the new light of myanmar 31-12-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 259 1st Waning of Pyatho 1371 ME Thursday, 31 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

Efforts being made for increasing generation ofelectricity based on plentiful water resourcesCountry will achieve electricity sufficiency with surplus

production across the nation in near futureByline: Maung Saw Win

Now, Myanmar is on the path ofdevelopment to achieve success. Newfactories and workshops operated byprivate entrepreneurs and the govern-ment have emerged one after anotherreflecting progress in the industrial sec-tor. Likewise, the production capacityrose in the agriculture sector. As a re-sult, farmers can use modern farming

machinery.Moreover, the urban areas have

expanded. The people are enjoying thehigher living standard, and their electric-ity consumption rose many times. It wasestimated that the power consumptionhas increased by 15 per cent annually inthe entire nation.

Before 1988, Lawpita and Kinda

Hydropower Plants with the installationof 196 megawatts generating capacityadded electricity to the power grid in ad-dition to seven natural gas power plants.These nine power plants had 529.10megawatts generating capacity in total.From 1988 to date, coal power plants andnatural gas power plants includingHsedawgyi, Biluchaung (1), Zawgyi (1),

Zawgyi (2), Zaungtu, Thaphanseik,Paunglaung, Mone, Pathi, Yenwe,Khabaung and Kengtawng have 2,255.9megawatts generating capacity in thepower grid system. Therefore, the powerplants can generate about 1726.8 mega-watts more than the generating capac-ity of the power plants in 1988.

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State, People and Tatmadaw join hands toovercome difficulties and crises

With the combined strength of the State, the People and the Tatmadaw, we will resist and wipeout any danger or obstacle which intends to disintegrate the State and the Tatmadaw and disturbsOur Three Main National Causes. Throughout the history, there have been many evidences that theTatmadaw joining hands with the State and the people, has been able to tackle and overcome thedifficulties and crises of the State several times.

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and Development Council

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services(from the address at the graduation parade of the 52nd Intake of Defence Services Academy)

Photo shows progress in Kengtawng Hydropower Plant.

Hailing the 62nd Anniversary Independence Day:

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 31 December, 2009

Thursday, 31 December, 2009

PERSPECTIVES

Safeguard nationalindependence and sovereignty

Myanmar had been an independentnation by establishing city states such asBeikthano, Hanlin, Thuwunnabommi,Tagaung, Vesali and Srekestra, beginningthe 3rd century BC.

King Anawrahta founded the FirstMyanmar in Bagan period, KingBayintnaung the Second Myanmar inToungoo period and King Alaungphaya theThird Myanmar in Konbaung period.

Thus, Myanmar had stood as a sovereignnation through various dynasties. However,it lost its independence after three aggressivewars by colonialists in 1824, 1852 and 1885.

Only in 1948 did it regain independenceand it was mainly due to national solidarityand patriotic spirit and self-sacrificing spiritof the national people for their nation.

Now is the time when the Tatmadawgovernment is building a new democraticnation by implementing the seven-step RoadMap systematically. Therefore, it is necessaryfor the entire national people to join handswith the Tatmadaw government and takepart in the successful implementation of theRoad Map with Union Spirit and patrioticspirit.

Myanmar is rich in aquatic and terrestrialresources and it is now enjoying the fruits ofpolitical, economic and social development.It must be borne in mind that there areneocolonialists, pessimists and destructiveelements who cannot bring themselves to seethe nation developing in every way and whoare plotting its ruin.

At such a time like this, we would like tocall on the entire national people to joinhands with the Tatmadaw government insafeguarding independence and sovereigntyand building a peaceful, developed anddiscipline-flourishing democratic nation, thenational goal.

* 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

Work Coord Meeting of Electronic Communications Central

Committee heldNAY PYI TAW, 30

Dec—The Third WorkCoordination Meeting ofCentral Committee forElectronic Commu-nications was held at theMinistry of Commu-nications, Posts andTelegraphs here yesterdayIt was attended by Ministerfor Communications, Postsand Telegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw.

The secretary of theCentral Committeeexplained the issue ofidentity cards throughonline system, arrangementfor Certification Authority(CA) and works on

Certification Authority(CA) carried out byMyanmar Info-Tech.

Next, members of thecommittee and attendeesreported on their works.

The minister thencoordinated and fulfilledthe needs.

Also present at themeeting were Vice-Chairman of ElectronicCommunications CentralCommittee Member ofCivil Service Selection andTraining Board U AungMyint, Deputy Minister forScience and Technology UKyaw Soe, the secretaryand members of the centralcommittee, departmentalheads and guests.

MNA

YANGON, 30 Dec—The 11th Annual GeneralMeeting of National Development Group Companieswas held at its office here this morning.

Meeting Chairman Dr Khin Shwe made anspeech on the occasion and General Secretary U YeSoe submitted the report of the Board of Directors.

Next, U Nyan Thit Hlaing read out financialstatement for 2008-2009 fiscal year and U Win Thin,auditor’s report. Vice-Chairman U Than Myint electedthe BOD members, and Dr Khin Shwe answered thequeries raised by those present and made the concludingremarks.—NLM

National Development group ofCompanies holds AGM

An Airport in Rakhine State inspected

NAY PYI TAW, 30 Dec— Chairman of RakhineState Peace and Develop-ment Council Com-mander of Western Com-mand Maj-Gen ThaungAye and Minister forTransport Maj-Gen TheinSwe arrived at An Airportin An on 27 December.At the briefing hall of the

airport, Director U KyawSoe of Department ofCivil Aviation reported tothem on the location,background history ofthe airport and construc-tion of the runway, tem-porary airport building,navigation machinerybuilding, new airportbuilding and airport

fences. The minister gaveinstructions on growingof flowers and shady andwindbreaking trees,measures to be taken formaintaining communi-cation machines, secu-rity measures to betaken, minimizing lossand wastage and meas-ures to be taken for

proper drainage in theairport area.

Then, the commanderand the minister inspectedprogress in construction ofthe runway, navigationtower, arrival and depar-tures of airplanes andbuilding of fences of theairport.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw addresses Work Coord Meeting of Electronic

Communications Central Committee.—MNA

Dr Khin Shwe speaking at AGM of NationalDevelopment Group of Companies.

NLM

Commander Maj-Gen Thaung Aye and Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe inspect runway ofAn Airport.—MNA

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Invasion of US and allies kills,injures Iraqi people

BAGHDAD, 30 Dec— There has been daily casualties in Iraq since the US andits allies have invaded the country.

Casualties of Iraqi peopleThe total number of casualties as from the day they invaded the country to

30 December reached 699897 and the total number of seriously injured peoplereached 1263634, according to the news on the Internet.

No. Subject Number1. Death toll of Iraqi people 6998972. The total number of seriously injured people 1263634

Internet

Casualties of Afghan people in invasion ofNATO troops led by US

KABUL, 30 Dec—The NATO troops led by the US have invaded Afghanistanand they are there for a long time.

A number of Afghan people are killed and injured due to invasion of theNATO troops led by the US.

Casualties of Afghan peopleAccording to the Internet news, a total of 32422Afghan people were killed

and 38148 injured seriously as from the day when the NATO troops led by theUS invaded Afghanistan to 30 December.

No. Subject Number1. Number of Afghan people killed 324222. Seriously injured Afghan people 38148

Internet

A man in-jured in a

bombing istreated at ahospital in

Kirkuk, 180miles (290kilometers)

north ofBaghdad,

Iraq, on 27Dec, 2009.INTERNET

Smoke rises from the site of a bomb attack inBaghdad 29 December 2009. Four people were

wounded by a bomb that exploded in a parking lotwithin the Transport Ministry compound in eastern

Baghdad, police said. — XINHUA

A wounded Afghan villagerallegedly injured by NATOforces is attended by a relativeas he lies on a bed in a hospi-tal in Herat. Civilian deathsin Afghanistan rose morethan 10 percent in the first 10months of 2009, UN figuresshowed on Tuesday, amid an-ger over the alleged killing ofchildren in a Western military operation.—INTERNET

Afghan civilian casualtiesup 10 percent

KABUL, 30 Dec — The war in Af-ghanistan is becoming deadlier, killing10 percent more civilians during thefirst 10 months of 2009 compared to theprevious period last year, according toUN figures.

Figures released to AFP by the UNAssistance Mission in Afghanistan(UNAMA) show civilian deaths in thefirst 10 months of 2009 at 2,038, upfrom 1,838 for the same period of 2008— an increase of 10.8 percent.

The figures show that the vast ma-jority, or 1,404 civilians, were killed bymilitants, who are fighting for the over-throw of the government of PresidentHamid Karzai and to eject Westerntroops.—Internet

Four wounded in bombing nearBaghdad ministry building

Afghan soldier kills NATOtrooper, wounds two others

Afghans check buildings destroyed in a suicide bombing attack the previous night in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan,

recently. — INTERNET

KABUL, 30 Dec — Asoldier with Afghan Na-tional Army (ANA) openedfire on NATO-led troops,killing a US service mem-ber and wounding two Ital-ian soldiers in BadghisProvince, northwest Af-ghanistan, a senior militaryspokesman of ANA in theregion said on Wednesday.

