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Volume XVI, Number 233 10th Waxing of Nadaw 1370 ME Sunday, 7 December, 2008

Ngwehsaung, the longest beach resort in MyanmarArticle: Ei Wah; Photos: Soe Nyunt (Kyemon)

Aureum Palace Resort seen among coconut palms with the sea in the background.

Under the bluish sky is a very beautiful andpleasant beach receiving row after row of sea wavesstretching to the horizon.

It is Ngwehsaung in Ayeyawady Division thatcompletely draws attention of the tourists. There,

bungalows are in row on the large sand to provideaccommodation to the visitors. Coconut palms, thesymbol of the beach, stretch out along the seasideareas. Breeze from the sea makes everyone on thebeach feel relaxed and refreshed. The decoration of the

hotels is blended with the beach. It is, therefore, safeto say that the whole area is full of beauty. A visitorcan enjoy scenic beauty and fresh air, and ride on thewaves that splash against the bank.

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* Development of agriculture as the base andall-round development of other sectors ofthe economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-orientedeconomic system

* Development of the economy inviting par-ticipation in terms of technical know-howand investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrityand preservation and safeguarding ofcultural heritage and national charac-ter

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Con-

stitution* Building of a new modern developed na-

tion in accord with the new State Consti-tution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

YANGON, 6 Dec— Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence together with Chairman ofYangon Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Yangon Command Brig-Gen WinMyint this morning arrived at the office of SocialSecurity Board on Strand Road in Ahlon Town-ship, Yangon West District and heard a report

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects preventivemeasures against Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

presented by Head of Yangon Division HealthDepartment Dr Hla Myint on preventive measuresagainst the outbreak of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fe-ver, diarrhoea and dysentery and decrease in theoutbreak of disease this year compared with that oflast year.

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Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects dredging of drains along Strand Road.—MNA

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Sunday, 7 December, 2008

Now, avian influenza is spreadingsporadically in some eastern neighbouringcountries of Myanmar.

Carriers of H5N1 virus are migratory birdsand water common moorhen, and outbreak ofbird flu is high along the routes they migratefrom one region to another. H5N1 virus cansurvive at a place for 35 days at 4 degree Celsius.

It was deduced that the outbreak of bird fluto the northwest of Myanmar from last week ofNovember to the first week of December wasdue to migratory birds.

Therefore, it is required to make sure thatchicken, baby ducks, eggs and poultry productsare not accepted or transported into the nationthrough border areas illegally.

Poultry can be directly infected with thevirus when they have contact with migratorybirds or lakes and pools that are contaminatedwith secretions or excretions from infected birds,and infected chickens or ducks enter a farm.

Moreover, they can be indirectly infectedthrough people who come into contact withinfected poultry farms or materialscontaminated with the virus such as clothes andslippers.

In order to avert such cases, chickens, ducks,geese and waterfowls are to be raised,transported and sold species-wise; and bio-security measures, to be enforced; and marketsshould have their specific off days for sanitationand pasteurization tasks.

In addition, the places migratory birds passthrough and stay are to be demarcated and petanimals are to be prevented from having contactwith farm animals.

The people are to join hands with localorganizations in health care to animals in orderto avoid spread of the virus into the nation.

Prevent cross-borderbird flu

* 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 DesirePERSPECTIVES

YANGON, 6 Dec—A work coordination meetingof Ayeyawady Division Police Force took place at theoffice of the commander of Ayeyawady DivisionPolice Force in Pathein on 3 December morning, withan address by Chairman of Ayeyawady Division Peaceand Development Council Commander of South-WestCommand Maj-Gen Kyaw Swe.

Ayeyawady Division Police Force meetsAyeyawady Division Police Force Commander

Police Col Thura Tin Hla reported on outbreak ofcrimes and measures being taken against the crimes inthe division. The meeting was also attended bydivisional level departmental officials, senior policeofficers and members of police force.

MNA

YANGON, 6 Dec—Vice-Presidents of theUnion of MyanmarFederation of Chambersof Commerce andIndustry U Zaw Min Winand U Aung Lwin,General Secretary U SeinWin Hlaing, Joint-Secretary U Tun Aung

NAY PYI TAW, 6Dec—Minister forTransport Maj-Gen TheinSwe received a delegationfrom Saudi Fund forDevelopment of SaudiArabia led by SaudiArabian Ambassador MrTurki Bin Naji AbdulKadir Al Ali at the ministryhere this evening. Theyfrankly discussed bilateralcooperation in trade.

Also present at thecall were Director-GeneralU Tun Hlaing ofDepartment of CivilAviation, ManagingDirector U Thein Htay ofMyanma Port Authorityand Head of Office U WinKhant of the Ministry.

MNA

Transport Minister receives Saudi Arabian delegation

YANGON, 6 Dec—Respect paying ceremony,organized by old students of Institute of Medicine-2(Yangon) who studies in 1976-1982, 1979-1984 and1980-1985 academic years, will be held at MyanmarMedical Association on Theinbyu road here on 31January, 2009. Those wishing to make donation maycontact associate professors Myo Lwin Nyein (Ph-095013803), Prof Zaw Lin Aung (Magway) (Ph-092000192), Dr Myint Lwin (Ph-095140191), DrKhaing Soe Win (Ph-095137692), Dr Khin MaungLwin (Fame) (Ph-0958030690), Dr Kyaw Soe(Mandalay) (Ph-092003233), Dr Mar Mar Kyi (Ph-095173548) and Dr Aung Maung (Ph-095039892)

MNA

UMFCCI officials meet Malaysian guestsand guests met Malaysiandelegation led byExecutive ChairmanRetired Major Amir Aliasat the UMFCCI Officehere on 1 December.

They discussedmatters related to holdingSeminar and Exhibitionon Palm Oil Base Product

which will be jointlyorganized by FeldaDelima Oil Products Sdn.Bhd and Malay-sian PalmOil Council (MPOC) ofMalaysia and UMFCCIat Traders Hotel, here, on19-20 December,boosting bilateral tradeand technological co-

operation in oil palmcultivation.

Interested per-sonsand businessmenare invited to viewthe exhibition on theground floor of theTraders Hotel on 19 and20 December.

MNA

Executive member UWin Htein Win (Gusto

Programming) ofMyanmar Computer

ProfessionalsAssociation seen at

Yangon InternationalAirport prior to his

departure for Malaysiato attend the Fifth AsiaOpen Source Software

Workshop on 4December.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe receives Saudi Arabian delegation ledby Ambassador Mr Turki Bin Naji Abdul Kadir Al Ali .

MNA

YANGON, 6 Dec — CEC members of MyanmarWriters and Journalists Association presented cashand kind to doyen literati who could not attend theceremony to pay respects to doyen literati.

Divided into four groups, CEC members ofMWJA and members of township WJAs went tohomes of the doyen literati here on 4 December andtoday and presented K 130,000 and kind each to doyenliterati. — MNA

MWJA pays respects todoyen literati

Institute of Medicine-2(Yangon) to pay respects

to teachers on 31 Jan

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A man, whose 15 year old son died in twin truck bombings in Fallujah, Iraq,on 5 Dec, 2008, stands in front of his destroyed home.

INTERNET

A boy who was wounded in bomb attacks stands

beside his father in the city of Falluja, 50 km

(30 miles) west of Baghdad on 5 Dec, 2008.

INTERNET

A woman comforts her five-year-old daughterSuzan Abbas in a hospital in Baghdad on 3 Dec,2008. Suzan was wounded when a bomb attachedto a minibus exploded in eastern Baghdad. Five

people were injured in the blast and one waskilled.—INTERNET

US military death tollrises to 4209

WASHINGTON, 6 Dec—As of Friday, 5 Dec, 2008,at least 4,209 members of the US military have diedin the Iraq war since it began in March 2003.

The figure includes eight military civilians killedin action. At least 3,395 military personnel died asa result of hostile action, according to the military'snumbers.

The British military has reported 176 deaths;Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 21; Bulgaria, 13;Spain, 11; Denmark, seven; El Salvador, five;Slovakia, four; Latvia and Georgia, three each; Es-tonia, Netherlands, Thailand and Romania, twoeach; and Australia, Hungary, Kazakhstan and SouthKorea, one death each.

Internet

US military deaths inAfghanistan region at 557WASHINGTON, 6 Dec —As of Friday, 5 Dec, 2008,

at least 557 members of the US military had died inAfghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of theUS invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according tothe Defence Department. The department last updatedits figures Friday at 10 am EST.

Of those, the military reports 405 were killed byhostile action.

Outside the Afghan region, the Defence Departmentreports 66 more members of the US military died insupport of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, threewere the result of hostile action. The military lists theseother locations as Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba;Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan;Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; andYemen. There were also four CIA officer deaths andone military civilian death.

Internet

US to unveil charges inBlackwater shooting in Iraq

14 militants killedin southern Afghanistan

KABUL, 6 Dec —US-led troops killed 14 mili-tants in two days of clashes in southern Afghanistan,US military statements said Friday.

Ten militants were killed by mortar fire followingan insurgent attack on a military base in Helmand prov-ince’s Nar Surkh district on Wednesday, a statementsaid. Troops killed another four militants in the samedistrict on Thursday, after the insurgents fired on ajoint US-Afghan patrol, a second statement said.

There were no US casualties in the clashes, mili-tary said.

Internet

Canadian deaths bringAfghan mission toll to 100

OTTAWA, 6 Dec — Three Canadian soldiers werekilled by a massive bomb in Afghanistan on Friday,bringing to 100 the number who have lost their livessince the country's military mission there started in2002, officials said.

