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Volume XVII, Number 124 13th Waning of Wagaung 1371 ME Tuesday, 18 August, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base andall-round development of other sectors ofthe economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-orientedeconomic system

* Development of the economy inviting par-ticipation in terms of technical know-howand investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrityand preservation and safeguarding ofcultural heritage and national charac-ter

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed na-

tion in accord with the new State Consti-tution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Aug —Lt-Gen Khin Zaw ofthe Ministry of Defence attended a ceremony to openNyanwaiyan two-storey building of No 1 BasicEducation Middle School in Theingon Ward, ThatonTownship, and hand it over to the Ministry of Educationon 14 August morning. He next formally opened thenew school building and made an opening speech.

The donor family handed over the documentsrelated to the school building to the headmistress, whothen presented a certificate of honour. After theceremony, Lt-Gen Khin Zaw and Chairman of MonState Peace and Development Council Commander ofSouth-East Command Maj-Gen Thet Naing Win lookedround the school building.

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of Ministry ofDefence attends opening of new

school building in Thaton TownshipLt-Gen Khin Zaw visited Myanma Tyre and

Rubber Industries of the Ministry of Industry-2 andinspected running of machines, production process oftyres of tractor, other vehicles, motorcycles and bicyclesand samples of tyres.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Khin Zaw attended amonsoon tree-planting ceremony for environmentalconservation in Aukkawyin Village by Thaton-Hpa-an road.

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw, the commander and the StatePDC chairman presented saplings to departmentalofficials and members of social organizations. Next,they viewed the growing of teak trees.

(See page 7)

Noteworthy amount of rainfall

Nay Pyi Taw (Yezin) 1.74 inchesNay Pyi Taw (Pyinmana) 0.79 inchNay Pyi Taw (Lewe) 0.71 inchNay Pyi Taw (Tatkon) 0.71 inchToungoo 6.18 inchesToungoo (Aviation) 2.09 inchesGwa 1.46 inches PAGE 8

INSIDE

Spectacular Kanthaya Garden in Pathein

Kanthaya Garden in Pathein, Ayeyawady Division.

Article: Maung Maung Myint SwePhotos: Kyaw Myint Than

(Lanmadaw)

The beautiful Kanthaya Garden with colourfulbirds and flowers has brought honour and glory toPathein, the capital city of Ayeyawady Division.

We, the news crew, arrived in Pathein to studythe beautiful sceneries of Kanthaya Garden. The gardenis set up to resemble the Kandawgyi with a combinationof three lakes.

Pathein Development Affairs Committee hasestablished the garden on the land that lies as an islandbetween the three natural lakes. As soon as we enteredKanthaya Garden, we saw a beautiful circular fountain.Tulips, casuarinas and pines there are like a painting.

(See page 7)

The government has been able to show positive and friendlyattitude in the area of international relations. It has also been ableto show respect for humanitarianism and human rights.

The first step of a long journey

KYAW YE MIN

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Tuesday, 18 August, 2009* 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 DesirePERSPECTIVES

The agriculture, forest and livestock

breeding sectors are the important pillars

for economic development of Myanmar.

Therefore, the government has given

priority to sustainable use of the nation’s

rich forest and agricultural resources.

In Myanmar, there are more than 44

million acres of arable land but the area of

land that is actually farmed is over 33 million

acres. Such agricultural produce as rice,

beans and pulses, corn and sesame are the

nation’s food supplies as well as export

earners.

Myanmar is in a position to produce

good quality rice, beans and pulses and

long-staple cotton that can penetrate the

international market. Therefore, efforts are

being made to increase the quantity as well

as quality of crops by extending cultivated

acreage and using quality strains.

The government has spent millions of

kyats on construction of dams, river water-

pumping stations and tube-wells to ensure

sufficient water for agricultural purpose.

As rice is the staple food of the nation, it is

necessary to boost production in the 2009-

2010 harvest season not only to meet

domestic consumption but also to export

the surplus.

As the agriculture sector plays an

important role in our drive for development

of national economy, we would like to call

on the peasantry to work for development

of the agriculture sector by trying to increase

crop production.

Boost crop production foragricultural development

Colour Photo Contest for 62nd Anniversary Independence DayYANGON, 17 Aug—

Hailing the 62nd

Anniversary Indepen-dence Day which falls on4 January of 2010, thecolour photo contest willbe held with the theme of“Images of High NationalPrestige of Myanmar”.

Anyone mayparticipate in the contestwith photos reflectingdevelopments, scenicviews, peace and high

integrity of the State.The size of the photos

must be 10x14 inchesones, with numbersunlimited. Any kind ofcamera can be used butphotos created with digitaltechnology and that havewon prizes in home andabroad photo contests arenot allowed to participatein the contest. Handsomeprizes will be presented toprize-winners of the

contest.Photos must be sent

to U Aye Kywe, Director(Production) ofInformation and PublicRelations Department, atNo.228 Theinbyu Road,Botataung Township,here, not later than 4 pmon 1 September and thosecome later than thedeadline would not bechosen for the contest.

MNA

Deputy Chief Justice U Thein Soe addresses Refresher Course No.6 for township judges.—MNA

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Myint Thein addresses the coord meetingfor construction of Cyclone Shelters in storm-hit regions.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Aug – The opening of new tarredroad built on self-reliant basic was held at the archwayof the new road in Maha Aungmyay Township inMandalay on 10 August.

Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace and

Commander opens new tarred road in Maha Aungmyay TownshipDevelopment Council Commander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe, Mayor Brig-Gen PhoneZaw Han and officials formally opened the new road.They then strolled along the new road together withguests.— MNA

YANGON, 17 Aug —Deputy Minister forConstruction Brig-GenMyint Thein addressed thecoordination meeting onconstruction of cycloneshelters in cyclone-hitregion at the office ofDepartment of HumanSettlement and HousingDevelopment hereyesterday morning.

The deputy ministerheard the reports onprogress in constructionof 20 cyclone shelterspresented by ChiefEngineers U Khin MaungOo and U Nyunt MaungSan.—MNA

Coordination meeting on construction of cyclone shelters held

Refresher course for township judges opened

YANGON, 17 Aug —The refresher course No.6for township judges wasopened at the training

school of the SupremeCourt in HlinethayaTownship today.

The course wasopened with an addressby Deputy Chief Justice

U Thein Soe. A total of 25trainees are attending theeight-week course.

The openingceremony was alsoattended by judges of the

Supreme Court, thedirector-general (admin)and directors of theSupreme Court and judgesof Yangon Division anddistricts.—MNA

YANGON, 17 Aug—With a view to developinginformation andcommunication techno-logy, Myanmar ComputerProfessionals’ Associationwill organize educativetalks for IT professional torealize IT Technology aswell as businessenvironment, IT market,law and regulation relatedto IT, process standard andtechnology standard.

Director U Maung MaungThant of IntellectualDeveloper Co Ltd will givetalk on “Bridging the GapBetween IT and BusinessManager Perspective, andDirector U Zaw Moe Thantof Ace Data System on“Bridging the GapBetween IT and BusinessSoftware EngineerPerspective” at the con-ference hall of MyanmarInfo Tech main building,

Hlaing Township herefrom 2 pm to 4 pm on 22August (Saturday).

Members ofMyanmar ComputerProfessionals’ Asso-ciation, solfwareengineers, IT managersand any interested personsmay attend the talks. Forfurther information, pleasecontact Room 4, Bulding 4of the association’s officePh:652276.—MNA

Talks on Bridging the Gap Between ITand Business on 22 Aug

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UK pilot ‘killed’ in Malaysiatesting new plane

Map locating Taiping in Malaysia wherea British pilot was killed while testingthe prototype of his Jetpod “flying taxi,”reports said on Monday.—INTERNET

US soldier killedin Afghanistan

KABUL, 17 Aug—An insurgent gunattack killed a US soldier in Afghanistan,the military announced on Monday,adding to a climbing death toll of foreigntroops helping to secure the country aheadof this week’s elections.

The trooper was killed in the east of thecountry on Sunday, the same day threeBritish soldiers were killed in an explosionin the volatile south. “An internationalsecurity force member died after heencountered small arms fire from militantswhile on patrol in eastern Afghanistan on16 August,” the NATO-led force said in astatement. The soldier was from the UnitedStates, it said. Nearly 40 internationaltroops have lost their lives in Afghanistanthis month, according to independenticasualties.org which tracks the tolls fromthe conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq. Julywas the deadliest month for theinternational forces since the US-ledinvasion in late 2001 that removed theextremist Taleban regime for shelteringAl-Qaeda.—Internet

Somali dock workers

stand next to the

newly arrived cargo

ship with food aid

from the World Food

Programme (WFP) in

Mogadishu on 16 Aug

2009. —INTERNET

Three NATO soldierskilled in S AfghanistanKABUL, 17 Aug— Three soldiers of

the NATO-led International SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF) were killed insouthern Afghanistan on Sunday, apress release of the alliance said onMonday.

“Three ISAF service members werekilled yesterday, as a result ofImprovised Explosive Device (IED)detonation that occurred in southernAfghanistan,” the press release added.

“In fighting the militants andpreventing them from harassing thepopulation, these soldiers made thehighest sacrifice to help give the Afghanpeople a chance to improve their qualityof life. We will never forget them,” thepress release quoted Brigadier-GeneralEric Tremblay as saying.

However, it did not mention the exactplace of the incident and nationality ofvictims by saying, “it is ISAF policynot to release the nationality of anycasualty prior to the relevant nationalauthority doing so.”—Xinhua

KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Aug — A Britishpilot killed in a fiery crash in Malaysiawas an aviation entrepreneur conductinga test flight of his Jetpod “flying taxi”,reports said on Monday.

Michael Robert Dacre, 53, died onSunday when the prototype aircraftcrashed and burst into flames shortlyafter take-off from a landing strip in the

northern town of Taiping, Malaysianpolice said. The Star daily said Dacrewas an inventor and the managingdirector of British-based Avcen Ltdwhich planned to have the “Jetpod” eight-seater flying taxi in production by 2010.

It quoted witnesses as saying that theaircraft attempted to take off severaltimes before soaring into the sky andthen abruptly veering to the left andcrashing to the ground.

The Jetpod was designed to have acruising speed of 350 miles (550kilometres) per hour, be quieter andquicker than a helicopter, and requirejust 125 meters to take off and 300 metresto land.

