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Volume XII, Number 223 14th Waxing of Tazaungmon 1366 ME Thursday, 25 November 2004

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

Established 1914

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand 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 the en-tire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

Four political objectives

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Khaing Khaing Mawbags one gold

YANGON, 24 Nov— Selected MyanmarWushu athlete Khaing Khaing Maw won a goldmedal in the women’s Taijiquan event of the 6thAsian Wushu Championships 2004 hosted byMyanmar at the National Indoor Stadium-1 inThuwunna this morning.

Chairman of Myanmar Olympic Commit-tee Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura AyeMyint awarded the first prize to Khaing KhaingMaw and second and third to other winners.Later, President of Myanmar Wushu FederationU Khin Maung Lay presented the flowerbunches to them.

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Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Seinattends opening ceremony of 6th

Asian Wushu Championships 2004YANGON, 24 Nov — A ceremony to open the 6th

Asian Wushu Championships 2004 hosted by Myanmarwas held on a grand scale in National Indoor Stadium-1 (Thuwunna) in Thingangyun Township this morn-ing, with an address by Secretary-1 of the State Peaceand Development Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein.

Also present on the occasion were the Chairman ofYangon Division Peace and Development Council theCommander of Yangon Command, the ministers, thedeputy ministers, members of Myanmar OlympicCommittee, members of the panel of patrons ofMyanmar Women’s Sports Federation, heads of de-partment, officials of the Ministry of Sports, Presi-dents and officials of Myanmar Sports Federations,officials of World Wushu Federation, Chairman ofWFA Minister of Sports Mr Li Zhijian of the People’s

Republic of China, President of Myanmar WushuFederation U Khin Maung Lay and officials, Ambas-sadors of foreign embassies in Myanmar, internationalWushu referees, athletes, students, guests and fans.

First, Chairman of Myanmar Olympic CommitteeMinister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint deliv-ered an address. In his speech he said that he washonoured to address the opening ceremony of the 6thAsian Wushu Championships 2004 on behalf of theUnion of Myanmar and the Myanmar Olympic Com-mittee. He added that Myanmar is proud of being ableto host the 6th AWC in which some 500 athletes of 25Wushu Federations in Asia are taking part.

He congratulated the Asia Wushu Federation andthe Myanmar Wushu Federation for holding the Wushuevent in Myanmar.

He expressed his thanks to officials whomade all-out efforts for successful holding ofthe event and said he believed that there will be goodprospects for more development of the Wushu sports

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Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein cordially greets athletes of 6th Asian Wushu Championships 2004.NLM

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein and guests enjoy skill demonstration of Chinese Wushu athletes.—˚NLM

Some 500 athletes of 25 WushuFederations of Asia are taking part inthe Asian Wushu Championships 2004.

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Thursday, 25 November, 2004

PERSPECTIVES

Work in concert for emergence ofpeaceful and discipline-flourishingdemocracy

* 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

The Union of Myanmar is home to variousnational races and all those residing in it aremaking concerted efforts for the emergence of apeaceful and discipline-flourishing democracywith national unity as its foundation.

Therefore, the State Peace and Develop-ment Council has adopted the seven-point policyRoad Map and has been implementing it step bystep with enthusiastic support of the entire na-tional people.

The coordination meeting of the NationalConvention Convening Commission, the WorkCommittee and the Management Committee washeld at the Pyidaungsu Hall of the NyaunghnapinCamp in Hmawby Township, Yangon Division,on 23 November and it was attended by Secre-tary-1 of the State Peace and Development Coun-cil Lt-Gen Thein Sein, also Chairman of theNational Convention Convening Commission.

In his address at the meeting, the Secre-tary-1 said that the seven-point policy, widelyknown as the Road Map to the nation’s future,had been adopted by the State Peace and Devel-opment Council, not by any individual personalone, and that the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil was determined to carry on with it till theemergence of a peaceful and discipline-flourish-ing democracy. Now, the National Convention,the first and very important step of the seven-point policy, is well under way.

The National Convention started on 17May, 2004, and it was adjourned on 9 July, 2004.It will resume in February, 2005, and prepara-tions are now being made by various committeesof the National Convention Convening Commis-sion.

National races make up over sixty per centof the delegates to the National Convention andmore than 100 delegates belong to peace groups.Armed groups that have returned to the legal foldhave pledged that they believe in the seven-pointpolicy and support it and that they will attend theNational Convention till it comes to a successfulend.

We would like to call on the entire nationalpeople to cooperate with all the delegates to theNational Convention for its total success. Onlythen will the emergence of a peaceful and disci-pline-flourishing democracy be ensured.

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YANGON, 24 Nov —An air services agreementbetween the Governmentof the Union of Myanmarand the Government of the

YANGON, 24 NOV — The Geospatial IT Confer-ence, organized by Myanmar Credent Technology,began today.

The conference was opened with the addressesby President of Myanmar Computer Federation UThein Oo and Vice-Chairman of Credent TechnologyAsia Mr Pagadala Vijay.

General Manager of Myanmar Credent Tech-nology U Zaw Naing also extended greetings.

At the opening ceremony of the conference, MrPagadala Vijay and party donated GIS softwares.

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Geospatial IT Conferencelaunched

Myanmar-Qatar air services agreement inked

YANGON, 24 Nov —Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint inspectedKyadwinyay Mine of No3 Mining Enterprise inPyinOoLwin on 20 No-vember morning.

In the afternoon, theminister proceeded to No1 Iron and Steel Plant andinspected the productionprocess.

Next, he met withofficials of PyinOoLwinSub-Power Station ofMyanma Electric PowerEnterprise and gavenecessary instructions tostaff of the station.

On 21 November,

Minister for Mines tours townships in Mandalay Divisionthe minister arrived atthe work site ofTagaungtaung nickelmine in ThabeikkyinTownship. The mine isbeing operated as a jointventure by No 3 MiningEnterprise and ChinaNon-Ferrous Metal Min-ing & Construction GroupCo Ltd (CNMC). Afterhearing the reports on themine, the minister in-structed the officials toimplement the plan onmining works.

He inspected testpits in the mine and sam-ple metals. In Mogok, theminister met with

employees of the enter-prise under the ministry.

On 22 November,the minister made an over-all inspection of miningtasks at Koelan, Kyaukpokand Bawbadan gem min-ing plots and ShwepyiayeGems Camp of Union ofMyanmar EconomicHoldings Ltd.

Accompanied byManaging Director U HlaThein of No 2 MiningEnterprise, the ministermet with gold entrepre-neurs at the hall ofthe local battalion inThabeikkyin Townshipand discussed salient

points and gave instruc-tion to fulfill their require-ments. Later, he inspectedSharchet and Shwepyithagold mines.

On 23 Novembermorning, Minister Brig-Gen Ohn Myint and partyinspected tasks of MyaukKyunthu Ma Ma Co andEternal Mining Co in thegold mining plots.

In PatheingyiTownship, they inspectedthe Gold Production Plantbeing jointly operated byNo 2 Mining Enterpriseand Myanmar GoldenPoint Firm MaliCompany. — MNA

State of Qatar was inkedtoday.

Director-Generalof the Department of CivilAviation Brig-Gen MyoTin and Mr Abdulaziz Mo-hammed Al Noaimi,Chairman and ManagingDirector of Civil AviationAuthority of Qatar, signed

the bilateral air servicesagreement and exchangeddocuments in the presenceof Deputy Minister forTransport U Pe Than.

The agreement isbased on the draftedagreement initiated by therepresentatives of the twocountries as a result ofconsultation for the con-clusion of Air ServicesAgreement between thegovernment of the twocountries and signed upon

getting approval of therespective governmentsfor the promotion of tour-ism, trade and investmentbetween the two countries.

According to theagreement, one or more air-lines can be designated rep-

resenting their respectivecountries to operate airservices between the twocountries for specifiedroutes and the designatedairlines of each countrycan enjoy 14 weekly serv-ices between the two coun-tries.

The designated air-line of the State of Qatar isplanning to operate fourweekly services betweenDohar and Yangon in theearly 2005 and MyanmarAirways International andthe designated airline ofthe Union of Myanmar isalso planning to operatepassenger transportationas a marketing carriers forthe route of Yangon-Dohar-some Europe des-tinations, under airlinescooperation arrangementwith Qatar Airways.

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The best time to plant a tree wastwenty years ago.

The second best time is now.

KATHINA ROBES OFFERED: Bahan BEPS-10 heldits 21st offering of Kathina robes on 23-11-2004.Headmaster Daw Sein Myaing and executives of

parent-teacher association offer Kathina robes andalms to members of the Sangha.—H

Director-General Brig-Gen Myo Tin and Qatari Managing DirectorMr Abdulaziz Mohammed Al Noaimi sign the agreement. — TRANSPORT

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Vietnam, China to work forcloser parliamentary ties

HANOI , 23 Nov— Vietnam and China will strengthen exchanges of parlia-mentary delegations to share experience and step up the overall relationsbetween the two countries, Vietnamese Vice-Chairman of the National Assem-bly said on Monday.

He made the statement when receiv-ing the visiting Chinese Vice- Chair-man of the National People’s Congress(NPC)’s Foreign Affairs Committee —Li Chongmin.

“More and more delegations fromthe Vietnamese people and the assem-bly are visiting China to learn thingsand exchange experience,” Duoc said,expressing his thanks for Chinese as-sistance in helping Vietnam in variousfields, including industry and culture.

Li said the parliaments of China andVietnam should beef up their good ties sothat the ties will be as rich as the relationsbetween people and parties of the twocountries, adding that the top legislativebodies should frequently visit each otheras if they were in the same house.

“The NPC will send a high-rankingdelegation to attend the 13th annual meet-ing of the Asia-Pacific ParliamentaryForum to be held in Vietnam in January2005,” he noted. — MNA/Xinhua

Singapore hosts 1st Int'l CrimePrevention Conference

SINGAPORE, 23 Nov— The first International CrimePrevention Conference (ICPC) opened here on Mon-day with the participation of over 300 law enforcementofficials from 30 countries.

The four-day conference is aimed to provide anopportunity for crime prevention practitioners to ex-change their experience and enhance crime preventionstrategies. Issues to be discussed include youth crime,security for the elderly and the fight against terrorism.Addressing the conference, Singapore’s Minister forEducation Tharman Shanmugaratnam introduced twofundamental factors in crime prevention in the citystate, which have proved effective in Singapore’s lowcrime rate of less than 1 per cent.“The first has to do with upstream interventions andthe second, the adoption of a multi-stakeholder andmulti-disciplinary approach. Besides an effective crimi-nal justice system, both these factors have been funda-mental to Singapore’s strategies to minimize crime,”Tharman said.

He further explained that Singapore endeavours tolocate the principal causes of crime and correct behav-iour that leads to crime, adding that many approaches,resources and social interventions are needed to tacklecrime or the factors leading to crime.

Cambodian PM appeals toenhance ASEAN traffic safety

PHNOM PENH, 24 Nov— Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesdayappealed to all ASEAN member countries to make efforts to reduce trafficaccidents.

Hun Sen made the ap-peal at his speech deliv-ered at the opening cer-emony of the 10thASEAN Transport Min-isters Meeting held hereon Tuesday.

Ten Transport Minis-ters of ASEAN membercountries and ASEANSecretary-General OngKeng Yong attended themeeting.

Calling it (trafficaccidents) the second se-cret murderer followedHIV/AIDS, the Premiercalled the ministers to ac-celerate their efforts toprepare and implementaction plans for trafficsafety in ASEAN region,so as to reduce accidentsand keep a safe environ-ment of ASEAN road net-works in the ASEAN

member countries. Since roads are being

improved and transporta-tion goes up, traffic acci-dents are unfortunatelyalso on the rise every yearin ASEAN countries.

The figures from theAsian Development Bank(ADB) on Mondayshowed that some 75,000persons were killed andmore than 4.7 million wereinjured in road crashes inSouth-East Asian coun-tries during 2003.

At the same time, theannual economic lossesfrom road accidents areestimated at around 15billion US dollars, or 2.2per cent of the region’stotal gross domestic prod-uct.