Canada has around 2,700 soldiers in the southerncity of Kandahar on a combat mission that is set toend in 2011. One diplomat has also been killed.

“Already there is talk of numbers and milestonesbut it is my hope that the focus remains on the livesand sacrifices of these brave soldiers,” said Briga-dier-General Denis Thompson, who commands theCanadian force in Afghanistan. The men died whentheir armored vehicle rolled over an improvised ex-plosive device (IED) west of Kandahar.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 6 Dec—US officials expect to an-nounce criminal chargessoon against Blackwatersecurity guards over ashooting in Iraq last yearthat killed 17 civilians andstrained US-Iraqi rela-tions, law enforcementsources said on Friday.

The sources, who de-clined to be identified,said details of the chargescould be announced asearly as Monday.

A federal grand jury inWashington has beenhearing evidence insecret about the shootingby the private securityfirm’s guards as they es-corted a convoy of USdiplomats through Bagh-dad on 16 September,2007. The charges wouldcome after more than ayear of FBI investigationsin one of the most high-profile cases remainingbefore President GeorgeW Bush leaves office nextmonth.

North Carolina-basedBlackwater, the largestsecurity contractor in Iraq,has said its guards acted

lawfully and in self-defense after their motor-cade came under fire inthe chaotic incident. It hascooperated in the investi-gation. The guards, USmilitary veterans hired toprotect US diplomatsoverseas, were respond-ing to a car bombing whenshooting erupted in acrowded Baghdad inter-section.

The Iraqi governmenthas said the guards delib-erately killed the 17 civil-ians and an Iraqi investi-gation said there was noprovocation for the guardsto have opened fire.

Internet

Air raid kills 4 Taleban militantsin S Afghanistan

KABUL, 6 Dec — An air raid carried out by inter-national troops in southern Afghan province ofHelmand Saturday left at least four Taliban militantsdead and six others injured including four civilians,Assadullah Shirzad, the provincial police chief toldXinhua. Internet

Powerful earthquake rocks Timor LesteJAKARTA, 6 Dec — An earthquake of 6.2 magni-

tude hit off Timor Leste’s coast Saturday, with noreports of injuries or damage, the US geologicalagency said. The US Geological Survey said theearthquake struck 160 km northwest of the capital,Dili at a depth of 408.3 km beneath the Banda Sea at6:55 pm (1055 GMT). Timor Leste is located on thePacific Ring of Fire, where continental plates meet,causing seismic and volcanic activity.—Internet

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PESHAWAR, 6 Dec —The death toll from anovernight car bombingrose to 29 in northwestPakistan, unnerving a re-gion already danger-ously on edge followingthe attacks on. About100 people were alsowounded Friday whenthe bomb went off nearPeshawar’s famed Story-tellers Bazaar, wreckinga Shiite Muslim mosque

Pakistani people are seen next to a building on fire at the site of an explosionin Peshawar, Pakistan, on 5 Dec, 2008. A car bomb devastated a busy street in

the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least 18people and injuring dozens more.—INTERNET

India, Russia ink nuclear deal

Russian warship Admi-ral Chabanenko passesthrough the PanamaCanal’s Gatun Locks inColon, some 80 km north

of Panama City, on 5Dec, 2008.—INTERNET

Panama: Canal open to Russian warships

NEW DELHI, 6 Dec —India and Russia signed acivilian nuclear deal Fri-day that would see Russiabuild four nuclear reactorsfor power-starved India.

The deal, inked during ameeting between IndianPrime Minister ManmohanSingh and visiting Presi-dent Dmitry Medvedev ofRussia, was one of tenagreements, including thesale of 80 military helicop-ters and space cooperation.

"The signing of theagreement on civil nuclearcooperation with Russiamarks a new milestone inthe history of our coopera-tion with Russia in the

field of nuclear energy,"said Singh. The deal fol-lows the conclusion of alandmark nuclear deal be-tween the United Statesand India earlier this yearwhich opened the way fornuclear trade between In-dia and other nations.

India has faced a nu-clear trade ban since itsfirst atomic test in 1974amid its refusal to sign in-ternational treaties de-signed to limit the illicitspread of such materials.

The Indo-Russian dealto build four reactors insouthern India had beenagreed on in January, butcould not be ratified until

the international NuclearSupplier Group agreed tolift the atomic ban.

India is eager to expandits nuclear energy sector tohelp fuel its rapidly grow-ing — but energy starved— economy.

The two countries haveclose ties dating back tothe Cold War. Russia hastraditionally been India'slargest arms suppliers andhas built several reactorsfor India in the past.

India also agreed to buy80 military helicoptersfrom Russia and discussedleasing a Russian nuclear-powered submarine,Medvedev said.—Internet Death toll from Pakistan

car bombing rises to 29

PANAMA CITY, 6 Dec — Panama saidits canal is open to all, including a Rus-sian waship sailing through the transoce-anic waterway on Friday.

The destroyer Admiral Chabanenko isthe first Soviet or Russian military shipto traverse the 50-mile (80-kilometer)waterway since World War II.

The US government has shown littleconcern about the destroyer’s trip througha canal that was off limits to the SovietUnion during the Cold War.

The destroyer's journey to theWestern Hemisphere, however, reflectsRussia's growing influence and anger

with the US for using warships todeliver aid to Georgia after its Augustwar with Russia.

Panamanian Foreign Minister SamuelLewis portrayed the Russian canal cross-ing as business as usual.

“Here there is no other message thanthat the canal is open to all of the world'sships,” he said.

The warship is part of a fleet that is thefirst Russian navy deployment to theWestern Hemisphere since the Cold War.Before arriving at the canal, it took partin joint exercises with Venezuela's navy.

Internet

Indian policearrest two men

in MumbaiinvestigationKOLKATA, 6 Dec — In-

dian police arrested twomen accused of providingmobile phone cards to thegunmen in the Mumbaiattacks, the first knownarrests in the probe sincethe siege ended, policesaid Saturday.

The two men allegedlyprovided SIM cards to thegroup of 10 gunmen thatattacked Mumbai lastweek, leaving 171 peopledead, said Javed Shahim,a senior police official inthe eastern city of Cal-cutta in West Bengal.

Shaim said one of themen was from West Ben-gal and the other was fromthe Indian portion ofKashmir.—Internet

A woman looks out from the entrance of her

house after a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad’s

Ameen district on 3 Dec, 2008. The attack killed

one civilian and wounded five others, police

said.—INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 6 Dec —The top US commanderin Iraq warned his troopsFriday to expect subtlechanges in combat op-erations — including ob-taining warrants beforesearching homes and de-taining people — whenthe newly approved US-Iraq security agreementtakes effect on 1 Jan.

American troops havealready begun imple-menting some of thechanges, such as con-ducting more joint opera-tions with Iraqi soldiersand getting warrants be-fore raids against sus-pected insurgents.

Iraq’s three-memberpresidential council

US spells out Iraqmission under new pact

and a hotel and setting astring of vehicles andshops ablaze, said Mo-hammed Khan, a localpolice official.

Television footageshowed survivors franti-cally carrying bloodiedvictims through the rub-ble to private cars andambulances as fire crewssought to douse theflames.

Neither the motive nor

the culprits behindthe blast were clear. Butprovincial governmentchief Haider KhanHoti said “externalforces” could be to blame— a comment under-stood in Pakistan tomean India.

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signed off on the agree-ment Thursday, the finallegal hurdle to enable thepact to go into effect nextmonth — even thoughvoters will have the finalsay in a referendum bythe end of July.

It replaces a UN man-date that gives the US-ledcoalition sweeping pow-ers to conduct militaryoperations and detainpeople without charge ifthey were believed topose a security threat.

The new pact requiresUS troops withdraw fromBaghdad and other citiesby the end of June andleave the country entirelyby 1 January, 2012.

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All items from Xinhua News Agency

Obama warns US economy may get worse

Closer China-Latin America economicties good to each other

November sales in US remains bleakdespite Thanksgiving shopping

China expedition team members install a steelstructure at the Zhongshan Station in Antarcticaon 5 Dec, 2008. Built in 1988, Zhongshan Stationis one of China’s first two research stations in the

Antarctica. — XINHUA

Performers dance during a rehearsal of the opening ceremony in front of theMuseum of Nationalities in Nanning, capital of southwest China’s Guangxi

Zhuang Autonomous Region, on 5 Dec, 2008. — XINHUA

First Nepali aircraftto test-fly

KATHMANDU, 6 Dec —An ultra-light aircraft builtby Nepali engineers is scheduled to take off on Saturdayafternoon almost one year since its builders soughtpermission from the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal,according to The Kathmandu Post. "The research teamis ready for the test flight as we have already fulfilledall necessary lab-safety requirements," said BikashParajuli, leader of the team that built the aircraft.

"We are optimistic that the flight will be successful,"he was quoted by the Saturday's daily as saying.

Minister for Science, Environment and TechnologyGanesh Shah, senior professors and engineers ofPulchowk Engineering Campus and media personswill attend the historic test flight ceremony at Pokharaairport in western Nepal.—Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 6 Dec —US President-elect BarackObama warned on Fridaythat the worst was yet tocome for the US economyafter the unemployment raterose to 6.7 percent inNovember, the highest levelin 15 years.

“The 533,000 jobs lost

last month, the worst jobloss in 34 years, is morethan a dramatic reflectionof the growing economiccrisis we face,” said Obamain a statement.

“Our economy hasalready lost nearly 2 millionjobs during this recession,which is why we need an

Economic Recovery Planthat will save or create atleast 2.5 million more jobsover two years while we actdecisively to maintain theflows of credit on which somany American familiesand American businessesdepend,” he noted.

