Established 1914

Volume XVIII, Number 259 1st Waxing of Pyatho 1372 ME Wednesday, 5 January, 2011

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of

technical know-how and investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Senior General Than Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyainghost dinner to mark 63rd Anniversary Independence Day

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan—Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council of the Union of MyanmarCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyainghosted a dinner in commemoration of the 63rd

Anniversary Independence Day (2011) at City Hallhere this evening.

Senior General Than Shwe and wife DawKyaing Kyaing arrived at the City Hall of NayPyi Taw at 6.30 pm, and cordially greetedSPDC Vice-Chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye,

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shweand wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing greet diplomats during a reception and dinner to mark the 63rd Anniversary Independence Day.—MNA

SPDC Member Thura U Shwe Mann, PrimeMinister U Thein Sein, SPDC Secretary-1 ThihaThura U Tin Aung Myint Oo, SPDC Member UTin Aye, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of theMinistry of Defence, along with diplomats andtheir wives led by Dean of Diplomatic CorpsSingaporean Ambassador Mr Robert Chua HianKong.

The commemorative ceremony was attended bySPDC Vice-Chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw MyaMya San, SPDC Member Thura U Shwe Mann and

wife Daw Khin Lay Thet, Prime Minister U Thein Seinand wife Daw Khin Khin Win, SPDC Secretary-1Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife DawKhin Saw Hnin, SPDC Member U Tin Aye and wifeDaw Kyi Kyi Ohn, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of theMinistry of Defence and wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, theCommander-in-Chief (Navy), the Commander-in-Chief (Air) and senior military officers of the Ministryof Defence and their wives, the commander of NayPyi Taw Command, ministers and their wives, thechief justice, the attorney-general, the auditor-general,the chairman of the Civil Service Selection and Training

(See page 7)

Established 1914

Volume XVIII, Number 259 1st Waxing of Pyatho 1372 ME Wednesday, 5 January, 2011

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of

technical know-how and investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Senior General Than Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyainghost dinner to mark 63rd Anniversary Independence Day

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan—Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council of the Union of MyanmarCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyainghosted a dinner in commemoration of the 63rd

Anniversary Independence Day (2011) at City Hallhere this evening.

Senior General Than Shwe and wife DawKyaing Kyaing arrived at the City Hall of NayPyi Taw at 6.30 pm, and cordially greetedSPDC Vice-Chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye,

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shweand wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing greet diplomats during a reception and dinner to mark the 63rd Anniversary Independence Day.—MNA

SPDC Member Thura U Shwe Mann, PrimeMinister U Thein Sein, SPDC Secretary-1 ThihaThura U Tin Aung Myint Oo, SPDC Member UTin Aye, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of theMinistry of Defence, along with diplomats andtheir wives led by Dean of Diplomatic CorpsSingaporean Ambassador Mr Robert Chua HianKong.

The commemorative ceremony was attended bySPDC Vice-Chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw MyaMya San, SPDC Member Thura U Shwe Mann and

wife Daw Khin Lay Thet, Prime Minister U Thein Seinand wife Daw Khin Khin Win, SPDC Secretary-1Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife DawKhin Saw Hnin, SPDC Member U Tin Aye and wifeDaw Kyi Kyi Ohn, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of theMinistry of Defence and wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, theCommander-in-Chief (Navy), the Commander-in-Chief (Air) and senior military officers of the Ministryof Defence and their wives, the commander of NayPyi Taw Command, ministers and their wives, thechief justice, the attorney-general, the auditor-general,the chairman of the Civil Service Selection and Training

(See page 7)

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 5 January, 2011

Wednesday, 5 January, 2011

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

People’s Desire

The Union of Myanmar has become anindependent and sovereign nation again for 63years.

From time immemorial, Myanmar had stoodtall with own monarchs and sovereignty. It wasvery inhumane of colonialists that annexedMyanmar through three aggressive wars from1824 to 1885. In consequence, Myanmar losther independence and sovereignty. Brilliant,patriotic young men hand in hand with thepeople fought back British colonialists andFascists at risk to life, thus enabling themotherland to regain independence andsovereignty.

In his message sent on the occasion of the63rd Anniversary Independence Day (2011),Chairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Senior General Than Shwe says, “Itcost greatly for the nation to regainindependence and sovereignty. The value ofindependence and sovereignty is most noticeableonly when they are lost. Naturally, the peopletake independence and sovereignty for granted.It is not strange, certain covetous, aggressivecountries are anxious to gain political controlover a geographically strategic country likeMyanmar. Accordingly, all national races areto remain cohesive forever in order forperpetuation of independence and sovereignty.”

Myanmar has passed through many periods,good and bad. Now, multiparty democracygeneral elections have been held successfully.Soon, Hluttaws will be convened withrepresentatives-elect. Then, the newgovernment will have to take over duties forbuilding a modern, developed nation.

In the process, the government has laidsound foundations. Over a couple of decades, ithas improved all sectors. What is needed toshape the future of the nation is that the newgovernment carries out nation-building tasks incooperation with the people.

Now, Myanmar is transforming itself fromold to new system. The entire national brethrenhave remained united in working fordemocratization. They have to continue tosafeguard the Union for its perpetuation, whiletaking giant strides towards the new democraticnation.

Stride towards newdemocratic nation

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan — Minister forConstruction U Khin Maung Myint together withDeputy Ministers U Tint Swe and U Myint Theinmet officials of public works responsible personsof 115 companies which are engaged in road andbridge construction works at the meeting hall of theministry here yesterday.

The minister called for timely completion ofthe works meeting set standards.

Next, Deputy Minister U Tint Swe gave

Minister meets road/bridge construction companies

accounts of rules and regulations and technologicalstandards. Then Deputy Minister U Myint Theincalled for drawing of work plans for timelycompletion of construction works.

Afterwards, the managing director and deputymanaging directors of Public Works discussedmatters related to construction works.

Then the minister heard reports on workprogress presented by responsible persons of thecompanies and made concluding remarks.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan— Hailing 63rd

Anniversary Indepen-dence Day, sportsevents and funfair wereheld at the Ministry ofCommunications, Postsand Telegraphs herethis morning.

CPT Minister UThein Zaw and wifeDaw Mu Mu Winformally opened theevents and funfairwhich was alsoparticipated by DeputyMinister U Thein Tunand wife Daw Mya MyaWin, departmentalheads and stafffamilies.

CPT celebrates Independence Day with sports events, funfair

The minister andwife, the deputy

minister and wife anddepartmental heads

presented prizes tocontestants.—MNA

Minister U Khin Maung Myint meets entrepreneurs of road and bridge constructioncompanies.—CONSTRUCTION

Minister

U Thein

Zaw

presents

first prize

to a

winning

team in

men,s

futsal.

MNA

YANGON, 4 Jan—Education seminar,organized by Star Resources HospitalityManagement Academy, will be held at TradersHotel, Yangon on 15 January and Sedona Hotel inMandalay on 16 January. Principal Mr RoderickHardingham of London Hotel School College willgive talks. Interested persons may register at StarResources Hospitality Management Academy inadvance (Ph: 523623, 523200, 4412256 and 09-5020302) and attend the seminar free of charge.

MNA

Education seminar on 15-16 Jan

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan—Nay Myo Book Housetoday published thebook “ContemporaryArchitecture” by NyuntWin Lay.

The book is about awide variety of styles

Book “Contemporary Architecture” in circulationand designs of buildingsin the internationalcommunity includingMyanmar’s architecture.It is also a collection ofarchitectural articlesfeatured in magazines.

The book No.3 is

distributed nationwide

by Zaw Htut Publishing

House at 37 (A), Thiri

Mingala Street, Ward

(8), Kamayut Township

(Ph: 09-5090816).MNA

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Two US soldiers killed in IraqBAGHDAD, 4 Jan—Two US soldiers were killed in central Iraq, the first

military service members killed in 2011 due to militants attack in the country,the US military said on Monday.

The two soldiers were killed on Sunday night as the result of one attack,a military statement said without giving further details about the incident.

The latest deaths are the first for US soldiers to be killed in Iraq in 2011,bringing the number of US soldiers killed in the country to about 4,430, sincethe breakout of the US-led war on Iraq in 2003, according to media accountbased on Pentagon figures.

In 2010, up to 60 US soldiers were killed in the country.In mid 2010, US troops in Iraq had been reduced to below 50,000 soldiers.

Washington said that the remaining troops will remain in Iraq to conductsupport and training missions.

US military forces are to pull out completely from Iraq by the end of 2011according to the security pact signed late in 2008 between Baghdad andWashington.

Xinhua

Five childreninjured asschool busattacked in

SW PakistanISLAMABAD, 4 Jan—

At least five childrenwere injured as a schoolbus was attacked by aremote-controlled bombin southwest Pakistan’sTurbat city on Tuesdaymorning, local TVchannels reported.

Xinhua

A policeman inspects a damaged vehicle at the site ofa bomb attack in Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west ofBaghdad recently. Twin suicide bombings rocked a

government compound in Iraq’s western City Ramadion Monday, with a police source saying more than 17

people had been killed.—INTERNET

Afghan traffic officers check the engine which is allthat remained of the vehicle used in a car bombexplosion, beside a damaged vehicle, after an

explosion in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistanrecently. A car bomb exploded outside a police

headquarters in Kandahar, wounding at least sixpeople and blowing out the windows of buildings up

to a mile (1.6km) away, officials said.—INTERNET

Bomb blast destroysNATO tanker in

Pakistan’s tribal areaISLAMABAD, 4 Jan—

An oil tanker supplyingfuel for Nato-led troopsin Afghanistan wasdestroyed by a bombblast Monday in theKhyber tribal region in

At least three killed in suicidecar bombing in Iraq’s Diyala

BAQUBA, 4 Jan—At least three people were killedand 20 others were wounded on Monday when abomb and a suicide car bomb hit intelligence office inBaquba, the capital City of Iraq’s eastern Province ofDiyala, a provincial police source said.

