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Volume XVI, Number 184 5th Waning of Thadingyut 1370 ME Sunday, 19 October, 2008

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of 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, 18Oct — The 16th MyanmarTraditional Cultural per-forming Arts Competi-tions continued at the des-ignated places here today.

Among the audi-ence were Chairman ofthe Leading Committeefor Holding the 16th

Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing Arts

16th Myanmar Traditional CulturalPerforming Arts Competitions continue

Competitions Com-mander of Nay Pyi TawCommand Maj-Gen WaiLwin and wife, Vice-Chairman of the LeadingCommittee Minister forCulture Maj-Gen KhinAung Myint and wife,Minister for Science andTechnology U Thaung,Minister for Immigrationand population Maj-Gen

Saw Lwin, Deputy Min-ister for Social Welfare,Relief and ResettlementBrig-Gen Kyaw Myint,Deputy Minister for La-bour Brig-Gen Tin TunAung, senior military of-ficers, departmentalheads, the secretary of thework committee andcommittee members,members of subcommit-tees, members of the

panel of the judges (cen-tral), members of the panelof judges from states anddivisions, supervisors andcontestants.

Leader of the panel

of judges for classicalsong contest Daw ThinThin Myat and membersjudges performed theirtasks under the supervi-sion of Chairperson of

the panel of judges As-sistant Director Daw TinTin Mya (Retd) ofMyanma Radio andTelevision and members.

(See page 8)

A boy participates in basic education level (aged 5-10) boys' piano contest.—MNA

Magway Division troupe taking part in amateur level (first class) men's traditional orchestra (troupe) contest.—MNA

A contestant from Chin State competing inbasic education level (aged 10-15) girls’

dancing contest.—MNA

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Dramatic performanceof Buridat Jataka

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 19 October, 2008

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

People’s DesireSunday, 19 October, 2008

Today is the Age of Knowledge, and thegovernment is, therefore, putting strenuousefforts into the plans it has laid down for raisingthe education standard of the people and humanresource development in its bid to chart aprosperous future of the nation.

With this object in view, it has established 24special zones for development and has opened auniversity, a technological university and auniversity for computer studies each in the zoneswith the aim of ensuring equitable developmentof all parts of the nation. Local youths have hadeasy access to higher education and post-graduatedegree courses in their home regions, as a result.

Now, the 25 universities for computer studiesaround the nation produce some 6000 graduatesa year. The youth today have to keep in touchwith technological changes to be able to effectivelyapply what they have learnt, to help facilitatenational development.

The India-Myanmar Centre was opened forEnhancement of IT Skills (IMCEITS) wasopened at University for Computer Studies(Yangon) the other day. The centre is equippedwith satellite equipment, computers andaccessories to teach advanced subjects includingtechnologies.

Under the project, two centres have beenestablished in Yangon and Mandalay, and 10branches, in 10 townships in the country as thefirst phase to sharpen the abilities of the graduatesof the universities for computer studies.Opportunities have been created for the peopleenabling them to learn tele-medicine and moderntechnologies at e-learning centres in all regionsincluding rural areas with the use of the IMCEITSand 10 other Community Information Centres(CIC) sites.

The India-Myanmar Centre forEnhancement of IT Skills will help improve ITskills of the people, and the human resourcesnurtured by the centres and branches will be ableto expedite nation-building tasks.

IMCEITS to help improveIT skills of the youth

NAY PYI TAW, 18Oct — Chairman of ShanState (North) Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of North-East Command Maj-GenAung Than Htut attendeda demonstration ofutilizing solar electricityin Lashio on 10 October.

The three solarpanels can produce 358watt of electricity. Threefluorescent lamps, onerice cooker, one electriciron, one electric fan, oneTV set and one DVD setcan be useds i m u l t a n e o u s l yconsuming solarelectricity.

Various electricgoods can be used through

YANGON, 18 Oct — To mark the DiamondJubilee of the Hninzigon Home for the Aged, a charityart show will be organized by the Hninzigon Home forthe Aged and Myanmar Traditional Artistes andArtisans Asiayone from 1 to 16 November.

Along with the art show, Quick Sketch contestand Out Door painting contest will also take place.Prizes will be rewarded handsomely to the contestants.

Arrangements are being made to honour thepainters and purchasers and, present the prizes to thewinners in the contests on 16 November.

The hall for the art show is separately providedfor the painters who wish to organize the art showindividually or collectively.—NLM

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Oct – The opening of the 22nd

Greater Mekong Sub-region Tourism Working GroupMeeting was held at Shwe Nanndaw Hotel hereyesterday morning.

It was attended by Minister for Hotels andTourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing, Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu, Laotian Ambassador Mr KouilyA Souphakhet and Vietnamese Ambassador Mr TranVan Tung, Permanent Secretary Dr SasitharaPichaichannarong of the Ministry of Tourism andSports of Thailand, Minister Mr Prasas Prosasvinitchaiof Thai Embassy, Counselor Mr Wang Zongying ofChinese Embassy in Myanmar, representatives ofCambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, thePeople’s Republic of China, Departments of Tourismof Yunnan Province and Guanxi Province, officials ofthe Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, responsible persons

Solar electricity reaches rural areas in Shan State (North)

solar electricity supplyingsystem in the far-flungrural areas.

MNA

Myanmar hosts 22nd Greater Mekong Sub-regionTourism Working Group Meeting

of Myanmar Hoteliers Association, Union of MyanmarTravels Association and Myanmar Tourism MarketPromotion Committee.

Minister Maj-Gen Soe Naing and PermanentSecretary Dr Sasithara Pichaichannarong deliveredaddresses and opened the ceremony.

Director-General U Htay Aung of MyanmaHotels and Tourism Services presided over the meetingand Permanent Secretary Dr SasitharaPichaichannarong acted as co-chairman.

At the meeting, those present discusseddevelopment of Greater Mekong Sub-region Tourism,laying down of plans for Greater Mekong Sub-regionTourism, holding Greater Mekong Sub-region TourismYear 2009-10, formation of Mekong TourismCoordination Office and progress on implementingthe plans of six GMS countries.—MNA

Charity art show on1 Nov

Minister Maj-Gen Soe Naing delivers address at the opening of 22nd meeting of GMS TourismWorking Group.—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut viewsdemonstration of utilizing solar electricity.

MNA

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Afghan refugees flee from the troubled Bajaur tribal region in Pakistan on 17Oct, 2008. Pakistani authorities have begun expelling Afghan refugees from atribal region that has become the main battleground between troops and fighterslinked to the Taliban and al Qaeda, officials said last week.—INTERNET

Muqtada al-Sadr urgesrejection of US-Iraqi pact

Suicide bombin west Afghanistan,

several casualtiesHERAT (Afghanistan), 18 Oct —A suicide car

bomber struck international troops near the westernAfghan city of Herat on Saturday, causing severalcasualties, officials said.

The bomber struck near Herat airport on the out-skirts of the city, regional police chief RahmataullahSafai said. There were several casualties, said aspokeswoman for the NATO-led force, but she de-clined to give any further details said. Most ISAFtroops in Herat are Italian.

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BAGHDAD,18 Oct —Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called on Iraq’sparliament to reject a US-Iraqi security pact thatwould extend the presenceof American forces in Iraq.

Al-Sadr’s message wasread on Saturday by hisaide Sheik Abdul-Hadi al-Mohammadawi as tens ofthousands of his followersrallied against the accordin Baghdad.Tens of thou-sands of followers ofcleric Muqtada al-Sadrrally on Saturday in Bagh-dad in a mass public showof opposition to a US-Iraqi security pact that

An Iraqi man gestures at the Shrine of ImamMusa al-Kadhim in Baghdad. —INTERNET

would extend the pres-ence of US forces in Iraq.

The crowds of mostlyyoung men led by tur-baned clerics waved Iraqiflags and chanted slogansincluding “no, no to theagreement” and “yes toIraq.”

The mass public showof opposition comes asUS and Iraqi leaders face

a 31 Dec deadline to reachagreement on the deal.Al-Sadr says in the messagethat anybody who says theagreement will end “theoccupation of our land” or“tells you that it givesIraqi sovereignty is a liar.”

He warns “it will stig-matize Iraq and its gov-ernment for years tocome.”—Internet

Supporters of Pakistani Islamist parties burn a USflag, during a protest rally against US strikes inPakistan’s tribal areas along the Afghanistan

border, in Lahore 17 October, 2008.—INTERNET

Former Karzai bodyguardkilled in Afghanistan

KABUL,18 Oct — Afghan officials say gunmen tar-geted and killed a former bodyguard for PresidentHamid Karzai outside a mosque in southern Afghani-stan. Zulmay Ayubi, the spokesman for Kandahar’s gov-ernor, says Gul Emat Barakhzai and his father werekilled outside the mosque early Saturday.Dastagir Khan,a tribal elder with the Barakhzai clan, says Gul Emathad been a bodyguard for Karzai.

In the country’s west, police spokesman RaoufAhmadi, says a suicide bomber attacked an Italian mili-tary convoy. A spokeswoman with the NATO-led forcesays there were NATO casualties but she didn’t haveimmediate details.—Internet

General says enemy numbers swellin Afghanistan

KABUL, 18 Oct— A top general in charge of USground troops in Afghanistan tells correspondentLara Logan the enemy has increased by up to 30percent in the last year and he is seeking re-enforcements.

