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2nd Waxing of Thadingyut 1368 ME Saturday, 23 September, 2006Volume XIV, Number 160

NAY PYI TAW, 22Sept — The SpecialProjects ImplementationCommittee held the co-ordination meeting No1/2006 at the Office ofthe Commander-in-Chief(Army) here this after-noon with an address byChairman of the Commit-tee Chairman of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander-in-Chief of Defence Serv-ices Senior General ThanShwe.

The meeting wasalso attended by Vice-Chairman of the Commit-tee Vice-Chairman of theState Peace and Devel-

It is incumbent upon government discharging Stateduties to strive for all-round development of the nationLarge number of development projects implementedSpecial Projects Implementation Committee holds coordination meeting No 1/2006

opment Council DeputyCommander-in-Chief ofDefence Services Com-mander-in-Chief (Army)Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye, members ofthe Committee memberof the State Peace andDevelopment CouncilGeneral Thura ShweMann and Prime Minis-ter General Soe Win, Sec-retary of the CommitteeSecretary-1 of the StatePeace andDevelopment CouncilLt-Gen Thein Sein, mem-bers Lt-Gen Ye Myint,Lt-Gen Kyaw Win, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than,Lt-Gen Maung Bo, Lt-

Gen Aung Htwe and Lt-Gen Tin Aye, Com-mander-in-Chief (Navy)Vice-Admiral Soe Thein,Commander-in-Chief(Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein,Maj-Gen Myint Hlaing ofthe Ministry of Defence,Military Affairs SecurityChief Maj-Gen Ye Myint,ministers, deputy minis-ters, heads of departmentand officials.

Joint Secretary ofthe Committee Director-General of the State Peaceand Development Coun-cil Office Col KyawKyaw Win acted as mas-ter of ceremonies.

(See page 16)Senior General Than Shwe addresses coordination meeting

No 1/2006 of the Special Projects Implementation Committee.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Sept — Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisMajesty Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, on the occasion of theNational Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which falls on 23 September, 2006. — MNA

Senior General Than Shwe sends message offelicitations to Saudi Arabia

Some projects that are in-strumental in national devel-opment are under implemen-tation and there are also otherprojects to be implemented.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 23 September, 2006

Saturday, 23 September, 2006

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

People’s Desire

Protection and conservation ofenvironment for developmentof fauna

In the drive for environmental conserva-tion and prevention against environmental deg-radation, Myanmar is pursuing its national en-vironmental policies for ensuring efficient useand conservation of its land and marine re-sources.

Now, the Ministry of Forestry and relatedministries are speeding up the tasks for nurtur-ing forests and trees, and establishing forestreserves, forest plantations, protected forestsand sanctuaries.

In Myanmar, a wide range of fauna areseen in Hugaung Valley, Alaungdaw KassapaNational Park, Meinmahla Island Wildlife Park,Shwesettaw Wildlife Park, Inlay Lake and BirdSanctuary, and Moeyungyi Bird Sanctuary.

At the meeting on protection of tigers heldat the National Gardens in India, the research-ers and scientists recognized that the geographi-cal feature of Hugaung Valley was the besthaven for wildlife in South-East Asia.

Since 1999, the Forest Department andthe wildlife conservation society have been car-rying out tasks for protecting tiger species andcollecting the tiger population in Myanmar.According to the data collected up to 2005,Hugaung Valley is home to some 70 tigers ofvarious species including Indo-China and Ben-gal species.

Now, forest departments and wildlife con-servation associations of respective nations andregional organizations are joining hands in thedrive for ensuring long-term life security oftigers in the Asian nations such as the easternRussian Federation, China, Laos, Malaysia,Cambodia, Thailand, India, Indonesia andMyanmar.

All the people are duty-bound to conserveand protect territorial and aquatic resources ofthe nation. They are thus urged to collectivelyconserve natural forests, rare species of birdsand animals for sustainable development ofvariety of wildlife in the nation.

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YANGON, 20 Sept — Myanma Railways has issued the new timetables for departure and arrival of upand down passenger trains on Yangon-Mandalay railroad section commening on 26 September 2006(Tuesday). The new timetables of the trains are as follows:-

Up-trainsSr. Train No. Departure from Yangon Arrival at Nay Pyi Taw Arrival at Mandalay1. 29 Up-train 04:00 12:07 18:002. 17 Up-train 04:30 13:08 19:303. 5 Up-train 05:00 13:45 20:104. 3 Up-train 05:30 14:33 21:305. 11 Up-train 06:00 15:10 22:006. 31 Up-train 09:00 17:45 -7. 7 Up-train 09:30 18:15 -

Down-trainsSr. Train No. Departure from Mandalay Departure/Arrival at Arrival at Yangon

Nay Pyi Taw1. 8 Down-train - 06:30 15:302. 32 Down-train - 08:45 17:453. 30 Down-train 04:00 09:33 18:004. 18 Down-train 04:30 10:24 19:305. 6 Down-train 05:00 10:58 20:106. 4 Down-train 05:30 11:49 21:307. 12 Down-train 06:00 12:20 22:00

Railways

New timetables of passenger trains on Yangon-Mandalaysection issued

Central Committee for Holding Mid-Year MyanmaGems Emporium meets

YANGON, 22 Sept— The Central Commit-tee for Holding the Mid-Year Myanma Gems Em-porium held the firstmeeting at the MyanmarConvention Centre onMindhamma Street inMayangon Townshiphere this afternoon withan address by Patron ofthe Central CommitteeMinister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint.

It was attended bySecretary of the CentralCommittee Managing Di-rector of Myanma GemsEnterprise U Thein Sweand members, membersof Committee for Form-ing the Myanma GemsEntrepreneurs Associa-tion and secretaries of thesub-committees.

Those present in-cluding officials of thesub-committees reportedmatters on holding of theMid-Year Myanma GemsEmporium at theMyanmar ConventionCentre on Min DhammaStreet and at the MyanmaGems Emporium on KabaAye Pagoda Road from19 to 29 October, workbeing carried out

commitee-wise, invita-tion of gems merchants athome and abroad, rulesand regulations on pay-ment of gems and others.

Patron of the Cen-tral Committee Ministerfor Mines Brig-Gen OhnMyint gave necessary in-struction.

The meeting endedin the evening with theconcluding remarks byPatron of the CentralCommittee Minister forMines Brig-Gen OhnMyint. — MNA

CorrigendumPlease read U Zaw Htay, Director-General, Higher

Education Department (Lower Myanmar), Ministry of Edu-cation, in the Myanmar Gazette on of the New Lightof Myanmar Daily issued on 22-9-2006. Error is regretted.

Ed.

Kathina robes offering ceremonyYANGON, 22 Sept —

A ceremony to offerKathina robes to 45 mem-bers of the Sangha will beheld at ChanmyemyaingYeiktha Monastery inLaydauntgan Model Vil-lage in Mingaladon Town-ship on 2nd Waning of

Thadingyut 1368, (8 Oc-tober).

The ceremony willcommence at 7.30 am, andthe Sayadaw will deliversermons to share meritsgained. Wellwishers areinvited to the ceremony.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Ohn Myint addresses meeting of Central Committeefor Holding Mid-Year Myanma Gems Emporium.— MINES

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (C) speaks to the media after addressingthe 61st session of the UN General Assembly at the United Nations

headquarters in New York on 20 Sept, 2006. —XINHUA

Police uses road roller to destroy bottles of illegalalcohol confiscated in a pre-Ramadan anti-alcoholcampaign, in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 21 Sept, 2006.

Every Ramadan, the holiest month in Muslimcalendar, the government conducts raids at

unlicensed liquor stores and then destroys theliquor in a pubic display. — INTERNET

Actress Jessica Simpson (R) greets fans at the world premiere of “Employee of theMonth’ at the Mann’s Chinese theatre in Hollywood on 19 Sept, 2006.—INTERNET

China calls for diplomaticnegotiations on Iran N-issue

BEIJING, 21 Sept—Allparties involved in the Irannuclear issue should main-tain diplomatic negotia-tions and dialogue, andpromote a peaceful reso-lution, said Chinese For-eign Ministry spokesmanQin Gang on Tuesday.

Qin said all sidesshould make the most ofthe opportunity providedby the negotiations be-tween the European Un-ion and Iran, which weremaking progress.

French PresidentJacques Chirac on Mon-

day urged the six majorpowers involved the issue—Britain, China, France,Germany, Russia and theUnited States — not torefer Iran to the UN Secu-rity Council, and to findan agenda for negotiation,then engage in the nego-tiations.

A peaceful resolutionof the Iran nuclear issuethrough diplomatic nego-tiations was the commonwill of the internationalcommunity, Qin said, add-ing it was also in the inter-ests of all parties and the“best option”.

MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 21Sept— Democrats hop-ing to capture control ofthe US Congress in thisfall elections called onTuesday for probes of theBush Administration’sIraq rebuilding effort,which they likened to thegovernment’s botched re-sponse to Hurricane

Two US soldiers lose lives in IraqBAGHDAD, 21 Sept— Two US soldiers were killed in separate incidents in

Iraq, the US military said on Wednesday. A US soldier was killed when a roadside bomb went off near his vehicle

in northwest of Baghdad on Tuesday, while the second died of non-combatincident in Baghdad early on Wednesday, the military said in a briefstatement. — MNA/Xinhua

Two blasts kill 18 near Iraqi city of Mosul

A Thai investor walks past the electronic board at aprivate stock trading floor in Bangkok, Thailand,on 21 Sept, 2006. The Thai stock market reopenedon Thursday following Tuesday’s military coup.

