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Volume XVI, Number 33 2nd Waning of Kason 1370 ME Wednesday, 21 May, 2008

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

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments from sourcesinside the country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

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

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed na-

tion in accord with the new State Consti

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 20 May —Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General ThanShwe visited relief camps in Pathein and comforted

Senior General Than Shwe comfortsvictims in Pathein, Labutta, Myaungmya

NAY PYI TAW, 20 May—PrimeMinister of the Union of Myanmar Gen-eral Thein Sein received a team led byUnder Secretary-General of the UNEmergency Relief Coordinator Mr JohnHolmes at Zeya Thiri Beikman onKonmyinttha, Yangon this morning.

Present on the occasion were Min-ister for National Planning and Eco-

the victims this afternoon.The Senior General left for Labutta at 3 pm. He met

and comforted the victims at relief camps. He gavenecessary guidance concerning the reports of the minis-

Prime Minister receives UnderSecretary-General of UN

Emergency Relief Coordinator

Prime Minister General Thein Sein receives UnderSecretary-General of UN Emergency Relief Coordinator

Mr John Holmes .—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein greets Mr John Holmes, UnderSecretary-General of UN Emergency Relief Coordinator.— MNA

nomic Development U Soe Tha, Minis-ter for Social Welfare, Relief and Reset-tlement Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe,Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint,Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs UKyaw Thu, Director-General of the Gov-ernment Office Col Thant Shin and Di-rector-General of Protocol DepartmentU Kyaw Kyaw.—MNA

ters. At 4.30 pm, the Senior General and party leftfor Myaungmya in a motorcade and consoled thevictims of Labutta who are accommodated inMyaungmya. —MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 21 May, 2008

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 DesireWednesday, 21 May, 2008

Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Senior General Than Shwehas inspected relief and rehabilitation work instorm-hit Kungyangon, Dedaye and Pyapon andconsoled storm victims.

During his inpection tour, Senior GeneralThan Shwe gave guidance, saying that the nationwas built through concerted efforts of thegovernment, the Tatmadaw and the people, andso also it is being reconstructed through suchconcerted efforts although the nation was hithard by the storm.

The government is taking systematicmeasures in three phases, namely, relief,rehabilitation and disaster preparedness in thelong run for the people in storm-hit regions.

In the first phase, relief work for stormvictims has been carried out with the donationssuch as foods, medicines, clothes and shelter boxesmade by local and international donors under thearrangement of the National DisasterPreparedness Central Committee.

In the second phase, reconstruction ofravaged villages, renovation of roads, bridges andcommunication links and opening of temporaryclinics and schools are being carried out in theaffected areas. In the meantime, measures forregenerating the main livelihoods of local people— fisheries, agricultural and salt industries — arebeing taken while prodiving them with cattle,tractors, motor boats and fishing nets.

In the third phase, steps are to be taken forgrowing of windbreakers and building ofembankments and causeways linking villages forthe long-term disaster preparedness.

As regards education, more schools will beopened up to middle schools in strategic regions.

At a time when concerted efforts are beingmade for rehabilitation of ravaged regions wefirmly believe that the regeneration of the mainlivelihoods of storm victims will soon bematerialized.

Carry out rehabilitationwork through concertedefforts

YANGON, 20 May—Member of theNational DisasterPreparedness CentralCommittee Minister forInformation Brig-GenKyaw Hsan presentedrelief supplies to stormvictims in MingalaTaungnyunt Townshiptoday.

First, Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan visitedThatamabyuha Dham-mayon in PatheinnyuntWard where storm victimsfrom three wards in thetownship are taking shelterand comforted them. Theminister distributed rice andrelief aids to the victims.

Afterwards, hewent to Satsan Ward inMingala TaungnyuntTownship and comforted

Relics enshrined inMaha Bodhi Buddha

ImageYANGON, 20 May — A ceremony to enshrine

relics in Maha Bodhi Buddha Image in Buddha GayaMonastery in Sangyoung Township was held yesterdayin conjunction with a ceremony to pour water at BoTree in the monastery.

At the ceremony, the congregation received theNine Precepts from Sayadaw Bhaddanta Subodha anddonated offertories to Sayadaws and members of theSangha.

The Sayadaws enshrined the relics into theBuddha Image and poured water at Bo Tree along withdevotees.—H

Relief aids distributed to storm victims inMingala Taungnyunt Township

storm victims at the reliefcamp set up at No 7 BasicEducation High School inthe township. He presentedrice and relief aids to thevictims on his visit.

At 1 pm, MinisterBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan metwith storm victims at the

relief camp set up atYedwingon DhammayonBuilding in YedwingonWard in the township andcomforted them. He alsodistributed rice and reliefsupplies to the victims.

At the meetingswith storm victims in

Mingala TaungnyuntTownship, the ministerbriefed on relief effortsbeing made by thegovernment, the people,the Tatmadawmen, policeand members of socialorganizations. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 20 May—Tatmadawmen ofDefence Services (Navy)have performed therehabilitation works in thestorm-affected areas.

One military vesselbased in Bogale loading37.5 tons of clothes,plastic�containers, bedsheets, snacks, bed roll,blankets, soft drinks,

Navy participates in rehabilitation workhousehold goods, milkpowder, tarpaulin, pumps,tents, purified waterbottles and robestransported to Kadonkanirehabilitation camp in thetownship on 18 May.

Similarly, a Labuttabased military vesselloading 25 tons of rice,palm oil, tarpaulin, rubbersheet, purified water,

clothes, pipe, pumps,soap, tents, dry noodles,dry fish, generator, snack,salt, potato, gram anddiesel also transported toPolaungyi rehabilitationcamp in the township.

A military vesselcarrying specialists, nursesand relief aids was sent toSetsan from Bogale.

MNA

The congregation receives Nine Precepts froma Sayadaw at ceremony to enshrine relics intoMaha Bodhi Buddha Image in Buddha Gaya Monastery in Sangyoung Township.— H

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan comforts storm victims in MingalaTaungnyunt Township.—MNA

A convoy carrying relief aids arrives Pyapon.MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 21 May, 2008 3

Police arrest a suspect as they conduct a raid in a squatter settlement east ofJohannesburg on 19 May, 2008 in an attempt to quell anti-foreigner violence

which has erupted in and around the city. The foreigners, many of themZimbabweans who had fled economic collapse and political violence in their

homeland, are being driven out of squatter settlements.—INTERNET

Three killed in blastin NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, 19 May— Three people were killed ina bomb blast outside a mosque in northwesternPakistan, local TV reported on Monday evening.

The blast occurred in Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal agencyand several others were also injured, state-run PakistanTV channel said.

No further details are available.The blast came just a day after a suicide bombing

killed 13 people in Pakistan’s tribal area, includingfour soldiers.

Internet

Police chief killed in bombattack in southern Iraq

BAGHDAD, 19 May—A local Iraqi police chief waskilled on Monday in a bomb explosion in the policeheadquarters in a town in Dhi Qar province, a localpolice source said.“Major Farhan Qassim Kattafi, chiefof police unit in Souq al-Shiyoukh town near theprovincial capital city of Nasseriyah, was killed earlyin the morning when a bomb hidden in his officedetonated,” the source told Xinhua on condition ofanonymity. Two of Kattafi’s bodyguards were woundedby the blast, the source said.

Internet

Two NATO soldiers killedin Afghan incidents

KABUL, 19 May—Two soldiers serving the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)were killed in two separate incidents in southernAfghanistan on Monday, the military alliance said.

“One soldier was killed by enemy hostile action andanother was killed in an improvised explosive deviceblast while supporting an Afghan National Policeoperation,” the ISAF said in a statement.

The NATO-led military did not release the casualty’snationality or give more information.

Internet

Pakistan can discuss peaceful useof nuclear energy with Bangladesh

Mbeki calls for end of attacks on foreign nationals

Debris hangs from adamaged section of the

Hilton Hotel underconstruction where an

explosion ripped throughthe floors on 19 May,

2008 in San Diego.INTERNET

DHAKA, 19 May—Pakistani High Com-missioner Alamgir Babarin Bangladesh Mondaysaid Pakistan could discussthe peaceful use of nuclearenergy with Bangladesh,which is facing a severeenergy deficit.

“We have ourprogramme of nuclearenergy. We’re goingahead with that. It’s up toBangladesh to decide howthey want,” AlamgirBabar told a meeting at

the National Press Club inDhaka, the private newsagency UNB reported.

Asked if Islamabad willextend cooperation toDhaka in the nuclearenergy sector, the HighCommissioner said: “Wecan discuss it within theconfines of the NuclearNon-Proliferation Treaty(NPT).”

Bangladesh is a sig-natory to the NPT andrecently the InternationalAtomic Energy Asso-

ciation (IAEA) allowedthe country to use nuclearenergy in peaceful pur-poses like energy,agriculture and medicinesectors. Foreign AdviserDr Iftekhar AhmedChowdhury discussed thematter with Russia, SouthKorea and China duringhis visit to those countries.