Logan’s report from a forward operating base ineastern Afghanistan includes 60 Minutes footage ofup-close combat with a unit of foreign fighters inaddition to the interview with Maj. Gen. JeffreySchlosser. It will be broadcast this Sunday, 19 Oct,at 7 pm ET/PT on 60 Minutes.—Internet

Afghanistan rocket attack woundstwo Bulgarian troops

SOFIA, 18 Oct — Two Bulgarian soldiers in NATO’sInternational Security Assistance Force in Afghanistanhave been wounded in rocket fire targeting Afghani-stan’s Kandahar airport, Bulgaria’s defence ministryannounced early Saturday. One suffered a minor arminjury and the other was wounded in the right leg inthe incident that occurred at 19:33pm Bulgarian time(1633 GMT), the ministry said in a statement.

The two soldiers were immediately taken to hospi-tal and their condition is stable, it added.

Bulgaria currently has some 470 soldiers inNATO’s ISAF force in Afghanistan, including 270guarding the airport in the southern city of Kandaharand the rest stationed at two camps east of the capitalKabul.—Internet

Kidnapped Chinese engineer recoveredby security forces in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, 18 Oct —Security Forces Fridayrecovered one of the twoabducted Chinese engi-neers in northwestern Pa-

kistan, official AssociatedPress of Pakistan (APP)reported.

The APP quotedNadeem Ahmed who is incharge of Inter-ServicesPublic Relations in Swatvalley of North WestFrontier Province assay-ing that the recoveredChinese engineer wassafe and healthy.

The spokesman ofTaliban in Swat MuslimKhan also confirmed thatone Chinese engineer hadfled and the second wasre-arrested, according tothe News Network Inter-national (NNI) newsagency.—Internet

A destruction at police station caused by suicide

bombing in Pakistan's troubled area of Mingora in

Swat district on Thursday, Oct 16, 2008. A suicide

bomber attacked a police station in northwest

Pakistan Thursday, killing four security officers —

the latest in a series of blasts that are eroding

confidence in the nuclear-armed country.—INTERNET

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Visitors view the cars during Qingdao 2008 Autumn Car Fair in Qingdao,east China’s Shandong Province, on 17 Oct, 2008. Various promotions are

introduced by the car dealers to attract customers in order to get more marketshares before the end of the traditional boom season of September and

October.—XINHUA

Fire kills four peoplein Seoul

SEOUL, 18 Oct — Four people were killed in a firein northern Seoul Saturday morning, South Korea’sYonhap News Agency reported.

The victims suffocated in their sleep when the firebroke out at 5:30 am(0830 GMT) in the northern partof Seoul, police said.

Local reports said the victims are constructionworkers, but their identities have not been fullyrevealed. The fire was put out 14 minutes after itstarted, police said.

The local police are investigating into the exactcause of the blaze.—Xinhua

Shanghai economy grows steadilydespite int’l financial crisis

SHANGHAI, 18 Oct —Shanghai registered asteady economic growthin the past three quartersdespite the current globalfinancial instability,Mayor Han Zheng saidhere on Friday.

China’s businesspowerhouse recorded 10percent economic growthin the first half of the yearand an 18 percent increasein fiscal revenue over thepast nine months, he said.

Shanghai’s exports

volume increased 22percent in the first threequarters, while foreigninvestment in the city wasup 20.7 percent during theperiod.

The average income ofurban and ruralhouseholds grew 13.3 and11 percent, respectively.

Financial institutions inthe city were in soundoperation. “Some banksare worried for beingunable to find goodprojects to provide loans,

which shows the banks areoperating well andliquidity is ample.”

However, the city faceschallenges of the globalfinancial crisis, as the salesof automobiles and realestate decreased, and somemedium- and small-sizedcompanies got fewerorders.

“In general, theeconomic and socialdevelopment of Shanghaiis healthy and sound,” Hansaid.—Xinhua

Five nations elected new members ofUN Security Council

Workers repair West Chang’an Avenue in Beijing, capital of China,on 17 Oct, 2008. Chang’an Avenue collapsed on Friday. —XINHUA

Liu Zhenmin, China’s deputypermanent representative to theUnited Nations, fills in his ballot

paper at the UN headquartersin New York, the United States,

on 17 Oct, 2008. —XINHUA

UNITED NATIONS, 17 Oct — Austria,Japan, Mexico, Uganda and Turkeywere elected new non-permanent

members of the United Nations SecurityCouncil on Friday.

All 192 members of the United NationsGeneral Assembly attended the secretballot, with Japan beating Iran 158-32 toget the seat for Asia Group. Japan replacesIndonesia in the Security Council on 1Jan, 2009.

Austria and Turkey defeated Icelandfor the two open seats for the WesternEuropean and Others Group, garnering133 and 151 votes respectively. Theywill replace Belgium and Italy.

Uganda and Mexico, which won theseats unopposed for the Africa and LatinAmerica groups respectively, will replaceSouth Africa and Panama.

Xinhua

One dead, four injuredin US law firm blast

WASHINGTON, 18 Oct — One person was killed andfour others were injured in bombing at a law firmFriday in Dalton, Georgia, state officials said.

Officials told reporters that a 71-year-old manran into the law firm and detonated a bomb.

The man was killed instantly and four otherpeople were injured in the explosion. All the woundedwere listed in stable condition after seeking medicaltreatment.

Local media said the suspect recently lost a courtcase and may have detonated the bomb as retaliationtoward the law firm.—Xinhua

Two injured in helicoptercrash in W Canada

OTTAWA, 18 Oct — A helicopter carrying aninstructor and a student trainee crashed in a field nearan airport in western Canada, injuring two people,reports reaching here said Friday.

The pilot and student have been removed from thewreckage and transported to hospital with seriousinjuries.

According to early reports, the pair were doing autorotation exercises about 100 meters in the air when thechopper crashed in a field at the south end of theVictoria International Airport in the British Columbiaprovince.—Xinhua

Chinese journalistsfrom Xinhua News

Agency work at theiroffice in the Main Press

Centre (MPC) inBeijing in August 2008.

XINHUA All items from Xinhua News Agency

Turkey launches airstrike on PKKtargets in N Iraq

ANKARA, 18 Oct —Turkish military said thatits warplanes hit targets ofthe outlawed KurdishWorkers’ Party (PKK) inQandil region in Iraq’snorth on Friday.

This was the seventhtime that the Turkishwarplanes have bombed

PKK targets in severalregions in northern Iraqsince 4 October.

The Turkish GeneralStaff said in a statementposted on its website thatthe warplanes have allsafely returned to theirbases in Turkey.

Seventeen Turkishsoldiers were killed on 3October, when PKKmilitants based in northernIraq attacked AktutunGendarmerie Border Unit

in Semdinli town in theprovince of Hakkari. 23PKK militants were alsokilled in the clashes.

The anger of the Turkishpeople is mounting afterthe deadliest attackhappened in the year andTurkish Prime MinisterRecep Tayyip Erdogan andthe powerful military havepledged to intensify acampaign to crush theoutlawed PKK.

Xinhua

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Emergencies Ministry rescue workers inspect an apartment that was destroyedby a gas explosion in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on 17 Oct, 2008.—INTERNET

Innocent people wrongly accused because ofpoor fingerprint analysis by LA police

Polls in eight countries show wideObama support

North Darfur fighting displaces 24,000

A Hercules aircraft equipped with an aerial spray sys-tem flies over an imaginary oil spill area during an oilspill exercise on 17 Oct, 2008, in Singapore, which wascarried out to test and demonstrate Singapore’s readi-ness to respond effectively to oil spills at sea.—INTERNET

Members of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA), loyalto leader Minni Minawi, ride at the back of apick-up truck in El-Fasher, the administrative capi-tal of north Darfur on September 2008.—INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 18 Oct— Innocent people havebeen wrongly accused be-cause of poor fingerprintanalysis by the Los Ange-les Police Department(LAPD), it was reportedon Friday.

The Los Angeles Po-lice Department (LAPD)has acknowledged in aconfidential report that thedepartment’s fingerprintexperts have wronglyidentified innocent peopleas crime suspects as a re-sult of poor fingerprint

analysis, according to theLos Angeles Times.

In a 10-page internalreport, the LAPD high-lighted two cases in whichcriminal defendants hadcharges against themdropped after problemswith the fingerprint analy-sis were exposed, the pa-per said.

LAPD officials do notknow how many otherpeople might have beenwrongly accused over theyears as a result of poorfingerprint analysis and

the lack of funds to pay fora comprehensive audit tofind out, according to po-lice records and interviewscited by the paper.

“This is something ofextraordinary concern,”Michael Judge, public de-fender for Los AngelesCounty, told the newspa-per. “Juries tend to accordthe highest level of confi-dence to fingerprint evi-dence. This is the type ofthing that easily could leadto innocent people beingconvicted.”—Internet

LONDON, 18 Oct— If theworld beyond America’sshores had a say, it seemsclear that Barack Obamawould win the presidentialelection by something ap-proaching a landslide.

That is the key findingof a coordinated series ofnewspaper polls conductedin eight countries and pub-lished Friday in Britain’sGuardian and other papers.

It is no surprise Obama,

the Democratic nominee, ispopular in Europe — thatwas clear when he drewtumultuous crowds to hisopen-air speech in Berlinthis summer — but thescope of the lead suggestedby the polls is startling.

In Switzerland, for ex-ample, Obama has 83 per-

cent support to JohnMcCain’s 7 percent; inBritain, 64 percent toMcCain’s 15 percent, andin France, 69 percent toMcCain’s 5 percent. Theclosest they get is in Po-land, where Obama has 43percent and McCain 26percent.—Internet

EL FASHER (Sudan), 18Oct — A surge of fightingin Sudan’s isolated northDarfur region has dis-placed 24,000 people, whoface shortages of food andwater, a senior UN officialsaid on Friday, urging arapid humanitarian re-sponse.

