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Volume XIX, Number 67 11th Waning of Nayon 1373 ME Monday, 27 June, 2011

* Stability of the State, community peace and tran-quillity, prevalence of law and order

* Strengthening of national solidarity* Building and strengthening of discipline-flourish-

ing democracy system* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the Constitution

Four political objectives* Building of modern industrialized nation through the agricultural devel-

opment, and all-round development of other sectors of the economy* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of technical

know-how and investment from sources inside the country and abroad* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in the hands of

the State and the national peoples

Four economic objectives* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preservation

and safeguarding of cultural heritage and national char-acter

* Flourishing of Union Spirit, the true patriotism* Uplift of health, fitness and education standards of the

entire nation

Four social objectives

Medical staff should have goodwill, loving-kindness,mindfulness and perseverance in giving treatment

NAY PYI TAW, 26 June—Vice-President ofthe Republic of the Union of Myanmar Dr SaiMauk Kham and wife Daw Nan Shwe Hmon,accompanied by Union Ministers, Shan State ChiefMinister U Sao Aung Myat, deputy ministers anddepartmental heads, left Taunggyi yesterday bycar and arrived at Phaungdawbyan Jetty inNyaungshwe at 8 am.

The Vice-President and party inspectedpreventive measures against siltation in Inlay Lake

with the use of heavy machinery.In Nanhu Village, the Vice-President and

party paid homage to Inlay PhaungdawUYokshindaw Buddha Image.

The Vice-President signed the visitors’book of the Buddha Image and presented cashdonation to the Pagoda Board of Trustees.

He viewed round pictures of old buildingof the Buddha Image, gold foils, robes, BuddhaImage and various pictures of the Buddha Image

at the chamber.The Vice-President attended the ceremony

to donate meals, rice, edible oil and cash to theOvadacariya Sayadaws of the pagoda andtrusteeship member Sayadaws.

Member of State Sangha Maha NayakaOvadacariya of the Inlay PhaungdawU BuddhaImage Board of Trustees Inlay Shwebontha Mon-astery Sayadaw Agga Maha Pandita Agga Maha

(See page 8)

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham and wife Daw Nan Shwe Hmon pay homage to Inlay PhaungdawU Buddha Images.—MNA

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham inspects prevention against siltation in Inlay Lake.—MNA

Water flow of Inlay Lake contributes muchtowards socio-economic life of local people

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

People’s DesireMonday, 27 June, 2011

Mounting bridges for greaternational development

In building the network of roads, railroadsand bridges for smooth transport one Regionor State and another, the government givesparticular attention to the building of a largenumber of bridges in Ayeyawady Region,the land of rivers, creeks and lakes.

Auknatchaung Bridge, the third of itskind in the time of the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar, was inaugurated at the pandalnear the facility on Bogale-Setsan-Htawpaing-Ahmar Road in Bogale Township, PyaponDistrict, the other day.

Due to the newly-built bridge, the routebetween Bogale and Ahmar has been reducedby 32 miles and five furlongs. When thebridges on Bogale-Setsan-Htawpaing-AhmarRoad are completed, there will be a directroad link between Bogale and Ahmar.

Previous to the transport facility, transportbetween the two regions was risky. Now, itwas just in the past. Local products ofAyeyawady Region can be delivered to anyother Region or State through the network oftransport facilities.

The 466 feet long bridge is of broad cresttype and has a13.5 feet wide motor road on it.It can withstand 13-ton loads for per vehicle.

Owing to the efforts the government ismaking to scale up development of the wholeUnion, Ayeyawady Region is poised to enjoygreater development especially in theeconomic, social and education sectors. Localpeople are, therefore, to maintain the bridgefor its durability.

KyKywwechan Yekyaw Bridge and Bogaleechan Yekyaw Bridge and BogaleRiver-crossing Bridge inspectedRiver-crossing Bridge inspected

YANGON, 26 June — Union Minister forConstruction U Khin Maung Myint visitedconstruction site of Kywechan Yekyaw Bridge onBogale-Mawlamyinegyun-Wakema-Myaungmyaroad yesterday morning.

He also inspected the construction of BogaleRiver-crossing Bridge where he urged to take care

of worksite safety.Bogale River-crossing Bridge exists on Bogale-

Kyeinchaung-Kadonkani Road and is of Steel Trussand RCC Concrete type. It has the length of 3553feet, the two lane motor way with 28-ft wide, the300 feet wide clearance area and the height of 36feet. It can withstand 75 tonnes of loads.—MNA

Union Minister for Construction U Khin Maung Myint inspects construction of Bogale River-crossing Bridge.—MNA

Union Minister for Commerce U Win Myint addresses 19th annual general meeting of MyanmarCitizens Bank.—MNA

MCB holds 19th Annual General Meeting

NAY PYI TAW, 26 June—Union Minister forCommerce U Win Myint delivered an address atthe 19th General Annual Meeting of MyanmarCitizens Bank at M3 Food Centre, here, this morning.

He said that as the State economy is basedon market economic system, efforts are beingmade for building the harmonious monetaryservice. He added that development of banking

services reflect improvement of capabilities ofState-owned businesses and development of privateeconomic sector and contribute to exporting moreproducts and generating job opportunities for thepeople.

He called for bank entrepreneurs to givingbest banking services to the customers underexisting laws and bylaws.—MNA

Guide to writing methodscourse concludes

YANGON, 26 June—The concluding ceremony ofguide to writing methods course No.2 , organized byWork Committee of Writers under Myanmar Writersand Journalists Association, was held at MWJA inSarpay Beikman Building on Merchant Street, here,this morning, with an address by Chairman of theMWJA U Tin Hlaing (Ledwintha Saw Chit).

After that Vice-Chairman U Ko Ko Hlaing (KoKo Hlaing) presented certificates to a trainee onbehalf of the trainees. The writers awarded thosewho stood first, second and third in poem, article,short story contests.

Family of Writer Naing Pan Hla donated K 0.1million and trainee Daw Kaykhaing Aung Khin (MaKay) K 0.1 million for the fund of MWJA. ManagingDirector U Ye Tint of Printing and PublishingEnterprise and treasurer of MWJA U Maung MaungAye (Maung Hay Mar) accepted donation andpresented certificates of honour.

A total of 69 trainees attended the one-monthcourse.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 June—U Aye Tun, 63, of staffquarters of Paper Mill in Theinzayat Township inMon State stepped on a mine planted by KNUinsurgents on the pavement, six yards right toKyaikto-Theinzayat Road, north of Theinzayat,while leaving his house at 9 am yesterday. Theexplosion blew off his right tip-toe and woundedhis right forearm.

Officials of the local battalion provided medicaltreatment to the injured and rushed him to BagoPeople’s Hospital.—MNA

Civilian injured in mineblast of KNU

Lewe launches monsoontree-planting activity

NAY PYI TAW, 26 June—Monsoon tree-plantingwas launched in Lewe Township of Nay Pyi Tawyesterday morning, attended by Nay Pyi Taw CouncilMember U Myint Swe.

A total of 1500 saplings were planted at 100-bedLewe People’s Hospital by departmental staff, membersof social organizations and locals.

Lewe Township Forest Department has plannedto distribute 220996 saplings to households in Leweand has itself planned to grow 570,000 saplings thisyear.—MNA

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WASHINGTON, 26 June—Four people were shot on Saturday afternoon innorthwest Washington DC, with one in critical condition, local police said.

The shooting took place around 5 pm at the intersection of GeorgiaAvenue NW and Gresham Place NW in northwest of the city, Assistant PoliceChief Diane Groomes told Xinhua. The four being shot included three malesand one female, she said, adding that three victims were in stable conditionand one male in very critical condition. Groomes said the shooting is notrelated to the Caribbean Festival parade that took place earlier the day in thearea and the identity of the suspect is still unknown.—Xinhua

Police inspect the shooting site in northwest Washington DC on 25 June,2011. Four people were shot on Saturday afternoon here with one in

critical condition, local police said.—XINHUADERA ISMAIL KHAN,

26 June— The PakistaniTaleban say they used afemale suicide bomberfor the first time in anattack on a police stationin northwestern Pakistanthat killed 10 people.

The woman was one

SAN FRANCISCO, 26 June—Fivepeople were injured Saturday bygunshots near 7th and Market streets inSan Francisco, police said. Two peoplesustained life-threatening injuries duringthe 6:15 pm shooting on the 1000 blockof Market Street, while three otherssustained non-life-threatening injuries,Lt Troy Dangerfield told KGO-TV, SanFrancisco.

MANILA, 26 June—Blast ripped an eatery insouthern Philippines onSaturday evening,killing two people andinjuring 14 others, policesaid.

Police spokesmanAgrimero Cruz Jr saidthat the explosion washeard inside a restaurantbefore it went on fire inIsabela City, BasilanProvince, shortly before6:00 pm.

He said that a policeofficer, a duty beat patrol,and another bystanderwere among thoseinjured, he said.

Investigation into thecause of the explosion isunder way, he said.

Xinhua

TIKRIT, 26 June—AnIraqi ex-police officerwas killed and fourpolice commandoeswere wounded in ashootout in Iraq’snorthern centralProvince of Salahudin onSaturday, a provincialpolice source said.

The incidentoccurred when an Iraqi

An injured Afghan man, a victim of a blast liesin a hospital bed in Kunduz city in the northern

Province of Kunduz, Afghanistan,on 25 June, 2011.—INTERNET

Four shot in Washington DC, one incritical condition

Pakistani Taleban use female bomber forfirst time

Five hurt in San Francisco shooting

Ex-police officer killed, four policecommandoes wounded in Iraq

Two killed, 14injured in

S Philippineblast

A boy cleans the site ofa bomb attack inPalestine Street in

northeastern Baghdadon 21 June, 2011. A

roadside bomb killed anIraqi soldier and

wounded five people,including three soldiers,

in Palestine Street innortheastern Baghdad,

an Interior Ministrysource said.

INTERNET

of two attackers whothrew grenades andsprayed machine gun fireinside the police stationin Dera Ismail Khan onSaturday before bothblew themselves up.

Pakistani Talebanspokesman Ahsanullah

Ahsan told The AssociatedPress on Sunday that theattackers were a womanand her husband. He saidthe use of a female suicidebomber shows how muchthey hate Pakistani securityforces. There have beenprevious reports offemale suicide bombersin Pakistan, but this is thefirst time the PakistaniTaleban has confirmedusing one.—Internet

Police closed the intersection,which attracted a large crowd, soemergency medical personnel couldaccess the injured people, the stationsaid. The shooting occurred a coupleblocks from the gay pride festival at theCivic Centre. Police said they arelooking for a black male suspect in his20s who has dreadlocks and is 6 feettall.—Internet

SWAT (SpecialWeapons And Tactics)force stormed the houseof Mohammed Ismael,an ex-police officer, in aneighbourhood in northof the oilrefinery city ofBaiji, some 200 km northof Baghdad, a sourcefrom Salahudin’soperations commandtold Xinhua on conditionof anonymity.