He warned there are noquick or easy fixes to thiscrisis, which has been manyyears in the making, noting“it’s likely to get worsebefore it gets better.”

Xinhua

Brazilians optimisticabout 2009, Lula administration

RIO DE JANEIRO, 6 Dec — Despite the global financialturmoil, 78 percent of Brazilians believe they will livea better life in 2009, according to a survey releasedFriday.

Three percent of Brazilians believed their lives willbe worse next year while another 14 percent thought itwould remain the same, said the survey by the consultingcompany Datafolha.

In northeastern Brazil, the country’s poorest region,82 percent of the population was optimistic about2009, while in the southeastern region, which producesmost of Brazil’s GDP, that figure dropped to 74 percent.

Brazilians also held high prospects about their finan-cial situation, with 65 percent believing the country willenjoy a better economy next year and only eight percent thinking things will get worse. Another 22 percentthought the situation will stay the same.—Xinhua

LOS ANGELES, 6 Dec —November sales remainedbleak in the United Statesdespite a surge in day-afterThanksgiving shopping, itwas reported on Friday.

Heavy discounts luredconsumers to malls andshops on what’s dubbedBlack Friday, generatingreports of sales increasesboth nationally and locally.But that couldn’t offsetwhat was overall adisappointing month, theSan Francisco Chroniclesaid.

Weak Nov sales wereexacerbated by early

holiday promotions that cutinto profit margins alongwith a late Thanksgivingthat shortens the shoppingperiod, said the report.

This signaled that theindustry is likely headedtoward one of the worstholiday seasons in years,the report said.

Among 40 retailersreporting results Thursday,sales declined about 2.5percent, according to TNSRetail Forward, a marketresearch and consultingfirm.

Most retailers reportedthat sales declined for the

month of Novembercompared with this timelast year.

Among the manyretailers that reported salesfigures Thursday, Wal-Mart Stores Inc remainedone of the few brightspots, with a sales gain of3.4 percent last monthcompared with the samemonth a year ago.

But virtually all retailersfaltered, even suchstalwarts as CostcoWholesale Corp, whichposted a sales decline of 5percent.

Xinhua

An Indian soldier

demonstrates skills

during the China-India

army joint anti-

terrorism training in

India’s Belgaum

on 6 Dec, 2008.

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NEW YORK, 6 Dec—China and Latin Americashare the same picturesin the field of economicdevelopment, andincreased relationsbetween the two sides are

mutually beneficial,experts said here Friday.

The statement wasmade at a panel organizedby the Asia Society totouch upon the China-Latin American relations,

and its implications fortrade and development.The event is a timelydiscussion given ChinesePresident Hu Jintao'srecent trip to LatinAmerica looking tocement Chinese growingrelations with the region.

Stories in China andLatin America are almostthe same when theeconomic development isconcerned, DonaldHanna, the managingdirector and global headof the emerging marketsteam in the economic andmarket analysisdepartment of theCitigroup, said, taking thegap of income as anexample.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

A Japanese zoo puzzled by its lack ofsuccess in getting two polar bears tomate has discovered the reason --both are female. The zoo in thenorthern city of Kushiro swapped anorangutan for a polar bear cub inJanuary 2005, hoping it wouldeventually produce offspring with afemale bear called Kurumi.

World’s oldest person dies in US at age 115

Portuguese Maria de Jesus who holdsthe present record of the oldest per-son to be alive. The Los Angeles-basedGerontology Research Group said thatan American woman who held therecord for being the world’s oldest per-son for over a year died Wednesday at the ripe old age of 115 years.

The world’s oldest person, an Indi-ana woman, died on Wednesday at theage of 115, according to a gerontol-ogy expert.

“Ms. Edna Parker of Indiana, theworld’s oldest person for a number of

years, passed away today (Wednesday)at the age of 115 years, 220 days,”Stephen Coles, a gerontologist at theUniversity of California in Los Ange-les, said on the website of the Geron-tology Research Group.

Parker, a former school teacher whowas born on April 20, 1893, died peace-fully at the Heritage House Convales-cent Center in Shelbyville, Indiana, thelocal newspaper reported. A photo ofParker, dressed in a blue dress with aflower corsage, graced the front pageof The Shelbyville News.

Parker and her husband, who died ofa heart attack when she was 48, had twosons.

Parker was listed in the GuinnessBook of World Records as the oldestperson alive.

The nursing home where she livedwas also the home of Sandy Allen, whoat 7 feet, 7 1-4 inches was listed as theworld’s tallest woman.

Indonesian students makerecord in eating eggs

together A total of 5,678 elementary schoolstudents and kindergarten childrengathered at a Park in Solo, Indonesia,on Wednesday and ate eggs together,breaking a national record for assem-bling the most people for an egg-de-vouring event. The event was aimed to encouragepeople, especially students to consumemore eggs, Rabby Susanto, chair of theInformation Center for Marketing Hus-bandry Products, which organized theevent, was quoted by the Jakarta Postdaily as saying. He said Indonesian people con-sumes far fewer eggs per capita thanthe peoples in other countries. Indone-sia consumes annually 88 eggs percapita, compared with 650 in Japan,510 in France, 450in the United Statesand 330 in Britain. The Eating Eggs Together eventcoincided with Indonesian NationalHealth Day which fell on Wednes-day. The last Eating Eggs Together eventin Indonesia was involved 4,250 par-ticipants.

Susie Ohley, marketing director of the MillerPark Zoo in Bloomington, Ill., holds one ofthe Christmas tree ornaments zoo workersmade from reindeer droppings as a fundraiser for the zoo. Workers made the orna-ments on their own time and donated theornaments, which were dried and coatedwith several coats of paint. The ornaments sell for $5.

93 countries sign clusterbomb ban

OSLO, 6 Dec — Ninety-three countries signed a treatybanning cluster bombs Thursday, as diplomats accepted thewishes of victims who begged them to bar the weapons thatkill and maim civilians long after the conflicts end.

Some of the world’s top military powers — including theUS, Russia and China — refused to attend, arguing clusterbombs have legitimate military uses, such as repelling ad-vancing troop columns.

Under the accord, negotiated in May, signatories agreednot to use cluster bombs, to destroy existing stockpiles withineight years, and to fund programs that clear old battlefieldsof dud bombs.The pact left open the door open for new typesof weapons that could pick targets more precisely and con-tain self-destruct technology.

The treaty goes into effect once 30 countries ratify it, aprocess which began, in essence, on Thursday.

However, the negotiations in Dublin, Ireland, earlier thisyear did not involve the biggest makers and users of the weap-ons: the United States, Russia, China, Israel, India andPakistan.Washington has dismissed the prospect that the treatywould alter US policy.—Internet

Norwegian Minister for ForeignAffairs, Jonas Gahr Stoere, right,

welcomes the Afghan cluster bombsurvivor Soraj Ghulam Habib, to thedinner in honor of the signing con-ference on the Convention On Clus-ter munition at Akershus Castle inOslo, on 3 Dec, 2008.—INTERNET

China’s first private jet hubto open next year

Sri Lanka jets hit Tiger positions asground battles rage

BEIJING, 6 Dec — China’s first private jet hub is expectedto open next year in Shanghai as the country slowly workson easing the tight control of its airspace, a news report saidSaturday.

Work began Friday on the Hongqiao Airport Business Avia-tion Centre, a joint venture between Shanghai’s airport au-thority and Australia’s Hawker Pacific Pty Ltd, the ShanghaiDaily newspaper reported. The airport authority holds a 51percent stake.

The hub will be expected to handle about 6,000 flights ayear when completed, most from overseas, the report said.

China has been under rising pressure to further open itsskies as available flight paths grow increasingly crowded.

The country’s military controls about 80 percent of Chi-na’s airspace, and more room is needed for the sharp rise incivilian air traffic, Dorothy Reimold, a US Federal AviationAdministration official, said earlier this year.

Even state media, including the China Daily newspaper,has said restrictions are “stunting” the industry’s growth inChina.The Shanghai Airport Authority has said the privatejet hub will open in the second half of next year.—Internet

Eight Colombian police die in attackBOGOTA (Colombia), 6 Dce —Sus-

pected leftist rebels attacked a smallpolice convoy in Colombia’s turbulentnortheast on Friday with explosives andautomatic weapons, killing eight policeofficers and wounding one.

The slain officers, traveling in a four-wheeled vehicle and on two motorcy-cles, were responding to an anonymoustip about a cadaver supposedly foundnear a cemetery not far from their basein Fortul, the Arauca Province police

chief, Col Luis Ortiz, told The Associ-ated Press. He said it appeared the bombblast was triggered by remote control.

The rebels finished off the police withgunfire, said Colombian Defence Min-ister Juan Manuel Santos, who blamedthe attack on leftist rebels.

Later Friday, police issued a state-ment blaming the attack on the NationalLiberation Army, or ELN, which oper-ates in the oil-producing region border-ing Venezuela.—Internet

COLOMBO, 6 Dec—Sri Lanka’s airforcestaged a series of bombing raids againstsuspected Tamil Tiger targets as groundtroops fought fierce battles on severalfronts, the defence ministry said onSaturday.Security forces, waging a mas-sive offensive against the Liberation Ti-gers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), have beenfacing stiff resistance in their march to-ward the northern rebel political capital

of Kilinochchi, the ministry said.“Air Force fighter jets launched three

air strikes at LTTE strong points locatedin the west of Paranthan on Friday,” theministry said, referring to a town justnorth of Kilinochchi.Government sol-diers further north in the Jaffna penin-sula clashed with Tiger rebels at threelocations on Friday, the ministry said.