ADB warned that “ifSouth-East Asian nations

Officials check computers in a work area at mainpress centre for upcoming 10th ASEAN Summit in

Vientiane, Laos, on 23 Nov, 2004.INTERNET

The AP count is onehigher than the DefenseDepartment’s tally,which was last updatedTuesday at 10 am EDT.

The British militaryhas reported 74 deaths;Italy, 19; Poland, 13;Spain, 11; Ukraine,nine; Bulgaria, seven;Slovakia, three; Estonia,Thailand and the Neth-erlands, two each; andDenmark, El Salvador,Hungary and Latviahave reported one deatheach.

Since 1 May, 2003,when President Bush de-

clared that major com-bat operations in Iraqhad ended, 1,091 USmilitary members havedied, according to AP’scount.

That includes at least848 deaths resultingfrom hostile action, ac-cording to the military’snumbers. Since the startof US military opera-tions in Iraq, 9,326 USservice members havebeen wounded in hostileaction, according to theDefence Department’sweekly tally.

InternetA US Marine of the 1st Division walks through the deserted western part of Fallujah,

Iraq, on 15 Nov, 2004. — INTERNET

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WASHINGTON , 23 Nov—As of Tuesday, 23November, 2004, at least 1,229 members of theUS military have died since the beginning of theIraq war in March 2003, according to anAssociated Press count. At least 957 died as aresult of hostile action, the Defence Departmentsaid. The figures include three military civilians.

Arab states not readyto forgive Iraq debt

The hesitation on thepart of Saudi Arabia andKuwait, both strong USallies, could have wide-spread ramifications forthe effort to help Iraq getback on its feet economi-cally.

A weekend deal byRussia, Japan, Europeand the United States to

forgive 80 percent oftheir portion of Iraq’sdebt hinges on Arabcountries going along.

Both Kuwait, Iraq’slargest single creditorand Saudi Arabia havesaid no debt-relief com-mitments are possible un-til after Iraq has anelected and internation-ally recognized govern-ment.

Iraq takes the firststep in that process inJanuary, when it plans tohold elections for a Na-tional Assembly that is todraft a new constitution.If that is ratified, an elec-tion to choose a nationalgovernment will be heldin December 2005.

It remains unclear atwhat point in that lengthyprocess the Arab coun-tries would view a debt-relief deal as possible.

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do not start taking roadsafety seriously, there willbe 385,000 road deathsand 24 million injuries inthe next five years, incur-ring more than 88 billiondollars in economiclosses”.

Cambodia alsowitnessed more trafficaccidents and morepeople killed and injuredin recent years causingmore than 116 milliondollars of losses an-nually, accounting forthree per cent of thenation’s GDP (grossdomestic product).

At Tuesday’s meet-ing, ministers willconsider and adopt thefinal drafts of the ASEANRoad Safety Strategy andAction Plan and thePhnom Penh MinisterialDeclaration on ASEANRoad Safety.

ASEAN consists ofBrunei, Indonesia, Malay-sia, Myanmar, Singapore,Thailand, the Philippines,Vietnam, Laos and Cam-bodia.

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DUBAI , 23 Nov— Arab countries made clearTuesday they are far from ready to commit to adeal to forgive more than $30 billion owed themby Iraq, despite US pressure and a recent debt-relief package by other major countries.

1,229 members of USmiliy killed since

beginning of Iraq war

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NZ researchers develop new deviceto stop drivers falling asleep

The project, based at Christchurch’s new Van derVeer Institute for Parkinson’s and brain research,follows mounting national concern over the dangers ofdriving while tired, Christchurch- based daily ThePress reported Wednesday.

Last week a Massey University research magazinepublished a study showing driver fatigue was a factorin one in six truck crashes - three times earlier estimates.

Also, in September Christchurch researcherspublished a study showing three out of four healthymen asked to perform a monotonous task for one houractually fell asleep at least once.

Neurotechnology research Director AssociateProfessor Richard Jones, one of the authors of theChristchurch study, is now helping develop an alertnessmonitor. It would measure a person’s brainwaves andeye movements while they were driving and wouldgive them a wake-up call if needed.

“It has colossal potential,” Jones was quoted assaying. “Cases of tired drivers falling asleep aren’tuncommon. A system which could monitor a personand detect lapses of consciousness would be ofconsiderable value in helping to prevent seriousaccidents.”

It would not just be useful for the likes of long-distance truck drivers but for anyone who neededsustained alertness such as pilots and air trafficcontrollers. “Diminished alertness levels in theseoccupations can lead to disastrous consequences,”Jones said. His research group, part of the CanterburyDistrict Health Board, has signed a five-year contractwith Canterbury University’ s Canterprise Ltd, towork together on commercializing a number oftechnologies, including the alertness monitor.

The alertness monitor is at least two years awayfrom commercial release, Jones said. — MNA/Xinhua

Philippine Govt urgesreturn of over staying

workers in JapanMANILA , 24 Nov— The Philippine Government

Tuesday called for immediate return of overseasFilipino workers, who have overstayed in Japan,before a new immigration law takes effect in thecountry on Saturday.

Labour and Employment Secretary Patricia SantoTomas said in a radio interview that overstaying aliensface a maximum fine of three million yen, deportation anda 10-year ban from entering Japan, according to the law.Although amendments to the immigration law allows theprovisional stay of illegal aliens who applied for refugeestatus, illegal aliens guilty of violating the penal code orother laws of Japan are not entitled for a provisional statusor refugee status, she said.— MNA/Xinhua

A Chinese vendor waits for customers at a mobile phone number shop inShanghai in this picture taken on 20 Nov, 2004.—INTERNET

This is a rise of 55.081million over the end oflast year. On the average,China has 5.5 million newmobile phone subscribersa month in the first tenmonths this year, said theministry in its Pressrelease. At the end of Oc-tober, there were 24.8mobile phones for everyone hundred Chinese.

Along with the in-crease of mobile phonesubscribers, the businessof short message also wit-nessed a sharp rise of 62per cent year-on-year tomore than 176.06 billionmessages in first tenmonths, said the ministry.

Though facing heatedcompetition brought bymobile communications,the number of fixed-line

subscribers rose 47.94million over the end oflast year to 310 million bythe end of October. Bythen, there were 24.5fixed-line subscribersevery one hundred Chi-nese, the ministry said.

Statistics with the min-istry show the total numberof telephone users in China,including both mobilephone users and fixed-lineusers, reached 635.72 mil-lion by the end of October.

The ministry also saidthat in the first ten monthsChina’s total revenue of postand telecommunicationsreached 477.14 billion yuan(57.7 billion US dollars), up12.2 per cent over the sameperiod last year.

The postal revenue inthe period was 45.46 bil-

lion yuan (about 5.5 billionUS dollars), a rise of 2.3 percent year-on-year, and therevenue of telecommuni-cations hit 431.68 billionyuan (about 52.2 billion USdollars), up 13.3 per centyear-on-year. The fixed as-sets investment in telecom-munications reached155.62 billion yuan (18.8billion US dollars) by theend of October, up 9.6 percent year-on-year.

China’s mobile phoneusers outnumbered fixed-line phone subscribers inOctober 2003. China im-ported its first mobilephone telecommunicationfacilities in 1987, and ittook a decade for itsnumber of subscribers tojump to 10 million.

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Iraqi firemen and civil-ians try to extinguish firein a car destroyed by amortar shell attackin central Baghdad recently.— INTERNET

WASHINGTON , 23 Nov—The number of US troops wounded throughout Iraqsince the Fallujah offensive began 7 November has surpassed 850, and thewounded total for the entire war has topped 9,000, the Pentagon said Tuesday.

In its weekly report on casualtiesthe Pentagon said 9,326 US troopshave been wounded since USforcesinvaded Iraq in March 2003. That’san increase of 370 from the previousweek, reflecting not only the battlesin Fallujah but insurgent attacks inBaghdad and other Iraqi cities.

The wounded total has increased

by 868 since the outset of the Fallujahoffensive and by 1,039 since 1 No-vember. The Pentagon has not given acomprehensive report on the numberof American forces killed and woundedin Fallujah alone, but officials said lastweek that at least 51 had been killedand 425 wounded.

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US troops wounded inIraq war tops 9,000

BEIJING , 23 Nov— The number of mobile phone subscribers in Chinareached a record 320 million at the end of October, said the Ministry ofInformation Industry on Monday.

Krugman is currentlytaking some time off fromjournalism to write andpromote the secondinstallment of his latestproject — economics text-books aimed at making thescience more accessible tocollege students. In themeantime, however, heworries the Bush Admin-istration’s fiscal policiesare going to push theworld’s largest economyinto a rut.

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Bush’s eco policies have setcountry on dangerous course

NEW YORK , 23 Nov— The economic policies of US President George W.Bush have set the country on a dangerous course that will likely end in crisis,Princeton economics professor Paul Krugman told Reuters in an interview.

Krugman, who may bebest known for his opin-ion column in The NewYork Times, said he wasconcerned that Bush’selectoral victory overSenator John Kerry ear-lier this month would onlyreinforce the Administra-

tion’s unwillingness to lis-ten to dissenting opinions.

That, in turn, couldspell serious trouble forthe US economy, whichunder Bush’s first termwas plagued by soaringdeficits, waning investorconfidence and anaemicjob creation.

“This is a group of peo-ple who don’t believe thatany of the rules really ap-ply,” said Krugman.“They are utterly irrespon-sible.”

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WELLINGTON , 24 Nov— An alertness monitor which can detect when a driver is at risk of falling asleepis being developed by health researchers in Christchurch of New Zealand.


A US soldier in his Humvee patrols the highway between the Iraqi Sunni citiesof Ramadi and Fallujah, west of Baghdad on 21 Nov, 2004.—INTERNET

Iran joins outcryagainst ‘excessive

force’ in IraqBAGHDAD, 23 Nov—The

Iranian, Egyptian and Syr-ian governments accusedthe US yesterday of usingexcessive force to quellrebels in Iraq.

The Syrian Foreign Min-ister, Farouk al-Sharaa, saidat an international confer-ence in Sharm el-Sheikh thatalthough condemning ter-rorism, “we cannot over-emphasise the need to re-frain from shelling civilians,destroying cities and kill-ing innocent people”.

More than 20 countriesand organisations, includ-ing the US, Britain, the UN,and Iraq’s neighbours tookpart in the one-day meetingon the future of Iraq at theEgyptian Red Sea resort.

The Iranian Foreign Min-ister, Kamal Kharrazi, criti-cised “the use of excessiveforce and bombing oftowns” but also condemnedthe insurgents forkidnappings and other actsof violence, saying: “Suchacts will help prolong thepresence of foreign troopsin Iraq.” —Internet

US, Syria quarrelover Iraq border

SHARM EL SHEIK (Egypt), 23 Nov — The UnitedStates and Syria exchanged sharp words yester-day over what the Bush administration says isDamascus’ failure to fully honour its commitmentprevent terrorists, weapons and financing fromcrossing its border into Iraq.

The terse exchangecame during a meetingbetween Secretary ofState Colin L Powell andSyrian Foreign Minis-ter Farouk Sharaa, bothof whom attended amajor international con-ference on Iraq’s politi-cal future at the Egyp-tian Red Sea resort ofSharm el Sheik.

Washington andIraq’s interim govern-ment reached an agree-ment with Damascuslast month on ways topatrol the porous Iraqi-Syrian border, which isa major entry point formilitants and moneyheaded for the Iraqi gue-rillas.

”We discussed thatrather directly,” MrPowell told reportersshortly after the confer-ence concluded, usingdiplomatic speak for a

tense and argumentative,though respectful, con-versation.

”The Syrians havetaken some steps re-cently, but we think thereis a lot they can do, andwe are looking for greateropportunities to workwith the Syrians,” hesaid.

”We’ll try to provideas much information tothe Syrians about the ac-tivity that is taking placein Syria that they reallyneed to get on top of anddo something about,” hesaid.