INTERNET

Senate Democrats wantprobe of US hiring in Iraq

Katrina in 2005. Senate Democrats

urged congressional andPentagon investigationsinto hiring and contract-ing practices in Iraq. Therequests came after theWashington Post news-paper reported youngnovices with Republicanpolitical connections gothigh-level jobs rebuild-ing Iraq in 2003 and2004.

“Iraq, in one of themost critical moments inits history when the UnitedStates was there was be-ing run by neocons(neoconservatives) in dia-pers,” said Senator Rich-ard Durbin of Illinois, asenior Democrat.

“The Coalition Provi-sional Authority becamethe Bush Administration’sFEMA in Iraq,” Durbinadded, referring to theFederal Emergency Man-agement Agency.

The CPA was the US-led governing authority inIraq after the United States

toppled Iraqi PresidentSaddam Hussein frompower in 2003.

Bush’s domesticpopularity plummetedafter Hurricane Katrinatore through the GulfCoast a year ago, leavingNew Orleans in ruins. Thepublic backlash followeda slow, uncoordinated re-sponse by Washington,especially FEMA whichwas headed then by an

inexperienced politicalappointee, MichaelBrown.

Hoping to demon-strate that political“cronyism” also contrib-uted to American failuresin an increasingly un-popular war in Iraq,Durbin said the CPA hired“incompetent politicalhacks to try to rebuild acountry”.

MNA/Reuters

MOSUL (Iraq), 21 Sept— A car bombfollowed by a suicide blast killed 18people and wounded 11 in a town nearthe northern Iraqi city of Mosul onTuesday, a police source said.

The source in the town of Shergat

said a suicide bomber detonated hisexplosive vest shortly after a crowd hadgathered around the remains of a carbomb that went off near a passing IraqiArmy and police patrol.

MNA/Reuters

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BANGKOK, 22 Sept —Sonthi Boonyaratkalin,Thai Royal Army Chiefwho led the coupTuesday night takingover the ThaiGovernment, officiallyreceived in a ceremonyFriday noon the King’sendorsement as chiefof the Council forDemocratic Reform

UNITED NATIONS, 21Sept—Pakistani PresidentPervez Musharraf Tues-day exuded con-fidencethat his “positive” meetingwith Prime Minister Man-mohan Singh in Havanawill help to carry forwardthe peace process in theregion and resolve various

Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker(L), chairman of the Eurogroup club of financeministers, and Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen (R),listen to the national anthem upon his arrival at PhnomPenh international airport on 21 Sept, 2006. —INTERNET

Musharraf exudes confidence onIndo-Pakistan peace process

issues facing the twonations includingKashmir.

Addresssing the 192-member UN GeneralAssembly, he said,“Pakistan desires apeaceful environment inthe region. We have beenengaged in a peace

process with India, aimedat confidence buildingand resolving issues,including the Jammu andKashmir dispute, whichhave been the source oftension and conflictbetween the two countriesin the past.”

Improved relations and

the conducive inter-national environ-ment,has brought “an accep-table solution of this long-standing dispute withinreach”, he said.

Stressing that stablesecurity environment isalso important for peacein the region, Musharrafcommended Pakistan’sproposal for the creationof a “Strategic RestraintRegime” in South Asia,encompassing minimumnuclear deterrence and abalance of conventionalforces.

“We do not want toenter into an arms race.But we will do whateveris necessary to preservethe credibility of ourminimum defensivedeterrence level,” he said.

MNA/PTI

under ConstitutionalMonarchy (CDRM).

Wearing snow-whitecostume and supportedwith a sword, Sonthistood along with othercoup commanders toreceive from arepresentative reading theroyal decree of KingBhumibol Adulyadej,endorsing the appoint-

ment of Sonthi as Chiefof CDRM.

The ceremony, twodays after the CDRMannounced the royalendorsement, was held atthe Army headquarters,where houses the headoffice of CDRM inBangkok, was broadcastlive on TV.

MNA/Xinhua

Anti-Iraq warprotesterstands in

front of theWhite Housewith a sign

indicating USmilitary killedin Iraq since

the USinvasion as

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demonstrationin

Washingtonon 21 Sept,

2006.INTERNET

Five Canadians arrestedin Australian drug bust

CANBERRA, 21 Sept — Five Canadian men werearrested after cocaine worth 35 million Australiandollars (26 million US dollars) was found hiddeninside computer equipment, in what was believed to beAustralia’s fifth-largest illegal drugs seizure, policesaid on Thursday.

The 135-kilo haul (297-pound), as well as 3.5million Australian dollars (2.6 million US dollars) worthof ecstasy tablets, was uncovered in a warehouse duringa routine X-ray check by Customs officers in Queenslandstate’s capital, Brisbane. One Canadian man was arrestedtrying to reach the drugs, while four others were detainedin police raids across Brisbane. An Australian man wasalso arrested in New South Wales state capital, Sydney,over suspected links to the five.

“We have arrested five Canadian nationals and oneother man,” an Australian Federal Police spokesmansaid. —MNA/Reuters

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Kazakhstan’s Health Ministerfired over children’s HIV infection

ALMATY, 22 Sept— Kazakh Health MinisterYerbolat Dosayev was dismissed on Wednesday after55 children were infected with the HIV virus, theInterfax news agency reported.

Nurlan Abdirov, deputy secretary of Kazakhstan’sSecurity Council, confirmed that Dosayev had beenrelieved of his position due to serious negligence in theinfection case.

Kazakh authorities have begun an investigationinto relevant medical personnel linked to breach ofduty. Altogether 55 children and two adults wereinfected with the HIV virus in a hospital in the southernKazakh city of Shymkent, apparently after receivingblood contaminated with the virus. At least four babieshave died.— MNA/Xinhua

Tourists visit the Huguangyan Volcano Museum, part of the LeiqiongGeoparks, in Zhanjiang, south China’s Guangdong Province, on 19 Sept,

2006.—XINHUA

OTTAWA, 21 Sept—A Boston cancer doctorhas found a sunlesstanning chemical that canmake fair-skinned peopleproduce real skinpigment, protecting theirskin against cancer fromsun exposure.

So far it has onlybeen tested in mice, butDr David Fisher says paleblondes and redheadseverywhere have reasonto hope for a genuine tannot just dye and sunprotection at the sametime.

Caucasian peoplewho tan a deep brown areproducing a skin pigmentcalled melanin. It’striggered by ultravioletlight from the sun, or atanning studio.

Very fair-skinnedpeople have a geneticdefect that won’t let themproduce enough pigmentto tan. They tend to burninstead.—Internet

Thai CDRM Chief receivesKing’s endorsement

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Twenty-year-old maleelephant “Ya Kun” (L)and 27-year-old female“Li Ya” get “married”at the Jinan Zoo inJinan, capital of eastChina’s ShandongProvince, on 20 Sept,2006. —XINHUA

BEIJING, 21 Sept —The newly-announcedterrestrial digital TVstandard will help makedigital TV a 500-billion-yuan (62.5-billion-US-dollar) business in Chinain 2015 as opposed to thepaltry 40 billion yuanchalked up in 2002.

According to anestimate from the Chinadigital TV industryassociation, there will be230 million digital TVusers in China in fiveyears from now, with ayearly increase of 70

CHENNAI (India), 21 Sept — India has changed thename of its former French-ruled territory ofPondicherry to Puducherry to reflect the indigenoushistory of the region, officials said on Wednesday.

The federal enclave in south India came underFrench influence at the end of 17th century, becominga key trading post in the Bay of Bengal. It then cameunder direct colonial rule in the 18th century.

MNA/Reuters

China’s digital TV industry to boom

Saturn has a newly discovered ring, a faint trail of particles just visible inbetween some of its better-known rings, NASA said on 19 Sept, 2006.—XINHUA

PHNOM PENH, 21Sept— The bloodlesscoup in Bangkok was aninternal matter for the ThaiGovernment and themilitary takeover wouldnot cause instability inCambodia, the Cambo-dian Daily on Thursdayquoted government spo-kesman and InformationMinister Khieu Kanharith

Cambodian newspaper saysThailand’s coup is an internal matter

as saying.“We are not issuing a

travel warning to Cam-bodians because thesituation seems calm, butwe are monitoring it veryclosely,” he said.

“The situation inCambodia is quite stable,”he said, adding that it wasup to the Thai Govern-ment to resolve the

situation peacefully.Meanwhile, Defence

Minister Tea Banh toldreporters that the Cam-bodian Military remainedunited behind the govern-ment. “There will neverbe such a coup inCambodia because we donot have such deep socialrifts as in Thailand,” headded. — MNA/Xinhua

British billionaire pledges $3b to fight climate changeNEW YORK, 21 Sept— British business mogul Richard Branson on Thursday pledged to invest about

$3 billion over the next decade to combat global warming and promote alternative energy, saying thatit was critical to protect the environment for future generations.

India’s former French colonychanges name

Branson, the billio-naire behind the multi-platform Virgin brand,said the money wouldcome from 100 percentof the profits generatedby his transportationsectors — trains andairline companies.

It will be invested inefforts to find renewable,sustainable energysources in an effort towean the world off oiland coal.

The billionaire madethe announcement on thesecond day of the ClintonGlobal Initiative, anannual conference ofbusiness, political and

nonprofit leaders hostedby former PresidentClinton.

“Our generation hasinherited an incrediblybeautiful world from ourparents and they fromtheir parents,” Bransonsaid at a news con-ference, with Clinton athis side.

