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Volume XX, Number 119 15th Waning of Second Waso 1374 ME Friday, 17 August, 2012

True patriotism * It is very important for every one of the

nation regardless of the place he lives tohave strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalities will haveto safeguard.

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Aug—U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Dr Susilo BambangYudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia, on the occasion of the 67th

Anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia which falls on 17August 2012.—MNA

President U Thein Sein sends message offelicitations to Indonesian counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Aug—Dr Sai Mauk Kham, Vice-President of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Prof. DrBoediono, M.Ec, Vice-President of the Republic of Indonesia, on the occasion of the67th Anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia which falls on17 August 2012.—MNA

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Khamfelicitates Indonesian Vice-President

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Aug—The ninth day session ofPyidaungsu Hluttaw was held at the Pyidaungsu HluttawHall of Hluttaw Complex, here, at 1 pm today, attended bySpeaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint, Speakerof Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann and 612 PyidaungsuHluttaw representatives.

At the today’s session, one message was read,approval sought from the Hluttaw, one proposal submitted,one report submitted and explained.

At message reading session, the Speaker ofPyidaungsu Hluttaw read the message sent by the

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves to fund establishment ofPyidaungsu Hluttaw approves to fund establishment ofASEAN Humanitarian Aid CenterASEAN Humanitarian Aid Center

President to appoint Director-General U Win Ko ofUnion Election Commission who is discharging secretaryduty of the commission as member of the Union ElectionCommission.

The Hluttaw representative wishing to oppose theappointment with evidences that the candidate is notqualified may enlist after today’s session and the appointmentof the UEC member will be discussed on the 10th day session.

At approval-seeking session, Deputy Minister forSocial Welfare, Relief and Resettlement U Phone Swe readthe matter related to funding of ASEAN member countries

for establishment of ASEAN Humanitarian Aid Center (AHA-Center). The Hluttaw approved it.

At Proposal-submitting session, U Soe Tha of TwantayConstituency submitted a proposal, calling for the Uniongovernment to submit the reports on income and expenditureunder capital and ordinary budgets of central organizations,organizations under ministries and projects from appendixtables (1) to (10) of the Union Budget Law 2012.

The Hluttaw representatives wishing to take part inthe discussions may enlist not later than 4 pm on 17 August.

At report-submitting session, U Tin Htut of ZalunConstituency submitted the proposal calling for fairly solvingthe loss of farmers after investigating the confiscatedfarmlands on the fourth day of the fourth regular session ofthe Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. U Hla Swe of Magway RegionConstituency No 2 submitted that the discussion ofPyidaungsu Hluttaw representative U J Yaw Wu over theabove-mentioned proposal was not in line with thePyidaungsu Hluttaw rule. Thus, the Speaker of thePyidaungsu Hluttaw assigned duty to the Joint Bill Committeeto study and assess the discussions. Secretary of the JointBill Committee U Saw Hla Tun read the findings of thecommittee over the discussions.

According to the report of the Joint Bill Committee,although the discussions of U J Yaw Wu were set with goodaim to protect the interests of the farmer and the State, thesubjects of the discussion and usage of term were not inconformity with the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Rule-63, Sub-rule(f). That is why the discussion of U J Yaw Wu on paragraphs5 and 12 will not be put in the Hluttaw Record, and the Hluttawdecided to warn him not to use the terms not in line with thelaw.

(See page 9)

Noteworthy amounts ofrainfall

(16-8-2012)

Pathein (6.02) inches

Ye (3.34) inches

Gwa (2.76) inches

Thaton (2.68) inches

Paung (2.51) inches

Myaungmya (2.48) inches

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Waveriderhypersonic jettargets Mach 6

The aircraft was due to breakinto pieces at the end of its

flight.

Tough Capital OneCup ties for Wigan and

Fulham

Last season’s winners Liverpoolwill begin their trophy defence in

the third round.

The Chandra X-RayObservatory is shown in an

artist’s rendering.

Astronomers findrecord-breaking galaxy

cluster

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 17 August, 2012

PERSPECTIVES

Quit bad habitsFriday, 17 August, 2012

“Time and tide wait for no man”, as thesaying goes. Life span of our human beings isvery short. We have to spend our valuabletimes on education and earning of our livingsetc. We should manage our valuable timeeffectively. We should have the detailed plan.It is very important of us not to waste suchprecious times. When we take a look at theevents of the successful people, they are soindustrious. And they have the vast knowledgeof their work, exact timetables and plans. Weshould follow in the steps of them.

In building up a developed country, humanresources development plays an importantpart. Youths are the main source of humanresource development. Our country has laggedbehind the world countries, even Asiancountries. Natural resources alone are notenough for the development of country. Tobuild a developed country, we need qualifiedhuman resources, technology, naturalresources etc. Our country needs to havequalified youths.

These days, we can see, especially youths,a flood of people wasting their times by doingthe good-for-nothing. Some people are wastingtheir times by chatting at tea shops while someare making gambling (three or two digitslottery). It is not a good sign not only for theirfamily but also for their future. They spenttheir money on gambling. These bad habits cancause damages to their family as well as to ourcountry. How can a developed country be builtif majority of people do like so? Authorityconcerned should take action against thosepeople and try to educate them to quit their badhabits.

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Aug— The President of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar has transferred Rector Dr AungKyaw Myat of Technological University (Thanlyin) underthe Ministry of Science and Technology as Director-General of Advanced Science and Technology Departmentof the same ministry from the date he assumes charge ofhis duties.

The President of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar has appointed Deputy Director-General U MyintSwe of the Settlement and Land Records Departmentunder the Agriculture and Irrigation Ministry as Director-General of the same department on probation from thedate he assumes charge of his duties.

MYANMAR GAZETTE

Ministry would not get involved inselection of Myanmar Thabin

Professionals Association: UnionMinister U Kyaw Hsan

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Aug—A ceremony to meetMyanmar Thabinprofessionals was held atAssembly Hall of theMinistry of Culture, here, at10 am today, with an addressby Union Minister forInformation and for CultureU Kyaw Hsan.

It was attended byDeputy Minister forInformation U Soe Win,Deputy Minister for CultureDaw Sanda Khin,departmental heads andmaestros from regions andstates.

In his speech, the UnionMinister said that today’smeeting aimed at makingsuggestions for reformationof Myanmar ThabinProfessionals Associationin line with democraticpractices. It needed to reformaccording to current system,Thabin Association’sorganizational rules andThabin Professionals’ wills.Those present were urged

to give suggestions forsystematic formation of it.Ministry would not getinvolved in practicalimplementation. ThabinProfessionals themselveswere to do their owndemocratically.

He elaborated onformation and election.

The Ministercontinued to say thatThabin professionals wereurged to review thosesuggestions and continueto implement it with themajority vote. The Ministrywould provide assistancesonly when the associationasked for help.

At the meeting, thosepresent made suggestions.After reviewing thesuggestions, the Ministercordially greeted thosepresent. In the afternoon,the maestros helddiscussion on drawing theprinciples for ThabinAssociation.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Aug—On the occasion of the 67th

Anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic ofIndonesia which falls on 17 August 2012, U Wunna MaungLiwn, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitationsto His Excellency Dr R.M Marty M. Natalegawa, Minister forForeign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia.—MNA

Union Foreign AffairsMinister felicitates

Indonesian counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Aug—The first day of first AyeyawadyRegion Hluttaw special session (1/2012) was held at theregion Hluttaw Office, with the attendance of Speaker of theRegion Hluttaw U Hsan Hsint.

It was also attended by 68 region Hluttawrepresentatives, the acting chief justice of Region HighCourt, the advocate-general, the auditor-general of theRegion, one nominee of the member of justice of regionhigh court, three members of Hluttaw affairs and 48 regionaldepartmental personnel.

Region Hluttaw Representative Dr Hla Myat Thwe ofYekyi Township Constituency No. 2 and Defence ServicesPersonnel Representative Major Soe Naing took affirmation

First Ayeyawady Region Hluttaw special session held

and signed letter of affirmation.The speaker of the Region Hluttaw made a speech.

Regarding to the proposal of name list assigning duty tochief justice of Region High Court by the President, thespeaker of the region Hluttaw declared Hluttaw as well asregarding to the proposal of name list assigning duty toregion justice by the region chief minister.

There were four questions answered, one proposalproved, one new proposal and four reports submittedincluding the act of fixing the date on which ten assessmentsof the law experts of the Hluttaw would be discussed. Thefirst Ayeyawady Region Hluttaw special session concludedat 5 pm.—MNA

Flood warning for Sittoung RiverNAY PYI TAW, 16 Aug—According to the 12.30 hr

M.S.T observation today, the water level of SittoungRiver at Madauk 1208 cm has exceeded by 138 cm (about4.5 feet) above its danger level. It may remain above itsdanger level 1070 cm during the next three days,announced by the Meteorology and HydrologyDepartment.—MNA

Union Minister for Information and for CultureU Kyaw Hsan meeting with Myanmar Thabin

professionals.—MNA

The first day session of Ayeyawady Region Hluttaw Special meeting 1/2012 in progress.—MNA

LOUD.

LOUD.

LOUD.

Paw Lwin Kyaw

Speak outLOUD thrice

that you’ll nevertake the bribe!

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Indonesia president says corruption threatenseconomic growth

“The drum of war oncorruption should notdissipate. Corruption shouldbe completely eradicated,”Yudhoyono said in a speech

Indonesia’s PresidentSusilo Bambang

Yudhoyono talks during anews conference with

Australia’s Prime MinisterJulia Gillard (not pictured)at the Northern Territory

Parliament House inDarwin on 3 July, 2012.

REUTERS

JAKARTA, 16 Aug—Indonesia’s President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono said onThursday corruption is on therise, even in parliament, in hismost explicit comments yet ona scourge that he warnedthreatened economic growthin Southeast Asia’s largesteconomy.

Corruption is widely seenas holding back the economyand Yudhoyono has beencriticized for letting the fightagainst it slow as he comestowards the end of his secondfive-year term.

A series of corruptionscandals have rocked thepresident’s Democrat Party,weakening it in advance ofelections in 2014 whenYudhoyono will step down.

to parliament ahead of thecountry’s Independence Dayanniversary.

“I have to admit there arestill many perpetrators ofcorruption even in thegovernment, parliament,regional representatives andamong law enforcers,”Yudhoyono said.

There are few estimatesof how much corruption costsIndonesia but watchdoggroups say it is prevalent inthe civil service, police andjudicial system and that it addsto business costs in part byweakening confidence in therule of law.

Despite rampant graft,resource-rich Indonesia hasbecome a favourite of emergingmarket investors because of

its large domestic market asthe world’s fourth mostpopulous country, risingmiddle class, relatively stablefiscal framework and low levelsof public debt.

Economic growth pickedup to a stronger-than-expected6.4 percent last quarter,defying a global downturnbecause of domesticconsumption and investment.

Yudhoyono’s wide-ranging speech ahead ofIndependence Day was thelatest in a series to touch oncorruption. He saidcooperation between the anti-graft body the KPK, theSupreme Court, police and theAttorney General’s office wasparamount in fightingcorruption.—Reuters

Militants attack majorPakistan air base; nine killed

KAMRA, 16 Aug—Islamist militants armed withrocket-propelled grenadesand automatic weaponsfought their way into one ofPakistan’s largest air baseson Thursday, the air forcesaid, in a brazen challenge tothe nuclear-armed country’spowerful military.

The attack was repelledand only one aircraft wasdamaged, said an air forcespokesman, adding that theMinhas air base at Kamra, incentral Punjab Province, didnot house nuclear weapons.

“No air base is a nuclearair base in Pakistan,” he said.

The gunbattle raged forhours, and eight militants andone soldier were killed, thespokesman said. Commandoswere called in to reinforce andpolice armored personnelcarriers could be seen headinginto the base.

The attackers movedthrough a nearby villageunder cover of darkness andclimbed a nine foot (2.7 meter)wall strung with barbed wire

Paramilitary soldiers guard near the main entrance ofthe Minhas in the town of Kamra in Punjab Province

on 16 Aug, 2012. —REUTERS

People examines a blastsite in southwest

Pakistan’s Quetta on 15Aug, 2012. At least one

man was killed andseven others were injuredin the blast at a hotel in

Quetta lateWednesday night.

XINHUA

11 killed as NATO helicopter crashes insouthern Afghanistan

KABUL, 16 Aug — A totalof 11 people including fourNATO and three US soldierswere killed Thursday when aNATO military helicoptercrashed in restive southernAfghanistan, the NATO saidin a statement.

“An ISAF helicoptercrashed in southernAfghanistan today. The crashresulted in the deaths of fourInternational SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)service members, three UnitedStates Forces-Afgha-nistanservice members, threemembers of the AfghanNational Security Forces(ANSF), and one Afghan

civilian interpreter,” theNATO-led ISAF said in thestatement. The ISAFstatement did not providedetails about the incident, onlysaying “The cause of the crashis under investigation.” Thestate-ment also did not revealinformation about thecasualties. “It is ISAF policyto defer casualty identificationprocedures to the relevantnational authorities.”

Meantime, an Afghanofficial said that the helicopterwas crashed in southernKandahar province. “Thehelicopter went down inChinarto area of Shah WaliKot district in Kandahar

province during a militaryoperation,” a provincial officialJawid Faisal told Xinhuawithout giving the exact timeof the incident.

MNA/Xinhua

Wildfires blaze across US West, threatenIdaho towns

SALMON, 16 Aug—Wildfires roared out ofcontrol across the sun-scorched US West onWednesday and threatenedto engulf two small towns inIdaho as firefighters managedto partially dampen a monsterblaze that has destroyed morethan 60 homes in Washingtonstate.

A helicopter drops Thermo-Gel on the Barry Pointwildfire near Lakeview, Oregon, in this USDA Forest

Service handout photo dated on 14 Aug, 2012.—REUTERS

All told, the fires haveblackened more than half amillion acres across Idaho,Washington, Oregon andCalifornia, destroying homesand outbuildings, forcinghundreds of people toevacuate ahead of the flamesand killing a young firefighter.

In Idaho, authoritiestold some 1,000 residents

around the south-centralcommunities of Feathervilleand Pine to prepare forevacuation as a blaze thathas consumed more than63,000 acres raged just milesfrom the two towns.

“We’re adopting aposture that it’s not if it’sgoing to hit Featherville andPine, but when,” ElmoreCounty Sheriff’s Officespokesman Gary Walkersaid, adding that the earlywarning was designed toprevent “a big, massconfusion once we have toget people out of there.”