“An ANA soldier who isbelieved to have mentalproblem opened fire on in-ternational troops inBalamirghab District onTuesday, killing a U.S. sol-dier and injuring two Italiantroopers,” Basir Khan Ghoritold Xinhua.

The assailant was in-jured after Afghan and

NATO forces returned fire,he added. He further saidthat the soldier had beentaken to hospital and inves-tigation is underway. A state-ment from NATO-led Inter-national Security AssistanceForce (ISAF) also confirmed

a US service member diedfollowing a shirting shoot-ing on Tuesday in westernAfghanistan, adding thatISAF is investigating the in-cident with its Afghan part-ners.

Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 30 Dec —Four people werewounded in a bomb ex-plosion at a parking lotnear a Baghdad ministrybuilding in eastern Bagh-dad on Tuesday, an Inte-rior Ministry source said.

An explosive chargedetonated around midday

at the parking lot in frontof the Transportation Min-istry building, woundingfour people and destroy-ing more than 10 civiliancars, the source toldXinhua on condition ofanonymity.

The parking lot is forvehicles of the ministryemployees and visitors,the source said.

Iraqi security forcessealed off the scene as am-bulances transported thevictims to nearby hospi-tals, the source added.

Sporadic attacks con-tinue in Baghdad as partof recent security deterio-ration which shapes a set-back to the efforts of theIraqi government to re-store normalcy in thecountry ahead of the coun-try’s national polls nextyear.

Xinhua

Ten killed in twin bombingin western Iraq

FALLUJAH, 30 Dec— Ten people werekilled, including the governor of AnbarProvince, in twin bombing attacks in Iraq’swestern city of Ramadi on Wednesday, anInterior Ministry source said.

A car bomb went off in the morningoutside the provincial council in Ramadi,the capital city of Anbar province, the sourcetold Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Afterwards, Qassim Mahmmed Abid,governor of the province, and some seniorofficials of the provincial council left theiroffices to the entrance of the council to see thesite of the car bombing. Suddenly, a suicidebomber blew his explosive vest among thegroup, killing the governor and BrigadierAbbas, a senior provincial officer, along witheight others, the source said.—Xinhua

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SANTIAGO, 30 Dec—An earthquake measuring5.3 on the Richter Scalejolted the southern Chil-ean region of Bio Bio onTuesday morning, with noimmediate reports of casu-alties or damage.

The quake occurred at8:47 am local time, and itsepicentre was locatedsome 11 kilometres north-east of Concepcion City,which is about 519kilometers south of theChilean capital Santiago,according to the Seismo-logical Information Serv-ice of the University ofChile.

The temblor was feltby most of the local popu-lation, said CarmenFernandez, Chile’s Na-tional Emergency Office

Israeli Air Force (IAF) aircrafts perform during the IAF Pilot TrainingSchool Graduation Ceremony at Hatzerim Air Base, outside Be’er Sheva,

southern Israel, on 29 Dec, 2009.—XINHUA

A citizen uses his cell phone in front of an

advertisement board in New Delhi, capital of

India, on 29 Dec, 2009. Cell phone users in India

will break through 500 million by the end of 2009

and India will become the second largest cell

phone users country in the world.

XINHUA

LEGASPI, 30 Dec—Thousands of tourists are flock-ing to the Philippines’ restive Mayon volcano withmany even risking their lives to get close to the spec-tacular flowing lava, authorities said on Wednesday.

Governor Joey Salceda, whose province of Albayincludes Mayon, said 2,400 tourists a day had beenpouring into the area since the famously active vol-cano started oozing lava on 14 December, comparedwith about 200 a day before.

“All the hotels are fully booked, even the cheapestones,” Salceda told AFP.

He said that tourists typically only stayed overnightto view the crimson lava oozing from the volcano’scrater in the dark.

“It is like a slow moving meteor show. You reallyfeel awe when you see it.”

However Salceda said many tourists were also slip-ping by security patrols to enter the eight-kilometre(five-mile) danger zone around Mayon to get a close-up experience of the slow-moving lava column.

“There are enough thrill-seekers and, when youcombine them with some enterprising local guides,they find their way in,” he said.—Internet

Lava cascades down the slopes of Mayon volcanoas seen from Legazpi City, Albay Province, on 29December. Thousands of tourists are flocking to

the Philippines’ restive Mayon volcano with manyeven risking their lives to get close to the spectacu-

lar flowing lava, authorities said on Wednesday.INTERNET

Magnitude-5.3 tremor hits southern Chiledirector.

She said there havebeen no immediate re-ports of casualties or dam-age, but the local tel-ephone service has cer-tainly reached its full satu-

ration, cellphones in par-ticular.

Due to the magnitudeof the tremor, Fernandezwarned of the possibilityof more aftershocks in theregion.—Xinhua

DHAKA, 30 Dec—A moderate tremor measuring 5.7on the Richter Scale was felt in the Bangladeshi capi-tal city Dhaka and many other places of the countryon Tuesday evening, a senior official said.

Assistant Director of the Bangladesh Meteorologi-cal Department Md Shahidul Islam told Xinhua onTuesday, “The quake was felt at 4:01:52 pm local timein Dhaka and many other places.”

He said the epicentre of the tremor was near India-Myanmar bordering region and 416 km east from theDhaka Seismic Centre.—Xinhua

Thrill-seeking tourists flockto Philippine volcano

MOSCOW, 30 Dec—Atop priority in the Russia-US nuclear talks is to en-sure “an absolute balanceof interests” in all fields,with neither side gaining anupper hand from any of theterms, a senior Russianlawmaker said on Tuesday.

A new Russia-US stra-tegic arms reductiontreaty will promote globalstrategic stability, saidKonstantin Kosachev,chairman of the Interna-tional Affairs Committeeof the State Duma, Rus-

MUMBIA, 30 Dec— Afire broke out in a chemi-cal labouratory at India’smain nuclear research fa-cility on Tuesday, killingat least two people, an of-ficial said.

The fire was extin-guished within 45 min-utes at the Bhabha AtomicResearch Centre on theoutskirts of Mumbai, In-dia’s financial and enter-

CANBERRA, 30 Dec—Western Australian PremierColin Barnett on Wednesday declared a fire that de-stroyed more than 30 homes at Toodyay, 80 km north-east of Perth, a natural disaster.

Firefighters have worked through the night to con-trol the raging blaze. Three firefighters and a womanfrom the town suffered minor injuries in the fire, whichhas burnt 3,000 hectares of bushland.

Barnett travelled Toodyay to see the damagefirsthand and thanked emergency service workers fortheir efforts.

“There is no doubt they saved lives last night,” hesaid. “If you saw the destruction, houses totally de-stroyed and people were got to safety by the emergencyservices.”—Internet

Russia-US arms reduction dealto ensure “balance of interests”

sia’s Lower House of Par-liament.

Kosachev was quotedby the Itar-Tass newsagency as saying he sawno obstacles to a new nu-clear arms reductiontreaty, which would fur-ther cut nuclear war-heads and delivery vehi-cles in accordance withthe outline agreed byRussian President

Dmitry Med-vedev andhis US counterpartBarack Obama.

The new treaty’s out-line agreed to by the twopresidents at a July sum-mit in Moscow includedslashing nuclear arsenalsto 1,500 to 1,675 opera-tional warheads and deliv-ery vehicles to 500 to1,000.

Xinhua

Fire at India’s nuclearresearch facility kills two

Moderate quake shakesBangladesh

Western Australia bushfiresdeclared a natural disaster

tainment capital, the cen-tre’s spokesman, SKMalhotra, said in a state-ment.

“It may be noted thatno nuclear reactor, radio-activity or radiation is in-volved in the accident,”Malhotra said.

Police were investigat-ing the cause of the fire,he said. Firefightersfound two bodies charredbeyond recognition in athird-floor room of themodular laboratory, hesaid.

The Bhabha centre hasa number of nuclear reac-tors and the research in-volves both nuclear weap-ons and nuclear power.

Internet

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‘Xinhua’ top world newsevents in 2009

BEIJING, 30 Dec — The following were the topevents around the world in 2009 as selected byXinhua:

1. International naval forces jointlybattle Somali pirates Piracy continued to be rampant off the Somalicoast in 2009. Nearly 40 vessels were hijacked and500 crew members onboard have been held hos-tage so far this year.

2. Obama takes office, leading US intoera of change On 20 Jan, Democrat Barack Obama was swornin as the 44th US President, thus becoming the firstAfrican American President in the country’s history. With the banner of “changes we believe” duringhis presidential campaign, Obama called for “aworld without nuclear weapons” in an April addressin Prague.

3. US-Russian satellite collision callsfor better space traffic management On 10 Feb, a privately owned U communica-tions satellite collided with a defunct Russiansatellite about 790 km over Russia’s Siberia,spewing a pair of massive debris clouds andsparking fears that the debris might threatenother spacecraft. The collision between the US and Russian sat-ellites, the first “car crash” in outer space, high-lighted an urgent need to better manage increas-ingly dence space traffic.

4. China-US relations redefined On 1 April, Chinese President Hu Jintao met withhis US counterpart Barack Obama on the sidelinesof a Group of 20 (G-20) summit on the financial cri-sis in London. They agreed to build a positive, cooperativeand comprehensive relationship for the 21st centuryand establish the China-US Strategic and EconomicDialogues mechanism to deepen bilateral coopera-tion.

