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5th Waning of Tazaungmon 1369 ME Thursday, 29 November, 2007Volume XV, Number 227

Established 1914

Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

* 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

YANGON, 28 Nov — Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council of the Union ofMyanmar Senior General Than Shwe has sent amessage to the eighth Myanmar Traditional Medi-cine Practitioners Conference. The following is atranslation of the full text of the message:

It is the eighth Myanmar Traditional Medi-cine Practitioners Conference. Since 2000, the Con-ference has been held with the lofty aim of fosteringunity among Myanmar traditional practitioners and

Senior General Than Shwe’s message to MyanmarTraditional Medicine Practitioners Conference

developing Myanmar traditional medicine in accordwith its standard.

At this conference in which Myanmar tradi-tional Medicine practitioners gather to share knowl-edge with one another in accord with fine traditions, Iwish you all to strive for the progress and promotion ofyour profession with unity ever flourishing in yourhearts.

The advancement of sound foundations of de-velopment in the Myanmar traditional medicine world

including the emergence of the consolidated MyanmarTraditional Medicine Practitioners Association arethe results of the collective and firm efforts of thepractitioners during the short span of time beginningfrom the date the first conference was held.

Based on nature-provided native herbalplants, land-and water-resources and animal prod-ucts, Myanmar traditional medicine has evolved intoa sophisticated branch of medical science.

(See page 8)

YANGON, 28 Nov—Chairman of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Senior GeneralThan Shwe sent a messageto the 8th Myanmar Tradi-tional Medicine Practi-tioners Conference held atthe University of Nursingon Bogyoke AungSan Street in Lan-madaw Township, here,this morning. Chairman ofNational Health Commit-tee Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oodelivered an address at theconference.

In his address, Secre-

Government implementing national health plans touplift the people’s health and fitness that is a blessing

not only for an individual but for the nationtary-1 of the State Peaceand Development Coun-cil Lt-Gen Thiha Thura

Tin Aung Myint Oo said:The Myanmar Tradi-

tional Medicine Practi-

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo delivers an address at the 8th Myanmar Traditional Medicine Practitioners Conference. — MNA

Public confidence in traditional medicines is growing day by dayAll Myanmar traditional medicine practitioners to harmoniously

strive for further improving standard of Myanmartraditional medical science, potency of traditional medicines

tioners Conference hasbeen held annually andthis is the eighth time with

the noble aim of improv-ing the Myanmar tradi-tional medical science and

enhancing the unityof Myanmar traditional

(See page 8)

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 29 November, 2007

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 DesireThursday, 29 November, 2007

Maintain bridges inlong-term interest ofpeople

The 208-foot new Mongpun Bridge

spanning Pun Creek between Loilem and

Taunggyi Districts in Shan State (South)

was inaugurated recently.

The inauguration of the bridge con-

tributes towards smooth flow of commodi-

ties among cities in Shan State (South) and

(East), improving socio-economic life of the

local people and forging further national

unity.

Meiktila-Kengtung-Tachilek Road, the

Union Highway, Namtain Bridge on Namtain

Creek, Nammaung Bridge on Nammaung

Creek and Namkat Bridge on Leikha-

Mongnaung-Mongshu Road are under con-

struction for ensuring smooth and secure

transport. In Shan State 13 bridges which

are 180 feet and above and a lot of small

bridges have been built.

Peace and stability, better transport

and flow of commodities contribute towards

the socio-economic progress of a region. A

large number of roads and bridges are being

built nationwide. Now 5,560 miles of roads

have been built along with 229 bridges in-

cluding Mongpun Bridge which are 180 feet

and above long.

It is the duty of local people to help

maintain the bridges in all parts of the coun-

try that can enhance national development

and promote socio-economic life of national

brethren.

Commander Brig-Gen Myint Soe and Minister Maj-Gen Htay Ooformally open North Yama Supporting Dam in Pale Township.—MNA

Newly-built North Yama Supporting Daminaugurated in Pale Township

NAY PYI TAW, 28 Nov— The opening cer-emony of newly-builtNorth Yama SupportingDam built by Construc-tion Group-4 of Irriga-tion Department of theMinistry of Agricultureand Irrigation was heldat the pandal of the damin Pale Township,Monywa District,Sagaing Division thismorning.

Chairman of SagaingDivision Peace and De-velopment Council Com-mander of North-WestCommand Brig-GenMyint Soe made a speechon the occasion, sayingthat the newly-built damcan generate 250 kilo-watts contributing to-wards the tasks for agri-culture and greening aswell as supplying elec-tric power. It is the 205thones built in the time ofthe Tatmadaw Govern-ment. It is the 23rd damin Sagaing Division. Itwill benefit 385,444acres of farmland andsupply irrigation water tocultivate edible oil cropsand beans and pulses inaddition to paddy all theyear round. In addition,it can also provide the

farmers to generate moreincome.

Minister for Agricul-ture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo deliveredan address on the occa-sion, saying that thenewly built dam hasemerged with the assist-ance of the Governmentin order to fulfill the re-quirements of the farm-ers from Yinmabin andPale Townships ofSagaing Division. Theministry is constantlyplacing emphasis on de-velopment of the agricul-tural sector with the pur-

pose of raising socio-economic life of the ru-ral people. Local farm-ers on their part are tomake efforts to improveagricultural sector withthe use of irrigation wa-ter. Sagaing Division isthe reliable region in thecultivation and produc-tion of paddy and edibleoil crops.

Director U Victor ofConstruction Group-4 ofIrrigation Departmentpresented reports onbuilding the dam to thecommander and the min-ister and Deputy Direc-

tor-General U Tin MaungOhn gave a supplemen-tary report.

Afterwards, on be-half of the locals, U TintSwe spoke words ofthanks. After cordiallygreeting those present,the commander and theminister formally un-veiled the stone plaqueof the dam and sprinkledscented water on it.

After that the com-mander, the minister,guests and engineersposed for documentaryphoto.

MNA

North Yama Supporting Dam in Pale Township seen after opening ceremony of the dam.—MNA

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I N T E R N A T I O N A L N E W S

A man carves a statue made from clay at an arttraining centre in Samawa, 270 km (160 miles)south of Baghdad on 27 Nov, 2007.—INTERNET

Poll shows Chavez in tight Venezuela referendum fight

S Korean submarine joinsmilitary exercise near Australia SEOUL, 27 Nov— The

South Korean Navyannounced Monday thatit has dispatched a 1,200-ton submarine to aninternational submarinerescue exercise held offthe coast of Australia.

“The 1,200-ton LeeEok-gi Ham is taking partin the exercise that kicksoff on Monday for a 12-day run,” said a Navyspokesman.

“The training is topromote cooperation andinteroperability in the fieldof submarine rescue,” thespokesman said. Accord-ing to the Navy, theexercise, named as “Pac-ific Reach 2007”, will becomposed of nine coun-tries including the UnitedStates, Japan, Singapore,South Korea, Australia

and other countries in theregion. The exercise wasstarted in 1999 and hasbeen held on an irregularbasis. Its venue rotatesamong the participatingnations. South Koreahosted the submarine drillsin 2004 in the waters nearthe country’s southernresort island of Jeju.

MNA/Xinhua

CARACAS, 28 Nov—President Hugo Chavezfaces his first ballot boxdefeat with Venezuelansincreasingly turningagainst a constitutionaloverhaul that would scrapterm limits for hispresidency, a new pollshowed on Monday.

Pointing to a swingagainst Chavez, the “Yes”and “No” camps are in atechnical tie among likely

voters ahead of Sunday’svote, according to thesurvey by Caracas com-pany Hinterlaces, anopposition supporter.

The poll comes after arecent survey by anindependent pollstershowed Chavez has lostan early lead in a vote fora constitutional overhaulthat also declares theOPEC nation socialist andallows him to censure

media in emergencies. Chavez, who refuses to

scrap term limits for otherofficials, would have toleave office in 2013without the law change.

But pollsters sayChavez remains popularand could still win byactivating a state-backedget-out-the-vote mac-hinery that in the past hashelped secure resoundingelection wins.

Forty-six per cent ofVenezuelans who said theywill vote on Sunday planto vote “No” while 45 percent will vote “Yes,” athree-point swing since apoll earlier this month,Hinterlaces said. The resultfell within the margin oferror of 4 per-centagepoints and was based on1,333 telephone interviewsfrom 20-24 November.

MNA/Reuters

Typhoon “Mitag’ death toll in Philippines rises to 12Quake measuring 4.3hits New Delhi area

NEW DELHI, 27 Nov—An earthquake measuring 4.3hit the Indian capital and its surrounding areas at dawnon Monday, shaking high-rise buildings, the weatheroffice and Reuters witnesses said.

The epicentre of the tremor, felt at 2313 GMT, wasnear the border of New Delhi and the neighbouring stateof Haryana, which surrounds the capital on its north,west and south. The US Geological Survey put the timeof the earthquake at 2317 GMT and said it measured 4.6,and was at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles).

One local TV channel said there were some cracksin buildings near the epicentre but the report could notbe independently confirmed. There were no reports ofany major damage elsewhere across the city of 14million people.—MNA/Reuters

MANILA , 28 Nov—Typhoon “Mitag” has killedtwelve people as it is on its way to exit the Philippines,the national disaster relief agency said Tuesday.