Alamgir Babar saidPakistan is not a signatoryto the NPT but “I have theright to peaceful uses ofnuclear energy”.—Internet

Residents watch the fire burning near the explosion scene. A petroleum pipelineexplosion occured Thursday, in Ijegun, a remote area of Lagos, Nigeria. —XINHUA

JOHANNESBURG, 19May—South AfricanPresident Thabo Mbeki onMonday reiterated his callfor an immediate end toattacks on foreign nationals.

Violence in SouthAfrican leading provinceof Gauteng has left 22people dead and up to10,000 seeking refuge inshelters. The president saidin a statement: “Citizensfrom other countries on the

African continent andbeyond are as human aswe are and deserve to betreated with respect anddignity.” “We dehumanizeourselves the moment westart thinking of anotherperson as less human thanwe are simply becausethey come from anothercountry,” he said.

“South Africa is not andwill never be an islandseparate from the rest of

the continent,” he said.Mbeki called upon those

behind the “shameful andcriminal acts” to stop.

“The law-enforcementagencies must and willrespond with the requisitemeasures against anyonefound to be involved inthese attacks.” Mbeki saidthat everything possiblewas being done to bringperpetrators to book.

Internet

Russia’s superjet makesmaiden test flight

MOSCOW, 20 May —Russia’s first newpassenger plane since the1991 fall of the SovietUnion, the Superjet-100,took off on its maiden testflight on Monday, inchingMoscow closer to thelucrative regional civilaviation market.

As president,

Vladimir Putinspearheaded efforts torevive Russia’s aviationindustry through theSuperjet-100, a regionaljet which can carrybetween 75 - 95passengers but the projecthas been hit a series ofdelays.

“The plane took off at

10 am (0600 GMT)Moscow Time, flew foran hour and then landed,”a source at makers SukhoiCivil Aviation said.

The first flight wasdue in late 2007, but waspostponed repeatedly,raising questions aboutSukhoi’s ability to meettight production targets forits main launch customer,Russian airline Aeroflot.

The Superjet has acatalogue price of 29million US dollars andSukhoi hopes to sell atleast 800, with productionof 60 to 70 planes a yearby 2010. It has firm ordersfor about 73 of the aircraft. US planemaker Boeing isjointly developing theSuperjet. The plane mustnow make about 100successful flights to passsafety criteria.

�MNA/Reuters

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NAY PYI TAW, 20 May— Adjutant-GeneralMaj-Gen Thura Myint Aung of the Ministry of Defencetogether with Minister for Religious Affairs Brig-GenThura Myint Maung went to Labutta by Tatmadawhelicopter loaded with bags of rice from Pathein on 18May. They went to Theitpangongyi village togetherwith Minister for Co-operatives Maj-Gen Tin Htut andpersonnel. The Adjutant-General and party handedover bags of rice to responsible persons and inspectedliving condition of storm victims in tents.

The Adjutant-General instructed responsiblepersons to take measures to avoid hunger and healthproblems, to collect figures of population in storm-hitvillages, to make arrangements for building permanentdwelling instead of temporary ones for storm victimsin performing reconstruction tasks, to report needs forfarming and fishery work as the State will fulfil anyrequirements of the storm victims, to deliver foodstuffand provide health care service and necessary assistanceto storm victims in their respective assigned areas, toreport the requirements of the storm survivors intimeliness as telephone service has already beenprovided to forward camps.

Next, the Adjutant-General and ministersinspected reconstruction works in Labutta by car andleft for Pathein.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 20 May—Departments concerned,social organizations, families of Tatmadawmen andwellwishers from respective states and divisions haveprovided cash and kind to storm victims.

Departments concerned and wellwishers fromShan State (North) presented K 90,046,350; familiesof Tatmadawmen and wellwishers from Shan State(South) and Kayah State, cash and relief aid worth K2,192,800; from Kayin State and Mon State, cash andrelief aid worth K 3,410,500; wellwishers fromTaninthayi Division, construction materials worth K1.9 million; wellwishers from Sagaing Division, cashK 1,497,450 and relief aid worth K 43,184,800 throughthe financial subcommittee for storm victims.

Up to yesterday, the cash and kind donated bywellwishers totalled K 7,854,848,955.—MNA

YANGON, 20 May—Three ships carrying healthworkers left Wadan Jetty here for storm-hit villages inAyeyawady Division yesterday morning.

The health workers on board the ships were seenoff by Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint and officialsof the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Transport.

On board the ship to leave for Bogale Townshipare one physician, two specialists, eight general

Rehabilitation works inprogress in Labutta

Cash and kind forstorm victims

Health workers leave for storm-hit regionspractitioners and one male nurse.

On board the vessel to leave for PyaponTownship are one physician, three specialists, sevendoctors and one male nurse.

On board the watercraft to leave for LabuttaTownship are one physician, one assistance director ofMedical Reserch Department (Lower Myanmar), threespecialists, six doctors and one male nurse.—MNA

People’s Hospital (above) and Basic Education High School (below) seen after being repairedin Bogale, Ayeyawady Division.—MNA

Employees of a company distribute reliefsupplies to storm survivors in Pyapon,

Ayeyawady Division.—MNA

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Minister for Foreign Affairs arrivesback after attending Special ASEAN

Foreign Ministers’ MeetingNAY PYI TAW, 20 May

—Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Winarrived back here by airthis morning fromSingapore after attendingthe Special ASEANForeign Ministers’Meeting held on 19 May2008 in Singapore.

While in Singapore,Minister U Nyan Winattended the WorkingLunch of the ASEANForeign Ministers held at12.30 hours at theShangrila Hotel andinformally exchangedviews on the matters onagenda of the SpecialASEAN ForeignMinisters’ Meeting.Minister U Nyan Winbriefly explained thesituation of damagescaused by the CycloneNargis, relief andrehabilitation efforts andneeds for internationalassistance.

Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win thenattended the SpecialASEAN ForeignMinisters’ Meeting held atthe Ball Room of ShangrilaHotel at 2:30 pm. TheMeeting discussed and

agreed to the establishmentof an ASEAN-ledcoordinating mechanism tofacilitate the effectivedistribution and utilizationof international assistance,the holding of a PledgingConference in Yangon forproviding internationalassistance for the Cyclone-affected victims inMyanmar and to dispatchmedical teams from all theASEAN countries toMyanmar.

Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win alsoattended the PressConference held byChairman of the ASEANStanding Committee,Minister of Foreign Affairsof Singapore Mr GeorgeYeo.

During his stay inSingapore, Minister forForeign Affairs U NyanWin met separately withMr Thongloun Sisoluth,Minister of Foreign Affairsof Lao PDR at 08.00 hours,with Mr NorpoddonPatama, Minister ofForeign Affairs of theKingdom of Thailand at08.45 hours and with MrPham Gia Khiem, ForeignMinister of the Socialist

Republic of Vietnam, at10.00 hours on the 19th Mayand held informaldiscussions on mattersrelating to the SpecialMeeting.

The Chairman’sStatement was issued at theconclusion of the meeting.

Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win,together with his Thaicounterpart Mr NorpoddonPatama, attended thesigning ceremony of theMemorandum ofUnderstanding betweenthe Union of Myanmar andthe Kingdom of Thailandon the establishment of theDawei Deep Seaport at theShangrila Hotel at 09.00hrs on the same day.

At 4.45 pm on 19th

May 2008, Minister UNyan Win also helddiscussion with theMinister of Foreign Affairsof Malaysia Dr Rais Yatimand then received from hiscounterpart a Bank Draftamounting one million USdollars donated by theGovernment of Malaysiato the victims of CycloneNargis in the Union ofMyanmar.

MNA

Minister U Nyan Win attends the working luncheon of ASEANforeign ministers in Singapore.—MOFA

A health employee giving medical treatment to a victim in Labutta.MNA

Blankets, pillows for YGH

YANGON, 20 May—Agga Maha Thiri Thudamma Theingi Daw Khin NanMon and family of No 9 on Anawrahta Road in 14 Ward,Yankin Townshippresented 85 blankets and 85 pillows worth K 272,000 to the storm victims,receiving treatment at Yangon General Hospital, on 14 May.

MNA

Vehicles loaded with relief aids leave for storm-affected areas.MNA

YANGON, 20 May—Relief supplies are timelyflowing to storm victimsin Ayeyawady Division byTatmadaw helicopters, byvessels and by car.

Vehicles loaded withrelief supplies left the

Relief supplies flow to storm victims inAyeyawady Division

Trade Warehouse nearKyaikwaing Pagoda Streetof Mayangon Townshipfor Bogale, Labutta,Pyapon, Ngaputaw andHainggyikyun Townshipsthis morning.

Those wishing to

donate relief items to thestorm victims may contactthe Trade Warehouse nearKyaikwaing Pagoda Streetof Mayangon Township(Tel-09-8600526 and 09-8600701).

MNA

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(Continued from yesterday)Let it be. However, I would say our country is

going through a variety of storm-like plots and intriguesthat are much severer than Nargis, and they areendless. They are none other than envy storms,criticism storms and rumour storms created by certainwestern countries and national traitors at home andabroad who are showing negative attitude to ournation and people.

Despite the relief and rehabilitation tasks beingcarried out with might and main and tenacity at therisk of lives, internal and external saboteur groups aremaking malicious remarks and slanderous accusationsand driving a wedge among the people to the utmostof their ability. These activities might be designed toexacerbate the situations. Well, they did destabilizethe nation to a certain degree just after the stormNargis.

