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Volume XVII, Number 104 8th Waxing of Wagaung 1371 ME Wednesday, 29 July, 2009

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* 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

The emergence of a large number of roads andbridges throughout the nation has formed a networkof transport facilities. With better transport, there

Sittaung Bridge (Motpalin), Gateway to Mon StateArticle: Win Naing(Kyemon); Photos: Khin Maung Win

has been an extensive use of roads and bridges bydifferent kinds of vehicles. Therefore, it is commonthat the old bridges have to be replaced with the new

ones that can bear heavy loads. Although SittaungBridge (Theinzayat) can be used by cars and trains,

(See page 7)

Sittaung Bridge (Motpalin).

SCIENCE DAILY, 28July—The aloe vera planthas a long history ofhealing power. Its abilityto heal burns and cuts and

Tooth Gel: Healing power of Aloe Veraproves beneficial for teeth and gums, too

soothe pain has beendocumented as far back asthe 10th century. Legendhas it that Cleopatra usedaloe vera to keep her skinsoft. The modern use ofaloe vera was firstrecognized the 1930s toheal radiation burns. Sincethen, it has been a commoningredient in ointmentsthat heal sunburn, minorcuts, skin irritation, andmany other ailments.

Recently, aloe verahas gained somepopularity as an activeingredient in tooth gel.

Similar to its use on skin,the aloe vera in tooth gelsis used to cleanse andsoothe teeth and gums,and is as effective astoothpaste to fightcavities, according to theMay/June 2009 issue ofGeneral Dentistry, theAcademy of GeneralDentistry's (AGD)clinical, peer-reviewedjournal.

Aloe vera toothgel is intended to performthe same function astoothpaste, which is toeliminate pathogenicoral microflora-disease-causing bacteria-in themouth.—Internet

The core of the Myanmarjudicial system is the law andwhether the accused is foundguilty or not, withoutdiscrimination on the grounds ofcolour, race or status.

If the law isbreached …

U MYO MYINT (LAW)

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Wednesday, 29 July, 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

Maintain dams andreservoirs for regionaldevelopment

A ceremony to open Linpan Dam inKanbalu Township, Shwebo District, SagaingDivision was held at the pandal near the damon 26 July. The dam built on Linpan Creekhas a watershed area of 16 square miles. Withan annual rainfall of 41 inches, the averageannual water in-flow is 8,000 acre-ft.

The birth of Linpan Dam has broughtabout the emergence of the 11 miles longearth road linking Htankon Model Villageand Linpan Village in Kanbalu Township.With this, local people are now enjoying thefruits of better transport. Meanwhile,perennial crops such as mango, jackfruit andshade trees were grown for greening theenvirons of the dam and for the sake of localpeople.

In the past, local people in ShweboDistrict had to rely solely on rainwater foragriculture. At present, with the emergenceof Linpan Dam they can fully utilize irrigatedwater for the agriculture purpose makingbetter use of the facility, and it is estimatedthat the per care yield of paddy would increaseto over 100 baskets from 70 baskets.

Linpan Dam, 40 feet high and 9,800 feetwide, is of earthen type with 5.21 miles longmain canal and 9.92 miles long tributarycanals which can irrigate 2,000 acres offarmlands.

At a time when the government ismaking all-out efforts for the emergence of alarge number of roads and bridges as well asdams and reservoirs throughout the nationthe onus is on all the local people to maintainthose facilities for durability and regionaldevelopment.

NAY PYI TAW, 28 July—Chairman of ShanState Peace and Development Council Commanderof Eastern Command Maj-Gen Yar Pyae attendedthe opening ceremony of Commander’s ShieldChess Tourney at the Gymnasium in Taunggyi on22 July.

Next, the commander delivered an address at

YANGON, 28 July—Myanmar Book Centerwill hold a Monsoon Salefrom 1 to 15 August. Atotal of 50, 000 new booksof 60 subjects importedfrom the USA, Britain,India and Singapore willbe sold at a special price atMyanmar Books Centersin Yangon and Mandalaysimultaneously.

Those who boughtbooks worth 5000 kyatswill get a book from giftbooks worth from K 5000to K 20000 under firstcomes first servesprogramme.

Books includingdictionaries, thesauruses,readers, comic books,health books, EnglishLanguage Teaching Bookand CourseSupplementary books,

YANGON, 28 July—Organized by CEOMagazine under thesponsorship of City Martand Pan, talks oninsurance was held atMandalay Swan Hotel on25 July. General ManagerDr Maung Maung Theinof Myanmar Insurancegave talks on insurance.Readers of CEOMagazine, entrepreneursand enthusiasts attendedthe talks.—MNA

YANGON, 28July—Director-GeneralU Aye Lwin of No 2 BasicEducation Departmentvisited schools in Loilem,Namhsan, Pinlon andHopong townships inShan State (South) from20 to 22 July.

The director-general gave instructionson cleanliness of schoolenvirons, regularrenovation of the schools,high pass rate ofmatriculation exams,high pass rate of everysingle subject, havingrecord of study progressof every single subject,having record of studyprogress of every singlestudent, systematicsupervision on subject

Commander attends Commander’s ShieldChess Tourney

the opening ceremony and enjoyed events for the firstday.

On 23 July, the Commander attended theeducative talks on care of pregnant women and theopening ceremony of Instructor Course, and deliveredan address on the occasion.

MNA

Director-General of No 2 Basic EducationDepartment visits schools in Shan State (South)

teachers, teachingaccording to monthlycourse and holding ofc h a p t e r - e n d - e x a m s

regularly, teaching extratime, organizing nightlearning session inmeeting with the

township educationofficers, principals, andteachers.

MNA

Talks oninsurance

held

Monsoon sales of Myanmar BookCentre on 1 August

Best Seller books andbiographies will be sold atthe sale.

Everyone may visitMyanmar Book Center(1) at No (55) at the cornerof Baho and Ahlon Roadsin Ahlon Township (Ph:221271 and 212409) andMyanmar Book Center(2) at No (561/567),

Room No (3), GroundFloor of MAC Tower (1)on Merchant Road inKyauktada Township(Ph: 370532 and 384508)in Yangon and ShoppingCenter at Room (429),Level (4) ( 02-71470 and71476 (ext: 188-193) inMandalay.

MNA

Book Fair for Monsoon Season at MyanmarBook Centre.—MNA

Dr Maung Maung Thein gives talks on insurance. — MNA

Director-General UAye Lwin

visits aschool

during hisinspection

tour ofHopong

Township.EDUCATION

Tobacco Kills

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LONDON, 28 July—More than halfof Britons think military operations inAfghanistan are futile and want troopsto be withdrawn immediately,according to an opinion poll publishedon Tuesday.

Fifty eight percent see the offensiveagainst Taleban extremists inAfghanistan as “unwinnable” and only31 percent disagree, according to thepoll conducted for the Independentnewspaper.

The poll showed 52 percent wanttroops out while 43 percent would likethem to stay.

Some 75 percent believe Britishtroops lack the equipment they need toperform their role in Afghanistan safely,compared to 16 percent who think they

have adequate resources, it said.However 60 percent of those polled

do not think more troops and resourcesshould be sent to the front line,according to the ConRes survey of1,008 Britons polled over the phoneearlier this month.

The poll comes as Britain onMonday announced the end of a majorbloody offensive against the Taleban inthe south of Afghanistan, while theMinistry of Defence said two moresoldiers had been killed there.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown —who has been forced to defend thecountry’s Afghan policies as troopcasualties soar — claimed success inOperation Panther’s Claw in southernHelmand Province.—Internet

Most want troops out of Afghanistan

GraphicshowsNile

RiverBasin

region.INTERNET

CAIRO, 28 July—Ministers from the10 African countries on the Nile riverbegan crucial discussions Monday overdrafting a new water sharing agreement,which is hampered by Egypt’s refusalto reduce its share of world’s longestriver.

In an opening address to the NileBasin Initiative, held in theMediterranean port city of Alexandria,Egypt’s Prime Minister Ahmed Nazifurged for a “return of the cooperationand harmony” among the group’smembers, describing the ongoingdispute as a “misunderstanding.”

Nile nations discuss sharing their riverIn the two-day meeting, participants

are hoping to conclude the NileCooperative Framework Agreement,which establishes a permanent body tooversee water allocation along the Nile.

During talks last month in Kinshasa,Congo, officials from the 10 countriesof the Nile basin, failed to agree over anew system of water sharing desired bya majority of the members.

A 1929 agreement between Egyptand Britain, acting on behalf of its theneast African colonies, set up the originalsharing framework and gave Cairo theright to veto upstream projects.—Internet

There maybe

increasedpirate

activity

DUBAI, 28 July—The US Navy is warning ofincreased pirate activity off the coast of Somalia dueto the advent of weather more favourable to the sea-borne criminals.

The Navy says high seas in the Gulf of Aden hadresulted in fewer attacks in recent weeks. With themonsoon season ending in four to six weeks pirateactivity is expected to increase, the Navy said in astatement on Monday.—Internet

Two killed, 18 injured inattacks in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 28 July—Two people were killed and18 others injured in separate attacks in Iraqi cites onMonday, an Interior Ministry source said.

In Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, a bomb plantedin the car of Muhamed Fadhel al-Haiyali, a chieftainof a Sunni Arab tribe, detonated while the car travelledin Dawasa district of the central city, killing him andwounding his driver, the source told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

In a separate attack, a roadside bomb went offnear a joint patrol of Iraqi soldiers and policemen inthe Yarmouk district west of Mosul, wounding foursoldiers and three policemen, the source said.

Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad, is said tobe one of the last strongholds of al-Qaeda fighters inthe war-torn country. In Baghdad, a roadside bombstruck a police patrol in Palestine Street in easterncapital, killing a policeman and wounding four others,the source added. Six more Iraqi soldiers were woundedin a separate bomb explosion near their vehicle inwestern Baghdad, he said.

Sporadic attacks continue in Iraqi cities despitethe US and Iraqi officials announced a relative lull inviolence during the past months.—Internet

BEIJING, 28 July—The governmentshould raise both taxes and the retail priceof cigarettes as a tobacco control measure,experts said after a survey found 80.5percent of Chinese smokers supportraising tobacco taxes.