Internet

After selling pork for three days,literature postgraduate wins a job

Sun Xiaogang was one of 35 post-graduates hired by Guangdong TiandiFood Group which has outlets through-out markets in the southern city ofGuangzhou.

The postgraduate student majoringin Chinese literature at Guangzhou'sSun Yat-sen University, will graduatefrom college in the summer of nextyear, according to Saturday's ChinaDaily.

A manager at the company surnamedLin said the company's one requirementis that all applicants are postgraduates,regardless of their majoring.

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Myanmar has several beach resorts local and

foreign tourists can visit for rest and recreation,

such as Ngapali, Maungmagan, Chaungtha and

Ngwehsaung. Among them, Ngwehsaung came to

existence in 2000. With a length of nine miles,

Ngwehsaung is the longest as well as the last of its

kind in Myanmar. It is situated near Bukhwegyi

Village, 30 miles west of Pathein, Ayeyawady

Division. Now, Ngwehsaung Beach Resort de-

signed to help development the nation's tourism

industry has been really put on the map of the

nation and has won the customer satisfaction.

Ngwehsaung Beach Resort has led to an increase in

the number of tourists to Myanmar and has im-

proved tourism industry and hotel industry. In

addition, that has helped improve the living condi-

tions of the people of its surrounding villages.

Thanks to the goal of the government: "The whole

country including rural areas must develop",

Ngwehsaung Beach has developed considerably,

and its surrounding regions are also enjoying cu-

mulative development in parallel. Local people's

major businesses are fishing, agricultural farming,

and running shops. With the development, the

beach has created many job opportunities for local

people. Hotels in the beach provide good services

to the visitors. On the nine-mile-long Ngwehsaung

Beach are 21 hotels stretching five miles. The

beach is kept naturally, thus adding attraction to all

visitors. Due to its serenity, the visitors may see

clearer seawater and more silvery sand,

Ngwehsaung Beach is more attractive than any

other beach in Myanmar. Aureum Palace Resort's

decoration is somewhat different from others: a

mixture of slight western style and Myanmar tradi-

tional style. Bungalows are roofed with thatch and

Ngwehsaung, the longest beach resort in Myanmar

Article: Ei Wah; Photos: Soe Nyunt (Kyemon)

Facilities of Myanmar Treasure Resort are attractive to visitors.

Fishermen at work on Ngwehsaung Beach.

built of wood. Its decoration is mostly traditional.

The majority of the furniture is made of wood with

the aim of attracting the visitors. All the rooms are

well-furnished with air-conditioner, TV and refrig-

erator. The hotel also has Spa and Bar. Ninety-seven

bungalows are set up in row and separately.

At the entrance to Aureum Palace Resort, visitors

are greeted by a dummy of young woman holding a

Pathein parasol which is the symbol of Pathein. The

living room is supported by huge log pillars. The style

of the resort blends with the beach. It is really pleas-

ant to view Aureum Palace Resort, which is located

among coconut palms, not far from the sea. Visitors

can take a swim in the sea or in the swimming pool in

the compound of the resort. From the swimming pool,

visitors can enjoy the beauty of the sunset and the

beach simultaneously.

Now, Ngwehsaung Beach Resort has been a

household name at the international level. Most of

the tourists to the resort are from Russia, Italy,

Germany and Switzerland, and some are from other

Asian countries. Many tourists frequent Ngwehsaung

Beach owing to the beauty of the beach, hospitality of

Myanmar people, and good services of the hotels.

Gaining a good reputation for their peaceful condi-

tions, wonders and interesting sites, the beaches in

Myanmar receive a good number of foreign tourists

very year.

According to the Myanmar Treasure Resort,

yearly, Ngwehsaung Beach is in season commenc-

ing November, and its peak season falls in Decem-

ber and April. The Myanmar Treasure Resort, a four

star hotel, is made up of 40 deluxe rooms, 24

superior rooms, a souvenir shop and a dinning hall.

And guests have Internet and e-Mail access. It is

furnished with mostly wickerwork and is decorated

with things of traditional style. It also has a space to

take sunbathe and a swimming pool. Myanmar

Treasure Resort has a wonderful view over

Ngwehsaung Beach.

If Ngwehsaung Beach receives a growing number

of visitors, that will help improve tourism industry

and the living standard of local people.

*****

Translation: MS

Kyemon: 5-12-2008

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 7 December, 2008

(from page 1)Next, Chairman of Yangon City Development

Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin reportedto Lt-Gen Myint Swe and party on purchasing of Abatefor prevention of DHF, distribution of treated mos-quito nets and work carried out for ensuring properflow of drains in the division.

Afterwards, Head of Engineering Department(Road/Bridge) U Bo Htay reported on steps taken forproper flow of drains in Ahlon Township, dredging ofYwathit creek and underground drains and carryingout of sanitation tasks along Strand Road and nearThakhinmya Park in the township.

Later, Chairman of Ahlon Township Peace andDevelopment Council U Win Myint reported on dredg-

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspectspreventive measures…

ing of overflow drains for proper flow of water andprevention of floods in the rainy season.

After hearing reports, Lt-Gen Myint Swe spokeof the need to strive for control flies and mosquitoesand the people to use fly-proof latrines to prevent DHFand diarrhea, dredging of drainages and impartinghealth knowledge to the people.

After inspecting the dredging of drainages alongStrand Road and Ywathit creek, Lt-Gen Myint Swegave necessary instructions.

At 9.30 a.m., Lt-Gen Myint Swe and partyproceeded to the paddy plantation of farmer U Han Soeof Shwelhechaung Village-tract near Mile Post No. 6/3 in Dalla Township, Yangon South District and lookedinto harvesting of paddy with the use of farm equip-ment.

Afterwards, they inspected irrigating of sum-mer paddy field, ploughing and direct sowing of paddywith the use of machines.—MNA

YANGON, 6 Dec — A meeting on all-roundrenovation of the ancient Danok Pagoda took place onthe platform of the pagoda in Dalla Township, YangonSouth District, here this morning. At the meeting Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence called fortimely completion of the renovation.

Next, Yangon Division Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Chairman Yangon Command CommanderBrig-Gen Win Myint, Chairman of Shwe Than LwinCo, U Kyaw Win, project engineer U Sai Naw Kham,Chairman of Fund Raising Committee, Chairman ofYangon South District PDC U Zaw Win reported ontheir respective renovation tasks.

Next, Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspected the all-roundrenovation of the pagoda. — MNA

Ancient Danok Pagoda underall-round renovation

YANGON, 6 Dec—Hninzigon Home for theAged marked its DiamondJubilee and opened the47th charity bazaar at thehome in Bahan Townshiphere this afternoon.

Deputy Minister forSocial Welfare, Relief andResettlement Brig-GenKyaw Myint and Chair-

Hninzigon Home for the Aged celebratesDiamond Jubilee

man U Kyaw Shein of theexecutive committee ofthe home deliveredspeeches.

Vice-Chairman UAung Than of the execu-tive committee clarifiedthe purpose of the celebra-tion.

Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and Devel-

opment Council Com-mander of Yangon Com-mand Brig-Gen Win Myint,the deputy minister and thechairman of the executivecommittee formally openedthe charity bazaar andviewed the shops.

The proceedings ofthe 67 shops will go to thehome funds. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6Dec— Chairman ofMyanmar OlympicCommittee Minister forSports Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint took part in themass walk activity (2008)in front of Nay Pyi TawMyoma market this

Mass walk activity launched in Nay Pyi Tawmorning.

Deputy Minister forHotels and Tourism Brig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu,officials, staff families ofthe ministries totalling over7000 also participated inthe mass walk activity.

They started to go

for a walk alongPyinmana-Taungnyo roadand went back to thegathering point in front ofMyoma market, wherethey took exercisecollectively and they wereserved with refreshments.

MNA

YANGON, 4 Dec —A training course on bio-security for poultry farm-ers in storm-affected re-gions was opened at theDistrict Fisheries Depart-ment in Pyapon on 30November in Pyapon.

It was organizedby Livestock Breedingand Veterinary Depart-ment of the Ministry ofLivestock and Fisheriesand FAO.

Chairman of

Training course on bio-security opensin Pyapon, Bogale

Pyapon District Peace andDevelopment Council UMya Kyaing, Senior Ad-viser Dr Murray Macleanof FAO avian influenzacontrolling programmeand Deputy Director-Gen-eral of LBVD Dr AungGyi made opening ad-dresses.

A total of 40 train-ees from Pyapon, Dedaye,Kyaiklat and Kungyankontownships took the course.Besides, 25 trainees from

Bogale andMawlamyinegyun town-ships attended a similartraining course held inBogale Township.

MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Win Myint, Deputy Minister Brig-Gen KyawMyint and U Kyaw Shein open the 47th fun fair and charity bazaar of

Hninzigon Home for the Aged.—MNA

Staff families of the ministries participate in the mass walk activity(2008).—MNA

Staff families of the ministries participate in the mass walk activity(2008).—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 6Dec — Myanmardelegation led by Ministerfor Finance and RevenueMaj-Gen Hla Tunattended the 2nd

International Conferenceon Financing forDevelopment in Doha,Qatar from 29 Novemberto 2 December.

The delegationmembers including theUN Secretary-Generaland delegates from 165UN member nations alsoattended the conference.

Secretary-Generalof the United Nations MrBan Ki-moon opened thesecond conference on 29November at Al Dafina Hallof Sheraton, Dona Resortand Convention Hotel.

