Volume XIX, Number 326 5th Waning of Taboung 1373 ME Monday, 12 March, 2012

Established 1914

Our Three MainNational Causes

* Non-disintegration ofthe Union

* Non-disintegration ofNational Solidarity

* Perpetuation ofSovereignty

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March—President U Thein Sein metstate, district and township level departmental personnel,members of social organizations and townselders at thecity hall of Taunggyi yesterday morning.

On arrival at Taunggyi by car, the President and partywere welcomed by the townselders and local nationals.Next, the President attended the meeting at the city hall.

Also present on the occasion were the deputy com-mander-in-chief of Defence Services, Union ministers, theShan State chief minister, the commander of Eastern

As all national people are families living under thesame roof of the nation, the time has come for themto work together for national development with fullunderstanding, instead of arguing with each other

Command, deputy ministers, state cabinet members,departmental heads, state/district/township level departmentalpersonnel, faculty members of universities and colleges inTaunggyi, ward administrators, townselders and guests.

State Chief Minister U Sao Aung Myat reported on backgroundhistory of the state, facts about the state, tribal settlements, land use,cultivation of crops, rice and edible oil sufficiency, the fish sector andestablishment of breeding zones, education and health matters,industrial zone tasks, water supply and construction tasks, powersupply and rural development tasks. Then, townselders reported on

the needs for enough drinking water supply, upgradingof 37-mile long Taunggyi-Zale-Latthet-MongpyinRoad linking Taunggyi and Honpon townships intoan all-weather one and upgrading of No.3 BasicEducation Post-Primary School in Nyaungphyu CampArea (10) into a middle school (branch).

Then, Union Minister for Construction U KhinMaung Myint reported on construction of 6869miles of roads and 12163 bridges plus a waterconduit in Shan State, upgrading of old roads andconstruction of new roads; Union Minister forImmigration and Population U Khin Yi onMoepwint project tasks, nationwide collection ofcensuses; Union Minister for Electric Power No (2)U Khin Maung Soe on nationwide distribution ofelectricity and supply of electricity to Shan State;Union Minister for Border Affairs and MyanmaIndustrial Development Lt-Gen Thein Htay onarrangements for supply of enough drinking waterto Taunggyi; and Union Minister for Education DrMya Aye on matters related to upgrading of threepost-primary schools in Taunggyi into middleschools (branch).

In giving instructions for fulfilling the needs,the President said he and union ministers were thereto make a field inspection of the state government’stasks and fulfill the requirements and to explain themeasures taken in the one year period since thegovernment taking office. As the government hasbeen elected by the people, it will continue to marchtowards the goal of democracy. Peace and stabilityand national economic development are essentialrequisites for the flourishing of democracy. Thesetwo points are the two desires of the people, said thePresident.

(See page 8)President U Thein Sein cordially greets those present at meeting at the town hall of Taunggyi.—MNA

President U Thein Sein meets state, district and township level departmental personnel, members of social organizations and townselders.—MNA

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PERSPECTIVES

Break bad habitsA thing that we do very often can be

called a habit. But, we should take care of ourhabits as they portray our real selvessignificantly.

Generally, we can think of habits fromtwo perspectives: good habit and bad habit.Although it is easy to have bad habits, weusually hesitate to cultivate good habits.

However, we need to remember that welive in a community replete with standardpractices and accepted moral values. So, inorder not to offend the people around us, weshould break our bad habits if we have hadthem.

We all know that smoking is a bad andharmful habit. It can even be hazardous to thepeople around called secondary smokers. Evenif smokers cannot give up smoking themselves,they should occupy non-smoking areas, refrainfrom smoking in public places and stay awayfrom pregnant ladies and children. In otherwords, make it a personal agenda and that’s agood habit.

There are also some personal bad habitsthough they may not harm others greatly.They involve biting fingernails under stress,frequent yawning before others, putting onehand in the pocket during public speaking,frequent spitting, recklessly throwing awaywaste things.

Overall, we should think back andevaluate ourselves. What are some of the badhabits that we should kick and what are somegood habits we should keep for the rest of ourlife? Only then, can the people around us not bedisturbed by our bad habits. So, let’s break ourbad habits and cultivate good habits.

Monday, 12 March, 2012

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March—Opened by the Ministry ofCommerce, the Trade Institute is intended to developmentof trade sector and human resources engaged in trading fornational economic development. Basic InternationalTrading Course No (1) will be conducted there from 26March.

The course covers export and import procedures,international trade theory and principles, trade promotionstrategies, business law, business ethnics, supply chainmanagement, standardization, regional trade organizationand regional trade agreement-RTA, business English, andrisk management to be lectured by economists anddepartmental officials form related ministries.

The duration of the course is four months, three days aweek from 9 am to 12.30 pm.

Application forms are available for free at Directorateof Trade (Yangon Region Office), at No. 228-240, StrandRoad, Pabedan Township here and the deadline is 20March.—MNA

Basic International TradingCourse No (1) on 26 March

YANGON, 11 March— Astake-driving ceremony of anoverpass at Hledan Junctionin Kamayut Township hereat 8:20 am today, in theattendance of Union Ministerfor Industry U Soe Thein,Yangon Region ChiefMinister U Myint Swe,regional chief justice,

Overpass to be commissioned intoservice in Kamayut Tsp

regional ministers, regionalattorney general and officialsconcerned, ManagingDirector of ShwetaungDevelopment CompanyLimited, and distinguishedpersons.

On the occasion, UnionMinister U Soe Thein,Yangon Region Chief

today.Local and foreign

merchants viewed jade lotsto be sold in open tendersystem and competitivebidding system andsubmitted tenders.

Union Minister UThein Htaik arrived at theemporium in the eveningand viewed gems merchantsstudying jade lots andsubmitting tenders.

The 49th Myanma GemsEmporium will be held till18 March. Jade lots will besold through open tendersystem between 11 and 15March and throughcompetitive biddingsystem between 16 and 18March.— MNA

49th Myanma Gems Emporium continues for third day

Local and foreign gems merchants views jade lots.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11March—Organized byCentral Committee forHolding Myanma Gems

Emporium, 49th MyanmaGems Emporium 2012continued for the third dayat Mani Yadana Jade Hall

here this morning. Patron ofthe committee UnionMinister for Mines U TheinHtaik visited the emporium

Union Minister for Industry U Soe Thein and Region Chief MinisterU Myint Swe drive stakes for construction of an overpass at Hledan

Junction in Kamayut Township.—MNA

Minister U Myint Swe,Yangon Mayor regionalminister for development UHla Myint, regional ministerfor forest and energy U KyawSoe, regional minister fortransportation U Aung Khin,regional minister for electricand industry U Nyan Tun Oo,Secretary of Yangon City

Development Committee UKyaw Soe and ManagingDirector U Aung Zaw Naingdrove the stakes in therespective places andsprinkled scented water on it,showering silver and goldrituals down on those present.

After that, the UnionMinister explained thepurpose of the constructionof the overpass in his speechmade at the opening, sayingthat the four-lane overpasswould ease the trafficcongestion at th junction,upon its completion.

The RC type overpass isa total of 2466 feet in length,50 feet and 8 inches in width.It can withstand 60 tons ofload and its clearance is 18feet.

Under the supervisionof Yangon CityDevelopment Committee, itis being constructed byShwetaung Development CoLtd, designed by VertixTraffic Engineering Co withEngland inspiration and byTY Lin International Pte, Ltd,American inspiration.

The overpass isexpected to be put intoservice in four-month.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March—University of Developmentfor National Races held aceremony to concludetraining course No. 21 forjunior assistant teachers,conferring job appointmentson the graduates at the

UDNR concludes for teacher trainingcourse No. 21, holds convocation

convocation hall of theUniversity on 9 March.

On the occasion, the BEdholders of the four-year courseNo. 43 were given jobappointments in theattendance of Rector U ZawMin Thein of the university,

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March— Under theserving programmes of Japan Governmentfor micro projects, Japanese people andgovernment added $ 87613 to a fund forconstruction of a new school building of aprimary school in Winga Village in MonState, Minister-Counsellor Mr. IchiroMaruyama of Japan Embassy to the Republic

MoU on acceptance of supplies signedof the Union of Myanmar and Chairman UWin Myint of the school board of trusteessigned a MoU relating to acceptance ofsupplies on 29 February.

The donation promotes progress of thestudents studying min that school, ensuringthat Japan-Myanmar relationship is firmlyfastened.—MNA

representatives of the Statesand Regions, facultymembers, invited persons,trainees and their families.

At first, Pro-Rector(teaching) U Htay Lwinpresented the reports on theJAT training course No. 21.

Rector U Zaw MinThein handed theircompletion certificates to thetrainees and awarded theoutstanding ones. Thoserepresentatives gave jobappointments to the BEdholders.

The ceremony came toan end with concludingremarks of Rector U Zaw MinThein.—MNA

YANGON, 11 March—Organized by Sports andPhysical EducationDepartment under theMinistry of Sports,Myanmar Gymnastics

Basic gymnastic coachingand referee course wraps up

Federation’s C level basicgymnastic coaching andreferee course concluded atthe training camp of thefederation in KyaikkasanGrounds in Tamway

Township 7 March.Qualified trainees will

be provided advancedtraining in Nay Pyi Taw. Ofthem, outstanding traineeswill be allowed to attendinternational recognizedinternational coach andreferee courses.—MNA

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Chinese President Hu Jintao (R, front) shakes handswith deputies to the Fifth Session of the 11th National

People’s Congress (NPC) and members of the FifthSession of the 11th National Committee of the ChinesePeople’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)

who are from the ethnic minorities in the Great Hall ofthe People in Beijing, capital of China, on 10 March,

2012. A party for the NPC deputies and CPPCCmembers of ethnic minorities was held here Saturday.

Top Communist Party of China (CPC) and state leadersHu Jintao, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, LiChangchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, He Guoqiang and

Zhou Yongkang attended the party.—XINHUA

KABUL, 11 March—AUS soldier has been detainedin Afghanistan in connectionwith an incident involvingcivilian casualties in thesouthern Kandaharprovince, the NATO-ledInternational SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)said on Sunday.

“US Forces-Afghanistan, in cooperationwith Afghan authorities, willinvestigate this incident,”ISAF said in a statement.

“This is a deeplyregrettable incident and weextend our thoughts andconcerns to the familiesinvolved.”

ISAF did not elaborate.Kandahar Governor

Serviceman detained in Afghanistan overcivilian casualties

Afghan soldiers arereflected on the glass

door of a restaurant asthey prepare to leavefrom joint US-Afghan

military base FOBConnolly to do a

mission in Nangarharprovince, eastern

Afghanistan on 10March, 2012.

REUTERS

Tooryalai Wisa told Reutersa US soldier left his base inKandahar on Saturday andopened fire on civilians. Hesaid initial reports indicatedup to 16 civilians were killed.That could not be immediatelyconfirmed.

Civilian casualties havebeen a major source of frictionbetween President HamidKarzai’s government andUS-led NATO forces inAfghanistan.

A n t i - A m e r i c a nsentiment had already beenrunning high before news ofthe latest civilian casualties.

Anger gripped thecountry after US soldiersburned a large number ofcopies of the Koran at a

NATO base last month.NATO said it was a tragicblunder.

Thirty people were killedin protests and Afghan forcesturned their weapons on USsoldiers, killing six.

Reuters

MEXICO CITY, 11M a r c h — M e x i c a nauthorities have found theremains of 167 people in asouthern Mexican cave, andforensic experts believe theremains are at least 50 years

In this photo released by the Chiapas state AttorneyGeneral’s Office, skulls that were found in a cave sit on a

table at the Chiapas state attorney general’s office inTuxla Gutierrez, Mexico, on 10 March, 2012. Mexicanauthorities say they’ve found the remains of as many as167 people in a southern Mexican cave, and forensicexperts believe the remains are at least 50 years old.

INTERNET

Remains of 167 people found in Mexican cave

old, according to a statementfrom Chiapas stateprosecutors.

The statement releasedSaturday said the remainswere found Friday on theNuevo Ojo de Agua ranch in

an area frequently used byCentral American migrantstraveling north. Thestatement said there were novisible signs of violence onthe remains, which “breakeasily.”

The statement saidauthorities will “not discardany line of investigation.”

The remains werediscovered stacked atopeach other in the cave, said aprosecutor’s officeemployee who was notauthorized to releaseinformation and asked notto be identified. The remainshave been moved to the statecapital of Tuxtla Gutierrezfor examination, theemployee said.