In interviews when plans for the dualjet engine aircraft were unveiled, Dacrehad said he hoped the Jetpod wouldtransform inner-city transport.—Internet

Israeli soldiersshoot Egyptian

policemanJERUSALEM, 17 Aug—

The Israeli army says itssoldiers mistakenly shotand wounded an Egyptianpoliceman along theborder between the twocountries.

The army says a routinepatrol on Monday morningidentified a suspicious,armed figure at the border.

It says that when theIsraeli troops challengedthe man, he cocked hisweapon — prompting thesoldiers to open fire.The army says the soldiersonly realized it was anEgyptian policeman afterthe shooting. A jointIsraeli-Egyptian teamis investigating theshooting.—Internet

An Iraqi man reacts at the scene of a bomb

attack which targeted a police patrol in Karrada

neighbourhood,central Baghdad, Iraq, on 16

Aug, 2009. Several people were injured in the

blast, police said.

INTERNET

Two car bombs nearBaghdad restaurant kill four

BAGHDAD, 17 Aug—Four people were killed and 18others injured when two roadside bombs explodednear a popular restaurant in southwestern Baghdad, apolice source said on Sunday night.

The local police source told Xinhua on condition ofanonymity that two car bombs exploded near thepopular Abood restaurant at about 8:00 pm local time(1700 GMT) in Baghdad Jadida (new Baghdad), killingfour people and wounding 18 others.—Xinhua

Three killed in attack onSomalia UN compound

MOGADISHU, 17 Aug—Armed men attacked a WorldFood Programme compound in Somalia overnight,sparking an exchange of fire with security guards inwhich three attackers were killed, UN officials said onMonday.

“The militiamen tried to enter the WFP compoundhere in Wajid where some foreign UN staff memberswere staying,” a UN official told AFP on condition ofanonymity.

“But our security guards confronted them, killingtwo of the attackers on the spot. A third one died of hisinjuries moments later,” the official said, adding thatone of the compound’s guards was also wounded inthe incident.—Internet

Honour guards take part in a ceremony commemorating the 64th anniversaryof Indonesia’s independence from Dutch colonial rule at Merdeka (Freedom)

palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 17 Aug, 2009.—INTERNET

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HANOI, 17 Aug—Viet-nam and Cambodia ex-pressed their strong will inreaching the bilateraltrade of two billion USdollars in 2010, the localnewspaper Vietnam In-vestment Times reportedon Monday.

The target was made ata conference on opportu-nities for Vietnam to dobusiness in Cambodia.The conference, whichwas recently-ended in HoChi Minh City of Viet-nam, drew participationof relevant agencies ofboth Vietnam and Cambo-dia.

Cambodia will be apotential market for Viet-nam as Cambodian peo-

New Subaru cars are parked at an industrial port in Kawasaki, near Tokyo on17 Aug, 2009. Japan’s economy returned to growth in the second quarter,ending its longest recession since World War Two, but analysts warned of arocky road ahead as the nascent recovery was based on short-term stimulus

efforts around the world.—INTERNET

People play roller coaster in the Happy Valleyamusement part in east China’s Shanghai, on 16

Aug, 2009. The park, with 7 theme subareas, starteda trial operation on Sunday.—XINHUA

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 struck West Sumatra of SumatraIsland in Indonesia on Sunday, injuring seven people and destroying scores

of buildings, Meteorology and Geophysics Agency and Disaster ManagementAgency said. —XINHUA

Vietnam, Cambodia vow to reachtwo-way trade of $2 b in 2010

ple has turned their eyeson consuming Vietnam’sgoods and products in-stead of Thailand’s ones,said Yeav Kim Hean, acommercial counselor ofVietnam-base Cambo-dian Embassy.

Cambodia is callingfor foreign investment inits key sectors ofhydropower, mining, cul-tivation of industrialplants, and telecommuni-cation. This opens moreopportunities for Viet-nam’s businesses to in-vest in Cambodia, saidHuynh Tan Phong, vicedirector of Ho Chi MinhTrade Promotion Agencyat the conference.

To reach the target,

Vietnam will conduct awide range of trade pro-motion activities in Cam-bodia from now on. Theseactivities include marketsurveys, conferences ontrade cooperation andtrade fairs, said Phong.

In 2008, the two-waytrade between Vietnamand Cambodia was 1.7bil-lion US dollars, up 31 per-cent year-on-year. Ofwhich, Vietnam’s exportsto Cambodia earned about1.45 billion US dollars,according to Vietnam’sMinistry of Industry andTrade.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 17 Aug—China is sending a vice ministerof trade to Washington to lobby US administration of-ficials against imposing duties on Chinese-made tires,the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday.

The Obama administration has until September todecide whether to levy duties up to 55 percent, in thefirst of a growing list of trade issues with China.

Chinese vice commerce minister Zhong Shan willargue that slapping duties on Chinese exports wouldraise costs for US auto manufacturers and consumers.He will meet with US departments including State,Treasury, Commerce and the US Trade Representative.

The duties, recommended by the US InternationalTrade Commission in late June, could reach up to 55percent in the first year, 45 percent in the second yearand 35 percent in the third year.

The petition to restrict tire imports came from theUnited Steelworkers union, which argues that the tireimports are destroying US industry. The Steelworkersrepresent 15,000 workers employed at 13 plants in nineUS states that together account for nearly half of UStire production.—Internet

JERUSALEM, 17 Aug—Israel’s Gross DomesticProduct (GDP) ex-panded by one percent inthe second quarter of2009, a sign that thecountry’s economymight be emerging fromrecession, a report from

SEOUL, 17 Aug—South Korea’s industrialpower sales inched up onyear in July with an in-crease in demand fromthe oil refining and ship-building industries, thegovernment said on Mon-

BEIJING, 17 Aug—TheDatang InternationalPower Generation Co(Datang Power) anno-unced on Sunday its netprofit surged 55.72 per-cent year on year to652.37 million yuan(95.52 million US dollars)in the first half of this year.

The Beijing-basedcompany attributed itsprofit increase to the elec-tricity price increases dur-

China trade official goes toWashington on tires case Israeli economy may be

emerging from recessionthe Central Bureau ofStatistics (CBS) said onSunday.

According to the re-port, the country’s GDPhas expanded after twoconsecutive quarters ofcontraction.

The one percentgrowth in the secondquarter followed a 3.2percent decrease in thefirst quarter and a 1.4percent drop in the lastquarter of 2008.

Exports, which ac-count for about 45 per-cent of GDP, were 5.8percent up in the secondquarter, private con-sumption increased by4.4 percent and publicconsumption rose by19.8 percent, said CBS.

Xinhua

Net profit of China’s Datang Powersurges 55.7% in H1

ing the second half lastyear.

China raised retailelectricity prices by 0.025yuan per kwh for indus-tries in last July and liftedthe on-grid price of coal-fired electricity by 0.01yuan in last August to off-set rising costs in powerplants.

The company’s busi-ness revenue reached20.68 billion yuan in the

first six months, an in-crease of 18.9 percentfrom a year earlier.

In the January-Juneperiod, Datang Powerreaped 18.3 billion yuanon electricity sales, up7.84 percent year on year.

However, power gen-eration in the companyand its subsidiaries wasdown 1.51percent from ayear earlier to 61.3 billionkwh.—Xinhua

Rising energy demand pulls up S Korea’sindustrial power sales in July

day.According to the Mini-

stry of Knowledge, thenation’s industrial powersales inched up 0.8 per-cent on year in July, withthose to oil refineries andshipyards rising 5.5 per-cent and 6.7 percent, re-spectively.

Industrial power pur-chase of semiconductor

and machinery manufac-turers also expanded 3.5percent and 1.3 percentyear-on-year, the minis-try said.

The ministry pointedout that a rise in demandby energy-concentratedindustries pulled uppower consumption inJuly.

Xinhua

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Teheran dismisses gasolinesanction on Iran as “inefficient”

TEHERAN, 17 Aug—Ira-nian Oil Minister GholamHossein Nozari on Sundaydismissed sanctions ongasoline exports to Iran as“inefficient,” the semi-of-ficial Fars news agencyreported.“Iran possessesone of the greatest oil re-serves in the world, there-fore, no country can im-pose sanctions on Iran’sgasoline,” Nozari wasquoted as saying.

In the meantime, “all

the necessary measures forsupplying the country’sgasoline needs have beentaken,” he said.

Hojjatollah Ghani-mifard, an official of Na-tional Iranian Oil Com-pany, said last week thatIran is by no means con-cerned about any sanctionon Iran’s fuel demand.

Earlier, Iran’s OPECGovernor Mohammad AliKhataibi said Iran is a veryimportant market for for-

eign suppliers and that“global oil commodityproducers can not lose theIranian market easily,” ac-cording to local satellitePress TV.

In a fresh attempt, theObama administration isconsidering the option ofcutting off the supplies ofgasoline and other refinedoil products to Teheran ifit refuses to negotiate on itsdisputed nuclear pro-gramme.—Xinhua

A policeman tests a taxi driver to determine whether he is driving under theinfluence on Saturday evening in Huaibei, Anhui province.—XINHUA

Brazil, Venezuela to boostcooperation on fertilizer

CARACAS,17 Aug— Brazil and Venezuela will seeka geostrategic alliance on fertilizer, Venezuelan Presi-dent Hugo Chavez on Sunday told his weekly broad-cast “Alo Presidente.”

Venezuela’s Bolivar state borders Brazil’s Roraimastate and the latter needs Venezuela’s fertilizer to boostagriculture and downstream production such as live-stock farming, Brazil’s ambassador to Venezuela, Jaoode Souza, said during the programme.

Venezuela produces crude oil and natural gas, bothof which are key feed stocks for many industrial ferti-lizers.

Venezuela and Brazil share a borderline of some1,700 km. Venezuela is Brazil’s sixth largest trade part-ner.—Xinhua

Runway closed in Bangladesh’smain airport following accidentDHAKA, 17 Aug—Authorities of Bangladesh’s

main Zia International Airport in capital Dhaka hasclosed its runway after a plane heading for India ranout of the runway on Monday morning, a senior of-ficial said.

Sakeb Iqbal Khan Majlis, chairman of Civil Avia-tion Authority of Bangladesh, told Xinhua that therunway will remain closed for three hours from 10:40am local time in the morning.

He said the aircraft of India’s private Jet Airwaysfrom Dhaka to India’s eastern Kolkata city went outof the runway just before it takes off.

