Established 1914

Volume XIX, Number 148 4th Waning of Tawthalin 1373 ME Friday, 16 September, 2011

True patriotism * It is very important for every one

of the nation regardless of theplace he lives to have strong Un-ion Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true pa-triotism all the nationalities willhave to safeguard.

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Sept—U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr. Felipe CalderonHinojosa, President of the United Mexican States, on the anniversary of the IndependenceDay of the United Mexican States, which falls on 16th September, 2011.

MNA

President U Thein Sein felicitatesPresident of United Mexican States

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Sept—As theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar thathas emerged in line with the democrati-zation process in accord with theConstitution 2008 is being built as amodern, developed and discipline-flour-ishing democratic nation, specialemphasis is being placed on democraticreforms.

With a view to forging democraticpractices and rights in conformity withthe present situation of Myanmar thatcan serve the interests of the nation andthe entire people, the Pyithu Hluttaw andthe Amyotha Hluttaw of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar jointly held theceremony to mark the International Dayof Democracy 2011 which falls on 15September 2011, on a grand scale atThabin Hall of Hluttaw Building, here, at10 am today.

Present on the occasion wereSpeaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw U KhinAung Myint, Speaker of Pyithu HluttawThura U Shwe Mann, the Union ChiefJustice, the Chairman of the Constitu-tional Tribunal of the Union, the Chair-man of the Union ElectionCommission, Deputy Speaker ofPyithu Hluttaw, Deputy Speaker ofAmyotha Hluttaw, Union ministers,the chairman of the LeadingCommittee for Organizing theInternational Day of Democracy 2011and members, deputy ministers, theDeputy Attorney-General, officials ofthe Union Supreme Court and theOffice of Union Attorney-General,Hluttaw representatives of Pyithu

Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw jointly observeInternational Day of Democracy 2011 in Nay Pyi Taw

Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw, speak-ers of Region/State Hluttaws, the Deanof the Diplomatic Corps of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmarand diplomats, responsible persons ofthe UN agencies, non-governmentorganizations, people’s representativesof eight townships of Nay Pyi TawCouncil Area, correspondents offoreign news agencies home, reportersof local periodicals and correspond-ents from foreign news agenciesabroad.

Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw UKhin Aung Myint delivered an address atthe ceremony to mark the InternationalDay of Democracy 2011.

He said, democracy is a practicethat can protect and uplift individualintegrity and fundamental rights. Itis the only political system thatensures the right to use reasoningpower. Thus, human beings acceptdemocracy as a model practice andgoal. Democracy has basiccharacters of justice, freedom,equality, transparency, responsibilityand formation with diversified viewsand opinions. Harmonization ofdemocracy and human society willbring about internal peace anddevelopment.

Democracy must be practised byupholding the law; and human rights areto be uplifted within the framework oflaws. Prevalence of law and order andrespect to human rights are soundfoundations for flourishing of democ-racy.

Lack of democracy culture andenvironment may hinderdevelopment.

Democracy ensures freedom ofexpression, peaceful gathering andprocessing, freedom of formingassociations and organizations, rightsto vote, stand for election, set up politicalparties and gathering news from othernews agencies apart from government-owned news agencies. Moreover, theremust be a human society to enjoy rightsand accept responsibilities. There mustbe tolerance for differences betweenminority and majority and alsocooperation in the command groundso that disunity may not occur.

Moreover, democracy is to bepractised at home as well as in in-ternational relations. The countries

practising democracy at home butnot in international relations do notreally value democracy.

Every nation has sovereignty andterritorial integrity. Moreover, the re-spective countries are to ensuredevelopment according to publicaspiration political, economic, social andcultural systems. The global countriesare to practise the principles of co-existence in diversity. Interference ininternal affairs of other countries, puttingpressure, threats and using forces areactivities against democracy.

Democracy is created for the rightsof all human beings to enable them toparticipate in public issues. In practisingdemocracy, elections to choosepeople’s representatives must be fair,

(See page 16)

Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint addressesInternational Day of Democracy 2011 commemorative ceremony.—MNA

Harmonization of democracy andhuman society will bring aboutinternal peace and development

p1(16).pmd 9/16/2011, 8:49 AM1

2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 16 September, 2011

PERSPECTIVESFriday, 16 September, 2011

May democracy cultureflourish in Myanmar

Myanmar is a member of global family,having sound foundations for democracy andhuman rights. The Constitution whichguarantees fundamental rights of citizens,democracy and human rights has emerged.

Hluttaws are in session introducingconstitutional reforms to legislative,administrative and judicial sectors. Now, theyare building a new landscape where ‘GoodGovernance and Clean Government’ flourish.

MPs are to focus on public interest inHluttaws in accord with the motto, “People’sVoice is Hluttaw’s (Parliament’s) Voice;People’s Will is Hluttaw’s (Parliament’s) Will;People’s Expectation is Hluttaw’s(Parliament’s) Implementation”.Fundamental, democratic and human rightsare to be translated into reality. In democracy,the minority will have to follow the majority’swill while the majority respects the minority’swill.

Democracy culture unites the society andbrings about the development. Democracyrespects individual’s dignity. Foreign policy iscentred on the prestige of the State. Legislationis the main responsibility of the Hluttaws.Enactment, addition or amendment of lawswill be from the democratic point of view.

MPs are mandated mainly to protectfundamental rights of citizens as well. In thisdemocratic nation, we all need to initiatereforms.

Myanmar is on the right track ofdemocracy. Her people are to march underthe same flag for flourishing of democracyculture and democratic practices in thecountry.

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Sept—The President of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar has appointedPro-Rector (Academic) U Kyaw Oo of NationalCulture and Fine Arts University (Yangon) of theFine Arts Department under the Ministry of Cultureas Rector of the same university on probation fromthe date he assumes charge of his duties.

MYANMAR GAZETTENAY PYI TAW, 16 Sept—U Wunna Maung Lwin,

Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message offelicitations to Her Excellency Mrs. Patricia EspinosaCantellano, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of theUnited Mexican States, on the anniversary of theIndependence Day of United Mexican States,which falls on 16th September 2011.—MNA

Union FM felicitatesMexican counterpart

Commencement of Myanmar’s Oral Pleadings over CaseConcerning Delimitation of Maritime Boundary between

Bangladesh and Myanmar in Bay of BengalNAY PYI TAW, 15 Sept—Oral pleadings for the

first round over the case concerning the delimitationof the Maritime Boundary between Bangladesh andMyanmar in the Bay of Bengal is hearing todaybefore the International Tribunal for the Law of theSea ITLOS.

The International Tribunal for the law of the Seacomprises of 21 judges, who are independent andelected in the principle of geographical distributionand is seated in the Free and Hanseatic City ofHamburg, Germany.

-The first round of public hearings forBangladesh began from 8 to 13 September 2011and is beginning for Myanmar today. Dr Tun Shin,Union Attorney-General of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar, the Agent of Myanmar for theCase Concerning Delimitation of the MaritimeBoundary between Bangladesh and Myanmar in theBay of Bengal made an opening statement as follows:-

This is the first time that Myanmar has taken partin proceedings before the International Tribunal forthe Law of the Sea (ITLOS). Indeed, this is the firsttime that Myanmar has been a party to inter-Stateproceedings before any international or tribunal.The collective decision together with Bangladesh,our friendly and neighbourly State, to submit thiscase to the Tribunal, rather than to arbitration underAnnex VII of the Law of the Sea Convention 1982,is a measure of the confidence that we have in you,the Members of the Tribunal. This is, of course, thefirst maritime boundary delimitation case to comebefore the Tribunal. States with maritime delimitationdisputes, and there are many of them, in all parts ofthe world, will be following this case with greatattention. So the case is a historic one, both for the

parties and for the Tribunal. Myanmar’s decision tosubmit this case to the Tribunal is a measure of theconfidence we have in the Tribunal. It is a functionof our belief that, with your collective wisdom andexpertise, you will reach a decision firmly anchoredin the modern international law of the sea, a decisionthat is firmly anchored in the law on maritimedelimitation as it has developed in the case-law of theinternational courts and tribunals.

The flowing legal counsels who areinternationally renowned and prominent in the fieldsof Public International Law and Law of the MaritimeBoundary Delimitation will be pleading for Myanmarso as to achieve equitable results for both States:-

Professor Alain Pellet, Professor at the Universityof Paris Ouest, Nanterre La Defense, Member andformer Chairman of the International LawCommission, Associate Member of the Institute dedroit international, France, Sir Michael Wood,K.C.M.G., Member of the English Bar, Member ofthe International Law Commission, United Kingdom,Professor Mathias Forteau, Professor at the Universityof Paris Ouest, Nanterre La Defense, France, MrCoalter Lathrop, Attorney-Advisor, SovereigGeographic, Member of the North Carolina Bar,United States of America, Mr Daniel Muller,Consultant in Public International Law, Researcherat the Centre de droit international de Nanterre(CEDIN), University of Paris Ouest, Nanterre LaDefense, France, Mr Benjamin Samson, Researcherat the Centre de droit international de Nanterre(CEDIN), University of Paris Ouest, Nanterre LaDefense, France, Mr Eran Sthoegar, LL.M., NewYork University School of Law, New York, UnitedStates of America.—MNA

Chairman of Central Committee for OrganizingInternational Day of Democracy, Hluttaw representatives

meet media persons

Chairman of Central Committee for OrganizingInternational Day of Democracy 2011 PyithuHluttaw Representative U Htay Oo replies to

queries raised by local and foreigncorrespondents.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15Sept—National raceHluttaw representativesfrom various politicalparties led by Chairmanof the Central Committeefor Organizing theInternational Day ofDemocracy 2011 PyithuHluttaw RepresentativeU Htay Oo metcorrespondents of local-based foreign newsagencies, reporters oflocal periodicals andcorrespondents fromforeign news agencies

abroad at Zabuthiri Hallof Hluttaw Building, here,this evening.

At the press meeting,they explained submissionof proposals to the

Hluttaw, practisingdemocratization processincluding voting, and

holding the ceremony tomark the InternationalDay of Democracy 2011

and replied to queriesraised by reporters.

MNA

P2(16).pmd 9/16/2011, 10:07 AM2

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 16 September, 2011 3

Kenya gov’t warned about pipeKenya gov’t warned about pipeexplosion danger

NAIROBI, 15 Sept—The Kenyan governmentwas repeatedly warned about the dangers of peopleliving on top of a gasoline pipeline that leaked fueland exploded days ago, killing 95 people, expertssaid Wednesday.

Kenyan people gather around the siteof a gasoline pipeline explosion in a slum

area of Nairobi, Kenya, on 13 Sept,2011.—INTERNET

Families living in Kenya’s slums are vulnerableto explosions, electrocution, fires, poisoning andother disasters because politicians anxious for voteswon’t enforce city codes, they said.

The three largest slums in the Capital of Nairobi— home to over 500,000 people — are located onland unsuitable for human habitation, according to2008 research by the University of Nairobi, saidPeter M Ngau, a professor in the department ofurban and regional planning at the university.

The report, which was presented to government,had warned that the Sinai slum was built on top of agasoline pipeline and a sewer leading from theindustrial centre. On Monday the pipeline burst agasket, gushing gasoline into the sewer, where itignited as hundreds of slum residents were fetchingit, according to those who survived the fire.

The death toll from the disaster rose to 95 onWednesday as more people died of their injuries, saidPamela Indiaka, an official with the Kenya Red Cross.One person died on Tuesday night and six people diedWednesday in the hospital, she said. Another body wasalso recovered from a river which cuts across the slum.

More than 100 people were hospitalized withburns.

“It’s just disasters waiting to happen,” said Ngau,the professor. “It is just by the grace of God that they(disasters) do not happen more.”