“The numbers beingthrown out now are some-where in the neighbour-hood of about 24,000 peo-ple that have not gone backto Birmaza or Disa,” saidGregory Alex, the head ofthe Office for the Coordi-nation of HumanitarianAffairs (OCHA) in ElFasher, the capital of NorthDarfur.

A first wave of peopleabandoned their homesfive or six weeks ago whenthe fighting began and asecond group towards theend of September.

But Alex said humani-tarian access to the areahas been extremely lim-ited, owing to insecurity

and banditry.“I would guess that their

access to basic necessitiesare extremely limited. Wa-ter, I think, has been iden-tified as the most impor-tant need, but then youhave shelter. The colderseason is approaching...

these places don’t havefirewood,” he said.

“The problem with thefood is that they’re distantfrom any place that theycould actually have a dis-tribution... that puts themin, I’d say, a fairly difficultsituation.”—Internet

A bullet hole in the windshield of a police patrol car close to where a Mexicanpoliceman was shot dead by assassins in Rosarito, Baja California state, on 16October. Almost 400 people have died in the past two weeks in an intensifyingdrugs war in Mexico despite a government crackdown on cartels, trafficking

and related violence.—INTERNET

Two more samples failmelamine tests in Hong Kong

HONGKONG, 18 Oct — The Centre for Food Safetyof Hong Kong (CFS) released the latest batch ofresults of melamine tests on Saturday, with two samplesfound unsatisfactory.

Results available on Saturday showed that of the66 samples tested, 64 were satisfactory. These includedmilk and milk beverages, cream, instant drink mixes,biscuits and cakes. Munchy’s Mini Crackers withPeanut Butter and Munchy's Mini Crackers with CheeseCream failed the test. The level of melamine detectedin the sample of Munchy’s Mini Crackers with PeanutButter was 5.4ppm, while the level in the sample ofMunchy’s Mini Crackers with Cheese Cream was3.8ppm.—Internet

Pakistan to set upcommittee to

facilitate tradeties with ChinaISLAMABAD, 18 Oct—

President Asif Ali Zardarihas ordered the setting upof an inter-ministerialcommittee to review andreport progress oneconomic and trade tieswith China, state mediareported on Saturday.

The committee headedby Zardari will meetmonthly to assess theprogress made tomaterialize the agreementsinked during his visit toChina, the officialAssociated Press ofPakistan (APP) said.

Zardari paid a four-daystate visit to China from14 to 17 Oct during whichthe two countries signed12 deals ranging fromtrade and minerals toagriculture and satellites.

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NEWSALBUMIowa man faces charges

after hugging officerA hug has landed an Iowa City man

in hot water. An Iowa City man whothought a police officer just “needed ahug” faces several charges includingassault on a peace officer and publicintoxication.

Police said a 21-year-old man wasarrested on Saturday. According topolice records, the man ran up to theofficer and stuck out his arms.

The officer told him to “get away,”but the man didn't take the hint andembraced the officer.

When the officer told the man to puthis hands behind his head, he refused.He was then handcuffed.

Woman, 85, foils robberyattempt at her ore home

A robber with a ski mask tried to rob an85-year-old woman at her Tigard-areahome but fled with only $6. The womanopened her door at about 9 pm Saturday tofind someone standing there in a ski mask.

She couldn’t tell whether it was a man orwoman but whoever it was pointedsomething at her from under a shirt anddemanded money. She grabbed the shirtand wrestled with the intruder, whothreatened to shoot her but never showed agun.

The robber demanded all of her moneyand she gave him the $6. He fled and thewoman called police. Washington Countysheriff's deputies put a search dog on thecase but with no results.

Dog adopts tiger cubs at Kansas zooA dog at a southeast Kansas zoo has

adopted three tiger cubs abandoned bytheir mother. Safari Zoological Parkowner Tom Harvey said the tiger cubswere born Sunday, but the mother hadproblems with them.

A day later, the mother stopped caringfor them. Harvey said the cubs werewandering around, trying to find theirbirth mother, who wouldn’t pay attentionto them. That's when the cubs were putin the care of a golden retriever, Harveysaid.

Harvey said it's unusual for dogs tocare for tiger cubs, but it does happen.He said he has seen reports of pigs nursing

cubs in China, and he actually got thegolden retriever after his wife sawtelevision accounts of dogs caring fortiger cubs.

Gerd Habermann starts his jet bikeat the fair grounds in Magdeburg,

eastern Germany. The bike ispowered by a helicopter turbine

engine of 3,500 horsepower.

As Germans start stoking theirheating systems in anticipation of

the annual winter chill, the federalinterior ministry advised propertyowners to “dress their buildings

warm for winter.” A display of ninecolumns topped Trevira fibers madeto look like wool caps began it touraround Germany in the southern

German city of Esslingen. Theministry said the display is intendedto promote environmentally friendly

building refurbishment.

Man dives in to save dogfrom shark in Fla attackA dog is recovering after a Florida

Keys carpenter dove in to save his petfrom a shark. Greg LeNoir said he tookhis 14-pound rat terrier Jake for a dailyswim at a marina Friday.

The five-foot shark suddenly surfacedand grabbed nearly the entire dog in itsmouth.

LeNoir said he yelled, then balled uphis fists and dove headfirst into thewater. He hit the shark in the back andthe creature finally let go of the dog.

Man and dog made it safely back toshore. The dog suffered bite wounds butwas not critically injured.

China’s Sept auto sales recover from Augbut still not optimistic

“Dinosaur graveyard” found in SE Utah

Singapore Strait

against the backdrop

of the financial

district on 17 Oct,

2008. Singapore’s

exports eased slightly

in September as

shipments to the US

and Europe dipped,

hurt by the financial

crisis and raised the

spectre of a prolonged

recession in the city-

state.—INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 18 Oct— US researchers havediscovered a “dinosaurgraveyard” in southeast-ern Utah that is yielding awealth of fossilized ani-mals and footprints fromthe Jurassic and Creta-ceous periods, a newspa-per report said on Friday.

The centerpiece of thenew finds is the well-pre-served skeleton of a 150-million-year-old sauro-pod, a long-necked her-bivore, according to theLos Angeles Times.

The researchers haveso far excavated only partof the fossilized skeleton,which they estimate to beabout 50 feet long. “It’sbig and takes a lot oftime,” said paleontologistLuis Chiappe, director ofthe Dinosaur Institute andthe Natural History Mu-seum of Los AngelesCounty.

The skeleton was foundin the remains of whatwas once a big riverbedand is now a light-coloredstratum on the face of an

exposed cliff. Nearby inthe bed were the disarticu-lated remains of othersauropods and meat-eat-ing dinosaurs, includingthe five-foot-long femurof a brachiosaur, accord-ing to the paper.

On the ridgeline of thecliff, the team found alarge number of footprintspreserved in sandstone,with one set of prints fromthe Jurassic era, whichended about 145 millionyears ago, the paper said.

Internet

Workers with the Dupage County Coro-ner remove one of four bodies from thewreckage of a helicopter crash in Au-rora, Il, on 16 Oct, 2008. — INTERNET

BEIJING, 18 Oct — China sold751,500 motor vehicles nationwide inSeptember, representing a growth of19.48 percent from the previous monthbut a decline of 2.74 percent from thesame month of last year, sources withChina Associations of AutomobileManufacturers (CAAM) said Saturday.

The total sales volume included552,800 passenger vehicles, up 22.49percent over August but down 1.44 per-cent from September last year.

Auto production reached 764,700

units nationwide last month, up 24.24percent over the previous month, butonly 1.02 percent higher than the samemonth of last year.

The total output included 555,500 pas-senger vehicles, up 27.78 percent overAugust or 2.05 percent on September lastyear.

Production was 7.31 million unitswhile sales were 7.23 million units in thefirst nine months of this year, up 12.35percent and 11.94 percent, respectively,over the year-earlier level.—Internet

No sign of engine trouble before fatal crashCHICAGO, 18 Oct – A helicopter trans-

porting a sick toddler did not appear tohave engine problems before it struck aradio tower wire and crashed, killing allfour people aboard, a federal investiga-tor said Friday.

“We can’t rule it (engine problems)out but certainly radar data showing he’sin level flight is a strong indicator thatthere wasn’t,” said National Transpor-tation Safety Board investigator JohnBrannen.

Nothing found in the wreckage of thecrash in the Chicago suburb of Auroralate Wednesday suggests a mechanicalfailure, either, he said.

Brannen also said NTSB officialshave listened to recordings of the pilot’scommunications with an air traffic con-trol tower in DuPage County and they

have not reported there were any distresscalls before the crash late Wednesday.

“All the information is that commu-nications were businesslike,” he said,adding that the helicopter was notequipped with any of the recorders thatmight have been able to shed more lighton what was going on in the cockpit justbefore the crash.

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Dr Khin Maung Nyunt

Myanmar traditional dramatic performancemostly chooses its story from Jatakas or Buddha’sbirth stories. There are 550 minor jatakas and tenmajor jatakas of ten penultimate lives of the Buddha.These ten major jatakas tell the stories of the fulfill-ment by Bodhisatta (future Buddha) of one or two often kinds of perfection —(1) resolution (2) effort (3)truthfulness and loving kindness (4) renunciation (5)wisdom (6)morality and forbearance (7) truthfulnessand resolution (8) wisdom and truthfulness (9)wisdomand equanimity and (10) giving. Ten major jatakasare (1) Teymi (2) Maha Janaka (3) Suvannasama (4)Neymi (5) Mahaw Thada (6) Buridat (7) SandaKumara (8) Narada (9) Vidura and (10) Vessandararespectively.