Mass graves have beenfound in the past two yearsmainly in northern Mexicocontaining the bodies ofdozens of migrants andothers allegedly killed bydrug cartels.

Internet

A Palestiniantries to

extinguish a fireafter an Israeli

airstrike inRafah, southern

Gaza Strip.INTERNET

COTABATO, 11 March—Philippine security forceshave captured two AbuSayyaf militants in the restivesouthern Philippines, policesaid on Sunday. SerhamAkalan and Idris Anni, bothmembers of Abu Sayyafterrorist group linked to al-Qaeda, were separatelyarrested in the province ofBasilan, regional police

Two members of Abu Sayyaf groupcaptured in S Philippines

GAZA CITY, 11 March— Palestinian witnesses say amilitant and a 12-year-old boy have been killed in Israeliairstrikes in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military confirmedone airstrike early Sunday and had no immediate commenton the report of a second.

Israeli police say three rockets fired from Gaza landed insouthern Israel overnight and Sunday. No injuries werereported.

The deadliest clashes between the two sides in over ayear have entered their third day showing no signs ofsubsiding.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says thereis no point in Israel’s launching a large-scale militaryoffensive in Gaza without setting the objective of topplingthe militant Hamas regime there. He wouldn’t tell IsraelRadio whether such an operation was planned.—Internet

Two Palestinians killed inIsraeli airstrikes

commander ChiefSuperintendent MarioAvelino said.

“They were behind thedeaths of our soldiers,” hesaid. Akalan was implicatedin the killing of 14 Marinesin Al-Barka town while Anniwas linked to the 2001kidnapping of workers ofGolden Harvest Plantation inLantawan town.

The Abu Sayyaf, activein southern Philippines, wasfounded in the 1990s and hasperpetrated a number of high-profile attacks, includingkidnapping, bombing andbeheading.

The Philippine militaryestimates the Abu Sayyafcurrently has less than 400members.

Xinhua

ISLAMABAD, 11 March—A bomber happened on Sundaykilled at least 13 people in a funeral near the northwesternPakistani city of Peshawar, police and heath officials said.

The attack injured 32 other people at Badabher, a smalltown some 16 km east of Peshawar, the capital of KhyberPakhtunkwa province, the city police chief Imtiaz Altaf said.

He said that Deputy Speaker of the Khyber Pakhtunkwaprovincial assembly, Khushdil Khan, who attended thefuneral, was target of the attack. But he escaped unhurt as hehad left the area some 10 minutes ago, Altaf told reporters.

Doctors said that 32 injured were brought to the LadyReading Hospital in Peshawar. Several injured were registeredcritical and the death toll may rise.

A large number of people were attending the funeral fora women and the bomb exploded when the people werereturning homes after the funeral at around 11:15 am localtime.

Residents shifted the injured in private cars to thehospital. Emergency was declared in hospital and additionaldoctors and medical staff were called to treat the injured.

No group claimed responsibility for the blast.The area is famous for anti-Taleban “Lashkar” or

volunteers, who support the security forces against themilitants. It was not clear if any leader of the peace committeewas attending the funeral who are routinely targeted by themilitants.

Bomber kills 13, injures over 30 others in Pakistan

A wounded man receives medical treatment at a hospitalin northwest Pakistan’s Peshawar, on 11 March, 2012. Abombing happening on Sunday killed at least 13 people

in a funeral near the northwestern Pakistani city ofPeshawar, police and heath officials said.

XINHUA

Witnesses said that several vehicles were also destroyedin the attack.

It is the second blast in the same area in less than twomonths.

On 2 Feb, a car bomb in a busy market in Badabher killedat least 9 people, including children and 24 others wereinjured. Badabher is located near Khyber tribal region.

There had also been Taleban attacks on the securityforces and pro-government peace committee members in thearea in the past.

Besides Tehrik-e-Taleban Pakistan, another militantgroup Lashkar-e-Islam is also active in the same region androutinely launch attacks on security forces.—Xinhua

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HAVANA, 11 March —Thousands of runnersSaturday participated in the annual Terry Foxmarathon throughout Cuba to commemorate the deathof the Canadian young man and raise money for cancerresearch.

The race named the Marathon of Hope is also held inover 50 countries including Canada each year.

Eighteen-year-old Canadian Terry Fox, despite hisamputated leg because of cancer, decided to start in 1980the race around his country and collected fund forpreventing and fighting cancer.

After running 3,338,63 miles and collecting 24 millionUS dollars, Fox was hospitalized due to the metastasiswhich had reached his lungs, and died 10 months later,days before turning 23. Cuba first joined the marathon in1998. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Cubawith a total of 20,000 fatalities each year.—Xinhua

Cubans join Terry Foxmarathon to champion

anti-cancer career

Thousands of runners Saturday participated in theannual Terry Fox marathon throughout Cuba to

commemorate the death of the Canadian young manand raise money for cancer research.

Foot ulcers (sores) are common in people withdiabetes. Left uncontrolled or untreated, they can leadto amputation. In fact, diabetes is the leading cause ofextremity amputation in the United States in cases thatdon’t involve a traumatic injury.

The American Podiatric Medical Association offersthese suggestions to help reduce the risk of foot ulcers.

* Avoid smoking and alcohol.* Keep cholesterol under control.* Manage blood glucose.* Wear shoes and socks at all times.* Check your feet regularly for wounds or

abnormalities.* Keep any sores that do develop clean and bandaged.

Internet

Health Tip: Diabetics, takecare of your feet

NEW YORK, 11 March—Routinely giving childrenelectrocardiograms could detect some cases ofpotentially fatal heart problems, but it would also causemany false-alarms along the way, a new study suggests.

Heart screens for kids notready for prime time

Eight year-old Lily Diangelis speaks with a virtualSanta at Children’s Hospital Boston in Boston,

Massachusetts on 22 Dec, 2010.—REUTERS

An electrocardiogram, orEKG, is a fairly simple testthat uses electrodes placedon the skin to record theheart’s electrical activity.They’ve long been used tohelp diagnose heart diseasein people with chest pain orother symptoms of hearttrouble.

But the idea of usingEKGs to screen symptom-freepeople for heart problems iscontroversial.

That’s partly becauseEKGs are imperfect; they don’tdetect all heart abnormalitiesthat can cause sudden death,and they can falsely suggestproblems where there are none.It would be great to have a testthat clearly catches those silentheart problems, with a low riskof “false-positives.” But theEKG is not that,” said DrLaurel Leslie of Tufts MedicalCentre in Boston, the seniorresearcher on the new study.

Right now, the USPreventive Services Task Forcerecommends against EKG

screening for people at lowrisk of heart disease.Children and teenagers areat very low risk of havingpotentially fatal heartdisorders. But whenever ayoung person diessuddenly of cardiac arrest,it’s a shock — and oftenwidely publicized, espe-cially deaths among youngathletes. There’s been thisdebate about whether ECGscreening would bepractical and effective inpreventing these tragicdeaths,” said Leslie.

Some countries,including Italy and Israel,already have mandatoryEKG screening for youngathletes.

Reuters

Government to seek court approval of $25billion mortgage pact

A home is seen padlocked and boarded up inBrentwood, New York on 10 Feb, 2012.—INTERNET

Apple CEO Tim Cookspeaks during an Apple

event as he introduces thenew iPad as an image the

device is projected onscreen in San Francisco,California on 7 March,

2012.INTERNET

Customers pre-ordering latest iPad will haveto wait

first to own the latest device,a three-day delay would bean eternity and could add tothe crowds and chaos at thecompany’s retail stores.

In January, enragedChinese shoppers peltedApple’s flagship Beijingstore with eggs andshoving matches brokeout with police aftercustomers were told thestore would not beginsales of the iPhone 4S asscheduled.

The new iPad sports acrisper display and anarray of technologyadvances and tweaks.Apple said it will continueto sell the iPad 2 butdropped its price by $100.The older tablet now startsat $399 while the new third-generation wi-fi only iPadstarts at $499.—Internet

SAN FRANCISCO, 11March—Consumers planningto pre-order Apple Inc’s newiPad to avoid the release-daycrowds at the company’s retailstores will have to wait a littlelonger to get their hands on

one of the devices. The latestversion of the company’stablet, which was unveiled onWednesday, is scheduled tohit shelves on 16 March.

But tablets pre-orderedonline won’t ship to buyersuntil 19 March , according tothe company’s website.

The Wall Street Journalreported in Saturday’s editionthat Apple’s website had earlierpromised the newest tabletwould arrive at customers’homes on the launch date.Apple did not immediatelyrespond to a request forcomment.

Apple’s new productreleases are some of the hottestevents on the tech calendar,scrutinized by investors, themedia and industry insidersalike.

To the company’s hard-core fans, who vie to be the

A man rides a bicycle in the downtown area of Stockton,Calif, on 29 Feb, 2012. A red, white and blue sign

declaring Stockton an ìAll-America Cityî still adornsCity Hall, but the buildingís crumbling facade tells thereal story of the communityís recent fortunes. Since thesign went up nearly a decade ago, Stockton has twice

topped Forbes magazineís list of ìAmericaís mostmiserable cities.î And now another unflattering title

could be headed its way: largest American city to declarebankruptcy.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 11March—A previouslyannounced $25 billionsettlement between fivemajor banks accused of

abusive mortgage prac-tices and governmentofficials will be filed infederal court on Monday,people familiar with thematter said late Friday.

The pact unveiled 9February is expected toresult in payments andother mortgage relief forabout one million borro-wers, but must first beapproved by a judge.

Bank of America Corp,Wells Fargo & Co,JPMorgan Chase & Co,Citigroup Inc and AllyFinancial Inc agreed to thesettlement after 16 months

of negotiations with stateattorneys general and federalagencies, including the USJustice Department and theUS Department of Housing

and Urban Development.But the fine print took

another month to finalize.Negotiators had hoped

to file a settlement on Friday,but the deal was held up at thelast minute over a disagree-ment between Nevada andBank of America, peoplefamiliar with the matter said.

The state and the bankhad negotiated a separateside deal to resolve an olderlawsuit filed by the state.

The nature of the Fridaydisagreement was notimmediately clear.Representatives of Nevadaand Bank of America could

not immediately be reachedfor comment after businesshours.

The larger deal, to bespread out over three years,requires the banks to cutmortgage debt amounts andprovides $2,000 payments tocertain borrowers who losttheir homes to foreclosure.

It releases the banksfrom civil government claimsover faulty foreclosures andthe mishandling of requestsfor loan modifications. Forty-nine states signed the pact.

Internet

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Higher learning institutions in Sagaing Region forhuman resources development

Technological University (Shwebo) which was opened in Shwebo is an educational infrastructure for local youths in the region to pursue higher education.

Suicides up last year among Japan students

As higher learninginstitutions including techno-logical university were opened inSagaing Region, those educationalinfrastructures have now been ableto turn out human resourcescapable of serving the interest ofthe State and the Region.

Technological Univer-sity (Monywa) was opened inMonywa, Sagaing Region for localyouths in the region to be able topursue higher education andadvanced technology within theirreach. University for Developmentof National Races (bottom left) wasopened in Sagaing and Institute ofEconomics (Monywa) (bottom)was opened in Monywa to fulfillthe educational needs of localpeople.

Translation: AKK

TOKYO, 11 March—The number ofstudents who took their own lives in Japan in2011 was up almost 11 percent from theprevious year, the National Police Agencyreports.

The total number of suicides fell by morethan 3 percent to 30,651, The YomiuriShimbun reported. The year was the 14thstraight when more than 30,000 peoplecommitted suicide in the country.

There were 1,029 student suicides, up by

Building Macao into world’s leisure centre101 from 2010. Where a reason for the suicidecould be determined, 140 were motivated byacademic problems and 136 by worries overwhat they would do after they left university,the NPA report said.

There were 5,547 suicides among peoplein their 60s, the largest number for any agebracket. Overall, health problems were thebiggest reason for suicide, with 65 percent ofthose who left notes or other evidence citingpoor health.—Internet

BEIJING, 11 March— Following are somequotes on building Macao into a tourism andleisure centre in the world from Ho Teng Iat,a political advisor and president of theWomen’s General As-sociation of Macao, atthe annual session of the Chinese People’sPolitical Consulta-tive Conference NationalCommittee on Sunday: — The centralgovernment should support the governmentof Macao Special Ad-ministrative Region inlaying out industry and talents policies, and

completing urban planning.—The central gover-nment should push

forward all-around coopera-tion betweenMacao and the inland areas, especially takeadvantage of the oppor-tunities ofdeveloping the Hengqin Island. < — Thecentral government should help facilitatethe flow of human, logistics, finance andinformation between Macao and the inlandareas.