The twin attack took place before noon when aroadside bomb detonated outside the provincialintelligence office, in central Baquba, and wasimmediately followed by a suicide car bombing, thesource told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Allthe victims were civilians, the unnamed source said,citing latest police reports. Earlier, the source put thetoll at three killed and 15 wounded by the two blasts.

Diyala Province, which stretches from the easternedges of Baghdad to the Iranian border east of thecountry, has long been a stronghold for al-Qaidamilitants and other militant groups since the US-ledinvasion of Iraq in 2003 despite repeated US and Iraqimilitants operations against them.—Xinhua

Bomb blast in Afghan Capitalkills one police

KABUL, 4 Jan— Anexplosive device wentoff in the Afghan CapitalKabul on Tuesday,killing one police officerand injuring three othersincluding two civilians,an official of the InteriorMinistry said.

“The explosivedevice was planted in abag when theshopkeepers discoveredit and informed police.Bomb disposal teamcame to the site andbegan defusing butsuddenly it explodedkilling one police officer

on the spot and injuringthree others includingone policeman and twopassersby,” theunnamed official toldXinhua, adding theoutcome ofinvestigation would bereleased.

The incidentoccurred at 08:00 amlocal time (GMT 0430)in Muradkhani areaclose to the PresidentialPalace and the DefenceMinistry.

In a previous suicidebomb attack in Kabulon 19 December for

which Taleban claimedresponsibility, fiveAfghan army personnelwere killed and 10 otherssustained injuries.

Xinhua

A French soldier andAfghan police officers

stand near the site of anexplosion in Kabul,

Afghanistan, on 4 Jan,2011. The bomb

exploded in centralKabul early Tuesday,

killing one police officerand wounding three

other people, a officialsaid.—INTERNET

Map locatingBaghlan Province

in Afghanistanwhere four peoplewere killed when

insurgent gunmenburst into amosque and

opened fire onpraying civilians

recently.INTERNET

Policeman, woman killed in BaghdadBAGHDAD, 4 Jan—A policeman and

a Christian woman were killed in twoattacks in Baghdad on Monday, anInterior Ministry source said.

Unidentified gunmen opened firefrom their silenced weapons on apoliceman driving a police car in al-Waziriya District in Baghdad, killinghim before they fled the scene, thesource told Xinhua on condition ofanonymity.

The attack is part of a series ofattacks by militants groups targetinggovernment officials and securitymembers. Such attacks are seen byobservers as attempts by militants to

reassert their control of the areas they’vebeen limited in movement recently.

In a separate incident, armed menstormed a house of a Christian womanin the early hours of the day inBaghdad’s central District of Karrada,killing the woman and stealing some ofher possessions, the source said.

The latest attack is seen as part ofstring of attacks recently carried outagainst Christians in Iraq.

The Iraqi Christian minority hasalready suffered the murder of hundredsof its members due to chaos andinsecurity that engulfed Iraq after theUS-led invasion in 2003.—Xinhua

northwest Pakistan.

According to local

TV channel the DAWN

News, no casualties had

been reported.

Security authorities

said that the oil tanker

came under attack as it

was heading towards

Torkham, the main

border crossing.

The Pakistan-

Afghanistan border

highway was subsequently

blocked after a massive

traffic pile-up which

resulted in the suspension

of supply.

Security forces started

a search operation in the

area.

Xinhua

An Afghan fier fighter sprays water on a burningtanker carrying NATO’s fuel.—INTERNET

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NB astronomer, 10, youngest to discoversupernova

TORONTO, 4 Jan—— Kathryn AuroraGray isn’t interested in making a careerout of astronomy when she grows up.

She might want to rethink that afterbecoming the youngest person to discovera supernova, or exploding star.

The 10-year-old Fredericton girlidentified on the weekend a previouslyunseen burst of light in an expanse ofstars 240 light-years away to better theprevious record by four years.

“I was really excited. I had so muchfun finding it,” Gray said in an interviewfrom her home Monday night. “I was soexcited I didn’t sleep that night waiting tofind out.”

The Royal Astronomical Society of

Canada confirmed the discoveryMonday, saying the magnitude-17supernova was found in galaxy UGC3378 in the constellation ofCamelopardalis.

The society also said Gray is theyoungest person to ever make such adiscovery.

Supernovas are stellar explosionsthat signal the violent deaths of starsseveral times more massive than oursun. They are rare events but are relativelyeasy to spot with modest telescopesbecause they outshine other stars.

The last supernova in ourgalaxyoccurred several hundred yearsago.—Internet

The magnitude 17 supernova ingalaxy UGC 3378, in the

constellation of Camelopardalis, isshown in a photo released by The

Royal Astronomical Society ofCanada on 3 Jan, 2011.—INTERNET

A bumblebeegathers

pollen froma sunflowerin Sumartinon Croatia’s

AdriaticIsland of

Brac on 18July, 2009.

INTERNET

Researchers find “alarming”decline in bumblebees

WASHINGTON, 4 Jan—Four previously abundant species ofbumblebee are close to disappearing in the United States, researchersreported Monday in a study confirming that the agriculturallyimportant bees are being affected worldwide.

They documented a 96 percent decline in the numbers of the fourspecies, and said their range had shrunk by as much as 87 percent.As with honeybees, a pathogen is partly involved, but the researchersalso found evidence of inbreeding caused by habitat loss.

“We provide incontrovertible evidence that multiple Bombusspecies have experienced sharppopulation declines at the national level,”the researchers reported in theProceedings of the National Academy ofSciences, calling the findings “alarming.”

“These are one of the most importantpollinators of native plants,” SydneyCameron of the University of Illinois,Urbana, who led the study, said in atelephone interview.

In recent years, experts havedocumented a disappearance of bees inwhat is widely called colony collapsedisorder, blamed on many factorsincluding parasites, fungi, stress, pesticidesand viruses. But most studies havefocused on honeybees.

Bumblebees are also importantpollinators, Cameron said, but are far lessstudied. Bumblebees pollinate tomatoes,blueberries and cranberries, she noted.

Reuters

Indian Rocket launch failure caused by faulty cableBANGALORE, 4 Jan—A team that analyzed data from the failed launch of India’s

Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) has found the primary cause of the 25 Decmishap was the “untimely and inadvertent snapping” of a group of 10 connectors locatedat the bottom of the rocket’s Russian supplied upper stage.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said in a 31 Dec statement that thevehicle’s performance was normal up to 47.5 seconds after liftoff. It then began to strayfrom its planned orientation angle, which resulted in higher structural loads than the vehiclewas designed to handle.

The rocket, which was carrying a telecommunications satellite, began to break apartabout 58 seconds into the flight and was destroyed by command at 64 seconds.

ISRO said some of the connectors that snapped carried command signals from theonboard computer near the top of the vehicle to the control systems for the four L40 strap-on boosters that augment the rocket’s first stage.—Internet

LG announces “FlickerFree” LW6500 Cinema

3D TVWASHINGTON, 4 Jan—In what may

turn out to be a sneak peek of CES 2011HDTV trends, LG announced the newestentry to their 2011 HDTV lineup—andit’s a 3D TV that doesn’t use the heavy,expensive active-shutter 3D glasses.

LG’s new 65-inch LW6500 usespolarized lens-glasses, similar to the kindsof glasses used in 3D movie theaters, toachieve the 3D effect. Unlike active-shutter glasses, which use small LCDscreens to alternately dim each lens,polarized 3D glasses don’t require abattery and should be more forgiving ofviewers seated at different angles. Bestof all, LG claims they’re “Flicker Free”,with two certifications from Intertek andTÜV to bolster their claim, so you won’thave that annoying flickering-lightproblem when you sit down to watchyour 3D flicks.

Polarized 3D glasses are alsosignificantly cheaper to manufacture andlighter (LG’s glasses weigh 16 grams) sothey won’t be as tiring to wear. Note thatthere is no estimated retail price or shipdate yet, though the LW6500 will roll out“in select markets” after CES.

Internet

Showgoers try out games at thePlayStation 3 exhibit in 2009.

INTERNET

Military technology helpswheelchair use

TALLAHASSEE, 4 Jan—USresearchers say new technologycan enable electric-poweredwheelchairs to detect hazardousterrain and adjust control settings tomaneuver more safely.

Scientists at Florida StateUniversity say a device called alaser line striper, first developed formilitary use, has been adapted toidentify terrain conditions so thewheelchair control system can self-adjust, a university release saidMonday.

Automatic terrain-sensingcontrols for military robotic vehicles,when adapted to wheelchairs, canimplement safe driving strategieswhile avoiding wheel slip, sinkage

or vehicle tipping, EmmanuelCollins, FSU professor ofmechanical engineering, says.

“I’m inspired by the idea ofapplying technology originallymeant for the battlefield to improvethe quality of everyday life forinjured soldiers and others,” Collinssaid.

Army Maj Kevin Fitzpatrick,director of Walter Reed Hospital’swheelchair clinic, said thetechnology “will provide electric-powered wheelchair users withan increased degree ofindependence that maysignificantly increase their abilityto participate in recreational andfunctional activities.”