5. Countries begin mass vaccination infight against A/H1N1 flu On 11 June, the World Health Organization (WHO)raised the A/H1N1 influenza alert to the highest Level6, formally declaring that the outbreak had devel-oped into a global pandemic. On 7 Sept, China’s State Food and Drug Adminis-tration (SFDA) approved the release of the initialbatch of the A/H1N1 vaccine, making the countrythe first in the world to be ready with a vaccine againstthe virus.

6. Democratic Party wins landslide inJapan’s general election On 30 Aug, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)won the Lower House election by a landslide, sweep-ing the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) out of al-most unbroken power since 1955. After the DPJ’s victory, Japan seemed to be on theroad to a two-party system.

7. World economy slowly emerging fromcrisis The world economy plunged into a severe reces-sion triggered by the global financial crisis in Sep-tember 2008. The recession dragged down the eco-nomic growth of the United States, the euro zone andJapan as well as the world’s emerging economies.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projectedin an October report that global output would con-tract 1.1 percent in 2009, the first time since WorldWar II.

8. Start of Lisbon Treaty opens new erafor EU On 10 Nov, Belgian Prime Minister Herman vanRompuy was chosen as the first full-time EU presi-dent and British EU Trade Commissioner CatherineAshton as foreign policy chief of the 27-nation blocat a special EU summit. On 1 Dec, the Treaty of Lisbon approved by all27 EU members came into force, stating the EU is“heading into a new era.”

9. Copenhagen meeting ends with non-binding climate accord Frequent extreme weather events in 2009 such astropical cyclones and flooding aroused concerns bythe international community. Some 15,000 representatives from 190 countries,including 100 heads of states or governments, gath-ered in Copenhagen for the UN Climate Conferenceon 7 Dec. The participants were expected to renew emissionsreduction targets after the first commitment periodof the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.—Xinhua

People walk in chilling wind at Times Square in NewYork, the United States, 29 Dec, 2009. The tempera-ture in New York dropped nearly ten degrees Centi-grade on Tuesday. The maximum temperature is two degrees Centigrade below zero. — XINHUA

Tourists experience sleigh pulling by camel on thecamel culture festival in Hexigten Banner, northChina’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on 28Dec, 2009. A camel culture festival kicked off hereon Monday during which activities such as camelrunning competition and camel beauty contest were held.— XINHUA

Singapore reaffirms bilingual policySINGAPORE, 30 Dec — Singapore’s Education Min-

ister Ng Eng Hen on Tuesday reaffirmed Singapore’sbilingual policy which remains relevant for economicand cultural reasons.

Speaking at a principals appointing ceremony, Ngsaid that if the next chapter of history will be centeredon the rise of Asia, as many believe, then bilingualskills will be an asset for Singapore children.

He said that it is necessary to make appropriate ad-justment to respond to changing language environment,with nearly 6 in 10 Chinese students today comingfrom household where English is the dominant homelanguage, compared to 1 in 10 in 1982. “We do wantto make the learning of Chinese language more engag-ing and fun, but students will have to make effort to learnChinese language.” Ng said.—Xinhua

Egypt blows up three tunnelson Gaza borders

GAZA, 30 Dec — Egyptian security forces haveblown up three smuggling tunnels under the borderwith the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said on Tues-day. The sources close to Gaza-ruling Islamic Hamasmovement, said there were no casualties in the blastssince the Egyptian forces had warned Palestiniansmugglers in advance. The Palestinians depend on a network of under-ground tunnels to bring in various products and goodsthat used to be missing in Gaza markets since Israelsealed off the territory in 2007. To curb smuggling, Egypt has started to build a steelbarrier on its borders with Gaza.

Xinhua

China to become 2nd largest trade partner ofPhilippines as recovery takes hold

MANILA, 30 Dec — Despite the slump during theglobal economic crisis, trade between China and thePhilippines will take off again and China is even ex-pected to overtake Japan as the Philippines’ secondlargest trading partner in the near future, officials said.

After growing more than 30 percent annually forseven years since 2000, bilateral trade dropped by 6.7percent for the year of 2008 to 28.28 billion US dol-lars, Chinese Customs statistics show.

The decline widened in 2009 as in the first sevenmonths trade income dived 43.6 percent year-on-year to10.4 billion US dollars, the steepest decline among South-east Asian countries trading with China.—Xinhua

Children show their handmade lanterns inZhongsheng Kindergarten in Lianyungang, a port cityof east China’s Jiangsu Province, on 29 Dec, 2009.An activity of raising children’s environmental pro-tection awareness was held here on Tuesday duringwhich children from home and abroad made variedNew Year lanterns from waste articles. — XINHUA

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

* Do not be frighted whenever intimidated

* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered

* Do not be softened whenever appeased

All this needs to be known

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* Never had we regained independenceEver through a requestMade we in a humiliating manner

* Never had we restored independenceEasily as a rewardAwarded to us

* Independence we wonIs not a flowerThat grows in nature

* Blood, sweat and livesSacrificed we for independenceReally, they were so much

* Firmly in unityEnemy we facedIn battles more than a thousand

* The thunder we madeReverberated in skyFor the bitterness we had

* O….dearly loved peopleAlways have awarenessAnd value and safeguard independenceWe have regained through great

sacrificesOnly when blooms the flower of

independenceGlory we will haveAnd lives Myanmar long in peace and

prosperity

Hailing the 62nd Anniversary IndependenceDay

Khun Ye Thwe (Ayethaya) (Trs)

The flower of independence

POEM:

Advantages of independence, and disadvantages of dependenceHailing the 62nd Anniversary Independence Day:

Kyaw Zin Nyunt (Advocate)

For everyone, there is nothing like independence,because only with independence will it be possiblefor them to freely administer the affairs for betterfuture, and life security of own people.

Most people take independence for granted,but they come to understand well how muchindispensable independence is only when theylose independence, comparing advantages ofindependence, with disadvantages of dependence.If a people falls under alien subjugation, they willgo through the hell of oppression and unfairtreatment in all spheres. Then, they are completelydeprived of freedom and human rights, inconsequence of colonialist rule. According to thefirsthand experiences, Myanmar people are wellconvinced of the fact that slavery is too bitter totaste.

If a porcelain plate drops to the concrete floor ora hard substance, it breaks into pieces. The fragmentscan be combined into the original form with the useof superglue, but it cannot be as good as it used to be.If a nation loses independence and comes undercolonial rule, it will be broken into parts under thecolonialists’ divide and rule policy. The porcelainplate fragments can be combined into initial shapewithin several minutes, but it takes years to regainindependence or sovereignty of the people, and theterritory.

What is the intention of exploitation characterizedby enslavement of man by man and country bycountry? In olden days, once a country becamemilitarily strong, it planned to invade weaker

countries under the pretext that the monarch of themilitary power extended his domination over othercountries. He first occupied a foreign country forregular gifts to him. Then, his troops left the country,after he had installed a king, chieftain or governmentunder his influence to it. He had his wishes fulfilledwhen he became an emperor.

Long long ago, Roman Empire, Greek Empire,Moghul Empire, Mongo Empire, Russian Empire,French Empire and Ottoman Empire occupied foreigncountries just for being empires and for regular gifts.They appointed a local as a monarch to the occupiedcountry, rather than ruling it directly.

However, in the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries,colonial countries reared their ugly heads, wagingaggressive wars on other countries. Noticing the steampower, England and Europe came to replace manualweaving looms with steam-power weaving machines,and transform manual into mechanized productivity.

Industrialists could not get adequate supply of rawmaterials and fuel for their factories at home. They alsoneeded to find customers (foreign markets for theirfinished goods). In addition, they needed a great deal ofdust cheap labour. Out of rapacity, they were desperateto have those requirements fulfilled nearly free.

In Europe, industrialists even revolted againsttheir monarchs for better commercial gains. As aresult of bourgeois revolution, they came to enjoycapitalist parliamentary democracy. Therefore,parliaments under the thumb of capitalists had theright to exercise sovereign powers: executive,legislative and judicial powers. So, monarchs had todo nothing special, except enjoying royal insignias inthe palaces, and figurehead leaders of the nationsconcerned.

Adventurers from about eight European countriesmade around-the-world sail trips. On arrival at aregion or nation, they first traded with the country.Then, they cleverly undermined the sense ofnationalistic spirit of local people by using theirreligion, culture and narcotics (poppy) as tools. Theystirred up problems one way or another. After all, theparliaments and governments from their countriessent troops to colonize the targeted nations.

In consequence of the decisions and administrativemechanism of imperial parliamentary democracies,77 per cent of the surface of the world or 75 per centof world population fell under the colonial rule. Atthat time, capitalists who took their troops on seagoingvessels were called world’s pirates.

Utter aggression showed by the British towardsMyanmar led to three Anglo-Myanmar wars in 1824,1852 and 1885. Myanmar people well demonstratedtheir warfare, bravery and military prowess.Revolutionaries from both hilly regions and plainsshowed their lion spirit by bravely repulsing theattacks by the colonialists. European colonialistcountries could produce modern weapons on a very

large scale, whereas the colonies including Myanmarlacked modern weaponry and consolidated nationalunity. Myanmar was therefore reduced to a colonyin 1885.

