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True patriotism * It is very important for every one

of the nation regardless of theplace he lives to have strong UnionSpirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalities willhave to safeguard.

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Oct—Vice-President of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar Thiha ThuraU Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife Daw Khin SawHnin and family watched participation of MagwayRegion troupe in “Birth of Buddha” drama

Vice-President Thiha ThuraU Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife enjoy

drama staged by Magway Region troupe

contest of 18th Myanmar Traditional CulturalPerforming Arts Competitions at convocationhall of University of Veterinary Science in YezinUniversities’ Campus in Zeyathiri Townshipthis evening.

Chairman of the Leading Committee forOrganizing the Competitions Union Ministerfor Information and for Culture U Kyaw Hsanand wife Daw Kyi Kyi Win and leadingcommittee members welcomed Vice-President

Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo and wifeDaw Khin Saw Hnin and family on their arrivalat the convocation hall.

Together with Vice-President Thiha ThuraU Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife Daw Khin Saw

Hnin, Union Minister U Kyaw Hsan and wifeDaw Kyi Kyi Win and leading committeemembers, organizing committee members, sub-committee members, members of central panel ofjudges, and spectators enjoyed the drama.—MNA

Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife Daw Khin Saw Hnin, and Union Minister U Kyaw Hsan and wife Daw Kyi Kyi Winenjoy drama performed by Magway Region troupe.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 17 Oct—Meeting 1/2011 of RuralDevelopment and Poverty Alleviation WorkCommittee was held at the Ministry of NationalPlanning and Economic Development here this

afternoon, with an address by Chairman of the WorkCommittee for Rural Development and PovertyAlleviation Vice-President of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar Dr Sai Mauk Kham.

The meeting was also attended by DeputyCommander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesCommander-in-Chief (Army) Lt-Gen Soe Win,

(See page 6)

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham addressing Coordination Meeting No. 1/2011 of Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation Work Committee.MNA

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PERSPECTIVESTuesday, 18 October, 2011

Relay preservation works oftraditional culture and arts

Patron of Leading Committee forOrganizing the 18th Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing Arts Competitions Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham addressed theopening of the18th Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing Arts Competitions heldat Myanmar International Convention Centrein Nay Pyi Taw on 15 October.

A nation’ cultural standard has directrelations with her people’s ability to safeguardtheir own national prestige and integrity andtheir politeness and moral values. Moreover,the people’s ability to preserve nationalcharacter in the cultural area reflect their strongpatriotism, nationalistic fervour andinvulnerability to alien influence.

The Vice-President said that IT is everdeveloping in this world, and has become thetool to extend cultural influences and createcultural conflicts. Powerful nations now havethe ability to culturally dominate smallcountries. According to the saying, which goes“if culture vanishes, the race also vanishes”.We can be able to preserve our cultural heritageonly if we can continue to propagate Myanmartraditional cultural performing arts.

Myanmar has been a highly civilizedsociety since over one thousand years ago.The evolution of social standards alongsidethe ever developing elegance of performingarts has uplifted the prestige of Myanmarpeople. From Pyu, Bagan, Pinya, Inwa periodsto Nyaungyan, Konbaung, Yadanabon periods,Myanmar music and dramatic arts has played apivotal role and the uniqueness of Myanmarcharacteristics, cultures, traditions andcustoms can be witnessed throughout thehistory.

The onus, therefore, is on every citizenas a national duty to preserve and promote ourthousand-year-old Myanmar traditional cultureand arts to sand tall in the world, to fosternationalistic spirit and study Myanmartraditional culture and arts to safeguard againstalien cultural influence, to hand down the dutiesof preserving and safeguarding traditionalculture and arts in order to exist forever, andto harmoniously realize the objectives of theMyanmar Traditional Cultural Performing ArtsCompetitions.

Books, radio, newspaperdonated to village library

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Oct—As part of efforts tocontribute to rural development and poverty alleviation,a ceremony to donate books, radio and newspaper bythe Government of Taninthayi Region, MyanmarLibraries Foundation and village people was held atSasanathiri monastery in Maungmeshaung Village ofDawei Township yesterday.

Taninthayi Region Minister for DevelopmentAffairs U Aung Kyaw Kyaw Oo gave an address atthe ceremony. The well-wisher donated 630 books, aradio and K 24000 for one year subscription of MyanmaAlin newspaper to Bawa Mee-ein Library inMaungmeshaung Village.—MNA

Special civil appealcases heard

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Oct—Special AppellateBench, comprising of Union Chief Justice U Tun TunOo, and Judges U Myint Aung and U Aung ZawThein of Union Supreme Court, sat at No (1) Officeof Union Supreme Court this morning and passedverdicts on eight special civil appeal cases. Andseven special civil appeal cases were heard.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Oct—Three innocent people ofManngon Village, Nankham Township, Shan Statewere killed, two injured and two taken by KIA armedgroup.

According to information that Ko Naing (a) NaingWunna of Manngon Village, was found dead withgunshot wound at his house, the authorities concernedon 15 October morning went to the site and found KoNaing (a) Naing Wunna, 41, his son Maung Nay YeLin, 20, and charcoal worker Maung Thet Ko Naing,24, dead with gunshot wound, and Ma Sandar Win, 41,wife of Naing Wuuna and charcoal worker Maung YeKo Ko, 22, injured.

According to the two injured, it is learnt that atabout 8 pm on 13 October a 15-member KIA grouparrived there and asked money from them whoresponded with no money. After ransacking the house,the armed group took K 250,000 and three pieces ofjade stones and shot Ma Sandar Win, calming that she

Three innocent people killed, two injured, two taken byKIA in Nankham Township, Shan State

was telling lies. And they took Ko Naing (a) NaingWunna, Maung Nay Ye Lin, Maung Thet Ko Naingand Maung Ye Ko Ko out of the house after tying themwith ropes and shot them. Maung Ye Ko Ko managedto escape with gunshot wound. They then took MaAye Saung, daughter-in-law of Naing Wunna, and ThiHa Aung, 4, son of Ma Aye Saung.

Officials concerned took Ma Sandar Win andMaung Ko Ko to Muse People’s Hospital via NankhamPeople’s Hospital for medical treatment.

Local people from Kachin State as well as peoplefrom the length and breadth of the nation wish KIAgroup to return to the legal fold and join hands with localpeople in the interest of Kachin State and the Unioninstead of resorting to killing, collecting extortion money,forced recruitment, destroying national projects, blowingup roads, bridges and factories and planting mines inpublic places.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17Oct— Union Minister forAgriculture and IrrigationU Myint Hlaing deliveredan address at thec o m m e m o r a t i v eceremony of World FoodDay-2011 held at theassembly hall of theMinistry of Agriculture andIrrigation here yesterdaymorning.

It was attended byUnion Minister forNational Planning andEconomic Developmentand for Livestock andFisheries U Tin NaingThein, Union Minister forCommerce U Win Myint,Union Minister forEducation Dr Mya Aye,Deputy Ministers,Resident RepresentativeMr. Giuseppe Romalli ofFood and AgricultureOrganization of the UnitedNations, residentrepresentatives of UNorganizations, in-charges,Vice-Chairman ofBreeding and FisheriesSector of the Academy ofAgriculture, Forestry,Breeding and fisheriesSciences, ManagingDirectors of the ministries,directors-general, Rectorof Yezin University ofAgriculture, prize-winningfarmers, prize-winners ofthe Forest Department andLivestock and FisheriesEnterprise, prize-winnerstudents in the essaycontest, and distinguishedpersons.

Union A&I Minister attendscommemorative ceremony of

World Food Day-2011Union Minister U

Myint Hlaing made aspeech on the occasion.

Afterwards, ResidentRepresentative Mr.Giuseppe Romalli of FAOread out the message sentby Director-General ofFAO, followed by thepresentation ofdocumentary video ofWorld Food Day.

Later, Union MinisterU Myint Hlaing presentedbest monsoon paddyproducer prize to winnerU Kham Pu of TainelonVillage-tract in MuseTownship, sunflowerproducer prize to winnerU Zaw Min Tun ofHasegyi Village-tract inYemathin Township,sugarcane producer prizeto winner U Thein Naingof Pyinmana Township.

Union Minister U TinNaing Thein presentedbest establishment prizes

of plantations of the ForestDepartment to first-prizewinner Hlegu Township,second-prize winner PyuTownship, third-prizewinner Saw Township,and Union Minister U WinMyint presented prizes forbest breeding of cow, forbest hatching finger andfor best hatching prawns.

Union Minister DrMya Aye presented prizesto students in essay contestand an award for besthatching fingerling UKyaw Zaw ofKyimyindine Township,Dr Kyaw Myint(Armanthit prawnfeedstuff production) anaward for best production

of prawn feedstuff, UAung Naing (Aung MoeKhine Co Ltd) an awardfor best soft crabproduction.

Deputy Ministers UOhn Than, U Khin Zaw,U Ba Shwe and Dr MyatMyat Ohn Khin, ResidentRepresentative Mr.Giuseppe Romalli of FAOpresented prizes to otherwinners.

Union Minister UMyint Hlaing together withUnion Ministers andinvited persons observedthe booths displayed bythe respective ministriesto mark the World FoodDay-2011.

MNA

U Kyaw Kyaw and group of Ayeyawady Region taking part in Ozicontest (man) at amateur level (first class).(News on page 11)—MNA

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Menam water in Bangkok peaked at 2.29 metres on 15 Oct, 2011, whichwas the highest record in decades. And the water level in Bangkok is

expected to reach to a new high by 18 Oct, 2011.—XINHUA

Volcanic ash forces Buenos Airesairports to cancel flights

BUENOS AIRES, 17Oct—Two airports heresuspended all or part oftheir flights on Sundaydue to the volcanic ashcloud generated byChile’s Puyehuevolcano.

Argentine Trans-portation Minister JuanPablo Schiavi confirmedthat all flights had beencanceled at the JorgeNewbery Airport, whichprovides domestic andregional services.

“All the companies

which operate in theairport have canceledtheir operations. Wehope that the ash cloudwould disappear fromthe sky,” Schiavi toldlocal television.

As to the city’s otherairport, EzeizaInternational Airport,Schiavi said thatalthough it remains open,most airlines havedecided to cancel ordelay their flights untilthe ash cloud disappears.

The Ezeiza airportsaid that the aircompanies that havesuspended theirdepartures includeAmerican Airlines, AirFrance, British Airways,

Air Canada, whileLufthansa, Aeromexicoand South AfricanAirways have announc-ed delays.

In neighbouringUruguay, more than adozen internationalflights were alsocanceled at the CarrascoInternational Airport inMontevideo, most ofwhich were flights toChile, Argentina andBrazil.

Air traffic was alsoaffected in Brazil, whereairways Gol and Tamannounced that theirflights on Sunday toBuenos Aires andMontevideo were alsocanceled.—Xinhua

Residential building fire kills nine in RussiaMOSCOW, 17 Oct— Five children and four adults

were killed when a fire engulfed a residentialbuilding in the Russian Region of Krasnoyarsk, theITAR-TASS news agency reported Monday.

The fire was reported less than an hour aftermidnight in a village in the Siberian krai, accordingto the agency, which quoted local emergencyofficials as saying that a couple, their five children

and two guests were sleeping in the building whenit was ablaze. Firefighters worked for several hoursat the scene, but did not prevent the flames fromburning all the household goods inside and outsidethe building into ash. The cause of the fire was stillunder investigation, but the agency said that latereporting might have contributed to the severity ofthe tragedy.—Xinhua

A participant raises a placard at the dedicationceremony of the Martin Luther King, Jr

Memorial in Washington, the United States, on16 Oct, 2011. Tens of thousand of people,

including US President Barack Obama and hisfamily members, attended

the ceremony.—XINHUA

Volcanic stain spreads off coast ofEl Hierro

MADRID, 17 Oct— Sea stain causedby the underwater volcanic eruptionoff the coast of the island of El Hierrohas grown to almost half the size as theisland itself, according to the latestsatellite photos.

The green stain, visible on thesurface of the sea, was caused bysulfur expelled by the underwatervolcano, which began to erupt onThursday after several weeks of seismicactivities.

Spanish government scientistshave been investigating the eruptionfor several days.

Ramon Otriz, coordinator of agovernment scientific team, on Sundaysaid the emission of sulfur could bethe first of four stages of the eruption.