The survey, conducted by TsinghuaUniversity, Harvard University and theresearch institute for fiscal science underthe Ministry of Finance, polled 3,000families in 18 cities about their opinionson cigarettes taxes. About 85 percent ofrespondents supported the government

increasing tobacco taxes, and 80.5 percentof smokers were also in favor.

The survey was conducted in Aprilahead of the 1 May increase in productionand consumption taxes on cigarettes.

Under the hike, a five percentconsumption tax was imposed oncigarette wholesalers. It meant taxes oncartons of cigarettes costing 70 yuan($10) or more increased from 45 percentto 56 percent. Taxes on cartons costingless than 70 yuan increased from 30percent to 36 percent.—Internet

Tax hike has little effect on smokers Vessel carryingas many as 200

Haitianscapsizes

PROVIDENCIALES, 28July—A vessel carryingas many as 200 Haitianmigrants capsized andsank near the Turks andCaicos Islands onMonday, the US CoastGuard said. One survivorsaid the boat struck a reefas they tried to eludepolice.

About 70 passengerswere stranded on a reefand four bodies wererecovered, said PettyOfficer Third ClassSabrina Elgammal, aCoast Guardspokeswoman in Miami.The rest of the passengerswere missing and feareddead.

“Our main goal rightnow is just to geteverybody out of thewater and get medicalattention for those whoneed it,” Elgammal said.

Internet

Photo taken on 27 July, 2009 shows the provincial road 214 damaged by themudslide at Miyi County, Panzhihua City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province.Twenty-two people are dead and seven missing after torrential rains triggered

floods in Miyi County, local authorities said Monday.—INTERNET

Afghan policemen inspect a vehicle destroyed in abomb blast in Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmandprovince, in April. Eight Afghan security guardswere killed Tuesday when a bomb blew up twovehicles in the violent southern province of Helmand,the interior ministry said.—INTERNET

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BRUSSELS, 28 July—The European Commis-sion Monday published its2008 annual report on bar-riers to trade and invest-ment in the United States,focusing on some keytrade barriers and meas-ures that prevent EU ex-porters from tapping intothe full potential of the USmarket.

“Only a small propor-tion of EU-US trade is af-fected by trade disputes,but raising and addressing

Labourers work on the framework of an unfinished stadium at the

construction site in Changzhi, Shanxi Province on 28 July, 2009. —INTERNET

EU publishes annual report on UStrade, investment barriers

these issues helps to boostconfidence in the transat-lantic marketplace and al-lows exporters to reap thefull benefits available,”said the European Union(EU)’s executive body ina statement.

The report noted somecontinuing concerns andhighlighted a number ofnew barriers introduced in2008.

It reiterated concernsabout US legislation gov-erning ports and freight, in

particular with respect tothe potential costs of thescanning requirement andits impact on EU supplychains.

The report also high-lighted problems arisingfrom the complexity of USregulatory systems andregulatory divergenceswith the EU, which canrepresent an importantstructural impediment tomarket access, the state-ment noted.

Internet

A seal carcass lies on the Gulf of St Lawrence,Canada, in 24 March, during seal hunting season.

Canada said it would take its fight for the coun-try’s seal hunting industry to the World Trade

Organization, vowing to appeal a European Uniondecision to ban imported seal products.—INTERNET

LIMA, 28 July— Peruwould push for Free TradeAgreements (FTAs) withRussia, India, Moroccoand South Africa in 2010,the Foreign Trade andTourism Ministry said onMonday.

Vice Minister EduardoFerreyros said, “in theagenda for future com-mercial negotiations withPeru, there are very im-portant markets for us,like Russia, India, Mo-rocco and South Africa.”

Ferreyros said Peru’sfocus to date had been onthe negotiation of FTAswith the European Union,the Republic of Korea andJapan.

Official statisticsshowed that the trade ex-change between Peru andIndia in 2008 was of785.5 million US dollars,of which Peru’s exportsmade up 281.4 milliondollars, while India’s ex-

OTTAWA, 28 July— Canada on Monday announcedit is requesting World Trade Organization (WTO) con-sultations concerning EU’s ban on seal products.

The European Union voted earlier on the day toapprove a ban on the import of seal products, a moveOttawa says violates the EU’s WTO commitments.

The ban will have a drastic impact on the liveli-hoods of thousands of Canadian sealers, Canadian of-ficials said, stating the ban should contain an exemp-tion for humanely harvested seal products like thosein Canada.

“I stated that the government of Canada wouldlaunch a WTO challenge should a seal products tradeban not include an acceptable exemption, and today Iam following through on that promise,” Minister ofInternational Trade Stockwell Day said on Monday ina press release.—Internet

Canada to appeal to WTO onEU seal products ban

A SK Telecom’s sign

board in Seoul. South

Korea’s top mobile

carrier said Tuesday

net profit rose 4.6

percent year-on-year

for the second quarter

due to an increase in

wireless Internet

revenue and new

subscribers.

INTERNET

SEOUL, 28 July—SouthKorea’s top mobile carrierSK Telecom said onTuesday net profit rose4.6 percent year-on-yearfor the second quarter dueto an increase in wirelessInternet revenue and newsubscribers.

Net profit was 311.6billion won (250.7 million

JAKARTA, 28 July—The China-based auto-motive manufacturerBeiqi Foton Motorplanned to set up an as-sembling plant in Indone-sia to support its aim indominating the Asia Pa-cific market, the BisnisIndonesia reported hereon Tuesday.

Dong Haiyang, VicePresident of Beiqi FotonMotor Co who is also thegeneral manager of Foton

Peru seeks FTAs with Russia, India,Morocco, South Africa

ports were 504.1 milliondollars.

Moroccan ambassadorin Lima, Oumama Aouad,said the trade exchangebetween her country andPeru had grown 400 per-cent in the past year.

Internet

S Korea’s SK Telecom profit rises 4.6 percentdollars) in the April-Juneperiod, up from 298 bil-lion won a year earlier, thecompany said.

Operating profit in-creased 3.8 percent year-on-year to 553.4 billion

won from 533 billionwon.

Sales increased 4.7percent to 3.068 trillionwon from 2.931 trillionwon a year earlier.

Internet

China’s Beiqi Foton toset up assembling plant

in IndonesiaInternational Trade CoLtd, regarded Indonesiaas an important market inthe Asia Pacific region.

He said that Foton’sinvestment in Indonesiawould be a productionbase for Foton’s market inthe region.

Setting up a productionplant in Indonesia is partof Foton’s global businessstrategy, he added.

“Outside China andIndonesia, we now run as-sembling plants in Thai-land, Mexico and SouthAfrica,” Dong said on thesidelines of a Foton MultiPurpose Vehicle (MPV)launching in the ongoing2009 Indonesia Interna-tional Motor Show (IIMS)exhibition here.

As a new comer inbus, truck and heavy dutyvehicle market in Indone-sia, which, Dong said, isa lucrative market in theAsia Pacific region, Fotonset realistic sale targets inthe market.

InternetRIO DE JANEIRO, 28 July—Brazil registered a cur-

rent account deficit of 7.07 billion US dollars in thefirst half of 2009, down 58 percent year-on-year, thecountry’s Central Bank said on Monday.

Brazil’s current account deficit in the first half of2008 was 16.8 billion dollars.

The country’s current account deficit stood at 535million dollars in June, down from 2.78 billion dol-lars in the same month last year.

The sharp decrease was largely due to a fall in theprofit and dividend remittances and the fact that thecountry’s imports fell more than exports.

The current account consists of the trade balance,unilateral transfers from abroad and services and in-come account results. In June, Brazil’s trade balanceregistered a surplus of 4.62 billion dollars, up from2.72 billion dollars registered in June 2008.—Internet

Brazil’s current account deficitdown 58% in first half of 2009

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All items from Xinhua Nwes Agency

HOHHOT, 28 July— Water pollution had caused231 people to suffer from diarrhea in Chifeng City,north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region,local authorities said on Monday.

The first diarrhea case was reported on lateSaturday. As of 5:30. am Sunday, 231 cases have beenreported. All the cases were suspected to be caused bywater pollution, said an official with Chifeng municipalhealth bureau.

All the patients received free medical treatment,said the official.The pollution was caused by theheavy rainfall in 23 July, which raised the city’s waterlevel and made water from a nearby lake flow into thewater-supply well, the official said.

Measures had been taken to clean the water system,the official said.—Xinhua

Greek FM to inform EUof Turkey’s airspace violations

ATHENS, 28 July—Greek Foreign MinisterDora Bakoyannis willraise the issue ofcontinuing Turkishviolations of the Greekairspace at a meeting ofthe European Union (EU),the Foreign Ministry saidMonday.

“Thuggery is notaccepted in Europe... AndI say this as an old friendof the Turkish people anda long-standing supporter

of Turkey’s Europeancourse. Turkey is obligedto adhere to what it hasagreed to,” Bakoyannissaid before travelling toBrussels to attend themeeting, scheduled forMonday and Tuesday.

Greek media havereported that a formationof six fighter jets fromneighbouring Turkeyentered the Greekairspace over the northernAegean last week. GreekAir Force planes

intercepted the Turkish F-16s.

Overflights of TurkishAir Force planes overGreek islands, whichGreece says were inviolation of theinternational law, haveintensified this summer,fuelling concern in Athens,which also denouncesAnkara’s intention to carryout geophysical surveywithin the Greekcontinental shelf.

Xinhua

Dead zone in Gulf of Mexico smaller than expected, but severe

Water pollution sickens 231people in Inner Mongolia

UNIFIL emphasizes ties with southernLebanese, despite conflict

BEIRUT, 28 July — The UN Interim Forces in South Lebanon(UNIFIL) said on Monday that it was committed to boostingexcellent relations with the Lebanese residents, despite the tensionraised by a conflict which broke between the two sides earlier thismonth, Lebanese official National News Agency reported.

In a statement made after a meeting in the southern townTibneen between UNIFIL and Lebanese Army IntelligenceCommands and Dignitaries, UNIFIL Commander General ClaudioGraziano emphasized the importance of maintaining good relationswith the people of the South, saying that UNIFIL Command iscommitted to boosting excellent relations with the southerners.

Graziano said in the statement that the work of UNIFIL isbased on guaranteeing full respect of UN Resolution 1701 andpreventing any violation of its clauses.—Xinhua

WELLINGTON, 28 July — New Zealand PrimeMinister JohnKey said on Tuesday that thegovernment is likely to set a target of a 15 percentreduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

A round of public consultation on what thetarget should be hasjust been completed, withenvironmental groups pushing for a 40 percentreduction.