Learning such invaluable lessons from pastevents, today’s developing countries have cometo arm themselves with modern national defencesystems and sophisticated weapons for self-defence.

The world witnessed millions of casualties ofpeople in the World War I and World War II. Muchof world people’s property was reduced to ash. Theworld wars broke out to the vying for coloniesbetween the colonial countries that had got colonies,and the newcomer colonial countries, not due toworld people. Millions of world people fell victimto the world wars, following the wars betweencolonial countries for colony shares.

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Safeguard independence andsovereignty through might of patriotism

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Awareness

Early days of servitude

Achok-tan Saya Pe with the use of his pen hithard Myanmar nationals who hobnobbed withthe imperialists as ... “they fawn upon even asergeant and bow to him crouching like a dog”.

Diarchy period of servitude

When the Myanmar politician sycophants under theimperialists split when they could not get proper share,Thakin Kodaw Hmaing bashed them ... “like the two cowscould not quench their thirst due to inadequate amount ofwater, Maung Ba Pe was not satisfied because he could notget hold of the 5,000”.

“O, Sein Kyi,Sein Kyi, youhave taken a

husbandblindly”.

War time during Japanese occupation

A song harshly criticized Myanmar women forclosely associating with Fascist masters (officers)like this ...

Post-War CASB period

When a woman was driven away in a jeep witha White man, there appeared a coin word “JeepLady”.

A group of black sheepaxe-handles who think

highly of the alienswhile discarding

national spirit andnational prestige are

still lacking inawareness.

Axe-handles relying on the externalelements

Many years have passed after regaining of Independence ...

San Win

Advantages of independence, and disadvantages of dependenceHailing the 62nd Anniversary Independence Day:

Kyaw Zin Nyunt (Advocate)

(from page 6)Whenever the world saw economic depressions

due to their rivalry for economic gains, the capitalistcolonial powers put the burdens of economic slumpson their colonies or poor, developing nations. In theworld economic depressions in 1929-1930, theBritish shunted the burdens hovering over it tocolonies including Myanmar. In those years, themajority of Myanmar people got impoverished.

Showing remarkable resilience to evil effects ofservitude, the people of the colonies inclusive of Myanmarlaunched national liberation movements. In the mid 20th

century, more than 100 colonies managed to escape fromthe colonial rule. On 24 October 1945, the United Nationswas formed with the aim of preventing more world warand ensuring world peace, freedom and development. Atthat time, the members of the international organizationnumbered 51, and so far the number has increased to 192.

Every member country has to sign to pledge thatthey will have to honour the UN Charter. Theprinciples manifested in the UN Charter are inconformity with the international laws, as well asthat of Bandung Conference Declaration by morethan 100 non-aligned countries.

According to the UN Charter principles, allworld countries, irrespective of size, are of equalimportance. When occasion arises to decide on acase in the UN, the US, the largest military power,can cast only one vote, and so can China with thelargest population in the world, amounting to about1300 million; the Russian Federation, whose areaoccupies one-sixth of the world area, and Monacowith an area of one square mile and a population offive digits. The sovereignty of a nation must behonoured by any other country. No country has theright to interfere in the internal affairs of and invadeany other country. Political disputes must be workedout only at the political discussions, not by force.

The UN has revoked the world colonialism.The UN Charter prohibits world countries frominvading any other country for natural resources,military bases, economic gains, and political gains.

Yet, according to many foreign news stories,some countries are occupied (colonized) by certaincountries that invade and occupy targeted nations intheir interest, giving lame excuses, and showingtotal disregard for UN Charter and internationallaws. Every day, the countries saw casualties of alarge number of people due to bomb attacks, missileattacks, artillery attacks and sophisticated weapons.A huge quantity of houses, roads, bridges, schools,hospitals and factories were ravaged. The people ofthose countries are somewhat like colonial slaves.Their natural resources (for example, oil) areexploited at will. To be blunt, their independencehas gone away.

Over 10 million people died in World War I;over 60 million people, in the World War II; over400,000 civilians in the US nuclear bomb attacks

on Hiroshima and Nagasaki of Japan in August1945; over one million civilians, due to the USinvasion in the war in Vietnam; over 700,000civilians, in the US-led invasion of Iraq; over 30,000civilians, in attacks waged in Afghanistan by NATOincluding the US and its allies; and millions ofpeople died, millions of people injured, and millionsof people became homeless in was in African. Theyare, in fact, due to the invasions launched with thecombination of old colonial and neo-colonialsystems.

Without independence, a nation will breakinto parts, the people will become slaves, and

natural resources will be exploited unjustly. But,the people can do nothing to prevent such unfairtreatment. That is why the government has beenshouldering its duties with Our Three MainNational Causes in the fore in order that thepeople will come to realize that independence islifeblood of their motherland, take lessons frominternational incidents in which people of neo-colonies are going through a variety of havoc dueto colonial wars and interferences, and safeguardindependence with consolidated national unity.

Translation: MS*********

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Efforts being made for increasing generation of electricity based on plentiful water resourcesCountry will achieve electricity sufficiency with surplus production across the nation in near future

(from page 1)In accord with the guidance of the Head of State

to generate more electricity based on plentiful waterresources, the Ministry of Electric Power No. 1 is im-plementing the hydropower projects with might andmain by utilizing the water resources.

At the same time, the ministry is implementingthe power plant projects namely Upper KengtawngProject, Yeywa Project, Upper Paunglaung Project andNancho Project in Mandalay Division, Lower BuProject, Upper Bu Project and Kyeeohn-kyeewaProject along Mone Creek in Magway Division,Htamanthi, Shwesayay, Manipur, Rezagyo andMyittha Projects in the Chindwin River Valley,Pyuchaung, Kunchaung, Shwegyin and Thaukyekhat(2) Projects in Bago Division, Thahtaychaung Project,Saidin Project and Anchaung Project in Rakhine State.

Furthermore, feasibility studies are being con-ducted to implement the large projects namelyThanlwin Project, Ayeyawady Myitsone Project andTarhsan Project.

Among seven Maykha-Malikha valley projectsof the confluence of the Ayeyawady River, theMyitsone Project for generating 4100 megawatts andthe Chibwe Project for generating 2800 megawattscommenced in December 2009, and these projectswill be complete in 2016. On completion, the powerprojects will satisfy the demand of power consump-tion in 2011-2012.

Yeywa Hydropower Project is located onMyitnge River, and it has 2264 feet long and 433 feethigh RCC embankment. It is a large-scale hydropowerproject of the nation. Indeed, Yeywa RCC embankmentis one of the largest RCC embankments across the world.The project will generate 3550 million kilowatt hoursyearly. The generating capacity of Yeywa HydropowerProject will be 70 per cent of 5,000 million kilowatthours being produced by 15 existing power plants un-der the Ministry of Electric Power No. 1.

As the electricity sector is playing an importantrole in development of the socio-economic standard ofthe people, the government is conducting the feasibil-ity studies at the possible areas for generating small-scale hydropower projects and creating the designs forthe power plants to supply electricity to the border re-gions and rural areas.

At present, the places where the small-scalehydropower could be generated from 100 kilowatts toone megawatt, that from one megawatt to two mega-watts and that from two megawatts to five megawattshave been found in all States and Divisions.

1. In 2005-2006 when the first five-year plan 3186finished

2. In 2010-2011 when the second five-year plan 8620finished

3. In 2015-2016 when the third five-year plan 11154finished

4. In 2020-2021 when the fourth five-year plan 12076finished

5. In 2025-2026 when the fifth five-year plan 17202finished

6. In 2030-2031 when the sixth five-year plan 23324finished

Remainvigilantagainst

colonialists’politicaltricks

In the time of the Tatmadaw Government, thenatural resources are being utilized with the own tech-nology and human power for ensuring efficiency ofelectricity of the increasing population and the risingliving standard.

Therefore, the hydropower plants will emergeone after another in the future.

While striving for production of electricity witha large amount of investment, the government is in-stalling power lines and building the sub-power sta-tions to supply electricity to the national people.

In the future, the country would achieve thesufficiency of electricity and would have the surpluspower. As a result, the electricity sufficiency will con-tribute to the uplift of socio-economic standard of thenational brethren and to the development of regions.Possible water resources to implement hydropowerproject in Myanmar

According to the studies up to May 2009, thecountry has 302 water resources that are possible toimplement the hydropower projects with 46,330.55megawatts generating capacity.

With the aims of increasing the supply of moreelectricity and contributing to building the industri-alized nation, the Ministry of Electric Power No. 1had adopted the 30-year long-term electricity devel-opment strategic plan and is implementing thehydropower projects in line with the five-year short-term plans.

(See page 9)

Main canal and spillway of Kunchaung Hydropower Project.

According to the studies up toMay 2009, the country has 302 waterresources that are possible to imple-ment the hydropower projects with46,330.55 megawatts generating ca-pacity.

No. Project Period Generating capacity (in megawatt)

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Hydropower projects and future prospects of electric powerIn studying the condition of generating capacities of present power plants, power generation, con-

struction of hydropower plants, future prospects of electric power can be seen as follows:-

No. Power Plant Quantity Megawatt kwh (million) per year

1. Present existing power 30 2,255.90 14,149.20plants

2. Power plants to be built 33 30,390.50 155,584.00through the projectsunder construction

3. Power plants through 10 4,058.00 19,016.00the plans of power projects

Total 73 36,704.40 188,749.20

(from page 8)


Efforts being made for increasing...