“We must not be thegeneration responsible for

irreversibly damaging theenvironment. We musthand it over to ourchildren in as near pristinea condition as we werelent it from our parents.”

Clinton praisedBranson, calling him oneof the “most interesting,”“creative” and “genuinelycommitted” people he hadever known.

Branson’s commit-

ment assured that theClinton Global Initiativeconference would surpassits goal of matching lastyear’s efforts. By earlyThursday afternoon,initiative organizers saidthey had 114 commit-ments amounting to $5.7billion. In 2005, theconference resulted in$2.5 billion in pledges.

Internet

Hong Kong star Jackie Chan talks about behind-the-screen stories at the premiere of his latestmovie “Rob-B-Hood” in Beijing, on 20 Sept,

2006. —XINHUA

per cent.TV set manufacturers

believe that the 2008Beijing Olympics are agreat chance for theindustry, and will whetpeople’s appetites fordigital TV.

Three big TV setmanufacturers releaseddigital TV sets that meetthe new standard as soonas it was launched.

Other factories arefollowing suit.

“Domestic and over-seas TV set makers haveboth been waiting for thenew standard for a longtime. It will give the high-end TV set market a shotin the arm,” Hong Cheng-shao, an engineer with oneof the manufacturers, wasquoted as saying.

MNA/Xinhua

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Myanmar’s path to peace, development and democracy issmooth no matter whoever tries to hinder and disturb

The 19-9-2006 issues of Myanmarnewspapers carried the stance of the governmentand the people as regards the matter to put Myanmaron United Nations Security Council agenda.

The front page of the Myanma Alin dailydated the same day featured some headlines on thestance such as US constantly attempting to interferein the internal affairs of Myanmar and trying tomake use of UN to put pressure on the nation; theacts of the US are not in conformity with the UNCharter principles; accusation that Myanmar’ssituation poses threat to international peace andsecurity is illogical and lopsided one; governmenttaking all possible steps for democratic transition;in the process, seven-step Road Map has been laiddown to achieve the goal; despite pressure, coercionand sanctions, Myanmar’s policies will remainunchanged. The stance is thus made clear. The briefaccounts of the announcement on the stance are asfollows:* The government, the people and the Tatmadaw

are making earnest efforts in concert forrestoration of peace, economic developmentand of democracy reform as aspired by thepeople,

* Now, considerable progress has been made andnecessary foundations have been laid down fortransforming the nation into a democratic one,

* While the nation is peaceful and stable witheconomic growth, there emerge attempts toundermine those favourable conditions,

* On 1 September 2006, the US PermanentRepresentative to the UN wrote a letter to thePresident of the Council to put Myanmar affairson the agenda of the UNSC due to, what hesaid, deteriorating situations in Myanmarincluding continued detention of politicalinmates, outflow of refugees and drugs as wellas HIV/AIDS and other diseases have harmedthe regional stability and constitute a threat tointernational peace and stability,

* On 15 September 2006, the UNSC approvedthe decision by 10 votes in favour, 4 againstand 1 abstention, and those countries that castnegative votes included the Russian Federationand the People’s Republic of China, which arepermanent members of the UNSC and haveveto power,

* Despite being persuaded and put pressure,Myanmar’s friendly countries stand steadfastly

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on the side of Myanmar as they understand theactual objective conditions of Myanmar andcannot bear to see the UNSC being misused asa tool in the interest of a big nation. Myanmarand her people appreciate very much theircorrect and proper stand.

* The President of Non-Aligned Movement wrotea letter dated 10-7-2006 to the UNSC Presidentstating that attempts to put on the agendaformally or informally the affairs of a membercountry that does not constitute a threat tointernational peace and security are contrary toArticle 24 of the UN Charter. Thus, NAM rejectsthe pressure of permanent member nation ofthe Security Council to put Myanmar on theUNSC agenda.

* At the procedural meeting of the UNSC held on15 September 2006, the Chinese representativesaid that only threats to international peace andsecurity according to the UN Charter warrantedinclusion on the agenda. If other issues such ashuman rights, refugees, drugs and AIDS werealso considered for inclusion, any country facingsimilar issues could be inscribed on the agendaas well, which was ‘preposterous’. Few countriesin the region thought the situation in Myanmarwas a threat to peace and security and the factthat some countries from over the ocean thoughtotherwise was a far cry from reality. Inclusionof a member country’s internal affairs on theagenda is in fact violation of Article 24 of theUN Charter.

* Likewise, Qatar’s representative noted thatMyanmar’s neighbours did not consider thecountry’s human rights situations to constitutea threat to the regional peace and security andthe door should be left open for the relevantorgans to deal with such question; Includingthe Myanmar item on the Council’s agenda wasinappropriate and would close diplomaticchannels to the competent internationalorganizations in the human rights field. So, Qatarturned down the attempts to put Myanmar affairson the UNSC agenda.

* In the UN Charter principles, it is said that‘Nothing contained in the present Charter shallauthorize the United Nations to intervene inmatters which are essentially within the domesticjurisdiction of any state’.

* Moreover, in the declaration adopted by the UN

General Assembly held on 9 December 1981,it was stated that every nation shall avoidmisuse of human rights issues with the intentionof interfering in internal affairs of other nations.

* Therefore, it is apparent that the attempts ofthe US are not in conformity with the UNCharter principles and declarations.

The above-mentioned points highlighted thatthe US attempts to deal with Myanmar affairs inthe UNSC are not in conformity with the UN’spolicy and that violates the UN Charter; that suchdeliberate attempts are facing a lot of objections ofinternational community; and that the approval todiscuss Myanmar affairs does not mean the rightsto take action against the nation. The accusationsthe US has levelled against Myanmar are alwaysfound unreasonable. This time, also, its accusationsmet with a firm rebuttal of Myanmar governmentand people.

On 4 January 1948 when Myanmar regainedindependence, the nation declared its independentand active foreign policy that was non-aligned andneutral, and that was aimed at ensuring friendshipwith other nations. The AFPFL government, theRevolutionary Council government, and theTatmadaw government continued to practise it, anddealt with its neighbours, while strengthening bilateralfriendship. As a member to the global community,Myanmar has played an active role with a sense ofduty in the international affairs. And Myanmar hasnever invaded nor is hostile to any other countries.It always upholds the Five Principles of PeacefulCoexistence, the Bandung (Non-aligned) Conferencedeclaration and its principles, UN Charter,international agreements and norms on internationallaw. Paying a serious attention to mutual respects,understanding and friendship with neighbouring andregional nations, Myanmar is taking an active partin the tasks of ASEAN, BIMST-EC, and Non-Aligned Movement. So, US PermanentRepresentative to the UN John Bolton’s accusationsagainst Myanmar are found groundless.

Since the time of King Mindon of KonbaungPeriod, Myanmar and the US had had gooddiplomatic relations, sending goodwill messages toeach other. Myanmar has never harmed the interestsof the US nor breached her policies in dealing withit. Documented in the Myanmar records arebehaviours of the US that it is dealing with Myanmar,whereas it is opposed to the nation and is harmingthe interests of the nation clandestinely or brazenly.In adhering to the international code of conduct,Myanmar has still been in the list of exemplarycountries. She has not got nor kept any alien outlaws,rebels and expatriates who are opposed to respectivemother countries.

Myanmar respects sovereignty of nations inaccord with the principles of the UN Charter, theBandung principles, the international law, and theInternational Convention. She stays away fromcommitting barbarous acts including interferencesand intrusions. As majority of Myanmar peopleprofess Theravada Buddhism and the rest, other

(See page 7)

The above-mentioned points highlighted that the US attempts todeal with Myanmar affairs in the UNSC are not in conformity with theUN’s policy and that violates the UN Charter; that such deliberateattempts are facing a lot of objections of international community; andthat the approval to discuss Myanmar affairs does not mean the rightsto take action against the nation. The accusations the US has levelledagainst Myanmar are always found unreasonable. This time, also, itsaccusations met with a firm rebuttal of Myanmar government andpeople.

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(from page 6)religions, and are living in unity, they always leada civilized and gentle way of life thanks to theirtraditions and culture, characters and religiousteachings.

Myanmar people regained independenceafter launching the historic struggle to liberate thecountry from under the unjust aggression andoccupation of the aliens exploiting the country’sresources and riches for over a century. The peoplelaunched the struggle to freely serve the interest ofthe nation and of their own. They are safeguardingthe Union, independence and sovereignty to protectthe country from falling under subjugation again.They made endeavours to end internal armed strifein which national races were killing each other foryears, and restored national peace. Up to now, 17major armed groups and 18 small armed groupshave returned to the legal fold. At present, theyare joining hands with the government and thepeople for regional and national interest, or in otherwords they are developing the nation in all aspectsin an environment totally free from drugs.

All the Myanmar people’s struggles to regainindependence and safeguard independence,endeavours to ensure peace in the entire Unionand develop rural and urban areas as never beforeand stance to stay neutral in the global powers’efforts to form groups based on ideology, adhereto the policy of peaceful co-existence are just,correct and sincere.

If someone is against Myanmar’s endeavoursto serve her interest and safeguard herindependence, it is because of his own negativeattitude. The US and the UN know that Myanmarhas been achieving success in rooting out theproblem of opium, the evil legacy of thecolonialists, and another problem of stimulanttablets. The 15-year drug elimination plan ofMyanmar is also witnessing success gradually. Theearliest success of the plan is the declaration ofMongla region as a drug free zone. Kokang andWa regions have also made the same declarationas Mongla.