The target will be tabled at the next round ofinternational climate change negotiations inGermany in August. Key said New Zealand ClimateChange Minister Nick Smith will present hisrecommendation to the cabinet in the coming weeks.He said the target will not be 40 percent becausesuch a targetwould cripple New Zealand’s economicactivity and the country “cannot afford to write thatcheck”, Radio New Zealand reported on Tuesday.

Xinhua

CANBERRA, 28 July—Migration accounts for 60percent of Australia’s population growth with theUnited Kingdom remaining the biggest source of newarrivals from overseas, Australian Associated Pressreported on Tuesday.

The latest immigration snapshot from theAustralian Bureau of Statistics showed 5.5 millionAustralians, or about a quarter of the population, wereborn overseas. About 213,000 people migrated toAustralia in 2007/08, accounting for 60 percent of thenation’s population growth, with the bulk of newarrivals (60 percent) aged between 15 and 34.

The United Kingdom remains the greatest sourceof migrants with1.2 million people born in Britainnow living in Australia.

Xinhua

New Zealand likely to set greenhousegases target to 15 percent

Migration biggest source ofAustralia’s population growth

Women of the Miaoethnic group pound

cooked glutinous riceinto paste to

demonstrate theproducing method of

Ciba, a traditional ricefood, during the

celebration activities inGeduo Village of

Wangsi Township inDuyun City, southwest

China’s GuizhouProvince,on 26 July,

2009.—XINHUA

Performers give stage show at the opening of the Original Folk CultureFestival held in Qingzhen City of southwest China’s Guizhou Province,

on 26 July, 2009. —XINHUA

French tourists appreciate Chinese musical instruments in the YunnanEthnical Museum in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, on

27 July, 2009.—XINHUA

WASHINGTON, 27 July— NOAA-supportedscientists, led by NancyRabalais, from theLouisiana UniversitiesMarine Consortium, foundthe size of this year’s Gulfof Mexico dead zone to besmaller than forecast,measuring 3,000 squaremiles, the US NationalOceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA)said Monday.

However, the deadzone, which is usuallylimited to water just abovethe sea floor, was severewhere it did occur,extending closer to the watersurface than in most years.The dead zone is fueled bynutrient runoff, principallyfrom agricultural activity,which stimulates anovergrowth of algae thatsinks, decomposes, andconsumes most of the life-

giving oxygen supply inthe water. The Gulf ofMexico dead zone is ofparticular concern becauseit threatens valuablecommercial andrecreational Gulf fisheriesthat generate about 2.8billion dollars annually.

Earlier this summer,NOAA-sponsored forecastmodels developed by REugene Turner, ofLouisiana.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Guests sunbathe by the pool at theAxel Hotel in Buenos Aires

on 1 November, 2007.

Germans can now grab poolside chairs even earlierGerman tourists can now reserve their

poolside recliners before they have evenleft home.

The German arm of Thomas Cook,Europe’s second largest travel company,has been deluged with inquiries sinceannouncing that holidaymakers at ninehotels in Turkey, Egypt and the CanaryIslands can book recliners in advancefor a fee.

Germans are famous around Europefor rising early to reserve recliners nearthe pool with their towels, and then goingback to bed or eating a lengthy breakfast.

This often annoys tourists from othernations, but they will be unable to takeadvantage of the new service — it is

valid only for tourists booking theirtrips from Germany, Mathias Brandes,head of communications at ThomasCook in Germany, said.

Aviation buffs recreate 1st English Channel flight

Sculpture at Fla shoppingplaza turns heads

Parents in Florida are complainingabout a sculpture of a nude familyoutside a shopping centre west ofDelray Beach.

Parents of children who attend anearby elementary school say thebronze statue is inappropriate, andthe PTA president e-mailed parentsWednesday asking them to com-plain.

The sculpture is by artist Itzik Asherand titled “Journey to the New.” It issupposed to represent the journey ofRussian and Ethiopian Jews from theirhomes to Israel. It was previouslydisplayed at other locations in the area.

The South Florida Sun-Sentinelreports that Asher’s sculptures havedrawn criticism before. In 1995, the BocaRaton City Council made him cover theprivate parts of several of his sculptureswith cardboard fig leaves. The leaveswere later removed.

Louis Bleriot was declared crazy byhis own mother.

“He wants to fly over the EnglishChannel in a kite,” she complained tofriends a century ago. Bleriot defied herand helped usher in commercial planetravel with an epic flight from Calais toDover in 1909, aboard a winged con-traption with bicycle wheels and woodenpropeller.

A pilot is recreating the journey ofthe 37-year-old Frenchman in one ofBleriot’s monoplanes to mark Satur-day’s anniversary.

The aircraft, made famous after the

Channel crossing, was commercializedwith more than 800 copies made, andput into action in World War I by sev-eral air forces.

The flight came six years after theWright brothers flew overland overKitty Hawk, North Carolina, and dur-ing a decade in which pioneers in Eu-rope and North America were devel-oping the rudiments of airplane tech-nology and expanding its limits.

Bleriot was oblivious to chidingabout his project. He had put 10 yearsof his life and his entire fortune into hisdream.

David Douglas (C) is surrounded byprevious winners as he celebrates

winning the 2009 “Papa”Hemingway Look-Alike contest at

Sloppy Joe’s Bar in Key West,Florida.

FORT LAUDERDALE, 28July — A Florida womansaid she, her 4-year-oldson and a 17-year-oldfriend were uninjuredwhen a bolt of lightningcrashed through her car.

Michelle St Val, 23,said she was driving Fri-day evening on Interstate595 toward the airport inFort Lauderdale to pick upher brother when her “carlit up like it was Christ-mas,” the South FloridaSun-Sentinel reported on

LOS ANGELES, 28 July— Los Angeles ratepay-ers are using less waterthis year than last and lessthan they have in 32 years,the city’s Department ofWater and Power saidMonday.

“I want to thank our cus-tomers for cutting their use.It’s paying off,” said JimMcDaniel, senior assistantgeneral manager of theDWP water system. “Whatwe have asked them to doisn’t easy, but the resultsare proof of their efforts.”Water use fell by 11 per-cent in June, comparedwith June 2008, and islower than it has been in 32years, the DWP said.

City lawmakers wantDWP rules loosened up sohomeowners can waterlawns for eight minutesthree days a week insteadof 15 minutes two days aweek. The City Councilhas voted to allow addi-tional watering of publicparks, golf courses andother entities that canprove they met conserva-tion targets in other ways.

Internet

EL I Z A B E T H T O W N,28July—Federal investiga-tors said malicious soft-ware worked its way fromBullitt County, Ky, e-mailsystems to a bank accountto steal $415,989.

The heist of countyfunds occurred in lateJune, The Louisville, Ky,Courier-Journal reportedMonday. But investiga-tors say Ukrainian com-puter thieves have alsoused the trojan softwareZeuS to infiltrate bankaccounts in the Britain,Spain and Italy in theftstotaling $6 million.

OSHKOSH, 28 July— Hundreds of earthlings turnedtheir faces to the sky Monday to see an airplane builtto launch a ship into space, watching the gleamingwhite craft soar overhead.

The twin-fuselage craft named WhiteKnightTwo,looking like two planes connected at the wing tips,circled the runway several times before touching downat the Experimental Aircraft Association’s Air Ven-ture annual gathering.

It was the first glimpse the public had of the plane,which was made by Virgin Galactic as part of its ef-fort to jump-start commercial space travel. Its design-ers, engineer Burt Rutan and British billionaire SirRichard Branson, watched and smiled from the edgeof the tarmac.

Internet

WhiteKnightTwo follows two photos planes as itcircles on 27 July, 2009 above the Experimental

Aircraft Association’s annual AirVenture conven-tion in Oshkosh, Wis British billionaire Sir

Richard Branson hopes to use WhiteKnightTwo tocarry a spaceship into the upper atmosphere. The

spaceship would then detach and rocket into space.Branson hopes to use the system to create a

commercial space travel business.—INTERNET

Crowd sees spaceshiplauncher fly

Water use dropsin Los Angeles

A black dog feeds a baby tiger and

three baby lions in a wild animal

zoo, Hefei, capital of Anhui. From

middle to late June, the puppies were

born in succsession.

Bank theft started with trojan virusDon Jackson, a direc-

tor at SecureWorks, acomputer security com-pany, said the virus was“one of the biggest mal-ware threats we’ve seen.”

Investigators still donot know where the BullittCounty money went, thenewspaper said.

The county and itsbank, First Federal Sav-ings Bank in Elizabeth-town, Ky, are now swap-ping blame for the com-puter breach.

County officials haveinitiated a lawsuit to forcethe bank to refund the

missing money whilebank President GregSchreacke said the prob-lem began with county’scomputers, not the bank’s.

The software does notslow computers or promptannoying pop-ups, givingusers little indication thatit may be in the systemhunting for information.

“It’s looking over yourshoulder when you’re do-ing your banking,” saidElizabeth Clarke atSecureWorks.

“It usually grabs eve-rything it needs to playyou,” she said.—Internet

Lightning strikes car, no injuriesMonday.

“It was a huge boom,and then lightning com-pletely took over the car,”she said.

St Val said the 2003Chevrolet Impala lostpower and began driftingacross three lanes of traf-fic.

She said the car cameto a rest and she noticedher son, Mikyal, had es-caped from his car seatand crawled into her lapduring the incident.

“No one was injured atall,” she said.

“But it was scary. Inever thought a stormwould choose my car.”

A Florida HighwayPatrol officer determinedthe bolt of lightning hadhit the upper-left cornerof the rear window beforetraveling through theframe of the car andblowing a hole throughthe rear tire on the oppo-site side.

Internet

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(from page 1)a new bridge that can bearheavy trucks is in need asthere is an increase incommodity flow. Hence,the 2,392.7-foot longSittaung Bridge(Motpalin) wasconstructed in the lowerreaches of the old bridge.The bridge was openedon 12 July 2008.

In the past,vehicles were notallowed to pass SittaungBridge at night time asthe region was lack ofpeace and stability. Atpresent, with the

The already upgraded Bilin-Kyaikhto road section.