“The second stage could see acolumn of white smoke, the samecolour as steam, which will then giveway to some explosions that are black

A Swedish planeperforms aerial

acrobatics during the2011 China

International GeneralAviation Convention

in Pucheng,northwest China’s

Shaanxi Province, on15 Oct, 2011.

XINHUA

One killed, two injured inlight plane crash in

New Zealand South IslandWELLINGTON, 17 Oct— A light plane crashed in

New Zealand’s South Island on Monday, causingone person dead and two others injured, policesaid.

The Cessna Skyhawk crashed onto theArrowtown Golf Course about 3.30 pm local timeon Monday (2:30 GMT), landing in a gully. Its tailsection has broken off and witnesses at the scenereported the plane was on fire, Radio New Zealandreported.

A man and a woman have been flown tohospital with serious injuries.

Police said the flight is believed to have leftInvercargill and was attempting to land on a smallairstrip next to the golf course.

A Civil Aviation Authority investigation wasunder way.—Xinhua

Lightning strikes over the skyline in Dalian,northeast China’s Liaoning Province, on 15 Oct,2011. Thundershowers and strong winds hit the

coastal city Saturday.—XINHUA

Two killed, six injured in suicideattack in N Afghanistan

KABUL, 17 Oct— Two were killed including thesuicide attacker and six injured Monday morningin a suicide attack in Maiman City, the provincialcapital of Afghanistan’s Faryab Province, policesaid. “A suicide bomber blew his explosive up nearthe vehicle of head of provincial intelligencedepartment at around 8:30 local time (0400 GMT)in third sub-district of Maiman City,” a policeofficial, who asked not to be named, told Xinhua.

He said the suicide attacker and a child werekilled in the blast that also injured six peopleincluding a provincial intelligence official, three ofhis bodyguards and two civilians. The area iscordoned off by police.—Xinhua

in colour,” he stated, adding that theexplosions would not put the populationat risk.

The final stage, according to Ortiz,could be “the creation of a small islandfrom which a flow of lava couldspread.” However, Otriz said thepossible creation of such an islandwould depend on the amount of lavaexpelled by the volcano.

He added that the volcano wascurrently expelling gas from an openingthat is approximately one metre indiametre confirmed that the eruptionwould be visible when it reaches adepth of just 60 metres from the surface.

The Canary Islands’ regionalgovernment also raised the level ofalert over the eruption on Saturday to“red,” which means that necessarylogistic means will be mobilized forany future evacuations andinterventions.—Xinhua

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Japan cuts view of economy amid overseas slowdown TOKYO, 17 Oct—The Japanese government on

Monday downgraded its view of the economy forthe first time in six months as an overseas slowdownweighed on output and exports, while a strong yenfurther clouded the outlook.

In its monthly report for October, the CabinetOffice said “the Japanese economy is still picking upalthough the pace has decelerated, while difficultiescontinue to prevail” due to the 11 March earthquakeand tsunami. The previous report in September gaveno reference to a slowing recovery. Tokyo loweredits assessment of exports, industrial production andpersonal consumption while warning that the effects

An illuminated general view of the harbour ofYokohama.—INTERNET

of deflation still pose a threat.The report stated that the pace of recovery in

production is decelerating and that exports arelevelling off. The government also warned of theneed to pay attention to the yen’s persistent strength,as it erodes the value of exporters’ repatriatedearnings. Analysts warn Japan’s recovery fromrecession may continue to slow amid concerns aboutthe health of the global economy and the impact ofa strong yen on the nation’s exporters. Japanesecompanies have worked to quickly to restoreproduction levels after supply constraints in thewake of the 11 March earthquake forced them toshutter plants.

But there are concerns that a strong currencycould undermine them as an uncertain global outlookprompts more firms to scale back production. Thereare also concerns that a strong yen could speed up ashift of production overseas as companies search forlower labour costs. Japan has unveiled a plan tomake $100 billion available to help companiesmake the most of the unit’s strength and acquireassets overseas, while boosting its oversight of foreignexchange markets against speculative moves.

Internet

Philips TV deal at risk, plans 4,500 job cutsAMSTERDAM, 17 Oct—

Philips Electronics has allbut abandoned hope ofselling its loss-making TVbusiness by the end of theyear and is considering itsoptions should the dealcollapse altogether.

“The global TVmarket has deteriorated,and obviously the soonerwe complete this thebetter, but we first need tofinalize the negotiations,and whether we can dothat this year or into thefirst quarter of 2012, thereare some uncertaintieswith that planning,” ChiefExecutive Frans vanHouten told reportersearly on Monday.

Philips — the world’sbiggest lighting maker, atop three hospitalequipment maker, and

Photo illustration of

newborn babies in

hospital. Babies

who are born early

and small are five

times as likely as

normal infants to

develop autism,

according to a two-

decade-long US

study released

Monday.

INTERNET

Teamsters Mark AOwsianiak (L) and

Mark Bishop put up asign at the PhilipsElectonics booth

before the ConsumerElectronics Show

(CES) at the Las VegasConvention Centre on

3 January, 2008.INTERNET

Smoking linked to earliermenopause

SYDNEY, 17 Oct—Women who smoke may hitmenopause about a year earlier than those who don’tlight up, according to a study that also notes anearlier menopause may influence the risk of gettingbone and heart diseases. The study, which wascarried in the journal Menopause, pooled data fromseveral previous studies that included about 6,000women in the United States, Poland, Turkey andIran.

Non-smokers hit menopause between age 46and 51, on average. But in all but two of the studies,smokers were younger when they hit menopause,between 43 and 50 overall. During menopause, awoman’s ovaries stop producing eggs and she canno longer get pregnant.

“Our results give further evidence that smokingis significantly associated with earlier (age atmenopause) and provide yet another justificationfor women to avoid this habit,” wrote study authorVolodymyr Dvornyk, from the University of HongKong. Dvornyk and his colleagues also analysedfive other studies that used a cut-off age of 50 or 51to group women into “early” and “late” menopause.Out of more than 43,000 women in that analysis,women who smoked were 43 percent more likelythan nonsmokers to have early menopause.

Both early and late menopause have been linkedto health risks. Women who hit menopause late, forinstance, are thought to be at higher risk of breastcancer because one risk factor for the disease is moretime exposed to estrogen.

Dvornyk’s team did not have information onhow long women had been smoking or how manycigarettes they smoked each day, so his team couldnot determine how either of those factors may haveaffected age at menopause. For that reason, and alack of data on other health and lifestyle factorslinked to menopause, the analysis may not be enoughto resolve lingering questions on the link betweensmoking and menopause, they said.—Reuters

A woman smokes next to a cigarette pack incentral Sydney on 12 October, 2011.—INTERNET

boost profits and meet itsfinancial targets. That isabout 3.7 percent of itsnon-TV workforce of justover 120,000, which hadalready been reduced bya 2009 program to cut6,000 jobs.

Despite reiterating thefirm’s 2013 financialtargets of 4-6 percent salesgrowth, and a margin onearnings before interest,tax and amortization(EBITA) of 10-12

percent, Van Houten saidPhilips had a long way togo. “We are not yetsatisfied with our currentfinancial performance,given the ongoingeconomic challenges,especially in Europe, andoperational issues andrisks. We do not expect torealize a materialperformance improve-ment in the near term,” hesaid in a statement.

Reuters

Business

China’s gold output up 3.87 pctduring January-August periodBEIJING, 17 Oct—China’s gold output rose by

8.436 metric tons, or 3.87 percent year-on-year, toreach 226.388 metric tons during the January-Augustperiod, the Ministry of Industry and InformationTechnology (MIIT) said Monday.

In August alone, China produced 31.889 metrictons of gold, up from 30.08 metric tons in July, theMITT said in a statement on its website.

The combined output value of Chinese goldproducers totaled 169.1 billion yuan (26.54 billionUS dollars) in the first eight months of the year, up23.14 percent year-on-year.

Gold producers’ profits soared 41.11 percentyear-on-year to 20.43 billion yuan in the first eightmonths, the MIIT said. China is the world’s biggestgold producer and consumer. Its gold output reached340.88 metric tons in 2010.—Xinhua

Europe’s biggestconsumer electronicsproducer — saidnegotiations to sell offmost of its TV business toHong-Kong basedmonitor-maker TPV wereintense, constructive andtaking longer thanexpected. Philips said itwould aim to cut 4,500jobs as part of therestructuring scheme to

Business

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May existing mutual friendliness, mutual trust andbilateral cooperation a roaring success

Many people are interested in Myitsone projectand every media has produced various criticismson it. No sooner had the President sent a messageregarding the project to the Hluttaw than variousforms of criticisms were rife not only in thecountry but also in the neighbouring country andinternational community. Especially, there aremedia attacks with the intention of harming Sino-Myanmar relations.

The Myitsone project started soon after ChinaPower Investment Corporation (CPI) and Ministryof Electric Power No (1) signed agreements in2006. A total of US$ 20 billion have been investedin seven dams on Maykha and Malikha riversincluding Myitsone project worth US$ 3600million. But there arose public concerns overMyitsone project that could trigger devastatingeffects on Ayeyawady River and environment,bringing serious consequences. The Uniongovernment has the responsibility to address publicconcerns in all seriousness when those concernsspread rapidly among the people. So, the Presidentdecided to inform the people through the Hluttawthat construction of Myitsone dam project will besuspended in the time of the present government.So everyone has to welcome this announcement asthe government elected by the people decided to do sorespecting the people’s will.

But there arises a new issue how Sino-Myanmarrelations will be affected due to suspension ofMyitsone dam project. Regarding this issue, themessage of the President apparently stated thatcoordination will be made with the neighbouringfriendly country, the People’s Republic of China,to accept the agreements regarding the projectwithout undermining friendly ties.

In fact, China and Myanmar are neighbourssharing a long border and the two countries havemaintained bilateral friendship and relationshipalong the course of history. Such a long history ofPaukphaw relationship has grown intoComprehensive Strategic Partnership ofCooperation. Both countries are trying hard tostrengthen more and more their already-achievedmutual trust, good neighbourly relations andbilateral cooperation.

Besides, the two countries have co-existed inpeace through equality, sympathy andunderstanding during the period of more than 60years since the establishment of bilateral diplomaticties. The proclamation of the establishment ofComprehensive Strategic Partnership ofCooperation between Myanmar and China is notonly the highest in the relations between China

Kyaw Ye Minand other countries but also the remarkable progressthat opens the new chapter in the history of Sino-Myanmar relations. So it can be witnessed vividlythat the two countries are cooperating in varioussectors through comprehensive strategiccooperative partnership.

Especially, China rendered a lot of assistancefor economic development of Myanmar after 1988.China built significant bridges, buildings andfactories with its own money and providedtechnical assistance to Myanmar. Cash assistance,interest-free loans and business loans were alsogiven to Myanmar many times. Cooperation hasincreased in the many projects of energy,electricity, transport and agricultural sectors.Cooperative efforts are being made inimplementation of Kyaukpyu economic andtechnological development zone, deep-sea port,oil and natural gas pipeline and railroadconstruction projects for having access toeconomic and trade activities with India andBangladesh through Myanmar-China border. Thetwo countries will continue to cooperate inrendering necessary assistance for SEA Games2013 and ASEAN Summit 2014 to be held inMyanmar.

In trade sector, China is the second largesttrading partner of Myanmar. Trade volume betweenthe two countries had reached nearly US$ 5.3billion during 2010-11 fiscal year and it is expectedto reach US$ 6 billion in 2011-12 fiscal year. Ininvestment sector, China is the largest investor inMyanmar. It is learnt that China has invested US$15.8 billion in a total of 72 projects, which isexpected to add with influx of Chinese investmentsinto coming Dawei Special Economic Zone.

Moreover, China is a friendly nation which haslong been on Myanmar side in UN and internationalarena. In the course of history, China has stoodfirmly with Myanmar, defending the truth andsafeguarding the national interests of Myanmar. Inaddition, China respects the sovereignty andterritorial integrity of Myanmar and its fullcooperation with the latter in events and phenomenain border regions has proved its spirit of goodwill inSino-Myanmar relations.

One good turn deserves another and Myanmarhas strictly adhered to One-China Policy and showedits massive support in Taiwan, Tibet and XinjiangUyghur issues. It also stood on China’s side inrestructuring of the United Nations. Now, the twoneighbours have entered into ComprehensiveStrategic Partership of Cooperation, which has pavedthe way for mutual strategic support.

