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

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 19 May — Member of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Kyaw Win ofthe Ministry of Defence, Chairman of Shan State Peaceand Development Council (North) Commander of NorthEast Command Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut and depart-mental officials left Lashio on 17 May and arrived atNarsok Village of Sanlaung Village Tract in HsenwiTownship.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win attended a ceremony to culti-

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win attends cultivation of300 acres of physic nut in Hsenwi Station

vate 300 acres of physic nut of battalions and regimentsof Hsenwi Station.

Also present were Commander Maj-Gen AungThan Htut, Brig-Gen Thet Oo of Hsenwi Station, seniormilitary officers, departmental officials, Chairman ofHsenwi Township Peace and Development Council UThet Soe, national race leaders and local people.

Brig-Gen Thet Oo reported on arrangements forcultivation of physic nut.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win said the government has beenimplementing the project on cultivation of physic nut asthe national duty. Concerted efforts are being made forexceeding the targets and for use in small vehicles incooperation with authorities concerned and social or-ganizations. It is necessary for officials to tell the grow-ers that cultivation of physic nut can earn income andnew cultivation methods are to be distributed to them.

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* It is the Tatmadaw that managed to cope with the ‘8-8-88 unrest’ smoothly andsuppress the anarchists’ murdering, and looting and setting fire to the publicproperty and to restore peace and stability across the nation.

* Taking up State responsibilities, the Tatmadaw government has been buildingbasic foundations in the social, economic, health and education sectors, asnecessary for the nation. It is a tangible proof.

* The Tatmadaw government has dug a large number of wells and lakes andsunk tube-wells to provide adequate clean water to rural people. In addition, ithas been constructing dams, large and small, and river water pumping stationsto provide irrigation water. Now local people in those villages can serve theirguests clean water.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win views thriving summer paddy plantation in Hsenwi Township.—MNA

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

People’s DesireSunday, 20 May, 2007

Production, transportation and abuseof narcotic drugs go hand in hand in theworld. Narcotic drugs have adverse effectson the users and their social surroundings.So, every nation and region is now takingsteps to thwart the menace of narcotic drugs.

Myanmar is expediting the tasks forsupply elimination, demand elimination andlaw enforcement with the participation ofthe people. In the process, the government iscarrying out programmes such as exposingand destroying narcotic drugs, and takingpunitive action against the perpetrators,along with the plans for eradication of poppygrowing.

It is also encouraging the cultivation ofpoppy-substitute crops and establishment oflivestock breeding farms and businesses forraising the living standard of local people ofnational races in the regions where poppy isgrown. As a result, local poppy farmers will-ingly gave up poppy cultivation and entrustedthe poppy seeds and dry poppy bulbs to localauthorities.

In order to eliminate production ofstimulant tablets, it is taking preventive meas-ures locally and in cooperation with neigh-bouring countries that produce precursorchemicals.

The government is exerting all possibleefforts to eradicate narcotic drugs at home,while cooperating with neighbouring coun-tries, regional countries, sub-regional coun-tries and international organizations in theprocess. Therefore, the government and theentire people have to speed up anti-narcoticsdrive for eradication of narcotic drugs in thenation.

Accelerate implementation ofprogrammes to wipe out narcotics

Title-recipient Sayadaw honouredYANGON, 19 May — A ceremony to honour

Ovadacariya of Botahtaung Kyaikdeat Pagoda Boardof Trustees Abbot of Phayabyu Monastery inPazundaung Township Agga Maha Pandita Agga MahaSaddhama Jotika Dhaja Bhaddanta Narinda Bhivamsa,who was awarded Abhidhaja Agga Maha SaddhammaJotika, took place at the monastery this morning.

The ceremony was opened with a three-timerecitation of Namo Tassa and the title-recipientSayadaw administered the Five Precepts to the congre-gation. A lay person read out the biography of theSayadaw and Pazundaung Township Peace and De-velopment Council Chairman U Aung Pu supplicatedon religious matters. Next, religious songs were sungto honour the Sayadaw.

Later, the congregation offered alms to theSayadaw and members of the Sangha and the cer-emony came to a close with a three-time recitation ofBuddha Sasanam Ciram Titthatu. — MNAYANGON, 19 May — Under the patronage of

Minister for Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tunand wife Daw Khin Than Win, the 20th communalordination and novitiation ceremony was held at theMinkun Tawya Monastery on Innya Myaing Road inBahan Township this morning.

The congregation received the Five Preceptsfrom the Theinkyaung Sayadaw Bhaddanta Ñana ofthe monastery and members of the Sangha recited theparittas. Director-General U San Thaung and wifeDaw Thida Lwin and families of service personnel ofCustoms Department offered provisions to the mem-bers of the Sangha led by the Theinkyaung Sayadawand they shared the merits gained.

Altogether 44 men were ordained, six boys werenovitiated and 12 girls initiated into nunhood.—MNA

Customs Department holds communalordination and novitiation ceremony

YANGON, 18 May — President of Union ofMyanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce andIndustry U Win Myint received Laotian AmbassadorMr Kouily A Souphakhet at the office of UMFCCI on16 May.

Also present at the call were Vice-PresidentsU Zaw Min Win and U Aung Lwin, General SecretaryU Sein Win Hlaing and executive U Myo Thant.

They discussed matters on promotion of bilat-eral trade, tourism and smooth transportation.—MNA

President of UMFCCImeets Laotian ambassador

MPF members, security personnelhonoured in Shwepyitha Industrial Zone

YANGON, 19 May —A ceremony to honourmembers of Insein Town-ship Police Force whomanaged to arrest the per-sons with cable wiresworth K 100 million within72 hours was held atKanaung Hall ofShwepyitha IndustrialZone Management Com-mittee in ShwepyithaTownship this morning.

Chairman of the Man-agement Committee UMin Than Htay and Secre-tary of Insein TownshipPeace and DevelopmentCouncil U Hoke Sun gavespeeches.

Next, the secretary ofTownship PDC, Vice-Chairman of the Manage-ment Committee U HanWin, Treasurer U SoeAung, Joint Treasurer UAung Aung and memberU Soe Than presentedprizes to Police Sub-In-spector Aung Myint Thein,

MPF members and secu-rity personnel.

Police Sub-InspectorAung Myint Thein ex-plained participation ofMPF members, securitypersonnel and local peo-ple in seizure of the groupwho stole the cable wiresused at the factories andworkshops in Shwepyithaindustrial zones 2+3+4and thanked for concertedefforts of the police mem-bers and the people.

MNA

Laotian ambassador Mr Kouily A Souphakhet meets President ofUMFCCI U Win Myint and party.—UMFCCI

Director-General U San Thaung of CustomsDepartment offers alms to a Sayadaw.—MNA

U Tin Maung Htwe-Daw Thin Thin Aye, UKaung Zaw-Daw Kaythwe Khine— sons and

daughters of U Sit Kyi-Daw Mya Thin onYuzana Street in Aye Yeikmon Ward-5, Hline

Township, Yangon donated K 100,000 toHninzigon Home for the Aged through

Joint-Treasurer U Maung Maung Gyi of theHome recently.—H

Cash for construction ofMANA (Head Office)YANGON, 19 May— Myanmar Anti-Narcotics

Association (Head Office) building is being con-structed on Kyundaw Road in Kamayut Townshipbeginning June 2006 and 30 per cent of constructionhas been completed.