Qatari PrimeMinister H H SheikhHamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani stressed effects ofthe financial crisis in thedeveloped nations on thedeveloping countries andwork programmes onpledges to beimplemented by thedeveloped nations.

Next, the attendeessubmitted reports and, theheads of the States andthe representativespresented reports onimplementation of thefinancing fordevelopment agreementmade in Monterrey,Mexico in 2002.

On 30 November,Myanmar delegationleader Minister Maj-GenHla Tun made a speechon economicdevelopment in

Myanmar attends 2nd InternationalConference on Financing for Development

Myanmar, progress ofsavings and investmentindispensable for thenation, foreigninvestment, the need forcooperation between thedeveloped and developingcountries during the worldeconomic crisis.

After that, thedelegation leaders of thenations reported onimplementation ofMonterrey Agreement.

On 2 December,delegates to theconference approved thereport of CredentialsCommittee by Chairmanof the committee MrCharles Nlwaagae,Botswanan permanentrepresentative to the UN.And then, the DohaStatement was issued. Thechairman of theconference presented

Draft Outcome of theConference.

The attendees to theconference agreed the draftoutcome to be named asDoha Declaration onFinancing forDevelopment put forwardby the representative fromAntigua and Barbudarepresenting the People’sRepublic of China and G-22 nations.

Those presentapproved the DohaDeclaration and theconference ended with theconcluding remarks by thechairman. The Myanmardelegation arrived back herethis morning. They werewelcomed by Minister forMines Brig-Gen OhnMyint and Minister forSports Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint at Nay Pyi TawAirport. — MNA

YANGON, 6 Dec—General Secretary U SeinWin Hlaing, CEC memberU Tin Ko Ko andexecutive U Myo Thantof the Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambersof Commerce and Industryon 4 December met withMinister Counsellor(Commercial) Mr. PrajuabSupinee of the Royal ThaiEmbassy to the Union ofMyanmar at the UMFCCI

UMFCCI officials meet ThaiCommercial Minister Counsellor

office here.They cordially

discussed course on “Howto go to InternationalMarket” to be held byExport PromotionDepartment under theMinistry of Commerce(Thailand) jointly with theUMFCCI from 16 to 18February, 2009 meetingto be held on 19 February,2009 of MyanmarEntrepreneurs and Thai

Entrepreneurs inrespective sectors andboosting of bilateral trade.

To the course,those interested personsfrom affiliatedassociations of theUMFCCI and UMFCCImembers companies andthose participated personsin meeting can contactUMFCCI.

MNA

YANGON, 6 Dec –Chairman of SagaingDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of North-West Command Maj-GenMyint Soe visited thrivingpaddy fields of KanbaluTownship in SagaingDivision and Kabo Damnear Kabo village on 3December.

Next, he visited thestation hospital in Zeegon

Regional development work inKanbalu Tsp inspected

Village and inspected thespraying of pesticides onthe groundnut plantationof farmer U Kyaw Zin inMezaligon Village andfulfilled the requirements.

The commanderproceeded to Linban damproject site about threemiles from MezaligonVillage. Officials reportedon progress inconstruction of the damand the commander called

for measures for durabilityof the dam and greeningits environs. The projectstarted in fiscal year 2006-2007 and is scheduled tofinish in 2008-2009.

Afterwards, thecommander inspectedconstruction of a self-reliant dispensary and aregional development halland the Basic EducationMiddle School (Branch)in Natpay village. – MNA

YANGON, 6 Dec—AOpen Brand computer andaccessories were introduced and demonstrated at theTraders Hotel on Sule Pagoda Raod here this evening.

Managing Director U Myo Myint Tun of RoyalAyeyarwaddy Co Ltd gave an introductory speech.Ms. Gloria Tsan of AOpen Technology Asia PacificCo Ltd introduced AOpen products to the attendees.

Aopen Brand computer and accessories areavailable at Royal Ayeyarwaddy Co Ltd, sole agentfor Myanmar, at No. 7, Ground Floor, 87th Street,Mingala Taungnyunt, Yangon (Tel: 01 384850,389366, 709601).—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun making a speechat 2nd International Conference on Financing

for Development.—F&R

UMFCCI General Secretary U Sein Win Hlaing and party meetMinister Counsellor (Commercial) Mr Prajuab Supinee of the Royal

Thai Embassy.—UMFCCI

Managing Director U Myo Myint Tun of Royal Ayeyarwaddy Co Ltd introduces AOpen ProductBrand Computers and Accessories.—MNA

AOpen computerintroduced

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YANGON, 6 Dec—The prize presentationceremony of BasicEducation High School No.2 of Latha Township washeld at the school yesterdayattended by Chairman ofYangon Division Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Brig-Gen WinMyint.

The headmistressand officials spoke on theoccasion.

Afterwards, thecommander presentedprizes to outstandingstudents who stood in thetop ten positions inmatriculation examinationfor 2007-08 in the countryand six-and five-distinction winners, thewife of the commander,

Latha BEHS No. 2 holds prizepresentation ceremony

five-distinction winners,the headmistress andofficials, distinction

winners and otheroutstanding students whoperformed their best in

Wushu, Basketball andthe band of the school.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Dec — Minister for ElectricPower No. 2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint made aspeech at the closing of the construction andmaintenance of power grids course No.1/2008 at theministry, here on 2 December.

Dr San Oo, Managing Director of MyanmaElectric Power Enterprise, presented completioncertificates to the trainees.

A total of 42 Engineer Officers did the course.MNA

Construction andmaintenance of power grids

course concludes

YANGON, 6 Dec—The final match of theRepublic of KoreaAmbassador’s CupTaekwondo Competitionwas held in conjunctionwith prize-giving cere-mony at National IndoorStadium-1 (Thuwunna),here, on 3 December.

It was attended byofficials of the Ministryof Sports, executives of

ROK Ambassador’s Cup TaekwondoCompetition concludesMyanmar TaekwondoFederation, ROKAmbassador to MyanmarMr. Park Key Chong andembassy staff, Mr. ChoKwaung Golr and partyof KOICA (KoreaI n t e r n a t i o n a lCooperation Agency),guests, managers ofcontestants of theteams.

The Chairman of

Technical Committee ofMTF presented prizes tobest referees and bestplayers. MTF ExecutiveU Lay Tint, Secretary ofTatmadaw TaekwondoCommittee Captain ZawWin Tun, Secretary ofYangon CityD e v e l o p m e n tCommittee TaekwondoCommittee U Nyi NyiOo, MTF Secretary

Deputy Director ofSports and PhysicalEducation Department UTin Win, ResidentRepresentative ofKOICA Mr. ChoKwaung Golr andKorean Ambassador Mr.Park Key Chongpresented awards towinners and winningteams.

NLM

YANGON, 6 Dec— The 15th respect payingceremony of old students of Pazundaung Basic EducationHigh School No. 1 will be held in conjunction with get-together at the hall of the school at 12 noon on 1 January2009.

The coordination meeting for holding theceremony will be held at the school on 7 December,2008. Old students are invited to attend the meeting.Those wishing to donate cash or and kind may contactU Ohn Kyaw (Ph: 580110), Daw Kyin Yi Lay (Ph:298816), Daw Khin San (548526), Major Soe Paing(216229), U Tin Tun Aung (Ph: 202605) and U AungKhaing. — MNA

Pazundaung BEHS-1 to payrespects on 11 Jan

YANGON, 6 Dec — Old students of TadaUBasic Education High School held a ceremony todonate cash for organizing the 7th paying respect toteachers at Htaiktan Aung café in TadaU on 30November. Director U Myint Than of IrrigationDepartment and wife Daw Myint Myint Htway donated

Old students of TadaU BEHS to pay respect on 24 JanK 1 million. The respect paying ceremony will be heldon 24 January 2009 and those wishing to make donationmay contact Dr Kyaw Tin (Ph- 066-44058), U TintLwin (Ph-066-44023) and U Thant Zin (Tawinjewellery shop), (Ph-066-44047).

MNA

YANGON, 6 Dec— Under the Capacity BuildingProgramme, the opening of Prawn Breeding BasicCourse No. 6, jointly organized by Action Aid (Myanmar)of Myanmar Fisheries Federation and Myanmar ShrimpEntrepreneurs Association, was held at MFF Building onBayintnaung Road in Insein Township here on 3December.

Director-General U Khin Maung Aye of FisheriesDepartment, MFF Vice-President U Han Tun andChairman of Myanmar Shrimp Entrepreneurs AssociationU Hla Maung Shwe spoke on the occasion.

Altogether 39 trainees are taking the two-weekcourse.

MNA

Prawn Breeding Basic CourseNo. 6 opens

Commander Brig-Gen Win Myint presents prize to an outstandingstudent at prize presentation ceremony of Latha BEHS No. 2. — MNA

ROKAm-

bassadorMr. Park

KeyChongawards

first prizeto a

winningteam in14-18age

groupattack

contest.NLM

Chairman of Myanmar Prawn Entrepreneurs Association U Hla Maung Shwe speaking atopening of Shrimp Breeding Basic Course No. 6. —�UMFCCI

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Senior leader hails Chinese medicalassisstance in foreign countries

Climate change, drought to strain Colorado River

Visitors look at displays at the spacewalk mission exhibition at the HongKong Science Museum on 6 December, 2008.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 6 Dec —Chinese foreign aidmedical workers haveplayed an irreplaceablerole in promotingfriendship between Chinaand other countries, VicePremier Li Keqiang saidhere on Friday.

Li, also a member ofthe Standing Committeeof the Political Bureau ofthe Communist Party ofChina (CPC) CentralCommittee, made theremarks at an awardingceremony for outstandingmedical workers stationedoverseas.