Xinhua

Archive: Maung Nyein Aye

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NAY PYI TAW, 11 March — Joint General Secretary-2 of Modern People’s Party Daw Yi Yi San presented the party’s policy, stance and work programmes through radioand TV today.

The translation of her presentation is as follows.

I am Daw Yi Yi San (Pen name-Khin Win San), JointGeneral Secretary-2 of the Central Executive Committeeof Modern People’s Party. I am also a Pyithu Hluttawcandidate representing Wakhema Township.

First, I wish all the Myanmar people good health andhappiness.

Since 1980, our party has conducted research on thedefectiveness of socialism that centralizes economy andpolitics. Since then, we, a group of modern political eco-science, have transformed into Modern People’s Party bydoing constant research on Myanmar and internationaleconomic and political policies in the public interest.This is why our party has experienced in politics andpolicy research.

There are four principles of social science that reignin the world and cannot be prevented by any creator. Theyare: 1) Nothing can be done without the mass of people,2) Nothing can be done without public elections, 3)People must be allowed to choose a suitable, correctpolicy in their best interest, and 4) If they are not allowedto do so, people will choose their own way.

So, our party will try to perform the duty of buildinga modern democratic nation upholding the above fourprinciples. We will do everything peacefully. We don’taccept the way we will initiate violence if everythingcannot be done in peace. Our party has adopted anunconditional peace programme. Any measures involvingviolence and confrontation are outdated and can go backto the old eras as they can destroy revolutionary materialsand knowledge. If there are any internal and externalarmed conflicts, we will try our utmost to cease thoseclashes for peace by openly pointing out which side isheld accountability and which side is not. Social scientistssay that barbaric ages generate wars and vice versa. Thisis why our party will adopt an unconditional peaceprogramme keeping in the fore “Theory becomes a materialforce when it grips the masses”.Building up a peaceful, stable and modern developeddemocratic nation

Seeking and studying experiences and suggestionsfrom global countries are necessary as well as beneficial.Yet, no matter where those advice and suggestions comefrom and how sincere they are, they need to be in conformitywith the nation’s prevailing objective conditions. Thephenomenon of social science also says truth can only besought in real life. Any creator cannot build a democraticnation overnight and it cannot be copied from othercountries, either. Democracy must be domestically created.The granting of freedom alone cannot promote democracy.In democracies, people need to have good knowledge aseverything is decided by the majority. To have wisdomand knowledge, people’s living standards need to develop.To raise their living standards, it is necessary to developeconomic forces of people. Modern political eco-sciencesays the development of the productive forces is thehighest criterion of the social progress. Hence, in thistransition to democracy, it is time all the people needed towork hard to develop the said three basic needs.

I will elaborate our party’s policy programmes inbrief.(a) Economy

We will practise open market economy that guaranteespeople’s economic freedom. We will prioritizedevelopment of private economic enterprises, inviteforeign director investments and encourage ourbusinessmen to invest in foreign countries. We will promote

cooperation with our neighbouring countries, ASEANcountries and all global countries in manufacturingcommodities and production technologies.(b) Politics

We will exercise multi-party democracy thatguarantees people’s political freedom. For the flourishingof democracy, we will enshrine in the constitution therights to express freely, write freely, organize and speakfreely, assemble peacefully, form political parties freelyand set up community-based organizations.(c) Education

We will adopt an education system capable of turningout intellectuals and intelligentsia who can serve the realpublic interests in this age of knowledge. Our educationsystem must be able to generate human resources. We willadopt a compulsory free middle education system foreducation promotion of the people. Private sector will beallowed to get involved in the education field. We willencourage both government and private sector to doeducation research. We will also encourage studying ataccredited international universities and cooperation withthose universities.(d) Health

We will try for the uplift of health and fitness of theentire national people by laying down national healthprojects. We will highlight scientific improvement ofmedical branches. We will try to make sure that governmenttakes charge of providing public health care and thatprivate sector competes in the health sector. We will alsoencourage medical research including traditional medicine.(e) Defence

There must be a modern national Tatmadaw which iscapable of safeguarding independence and sovereignty,protecting the constitution prescribed in accord withdemocratic practices and safeguarding the Union at risk ofits life. We will try to ensure that our Tatmadaw is alwaysmodern and advanced.(f) Foreign affairs

We will continue to practise the five principles ofpeaceful co-existence. For the peaceful evolution ofinternational human society, we will exercise an independentforeign policy. We will try for international peace anddevelopment, especially for evolution of genuine capitalism.We will actively cooperate with the UN in internationalsecurity, peace and development and other global issues.(g) Agriculture

We will adopt an agricultural policy that guaranteesfree cultivation, storage and distribution and free internaland external trading. We will try to adopt an agriculturalsystem of commercial-scale cultivation with hightechnology for socio-economic development of rural andneedy farmers.(h) Cultural and social affairs

We will try to maintain traditional cultural heritagesof the Myanmar national races and promote the culturesthat emerge with the times. In social affairs, we will maintainsocial affairs and fine traditions of the national races. At thesame time, we will employ social practices according to thepresent time.(i) Religious affairs

We will allow people to choose their faith freely andengage freely in their religious matters. (The mixed practiceof religion and politics is not allowed.)(j) National race affairs

We will build a genuine Union with market economysystem and democratic rights that can guarantee the equalrights for all the national races. We will solemnly strive forevolution of genuine capitalism free from chauvinism andnarrow racism and for ensuring national unity andperpetuation of the Union.(k) Internal Peace

We must follow the Path of National Reconciliation toend one of the longest civil war of the world and restoreinternal peace for evermore.

In summary, we will strive at our best to develop thecapitalism which increases the investment or GenuineCapitalism which is, otherwise, not the sort of capitalismwhich sparked off crisis in industrialized nations of theworld today as we believe surplus value is germ seed ofdevelopment of social production. Market economy and

democracy form capitalism.Social scientists say,“Capitalists do not live inluxury on surplus value.They work restlessly to bein production and to step upproduction. Rivalry incapitalism improves theproduction endlessly. Thiscompetitiveness amongcapitalists reduces price andprevent monopoly. Thecapitalists always producethings for the society. They restlessly mobilize the societyfor constant modernization. Labour, farmers and the poorhas the equal right to vote only under the capitalism. Forinstance, a ballot of capitalists followed by the ballots ofworkers and the poor could create three branches of power,known as executive, judicial and legislation powers.”

Today, the Union government is initiating reformsfor emergence of new modern, developed and democraticnation. Our Modern People’s Party is also implementing14 procedures for rural development and human rights.

These are:(1) Granting the ownership of farmlands to those who

engage in farming.(2) Non-expropriation of currently running farmland and

property by the government or private entrepreneurs(if the government has to do so, awarding decentcompensation or compensatory land).

(3) Not digging fish ponds in thriving farmlands.(4) Seeking justice against capitalization on and

exploitation of honesty of farmers.(5) Granting the rights to grow, store and sell freely to

farmers. (Allowing them to sell at both local andforeign markets.)

(6) Trying industrial technologies to develop high-yieldmodern farming system.

(7) Eradicating private monopolized landlords who donot really engage in farming and tenancy they collect.

(8) Participation of representatives of farmers in affairs offarmers.

(9) Helping farmers to report violations of human rightsagainst farmers and miscarriage of justice steered bythe rich exploiting the poverty to authorities, thePresident, courts, respective committees of people’sHluttaws, Hluttaw speakers, National Human RightsCommission or media freely in legal framework.

(10) Striving at our best for economic, health, educationand social improvements of farmers.

(11) Communicating with government organizations bymembers of Modern People’s Party with a civil tongue.

(12) Seeking solutions for internal issues, difficulties anddisputes only at home (if it is not possible in 1000thtime, in 1001st time) with the national attitude ofresolving internal issues only inside.

(13) Working in cooperation with the government inshaping Good Governance and Clean Government.

(14) Carrying out abovementioned tasks through peacefuland progressive ways.Our party will try to make changes in laws, bylaws and

rules and regulations that hinder human rights of theentire people including workers, poor workers andentrepreneurs, great or small, and promotion of democracywithin the framework of the constitution without fail.

There are three extremist mistakes that lead to failureof public-based organizations. They are (1) establishingpersonality cult on unbridled freedom (without principle),(2) introducing objectives which are not commensuratewith the actual social lives of the people though they arecorrect, and (3) continuing adoption of wrong principles.

We, Modern People’s Party, solemnly promise thepeople to work for emergence of new modern, developedand democratic nation on the world stage through nationalreconciliation, internal peace and human rights anddemocracy without making three extremist mistakes.

To help democracy flourish through peaceful andprogressive way, I would like you to vote Modern People’sParty with the green globe where Myanmar map isembedded with three red stars.

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NAY PYI TAW, 11 March—Secretary-General of Union Solidarity and Development Party U Htay Oo presented party’s policy, stance and work programmes through radioand TV this evening.

The translation of his presentation is as follows:-

Esteemed people,I extend greetings to all may you all be physical and

mental wellbeing.I am U Htay Oo, Secretary-General of the Union

Solidarity and Development Party.First and foremost, I would like to express our heartfelt

thanks to the esteemed people for your landslide supportand cooperation over representatives of the UnionSolidarity and Development Party in the multi-partydemocracy general election in 2010.

Our party is always paying respects to the esteemedpeople for your trusts and supports. With theencouragement and support of the people, we are strivingfor ensuring peace and prosperity of all national people,life security, fulfillment of basic needs and social needsand flourishing of democracy both inside and outsideHluttaw.Esteemed people,

The Union Solidarity and Development Party isconstituted with those from all walks of life with samebelieve from various regions of the nation.

The vision of the party is set in line with the aspirationof the people “to build a peaceful, prosperous, modern,developed democratic nation”.

According to the historical demand, the UnionSolidarity and Development Party will steadfastly uphold“Non-disintegration of the Union, Non-disintegration ofNational Solidarity and Perpetuation of Sovereignty” asnational policy.

The party will strive for flourishing democracy processthat harmoniously practises liberty and accountability,for frankly joining hands with global countries in linewith the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence and forproperly practising market economic system so as tonarrow the gap between wealthy and poorness anddeveloping the economy of the State and the people.

While pouring out strenuous efforts for making eternalpeace in the nation, the party will try its best for preventionagainst internal and external dangers that can harm theinterests of the State and the people. In accord with theConstitution, we will grant the citizens to be able to enjoyfundamental rights, democracy and human rights. Emphasiswill be placed on development of all national races includingthose of border areas that lag behind in development. Weare now striving for enhancement of social economic life ofthe farmers, protection of their farmlands and sales ofagricultural produce at fair prices. Moreover, the party istrying its best for creating greater job opportunities and forharmonizing the least salary of workers with existing costof social life. Moreover, we are seeking various ways andmeans for ensuring smoothness of trade not to cause a risein the price of commodities.Esteemed people,

Our party will grant the freedom of belief and religion.With regard to the education sector, the party will encouragedevelopment of international level human resources onwhich the State relies. Furthermore, we are striving forproviding health care services with coverage over thewhole national people and preserving characters of nationalculture among the national races. At present, the party istaking an active part in amending, adding, abolishing andrenewing the existing laws that are not in conformity withthe present era and system.

Our party accepts that all strata of the people such aspeasants, workers, youths, women, intellectuals,intelligentsia, artistes, media and public service personnelare important forces in respective sectors in building a newnation. The policies and development work programmesbeing realized by the party are serving the interest of thepeople.

As our party members are also the people like the otherpeople in this country, born on this land, drink water fromthe same river and have grew up under the caring hands ofthe motherland and the people. We are serving the interestsof our own region, our country and our people as much aswe can out of nationalistic fervor and patriotic spirit. Wetake it as repaying the gratitude of the motherland andpeople. In serving the interests of the nation and people, wetake legal parties and personalities as our partners.Esteemed people,

For every process including the nation-building one,it needs to taken right actions with might and main in thepresent based on the legacy from the past in search of betterresults in the future. Developments today are the outcome

Esteemed people,In the forthcoming by-election, people from vacant

constituencies will have a chance to elect MPs who canactually serve the interests of own region and the people.It is important to make right decision to choose the onewho can really serve the interests of own region and thepeople. For the future to which we can only imagine, weneed to assess the efforts of candidates in the present andthe future. I believe that voters can cast the right ballotrealizing which party, organization and personalities areactually serving the interests of own region throughaction and not by words.Esteemed people,

Our Union Solidarity and Development Party is bornout of Union Solidarity and Development Associationwhich had worked in tandem with the people in theinterests of the nation and the people about 17 years. It wasthe national element who joined the efforts of the peoplein smooth transformation to multiparty democracy.Although it could not fulfill all the wishes of the people,it managed to leave most productive results. It is also aparty which can guarantee people to complete theremaining processes aspired by them as soon as time andconditions are mature. Our party is not under themanagement of single leader but a firm organizationunder the collective leadership which attaches greatimportance to voices, wishes and needs of the people.Like the motto of the party “Public opinion, our diagram;public rights our pride; public aspiration, ourdetermination”, we guarantee national interests anddemocratic process. For us, people are our parents. Wehave chosen representatives who can devote and aredevoting their mind and souls into the public welfare. Iwould like to ask the people to make comparison based onthe real situation and cast a right vote.