The force shot deadIsmael after he openedfire from his silenced gunon the attackingcommandoes andwounded one of them,

the source said.The shootout incited

Ismael’s fellowtribesmen in theneighbourhood, whoopened fire on the SWATforce, wounding three ofthem, the source added.

Earlier in the day,the Iraqi police reportedthe killing of three peoplein two gunfire attacks inand near Baghdad, whilea roadside bomb strucka US military convoy inwestern of the capitalwithout giving detailsabout casualties.

Xinhua

Smoke billowsfrom a burning caras people rush to

the site of anattack on a Frenchembassy convoy inthe Iraqi capital

Baghdadon 20 June.

INTERNET

Three killed, 25 wounded inIraq’s violence

BAGHDAD, 26 June—Three people were killedand 25 others were wounded in separate attacksacross Iraq on Sunday, the police said.

The deadliest attack occurred around middaywhen a suicide bomber disguised as a disabled manpushed his explosives-packed wheelchair inside thepolice station of Tarmiyah, some 40 km north ofBaghdad, and blew it up, killing two people andwounding 19 others, including 10 policemen, a localpolice source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

In Salahudin province, Faisal Ghazi, an Iraqiintelligence service officer, was killed when asticky bomb attached to his car detonated in thetown of Sulaiman Pek, some 160 km north ofBaghdad, a local police source said.

In Iraq’s oil-rich province of Kirkuk,Mohammed Ahmed Hussein, the mayor of Riyadh,a town locates some 250 km north of Baghdad,escaped unharmed a bike bomb explosion near hisconvoy, wounding three people, a source fromKirkuk operations command told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

In Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, two peoplewere wounded in a roadside bomb explosion at anorchard near the provincial capital city of Baquba,some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, a provincialpolice source told Xinhua.

Separately, a civilian was wounded when hiscar crashed with a US military vehicle in the city ofJalawlaa, some 140 km northeast of Baghdad, thesource said.

Also in the province, Iraqi security forcesconducted search operations across the provinceduring the past 24 hours and arrested 10 suspects,including four wanted individuals, the sourceadded.—Xinhua

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‘Natural’ tags can trace fish movementsSOUTHAMPTION, 26 June—British

researchers say tracking Atlantic salmonto their feeding grounds can help findout why their numbers have declinedsince the early 1970s.

Scientists say they believeconditions experienced at sea are largelyto blame, but identifying where salmongo to feed in the huge expanse of theNorth Atlantic is difficult, as attachingartificial tags to fish is expensive.

Now, researchers at the Universityof Southampton say marine locationcan be recovered from the chemistry ofthe fishes’ scales, since the chemistry ofanimal tissues reflects the compositionof food and water in the area where theylive and feed and can act as a natural tag,a release from the U.K.’s NationalOceanography Centre reported

A handout photofrom France’s

National Centre forSpace Studies shows

scientists, FrenchMPs and journalistsexperiencing zero-gravity aboard anAirbus A300 at Le

Bourget.INTERNET

Thursday.“As every single salmon contains

the natural chemical tag, we can nowsee where fish from individual riversgo to feed in the Atlantic,” lead authorKirsteen MacKenzie said.

“Interestingly, we found thatsalmon born in two areas of the BritishIsles swim to feeding grounds that arefar apart, and experience very differentconditions while at sea.”

Knowing where the salmon feedwill aid conservation efforts, anotherSouthampton researcher said.

“This information allows for bettermanagement of individual fishpopulations by monitoring bothenvironmental conditions and fishingefforts in the areas where they feed,”Clive Trueman said.—Internet

Moon & Jupiter pair up before DawnSunday

NEW YORK, 26 June—Early riserson Sunday (26 June) morning, givenfair weather, will be treated to a lovelycelestial tableau in the eastern sky as theplanet Jupiter hovers below and to theright of a slender waning crescent moon.

Although moon and planet will notbe particularly close, they will be by farthe two brightest objects visible in thepredawn sky, and will command instantattention wherever the sky is reasonablyclear. The sky map of Jupiter and themoon here shows how they will appearon Sunday.

Jupiter rises about three and a halfhours before the sun — around 2 amlocal daylight time — when at magnitude-2.2, it outshines everything but themoon. On this astronomers scale, smallernumbers represent brighter objects, withnegative numbers being the brightest ofall.

Jupiter is currently in theconstellation Aries, where it will remainuntil it briefly crosses over into theadjacent zodiacal constellation of Piscesin early December. In the days andweeks to come, Jupiter will riseprogressively earlier as well as appearingto noticeably brighten as Earth speedsalong its orbit, closing the distance

between our two worlds.Sunday morning will find the moon

23-percent illuminated and positionedfive degrees from Jupiter. Yourclenched fist held at arm’s lengthmeasures 10-degrees, so on Sundaymorning, Jupiter, shining like a brilliantsilvery “star” with a steady glow, willstand about half a fist below and to theright of the moon.

The view will likely be even moreenhanced by the effect of “earthshine”on the moon. This light reflected fromthe Earth allows you to see the fullglobe of the moon, its darkened portionglowing with a bluish-gray hueinterposed between the sunlit crescentand not much darker sky.

This vision is sometimes called “theold moon in the young moon’s arms.”Leonardo da Vinci was the first torecognize it as earthshine. The Earth’slight of course is reflected sunlight, soearthshine is really sunlight that isreflected off Earth to the moon and thenreflected back to Earth.

Viewing with binoculars will bringout the earthshine effect more than ifviewing with the unaided eye, and willimpart a three-dimensional effect to themoon.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 26 June—Wikipedia is reliant onvolunteer editors and contributors to maintain itscrowd-sourced online encyclopedia. In order toencourage more editors, the site is launching a “love”button so that readers can flag the articles they enjoythe most.

Wikipedia announced Friday that it’s currentlytesting the feature and will roll it out to the entire siteon Wednesday, 29 June. Citing a survey of Wikipediaeditors, the company said a majority of people editmore frequently when they feel appreciated. As thedigital pages of Wikipedia continue to be filled,editors are praised by commenters less frequently,while they are criticized and corrected more frequently.

Wikipedia adds a ‘Love’ Button

A man plays a computer game of manufacturerElectronic Arts (EA) in 2008. US videogame

giant Electronic Arts (EA) on Friday revealedthat hackers had looted user data in “a highly

sophisticated” attack.—INTERNET

Wikipedia said that new editors’ experiences on thesite is increasingly dominated by warnings, criticism,and teaching, and this new feature is an effort to quellthe negative effects of those responses.

The love button, dubbed “WikiLove,” is a “simpleexperiment in appreciation,” Wikipedia said. Createdby Wikimedia Foundation developer Ryan Kaldari, it“makes it easy and fun to send barnstars or whimsicalmessages of appreciation to other users.” WikiLovewill appear in the form of a small red heart icon on thetop right hand part of the window, next to the searchwindow. Readers are encouraged to select the iconwhen they discover content activity that is compliment-worthy.—Internet

Google co-founderLarry Page

addresses a PressConference in 2004.Google confirmed

Friday that USregulators have

begun a probe ofthe Internet giant’s

lucrative search andadvertising business

and said it wasconfident its

practices wouldwithstand scrutiny.

INTERNET

Skype iPad app is coming soonNEW YORK, 26 June—Skype launched its iPhone

application in 2009, and now the company is gearingup to release an iPad app.

There is no release date for the app yet, but in aconversation with TUAW, Skype vice president ofconsumer and product design Rick Osterloh said thecompany expects Apple to approve the app soon.

Osterloh told TUAW that it had a lot of initialsuccess with its iPhone app, the userbase of which“doubled in just a month’s time.” He expects theiPad app, which has been in testing for a few months,to “have a similar success.”

The iPad version of Skype will be very similar tothe iPhone app in terms of functionality, includingfeatures like chatting and audio and video calling. A

video preview of the app released late this weekshows off some of those features.

However, there are a few features included in thefull version of Skype for the PC and Mac that won’tbe a part of the iPad app, such as the ability to sharefiles. TUAW points out that the reason this is absentfrom the app is because of the “way the iPad dealswith files.”

Clearly a Skype app works well for the iPad 2because Apple’s second-gen tablet now includesdual-facing cameras, ideal for video chatting.Previously Skype just had an iPhone app that wascompatible with the iPad, but Osterloh said the iPad2’s camera makes the new app “super compelling.”

Internet

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LONDON, 26 June—The number ofadults with diabetes worldwide hasmore than doubled since 1980, withalmost 350 million now affected,according to a new study published inThe Lancet medical journal.

Scientists from Imperial CollegeLondon and Harvard Universityanalysed blood sugar date of 2.7million people aged 25 and overacross the world and used the resultsto estimate diabetes prevalence.

The number of adults with diabetesmore than doubled from 153 millionin 1980 to 347 million in 2008,according to the research publishedSaturday.

Diabetes is caused by poor bloodsugar control and can lead to heartdisease and stroke and can damagethe kidneys, nerves and eyes.

High blood sugar levels anddiabetes kill three million peopleacross the world each year.

The researchers said two of thestrongest factors in the rising diabetesrate were increasing life span andbody weight, especially amongwomen.

“Our study has shown thatdiabetes is becoming more common

An Indian nurse (R) collects ablood sample from a patient using

a glucometer at a free Diabetichealth check up camp in

Hyderabad. The number of adultswith diabetes worldwide has more

than doubled since 1980, withalmost 350 million now affected,

according to a new study publishedin The Lancet medical journal.

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Adult diabetes ratedoubles: study

almost everywhere in the world,” saidMajid Ezzati, from Imperial CollegeLondon, who co-led the study.

“This is in contrast to bloodpressure and cholesterol, which haveboth fallen in many regions. Diabetesis much harder to prevent and treatthan these other conditions.”

Diabetes rates had risen most inPacific island nations, where a greaterproportion of people have thecondition than anywhere else in theworld, according to the study.

Internet

Bristol diabetes pill tied to certaincancers

SAN DIEGO, 26 June—A new type of diabetes pillbeing developed byBristol-Myers Squibb andAstraZeneca was effectivein a two-year study butmore bladder and breastcancers have been foundin patients treated with thedrug. In all studies so farcompleted, 1.4 percent ofpatients treated withdapagliflozin developedsome type of cancer,compared with 1.3 percentof control group patients,said Elisabeth Bjork, vicepresident of developmentfor dapagliflozin atAstraZeneca.

Nine bladder cancers

have been observed in5,478 patients treated withthe experimental drug,compared with onebladder cancer seen in the3,156 patients in controlgroups. Six of the 10 hadblood in the urine, knownas hematuria, when theyentered trials and five werediagnosed within a yearafter their study.

