Volume XIV, Number 15 5th Waxing of Kason 1368 ME Monday, 1 May, 2006

HONOURING THE WORKERS DAY

Established 1914

YANGON, 1 May—The following is a trans-lation of the message sent by Chairman of theState Peace and Development Council SeniorGeneral Than Shwe on the occasion of theWorkers Day for 2006.Esteemed workers,

On the auspicious occasion of the Workers Daythat falls on 1 May 2006, I wish the well-being inmind and body of all of you blue collar and whitecollar workers who are contributing towards manu-facturing and services sectors for greater develop-ment of the Union of Myanmar.

In the colonial days, the invaders and their lack-eys paid just subsistence wages to the Myanmar

national workers and exploited the nation’s naturalresources. Such historic experiences are too bitter tobe forgotten by patriotic national people.

Vividly visible in the period of servitude werefirm evidences such as the imperialists oppressedthe mass of Myanmar workers, many national work-ers had to sacrifice their lives, blood and sweat inthe interests of the colonialists and their minions,and the colonialists cleverly and intentionally under-mined Myanmar people’s patriotic sentiment, UnionSpirit, and fine traditions.

After the nation managed to regain independ-ence through the cohesion of the entire nationalpeople including workers and peasants, Myanmar was

on the path of reconstruction. Nevertheless, nationalreconstruction tasks did not work at all due to lackof stability of the State and community peace onthe basis of multi-coloured armed insurgency, aswell as disunity incited among workers andpeasants, important forces for national reconstruc-tion, by political parties.

Now, the State Peace and Development Councilhas been taking all possible measures in harness withthe entire national people for the emergence of apeaceful, modern and developed democratic nationwith flourishing discipline. The role the workers areplaying is very important in the process.

(See page 8)

With remarkable development of the nation,government taking necessary steps to pay high

salaries, rights and opportunities to workersAnti-colonialist sentiment, patriotic fervour and

Union Spirit of Myanmar workers have gonedown into annals of nation’s history

Preserve such fine traditions, defend motherland fromdangers of neo-colonialists, national traitor axe-handlers

Kaukkway Dam opened in Lashio Township,Shan State (North)

YANGON, 30 April— An opening ceremonyof Kaukkway Dam builtby Shan State (North)Irrigation Departmenttook place at the dam inLashio Township yester-day.

Chairman of ShanState (North) Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of NorthEast Command Maj-GenMyint Hlaing and Minis-ter for Agriculture andIrrigation Maj-Gen HtayOo delivered speeches.

U Sai San Tun anda local of Lashio Town-ship expressed thanks foropening the dam.

After opening thestone inscription, thecommander and the min-ister sprinkled scentedwater on it. Later, thecommander and the min-

ister formally opened thedam and posed for adocumentary photo to-gether with those present.

At the briefinghall, Deputy Director UKyaw Win of Shan State(North) Irrigation Depart-ment explained facts on

the dam to the com-mander and the minister.

The commanderand the minister took partin a growing ceremony of20 acres of physic nuttogether with nationalrace leaders and locals.

Kaukkway Dam that would irrigate 843acres of land is of earth embankment type andcan hold 5,200 acre feet of water at the highestlevel. It is 1,080 feet long and 116 feet high, andwould supply water for the Mansu Village-tract.

(See page 8)

Commander Maj-Gen Myint Hlaing addresses opening of Kaukkway Dam in Lashio Township. — MNA

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Monday, 1 May, 2006

PERSPECTIVES

Air and water in the global environment isindispensable for living beings to survive. But it canbe dangerous for living beings when it is excessive inamount. All living beings survive by breathing air.

When there has been strong winds such assudden gusts of cyclone or tornado that usuallyleads to collapse of gigantic trees and buildings, itposes danger to man.

Likewise, when there has been a shortage ofpotable water, man and living beings can be in-flicted with diseases followed by death.

As some regions of the world have beenstruck by draught, there occurred deforestation,forest fires and crop failure due to lack of water.

The heavy and incessant rains also lead tolandslides, swelling creeks and rivers and inunda-tion in wards and villages.

The unusual high tides can cause trouble tothose residing in coastal regions. The collapse oflamp posts and breakdown of power lines can trig-ger electrocution. Such danger is to be prevented.

Steps are to be taken to prevent the damageof crops caused by heavy rains and floods.

Recently, the Meteorology and HydrologyDepartment announced that there was the cyclonestorm MALA over East Central Bay; that therecould be widespread wind and thundershowers inthe whole country with likelihood of locally heavyfalls; that those residing in coastlines are to move tosafety; and that squalls with rough sea were likelyat times off and along Myanmar coast.

It is learnt that the tornado caused somedamage in the nation.

Relying on weather reports from radio, TVand newspapers, local people residing in coastalregions and river banks are to take measures fordisaster preparedness.

At the same time, preventive measures suchas constant inspection of embankments, stockpil-ing of sand bags and forming of local flood preven-tion groups and rescue and health teams are com-pulsory.

Exercising a constant vigilance against thestorm warnings of the Meteorology and HydrologyDepartment, those from water and air transportsas well as fishermen are to carry out their tasks withgreat care in the rainy season.

Moreover, the administrative bodies of therespective townships are to take necessary meas-ures against floods and inundation during the rainyreason.

Such being so, the entire national peopleincluding local authorities and those from the trans-port sector are to do their bit in order to prevent thedamage caused by the disasters.

Public participation indisaster preparedness

* 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

YANGON, 30 April — The 22nd annual generalmeeting of Taungtha Township Association (Yangon)and the prize presentation to the outstanding stu-dents took place at Industrial Coordiantion and In-spection Department of the Ministry of Industry-1 inBahan Township this afternoon, attended by USDASecretariat Member Minister for Industry-1 U AungThaung and wife Daw Khin Khin Yi.

First, Meeting Chairman of the Township As-sociation and Minister U Aung Thaung madespeeches. Next, Minister U Aung Thaung, wife DawKhin Khin Yi, Deputy Minister for Electric Power U

Annual General Meeting of TaungthaTownship Association (Yangon) held

Myo Myint and wife Daw Tin Tin Myint and offi-cials awarded prizes to 23 students who won dis-tinctions in the matriculation examination for 2005-2006 academic year. Later, the ceremony of pre-senting cash donation to the township associationcontinued and the minister and chairman of town-ship association U Khin Maung Swe accepted thedonations.

Afterwards, secretary of township associationU Than Aung read out the financial statement, andthe new executives were elected and the meetingended. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30 April — Deputy Minister forRail Transportation U Pe Than inspected the con-struction of Pyinmana-Myohaung dual railroad andupgrading of Yangon-Mandalay Railroad on 27 April. The deputy minister inspected laying of concreteon 400 feet Hsinthay Bridge and construction ofbridges and gave instructions on completion of theproject. The deputy minister and party went to KyaukseStation and met officials of the ministry. They pro-ceeded to Mandalay and gave instructions to offi-cials concerned. On 28 April, they inspected Kumelan, ThaziStations and construction of 345 feet bridge ofMyohaung-Pyinmana railroad project. They also visited Central Transport and Com-munication Training School in Meiktila. — MNA

Deputy Minister inspects construction ofPyinmana-Myohaung dual railroad

Minister U Aung Thaung addresses Annual General Meeting of Taungtha Township Asso-ciation (Yangon). — INDUSTRY-1

Minister U Aung Thaung,

Ko Tun Tun Myint, Ma Than Than Htay andfamily of Tamway Township recently donated

K 100,000 to the funds of Hninzigon Home forthe Aged through Prof Dr Daw May Win

Aung Khin. —H

CorrigendumPlease read consolation prize winning Sagaing

Division instead of Mandalay Division in the news“MMCWA holds dinner at conclusion of 16th AGM”on page 16 in 30 April issue of this paper.

MNA

YANGON, 30 April — USDA CEC MemberDeputy Minister for Information U Thein Sein gavea talk on the national policy and the State’s develop-ment to the 80 trainees of No 23 Basic OrganizingCourse at Hline Township USDA Office yesterdayevening.

MNA

Talks on national policy andState’s development given

Deputy Minister U Pe Than inspects construction of a bridge on Yangon-Mandalayrailroad. — MR

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Thousands in NYC march against Iraq warNEW YORK, 30 April —

A day after the militaryannounced that April wasthe deadliest month for USforces in Iraq this year,thousands of anti-wardemonstrators marchedSaturday through lowerManhattan to demand animmediate withdrawal of

troops. Cindy Sheehan, avociferous critic of the warwhose soldier son also diedin Iraq, joined in the march,as did actress SusanSarandon and the Rev JesseJackson.

“End this war, bring thetroops home,” read one signlifted by marchers on the

sunny afternoon, three yearsafter the war in Iraq began.The mother of a Marinekilled two years ago in Iraqheld a picture of her son,born in 1984 and killed 20years later. One groupmarched under the banner“Veterans for Peace.”

“We are here today

because the war is illegal,immoral and unethical,”said the Rev Al Sharpton.

“We must bring thetroops home."

Organizers said themarch was also meant tooppose any military actionagainst Iran, which is facinginternational criticism overits nuclear programme. Theevent was organized by thegroup United for Peace andJustice.

The march stepped offshortly after noon fromUnion Square, with thedemonstrators heading fora rally between a UScourthouse and a federaloffice building in LowerManhattan. The militarysaid on Friday that at least69 US troops have died inIraq in April.

UK shuts Internet sitesselling illegal meds

LONDON, 30 April — Several Internet sites wereshut down and arrests made on Wednesday in acoordinated UK operation against illegal drug sales.

In a statement, the Medicines and HealthcareProducts Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it hadinvestigated 27 Internet sites, which were supplyingunlicensed medicines claiming to treat obesity,impotency, herpes and other ailments.

During the raids police officers seized unlicensedmedicines, computers, documents and cash.

“Today’s operations were conducted in Reading,Worcestershire, Hayes, West Drayton, Bedford,Wigan, Halisham, and Newhaven,” the agency said.“The police accompanied the MHRA officers in anumber of cases and arrests were made by the SussexPolice and Thames Valley Police in connection withoffences under the Misuse of Drugs Act.”

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China sends human-raised giant panda back to wild WOLONG (Sichuan), 29 April — China sent an artificially-raised giant panda into the wild in Wolong,

southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on Friday morning. Four-year-old Xiang

Xiang, the human-raisedmale giant panda, becamethe first giant panda raisedin captivity that has beenreleased to its naturalhome in China. It was alsothe first release of captive-raised giant panda in theworld.

