the new light of myanmar 29-12-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 257 14th Waxing of Pyatho 1371 ME Tuesday, 29 December, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

In Myanmar history, the Myanmar people’s spiritof cherishing and safeguarding independence has beenstrong and prominent.

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and Development Council

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services(From the message sent on the occasion of the 49th Anniversary of

Independence Day)

Myanma Railways buildingrailroad network in public interest

Aung (Srekestra)Better transport plays an important role in im-

provement of socio-economic life of the people.Improvements of road networks are important fortraveling with the purpose of education, health andsocial matters from one place to another, better flowof commodities, stable prices and development ofbusinesses. In addition, it contributes much to pro-moting friendships among the national brethren.

So, the government is constructing networks ofroads across the nation in line with guidance of theHead of State in order to have harmonious develop-ments in the country. Myanma Railways is makingendeavors for construction of railroads in all statesand divisions. Myanma Railways is constructing anetwork of railroads linking already-existed south tonorth railroads with east-to-west ones.

Due to the rapid development of communicationin the world our country is becoming more strategicin the southeast and the south Asia. Being situatedamong China, India, Bangladesh and ASEAN coun-tries, Myanmar becomes the main trade route forthese countries. It can be seen that export and importfrom the middlewest and the southwest of Chinathrough Myanmar is a shorter and more profitableroute.

Deep sea ports are being built in Kyaukpyu andDawei. And plans are under way to establish eco-nomic and industrial development zones there. There

(See page 8)A train running on Magway-Kanpya railroad section.

Hailing the 62nd Anniversary Independence Day:

The spirit of cherishing independence

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Tuesday, 29 December, 2009

PERSPECTIVES

Extend cultivation of rubberplants of quality strains

Head of State Senior General Than Shwetoured Mon State on 26 December and inspectedregional development work.

In his guidance during his inspection tour,Head of State Senior General Than Shwe saidthat rubber plantations thrived well and therewere still vast stretches of land for extendedcultivation of rubber and that rubber was to begrown on an extensive scale in cooperationwith local people after finding out how muchcultivable area was available and how toincrease the rubber sown acreage in the longterm.

Rubber is an industrial raw material andrubber trade is becoming brisk in theinternational market. Nowadays, rubber is ingood demand because it is used together withchemicals to produce a wide variety of consumergoods.

Various kinds of crops grow well inMyanmar because of its good climatic and soilconditions. Rubber has been grown in MonState for many years. As the region gets a lot ofrain, it is the biggest producer of rubber in thenation. Now, rubber can be grown not only inMon State but also in Kayin State, TaninthayiDivision, Kachin State and Shan State.Therefore, rubber cultivation is being extendedon a commercial scale.

The government is providing plots ofland, rubber saplings of quality strains andmodern cultivation technology to rubbergrowers. It is also helping them replace oldrubber trees with rubber plants of qualitystrains and to produce finished wood productsfrom old rubber trees.

Rubber trees can be tapped, starting fromthe time when they are eight years old till theyare 30 years old. Neighbouring countries offergood prices for rubber produced by Myanmar.Therefore, we would like to call on farmers andnational entrepreneurs to extend growingrubber plants of quality strains on a commercialscale in order to serve national interests as wellas their own.

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

People’s Desire

YANGON, 28 Dec—The ceremony to presentcertificates of CertifiedPublic Accountant andDiploma in Accountingconducted by MyanmarAccountancy Council washeld in conjunction withprize awarding ceremonyat the training school(Yangon) of Auditor-General’s Officeyesterday morning.

Chairman ofMyanmar AccountancyCouncil Auditor-GeneralMaj-Gen Lun Maungmade an introductoryspeech there. The MAC

MAC holds diploma and prize awarding ceremony

presented gifts and cashto those who stood first,second and third gradesin CPA Course Nos 29

and 30 (second semester)held in February and July2009.

The officials of MAC

also presented gifts andcash to the outstandingtrainees.

MNA

AA Electronics’ special sale promotion on 23-31 Dec

Auditor-General Maj-Gen Lun Maung awards an outstandingtrainee.—MNA

Minister inspects Ngwechi-6 cotton brokerage and factories

AA Electronics’ special sale promotion inprogress.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 28Dec—Minister forIndustry-1 U Aung Thaung,accompanied by officials,arrived at Ngwechi-6 cottonbrokerage of MyanmaTextile Industries openedin Myolulin town yesterdaymorning and met withcotton farmers andinspected cotton purchase,moisture test and storageof cotton.

Next, the ministerlooked into cottonpurchase, moisture test andstorage of cotton at cottonfactory in Taungdwingyiand separate storage ofpurified Ngwechi-6 cottonand progress in grindingcotton at the factory.

At the horse and sheepbreeding farm project(Yanpel) of MyanmaPhamaceutical Industries inTaungdwingyi Township,

the minister oversawprogress in breeding horses,birth rate, horses at thestables and good species ofsheep and gave instructionson extended breeding ofhorses and sheep.

At the maize productfactory (Yanpel) of

Myanma FoodstuffIndustries, the ministerinspected productionprocess of maize,production of glue powderand maize oil and grindingof cotton seeds and gaveinstructions onmanufacturing of good

quality products.Next, the minister met

with the factory managerand officials at the briefinghall of the factory and urgedthem to abide by rules andregulations for therealization of productiontarget.—MNA

Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung inspects maize product factory(Yanpel) of Myanma Foodstuff Industries.—MNA

YANGON, 28 Dec—AA Electronics, the soleagent for brandedelectronics such asSamsung, Star and Fuji forMyanmar, holds its specialsale promotionprogramme at SamsungShowroom and StarShowroom at the corner ofMaha Bandoola Street and

35th Street, and SamsungShowrooms on PansodanStreet, and at the corner ofMaha Bandoola and BoAung Kyaw Streets from23 to 31 December.

It discounts a LED TVworth nearly 3 million toless than 2 million kyats,offering special discountson refrigerators, washing

machines, air-conditioners, CRT, TV,VCD, DVD, EVD,aircoolers, fans,watercollers.

AA Electronics’excellent quality productsare available not only atthe ongoing exhibitions butalso at the showrooms inother townships.—MNA

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Workers debug the equipment at the wind power base in Jiuquan City, northwestChina’s Gansu Province, recently. The Jiuquan wind power base achieved the landmark capacity as the result of the installation of a 200-megawatt wind power unit in Yumen, a city under the jurisdiction of Jiuquan.—INTERNET

Bombs kill seven in Iraq

Netanyahu says will visit Egypt on Tuesday

Avalanche kills sevenin northern Italy

ROME, 28 Dec—Seven people were killed in an ava-lanche in the Italy Alps at the weekend, among whomsix were Italians and one German. Their bodies werefound on Sunday. On Saturday afternoon, two touristswent missing while climbing a mountain in the north-ern region of Trentino-Alto Adige.

A group of seven mountain climbers went to theirrescue but were hit by an avalanche on their way back.Four rescuers were killed. The six bodies were foundon Sunday and all of them were Italians.

Meanwhile, three German youths were also caughtin the avalanche while skiing in the Alpes in the BolzanoProvince, also in the Trentino-Alto Adige region.

A 12-year-old boy was killed in the avalanche whilehis brother survived. The third was airlifted to a hospi-tal in Bolzano. —Xinhua

125 pilot whales die on NZbeaches, 43 saved

WELLINGTON, 28 Dec — Some 125 pilot whales diedin New Zealand after stranding on the beach over theweekend — but vacationers and conservation workerson Sunday managed to coax 43 others back out to sea.

Rescuers monitored the survivors as they swamaway from Colville Beach on North Island’sCoromandel peninsula, and by Monday morning theywere reported well out to sea.

Department of Conservation workers and hundredsof volunteers helped re-float the 43 whales at high tide.The volunteers covered the stranded mammals insheets and kept them wet through the day.—Internet

BAGHDAD, 28 Dec — Abomb killed five Shiitepilgrims in a procession innortheast Iraq on Sundayand blasts in Baghdadkilled two more pilgrimsas millions of peoplemarched to commemoratethe most important Shiitereligious observance.

Pilgrims traveling tothe southern holy city ofKarbala have come underrepeated attack during the10-day religious ceremo-nies that culminated onSunday with huge proces-sions.

Dozens of pilgrims

have been killed and morethan 150 wounded duringthe Ashoura observance byinsurgents hoping to inten-sify sectarian violence thatreached a peak in 2006 and2007, though the pace ofviolence has droppedsharply since then.

Tight security encir-cled Karbala, 50 miles (80kilometers) south ofBaghdad, where 25,000additional security per-sonnel deployed. Sniperswatched marchers fromrooftops, and bomb detec-tion dogs were used in thesearch for explosives.

A roadside bomb in thetown of Tuz Khormato,110 miles (180 kilome-tres) northeast of Bagh-dad, struck worshipperson Sunday morning, kill-ing five and wounding 28,police and medical offi-cials said.

A police official saidthe Minister for Youth andSports, Jassim Moham-med Jaafar, was amongthose in the targeted pro-cession, but was un-harmed. One of his body-guards and a police cap-tain were among the dead.

Internet

Ten injured in road mishapin Indian capital

NEW DELHI, 28 Dec — More than 10 people wereinjured when a speeding bus in which they weretraveling hit a road divider in the Indian national capi-tal on Sunday morning, a senior police official said.