China sent its firstmedical aid team to

Algeria in 1963. It hassince sent more than20,000 medical workersabroad, helping 260million patients in 69countries and regionsacross the world.

Chinese foreign aidmedical workers haveovercome difficulties ofworking overseas, awayfrom their homeland andfamilies, and haveprovided excellentservices for people in needin a selfless manner, Lisaid.

He said sendingmedical teams to workabroad is key tomaintaining friendly ties

with other developingcountries, building aresponsible image for thecountry, and building afavorable internationalenvironment for China’sdevelopment.

He urged relevantauthorities to improve thebenefits and the workingconditions of Chinesemedical workers abroad,and to provide morefinancial support andtrainings for them.

Internet

British government talksto car manufacturers

TEHERAN, 6 Dec —Iran’s PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejadand his Ecuadoreancounterpart Rafael CorreaDelgado called for theexpansion of ties betweenthe two countries, Iran’sofficial IRNA newsagency reported.

SALT LAKE CITY, 6Dec — Seven Westernstates will face morewater shortages in theyears ahead as climatechange exacerbates thestrains drought and agrowing population haveput on the ColoradoRiver, scientists say.

Clearly we’re on acollision course betweensupply and demand,” saidBrad Udall, director ofthe Western WaterAssessment at theUniversity of Colorado.

Although there issome disagreement aboutwhen the most direconditions will ma-terialize, scientists at aconference in Salt Lake

In this file photo, water levels at the ColoradoRiver’s Horseshoe Bend begin to rise along the

beaches just hours after the Glen Canyon Dam jettubes began releasing water, in Page, Ariz.Drought, climate change and an increasing

population in the West are pushing the ColoradoRiver basin toward deep trouble in the coming

decades, scientists say.INTERNET

City said Thursday theyexpect less water to beavailable in the comingdecades.

Without funda-mental shifts in watermanagement, the resultwill be shortages anddifficult decisions aboutwho in the seven statesthe river serves will getwater and who will gowithout, said DaveWegner, science directorfor the Glen CanyonInstitute, which or-ganized the one-dayconference at theUniversity of Utah.

To me, it’s not goingto be a pretty debate,”Wegner said.—Internet

LONDON, 6 Dec — The British government saidSaturday that it is discussing how to help carmanufacturers cope with falling sales and fundingproblems. The Department for Business Enterpriseand Regulatory Reform said Saturday that BusinessSecretary Peter Mandelson and Business Minister IanPearson met representatives from the automotiveindustry to talk about how the sector could accessfunding.

Britain’s car industry wants the government tohelp boost car sales by making it easier for potentialcustomers to obtain motor loans. It also wants thegovernment to bolster car companies’ own financearms. The ministry said in a statement that car makersincluding Toyota, General Motors, Nissan and Rolls-Royce discussed concerns over liquidity. Thegovernment promised to ask the European InvestmentBank to provide loans to the car industry.

The ministry statement said the government willcontinue to talk to the automotive industry over thecoming weeks. —Internet

Two mountain gorillasare seen in the VirungaNational Park, near the

Uganda border ineastern Congo. The

director of the park saysrangers who fled

fighting between rebelsand soldiers are

returning to protect theendangered animals.

INTERNET

Iran, Ecuador call for expansion of tiesIn a joint press

conference here onSaturday, the visitingEcuadorean president said“We are determined toconsolidate the currentfriendship” with Iran.

Referring to thegrowing relationshipsbetween two countries,

especially those of thecommerce, Delgado saidthe embassies of the twocountries would beopened in Tehran andQuito in the near future.

Meanwhile, Ahma-dinejad highlighted thepotentials in thecooperation between the

two countries in a numberof areas, including theinternational issues,economic and industrialprojects, energy, banking,tourism, technological-know-how, electricity andwater.

The Islamic Republicof Iran sees no limit totransfer its invaluableachievement and experi-ence to Ecuador,” headded.—Internet

Moderate quake shakesarea outsideLos Angeles

LOS ANGELES, 6 Dec — A magnitude-5.5earthquake struck an area 117 miles (about 187kilometers) east-northeast of downtown Los AngelesFriday evening, but there was no immediate report ofinjuries or damage, authorities said.

The temblor struck at 8:18 pm local time (1618GMT) 16 miles (about 26 kilometers) west-northwestof Ludlow, a small town in the Mojave Desert, the USGeological Survey (USGS) said.

The shaking could be felt from San Diego to WestLos Angeles.

San Diego County sheriff’s Lt. Mike Munseysaid he felt his building roll but not shake.

Jeremy Chestnut, 20, who worked at a DairyQueen and gas station in Ludlow, said the quake wasnot major, local KTLA News reported.

Internet

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Interna-

tional

warships

are now

patrol-

ling a

vast area

off the

horn of

Africa.

INTERNET

Suspected pirates turned over to Yemen

A cruise ship with 33 crew members and 89passengers is stranded in Antarctica on 4 Dec.

The cruise liner was rescued Fridayby the Chilean navy. —INTERNET

Passengers stranded in Antarcticarescued by Chilean Navy

Philippine robbery shootout leaves16 dead

Lufthansa acquires 41.56% stakein Austrian Airlines

A rescuer inspects a residence damaged by alandslide in Kuala Lumpur on 6 Dec, 2008.

A landslide occurred early Saturday in a housingestate in Kuala Lumpur.

INTERNET

SANTIAGO, 6 Dec —The 33 crew members and89 passengers abroad thecruise liner Ushuaiastranded in Antarcticawere rescued Friday by theChilean navy.

The rescuers used theboats on the cruise ship totake all the passengers andcrew members to the Chil-ean navy vessel Aquiles.

“The Aquiles is sailingwith all the passengers tothe Chilean Crei Base,”which is located 350 kmfrom the accident place,the Argentine navy said ina statement.

Aquiles is expected toarrive the Chilean baseearly Saturday, where thepassengers will be taken

by a Hercules C-130 planeof the Argentine Air Forceto the Port of Ushuaia insouthern Argentina.

The cruise ship has aPanamanian flag but isowned by an Argentine

company. It sent outalarms midday Thursdayafter it started leaking fueland taking in water.

A rock damaged thehull as the Ushuaia passedthrough the GerlacheStrait, about 300 km fromArgentine base Maramnioand 1,300 km south ofUshuaia.

The crash left the boatadrift in Guillermina Bay,northwest of Antarctic Pe-ninsula.

Aboard the ship therewere 14 Danish, 12 Ameri-cans, 11 Australians, nineGermans, sevenArgentines, seven British,six Chinese, six Spaniards,five Swiss, three Italians,three French, two Canadi-ans, two Irish, a Belgianand a passenger from NewZealand. All of them werein “perfect” conditions,rescuers said.

Internet

Turkish jets hit PKKtargets in N Iraq

ANKARA, 6 Dec — Turkish General Staff said Fri-day that Turkish warplanes bombed several targets ofthe outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) in moun-tainous region of Qandil in northern Iraq.

The General Staff said in a statement posted on itswebsite that the raid on Friday targeted the PKK hide-outs in the Qandil region, a major rebel strongholdnear the border between Iraq and Turkey, adding that“the targets...were struck successfully.”

The statement said the bombardment was effective,adding that all planes returned to their bases safelyafter completing their mission.

The Turkish armed forces have taken tougher ac-tions against the PKK since the country's legislatureextended on Oct. 8 the government's mandate to launchcross-border operations against the rebels in northernIraq.

The PKK took up arms in 1984 to create an ethnichomeland in southeastern Turkey. Some 40,000 peo-ple have been killed in the over-two-decade conflict.

Internet

VIENNA, 6 Dec — TheAustrian state holdingcompany OeIAG signed acontract with GermanLufthansa for sale of its41.56 percent stake in

loss-making Austrian Air-lines (AUA) afterOeIAG’s supervisoryboard voted in favor of thesale at a special meetingon Friday.

According to the ar-rangement, the AUA willhave a separate brandwhile keeping its head-quarters in Austria.Lufthansa also planned tokeep long-distance routes,which is important to itsheadquarters. The rev-enue and cost synergiesthrough the AUA integra-tion into the LufthansaGroup are estimated to bearound 80million eurosannually.

AUA is headquarteredin Vienna and based atthe Vienna InternationalAirport with about 8,000employees. Due to fac-tors like price surge inaviation oil, AUA suf-fered huge loss last year,gaining 900 million euroof debts.

In July 2008, AUA an-nounced an estimatedloss of 70 to 90 millioneuros for the whole year.Therefore, on 12 Aug, theAustrian governmentgave the green light to theprivatization that is to befinalized by the end of theyear.

Internet

MANILA, 6 Dec — Six-teen people died after sus-pected robbers engagedpolice in a shootout out-side the headquarters of atransport firm in a Manilasuburb, police said on Sat-urday.

Highway police andspecial operatives actingon an informant’s tip weredeployed to the transportfirm’s office but werespotted by the robbers andmet by a volley of gunfire,

according to police chiefinspector Glenn Tigson’sofficial report.

Eight robbers inside asports utility vehicle diedon the spot after the po-licemen returned fire. Asecond vehicle with twothieves on board spedaway during the crossfirebut was chased by the po-lice.

The two robbers laterabandoned their vehicleand grabbed a motorcycle

from a passing motoristbut were intercepted bypolice who shot and killedthe suspects on the spot.

A father and his 7-year-old daughter on board apassing sports utility ve-hicle were also hit in thecrossfire and later died.Two other people man-ning a truck near the of-fice of the transport firmalso died from gunshotwounds.