The aircraft, carrying about 130 passengers andeight crews, was 15-20 feet (4.5-6 meters) out of therunway, Majlis said.—Xinhua

US airliner makes emergency landingin Panama due to cabin smoke

PANAMA CITY, 17 Aug—Smoke from the controlcabin of a US airliner with 194 people aboard forcedit to make an emergency landing at Panama City’sTocumen airport, the Panamanian authorities saidon Sunday. All the 190 passengers and four crewwere safe aboard the Boeing 752 plane that belongedto the American Airlines, authorities said.

The pilot detected smoke and reported the inci-dent to Tocumen airport control tower some 40 min-utes after the plane took off from Panama city on aflight to the US city of Miami, said Panama’s civilaviation administration.—Xinhua

Bus accident kills19 in Bolivia

LIMA, 17 Aug— At least 19people were killed and 26 oth-ers injured on Sunday morningafter a bus fell off a cliff in Bo-livia, police said.

The accident occurred at 6 amlocal time (1000 GMT) when anintre-provincial bus plunged intoa 100-meter-deep ravine on amountain road in the Los Yungasregion, 70 km northeast of Bo-livia’s administrative capital LaPaz.

The cause of the accident isunder investigation.—Xinhua

CANBERRA, 17 Aug—A new strategy was launched on Monday to tackle climatechange and protect Australia’s 4.1 billion US dollar Great Barrier Reef tourismindustry.

The plan was revealed at the Tourism Futures Conference on the Gold Coast.It has been compiled by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Queens-

land Tourism Industry Council and Association of Marine Park Tourism Opera-tors.

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority chairman Russell Reichelt said cli-mate change is the single biggest threat facing the reef.

“One of the key features is that it was developed by industry, but with the ma-rine park authority as a combined effort,” he said.

The plan covered raising awareness among operators and tourists, reducing thecarbon footprint of tourism operators and improving their energy efficiency.

The strategy also included monitoring and reporting changes, improving theresilience of the reef itself, and integrating climate change with business opera-tions and planning.—Xinhua

The phototaken on 16Aug, 2009

shows pictureboards dis-

played on theopening of thephoto exhibi-tion of Wit-

ness of State-owned

Economy inSixty Years inWangfujing

Street ofBeijing,China.XINHUA

Performers play liondance during a paradein south China’s HongKong Special Adminis-

trative Region(HKSAR), on 16 Aug,

2009. A total of 60teams performeddragon, lion and

unicorn dance duringthe parade on Sundayto welcome the 60thanniversary of the

founding of thePeople’s Republic of

China in October.XINHUA

New strategylaunched to

tackleclimatechange,protectGreat

Barrier Reef

All items from Xinhua News Agency

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NEWS ALBUM

Ruddy Shelducks stroll along a riverin Qiangtang Grassland in TibetAutonomous Region, southwest

China. Qiangtang Nature Reserve,the biggest nature reserve in China,covers an area of some 298,000 sq

km in northern Tibet. The grasslandbreeds over 1,000 kinds of wild

animals, including some state-listedprotected animals, as the species

diversity in the area recovers undertop state protection.

Top eight beautiful waterfalls in China

Edward Williams is the definition oflucky after winning the lottery for a sec-ond time in a year. Williams, 47, ofWichita won $75,000 in Septemberplaying a $10 scratch ticket. Then onWednesday, he defied the odds againwhen matched all the numbers in theSuper Kansas Cash drawing to win ajackpot worth nearly $900,000.

“When I hit $75,000, I figured light-ning struck once, it won’t ever hitagain,” Williams said in a preparedstatement released by Kansas Lotteryofficials. “This one knocked me flat!”

A US student who recently graduatedfrom New York’s Monroe College saidshe had filed a complaint with the schoolaccusing it of being responsible for herinability to find work.

Trina Thompson, 27, who graduatedwith a degree in information technologyin April at the school in northernManhattan’s Bronx district, asked thestate supreme court to award her 70,000dollars to reimburse the tuition costs.

The former student said she had beenunable to find employment to supportherself since graduation.

A group of Florida boaters spear fish-ing and lobster diving said they receivedthe shock of their lives when a bull sharkjumped up on the deck of their vessel.

Michael Powers said he and hisfriends were boating on a 21-foot ves-sel off Haulover Beach, Fla, on Satur-day when the 5 1/2 foot bull sharkjumped onto the vessel, WSVN-TV,Miami, reported.

“One minute it was in the air, the nextminute it was in the boat just beatingeverything in God’s creation,” Powerssaid. “It hit one of the crew members. Ithit Patricia, then it went between Paul’slegs and my legs in the back.

We’re all scattering for cover tryingto get up on the deck and out of any-where we could, just to be safe.”

“We waited for her to calm down af-ter 30 minutes and bleeding all over thedeck and busting everything up,” he said.“We tail roped her and we tried to lifther out with a pole and a net we used toget the lobster in.

A baby elephant that got trapped in

the manhole of a drainage ditch in

Rayong Province, eastern Thailand.

Rescuers spent 3 hours freeing the

animal, who was unharmed.

Mt Lushan waterfall, the most poeticwaterfall in China.

Located in the Mt Lushan scenic areain Jiangxi Province, the beauty ofLushan Waterfall groups have been ad-mired for thousands of years, amongwhich the Three Tier Spring is the mostreputed. There is a saying, “One can never saythat he has visited Mt Lushan if he hasnot been to the Three Tier Spring.” Consisting of 22 waterfalls, 18 rapidtorrents, 14 lakes and ponds, the water-fall plummets 155 metres from the pin-nacle of Wulao Mountain (Peak of FiveOld Men), and comes to an abrupt end

against the multi tiered rocks at the cliffsbase, creating a mist and fantasy scenery.

Jobless US graduatesues college for70,000 dollars

Kansas man wins bigin lottery for 2nd time

in ’09

Shark hitches rideon boat

Map locating the epicentre of a 6.7-magnitudequake that struck in southern Japanese waters near

the coast of Taipei on Monday.—INTERNET

TOKYO, 17 Aug— Astrong earthquake with apreliminary magnitude of6.8 jolted near IshigakiIsland in Japan’s south-ernmost Okinawa Prefec-ture on Monday, said theJapan MeteorologicalAgency.

There were no reports

LIMA, 17 Aug—Peru-vian police say gunmenrobbed 12 foreigners onan ecological tourism tripto the Manu nature re-serve on a popular forestroute.

Authorities say fourrobbers took an undeter-mined amount of cash,cameras and video equip-ment around noon Sundaybut did not harm any ofthe victims.

The incident occurredin the Tres Cruces area ofthe Cusco region, nearly600 kilometres (375miles) southeast of Lima.

Internet

MOSCOW, 17 Aug—Seven people were killedon Monday in an accidentthat halted production atRussia’s largest hydro-electric power station, of-ficials said.

Water flooded a hall atthe Sayano-Shushenskayapower station in the Sibe-rian region of Khakassia,emergency ministry spok-eswoman Irina Butenkotold Reuters.

“Seven people died

LONDON, 17 Aug— Thedeputy commander of aUS Air Force base in Eng-land was baffled by whathe’d seen: bright, pulsinglights in the night sky.

Britain’s defence min-istry couldn’t explain iteither, but concluded thatthe unidentified flyingobject posed no threat.

The National Archiveson Monday released thegovernment’s complete fileon the “Rendlesham ForestIncident” of December1980, one of Britain’s mostfamous UFO sightings.

Strong quake hits Japan’s Ishigaki Islandof casualties or damage toproperties.

The focus of thequake, which occurred at9:06 am (0006 GMT),was located some 10 kmunder the sea off IshigakiIsland, said the agency.

The agency issued atsunami alert for Miyako

Island and neighbouringislands in Okinawa Pre-fecture and lifted thewarning at 10 am.

The government set upa liaison office at theprime minister’s officefollowing the occurrenceof the quake.

Xinhua

12 foreignecotouristsrobbed on

trip in Peru

Seven dead as accident shuts topRussia hydro station

and 11 were injured,” shesaid. “There is no dangerto the population.”

She said authoritieswere not ruling out thepossibility that an explo-sion caused the accident,but Russian news agen-cies reported a water surgewas the most likely cause.

Power production hasbeen halted at the plantwhich supplies severalmajor aluminium plants,said a spokesman for

RusHydro, which ownsthe station.

Electricity supplies havebeen cut to the Khakasskyand Sayansk aluminiumplants, said DmitryKudryavtsev, the chiefspokesman for the emergen-cies ministry in Siberia.

Plants operated byRussia’s largest alu-minium producer RUSALare working as normal,said spokeswoman VeraKurochkina.—Internet

Britain publishes more UFO files, but few answersIt was among more

than 4,000 pages postedonline on Monday docu-menting 800 alleged en-counters during the 1980sand 1990s. Over the pastthree years the Ministry ofDefence has been gradu-ally releasing previouslysecret UFO papers afterfacing Freedom of Infor-mation demands.

The Rendlesham filecontains US Air Force LtCol Charles Halt’s first-hand account of the event,which has been publicknowledge for many

years. The file includesthe conclusions of a Brit-ish government investiga-tion and a letter from aformer defence chief urg-ing officials to take UFOsmore seriously.

Halt reported that twoservicemen had noticed“unusual lights” about 3am in the woods outsidethe gates of RAF Wood-bridge, a US base in east-ern England. He wrotethat patrolmen sent to in-vestigate saw “a strangeglowing object” in theforest.—Internet

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Spectacular Kanthaya Garden in Pathein

(from page 1)After that, Lt-Gen Khin Zaw visited the

mixed plantation of crops and forests inMyainggalay forest reserve of Kayin State ForestDepartment.

He then proceeded to the monsoon paddyplantation at the entrance and exit of Myainggalay

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of Ministry of Defence…

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of Ministry of Defence unveils the Nyanwaiyan new school building of

No. 1 BEMS in Theingon Ward of Thaton Township.—MNA

Article: Maung Maung Myint Swe, Photos: Kyaw Myint Than (Lanmadaw)

“We are doing maintenance tasks daily inKanthaya Garden.”

U Sa Tint Wai (Engineer, Pathein DAC)

A bridge in the garden.

Visitors can enjoy natural beauty along the gravel road in Kanthaya Garden.

Universities of Mandalay participatein friendly volley tournamentVillage, Hpa-an Township and inspected samples of

fertilizers and paddy strains.Then he cordially greeted the local farmers.Later, Lt-Gen Khin Zaw and party inspected

condition of Thaton-Hpa-an road section and monsoonpaddy plantations on both sides.