The Trinity Ridge firethat menaces Feathervilleand Pine erupted after a utilityterrain vehicle caught fire on3 August. Strong winds sentflames racing across parchedgrasslands and sagebrushand into tinder-dry pineforests, federal fireinformation officer BrandonHampton said.

Reuters

to break into the base. Somewere wearing militaryuniforms.

The assault cast doubtsover official assertions thatmilitary operations hadseverely weakened militantswaging a violent campaign totopple the US-backedgovernment and impose strictIslamic rule.

Security forces openedfire when militants strappedwith suicide bombing vestsapproached aircraft hangars,prompting other militants tofire rocket-propelled grenadesfrom outside the base’s walls,said the air force spokesman.

Base commander AirCommodore MuhammadAzam, who led the operationagainst the attackers, wasshot in the shoulder, but is instable condition, saidspokesman Captain TariqMahmood.

Search operations for anyother militants who may havebeen hiding in the complexafter the attack had ended, hesaid.—Reuters

8 killed, 34 wounded in attacks in Iraq’s Kirkuk

Policemen check a vehicle wreckage in Iraq’s northernprovince of Kirkuk, on Aug. 16, 2012. At least eight

people were killed and 34 others injured Thursday inseparate bomb attacks including a suicide car bombing

in Kirkuk, a provincial police source said.—XINHUA

KIRKUK, Iraq, 16 Aug —At least eight people werekilled and 34 others injured onThursday in separate bombattacks including a suicidecar bombing in Iraq’s northernprovince of Kirkuk, aprovincial police source said.

A suicide bomber droveand detonated his explosive-laden car into a security centerbelonging to Kurdish securitymembers, also known asAsaish, in the town of Daquq,just south of the provincialcapital city of Kirkuk, some250 km north of Baghdad, thesource told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

Minutes later, a roadsidebomb went off near the firstscene, targeting the buildingof anti-crime office, the sourcesaid.

A total of five people,including four securitymembers, were killed and 11others injured in the twoblasts, the source added.

On Thursday morning,

four car bombs detonated inAlmas and Arfa districts,both in northern Kirkuk,including a successive attacknear a police station, he said.

“Our latest report saidthat a total of three peoplewere killed and 20 otherswounded, includingpolicemen, by the four blasts,”he added.

Early in the day, the

police source reportedly putthe casualties at three peoplekilled and 10 others injuredby the four blasts.

In a separate incident,gunmen blew up two roadsidebombs in the house of anarmy officer in the town ofDibis, some 45 km northwestof Kirkuk, wounding him andhis daughter, he said.

MNA/Xinhua

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Science & Technology Science & Technology Science & TechnologyNew toilet technology after 150 years of waste

SEATTLE, 16 Aug—These aren’t your typical loos.One uses microwave energyto transform human waste intoelectricity. Another capturesurine and uses it for flushing.And still another turnsexcrement into charcoal.They are part of a Bill &Melinda Gates Foundationcompetition to reinvent thetoilet for the 2.5 billionpeople around the world whodon’t have access to modernsanitation.

Scientists from aroundthe world have taken up thechallenge, and the foun-dation announced someprojects on Tuesday that willbe getting more money to taketheir ideas from the lab tocities.

There, local entrepre-neurs will use the newtechnology to turn pollutioninto cash. “We couldn’t behappier with the response thatwe’ve gotten,” Bill Gatessaid.

To pass thefoundation’s threshold for the

Bill Gates, right, looks at a device that uses solar energy totreat human waste, as he tours the “Reinventing the

Toliet” Fair, on 14 Aug, 2012, in Seattle, which is part ofa Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation competition to

reinvent the toilet for the 2.6 billion people around theworld who don’t have access to modern sanitation.

INTERNET

solution to the solid wastepuzzle, said Carl Hensman,programme officer for thefoundation’s water, sanit-ation and hygiene team.Manyrecycle waste into otherusable substances such asanimal feed, water for

Apple patent could lead to thinneriPhone and iPad screens

NEW YORK, 16 Aug — Apple on Tuesday was granted apatent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office fora new screen technology that could potentially make thenext-generation iPhone thinner and lighter. Currenttouchscreen technology places the touch sensitive elementsof the screen over the liquid crystal display. The Cupertino-based company’s patent, however, describes a variety ofways in which a touchscreen’s touch sensitive technologycould be integrated within the actual LCD screen.

“By integrating the layered structure of an LCD and a touchsensor, a variety of benefits can be achieved,” Apple explainedin the filings. “This integration can include combining orinterleaving the layered structures described above. Integrationcan further include eliminating redundant structures and/orfinding dual purposes (eg, one purpose for the touch functionand another for the display function) for particular layers orstructures. This can permit some layers to be eliminated, whichcan reduce cost and thickness of the touch screen LCD, as wellas simplify manufacturing.”— Internet

Applepatentcould

lead tothinneriPhone

and iPadscreens.INTERNET

world’s next toilet, it mustoperate without runningwater, electricity or a septicsystem, not dischargepollutants, preferably captureenergy or other resources, andoperate at a cost of 5 cents aday.

The United Nationsestimates disease caused byunsafe sanitation results inabout half thehospitalizations in thedeveloping world. About 1.5million children die each yearfrom diarrheal disease.

Scientists believe mostof these deaths could beprevented with propersanitation, along with safedrinking water and improvedhygiene. The foundationexpects to field test its firstprototypes within the nextthree years.

Most of the prototypeson display this week in theopen courtyard of thefoundation’s Seattleheadquarters turn solid wasteinto energy. This is both apractical and pragmatic

irrigation, or even just energyand water to run their ownsystems. Some, like thewinning project fromCaltech, use chemistry andengineering to completelytransform the waste.

Internet

Waverider hypersonic jet targets Mach 6

LONDON, 16 Aug — The US military hasconducted a test flight of its hypersonic jetWaverider, aiming to reach Mach 6(4,300mph; 6,900km/h) above the PacificOcean. At that speed it could travel fromLondon to New York in about an hour. Resultsfrom the test flight have not yet been released.Pentagon and NASA hope to use the projectto develop faster missiles.

During a test in June 2011, Waveridertravelled at Mach 5, but failed to reach thetarget speed.It is one of several projectscurrently under way to create a hypersonicaircraft. The research could also be used tobuild a commercial plane, able to reachmuch higher speeds than today’s jets, afterConcorde was decommissioned in 2003.

The military intended to use a B-52bomber to lift the wingless unmanned jetfrom US Edwards Air Force Base in Californiato 50,000 feet (15,250m). The craft was thento be dropped and after a free fall of aboutfour seconds, its engine is supposed to

ignite. X-51A Waverider was then expected toclimb to 70,000ft (21,300m) and eventuallyreach Mach 6.

The Mach number is the ratio of thespeed of an object to the speed of sound.Mach 1 is the speed of sound—approximately768mph, depending on various factorsincluding temperature and altitude.

So Mach 6 is six times the speed of sound.Concorde’s cruising speed was Mach 6—itflew from London to New York in just overthree hours. The Waverider test flight wasexpected to last for about five minutes beforethe craft falls into the Pacific. The test isessentially a repeat of last summer’s attempt,when the hypersonic aircraft reached Mach 5,but the engine failed to attain fullpower.Military officials said the results wouldbe available later on Wednesday.

European aerospace and defence giantEADS believes that hypersonic passengerflights are likely to appear in the near future.In 2011, EADS presented its own concept ofa commercial high-speed aircraft designed tofly at Mach 4.”

Internet

The aircraft was due to break into piecesat the end of its flight.— INTERNET

The Filton Concorde was the last of thefleet to fly when the jet was withdrawn

from service.— INTERNET

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover seen innew satellite image

SAN FRANCISCO, 16 Aug— NASA has used its high-resolution imaging satelliteat the Red Planet to look downon the Curiosity rover andacquire a new picture of therecently landed six-wheeledrobot. The vehicle appears as

Curiosity’sview

towards thebase ofMount

Sharp, therover’s

ultimategoal.

INTERNET

features.These include thedisturbance in the soil madeeither side of the vehicle bythe rocket powered crane thatlowered Curiosity into GaleCrater a week ago.

“We can clearly seeCuriosity—it’s like two bright

to it (false colour blue),”explained Alfred McEwen, theprincipal investigator onMRO’s High Resolution ImageScience Experiment (HiRise)camera. Since its 6 August(GMT) touchdown, engineershave been checking out therover’s systems andinstruments.And the past fourdays have been spentupgrading the vehicle’sonboard software.Curiosityruns two computers — a mainunit and a back-up. Both havebeen updated to whatprogrammers call the R10configuration.

This software is optimis-ed for surface operations,enabling the rover to drive,drill into rocks and takesamples into the laboratoriesinside its body.—Internet

a double dot. The view fromthe Mars ReconnaissanceOrbiter (MRO) has beencolour enhanced toemphasise certain ground

spots that we see, and theirshadows. And then it’ssurrounded by the blast patternfrom the descent stage—those little blue fans right next

‘Cyber egg’ used to record Abbotsbury Swannery swansLONDON, 16 Aug—Scientists have placed a computerized egg

among a group of swans in Dorset. The silicon-filled “cyber egg” willuse mobile phone-style technology to measure movements of the birdsat Abbotsbury Swannery. Experts hope they can learn more about thebehaviour of the swans during the hatching of their cygnets. Prof ChrisPerrins, of the Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology at theUniversity of Oxford, said: “It’s puzzled us for a long time.”

A swan lays four to 10 eggs at two-day intervals, but cygnetshatch together. Prof Perrins added: “Birds don’t normally wasteenergy and yet some preliminary observations during the layingperiod indicate that a female swan does keep her eggs at least partlywarm some of the time. “But since the eggs hatch together, they arenot apparently kept warm enough for development to take place. Sowhy use up energy doing it at all? It seems odd.”

The “cyber egg” was made by Dr Stephen Ellwood, of the university’swildlife conservation research unit, by cutting off the top of a dud swan’segg with a diamond saw.He then cleaned it out and placed a miniaturisedcomputer inside. He said: “These kinds of devices make observationsthat were impossible, possible. People just can’t go into the places thatthese devices can go.”The temperature of the egg is recorded eight times

a second and transmitted to a nearby base station.Swanherd Dave Wheeler said Abbotsbury was the only place the

study could be done without disturbing the birds.He added: “Herethey are used to our management and we can be intimately close atvery sensitive times, throughout nesting and throughout hatching,and they’re very used to that.”If we didn’t take advantage of thisunique situation where the birds are so tolerant, I think it would bea crime. The site has been home to the colony of mute swans for nearly1,000 years. They were originally used for food at the local Benedictinemonks’ lavish banquets.— Internet

Experts hopethe “cyber egg”can teach themmore about the

behaviour of theswans duringthe hatching

process.INTERNET

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Business & Health Business & Health Business & HealthGoogle buys Frommer’s travel guide business

NEW YORK, 16 Aug —Google has agreed to buyFrommer’s travel guidesfrom US publishing firmWiley & Sons for anundisclosed sum. Googlesaid it would be “a greataddition” to the restaurantguide business Zagat, whichit bought last year for $151m(£96m).

The search giant willpublish reviews online underthe Frommer’s brand. It hasnot said whether it willcontinue to produce printedbooks.Its aim is to provide areview for “every relevantplace in the world”.

Wiley & Sons said itwould put the money it madefrom the sale into the coreareas of its business —scientific, medical andeducation titles.The two

Frommer’s guides are used by travellersall over the world.—INTERNET

Cosmetic surgery views soughtafter breast implant scareLONDON, 16 Aug —

People are being asked fortheir views on the cosmeticsurgery industry after therecent PIP scandal, wherethousands of women weregiven breast implantscontaining substandardmaterial. The review,requested by the healthsecretary, will look at whethertighter regulation is neededin England.And it will ask ifpeople are given enoughinformation about surgery.

About 7,000 women inEngland are having checksfor faulty breast implants andhundreds have now had themremoved.Although theunauthorised silicone fillerused in the PIP breast implantsis not thought to be toxic or

US retail sales jumpunexpectedly in July

NEW YORK, 16 Aug — US retail sales jumped unexpectedlyin July and by the biggest amount in five months, the CommerceDepartment said. Lower fuel prices and modest growth inemployment helped spur a 0.8% monthly rise in retail and foodservices sales.They amounted to a seasonally-adjusted $404bn(£258bn) in July and were 4.1% higher from a year earlier.

The data pointed to a modest recovery in the economy,as spending makes up nearly three-quarters of America’seconomic output. “Lower gas prices, a nice rally in stocks andstronger job growth... helped boost consumer spending,”said Jennifer Lee, senior economist at BMO CapitalMarkets.Employers last month added 163,000 jobs, whileconsumer confidence also rose in July for the first time in sixmonths. The housing market is also rebounding, albeit slowly.

In July, the biggest sales were recorded in buildingmaterials, furniture and health products, data showed. Salesof cars were also up. Home Depot, the world’s biggest homeimprovement retailer, on Tuesday said that net profits rose12% in the second quarter to $1.53bn from a year earlier. It alsoincreased its earnings forecast for full entire year. EsteeLauder, the beauty care retailer, also reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and forecast more sales growth thisyear.While markets cheered the retail figures, the US recoveryremains fragile.

“The reports suggest that the US economy continues togrow, although at a slow pace,” said Vassili Serebriakov, asenior currency strategist at Wells Fargo. “The numbers,moreover, reduce the possibility of Federal Reserve action atthe next meeting.” Economist Chris Williamson said cautionwas required as the monthly retail sales data can be volatile:“The 0.8% rise in July came on the back of a 0.7% fall in June,”he said.But he added that, the data was “quite reassuring”.

“The retail sales data suggest that the US economy faredsurprisingly well in July in the face of ongoing uncertainty andrenewed contraction in the eurozone.” The total number ofunemployed people was 12.8 million last month and is about8.3%. The US economy has to generate 100,000 new jobs amonth just to stand still, according to the Federal Reserve.

Internet

Home Depot has reported strong earnings, underpinninga jump in July retail sales.—INTERNET

A ruptured PIP breastimplant.— INTERNET

Indian inflation slows in Julynew finance minister and support growth, or stick to thetougher line,” said Dariusz Kowalczyk at Credit Agricole CIBin Hong Kong.

“Weak industrial output and very poor exports suggestthat there is rate cut scope, but we need to see how themonsoon develops and what the outlook will be for foodprices by then.”Until now, persistently high inflation hasstopped the central bank lowering its main interest rate.TheReserve Bank of India cited inflation risks for its decision tokeep the interest rate at 8% last month, despite a slowdownin India’s economic growth. The country expanded at itslowest rate in nine years in the quarter to March.Food pricesrose just over 10% in the year to July, down from the 10.8%in the year to June.Fuel inflation slowed to 6% in July from10.3% in June.