The National Disaster Coordinating Council said ina report that at least four others remain missing whileone was injured by typhoon-triggered calamities.

“Mitag” affected at least 100,588 families or 443,109people from 899 villages from 121 towns in 19provinces in Luzon Island in North Philippines andcentral Visayas region.

About 45,000 families or 201,329 people have beenbrought to 668 evacuation centres to avoid greaterloss, the report said. The Agriculture Department,meanwhile, estimated 6,075 hectares of crops worth109.648 million pesos (2.55 million US dollars) weredamaged, including 2,671 hectares of rice and 1,973hectares of corn.—MNA/Xinhua

Villagers salvage what is left of their houses on 28Nov, 2007, along the coast in Zamboanga city insouthern Philippines, after big waves spawned by

Typhoon Mitag slammed coastal villages overnightleaving hundreds of families homeless and sending

more than 5,000 people fleeing, some falselythinking there was a tsunami, officials said

Wednesday. –INTERNET

China warship docksin Tokyo

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA)’s navy missile destroyer“Shenzhen” enters the Tokyo Bay for a 4-day goodwill visit to Japan, on 28

Nov, 2007. It’s the first time for PLA vessels to visit Japan. —XINHUA

TOKYO, 28 Nov —A Chinese warshiparrived in Tokyo onWednesday for the firstsuch port call sinceWorld War II, in thelatest sign of warmingties between the Asianneighbours and formerfoes.

The two countrieshad agreed to reciprocalwarship visits in 2000,but China cancelled a

planned port call in 2002after then Japanese PrimeMinister JunichiroKoizumi visited YasukuniShrine, seen in China as asymbol of Japan’s pastmilitarism.

The missile destroyerShenzhen, named after thebooming southernChinese city, docked atHarumi pier, near Tokyo’supscale Ginza shoppingdistrict, greeted by

hundreds of Chineseresidents in Japanwaving small Chineseand Japanese flags.

The residentsperformed a traditionalChinese lion dance whilea Japanese Navy brassband played, both underthe tight watch ofuniformed and plain-clothes police officers atthe port.

MNA/Reuters

Report finds US capital hassevere HIV epidemic

WASHINGTON, 28 Nov —Washington, DC, has the highest rate ofAIDS in the United States, and morebabies are born with the AIDS virus inWashington than in other US cities,according to a report released on Monday.

People living in Washington alsoare not getting tested for HIV and showup with advanced infections that progressquickly to AIDS, the report by city healthofficials found.

The report found that Washington,

with a population of around 600,000people, has a rate of 128 AIDS cases per100,000 people in 2006, compared witha national rate of 14 cases per 100,000.The city accounted for 9 per cent of allpediatric AIDS cases in the United Statesduring 2005.

“The District’s rate for newlyreported AIDS cases is higher than ratesin Baltimore, Philadelphia, New YorkCity, Detroit and Chicago,” the reportsaid.— MNA/Reuters

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An artist makes finaltouch to a muralpainting in a coal

mine in Huaibei city,east China’s Anhui

Province, on 27 Nov,2007. —XINHUA

Performance by Turkish folk dancers at the Celsius Library in the ancientEphesus ruins near Turkey’s west coastal city of Izmir, on 27 Nov, 2007.

INTERNET

JAKARTA, 27 Nov—Two toddlers were killedand 26 others injured, andmany buildings collapsedafter two strong quakesof 6.7 and 6.8 magnitudehit West Nusa TenggaraProvince on Sunday nightand Monday morning, theIndonesian Disaster Man-agement Agency said onMonday.

Spokesman of the

DHAKA, 27 Nov— Afishermen associationSunday claimed that some3,000 fishermen werekilled and 700 others wentmissing in Dublar Char inBangladesh’s southwestfollowing cyclone Sidr

BAGHDAD, 27 Nov — Gunmen killed 11 relatives ofan Iraqi anti-American journalist in northeasternBaghdad, the journalist’s website reported on Monday.

“Some five unknown gunmen, in a four-wheeldrive vehicle, stormed the house of two sisters of Diaaal-Kawwaz in the Shaab neighbourhood at 7:30 am(0430 GMT) on Sunday, killing the two sisters, theirhusbands and their seven children,” Kawwaz’s Internetwebsite said.

Diaa al-Kawwaz is the Editor-in-Chief of theShabakat Akhbar al-Iraq (Network of Iraqi News)based in Germany where he has lived for the past 20years.

The website, known with its opposition to the US-led occupations of Iraq, also said that gunmen blew upthe house after committed their crime and fled thescene.— MNA/Xinhua

COLOMBO, 27 Nov —The Sri Lankan Govern-ment said Sunday that 21Sri Lankan nationals whowere arrested and laterreleased in Iraq have nowbeen charged with illegalentry to the country.

Hussain Bhaila, theDeputy Foreign Ministersaid “they have beencharged for illegal entry toIraq”.

The 21 Sri Lankans,

Sri Lankans chargedin Iraq for illegal entry

working for a privatesecurity company, werearrested on 20 Novemberin connection with ashooting incident inBaghdad and releasedthree days later withoutany charges.

However, the SriLankan Government wasinformed on Saturday thatthey were being chargedfor immigration offense,said Bhaila. He said these

people have defied a SriLankan Governmentorder not to visit Iraq.

“Still as they are SriLankan citizens ourForeign Ministry willassist them,” Bhaila said.

The Sri Lankan Gov-ernment advised itsnationals not to take upemployment in Iraq withthe breakout of the UnitedStates-led war in Iraq in2003. — MNA/Xinhua

Two killed, 26 injured in strongquakes in Indonesia

agency in the provinceNyoman Cinra said thattwo toddlers, five and 10,died because of the quakein Dompu regency. “Twotoddlers were dead andsome buildings collapsedand were damaged,” hetold Xinhua on phone fromthe regency.

An official of theagency in Jakarta, AdamMalik said that currently

26 people suffered seriousinjuries.

The main shock of 6.7magnitude struck at 23:02Jakarta Time (1602 GMTSunday) with epicentre at50 kilometres southwestRaba Town of the pro-vince and at 50 kilometresin depth, the IndonesianMeteorology and Geo-physics Agency said.

Three hours later, the

6.8-magnitude tremorthat was potential fortsunami followed themain shock, the agencysaid.

Twenty-three peoplewere killed and thousandsof buildings were destru-cted in September after a7.9-magnitude quake hitBengkulu Province inSumatra Island of Indo-nesia. —MNA/Xinhua

3,000 fishermen feared killed bycyclone in Bangladesh

that battered the country’scoastal belt on 15 Novem-ber.

Dublar Char, whichconsists of six smallislands, is situated on thesouthern tip of Bangladeshand it was the first pointhit by cyclone Sidr.

It is part of the coun-try’s southwestern Sun-darbans, the world’slargest mangrove forestcovering nearly 6,000square metres.

Major (rtd) Zia Uddin,president of the Dublar-char Fishermen Group,made the remarks at aPress conference in thesouthern Bagerhat Dist-rict Sunday, 10 days afterthe cyclone disaster ami-dst general belief that the

actual death toll must behigher than that of theofficial figure.

Zia said some 30,000people, most of them fish-ermen, came to cycloneshelters at Dublar Charon the fateful night, butdue to lack of accom-modation, some 10,000 to12,000 people wereshifted to different chan-nels inside the Sundarbansmangrove forest.

He said most of thosepeople were killed by thestorm.

The government foodand disaster ministry putthe overall death toll at3,061 while the ArmedForces division at 3,199so far.

MNA/Xinhua

Gunmen kill 11 relatives ofIraqi journalist

JAKARTA, 28 Nov —Indonesian PresidentSusilo Bambang Yudho-yono said Tuesday that thefight against corruptionwill continue as long as heis still in command of thecountry.

“Corruption eradi-cation remains a priority,”said Susilo, who promisedto personally lead the anti-graft campaign when hetook office in 2004.

He called on lawenforcement officials totarget those who embez-zled state money duringthe massive bailout ofailing Indonesian banksthat cost the country adisastrous loss of about600 trillion rupiah (64billion US dollars) in the

Indonesian Presidentrenews anti-graft campaign

wake of the 1997/98financial crisis.

“The fugitives, whofled abroad bringingIndonesian money andassets, must be capturedand forced to return theirill-gotten money,” thePresident said.

Susilo made theremarks in a ceremony toinaugurate the newcompound of the anti-

money laundering agencyPPATK here.

He called on thepolice, the prosecutorsand the PPATK toimmediately take decisiveactions once there is acorruption case orsuspected money laun-dering. “We must win thebattle early on,” said thePresident.

MNA/Xinhua

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In this image releasedby ABC, ‘Dancing withthe Stars” contestantsJulianne Hough, left,and Helio Castronevescompete on the 12 Nov,

2007, episode in LosAngeles. Hough andCastroneves won theseason finale on 27

Nov.—INTERNET

China, France sign 8-bln-euronuclear energy deal

BEIJING, 27 Nov—ChinaGuangdong NuclearPower Group (CGNPG)and Areva of Francesigned an eight-billion-Euro civil nuclear energycooperation deal onMonday, according towhich the French com-pany will help build tworeactors in Taishan city inthe southern GuangdongProvince.