Internet

Asus adapts kinect motion technology to PCNEW YORK, 4 Jan—

Asus is collaborating withthe inventors of Kinect’smotion-sensing depthtechnology to bring a similarPC-based 3D experienceto your living room.

The WAVI Xtionmulti-media system willdebut at CES this week,

but won’t be commerciallyavailable until Q2 2011,Asus said in a Pressrelease.

According to Asus’statement, users will beable to browse multimediacontent, access the Internetand social networks, andenjoy full body interaction“in a more user-friendlyand natural living roomexperience.”

Wavi Xtion usestechnology from Tel Aviv-based PrimeSense,inventor of the ImmersiveNatural Interaction

technology used to createthe Microsoft Kinect’scontroller-free interactionexperience. In June,PrimeSense said that thetechnology may move toPCs.

“ASUS combines itswireless cross-roomsolution with PrimeSense’ssimple, intuitive, gesture-based control technologyto allow users to enjoy andshare PC content on TVwith gestures,” said KentChien, general manager ofAsus, in a statement.

Internet

People walk toDvortsovaya

Square (PalaceSquare) incentral St.

Petersburg towatch the New

Year laser showto celebrate the

New Year, infront of the State

HermitageMuseum, on 3

January , 2011.XINHUA

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NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan—The following are mes-sages of felicitations from foreign Heads of Stateto Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of theState Peace and Development Council, on theoccasion of the 63rd Anniversary Independence Dayof the Union of Myanmar.From His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadejof the Kingdom of ThailandExcellency

On the occasion of the Independence Dayof the Union of Myanmar, I wish to extend toYour Excellency my cordial felicitations andbest wishes for your health and happiness as wellas for the progress and prosperity of the Union ofMyanmar and her people.From Mr Hu Jintao, President of the People’sRepublic of ChinaExcellency,

Upon the auspicious occasion of the 63rdAnniversary of the Independence Day of theUnion of Myanmar, I would like to, on behalf ofthe Chinese people and in my own name, extendto Your Excellency and through you to thepeople of Myanmar the warmest congratulationsand best wishes.

China and Myanmar are traditional friendlyneighbours. During the long-term friendly ex-changes, the two peoples established profoundPauk-Phaw friendship. Through our joint ef-forts, China-Myanmar friendly relationship hasbeen getting progress continuously, and all areasexchanges and cooperations had been deepeningincreasingly, which have brought tangible ben-efits to the two peoples. China is willing to workwith Myanmar to promote traditional friendship,deepen mutual beneficial cooperation, pushChina-Myanmar good neighbourly and friendlycooperative relations to a new high.

I would like to take this opportunity toconvey my best wishes for the prosperity toMyanmar and well-being to the Myanmar peopleas well as for Your Excellency’s good health and

Foreign Heads of State send felicitations toSenior General Than Shwe

Foreign Vice-Presidents send felicitations toVice-Senior General Maung Aye

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan—The following are themessages sent by Foreign Vice-Presidents to Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, Vice-Chairman of theState Peace and Development Council, on the oc-casion of the 63rd Anniversary Independence Dayof the Union of Myanmar.From Mr Bounnhang Vorachith, Vice-Presidentof the Lao People's Democratic RepublicYour Excellency,

I have a great pleasure to extend my warmestcongratulations and best wishes to Your Excellencyand the people of the Union of Myanmar on theoccasion of the 63rd Anniversary of the Independ-ence Day of the Union of Myanmar.

I highly appreciate the traditional friendlyrelations and close cooperation between Laos andMyanmar which have been continuouslyenhanced and strengthened.

May I wish Your Excellency good healthand greater success in your noble tasks.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assur-ances of my highest consideration.From Dr. Boediono, M.Ec, Vice President ofthe Republic of Indonesia,Your Excellency,

It is with special pleasure that I wish toconvey to you my sincerest felicitations and bestwishes on the significant occasion of the

Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar.Indonesia and Myanmar share longstanding

relationship and both countries have been contrib-uting positively to the development of ASEANCommunity. It is my firm belief that the future willbear witness to the further strengthening of theexisting ties of friendship between our twocountries.

I also welcome Myanmar’s recent develop-ment and reiterate our commitment to supportyour government in implementing Roadmap toDemocracy.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the renewedassurances of my highest consideration.

personal well-being.From Choummaly Sayasone, President of theLao People’s Democratic RepublicYour Excellency

On behalf of the people of the Lao People’sDemocratic Republic and on my own behalf, Iwish to convey my warmest congratulations andbest wishes to Your Excellency and throughYour Excellency to the entire people of theUnion of Myanmar on the auspicious occasionof the 63rd Anniversary of the IndependenceDay of the Union of Myanmar.

I am very pleased to note that the friendlyrelations and close cooperation between our twocountries and peoples have continued to be fur-ther enhanced and strengthened. In 2010, ourtwo countries exchanged the visit of the highranking delegations, particularly the State Visitof Your Excellency and madam to the LaoPeople’s Democratic Republic in the lastOctober, thus contributing to deepening the trustamong us as the neighbouring countries.

May I wish Your Excellency good healthand happiness in order to lead the people of theUnion of Myanmar towards the progress andconstant prosperity.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assur-ances of my highest consideration.From Asif Al Zardari, President of the IslamicRepublic of PakistanExcellency,

It gives me great pleasure to extend to YourExcellency our warmest felicitations and bestwishes on the happy occasion of the Independ-ence Day of the Union of Myanmar.

Pakistan and Myanmar enjoy closefriendly relations. I am confident that the mutu-ally beneficial ties existing between our twocountries will be further strengthened in theyears ahead.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurancesof my highest consideration.

From Dr Bashar Al-Assad, President ofSyrian Arab RepublicYour Excellency,

On the occasion of the 63rd Anniversaryof the Independence of the Union of Myanmar,I have great pleasure in conveying, on behalf ofthe Syrian Arab people and on my own behalf,our sincere congratulations to Your Excellencyand to your friendly people.

I also express my best wishes for your goodhealth and happiness and for the progress andprosperity of your people. With my highestconsideration.From Mr Saad Hariri, Chairman of Ministe-rial Council of LebanonExcellency,

On the occasion of the Independence Dayof Myanmar, allow me to express to you and tothe people of Myanmar my sincere congratula-tions and my wishes for progress and stability.

Please accept , Excellency, the assurancesof my highest consideration.From Col Muammar Al-Qathafi, Leader ofAl-Fateh Revolution of LibyaExcellency,

On the occasion of the National Day ofyour friendly country, on my behalf, and onbehalf of the people of the Great Socialist PeopleLibyan Arab Jamahiriya, wish to extend oursincerest greetings and warmest felicitations.

I wish Your Excellency, a continued goodhealth and happiness as well as the people of theUnion of Myanmar progress and prosperity.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the re-newed assurances of my highest consideration.From Mr Anibal Cavaco Silva, President ofPortuguese Republic

On the occasion of the National Day of theUnion of Myanmar, I would like to convey toYour Excellency my congratulations and sincerewishes for the progress and prosperity of theMyanmar People.

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Foreign Heads of Government sendfelicitations to Prime Minister U Thein Sein

YANGON, 4 Jan — Thefinal match of MyanmarSwimming FederationPresident’s CupSwimming Competitionwas held in conjunctionwith the presentationceremony of the

MSF President’s Cup SwimmingCompetition concludes

competition at NationalSwimming Pool here thismorning.

Director U Tin Winof Sports and PhysicalEducation Department,Principal of Institute ofSports and Physical Edu-

cation (Yangon), Vice-President of MSF U ChoMaung and officials pre-sented prizes to outstand-ing contestants and prize-winning teams. Cham-pionship Cup went toUnited Club.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan—Chairman of MandalayRegion Peace and De-velopment CouncilCommander of CentralCommand Brig-Gen YeAung and Minister forSports Thura U AyeMyint on 2 Januaryattended the ceremony todrive stakes to build Man-dalay Football Stadium.

The president of theMyanmar Football Fed-

Mandalay Football Stadium to be builteration reported to thecommander and theminister on the project.

The commander, theminister, Chairman ofMandalay City Develop-ment Committee MayorU Phone Zaw Han and theMFF president drovestakes.

Next, they attendedthe awarding ceremonyfor Industry-1 MinistryMaung Myanmar Bicycle

Cycling Contest organ-ized by Mandalay Regionat City Hall of MandalayCity Development Com-mittee in ChanayethazanTownship.

The commanderdelivered a speech andpresented first prize; theminister, second prize; themayor, third prize; andofficials, prizes and con-solation prizes to thewinners.—MNA

YANGON, 4 Jan —Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor U Aung Thein Linformally opened newconcrete roads con-structed by YCDC Engi-

Mayor attends opening ceremonies ofnew roads in S Okkalapa Tsp

neering Department(Road and Bridge) inSouth Oakkalapa Town-ship here at the openingceremonies held in com-memoration of 63rd An-niversary Independence

Day this morning.The mayor en-

joyed the IndependenceDay commemorativefunfairs and presentedprizes to winners in sportsevents.—MNA

Transport Ministry wins title of WomenFootball Tournament (Senior) 2010

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan— The final match of the10th Women FootballTournament (Senior)2010 was held at AungSan Stadium in Yangon

yesterday. The Ministryof Transport team won thetitle of the tournament af-ter beating the Ministry ofHome Affairs team 5-4.

Officials awarded

outstanding players andteams and presented cashaward and the trophy tothe first prize-winningTransport Ministry team.

MNA

Traditional dance (Thungetaw) presented during School Family Day

for 2010-2011 academic year taking place at No. 1 Basic Education

High School in Dagon Township on 3 January.