For the dramatic performance competitions ofthe 16th Myanmar Traditional Cultural PerformingArts Competitions at Nay Pyi Taw in October 2008,Buridat Jataka has been chosen. It is the story ofBodhisatta’s fulfillment of perfection in morality andforbearance.

While the living Gotama Buddha was residingat Jetavana Vihara monastery in Savatthi he told tothe lay devotees who were keeping sabbath there,Buridat Jataka in 298 gathas (Pali stanzas) the synopsisof the story is as follows:-

Buridat, Naga serpent king approached a quietplace near the Yamonna River by the city Baranathifor keeping sabbath and observing moral precepts .There appeared a hunter named Naythada and his sonwho were chasing a deer. When they met Buridat bychance the latter was worried in case the hunterwould inform a snake charmer to catch him. SoBuridat sent them to his kingdom to enjoy life there.But as they were not happy there, Buridat returnedthem home, presenting the hunter a ruby which hadthe power of fulfilling any wish. The hunter declinedto accept it as he had said that he would become amonk.

There was a hermit who received from a garuda(mythical bird that preys on all reptiles) a mantrawhich could frighten and subdue naga serpents. Thehermit gave the mantra to a Brahman who decided tobecome a snake charmer. When he arrived at theYamonna River he saw naga serpent ladies revellingin the River, leaving the ruby on the bank. TheBrahman chantted the mantra. Naga serpent ladieswere frightend and they fled. The Brahman took theruby. When Naythada and son saw the ruby in thBrahman’s hand, Nyathada coveted it. He offered tobuy the ruby with 100 viss of gold. But the Brahmanresfused to sell it. So Naythada said to the Brahmanthat he would show where Buridat the naga serpentwas, if the Brahman gave him the ruby. The son toldthe father that he was a traitor and left to become ahermit in Himalayan forest. Naythada took theBrabesman to Buridat who was in deep meditation.Though Buridat knew that he was in danger he did notwant his sabbath and meditation disturbed. Withstrong will and forbearance Buridat yielded to theBrahmans who persecuted Buridat and put him in abamboo trap. Naythada got the ruby as a reward andwent away. Brahman the snake charmer went about,place to place, city to city, showing Buridat, Hebecame a wealthy snake charmer.

Buridat’s mother Samudaza had a bad dream andshe became much worried about her son Buridat whohad gone to human kingdom for keeping Sabbath andobservance of moral precepts. When her other sonscame to her for monthy homage to her she told themabout her bad dream and made them look for theirbrother Buridat. Older son Sudassana sent youngerbrother Subawga to Himalayan Forest to look for Buridat.Youngest brother Kanarika was sent to Tavatimsa thecelestial Kingdom. Sudasana assumed as a hermit andwent to human Kingdom. With him was his cousin sisterAzamukhi who assumed as a small frog.

Brahman the snake charmer was staging a show

at the palace of Baranathi King Sugara Brahmadatwho was the brother of Sumudaza. So he was Buridat’sunclce. Sudassana and the cousin sister, searchingfor Buridat, arrived at the palace. When Brahman thesnake charmer pulled out Buridat from the bamboobasket trap to display its antics, Buridat saw hisbrother and sister and he wept. He went straight toSudasana and put his head on the foot of Sudasanaand the two brothers wept. All spectators werefrightened and fled.

Brahman the snake charmer thought that thehermit [Sudassana] was bitten by Buridat, and rushedto the hermit to chant matra to cure the bite. But thehermit [Sudassana] told Brahman the snake charmerthat there was no better qualified snake charmer thanhe himself. Thus the two were drawn into thecompetition of their snake charming arts. With thehelp of cousin sister as a small frog, the hermit(Sudassana) displayed supernatural powers. Brahmanthe snake charmer was defeated and he suddenlycaught leprosy. He set Buridat free.

Buridat, Sudassana and Azamukhi revealedthe identities. King of Baranathi then knew that theywere his nephews and niece. They made appointmentto go to their grandfather, former King of Baranathiwho was then a hermit in Himalayan Forest.

Subawga who came into Himalayan Forest tosearch for Buridat met Naythada. He brought him toNaga Kingdom to punish him. The guard at thesleeping chamber of Buridat was Brahman in hisprevious existence. He told Subawga and his men notto kill Naythada because Brahmans were descendantsof Brahma the great diety. Besides Brahmans madesacrificial rites for the welfare of all. Upon hearingwhat he said, Buridat preached true Dhamma, sayingthat sacrifices were evil practices of the infidels. Alllistened to Buridat’s Dhamma teachings. Naythadawas expelled.

The story ended with a happy reunion ofBuridat and all his relatives at the homage ceremonyat the hermitage of their grandfather, former BaranathiKing who then was a hermit for life.

In winding up the narration Buddha revealedthe identities of the major characters in the story.Naythada was Devadat, Buddha’s opponent.Sawmudatt was Ananda, Azamukhi was TheriUppalawun, Sudassana was Shin Sariputra, Subawgawas Shin Moggallan, Kanaritha was Sunet Khat andBuridat was Gotama Buddha.

Like any other traditional Myanmar drama,Buridat Jataka dramatic performance is an all-roundperformance—singing, dancing, acting, music,eloquent dialogues, histrionic, operatic, magnificentscenes, rich costume and jewellery all combined intoan Extravaganza.

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Like any other traditional Myanmar drama, Buridat

Jataka dramatic performance is an all-round

performance—singing, dancing, acting, music, eloquent

dialogues, histrionic, operatic, magnificent scenes, rich

costume and jewellery all combined into an

Extravaganza.

Dramatic performance of Buridat JatakaHailing the 16th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions:

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NAY PYI TAW, 18Oct – The drama contestof the 16th MyanmarTraditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions continued atthe convocation hall ofUniversity of VeterinaryScience in YezinUniversity Campus hereyesterday evening.

The drama trouperepresenting Kayin Statetook part in the contest.

Maj-Gen Tha Ayeof the Ministry of Defence,Chairman of LeadingCommittee for Organizingthe 16th MyanmarTraditional CulturalPerforming Arts

Kayin State competes in drama contest

C o m p e t i t i o n sCommander of Nay PyiTaw Command Maj-Gen

Wai Lwin, Minister forMines Brig-Gen OhnMyint, Deputy Minister

for Science andTechnology U Kyaw Soe,the secretary and members

of the work committee,judges (central), judgesfrom states and divisions,

officials and peopleenjoyed the drama.

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NAY PYI TAW, 18 Oct—The drama contest of the16th Myanmar Traditional

Magway Division takes part in drama contest

Cultural Performing ArtsCompetitions went on atthe University of Veterinary

Science in Nay Pyi TawYezin University Campusthis evening.

The drama trouperepresenting MagwayDivision played its role in the

contest under the title of “Lu-nge Arman Moe-yan Si-tho”.

Among the drama

lovers were Vice-Chairman of the LeadingCommittee for Organizingthe 16th MyanmarTraditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions Minister forCulture Maj-Gen KhinAung Myint, DeputyMinister for ElectricPower No. 2 Brig-GenWin Myint, DeputyAttorney-General Dr TunShin, the secretary andmembers of the workcommittee, judges(central), judges fromstates and divisions andofficials.—MNA

(from page 1)A total of seven

contestants took part inamateur level (first class)men’s classical songcontest and 13 in basiceducation level (aged 10-15) girls’ classical songcontest at the auditoriumhall of the University ofAgriculture in Nay PyiTaw Yezin UniversityCampus.

Ten contestantsparticipated in the basiceducation level (aged 15-20) men’s modern songcontest and 15 in theamateur level (secondclass)women’s modernsong contest judged byChairman of the panel ofjudges Maung Thit Minand party at No. 7 TransitCentre in Nay Pyi Taw

16th Myanmar Traditional…Ywadaw.

A total of 16contestants took part in thebasic education level(second class) men’sdancing contest and 24 inthe basic education level(aged 10-15) girls’ dancingcontest under thesupervision of Chairmanof the panel of judges USein Mar Din and party atthe convocation hall of theUniversity of VeterinaryScience in Nay Pyi TawYezin University Campus.

Five contestantscompeted in the amateurlevel (second class)women’s piano contest andnine in the basic educationlevel (aged 5-10) boys’piano contest judged byLeader of the panel ofjudges U Ni Ni and party at

the auditorium hall ofForest ResearchDepartment in Nay PyiTaw Yezin UniversityCampus.

Five contestantstook part in the amateurlevel (first class) men’sguitar contest, three inamateur level (first class)women’s guitar contest,four in the basic educationlevel (aged 15-20) men’sguitar contest, three in thebasic education level (aged15-20) women’s guitarcontest, four in the basiceducation level (aged 5-10) boys’ guitar contest andthree in the basic educationlevel (aged 5-10) girls’guitar contest judged byLeader of the panel ofjudges Guitar Pe Win andparty at the theatre of the

University of Agriculturein Nay Pyi Taw YezinUniversity Campus.

Nine contestantsparticipated in the amateurlevel (second class) men’sOboe contest, three inhigher education levelmen’s Oboe contest andeight in the amateur level

men’s Oboe contest underthe supervision of Leaderof the panel of the judges USa Ba Htay and party at theauditorium hall ofAgriculture ResearchDepartment in Nay PyiTaw Yezin UniversityCampus.