There has been an endless stream of rumoursspread by some foreign radio stations to attackMyanmar such as the nation is going to run out ofgoods; commodity flow is no longer effective; it willtake long for the roads to cope with traffic; rice priceswill go up because all the paddy fields in the delta andYangon have been ravaged; there will be insufficientsupply of rice; another storm is going to cross thenation; container ships cannot be moored at the ports;the Myanmar government is reluctant to acceptinternational relief; the government did not accept theUS and French naval ships fully loaded with reliefsupplies; the situations of the storm victims areshockingly alarming; the international relief suppliesare going to the military forces rather than to thevictims; only one-third of the victims have access tothe supplies and the rest are going to die of hunger;and so force should be used to enter the country withthe permission of the UN Security Council. Suchintrigues are utterly abhorrent to a duty-consciouspublic member.

Now, the people are no longer frightened by theinvented rumours due to the public notices aired onlocal radio and TV and stated in the newspapers thatthe people should not believe the groundless rumours.Realizing the prevailing situations as they really are,the people have been able to distinguish between rightand wrong.

I do not think I would be able to refute all thetricks of the world famous notorious liars. However,I would like to rebut one or two tricks of theirs. On 5May, Myanmar invited diplomats of foreign embassiesand representatives of UN agencies in Yangon andsaid that the country would accept international reliefsupplies willingly. The people have witnessed thatthe nation is accepting the relief items from the donorcountries without any discrimination against anyparticular countries. Now, the nation is acceptingrelief funds and supplies from the US, the RussianFederation, European countries, northeastern Asiancountries such as China, Japan and the Republic ofKorea, southern Asian countries and southeast Asiancountries totaling 27. It is a tangible proof that as soonas the airplanes with relief goods on board landed,they are unloaded from the planes and then transferredto helicopters and ships. Then, they are transportedand distributed in the storm-affected areas as soon aspossible. Myanmar people by nature want to sharetheir meals with natural disaster victims irrespectiveof status. I am sure none of the Myanmar peoplestoops to misappropriating the supplies that are meantfor disaster victims.

In addition, Myanmar is now accepting health

Let’s replace earth bricks with stone ones (2)Kyaw Min Lu (Shwepyitha)

care specialist groups from neighbouring countries. Sofar, the groups from Thailand and India have arrivedhere. Relevant ministries, local social organizations,entrepreneurs and experts are providing assistance invarious sectors to the victims. Therefore, this demandingtask will be materialized if neighbouring countriesextend a helping hand.

Arrangements have been made many times fordiplomats of the embassies based in Yangon andBangkok, diplomats of foreign embassies to Myanmar,and resident representatives of the ASEAN Secretariatand UN agencies to make field trips to the storm-hitareas for their firsthand experiences. Now, Myanmaris proud to have conducted the Thai Prime Ministerand United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesMr Louis Mishell around the relief camps. No one candeny that Myanmar has work hard and achieved greatsuccess in this regard.

Thanks to repeated broadcasts by some foreignradio stations, I have learnt that some US militarywarships are ready in the international waters nearMyanmar waters to provide relief supplies. They saidthat they were waiting for the permission of theMyanmar government. As a public member, I feel it isimpossible that their relief programmes are withoutstrings attached. I say this because on 5 May, SaraFlounders posted an article “US hostility hampersrelief” on Workers World Website.

The article is very long. So I would like to presentonly some salient excerpts from it for public knowledge.They are just the opinions of the writer.

“Is the Bush administration really trying to helpthe people of Myanmar recover from the naturaldisaster that struck there? Then why is it insistingthat the Pentagon be in charge of its aid? And whydid it impose SANCTIONS on the country when itknew the cyclone was about to hit?

“The U.S. corporate media are full of stories onthe scale of the disaster and the inability of thegovernment to cope with the relief effort. Completelyomitted is any mention of the U.S. government’sown abysmal track record in providing disasterrelief.

“Each news article repeats the demand thatWashington be given full military access toMyanmar to deliver emergency supplies. There isoutrage and shock that Myanmar will not permitU.S. military planes to land or Navy ships to dock.The charge that the Myanmar government cannotpossibly be trusted to deliver the supplies is repeatedagain and again.

“The day before Cyclone Nargis actually hitMyanmar, but when the approach of the monsterstorm had already being announced and tracked fora week, President George W Bush signed a harshnew level of economic sanctions on Myanmar.Sanctions are an act of aggression, a form ofeconomic warfare that specifically targets Myanmar.

“This criminal executive order decreeingexpanded sanctions was followed within days byexpressions of deep concern for the devastatedpopulation. The cynicism and hypocrisy could notbe greater.

“The US government expresses outrage thatMyanmar, while it accepts aid, will not allow foreignpersonnel to oversee its distribution.

“ The Pentagon has hardly hidden its interest inoverthrowing the regime. This comes as pressure isput on the country to open up and allow the leasingof U.S. bases and U.S. corporate access toMyanmar’s vast nationalized oil and gas deposits.

“Many countries even in the midst of a disasterfear US and Western assistance because it so aftercomes with strings attached, including onerousdebt conditions and demands to recognize theireconomy and privatize nationally owned resources.

“Missing from all the corporate media’slecturing on what Myanmar should and could dois any mention of the U.S. ruling class’s owndisastrous record in emergency planning,evacuation and relief during and after HurricanesKatrina and Rita hit New Orleans and the GulfCoast.

“The whole world watched the criminalneglect, racism, lack of planning and totalconfusion as floods and broken levees drownedthe city of New Orleans on Aug. 28, 2005.

“This was followed by an arrogant refusal toaccept assistance from organizations andindividuals seeking to volunteer and an outrageousrejection of international aid. Offers of help fromCuba and Venezuela, which had fully provisionedteams of doctors on standby and offered tons offood, water and a million barrels of extra petroleum,were refused. Even French aircraft and a hospitalship standing ready in the Caribbean, along withGerman and Russian help, were put on hold.

“Air Force helicopters at a base close by wereordered grounded, although pilots volunteeredand pleaded to use them to evacuate people.FEMA and Homeland Security actually blockedaid and volunteers, according to many mediareports. Truckloads of water and tons of materialsent from around the country were never released.”Above-mentioned points are just some excerpts

from the article. I do not want to put blame on anyonein this regard. I really thank the US for the airliftedrelief supplies for the storm victims. We recognizethat US citizens by nature are generous and theymake generous donations to every region that hascome under a natural disaster. Now, the victims areconsuming the relief supplies donated by US citizens.So, my heartfelt thanks go to them. A meal and somedrinking water are invaluable for a natural disastervictim.

However, the strings attached to the relief suppliescarried by warships and military helicopters are notacceptable to the Myanmar people. We can manageby ourselves. Myanmar has many good neighbourlycountries. The people remain united in times ofemergency. Now, we have achieved success in therelief and rehabilitation tasks to a certain degree. Thetask is very challenging, but we will be able toachieve the goal if we continue to work together withtenacity. So, I would say don’t worry about that.

A storm is, indeed, just a natural disaster, so it isnot to blame. Whatever it is, we have to rise from theevil consequences after we have faced a disaster. Wehave to reconstruct the buildings that have beenravaged. Myanmars are not a people who are able torise only with others’ assistance and who know howto deal with things only after others have providedmethods. Myanmars descended from Saki race withown monarchs and prestige. Myanmar has suffered aheavy loss in the disaster, however we have to try toour utmost to be able to replace earth bricks withstone ones. We will continue to work hard to enjoysustainable development in a short time. We are allcapable of addressing the issue, and we have engagedin the works. Surely, we will be able to replace earthbricks with stone ones in the near future.

Translation: MS

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YANGON, 20 May—Khaing Khaing SangdaMotorcar ManufacturingCo Ltd donated a Sangdatruck for use in re-construction of Haing-gyigyun that was ravagedby the severe storm at a

YANGON, 20 May—Minister for ReligiousAffairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung today paidrespects to SayadawBhaddanta Jagara at MinKyaung Parriyati

Robes donated to storm-hit monasteriesMonastery in Kyauktan anddonated 206 sets of robe for103 storm-hit monasteries.

Afterwards, theminister together with thedeputy minister paidhomage to Shwedagon

Pagoda in the afternoon. Healso viewed Maha PasanaCave and State ParriyatiSasana University(Yangon) on Kaba Aye hillin Mayangon Township.

MNA

YANGON, 20 May—Minister for ElectricPower No 2 Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint metwith industrialists atIndustrial Zone No 1 inShwepyitha Townshipyesterday and inspectedcontrol and supply ofelectric power.

Upon arrival at

YANGON, 20 May —Orange Supermarket inYangon donated 10000packages of dry noodlesto the storm victims herefrom 10 to 14 May.

Employees ofOrange Supermarketdistributed dry noodles tothe storm victims in

YANGON, 20 May —Minister for NationalPlanning and EconomicDevelopment U Soe Tha,Minister for SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement Maj-GenMaung Maung Swe andMinister for Health DrKyaw Myint received adelegation led by UnderSecretary-General of UNEmergency ReliefCoordinator Mr JohnHolmes at the meeting hallof the National ArchivesDepartment of theMinistry of NationalPlanning and EconomicDevelopment onPyidaungsu Yeiktha Roadhere this morning.