Thank you.

of the endeavours in the past.Here, historical backgroundis important. Generally,those who have goodhistorical background cancreate pleasant future.Things never stay the sameand we are thus committedto do our best in the allpossible interests of thenation and the people everytime.

Union Solidarity and Development Partypresents its policy, stance and work programmes

SPEECH CLARIFIED: The clarification onspeech delivered by Union Minister for

Information and for Culture U Kyaw Hsan atthe ceremony to mark the 21st Anniversary ofInformation and Public Relations Departmentwas held at Namkham Township IPRD on 1

March. Head of Township IPRD Daw Nay ChiThway explains the speech of the Union

Minister for staff.—TOWNSHIP IPRD

Preventive measures onbird flu taken

Applied Pharmacy ManagementCourse concludes

YANGON, 11 March—The Applied PharmacyManagement Course No. 13, organized by MyanmarPharmaceuticals and Medical Equipment DealersAssociation, concluded at the office of the association atUMFCCI Office Tower Level 5 on Minye Kyawswa Road inLanmadaw Township on 8 March morning.

Vice-Chairman of the association U Thant Zinmade a speech.

Next, Vice-Chairman U Thant Zin, centralexecutive committee member Dr Saw Mya Aung, executiveU Myo Thet and U Kyaw Thein Zan, Chief Course InstructorDr Mie Mie Ko and Dr Thanda Win presented completioncertificates to the trainees.

The Vice-Chairman awarded outstanding traineeDaw Ohnma Khin.

Advanced Applied Pharmacy ManagementCourse No. 11 will be opened in May.

Myanma Alin

KAWLIN, 11 March—According to the plan onprevention against avian influenza in Kawlin Township ofSagaing Region, Staff Officer U Hsan Aung, Deputy HeadsDr Tin Win Shwe and Dr Thein Aye of Township LivestockBreeding and Veterinary Department, Chairman ofTownship Livestock Breeding Association U Yan GyiAung and Secretary U Zaw Win Tun gave talks on use ofspraying disinfectant on the breeding farms and factsabout bird flu for raising knowledge about bio-securityand surveillance against bird flu disease at 47 poultryfarms in six wards of Kawlin on 3 March.

They also distributed pamphlets to the breeders.On 4 March, responsible person of Township

Livestock Breeding Association and Executive Officer UTint Wai of Township Development Affairs Committeeand party inspected shops of selling chicken and eggs atthe market of Township Development Affairs Committee.

Myanma Alin

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As all national people arefamilies living…

President U Thein Sein andwife Daw Khin Khin Win

donate eight essentialrequisites to Sayadaws at

Sasana Beikman inKengtung.—MNA

Incumbent government…(from page 16)

The President then cordiallygreeted those present. He thenproceeded to Kengtung SasanaBeikman and paid homage to monks.The congregation led by thePresident and wife Daw Khin KhinWin received Five Precepts fromAbbot of Kengying MonasteryAgga Maha Saddhamma Jotikadaja

Bhaddanta Khemasara and sermonsfrom Sayadaws.

The President and wifepresented Eight Prerequisites andoffertories to Sayadaws. Next, DawKhin Khin Win and wife of the Statechief minister Daw Phyu PhyuNyunt presented offertories to nuns,the deputy commander-in-chief andthe Union ministers EightPrerequisites and offertories toSayadaws.

Next, the congregationreceived sermons from Abbot ofKengtung Theravada Hilly RegionMissionary Sasana Taxila MahaDhammaçariya Maha SaddhammaJotikadaja Bhaddanta Tejaniya andshared the merits gained.

The President and partyarrived back here from Kengtung byair at noon.—MNA

President U Thein Seincordially greets those

present at meeting in townhall of Kengtung.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March—Union Minister forEnvironmental Conservation and Forestry U Win Tun on 9March met staff of Forest Department and Myanma TimberEnterprise at MTE Office in Taunggyi. He called forcombating bribery, sticking to ethics of civil servants andaccomplishing duties.

He inspected Taunglelone nursery for greening ofInlay Lake under Forest Department. He heard reportsubmitted by an official.

The Union Minister inspected west Inlay reserveforest, water and soil conservation in Paungpine creek andconstruction of check dams. Forest Department has beenconstructed 28 check dams in 2011-2012 fiscal year.

He inspected contour bund for prevention againsterosion near Shwe Taung Oo Pagoda.

The Union Minister also visited No (127) Sawmill(Thitpinhtaung) Ayethaya Myothit and left necessaryinstructions.—MNA

Union Minister on inspectiontour of Shan State

Shan State Chief Minister U Sao Aung Myat makingclarification.—MNA

(from page 1)The nation and the people had to go through more than

60 years of instability and lack of peace. Shan State itself stillhas to suffer the wounds of instability. This is why thegovernment is making all-out efforts to ensure domesticpolitical stability. While making arrangements to meet andnegotiate with internal political forces to discard differences,the government is taking reform measures in order that allpolitical forces can cooperate in future political programmes,added the President.

He went on to say that national security and stabilityare essential requirements for national economic developmentas well as people’s socioeconomic progress. This is why thegovernment is placing emphasis on talks and negotiationswith national race armed groups to achieve lasting peace.

State level and Union level peace talks and agreementswith more armed groups are bearing fruits. All the groups withwhich peace talks have been held have agreed that they willnever secede from the Union and will accept Our Three MainNational Causes. After achieving peace, arrangements will bemade for older people from the national race groups to getinvolved in party politics, for middle-aged people to be eco-nomically strong and for young people to be able to safeguardtheir own country. Today, the whole Shan State has been quietwith no sound of gunfire and enjoyed peace and stability toa certain degree, noted the President.

As all the national people are the families living underthe same roof of the nation, the time has come for them to worktogether for national development with full understanding,instead of arguing with each other.

The government is laying down policies in order to

maintain the momentum of agricultural development andpromote modern industrial development based on agriculture.

The President said that agriculture needs to developfor food security of the whole nation. So, it is necessary toengage in agriculture with modern scientific methods in placeof conventional ones. Measures are also required to reducecrop wastages and to produce high yield.

Efforts must be made to establish a modern industrialnation for economic development and prosperity of thenation. For example, steps should be taken to sell timbersas value-added products and finished products by

establishing factories of rubber and oilpalm raw materials.

If Shan State fully enjoyed peace, jobopportunities would be created for thoseback home from border regions and migrantworkers. Therefore, factories and workshopsmust be set up by inviting domestic andforeign investments.

In accord with MDGs, the nation’spoverty rate will reduce from 26% to 16% by2015. So, efforts are necessary to establishfactory complexes to create jobs. The gov-ernment is also trying to develop IT byinviting foreign investments. Encourage-ment is being given to the development ofhuman resources, education and health andit is needed to set the aim of having skilledhuman resources ready for establishment ofan industrialized nation.

The President continued that by-elections will be held soon to fill the 48 vacantconstituencies. So, all are to try to ensure the

most transparent and free and fair election. The democracy thenation is practising cannot be identical to Western democracies.All the people including those from Shan State are to try tobuild a discipline-flourishing, genuine democracy that suitsthe character and prevailing conditions of the nation and thepeople, urged the President.

Later, the President cordially greeted those present, leftTaunggyi by air and arrived in Kengtung in the afternoon.

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NAY PYI TAW, 11 March—DawKhin Khin Win, wife of PresidentU Thein Sein met members ofDistrict and Township Women’sAffairs Organizations and Mater-nal and Child Welfare SupervisoryCommittee at District WAO Officein Kengtung yesterday afternoon.

She called for making con-certed efforts in carrying outWAO’s tasks to make the organi-zation more successful. Works forhelping women generate more in-come and disseminating healtheducation are to be implemented,she said. As Kengtung is a borderregion, it is needed to educateMyanmar women to adore andvalue traditional customs, to ac-

President’s wife Daw Khin Khin Win meets WAOs, MCWA in Kengtungtively participate in the fightagainst human smuggling andtrafficking, to disseminate knowl-edge for prevention against humansmuggling and trafficking on fieldtrips to village-tracts in the region,and to conduct training courses insummer holiday season to school-children to help them use theirleisure times effectively, she said.

Maternal and Child WelfareAssociations are to provide educa-tion, health and social services tomothers and children through mo-bilization, she said. She also urgedthem to make school health sectora success and provide dental careto basic education students in co-ordination with school doctor. She

called for opening auxiliarymidwifery courses constantly. Shecontinued to say that cleft lip andpalate patients in the region are tobe enlisted and reported it to Uniongovernment office. Those whoneed further treatment will be sentto Yangon and Mandalay to un-dergo surgery and MyanmarMaternal and Child WelfareAssociation (Central) will provideassistance, she said. She highlightedthe need of plan to provide surgeryto eye patients. She called forcoordination among administrativeorganizations and related depart-ments to open philanthropic nightschools.

The chairperson of KengtungDistrict WAO and a member of

District MCWA reported onprogress of works.

The wife of the President calledfor unity in realizing tasks.

She presented K 0.5 millioneach donated by the President’sfamily to district and townshipWAOs and Maternal and ChildWelfare Supervisory Committee.Shwe Than Lwin Co and KanbawzaBank Co Ltd donated K 5 millioneach to the fund and the formerpresented two Sky Net (DTH) re-ceivers.

On arrival at Kengtung Homefor the Aged, the wife of thePresident donated K 0.5 million tothe elder persons. Shwe Than LwinCo and Kanbawza Bank Co Ltddonated K 5 million each to the

fund and the former presented oneSky Net (DTH) receiver.

She also visited Labour Roomof Kengtung Township MCWAand gave away food and medicinesto expectant mothers. She urgedthem to have healthy diet. Shedonated K 0.5 million to the elderpersons. Shwe Than Lwin Co andKanbawza Bank Co Ltd donated K5 million each to the fund.

The wife of the President thenvisited to Kengtung self-reliantkindergarten and urged the head-master, teachers and officials tocarry out school development tasks.The wife of the President donatedK 0.5 million to the elder persons.Shwe Than Lwin Co presented oneSky Net (DTH) receiver.—MNA

Union of Myanmar and KIO's central delegation.(2) The peace talks have seen progress and the two sides could

build trust during the meetings.(3) The peace talks will continue through political means.(4) The two sides believe that military tensions would be

decreased as a result of the peace talks.(5) The two sides will continue to discuss the issues related

to the outposts in conflict areas until the two sides reachan agreement and will carry on the agreement aftersetting dates.After the meeting, on behalf of the President, U Aung

Thaung, the leader of the union level peace-making group,presented 20 sets of Sky net from the President as a peace giftto U Swam Lut Gum, the leader of the KIO's central delega-tion. U Aung Thaung also presented gifts to officials of thePeople's Republic of China.

During the meeting, the union level peace-makinggroup was led by U Aung Thaung, Taungtha Townshiprepresentative for Pyithu Hlutaw, comprising DeputyChairman of the group U Thein Zaw, Myitkyina Townshiprepresentative for Pyithu Hluttaw and members UnionMinister for Cooperatives and for Livestock and Fisheries UOhn Myint, Chief Minister of Kachin State U La Jun NganSai, Deputy Ministers U Phone Swe and Maj-Gen Zaw Win,Kachin State Minister for Security and Border Affairs ColThan Aung, Amyotha Hluttaw representative U Khet HteinNan, Mansi Township Pyithu Hluttaw Representative UTun Thein (a) U Tun Tun, Lt-Col Zaw Naing Oo ofCommander-in-Chief (Army) Office, Col Win Thein ofNorth East Command. KIO central delegation was headed byU Swam Lut Gum, member of the central committee of KIO,comprising members of the central committee U La Hpai La,U La Zein Ji Naung, U Khun Naung, U Naw Bu, U Naw Twe,U Maran Zaw Taung and U Hsin Khaw.