MNA

MANDALAY, 17 Aug—Under the programme ofintegrated sports and education, the opening ofvolleyball friendly of Mandalay’s universities of HigherEducation Department (Upper Myanmar) was held atthe University’s Gymnasium of Mandalay on 15August. Present on the occasion were Chairman ofMandalay City Development Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Phone Zaw Han, Deputy Minister for EducationBrig-Gen Aung Myo Min, Director-General Dr SoeWin of Higher Education Department (Upper MyanmarIn-charge), Rector of Yadanabon University U ThanNwe, officials concerned, managers, coaches, teachersand students.

In the men’s event, Yadanabon University playedagainst Kyaukse University and Mandalay Universityof Foreign Languages against Mandalay University. Inthe women’s event, Sagaing Education Universitycontested with Mandalay University.

The previous day, in the men’s event, MandalayUniversity of Foreign Languages rivaled with SagaingEducation University and in the women’s event, KyaukseUniversity matched against Sagaing EducationUniversity and Yadanabon University against MandalayUniversity of Foreign Languages.—MNA

(from page 1)The area of

Kanthaya Garden is 164

acres and Pathein DAC istaking measures for it tobe filled with shade trees

and colourful flowers.“Upgrading tasks arebeing carried out daily andwe are doing our best forthe rest and recreation ofvisitors,” said SeniorEngineer U Sa Tint Waiof Pathien DAC. Ninebooths have been built inthe garden in order thatnational significant dayscan be held there.

U Sa Tint Wai alsoexplained that “We cango bird-watching in thegarden as migratory birdsfrequent the lakes. We are

also doing maintenancetasks for visitors to Patheinto be able to come here.”There are a playground, amini golf club and rotorsin the garden.

The 200-foot-longwooden bridge across thelake with turnings isattractive to everyone towalk over. At the otherend of the bridge liesPathein University.Pathein Universityalongside KanthayaGarden has added to theglory of Pathein.

In the three lakesboat races are held and onthe lawns of the garden

weddings are usuallyheld. By walking on thegravel road in the gardenone can relax and freshenhis mind. Trees andflowers in the garden havebeen rearranged in theirnatural style.

Moreover, aswimming pool has beenbuilt in the garden forchildren as well as adultsto refresh their minds.

Kanthaya Gardenis open daily and it is thebest place for the dwellersof Pathein to relax.

******Translation: ST

Myanma Alin: 14-8-09

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 18 August, 2009

Senator Mr Jim Webb, Chairman of the EastAsian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee of the USSenate Foreign Relations Committee has just com-pleted his visit to Myanmar. Mr Yettaw went alongwith Mr Jim Webb to be home. The Senator’s tour ofMyanmar was welcomed and recognized both locallyand globally as a successful visit that helps deepen therelations between the US and Myanmar and reflectsMyanmar’s magnanimity and consideration.

During his visit to Myanmar, Mr Jim Webb metHead of State Senior General Than Shwe and alsowith the Prime Minister and the Foreign AffairsMinister and exchanged views. Moreover, he heldmeetings with the State Constitution Drafting Com-mission, social organizations, national race armedgroups that have returned to the legal fold, and offi-cially registered political parties. He also had talkswith Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. The meetings indicatedthat the government cooperated in all seriousnesswith Mr Jim Webb in his mission.

International media praised Mr Jim Webb forthe good job for his compatriot Mr Yettaw. At hiscall on the Head of State, Mr Jim Webb made tworequests: to release Mr Yettaw who was punishedfor his violation of Myanmar law, and to let himmeet Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Mr Jim Webb said that Mr Yettaw committed aserious crime according to the Myanmar law, so hedid not want to ask a pardon; that however he re-quested that the government release Mr Yettaw fromthe social grounds; that the Myanmar governmentfulfilled his request with goodwill from the humani-tarian grounds in the framework of the law; and thatso Mr Yettaw had reunited with his family.

In my opinion, Mr Yettaw was found guilty, but thecase was worthy of consideration due to his bad healthconditions. According to the clarification the chief ofthe Myanmar Police Force made at the press confer-ence recently, he was in serious condition owing to thefact that he did not have meals for months. The govern-ment provided health care to him, spending a lot ofmoney. At the requests of Mr Jim Webb and the USEmbassy in Myanmar, the government issued an orderon humanitarian grounds to commute half of the UScitizen Mr Yettaw’s seven years’ prison term andsuspend the remaining prison term and to deport himfor his health and future and as a gesture of consideringrelations between the US and Myanmar. Now, he hasleft Myanmar together with Mr Jim Webb.

After the order was read, Mr Yettaw and his 13belongings and 17 kinds of medicine were handedover to the US consul. It was made known to MrYettaw that according to the order, he will have toserve the suspended term alongside a three years’term under the Immigration Law if he enters Myanmar

The first step of a long journeyKyaw Ye Min

illegally again. The order depicts that the nation has anupright judicial pillar based on humanitarianism andmagnanimity.

Some foreign media expressed the government’spermission to Mr Jim Webb to meet Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi in his visit to Myanmar as a significantfulfilment. Their expression implicitly pointed outthat the United Nations Secretary-General on hisvisit to Myanmar was not allowed to meet with her,because they do not notice the difference betweenthe two situations. While the UNSG was on a visit,Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was still on trial at the courtfor her case and she was under the jurisdiction ofthe court. Now, the trial is over and she has beenpermitted to live in her residence under the sus-pended sentence. That means the government nolonger needs to seek the approval of the courtconcerned to arrange a meeting between Mr JimWebb and her. So, it is required of those foreignmedia to view the two different situations.

Being a member of the United Nations, Myanmar hasbeen cooperating constantly with the international or-ganization, and it will keep on cooperating actively withit. Myanmar recognizes and appreciates the good officesand efforts of the UN Secretary-General, but it did notattend to his request because of unusual situations andtime. I wish those foreign media would realize that.

Furthermore, Myanmar is a member of the globalfamily, and has positive attitude to cooperate with allother members in a friendly way. Myanmar dealsfriendly and equally with other countries in line withthe Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. In view-ing the international affairs, Myanmar does not haveany discrimination against or in favour of any particu-lar countries. On Mr Jim Webb’s visit, Myanmarenthusiastically cooperated with him because of itsstance to deepen the bilateral relations and relieve thedisagreements between the two countries, not becauseof his mother country, a superpower. If any othercountry is in place of the US, Myanmar’s stance willremain unchanged in that regard.

Mr Jim Webb issued a statement thanking theMyanmar government for its moves as a gesture oftaking heed of relations between the two countries withcorrect vision. He said both the countries hoped to usethe Myanmar government’s new moves as ways ofbuilding bilateral confidence and amity. At a pressconference before leaving Yangon Airport, Mr JimWebb revealed that he thanked the top leaders of thegovernment for allowing him to meet them. His visitwould help promote mutual understanding betweenthe US and Myanmar and hold working discussions.The 2010 election needed to be free and fair and it washoped that it would be so. Mr Jim Webb added that hewas able to discuss how to overcome existing obsta-

cles so that Myanmar’s political process acheiving itsgoal. He hoped that the relations between the US andMyanmar would continue to improve. He had al-ready believed that the barriers to building amitybetween the two countries would be overcome sometime. With a view to mending the bilateral relations,he would hold discussions based on his visit toMyanmar with the US administration and Secretaryof State Hilary Clinton.

In response to a reporter’s question, Mr JimWebb said he supposed that conventional economicsanctions against Myanmar would not yield anybenefits. In reality, he was the one who opposed theeconomic sanctions against Myanmar. He pointedout that a negotiation through diplomatic channelwas necessary in order to lift the sanctions againstMyanmar gradually. But we had learnt before hisvisit that a spokesperson of a big opposition partysaid that they could not recognize Mr Jim Webb, whoopposed the economic sanctions against Myanmar,as a politician who should be welcomed and that theywere indifferent to his visit as it could not be demo-cratically beneficial.

Even an influential US senator opposes theeconomic sanctions against our country but it isfound that anti-government Myanmar groups aredemanding further economic sanctions to get theirown country into trouble. They are indeed quis-lings. It was said that recently, the EU included morepersons and organizations in the list of the economicsanctions against Myanmar. Those persons and or-ganizations have been banned from entering the EUcountries and their assets will be frozen. To makematters worse, Nwe Aung, a so-called activist ofMyanmar affairs in Europe, made a shameful remark.He said they had demanded legal staff as well asinsurance services and marine products should bebanned. But they had not been in time to ban them.Even though the EU sanctions worked to a certaindegree, they were not satisfied with that, he said.Actually, they did not do a single thing to serve theinterests of their own country and people but have beensticking to destructive acts. Their attitude and acts areso mean. If they still regard themselves as Myanmarnationals, they should not be that disloyal to their owncountry and people. Even a senator from a foreigncountry shows goodwill towards the Myanmar people.If so, Myanmar people should show more goodwilland repay the gratitude of the State.

The US government has issued a statementwelcoming the visit of Mr Jim Webb and his success.Internal and external media also remarked that MrJim Webb was the first person as a US top officialwho was allowed to meet the leader of Myanmar. Hisvisit was more successful than expected due to thepositive responses of the Myanmar government.

Looking from our side, the government hasbeen able to show positive and friendly attitude in thearea of international relations. It has also been able toshow respect for humanitarianism and human rights.Moreover, it has respected the rule of law and couldmake a fair and right legal decision. And this must berecognized. All in all, I believe that the visit of Mr JimWebb is a success for both sides as well as the firststep to promotion of the relations between the twocountries. Indeed, it is the first step towards marchingto a 1000-mile destination.

Translation: MS+ST

Being a member of the United Nations, Myanmar hasbeen cooperating constantly with the international organi-zation, and it will keep on cooperating actively with it.Myanmar recognizes and appreciates the good offices andefforts of the UN Secretary-General, but it did not attend tohis request because of unusual situations and time. I wishthose foreign media would realize that.

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NAY PYI TAW, 17Aug—Minister for Indus-try-2 Vice-Admiral SoeThein arrived atMayangon rubber farm inBilin township in MonState on 15 August after-noon.