Another point is that both Myanmar and Chinaare developing nations which share the commoninterests in international and regional arena. Thus,Myanmar will safeguard the fair interests of Chinaand vice versa. So, it is crystal clear that Sino-Myanmar relation is not an ordinary relationship butlong-lasting strategic partnership.

Putting two and two together, Myitsone issuealone can hardly affect Sino-Myanmar relation inthe face of mounting reciprocal measures, i.e.mutual benefits, interdependent relationship,ongoing joint-projects as well as potential bilateralwork plans. Myitsone issue is to be settledthrough reciprocal coordination with China PowerInvestment Company, without harming the amity.There is no way this case cannot be successfullysettled as the two nations have treated each otherlike brothers sine time immemorial. I believe thatthe two sides could reach mutually acceptableagreement some time in the future.

Our Union in deed is like a big family. If thecentral State is of parents, the regions and statesare of offspring. The parents will try to equallyshare all fruits of their efforts with their offspringand all offspring, in turn, need to looks after thefamily’s interests without selfishness. Myitsoneissue cannot be left to Kachin State to handlealone because of the case having occurred inKachin State, but the entire nation has to face thepros and cons of the case. Likewise, advantagesand disadvantages of oil and gas production inRakhine Offshore is not merely concerned withRakhine State but with the whole country whichhas to share its positive and negative impacts. So,parent-offspring relationship and family spirit areof vital importance. As the Myitsone issue isconcerned with the entire nation, the whole familyneeds to join hands in seeking the solution with astrong sense of family spirit.

To put it in a nut-shell, definitely no wayMyitsone issue can ruin Sino-Myanmar relations.The President has vowed accommodationmaintaining the status quo. Furthermore, Sino-Myanmar relations have been of deep Paukphawrelationship of Cooperation since the time ofrecorded history and now have enteredComprehensive Strategic Partnership of Cooperation.Thus, the amity and friendly ties between the twoneighbours would be going from strength to strengthin the time to come. I wish existing mutual friendliness,mutual trust and bilateral cooperation between thegovernments and peoples of the two neighbours aroaring success.

Translation: YM+TKK

Sirius XM touchscreen-enabled Lynx receiver outed

by Best BuyNEW YORK, 17 Oct—Sirius XM has a new radio

receiver coming soon called the Lynx SXi1, atouchscreen-powered device that runs a modifiedversion of the Android operating system. We knowthis because a now-removed Best Buy product pagerevealed the device to the Internet’s teeming massesbefore the retailer could pull the listing down.

The product page included an image (above) as

well as a full set of details about the receiver (viaMusic Sink). It sports a micro SDHC slot, so you canbring along some of your own music as well aslistening to Sirius XM content. There’s also a built-inwireless chip and multitouch support for thetouchscreen display. The rechargeable batterydelivers 30 hours of operation on a single charge,according to the product documentation.

Unfortunately, the one thing that was missingfrom the Best Buy page was a release date. Thoughwith the product shot looking so final, “soon” isprobably a safe bet. It looks like the Lynx will retail(at Best Buy at least) for $249.99.—Internet

Android App Tablet Review:Facebook for Android

WASHINGTON, 17 Oct—Facebook for Androidworks on Android tablets as it does on Androidsmartphones.

Because the app has been designed for a smallerscreen, space isn’t used efficiently. There’s a lot ofwhite space with text and photos much smaller thanthey need to be. However, it’s likely that a future,fully-optimized Honeycomb update will belaunched one day.—Internet

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Vice-President Dr Sai MaukKham addresses …

(from page 1)Union ministers who are members of rural developmentand poverty alleviation central committee, chief ministersof regions and states who are members of workcommittee, deputy ministers and departmental heads.

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham in his address

ploughing tools, growing costs, inputs and highquality and reducing costs

(6) needs to have good function of micro finance forcapital requirement

(7) giving educative talks for technical requirements togroups rather than individual

(8) needs to give encouragement through reducingproduction cost, ensuring high quality, more incomeand marketable products in fishery sector; although

to be carried out.Rural people are to participate in rural public work

for development of rural areas such as building irrigationfacilities and roads it would help reduce poverty in ruralareas.

Priorities should be given to farm and non-farmactivities with the aim of creating job opportunities.Work committees and sub-committees for rural areadevelopment and poverty alleviation have been set up in

said that today’s meeting was the first time for the workcommittee. As seventy percent of the population of thecountry is rural people, giving priority to long-termdevelopment of majority of people is fundamental. Toinstruct and supervise rural development and povertyalleviation tasks, the government of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar has formed Central Committee forRural Development and Poverty Alleviation. The workcommittee was formed to coordinate eight tasks adoptedby the central committee with work committees ofregions and states.

Respective Union ministers and chief ministersneed to deal with tasks successfully and effectively incooperation with rural people working for benefits ofrural people, making field trips.

According to comprehensive survey on livelihoodof household jointly conducted by UNDP and theMinistry of National Planning and EconomicDevelopment, although poverty rate of the whole countrydecreased from 32% to 26%, it is found that enormousgap between urban and rural areas still lingers on.Except Sagaing Region, Bago Region and Mon State,poverty rate in rural area is higher than that of urban inthe remaining regions and states. The poverty rate gapin some regions and states stands at sevenfold.

In order to meet Millennium Development Goal, theState needs to apply itself to narrowing the gap betweenurban and rural areas, aiming at reducing poverty ratedown to 16 % in 2015.

As it is required to carry out rural development andpoverty alleviation tasks up to December 2015, tenwork programmes for poverty alleviation are to beembraced as directives. They are:-(1) needs to make vertical extension more practical than

horizontal extension(2) needs to grow marketable strains: if the output is

from 50 baskets to 100 baskets per acre, they willbe profitable and if the output is quality products,growers will be able to make more money

(3) needs to seek way to reduce cost of production toremedy less profit due to high production cost

(4) needs for coordination between departments andvillages to use harvesters and ploughing tools bypurchasing them in combination and using themalternately to remedy time limitation betweenharvesting and ploughing times as paddy qualitybecomes terrible due to piling paddy on embankmentafter being harvested that lead to low income andgiving time to grow beans and pulses

(5) ensuring distribution of seeds, fertilizer, pesticide,

growing of paddy, beans, sesame and seasonalcrops through double- and triple-cropping patternsensures primary income, growers have to wait forfour or five months to enjoy this; breeding ofchicken, pig and cow on a manageable scale as wellas extension of integrated farming to have secondaryincome

(9) individually growing of semi-perennial and perennialplants to have secondary income on a commercialscale and to have one village one product

(10) giving encouragement to production of otherhandicrafts, arts works, personal goods, andhousehold goods as well as growing crops inimplementing one village one product project.Efforts should be made to extensively grow crops

which are favourable to regional climate. For example,tea should be grown extensively in Chin State. Only then,will the tasks of the development of rural areas andpoverty alleviation be implemented.

To reduce the poverty, it is needed to draw farmactivities and non-farm activities programmes for ruralpeople. One village one product programmes and ruralindustrialization programme play an important role inimplementing the non-farm activities. As most of privateindustries are small-scale ones, it is needed to supply rawmaterial, electricity and smooth transportation fordevelopment of the small-scale industries.

For development of micro-credit schemes,encouragement should be given to micro-credit schemesfor vendors, hawkers and daily-waged workers.

For development of cooperatives, efforts should bemade to gain confidence from the people in cooperativesocieties. In the rural area development and povertyreduction drive, achievement can be made within a shorttime only through cooperation. Therefore, efforts shouldbe made for development of cooperative societies.

For development of socio-economic life of ruralpeople, education, health, transportation, safe drinkingwater and irrigation should be on list of priorities.

Efforts should be made to encourage producingenergy from bio gas and it is needed to take measures forincreased production of energy. Especially, supplyingelectricity to all rural areas is necessary for the rural areadevelopment task.

While encouraging sustainable development,emphasis should be placed on environmental conservation.New technologies and ways should be sought not topollute water and air due to boosting production. Toconserve the environment, tasks for production of fire-wood substitute fuel and extension of forest reserves are

regions and states and they are working for the drive.Therefore, the committees are to report onimplementation of works and difficulties, the Vice-President said.

Afterwards, Union Minister for Agriculture andIrrigation U Myint Hlaing reported on distribution ofseeds of rice, beans and main crops to farmers, productionand distribution of special high-yield strains of crops byresearch departments, budget, cooperation with Vietnamand India to get high-yield strains of rice and arrangementsfor effective role of private sector.

Besides, he also reported on scientific agriculturalmethods, disseminating agricultural knowledge farmerto farmer and good agricultural practices for effectiveuse of paddy strains.

He then elaborated on ongoing research works,transformation into mechanized farming, moreinvestments at home and abroad in agriculture sector,implementation of irrigation systems and availability ofwater for agricultural purpose, disbursement ofagricultural loans, arrangements for production of value-added products in realizing the one village-one productscheme, and attracting private entrepreneurs to invest inagriculture sector.

With regard to development of livestock and meatand fish production, Union Minister for Livestock andFisheries U Tin Naing Thein reported on progress oflivestock breeding, fishery and production tasks inregions and states, formation of syndicates in meat andfish sector, participation of local people, production,consumption and surplus production and importing ofmeat and fish in respective regions, raising livestockbreeding tasks on a commercial scale due to marketdemand, availability of investment, extended formationof integrated farms in regions and states and their workprogress, cooperation of UN agencies in work sectors,invitation to entrepreneurs for formation of specializedcompanies, and joint ventures of national entrepreneursand foreign investors.

Regarding development of rural area small-scaleindustries, Union Minister for Commerce U Win Myintreported on availability of raw materials, investment,technology and market being undertaken by Rural AreaSmall-scale Industries Development SupportingCommittee, progress of these tasks in Sagaing, Bago andAyeyawady Regions.

Union Minister for Finance and Revenue U Hla Tunsubmitted reports on drawing microfinance industrylaw for development of private micro-credit services,

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Vice-President Dr Sai MaukKham addresses …

(from page 6)preparations for reformation of Myanma Small LoansEnterprise to Myanma Micro-Credit SupervisoryEnterprise, fixing the capital, interest rate, servicecharges and licence fees, preparations for necessaryworks, and issuance of rules and regulations and directivesunder the law on completion of the respective laws.

Union Minister for Cooperatives U Ohn Myintreported on organizing, educating and monitoring tasksfor development of cooperative works, production,trading, monetary service and transport tasks of already-formed cooperative societies, access to training courses,upgrading Cooperative Degree College to the university,and supervising the tasks under law and bylaws.

Union Minister for Information U Kyaw Hsanelaborated on implementation of six tasks of forming

township rural socio-economic development supportivecommittees, education, health, human resourcesdevelopment, transport, communication, and tappingpotable water; implementation of the tasks with 10strengths; undertaking environmental conservationworks; construction of 200 rural libraries and donationof publications in 2011-2012 fiscal year for humanresources development; installation of DTH dishes infur-flung areas; needs of the six tasks and providing cashassistance; and plans for carrying out related procedures.

Union Minister for Industry-2 U Soe Thein elaboratedon development of solar, hydro, wind, biogas andscavenging energy for providing rural regions withelectricity; measures for development; informing therural electrification through media for public knowledge;works for rural electrification in Bago Region, AyeyawadyRegion, Mon State, Taninthayi Region, Sagaing Regionand Naga Self-Administered Zone using appropriatesources; distribution of solar lamps; plan for sellingnecessary machines with installment by the ministry;

technical assistance; working in cooperation with privateinvestment; technologies to provide electricity five hoursa day by solar system at affordable cost of the people;dissemination of technologies for fuel usage control andoptimized usage; use of briquette; technologies ofCompressed Wood Gas; and making cash donation tocapital for success of rural energy development tasks.

Union Minister for Environmental Conservationand Forestry U Win Tun explained natural forestconservation and prevention against forest degradationby natural environmental conservation supportivecommittee; seizure of illegally extracted timbers;establishment of forest plantations; soil conservation;biodiversity conservation; reduction of climate change;scavenging natural and bio fertilizers; organizing ruralpeople to cooperate in environmental conservation tasks;conducting trainings and educating people for humanresources development; and future plans.

The first session of meeting was then adjourned.MNA

A representative of rescued miners addresses anevent to mark the mine rescue’s anniversary in

the northern city of Copiapo, where the accidenttook place trapping 33 miners for 69 days, in

Chile, on 13 Oct, 2011. A sober religiousceremony was held at the event with thepresence of 20 of the 33 rescued miners.