When the door of itscage opened at the hillsidemore than 2,700 metresabove the sea level, XiangXiang hesitated for asecond, then walkedslowly for a few steps andeventually ran into abamboo forest 10 metresaway.

Weighing 83 kilo-grammes and being 1.1metres long, XiangXiang, meaning

“auspicious” in Chinese,looked healthy andenergetic and it seemedto be excited to go back toits natural home.

Seeing Xiang Xiangdisappearing in thebamboo forest, Liu Bin,

the 28-year-old keeper,left the crowd seeing thepanda off, tears in eyes.

“Xiang Xiang is justlike my child who hasgrown up and will leavethe family to live a lifeindependently,” said Liu,

“I hate to part with XiangXiang but I hope it cansurvive on its own and willnot forget me.”

Armed policemenguarded against XiangXiang in case it would runwild and reporters werewarned not to take picturesof the panda.

The release of XiangXiang marks thesignificant change in waysof saving the endangeredspecies by training thepandas to live in the wildbefore releasing them,which would top theagenda of China’s effortsto that effect, said ZhaoXuemin, deputy head ofthe State ForestryAdministration.

MNA/Xinhua

Hu Jintao meetssenior UN officials

Hu said the UN-HABITAT has madepositive efforts to pro-mote human residenceconstruction and globalsustainable development.He said the UNEP hasplayed an important rolein pushing for the solutionof global environmentalissues, promoting

international cooperationin this regard, and helpingdeveloping countriesimprove environmentalprotection capability.

He said China hasalways supported inter-national cooperation in theabove-mentioned fields,and will further streng-then exchanges and

cooperation with the twoUN programmes andcontinue to support theirwork.

Tibaijuka said Chinahas many beneficialexperiences in humanhabitat development,which the UN-HABITATis popularizing in otherareas of the world. TheUN-HABITAT valuesChina’s assistance to theAfrican people in thisregard, she said.

MNA/Xinhua

Over 500,000 children suffer frommalnutrition in Colombia

BOGOTA, 29 April — More than 500,000 children,or 12 per cent of the minor population, are sufferingfrom chronic malnutrition in Colombia, according to areport published on Thursday.

The report, published by the research centre ofUniversity of Andes' Economics Faculty, said that 20per cent of the malnourished were poor.

The central Colombian province of Boyaca and thesoutheast province of Narino have the highestmalnutrition rates, with 20 per cent of their minorsmalnourished. In Bogota, the capital city, themalnutrition rate runs at 15 per cent.

The study said that between 1995 and 2000, height-related malnutrition fell from 30 per cent to 12 per cent.But in the last five years, malnutrition has been on therise again.— MNA/Xinhua

NAIROBI, 29 April — Chinese President Hu Jintao met here on Friday withthe United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-HABITAT) ExecutiveDirector Mrs Anna Kajumulo Tibaijuka and the United Nations EnvironmentProgramme (UNEP) acting Executive Director Shafqat Kakakhel.

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Moderate quake jolts eastern Taiwan TAIBEI, 29 April— An earthquake measuring 5.6 rattled eastern Taiwan on

Friday, shaking office buildings in the capital, officials said.

MADRID, 29 April— Europe’s culture ministersplanned to create a category of “a European Heritagesite” to develop a new pan-European model of culturaltourism, reports from southern Spanish city of Granadasaid on Thursday.

Spanish Culture Minister Carmen Calvo said inGranada’s 2008 European Year of Inter-CulturalDialogue, promoted by the European Commission,that the planned project would highlight sites whichwere important in European history, use symbols torepresent a common European identity, reinforce thesentiment among EU citizens and boost tourism to theHeritage sites.— MNA/Xinhua

Pakistan, Iran to hold talks onIPI gas pipeline

ISLAMABAD, 29 April— An Iranian delegation led by Iran’s deputy oilminister arrived in Islamabad on Friday to hold talks with Pakistani officialson the multi-billion-US-dollar Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project.

CHENGDU, 29 April— An advanced version of theChina-developed new-generation fighter plane, theXiaolong/FC-4, succeeded in its first flight on Fridayin southwest China’s Sichuan Province.

Based on previous models, the Xiaolong/FC-1 andFC-3, the FC-4 is equipped with advanced electronicsand weapons systems, which improve its combatcapabilities, say experts.

The success of the 16-minute test flight marks asignificant step in China’s aviation industry, and makesmass production possible. The Xiaolong series is amultipurpose light fighter aircraft developed by the ChinaAviation Industry Corporation I(CAIC-I), the ChengduAircraft Group Corp and China Aero Technology Importand Export Corporation. With advanced design andmanufacturing technology, this export-oriented fighterplane is small, low in cost and suitable for modernwarfare and the demands of military fighters, expertssaid.— MNA/Xinhua

Scientists study hundreds of dead dolphinsZANZIBAR (Tanzania), 30 April— Scientists tried to discover on Saturday why hundreds of dolphins

washed up dead on a beach popular with tourists on the northern coast of Zanzibar.

A performer dons colourful cloth as she performs during a yearly culturalpresentation on 29 April, 2006 in Manila, Philippines. The festival featurescultural dancers from different places in the country in their best costumes

and performing for a prize.—INTERNET

Xinhua News Agencyreleased this photo on 28April, 2006, a Xiaolong 04fighter plane is seen duringits test flight at WenjiangAirport in Chengdu, capitalof southwest China’sSichuan Province, on 28April, 2006. —INTERNET

In this picture provided by the Institute of Marine Science water turns redwith blood as dolphins lie on the shore in Zanzibar, on 29 April, 2006.

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There were noimmediate reports ofcasualties or damage.

The epicentre of themoderate quake, whichstruck at 5.05 pm (0905

GMT) was about sevenkilometres (4.4 miles)northeast of Hualien on theeastern coast, at a depth ofsix kilometres (3.7 miles),the Central Weather

Bureau said in a state-ment. Earthquake occurfrequently in Taiwan,which lies on a seismicallyactive stretch of the PacificBasin. — MNA/Reuters

The visit of IranianDeputy Oil MinisterMohammad-Hadi NejadHosseinian comes a fewdays after a telephone talkbetween Iranian PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejadand Pakistani PresidentGeneral Pervez Mu-

sharraf, who vowed topush the project forward.

The proposed 2,670-kilometre IPI pipelineproject has about 1,115-kilometre length in Iran,705 kilometres in Pakistanand 850 kilometres inIndia, and is likely to be

initiated by mid-2007 andcompleted in early 2010,according to local reports.

Pakistan is pursuing theproject to meet theexpected energy supplyand demand gap after2010, reports said.

MNA/Xinhua

Advanced China fighteraircraft makes test flight

Among other possi-bilities, marine biologistswere examining whetherUS Navy sonar threw theanimals off course.

Villagers and fisher-men were burying theremains of the roughly400 bottlenose dolphins,which normally live in

deep offshore waters butwashed up on Friday alonga 2 1/2-mile stretch of coastin Tanzania’s Indian Oceanarchipelago.

The animals may havebeen disturbed by someunknown factor, orpoisoned, before theybecame stranded in

shallow waters and died,said Narriman Jiddawi, amarine biologist at theInstitute of Marine Scienceof the University of Dar-es- Salaam.

Experts planned toexamine the dolphins’heads to assess whetherthey had been affected by

military sonar.Some scientists surmise

that loud bursts of sonar,which can be heard formiles in the water, maydisorient or scare marinemammals, causing themto surface too quickly andsuffer the equivalent ofwhat divers call the bends— when sudden decom-pression forms nitrogenbubbles in tissue.

A US Navy task forcepatrols the coast of EastAfrica as part of counter-terrorism operations. ANavy official was notimmediately available forcomment, but the servicerarely speaks about thelocation of submarines atsea. A preliminary exami-nation of their dolphins’stomach contents failedto show the presence ofsquid beaks or otherremains of animalshunted by dolphins.

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China builds railwaycorridor in rust belt region YANGJI (Jilin), 30 April — China has started

construction of a railway corridor in a latest move torejuvenate the country's rust belt northeast.

The railway section from Baihe to Helong, bothsituated near the border between China and NorthKorea, broke ground for construction on Friday.

On completion, Baihe-Helong railway line, with alength of 103.7 kilometres, will form into the railwaycorridor by linking up the existing railway routes at bothends, according to Gao Jie, deputy chief of the KoreanAutonomous Prefectural Government of Yanbian, whichexercises jurisdiction over Baihe and Helong.

China is determined to build a 1,389-kilometre railwaycorridor that will start from Mudanjiang City of HeilongjiangProvince in the north, pass through Tumen and Tonghuacities in Jilin Province, as well as Dandong and Zhuanghecities in Liaoning Province, and end at Dalian, a port city inLiaoning, in the south, according to Gao.— MNA/Xinhua

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Chinese lion dancers perform in front of the Hall ofPrayer for Good Harvest in the Temple of Heaven inBeijing, China, on 29 April, 2006. According to aChinese website, the Temple of Heaven, first built inthe Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). will be reopened on1 May to the public after a renovation costing47 million yuan (US$5.9 million).—INTERNET

Romanians reinforce asandbag dike in theflooded village ofManastirea, 100 km (62miles) southeast ofBucharest, Romania,on 29 April, 2006.Hundreds of evacueesfrom flood-soakedDanube plains inRomania and Bulgariareturned home onSaturday as floodwatersreceded. —INTERNET

A Jet Airways’ Airbus A340-300E aircraft stands on the tarmac at the ChattrapatiShivaji International Airport in Mumbai. Jet Airways, India’s largest privateairline, has said full-year net earnings rose 15 percent on air-traffic growth and profit from the sale and leaseback of planes.—INTERNET

India’s Jet Airways yearly profit jumps 15 percentMUMBAI, 30 April — Jet Airways, India’s largest private airline, has said full-year net earnings rose

15 percent on air-traffic growth and profit from the sale and leaseback of planes.For the year ended

31 March, the airlinereported net profit of 4.5billion rupees (101 milliondollars). Full-year revenuesrose 39 percent to 61.4billion rupees.

Fourth-quarter net profitsoared 71 percent to 2.2billion rupees (51 milliondollars). Revenues duringthe three months ended31 March climbed 61

percent to 19.7 billionrupees.

Jet Airways chairmanNaresh Goyal said in astatement on Saturday theresults were strong butcautioned that high oilprices and other operationalcosts could affect futureperformance.

“We remain the marketleader .... but operate in achallenging environment.

We are concerned with thehigh level of input costs,primary fuel, and expect thatthe coming year couldremain challenging,” hesaid.