The key factor determining food prices remains theamount of rainfall. If the monsoon season, which runs fromJune to September, is insufficient, India will be forced to importmore, pushing the price of food higher again.A weaker rupee,which hit a record low of 57.32 to the dollar in June, puts furtherpressure on India’s economy by lowering its purchasingpower.—Internet

Exercising in midlife protectsheart, says research

LONDON, 16 Aug — Making sure you get enough exercisein midlife will help protect your heart, according to research.Even those who make the switch in their late 40s and 50s canstill benefit, the study of over 4,000 people suggests. And itneed not be hard toil in a gym — gardening and brisk walkscount towards the required 2.5 hours of moderate activity perweek, say experts. But more work is needed since the studylooked at markers linked to heart problems and not heartdisease itself.

And it relied on people accurately reporting how muchexercise they did — something people tend to overestimaterather than underestimate. In the study, which is published inthe journal Circulation, people who did the recommended 2.5hours of exercise a week had the lower levels of inflammatorymarkers in their blood.Inflammatory markers are important,say experts, because high levels have been linked to increasedheart risk.

People who said they consistently stuck to therecommended amount of exercise for the entire 10-year studyhad the lowest inflammatory levels overall. But even thosewho said they only started doing the recommended amountof exercise when they were well into their 40s saw animprovement and had lower levels of inflammation thanpeople who said they never did enough exercise.

The findings were unchanged when the researchers tookinto consideration other factors, such as obesity and smoking,that could have influenced the results in the group of UK civilservants who were included in the study.Dr Mark Hamer, of

Gardening counts as moderate exercise.INTERNET

hundred year-old publishersaid in March that it wantedto sell a number of its assets,including the Frommer’stravel guide business,CliffsNotes education guidesand Webster’s New Worlddictionaries.

News of the deal hitother firms which provide

online reviews. Yelp wasdown almost 7%, while travelsite Expedia lost almost2%.Earlier, Googleannounced that it wascutting 20% of the workforceat mobile phone makerMotorola, which it took overlast year.

Internet

cancer-causing, there weresafety concerns. They werefound to have double therupture rate of other implants.Around 47,000 women in theUK have PIP breast implants,mostly done privately ratherthan on the NHS.

The problem came tolight at the end of 2011, shortlyafter the French governmentrecommended all women withPIP implants have themremoved as a precaution. Butthere were warnings made bysurgeons to UK authoritiesabout adverse effects formany years before this.ProfSir Bruce Keogh, who isleading the English reviewwhich will report in early 2013,said: “The recent problemswith PIP breast implants have

shone a light on the cosmeticsurgery industry.”

“Many questions havebeen raised, particularlyaround the regulation ofclinics, whether allpractitioners are adequatelyqualified, how well people areadvised when money ischanging hands, aggressivemarketing techniques, andwhat protection is availablewhen things go wrong.”I amconcerned that too manypeople do not realise howserious cosmetic surgery isand do not consider thelifelong implications it canhave.—Internet

Food price inflationslowed slightly.—INTERNET

LONDON, 16 Aug — India’s wholesale price index slowedagain in July, rising 6.87%, which was lower than had beenexpected.That figure is down from 7.25% in June and 7.55%in May.The slowing inflation was largely due to fuel prices,although the rises in food prices also slowed slightly.Whileinflation is still higher than the government would like, thefigures make an interest rate cut more likely in September,when the next Reserve Bank of India decision is due. “TheSeptember rate decision will likely be a judgment call by thecentral bank on whether they want to show confidence in the

University College London, who led the research, said: “Weshould be encouraging more people to get active — forexample, walking instead of taking the bus. You can gainhealth benefits from moderate activity at any time in your life.”

Maureen Talbot of the British Heart Foundation, whichfunded the work, said: “Donning your gardening gloves orpicking up a paint brush can still go a long way to help lookafter your heart health, as exercise can have a big impact onhow well your heart ages.”

This research highlights the positive impact changingyour exercise habits can have on the future of your hearthealth, and that it’s never too late to re-energise yourlife.”However it’s important not to wait until you retire to getoff the couch, as being active for life is a great way to keep yourheart healthy.”— Internet

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Asian economies most at risk from natural disastersLONDON, 16 Aug—Asian

countries dominate a leaguetable of economies most atrisk from earthquakes, floods,storms and other naturalhazards, according toresearch published onWednesday.

In an assessment of 197countries, British riskconsultancy Maplecroft saidsix Asian countries wereamong the 10 countrieswhose economies were mostvulnerable to catastrophes.

The list is headed byBangladesh and thePhilippines, which alongwith Myanmar are consideredto be at “extreme” risk.

Only one other country,the Caribbean state of

This file photo shows Bangladeshi pedestrians hitching aride on a rickshaw van as they attempt to stay dry overflood waters in the capital Dhaka, in 2009.—INTERNET

Dominican Republic, fallsinto this category, and wasrated third overall.

The other countries inthe top 10 were India,Vietnam, Honduras, Laos,Haiti and Nicaragua.

The “Nature HazardsRisk Atlas” looks at the impactof natural disasters on acountry relative to itseconomy, taking into accountpreparedness to deal with suchevents and social ability torebound. If a country’sinfrastructure is weak and itsgovernance is poor, theeconomic consequences arethat much greater.

The report highlightedthe impact on the Philippineeconomy from storms,

landslides, volcanoes andfloods, including severeflooding that struck thenorthern island of Luzon lastweek.

It also noted theconsequences of drought inIndia, which this year is likelyto shave 0.5 percent off thecountry’s gross domesticproduct (GDP).

The analysis’s otherbenchmark is the absoluteexposure to natural hazards,meaning the total bill from adisaster. This is different fromrelative exposure, whichmeans the economic painthat comes from it.

By the “absolute”yardstick, the countries thatface the biggest tabs when

natural catastrophes occur areJapan, the United States,China, Taipei and Mexico.

However, they havegreater muscle and strongerinstitutional means to cope,and this limits the hit to theeconomy.

“As the global influenceof emerging economiesincreases, the importance oftheir inherent natural hazardexposure will have wider anddeeper global implications,”said Maplecroft analystHelen Hodge.—Internet

Senior Germanclimber rescued

alive aftertrapped for oneweek in glacier

VIENNA, 16 Aug—A 70-year-old German alpinist wastrapped in an ice crevasse forabout a week at the TyroleanSchrankogel in southwesternAustria before being rescuedby emergency servicespersonnel on Tuesday.

The man was onlyslightly injured in theaccident, though sufferedfrom hypothermia andexhaustion, an Alpine policeofficer told the APA.

He was then airlifted byhelicopter to the UniversityHospital of Innsbruck.

By his own account theGerman set off on his trekabout a week ago from theWestfalenhaus in theStubaier Alps, where at analtitude of about 3000 metershe fell into the 20-metre deepcrevasse.

He tried to cross a bridgemade of snow, which thengave way. His cries for helpwere eventually heard byother alpinists, andemergency services werecontacted shortly aftermidday on Tuesday.

“He was very lucky tosurvive,” the Alpine policeofficer said.—Xinhua

LONDON, 16 Aug—Britain’s RWE npower will startcommercial operations of its 2,000 megawatt (MW) gas-firedpower station at Pembroke in September, the utility said onTuesday. Npower had already announced that the 1 billionpound combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power stationwould become operational during the third quarter of 2012but had not cited a specific month.

“With the full commercial operation of our new 1 billionpounds power station in Pembrokeshire next month ... RWEnpower now has the largest and most efficient fleet of flexiblegas-fired power stations in the country,” Volker Beckers, groupCEO RWE npower said at the presentation of its second-quarterresults. RWE npower said its total UK investments had amountedto 3.42 billion pounds during the past three years.—Reuters

RWE to start UK Pembrokegas power plant in September

Smoke rises from Tilbury power station during a fire atthe plant in Essex on 27 February, 2012.

REUTERS

BRUSSELS, 16 Aug—Nuclear regulators fromacross Europe will examinecracks at a Belgian nuclearplant on Thursday to helpestablish what further actionmay be needed in reactorsconstructed by the samecompany — now defunct —in other countries. Belgiannuclear watchdog FANC saidit would hold the meeting toshare information about thesuspected cracks found in thecore tank of Belgian reactorDoel 3.

The regulator said last

Foreign regulators to examine cracks atBelgian nuclear plant

week it had halted productionat the 1,006 megawatt reactor— like all of Belgium’s nuclearpower stations operated byGDF Suez unit Electrabel —until at least the end of Augustto carry out further tests.

The core tank at the 30-year-old Doel 3 was built byDutch company Rotter-damsche Droogdok Maats-chappij. It also constructedthe tank at Belgian reactorTihange 2 and reactors inother countries, includingSweden.

“Regulators will be able

to see the failure indicationswe have encountered on thereactor tank of Doel 3,” theregulator said in a statement.

Because of high levelsof radiation, replacing thecore tank is difficult and hasnever been done anywhere.

Spurred by the disaster atJapan’s Fukushima plant afteran earthquake and subsequenttsunami last year, Germanyhas pledged to abandonnuclear power generationcompletely by 2022 in favourof other renewable powersources.—Reuters

Drought cause 1-bln-euro damageto Italian farm industry

ROME, 16 Aug—Italianfarmers suffered this year onebillion euros (1.2 billion USdollars) in crop damage fromdrought, Italy’s largest farmassociation Coldiretti said onTuesday.

According to a report ofthe Rome-based association,soybeans losses were some 50percent of the total production,while corn and tomato losseswere respectively up to 30and 20 percent.

Italy’s wine productionwas also forecast to fall 10percent below the five-yearaverage because of heat,Coldiretti said noting the2012 drought was the mostserious in the last 10 years.

The crop losses in the USthat have caused a globalalarm over the potential for afood crisis may also affect theMediterranean country which“heavily depends on foreignimports of row materials,” theassociation warned.

To be especially hit bythe drought was northernItaly. In some parts ofPiedmont, a fertileagricultural region, water forirrigation was supplied with

Woman found alive threedays after Iran’s earthquake

TEHERAN, 16 Aug—A woman was foundalive on Tuesday after being trapped for threedays under the rubble following Iran ‘s twinstrong earthquakes on Saturday, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

A mother of four was rescued alive by theIranian relief workers three days after she wasburied under a destroyed building in a villagein suburban Varzaqan town of Iran’s EastAzerbaijan province, said Mehr. According tothe report, the woman was in good healthcondition and has been taken to a field hospitalfor further care. Iran has stepped up relief effortsin the wake of the deadly earthquakes that joltedits northwestern region over the weekend.

Iranian Health Minster Marzieh VahidDastjerdi told a Press conference on Mondaythat the death toll from Saturday’s earthquakeshad risen to 306, with more than 3,000 peopleinjured and over 300 villages damaged ordestroyed.—Xinhua

trucks of firefighters and civilprotection.

The heat has alsoaffected farm animals acrossthe country, with dairy cowsproducing up to 20 percentless milk compared toaverage production, and pigsconsuming 40 percent less oftheir daily ration.

“We are facing theeffects of climate change,”said Coldiretti presidentSergio Marini. He called onthe government to urgentlyintervene with both financialresources and structuralmeasures to deal with theemergency, especially inwater preservation.

To deepen the droughtwere also the many hundredsof fires fed by dry weatherconditions and shortage ofrain, which destroyedthousands hectares of forestsin arid areas of Italy.

According to forestpolice, nearly 150 fires werereported nationwide only onMonday despite a number ofplanes and helicopters of thenational anti-forest fire airfleet had been sent to fightthe emergency.—Xinhua

Lethal snake viruses identifiedelusive.

The research is published in the openaccess journal mBio.In this breakthroughstudy, researchers from the University ofCalifornia San Francisco analysed samplesobtained from snakes diagnosed with IBD,using sensitive DNA sequencingtechniques.n amongst some of the snakeDNA was foreign genetic material — nucleicacid — that closely resembled that present inviruses belonging to a family calledarenaviruses. This family includes Lassa Fevervirus, which is associated with haemorrhagicfever in humans. However, there is no evidencethat the newly discovered virus can pass fromsnakes to humans.

The scientists were also able to grow thevirus from samples taken from one of thesnakes.Dr Mark Stenglein, who co-led thecurrent study, said “we don’t yet have formalevidence that these viruses cause thedisease… although there is a good correlation

There was a good correlation betweenthe arenaviruses and the presence of

disease.— INTERNET

Boas - one of the snakes affected by thenew virus.— INTERNET

SAN FRANCISCO, 16 Aug — The cause of afatal illness that affects captive snakes hasbeen identified, a study has shown. Thecondition — called Inclusion Body Disease(IBD) — affects constrictor snakes includingboas and pythons. There is no treatment andsymptoms include “stargazing” — a fixedupward stare — as well as breathing problemsand general muscular paralysis.It was longsuspected that the disease was caused by avirus, but until recently its identity remained

[between disease and the presence of virus]… there’s definitely a possibility that otherthings cause this”.Arenaviruses can bedivided into two main groups based on thelocation of the species they naturally infect -New World viruses originate from theAmericas, whilst Old World viruses are foundin Africa and Asia. Genetically, the newlydiscovered virus is distinct from these twogroups.—Internet

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NAY PYI TAW, 16 Aug—Union Minister for DefenceLt-Gen Hla Min received aThai delegation led by AirChief Marshal SukumpolSuwanatat, Minister ofDefence of Thailand at theministry here yesterday. TheThai delegation was on avisit to Myanmar at theinvitation of Union Minister

Union Defence Minister Lt-Gen Hla Minmeets Thai Defence Minister

Air Chief Marshal Sukumpol Suwanatatfor Defence Lt-Gen Hla Min.

They cordiallydiscussed prospects forpromotion of relations indefence sector of the two

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Aug—The 10th East Asia Forum (EAF)was held at the Myanmar International Convention Centre(MICC) here this morning, with the opening address madeby Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna MaungLwin.

The opening ceremony was attended by representativesled by Senior Officials from ASEAN member countries Brunei,Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, thePhilippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam and dialoguepartner countries China, Japan and Korea, the Deputy SecretaryGeneral of ASEAN Political and Security Community andrepresentatives from ASEAN Secretariat, experts, eminentpersons and representatives from business and academiccircles, officials from the Ministries and invited guests.