Also present on theoccasion were thedirector-general anddeputy directors-generalof MNPEC, officials ofUN Emergency ReliefOffice and residentrepresentatives of UNagencies.

At the meeting, MrJohn Holmes said that the

Ministers receive delegation led byUnder Secretary-General of UNEmergency Relief Coordinator

UN Secretary-Generaland all of them are deeplytouched by the loss of livesand property caused bycyclone Nargis that hitMyanmar recently, andthat he had learnt that theMyanmar government haddesignated the three daysas the days of mourningfor the loss of lives of thepeople.

Next, the ministersexplained the situation ofMyanmar, saying that thesevere cyclone Nargis hitAyeyawady and YangonDivisions on 2 and 3 Mayand with unusual hightides it caused loss of livesand property. And theyexplained prompt actiontaken by the governmentshortly after the storm,immediate delivery ofrelief supplies donated bylocal and internationalorganizations to storm-hitregions by helicopter,relief and rehabilitationwork which calls for a lotof construction materialsfor rebuilding of houses,

schools, hospitals anddispensaries, waterpumps, tractors, fuel andfertilizer for regeneratingfarmlands, trawlers andfishing nets for fisheries,cooperation of UN,INGOs and thegovernment in relief andrehabilitation mission, andthanked UN, INGOs anddonor countries for theircontributions.

Afterwards, MrJohn Holmes said that theyare desirous of extendinga helping hand toMyanmar in herrehabilitation of storm-hitregions, and that they willcooperate with Myanmargovernment in that regard.And he explained whatthey would be taking inthe rehabilitation drive,and expressed his pleasurefor explaining of relief andrehabilitation work by theministers and said that theyare here for justhumanitarian aid andnothing politics.

MNA

33 KV pylons set up in Shwepyitha,Mingaladon Tsps

Hlawgar Sub-powerstation in MingaladonTownship, the ministerheard reports by officialsconcerned on constructionof power line anddistribution of electricity.

He then looked intoreplacing nine pylons atPyinmapin IndustrialZone Sub-power station

in Mingaladon.The minister and party

inspected setting up of33KV pylons alongHlinethaya-Nyaugdonroad in HlinethayaTownship, Sethmu 1Street in YankinTownship and KabaAyePagoda road.

MNA

Orange Supermarket donates drynoodle to victims

Homelan Wards inSangyoung Township, tothe storm victims instorm-hit wards inMayangon Township andto the victims inThingangyun Townshipon 10, 11 and 12 Mayrespectively.

Arrangements have

been made to donate cashand kind to the stormvictims in AyeyawadyDivision. Those wishingto donate provisions to thestorm-hit areas inAyeyawady Division maycontact the OrangeSupermarket.

MNA

Khaing Khaing Sangda MotorcarManufacturing Co Ltd donates a car

ceremony held atAyeyawady Naval Re-gion Command at noonyesterday.

General Manager MrYu Jian Chen of thecompany handed over therelated documents to

Commander of thecommand CommodoreWin Shein and officials.

The commandergave the certificate ofhonour to the wellwisherand expressed thanks.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint inspects sub-power station atNo 1 Industrial Zone in Shwepyitha.—EP 2

Wellwishers donate a Sangda truck for use in the rehabilitation workof Hainggyigyun.—MNA

Ministers U Soe Tha, Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe and Dr KyawMyint meeting with Mr John Holmes, Under Secretary-General of UN

Emergency Relief Coordinator, and party.—MNA

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Factories inYangon

inspectedYANGON, 20 May—

Minister for Industry-1 UAung Thaung todayinspected Ahlon SoftDrink and Ice Factoryunder the MyanmaFoodstuff Industries onStrand Road, No 1 GasFactory of the MyanmaPaper and ChemicalIndustries on No 5Thanlyetsun Street inBotahtaung Township, thecosmetics factory of theMyanma PharmaceuticalsIn-dustries in Thuwunna,the rubber factory of theMyanma General andMaintenance Industries inThangangyun Township,No 21 Blanket Factory ofthe Myanma TextileIndustries, No 1 GarmentFactory in Mayangon, andthe soap liquid factory ofthe Myanma Phar-maceuticals Industries.

MNA

Thai medicalteam provides

medicaltreatments tostorm victims

YANGON, 20 May –The Thai medical team,together with Myanmarhealth staff, has providedmedial treatments andhealth care services to thestorm victims at the reliefcamps in Labutta today.

On 18 May, theMyaungmya Township-based team met with ThaiAmbassador Mr BansarnBunnag and Director ofthe Ministry of Health DrKhin Maung Lwin. Theteam from the Ministryof Health, Thailand, iscurrently in Myanmarunder the arrangement ofthe Ministries of Healthand Foreign Affairs ofMyanmar. —MNA

YANGON, 20 May—International communityare sending more reliefsupplies for the storm-hitregions.

Five C-130 planesfrom the USA carryingblankets, nylon ropes,plastic sheets, waterbuckets, nails, water

More relief supplies from international communityarrive at Yangon International Airport

bottles, plywood andfoodstuff weighing over42 tons arrived at YangonInternational Airport at8.35 am, 9.30 am, 9.35am, 3.35 pm and 4.15 pmtoday, AN-12 plane fromDenmark based UNICEFcarrying medicines andhospital equipmentweighing over 16 tons at8.40 am, a plane fromSwitzerland carryingmosquito nets weighing

4 tons, a plane from IFRCcarrying relief items andkitchen wares weighing6.68 tons, a plane fromUNICEF carrying water-purifying tablets weighing0.48 ton, a plane fromKorean Red Crosscarrying health relateditems weighing 3 tons at9.05 am, Y7-100 planefrom Laos carryingvarieties of medicines forLaotian medical team at

10.30 am, MAI planecarrying 111 packages ofrelief supplies provided byBaiyoke Hotel Group at11.30 am, DC-8 planefrom Save The Childrenof Britain (UK) carryingtarpaulin, mosquito nets,water buckets andconstruction materialsweighing 39 tons at 1 pm,IL-76 plane from FinlandRed Cross carryingtarpaulin, tent related

items and kitchen waresweighing over 40 tons at1.20 pm, IL-76 plane fromWFP carrying biscuitweighing 40 tons at 1.35pm, AN-12 plane fromSpanish Red Crosscarrying tarpaulin, kitchenwares and personal healthrelated items weighing14.52 tons at 2.40 pm andDC-8 plane from RedCross of the Netherlandscarrying personal health

related items weighing35.89 tons at 3.20 pm.

Similarly, PG-701plane from Myanmarcitizens in Thailandcarrying blankets,mosquito nets and towelsweighing 2.9 tons arrivedat Yangon InternationalAirport and MI-518 planefrom Singaporean RedCross carrying varieties ofmedicines weighing over6 tons on 19 May.—MNA

Relief

aids

donated

by

Denmark

based

UNICEF

arrive

Yangon

Inter-

national

Airport.

MNA

Relief

items

donated

by Red

Cross

Society

of Spain

arrive at

Yangon

Interna-

tional

Airport.

MNA

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Egyptian Govt to contribute cash to storm relief efforts

YANGON, 19 May—The Inland Water Transportof the Ministry of Transport resumed four ferry vesselservices and 14 passenger and freight vessel servicesfrom Yangon Division to Ayeyawady Division.

A total of eleven vessels including the above-mentioned vessels and other six passenger-and-freightvessels from Monywa and Mandalay arrived here.

In supplying relief aids to the storm-hit areas inAyeyawady Division, 28 vessels have run for 35times.—MNA

YANGON, 20 May—Under the supervision ofmember of the National Disaster Preparedness CentralCommittee Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung,priority is being given to reconstruction of monasteries,basic education schools, township hospital and officesin storm-affected Bogale, Ayeyawady Division.

The leading committee and sub-committeetogether with Htoo Trading Co are also implementingresettlement tasks such as transport, health,communication and power supply.

MNA

Relief aids from Save the Children (UK) being unloaded from a plane in Yangon InternationalAirport. — MNA

Relief aids from the Netherlands Red Cross being unloaded from a plane in YangonInternational Airport.—MNA

Deputy Minister Col Hla Thein Swe accepts

US $ 100,000 donated by Representative

Mr Li Hong Yuan of China Nonferrous Metal

Mining (Group) Co Ltd.—MNA

Volunteers loading relief aids onto Shwepyiaung Ship for storm victims in Ayeyawady Division.—MNA

IWT vessels resumeregular run instorm-hit areas

Resettlement taskscarried out in Bogale

YANGON, 20 May — The Egyptian Committee forInternational Relief has allocated a sum of LE 250,000(approximately US $ 45,000) as a contribution to therelief efforts for the victims of the cyclone.