Seven teams took

part in the amateur level(first class) men’straditional orchestra(group) contest judged byChairman of the panel ofjudges U Yi Nwe andparty at the convocationhall of University ofAgriculture.

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Performance of the troupe of Magway Division in action.—MNA

The troupe representing Kayin State competes in the drama contest.—MNA

Contestants from Rakhine State participates in amateur level(first class) oboe contest.—MNA

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YANGON, 18 Oct — A ceremony to donate cashfor upgrading of the Drug Elimination Museum andrelief supplies and medicine to storm victims washeld at the Ministry of Home Affairs (former office)here yesterday afternoon. Thai Ambassador toMyanmar Mr Bansarn Bunnag on behalf of Office ofNarcotics Control Board of Thailand and Thai-Myanmar Friendship Association donated K 5,250,000for upgrading of the museum and relief items andmedicine to the storm victims. Deputy Minister forHome Affairs Brig-Gen Phone Swe accepted thedonations.—MNA

YANGON, 18 Oct—The IT show of new LuckyBird Centre II of LuckyBird Co Ltd was openedhere at No. 351, Room 103,on Theinbyu Road inMingala TaungnyuntTownship.

At the IT show,computers and accessorieswill be sold at a discountfrom 15 October to 15

NAY PYI TAW, 18Oct— Maj-Gen Khin Zawof the Ministry ofDefence, accompanied byMinister for CommerceBrig-Gen Tin NaingThein and departmentalofficials, inspectedthriving paddyplantations, rubber

Regional development tasks in MaungtawDistrict inspected

plantations on either sideof the Buthidaung-Kyikanpyin-Kyeinchaungroad and condition of theroad sections on 16October.

At the junction ofAungsitpyin village, theChairman of MaungtawTownship Peace and

Development Councilreported on constructionof Aungsitpyin-Taungpyoroad to Maj-Gen KhinZaw who gave necessaryinstructions.

Next, Maj-GenKhin Zaw and partylooked into thrivingManawthukha, Yadana-

aung, Thihtatyin andKyawzeya quality strainpaddy, KyeinchaungVillage Market and riceshops.

Next, Maj-GenKhin Zaw and partyproceeded toPhawatchaung Village,Maungtaw District where

they inspected regionaldevelopment tasks andagricultural under-takings.

On arrival at BorderRegion ImmigrationControl Headquarters inKyikanpyin Village-tract,Maj-Gen Khin Zaw hearda report presented by the

Director of the RakhineState DevelopmentAffairs Department oncondition of Maungtaw-K y i k a n p y i n - K y e i n -chaung road and repair ofbridges along the road,bridges to be repaired,condition of Kyeinchung-Aungsitpyin road sectionand work to be carriedout.

After that, theChairman of theMaungtaw District Peaceand DevelopmentCouncil reported onbridges to be constructedon the Aungsitpyin-Taungpyo-letwe road andCol Htein Lin of the localstation on availability ofgravels.

Next, CommanderMaj-Gen Thaung Ayegave a supplementaryreport to Maj-Gen KhinZaw who gaveinstructions to officialsconcerned.

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New products available at IT showof new Lucky Bird Centre II

November and 3 to 50percent discount will beoffered for new advancedIT products.

The latestnotebooks, projectors,printers, scanners andvarious kinds of new ITproducts are on display atthe show.

Those interested canvisit Lucky Bird Co Ltd

(Yangon Office), No. 355(Ph: 248167, 379875) andYangon Centre-II, No.351, Room-103, TheinbyuRoad, MingalaTaungnyunt Township(Ph: 09-99-24544),Mandalay Branch, No. 5/26-B, 78th x 79th streets,Mandalay (Ph: 02-21572),Nay Pyi Taw Branch, No.12, Yangon-MandalayHighway, Nay Pyi TawPyinmana (Ph: 067-23190).

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Relief, cash donated to DEM, storm victims

Maj-Gen Khin Zaw inspects axis for building Aungsitpyin-Toungpyoletwe road.—MNA

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Phone Swe acceptscash donation, relief items and medicines

from Thai Ambassador Mr BansarnBunnag.—HOME AFFAIRS

IT Show of Lucky Bird Co Ltd (Supplier ofComputer Needs) in progress.

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NAY PYI TAW, 18 Oct —The Marionette Contestof the 16th Myanmar Traditional Cultural PerformingArts Competitions continued at Ywadaw No. 7 TransitCentre, here, this evening.

Ayeyar Hlaing Marionette Troupe representingAyeyawady Division participated in the contest,supervised by Chairman of the Panel of Judges U YeDwe, Secretary U Shwe Kyi and members.

Among the audience were Maj-Gen Ko Ko ofthe Ministry of Defence and wife, Chairman of theLeading Committee for Organizing the 16th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing Arts CompetitionsCommander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen WaiLwin and wife and Minister for Foreign Affairs UNyan Win.— MNA

Marionette Contest continues

NAY PYI TAW, 18 Oct— The 55th CommunalKathina robes offeringceremony of CampCommandant’s Office ofthe Ministry of Defence washeld at Kan-Oo PariyattiSarthintaik (Yezin Village)here this morning.

Maj-Gen OhnMyint of the Ministry ofDefence and wife Daw NuNu Swe, Maj-Gen MinAung Hlaing and wife DawKyu Kyu Hla attended theceremony and presentedKatina robes andoffertories.

The ceremony wasgraced by the presenceof members of theSangha of Kan-OoPariyatti Sarthintaik(Yezin Village) led bySayadaw Agga MahaPandita Agga Maha

Kathina robe offering ceremony of Camp Commandant’sOffice of Ministry of Defence

SaddhammajotikadhajaBhaddanta Vicarinda-bhivamsa. Also presenton the occasion were

Camp CommandantMaj-Gen Hla AungThein and wife Daw AmyKhine and officers and

other ranks of the CampCommandant’s Officeand their families.

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YANGON, 18 Oct— A ceremony to payrespects to retried facultymembers and get-togetherof the old students(metallurgical engineering)of Yangon Institute ofTechnology and othertechnological universities,

Old engineering students to pay respects in Novwill be held in Mandalay orPyinOoLwin Townshipduring November. It islearnt that the committeeinvites the old students toattend the preliminarymeeting to be held at thebuilding of MyanmarEngineering Society on 26

October.For making

donation, the old studentsmay contact Col NyanTun Oo (Retd) (Ph-095192062), U NyuntHtay (Ph-708861), DrAye Myint (Ph-621454),Dr Kay Thi Lwin (Ph-095029410), Dr Khine

Khine Aye (Ph-642409),U Than Htay(Ph-0 9 5 0 3 8 4 6 5 ) ,U Kyaw Soe(Ph-095157018), U MyintSoe (Ph-09531248), DrSwe Kyi Thar Soe(Ph-095184478) and DawNyunt Nyunt Aye(Ph-092013351).—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 18Oct— A ceremony topresent prizes to theoutstanding students ofstaff families of theMinistry of Agricultureand Irrigation was held inconjunction withhonouring� theoutstanding athletes at theMinistry this morning,with an address byMinister for Agricultureand Irrigation Maj-GenHtay Oo.

The Ministerpresented prizes whopassed matriculationexam for 2007-08 with sixdistinctions and the

Outstanding students,athletes honoured

Minister’s wife Daw NiNi Win awarded the fivedistinctions winningstudents.

The managingdirectors and the directors-general presented prizesto the outstandingstudents.

The outstandingathletes handed over thechampionship shields tothe Minister, and theMinister presented prizesto them.

Next, theoutstanding students andathletes spoke thanks ofworks.

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YANGON, 18 Oct —Fortune InternationalLimited organized talkson Hepatitis B ‘total Care’at Traders Hotel, here, thisevening.

M a n a g i n gDirector U Mya Han ofFortune International

Talks on Hepatitis B ‘Total Care’ organizedLimited extendedgreetings and Head ofDepartment (Retd)Professor U Saw Naing ofthe University of Medicine1 made an openingaddress.

Next, Head ofLiver Department of

Yangon General HospitalProfessor U Than Sit gavetalks on RoadmapConcept in ChronicHepatitis B treatment andHead of LiverDepartment of Yangon GITrack and LiverSpecialist Centre

Professor U Khin MaungWin, on Prevention ofHepatitis B, and theyanswered the questionsraised by those present.

Fortune Inter-national Limited dis-tributes medicines andmedical equipments imported from abroad and

it will distribute LivoraxB at a reasonable price asa sole agent in Myanmar.

Those wishing tobuy Livorax B maycontact Nos 11/12, BahosiCompound, BogyokeAung San Road,Lanmadaw Township,Yangon (Ph: 211392,211393, 211394), Rooms(T4+T5), Great WallPlaza between 31st and78th streets, Mandalay (Ph:02-39631, 02-39632) andNo (139), Thiri YadanaMarket, Nay Pyi Taw (Ph:420949, 421183-6).

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Championship con-tinued at Ho Chi Minh,the Socialist Republic ofVietnam this afternoon.

In the secondsemifinal, defendingchampion Myanmarwomen’s football teamlost to the Australianwomen’s football team1-5.

In the firstsemifinal, host Viet-namese team beat the Thaiteam 2-1.

On 20 OctoberMyanmar team and Thaiteam will compete for thethird position.