The meeting yester-day was in stark contrastwith Mr Powell’s en-counter with Mr. Sharaaat the United Nations inSeptember, when the sec-retary said he sensed “anew attitude from theSyrians.”

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Vietnam facilitates technology marketHANOI , 24 Nov — Vietnam is enhancing quality and commercialization of

scientific and technological products by developing its technology market andperfecting legal documents on technology transfer.

The country will developtechnology mediation estab-lishments by setting up mar-ket promotion agencies,regularly holding equipmentmarkets and exhibitions, andencouraging all economicsectors to participate in theactivities, local newspaperVietnam Economic Timessaid on Tuesday.

To ensure smooth opera-tion of technology markets,Vietnam is perfecting its le-gal system, especially in thefields of intellectual prop-erty and technology trans-

fer. It is offering financialassistance for transferringtechnologies between de-partments of science andtechnologies nationwide,among localities, and fromresearch establishments toenterprises and farmers,the report said.

The country will setaside a larger part of thestate budget for assistingthe commercialization ofresearch products, the pa-per said, adding it is en-couraging localities to joinhands in scientific research

and technology transfer. Vietnam’s investment in

scientific research and tech-nological development isstill modest, but the com-mercialization of its re-search results has recentlyshown encouraging signs.Statistics has it that 20 tech-nology and agriculture uni-versities in the countrysigned 13,000 contracts to-talling more than 1.1 tril-lion Vietnamese dong(nearly 70.1 million USdollars) between 1996 and2000. — MNA/Xinhua

Models display the 71-inch PDP television of LG Electronics in Seoul on 22 Nov,2004. — INTERNET

China, Switzerland reconstructhistorical site

KUNMING ,23 Nov— China is working with Switzerland to reconstruct anancient bazaar in the Shaxi Town, Jianchuan County, southwest China’sYunnan Province, which was among the watch list of 101 world’s mostendangered sites released by the World Monuments Fund (WMF).

The first phase of thereconstruction project hasbeen finished and the an-cient bazaar is ready toopen to tourists, said theproject authorities.

With intact theaters,inns, temples and gates,the bazaar, dating from theQin and Han dynasties(BC 221 AD 220), is theonly well-preserved ex-ample of its kind along afamous ancient tea traderoute that connects the re-gion with Tibet and south-east Asia.

To better protect the

site, the government ofJianchuan signed amemorandum on the re-construction with theSwitzerland Technologi-cal University in 2002,aiming to recover theprosperity of the ancientbazaar.

According to thememorandum, both sideswill jointly invest 27 mil-lion yuan (about 3.26 mil-lion US dollars) to protectthe bazaar and developvillages around it, help thetown shake off povertyand protect the local cul-

ture of Jianchuan County,where 90 per cent of thepopulation is of the Baiminority.

This year, a total of 4.5million yuan (about543,636 US dollars) for-eign capital has gone tothe reconstruction.

At present, both sidesare to start the secondphase of the project, whichwill focus on recreatingthe ancient scene of thebazaar, the region’s pov-erty-elimination and localcultural protection.

MNA/Xinhua

Scientists say oceans turningup new species of fish

REYKJAVIK , 23 Nov — A survey of the world’s oceans is turning up more thantwo new species of fish a week and revealing huge trans-ocean migrationroutes by creatures from turtles to tuna, scientists say.

“We’re finding new marine speciesalmost everywhere,” said Ron O’Dor,senior scientist of the Census of MarineLife, a 10-year project running until2010 by hundreds of scientists in 70nations.

Even in well-studied waters like offEurope, the number of species is climb-ing. The census will aid understandingof the oceans, the least-known part ofthe planet’s surface, and help in moni-toring threats including over-fishing andglobal warming.

For fish alone, the census has turnedup 106 new species so far in 2004, ormore than two a week, according to a2004 report to be released on Tuesday.

The finds bring the known total offish species to 15,482.

Among fish, new species found in2004 include a type of striped goby thatlives off Guam in the Pacific.

Other finds in 2004 included twotypes of octopus in chilly waters offAntarctica and a burrowing 20-cm (eight-inch) worm, dubbed a “purple orchid”,in the depths of the mid-Atlantic.

The census estimates that there are

about 230,000 known species of marinelife, mostly tiny microbes and ranging upto blue whales, but that the real numbermay top two million.

“Below 3,000 metres (yards) there is a50-50 chance that any species we find isnew to science,” O’Dor, a Canadian, toldReuters.

Some of the 2004 surprises were in thegrowing understanding of vast distancestravelled by creatures from seals to fishtracked by tiny electronic tags. “It seemsthat these huge migrations are much morecommon than we believed,” O’Dor said.

“Bluefin tuna tagged in Californiaturned up off Japan and then swim back toCalifornia,” O’Dor said. “It’s been knownthat tuna swim across the Atlantic but thePacific is three times broader.”

“And green turtles tagged near theEquator go in huge loops around thePacific, maybe three times in a lifetime ofalmost perpetual movement,” he said.

And off western Canada rare greensturgeen were also found 620 miles northof their normal spawning grounds inCalifornia.

MNA/Reuters


Roads in Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailanddeadliest in SEA

MANILA , 23 Nov — Roads in Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand are the deadliest in Southeast Asiabut accidents will cost the entire region 385,000 lives and 88 billion dollars in the next five years withouta concerted plan for traffic safety, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Monday.

The Asia-Pacific Region racks up 44 per cent ofthe world’s road deaths each year, despite having just14 per cent of its vehicles, the Manila-based Bank saidin a report to be discussed by transport ministers’meeting in Cambodia this week.

Motorcycles figured prominently in crashes lastyear that killed 75,000 people, injured 4.7 millionpeople and cost Southeast Asia about 15 billion dol-lars in economic losses, or 2.2 per cent of the region’stotal gross domestic product.

“Official statistics grossly underestimate the ac-tual numbers of persons killed or injured in roadaccidents,” the ADB said in a statement.

“Such huge recurring losses are not sustainableand action has to be taken to implement a regionalstrategy and action plan to promote road safety.”

The ADB said it had helped the 10-member Asso-ciation of South-East Asian Nations to draft a five-year programme, based on successful road safety

schemes from around the world. Implementing theplan — which calls for better analysis, a multi-sectorapproach and adequate resources — would save 42,000lives and 10.6 billion dollars in the region over the nextfive years, the ADB said.

The biggest discrepancies between police reportsand ADB research on the number of road deaths andinjuries were in Indonesia and the Philippines, theBank said.

Singapore fares best, losing 0.5 per cent of its GDPto road accidents each year. Cambodia suffers themost, at 3.21 per cent.

Indonesia lost the most last year in economic termsat more than six billion dollars from its estimated30,464 traffic deaths.

Vietnam was second with 13,186 deaths last year,followed by Thailand at 13,116, the Philippines at9,000 and Malaysia at 6,282. Singapore was the safestplace with 211 fatalities. — MNA/Reuters

Chinese President beginsstate visit to Cuba

HAVANA , 23 Nov— Chinese President Hu Jintaoarrived here Monday to begin a two-day state visitto Cuba.

Hu is expected to meetwith Fidel Castro, Presi-dent of the Council of Stateand other Cuban leadersto exchange views on bi-lateral relations and majorinternational issues.

“I believe that the visitwill deepen our friendshipand cooperation,” Hu saidin a written speech uponarrival at the airport. “Wehope to work with Cubafor a better future of ourfriendly cooperation.”

Cuba was the first LatinAmerican country that es-tablished full diplomatic

relations with China in1960. Hu previouslyvisited Cuba in 1997.

Two-way trade be-tween China and Cuba hasbeen about 400 million USdollars annually over thepast three years. The tradevolume reached 401million US dollars fromJanuary to September thisyear, up 36.7 per cent.

China mainly importssugar and nickle fromCuba and exports machin-ery and electronic pro-ducts to Cuba.

MNA/Xinhua

Iraqi families look back at a US Army soldier from the 1st Battalion, 24 InfantryRegiment during a mission searching for guerillas in Mosul, Iraq,

on 22 Nov, 2004. —INTERNET

A nurse inspects medicines in Beijing on 22 Nov,2004.—INTERNET

Indonesia, Chileagree on plannedLNG supply deal

JAKARTA , 24 Nov— Indonesia has reached initialagreement with Chile on the supply of liquefiednatural gas (LNG) to the latter, which needs up tofour million tons of LNG a year, a local newspaperreported on Tuesday.

The agreement was signed between IndonesianMinister of Energy and Mineral Resources PurnomoYusgiantoro and Chilean Minister of EconomicAffairs and Energy Jorge Rodriguez Grossi in Chileover the weekend, Bisnis Indonesia said.

The preliminary agreement does not mention theagreed supply volume and LNG tariff.

“We will have further talks on this. We will send ateam (to Chile) to discuss the matter because the keyissue remains on price,” Purnomo was quoted assaying.

Indonesia sees it no trouble to meet the deliveryvolume of LNG demanded by Chile with domesticgas reserves reaching 150 trillion cubic feet, 90trillion of which already under sale contract, Purnomosaid.

“We have remaining reserves of 60 trillion cubicfeet, enough to meet domestic and export marketdemand,” he said. — MNA/Xinhua

Philippines says no outbreak ofMeningococcemia

MANILA , 23 Nov — The Philippine Palace officials on Monday declared thatthere is no outbreak of meningococcemia, saying the reported cases of thedisease have been contained.

The Department ofHealth (DoH) has alreadysubmitted its report, stat-ing that it can handle thespread of the disease, saidPresidential Palace com-munications directorSilvestre Afable.

The DoH report con-sidered as sporadic inci-dents the cases in thenorthern city of Baguioand San Lazaro Hospitalin Manila.

Health UndersecretaryAntonio Lopez saidmeningococcemia istreatable, with cases be-ing reported worldwideevery year.

“There is a higherchance that you can get wellfrom meningo-coccemiabecause the drugs neededto fight the sickness is notvery sophisticated,” he told

the local DZMM radiostation. He also saidmeningococcemia bacte-ria can be transferredthrough respiratory drop-lets by spitting or sneez-ing.

Meanwhile, BaguioCity Mayor BraulioYaranon said news reportsof a possible outbreak ofmeningococcemia inBaguio has affected tour-ism in the city.

“It is inevitable thattourism is affected, espe-cially with these kinds ofreports (but I can assurethat) there is no outbreak,”he said.

Yaranon said influxof tourists into BaguioCity has decreased sinceFriday after initial reportsof the cases broke out innews reports.

“Albania was amongthe earliest to establish dip-lomatic relations with thePeople’s Republic ofChina and has made his-toric contributions to therestoration of China’s le-gitimate seat at the UnitedNations,” Hu said in hismessage to Moisiu.

Over the past 55 years,Hu said, Sino-Albanianrelations have developedsmoothly through mutual

understanding, equaltreatment and close coop-eration. “Facts haveshown that the furtheranceof our friendly relationsand cooperation in allfields, based on the prin-ciples of mutual respect,equality and mutual ben-efit as well as non-inter-ference in each other’sinternal affairs, serves thefundamental interests ofour two nations and peo-ples,” he said.

“China values its re-lations with Albania andstands ready to join Alba-nia in working on the op-portunities of the 55th an-niversary of our diplo-matic relations to build aneven better future for ourbilateral relationship,” Husaid. — MNA/Xinhua

China, Albania hail 55thanniversary of

establishing ties BEIJING , 23 Nov — Chinese President Hu Jintao

and Albanian President Alfred Moisiu exchangedcongratulatory messages Tuesday to mark the 55thanniversary of the establishment of diplomatic re-lations between the two countries.

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Likewise, Yaranonsaid the meningo-coccemia cases have remained isolated andsporadic, adding that allof the cases can be tracedto one area in the north-ern province of Benguet.

The DoH on Sundaydenied an outbreak ofmeningococcemia in thecountry amid reports thatthree people have alreadydied of the disease sincelast week and at least eightsince October.

Seven people are con-fined at the San LazaroHospital for treatment ofmeningococcemia, saidLuningning Villa, DoHspokesperson for infectiousdisease. She said none ofthose patients comes fromBaguio.