Qian Zhimin, Chairmanof the CGNPG, and AnneLauvergeon, Chairmanand CEO of Areva, signedthe milestone contract atthe Great Hall of thePeople in Beijing duringthe signing ceremony forvarious commercialcontracts between the twocountries, in the presenceof Chinese President HuJintao and visiting French

President Nicolas Sar-kozy.

“This is the largest com-mercial contract signed inthe French nuclear energyindustry history andopened a new chapter ofnuclear cooperation be-tween the two countries,”said Anne Lauvergeon.

Areva will cooperatewith the CGNPG toestablish two Europeanpressurized-water reactors(EPRs) in Taishan andAreva, the world’s largest

Japan in talks with Hungary tobuy CO2 credits

Thai tourism revenueto rise 10% in 2007

BANGKOK, 27 Nov—Thailand will earn about 500billion baht (14.7 billion US dollars) from tourismrevenue, an increase of 10 per cent from last year,according to a recent report issued by KasikornResearch Centre (KRC).

Some 14.2 million foreign tourists are expected tovisit Thailand in 2007, up 3 per cent from 2006, thereport said. The leading think tank’s report saidThailand’s tourism had begun to improve during thesecond half of 2007 due to several positive factors.

The positive developments are rooted in theincreased transparency in the political sector, with ageneral election to be held on 23 December, activitiesto celebrate the King’s 80th birthday on 5 December,and the annual Loy Krathong festival which is beingcelebrated by Thais nationwide on 24 November.

The research centre projected that during thesecond half of 2007, 7.2 million foreigners will havevisited Thailand.

MNA/Xinhua

TOKYO, 27 Nov—Japanis in talks with Hungary,Poland, the Czech Re-public and other formercommunist states to buytheir surplus allowancesfor greenhouse gas emi-ssions under the KyotoProtocol, a governmentofficial said on Monday.

Japan aims to clinch thefirst deal with Hungaryusing a United Nations-approved new tradingmechanism termed thegreen investment scheme

(GIS), the official said. GIS, to be launched in

January 2008, will allowcountries well within theiremission limits under theKyoto Protocol to sellsurpluses to other coun-tries and invest therevenues in projects toreduce gas emissions.

Countries that have beenbreaking their emissioncaps, such as Japan, canthen count other countries’cuts as their own. Mostformer communist states,whose heavy industriescollapsed along with theSoviet Union, emit lesspollutants than in 1990, thebaseline year for a numberof gases included in theprotocol. Those states arebecoming a battleground

for industrialized coun-tries struggling to meettheir commitments andseeking to offset theiremissions at a relativelylow cost. “We hope tohave a bigger range ofchoices (in emission-cutting projects), butcompetition is fierce withmany European countriesalso approaching them,”said a Japanese Govern-ment official, who askednot to be identified. UnderKyoto, signatories canraise the cap on theircarbon dioxide emissionsby investing in measuresto reduce emissions inother countries, such asCO2-reducing projects indeveloping countries.

MNA/Reuters

nuclear engineering firm,will provide all the neededmaterials and technologysupport, according to thesigned deal dubbed“Taishan EPR 1&2Contract”.

The two sides alsoplanned to set up a jointventure soon, in an effortto conduct research anddevelopment of nuclearreactors engineeringtechnologies, said thecontract.

MNA/Xinhua

E C O N O M I C N E W S

EU proposessuspending import

duties on most cerealsBRUSSELS, 28 Nov—The European Commission

Monday proposed suspending import duties on mostcereals in response to the exceptionally tight situationin the European market and record-high prices.

Under the proposal, import duties on all cerealsexcept oats will be suspended for the current marketingyear, which ends on 30 June, 2008.

“I hope this proposal will help facilitate cereal importsfrom outside the European Union (EU) and reducetensions on European grain markets,” said MariannFischer Boel, the EU Commissioner for Agricultureand Rural Development.

The EU still applies import duties to certain types ofgrains in order to balance the market. However, theEuropean cereals markets has seen a spectacular upsurgein prices since the start of the current marketing yeardue to a poor harvest and tight conditions on the worldmarket.

In 2007, unfavourable weather conditions reducedthe harvest and overall EU production is estimated at256 million tons, a drop of 10 million tons or 3.5 percent from the already modest harvest in the previousmarketing year.— MNA/Xinhua

Labourers work at the construction site of a newoffice building in Beijing’s central business district on

28 Nov, 2007. —INTERNET

Visitors view a Chinese architectural model in the three-day 2007 BeijingInternational Gift, Promotional Gift and Daily-use Articles Purchasing Fairat the China International Trade Center in Beijing, China, on 27 Nov, 2007.

XINHUA

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Australian actressNicole Kidman posesfor photographers atthe world premiere of

“The GoldenCompass” in Leicester

Square, London,on 27 Nov, 2007.

INTERNET

US scientists create cancer-resistant mouse WASHINGTON, 27 Nov— A mouse resistant to cancer, even highly-aggressive types, has been created by a team of researchers at the University ofKentucky, the university announced on Tuesday.

Malaysia’s elderly populationto double by 2020

KUALA LUMPUR, 27 Nov— Malaysia’s elderly population is expected todouble by 2020 and the country could not be spared from this worldwidephenomenon, an official said here Monday.

“The proportion ofMalaysians aged above 60is expected to be more thandoubled from 7 per cent ofthe total population in 2000to 16 per cent in 2020,” saidZamani Abdul Ghani,deputy governor ofMalysia’s central bankNegara Malaysia.

By 2040, one-fifth ofMalaysia’s population isexpected to be more than60 years old, while theWorld Bank predicted that

the number of the elderly inthe world will surpass thenumber of children by thattime, Zamani told theFourth Asian Conferenceon Pensions and RetirementPlanning.

He called for re-formulating retirementstrategies, reformingpension schemes, de-signing an appropriate taxmechanism for pensionsystem, while urging thepublic to raise their

awareness on planning forretirement. The structureof mandatory pensionschemes, many of whichwere based on a full-timeemployment model, had tobe modified according tothe changing work patterns,Zamani said.

The increasing numberof part-time workers, theself-employed and tem-porary workers had beenseen in recent decades, hesaid.— MNA/Xinhua

The research team founda tumor-suppressor genecalled Par-4 in the prostate.They discovered that thisgene kills cancer cells, butnot normal cells. There arevery few molecules thatspecifically fight againstcancer cells, giving it apotentially therapeuticapplication.

The team led by professorof radiation medicine VivekRangnekar introduced itinto the egg of a mouse.That egg was then plantedinto a surrogate mother.Mice born with this gene

are not developing tumors.The mice grow normallyand have no defects. In fact,the mice possessing Par-4actually live a few monthslonger than the controlanimals, indicating thatthey have no toxic sideeffects.

“The mouse itself doesnot express a largenumber of copies of thisgene, but the pups do andthen their pups startexpressing the gene,”Rangnekar said. “So, we’ve been ableto transfer this activity

to generations in themouse.”The implications forhumans could be thatthrough bone marrowtransplantation, the Par-4molecule could potentiallybe used to fight cancer cellsin patients without the toxicand damaging side effectsof chemotherapy andradiation therapy. “Beforethis animal study, wepublished a lot of workindicating that in cellculture, there’s no killingof normal cells”, saidRangnekar.—Internet

Cancercentre saves

ZambianGovt $325m

LUSAKA, 27 Nov— TheZambian Government hassaved more than 300million US dollars sinceits first national CancerDiseases Hospital (CDH)began clinical operationin Lusaka in April, 2007,Zambia Times reported onSunday.Health Ministryspokesman was quoted assaying that theconstructing of the CDHis a dream-come-true tomany cancer patientsbecause treatment abroadis too expensive and themajority of people couldnot afford it.

“Previously, 90 percent of all those sentabroad for treatment werecancer patients and eachone of them cost the nationabout 12,500 dollars” hesaid.

MNA/Xinhua

Singapore to set up researchcentre for energy solutionsIndonesia, Ecuador to boost

energy cooperationJAKARTA, 27 Nov—

Indonesia’s stated-ownedoil and gas companyPertamina Inc, wouldbegan oil and gasexploration in Ecuadornext year, president of the

company Ari Sumarnosaid here Monday.

The president toldreporters after heaccompanied IndonesianPresident Susilo Bam-bang Yudhoyoo’s mee-

ting with his Ecuador-eancounterpart Rafael Vin-cente Correa Delgado atthe State Palace that theexploration would beconducted in threeonshore blocks of LagioAgrio, Dunete andDureno.

After the meeting, itwas signed an agreementon the cooperation on gasand oil cooperation of bothcountries.

MNA/Xinhua

SINGAPORE, 27 Nov —Singapore will establish a38.5-million- Singapore-dollar (about 26.5-million-US-dollar) centre, whichwill be a national test-bedding and researchand development infra-structure for sustainableenergy solutions, a seniorofficial announced hereMonday.

The centre named theSingapore Initiatives inNew Energy Technologies(SINERGY Centre), isestablished by the Agencyfor Science, Technologyand Research (A*STAR),governmental organ-ization dedicated tocharting the course forSingapore’s Science andTechnology.

