursday.

Authorities issued amandatory evacuationorder on Thursday for theentire community ofBonny Doon, which hasabout 2,000 residents andseveral wineries, butCalFire spokesman MikeMohler said there havebeen no reports of anyhomes destroyed or otherstructures burned.

Internet

Romania deniesreports of secret

CIA prisonsin its territory

BUCHAREST, 14 Aug —Romania denied thereports that it hosted asecret prison of the USCentral IntelligenceAgency (CIA) inBucharest, saying theallegations groundless,Foreign Ministry spokes-man Alin Serbanescu saidon Thursday.

The New York Timesreported on Thursday thata newly-decoratedbuilding on a busy streetin Bucharest was one ofsecret CIA prisons inEastern Europe.

Xinhua

This image taken fromvideo released by theoffice of rebel leader

Abdel Malik al-Hawthipurports to show a

scene following aerialbombing in Haydan,

Saada Province,Yemen on 12 Aug,

2009.INTERNET

SAN’A (Yemen), 14Aug — Yemeni warplanesbombed a northernprovince bordering SaudiArabia for a second straightday on Thursday as aprotracted conflict withShiite rebels threatened toturn into an all-out war at atime when the US ally isalready facing a resurgental-Qaeda.

Local Provincialofficials in Saada provincesaid “scores” have been

killed in recent days andhundreds had fled theirhomes. The officials spokeon condition of anonymitybecause they were notauthorized to speak to themedia. The reports couldnot be verified as theYemeni government hasbarred journalists fromentering the province.

Saada Province hasbeen the scene of a five-year rebellion by a Shiiteminority, but this latest

round of fighting hasworried Yemen’sneighbour, Saudi Arabia,which fears the unrestcould threaten its ownsecurity as well as the restof the Gulf. The fightingadds to Yemen’s host ofproblems that include theal-Qaeda threat, a separateuprising in the southand an economicdownturn from plungingoil prices.

Internet

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BANGKOK, 14 Aug—Most Asian markets ex-tended gains on Friday un-derpinned by rising com-modity stocks amid moresigns the world economyis emerging from a deeprecession.

In the US on Thursday,investors remained em-boldened by the FederalReserve’s more optimisticprognosis of the world’slargest economy, shrug-ging off weak retail sales

A girl feeds a popsicle to a walrus named “Dudu” to make it cool at theQingdao Polar Ocean World in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province, on

13 Aug, 2009.—XINHUA

Tourists are seen by the Qinghai Lake, about 150 kilometres west of Xining,capital of northwest China’s Qinghai Province, on 13 Aug, 2009.—XINHUA

SEOUL, 14 Aug—South Korea’s main flagcarrier Korean Air saidon Friday it swung to anet profit in the secondquarter thanks to lowerjet fuel prices and astrengthening wonagainst the dollar.

The airline said itposted a net profit of 78.5billion won (64 milliondollars) in April-June

An employee walks by a logo of South Korea’s largest airline Korean Air at itsheadquarters in Seoul. South Korea’s main flag carrier Korean Air said onFriday it swung to a net profit in the second quarter thanks to lower jet fuel

prices and a strengthening won against the dollar.—INTERNET

SINGAPORE, 14 Aug—Singapore’s Minister MentorLee Kuan Yew on Thursday outlined two challengesfor Singapore to undertake in order to do well in thenext five to ten years.

According to local TV broadcaster ChannelNewsAsia, Lee spoke at a National Day Dinner thatSingapore can reach a new level of development, butdifficulties will crop up along the way, and the nationmust always face them squarely and work together.

He said that the first challenge is integrating newcitizens and permanent residents with the local popu-lation. The speed of this process depends on the open-ness of Singaporeans who are born and raised here,and the willingness of new citizens to adapt and bepart of the Singapore society.

The second challenge is to encourage ChineseSingaporeans to speak more Mandarin and to take upscholarships to study in China’s top universities.

Xinhua

MEXICO CITY, 14Aug— Mexico and theDominican Republic hadsigned a statistic coopera-tion agreement to estab-lish and develop exchangeprogrammes, Mexicanauthorities said on Thurs-day.

The National Instituteof Statistics and Geogra-phy (INEGI) said the co-operation would includework organization, censusand opinion polls method-ology, social and demo-graphic statistics as well aseconomic report systems.

“In order to reach thesegoals, it will be an ex-change of knowledgethrough participation ofspecialized staff and in-vestigators, as well as thedelivery of statistic infor-mation and scientific ar-ticles of investigation,”the INEGI said.—Xinhua

MONTEVIDEO, 14 Aug— Bilateral trade betweenChina and Uruguay has registered an increase amidthe global financial crisis, a visiting Chinese commerceofficial said on Thursday.

China and Uruguay signed deals on wool, wood,meat and fish worth more than 100 million US dol-lars during a visit by a Chinese delegation led by ViceCommerce Minister Zhong Shan.

During the signing ceremony at the Foreign Mini-stry in Montevideo, Zhong said there are possibilitiesto continue promoting commercial and economic tiesbetween the two countries.—Xinhua

BRUSSELS, 14 Aug—The Dutch economyshrank 5.1 percent year onyear in the second quar-ter of 2009, according todata released by StatisticsNetherlands on Thursday.

The fall is slightlylarger than the fall in thefirst quarter, which itselfwas the largest decreasesince World War II.

Investment spendingwas 12.9 percent down

Asian markets gain amidsigns recession easing

figures.European stock mar-

kets also gained overnighton news that the conti-nent’s biggest economiesGermany and France un-expectedly broke free ofthe recession in the sec-ond quarter. Oil pricesrose toward $71 on betsthat US crude consump-tion will recover later this

year.Japan’s Nikkei 225

stock average was up106.65 points, or 1 per-cent, at 10,623.84 andSouth Korea’s Kospigained 1.5 percent to1,588.26. Australia’sbenchmark was up 0.6percent and Singapore’smain index advanced 0.2percent.—Internet

Singapore faces two challenges toexcel in future

Korean Air swings to net profit in Q2compared to a net loss of288.9 billion a year ear-lier.

It said fuel costs fell40 percent to 665.1 bil-lion in the second quar-ter from a year earlier.The stronger won alsocut spending on fuel.

Foreign exchangetranslation gains rose to410.9 billion won in thesecond quarter from 48.9

billion a year earlier,while foreign exchangelosses fell to zero from273.2 billion, the airlinesaid in a statement.

Operating losses wid-ened to 127.3 billionwon from 116.4 billionwon a year earlier, whilesales fell 16 percentyear-on year to 2.075trillion won from 2.476trillion. —Internet

Dutch economy shrinks by 5.1% in Q2from the same quarter oflast year while exports fellmore than 10 percent.Households spent 2.6 per-cent less. Governmentspending was the only cat-egory to increase in thesecond quarter of 2009.

In the second quarterof 2009, a total of 93,000jobs were lost, represent-ing a loss of 1.2 percentfrom a year before.

The economy con-

tracted 0.9 percent com-pared with the first quar-ter, the fifth quarter-on-quarter decrease in a row.

It is the first time thatStatistics Netherlands hasmeasured such a long pe-riod of negative growth.

But the 0.9 percentdrop is smaller than thesharp quarterly fall of 2.7percent in the first quar-ter over the previous quar-ter.—Xinhua

China-Uruguay tradeshows dynamics amid

global crisis

Mexico,DominicanRep signstatistic

cooperationagreement

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AIDS Congress in Indonesia closes with pledge to involveAIDS-related communities in treatment, prevention

JAKARTA, 14 Aug—Par-ticipants to the Interna-tional Congress on Ac-quired Immune Defi-ciency Syndrome (AIDS)in Asia and the Pacific re-gion (ICAAP) held inBali, Indonesia agreed toinvolve HIV-affectedcommunities in preven-tive treatment and caremeasures to tackle HIV/AIDS disease, a local me-dia reported here on Fri-day. “Empowering peoplemeans that the affectedcommunities not only re-

gain but also have theownership of theirvoices,” Irwanto, chiefrapporteur and head of the9th ICAAP ScientificCommittee said in theclosing ceremony of theCongress on Thursdayevening. He was referringto the theme of the con-gress “Empowering Peo-ple and StrengtheningNetworks”.