“The mishap took place when the driver of the state-owned Delhi Road Corporation bus lost control of thevehicle and rammed into the road divider in south ofthe national capital. The injured have been admitted toa local hospital,” the official said.

The driver of the bus has been absconding, he said,adding that a probe has been ordered into the incident.

Road accident rate in India is among the highest inthe world, with some 100,000 people killed each year,according to official estimates.—Xinhua

View of a snowy peak inthe Alps. A series of ava-lanches in the Italian Alpskilled seven people, in-cluding a 12-year-oldGerman boy and four res-cue workers sent out tohelp two tourists, Italianemergency services said on Sunday.—INTERNET

11 militants, two policemenkilled in NW Afghanistan

KABUL, 28 Dec — Conflict and Taleban-related vio-lence claimed the lives of more than a dozen people inthe Northwest Badghis Province of Afghanistan, po-lice said on Monday.

“A joint operation of Afghan and NATO-led troopsin Balamirghab District on Sunday has left eight rebelsdead,” provincial police chief Syed Ahmad Sami toldXinhua. He also added that militants raided a policecheckpoint in the neighbouring Qadis District on Sun-day afternoon, killing two police constables. Three mili-tants were also killed when police returned fire, he fur-ther said. However, he confirmed that three policemenhad gone missing from the checkpoint. Locals saidTaleban fighters apparently took them away.—Xinhua

JERUSALEM, 28 Dec —Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu saidon Sunday he would holdtalks in Egypt on Tuesdaywith President HosniMubarak to seek ways topromote Middle Eastpeacemaking.

“I believe we have aninterest in moving the peaceprocess forward in a varietyof ways,” Netanyahu toldreporters at the start of theweekly cabinet meeting.Netanyahu said he had re-quested the meeting withMubarak after talks thatEgypt’s intelligence chief,Omar Suleiman, held in Is-rael last week.

“I intend to continue thisimportant dialogue,” hesaid. Egypt and Germany

are mediating a prisonertrade between Israel andHamas under which the Is-lamist group, in charge ofthe Gaza Strip, would re-lease captured soldier GiladShalit and Israel would freesome 1,000 of the 11,000Palestinians in its jails.

Two Gaza-based

Hamas leaders, Mahmoudal-Zahar and Khalil al-Hayya, were headed onTuesday to Syria via Egypt,a Hamas spokesman said.They planned to discusswith Damascus-basedHamas leaders Israel’s re-sponse to a proposedswap.—Internet

Two volunteers look over dead pilot whales atColville Bay, north of Coromandel, New Zealand, on

27 Dec, 2009. Some 125 pilot whales died afterbecoming stranded on the beach over the weekend

— but vacationers and conservation workerson Sunday managed to coax 43 others back out to

sea.—INTERNET

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BEIJING, 28 Dec—China is likely to overtakeGermany as the world’slargest exporter in 2009,despite a sharp fall in ship-ments as the global down-turn took its toll, a high-ranking trade official hassaid.

The country’s share ofglobal trade is expected toexceed nine percent thisyear, up from 8.86 percentin 2008, Vice CommerceMinister Zhong Shan saidat a forum here on Sunday.

“China will probably

File photo shows a

container truck driver

checking the manifest

after his vehicle is

loaded with a con-

tainer at Tianjin port,

China. China is likely

to overtake Germany

as the world’s largest

exporter in 2009,

despite a sharp fall in

shipments as the

global downturn took

its toll, a high-rank-

ing trade official has

said.

INTERNET

A worker is seen at a construction site in an industrial district in Tokyo on 28December, 2009. Japan’s industrial output rose for the ninth consecutive

month in November, the longest streak of gains in more than 12 years, drivenby demand from the United States and Asia as well as domestic subsidies.

INTERNETTOKYO, 28 Dec—Industrial Production in Japan

continued to increase in November, according to a pre-liminary report released on Monday by the Ministryof Economy Trade and Industry (METI).

Production in Japan rose a seasonally-adjusted 2.6percent in November from October to 88.3, against a2005 base-average of 100,marking the ninth succes-sive month production has increased in Japan. The re-port, however, noted a contraction of minus 3.5 per-cent from this time last year.

Industries cited by METI as predominantly contrib-uting to November’s increase are transport equipmentand general machinery. Commodities responsible forbuoying November’s output are large passenger cars,small passenger cars, drive, transmission and controlparts, in that order, according to the report.

Shipments also rose for a ninth successive monthin November, increasing 0.9 percent from October, to89.6, although on year the rate was down 3.1 percent.General machinery, iron and steel and transport equip-ment are the major industries contributing to the latestshipments increase.

Following the upward trend in November, Indus-trial Inventory was up 0.2 percent from October, to93.5, led by information and communication electron-ics equipment, chemicals and transport equipment in-dustries, the report stated. On year, however, inven-tory has slumped 14.6 percent.—Xinhua

ACCRA, 28 Dec—Gha-na’s stock exchange wasthe best performing mar-ket in the world in 2008but has suffered this yearin the global economiccrisis. Now, an oil boomis putting the west Africannation back on track.

After rising 58.06 per-cent in 2008, the GhanaStock Exchange (GSE)has fallen 47.87 percent sofar this year as foreign in-vestors shunned assetsconsidered risky while lo-cal investors sought refuge

An oil rig for oilexploration is pic-tured at the Port ofTakoradi, Ghana in2008. Ghana’s stock

exchange was thebest performing

market in the worldin 2008 but has

suffered this year inthe global economiccrisis. Now, an oil

boom is putting thewest African nation

back on track.INTERNET

China likely to become topglobal exporter in 2009

surpass Germany to be-come the largest export-ing country,” he said, ac-cording to a statementposted on the ministry’swebsite.

However, 2009 was atough year for the Asiangiant with full-year ex-ports predicted to declineby 16 percent on-year,Zhong added — the big-gest decline in at leastthree decades, accordingto available ministry data.

He blamed the drop on“severely weak interna-

tional demand” and “ris-ing trade protectionism”,adding the value of tradedisputes brought againstChina in terms of poten-tial losses doubled thisyear to 12 billion dollars.

The country will facean “even more compli-cated foreign trade situa-tion and more arduoustasks” in 2010 given on-going uncertainties in in-ternational demand andthe stability of the yuan’sexchange rate, Zhongsaid.—Internet

LIMA, 28 Dec— State-run oil company Petro-peru said on Sunday itwill retake in 2010 theexpansion project for theNorth Peruvian oil pipe-line to transport heavy oilfrom the country’s jungleregion to the coast.

Petroperu GeneralManager Miguel Celi told

JAKARTA, 28 Dec—In-donesia hopes to raise3.57-billion-US dollarsinvestment in mining andgeothermal energy nextyear, representing an in-crease of more than 90percent of realized onethis year, the Jakarta Postquoted an senior officialas saying on Monday.

“This year, the govern-ment predicted that in-vestment in the sectorwould reach 2.33 billiondollars, but only 80 per-cent of the target has beenachieved so far,” saidWitoro Soelarno, the Sec-retary to the DirectorateGeneral for Mineral, Coaland Geothermal Energy atthe Energy and MineralResources Ministry.

Xinhua

Peru to invest $840m in expanding oil pipelinereporters the expansionproject for the 854-km-long oil pipeline is ex-pected to cost 840 millionUS dollars.

He added that Petro-peru wants to sign anagreement with the oilcompanies in Cuenca delMaranon, AmazonasProvince, to guarantee the

transportation volume sothat Petroperu could re-cover the cost.

According to Celi,French company Perenconeeded to confirm its pro-duction volume and thensign with Petroperu anagreement on the mode ofpayment.

Xinhua

Oil fuels new rally for Ghana’s once-booming stocksin short-term securities.

Market observers saythe bourse will bounceback in the year ahead asGhana prepares to pumpout oil for the first time,with interest rate cuts, astrong local currency, thecedi, and falling inflationalso boosting confidence.

“We are expecting GSEAll-Share index to climb toabout 35 percent as com-mercial oil production willcommence in the last quar-ter of next year,” EdemDewortor, a stock analyst

with Ecobank Develop-ment Corporation, toldAFP. The GSE-All Shareindex gained 2.04 percentfrom Monday to Thursdaylast week before closing forChristmas break.

“The outlook for theGhanaian bourse next yearis very bright as the localcurrency is holding againstthe major internationaltrading currencies and in-flation is on the decline,”said analyst CollinsAppiah of Gold Coast Se-curities.—Internet

Japan’s industrial outputincreases for ninth

consecutive month in Nov

Indonesiaeyes $3.57binvestmentin mining,geothermal

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Representatives of thehandicapped receivescarves presented byvolunteers in an activityof Showing Solicitudesto the Disabled at theLibrary of Anhui Pro-vince in Hefei, east Chi-na’s Anhui Province, on17 Dec, 2009.—XINHUA

China to launch Chang’e-2 satelliteat the end of 2010

Indonesia to raise leviesfor forest restoration

JAKARTA, 28 Dec—Indonesia will raise levies ina bid to add 30 trillion rupiah (about 3.24 billionUS dollars) in the state budget to finance its forestrestoration programmes over the next 10 years, theJakarta Post quoted a minister as saying on Monday.

“We’ll increase the forest levies as planned. We un-derstand the forestry industry is in a slump, so we’llproceed after listening to their opinion so that the in-crease will not impose too high burden on them,” saidthe Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan over the weekend.