In Kibera, Kenya’s largest slum, residents livein mud-walled, iron-roofed structures dangerouslyclose to railway lines that carry fuel and dangerouschemicals, he said. In Mathare, the second biggestslum, people live on steep slopes prone to mudslides.In the third largest slum of Mukuru, shacks sprungup under high voltage electricity lines.—Internet

Border officials and emergency personnel

look over the construction site where a

scaffolding collapsed at the San Ysidro Port of

Entry in San Diego on 14 Sept,

2011.— I N T E R N E T

Roof collapse hurts 17 at busyUS-Mexico crossing

SAN DIEGO, 15 Sept—A roof collapsed at theSan Ysidro bordercrossing betweenMexico and the UnitedStates on Wednesday,piling debris on lines ofcars, injuring at least 17travellers andconstruction workersand closing lanes tonorthbound traffic.

The world’s busiestborder crossing —linking Tijuana, Mexicowith San Diego,California — has beenundergoing a $600million upgrade since

Volunteers from Granby, Missouri, helpclean rubble left from the 22 May tornadoin Joplin, on 1 June, 2011.—INTERNET

Joplin tornadodeath toll rises to

162KANSAS CITY, 15 Sept—The death toll in the 22

May tornado that tore through Joplin, Missouri, hasreached 162 people and is likely to rise further, acounty coroner said on Wednesday.

Dorothy Johnston, 91, died on Sunday from a braininjury and Ronnie Holloway, 68, died on 15 Augustfrom an injured spine, Jasper County Coroner RobChappel said.

Chappel said there is sometimes a lapse in deathsof tornado victims being reported to him as the coronerfor Jasper County, which includes the City ofJoplin. There are likely other people with serioustornado injuries who have died or may yet die, hesaid. “I would be shocked if we are finished withthis,” Chappel said.—Reuters

Iraqi policemen inspect the site of a bomb

attack in al-Hamza, located just south of

Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad

on 14 September, 2011.—INTERNET

17 killed in spateof attacks incentral Iraq

BAGHDAD, 15 Sept—A series of attacks against theIraqi security forces in central Iraq on Wednesdaykilled a total of 17 people and wounded 53 others, thepolice said. The deadliest attack occurred in BabilProvince during morning rush hours when a carbomb detonated outside a popular restaurant in thetown of al-Shomaly southeast of the provincial capitalCity of Hilla, some 110 km south of Baghdad, killing11 people and wounding 41 others, an Interior Ministrysource told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Thepowerful blast destroyed the entire front of the restaurantwhich often frequented by Iraqi security forces, thesource said, adding that most of the victims werecivilians, including women and children.—Xinhua

Russia sees no need for Arctic militarizationMOSCOW, 15 Sept— Russia sees no need for

military troops’ presence in the Arctic region, ahigh-ranked official said here Wednesday.

Russia’s Ambassador-at-large for Arctic issuesAnton Vasiliev told a news conference ahead of theSecond International Arctic Forum that Moscowsees no unresolvable problems in the region thatrequire use of military forces.

“We have an effective international judicial

February that aims tomore than double itscapacity.

area,” spokeswomanJacqueline Wasiluk saidin a statement.

“Seventeen peoplewere injured, includingtravellers and constru-ction workers, with mosttreated on site,” sheadded.

San Diego Fire andRescue spokesmanMaurice Luque said 11people were being treatedin hospital following thecollapse, including apregnant woman and fourconstruction workers,one of whom remainedin serious condition.“Three people had to beextracted from crushedvehicles, Luque said,adding that “other peoplein vehicles andpedestrians were alsoinjured.” He said otherswere treated at the scenebut did not require, orrefused, additionalmedical attention.

Reuters

Scaffolding support-ing the roof collapsedacross several lanes at10:45 am local time, theUS Customs and BorderProtection agency said.It was not clear whetherthe collapse was linkedto the expansion work.

“CBP officers wereprocessing vehicle trafficin those lanes at the timeof collapse, and therewere vehicles locatedunder the collapsed

base to resolve all potential problems,” Vasilievsaid. He said Moscow has not seen any practicalfollow-up proposals to create a “mini-NATO”comprising of circumpolar countries. The idea of“mini-NATO” was voiced out during a summit ofNorthern European countries in London in January2011. The forum entitled “Arctic the territory ofdialogue” is to start on 22 Sept in the northernRussian City of Arkhangelsk.—Xinhua

p3(16).pmd 9/16/2011, 8:49 AM3

4 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 16 September, 2011

The international community adopted the Montreal Protocol onSubstances that Deplete the Ozone Layer to protect the earth fromharmful ultraviolet radiation. In more than 24 years of successfulimplementation, the Protocol has been gradually strengthened to coverthe phase-out of nearly 100 ozone-depleting substances. The latestadjustments were adopted in 2007 to accelerate the phase-out ofhydrochlorofluorocarbons, or HCFCs.

HCFCs are both ozone-depleting substances and powerful greenhousegases: the most commonly used HCFC is nearly 2,000 times more potentthan carbon dioxide in adding to global warming. By agreeing to speedup the phase-out of HCFCs, Parties to the Montreal Protocol increasedtheir already-substantial contributions to protecting the global climatesystem.

The level of climate benefits that can be achieved depends on whatchemicals and technologies are chosen to replace HCFCs. The phase-outthus presents countries and industries with a unique opportunity toacquire cutting-edge technologies that not only eliminate ozone-depletingcompounds but do so in a way that lowers energy costs and maximizesclimate benefits. To facilitate this transition in developing countries, theMontreal Protocol’s Financial Mechanism is providing increased funding.

Parties to the Montreal Protocol are now considering furtheramendments, including proposals to bring hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs,under the Protocol in a manner that would complement existing effortsunder the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and its KyotoProtocol. HFCs do not deplete the ozone layer but are highly potentgreenhouse gases, and their consumption has been increasing rapidly asthey are being used to replace HCFCs.

I urge Parties and industries to seize the opportunity provided by theHCFC phase-out to leapfrog HFCs wherever possible. Only by limitingglobal climate change can we hope to achieve sustainable development forall.

UNIC

UNSG’s Message on the International Dayfor the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

16 September 2011

UBS rogue trader losesUBS rogue trader loses$2 billion

ZURICH, 15 Sept—Switzerland’s UBS said onThursday it had discovered unauthorized trading bya trader in its investment bank had caused a loss ofsome $2 billion.

“The matter is still being investigated, but UBS’scurrent estimate of the loss on the trades is in therange of $2 billion,” the bank said in a brief statementjust before the stock market opened.

“It is possible that this could lead UBS to reporta loss for the third quarter of 2011. No clientpositions were affected.”

Lightning strikes over the headquartersof Swiss bank UBS during a

thunderstorm over the Paradeplatzsquare in Zurich late on 24 August,

2011.—INTERNET

UBS shares immediately tumbled 8 percent atthe open and were trading down 5.8 percent at10.30 francs at 0714 GMT (3:14 am ET), comparedwith a flat European banking sector index.

“It is amazing that this is still possible,” saidZKB trading analyst Claude Zehnder. “Theyobviously have a problem with risk management.Even when the amount isn’t so high it is once morea loss of confidence that casts UBS in a poor light.”

“With this they are losing a lot of credit thatthey had regained with effort,” he added.

UBS had started to see client confidence returnthis year after it had to be rescued by the Swissstate in 2008 following massive losses on toxicassets held by its investment bank. UBS AGannounced last month it is to axe 3,500 jobs toshave 2 billion Swiss francs ($2.3 billion) off annualcosts as it joins rival investment banks in reversingthe post-crisis hiring binge and preparing for atough few years.

Investment banks worldwide have been hit byslow trading due to the debt problems in the eurozone and United States, as well as regulationsaimed at forcing banks to hold more capital toprotect them from future shocks after the 2008global financial crisis.

UBS expects to book a restructuring chargedue to the job cuts of some 550 million francs, andaround 450 million francs of this will be booked inthe second half of the year, with the majorityrecognized in the third quarter.—Reuters

NEW YORK, 15 Sept—Groupon seeks to gopublic in October orNovember, peoplefamiliar with the mattertold the New York Timeson Wednesday, a weekafter the daily deals websiteput its IPO on hold for afew weeks as it waited toride out global marketturmoil.

The company, whichhad postponed a roadshowto attract potentialinvestors early this month,could go ahead with thepresentations by mid-October, sources told theNY Times. The onlinecoupon giant’s ChiefExecutive Andrew Masonhad earlier lashed out at

critics in an internal memoto employees, whichbecame public in August.

The IPO restart is beingdriven in part by aresolution between thecompany and theSecurities and ExchangeCommission over thememo, sources told thenewspaper. Groupon,which is among a clutchof Internet companiesheading toward an IPOthis year or next, includingsocial games maker Zyngaand Facebook, could againdelay the stock sale androadshow in case ofanother bout of marketvolatility, people briefedon the matter told thepaper.—Reuters

Business

TB vaccine tested in miceshows promise

NEW YORK, 15 Sept—A vaccine made of a genetically modifiedbacterium closely related to the bacterium that causes tuberculosis protectedmice against TB, US researchers say. Study leader William R Jacobs Jrof the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York says TB, a diseasethat kills an estimated 1.7 million worldwide, is caused by the bacteriumMycobacterium tuberculosis.

A vaccine to prevent TB infection, called bacille Calmette-Guerin, is widelyavailable, but it provides limited protection and can cause severe TB infectionin infants infected with HIV, restricting its use in certain countries, Jacobs says.

Jacobs and colleagues genetically modified M. smegmatis, a relative ofMycobacterium TB that is generally harmless to humans, by replacing a set ofM. smegmatis genes called esx-3 — believed to be important because its DNAsequence is unusually consistent across species — with the corresponding butnot identical set of genes from Mycobacterium TB. The researchers vaccinatedmice with the modified form of M smegmatis, essentially delivering theMycobacterium TB version of esx-3 without the bacterial components thatwould cause infection and then challenged the mice with MycobacteriumTB.—Internet

Health

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE PRESERVATIONOF THE OZONE LAYER 16 SEPTEMBER

‘‘HCFC phase-out:a unique opportunity’’

Groupon IPOback on track

An online coupon sent via email from Grouponis pictured on a laptop screen on 29 November,

2010 in Los Angeles.—INTERNET

p4(16).pmd 9/16/2011, 8:49 AM4

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 16 September, 2011 5

Science

Russia sets first post-crash mannedRussia sets first post-crash mannedRussia sets first post-crash mannedRussia sets first post-crash mannedflight for Novemberflight for Novemberflight for November

MOSCOW, 15 Sept—Russia on Tuesday set itsnext manned space flightto the International SpaceStation for November andsaid it will not let the orbiterbe abandoned despite arecent accident involvingits workhorse Soyuzrocket.

“According to theschedule the launch of themanned Soyuz spaceships(has been set for) 12November and 20December of this year,”Russia’s space agencyRoskosmos said in astatement.

“The schedule hasbeen put together takinginto consideration thereadiness of propulsionsystems of thirdstagerocket boosters,” said thestatement, noting themove also took into

A Soyuz rocket blasts off from the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome early to the

International Space Station (ISS), in June 2011.Russia on Tuesday set its next manned spaceflight to the International Space Station for

November and said it will not let the orbiter beabandoned despite a recent accident involving

its workhorse Soyuz rocket.—INTERNET

account recommen-dations of industryofficials.

A Soyuz-U rocketcarrying an unmannedcargo ship to theInternational Space

Station failed to reach orbiton 24 August, insteadcrashing in Siberia shortlyafter blast-off. The firstsuch failure since Soyuzrocket launches began in1978 prompted Russia to

ground its manned flightprogramme until thecauses of the accident werefound and raised freshdoubts about the reliabilityof its Soviet-eratechnology.

Soyuz rockets areused to launch theunmanned Progress cargovehicles as well as theSoyuz manned capsulesgoing to the ISS.Roskosmos alsoannounced plans to sendthe first post-crashunmanned cargo Progressferry to the ISS on 30October.

Russia is the onlycountry capable ofsending manned missionsinto space and the accidenthas prompted a series ofurgent consultations withNASA officials who areconcerned about theprospect of possiblyleaving the ISS unmanned.