Chairman U Maung Ohn, Secretary U WinThein, U San Sai Ngwe and U Thein Tun of MyanmarAnti-Narcotics Association of Tachilek Townshipdonated K 600,000 for the building to Chairman USan Thein of Myanmar Anti-Narcotics Association(Head Office) on 27 April.

Those wishing to donate cash may contactMyanmar Anti-Narcotics Association Room 101/102Building 3, Myainghaywon Housing, on KyaikwaingPagoda Road, Mayangon Township (Tel-01-667270).—MNA

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A girl views root carvings made by Yang Shengmao in Bo’ai County, centralChina’s Henan Province, on 17 May, 2007. Yang, 76, has made 39 rootcarvings in the themed of “Preparing for Olympiad 2008”. — XINHUA

The haul was salvaged using a tetheredunderwater robot.—INTERNET

Record wreck ‘found off Cornwall’LONDON, 19 May—A record haul of half a million silver and gold coins from a 17th Century

shipwreck may have been found just 40 miles from Land’s End, an expert said.

An African representative, wearing national costume,attends the opening ceremony of the 2007 AnnualMeetings of the Boards of Governors of the AfricanDevelopment Bank (ADB) Group in Shanghai, east China, on 16 May, 2007. — XINHUA

A meat company in the United States is voluntarilyrecalling about 59,020 kgs of beef products in 15 statesbecause of suspected contamination by the potentiallydeadly foodborne bacterium E coli O157:H7, accordingto the US Department of Agriculture quoted by media reports on Friday. — INTERNET

US treasure hunterssaid the coins, worthan estimated $500m(£253m), were recoveredin the Atlantic Ocean. ButOdyssey Marine Explora-tion, who described it asthe largest find of its kind,refused to pinpoint thelocation.

US coin expert Dr LaneBrunner said there wasevidence the shipwreckwas lying off the Cornishcoast. So all we can do isadd two and two together

Dr Brunner, from theAmerican NumismaticAssociation, told FiveLive there were cluesabout the location in astatement given to a USfederal court in theautumn.

“They told a judge atthat point that they hadfound the wreck of aseventeen th-cen turymerchant ship in theAtlantic Ocean, just outsidethe English Channel —about 40 miles off Lands’

End. In 1641, an Englishship called the MerchantRoyal sank off the ScillyIslands, laden with bullionfrom Mexico. There isspeculation that this is thewreck salvaged byOdyssey. Odyssey said it

had kept the locationsecret because of securityand legal reasons.

“The gold coins arealmost all dazzlingmint state specimens,”Odyssey co-founder GregStemm said.

The artefacts, includingmore than 17 tonnes ofsilver coins plus a fewhundred gold coins,have been shipped tothe US and are beingexamined by experts at anundisclosed location.

The mammoth haulwas salvaged using atethered underwater robot.

Odyssey, which usedthe code name BlackSwan, said it expected thewreck to become one ofthe “most publicised inhistory”. —Internet

Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam discusspolicy for development triangle

GIA LAI, 19 May — Cambodia, Laosand Vietnam reached unanimity indeveloping mechanism and policy to giveincentive to their development triangle atthe first meeting on the region held inPleiku, the Central Highland province ofGia Lai, Vietnam, from 17-18 May.

The conference was jointly chaired byCham Prasidh, Cambodian Senior Ministerand Minister of Commerce; SulivongDalavong, Head of the Lao Committee forPlanning and Development; and Vo HongPhuc, Vietnamese Minister of Planningand Investment.

With a view to creating favourableconditions for people's activities, transport,business and trade as well as investment inthe triangle, which must go hand in hand

with other regions in the process ofinternational integration, the three co-chairmen agreed on preferential tariff formany kinds goods essential for daily lifeand production of the people in the threecountries, facilitating cross-border transportby applying simple procedures for productsproduced by in the region.

The three co-chairmen also placedimportance to calling for investment fromoutside into the triangle and promotingcooperation in various fields.

At the conference on investmentpromotion in the triangle held in Kon Tumprovince last month, Japan pledged 20million USD to build infrastructure facilitiesin the region.

Internet

Iraqi town strugglesunder curfew

BAGHDAD, 18 May—Food and fuel supplies arereportedly running out in the central Iraqi city ofSamarra because of a curfew imposed after an insurgentattack 12 days ago.

Four babies are said to have died in the city’shospital because of a lack of fuel to power theirincubators. Two elderly patients have also died.

Residents have called on US and Iraqi troops to endthe restrictions and allow humanitarian aid into thecity.

But only some aid deliveries have been allowedthrough after intense searches.

One Iraqi Red Crescent worker from the nearbytown of Tikrit said that three of his organisation'strucks had been turned away.

“The humanitarian situation in Samarra is terrible,”he said. —Internet

BAGHDAD, 19 May — Gunmen dressed in Iraqimilitary uniforms raided Qara Lus, a town near theIranian border Saturday morning, killing 15 men andwounding a woman, according to a Baquba policeofficial.

The raid was in the Hamid al-Shafi district of QaraLus, 60 miles east of Baghdad in the Diyala province,which is populated by Kurdish Shiites.

The gunmen, who claimed they were on an officialmilitary mission, ordered residents to leave their homesand then separated the men from the women andchildren, the official said. They then shot the men, hesaid. — Internet

Gunmen dressed as soldierskill 15 in Kurdish Shiite town

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A tourist takes pictures in snow on the Bashang scenic spot in north China’sInner Mongolia Autonomous Region on 17 May , 2007. A snowfall hit Bashang on Thursday, an unusual phenomenon in May in the area.— XINHUA

A view of the world’s deepest geothermal sinkhole,or cenote, El Zacaton in the northwestern Mexican

state of Tamaulipas on 17 May, 2007. NASA istesting an underwater robot in one of the world'sdeepest sinkholes to search for tiny creatures onJupiter’s icy moon Europa, speculating that thedark well on Mexico’s Gulf coast may help to

discover life beyond earth.— INTERNET

Dancers from San Petersburg Ballet On Ice perform ‘Lake of the Swans’in Cali on 17 May, 2007. — INTERNET

Mortar shells found atLos Angeles Int’l Airport LOS ANGELES, 18 May — Passengers have been

evacuated from the upper level of Terminal 2 at LosAngeles International Airport Wednesday night aftermortar shells were found at a security checkpoint,TV Fox11 reported.

Police confirmed that at least one inactive mortarshell was found at a security checkpoint in Terminal2 at the airport.

Los Angeles Police Department officer Jason Leesaid security forces found a hollow shell that was notdeemed to be a threat.

MNA/Xinhua

Eight US soldiers killedsince Friday, including 1searching for missing 3

Police shoot man deadin London

Bulgarian Customs seize106 kilos of heroin

SOFIA, 18 May — Bulgarian Customs confiscated106 kilos of heroin in Lesovo, a town on thesoutheastern border with Turkey, the Sofia NewsAgency reported Thursday.

The drugs were packaged and hidden in the sparetyres of a truck hauling cars across the border andwas discovered by a sniffer dog, Customs officerstold the agency.