At the opening ceremony, Union Minister U WunnaMaung Lwin stated that Myanmar takes honour to host theForum in 2012, as this year marks the 15th Anniversary of theASEAN Plus Three Cooperation and 10th Anniversary of theEast Asia Forum. The East Asia Forum has contributed instrengthening the East Asia Cooperation, and in movingforward the East Asia Community Building in the long term.He also added that the Forum will enhance investments inthe development of rural and urban communities across theregion. Furthermore, he stressed that ASEAN and PlusThree countries need to enhance networking between

10th East Asia Forum (EAF) commences

Nay Pyi Taw Inter-Ministry Men’s football

tournament goes onNAY PYI TAW, 16 Aug—The 6th Nay Pyi Taw Inter-

Ministry men’s football tournament for 2012 continuedtoday at Nay Pyi Taw Sports Gound No. 1 and No. 2. TheMinistry of Commerce team beat Ministry of Agricultureand Irrigation team 3-2 at Nay Pyi Taw Sports Ground No 1and Ministry of Electric Power No. 1 team won over theMinistry of Rail Transportation team 2-0 at Nay Pyi TawSports Ground No. 2.

On 17 August matches, Ministry of Finance and Revenuewill play against Ministry of Labour at Nay Pyi Taw SportsGround No. 1 and Ministry of Sports competes with Ministryof Immigration and Population at Nay Pyi Taw SportsGround No. 2.—MNA

Shwekyarbin gems market supervisorycommittee meeting holds

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Aug— Union Minister for MinesU Thein Htaik inspected construction project of gems marketin Shwekyarbin ward of Zabuthiri Township yesterday.

The Union Minister attended Shwekyarbin gems marketsupervisory committee meeting held at Mani Yadana JadeHall. He met with officials from Nay Pyi Taw Council,secretaries, executives and entrepreneurs of Myanmar GemsEntrepreneurs Association.

The Union Minister called for timely completion ofbuilding in Myanma gems market. Plans are under way toinvite not only local entrepreneurs but foreign investors inthat market, all the entrepreneurs are urged to carry out foremergence of gems shop and arrangements are being madeto construct modern gems lab in that market, said the UnionMinister.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Aug—Mrs. Pornchit Rou-nroengrom, wife ofCommander-in-Chief ofRoyal Thai Navy AdmiralSurasak Rounroengrom, andparty, who are members ofthe goodwill delegation ledby the Commander-in-Chiefof Royal Thai Navy, visitedMyanmar Women’s AffairsFederation’s office,Myanmar Maternal andChild Welfare Association

Thai goodwill delegation led byCommander-in-Chief of Royal

Thai Navy Admiral concludes visitand Myitta Sanyay Clinic,here, on 14 August morning.

In the afternoon, theyproceeded to MyanmarGems Museum and NationalLandmarks Garden.

Then, they paid homageto the Uppatasanti Pagodaand made cash donationthrough officials concernedbefore watching whiteelephants there.

Yesterday morning, theparty left for NyaungU byMyanma Tatmadaw specialflight. On their arrival atNyaungU Airport, they werewelcomed by theCommander of CentralCommand and officialsconcerned. The guestsvisited ancient historicalpagodas in Bagan-NyaungUand Bagan Ancient CulturalMuseum.

After that, they left forYangon by the flight to payhomage to ShwedagonPagoda. On their departurethis morning, they were seenoff by Commander ofAyeyawady Naval RegionCommand CommodoreMaung Oo Lwin, Commanderof Naval Dort yard CommandCommodore Myint Tun andofficials concerned atYangon InternationalAirport.—MNA

countries.Also present at the call

were responsible personnelfrom the Ministry of Defence.

MNA

government authorities and agricultural and food-relatedresearch institutions, to promote cooperation in rural financialinstitutions and agricultural and micro-financingarrangements. The Union Minister apprised the Forum aboutthe national development strategy on rural developmentand poverty eradication. The Union Minister concludes byencouraging the participants to find new practical ways andideas for “Narrowing the development gap in rural and urbancommunities”.

Statements were made by the representatives of China,Japan, Korea and ASEAN Secretariat following UnionMinister opening speech. The two plenary sessions wereheld and three group sessions were held simultaneouslyafterward.

The leaders of the delegation from ASEAN and threedialogue partner countries paid courtesy call on the UnionMinister for Foreign Affairs before the opening session ofthe 10th EAF at Myanmar International Convention Centre.

MNA

Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin makes addresses at the 10th East AsiaForum (EAF).—MNA

Union Minister for Defence Lt-Gen Hla Minreceives Minister of Defence Air Chief

Marshal Sukumpol Suwanatat of Thailand.MNA

Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Navy Admiral SurasakRounroengrom and wife Mrs Pornchit Rounroengrom visit Myanma

Gems Museum in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

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PreambleMyanmar has to face more and more challenges

at a time when Myanmar’s spring is in one and a halfyear. It can be seen that American’s attitudes towardsMyanmar become more positive. Although I live inUS far away from my mother land, I have made upmy mind to serve the interests of our people andcountry as much as I can. First of all, I would like tosay here that I have tried to give fair suggestions andadvices and made up my mind to write articles onlyif necessary.Overcoming a threat to fledgling democracy

Recent Rakhine violence was a threat toMyanmar’s democratization process at a time whenMyanmar gets a lot of supports in international arena.That incident is related to complex historicalbackground, which could result in national, religiousand racial violence. Myanmar government led byPresident U Thein Sein could deal with it systematicallyin accord with the constitution and existing laws. SoMyanmar affairs experts and interested person fromUS were so amazed by it. Even officials from the USState Department have praised Myanmar govern-ment’s gentle handling of the crisis.

Nobody expected Myanmar government’sdemocratic handling of the crisis. Meanwhile,President U Thein Sein’s request to the people,making the press conference on the crisis to UNHuman Rights representative and internationaldiplomats, letting the Turkish Foreign Minister tovisit Rakhine State and invitation to the OIC delegationcould symbolize a democratic leader’s image vividly.But, it can be seen that the issue has yet to finish andthere still are a flood of long-term challenges. Specialemphasis to be placed on reviewing citizenship lawand immigration law and the rule of law becomes amajor challenge for President U Thein Sein’sadministration. The rule of law is a long-term processto be supported not only by Executive pillar but alsoby other pillars. Participation of local religiousorganizations, national races leaders and civil societiesis a must. And it is also a duty of every citizen.Regrettable Clashes

Every law experts have already known that theconstitution is a prime of all laws. If one of threepillars—legislature, executive and judiciary—neglects the constitution, it would lead to a dangerlevel, not just a threat. The constitution couldreduce to a mere paper, thereby amounting tosuspension of the constitution when these threepillars neglect the constitution. So, every countryhas drafted the constitution systematically. It can beassumed that if one pillar carries out the actions thatcan oppose or neglect or breache the constitution orconducts similar acts, that pillar starts leading to thedangerous condition.

Nowadays, it can be seen that due to the facts thathaving no vast knowledge of check and balance, thelack of experience in it, having no clear-cut rightsand respective persons’ lack of qualifications in law,there are the prospects that could result in interference.Even though there is international criticism ofMyanmar’s Constitution, almost all law experts agreedthat it is a framework that is in conformity withoriginal character of Myanmar’s transitional process.These three pillars need to respect boundaries equallyshared by the constitution and uphold liberty, freedom

Constitution and pillars’ dutiesfrom attachment and mutual respects. Hluttawrepresentative have sworn in to follow it. When theyfail to respect the Constitution, effect of the constitutionbecomes questionable. Likewise, when those fromthree pillars fail to follow it, how is the fate of thecitizens? It is a dangerous dream for the future of theState and people. I will have no word to say at a timewhen one pillar challenges the constitution, a primeof all laws.Definition of Union-Level organizations

The Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker was twice reportedto impeach Chairman and members of theConstitutional Tribunal following Pyithu Hluttawrepresentatives’ disagreement on resolution of thetribunal made on 28-3-2012 that “Definition ofcommittee, commission and organizations formedby respective Hluttaws as Union-Level organizationsis not in accord with the provisions of the Constitution”.

When I heard the news that the Pyithu HluttawSpeaker sent a message with two demands to thePresident, I was amazed and felt sorry. The questionof the Hluttaw representatives are not taking notice ofConstitution Tribunal’s natures, duties and purposeof formation becomes a resounding one. ConstitutionTribunal has to govern the constitution and to dealwith the constitution only. Although other lawshave provisions that are not in accord with, decisionsand definition have to be made, based on theprovisions of the constitution. These areConstitution Tribunal’s procedures and natures. Itis deeply regrettable to see that among manyways, selection of such way by those responsible forlegislature is not a normal clash and has a greatimpact on the future of the State and people.The effort of Pyithu Hluttaw -(1) has neglected the rights and duties of the

Constitutional Tribunal prescribed in theconstitution and has spelled the end of the role ofthe Constitutional Tribunal.

(2) has led to the collapse of the essence of thedemocracy and independency of the judiciarypillar and has caused the Constitutional Tribunal,the highest constitutional court, to be seen as arubber stamp.

(3) has disturbed the balance of the constitution,which is equal to the check and balancemechanism and essence of the constitution.

(4) has become a historic act, leaving the wronglegacy and setting an lesson to learn by the futuregeneration.

(5) has put the future of Myanmar’s democracy indanger, exceeding the threat level and hasdestroyed the new chapter of the democratictransition in Myanmar or the Myanmar’s Springwhich has won respects and trusts from theinternational community.Even Pyidaungsu Hluttaw has no rights to

make decision over constitutional disputes nor todefine the provisions prescribed in the constitution,let alone Pyithu Hluttaw. Similarly, nor have theSpeaker of Pyithu Hluttaw, the Deputy Speaker ofthe Pyithu Hluttaw, the Pyithu Hluttaw BillCommittee and Pyithu Hluttaw representatives.That is what they all sworn on oath to obey and theessence of the constitution. There is only one bodywhich is vested with constitutional rights to carry outsuch duties is the Constitutional Tribunal. Hluttaw

representatives now should have awareness of theproblem that can turn the State Constitution into aragged book and can directly make impact on thefuture of the country and the people. What myspecial urge is to find an appropriate way inaccordance with the constitution instead of arguingwith each other about right and wrong which isunconstitutional.No option at all?

It is learnt that 301 representatives whichaccounts for over two third of the Pyithu Hluttawrepresentatives have signed the proposal to impeachthe Chairman and members of the ConstitutionalTribunal. In this point, to gain the Union-levelposition which is what they want, will they be ableto amend or add the constitution? This is my personnelview and I’m not sure whether the representativeswould accept it or not. If the constitution is amended,it’s sure that the Constitutional Tribunal shall makea change to its decision in accordance with theconstitution. If so, is it necessary for the chairmanand members of the Constitutional Tribunal to resign?The answer to the question is clear.

As for Pyithu Hluttaw, do what they need is asimply a matter of getting the Union-level position?(Using the unity and majority of the legislationpillar), do they want to influence other pillars?Pyithu Hluttaw representatives themselves knowthe answer. Being a legal professional, I have tothink about the issue from the law point of view.Why the Hluttaw which is assumed to have gainedenough support to amend the constitution does notfind the way which can achieve success by justamending or adding the constitution.

Again, I am regretted when I got the answer forthe question of what is the reason of collectingsignatures for the petition in the Hluttaw and whowill take advantage from it. In Myanmar, daily percapita income of the majority of the people is below1US$ and the country is one of the Least DevelopedCountries (LDC). I am deeply regretted when I havefound on which the priority is given by therepresentatives: to their advantage or to the advantageof the people.

It is known to all that the gap of finance, tax, percapita income, economy between the United Stateswhere I am staying and my native country Myanmaris very wide. For the legislation, the Hluttaw has thepower for the legislation. However, what is thedifference between the two constitutions of the twocountries is the President is vested with Veto or thePocket Veto. However, what we should learn fromit is that there was no US President who used the vetopower along the history. It is one of the examples forthe check and balance system.

In the United States, the senators, congressmenare entitled to benefits that also enjoyed by theministers and high-ranking officers. However, theirranks can not be considered as the same. But, thekey point we should consider is the number ofrepresentatives and the development of the country.I got to know that there are over 600 members inover 40 committees/commissions of both Hluttaws.It means that there would be over 600 MPs which areranked same as Union-level ministers. I am worriedwhen I compare the number of the MPs with over 30 (See page 9)

Maung Aye Chan (Harvard)

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(from page 1)In the sector of clarification, the Speaker of Pyidaungsu

Hluttaw explained matters related to the Bill Amending theGovernment Housing (Expelling) Act 1955 and the SocialSecurity Bill resent by the President with his remarks in linewith Section 106, subsection (a) of the Constitution. Membersof Joint Bill Committee U Khin Maung Shwe and U MyintTun submitted the findings of the committee with regard tothe bills.

The Hluttaw representatives wishing to take part in thediscussions may enlist their nominations, not later than 4 pmon 20 August.

Today’s session of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw came to anend at 1.55 pm and date and time of the 10th day session willbe informed.—MNA

Pyidaungsu Hluttawapproves to fund...

(from page 8)Union ministers from over30 Union Ministries of theExecutive Pillar. What Iimagine is the Myanmarpeople who don’t yet digestthe constitution, who areliving in a deep poverty andwho don’t know even theirright (that they need onlyone percent of the votes theycasted for a candidate in theelection) to topple the MP ifhe or she does not work in theinterests of them in theHluttaw.Conclusion

During the transition

Constitution and pillars’ duties…period, needless to say, whichwe should choose betweenthe right and the duty. theLaw of Inertia from thescientific field is also a truthfor the political field. So, it isnecessary to use the socialcodes of ethics which areobserved by those who arebuilding a country. The pointof which we should choosethe one when we have tochoose the two: the interestsof the country and the peopleand the personnel interest: isnot written in the constitutionand it is just the SocialContract. It is difficult to talk

about the social contract asit is not prescribed with rulesand regulations.

The Hluttaws need tobe strong. However, theyshould be strong just for theinterests of the State and thepeople and it is the time toadopt the concept that eachpillar must have the abilityto be tested by the check andbalance system. Or, if thelegislation pillar proceedsthe way they have made, wewould regrettably considerthat it is the future of thecountry and the people.

*****Translation:MT+AMS

Secretary

U Saw

Hla Tun

of Joint

Bill

Committee

reads

findings

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remarks

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Rules lack of practicality…(from page 16)

Four Hluttawrepresentatives discussed theproposal submitted by UThein Nyunt of ThingangyunConstituency “urging theUnion government to draftN o n - G o v e r n m e n t a lOrganization registrationlaw commensurate with theage as the President calledfor cooperation with civilsocieties in democratictransition”.

U Stephen of KengtungConstituency said that,despite good intention, theenactment of a similarlegislation similar to theexisting ones could lead toconflicts with the originallaws. Revising and amendingthe existing laws, rather thanprescribing the new one, arerecommended. The proposalshould be the proposalurging the government toamend the existing law.