NLM

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan—The following are mes-sages of felicitations from foreign Heads ofGovernment sent to U Thein Sein, Prime Minister ofthe Union of Myanmar, on the occation of the 63rd

Anniversary Independence Day of the Union ofMyanmar.From Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of theRepublic of SingaporeDear Prime Minister

On behalf of the Government of the Republicof Singapore, I congratulate Your Excellency andthe Government of the Union of Myanmar on theoccasion of Myanmar’s 63rd Independence Day.

Singapore wishes Myanmar every success inits political transition and its efforts to achieve na-tional reconciliation, following the November 2010General Elections. This will bring Myanmar long-term political stability and economic development.I am confident that our two countries can continueto cooperate closely, both bilaterally and withinASEAN, for the mutual benefit of our countries andthe region as a whole.From Thongsing Thammavong, Prime Minister ofthe Lao People’s Democratic RepublicYour Excellency,

On behalf of the Government of the Lao Peo-ple’s Democratic Republic and on my own behalf, Iwish to convey my warmest congratulations and best

wishes to Your Excellency and the Government ofthe Union of Myanmar on the occasion of the 63rdAnniversary of the Independence Day of the Unionof Myanmar.

The existing close cooperation between ourtwo countries over the last years has been furtherstrengthened and I strongly believe that such friendlyrelations and close cooperation will continue to befurther enhanced in the years to come for dynamismof the ASEAN family, the region and the world atlarge.

May I wish Your Excellency good health andhappiness to lead the Union of Myanmar for con-tinued progress and prosperity.

Please accept, Your Excellency, the assur-ances of my highest consideration.From D.M. Jayaratne, Prime Minister of theDemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri LankaYour Excellency,

I wish to convey to Your Excellency myfelicitations and best wishes on this auspiciousoccasion of the Independence Day of Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar.

I wish all the success on Myanmar’smultidimensional development goals based onpolitical, economic and social reforms.

I look forward to further consolidating thefriendly bilateral relations between our two coun-

tries in the years to come.Please, accept Your Excellency, the assurances

of my highest consideration.From Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of thePeople’s Republic of BangladeshExcellency,

On the joyous occasion of the IndependenceDay of the Union of Myanmar, it gives me greatpleasure to convey to you and to the people ofMyanmar, our heartiest felicitations and warmestgreetings from the government and people ofBangladesh.

I sincerely believe that the existing close bondof friendship between our two countries is a matterof great satisfaction for us. It is my firm convictionthat there exist tremendous potential to further ex-pand and deepen our relations in the areas of mutualinterest including trade, investment, infrastructure de-velopment, culture and tourism. We are committedto making all out efforts for forging stronger part-nership for the mutual benefit of our citizens.

I take this opportunity to extend my very bestwishes for Your Excellency’s good health, happinessand long life as well as continued peace, progressand prosperity of the friendly people of the Unionof Myanmar.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances ofmy highest consideration.

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Chairman of the

State Peace and

Development

Council of the

Union of Myanmar

Commander-in-

Chief of Defence

Services Senior

General Than

Shwe and wife

Daw Kyaing

Kyaing greet

diplomats during a

reception and a

dinner to mark the

63rd Anniversary

Independence

Day.

MNA

Senior General Than Shwe,wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing…

(from page 1)Board, the chairman of Nay Pyi Taw DevelopmentCommittee Nay Pyi Taw mayor, deputy ministers

and their wives, heads of department, diplomatsled by Dean of Diplomatic Corps SingaporeanAmbassador Mr Robert Chua Hian Kong andtheir wives, resident representatives of UNagencies and their wives, members of the CentralCommittee for Observance of the 63rd Anniversary

Independence Day, chairmen of subcommittees,and distinguished guests.

Before and during the reception and dinner,vocalists presented entertainment programmes tothe accompaniment of the music band of MyanmaRadio and Television.—MNA

Independence Day commemorative sports, games and funfairs held nationwideNAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan —

In commemoration of the63rd AnniversaryIndependence Day, sportsand games and funfairswere held nationwidetoday.

Chairman ofMyanmar OlympicCommittee Minister forSports Thura U Aye Myintwatched the mini-marathon and marathonheld in front of Nay PyiTaw Myoma Market, inter-ministry Sepak Takrawcontests and other sportsand games. At the prize-presentation ceremonies,the minister and Deputy

Minister for Finance andRevenue U Hla TheinSwe awarded the winnersand winning teams.

In the evening, theminister watched the finalmatch of MyanmarWeightlifting FederationPresident’s trophyinterclub and prizepresentation ceremony.

Similarly, In-dependence Daycommemorative sportsand games and funfairsincluding Anyeints wereheld in Yangon Regionwith the participation ofthe people. Funfairs andsports and games of the

Sports Minister Thura U Aye Myint formally opens a marathon in commemoration of the 63rd

Anniversary Independence Day.—MNA

School children run on tracks in sports activites in commemoration of the 63rd Anniversary Independence Day held at schools in Nay Pyi Taw.MNA

families of Yangon CityDevelopment Committeewere held this morning inthe sports ground of YCDC

in Insein Township. Astoday was a publicholiday, Kandawgyi,Zoological Gardens,

Aquarium and KandawMingalar Park werecrowded.

Likewise, sports,

games and funfairs wereheld in other States andRegions nationwide.

MNA

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63rd Anniversary IndependenceDay…

(from page 16)The Guard of Honour of Tatmadaw (Army,

Navy and Air) took its position at the designated place.Chairman of the Central Committee for Organ-

izing the 63rd Anniversary Independence DaySecretary-1 of SPDC Thiha Thura U Tin Aung MyintOo took his position on the dais. After taking thesalute of the Guard of Honour, the Secretary-1together with the people saluted the State Flag.Meanwhile, the Band of the Guard of Honour playedthe national anthem.

The Guard of Honour paid tribute to the fallensoldiers and took the four oaths. Then, the Secretary-1 read out the message sent by Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Senior GeneralThan Shwe on the occasion of the 63rd AnniversaryIndependence Day.

After the Secretary-1 had taken the salute ofthe Guard of Honour, and the Guard of Honour andthe people left the place where the ceremony washeld, the ceremony came to a close.

On the eve of the 63rd AnniversaryIndependence Day, it could be seen that theministries, Nay Pyi Taw City Hall, roundabouts,Myanmar Gems Museum, Jade Garden, markets,staff housings and government buildings were allilluminated with colourful lights.

MNA

The 63rd Anniversary Independence Day State

Flag Hoisting and Saluting Ceremony in

progress.—MNA

Those present at 63rd Anniversary Independence Day State Flag Hoisting and Saluting

Ceremony.—MNA

YTTHE

Images of the 63rd

AnniversaryIndependence Day

celebrations inNay Pyi Taw

Those present at

63rd Anniversary

Independence Day

State Flag Hoisting

and Saluting

Ceremony held in

Nay Pyi Taw.

MNA

Those present at 63rd Anniversary Independence Day State Flag Hoisting and SalutingCeremony.—MNA

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Images of the 63rd

Anniversary

Independence Day

in

Nay Pyi Taw

Colourful lights shining bright at

ministries; Nay Pyi Taw City Hall;

Thabyegon, Kyapan, Yaza Thingaha,

Ingyinpan and Gantgawpan

roundabouts; Myanma Gems Museum;

Jade Garden; Nay Pyi Taw Myoma

and Thabyegon markets; Shopeik

Dam; housings and staff quarters in

Nay Pyi Taw as the city hails 63rd

Anniversary Independence Day.

MNA

Dignitaries at State Flag Hoisting

and Saluting Ceremony held at

Nay Pyi Taw

City Hall square.—MNA

Attendees at State Flag Hoisting and

Saluting Ceremony held at

Nay Pyi Taw

City Hall square.—MNA

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OSLO, 4 Jan—The annual death toll of trafficaccidents in Norway has been on a steady declinein the past 15 years, local media reported onSunday.

The Norwegian Council for Road Safetyrecorded 210 deaths in traffic accidents last year,two less than that of 2009, director of the councilKari Sandberg told the Norwegian broadcast andTV company NRK.

“It is the lowest figure since the 1950s,” shesaid. “It looks good in the sense that we have hada steady decline over the past 15 years.”

New and safer cars might be one of the reasonswhy the death toll on Norwegian roads has beencontinuously falling in recent years, she said.

Meanwhile, Sanberg said more traffic accidentscould be avoided with greater caution while driving.

She also called on drivers to keep the speedlimits and passengers to use safety belts.

Speeding, driving under the influence of alcoholand not using safety belts are the three usual fatalfactors in road accidents, according to the director.

Xinhua

Annual death tolls of trafficaccidents keep declining in Norway

Year of the Rabbit : A South Korean diver, dressed as arabbit, performs as a school of fish swim by during anevent to mark the upcoming Year of the Rabbit at the

COEX Aquarium in Seoul.—INTERNET

An Aymara womam pushes tyres in the marketof El Alto on the outskirts of La Paz

on 2 Jan, 2011.—INTERNET

Over 8,000 displaced byfloods in southern Philippines

COTABATO CITY, 4 Jan—Over 8,000 people havebeen displaced by flash floods and landslides broughtby heavy rain in southern Philippines, officials saidTuesday.

Two low lying towns, Talayan and Datu AnggalMidtimbang, in Maguindanao Province weresubmerged by floodwaters Monday, promptingresidents to evacuate, said Zorahayda Taha, regionaldirector of Department of Social Welfare andDevelopment, adding evacuees were provided withrelief assistance.