The levies, which are categorized as non-state budgetrevenue will be applied next year.

However, he noted, the increase would be designedto promote the forest restoration campaign and to en-courage the public not to cut down trees irresponsi-bly, while allowing the forest industry to grow.

Xinhua

A steam engine locomo-tive speeds along the

railroad viaduct, as the3-day Hexigten Banner

3rd (International) SteamEngine Locomotive Tour& Photo Festival kicks

off at the JingpengRailway Station in

Hexigten Banner, northChina’s Inner MongoliaAutonomous Region, on27 Dec, 2009.—XINHUA

Paraguay detains Brazil’smost wanted drug trafficker

BUENOS AIRES, 28 Dec—The Paraguayan NationalAnti-Drug Ministry (Senad) on Sunday detained JarvisChimenes Pavao, Brazil’s most wanted drug trafficker.

According to information reaching here fromAsuncion, capital of Paraguay, “the operation was car-ried out in the ranch ‘El Hotel’ in Yby Ya’u, inConcepcion department, north of the country” near theBrazilian border.

Senad said it also detained four other people whowere together with Chimenes, adding that “the fourpeople were also wanted by the Justice.”

According to Senad, the detainees had been takento the National Prosecutor’s Office in Asuncion.

During the operation called “Capricornio,” Senadalso seized two M-4 fusils, one M-16 fusil, many guns,a great amount of munitions and 10,000 US dollars.

According to the Brazilian media, Chimenes belongsto a drug cartel directed by Beira-Mar who is nowimprisoned in the maximum security jail of CampoGrande in Brazil.—Xinhua

Helicopteraccident kills two

in north BrazilBRASILIA, 28 Dec—The

Brazilian aeronautics com-mand said on Sunday thatthey found two bodies onSunday morning togetherwith the remains of aRobinson R-44 helicopterof the Brazilian AerialForce (FAB).

The helicopter had seenlast time on 23 Dec, whenit took off from Sao Pauloheading for Sao Luiz, capi-tal of Maranhao State inthe north of the country,the sources said.

According to the sourcesthere were two peopleaboard the helicopter andnone of them survived.

The last contact that theair traffic had with the heli-copter was at 2:28 pm lo-cal time on 23 Dec, thesources said.

Meanwhile, the Na-tional Centre of Aero-nautic Accidents Investi-gation and Prevention arein charge of determiningthe causes of the acci-dent.—Xinhua

Israeli soldier killed in shooting incident

China’s escort fleet completes 150missions in Somali waters

GULF OF ADEN, 28 Dec—China’s naval fleet has com-pleted 150 missions after escorting 14 vessels to pro-tect them from possible pirate attacks in Somali wa-ters on Sunday. The 11 Chinese and three foreign ships,including Yongsheng, Zhen Hua 14, Anning andApollo, arrived peacefully in the waters of the easternGulf of Aden under the escort of China’s missile frig-ate Ma’anshan and supply ship Qiandaohu.

They set sailed on Friday morning from the watersof the western Gulf of Arden and travelled eastward.

During their journey, all the Chinese ships were fly-ing the Chinese national flag and whistled for 30 sec-onds to celebrate the anniversary of the Chinese navyescort mission in the Gulf of Adenand express thanksto the fleet over the year.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 28 Dec —China planned to launchthe Chang’e-2, the coun-try’s second lunar probe,at the end of 2010, theState Administration ofScience Technology andIndustry for National De-fence said on Monday.

The Chang’e-2 was totest key soft landing tech-nologies for the Chang’e-3 and provide high-reso-lution photo images of thelanding area, the admin-

istration said.China has made

progress on six key tech-nologies of Chang’e-2,including the lunar cap-ture, orbit control and theresearch on high-resolu-tion stereo camera, it said.

Ye Peijian, chief de-signer of Chang’e-1, thecountry’s first moonprobe, said earlier thatChina’s three-stage moonmission could be definedas “orbiting”, “landing”

and “returning”.Chang’e-2 and

Chang’e-3 are part of thesecond phase of the coun-try’s lunar explorationprogramme.

The Chang’e-1 lunarprobe was launched inOctober 2007 as the firststep of China’s three-stage moon mission.

“Chang’e” is namedafter a legendary Chinesemoon goddess.

Xinhua

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

Policemen escort drugdealer Jarvis ChimenesPavao (C) to custody in

Asuncion, capital ofParaguay, on 27 Dec,

2009. —XINHUA

JERUSALEM, 28 Dec—Israeli emer-gency services said that an Israeli sol-dier was killed in a shooting incident insouthern city of Be’er Sheva on Sunday.Local media quoted emergency servicesas saying that the soldier was shot by afellow soldier in a mall and died aftersent to hospital. The gunman has beenarrested and local police forces havebeen investigating the incident.

The incident was believed a criminal

one, and local daily Haaretz reported thatthe shooting resulted from a quarrel be-tween the two persons. Security situationin Israel became sensitive these days af-ter Israeli forces killed six Palestinians,including three militants, in two attacksearly on Saturday in northern Gaza Stripand the West Bank city of Nablus. Israeliarmy said the three persons they killed inNablus were suspected of involvement inkilling an Israeli last week.—Xinhua

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Let’s safeguard independence at risk to our livesPadaung Than Kywe

Myanmar managed to throw off the yoke of thecolonial rule and became an independent, sovereignnation again on 4 January 1948. The IndependenceDay enters the 62nd anniversary on 4 January 2010.

At 3rd century BC, Myanmar emerged with ownmonarchs and self-determination as city states suchas Vishnu, Hanlin, Thuwunnabumi, Tagaung, Vesali,and Srikestra.

King Anawrahta unified scattering regions intothe First Myanmar Empire. King Bayintnaungorganized disunited regions into the Second MyanmarEmpire with Toungoo in its centre. King AlaungPhaya established the Third Myanmar Empire withShwebo in its core.

In the course of Myanmar history, all nationalraces such as Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Bamar,Mon, Rakhine and Shan have been living in unity withUnion Spirit and mutual understanding, sharing joysand sorrows. They have all safeguarded the motherlandat risk to their lives with fine traditions and nationalisticfervour for ensuring perpetuity of the State andsovereignty.Now, Myanmar has stood tall as anindependent, sovereign nation with self-determinationin the world throughout successive periods.

Being situated in Asian mainland with a wideaccess to the sea, Myanmar occupies a geographicallystrategic position. It is adjacent to interior Asianregions in the northwest and north. It shares theborder with heavily populated China and India and isclose to southeastern, southern, and eastern Asiancountries.

Myanmar has vast areas of farmlands with favourableclimate pattern to grow crops on a large scale. More thanhalf the nation’s total area is covered by resource-richforests. Myanmar is a source of crops and is rich in naturalresources including precious stones, teak and oil. Richnatural resources and strategic location of Myanmar drewthe covetousness from the colonialists.

After annexing India into its empire, the Britishcolonialists occupied Myanmar through threeaggressive wars in 19th century. The Britishcolonization of Myanmar led to loss of the monarchy,sovereignty and independence. Myanmars are a peoplewith such characteristics as the spirit of making self-sacrifices in the interest of their motherland and ownrace, cherishing own race, sovereignty, culture,traditions and customs, and being sensitive to nationalcause. So, Myanmar people bravely fought back thecolonialists, risking life and limb, and finally regainedindependence and sovereignty.

Sovereignty is the lifeblood of a country. If thethree sovereign powers namely legislative power,executive power and judicial power fall down directlyor indirectly to aliens or alien countries, the nationcomes under slavery according to neo-colonialism.

Some countries are under the occupation offoreign troops that have entered the countriesunivited. So, those countries are in no position totake measures for national security andreconstruction. They are leading an uneasy lifedue to sham independence and puppetgovernments. The peoples of those countries arenow at the mercy of alien invaders. Indiscriminatebomb attacks and firing arms cost lives of thousandsof civilians, from which good lessons can be taken.

Today, a nation may be broken into pieces onpurpose even if it does not split itself into parts.Certain military powers do not hesitate to threaten

and use force if they find it difficult to destroy theirtargeted countries. They are using the term of theWorld War III irresponsibly, thus showing disregardfor international law and the sovereignty of othercountries. The policy they stick to is might is right.

Only with a strong national force will it bepossible for a country to defend its independence onself-reliant basis. And only with a strong sense ofnationalistic spirit and consolidated unity will anation be able to build up its strength. For a nation,national unity is a driving force for it to be able tostand shoulder to shoulder with other globalpartners.

That is why the government has given top priorityto national reconsolidation, putting an end to internalarmed insurgency that made the nation lag behind othercountries in development for about 40 years.Now, theentire people are pursuing the national goal of buildinga peaceful, modern and developed discipline-flourishingdemocratic nation. In the process, State stability andpeace, the rule of law, economic growth of the nation

than 41,700 miles, compared with only more than21,000 miles in 1988. It is improving the transportationby upgrading old railroads and building new ones.Up to now, it has built a large quantity of bridgesincluding river-crossing ones. Now, the number ofabove-180-foot road bridges touches 233, and that ofabove-180-foot railroad bridges, 55. Moreover, it hasbeen constructing new airports and upgrading oldones. Now, the number of over-5000-foot runwayairports has risen to 37 from only 21 in 1988.