“Opportunities and ven-ues for communities toexpress their needs, con-cerns and ideas must be

provided and we must lis-ten to and seriously actupon them,” he added.

Meanwhile DewaNyoman Wirawan, co-chairman of the 9thICAAP steering commit-tee, said in a press confer-ence held after the closingceremony that this was thefirst time affected com-munities were actively in-volved in the ICAAP af-ter their scarce participa-tion in eight previous con-gresses, the Jakarta Postreported.—Xinhua

Photo taken on 13 Aug, 2009 shows the dual rail-road Yellow River bridgeunder construction in Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province.The construction of the dual rail-road Yellow River bridge will be completed

in May 2010. —XINHUA

Singapore launches new standards forhotel security

SINGAPORE, 14 Aug—Singapore has set up a newstandard system to further enhance hotel security levelhere, local media reported on Thursday.

According to TV broadcaster Channel NewsAsia,key addition for this standard is an inclusion of emer-gency and crisis procedures.

Under the SS 545 Singapore Standard for HotelSecurity, security personnel must undergo structuredtraining as part of the workforce skills qualificationrequirements. The training will ensure high compe-tency levels, even before the security personnel aredeployed for duty. The SS 545 standard, which under-lines Singapore’s commitment to national security, willfurther boost the republic’s reputation as a secure busi-ness and tourism hub, the report said.—Xinhua

Three LA policemen survived in helicoptercrash-landing

LOS ANGELES, 14 Aug—Three policemen from the Los Angeles Police Depart-ment (LAPD) were injured on board a helicopter when the pilot made an emer-gency landing on Thursday, according to the police.

All the occupants were sent to a local hospital immediately, but the woundsseemed not grave, according to Los Angeles Fire Department that was involvedin rescue mission. “There were one moderate and two minor injuries,” it said in astatement. The injured served with the police air support division, and were tak-ing part in a training session when the accident occurred. No one on the groundwas involved in the crash landing, police say. The LAPD is conducting an inves-tigation into the cause of the crash landing, it added.—Xinhua

5.8 magnitudeearthquake shakesCosta Rican Pacific

MANAGUA, 14 Aug—An earthquake of 5.8magnitude shook onThursday the Costa Rica’sPacific Oceans withoutimmediate reports of vic-tims.

The Nicaraguan Insti-tute of Territorial Studies(Ineter) said the earth-quake occurred at 3:37 amlocal time (0937 GMT)and its epicenter was lo-cated some 505 km southto Managua. The Ineteradded that the earthquakehad some 15 km depth.

The earthquake was “anevent related to the tectonicprocesses from the clashbetween the Cocos andCaribbean tectonic plates,”the Ineter said.—Xinhua

New Zealand divers unable to recoverbodies from Tonga ferry

Isotope shortage as Canadiannuclear reactor closed until 2010OTTAWA, 14 Aug—An aging nuclear reactor in cen-

tral Canada that produces about one-third of theworld’s medical isotopes will not return to productionuntil early 2010, company officials announced lateWednesday. The reactor, located in Chalk River, On-tario, was first powered down in May after a radioac-tive water leak was discovered. Since then, the ex-pected return-to-service date has been pushed backseveral times, leaving Canada and some other coun-tries to cope with a shortage of isotopes.—Xinhua

Actors perform during the 80th national acrobaticfestival in Havana, capital of Cuba, on 13 Aug,

2009.—XINHUAAll items from Xinhua News Agency

Fireworks explode inthe sky over this portcity of Hakodate, on

Japan’s northernmain island of

Hokkaido, on Thurs-day evening 13 Aug,

2009.—XINHUA

WELLINGTON, 14 Aug—The New Zealand Navysaid on Friday that itsdivers will not be able tolift any bodies from thewreck of the ferry that sanklast week, despite thescheduled arrival of thenavy ship Manawanui onSaturday, New Zealandmedia reported.

The Princess Ashikaferry capsized on 5 Aug

about 86 km northwest ofthe Tongan capitalNuku’alofa. Two bodieshave been recovered and93 people were missingpresumed dead.

The New Zealand navyship Manawanui will beused as a platform fromwhich to deploy a remoteoperated vehicle whenweather clears to givevisual confirmation of the

wreck presumed to be thatof the ferry, Radio NewZealand reported. But thatwill not happen until Mon-day. Andrew McMillan,head of the New Zealanddive team, said the NewZealand and Australia diveteams do not have capabil-ity to lift bodies from thewreck and the arrival of theManawanui will notchange that.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Chinese bride dressed inworld’s longest dress to

wedding in NE China city

Garra rufa obtusas, also known as“doctor fish”, swim around the face ofa man as he relaxes in a hot spa pool inKangal, 105 kilometres (65 miles)south of the central Anatolian city ofSivas. The treatment is believed to healPsoriasis, a chronic skin disease whichaffects the joints and skins. Garra rufaobtusa, also known as “doctor fish”which live in mineral-rich hot spapools, is used in the treatment as theynibble away the diseased skin. Themineral-rich water is then believed toaid in the healing process of the lesions.People suffering from psoriasis travelto Kangal to stay at the spa for 21 daysand visit the fish pools twice daily for four-hour treatment sessions.

Green algae in Saint-Michel-en-Grève beach. Mounds of putrified

green algae are building up onFrance’s northern coast, releasing

poisonous fumes blamed for therecent death of a horse and the

collapse of the rider.

Obese Texas inmate hidesgun in his flabs of fat

An obese inmate in Texas has beencharged after officials learned he had a gunhidden under flabs of his own flesh.

Twenty-five-year-old George Vera wascharged with possession of a firearm in acorrectional facility after he told a guardat the Harris County Jail about the un-loaded 9mm pistol. The Houston Chroni-cle reported on Thursday that Vera wasoriginally arrested on charges of sellingillegal copies of compact discs.

The 500-pound man was searched dur-ing his arrest and again at a city jail andthe county jail, but officers never foundthe weapon in his rolls of skin. Vera ad-mitted having the gun during a showerbreak at the county jail.

The WWF said that a flying frog, theworld’s smallest deer and the first newmonkey to be found in over a century areamong 350 new species discovered inthe eastern Himalayas in the past decade.

Men “spend a year oglingwomen”

Men spend nearly a year of theirlives ogling members of the oppositesex, a new poll has found.

Research carried out by Kodak LensVision centres discovered that thetypical male will stare at ten differentwomen for around 43 minutes in anaverage day, adding up to almost 11days each year.

Meanwhile, it has been claimed thatwomen generally spend 20 minutes perday eyeing up six men.

Kodak spokesman Mark Irelandcommented: “Men are renowned forlooking at women but it’s interesting tofind out exactly how long they spendeyeing girls up. A year of their life is along time to spend with their eyes fixedon the opposite sex.

“However, men have their work cutout if they are going to impress a womanas they spend half the amount of timegazing at guys.”

RABAT, 14 Aug—Mo-roccan police and customsofficials have seized 2.5tonnes of cannabis resinfound in two vehiclesheaded to Spain, officialssaid on Thursday.

The drugs were uncov-ered in northern Moroccoovernight from onWednesday to Thursdayin two separate opera-tions.

In the first, a tonne-and-a-half of resin wasuncovered in the northeastport of El Hoceima.

EKPIRI-OBUTONG, 14Aug — They were fisher-men attached to their an-cestral roots on a swampypeninsula on Africa’s westcoast, but they were littlematch for the bitter disputeover their oil-rich land.

A year ago, a longstruggle between Nigeriaand Cameroon over theBakassi peninsula endedafter an internationalcourt decision. Nigeriaceded the land, and manyof the peninsula’s Nige-

BEIJING, 14 Aug—China National Offshore OilCompany Limited (CNOOC Ltd) announced onThursday that the company has discovered a new oil-field in north China’s Bohai Bay.

Drill stem tests showed that the new oil field couldproduce an daily average of 1,700 barrels of oil and400,000 cubic feet of natural gas via a 11.11-mmchoke, according to a statement released on the com-pany’s Web site.