The centre initial focuswill be on distributed

energy and microgridsystems and technologies,an area of great interest tothe energy and powerindustry, and transformresearch and cost effectivesolutions to the marketplace, Lee Yi Shyan,Singapore’s Minister ofState for Trade andIndustry, said at the UK-Singapore workshop onenergy technology.

The outcomes of theIEDS will complement thework at the new centre.Eight million Singaporedollars (about 5.5 millionUS dollars) have beenawarded to 10 projects ofthe IEDS, including in thecritical areas of inform-ation and communicationssecurity in energy systems,according to Lee.

MNA/Xinhua

A superjumbo Airbus A380, foreground, taxies at Minneapolis-St Paul

International Airport as a smaller Northwest Airlines jet, right, taxies to

takeoff on 27 Nov, 2007 in Minneapolis where Northwest Airlines executives

had a chance to look over the plane.—INTERNET

An injured quake victim gets medical treatment ata hospital in the district of Dompu, in Nusa

Tenggara Barat, on 26 Nov, 2007, after a strongearthquake of 6.7-magnitude struck off Sumbawaisland in southeastern Indonesia. The quake killed

at least three and injured 45, the health ministrysaid, as aftershocks frayed residents’ nerves.

INTERNET

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33 members ofMingaladon

Township NLD quitYANGON, 28 Nov — A ceremony to present

letters of resignation of 33 members of NationalLeague for Democracy in Mingaladon Township,Yangon Division, was held at the hall at No 8 onNyaungbin Street in Thingangyungyi Ward,Mingaladon Township, on 21 November morning.

Ward/Village Organizer U Maung (a) U KyiMaung explained matters related to their resignationand presented resignation letters to Chairman ofMingaladon Township Multi-party DemocracyGeneral Election Subcommission U Myo Naung.

Those 33 persons who resigned from theNLD at the ceremony were: U Maung (a) U KyiMaung, U Tun Myint, U Myint Maung, U MyintNaing, Daw Thi Thi Khaing, U Tin Kyaing, U WinThan, Daw Hlaing Hlaing Oo, Daw Than Than Swe,U Ange Lay, U Aung Myo Htaik, Daw San San, UMya Thein, Daw Ma Soe, U Tin Aung, Daw YinShwe, Daw Mya Mu, Daw Sandar Htway, Daw KyuKyu Lwin, Daw Nyein Than, Daw Khin Khin Mya,Daw Tin Nilar Win, Daw Aye Su Kyi, Daw Sein Aye,Nang Kham Aye, U Ko Oo, U Tin Zaw, U Win PaingSoe, U Kyaw Gyi, Daw Naw, Daw Htay, Daw AyeCho and Daw Waing Sein. — MNA

YANGON, 28 Nov— The first round matchesof the 46th DefenceServices Commander-in-Chief’s Shield Tatmadaw(Army, Navy and Air)Football Tournamentcontinued at thedesignated places thisafternoon.

In the

Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air) Football continuesYANGON, 28 Nov —

Journalism is a demandingtask as it covers everysectors and field, and alsoa race against time, saidManaging Director U SoeWin of News andPeriodicals Enterprise atthe closing of a journalismcourse at the New Lightof Myanmar Daily inBotahtaung Townshiptoday.

Correctness, speedand ethics are alsoimportant in theprofession, the NPE headalso said at the closingceremony of JournalismCourse No 1/2007organized by News andPeriodicals Enterprise ofMinistry of Information.

He expressed beliefthat trainees have alreadyunderstood the scope ofjournalism, urging them

Journalism Course No 1/2007 concludes

NAY PYI TAW, 28 Nov— The First Inter-MinistryMen’s VolleyballT o u r n a m e n t - 2 0 0 7continued for the third dayat Nay Pyi Taw VolleyballGround today.

At Group-D, Ministryof Livestock and Fisheriesbeat Ministry of Transport3-0. At Group-F, Nay PyiTaw Development

Inter-Ministry Men’s VolleyballTournament continues

Committee defeatedMinistry of Mines 3-0.

Ministry of SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement suppressedCivil Service Selection and

Training Board with 3-0 atGroup-B. Likewise,Ministry of Rail Tran-sportation beat Ministry ofHotels and Tourism 3-0 atGroup-H. — MNA

“Promise ofDevelopment”

talksYANGON, 28 Nov—

With the arrangements ofthe Myanmar FisheriesFederation and theMyanmar Shrimp Asso-ciation and sponsorship ofZartiman Fish and PrawnEnterprise, Writer KyawWin will give talks of“Promise of Develop-ment” at the MyanmarFisheries Federation onBayintnaung Street inInsein Township, here, at2 pm on 1 December(Saturday).

Any interestedpersons may attend thetalks.—MNA

YANGON, 28 Nov— A ceremony to openthe Korean languagecourse No 1, organizedby Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambersof Commerce andIndustry in collaborationwith Chonnam NationalUniversity of the

UMFCCI opens Korean language courseRepublic of Korea, washeld on the ground floorof UMFCCI office toweron Minye Kyawswa Roadin Lanmadaw Township,here, yesterday.

At the ceremony,Vice-President ofUMFCCI U Aung Lwindelivered an opening

speech and Chairman ofEducational AffairsCommittee, GeneralSecretary U Sein WinHlaing explained mattersthat related to the course.Altogether 50 trainees areattending the three-monthcourse.

MNA

competitions, No 66 LIDblanked out No 22 LID atSouth-East CommandZone (Mawlamyine) 5-2;South-West Commandedged out North-EastCommand 3-1 at South-West Command Zone(Pathein); TriangleRegion Command beat No33 LID 1-0 at North-West

Command Zone(Monywa); EasternCommand whitewashedNo 101 LID 14-1 atCentral Command Zone(Mandalay); and No 11LID hammered No 88 LID11-1 at SouthernCommand Zone(Toungoo).

MNA

to strive to become efficientmedia persons.

Journalism willcontinue to developtogether with theadvancement of ICT, henoted, saying that the coursewill produce efficient mediapersons who will alwaysstand by the nation and thepeople and serve theirinterest.

Altogether 50 trainees— 30 from Ministry ofInformation, 18 fromMinistry of Education andtwo from Myawady TV —attended the six-weekcourse. During the course,trainees had received skillsfor news gathering, newsreporting, editing,interviewing, perspective,articles, poem writing andtaking news photos andphoto editing.

After delivering the

speech, U Soe Winpresented prizes tooutstanding trainees andcertificates to trainees, andhonoured courseinstructors.

Lecturer Daw Nu NuThein of University ofEconomics stood first,Assistant Lecturer DawAung Aung Lay ofYangon Universitysecond, Lecturer U Wai Tiof University ofEconomics third, DawKhin Wah Wah Myint ofMyawady TV fourth andDaw Khin Khin Nyein ofNews and PeriodicalsEnterprise fifth.

After the closingceremony, ManagingDirector U Soe Win,journalists and guestsviewed newspaperspublished by traineesduring the course. — MNA

Ministry of Rail Transportation Team plays against Ministry of Hotelsand Tourism Team. — MNA

Vice-President of UMFCCI U Aung Lwin delivers an address atopening of Korean Language Course. —UMFCCI

Managing Director U Soe Win views newspapers published bytrainees of journalism course. — MNA

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Senior General Than Shwe’smessage to Myanmar…

(from page 1)Hence, it is our heritage and a branch of

knowledge providing health care for us to becomehealthy, fit and intelligent people throughout thegenerations since the time of our forefathers.

Thanks to her favourable topographical andclimatic conditions and rich land and water recourses,potent herbal plants and land, water and animal-basedproducts with high medical potency serve asinexhaustible sources and opportunities for practitionersimbued with comprehensive medical knowledge.

The present era sees global countries striving torestore their traditional medicines and disseminatingthem internationally. At the same time public confidencein traditional medicines is growing day by day.

Thus, the time has arrived for all Myanmartraditional medicine practitioners to harmoniouslystrive for further improving the standard of Myanmartraditional medical science and potency of traditional

medicines, enabling Myanmar traditional medicine topenetrate global market and promoting public healthcare through traditional medicine.

In this regard, the endeavour for long-termdevelopment of Myanmar traditional medicine is notenough only with potent drugs and effective medicalscience. It also needs the cooperative and harmoniousforce of Myanmar traditional medicine practitioners.

Treatment is conducted through thecombination of the potency of traditional drugs and themorality, virtue and ethics of a practitioner. Myanmartraditional medicine has been enjoying long-termdevelopment because of the high morality, virtue andethics of practitioners. So, practitioners should preserveand promote this fine tradition.

As Myanmar traditional medicine is a profoundand delicate knowledge, all practitioners are requiredto harmoniously strive for further raising its standard.In addition, they should rediscover and restore thevanishing methods and medicines.

Myanmar possesses valuable herbal plants,rare plant species and priceless traditional medicine.Thus, it is the duty of all practitioners to protect and

preserve them from depletion and extinction and toensure their perpetual existence.

Traditional medicine by nature is potent andhas less side effects. So, it is flourishing globally andmany countries are conducting research on it. In thisregard, Myanmar traditional medicine practitionersshould take part in the research projects the governmentis conducting in all seriousness and should addresshealth problems through their profession.

Naturally, Myanmar traditional medicine isan effective science of national virtue. In this regard,I urge all traditional medicine practitioners toharmoniously strive with might and main to create amore comprehensive traditional medicine whose famereaches the international level by upgrading it withthe help of advanced techniques and standardizationmethods after systematically collecting data on thecore parts of the profession that is full of essence.