More than 2,000 people have fled their homes asrivers overflowed, inundating farmland and housesin Agusan and Surigao Provinces.

The death toll from flooding rose to four, officialssaid.—Xinhua

40 Australian and Int’l scientists to revealAntarctic secrets

Displaced residents rest in a makeshift tent inYingjiang County, southwest China’s YunnanProvince, on 3 Jan, 2011. Several minor and

moderate earthquakes jolted Yunnan Provincelast weekend, among which the biggest

measured 4.8 on the Richter scale. More than23,600 houses were damaged, although no

casualties were registered. Quake relief effortswent under way with 2,000 tents and 2,000 quilts

handed out to the homeless. —XINHUA

CANBERRA, 4 Jan—Nearly 40 Australian andinternational scientists set sail to Antarctica onTuesday to study a 2,500-square-kilometre iceberg.

The team led by the Commonwealth Scientificand Industrial Research Organization’s (CSIRO)Steve Rintoul departed Hobart for Antarctica’sMertz Glacier, which was hit by a 97-kilometre-long glacier last year, breaking off a 78-kilometrepiece.

Dr Rintoul said the collision, known as a“calving”, gave scientists a rare insight to studychanges in the Southern Ocean’s temperature andsalinity.

“The calving of the iceberg has exposed partsof the seabed which haven’t been available forstudy in our lifetimes,” he told ABC News.

“It’s a biological hotspot supporting everythingfrom microscopic photo plankton, right up to sealsand whales.

“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get inthere.”

Dr Rintoul said the waters surrounding theMertz Glacier are also one of the key links in thenetwork of ocean currents that influence the world’sclimate.

Meanwhile, Australian Antarctic Division’s DrMartin Riddle said the voyage could uncover newspecies of wildlife previously hidden under the ice,as they have been buried under 400 meters of icefor the last 80 years.

The team was equipped with cameras whichworked 3,000 meters under the sea, as well asspecially designed brackets to protect the equipmentin deep sea canyons. They will also takemeasurements of carbon dioxide stored in theocean.

The voyage will return to Hobart in February.Xinhua

Freezing rain puts chillon traffic

Traffic moves slowly on a highway in Guizhou,southwest China, on 3 Jan, 2011.—XINHUA

Search begins for missingsmall aircraft in western

JapanOSAKA, 4 Jan—Japanese police, firefighters and

Self-Defence Forces helicopters on Tuesday morningbegan searching for a small aircraft that went missingMonday with two people aboard in KumamotoPrefecture in western Japan, Kyodo News reportedTuesday.

The aircraft, piloted by Hiroshi Koda, a 53-year-old doctor from Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, withhis wife on board, lost radar contact about twominutes after leaving Kumamoto Airport at 5:12 pmMonday for Kitakyushu Airport, according to thereport.

Some 100 people taking part in the search beganclimbing the 942-metre-high Mt. Yago in the town ofOzu about 15 kilometres northeast of KumamotoAirport, the area where the plane went missing, withthree Air Self-Defence Force choppers covering thesearch site from the air, the report said..

Koda had landed the aircraft at Kumamoto Airportat around 5 pm after taking a family trip to an islandwith his wife and their two children. The two childrengot off at the airport before the plane took off forKitakyushu, the report said, quoting the police.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 4 Jan— Thousands of vehicles and peoplestranded in and around Southwest China’s GuizhouProvince by freezing rains since Saturday finally gottheir wheels moving on Monday as traffic slowlyresumed on almost all highways in the province.

However, passenger transport service in Guizhouand neighbouring Hunan Province along with GuangxiZhuang autonomous region still face challenges as theNational Meteorological Centre on Monday issued itsfirst freezing warning this year, predicting the icyweather would continue in the region for another threedays.

Almost all expressways in Guizhou had beenclosed from Saturday to Monday morning after rainquickly turned into ice on the ground, leaving about7,000 people stranded, according to the GuizhouProvincial department of transport.

Starting Monday morning, traffic began to slowlyreturn to normal in Guizhou with most highwaysreopened, said He Fei, an officer with the provincialdepartment of transport.

“Road conditions today have become lessproblematic. Only in certain sections is the traffic still

extremely slow,” he said.Thanks to the restoration of road service in Guizhou,

1,500 vehicles and 8,000 people waiting since Saturdayto enter the province from Nandan county of GuangxiZhuang autonomous region had all rolled forward byMonday evening, reported China Central Television.

But traffic authorities in Hunan province toldChina Daily that the traffic flow into Guizhou remainedclosed on Monday and thousands of people were stillstranded despite government efforts to divert them.

Police officer Nie Zhi of the Hunan traffic policeheadquarters said hundreds of vehicles, mostly trucks,were lining up at the Hunan highway entrance headingto Guizhou.—Xinhua

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A train is seen on a test run on the to-be-openedhighspeed railway connecting Hainan’s Capital

Haikou and the famous tourist destination Sanya insouth China’s Hainan Province, on 29 Dec, 2010.

The 308-kilometre highspeed railway that opened onThursday allowed a maximum train speed of 250kilometers per hour, or less than one and a halfhours to travel from Haikou to Sanya. —XINHUA

A couple pose for wedding photo with snowscenery in Wuhan, capital of central China’s

Hubei Province,on 2 Jan, 2011. —XINHUA

Lufthansa to create 4,000 jobs in Germany in 2011BERLIN, 4 Jan—German national air carrier Lufthansa will create 4,000 jobs

in the country in 2011, its new boss Christoph Franz told the newspaper Bild inan interview to be published Monday.

“Lufthansa is growing. We are hiring 4,000 new employees just at ourlocations in Germany,” he said, according to a statement released by thenewspaper ahead of publication.

The company is looking to hire 2,200 flight attendants in Frankfurt andMunich, Bild reported, as well as 900 ground personnel, 270 student pilots, 300apprentices and other technical staff.

“With the increase of our capacity in terms of seats and with bigger aircraftcarrying out regional and intercontinental flights with the Airbus A380, our needfor personnel is increasing, both in the cockpit and the cabin. With an increasingnumber of passengers, we also need more ground crew,” Franz said.—Internet

German national air carrier Lufthansa will create4,000 jobs in the country in 2011, its new boss

Christoph Franz said.INTERNET

New research reveals unexpected biological pathwayin glaucoma

WASHINGTON, 4 Jan—A team of researchers fromthe Kennedy KriegerInstitute and four colla-borating institutions,identified a new andunexpected biologicalpathway that appears tocontribute to the develo-pment of glaucoma and itsresulting vision loss,according to a studypublished Monday in theonline edition of Pro-ceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences.

Prior research hassuggested that the opticnerve head, the point wherethe cables that carryinformation from the eye tothe brain first exit the eye,plays a role in glaucoma. In

A man is seenin a swimming

pool filledwith spring

water inJinan, east

China’sShandong

Province, on 2Jan, 2011. Aspring waterswimming

pool opened tothe public free

of chargeduring theNew Year’s

holidays.XINHUA

Chinese sharesopen higher on

year’s firsttrading day

BEIJING, 4 Jan— Theyuan strengthened to arecord high against theUS dollar on the firsttrading day of the year, toreach 6.6215 per dollar.

The central parity rateof the currency, alsoknown as the renminbi(RMB), was set 12 basispoints lower than Friday’s6.6227, according to theChina Foreign ExchangeTrading system Tuesday.

China’s central bankannounced on 19 June,2010, it would furtherreform the yuan exchangerate formation mechanismto improve its flexibility.

On China’s foreignexchange spot market, theyuan can rise or fall 0.5percent from the centralparity rate each tradingday.—Xinhua

Snow causes traffic nightmare in SouthernCalifornia

LOS ANGELES, 4 Jan — Heavy snowand strong winds hit Southern Californiaovernight, blocking numerous roadsacross the region, authorities said onMonday.

The snow closed many mountainroads and some highways, includingInterstate 5, the state’s vital north-southcorridor, according to CaliforniaHighway Patrol (CHP). Hundreds, if notthousands, of motorists were strandedfor hours along Interstate 5 and mountainand pass roads, the CHP said.

People trying to get back into the

this study, researchers reporta series of findings that offernovel insights into cellularand molecular mechanis-ms operating at the opticnerve head in two mousemodels of glaucoma. Mostnotably, they discoveredthat at a specific locationwithin the optic nerve head,there is a unique class ofcells called astrocytes thatdemonstrate properties thatappear to make them acritical factor in the visualblinding that occurs inglaucoma.

Further, at this samesite, researchers foundabnormal forms of a proteincalled gamma synucleinthat is similar to abnormal

forms of alpha synuclein, arelated protein known forits key role in cell loss inParkinson’s disease. Thefindings suggest that abiological process similarto Parkinson’s diseaseunfolds in glaucoma at thespecific anatomical locationpinpointed in this study forthe first time.

Finally, researchersdiscovered that at thisanatomical location, thereis a surprising processwhereby astrocytes removethe debris of neurons, thecells that die in neurode-generative disorders suchas glaucoma. It is likely thatthis newly discoveredprocess involving removal

of the debris of one cell bya neighbouring cell isimportant not only inglaucoma and Parkinson ‘sdisease, but also for manyneurodegenerative disea-ses.

“These findings arevery exciting because theygive us several novel targetsfor future interventions,”said Nicholas MarshArmstrong, senior studyauthor and a researchscientist at Maryland-basedKennedy Krieger Institute.“I believe these findings putus on the cusp ofdiscovering a treatment forglaucoma that may alsohave relevance for a numberof other neurodegenerativediseases.”—Xinhua

region from holiday weekends to thenorth reported delays that lasted 12 hoursor more, said the CHP.