At the briefing hall ofthe rubber farm, the di-rector of Rubber Depart-ment and the farm in-charge briefed the minis-ter on targeted rubber cul-

Vice-Admiral Soe Thein inspects rubberfarm and project in Mon State

tivation and production ofrubber. After hearing thereports, the minister gaveinstructions on preserva-tion of rubber saplings andnecessary measures to betaken in the rainy season.

Upon arrival at No 2Tyres and Rubber Manu-facturing Factory Project(Bilin), officials con-cerned of the projectbriefed the minister onprogress in the construc-

tion of project buildingsand arrival of materials forthe project. Next, the min-ister gave instructions onstriving for timely com-pletion of the constructiontasks at the end of Octoberin coordination with for-eign technicians andlooked into progress ofconstruction tasks andstockpile of the construc-tion materials.

MNA

The ceremony to hand over foodstuffs for cattle that participated indrill on natural disaster preparedness warning and evacuating animals

to safer places in process.—MNA

Concluding ceremonies of vocational training courses took place in States and DivisionsYANGON, 17 Aug—

The conclusion ceremonyof No.51 Basic VocationalTraining Course andNo.22 AdvancedTailoring Course ofMyeik Women’sVocational TrainingSchool of Education andTraining Departmentunder Ministry forProgress of Border Areasand National Races andDevelopment Affairs tookplace at the training hallon 14 August. It wasattended by Chairman ofTaninthayi DivisionPeace and Development

Council Commander ofCoastal RegionCommand Maj-Gen KhinZaw Oo. The 40 traineeshave passed the courses.

Similarly, No. 51Basic Vocational TrainingCourse, No.23 AdvancedTailoring Course and No.5 Domestic HandicraftCourse (Cane andBamboo) of Shan State(North) Women’sVocational TrainingSchool were wound up atits training hall on 14August, attended byChairman of Shan State(North) Peace and

Development CouncilCommander of North-East Command Maj-GenAung Than Htut whodelivered an address.

Chairman of KayahState Peace and Develop-ment Council Brig-GenWin Myint attended theceremony to conclude No.44 Basic VocationalTraining Course, No. 23Advanced TailoringCourse and No. 4 Knit-ting Course of LoikawWomen’s VocationalTraining School at itstraining hall on 14 Augustand made a speech.

Similar ceremoniestook place in Kawthoungin Taninthayi Division,Muse in Shan State(North), Hpa-an andMyawady in Kayin State,Mudon and Ye in MonState, Putao, Bhamo,Dunban andDotphoneyan in KachinState and Pakokku,Yesagyo, Myaing, Paukand Seikphyu in MagwayDivision. Round travelexpenses, livingexpenses and facilitiesfor trainees wereprovided free.

MNA

YANGON, 17 Aug—Chairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment Council,Commander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen WinMyint, on 16 August, metwith service personnelwho would leave forCocogyun Township todischarge duties andpassengers at Thaketa

Commander meets servicepersonnel, passengers to Cocogyun

Jetty of Myanmar FiveStar Line in ThakaytaTownship.

The Commanderprovided cash assistancefor personnel andcordially greetedpersonnel and passengers.

Next, theCommander inspected thevessel to CocogyunTownship.—MNA

Chairman of CSSTB U Kyaw Thu and wifebeing welcomed by Indonesian AmbassadorMr Sebastianus Sumarsono and wife at the

reception to mark 64th Anniversary Independ-ence Day of Republic of Indonesia on 17

August.—MNA

YANGON, 17 Aug—Jointly-organized by theMinistry of LivestockBreeding and Fisheriesand World Society for theProtection of Animals-WSPA, drill on naturaldisaster preparednesswarning and evacuatinganimals to safer placeswas made in Nyaungnguvillage in Kungyangontownship on 13 August.

Present on the occa-sion were the secretary ofKungyangon townshipPeace and Development

Drill on evacuating animals tosafer places launched

Council and officials,staff of Livestock Breed-ing and Veterinary De-partment (Head Office)and Yangon andAyeyawady Divisions,faculty members and stu-dents of University ofVeterinary Science, del-egates to FAO-ERCU,UNDP, CARE Myanmar,GAA and TGH , DirectorDr Ian Dacre and expertsof WSPA, officials andfarmers from seven vil-lages who took part in thedrill.

The program in-cludes sending and ac-cepting of disaster warn-ing message, informingof successive message,warning with flag andlaud speaker, driving cat-tle to Nyaungngu pasture,putting records on cattle,locating of cattle, feed-ing feedstuff and waterand medical care. Next,bags of feedstuff weredistributed for some 500cattle that participated inthe practice.

MNA

YANGON, 17 Aug—The third four-year termand third annual meet-ings of Myanmar LibraryAssociation will be heldat the cinema hall ofMyanmar Education Re-search Bureau on Pyayroad, here, at 10 am on22 August.

Myanmar Library Association to hold annualmeeting, prizes presentation and reading session

Apart from the prizepresentation ceremony,U Kyaw Oo (Director,National Library) willread his paper onCONSAL and MyanmarLibrary Association andU Aung Myat Kyaw (As-sistant Lecturer, Libraryand Knowledge Depart-

ment, Yangon EasternUniversity) on observa-tions on maintenance ofpalm-leaf inscription andparabaik.

Invitation lettershave been sent to mem-bers to attend the meet-ing without fail.

MNA

YANGON, 17 Aug—Yangon East Districtawarded prize winners inits 17th Myanma Tradi-tional Performing Artscompetitions at Yankin

Yangon East District awards prizes to winners in17th Myanma Performing Arts competitions

Education College inYankin township yester-day evening.

The district chair-man and officials con-cerned presented certifi-

cates of honour andprizes to judges and first,second and third placedwinners and artistes en-tertained songs to the au-diences.—MNA

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 18 August, 2009

NAY PYI TAW, 17Aug—Minister forForestry Brig-Gen TheinAung went toAungchantha log yard inPyinmana (South), NayPyi Taw LumberingDivision where heinspected systematicallylaying the logs in log yardand left necessaryinstructions relating to thework.

Forestry Minister inspects logyards, sawmills, teak plantations

Next, the ministerand officials visited No.21 sawmill (Kywe-shin)of Local Trade andSawmill Department andlooked around the mill.

The ministerlooked into thriving teakplantations in 750-acreisolated teak plantation2008 in Taungnyo LocalTrade and SawmillDepartment in Nay Pyi

Taw and looked aroundthe No. 52 lumber mill(Mayankhon).

At Pantin log yardin Pyinmana (North),Nay Pyi Taw LumberingDivision, the ministerviewed flourishing teakplantations in 700-acreteak plantation 2008,Taungnyo reserveforest.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17Aug—The Ministry ofHotels and Tourism or-ganized a ceremony topresent prizes for hotelsthat won Green HotelStandard Award alongwith a paper reading ses-sion on promotion of tour-ism industry in Myanmarat the ministry this morn-ing.

It was attended byMinister for Hotels andTourism Maj-Gen SoeNaing, Deputy MinisterBrig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu,departmental heads ofministries concerned,presidents of MyanmarHoteliers’ Association,

Green Hotel Standard awarding, paperreading session held

Myanmar Travel Entre-preneurs’ Association,Myanmar marketingcommittee and MyanmarChef’s Association, re-source persons, responsi-ble persons of Myanmar

Green Hotel StandardAward winning hotels,staff and guests.

Minister Maj-GenSoe Naing delivered anaddress and Deputy Di-rector-General of Direc-

torate of Hotels and Tour-ism U Hlaing Myint ex-plained requirements fora hotel to meet GreenHotel Standard in linewith norms of ASEANtourism industry.

The minister pre-sented prizes to 10 award-winning hotels.

Afterwards, theminister, the deputy min-ister, personnel andguests viewed the docu-

mentary photos of theprize-winners at the meet-ing room.

The deputy minis-ter assessed the papers andthe minister gave conclud-ing remarks.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17Aug — Minister forConstruction Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint on 15August inspectedworksite of Kattiya Bridgeon Pataung-TaungkoteRoad. The minister heardreports on work progressand future tasks presentedby the Engineer in Chargeand gave necessaryinstructions. The minister

Construction Minister inspects Kattiyaand Myasagaing bridges

inspected the constructionof the bridge.

On arrival atworksite of MyasagaingBridge, the ministerheard the reports on tasksin construction of thebridge presented by theBago Divisionsuperintending engineerand left necessaryinstructions.

At the briefing hall

of Nawade Venue ofPublic Works in Pyay, heheard the reports onprogress in constructionof roads presented by thePyay District seniorengineer.

The minister alsomet with engineers andstaff in Pyay DistrictPublic Works and leftnecessary instructions.

MNA

Asian Fame Co Ltd has published Angel Jour-nal since August of 2007, with a view to providingfood for thought for Myanmar children which mayhelp them keep pace with children of internationalcommunity.

The full colour journal was welcomed bychildren nationwide as it features international sto-ries, works of famous home cartoonists, basic com-

ANGEL Colouring Contest 2009Myat Min Hlaing

Children observe Art & Craft skills demon-strated by Angel Kyaw

Children taking part in Colouring Contestwith much enthusiasm

puter and internet knowledge, Art & Craft—art offolding papers into attractive shapes.

Asian Fame Co Ltd organized a colouring con-test to mark the 3rd Anniversary of the journal atKandawgyi watch tower island, with the sponsorshipof Ovaltine and co-sponsors—DH2, Babi Mild, BaN,Best-t, Ten, Stars Empire, and Popular PublishingHouse.

The joyous occasion first came with colouringcontest which later was divided to three sections sincea large number of children were keen on showing theirdexterity.

As film stars and vocalists together with theirfamilies came and enjoyed the contest, children werein great happiness jostling for the signs of film starsand vocalists.

The programme presented by Angel Kyaw, col-umnist of Art & Craft column of the weekly journal,much attracted the children as he folded papers intoattractive shapes.

The performance of comedians Yarzi Pauksi,Pwan Pwan, Chit Chaw also added the scene with

Minister Maj-Gen Soe Naing delivers anaddress at the ceremony to present prizes toGreen Hotel Standard Award winning hotel

held along with paper reading sesion.MNA

laughter. Children also participated Fashion Contestand Eating Snack Contest with much enthusiasm.

Kandawgyi watch tower island was alive withfull of joys, happiness and applause the whole day andchildren who had participated in Angel Colouring Con-test 2009 may recall the scenes meanwhile those whowere not able to be take part are bound to be lookingforward to the coming contests.