Afterwards, they posed for a documentary photo.—MNA

Union level peace-making group, KIO delegationrelease joint-statement after third peace talks

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March — Union level peace-makinggroup and a central delegation of Kachin IndependenceOrganization (KIO) held peace talks for the third time atJingcheng Hotel in Shweli in the People's Republic of Chinafrom 8 March to yesterday.

During the three-day peace talks, the two sides cordiallydiscussed the facts focused during the 2nd Union-level talkson January 19.

The two sides held a third-day meeting yesterday,focusing on the facts discussed during the first and secondmeetings.

The two sides announced a joint-statement after dis-cussed the peace issues in detail yesterday.

The joint-statement said:(1) The two sides have satisfied the peace talks between the

Union level peace-making group of the Republic of the

Daw Khin Khin Win, wife of President U Thein Sein, donates cash to older persons atKengtung Home for the Aged.—MNA

Daw Khin Khin Win, wife of President U Thein Sein, donatescash to Kengtung District and Township Maternal and Child

Welfare Supervisory Committee.—MNA

Leader of

Union-level

Peace Making

Group U

Aung Thaung

presents 20

Sky Net

receivers to

U Swam Lut

Gum, leader

of KIO central

delegation.

MNA

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Traditionally, family values havebeen relayed from one generation toanother throughout the long history ofhuman civilization and this traditionenables posterity has the knowledge onformation and limits of families.

More often than not this tradition isthe power that can make a family unique.It draws the family members closer andproduces a sense of unity among themeventually strengthening the bonds oflove and understanding. In fact, a strongfamily unit forms a protected, constructiveand helpful place for all its members toflourish well. A family tradition will benothing more than a morning breakfast ora dinner or a religious or social gatheringon a holiday or a family meeting or a familyvacation at which all members can have anice chatting and feel togetherness andsuch a practice is enough for them tobecome a firmly knit community throughbroader and closer communication andcohesion. This kind of opportunity isessential for all members to come togetherand share their feelings, opinions, viewsand lives. In fact, a family meeting is achance to categorize the matters it valuesaccording to priority list and define itslifestyle.

Naturally, all the family membershave not so much free time as they are withtheir own schedules. For example, elders

Family valuesFamily valuesFamily values Tin Maung Thanare working at private or governmentorganizations or running their ownbusinesses to earn money for the family,while youngsters are pursuing knowledgefor their future. In any case, all families needto make this tradition ever alive.

Weakness in communication maycause misery and misunderstandings withinthe family turning minor issues into majorproblems and in some cases they becomeuncontrollable.

Honesty is another essential familyvalue as it is underpinning all relationshipsto last long. There must be parent-children,husband-wife, and sister-brother honestyas a family cannot form a deeper andenduring connection without it. Inconsequence, a family must encouragehonesty by practicing understanding andrespect. Family members should welcomeand accept constructive criticism andsuggestions among themselves and failureto do will destroy the values such asunderstanding, coherence and openness.

In the rural or the urban, parents inreality are the head couple of a family and therelationship between the father and the motheris much important as it has a lot of effects ontheir children. A happily married couple willcreate a joyful and healthy family in whichthoughts, opinions and perspectives can beexpressed more freely and openly.

In a family, parents need to teach

their children how to make sound decisions.If the children have witnessed their parentsalways smart and making wise decisionsover the years, they themselves will becomegood decision makers too.

There are other important factorssuch as solidity, flexibility, responsibility,curiosity, encouragement, generosity,forgiveness, respect, and so on for membersto form a family in which values areembraced and well preserved.

A rural family preparing for a pilgrimage.Family trips enhance the sense of togethernessone of the essential family values. (Courtesy:

Enchanting Myanmar)

Some people say family values are politicaland social beliefs that hold the nuclearfamily to be the essential ethical and moralunit of society while others define a familyas a social unit consisting of parents andthe children they raise.

Anyhow, the values a familydevelops and embraces in general are thefoundation for how children or in otherwords future generations learn, grow,develop and take their roles in the world.

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March— UnionMinister for Border Affairs Lt-Gen TheinHtay held a meeting with the principal andfaculty members and students at BorderAreas Nationalities’ youth training schoolin Kengtung this morning.

The Union Minister paid a close lookat automobile parts displayed inside at thehall of the school and then he deliveredspeech at a ceremony to make donation and

Union Border Affairs Minister on inspectiontour of Border Areas Nationalities’ youth

training school in Kengtunggive gifts at the hall of the domestic sciencetraining school.

Chairman of Kanbawza Bank LimitedU Aung Ko Win and Chairman of ShweThanlwin Co U Kyaw Win presentedK 5 million in total, and Chairman U KyawWin a set of Sky Net (DTH), TV, a generator.

Afterwards, the Union Minister gaveconfidence to the trainees sewing clothes.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March—UnionMinister for Immigration and Population UKhin Yi met departmental personnel, wardand village administrators at the Mandalaygovernment office on 4 March.

At the meeting, Chairman of NationalPopulation and Development Commissionand Central Census Commission UnionMinister U Khin Yi elaborated on issuanceof national scrutiny cards and censuses underMoepwint (2) Plan, plans for record of 2012

Union I &P Minister meets departmentalpersonnel, ward/village administrators in

Mandalay Regiondomestic mobilization and taking nationalcensus in 2014, calling for cooperationwith his ministry for the success of thoseworks.

Mandalay Region Chief Minister UYe Myint explained assistance possiblefrom departments in the region. The Unionminister and Director-General U MaungMaung Than then replied to queries ofHluttaw representatives and personne.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11March — Union Minister forConstruction U Khin MaungMyint held a meetingemployees of Shan State(South) Public Works on 9March.

During the meeting,Superintending Engineer of

Union Construction Minister meets employees(South), stepping up effortsin the opening season,efficient use of oil and tar,taking fire preventivemeasures and supervisingthe roads and bridges whichare being constructed underthe BOT system. The UnionMinister also met with road

NAY PYI TAW, 11 March— The Information andPublic Relation Department in PyinOoLwin District inMandalay Region held a donation ceremony ofpublications so as to nurture reading habits, at LandRecord Training School in PyinOoLwin on 9 Marchmorning.

Mandalay Region Minister for Finance andRevenue U Phone Zaw Han delivered an address. AndDeputy Director U Kyaw Than Tun the Information andPublic Relation Department explained the purpose of theceremony to those present.

Afterwards, the winners of the esay contest (Open)and the extempore contest (Open) were awarded.Contributed by Myanmar Libraries’ Foundation, Region/District Information and Public Relation Department, thepublications went to a total of 20 village-libraries.

Then, wellwishers added in the fund of the librariesthat are under construction and that have been put intoservice.

It was known that March 10, there has beenK 349,000 in total of cash and publication donations.

MNA

Cash, publications donationheld in Mandalay

Shan State Public Worksreported on conditions ofroads and bridges,organizational set-up andmachinery.

The Union Ministercalled for improvement ofcondition of roads andbridges in Shan State

& bridge specialconstruction groups andemployees of the HousingDevelopment Departmentand called on them for doingtheir work dutifully, for usingthe fund in accordance withthe financial rules andregulations and followingthe codes of conduct ofpublic servants.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 11March—A meeting betweenmember of Union ElectionCommission (Kachin StateIn-Charge) and members ofs ta te /dis t r ic t / townshipelection sub-commissions

Member of UEC (Kachin State In-Charge)meets members of state/district/townshipelection sub-commissions of Kachin State

of Kachin State was held atthe Town Hall of Myitkyinayesterday afternoon.

At the meeting,member of Union ElectionCommission (Kachin StateIn-Charge) U Win Kyi

briefed on preparations forsuccessful holding of by-election to be held 1 Mayand facts to be careful about.

Next, Chairman ofKachin State Election Sub-commission U Nyunt Shwe

presented matters onforming of sub-commissionsat different levels inMogaung, Phakant andBhamo constituencies,political parties to stand forthe by-election, compilingof voters list, designation ofpolling stations, and others.

This was followed by ageneral round of discussionsin which chairmen andsecretaries of the townshipsub-commissions par-ticipated.—MNA

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Singaporean youth delegation enjoys performance oftraditional cane-ball

YANGON, 11 March—Ayouth diplomatic delegationled by SingaporeanAmbassador to the Republicof the Union of Myanmar MrRobert Chua enjoyed skillsdemonstration of Myanmartraditional cane-ball at theNational Indoor Stadium-1

in Thuwunna ofThingangyun Township ofYangon Region at 4 pm 5March.

Selected Myanmarathletes of Myanmar Cane-ball Federation performeddemonstration on theirbrilliant skills of playing

traditional cane-ball.The Ambassador of

Singapore to the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar andVice-President of MyanmarCane-ball Federation U TunWin exchanged gifts.

Officials of thefederation presentedcommemorative cane-ballsto members of the delegation.The SingaporeanAmbassador and youths ofthe delegation joyfullyplayed traditional cane-ball.

The Singaporean youthdelegation arrived here tovisit pagodas and stupas andobserve traditional cultureand traditional sportsevents.—Myanma Alin

Palethwe hybrid paddy strain grown in TatkonTownship

NAY PYI TAW, 11March—Member of Nay PyiTaw Council U Myint Shweand members of the districtagricultural coordinationcommittee met local farmersat 110-acre Palethwe hybridpaddy strain plantationbeing grown through goodagricultural pattern in YeayeNyaungton-aing Village ofTatkon Township in Nay PyiTaw Council Area on 29February.

They explainedcultivation of hybrid paddy

strains.Present at the meeting

were Township Admini-strator U Aye Lu, Head of

Township MyanmaAgriculture Department UChit Swe Oo and officials.

Myanma Alin

MULTIPLIER COURSE OPENED: As part of efforts to prepare collection of censusin 2014, the map drafting and collection of data on local movements multiplier courseNo. 2/2012 was opened and the basic computer and spoken English course No. 1/2012

at Kachin State Immigration and National Registration Department on 27February.—STATE INRD

Construction of library inspected in MomaukMOMAUK, 11 March—Township

Administrator U Nyan Hlaing of MomaukTownship and Head of Township Informationand Public Relations Department inspectedSar Bagyi Library built with contributions ofthe State and local people in MyohaungVillage of Momauk Township, BhamoDistrict, Kachin State on 1 March.

In meeting with members of the library

committee and village elders, they explainedtimely completion in construction of thelibrary building, donation of books andpublications, media materials and furniture,and setting up of fund.

Later, they presented K 500,000provided by the State for the second time tothe fund of the library through local people.

Township IPRD

Earthen bricks replaced withcement ones

MANDALAY, 11 March—Due to changes of lifestyle ofthe people who prefer high-rise buildings andconstruction tasks indevelopment undertakingsof the State, brick demand ishigher and higher. As such,regions and states facedeforestations and soildegradation.

As part of efforts to

conserve natural forests andland resources, cement brickssubstitute in the places ofearthen bricks in the marketin Patheingyi andPyinOoLwin townships. Apiece of earthen brick is worthK 90 and cement brick, K 80.Cement brick is marketablein urban construction tasksin Mandalay.—Thiha Ko Ko(Mandalay)

Myanmar Libraries Foundation is giving encouragementto broadening the horizon of the people and developing self-reliant libraries across the nation.

Those wishing to donate cash and books to the librariesmay contact Myanmar Libraries Foundation at No. 228 onTheinbyu Street in Botahtaung Township, Yangon, Tel: 01-371342, 01-201936 and 01-398756.

MLF invites wellwishers to donatecash, books

Breeding ranches inspected inKyaukse

KYAUKSE, 11 March—Cow breeding is being undertakenin Taohn, Nyaungbintha, Daunggyikwe and Ywabo villagesof Mandalay Region.

On 28 February, Head of Region Livestock Breedingand Veterinary Department Dr Than Htaik and partyinspected rural development undertakings and cow breedingalong the bank of Dokhtawady River.

During the visits, Dr Nilar Aung explained technologyto feed nutritious feedstuff to cows and Dr Aye Mya Kyi,control of infectious diseases.—Myanma Alin

Power lines substituted withnew ones

YANGON, 11 March—The400-volt power line wassubstituted with new one forpublic consumption near thejunction of Banyadala Roadand U Aung Myat Road inThabyegon Ward of MingalaTaungnyunt Township ofYangon Region on 29February.

Such power line was

substituted with new one forensuring safety of electricity,minimizing loss of electricityand supplying electricity atfull capacity.