Daw Su Su Lwin ofThongwa Constituency, DawKhin San Hlaing of PaleConstituency and Daw WinMaw Tun of YenangyoungConstitutency discussed thatthe NGOs currently have lessauthority. They should beempowered to participate insocial measures of thegovernment. Registrationprocedures should be madeflexible and a monitoringmechanism is needed as well.NGOs are playing a

part in social, economic anddemocratization processes.As their presence isinterrelated with thetransparent society, anNGO law should beprescribed.

Deputy Minister forHome Affairs Brig-Gen KyawZan Myint said that theSection 354 (c) of theconstitution prescribes,“Every citizen shall be atliberty in the exercise of therights to form associationsand organizations, if notcontrary to the laws, enactedfor Union security,prevalence of law and order,community peace andtranquility or public order

and morality.” The law inaction for registration ofassociations is a still trendyone. The registration ofassociations is scrutinizedwith necessary directives andrules and regulations issued.Central supervisorycommittee tabled theapplications for registrationof the associations at regularmeetings and gave greenlight to the qualifiedassociations. Delays arederived from failure of someassociations to stick to thelaw, rules and regulations,orders and directives inregistering.

The government isdoing its bits for emergenceof associations which willserve the interest of thecountry. Associations formedunder this law are makingcontributions to the social

works with addedmomentum. The centralsupervisory committee underthe Ministry of Home Affairsis monitoring them under thelaw and issuing orders anddirectives commensuratewith the age occasionally.There is no need to draft newlegislation, but rather theamendment is recommended.The proposal should be puton record.

U Thein Nyuntrequested the proper decisionof the Speakerin the interest of the countryin response to theclarification of the ministryin the light of considerationof the age the existing lawwas prescribed,consequences that couldemerge from deterring NGOsfrom registration, support ofmultiparty representatives,

the situation of the State andthe role of NGOs.

The Pyithu HluttawSpeaker said that rules andregulations and orders sentby the respective ministrywent beyond the purpose ofthe original law. Unpracticalrequirements are included inparagraph (2) of notificationNo (1/2010) bearing the date15-7-2010. Although theprovisions in the original lawmight not necessarily berevamped, the rules andregulations, orders anddirectives must be amendedat that very moment tosmoothen the procedures.The most possible andrapidest way is revising ordersand the rules and regulationsby Pyithu Hluttaw LegalAffairs and Special CasesAssessment Commission,Bill Committee, interested

representatives and therespective ministry. A newlegislation should be drafted,taking time, if hat measure isnot assumed to be enough.Rules are lack of practicalityand flexibility. Thecommission, the billcommittee and the Hluttawrepresentatives are tasked torevamp the law and rules andregulations drafted by theMinistry of Home Affairs. Asthe Hluttaw agreed on theassignment, the decision ofthe Speaker was approved.

The Pyithu HluttawSpeaker urged thecommission and thecommittees to submit thereport as soon as possibleassuming it as a special case.

The regular sessionconcluded at 12.10 pm andcontinues for 29th daytomorrow.—MNA

Pyithu HluttawRepresentative Daw Su

Su Lwin of ThongwaConstituency asking

questions.MNA

Amyotha HluttawRepresentative

U Htay Maung ofMandalay RegionConstituency No

(12) raisingquestion.—MNA

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much as they could. At present,the bed of the dam and wallswere eroded and becameimproper status for use. Thus,a new dam should be built.

This fiscal year, theIrrigation Department chosethe plot for construction ofnew diversion weir, conductedfeasibility studies, drew thedesign of diversion andcalculated estimated cost.Depending on the estimated

cost, the fund will bedemanded in 2013-2014 fiscalyear, and if the approval isreceived, the construction ofthe diversion will start.

U Htay Maung ofMandalay RegionConstituency No 12 askedwhether there is a plan tomaintain two valves of YonsuDam in Nyaungdo Village ofWundwin Township ofMeiktila District. The deputyminister replied that Yonsu

Diversion Weir is located 3.5miles downstream ofAlaungsithu Lake, west ofYonsu Village of WundwinTownship, and it was built bylocal farmers on a self reliantbasis. The dam was built onKanpetle Creek, downstreamof the spillway of AlaungsithuLake to supply water to thesmall lakes. Due to silting,Alaungsithu Lake cannotcontrol a large volume of itswater that flows into YonsuDiversion Weir.

The watershed area of

Yonsu Diversion Weir is about40 square miles. Volume of itsinflow water is not equaled tothe size of the present diversionweir and durability. Wheneverrain water flows into thediversion weir, theembankment and canals aredamaged annually.

In 2013-2014 fiscal year,the fund was demanded tobuild Chaungzon Dam, whichis located upstream ofAlaungsithu Lake, as the watersupporting lake of the latter.

Alaungsithu Lake getsbeing dredged. Only when thedredging would have beenfinished, would a constructionof diversion weir be startedwith the computation ofamount of water that flows toYonsu diversion weir fromChaungzon Dam andAlaungsithu Lake, and amountof water from the water-flowingarea of the weir. If the Yonsudiversion weir were underrepairing before the worksincomplete, it would keepdamaging for the sake of theheavy flow of water. Therefore,the plan to repair the weir hadbeen temporarily suspended.

Afterwards, member of thebill committee of AmyothaHluttaw U Thein Win read out

the report on the State’s servicepersonnel bill sent by the billcommittee.

Hluttaw RepresentativesU Win Naung from No. 5Constituency of YangonRegion, U Khin Maung Yifrom No. 6 Constituency ofAyeyawady Region, DawKhin Wine Kyi of No. 1Constituency of YangonRegion participated in thediscussions about the bill bypresenting amendments,revoking and reviewing on theparagraphs and sub-paragraphs including chaptersof the bill.

Concerning thediscussions made by the threerepresentatives, the Hluttawurged the bill committee tohear the bill again.

Afterwards, U AungNyein from No. 2 Constituencyof Magway Region submittedthe proposal on “Requestingthat those at student level fromanywhere in Myanmar musthave same opportunities forlearning, that must be anational duty,” to the Hluttaw.

With an agreement onmaking discussion about theproposal, those representativeswishing to participate in thediscussion about the proposal

may register at a time when themeeting was over, announcedthe Hluttaw.

Today’s meeting came toan end at 11:45 am and the 29th

meeting continues tomorrow.There were three queries

raised, one bill discussed andone proposal submitted at thetoday’s session.

MNA

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PAUKTAW, 16 Aug—Thetalks on agriculturaltechnology on cultivation ofmonsoon paddy was stagedin conjunction with thePalethwe hybrid paddy seedsowing ceremony at thefarmland of farmer U AungKyaw Win in NattaungbyinVillage-tract in Pauktaw

Palethwe paddy seeds sown in PauktawTownship

Township of Sittway Districtrecently.

On the occasion,Township Administrator USai Maung Ku made a speech,and Head of Sittway DistrictAgriculture Department UKhin Zaw Win explainedagricultural technology.

Next, Head of Township

Agriculture Department UTha Kyaw and staff sowedpaddy seeds on the smalldykes.

The ceremony wasattended by Head of DistrictSettlement and Land RecordsDepartment U Kyaw Nyunt,the head of Township SLRDand farmers.—Myanma AlinCSC ISSUED: According to Moe Pwint-3 Plan, staff of

Thayet Township Immigration and NationalRegistration Department held the citizenship certificateissuance ceremony at Theingyi Pagoda Dhammayon ofTaungmintee Ward in Thayet Township on 8 August.Head of Township INRD U Kyaw Htay hands over the

cards to Ward Administrator U Myint Aung.MYANMA ALIN

Nowadays, thegovernment is acceleratingits tasks in takingpreventive measuresagainst trafficking inperson.

In so doing, telephonenumbers are announced asthe connections withauthorities concerned forenabling the people toactively participate intaking the anti-humantrafficking measures.

These telephonenumbers are 067-412555 and067-412666 in Nay Pyi Taw,09-49555666 in Muse, 09-49555777 in Mandalay and09-49555888 and 09-49555999 in Yangon.

Information foranti-humantrafficking

District News

BREASTFEEDINGDEMONSTRATED: As

activities of NourishmentWeek and Breastfeeding

Week, a demonstration onsystematic breastfeeding

was held at the hall ofTownship Maternal and

Child Welfare Associationin Hmawby Township of

Yangon Region on 8August. Chairperson DawThan Shwe and party viewsystematic breastfeeding

demonstration.MYANMA ALINTHEGON, 16 Aug—The

preventive measures againstdengue hemorrhagic feverwas taken in Padegon andOhhteingon villages ofThegon Township in PyayDistrict of Bago Region on 1August afternoon.

The local authorities andstaff checked larvae at thewater pots, containers and

DHF preventive measures taken in ThegonTownship

tanked and chlorinated thesetanks.

They also carried outsanitation tasks at the drainsand sprayed there.

At the ceremony,Township Administrator UMyo Kyi, Head ofTownship HealthDepartment Dr Naing LinBo, Executive Officer U

Maung Maung Thwin ofTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee, healthstaff, members of TownshipMaternal and Child WelfareAssociation, villageadministrators andmembers of socialorganizations participatedin the DHF preventivemeasures.—Myanma Alin

MYINGYAN, 16 Aug—Aceremony to donate booksand publications to Sein MyaKyi Library in TaywinbohVillage of MyingyanTownship in Mandalay

Various subjects of books, publications donatedto village library

Region on 30 July morning.At the ceremony,

Librarian Administrator UShwe Moung donated booksto librarian wellwisher U MyaAung. Next, Staff Officer ofDistrict Information andPublic Relations DepartmentDaw Mya Win Kyi donatedvarious subjects of books to

Village Administrator U ThanAye.

The building of thelibrary was constructed at acost of K 5 million by U MyaMaung-Daw Aye (Sein MyaKyi Jewellery Co). Thebuilding is 25 feet long, 16 feetwide and 10 feet high.

Myanma Alin

VITAMIN-A GIVEN:Paung Township Health

Department and TownshipMaternal and ChildWelfare Associationjointly organized the

nourishment weekactivities at the hall of

Township HealthDepartment on 6 August.The chairperson of theTownship MCWA givesVitamin-A to expectantmothers.—MYANMA ALIN

TREES PLANTED: Staff ofKawa Township Forest

Department, departmentalpersonnel, members of

NGOs, teachers andstudents grew teak,

ironwood, mahogany, gim-kino, Measua ferrea,

Alexandrian laurel, star-flower and other saplings in

Paukkongyi Village ofKawa Township in Bago

Region on 8 August.MYANMA ALIN

Priority given to self-administered zone/division, state/region for development tasks

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Aug—Union Minister for BorderAffairs and for MyanmaIndustrial Development Lt-Gen Thein Htay metchairmen of Leading Bodiesof Naga, Danu, Pa-O andPalaung Self-AdministeredZones and “Wa” Self-Administered Division anddiscussed regionaldevelopment tasks at hisministry, here, yesterdayevening.

Director of MilitaryEngineers of the Ministryof Defence Maj-Gen NyanTun reported on upgradingof Payoe-ThangpakhweRoad, Phapok-MobinelukRoad, Lahe-Donhee Road,Nanyuam-Donhee Road,

Leshi-Sumara Road beingundertaken by Directorateof Military Engineers,construction of earthenroad and gravel road,distribution of heavymachinery and plan tocomplete the works inrespective fiscal years.

Next, the chairmen ofLeading Bodies of Naga,Danu, Pa-O and PalaungSelf-Administered Zonesand “Wa” Self-Administered Divisionsubmitted reports onrequirements of regions intransport, education andhealth infrastructures andrequirement of servicepersonnel in the regions.

In his clarifications, the

Union minister stressed theneed to have bettermanagement for rapidimprovement of the regions.The ministry gives priorityto development tasksdepending on self-administered zone/division,states and regions. He saidthat arrangement has beenmade to open border regiondevelopment youth trainingschools in self-administeredzone/division so as toconduct the trainingcourses to contribute to themanageable scalebusinesses in the regions. Itis necessary to nurture theeducated youths to becomeservice personnel in theborder areas, he said.

Coordination will be madefor seeking assistance frominternational community forthe regional developmenttasks and cooperation will

be undertaken with otherministries to fulfill therequirements of the self-administered zone/division.

The meeting was

attended by directors-general and officials ofdepartments under theministry.

MNA

Union Minister Lt-Gen Thein Htay meets chairmen of LeadingBodies of Self-Administered Zones and “Wa” Self-Administered

Division.—MNA

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Prince Philip, 91, back in hospitalLONDON, 16 Aug—Prince

Philip, the 91-year-oldhusband of the Queen, wastaken to hospital in Scotlandon Wednesday after arecurrence of a bladderinfection, BuckinghamPalace said, the third time hehas been hospitalised in lessthan a year.

Philip, the Duke ofEdinburgh, fell ill while thecouple were staying atBalmoral, their Scottish royalresidence, and he was driventhe 40 miles (60 km) fromthere to Aberdeen RoyalInfirmary, suggesting theproblem was not too serious.

“The Duke of Edinburgh

Britain’sPrince Philip

waves tomembers of the

media as heleaves the King

Edward VIIHospital in

London on 9June, 2012.

REUTERS

has had a recurrence of thebladder infection that he hadearlier in the summer and hasbeen admitted to hospital forinvestigation and treatment,”a Palace spokesman said.

“The prince is likely toremain there for the next few

days.”Despite recent illnesses,

the sprightly Duke hascontinued to make publicappearances, notably atevents held to mark thequeen’s 60th year on thethrone this year

The BBC said his lastpublic engagement had beenat Cowes in the Isle of Wightoff southern England earlierthis week.

During the LondonOlympics, he accompaniedthe queen to the openingceremony and also joinedother members of the royalfamily to watch gran-ddaughter Zara Phillipscompete in an equestrianevent at the Games.

He was hospitalised twomonths ago when he firstreceived treatment for abladder infection,overshadowing four days ofpublic celebrations for his86-year-old wife’s DiamondJubilee.—Reuters

Chile, Thailand expected tosign FTA soon

SANTIAGO, 16 Aug—Chile and Thailand signed onWednesday in Bangkok twodocuments to boostagriculture and phyto-sanitary cooperation, aprelude to a bilateral FreeTrade Agreement (FTA),Chilean media reported.

“This is a great steptoward stimulating tradebetween the two countries.We expect to announce theFTA with Thailand in the shortterm,”said ChileanAgriculture Minister LuisMayol as he attended thesigning ceremony with Thai

counterpart Theera Wongsa-mut.

He said the twodocuments would help thetwo countries sharetechnological expertise,facilitate cooperation, and“form the FTA, which willsoon be signed.”