Hydropower projects to be implemented

No. Project Capacity kwh(megawatt) (million)

per year

1. Shweli-3 800 39952. Bawgahta 168 5003. Bilin 280 15124. Dayaingchaung 250 875. Thakyet 20 956. Tarpein-2 140 6337. Shweli-2 640 33108. Shwesayay 660 29089. Taninthayi 600 347610. Laymyo 500 2500

Total 4058 19016

Possible water resources for building hydropower projects

Sr. State/Division Numbers of Possible Project Generating Capacity

(megawatt)

1. Kachin State 19 18744.52. Kayah State 5 954.03. Kayin State 9 7064.04. Sagaing Division 6 2830.05. Taninthayi Division 6 711.06. Bago Division 8 538.07. Magway Division 5 359.08. Mandalay Division 9 1555.09. Mon State 2 290.010. Rakhine State 6 764.511. Shan State (East) 4 719.812. Shan State (South) 8 7569.513. Shan State (North) 5 4000.0

Total 92 46099.3

Projects to be completed soon

No. Project Capacity Year to (megawatt) be completed

1. Yeywa 790 20102. Shwegyin 75 20103. Chephwenge 99 20114. Kunchaung 60 20115. Pyuchaung 40 20116. Nancho 40 20117. Tarpein-1 240 20118. Upper

Paunglaung 140 20129. Thaukyekhet-2 120 201210. Biluchaung-3 52 2012

Total 1656

Yearly power capacity development prospectsThe conditions of increasing electricity from 2009 to 2012 are as follows:-

Year Plant Existing generating Generating capacity to Availability ofcapacity (megawatt) be increased (megawatt) generating

capacity(megawatt)

2009 30 2255.9 - 2255.92010 32 - 865 3120.92011 37 - 479 3599.92012 40 - 312 3911.9

Despite generating 1726.8 megawatts more than the generating capac-ity before 1988, the production of electricity and the power consumption isnot in a propotionate ratio at present due to booming urban population, risingpower consumption and increasing number of factories and workshops. Ac-cording to the above-mentioned projects, I would like to pass the good newsthat the people will enjoy the adequate supply of electricity, and the factoriesand workshops would use the power round the clock in the near future.

*****Translation: TTA+WH

Yeywa Hydropower Project is located on MyitngeRiver, and it has 2264 feet long and 433 feet high RCC em-bankment. It is a large-scale hydropower project of thenation. Indeed, Yeywa RCC embankment is one of the larg-est RCC embankments across the world. The project willgenerate 3550 million kilowatt hours yearly. The generat-ing capacity of Yeywa Hydropower Project will be 70 percent of 5,000 million kilowatt hours being produced by 15existing power plants under the Ministry of Electric PowerNo. 1.

Shwegyin Hydropower project six miles from Shwegyin.

Saidin hydropower project in Buthidaung of Rakhine State.

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Festivals of PyathoDr. Khin Maung Nyunt

The peak of Myanmar cold season“Heiman” is Pyatho the 10th month in Myanmarlunar calendar. “Pya” means “ash” and “tho”means “store up” implying that because this monthis so chilly that hot ash is stored up at home forwarming. In Myanmar zodiac, Pyatho is symbol-ized by Makan, a mythical sea monster which re-sembles crocodile with a prehensile snout. Its as-trological name is Makara (Capricorn). Pyathousually coincides with January. In the misty andchilly environment of this month all orchids andgamone (medicinal plants) bloom but the mostprominent flower is Khwa Nyo (clematis) a bunchof blooms with plastic like dark blue petal with ayellowish cup in the centre exhaling a pleasantfragrance. It is a wild creeper plant that thrivesespecially in Popa areas. It deserves the designa-tion of Pyatho is flower. Myriads of constellationsspray Pyatho’s night sky, with Hpou sha asterismshining astride the moon.

The cold and fragrant environment of Pyathobefits the holding of equestrian festival and tourna-ment an annual event in the courtyard of Myanmarkings. In the spacious grounds in front of the Palacewere prepared all facilities for the grand ceremo-nies of traditional equestrian festival and tourney.Just as regatta festival of Tawthalin (September) wasthe display of king’s water forces, equestrian festi-val was a grand parade of royal land forces—horses,elephants, chariots, foot soldiers, archers, swords-men, spearmen, lancers, shields and in about 15thcentury, gunners and artillerymen were added.

There were two programmes, display and con-test. Display preceded contest. In the display, 37 dif-ferent modes of horsemanship, elephant riding and37 different ways of playing with lances were dem-onstrated by select equestrian soldiers. Men of let-ters in Myanmar historic periods described Pyatho’sfestival and tourney in various forms of verse, songsand music. Maha Dhamma Thingyan, a royal ad-viser to King Bagyidaw (1819-37 AD) composedan epic loota poem and 37 Than Bauks about thePyatho’s equestrian festival and Tournament withpictorial illustrations.

In the contest or tournament 17 ways of rid-ing steeds in warfare and Myanmar traditional mar-tial arts were competed such as equestrian com-bat, combat on war elephant, horse race, horse rid-ing, lance, spear throwing, shield art etc. Eques-trian tourney was called in Myanmar “Set ThwinPwe” or “Set Hto Pwe” equestrians contested inlance thriving to hit the centre of the circular tar-get on the poles of different heights and at differ-ent distances. Contests were keenly fierce and alivewith songs, music and cheers, watched by the kingand his court.

On the final day of the event, their Majestiesand the court appeared in state in the especially con-structed pavilion to award winners. The awards werescarves woven with silver or gold threads and aThazin orchid or a bunch Khwa Nyo flower. Pro-motion, title, and fief were given to the most out-standing. From the public contestants, royal picks

were recruited into land forces.The last Myanmar king, Thibaw (1878-1885

AD) held equestrian festival and tourney in 1878,probably the last festival of its kind held in the coun-try. This event was recorded in Myanmar chronicleKonbaung Set Maha Yazawin Taw Kyi. In Volume3, the following account is given.

“In that years (1240 ME) second waningmoon day of Pyatho to make preparation for hold-ing of equestrian festival and tourney in accord-ance with the traditional display of cavalry,elephantry, chariotry, archery, and demonstration ofprincely martial arts, as staged by “previous kingsof the past, five circular target posts were set up instraight line in the courtyard on the left side of MyeNan Taw Palace Building. The heights of five cir-cular target posts ranged from 5 cubits, 20 cubits,25 cubits, 30 cubits to 50 cubits. On the north sideof the royal Thetkadan stair-case, a royal pavilionwas built. It was decorated with royal emblems andwas ready for the events. On the 3rd waning moonday of Pyatho, princes, ministers, Minister of theInterior, Commander of Palace Guard, knights,commanders and army officers, dressed in theirmilitary uniforms rode their caparisoned steeds.Each with 10 lances participated in the contest. Rid-ing the horse at high speed, high by turn, threw alance at a time, at the circular targets on the posts,until all ten lances had been thrown. Princes dressedin the army uniform of their respective rank alsoparticipated in the contest. His Majesty wearingpriceless military uniform and gem-studded helmetand the chief queen and the court came out to thePavilion from where they watched the equestriantourney. Their Majesties awarded the winners eacha scarf woven with gold and silver threads and abunch of Thazin flower for every lance that hit thecentre of the circular target. When the tournamentof equestrian lancers was over, officers of CassayHorse (Manipuri Regiment) and Akabat Horse(Assamese Regiment) of cavalry and their equer-ries gave demonstration of their skill in weaponryand horsemanship including cutting banana stems,lime fruits and water pots, with swords and spearswhile riding at speed and different techniques ofhorse riding. After watching them, His Majesty andcourt entered the Palace.”

One princely game played at the EquestrialFestival was Gu-le, a kind of Polo. This sport wasone of the favorite sports Myanmar’s royalty, nobil-ity and aristocracy played any time of the year. Butbeing an equestrian sport which required skill inhorse riding it was included in the programmes ofEquestrian Tourney. Historians say that Gu-le sport

appeared in Myanmar history and literature in the15th century. From Inwa Period (1364-1555 AD)and Toungoo Period (1486-1599 AD) to the end ofKonbaung Period (1752-1885 AD) Gu-le was thepopular sport among ruling class. Court bards com-posed different forms of verse describing Gu-le inassociation with equestrian festival. Gu-le was sungand mimed in Myanmar performing arts. Nat ShinNaung, the viceroy of Toungoo was an excellentGu-le player. He composed over hundred ratu po-ems about Gu-le. One of the 37 nat spirits inMyanmar Pantheon was Shwe Nawrahta ho was ahigh ranking officer at the court of King Shwe NanKyawt Shin of Inwa Period. He was an excellentGu-le player. When he became nat-spirit after hisviolent death, his images were made in the gestureof playing Gu-le with a Gu-le bat in one hand and aGu-le ball in the other and riding horse. In the Brit-ish colonial period, Gu-le was introduced as Pologame.