Township electricalengineer U Aung Kyaw Moeand skilled workerssupervised the replacementof power line section.

Township EP

Special care taken for fish andprawn

YANGON, 11 March—Anofficial of the FisheriesDepartment said that special

care is being taken in breedingfish and prawn across thenation in season changeperiod.

It was learnt that a largenumber of fish and prawn maydie in season change periodin March and April.

Staff members of theFisheries Department makefield trips to fish and prawnbreeding ponds of TwantayTownship in Yangon Regionand take special care of fishand prawn, he said at the fishand meat entrepreneurs’weekly meeting 10/2012.

Myanma Alin

Knowledge on preventionagainst trafficking in person

disseminatedHTANTABIN, 11 March—An educative talk on prevention

against trafficking in person was held at Thiri Mingala Hallof Htantabin Township of Bago Region on 24 Februarymorning.

Secretary of Toungoo District Anti-Human TraffickingCommittee Police Major Chin Sein made a speech.

Deputy Head of Township General AdministrationDepartment U Nay Thway, IP Myo Thein of Bago RegionAnti-Human Trafficking Special Squad and Tawkywe-inPolice Station Commander IP Khin Maung Hla of KyaukdagaTownship disseminated knowledge about trafficking inperson.—Township IPRD

DISTRICTNEWS

Take Fire PreventiveMeasures

CITIZENSHIP CARDSISSUED: Staff Officer ofShwepyitha Township

Immigration and NationalRegistration Department U

Zaw Thein Oo and staffmade field trip to

grassroots level in YangonNorth District for issuance

of citizenship scrutinycards. On 17 February,they issued the cards toeligible citizens at the

office of Ward 15administrator.

TOWNSHIP IPRD

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A Chinese worker wounded in arsenal blasts in Republicof Congo is carried out of a chartered plane that landedat Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of

China, late 10 March, 2012. Thirty-one Chinese workers,who were wounded in arsenal blasts that occured last

week in Brazzaville, capital of Republic of Congo,arrived here on Saturday night, after a 16-hour flight on

a chartered plane. The wounded workers will then betransfered to local hospitals for medical treatment.

XINHUA

People present flowers to victims during a memorial service to mark the firstanniversary of the on 11 March, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Fukushima, Japan,

on 11 March, 2012. A total of 300 residents from Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagiattended the memorial service on Sunday. The earthquake and ensuing tsunami left

more than 19,000 people dead or missing and triggered a nuclear accident the worldhad never seen since 1986.—XINHUA

China completes advanced high-speed trainbrake test bench

BEIJING, 11 March—China has completed theconstruction of a powerfultest bench for a train brakingsystem, setting a worldrecord by allowing amaximum test speed of up to530 kilometres per hour, arailway researcher said hereSunday.

Li Heping, a politicaladvisor and researcher with

the China Academy ofRailway Sciences (CARS),said that as a key technologyfor high-speed trains, the testbench has been put intooperation at a state keylaboratory for the high-speedrailway system at CARS.

The test bench cansimulate the high-speed trainbraking process in differentconditions like dry or humid

environments, as well asairstream, low temperatureand snowfall, Li told Xinhuaon the sidelines of China’sannual legislative session.

The CARS-developedhigh-speed train brake discand brake lining have bothpassed tests at the newbench under maximum-speedconditions, said Li.

Xinhua

Death toll risesto 3 in Chinese

restaurantblast in Russia

ST PETERABURG, 11March—Two more Chinesenationals have died fromburns suffered in a restaurantexplosion in St Petersburg,bringing the death toll tothree, officials say.

A gas blast rocked theChinese restaurant on 2March, setting the five-storyapartment building on fire.

At least eight people, alllater confirmed to be Chinesecitizens by the ChineseConsulate, were injured in theblast.

“Until now, three Chinesein total have died from burnsafter the gas explosion,” saidSergei Kapitonov, an officialin St Petersburg’s in-vestigation department.

According to earlierreports, a Chinese cook whowas injured in the accidentdied Tuesday.

Xinhua

The American band Death Cab For Cutie performsduring the “Jue Music+Art Festival” in Beijing, capital

of China, on 10 March, 2012. The festival is held inBeijing and Shanghai, east China, simultaneously from

9 to 25March .—XINHUA

Japan holds photo show in Indonesia on anniversaryof quake

JAKARTA, 11 March— Japan held a photo exhibition inIndonesia on Saturday to commemorate the victims of thedeadly earthquake which hit Japan on 11 March last year andto demostrate the post-quake recovery.

The Asahi Shimbun and Mitsubishi Corporation,supported by the Embassy of Japan and in cooperation withthe Daily Jakarta Shimbun and the Jakarta Japan Club,organized “East Japan Earthquake Press Photo Exhibition” on10-18 March .

“In the post-disaster recovery efforts in Japan, we have

China aims to launch 100 satellites during2011-2015

BEIJING, 11 March —China has set a target ofcompleting a space missionof “100 rockets, 100 satellites”during the five years between2011 and 2015, a senior spaceexecutive said on Saturday.

On average, China willcomplete about 20 launchmissions each year before2015, said Zhang Jianheng,deputy general manager ofthe China Aerospace Scienceand Technology Corp(CASC). “The densely

arranged launch missions andflight tests have posed anunprecedented challenge tothe country’s spaceprogramme,” Zhang, a deputyto the country’s toplegislature, the NationalPeople’s Congress, toldXinhua on the sidelines ofthe ongoing parliamentarysession that started onMonday.

According to Zhang,China launched 19 satellites,a target orbiter Tiangong-1

and Shenzhou-8 spacecraftwith 19 Long March rocketslast year, a record high forChina’s space programme inlaunch numbers. China hassurpassed the United States,which completed 18 launchesin 2011, to become the world’sNo. 2 in terms of launchnumbers following Russia’s36 launches, Zhang said.

In 2012, China hasplanned 30 satellite launcheswith 21 rockets, including thelaunch of Shenzhou-9spacecraft, which isscheduled to carry outChina’s first manned spacerendezvous and docking withTiangong-1 between Juneand August.— MNA/Xinhua

Three leftist rebels killed inclash in S Philippine

COTABATO, 11 March—Philippine government soldiershave killed at least three leftist rebels and wounded sevenothers during a clash in the country’s restive south, an armyofficial said Sunday.

The government soldiers under 68th Infantry Battalionwere patrolling Saturday afternoon when they encounteredsome 50 New Peoples Army rebels in Batang village, NorthCotabato province, said Prudencio Asto, public affairs chiefof the army’s 6th Division.

A three-hour firefight ensued, leaving three guerrillasdead and seven others wounded, according to Asto.

“Hundreds of families have fled for fear of their safety.The rebels only withdrew when we used howitzers,” Astosaid, adding there were no reported casualties on thegovernment side. The NPA, armed wing of the CommunistParty of the Philippines, has been waging a guerrilla campaignin the countryside for four decades. Military estimates theNPA strength at more than 4,000 men scattered in more than60 guerrilla fronts throughout the country.—Xinhua

Military helicopter crashesin S Philippines

CAMPEVANGELISTA, 11March—A helicopter underthe Tactical OperationsGroup-10 (TOG-10) of thePhilippine Air Force crashedin Kitcharao, a municipalityof its southern province ofAgusan del Norte at 10:30 amlocal time Sunday, and thepilots and passengerssurvived, the military said.

The aircraft crashedbefore landing, when it wason a mission to airlift awounded soldier forimmediate medical treatmentand to deliver additionalprovisions to operatingtroops in the area.

The cause of the crashis still unknown andpersonnel from TOG- 10 are

currently conductinginvestigation to determinewhat caused this unfortunateaccident.

All those personnelonboard of this ill-fatedchopper only sustainedminor injuries and are now instable condition.

MGen Victor A Felix,Commander of the 4thInfantry Division said, “weare saddened that one of ourreliable assets in the conductof our operations to expeditethe Filipino people’s fightagainst insurgency crashedthis morning. However, I amrelieved that the pilots, theircrew and passengers onlysustained minor injuries.”

Xinhua

received so much support and assistance from Indonesia.Therefore, as an expression of gratitude to all parties inIndonesia, let us show the last condition of the affected areasthrough this photo exhibition, “ said Takashi Kasuya, BoardDirector, Office of the President of The Asahi Shimbun.

In addition to Jakarta, the photo exhibition is also organizedby the Asahi Shimbun and Mitsubishi Corporation in Bangkok,Thailand, from 5-14 March and Seoul, South Korea, on 12-20March .

MNA/Xinhua

Philippine Air Force to havetwo more C-130

MANILA, 11 March—Philippine Air Force (AFP) willhave two additional C-130planes within next few months,a move to strengthen themilitary’s heavy-lift capability,Air Force Chief Maj Gen.Lauro Catalino dela Cruz saidSunday. According to Cruz,the first additional C-130 isexpected to arrive from UnitedStates, where it is undergoingrepair; the second one, whichis being repaired in thePhilippines, will be availableby September or October.

At present, Philippine AirForce has only one C-130,and the arrival of the two C-

130 planes would augment itsheavy-lift capability, Cruz said.

The C-130 is used by themilitary to transport troops andsupplies. It has also been usedto transport relief goods andother supplies for victims oftyphoons and other forms ofcalamities.

The Air Force isexpecting by November fouradditional Sokol helicoptersfrom Augusta PZL Swidnick,an Italian and Polish firm, whichsigned a 2.8 billion Pesos (65.6million US dollars) contractwith AFP for the delivery ofeight Sokol combat utilityhelicopters.—Xinhua

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Silver Shekel sells for $1.1million

coins from the ShoshanaCollection, which spans morethan 11 centuries.

The buyer wasidentified as Steve Rubinger,president of Antiqua AncientArt & Numismatics inWoodland Hills, Calif, whopurchased it on behalf of aprivate East Coast collector.

The Shoshana Collec-tion, consisting of more than2,200 coins from a privatecollector, is expected to raisemore than $10 million inmultiple auctions this year.

The shekel was struckshortly after the Jewish Warbegan in the year AD 66, theauction company said.

“This is literally one ofthe very first coins the Jewishrebels struck after the oustedthe Romans from Jerusalem,sending shock waves throughthe empire,” Cris Bierrenbachof Heritage Auctions said.

Front of one of the firstshekels minted in

Jerusalem after Jewishrebels ousted the ancient

Romans sold in New Yorkfor a record $1.1 million.

One of the first shekelsminted in Jerusalem afterJewish rebels ousted theancient Romans sold in NewYork for a record $1.1million, an auctioneer said.

The silver shekel is oneof only two specimensknown, Heritage Auctionssaid. It was sold Thursdaynight as part of an auction of

Dutch cheesewins top prize

A Netherlands-madelow-fat Gouda received thebest-of-show award at theWorld ChampionshipCheese Contest inWisconsin.

The Gouda, made bythe FrieslandCampinacheese company inWolvega, Netherlands, waschosen by a panel ofinternational judges, whopicked a Swiss Winzer Kateas the first runner-up and anAppenzeller as the secondrunner-up, the WisconsinState Journal reportedThursday.

“It was really a piece ofexceptional quality,” judgeJosef Hubatschek said of theDutch gouda. “From low fat(milk), it’s very difficult togive it a good body andintensive taste because fatis carrying flavor. It’s really,really difficult.”

Vistors watch luxuryyachts in the 6-day

HISWA Boat Show inAmsterdam on 8

March, 2012. Thebiannual exhibition

will be held till on 11March, which attracted

more than 300exhibitors to show their

newest boat andequipment around the

water sport.

Parrot scares off burglarsA parrot in Britain

managed to scare off intrudersby mimicking the sound ofan alarm after they tried tobreak into her owner’s pub,the Daily Mail reportedThursday.

Fizzy Winkle, 14,screeched out a siren noisesending the crooks into a flapas they tried to smash theirway into the property.

Landlord DavidHeafield, 49, heard acommotion from his flat

above the George pub inFenstanton, Cambridge,followed by piercingsquawking from hisdistressed pet.

When he wentdownstairs he discoveredcash from the fruit machineabandoned on the floor.

He said: “They went toall the trouble of breaking in,but they didn’t get any of themoney. They must have beendisturbed by Fizzy and madea run for it.”

David, and wife Joanne,53, have one daughterVictoria, 22, who lives inLondon.

They decided to rescueFizzy from an elderlyneighbour who wasn’t ableto look after her.

The articulate bird is ahit with locals who adore herquirky catch phrases.