“The snow will continue to have aserious impact on all travel into or throughthe mountains overnight and Monday,”according to a National Weather Service(NWS) statement.

People traveling into the mountains,Antelope Valley and Santa Clarita Valleyshould closely monitor the latest weatherforecasts and be prepared for dangerouswinter weather conditions, the NWSadvised.—Xinhua

NW China’s remote villages getaccess to safe water supplyBEIJING, 4 Jan— Remote villages across Yongning

County of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui AutonomousRegion have been connected to a safe water supplythanks to a newly-completed water project.

The project, launched in August 2010 andconcluded on 27 Nov, has ensured that 100,000 peoplein 44 villages of Yongning will have access to safewater for drinking.

People in the county had long suffered from asevere shortage of safe water because the area’s surfacewater contained excessive amounts of fluorin and iron.

The project was initiated after local authoritiesincreased their efforts to provide safe drinking waterafter Chinese President Hu Jintao visited the region.

Xinhua

Red taillights of slow and stopped traffic glow on

northbound Interstate 5 near Castaic, Calif, after

heavy snow closed the major north-south several

miles north of this point on 2 Jan, 2011.

INTERNET

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China Airlines’ float ‘Collaboration BuildsFriendships and Winners’ moves along Orange

Grove Boulevard during the Rose Parade inPasadena, Calif, on 1 Jan, 2011. The float won

the International Trophy.— INTERNET

Kiss your 100-watt light bulbgoodbye

Japan population shrinks by record in 2010

Motorist in stuck car had no pants

A man tries to salvage what he can from his rentalhome on Childre Drive in Pearl, Miss, on 1 Jan,2011, after a tornado uprooted a large tree andtoppled it onto the home on Friday night.— INTERNET

Alexander Schey and Toby Schulz, of the Britisheco-adventure Racing Green Endurance (RGE)team, gesture from the SRZero electric sports carupon arrival to Ushuaia, Argentina, on 16 Nov,2010. The SRZero became the first electric car totravel from Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay to the world’ssouthernmost city of Ushuaia.— INTERNET

In this photo released by Disney, come-dian Howie Mandel, host of NBC’sgame show ‘Deal or No Deal’ and ajudge on the NBC series ‘America’s GotTalent,’ ‘fist-bumps’ Goofy, on 1 Jan,2011, at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.— INTERNET

TOKYO , 4 Jan — Japan’s populationfell by a record amount last year as thenumber of deaths climbed to an all-timehigh in the quickly ageing country, thegovernment said on Saturday. Japan facesa looming demographic squeeze. Babyboomers are moving towards retirement,with fewer workers and taxpayers to re-

place them. The Japanese boast amongthe highest life expectancies in the worldbut have extremely low birth rates.

Japan logged 1.19 million deaths in2010 — the biggest number since 1947,when the health ministry’s annual recordsbegan. The number of births was nearlyflat at 1.07 million. As a result, Japan con-tracted by 123,000 people, which was themost ever and represents the fourth con-secutive year of population decline. Thetop causes of death were cancer, heartdisease and stroke, the ministry said.

Japanese aged 65 and older make upabout a quarter of Japan’s current popula-tion. The government projects that by2050 that figure will climb to 40 percent.Like in other advanced countries,young people are waiting to get marriedand choosing to have fewer children be-cause of careers and lifestyle issues. To-day’s report showed that 706,000 mar-riages were registered last year — thefewest since 1954 and a sign that birth ratesare unlikely to jump dramatically anytimesoon. Japan’s total population stood at125.77 million as of October, accordingto the ministry.— Internet

SAN FRANCISCO, 4 Jan —Californians can start say-ing goodbye to traditional100-watt incandescentlight bulbs now that thestate has become the firstin the country to require anew standard for thescrew-base bulbs. Expertssay the new rules, whichtook effect New Year’sDay, will save residentsmoney and energy. Cali-fornia is already the na-tion’s leader in energy-ef-ficiency standards.

As of Saturday, whatused to be a 100-watt lightbulb manufactured andsold in California will haveto use 72 watts or less. The72-watt replacement bulb,also called an energy-sav-ing halogen light, will pro-vide the same amount oflight, called lumens, forlower energy cost. Simi-lar new standards for tra-ditional 75-watt, 60-wattand 40-watt incandescentbulbs will go into effect inCalifornia over the nextfew years, with wattagesreduced to 53, 43 and 29respectively.The new ruledoes not ban incandescentlight bulbs; it just requiresthose bulbs to be 25 to 30percent more efficient.

And it only affects in-candescent light bulbsmanufactured in 2011 or

later, not those already inuse or on store shelves.The new lights are com-parably priced to the regu-lar incandescent lights. Atwo-bulb package of 100-watt incandescent bulbs isabout $4.32 at Lowe’s,while a four-bulb packageof new 72-watt halogenbulbs is $8.66, or $4.33 fortwo. By contrast, a two-bulb package of energy-saving compact

Internet

OCALA, 4 Jan — Policein Florida said a 42-year-old man whose car be-came stuck while he wasdriving along some rail-road tracks was wearing

nothing but an inside-outshirt. Ocala police said theman, whose name was notreleased because he wasnot arrested, was driving his2005 Mitsubishi Gallant

along some railroad trackswhen the vehicle becamestuck in gravel and bushesabout 1:30 am onThursday, The (Ocala)Star-Banner reported onFriday.

Investigators said theman tried to call for helpby honking his horn but thenoise was not heard andpolice were not called untilabout 7:49 am. Police saidthey arrived to find the manwas wearing nothing but aninside-out knit shirt.

The man said he hasdriven by the railroadtracks before without inci-dent. When asked why hewas nude from the waistdown, he said: “No rea-son.” —Internet

Mexican cartel announcesone-month truce

This photo taken 13 Dec,2010 shows a graffiti-

covered shell of a homein a nearly-abandoned

working class neighbour-hood in Ciudad Juarez,

Mexico. —INTERNET

MORELIA, 4 Jan — Aletter purportedly signedby La Familia drug cartelannouncing a one-month

truce circulated on Sundayin the western state ofMichoacan.

In the one-page mes-sage, distributed by e-mailand in some cities door bydoor, the gang claims itwill halt all crime activityduring January to demon-strate that the cartel “is notresponsible for the crimi-nal acts federal authoritiesare reporting to the media.”

Prosecutors have notverified the letter’s authen-ticity, according to an em-ployee of the Michoacanbureau of the federal At-torney General’s Officewho spoke on conditionof anonymity because heis not authorized todiscuss the matterpublicly.

The government saysLa Familia has been weak-ened by a recent string ofarrests and deaths of topleaders. In another letterthat circulated in Novem-ber, La Familia purport-edly offered to disband.

Internet

Tumour cell cancer testcalled promising

BOSTON, 4 Jan— Johnson & Johnson andMassachusetts General Hospital say they aredeveloping and marketing a blood test that couldfind a single cancer cell in blood.

Dr Mehmet Toner, director of theBioMicroElectroMechanical Systems ResourceCentre in Massachusetts General’s Centre forEngineering in Medicine, says it could be five yearsbefore the test is on the market but its implicationsfor patients are significant, CNN reported Monday.

“It is very big,” Toner says in a statement. “Ithas the potential to turn cancer into a chronicdisease, because we can monitor patientsindividually and respond with treatment to thegenetic makeup of their cancer.”

Toner says the test would be an easy-to-administer, non-invasive blood test that wouldanalyze the genetic makeup of the cancer cells.

Internet

Photo taken on31 Dec, 2010shows a rimed

tree in Jilin,northeast

China’s JilinProvince.

XINHUA

China will run nearly 600 moretrains for Spring Festival this year

BEIJING, 4 Jan—China’s Ministry of Railways(MOR) announced Tuesday it will put into operation586 more trains each day for this year’s SpringFestival 40-day travel peak compared to thecorresponding period last

year.

Daily train departu-res during the travel rush,

which starts on Jan. 19,

will be 4,531, a year-on-

year increase of 15

percent .

The MOR estimatesthat 6.2 million passeng-

ers will be transported by

train each day, up 11

percent year on year.

Xinhua

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Ice bath for 120minutes

Chinese “Iceman” Jin Songhao standsin a plastic box during a cold

endurance competition in Zhangjiajie,central China’s Hunan Province, on 3Jan, 2010. Jin Songhao and the otherchallenger Chen Kecai took part in anice endurance competition held here

Monday, in which the two stayed in icewearing nothing but a swimsuit. JinSonghao dwarfed Wim Hof’s world

record for the longest ice bath byimmersing himself in ice for 120minutes while Chen last for 118

minutes. The previous world record was115 minutes, which was made by Dutch

“Iceman” Win Hof.

An eight-year-old sea lion “Leo”writes the word “Rabbit” in Chinesecharacters as part of a New Year’s

attraction at the Hakkeijima SeaParadise aquarium in Yokohama in

Kanagawa prefecture, suburbanTokyo on 3 January, 2011.

February 2011 will mark the startof the Year of the Rabbit according

to the lunar calender a 12-yearcycle followed by China and other

parts of Asia.

Man says he was beatenwith frozen meat

A Canadian woman faces chargesof allegedly beating up a man with apackage of frozen ground beef inNewfoundland, police said. Officers werecalled to a domestic dispute in Paradise,east of the provincial capital of St John’s,Saturday night, The Telegram reported.Inside the house, an unidentified manalleged Chantille Rodway had beatenhim with a package of frozen meat duringa quarrel. The extent of his injuries wasn’treported. Rodway was arrested and heldovernight before appearing in courtSunday to face charges of assault andassault with a weapon, the report said.She was released and is scheduled toreturn to court 27 Jan. It wasn’t clearwhat penalty she would face if convicted.