Police estimate the confiscated drug is worth7 million US dollars.

The Bulgarian driver of the truck has been detained. MNA/Xinhua

Suicide bomb attack kills3 German soldiers,

wounds 2KABUL, 19 May — A suicide bomb attack killed

three German soldiers and killed five Afghan civiliansSaturday in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz,NATO’s International Security Assistance Forceand the German military said.

In addition, two German soldiers and eightcivilians suffered injuries from the blast, which ISAFspokeswoman Lt Col Angela Billings characterizedas a “senseless act of violence” that “shows thebarbarity of extremists and criminals.” — Internet

China, Cape Verde vowto strengthen bilateral ties

BAGHDAD, 19 May —The US militaryannounced the deaths offive more US soldierskilled in Iraq, bringing toeight the number of UStroops killed since Friday.

The latest death cameSaturday when a roadsidebomb exploded near apatrol south of Baghdad,killing one US soldier andwounded three othersalong with two Iraqisoldiers, the military said.The soldiers wereinvolved in the massivesearch for three USsoldiers missing since anambush south of Baghdada week ago, the militarysaid.

An American patrolwas attacked with aroadside bomb and smallarms fire in northwestBaghdad Friday, killingtwo US soldiers andwounding two others, themilitary said.

One US soldier waskilled “by small arms firewhile dismounted in anoverwatch position duringcombat operations” southof Baghdad Friday, themilitary said.

The military alsosaid a US soldierassigned was killed whileconducting combatoperations in the Anbarprovince Friday.

Internet

LONDON, 18 May — Aloaded weapon wasrecovered from a man shotdead by police in westLondon, investigatorssaid on Wednesday.

The 52-year-old man,who has not beenidentified, died after shotswere fired by police duringan investigation intoLondon’s gun crime.

The Independent PoliceComplaints Commission(IPCC) said the loadedweapon, along with thethree police firearms,was being forensicallyexamined.

The shooting hap-pened outside Paolo’srestaurant, near ParkRoyal Undergroundstation, in Hanger Green,Ealing, at about 10:25 pm

on Tuesday. Officers gave first aid

to the shot man but he diedat the scene.

MNA/Reuters

BEIJING, 18 May —China values its traditionalfriendship with CapeVerde and will strengthenpolitical mutual trust andeconomic cooperation,said Foreign MinisterYang Jiechi on Thursdaymorning.

Yang made the remarkswhen meeting with hiscounterpart Victor ManuelBarbosa Borges.

The bilateral relationsbetween China and CapeVerde have maintainedsound and stable develop-

ment since they establisheddiplomatic ties 31 yearsago. The two countriesenjoyed fruitful co-operation in various fieldsand mutual support ininternational affairs, Yangsaid.

He said China willenhance reciprocal co-operation with Cape Verdewithin the framework of theChina-Africa CooperationForum and the Forum onEconomic and TradeCooperation between Chinaand Portuguese-speaking

Countries. China will also carry out

closer consultations andcoordination with CapeVerde in internationalaffairs to further promotebilateral relations, he said.

Yang also said heappreciated the adherenceof Cape Verde to the one-China policy and itssupport for China’sreunification.

Borges said thegovernment of Cape Verdewill continue to supportthe one-China policy andwork with the ChineseGovernment to promoteworld peace.

MNA/Xinhua

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OECD invites Russia formembership talks

Cambodia, Estonia sign agreementto improve investment, coop ties

Zambia gets tough onivory trade

Chinese cartoon to debut in international market

Photo taken on 17 May shows tourists visiting the Arco Di Costantino inRome, the capital of Italy, during the “Italian Cultural Heritage Week”.

National museums, places of interest, and archaeological parks all over Italywill be open to general public free of charge from 12 May to 20 May . Over2,000 concerts and exhibitions will be hold by Italian Ministry of Cultural

Heritage and Tourism during the week. — XINHUA

PHNOM PENH, 18 May— Cambodia’s majorseaport city and traveldestination Sihanoukvillehas signed an agreementwith Estonia’s tourism cityMaardu to seek for mut-ual investment andcooperation, local mediasaid on Thursday.

“This agreement willhelp improve the invest-

ment and developmentcooperation between thetwo cities,” Cambodiandaily newspaper the KohSonthephea quoted SayHak, governor of Sih-anoukville, as saying.

Details of the agreementwas not disclosed. Whilesigning the agreementon Wednesday, GeorgyBystrov, Mayor of

Maardu, highly appreciatedthe achievements ofSihanoukville, said thepaper.

During his trip toSihanoukville, Bystrovvisited the industrial,commercial, tourism andcultural areas of the city aswell as the seaport, thepaper added.

MNA/Xinhua

MOSCOW 18 May —Russia’s Foreign Mi-nistry said on Wednesdaythe Organization forEconomic Coopera-tion and Development(OECD) had invited thecountry to begin mem-bership negotiations.

“We have been waitingfor it for 11 years,”Interfax news agency

quoted the ministry'shead of economiccooperation department,Andrei Kondakov, assaying.

The decision to inviteRussia had been takenearlier on Wednesday atan OECD meeting inParis, he said. He did notsay whether othercountries had been

invited. Diplomatic sources

told Reuters on Tuesdaythe OECD was alsoconsidering invitingChile, Estonia, Sloveniaand Israel to startmembership talks.

On Monday, ConstanceMorella, US Ambassadorto the OECD, said therewould be a roadmapdecided for the mem-bership of Russia atthis week's ministerialmeeting. She said thiswould include recog-nition that Moscow had along way to go.

The 30-strong OECD,which last expanded itsranks in 2000 by letting inSlovakia, has come underpressure to admit newmembers.

MNA/Reuters

Women clad in kimono take part in a parade through Asakusa districtat Sanja festival in Tokyo on 18 May, 2007. — INTERNET

SHENZHEN, 18 May —Japanese broadcastingcompany NHK reacheddeal with a Chinese com-pany here on Thursdayto present a Chinesemade cartoon to Japaneseviewers.

“This is the first everagreement enabling aChinese original cartoon

to debut the internationalmarket,” said CaiDaming, an official withthe Yijing NationalCartoon and AnimationIndustry Base in southChina’s boom cityShenzhen.

“Pacoo Fruit Tribe”,produced by DreamspaceDigital EntertainmentCo based in Guangzhou,features a group ofcolourful fruit dolls ofdifferent personalities.Pacoo flashes are alreadyavailable at Pacoo.net tohighlight love, humor andimagination.

The company’swebsite describes thePacoo community as“tasty” and “full of fun”.“The characters are sweet,tasty and colourful andthey represent a long andblissful life.”

Insiders from theChinese animationindustry hope the Pacoo'spresence in the Japanesemarket will be a startingpoint to reverse China’s

heavy deficit with foreigncountries in cultural trade.

“For many years,China’s animation markethas been dominated byimported products fromEuropean countries, theUnited States and Japan,”he said during the ThirdChina (Shenzhen)International Cultural

Industry Fair (ICIF) thatopened here on Thursday.

The annual event isaimed at bolstering China’scultural development andpromote trade of Chinesecultural products, said LiuBinjie, head of the GeneralAdministration of Pressand Publications.