Lily Collins laughs at KristenStewart rivalry rumours

Lily Collins

WASHINGTON, 11 March—Lily Collins has “laughed” offrumours suggesting that she and Kristen Stewart are rivals.

The 22-year-old actress, who takes on the role of SnowWhite in upcoming comedy fantasy movie ‘Mirror, Mirror’,explained that even though the ‘Twilight’ star will be essayingthe same part in ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’, the twofilms are “so different”.

“We’ve laughed about the fact that people think we’rerivals because to us they’re so different,” Contactmusicquoted her as telling E! News.

“I think the advertising is kind of genius because bothfilms are being shown in this different way because they aresuch different stories.

“I’ve seen the trailers, I’m very aware of the other one.We’ve always been aware of each other and I’m excited to see

what Kristen does. I’m excitedfor her and vice versa,” sheadded.—Internet

Reese Witherspoon launching new productioncompany

Reese Witherspoon

quoted her as saying.“I’ve been acting since I

was 14, and I know everyaspect of filmmaking at thispoint. I think it’s importantfor women who have attaineda certain amount of successin this business to give backto other female writers andfilmmakers and try and helpfacilitate their dreams,” sheadded. The blonde beautyhad launched her firstproduction company, TypeA Films, in 2000.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 11 March —Reese Witherspoon is all setto launch a new productioncompany in an attempt to giveother female stars a voice.

The recently marriedOscar winner has been actingfor over two decades but hasconfessed to being eager tostep behind the camera.

The ‘Walk the Line’ staris teaming up with girl friendand Milk producer BrunaPapandrea to create a newfirm, which will empower

women and ensure they havean opportunity to pursue theirdreams.

“We will be producingsome films with a very clearfemale voice,” Contactmusic

Glee’ plans Whitney Houstonepisode

Actress Lea Michele arrives at the 18th annual ScreenActors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on 29 January,

2012.—INTERNET

“not be a typical tribute.”“It’s using Whitney’s

music as a way to saygoodbye,” the source said.“A way to respectfully saythank you for her music.”

“Glee” co-star LeaMichele mentioned theepisode via Twitter on Friday.

“Starting a new episodetoday. A very special tributeto one of the world’s mostamazing singers. Veryexcited about this one,”Michele said. An air date hasnot yet been set for theepisode.—Internet

LOS ANGELES, 11March—An upcomingepisode of the US music-themed series “Glee” willfeature eight songs by laterecording star WhitneyHouston, E! News said.

Cast member AmberRiley performed “I WillAlways Love You” andproducers added a dedicationcard at the end of an episodelast month, shortly afterHouston died at age 48.

A show source told E!the new episode was plannedafter Houston’s death and will

Longoria andCruz break up

LOS ANGELES, 11 March—Eva Longoria and EduardoCruz ended their yearlongromance this week, a sourceclose to the couple toldAmerica’s UsMagazine. com.Cruz is the younger brother ofSpanish actress PenelopeCruz. Longoria is a castmember of TV’s “DesperateHousewives.” “It was amutual decision,” the insidertold UsMagazine.com of thesplit. “They are stayingfriends.” No reason was givenfor the breakup.—Internet

Batali settles $5.25M tiplawsuit

NEW YORK, 11 March—Celebrity chef Mario Batali andhis business partner, Joseph Bastianich, have agreed to pay$5.25 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed in NewYork.

More than 100 current and former workers at the partners’eight Italian-style restaurants took part in the complaint,accusing Batali and Bastianich of misappropriating 4 percentto 5 percent of each shift’s wine and drink sales from theworkers’ tip pool and failing to pay extra for shifts lastingmore than 10 hours, the New York Post reported.

The proposed settlement, which would cover lostearnings from 2004 to 2012, was filed this week and isawaiting approval of a federal judge in New York.

Neither Bastianich nor Batali responded to its requestsfor comment, the Post said.

Internet

Mario Batali arrives forthe GQ Gentlemen’s Ball at

the Edison Ballroom inNew York on 27 October,

2010.—INTERNET

Actress Eva Longoria participatesin a news conference to introducethe Children’s Act for Responsi-ble Employment (CARE), aimedat protecting young farm workers,on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC, on June 16, 2011.—INTERNET

Cohen, Rancic to host Miss USA pageantPlanet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Cohenis the host of Bravo’s “Watch What Happens:Live” and Rancic is the co-anchor of “E!News.” They also presided over last year’sMiss USA competition.

Their participation in the 2012 editionwas announced Thursday by NBC, Donald JTrump and Paula M Shugart. “The city of LasVegas, one of the most exciting cities in theworld, will once again set the stage for theMiss USA competition, giving 51 of the mostbeautiful women in the country a chance towin the coveted title of Miss USA,” Trumpsaid in a statement.—InternetAshley Durham (L)

NEW YORK, 11 March—Andy Cohenand Giuliana Rancic are to return as hosts ofthe 61st annual Miss USA pageant in LasVegas, officials said on Thursday.

The event is to take place 3 June at

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Defiant Dalglish won’t give upon top-four bid

LONDON, 11 March—Kenny Dalglish refused togive up on Liverpool’s hopesof qualifying for theChampions League despitemissing out on an oppor-tunity to close the gap onthe Premier League’s topfour.

Danish internationalNicklas Bendtner’s for-tuitous 56th minute winnerat the Stadium of Light wasenough to lift Sunderlandup to eighth and within twopoints of Liverpool, who losta third consecutive leaguegame for the first time ineight-and-a-half years.

Dalglish’s side are 10points from fourth place andthe gap will become 13 ifArsenal overcomeNewcastle at the Emirateson Monday. Liverpool, whoplay Everton on Tuesday,have just 11 matches

Canadian skier killed inWorld Cup crash

GRINDELWALD, 11March—Canadian skier NikZoricic died on Saturday aftercrashing in a World Cup skicross race in the Swiss resortof Grindelwald, Alpine Canadasaid. Officials said Zoriciccrashed in the finish area afterduring the fourth heat of theski cross finals.

“We’ve lost one of ourathletes on the ski World Cupand you can imagine everyonein the organization is justdevastated getting that newsthis morning,” Alpine Canadapresident Max Gartner said.

“Nik as far as I know is amodel athlete. He’s extremelydedicated who has gone abouthis business and found hishome in ski cross.”

The 29-year-old Zoricicsustained severe head injuriesin the crash. He was airlifted tohospital in Interlaken and waspronounced dead at 12:35 p.m.local time. Zoricic had racedon the World Cup for morethan three years and finishedeighth at last year’s worldchampionships. The cause ofdeath was given as “severeneu-rotrauma.”—Reuters

Wozniacki and Sharapova in cruise control

INDIAN WELLS, 11March—Defending cham-pion Caroline Wozniacki andformer winner MariaSharapova cruised into thethird round of the IndianWells WTA tournament with6-2 6-0 victories on Saturday.

Denmark’s Wozniackilaunched her title defence bydemolishing Russian

Ekaterina Makarova andSharapova, the 2006champion, crushedArgentina’s Gisela Dulko atthe Indian Wells TennisGarden.

Former world number oneWozniacki took advantage ofan error-strewn display by herleft-handed opponent,cruising to victory in just overan hour on the showpiecestadium court.

Makarova, who reachedher first grand slam quarter-final at the Australian Open inJanuary, never once held servebefore her match ended whenshe netted a backhand.

“I played pretty good outthere,” fourth seed Wozniackitold reporters after ending the

day session with her win. “It’salways pretty tough playingin your first match, and Iactually felt comfortable.

“I don’t like to be outthere for too long if I don’thave to. I like to play tennisand I love grinding it out, butif I have the opportunity tofinish it off fast, I like thatopportunity, as well.

The 21-year-old sais hewas excited to be back at Indian

Wells. “This is one of myfavorite tournaments and Ialways feel at home here,”she added.

Wozniacki, who beatFrenchwoman Marion Bartoliin last year’s final, will nextface Swede Sofia Arvidsson,a 6-3 6-3 winner againstRomanian MonicaNiculescu.

Sharapova, one of sixformer champions in the field,broke Dulko three times ineach set before ending thefirst match of the eveningsession with a crunchingforehand down the line.

Internet

Defending championCaroline Wozniacki ofDenmark.—INTERNET

Former winner Maria Sharapova

Redknapp shrugs off Spurs slump

Chelsea’s striker Didier Drogba celebrates scoring duringtheir English Premier League match against Stoke City atStamford Bridge in London. Drogba’s 100th Premiership

goal was enough to beat ten-man Stoke and maintainChelsea’s challenge for a top four finish.

INTERNET

remaining to bridge the gap,but a defiant Dalglish is notprepared to write off theChampions League just yet.

“It’s up to us to keepgoing, and keep our mouthsshut,” said Dalglish. “As I’vesaid all season, we see howmany points we havecollected by the end of thecampaign, and see where thattakes us.

“We’ll play all ourmatches and see where weare. We’d prefer to have takenmore points at home.

“If we were to get intothe top four, it would befantastic, just as it waswinning the League Cup andbeing in the sixth round of theFA Cup.” Dalglish couldcount himself unlucky thatLiverpool lost a lacklustreclash featuring just a few halfchances at either end.

Internet

Sunderland’s Nicklas Bendtner (R) clashes withLiverpool’s Martin Kelly during their English PremierLeague match at The Stadium of Light in Sunderland.

INTERNET

Chelsea ‘happy to win ugly’: Di MatteoLONDON, 11 March—

Roberto Di Matteo signalleda break with Chelsea’s recentpast by insisting his teammust adopt a strongerwinning mentality.

Di Matteo oversaw a 1-0 victory over 10-man Stokein his first Premier Leaguegame since being placed incaretaker control followingthe dismissal of AndreVillas-Boas.

Villas-Boas maintainedthe importance of playingwith style during his eight-month stay at the club.

But Di Matteoconceded the victory overStoke — that came courtesyof Didier Drogba’s 100thPremier League — had beenhard-fought.

And he insists Chelseamust maintain that approach

during the final games of theseason as they attempt to

force their way into the topfour. “Today was a step in

the right direction andsometimes you have to winlike this to get threepoints,” he said. “It’s noteasy and sometimes youhave to win scrappy.

There are 10 leaguegames to go andTottenham could be drawnback into the fight forfourth.”

Asked whether thisapproach marked a changein direction from that set inplace by Villas-Boas, DiMatteo added: “I’mlooking forward andgetting the team in the rightframe of mind.”

Drogba proved to behis side’s saviour afterRicardo Fuller was sent offin the 25th minute for astamp on BranislavIvanovic.—Internet

LONDON, 11 March—Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp insists he is notworried about his team’s position despite three straight losses in the PremierLeague.

Redknapp, who has been linked with the England vacancy since FabioCapello left the job last month, saw his side lose 1-0 at Everton on Saturday, adefeat which followed on from losses against Arsenal and Manchester United.Tottenham qualified for the Champions League the season before last and untilrecently had looked likely to push Manchester City and United in the title race.

But rivals Arsenal can now close to within a point when they hostNewcastle on Monday night. Even though they have suffered three consecutivelosses for the first time since Redknapp replaced Juande Ramos in 2008, theTottenham manager is not surprised at the chasing pack closing on his team.“I’m suicidal really,” Redknapp joked. “We’ve lost away to Arsenal, away toEverton and at home to Manchester United and they’re always going to be toughgames.

“Two of the games we didn’t deserve to lose — against Everton and againstManchester United. “I said all along that 10 points can evaporate very quickly.You look at the fixtures and you knew going away to Arsenal, Chelsea, playingManchester United, they were tough games and you knew it could turn.

Internet

Everton’s Tim Cahill (R) fights for theball with Tottenham Hotspur’s Sandro

(L) during their English PremierLeague match at Goodison Park in

Liverpool. Everton won 1-0.INTERNET

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Canada’s NickZoricic (L) skisdown the slopeduring a run at

the FISskicross worldcup event inGrindelwald,on 10 March,

2012.REUTERS

Frenchman Sebastien Loebis on course for his sixth-

straight Rally Mexicovictory, finishing day twowith a 36.2sec lead over

Citroen team-mate MikkoHirvonen.—INTERNET

Loeb leads Citroen 1-2 in Rally Mexico

MEXICO CITY, 11 March—World champion SebastienLoeb was on course for his

sixth-straight Rally Mexicovictory, finishing day two with

a 36.2sec lead over Citroen team-mate Mikko Hirvonen. TheFrench driver extended his leadthroughout the day’s stages,conducted in blisteringtemperatures that didn’t deterthousands of fans. He won thenearly 42km 14th stage in whichHirvonen settled for thirdbehind Jari-Matti Latvala, more

than nine seconds off the lead.Four stages remain on Sunday,one of them the 54.30kmGuana-juatito stage that Loebcautioned could still provedecisive. “Now we have a goodand comfortable situation butthere is still a long way to go anda 54-kilometre stage — so stillnothing is done,” said Loeb, aneight-time world champion.