Jet, which will commandhalf of India's aviationmarket after its planned500-million-dollar pur-chase of rival Air Sahara,faces increasing competi-tion from low-cost carriers

such as Air Deccan, GoAirand SpiceJet.

“In coming months, wewill be working towardssuccessfully integratingAir Sahara operations intoour own,” Goyal toldreporters.

Jet shares rose 38.5rupees, or 4.14 percent, to963.05 rupees ahead of therelease results in a specialtrading session heldSaturday to test softwareat the Mumbai stockexchange.

India began to deregulateits aviation sector in the1990s, allowing privateplayers to enter the domes-tic market previouslydominated by state-runcarrier Indian, formerlyknown as Indian Airlines.

Jet Airways has flownnearly 60.7 millionpassengers since it took tothe skies in 1993. It nowoperates 43 so-called“classic” and next-generation Boeing aircraft.The airline has an averagefleet age of 5.2 years.

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Ten killed, eight injured infatal fire in E China city

WENZHOU, 29 April — Ten people were killedand eight were injured in a deadly fire in Wenzhou,a city in east China’s Zhejiang Province, on Fridaymorning, local police confirmed.

US Marines decline to enter plea in Manila rape caseAttacks in Baquba kill 30 BAGHDAD, 29 April — Thirty people were killed,

including seven Iraqi soldiers, when more than 100 rebelsattacked Iraqi police and Army posts in Baquba on Thursday,the US military said on Friday. In one raid, guerillasattacked a police station and five police checkpoints withmortar rounds, rocket-propelled grenades and small armsfire. Iraqi soldiers and police killed 17 rebels, the USmilitary said. One Iraqi soldier was killed and two werewounded, it said in a statement. In a separate operation,guerillas also armed with mortar rounds and rocket launchersattacked an Iraqi Army headquarters. Four guerillas werekilled and six Iraqi soldiers died in those clashes, which alsoleft two civilians dead.— MNA/Reuters

Iraq V-P warns Americans against striking Iran NAJAF (Iraq), 29 April — An Iraqi Vice-President warned the United States on Friday against

attacking Iran. Adel Abdul Mahdi, the Shiite member of the three-man Presidency Council, was askedabout speculation US forces might strike to prevent Iran developing nuclear technology:

“We will not allowanyone to attack anyone,”he said after a meeting in theholy city of Najaf with GrandAyatollah Ali al-Sistani,Iraq’s senior Shiite cleric.“We think that the use offorce is not appropriate forsolving any problem.”

The leaders of Iraq’sShiite majority, includingMahdi's SCIRI party, haveclose ties to their fellowShiite Islamists rulingneighbouring Iran, wheremany of them sought refugefrom the Sunni-dominatedadministration of SaddamHussein.

Another leading IraqiShiite politician, cleric andmilitia leader Moqtada al-Sadr, recently pledged the

support of his Mehdi Armyfighters to Iran if US forcesattacked.

On a visit to Baghdadthis week, US DefenceSecretary Donald Rumsfelddeclined to be drawn on

whether American troopsoccupying Iraq might bedeployed against Iran.

US and British officialshave accused Iran offomenting unrest in Iraqas a way of deflecting

pressure on Teheran overa nuclear programmewhich it insists is intendedfor civil use but whichWashington says is a coverfor making atomic wea-pons.— MNA/Reuters

The fire broke out ataround 5 am on the sixthfloor of the staff dormitorybuilding of Wenzhou AojiSanitary Products Co LtdThree workers were killedat the spot, while sevendied later after medicaltreatments failed.

Before the rescue

operation, five of the sevenwho died later werealready in criticalconditions after jumpingfrom the dormitorybuilding to escape and theother two suffered deadlyburns.

The eight injured weresent to a local hospitalfor immediate medicaltreatment, with onesuffering 30 per cent skinburns and another twosuffering 8 per cent skinburns. The rest whosuffered slight injurieshave already beendischarged from thehospital.

The ten dead weremigrant workers fromprovinces of Anhui,Yunnan, Guizhou andHubei.

MNA/Xinhua

MANILA, 29 April —Four US Marines accusedof raping a 22-year-oldFilipina, a case that hasthrown US militaryrelations with a formercolony into the spotlight,appeared in court onFriday but did not enter aplea.

The Marines, beingheld in the custody of theUS Embassy in the capital,

deny the charges filed inDecember, saying onlyone of them had sex withthe woman and that it wasconsensual.

But Judge BenjaminPozon threw out an earlierrecommendation by theJustice Department toreduce the charges againstthree of the accused tomere accessories torape, cheering anti-US

protesters outside thecourt.

Lance CorporalsDominic Duplantis, KeithSilkwood, Daniel Smithand Staff Sergeant ChadCarpentier said nothingwhen the court asked themto enter a plea.

The rape case hasprompted small protestsoutside the US Embassyin Manila and calls by

some politicians for the1998 Visiting ForcesAgreement, which allowsthe presence of US troopsin the Philippines, to beamended or scrapped.

Some politicians andgroups have called for areview of the agreement,saying it gives too muchprotection to US troopsaccused of committingcrimes.— MNA/Reuters

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Indonesia's police officers stand in front of a safe house, the hideout ofterror suspect following a raid in Wonosobo, Central Java, Indonesia,

on 29 April, 2006. —INTERNET

Yuina Yabe (C) cries as she is held by an amateur sumo wrestler while asumo referee (L) judges during a baby-crying contest at Sensoji temple inTokyo on 29 April, 2006. Seventy-four babies born in 2005 took part in theevent, which is held to pray for the babies' health and growth. —INTERNET

Ethnic minority performers from south west China's Guizhou Provinceduring a show to promote tourism held in Beijing, China, on 29 April, 2006.

China's diverse ethnic culture is a magnet for tourism dollars and localauthorities are aggressively promoting their heritage ahead of the golden

week holiday in China.—INTERNET

Iran says “no negative points”in IAEA report

TEHERAN, 29 April —An Iranian nuclear official said on Friday that theUN atomic agency's report on Iran submitted to the UN Security Council doesnot contain any negative points.

"This report doesn'thave any negative points,"Mohammed Saeedi, thedeputy head of Iran'sAtomic Energy Organi-zation, told the statetelevision from Vienna byphone.

"This shows theInternational AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA) iscapable to survey Iran'snuclear programme, somecountries want to solve the

issue in another place (theUN Security Council), it'stotally wrong," Saeedi said.

"If the nuclear caseremains in the IAEA, Iranstill want to cooperate withthe agency, and is ready towork with the inspectorsin the coming weeks," headded.

Mohamed ElBaradei,chief of the IAEA,submitted a report onFriday to the UN Security

Council, saying Iran hadignored the Council's non-binding demand tosuspend all uraniumenrichment by the Fridaydeadline.

Shortly before thedeadline expired, IranianPresident MahmoudAhmadinejad vowed notto give up right to peacefuluse of nuclear technologyin spite of possible UNsanctions.— MNA/Xinhua

Russia trying to regain hold over “Kalashnikov” brand MOSCOW, 29 April —

Russia wants to regaincontrol over globalproduction of thelegendary Kalashnikovseries of assault rifles usedby armies and insurgentsworldwide for decades, atop official said on Friday.

Nikolai Shvets,deputy head of theRosorboronexport armsexport monopoly, said 11countries were making therifle without a licence —something Russia wantedto put a stop to.

The rifle, best known

from its original AK-47model and easilyrecognizable from itscharacteristic banana-shaped magazines, wasthe weapon of choice forguerillas from Vietnam toVenezuela who favouredthem for their reliability.

They were so key tosome conflicts that theymade their way onto theMozambique nationalcrest, and onto the flag ofthe Hizbollah rebel group.

"All the deadlines andagreements on licensedKalashnikov production,which were given to 18states at the time of theSoviet Union, haveended," Shvets was quotedby RIA news agency assaying.

"Eleven states havestarted making thismachine gun without anygrounds at all."

According to someestimates, 100 millionhave been made sinceMikhail Kalashnikov'sfirst model wasstandardized in 1947. TheSoviet Union allowedallies to make the riflesfor themselves, and avariant is used in 50countries worldwide.

Russia's arms industryis one of the few nationalmanufacturers that cancompete with Westernfirms on equal terms, andthe Kremlin is trying toexpand its sales.

MNA/Reuters

Vietnam’s garment exportsurges in 4 months

HANOI, 29 April — Vietnam is estimated to reapover 1.7 billion US dollars from exporting garmentsand textiles in the first four months of this year, a year-on-year rise of 38.7 per cent, a local trade informationcentre said Friday.

With such high export growth, Vietnam is likely tomake garment export revenues of 5.5 billion dollarsthis year, up nearly 14.6 per cent against last year, theTrade Information Centre under the Trade Ministrysaid, noting that many enterprises in the country havealready inked contracts on exporting garments andtextiles for the whole 2006, mainly to the EuropeanUnion (EU) and the United States.— MNA/Xinhua

Parasite-resistant mosquitoesmay help control malaria

LOS ANGELES, 29 April — Most wild mosquitoes in Mali have alreadygained resistance to malaria parasite, scientists reported on Thursday. Geneticclues in these mosquitoes could be used in new malaria control strategies, theresearchers said.

The mosquito, calledAnopheles gambiae (A.gambiae), is the majorvector of human malariain Africa caused byPlasmodium falciparum,the malaria parasite.Although scientists havefound some wildmosquitoes are geneticallyresistant to malariaparasites, until now themechanism of such naturalresistance in mosquitoeswere not known.

But researchers fromthe United States and Malidiscovered that quite a

number of wildmosquitoes in Mali areactually immune tomalaria parasites. Theirfindings appeared in the28 April issue of thejournal Science.

In this study, theresearchers collectedfemale mosquitoes insidehuts in Mali and let eachproduce one generation ofoffspring. Then, they letthe resulting pedigreesfeed on blood from amalaria-infected villager.

After 7 to 8 days, theysliced open the insects and

counted the oocysts — astage in Plasmodium's lifecycle-inside the insect gut.The lower the number, themore resistant theindividual.

Of the 27 mosquitopedigrees that metcriteria for genotyping,the researchers found 22had no infectedindividuals at all despitefeeding on infectedblood. This suggests thatmosquito resistance tothe malaria parasite iscommon.

MNA/Xinhua

At least 2 killed in Australia’strain-truck crash

CANBERRA, 29 April—At least two people werekilled when a train collidedwith a truck at a levelcrossing in centralVictoria State, Australia,Friday afternoon.