The Vietnam teamwill play against theAustralian team in the finalthat will take place on thesame day.—MNA

Australia beat Myanmar insemifinal of AFF Women’s

Championship

YANGON, 18 Oct—Semifinals of the 2008AFF Women’s

MD U Mya Han of Fortune International Limited extends greetings. MNA

The 55th Communal Kathina robe offering ceremony of CampCommandant’s Office of Ministry of Defence in progress.— MNA

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(from page 16)made for ensuring de-velopment of agricultureas the base and all-rounddevelopment of othersectors of the economyas well. As Myanmar isan agro-based country,the government is pro-viding assistance for de-velopment of the agri-culture sector.

The agriculturesector fulfills the re-quirements of the peo-ple in basic needs. Assuch, emphasis is beingplaced on uplift of theagriculture sector at fullcapacity. Progress hasbeen achieved in the sec-tor yearly since 1988.

Paddy is staplefood of the country. In1988-89, 11.80 millionacres of land were putunder paddy and 617.78million baskets of paddycould be produced. In2006-07, a total of 1,482million baskets of paddy

Agriculture sector contributes tobuilding new modern nation

Article: Aung Hsan (Agriculture)

Groundnut plantations thriving on cultivable land.

Thriving paddy plantations seen in vacant and virgin lands.

Hsinphon River Water Pumping Station irrigating 37,000 acres ofsummer paddy plantations in Hlegu Township.

yielded from 20.08 mil-lion acres of monsoon andsummer paddy. In com-paring two cultivationseasons, a total of 8.28million acres of paddycould be extended to pro-duce 864.22 million bas-kets of paddy. Up to now,ardent efforts are beingmade for extending acre-age of paddy cultivationand yielding over 100baskets of paddy.

At present,Myanmar is a leadingcountry in bean and pulsecultivation and produc-

tion countries in theASEAN. Out of 17 pulsesand beans in Myanmar,mung, green gram, pigeonpea, soya-bean, cow pea

and chick pea are the mainexport peas.

In 1988-89, beansand pulses were cultivatedon 1.8 million acres of land.A total of 0.27 million

metric tons of pea wereexported. In 2006-07, atotal of 9.85 million acresof land were put underbeans and pulses 1.1 mil-lion metric tons of peaswere exported. A total of8.05 million acres of beansand pulses were extendedto earn foreign exchangeby exporting 8.3 millionmetric tons of pea. To growquality pea strains and ex-port quality peas, effortsare being made to extendacreage of pea, use of qual-ity pea strains and yield 20baskets of mung per acre,

20 baskets of green gramper acre and 25 baskets ofpigeon pea per acre.

Edible oil crop suchas groundnut, sesame, sun-

flower, mustard, niger andoil palm are the secondessential crops. In 1996-97, the country grew 4.41million acres of edible oilcrops except oil palm. In

2006-07, 7.43 millionacres of edible oil cropswere extended by exceed-ing 3.02 million acresmore than that of 1996-97. About 20,000 acres ofoil palm were cultivatedin 1996-97 and a total of0.202 million acres of oilpalm in 2006-07 and alto-gether 0.172 million tonsof oil palm fruits yielded.For ensuring local edibleoil sufficiency, arrange-ments are being made forextension of acreage, useof quality strains, grow-ing of mixed cropping and

meeting the targeted pro-duction.

With regard to in-dustrial raw crops, cot-ton, sugarcane, jute and

physic nut are beinggrown in all vacant andvirgin lands. In 1996-97,a total of 0.824 millionacres of land were putunder cotton and 102.9million viss of cottonwere produced. In 2006-07, a total of 0.874 mil-lion acres of cottonyielded 164.2 million vissof cotton.

The cultivation ofsugarcane is focused onsupplying the raw mate-rial demand of the sugarmills for local consump-tion and for earning for-eign exchange by export-

ing the surplus sugar. In1996-97, a total of 0.204million acres of sugarcanewas cultivated and 4 mil-lion tons of sugar pro-duced. In 2006-07, 0.369million acres of sugarcaneplantation produced 8 mil-lion tons of sugar.

To substitute dieselwith bio-diesel inMyanmar, a total of 0.375million acres of physic nuthave been planted. Ar-rangements are being madefor growing 500,000 acreseach in all States and Divi-sions within three years.

Mixed and doublecropping is to be conductedfor extension of cultivablelands. In doing so, avail-ability of water plays a keyrole in cultivation task.From 1988-89 to 2008, 208irrigation facilities such asdams and sluice gates havebeen built across the na-tion. A total of 305 riverwater pumping projectsand 7,578 undergroundwater tapping projectswere implemented to sup-ply potable water to 13.9million people. By seek-ing water resources, theirrigated farmlands in-creased from 12.5 per centin 1988-89 to 18 per cent in2006-07.

In the agriculturesector, the government isstriving for changing fromthe conventional farming

to mechanized farmingwith momentum. Nowa-days, the agriculturetasks are being under-taken with the use of11,551 tractors, 110,024power-tillers, 28,340paddy threshers, 3,220paddy harvesters,224,900 weeding ma-chines, 46,354 seedingmachines and 1,690,111pumps.

In 1996-97, a totalof 30.42 million acres ofcrops land including net22.92 million acrescounted for 132.7 per centof cultivation capacity. In2006-07, a total of 50.42million acres of crops landincluding net 31.17 mil-lion acres counted for161.8 per cent of cultiva-tion capacity.

At present, paddyplantations are thrivingin the nation. Likewise,groundnut, sesame, sun-flower and oil palm plan-tations cover the cultiva-ble land with green col-our. Pulses and beansplantations are ready toearn foreign exchange.These progress in the ag-riculture sector grants fordevelopment of the na-tional economy and forbuilding a new modernnation.

*****Translation: TTA

Kyemon: 11-10-2008

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV NOBLE - CORAL VOY NO (11)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV NOBLE -CORAL VOY NO (11) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 19.10.08 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of MYANMA PORTAUTHORITY where it will lie at the consignee’s riskand expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditionsof the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up 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: EASTERN-CAR LINER LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG DA VOY NO (8008)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG DAVOY NO (8008) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 19.10.08 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.



SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

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

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KAIDO VOY NO (807)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KAIDO VOYNO (807) are hereby notified that the vessel will bearriving on 19.10.08 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at the consign-ee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws andconditions of the Port of Yangon.



SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITYAGENT FOR: M/S P.D.Z LINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Vienna International FilmFestival opens

A covered body lies onthe street as forensicagents investigate thescene of crime wherethree state police agentswere killed in Zapopan,in the state of Jalisco,Mexico, on 17 Oct ,2008. According topolice two suspects werearrested after the shootout.—INTERNET

In this photo provided by Six Flags DiscoveryKingdom, Bertie Mae, a 27-year-old female Asianelephant, balances a pumpkin in her truck while

chomping on another at Six Flags DiscoveryKingdom in Vallejo, Calif, on 15 Oct, 2008.

INTERNET

Greek scientists use lasers to clean Acropolis

A restorer conducts an ultrasound onthe ceiling of the porch of the

Caryatids of the Erectheion temple onthe Acropolis in Athens, on 16 Oct,2008, to see beneath a film of black

crust caused by pollution beforeremoving the crust using laser beams.

INTERNET

College student swindlersentenced to 5 years

PHILADELPHIA,18 Oct — A college student who withher boyfriend stole the identities of friends andneighbours was sentenced Friday to five years inprison and ordered to pay more than $100,000 inrestitution. Jocelyn Kirsch, a former Drexel Universitystudent, and then-boyfriend Edward Anderton usedthe money for expensive salon visits, exotic vacationsand fancy dinners.

Federal guidelines called for a prison sentence of 70months, but US District Judge Eduardo C Robrenocredited Kirsch for her apparent remorse and for her 14July guilty plea to aggravated identity theft and othercounts.

Kirsch, 23, and Anderton acknowledged stealingthe identities of friends and neighbors in thePhiladelphia area in 2006 and 2007 to net more than$116,000 in goods and services.

The scheme unraveled when an employee at anupscale salon told police that a check for Kirsch’s$2,250 hair extension job had bounced. About thesame time, a neighbor of the couple told police apackage she did not order had been sent to her.

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VIENNA, 18 Oct — TheVienna International FilmFestival (Viennale)opened here on Fridaywith some 300 films ofthree categories all overthe world on displayduring 17-29 Oct.

Since founded in 1962,the Viennale attractsnearly 100,000 visitorseach year in October.Besides Berlin, Veniceand Cannes film festivals,Viennale has become themost expectable filmfestival in the year’scinematic calendar inEurope, according to localmedia reports.

A total of three filmprizes will be awarded atthe end of the Viennale.

FIPRESCI Award (TheInternational Associationof Film Critics Award)will be given to up-and-coming directors whileSTANDARD Readers’Jury Award will be givento excellent films forfinding a place in Austrianmarket and Vienna FilmPrize given to outstandingAustrian feature ordocumentary films.

The Viennale will notonly display films, but alsorepresent Vienna as a citywith culture and otherbeauties. Music and danceperformances are alsoparts of the Viennale thisyear.

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ATHENS,18 Oct — In the past two anda half thousand years, the temples of theAcropolis have suffered fire, bombingand earthquake. Now, scientists aretrying to save them from a new modernenemy: pollution.

Standing on a hilltop at the centre ofAthens, a city of 4 million people, theAcropolis’ elaborately sculptured stoneshave fallen prey to a film of black crustfrom car exhaust fumes, industrialpollution, acid rain and fires.

A team of Greek engineers andrestorers are using an innovative lasertechnology system to clean the surfaceof the ancient monuments, uncoveringcolours and ornamentation hidden fordecades.

“It is very serious,” said MariaIoannidou, director of the AcropolisRestoration Service, of the pollution. “Itdestroys sculptural, structural andpainting details. One of our aims is toregain these cultural details using newtechnology.”For years the team tested40 different methods, including

mechanical and chemical processes, tofind the safest solutions to restore thewhite of the marbles without losing detail.