Moreover, the Emergency Relief Agency of Egypt

(affiliated to the Arab Medical Union), in collaborationwith the Islamic Relief Agency in Britain, has embarkedon a relief project that includes dispatching tents,blankets, drinking water and medicines to the victimsof the cyclone.—MNA

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A file photo shows a man at the LG/Phillips boothtries out a 52’ touch screen displaying Google

Earth at the Consumer Electronics Show in LasVegas, Nevada.—INTERNET

One of the highlights of HP’s expanded portfolioof client virtualization solutions announced on 19May, 2008, is the HP 2533t Mobile Thin Client,which combines industry-leading thin client andbusiness notebook technologies to enhance data

security and improve both ease of use andreliability.—INTERNET

An overall view showsfour bed compartmentsin the fan camp next to

the Ernst Happelstadium in Vienna on 19May, 2008. About 3,000soccer fans are expectedto bring their sleepingbags and stay per night

for 38 Euros duringEURO 2008.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 19 May— A top adviser over-seeing finances for Re-publican Senator JohnMcCain’s presidentialcampaign has quit over histies with lobbying, aMcCain campaign officialconfirmed on Sunday.

Former Texas Repre-sentative Thomas Loef-fler, a national finance co-chairman, is the latestMcCain adviser to stepdown amid concern overpotential conflicts ofinterest among lobbyistsin the campaign. He is thefifth person who workedon McCain’s campaign toresign recently over links

BOWLING GREEN (Ken-tucky), 19 May — Withtime running out on herWhite House campaign,Hillary Clinton pluggedaway on Sunday in heruphill battle to overtakeBarack Obama for the De-mocratic presidentialnomination.

“It’s not enough toshow up and cheer,” theformer first lady exhorteda rally at Western Ken-tucky University. “You’vegot to get out and vote.

SHARM EL-SHEIKH

(Egypt), 19 May —Egyptian President HosniMubarak on Sunday metwith visiting PalestinianPresident MahmoudAbbas in Egyptian RedSea resort Sharm el-Sheikh on efforts to reacha Palestinian-Israeliceasefire agreement.

Abbas, who is here toattend the inaugural

UNITED NATIONS, 19May — The United Nati-ons sees renewed momen-tum for a global ban oncluster bombs as more than100 nations — but not theworld’s top users andstockpilers — gather inDublin to finalize an anti-cluster munitions treaty.

A top UN official anddiplomats from countriesthat support a ban say thereis a good chance that theconference, which startson Monday and runsthrough 30 May , will end

Mubarak meets Abbas toachieve M-E agreement

session of the WorldEconomic Forum on theMiddle East later Sunday,briefed Mubarak on theoutcome of his talks withUS President George WBush on Saturday.

After nearly one-hourtalks on Saturday withAbbas in Sharm el-Sheikh,Bush said he is “absolutelycommitted” to achieve anIsraeli-Palestinian peace

deal by the end of the yearas “it breaks my heart” tosee the suffering of thePalestinian people.

However, Bush’s highprofile expression ofsupports for Israel duringhis three-day visit thereon the Jewish state’s 60thanniversary is in contrastwith a nonchalance overthe plight of the Palest-inians, which arousesgrowing scepticism in theArab world over hisability and sincerity to actas an even-handed brokerbetween Israel and thePalestinians.

An editorial in Egypt’sstate-owned Al-Gom-huria daily said Bush hasforgotten his role as a justmediator of the Arab-Israeli conflict and ex-posed his real self.

MNA/Xinhua

Clinton plugs away as time grows shortin US race

You’ve got to bring every-body you can find to vote.”

The New York senatorstarted her day by attend-ing church and then head-ed off to “Get Out theVote” rallies in Kentucky,which along with Oregonholds Democratic contestson Tuesday.

Obama holds a com-manding lead in thepledged delegates to thissummer’s party con-vention that will pick acandidate to run against

Republican John McCainin November. WhileClinton was expected towin handily in Kentucky,Obama was ahead in thepolls in Oregon, leavingonly three more primariesbefore the party votingends on 3 June.

MNA/Reuters

McCain campaign adviserquits over lobbying ties

to lobbying activities.McCain, the presum-

ptive Republican nomineeto contest the Novemberpresidential election, hasmade ethics and transpa-rency a centerpiece of hiscampaign. Last week heestablished a policy ofrequiring advisers withlobbying ties to sever themor leave. —MNA/Reuters

UN sees chance for global banon cluster bombs

with the signing of a treatyoutlawing cluster bombs.

“I see a momentum thatwarrants cautious opti-mism on what Dublin canbring about,” Ad Melkert,associate administrator ofthe UN DevelopmentProgramme, told Reuters.

There is an increasing“awareness that leaving somany devices spreadaround is taking away thepeace from people afterconflicts, particularly forchildren”, he said.

Cluster munitions open

in mid-air and scatter asmany as several hundred“bomblets” over wideareas. They often fail toexplode, creating virtualmine fields that can kill orinjure anyone who comesacross them.

The UNDP says clustermunitions have causedmore than 13,000 con-firmed injuries and deathsaround the world, the vastmajority of them in Laos,Vietnam, Afghanistan,Iraq and Lebanon.

MNA/Reuters

SEOUL, 20 May — South Korea will open a newatomic disaster control centre to enhance the country’sability to prevent and cope with emergencies, theSouth Korean Government said on Monday.

According the Ministry of Education, Science andTechnology, the new centre is located 15 kilometresfrom the Uljin atomic power plant, 330 kilometressoutheast of Seoul. It will be used to coordinateprotective measures and help control the evacuation ofpeople in case of a serious accident.

The ministry said the new facility will be linked tothe country’s AtomCARE system that is designed tomonitor and give immediate warning about potentialproblems in nuclear power plants.

The Uljin atomic disaster control centre is the thirdof its kind. The first and second control centres wereopened near the Wolseong and Younggwang powerplants in 2005 and 2007. The ministry said two morefacilities are to be built for the Gori power plant innorthern Busan and the Hanaro research reactor inDaejeon.

MNA/Xinhua

S Korea to open new atomicdisaster control centre

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Okpo shipyard of South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and MarineEngineering (DSME) on Koeje island in a 2005 photo. A top shareholder inDaewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co Ltd said on Sunday it hadwithdrawn from talks to have Goldman Sachs manage the sale of the South

Korean shipbuilder.—INTERNET

A real estate “For Sale”sign. One of the eightinhabited Channelislands off the northerncoast of France hasgone on the market, theestate agency handlingthe sale said.—INTERNET

Bottle openers made of kangaroo scrotums sold as souvenirs in Sydney.INTERNET

IMF sees Sub-Sahara Africagrowth at 6.5% in ’08

PRETORIA, 19 May—Sub-Saharan Africa is expectedto register economic growthof 6.5 per cent this yearwhile the region’s inflationrate should come in at 8.5per cent, a senior Inter-national Monetary Fundofficial said on Friday.

“Sub-Sahara Africacontinues to grow at robustrates and in 2008 weexpect it to grow at 6.5 percent and inflation to be at8.5 per cent,” Benedicte

Vibe Christensen, actingdirector of the AfricanDepartment at the Fund,said at a regional outlookpresentation at SouthAfrica’s Central Bank.

On Tuesday the ReserveBank said in a bi-annualmonetary policy reviewthat the regional economicoutlook remained pos-itive, but that tensions overneighbouring Zimbab-we’s disputed presidentialelection posed a downside

risk. The Central Bank isalso worried about spir-alling inflation in SouthAfrica, and has stronglyhinted at further monetarytightening in a bid to bringthe main CPIX consumergauge back down to withina 3-6 per cent target range.

The targeted CPIXinflation gauge haspersisted above the top endof the target range sinceApril 2007, and jumped toa new five-year high of10.1 per cent year-on-yearin March. The central banklifted its repo rate by 50basis points last month to11.5 per cent, adding to400 basis points worth ofincreases since June 2006to try to tame inflation.

MNA/Reuters

Vietnam might applyrice export taxes

HANOI, 19 May—Vietnam’s Finance Ministry isdrafting a document under which the country willimpose export taxes on rice export, instead of annualrice volume quotas as it currently does, local newspaperVietnam Agriculture reported Monday.

When prices of rice in the domestic market increaseconsiderably, Vietnam will raise the taxes to limit riceexport. When the rice supplies are abundant and thecommodity’s prices are low, the country will lower thetaxes to boost the export.

According to a local food expert, the current quota-based rice export regulation has some shortcomings:the state does not collect rice export taxes, rice exportershave to undergo cumbersome procedures set by theVietnam Food Association, and foreign-investedenterprises in Vietnam, which will be allowed toexport rice from next year, may not comply with thequota-related procedures.— MNA/Xinhua

Ukraine officially becomes152nd WTO member

KIEV, 19 May—Ukraine became the 152nd memberof the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday,following more than a decade of negotiations.

Over the 14 years of accession negotiations, Ukraineimplemented a range of economic reforms and amendedmore than 50 laws to bring the country into line withWTO norms. According to the Ukrainian EconomyMinistry, Ukraine's entry into WTO will have a positiveeffect on the economy, especially boosting agricultural,chemical and metals exports.—MNA/Xinhua

Cargo volume rises 7.3 %in April at HK airport

US gasoline prices hit record $3.79/ gallon

HONG KONG, 19 May—Cargo throughput at HongKong International Air-port (HKIA) grew to320,000 tons in April2008, a 7.3 per cent in-crease from April 2007,HKIA said on Sunday.