The police report saidone member of the po-lice’s elite special actionforce and the transportfirm’s security guard alsodied after being hit in thecrossfire.

Internet

MOGADISHU, 6 Dec —Seven suspected pirateswere in the custody ofYemeni authorities earlyFriday, after they werepicked up in the pirate-plagued Gulf of Aden.

The Royal DanishNavy said one of its war-ships, the HDMSAbsalon, rescued theseven men on Wednesdayafter they were found in apowerless skiff withrocket-propelled grenadesand AK-47s aboard, navyspokesman Jesper Lyngetold .

They were found ap-proximately 75 nauticalmiles (140 kilometers) offthe coast of Yemen after adistress call, Lynge said.

However, a Yemeni In-terior Ministry official of-fered a different accountof events, saying its coast

guard rescued the sus-pected pirates on Friday.The official said a coastguard patrol had detecteda boat near a port nearBalhaf, Yemen, and, be-lieving its activity to besuspicious, chased itdown.

The coast guard ex-changed fire with the menon board the boat, the of-ficial said, and the Somali

boat overturned.The men are suspected

to be pirates because ofthe weapons on board,Lynge said. Pirates fre-quently use small boats toattack commercial vesselswith small arms and gre-nades, but he said theAbsalon crew could notconnect the men “directlywith another pirate attackin the area.”—Internet

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Microsoft tacklesauction pirates

Warning over Internet painkillers

Parents warned on fakeconsoles

LONDON, 6 Dec — Parents are being warned aboutfake imported Nintendo games consoles which couldbe a fire hazard and pose a danger to their children’ssafety.

HM Revenue & Customs said it had seized hun-dreds of counterfeit Nintendo DS and DS Lites, whichwere discovered to contain dangerous power adapt-ers. Nintendo confirmed it had not produced the po-tentially dangerous adaptors.

Several UK consumers had ordered the consolesafter being attracted by the much cheaper price.

Many had been bought for £40 instead of the usual£100 retail price.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) warned UK cus-tomers to be “vigilant” when purchasing electronicgoods from websites.

“Buy from a reputable or regulated site, and if pur-chasing from outside the UK or a new website researchthe site, check all the facts before you buy,” saidPamela Rogers, HMRC’s head of intellectual prop-erty rights.

HMRC spokesperson Clare Merrills warned thatfaulty counterfeit consoles could be unsafe.

“You might find you plug it in and the adaptor setson fire or the wires start to melt and stick out,” shewarned. —Internet

Newborn babies lie at hospital in Beijing on 1 Dec,2008. The World Health Organization on Friday is-sued safety limits for melamine levels in food as in ternational concern mounted over a widening tainted food scandal in China.—INTERNET

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LONDON, 6 Dec — UKexperts have warned ofthe dangers of purchasingdrugs online after a studyshowed wide availabilityof strong painkillers overthe internet.

A team at EdinburghUniversity found 35websites selling prescrip-tion-only pain drugs toUK customers without re-quiring a prescription.

Government regulatorswarned that buying medi-cines online could have“deadly” consequences.

The results appear inthe British Journal of

Clinical Pharmacology.Almost half of those

sold prescription-onlypainkillers but 76% didnot require the customerto provide a valid pre-scription.

Six asked for a pre-scription but accepted afax or email copy whichthe researchers said couldbe forged or modified.

The drugs available in-cluded opioids such astramadol and non-steroidal antiinflam-matories, such asnaproxen and celecoxib,commonly prescribed for

conditions such as arthri-tis.

They can have severeside-effects and someshould not be taken inconjunction with othermedicines or in peoplewith certain conditions,the researchers said.

A spokeswoman for theMedicines and HealthcareProducts RegulatoryAgency, said although thesale of prescription onlymedicines without aproper patient consulta-tion was illegal it was notillegal to buy medicinesonline. — Internet

FDA says risks of newasthma drugs vary

Koobface computer virusattacks Facebook users

LONDON, 6 Dec —Microsoft has launched 63separate lawsuits againstpeople peddling counter-feit software on auctionsites. The legal action tar-gets sellers in 12 nationsincluding the US, UK,Germany and France.

Most of thoseMicrosoft has targetedhave been selling fake“Blue Edition” versions ofWindows XP.

Microsoft said the op-erating system was prov-ing popular on auctionsites as it is reaching theend of its commercial

sales cycle.Windows XP stopped

being installed on new PCsat the end of June 2008 tomake way for the newestversion of Windows, Vista.

While Microsoft hasclaimed strong sales forVista many businesses andconsumers have shunned itin favour of the older soft-ware. In a statement DavidFinn, Microsoft’s generalcounsel on worldwideanti-piracy and anti-coun-terfeiting, said auction sell-ers were taking advantageof unsuspecting custom-ers. —Internet

SAN FRANCISCO , 6 Dec— Facebook’s millions ofusers are in the crosshairsof a computer virusdubbed Koobface that isbeing spread through thesocial networking site’smessaging system.

Users whose comput-ers are infected may havetheir credit card numbersstolen or their searches onGoogle, Yahoo and MSNdiverted to fraudulentWeb sites.

The malicious codeunderscores how hackersare increasingly targetingsocial networking sitesincluding Facebook andMySpace to capitalize ontheir big audiences. Be-cause social networkingsites allow messages onlybetween fellow memberswho are confirmedfriends, many users as-sume they are safe.

Koobface is spreadthrough messages sent

from friends whose com-puters are infected withthe virus. The messagesarrive in Facebookinboxes with titles like“you look just awesomein this new movie” anddirect readers to anotherWeb site to supposedlywatch the clip.

After clicking to visitthe site, users are showna message that tells themthey need an updatedAdobe Systems Flashplayer. But downloadingthe software infects thevictim’s computer withthe virus.

“Only a very small per-centage of Facebook us-ers have been affected,and we’re workingquickly to update our se-curity systems to mini-mize any further impact,”said Barry Schnitt, aspokesman for Facebook,in Palo Alto.

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WASHINGTON, 6 Dec —The blockbuster asthmadrug Advair does not ap-pear to have an increasedrisk of serious respiratorycomplications seen withsimilar new medicines,federal health officials saidon Friday.

But a less widely usedmedication, Serevent, hada significantly higher rateof complications whencompared to older treat-ments, the Food and DrugAdministration said. Bothdrugs are made by thesame company, Glaxo-SmithKline. FDA safetyreviewers are recommend-ing that Serevent no longerbe approved for treatingasthma.The FDA is con-cerned about asthma drugsknown as LABAs, whichalready carry warnings.

The long-acting medica-tions relax tight musclesaround stressed airwaysand free patients from theneed to take a puff fromtheir inhaler every fewhours. For many asthmasufferers, that means theycan sleep through thenight.But LABAs, for rea-sons that are still being de-bated, can increase risks ofdeath and respiratory com-plications in some patients. The risk may be lowerwhen a LABA is used to-gether with a steroid totreat underlying inflamma-tion deep inside the air-ways. Current medicalguidelines suggest usingboth kinds of drugs to-gether for patients withchronic asthma who arenotresponding well to othertreatments.—Internet

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14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 7 December, 2008

S P O R T SGhost of Keane to haunt Old

Trafford

Milan and Juve aim to cutgap in Italy

ROME, 6 Dec — AC Milan and Juventus will try toreduce the gap on leaders Inter Milan as the championsface a tough match at the weekend with a trip to highflying Lazio.

The capital based club sit one place and one point offthe Champions League qualifying places and earned amorale-boosting 2-1 victory at Milan in the Italian Cupon Wednesday. Their controversial president ClaudioLolito claimed that Jose Mourinho’s leaders hold nofears for him.—Internet

Lyle, Goggin lead Australian PGACOOLUM, 6 Dec — Jarrod Lyle tied the course record

with a 9-under-par 63 Friday to take a share of thesecond-round lead with fellow Australian MathewGoggin at the Australian PGA championship.

Lyle and Goggin, who shot 68 Friday, are at 9-under135. Paul Sheehan, a co-leader after the first round,was one shot back in third after a 70 Friday.

Six players, including last week’s Australian Mas-ters winner Rod Pampling (67), were tied for fourth at7 under. Australian Nathan Green, who had a hole-in-one on the par-3 11th, shot 68 and was in a group threestrokes back.

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Gunners seek bully’s instinctsagainst EPL’s little guys

Arsenal’s French manager ArseneWenger

Last-minute Luca givesBayern victory

MUNICH, 6 Dec — Italian striker Luca Toni scoredan injury-time winner to give Bayern Munich a come-from-behind 2-1 win over Hoffenheim on Friday topull level with their opponents at the top of theBundesliga.

In front of a 69,000 sell-out crowd at the AllianzArena, little Hoffenheim, who started the day with athree-point lead over their illustrious opponents, provedtheir lofty position was no fluke when they grabbed a49th-minute lead.

Bosnian striker Vedad Ibisevic, the league’s topscorer, hit the target to register his 18th goal in 16matches for a team who were playing in the thirddivision just two seasons ago.—Internet

Bayern Munich’s striker Luca Toni (L) celebratesscoring the winning goal with teammate Mark van

Bommel during their German first divisionBundesliga football match at the Allianz Arena

in Munich, southern Germany.—INTERNET

French title rivals hopefor end to goal drought

PARIS, 6 Dec — French fans will hope for slightly moregoalmouth action in Ligue 1 this weekend after the lastround of fixtures produced just 11 goals in 10 matches.