XINHUA

Three dead, four hurt in Califreservoir crash

SAN DIMAS, 17 Oct—A personal water craftslammed into a powerboat on a California reservoirSaturday, killing three women and injuring fourother people, authorities said.

The crash occurred about 4:30 pm onPuddingstone Reservoir at San Dimas, the LosAngeles Times reported.

The women, ages 25, 35 and 60, were dead atthe scene, Los Angeles County Fire Departmentinspector Matt Levesque said. Their names had notbeen released.

Three men on the boat, ages 22, 35 and 36,were critically injured.

A 22-year-old woman on the boat sufferedminor injuries.

“It was a tragic, tragic accident,” said ImeePerius, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles CountySheriff’s Department and the Parks and RecreationDepartment.—Internet

Australia opens world’s 5th largest brain centre in MelbourneMELBOURNE, 17 Oct—The world’s fifth largest

brain research centre was officially opened inMelbourne, Victoria of Australia on Monday.

The 227 million US dollars Melbourne BrainCentre will host 700 researchers, who will makeuse of the centre’s facilities to investigate a broadrange of conditions affecting the brain, includingmultiple sclerosis, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease,Parkinson’s disease, trauma, depression,schizophrenia, anxiety, epilepsy and motor neurondisease.

The centre aims to have the critical mass tosupport world- class laboratories and enable thedevelopment of more effective diagnostic tools,treatments and ultimately cures for brain and minddisorders. The centre will also play a key role inattracting leading scientists to come to Australia orretaining talented Australian researchers who mighthave otherwise moved or stayed overseas. Victoriastate Premier Ted Baillieu, who opened the centre,said he was excited by what the centre could

achieve.“The brain centre here in Melbourne has the

potential to greatly reduce the level of suffering andpremature death from diseases of the brain and ofthe nervous system,” he told the audience inMelbourne on Monday. The centre, which was thefifth largest of its kind in the world, s a collaborationbetween Melbourne University, Melbourne’s FloreyNeuroscience Institutes and the Mental HealthResearch Institute.

Xinhua

China calls for joint effort todeal with global economic

difficultiesPARIS, 17 Oct—Faced with new problems such

as sovereign debt and downward risks, all countriesshould work together to enhance coordination onmacroeconomic policies to guard economic growthand financial stability with respective effort, Chinesedelegates said Saturday here at the G20 FinancialMinisters Meeting. The global economy ischallenged by new difficulties which require allcountries to join hands in fighting all sorts ofprotectionism either in trade or in investment,according to a statement issued by the Chinesedelegation led by Chinese Financial Minister XieXuren and Central Bank Governor ZhouXiaochuan.

China suggested that leading developedcountries should ensure economic recovery andfinancial stability in short term, while in themedium term enhance fiscal solidarity, acceleratestructural reform and refrain the negative impactof macroeconomic policies. Meanwhile, Chinaalso stressed that the emerging countries shouldmake their own contribution to tackle theproblems. “The emerging markets should promptlytake flexible and effective macroeconomicmeasures in order to control slowdown and tacklewith impacts from inflation and capital flows,”the statement said.

Emerging economies “should also quicken theirpace on structural reform in a bid to realize stableand faster growth,” the statement added. Duringthe two-day meeting, G20 financial leadersgathering in Paris welcomed the progress the Europemade on the eurozone debt issue on Saturday, butmeanwhile expected the euro area to rely more onitself with bigger bailout fund to avoid contagion.

Xinhua

Four adults found chainedin storage closet

PHILADELPHIA, 17 Oct—Philadelphia police saythey found four mentally disabled adults chained ina storage closet Saturday while checking forsquatters in an apartment building.

“It’s obviously very unsettling — it’s verydisturbing,” City police Capt Frank Bachmayersaid.

The three men and one woman, all in their 40sand said to have the mental capacity of 10-year-olds, were being held in a 15-foot by 15-footstorage closet with a low ceiling and weremalnourished, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

“The conditions they were living in weredeplorable,” said police spokeswoman Tanya Little.“It was not good.”

The four victims were taken to a medical facilitywhere they were being fed and evaluated.

Police were questioning two people as theytried to determine who was responsible for thevictims’ care, the newspaper said.—Internet

A visitor views an exhibit at “Beyond Calligraphy:A Contemporary Calligraphic Art Exhibition byHsu Yung-Chin” in Taipei, on 14 Oct, 2011. Thisexhibition displayed 15 artworks by painter HsuYung-Chin, most of which are created withmixed-media, such as acrylic on canvas.—XINHUA

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(from page 16)The applicant members of the Sangha

whether received the title or not are strivingfor flourishing of the Sasana based onmeritorious deeds. As part of efforts forflourishing the Sasana, if any persondonates four requisites to members of theSangha who have been conferred religioustitle or not, the Sasana will be perpetualexistence.

Opening of International TheravadaBuddhist Missionary University is aimedat disseminating Desana of the LordBuddha to across the world, so priority isgiven to choosing eligible persons fromabroad. Only when the adequate numberof foreign trainees cannot be recruited,the eligible persons at home are admittedto attend the university for foreignmissionary. Those wishing to receive thecompletion certificates will have to meetthe prescribed qualification, they will beadmitted as trainees.

Without setting aim to secure thedegree from the university, those wishingto pursue religious literature for preachingthe religious friends from abroad may beadmitted at about four/five seats forobservers. Moreover, those wishing tolearn Buddhism literature may attend theAbhidhamma and Visuddhimagga courseand Abhidhamma course in English inthe precinct of Kaba Aye Pagoda inYangon and Pali-Myanmar Abhidhammacourse conducted by Mingala Byuha atthe foot of Shwedagon Pagoda andAbhidhamma course by YMBA andothers. These courses may be attendedby any persons regardless of strata andage. Therefore, those who miss the chanceto attend the ITBMU should not bedisappointed and they may practisemeditation by attending the Buddhismcourses forever.

Six Hluttaw representatives raisedsix questions on agriculture and irrigation,and Deputy Minister for Agriculture andIrrigation U Khin Zaw replied to them.

U Nyan Swe Win of KyaukkyiConstituency asked how the governmentwill manage arrangements for upliftingcapabilities of agricultural economicmanagement for farmers not to dependon loans. The deputy minister repliedthat organizations including the Regionand State governments are to organize,supervise and control the farmers forimplementation of uplifting capabilitiesof agricultural economic management offarmers across the nation to be able toescape from circle of depending on loans.

The Ministry of Agriculture andIrrigation has adopted five key tasks forgrowth of agricultural production. Thesekey points are to use high yield qualityseeds, to apply good agricultural patterns,use agricultural inputs, fertilizers andnatural fertilizers including water foragricultural purpose in right time, to reduceproduction cost and trading cost includinguse of seeds, inputs and charge of labourfrom the growing to harvesting period,and to seek the strong market and costeffectiveness for the crops. By organizingthe farmers to abide by these five tasks,

the life of farmers will escape from thedebt misery and outcomes of ruraldevelopment and poverty alleviation willemerge in villages and townships.

The ministry is to establish farmereducative model farms across the nationbased on existing research farms, seedsproduction farms and agricultural trainingschools and organize the farmers fortheir participation with collaborativeefforts. It is necessary to broaden horizonof farmers through programmes ofMRTV or Leyar Sipwar and Doh

Kyayywa journals.Only when officials concerned

harmoniously bring about of systematicirrigation system at farms, reform fromconventional to mechanized farming,distribute high yield seeds for increasingper-acre yield, sufficiently supply fertilizersfor boosting production of crops andencourage investment of entrepreneurs inagriculture sector, will agriculturalproducts of farmers increase quickly andwill the farmers escape from debt misery.Those wishing to know detailedinformation may be arranged to meetscholars of the ministry for separatediscussions and those persons are invited.

U Aung Zin of PazundaungConstituency asked whether there is aplan to disburse loans to farmers whogrow paddy on over 10 acres offarmlands. He said that as farmershave been saving money from theagricultural loans for two decades, heasked whether there is a plan to set upseparate fund for timely cultivation ofcrops after they had suffered fromdanger of natural disasters. The deputyminister replied that the State gives priorityto disbursement of agricultural loans tofarmers engaging in less than 10 acres offarmlands, who may face difficulty inagricultural loans, and there is no plan todisburse loans to the farmers who havemoney might to work more than 10 acresof farmlands.

With regard to individual savings offarmers, there are 3,024,000 farmers whoopen savings accounts up to 12-9-2011and they saved K 63585.63 million.However, farmers individually saved K21,027 only. As the money is personalsavings of individual farmers, MyanmaAgricultural Development Bank givesprescribed interest rate to them. If theywant to take out their savings, the bankwill immediately withdraw their savingsto farmers.

In 2011-2012 fiscal year, a plan wasset to disburse K 37,7791.64 million asmonsoon, cold season and pre-monsoonloans to farmers. To do so, savings offarmers are circulated in disbursement of

annual loans to farmers. Savings offarmers are to be paid interest without anyloss. In accord with the banking rules andregulations, their savings are used indisbursing regular agricultural loansthrough yearly installment system.Therefore, the savings of farmers will notbe set up as an emergency fund at MyanmaAgricultural Development Bank to be usedin timely cultivation of crops on the farmsdamaged in the natural disasters.

U Maung Maung of ThayawadyConstituency asked whether Myanma

Agricultural Development Bank has aplan to disburse loans to farmersdepending on actual owned farmlandsas those who own more than 10 acres offarmlands miss the chance to borrowagricultural loans. The deputy ministerreplied that with regard to disbursementof agricultural loans to farmers, the Statehas adopted a plan to assist the farmerswho are lesser capital. It may assume thatthose who own more than 10 acres offarmlands have much capital of farming.Moreover, farmers can pawn or sell theirfarmlands to seek capital if necessary inaccord with the forthcoming farmlandlaw.

Priority will be given to disbursingagricultural loans to the farmers who ownless than 10 acres of farmlands due todifficulty of agricultural capital. There isno plan to disburse loans to the farmerswho own more than 10 acres of farmlandswith much capital. Focusing on interestof the farmers, the State disburses loansto farmers, and Region and Stategovernments are to supervise farmers foreffectively spending the loans on cultivationand production of crops.

With regard to the question askingthat unequal rate of instrumentregistration fee means unequal chancefor the people and whether there is aplan to visibly post the instrumentregistration fee for the people raised byU Nelson (a) U Hsaung Hsi of KyaukmeConstituency, the government haspromulgated the fee for registration ofinstruments in accord with Section 78 ofexisting Instrument Registration Act. Listof fees for respective contracts or workshas not been amended up to now and thefees are prescribed equally across thenation. Differences of fee are based ontypes of instruments.

The Section 79 of the InstrumentRegistration Act has has stated thatregistration fees for instrument shall beposted in public at all instrumentregistration offices. Arrangements forposting registration fees in public at allinstrument registration offices have beenmade. According to the Instrument

Registration Act, measures are being takenthrough existing laws, rules andregulations and directives in order not tolose rights and interests of the people, toensure deserved opportunities, and not tosee forgery. Further arrangements willalso be made to extend advertisingmeasures to let the people know morethan before.

U Pyae Maung of Madaya TownshipConstituency asked whether there is aplan to continue to implement UpperHsedawgyi dam project in Madaya

Township. In response, the DeputyMinister said that Irrigation Departmentstarted construction of Hsedawgyimodulating dam project in 2006-2007 andcarried out construction of approach roadto the dam, buildings, clearing of alignmentof the main dam, and concreting works.According to earlier plan, construction ofthe dam was under the duty of IrrigationDepartment of the Ministry of Agricultureand Irrigation, and construction ofhydropower station was under Ministryof Electric Power No. 1.

In July 2009, Htoo Trading Co throughBOT system signed MoU with Ministry ofElectric Power No. 1 on constructionhydropower station of Hsedawgyimodulation dam, and coordinatedconstruction of the dam with the IrrigationDepartment. The Irrigation Departmentterminated its all works in 2009 due todenial of budget allocation.

Now, the government instructed theMinistry of Agriculture and Irrigation toconduct feasibility study on restart of theembankment and seek investors. So, theMinistry is seeking and offering the projectto committed investors at home andabroad. Although Hsedawgyi modulatingembankment construction project is theone incredibly beneficial to the State andregion, there is no budget allocation on listof priority. If an occasion arises,construction works will start again.