The winner was the brainchild ofCrete’s Foundation for Research andTechnology, which created a system thatuses two laser beams of infrared andultraviolet rays simultaneously.

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Southern droughtcreeping northward

CHARLESTON, 18 Oct— The drought that hasplagued the Deep Southfor more than a year iscreeping northward, andofficials in multiplestates are restrictingoutdoor burning in theface of water shortagesand forest fire risks fromfalling leaves and tinder-dry conditions.

Extreme droughtconditions, the second-worst possible, have

now spread intoKentucky, and severeconditions have returnedto West Virginia andsouthwest Virginia,according to the USDrought Monitor.

“The last three monthshave sucked every bitof moisture we’ve had,”said Ben Webster, afire staff assistant for theWest Virginia Divisionof Forestry.

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A pre-Hispanic goldpectoral piece is on

exhibit in the Museodel Oro, or Gold

Museum, in Bogota,Friday, on 17 Oct,

2008. The GoldMuseum, which offers

a collection of goldand emeralds and

other preciousmaterials crafted inpre-Hispanic times,

has undergone amakeover of new

lighting and sound.INTERNET

Chinese Premier expounds on“Scientific Outlook on Development”

NASA to launch probe to map solarsystem’s edge

BEIJING, 18 Oct —Chinese Premier WenJiabao expounded on “TheScientific Outlook onDevelopment” for BruceAlberts, editor-in-chief ofthe Science Magazine ofthe United States on 30Sept. In the two-hourexclusive interview at theZhongnanhai leadershipcompound, Wen said thefirst and foremost principleof the concept of scientificdevelopment is to putpeople first, to make everyperson attain full andharmonious development

in an equal and freeenvironment.

He said the compre-hensive development cameto the second, which meansthe integration of economicdevelopment with socialdevelopment, the integra-tion of economic reformwith political reform, theintegration of an opening-up and inclusive approachwith independent innova-tion, and the integrationof advanced civilizationwith traditional Chineseculture.

“Thirdly, we need to

resolve the disparities,including rich-poordisparity, regionaldisparity and urban-ruraldisparity in our country’sdevelopmental process. “He added.Sustainabledevelopment is also animportant part of theconcept, which aims atmeeting the challenges ofpopulation, resources, andenvironmental protectionfaced by the 1.3 billionChinese people in themodernization process. Hesaid.

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This artist rendering released byNASA shows the InterstellarBoundary Explorer or IBEX

spacecraft in space. The small NASAspacecraft embarks on a two-year

mission , on 19 Oct, 2008.—INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 18 Oct — A smallNASA spacecraft embarks on a two-year mission this weekend to givescientists their first view of the

study a chaotic region in space where thesolar wind from the sun clashes with coldgases from interstellar space.

The solar wind, a stream of chargedparticles spewing from the sun at 1 millionmiles per hour, carves out a protectivebubble around the solar system. Thisbubble known as the heliosphere shieldsagainst most dangerous cosmic radiationthat would otherwise interfere withhuman spaceflight.

Scientists recently discovered that thesolar wind pressure is at its weakest levelin 50 years, although the exact reasonremains a mystery. Ibex could helpconfirm whether the heliosphere isshrinking.

Observations from Ibex should helpresearchers in “unlocking the secrets ofthis important interaction between thesun and the galaxy,” said DavidMcComas of the Southwest ResearchInstitute in San Antonio. He is chiefscientist for the $165 million mission.

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happenings at the edge of the solarsystem. The Ibex probe, short forInterstellar Boundary Explorer, will

Slovenia confirms four cases of anthrax BELGRADE, 18 Oct — Slovenianveterinary services confirmed on Fridayreports about the death of four cowscaused by anthrax, but insisted that there

were no reasons for panic after havingtaken necessary measures. The four cows belong to a farmer fromthe village of Zice near SlovenskeKonjice in northeastern Slovenia, theSlovenian news agency STA reported. “From the moment that the test provedanthrax, we have carried out all the basicmeasures. We delivered the disinfectant,transport of animals and manure, andsale of fodder were forbidden,and wealso provided vaccine and vaccinatedthe animals,” said Slavko Hren, localveterinary official in Celje. The head of the veterinary office inCelje, Andreja Bizjak, said in the last 50years anthrax cases have been reportedin 78 areas in Slovenia, the last casehaving been reported in 2001.

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Slovenian veterinary servicesconfirmed on Friday reports aboutthe death of four cows caused by

anthrax.—INTERNET

Arctic autumn temperature hits record high

This handout photoshows Dr Luke Coplandfrom the University ofOttawa, drilling a holeto install an airtemperature sensor on the Ayles Ice Island in 2007.— INTERNET

Japan goes bananas for new diet

WASHINGTON, 18 Oct —Autumn temperatures in theArctic region are a record5.0 degree Celsius (9.0

Fahrenheit) higher thannormal due the melting ofthe ice cap, a NationalOceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA)report said on Friday.

“Changes in the Arcticshow a domino effect frommultiple causes moreclearly than in otherregions,” said NOAAoceanographer JamesOverland, lead author ofthe report titled ‘The ArcticReport Card 2008’published on NOAA’swebsite.“It’s a sensitivesystem and often reflectschanges in relatively fastand dramatic ways,” thescientist said.

As the ice cap over theArctic melts due to globalwarming, more ocean wateris exposed and heated bythe sun’s rays, the reportsaid.—Internet

TOKYO, 18 Oct—Keiko Akai is veryannoyed. The attractive21-year-old universitystudent has beenplanning to do a bananadiet for some time now,but she can’t get started -and not for lack of trying.“I keep going to OKStore, my localsupermarket every singleday,” she says. “In fact,

I’ve just been there.There are no bananas onthe shelves, and it’s beenlike that for a month.”

Akai has neverweighed more than 100pounds, and is so slimthat her waist isswimming in Zara’ssmallest size XS skirt.She doesn’t need to loseany weight. But Japanesegirls obsessed with diets

tend to jump at any trendynew ones, so, when Akaiheard about a popularactress who’d lost 26pounds through theMorning Banana Diet,she had to try it. And thedearth of bananas as herlocal supermarket, andmany others, is testimonyto the popularity of thenew dieting fad.

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A family carries theirbelongings on a horse

and cart throughfloodwaters in the

suburbs ofNicaragua’s capital

Managua on 17 Oct,2008. The remnant

circulation of formerTropical Depression16 could cause flashfloods and mudslides

in the country.INTERNET

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S P O R T S

Ferguson says Rooney willscore more as he matures

MaNCHESTER, 18 Oct — England striker Wayne Rooneywill mature into an even more prolific goalscorer, Man-chester United manager Alex Ferguson said on Friday.

Rooney, 23 next week, has hit form with seven goalsin five games for club and country with five goals in hislast three international appearances doing much to helpEngland enjoy their most successful start to a WorldCup qualifying campaign. “When players get into theirmid-20s, their consistency improves. His consistencyof scoring will improve,” Ferguson told reporters.

“What we have noticed about Wayne is when hegoes on one of his bursts, his performances improvewith it. That is how it has been since he has been withus.You hope by the time he gets to his mid-20s, hisexperience will bring more consistency to his scoringand they will spread out better. We know he can score.It is a matter of getting that consistency.”—Internet

England’s Wayne Rooney (L) scores a goal againstKazakhstan during their World Cup 2010 qualify-

ing match at Wembley Stadium, London on 11 Oct,2008. —INTERNET

Argentina’s formerfootballer star Diego

Maradona

I want to be Argentina coach,says Maradona

Nadal shoulders burden to join Federerand Murray in Madrid tennis semisMADRID, 18 Oct – Rafael Nadal shrugged off a pre-

match shoulder injury scare to squeeze into the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters on Friday, beating closefriend and compatriot Feliciano Lopez 6-4, 6-4.Thetop seed, and 2005 champion, revealed that he hadtaken treatment on his problem shoulder joint untilshortly before the match.

“It was a tough situation and I’m very glad to getthis win,” said the man who can claim the year-endnumber 1 ranking by reaching Sunday’s final, accord-ing to ATP calculations.

Nadal will face off for a place in the final when hetakes on the winner between Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic andFrenchman Gilles Simon.Andy Murray and RogerFederer earlier set-up a re-run of last month’s US Openfinal as they ploughed to straight set victories.—Internet

Lang, Pettersen share leadat Kapalua

KAPALUA (Hawaii), 18 Oct — While Kapalua ismaking its LPGA Tour debut, Brittany Lang is ex-perienced at handling its challenging tradewinds andtricky greens.

Venus Williams

Venus and Ivanovicinto Zurich semi-finals

Suzann Pettersen, of Norway,hits from the third tee atKapalua Resort during thesecond round of the inaugu-ral Kapalua LPGA Classic golftournament on 17 Oct, 2008 inKapalua, Hawaii.—INTERNET

Lang shot a 1-un-der 71 on Friday for ashare of the second-round lead withSuzann Pettersen inthe inaugural KapaluaLPGA Classic.

Last December, theformer Duke starplayed the Bay Coursefour times while on atrip to Maui with oneof her sponsors.

“I got to play inway more wind thanthis, so this seemseasy,” she said. “Ilearned every hole andknew where we wereplaying from and go ta feel for the greens.”

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ZURICH, 18Oct – VenusWilliams sur-vived an in-consistent per-formance todefeat ItalianF r a n c e s c aSchiavone 6-3,6-3 and reachthe semi-finals of the Zurich Open on Friday.