MNA/Xinhua

LUSAKA, 18 May —Zambia has warned thatanyone found sellingivory products risk beingpersecuted, Zambia DailyMail reported Thursday.

It quoted publicrelations officer MaureenMwape of Zambia Wild-life Authority (ZAWA)as saying in a statementissued in Lusaka that theZAWA has apprehendedand convicted a numberof foreigners found inpossession of ivorypurchased from variousmarkets in the country.

She said Tuesday thatunder the Zambia wildlifeact No 12 of 1998, it is anoffence to be in possessionof ivory or a rhino horn.

She said it is an offencefor anyone to be found inpossession of an elephanttusk or rhino horn or anyivory artifacts withoutpermits. Mwape said anyone who imports ivory orrhino horn should within48 hours present theproducts to the nearestZAWA offices forregistration.

MNA/Xinhua

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A screenshot from the video game “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’sEnd” that ships on 22 May , three days before the movie’s theatrical launch,

in an image courtesy of Disney Interactive. — INTERNET

Guests play the Xbox 360 “Halo 3” Multiplayer Beta during a preview partyat Quixote Studios in Los Angeles, on 15 May, 2007. Microsoft Corp’s public

test of its upcoming “Halo 3” video game got off to a rocky start onWednesday after many users found they were unable to try out the science

fiction-themed shooter. — INTERNET

A team member of Montagnana Citta Murata performs with flags during anItalian flag show in Tokyo on 18 May, 2007. — INTERNET

Putin talks Merkel on moonlitVolga boat ride

SAMARA (Russia), 18May — Russian Presid-ent Vladimir Putintook German ChancellorAngela Merkel on an un-scheduled, moonlit boatride on the Volga onThursday as they workedlate into the night tosmooth their choppyrelations.

Putin and Merkel, in theVolga river city of Samarafor a European Union-Russia summit, began their

talks over dinner thenbroke off for a concert ofclassical music, said anofficial in the Germandelegation.

“After that, Putin saidspontaneously that hewanted to continue thetalks. They are now doingthat on a boat trip on theVolga,” the official said.The two were still talkingon board the boat at around11:00 pm (1800 GMT).The concert, at the

Volzhsky Utyos holidayresort on the banks of theVolga, was performed bythe Samara symphonyorchestra and soloistsbrought in from Moscow’sBolshoi Theatre.

It featured works byRussian composers PyotrTchaikovsky and SergeiRachmaninov and theHungarian composerFranz Liszt, as well asRussian and German folktunes, said the official.

Merkel is representingthe EU at the summitbecause her country holdsthe bloc’s rotating pr-esidency. The official saiddiscussions over dinnerhad centred on a stalledEU-Russia strategic pa-rtnership pact.

The launch ofnegotiations on the treatyhave been held up by aPolish veto, one of anumber of problemsbesetting relations betweenRussia and the EU. “Therewas a good atmosphere,”said the official. Talks willcontinue in a more formalsetting on Friday.

MNA/Reutrs

China builds 20m tombs, costing6,700 hectares of land every year

BEIJING, 18 May — China calls for “green burials”, as 20 million people dieacross the country every year and 6,700 hectares of land are occupied forbuilding tombs.

A conference on urban tomb construction was told on Wednesday that peopleshould be encouraged to scatter the ashes of family members in parks built forthe purpose.

“The aim of developing ‘green burials’ is not to keep or store the ashes of thedeceased,” said Dong Yuqing, deputy head of civil affairs bureau of the coastalcity of Qingdao.

Participants at the conference say every year 6,700 hectares of land is neededto build tombs or memorial halls for urns.

In Funingyuan Cemetery in east China’s Qingdao City, which claims to bethe country’s only ecological cemetery, customers plant trees where urns ofashes were buried.

“Sea burials are also catching on. We organize three trips a year for people toscatter ashes at sea. So far we’ve had 3,500 sea burials,” said Dong.

MNA/Xinhua

Up to 21 killed in eightcar bombs in Mosul

MOSUL (Iraq), 18 May— Eight car bomb attacks,including five suicide ones,struck overnight the Iraqicity of Mosul, killing21 people, includingpolicemen, and wounding30 others, local policesource said on Thursday.

“Five suicide car bombattacks targeted the Naserpolice compound in centralMosul, where the policekeep dozens of detaineesinside,” a police sourcefrom Nineveh Province toldXinhua on condition ofanonymity.

The multiple attackapparently aimed to free theprisoners, but the attackersfailed to pass the barriers ofthe heavily fortifiedheadquarters, the sourcesaid. Three more car bombswent off in the city when aparking car bomb struck anIraqi Army patrol in the

Ghabat area outside thecity, and a second car bombwent off near the KhudirMosque in central Mosul,the source said. The policealso discovered a thirdbooby-trapped car in theGhazi Street in downtownthe city and blew it up undercontrol, he added.

The attacks killed a totalof six policemen andwounded 30 people,including 14 policemen,the source said, adding that15 militants were alsokilled in the attacks,including a Saudi national.

In separate incidents,unknown gunmen blewup two small bridgesof Badoush and AskiKalak before sunset onWednesday, outside thecity that linked Mosulwith towns to the west, thesource added.

MNA/Xinhua

Youth arrested in Canadian school bomb threat OTTAWA, 18 May — A

17-year-old youth has beenarrested after a series ofthreats triggered the closureof three high schools inCanada’s Atlantic coastalcity of Halifax earlierThursday.

The unnamed malewas arrested at his homeseveral hours after ColeHarbour High School wasevacuated Thursdaymorning when a notewarning of bomb attackwas found in a washroom

of the school building. A police spokesman

said the young man is incustody. Meanwhile,investigations into thebomb threat in nearbyAuburn High School arestill going on. The school

was evacuated followinganother threat by atelephone call.

Both schools weresearched by bomb-sniffingdogs but no explosiveswere found.

MNA/Xinhua

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A State constitution is the lifeblood

of a nation. Since 1988, Myanmar has

been in need of a constitution. The

Tatmadaw government is playing a

leading role in adopting basic

principles through the National

Convention so as to fulfil the

requirement.

Representatives of national races,

those from all walks of life, political

parties, intellectuals and intelligentsia,

other invited persons and State service

personnel are holding discussions, so

the drafting of a State constitution will

be completed in the near future.

Nevertheless, the National League

for Democracy (NLD) under the

influence of external elements and

some individuals with no specific aims

are resorting to various ways to disrupt

the National Convention.

Whatever it may be, the drive

for successful completion of the NC

is being implemented to fulfil the

desire of the people. Thus the entire

people have to crush the internal

and external destructive elements.

Saboteurs are not happy with the

participation of the Tatmadaw in the

creation of a prosperous future of the

nation.

Regarding this point, they should

have a clear outlook.

No one can deny that the

Tatmadaw is the only force capable of

tackling any forms of crises in times of

emergency, standing by the people.

Indeed, the Tatmadaw is a

national force necessary for the

Myanmar society.

It is the Tatmadaw that managed

to cope with the ‘8-8-88 unrest’

smoothly and suppress the

anarchists’ murdering, and looting

For successful completion of National ConventionYebaw Tin Shwe

and setting fire to the public property

and to restore peace and stability

across the nation.