Passenger traffic rose0.4 per cent from April2007, to 4.1 million. The

small increase was theresult of the Easter holi-days in March this yearversus April last year. Airtraffic movements rose 2.6per cent, to 25,060,according to HKIA.

Chief ExecutiveOfficer of AirportAuthority Hong KongStanley Hui said that

April saw a significantincrease in cargo trans-shipments, particularly toand from the NorthAmerica and the ChineseMainland. Imports andexports to the Asia Pacificregion as well as exportsto Europe and NorthAmerica also recordedhealthy growth, he said.

“We continue to watchglobal markets closely. Inspite of an uncertaineconomic outlook, ourview for the months aheadis cautiously optimistic,”Hui added.

For the four monthsended on 30 April, 2008,passenger volume rose 7.8per cent from the cor-responding period in 2007,to 16.2 million, whilecargo traffic grew 8.1 percent to 1.2 million tons.Air traffic movementsincreased 5.3 per cent to99,320.

MNA/Xinhua

NEW YORK, 19 May—The average retail price ofa gallon of regular gradegasoline in the US rose toa new record high as thecost of a barrel of crude oilprice continued its ascent,an industry analyst saidon Sunday.

The US average retailregular gasoline price roseto 3.7929 US dollars agallon on 16 May, upnearly 17 cents in the pasttwo weeks, according tothe nationwide Lundberg

survey of about 7,000 gasstations.

In two areas —Chicagoand New York’s LongIsland — prices soared toan average of more thanfour US dollars a gallonfor the first time, surveyeditor Trilby Lundbergsaid. The gasoline pricecould rise to four USdollars a gallon on anational average basis, sheforecast. “The refinerymargin on gasoline is sopoor, I think the upward

pressure on the refiningmargin will push up theprice at the pump, even ifcrude oil does not,” shesaid in an interview.

Refiners, who processcrude oil to make gasoline,have been battered by slimmargins for the past sixmonths as they havestruggled to pass on recordcrude oil prices toconsumers. Some havemothballed refineries inresponse to the weakmargins.—MNA/Reuters

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (188)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATAMPAN VOY NO (188) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 21.5.2008 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES PTE LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

TRADE MARK CAUTION NOTICE

BRITISH AMERICAN TO-BACCO (BRANDS) INC, acompany organized underthe laws of the State of Dela-ware, United States ofAmerica carrying onbusiness,through its licen-sees and affiliates, as To-bacco Manufacturers andMerchants, and having itsprincipal office at 2711Centerville Road, Suite 300,Wilmington, Delaware,19808, United States ofAmerica is the owner andsole proprietor of the fol-lowing Trademark:-

Reg. No. 4/ 7535/2007Used in respect of:-“Cigarettes, tobacco, to-bacco products, cigarettefilters, smokers’ articles,lighters, matches.” (Interna-tional Class 34)Any unauthorised use, imi-tation, infringements orfraudulent intentions of theabove mark will be dealt withaccording to law.

Tin Ohnmar TunB.A (LAW) LL.B, LL.M (UK)

P.O.Box 109, Ph: 723043(For.British American

Tobacco (Brands) Inc.,U.S.A)

Dated. 21 May 2008

Strike by ground staff hits sixNorwegian airports

OSLO, 19 May—Ground staff at six Norwegianairports began an indefinite strike over pay on Friday,stranding up to 20,000 passengers before Norway’sbiggest holiday weekend, civil aviation authorityAvinor said.

The airport in Bergen, Norway’s second largestcity, was closed and the stoppage threatened to affectthe main International Airport in Oslo, Avinor said.

“There are a lot of people travelling to be with theirfamilies on Constitution Day (17 May), so this conflictis affecting thousands,” Avinor spokesman SindreAanonsen said, adding that between 15,000 and 20,000passengers were stranded.

“If the strike continues it may affect Oslo,” he said.The capital’s Gardermoen airport is Scandinavia’ssecond busiest hub after Copenhagen.

Other airports affected were Harstad, Narvik, Molde,Mo i Rana and Mosjoen. “We have made our offer andit was rejected by the unions. It is out of our hands andit’s really impossible to say when this will be resolved,”Aanonsen said.—MNA/Reuters

Philippines warnsagainst illegalmatch-makers

MANILA, 19 May— ThePhilippine Embassy inSeoul, South Korea, haswarned against illegalmatchmaking agenciesafter learning that someFilipina women marriedSouth Korean men throughillegal match-makingagencies, the Departmentof Foreign Affairs ( DFA)said in a statement postedon its website Sunday.

The DFA quoted Philip-pine Ambassador to SouthKorea Luis Cruz as sayingin a report these agencies actas a front for mailorderbrides amidst reports thatthe South Korean Govern-ment is set to crack down oninterracial matchmakingagencies that violate locallaws and use deceptiveadvertising.

MNA/Xinhua

Mexico police chief quitsafter drug gang threats

Activists hold a protest

to mark World AIDS

Day in Manila in early

December 2007. The

campaign against AIDS

marks the 20th

anniversary this week of

the publication of a

ground-breaking

medical paper which

described a suspect

virus found in a patient

who had died of the

disease.—INTERNET

Tokyo evacuates16,000 to defusewartime bomb

TOKYO, 19 May—Tokyo ordered about16,000 residents toevacuate on Sunday whilea bomb squad disposed ofan unexploded bomb be-lieved to have fallen duringWorld War II in westernTokyo, Kyodo News said.Ground Self-DefenceForce members removedthe fuse of the bomb in atwo-hour operation earlierin the day, and the ChofuCity government declaredthe area safe and called offthe alert, Kyodo said.

MNA/Reuters

CIUDAD JUAREZ, 19May—A Mexican policechief has quit his postacross the border from ElPaso, Texas, after receiv-ing death threats fromdrug gangs that arestriking back at acrackdown on smugglers,an official said onSunday.

Ciudad Juarez’s toppoliceman GuillermoPrieto resigned just daysafter suspected cartel hitmen killed the city’s No 2police officer.

A former Army officerwill replace Prieto onMonday. The army hassent more than 1,000troops with heavy wea-ponry and helicopters toquell rampant violence inthe city.

“This is about keeping(Prieto) safe,” said asource in the ci ty’spolice department whospoke on condition ofanonymity.

Six high-ranking

police officers have beenkilled in Mexico in thelast two weeks asPresident Felipe Calderonsteps up his battle againstdrug traffickers.

Calderon has sent25,000 troops and federalpolice to fight cartelsacross Mexico since 2006.That includes 2,700 troopsdeployed last week to thePacific coast state ofSinaloa, home to afederation of drug gangsrun by Joaquin “Shorty”Guzman.

Violence has surged inCiudad Juarez as Guz-man’s gang and its mainrival, the Gulf Cartel, warover smuggling routes onthe US border.

More than 2,500 peoplehave died in drug violenceso far this year, includingmore than 200 people inCiudad Juarez.

MNA/Reuters

DONATE BLOOD

KATHMANDU, 20 May— At least 20 people werekilled and other 28 wereinjured after a commuterbus plummeted into theRapti River in Dang Districtin mid-western NepalMonday morning, localmedia reported.

There were another 40remained missing, whileeight of the injured were incritical condition, reporteda leading website THTOnline.

The passenger bus,with dozens of pilgrims onboard, was bound forSwargadwari in PyuthanDistrict from Krishnanagarof Kapilvastu District whenit plunged into the river,some 150 metres below theroad, the report said.

The report citedDistrict Superintendent ofPolice Dhruba Mahara assaying that some 20 bodieshad been recovered but thedeceased were yet to beidentified.

About 33 people havebeen rescued, the reportsaid. — MNA/Xinhua

20 dead asbus plungesinto river in

W Nepal

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Jordan’s Queen receives honorarydegree in Malaysia

Diet, exercise tied to cancer survivor’swell-being

Chinese Cultural Week opens in Spain Wildfire burns homes, forcesevacuation in W Canada

OTTAWA, 19 May — Two homes were destroyed andseveral others damaged Friday when a wildfire broke outin western Canada’s Alberta province, authorities said onSaturday.

All of the 150 residents were evacuated fromNewbrook, an agricultural community north of provincialcapital Edmonton. A state of emergency has been declaredfor the area. Bulldozers have been used to build fireguardsaround the community and four air tankers are being usedto attack the fire from the skies. The wildfire is gettingunder control Saturday, firefighters said. — MNA/Xinhua

Mexican police seize7 tons of drugs

British scientists develop geneto treat heart patients

Gardeners are seen planting flowers and plants, to form the country flags ofTurkey, Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic and Portugal around thefamous flower clock in the centre of Geneva, Switzerland, on 19 May, 2008.Turkey, the Czech Republic, Portugal and hosting country Switzerland in

Geneva will play matches in the Group A of the upcoming European SoccerChampionships from 7 to 29 June, 2008.—INTERNET

KUALA LUMPUR, 19May — Queen Rania AlAbdullah of Jordanreceived a honorarydoctorate degree in inter-national relations fromUniversiti Malaya (UM),Malaysia’s oldest andpremier university here onFriday.