It is potentially the firstin a new class of diabetesdrugs designed to blockglucose from beingabsorbed into thebloodstream through thekidneys, allowing moresugar to be excreted withurine.

People with diabeteshave inadequate bloodsugar control, which canlead to seriouscomplications like heartdisease and stroke, as wellas damage to the kidneysor nerves, and toblindness. Dapagliflozinleads to more sugar in theurine, which may serve asa nutrient for bacteria andpathogens that can causeinfections, said ElisabethSvanberg, vice presidentof development fordapagliflozin at Bristol-Myers. In a two-year trial,urinary tract infectionswere seen in 8 percent ofType 2 diabetes patientstreated with a placebo andthe generic drug metfor-min, 8 percent of patientson a 2.5 mg dose ofdapagliflozin plus metfor-min, 8.8 percent of patientson a 5 mg dose and 13.3percent of patientsreceiving dapagliflozin 10mg.—Reuters

A companysign is

picturedoutside the

Astra ZenecaR & D plant

in Lund,2 March,

2010.INTERNET

KIEV, 26 June—Government officials say Ukrainewill invest a total of 750 million US dollars in the Euro2012 Soccer Championship.

“The direct costs of Ukraine to hold Euro 2012 willnot exceed this sum,” Borys Kolesnikov, the deputyprime minister and infrastructure minister, said Friday.Kolesnikov said the funds will be spent on constructionof stadiums in Kiev and Lvov. Other expenses, includingmoney for building roads and infrastructureimprovements, will be allocated from the annual Ukrainebudget.

The figures Kolesnikov cited are at variance withthe calculations of Ukrainian experts who expect thattotal expenditures for the championship will be about10 billion dollars while revenues will be around 400million dollars. State and local firms, analysts said, willallocate 85 percent of the funds to host the Euro 2012,while foreign investors will provide only 15 percent.

Internet

Ukraine to invest 750 milliondollars in Euro 2012

Michael Kemmer, the headof an influential German

banking federation,pictured in 2008, said

Saturday that private bankswould play a role in a neweurozone rescue package

for Greece, a participationstrongly backed by theGerman government.

INTERNET

China-Britain trade targets 100 billion USdollars in 2015

LONDON, 26 June—With a rapid growth inbilateral trade during thefirst six months of this year,China and Britain areaimed at an ambitious tradetarget of 100 billion USdollars in 2015.

That target was set byleaders of the two nationsduring Prime MinisterDavid Cameron’s visit inChina in November.

China and Britain areimportant trading partnerswith Britain being China’sthird largest market in theEU and China beingBritain’s largest export

destination save the EUand the United States.

Two-way trade ingoods and servicesbetween the two nationshit an all-time high of 60billion US dollar last year,a rise of 28 percent fromthe previous year.

According to theeconomic and commercialcounselor’s office of theChinese Embassy toBritain, bilateral trade ofgoods jumped 17.4percent to 20.97 dollars inthe first five months froma year earlier.

Investment is also onthe fast track with moreand more Chinese settingup subsidiaries in Britain.Last year, China becameBritain’s sixth largestforeign investor.

In addition, over thepast few years anincreasing number ofChinese companies,notably Shanghai Auto-mobile and Chongqing

Changan Automobile,have set up R&D centersin Britain.

Meanwhile, Britishenterprises continue toexpand their presence andoperations in China. Tescohas committed to makingan investment worth 2billion dollars in Chinaduring the next five years.

With a cumulativeinvestment exceeding 17billion dollars by the endof 2010, Britain hasmanaged to maintain itsposition as China’s largestinvestor among EUmembers.

At the same time, thepotential to expand China-Britain commercial andeconomic ties remainshuge. Trade with Britainaccounts for a mere 1.7percent of China’s tradewith the rest of the world.British exports to China,meanwhile, constitute lessthan 2 percent of China’stotal imports. —Internet

ATLANTA, 26 June—State authorities saidMountain Heritage Bankof Clayton, Ga., was the14th bank in Georgia tofail this year.

Mountain Heritage,with $103.7 million intotal assets and $89.6million in deposits, hasbeen taken over by FirstAmerican Bank andTrust Co, of Athens, Ga,the Georgia Departmentof Banking and Financesaid.

The bank will reopenwith normal businesshours, The Streetreported Saturday.

The Atlanta JournalConstitution said thebank was the 65th in thestate to fail since thefinancial crisis escalatedin 2008.

Internet

Bank isGeorgia’s

14th failureof 2011

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BEIJING, 26 June—A dramahonouring an archivist who had devotedhimself to the Chinese People’sLiberation Army (PLA)’s archive workwas staged Saturday evening in Beijing.

The drama, “Sheng Ming Dang An,”or “Archives of Life,” tells the life storyof Liu Yiquan who had worked as a fileclerk and later a consultant at the PLAArchives for about 38 years.

Liu had collected more than 830,000pieces of military archives, which wasregarded as a special contribution to thearmy.

Despite being diagnosed withterminal cancer in 2008, Liu continuedto work hard. He died on 28 Jan, 2010,

LOS ANGELES, 26 June— Healthdepartment officials in Orange County,Calif, say a dead bat found by a parksworker in Laguna Niguel National Parkhad rabies.

The Orange County Health CareAgency said in a Los Angeles Timesreport untreated rabies can be fatal and iturged those bitten by a bat to wash thewound thoroughly and seek medicaltreatment.

Since the dead bat was found, officialshave learned of other dead bats in thepark, but those animals haven’t been

Drama honouring military archiviststaged in Beijing

at the age of 59.Li Changchun, a Standing Committee

member of the Political Bureau of theCommunist Party of China (CPC) CentralCommittee, joined the audience of thedrama on Saturday. Li later said thedrama was touching and significant inreflecting the model role of CPC membersahead of the 90th founding anniversaryof the CPC.

Liu Yiquan was also honuored bythe US military authorities for his role inhelping identify some key documentsthat led to the repatriation of the remainsof the United States personnel whodisappeared during and after the KoreaWar (1950-1953).—Xinhua

Glastonbury reveller : A festival-goer smiles atthe annual Glastonbury festival near

Glastonbury, Somerset.INTERNET

Japanese gov’t panel urgesrenewable energy in

reconstructionTOKYO, 26 June—A advisory panel to the

Japanese government proposed on Saturday thatthe country should promote renewable energy andcarry out renewable energy research in FukushimaPrefecture where a troubled nuclear power plant islocated. The panel also called on the government tomull over a tax hike to fund the reconstruction workafter the devastating 11 March earthquake andensuing tsunami.

Rebuilding the infrastructure, housing and otherfacilities destroyed in the twin disasters in March isestimated to cost Japan about 16.9 trillion yen (210billion US dollars), the Japanese Cabinet Officesaid Friday. The Japanese government and theutility’s operator have been battling to keep theFukushima No1 nuclear power plant crippled bythe twin disasters in March under control. It is stillleaking radioactive substances into environment.

Xinhua

A worker holds apiece of asbestos.Several countriesblocked moves to

add chrysotileasbestos to a list

of dangeroussubstances subject

to exportrestrictions under

the RotterdamConvention, a UNspokesman said.

INTERNET

MOSCOW, 26 June—At least 46 people, includingsix children, were injured Saturday in a householdgas explosion in southern Russia, according tolocal media reports.

According to the reports, a gas containerexploded during a wedding ceremony inVladikavkaz, capital of the republic of NorthOssetia. The cause of the explosion was unknown.

North Ossetian Deputy Health MinisterTaimuraz Revazov said all the injured had beenhospitalized and 11 of them were in intensive care.

“Two people are in critical condition and havebeen put on ventilators. Those injured have burnsto their upper bodies varying from the first to thefourth degree,” Revazov was quoted by Interfaxnews agency as saying.

In the North Caucasus region, weddingceremonies usually feature cooking over an openfire, for which gas cylinders are used.

Xinhua

Dozens injured in gasexplosion in southern Russia

Rabid bat found in California parktested for rabies, said Deanne Thompson,a health agency spokeswoman.

Rabid bats have been discovered inOrange County over the past severalyears, but health officials only makeannouncements about their discovery ifthey are found in a public area, Thompsonsaid. Rabies is most often transmittedthrough saliva from a bite from a rabidanimal. Most human rabies cases are aresult of bat bites, Thompson said. Shesaid bat bites might go undetected at firstbecause bats have very small teeth.

Xinhua

Britain’s foodwatchdog has said

there were no cases ofE coli poisoning in thecountry after France

linked vegetable seedssold by a British

company to a Frenchoutbreak.INTERNET

Lightning strikes kill 15 in China this monthBEIJING, 26 June—Lightning

strikes have killed 15 people so farthis month in China, while wind-haildisasters caused 2.58 billion yuan(398 million US dollars) in directeconomic losses, the Ministry of CivilAffairs said Saturday.

Thunderstorms, strong winds or

hail hit 21 provincial-level areas,including Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi,Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, as wellas 93 cities and 268 counties in June,and affected the lives of about 2.49million people, according to thereport.

Xinhua

In this photo taken Thursday, 23 June, 2011, aPuerto Rican parrot is pictured inside a fly cageat El Yunque National Forest protected habitatin Luquillo, Puerto Rico. The parrots are one ofabout 34 Amazon parrots’ species found in theAmericas. They are known for the bright red

shock of feathers at their forehead, white ringsaround their eyes and the shimmering blue

feathers under their wings. The Puerto Ricanparrot has hovered at the edge of extinction fordecades but is now making a bit of a comeback.

INTERNET

MACAO, 26 June—Over 60 percent of Macao’smanufacturers faced the challenge of insufficientworkers, although they were optimistic about theterritory’s exports in the coming six months, theMacao Daily Times reported on Saturday.

The newspaper quoted a latest survey by thecity’s Economic Services Bureau as saying that 78.6percent of the interviewed manufacturers faced thechallenge of surging prices of materials and 73.7percent faced increasing international competitionin the first quarter of 2011.

Aside from prices, there have been other issues

Exporters in Macao face manpower shortagesthat have raised concern for local manufacturers.According to the survey, 64.9 percent said theywere affected by issues of insufficient workers.

The lack of workers is something that has beenraised not only by the manufacturing industry, butalso by local businessmen who blame new rules forforeign worker employment they believe restrainsthe development of the economy, the report said.Meanwhile, 38.2 percent of respondents expectexports to “ slightly increase”, while only 8.6 percentbelieve exports will “ strongly increase” in the nextsix months, according to the survey.—Xinhua

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Union Minister for Labour and for SWRRinspects departmental tasks

YANGON, 26 June—Union Minister forLabour and for Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement U Aung Kyi yesterday met membersof Shan State Fire Services Department in Taunggyiand gave instructions on maintenance of fire enginesand enhancement of fire fighting skills.

He inspected the Shan State Social WelfareDepartment and Pre-Primary School in Myoma

Ward.Today, the Union Minister looked into

functions of Shan State Relief and ResettlementDepartment and storage of six relief items at itswarehouse in Ayethaya.