Translation:TKK

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BEIJING, 17 Aug—China’s agriculture hasmade remarkableprogress, but also facessubstantial difficulties andchallenges and thus it isimportant to developmodern agriculture withChinese characteristicsand achieve sustainabledevelopment inagriculture, Chinese VicePremier Hui Liangyu saidon Monday.

Speaking at theopening ceremony of the27th InternationalConference of AgriculturalEconomists, Hui said theconference should serve asa bridge and help globalagricultural economists ISLAMABAD, 17 Aug—

A 14-member culturaltroupe from PakistaniMinistry of Culture has lefthere for China to participatein the 11th Asian ArtsFestival, the official APPnews agency reportedMonday. The 11th AsiaArts Festival is slated toopen on 18 Aug in Ordos,China’s Inner Mongolia.

Organized by theChinese Ministry of Cultureand the government of InnerMongolia AutonomousRegion, the nine-dayfestival will feature a seriesof cultural activitiesexhibiting the diversity ofAsian cultures and

Tourists look around in Baiyangdian, north China’s Hebei Province, on 15 Aug,2009. The number of tourists has recently reached the climax in Baiyangdian,

one of the famous tourists’ attractions in the province.—INTERNET

Chinese vice premier stresses modernagriculture, calls for int’l cooperation

cooperate in studyingopportunities andchallenges in globalagriculture.

Hui said China hassuccessfully tackled theproblem of feeding thecountry’s population of 1.3billion about 30 years afterits reform and opening up,people are enjoyingimproved nutrition andhealth levels and the ruralareas have changed invarious aspects.

The achievements inChinese agriculture andrural areas not onlyunderpin China’seconomic and socialgrowth, but also contributeto safeguarding global food

security, promotingpoverty fighting progressand boosting sustainabledevelopment, he said.

In the new situation,China will furtherstrengthen rural systemconstruction, developmodern agriculture,promote rural publiccauses and push forwardnew countrysideconstruction, Hui said.

Chinese Vice PremierHui Liangyu (1st L) speaksat the opening ceremonyof the 27th Conference ofthe InternationalAssociation ofAgricultural Economists inBeijing, on 17 Aug,2009.—Xinhua

Pak cultural troupe heads for China forAsian Arts Festival

Photo taken on 16 Aug, 2009 shows the night scenery of the ancient town ofthe Yi ethnic group, in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest

China’s Yunnan Province.—INTERNET

ANKARA, 17 Aug—Four of a group of Turkishsoldiers were killed by an explosion of a hand grenadecarried by one of them while they were on patrol ineastern Turkey on Monday, the semi-official Anatolianews agency reported.

The soldiers were wounded in the explosion in theKarakocan town of the eastern province of Elazig, anddied on their way to the Elazig Military Hospital, theagency said.The hand grenade might have exploded byaccident, it quoted officials as saying.

In another report, the agency said an explosiontook place in a firework factory in the Hendek town ofthe northwestern province of Sakarya on Monday,leading to the collapse of part of the factory andinjuring many people.The cause of the explosion wasnot clear yet and ambulances and fire brigade teamswere sent to the scene, said the report, without givingfurther details.—Internet

NEW DELHI, 17Aug—As the death tolldue to A/H1N1 flu isrising in India, a vaccineto fight the virus couldmost probably be readyby November, said anIndian pharmaceuticalcompany on Monday.

Ahmedabad-basedCadila PharmaceuticalsLimited in Gujara state,western India, said it willfile an application forclinical trials of the

Hand grenade explosion killsfour soldiers in Turkey

Indian pharmaceutical firm to apply for trialsof A/H1N1 flu vaccine

vaccine in the next twodays.

Cadila will file anapplication with the DrugController General ofIndia, seeking permissionfor clinical trials of an A/H1N1 flu vaccine that thecompany is preparing incollaboration withNovavax Inc.

“Maybe tomorrow,we will file an applicationfor clinical trials. Godwilling by January, we

should be able to give theproduct to the market.Cadila should be the firstcompany in India to haveboth clinical trials andvaccine for swine flu,”Cadila ChairmanIndravadan Modi toldXinhua on the phone.

“As of today, we arein a position to provideabout 2 million doses permonth. Once we make adedicated facility, thescope is endless. But fornow, we can provide twomillion doses a month,”Modi said.

Cadila’s dedicatedfacility to manufacturethe vaccine will come upat Dholka nearAhmedabad in the next18 months.

Internet

cementing cultural links inthe region.

More than 150 artistictroupes hailing from 25Asian nations will attendthe annual gala, bringingthe best culture that theircountries have to offer. Theartists will also take theirperformances to the streets,enabling audiences toexperience a close-upencounter with all of theaction.The Pakistanidelegation comprises themembers of NationalPerforming Arts Group thatwill participate in a seriesof rich and colorfulactivities depictingPakistani traditional

performing arts in thefestival.

The NationalPerforming Arts Group alsoparticipated in the recentlyheld InternationalChildren’s Culture and ArtsFestival in China’s Tianjin,which was sponsored byChinese People’sAssociation for Friendshipwith Foreign Countries,according to the APP report.

Xinhua

Hong Kongreports 243 new

cases ofA/H1N1 fluHONG KONG, 17 Aug

—Hong Kong hasconfirmed 243 more casesof A/H1N1 infection inthe 24 hours to 2:30 p.m.on Monday, medicalauthorities said.

A spokesman for theDepartment of Health saidthe new cases involve 117males and 126 females,aged between one monthand 86 years.This bringsthe total number ofconfirmed cases to 7,314,he added.—Xinhua

The world's smallestventricular assist device(VAD) weighs in at just

one fifth of a pound.INTERNET

The cargo ship Arctic Sea in Kotka, Finland,2008. Finnish authorities dismissed talk Sunday

that the Arctic Sea was bearing a cargo ofnuclear material, as Russia and NATO joinedforces in an international hunt for the missing

vessel.—INTERNET

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TRADE MARK CAUTION NOTICEAgco Corporation, a company organized under the lawsof the U.S.A and having its principal office at 4205 RiverGreen Parkway, Duluth, Georgia 30096-2568, United Statesof America is the owner and sole proprietor of the followingTrademarks:-

Used in respect of:-Machines, implements and apparatus,all for use in agriculture,harve-sting,horticulture, mowing,forestry,earth or materialshandling and moving, soil working, timber handling andmoving, civil engineering construction, snow shifting, beachcleaning; barn cleaners, manure spreaders, windrowers, balingmachines, cultivators, harrows, lawnmowers, ploughs, rakingmachines, threshing machines, agricultural wateringmachines, weeding machines, diggers, loaders, rollers,seed drills, stalk separators, straw cutters, winnowners, sawingapparatus, pipe and cable laying apparatus, winches, hoistsand cranes; drivers’ cabs, seats and protective coverstherefore, all designed for use with the aforesaid machinesand apparatus; chains, soil penetrating teeth and blades,air filters, oil filters, all being machines or parts of machines;pumps; hydraulic lifting and tipping mechanismsfor incorporation into motor vehicles (and trailers); hydraulicmotors; hydraulic rams; air compressors, devices operatedby compressed air, all being machines; lifting jacks(not being hand tools); gears and power transmissionapparatus, all being parts of machines; driving pulleyapparatus, axles, bearings, elevators, conveyors, belts, bearingbrackets, clutches, clutch plates, connecting rods, controlcables, control mechanisms, pneumatic and hydrauliccontrols, crankshafts, crankcases, cranks, drums, exhausts,fan belts, fans, feeders, gears, grain separators, hoppers;joints being parts of engines; journal boxes, journals, electricmotors, pistons, ploughshares, pressure reducers, pressureregulators, valves, pulleys, shaft couplings, silencers, speedgovernors for engines and motors, starter motors,transmissions, all being parts for machines; and parts andfittings for all the aforesaid goods.Land vehicles for use in agriculture, harvesting, horticulture,forestry, earth or materials handling and moving, soilworking, timber handling and moving, snow shifting andcivil engineering construction; agricultural tractors,agricultural trailers, fork lift trucks, tracks for tracked landvehicles, devices for fitting to vehicle wheels to assisttraction, drivers’ cabs; safety frames, seats, seat covers,all adapted for use with land vehicles; hitches, chains andcouplings, draw bars, all adapted for use with motorland vehicles; pumps; gears, power transmission apparatus,hydraulic couplings, and electric starters, all for usewith motor land vehicles; oil filters, air filters, axles,journals, brakes, brake linings, brake segments, brake shoes,chassis, clutches, clutch plates, torque converters; directionsignals, driving chains, doors, engines, gears, hydrauliccomponents, tyres, wheels, wheel rims, safety belts, shockabsorbers, suspension springs, steering linkages, steeringwheels, transmission chains, transmission shafts, tyre valves,fuel tanks and caps therefore, windscreens, windscreenwipers and blades therefore, all for use with motor landvehicles; and parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods.Any unauthorised use, imitation, infringements or fraudulentintentions of the above marks will be dealt with according tolaw.

Tin Ohnmar TunB.A (LAW) LL.B,LL.M(UK)P.O. Box 109, Ph: 723043

(For Domnern Somgiat & Boonma, Attorneysat Law, Thailand)

Dated.18 August 2009.

AGCOReg. No.4/2440/1999Reg. No. 4/2438/1999

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV LILAC ACE VOY NO (75)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV LILAC ACEVOY NO (75) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 18.8.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of BSW.3 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.

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AGENT FOR: EASTERN CAR LINERSINGAPORE PTE LTD

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Ministry of Information Procurement Committee

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Robots to playsignificant role in

future tourismCANBERRA, 17 Aug—Robots will play a significant

role in the future for travellers, a tourism futurologisttold the delegates at a conference held in Australia’sGold Coast on Monday.

Ian Yeoman, from New Zealand’s University ofWellington, gave a preview of what the world could belike in 2050, shaped by global warming, an olderpopulation, food, water and jet fuel supply problemsand technological advances. Yeoman said the futuremay see a more controlled society with are turn to masstourism spawning a range of new indoor tourismproducts.

Indoor artificial ski centres, circuses, zoos, golfcourses and recreated landscapes, as well as giant cruiseships, could be among the new attractions. As costs forbasics such as electricity and food increased, tourismoperators could turn to robots as cheap labour, Yeomansaid.

Robot waiters at cocktail bars, remote-controlledcamera-carrying guard dogs in hotel lobbies and self-cleaning hotel rooms were all likely, he said.