The FTA will hopefullylower the current 45 percenttariff Thailand imposes onChilean goods, and the 6percent levied on Thai goodsby Chile, Mayol added.

The end goal is a “zerotariff.”

Xinhua

A Culexquinquefasciatus

mosquito is shown on ahuman finger in this

undated handoutphotograph from theCenters for Disease

Control and Prevention(CDC).—REUTERS

Dallas mayor declares emergency over West Nile virus

DUBAI, 16 Aug—Jobprospects in the Middle Eastexceeded in July year-ago levelsfor most sectors, despite aslowdown in recruitmentactivity in recent months, globalonline employment providerMonster Worldwide said onWednesday. According toMonster Worldwide, theMonster Employment IndexMiddle East grew 32 percent onan annual basis in July to hit 127points. Launched in April 2011,the index is a monthly measureof online job posting activity inthe Middle East based on areal- time review of tens ofthousands of jobopportunities.

“Job prospects foundonline this summer exceedyear-ago levels for mostsectors, led by hospitality,”

DALLAS, 16 Aug— Themayor of Dallas declared astate of emergency in theninth largest US city onWednesday to combat thespread of West Nile virusinfections, which have beenmore prevalent than usual in

Texas and other states thisyear.

There have been morecases of West Nile virusreported so far this year than

infections reported this yearto the CDC have been inTexas, along with 14 of the26 deaths confirmed by thefederal agency as of Tuesday.

The Texas healthdepartment said the numberof cases of West Nile in thestate had reached 465 andthere had been 17 deaths.There is a lag in the CDCconfirming cases and deaths.

The emergencydeclaration by Mayor MikeRawlings followed a similaraction last week by DallasCounty officials and pavesthe way for aerial pesticidespraying to begin this week.

Aerial spraying also isbeing used elsewhere,including in neighbourhoodsin New York City andSacramento, California, to

combat the spread of WestNile virus. Officials say suchspraying is the most effectiveway to fight the mosquitoesthat carry the disease despitesafety concerns aboutexposing people to chemicalpesticides. “We are on trackto have the worst year ever forWest Nile virus in Texas,”said Christine Mann, aspokeswoman for the Texashealth department, addingthat the number of cases wastriple the previous high yearof 2003.

It is not clear why thenumber of West Nile cases inTexas is so high. It could berelated to a warmer winterand rainy spring that hascontributed to an increasedmosquito population, Mannsaid.—Reuters

any year since the diseasewas first detected in theUnited States in 1999, theCenters for Disease Controlsaid on its website.

Nearly half of the 693human cases of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus

Hospitality, trade drive MiddleEast job market recovery

said Sanjay Modi, managingdirector of Monster.com forIndia, the Middle East andSouth East Asia, in an e-mailed statement.

As in the first half of2012, Middle Easternhospitality continued to leadall industry sectors in Julywith an annual growth of 56percent, while retail, trade andlogistics continued to registera growth of more than 40percent. At the same time, oiland gas sector was the onlyone to register negative annualgrowth, heading down bynine percent. Despite the greenshoots in employment, it isalso too early to speak of jobmarket boom due to the slightdecline in the MonsterEmployment Index in recentmonths.—Xinhua

US adds 172 more counties as drought disasterareas

WASHINGTON, 16 Aug—The United StatesDepartment of Agriculture(USDA) on Wednesdaydesignated 172 additionalcounties in 15 states asprimary natural disaster areasdue to damage and lossescaused by drought andexcessive heat.

During the 2012 cropyear, USDA had designated1,792 counties in total asdisaster areas, including1,670 counties hit bydrought, said AgriculturalSecretary Tom Vilsack in astatement, adding that thedesignation made themeligible for assistance suchas getting low interestemergency loans.

The severe droughtdisaster sweeping from theUS state of California on thewest coast to upstate NewYork on the east coast havecaused significant damage tomany crops including corn,soybeans, as well as pasturesand rangeland, which isthreatening the agriculturalharvest in the world’s largest

producer of grains and meat.On 10 Aug, the USDA

reduced the estimate for the2012 US corn crop to 123.4bushels per acre, down 23.8bushels from that of 2011.

According to the USDrought Monitor, as ofWednesday, 63 percent ofthe nation’s hay acreage and73 percent of the cattle acreageare in an area experiencingdrought, while about 87percent of the country’s corn-producing farmland arestricken by drought, downfrom a peak of 89 percent on24 July.

The USDA has taken ahost of measures to help cropand livestock producers copewith the adverse impacts of theunprecedented drought. Themeasures included a planannounced earlier this weekby the department to purchaseup to 170 million dollars ofpork, lamb, chicken and catfishto help relieve pressure onAmerican livestock producers,and a grant of 30 million dollarsauthorized by the departmentlast month to help rehabilitatefarmland and implementemergency water conservationprogrammes.—Xinhua

Travellers visit the wetland of Dulu River nature reserveareas in Luobei County of Hegang, northeast China’sHeilongjiang Province, on 15 Aug, 2012. —XINHUA

Powerful punch comes from brain : studyLONDON, 16 Aug —

Karate experts’ ability topunch powerfully isassociated with distinctivefeatures in their brain structure,according a latest British studypublished here onWednesday.

Imperial CollegeLondon said in a statementthat its researchers havelooked for differences in brainstructure between 12 karatepractitioners with a black beltrank and an average of 13.8years karate experience, and12 others of similar age whoexercised regularly but didnot have any martial arts

The Sparksaerobatic team

from Polandperforms duringa flight show in

Zhukovsky,outside Moscow,

Russia, on 10Aug, 2012, in

celebration of the100th

anniversary ofRussia’s air

force.—XINHUA

experience.The researchers tested

how powerfully the subjects,who wore infrared markers ontheir arms and torso to capturethe speed of their movements,could punch from a shortdistance of five centimetre.

The karate group wasfound to be able to punchharder as expected, and theforce they generatedcorrelated with how well themovement of their wrists andshoulders were synchronized.

Brain scans showeddifference of brain structurebetween the two groups inthe white matter of the brain

regions called cerebellumand the primary motor cortex,which are known to beinvolved in controllingmovement.

White matter in the brainis mainly made up of bundlesof fibers that carry signalsfrom one region to another.

The difference correlat-ed with the synchronicity ofthe subjects’ wrist andshoulder movements whenpunching. The findingssuggest that the structuraldifferences in the brain arerelated to the karate experts’punching ability.

Xinhua

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 17 August, 2012

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV ASIAN LEADER VOY NO (20)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV ASIANLEADER VOY NO (20) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 17.8.2012 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.P.L where it willlie at the 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 Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: NYK LINEPhone No: 256924/256914

Australian court OKs logo ban oncigarette packs

CANBERRA, 16 Aug—Australia’s highest courtupheld the world’s toughestlaw on cigarette promotionon Wednesday despiteprotests from tobaccocompanies that argued thevalue of their trademarks willbe destroyed under new rulesthat will strip all logos fromcigarette packs.

The decision by the HighCourt means that, starting inDecember, tobaccocompanies will no longer beable to display their distinctivecolours, brand designs andlogos on cigarette packs. Thepacks will instead come in auniformly drab shade of oliveand feature graphic healthwarnings and images ofcancer-riddled mouths,blinded eyeballs and sicklychildren.

The government hopesthe new packs will makesmoking as unglamorous as

A combination photoshows illustrations

obtained by Reuters ofsome of the proposedmodels of cigarettespacks in this 7 April,

2011 file photo.REUTERS

Child dies as blast levels house in NY suburbBRENTWOOD, 16 Aug—

An apparent gas-relatedexplosion destroyed a housein a Long Island suburb ofNew York City on Tuesday,killing a toddler and sending17 other people to hospitals.

Surrounding houses inthe middle classneighbourhood also weredamaged by the blast, whichoccurred just before noon.

The entire structure ofthe house — situated on ablock of well-kept, modesthomes near a public golfcourse in this ethnicallydiverse middle class suburb— was reduced to smallshards of wood, plywood,drywall, insulation and other

A pile of wood, plywood, drywall, insulation and otherbuilding material is all that remains after an apparent

gas-related explosion leveled a house in Brentwood, NY,on 14 Aug, 2012.

INTERNET

Hong Kong Customs seizes 32,873 USD illicitcigarettes

$500,000 for New Jersey school kidsforced to eat on floor

WASHINGTON, 16 Aug—Seven students at a Camden, New Jersey, school forced to eatlunch on a gymnasium floor for two weeks as punishment won a $500,000 legal settlement, theirattorney said on Tuesday.

The 2008 incident involved fifth-grade students at the Charles Sumner Elementary Schoolwho were disciplined after one child spilled water as he tried to lift a jug onto a cooler, saidthe lawyer, Alan Schorr.

The students filed a federal lawsuit against the Camden Board of Education, which agreedto the settlement, the attorney said.

He said the incident took place against a backdrop of discord between the black andHispanic populations in the impoverished southern New Jersey city. The children wereHispanic. Schorr said the vice principal, who was black, punished all 15 students in a bilingualclass by making them eat off paper liners normally used on lunch trays. (While there were 15students in the class, only seven sued.)

“The African American kids were eating at tables, with trays, taunting these Hispanic kidswho were forced to eat on the ground,” Schorr said.

The vice principal has since transferred.—Reuters

HONG KONG, 16 Aug— Hong Kong Customs said on Wednesday that 102,400 sticks ofduty-not-paid cigarettes valued about 255, 000 HK dollars (about 32,873 US dollars) wereseized at Lok Ma Chau Control Point on Tuesday.

The cigarettes with a duty potential of about 175,000 million HK dollars were found byCustoms officers in an inbound private car at Lok Ma Chau on Tuesday evening. A 37 year-old-Hong Kong man was arrested and the private car was seized.

Under Dutiable Com-modities Ordinance, anyone involved in dealing with, possessionof, selling and buying illicit cigarettes commits an offence. The maximum penalty is a fine of1 million HK dollars and an imprisonment for two years.—Xinhua

building materials. The airconditioners in oneneighbour’s home wereblown out and a window wasknocked out of its casing.

Sitting atop the pile ofrubble was a child’s bunkbed. Clothing from the housecould be seen on the otherside of a neighbour’s househanging 30 feet in the air froma tree.

“Clearly, this was apowerful explosion,” saidSuffolk County PoliceDepartment Deputy ChiefJohn Meehan. He added thatit didn’t seem like theresidents had much warningthat it was coming. “We don’tbelieve the occupants had

any sense they were indanger,” he said.

Brentwood FireDepartment Inspector RobertKuehn said the initialinvestigation indicated theexplosion “could be gas-related.” A police official saidthere were two, 200-poundpropane gas tanks on thepremises, but that no naturalgas lines were present on theblock.

“Everything shook,”said Dave Grant, who heardthe explosion and raced aboutseven blocks to the scene.When he arrived, he smelledgas and heard a police officeryelling, “We need help! Weneed help!”—Internet

33 die in Nigeria floods, thousands homelessJOS (NIGERIA), 16 Aug— Authorities say floods in central Nigeria have killed at least 33

people and displaced thousands.National Emergency Management Agency spokesman Yushau Shuaib, who confirmed

the death toll, said on Tuesday that the weekend floods affected six districts in Plateau state.Nigerian Red Cross official Andronicus Adeyemo said more than 10,000 people lost their

homes.Kwampkur Samuel Bondip, a lawyer who went to the area from Jos, the state capital, to

check on his relatives, said rescuers had been unable to reach many victims because the waterhad not yet subsided.

Nigeria is experiencing its annual rainy season. Floods three weeks ago left at least 35 deadin Plateau state.—Internet

Two men paddle canoes to their homes at Od-Ogun, Ikorodu Road in Lagos on 6 Oct,2010.—INTERNET

possible.“This is a victory for all

those families who have lostsomeone to a tobacco-relatedillness. For anyone who hasever lost someone, this is foryou,” Attorney GeneralNicola Roxon and HealthMinister Tanya Plibersek saidin a joint statement. “No longerwhen a smoker pulls out apacket of cigarettes will thatpacket be a mobile billboard.”

British AmericanTobacco, Philip MorrisInternational, ImperialTobacco and Japan TobaccoInternational are worried thatthe law will set a globalprecedent that could slashbillions of dollars from thevalues of their brands. Theychallenged the new rules onthe grounds that they violateintellectual property rightsand devalue their trademarks.

The cigarette makersargued that the government

would unfairly benefit fromthe law by using cigarettepacks as a platform to promoteits own message, withoutcompensating the tobaccocompanies. Australia’sconstitution says thegovernment can only acquirethe property of others on “justterms.”

British AmericanTobacco spokesman ScottMcIntyre said the companywas disappointed in thecourt’s decision, but wouldcomply with the law.

“Although the (law)passed the constitutional test,it’s still a bad law that will onlybenefit organized crimegroups which sell illegaltobacco on our streets,”McIntyre said in a statement.“... The illegal cigarette blackmarket will grow further whenall packs look the same andare easier to copy.”

Reuters

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22-year-old conjoined twin sisters

News AlbumMan accidentally shoots selfin Nevada theater

Police in Sparks, Nev, say the 56-year-old man’s injuriesare not life-threatening and no others were hurt.

Authorities say the man had a permit to carry a concealedfirearm. The man told officers the gun fell from his pocketTuesday night as he was adjusting himself in the seat and thatit discharged when it dropped to the floor.

Authorities say the case will be sent to the city attorneyfor possible charges.

The incident comes less than a month after a shooting ata suburban Denver theater that left 12 dead and 58 injured.

Utility refunds woman forstreet lights

A Connecticut womansaid her utility company wroteher a $10,491 refund checkafter discovering she has beenpaying for two street lightsfor 25 years.

Grace Edwards of

Cheshire said officials withConnecticut Light & Powertold her when her bills sharplyincreased years ago it waslikely due to a computer, anextra refrigerator or television,The Hartford Courantreported.

However, Edwards saidshe has now received a$10,491 check and an apologyfrom the utility company afterit was discovered she waspaying for the undergroundelectricity used to power apair of street lights.

“Mrs Edwards receivedservice that is below ourstandards and we haveapologized to her for the errorand the inconvenience,”CL&P spokesman MitchGross said.

‘Busy’ Toronto mayor reads while driving

It is believed that this tiny mummy should be an alienfrom other planet.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he probablywas reading while driving along a city expresswayas a Twitter photo indicates, and chalks it up tobeing a “busy” man.

Twitter user @RyanGHaughton postedthe photo of Ford holding some papers in hisright hand while behind the wheel of his blackCadillac Escalade on the Gardiner Expressway,and tweeted later traffic was moving about 70kph (43.5 mph) at the time.