U Khin Maung Myint of YaksawkConstituency in his question said thatconstruction of Kengkhammultipurpose dam project beingimplemented by the Ministry ofAgriculture and Irrigation started inJanuary 2005 and terminated inNovember 2009, asking that whetherthere is a plan to resume constructionworks. In response, the Deputy Ministersaid that as from 2005-2006, conductingof geological study on compiling geologicalmap, drawing designs of buildings andembankment, and concreting works ofKengkham multipurpose dam project wascompleted by 13.05 per cent of the wholeproject.

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(from page 8)On completion, Kengkham dam with

two generators in capacity of threemegawatts each will generate 21 millionkwh annually and it will benefit nearly33,000 acres of irrigated area and greeningof Meiktila Plane. So, budget submissionto the government will be made to restartconstruction of the multipurpose dam.Prioritized projects will be implementedaccording to the budget share.

In discussing the proposal raised on30 September by U Soe Tha of TwantayConstituency for submission ways tocreate a good budget system to Hluttawfor emergence of State-owned firmsand State-owned companies agreeableto present situation after beingscrutinized, U Aye Mauk of MahlaingConstituency, U Maung Toe of MinhlaConstituency, U Aung Sein Tha of MinbyaConstituency, Daw Tin Nwe Oo of DagonMyothit (North) Constituency, U TheinLwin of Chauk Constituency, Daw Lè

Lè Win Swe of Tamway Constituency,U Nyi Lay (a) U Kyi Tha of GwaConstituency, U Win Oo of YebyuConstituency and U Ye Tun (a) U MinTun of Hsipaw Constituency said that ifState-owned firms run by way of boardor corporation or company or privateform, budget amount can be reduced,firms will develop as they can run freely,and liable levies can be collected. Inchanging to a good budget system, it issuitable to practice the system aftersubmitting report to Pyithu Hluttaw onfindings and advices surveyed by a

committee formed.It is required to scrutinize workable

banking systems, more advancedcommunication systems, systematicformation of organizations involved,employment of skillful staff and managers,response of global countries to Myanmar’smarket, and balance between productsand firms which are helpful to the newsystem. Apart from State’s budget system,giving power to economic centres todecide measures on their own,undertakings of economic organizationsfor seeking profits, and measures to betaken by the government through rulesand regulations. It is needed to takemeasures for changing the system step bystep as it is a key to interests of the Stateand the people. The proposal will bringfruitful result to the State.

Regarding the proposal, the PyithuHluttaw Speaker said that as discussionsof Hluttaw representatives were awfullyhelpful facts to be followed, Hluttawshould record it. The main theme in thatregard is based on findings of emergenceof State-owned firms and State-ownedcompanies agreeable to present situation

in order to brace development of State’seconomy. If private companies emergefrom State-owned firms and State-ownedcompanies, it is essential to changepractical budget system. Only if workprocedures are carried out step by stepcan goal be seen.

Budget means balancing of debitand credit. Even world rich countrieshave to face budget deficit. But, economicgrowth of a country can be made bytaking measures to reduce budget deficitlittle by little. Although economicdevelopment measures are being takenthrough might of public and privatecompanies in global countries, eveneconomic-leading countries started theireconomy based on State-ownedcompanies. Therefore, the proposalsubmitted now is a must-do.

Hluttaw decided that respectivePyithu Hluttaw committees need tocoordinate and submit the proposal of USoe Tha.

The 35th day second regular sessionended at 4.20 pm and the session continuesfor 36th day at 10 am tomorrow.

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(from page 16)townships in central Myanmar with lessrainfall between 1997-1998 and 2011-2012; environmental conservation playsa part in eight tasks of rural developmentand poverty alleviation adopted by theState; the ministry allows timberextraction and biomass production forforeign currency income on yearlylimited scale under Management Plan;biomass production is allowed inregional support work stations andplantation and wetland clearance areason basis of bona fide need of localpeople who have to rely on biomass;regional authorities need cooperate theministry in supervising systematic usageand prevention against forestdegradation as there is excessiveproduction; the State encouragesestablishment of model village housingforest plantation to meet the need offorest produce for fuel, house-holdpurpose, agricultural and fishery use, toreduce reliance on natural forests, andto enable to extract forest produces intheir own house compound and village;Forest Department assists necessarysaplings and technologies forestablishing plantation of three teak and20 hard-wood plants per house-hold andone-acre fire-wood plantation per villageimplemented yearly with the workforceof the rural people as of 2008-2009;when the model village housing forestplantations are successful at an extend,biomass production will be adjusted;objectives were adopted to extend forestlands under management of the ministryto 30 per cent of the country’s area; 24.06per cent have been covered by forestsnow; depending on stability of the regionand control of staff, forest reserves will beestablished in border regions; the ministryallows plantation of perennial crops suchas rubber and oil palm which contributesto the natural environment and greening

of the region in forest reserves and forestsoutside reserve under the management ofthe ministry and forest-covered landsunder management of the government;the plantation of perennial crops whichdo not support the improvement of naturalenvironment; as the perennial cropplantation permit holders focus onextraction of wood products in thepermitted area, rather than growing thedesignated crops, the degraded forests,deforested lands and lands with less forestcoverage are allowed for the purpose,regulations are issued for drafting yearlygrowing plan for reclaiming onlygrowing lands annually, and compliancewith the regulations is enforced; theheads will be reported not to allow usingforest lands for agricultural purpose andcoordinations will be made withrespective ministries and State/Regiongovernments; forests are fundamental tocutting Green House Gas (GHGs)emissions including carbon dioxideemission which is the root cause of climatechange and natural disasters the world isfacing today; tasks for Reducing Emissionsfrom Deforestation and Forest Degradation(REDD) are being carried out in cooperationwith international organizations; workshopsare held, newspapers publish reports andtalks are organized on the tasks for publicknowledge; if the tasks are realized, it willcontribute to sustainability of the forestsand economic development of the ruralpeople; if the economy of the State isdeveloped, the timber extraction will bereduced.

The minister stressed the need forcooperation between the Ministry ofForestry and other ministries and localpeople to conserve the natural resourcesin the country as part of efforts fordeforestation and natural disasters riskreduction.

U Kyun Khe of Chin Stateconstituency No. 1 asked whether thereis a plan to resume extraction of pineresin for medicinal purpose from pinetrees which was growing across Chin

State.The Union minister replied that the

Forest Department has established 9,100acres of pine tree plantations from the 1981-82 to the 2011-12 fiscal year and about 5.9millions of pine trees which have 2 ft andabove in circumference are growing in theplantations and the forests in Chin State.

The Forest Department had practicedU-BARI K method to extract pine resinfrom the pine trees which have five feetand above in circumference not to damagethe trees and meanwhile, the ministry hadallowed the Myanmar Paper and ChemicalIndustries to extract 150,000 viss of pine

resin. The ministry was also coordinatingto apply an advance technology and toinvite foreign investment in extraction ofpine resin.

Besides, the ministry wouldimplement the project for extraction ofpine resin if foreign investment flows intothe sector as the project would create jobopportunities for local people and wouldbenefit the State.

Afterwards, Deputy Minister forInformation U Soe Win replied thequestions of the three representatives.

Dr Myint Kyi of Yangon Regionconstituency No. 8 asked whether thereis a plan to review the programmes ofMRTV to conserve Myanmartraditional cultural heritage.

Deputy Minister U Soe Win repliedthat Myanma Radio and Television hadthree objectives: to inform, to educate andto entertain: and had broadcast

programmes in accordance with thepolicies laid down by the State. Atweekend, MRTV broadcast eighth hoursper day : from 7 am to 9 am, from 11 amto 3 pm and from 4 pm to 10 pm.Myanmar International Channel broadcastprogrammes in English from 9 am to 11am daily. The Information programmeaccounted for thirty per cent of a dailyprogramme of MRTV, the educationprogramme for thirty per cent and theentertainment programme for 40 per cent.

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characters and national characters. Besides,MRTV had encouraged the developmentof private media and broadcastprogrammes shot by private media andweekly ASEAN programmes.

Besides, free to Air channels and paychannels including international channels,edutainment and infotainment channels,and movie series are expanded aftercensoring them.

Programmes shot by private media,in-door and out-door programmes,ceremonies of the government, Myanmarmovies and foreign movies which wereadaptable to Myanmar’s culture werebroadcast in prime time. There are 12programmes of Myanmar culture in primetime and MRTV broadcast Myanmarmovies, videos and Myanmar traditionalcultural programees in Sunday afternoonsand evenings of Wednesday.

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(from page 9)As movies and programmes which

would be of benefit to the State werebroadcast in prime time, foreign movieprogrammes were broadcast at late-night.

To improve the broadcasting, radioand television broadcasting system hadbeen changed from analogue to digitalsystem step by step.

Regarding movie series, MRTVbroadcast movies from Korea, China,India and Singapore which were adaptableto national characters of Myanmar, andMinistry of Information had encouragedthe production of Myanmar movie seriesby private media, he said.

Afterwards, U Hnin Wai of KayahState constituency No. 12 asked whetherthere is a plan to retransmit digitalchannels such as MRTV and Myawadyto 10 villages in Maesaw Township,Bawlake District, Kayah State.

The deputy minister replied that atotal of seven relay stations had beenestablished in Kayah State.

Meisei re-transmission station cameinto operation on 4-7-2000. Thetransmission of 1 KW transmitter cancover 10-mile radius area, the 50Wtransmitter, five miles radius area and 10W transmitter, two miles radius area. Ifthere is no barrier between transmissiontower and receiver, transmission can beoperated on a wider range than the limitedarea. If not, the transmission cannot coverthe limited area thoroughly.

The distances between villages inMeisei Township and Meisei TV re-transmission station are six miles distancein Hose, eight miles distance in Namman,15 miles distance in Pantein, 12 milesdistance in Meisenan, eight miles distancein Nanhu, four miles distance in Hojit, 18miles distance in Nampeinlain, 22 milesdistance in Kyauksu and 14 miles distancein Lanhson. As such, it can be seen thatalthough people of Hose, Meisenan, Nanhuand Hojit can receive the TV programmethrough high intenna and booster, somevillage cannot receive it due to longerdistance than the limited one from the re-transmitter.

Myanma Radio and Television of theMinistry of Information gives priority toconstruction of TV re-transmissionstations in township and sub-townshipsin accord with the guidance of the Headof State. So far, already-built 226 re-transmission stations cannot covervillage-tracts from the dense forests andhilly regions. DTH system is being realizedin Myanmar for enabling the village-tracts to have easy access to TVprogrammes. It is a system applying theDirect to Home through satellite. Byinstalling the DTH equipment, the peoplewill have easy access not only free to airchannels from MRTV, MITV and MRTV-4 but also more channels to be extendedfree of charge. Moreover, these channelsare run round the clock, and they canenjoy the programmes at any time. Asthe prices for them are reasonable, thepeople can buy the equipment of DTH.

The government adopted the plan of

rural development and poverty alleviationled by the President. With regard to theplan, human resource development willbe undertaken in the rural socio economicdevelopment sector being undertaken bythe Union Minister for Information. Therespective region and state governmentshave formed rural socio economicdevelopment committees. Thesecommittees will make field trips to allvillages for fulfilling requirements ofgrassroots level in education, health, humanresource development and communicationsector. When these committees havecompleted the field trips, the mattersincluded in the submission will be solvedautomatically.

The matter on Myawady TV in thequestion is being broadcast by Directorateof Public Relations and PsychologicalWarfare of the Ministry of Defence.Therefore, the matter will be submitted tothe department concerned.

U Hla Swe of Magway RegionConstituency No. 12 asked whether thereis a plan to present Life-timeAchievement Academy Award. Inretrospect, motion pictures in Myanmarhave been produced for 91 years startingfrom 1920. Focusing on uplift of Myanmarmotion picture standard, the MyanmarMotion Picture Promotion Board wasformed in 1952 and the board has beenawarding outstanding artistes andtechnicians in the motion picture field. Upto 23-1-2011, the Myanmar motion pictureoutstanding award presentation ceremonyfor 2009 held in Nay Pyi Taw was for 54th

time within 58 years.In looking back the chronicle of

giving Myanmar motion pictureoutstanding award, three outstandingmotion picture awards were designatedin 1952 and 1953. The awards wereadded with Best Film Director Award in1954, Cinematographic Award in 1956,Best Actor Award, Best Supporting ActorAward, Best Actress Award and BestSupporting Actress Award in 1962, FilmScript Award, Film Music Award andFilm Sound Effect Award in 1990, andFilm Editing Award in 1994. So, thereare 11 best awards in motion picture. Itis known to all that due torecommendation of the Myanmar MotionPicture Promotion Board, a special awardis presented to the winner. During the 58years period from 1952 to 2009, a totalof 328 academy awards have beenpresented to the winners.