Every year, the US State Department issueda report in which it accuses over 100 nationsincluding Myanmar of the so-called human rightsabuses. In accord with the traditions and cultureand religious teachings, Myanmars always helpeach other and never make any racial or colourdiscrimination. Myanmar has no associations asthe KKK that tortures and kills Blacks. Myanmaradheres to the UN Human Rights Declaration. TheUS is always at the top in the countries that faceharsh criticism from other nations at the UN humanrights conferences.

AIDS infection rate is high in nations thatopenly run brothels and sex tours in cities andimporting heroin and demanding the freedom torefine stimulants and abuse narcotic drugs. Thereare few HIV cases in Myanmar resulting fromthe infiltration of alien culture. The country iscontrolling the disease with health projects andtreatment programmes. The US is slandering

Myanmar as if the country has become the sourceof AIDS infection in the region. The US never hasthe tradition of giving correction of its false news.During the reign of King Thibaw, the New YorkTimes slandered court and internal affairs ofMyanmar. Although it knew from the start that itwas based on wrong information, it never lookedinto the matter for correction. The US has spent alarge amount of money to control various mediaand to make all nations believe all what the UStells them. And instead of giving a clarification, iteven covers up the explanations made by thecountries concerned.

Millions of people died and countries reducedto ashes in the Korea War, Vietnam War, BalkanWar and the wars in Latin America, Africa andMiddle East. Some nations were divided into two orthree parts. The US was the country that directly orindirectly involved in the wars, without a reasonableproof. The US is the country that launches invasionsand interferences to make the world an unstable place.A UN team in 1991 searched weapons of massdestruction in Iraq, and did not find any piece ofnuclear, chemical or biological weapon. But the USattacked Iraq in 2003 against the wish of UN thatwas requesting the US not to invade Iraq as the globalbody was going to continue its WMD search in thecountry. The US presented a certain reason andattacked Afghanistan and Serbia withoutacknowledging the UN.

The list of US military bases around the worldcan be found even in the books published by thecountry. But it has no military bases in the 10 ASEANnations of the Southeast Asia region. In the 1950sthere was SEATO formed with two regional countriesand other six nations including the US from outsidethe region. Like the NATO of Europe, the aim ofSEATO was to destroy communist countries. In 1961-62, the US in collusion with some leaders of nationalrace groups under its influence, attempted to destroythe Union of Myanmar with federal policy. The greatconspiracy was that the breakaway regions afterestablishing themselves as states would join theSEATO.

The foreign policy Myanmar has adopted afterregaining independence never allows stationing of

troops from any nation or bloc on her soil. The USattempts to station troops on Myanmar soil duringthe Burma Socialist Programme Party governmentfailed. The Tatmadaw has never accepted suchschemes. The 104 basic principles adopted by theNational Convention does not permit any foreigntroops from stationing in Myanmar either. Hence,a US ambassador rushed to Myanmar. And whenshe left, Daw Suu Kyi gave the order to NLDdelegates to boycott the National Convention whichthey had attended for nearly three years andparticipated in adopting the 104 basic principles.Since then, the elements inside the nation havebeen launching activities to disrupt the Convention,while the outside forces have been putting pressureand imposing sanctions on Myanmar. Foreigntroops could be allowed to station on Myanmarsoil only if the Convention can be halted. The USwill station military bases in Myanmar and threatenthe region as soon as it has wrecked the Conventionand install a puppet government in the country.

The US has been continuously makingattempts to destroy the Convention and install apuppet government through the scheme under thename of dialogue. However much the US isdisturbing, the government continues to preservepeace and develop the country. Over 1000 delegatesof workers, peasants, political parties, intellectualsand intelligentsia, State service personnel and peacegroups and representatives-elect and scholars areattending the National Convention, the first steptowards building a true democratic state.Representatives of the national races of the entirenation and masses and classes are holdingdiscussions in accord with democratic practices atthe Convention that has made much headway. Therecannot be a national level meeting as comprehensiveas the National Convention in Myanmar.

Myanmar people are tired of hearingwhispering campaigns of axe-handles and theslanders of traitors and fugitives. They are nothingnew for them. In the meantime, the governmentwill continue to serve the national interest togetherwith the people.

(Translation: MS+TMT)

Myanmar’s path to peace, development and democracy issmooth no matter whoever tries to hinder and disturb

Tekkatho Myat Thu

The list of US military bases around the world can be foundeven in the books published by the country. But it has no militarybases in the 10 ASEAN nations of the Southeast Asia region. In the1950s there was SEATO formed with two regional countries andother six nations including the US from outside the region. Likethe NATO of Europe, the aim of SEATO was to destroy communistcountries. In 1961-62, the US in collusion with some leaders ofnational race groups under its influence, attempted to destroy theUnion of Myanmar with federal policy. The great conspiracy wasthat the breakaway regions after establishing themselves as stateswould join the SEATO.

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Chaungmange Dam near Pannyosan Village in Lewe Township, Pyinmana District: Chaungmange Dam is of earth embankment. It has 103 square-miles of watershed area. The embankment is 96 feet high and 2,150 feet long. The dam can store 91,770 acre-feet of water. One 50-kilowatt generator

will be installed at the dam for producting 0.6 million kilowatt hours yearly. The dam will irrigate 8,000 acres of farmland.

No 3 paper mill (Paleik) of Ministry of Industry-1.

Garment Factory (Pakokku): The factory is 340 feet long, 150 feet wide and 20 feet high.It is a reinforced concrete building. The factory is equipped with one 11-KV sub-power

station, a water tank, warehouses and 704 machines including 526 multi-functionalsewing machines. A total of 816 employees have been appointed at the factory. The

strength of the workforce is 31 officers and 1,597 staff members. The factory willmanufacture 1.2 million pieces of garment yearly.

Priority is being given toprojects…

(from page 16)Division. These projects benefit 918,111 acres offarmland and supply drinking water to the regions. Inaddition, Kinta Dam irrigates farmlands in KyaukseDistrict and generates 56 megawatts.

A total of 13 projects are being implemented inKayin State, Sagaing Division, Taninthayi Division,Magway Division, Mon State, Rakhine State, YangonDivision and Shan State. On completion, these projectswill benefit 1,059,125 acres of land and generate1,205.08 megawatts.

The minister presented a report concerningManipura Multi-purpose Dam Project, KengkhamMulti-purpose Dam Project, MyogyiMulti-purpose Dam Project, Hsedawgyi SupportingDam Project, Shanmange (Mondaing Supporting) DamProject, Nagapauk Sluice Gate Project, Zarmyri(Kodukwe) Dam Project, Buywa Dam Project andUpper Buywa Dam Project.

A total of 92 implemented river water pumpingprojects run by electricity and 187 river water pump-ing projects run by diesel, totalling 279 that have notbeen submitted yet to the Committee benefit 260,933acres of farmland. Furthermore, 14 electricity-runriver water pumping projects and 15 diesel-poweredriver water pumping projects, totalling 29 are beingimplemented to benefit 30,652 acres of farmland.Next, the minister reported on matters related toLetpan river water pumping project and Kayanchaungriver water pumping project.

Afterwards, Minister for Industry-1 U AungThaung presented reports on Taungtha Vest Factory

Project, Pharmaceutical Factory (PyinOoLwin) Project,Pharmaceutical Factory (Inyaung) Project, 30-ton Hy-drogen Peroxide Factory Project and Enamel and SteelWare Factory Project (Minsu).

Minister for Industry-2 Maj-Gen Saw Lwin sub-mitted reports on implementation for Bulldozer and

Excavator Factory (Project), Hydel Power Turbine andGenerator Factory (Project), Radial Tyre Factory(Project), and Machine and Machine Tools Factory(Project).

Likewise, seven ministers, the Minister for Con-struction, the Minister for Transport, the Minister forEnergy, the Minister for Rail Transportation, the Min-ister for Electric Power No (1), the Minister for ElectricPower No (2), and the Minister for Communications,Posts and Telegraphs reported on matters on imple-mentation of respective projects.

After hearing the reports, Senior General ThanShwe gave necessary guidance on respective projects,and the meeting ended in the evening.

The reports submitted by seven ministers wereas follows:-

The Irrigation Department under the Ministry of

Agriculture and Irrigation is constructing dams in allStates and Divisions. Manipura Multi-purpose DamProject will be implemented on Manipura River, 2.5miles upstream Gabarni Bridge in Kale Township,Kale District. Manipura Dam will be 527 feet high and2,444 feet long. On completion, the dam will preventfloods in Myittha River valley, reduce floods causedby Chindwin River in lower Kalewa region, irrigate50,000 acres of farmland and generate 380 megawatts.Therefore, the project will contribute to developmentof the regions.

Kengkham multi-purpose dam project will beimplemented at Namat creek near Kengkham villagein Yakswak township, Shan State (South). On comple-tion, six megawatts can be generated and more watercan be stored in Zawgyi dam so as to generate moreelectricity. Besides, with water supply of Kengkhamdam, Myogyi dam which is under construction willgenerate about 30 megawatts providing 990,000 acresfeet of water for the greening of Meikhtila plains.

Myogyi multi-purpose dam project is beingundertaken at Zawgyi river near Myogyi village inYwangan township. It is of an earth dam with 2,461feet in length and 258 feet in height. The project startedin April 2005. On completion, it will generate 30megawatts and supply water to Kingta diversion dam.Hsedawgyi supporting dam will be built 33 miles fromHsedawgyi dam in Madaya township, Mandalay Divi-sion. Chaungmagyi creek, where Hsedawgyi dam issituated, can provide more water than the water

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Paunglaung underground power station in Pyinmana Township.