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R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information.

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

Weather forecast for12th March, 2012

(12-3-12 09:30 am ~13-3-12 09:30 am) MST

MYANMARINTERNATIONAL

MYANMAR TV

(12-3-2012) (Monday)

Focus Myanmar TV Programme

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Venerable

Mingun Sayadaw-Uppatasanti Paritta

7:50 am 2. Nice & Sweet Song8:05 am 3. Song Of National Races8:15 am 4. Teleplay (Health)4:00 pm 5. Martial Song4:50 pm 6. Songs For Upholding

National Spirit5:00 pm 7. Songs in honour of

(67th) AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

5:15pm 8. Documentary5:35 pm 9. Myanmar Idol6:20 pm10. Sing & Enjoy7:00 pm11. TV Drama Series7:50 pm12. Documentary8:00 pm13. News14. Talk of the Political

Parties15. Demo Birthday

(Myanmar MotionPicture Aseayone)

16. India Drama Series

∗News* Religious Titles will be

glorious like Sun andMoon forever

* News* Simplicitism* News* 2012, 49th Myanma

Jade, Gems and PearlEmporium

* Muais Gallery* News* Beautiful Naturally* News* Strengthening Civil

Society forDemocratization inMyanmar

* News* The Union Day Cultural

Show (Part- I)* News* Let's observe the

tradition of Matupi* News* A Salient Myin Ma-hti* How to cast vote?* Myanmar Movie

"Only Mom…. Can"Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr.

No. Regions/States

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 31/88 17/63 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

2 Kayah 34/93 14/57 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

3 Kayin 38/100 23/73 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

4 Chin 23/73 5/41 Partly cloudy

5 Upper Sagaing 32/90 17/63 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

6 Lower Sagaing 38/100 21/70 Partly cloudy

7 Taninthayi 36/97 25/77 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

8 Bago 35/95 26/79 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

9 Magway 38/100 22/72 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

10 Mandalay 38/100 20/68 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

11 Mon 36/97 26/79 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

12 Yangon 36/97 25/77 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

13 Rakhine 33/91 22/72 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

14 Southern Shan 31/88 13/55 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

15 Northern Shan 32/90 07/45 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

16 Eastern Shan 33/91 16/61 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

17 Ayeyawady 36/97 25/77 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 38/100 20/68 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

19 Neighbouring Yangon 36/97 25/77 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 38/100 20/68 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

Summary of

observations at 09:30

hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers have been isolated in Upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Regions, Kachin, Kayah and Kayin States, weather has been partly cloudy in Mandalay, Bago, Yangon and Ayeyawady Regions, Shan and Rakhine States and generally fair in the remaining Regions and States. Day temperatures were (4°C) above March average temperatures in Southern Shan State and about March average temperatures in the remaining Regions and States.The significant day temperature were Chauk (41°C) and Minbu, Aunglan and Taungdwingyi (40°C) each. The noteworthy amount of rainfall recorded was Myeik (1.65) inches.

Bay Inference Weather is partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers in the Central Myanmar areas.

Cristiano Ronaldoshoots at RealBetis’ goalkeeperFabricio Brazio(L) during aSpanish Leaguefoot-ball match atBenito Villamarinstadium inSevilla.—INTERNET

Prizes awarded to winners inreading skills

CSC ISSED: Citizenship scrutiny cards were issued toeligible citizens in Twantay Township in

implementing Moe Pwint-2 Plan. On 4 March, Headof Township Immigration and National RegistrationDepartment U Aung Hsan Oo and staff issue the cards

to the people.—TOWNSHIP IPRD

PATHEIN, 11 March—The prize presentation for raisingreading habit was held in conjunction with the bookdonation at Pyinnya Dagun Library in Theinsan Villageof Pathein Township on 5 March.

Ayeyawdy Region Chief Minister U Thein Aungdelivered an address. Assistant Director of AyeyawadyRegion Information and Public Relations Department UNgwe Tun reported on advantages of reading habit.

Writer Pathein Yan Naung Soe talked aboutadvantages from literature.

Next, books were donated to the library.Later, the Region Chief Minister and officials

presented prizes to winners in reading habit from Zinpyun,Shwemyintin, Mayanchaung Village-tracts.

District IPRD

LONDON, 11 March—Wayne Rooney firedManchester United to thetop of the Premier Leagueas the champions defeated10-man West BromwichAlbion 2-0 to take fulladvantage of ManchesterCity’s shock 1-0 loss at

Ronaldo double as Real go 13 points clearMADRID, 11 March—

Cristiano Ronaldo scoredtwice as Real Madridmarked Jose Mourinho’s100th match in charge byopening up a 13-point leadwith a 3-2 win over RealBetis on Saturday, their 11thvictory in succession.

But it was a tough nightfor Mourinho’s men whohad to come from behindbefore they could celebratea 21st victory in 22 games.

Jorge Molina scoredafter nine minutes for Betisbefore Gonzalo Higuaindrew Real level.

La Liga’s top-scorerRonaldo then put Madridahead after the break. Betisrefused to roll over andJefferson Montero equa-lisedbefore Ronaldo secured thewin with his 32nd goal of theseason after 72 minutes. “It

was a game in which neitherside was in control and soyou didn’t know who wasgoing to win. At times it isbetter to be more defensive,”said Mourinho.

“The game was full ofbad passes and so perfect for

counter-attacking. I thinkthat a draw would have beena fairer result but it couldhave finished 2-4 or 4-4easily.

“Betis aren’t a big teambut they play excitingfootball for people to enjoyand the attitude of theircoach (Pepe Mel) isfantastic.”

Ronaldo had a shotsaved by the keeper in theopening exchanges butBetis went ahead from acounter-attack with RubenCastro’s defence-splittingpass setting up Molina whofired home past helplessgoalkeeper Iker Casillas.

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Rooney sends United topas City crash at Swansea

Man Utd 2-0 West BromSwansea 1-0 Man City

Results on Sunday,11 March

Luke Moore scored Swansea’swinner with just sevenminutes left at the LibertyStadium.

At Old Trafford, Unitedmade a slow start and Albionmidfielder Keith Andrewsprodded wide from close-range before firing in apowerful drive that David deGea did well to save.

But the hosts graduallyfound their rhythm and tookthe lead in the 35th minutethanks to Rooney’s 23rd goalof the season.

United were only denieda second goal by thewoodwork as Hernandez’sstrike cannoned off a post.

Albion’s hopes of acomeback began to fade inthe 66th minute whenSwedish defender JonasOlsson was sent off for a

second booking aftertripping Hernandez.

Roberto Mancini’s menwere fortunate not to fallbehind in the sixth minutewhen referee Lee Masonruled that Englandgoalkeeper Joe Hart hadfouled Wayne Routledge ashe tried to save at the winger’sfeet.

striker Sergio Aguero beforehalf-time in place of GarethBarry, who appeared toexchange words with Cityassistant David Platt as hetrudged off.

City duo Kolo Toure andDavid Silva both went closeto breaking the deadlock, butthe leaders’ frustrationappeared to boil over againat half-time, with reports of atunnel argument betweenMario Balotelli and Yaya

Toure. Balotelli appealedin vain for a penalty early inthe second half when theItalian striker made atheatrical tumble after aslight nudge from Joe Allen.

Micah Richardsthought he had equalisedin the closing moments butthe defender’s header wasrightly ruled out for offside.

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Scott Sinclair took thespot-kick, but Hart plungedto his right to save theSwansea forward’s tamestrike. Swansea continued todominate despite Sinclair’smiss and Mancini respondedby sending on Argentine

Swansea on Sunday.Sir Alex Ferguson’s side

secured their fourthsuccessive league win thanksto a brace from England strikerRooney and that allowed thechampions to move one pointclear of bitter rivals City, whosurrendered top spot when

Joe Hart dives to saveScott Sinclair’s sixth-

minute penalty.

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Monday, 12 March, 20125th Waning of Taboung 1373 ME

Incumbent government is constantly focusing on twoIncumbent government is constantly focusing on twomajor aspirations of the people today—stability ofmajor aspirations of the people today—stability of

the State and development of national economythe State and development of national economyNAY PYI TAW, 11 March—President U Thein

Sein met departmental personnel, members of socialorganizations and senior citizens at KengtungTown Hall yesterday morning.

Also present on the occasion were thedeputy commander-in-chief of Defence Services,Union ministers, the Shan State chief minister anddepartmental heads, the commander of TriangleRegion Command, state ministers, national racesaffairs ministers, national races people and guests.

Kengtung Township Administrator U KhinWin reported to the President on salient factsabout the district, progress of developmentundertakings and requirements for regionaldevelopment.

Next, Union Minister for Immigration andPopulation U Khin Yi elaborated on Moepwint (2)project conducted region-and state-wise andmeasures for taking national census, UnionMinister for Electric Power No. 2 U Khin MaungSoe on power supply to eastern Shan State andprogress in implementation of Namlwe CreekHydropower Project, Union Minister for

fulfill the whishes and aspirations of the people asmuch as it can. It is constantly focusing on twomajor aspirations of the people today—stabilityof the State and national economic development.For the stability of the State, it has managed tobuild internal political stability holding talks withinternal political organizations. It is also negotiatingwith ethnic armed groups for national consolidationto ensure peace.

Today, the government is holding peacetalks with nine ethnic armed groups. Following theimprovement in internal political environment,foreign pressures have decreased and contactsand cooperation have increased. Internationalinvestments are about to flow into the country. AsShan State becomes more and more stable, suchnational races groups as Special Region (2) Wagroup, Special region (4) Mongla Group will beable to promote the interests of own region forregional development, access to transportation,power supply and job opportunities in tandemwith locals and the government.

It is heartening to see development of

Environmental Conservation and Forestry UWin Tun on ecological conservation andforest management.

The President extended greetings andsaid: it is fair to say Kengtung is his nativeplace. He engaged in developmentundertakings of Kengtung hands in handswith locals in his capacity as major andcommander of Triangle Region Command. So,he has amicable relationship with all the localpeople. It is his first visit to Kengtung after thenew government has taken office with twointentions—to fulfill the requirements of theregion and to inform actions and plans of thenew government.

The incumbent government, being theone elected by the people, has determined to

Kengtung including the town hall, SasanaBeikman, universities, 200-bed State People’sHospital. Although electric power could befully supplied to Kengtung, best possiblemeasures will be taken now to supply powerto Shan State (east) including KengtungDistrict. The government will implementNamlwe Creek Hydropower Project. As theregion produces coal, the government willconsider establishing of coal power plant ifthe coal meets required quality.

Relative departments will take actionsfor water supply to Kengtung. Agriculturaldevelopment should be projected in regionaldevelopment and state development drive.Though the region enjoys food sufficiencynow, it needs to view far in consideration of

the potential population. Here, locals will needto make series of reforms in their mindset,practices, land reclamation plus shift to modernagricultural methods and high yield strains.

Meanwhile, it needs to establishindustrialized nation for national prosperity.It is also required to extensively set up factoriesand workshops to be able to manufacturevalue-added products replacing primaryproduction. If the dream do come true, it willbring about job opportunities, which will be asolution to forced migrant working of localyouths. To establish factories and workshops,it needs to invite both local and foreigninvestments, calling for regional stability andurgent peace and security.

At the same time, it needs to turn out

brilliant and competent human resources forfuture’s industries. As Shan State coversvast area, it is divided into four special regionswith fulfillment made in education and healthsectors. So, it needs to put education andhealth of local youths high in the agenda forthe future. Environmental conservation is aglobal concern nowadays. Catastrophicnatural disasters like Nagis cyclone andTahlay earthquake are the outcome ofdeterioration in the environment. So, theentire national people need to have ecologicalconservation attitude and take biodiversityconservation as national duty. Local peopleare to grow rubber and macadamia ondepleted farmland.

(See page 8)

PresidentU Thein Sein

delivering a speechin meeting withdepartmental

personnel, membersof social

organizations andsenior citizens at

Kengtung Town Hall.MNA

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Higherlearning

institutions inSagaing

Region forhuman

resourcesdevelopment

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Union level peace-makinggroup, KIO delegation re-lease joint-statement after

third peace talks

Overpass to becommissioned into service in

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