More than that, jetties that can deal withseagoing vessels has amounted to 28, up fromonly13 in 1988. During the period, the governmenthas established three container yards. In thecommunication sector, it has installed many moreauto telephone and mobile phone lines.

Previously, the nation could generate only 228megawatts of hydropower, but it now generates 1197megawatts of hydropower a year, a sharp rise that hasbrought the total output of electric power to 2255.9megawatts. When the 47 ongoing hydropower projects

For a nation, national unity is a drivingforce for it to be able to stand shoulder toshoulder with other global partners.

and the people, and development of human resourcesare high on the list of main priorities the government setsup to achieve the lofty goal.

The government has been working hard day in, dayout for ensuring equitable development of all parts of thenation. In order to meet the goal of parallel developmentof the regions the length and breadth of the nation, it hasbeen implementing the 24 Special Regions DevelopmentProject, the Border Areas and National Races DevelopmentProject, and the Rural Development Project, which arenow yielding fruits in various sectors. The nation’s sownacreage increased from 19.9 million in 1988 to 29.32million in 2008-2009. The government has renovated andconstructed 228 dams, 322 river water pumping stations,7962 underground water tapping stations, and a largenumber of small-scale dams and lakes. As a result, thetotal acreage of farmlands is now 56.9 million, up from23.8 million in 1988. The same period, the paddy outputhas jumped from 631 million to 1561 million baskets; andthe sown acreage of beans and pulses, from 1.8 million to10.57 million. Now, Myanmar is the leading peas exportingcountry in Southeast Asia.

So far, the government has set up over 826,000acres of plantations of teak and other hardwood treesfor public housing. With the green light given by thegovernment, over 270,000 acres of private-ownedplantations of teak and other hardwood trees wereestablished. The government has also beenimplementing urbanizing projects and housing projects.

With the aim of ensuring industrial development,the government has established 18 industrial zones,thus bringing the number of State-run factories to 768from 624 in 1988; and that of private-run factories tomore than 118,000 from about 35,000.

In addition, the government has built inter-villageroads, rural-urban roads, inter-district roads, inter-state/division roads, and expressways into a nationwidenetwork of transport facility for ensuring secure andsmooth transport. The total length of roads now is more

are completed, the nation will be able to generate37,467.5 more megawatts of electric power. Now,the government is working hard to complete theconstruction of a network of grids with the aim ofdistributing electric power to many other regions.

Now, the number of basic education schoolsacross the nation has reached 40,679. So, theenrolment rate of children to primary school has goneup to 98.25 per cent, and adult literacy rate, to 94.89per cent. The number of universities and colleges hassurged from 32 to 159. In the health sector, thegovernment has built 253 hospitals and upgraded264 hospitals, thereby adding the number of hospitalsto 884. And 16 universities of paramedical sciencehave been set up. Therefore, the people have hadmore access to better health care and enjoyed betterlifespan.

On the whole, fruitful results of nation-buildingtasks are tangible everywhere across the nation.Disintegration of national unity, riots and conflictscan make no contribution towards thetransforming of the nation into a modern,developed one. The goal can be achieved onlythrough national unity, patriotism, self-sacrificingfervour, thrift, hard work, self-discipline, andsense of abiding by the law.

In order to ensure perpetuity of independence andsovereignty of the nation, it is required of the entirenational brethren to remain united and to uphold non-disintegration of the Union and non-disintegration ofnational solidarity. Besides, all are to do their bit inbuilding a modern, developed discipline-flourishingdemocratic nation in accordance with the constitutionthat has been approved with the vast majority of theballot. They are also exhorted to participate with heartand soul and a sense of Union Spirit and patriotism inthe drive for successful completion of the State’sseven-step Road Map.

Translation: MS

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Information Minister visits dailies in Yangon

YANGON, 28 Dec—Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, accompanied by heads of department,and officials, inspected the Myanma Alin Daily presson Natmauk Lane (1) in Bahan Township here yesterdayevening. Officials concerned conducted the ministerround the editorial section, computer section, proofreading section, Administration Division, Budgets andAccounts Division, and printing presses.

The minister held a meeting with the staff andspoke words of encouragement and presented themcash awards.

Next, he inspected the computer room, image-setter room, and the printing press at The New Lightof Myanmar Daily on Strand Road in BotahtaungTownship. Officials concerned conducted the ministerround the building. In meeting with the staff, theminister spoke words of encouragement and presentedcash awards to them.

He also inspected the printing room at the MyanmaAlin Printing Press that prints and publishes KyemonDaily on Komin Kochin Road in Bahan Township. Hemet with the staff members and presented cash awards

to them.On his inspection tour, the minister called for

more careful attention to the work for improvement ofprinting quality, minimizing loss and wastage ofnewsprint and office equipment, cooperation and

coordination to meet the requirements, regularmaintenance to printing presses, better staff welfare,and preventive measures against fire, and fulfilled therequirements of the staff.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan inspects printing room of The New Light of Myanmar Dailypress.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan makes speech at The New Light of Myanmar Daily.—MNA

Bawditahtaung dam…(from page 16)Assistant director

(maintenance) U KyawSein of Monywa DistrictIrrigation Departmentexplained to us about thedam, “For economic andregional development,more agriculture produc-tion and greening of the

region, Ministry of Agri-culture and Irrigation isbuilding medium and bigsize dams as well as smalldams like Bawditahtaungdam in line with the guid-ance of the Head of State.Construction of the dambegan in September 2006and completed in July

2007. The constructionwork only lasted for tenmonths. It contributes togreening ofBawditahtaung religiousarea and supply of water

to 100 acres of farmlands.Deputy staff officer

U Than Swe conductedus round the dam andstorage of water. Staffofficer U Myaing of Irri-gation Department,incharge of dam con-struction, explained tous, “At present, 30,000gallons of water ispumped to hilly religiousarea daily. The region isnow greening with thriv-ing Bo trees. Monywadistrict is in arid zone.The average annual rainfall is 32 inches. Waterthat flows into the dam is560 acres feet and thestorage capacity is 683acres feet. The main ca-nal is 3,000 feet long andthe dam has 43 buffercanal structure. The damwas built at a cost of K518 million.”

In accord with the

guidance of the Head ofState, Irrigation Depart-ment has been buildingsmall, medium and bigdams to store water with-out being waste.

In Monywa District,Htanzaloke, Thase,Nwekhway, Myau-kyama, Latpanmyothit,Ayadaw, Taungyama,

Ottpho and Latyatmadams, includingBawditahtaung dam,were opened. AndI n g y i n t h a p o w ,Ainglyia and Ingyinbindams are under con-struction.

The Bawditahtaungdam is of earthen typeand 670 feet long and75 feet high. It was con-structed by dammingYehtwat creek. It con-tributes not only to sup-ply of water to 100 acresof farmlands but also togreening ofBawditahtaung reli-gious area. It is alsoknown that arrange-ments have been madeto construct a small hy-dro power generator.

***********Translation: MT

Myanma Alin (26-12-2009)

U Kyaw Sein, Assist-ant director (Mainte-

nance).Monywa District,Irrigation Depart-

ment.

U Myaing (Staffofficer)

Irrigation Depart-ment .

Control tower of Bawditahtaung Dam.

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Aung (Srekestra)


(from page 1)will soon create opportunities for production of quality andimproved natural resources, for development of humanresources with the use of modern technologies and man-agement, for gaining experiences in international trades,relations and banking services and for generating jobopportunities. The road networks will contribute much tocreating more economic and trade opportunities. So, theestablishment of road networks in advance is the right stepto cope with the opportunities that will soon emerge for thepeople.

Employing parallel development strategy, railroadsare being constructed across the nation. Railroads toBhamo of Kachin State, Kengtung of Shan State, Myeikof Taninthayi Division and Kyauktaw and Sittway ofRakhine State across Minbu and An are under construc-tion. For the development on the west bank of AyeyawadyRiver, Pathein-Kyangin railroad is being extended toPakokku. Pakokku-Kalay railroad will connect Pathein-Kyangin-Pakokku railroad. Kalay, gateway to Chin Stateis now accessible to Pathein of Ayeyawady Division bytrain. Trade of rice and foodstuff from Ayeyawady Divi-

Kanma-Thayet railroad contributes to development of regions on the western bank of Ayeyawady River.

The opening ceremony of Magway-Kanpya railroad section in progress.

Safeguard independence andsovereignty through might of patriotism

sion and tea and other products from Chin State will soonemerge.

Before 1988, Myanma Railways ran 243 passengertrains, 18 cargo trains and 293 engines. Now, MR runs 412passenger trains, 21 cargo trains and 319 engines. Before1988, there were 1976.35 miles of railroads and 2793.86miles of rail tracks. Up to the end of November 2009, thereemerged 3305.65 miles of railroads and 4404.22 miles ofrail tracks. There existed 487 railway stations and 5,650 railbridges before 1988 and now are 840 railway stations and10627 rail bridges. MR is constructing 1234.54 miles ofrailroads including Thayet-Kyunchaung rail road (183miles), Dawei-Myeik (132 miles), Mongnai-Kengtung(226 miles), Katha-Bhamo (98 miles), Yaychanpyin-An-Minbu (245.54 miles), Hinthada-Zalun-Danubyu-Nyaungdon (spanning Ayeyawady River) (48 miles)and Pathein (Begayet)-Nyaungdon-Yangon(Hlinethaya) (87 miles) in addition to Pyawbwe-Natmauk-Kanpya-Magway (95 miles) and Pyay (Shwe-daga)-Toungoo (Kyaetaw) (120 miles) railroads layingfrom east to west.