She received thedegree from UM chan-cellor Sultan Azlan Shahin a special convocation

at the university. Queen Rania is the

second recipient of thedegree after Malaysia’sformer permanent re-presentative to the UnitedNations Razali Ismail whoreceived it in 2006.

The degree was inrecognition of the con-tributions and com-mitment by Queen Raniawho had played a key rolein nurturing values of

tolerance and acceptanceof the global communityby encouraging inter-cultural dialogues, UMvice-chancellor RafiahSalim said.

After the ceremony,Queen Rania briefly metlocal and foreign studentsand witnessed the signingof a memorandum ofunderstanding betweenUM and University ofJordan. — MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 19 May —British researchers havedeveloped a new genetherapy with the potentialto treat heart patients withan injection instead ofrisky transplant surgery.According to reports fromThe Sunday Telegraph,the new therapy, the firstof its kind in Britain,inserts a gene carried by amodified virus into thepatient’s heart musclecells.

The therapy could helpthe cardiac musclesaround the damaged tissue

caused by a cardiac arrestto beat harder and fasterand allow the heart torecover most of its originalfunctions, said researchersfrom Harefield Hospital inMiddlesex and ImperialCollege London.

The gene, known asSERCA2a, could increaseheartbeats produced bythe undamaged heartmuscle and compensatingfor the damaged tissuebecause it causes heartmuscle cells to contractmore strongly and relaxfaster, the researchers

noted. The researchers have

been given approval touse the genetically mo-dified virus to treat 16patients waiting for hearttransplants, according tothe daily.

“We are aiming tomake most of the heartmuscle that a patient hasleft after a heart attack,”said Professor SianHarding, a cardiac phar-macologist at ImperialCollege London leadingthe trial.

MNA/Xinhua

NEW YORK, 19 May —Just 5 per cent of US can-cer survivors are meetingexperts’ recommen-dations on diet, physicalactivity and cigarettesmoking, a new surveyshows.

But the more recom-mendations a cancersurvivor did meet, thebetter his or her health-related quality of life(HRQoL), Dr ChristopherBlanchard, of DalhousieUniversity in Halifax,Canada, and colleaguesfound.

“It appears thatmeeting multiple lifestylerecommendations may

survivors do not followthese recommendations.

To investigate thepercentage of US cancersurvivors who followedthe recommendations,and see if doing so hada relationship tohealth-related quality oflife, the researcherssurveyed 9,105 survivorsof six different types ofcancer. Roughly 15 percent to 19 per cent wereeating at least five servingsof fruit and vegetablesdaily, the researchersfound, while 30 per cent to47 per cent were gettingthe recommended amountof exercise. From 83 percent to 92 per cent had quitsmoking.

MNA/Reuters

not only be beneficial froma cancer recurrence/mortality perspective, butalso from a HRQoLperspective,” they write inthe 1 May issue of theJournal of ClinicalOncology.

In 2006, the AmericanCancer Society issued threerecommendations onhealthy lifestyle behavioursfor America’s more than10 million cancer survivors:get at least 150 minutes ofmoderate-to-strenuousexercise, or an hour ofstrenuous physical activityevery week; eat at least fiveservings of fruits andvegetables daily; and quitsmoking. But research donein the US and Australia hasshown that many cancer

A computer generatedimage of Hepatitis Cviruses. The World

Hepatitis Alliance hassaid that chronic

hepatitis, which infects10 times more peoplethan HIV, should be

given the sameattention such as

AIDS, tuberculosis andmalaria. — INTERNET

MEXICO CITY, 19 , May— Mexican police seizedabout five tons of drugs inthe Gulf of California andmore than two tons at theInternational Airport of

Mexico City on Saturday,authorities said on Sunday.

Three ships were foundon Saturday transportingmore than 4.8 tons ofmarijuana off Yavaros Bayin the Gulf of California,and were detained sevensea miles (about 12.9kilometres) from the shoreby the police, Mexico’sMarine-Army Ministrysaid. Meanwhile, FederalPreventive Police seized 2.4tons of pseudoephedrinedelivered from India andHolland at the InternationalAirport of Mexico City, saidFederal Public SecurityMinistry. — MNA/Xinhua

MADRID, 19 May — A culturalexchange event aimed at showcasingChina’s colourful culture openedSaturday in Pozuelo de Alarcon, a citynear the Spanish capital of Madrid.

At an opening ceremony, city officialssaid that since Pozuelo de Alarconestablished relations of friendlyexchanges with Beijing’s XichengDistrict in 2006, the two sides havelaunched exchange events in the fields ofeconomy, culture and social affairs. The

Chinese Cultural Week will promoteunderstanding and friendship between thetwo peoples, said the officials. ChineseAmbassador to Spain Qiu Xiaoqiexpressed the hope that the event wouldenhance the development of friendly tiesbetween the two countries. Some 200people, including Spanish officials andrepresentatives of expatriate Chinese inSpain, attended the opening ceremony ofthe Chinese Cultural Week, which willlast until 30 May.— MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T S

Real Madrid's captain RaulGonzalez, right, and teammate Jose

Maria Gutierrez 'Guti', left, celebratewith the La Liga trophy at the Ma-

drid's regional government buildingin Madrid, on 19 May, 2008. Real

Madrid celebrate winning their 31stSpanish league title.—INTERNET

Boxing promoter Don King, right,celebrates Japanese challengerYusuke Kobori after defeating Nicara-guan champion Jose Alfaro with a TKOin the third round during their WBAlightweight title match in Tokyo, Japan,

on 19 May, 2008.—INTERNET

Germany’s Dennis Gremelmayr returns a ball dur-ing his 1st round match against Feliciano Lopezfrom Spain at the ARAG ATP World Team Cup inDuesseldorf, western Germany on 19 May, 2008.Lopez defeated Gremelmayr 6-4 and 6-3.—INTERNET

Portsmouth look forwardto debut season in Europe LONDON, 19 May — FA Cup winners Portsmouth

were cautiously relishing a maiden European cam-paign in next season's UEFA Cup after winning the FACup for the first time since 1939.

Harry Redknapp's side beat Cardiff City 1-0 inSaturday's final to secure their first major title sincewinning the league championship in 1950, but coachJoe Jordan insisted that the club must now look toprogress further.

"We've got try and make sure that we don't standstill," Jordan told Sky Sports News before the teamdeparted for a victory parade on the south coast later onSunday.

"The chairman has been great with Harry and al-lowed him to do that and progress and bring players in.Now we're in the UEFA Cup, we'll certainly be lookingto strengthen the squad."

Portsmouth look forward to playing in Europe forthe first time knowing that with internationals likeLassana Diarra, David James, Sol Campbell, NikoKranjcar and Jermain Defoe — cup tied on Saturday— they have the players to compete.

MNA/Reuters

Bulgaria rocked by final-daycrowd violence

SOFIA, 19 May — Bulgarian football was rocked byanother outbreak of crowd violence as rival fans clashedduring CSKA Sofia's game at Vihren on the final dayof the season on Saturday.

A group of Lokomotiv Plovdiv supporters, whotravelled to the southern town of Sandanski to fightCSKA fans, attacked the CSKA enclosure from out-side the stadium, throwing missiles, stones and bottles,according to police reports.

One man was seriously injured and several suf-fered minor injures while the match was held up for10 minutes in the second half as police struggled torestore order.

Champions CSKA won the match 2-1. They clinchedtheir 31st league title earlier this month in front of anempty stadium at Botev Plovdiv, themselves beingpunished for crowd violence. Trouble continued out-side the ground, the CSKA team bus pelted with stoneswhile police said they had arrested 40 fans on Saturdaynight. Six policemen suffered minor injuries.

"We detained the hooligans and they'll be chargedon Sunday," police commissar Konstantin Tatyanovtold reporters. — MNA/Reuters

China’s Sun upbeat despiteuncertain City future

BANGKOK, 19 May — China international Sun Jihairemains in the dark about his Manchester City futurebut insists he still has what it takes to play in thePremier League.

Sun has yet to be told if his contract will be renewedbut still expects to play in England next season afterseveral teams expressed an interest in signing theversatile 30-year-old.

"I'm still very fit, still loving to play," Sun toldreporters after City's 3-1 defeat by a Thailand all-starsside in Bangkok on Saturday.

"I'd love to stay playing in English football. I haven'thad an answer from the club about renewing mycontract. I'm happy but I want to know where I'll beplaying."

Sun, who joined City six years ago from China'sDalian Shide, added that he had been contacted byseveral English teams.

MNA/Reuters

Twente Enschede beat Ajaxto Champions League spot AMSTERDAM, 19 May — Twente

Enschede drew 0-0 with Ajax Amster-dam in the Dutch playoff final second legon Sunday to secure a place in the Cham-pions League third qualifying round 2-1on aggregate. Twente will play in thecompetition for the first time while Ajax,who finished the regular season as run-ners-up to champions PSV Eindhoven,have to settle for the UEFA Cup.

Twente dominated much of the matchalthough Ajax forward Luis Suarez hadthe best chance midway through the firsthalf when he shot narrowly wide.