MNA/Xinhua


The ship, Shwe Keinnari 1, started its journeyfrom Gawwein jetty in Mandalay at 6 am in themorning. Ayeyawady branch of the Inland WaterTransport launched the Shwe Keinnari’s special Man-dalay-Bagan cruise in 1996. Three ships, christened,Shwe Keinnari 1, Shwe Keinnari 2 and Shwe Keinnari3, are sailing up and down the Ayeyawady betweenthe two destinations.

They are all double-deckers transporting pas-sengers in their cozy air-conditioned first deck, andhousing a restaurant on the upper deck from whichpassengers can enjoy the scenic beauty of the riverand the landscape on both banks.

They can marvel at the mountain ranges underthe changing colours of the sky above them, andtouch the sincerity of the Myanmar people. Actually,the tour programme aims at attracting foreign tour-ists. The Shwe Keinneri service runs every day ex-cept on Sunday and Wednesday, starting its trip at 6am to sail downstream the river.

The Mandalay City ring road, the YadanabonShipyard, built during the Yadanabon period, thebluish Minwun hill or Sagaing Mountain range, andthe new Ayeyawady Bridge Project after passingShwekyetyet and Shwekyetkya, are all the attractivescenes tourists will see soon after the ship leaves thejetty. After sailing under the Sagaing Bridge, they cansee the historic Thabyedan Fort, the DokhtawadyRiver or the Myitnge River flowing gently into theAyeyawady, Mainu Brick Monastery, old Inwa townand ancient Hsinkyone Fort on the west bank, and onthe east back is the historic Asiyin Fort south ofSagaing.

After a two-hour sail, the ship arrives at a placewhere the river flows between a long reef on the eastbank and Ywathitgyi on the west bank, 25 miles fromthe starting point. Ywathitkyi houses a garment fac-tory, and the University for Development of NationalRaces that is producing valuable human resources forthe nation in the future. An island also lies in the rivernear Ywathitkyi. There is an overhead power cable

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crossing the river. After passing the Phu River mouth,the ship enters the danger zone where three or fourreefs are lying in the river. After sailing for anotherone and a half hour, the ship makes its first stopoverat Myinmu jetty, which is 39 miles from Mandalay.

Banana is the main product of Myinmu inSagaing Division. At the jetty, large shipments ofbanana await transport downstream or upstream. Sometourists travel to the town by car from Mandalay tocatch the ship, and some tourists after visitingMonywa, also continue their journey to Bagan onboard the Shwe Keinneri. Further downstream theriver awaits the Rekkhadipa, Linkadipa, Nganmya,

From Mandalay to Bagan on board the Shwe Keinnari

pots. On the opposite bank lies Pale village, the birthplace of Yaw Atwinwun U Po Hlaing, who had helpeddevelop treatises on various fields including medi-cine, religion and administration, during theYadanabon period.

Beyond Randabo are Inchaung and Myingyan.The latter was once a busy port. But now it is locatedfar from the river due to changes in river’s direction.Ships can moor at its jetty only in the rainy seasonwhen the water level is high. After sailing fromMandalay for 87 miles, the ship reaches the most breath-taking point of the journey, the place where Chindwin,the largest tributary, meets mother Ayeyawady. Exceptin the rainy season, the colour of the Ayeyawady isblue or green, sparkling under the shining sun in theday time. But at the convergence, the muddy watersof Chindwin mix with the clear waters of the motherriver. A long sand dune in the river is enhancing theenchanted beauty of the convergence, located in theplace where Mandalay, Sagaing and Magway divi-sions meet. On the east bank is Myinchi and on thewest bank, Chaydawya.

Sailing down the convergence, tourists see morevillages lying peacefully on both banks, some agri-cultural islands and tributaries till reaching Pakokku,a major town on the west bank, at 3 pm. Pakokkutransports its products to Letpanshepaw on the oppo-site bank, which serves as a transit centre for thegoods to reach various parts of the country by railroador by car. Pakokku is famous for its large pariyattischools for Buddhist monks, leather slippers and gar-ments. It takes about nine hours to reach the town thatis 103 miles from Mandalay. In summer, boats haveto anchor at Yelemyin and Kokkohla islands sevenmiles from the town as the water is too shallow toreach its jetty. Urbanization is under way in Pakokkuto develop it into the capital of the west bank inaccord with the guidance of the Head of State.

(To be continued)( Translation:TMT )

Kyemon: 7-9-2004

Interview with National Literary Award winnersArticle & Photos by Thaung Win Bo

Writer Maung Thit Sar won the National Lit-erary Award in the Myanmar culture and arts genrein 2003 for his book entitled “Ancient Myanma InkInscription and Myanmar Culture”. During the interview, the writer said that thoughpalm-leaf inscriptions, Parabaik, inscriptions foundon significant bells and inscriptions made on stoneare well-known in Myanmar, ink inscriptions are veryrare. With the aim of disseminating the knowledge

to the readers, he compiled facts about ink inscrip-tions which would soon disappear. In the past, schol-ars inscribed records in Pali, Mon and Myanmarlanguages, he added. In their works, the inscriptionsin ink written by hand at pagodas, stupas, caves,tunnels, prayer halls, ordination halls and monaster-ies are called “Min Sar” (ink inscriptions or inkwritings), he said. The writer asserted that he tried hard to presenthis research works concerning ink inscriptions in Pali,Mon and Myanmar versions in the original style forother researchers. The aim of the book is to preserveMyanma culture, he added. The writer concludedthat ink inscriptions can be found in Bagan-NyaungUregion, Sale, Pakhamnge, Hsale, Kyundaw, Khinmon,Mandalay and Patheingyi.

Hsaung Win Latt won the National LiteraryAward for the third time for his novel “3 a.m.”, a storyabout an artist. The setting of the story is AyeyawadyDivision .

“The award is of vital importance to me as I ama writer by profession”, said Hsaung Win Latt, whowon the award for collected short stories “Whither thelittle village?” in 1994 and the award for novel “It’sworth longing for” in 2001.

“The late U Ba Nyan, a famous artist, is the main

character, and the artists’ world is what I have featuredin detail”, explained the writer regarding his latestaward-winning work for the year 2003. It is a greatpleasure and pride for me to receive this award, pre-sented by the State, he said, thanking his mentors andparents for the success.

“As we, writers are responsible for progress ofthe literary profession in Myanmar, I will continue tostrive for its development”, he pledged.

(Translation: TTA +TMT)

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Win Latt

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Myittha and Nyaungbintha villages on the east bankto catch tourist eyes. Linkadipa, with thriving cropsfields, lies in the middle of the river. Tranquil villagessuch as Wettoe, Hsinpangon, Kyweyaik lie peace-fully on the west bank at the place. After about fivehours have passed, the ship anchors at Hsimigonvillage, 58 miles from Mandalay.

The Shwe Keinneri passes a number of peace-ful and tranquil villages on both banks before makingits third stopover at Gintge jetty, 64 miles fromGawwein jetty. After sailing down the river for tenminutes from the jetty, the ship arrives at Randabo,where Randabo Treaty was signed to end the FirstAnglo-Myanmar War, which broke out in 1824. Astone pillar still stands at the village, 69 miles fromMandalay. Its main and famous product is earthen

The Mandalay City ring road,the Yadanabon Shipyard, built dur-ing the Yadanabon period, the bluishMinwun hill or Sagaing Mountainrange, and the new Ayeyawady BridgeProject after passing Shwekyetyet andShwekyetkya, are all the attractivescenes tourists will see soon after theship leaves the jetty.


Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein…(from page 1)

would come out. Next, Chairman of WFA Ministerof Sports Mr Li Zhijian of the People’s Republic ofChina extended greetings and opened the 6th AsiaWushu Championships.

Aftrerwards, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein,Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint, Chinese Min-ister Mr Li Zhijian, President U Khin Maung Laycordially greeted the Wushu athletes.

Next, athletes of the MWF and Chinese ath-letes demonstrated some aspects of Wushu sports.

The Wushu Championships included Bang-ladesh, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia,Iran, Japan, Korea, Macao, Kazakhstan, Malaysia,Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore,China (Taipei), Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,Vietnam, Yemen and host Myanmar. A total of 530athletes of 24 teams are participating in the eventwhich continues till November 27.—MNA

MOC Chairman Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint addresses opening ceremony of 6th AsianWushu Championships 2004.— NLM

Chinese Minister of Sports President of Asian Wushu Federation Mr Li Zhijian extends greetings.—˚NLM

The Iranian referee reciting oaths of referees.˚MNA

Selected Myanmar Wushu athlete Zaw Zaw Moereciting sports oaths.—˚MNA

Myanmar Wushu athletes present skill demonstration.—˚NLM

YANGON, 24 Nov —The 6th Asian WushuChampionships 2004,hosted by Myanmar,started its events at theNational Indoor Stadium-1 in Thuwunna thismorning.

Among thespectators were Chairmanof Myanmar OlympicCommittee Minister forSports Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint, ChineseMinister of Sports

Minister for Sports enjoys Asian Wushu C’shipsPresident of Asian WushuFederation Mr Li Zhijianand officials of WorldWushu Federation,President of MyanmarWushu FederationU Khin Maung Lay andexecutives.

In the champion-ships, the Women’sTaijiquan event, theMen’s Qiangshu event,the Men’s Daoshu event,the Women’s Gunshuevent and the Men’s

Taijiquan event were held.After the matches,Minister Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint, ChineseMinister of SportsPresident of AWF Mr LiZhijian, the secretary ofWWF and President ofMWF U Khin Maung Laypresented prizes and thebunches of flowers to thewinners.

The championshipswill continue up to 27November.— MNA

YANGON, 24 Nov —Repair work of the roads inTaunggyi are being carried out in the opening seasonby the township Development Affairs Department.

Officials led by U M Hla Thaung of the townshipDAD on 1 November supervised the tarring of roadnear Sao San Tun Market in Taunggyi.

MNA

Roads in Taunggyi renovated

YANGON, 24 Nov—The Myanmar MaritimeUniversity under theMinistry of Transport andthe Myanmar AerospaceEngineering Universityunder the Ministry ofScience and Technologyare going to launch their

Successful candidates announcedclasses for 2004-2005academic year on1 December 2004.

The list ofsuccessful candidates ofthe universities isavailable beginning on 25November at the HigherEducation Department

(Lower Myanmar) onThaton Street, KamayutTownship, MyanmarMaritime University inThilawa, ThanlyinTownship, YangonTechnological Universityin Gyogon, InseinTownship, and MyanmarAerospace EngineeringUniversity in Meiktila.

The successfulcandidates are to registerat respective universitiesfrom 29 November until15 December. —MNA

YANGON, 24 Nov—The concluding of Courseon Practical Aspects of Exploration in Myanmar(professional level) organized by the MyanmarGeological Science Association was held at theMyanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (Head Office) on 18November.

President of the association Dr U Theinpresented completion certificates to the trainees.

MNA

Course on Practical Aspects ofExploration in Myanmar concludes

CECs meet USDA membersYANGON, 24 Nov

— Two Central ExecutiveCommittee members ofthe Union Solidarityand DevelopmentAssociation met withexecutives of USDA inPyay yesterday.

The CEC members,Minister for RailTransportation Maj-GenAung Min and DeputyMinister for Energy Brig-Gen Than Htay explainedthe political, economicand social developments

of the nation and theseven-point Road Map,which must bematerialized with theparticipation of the entirepeople of the country.

Chairman of BagoDivision (West) Peace andDevelopment CouncilBrig-Gen Hla Min andsecretaries, jointsecretaries and executives

of the division,Pyay District andeight township USDAsattended the meeting.

The CEC membersalso met with USDAsecretaries, joint secreta-ries and executives ofThayawady Districtand six townships inThayawady.

MNA

Rural tube-well put into serviceYANGON, 24 Nov—Budalin Township

Development Affairs Committee is sinking tube-wellsin the township under the supervision of SagaingDivision DAC. With the cash donation of K 1.25million by U Kyaw Hoe and Daw Thin Yee (MibamyittaPharmaceutical Store) in Yangon, Budalin TownshipDAC sank a two-inch tube-well at Pyutu Village in thetownship.