The new oilfield, dubbed as Qinhuangdao (QHD)35-4, is in the central and northern part of the BohaiBay, and about 38 kilometres west of another oilfield ofthe company’s, QHD32-6. The area in the Bohai Baywhere the new oilfield is located is expected to signifi-cantly add to the company’s reserves, said Zhu Weilin,executive vice president of CNOOC Ltd and generalmanager of the Exploration Department.—Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 14 Aug—Retail sales dropped inJuly, government datashowed, reinforcing con-cerns among economiststhat consumers won’tspend enough to help a re-covery take hold. But Fri-day is expected to bringbetter news: July inflationis expected to have re-mained flat, and industrialproduction is likely tohave grown for the firsttime in nine months.

Thursday’s retail salesreport served as a realitycheck for an economy thatlately has appeared poisedto emerge from recessionand grow again. Con-sumer spending powersabout 70 percent of eco-nomic activity. The Cashfor Clunkers rebate pro-gram helped give autosales their biggest jump insix months in July, butsales sank elsewhere. Gasstations, departmentstores, electronics outletsand furniture stores allsuffered.—Internet

A truck filled with tons of cannabis which was

seized in 2006. Moroccan police and customs

officials have seized 2.5 tonnes of cannabis resin

found in two vehicles headed to Spain, officials

said on Thursday.

INTERNET

Morocco seizes 2.5 tonnes of cannabisSecurity services

found the drugs hidden ina French van which wasdriven by a French baker,Dominique Chagnon.

The 54-year-old ar-rived in Morocco almostthree months earlier andwas about to leave thecountry for Almeria,southern Spain, on boarda ferry.

The second stash wasfound at the border post of

Bab Sebta, which sepa-rates northeast Moroccofrom the Spanish city ofCeuta, where officials un-covered one tonne ofresin in a Belgian truck.

The driver was a Mo-roccan living in Belgium.He was travelling with hiswife and five children andwas heading to catch aferry to the southernSpanish port of Algeciras.

Internet

China discovers new offshore oilfield

Fight for oil-rich land over, but Nigeriansnow homeless

rian residents are stilllooking for home.

“Bakassi is our ances-tral home,” said EkpoAbasi, the leader of theSupreme Council of EfikYouths. Most of the Nige-rians evicted from Bakassibecause of the handoverwere ethnic Efik.

“Nobody can drive usaway from our land, noteven in the face of bayo-net. The loss is going tobe temporary because oneday we shall take our land

back.”Nigeria handed over

the land to Cameroon on14 August last year aftera 2002 ruling by the In-ternational Court of Jus-tice.

Cameroon haddragged Nigeria beforethe ICJ in 1994 over theborder dispute involvingthe 1,000-square-kilome-tre (386-square-mile)patch of Atlantic coastalswamp between the twoneighbours.—Internet

Retail sales weak,but prices

expected to staylow

A Chinese bride dressed in a 2,162-metre-long wedding gown handmadeby her groom’s family on her weddingday in northeast China’s JilinProvince.

More than 200 wedding guests tookmore than three hours to completelyunroll the wedding train, and pin 9,999red roses made of silk on the weddingtrain ,before the bride put on the dress.

The plan was elaborated by thegroom Zhao Peng, a 28-year-oldrailway worker, as he wanted tochallenge the current Guinness WorldRecord of a wedding dress of 1,579metres long.

He said he has sent an applicationto the London-based Guinness WorldRecord through its official Web site,and would send the wedding video tothe Guinness headquarters.

“Both the length of the dress andthe number silk roses pinned on thewedding dress can make history. Butit doesn’t matter whether I cansuccessfully register it on Guinness,”said the groom.

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NAY PYI TAW, 14 Aug—Chairman of RakhineState Peace and Development Council Commanderof Western Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye andMinister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe met withdepartmental staff of the Ministry at briefing hall ofPhaungtawoo jetty of Myanma Port Authority inSittway on 10 August.

The commander and the minister fulfilled therequirements after hearing the reports presented bythose present and made speeches.

MNA

Lt-Gen Tha Aye inspectsagriculture task

in Mandalay DivisionNAY PYI TAW, 14 Aug—Lt-Gen Tha Aye of the

Ministry of Defence on 11 August inspected supply ofwater from Kinda left canal to the farmlands andcultivation of monsoon paddy in Wundwin of Manda-lay Division.

He gave instructions on minimizing loss andwastage of supplying water for agriculture purpose.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye looked into the farmlands offarmer U Tha Yin in Myittha Township, display ofsmall tractor manufactured by Monywa Industrial Zoneand the farmland of farmer U Kyi Pyone in SingaingTownship.

Accompanied by Chairman of Mandalay Divi-sion Peace and Development Council Commander of

Danger water level ofSittoung River

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Aug—According to the(12:30) hr M.S.T observation today, the water level ofSittoung river at Madauk is (1214) cm and it hasexceeded by (144) cm (about 4.5ft) above its dangerlevel. It may remain above its danger level (1070) cmduring the next (72) hours commencing noon to-day.—MNA

High tide warningYANGON, 14 Aug—The Myanma Port Authority

issued warning today that the public are hereby in-formed that exceptionally high spring of from 20.3 feetto 21.6 feet high above the datum are expected to occurin Yangon River during the period 19 August to 25August 2009, that it is not serious because the high tidehave reached up to 21.7 feet high above datum in theyear 2007 and 2008, and that the warning is issued onlybecause high tide reaches over 20 feet high abovedatum.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14Aug — Shweli anti-humantrafficking special squadof the People’s Republicof China handed over sixtrafficked young womento the anti-human traffick-ing special squad of Museon 5 and 6 August.

The two combinedteam combed a house inYwelink Street inKawkyinhwayan ward inShweli and arrested fivemen brokers and threewomen on 7 August. The

Central Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe and depart-mental officials, Lt-Gen Tha Aye viewed cultivationof monsoon paddy in the farmland of farmer U ThetKyi in Amarapura Township and left necessary in-structions.—MNA

YANGON, 14 Aug—Certificate Course on Ba-sic Diplomatic Skills No.(21/2009) concluded atWin Zin Minyazar Hall ofMinistry of Foreign Af-fairs this morning. DeputyMinister U Maung Myintattended the ceremony andpresented completion cer-

Certificate Course on Basic Diplomatic SkillsNo (21/2009) concludes

tificates to trainees.The 12-week

course was attended bythose interested in inter-national affairs, business-men and company staffdealing with foreign com-panies, and civil servants.

Deputy Minister UMaung Myint and wife

Dr Daw Khin Mya at-tended the simulation offormal banquet, one of thesubjects of the course, heldat Park Royal Hotel yes-terday evening.

It was also attendedby directors-general of theministry, personnel ofTraining, Research andForeign Languages Depart-ment, ambassadors, seniordiplomats, rectors, lectur-ers, and trainees of univer-sities concerned.—MNA

Trafficked young women handed over in Museteam also searched ahouse in KyachewcheinStreet in Lonchanyiyanward in Shweli and ar-rested eight men brokersand four women andsaved three traffickedyoung women.

According to theinvestigation, the traf-ficked young womensaid human brokers per-suaded them to work fora living by saying thatthey were to be em-ployed in a garment fac-

tory in China; that theywould have a well-paidjob in Muse; that theywould earn K 30,000plus meals and accom-modation per month atnoodle shops; and thatthey would earn 50 yuansper day in sugarcaneplantations in Shweli.Trafficked women saidthat they were traffickedin various ways; thatsometimes they weretrafficked after they hadfallen in love with traf-

fickers; and that theywere forced to marrycitizens of that country.

The traffickedyoung women were sentback to Myanmar afterthey had sought help fromthe police station or afterthey had been arrested dueto their illegal immigra-tion.