Twente's Youssouf Hersi squanderedthree opportunities to settle the tie whileSwedish midfielder Rasmus Lindgrencame close for Ajax in the last minute butSander Boschker saved. In the playoff for aUEFA Cup first round place, JeremainLens struck in the 62nd minute to give NECNijmegen a 1-0 victory at NAC Breda afterwinning the first leg 6-0. — MNA/Reuters

Hiddink says contract stalemate couldhurt Russian hopes

Italian policeinjured in clashes

at Inter match ROME, 19 May — Two

Italian police officers wereinjured during clasheswith fans before a soccermatch in Parma on Sun-day, local media reported.

A 28-year-old police-man suffered multiple ab-dominal injuries and wasadmitted to a local hospi-tal. Italy's ANSA newsagency later said his con-dition was not as seriousas initially feared and thathe was expected to recoverwithin around threeweeks.

The other officer wasinjured by rocks hurled athim by fans during clashesoutside the stadium, it said.

MNA/Reuters

MOSCOW, 19 May — Russiacoach Guus Hiddink warned onSunday that his protracted con-tract negotiations could have anegative effect on the team duringEuro 2008.

Hiddink was reported to havesigned a new two-year deal inMarch but last week he criticisedRussian FA president VitalyMutko for dragging out the con-tract negotiations.

"If I don't have it ready by Euro2008, it's not the end of the world.I have a verbal agreement with theRussian FA and for me a hand-shake is just as good as a signeddeal," Hiddink told Reuters as his

side began preparations for nextmonth's finals in Austria and Swit-zerland. "But of course, ideally Iwould love to have it done beforeEuro 2008 because it could distractthe team's attention."

The highly successful coach, wholed his native Netherlands to the1998 World Cup semi-finals beforerepeating the feat with South Koreafour years later, has been repeat-edly linked with top coaching jobsaround the world. "If I go to Euro2008 without a contract then everyWestern media would love to talkabout my future. Probably at everynews conference I will be askedthat question.—MNA/Reuters

Numancia secure promotionto Primera Liga

MADRID, 19 May —Second division leadersNumancia secured promotion to the Primera Liga witha 0-0 draw at home to Alaves on Sunday.

Numancia are 12 points ahead of fourth-placedReal Sociedad with four games left to play and have asuperior head-to-head record over the team from SanSebastian.

It will be only the fourth season in the Spanish topflight for Numancia who last won promotion in 2004,only to return to the second division after finishing19th in the 2004-5 campaign. — MNA/Reuters

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R 489 Published by the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar. Edited and printed at The New Light of Myanmar Press,No 22/30 Strand Road at 43rd Street, Yangon. Cable Newlight, PO Box No. 43, Telephones: Editors 392308, Manager 392226, Circulation 392304, Advertisement 392223,Accounts 392224, Administration 392225, Production/Press 392369

WEATHER Summary of observations recorded at 9:30 hoursMST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been isolated in Magway Division, scattered inupper Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions, fairly wide-spread in lower Sagaing Division, Kayah and KayinStates and widespread in the remaining areas withlocally heavyfalls in Yangon and Taninthayi Divisionsand isolated heavyfall in upper Sagaing Division. Daytemperatures were (3°C) to (4ºC) below May averagetemperatures in Shan, Rakhine and Kayin States, Man-dalay, Magway upper Sagaing and Bago Divisions, (5ºC)to (6°C) below May average temperatures in KachinState and Taninthayi Divisions and about May averagetemperatures in the remaining States and Divisions. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay PyiTaw (0.07) inch, Myeik (5.28) inches, Kawthoung(5.08) inches, Yangon (Mingaladon) (3.74) inches,Yangon (Kaba-Aye) (3.62) inches, Yangon (Central)(3.54) inches, Hkamti (3.23) inches and Ye (1.96) inches.

Maximum temperature on 19-5-2008 was 89ºF.Minimum temperature on 20-5-2008 was 70ºF. Rela-tive humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 20-5-2008 was96%. Total sunshine hours on 19-5-2008 was (0.5)hour approx.

Rainfall on 20-5-2008 was (3.74) inches atMingaladon, (3.62) inches at Kaba-Aye and (3.54)inches at Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2008was (27.44) inches at Mingaladon, (31.57) inches at Kaba-Aye and (33.82) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum

wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (10) mph fromSouhwest at (13:30) hours MST on 19-5-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the NorthBay and monsoon is moderate to strong in the AndamanSea and elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 21-5-2008: Rain orthundershowers will be scattered in Shan, Kayah Statesand Magway Division, fairly widespread in Sagaingand Mandalay Divisions and widespread in the remain-ing States and Divisions with likelihood of isolatedheavyfalls in Rakhine State, Yangon, Bago, Ayeyawadyand Taninthayi Divisions. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seasare likely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surfacewind speed in squalls may reach (35) to (40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofcontinuation of thundery conditions in the CentralMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 21-5-2008: One or two rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for21-5-2008: Some rain which may be heavy at times.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for21-5-2008: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

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Storm kills 12 in Philippinenorth, heads for Japan

MANILA, 20 May— A tropical storm swirled outto sea off the northern Philippines on Monday afterkilling 12 people, destroying homes and flooding ricepaddies, weather and disaster officials said.

Over 200 road workers buriedby mud flows in Sichuan

Halong, a tropicalstorm with winds of 95kilometres per hour at itscentre, lost strength as itmade landfall on Luzon’snorthwestern region onSunday, and was headed tosouthern Japan by earlyTuesday.

The National DisasterCoordinating Council(NDCC) reported 12 peoplehad died, about half of thempinned down by fallen treesor hit by flying debris in theprovinces of Pangasinan,La Union and Zambales.

About 35,000 peoplewere affected by the storm,most of them marooned byfloods and landslides. Wide

areas remained withoutelectricity as strong windstoppled electric posts andtripped power lines.

“It would take at leasta month to restore 100 percent power in myprovince,” said AmadoEspino, the governor ofPangasinan, one of twoprovinces hardest hit byHalong.

Espino said about 158million pesos (3.7 millionUS dollars) worth of cropssuch as rice and vegetableswere destroyed by floodsand hundreds of housesmade of light material weredamaged by strong winds.

MNA/Reuters

BEIJING, 20 May—More than 200 workerswere buried in the past twodays by frequent mud flowswhile repairing roadsdamaged in the 12 MaySichuan earthquake, saidDai Dongchang, an officialwith the Ministry ofTransport on Monday.

Dai said this at an

online interview with thecentral government website(www.gov.zn). It's not clearif they had died or not. Daiis not immediately availablefor comment.

Two constructionmachines and six vehicleswere also buried in the mudflows, he said.

MNA/Xinhua

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National Disaster Preparedness CentralCommittee issues News Release No. 6

NAY PYI TAW, 20 May—The National Disaster Preparedness Central Committee issued News Release No. 6 today.

The full text of the announcement is as follows:—

News Release No. 61. Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe, accompanied by officials, has

inspected relief and rehabilitation tasks around Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions since 18 May.

2. After comforting the victims, the Senior General gave guidance on collection of precise data and figures and effective implementation of rehabilitation works

after laying down plans systematically. He also gave guidance on compilation of the list of orphans in the storm-hit areas and opening of orphanages in Pyapon

District and Labutta.

3. For the time being, the collected storm-victim children are under care according to a special programme in Maubin and Myaungmya, and plans are under way

to comply with the guidance stated in para (2).

National Disaster Preparedness Central Committee

Date: 20-5-2008

Place: Nay Pyi Taw

A flag being flown at half mast at City Hall in Yangon.—MNA

YANGON, 20 May— The storm Nargis hit Ayeyawady,Yangon and Bago divisions and Mon and Kayin statesstarting from 9 am on 2 May to 12.30 pm on 4 May. TheState Peace and Development Council issued Announce-ment No 6/2008 on 19 May that the Cyclone hitAyeyawady and Yangon divisions, claiming many livesand causing enourmous destruction to houses, religiousbuildings, schools, hospitals, watercraft, crop planta-tions, and food supplies, and the three days from 20 Mayto 22 May 2008 inclusive were designated as the days of

State Flag flown at half mast to mourn victimsmourning for the loss of lives of the people and the flagshad to be flown at half mast.

Therefore, State flags were seen flying at half maststarting from 9 am today to mourn the victims at thegovernment offices, City Hall, district, township, wardPDC offices, schools, hospitals, hotels and houses inNay Pyi Taw.

Similarly, State flags were being flown at halfmast starting from 9 am at the government offices, CityHall, offices of the Division, District, Township and

Ward Peace and Development Councils, schools, hos-pitals, hotels and houses in Yangon Division. Foreignembassies in Yangon were also flying the State flagsof the nations concerned at half mast.

Likewise, State flags were seen flying at half mastto mourn the victims starting from 9 am at the govern-ment offices and houses the whole country includingMandalay, Taunggyi and Pathein. In like manner,vehicles and people made a three-minute silence tomourn the victims at 9:00 today.—MNA

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The strings at-tached to the relief sup-plies carried by war-ships and military heli-copters are not accept-able to the Myanmarpeople. We can man-age by ourselves.Myanmar has manygood neighbourlycountries. The peopleremain united in timesof emergency. Now, wehave achieved successin the relief and reha-bilitation tasks to a cer-tain degree.

KYAW MIN LU

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