I wish the conference a success in accordwith its lofty aims and all to strive with unity forfurther development of Myanmar traditionalmedicine, a national heritage and dignity, till itflourishes globally.—MNA

Government implementingnational health plans to…

(from page 1)medicine practitioners. In eight years, all Myanmartraditional medicine practitioners worked hard in unityto implement the work programmes the conferencesadopted, and as a result, the Myanmar traditionalmedical science has improved considerably today.

As you know, good health is the greatest bless-ing for each human being, and good health and

Good health is the great-est blessing for each humanbeing, and good health andfitness of the people bringsdignity to the nation con-cerned.

fitness of the people brings dignity to the nationconcerned.

Now, the government is implementing nationalhealth plans to uplift the people’s health and fitnessthat is a blessing not only for an individual but alsofor the nation. It is heartening to note that in theprocess, the government has set up a chapter toprovide better health care to the people through thetraditional medical science and Myanmar traditionalmedicine practitioners are participating actively inthis task.

Actually, Myanmar traditional medicines arecompounded of herbal plants growing well inMyanmar, along with pure biological and zoologi-cal ingredients. So, it is fair to say that Myanmartraditional medical science is the most effective andmost suitable for Myanmar people.

The government is encouraging and promotingthe Myanmar traditional medicine constantly tomodernize and improve it systematically, and toprovide better health care to the people throughMyanmar traditional medical science. As a result,now, Myanmar traditional medical science stands

tall and secures its deserving niche.Regarding the goal the government has set up

for sustainable progress and propagation of theMyanmar traditional medical science and making itglobally popular, Head of State Senior GeneralThan Shwe in his message to the Seventh MyanmarTraditional Medicine Practitioners Conference(2006) said:

“Myanmar traditional medicine is abroad, deep and delicate branch of sciencecovering various basic medical knowledge,different treatises, a diverse array of thera-pies and potent medicines. So, systematic pres-ervation, protection and promotion are re-quired for its perpetuation, propagation andflourishing.

“All will have to make collective efforts tointegrate the different branches of traditionalmedicine into a comprehensive traditionalmedical science in essence through advancedstandardization processes.”The Head of State has occasionally laid down

policies and methods to create basic foundationsnecessary for emergence of a comprehensive na-tional traditional medical science and its sustainableprogress. In accordance with the guidance, the gov-ernment is taking measures systematically and giv-ing encouragement constantly for:

(See page 9)

Minister Prof Dr Kyaw Myint readsmessage sent by Senior General

Than Shwe.— MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo greets traditional medicine practioners atopening of 8th Myanmar Traditional Medicine Practitioners Conference. — MNA

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Today, many Asian coun-tries are successfully penetrat-ing the international market,applying their traditionalmedical science as a commer-cial industry.

(from page 8)- resurgence of various

branches of Myanmartraditional medicalsciences, potent medi-cines, herbal plantsand resurgence ofpractitioners who arewell-versed in tradi-tional medical trea-tises and science,

-revitalizing traditionalmedical science sys-


YANGON, 28 Nov — Chairman of NationalHealth Committee Secretary-1 of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Gen Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo hosted a dinner in honour of state/division representative traditional medicinepractitioners who attended the 8th MyanmarTraditional Medicine Practitioners Conference, at MyaYeik Nyo Royal Hotel in Bahan Township, here, thisevening.

Also present on the occasion were Lt-GenMyint Swe of the Ministry of Defence, ministers, thechairman of Yangon City Development Committeemayor, deputy ministers, NHC members, officials fromSPDC Office, departmental heads, directors-general ofdepartments under the Ministry of Health, medicalsuperintendents, members of Traditional MedicineCouncil, officials from Myanmar Traditional MedicinePractitioners Association, members of TraditionalMedicine Inspection Central Committee, and delegatesto the 8th MTMPC.

During the dinner, A-1 Soe Myint Bandentertained the guests with sweet songs. — MNA

Secretary-1 hosts dinner in honour of participants of 8thMyanmar Traditional Medicine Practitioners Conference

Gem merchants examine pearl lots at 23rd Pearl Sales of MyanmaPearl Enterprise. — MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo greets representatives of 8th MyanmarTraditional Medicine Practitioners Conference at the dinner. — MNA

tematically,- providing health care

to the people exten-sively through tradi-tional medical sci-ence,

- carrying out scientificresearch to record thestatus of potent tradi-tional medicines andtherapies, and produc-ing modern equip-ment and processes.

As a result, now, theHead of State’s guid-ance and guidelineshave come to fruition.So, many fruitful re-

sults have been achievedin the drive for promotingand propagating of the tra-ditional medical sciencesuch as holding seminarson traditional medical sci-ence and Myanmar tradi-tional medicine practition-ers conferences, emer-gence of a consolidatedand strong Myanmar Tra-ditional Medicine Practi-

tioners Association, andestablishment of the in-ternational level Tradi-tional Medicine Univer-sity that prescribes mod-ern science subjects alongwith subjects based on tra-ditional medical scienceand medical treatises.

In order to expediteproviding health care tothe people through tradi-tional medical science, thegovernment has openedtraditional medicine hos-pitals and township leveltraditional health care cen-tres across the nation. Inaddition, it is conductingeducative talks on tradi-tional medicines and dis-tributing emergency tra-ditional medicine kits forrural people extensively.

It is an important taskto find out and record thepotency of traditionalmedicines with the use ofadvanced methods for pre-venting Myanmar tradi-tional medical sciencefrom being ignored andits sustainable progress.Research on traditionalmedicines is necessary forrecording the potency ofMyanmar traditionalmedicines in a scientificway and for penetratingthe international market.

Moreover, it is re-quired to take necessarymeasures first to achieve

success in doing researchon traditional medicinesand producing modern tra-ditional medicines in a bidto win international rec-ognition with the use ofscientific methods with-out sacrificing delicacyand potency of Myanmartraditional medicines.

Today, Myanmar tra-ditional medicines havewon greater trust and reli-ance of the people. So, it isneeded to place emphasison taking quality controlmeasures such as use ofpure ingredients of tradi-tional medicines, potency,and standards, and to guar-antee effectiveness.

If it is planned tomanufacture and exporttraditional medicines tomake profits, it is neededto ensure pure and potenttraditional medicines so asto enhance the image ofMyanmar traditionalmedical science.

In particular, for tra-ditional medicines to gaina foothold in the interna-

tional market, it is requiredto systematically use com-pounding methods, pureingredients and advancedmanufacturing processesand to exactly state indi-cations, quality, andnumber or net weight ofthe medicines in order thatthe exported medicines

have stable potency inpenetrating the interna-tional market.

Today, many Asiancountries are successfullypenetrating the interna-tional market, applyingtheir traditional medicalscience as a commercialindustry.

It should emulate thesuccess of these countriestrying to improve the im-age of their traditionalmedicines through variousmeans including movies,TV series andinfotainment featuringthat their traditional medi-cal science has a magnifi-cent historical backgroundand cultural heritage, and

(See page 10)

YANGON, 28 Nov—Myanma PearlEnterprise under theMinistry of Mines heldthe 23rd pearl sales at

23rd pearl sales commenceMyanma Gem Mart inKaba Aye Pagoda Road,here, this morning.

Lots of pearls willbe sold through tender to

local gem merchants upto 4 pm on 30 November.This morning, 102 localgem merchants viewed373 pearl lots. — MNA

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It is an important task tofind out and record the po-tency of traditional medicineswith the use of advancedmethods for preventingMyanmar traditional medi-cal science from being ig-nored and its sustainableprogress.

(from page 9)through tourism industry in addition to the use ofgenuine traditional medical science and potency oftheir traditional medicines.

Myanmar traditional medical science is of highstandard with a wide sphere, potent medicines andeffective therapies. Without doubt, Myanmar tradi-tional medical science will gain a foothold in theinternational market if necessary measures are taken towin international recognition as a scientific traditionalmedical science based on pure biological and zoologi-cal ingredients and use of attractive designs and qual-ity control of medicines.

Now, basic foundations have been laid for im-provement of Myanmar traditional medical science inaccord with the guidance of the Head of State, effec-tive encouragement of the government, and collabora-tive efforts of Myanmar traditional medicine practi-tioners. So, I would like to urge Myanmar traditionalmedicine practitioners to continue to work hard inunity to help Myanmar traditional medical sciencehave a global reputation and gain a foothold in theinternational market, and to provide better health careto the people through Myanmar traditional medicalscience.

In conclusion, I wish you, Myanmar traditionalmedicine practitioners, a success:- in making efforts to ensure emergence of a con-

solidated Myanmar traditional medical science byusing different therapies of Myanmar traditionalmedical science, potent traditional medicines incombination and revitalizing the essence of thetreatises on traditional medical science in accord-ance with the guidance of the Head of State,

- in harmoniously improving research on traditionalmedical science with the use of modern equipment,and processes of manufacturing international stand-ard traditional medicines to help Myanmar tradi-tional medical science have international reputationand penetrate the international market.Then, Minister for Health Prof Dr Kyaw Myint

read out the message sent by Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Senior General ThanShwe to the conference.