Priority is being given toprojects…

No 5 farm machinery factory (Ywathagyi).

(from page 8)storage capacity of thedam. In addition to gen-erating electricity andsupplying irrigation wa-ter, 800,000 acre feet ofwater is being releasedfrom the dam. Therefore,to make full use of watersupply of Hsedawgyicreek, Hsedawgyi sup-porting dam project hasto be undertaken.

On completion, 60megawatt of electricitycan be generated andHsedawgyi dam will gen-erate 60 million KWH ofelectricity. Meiktila plainsreceives average annual

rainfall of 30 inches. So,the region does not haveenough water to growcrops even in the rainyseason. For the greeningof Meiktila, Shanmange(Mondineyeku) damproject will be imple-mented at Shanmangecreek near Aungtha vil-lage in Meiktila town-ship. By undertaking theproject, Mondine lakecan be prevented fromsilting-up and crop landswill be much benefited.

The Head of Stategave guidance that a planwas to be drawn for theall-year-round greeningof the 30-mile radius ofYangon city. In accordwith the guidance,Nagapauk sluice gate willbe built at Nagapaukcreek at the confluenceof Nagapauk creek andKhamon river in Waw

township, Bago Division.On completion, theNagapauk project willnot only help greenthe 30-mile radius of thecity but also benefit15,000 acres of farm-land.

Zarmayi (Kodu-kwe) dam project atKodukwe creek in Bagotownship is also part ofthe greening plan. Thedam will supply water toZaungtu diversion weirfor greening tasks andagricultural purposes. Thedam is of earthen typewith 100 feet in heightand 1,130 feet in length.

The water storage capac-ity is 216,000 acre feet.

Magway Division isseeing dam projects. AndBu Ywa Dam Project willbe launched on the MoneCreek near Bu Village, 13miles upstream MoneCreek Dam in SedoktaraTownship, and Ahtet BuYwa Dam Project on thesame creek nearThukaungkyin Village,about 25 miles upstreamMone Creek Dam. Oncompletion, the two facili-ties will be able to gener-ate 42 megawatts and 150megawatts respectivelyand contribute towardseffective use of the cur-rent of the Mone Creekand help accelerate thegeneration of hydel powerby the Mone Creek Damconstructed and KyeeOhn Kyee Wa Dam un-der construction.

nals, river water pumpingstations and undergroundwater tapping stations.

From 1995 to April2006, the nation has wit-nessed 298 river waterpumping stations thatbenefit more than 430,000acres of arable lands.

Now, plans are underway to construct Letpan(Shantegyi) river waterpumping station on theNgamoeyeik Creek inHlegu Township, that willbe able to benefit about9,300 acres of farmlandand Kayanchaung riverwater pumping station inThanlyin Township,Yangon Division, thatwill irrigate 5,000 acresof farmland.

The Ministry of In-dustry-1 is opening morefactories to fulfil the re-quirements of householditems.

ceutical factory(PyinOoLwin) is sched-uled to produce 1,050million tablets and cap-sules in the first phaseand 2,100 million tablets

and capsules in the sec-ond phase along withinjection, intrave-nousfluids, lotion, syrup andpowder.

On completion, thepharmaceutical factory(Inyaung) project inInyaung, Kyaukse Town-ship, Mandalay Division,it will produce 30 milliondisposable syringes, 2.5million intravenous fluidsand 50 million injectionbottles in a year.

The ministry alsoconstructed a hydrogenperoxide factory in ChaukTownship, Magway Divi-sion, and put into com-mission the enamel and

steelware factory (Minsu)in Minsu Village,Kyaukse Township, on 20March 2006.

The Ministry of In-dustry-2 is building mod-ern factories in ThagaraIndustrial Zone, four milesfrom Thagara, YedasheTownship, Bago Division,including a bulldozer andexcavator factory and ahydel power turbine andgenerator factory.

The Myanma Tyreand Rubber Industries willimplement the radialtyre factory in Bilin Town-ship, Thaton District, MonState.

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Myogyi Multi-Purpose Dam Project in Ywangan Township, Shan State (South).

The A & I Ministry isconstructing dams, ca-

Among the pharma-ceutical factories underconstruction, the pharma-

On completion, the pharmaceuticalfactory (Inyaung) project in Inyaung,Kyaukse Township, Mandalay Division,it will produce 30 million disposablesyringes, 2.5 million intravenous fluidsand 50 million injection bottles in a year.

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Destructionists spreading fabricated news, rumours,turning a blind eye to the sector-wise achievements

All are to guard against their destructive acts

Basic Journalism Course No 6 concludess

YANGON, 22 Sept— The Basic JournalismCourse No 6, organizedby the Union Solidarityand DevelopmentAssociation, concluded atthe hall of USDAHeadquarters on NewUniversity Avenue inBahan Township thismorning, with an addressby Secretariat Member ofUSDA U Thaung.

In his speech,USDA SecretariatMember U Thaung saidthat the USDA wasformed with the newgeneration youths whowill discharge nationalduty to build a peaceful,modern and developednation and preservenational prestige andintegrity. USDAmembers are also thepeople and they joinedthe association with thedesire to serve theinterests of the people andthe nation. Since its birth,the association has beennurturing the increasingmembers for improve-ment of their efficiency,while carrying outorganizing, managementand mobilizing tasks withfirm conviction under thecorrect leadership of theGovernment. Theassociation is performingits tasks of humanresources developmentand shaping the futureState. The BasicJournalism Course is oneof the tasks to nurture themembers.

He said that at thetraining course, topics onmedia counter-attacks,

rebutting rumours andinstigation, organizing,propaganda and the roleof media, news reporting,news applying, newssecurity and others werediscussed. Furthermore,arrangements were madefor participation of thetrainees in the trips torecount their experiencesby writing articles andcoverage of TV news.

The SecretariatMember urged thetrainees to use theirexperiences andknowledge from thetraining course in theirworksites and organizeUSDA member people.He stressed the need forthe trainees to continuetheir learning forimprovement ofefficiency while servingthe interests of the nationand the people.

He went on to saythat stability of thenation, uplift of social-economic life of theGovernment and thepeople, and humanresources development

are basic needs inestablishing a peaceful,modern, developed anddiscipline-flourishingdemocratic nation. Atpresent, the Government,the Tatmadaw and thepeople are joining handsto implement the plansand projects on stabilityof the nation,strengthening of nationaleconomy, and humanresources development.Therefore, progress canbe witnessed in allaspects. In addition, 24special developmentplans and ruraldevelopment tasks arealso being undertaken.Departmental personnel,social organizations andlocals are participating inthe tasks of developmentfacilities in rural area andborder regions.

Due to theconcerted efforts of theGovernment, the peopleand the Tatmadawupholding Our ThreeMain National Causes,remarkable progress hasbeen made in political,

economic and socialfields. In addition, theseven-step Road Map isbeing implemented.Furthermore, the NationalConvention is being held,and basic principles wereadopted for drawing theconstitution. Indeed,emergence of the StateConstitution is thenational duty of allcitizens of the nation.Therefore, the USDA isto actively take part in therespective tasks ofrealizing the seven-stepRoad Map and theNational Convention.

It is known to allthat internal and externaldestructionists and someorganizations arecommitting destructiveacts and spreadingfabricated news andrumours by turning a

blind eye to the sector-wise achievements ofthe nation. All thepeople are to guardagainst such destructiveacts — interfering ininternal affairs of theState and disturbing OurThree Main NationalCauses, with the unitedstrengths.

In conclusion, theSecretariat Memberurged the trainees to takepart in the respectivetasks for realizing theseven-step Road Map,five rural developmenttasks and implementingnine future tasks of theassociation as thenational duty; to strive forforging the Union Spiritby upholding Our ThreeMain National Causes; toserve the interests of thenation and the people;

and to ward off those whodisturb Our Three MainNational Causes, throughthe united strength of thepeople.

Next, SecretariatMember U Thaungpresented first, secondand third prizes to U WinHsan, U Myint Naing andDaw Khin Myo Hlarespectively, completioncertificates to leader ofthe trainees U Ye Myintand gifts to the instructorsthrough coach instructorU Myat Thu (TekkathoMyat Thu).

Also present on theoccasion were USDACEC members Thura UMyint Maung, U AungThein Lin and U MaungPa, responsible persons ofthe USDA Headquartersand instructors.

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YANGON, 22 Sept —Jointly organized byCultural Sub-WorkingGroup of MyanmarWomen’s AffairsFederation and YangonDivision Women’sAffairs Organization,talks on custom andtradition of Myanmarfamily were given atShinsawpu Hall inThanlyin Township in

Yangon South Districtthis afternoon.

Leader of Social andCultural Working GroupDr Daw Sanda Aung ofMWAF made a speech onthe occasion.

Member of the sub-working group Dr DawTin Tin Tun gave talks onfine traditions ofMyanmar Culture to bepractised.

Talks on Myanma custom andtradition given

Leader of the sub-working group Dr DawKhin Thein spoke wordsof thanks.

Chairperson DawKhin Myo Thu andmembers of YangonDivision WAO, membersof Yangon South DistrictWAO and local womenwere present on theoccasion.

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USDA Secretariat Member U Thaung speaks at the conclusion ceremony of No 6 Basic Journalism Course.—MNA

Due to the concerted efforts of theGovernment, the people and the Tatmadawupholding Our Three Main National Causes,remarkable progress has been made inpolitical, economic and social fields.