The young womenwere sent back to theirparents and authoritiesconcerned are giving as-sistance to them.—MNA

Commander, Minister meetdepartmental staff in

Sittway

vLt-Gen Tha Aye viewing cultivation ofmonsoon paddy in the farmland of farmer

U Thet Kyi in Amarapura Township.MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe addressing departmental staff at briefing hall ofPhaungtawoo jetty in Sittway.—MNA

Deputy Minister U Maung Myint presents completion certificateto a trainee.—MNA

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Every country promulgates their lawsfor perpetuation of sovereignty, and political,economic and social affairs in their interest. Inthis regard, they have to amend the laws inforce, revoke unnecessary laws and promul-gate some more laws, as necessary.

Having a look at the historical back-ground of Myanmar constitutions, the Con-stituent Assembly approved the 1947 consti-tution on 24 September 1947. The constitu-tion was in force on 4 January 1948, on whichMyanmar regained independence. The legis-lative body, executive body and judicial bodyformed under the 1947 constitution exercisedthe powers bestowed by the constitution andexisting laws.

Section 226 (1) of the 1947 constitutionsays, “Subject to this Constitution and tothe extent to which they are not inconsist-ent therewith, the existing laws shall con-tinue to be in force until the same or any ofthem shall have been repealed or amendedby a competent legislature or other compe-tent authority.” According to the provision,the laws enacted in the time of the Britishgovernment remained in force until they weresubject to the 1947 constitution and wereamended, and they were exercised as neces-sary.

On 2 March 1962, the commander-in-chief of defence services formed the Revolu-tionary Council of the Union of Myanmarthrough Announcement No (1) of the StateRevolutionary Council and exercised the sov-ereign powers to rule the country. The Revo-lutionary Council of the Union of Myanmarissued Announcement No (14) “All existinglaws shall remain in force until they shallhave been repealed or amended by theGovernment of the Union of Myanmar”.According to the announcement, all existinglaws including the 1947 constitution remained

A law in force and its effectsA Lawyer

in force until they were repealed or amended.The 1974 constitution of the Socialist

Republic of the Union of Burma was in force on3 January 1974. Article 202 (b) of the 1974constitution says, “Existing laws and rulesshall remain in force in so far as they are notcontrary to this Constitution until and un-less they are repealed or amended by theCouncil of the State”. It does not enumerateany expression of revoking the 1947 constitu-tion. So, the provisions of the 1947 constitu-tions remained in force so long as they werenot contrary to the provisions of the 1974constitution.

On 18 September 1988, the State Law andOrder Restoration Council took up State duties.On 24 September the same year, it issued An-nouncement 6/88 that all the laws that were inforce on 18 September 1988 on which theState Law and Order Restoration Counciltook up State duties shall remain in forceuntil they were repealed or amended by the

State Law and Order Restoration Council.Therefore, all the laws that have not beenrevoked or repealed by the State Law andOrder Restoration Council remained in force.

The 2008 constitution of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar was approved throughthe referendum on 29 May 2008. Article 446of the constitution says, “Existing laws shallremain in operation in so far as they are notcontrary to this Constitution until and un-less they are repealed or amended by thePyidaungsu Hluttaw.” The constitution doesnot manifest any provisions that say the 1974constitution is revoked. The 1974 constitutionhas not been repealed or revoked up to now, soit remains in force until it is not contrary to the2008 constitution of the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar.

Article 202 (a) of the 1974 constitutionand Article 449 of the 2008 constitution of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar say “ThisConstitution is the Basic Law of all the lawsof the Union”. The government of a nationhas to promulgate necessary laws, repeal orrevoke unnecessary laws, and amend, addexpressions to and replace the laws in force asnecessary.

The laws by nature remain in force in sofar as they are not revoked or repealed.

So, the 1974 constitution of the Social-ist Republic of the Union of Burma is still inforce in so far as they are not contrary to the2008 Constitution of the Republic of the Un-ion of Myanmar because the former has notbeen repealed or revoked yet.

Translation: MS*****

The 2008 constitution of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar was approvedthrough the referendum on 29 May 2008.Article 446 of the constitution says, “Exist-ing laws shall remain in operation in so faras they are not contrary to this Constitutionuntil and unless they are repealed oramended by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.”

The 1974 constitution of the Socialist Re-public of the Union of Burma is still in forcein so far as they are not contrary to the 2008Constitution of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar because the former has not beenrepealed or revoked yet.

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YANGON, 14 Aug —Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi metwith local people fromNyaungngu and

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Aug—A visiting delegationled by Senator Mr Jim Webb, Chairman of the EastAsian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee of the SenateForeign Relations Committee of the United States andwife who are in Myanmar at the invitation of Ministerfor Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win called on the Com-mission for Drafting the State Constitution at the officeof the commission this afternoon.

Present were Chairman of the Commissionfor Drafting the State Constitution U Aung ToeVice-Chairman U Aye Maung, members U ThaungNyunt and Dr Tun Shin.—MNA

YANGON, 14 Aug—The Tatmadaw AgricultureCourse No. 64 concluded at the hall of the MyanmaRice Research Department in Hmawby Township thismorning.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defenceand Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Devel-opment Council Commander of Yangon CommandMaj-Gen Win Myint inspected sample paddy seedsand rice, production of quality paddy by MyanmaRice Research Department and farmers, and arrange-ments for distribution of quality paddy strains.

At the concluding ceremony of the course, Lt-Gen Myint Swe gave instructions on agriculture af-fairs and presented prizes to the outstanding trainees.

After the ceremony, they viewed paddy planta-tion of the department, broadcasting of fertilizers andweeding work.

Tatmadaw Agriculture Course No. 64 concludes

NAY PYI TAW, 14Aug — Senator Mr. JimWebb, Chairman of theEast Asian and Pacific Af-fairs Subcommittee of theSenate Foreign RelationsCommittee of the US, andwife Mrs. Hong Le Webb

US Senator and party call onCommission for Drafting

State Constitution

Later, they inspected flow of water in HlineRiver and development tasks in Shwehlaygyi Villageof Hmawby Township.—MNA

US Senator and wife arrive in Nay Pyi Tawarrived in Nay Pyi Taw byair at 11.45 a.m. today atthe invitation of Ministerfor Foreign AffairsU Nyan Win.

They were wel-comed at the Nay Pyi TawAirport by Minister for

Foreign Affairs U NyanWin and wife, officials ofthe Ministry, Charge d’Affaires ai Mr. Larry M.Dinger of US Embassy inMyanmar, Military At-taché Colonel Brey R.Sloan and officials.—MNA

Energy Minister meets locals inKungyangon Township

Daydanaw model vil-lages at Nyaungngu vil-lage in KungyangonTownship on 11 Augustand fulfilled the require-

ments.Next, the minister

met with local people atKamapa village.

MNA

YANGON, 14Aug—Minister forTransport Maj-Gen TheinSwe on 10 August heard

Tasks of Aviation Control Divisioninspected

reports on tasks of Avia-tion Control Division ofYangon InternationalAirport presented by the

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspecting productionof quality paddy by Myanma Rice Research

Department.—MNA

Chairmanof Com-mission

for Draft-ing StateConstitu-

tion UAung Toereceives

delegationled by

SenatorMr JimWebb.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi meeting with local peopleat Kamapa village.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe inspecting

Aviation Control Tower.

MNA

Director-General of De-partment of Civil Avia-tion.

The minister in-spected the aviation con-trol machines and com-munication accessories atthe Aviation ControlTower of the AviationControl Division.—MNA

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(from page 16)A sleeper factory

as well as MawlamyineRailway Station has beenbuilt on a grand scale inMottama for the conven-ience of railway passen-gers. While MottamaSleeper Factory is play-ing a part in railroad con-struction, Mottama Sta-tion has become a goodfacility contributing to-wards the transport sec-tor.

Wooden sleeperswhich were used inbuilding railway tracksin the past can wear out,cost a lot and seem dan-gerous. The lifespan of awooden sleeper is onlythree years and it canwithstand 800 poundsquare inch. The lifespanof a concrete sleeper is60 years and it can with-stand 7000 pound squareinch. So a concretesleeper is twenty times awooden one in terms oflifespan and nine timesin terms of load.