A spokesman for theRussian Space MissionControl told AFP later onTuesday that theresumption of mannedand cargo launchesindicated that there wasno need to evacuate thespace station.

Internet

TOKYO, 15 Sept—Sony Corp will launch its newPlayStation Vita handheld games device on 17December in Japan, and will not discount the price, thehead of its Japanese games unit said on Wednesday.

The price decision comes despite what analystssee as the flop of rival Nintendo’s 3DS portable gamesgadget. Hiroshi Kawano, who heads the domestic unitof Sony’s games business, was speaking to reportersa day ahead of the annual Tokyo Game Show.

Sony said last month it saw no need to reduce theprice of the PS Vita from the announced figure of24,980 yen ($325)for a Wi-fi only model and 29,980yen ($390)for a 3G plus Wi-fi version. But the companylast month cut the price of its PlayStation 3 gamingconsole by a fifth in a bid to regain lost ground againstits rival Microsoft, which makes the Xbox. ($1 =76.880 Japanese Yen).—Reuters

Sony says to launchnew handheld deviceon 17 December in

Japan

Sony Computer Entertainment JapanPresident Hiroshi Kawano speaks during

a news conference on the company’sPlayStation Vita handheld games device

in Tokyo, on 14 September, 2011.INTERNET

Microsoft releases firstWindows 8 test version

Microsoft WindowsPresident Steven

Sinofskyintroduces the new

tablet running atest version of its

touch-enabledWindows 8 at the

Build conference inAnaheim,

California on 13September,

2011.—XINHUA

SAN FRANCISCO, 15Sept— Microsoft releasedon Tuesday a test versionof Windows 8 todevelopers, posing toregain ground of the tabletmarket dominated byApple and Google.

At its developer-focused BUILD con-ference held in Anaheim,California, the softwaregiant handed out newSamsung tablet computerswith a test version of thecode-named “Windows8,” the first detailedpreview of the system fordevelopers and peopleoutside Microsoft.

Generally expected tobe launched in fall 2012,Microsoft did not saywhen the system will shipor its price.

Featuring a home

page filled with colorfulapplication tiles, the newsystem boots up inseconds. Microsoft saidthe system will run on low-power ARM-based chipsthat power smartphones

and tablets. Windows 8also introduces a new“Metro style” interface,which run full-screen andusers can multitask in twoat a time.

“We reimaginedWindows,” said StevenSinofsky, president of theWindows and WindowsLive Division at Microsoft,in his keynote address tothe thousands ofdevelopers in attendance.“From the chipset to theuser experience, Windows8 brings a new range ofcapabilities withoutcompromise.”

Analysts said the newsystem is consumer-oriented and intuitive but itwill take time to seewhether it is an “iPadkiller.”

Xinhua

Astonomers claim biggesthaul of other worlds

MORAN, (Wyoming)15 Sept— Astronomerson Tuesday unveiled ahaul of more than 50planets orbiting otherstars, including a “super-Earth” which inhabits azone where, providingconditions are right, watercould exist in liquid form.It is the biggest single tallyin the history of exoplanethunting since the very firstworld beyond the SolarSystem was spotted in1995, the European

Southern Observatory(ESO) said in a pressrelease.

The planets weredetected using a lightanalyser, or spectrograph,on a 3.6-metre (11.7-feet)telescope at La SillaObservatory in the ultra-dry conditions of Chile’sAtacama desert. Thefindings were presentedat a conference onExtreme Solar Systems inMoran, Wyoming,attended by 350 exoplanet

specialists.Sixteen of the planets

have been designated“super-Earths”, a termmeaning that they areexceptionally small forexoplanets that have beenspotted so far. A super-Earth is between one and10 times the mass of theEarth. It does notnecessarily mean that theworld is rocky — asopposed to gassy — orthat the conditions for lifeexist.

However, one of the16 new “super-Earths”,called HD 85512 b, whichis estimated to be only 3.6times the mass of theEarth, is orbiting at anintriguingly promisingdistance from its star.

It is just at the faredge of the so-calledGoldilocks zone, where thetemperature should bebalmy enough for water,the stuff of life as we knowit, to exist in liquid formrather than as ice or a gas.

Internet

Science

A handout released by the European SouthernObservatory (ESO) in 2010 shows an artists

impression of the atmosphere around a super-Earthexoplanet. Astronomers on Tuesday unveiled a haul

of more than 50 planets orbiting other stars,including a “super-Earth” which inhabits a zone

where, providing conditions are right, water couldexist in liquid form.

INTERNET

123456789012123456789012123456789012123456789012Tech

123456789012123456789012123456789012123456789012Tech

P5(16).pmd 9/16/2011, 8:49 AM5

6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 16 September, 2011

MPs to recall James Murdochover phone hacking

LONDON, 15 Sept—Members of Parliament will recall Rupert Murdoch’s sonJames for more questioning over phone hacking at the now-closed News of theWorld after two former executives contradicted his testimony. Deputies will quizJames Murdoch, chairman of News International, News Corp’s British newspapersubsidiary, over allegations he misled an earlier hearing when he denied he knewhacking was widespread at the paper.

The fall-out from the crisis spread across the Atlantic after a group of USinvestors on Tuesday added fresh charges to a lawsuit alleging mismanagementat Murdoch’s News Corp. The Parliament’s media committee grilled bothMurdochs in a high-profile public hearing in July. But committee chairman JohnWhittingdale said Tuesday that James Murdoch would be asked back to answersome unresolved questions. “The committee is beginning to reach the end of itsdeliberations, we’ve spent a lot of time on this, but there are still one or two looseends that we want to tie up,” Whittingdale told Sky News television.—Internet

News International Chairman

and Chief Executive James

Murdoch is seen in London in

July. MPs have announced

they will recall James

Murdoch to answer questions

about what he knew about

phone hacking at the News of

the World newspaper.

INTERNET

Bodies of pilots recoveredBodies of pilots recoveredin Indonesia

JAKARTA, 15 Sept—The bodies of an Australianpilot and his Slovakian co-pilot who died when theirsmall plane crashed inIndonesia’s PapuaProvince have beenrecovered, according to anofficial. “At 7:00 am todaywe sent three helicopters torecover the bodies of SusiAir pilot David Cootesfrom Australia and co-pilotThomas Munk fromSlovakia,” Papua policespokesman Wachyonosaid on Wednesday.

The choppers col-lected the bodies from thecrash site in Yahukimodistrict and flew them to

Wreckage of the Susi Air Cessna Grand

Caravan plane is seen at a forested

mountain area in the Yahukimo district in

eastern Indonesia’s Papua Province. The

bodies of an Australian pilot and his

Slovakian co-pilot who died when the

plane crashed have been recovered,

according to an official.

INTERNET

Peruvian police seize 361.2 kgof cocaine

LIMA, 15 Sept—Peruvian police announced on Tuesday it had seized ashipment of 361.2 kg of cocaine in an operation near the capital city. During theoperation in the District of Pucusana, some 50 km south of Lima, the NationalPolice of Peru also arrested two brothers.

The confiscated drug was brought to Lima where it is being held by judicialauthorities, local RPP radio quoted the police as saying. The drug, which had beenhidden in a hopper, a container shaped like a pyramid, was heading for the remoteport Town of Matarani near the Chilean border.—Xinhua

Biak island, off Papua’snorthwestern coast.Wachyono did not saywhen the bodies would berepatriated. Susi Air’s lightCessna Grand Caravanplane was carrying foodand fuel to a remote districtwhen it crashed Friday inbad weather. Thick fog andbad weather prevented aprompt search-and-rescuemission to the remote site.The sprawling Indonesianarchipelago relies heavilyon air transport and has apoor aviation record.Turbulent weather cond-itions in Papua have causedseveral aviation accidentsin recent years.—Internet

In this 12 Sept, 2011 image taken from

video, a group of people tilt a burning

BMW up to free Brandon Wright, on his

back on the ground, who was pinned

underneath after he collided with the car

while riding his motorcycle on US 89 in

Logan, Utah.—INTERNET

Bystanders becomeheroes in

motorcyclist’s rescueSALT LAKE CITY, 15 Sept—The students knew they

had to act quickly when they disregarded the dangersof approaching a smoking car and rushed to help liftit so a man — trapped beneath with a motorcycle justfeet away in flames — could be freed. Abbass Sharif,28, remembers only that something needed to bedone as he, a fellow Utah State University doctoralcandidate and more than half dozen others lined up onone side of the 4,000-pound car. They were able to liftit within moments, allowing one of the rescuers to pullBrandon Wright to safety.

“The chance of him dying if we don’t do it is like100 percent,” Sharif said, recalling the sequence ofevents that played out Monday in Logan, a collegetown roughly 90 miles north of Salt Lake City. “If youweigh the chance of you being in danger, that’s goingto be low, like 20 percent, compared to 100 percent.”

After the heroic act, Assistant Logan Police ChiefJeff Curtis said one could “only speculate what theoutcome would have been” had none of the rescuerssprung to action.—Internet

US blames BP for Gulf spill

WASHINGTON, 15Sept—The United Statesheaped the lion’s shareof blame for the country’sbiggest ever offshore oilspill on BP onWednesday as thegovernment issued itsfinal assessment of lastyear’s Gulf disaster.

In a report that maybe pivotal in themultibillion-dollar legal

Fire boat response crews battle the

blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig

Deepwater Horizon, off Louisiana, in this

handout photograph taken on 21 April,

2010 and obtained on 22 April.—INTERNET

battles to come and couldset the stage for criminalcharges, the Coast Guardand the offshore oilregulator said BP wassolely to blame for 21 of35 contributing causes tothe Macondo well blow-out that led to the leak,and shared blame foreight more.

While the findingswere broadly in line with

several previous inve-stigations, this reportoffered the most com-prehensive glimpse into thegovernment’s officialview on the causes of theGulf oil spill, includinganalysis of the recoveredblowout preventer andviolations of federalregulations by thecompanies involved withthe well.

BP shares soared 5percent on the day asinvestors viewed thefindings as spreadingresponsibility morebroadly.

Shares of Halliburton— which was responsiblefor cementing — dipped0.33 percent. Rig operatorTransocean rallied morethan 4 percent.

What they’re sayingis, it’s BP’s well.Transocean may havemade some mistakes, butpart of that was becauseBP didn’t tell them or

communicate to themabout increasing opera-tional risks. BP is theoperator of the well, it’stheir responsibility,”Pursell said.

Investors will now turntheir attention to the courts,where numerous casespitting the companiesagainst each other, thepublic and the governmentcould drag out for years.

Reuters

p6 (16).pmd 9/16/2011, 8:49 AM6

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 16 September, 2011 7

Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin attends 18th

regular session of United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva ofSwitzerland.—MNA

Myanmar will continueto work closely…

(from page 16)With the aim of energizing the

country’s export trade, commercial taxon export goods has recently beenreduced from 8 per cent to 2 per cent.In addition, all agricultural and timberexport products are now tax-exemptedto significantly boost our external trade.

Regarding the micro-financescheme, the Government has beenproviding loans up to the villagelevel so as to expand comparablegrowth between the rural and urbanareas. Due to this initiative, smalland medium enterprises (SMEs)throughout the country will achieveconsiderable progress in the yearsahead. These structural adjustmentprogrammes in the economic andfinancial sectors are alreadymaking their impact within the shortperiod of time.Madame President,

Let me now turn to the promotionand protection of human rights in mycountry. As a conscientious member ofthe community of nations, Myanmarhas been working closely with the UnitedNations and the international communityin promoting and protecting humanrights of its people. As in the stateconstitutions of other countries, thepromotion and protection of humanrights is fully guaranteed in ChapterVIII of our own State Constitution.Madame President,

While talking about the promotionand protection of human rights in mycountry, I would also like to touch brieflyon our efforts to promote rights of ourworkers. Efforts by the new governmentto enable our workers to enjoy theirrights in line with international labourstandards are now bearing fruit. TheLabour Organizations Bill draftedwith the assistance of ILO, wasapproved by the Amyotha Hluttaw(House of Nationalities) on 29August 2011. The bill is now undersubmission to the PyidaungsuHluttaw (Union Parliament) for itsadoption. It is expected that this bill

will soon be made into law, inaccordance with Section 24 of theState Constitution.