The facility was put into commission on 15November. Deputy Superintending Engineer of theDivision DAC U Kyaw Soe, Township Peace andDevelopment Council Chairman U Myat Thein Tun andwellwishers formally opened the facility.

MNA


First India-ASEAN Car Rally…

(from page 16) Next, ASEAN Secre-tary-General Mr OngKeng Yong and delegatesof ASEAN discussed

tourism in ASEAN-In-dia region and develop-ment of border trade. ASEAN Secretary-General Mr Ong Keng

Yong also discussed bor-der trade on ASEAN-In-dia, transport, develop-ment of tourism and pro-motion of information

technology. Lt-Gen Ye Myint andparty attended the firstIndia-ASEAN Car RallyFlag-off ceremony inNehru Stadium. Elevenparachuters representingASEAN+1 jumped downfrom the plane and

speeches. Prime Minister DrManmohan Singh greeteddrivers and flagged offthe car rally. Two hundred andforty drivers of India andASEAN (the Philippinesnot included) participated

party visited Myanmardrivers and watched therally. The distance of thecar rally is 7,869 kilome-tres— 690 km in India,439 km in Myanmar,2,230 km in Thailand,642 km in Laos, 1,312

landed. Bagpipes troupeand the military band ofIndian Armed Forces per-formed their skills andstudents and national cul-tural troupes of ASEANentertained the audiencewith traditional dances. Prime Minister of In-dia Dr Manmohan Singh,Prime Minister of Stateof Assam Mr TarunGogoi, ASEAN Secre-tary-General Mr OngKeng Yong and Confed-eration of Indian Indus-try Mr Sunil KantMumjal delivered

in the rally in a caravanof 60 vehicles. Twelvedrivers participated inthree cars. In the evening,Lt-Gen Ye Myint andparty attended the dinnerhosted by Prime Minis-ter of State of Assam MrTarun Gogoi atBrahmaputtra. On 23 November, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and partyattended the rally at Jus-tice Ground in Guwahati.

The Prime Minis-ter of State of Assamflagged off the rally.Lt-Gen Ye Myint and

km in Vietnam, 642 kmin Cambodia, 853 km inMalaysia and 50 km inSingapore. All partici-pants will arrive at thefinishing point in Battam,Indonesia.

It will take therally 19 days includingpilgrimage in Cambodia.

The caravan of thecars will arrive in Tamuon 24 November, inMandalay on 25 Novem-ber, in Loilem on 26 No-vember and in Kengtungon 27 November.

(See page 10)

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh cordially greets athletes at the 1stIndia-ASEAN Car Rally Flag-off ceremony.— MNA

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh flags off the 1st India-ASEAN CarRally.— MNA

Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party being welcomed by Commander of No 4 Army CorpsLt-Gen AS Jamwal and party.— MNA

Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party pose for documentary photo with Maj-Gen Diveliand officials of No 57th Rifle Division in Moreh, India.— MNA

Lt-Gen Ye Myint inspects dredging of drains along Tamu-Kalay Road.— MNA

Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party attending North-East India’s Gateway to the ASEANMeeting.— MNA


First India-ASEAN…

Commander…(from page 16)

foundation. At the briefing hall of Irrigation Depart-ment, Director U Kyaw Thein reported on Progress ofconstruction of the Ngamoyeik sluice gate project tothe commander. The commander said that the numberof sown acreage will rise and income of local peoplewill increase after Ngamoyeik Sluice Gate. The com-mander gave instructions on cultivation of the summerpaddy on both sides of the Ngamoyeik Creek in time,arrangements for greening 30 miles radius of YangonCity all the year round and completion of the tasks ontime meeting the set standard. The Ngamoyeik sluicegate is 12 feet high and eight feet wide with 1,200-feetlength including 26 valves for channels. On completionof the project, flow of salty water into the farmlandsalong the Ngamoyeik creek in the rainy season can beprevented and water supply also provided for over5,000 acres of summer paddy cultivation.

MNA

(from page 9) On 28 November thecaravan will enter Thai-land through Kengtung-Tachilek. Lt-Gen YeMyint and party went tothe heliport and they wereseen off by Lt-Gen ASJamwal. They arrived inTamu through Moreh andinspected development

activities there. They alsoinspected Tamu marketand drainage along Tamu-

Disciples and lay persons pay homage to remains of the late Chairman Sayadaw Bhaddanta Sobhita.— MNA

YANGON, 24 Nov — The remains of Chairman ofState Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Chancellor ofthe State Pariyatti Sasana Universities Chief of PakokkuMaha Visutarama Nikaya Presiding Nayaka ofMyingyan Koehsaung Monastery and Pitakat ThonbonNikaya Monastery from Dagon Myothit (South) Town-ship Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Abhidhaja Agga

Homage paid to remains of the late Chairman SayadawMaha Saddhammajotika Bhaddanta SobhitaMahathera is being kept at the temporary building inthe precinct of Pitakat Thonbon Nikaya Monastery.

Lay persons and members of the Sangha paidhomage to the remains of the Sayadaw this morningand evening.

The religious associations and the music troupes

recited religious verses and songs.At night, Wakhinkon Sayadaw Agga Maha

Pandita Bahujana Hitadhara Bhaddanta Tikkha admin-istered Desanas. Tomorrow night, Agga Maha PanditaThegon Sayadaw Dr Ñanissara (Sitagu) will adminis-ter Dhamma Desana.

MNA

Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party attend 1st India-ASEAN Car RallyFlag-off Ceremony.— MNA

Skill demonstration of cyclists at the 1st India-ASEAN Car Rally Flag-offCeremony.— MNA

Myanmar fashion designers seen at the airport before departure for KualaLumpur.— (H)

ASEAN Secretary-General Mr Ong Keng Yongextends greetings at the 1st India-ASEAN Car Rally

Flag-off Ceremony.— MNA

Myanmar fashiondesigners leave

for KLYANGON, 24 Nov —

Chief-editors of two fash-ion magazines and fash-ion designers on 20 No-vember left for Malaysiato attend the Asia FashionWeek-2004 which will beheld in Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysian hotelsand tourism companies willorganize the fashion weekfrom 21 to 29 November.The Myanmar delegationcomprises Chief-Editor ofEmpress Akari MagazineU Kyi Win, Emperor AkaritMagazine U Hla PhoneAung, Daw Tin Moe Lwinof T & M and seven fash-ion designers. — H

Kalay Road, vehicles as-sembled in Kalay indus-trial zone. They arrivedback here in theevening.—MNA

Myanmar athletes seenat the 1st India-ASEAN

Car Rally Flag-offCeremony.— MNA


Locals in Natogyi Townshipget more drinking water

NATOGYI, 10 Nov — With the aim of supplyingdrinking water to local people in Mokan Village-tract in Natogyi Township, a tube-well was inaugu-rated on 27 October in Mokan Village (East) in thetownship.

Under the arrangements of Mandalay DivisionPeace and Development Council, the tube-well wassunk by Natogyi Township Union Solidarity and De-velopment Association at a cost of K 728,740. Man-dalay Division Peace and Development Council alsoprovided K 400,000 for the project. Similarly, localpeople and a wellwisher donated K 99,400 andK 229,340 respectively. —KYEMON

A tar-road inaugurated inMuse Township

MUSE, 6 Nov — A tar road linking SwanSawWard and Khowein Village in Muse Township wascommissioned into service on 6 November in MuseTownship.

It is 3,200 feet long and 10 ft wide. WellwisherU Yan Moe Ann donated K 7.5 million and MuseTownship Development Affairs Department DADprovided K 1.5 million for construction of the tarroad.

Director of Shan State (North) DAD U KyiMyint, Secretary of Muse District Peace and Devel-opment Council Maj Tin Yu and U Yan Moe Annformally opened the road. — KYEMON

Self-reliant librariesmushrooming nationwide

PALE, 8 Nov — An opening ceremony of a self-reliant library was held in Minma Village-tract inPale Township on 10 October.

The library was opened with the assistance ofthe township Information and Public Relations De-partment (IPRD). At the opening ceremony, localbookworms provided a total of 375 books on generalknowledge for the library. Head of Township IPRDhanded over 53 books provided by IPRD. Similarly,a self-reliant library was opened in Saikkaung Vil-lage in Namtu Township. Namtu Township Peaceand Development Council Chairman U Nay Tun,Head of the township IPRD Daw Ei Ei Phyu andHead of the village U San Pwint formally openedthe library.

Daw Ei Ei Phyu handed over 106 books pro-vided by IPRD, and other wellwishers donated 71books on general knowledge. Up to 16 November,altogether 10,139 self-reliant libraries have beenopened all over the country.

KYEMON

News from theDistricts

Singapore to become globalhydro hub

SINGPORE, 24 Nov — Singapore aims to builditself into a global hydro hub by growing its waterindustry to share 3 to 5 per cent in the globalwater market.

Speaking at the opening of Hyflux’s MembraneTechnology Research & Development (R&D) Cen-tre here on Tuesday, Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister forthe Environment and Water Resources, said that thewell-developed R&D infrastructure is one of theadvantages the city state enjoys to achieve this goal.

“Apart from R&D infrastructure, our strategiclocation also makes us an excellent knowledge hubfor the testing and application of new environmentaltechnology solutions developed for Asian conditions,”Yaacob said.

He added that Singapore is also a choice loca-tion for many water companies seeking listing, whilethe Public Utilities Board (PUB) is nurturing thegrowth of the local water industry by tapping onleading edge technologies and expertise available inthe private sector.

Hyflux, a water treatment specialist, has beenplaying a significant role in expanding Singapore’swater supply in the past 15 years. Its newly-openedR&D centre is the largest of its kind in Asia outsideJapan with 130 researchers. — MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING , 24 Nov — The Great Wall lubricat-ing oil has been designated as the official lubri-cant for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Chi-nese oil producer Sinopec Corporation announcedhere on Tuesday.

Great Wall oil designated asofficial lubricant for

2008 Olympic

YANGON, 24 Nov—Minister for Agriculture andIrrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo held meeting with theofficials of Nos 2 and 3 Sugar Mills on 22 Novem-ber. In his discussions, the Minister gave instruc-tions on production of quality sugar in this season,and ensuring purchase of targeted amount ofsugarcane. He said that it is needed to meet the tar-geted sown acreage of cultivation of sugarcane thiscultivation season, calling for cooperation of relateddepartments for sufficient water supply, timelyploughing and boosting per acre yield.

Yesterday, the Minister inspected Sugar MillNos 3 and 2.

Attending the opening of the Dhammayon tomark golden jubilee of the Institute of Agricultureand the planting of saplings, the Minister formallyopened the Dhammayon. Next, the Minister visitedthe golden jubilee hall of the Institute of Agricul-ture. Upon arrival at Yayzin University of Agricul-ture, Pro-rector (Admin) U Hla Tun reported onacademic matters. The minister said that Myanmaris producing human resources capable of raising thenation’s economy based on agriculture. In this re-gard, the institute is to contribute towards progressof the agricultural sector by producing a number ofagricultural experts, he said.

The Minister also inspected the library andcomputer room of the educational facility. — MNA

A & I Minister visitssugar mills

Sinopec, China’slargest oil refining andpetrochemical company,signed a deal with theBeijing Organizing Com-mittee for the 2008 Ol-ympics (BOCOG) lastmonth, becoming an of-ficial partner of thegames. According to thedeal, Sinopec will pro-vide funds and otherforms of support for the2008 Olympics andParalympics, BOCOG,the Chinese OlympicCommittee, as well asChinese sports delega-tions for the 2006 Win-ter Olympics in Turin and2008 Summer Olympics.

Song Yunchang,general manager ofSinopec’s Lubricant

Company, said the 2008Games provides an ex-tensive platform forSinopec to promote itsbrand and products.

“As the world’s pre-mier sporting event, theOlympic Games will helpSinopec present its excel-lent products and servicesto the world,” Song told aPress conference.