Mottama SleeperFactory produces 600sleepers per day and200,000 per year. It isalso producing cou-plings. With the emer-gence of Sleeper Factory(Mottama), the woodensleepers along Bago-

Mawlamyine-Ye-DaweiRailroad will be replacedwith concrete ones. As theconcrete sleepers pro-duced from Mottama Fac-tory are to be used in build-ing Dawei-Myeik railroadsection, there will be re-gional development witha speedy flow of com-modities. With the moredurable railroads,Mawlamyine Station hasbecome more crowded. Asenior engineer of Divi-sion (8) Mawlamyine ofMyanma Railways says:“Now there has been asmooth and secure railtransport. More than 34miles of Thanphyuzayat-Lamine railroad has beeninstalled with new railway

tracks and concrete sleep-ers. Over 20 miles ofMudon-Thanphyuzayatrailroad are being installedwith new tracks and con-crete sleepers. Some sec-tions of more than 18 miles

Concrete sleepers from Mottama Factory being transported.

of Lamine-Ye railroadhave also been installedwith new railway tracksand concrete sleepers.Sleepers from Mottamaare being transported andone can travel from

Myitkyina in northernMyanmar to Kawthoungin southern part.

Mawlamyine Rail-way Station and MottamaSleeper Factory are infra-structures built by the State

Mawlamyine Railway Station and Mottama Sleeper Factory.

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Aug – Senator Mr. JimWebb, Chairman of the East Asian and PacificAffairs Subcommittee of the Senate ForeignRelations Committee of the US, who was here at theinvitation of Minister for Foreign Affairs U NyanWin, met social organizations at the Nay Pyi TawCity Hall at 3 p.m. today.

It was attended by Secretary-General U HtayOo of the Union Solidarity and DevelopmentAssociation, CEC members U Thein Swe and UThan Htay, President Dr Daw Myint Kyi of MyanmarWomen’s Affairs Federation and General SecretaryDr Daw Thet Thet Zin, President Daw Nilar Thaw ofMyanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Associationand Vice-President Dr Daw Wai Wai Tha, Mrs.Hong Le Webb, wife of the Senator, Charge d’

US Senator meetssocial organizations

USDA Secretary-General U Htay Oo andCEC members, MWAF and MMCWA

Presidents meet US Senator Mr. Jim Webbat Nay Pyi Taw City Hall. —MNA

Affaires ai Mr. Larry M. Dinger of US Embassy inMyanmar, Military Attaché Colonel Brey R. Sloanand officials.

MNA

Mawlamyine Railway Station…

to add strength to travel-ling from the southernpart to the northern partof Myanmar.

*****Translation: ST

Myanma Alin: 14-8-09

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MOSCOW, 14 Aug—The missingvessel Arctic Sea, with a Russian crewon board, had enough fuel and food tosupport its operation until September,the ship’s operator said on Friday, assuspicions grow that it may have beenhijacked.

The ship left port in Finland with asupply of food for 45 days and fuel for40 days, Ivan Boiko, deputy director ofthe Arkhangelsk-based companySolchart Arkhangelsk, told the Itar-Tassnews agency.

There should be no problems withdrinking water because there was awater-desalination plant on board, headded.

Boiko said the 15 crew, all residents

Russian operator says missing shiphas enough food, fuel

of the port city of Arkhangelsk, werehighly skilled.

The Maltese-flagged Arctic Sea setoff from Finland on July 23 carrying alarge load of timber and had been due toarrive at the Algerian port of Bejaia onAugust 4.

Media reports said contact was lostwith the vessel on July 28 and suspicionsare growing that the Arctic Sea washijacked.

Russian President DmitryMedvedev ordered on Wednesdaymeasures to track, monitor and, ifnecessary, free the ship if it was hijackedafter Solchart requested state assistancein the search-and-rescue operation.

Internet

Undated file picture released by the Sovfracht Maritime Bulletin on 12 Augshows the Arctic Sea cargo ship at an unknown location.—INTERNAT

A minke whale is seenswimming during a rideon the Les Ecumeursboat on the St. Lawrenceriver at Les Escoumins,Quebec, on 13 Aug,2009. According to theInternational Union forConservation of Naturelarge whale species suchas the humpback andminke are recoveringfrom a threat ofextinction, helped bycurbs on hunts since the 1980s.—INTERNET

A display case shows a selection of curry sausage dishes, at the new-openedCurry Wurst Museum in Berlin, on 13 Aug, 2009. Curry Wurst is a Germannational dish that consists of a hot pork sausage seasoned with tomato ketchupand curry powder, and served with chips or bread rolls.—INTERNET

WELLINGTON, 14 Aug—Public health warnings remain on beaches in NewZealand’s largest city of Auckland after scientists found the toxin which killed adog on the North Shore could kill people as well as animals.

Analysis of vomit of the dog which died after visiting Narrow Neck Beachshowed it died of tetrodotoxin, a poison found in tropical puffer fish which had alsobeen found in a sea slug sample taken from the beach, the New Zealand PressAssociation reported.

“This substance is extremely toxic and potentially fatal to humans andanimals,” a statement from the Auckland Regional Public Health Service said.

“It is not known how the slug came to contain the toxin and investigations arecontinuing,” it added.

“While evidence of the toxin has not been found on other beaches it is too earlyto rule this out. This may also be the toxin that has affected other dogs.”—Internet

HONG KONG, 14Aug—Phosphoantigens,commonly used fortreating osteoporosis,were found capable ofcombating flu- viruses bystrengthening humanimmunity, according to astudy done by theUniversity of Hong Kongwhich made the resultspublic on Friday.

A research team fromthe university’s medicalschool, for the first time,discovered that a type ofcells from human immunesystem can effectively killhost macrophagesinfected by avian fluH5N1and H9N2, and human fluH1N1 viruses after beingactivated by phosp-

WARSAW, Poland, 14Aug—Polish and Germanofficials are burying theremains of more than2,000 bodies dating to

Scientists warn beach toxins in Auckland couldkill people

Germans, Poles rebury about2,000 WWII remains

World War II believed tobe German civilians killedin the final months of theconflict.

The bodies were beingburied Friday at a Germanwar cemetery in westernPoland near the Germanborder.

The first bones werefound in October byconstruction workersdigging foundations for afive-star hotel by themedieval castle in the

northern city of Malbork.The work was halted andan exhumation orderedwhich took six months.

Forensic experts andanthropologists believethey are probably fromGerman civilians whodied in Malbork in early1945. However, nodocuments, clothes orpersonal belongings werefound with them exceptfor a child’s pair of glasses.

Internet

HK researchers discovernovel treatment for bird,

human fluhoantigens.

The viruses, therefore,were unable to reproduceand their number wouldthen drop dramatically,said Lau Yu-lung, head ofthe university’sDepartment of Paediatricsand Adolescent Medicine,adding that the approachwas theoretically capableof killing influenza A/H1N1 virus.

Since the attackingtargets of the brand newflu-treating method werethe host macrophagesrather than the flu-virusesthemselves, problemsconcerning anti-drugs andmutation of virus wereunlikely to develop, Lausaid.—Internet

Aussie arrested for worldwide computervirus attacks

CANBERRA, 14 Aug—An Australian man wascharged on Thursday withinfecting 3,000 computersworldwide with virusesdesigned to capturebanking details.

The 20-year-old manwas arrested after a three-month investigation byelectronic crime sectionsof South Australian Policeand the Australian FederalPolice.

“It will be alleged thatthe arrested man

unlawfully compromisedover 3,000 computersthroughout Australia andworldwide by infectingthose computers withmalicious software,”South Australian Policesaid in a statement.

The software wasdesigned to “capturebanking credentials andcredit card informationfrom compromisedmachines”, the statementnoted.“Additionally, it issuspected that this offender

had developed capabilitiesto launch distributed denialof service attacks with upto 74,000 worldwide.”

The man has beencharged with offensesincluding unauthorizedmodification of computerdata, supply andpossession of a computervirus with intent to commita serious computeroffense, unlawfuloperation of a computersystem and theft.