Xinhua

S Korea’s rocket moved to launch padSEOUL (South Korea), 17 Aug—Korea’s first space

rocket was moved to its launch pad for its blastoffscheduled for 19 Aug, the state-run aerospace institutesaid on Monday. According to Korea AerospaceResearch Institute (KARI), responsible for the launch,the rocket was safely moved despite a light drizzlenear the Naro Space Center.

KARI also said that the Korea Space LaunchVehicle-1 (KSLV-1), South Korea’s first satellite-carrying rocket, will be fired between 16:40 and 18:20(0720 GMT and 0920 GMT) Wednesday as planned,if there are no last minute problems with the weatherof the systems.South Korea has earlier notified boththe International Civil Aviation Organization and theInternational Maritime Organization that the blastoffwill take place between 19 Aug and 26 Aug. — Xinhua

The KoreaSpace Launch

Vehicle-1(KSLV-1), South

Korea’s firstspace rocket, iswheeled to its

launch pad fromthe assembly

complex at NaroSpace Centre inGoheung, about

485 km (301miles) south of

Seoul on 17Aug, 2009 .

X INHUA

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Illinoisscientistsdiscover

new DNAtool

CHAMPAIGN,17 Aug—A discovery by scientistsat the University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign may make iteasier to manipulate DNAin the laboratory, theirfindings show.

Three scientists at theuniversity discoveredcatalytic DNA known asdeoxyribozymes that cancleave DNA strands tobecome catalysts forresearch.

The scientists, chemi-stry Professor ScottSilverman, postdoctoralresearch associate Mad-havaiah Chandra andgraduate student AmitSachdeva were searchingfor artificial sequencesof DNA to cleaveproteins.

They now hope theirdiscovery will cleavedouble-stranded DNA.

“Our work suggeststhat deoxyribozymeshave significant poten-tial as sequence-specificDNA cleavagereagents,” Silvermansaid.

Internet

Record mass dive inIndonesia: Guinness

JAKARTA, 17 Aug—Almost 2,500 scuba divers set anew world record on Monday for the largest massdive, Guinness World Records said.

A total of 2,486 divers were involved in the bid offthe coast of North Sulawesi, Guinness adjudicatorLucia Sinigagliesi told AFP.“This event was amazingand well-organised and made possible because of thepeople who came and participated,” she said, afterconfirming that the group had broken the record for“Most People Scuba Diving Simultaneously.”

The previous record was set in the Maldives in2006, when 958 divers took part in a mass dive,Sinigagliesi said.The challenge was part of the SailBunaken 2009 maritime event being held as part ofIndonesia’s efforts to establish the Sulawesi town ofManado as a world-class tourist spot, Navy spokesmanIskandar Sitompul said.

To mark Indonesia’s 64th Independence Day, theparticipants unfurled the country’s flag underwater.

“We’ve shown the world that as the world’s largestarchipelago, we can manage our waters well andthere’s a lot of tourism potential here,” he added.

Internet

Canada to spend $75 million to shrinkhog production

Malaria deaths, infectionsin Cambodia on rise

PHNOM PENH, 17 Aug— The reported number of fatalmalaria cases almost doubled in the first half of 2009compared with the same period last year, while the overallnumber of infections rose more than 58 percent, localmedia reported Monday, citing the figures from the Ministryof Health officials. Tol Bunkea, chief epidemiologist at the Ministry ofHealth, was quoted by the Cambodia Daily as saying thatthe number of malaria deaths this year stood at 130 out ofa total of 32,638 registered malaria cases. Dr Bunkea saidthat in the first half of 2008 there were 67 fatalities out of20,563 reported cases of malaria.Duong Socheat, directorof National Center of Parasitology, Entomology, andMalaria Control, said the increase of infections was due tothe early rains and the fact that the government haddistributed mosquito nets too late this year.—Xinhua -

This undated photoreleased by MichiganTechnological Univer-

sity in Houghton,Mich, shows

researchers taking abox core sample in

Lake Superior.INTERNET

WASHINGTON,17 Aug—A genetic variation thatmay predict response tohepatitis C treatments hasbeen identified, USresearchers said onSunday.

“This discoveryenables us to give patientsvaluable information thatwill help them and theirdoctors decide what is bestfor them,” said DavidGoldstein, a geneticist atDuke University andsenior author on the study.

Hepatitis C affects anestimated 170 millionpeople worldwide and isthe leading cause ofcirrhosis in the North

A m e r i c a . T r e a t m e n ttypically involves 48weeks of interferon plusthe antiviral drugribavirin. Some patientsdevelop such taxing sideeffects that they stoptreatment.

Physicians have longobserved that African-Americans are less likelyto respond to treatmentsthan Caucasians, whileEast Asian patients seemto respond the best. But noone has known why.

And now, according toGoldstein and his collea-gues, a single letter change— a C instead of a T— ina tiny segment of DNA

near the so-called IL28Bgene is to blame.

The researchers foundit by studying 1,671 peoplewho participated in aclinical trial that comparedthe two most widely usedtherapies among patientswith the most commonform of the disease in theUS and Europe.

Xinhua

Russian authorities look over the charred remains ofa house destroyed by falling debris from the collisionof two Russian Su-27 fighter jets outside Moscow.One pilot died and another broke his spine after twofighter jets collided during aerobatics practice nearMoscow ahead of the annual air show, officials said

Sunday.—INTERNET

WINNIPEG, 17 Aug—Canada will pay somefarmers to stop raisinghogs and offer loans tohelp others restructure,assistance that drew praisefrom Canadian hogfarmers and concerns froma top US farmer group.

Agriculture MinisterGerry Ritz announced theassistance for the reelingindustry on Saturday.

“We know Canadianhog producers can becomeprofitable again, but wehave to face tough realitiesto make our pork industry

lean and competitive,”Ritz said at a universityfarm research centre.

The government willask farmers to bid forfunding totaling C$75million ($68 million) tostop hog production for atleast three years. Farmershave complained that theylose C$40 per hog theysell because of high feedcosts and weak prices.

Banks will offer long-term loans at market ratesbacked by governmentcredit to allow viable hogfarms time to restructure.

Short-term credit will alsobe available for operatingcosts such as feed andpayroll.

“We think it’s going tomake a huge difference,”said Jurgen Preugschas,president of the CanadianPork Council and a hogfarmer in the westernprovince of Alberta. Theloans will give somefarmers the liquidity theyneed to stay in business,while allowing otherfarmers to haltproduction, he said.

Internet

Divers crowd the waters of Manado to set the firstever record for the largest group scuba diving

licence. A total of 2,466 divers participated in themass dive, ahead of the 64th anniversary ofIndonesian independence day on 17 August.

INTERNET

Gene variation predicts response tohepatitis C treatments

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Sir Alex urges Rooney to focuson 20-plus vision

Manchester Unitedmanager Alex Ferguson

meets United mascotFred the Red before

their English PremierLeague match against

Birmingham City at OldTrafford,

Manchester.—INTERNET

Jankovic downs Safina tocapture WTA Cincinnati title

Jelena Jankovic ofSerbia kisses the trophyafter defeating DinaraSafina of Russia in thefinal of the Western &

Southern FinancialGroup Women’s Open,

on 16 August, at theLindner Family TennisCenter in Cincinnati,

Ohio.—INTERNET

Murray defeats Del Potro to win Rogers Cup

Britain’s Andy Murray returns the ballto Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potroduring the final of the Rogers Cup tennis

tournament in Montreal.—INTERNET

S Korean Yang takes firstPGA Tour win

Yang Yong-eun of SouthKorea poses with theWanamaker trophy afterwinning the 2009 PGAChampionship golftournament at HazeltineNational Golf Club inChaska, Minnesota on16 Aug, 2009.— XINHUA

Vili takes women’s shot put title in Berlin

Valerie Vili of New Zealand competesduring the women’s shot put final at

the 2009 IAAF Athletics WorldChampionships in Berlin, Germany,

on 16 Aug, 2009. —XINHUA

Benitez challenges Liverpoolstars to bounce back

Liverpool’s managerRafael Benitez

Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao2-1 in Supercup first leg

Bilbao, 17 Aug—European champions Barcelonabeat Athletic Bilbao 2-1 in the first leg of the SpanishSupercup on Sunday with second-half goals by Xaviand reserve forward Pedro Rodriguez. Athletic strikerOscar de Marcos opened the scoring in the 44th minuteas he evaded both Gerard Pique and Daniel Alvesbefore seeing his shot clip off Carles Puyol and flyover Barcelona keeper Victor Valdes into the cornerof the net.

Barcelona leveled in the 58th minute as Eric Abidalsent a cross to the far post where Rodriguez rolled itback for Xavi who slotted it into the corner from closerange at Bilbao’s San Mames stadium.Rodriguezscored the winner nine minutes later when he steppedpast Athletic Bilbao midfielder Markel Susaeta andhammered a shot inside the near post from 25 yards.

Barcelona, who have won the Spanish Supercupseven times, will host the return leg on 23 August.Thetournament is contested each year between the leaguechampions and the winners of the King’s Cup but asBarcelona won both competitions they are facingbeaten Cup finalists Athletic.—Internet

Schalke down Bochumto maintain perfect start

BERLIN, 17 Aug—Schalke 04 beat neighboursBochum 3-0 on Sunday to join defending championsWolfsburg at the top of the Bundesliga as the onlysides with 100 percent records after two games.

Germany defender Heiko Westermann scored in first-half injury time at Schalke’s Veltins Arena to leave thehosts 2-0 up at the break after Christoph Moritz had putthe home side ahead.Schalke’s Peru striker JeffersonFarfan added the third as the Royal Blues added a secondvictory to last weekend’s success at Nuremberg whichleaves them top alongside Wolfsburg.

“I would never have thought we’d have won thisgame as clearly as 3-0,” said Schalke coach FelixMagath.”Especially as things didn’t go very smoothlyin training last week. I am very pleased we have wonour first two games, but there is a long way to go thisseason.”—Internet

CINCINNATI, 17 Aug—Serbia’s Jelena Jankovicboosted her US Openhopes with a brisk 6-4,6-2 victory over worldnumber one Dinara Safinain the final of the twomillion-dollar WTACincinnati Open.

“My smile is back andI’m having fun playing thematches,” said Jankovic,who started the year atopthe world rankings but hasseen her status slip with aseries of lackluster results.“This is what I missed. Imissed this for maybeseven months this year.”