Police fear furthercasualties in the crash whichhappened when the trainwas travelling betweenthe cities of Melbourneand Ararat, AustralianAssociated Press (AAP)reported. A driver of thetrain was killed, and theidentity of the secondperson among the fatalitiesis not yet known, a

spokeswoman of V/Line,Victoria's largest regionalpassenger transportoperator, was quoted assaying.

She said the number ofother casualties was not yetknown, adding injuredpassengers have been takento a hospital, while thosenot injured were being takento Ararat by bus. A VictoriaPolice spokeswoman saidthere could be morecasualties, or there could bemore people injured.However, it is just too earlyto establish the specifics,she said. — MNA/Xinhua

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 1 May, 2006 7

Chingya (Maubin)

Ayeyawady Division to extend growing physicnut to remain as nation’s granary

In his inspection tour around Ayeyawady Divi-

sion on 14 February 2004, Head of State Senior

General Than Shwe gave guidance, saying, “Our

nation’s population is growing yearly, and in over 30

years, it will reach 100 million. So, we have to take

systematic steps in advance such as extension of sown

acreage and boosting per acre yield for food security

of the growing population”.

It is learnt that Myanmar’s total sown acreage

before the First Anglo-Myanmar War stood at just

over 1 million. Commencing 1826 when the

colonialists occupied Rakhine and Taninthayi re-

gions through Rantapo Treaty after the First Anglo-

Myanmar War, they were implementing the plan of

extending sown acreage to strengthen their economy.

After the Second Anglo-Myanmar War, they desig-

nated Lower Myanmar as its colony and started to

reclaim virgin and fallow lands in the regions in

Sittoung River basin and Ayeyawady Delta.

In 1938-39, Myanmar’s total sown acreage of

paddy was about 12.841 million, and 3.55 million

tons out of 5.95 million tons of rice was exported. The

sown acreage was increased to 12 million from one

million, but national farmers were far from enjoying

the benefits gained from the nation’s farmland, and

they were exploited by foreigners who contributed

towards the economy and interests of the colonialists.

The State’s economy and rural people, the ma-

jority of the nation’s population, depend on the agri-

cultural sector. Thus, the government has constructed

a great number of roads and bridges including 214

above-180-foot bridges to ensure smooth commodity

flow, and 183 dams and river water pumping stations

for extended cultivation of paddy and other crops. The

government is implementing national development

projects and the five rural development tasks harmo-

niously. It put 15.04 million acres under monsoon

paddy and 3.44 million acres under summer paddy in

2005-2006 to achieve the target output of 1,200 mil-

lion baskets of paddy.

During the trip to Ayeyawady Division on 31

January 2006, the Senior General said, “Fuel plays an

important role in multiple cropping. So, the govern-

ment is providing fuel as much as it can for boosting

agricultural production. World oil price is increasing

and despite more expenditure on import of oil year by

year, the demand of oil still exceeds the supply. Now,

means have been found out to extract bio-diesel,

which can be used in place of diesel, from physic nut

seeds. So, physic nut is to be grown extensively for the

development of the agricultural sector and rural devel-

opment. In a couple of years, multiple cropping can be

carried out at full capacity with the use of domestic

bio-diesel”.

Since 1988, Ayeyawady Division has culti-

vated more than 200,000 acres of crops. In 2005-

2006, it put more than 3.6 million acres under monsoon

paddy and more than 1.6 million acres under summer

paddy and scaled up per acre yield of paddy. With the

paddy output of over 370 million baskets, its paddy

sown acreage makes up 25 per cent of paddy sown

acreage of the nation. With the effective use of many

dams and 23 river water pumping stations, it is

pursuing its target of paddy output of 400 million

baskets, accounting for one-third of the nation’s paddy

production. Therefore, it has stood as the granary of

the nation.

It needs a great deal of fuel for multiple crop-

ping and pumping of river water for agricultural

purposes. Today, oil demand is more than supply in

the world. Ways and means have been sought around

the world for many years to produce oil-substitute

fuel. Research is being conducted to produce solar

power and nuclear power, but that calls for huge

investment and advanced technology.

Now, farmers all over the world are paying

greater attention to producing bio-diesel. Myanmar

extracts bio-diesel from physic nut that grows natu-

rally in its arid zone. The fast-growing plant can be

planted at a low cost and it is resistant to harsh

conditions. Filtered physic nut oil can be directly used

in place of diesel. Myanmar is now translating the

good opportunity into reality to produce bio-diesel

from physic nut on a large scale.

It is believed that local people of Ayeyawady

Division will make continued efforts with the effec-

tive use of physic nut oil in compliance with the

guidance of the Head of State in order that Ayeyawady

Division will remain as the granary of the nation.

Translation: MS

Kyemon: 27-4-2006

Now, means have been found out to extract bio-diesel,

which can be used in place of diesel, from physic nut seeds. So,

physic nut is to be grown extensively for the development of

the agricultural sector and rural development. In a couple of

years, multiple cropping can be carried out at full capacity

with the use of domestic bio-diesel”.

The man went to a news rack in a suburb areahere to buy a copy of the Los Angeles Times in themorning, but got a scare when he looked at thedevice on top of a stack of newspapers which hadseveral wires protruding out of its side, localnews service CNS reported.

A police bomb squad was called in and “con-ducted render safe procedures on the device”,said police officer Dana Camarillo.

Bomb squad members discovered the devicewas an audio chip and learned from a representa-tive of the newspaper that it was part of a promo-

Movie promotional device sparksfalse security scare

Conjoined twins Abby, left, and Belle Carlsen, right,wiggle around on their bed at St Mary’s Hospital inRochester, Minn, on 13 April, 2006. The girls, whowere born in November, are slated for surgery in

mid- May to separate them.—INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 30 April — A man attempting to buy a newspaper Friday spotted a suspiciousdevice, starting a chain of events that ended with the discovery it was part of a promotional effort for anew movie.

tional campaign for “Mission: Impossible III”. The device was supposed to play the theme

of the Tom Cruise-starred movie when the news-paper rack door was opened. But in this case,rather than remain hidden in the upper wall ofthe news rack, the device fell on the stack ofnewspapers.

About 4,500 Times news racks throughoutSouthern California have been equipped with thedevice, a Times representative said.

The devices have prompted several calls toarea law enforcement organizations, the repre-sentative said, who wanted to assure the publicthat there is no safety concern.

“Mission: Impossible III”, one of the mostanticipated action thriller this year, is sched-uled to land in theatres globally from nextweek when Hollywood’s summer movie seasoninto action.

MNA/Xinhua

8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 1 May, 2006

(from page 1)The dam that would irrigate 843 acres of land

is of earth embankment type and can hold 5200 acrefeet of water at the highest level. It is 1080 feet longand 116 feet high, and would supply water for theMansu Village-tract.

Also present at the ceremony were local au-thorities, departmental heads, social organization,engineers and local national races. — MNA

(from page 1)Recognizing the effective performance of the

workers, the government is creating various oppor-tunities for enabling them to take an active part inthe implementation of the State’s political, economicand social objectives. It is heartening to see thatthe workers are harmonious and dedicated to thenation-building endeavours.Esteemed workers,

Thanks to the correct leadership of the StatePeace and Development Council, the entire nationhas witnessed a great number of industrial zones,modern factories and plants, business and trade en-terprises, services, and international level offices anddepartments and national workers have an easy ac-cess to modern machinery and technologies, interna-tional office equipment and management methods.

At the same time, the State’s economic projectshave been brought to fruition more than expectedand the Union of Myanmar is enjoying the taste ofpeace and stability and rapid development owingto harmonious collaboration of the government andthe people and brilliant performance and strenuous

Kaukkway Dam opened inLashio Township, Shan State…

With remarkable development of the nation,government taking necessary steps to pay high…

efforts of the workers and peasants.With the remarkable development of the nation,

the government is taking necessary steps to pay highsalaries, rights and opportunities to the workers.

Here, the entire workers are to have clear out-look and to be vigilant that at a time when signifi-cant success is achieved in the political, economicand social spheres in the nation due to the govern-ment’s taking a leading role, and collective partici-pation of the entire people, and workers and govern-ment staff are enjoying unprecedented rates of sala-ries and opportunities, certain neo-colonialists ma-nipulating international organizations under the pre-text of protecting human rights and workers’ rightsare levelling accusations at the nation and installingtheir lackeys in international organizations to harmthe interests of Myanmar and national workers.

Anti-colonialist sentiment, patriotic fervour andUnion Spirit of the Myanmar workers have gonedown into the annals of the nation’s history. So,workers are to preserve such fine traditions and de-fend the motherland from the dangers ofneo-colonialists and national traitor axe-handles.

Esteemed workers,The State Peace and Development Council is

implementing the State’s seven-step Road Map fortransition to a discipline-flourishing democratic na-tion. Now, the National Convention, the first stageof the Road Map, is being held.

At the National Convention, representatives ofworkers are submitting proposals and holding thediscussions on basic principles and detailed basicprinciples to be included in the State Constitution ofthe future nation.

In such an auspicious time, measures for boostingproductive capacity of the workers, and ensuring smoothand brisk services depict better national interests. Theentire workers are therefore exhorted to be fully equippedwith nationalistic fervour and make efforts hand in handwith the entire national people for: —

- soonest emergence of a peaceful, modern anddeveloped nation,

- successful implementation of the State’sseven-step Road Map,

- safeguarding and defending the mother coun-try from the sabotage and destructions of neo-colonialists and their stooges, and

- ensuring perpetual existence of the Union.MNA

YANGON, 30 April— Dry Day InspectionSupervisory CommitteeChairman Yangon StationCommander Brig-GenMyint Soe, accompaniedby members of InspectionSupervisory Committeeand departmentalofficials, supervised thefunctions of dry dayinspection teams at themain points of Yangonfrom 7 am to 5 pm today.

Inspection teamschecked dry day pass,driver’s licence, wheel taxbill of Tatmadaw anddepartmental vehicles andwearing the respective

Tatmadaw and departmentalvehicles checked on dry day

uniforms and traffic rulesviolations.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30 April — The final match of theCommander-in-Chief (Air)’s Shield Table TennisTournament was held at Thura Ohn Khaing Hall ofFlying Training Base in Meiktila on 28 April.