MNA/Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GATI MAJESTIC VOY NO (90610)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GATIMAJ ESTIC VOY NO (90610) are here by notified thatthe vessels will be arriving on 15.8.2009 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

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

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV ADMIRE-CORAL VOY NO (22)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV ADMIRE-CORAL VOY NO (22) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 16.8.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W.7 where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: EASTERN-CAR LINERSINGAPORE PTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG XIU VOY NO (9042)Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG XIU

VOY NO (9042) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 15.8.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING(MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

General Power withdrawnI granted general power to my daughter Saw Ei Ei Htwe

13/KaTaNa (Naing) 085234 on 22-8-2006 in Kengtungconcerning the house in Mandalay.

Since all the necessary matters have been dealt with Iwithdraw the general power with effect from today,14-8-2009.

U Bo Thein13/KaTaNa (Naing) 004008

Egyptian crews overpowerSomali pirates, kill two

People throng a retail area in Paris, on 13 Aug,2009. France’s economy grew 0.3 percent in thesecond quarter, ending the country’s worst reces-sion in decades in large part thanks to a rise in

exports, according to government estimatesreleased on Thursday.—INTERNET

Ecuadorian minister infected with A/H1N1 flu

Exxon Mobil pleads guilty to killing protected birdsHOUSTON, 14 Aug–US oil

giant Exxon Mobil haspleaded guilty and agreedto pay 600,000 US dollarsin fines for the deaths ofabout 85 protected migra-

tory birds in the company’swastewater ponds in fivestates, the US Justice De-partment said on Thursday.

Texas-based ExxonMobil on Wednesdaypleaded guilty in a federaldistrict court in Denver,Colorado, to misdemean-our charges of breaking

the Migratory Bird TreatyAct. The company wasaccused of killing about85 protected birds includ-ing waterfowl, hawks andowls in Colorado, Wyo-ming, Oklahoma, Texasand Kansas, according tothe newspaper HoustonChronicle.

The birds died from ex-posure to hydrocarbons inopen natural gas well pitsand wastewater storagefacilities at Exxon Mobildrilling and productionfacilities in these states,said John Cruden, actingassistant US attorney gen-eral.—Xinhua

QUITO, 14 Aug—Ecua-dorian Policy MinisterRicardo Patino has beeninfected with A/H1N1 flu,the Health Ministry re-ported on Thursday.

Patino began to showflu-like symptoms lastweek and is currently be-ing treated with anti-viralmedicine at home.

President Rafael Correais also under medical ob-servance because onemember of his securityteam has been infectedwith the flu, the ministrysaid. Correa will not beisolated as he has not beensymptomatic, it added.

The staff working at theCarondelet Palace has

been ordered to wearmasks after the infection.

Ecuador has reported 23deaths from A/H1N1 flu,while the number of infec-tions in the country hasexceeded 700, accordingto the ministry. —Xinhua

A freed sailor is embraced after hisrelease by Somali pirates, on arrival atCiampino airport in Rome on 14 Aug,

2009. —INTERNET

France, Germany return togrowth in 2nd quarter

LONDON, 14 Aug—Government programmes to sup-port the auto industry helped Germany and France re-turn to economic growth in the second quarter, re-bounds that stoked hopes the recession in the wider16-country euro area may also end sooner than thought.

Europe’s two biggest economies each saw growthof 0.3 percent from the previous three-month period,surprising analysts’ expectations for equivalent de-clines and technically ending their worst recession indecades.

The French and German increases marked a stun-ning turnaround from the previous quarter, when Ger-many shrank by a massive 3.5 percent and France con-tracted by 1.3 percent.

The unexpected increases in Germany and Francemeant that the 16-country euro area contracted at asharply reduced rate of 0.1 percent, much less than the0.5 percent anticipated in the markets.

Internet

MOGADISHU, 14 Aug— A Somalipirate says the crews of two Egyp-tian fishing boats being held by pi-rates overpowered their captors,killing two of them, and escaped.

The pirate, who gave only his nomde guerre of Miraa, says the crewattacked the pirates with macheteson Thursday and seized some of thepirates’ guns before overpoweringthem.

Miraa says the fight took place offthe coast off the northern Somaliacoastal town of Las Qorey.

Miraa was speaking to The Associ-ated Press on Friday as he recuper-ated from wounds he says he got dur-ing the fight.

Businessman Said Jama Husseinsays the Egyptians apparently tooksome pirates hostage.

Pirates had held the Egyptian fish-ing vessels since mid-April.

Las Qorey is off the Gulf of Aden,one of the world’s busiest waterways

where Somali pirates carry out most of theirattacks.—Internet

Aegon raises 1beuros through

shares to repay stateinvestment

THE HAGUE, 14 Aug—Dutch insurer Aegonraised one billion euros onThursday by issuingshares to repay part of astate investment after re-porting a second-quarterloss of 161 million euros(229 million dollars).

“Aegon has completeda one billion equity euroissue via an acceleratedbookbuild,” a companystatement said. “The issuewas conducted ...throughthe sale of a combinationof new common sharesand existing treasuryshares.

“The issue comprised157,822,000 new com-mon shares and32,654,191 treasuryshares of AEGON NVwith a nominal value of0.12 euros.”—Internet

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Sony’s Reader Pocket Edition is displayed in thisundated handout. Sony Corp will begin selling inAugust 2009 the cheapest digital book reader for

the United States, heating up the competition withAmazon.com Inc in the small but fast-growing

market for electronic readers. Sony plans to startselling its 5-inch-screen Reader Pocket Edition at$199 — which it called a breakthrough price —

and a larger touchscreen reader for $299, throughnationwide retail outlets such as Wal-Mart and

Best Buy. —INTERNET

Chemical found to kill breastcancer stem cells in US

BEIJING, 14 Aug — US researchers have found achemical that can kill breast cancer stem cells,according to reports on Friday quoting a study publishedthis week in the journal Cell. Breast cancer stem cellsare a kind of master cancer cell that resists conventionaltreatment and may explain why many cancers growback. And finding ways to destroy these cells couldmake cancer far easier to cure, said the study.

“There is a lot of evidence to suggest now that thesecells are responsible for many of the recurrences thatare observed after treatment has stopped,” PiyushGupta of the Massachusetts Institute of Technologyand the Broad Institute said in a telephone interview.

A chemical called salinomycin hit the target. Thestudy shows that it was 100 times more potent atkilling breast cancer stem cells than the commonchemotherapy drug called paclitaxel or Taxol.

Cancer stem cells treated with salinomycin were farless able to start breast cancers when injected intomice than cancer stem cells treated by paclitaxel. Andthe treatment also appeared to slow the growth oftumors in the mice.

This is not clear if salinomycin will emerge as thebest drug compound for killing breast cancer stem cells— or that it will be safe to use in people with cancer.

But the study offers a new roadmap for drugcompanies to isolate and test compounds capable ofkilling the cells, Gupta added.—Xinhua

Singapore launchesscience festival to spark

passion for learningSINGAPORE, 14 Aug—

Singapore launched onFriday the Science.09, theannual national sciencemonth to celebrate thepositive impact of science.

Launched by Sin-gapore’s Senior Minister ofState for Trade and Industryand Education S Iswaran,the event aims to spark apassion for learningamong Singaporeans byencouraging young peopleto be inquisitive.

He said that science,technology and biomedicinecontinue to bekey engines

of growth for Singaporeas it strives towards aknowledge-based economybuilt on intellectualcapabilities and high valueresearch and development.

“The way forward ism u l t i - d i s c i p l i n a r yresearch, integratingresearch from diversescientific disciplinesto create scientific,biomedical and techno-logical breakthroughsand applications that willenhance our lives andbuild future industries,”he said.—Xinhua

Israel’s death toll of A/H1N1 reaches 8

JERUSALEM, 14 Aug — Another Israeli sufferingfrom the influenza A/H1N1 died on Wednesday,bringing to eight the total number of fatalitiesfrom the pandemic in the country, local dailyHa’aretz reported on Thursday on its website.