Sittaung Bridge (Motpalin), Gateway…

Chairman of Kyaikhto Township PDC UTin Aung Win.

prevalence of peace andstability plus withcombined efforts of the

government and localpeople, remarkableprogress has been made

in the region.Meanwhile, local

people includingentrepreneurs are makingprogress in trade andcommerce making betteruse of the new bridge.The upgrading ofK y a i k h t o - T h a t o n -Mawlamyine Road inMon State and Thaton-Myaingkalay Road into24 feet wide facilities isbeing carried out by ShweThanlwin ConstructionCo Ltd. The company willupgrade bridges on thoseroads up to the onescapable of bearing 60 tonsof loads.

On arrival at Mon

State, the news crewmembers of KyemonDaily met with those incharge of Shwe ThanlwinConstruction Co Ltd atits special constructionsite Naungkala Villagebetween Kyaikhto andBilin. In an interview,they said, "ShweThanlwin ConstructionCo Ltd has upgradedSittaung-Kyailhto Roadfrom mile post No (87/0)to mile post No (116/7)since 2002. It upgraded the71 miles and six furlongslong Kyaikhto-MottamaRoad from mile post No(116/0) to mile post No(188/5) starting from 2008.The maintenance works arebeing carried out inmonsoon and the upgradingwill continue in two phasesin the open season. Theupgrading of roads andbridges will be carried outin line with the standard setby Public Works."

The news crewproceeded to Kyaikhtoalong smooth and straighttarred road and metChariman of KyaikhtoTownship PDC U TinWin Aung. At themeeting, the chairman

said that the governmentis striving fordevelopment ofeducation, health andtransport sectors ofKyaikhto Township inorder to bring aboutequitable developmentthe length and breadthof the nation. Thetownship is extensivelyengaged in the growingof rubber and monsoonand summer paddy. Thetownship is nowenjoying the fruits ofbetter transport with theemergence of new roadsand bridges. It is safe tosay that Sittaung Bridge(Motpalin) is a gatewayto Mon State. KayinState and TaninthayiDivision includingborder areas can beaccessible all the yearround with the use ofthe new bridge. Now, ittakes only three hoursfrom Kyaikhto toMawlamyine by car, andthis can be attributed tothe fruitful results ofbetter transport in theregion."

*****Translation: HKA

(Kyemon: 27-7-2009)

YANGON, 28 July—Criminal Cases Nos 47/2009, 48/2009, 49/2009 against US citizen Mr John WilliamYettaw, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma were heard at Yangon North DistrictCourt at 10 am today.

The court heard the arguments of the lawyers defending Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Winand Ma Win Ma Ma and Mr John William Yettaw in Criminal Case No 47/2009.

It pronounced an order rejecting the lawyers’ application for submission of the Ministry of ForeignAffairs’ response to the queries raised by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in the United Nations andfor questioning the presenter as a court witness under Article (540) of Penal Code of Criminal Procedure.

The order says that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is put on trial under Article (22) of the Law to Safeguardthe State Against the Dangers of Those Desiring to Cause Subversive Acts; that Article (22) is that any personplaced under restriction will face a legal punishment if he opposes, breaches or fails to obey the restriction orderor prohibition order; that nothing is arguable regarding the restriction order, prohibition order and extendedprohibition order put on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; that the plaintiffs submit restriction order as evidence (b),prohibition order, as evidence (b-1) and extended prohibition order, as evidence (b-2); and that Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi’s Advocate U Kyi Win submitted an appeal against the said restriction order, prohibition order andextended prohibition order to the Government Office of the Union of Myanmar, however the appeal wasrejected because of lack of sound evidences.

It says that the Government Office sent a forwarding letter on rejection of the appeal dated 30 April 2009;that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi knows that restriction order, prohibition order and extended prohibition order havebeen issued and they are still in force; and that in the case, plaintiffs and their witnesses and the accused andtheir witnesses have been questioned.

It is found that the statements and arguments and the evidences provided by both sides do not supportor reflect the reasons enumerated in the application; that the context of the case is to find out whether the accusedopposes, breaches or fails to obey the restriction order or prohibition order; and that so an order is pronouncedto reject Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawers’ application for submission in the court under Article 540 (Part II)of Penal Code of Criminal Procedure, deducing that there is no reason to take the application into consideration.

Final arguments of Lawyer U Khin Maung Oo defending Mr John William Yettaw and final statementsof the deputy district law officer for the plaintiffs in Criminal Cases Nos 48/2009 and 49/2009 were heard.

The court fixed the 31st of July to pronounce the final judgement for Criminal Cases Nos 47/2009, 48/2009 and 49/2009.—MNA

Pleas of lawyers defending the accused heard in casesagainst US citizen Mr John William Yettaw, Daw Aung San

Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma

NAY PYI TAW, 28 July—Organized by NationalCommission for Environmental Affairs (NCEA) withcooperation of United Nations Environmental Pro-gramme, Regional Resource Centre for Asia and thePacific (UNEP.RRC.AP), the opening ceremony ofnational level sustainable development strategy washeld at International Business Center (IBC) in Yangonthis morning.

Secretary of NCEA, director-general U SanLwin of Planning and Statistics Department made anopening speech on the occasion. After that, Dr AidaKarazhanova (Officer in Charge) of UNEP.RRC.APalso made a speech.

Afterwards, Joint-Secretary Dr San Win ofNCEA explained the facts about the summary ofnational-Level sustainable development strategy andthree advisors to environment, economic and socialsectors about sector-wise. Those present took part inthe discussion.—MNA

National levelsustainable development

strategy opens

The best time to plant a tree

was 20 years ago.

Second best time is now.

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 29 July, 2009

If the law is breached …U Myo Myint (Law)

Every independent country has their sovereignty.They can freely exercise legislative power, executivepower and judicial power for their interest.

Myanmar is an independent, sovereign countrywith the rights to formulate and prescribe appropriatelaws, and to form a government with suitable admin-istrative machinery. It also has its own judicial sys-tem and judicial organs.

About 200 world countries have different geo-graphical features, climates, races, traditions, cul-tures, languages, literatures, religious faiths, cos-tumes and historical backgrounds. However, theyshare same goals in writing and enacting necessarylaws for restoration of State stability and communitypeace, public security and development; forminggovernments capable of leading the countries con-cerned, and operating courts to enforce the laws.

All the countries such as the United States ofAmerica, United Kingdom, France, China, the Rus-sian Federation, India, Korea, Australia, Germany,Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, etc. have their govern-ments, but each government has different formationfrom that of others. They practise their laws as neces-sary. They have courts to hear cases in accordancewith the laws concerned. Criminals and offenders arenot privileged. Such people are arrested by the police,charged, and put on trial. So, all countries acceptsayings such as “No man is above the law”, and“Ignorance of law is no excuse”.

In hearing a case in United Kingdom, five or sixordinary people without much knowledge of the laware invited to form a jury such as shopkeeper, barber,shoemaker and housewife. And they are requested tolisten to the details of the statements and argumentswith a sense of social etiquette. The real judge sitsamong them, but does not get involved in hearing thecase. He explains the nature and development of thecase and facts about the law to them. He does notmake a verdict, either. The jury members have to castvotes to decide if the accused is guilty or not. Thejudge reads out the verdict based on their decision incourt.

The US’s jury system is based on British judicialsystem. Throughout the colonial period, British colo-nies including Myanmar used juries to hear cases inline with the British judicial system. After they re-gained independence, they laid down and practiseown judicial systems, in place of the jury system.World countries have different laws, governmentsand judicial systems on the grounds of differentpeoples, cultures and religious faiths.

In Myanmar, according to the Myanmar cus-tomary law, the people have the vested right, underwhich a citizen can be vested with the possessions ifother spouse dies, and the children are vested withthe belongings if their parents die. That is in con-formity with the Myanmar lifestyle, the nature andreligious faith of the people. In Christianity, headsof families, fathers and husbands make wills toleave their money and property to be given as theywish. Their wives and children are not vested theirmoney and property automatically. In some wills,certain amount of money and property is given todrivers, housemaids and nurses who they think to beloyal to them, and the remaining money and prop-erty are to be donated to a particular organization,instead of giving parts of their money and propertyto their wives and children.

In some Myanmar movies and novels, Buddhistfathers make wills under which certain amounts ofmoney and property are given to their wives and

children. However, wills are not legal in Buddhism.After the rule of the British colonialists, Myanmar

made amendments to the laws, judicial systems andbureaucracy administrative machinery patterns pre-scribed by the British colonialists. In the colonial days,even Myanmar elders at the age of over 70 had to kow-tow and answer ‘Phayar’ (respectful form of addresstowards monks and loyalty) to British judges who wereat the age of around 30 while the cases were in progress.In the Myanmar judicial system, the accused have therights to defend themselves from the lawsuits, givearguments and appeal. Except some cases to be heardin closed rooms in special tribunals, all cases are heardin public. Unusual punishments designed to tarnish thedignity of the accused (such as a thief with a signboardsaying ‘Thief’ hung on his neck has to shout “I’m athief” every time he is struck with a rod) are not handeddown. Any of the law shall not be applied with retro-spective effect to make a verdict. The case is to beheard in accordance with the law that exists when theaccused commit crimes.

In many western countries including the US, alarge number of cases are heard secretly behind closeddoors. In Myanmar, some cases were heard by specialtribunals (the people were not allowed to listen to thejudicial proceedings) in the times of the Britishcolonialists, the AFPFL government, and the revolu-tionary government. For instance, murder case inHsinswe Village by Thakin Soe and the treason breachedby Ohn Kyaw Myint and party were heard under theguard of heavy security force at the hall (training hall)of Insein Jail.

Both in other countries and in Myanmar, importantcases are heard in specific halls because unscrupulouspersons in disguise of ordinary people listening to thelegal proceedings can disrupt the hearing of the case,try to grab or kill the accused to prevent from providingevidences.

The core of the Myanmar judicial system is the lawand whether the accused is found guilty or not, withoutdiscrimination on the grounds of colour, race or status.In many cases in the US, prison term is sentenced to theBlacks (Negroes) not to the Whites although they arethe same, offenders; woman culprits are asked to walkwith bare foots and with iron fetters in public. In AbuGhraib Prison in Iraq and Guantanamo Prison of theUS Navy in Cuba Island, and CIA’s secret prisons inEurope, prisoners are interrogated inhumanly.Myanmar does not practise such inhuman methods.