Yuan Bin, deputydirector of BOCOG’sMarketing Department,was upbeat about the mar-keting prospects of the2008 Games. “We’remuch delighted to see thatso many enterprises, fromhome and abroad, showkeen interest in sponsor-ing the Games,” saidYuan. — MNA/Xinhua

Photo shows inauguration ceremony of anewly-constructed tar-road. — KYEMON

As a gesture of hailing the World AIDS Daywhich will falls on 1 December, a radio play is

being recorded at Radio Myanmar.— MRTV

SEOUL , 24 Nov — South Korean Prime Min-ister Lee Hai-chan held talks with Chinese StateCouncillor Chen Zhili on bilateral exchanges onMonday afternoon in the South Korean Govern-ment Complex Building.

S Korean PM holds talkswith Chinese senior official

Lee and Chenagreed on promoting co-operation and exchangesin science, technologyand education fields.They also reached con-sensus on providing con-venience for exchangesof personnel of the twocountries.

The South KoreanPremier highly appraisedthe rapid development ofSouth Korea-China rela-tions and the accomplish-ments China hasachieved since it adoptedthe reform and openpolicy. During the meet-ing, Lee also hoped thetwo countries can expandcooperation in politics,economy and trade.

Chen said sinceChina and South Koreaestablished diplomaticties in 1992, the Sino-South Korean relationshave enjoyed rapid devel-opment and borne fruit.

She also took noteof the consolidation anddevelopment of the Sino-South Korean ties afterthe two countries an-nounced to build the fullcooperation partnershipties in July 2003.

Chen said ex-changes and cooperationin science, technologyand education fields areimportant components ofSino-South Korean rela-tions. She hoped the twoneighbouring countriescan make furtherprogress on such ex-changes and cooperationto attach new meaning tothe full cooperation part-nership ties.

Chen Zhili also metSouth Korean Vice-Prime Minister and Edu-cation and Human re-source DevelopmentMinister Ahn Byung-young earlier Monday.

MNA/Xinhua

No new bird flu casedetected in Malaysia

K UALALUMPUR , 24 Nov — No new bird flucase has been detected nationwide recently, Di-rector of Malaysia Veterinary Services, Dr HawariHusin, said Tuesday.

This means that all chicken and duck products,including eggs, sold in the market are safe for con-sumption, he said in a statement released here.

However, north state of Kelantan would bedeclared free of bird flu only after the H5N1 virusstrain is no longer detected there, he said.

MNA/Xinhua


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VOY; NO (22) arrived on 25.11.04 are herebynotified that their cargo will be discharged into thepremises ofMyanmar Port Authority where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from8 am to 11.20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm upto ClaimsDay now declared as the third day after final dis-charge of cargo from the vessel.

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Bank Holiday All Banks will be

closed on 26th Novem-ber (Friday) 2004, beingpublic holiday under theNegotiable InstrumentsAct.

Central Bank of Myanmar

TRADE MARK CAUTIONNOTICE

SONY KABUSHIKIKAISHA (also trading asSONY CORPORA-TION), a company or-ganized under the laws ofJAPAN carrying on busi-ness as manufacturer andhaving its principal officeat 7-35, Kitashinagawa, 6-chome, Shinagawa-ku,Tokyo, Japan is the Ownerand sole proprietor of thefollowing Trademark:-

Reg.No. 4/2477/2001

Used in respect of :-“Optical and magneto-

optical disc players and re-corders for audio, videoand computer data; blankoptical and magneto-opti-cal discs, pre-recorded op-tical and magneto-opticaldiscs featuring music, textdata, still images and mo-tion pictures; televisions;video cameras; digital stillcameras; computers; di-gital satellite broadcastingsystems, namely, receiv-ers, transmitters and an-tennas for satellite broad-casting”. (Int’l Class 9)

Any unauthorized use,imitation, infringementsor fraudulent intentions ofthe above mark will bedealt with according tolaw. TIN OHNMAR TUN B.A(LAW)LL.B,LLM(U.K)

P.O. Box 109,Ph: 248108/723043

(For. A. AOKI,ISHIDA& ASSOCIATES, Japan)Dated: 25 November 2004

China, Australiapledge topromotebilateral

cooperation SANTIAGO, 23 Nov —

Leaders of China and Aus-tralia agreed Sunday towork together to promotefull-fledged bilateral co-operation. Chinese Presi-dent Hu Jintao and Aus-tralian Prime Minister JohnWinston Howard made thepledge during their meet-ing on the sideline ofthe 12th Asia PacificEconomic Cooperation(APEC) forum in theChilean capital.

Hu made four propo-sals for pushing ahead thecooperation of mutual ben-efit between the two coun-tries, namely, to keep themomentum of exchange ofhigh-level visits, deepenmutual political trust, ex-pand economic and tradecooperation and strengthencoordination and co-operation in significantregional and internationalaffairs.

Agreeing with the Hu’sproposals, Howard said theclose contact between topleaders of the two countrieswas of great importance toboosting bilateral ties. Aus-tralia is willing to strengthenbilateral economic and tradecooperation with China,said Howard, noting Aus-tralia is studying the feasi-bility of a free trade agree-ment between the two coun-tries.— MNA/Xinhua

Honeywell opens secondR&D centre in China

BEIJING , 23 Nov — Diversified US manufacturerHoneywell opened a new research and development(R&D) centre and Asia-Pacific headquarters in eastChina’s Shanghai, Monday’s China Daily reported.

Stores selling products infringingLacoste ruled in S China

BEIJING , 23 Nov — The Changsha IntermediatePeople’s Court in central China’s Hunan Provincehas ruled that a local department store must stopselling products infringing on the trademark offamous French brand La Chemise Lacoste, ChinaDaily reported on Monday.

“It is a move to con-solidate our synergies inthe Asia-Pacific Region,”Nance Dicciani, presidentand CEO of SpecialtyMaterials, Honeywell,was quoted as saying.

Honeywell values twoelements when locatingfacilities-close proxim-ity to raw materials andcustomers, Dicciani said.

This new complexgathers an investment ofnearly 80 million USdollars and occupies some15,000 square metres, saidShane Tedjarati, presidentof Honeywell China.

Honeywell begantrading in China in 1935.Over the years, Honeywell

has established more than20 joint ventures andwholly owned companiesin China, along with 29facilities and employs ap-proximately 4,000 peoplein 13 Chinese cities.

Honeywell now boastsannual revenues of ap-proximately 500 millionUS dollars in China. Theoverall sales revenue ofHoneywell is expected toamount to approximately25 billion US dollars thisyear, according to com-pany sources.

In 2003, Honeywellmoved its Asia-Pacificcorporate headquarters toShanghai.

MNA/Xinhua

The ChangshaParkson Department Storewas also ordered to paycompensation of 5,000yuan (600 US dollars) tothe French company.

According to judges,logos on wallets, leatherbelts and briefcases soldat the store were nearlyidentical to the Lacostecrocodile logo.

The only differencewas the logo of Lacostecrocodile faces to the rightwhile the counterfeit pro-duct logo faces left.

The decision upheldChinese Trademark Law,the judgment said. Sourceswith the plaintiff La Che-mise Lacoste said theFrench company is satis-fied about the judgment.

Initiated in 1927, the

Lacoste trademark wasauthorized for registrationin 1933 in France andachieved trademark reg-istration in 1980 withinChina.

The defendant,Changsha Parkson, hasappealed the decision to ahigher court, local mediareported.

The products with thefake crocodile logo arefrom SingaporeanCartelo, according to thestore that sold the items.

Meanwhile, the de-fendant said that since sev-eral other trademark law-suits between Lacoste andCartelo are still under wayin other courts in the coun-try, the action in Changshashould not be final.

MNA/Xinhua

Number of poor peopleon rise in Israel

JERUSALEM , 23 Nov — An Israeli annual reporton poverty revealed on Sunday that 100,000 morepeople fell below the poverty line in 2003, comparedto the previous year.

The partially released report by Israel’s NationalInsurance Institute said there are approximately1,430,000 poor people in Israel, equalling 24 per centof the country’s population.

The unemployed was the largest group of the poorin Israel in 2003 and the income of poor families fell byan average of 7 per cent, said the report.

In 2002, one out of every five Israelis was belowthe poverty line.

MNA/Xinhua

Over eight tons of drugsseized in northern Iran TEHERAN, 23 Nov— Over eight tons of various

narcotic drugs were seized in the northern IranianProvince of Mazandaran in the past week, theofficial IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.

The provincial police media centre was quoted assaying that the drugs, consisting of opium, heroin andhashish, were seized in separate operations conductedthroughout the province.

Ten smugglers were arrested during the opera-tions.

Drug addiction and transportation has been a seri-ous social problem in Iran, which sits in the crossroadlinking drug producing Afghanistan and Pakistan andmarkets in the Gulf states, Central Asia, WesternEurope and other regions.

According to the official statistics, there are atleast two million drug addicts in Iran.

The country also accounts for 80 per cent of theopium and 90 per cent of the morphine interceptedworldwide.

Iran spends five billion US dollars annually on anti-drug programmes, and over 3100 police have lost theirlives in conflict with drug smugglers during the pasttwo decades.

MNA/Xinhua

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Zambia says conserving naturalresources vital for poverty reduction

LUSAKA ,24 Nov — The Zambian Government has called for interventionsthat would stimulate sound management practices for the conservation andsustainable use of natural resources in the country, local newspaper Daily Mailreported Tuesday.

“Fahrenheit 9/11” director topsHollywood’s least- intriguing celebrities

LOS ANGELES,24 Nov— Director Michael Moore, whose anti-Iraq war film“Fahrenheit 9/11” touched off a firestorm of controversy, topped an annuallist on Monday of Hollywood’s least-intriguing celebrities.

Lusaka Province Permanent Secre-tary Lillian Kapulu was quoted as say-ing Zambia’s bio-diversity was beinglost due to human and livestock activi-ties that have resulted in land degrada-tion and other environmental disorders.

Kapulu said bio-diversity conserva-tion was central to the development ofthe national environmental policy.

She said the policy related to povertyreduction through sustainable and judi-cious use of natural resources as the nationtargeted the achievement of the Millen-nium Development Goals of reducing bio-diversity loss by the Year 2015.

Kapulu underscored the govern-

ment’s commitment to the developmentof a national environmental policy withinthe context of the poverty reductionstrategy paper.

She said at the core of the envisagedenvironmental policy was the need toensure that Zambia maintained its bio-diversity and ecosystem that wereessential to the survival of people.

Kapulu stressed that conservationand sustainable use of natural resourceswas increasingly recognized as a com-ponent of global efforts to reducepoverty since the livelihoods of manypeople depended on the environment.

MNA/Xinhua

The outspoken documentarian, whoseemed to be everywhere during the 2004 USpresidential campaign, urging defeat of Presi-dent George W Bush, ranks No 1 on thisyear’s “Frigid 50” published by online moviemagazine FilmThreat.com.

The web site, known for an anti-establishment take on the entertainmentindustry, said its list names the stars itfound to be the “least-inspiring, least-intriguing people in Hollywood”.

Ranked No 2 was actress Halle Berry,who followed up her Oscar-winning turn in“Monster’s Ball” with less critically laudedroles in such films as “Gothica” and“Catwoman”.

“The Frigid 50 ice pack have leftaudiences cold with their overbearingpersonalities, poor career choices andchronic inability to stop making fools ofthemselves,” the site said.

Moore qualified because of whatthe editors saw as an oversized ego.“Message to Michael: Remember, it’snot always about you. Lose the chip onyour shoulder,” the editors said.

“Fahrenheit 9/11,” hailed by Demo-crats for its scathing critique of Bush andthe US-led war in Iraq but condemnedby Republicans as a distorted piece ofpropaganda, grossed nearly 120 millionUS dollars at the US box office, a recordfor a political documentary. Moore hassaid he plans to make a sequel before thenext election. Walt Disney Co chief ex-ecutive Michael Eisner was ranked No.3 on the list, which cited this year’srevolt by dissident shareholders, a hos-tile takeover bid by Comcast, publicspats with Pixar and Miramax and astring of such flops as “Home on theRange, “The Alamo” and “Hidalgo”.