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New products introduced

Foreign Minister sends messageof felicitations to Saudi Arabia

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Sept — On the occasion ofthe National Day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,which falls on 23 September 2006, U Nyan Win,Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union ofMyanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisExcellency Saud Bin Al-Faisal Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kingdom ofSaudi Arabia. — MNA

Officials urged to exert efforts in growingrubber, physic nut

NAY PYI TAW, 22Sept — Chairman ofKachin State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of NorthernCommand Maj-Gen OhnMyint, accompanied byDeputy Commander Brig-Gen San Tun and officials,arrived Moklwe Village ofWaingmaw Township on19 September andinspected monsoon paddyfield of farmer U Zaw ZawWin.

Manager U OhnShwe of MyanmaAgriculture Service andofficials clarified theagricultural tasks beingcarried out.

Commander Maj-Gen Ohn Myint called onextended cultivation ofmonsoon paddy andphysic nut as well ascultivation of moreperennial crops on a

commercial scale.The commander

and party also viewedscattering of fertilizers onthe paddy fields of localfarmers and thrivingphysic nut plantations offarmer U Tha Aung inNaungtalaw Village.

In meeting withlocal residents, thecommander called uponthem to successfully growphysic nut plants astargeted and attended totheir needs.

On arrival at No 2rubber plantation of the

command headquarters,the commander urged theofficials concerned toexpend their efforts oncultivating rubber.

Later, the officialsconducted the comman-der around No 1 rubberplantation. — MNA

Coord meeting of NCC Management Committee held

NAY PYI TAW, 22Sept — The NationalConvention ConveningManagement Committeeheld the coordinationmeeting at the hall of theAuditor-General’s Officehere this afternoon.

Chairman of NCCManagement CommitteeAuditor-General Maj-Gen Lun Maung presidedover the meeting andSecretary of the NCCManagement CommitteeLt-Col Than Htay actedas MC.

In his address, Maj-Gen Lun Maung said thatthe National Conventionwill be reconvened atNyaunghnapin Camp inHmawby Township on 10

October 2006. Hence,sub-committees are todiscuss renovation ofbuildings includinghostels for the NCdelegates, tasks ofreception and accommo-dation, greeningNyaunghnapin Camp, andtasks of reception, welfareand health facilities forthe NC delegates. TheManagement Committeehad assigned duties torespective sub-committees. All are toharmoniously strive forsmoothly convening theNational Convention.

Chairmen andsecretaries of respectivesub-committees sub-mitted their respective

sectors.Next, officials of

the Ministry of Energy,YCDC and Yangon CityElectric Power SupplyBoard reported oncompletion of their tasksand future plans.

Members of theNCC ManagementCommittee took part inthe discussions.

Later, the meetingchairman gave necessaryinstructions and gave theconcluding remarks.

Also present at themeeting were Vice-Chairmen Maj-GenThan Htay of theMinistry of Defence andDeputy Minister forHotels and Tourism

Brig-Gen Aye MyintKyu and members,chairmen and secretariesof sub-committees anddepartmental officials.

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Coord meeting onhosting archery

championships heldNAY PYI TAW, 22 Sept — A coordination meeting

on organizing the Third Asian Circuit ArcheryChampionship 2006 and the Second SEA ArcheryChampionship was held at the Ministry of Sports,here, on 20 September.

Chairman of Myanmar Olympic CommitteeMinister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myintdelivered an address.

President of Myanmar Archery Federation UTint Hsan reported on hosting the championships indetail.

MOC member Deputy Minister for Hotels andTourism Brig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu and departmentalofficials reported on assistance to be provided by theirrespective sectors.

Also present at the meeting were executives ofMAF.

The Third Asian Circuit Archery Championship2006 and the Second SEA Archery Championshipwill be held in Yangon from 1 to 7 November. A totalof 33 countries have been invited to take part in thechampionships. — MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Ohn Myint hears reports on completion ofagricultural tasks in Waingmaw. — MNA

Auditor-General Maj-Gen Lun Maung addresses coordination meeting of NCCMC.—MNA

Managing Director U Zaw Latt speaks at launching ceremony of newproducts of Myanmar Indobest Co Ltd. — MNA

YANGON, 22 Sept — Myanmar Indobest Co Ltdintroduced new products at Grand Plaza ParkroyalHotel on Alanpya Pagoda Road, here, yesterdayevening.

Managing Director U Zaw Latt extendedgreetings.

Later, he introduced Pampers baby items, HairCare Products — Rejoice, Pantene, Head andShoulders, and herbal essences, Camay soft soap, Paicand Fab detergents, Olay skin care products, Pringlesfoodstuff and Whisper items for women.

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SEA MERCHANT VOY NO (701)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SEA MER-CHANT VOY NO (701) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 24.9.2006 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES (PTE) LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797 British soldier admits war crime against IraqisBULFORD CAMP

(England), 21 Sept—ABritish soldier pleadedguilty on Tuesday tocommitting a war crime byinhumanely treatingdetainees while serving inIraq. Corporal DonaldPayne is one of sevenBritish soldiers facing courtmartial over the death incustody three years ago ofan Iraqi hotel receptionistin the southern city of Basra.

Five of the seven wereserving with the QueensLancashire Regimentwhile two others were with

the Intelligence Corps atthe time of the death ofBaha Musa after his arrestby a British patrol sixmonths after 2003 theUS-led invasion of Iraq.

The men face an arrayof charges frommanslaughter to neg-ligence.Musa, the courtheard, had 93 injuries onhis body, including abroken nose and ribs, whileanother man was so badlybeaten that he nearly diedfrom kidney failure. Allwere held in a raid on ahotel in Basra as the

Over 50 nations press forbinding nuclear test ban

insurgency grew. Guns,grenades, ammunition,bayonets and a sniper scopewere found in the raid.

Britain, Washington’smain ally in Iraq, hasinvestigated scores ofdeaths and injuries ofIraqis since joining thewar. Three British soldierswere jailed in February2005 for abusing Iraqidetainees in a case whichdrew comparisons withthe mistreatment of Iraqisby US troops at the AbuGhraib Prison.

Chief among the

accused is Payne, 35,charged with themanslaughter of Musa,inhumane treatment ofprisoners and trying topervert the cause of justiceby getting people to lieabout the cause ofdeath.Opening the pro-secution case against him,Julian Bevan accusedPayne — a militarypoliceman in charge of thedetainees —of beatings,sleep deprivation andforcing the men to stand forhours in extremely painfulpositions.— MNA/Reuters

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, cofferdam of the Longtanhydropower station, located on the upper reaches of the Pearl River in southwestChina’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is seen being demolished for the

safety of the dam during flood season, on 20 Sept, 2006.—INTERNET

30 fishermen feareddead in Bay of Bengal

DHAKA, 21 Sept—Over100 fishing trawlerscapsized in the Bay ofBengal Tuesday eveningduring a sudden storm,leaving at least 300fishermen missing and 30of them feared dead, theBangladeshi news agencyUNB reported Wednesday.

One of the fishermen,Hatem Ali Khan, 60,resident of southernBarguna District, wasconfirmed dead.

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South Africa arrests ten forillegal diamond trade

JOHANNESBURG, 21Sept— A three-yearinvestigation into illegaldiamond dealing hasled to the arrest of ninemen and one womanin the Northern andWestern Cape onWednesday, a policespokeswoman said.

Captain CherelleEhlers said: “Ten suspects,some of them well knownin the diamond industry,were arrested in acoordinated operation.”

Operation 2081 — anundercover investigationby the precious metals anddiamonds unit — wasinitiated in the NorthernCape in May 2004 withthe aim to infiltrate andgather information onillicit diamond dealing inthe industry.

The dealers werearrested at 6 am inKimberly and Port Nolloth

in the Northern Cape andin Cape Town.

The police seizeddiamonds, evidence ofillegal transactions,documentation and cashfrom their homes and

workplaces.“Investigations in a

third province arecontinuing and morearrests are likely,” Ehlerssaid.

MNA/Xinhua

UNITED NATIONS, 21Sept—More than 50nations issued a plea onWednesday for 10 morecountries to ratify a 10-year old treaty banningnuclear tests, a step that

would transform aninformal moratorium intoa binding commitment.

A meeting of “Friendsof the ComprehensiveNuclear Test Ban Treaty”at UN headquarters wasintended to “serve as awake-up call for thosenations that have not doneso to sign and ratify theCTBT,” said Bernard Bot,the Netherlands ForeignMinister.

The pact was adoptedin New York in September1996. So far, 176 nationshave signed it and 135have ratified.

But under the treaty’sterms, it will come intoforce only after it is ratifiedby the 44 states deemedcapable of producingnuclear weapons.

To date just 34 of thosestates have done so. The10 that have not are theUnited States, China,

Colombia, North Korea,Egypt, India, Indonesia,Iran, Israel and Pakistan.

President George WBush’s Administrationactively opposes the pactalthough US officialshave said they have noplans to resume nucleartesting.

“We live with the riskof someone going aheadand testing nuclearweapons all of the time,”said Australian ForeignMinister AlexanderDowner, who co-chairedWednesday’s meetingwith Bot.

Downer singled outNorth Korea as onecountry that might soondo so. US officialshave reported signs thatPyongyang may bepreparing to conductan underground nucleartest.

MNA/Reuters

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pvaer;®Pc\. eKt\mP∑M>‘Pi;tui;tk\eqa Nuic\cMeta\”k^; tv\eSak\AM.Pakistan-China oil, gas

cooperation rapidly growing ISLAMABAD, 21 Sept— Federal

Minister for Petroleum and NaturalResources of Pakistan AmanaullahKhan Jadoon has said that Pakistan-China cooperation in the oil and gassector was rapidly growing for themutual advantage, according to aPetroleum Ministry statement Tuesday.