In order to replace easy-to-decay wooden sleeperswith reinforced concrete ones for convenience of traintravellers, three concrete sleeper plants have been estab-

(Shwenyaung) for railroad projects in Southern ShanState. Upon completion, these two projects will be able tosupply around 0.4 million units of sleepers a year.

With respect to transportation sector, MR just man-aged to transport 48.8 million of train travellers and 1.5tons of goods in 1988 but it has been able to transport 67million of train travelers and about 3 million tons of goodsthis year.

Observing the developments worldwide, there havebeen instances that once there emerged a transport corri-dor, trade activities developed along the corridor, whichled to better healthcare and education, and the transportcorridor would finally transform into economic corridordriven by economic growth as a result. Like these exam-ples, areas with better communication links includingrailroads will pass through regions with booming economyand thus will contribute to livelihood and improved socio-economic life of people.

Over 100 national brethren are residing in theUnion. Creeks, rivers and mountain ranges pose asbarriers, thus there was a limit in contacts amongnational brethren and national solidarity was weakin consequence. Playing upon these points, colonialists,with every tricks in the book, sowed discord among

lished in Myitnge, Pyuntanza and Mottama. Those facto-ries produce around 0.6 million units of sleepers annuallyand wooden old sleepers have been replaced with concreteones from those plants according to priority. Currently, atotal of 10,457,611 units of sleepers have been used in allthe railroads of MR and three more sleeper manufacturingplants, each of which can produce about 0.6 million ofsleepers on a yearly basis, are now under construction inOakshitpin (Bago Division), Pakokku and KhinU (SagaingDivision) for speedier improvement of railroads. Moreo-ver, plans are under way to construct reinforced concretesleeper plant (Minbu) for Minbu-An-Sittway railroad sec-tion and reinforced concrete sleeper manufacturing plant

national brethren and they endured the evil conse-quences of misunderstanding and doubt betweeneach other.

With the emergence of more and more transportationnetworks nationwide, social and economic relations amongnational brethren will increase, and thereby further strength-ening friendship, empathy and love towards each otherand all-round development including peace and stabilityand improved socio-economic status would as a result.

In accord with the guidance of the Head of State onimprovement in rail transportation sector and with hisfulfillments, ways and means have been sought for com-plete production of engines, coaches and carriages athome and so far 591 coaches and 373 carriages have beenbuilt from 1988 till now. Moreover, three engines havebeen built with related materials and three others havebeen built in search technology, totalling six. Now, sixnew engines are being assembled with, generators andmotors imported and home-made industrial materials,electronics, rubber materials, steel frame and framework.The first engine was completed in December and theremaining five will be completed before June, 2010. Sine1992 local entrepreneurs, foreign experts, techniciansfrom universities and enterprises and experienced

(See page 9)

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Aung (Srekestra)(from page 8)

persons had hold severaldiscussions to help pri-vate entrepreneurs, fac-tories and workshops tobe able to produce sparemachine parts domesti-cally for repair and main-tenance of engine andcoaches. After orderplacements and trial-production, a total of 666kinds of spare parts andmachine parts could fi-nally be produced. Con-sequently, there has anincrease in income andjob opportunities of lo-

cal entrepreneurs. Fur-thermore, it has contrib-uted to use of locomo-tives and coaches at fullcapacity as MR now canpurchase spare machineparts at low price and thetime of waiting for spareparts has been reduced.

On 5 December,2009, an exhibition of418 kinds of machineparts and machine toolsthat are required for con-struction of engines,coaches and carriageswas held at Insein locoshed in which local en-

trepreneurs were invitedto manufacture theseitems and technicians andnine entrepreneurs wereawarded recognitionshield and cash awardsfor their effective inno-vations and pearls of wis-dom. Now, train parts-production industry isgrowing with a great paceand especially almost allrubber spare machineparts and machine toolsused by MR can be pro-duced. Production of do-mestically-made loco-motives will gain mo-

mentum soon with en-gines and related mate-rials manufactured byThagara multi-purposeengine plant, and ma-chine parts and machinetools by factories inSinte, Malun,Nyaungkyehtauk andMyaing, all of which areunder Ministry of Indus-try-2.

Now, No 29 Up andNo 30 Down expressesplying between Yangonand Mandalay have beenequipped with air-consleeper coaches since 5December and Nay PyiTaw-Mandalay round-trip express equippedwith air-con sleepercoaches will belaunched. With newly-bought airconditioner-equipped upper class,passengers can travelwith peace of mind.

In conformity withthe slogan of MR, “MRserving the interest of thepublic, linking regionsacross the nation as net-work”, MR has beenmaking endeavours in thenation-building tasks.

Translation: MT+TKK

Sr particular 1988 now progress

1. Passenger trains (run) 243 412 169

2. Cargo train (run) 18 21 3

3. Engine (unit) 239 319 80

4. Railroads (mile) 1,976 3,305 1,329

5. Rail track (mile) 2,793 4,402 1,609

6. Railway station (unit) 487 840 353

7. Rail bridge (unit) 5,650 10,627 4,977

8. Number of passenger

(million per year) 48.8 67 18.2

9. Tonnage of transported

goods (million per year) 1.5 3 1.5

Sr Railroad section mile

1. Thayet-Kyunchaung 183.002. Katha-Bhamo 98.003. Mongnai-Kengtung 226.004. Pyawbwe-Natmauk-Kanpya-Magway 95.00

5. Dawei-Myeik 132.006. Yechanpyin-An-Minbu 245.547. Pathein (Begayet)-Nyaungdon-Yangon 87.00

(Hlinethaya)8. Pyay (Shwedaga)-Toungoo (Kyetaw)-Nay Pyi Taw 120.009. Hinthada-Nyaungdon 48.00

Total (mile) 1234.54

Rail Transportation sector

New railroads under construction

Sr Road section mile

1. Bago-Kayan-Thonegwa-Thanlyin (Okkphosu) 67.25

2. Lashio-Muse 145.00

3. Kalay-Tamu 84.35

Total (mile) 296.60

New railroads project to be implemented

Beware of the sly tiger

Ye Min Htet

Peaceful, modern, developed

democratic nation!

Neo-colonialists and internal and external

destructionists

* In the morning mist

In high spirits the people

On that auspicious 4th January

Regained they independence

As fresh as a mist sprinkled flower

* We fell into colonialist quagmire

Formed with multi means of

wickedness

In the darkness we were enslaved

Colonialists trying to prolong

their rule

Applying tricks and ploys in

various ways

* Although we lost independence

Always kept in hearts

Eternal national unity

And unity as base

As it alone led us to freedom

Struggled we with formidable force

Till independence was regained

* Overcoming hardships restored we

independence

Sacrificing lives, blood and sweat

O, all our national races

Let’s safeguard independence

with unity

For its perpetuation

And in harmony and unison

Will be developing like rising sun

U Aung Mon-Maha Weikza (Trs)

On a misty 4th January

Poem

Stay firmly united.

See the sly tiger over there

with watchful eyes!

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A Chinese model shows off a gold barat an exhibition in Hefei, eastern

China. Explosive growth in economicand political power ensured that thepast 10 years set the foundations for

what many analysts predict will be theAsian Century as the world tilts

firmly eastwards.INTERNET

A teacher talks

to students with

special difficulties on

speaking at a special

education school in

Shenmu County,

northwest China’s

Shaanxi Province,

on 23 Dec, 2009.

XINHUA

A firemanchecks the

depth of thewater in a

garden aftera torrentialrainfall in

Ronda,southern

Spain, on 26Dec, 2009.

Xinhua

Part of DC airport floods,some gates closed

WASHINGTON, 28 Dec — Officials at Reagan NationalAirport have evacuated part of a terminal and closed abaggage claim area after a broken pipe caused flood.

A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan WashingtonAirports Authority the flooding Saturday was ankle deepin the terminal C baggage claim area. SpokeswomanTara Hamilton says a dozen gates in terminal C werealso closed.

The gates were mostly for US Airways flights. Air-line spokesman Todd Lemacher says US Airways hascanceled the remaining flights in and out of the air-port, but he doesn’t know how many were affected.

Lemacher says about 400 to 600 people were wait-ing for departing flights when the flooding started andwere rerouted to another terminal. The problem waslocated and the water was turned off about two hourslater.—Internet

Quake hits offBanda Sea,Indonesia

HONG KONG, 28 Dec —An earthquake measuring6.0 on the Richter scale hitoff Banda Sea, Indonesia,at 17:04 pm ( 0904 GMT)Saturday, according to abulletin released by theHong Kong Observatory.

The epicenter was ini-tially determined to be at5.6 degrees south latitudeand 131.1 degrees eastlongitude, about 390 kmeast- southeast of Ambon,Indonesia.—Xinhua

Eight Taleban militants killedin N Afghanistan

KABUL, 28 Dec — Eight militants have been killedin clash with security forces in Afghanistan’s north-ern Kunduz Province, a private television channel Toloreported on Saturday.

The clash occurred in 3rd precinct of provincial capi-tal Kunduz city on Friday evening, leaving eight in-surgents dead, the television report added.

Three more militants were injured in the firefightlasted for awhile, Tolo said.