He was followed at No 4 by director MNight Shyamalan whose latest thriller, “TheVillage” and its “surprise ending” werewidely seen as falling far short of the pre-release hype.

Comic actors and frequent co-starsBen Stiller & Owen Wilson were jointlylisted at No 5 for their appearances in arecent string of “mass-produced medio-crity”. —MNA/Reuters

World milk productionslows down in 2004

MELBOURNE,24 Nov— World milk production is significantly slowing downin 2004, only to see an increase of three million tons, according to figures fromthe International Dairy Federation (IDF).

and Oceania, despite agrowing buffalo milk sec-tor, whose productionnow reaches 15 per centof the total milk produc-tion compared to 9 percent ten years ago, saidthe report.

The buffalo milk pro-duction mainly concen-trates on the Indian sub-continent, said AdriaanKrijger, chair of the stand-ing committee on dairypolicies and economics.

Together with the surg-

ing of bovine cow milkproduction in China, addi-tional milk supplies are al-most produced in marketswhere they are fully usedto cover the domestic needsand will not become avail-able to cover internationaldemand, he said.

MNA/Xinhua

163 kilosof heroinseized inIstanbul ANKARA, 24 Nov—

Turkish security forceshave seized 163 kilos ofheroin in their recent op-erations in Esenler andUmraniye districts of Is-tanbul, the semi-officialAnatolia News Agencyreported on Tuesday.

Concerned sourceswere quoted as saying thata total of eight people weretaken into custody and thedetainees confessed thatthey were planning tomarket the drugs in Euro-pean countries. A full in-vestigation into the drugtrafficking is underway.— MNA/Xinhua

Spanish actress Paz Vega arrives as a guest forthe premiere of the new film ‘Closer’ in

Los Angeles on 22 Nov, 2004.—INTERNET

Painkillers should be used onshort-term basis

LONDON,24 Nov— Painkillers taken by millions of arthritis sufferersworldwide are actually of limited use in relieving symptoms, Norwegianscientists said on Tuesday.

Researchers from theUniversity of Bergen saidtheir findings suggestedthe drugs should be usedonly on a short-term basisand be prescribed muchmore critically in future.

Current guidelines inmany countries recom-mend using non-steroidal

anti-inflammatory drugs(NSAIDs), including so-called COX-2 inhibitors,for treating patients withosteoarthritis.

But there are mount-ing concerns about theirsafety, following the with-drawal of Merck & CoInc’s COX-2 drug Vioxxin September due to heartattack risk. At the sametime, many older NSAIDs,such as Naproxen andIbuprofen, can causegastrointestinal problems.

Jan Magnus Bjordaland colleagues pooled theresults of 23 previous clini-cal trials to find out justhow useful all types of

NSAIDs and COX-2drugs were in relievingpain in patients with kneeosteoarthritis, the mostcommon form of the dis-ease. Their findings, pub-lished online by the Bri-tish Medical Journal,showed that the drugs re-duced pain in the shortterm only slightly betterthan placebo.

“We were surprisedthat the effects were sosmall. These drugs are verycommonly used but theireffect is below what manypatients report as clinicallyrelevant for them,” Bjordaltold Reuters.

MNA/Reuters

Honda recalling257,616 of its

Accord sedansDETROIT,24 Nov— Ja-

pan’s Honda Motor Co Ltdis recalling 257,616 of itsAccord sedans from the2004 and 2005 modelyears because of poten-tially faulty air bags, USfederal safety regulatorssaid on Monday.

The National High-way Traffic Safety Ad-ministration, said a tearmay occur in the dri-ver’s side front air bagof the Accords, increas-ing the risk of injury in acrash.

The recall is expectedto begin on 6 Decemberand owners of the vehi-cles affected should con-tact the US division ofHonda.

MNA/Reuters

A cheetah finds a dryspot to sit on after asnowfall on 23 Nov,2004. A cheetah at a

Czech zoo has becomethe first in the world tobe fitted with an artifi-cial hip, the zoo’s vetVaclav Pozivil said.

INTERNET

The world will have atotal of 612 million tons ofmilk for this year, accord-ing to a report on the worlddairy situation released bythe IDF at the World DairySummit being held here.

The reduced growth iscompared with an increaseof 80 million tons of milkproduction over the de-cade since 1994.

The situation is attri-buted to the declining pro-duction of cow milk inEurope, North America

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SPORTSHolyfield appeals suspension of NYSAC

NEW YORK, 24 Nov— Former undisputed heavyweight champion EvanderHolyfield has appealed the suspension handed down by the New York StateAthletic Commission earlier this month.

Man United qualify for knockout phase MANCHESTER (England), 24 Nov— Manchester United qualified for the Champions League knockout

phase on Tuesday with a 2-1 victory over Olympique Lyon in manager Alex Ferguson's 1,000th game incharge.

Olympiakos edge Deportivo 1-0ATHENS, 24 Nov— Olympiakos Piraeus ground out a 1-0 win over Deportivo

Coruna with a goal by captain Predrag Djordjevic on Tuesday that leavesthem on the brink of reaching the Champions League knockout phase.

Dynamo beat Roma 2-0 K IEV , 24 Nov— Dynamo Kiev beat AS Roma 2-0 thanks to two late goals on Tuesday

and need just a draw in their final Champions League group game at Bayer Leverkusento make sure of reaching the first knockout round.

Kovac's own goal giveFenerbahce win against

Sparta PRAGUE, 24 Nov— Radoslav Kovac's own goal in

the 20th minute gave Fenerbahce a rare away winagainst Sparta Prague in Champions League Group Don Tuesday to guarantee them a consolation place inthe UEFA Cup.

Fenerbahce made sure of finishing third in the groupbehind Manchester United and Olympique Lyon. Spartafinish bottom and are eliminated.

"Both teams had players missing, and that made ittough. We are still in Europe, that's the main thing,"said Fenerbahce coach Christoph Daum.

Since their surprise victory over Manchester Unitedin the 1996-97 season at Old Trafford, Fenerbahce hadplayed 14 European away games without a singlevictory.

Their Brazilian trio of Alex de Souza, Marco Aurelioand Marcio Nobre turned up the heat on a cold night atSparta stadium, creating several chances in the firsthalf.

However the only goal came when Sparta keeperJaromir Blazek tried to punch away Kemal Aslan'scross, only to see the ball glance off Kovac's head andback behind the startled keeper into the open goal.

"I didn't see him (Kovac) at all. It's too bad. Whatcan you say?" said Blazek who made several spectacu-lar saves to keep his team in the match.

Sparta tried to fight back in the second half, but onceagain showed their lack of polished finishing as severalchances went begging.

Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy (L) keepsthe ball away from Olympique Lyonnais' LamineDiatta during their Champions League match atOld Trafford in Manchester, England. United

won 2-1.—INTERNET

Andrii Husin (L) of Dynamo Kiev jumps for the ballwith team mate Kleber during their ChampionsLeague Group B soccer match against AS Roma

in Kiev on 23 Nov, 2004.INTERNET

Ruud van Nistelrooy's 53rd-minute header savedthe blushes of United goalkeeper Roy Carroll who hadgifted Lyon a first-half equalizer when he letMahamadou Diarra's long-range strike under his body.

Appropriately it was one of Ferguson's longest-serving players Gary Neville who had given his teamthe lead after a goalmouth melee in the first half.

Lyon, who were previously unbeaten in ChampionsLeague and Ligue 1 action this season, had already

secured qualification for the last 16 from Group D. United, who now top the group with 11 points to

Lyon's 10, started aggressively and their best earlychance came when Wayne Rooney hit the post withlittle more than five minutes gone.

After 19 minutes England defender Neville's pass tothe flank found Alan Smith, who put a perfect ballacross the box which Lyon's Anthony Reveillere hadto intercept to prevent van Nistelrooy scoring.

Reveillere had another go at clearing his lines butsucceeded in pushing the ball out to Neville wholashed it into the net. It was only Neville's seventh goalin a long career at his only club and his second in theChampions League.

United kept going forward but Lyon had probablythe better chances through Pierre-Alain Frau and Essienbefore Carroll's howler got them back into the matchafter 40 minutes.

Diarra's shot was on target and Carroll had plenty oftime to deal with it. Somehow the Irishman let it squirmunder his body and into the net.

Neville, laid low by a virus, was substituted athalftime and his replacement Wes Brown nearly gaveUnited the lead seconds after the restart but his shotflashed wide.

Eight minutes into the half United were back infront, however. A run and chipped cross from close inby England defender Rio Ferdinand reached the farpost where Van Nistelrooy headed home his 45th goalin the Champions League.

Minutes later the Dutchman nearly got another buthis delicate chip hit the outside of the post followinggreat work by Rooney.—MNA/Reuters

Dynamo picked up the tempo after anuneventful first half and they were rewardedlate in the second period, which was played ina heavy snowstorm at Kiev's Olympic sta-dium. Greece defender Traianos Dellas putthe Ukrainian champions ahead in the 73rdminute when he inadvertently headed into hisown goal while trying to clear TiberiuGhioane's cross.

Substitute Maxim Shatskikh sealed vic-tory for the home side nine minutes from timeto the delight of some 55,000-strong homefans who had braved the foul weather toattend the match.

Shatskikh, who came on for Latvia strikerMaris Verpakovskis just a few minutes ear-lier, tapped into an open goal after a nice feedfrom Brazilian midfielder Diogo Rincon.

Roma defender Giuseppe Scurto com-pounded the misery for the visiting side whenhe was sent off in the 76th minute for hissecond yellow card.

The Italians were missing several of theirtop players, including joint top scorer in SerieA Vincenzo Montella, through injury andsuspension. Roma captain Francesco Tottiwas also absent due to a family bereave-ment.—MNA/Reuters

Olympiakos top GroupA with 10 points but withMonaco on nine and Liv-erpool on seven they needa draw from their last gameat Anfield to be certain ofqualifying for the knock-out stage for only the sec-ond time.

Deportivo, who havefailed to score in all fivegames and have just twopoints, are out of Europethis season since they can-not claim even third placewhich brings a UEFA Cupspot.

Olympiakos dominatedthe first half and shouldhave scored twice asYiannis Okkas, putthrough in space, fired at

Jose Molina and thenPantelis Kafes hit the un-derside of the bar.

"There is an unwrittenlaw that when you miss tomany chances you can payfor it later," said theOlympiakos coach DusanBajevic.

"I can't say that I gotscared during the matchbecause we missed thesechances but they made uslose our concentration andwe began to lose it inmidfield."

Fortunately, Bajevichad the experience of Bra-zilian pair Giovanni andRivaldo, who both con-tributed significantlythroughout the night, aswell as Djordjevic.

The goal came whenRivaldo played a ball into

the penalty area forDjordjevic to coolly slothome past Molina.

The victory ensuredOlympiakos did not spoiltheir record at the newKaraiskakis Stadiumwhere they have beatenLiverpool, Monaco andDeportivo all by 1-0.

The Spaniards had theirchances, notably in thesecond minute of addedtime at the end of the matchwhen Olympiakos goal-keeper AntonisNikopolidis dropped afloating free kick.

Changui, a late substi-tute for Fran, retrieved andknocked the ball towardsgoal but GiorgosAnatolakis cleared it offthe line.

MNA/Reuters

NYSAC chairman Ron Stevens placedHolyfield on an indefinite medical sus-pension following Holyfield's lacklusterperformance against Larry Donald atMadison Square Garden on November13.

Donald scored an easy unanimous 12-round decision over Holyfield in the firstof four bouts on the "The Battle for Heavy-weight Supremacy" fight card. Donaldcontrolled the action the entire fight, us-ing his jab and overhand right to handleHolyfield, who landed just 78 of 264punches, or 30 per cent. Meanwhile,Donald landed 260 of 643 punches, or 40per cent.

The ruling by the NYSAC means thatHolyfield will have to be cleared by Dr.Barry Jordan of the New York commis-sion before he can box anywhere else inthe United States. All other state commis-sions will honor New York's suspension.