(The message of the Senior General is reportedseparately.)

Also present at the conference were Lt-Gen MyintSwe of the Ministry of Defence, ministers, the chair-man of Yangon City Development Committee themayor, deputy ministers, officials from SPDC Office,departmental heads, diplomats of foreign missions inYangon, resident representatives of UN agencies, di-rectors-general of departments under the Ministry of

Health, members of Traditional Medicine Council,officials from Myanmar Traditional Medicine Practi-tioners Association, members of Traditional MedicineInspection Central Committee, and representatives toattend 8th MTMPC.

Chairman of National Health Committee Secre-tary-1 of the State Peace and Development CouncilLt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo and partygreeted those who attended the conference.

The Secretary-1 and party inspected the boothsdisplayed by traditional medicine producers.

MNA

(from page 16)In conclusion, Lt-Gen

Myint Swe thanked thewellwishers for their do-nations.

Cornerstones laid for construction of…Lt-Gen Myint

Swe, the commander, theminister, the mayor andthe deputy minister ac-cepted K 226,670,000 do-

nated by 67 wellwishersfor construction of thebuilding, and presentedcertificates of honour tothem.

The extendedthree-storey building willbe 250 feet long and 50feet wide, and it will com-prise modern operationtheatres, patient wards andother modern machines.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 29 Nov—U Wunna MaungLwin, Permanent Representative of the Union ofMyanmar to the United Nations, Geneva, presentedhis Credentials to the Director-General of the UnitedNations His Excellency Mr Sergei Ordzhonikidze atGeneva on 7 November 2007. —MNA

U Wunna Maung Lwinpresents Credentials to UN

YANGON, 28 Nov — A ceremony to presentequipment for fly-proof toilets organized by DagonMyothit (East) Township Maternal and Child WelfareAssociation was held at Kanaung Hall in Dagon Myothit(East) Township on 26 November. Chairperson of Yangon Division Maternal and ChildWelfare Supervisory Committee Daw Mar Mar Waispoke on the occasion. She presented toilet equipmentto Ward MCWAs. Daw Mar Mar Wai and party inspected constructionof fly-proof toilets.—MNA

Toilet equipment presented

YANGON, 28 Nov —A fire destroyed a houseand left nine persons homeless in Monywa Townshipon 23 November.

The fire started in the house in SeinpanniStreet in Myothit ward of the township due to highvotage of a booster.

In Chaungzon Township, a fire started in the

Fires break out in Monywa,Chaungzon townships

kitchen of a hut on 24 November and destroyed 36make-shift tents and 16 wooden houses.

The fire left 280 people from 52 householdshomeless. The fire victims were accommodated at atemporary relief centre at Nathmaw Monastery.

Local authorities provided 14 bags of rice tothe fire victims.— MNA

Vice-Chairman of Fund Raising Committee ofMyanmar Writers and Journalists AssociationDr Tin Tun Oo accepts K 100,000 and other

donations worth K 400,000 that are presentedon behalf of Palmist U San Tin Aung(Shwebo) for doyen literati. — MWJA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe accepts cash donation from a wellwisher. — MNA

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Images of the Day

A sports coupecar-shaped cookietin in an undatedhandout photo,released on 21

Nov, 2007. A rare1920s cookie tinand its originalcontents wereauctioned for15,600 pounds($32,000) inLondon onWednesday.

INTERNET

White Tree Nymph butterflies at a tropical

garden. A winning bid of almost 40,800

dollars bought the right to name a newly

discovered rare owl butterly species after a

grandmother of five who died 35 years ago.

INTERNET

An Iron Age comb featured in the PortableAntiquities Scheme is seen in this undatedhandout photo, released on 22 Nov, 2007.The unique bronze Iron Age comb with

intricate designs was one of the star findslast year by British metal detectorists re-

ported on Thursday in the annual report ofthe country’s Portable Antiquities Scheme.

INTERNET

An employee of Yamazaki EducationalSystems Co. holds two “My Baby 2” roboticbabies at the International Robot Exhibition

in Tokyo, on 28 Nov, 2007. The roboticbabies are designed to teach parenting skillsand require feeding, diaper changes, burp-ing and sleeping and also record data on

how their human parents treat them.INTERNET

The latest addition to the Solstice collection of artisanal homes is this ski-in ski-out chalet inVerbier, Switzerland. The architect’s use of mixed materials creates a unique balance of tradi-

tional rustic materials complemented by a sleek modern interior. —INTERNET

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

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF MYANMARMINISTRY OF RAIL TRANSPORTATION

MYANMA RAILWAYS

INVITATION TO SEALED TENDER

1. Sealed Tender is invited by Myanma Railways, for supply of the following Stores which will be purchased in Myanmar Kyat;Sr.No Tender No Description Quantity i. 15(T)12/MR(E) 751b Fish Bolts & Nuts with165000 Sets

2007-2008 two spring washers (Brand New) Closing Date/Time- 15-1-2008 (Tuesday) (12:00) Hours2. Tender documents are available at the office of the Deputy General Manager (Supply), Myanma Railways, Corner of 51st Street and Merchant Street, Bota- htaung, Yangon starting from 30.11.2007 during the office hours.3. For further details please call: 291982, 291985 (201555 Ext 601,605)

Deputy General Manager Supply Department, Myanma Railways, Botahtaung, Yangon

Nigeria to begin commercializingagriculture sector in 2008

German express giant buildsnew cargo hub in Shanghai

Chinese food companiespledge to improve

quality controlBEIJING, 27 Nov—Representatives from nearly 130

Chinese food enterprises, which are here for aninternational food security forum scheduled for 26-27November, vowed on Sunday to improve qualitycontrol.

In a written pledge, they promised to strengthenmonitoring throughout the production process, resistusing substandard raw materials, improve managementand share quality-assurance experience and technology.

Another 300 or so domestic food companies joinedthe pledge by fax or e-mail.

China has about 448,000 food production andprocessing companies, which generated total outputvalue of 1.28 trillion yuan (173 billion US dollars) inthe first half of this year, up 29.9 per cent year-on-year.

The producers’ pledge followed government effortsto improve quality standards, which cover seafood,eggs, vegetables, toothpaste and toys.

In recent months, Chinese industries have been thefocus of numerous reports about substandard products,especially food. The scandals have included vegetablescontaining pesticide residue, fish contaminated withsuspected carcinogens and eggs tainted with theindustrial dye Sudan Red.

In response to the reported scandals, the ChineseGovernment introduced a new recall system this pastsummer, began a four-month national product qualitycampaign and issued a measure that requires labellingof all food exports with an inspection and quarantinesymbol.—MNA/Xinhua

LAGOS, 27 Nov—Nigeria will shift focusfrom subsistence tocommercial and marketoriented agriculture in2008, according to localmedia reports reachinghere on Monday.

Salisu Ingawa, directorof Project CoordinatingUnit (PCU) underNigeria’s Ministry ofAgriculture and WaterResources, said onMonday in the federalcapital Abuja that theproject would be financedby the World Bank.

Speaking at a pre-appraisal meeting withrepresentatives of five

states, including CrossRiver, Enugu, Kaduna,Kano and Lagos, on theproject in Abuja, Ingawaurged them to meet thecriteria for its takeoff in2008.

“The level of com-pliance and fulfillment ofthese criteria by each state,just before or at appraisalof the project, will formthe basis to determine thestates that will start theimplementation of theproject,” Ingawa said.

He said the project wasdesigned to support andboost the operation ofsmall and medium scalecommercial farmers in the

sector. It is learnt that operators

of aquaculture farms withinvestment of between500,000 to five millionnaira and poultry farmerswith bird population of500 to 10,000 will alsobenefit, while livestockfarmers with at least 20heads of cattle would notbe excluded from theproject.

According to Ingawa,the project is aimed atstrengthening, expandingand increasing agriculturalproduction, capacity andmarket output of productsin Nigeria.

MNA/Xinhua

SHANGHAI, 27 Nov—DHL, the world’s leadingexpress and logisticscompany, inked a dealwith the Shanghai AirportAuthority on Monday toinvest 175 million USdollars on a new north Asiacargo hub at the ShanghaiPudong InternationalAirport.

The move followed theannouncement UPS toestablish an internationalcargo hub at the airport onApril 12 this year. PudongAirport is to be the firstairport in the world withtwo international cargohubs, said sources with theairport.

“The investment ofDHL signals thatShanghai has become aninternational centre for

cargo transportation,” saidWu Nianzu, boardchairman of the ShanghaiAirport Authority.

“After both hubs go intooperation, the PudongAirport might become theworld’s top three in termsof cargo transportation,”he said.

Freight volume handledat the airport stood at 2.16million tons last year,making the airport world’ssixth biggest cargotransporter, according toan earlier report by ChinaNews Service.

The north Asia cargohub increased DHL’s totalinvestment in the Asia-Pacific region to 2.2billion US dollars, andwould improve DHL’snetwork in the region,

People use boats on astreet to move to higherareas during flooding inthe north of Jakarta, on27 Nov, 2007. Indonesia

has patched up seadefences after flooding

linked to high tidescaused chaos in parts of

Jakarta and cut a keyroad to the capital’s

international airport, apolice officer said onTuesday. —XINHUA

where it has 50 ports andgateways. The first stageof the project is due to befinished by 2010, when anexpress service centrecovering 88,000 squaremetres will come intouse.—MNA/Xinhua

China, France signjoint statement on

climate changecooperation

BEIJING, 27 Nov—Chinese President HuJintao and French Pre-sident Nicolas Sarkozyannounced after their talkson Monday the releasingof a China-France jointstatement on respondingto climate change and theestablishment of apartnership between thetwo countries in thisregard.