It was attended by Commander of Flying TrainingBase Brig-Gen Khin Maung Tin, Commander of GroundTraining Base Col Thura Khin Maung Win, officers,other ranks and guests.On behalf of the Commander-in-Chief (Air), Commander of Flying Training Base Brig-Gen Khin Maung Tin presented championship shield toFlying Training Base Team. — MNA

C-in-C (Air)’s Shield TableTennis Tournament concludes

NAY PYI TAW, 29April — Chairman of MonState Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-East Command Maj-Gen Soe Naing, accompaniedby Brig-Gen Maung Sheinof Kawkareik Station andofficials, met officers, otherranks and family members ofthe regiments at ThinganNyinaung Station on 23 April.

Commander inspects developmentof Myawady, Kawkareik

In Myawady, thecommander instructeddepartmental personnel totake part in regionaldevelopment tasks in themeeting at the office ofMyawady District PDC.

They inspectedMyawady friendship bridgeand development ofMyawady. The commandertogether with Minister forForestry Brig-Gen TheinAung paid homage toMyawady Tawya MonasterySayadaw Agga MahaPandita BhaddantaÇandasiri.

On 24 April, thecommander met withofficers, other ranks andfamily members of regimentsat Kawkareik Station Hall.

In Nabu Village, thecommander inspectedNabu Bridge, BasicEducation High School andthe station hospital. Next,he oversaw village-to-village road in the village.

MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Myint Hlaing and Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo cut the ribbon to openKaukkway Dam. — A&I

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo speaking at theopening of Kaukkway dam. —A&I

Inspection Team led by Yangon Station Commander Brig-Gen Myint Soe inspect adepartmental vehicle on dry day. — MNA

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 1 May, 2006 9

CNG Filling Station No 017 commissionedYANGON, 30 April

— The opening cer-emony of CNG FillingStation No 017 ofMyanma Oil and GasEnterprise under the Min-istry of Energy was heldat the station at the cornerof Thanthuma andPanchan Roads in SouthOkkalapa Township yes-terday morning.

It was attended byChairman of Yangon Di-vision Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of Yangon Com-mand Brig-Gen Hla HtayWin, Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi, Chair-man of Yangon City De-velopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin, departmentalheads, members of theUnion Solidarity Devel-opment Association, so-cial organizations and

guests.General Manager

U Thein Htay of MOGEexplained matters relatedto the Natural Gas FillingStation.

Mayor Brig-Gen

Aung Thein Lin and Di-rector-General U HlaThaung Myint of RoadTransport AdministrationDepartment cut the rib-bon to open the station.

The commander,

the minister and themayor inspected the CNGfilling station. Theyviewed filling of CNGinto the vehicles and cor-dially conversed withdrivers. — MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win, Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi andMayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin inspect CNG filling at the station.— MNA

Trainees of Indian NavalHigher Command Course

on study tourYANGON, 30 April — The 26-member excur-

sion group of Naval Higher Command Course of theRepublic of India, accompanied by officials of IndianEmbassy this morning, visited Naval DockyardCommand Headquarters. They were welcomed thereby Commander Rear-Admiral Paw Tun and seniorofficers.

At the briefing hall, the guests were briefed onbackground history of the Naval Dockyard Com-mand Headquarters with the use of power pointpresentations. After studying the headquarters, theywent to Naval Training Command Headquarters whereofficials welcomed them and explained backgroundhistory of the command and naval training. Next,luncheon was hosted to the guests.

Afterwards, the Indian trainees called on Com-mandant Maj-Gen Moe Hein of the National DefenceCollege. The commandant extended greetings andexplained background history of the college. Then,the commandant and the leader of the excursiongroup exchanged gifts.

The Indian guests also paid a study visit toMyanma Gems Emporium on Kaba Aye PagodaRoad. — MNA

Indian delegation arrives

YANGON, 30 April— A 26-member delega-tion of Indian NavalHigher CommandCourse arrived here byair this morning.

The delegationwas welcomed atYangon Internationalairport by Deputy Com-mandant of National De-fence College Brig-Gen

Than Maung and mili-tary officers, IndianMilitary Attaché Colo-nel J S Chopra and offi-cials.

MNA

Myanmar Futsal Team leaves forThailand

YANGON, 30 April— Myanmar Futsal Teamleft here by air this morn-ing to take part in the AFFFutsal Championship2006 to be held in Bang-kok, Thailand, from 2 to7 May.

The team was seenoff at the airport by offi-cials of the Ministry ofSports and Myanmar

Football Federation, andrelatives of the players.

The MyanmarFutsal Team was headedby Manager U Kyi MinThein together withcoaches U Aye MaungLay and U Pe Khin. Theteam was set up with play-ers Myo Hlaing Win,Maung Maung Htay, TunTun Htet, Tint Naing Tun

Thein, Khin Maung Tun,Soe Thiha Aung, Bo BoAung, Aung Zaw Myo,Maung Maung Myint,Kyaw Dun, Tin Min Tunand Kyaw Zin Nyunt.

Myanmar is to playagainst Timor-Leste on 2May, against DefendingChampion Thailand on 3May and against Bruneion 4 May. — NLM

Indian delegation being welcomed at the airport by DeputyCommandant of NDC Brig-Gen Than Maung and military

officers. — MNA

Myanmar Futsal Team being seen at the airport before departure forBangkok. — NLM

Strong wind alongside heavyrainfall hits Ayeyawady Division,

Rakhine StateNAY PYI TAW, 30

April — Strong wind andheavy rainfall hitAyeyawady Division atabout 9.30 am on 28 Aprildestroying roofs and wallsof more than 400 houses inPathein, Kyaiklat, Labutta,Hainggyi and Amar Vil-lage in Bogalay township,killing two people and in-juring eight others. Al-though Ngwehsaung and

Chaungtha beaches werealso hit by the wind, somehotels and bungalows suf-fered little damage andtourism services there re-main smooth and opera-tional.

Likewise, roofs andwalls of some 400 housesin Gwa Township inRakhine State were de-stroyed by strong windtogether with heavy rain

at 7 am yesterday. Thewind also wrecked 100houses and injured twopeople in Gwa Township.

The chairmen andofficials of State and Di-vision Peace and Devel-opment Councils visitedthe affected areas and gaveall necessary assistance tothe storm victims afterforming relief teams.

MNA

Mon trounce Magway 14-0

YANGON, 30 April— Chairman of MyanmarOlympic Committee Min-ister for Sports Brig-GenThura Aye Myint deliv-ered an address at the open-ing of 11th Inter-State/Di-vision Women’s Football

Tournament at Aung SanStadium this afternoon.

Previous year’schampion Yangon Divi-sion Women’s Team pre-sented championshipshield to the minister.

At the opening

match, Mon State white-washed Magway Divisionwith a 14-0 result.

A total of 14 teamsrepresenting States andDivisions are taking partin the tournament up to 18May. — MNA

10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 1 May, 2006

YANGON, 30 April— A ceremony to donatecash and kind tohouseholds from Wards15 and 19 and Shwelinpanand Kazin Villages wheresudden gusts of windalongside heavy rainfalldestroyed on 28 April washeld at Basic EducationPrimary School No 6 nearShwelinpan Village inHlinethaya this morning.

Present on theoccasion were Chairmanof Yangon Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Brig-Gen HlaHtay Win, JointSecretary-General of the

Cash and kind provided to storm victimsin Hlinethaya Township

Union Solidarity andDevelopment AssociationMinister for CooperativesCol Zaw Min, USDACEC member MayorBrig-Gen Aung TheinLin, Deputy Minister forSocial Welfare, Relief andResettlement Brig-GenKyaw Myint, USDA CECmember Vice-Mayor ColMaung Pa, Chairpersonof Yangon DivisionMaternal and ChildWelfare SupervisoryCommittee Daw Mar MarWai and officials.

C o m m a n d e raccepted 250 bags of riceworth K 1.5 milliondonated by Secretary of

Yangon Division PDC Lt-Col Myint Kyi; K 2.5million by USDA JointSecretary-General ColZaw Min; K 1 million byYangon Division USDAthrough CEC memberMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin; and suppliesworth K 4.1 million byMinistry of SWRRthrough Deputy Ministerfor SWRR Brig-GenKyaw Myint.

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win andMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin accepted K 5million by Chairman UMyat Thin Aung ofHlinethaya Industrial Zone Management

Committee; K 500,000each by Yangon NorthDistrict PDC ChairmanLt-Col Myat Min,Shwekyarpan AutomobileIndustry and five parts ofHlinethaya IndustrialZone; K 100,000 each byChairmen of Yangon Westand South District PDCs.

On behalf ofvictims, a local spokewords of thanks.

Similarly, the cashand kind donationceremony, organized byYangon DivisionMCWSC, was held atAungbawdi Dhammayon

in Ward 19 of HlinethayaTownship this morning.

At the ceremony,Chairperson of theSupervisory CommitteeDaw Mar Mar Waipresented K 500,000 forthe victims and Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa K 1million donated by YCDCto Chairman of YangonNorth District PDC Lt-Col Myat Min. Next,officials accepted K 14.2million donated bywellwishers.

After the cere-mony, Chairperson DawMar Mar Wai and partyviewed health care

services being provided tothe victims at theDhammayon.

The victims ofsudden gusts of wind andheavy rainfall are beingaccommodated at threerelief camps in HlinethayaTownship. Under thearrangements of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment Council,ministries, YCDC, andYangon North DistrictPDC in cooperation withsocial organizations andlocal people providenecessary assistance to thevictims.

MNA

Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win accepts cash donations for storm victims inHlinethaya Township. — MNA

Yangon Division MCWSC Chairperson Daw Mar Mar Wai gives awayrelief aid to strom victims in Hlinethaya Township. — MNA

Modern equipment at the booth of Myanma Posts andTelecommunications at Tatmadaw Convention Hall.

(News on page 16) — MNA

YANGON, 30 April— The dead body of anunidentified man, agedabout 20, with stabwounds in a gunny bagwas found at the corner ofBo Saw Naung and NilarRoads in Ward 10 ofDagon Myothit (East)Township, at 9.15 pm on23 April.

According to theinvestigation, it waslearned that the dead manwas Myo Min Aye, a peonof Easterlet Export andImport Company. He was20, son of U Aye Win ofNo 154, second floor,

Murderers arrested within 72 hours inDagon Myothit (East) Township

Insein Road, KamayutTownship. Murderers YeTun (a) Ye Tun Oo, 26,son of U Tun Lin andHtaw Lay (a) Chit Phu,18, son of U Soe Moewere arrested at about11.30 pm on 26 April, andDaw Khin Mar Kyi (a)Daw Khin Ma Kyu, 42,daughter of U HeinMaung, at 8 am on 26April.