News Album

Men perform during a camelbeauty contest in a desert in theUnited Arab Emirates (UAE),

on 30 Dec, 2010.

Zsa Zsa Gabor back in LAhospital for leg surgery

A model presents acreation during a

wedding dress decorationshow in southeast

China’s Taipei, on 3Jan, 2011. The theme of

the show was on lowcarbon and eco-friendlydecorations for wedding

dresses.—XINHUA

Zsa Zsa Gabor.INTERNET

Actor David Arquette inrehab

LOS ANGELES, 4 Jan—Actor David Arquette, theestranged husband offormer “Friends” starCourteney Cox, haschecked into rehab to dealwith alcohol and depressionissues, according to newsreports on Sunday.

Arquette, 39, and Cox,46, announced in October

that they were undergoinga trial separation after 11years and one daughtertogether, but still loved eachother “deeply.”

Since then, both havebeen linked to other people,while Arquette has beenunusually open about hismarital woes and hissubsequent sexual anddrinking activities.

People magazine saidCox was supportive of herhusband’s decision to gethelp. “I really admire Davidand his choice to takecharge and better his life,”it quoted Cox as saying. “Ilove and support him.”

The couple met on theset of the 1996 horror film“Scream,” and marriedthree years later.

But while Cox enjoyeda red-hot decade-long runon “Friends” as the fussydomestic diva Monica,Arquette failed to capitalizeon the commercial successof the “Scream” series andon the critical acclaim forhis 2001 Holocaust drama“The Grey Zone.”

Reuters

Members of a philharmonic of classical musicfrom Austria perform during a new years’s

concert in Guiyang, capital of southwest China’sGuizhou Province, on 2 Jan, 2011.—XINHUA

South Koreanactress Kim

Tae Hee andactor SongSeung Hun

take parts ina preview

event of thenew TV

series “MyPrincess” inSeoul, SouthKorea, on 3Jan, 2011.

XINHUA

Disney, Israeli cinema chain todevelop amusement park,

movie complexJERUSALEM, 4 Jan—The Walt Disney Company

and a leading Israeli cinema chain have announcedplans to build a 600 million shekels (168 million USdollars) amusement park and a 25-screen multiplexmovie centre in Israel’s largest port City Haifa.

“The project, which is still in it’s developmentstages, reflects our goal of providing qualityentertainment for the people of Israel,” Avi Edery,Deputy CEO of New Lineo Cinema said on Monday.

The centre will focus on the movie complex, andis not a Disney theme park, Edery added. However,he could not say when the plans were expected tocome to fruition. New Lineo Cinema officials said the30,000 square metres amusement park and 50,000square metres of theaters and shops would be built onland owned by a local family, according to the Globesbusiness newspaper.”This plan expresses ourconfidence in turning Haifa Bay into a thriving businessarea,” Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav said.—Xinhua

Prisoners train dogs for new homes

A 92-year-old Illinois womancredited with creating the beehivehairdo is being honoured on the 50th

anniversary of the style.MargaretVinci Heldt of Elmhurst is beinghonoured by SmithBucklin Services,manager of trade associationCosmetologists Chicago, for her1961 creation, which she said wasinspired by a hat she owned at thetime, the Chicago Tribune reportedMonday. Paul Dykstra, vicepresident of SmithBucklin Services,said the beehive “revolutionizedstyling and created a decade-longfashion trend.”Dykstra said the tradeassociation has created a scholarshipin Heldt’s name to commemorateher contribution to the world ofhairstyles.

Beehive hairdo is 50;its creator honoured

Officials at a Michigan women’sprison said 20 prisoners spent 10weeks training dogs from the localHumane Society.The Huron ValleyCorrectional Facility in Ypsilanti andthe Humane Society of Huron Valleysaid the dogs are the first to graduatefrom the Michigan Inmates ProvidingAssistance Work & Service programme,the Detroit Free Press reportedMonday. Helen DePinto, director ofbehavior programmes for the HumaneSociety, said the dogs emerged from

the programme as certified CanineGood Citizens.”These were dogs thatwere kenneling well, but needed somehelp to get them ready to go intohomes,” DePinto said. James Ward, aCatholic deacon and prison chaplain,said the programme also benefits theprisoners who train the dogs.”It seemsthat a lot of the trainers are lifers andthey don’t have a lot to look forwardto,” he said. “This gives themsomething positive to do. It’s reallythrowing them a lifeline.”

LOS ANGELES, 4 Jan—A representative for ZsaZsa Gabor says she is backin a Los Angeles hospital

to have part of her legamputated.

Publicist John Blan-chette says doctors exa-mined a growing lesionon Gabor’s leg Sundayand decided she neededto return to RonaldReagan UCLA MedicalCentre for surgery.

The 93-year-old Hun-garianborn actress brokeher hip in July and hasbeen hospitalized severaltimes since. She asked fora priest to read her lastrites in August.—Internet

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Beckham waiting for Galaxy to OK offseason loan

In this 27 Nov, 2010 file photo, LAGalaxy’s David Beckham is seen

during a match against the NewcastleJets at EnergyAustralia Stadium inNewcastle, Australia.—INTERNET

LONDON, 4 Jan — David Beckhamis still waiting for the Los Angeles Gal-axy to approve a loan to a Europeanclub, with Tottenham among the clubseager to sign the former England cap-tain.

Beckham announced two weeksago that he needed to keep playingduring the winter to stay in contentionfor an England recall. But the MajorLeague Soccer club said Beckhamwouldn’t be allowed to go to Europeduring the offseason and it expectedhim and the rest of the team back atthe end of January for the season-opener on 15 March.

The Galaxy’s reluctance comes af-ter Beckham injured an Achilles’ ten-don last March while playing in theoffseason for AC Milan. He missed thefirst six months of the Galaxy season.

Tottenham wants Beckham even ifhe would only play two months for

the Premier League club.“At the moment we are waiting on

the decision of LA Galaxy with regardsto a loan move,” Beckham’s manage-ment company said in a statement.“The loan would be a short one untilthe start of the MLS season. Davidwould then return and play a fullseason with the Galaxy.— Internet

US keeper Guzan celebratesfirst win of Hull loan

This is a Thursday, on 19 Aug, 2010 filephoto of Aston Villa’s goalkeeper BradGuzan as he grabs the ball from Rapid

Vienna’s Hamdi Salihi, during their EuropaLeague play off round first leg soccer match

inVienna, Austria.—INTERNET

Frank De Boer signs Ajaxdeal through to 2014

AC Milan finalise Cassanotransfer

Villarreal continue home runwith Almeria triumph

Americans too goodfor France

PERTH, 4 Jan — The United States cruised to vic-tory over France in their Group B tie at the mixedteams Hopman Cup on Monday, as Great Britainsuffered an unexpected early exit at the hands of Italy.

The unseeded US pairing of Bethanie Mattek-Sandsand John Isner won both singles matches to securethe tie, before completing a clean sweep by claimingthe mixed doubles against French duo KristinaMladenovic and Nicolas Mahut.

The talking point of the clash was the singles re-match between Wimbledon marathon men Isner andMahut. In their first on-court meeting since that fa-mous 11-hour, three-day epic that ended with theAmerican winning 70-68 in the third set in the longestmatch in tennis history, the pair played for a paltry 90minutes as Isner sealed the tie for the US. —Internet

The transfer of contro-versial Italian forward

Antonio Cassano.INTERNET

ROME, 4 Jan — Contro-versial Italian forwardAntonio Cassano’s trans-fer from Sampdoria to ACMilan was officialised onMonday. The 28-year-oldhad already joined his newteam-mates at their wintertraining camp in Dubai on27 December.

His move came follow-ing a falling out with Samppresident RiccardoGarrone in October afterCassano allegedly gravelyinsulted the club chief.

He was frozen out ofthe first team picture asSamp moved to have hiscontract terminated but anarbitration body ruledagainst the club in Decem-ber while deeming that theplayer’s salary should behalved.

Milan were quick tomove in and althoughthere was an initial stum-bling block relating to afive million euro pay-ment still owed by Sampto Cassano’s previousclub Real Madrid, the twoItalian clubs and theforward soon found aresolution to the problem,each contributing to thefinancial settlement.

Internet

England - League Championship Barnsley 2 - 1 Coventry C. Crystal Palace 1 - 0 Preston North End Derby County 0 - 0 Millwall Ipswich T. 0 - 1 Nottingham F. Leicester C. 2 - 1 Swansea C. Middlesbrough 1 - 1 Norwich C. Portsmouth 2 - 3 Hull C. Queens Park R. 2 - 2 Bristol C. Reading 2 - 1 Burnley Scunthorpe U. 1 - 2 Watford Sheffield U. 2 - 2 Doncaster R.

Spain - Primera Division Atletico Madrid 0 - 0 Racing Santander Mallorca 3 - 0 Hercules Villarreal 2 - 0 Almeria Zaragoza 2 - 1 Real Sociedad Getafe 2 - 3 Real Madrid

Former Hollandinternational

Frank De Boer

THE HAGUE, 4 Jan —Former Holland interna-tional Frank De Boer hassigned a deal with Ajaxkeeping him as theformer European cham-pions’ coach through toJune 2014, the club saidon its website onMonday.

De Boer, 40 and in hisfirst management post,had been in temporarycharge since Martin Jolstepped down on 6December.