Citing Israeli Health Ministry, the report saidthat the 60-year-old Haifa woman who died in thenorthern Israeli city’s Rambam Hospital overnighthad tested positive for the A/H1N1 virus.—Xinhua

Malaysia reports seven moredeaths of A/H1N1 flu

KUALA LUMPUR, 14 Aug— The Malaysian HealthMinistry on Thursday reported seven more deaths ofA/H1N1 flu, increasing the total number of deaths inthe country up to 51. Malaysian Health MinisterLiow Tiong Lai said that the deaths aged betweenfour month and 92 year-old and they were related tohigh risk factors, including hypertension, heart disease,congenital disease and low immunity.—Xinhua

Vietnam’s A/H1N1 flu casesrise to 1,300

HANOI, 14 Aug— Vietnam confirmed 25 morecases of A/H1N1 influenza, raising the total numberof flu patients in the country up to 1,300, theVietnam’s Ministry of Health’s website reported onFriday.

Among the newly-reported cases, ten were in thesouth, ten in the north and five in the central highlandprovinces of Vietnam, said the report.—Xinhua

US Louisiana reports firstA/H1N1 death

HOUSTON, 14 Aug— The Louisiana Department ofHealth and Hospitals (LDHH) on Thursday reportedthe first death of the A/H1N1 flu in the US state.Thevictim was identified as a 21-year-old woman fromthe Greater New Orleans area, the department said.Lauren Mendes, spokeswoman for the department,said that the woman died on Wednesday ofcomplications from the A/H1N1 virus.

“Our hearts and prayers go out to this youngwoman’s family and friends,” said LDHH SecretaryAlan Levine. —Xinhua

Dengue fever cases rise to 22,757 in SriLanka

Companiesnow required

to monitorworkplace

hazardsBEIJING, 14 Aug—

Beginning next month,Chinese businesses andfactories that violateoccupational hazardregulations will be shutdown and face amaximum penalty of300,000 yuan (44,000dollars).

“If an employee’shealth has been affectedby dust, toxic substancesand other harmful factorsduring occupationalactivities, those harms canbe defined as occupationalhazards,” according to atemporary provisionreleased recently byChina’s work safetywatchdog.

The provisions wereformulated by the StateAdministration of WorkSafety (SAWS).

SAWS is in charge ofmonitoring and inspectingwork safety practices,halting work hazards,issuing licenses, inves-tigating accidents andstopping illegal workpractices.—Internet

COLOMBO, 14 Aug — The number ofDengue cases has risen to 22,757 while232 people have died of the disease inSri Lanka so far, the EpidemiologicalUnit of the Health Ministry said onThursday.

The Epidemiological Unit said in itslatest statistics that of the 22,757 cases,the highest number of patients werereported from June totaling 7,050. It isfollowed by July with 6,714 cases beingreported.

This represents a sharp increase asonly 4,156 Dengue cases and 85 deathswere reported for the whole year of 2008.

Health officials said the majority ofthese cases have been reported from theareas of Gampaha, Kegalle, Kandy and

Colombo.The rapid rise in the level of the

epidemic has forced the health authoritiesto carry out extensive public awarenesscampaign to eradicate the mosquito -based epidemic.

Households have been warned to keepthe environment free of mosquitoes.Those who allow the mosquitoes to breedby allowing stagnating water faceprosecution with a special hotline beingmade available for public information.

The World Health Organization sayssome 2.5 billion people, two fifths of theworld’s population, are now at risk fromDengue and estimates that there may be50 million cases of dengue infectionworldwide every year.—Xinhua

Labourers work on an apartment building construction site in Jakarta onearly August, 2009.—INTERNET

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S P O R T S

Chelsea renew contract withdefender Mancienne

LONDON, 14 Aug—Chelsea extended the contractwith Michael Mancienne on Thursday but loaned thedefender right then to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Ac-cording to the English Premier League club’s website,the 21-year-old renewed his deal for four years andwill spend the first season with the Wolves.

Mancienne also had a loan spell with the PremierLeague newcomers during their time in the Champi-onship (second division). Last year, Mancienne re-ceived a surprise call-up to England’s squad for afriendly in Germany. — Xinhua

MADRID, 14 Aug—Real Madrid midfielder WesleySneijder repeated on Thursday his desire to remain athis current club. Real are looking to sell Sneijder andtheir other Dutch internationals Arjen Robben andRafael Van der Vaart in an attempt to recoup some ofthe 255 million euros the club has spent this summersigning players such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka,Karim Benzema and Xabi Alonso.

Inter Milan and Aston Villa are rumored to be in-terested in Sneijder, with Aston Villa coach MartinO’Neill speaking openly of his admiration for the 25-year-old. However, speaking to Sky Sports, Sneijdersaid he does not want to leave.

“I am going to fight to play for Real Madrid despiteall of the competition for places,” said Sneijder.”I don’twant to leave the club. I know that the transfer marketwill be open for two more weeks, but for the moment,I am not thinking about that at all,” he said. — Xinhua

Golf and rugby sevens set toget Olympic spot in 2016

BERLIN, 14 Aug—Golf and rugby sevens are set tobecome medal events at the 2016 Olympic Games afterthe International Olympic Committee’s executiveboard voted to include both at its meeting here onThursday.But the final decision will have to be madeat a full meeting of the IOC congress in Copenhagenin October.

Softball, squash, baseball, karate and roller sportsalso submitted applications for joining the Olympicsbut their attempts were all rejected. Golf was an offi-cial event at the 1900 Paris and the 1904 St LouisOlympic Games, but has been dropped ever since.

But many expressed their worry that top playerswill have no interest to compete in the Olympics eventhough world No 1 Tiger Woods said earlier that hewould play. The proposed format for golf is a 72-holestroke play competition for men and women, with 60players in each field. IOC president Jacques Roggesaid winning an Olympic gold medal would be an veryimportant goal for top golfers in the world. — Xinhua

Women’s boxing becomesofficial event at Olympics

BERLIN, 14 Aug—Women’s boxing will become amedal event at the 2012 London Olympic Games af-ter a decision by the International Olympic Commit-tee’s executive board here on Thursday.

Boxing, which has been the only Olympic eventwithout any female participants, will have three weightclasses in the London Olympics.

But for the men’s boxing, one of the 11 categorieswill be dropped.

“Women’s boxing has come on a tremendousamount in the last five years and it was time to in-clude them,” said IOC president Jacques Rogge.

Xinhua

Hull City sign Irelandmidfielder Hunt

LONDON, 14 Aug—Ireland midfielder StephenHunt joined Premier League side Hull City from Read-ing, the Championship club (second division) said onThursday.

The 28-year-old, who joined Reading in 2005,signed a four-year deal with Hull. “He has made itknown for some time that he was ready for a newchallenge and this is a good move for all three par-ties,” Reading director of football Nick Hammond saidon the club website. —Xinhua

Anelka set to open talks overnew Chelsea contract

LONDON ,14 Aug—France striker Nicolas Anelkais set to open talks with Chelsea over a new contractwith the FA Cup holders, according to his agent.Anelkafinished as top scorer in the Premier League with 19goals last season and the Blues are keen to reward theformer Arsenal and Real Madrid star with an improveddeal.

Didier Drogba and Florent Malouda have alreadyagreed new contracts during the close-season andAnelka, who has two years to run on his current deal,looks like being the next big name to extend his stayat Stamford Bridge.

Anelka’s agent, Doug Pingisi, told skysports.comon Thursday: “I think we will be having talks withChelsea next week about Nicolas’ contract.”Nicolashas two years left on his present contract and I thinkChelsea would like to extend it.”We plan to sit downand have talks with Chelsea about Nicolas’ future.”

Internet

Federer, Nadal into MontrealATP quarters

MONTREAL ,14 Aug — Roger Federer captured his21st consecutive match win as he booked a quarter-final berth at the Montreal Masters and stayed oncourse for a finals showdown with Rafael Nadal.

Top-seeded Federer avenged a spring loss to fel-low Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/5)victory.Second seed Nadal, playing this week for thefirst time since 31 May after resting his injured knees,gave his fragile confidence a huge boost with a 6-3,6-2 defeat of German Philipp Petzschner.

The two led an historic parade of the top eight seedsinto the quarters of the three million-dollar tourna-ment - the first time since the rankings began in 1973that the top eight players in the world have all reachedthe quarters at the same ATP event.—Internet

CHASKA, 14 Aug—Excitement is overrated whenTiger Woods plays like this.Let Alvaro Quiros wowthe crowd at the PGA Championship with a monsterdrive. Or Vijay Singh impress by shaping a shot arounda tree and into the sun, not realizing it stopped an inchor two from the hole.