Increasing numbers of academyawards to the winners is aimed at ensuringpromotion of Myanmar motion picturestandard and development of those in themotion picture field. The Ministry ofInformation has adopted the aims andtasks for Myanmar Motion PictureOrganization and those of motion picturefield with a view to ensuring promotion ofMyanmar motion picture standard anddevelopment of those in the motion picturefield. Moreover, the ministry providesnecessary for them to implement the aimsand tasks as much as possible.

Latest equipment has been purchasedfor producing films to meet internationalstandards. Encouragement is being givento applying digital system and technological

special effects in the movies. Efforts arebeing made for emergence of modernstudios. Thanks to encouragement toemergence of advanced movie system,modern cinemas have emerged one afteranother in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon, Mandalayand other major cities. Concerted effortsare being made for presenting movies andvideos will soon be shown across thenation through E-cinema system.

So, it can be seen that the State isassisting from all aspects for thedevelopment of film industry and thoseemployed in film industry; presentation ofAcademy awards is a shot in the arm for

promotion of film industry anddevelopment of those engaged in it; it isencouraging that all outstanding artisteshave won Academy awards and somegifted artists have won academy awardsfor several times, and so six-, five- andfour-Academy award winners haveemerged; artistes have the chance to playa role in film till the death and to winfurther Academy awards in their advancedages and because of this particular nature,such life-long achievements are notdifferent from Life-time AchievementAcademy Award in term of essence.

Regarding the presentation of life-time Achievement Academy Award ininternational countries, some countriespractices such system in accordance withtheir objective conditions but mostcountries still have not exercise suchsystem; looking to ASEAN andneighbouring countries, only Chinapresents the award in Golden RoosterFilm Festival.

More and more Academy awardshave been presented and now 12 awardsincluding special award have beenpresented yearly and thus the number ofawards is fairly adequate for Myanmarfilm industry and those employed in it forthe time being; as life-long outstandingfilm award is still not widely popular ininternational community and Myanmarcurrently needs not to develop such prize

and thus when conditions are mature, hisministry would coordinate with MyanmaMotion Pictures Organization forpresentation of such award.

The Hluttaw sent that paragraphs 1and 2 of the bill revoking the law onprimary rights and responsibilities of 1964Public Workers Act are part of the bill,which was confirmed and sent by thePyithu Hluttaw.

Hluttaw representatives U Paul HtanTaing, Paw Hylan Lwin, U Hla Swe, UKan Nyunt, Dr Banya Aung Moe, U SaiThant Zin, U Zhun Kham, U Mann KanNyunt, U Ohn Tin, U Maung Aye Tun, U

San Pyae, Daw Khin Waing Kyi, U SawAung Kyaw Naing (a) Sha Bu Pho, UJayaw Wu and Dr Aye Maung discussedfacts to be added, amended, cancelled,included and approved concerningParagraph-4 of Chapter (2), sub-paragraphs b, c, e, f, g, i, k, l, m ofParagraph-5 of Chapter (3), paragraphs 6and 9 of Chapter (A), sub-paragraphs a,b, c and f of Paragraph-7, Paragraph-8,sub-paragraph m of Paragraph-9 ofChapter (4), sub-paragraph b ofparagraph-11 of Chapter (5), sub-paragraphs a, d, x, ff of Paragraph-13 ofChapter (7), sub-paragraph c ofParagraph-16 of Chapter (8), paragraphs25,26,27 of Chapter (10) of Ward (or)Village-tract Administration Law, whichwas sent back to the Hluttaw after PyihuHluttaw has made amendments to it.

The Hluttaw decided to hand over thecase to Hluttaw Bill Committee toreconsider the discussions of 15representatives.

The 34th-day regular session of thefirst Amyotha Hluttaw was adjourned at3.35 pm and the 35th-day session continuesat 10 am tomorrow.

At today’s session, Union Ministersanswered five questions raised byrepresentatives, a bill was approved andanother one was decided forreconsideration.

MNA

Kyahtoo bridge on Magway-Natmauk-Pyawbwe road to be opened soon

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Oct—DeputyMinister for Construction U Kyaw Lwinon 15 October inspected preparations foropening ceremony of Kyahtoo CreekBridge built by Bridge ConstructionProject Special Group No.7 near milepost No.47/0 on Magway-Natmauk-Pyawbwe road.

The 480 feet long RC bridge canwithstand 60-ton loads. The bridge will

be opened in the near future.Next, the deputy minister looked into

tarmacking works and installation of steeltrusses at Ayeyawady Bridge (Pakokku)on Letpanchepaw bank.

On 16 October, he inspectedinstallation of steel trusses at the bredgeon Pakokku bank. He also inspectedapproach road works and placing of asphaltconcrete.—MNA

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Performing Arts Competitions continues for third day

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Oct—The 18th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitionscontinued for the third day at the designated placesin Yezin Universities’ Campus in Zeyathiri Townshiptoday.

Among the enthusiasts were Secretary of theLeading Committee for Organizing the PerformingArts Competitions Deputy Minister for Culture DawSanda Khin, Deputy Minister for Agriculture andIrrigation U Khin Zaw, Deputy Minister for

Commerce Dr Pwint Hsan, and members of the workcommittee and subcommittees, members of the centralpanel of judges and those from states and regions,team managers and contestants, departmentalpersonnel and national race excursion groups.

A total of 10 contestants participated in thehigher education level girls’ Maha Gita song contestand 12 in the basic education level boys’ Maha Gitasong contest at the Assembly Hall of University ofAgriculture.

A total of 15 contestants participated in the basiceducation level (10-15 aged) girls’ old/modern songcontest and 11 in the amateur level (first class)men’s old/modern song contest at the Lecture Hallof University of Agriculture.

At the convocation hall of University of VeterinaryScience, 23 contestants took part in the basic educationlevel (10-15 aged) girls’ dancing contest and 13contestants in the amateur level (second class) men’sevent.

At Padamya Hall of University of Agriculture,five contestants competed in the amateur level (firstclass) religious story narration (Kwetseik).

Nine contestants participated in the amateurlevel (first class) men’s and women’s songcomposing contest, 15 in the (second class) contestand 11 in the higher education level men’s andwomen’s contest at the training hall- 2 of Agriculturalresearch Department.

At the training hall-1 of Agricultural ResearchDepartment, two contestants participated in thebasic education level (5-10 aged) boys’ harp contest,five in the higher education level men’s harp contest,six in higher education level women’s harp contest,and three in the amateur level (second class) women’sharp contest.

At the convocation hall of University of Forestry,two contestants participated in the basic educationlevel (15-20 aged) men’s mandolin contest, one inthe basic education level (15-20 aged) women’scontest, five in the amateur level (first class) men’s

mandolin contest, and two in the amateur (firstclass) women’s mandolin contest.

Three contestants took part in the amateur level(first class) women’s xylophone contest and sevenin the basic education level (10-15 aged) boys’xylophone contest at convocation hall of Universityof Agriculture.

At the assembly hall of Forest Research Division,11 contestants participated in the amateur level(second class) men’s solo orchestra contest andfour in the higher education level men’s solo orchestracontest.

At the training hall-1 of Agricultural ResearchDepartment, seven troupes took part in the amateurlevel (first class) men’s Ozi troupe contest, and fivein the basic education level (15-20 aged) men’s Ozicontest.—MNA

Ma MyintMyint

Thwal ofSagaingRegion

participatesin amateur

level(secondclass)

women’sharp

contest.MNA

U Tin Tun (a) Leikma of Yangon Region

participates in amateur level (first class)

narrative contest.—MNA

Daw Khine Zar Win of Yangon Region

participates in amateur level (first class)

women’s xylophone contest.—MNA

U Kyaw Myint of Chin State participates in

amateur level (second class) men’s dancing

contest.—MNA

B

U TheinZaw Tunof Shan

Stateparticipatesin amateur

level(secondclass)

men’s soloorchestracontest.

MNA

U Shwe Man Thawda of Mandalay Regionparticipates in amateur level (first class)

narrative contest.MNA

Ma Thida Theint of Magway Region participatesin basic education level (10-15 aged) girls’ old/

modern song contest.MNA

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV HR FREQUENCY VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV HR FRE-QUENCY VOY NO ( ) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 17.10.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W(7) where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S FLAMARPhone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV AN BINH VOY NO (13/11)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV AN BINHVOY NO (13/11) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 17.10.2011 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of S.P.W-1 where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: G-LINK EXPRESS LOGISTICS(S’PORE) PTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV CTP FORTUNE VOY NO (0026)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV CTP FOR-TUNE VOY NO (0026) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 18.10.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPINGLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV ORIENTAL ELF VOY NO (012)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV ORIENTALELF VOY NO (012) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 17.10.2011 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: SONGWON ENTERPRISEPTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV PLATINUM JADE VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV PLATINUMJADE VOY NO ( ) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 18.10.2011 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of S.P.W where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S HUB SHIPPING SDN-BHDPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Medical scientists say parents should chill overhouse dust mites

Medical scientists say parents shouldchill over house dust mites.—XINHUA

Steve Jobshonoured bySilicon Valley

SILICON VALLEY, 17 Oct—Some of Silicon Valley'stop executives were set togather at Stanford univer-sity on Sunday evening tocelebrate the life and gen-ius of the Apple founderSteve Jobs. Fittingly per-haps for a memorial of aman who was notoriouslysecretive, the precise loca-tion of the event and itsguest list is under wraps. Itis being billed as strictlyprivate, with no public ormedia coverage welcome.Last week Jobs had a smallprivate funeral following hisdeath on 5 October, aged56, from pancreatic can-cer.

On Wednesday morn-ing, another private eventwill be held at Apple'sCupertino headquartersfor the company's employ-ees to pay their respects totheir deceased leader. De-spite the primarily privatenature of the commemo-rations, Jobs's many ad-mirers and fans have beenable to express their senti-ments through an outpour-ing of messages and cardsto Apple stores and thecompany's website. InCalifornia, the governorJerry Brown declared onSaturday "Steve JobsDay".

Internet

A man signs his nameon a sympathy boardset up for 'Steve Jobs

Day' in Manila.INTERNET

WELLINGTON, 17 Oct—Parents want-ing to help their children avoid asthmaand other allergies are being told to givetheir toys a frosty reception by stickingthem in the freezer. Medical scientists inNew Zealand and Taipei have discov-ered that freezing children's soft toys cankill almost all house dust mites (HDMs),the microscopic bugs associated with arange of allergies, including asthma.

Other effective remedies for killingHDMs, commonly found in children'ssoft toys, were tumble drying and wash-ing with eucalyptus oil and detergent, thescientists from New Zealand's Univer-sity of Otago and Taipei's ChanghuaChristian Hospital found. HDMs werestrongly associated with the develop-ment of asthma in children, and theseverity of asthma was in proportion tothe number of house dust mites a childwas exposed to when sleeping with softtoys, said a statement from the university

on Monday."Children frequently sleep with their

favorite toys close to their airways andthis may be important for HDM-sensi-tized asthmatic children," said Univer-sity of Otago Associate Professor RobSiebers. The scientists tested the threedifferent cleaning methods on 36 toysdivided into three groups of 12. Freezingtoys for at least 16 hours at minus 15degrees centigrade resulted in a 95-per-cent reduction of HDMs, as did soakingin an emulsion of eucalyptus oil andliquid detergent for one hour before rins-ing and drying. —Xinhua

US drone strike kills threeEgyptians in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, 17 Oct—A recent US missile strikein Pakistan’s tribal regionkilled three Egyptians linkedto the Haqqani network,including one who played akey role in handling themilitant group’s finances,Pakistani intelligence

officials said on Sunday.The three men were

killed on Friday when adrone fired missiles at a carnear Miramshah, the maintown in North Waziristan,said the officials, speakingon condition of anonymitybecause they were not

authorized to talk to themedia. A fourth person wasalso killed but has not beenidentified. US intelligencebelieves the Haqqanis arethe top threat to security inAfghanistan.

MNA/Xinhua

Report says US spy aircraft kill775 civilians in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, 17 Oct—The US spy planes havekilled up to 775 civilians,including 173 children,in 300 strikes in Pakistantribal regions since thestrikes had been started inJune 2004, a report hassaid.