He had previouslycoached the Ajax youthteam before being Bertvan Marwijk’s assistant tothe Dutch national sidefor the past two sea-sons.—Internet

Villarreal’s Ecuado-rian midfielder

Jefferson Monter (L)vies with Almeria’s

forward Juanma Ortizduring their Spanish

league football matchin Villarreal. Villarreal won 2-0.—INTERNET

MADRID, 4 Jan —Villarreal made it eightleague wins from nine athome defeating lowlyAlmeria 2-0 at El Mad-rigal on Monday to movefive points clear offourth-placed Valencia.

Centre-back JoseCatala finished off aBorja Valero set-pieceon 22 minutes andValero curled in a 58th

free-kick to get himself

on the scoresheet to seala win that keeps themnestled in third, fivepoints behind second-placed Real Madrid.

Almeria, who havescored just five goals onthe road, fall to secondfrom bottom, two pointsfrom safety.—Internet

Bulgarian football’s‘mafia links’ exposed in cables

Caulker corker frustrates QPR

Queen Park Rangersmanager Neil Warnock

LONDON, 4 Jan — StevenCaulker’s late equaliserdenied Championshipleaders QPR a win in a 2-2draw with Bristol City atLoftus Road on Mondaybut the Londonersextended their lead at thetop to five points.

Swansea, beaten 2-1 byLeicester, were leap-

frogged into the secondautomatic promotion placeon goal difference by Nor-wich, who drew 1-1 withMiddlesbrough.

In west London, BrettPitman gave Bristol Citya 50th-minute lead beforeAlejandro Faurlin andAdel Taarabt’s penaltylooked to have securedall three points for QPR.But Neil Warnock’s menwere denied victory ininjury time when Caulkerturned in JamalCampbell-Ryce’s crossto the despair of homesupporters.—Internet

Some of Bulgaria’s mostpopular football clubshave ties with mafiabosses, who use them tolaunder money, accord-ing to a US diplomaticdocument revealed bywhistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.—INTERNET

SOFIA, 4 Jan — Someof Bulgaria’s most popu-lar football clubs have tieswith mafia bosses, whouse them to laundermoney, according to a USdiplomatic document re-vealed by whistle-blow-ing website WikiLeaks.

“Bulgarian soccer

clubs are widely believedto be directly or indirectlycontrolled by organisedcrime figures who use theirteams as a way to legiti-mise themselves, laundermoney, or make a fastbuck,” a January 2010cable from the US em-bassy in Sofia to Washing-ton noted.

Internet

LONDON, 4 Jan — American goal-keeper Brad Guzan celebrated the firstvictory of his loan stint at Hull in a 3-2victory over Portsmouth on Monday inEngland’s second-tier League Champi-onship.

The 26-year-old was beaten from thepenalty spot when Liam Lawrence tied itfor Portsmouth in the 57th minute. Hullwas ahead 3-1 on goals by JimmyBullard, Matt Fryatt and Nick Barmbywhen Greg Halford sent a header pastGuzan in the 76th. Hull is 15th in theLeague Championship, six points offthe playoff places for promotion to thePremier League.—Internet

S P O R T S

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

Wednesday,5 January

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin, Chin and Rakhine States, UpperSagaing, Yangon and Taninthayi Regions and generallyfair in the remaining States and Regions. Nighttemperatures were (3°C) below January averagetemperatures in Chin State, (5°C) below January averagetemperatures in Upper Sagaing Region, (3°C) to (4°C)above January average temperatures in Eastern Shanand Rakhine States, Lower Sagaing and MagwayRegions and about January average temperatures in theremaining States and Regions. The significant nighttemperatures were Hakha (0°C), Pinlaung (2°C), Namhsan,Heho and Lashio (4°C) each.

Nay Pyi TawMaximum temperature on 3-1-2011 was 91°F.

Minimum temperature on 4-1-2011 was 58°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 4-1-2011 was (73%).Rainfall on 4-1-2011 was (Nil) .

Yangon (Kaba-Aye)Maximum temperature on 3-1-2011 was 92°F.

Minimum temperature on 4-1-2011 was 64°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 4-1-2011 was (67%).

WEATHERTuesday, 4th January, 2011

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas Total sunshine hours on 3-1-2011 was (9.6) hours.Rainfall on 4-1-2011 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-

Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2011 was(Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom Southeast at (16:30) hours MST on 3-1-2011.

Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudyin the South Bay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Seaand elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 5th January2011: Light rain are likely to be isolated in TaninthayiRegion, weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin, Chin,Rakhine, Mon and Kayin States, Bago, Yangon andAyeyawady Regions and generally fair in the remainingStates and Regions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated light rain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 5-1-2011: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 5-1-2011: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 5-1-2011: Generally fair weather.

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am MSTOversea Transmission - (5-1-11 09:30 am ~

6-1-11 09:30 am MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* The Beauty of Zwegabin and Livelihood of Kayin

National* Bagan Archaeological Museum* More Income Through Value Added Wood

Products* News* Daw Sein Poe D and Her Journey of Arts* News* Mazali Salad & Vermicelli Soup* News* From The Union Highway Forever FriendshipOversea Transmission* Opening* News* The Beauty of Zwegabin and Livelihood of Kayin

National* Bagan Archaeological Museum* More Income Through Value Added Wood

Products* News* Daw Sein Poe D and Her Journey of Arts* News* Mazali Salad & Vermicelli Soup* News* From The Union Highway Forever Friendship* News* Youth and Music* News* Lacqerware in Bagan* One Day Trip to Sanka Village* Music Gallery* News* Pyin Oo Lwin Sweater* Pleasurable Myanmar Marionette Show* News* A wonderful trip to Chaung Tha Beach* A Souvenir of Pathein* Myanmar Movie “Pure Love”

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(5-1-2011) (Wednesday)

Wigan Athletic 0 Vs 1 Newcastle Utd

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly

Region MissionarySayadaw

7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy

Exercise 7:30 am 3. Morning News 7:40 am 4. Dhamma Puja Song 7:50 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song

8:05 am 6. Cultural Dances8:15 am 7. Performance With

Song8:20 am 8. Teleplay (Health)8:30 am 9. Myanmar Traditional

Cultural Performing

Arts Competition

8:40 am10. International News8:45 am11. Musical Programme4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:10 pm 2. Musical Programme4:25 pm 3. Performance by

State Orchestra

4:35 pm 4. Song Of National

Races4:45 pm 5. University Of

Distance Education(TV Lectures)-First Year(Myanmar)

5:00 pm 6. Songs For

UpholdingNational Spirit

5:10 pm 7. Classical Songs5:20 pm 8. Teleplay (Health)5:40 pm 9. “ASEAN”

Programmes5:50 pm10. International

Science News

6:00 pm11. Evening News6:15 pm12. Weather Report6:20 pm13. Traditional Boxing6:35 pm14. Shwe Yin Chone

Than7:00 pm15. Ratha Pawlwin

ThayokesaungLwin Pyin(Character Contest)

7:30 pm16. Alinka Wut Yi

Music Troupe8:00 pm17. News18. International News19. Weather Report20. Korea NG Award21. TV Drama Series22. Myanmar Drama

Tourists visit the Huacheng Square decorated withflowers, in Guangzhou, capital of south China’s

Guangdong Province, on 1 Jan, 2011. The HuachengSquare, dubbed as the “city reception hall” in

downtown Guangzhou, attracted large amount oftourists in the new year holiday. —XINHUA

2nd earthquake rattlesnorthern England

LONDON, 4 Jan—Northern England, a regionwhere earthquakes are rare, was rattled by a minorone Monday, the second in two weeks.

The British Geological Survey said the 3.6-magnitude quake was centered around Ripon in theYorkshire Dales, Sky News reported. On 21 Dec, a3.5-magnitude quake centered in Coniston in theLake District puzzled and unnerved residents formiles.

Dr Brian Baptie, the head of the geologicalsurvey said Monday’s earthquake was probably feltas much as 60 miles from the center. But he said theshaking was unlikely to have caused any damage.

Worldwide there are an average of more than100 earthquakes between 3.0 and 3.9 every day.But England gets an earthquake of that size aboutonce a year.

Internet

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

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

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

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

1st Waxing of Pyatho 1372 ME Wednesday, 5 January, 2011

63rd Anniversary Independence Day State FlagHoisting and Saluting Ceremony takes place

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Jan — In accordancewith the five national objectives of the63rd Anniversary Independence Day, theState Flag Hoisting and SalutingCeremony was held at the square of theCity Hall here this morning. More than3000 people attended the ceremony.

First, the staff of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Office, the Gov-ernment Office, the Supreme Court, theAttorney-General’s Office, the Auditor-General’s Office, Civil Service Selec-tion and Training Board, the ministries,Red Cross Society and fire brigademembers and local national people tooktheir positions at designated places.

At the same time, Chairman of theSubcommittee for organizing the 63rd

Anniversary Independence Day State

Flag hoisting and saluting ceremonyCommander of Nay Pyi Taw Com-mand Brig-Gen Maung Maung Aye,ministers, the Chief Justice, theAttorney- General, deputy ministers,senior military officers, departmentalheads from various ministries, mem-bers of subcommittee and work com-mittee, members of Nay Pyi Taw De-velopment Committee, rectors,principals, local authorities, repre-sentatives from social organizationsand national race representatives tooktheir positions at designated places.

The ceremony commenced at 4.20am and the State Flag hoisting grouphoisted the State Flag. As the State Flagsaluting ceremony started at 7 am.

(See page 8)

Secretary-1 Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo reads message sent by Chairman of the SPDC Senior General Than Shwe.—MNA

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