The most surprising result last weekend saw leagueleaders, and reigning champions, Lyon draw 0-0 at homewith bottom club Valenciennes on a heavily rain-soakedStade Gerland pitch.

But none of Lyon’s main title rivals were able to takereal advantage, with Marseille being held to a goallessdraw at Toulouse and last season’s runners-up Bordeauxdrawing 0-0 at second-bottom Sochaux.—Internet

Lyon’s Brazilian forward Fred (left) withValenciennes’ French defender David Ducourtiouxduring a match that ended in a 0-0 draw.—INTERNET

MANCHESTER, 6 Dec —Roy Keane had suppos-edly been one of the lead-ing candidates to succeedSir Alex Ferguson as Man-chester United managerwhen the Scot finallychooses to call it a day atOld Trafford.

A legendary formerUnited captain, the manthat embodied Fergusonon the pitch, there seemedto be nobody better quali-fied to fill the hottest seatin football when it even-tually becomes vacant.

LONDON, 6Dec — Ahome encoun-ter with a mid-table minnowshould beenough tohave one of theEnglish Pre-mier League’sgiants smack-

ing its lips in anticipation.But, if this season has taught us anything, it is that

Arsenal are not a typical member of the top flight elite.Arsene Wenger’s side apparently likes nothing better

than to confront one of their Big Four peers, havingalready toppled Manchester United and Chelsea thisterm. It is the games against the lesser lights which havebeen their undoing, so Wigan Athletic’s trip to theEmirates stadium will provoke familiar flutterings ofdread in the stomachs of the club’s followers on Satur-day. It is remarkable in itself that Arsenal remain incontention in the title race.

Wenger’s side have already suffered five defeatsthis season but they are still in touch thanks to thestumbles of their elite rivals, with Chelsea (12 pointsdropped at home), Liverpool (held at Anfield byFulham, West Ham and Stoke) and Manchester United(three wins out of eight on their travels) all equallyinconsistent.—Internet

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Yet when Keane’s Sun-derland visit Old TraffordSaturday, they will do soas Keane’s Sunderland nomore.

Having lost five of theirlast six league games, theWearsiders have droppedinto the Premier League’srelegation zone and theslide into trouble hasproved too much for thecombustible Irishman,who has now called timeon his two-year reign atthe club.

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Chelsea’s Nicolas Anelka (L) scores againstBolton Wanderers during their English Premier

League soccer match in Boltonon 6 December, 2008. —INTERNET

Arsenal’s Emmanuel Adebayour (C) scores asWigan’s Titus Bramble (L) and Emmerson Boyce(R) look on during their English Premier League

soccer match at Emirates Stadium in Londonon 6 December, 2008. —INTERNET

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin State, upper Sagaing and TaninthayiDivisions and generally fair in the remaining areas. Nighttemperatures were (3˚C) below December average tem-peratures in Taninthayi Division, (3˚C) to (4˚C) aboveDecember average temperatures in Kachin State and upperSagaing Division and about December average tempera-tures in the remaining areas. The significant night tem-peratures was Loilem (2˚C).

Maximum temperature on 5-12-2008 was 90˚F.Minimum temperature on 6-12-2008 was 62˚F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 6-12-2008 was 72%.Total sunshine hours on 5-12-2008 was (9.0) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 6-12-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (110.31) inches at Mingaladon,(120.95) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (140.94) inches at Central Yangon. Maxi-mum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (7) mphfrom South at (12:30) hours MST on 5-12-2008.

Bay inference: According to the observations at(11:30) hrs MST today, the depression over the SoutheastBay and adjoining Southwest Bay has moved to South-west Bay of Bengal and centered at about (450) milesSoutheast of Chennai (India). It is forecast to move West-Northwest direction. Weather is generally fair in the NorthBay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 7th December 2008:Weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin State, upperSagaing and Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair inthe remaining areas.

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofslight increase of night temperatures in the NorthernMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 7-12-2008: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 7-12-2008: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 7-12-2008: Generally fair weather.

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CondolencesI extend my deepest sympathies to my dear friend U

Than Zaw (a) Lu Wa Gyi and the bereaved family on thedemise of their father Uncle U Thaung Sein who passedaway peacefully on 7th November 2008.

May Uncle U Thaung Sein rest in peace.U Gon Lynn Htun

Former Consular AssistantBritish Embassy,

Yangon.

Many risks seen withtraumatic brain injury

PM says Singapore may face yearsof slow growth

Thai star ThongchaiJaidee, seen here, fireda two-under-par 70 to

join Japan’s KodaiIchihara and South

Korea’s Pyo Suk-minatop the leaderboard at

the Hana BankVietnam Masters.

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SINGAPORE, 6 Dec—Singapore’s Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong said onFriday that the country’seconomy, which is alreadyin recession, may face yearsof slow growth. “I thinkthat the recession - to thebest of the experts’judgment - may last a year.Maybe if we are lucky, threequarters,” Lee toldmembers of Singapore'sForeign CorrespondentsAssociation at a lunch.

“But the recovery fromthe recession is likely to beweaker than from previous

recessions and we mustbe prepared for severalyears of slow growth,” headded.

The city-state’s grossdomestic product (GDP)contracted 6.8 per cent in

the third quarter from theprevious quarter, followingthe 5.3 per cent decline inthe second quarter. Thatmeans Singapore economyturned into technicalrecession.—Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 6 Dec— Traumatic brain injurymay lead to an increasedrisk of developing symp-toms like those of Alzhe-imer’s disease, Parkin-son’s disease and otherdisorders, a panel of ex-perts said on Thursday.

A committee of theInstitute of Medicine,which provides advice toUS policymakers, re-viewed studies on theconsequences of the kind

of brain injuries that thou-sands of US troops in Iraqand Afghanistan have suf-fered.

The panel’s reportsaid more than 5,500troops have sustained trau-matic brain injuries in thetwo wars, many due to theroadside bombs com-monly used by insurgentsagainst American militaryvehicles.

Led by George Ru-therford of the Universityof California, San Fran-cisco, the panel said thereis evidence that such inju-ries at moderate and se-vere levels may leave aperson at higher risk fordementia like that experi-enced by people withmind-robbing Alzheim-er’s disease.

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NAY PYI TAW, 6 Dec — Maj-Gen Min AungHlaing of the Ministry of Defence, together withChairman of Shan State (North) Peace and Develop-ment Council Commander of North-East CommandMaj-Gen Aung Than Htut and departmental officials,inspected maintenance of Ponton Bridge acrossDokhtawady River in Hsipaw Township and truckspassing over the bridge on 4 December.

The 130-metre bridge can withstand 60 tons ofloads.

Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing met officers,Tatmadaw members and their families at Manli Sta-

Regional development in HsipawTownship inspected

Equitable education opportunity for national races in Hpa-an region

The main building of Government Computer University (Hpa-an).

Article: Nu Nu Yi & Aye Thanda TheinPhoto: Myanma Alin

As part of efforts to modernize and develop anation, it is necessary to uplift the national educationstandard and produce the human resources.

In the 21st Century, the world is facing thechanges in all aspects. To be able to overcome thechallenges in the 21st Century, the Union of Myanmarmust strive for modernizing itself meeting with high-

Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing visits Manli Village BEMS (Branch) in Hsipaw Township. — MNA

tion Hall and presented food and clothing to the fami-lies.

Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing and the commanderinspected learning of students at the classrooms ofBasic Education Middle School (branch) in ManliVillage and Basic Education High School in NanlanVillage in Hsipaw Township and measures taken forgreening of school environs.

Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing visited patients un-dergoing treatment in Nanlan Station Hospital. Hepresented cash and bags of rice to Medical Superin-tendent Dr Shwe Nyan.—MNA

YANGON, 6 Dec—The first round matches ofthe 47th Defence Services Commander-in-Chief’sCup Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air)Football Tournament continued at designated ven-ues today.

At the matches of Group A held at South-East Command Zone (Mawlamyine), No 33 LIDteam beat No 99 LID team 5-4 and Yangon Com-mand team beat No 11 LID team 2-0. North-WestCommand team won over No 22 LID team with 3-0 at the Group B held at South-West CommandZone (Pathein). North-West Command team beatNo 88 LID 4-0 at Group C held at North-WestCommand Zone (Monywa). At the Group D held atCentral Command Zone (Mandalay), Eastern Com-mand team trounced Western Command team (C)7-1. Costal Region Command won over Tatmadaw(Navy) with 1-0 at the Group E held at SouthernCommand Zone (Toungoo).

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C-in-C’s Cup Football

Tournament continues

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Dec—A small storm oc-curred at Southwest of Bay of Bengal has slightlyintensified and moved to the Southwestward. Ac-cording to the observations at (2.30 p.m.) today, it iscentering at the sea, 140 miles southeast of theDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. It isforecast to move to southwestward and across theeastern coast of Sri Lanka from south within next 24hours.

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quality education standard.With a view to enabling the local national

people to have the equitable opportunities to pur-sue education and turning out the qualified humanresources, a total of 49 technological collegesunder the Ministry of Science and Technology in24 special development regions have been up-

graded to university level beginning 20 January2007.

Of them, Government Computer College (Hpa-an) in Kayin State was also upgraded to GovernmentComputer University (Hpa-an).

In the past, the local people had to pursueeducation in the urban areas. At present, all thenational brethren have the opportunities to study intheir respective regions. Therefore, a considerablenumber of intellectuals and intelligentsia can beproduced in the respective areas of the Union.

The equitable opportunities in the educationsector will narrow the development gap in all regionsof the nation. All in all, the development of States andDivisions will reflect the progress of the Union.

*****Translation: TTA

Myanma Alin;22-11-2008

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