The then bubble political leaders

such as Daw Suu Kyi and Min Ko Naing

tried to dissuade the crowd of

demonstrators committing violent acts

in front of the Central Trade Office from

carrying on, but their dissuasion did not

work. Except the Tatmadaw, any other

force in the nation is capable of handling

such cases.

Taking up State responsibilities,

the Tatmadaw government has been

building basic foundations in the

social, economic, health and education

sectors, as necessary for the nation. It

is a tangible proof.

I would like to present one of the

Tatmadaw’s public welfare tasks. That

made my heart fill with delight.

I am a Pakokku native. I used to be

a parliamentarian representing the

eastern Yesagyo Township in the

parliamentary democracy period. As the

secretary of the Pakokku District Pa-

Ma-Nya-Ta, I made field trips not only

to urban areas but also to rural areas in

the district to take organizing measures.

Witnessing the adverse condition of

village life in Pakokku District, I felt

sympathy for the rural folks.

Pakokku District is located in an

arid zone. So, the people in the villages

had to brave the scarcity of water at the

time. Water was so scarce that local

people could not take a bath every day,

only once every several days. When

they took a bath, they had to make the

process in a manger so that water was

not wasted and it was used in mixing

feedstuff for cattle.

I very often heard many local people

saying “We prefer water to gold”. And

some told their guests, “I will serve you

a meal, but no water”.

The Tatmadaw government has

dug a large number of wells and lakes

and sunk tube-wells to provide

adequate clean water to rural people.

In addition, it has been constructing

dams, large and small, and river water

pumping stations to provide irrigation

water.

Now local people in those villages

can serve their guests clean water.

It has also constructed roads and

bridges the length and breadth of the

nation, thus bringing convenience to the

people by means of smooth transport.

In the past, one who wanted to travel

to Pakokku from Yangon had to take a

train, a bus and a ship to reach the

destination. Unlike in the past, Pakokku

is now directly accessible from any part

of the nation.

The people have now recognized

the nation-building tasks of the

Tatmadaw government.

Those who hate to recognize the

role of the Tatmadaw and are

confronting the Tatmadaw are not

national people. They are a handful of

so-called politicians under influence

and control of external elements,

attempting to seize State power

through short cut.

Now the majority of the members

have left the party due to its acts,

which are absolutely abhorrent to the

people.

Gradually, such persons are being

sidelined and it is almost time they

ended up in the ditch.

The Tatmadaw government is

putting increased efforts into the

public services, but such persons are

destroying the interests of the people

through a variety of destructive acts.

Their persuasion and instigation led

to the withdrawal of some foreign

investments from Myanmar, and

thousands of national workers lost

their jobs and are getting into

hardships as a result. The members

are now suffering evil consequences

of their negative attitude.

In fact, those whom the people

want to dissociate themselves from are

a handful of national traitors party

leaders dancing to the tune of the neo-

colonialists, not the Tatmadaw.

The forthcoming State

constitution that will be approved

through a referendum will help

create a prosperous future of the

nation and enable the nation to stand

tall among the global countries.

The new nation will be a united,

modern and developed one without

any alien domination. So, the entire

nation have to protect and safeguard

the new nation.

I would like to urge the people

not to let themselves fall in the

deceptions of the axe-handles, and

to make contribution in harmony

towards the successful completion

of the National Convention.

To my political experiences, I

believe that there will be a modern and

developed nation after the National

Convention is completed and the State

constitution is approved.

(Translation: MS)

(Myanma Alin, Kyemon: 18-5-2007)

*******

Those who hate to recognize the role of the Tatmadawand are confronting the Tatmadaw are not national people.They are a handful of so-called politicians under influenceand control of external elements, attempting to seize Statepower through short cut.

Now the majority of the membershave left the party due to its acts,which are absolutely abhorrent to thepeople.

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Commander inspects proper drainage tasks

YANGON, 19 May — Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Yangon Command Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win thismorning inspected sanitation tasks, work for properdrainage, and preventive measures against DHF anddiarrhoea in Hlinethaya Township.

First, the commander arrived at the office of theTownship Development Affairs Committee andencouraged the people and members of socialorganizations carrying out sanitation tasks and workfor proper drainage in the township. At the office,

Head of Yangon Division Health Department Dr HlaMyint reported on outbreaks of DHF and diarrhoea inthe districts and townships of the division. Townshipmedical officer Dr Kyi San Htet of HlinethayaTownship Health Department reported on measuresbeing taken for prevention of the diseases. U MyoThein of the Township Development AffairsCommittee also reported on arrangements being madefor proper drainage. The commander called for publicparticipation in the tasks.

MNA

Banks Supervisory Committee, MyanmarBanks Association hold meeting

YANGON, 19 May —Deputy Minister forFinance and Revenue ColHla Thein Swe deliveredan address at the 89thMeeting of BanksSupervisory Committeeof the ministry andMyanmar Banks

Association at the hall ofthe association thisafternoon.

In his speech, thedeputy minister stressedthe need to make effortsfor improvement ofbanking service, securityand uplift of staff

efficiency with thesupervision of the CentralBank of Myanmar.

Next, Governor ofCentral Bank ofMyanmar U Than Nyeingave a speech.

Next, ManagingDirector U Than Yi of

Myanma Foreign TradeBank handed over theCentury InternationalQuality Era Award (CQE)Gold Category for 2007presented by Madrid-based Business InitiativeDirections (BID) to thedeputy minister.

Responsible personsof State-owned banks andprivate-run banks tookpart in the discussions.

In the second sessionof the meeting, the DeputyMinister and the Governorof CBM gave speeches.Later, those presentdiscussed general matters.

Also present at themeeting were Vice-Governor of CBM UMaung Maung Win,directors-general andmanaging directors ofdepartments andenterprises of theministry. — MNA

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win attends…(from page 1)

Lt-Gen Kyaw Wintold the officials to makestrenuous efforts for culti-vation of double or triplecropping.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winpresented food to thosepresent and families of thestation. He also presentedphysic nut seeds to per-

sonnel of departments andsocial organizations.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winand the commander putgrafts in the plastic bagsand planted seedlings ofphysic nut.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winand party inspectedphysic nut nursery. Outof the 2,377.2 acres and

734.8 acres were grownin Hsenwi Station. Theyalso inspected roads andbridges on Hsenwi-Kunlon Road and cultiva-tion of summer paddy.They were conductedround by the chairman ofTownship PDC and offi-cials of Myanma Agricul-ture Service.

They went to specialhigh yield paddy fields in

the township. Altogether5,420 acres of Hsinshwelipaddy were grown in2006-2007.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winand party inspected 1,600gallon-capacity tank inWainglyan Village andwater supply. It was builtfor local people to get safedrinking water.

Water supply projectswere implemented in eight

villages in the township.In the afternoon, Lt-

Gen Kyaw Win met sen-ior military officers ofKunlon and Laukkai Sta-tions, local leaders andChinese technicians con-ducting feasible study forUpper ThanlwinHydropower Project.

Commander Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut re-ported on scale model of

the 2,400-megawatthydropower station andLt-Col Maung MaungMyint of Kunlon Stationon the choice of site forthe project.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Wingave instructions on com-pletion of the project intime. He then cordiallygreeted Chinese techni-cians.

MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win inspects sanitation tasks being carried out inHlinethaya Township.—MNA

Deputy Minister Col Hla Thein Swe addresses 89th Meeting of BanksSupervisory Committee and Myanmar Banks Association.—F&R

NAY PYI TAW, 19 May — Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung accompanied by ManagingDirector U Aye Mauk of Myanma General andMaintenance Industries inspected the sales ofproducts of enterprises under the ministry at WinThuza Shops in Yamethin and Pyawbwe Townships,Mandalay Division yesterday and gave necessaryinstructions.

Next, the minister inspected chosen site forconstruction of Pyawbwe Textile Industry (Project)and related buildings and land to be cultivated cottonplants. The minister heard reports on construction ofthe project and gave necessary instructions.

Later, the minister proceeded to constructionsite of Myittha Textile Industry (Project) in MyitthaTownship. The minister heard reports on constructionof shimming workshop, chiller station, ground tankand machine shop presented by officials andinspected the chosen site for construction of themain building. — MNA

Industry-1 Minister inspectstextile industry projects in

Pyawbwe, Myittha Townships

YANGON, 19 May — Vice-Chairman of YangonCity Development Committee Vice-Mayor Col MaungPa together with Head of Markets Department U SoeMyint and officials visited tax free markets in DagonMyothit ( North), Dagon Myothit (South) and KamaryutTownships.

The vice-mayor inspected sales of rice, edibleoil, groceries, fish and vegetables by Myanmar RiceDealers Association, Myanmar Edible Oil DealersAssociation, Nyaunghnapin Vegetables CultivationSpecial Zone, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries,Kyimyindine Sanpya Fish Market and TownshipGeneral Administration Departments and gavenecessary instructions. — MNA

Vice-Mayor inspects taxfree markets

Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa visits Hanthawadytax free market.—YCDC

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Government sets …(from page 16)

In conclusion, Lt-Gen Myint Swe urged the ricedealers to strive for consolidation of the association withnationalist outlook for serving the interests of the State,the people and the farmers.

UMFCCI President U Win Myint gave a speech.Master of ceremonies Daw Khin Sandar Myint

of Myanma Radio and Television submitted the CECreport of the association and financial statement. Afterseeking approval from the participants, the reports wereapproved. Deputy Director-General U Myo Oo of Di-rectorate of Trade announced the list of CEC membersand EC members including members of the panel ofpatrons, Chairman U Aung Than Oo and General Sec-retary U Myo Aung Kyaw for 2007-09.

The meeting ended with concluding remarksby Chairman U Aung Than Oo.

Also present on the occasion were Chairman ofYangon Division Peace and Development Council Com-mander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Hla Htay Winand departmental officials. — MNAYANGON, 19 May — The 12th Annual General

Meeting of Myanma Industrial Development Bank washeld at the hall of the bank on Pansodan Street thismorning with an address Chairman of Myanmar IndustrialDevelopment Work Committee by Chairman of theBoard of Directors of Myanma Industrial DevelopmentBank Minister for Industry-2 Maj-Gen Saw Lwin.

It was also attended by members of the Board ofDirectors, departmental heads, officials of Central Bank of

MIDB holds 12th annual meeting

Myanmar, members of Myanmar Banks Association,share holders and guests. At the meeting, the chairmanstressed the need for the development of banking serviceswith the concerted efforts of BOD members and bank staff.

Next, the secretary of the BOD Managing Director UThein Aung of the bank submitted the annual report andsought the approval of the meeting. Later, new members ofBOD for 2007-08 were selected and the chairman MinisterMaj-Gen Saw Lwin made concluding remarks. — MNA

Police Col Win Naing speaks at conclusion of Traffic Rules Course No 3/2007.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Saw Lwin delivers an address at 12th Annual Meeting of Myanma IndustrialDevelopment Bank.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19 May — Minister forImmigration and Population Maj-Gen Maung MaungSwe accompanied by officials inspected issue ofCitizenship Scrutiny Cards at the staff officer’s office inKyaukse Township yesterday.

The minister met with township level officials,social organizations and townselders and gaveinstructions. He also called upon them to expedite theissue of Citizenship Scrutiny Cards in Kyaukse district.

After that, the minister inspected building of theoffice and its environs. Citizenship Scrutiny Cards wereissued to 350 residents yesterday.—MNA

Minister inspects issue of CitizenshipScrutiny Cards in Kyaukse

YANGON, 19 May —Deputy Minster for Progressof Border Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs Col Tin Ngweattended the coordinationmeeting of Kayah StateE n v i r o n m e n t a lConservation WorkingGroup held at the office of

Environmental conservation discussedin Kayah State

Loikaw TownshipDevelopment AffairsCommittee on 14 May anddelivered an address.

Next, officialsconcerned reported onprogress of environmentalconservation tasks in KayahState. Later, Chairman ofKayah State Peace and

Development Council ColNyunt Tin made asupplementary report.

After the meeting, thedeputy minister and partyinspected cultivation of physicnut plants and teak plantationnurtured by ForestDepartment at GandayawadyNursery, watershed area of

Nwarlawo creek andprotected public forest nearKontha village. — MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe views issue of Citizenship ScrutinyCards in Kyaukse Township.—MNA

YANGON, 19 May — The trafficrules course No 3/2007 for other ranksconducted by Traffic Police Force ofMyanmar Police Force concluded at ThiriMyaing Driving Training School in Ward36 of Dagon Myothit (North) Townshipyesterday morning.

Deputy Commander Police ColWin Naing of Police Battalions Control

Traffic rules course concludesCommand of MPF delivered an address.

Next, Police Col Win Naingpresented first, second and third prizes toPolice Cpl Htet Ko Ko, Police WO HtayWin and Police Cpl Kyaw Myint Aung andcertificates to the trainees through PoliceSub-Inspector Tin Ko. A total of 100trainees — two officers and 98 other ranks— attended the four-week course. — MNA

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 20 May, 2007

Subaru WRT’s Petter Solberg of Norway takes ajump in his Impreza WRC during the Terranovaspecial stage on the first day of the Rally of Italy,

in Sardinia on 18 May , 2007. — INTERNET

(L-R) Cast members Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet, Ludivine Sagnier, ClotildeHesme, Chiara Mastroianni and Louis Garrel pose during a photocall forFrench director Christophe Honore’s in-competition film “Les Chansonsd’Amour” at the 60th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May , 2007. — XINHUA

Google launches“Universal Search” service

BEIJING , 18 May — Google has changed its Internet searches into“Universal Search” service by combining results from its established Websearch service with offerings that help users find videos, images, maps andother content.

iPhone approved byFCC to market in JuneBEIJING , 18 May —The US Federal

Communications Commission (FCC) has approvedApple’s iPhone, clearing the way for the combinedphone and music player to hit the shelves late June,according to US media reports on Friday.