He viewed the dispensary of the ministryand sites for construction of new dispensary atAyethaya Industrial Zone.—MNA

Dy Border Affairs Ministerarrives back from Vietnam

YANGON, 26 June—Deputy Minister for BorderAffairs Maj-Gen Zaw Win, at the invitation of MrBe Truong Thanh, Vice Standing Chairman ofCommittee for Ethnic Minorities Affairs of theSocialist Republic of Vietnam, went on anobservation trip to Vietnam from 19 to 25 June andarrived back here yesterday evening.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 June—Bowlingcompetition held by Myanmar Bowling Federationin commemoration of Olympic Day 2011 reachedfinal this afternoon. Secretary of Myanmar NationalSports Committee Deputy Minister for Sports UAye Myint Kyu enjoyed the final at bowling stadiumof Nay Pyi Taw Development Affairs Committee inZabuthiri Township here and awarded the winners.

Zaw Lin Tun and Aye Aye Maw from NayPyi Taw DAC stood first in men’s and women’sopen event.—MNA

Deputy Sports Minister enjoysbowling final

Chinese vice premier warns ofworldwide inflation risk

Photo taken on 22June, 2011 shows aclay furnace of the

Han Dynasty (202 BC-220 AD) during aHeluo Civilization

Exhibition at Luoyangmuseum in Luoyang,

central China’s HenanProvince. More than2,000 cultural relics

were displayed on theexhibition.

XINHUA

BEIJING, 26 June—Chinese VicePremier Li Keqiang on Saturdaywarned the risk of a worldwide inflationwhile the world strives for an economicrecovery. Li made the remarks at theSecond Global Think Tank Summitcurrently held in Beijing.

Facing a common challenge ofinflation, all countries should increasethe coordination of theirmacroeconomic policies to ensureeconomic growth while reining ininflation, he said.

Within China, inflation hasremained stubbornly high despite thegovernment’s efforts to cap price rises.The country’s inflation rate reached a34-month high of 5.5 percent in May,and is expected to accelerate to 6percent in June, which will be wellabove the government’s 2011 inflationtarget of 4 percent.

Li also said countries should work

together to fight trade and investmentprotectionism, improve and innovatethe international economic governanceand promote the establishment of afair, just, inclusive, and orderlyinternational financial system.

He called for efforts to increase therepresentation and say of emergingeconomies and developing countries,and bridge the “south-northdevelopment gap” between the poorcountries and rich nations, which hebelieved is crucial to the long-termprosperity of the world.

Li said during the coming fiveyears, China will accelerate thetransformation of its economicdevelopment pattern and strike abalance between maintaining a stableand relatively fast economic growth,restructuring the economy andregulating inflationary expectations.

Xinhua

Why cesarean births areon the rise

WASHINGTON, 26 June —US researchers havepinpointed reasons as to why a rising number of womenare delivering their babies by cesarean section.

Yale School of Medicine researchers found that whilehalf of the increase was attributable to a rise in repeatcesarean delivery in women with a prior cesarean birth, anequal proportion was due to a rise in first time cesareandelivery.

Among these deliveries, factors such as slowlyprogressing labor and fetal heart rate concerns were thelargest contributors.

Yale researcher Jessica Illuzzi, MD, of the Departmentof Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences andher co-authors analyzed indications for cesarean deliveryon prospectively collected data from over 30,000 births atYale-New Haven Hospital from 2003 to 2009.

“We found that more objective reasons, such as thebaby being in a breech position and placenta previa,remained stable over time, while less objective reasons,such as slow progress in labor and concerns about fetalheart tracings contributed large proportions (>50 percent)to the increasing primary cesarean delivery rate,” saidIlluzzi.

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Timor-Leste delegation on visit to MyanmarYANGON, 26 June—A

Timor-Leste goodwilldelegation led by Ministerof Foreign Affairs of theDemocratic Republic ofTimor-Leste Dr ZacariasAlbano Da Costa arrivedat Yangon by air thisafternoon.

The delegation waswelcomed at YangonInternational Airport byDirector-General of theTraining, Research andForeign LanguagesDepartment under theMinistry of Foreign AffairsDaw Yin Yin Myint andofficials.

Members of thedelegation made apilgrimage to the

Timor-Leste goodwill delegation led byMinister of Foreign Affairs of the DemocraticRepublic of Timor-Leste Dr Zacarias AlbanoDa Costa receives warm welcome by officials

at Yangon International Airport.—MNA

Chief Minister of Yangon Region U Myint Swespeaks at the prize-presentation of short story,article, song, poem, cartoon, painting, poster,

computer aided painting, computer digitalposter and photo contest held in

commemoration of International Day againstDrug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on 26,

June in Yangon.—MNA

Shwedagon Pagoda thisevening.

MNA

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(from page 1)Saddhamma Jotikadhaja Bhaddanta Vepullabhivamsaadministered the Five Precepts. Members of the Sangharecited Parittas.

The Vice-President and wife offered robes andalms, rice and edible oil to the Sayadaw.

Kanbawza Bank Ltd donated K 110 million to thepagoda board of trustees for construction of SasanaBeikman in Inlay Heya Ywama Village with thepurpose of accommodating members of the Sanghawho will sit for Inlay Region Religious Examination.

Sayadaw Bhaddanta Vepullabhivamsa of InlayShwebontha Monastery delivered a sermon, and con-gregation shared merits gained.

The Vice-President attended the coordinationmeeting on durability of Inlay Lake and conservationof environment.

Union Minister for Forestry U Win Tun reported onsalient points of Inlay Lake, purpose of ensuringdurability of Inlay Lake and environmental conserva-tion, biodiversities at Inlay Lake and its environs, creeksflowing into Inlay Lake and natural springs, coverageof forests and land utilization, environmental degradationin Inlay Lake, conversation tasks and findings for thelake before 2010, and progress of tasks.

Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation UKhin Zaw reported on inflow of water at Inlay Lakeand feasibility studies for construction of a damupstream of the silt retaining dam of Namlat Creek.

Director U Win Kyi of Shan State Irrigation De-partment and Deputy General Manager U Khin MaungYin of Myanma Agriculture Service submitted reportson progress of environmental conservation at InlayLake and its surrounding regions.

After reviewing the reports, the Vice-Presidentdelivered an address, saying that Inlay Lake, anancient cultural heritage of Myanmar, is a natural lakeregarded as ASEAN cultural heritage. According tothe statistics of 2010, Inlay Lake and its surroundingareas have 36 village-tracts and 34272 householdswith 173,099 people. There live Inntha, PaO, Shan,Palaung, Danu and Bamar nationals, and they dependmainly on productivity and services for their livelihood.

With global climate change, Myanmar also expe-rienced draught and scarcity of water due to littlerainfall in 2009 and significantly increased tempera-ture and late monsoon in 2010. As a consequence, thewater in Inlay Lake decreased at the lowest level,causing water scarcity and difficult transportation.

The water flow of Inlay Lake contributes towardsthe socio-economic life of the local people and Lawpitahydroelectricity generated from Inlay Lake-Bilu Creekis a key contributing factor in socio-economic growthof Myanmar. So, it can be forecast that the decreasing

Water flow of Inlay Lakecontributes much...

water flow to Inlay Lake can lead to decreased produc-tivity for the country.

Originally, the water surface area of the lake was100 square miles. However, according to data of2007, its area is only 24 square miles and watershedarea is 2166.8 square miles.

There are 29 creeks flowing to Inlay Lake and outof them, four feed the larger amount of water. Thesefour creeks flow into the lake in all seasons but theremaining creeks flow only in the rainy season. Yet,the amount of water flowing from the four main creekswill decease with the passage of time, it is estimated.In the lake there are natural floating islands andcultivated floating islands. Therefore, cultivation acre-age has increased and the water storage capacity of thelake is waning.

It is necessary to take measures for the greening ofInlay Lake and its 20-mile radius surrounding areasand conservation of forests, land and water resourcesand wildlife. Such measures are being taken by MyanmaAgriculture Service and Irrigation Department underthe Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and theForest Department under the Ministry of Forestry.Related departments are to work according to thedrawn-up plans.

For sustainable protection of biodiversities inInlay Lake, Taunggyi University is to do subject-wiseresearch on a constant basis and submit papers. It isnecessary for officials concerned to take points in-cluded in the papers seriously and take measures.

For long-term durability and greening of InlayLake, it is required to implement the following tasks:- Not to build new villages and houses and establishnew floating islands at Inlay Lake.- To dredge the Inlay to get rid of unnecessaryfloating islands, flotsams, algae and silt.- Carry out maintenance and repair work for properdrainage.- To ban logging and farming in 20-mile radius ofInlay Lake.- To ban transforming from floating islands tocultivation areas.- To establish evergreen forests in watershed areasto ensure temperate climate and increase in the amountof rainfall.- To build embankments to prevent slit slides.- To seek water resources for supply of drinkingwater.- To educate the local people to know that environ-mental conservation and Inlay Lake are a nationalneed.- To establish a fund foundation for long-termconservation of Inlay Lake with the capital of the Stateand contributions of entrepreneurs.

A supervisory committee has been formed for thedurability of Inlay Lake. The committee itself is tocoordinate matters with related departments.

Entrepreneurs of timber companies in Shan State

(South) presented K 10 million for sustainable devel-opment and greening of Inlay Lake to Secretary of thecommittee Director of the Forest Department U WinMaung.

The Vice-President and party left InlayPhaungdawU Buddha Image for Taunggyi Sao SanTun Hospital through Inlay Khaungdaing.

He consoled and presented supplies to the pa-tients. Medical Superintendent Dr Nyan Lin con-ducted the Vice-President around the hospital. TheVice-President held a meeting with the doctors at theassembly hall of the hospital. The medical superin-tendent reported on the background history, organi-zational set-up, medical units, staff strength, healthcare and renovation of the hospital, the number of thepatients the hospital has given free treatment, fieldtrips of specialists, and requirements.

In his speech, the Vice-President said that Russiabuilt Sao San Tun Hospital in commemoration ofRussia-Myanmar friendship and it was opened inJune 1961. Previously, it was called Russia Hospitalas it had been built with the assistance of Russia. Butit was renamed “Sao San Tun Hospital” in honour ofSao San Tun, one of the nation’s martyrs. It is well-known in and around the region.

It is about 50 years old, and has changed to someextent, but is still a reliable medical institution for notonly Taunggyi but also surrounding townships due tohard work of the medical staff. Medical staff shouldhandle with the patients in a warm and kind atmos-phere in order that the hospital will win more publictrust and reliance. He urged the medical staff to carethe patients with the same kindness and treatment asthat about 50 years ago.

The previous government built as many hospi-tals, dispensaries and health centres as it could. Now,the number of the hospitals around the nation hastoughed 929 with better health care. The gap of healthcare between urban and rural areas is getting narrowthanks to better transport covering the entire nation.