When Myanmar lost independence in 1885,regatta festival and equestrian tourney were heldno more. Boat races were held locally and horseraces in British style were introduced. In Mandalayand Yangon, race courses were set up and horse raceswere held for revenue, fund raising and pleasure,not for cultural purposes. Many people were ruinedby betting and gambling at horse races. New gen-erations knew nothing about equestrian festival ofPyatho. On 23, October 1993, the long forgottenequestrian tourney made its debut thanks to the jointefforts of the Government and the people. In theAung San Stadium, Yangon, a week-long festivaland tourney was held, providing a golden opportu-nity for every Myanmar to see the splendid royalpageant and events.

The greatest event of Pyatho, since 1948,which is annually celebrated, is Myanmar’s Inde-pendence Day 4th January. From the timeMyanmar fell under British colonial yoke in threeinstallments, after the first Anglo-Myanmar War1824 AD, after the second Anglo-Myanmar War1852 AD, after the third Anglo-Myanmar War 1885AD, Myanmar people began struggles for nationalfreedom by all means. Finally independence wasregained in 1948. The transfer of sovereign powerfrom the British to Myanmar officially took placein the wee hour of 4th January 1948. Since then,4th January had been marked Myanmar Independ-ence Day which is annually observed and cel-ebrated in a fitting manner through the country aswell as at Myanmar Embassies and by Myanmarcommunities abroad.

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proving socio-economic status of local people andensuring development of the agricultural sector,while paving the way for national development bymeans of irrigating 2,000 acres of farmland in theregion.

Translation: HKA(Myanma Alin; 23-12-2009)

Linpan Dam in Kanbalu…(from page 16)

on 26 July 2009. It is situated in Kanbalu Townshipof Shwebo District, Sagaing Division. The dam is ofearthen type with a height of 40 feet and a length of9,800 feet. The facility is now contributing to im-

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Adult and children enjoy skating on the ice at theZizhuyuan Park in Beijing, on 27 Dec, 2009.Citizens swarmed to enjoy the funs of outdoor

activity for the winter pleasure in Beijing, as thetemperatures kept on lowering. —XINHUA

A man gestures at a bull during the annual bull-

fighting festival in San Jose on 28 Dec, 2009.

More than 300 bullfighters took part in the tradi-

tional end-of-year bullfight.—INTERNET

Stimulus policy to boost France’s 2009car sales by 10%

PARIS, 30 Dec —TheFrench automobile mar-ket could gain a yearlyincrease of 10 percent in2009, with 2.27 millionnew cars sold, a recordhigh in the past 19 yearsthanks to stimulus poli-cies, Industry MinisterChristian Estrosi said onMonday.

“On the current basisof the rhythm since the

beginning of December,new plates registered in2009 could reach 2.27million, a growth of over10 percent compared tothe 2008 report,” Estrosisaid in a statement.

By 24 Dec, the regis-ter number of new carshas exceeded 2.23 mil-lion, while the level of2008 was 2.05 million,Estrosi said, adding that

2009 was the best yearafter 1990, when over2.30 million new registerswere recorded.

The record high figurewas attributed to govern-mental supportive meas-ures such as cash subsidy,the minister noted.

Amid the global finan-cial crisis, the French gov-ernment has launched aprogramme of 1,000euros (1,439 US dollars)cash-back for purchaserswho want to replace a carof 10 years or older.

The stimulus measurehas been implementedthroughout the year andwould decrease to 700euros for the coming2010.—Xinhua

Half of Italian offspring still live withtheir parents as grown-ups

Flights betweenGeorgia andRussia may

resume in JanuaryMOSCOW, 30 Dec —A

Georgian airline may runthe first flights betweenMoscow and Tbilisi since2006 within next month,Russian media reportedon Monday.

The Russian Trans-portation Ministry saidearlier that Georgian Air-ways has been allowed torun charter flights fromTbilisi to Moscow on 29Dec and 30 Dec, theRIA Novosti news agencyreported.

However, the Geor-gian company later an-nounced that the dates forthe first flights since airtravel between the twocountries was frozenthree years ago would bepostponed for at least aweek.

“The flights will nottake place tomorrow andthe day after, as we do nothave enough time. Butthe flights will take placebetween 6 and 25 Jan ,”said a company spokes-man.

Direct flights betweenTbilisi and Moscow weresuspended in 2006 fol-lowing a spy row.

They were resumedbriefly in 2008, but haltedagain in August the sameyear after Georgia tried toretake South Ossetia byforce. Georgian Airwaysannounced on Friday thatit has cancelled charterflights to Moscow on26-27 Dec, as negotia-tions with the Russianofficials on resuming airlinks had failed.

Xinhua

S Korea posts currentaccount surplus for

10th month

Sudan ships first export of ethanol

Pedestrians walk at ashopping district inSeoul in July 2009.

South Korea recorded acurrent account surplus

for the 10th straightmonth in November

thanks partly to briskexports, the centralbank said on Tues-

day.—INTERNET

SEOUL, 30 Dec—SouthKorea recorded a currentaccount surplus for the10th straight month inNovember thanks partlyto brisk exports, the cen-tral bank said on Tuesday.

The surplus was 4.28billion dollars last month,down from a revised 4.76billion in October, theBank of Korea said in astatement. In the first11 months of this yearthe accumulated surplusamounted to a record highof 41.2 billion dollars.

The current account,the broadest measure oftrade with the world, hasremained in surplus sinceFebruary as imports havefallen faster than exportsamid the global down-turn.

The surplus is likelyfurther to support thewon, which has gained

ROME, 30 Dec —Al-most half of Italian off-spring still live at homewith their parents afterbecoming adults, a sur-vey by national statisticsoffice Istat reported onMonday.

It’s a typical Italiancharacteristic, affectingespecially adult men. Ac-cording to Istat, 48 per-cent of those aged be-tween 18 and 39 werestill living under theirparents’ roofs in 2003-2007.

The study highlighteda significant gender gapwith 53 percent of adult

men living at home asopposed to 42 percent ofwomen, which provesthe enduring stereotypeof the Italian mamma’sboy. On top of dotingmothers, however, Istatlisted economic difficul-ties as the leading factorskeeping young Italians athome.

Of those unable tomove into their ownhomes, 47 percent wereunemployed or didn’tearn enough money.

The country’s joblessrate exceeded 8 percentin October and averagesalaries are low.

High housing pricesare another factor hinder-

ing the offspring’s inde-pendence.

But for Italian youthit’s not a problem. Some44 percent said they were“happy” to live with theirparents and in no rush tomove out.

According to Istat,“the prolonged co-habita-tion of children with theirparents is among thechief problems facing thenation.”

Istat blamed the phe-nomenon on the coun-try’s low birth rate and di-minished levels of socialand cultural dynamism,which have serious con-sequences on theeconomy. —Xinhua

about 34 percent againstthe dollar since hitting an11-year low in earlyMarch.—Internet

An ethanol plant in Kenana, 250 kmssouth of Khartoum. Sudan, anglingto become Africa’s leading exporter

of ethanol, has sent out its firstshipment of the bio-fuel to the Neth-

erlands, an official with the state-owned Kenana company has said.

INTERNET

KHARTOUM, 30 Dec—Sudan, anglingto become Africa’s leading exporter ofethanol, has sent out its first shipmentof the bio-fuel to the Netherlands, anofficial with the state-owned Kenanacompany said on Monday.

“The first cargo of five million litresof ethanol was exported yesterday. It leftfor Rotterdam and is intended for theEuropean Union,” said Kenana salesmanager Majdi Hassan.

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshirannounced last year that the company,which produces sugar and molasses,would oversee a project to lead Africain bio-fuel production.

The price of the shipment was 3.3million dollars (2.29 million euros), at660 dollars a cubic metre, but the priceof further shipments would vary depend-ing on the market, Hassan said.

Kenana’s plant, located in the WhiteNile State south of Khartoum, was builtby the Brazilian ethanol supplier Dedini.

Hassan said negotiations were ongo-ing with European companies for thesale of Sudanese ethanol.—Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BANGPAKAEW VOY NO (173)Consignees of cargo carried on MV BANG-

PAKAEW VOY NO (173) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 30.12.2009 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 BILLION VOY NO (114)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BILLIONVOY NO (114) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 31.12.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of S.P.W.6 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 SIAM PHULSAWAT MARI-TIME CO., LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DIBENA UNITY VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DIBENAUNITY VOY NO ( ) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 31.12.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W.3 where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S SIAM PHULSAWAT MARI-TIME CO., LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

Bank Holiday All Banks will be closedon 4th January (Monday)2010, Independence Daybeing Public holiday underthe Negotiable InstrumentsAct.Central Bank of Myanmar

Invitation to Tender Sr No Description Qty Issuing Date Closing Date

1. Bauxite qy\piu≥ 205 Tons 31.12.2009 6.1.20102. Soda Ash Dense 1000 Ton 31.12.2009 1.2.20103. Fibre-4T 600 Ton 31.12.2009 1.2.20104. Felt(Endless) P1 22 Rolls 31.12.2009 1.2.20105. Raw Materials For Refractory Bricks 5 Items 31.12.2009 1.2.2010

Tender forms and documents are available at the Procurement Department,Myanma Ceramic Enterprise, Ministry of Industry (1), Office No. 41, Nay Pyi Taw,during office hours. Tender will be accepted only from Bidder who purchased TenderDocuments officially. (For further details, contact telephone number. 067.408298)

Myanma Ceramic Industry

Hunger hormone mayspur eating when full

DALLAS, 30 Dec—Ani-mal studies have providedclues that a hormone mayspur eating despite a fullstomach, US researcherssaid.