Certain radio stations in the West and other mediawhere expatriates are given places are constantly criti-cizing Myanmar’s judicial system and law with biastowards the accused.

It is the case that US citizen Mr John WilliamYettaw secretly entered the compound of Daw AungSan Suu Kyi’s house through the door on the side ofInya Lake on the night of 3 May 2009, and left thehouse on 5 May night, swimming across the lake.Then, he was arrested by security members in the lake.

In the arrest, responsible persons inspected hisbelongings. He also entered the house of Daw Suu Kyiin November 2008. In fact, Daw Suu Kyi was alreadyrestricted under Article (7) of the Law to Safeguard the

State Against the Dangers of Those Desiring to CauseSubversive Acts. Then, Detention Order was issuedunder Article 10 (A), Restriction Order under Article10 (B) / 11, and Continued Restriction Order underArticle 13 / 14 of the Law, and she was kept to stayinside the house. She was allowed to do the cooking,and to receive medical treatment.

Yettaw entered Daw Suu Kyi’s house through theback door of the fence by swimming across the InyaLake in the dark. If the motive of leaving two chadorsand some stuff by Yettaw was to be exposed, it wouldbecome an exciting Hollywood movie. We would belikely to see a thriller in which the actress escapes indisguise.

His first intrusion can even be said to violatethe law. He intruded the second time. Daw Suu Kyireceived the intruder for two nights and providedhim with meals, a room and longyis. He was evennursed as he got cramp in his legs. She received theintruder although she could shout to securityguards for help. Although the house and com-pound are regarded as restricted areas by law, oneintruded and the other accepted. Doesn’t it violatethe law? It can be questionable whether these aredemocratization activities.

Fearing that the public would be realizing the truesituation, internal and external anti-government groupsshouted that Yettaw’s being able to enter the com-pound was due to poor security and that they wereworried about her security. They shouted almost everyday. They hid what they wanted to conceal from thepublic on security grounds. On the night of 3 MayYettaw swam with the help of drinking water plasticcontainers through the culvert box near the KoreanEmbassy not far from Daw Suu Kyi’s house. The routewas not far. But he got cramp in his legs and Daw SuuKyi had to nurse him for two days. It was strange thathe did not get any cramp in his legs on his way backeven though he had to swim diagonally across the InyaLake to nearly reach IBC and the residence of the USdiplomat. Anyhow, if there is a criminal case, just facecharges in accord with the law.

Now, the NLD inside the country started tomake political profit taking advantage of the case.Again, there have been external interferences.Every country prescribes the Act of Contempt ofCourt. The aim is to protect the courts in orderthat they can address legal issues in a fair and justway. There is contempt of court act in Myanmar.

There are three types of contempt of court.(a) Inclusive are defamation of the court, criti-

cism of the court to harm its dignity, present-ing wrong facts about the trial in progressbefore the judge, satirical writings about thejudge and accusations against the court that itwill not be able to pass sound judgment.

(b) Inclusive are disturbing of the court activity,taking photos of the trial in progress withoutany permission of the court and presenting thephoto of the defendant before the court in thecase in which there is a problem of whetherthe face of the defendant is recognized or not.

(See page 9)

Threatening and unnecessarily attempting to influ-ence the trial should be avoided. Anyone should not beinvolved in such acts as favouring the defendant, favour-ing the plaintiff and using influence.

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NAY PYI TAW, 28 July— UN Under-Secretary-General and ExecutiveSecretary of the Economicand Social Commissionfor Asia and the PacificDr Noeleen Heyzer calledon Minister for

UN Under-Secretary-General calls on A & I MinisterAgriculture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htay Oo at theministry here yesterday.

Also present at the call

were officials from thedepartments andenterprises under theministry. —MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo receives UNUnder-Secretary-General Dr Noeleen

Heyzer. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 28 July— Chairman of CivilService Selection andTraining Board U KyawThu received UN Under-Secretary-General andExecutive Secretary-General of the Economicand Social Commissionfor Asia and the PacificDr Noeleen Heyzer andparty at his office heretoday.

UN official meets CSSTB ChairmanAt the meeting, they

discussed matters onselection and training ofcivil service personnel byCSSTB, training forinstructors of the CSSTB,cooperation of the ASEANHuman Resource CentralDepartment andcooperation for servicepersonnel affairs betweenASEAN nations andregional countries.

Also present wereMembers of CSSTB UAung Myint and U HlaMyint Oo, the directors-general of thedepartments under theCSSTB, Resident Re-presentative of UNICEFto Myanmar and actingUN coordinator MrRamesh Shrestha andothers.

MNA

Chairman of CSSTB U Kyaw Thu receives UN Under-Secretary-General Dr Noeleen Heyzer. — MNA

Director-General of the Health Department Dr U Win Myint deliversaddress at Symposium on Tropical Storm Nargis and Nutrition.

HEALTH

Symposium on Tropical Cyclone Nargis and Nutrition heldYANGON, 28 July—

Organized by NationalNutrition Developmentand Research Departmentof the Ministry of Health,Myanmar Academy ofMedical Science andUNICEF, Symposium onTropical Cyclone Nargisand Nutrition was held atMedical ResearchDepartment (LowerMyanmar) on ZiwakaRoad, here today.

Chairman of MAMSDr U Ko Ko and Director-

Measures, Dr U KyawWin Sein on NutritionalProgramme inPONEREPP Period withlong term preventivemeasures and Coordinatorof Nutrition Group Dr UAye Thwin of UNICEFand Deputy Director ofMedical ResearchDepartment (LowerMyanmar) Dr. DawTheingi Thwin on Multi-sector Response toNutrition in PONREPPPeriod.— MNA

General of Department ofHealth Dr U Win Myintmade opening addresses.

Professor Dr U TheinAung presided over thesymposium. DeputyDirector of NationalNutrition DevelopmentDepartment Dr Daw AyeAye Thaw gave talks onNutrition Status in PreNargis Period, NutritionConsultant Specialist DrU Hla Kyi of UNICEF onNutritional in Post NargisPeriod and Corrective

If the law is breached …(from page 8)

(c) Inclusive are biased writings about the trialin progress, writings about which side willwin or lose in that trial, predicted writingsabout the possibility of the defendant’sconviction and writings about tendency togive instructions to the judgment of thejudge.

There have been some people against whomaction was taken for their writings about court trials innewspapers that led to contempt of court. We haveoften seen sketches in newspapers as the judge did notapprove of taking photos of some trials in the UScourts. We have also seen that those who disturbedthe trials were thrown out of the courts by the police.

At the time when the trial against Daw SuuKyi, Yettaw, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win MaMa is taking place in accord with the law, anyoneshould not say unnecessarily that Daw Suu Kyi isguilty. Anyone should not say that all political

prisoners including Daw Suu Kyi are to be released.Please read the above three points on contempt ofcourt carefully. There should be no prediction thatwho is guilty or who is not guilty until the courtpasses the judgment. It is not possible to say thatone is not to be arrested or convicted as he is froma political party or a politician regardless of thecrime he has committed. No man is above the law.Crime does not pay. Everyone who breaches thelaw shall face a lawsuit and obey the court decision.Only then, will there be the rule of law andcommunity peace and tranquility. If politiciansand a certain party members who are in prison fortheir offences are to be released as political prisoners,criminals who are in prison for their offences suchas theft, robbery and murder will apply for partymembership, wear party brooches and demandtheir release.

The AFPFL government held a trial against anAmerican spy, Gordon Seagraves who was serving as

a doctor at Namkham Hospital and doing missionaryworks, for his persuasion of Kachin army officer NawSai to go underground. At that time, the Time magazinecriticized the Myanmar judiciary system sayingwhether the judges of the Supreme Court understoodthe law. Now there are also criticisms. Seagraves gotonly a light sentence and in prison for six months. Hewas ordered not to go back to Namkham.

If right judiciary system is desired, don’tcommit contempt of court. Follow the courtdecision as a member of the civilized society.Threatening and unnecessarily attempting toinfluence the trial should be avoided. Anyoneshould not be involved in such acts as favouringthe defendant, favouring the plaintiff and usinginfluence. We have already taken lessons from thefour 8’s unrest with anarchy reigning such aslootings, beheadings and lawlessness. Respect thelaw and feel safe.

Translation: MS+ST

U Myo Myint (Law)

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(from page 16)chemical engineering;that in that academic year,more than 2000 studentswere pursuing educationin the university; and thatPlastic & Rubber Coursewas also prescribed dueto flourishing rubberfarming in Mon State.

Technolog ica lUniversity (Mawla-myine) is located in a stra-tegic place, so studentsare from surrounding ar-eas in Kayin State andTaninthayi Division inaddition to Mon State, hesaid, adding that openingtechnological universi-ties in strategic regions isgenerating opportunitiesfor the youth to pursue

Technological University (Mawlamyine) designed to beef up human resource development

Principal Dr YanAung Oo

First year studentMa Wah Wah Thin.

Maung Aung HlyanWin of Ye Township.

such higher education intheir own regions as wellas laying foundations forhuman resources develop-ment.

When asked abouther experiences and hergoal, first year student Ma

Wah Wah Thin (B. Tech)from Mawlamyine said,“Before this universitywas opened, we attendedthe classes in the lecturerooms a short distancefrom here. The roads wereearth ones, so it was diffi-cult for us to get there.Since the university wasopened, we attend theclasses here. Lecture hallsare large with teaching andlearning aid, and teachersknow well the arts ofteaching. So, I am happyto study here. It would bea great challenge for us topursue technological edu-cation in our state withoutthis university. So, I takegreat pride in our state’suniversity. I plan to serve

as a demonstrator herewhen I got my degree.”

Mon nationalMaung Aung Hlyan Winfrom Ye Township said,“Our township is over 90miles away fromMawlamyine, but I don’t

feel it is too far because ofsmooth transport. For mesuch a prestigious univer-sity in our state is cer-tainly something to beproud of. I feel very luckybecause I can attend

classes in our home state.I have to try to be a reli-able engineer.”

Techno log ica lUniversity (Maw-lamyine) is aimed at pro-ducing intelligentsia andexperts needed for indus-tries and agricultural andlivestock farms, conduct-ing vocational subjects ona wider scale, and incul-cating the students withpatriotic fervour and cor-rect concepts. So, localyouths on their part are tofirmly grasp the opportu-nities to be able do theirbit in nation-buildingtasks.