He was talking to the delegation fromChina Xinjiang Petroleum and AlliedServices headed by General ManagerYouting Kou who called on him hereTuesday and discussed with himinvestment opportunities in the oil andgas sector, said the statement.

MNA/Xinhua

Customers line up for return and refund on SK-II cosmetics. SK-II, a topJapanese cosmetic maker, took back its products sold and refunded customers atShanghai International Hotel on 20 Sept , 2006. Recently series of SK-IIcosmetics were found containing prohibited ingredients by the GeneralAdministration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.—XINHUA

HK employment hits record highHONG KONG, 21 Sept—

Hong Kong’s totalemployment rose to arecord high of over 3.47million in the June-Augustperiod, while the jobless

rate fell to 4.8 per cent, thelowest in five years, theCensus and StatisticsDepartment said Tuesday.

Total employment grewby 21,400 to an all-timehigh of 3.474 million, whilethe labour force rose by23,800 to a new high of 3.663 million.

The underemploymentrate fell from 2.6 per cent inMay-July period to 2.4 percent in June-August

period.Jobless rate fallswere mainly observed inthe foundation and su-perstructure construction,business services, andwelfare and communityservices sectors. As forthe underemployment rate,falls were found in theconstruction (especiallydecoration and mai-ntenance), sanitary servicesand manufacturing sectors.

MNA/Xinhua

Six mln Chinese suffering from Alzheimer’s diseaseBEIJING, 21 Sept— A

recent survey reported inTuesday’s China YouthDaily shows that nearly sixmillion Chinese aresuffering from Alz-heimer’s disease (AD).

The survey, which wasconducted by the PekingUnion Medical CollegeHospital, revealed thatabout five per cent ofChinese aged over 65 havethe disease.

Alzheimer’s disease isa progressive braindisorder that graduallydestroys a person’smemory and ability tolearn, reason, makejudgments, communicateand carry out dailyactivities. As the diseaseprogresses, individualsmay also experiencechanges in personality andbehaviour, such as anxiety,

suspiciousness oragitation, as well asdelusions or hall-ucinations. ProfessorZhang Zhenxin fromPeking Union MedicalCollege Hospital, who ledthe survey, pointed out to a

research finding that only23.3 per cent of China’sAD patients seek medicaladvice and only 21.3 percent receive medicaltreatment.

Public ignorance of thedisease is another

Chen Qian (C), winner of the China final for MissInternational Beauty Pageant 2006, poses with thefirst and second runners-up Chen Xiaomeng (R)and Jiao Jian in Beijing, on 20 Sept, 2006.—XINHUA

A fisherman feeds a sea lion at the harbour of Punta del Este city in theUruguayan Atlantic coast on 20 Sept, 2006.—INTERNET

Baby-boomers face care bill timebomb

obstacle. Zhang said thatabout 48.8 per cent of theinterviewees believed thatthe disease is a normal partof aging and nearly 96 percent of the people who takecare of AD patients hadnot received standardtraining.—MNA/XinhuaWild fire continues

unabated in CaliforniaLOS ANGELES, 21 Sept—A wild fire continued its

march across uninhabited forestland in California onTuesday, prompting officials to advise evacuations ofhundreds of homes in the rural area.

Strong winds pushed the flames northward, makingit more difficult for firefighters to put out the fire,authorities said.

More than 2,000 firefighters are battling the blazethat started September 4 near Pyramid Lake, outsideLos Angeles. Officials suspected that it was started bysomeone burning trash.

Fire commanders estimated that 74,052 acres ofland have been burned, with fire lines cut around just15 per cent of the perimeter.

MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 21 Sept—Two-thirds of the “baby-boom” generation havemade no provision fortheir future care, despitewarnings that care homescost an average of 21,000pounds a year, a charitysaid on Wednesday.

A survey for Help theAged said 62 per cent ofpeople aged between 45and 65 have no plans tocope if they need care inlater life.

Nearly half said they

would sell their house ifthey needed to pay for aplace in a home.

A fifth of 942 peoplequestioned said “life is tooshort” to worry about whatmay happen when they areelderly.

“People are deludingthemselves if they thinkthat it will never happento them,” said JonathanEllis, senior policymanager at Help the Aged.“Many people feel letdown by the very system

meant to help them.” The survey highlights

widespread confusionover who will pay if theyare forced into a carehome, where chargesaverage 400 pounds aweek.

Many “baby boomers”— people born during aperiod of higher birth ratesafter World War Two —are unaware of thelooming expenses, thesurvey suggests.

MNA/Reuters

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S P O R T S

France's Amelie Mauresmo returns a shot againstChina's Sun Tiantian during a match for the

China Open Women's tennis tournament held inBeijing, China, on 21 Sept, 2006. Mauresmo won

6-3, 6-2. —INTERNET

China’s Peng Shuai returns a shot dur-ing a second round match of the wom-en’s singles against defending cham-pion Maria Kirilenko of Russia at theChina Open tennis tournament inBeijing, capital of China,on 20 Sept, 2006. Peng won 2-1.—XINHUA

BBC face lawsuit over Panorama,Boro complain over agent

LONDON, 22 Sept — Former Portsmouth assistant managerKevin Bond is to sue the BBC for libel and soccer agent TeniYerima is considering similar action after a programme allegingcorruption and rule-breaking in the English game.

Romario eyes 1,000 goalsmark, possibly in AustraliaRIO DE JANEIRO, 22 Sept— Veteran Brazil striker

Romario said on Thursday he was 16 goals short ofreaching the 1,000 mark and had received an offerto continue his career in Australia.

The 40-year-old told reporters at Rio de Janeiroairport that his contract with Miami FC had finishedand he was still pondering his future.

"It was a positive experience, I scored 20 goals in27 matches and the standard was better than I ex-pected," he said of his five months in the United States.

"The 1,000 goals are not an obsession for me, butI'm very close," he said. "I don't know if I'm going toget there but all my friends and family are keepingcount."

When Romario joined Miami FC — who play inthe US Soccer League rather than the more prestigiousMajor League Soccer (MLS) — from Brazil's Vascoda Gama in March, his tally was reported to be 964.

Brazilian media have long questioned Romario'stotal, however, saying it includes goals from youthteam matches and training games.

Earlier this year, Vasco da Gama declared somepre-season practice games as official friendlies togive Romario a better chance of pushing his totaltowards 1,000 goals.

MNA/Reuters

FIFA keeping eye on corruption allegations in EnglandLONDON, 21 Sept — FIFA said on Thursday it was monitoring the inquiries into corruption

allegations in English football and said the affair was not good for the game.

Embarrassed wrestlerretires after punch-up

TOKYO, 21 Sept — Japan's longest-serving active sumo wrestler has retiredin shame after punching an opponent inthe face, Japanese media reported onWednesday.

A disgruntled Kotokanyu saw red af-ter losing a bout to 19-year-old Ikioi inTokyo at the weekend, storming into thelocker room and punching him.

The highly respected Sadogatake, whoruns the sumo stable Kotokanyu belongedto, submitted the wrestler's retirementpapers to the Japan Sumo Association(JSA) on Tuesday.

"He did something you just cannotdo in sumo," Sadogatake told reporters."It was right to draw the line there andthen."

Kotokanyu had never reached thesport's elite "makuuchi" division.

His outburst was just the latest inci-dent of violence to shatter the sereneimage of the ancient Japanese sport.

Russian wrestler Roho was bannedfor three days after smashing a bathroomwindow and slapping two photographersin a post-bout tantrum in July.

Roho's meltdown was reminiscent ofthe infamous 'battle of the bathtub' in-volving firebrand Mongolian Asashoryuthree years ago.

MNA/Reuters

The BBC televisionprogramme Panoramamade accusations of cor-ruption and rule-breakingby managers and agentson Tuesday, promptingthe English FA to launcha series of inquiries.

FIFA spokesmanMarkus Siegler said thatFIFA, world soccer'sgoverning body, wasaware of the allegationsand said they coincidedwith FIFA moves al-ready underway for it tobecome more involved inthe policing of agents'activities.

"We are informedabout what has beenbrought forward,"Siegler told Reuters, add-ing he had a detailedsummary of the Pano-rama programme on hisdesk by 7.00 am the nextmorning.

"Of course, wemust be careful and we

must apply the principleof innocent unless provenguilty.

"That's very impor-tant. But of course, whensomething like thatcomes up, this is notgood for football.

"If it's true, if the

evidence is proven, thisis certainly not what wewant."

Under FIFA's cur-rent rules, the inquiriesand any disciplinary ac-tion are entirely down tothe FA.

However, Siegler

indicated this could beabout to change. FIFAlaunched a series of taskforces in September 2005to look into various as-pects of football, onethem charged with finan-cial matters.

MNA/Reuters

Middlesbrough said they willfile a complaint about agent PeterHarrison after Tuesday's Panora-ma, "Undercover: Football's DirtySecrets", made a series of allega-tions about coaches and agents.

Two agents indicated thatBolton Wanderers manager SamAllardyce had taken payments,known as 'bungs', as part of trans-fers.

All of those accused in theprogramme have denied anywrongdoing, with some planninglegal action.

Bond was secretly recordedby Panorama as saying he wouldconsider discussing payments bya proposed new agency, entirelyfictitious, involving Harrison.

"My client will be taking pro-ceedings for libel against the BBCover the programme and the me-dia hype generated to publicizeit," Bond's solicitor David Pricesaid in a statement.