The researchers at theUniversity of Texas South-

western Medical Centre inDallas said the so-calledhunger hormone, ghrelin— which the body pro-duces when hungry — canalso work in the brain tocause the continued eatingof “pleasurable” foods.

“What we show is thatthere may be situationswhere we are driven toseek out and eat very re-warding foods, even ifwe’re full, for no other rea-son than our brain tells usto,” study co-senior authorDr Jeffrey Zigman said ina statement.

The researchers foundfully-sated mice who wereadministered ghrelin pre-ferred a room where theyhad previously foundhigh-fat food over one inwhich they had only beenoffered bland chow.

Mice without ghrelinshowed no preference.Also, blocking the actionof ghrelin prevented themice from spending asmuch time in the “high-fat” room.—Internet

S Korea’s LG Electronics torelease mobile digital TV player

SEOUL, 30 Dec—South Korea’s LG Electronics on Tues-day unveiled a new line of portable DVD players and cellphones with high-definition, digital TV capabilities aimedat tapping the United States mobile TV market.

The new devices, set to be released next year, willallow users to watch digital TV programmes in vehi-cles running as fast as 290 km per hour, with the port-able DVD player being the world’s first commercialproduct with such features, LG said in a Press release.

The release added the new products will be firstshowcased at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show inLas Vegas from 7 Jan to 10 Jan.

LG said that it plans to release the mobile DVD playerin the first half of next year and commercialize the newcell phone device as soon as possible in order to lock-initself as a market leader in the United States mobile TVindustry. “These products will let LG lead the UnitedStates mobile TV market through advanced technol-ogy and product differentiation,” Baek Woo-hyun, ChiefTechnical Officer (CTO) of LG Electronics, said in astatement.—Xinhua

GM Daewoo cars await export at the dock at Incheonport. South Korea’s industrial output grew for a fifthmonth in November, official figures showedon Wednesday, in another sign the economy is fastrecovering from the global downturn.—INTERNET

The besttime to planta tree was 20

years ago.Second besttime is now.

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This file pictureshows Bangladeshi

fishermen pulling theirnets on the shores of StMartin’s Island, some400 kilometres south-

west of Dhaka. Bangla-desh has ordered a

building freeze on theisland, its lone coral

island, in a bid to saveits wildlife and naturalbeauty from a boom inconstruction fuelled bytourism, its Environ-

ment Ministersaid on Tuesday.

INTERNET

A/H1N1 death toll rises to 49in Hungary

BUDAPEST, 30 Dec— Hungary reported on Tues-day three more deaths from influenza A/H1N1, bring-ing to 49 the death toll caused by the epidemic in thecountry, according to local media.

Two men aged 93 years and 30 years respectivelydied of A/H1N1 flu in Vas county. The third victimwas an infant in the southern city of Szeged.

In late May, Hungary reported the first confirmedA/H1N1 case. A 41-year-old man became the firstvictim of the flu in the country in July.—Xinhua

A/H1N1 death toll rises to 53in Vietnam

HANOI, 30 Dec— Vietnam confirmed one moredeath from the A/H1N1 influenza, bringing the coun-try’s total number of flu deaths to 53 so far this year,said a report of the website of the Vietnamese Min-istry of Health on Wednesday.

The patient was a 64-year-old Vietnamese manfrom the northern Hung Yen Province. He had a his-tory of high blood pressure.

The man showed symptoms of fever and coughingon 6 Dec. He was taken to the country’s Army Cen-tral Hospital 108 three days later with diagnosis ofpneumonia.

The patient was then transferred to the NationalHospital for Tropical Diseases on 18 Dec due to hishealth condition deterioration.

The patient died on 25 Dec. His samples tested posi-tive to theA/H1N1 virus, said the report.—Xinhua

South African doctor seesdrug-resistant HIV

PRETORIA, 30 Dec —It’s 8 am and Dr TheresaRossouw is alreadydrowning behind a clut-tered desk of hand-writtenHIV charts — new, per-plexing cases of patientswhose lifesaving drugshave turned against them.

Her cell phone chirps.Her desk phone bleats.She scribbles notes on aplanner, spins in her chair,juggles requests about labsand drug regimens.

Rossouw is on the frontlines of a new battle in the

fight against HIV Thedrugs that once workedso well are starting not towork. And now the resist-ance is showing up in sub-Saharan Africa, home totwo-thirds of the world’s33 million HIV cases.

Ten years ago, between1 percenat and 5 percent ofHIV patients worldwidehad drug resistant strains.Now, between 5 percentand 30 perceant of newpatients are already resist-ant to the drugs. In Europe,it’s 10 percent; in the US,

15 percent.In sub-Saharan Africa,

where the drugs onlystarted arriving a few yearsago, resistance is partly theunforeseen consequenceof good intentions. Thereare not enough drugs togo around, so clinics runout and patients can’t dofull courses. The inferiormeds available in Africapoison other patients.Misprescriptions are com-mon and monitoring isscarce.

Internet

Drug from mushroom mayhelp treat cancer

NOTTINGHAM, 30 Dec—A drug derived from a mush-room — cordycepin — may be used to treat some can-cers, British researchers say.

Dr Cornelia de Moor of The University of Notting-ham in England and colleagues are in-vestigating thedrug originally extracted from a rare parasitic mush-room called cordyceps that grows on caterpillars. “Ourdiscovery will open up the possibility of investigatingthe range of different cancers that could be treated withcordycepin,” de Moor says in a statement.

“We have also developed a very effective methodthat can be used to test new, more efficient or morestable versions of the drug in the petri dish. This is agreat advantage as it will allow us to rule out any non-runners before anyone considers testing them in ani-mals.”

Internet

Elephant gift to Ireland a“weighty baby” problemDUBLIN, 30 Dec — Tan-

zania’s gift of an elephantto Ireland in 1980 leftDublin with a “weightybaby” problem — andhaving to pay the transportcosts, according to archivefiles made public onWednesday.

The elephant, presentedto President PatrickHillery by President JuliusNyerere during a state visitin February that year, re-sulted in a “mess”, accord-ing to files released by theNational Archives Office.Tanzania’s Foreign Minis-try wrote to the Irish em-

bassy in September askingif it “recalled” that Irelandhad agreed to pay the airfreight charges of about66,000 Tanzanian shillings(some 4,000 Irish punts,5,000 euros).

“The Ministry wouldappreciate if the embassywould make the refund atits earliest opportunity,”the letter said.

“Do you have 4,000pounds to spare?” asksa December telexed memofrom the Irish ForeignMinistry in Dublin to theDar-es-Salaam embassy.

Internet

Tanzania’s gift of anelephant to Ireland in

1980 left Dublin with a“weighty baby” problem

— and having to paythe transport costs,

according to archivefiles made public on

Wednesday.—INTERNET

Argentine soybean booma blow to corn growers

BUENOS AIRES, 30 Dec— Argentina’s recordcrops of soybean havecaused dismay amongcorn and sunflower grow-ers who see the govern-ment’s emphasis on lucra-tive soybean exports as apotential blow to their ag-ricultural crops, essentialto food security.

Last year Argentinaearned about $24 billionfrom soybean exports,which are now seen bymany growers as a goodmoney spinner whencompared with con-sventional crops such ascorn.

The farmers’ protestsare having little effect onsoybean enthusiasts, whowere drawn to this year’sforecasts of a recordbumper crop likely to ex-ceed 50 million tons — 5million tons more thanlast year. The soybean isnow commonly called“green gold” — a refer-

ence to its high earningpotential.

The Rosario Chamberof Commerce said thesoybean crop yield waslikely to reach the recordlevel despite a chronicdrought and disincentivessuch as unpopular govern-ment export taxes.

Agriculture industrysources said the high yieldowed much to farmersswitching away from cornand other food crops toput more land undersoybean cultivation.

In some provinces,soybean crops this yearencroached on more landpreviously dedicated tocorn.

Agriculture expertshave said the El Nino ef-fect has made likely anabundant rainfall andheating of the South At-lantic, which is likelyto generate welcome hu-midity in the area.

Internet

An employee of Japanese mobile communication giant NTT DoCoMo displays aprototype model of mobile phone (right) and smart phone which have eco-friendly body

made of thinned wood, at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo. —INTERNET

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Wigan sign Serbia goalkeeperStojkovic on loan

LISBON, 30 Dec—Wigan have signed Sporting Lis-bon’s Serbian goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic on loanfor the remainder of the season, said the Portugueseclub on its website on Tuesday.

The 26-year-old has won 29 caps for Serbia andhelped Serbia reach next year’s World Cup finals.

Stojkovic joined Portuguese giants Sporting Lis-bon since 2007, but has mainly been used as a backupkeeper. He was then loaned to Spanish side Getafelast January but has not played this season.

Xinhua

Hunt the hero as Hullbattle back

BOLTON, 30 Dec—Stephen Hunt scored twice asHull came from two goals behind to share the points ina 2-2 draw away to their fellow Premier Leaguerelegation rivals Bolton Wanderers on Tuesday.

Bolton looked as if they were on course to climb outof the bottom three after Ivan Klasnic fired them infront in the 20th minute before strike partner KevinDavies added a second just after the hour mark.