Holyfield said he did not agree with thesuspension and plans to continue his box-ing career.

Donald improved to 42-3-2 with 24knockouts with the clear-cut victory forthe NABC title. He won by scores of 119-109 on two cards, and 118-109 on theother.

The 42-year-old Holyfield looked likea shell of the boxer that tamed MikeTyson and knocked out other heavyweightcontenders. He fell to 38-8-2 with 25knockouts over a career that has spanned20 years.

It marked Holyfield's first bout sincesuffering a ninth-round TKO loss to JamesToney on October 4, 2003. Holyfield isjust 1-4-1 in his last six bouts.

The New York State Athletic Com-mission has contacted Holyfield's campregarding future steps in the appeal pro-cess.—MNA/Reuters

MNA/Reuters


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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours MST:During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenisloated in Kachin, Shan and Chin States, Lower Sagaing Divi-sion, scattered in upper Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions andweather has been generally fair in the remaining areas. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded was Moekok (0.79)inch. Night temperatures were (7°C) above normal in RakhineState, (3°C) to (4°C) below normal in Kachin and Kayin States,Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions and about normal in theremaining areas. The significant night temperatures were Haka(4°C), Putao (5°C) and Mindat (8°C).

Maximum temperature on 23-11-2004 was 93°F. Minimumtemperature on 24-11-2004 was 62°F. Relative humidity at 9:30hrs MST on 24-11-2004 was 68%. Total sunshine hours on 23-11-2004 was (8.5) hours approx. Rainfall on 24-11-2004 was nilat Yangon Airport, Kaba-Aye and central Yangon. Total rainfallsince 1-1-2004 was 112.28 inches at Yangon Airport, 106.77inches at Kaba-Aye and 109.68 inches at central Yangon. Maxi-mum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was 7 mph from Eastat (11:30) hours MST on 23-11-2004.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in Southwest Bayand generally fair elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Special Features: According to the observations at(06:30)hours MST today, yesterday’s severe tropical storm‘Muifa’ over the South China Sea has centered at about(270)miles Southeast of Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam). It is forecastto move westward direction.

Forecast valid until evening of 25-11-2004: Likelihood ofisolated light rain in Kachin, eastern Shan States, upper Sagaingand Taninthayi Divisions and weather will be generally fair inthe remaining areas. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Moderate to rough seas accompained withstrong easterly winds of (35) mph are likely at times in the Gulfof Mottama and off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Seas willbe slight elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of slightisolated rain in the extreme Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 25-11-2004: Fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for 25-11-2004: Fair weather.

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Turkey’s winter blast takes deadly toll ANKARA , 24 Nov— Heavy snowfalls and icy conditions claimed the lives

of at least 14 people on Monday with most of those killed in traffic accidents,Turkish private NTV reported Tuesday.

Pakistani PM says India-Pakistanrelations improving

Ugandan V-P urges NGOs tohelp address youth problems

KAMPALA , 24 Nov— Ugandan Vice-PresidentGilbert Bukenya Tuesday appealed tonongovernmental organizations engaged in youthactivities in the country to set up institutionsoffering psychotherapy to help address theirsocio-economic and emotional problems.

Bukenya made thecall when meeting withDennis Dease, presidentof St Thomas and PaulUniversity of Minnesotain the United States atParliamentary Building inKampala, according to aPress release issued hereby the Vice-PresidentOffice.

The vice-presidentsaid this will help reducethe current moral degen-

eration among the vulner-able youth.

Bukenya expressedgratitude to his guests forcoming to the country andexploring avenues ofputting in place infrastruc-ture for social and eco-nomic empowerment forUgandans, which he em-phasized are vital in pro-viding incomes and end-ing poverty in the com-munity. — MNA/Xinhua

COLOMBO , 24 Nov— Pakistani Prime MinisterShaukat Aziz hailed here Monday what he termedimproving relations between Pakistan and India.

Aziz, who arrived hereon Sunday for a two-dayvisit to Sri Lanka, told re-porters that PakistaniPresident PervezMusharraf’s meeting withIndian Prime MinisterManmohan Singh hashelped improve relationsbetween the two countries.

Musharraf and Singhmet in New York duringthe UN General Assem-bly sessions in Septem-ber.

Aziz hoped that hisIndian visit on Tuesdaywould help further the re-lations between the twonations. Aziz, who arrivedhere in his capacity as theoutgoing chairman of theSouth Asian Associationfor Regional Cooperation(SAARC), held talks withSri Lankan President

Chandrika Kumaratunga. Aziz said Pakistan

and Sri Lanka have al-most finalized the workleading to the formal sign-ing of the free trade agree-ment between the twonations.

The Sri LankanPresident has been invitedto visit Pakistan in Janu-ary and Aziz hoped thatsigning of the agreementcould then take place.

“We are in theoperationalizing stage andthere are few issues to besorted out,” Aziz said.

Sri Lanka is the firstleg of his four-day visit tothree South Asian coun-tries, which will also takehim to Maldives and In-dia. Officials said Aziz hasleft here for Maldives.

MNA/Xinhua

Deteriorating driving conditionswere blamed for accidents that left 13dead and 121 injured in a spate ofaccidents across Turkey after many re-gions in the northwest, north, east andcentral Anatolia were blanketed insnow, said the report.

At least one other person froze todeath in bitter cold, the report added.

It said that in the day’s worstaccident, four school children werekilled and 42 other passengers injured

when a bus crashed off a bridge in thecentral Turkish city of Yozgat.

At one time Monday, more than2,800 roads, mainly in rural Turkey,were blocked by snow and in the majorcities of Ankara and Istanbul there werelong delays for drivers due to congestionand accidents blocking traffic.

A new cold front, moving in fromthe Balkans, is expected to hit Turkey onWednesday after a period of respiteTuesday. — MNA/Xinhua

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HAVANA, 24 Nov—Chinese President HuJintao and Fidel Castro,President of the CubanCouncil of State, agreedhere on Monday to ex-pand bilateral cooperationin political, economic andother areas.

Hu Jintao arrivedhere Monday afternoonfor a state visit. He metwith Castro soon after hisarrival and they agreed towork together to expandmutually-beneficial coop-eration.

China and Cuba es-tablished full diplomaticrelations in 1960.

Hu said in the meet-ing with Castro that China-Cuba relationship haswithstood the test of timeand the change of interna-tional situation.

“We have helped eachother and treated eachother with sincerity,” Husaid. “We are friends andbrothers. A better relation-ship between China andCuba will serve not onlyinterests of our two coun-tries, but also world peaceand common develop-ment”.

Hu proposed thatChina and Cuba increaseexchange of visits by lead-ers of the government, theParliament, political par-ties, and non-governmen-tal institutions.

China and Cuba canalso expand cooperationin areas of tourism, aquatic

products and bio-techno-logy, Hu said.

In addition, Chinaand Cuba can strengthencooperation in interna-tional arenas to safeguardthe interests of the devel-oping nations and worldpeace, said the ChinesePresident.

Two-way trade be-tween China and Cuba hasbeen about 400 million USdollars annually over thepast three years. The tradevolume reached 401 mil-lion dollars from Januaryto September this year, up36.7 per cent.

China mainly im-ports sugar and nickelfrom Cuba and exportsmachinery and electronicproducts to Cuba.

Castro told Huthat he has paid greatattention to China’s de-velopment and been read-ing a lot about Chinalately.— MNA/Xinhua

14th Waxing of Tazaungmon 1366 ME Thursday, 25 November, 2004

First India-ASEAN Car Rally startsYANGON, 24 Nov— Member of

the State Peace and Development Coun-cil Lt-Gen Ye Myint, Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura Aye Myint, DeputyMinister for Foreign Affairs U MaungMyint and officials left here and arrivedat Monywa Airport on 21 November. Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party, accom-panied by Chairman of Sagaing Divi-sion Peace and Development CouncilCommander of North-West CommandMaj-Gen Tha Aye, left for Kalay. Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party went toTamu by car. They inspected parkinglot for racing cars from India-ASEANCar Rally there. Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party went toMoreh in India through India-Myanmarbridge. They went to No 37 AssamRifles where they were welcomed byMaj-Gen Divedi of No 57 Rifle Divi-sion and officials. They proceeded to Guwahati and werewelcomed there by No 4 Commander of

PerspectivesWork in concert foremergence of peace-ful and discipline-flourishing democ-

racy(Page-2)

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YANGON, 24 Nov —Chairman of Yangon Di-vision Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of Yangon Com-mand Maj-Gen MyintSwe, accompanied byCommander of No 1Military Region Lt-ColNay Win, Secretary ofYangon Division Peaceand Development Coun-cil Lt-Col Myint Kyi and

ArticleFrom Mandalay toBagan on board the

Shwe Keinnari(Page-7)

division level officials,made an inspection tourof Yangon East andNorth Districts today andattended to the needs ofthe tasks for regional de-velopment .

On arrival at HleguTownship this afternoon,the commander and party

inspected the site chosenfor construction of the po-lice station.

Next, the com-mander and party pro-ceeded to paddy field No492A of Malit Village inHlegu Township and in-spected cultivation ofsummer paddy with wa-

ter supplied by com-pressed natural gas (CNG)pumps, building of a3800-ft long canal onself-reliant basis, a seednursery and winnowingof paddy.

Division Managerof Myanma AgricultureService U Aung San con-

ducted them around theplot. The commandergave instructions, stress-ing the need to build thecanal soonest, installpumpus for irrigation, anddistribute quality seeds tofarmers .

Afterwards, they ar-rived at the construction

site of Ngamoyeik SluiceGate in Dagon Myothit(East) Township andinspected the construc-tion of a drain withthe use of machinery,fixing of the frames ofthe sluice gate, erectionof concreted piers and

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Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe inspects agriculturaltasks, Ngamoyeik Sluice Gate project

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh delivers an address at the openingceremony of 1st India-ASEAN Car Rally Flag-Off.— MNA

Lt-Gen Ye Myint waves to the athletes at 1st India-ASEAN Car Rally Flag-Off.— MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe inspects construction of Ngamoeyeik Sluice Gate in Dagon Myothit (East) Township.— YANGON COMMAND

Transport facilities inspectedin Ayeyawady DivisionYANGON, 24 Nov—Minister for Construction

Maj-Gen Saw Tun and officials of Public Worksinspected bridge No 1/13 on Pathein-Monywa Roadyesterday. He also inspected repair of sections ofPathein-Monywa Road.

On arrival at Ngawun Bridge, the Ministerheard a report by the engineer of the Road SpecialGroup 2 on progress of repair of Pathein-MonywaRoad (Kankalay-Thongwa-Yekyi-NgathaingchaungSection) and Betye-Yekyi-Ngathaingchaung-GwaRoad (Ayeyawady Division Section and Rakhine StateSection). The Minister chose the site for construction ofa bridge across Ngawun River and gave instructions onlaunching the project as soon as possible and coopera-tion with related departments for control of the water-way. In addition, the Minister inspected Hinthada-Myokwin-Kwinkauk Road, Pathein-Monywa Roadand Pyay-Padaung-Taungup Road (Okshitpin-PyaySection). — MNA

No 4 Army Corps Lt-Gen AS Jamwaland Myanmar Consul-General inKolkata U Zeya Oo and officials. Lt-Gen AS Jamwal hosted a luncheon inhonour of Lt-Gen Ye Myint at guesthouse of the corps. Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party went toVishgarattana Hotel. Lt-Gen Ye Myint,the commander and the minister attendedthe dinner hosted by Chairman of Con-federation of Indian Industry Mr SunilKant Mumjal at Brahmaputtra Hotel. On 22 November, Lt-Gen Ye Myintand party attended North East India’sGateway to the ASEAN Meeting at Sen-ate Hall of India Institute of Technol-ogy. Chairman of Confederation of In-dian Industry Mr Sunil Kant Mumjal,Prime Minister of State of Assam MrTarun Gogoi and Minister of ExternalAffairs Mr K Natwar Singh deliveredspeeches.

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