Likewise, the Ward or Village-tract Administration Bill is now beforethe Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (UnionParliament). This bill, when promulgatedas law, will effectively contribute toMyanmar’s efforts in eliminating thepractice of forced labour in the country.Madame President,

Human rights situation inMyanmar was reviewed by the HumanRights Council’s UPR Working Grouplast January.

During the Working Groupsession, 57 countries contributed190 recommendations on the humanrights situation in Myanmar. Outof these, 74 recommendationsenjoyed our instant acceptancewhile 46 recommendations werebrought back to the Capital forfurther consideration. Seventyrecommendations did not enjoy oursupport.

At the Plenary of the 17th

session of the HRC last June,Myanmar agreed to accept fouradditional recommendations out ofthe 46 recommendations followingtheir consideration at the Capital.The remaining 42 recommendationsreceived either a partial acceptanceor no acceptance at all. It was so,because of the intrusive languageand the ambiguous nature of thoserecommendations.Madame President,

Myanmar is now on track, takingnecessary measures to become a StateParty to some international core humanrights instruments, such as theConvention on the Rights of Personswith Disabilities and the OptionalProtocol to the Convention on the Rightsof the Child on the sale of children, childprostitution and child pornography.

In my view, the UPR processis the most dependable anduncontroversial monitoringmechanism to address and ratifythe human rights situation of allcountries. As such, I firmly believethat country-specific mandates and

resolutions are no longer desiredor required in the Council.Madame President,

In order to effectively promoteand protect human rights of itscitizens, Myanmar established theNational Human RightsCommission on 5 September 2011.The National Commission iscomposed of independent expertsfrom all strata of life; they are wellrespected by the community theyrepresent. Citizens who assume thattheir rights are violated could freelyfile their Complaints to theCommission. Upon receiving acomplaint, the commission willinvestigate it and the findings willbe transmitted to the concernedauthorities for redress. TheCommission will submit its annual reportdirectly to the President of the Republic.Standing itself as an independent humanrights entity, the Commission, whilestriving to promote and protect humanrights in the domestic context, will alsoactively cooperate with internationalorganizations such as the UnitedNations, the Human rights Council, andother regional groupings.Madame President,

The President of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar is vested by theState Constitution with the authority togrant amnesties. The President hadexercised his authority for the first timeby issuing an amnesty order on 16 May2011 commuting death sentences to lifeimprisonment and reducing other prisonterms by one year. As a result,approximately 20,000 inmates fromprisons and labour camps werereleased till the end of July 2011.

As a gesture of our renewedcooperation with the ICRC (TheInternational Committee of the RedCross), the latter has been permittedaccess to the prisons with a view toupgrading water and sanitation facilitiesthere.Madame President,

Reaffirming our commitment tothe ongoing cooperation with theinternational community including theHuman Rights Council, the SpecialRapporteur on the situation of HumanRights in Myanmar, Mr Tomas QjeaQuintana, visited Myanmar from 21 to25 of August 2011, his fourth visit, at theinvitation of the Government. Duringthe visit, he was able to observe theparliament (Hluttaws) in session andmeet with high-ranking governmentofficials and other stakeholders. Hewas also received by the Hluttaws(Parliaments) Speakers, the ChiefJustice, the Union Ministers, the UnionAttorney-General, the Chairman of theElection Commission, the Deputy Chiefof Police, the Advisory Group to thePresident, and the parliamentarians. Hemet privately with the seven prisonersat Insein Prison at his request.

At the press conferenceconcluding his visit, Mr Quintana

stated that the visit was veryproductive and that theGovernment’s efforts should beencouraged by the internationalcommunity.

Myanmar will continue to workclosely with the Special Rapporteur inpromoting and protecting human rightsin the country. At the same time,Myanmar earnestly hopes that theSpecial Rapporteur would report hisfindings back to the United Nationsbased on the principles of objectivity,impartiality, non-selectivity andconstructive dialogue which are clearlystipulated in the United Nations GeneralAssembly Resolution 60/251 of 15March 2006.Madame President,

With regard to the nationalreconsolidation, the President of therepublic of has clearly stated that thosewho truly wish to serve the interests ofthe State and the people mustparticipate in the political process bycontesting elections in accordance withthe Constitution, setting asidedifferences. The parliament(Hluttaw) is the only appropriatevenue to discuss the future of thenation and its people.

The Government, expressingits magnanimity and genuinegoodwill for nationalreconsolidation, has asserted thatthe door of peace is being kept open.It is determined to pursue a peacefulresolution of differences with thenational race armed groups.

Recently, Union Minister UAung Kyi and Daw Aung San Suu Kyimet twice. The discussed the rule oflaw, elimination of disagreement andserving national interest. They reachedagreement to cooperate in pursuing thestability of the State and the nationaldevelopment to fulfill the actual needsand desire of the entire people, for theflourishing of democracy, and ensuringof economic and social development ofthe country.

The President himself met DawAung San Suu Kyi on 19 August andthey discussed to find out potentialcommon grounds for cooperationin the interest of the nation and thepeople, setting aside different views.Madame President,

Myanmar today has entered anew era. The new constitutionalgovernment is pursuing the nationalgoal of building a modern, developedand democratic nation. Progress in thepolitical, economic and social sectorsof the country will be incremental,systematic and dynamic. Myanmar ischanging, and changing for realprogress. In the transformationalprocess, Myanmar will not immunefrom various challenges. At thisimportant juncture, the internationalcommunity can best assist us byproviding necessary encouragementand support

I thank you Madame President.

p7(16).pmd 9/16/2011, 8:49 AM7

8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 16 September, 2011

(from page 16)Inn National Development Party,

Kayin Democracy and Development Party,Taaung (Palaung) National Party, KayinPeoples Party, Unity and Democracy PartyKachin State (SaDaKa), Wa DemocraticParty, PaO National Organization, ChinNational Party, Phalon-Sawaw DemocraticParty, Chin Progressive Party, All MonRegion Democracy Party, National Demo-cratic Force, Rakhine Nationalities Devel-opment Party, National Unity Party, ShanNationalities Democratic Party and UnionSolidarity and Development Party,Amyotha Hluttaw Representatives, inde-pendent representatives and people’s rep-resentatives read out papers includingpapers of students respectively to mark theInternational Day of Democracy 2011.

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U ShweMann addressed the ceremony to mark theInternational Day of Democracy 2011.

Democracy is a flourishing systemthat emerged in accord with the demand ofthe human beings and human society.

Exercising democracy in pragmaticworld is a way of safeguarding thedemocracy.

It is a universal truth that every oneand every nation has desires to enjoysufficiency of basic needs and develop-ment.

Nowadays, people are talking aboutdemocracy and human rights and tryingto enjoy the rights through variousforms, ways and means.

Democracy and human rights are insituations in which they are inseparablylinked. Every citizen and every organiza-tion is to uphold and abide by enacted lawsfor realization of democracy and humanrights.

So democracy respects desires ofminority and decisions of majority havebecome policies and laws. Those con-cerned are to follow the decisions and lawswhich are in effect in the areas concernedwithout exception and this will lead toRule of Law.

In accord with the election results ofour country’s multi-party democracygeneral elections held in November 2010,people’s representatives are elected as rep-resentatives of Pyithu Hluttaw andAmyotha Hluttaw where duty and authorityare given in equal term. Both Hluttaws

From this milestone of democratization,all institutions, departments…

have the responsibility of reciprocal checkand balance. The session held by twoHluttaws is called Pyidaungsu Hluttawand representatives become PyidaungsuHluttaw representatives.

During the first regular session heldfrom 31 January to 30 March, peoplerepresentatives and Defence ServicesPersonnel representatives elected Speakersand Deputy Speakers for respectivehluttaws, the Vice-Presidents andPresident. Next, Pyidaungsu Hluttawapproved the appointment of 30 ministersfor 34 ministries, chairperson and eightmembers of Constitutional Tribunal of theUnion, chairperson and six members ofUnion Election Commission, Chief Justiceand six Judges of the Supreme Court of theUnion, Union Attorney-General and UnionAuditor-General.

The abovementioned general electionsand elections and approvals in Hluttawswere held in accord with the existing lawsand democratic process. But politicalparties, some organizations, some mediasand international organizations madeaccusations that the undertakings areundemocratic, unequal and injust. Amongthem, even the winning Union Solidarityand Development Party made officialcomplaints and made accusations that therewere unequal and unfair cases in theconstituencies they faced defeat. Accordingto the finds, shouts of unfair, unequal andundemocratic emerged when their partiesor their representatives faced defeat.Nevertheless, it is found that organizationsconcerned tried to make correct decisionsthrough reasoning power in accord withthe law.

I dare to say that the Hluttaw fo-cuses on ensuring equality and correct-ness through democratic way. I haveinvited Hluttaw representatives topresent and discuss at any time mattersthey deem undemocratic and unfair,and welcomed criticism and suggestionfrom media public.

Hluttaws received a letter form Inter-Parliamentary Union-IPU in June 2011.The letter said the International Day ofDemocracy falls on 15th September andasked us to hold a ceremony in commemo-ration of the day and asked a question,What do citizens expect from their Parlia-ment?

I set this motto People’s Voice,Hluttaw’s (Parliament’s) Voice; People’sWill, Hluttaw’s (Parliament’s) Will; Peo-ple’s Expectation, Hluttaw’s (Parliament’s)Implementation and implementations arebeing undertaken in accord with the motto.

In Hluttaw, representatives askedquestions what the people want to knowand representatives from organizationsof three branches of power elected bythe people answered the queries.

People’s representatives submittedwills and demands of the people asproposals. People’s representatives andmembers of respective organizations dis-cussed the proposals of which some areput into record by Hluttaw. Sometimes,decision to respond the proposal is passed,policy to do so is adopted and bill isdrafted.

The Section 95 Sub-section (a) and(b) of the Constitution suggest that if a Billinitiated in the Pyithu Hluttaw or theAmyotha Hluttaw is approved by bothHluttaws, it shall be deemed that the Bill isapproved by the PyidaungsuHluttaw; if there is a disagreement be-tween the Pyithu Hluttaw and the AmyothaHluttaw concerning a Bill, the Bill shall bediscussed and resolved in the PyidaungsuHluttaw.

The Section 105 Sub-section (a) statesthat the President shall sign the Billsapproved or the Bills deemed to beapproved by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw,within 14 days after the day of receipt, andshall promulgate it as Law.

Hluttaw has two main duties. Theseare the duty of legislation and the dutyof reciprocal control, and check andbalance.

The legislation duty includes revok-ing and amending existing laws afterconsideration and prescribing new laws,including budget law.

Legislation is the specific duty ofHluttaws. It means people’s representa-tives on behalf of the people are to dolegislation. In transforming political willto law, the facts to be considered arewhether it protects public interest,whether it protects the interest of thepeople, whether it accords with the Con-stitution, whether it is pragmatic, andwhether it accords with internationallaws, and conventions and treatiesadopted by our country.

People’s representative or Union-levelorganization can submit bill.

The duty of reciprocal control, andcheck and balance means separation ofpowers among Hluttaws, executiveinstitutions and judicial bodies.

Second regular session of first PyithuHluttaw started on 22 August, 2011.

On the first day of the session, he, as aHluttaw Speaker, urged the Hluttaw asfollow: -

“This session would bring questions,proposals and bills for discussion that willcontribute to the nation. Present at thesession are distinguished guests andjournalists apart from the Hluttawrepresentatives who will raise questionsand submit proposals and laws. So, it is fairto say that the session has met all democraticrequirements. They have to acceptsuggestions the media, the people and theinternational community will make.”