*****Translation: MS

Kyemon: 26-7-2009

Article: Win Naing (Kyemon); Photos: Khin Maung Win (Kyemon)

NAY PYI TAW, 28July—UN Under-Secretary-General andExecutive Secretary of theEconomic and SocialCommission for Asia and

UN Under-Secretary-General calls on NPED Ministerthe Pacific Dr NoeleenHeyzer called on Ministerfor National Planning andEconomic DevelopmentU Soe Tha at the ministryhere today.

Also present at thecall were officials fromthe Ministry of NationalPlanning and EconomicDevelopment.

MNA

YANGON, 28 July—Chairman ofMyanmar Olympic Committee Ministerfor Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myintinspected practice sessions of MyanmarKaratedo Federation, Myanmar Billiardand Snooker Federation, MyanmarTaekwando Federation, Myanmarvolleyball Federation and MyanmarWeightlifting Federation in Aung SanGymnasium for the XXV SoutheastAsian Games yesterday.

After that, the minister also lookedinto training sessions at National

Minister inspects training sessions

YANGON, 28 July— The Supervisory Central Committee for ScrutinizingVideo Industry of Myanmar Motion Picture Enterprise under the Ministry ofInformation has been instructed to implement 12 functions of the Ministry ofInformation, 11 aims of MMPE and seven directives for the SupervisoryCentral Committee for Scrutinizing Video Industry and eight directives for theSecretary of Sate/Division supervisory committees for Scrutinizing VideoIndustry of MMPE, and to make a field trip to check those engaged in thebusinesses of video production, video shooting, video editing, copying,distribution and renting of video tapes (VCD and DVD) and showing videotapes ( at video house, Karaoke lounge-KTV, tea shops and restaurants andbeauty saloons for men and women) to take work licenses in accord with theTV and Video Law, not to run their business with expired licenses and to dotheir businesses in line with prescribed disciplines.

When authorities concerned perform checks and inspections and findout that those who are running their business without work licenses or withexpired licenses, action will be taken against them in accord with the laws, by-laws and directives.—MNA

Supervisory Central Committeefor Scrutinizing Video Industry to

make tour of inspection

Swimming Pool, judo training camp andPadomma Sports Ground.

Next, the minister delivered anaddress at the meeting with coaches,managers and players who will go tointernational contests and seminars inRuby Hall of the National IndoorStadium-1.

Upon arrival at Sports and PhysicalEducation Institute (Yangon) in KyaikkasanSports Ground, the minister oversaw sportsgear to be used in sports and educationcombination course.—MNA

Minister U Soe Tha receives UN Under-Secretary-General andExecutive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia

and the Pacific Dr Noeleen Heyzer.—MNA

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BERLIN, 28 July—Shocked police arrested a 12-year-old boy for pushing heroin, and described him asthe youngest drug dealer in Berlin.

The child was caught in the Kreuzberg area of theGerman capital selling the deadly drug heroin onMonday evening. He was spotted in a park diggingaround in a sand pit.

When officers approached they found 150 pelletsfilled with heroin. Each one is sold for between ̨ 10 and˛15. The boy tried to escape but the police caught himand confiscated his money.—Internet

DHAKA ,28 July—Rickshaws and carsploughed through waist-high water in theBangladeshi capital ofDhaka on Tuesday as thecity received its biggestrainfall in a single July dayfor 60 years.

In the six hours after01:00 am (1800 GMTMonday), 290 millimetres(11.42 inches) of rain fell,according to officials.

“It’s the highest singleday of rain in July since1949,” said Dhakameteorologist AyeshaKhatun, adding that moredownpours were forecast.

Six people were killedafter standing onpowerlines that were underthe water, police told AFP.

The flooding broughtthe city to a standstill, withschools and offices unableto open and many of its 12million residents strandedin their homes.

Much of Bangladeshhas been experiencingdrought conditions as themonsoon season, which

The youngest drug dealer at 12arrested in Berlin

A ferris wheel is seen in the Jardin-Anglais park inthe center of Geneva, Switzerland. This city onLake Geneva with a view of snowcapped Mont

Blanc is one of the world’s most expensive cities,with famous shops selling exquisite jewelry and

luxury watches.—INTERNET

Harry Potter stays top of box office

Bangladeshi capital flooded byrecord July monsoon

Bangladeshi pedestrians and rickshaw pullers make

their way through a flooded road in Dhaka.

Rickshaws and cars ploughed through waist-high

water in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka on

Tuesday as the city received its biggest rainfall in

a single July day for 60 years.—INTERNET

SCOTLAND, 28 July—A pilot project in Scotlandhas begun testing a method of cutting the amount ofcarbon dioxide released into the atmosphere, whichBritain hopes will be a leap forward in the fight againstclimate change.

Doosan Babcock Energy switched on its OxyFuelcombustion burner, Britain’s largest demonstrationproject for carbon capture and storage (CCS), onFriday. More than 100 people from industry, the mediaand the regional and national governments were invitedto witness the event, just outside the city of Glasgow.

Internet

UK unveils weapon to fightclimate change

A woman walks past a Baidu Inc. advertisementbillboard on display during an event in Beijing onTuesday, 28 July, 2009. Baidu Inc., which operatesChina’s leading Internet search engine, said lastFriday its quarterly profit rose 44.6 percent from ayear earlier on strong growth in revenue and numbers

of advertisers.—INTERNET

runs from June to the endof September, has broughtlittle rain.

Last week thegovernment ordered freeelectricity for farmers topump underground waterafter shortages threatenedthe summer rice crop,which accounts for 40percent of food grainproduction.

Farmers had heldspecial prayers this week tobring on rain to irrigate theirland so that summer ricecan be sown.—Internet

LONDON,28 July—”Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the sixth outof eight movies in the boywizard franchise, has stayedtop of the UK box office fora second week with anotherhuge take, ScreenInternational said onTuesday. Skip relatedcontent

After setting anopening record of 19.8million pounds, it addedanother 5.1 million over theweekend, keeping SandraBullock in Walt Disney’sromantic comedy “TheProposal” down in secondplace on the film’s Britishdebut.

“Ice Age: Dawn of theDinosaurs,” the third in theanimated Ice Age series,

slipped from second to thirdwhile Sacha Baron Cohen’s“Bruno” was down one atfour. Lads’ comedy “TheHangover” eased down oneto five, with “Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen” alsodown one, to six.

“Public Enemies,”starring Johnny Depp as the1930s gangster JohnDillinger was down fromsix to seven, while “MySister’s Keeper,” featuringCameron Diaz and AlecBaldwin, slipped a spot toeight.

Sci-fi movie “Moon,”directed by David Bowie’sson Duncan Jones, fell toninth while director Larsvon Trier’s arthouse horroroffering “Antichrist” wasnew at 10.—Internet

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo accepts books

presented by UN Under-Secretary-General

and Executive Secretary of ESCAP

Dr. Noeleen Heyzer.—MNA

Book on 2009 ESCAP Study on Sustainable Agriculture

and Food Security in Asia and the Pacific handed overNAY PYI TAW, 28

July— Jointly organized by

the Ministry of Agriculture

and Irrigation and ESCAP,

a ceremony to hand over

book on 2009 ESCAP

Study on Sustainable

Agriculture and Food

Security in Asia and the

Pacific compiled by

ESCAP was held at the

ministry here this morning.

It was attended by

Minister for Agriculture and

Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay

Oo, Minister for National

Planning and Economic

Development U Soe Tha,

Minister for Forestry Brig-

Gen Thein Aung, Minister

for Livestock and Fisheries

Brig-Gen Maung Maung

Thein, Deputy Minister for

Industry-2 Lt-Col Khin

Maung Kyaw, Deputy

Minister for Health Dr Mya

Oo, member of Civil Service

Selection and Training

Board U Win Aung, UN

Under-Secretary-General

and Executive Secretary of

ESCAP Dr. Noeleen

Heyzer, UNICEF Resident

Representative and Acting

UN Resident Coordinator

Mr. Ramesh Shrestha, FAO

Resident Representative Dr.

Shin Imai and members of

social organizations and

officials.

Minister Maj-Gen

Htay Oo made an opening

address, and FAO

Resident Representative

Dr. Shin Imai and UN

Under-Secretary-General

and Executive Secretary

of ESCAP Dr. Noeleen

Heyzer delivered

addresses. Next, Dr.

Noeleen Heyzer handed

over book on 2009

ESCAP Study on

Sustainable Agriculture

and Food Security in Asia

and the Pacific to Minister

Maj-Gen Htay Oo.

Dr. Noeleen Heyzer

presented books to the

ministers, the deputy

ministers and observed

method for ensuring

electricity in rural area

at the booth displayed by

the Ministry of

Agriculture and

Irrigation. —MNA

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A Lufthansa Boeing 747 takes off from Frankfurt airport. Lufthansa wasseeking to extend a July 31 deadline for its takeover of Austrian Airlines togive itself more time to secure approval from Brussels, Austrian newspapers

reported on Monday.—INTERNET

Expert : Forget ‘No pain, no gain’NEWARK, 28, July — A US expert in emergency

nursing advises those coaching young athletes that “nopain, no gain” is a myth.

Mary Kamienski of the University of Medicineand Dentistry of New Jersey says sports should not bepainful.

Youngsters engaging in sports activities should betaught they reduce the risk of injury by warming upbefore playing and cooling down when the game orpractice is is over.

“Usually, when the activity or game is done, eve-ryone just leaves. Now the recommendation is to coolthem down with some formal exercise,” Kamienskisays in a statement.”

Young athletes should not experience pain. Theyshould gradually work out and pace themselves justas adults should.”

Running laps, doing directed calisthenics, or per-forming an activity with a specific number of repeti-tions over a specific amount of time, such as 30 min-utes on the treadmill are some ways student athletescan warm up or cool down, Kamienski suggests.

Internet

Transfusions do not increase death ratesPERTH, 28 July —

Australian researcherssay moderate amounts oftransfused blood did notincrease death rates.

The study, publishedin Anesthesiology, finds80 percent of 1,841 pa-tients undergoing low-risk cardiac surgery re-quiring blood-producttransfusion in about halfof the cases were alivemore than 10 years aftersurgery.