Duties of peonMyo Min Aye was to givemoney remitted throughEasterlet Company byMyanmar citizens who areworking in Malaysia to

their families. On 23April, when Myo Min Ayewas giving K 57,000remitted by husband USoe Tun from Malaysia toDaw Khin Mar Kyi at herhouse, Ye Tun (a) Ye TunOo, Htaw Lay (a) ChitPhu, and Daw Khin MarKyi killed him with ascrewdriver and knifeafter snatching hisrucksack containing K3,422,000.

Acting on infor-mation from the people,three murderers werearrested within 72 hours.

MNA

(from page 16)Computer Centre(Thukha Dana ComputerCo Ltd), KMD ComputerSystem, Kyaw ZayarTele-communicat ionServices Co Ltd, Life

Exhibition to mark Myanmar

ICT…Mark Computer Centre,Lin Thuzar Computer,Lucky Bird Co Ltd,Mastech Co Ltd, MCC(Myanmar Computer CoLtd), Notebook City,Queen Star, Smart,

Spider Family Co Ltd,and Win Win Mar MediaCo Ltd.

The exhibitioncontinues tomorrow.Admission is free.

MNA

(from page 16)NLD and member U TunTun Hein moved toKyimyindine Township,Yangon and member UKyaw Tint (Zay ward,Nawnghkio) passed away.The remaining 15 mem-

NLD in no position to takeleadership role…

bers came to know thatthe NLD was unable tolead the people. Due topersonality cult there wasdissension in the party.Therefore, they abolishedthe executive committeeof township NLD of their

own volition and resignedfrom the NLD party.Township NLD Officeopened at the house ofChairman U Myint Swewas closed down begin-ning 29 April.

MNA

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 1 May, 2006 11

Exhibition to mark Myanmar ICT WeekArticle and photos by Thaung Win Bo

Myanmar ICT

Parks were opened in

Yangon in 2002 and in

Mandalay in 2003. The

government is striving

for development of ICT

Parks by facilitating

them with Internet capa-

ble of providing applica-

tion service, full power

supply and other energy.

Exhibitions, com-

petitions and talks in

commemoration of the

establishment of the ICT

Park are held yearly. And

it has turned five years in

2006.

With the aim of

widening the scope of

knowledge of the people

in the application of ICT,

the exhibition to mark the

ICT Week for 2006 is be-

ing staged from 29 April

to 1 May at the Tatmadaw

Convention Hall where al-

together 150 booths rep-

resenting companies and

governmental depart-

ments are being displayed.

Keeping pace with

changes and develop-

ments, the government is

trying its utmost for de-

velopment of ICT.

At a time when ef-

forts are being made for

the emergence of a mod-

ern and developed nation,

development of ICT is in-

dispensable. The e-Na-

tional Task Force is tak-

ing systematic measures

in this regard.

In the world today,

coverage of information

from one country to an-

other is undergoing a great

change and development.

Coverage of information

in all parts of the world

with the use of ICT is a

matter of minutes. More-

over, ICT has proved to

be a force capable of over-

whelming daily life.

Thanks to con-

certed efforts of the gov-

ernment, private sector,

computer scientists and

computer industrialists

plus the assistance of for-

eign experts , ICT in

Myanmar is making

progress all the more.

With the develop-

ment of ICT, norms on

computer-use Myanmar

word system can be desig-

nated and Unicode-use

Myanmar word system

was successfully created

on computer.

The education sec-

tor has been facilitated with

ICT for the development

of human resources that

are imperative in ensuring

the development of ICT.

The extensive use

of multimedia classrooms,

e-Education centres and

data broadcasting system

with the use of Internet

can be attributed to devel-

opment of ICT in

Myanmar.

For the develop-

ment of ICT, two univer-

sities of computer sci-

ence and 24 government

computer colleges were

opened while computer

degree courses are being

conducted in other uni-

versities.

Cooperation of e-

National Task Force,

Myanmar Info-Tech Cor-

poration and Myanmar

Computer Federation has

resulted in development

of ICT, and Myanmar

people are now fully en-

joying the fruits of the

development.

(Translation: TS)

In two operations,police raided three work-shops making fake creditcards and seized thou-sands of them.

Pol ice havebrought a charge againstthe arrested for forgingcredit cards and using

Spanish police arrest 76Nigerians for credit card fraud

MADRID, 30 April — Spanish police have arrested 76 Nigerians acrossthe country on charges of credit and Internet fraud, local media reported onFriday.

the fake cards forfraudulent transactionsover the Internet, thereport said.

The large-scaleoperat ions star ted ayear ago, after a cardoperator detected unu-sual Internet transac-

tions through South Af-rican and US banks.The network used fakecredit cards to bookplane and train ticketsand buy computers andwhite goods on theInternet.

MNA/Xinhua

Spain to set up emergencybrigade to fight disasters

MADRID, 30 April —Spain’s Defence Minis-ter Jose Antonio Alonsoannounced on Friday thathis country will set up a3,000-strong emergencybrigade to help cope withnatural or man-made dis-asters.

The brigade, to bedeployed across the na-

tion, will have access toengineering equipment,aircraft and medical equip-ment, said Alonso.

The brigade will givean integrated response todisasters, whether they arebig fires, massive floodsor earthquakes, he said.

“We will feel securewhen faced with a great

disaster,” the ministeradded.

He said the idea hadcome from Spain’s PrimeMinister, Jose LuisRodriguez Zapatero, whowanted to set up a rapidreaction force dealing withbacteriological, chemicaland other disasters.

MNA/Xinhua

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Advanced TV sets at the exhibition

A high-tech computer and its parts

A new item and its parts

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A Chinese worker welds a steel part at the HeavyDuty Mashinery Group factory in Shenyang,

northeast China's Liaoning Province on 29 April,2006. —INTERNET

Women relatives of injured passengers sit near an overturned bus nearSamboora, 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) south of Srinagar, India, on 29 April,2006. Twenty people were injured in the accident, police said. —INTERNET

Dengue fever outbreaksin Cambodian Province PHNOM PENH, 29 Apri— An outbreak of dengue

fever is occurring in Cambodia's KompongChhnang Province, about 90 kilometres north ofthe capital, with more than 30 people sickened sofar, local media reported on Friday.

US reports 11,000 terror attacksworldwide last year

WASHINGTON, 29 April — The US State Department reported on Fridaythat about 11,000 terror attacks occurred around the world last year, inwhich more than 14,600 people were killed.

Ten states sue US Environment Agencyon emissions

WASHINGTON, 29 April— Ten US states have sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) forrefusing to regulate carbon dioxide from power plants, the New York Times reported on Friday.

Indonesian economy expectedto grow 5.9%

JAKARTA, 29 April— The Indonesian Government has projected that thecountry's economy will grow by 5.9 per cent this year, or lower than thegovernment-set target of 6.2 per cent, a minister said.

The lawsuit, filed in theUS Court of Appeals forthe District of ColumbiaCircuit on Thursday, wasthe latest legal broadsideagainst the BushAdministration's policy onglobal warming.

The EPA's refusalconstituted "a sad courseof conduct on the part ofthe Bush Administrationand reflects a disregard forscience, statute and wisepolicy," Attorney GeneralEliot Spitzer of New York,the lead plaintiff, wasquoted as saying.

The suit seeks to forcethe environmental agencyto start regulating emis-sions of heat-trappinggases, like carbon dioxide,from power plants andto tighten regulations ofconventional smog-

forming pollutants. The basis for the

argument is that theagency has not lived up torequirements in the CleanAir Act to ensure publichealth.

The Bush Admi-nistration has argued thatvoluntary measures arethe best way to proceed

on global warming, ratherthan requirements onindustry to reduceemissions, and theAdministration's decisionnot to classify carbondioxide as a pollutant hascomplicated the desire ofseveral states to regulateemissions from cars.

The 10 states — New

York, California,Connecticut, Maine,Massachusetts, NewMexico, Oregon, RhodeIsland, Vermont, andWisconsin — were joinedby two cities — New YorkCity and Washington, DC— and three environ-mental groups.

MNA/Xinhua

"We predict it will behard for the economy togrow by 6.2 per cent. Themost optimistic projectionnow is 5.9 per cent,"Antara news agencyquoted Finance MinisterSri Mulyani as sayingafter a Cabinet meetinghere on Friday.

The forecast was basedon the assumption thatinflation would remainat 8 per cent, BankIndonesia's benchmarkinterest for three-monthdeposits 12 per cent, andglobal crude prices 60-70US dollars a barrel, andthe rupiah's exchange rate

against the dollar at 9,000rupiah, she said. Given thechange in the assumption,a deficit in the 2006 statebudget would increase tobetween 1 per cent and 1.3per cent from the previous0.7 per cent of grossdomestic product (GDP),she said.—MNA/Xinhua

Figures in the depart-ment's annual CountryReports on Terrorism,which was released onFriday, showed a sharpincrease in the number ofattacks in 2005 from 3,192in 2004.

About one-third of theattacks, or some 3,500,took place in Iraq, resultingin about 8,300 of the total

deaths last year, the reportsaid.

But the report, acknow-ledging that Iraq was a keybattleground in the war onterrorism, said the MiddleEast country was not a safehaven for terrorists.

Despite the sharpincrease in terror attacks,the State Departmentsaid the numbers for 2004and 2005 were notcomparable, because lastyear's figure was based ona broader definition ofterrorism.

The al-Qaeda terror

network remained the mostprominent terrorist threatto the United States and itsallies, according to thereport. The report listed sixcountries — Cuba, Iran,Libya, North Korea, Sudanand Syria, as state sponsorsof terrorism.

The National Counter-terrorism Centre, whichmonitors terrorism andprovided the State Depart-ment with the statistics,reported 28,000 peoplewounded, killed orkidnapped in 2004.

MNA/Xinhua

At least 30 childrenwere hospitalized in theprovince's Boribor Districton Wednesday and somehave been taken byambulance to the hospitalfor blood testing, ChhuonBuntha, chief of thedistrict's health office, wasquoted by The CambodiaDaily as saying.

"It's like a storm ofdengue fever. Childrenhave fallen sick every-where in the district," hesaid. The outbreak ofthe fever, which is carried

by mosquitoes, was firstnoticed early this monthbut has worsened fol-lowing intermittent rains,he said.

There have been noreported deaths so far.There were only 30 cases,according to Ngan ChanTha, director of the HealthMinistry's dengue controlprogramme.

Insecticide will besprayed throughout thedistrict in an effort tocombat the outbreak.