The report released onSaturday by the London-based Bureau of Investi-gative Journalism saidbetween 1,141 and 1,225persons were also injuredthe strikes, mostly inWaziristan tribal areasnear the Afghan border.The report, quoted by theDawn newspaper, hasmentioned varyingfigures about thecasualties in the attacks asit said that at least 2,318people and a maximumof 2,912 people, themajority of them allegedmilitants, have been killedin these attacks.

Of the 300 dronestrikes since 17 June,2004, it said, 248 occurredduring President BarackObama’s first three years,

rising to a frequency ofalmost one strike everyfour days. Talking toDawn newspaper, thehead of the US covert warinvestigations bureau,Chris Woods, said thedata had been drawn fromreputable media sources,including inter-nationalnews agencies andcredible Pakistani media.

Moreover, he said,the data was cross-referenced where possibleagainst leaked USintelligence documentsand diplomatic cables.

MNA/Xinhua

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News Album

Library book returnedafter 25 years

A library book entitled “Butterflies are Free”was returned 25 years overdue.

A Virginia woman said she returned a librarybook she checked out in 1986 and subsequentlylost to end her “life of crime.”

Donna Corbus of Portsmouth said she checkedout “Butterflies are Free” from the Norfolk PublicLibrary in 1986 because she was consideringauditioning for the play and the tome apparentlywound up in a box marked “pictures” when shemoved a short time later, The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot reported Tuesday.

“I am embarrassed to return this book,‘Butterflies are Free,’ after such a long time,” Corbuswrote in a letter to the library. “My daughter, whowas a baby at the time I borrowed the book, now has

16-foot python on roof — captured at last

1,704-pound pumpkin setsCalifornia record

a master’s degree and just bought her first house.”Corbus returned the book during an amnestyprogram, which allowed those with overdue booksto make food donations instead of paying fines.

Leonardo Urena ofNapa, CA pumps his

fist as his 1,704 poundpumpkin moves intofirst place at the 38th

annual PumpkinWeigh-off in Half

Moon Bay, Californiaon 10 October, 2011.

The giantic gourd set astate record and won

the competition.

Queensland.The newspaper

christened the snakeNagini — after LordVoldemort’s enormouscompanion in the HarryPotter books. “This femalehas been the one that’sbeen attracting all themales over the years andthey were certainly gettingit on in the roof, that’s forsure,” Walton said.

days,” the Cairns Postreported.

Walton had beentrying for months to catchthe python. With a lengthof more than 16 feet and aweight of almost 50pounds, she had becomeso large she threatened todamage the roof of theHekili Outrigger CanoeClub outside Cairns onthe north coast of

A large femalepython that had beenentertaining malecompanions on the roofof an Australian canoeclub for years has beencaptured.

Dave Walton ofCairns Snake Removalssaid Tuesday he will findan appropriate place tolet the snake loose “tolive out the rest of her

A California man set a state record at the 38thAnnual Safeway World Championship PumpkinWeigh-Off with a 1,704-pound Atlantic Giant.

Leonardo Urena, 43, of Napa, won an $11,224prize, consisting of $6 per pound plus $1,000 forhaving the largest pumpkin from California, at theMonday weigh-off in Half Moon Bay.

The second-place finisher, Brant Bordsen ofMarysville, Calif, followed closely with a 1,693-pound pumpkin.

Urena said the seed for the pumpkin camefrom a 991-pound pumpkin he also grew.

The record-setting pumpkin will be on displayduring the weekend at the Half Moon Bay Art &Pumpkin Festival, organizers said.

Legendary songwriterHal David (L) and wife

Eunice pose forphotographers as theHollywood Chamber

of Commerce honourshim with a star on theHollywood Walk of

Fame in Los Angeles,California.—INTERNET

‘‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ onMy Head” lyricist honoured

in HollywoodLOS ANGELES, 17 Oct—Hal David, songwriter of

“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”, received the2,451st star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Friday,with another honour for him three days away.

David, 90, who shared a best original songAcademy Award with writing partner Burt Bacharachin 1970 for “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,”attended the awarding ceremony held in front of TheMusicians Institute on Hollywood Boulevard.

The New York native was also author of otherpopular ones such as “Do You Know the Way to SanJose”, “What The World Needs Now is Love”,“Walk on By”, and “I Say a Little Prayer”. Hepenned the lyrics for the 1968 Broadway musical“Promises, Promises,” which has garnered theGrammy Award for its cast album. On 17 Oct, Davidwill receive a music tribute called “Love SweetLove.—Internet

‘‘Real Steel” retains top spot at NorthAmerica box office

3,549 locations.The film, starring

Kenny Wormald, Julia-nne Hough, AndieMacDowell and DennisQuaid, received an ACinemaScore grade, andmainly targeted womanand teenager audience.According to Paramo-unt, 75 percent of itsmoviegoers were wo-men, and 46 percentwere 35 years or older,as this flick has touchedoff a nostalgic moodamong elder fans. Thefilm costs 24 milliondollars.—Xinhua

total, according topreliminary statisticsreleased by distributorWalt Disney Pictures.Owing to its good wordof mouth and strongfamily appeal, the flick,starring Hugh Jackmanin the lead role, alsorakes in another 23.3million from overseasmarkets for a global totalof 108.3 million dollars.

“Footloose,” aParamount remake of a1984 dance film of thesame name, debuted insecond place, garnering16.1 million dollars from

LOS ANGELES, 17Oct—A robot boxer hassuccessfully beaten outthree newcomers thisweekend, as “Real Steel”dominates the box officederby for two weekendsin a row, winning overdroves of familyaudiences with itsexcellent word of mouth.

The robot-boxingmovie will bag 16.3million US dollars inmovie ticket sales in theUnited States andCanada this weekend,and is on track for a 51.7-million-dollar two-week

Drummer Jojo Mayerperforms during a

mini concert inBeijing, capital ofChina, on 14 Oct,

2011.—XINHUA

Paper gets accidental traffic ticket faxBELLEVILLE, 17 Oct—

An Illinois sheriff’sdepartment records clerkwho sought to have acollege student’s speed-ing ticket dismissedaccidentally faxed therequest to a newspaper.

The Belleville (Ill)News-Democrat said itreceived a fax from StClair County Sheriff’sDepartment records clerkJoann Reed asking for aspeeding ticket to bedismissed for the son of a

deputy.The newspaper said

the fax was meant forCentreville village attorneyCarmen Durso but wassent to the News-Democrat by mistake.

Reed, who describedherself as “guilty” whenquestioned about the fax,said the recipient of theticket was not actually adeputy’s son, but rather acollege student she wasattempting to assist.However, the News-

Democrat said it foundthe recipient was the sonof Deputy CeretherWhite.

Sheriff Mearl Justussaid he was investigatingthe matter.

“I’m going to lookinto it and find out whatit’s about,” Justus said.“If she has to bedisciplined, then she willbe disciplined. I’ll lookat the whole thing. I’lltake some action.”

Internet

A model whosebody painting

has beenfinished is seen

in the 18thinternationalcongress and

fair ofcosmetics,solarium,

equipment,wellness, spa

and hair care,“The touch of

Paris”, inBelgrade,

Serbia, on 16Oct, 2011.

XINHUA

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Wenger delighted withVan Persie

Arsene Wenger hailedthe Dutchman's contri-

bution

Robin van Persie scoredtwice for Arsenal on

Sunday

LONDON, 17 Oct —Ar-senal manager ArseneWenger was full of praisefor Robin van Persie afterhis double againstSunderland.The Dutch-man was once again thedifference for Arsenal asWenger's side saw off theBlack Cats at the EmiratesStadium, writes StewartCoggin.

The striker fired thehome side ahead after just29 seconds, but SebastianLarson equalised with abrilliant free-kick to sendthe teams in level at thebreak. However, VanPersie produced a wonder-ful curling set-piece of hisown to make it 2-1 with

nine minutes left and sendthe Gunners up to 10th inthe Barclays PremierLeague.

Weger said of VanPersie's contribution:"Well, he scored twogoals. I think you have toanalyse the game a littlebit to see how importanthe is. The first goal was agood display of the teamand the second chance hemade the difference justbecause of his skill, whichwas exceptional. "Youknow what is important isthat he plays like he playsbecause we are all here tosee special football play-ers and he is a special foot-ball player." — Internet

Indy 500 winner Wheldon dies after massive wreckLAS VEGAS. 17 Oct —

Race car drivers alwaysknow the worst can hap-pen whenever they get be-hind the wheel. On Sun-day, it happened to one ofIndyCar's biggest andmost popular stars. Two-time Indianapolis 500winner Dan Wheldon diedafter his car became en-snared in a fiery 15-carpileup, flew over anothervehicle and hit the catchfence just outside turn 2 ina season-ending race atLas Vegas Motor Speed-way.

"Things happen in thiskind of racing," said WadeCunningham, also caughtup in the wreck. "It's soclose. Not much room forerror. I was near the frontof what caused all this, soI'm not thrilled about it.At this point, whose faultit was is kind of immate-

rial." The green flag hadbarely stopped wavingwhen disaster struck.

Wheldon, driving fromthe back of the field for achance at $5 million, wasin the middle of the packwhen he drove into a tan-gle of cars careening offeach other in every direc-tion. Unable to avoid themassive wreck unfolding

before him, Wheldonclipped another car andwent hurtling through theair, his car bursting intoflames as it flew into afence. After just 11 laps,the race was over. Twohours later, track officialsannounced that Wheldonwas dead. The English-man was 33.

Internet

Dan Wheldon, front left, and another driver crashduring a wreck that involved 15 cars during theIndyCar Series’ Las Vegas Indy 300 auto race atLas Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas on Sunday. INTERNET

Japan wins 2011 AFC U-19Women’s Championship

Boca stays on topin Argentinadespite drawBUENOS AIRES, 17 Oct

— Boca Juniors andBelgrano played to a 0-0draw on Sunday, a resultthat kept Boca on top inArgentina’s Aperturafootball tournament.

Boca improved to 25points, six ahead of Rac-ing Club and newly pro-moted Rafaela. In otherresults on Sunday,Estudiantes defeatedRafaela 3-0, ArgentinosJuniors and Colon playeda 0-0 draw, and Velezdefeated Lanus 2-1.

Internet

LONDON, 17 Oct —Pit-ted in arguably the weak-est of the eight Champi-ons League groups, Man-chester United is surpris-ingly facing a real battle toqualify for the knockoutstage heading into back-to-back matches againstunknown quantity OtelulGalati of Romania. United,which has won Europe’sbiggest prize three timesand was beaten byBarcelona in last season’sfinal at Wembley, openedup this year’s competitionwith draws againstBenfica and Basel, leav-ing the English championsthird in Group C after twogames.

The pressure is now onAlex Ferguson’s men tostart picking up wins ifthey are to avoid anailbiting last couple ofmatchdays.

They’ll be fully ex-pected to do just that in thedouble-header againstOtelul, which is yet to earna point in its debut seasonin the Champions League.“We have made it a littlebit more difficult than wewould have liked, with twodraws in our first twogames,” United and Eng-land defender RioFerdinand said.

“But we don’t go awayfrom home in any gamewith the intention of draw-ing. We want to win.

Internet

A victory wasn’t in the cards for Simpson onSunday but the money list title may be

in his future.—INTERNET

ST SIMONS ISLAND, 17Oct — Webb Simpsonwas disappointed Sundaynight after the McGladreyClassic. A missed par puttfrom inside 4 feet costhim the victory, but hemade great strides towardhis other goal for theweek. Simpson came toSea Island less than$70,000 behind LukeDonald for the lead onthe PGA TOUR moneylist. He leaves better than$360,000 ahead,knowing Donald canonly catch him with a tiefor second or better atnext week’s Children’sMiracle Network

Hospitals Classic.“I think coming in, fin-

ishing second is going tomake it a lot harder forLuke,” Simpson said.“But I’m sure he’s goingto play well.

He’s played well mostevery week this year. Istill wouldn’t be surprised

if I have a little work to donext week.”Both playerswill tee it up next week atDisney World withDonald attempting to re-gain his spot atop theTOUR money list to gowith his position atop theEuropean Tour’s moneylist.—Internet

ATHENS, 17 Oct — AEK Athens will be withoutthe services of Eidur Gudjohnsen for the rest of theseason after the striker broke his right leg during aGreek Super League match on Saturday. The 33-year-old fractured the tibia and fibula of his rightleg following a collision with Olympiacos goal-keeper Franco Costanzo in the first half of theirgame at the Olympic Stadium in Athens that endedin a 1-1 draw.