The researchers saythe study did find certainpre-existing patient condi-tions — such as beinganemic before surgery orhaving cardiovascular orkidney disease — reducedlong-term survival aftersurgery.

“We were also hop-ing to establish if havinga blood transfusion waslikely to promote cancerin the recipient of theblood transfusion as some

research has indicated thismay occur,” Dr WilliamWeightman of the Univer-sity of Western Australiain Perth, a co-leader of thestudy, said in a statement.

“Our results indicatethat a moderate bloodtransfusion does not pro-mote the spread of suchcells. Patients who receivea blood transfusion wereno more likely to get thedisease than those whodid not.”—Internet

Study ties sunlight to brain function

Three-shot taser stun gun unveiledBEIJING, 28 July —A new Taser stun

gun capable of shocking three peoplewithout being reloaded was unveiled inArizona in the Untited States on Mon-day, media reports said.

Taser International Chairman TomSmith, and his brother, CEO Rick Smith,unveiled the new X3 “electronic controldevice” in front of hundreds of law en-forcement officers at the Scottsdale-based company’s annual conference.

The company said the new handheldweapon was the first device to be devel-oped since 2003 and featured enhancedsafety features.

Older Taser stun guns, in use by14,200 law enforcement agenciesthroughout the United States, have to bereloaded after one shot, which can be aproblem for an officer who has misseda target or has more than one suspect tosubdue. The new stun gun costs 1,799U.S. dollars, compared with 799 dollarsfor the older model. It will be availableto law enforcement agencies in late Au-gust.

Human rights groups contendTasers cause heart attacks, challengingmanufacturer claims that they are safeand non-lethal.—Internet

BIRMINGHAM, 28 July— A lack ofsunlight can lead to reduced mental per-formance, not just mood disorders,among depressed people, a U.S. univer-sity study said Thursday. “This newfinding that weather may not only af-fect mood but also cognition has signifi-cant implications for the treatment of de-pression, particularly seasonal affectivedisorder,” University of Alabama at Bir-mingham researcher Shia Kent said.

Seasonal affective disorder, alsoknown as winter depression or winterblues, is a mood disorder in which peo-

ple repeatedly experience depressivesymptoms in the winter due to a lack ofsunlight. The university researchers useddata from 14,474 people participating ina U.S. National Institutes of Health studyto observe associations between depres-sion, mental function and sunlight.

They measured short-term recalland temporal orientation. Temporal ori-entation — or the way individuals be-have as a reflection of their considera-tion of the past, the present and the fu-ture — is considered a basic dimensionof human functioning.—Internet

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Poor health linked with divorce,widowhood

Hearing loss linked withsound volume

LOS ANGELES, 28 July — People who like to crank upthe volume on their music face greater risk of hearingloss, a new study has found.Nearly half of the peoplesurveyed said they experienced symptoms such as tinnitusor hearing loss after being exposed to loud music,according to the study.The survey was conducted byVanderbilt University researchers in conjunction withMTV.com and was published in the July issue ofPediatrics.

About 75 percent of those surveyed said they ownedan MP3 player, and 24 percent listened to it for more than15 hours a week. Nearly half said they use a music playerat 75 percent to 100 percent of its maximum volume,which exceeds government regulations for occupationalsound levels.—Internet

The Mejiriser platform located in Ogbogoro community, on the outskirt ofPort Harcourt, is seen in 2006. Nigeria’s Senate on Monday pledged to

ensure that a bill on the reform of the petroleum and gas sector it iscurrently debating would meet international standards and protect foreign

investors.—INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 28 July—Divorced or widowedpeople are more likely tohave chronic healthproblems than those whostayed married, a newstudy has found.

To determine the linkbetween poor health anddivorce or widowhood,researchers at theUniversity of Chicago’sCenter on Aging examineda study of Americansinterviewed in 1992, whenthey were ages 51 to 61.They focused on a sampleof 8,652 people.

After adjusting theirstatistics to account forsuch factors as race andgender, which could skewthe results, the researchersfound that those with“marital loss” — meaninglosing a spouse to death ordivorce — had 20 percentmore chronic healthconditions than peoplewho stayed married.

They also had 23

percent more conditionsthat limited their ability toget around, according tothe study published byHealth Day News onMonday.People whoremarried were somewhatless likely to have theseproblems than those whohad stayed single but stillmore problems than thosewho remained married,said the study.—Internet

Roquefort cheeses in a cellar in France. Shunned bymany as a source of artery-clogging cholesterol,calcium-rich dairy products consumed in childhoodmay in some cases add years to one’s life, reporteda study released Tuesday.—INTERNET

Surgery an option for advanced lung cancerMAYWOOD, 28 July—

Lung cancer significantlyprolongs survival withoutprogression of the cancer,but does not dramaticallyimprove overall survival,US researchers found.

Lead author Dr KathyAlbain of LoyolaUniversity HealthSystem’s CardinalBernardin Cancer Centerand colleagues said thepatients who did appearto have a major benefitfrom surgery were those

in whom a section of thelung was removed, ratherthan the entire lung.

The study includedpatients with non-smallcell cancer, whichaccounts for about 80percent of all lungcancers.

The patients had stageIII cancer, in which thecancer had spread tolymph nodes in the centerof the chest. This type ofstage III cancer accountsfor about 30 percent of

all non-small cell lungcancer cases.

Patients were treatedat multiple academic andcommunity hospitals inthe United States andCanada.

One group of 202patients was randomlyassigned to receivesurgery plus chemo-therapy and radiation,while a second group of194 patients received justchemotherapy andradiation.—Internet

Weight loss improves mood indepressed people, study shows

Exercise equipment ina downtown fitness

gym. Men whoregularly do heart-

pounding exercise areless likely to develop

cancer, according to astudy released

Tuesday.INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 28 July —Weight loss programmecould counteract depressedmood and reduce riskfactors for heart disease inobese patients, a new studyshows.

The study, to bepresented on Tuesday atthe annual meeting of theUS Society for the Studyof Ingestive Behavior(SSIB), finds that after asix-month behavioralweight loss programme,depressed patients not onlylost 8 percent of their initialweight but also reportedsignificant improvementsin their symptoms ofdepression, as well asreductions in triglycerides,which are a risk factor forheart disease and stroke.

Fifty-one depressed andnon-depressed subjectswere recruited into thestudy to follow a supervisedweight loss programmethat included lifestyle

modification and mealreplacements. Bothdepressed and non-depressed subjects lostsignificant amounts ofweight, with depressedindividuals losing 8 percentof their initial body weight,compared with 11 percentloss by non-depressedindividuals.

After six months on theweight loss programme,depressed subjects alsoshowed significantimprovement of theirdepressive symptoms,based on a questionnaire.Additional significantimprovements in glucose,insulin and high densitylipoprotein cholesterol wereobserved in both depressedand non-depressed subjects,and depressed individualsshowed reduced levels oftriglycerides in the blood,which have been linked torisk of heart disease andstroke.—Internet

WHO confirms 816 A/H1N1influenza deaths worldwide GENEVA, 28 July—The

A/H1N1 influenza hascaused a total of 816deaths worldwide as thevirus continues to spread,the World HealthOrganization (WHO) saidon Monday.

Of all the deaths, 707occurred in the Americas,44 occurred in South-EastAsia, 34 in Europe, 30 inthe Western Pacific regionand one in the EasternMediterranean region, theUN agency said in a latestupdate of the pandemicsituation.

In addition, more

than 20 countries andterritories have reportedtheir first confirmedcase(s) of the H1N1influenza since the lastupdate of informationwas released on 6 July.

Those countries andterritories includeAfghanistan, Andorra,Belize, Bhutan,Botswana, Haiti,Namibia, Sudan,Tanzania, and SolomonIslands.—Internet

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S P O R T S

MANCHESTER, 28July—Manchester Unitedmay have won the last threePremier League titles butthey will face even morescrutiny than usual when

Eto’o signs five-year Inter dealROME, 28 July— Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o has

signed a five-year contract with Inter Milan, the Italianchampions announced on Monday.

The 28-year-old had arrived in Milan on Mondaymorning to take a medical examination before then officiallysigning on the dotted line, on the same day that ZlatanIbrahimovic finalised his move in the opposite direction byjoining Barcelona.

Inter did not reveal how much the Cameroon strikerwill be paid but he is believed to have signed a deal worth10-10.5 million euros net per season.

He is part of a swap deal that sees Swedish internationalstriker Ibrahimovic head to Catalonia while Inter also pocket46 million euros and take Belarus winger Alexander Hlebon loan for a year.

Upon arriving at Milan’s Linate airport, Eto’o claimedhe was coming to Inter to win a third Champions Leaguecrown.—Internet

LONDON, 28 July—England internationalstriker Peter Crouch wasreunited with HarryRedknapp at English Pre-mier League sideTottenham Hotspur onMonday after completinghis much-anticipatedmove there from rivalsPortsmouth.

The 28-year-oldformer Liverpool star—who played for Redknappat Portsmouth and willalso team up with formerPompey strike partnerJermain Defoe—signedfor an undisclosed fee,

OAKVILLE, 28 July—Nathan Green looked up andflashed a wry smile when the latest round of heavy rainhit the Canadian Open.

But instead of wiping out play again and possiblyforcing yet another day at drenched Glen Abbey, thepounding drops were nothing more than a fitting fin-ishing touch on his breakthrough playoff victory overRetief Goosen.

“It’s just been a bizarre week. A long week,” Greensaid. An hour earlier Monday in good conditions on thecourse soaked by nearly 5 inches of rain the first fourdays, the Australian parred the second extra hole forhis first victory in 112 career PGA Tour starts.

Internet

Football star Ibrahimovicsigns deal with Barca

BARCELONA, 28J u l y — S w e d i s hstriker ZlatanIbrahimovic signed afive-year contractwith Barcelona Mon-day and said he is fi-nally “living adream.”

The 27-year-oldwas transferred fromInter Milan in a dealwhich will also seeCameroon striker

Barcelona’s new signingSwedish forward Zlatan

Ibrahimovic poses with hisnew shirt during his officialpresentation after signingwith the Catalan giants in

Barcelona.—INTERNET

Samuel Eto’o move the other way and the Italian sidereceive 46 million euros as well as Alexander Hleb onloan.

“It feels like I’m living a dream now,” Ibrahimovictold a news conference.