MNA/Xinhua

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A Cargo ship leaves the Panama Canal Miraflores locks, heading toward thePacific Ocean, in Panama City. Panama will invest $5.25 billion to expand the canal, top executives announced on Monday. —INTERNET

A man walks along an illuminated floor on the 368feet long entertainment boulevard on Freedom of theSeas, docked in Southampton, southern England, on29 April, 2006. The world's largest cruise shipFreedom of the Seas docked in England on Saturdayahead of its inaugural trip — a floating behemothfour times the size of the Titanic, with facilities neverimagined at the dawn of the liner age. At 158,000tonnes, Freedom offers a pool with artificial wavesfor surfers, an ice rink and cantilevered whirlpoolsthat extend out from the sides of the ship, 112 feet above the sea. —INTERNET

Space Shuttle External Tank 118 (ET-118) isslowly moved above the transporter in the transfer

aisle of the Vehicle Assembly Building beforebeing lowered at the Kennedy Space Center,

Florida, in this 14 Oct, 2004 file photo. NASAplans to fly the space shuttle Discovery in July

without further changes to the external fuel tank,despite some engineers' concerns that the tank

needs more work, officials said on28 April, 2006.—INTERNET

Spanish matadorDavid Fandila 'ElFandi' performs a passto a bull during abullfight at theMaestranza bull-ringin Seville on 28 April, 2006. —INTERNET

Panamanian workers need training to betterhandle canal expansion

PANAMA CITY, 29 April — Panama Canal Chief Albertoh Aleman Zubieta said on Thursday thatPanamanian workers need to boost the quality of their work in order to better handle the jobs followinga planned canal expansion.

"We cannot work withcarburetors when all oftoday's motors use fuelinjection," Zubieta,administrator of thePanama Canal, toldPanama's RPC radio.

He said the canal

authority trained its workersdaily, including the use ofEnglish, which was used tooperate the canal'sinternational call centres.

The chief said he mightturn to overseas workersbecause sometimes local

workers lacked thenecessary training orinterest in the work.

The Panama CanalAuthority unveiled a planon Monday to expand thecanal, a shortcut waterwaylinking the Pacific and

Atlantic oceans. The planenvisages widening thecanal by adding a thirdsystem of locks so it canhandle larger ships.

The 5.25-billion-US-dollar plan has won supportfrom Panamanian PresidentMartin Torrijos, but it alsoneed the approval ofParliament and areferendum before workcan start.

The proposed expansion,projected to be completedin 2014, will be the largestpublic work carried out onthe Panama Canal, whichemploys 9,000 people andyielded around 4.7 billiondollars for the Panamanianeconomy, directly andindirectly, between 2000and 2005.—MNA/Xinhua

China issues guide on complaintsagainst copyright administration BEIJING, 29 April —

China issued a guide oncomplaints againstcopyright administrationand infringement cases onFriday in a move to betterprotect intellectual

property right. "The purpose of this

guide is to strengthencopyright protection,"said Xu Chao, deputydirector-general ofChina's National

Copyright Administra-tion. "This is part ofChina's campaign toprotect intellectualproperty right."

When a copyrightowner discovers infringe-ment, they may file a com-plaint with the copyrightadministrative departmentwhere the infringement iscommitted or where theconsequence of the in-fringement arises, theguide says.—MNA/Xinhua

Hand-held device helps spotoral cancer

NEW YORK, 29 April — The Visually EnhancedLesion Scope (dubbed VELscope) — a hand-helddevice that emits blue light — is useful for detectingoral cancer, Canadian researchers report in the Journalof Biomedical Optics.

One of the main problems with oral cancer, leadinvestigator Dr Pierre M Lane told Reuters Health,"has been identifying changes in the mouth thatrequire referral to oral medicine specialists forassessment and treatment".

The VELscope, he added, "was developed to providea simple, hand-held device for dentists and otherhealth professionals to help in such decision making,by helping them to identify cancers and pre-cancersthat would otherwise not be detected".

MNA/Reuters

Touring exhibit of British Museumpopular among Beijingers

BEIJING, 29 April — TheBritish Museum's touringexhibit "Treasures of theWorld's Cultures" hasattracted over 80,000visitors in its first month.

"It is amazing that suchan exhibit on foreigncultures has become sopopular in Beijing," saidYao An, deputy curator ofthe Capital Museum ofBeijing.

Many companies boughtgroup tickets for employeesand young people made upa large part of the audience,according to Yao.

Not only were thetreasures warmly received,but also related picturealbums and souvenirs, Yaosaid. More than 200 albumson the displayed items have

been bought every day.The exhibit displays 272

artifacts including a 3,000-year-old mummy, anancient statue of Dionysos,son of Zeus, a 2,100-year-old gold pendant featuringAphrodite and Eros, andLeonardo da Vinci's works.

Treasures on show alsoinclude ancient Egyptiantablets, Greek busts, Romansculptures and the world'soldest tool.It is the firstlarge-scale internationalexhibition since the newly-built Capital Museumopened last year.

The British Museum,which has loaned the 272artifacts to the CapitalMuseum of Beijing for an80-day exhibition, plans toarrange more displays in

China in the future, saidmuseum director NeilMacGregor.

MNA/Xinhua

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Qingdao take first home winat China Super League soccer BEIJING, 30 April— Striker Qu Bo's lone goal

helped the struggling Qingdao Zhongneng clinchtheir first home win at the China Super Leaguesoccer tournament on Saturday.

Chinese men paddlers enter semifinalsat table tennis worlds

BREMEN, 30 April— Chinese men table tennis players crushed Saturdaytheir quarterfinal rivals France 3-0 to make semifinals of the 48th World TeamTable Tennis Championships in Bremen, Germany.

Aston Villa's Wilfred Bouma, left, tacklesLiverpool's Djibell Cisse during their English

Premier League soccer match at Anfield Stadium,Liverpool, England, on 29 April, 2006. —INTERNET

Newcastle United and England striker Michael Owen,left, battles for the ball with Birmingham City'sDutch defender Mario Melchiot, during their Eng-lish Premier League soccer match at St Andrews,Birmingham, England, on 29 April, 2006.—INTERNET

Frankfurt's Nia Kuenzer, right, attacks Potsdam'sPetra Wimbersky during German women soccer

cup final 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam against 1. FFCFrankfurt in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin,

Germany, on 29 April, 2006. At left is Frankfurt'sTina Wunderlich.—INTERNET

Nadal to defendChina Open crown

BEIJING, 30 April— Spanish teenagesensation Rafael Nadal will defend hisChina Open crown, with LindsayDavenport of the United States tolead the women’s event, tournamentorganizers announced on Friday.

Nadal, who beat Argentina'sGuillermo Coria in the final last year,said he was looking forward toreturning to the Chinese capital forthe tournament beginning on11 September.

“I like the China Open. The fanstreated me very well last year and I’mglad I was able to play some goodtennis for them,” the world number twosaid in a statement.

“I think Beijing is a fantastic city andI'm delighted to be coming back. I justhope I have more time for sightseeingthis time because last year I was play-ing almost every day.”

MNA/Xinhua

Robredo insures all-Spanishfinal at Barcelona Open

MADRID, 30 April— Spanish Tommy Robredo ex-cited the home fans by winning out a 6-4, 6-4 victoryover Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka Saturday here at theBarcelona Open, setting up an all-Spanish final.

The other semifinal will take place between worldnumber two Rafael Nadal and Nicolas Almagro, thenext rising star of the country. After edging the first set,Robredo broke twice to lead 5-2 in the second butwasted four match points as Wawrinka hit back.Robredo made no mistake second time round, takingthe set and the whole match 6-4.— MNA/Xinhua

Unseeded teams take courts on2nd day of Thomas and Uber Cups

SENDAI, 30 April— With seeded teams all beingabsent for the whole day, mediocre teams occupiedthe courts on the 2nd day of the 24th Thomas Cupand the 21st Uber Cup championships commencedhere on Friday.

Qingdao assumed moreoffence in the first half butleft a few chances for thevisitors to counterforce.Qingdao goalie Li Shuaimade several super savesto keep clean sheet for thehome team before thebreak.

In the 68th minute, QuBo broke the deadlockwhen he poked in a fine

cross from Jiang Ning onthe left. In Chongqing, thebottom team Lifan foughtto a 1-1 draw with Xi'anGuoji to snip eight losingstreak.

Under a scorching tem-perature, Chongqingopened the scoring just 40seconds into first halfwhen Wu Qing headedhome, but 5 minutes later,Vicente levelled the scorewith a free kick for Guoji.

In Changchun, newly-promoted home side Yataiachieved four winningstreak after beatingWuhan Guanggu 2-0.

Yatai found the nettwice in the second half,with Wang Dong andGao Jian goals in just 5minutes. In another gameof the day, Xiamen Lanshiwas handed a goallessdraw by ShenzhenJinwei.—MNA/Xinhua

In the four matches ofthe Thomas Cup, Japanbeat South Africa, and In-donesia defeated NewZealand with an identical5-0. England edged out theUnited States 3-2.

Games between Ger-many and India consumedthe longest time. It wasdragged into the deciderand lasted for 3 hours and35 minutes.

Indonesian top playerTaufik, the world and Ol-ympic champion, said hesaved strength in the firstsingles and is ready to per-form better in theupcoming match withSouth Korea on Sunday.

In the rivalry for the UberCup, New Zealand andTaibei both easily over-come their opponents SouthAfrica and the United States5-0 respectively.

Besides, England lost toHong Kong, 2-3 and Ger-many overwhelmed Singa-pore 3-2.—MNA/Xinhua

Lorena Ochoa of Mexico hits out of awaste bunker on the 14th hole duringthe second round of play at the Ginn

Open LPGA golf tournament inReunion, Florida on 28 April, 2006.Ochoa finished the round at seven

under par 137. —INTERNET

HK men book table tennissemifinal berth

BREMEN, 30 April— The men's team of Hong Kong,won Saturday over Austria 3-0 to enter semifinals atthe 48th World Team Table Tennis Championships inBremen, Germany.

Li Ching, ranked 20th in the world, beat Chen WeiXing of Austria 3-0 in the first game, while Leung ChuYan lost to Austria's top player Werner Schlager 1-3.

Lai Chak Ko defeated Robert Gardos with the samescore in the third game before Li won a five-set fourthgame against Schlager.

At the same time, South Korea blanked the CzechRepublic 3-0 to sail into semifinals. China and Ger-many respectively beat their quarterfinal challengersFrance and Russia earlier Saturday.—MNA/Xinhua

Wang Liqin, holder ofworld and Olympic titles,opened the winning runby beating Damien Eloi3-1.