Now, priority should be given to improvement ofgeneral hospitals in terms of health care. The govern-ment will try its best to keep balance between theworkload and strength of the staff of a hospital so asto improve the health care. Today, the people enjoybetter and quick health care due to the fact thatnecessary laws have been promulgated to give greenlight to running private hospitals and clinics to helpimprove public health care.

Hospitals show warm treatment and make sacri-fices in caring for patients, but misbehaviors of ahandful of unscrupulous medical staff are damaginggood reputation of medical professionals. The rela-tionship between patients and medical staff is still ingood condition. However, there may be lawsuits filedagainst each other in future unless such fine traditionsare preserved. So, medical staff should have goodwill,

(See page 9)

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham addresses work coordination meeting for sustainability of Inlay Lake and conservation of environment.—MNA

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(from page 8)loving-kindness, mindfulness and perseverance ingiving treatment.

The cost-sharing system has been in practice inhospitals in accordance with the National HealthPolicy adopted in 1993 and the guidelines of theNational Health Committee. The system is that halfof the proceedings from health care given toaffordable patients go to the State funds, and theother half, to replenishing medical supplies andrenovation of medical buildings.

The system covers only non-poor patients, and

free treatment is given to needy patients. However,some patients who do not understand well thesystem claim that government-owned hospitalscharge them fees for treatment. So, medical staffneed to make repeated clarification to the systemfor the knowledge of such patients.

There need more funds for establishment ofmore specialists hospitals, general hospitals, Region/State hospitals and rural health centres, more medicalsupplies for a growing number of patients andmaintenance of hospital equipment.

Estimated amount of the fund needed for medi-cal supplies and maintenance of medical equipmentfor 2011-2012 fiscal year is K 8844 million, but thefund the government has approved is only about K1568 million. That accounts for about K 7300

million, and that indicates how much the Statemakes contribution to the cost-sharing system.

As the saying that goes “Prevention is betterthan cure”, medical staff should give relevant healtheducation to patients as much as they can.

The Vice-President urged the medical staff ofthe hospital to give educative talks on health asmuch as they can in addition to health care. Healthstaff have the rights to submit what they need to givetreatment to patients. The government will render asmuch assistance it can.

Deputy Minister for Health Dr Win Myint pre-sented medicines donated by the Ministry of Healthto Sao San Tun Hospital through the medicalsuperintendent.

MNA

International Day againstDrug Abuse and Illicit …

(from page 16)He credited the cooperation of UNODC in

surveying opium coverage in northern Myanmar andborder areas in 2011 as Myanmar and China did so in2006 as these international cooperation helped cutthe opium cultivation and production.

Myanmar is taking measures for drug eliminationthrough its own strength plus international cooperationby signing MoU among six countries in Greater MekongSub-region, making efforts on mutual basis, and draftingplan to realize “Drug Free ASEAN”, he said.

He revealed that synthetic drugs — ATS, ICE,Ecstacy and Ketamine — were found in marketsdistributed in various ways and urged the public to

join the State in warding off avaricious businessmen.United Nations Acting Resident Representative

Mr Jason Eligh read out message sent by the UNSecretary General.

The MPF Chief accepted cash donation made bydonors for awarding winners in commemorativecontests. The donation amounted for K 7.85 million.

The Union ministers, deputy ministers and gueststhen observed commemorative booth.

The drugs worthy K 40,622 million wereincinerated in Myitkyina, Taunggyi, Kengtung andLashio, marking International Day against Drug Abuseand Illicit Trafficking.—MNA

Taninthayi Region observes International Dayagainst Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

NAY PYI TAW, 26 June— International Dayagainst Drug Abuse andIllicit Trafficking 2011commemorative ceremonywas held at Town Hall inDawei of TaninthayiRegion this morning, withthe attendance ofTaninthayi Region ChiefMinister U Khin Zaw,Region Hluttaw SpeakerU Htin Aung Kyaw,Region ministers,departmental officials,teachers, students, studentsand guests. The chiefminister in his addresscredited the attention ofyouths in elimination ofdrugs.

Shwebo College upgraded to universityNAY PYI TAW, 26

June—Union Ministerfor Education Dr MyaAye and Sagaing RegionChief Minister U ThaAye, accompanied by thespeaker of SagaingRegion Hluttaw, SagaingRegion ministers anddepartmental officials,attended the upgradingof Shwebo College toShwebo Universityyesterday.

The chief minister

inspected Maha NandaLake in Shwebo, themodel summer paddyfield of farmer Daw HlaYi in Kanthit Village,KhinU Township, andthe digging of the drainin No. 1 Basic EducationHigh School in YeU.

He inspected MoksiBridge and theharvesting of the 120-day paddy field of farmerU Win Aung at plot No.2181 and held a meeting

with local farmers. Herendered assistance forbuilding a production

road, establishment ofmore model paddy fields,systematic use of

inorganic fertilizers,reduction of costs, andformation of an

agricultural productionsociety.

MNA

Head of Region PoliceForce Police Col Myint Toeread out message sent byChairman of MyanmarCentral Committee forDrug Abuse Control.

Region Law OfficerU Zaw Lin Maung and DrYin Moe Khine gave talkson disadvantages of drugsand drug addiction.

Winners incommemorative contestswere awarded.

The chief minister, thespeaker, the Regionministers and guestsviewed paintings anddocumentary photos atcommemorative booth.

MNA

Taninthayi Region Chief Minister U Khin Zaw addresses ceremony to mark International

Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.—MNA

Union Minister for Education Dr Mya Aye andSagaing Region Chief Minister U Tha Ayeunveil signboard of Shwebo University.—MNA

United Nations Acting ResidentRepresentative Mr Jason Eligh reads out

UNSG's message.—MNA

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SHANGHAI, 26 June—Children’sclothes in Shanghai will now betested for cancer-causing chemicals,after parents showed concern aboutthe quality of clothes currently onsale.

Textile experts said heavy metalsmay be found in buttons and dyes ofsuch items.

Now, a new standard wouldregulate the levels of five types ofheavy metal—antimony, cadmium,chromium, cobalt and nickel inchildren’s clothes.

The regulation has been drafted

China to test clothes forcancer-causing chemicals

by the National Garments QualityInspection and Supervision Centre, theShanghai Daily reported.

Authorities said once the newstandard becomes valid, tests will beincluded in their regular inspections.

The regulation was ordered afterparents became worried about thequality of baby clothes sold in the city.

“I suspect clothes I bought for myson from online stores contain heavymetals, as the government never testedfor these items before,” said ZhangQian, a mother of a two-year-old boy.

Internet

A kid plays ina water

fountain inMadrid, Spain,

on 25 June,2011. The

temperature insome parts ofSpain soaredto 40 degreesCelsius as a

heat wave hitthe country.

XINHUA

Strong winds, heavy rainspredicted along East China

coast as tropical storm Meariapproaches

Stranded citizens are seen in a waterlogged roadin Nanning, capital of southwest China’s

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, 25 June,2011. Influenced by the tropical storm Haima,torrential rain hit the city on Saturday, causing

severe waterlogging in some urban areas.XINHUA

BEIJING, 26 June—Strong winds and heavy rainsare forecast to hit China’s eastern coast as tropicalstorm Meari is moving northwest from the southern

CHICAGO, 26 June—A 16-year-old University ofMichigan basketball recruit remained in criticalcondition after a single-engine plane crashed Fridayevening near Michigan’s Charlevoix MunicipalAirport.

Austin Hatch, a junior who had made acommitment last week to the University of Michiganto play basketball, survived the crash which haskilled his father and stepmother, according to aSaturday report in the Chicago Tribune.

The family was heading to their summer housein northern Michigan for the weekend, a trip theyoften took in the summer, according to Dan Kline,Hatch’s basketball coach at school.

This is the second fatal plane crash for theHatch family. Nearly eight years ago, Hatch and hispilot father had survived a crash that killed hismother and two siblings.

Xinhua

Teen basketball playersurvives 2nd plane crash

Yellow Sea waters, according to a statement issuedby the nation’s meteorological authority Sunday.

The tropical storm Meari will shave off theeastern coasts of Shandong Peninsula or may makea landfall around the region between Sundayafternoon and evening before shifting to headnortheastward to the border areas between theDemocratic People’s Republic of Korea and China,said the National Meteorological Centre (NMC) ofChina Meteorological Administration in thestatement.

NMC also predicted that between 8 am Sundaythrough 8 am Monday, the eye of the tropical stormwould pack gusts of winds and strong breeze offorce 6 to 10 in a vast east China sea waters startingeastern and northern Taiwan in the south, coupledwith heavy rains in parts of southeastern LiaoningProvince and of northeastern Shand-ong Peninsulain the north.

The statement urged local government agenciesto closely monitor the movement of the tropicalstorm and issue early warnings to the public in atimely manner.

As a precaution, NMC suggested that shipsshould return to harbors to avoid damage, outdoorgatherings be canceled, dangerous buildings befixed or removed, and local governmentdepartments be on guard and well prepared forresponse in case of emergencies.—Xinhua

15 dead inbus accident

inIndonesia’s

Sumatra

JAKARTA, 26 June—Fifteen people were killed and dozens othersinjured after a bush plunged into a river in South Tapanuli District of NorthSumatra Province on Sunday, local police said.

The bus plunged into the river around 2 pm due to brake failure, localpolice officer at Sipirok sub-district Yusuf Sisindra told Xinhua by phone.

A local television footage showed the bus was under water and rescueoperation was underway.

There were around 65 passengers on board when the accident happened.Xinhua

Workers inspect a flooded pedestrian walk way, as debris is trapped bythe structure in Minot, North Dakota, on 24 June, 2011.—INTERNET

A model posesnext to a car on

display at the 12th

Kunming Pan-AsiaInternationalAutomobile

Exhibition inKunming, capital

of southwestChina’s Yunnan

Province, on 24 June, 2011.

The five-day autoshow opened here

Friday.XINHUA

Flooded Canadian homes being lootedREGINA, 26 June—Residents of

flooded areas in Saskatchewan arereturning to find their homes looted,officials said.

While making a trip to his floodedhome Wednesday to grab some familyphotos three days after beingevacuated, Roche Percee Mayor RegJahn found his home had beenransacked, the Canadian BroadcastingCorp reported.

“They’re taking my stuff anddestroying my stuff and my friends

and neighbours’ stuff,” Jahn said.Unlike the United States, where

the Coast Guard watches over homesin flooded areas, Canada has nosecurity system in place for flood zones,and with so many people affected bythe flooding, the Royal CanadianMounted Police would not be able toprovide adequate support.