Asked about the photo by a reporter at anews conference Ford held to promote anupcoming trade mission to Chicago, the mayorsaid he “probably” was reading while driving.

“I’m busy,” Ford said. “I’m try[ing] to catchup on my work and you know I keep my eyes onthe road, but I’m a busy man.” Asked if he sawa problem with reading while driving, Fordrepeated that he is a busy person. “... I don’tknow what that has to do with a trade mission,but anyways. Ridiculous questions sometimes,seriously,” the mayor said. Toronto police Sgt.Tim Burrows posted on the department’s officialFacebook page Tuesday afternoon that readinga piece of paper while driving is not a violationof the distracted driving law, but a driver couldbe charged if “the driving behavior constituteda specific offense.”

Chris Brown, Drake suedover NYC nightclub brawlNEW YORK, 16 Aug—A company with ties to a New York

nightclub is suing Chris Brown and Drake over what it viewsas their roles in a bottle-throwing brawl involving theirentourages. Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. filed a $16 millionclaim on Wednesday against the rapper and the R&B singer.Their representatives didn’t immediately answer inquiries forcomment.

Entertainment Enterprises owns the trademark forGreenhouse, where the 14 June fracas happened. The lawsuitholds the stars responsible for the melee and says a $4 millionlicensing deal fell through because of it. No criminal chargeshave been filed. Police say the melee started after members ofDrake’s entourage confronted Brown. Drake’s representativeshave said he was on his way out and didn’t injure anyone. Theclub’s owners aren’t involved in the lawsuit.—Internet

This combination of 2012 and 2011 file photos shows hiphop stars Chris Brown, left, and Drake.—INTERNET

Stewart’s role uncertain in‘Snow White’ plans

This film image released by Universal Pictures showsactors Chris Hemsworth, from left, Kristen Stewart anddirector Rupert Sanders on the set of “Snow White and

the Huntsman”.—INTERNET

NEW YORK, 16 Aug—Universal Pictures is continuing topursue a sequel to “Snow White and the Huntsman” in thewake of Kristen Stewart’s affair with the film’s director.

Universal co-chairman Donna Langley said in a statementWednesday that the studio is “currently exploring all optionsto continue the franchise” and that reports of Stewart’s exit“are false.”

Since Stewart, who played Snow White in the film, andRupert Sanders, the married, 41-year-old director of the filmlast month publically apologized for a tryst caught inphotographs, the future of “Snow White” has been uncertain.

Internet

In this 3 Sept, 2009 filephoto, Michael Jackson’sfather Joe Jackson leavesthe family residence in the

Encino section of LosAngeles for his son’sfuneral.—INTERNET

Michael Jackson’s dad drops wrongful deathlawsuit

Jackson intelligently andsmartly dismissed this caseso he, his wife and childrencan focus on MichaelJackson’s life instead of thecircumstances of his death.”

He said Murray, whoremains jailed and is appealinghis involuntary manslaughterconviction, remains pained byJackson’s death and feelssorry for his family. “His heartgoes out to them,” Peckhamsaid.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 16 Aug—Michael Jackson’s father hasdropped a wrongful deathlawsuit filed against the formerdoctor who was convicted ofcausing the singer’s death.

Court records show JoeJackson’s request for adismissal was grantedMonday. The filings do notelaborate on a reason fordropping pursuit of the case,but two attorneys handlingthe case were recently ruledineligible to practice law in

California.The Jackson family

patriarch initially filed thelawsuit against ConradMurray in June 2010, on theanniversary of his son’sdeath. A federal judge refusedto hear it and it had to be re-filed in state court in LosAngeles.

“It’s good finally that thiscase is dismissed and gone,”Murray’s attorney CharlesPeckham said on Wednesday.“It’s pretty clear that Joe

‘Jersey Boys’ Frankie Valli aims for BroadwayNEW YORK, 16 Aug—The Broadway

smash “Jersey Boys” is about to get sometough competition — from an original JerseyBoy. Frankie Valli, whose falsetto fuels TheFour Seasons’ music, on Wednesdayannounced plans to make his Broadway debutwith seven concerts at the Broadway Theatrefrom 19-27 Oct. Tickets go on sale 23 Aug.

That will put him up against “JerseyBoys,” the behind-the-music musical aboutthe doo-wop group.

The musical, which opened in 2005 at theAugust Wilson Theatre, tells the story of theband — Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVitoand Nick Massi — and features 20 FourSeasons songs, including “Sherry,” ‘’Big GirlsDon’t Cry,” ‘’Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”and “Oh, What a Night.” Valli will sing thesame songs at his show.—Internet

This undated theater image released byThe Hartman Group shows Frankie Valliof Frankie Valli and The Four Seasonsperforming. Valli, whose falsetto fuels

The Four Seasons’ music, on Wednesdayannounced plans to make his Broadwaydebut with seven shows at the BroadwayTheatre from 19-27 Oct. Tickets go on

sale 23 Aug.—INTERNET

This 16 May, 2012 filephoto shows Actress

Mayim Bialik from theshow “The Big Bang

Theory” attending the CBSnetwork upfront

presentation at The Tent atLincoln Centre, in New

York.—INTERNET

Actress Mayim Bialik injuredin LA car accident

LOS ANGELES, 16 Aug—Actress Mayim Bialik is tellingfans on Twitter that she’ll keep all her fingers after a caraccident in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles sent her to thehospital.

Los Angeles police spokesman Richard French says the36-year-old actress’s left hand and thumb were cut severely.Bialik’s husband typed for her that she’s in pain but her handwill remain intact. Police say another car made a left turn andcrashed into Bialik’s vehicle shortly before noon Wednesday.

The three occupants of the other car suffered minorinjuries and left the scene on their own. French says nocitations were issued. “Blossom” star Bialik has been actingsince childhood and stars in “The Big Bang Theory.”

She was recently nominated for an Emmy for outstandingsupporting actress in a comedy series.

Internet

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‘Devastated’ Muamba retires from footballBolton Wanderers midfielder forced to quit after taking

medical adviceLONDON, 16 Aug —

Bolton Wanderers midfielderFabrice Muamba hasannounced his retirementfrom professional football.The 24-year-old midfieldersuffered a cardiac arrestduring the FA Cup quarter-final tie against TottenhamHotspur in March, withdoctors revealing that hisheart had stopped for 78minutes. He spent a month inthe London Chest Hospitaland made a remarkablerecovery, being discharged

on 16th April and making anemotional appearance on thepitch at the Reebok Stadiumfor the League match againstTottenham on 2nd May.

Muamba had hoped tocontinue playing at somepoint in the future but hasdecided to retire after takingmedical advice. “Sincesuffering my heart attack andbeing discharged fromhospital, I have remainedutterly positive in the belief Icould one day resume myplaying career and play for

Bolton Wanderers onceagain,” Muamba toldBolton’s official website. “Aspart of my ongoing recovery,last week I travelled to Belgiumto seek further medical advicefrom a leading cardiologist.But the news I received wasobviously not what I hadhoped it would be and it meansI am now announcing myretirement from professionalfootball.”

Muamba started hiscareer at Arsenal beforejoining Birmingham City on

Muamba initially joined Birmingham City on loan butmade the deal permanent in 2007. — INTERNET

loan in 2006, making the dealpermanent in 2007. He made atotal of 37 Barclays PremierLeague appearances for theBlues, scoring two goals. Hesigned for Bolton in 2008,

making a total of 128appearances. “Football hasbeen my life since I was ateenage boy and it has givenme so many opportunities,”he added.—Internet

Rafael Nadalpulls out of

US Open withknee injury

NEW YORK, 16 Aug —Rafael Nadal’s Grand Slamcount will stay stuck at 11 fornow, sidetracked by anotherknee problem. The third-ranked Spaniard withdrewfrom the US Open onWednesday. Tendinitis haskept him out of action sincehis stunning loss atWimbledon in late June.

The injury already forcedhim out of the LondonOlympics, where he wassupposed to defend his titleand carry Spain’s flag in theopening ceremony. “I am verysad to announce that I am notready to play the US Open inNY. Thanks to my fans fortheir support and specially,the new yorkers,’’ Nadalwrote on his Twitter account.

This 12 Sept, 2011 file photoshows Rafael Nadal of Spainreturning a shot to NovakDjokovic of Serbia duringthe men’s championshipmatch at the US Open tennistournament in New York.

INTERNET

Tough Capital One Cup ties for Wigan and Fulhamtaking on a NottinghamForest side at the CityGround who have a newmanager, Sean O’Driscoll,in charge.

Liverpool will open theirdefence of the trophy wonagainst Cardiff City lastseason in the third round,when they and the six otherBarclays Premier Leagueclubs involved in Europeancompetition enter the draw.

Internet

LONDON, 16 Aug —Barclays Premier Leagueclubs largely receivedfavourable draws for thesecond round of the CapitalOne Cup.

Eight of the 13 PremierLeague clubs involved in thesecond round were drawn at

home to opposition from theFootball League. Of the fivewho face away trips in theweek commencing 27th

August , Fulham and WiganAthletic look to have thetoughest ties.

Martin Jol must take hisFulham side to a resurgentSheffield on Wednesdayteam who were promoted tothe npower Championshiplast season. Wigan also faceChampionship opposition

Last season’s winnersLiverpool will begin theirtrophy defence in the third

round.—INTERNET

United States end drought onMexican soil

MEXICO CITY, 16 Aug — Michael Orozco scored a latewinner as the United States upset Mexico 1-0 in a stirringsoccer friendly on Wednesday to register their first win awayto their arch-rivals. Orozco’s 80th-minute goal wascomplemented by a pair of fine saves by US goalkeeper TimHoward in the last 10 minutes to secure victory at MexicoCity’s intimidating Azteca stadium. US coaches hugged onthe sideline on the final whistle while American playersdropped to their knees in celebration.

“It was a fantastic team performance,” US managerJurgen Klinsmann told reporters. “Getting that win here, it’squite enjoyable. I think it’s huge for all American fans and forthe team. We were well aware we’d never won at Aztecastadium.” Facing a dangerous attack led by striker JavierHernandez, the US surrendered possession for most of thematch and appeared content to escape with a draw.But thegame turned when Brek Shea made a surprise run on the leftwing and played a ball that was back-heeled by Terrance Boydand knocked in goal by Orozco.

Mexico entered the match with a 23-0-1 home recordagainst the Americans whose previous best result on Mexicansoil was 0-0 in 1998. The US’s triumph was built on a watertightdefence that nullified the hosts’ relentless attacking.Mexicofinished with 19 shots on goal to the visitors’ seven, andenjoyed the lion’s share of possession.Hernandez came closeto breaking US hearts in the 88th minute with a spectacularheader, but Howard saved it to bring the Mexicans back toearth after their Olympic team’s gold medal triumph at theLondon Games last week.— Reuters

Javier Hernandez(Down) of Mexico

vies with GeoffCameron of theUnited States

during a friendlysoccer match in

Mexico City,capital of Mexico,on 15 Aug, 2012.

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Nadal is still only 26,but the withdrawals raisequestions about the future ofa player who has had recurringknee problems in the past. His11 Grand Slam titles include arecord seven on the red clayof the French Open, yet hishard-charging, hard-hittingstyle of play takes a toll on hisbody, particularly hisknees.Roger Federer, incontrast, has played in everyGrand Slam tournament sincethe start of 2000, a streak of 51in a row.

Internet

Venus fights back again, Radwanska cruisesMASON, 16 Aug —

Venus Williams fought backfrom a set down to beat SouthAfrica’s Chanelle Scheepers2-6, 6-3, 6-2 as the top seedsadvanced with little trouble atthe Cincinnati Open onWednesday. Williams willnow meet Italian Sara Erranifor a quarter-final berthfollowing the seventh seed’s6-4, 6-4 win over SlovakianDaniela Hantuchova. For thesecond successive dayWilliams needed three setsbut she was glad with the wayshe recovered from a rustyopening.

“I made so many errors.She’s one of those playersthat puts a lot of balls in thecourt, makes you play a lot of

shots and I wasn’t gettingthem in the court. It was goodto turn it around,” saidWilliams. Top seedAgnieszka Radwanskadefeated Sweden’s SofiaArvidsson 6-4, 6-3 to bookher place in the third round.

Pole Radwanska,playing in her first premierevent as a top seed, said shewas pleased with how shehad settled in to the event.“The first match is alwaysthe most difficult. Every weekwe play on different surfaceswith different balls and indifferent conditions. I’m justhappy I went through,especially in two sets,because of the heat,” shesaid.

International Sports

Venus Williams ofthe US serves to

Chanelle Scheepersof South Africa

during their secondround match in the

2012 CincinnatiOpen tennis

tournament inCincinnati, Ohio, on

15 Aug, 2012. REUTERS

Radwanska will next faceSloane Stephens after theAmerican beat fellowwildcard entrant CamilaGiorgi of Italy 6-2, 6-1 in anhour. Her sister UrszulaRadwanska, now ranked 46thin the world, progressed tothe third round after KazakhYaroslava Shvedova retireddue to “heat illness”.

Denmark’s CarolineWozniacki needed just 59minutes to dismiss KazakhSesil Karatantcheva 6-1, 6-0in a totally one-sided affair.In the third round Wozniackiwill face Russian AnastasiaPavlyuchenkova, who sweptaside Germany’s JuliaGoerges 6-3, 6-0.

Reuters

United agree deal for Arsenal’s Van PersieMANCHESTER, 16 Aug—

Manchester United said onWednesday they had agreeda deal to sign Dutch strikerRobin van Persie from PremierLeague rivals Arsenal.

“Manchester United ispleased to announce it has

Manchester United said onWednesday they had

agreed a deal to sign Dutchstriker Robin van Persie,

pictured in June 2012, fromPremier League rivals

Arsenal.—INTERNET

reached agreement withArsenal Football Club for thetransfer of Robin Van Persie,”said a club statement.

“The deal is subject to amedical and the agreementof personal terms. A furtherannouncement will be madein due course.”

Van Persie stunnedArsenal manager ArseneWenger when he declaredimmediately after Euro 2012that he wanted to leave thenorth London team becausehe felt the club’s ambitionsdid not match his own.

That came after a superbseason where the forwardscored 37 goals in allcompetitions, a tally that ledhim to being voted player ofthe year by both his fellow

professionals in England andthe country’s FootballWriters’ Association.

Van Persie’s announce-ment sparked interest fromPremier League championsManchester City, as well asItalian giants Juventus, but itis United manager AlexFerguson who has won therace for the striker’s covetedsignature.

It is not expected eithera medical or indeed personalterms will prove a barrier tothe 29-year-old’s move to OldTrafford.