“It was not easy for me in the last weeks.”Internet

Veteran Totti signs five-yearcontract extension

ROME, 28 July—ASRoma club captain and tal-isman Francesco Tottisaid on Monday that hehas signed a new five-yearcontract with the capital-

AS Roma club captainand talisman FrancescoTotti pictured after theserie A match againstFiorentina at ArtemioFranchi stadium in Flor-ence in April.—INTERNET

based club.The 32-year-old had

an injury-plagued cam-paign last season and isknown to have chronicknee problems so thelength of the contract ex-tension, which will takehim past his 37th birthday,will suprise many.

“I want to thank (clubpresident) Rosella (Sensi)for having believed in meonce again and for extend-ing my contract with Romafor five years,” he said at aceremony at the Town Hallin Rome called to celebratehis 178 Serie A goals forthe club.

Internet

Los Angeles, 28 July—American Jesse Levineadvanced to the second round with a 6-2, 6-3 win overcompatriot Bobby Reynolds at the 700,000 dollar LAOpen.

The left-handed Levine advances to face No. 1

Levine reaches secondround of LA Open

Jesse Levine returns a shotagainst Bobby Reynolds during

the LA Tennis Open Day 1 at LosAngeles Tennis Center - UCLA inLos Angeles, California. Levinedefeated Reynolds 6-2, 6-3.—

INTERNET

seeded Tommy Haasin the next round onWednesday. It wasLevine’s sixth win inhis past ninematches. Two-timewinner Haas, of Ger-many, is the biggestname in a weak fieldthat lacks a playerranked the top 15 inthe world. Haas isranked 20th.

Internet

Crouch reunited withRedknapp at Spurs

England internationalstriker Peter Crouch

though Spurs had beenlooking to sign him foraround 10million poundswhile Portsmouth hadwanted 15million pounds.

Internet

Man Utd chase four in a rowwithout Ronaldo

Manchester United’sMichael Owen (L) with

Nani

they come up against Bir-mingham on the openingday of the season on Au-gust 16.

Despite a summer ofupheaval in Sir AlexFerguson’s camp, Unitedwill be expected to openthe campaign with a con-vincing win.

But whether they willbe able to repeat the achieve-ments of the past few years,in the absence of CristianoRonaldo, is open to ques-tion.—Internet

Green wins CanadianOpen in playoff

Nathan Green, of Australia, jumps over a fence toget to his ball during the first playoff hole of theCanadian Open golf championship in Oakville,Ontario, on Monday, July 27, 2009.—INTERNET

Brenton Rickard of Australiacelebrates after winning the

men’s 100m breaststroke finalat the 13th World Swimming

Championships in Rome,Italy, on July 27, 2009.

INTERNET

Dementieva advances atStanford tennis

STAFORD, 28 July—Russia’s Elena Dementievabreezed past Anne Keothavong 6-1, 6-4 in the openinground of the 700,000 dollar WTA Bank of the West

Elena Dementieva ofRussia returns a shot

against AnneKeothavong of Great

Britian during the Bankof the West Classic Day1 at Stanford Universityin Stanford, California.

Dementieva breezedpast Keothavong 6-1,

6-4.—INTERNET

Classic.“For the first round it

was a good match,”Dementieva said. “I wasplaying well but I hope tohave a practice and workon some things.”

Third seededDementieva advances tothe second round whereshe will face the winner ofan all-Russian match be-tween Maria Kirilenko andAnna Chakvetadze.

Maria Sharapova con-tinued her comeback fromshoulder surgery by out-lasting pesky Japaneseveteran Ai Sugiyama 6-4,6-7 (6/8), 6-1 in the nightsession.—Internet

Five world records rewrittenin swimming

ROME, 28 July—Five world recordswere bettered atMonday evening’ssession of the worldswimming champi-onships in Rome.

AustralianBrenton Rickardimpoved the men’s100m breaststrokeworld record to winthe title, while Swe-den’s SarahSjostrom broke herown record in the100m butterfly final.

American Ariana Kukors claimed the gold and anew world record at the women’s 200m individualmedley, becoming the first women to break the2:07mark.

Her compatriot Rebecca Soni broke the women’s100m breaststroke record in the semifinals, whileRussian Anastasia Zueva pulled off a new world markin the women’s 100m backstroke.

Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain have been isolated in KayahState, lower Sagaing and Magway Divisions, scattered inKayin State and Mandalay Division, fairly widespread inYangon and Ayeyarwady Divisions and widespread in theremaining areas with locally heavyfall in Rakhine State,isolated heavyfall in Kachin, Chin States and Bago Division.The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Paletwa(4.92) inches, Kyauktaw (4.57) inches, Ann (4.34) inches,Machanbaw (4.06) inches, Naunglaybin (3.50) inches,MraukU (3.15) inches and Kyaukpataung (0.18) inch.

Maximum temperature on 27-7-2009 was 86°F.Minimum temperature on 28-7-2009 was 68°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 28-7-2009 was 92%.Total sun shine hours on 27-7-2009 was (1.5) hours approx.

Rainfall on 28-7-2009 was (0.12) inch at Mingaladon,(0.27) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.04) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (67.80) inches atMingaladon, (74.17) inches at Kaba-Aye and (75.20) inchesat Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (7) mph from Southwest at (12:30) hours MST on27-7-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the Andaman Seaand Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 29th July 2009: Rainwill be isolated to scattered in Kayah State, lower Sagaing,Magway and Mandalay Divisions, fairly widespread inShan State, Bago and Taninthayi Divisions and widespreadin the remaining areas with likelihood of isolated heavyfallsin Kachin and Rakhine States. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seas arelikely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface windspeed in squalls may reach (40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofincrease of rain in the Northern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for29-7-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for29-7-2009: One or two rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for29-7-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain. Degree of certaintyis (60%).

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Arsenal’s Ivory Coastdefender Kolo Toure.

INTERNET

Wenger refuses to rule outToure City switch

LONDON, 28 July—Arsene Wenger hasrefused to rule out thepossibility of sellingIvory Coast defenderKolo Toure toManchester City.Reportsin England on Tuesdaysuggested Toure waspreparing to fly backfrom Arsenal’s Austrianpre-season trainingcamp ahead of a 15million pounds transferto big-spending Citylater this week.

Wenger signedBelgium defenderThomas Vermaelenfrom Ajax earlier in pre-season and the Gunnersmanager admits that hasleft him with a surplus ofcentre-backs whichcould lead to Toure’s exitin the next 24 hours.“Wewill see what’shappening in the next24 hours, nothing isdecided yet,” Wengertold ArsenalTV.

“We have sevencentre-backs and I am inthe position where I haveto play some in midfieldbut of course Kolo is avery good player and wewill see what will happenin the next 24 hours.”

If Toure does joinCity, he will be thesecond Arsenal player

signed by Mark Hughesthis pre-seasonfollowing EmmanuelAdebayor’s 25 millionpounds move toEastlands.

The Adebayor dealhas given Wengermoney to play with inthe transfer market andhe is ready to splash outfor the right player.

“I am more focusedon getting everybody fitfor the start of the seasonbut we are looking atopportunities as well,there are still some pre-season games to seewhat we really need,”Wenger said. “When thetime comes we will dosomething.”

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NAY PYI TAW, 28 July—A moderate earth-quake of intensity 5.9 Richter Scale with its epicenteroutside Myanmar (Indonesia) about 1,600 miles southof Kaba-Aye Seismoligical observatory was recordedat 15 hrs 19 min 23 sec MST on 28th July 2009.

MNA

Earthquake Report

NAY PYI TAW, 28 July—The Township Health Department transferred a 23-year-old woman who had returned from the Republic of India to Yangon EastDistrict People's Hospital yesterday as she had a fever. The National HealthLaboratory gave her a medical check-up and she was found infected with the NewInfluenza A(H1N1) virus. The patient had arrived Myanmar by flight No TG-303via Thailand on 20 July.

Five family members together with the patient are kept in home quarantine.The authorities concerned are keeping a close watch on 128 passengers who werewith the patient on the same flight at places where they are living.

Similarly, a 33-year-old man who had returned from Malaysia was foundhaving a fever and thus he was sent to Waibargi Specialist Hospital yesterdayunder the arrangement of Airport Health Department and North OkkalapaTownship Health Department. The National Health Laboratory gave him a check-up and he was found infected with the New Influenza A(H1N1) virus. The patienthad returned to Myanmar by flight No BM-502 from Malaysia on 27 July.

Two family members of the patient are kept in home quarantine. Theauthorities concerned are keeping a close watch on 94 passengers who were withthe patient on the same flight at places where they are living.

Up to now, the number of patients infected with the virus has reached nineand four out of them have been discharged from the hospital as they have fullyrecovered. The specialists are taking intensive care to the remaining five patients.

So far, the National Health Laboratory has tested a total of 99 suspectedpatients and only nine were found A (H1N1) positive.—MNA

Two more patients found infected withNew Influenza A (H1N1)

Number of patients withthe virus reaches nine

Today, peoplecan know what is goingon in the other hemi-sphere in seconds thanksto incredible technologi-cal advancement.

Myanmar estab-lished the Ministry ofScience and Technol-ogy in 1996 with theaim of observing theadvantages of techno-logical advancementsand making academicprocesses effective.Then, it opened a tech-nological universityeach in all the states anddivisions to enable lo-cal youths to pursuehigher technological

Technological University(Mawlamyine) designed to beef

up human resource development

Article: Win Naing (Kyemon);Photos: Khin Maung Win

(Kyemon)

subjects without any gapof learning opportunitiesbetween rural and urbanareas. One of them is Tech-nological University(Mawlamyine).

The campus of theTechnological University(Mawlamyine) has an areaof 100.75 acres. In the eastof the educational institu-tion is thriving rubberfarms, and in the west,green and lush paddy fields.

In an interview,Principal Dr Yan Aung Ooof Technological Univer-sity (Mawlamyine) saidthat previously, Mon Statehad only a technical highschool and a government

technical institute; thattechnical high schoolsand government techni-cal institutes were up-graded to technologicalcolleges and technologi-cal universities, and soTechnological Univer-sity (Mawlamyine) cameinto being on 21 March2009; that the universityconducted civil engineer-ing, electronic engineer-ing, electric power engi-neering, mechanicalpower engineering, me-chanical electronic, infor-mation and technology,plastic and rubber engi-neering, and food and

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Technological University (Mawlamyine).

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