There were no casualties on the security forces.Taleban militants have yet to make comment. A rela-tively peaceful Province until early this year, Kunduzhas been experiencing spiraling militancy over the pastseveral months.

Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 28 Dec — US families— especially children — should spendmore time outdoors, the National Wild-life Federation recommends.

Kevin Coyle, vice president of edu-cation at the National Wildlife Federa-tion, says by making the Be Out ThereResolution to spend more time outsidein 2010, Americans will be making aresolution that’s both good for theirfamilies and fun to keep.

Outdoor time significantly enhanceschildren’s physical and mental well-be-ing but today’s kids don’t get much,Coyle says.

“In the last two decades, childhoodhas moved indoors.

While previous generations ranaround in nature until called in for din-ner, modern children spend only four toseven minutes outdoors per day,” Coylesays in a statement.

Research in the fields of publichealth, psychology and medicine hasdocumented the toll an “indoor child-hood” takes on kids.

Coyle says children reap wide-rang-ing and numerous benefits when encour-aged to interact with nature in an out-door setting — including better eye-sight, enhanced physical fitness, less

Several visitors appreciate the prized oil paintings at the ongoing 11thNational Exposition of Art Works, which was launched on 25 Dec at theNational Art Museum of China, in Beijing, on 27 Dec, 2009. —XINHUA

KUALA LUMPUR, 28Dec—Oil prices extendedgains above $78 a barrelon Monday in Asia aheadof inventory figures laterin the week that couldsend it through the $80mark.

Benchmark crude forFebruary delivery rose 48cents to $78.53 at middaySingapore time in elec-tronic trading on the NewYork Mercantile Ex-change.

Trading was thin dueGroup urges kids spend moretime outdoors

obesity, increased classroom prepared-ness and lower levels of stress and de-pression.

Xinhua

Oil extends gains above$78 in Asia

to the holiday season.The contract rose

$1.38 to settle at $78.05on Thursday, the first timein more than a month thatit closed above $78. Oilmarkets were closed onFriday for Christmas.

Inventory figures fromthe Energy InformationAdministration later thisweek will determine if oilprices can end the yearabove $80 a barrel, saidClarence Chu, a traderwith Hudson Capital En-

ergy in Singapore.The government last

week reported a crudestocks drawdown of fivemillion barrels and if in-ventories continue to de-cline — suggesting im-proved demand — it willbe a boost to crude prices.

Improved employmentfigures in the US lastweek also buoyed senti-ment and raised expecta-tions of stronger con-sumer spending.

Internet

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Sino-Japanese chicken-raisingproject built in central China

Motorcyclists watch Mayon volcano as pyroclastic ash billows from its slopein Legazpi City, Albay Province, south of Manila on 27 Dec, 2009. Philippinevulcanologists said on Saturday lava is clogging the volcano that could result

in a explosive eruption.—INTERNET

China shoemakers call for appeal againstEU’s extension of anti-dumping duties

A shop assistant (R) introduces to a customer

energy-saving stationeries at a supermarket

in Beijing, capital of China, on 26 Dec, 2009.

The first batch of two energy-saving product

supermarkets were opened in Beijing on

Friday.—XINHUA

Argentina’s economy maygrow in 2010

Euro zone deficits must becut from 2011 latest

BERLIN, 28 Dec—Banks must provide sufficientcredit and governments in the euro zone must reign inpublic finances to support a global economic recov-ery in 2010, the President of the European CentralBank (EBC) said on Sunday. In comments made tothe Bild am Sonntag weekly newspaper, Jean-ClaudeTrichet added that recovery from the financial crisisrequired concerted effort to offset joblessness.

“Banks must perform their central role in thesupply of credit to the economy... Handling theconsequences of the crisis for the labour marketand public finances represents an additional chal-lenge.” “Budget deficits in the euro area must be re-duced by 2011 at the latest — in some countries asearly as 2010 — in order to maintain confidence inpublic finances,” he said.—Internet

ZHENGZHOU, 28Dec—Two leading Chi-nese and Japanese foodprocessing companieshave started a chicken-raising project in centralChina’s Henan Province.

The project, jointlybuilt by ShuanghuiGroup from Henan ofChina and Nippon Hamfrom Japan, will cost 1.72

billion yuan (252.2 mil-lion US dollars).

According to WanLong, chairman ofShuanghui Group, thefirst-phase of the projectwill be able to produce300,000 tonnes of feed,50 million chickens and120,000 tonnes ofchicken meat productsevery year.

The project, locatedin Luohe city of Henan,is expected to be in op-eration in 2010.

Shuanghui is a lead-ing meat processingcompany in China,and Nippon Ham isa multinational food-processing conglomerateheadquartered in Japan.

Xinhua

WENZHOU, 28 Dec—Major Chinese shoe mak-ers have urged the Chi-nese government to ap-peal to the World TradeOrganization (WTO)against the European Un-ion’s (EU) approval of a15-month extension ofanti-dumping duties onChinese leather shoes.

Wang Zhentao, presi-dent of the AokangGroup, China’s secondlargest shoemaker basedin southeast ZhejiangProvince, said his com-pany and other shoemak-ers were preparing docu-ments and other materialnecessary for China’s ap-peal to the WTO.

The EU began levy-ing anti-dumping dutiesof up to 16.5 percentagainst Chinese leathershoes on 5 Oct, 2006. OnTuesday the EU govern-ments approved the 15-month extension of anti-dumping duties on Chi-nese and Vietnameseleather shoes.

China’s Ministry ofCommerce (MoC) said thatChina was “strongly dissat-isfied” with EU’s decision.

MoC spokesman Yao Jiansaid China would appeal tothe WTO and take meas-ures to protect the rightsand interests of Chinesecompanies. Wang said hehad been waiting for EU’sdecision in the past fewmonths. “I am really verydisappointed at EU’s ex-tension of the duties, andI think it harms both Chi-nese producers and Euro-pean consumers.”

Xinhua

BUENOS AIRES, 28D e c — A r g e n t i n a ’ seconomy could grow upto 7 percent in 2010 asthe worst of the global fi-nancial crisis eases,Economy MinisterAmado Boudou wasquoted as saying in a lo-cal paper on Saturday.

When asked by the

daily La Nacion if thecountry could grow up to7 percent next yearBoudou said: “Yes, weare not afraid of reachingthe highest level possi-ble.”

Critics say the Argen-tine government is usu-ally too optimistic withits economic expecta-tions.

Private experts fore-cast the economy willcontract in 2009, thoughthe government says theeconomy will growslightly.

Boudou also said thegovernment could allowretail “holdout” creditorsnot to subscribe to freshcapital in a swap ofdefaulted debt that aimsto allow the SouthAmerican country to re-turn to the internationaldebt markets.—Internet

The photo taken on 26 Dec, 2009 shows the ChinaAviation Pavilion under construction for 2010 Shang-hai World Expo in the Puxi zone of World Expo Park in east China’s Shanghai Municipality. —XINHUA

French hotels polish up their star ratingsPARIS, 28 Dec —

France, the world’s toptourism destination, ispolishing up its hotel starratings and introducing anew luxury five-star cat-egory to help travellersknow what to expect.

The new rating crite-ria will apply to 18,000hotels across France,many of which are show-ing off stars awarded un-der the previous ranking

system that dates back to1986.

The upgraded star sys-tem went into force at theweekend when detailswere published in the gov-ernment gazette.

The most spectacularchange is the new five-starcategory — alreadyclaimed by some 60 hotelssuch as the world-classParis Ritz or the HotelNegresco in Nice.

Industry leaders saythe five-star category willhelp France face tough in-ternational competition ata time when the hotelbusiness is struggling torecover from the globaldownturn.

“The terms of refer-ence were out of date,”said Christine Pujol,president of the hotelowners’ main trade groupUmih.—Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BANGSAOTONG VOY NO (125)Consignees of cargo carried on MV BANG-

SAOTONG VOY NO (125) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 29.12.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S WONGSAMUT OCEANSHIPPING CO. LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV RATHA BHUM VOY NO (505)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV RATHA BHUMVOY NO (505) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 28.12.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (487)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAPVOY NO (487) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 29.12.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Nine fires in western Massachusettsleave two dead

NORTHAMPTON, 28 Dec—Authorities say nine fires that left two peo-ple dead in a western Massachusetts town are “suspicious” and they’retreating them as potential crimes.

Federal, state and local fire and police investigators are trying to de-termine what caused the fires, which local District Attorney ElizabethD Scheibel says are suspicious.

Scheibel says the fires broke out in the downtown area of Northamp-ton, Mass, between 2 am and 3:15 am on Sunday. She says five fireswere in buildings and the rest in cars.

The two victims were found on the first floor of a house that wasengulfed in fire. Police have not identified them, but state property recordslist Paul Yeskie Jr as the house’s owner.—Internet

PETN a dangerous terrorist weaponLONDON, 28 Dec—An explosives expert in London

says PETN, or pentaerythritol trinitrate, is an ideal ex-plosive for terrorists because it is powerful and hard todetect.

The Guardian (Britain) said on Sunday the suspectedterrorist involved in the attempted Christmas Day at-tack on Northwest Airlines flight 253 bound for Detroitallegedly used PETN.

The same explosives compound was used by so-calledshoe bomber, Richard Reid, in his 2001 attemptedbombing of an American Airlines flight.

Hans Michels of London’s Imperial College said ifthe compound is transported in a sealed container, it isdifficult to detect. In addition, small amounts of PETNcan cause extensive damage.