“The short extract from myclient’s conversation with the re-porter was taken out of contextand presented in a completelymisleading manner.

“It was all smoke and mir-rors. It seems that my client was

only included because after oneyear of working on the pro-gramme the producers were strug-gling to fill the one hour slot.”

MNA/Reuters

Marseille striker Cisse couldreturn next month

PARIS, 21 Sept — France and Olympique Marseillestriker Djibril Cisse could resume training next monthas he continues his recovery from a broken leg, theLigue 1 club said on Wednesday.

"What I've heard from the medical staff and fromthe lad himself let me think he could resume training inOctober," OM chairman Pape Diouf told the club'swebsite.

"Let's be optimistic, we might see him on the pitchat the end of October," he added.

Cisse missed the World Cup finals in Germanyafter he broke his leg during France's last warm-upmatch against China on 7 June.

The striker joined Marseille from Liverpool in aseason-long loan in July. — MNA/Reuters

Albelda says Aragones notthe root of Spain’s problems

MADRID, 21 Sept — Spainmidfielder David Albelda hassaid simply replacing LuisAragones as coach will not im-prove his country's chances ofsuccess on the international stage.

Aragones was singled out forcriticism in the Spanish mediawhen the side slumped to a 3-2defeat away to Northern Irelandin a Euro 2008 qualifier on 6September, two months after an-other disappointing World Cupfinals showing. The 68-year-oldoffered his resignation last weekbut quickly changed his mindwhen the Spanish Football Fed-eration refused to accept it.

"Whether Luis Aragones isthere or not, it will be very diffi-cult to achieve anything becausethere is no unity. In fact it morelike disunity," Albelda, who has38 caps, told Radio Valencia.

MNA/Reuters

Hingis subdues Obzilerto reach last eight

KOLAKTA (India), 22 Sept — Formerworld number one Martina Hingis over-came a dogged display from TziporaObziler of Israel 6-2, 7-5 to reach thequarterfinals of the Kolkata Open onWednesday.

The Swiss top seed appeared set foran easy win after going a break up to lead4-3 in the second set, but her opponent,ranked a lowly 131, produced a series ofblistering shots to either flanks to hustlethe five-times grand slam winner.

Obziler broke back to make it 4-4,the world number nine netting a back-hand return and sending wide a backhandvolley with an open court before her.

Hingis failed to convert four break-points in the ninth game, but finally dis-played her class with a break of serve tolead 5-6 before unleashing three winnersin a row to wrap up the match.

MNA/Reuters

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Friday, 22 September, 2006

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hoursMST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been widespread in Rakhine State, upper SagaingandYangon Divisions, fairly widespread in Kachin, Chinand Shan States. Lower Sagaing, Ayeyawady and BagoDivisions and isolated in the remaining areas. The note-worthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Homalin (2.99)inches, Putao (2.40) inches, Kengtung (2.28) inches, Sittway(1.85) inches, Myeik (1.77) inches.

Maximum temperature on 21-9-2006 was 86°F.Minimum temperature on 22-9-2006 was 74°F. Relativehumidity at 09:30 hours MST on 22-9-2006 was (96%).Total sunshine hours on 21-9-2006 was (1.5) hours approx.

Rainfalls on 22-9-2006 were (0.90) inch atMingaladon, (0.47) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.98) inch atCentral Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were(90.43) inches at Mingaladon, (100.98) inches at Kaba-Aye and (104.25) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mph fromSouthwest at (16:40) hours MST on 21-9-2006.

Bay inference: According to the observations at(09:30) hours MST today, yesterday’s depression overNorthwest Bay has crossed the west Bengal Coast of Indiaand remained as a land depression. It is forecast to movein a Northwest direction. Monsoon is moderate in theAndaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 23-9-2006: Rainor thundershowers will be isolated in Kayah State andMagway Division, scattered in Mon and Kayin States,Lower Sagaing, Mandalay and Taninthayi Divisions, fairlywidespread in Shan and Chin States and Bago Divisionand widespread in the remaining areas. Degree of cer-tainty is (80%).

State of the Seas: Seas will be moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofwithdrawal of Southwest monsoon from the CentralMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 23-9-2006: One or two rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 23-9-2006: Some rain or thundershowers. De-gree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 23-9-2006: Isolated rain or thundershowers. De-gree of certainty is (80%).

Weather outlook for last weekend of September2006: During the coming weekend, scattered rain or thun-dershowers will be in Naypyitaw and Mandalay Divisions,widespread in Yangon Division.

WEATHER

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150,000 bio-gas plants installed in NepalKATHMANDU, 22 Sept — Around 150,000 bio-gas plants are being installed as an alternative source

of traditional domestic energy in Nepal, the national news agency RSS reported Thursday.

According to theRSS, Nepal has a poten-tial of installing around1.9 million bio-gas plants,of which only 8 per cent

have been constructed. The development

pace of bio-gas is acceler-ated following the incep-tion of Bio-gas Support

Programme in Nepallaunched by the govern-ment.

At a special ceremonyorganized here Wednes-day on the occasion of theconstruction of 150,000bio-gas plants, manyspeakers stressed that theaccess of poor peopleshould be increased to thebio-gas plants constructionas a source of clean energyin rural area by ending thedependence upon the useof fire-wood and kerosene.

On the occasion,Minister of State for En-vironment and Scienceand TechnologyManBahadur Bish-wokarma informed thatsome amendments have

Egyptian workers work with stones to makesculptures depicting characters from ancient

Egyptian history in front of a shop on the WestBank of Luxor, some 900km (550 miles) south

of Cairo on 20 Sept, 2006.—INTERNET

been brought in policiesof subsidies so as to in-crease the access of poorpeople to bio-gas plantsconstruction in the daysto come.

MNA/Xinhua

“Storm News”(Issued at 13:00

hrs MST on22-9-2006)According to the

observations at (09:30)hours MST today, yes-terday’s depression overNorthwest Bay hascrossed the west BengalCoast of India and re-mained as a land de-pression. It is forecastto move in a Northwestdirection.

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2nd Waxing of Thadingyut 1368 ME Saturday, 23 September, 2006

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo.—MNA

Minister U Aung Thaung.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Saw Lwin.—MNA

Priority is being given to projectsneeded to be implemented for develop-

ment of the agricultural sector

With a view to bringingabout better transport fortrading, enabling nationalraces to have frequent con-tact with one another andensuring regional develop-ment, a large number ofroads and bridges were con-structed.

(from page 1)In his address, Chairman of the Committee

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Coun-cil Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwe said that it is incumbent upon agovernment that is discharging the responsibilities ofthe State to strive for all-round development of thenation. Thus, since its assumption of the State respon-sibilities the State Peace and Development Councilhas been implementing the nation-building projectsone after another. At present, a large number of

emerged in the nation, he disclosed.In the meantime, concerted efforts are being

made for development of the electric power sector thatis imperative for national development. Regarding this,work is well under way for establishing of powerstations and hydel power stations for the distribution ofpower required, he added.

According to geographical condition, a numberof hydel power stations can be implemented in thenation, thereby contributing to development of theelectric power sector.

development projects have already been implementedand the people are now enjoying the fruits of theprojects, he added.

He said that some projects that are instrumentalin national development are under implementationand there are also projects to be implemented.

The meeting held today is to review projectsalready implemented, those under implementationand those to be undertaken, he stressed.

In the agricultural sector, there are a string ofwater supply projects for agricultural purpose such asdams and reservoirs, river water pumping projects,underground water projects as well as project forreclamation of virgin and fallow lands, project forboosting the per acre yield of crops and project forintroducing of new item crops, he noted.

Priority is being given to projects needed to beimplemented for development of the agricultural sec-tor. Likewise, the government in cooperation with theprivate sector has been making all-out efforts fordevelopment of the industrial sector of the State. As aresult, a series of factories and workshops have

With a view to bringing about better transport fortrading, enabling national races to have frequent con-tact with one another and ensuring regional develop-ment, a large number of roads and bridges were con-structed. With the emergence of those transport facili-ties, people in different parts of the nation can nowtravel from one place to another including border areas.

Likewise, prospects for oil and gas explorationand mining sector have a bright future. The Govern-ment has also encouraged the industrial sector with aview to mushrooming of factories and workshops thatcan efficiently use the forest resource. Meanwhile, theGovernment has implemented the Nine-DistrictGreening Project and Bago Yoma Greening Projectand has been making efforts for environmental conser-vation.

Therefore, the government has built infra-structures that are necessary for the development ofthe State and if these infrastructures are maintained,the State will always be able to enjoy the fruits of thedevelopment.

To keep pace with the economic development,the government has been making efforts for develop-

ment of the social sector.Regarding the education sector, the govern-

ment has implemented plans for the higher educa-tion and now it is easily accessible in main regionsof the Union. It is also striving for providing publichealth care services in rural areas as well as borderareas.

We all put energies into development projectsfor all-round development of the State.

Grasping the concept that developmentprojects are important for the future of the State andposterity, everyone should make concerted effortsfor timely completion of the projects, Senior Gen-eral Than Shwe urged in his concluding remarks.

Minister for Agriculture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htay Oo reported on matters related tothe implemented water supply projects for agricul-tural purpose that have not been submitted yet tothe Special Projects Implementation Committee.He said that the Ministry of Agriculture and Irriga-tion had implemented 84 more projects in KayahState, Kayin State, Sagaing Division, TaninthayiDivision, Bago Division, Magway Division,Mandalay Division, Mon State, Rakhine State,Yangon Division, Shan State and Ayeyawady

(See page 8)

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