Gudjohnsen is now slated to be sidelined from allfootballing action for the remainder of the 2011-12campaign after undergoing a surgery on Sunday. TheIceland international, who has featured for Chelseaand Barcelona among other clubs in his career, joinedAEK during the summer transfer window on a two-year contract reportedly worth 650,000 euros-a-yearminus bonuses.—Internet

Agassi wins hometownChampions Series event

LAS VEGAS, 17 Oct — Andre Agassi won hishometown Champion Series event Saturday night,beating Pete Sampras 8-5 in the Cancer TreatmentCenters of America Championships at Thomas andMack Centre.

“This was the best, most energized crowd of theentire series so far this year,” Agassi said. “It means theworld to me that everyone came out tonight to supportus. It was a very special feeling, and I can’t thank thefans enough. I felt pretty relaxed early on, and thecrowd definitely helped me tonight.”

Agassi won for the second time this year to moveinto second place in the season standings, 800 pointsbehind Sampras with three events left.

On Friday night in Los Angeles, Sampras beatAgassi 8-6 for his fifth victory of the season.In thesemifinals, Agassi beat Jim Courier 6-3, and Samprastopped John McEnroe 6-4.

S P O R T S

HANOI, 17 Oct —AFC U-19 Women'sChampionship 2011wrapped up in Vietnam'ssouthern Ho Chi Minh(HCM) City on Sunday,with Japan holding thetrophy, followed byDPR Korea and China.

The top three will par-ticipate in 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cupin Uzbekistan.

Japan comfortablyclaimed the AFC U-19Women's Championshiptitle as Kumi Yokoyamagrabbed a hat-trick tohighlight a 6-0 victoryover host Vietnam atThong Nhat Stadium onSunday, wrapping up thetournament with three topteams as Japan (13points), DPR Korea (12)and China (8).

Meanwhile DPR Ko-rea boss Sin Ui-gun waspleased to see his side endtheir AFC U-19 WomenChampionship campaignon a positive note follow-ing an impressive 4-0 vic-tory over China earlier inthe day.

China also had anoutside chance of lift-ing the trophy but thedefeat put paid to anyhopes of that occurring.

Instead, they had tosettle for third place butenjoyed the consolationof also booking theirticket to the U-20 WorldCup next year.

Xinhua

Internet

AEK Athens’ Eidur Gudjohnsen outfor rest of season with broken leg

United facingbattle to qualify

in ChampsLeague

Simpson takes over money list lead

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7:00 am 1. Paritta By

Venerable MinGun Sayadaw-UppatasantiParitta

7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy

Exercise7:30 am 3. Morning News7:40 am 4. Dhamma Puja

Song

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule

(18-10-2011) (Tuesday)

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MSTOverseas Transmission - (18-10-11 09:30 am ~ 19-10-11 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Food Prices-From Crisis to Stability (16 October

2011)* News* City Night (Episode-1)* News* Record Album* Wathan Film Festival* News

* Mya Setkyar Pure Silk Fabric From Inlay LakeOverseas Transmission* Opening* News* Food Prices-From Crisis to Stability (16 October

2011)* News* City Night (Episode-1)* News* Record Album* Wathan Film Festival

* News* Mya Setkyar Pure Silk Fabric From Inlay Lake* News* I love Myanmar* News* One Day Trip to Sanka Village* Music Gallery* News* A worth studying site for ancient Myanmar

Heritages* News* Bagan, The Rhapsody of Myanma Culture* 18th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing

Arts Competitions

7:50 am 5. Nice & Sweet

Song8:00 am 6. Health Programme8:10 am 7. Songs of Yester

Years8:20 am 8. Myanmar

TraditionalCulturalPerformingArts Competitions

8:30 am 9. Dance of National

Races8:40 am10. International News8:45 am11. Musical

Programme4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:10 pm 2. Musical

Programme

4:20 pm 3. Myanmar

TraditionalCulturalPerformingArts Competitions

4:25 pm 4. Teleplay (Health)4:40 pm 5. University of

DistanceEducation(TV Lectures)-First Year(Philosopy)

4:55 pm6. Songs for

UpholdingNational Spirit

5:00 pm 7. The Mirror

Images of TheMusical Oldies

5:10 pm 8. Sweet Melody5:20 pm 9. Documentary

5:30 pm10. Greatest Famous

Songs6:00 pm11. Evening News6:15 pm12. Weather Report6:35 pm13. Sing A Song7:00 pm14. TV Drama

Series8:00 pm15. News16. International

News17. Weather Report18. Bakery World19. India Drama

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TraditionalCulturalPerforming ArtsCompetitions(2011)

Wie ‘inspired’ by world number one Tseng

US golfer Michelle Wieposes during a charitygolf day in Hong Kongon 17 October, 2011.

Wie, once hailed as thefuture of women’s

golf, said that worldnumber one YaniTseng’s dominant

form was inspiring herto become a betterplayer.—INTERNET

against her since I was 14and the way she’simproved, it’s veryinspiring,” said Wie.

“She’s a very strongforce out there, everyweek she’s in contentionwhich I think is veryimpressive, and it makesme want to become abetter player.

“She is someone whois definitely motivatingto be better and becomethe best player in theworld.”

Asked what it wouldtake to catch her rival,she said: “A lot of hardwork and dedication totry to bring my game tothe next level.”

As a teenager Wiewas accused of playingdown the importance ofthe women’s game, anddrew criticism for, amongother things, saying shewanted to beat TigerWoods.

HONG KONG, 17 Oct—American golferMichelle Wie, once hailedas the future of women’sgolf, said Monday thatworld number one YaniTseng’s dominant formwas inspiring her tobecome a better player.

Wie has failed to liveup to her potential sinceturning professionalamid a blaze of publicityshortly before her 16thbirthday in 2005.

The Hawaiian-bornplayer has won just twotitles on the LPGA tour,and is currently sitting at14th in the worldrankings.

Meanwhile Taipei’sTseng, who at 22 is thesame age as Wie, hasspent 36 weeks at the topof the world rankings,with 11 LPGA titles toher name and five majors.

“She’s an amazinggolfer. I’ve competed

Speaking at an HSBCcharity golf day in aid ofUNICEF at the Clear-water Bay Golf &Country Club in HongKong, she said: “It’s kindof funny the stupid thingswe say when we’re 12 or13. At the time what elsedid I know, I wasyoung.”—Internet

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

Regions/States Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 32/90 24/75 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

2 Kayah 29/84 20/68 Fairly widespread or thundershowers 80%

3 Kayin 35/95 26/79 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

4 Chin 23/73 11/52 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

5 Upper Sagaing 35/95 24/75 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

6 Lower Sagaing 34/93 25/77 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

7 Taninthayi 32/90 25/77 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

8 Bago 32/90 23/73 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

9 Magway 32/90 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

10 Mandalay 33/91 25/77 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

11 Mon 35/95 25/77 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

12 Yangon 31/88 24/75 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

13 Rakhine 35/95 23/73 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

14 Southern Shan 26/79 18/64 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

15 Northern Shan 30/86 21/70 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

16 Eastern Shan 30/86 21/70 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

17 Ayeyawady 33/91 25/77 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 33/91 24/75 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

19 Neighbouring Yangon 31/88 24/75 One or two rain or thundershowers 80%

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 33/91 25/77 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

Summary of observations at

09:30 hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers have been widespread in Yangon and Ayeyawady Regions, fairly widespread in Upper Sagaing and Mandalay Regions, Kachin, Shan, Chin, Kayah, Kayin and Mon States and scattered in the remaining Regions and States with isolated heavy falls in Upper Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Regions. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Mawlaik (3.03)inches, Ye (2.29) inches, Hinthada and Kalay (2.05)inches each, Yamethin and Gangaw (1.77) inches each.

Bay Inference Weather is cloudy in Central Bay and partly cloudy to cloudy in the Andaman Sea and elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters. Outlook for sub-sequent two days

Likelihood of increase of rain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

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Tuesday, 18 October, 20116th Waning of Thadingyut 1373 ME

Second regular session of first Second regular session of first Amyotha Hluttaw continues for 34Amyotha Hluttaw continues for 34th daydayFive questions raised, one bill approved,Five questions raised, one bill approved,

another one decided for rehearinganother one decided for rehearing

Second regular session of first Pyithu Hluttaw continues for 35Second regular session of first Pyithu Hluttaw continues for 35th daydayOne important proposal put on record, sevenOne important proposal put on record, seven

questions replied, one proposal discussedquestions replied, one proposal discussed

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Oct—Thesecond regular session of firstAmyotha Hluttaw continuedfor 34th day at Amyotha HluttawHall of Hluttaw building herethis morning.

The session was attendedby Speaker of AmyothaHluttaw U Khin Aung Myintand 206 Amyotha Hluttawrepresentatives.

Union Minister forEnvironmental Conservationand Forestry U Win Tun gavean answer to questions raisedby two Hluttawrepresentatives.

Regarding the questionraised by U Shu Maung of ShanState Constituency (8)“whether there is plan toconserve forests outside forestreserves”, the Union Ministeranswered that SustainableForest Management is beingimplemented under 1995Myanma Forest Policy andNational Forest 30-year

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Oct—The second regular session ofthe first Pyithu Hluttawcontinued for the 35th day atPyithu Hluttaw Hall of HluttawBuilding, here, at 10 am today,attended by Speaker of Pyithu

Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mannand 382 Pyithu Hluttawrepresentatives.

Today’s session, animportant proposal was put onrecord, seven questions repliedand one proposal discussed.

In accord with PyithuHluttaw Rule 133, U Thein TunOo of Amarapura Constituencyon 14-10-2011 and U TheinNyunt of ThingangyunConstituency on 17-10-2011submitted proposals in paper that

Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann attends 35thday second regular sessionof first Pyithu Hluttaw.—MNA

Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint attends 34thday second regularsession of first Amyotha Hluttaw.—MNA

the Pyithu Hluttaw warmlyrecorded the grantingamnesty under Order No.49/2011 by President UThein Sein and endeavoursof the National Defence andSecurity Council. As therewas no objection against theproposal, the Hluttawapproved it.

U Aung Hsan of PabedanConstituency said that aseligible members of theSangha submittedapplications on religioustitles for three consecutiveyears, he asked howdepartments concerned willconfer religious titles oneligible members of theSangha; and asInternational TheravadaBuddhist MissionaryUniversity admits under-45trainees, he asked whetherthere is a plan to reconsiderrelaxation of age limit forthe trainees. Union Minister

for Religious Affairs Thura UMyint Maung replied that atpresent, the number ofapplicants to take religious titlesis more than the chosen numberof eligible persons. As there areover 1000 applicants for religioustitles yearly, it is much difficultto choose the eligible persons.Under the advice of the StateSangha Maha NayakaCommittee and Sanghaorganizations, basicqualifications for respectivereligious titles were prescribed.For example, a total of 144members of the Sangha of 1181applicants were conferredreligious titles in 2010 with theaim of raising value of the titlesand scrutinizing the best eligiblerecipients. Although number ofapplication is larger, theapplicant members of theSangha may not be conferredreligious titles due to givingpriority to qualification.

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(between 2001-2002 to 2030-2031) Plan for fuelingeconomic development of thenation, socio-economicdevelopment of rural people,and environmental conser-vation; yearly objectives of five-year projects are adopted in theframework of National Plan inundertaking conservation ofnatural resources and forests;district forest managementprojects based on establishingforests are implemented; forestresources reduction reaches to47 per cent; conservation worksneed be prioritized; long-termplans are drafted to replacedegraded natural forests withestablished forests, to growvaluable plants to improvequality of natural forests, andto conserve the forests; theprivate sector was allowed tojoin the State in establishingforest plantations on lands ofdegraded forests since 2005;up to 2011, 167551 acres of

private teak plantations and88789 acres of hard-woodplantations are allowed; over57.8 million plants have beenplanted in four types of forestplantations on 81371-acre landsat the end of 2011 monsoon;

Natural Regeneration isimplemented on 715492-acrelands between 1988-1989 and2010-2011 and will beimplemented on 45849-acrelands in 2011-2012 fiscal yearas it is a low-cost process to

conserve the forests; Dry ZoneGreening Department esta-blished 0.35 million acres ofplantations and conserved 1.7million acres of forests forgreening the region in 57

(See page 9)

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