“If you can lay your hands on a reliable source, itwould be the explosive of choice,” Michels said.

Michels told the Guardian there was likely a failurein the PETN device Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab al-legedly used in the Northwest Airlines attack.—Internet

Bomb alert forcesbrief evacuationof French train

stationPARIS, 28 Dec—French

police on Sunday orderedthe emergency evacuationof a train station in Haute-Saone Province after re-ceiving a bomb alert bytelephone.

On Sunday afternoon,police received severalanonymous calls sayingbombs had been plantedat Vesoul station, Haute-Saone Province, Frenchmedia reported, quotingthe country’s national rail-way company.

Police then evacuatedmore than 60 staff mem-bers and passengers fromthe station and cordonedoff an area where theyconducted a search.

No bombs were foundand after more than anhour, police gave the all-clear.

Trains running betweenMilhouse and Paris weredelayed for up to one hourbecause of the bombscare.

Xinhua

Bangladesh clocks to go backone hour on 31 Dec

DHAKA, 28 Dec—The Bangladeshi governmentclarified that clocks should be adjusted back one hourfrom 11:59 pm to 10:59 pm on 31 Dec, in an attemptto dispel widespread confusion over the introductionof Daylight Saving Time (DST), local media reportedon Monday. After introducing DST for the first timethis year, by putting clocks forward an hour on 19 June,the Bangladeshi government on 24 Dec decided to re-store Bangladesh standard time at midnight on NewYear’s Eve. The period of the winter DST will last till10:59 pm on 31 March next year, when the process isreversed by putting the clocks forward one hour, lead-ing English newspaper The Daily Star reported onMonday.—Internet

A firefighter standsin front of the

remains of a housefire on 17 Fair Stin Northampton,Mass, on 27 Dec,2009. A father and

son died in thehouse fire early onSunday morning asfirefighters strug-

gled to put outmore than a half

dozen blazes,authorities said.

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Tigers roar during a photo opportunity for theupcoming New Year event at the Everland

amusement park in Yongin, about 50 km (31 miles)south of Seoul on 28 Dec, 2009, three days ahead ofthe year of the tiger, according to the Chinese lunarcalendar. The park operates a tiger safari with 32

tigers, of which 10 of them are white tigers. XINHUA

VSnowflakes fall in Shanghai on Sunday, which amounted 1 to 4 millimetersacross the city. Monday’s temperature was forecast to drop below freezing

and to climb a little bit tomorrow.�—INTERNET

Alzheimer’s disease patients lesslikely to develop cancer

LOS ANGELES, 28 Dec—Alzheimer’s disease mayprotect against cancer andvice versa, a new studysuggests.

The study involved agroup of 3,020 people aged65 and older who wereenrolled in theCardiovascular HealthStudy.

In the study, resear-1chers at WashingtonUniversity School ofMedicine followedthe participants for anaverage of five years to seewhether they developed

dementia and an average ofeight years to see whetherthey developed cancer.

At the start of the study,164 people (5.4 percent)already had Alzheimer’sdisease and 522 people(17.3 percent) already hada cancer diagnosis. Duringthe study, 478 peopledeveloped dementia and376 people developedinvasive cancer.

The findings showedthat for people who hadAlzheimer’s disease at thestart of the study, the riskof future cancer

hospitalization wasreduced by 69 percentcompared to those who didnot have Alzheimer’sdisease when the studystarted.

For Caucasian peoplewho had cancer when thestudy started, their risk ofdeveloping Alzheimer’sdisease was reduced by 43percent compared topeople who did not havecancer at the start of thestudy, although that findingwas not evident in minoritygroups.

Xinhua

Lakes warming quicklyPASADENA, 28 Dec — New US scientific findings

suggest that climate change may be affectingaquatic environments faster and sooner than theatmosphere.

Researchers from NASA’s Jet PropulsionLaboratory in Pasadena, Calif , came toconclusions after noticing that Lake Tahoe, ClearLake and four other big lakes in NorthernCalifornia and Nevada are heating up faster thanthe surrounding atmosphere, The Sacramento Beereported on Sunday.

The newspaper said the researchers tappedsatellite sensor temperature data compiled over 18years in what is believed to be the first time thatlong-range lake surface 22 temperatures have beendissected.

What the data reportedly showed is that the lakes’water temperature rose two times faster, on average,than the regional air temperatures.

“It was a big surprise to see that,” PhilippSchneider, the study’s lead author and a post-doctoral research scientist at the NASA lab, toldthe Bee.

Internet

Half adultpopulation inBangladesh

carry TBgerms

DHAKA, 28 Dec —About 50 percent ofBangladesh’s adult popu-lation carry tuberculosisbacteria, but very few ofthem carry active germs asthe bacteria remain inhidden form, leadingEnglish news-paper TheDaily Star reported onMonsday.

Fahim Ahmed Chow-dhury of Brac HealthProgramme, a non-governmental organiza-tion, revealed this Sunday,urging the government tostep up preventivemeasures to control thedisease.

“Bangladesh ranks sixthamong the 22 high burdencountries of TB, whichinfects 9.3 million peopleand claims 2.3 million livesevery year across theglobe,” Fahim said at aroundtable on “TB controlprogramme inBangladesh” at theNational Press Club incapital Dhaka.

Fahim said TB detectionand cure rates in thecountry have reached to 73percent and 92 percentrespectively.

“It is well above thetarget of millenniumdevelopment goal — 70percent for case detectionrate and 85 percent for curerate,” he said.

Xinhua

Ship yard owner, contractors sued inBangladesh after deadly blast

DHAKA, 28 Dec— Bangladeshi police has lodged a case against the owner andthe labour contractors of a ship breaking yard at Sitakunda in South Asian country’ssoutheastern Chittagong port city after an explosion aboard a scrap oil tankerkilled four workers on Saturday.

Quoting police at Sitakunda, some 242 km away of capital Dhaka,local newsagency bdnews24.com on Monday reported that the case was filed on Sundayagainst Md Israfil, the owner of Rahim Steel and Ship Breaking Yard, and fivelabour contractors for failing to ensure safety of workers.

The explosion aboard the out-of-commission oil tanker killed four ship breakersand injured 10 others in Sitakunda on Saturday, it said.

Sitakunda police chief Monirul Islam told bdnews24.com that a gas cylinderexploded at around 10:30 a.m. local time while workers were engaged indismantling the ship.—Xinhua

Many American women quit breast-feeding early

A/H1N1 flue cases reach737 in Tanzania

LOS ANGELES, 28 Dec—Many American womenquit breast-feeding earlydue to insufficientmaternity leave, accord-ingto a new study.

Though a growingpercentage of Americanmoms start their infants onhuman milk, rela-tivelyfew continue breast-feeding for the baby’s firstsix months of life, let alonean entire year, said resear-chers at the University of

California, Berkeley,School of Public Health.

The research findingswere published by HealthDay News on Sunday.

Numerous obstacles canprove difficult

DAR ES SALAAM, 28Dec— Positive A/H1N1flue cases in Tanzaniahave reached 737 since thefirst case was reported inearly July this year,Tanzanian senior medicalofficial said.

Out of the abovecases, 45 are freshand quarantined at aspecial camp in MwanzaRegion in northwestTanzania, the TanzanianSunday News quotedChief Medical OfficerDeo-gratius Mtasiwa assaying. Mtasiwa said thefresh patients are allinmates at ButimbaPrison, who are underclose monitoring andmedical care.

The latest develo-

pment has come hardly amonth after the diseasebroke out in KwimbaDistrict also in Mwanzalast month where 40patients were quarantined,following the reports inwhich142 people weresuspected of beinginfected.

Following the dan-gerous situation in thearea, the TanzanianMinistry of Health andSocial Welfare has takenseveral measures tocontain the situation,including the closure ofIlula Primary School inKwimba District wheresome students andteachers got infected, thechief medical officersaid.—Xinhua

for new moms, butreturning to work soonafter giving birth presentsa major barrier tosuccessful breast-feeding,the study noted.

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S P O R T S

BEIJING, 28 Dec — Xinhua News Agency selectedthe top 10 world sports news in 2009.

1. USA Swimming suspended Michael Phelps, thewinner of eight Olympic gold medals in 2008, for threemonths for smoking marijuana.

2. Barcelona beat Manchester United 2-0 to win itsthird Champions’ League. The Spanish giant hasclaimed six trophies in 2009.

3. Swiss tennis star Roger Federer regained theworld No. 1 ranking after completing a career GrandSlam at Roland Garros. He went on to surpass PeteSampras by winning his 15th Grand Slam title at Wim-bledon.

4. Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo signeda six-year deal with Real Madrid with a record-settingtag of 130 million US dollars.

5. Swimming ruling body FINA decided to ban thehigh-tech swimsuits that had helped bring down adozen world records at the 2009 world championshipsfrom next year.

6. Jamaican sprinter Usian Bolt shattered his own100m and 200m world records at the world athleticschampionships in Berlin.

7. Rio de Janeiro beat Madrid, Tokyo and Chicagoto win the bid for the 2016 Olympic Games.

8. Jacques Rogge was re-elected as the IOC presi-dent at the 121st IOC Session, while golf and Rugbysevens made it to the Olympic program.

9. European soccer rocked with match-fixing scan-dals. More than 200 matches, including UEFA Cham-pions League matches, were suspected to be rigged.