”Universal Search”means that standardGoogle searches willdraw results fromseparate propertiescovering books, localinformation, images,news, and video,according media reportsFriday quoting MarissaMayer, vice president ofsearch and userexperience.”It’s breaking downthe silos of informationthat have been built up.It’s a broad, long-termvision that will unfoldover the next few years,”Mayer said. “We arereally excited about whatUniversal Search couldevolve to in the future.”The combined searchincludes any site indexedby Google’s services. Onthe video side, forexample, it will include

YouTube, Google Videoand independent siteslike Metacafe.com.The upgraded servicenot only provides thelinks of texts related tothe certain queries, butalso video clips orphotographs by enteringa query in Google’sspecialized services forvideo or image searches.Furthermore, the newnavigation features at thetop of every Google pagewill allow users quickly“drill down” to particulartypes of information ifthey wish to focusexclusively on specificcategories such as news,said Mayer.Google also said

“very soon” it willlaunch software thattranslates queries fromany of a dozen languagesinto English, scours the

internet for relevant webpages and then convertsthe results to a searcher’slanguage.”That, in effect, willmake the web universal,”Google vice president ofengineering Udi Manbersaid while describing the“cross-language infor-mation retrieval” feature.”We have been

working on translating allof the web to alllanguages. The results areprobably not perfect, butthe information you wantwill be there,” he added.Google had 54 percentof all US search queriesin March, according toNie lsen /NetRat ings ,compared with its rivalsYahoo with 22 percentsearch services andMicrosoft with 10percent.

Internet

The “grant ofequipment authorization”for the devicemeansit ison track for scheduledrelease next month, saidMark Siegel, a spokesmanwith Cingular, which willbe the only US wirelesscarrier that will offer theiPhone when itlaunches. The iPhone, whichcombines a smart phonewith Apple’s iPod musicand video player,willcompete with phonesmade by Nokia, SonyEricsson, Motorola, LGElectronics, Samsung,Palm, and carriers Sprintand Verizon.Two versions of theso-called smartphoneswillbecome availableinitially. The 4GB phonewill cost 499 US dollarswith a two-year contract

with AT&T, and the 8GBphone will sell for 599dollars.The price tag has beencalled spectacularly high,possibly opening thedoor for handset makerswith similar models.ButApple, whose iPod musicdevice and iTunesservice dominate themarket, still expects tosell 10 million of thephones in 2008.Some of the FCC

documents confirm thephones, sporting biggerscreens, music, video andWeb-surfing capabilities,will operate in the1900MHz and 850MHzfrequency bands, whichmeans users won’t beable to roam with it intoEurope, where operatorsuse different frequencies.

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Apple’s new iPhone is seen in this handout photoreleased on 9 Jan, 2007. Regulators approved

Apple Inc’s iPhone for sale in the United Stateson Thursday paving the way for the much

anticipated device to be sold by the wireless unitof AT&T in late June. — INTERNET

Hong Kong boy bornwith foetus in stomach

HONG KONG, 19 May — A boy has been bornin Hong Kong with a foetus in his stomach in whatdoctors said was a rare case of “foetus in foetus” inwhich one twin becomes trapped inside anotherduring pregnancy and continue to grow inside it.

Local media reported on Thursday doctorscarried out a scan on the boy’s mother when she wasin her 25th-week of pregnancy and noticed a “tumour”in the foetus’ stomach.

The “tumour”, which was three to fourcentimeters in width, contained a torso and limb-liketissues. When the foetus grew, the “tumour” becamelarger as well. And in her 37th-week of pregnancy,the mother gave birth to a healthy boy weighing 3.4kilogrammes.—MNA/Xinhua

Ban urges improved access to ICTfor young people

UNITED NATIONS, 19 May — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon onThursday called on policy-makers and industry leaders to improve the accessto information and communications technologies (ICT) for young people.

In a message to markthe World Telecom-munication and Informa-tion Society Day, whichfalls on Thursday, theSecretary-General calledfor young peopleeverywhere to be given“equal opportunities torise out of poverty andilliteracy, and to realizetheir full potential”. Whileyoung people are amongthe “most prolific andknowledgeable users ofICT,” the digitalrevolution is out of reachfor many of them,especially young girls andwomen and people livingin remote and underserved

regions, he said.“I therefore urge

policy-makers andindustry leaders to puttheir minds together, andto work cooperativelywith children and youth to

produce suitable technolo-gies, applications andservices to facilitate accessto information andcommunications techno-logies,” he said.

MNA/Xinhua

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FDA committee votes yes fornew smallpox vaccine

BEIJING , 18 May — AUS Food and DrugAdministration (FDA)advisory committee votedunanimously on Thursdaythat Acambis’ vaccine issafe enough to use inspecial situations wherepeople are deemed at highrisk of smallpox exposure,according to mediareports.UK-based Acambis,with US offices inCambridge, Mass, hasbeen making the vaccinefor a US strategic stockpilesince being awarded acontract in late 2001 amidconcerns of a bio-

terrorism attack using thesmallpox virus.The vaccine isconsidered a second-generation vaccine and ismade using cell-culturelines. It is derived fromDryvax, an older vaccinemade by Wyeth.Future US contracts,however, partly hinge onFDA approval of thevaccine, which is knownas ACAM2000.The US ended routinevaccination againstsmallpox in 1971 andworld health authoritiesdeclared the diseaseofficial eradicated fromthe wild in 1980. But afterthe attacks of 11 Sept,2001, concern arose thatsmallpox and otherinfections could beengineered as weapons.That led to the stockpilingof certain vaccines in casethey ever are needed —and to vaccinate somemilitary personnel andhealth care workers.The nation’s old

smallpox vaccine, calledDryvax, is no longer made,although there are leftoversupplies.Smallpox is acontagious and sometimesfatal disease marked byfever and a progressiveskin rash. The majority ofpatients with smallpoxrecover, but death mayoccur in up to 30 percentof cases. Many smallpoxsurvivors have permanentscars over large areas oftheir body.

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INTERNET

Woman held for trying to smuggle heroin via DHLDUSHANBE, 19 May — Tajik police have

arrested a woman for trying to smuggle heroin in arefrigerator through express delivery firm DHL, theInterior Ministry said on Friday. The DHL office in theTajik capital Dushanbe grew suspicious after noticingthat its transportation cost to Moscow exceeded theactual cost of the fridge by several times. It then calledthe police, said the Interior ministry.

“We have arrested a 26-year-old woman whotried to send via DHL a refrigerator with a total of 17.4kilos of heroin hidden in its inner cover plate,” saidInterior Ministry spokesman Khudoinazar Asozoda.

DHL in Dushanbe said it could not commenton the matter. — MNA/Reuters

Two yellow diamonds fetch $8m at Sotheby’sGENEVA, 19 May —

Two huge yellowdiamonds once belongingto a legendary courtesanof France’s SecondEmpire, fetched nearly 8million US dollars atauction, more than twicetheir pre-sale estimate,Sotheby’s said on Friday.

An anonymoustelephone bidder boughtthe two stones, known asthe “DonnersmarckDiamonds”, which weregiven by German PrinceGuido Henckel vonDonnersmarck to hismistress and later wife,

Blanche La Paiva, in the1870s.

“We are pleased tohave seen the two stonesstaying together. Theresults ... are testament tothe current strength of themarket for fine gemstonesand period jewels,” saidDavid Bennett, chairmanof jewellery for Sotheby’sEurope and the MiddleEast, who conducted theGeneva sale on Thursdaynight.