“I know my wife was totallydevastated,” Jahn said. “It’s a bad,bad feeling — kick you when you’redown, eh?”—Internet

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SYDNEY, 26 June—Global warming couldshrink the habitat ofAustralia’s duck-billedplatypus by a third,researchers warnedFriday, with hotter, driertemperatures threateningits survival. A confusionof bird, mammal andreptile characteristics, thetimid platypus is one ofAustralia’s most crypticcreatures, feeding at nightand living in deepwaterside burrows tododge predators such asfoxes and eagles.

But its thick,watertight fur coat — oneof the key tools toensuring its survival in

TOKYO, 26 June—Campaigners in Japan areasking people to growsunflowers, said to helpdecontaminate radioact-ive soil, in response tothe Fukushima nucleardisaster that followedMarch’s massive quakeand tsunami.

Volunteers are beingasked to grow sunflowersthis year, then send theseeds to the stricken areawhere they will be plantednext year to help get ridof radioactivecontaminants in theplant’s fallout zone.

The campaign,

Danger heats up for Australia’s platypus

Global warming could shrink the habitat ofAustralia’s iconic duck-billed platypus by a

third, researchers warned in Melbourne, withhotter drier temperatures threatening its

survival.—INTERNET

Sunflowers to clean radioactive soil in Japan

People stroll through a flower garden filled withsunflowers swinging in the wind on the outskirts

of Tokyo. Campaigners in Japan are askingpeople to grow sunflowers — said to help

decontaminate radioactive soil — in response tothe Fukushima nuclear disaster that followed

March’s massive quake and tsunami.INTERNET

MANILA, 26 June— Nearly 90,000 people havebeen forced to flee their homes in the Philippinesdue to floods caused by Tropical Storm Meari, with15 people listed as missing, the civil defence officesaid.

In Marikina, a low-lying suburb of Manila,25,000 people were in evacuation centres afterwaters reached dangerous levels, the office addedon Saturday. Authorities indicated it was too earlyto say when people would be able to return home.

Seas were still too rough for small craft, theNational Disaster Risk Reduction and ManagementCouncil said.

90,000 flee storm inPhilippines

Cars are covered in

debris after a

concrete wall

collapsed due to a

mild tornado

brought by Tropical

Storm Meari in

Quezon City, the

Philippines on

24 June, 2011.

INTERNET

HANOI, 26 June—Atleast 10 people have beenkilled, seven of themstruck by lightning,during several days ofstorms and heavy rain innorthern Vietnam,according to the disasterauthorities. Those killedby lightning were hit asthey worked in rice fields,while flash floods onWednesday swept awayat least one more person.Three people weremissing, said the nationalflood and storm controlcommittee in Hanoi.

A further two were

Vietnam storms kill ten,seven struck by lightning

warming would affectthe unusual nativespecies. “Our worst casescenario at the momentsuggested a one-thirdreduction in theirsuitable habitat,”researcher Jenny Davistold AFP of the workpublished in the journalGlobal Change Biology.

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One of 10 fishermen who were listed as missingat sea on Thursday had been rescued but the nineothers had still not been found. A further threefishermen had failed to return to port by Saturday.

While Meari only brushed the eastern side ofthe country, it still brought torrential rain for mostof the week.

Even though the storm was about 600 kilometres(350 miles) north of Manila and moving furtheraway towards China on Saturday, it continued toadd to seasonal monsoon rains, the governmentweather station said.

Meari had strengthened and was packingmaximum gusts of 135 kilometres per hour (85miles per hour) and was forecast to continue movingnorth at 24 kilometres per hour, the weather stationsaid.

An average of 20 storms and typhoons, someof them deadly, hit the Philippines every year.

Over the past six weeks, more than 50 peoplehave been killed in a series of storms, one of whichbecame a typhoon.

Internet

Water Lilies float on the swollen Marikina River

in Marikina city, east of Manila, Philippines, on24 June, 2011, after heavy rains inundated the

capital overnight.INTERNET

the cool depths of riversand waterholes — couldspell disaster in a warmingclimate, according to anew study fromMelbourne’s MonashUniversity.

Using weather andplatypus habitat datastretching back more than100 years, researcherswere able to map declinesin particular populationsin connection withdroughts and heat events.The team then extrapola-ted their findings across arange of climate changescenarios laid out by thegovernment’s scienceresearch agency, CSIRO,to model how global

launched by youngentrepreneurs and civilservants in FukushimaPrefecture last month,aims to cover large areasin yellow blossoms as asymbol of hope andreconstruction and to lureback tourists.

“We will give theseeds sent back by peoplefor free to farmers, thepublic sector and othergroups next year,” saidproject leader ShinjiHanda. The goal is alandscape so yellow that“it will surprise NASA”,he said.

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killed and 60 were injuredwhen a whirlwind hit thenorthern port city ofHaiphong on Thursdaynight, damaging almost1,000 houses. Authoritieshave warned people ofthe danger of landslidesin mountainous areas,with parts of the northreceiving up to 200millimetres (almost eightinches) of rain sinceWednesday.

Vietnam’s flood andstorm season, which canlast until late October,claims hundreds of livesevery year.—Internet

Shanghai braces fortropical storm Meari

SHANGHAI, 26 June—Shanghai Municipality isbracing for high gales and torrential rains astropical storm Meari swirls northward, batteringthe country’s coastal areas.

The full force of Meari, still gaining in strengthand likely to soon become a typhoon, will reachthe sea off Shanghai around late night of Saturday,according to the Shanghai MunicipalMeteorological Station. Shanghai has emptied itsreservoirs in preparation for the heavy rain Meari islikely to bring, said Zhang Zhenyu, spokesman forthe Shanghai Flood Control Headquarters.

Shanghai has inspected subway stations,underground parking lots and other places at risk offlooding to ease concerns heightened by torrentialrains that drenched Beijing and paralyzed parts ofthe city’s transport system on Thursday, Zhang said.

In addition, the authorities have canceled agathering of some 3,500 people and closed a beachresort and a wetland park for safety concerns.

Xinhua

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Invitation To Tender

Sr No Description Qty Issuing Date Closing Date1. Spare Parts for Crusher 9 Items 27.6.2011 11.7.2011

Raw Mill & Cement Mill2. Raw Materials for Tile Plant 5 Items 27.6.2011 11.7.20113. Diamond Circular Saw Blade 4 Items 27.6.2011 11.7.2011

Tender forms and documents are available at the Procurement Department,Myanma Ceramic Enterprise, Ministry of Industry (1), Office No. 41, Nay Pyi Taw, duringoffice hours. Tender will be accepted only from Bidder who purchased Tender Documentsofficially. (For further details, contact telephone number 067-408298)

Myanma Ceramic Industry

Dancers from Indonesia perform on a stage inIstanbul, Turkey, on 24 June, 2011. The 11th

International Yesilkoy Folk Dance Festival kickedoff here on Friday with the participation of

dancers from 9 countries and regions. —XINHUA

China’s West Lake Cultural Landscapeinscribed on World Heritage List

PARIS, 26 June — TheWorld Heritage Commit-tee on Friday inscribedthe West Lake CulturalLandscape of Hangzhouin eastern China onUNESCO’s World Herit-age List as a cultural prop-erty.

The 35th session ofUNESCO’s World Herit-age Committee made thedecision in recognition ofthe West Lake surround-ings as an extraordinarymodel of cultural land-scape, which clearly re-flects Chinese philosophyand aesthetics and inspirespark designing artprofoundly in China andabroad. Surrounded bymountains on three sides,the 3,322-hectare land-scape is a national culturalicon enriched with beau-tiful scenarios and dra-matic legends. After cen-turies of human efforts in

shaping it, the area is ap-preciated as a marvelouscombination of naturaland artificial beauty.

Covered with luxuri-ant vegetation, the area iscomposed of a water sur-face of 5.66 squarekilometers, and five terri-torial zones divided bycauseways, dotted withnumerous halls, towers,terraces, pavilions, pago-

das, grottoes and temples.According to the ChineseState Bureau of CulturalRelics, the preparatorywork for the West LakeCultural Landscape to ap-ply for World Heritage in-scription kicked off in1990 by the Hangzhoumunicipality, and hasbeen further promoted bythe State Bureau since2008.— Xinhua

Bird fludiscovered inDutch farmTHE HAGUE, 26 June —

Bird flu was discoveredat a poultry farm in thecentral Dutch province ofFlevoland, the Ministry ofAgriculture said on Fri-day. It said the virus dis-covered was a mild vari-ant. The farm’s 47,000chickens were slaugh-tered to prevent the virusturning into a contagiousand deadly variant.

It remains uncertainwhether the chickenswere infected with thehigh or low pathologeneH7 variant. The lowpathologene version canmutate into a highpathologen, which is ex-tremely transmittable.Poultry from other farmsin a zone of three kilome-tres of the contaminatedfarm will be tested. Aprohibition of transportfor poultry, eggs andpoultry manure has beenset.—Xinhua

The photo shows lotus in West Lake in Hangzhou,capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province. TheWorld Heritage Committee on 24 June, 2011

inscribed the West Lake Cultural Land.— XINHUA

Acrobats from southwest-ern China’s SichuanProvince performs inPanama City, Panama,on 23 June , 2011. Theacrobatic troupe fromSichuan Province will of-fer a four-day perform-ance in Panama City. XINHUA

Building collapse leaves seven workersdead in NW China

XI’AN, 26 June—Local authority innorthwest China’s Sha-anxi Province confirmedSunday tat seven con-struction workers werekilled when a buildingcollapsed late Saturday.

Twelve workers wereadding one more floor toan existing 5-storeyresidence when theaccident happened at4:30 pm Saturday inWeiyang district of the

provincial capital ofXi’an, burying seven ofthe workers working onthe site, said an officialwith the municipalgovernment whorequired anonymity. Theseven workers were laterdeclared dead.

Initial investigationshows that the residencebelonged to a farmeridentified as ZhangShuangquan, who hiredthe workers to do the

Palm oil ship sinks off Kalimantan,Indonesia

received any reports of apalm oil tanker sinkingin the area. The office’schief added that uponreceiving information,search and rescue teamsare usually deployedquickly.

On Monday, at least23 people died while 73others survived thesinking of freight vesselPM Martasiah B II in thesame Tanjung Dewawaters, as it was carryingat least 100 passengersfrom the port of PanjangGeronggang in Kotabaru.

Internet

was believed to havesailed from Pamu-kanSelatan and headingtoward Sampanahan.

The ship was reporte-dly carrying some 15 tonsof palm oil as well asfresh fruit bunches,according to Farid, thespeedboat operator,explaining that highwaves and rough watersprobably caused the shipto sink.

However, Kota-baru’s Port Administra-tion Office chief, JhonyLintang, said theadministration had not

KALIMANTAN, 26 June—An Indonesian palmoil ship sunk off the islandof Kalimantan, butauthorities have receivedno official wordregarding the incident orreports of casualties,officials said Friday.