10. Tiger Woods took an “indefinite” leave fromgolf after allegations of numerous extramarital affairssurfaced.— Xinhua

HULL, 28 Dec—Man-chester United managerSir Alex Ferguson hailedWayne Rooney as a natu-ral winner after the Eng-land striker inspired a 3-1win at Hull.

Reigning championsUnited, who moved towithin two points of lead-ers Chelsea with the vic-tory, were indebted toRooney, who scored theopening goal and also cre-ated both his team’s oth-ers in an inspired display.

Rooney’s only blipwas conceding possessionin the build-up to Hull’sequalising penalty.

Internet

RIO DE JANEIRO, 28 Dec —AC Milan forwardRonaldinho says he will try to make Brazil’s squadfor next year’sWorld Cup in South Africa.

“Sometimes I even try to avoid this question be-cause it seems that I’m trying hard to be called,” hetold Globo TV on Sunday. “Without a doubt it wouldbe a dream to play in another World Cup. My wish isto go there and bring another trophy to the Brazilianpeople.” The 29-year-old hasn’t been selected by coachDunga since the beginning of the year. The playmakersaid he believes a good performance with AC Milanwill be key for him to having a chance of playing atthe World Cup for the third straight time.

“I have adapted after a year in Italy and things areworking well again,” Ronaldinho said. “I’m goingthrough a wonderful moment. I’m happy. If I keepdoing well and win titles with my club I will havemore chances.” Ronaldinho had a disappointing per-formance in the 2006 World Cup in Germany, whenBrazil was eliminated by France in the quarterfinals.He helped Brazil win the 2002 World Cup in SouthKorea and Japan.— Xinhua

LONDON, 28 Dec — Arsenal manager ArseneWenger could launch a January transfer window raidto keep the Gunners’ Premier League title campaignon track after inspirational skipper Cesc Fabregaspicked up a worrying injury.

Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Aston Villa on Sunday, in-spired by two goals from substitute Fabregas, leftWenger’s team just four points behind leaders Chel-sea with a game in hand over their London rivals.

However, some of the shine of victory over fourth-placed Villa was taken off by the sight of Fabregasgoing off with what appeared to be a recurrence of ahamstring injury sustained while scoring his and Ar-senal’s second goal.

Wenger said he was now pondering bringing in newplayers in January, particularly a striker as Arsenal’sDutch forward Robin van Persie is currently sidelinedwith an ankle injury. “I’ve said we will keep our eyesopen and if a good opportunity turns up we will doit.”

Internet

MADRID, 28 Dec—Manchester City owner SheikhMansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has made inquiriesabout trying to buy Real Madrid, according to an un-confirmed report here Sunday. AS said the Abu Dhabi-based billionaire would be prepared to pay one billioneuros (dollars) for the Spanish giants, home to worldclass players like Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Spanish sports daily did not name its sourcebut claimed: “Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyanhas commissioned representatives to offer the sum (ofone billion euros) to buy out the club.” AS added, how-ever, that such a deal would be almost impossible. Realwould need the permission of their shareholding fansto change its legal statutes, which would then pave theway for any deal to go through. Fans of Real vote onthe election of most of the board and the club’s presi-dent.

AS added that a meeting between the Sheikh andReal president Florentino Perez could be held early in2010. —Internet

EDINBURGH, 28 Dec—Rangers came back fromconceding the quickest-ever recorded goal in theScottish Premier Leagueto win 4-1 away toHibernian on Sunday andrestore their four-pointlead at the top of the ta-ble.

Anthony Stokes firedthe home side ahead atEaster Road with a goaltimed officially at 12.4seconds - beating the pre-vious record set byHearts’ Saulius Mikoliu-nas in 2006 - but that wasas good as it got for theEdinburgh club, who stillremained third after thisdefeat.—Internet

MANCHESTER, 28 Dec –Roberto Mancini has re-iterated his belief thatManchester City canbreak into the PremierLeague’s top four this sea-son after watching hisnew charges secure a 2-0win over Stoke in his firstmatch in charge.

The Italian was givena warm reception by theCity supporters and he de-scribed himself as equallymoved by the welcome hereceived from a squad thatincludes several playerswith close ties to hisousted predecessor MarkHughes.

Internet

MADRID, 28 Dec—Atletico Madrid’s attack-ing midfielder MaxiRodriguez is due to beloaned out to Argentineclub Boca Juniors for therest of the season, Marcasports daily reported hereon Sunday.

Rodriguez has failed tobreak into Atletico’s firstteam this term and wantsthe move to be assuredplaying time to press hiscase to be included in Ar-gentina’s 2010 World Cupsquad.

According to Marca anofficial from Boca Juniorsdescribes the loan deal as“80 percent” certain totake place in the January

Top 10 world sports news in 2009

City owner ‘wants to buyReal Madrid’

Rangers’ Scottish

striker Kenny Miller

(right) looks on as

Stuttgart defender

Serdar Tasci heads

away during a Champi-

ons League match in

the southern German

city of Stuttgart in

September.

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Four-star Rangers hit backagainst Hibs

Ronaldinho looks to playing thirdstraight World Cup

Man Utd manager hailsnatural-born winner Rooney

Manchester United’s

English forward Wayne

Rooney (R) celebrates

with Scottish midfielder

Darren Fletcher after

scoring against Hull

City during their Eng-

lish Premier League

football match at The

KC Stadium in Hull.

INTERNET

Manchester City’sforward Carlos Tevez (L)scores past Stoke City’s

goalkeeper ThomasSorensen during their

English Premier Leaguefootball match betweenat the City Of Manches-

ter Stadium in Manchester.

INTERNET

City’s Mancini reiterates topfour target

Wenger eyes Januaryrecruits for Arsenal

Atletico’s Rodriguez set forBoca loan spell

Atletico Madridmidfielder Maxi

Rodriguez.

transfer window.Rodriguez, 29, joined

Atletico in 2005, on a fiveyear contract.

The one stumblingblock could be his 2.5million euro annual salarywhich may pose a prob-lem for Boca unless heaccepts a pay cut.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Rakhine State and Taninthayi Division andgenerally fair in the remaining States and Divisions. Nighttemperatures were (4°C) above December averagetemperatures in Mon State and Taninthayi Division, (7°C)to (8°C)below December average temperatures in ChinState and upper Sagaing Division, (5°C) to (6°C) belowDecember average temperatures in lower Sagaing andMagway Divisions, (3°C) below December averagetemperatures in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine States,Mandalay and Bago Divisions, about December averagetemperatures in Mon State and about December averagetemperatures in the remaining areas. The significant nighttemperatures were Haka (-4°C), Loilem (-3°C), Pinlaungand Heho (1°C) each, Mogok and An (2°C) each,Machanbaw, Katha and Shwebo (3°C) each.

Maximum temperature on 27-12-2009 was 88°F.Minimum temperature on 28-12-2009 was 56°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 28-12-2009 was 70%.Total sun shine hours on 27-12-2009 was (8.4) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 28-12-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, atKaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (111.69) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (129.41) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mphfrom West at (15:30) hours MST on 27-12-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and South Bay and generally fair in theelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 29th December 2009:Expect for the possibility of ilolated light rain in TaninthayiDivision and weather will be generally fair in the wholecountry. Degree of certainty is (40%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days:Generally fairweather in the whole country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for29-12-2009: Fair weather .

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for29-12-2009: Fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for29-12-2009: Fair weather.

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Singapore extends financingschemes for small businesses

SINGAPORE, 28 Dec—The Singaporegovernment said onMonday that smallcompanies here willcontinue to receivefinancing support fromthe government.

The governmentsaid it will extend foranother year thef inancing schemesunder the SpecialRisk-Sharing Ini t ia-t ive (SRI) and theenhancements toexis t ing f inancingschemes that wereintroduced at the onsetof the globaleconomic downturn,according to a joints ta tement bySingapore’s Ministryof Trade and Industry,

and the Ministry ofFinance.

But the extensionwill be on revised terms,taking into accountimprovements in theglobal economicsituation and theSingapore economy.With this extension,Singapore expects tosupport up to 8.4 billionSingapore dollars (5.87billion U.S. dollars) ofnew loans till end-January 2011.

Since December2008, the enhancedfinancing schemes havecatalyzed more than14,000 loans worth atotal of 8 billionSingapore dollars (5.59billion U.S. dollars).

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14th Waxing of Pyatho 1371 ME Tuesday, 29 December, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

SPECIAL FEATURES TO HAIL 62nd ANNIVERSARY INDEPENDENCE DAY

Byline Poem Cartoon

Bawditahtaung Dam contributes togreening of Monywa District

Byline: Kyaw Sein; Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

Photo shows control tower and Bawditahtaung Dam on the background of natural beauty.

For agriculture farming and greening of the re-gion, the government of the Union of Myanmar isopening small and medium size dams that can becompleted in a short time in the central Myanmarwhich has little rain.

We arrived at Monywa of Sagaing Division incentral Myanmar about 500 miles from Yangon on 14December in order to visit Bawditahtaung dam projectcompleted in short time. We visited the office of the damproject in the south of Laygyunsekkya standing BuddhaImage near Khatakan village in Monywa Township,Monywa District about 13 miles from Monywa.

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On a misty 4th

January* In the morning mist In high spirits the people On that auspicious 4th January Regained they independence As fresh as a mist sprinkled

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