But Hunt gave Hull hope when he headed in CraigFagan’s 71st minute cross and the Republic of Irelandmidfielder was on target again seven minutes laterwhen his angled shot just crossed the line.

A share of the spoils meant both teams remained inthe bottom three but for Hull only their third pointaway from home all season would have seemed verysweet after their poor start.

This result did little for Bolton boss Gary Megson’sfractious relationship with his own fans, who havenever warmed to their manager, and his decision toreplace Klasnic, a forward, with midfielder GavinMcCann when the Trotters were still 2-1 in front, ledto a chorus of boos at the Reebok Stadium.—Internet

Bolton Wanderers’ midfielder Fabrice Muamba(R) and Hull City’s midfielder Stephen Hunt jumpfor the ball during their English Premier Leaguefootball match at The Reebok Stadium in Bolton.Hunt was Hull City’s hero with two goals as theycame from 2-0 down to share the points in a 2-2draw away to relegation rivals Bolton Wanderers

at the Reebok Stadium.—INTERNET

Chelsea’s Germaninternational midfielder

Michael Ballack

Ballack looking for two moreseasons with Chelsea

Belgium’sJustine Henin

Comeback Henin eyessuccessful Australian Open

Boyd ready to end Scotland exileGLASGOW, 30 Dec—Kris Boyd has promised new

Scotland manager Craig Levein he will be getting abetter player than the one who quit international footballa year ago should he recall the Rangers striker.

Levein has made it clear he won’t rule anyone outof his plans when selecting a squad for his first gamein charge against the Czech Republic in March, pavingthe way for Boyd’s return.

The 26-year-old forward walked out on formerScotland manager George Burley within hours of agoalless draw against Norway after being left on thebench. Boyd was adamant he had not fallen out withBurley, simply he was fed up of making pointless tripswith the national side which he felt were harming hisclub career.

But having become a mainstay of Scottish championsRangers’ team, Boyd is ready to represent his countryonce again. “I want to go back in, I want to beinvolved,” Boyd said on Tuesday.

“It’s up to the manager if he picks me but I’m readyto go back and I want to play for my country again.

Internet

Estudiantes’ JuanSebastian Veron (R)

hugs Barcelona’sThierry Henry after

their FIFA Club WorldCup final soccer match

at Zayed Sports Citystadium in Abu Dhabi

on 19 Dec, 2009.INTERNET

Aston Villa’s Carlos Cuellar (L)jumps for an aerial ball withLiverpool’s Fernando Torres

during their Premiership match atVilla Park in Birmingham.

Torres’s stoppage-time goal sawLiverpool to a 1-0 win.—INTERNET

Premier striker Torres could missReds’ Cup clash

BIRMINGHAM, 30 Dec—Rafael Benitez may spare striker FernandoTorres FA Cup duty against Reading on Saturday so as to keep him fitfor Liverpool’s bid to get back into the top four of the Premier League.

Torres became the quickest Liverpool player to 50 league goals witha stoppage-time winner in the Merseysiders 1-0 victory away to AstonVilla here on Tuesday, a result that left the Reds within four points of atop four finish that will secure a place in next season’s ChampionsLeague.

But the Spain striker now has a slight ankle injury to go with the groinproblem he has been carrying for the majority of the season.

Benitez will assess Torres over the next few days, but is determinedto keep his compatriot as fit as possible for the remainder of the PremierLeague season, starting with the home fixture against TottenhamHotspur on 10 January — a game which could see Liverpool claw backfurther lost ground on their rivals in the race for a Champions Leagueplace.

“He has a problem with his ankle as well as his groin,” Benitez toldreporters here at Villa Park.

Internet

BERLIN, 30 Dec—Chelsea’s Germaninternational midfielderMichael Ballack revealedon Tuesday he could

extend his contract for afurther two years with thePremier League leaders.

“I think I can still playthe two coming years atthe best level for Chelsea,”Ballack, whose contractexpires next June, toldGerman agency SID.

“I’ve never evenconsidered ending mycareer whether it be forclub our country. I stillhave great sportingambitions.”

Ballack, 33, has playedat Chelsea since 2006 afterKaiserslautern (1997-99),Bayer Leverkusen (1999-2002) and Bayern Munich(2002-06).—Internet

SYDNEY, 30 Dec—Belgium’s Justine Heninon Tuesday said a shockAustralian Open win was“possible” after her briefretirement, and warned shewould be a better playerwhen she returns to thecircuit next week.

Henin said a moremature, relaxed outlookwould help her improveon the performances thattook her to women’snumber one before hersurprise decision to retirein May 2008.

“I believe I can be abetter player, I believe Ican use my experiencemore than in the past,” she

said. “When you are(playing at) 200 percentyou have no time to realiseit.

“You are too involvedall the time, and all thistime off helped me torealise everything Iachieved. What I can sayis I know myself muchbetter and that’s the mostimportant thing.”

Henin, 27, announcedher return to the circuit inSeptember, shortly aftercompatriot Kim Clijsterswon the US Openfollowing a similarcomeback.

Henin will play her firstWTA event at next week’sBrisbane International andwill also play in Sydneybefore the AustralianOpen, which starts on 18January.

Asked if she could pulloff victory in Melbourne,she replied, “Anything ispossible.”

Henin has won a total of41 WTA Tour titles andheld the number one spotfor a total of 117 weeks.

Internet

MONTEVIDEO, 30Dec—With just 24 hoursleft to go, Argentinewinger Juan SebastianVeron is taking the lead inthe contention for the BestSoccer Player Of AmericaAward for 2009 which isorganized by Uruguayannewspaper El Pais.

Veron is captain of Ar-gentina’s national soccersquad and of LaPlata teamEstudiantes, which wonthis year’s LibertadoresCup.

The 34-year-oldmidfielder is eight pointsahead of Chilean strikerHumberto Suazo, whoplays for Mexican teamMonterrey, and 10 pointsahead of Ecuadorianwinger Edison Mendez,who plays for Ecuadorianteam Liga de Quito.

The 2009 award willbe announced on Wednes-day.—Xinhua

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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 and Mon States, Bago and TaninthayiDivisions and generally fair in the remaining States andDivisions. Night temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) belowDecember average temperatures in Kachin and KayahStates, Mandalay and Bago Divisions, (5°C) to (6°C)belowDecember average temperatures in Rakhine State andSagaing Division,(7°C)belowDecember averagetemperatures in Magway Division, (9°C) below Decemberaverage temperatures in Chin State, (4°C) above Decemberaverage temperatures in Taninthayi Division and aboutDecember average temperatures in the remaining Statesand Divisions. The significant night temperatures wereHaka (-5°C), Loilem (-4°C), Namhsan (-2°C), Pinlaung(-1°C), Heho (0C), Lashio (1°C), Mogok and An (2°C)each.Katha, Mindat and Putao and Pyin Oo Lwin (3°C)each.

Maximum temperature on 29-12-2009 was 89°F.Minimum temperature on 30-12-2009 was 55°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 30-12-2009 was 66%.Total sun shine hours on 29-12-2009 was (9.4) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 30-12-2009 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 (4) mphfrom South at (21:30) hours MST on 29-12-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy inthe Andaman Sea and South Bay and partly cloudyelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 31st December 2009:Weather will be partly cloudy in Yangon, Ayeyawady andTaninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the remainngStates and Divisions.

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

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

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for31-12-2009: Generally fair weather .

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for31-12-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for31-12-2009: Generally fair weather.

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2010: The year of theMac?

SAN FRANCISCO, 30 Dec—It’s almost a patheticassertion: This year, the Mac will break out of itsghetto and become a mainstream computer forindividuals and businesses alike. That unfulfilleddesire is foretold every year and has been since themid-1980s, when Apple’s then-groundbreakingcomputer was quickly sidelined by the IBM P and,later, Microsoft Windows.

So will 2010 be any different? Is it just Mac fanspining for validation who will claim that this year isthe year of the Mac? Maybe, but there are signs thatthis time they may be right. However, there are alsosigns that they’re wrong — again.

[ Relive Apple’s 12 biggest failures in theInfoWorld slideshow. | Learn how to bring Macsinto your business — and what Mac security issuesto watch out for. ]—Internet

In this file photo from on 9 July, 2008, Kermitthe Frog is seen at the Smithsonian Institution inWashington. ‘The Muppet Movie’, the film from1979 where Kermit appeared, is one of 25 films

to be inducted Wednesday for preservation inthe 2009 National Film Registry.

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★ 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

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The government built a cluster of dams, reser-voirs and lakes the length and breadth of the nationwith the aim of greening of the region, of expeditingdevelopment in agricultural sector and of supplying

Linpan Dam in Kanbalu contributing to agricultural developmentArticle: Tin Mar Win & Aye Thanda Thein; Photo: Myanma Alin

substantial drinking water to local people.With the advent of those irrigation facilities

including sluice gates and regulating dams, local peo-ple are now enjoying the higher socio-economic sta-

tus, and have been able to generate more income.Constructed by the Ministry of Agriculture and

Irrigation, Linpan Dam was formally inaugurated(See page 10)

Photo shows Linpan Dam contributing to regional development.

* Never had we regained

independence

Ever through a request

Made we in a humiliating manner

The flower of independence

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