The incident occurr-ed on Thursday when aspeedboat operated byNorth Shell in Kotabaru,Kalimantan spotted onlythe ship’s rooftop in thesurface of the TanjungDewa waters just offKotabaru, Gatra report-ed, adding that the vessel

China’s largestinland port toopen air route

to RussiaHOHHOT, 26 June—

Manzhouli, a major landport in north China’s InnerMongolia AutonomousRegion, will start hostinginternational flights whenit opens an air route toRussia Thursday.

The route, betweenManzhouli and Chita ofRussia, will be run byHainan Airlines Co, Ltd,with flights scheduled onevery Thursday andSunday, a source ofManzhouli airport toldXinhua on Sunday.

The city of Manz-houli, located in thenortheastern part of InnerMongolia, borders Russiato the north and sits closeto Mongolia to the west.More than 70 percent ofthe trade between Chinaand Russia passes throughManzhouli.

It takes seven hours totravel between Manzhouliand Chita by car, and adozen by train, while theflight will only take anhour, said the spokesman.

Manzhouli airport,covering an area of 212hectares, came into use in2005. About 76,000passengers and 1,100tonnes of cargo hasarrived at or departedfrom the airport in 2011to date.—Internet

Sand sculptor ZhangWeikang solidifies his

works in a park inChangsha, central

China’s HunanProvince, on 25 June,2011. The 40-meter-long, 15-meter-wideand 10-meter-highsand sculpture of

Chinese legendaryfigure Chiyou was

completed by sculptorZhang Weikang,

Zhang Yongkang andtheir creative group on

Saturday.—XINHUA

construction on theexisting building as hegot wind that the structurewould be demolished andwith one more floor, hecould squeeze morecompensation from thegovernment.

The construction isclaimed to be illegal.Further investigation isstill underway, accordingto the official.

Xinhua

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Participants with well-preserved long hairpresent during a rehearsal in Myanmar’s

Yangon on 24 June, 2011.—XINHUA

LOS ANGELES, 26June—Actor Peter Falk,who played detective LtColumbo in the long-running television series“ Columbo,” has died athis Beverly Hills home,his family announcedFriday. He was 83. Afamily representative didnot provide detailsregarding the cause ofthe well-known actor’sdeath.

NEW YORK, 26 June—Teen pop sensation JustinBieber was hurt after aman jumped over him inNew York. Bieber wassigning autographs forfans outside Macy’sdepartment store, 23June, when the man

LONDON, 26 June—American singer-songwriter BarryManilow has revealedthat some of his best-loved songs came to himwhile he was sleeping.

The 68-year-oldsinger claimed that hewould get up in themiddle of the night andrecord tunes on acassette player after theycame to him in hisdreams.

One of the songsManilow wrote this waywas the 1979 hit number

LOS ANGELES, 26 June— Dr Conrad Murray won’t cop a plea to settlecharges in Los Angeles for his alleged role in the death of Michael Jackson twoyears ago, sources told TMZ.com.

Saturday marked the two-year anniversary of the pop star’s death, whichprosecutors said was result of prescription drugs supplied by Murray.

Murray faces a manslaughter charge; however, he denies administeringthe lethal injection of Propofol that caused Jackson’s heart to stop. He alsowon’t plead guilty to a lesser charge in order to reduce his prison exposure,sources told TMZ. Murray’s defence contends Jackson himself administeredthe shot in order to get back to sleep.—Internet

‘Colombo’ star PeterMichael Falk dies at 83

No plea deal for Jackson doctor

Justin Bieber injured

Barry Manilow says some ofhis best songs came to him in

dreams

Peter Michael Falk

The New York Citynative received twoAcademy Awardnominations forsupporting roles in“Murder, Inc” (1960) and“Pocketful of Miracles”(1961) as he appeared innumerous films andtelevision series in guestroles. For his portrayalof the bumbling,t r e n c h c o a t - w e a r i n gdetective, Falk won fourEmmys in addition to onefor a lead role in anepisode of “The DickPowell Theater.” He alsoreceived eight otherEmmy nominations andwon a Golden GlobeAward.—Xinhua

vaulted the barricade andknocked him to theground. His injuries weresaid to be “minor” by localnews teams. The 17-year-old’s security teamquickly tackled the manand handed him to thepolice.

“When he wasgrabbed, his securitygrabbed the person. Biebercame inside looking veryshaken up and holding hisarm. While inside, he wascomforted by his dad andhis security guard Kenny.Scooter Braun, hismanager, was also on thescene,” femalefirst.co.ukquoted a source assaying.—Internet Justin Bieber

Barry Manilow

‘One Voice’.“This one woke me

up. It really woke me up- the whole song, therhymes, everything,”the Daily Mail quotedManilow as saying in aninterview with Piers

Morgan.“I ran to the cassette

machine and Iwhispered it into thecassette machine. Alldone.

“I still have thecassette, singing in thedark, the whole thing.Then I turned it off andwent back to sleep.

“I went back in themorning, played it, thereit was. Hava Nagila,” headded.

Internet

A gay couple (C Front) pose for a group photowith their relatives and friends during a wedding

ceremony held by the City of ChicagoCommission on Human Relations’ Advisory

Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual andTransgender Issues, in Chicago, the United

States, on 2 June, 2011.

A man enjoys foodduring an outdoor

food festival inChicago, the UnitedStates, on 24 June,2011. More than

300 kinds of foodswill be provided

during the 10-dayfestival whichkicked off on

Friday.

Las Vegas fire investigators said golfers useda garden hose to fight a blaze that broke out at ahouse on a golf course.

Las Vegas Fire and Rescue said the fire,which was reported at 7:06 pm Wednesday,broke out at the house at the Painted DesertCountry Club when debris collected inside an airconditioner ignited, the Las Vegas Sun reportedThursday.

The Fire Department said some golfers useda garden hose to fight the fire while anothercalled 911. Firefighters said they extinguishedthe flames in less than 5 minutes.

No one was home at the time of the blaze, anddamage to the house was estimated at $10,000.

A snake owner said he is trying to find Hudini, the 5-foot boaconstrictor that escaped from his backpack while he was napping in aMichigan park.

Richard Baumgardt said Hudini lived up to her name, which evokesescape artist Harry Houdini, when she slithered out of his backpack whilehe was camping at Addison Oaks County Park in Leonard 6 June, theDetroit Free Press reported Friday.

“It totally slipped my mind. I just forgot to zip up the pack,” Baumgardtsaid. “Believe me, I want to find her. She’s a totally awesome snake.”

Baumgardt was issued a ticket for having an animal at-large andauthorities said he could be forced to pay restitution for the search effort,which was unsuccessful.

“It’s not a cheap endeavor,” said Sgt Kelly Sexton of the OaklandCounty Sheriff’s Office parks division.

Snake escapes at Michigan park

Two blue lobsters caught off Canada’sPrince Edward Island have been dubbed Willand Kate in honour of an upcoming visit by theroyal couple.

Norm Peters, the curator of the RusticoHarbour Fishing Museum in North Rustico,said a blue lobster caught 2 June and a halfblue, half orange lobster caught about the sametime were named after Prince William andPrincess Kate on a suggestion from a touristfrom Philadelphia, the Canadian BroadcastingCorp reported Friday.

“Well, I said, ‘What an idea.’ They are bothfemales. This is it, they are both females, butKate and William will have to just go alongwith that,” Peters said.

About one in 4 million lobsters are blue asa result of a genetic mutation, he said.

Golfers use garden hose tofight fire

Blue lobsters named forWill and Kate

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Yani Tseng leads LPGA ChampionshipGay out of 100 at US nationals

Ipswich want Swansea transfer embargo

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Answers to yesterday’sCrosswords Puzzle

Roddick’s Wimbledondream fades

Andy Roddick returns against Spain’s FelicianoLopez in a Men’s Singles match at the 2011Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All

England Tennis Club.— INTERNET

LONDON, 26 June —Andy Roddick concedeshe may never win Wim-bledon after crashing outalong with women’s sec-ond seed Vera Zvonarevacrashed out of Wimble-don as Maria Sharapovasurvived a gutsy chal-lenge from British 17-year-old Laura Robson.

HungarianTamas Priskin

Williams sisters to attendRogers Cup tennis in Toronto

Website problemsfor London 2012

ticket biddersLONDON, 26 June —

The second round of ticketsales for the 2012 LondonOlympics drew fresh pub-lic criticism within hoursof its launch on Friday forthe slowness of thewebsite. Thousands ofpeople across Britain roseat dawn to get online foran early start in bidding,and discovered the site wasworking — but verysluggishly. Olympicorganizers urged tickethopefuls to be patient —and to not hit the refreshbutton too often.

“This frantic on Fridayhas created the biggestrush ever in UK history,”said Edward Parkinson,the director of Viagogo,an online ticket market-place. “It’s even biggerthan Michael Jackson’scomeback tour.” The lat-est chapter in a ticketingmess that has drawn criti-cism nationwide becauseof its complexity and per-ceived lack of fairness,comes after two-thirds ofticket seekers failed to earnany in a first round thatended in April.

Internet

Yani Tseng,of Taipei, watches her shoton the 15th hole during the secondround of the Wegmans LPGA Cham-pionship golf tournament in Pittsford, NY. on Friday.— INTERNET

PITTSFORD, 26 June — After seeingher lead disappear in the morning ses-sion, Yani Tseng fought her way backinto a place where she’s been plentycomfortable this year.

The top-ranked Tseng overcame adouble bogey on her ninth hole toshoot a 2-under 70 on Friday for a one-stroke lead over Pat Hurst after thesecond round of the LPGA Champi-onship, the tour’s second major of theyear. Hurst had a 67. Morgan Pressel,Minea Blomqvist, and Hee YoungPark were 6 under after 69s.

Battling a torrential downpour thena steady drizzle for nearly half her firstnine holes, Tseng followed her first-round-best 66 with a gritty perform-ance that put her at 8 under overall.

She won the LPGA State Farm

Classic two weeks ago for her secondLPGA Tour victory of the year, andcould become the first player sinceLorena Ochoa in 2008 to follow aregular tournament victory with a winin a major.—Internet

EUGENE, 26 June — Anyone who sawthe way he slowly uncoiled from hiscrouch and lumbered down the trackduring his first race at nationals could

tell — something was wrong with TysonGay. It turned out to be something big— a hip injury that forced one of theworld’s top sprinters and one of the topchallengers to Usain Bolt out of themeet, off the U.S. team for worlds andinto rehab mode with the London Ol-ympics only 13 months away.

Gay said he made the decision on Fri-day as he was talking to his agent’s as-sistant while trying, without much suc-cess, to warm up before the 100-metersemifinals. “He pulled me to the side andsaid, `I can’t take it, seeing your facekeep grimacing,’” Gay told The Asso-ciated Press. “He said, `I know you do itbecause you love it and it’s all youknow.’ I decided to try to get ready andtake care of it.” The hip has been both-ering Gay for most of the year, and aftera lackluster run in Thursday’s prelims— a major effort in a race he can usuallycoast through — he said it was, in fact,still bothering him.— Internet

Galaxy fined$5,000 for

injury reportomission

NEW YORK, 26 June —The Los Angeles Galaxywas fined $5,000 by theleague Friday for omittingDavid Beckham’s namefrom an injury reportbefore its June 18 matchagainst the ColoradoRapids.