They will carry out the tasks inaccordance with the nation’s Hluttawformation, duties and powers of theHluttaw, the Hluttaw committees andcommissions, and bodies in which thePresident exercises the executive powerand the Hluttaw exercises the legislativepower which is different from the processin which the Parliament exercise thelegislative and executive powers.

Learning lessons from the pastevents, they will have to do all whatshould be done with determination andin unity today. Therefore, the Hluttawneeds to be competent and strong. It isalso needed to make the Hluttawstronger. Hluttaw representatives neednot only to improve their skills, but alsoto show mutual respects to consolidateunity. He said that he is pleased to seethat Hluttaw representatives are inaction with the concept of serving theinterest of the people, the Union and thenation without attachment to partyconcerned, dogmatism, localism, racismand regionalism.

In fact, Hluttaws are an organizationthat has all characteristics and essence ofdemocracy and shares powers equally.The laws that serve and protect the inter-ests of the nation and the people need tocome into effect as soon as possible in theprocess Hluttaw representatives submitpublic stances as questions, proposalsand bills for discussions. Similarly,Hluttaws are the major organization thatworks for protection of fundamental,democratic rights and human rights ofcitizens.

(See page 9)

Those attending International Day of Democracy 2011 seen at Hluttaw Hall in Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

p8(16).pmd 9/16/2011, 8:49 AM8

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 16 September, 2011 9

(from page 8)The laws enacted by respective bodies

upon which the power is bestowed to enactthe laws the Hluttaw has promulgatedsuch as bylaws, rules, regulations, orders,directives, notifications, procedures andmanuals are to be scrutinized to ensure thatthey conform to the laws promulgated by theinitial Hluttaw. And all organizations andcitizens have to abide by those laws andcontribute towards the check and balancesystem.

These duties are to be shouldered mainlyby Hluttaw committees and commissionsand bodies formed with Hluttawrepresentatives. They are required to havegood volition and qualifications and exertcorrect procedures to have their missionsaccomplished.

Hluttaw representatives are respon-sible for bringing into force the laws thatcan really serve the interests of the peopleand the nation in the pragmatic worldand ensuring the entire people and allorganizations honour the laws, whileassessing the public voices, desires,stances and hopes in all seriousness.

Therefore, all Hluttaw representativeshave to be convinced of and accomplishtheir duties. Only then can they prove theirallegiance to the country and the people. Heseriously urged Hluttaw representatives toact as dutiful and loyal ones.”

Hluttaw Committees were formed inboth Amyotha and Pyithu Hluttaws at thesecond regular sessions. Pyithu Hluttawestablished 19 new committees in additionto four original Hluttaw committees,totaling 23.

Hluttaw is somewhat similar to USCongress. In US, the President is directlyelected by voters. Though in Myanmar, thePresident is elected by the people’srepresentatives. Generally, formation, andduties and rights of Congress and Hluttaware similar to each other.

Duties and rights of each committee ingeneral are:-(a) To help respective Union Minis-

tries and Union Organizations suc-ceed in making their undertaking.

(b) To observe the laws being exer-cised by departments and institu-tions in different fields and to reportto the Hluttaws if laws to be re-

From this milestoneof democratization…

A Hluttaw Representative reads apaper of Taaung (Palaung)

National Party on 2011 Interna-tional Day of Democracy.—MNA

UN Resident Representative MrBhairaja Panday reads message

sent by UNSG Mr BanKi-moon.—MNA

voked, amended and enacted arefound;

(c) To monitor and support in enforc-ing instructions of the existing lawsand instructions issued occasion-ally by respective departments andinstitutions if they are appropriatewith present situations;

(d) To examine complaints, petitionsand reports in connection with de-partments and institutions in respec-tive fields and submit report toHluttaws through Hluttaw speak-ers;

(e) Committees can discuss workprocedures with organizations andpersonnel concerned and have astatus of Union-level.

To put it in a nut-shell, Hluttawcommittees represent the Hluttaws andimplement respective works on behalf ofthe Hluttaws.

The total responsibilities of the allHluttaw committees comprise legislatureenshrined in Table-1 of the Constitutionand Hluttaw committees are coordinatorinstitutions between the whole nation andorganizations concerned for accomplish-ment of objectives.

Legislators discuss questions,proposals and bills and then policy andprocedure come into force by commonconsent.

Those holding administrative powerhave to govern and manage by issuingresolutions of organizations concerned asrules, regulations, principles, orders, direc-tives, notices, procedural manuals.

Those holding judicial power have tomake judgments in accordance withprocedures and laws.

Those who have the rights to practicepeople’s power can not act lawlessly andlegislators, administrators and judiciary,people, actual power, who are governedand judged also have to abide by law and itis usual to do so.

Likewise, journalists who are the fourthpillar of the nation have to be interactive andso have to be between people and mandatedbodies.

If so, we can regard that adorabledemocratic society allows and leads tomutual respect based on frankness; free-dom to express own opinions in holdingtalks; balanced interests of the minorityand the majority as the wish of the mi-nority is respected and wish of the ma-

jority is to be followed by all; freedom tomake suggestions, willingness to be sug-gested , and mutual interaction.

If democratic practices are exercisedsystematically, correctly by politicalparties, social organizations, institutionsthat exercise people’s power and otherorganizations keeping disciplines, suchorganizations can be said to already havedemocracy and human rights.

The other part of the world is watchingus and some of international media andMyanmar media are ready to monitor usand make suggestions.

Today, some media at home and abroadare with us in this hall and thus it is a historiclandmark of International Day ofDemocracy in the Hluttaws of Myanmar.

From this milestone of democratiza-tion, all institutions, departments andorganizations in Myanmar have to continuepracticing democracy systematically andfirmly in all fields. It is the historical needand agreeable to the need of circumstancesand time.

they have to respect the time and make gooduse of it, try to obtain modern techniquesand technologies, human resources andstrength, and also they have to be dutiful andhave a heart for systematic coordinationand cooperation.

Democracy is not an authoritariansystem, but acting in accordance withthe wishes of the majority through dis-cussion. In democracy system, decisionsbecome policies, which then become lawsif they need to be strictly pursued. So,good governance is not authoritariansystem, but a system that governs andmanages in accordance with the decisionof the majority policy and laws. And itcan be said that good governance is theessence of democracy.

In conclusion, we aspire for nationaldevelopment, we have to make reformswith modern concepts and in doing so,political field, economic field, social fieldand executive field are to participate. Lawsare to be promulgated to enforce all peopleand institutions practicing the people’s

YANGON, 15 Sept — Organized byMyanmar Industrialists Association, theopening of Myanmar-Malaysian Innova-tive Products & Services Expo-2011 tookplace at Tatmadaw Convention Hall herethis morning, attended by Yangon Re-gion Chief Minister U Myint Swe.

Region Minister for Electric Powerand Industry U Nyan Tun Oo, Chairmanof Myanmar Industrialists Association UZaw Min Win, Vice- Chairman U AungLwin, Malaysian Ambassador toMyanmar Dr. Ahmad Faisal Muhamad,

Myanmar-Malaysian InnovativeProducts & Services Expo-2011 opens

leader of Malaysian delegation Tan SriDato Soong Siew Hoong and Malaysia-Myanma Business Council Chairman Mr.Gilbert Lee formally opened the expo.

Next, the Chief Minister unveiledthe signboard of Myanmar-MalaysianInnovative Products & Services Expo-2011, and the MIA chairman and theleader of Malaysian business delegationextended greetings.

Then the Chief Minister and partyobserved the expo where 136 booths of86 companies are available. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Sept— The firstNay Pyi Taw Council Chairman ShieldFootball Tournament-2011 will be heldat Nay Pyi Taw Fc (Paunglaung) SportsGround and Nay Pyi Taw SportsGrounds (1) and (2) starting from 18September to 5 October.

The tournament includes eightfootball teams of the townships of NayPyi Taw Council Area, dividing intotwo categories—Tatkon, Pyimana,Dekkhinathiri, and Zeyathiri Townshipsin Group A, and Lewe, Ottarathiri,

First Nay Pyi Taw Council Chairman ShieldFootball Tournament on 18 Sept

Pobbathiri, Zabuthiri Townships inGroup B.

The first prize is K 1 million andthe second, K 700,000. At 4: 00 pm of 18September, the first match betweenPyimana Township Team and TatkonTownship Team is played at Nay PyiTaw Fc (Paunglaung) Sports Ground.

Only four State/Region selectedfootballers can be included in each team.The players must not be those who regis-ter in Myanmar National League (MNL)and its reserve football clubs.—MNA

We national people are responsiblefor history of Myanmar today and in thefuture. We national people have to prac-tice democracy on our own. Wishes ofpeople are important. Opinions of peo-ple are crucial.

To realize the wishes of the people,those who will play the leading role areneeded. And they are not away but most ofthem are just in this hall.

I hope those playing the leading rolemay work with right thinking and rightaction.

If we eye for success and developmentof the nation and ourselves, every citizen,apart from democratic practices, need to beethical, disciplined, industrious, moreover,

power to strictly follow. This responsibilityis mainly on the leaders of respectiveorganizations of peoples’ representatives.It is urgently needed to spread waves ofdemocracy among the people from thispoint. Our wishes of seeing the motherlandwhich is inferior to other nations standingshoulder to shoulder with other globalnations can only be fulfilled by the people.And our discussions on International Dayof Democracy are really meaningful.

After the ceremony, PyidaungsuHluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myint,Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U ShweMann and personnel cordially greeted guestsand personnel of foreign embassies.

MNA

p9(16).pmd 9/16/2011, 8:49 AM9

10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 16 September, 2011

Thai delegation of Royal Thai Armyconcludes visit

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Sept—Agoodwill delegation led by Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Army GeneralPrayut Chan-O-Cha and wife arrivedin Yangon from Nay Pyi Taw byspecial aircraft.

They were welcomed thereby Commander of Yangon CommandMaj-Gen Hsan Oo and wife, seniormilitary officers, Thai Ambassador toMyanmar Mr Apirath Vienravi andofficials.

The delegation went to ward-3 of South Okkalapa Township. Theypaid homage to Dattaw PyataikSayadaw of Parame Monastery,Theindaungtaik Monastery BhaddantaKittavara and donated alms.

At the Memorial to Fallen Heroes,they paid tribute and laid a wreath.

They then visited ShwedagonPagoda. In the evening, the Thai

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Sept— UnionMinister for Labour and for SocialWelfare, Relief and Resettlement UAung Kyi received Chinese Ambassadorto the Republic of the Union of MyanmarMr. Li Junhua at his office here this

Union Minster receives ChineseAmbassador

afternoon.They discussed exchanging views

on matters related to measures for naturaldisaster, social security, and rehabilitationof industries and work shops in ruralareas in poverty alleviation tasks.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15 Sept—According to the 12.30 hr MSTobservation today, the water level ofSittoung River in Toungoo (657) cm hasexceeded by (57) cm (about 1.8-ft) aboveits danger level. It may remain above itsdanger level (600) cm during the next(72) hours commencing noon today.

According to the 12.30 hr MST

YANGON, 15 Sept— A donationceremony took place at Sports andPhysical Education Institute (Yangon)in Tamway Township this noon.

At the ceremony, KOICA donatedsports publications to Sports and PhysicalEducation Department and Sports andPhysical Education Institute (Yangon).Resident of KOICA Ms. Kim Tae Eunpresented the purpose of the donation,and handed Principle U Tin Win sportspublications costly US $ 1400.

With the aim of promotion of sports

Danger water level of Sittoung,Thanlwin Rivers

observation today, the water level ofThanlwin River in Hpa-an (758) cm hasexceeded by (8) cm (about 0.3-ft) aboveits danger level. It may remain above itsdanger level (750) cm during the next(48) hours commencing noon today,announced the Meteorology andHydrology Department.