According to the jointstatement, the first of itskind issued between Chinaand another country,China and France bothreiterated their com-mitments to the aims,principles and provisionsof the UN FrameworkConvention on ClimateChange and the KyotoProtocol.

MNA/Xinhua

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Vancouver 2010 Olympic Mascots, Quatchi (C), a sasquatch, Miga (L), a seabear and Sumi, an animal spirit are unveiled in Surrey, British Columbia, on

27 Nov, 2007.—INTERNET

Portrait of Ms Jenny, a 1939 oil painting by XuBeihong, one of the most famous modern Chineseartists, was sold for 22 million yuan (2.7 million

US dollars) to an unnamed buyer on 6 Nov at theautumn auction of Poly International

Auction Co Ltd.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 28 Nov— Women make up

BEIJING, 27 Nov—Chinese Premier WenJiabao asserted in apassionate and inspiringspeech on Monday thatChina has joined the selectgroup of world powerswith the capabilities toengage in deep-spaceexploration.

After unveiling thefirst picture of the moonsurface taken byChang’e-1, China’s firstlunar probe, Wen said thatthe dream of the Chinesepeople for more than1,000 years of flying tothe Moon had begun tomaterialize.

Wen said that lunar

BEIJING, 28 Nov —UK scientists find27proto-galaxies similarto the Milky Way for thefirst time,whichprovidefurther evidencethat galaxies like theMilky Way were createdby the clumping ofsmaller clouds of gas anddust, media reportedWednes-day. The smallproto-galaxies discover-ed are extremely distantand date from a timewhen the universe wasonly two billion years old.

Billions of years agothe universe was filledby an extremely thin andalmost uniform gas,which then started to

Lunar probe opens newchapter for China

probe was the thirdmilestone in China’sspace exploration follow-ing the successes of man-made satellites andmanned space flights.

The success, he saidnot only manifestedChina’s rising nationalstrength and technicalinnovation capability butalso elevated the country’sinternational status andcemented national co-hesion.

“It showcases eloqu-ently that the Chinesepeople have the will, theambition and thecapability to composemore shining new

chapters while ascendingthe science and techno-logy summit,” he said.

Citing a letter from anoverseas Chinese, Wensaid that the farther theChina-made satellite flew,the higher would theoverseas Chinese holdtheir heads.

Chang’e-1, namedafter a mythical Chinesegoddess who according tolegend flew to the moon,blasted off on a LongMarch 3A carrier rocketon 24 October shortly afterJapan launched its firstlunar probe, Kaguya, inmid-September.

MNA/Xinhua

Scientists find 27 proto-galaxies similar to Milky Way

This vibrant image from NASA’s Spitzer SpaceTelescope released by NASA, shows the Large

Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our ownMilky Way galaxy.—INTERNET

clump together to formfaint proto-galaxies,scientists believe.

Over the eons, thesecomponents came toge-ther — through mergersor collisions — to formfully fledged galaxies.

“We think thatgalaxies build up by themerging of smallerlumps.

We had seen alreadythe lumps that formbigger galaxies but this isthe first time we have seenlumps that are smallenough to amalga-mateinto something like ourgalaxy,” said MartinHaehnelt of CambridgeUniversity.—Internet

WB says female migration increases,spurs development

almost half the migrantpopulation in the worldand their numbers areincreasing, said a newWorld Bank reportreleased on Monday.

Between 1960 and2005, the percentage ofinternational migrantswho are women increasedby almost 3 percentagepoints from 46.7 per centto 49.6 per cent, to a totalnumber of approximately95 million women, saidthe report, titled TheInternational Migration ofWomen.

“The fact that womennow account for almosthalf the total migrantpopulation is having

enormous effects ondevelopment,” saysAndrew Morrison, leadeconomist at the WorldBank’s Gender Group.

Women migrantsworking in the UnitedStates, who hail from theCaribbean, East Asia,Europe, and Sub-SaharanAfrica, have higher labourforce participation thanthose from South Asia, theMiddle East and NorthAfrica.

Among women mi-grants educated in theirhome countries, thosefrom Ireland, Australiaand the Britain make themost money.

MNA/Xinhua

China’s economic growth is expected to exceed 11percent for 2007 and growth in the consumer priceindex (CPI), the main measure for inflation, will bearound 4.5 percent year-on-year, the central bank

said recently.—INTERNET

LONDON, 28 Nov —Britain should ban all

British survey supports zero alcoholbefore driving

drinking before driving toend uncertainty about what

the law allows, 40 per centof motorists who drinkalcohol said in a poll onTuesday.

Forty-five per centadmitted having drivenafter drinking alcohol and4 per cent had done sofrequently.

The survey for DirectLine Car Insurance alsoshowed that one third ofmotorists do not knowhow many units of alcoholare in an average strengthpint of beer or how thatmay affect their bloodalcohol level.

Almost half were

ignorant of the potencyand effects of a large glassof wine.

Direct Line said theconfusion over how muchalcohol is “safe” to drinkbefore driving, arises fromthe fact that alcohol intakeis measured in units, whilethe drink/drive limit ismeasured by alcoholcontent within the blood.

The blood alcohollevel can be affected bysuch factors as anindividual’s size, weightand metabolism, meaningthere is no uniformmeasure.—MNA/Reuters

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S P O R T S

In this image released by the Association of Surfing Profession-als, ASP No. 1 Stephanie Gilmore, of Australia, cuts back on awave during her round 2 heat in the Roxy Pro surfing tourna-ment at Sunset Beach, Hawaii, on 27 Nov, 2007, Gilmore kepther ASP World Title hopes alive by defeating Rochelle Ballard,

of Hawaii, and Jacqueline Silva, of Brazil.—INTERNET

Seattle Supersonics KevinDurant (R) drives past Los

Angeles Lakers Lamar Odomduring their NBA basketball

game in Los Angeleson 27 Nov, 2007. —INTERNET

Brazil’s Gilberto Godoy Filho spikes the ball againstSouth Korea during the third phase match of FIVB

Men’s Volleyball World Cup 2007 in Okayama,southwestern Japan, on 27 Nov, 2007. —INTERNET

Roma thrash Dynamo Kiev to reach knockout stage

Sevilla reach last 16 after3-1 win over Arsenal

SEVILLE (Spain), 28 Nov — Sevilla claimed theirplace in the knockout stage of the Champions Leagueand went top of Group H when they ended Arsenal'sunbeaten run this season with a 3-1 comeback win onTuesday.

Already qualified Arsenal took an early lead in apulsating match at the Sanchez Pizjuan when Croatiastriker Eduardo da Silva steered a close-range shot pastkeeper Andres Palop from a tight angle after a neatly-worked move down the right.

But Sevilla hit back with a thundering strike frommidfielder Seydou Keita midway through the half anda clever glancing header from leading scorer LuisFabiano 11 minutes before the break.

Former Tottenham Hotspur striker Frederic Kanoutewrapped up a memorable win with a penalty twominutes from time after he had been bundled over.

The win left Sevilla top on 12 points, two clear ofArsenal with one game left to play. The Andaluciansvisit Slavia Prague in their final match, while Arsenalare at home to Steaua Bucharest. —MNA/Reuters

PSV stay alivewith Moscow win

MOSCOW, 28 Nov — PSV Eindhoven beat CSKAMoscow 1-0 in their penultimate Champions LeagueGroup G match on Tuesday to keep alive their chancesof reaching the knockout round.

Jefferson Farfan scored the winner in the 39thminute, heading into an empty net following a botchedclearance by CSKA captain Sergei Ignashevich.

The win gave the Dutch champions seven pointsfrom five games as they remained in third place, twopoints behind leaders Inter Milan and a point adrift ofFenerbahce, who were meeting later on Tuesday.

The defeat was CSKA's sixth in their last sevenChampions League matches and meant they can nolonger secure a spot in the UEFA Cup via a third-placed finish.

"We came here with the sole purpose of winning andstaying in contention for the next round," PSV coachJan Wouters told a news conference. "We got what wewanted, so obviously we're quite satisfied."

Wouters, whose side are guaranteed at least a UEFACup slot, told Dutch network NOS-TV: "I am satisfiedwith this Champions League away win because itguarantees us playing in Europe after the winter break.

MNA/Reuters

Manager Davies leavesbottom club Derby County

LONDON, 27 Nov — Derby County, bottom of thePremier League with only one win from 14 games,parted company with manager Billy Davies on Monday.

"I have met with Billy Davies this morning and wehave decided mutually in the best interests of bothparties that to go our separate ways is the correctdecision at this time," Derby chairman Adam Pearsonsaid on County's Web site (www.dcfc.co.uk).

Davies, formerly in charge of Motherwell and Pres-ton North End, was appointed Derby boss in June 2006.