The league said in arelease that the Galaxyknew Beckham wouldmiss the game because ofback spasms and delib-erately left his name offthe report.Major LeagueSoccer requires its clubsto submit an injury reporttwice a week during theregular season.

Internet

Tyson Gay sprints past spectatorsduring his preliminary heat of the

100-meter race during the US trackand field championships in Eugene,

Ore.— INTERNET

TORONTO, 26 June —The 2011 tennis femaleelite will grace the courtsof Toronto from August6 to 14 in 2011 forRogers Cup and theplayer lineup will includeVenus and SerenaWilliams, who confirmedthe participation atWimbledon the week.

“Venus and I arethrilled to come to To-ronto this summer to playat Rogers Cup,” said 13-time Grand Slam singlesc h a m p i o n , S e r e n aWilliams, at Wimbledonthis week. “I am excitedto compete for the RogersCup championship.”

There is a great deal ofanticipation for theWilliams sisters, espe-

cially considering bothladies have missed almostall of the 2011 tourna-ments due to injuries.

Wimbledon marksSerena’s first Grand Slamevent of the year and Ve-nus’ first Grand Slamsince the 2011 AustralianOpen. The sisters are allenjoying progress at theWimbledon Champion-ship.

Venus Williams,seeded 23rd, breezed pastMaria Jose MartinezSanchez of Spain 6-0,6-2 on Friday, reachingthe last 16. Seventh seedSerena, who is well on theway of recovering form,is slated to play RussianMaria Kirilenko, seeded26th in her third roundmatch.

Xinhua

LONDON, 26 June —Ipswich Town said onFriday they wanted an im-mediate transfer ban im-posed on Swansea City bythe English PremierLeague over alleged non-payments relating toTamas Priskin’s loan lastseason. Swansea and Ips-wich were Championshiprivals last term beforeSwansea won promotionto the Premier League viathe play-offs.

Ipswich loaned Priskinto Swansea but believeSwansea chairman Huw

Jenkins has reneged onan agreement struck withTown chief executiveSimon Clegg regardingpayment of Priskin’swages and in particularsums due as a result of theWelsh club’s play-off

success.East Anglian side Ips-

wich say the loan agree-ment made provision forSwansea to pay forPriskin’s wages up to May31, 2011 even though hebecame injured whilst atSwansea on 22 April.

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Eighth seed Roddick,beloved by the Wimble-don crowd after his epic2009 final defeat byRoger Federer, looked ashadow of his former selfin a 7-6 (7/2), 7-6 (7/2),6-4 loss to Spanish serve-and-volleyer FelicianoLopez. With age nolonger on the 28-year-old’s side, he concedes ithas occurred to him thathe may never get to liftthe championship trophy.

“Well, sure. You’rehuman. I mean, of courseit does. You may neverget your favourite job ei-ther,” Roddick said. “Ihaven’t played well thisyear for sure. I don’t thinkI’ve played my best sinceprobably April of lastyear. “You keep movingforward until you decideto stop. At this point I’venot decided to stop so I’llkeep moving for-ward.”— 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.

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain have beenisolated in Lower Sagaing and Magway Regions,scattered in Mandalay Region and Kayah State, fairlywidespread in Bago Region and Shan State andwidespread in the remaining Regions and States withregionally heavyfalls in Ayeyawady Region, Rakhineand Kayin States, isolated heavyfalls in Yangon Regionand Mon State. The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Kawkareik (9.17) inches, Maungtaw(8.27) inches, Bilin (7.48) inches, Gwa (7.24) inches,Hpa-an (5.16) inches, Ngathaingchaung (4.49) inches,Hmawby (4.09) inches, Myawady (4.02) inches,Nyaungdon (3.70) inches.

Nay Pyi TawMaximum temperature on 25-6-2011 was 87°F.

Minimum temperature on 26-6-2011 was 76°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 26-6-2011 was(93%). Rainfall on 26-6-2011 was (Nil).

Nay Pyi Taw (Airport)Maximum temperature on 25-6-2011 was 86°F.

Minimum temperature on 26-6-2011 was 74°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 26-6-2011 was(84%). Rainfall on 26-6-2011 was (0.08) inch.

Rainfall on 26-6-2011 was (Nil) at Nay Pyi Taw,(0.47) inch at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) and (0.78) inch atMandalay. Total rainfall since 1-1-2011 was (20.87)inches at Nay Pyi Taw, (47.32) inches at Yangon (Kaba-

Sunday, 26th June, 2011

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Local Transmission* Opening* News* Development momentum of Sittway* News* The 6th Shwe Amute Tay Literature Award

Giving Ceremony* News* Your Destination for International Education* News* Shrinking Footprints

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Giving Ceremony* News* Your Destination for International Education* News* Shrinking Footprints* News* Your Home in Pyin Oo Lwin* News* The Light of World Peace* Music Gallery* News* Miss Enat 2011 & Miss Enat Working Lady

2011* News* 48th Myanma Gems Emporium Sets Highest

Record* Myanmar Movies “Shwe Nanthar House”

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Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

WEATHERAye) and (16.06) inches at Mandalay. Maximum windspeed at Nay Pyi Taw was (3) mph from South at(12:30) hours MST on 26-6-2011.

Bay Inference: Monsoon is strong in the AndamanSea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 27th June2011: Rain will be scattered in Lower Sagaing,Mandalay and Magway Regions and fairly widespreadin Bago Region and Shan State and widespread in theremaing Regions and States with likelihood of isolatedheavyfalls in Bago and Yangon Regions, Kachin,Rakhine, Kayin and Mon States. Degree of certainty is(100%).

State of the Sea: Occasionally Squalls withmoderate to rough seas are likely off and alongMyanmar Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls mayreach (35) to (40)mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofIncrease of rain in the Upper Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 27th June 2011: Isolated rain. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for27th June 2011: Some rain. Degree of certainty is(100%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 27th June 2011: One or two rain. Degree of certaintyis (100%).

7:00 am 1. Paritta By

Venerable MingunSayadaw

7:15 am 2. Dhamma Puja

Song

7:25 am 3. To Be Healthy

Exercise7:30 am 4. Morning News7:40 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song7:50 am 6. Health Programme7:55 am 7. Song of National

Races8:00 am 8. Cute Little Dancer8:10 am 9. Teleplay (Forest)8:30 am10. Myanmar

Traditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions

8:40 am11. International News

8:45 am12. Musical Programme4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:10 pm 2. Dance Variety4:20 pm 3. One village and one

Product4:30 pm 4. Musical Programme

(The RadioMyanmar ModernMusic Troupe)

4:40 pm 5. University of

Distance Education(TV Lectures)-Second Year(Psychology)

4:55 pm 6. Songs for Uphol-

ding National Spirit

5:00 pm 7. Myanmar Language5:15 pm 8. Musical Programme5:30 pm 9. Myanmar Idol6:00 pm10. Evening News6:15 pm11. Weather Report6:20 pm12. Sing & Enjoy7:00 pm13. TV Dramma Series8:00 pm14. News15. International News16. Weather Report17. World’s Stars18. TV Dramma Series

China’s Peng Shuai reaches last 16 at Wimbledon

LONDON, 26 June—China’s Peng Shuaidefeated Melinda Czinkfrom Hungary 6-2, 7-6(5) on Saturday to reachthe women’s singles last16 at WimbledonChampionships for thefirst time.

Peng, the 20th seed,

Peng Shuai of Chinaserves during her

third round match ofwomen’s singlesagainst Melinda

Czink of Hungary in2011 Wimbledon

TennisChampionships.

Peng Shuai of Chinagreets Melinda Czink ofHungary after their thirdround match of women’s

singles in 2011Wimbledon Tennis

Championships.

is the only Chinese playerstill in the draw in thewomen’s singles, asFrench Open championLi Na and formerWimbledon semifinalistZheng Jie were bothousted from the secondround. The 25-year-oldPeng will meet three-time

Grand Slam championMaria Sharapova in thenext round as theRussian star knockedout Klara Zakopalovafrom the Czech Republic6-2, 6-3.—Xinhua

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

People’s DesireWe favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

11th Waning of Nayon 1373 ME Monday, 27 June, 2011

Moderate earthquakehits Tamu

NAY PYI TAW, 26 June—A slight earthquake ofmagnitude (4.7) Richter Scale with its epicenterinside Myanmar near Dathwekyauk Atet Village,Tamu township (about 10 miles northwest ofMawlaik about (170) miles northwest of Mandalayseismological observatory was recorded at (06)hrs (11) min (30) sec M.S.T today.—MNA

International Day against Drug Abuse and IllicitTrafficking marked in Nay Pyi Taw

NAY PYI TAW, 26 June — International Dayagainst Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2011 wascelebrated at Areindama Hall of Myanmar PoliceForce Headquarters here this morning, with thisyear’s motto “Think Health, Not Drugs,” depictingthe drugs bring no good to mankind, spoiling health,education and living standard and causing poverty.

The commemorative ceremony was attendedby Chairman of the Central Committee for DrugAbuse Control Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Ko, Union Minister for Defence Maj-GenHla Min, Union Minister for Border Affairs andMyanma Industrial Development Maj-Gen TheinHtay, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U WunnaMaung Lwin, Union Minister for Immigration andPopulation U Khin Yi, Deputy Minister forInformation U Soe Win, Deputy Minister forAgriculture and Irrigation U Ohn Than, MPF ChiefKyaw Kyaw Tun, officials from CCDAC and its

working committee, departmental heads,ambassadors, chargé d affairs and military attachesof foreign missions in Yangon, representatives fromUN agencies and INGOs, donors and other guests.

Union Minister Lt-Gen Ko Ko said this year issecond of third five years of 15-year project for drugelimination in Myanmar which started in 1999 andwill end in 2014.

As ASEAN has targeted to become “Drug FreeASEAN” in 2015, drug elimination was to be speededup, he said. The Union Minister highlighted thecollaborative efforts of international and local NGOs,students and the people in realizing the achievementof 15-year project as the efforts are to be made forelimination of drug production and abuse with addedmomentum.

The government of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar has vowed to root out the drug abuse andillicit trafficking as these are the facts deterring all

round development of the country, he said.He continued to say that CCDAC was reformed

on 27 May 2011 to cope with today’s challenges.He underlined the need to pace up the regional

development, encouraging the cultivation of opium-substitute crops.

(See page 9)

Chairman of Central Committee

for Drug Abuse Control Union

Minister for Home Affairs

Lt-Gen Ko Ko delivering speech

at the ceremony to mark

International Day against Drug

Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

2011. — MNA

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