The third seeded American struggled to overcomea tenacious opponent in an untidy match that was rid-dled with errors from both players, but also featuredsome well-contested rallies and spectacular shot-mak-ing.—Internet

BUENOS AIRES, 18 Oct— Argentina superstarDiego Maradona said onFriday he wants to suc-ceed Alfio Basile as thenational team coach andtake them to the WorldCup finals.

However, Maradona islikely to lose out to SergioBatista, who led Argen-tina to the Beijing Olym-pics gold medal, in therace to take over the reinsfrom Basile who resignedin the aftermath of the1-0 qualifying defeat toChile on Wednesday.

“Perhaps I am behindin the betting but I amwithout doubt the numberone in the hearts of Argen-tinians,” said the 47-year-

old Maradona who skip-pered Argentina to 1986World Cup victory.

“I couldn’t ask for any-thing better. I would be inseventh heaven.”

Batista said he wasready to take charge.

“I feel as if I am capa-ble and I’m convincedthat I could do the job,”he told La Red radio.

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ACROSS 1 Gypsum 5 Landscapse 8 Poplar 9 Ogling10 Extendable rubber11 Vulgar speech12 Deliver sermon14 Mission17 Eat away19 Write music22 Moslem23 Muscular spasm24 Finished25 Study of body

DOWN 1 Position 2 Mediocre 3 English river 4 Widow 5 Elizabethan poet 6 Heather 7 Betrothed12 Accurate13 Finely mashed15 Tropical pear16 Wattle18 Lubricated20 Coffee21 Unoccupied

CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

Arsenalrsenal 3 - 1 EvertonAston Villa 0 - 0 PortsmouthBolton 0 - 0 BlackburnFulham 0 - 0 SunderlandLiverpool 3 - 2 Wigan AthleticMan Utd 4 - 0 WBAMiddlesbrough 0 - 5 Chelsea

Aston Villa 0-0 Portsmouth: Pompey’s JermainDefoe has a chance to open the scoring but blazes

over from four yards out.—INTERNET

(18-10-2008)

Liverpool 3-2 Wigan: Amr Zaki takes advantage ofDaniel Agger’s error at the back to slot Wigan

ahead in the 29th minute.

Petrov facing lengthy lay-offLONDON, 18 Oct — Manchester City and Bulgaria

winger Martin Petrov is facing a lengthy lay-off aftersuffering knee ligament damage, City boss MarkHughes revealed on Friday.

Petrov, who only recently returned to the City sidefollowing a hamstring strain, was injured in his coun-try’s midweek draw with Georgia.

“Martin is going to see a couple more specialistsover the weekend. But the view is, he has a signifi-cant injury and could be out for quite some time,”Hughes said.—Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been scattered in Taninthayi Division, isolated inMon State, Mandalay,Magway Bago, Yangon andAyeyawady Divisions and weather has been partly cloudyin the remaining States and Divisions. The noteworthyamounts of rainfall recorded were Mogok (1.06) inches,Ye (1.03) inches and Kawthong (0.75) inch.

Maximum temperature on 17-10-2008 was 93˚F.Minimum temperature on 18-10-2008 was 72ºF. Rela-tive humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 18-10-2008 was79%. Total sunshine hours on 17-10-2008 was (7.2)hours approx.

Rainfall on 18-10-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (100.87) inches at Mingaladon, (112.44) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (131.02) inches at Central Yangon. Maxi-mum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mphfrom North at (14:30) hours MST on 17-10-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 19th October 2008:Rain or thundershowers are likely to be scattered in MonState and Taninthayi Division, isolated in Rakhine State,Ayeyawady,Yangon and Bago Divisions and weatherwill be partly cloudy in the remainnig States and Divi-sions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Genaral decreaseof rain in the whole country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 19-10-2008: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for19-10-2008: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershow-ers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 19-10-2008: Partly cloudy.

Saturday, 18 October, 2008

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Singapore’s Goh hails China’sresponse to world financial storm

Ping An Insurance predictsQ3 loss for Fortis investment

SHENZHEN, 18 Oct— Ping An Insurance (Group)Company forecast third-quarter losses in a noticereleased on Saturday as it booked a huge loss with itsinvestment in Fortis shares.

An initial calculation showed Ping An, the country’ssecond biggest life insurer after China Life, sufferedlosses in the first three quarters, the notice said.

According to the insurer, the forecast losses largelyresulted from its third quarter book value loss of 15.7billion yuan (2.3 billion US dollars) for its investmentin the Belgian-Dutch financial services company.

The insurer said its net profit in the January-to-September period stood at nearly 11.7 billion yuan,however, it was unable to offset the huge loss resultingfrom the Fortis investment.—Internet

Pakistani official vows to stabilizeeconomy within one month

ISLAMABAD, 18 Oct— A senior Pakistani official saidhere on Saturday that Pakistan is taking measures toincrease foreign exchange reserves and stabilizeeconomy within one month, ruling out reports ofpossible financial default.

“We are planning to build our reserves and thesituation will improve within a month,” said ShaukatTareen, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance, ata press conference.

Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves hit a recordlow recently. The rating agency Standard & Poor'sdowngraded the country 's sovereign debt to level ofCCC-plus, close to defaulting on its commitments ofexternal loan repayment.—Internet

SINGAPORE, 18 Oct —Singapore’s SeniorMinister Goh Chok Tonghas praised China for itsresponse to the Asianfinancial crisis in 1997 andthe current globalfinancial storm, which isbelieved to have seriousimpact on the worldeconomy.

In a recent interviewwith China's CentralTelevision Station, Gohsaid that China held itsnational currency and didnot devalue it in 1997,which would have put

further pressure on othercurrencies, local Englishnewspaper “The StraitsTimes” reported onSaturday.

Goh was quoted assaying that this time,China, together with theEuropeans andAmericans, also loweredits interest rate.Otherwise, there wouldhave been somecompetitive leakages offunds to the Chinesecurrency of Renminbi.

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Chinese director Feng Xiaoning (R) attends theopening ceremony of the 21st Tokyo InternationalFilm Festival(TIFF) in Tokyo, capital of Japan, on18 Oct., 2008. The festival opened Saturday with 15films — selected from 690 films from 72 countriesand regions — in the main competition section forthe Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix and other awards.

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* For the health of babiesMother’s milk the best

* If mother’s milk is notsufficientCow or goat’s milk can beused

* Always boil the milkThe best for health

Agriculture sectorcontributes to building

new modern nationArticle: Aung Hsan (Agriculture)

Photo shows Ngamoeyeik Sluice Gate.

Myanmar is richin natural resources andit has fertile soil. Re-markable progress canbe witnessed in theeconomic sector. Theagriculture sector playsa pivotal role in devel-oping the economicsector.

The agriculturesector is related to othersocial and economic sec-tors.

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Chelsea wrap up

convincing win as

Malouda pokes

home after Ross

Turnbull spills

Nicolas Anelka’s on

to the post.

YANGON, 18 Oct — Myanmar beat Bangladesh 1-0 in group-B of the 40th

Madeka Football Tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this evening.Striker Soe Myat Min scored the winning goal for Myanmar at 24th

minutes in the first half.On 20 November, Myanmar will meet Mozambique.— MNA

Myanmar overpower Bangladeshin Madeka Cup

NAY PYI TAW, 18Oct—For ensuringsmooth transport for thecontestants of States andDivisions of the 16th

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Bus lines run for smooth transport of contestants

Competitions and the lo-cal people, Nay Pyi TawTraffic Rules Enforce-ment Committee super-vised plying of Ah ManThit bus line and ShweMyo Taw bus line from

Ywadaw No. 7 TransitCentre in Nay Pyi Taw toUniversity of Agriculture,University of Forestry andUniversity of VeterinaryScience in Yezin Univer-sity Campus. — MNA

Passenger buses run for ensuring smooth transport of contestants andlocal people.—MNA

LONDON, 18 Oct— Un-beaten Premier Leagueleaders Chelsea defiedthe absence of 100 mil-lion pound of talent torun riot with a stunning5-0 victory at Middles-brough on Saturday. Luiz Felipe Scolari’sin-form side strolled pastBoro with four goals in16 second-half minutesin an embarrassingly easyvictory at the RiversideStadium. Despite the absence ofDidier Drogba, Joe Cole,Michael Essien, AshleyCole, Petr Cech, RicardoCarvalho, MichaelBallack, with the return-ing Deco on the bench,Chelsea’s 10-month un-

Chelsea crush Middlesbrough to stay top of the pilebeaten league run neverlooked under seriousthreat from a hugely dis-appointing Middles-brough. Salomon Kalou openedthe floodgates with a calmclose-range finish on 14minutes after a makeshiftMiddlesbrough defencemissing three regularsfailed to deal with asearching Wayne Bridgecross. But it was early in thesecond-half when Chel-sea really hit top gear torip Middlesbrough toshreds with some stunningfootball. Juliano Bellettiput the result beyonddoubt by doubling the leadon 51 minutes with a spec-

tacular 30-yard strike intothe top corner beyondRoss Turnbull Kalou struck his sec-ond with the aid of a heftydeflection off DavidWheater after latchingonto Florent Malouda’sinviting 53rd-minute cut-back, before FrankLampard weighed in withthe fourth 10 minuteslater thanks to a divingheader from Kalou’scross. It wasn’t long beforethe fifth arrived, Turnbullspilling a Nicolas Anelkashot against a post to al-low the alert Malouda into knock the loose ballinto an empty net fromclose range.— Internet

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