MNA

KOICA supports Myanmar sports sectorwith sports aids

training sector, KOICA sends threeTeikwundo coaches, one physicaleducation coach and one nurse to Sportsand Physical Education Institute(Yangon) respectively once every twoyears. Besides, it was known thatTeikwundo sport aids, and airconditioners and refrigerators costly US$ 20425 was offered in 2007, 16 kinds ofsports aids amounted US $ 12000 in2009, materials for all sports costly US $59450 in 2001.

MNA

Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai ArmyGeneral Prayut Chan-O-Cha and wife offer

floral tribute to fallen heroes.—MNA

China stresses people-to-people exchanges for

stronger China-Europe tiesBEIJING, 15 Sept—

Vice Premier Li Keqiangon Wednesday called forenhanced people-to-people contacts andcultural exchangesbetween China andEurope for stronger socialfoundations of theirstrategic cooperationpartnership.

While addressing aChina-Europe non-governmental dialoguelaunched in Beijing onWednesday, Li said

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang addresses theopening ceremony of China-Europe People-to-

People Dialogue on Friendship andCooperation in Beijing, Capital of China, on

14 Sept, 2011.—XINHUA

“China-Europe people-to-people activities will helpboth sides to boostunderstanding, respectand accept each other’sdevelopment path andcultural tradition, andfacilitate balanceddevelop-ment of culturalexchanges and economiccoopera-tion,” Li said. Hecalled on non-governmental sectors ofboth sides to carry outexchange activities of

Agents find weapons, rocketlauncher near Rio Grande

A cache of several high-powered weapons,including a rocket launcher, discovered by theUS Border Patrol agents along the Rio Granderiver is shown in this handout photo from on 13

September, 2011.—INTERNET

MCALLEN, 15 Sept—US Border Patrol agentsfound a rocket launcher,assault rifles andexplosives near the RioGrande river in Texas, theagency said on Wednes-day, a discovery thatsuggests a link to Mexico’sdrug wars. Agents foundthe weapons on Tuesday

in a black bag along aquiet stretch of the RioGrande near Fronton, asmall community about210 miles south of SanAntonio. No arrests havebeen made.

The weapons aresimilar to those reportedused in the borderlanddrug wars and smuggledsouth from the US intoMexico, and were found

in an area of the river thatis easily crossed and closeto a Mexican cartelbattleground.

But authoritiesstopped short of makingany direct link betweenthe guns and the drugcartels, saying only thatthey signaled a threat topublic safety in both Texasand Mexico.

Reuters

delegation left Yangon by specialflight.—MNA

cultural exchanges connect people from differentcountries, and people-to-people diplomacy should serveas important part for a country’s overall diplomacy.

various forms, and make new contributions to cementingChina-Europe friendship and cooperation in the 21stcentury.—Xinhua

p10 (16).pmd 9/16/2011, 8:49 AM10

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 16 September, 2011 11

West African finance ministerswarn over economic crisis

DAKAR, 15 Sept—West African finance ministerssaid Tuesday they were concerned about the knock-on effect of the financial crisis plaguing Europe andthe United States in a region whose common cur-rency is pegged to the euro.

Ministers of finance from the eight membercountries of the West African Monetary Union metin Dakar on Monday at the headquarters of theregion’s central bank (BCEAO). In a statementreleased Tuesday the ministers “welcomed theimproved macroecono-mic prospects of the union

23 sailors kidnapped intanker attack in W Africa

crew with Spanish, Peruvian and Ukrainian officers,said Serghios Serghiou, the director of Cyprus’Department of Merchant Shipping.

Serghiou said Cyprus authorities and the ship’sSpanish management company had not been able toconfirm Wednesday whether a hijacking took place.

“The ship sent out the initial security alert, butunfortunately, we haven’t been able to communicatewith the ship,” Serghiou said.

A spokeswoman for Spain’s Foreign Ministrysaid Spaniards accounted for less than five of thehostages. She spoke on condition of anonymitybecause of the sensitivity of the matter.

Internet

LAGOS, 15 Sept—Armed pirates raided a tankeroff the West African coast and kidnapped 23 sailorsWednesday, taking off with the vessel in watersthat are increasingly at risk of piracy, an internationalmonitoring group said.

The International Maritime Bureau, which trackspiracy worldwide, said pirates boarded the tanker asit idled about 62 nautical miles from Benin’s Capitalof Cotonou. Pirates struck as the Cyprus-flaggedvessel tried to transfer its cargo of crude oil to aNorwegian-registered ship, said Cyrus Mody, amanager at the bureau. The pirates sailed off with thecrew to an unknown location, Mody said.

The ship, called the Mattheos I, had a Filipino

2011 Summer Davosopens in northeast

China cityDALIAN, 15 Sept— The Annual Meeting of the

New Champions 2011, also known as the SummerDavos, opened in Dalian City of northeast China’sLiaoning Province on Wednesday morning.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivered a speechat the opening ceremony.

The forum, scheduled on 14-16 Sept, hasattracted some 1,700 participants from 90 countriesand regions. —Xinhua

The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the

New Champions, also known as the Summer Davos

Forum, opens in Dalian, a coastal city in northeast

China’s Liaoning Province, on 14 Sept, 2011.

XINHUA

The horse fighting competition attracts

spectators at Gulongpo in the Xiangfen

Township of Rongshui Miao Autonomous

County, southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang

Autonomous Region, on 13 Sept, 2011.

People in Rongshui County usually hold

horse fighting competitions to pray for and

celebrate harvest on the 16th day of the first

month and 16th day of the eighth month of

the lunar calendar every year. —XINHUA

Qantas in ‘world-first’ tablet trialQantas in ‘world-first’ tablet trialSYDNEY, 15 Sept—Passengers on Qantas will be

the first in the world to have in-flight entertainmentstreamed wirelessly to tablet devices in a trialannounced by the Australian airline Thursday. Tobe rolled out from the end of next month on oneBoeing 767-300 flying domestic routes, the six-week test will see Qantas’s current entertainmentprogramme broadcast to a tablet supplied by theairline.

The brand of tablet is yet to be confirmed, butQantas said Apple’s popular iPad was among themodels being considered. “Q Streaming” will bemade available to passengers for viewing on theirown tablet, laptop or smartphone later in the trialand would be a key part of the scheme if ultimatelyadopted, Qantas said.

“We are very pleased to be the first airline in theworld to trial this wireless streaming product,” saidAlison Webster, the airline’s customer experiencemanager. It will be assessed for wider roll-out bothdomestically and internationally once the trial iscomplete, she added, with supplied tablets to bespecially configured not to work outside the aircraftif stolen. The plan could also see a “play-back”option to allow passengers who did not finish watchinga programme on their own device before landing tocomplete their viewing, even after leaving the aircraft,Webster told the AAP newswire. Replacing seat-backentertainment systems with tablets offered significantfuel efficiencies due to the weight saving, she added— an important consideration as fuel prices rocketand Australia debates a pollution tax.—Internet

A Qantas Boeing 767-300 takes off fromSydney International Airport. Passengers

on the airline will be the first in the world tohave in-flight entertainment streamedwirelessly to tablet devices in a trialannounced on Thursday.—INTERNET

New dolphin speciesdiscovered in Australia

in relation to the gradual normalisation of theeconomic situation in Ivory Coast”.

The world’s leading cocoa producer was plungedinto four months of post-electoral violence, ended inApril, which shook the economy of the region’spowerhouse.

The ministers also lauded accelerated infras-tructure investment in member countries, whichinclude Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Mali,Niger, Senegal and Togo. All use the CFA franc,which is pegged to the euro.—Internet

MELBOURNE, 15 Sept—Researchers in Australiahave discovered that dolphin colonies living aroundMelbourne are a species unlike any other in theworld, they revealed on Thursday. The dolphins thatfrolic in Port Phillip Bay and the Gippsland Lakes,numbering around 150, were originally thought tobe one of the two recognised bottlenose species.

But Monash University PhD researcher KateCharlton-Robb found they were different bycomparing skulls, DNA and physical traits withspecimens dating back to the early 1900s.

She has named them Tursiops australis, althoughthey will commonly be known as the Burrunandolphin, an Aboriginal name meaning large sea fishof the porpoise kind.—Internet

Researchers in Australia have discovered thatdolphin colonies living around Melbourne are a

species unlike any other in the world, theyrevealed on Thursday.—INTERNET

p11(16).pmd 9/16/2011, 8:49 AM11

12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 16 September, 2011

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TABAH VOY NO (449)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TABAH

VOY NO (449) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 16.9.2011 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

INVITATION FOR TENDER(TENDER NO. 1(T)MPE/ LBO(1)/2011-2012)

1. Sealed Tenders are invited for the Myanma PetrochemicalEnterprise, the Ministry of Energy for the supply of (782)Metric Tons Lube Base Oil & Additives.2. Tender Closing Date : 27-9-2011 at (12:00) noon.3. Tender Opening Date : 27-9-2011 at (13:00) hrs.4. Delivery Time : Within November to December 20115. Tender Documents and details information are availableat the Department of Finance, Myanma PetrochemicalEnterprise, Nay Pyi Taw, during office hours commencing15-9-2011 on payment of the Myanmar Kyat One HundredThousand (Kyat 100,000) per set.6. Only bid from tenderer who has purchased tender documentofficially from Myanma Petrochemical Enterprise will beaccepted for evaluation.

Managing DirectorMyanma Petrochemical Enterprise

Indonesia welcomes Toyota investmentJAKARTA, 15 Sept— Indonesia has welcomed Toyota Motor's plan to spend $340 million in the country to

beef up car production in the country by more than 60 percent.The Industry Ministry said the investment, which will see the building of a new plant in western Java, would

create 20,000 new jobs across the industry and would improve the investment climate in Indonesia."This is a positive investment. It shows that foreigners are comfortable investing in Indonesia," the ministry's

head of automotives Budi Darmadi told AFP.Japanese car giant Toyota plans to increase production from 110,000 now to 180,000 by 2013."But if demand is higher than that, they may produce more, so they could potentially increase production by

70 percent," Darmadi said.—Internet

Roaring waves surge forward along the QiantangRiver in Jiaxing City, east China's Zhejiang Prov-ince, on 13 Sept, 2011. Tens of thousands of touristshave gathered in Jiangxing, one of the best tide-watching places, to watch the magnificent tidal bore.The tidal bore, an annual spectacular sight sinceancient times, is known in the world for its roaringtides. The natural wonder has become a popular attraction for tourists across the globe.—XINHUA

India inflationrises, stokes rate

hike pressureMUMBAI, 15 Sept—In-

dian inflation rose closerto double-digits in August,official figures showedWednesday, piling pres-sure on the central bankto hike interest ratesagain despite a slowingeconomy.

Annual inflation, ac-cording to the benchmarkwholesale price index, thecountry's most widelywatched cost-of-livingmeasure, jumped by morethan half a percentagepoint to 9.78 percent inAugust from July's 9.22percent.

The latest inflation risewas fuelled by rises in theprices of food, fuel andmanufactured products.

Economists saidmounting concerns aboutthe domestic and globaleconomies could mean thecentral bank might pausein hiking rates at its mon-etary policy-setting meet-ing on Friday.But manyare still betting on anotherrate increase.—Internet

Vegetable vendors inSiliguri, India in July.Indian inflation rosecloser to double-digits

in August, officialfigures showed, pilingpressure on the central

bank to hike interestrates again despite a

slowing economy.INTERNET

Workers make a final inspection to Toyota cars, atthe Toyota Karawang plant in Karawang, West

Java.—INTERNET

Philippine gov’t growth targetunattainable

Man kills 2children, 4

adults in Chinaaxe attack

BEIJING, 15 Sept—Afarmer with mental healthproblems killed six peo-ple, two of them children,with an axe as they madetheir way to a kindergartenin China, the local govern-ment and media reportssaid. Wednesday's incidentis the latest in a series ofviolent assaults on childreninvolving people with sus-pected psychiatric prob-lems in China, which ex-perts have blamed on rapidsocial change as the coun-try's economy booms.