No fee has beenconfirmed by either Unitedor Arsenal, although it hasbeen reported as around the£20million mark.

Internet

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R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information.

(17-8-12 09:30 am ~18-8-12 09:30 am) MST

MYANMARINTERNATIONAL

MYANMAR TV(17-8-2012) (Friday)

Focus Myanmar TV ProgrammeWeather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas Weather forecast for 17th August, 2012

* News* BOT System Precise &

Speedy For ThePeople CooperateShall We...(Mandalay-Lashio-Muse) RoadSection

* News* Myanmar DVD Impact

‘‘Wiles of Mild”* News* INTO Myanmar Agri

Trade, Investment &Infrastructure GlobalSummit 2012

* Maha Wai YanCommunal Temple

* News* Daily Life of a Today-

palm Climber* Privatization &

Foreign AidEffectivenessManagement

* News* Myanmar Mining

Summit* News* A Day in Bagan* News* Song for you* Mr.Taw Win & Miss

Taw Win* Myanmar Movie

‘‘One Precept-2’’

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly Region

Missionary Sayadaw7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy Exercise7:40 am 3. Dhamma Puja Song7:50 am 4. Nice & Sweet Song8:25 am 5. Islands of Dhamma (3)8:30 am 6. Nine Precepts administered4:00 pm 7. Martial Song4:05 pm 8. Musical Programme4:20 pm 9. Song of National Races4:30 pm10. Dhamma Sekka Thutta

Reciting Competition(3rd Prize Winner)(Sanchaung) (B-E-H-S-4)

5:05 pm11. Songs For Upholding

National Spirit5:25 pm12. Myanmar Language5:50 pm13. Sports Highlight6:20 pm14. Internet Garden6:55 pm15. ‘‘Road to 27th SEA

GAMES’’ (Karatedo)8:00 pm16. News17. Just For Laughs18. TV Drama Series19. Song Lover

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr. No. Regions/States

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 33/91 26/79 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

2 Kayah 30/86 21/70 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%)

3 Kayin 27/81 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers with

likelihood of isolated heavy falls (100%)

4 Chin 21/70 17/63 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

5 Upper Sagaing 31/88 26/79 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%)

6 Lower Sagaing 36/97 27/81 Isolated rain or thundershower (100%)

7 Taninthayi 26/79 21/70 Widespread rain or thundershowers with

likelihood of isolated heavy falls (100%)

8 Bago 31/88 25/77 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

9 Magway 35/95 26/79 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%)

10 Mandalay 35/95 25/77 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%)

11 Mon 25/77 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers with

likelihood of isolated heavy falls (100%)

12 Yangon 27/81 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

13 Rakhine 28/82 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers with

likelihood of isolated heavy falls (100%)

14 Southern Shan 26/79 18/64 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

15 Northern Shan 31/88 22/72 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

16 Eastern Shan 31/88 23/73 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

17 Ayeyawady 27/81 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 34/93 24/75 Isolated rain or thundershower (100%)

19 Neighbouring Yangon 27/81 22/72 One or two rain or thundershower (100%)

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 35/95 25/77 Isolated rain or thundershower (80%)

Summary of

observations at

09:30 hr MST on

today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers have been isolated in Lower Sagaing Region, scattered in Mandalay Region and Kayah State, fairly widespread in Magway and Bago Regions, Shan State and widespread in the remaining Regions and States with isolated heavy falls in Ayeyawady Region and Mon State. The noteworthy amount of rainfall recorded were Pathein (6.02) inches, Ye (3.34) inches, Gwa (2.76) inches, Thaton (2.68) inches, Paung (2.51) inches and Myaungmya (2.48) inches.

Bay Inference Monsoon is strong in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

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

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Moderate to strong monsoon.

WAKEMA, 16 Aug—The fertilizer was broadcast in 15-acre Palethwe hybrid plantation of farmer U Shwe Pwa inThegon Village-tract of Wakema Township, AyeyawadyRegion, on 1 August morning.

At the ceremony, Ayeyawady Region ministers,township level departmental personnel local farmers observedbroadcasting of fertilizer.

Head of Ayeyawady Region Agriculture Department UMyint Thein discussed agricultural techniques. Head of

Fertilizer broadcast atPalethwe paddy plantation

Township Agriculture Department U Than Aung and staffconducted them round thriving Palethwe paddy plantations.

Myanma Alin

Stylus, split-screen stand new Samsungtablet apart

A journalist uses the ‘S Pen’ with a Samsung GalaxyNote 10.1 at an unveiling event in New York

on 15 August, 2012.REUTERS

SEOUL, 16 Aug— Withthe launch of its new tablet,unveiled in the United States,Samsung Electronics(005930.KS) is looking tobuild on the popularity of itsNote ‘phablet’, and expectskey features such as a stylus-type pen and split-screenfunction to stand the newdevice apart from rival AppleInc’s (AAPL.O) iPad.

The Galaxy Note 10.1tablet launches on Thursdayin the United States, Britainand South Korea, and haspicked up positive earlyreviews from tech bloggers

impressed with the S-Pen’swriting and sketchingperformance and the tablet’sability to have two apps activeon a split-screen.

The South Korean firm,which Apple accuses ofcopying the design and somefeatures of its iPad andiPhone, has priced the newtablet at $499 for 16gigabytes of memory andWiFi-only, the same as theiPad - leaving analystsdoubting its impact.

“When you look at theprice and overall consumerawareness about Samsung

tablets, it’s not likely to be abig success,” said ParkYoung, an analyst at WooriInvestment & Securities inSeoul.

“Tablets are gettingcheaper and even Apple isrumoured to be preparing acheaper iPad. Consumersalso tend not to spend muchon tablets any more assmartphones can do most ofthe entertainment functionsthat tablets offer.”

Samsung hasemphasised how the Note10.1 is a “game changer” fromrival tablets, which areprimarily used to consumemedia - highlighting thedevice’s ability topersonalise and create.

At Wednesday’s launchevent in New York, “MoulinRouge” movie director BazLuhrmann and fashiondesigner Zac Posen were onhand to demonstrate howthey use the S-Pen stylus intheir work.

For graphic on Appleearnings click r.reuters.com/nez59s.

For graphic on Samsungearnings click r.reuters.com/few99s.

Reuters

Astronomers find record-breaking galaxy clusterNEW YORK, 16 Aug—A massive so-called

galaxy cluster, one of the largest structuresin the universe, has been discovered about5.7 billion light years from Earth and creditedwith setting several important new cosmicrecords, US-based researchers said onWednesday.

The Harvard-Smithsonian Centre forAstrophysics said in a news release thatobservations of the cluster, which has showna prodigious rate of star formation, may forceastronomers to rethink how such colossalstructures and galaxies that inhabit themevolve over time. Known officially by analphabet soup of numbers and letters as SPT-CLJ2344-4243, the cluster has beennicknamed “Phoenix,” after themythological bird that rose from the dead.

That’s partly due to the constellation inwhich it lies. But Michael McDonald, aHubble fellow at the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology, said the Phoenix was also agreat way of thinking about the latestastronomical marvel.

“While galaxies at the center of mostclusters may have been dormant for billionsof years, the central galaxy in this cluster

The Chandra X-Ray Observatory isshown in an artist’s rendering. —REUTERS

seems to have come back to life with a newburst of star formation,” said McDonald, thelead author of the paper on Phoenix, appearingin the 16 August issue of Nature.

Based on observations from NASA’sChandra X-ray Observatory, the US NationalScience Foundation’s South Pole Telescopeand eight other observatories, researcherssaid the center of the Phoenix cluster hadbeen linked to the creation of about “740solar masses” or stars a year.

By comparison, the Perseus cluster formsstars at a rate about 20 times slower thanPhoenix.

“This is just an enormous rate,” saidMarie Machacek, an astrophysicist at theSmithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Shesaid huge clusters like Phoenix are thought tohost thousands of galaxies and there was stilla lot to learn about what goes on within them.

Supermassive black holes in the centralgalaxy of a cluster have long been associatedwith low observed star formation rates, asthey pump energy into the system and preventthe cooling of gases needed for the creationof stars. But researchers said the “massivestarburst” seen in Phoenix, as it gave birth toabout two stars per day, suggested that itscentral galaxy’s black hole had failed tointerfere with an extremely strong coolingflow.

“Stars are forming in the Phoenix clusterat the highest rate ever observed for the middleof a galaxy cluster,” the Harvard-SmithsonianCenter for Astrophysics said in its press release.

“The object also is the most powerfulproducer of X-rays of any known cluster andamong the most massive. The data alsosuggest the rate of hot gas cooling in thecentral regions of the cluster are the largestever observed,” it said.—Reuters

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Friday, 17 August, 201215th Waning of Second Waso 1374 ME

Reconstruction and maintenance of irrigation facilities, equal

Reconstruction and maintenance of irrigation facilities, equallearning opportunities discussed learning opportunities discussed

Effects of flooding- Debris washed along by the water can wash away

buildings, and cause damages- Causing landslide due to piling of soils- Infection of malaria, diarrhea and dysentery and

viruses- Unclean of water in wells and above ground- Loss of harvested crops and stored foods- Loss of animals, agricultural equipment and seeds

of cropsRoot cause of the effects

- Living in plains where flood may hit- Lack of knowledge, attention and alert about danger

of flood- Declining of the quality of earth to absorb water

(soil degradation, hardness)- Lack of endurance of buildings and foundations

against floods

Warning for precautionary measures against flood- Keeping stored food, crops yet to be harvested and

animals in the places without sheltersPreparations to be made before flood

- Pay attention to weather forecasts- Mark strong buildings and hillocks free from floods.

Choose the ways to reach the designated places.- Grow banana plants that can float on the water- Carefully pack important documents with plastic

sheets- Make ready to take clothes, foods, medicines, torch

light, lighter and candle- Make ready to run boat, motorboat, fuel for

transportation- Participate in preventive measures against natural

disasters- Practise rehearsals.

Department of Relief and Resettlement

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Aug—The Amyotha Hluttaw continuedfor the 28th day at Amyotha Hluttaw Building of HluttawComplex, here, at 10 am today, attended by 211 AmyothaHluttaw representatives including Speaker of the AmyothaHluttaw U Khin Aung Myint.

Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation U Khin Zawreplied to questions on irrigation sector raised by three Hluttawrepresentatives.

U Soe Aung of Mandalay Region Constituency No 11asked whether there is a plan to repair Omatway Dam ofMwe Village-tract in Meiktila Township. The deputy ministerreplied that Omatway Dam is being maintained by OmatwayVillage of Meiktila Township, and it was built there in 1960-61under the arrangement of the village. The embankment is 800feet long and 12 feet high to irrigate 60 acres of farmland. Dueto lack of proper designs, the dam has narrowed storage areaof water and spillway. That is why when larger volume of waterflows into the dam, the embankments breaks down. The IrrigationDepartment and villages repaired the dam in 1974. One morerepairing of embankment, conduit and spill of the dam wasundertaken with the use of village development fund in 1993-

94. In September 2011, the embankment of the dam was damagedby the heavy rains. However, the local people were unaffordableto repair the dam. Moreover, the dam is being maintained by thevillage, so the maintenance work is not included in the plans ofthe Irrigation Department in 2012-2013 fiscal year.

To be able to repair the dam, the fund is to be demandedin coordination with the Mandalay Region Government, and ifthe approval is received, the dam will be repaired.

Dr Khin Maung Lay of Bago Region Constituency No 8asked whether there is a plan to reconstruct HmanbinkanDam near Panipin Village of Pyay Township. The deputyminister replied that Irrigation Department dammed the InyonCreek to build Hmanbinkan Dam near Panipin Village-tract ofPyay Township in 1994-95 and handed it over to Pyay TownshipPeace and Development Council for assigning duty to thevillage to maintain the dam. The dam can irrigate over 1300 acresof farmlands in Wethtigan, Hnawkan, Panibin, Myoma andLaba villages. However, the dam has been damaging its facilitiesgradually before 2008, and the local farmers maintained it as (See page 9)

Rules lack of practicality and flexibility are to be amended: Pyithu Hluttaw SpeakerRules lack of practicality and flexibility are to be amended: Pyithu Hluttaw SpeakerNAY PYI TAW, 16 Aug—Pyithu Hluttaw regular session

continued for 28th day at Pyithu Hluttaw Hall in HluttawComplex here this morning, attended by Pyithu Hluttaw SpeakerThura U Shwe Mann and 402 Pyithu Hluttaw representatives.

Two questions were raised and answered, and oneproposal discussed.

U Ko Gyi of Aungmyethazan Constituency asked aboutthe government’s long-term plans to address consequencesof permission for export of edible oil crops groundnut andsesame stemmed from rocketing prices of groundnutsleading to the suspension of local oil mills. Deputy Ministerfor Commerce Dr Pwint Hsan answered that edible oil crops redsesame, brown sesame and groundnut which give higher oiloutput are not allowed to export to reduce oil imports. Whitesesame and black sesame with lesser oil output are allowed toexport. It is intended to cut cost of foreign exchange and oilimport.

While sesame and groundnut oil are allowed to export, thelocal oil mills are still struggling to produce quality oil. The oilmills must be upgraded. Farmers, specialized companies,associations and government departments will have to makecooperative efforts to increase production of groundnut andsesame by increasing sown acreage, using quality seeds,applying post-harvest technologies for minimizing wastage.Myanmar Oil Millers’ Association will soon be formed inassociation with the Republic of the Union of MyanmarFederation Chambers of Commerce and Industry and MyanmarOil Merchants and Oil Entrepreneurs Association. Theassociation will coordinate the upgrading of rice mills for

exporting quality groundnut and sesame oil. The oil milldevelopment must be initiated by the government, associationsand private entrepreneurs in public-private partnership.

U Ye Htut Tin of Hpahasung Constituency asked ofprompt measure for better telephone communicationssystem in Kayah State. Deputy Minister for Communications,Posts and Telegraphs U Win Than answered that the ministryis planning to replace Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH)microwave network in Kalaw-Loikaw with Gigabit Ethernet IP

network. Auto exchanges will be installed in Prusho, Bawlake,Pasawng and Shadaw where semi auto exchanges have alreadyinstalled, depending on power supply, transmission and budget.Auto exchanges will be established in Myothit sub-township,Mawchee station, Loilemlay station, Hseebu station, apartfrom these townships, depending on number of telephoneusers, power supply and regional stability and according to thepriority list proposed by the respective state manager under thedirective of the state government. (See page 9)

Pyithu

Hluttaw

represen-

tatives

seen at

28th day

session

of

Pyithu

Hluttaw.

MNA

The

28th

day

session

of

Amyotha

Hluttaw

in

progress.

MNA

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