After guiding Derby back to the Premier League forthe first time since 2002 with a with a 1-0 victory overWest Bromwich Albion in the playoff final at Wembleylast May, the Scot initially said he was not sure if hewould be in charge this season after a turbulent first yearin charge. —MNA/Reuters

Four British isles teams agreetournament without England

LONDON, 27 Nov — Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scot-land and Wales have agreed to set up a series of threebiennial tournaments from 2009, officials said onMonday.

However, there was no mention of any involvementfor England in the joint announcement made on theFootball Association of Ireland (FAI) Web site.

The statement said the four associations had agreed"in principle" to set up the tournaments to be played ona league basis.

"The first tournament will commence in 2009 withhome and away games being rotated from one tourna-ment to the next and each team playing three matchesper tournament," the statement said.— MNA/Reuters

Venezuela coach Paezquits over jeers

CARACAS, 27 Nov — Venezuela coachRichard Paez quit on Monday after six-and-a-half years in charge during which he trans-formed the team's fortunes, but had becomesubject to recent criticism by fans.

His resignation, announced at a newsconference by Venezuelan Football Federa-tion (FVF) president Rafael Esquivel, cameless than one week after the side came frombehind three times to beat Bolivia 5-3 in aWorld Cup qualifier.

The result left the Red Wine team, so-called because of the colour of their strip,fifth in the 10-team South American groupwith six points from four games.

During the game in San Cristobal, thecrowd called for Paez's resignation, insultedhim, and demanded he substitute hismidfielder son Ricardo.

MNA/Reuters

Villarreal agree deal withRiquelme over move

KIEV, 28 Nov — Roma crushedDynamo Kiev 4-1 to reach theChampions League knockout stagehelped by two goals from MirkoVucinic in frosty conditions onTuesday.

The win clinched second placefor the Italians, who have 10 pointsfrom five matches behind Group Fwinners Manchester United, whobeat Sporting 2-1 for a maximum

15 points. Montenegro forward Vucinic

continued the excellent form hehas shown since replacing injuredcaptain Francesco Totti by scoringin the 36th and 78th minutes towrap up the victory, either side of agoal for Dynamo by IsmaelBangoura.

Christian Panucci had openedthe scoring after just four minutes

before French forward LudovicGiuly took advantage of a breakfrom the halfway line to round goal-keeper Olexandr Rybka and slothome to put the visitors 2-0 aheadand in control after 33 minutes.

A woeful Dynamo were caughtout again just three minutes later asVucinic latched on to a through balland coolly beat Rybka.

MNA/Reuters

MADRID, 27 Nov — Villarrealhave reached an agreement withArgentina midfielder Juan Ro-man Riquelme for him to joinBoca Juniors, the Primera Ligaclub said in a statement onMonday.

Villarreal directors JoseManuel Llaneza and MiguelPerez will meet with the Ar-gentine club in Buenos Aireson Wednesday to complete thetransfer.

The 29-year-old fell out withVillarreal and their Chileancoach Manuel Pellegrini mid-way through last season andwas loaned to his former clubBoca for the second part of thecampaign.

He inspired them to victoryin the Libertadores Cup but re-turned to Villarreal after a pos-sible move to Atletico Madridfell through in August, and hasnot played for the Primera Ligaside this season.

Despite not playing in Spainhe has produced some inspiredperformances for Argentina intheir World Cup qualifiers, andscored four goals.

MNA/Reuters

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*R 489 Published by the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar. Edited and printed at The New Light of Myanmar Press,No 22/30 Strand Road at 43rd Street, Yangon. Cable Newlight, PO Box No. 43, Telephones: Editors 392308, Manager 392226, Circulation 392304, Advertisement 392223,Accounts 392224, Administration 392225, Production/Press 392369

Wednesday, 28 November, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, weather has beengenerally fair in the whole country. Night tempera-tures were (3ºC) to (4ºC) below November averagetemperatures in Kachin, Chin and Kayin States, Man-dalay, Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions, (5ºC) to(6ºC) below November average temperatures inKayah State, upper Sagaing, Magway and BagoDivisions and about November average temperaturesin the remaining areas. The significant night tempera-ture were Hakha (1ºC) and Pinlaung (4ºC).

Maximum temperature on 27-11-2007 was 90ºF.Minimum temperature on 28-11-2007 was 63ºF. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 28-11-2007 was82%. Total sun shine hours on 27-11-2007 was (8.0)hours approx.

Rainfall on 28-11-2007 was (nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2007 was (136.57) inches at Mingaladon, (141.38) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (144.29) inches at Central Yangon. Maxi-mum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom Northeast at (9:30) hours MST on 27-11-2007.

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

Forecast valid until evening of 29-11-2007:Weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin, Chin andRakhine States, upper Sagaing, Yangon andTaninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the re-maining areas.

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofslight decrease of night temperatures in the EasternMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 29-11-2007: Fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 29-11-2007: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 29-11-2007: Fair weather.

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US welcomes rise of confident, peaceful,prosperous China

WASHINGTON, 28 Nov — The United States has signaled to China that it welcomes the rise of a confident,peaceful and prosperous China, the Bush Administration’s top envoy to China said on Tuesday.

Universal studios to build theme park inSouth Korea

SEOUL, 28 Nov —South Korea’s Gyeonggiprovincial governmentsaid Monday that theUniversal Parks & Resortswill build a new theme parkin the province by 2012.

The Universal Parks& Resorts will sign amemorandum of under-standing on Tuesday overthe construction of aUniversal Studios theme

park at a seaside location inHwaseong, 70 kilometressouthwest of Seoul, theprovincial governmentofficial said.

The Universal Studiostheme park is expected tocreate about 60,000 new jobs,as it will feature a variety ofentertainment facilities,restaurants, hotels, exhibitionand convention centres andresort and spa centres, the

provincial government said. The theme park is

predicted to generate about2.9 trillion won (3.15 billionUS dollars) over the nextfive years, 5.5 trillion won(5.97 billion US dollars)worth of production and anannual tax income of 190billion won (206.5 billionUS dollars), the provincialgovernment said.

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“A weak and insecureChina is not in America’seconomic or securityinterests,” AmbassadorAlan Holmer said in aspeech delivered to theCentre for Strategic andInternational Studies.

He spoke highly ofthe Strategic EconomicDialogue (SED), sayingthe US and China areadvancing the bilateraleconomic relationship byestablishing new habits ofbilateral cooperation

through the framework. It “helps us signal to

China that we welcome therise of a confident, peacefuland prosperous China,” hesaid.

“We have embraced abroad agenda that coverscross-cutting economic andeconomically consequentialissues” through thedialogue, he said, adding theapproach engages multipleand diverse governmentofficials in both countries.

“It breaks down classic

bureaucratic stove-pipesthat hinder effectivecommunication andimpede results,” he told theUS think tank.

Holmer spoke inadvance of the thirdmeeting of the SED, to beheld in Beijing next month.Treasury Secretary HenryPaulson will lead adelegation to China fordialogue. The SED waslaunched by President Bushand his Chinese counterpartHu Jintao in September

2006. The SED was not just

an event that happens atcabinet-level meetingstwice a year, “rather,engagement is continuous,with progress announcedthroughout the year”, saidHolmer.

He noted time aftertime, US Governmentagencies have been able to“draft behind” themomentum created by theframework.

MNA/Xinhua

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Maung Kyu wins goldsetting new record

Lt-Gen Myint Swe and party lay stone inscription for an extended building of Neuro-surgicalDepartment of Yangon General Hospital. — MNA

Maung Kyu. — MNA

YANGON, 28 Nov —Maung Kyu of Myanmarwon gold, which was thesecond gold for his na-tion, setting a new recordon 563 points in the men’s50-m pistol shootingevent at the XXIV SEAGames in Bangkok ofThailand.

Silver and bronzemedals went to Thai sharpshooters. The old recordwas set on 563 points in theprevious games. — MNA

YANGON, 28 Nov —Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence at-tended the ceremony tolay cornerstones for con-struction of an extendedbuilding of Neuro-surgi-cal Department of YangonGeneral Hospital, organ-ized by Yangon DivisionHealth Committee, washeld at YGH, here, thismorning.

Medical Superintend-ent Dr Daw Nu Nu Thareported on the plan for

Cornerstones laid for construction of extendedbuilding of Neuro-surgical Department at YGH

construction of the ex-tended building.

Lt-Gen Myint Sweplaced the gems casket atthe designated place.

Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and De-velopment Council Com-mander of Yangon Com-mand Maj-Gen Hla HtayWin, Minister for HealthProf Dr Kyaw Myint,Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin, Deputy Minis-

ter for Health Prof DrPaing Soe, Director-Gen-eral Dr U Tin Win Maungof the Health Department,Medical SuperintendentDr Daw Nu Nu Tha andwellwisher Daw KhinThan Myint of UniversalConstruction placed cor-

nerstones at the designatedplaces.

Lt-Gen Myint Sweput the silver casket at thecentre of the foundationand the stone inscriptionon it.

At the cash donationceremony, Lt-Gen Myint

Swe said that the govern-ment is upgrading thehealth standard by focus-ing on health and fitnessof the entire nation.

Therefore, theNeuro-surgical Depart-ment was installed withmodern equipment and

machines to providehealth care services to thepeople. Hence, arrange-ments were made to con-struct a three-storey ex-tended building facilitatedwith modern operationtheatres, he said.

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