BIRMINGHAM, 14 Aug—English Premier Leagueclub Birmingham onThursday agreed to signformer Liverpool defenderGregory Vignal.Vignalwill join Alex McLeish’spromoted squad on a one-

Man City still keen to land LescottMANCHESTER , 14 Aug—Manchester City manager

Mark Hughes believes he could still sign England de-fender Joleon Lescott from Everton before the trans-fer window closes.Hughes has had bids of 15 millionpounds and 18 million pounds rejected by Everton asboss David Moyes fights to keep the centre-back.

Moyes has also declined to accept a written trans-fer request from Lescott but Hughes revealed City areconsidering another approach for the 26-year-old.”We

Sneijder resists Real Madrid exit

Real Madrid’s WesleySneijder (R) fight for theball with Real Mallorca’s

David Navarro duringtheir Spanish First

Division soccer match atOno stadium in Palmade Mallorca.—XINHUA

Injury-hit Chelseastriker Nicolas Anelkais set to open talks with

Chelsea over a newcontract with the FA

Cup holders, accordingto his agent.—INTERNET

Tiger Woods withouta blemish in leading PGA

Tiger Woods.

INTERNET

Seven years ago, ayounger Woods thrilledeveryone at HazeltineNational with a shot froma fairway bunker hecalled one of his bestever.No need for dramat-ics this time around. Hemerely plodded — hisword — his way aroundthe course Thursday, rightinto a one-stroke leadover defending championPadraig Harrington thatseems about 10 times big-ger.—Internet

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Birmingham sign Frenchdefender Vignal

Former Liverpooldefender Gregory

Vignal.

year contract if he passesa medical.

The 28-year-oldFrench left-back playedfor McLeish during a loanspell at Rangers and im-pressed the Blues managerduring a trial this pre-season.McLeish said:“He’s a good athlete, he’smobile and he’s strong andaggressive.

“I think he stirred thefans up and British fansappreciate that kind ofapproach.”He played aseason with me at Rang-ers when we won theleague and it was a verysuccessful campaign forhim then, so I know whatGreg can bring us.”

Internet

Everton’s Englanddefender JoleonLescott (bottom).

INTERNET

have made offers andshown interest, obviouslythat is seen by virtue of thebids we have put in,”Hughes said on Thursday.

Internet

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Knowledge for Rural People* Kambozathadi: Palace of Conquerors* Song of Myanma Beauty & Scenic Sights

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* Signature Tune* Song of Myanma Beauty & Scenic Sights* Panca Rupa* Village Libraries constant Source of Knowledge

for Rural People* Kmbozathadi: Palace of Conquerors* Let the World know Myanmar through

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain have been isolated in ChinState, scattered in upper Sagaing and Bago Divisions, fairlywidespread in Magway, Yangon, Ayeyawady andTaninthayi Divisions and widespread in the remaining Statesand Divisions with locally heavyfalls in lower Sagaing,Mandalay and Magway Divisions.The noteworthy amountsof rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw (Yezin) (1.89) inches,Nay Pyi Taw (Pyinmana) (1.03) inches, Meikhtila (3.58)inches, Taungoo (Aviation) (3.46) inches, Paung (2.95)inches, Kyauktaw (2.56) inches, Myitkyina (2.28) inches,Taungtwingyi (1.77) inches, Sagaing (1.73) inches, Shwebo(1.57) inches and Thayet (1.02) inches.

Maximum temperature on 13-8-2009 was 90°F.Minimum temperature on 14-8-2009 was 72°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 14-8-2009 was 97%. TotalSun shine hours on 13-8-2009 was (1.5) hour approx.

Rainfall on 14-8-2009 was (0.32) inch at Mingaladon,(0.99) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.74) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (78.94) inches at Mingaladon,(90.63) inches at Kaba-Aye and (93.38) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5)mph from Southwest at (15:30) hours MST on 13-8-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is weak to moderate in theAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 15th August 2009: Rainor thundershowers will be scattered in Kayah State,Mandalay, Magway and lower Sagaing Divisions, fairlywidespread in Shan, Chin, Kayin and Mon States, Bago,Yangon, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions andwidespread in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is(80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Weak to moderatemonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for15-8-2009: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for15-8-2009: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for15-8-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Weather outlook for third weekend of August 2009:During the coming wekend, rain or thundershowers will beisolated in Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay Division and fairlywidespread in Yangon Division.

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Asleep in JesusU Chan Hmung, aged 77 years

Pu Chan Hmung, Cinzah (Capi)(L.B.C.)

E.P.C. (Retd)Beloved son of (Pu Ram Ci-Pi Ngun Thluai) of

Room-52, Building 11/A of Pyi Yeik Mon HousingEstate, Kamayut Township, Yangon, son-in-law of(Pu Thla Hrang-Pi Cer Thluai), beloved husband ofPi Sang Tum, father of C. Thang Cem, Peng ThangCinzah-D Nu Iang, C. Cung Hlei Cung, C. RichardRam Ci, C. Thawng Lian Thang, Sui Za Thein andC. Abel Bawi Cung Nung, grandfather of Van NeihCem, Bawi Nun Thiang and Sung Hlei Par, U ChanHmung (a) Pu Chan Hmung peacefully fell asleepin Jesus at 8 pm on 13-8-2009 (Thursday). Funeralservice will be held at Yayway hall at 10 am on15-8-2009 (Saturday), thence the remains will beconveyed to Yayway Christrian Cemetery forentombment. (The ferries will leave the residence,Hline Thiri Housing Estate and Insein BOC busstop at 9 am.)

Bereaved Family

Palestinian childrenattend a summer

camp at the beachof Khan Younis inthe southern GazaStrip on 13 Aug,2009. The campwas organized by

the United NationsRelief and Works

Agency (UNRWA).INTERNET

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10th Waning of Wagaung 1371 ME Saturday, 15 August, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

■ RFA, DVB - generating public out-rage

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

troubles

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

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Aug—The Township Health Department transferred a three-year and seven-monthold child who had returned from Malaysia to Yangon Children’s Hospital on 13 August. The National HealthLaboratory conducted the test on the child and the child was found infected with New Influenza A (H1N1)virus. The child had arrived back Myanmar from Malaysia by Flight No. 8M 502 on 10 August. The child wasthe 20th patient infected with the virus.

Five family members of the patient are being kept under home quarantine.Authorities concerned are taking surveillance measures against 116 passengers who had arrived on the

same flight with the patient and 129 airport staff in their respective places.The 17-yaer old boy from Yangon East Hospital and the three and half years old child from Yangon

Children’s Hospital were discharged from their respective hospitals as they have fully recovered from theirillness. Surveillance against 18 family members who had contacted with the patients had been halted.

The number of patients infected with the virus has reached 20 and 15 out of whom have been dischargedfrom the hospital since they have recovered from their illness. The remaining five patients are being giventreatment by specialists.

Up to now, the National Health Laboratory detected 166 flu-suspected persons and 20 were foundaffected with the virus.—MNA

One more found infected with A (H1N1)Number of victims with the virus reaches 20

Two patients discharged from the hospitals

INSIDE

Mawlamyine Railway Station andMottama Sleeper Factory ensure

smooth and secure transportArticle: Mi Thazin Nwe Mon, Photos: Thet Htwe (Kyemon)In the past Mottama

was a town where the rail-way ended. From there,one had to travel in diffi-culty to the southern partof Myanmar by Z-craftand then by car. But nowMottama has become astrategic railway town.

Unlike in the past,travelling to the southernpart of Myanmar now hasbecome easy thanks to theThanlwin Bridge(Mawlamyine). Anyonecan go directly fromMottama to Mawlamyine.Mottama and

Mawlamyine are notseparable, like two broth-ers.

(See page 10)

Newly-built

Mawlamyine

Railway Station.

A law in force andits effects

A LAWYERPAGE 8

The laws by na-ture remain in forcein so far as they arenot revoked or re-pealed.

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