Ma Lin encountered thefirst strong resistance fromFrance's Patrick Chila butstill winning 3-2.

Ma lost the second andthird games with 4-11 and9-11, though he managedto raise his score from 3-8down to 9-11 in the thirdgame. He achieved a 11-7victory in the first game.

In the breath-taking

fifth game, Ma raced awayto a 7-3 lead but lost hisupper-handed position asthe Frenchman graduallycaught up.

Ma secured his victory13-11 in the end, puttingthe Chinese team 2-0 overFrance. Novice Chen Qibeat his rival Dany Lo with3-1.

Chinese men's coachLiu Guoliang told report-ers after the games thatMa was a bit nervous atthe beginning.

"The playing style of

both Ma Lin and Chila issimilar, both are hard tohandle," Liu said.

Chila told Chinese re-porters that Ma made abad start, which gave himthe chances of winningtwo games.

MNA/Xinhua

Chinese womenpaddlers enter

finals BREMEN, 30 April—

Chinese women table ten-nis players blanked Belarus3-0 to enter final of the48th World Team TableTennis Championships onSaturday.

Zhang Yining andWang Nan both overpow-ered their rivals at 3-0,while novice Guo Yuescored 3-1 over ViktoriaPavlovich.

China will meet HongKong, who beat Japan ear-lier, in final on Sunday.

MNA/Xinhua

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WEATHERSunday, 30 April, 2006

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thunder-showers have been isolated in Rakhine State, scattered inKachin State and upper Sagaing Division and fallywidespread in the remaining areas with locally heavyfallsin Magway and Taninthayi Divisions and isolatedheavyfalls in Mandalay Division. Day temperatures(10°C) below normal in Shan, Chin and Kayah States,lower Sagaing, Magway and Bago Divisions, (11°C) to(12°C) below normal in Yangon, Mandalay andAyeyawady Divisions and about normal in the remainingareas. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded wereDawei (4.06) inches, Nay Pyi Taw City (3.50) inches,Myeik (3.30) inches, Thaton (2.95) inches, Loikaw,Pinlaung and Yay (2.09) inches each. Kengtung (1.93)inches, Magway and Namhsam (1.81) inches each,Aunglan (1.53) inches, Minbu (1.34) inches, Myingyanand Mandalay (0.79) inch each, Sagaing (0.71) inch andMonywa (0.23) inch.

Maximum temperature on 29-4-2006 was83°F. Minimum temperature on 30-4-2006 was66°F. Relative humidity at 09:30 hrs MST on30-4-2006 was (76%). Total sunshine hours on29-4-2006 was nil.

Rainfalls on 30-4-2006 were (0.48) inch atMingaladon, (0.51) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.71) inch atCentral Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were(5.87) inches at Mingaladon, (6.14) inches at Kaba-Ayeand (5.51) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum windspeed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (25) mph from South-west at (10:30) hours MST on 29-4-2006.

Bay inference: Yesterday’s cyclonic storm (Mala)over East Central Bay has crossed into the Rakhine Coastnear “Gwa” and weaken into a land depression andmoved Northeast wards. According to the observations at(06:30) hours MST today, a land depression has unim-portant. Weather is cloudy in the Andaman Sea andSoutheast Bay and partly cloudy elsewhere in the Bay ofBengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 1-5-2006:Rain or thundershowers will be widespread in Mon,Kayin States, Taninthayi Division, scattered in Shan andRakhine States, Bago, Ayeyawady and Yangon Divi-sions and isolated in the remaining States and Divisions.Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to roughseas are likely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts.Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (35-40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuationof rain or thundershoiwers in Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw City and neighbour-ing areas for 1-5-2006: Isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 1-5-2006: One or two rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 1-5-2006: Isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

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Yulia Lozchchko ofRussia performs onthe balance beamduring the 26th

European Artistic

Gymnastics champi-onships in Volos,

Greece, on 29 April,2006. Russia won

the bronze medal inthe team competi-

tion. — INTERNET

Pirates hijack another ship off coast of Somalia NAIROBI, 30 April — Another ship has been hijacked in the pirate-infested waters off coast of Somalia

with Indonesian crew on board, Kenya’s maritime official confirmed on Saturday.Andrew Mwangura,

the coordinator of the Sea-farers Association KenyaChapter, said Somali gun-men hijacked the Kismayu-bound ship on Thursday andtook it to a coastal townnear Harardheere wheretwo other vessels are stillbeing held by gunmen.

Mwangura said thevessel is now in Somali ter-ritorial waters and effortswere underway to establishthe owner.

“The ship was hi-jacked on Thursday by So-mali gunmen as it washeading to Kismayu. Thepirates opened fire andcommandeered it to Gann,18 kilometres north ofHaradhere, about 400kilometres north of

Mogadishu,” Mwangurasaid by telephone fromMombasa. There was noimmediate information onthe vessel’s name, type orthe number and other na-tionalities of all crew mem-bers on board.

“The details concern-ing the hijack are stillsketchy but we believe thecrew is from Indonesia,” headded.

“The ship raised analert that they were in dan-ger of being captured. Thisalerted all nearby vessels,”he added.

Somali waters havebecome among the mostdangerous in the worldsince 1991.

Piracy has become anepidemic in the unpatrolled

waters off the coast of So-malia where at least 40hijackings and attemptedseizures have been recordedsince mid March last year.

The Horn of Africanation has no Coast Guard

to protect vessels, but theUnited States Navy earlierlast month returned fire ona suspected pirate ship, kill-ing one and wounding fivewhile on patrol.

MNA/Xinhua

5th Waxing of Kason 1368 ME Monday, 1 May, 2006

NAY PYI TAW, 29 April — A ceremony to openthe 130-foot long Pan Hlaing Creek bridge took placeat Pan Hlaing Ward in Putao, Kachin State on 24 April.It was attended by Chairman of Kachin State Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of Northern Com-mand Maj-Gen Ohn Myint, Minister for TransportMaj-Gen Thein Swe, Minister for Finance and Rev-enue Maj-Gen Hla Tun, senior military officers andothers.

Commander Maj-Gen Ohn Myint gave a speech.

* 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

Pan Hlaing Creek bridge opened in Putao

Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe and Minister Maj-GenHla Tun also spoke on the occasion.

Lt-Col Myint Soe, chairman of Putao DistrictPDC and officials formally opened the bridge. Thecommander, the ministers and those present strolledalong the bridge. The ministers donated K 500,000 toPan Hlaing Basic Education Middle School.

The commander and the ministers inspectedconstruction of Putao-Phon Kan Razi road, Mansayand Da Kushi Za suspension bridges. On arrival at

construction project of Tanja Creek bridge atMyitkyina-Sumprabum-Putao road section, the com-mander and the ministers heard reports on construc-tion task and gave necessary instructions.

The commander went to the project of exten-sion of runway at Putao Airport and left instructionsthere.

The commander and the ministers took part ingrowing of physic nut near Myintkyina Airport.

MNA

YANGON, 30 April— The Exhibition to markthe 5th Myanmar ICTWeek 2006 continued atthe Tatmadaw Conven-tion Hall on U WisaraRoad, here, this morning.

Monks and peoplevisited booths of FamilyEntertainment Group CoLtd, Accel InternationalCo Ltd, Alpha Info-Tech,

Exhibition to markMyanmar ICT Week

continues

Big Camera Ltd (NikonCamera), Computopia,Cyber Techno Mart, Dis-covery Digital Mart, EarthComputer, Ever Rising,FISCA Enterprise, For-ever Group Co Ltd, Glo-bal Net (Global Technol-ogy Co Ltd), HanMyanmar Electronics,iCom Computer, ICE

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Now, farmers all over the world

are paying greater attention to produc-

ing bio-diesel. Myanmar extracts bio-

diesel from physic nut that grows natu-

rally in its arid zone. The fast-growing

plant can be planted at a low cost and it

is resistant to harsh conditions.

(Issued at 08:30 hrs M.S.Ton 30-4-2006)

Yesterday’s cyclonic storm (Mala) over East

Central Bay has crossed into the Rakhine Coast

near “Gwa” and weakened into a land depression

and moved Northeast wards. According to the

observation at (06:30) hours MST today, a land

depression has become unimportant.

“STORM NEWS”

Exhibition to mark the 5th Myanmar ICT Week 2006 being packed with people. — MNA

(Vice-Chairman of Region-3, Taung Ward ofNawnghkio), U Aung Sein (Secretary, Township Or-ganizer, Station Ward of Nawnghkio), U Myint Lwin(Joint-Secretary, Region-1, Station Ward ofNawnghkio), U Phyu Sin (Member, Region-6, PanhetWard of Nawnghkio), U Tika Yan (Member, PanhetWard of Nawnghkio), U Aung Than (Member, Re-gion-9, Zay Ward of Nawnghkio), U Win Maung(Member, Region-2, Station Ward of Nawnghkio), UBa Than (Member, Ohn Mahka Village of Nawnghkio),U Tun Tin ( Region-10, Zay Ward of Nawnghkio), USoe Than (Member, Region-10, Station Ward ofNawnghkio), U Diliyan (Member, Region-9, PanhanWard of Nawnghkio), U Che (Member, Taung Wardof Nawnghkio), U Tun Kyaing (Treasurer, Region-2,Hanpan Ward of Nawnghkio) and U Tun Sein (Mem-ber, Region-1 of Nawnghkio) totalling 15 — collec-tively resigned from the National League for Democ-racy (NLD) of their own accord and sent the copy ofresignation to Nawnghkio Township Multiparty De-mocracy General Election Sub-Commission yester-day. In their letters to Nawnghkio Township MultipartyDemocracy General Election Sub-Commission, theysaid the executive committee of Nawnghkio TownshipNLD was set up in the hope of performing only partypolitics and serving the interests of local people. Theywere weary of the acts and attitude of NLD (Central).The NLD (Central) never took a leadership role in norcontributed towards regional development, and as aresult local people are taking a dim view of NLDmembers and considered NLD members to be good fornothing. They said they were satisfied with the na-tional development and were determined to take part inthe regional development tasks in cooperation withlocal authorities. There were 17 members of Township

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NLD in no position to take leadership rolePeople consider it to be useless party as it fails

to contribute to regional developmentMembers’ personality cult, localism and

sectarianism lead to closure ofNawnghkio Township NLD office

All members of Nawnghkio Township NLD resign YANGON 30 April — Township executives ofNawnghkio Township National League for Democ-racy, Shan State (North) — U Myint Swe (Chairman ofRegion-6, Taung Ward of Nawnghkio), U Aung Myint