Jankovic bounced backfrom a tough semi-finalvictory on Saturday nightto claim her second title of2009, after a victory in aclaycourt tournament inMarbella in April.”WhenI woke up this morning Ifelt really sore, especiallyafter going to sleep at

2 am,” said Jankovic,who needed almost threehours to overcome ElenaDementieva in the semis -a match in which Jankovictrailed 6-2 in the third-settiebreaker.—Internet

BERLIN, 17 Aug—Reigning world andOlympic champion Valerie Vili fromNew Zealand took the title of women’s

shot put at the 12th World AthleticChampionships in Berlin on Sunday.Vili boasted 20.44m to crown the event,host thrower Nadine Kleinert took thesilver with personal best of 20.20mwhile China’s Gong Lijiao pocketed thebronze with personal best of 19.89m.

“I’m satisfied I could defend mytitle. Tonight the German girl pushed mea lot but I wasn’t worried, we spentproper time preparing to get the rightthings done,” said Vili. For the 25-year-old, 20.44m is still shy her world-leading20.69m in May, but was enough to bookthe gold, also the first gold medal forher country at the 9-day tournament.

Xinhua

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MONTREAL, 17 Aug—Andy Murraytook the court to face Juan Martin DelPotro knowing no matter what the resultof the Rogers Cup final, he would be soonbe ranked No. 2 in the world.Not satisfiedhaving reached that goal, Murraywithstood his toughest test of the

tournament and defeated Juan Martin DelPotro 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-1 Sunday.

“I love winning tournaments, it’sgreat, and every player will tell you thesame thing,” Murray said.”But it’s toughbecause I’ve never been to No. 2 in theworld before, so that’s new to me. I’vewon a couple of Masters Series (events)now, and it still feels great. But gettingto No. 2, maybe because it’s somethingdifferent it means a little bit more.”

Internet

LONDON, 17 Aug—Rafael Benitez haschallenged his Liverpoolstars to prove their 2-1defeat at Tottenham wasonly a blip by getting theirtitle challenge back ontrack against Stoke onWednesday.

Benitez’s side slumpedto an opening weekend losson Sunday that left theLiverpool manager ragingover referee Phil Dowd’sdecision to deny the Redstwo late penalties.

Dowd ruled thatTottenham defender BenoitAssou-Ekotto had donenothing wrong when hebarged into Andriy Voroninand then appeared tohandle Fernando Torres’scross. Benitez’s anger was

palpable as he ranted aboutDowd - waving his glassesat reporters to illlustratethe referee’s apparentblindness - and fourthofficial Stuart Attwell,who sent off theSpaniard’s assistantSammy Lee forcomplaining about thepenalty decisions.

Internet

MANCHESTER, 17 Aug—Sir Alex Ferguson haschallenged Wayne Rooneyto beat last season’s scoringtally of 20 goals after theUnited striker’s finish wasenough to earn ManchesterUnited a 1-0 win overBirmingham City at OldTrafford.

Rooney’s 34th-minutefinish was the differenceas United shrugged of theabsence of usual centre-backs Rio Ferdinand witha thigh complaint andNemanja Vidic to a calfinjury, to record anopening day win.

Ferguson said: “Hetook his goal well. Theheader was a good one andhis following up for therebound was quick and hereacted the right way.

“Hopefully that getshim on the road, after hisgoal last week, to a verysignificant total for us thisseason because it’s good ifyou can get two or threestrikers that get you morethan 20 goals. “He’scapable of that and we’renot asking the impossibleof the boy.”—Internet

WASHINGTON, 17 Aug—South Korean Yang Yong-eun took the first Asianvictory in men’s golfmajors Sunday as hepushed aside 14-timemajor winner Tiger Woodsin the US PGAChampionship. Yang,ranked 110th in the world,fired a two-under-par 70 inthe last round to finish firstat the Hazeltine NationalGolf Club in Chaska,Minnesota with an eight-under 280. Yang camefrom behind to snatch thelead for the first time in thepar-four 14th before heupset the overwhelmingfavorite Woods who had tosettle for the second witha total of 283.

American Woods, 33,failed to seize his 15thmajor title after he missedfour birdie putts from 12feet or less to card an

erratic 75 featuring fivebogeys and two birdies.Britons Lee Westwoodand Rory McIlroy signedoff with matching 70s toshare third place at three-under 285.— Xinhua

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenisolated in Chin, Kayin and Mon States, Magway andYangon Divisions, scattered in Rakhine and Kayah States,lower Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions fairly widespreadin Shan State, Upper Sagaing, Bago and AyeyarwadyDivisions and widespread in remaining States and Divisionswith isolated heavyfalls in Mandalay and Bago Divisions.The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay PyiTaw (Yesin) (1.74) inches, Nay Pyi Taw (Pyinmana) (0.79)inch, Nay Pyi Taw (Lewe) and Nay Pyi Taw (Tatkone) (0.71)inch each, Taungoo (6.18) inches, Taungoo (Aviation) (2.09)inches and Gwa (1.46) inches.

Maximum temperature on 16-8-2009 was 93°F.Minimum temperature on 17-8-2009 was 74°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 17-8-2009 was 89%. TotalSun shine hours on 16-8-2009 was (5.8) hours approx.

Rainfall on 16-8-2009 was (Tr) at Mingaladon, (Nil) atKaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009was (79.02) inches at Mingaladon, (91.30 ) inches at Kaba-Aye and (93.38) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum windspeed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from Southwest at(18:30) hours MST on 16-8-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is weak in the Andaman Seaand Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 1 8th August 2009: Rainor thundershowers will be scattered in Kayin, Kayah, Monand Chin States, Mandalay, Magway, Lower Sagaing,Yangon and Ayeyarwady Divisions, fairly widespread inRakhine Sataes, Bago and Taninthayi Divisions andwidespread in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is(80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Weak monsoon.Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for

18-8-2009: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for18-8-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for18-8-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

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A panda cub is seen playing at the Giant PandaBreeding Centre in Chengdu. There are about1,590 pandas living in the wild around China,mostly in southwestern Sichuan, northern Shaanxiand northwestern Gansu provinces. A total of 180have been bred in captivity, according to reports.

INTERNET

BEIJING, 17 Aug—China and Brazil agreed hereon Monday to further military ties, especiallycooperation between the two land forces.

Since China and Brazil began diplomatic ties 35years ago, their relations have developed rapidly,and bilateral military ties have developed in thesame way too, said Chen Bingde, Chief of theGeneral Staff of the People’s Liberation Army.

Chen made his comments in a meeting herewith Raymundo Cerqueira, commander of LandOperation of Brazilian Armed Forces.

Chen hoped both countries could make effortsto advance the relations between the two landforces, in a bid to promote the long-termdevelopment of military ties and deepen the Sino-Brazilian strategic partnership.

Cerqueira said Brazil attached great importanceto ties with China, and viewed military ties as beingof the same importance as economic and diplomaticties.

He said Brazil was willing to work with Chinato further enhance military ties, especially betweenthe two land forces.

Xinhua

China, Brazil agree to furthercooperation between land forces

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One more foundinfected with New

Influenza A (H1N1)Number of A (H1 N1) patients reaches 22

One patient discharged from hospital

13th Waning of Wagaung 1371 ME Tuesday, 18 August, 2009

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

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC - sowing hatred among thepeople

■ RFA, DVB - generating public outrage■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Aug—The airport health department transferred a 33-year-old woman who had returned from Indonesia to Webargi SpecialistHospital on 16 August. After giving her a medical check-up, the NationalHealth Laboratory confirmed that she was found to have been infected withA (H1N1) virus. She arrived back Myanmar by flight No MI-520 on the sameday and was the twenty second patient.

A total of 129 passengers who were aboard the plane together with thepatient and 131 airport staff are being kept under surveillance in theirrespective places.

Today, a 40-year-old man has been discharged from the hospital sincehe has fully recovered from illness. Surveillance measures against those whohad come into contact with the patient have been halted.

Up to now, the number of persons infected with the virus has reached 22in Myanmar. Seventeen out of whom have been discharged from the hospitalas they have fully recovered from the illness.

The remaining five patients are being given special medical attentionby specialists.

Until now, the National Health Laboratory conducted lab tests on 173flu-suspected persons and confirmed that only 22 were tested positive for thevirus.

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3,000,553 acres under monsoonpaddy in Bago Division

YANGON, 17 Aug — A total of 3,000,553 acres have been put undermonsoon paddy in Bago Division up to 17 August and continued efforts are beingmade to meet the target of paddy production.

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Flood WarningNAY PYI TAW, 17 Aug — According to the 12.30 hr M.S.T observation

today, the water level of Sittoung River at Madauk is 1172 cm and it has ex-ceeded by 102 cm (about 3.5 ft) above its danger level. It may remain above itsdanger level 1070 cm during the next 72 hours commencing noon today.

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NATIONAL GEO-GRAPHIC, 17 Aug—Herbsand spices used to flavorfood are also green alter-natives to synthetic pes-ticides, scientists say.

Oils from thyme,rosemary, mint, and otherherbs and "killer spices"are gaining favor amongfarmers as alternatives tosynthetic pesticides, ac-cording to Murray Isman,an entomologist at theUniversity of British Co-lumbia in Canada.

Oils from spices and herbs such as thyme(pictured), rosemary, and mint can be effective,

all-natural pesticides, a new study says.

Killer Spices Can “Season” Pests to DeathSprayed onto crops like anygarden-variety pesticide,the plant oils repel insects,similar to how chili pep-pers can repel elephants.Other oils kill pests out-right, the study says.

Originally intended forthe perfume and food-flavoring industries, thekiller-spice oils are alreadyavailable wholesale andmay be headed to retailshelves if the new usecatches on, the researcherssay.

The all-natural pes-ticides should be inex-pensive too, Isman rea-sons, since they're alreadyin widespread use aswholesale perfume ingre-dients and flavorings forfood. Companies are al-ready working to bringthe spice oils to retailshelves for farmers, hesaid.Research suggeststhe oils interfere with theinsect nervous system,making the muscles sohyperactive that bugs es-sentially spasm todeath.The oils also candisrupt an insect's cellu-lar membranes, causingfatal leakages of essen-tial fluids.The plant oilsare most effective againstsmall, soft-bodied bugsthat suck on plant juices,such as aphids, whiteflies,and spider mites.

"Small, soft-bodiedinsects are more vulner-able to having their mem-branes melted or smoth-ered by the oils," Ismansaid.

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