Xinhua

MANILA, 15 Sept—ThePhilippine government'sambitious 7-8 percentyearend growth target nowseems unattainable withthe continued decline ofthe country's exportsbrought about by the pro-longed economic woes inJapan and the UnitedStates.

Data released by theNational Statistics Officeshowed that the country'smerchandise exports fellby 1.7 percent in July to4.43 billion US dollarsfrom last year's 4.51 bil-lion US dollars.

This was the third

straight month that Phil-ippine exports registereda decline.

Exports dropped by 3.1percent in May and 9. 4percent in June, the high-est decline for the year.

Analysts are convincedthat the 7-8 percent targetgrowth is now way off themark.

A joint research con-ducted by the First MetroInvestment Corp ( FMIC)and the University of Asiaand the Pacific (UAAP)

showed that the Philippineeconomy can have a full-year growth of only 5. 2percent but this would stilldepend on the economy'sperformance in the sec-ond semester.

In a report titled "Glo-bal Economic Prospects2011" released early thisyear, the World Bank alsoforecast a gross domesticproduct (GDP) growth inthe Philippines of only 5percent this year.

Xinhua

P12(16).pmd 9/16/2011, 8:49 AM12

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 16 September, 2011 13

Pajamas protect crotch from

sleep kickersAn Australian father

said he created pajamaswith groin protection fordads whose smallchildren kick in theirsleep.

Hugh McGuinness,45, of Turramurra saidhe submitted theprotective PJs to aninventor’s competitionthat could see them windup for sale onoo.com.au, The Sydney

Morning Heraldreported.

“My son Cameron,who is now 4, used tosleep in the bed with us.Basically, I thought itwould be a good idea tohave crotch protectionin case he kicks in hissleep,” McGuiness said.

“When I havementioned it to otherfathers, you could see

the pain in their eyes. Itcan be funny, but it ispainful when ithappens,” he said.

McGuinness saidhe is consideringcreating a similarproduct for fathers whouse a papoose to carrytheir babies.

“In that case, theirfeet are directly in line,”he said.

A sheep painted with the emblem of

England’s rugby team looks on at a farm

on the outskirts of Dunedin on 13

September, 2011. England will play

against Georgia in their Rugby World Cup

Pool B match in Dunedin on Sunday.

JJet-poet-powwered school bus reaches 320 mpheredschoolbus reaches320mphThe creator of a jet-

powered school buswith a 42,000-horsepower engine sayshe has reached a topspeed of 320 mphduring test runs inNebraska.

Paul Stender, anative of Big Bend, Wis,

said he and his teamcreated the jet-poweredbus in Lincoln, Neb, bytaking an F4 engine andbuilding the school busaround it, CBS Newsreported Monday.

Stender said he wasclocked at 320 mphduring a recent run.

“When you do a fullthrottle run, you hit fullthrottle and then theafterburner,” he said. “Itsets you back in the seatwith a couple G’s andyou just launch, andbefore you know ityou’re up to 300 milesper hour. It’s really a

neat feeling,” he said.Stender said he went

with the school busdesign to help interestchildren when he andhis team talk about theirwork at schools.

“Plus we got threeseats in there so we cangive rides, too,” he said.

News Album

In this 2 May, 2011 file

photo, recording artist

Paul McCartney, right,

and Nancy Shevell

arrive at the

Metropolitan Museum

of Art Costume

Institute gala in New

York. McCartney will

be honored .—INTERNET

MusiCares to honour Paul McCartney next yearNEW YORK, 15 Sept—

Paul McCartney will behonoured as MusiCaresperson of the year duringGrammy week nextyear.

The former Beatlewill not only be honoredfor his music but also forhis charitable side.Recording AcademyPresident and CEO NeilPortnow says Mc-Cartney “exemplifies thephrase ‘artist/philan-thropist.”

The annual event

British pop artist

Richard Hamilton

dies at 89

LONDON, 15 Sept—British Pop Art pioneerRichard Hamilton, whodepicted Tony Blair as acowboy and designed aBeatles album cover, hasdied. He was 89.

The GagosianGallery, which representsHamilton, said the artistdied early Tuesday at anundisclosed location inBritain. It did not givethe cause of death.

The gallery said thatwith his death, “the artworld has lost one of itsleading figures.” It said

This is a 2 Dec, 1997

file photo of pop art

pioneer Richard

Hamilton .—INTERNET

Hamilton’s influence onyounger artists was“immeasurable.”

Hamilton was oftencalled the “Father of PopArt” — Britain’s answerto Andy Warhol — andwas credited with coiningthe name for a movementmarked by its ironic andiconic use of commercialand pop-cultureimagery.—Internet

Angolan beauty wins Miss

Universe crown

Trust fund request madefor Michael Jackson

beneficiaries

Pop star Michael

Jackson sings the “Earth

Song” during the World

Music Awards

ceremony at the

Sporting Club in Monte

Carlo in this May 8, 1996

file photo. —INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 15Sept— The executors ofMichael Jackson’s estateasked a judge onTuesday to allow themto put aside $30 millionin a trust fund for the latesinger’s mother and threechildren, who are thedesignated beneficiaries.

The executors,attorney John Branca andmusic executive JohnMcClain, also requestedpermission from LosAngeles Superior CourtJudge Mitchell Beckloff,who is overseeingmatters related to theJackson estate, to sell thelongtime Jackson familycompound in the LosAngeles suburb ofEncino.

A petition fromattorneys for the exe-cutors said that Kather-ine Jackson, the late“Thriller” singer’smother, wishes to “sellthe Hayvenhurst pro-perty (in Encino) andpurchase another resid-ence as a replace-ment.”—Reuters

Angola’s Leila Lopes is crowned MissUniverse 2011 by 2010 winner XimenaNavarrete of Mexico at the annual MissUniverse beauty pageant in Sao Pauloon 12 September, 2011.—INTERNET

celebrates a legend inthe days before theGrammy Awards.Previous honoureesinclude Aretha Franklin,Barbra Streisand and

Neil Diamond. An arrayof music stars pay tributeby singing their songs,and the honoureesometimes performs aswell.—Internet

SAO PAULO, 15 Sept—Angola’s LeilaLopes became the new Miss Universe,edging out beauties from Ukraine,Brazil, the Philippines and China inthe final as the pageant marked its60th anniversary.

Statuesque Lopes, 25, takes theon crown from last year’s winnerXimena Navarrete of Mexico.

Ninety-eight young women tookpart in the contest — in SouthAmerica’s largest city, Brazil’sindustrial hub of Sao Paulo —watched by an estimated one billionpeople around the world.

Internet

An albino

hedgehog sits on

a palm of a

zookeeper in the

Botanical Garden

(Dendrarium) in

the Russian Black

Sea resort of

Sochi.

Suspected meth lab was brewing beerPolice in Colorado said

an apartment building wasevacuated when amanager confused a homebeer-brewing operationwith a meth lab.

Colorado Springspolice said the apartmentbuilding at 2400 Tremont

St. was evacuated Mondayand a Hazardous Materialsteam was brought in afterthe manager conducted aroutine inspection anddiscovered a pair of 5-gallon buckets giving offan odor he suspected to beinvolved with the production

of meth, The (ColoradoSprings) Gazette reportedWednesday.

However, residentswere allowed back into thebuilding after about 45minutes when the bucketswere found to containhome-brewed beer.

p13(16).pmd 9/16/2011, 8:49 AM13

14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 16 September, 2011

Kehl wanted tokick himselfafter Arsenal

blunderLONDON, 15 Sept —

Borussia Dortmund cap-tain Sebastian Kehl hasadmitted he wanted to kickhimself in the backsideafter his first-half blunderallowed Arsenal to scorein the 1-1 ChampionsLeague draw.

The Gunners left Dort-mund on Tuesday with apoint after captain Robinvan Persie scored theopening goal on 42 min-utes before Borussia re-placement Ivan Perisicnetted an equalisier in the88nd minute of the GroupF clash.

Van Persie scored af-ter managing to shake offhis marker Kehl for Arse-nal's goal and the Dort-mund captain admitted hewas left kicking himselfin the changing room athalf-time.—Internet

Trabzonspor stuns Inter Milanin Champions League

Ajax, Lyon in opening stalemate

Federer to face Hewittin Davis Cup clash

National pride provides fuelfor Djokovic and Nadal

Donaldpuzzled by

tabloidquoting him

on TigerLEMONT, 15 Sept —

Luke Donald disputes aBritish newspaper head-line in which he says theTiger Woods era is over."Idon't recall ever sayingthe Tiger era is over,"Donald said Wednesdayat the BMW Champion-ship.

"I've certainly said inthe past I think it's toughto come back from physi-cal injuries. I've had some,and obviously being awayfrom the game for so long,it's certainly not going tobe easy for him to get backto where he was.

"I wouldn't doubt thatTiger will come back andwin again."The Daily Ex-press published a storyWednesday with the head-line, "Luke Donald: TheTiger Woods Era is 'Over.'

Internet

Ajax Amsterdam playerKolbeinn Sigthorsson

(R) vies for the ball withDejan Lovren of

Olympique Lyon (2ndR) during their Champi-

ons League match inAmsterdam.—INTERNET

LYON 15 Sept — Ajax and Lyon opened theirChampions League campaigns with a goalless draw atthe Dutch giants' Amsterdam ArenaA here on Wednes-day. The two sides last crossed swords in the 2002/03season's opening fixtures, with Ajax winning 2-1 athome and then 2-0 in France.

Lyon, the seven-time former French titleholders,went into this Group D tie missing influential forwardLisandro with a sprained ankle. The French visitors'captain and right back Anthony Reveillere was featur-ing in his 66th Champions League appearance, incontrast Ajax's 19-year-old Danish defender NicolaiBoilsen was having his first taste of Europe's premierclub competition.

Ajax, four time European champions and toppingthe table in their domestic league, fielded three newrecruits in Kolbeinn Sigthorsson and Derk Boerrigterup front, and Theo Janssen behind.—Internet

MILAN, 15 Sept —Trabzonspor marked its Champi-ons League debut by upsetting Inter Milan 1-0 onWednesday night, while Manchester United and Man-chester City were held to draws.

Czech defender Ondrej Celustka scored a 76th-minute goal for Trabzonspor, which qualified for thecompetition only because Turkish rival Fenerbahcewas removed while the club is probed for match-fixing.

United, which lost to Barcelona in last season'sfinal, rallied for a 1-1 tie at Benfica in Group C on RyanGiggs' stunning equalizer in the 42nd minute, a left-footed drive from the edge of the penalty area. OscarCardozo had put the hosts ahead in the 24th.

Aleksandar Kolarov's 74th-minute free kick gainedCity a 1-1 draw at home against Napoli in the Englishteam's first match since 1968 in Europe's top clubcompetition. The visitors, in their first match in thecompetition since 1990, had gone ahead five minutesearlier on a goal by Edinson Cavani.—Internet

Bayern toostrong forVillarreal

MUNICH, 15 Sept —An early Toni Kroosstrike set Bayern Munichup for a convincing 2-0win over Villarreal onWednesday as they lookto assert themselves in theChampions League groupof death.

With Manchester Cityand Napoli also in GroupA they are all set to betough matches and no sidecan afford to drop points.

Bayern got off to theperfect start with Kroosfiring home after six min-utes and they never lookedback in a commandingperformance from theGermans.

They had a series ofchances in the second halfto finish off Villarreal be-fore substitute Rafinhasecured the win with 15minutes left.

Bayern arrived at ElMadrigal after an excel-lent start to the season thatincluded a 7-0 defeat ofFreiburg at the weekend.

Internet

Barcelona sees sponsorshipas key to making profit

FC Barcelona's LionelMessi from Argentina

reacts during a Champi-ons league soccer match

against AC Milan.INTERNET

Trabzonspor defenderOndrej Celustka (R)scores a goal duringa Champions Leaguesoccer match against

Inter Milan at theSan Siro stadium

in Milan.INTERNET

S P O R T S

BARCELONA, 15 Sept —Barcelona says its spon-sorship deal with QatarFoundation is crucial tobalancing its financialbooks.

The team jersey al-ready bears the QatarFoundation logo this sea-son, but the club's generalassembly must ratify the$225 million, five-yeardeal on 24 Sept.

Club Vice PresidentJavier Faus said Wednes-day that without the $40million the club is set tomake from the deal this

season, it "would sufferlosses."

Internet

Tiger Woods

Roger Federer

SYDNEY, 15 Sept —Roger Federer will faceLleyton Hewitt whileStanislas Wawrinka takeson Bernard Tomic on theopening day of the DavisCup World Group play-off between Switzerlandand Australia on Friday.

The draw pits Austral-ia's Tomic againstWawrinka in the openingmatch on grass courts atthe Royal Sydney GolfClub, with Federer andhome hope Hewitt to fol-low. Despite a gruellingfive-set US Open semi-final loss to eventualchampion NovakDjokovic on Sunday and

a long flight to Sydney,Federer was also named toplay doubles.

The world number threewill pair with close friendWawrinka to face Hewittand Chris Guccione on Sat-urday as the Swiss attemptto reverse losses in theirfour previous Davis Cupmeetings against Australia.

Internet

Rafael Nadal ofSpain and Novak

Djokovic ofSerbia poseahead of the

men's final ofthe US Open

tennis tourna-ment in New

York.—INTERNET

LONDON, 15 Sept—With precious little timeto rest after their brutalUS Open final, worldnumber one NovakDjokovic and Rafa Nadalwill be energized by na-tional pride this weekendas they lead their coun-tries into battle in the Davis

Cup semi-finals.Djokovic, winner of

three of the year's fourmajors in a stupendousseason that has gone offthe scale, will enjoy adeafening reception inthe cavernous BelgradeArena where Serbia hostArgentina.—Internet

P14(16).pmd 9/16/2011, 8:49 AM14

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 16 September, 2011 15

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

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Thiri Zeya Buhmi Bagan Golden Palace and

Museum of King Anawrahta* News

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MST

Overseas Transmission - (16-9-11 09:30 am ~ 17-9-11 09:30 am) MST

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(16-9-2011) (Friday)

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

Friday,16 SeptemberView on today

12345678901234561234567890123456

Weather forecast for 16th September, 2011

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly

Region MissionarySayadaw- Uppatasanti Paritta

7:30 am 2. Morning News7:40 am 3. Dhamma Puja Song

* Myanmar Movies Impact “Crying Eyes,Smiling Faces”

* News* Journalist Meeting with Vejthani Hospital* Music Gallery* News* How to Extract Timber Using Elephant

Overseas Transmission* Opening* News* Thiri Zeya Buhmi Bagan Golden Palace and

Museum of King Anawrahta* News* Myanmar Movies Impact “Crying Eyes,

Smiling Faces”

* News* Journalist Meeting with Vejthani Hospital* Music Gallery* News* How to Extract Timber Using Elephant* News* Youth of the Future (Swimming)* News* Record Album* News* Working & Living in Myanmar (Tourism)* News* Travelogue “Visitation to Mawlamyine”

(Part-II)* Myanmar Movies “Misdeed”

7:50 am 4. Nice & Sweet Song8:00 am 5. Health Programme8:10 am 6. The Mirror Images

of The MusicalOldies

8:20 am 7. Dance Of National

Races8:25 am 8. Selected Songs

for 18th MyanmarTraditional culturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions(2011) (ModernSong (Amateur(Second) Division)(Level Women)

8:40 am 9. International News8:45 am10. Musical Programme

3:15 pm 1. AFF U19

CHAMPIONSHIP2011 (Live)(Myanmar VsIndonesia)

5:15 pm 2.Musical Programme5:25 pm 3.Documentary5:35 pm 4.Songs for

UpholdingNational Spirit

5:45 pm 5.Selected Songs

for 18th MyanmarTraditional culturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions(2011) (ModernSong) (HigherEducation)(Level Men)

6:00 pm 6.Evening News6:15 pm 7. Weather Report6:20 pm 8. Internet Garden7:00 pm 9. TV Drama

Series8:00 pm10. News11. International

News12. Weather Report13. 18th Myanmar

Traditional cultural Performing Arts Competitions (2011) Interview

14. Just For Laughs (Gags Asia)

15. TV Drama Series

16. Song Lover

Photo taken on 15 Sept, 2011 shows theRoyal Blue Tourbillon (R), caliber UN-97

manual-winding movement, 48 bluesapphires and 12 diamonds, monometallicbalance in an one-minute flying tourbillon,sapphire movement bridges, openworkeddial with skeletoned hours and minutes

hands, transparent case back, a platinumUlysse Nardin deployant clasp and 41mmin diameter, in Hong Kong, south China.

The Swiss Auctions’s debut auction will beheld in Hong Kong on Oct. 5, where theSinging Bird and around 300 pieces of

luxury timepieces will put up for auction.INTERNET

East China cityEast China cityEast China citysolicits names forsolicits names forsolicits names forrare tiger tripletsrare tiger tripletsrare tiger triplets

NANCHANG, 14 Sept—The city of Nanchang,capital of east China’s Jiangxi Province, issoliciting names for three newborn South Chinatigers in order to boost public awareness of therare species.

Over a thousand submissions were sent in byThursday, according to Kuang Huaming, aspokesman from the city zoo where the tripletswere born.

The triplets, born to a female tiger nicknamed“Xin Xin” in late May, are made up of twofemales and a single male, Kuang said.

He added that the cubs’ names will be chosenin late September in accordance with a Chinesetradition that states that babies should be namedexactly 100 days after being born.

The South China tiger is the oldest sub-species of tigers and is also the most endangered,with less than 100 of the animals remaining in theworld. All surviving South China tigers havebeen bred in Chinese zoos.

Kuang said that captive breeding is difficultbecause of inbreeding, low reproductivity andgenetic degeneration.—Xinhua

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

.

Regions/States Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 28/82 22/72 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

2 Kayah 23/73 20/68 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

3 Kayin 26/79 20/68 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

4 Chin 22/72 12/54 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

5 Upper Sagaing 26/79 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) 80%

6 Lower Sagaing 30/86 25/77 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

7 Taninthayi 27/81 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) 80%

8 Bago 29/84 21/70 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

9 Magway 27/81 24/75 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

10 Mandalay 31/88 23/73 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

11 Mon 28/82 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) 80%

12 Yangon 30/86 22/72 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

13 Rakhine 27/81 21/70 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) 80%

14 Southern Shan 23/73 17/63 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

15 Northern Shan 27/81 19/66 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

16 Eastern Shan 26/79 21/70 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

17 Ayeyawady 29/84 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 28/82 22/72 One or two rain or thundershowers 80%

19 Neighbouring Yangon 30/86 22/72 One or two rain or thundershowers 80%

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 31/88 23/73 One or two rain or thundershowers 80%

Summary of observations at 09:30 hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers have been scattered in Magway and Yangon Regions, fairly widespread in Bago and Ayeyawady Regions and widespread in the remaining Regions and States with regionally heavyfalls in Mon State and isolated heavyfalls in Upper Sagaing Region and Rakhine and Kayin States. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw (Airport) (0.91) inches, Kyaikmaraw (4.44) inches, Mawlamyine (4.22) inches, Homalin (3.70) inches, Maungtaw and Paung (3.43) inches each, Kawkareik (3.27) inches and Paletwa (2.72) inches.

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

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

Outlook for subsequent two days

Moderate monsoon.

P15(16).pmd 9/16/2011, 8:49 AM15

4th Waning of Tawthalin 1373 ME Friday, 16 September, 2011

Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann addressesInternational Day of Democracy 2011.—MNA

(from page 1)honest and transparent, and it is neces-sary to encourage political competi-tiveness. The people are to cast vote inthe election to be able to show offdemocratic politeness. Only then willthe people get deserved people’s rep-

From this milestone of democratization, all institutions,departments and organizations in Myanmar to continue

practicing democracy systematically and firmly in all fields

resentatives and government due tohonesty of political parties and rightselection.

The people’s representativeswill come into Hluttaw to expresspeople’s desire through ways oflegislation, proposal submission and

raising question and also monitor gov-ernment’s undertakings through checkand balance system. As such, themotto of the Hluttaw of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar portrays“People’s Voice, Hluttaw’s (Parlia-ment’s) Voice; People’s Will,Hluttaw’s (Parliament’s) Will;People’s Expectation, Hluttaw’s(Parliament’s) Implementation”.

As People’s Voice isHluttaw’s (Parliament’s) Voice, theHluttaw will take intoconsideration all voices of the entirepeople who are not in the Hluttawto the most possible degree.Hluttaw is a democratic body thatneeds to consider the people’s willfar and wide.

Likewise, the governmentshouldering executive power is to firmlybelieve democratization process forpeace and development.

The UN MillenniumDeclaration in 2000 says that allgovernments in the world are to

uplift democratization process, en-sure rule of law, and value humanrights and fundamental freedom inaddition to development rights.

Judicial bodies, democraticbodies, are to function freely stayingaway from corruption till rule of law indemocratization process is guaranteed.

In conclusion, the UN Chartersays that human rights, prevalence oflaw and order and democratic practicesare interrelated with each other.Observance of International Day ofDemocracy is attributed to theresolution of 62nd UN GeneralAssembly. And he urged the entirepeople in the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar to introduce democraticpractice as a treasure.

Next, UN Resident Repre-sentative Mr. Bhai Raja Panday readout the massage sent by United NationsSecretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moonin commemoration of International Dayof Democracy 2011.

(See page 8)

Myanmar will continue to work closely with Special Rapporteur inpromoting and protecting human rights in the country

Union FM addresses 18th regular session of Human Rights CouncilNAY PYI TAW, 15 Sept—U Wunna

Maung Lwin, Union Minister for ForeignAffairs delivered an address at the 18th

regular session of the United NationsHuman Rights Council at Geneva ofSwitzerland on 13 September.

The following is the full text of hisspeech:Madame President,

Today, I am here in your midst tohighlight the importance that theGovernment of Myanmar attaches tothe work of the United Nations HumanRights Council.

As you are well aware, a

constitutional government has beenformed recently in Myanmar. In hisinaugural speech, the President of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmaroutlined the policies and objectives ofthe new government with a view tobuilding a modern and democraticnation. The priorities of the newgovernment are to achieve goodGovernance, clean government,fundamental rights of the citizens, ruleof law, transparency, accountability,fight against corruption, reduction ofincome disparity, creation of aharmonious society, economic reform

and environmental conservation.Immediately after its formation, the

Government has begun launching aseries of economic, social and policyreforms to improve the socio-economiclife of the people.Madame President,

The first step in the implementationof these reforms is the adoption of theNational Rural Development andPoverty Reduction Plan in eight priorityareas. The President has instructed eightgovernment ministries to implementthe national action plan. After thesuccessful implementation of this plan,

the current poverty rate of 26 per centis expected to drop to 16 per cent by theyear 2014-15 in order to meet theMillennium Development Goals by2015.

One of the bold steps taken by theGovernment for the welfare of thepeople is the increase in pensionallowances for retired service personnel,commensurate with the changingeconomic and social conditions of thecountry. As a result, over 815,000retired service personnel are nowbenefitting from this measure.

(See page 7)

PAGE 10

Chairman of CentralCommittee for Organizing

International Day ofDemocracy, Hluttaw

representatives meet mediapersons

Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai ArmyGeneral Prayut Chan-O-Cha and wife

offer floral tribute at fallen heroes.

PAGE 2

Kenya gov’twarned aboutpipe explosion

danger

PAGE 3

UBS roguetrader loses$2 billion

PAGE 4

Russia sets firstpost-crash

manned flightfor November

PAGE 5

P16(16).pmd 9/16/2011, 8:49 AM16