The top lot was thepear-shaped yellowdiamond weighing 82.48carats which fetched 5.7

million Swiss francs (4.66million US dollars), whilethe cushion-shaped oneweighing 102.54 caratsnetted 3.968 million Swissfrancs (3.25 million USdollars), a statement said.Both stones were set bythe French jewellerChaumet.

La Paiva, born inMoscow, moved to Pariswhere for decades sheentertained a dazzling mixof society names,politicians, industrialists,financiers, intellectuals,writers and artists.

MNA/Reuters

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SEA MERCHANT VOY NO (735)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SEA MER-CHANT VOY NO (735) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 20.5.2007 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES PTE LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Coach: 5-year-old Indian boy to walk 500km

Three doctors in UScharged with surgery scam

Budhia Singh

British doctors urged to prescribe cheaper drugs

China has 144 millionnetizens by March

BEIJING,18 May — China recorded a netizenpopulation of 144 million by the end of March thisyear, Vice-Information Industry Minister said onThursday.

Xi Guohua said by 2010, the figure is expected toreach 200 million, with an average annual growth of 8per cent.

Broadband service users number 97 millionnationwide at the present time, Xi added.

Of the Chinese netizens, young people, teenagers inparticular, account for a large proportion.

“Unhealthy information flow on Internet will doharm to young people both physically andpsychologically,” Xi said.

Xi called for healthy content to be provided forInternet and net-based porn to be cracked down upon.

MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING,18 May — The five-year-old Indian marathon runnerBudhia Singh whoserunning lastyear sparked an outcry from rightsactivists is planning to walk 500kilometers, according to his coachquoted by media reports onFriday.“I have spoken to West BengalDG police, Mamata Banerjee,Mithun Chakraborty and lot manyIAS and IPS officers in WestBengal. They have all encouragedBudhia for this walk and are readyto give me permission,” saidBiranchi Das, Budhia’s coach.Budhiawill begin inBhubaneswar in the eastern stateof Orissa and finish in Kolkata, thecapital of West Bengal state. Thewalk is to begin on 6 June andshould take about 10 days, saidDas.While Das argued that the boy’swalk would serve as an inspirationto other young athletes, child rightsadvocates decried the news.The Women and Child

Development Minister hascategorically denied permission,and has declared strict action againstthose who will make Budhia walksuch a long distance.“Orissa High Court has given usfull power to take decision for thewelfare of Budhia and by no meanswill we allow Budhia to walk suchlong distance,” said PramillaMallick, the minister.Last year, he attempted to run a70-kilometre marathon, but doctorsstopped him after 65 kilometreswhen he showed signs of extremeexhaustion.Afterward, doctors found the boyto be undernourished, anemic andunder cardiac stress, and the Orissastate government banned him fromrunning until he is older.But Das insisted he is lookingafter the best interests of the boy,whose father died when he wasseven months old.His mother, unable to supporthim, was about to sell him to anothervillager for Rs800 (18 US dollars)

when the family met Das two yearsago.“I have raised him as my sonand I introduced him into runningafter observing his endurance,”Dassaid, adding that he is an inspirationto other children.“The aim is to make our childrenand children all over the world toknow that if they start now theycan qualify for the 2016 Olympics,”he said.

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LONDON,18 May —British doctors could savethe state health systemmore than 200 millionpounds (395 millionUS dollars) a yearby prescribing cheaperversions of many commonmedicines, an influentialwatchdog said on Friday.

The National AuditOffice report is a furthersign of the pressure ondrug prices around theworld as health budgetsare squeezed by ageing

populations and costlymedical advances.

Two months ago, theOffice of Fair Tradingcalled for a radical shift toa value-based system ofdrug pricing in Britain,which it said could savethe National HealthService (NHS) about 500million pounds.

“There is significantscope for the NHS toimprove the value formoney of prescribing inprimary care,” Com-

ptroller and AuditorGeneral John Bournsaid in his report toParliament.

“If GPs (generalpractitioners) moreoften followed officialguidelines and prescribedgeneric and other cheaper

drugs where suitable, thenthere would be moremoney to treat patients andpay for expensive orinnovative treatments."

This could be donewithout affecting patientcare, he added.

MNA/Reuters

BEIJING,18 May —Three doctors in theUnited States werearrested for billinginsurers 30 million USdollars for unnecessarysurgery performed onhundreds of patientsrecruited from aroundUS, according to mediareports on Friday.Authorities said thepatients received moneyor low-cost cosmeticprocedures for participat-ing in the “rent-a-patient”scam at Unity OutpatientSurgery Center.More than 5 milliondollars of the insuranceclaims were paid,authorities said.Michael C Chan, aCerritos obstetrician,William W Hampton, aSeal Beach surgeon, andMario Z Rosenberg, aBeverly Hills gastroen-terologist on staff atCedars-Sinai MedicalCentre, are accused ofperforming more than1,000 unneeded proce-dures on 940 patients, thenbilling insurance com-

panies an estimated 30million dollars for thework.Each of the doctors isfacing 47 felony counts,including conspiracy andinsurance fraud, and couldreceive nearly 50 years inprison if convicted.“We’re talking aboutdoctors who were real-lifebody snatchers,” Dist AttyTony Rackauckas said ata news conference onWednesday.“It’s unfathomable thata doctor would treatpatients as if they werebodies on a medicalconveyor belt for profit.”The California MedicalBoard is pursuing suspen-sion of their licenses.Between July 2002 andApril 2003, prosecutorssaid, more than 2,000patients from more than30 states were solicitedto participate in the Unityscheme, resulting in90 million dollars infraudulent claims billedto more than a dozeninsurance companies.

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A boy passes by a wall painted cartoon pictures. A kindergarten usingcartoon paintings onwall to improve the environment for children in Feixi

county, Anhui Province, on 18 May, 2007. —INTERNET

Genome of yellow fever, denguefever mosquito sequenced

Report says use of hair relaxers does not increasebreast cancer risk

The use of hair relaxers is not associated with anincreased risk of breast cancer in black women,researchers from Boston University’s SloneEpidemiology Centre said in a report.— INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 17 May— The use of hair relaxersis not associated with anincreased risk of breastcancer in black women,researchers from BostonUniversity’s Slone Epi-demiology Centre said ina report.

The report, to bepublished in the May issueof Cancer EpidemiologyBiomarkers and Prev-ention, is the first everscience report assessinghair relaxers in relation toa cancer. Since millionsof women have usedhair relaxers, and thecarcinogenic potential ofhair relaxers is unknown,Lynn Rosenberg, associatedirector of Slone Epi-demiology Centre, andcolleagues examined theassociation of hair relaxeruse with breast cancer

incidence in the BlackWomen’s Health Study.

The Black Women’sHealth Study, conductedby Slone EpidemiologyCenter and HowardUniversity Cancer Centre,is a follow-up study of

59,000 African-Americanwomen from across theUnited States. Whiletracking data from 1997 to2003, researchers combedthrough more than 266,000person-years of follow-updata to determine that

there is no increase inbreast cancer incidenceassociated with hairrelaxer use.

“ In the present studyof African Americanwomen, increases in breastcancer risk were notassociated with anycategories of duration of hairrelaxer use, frequency of use,age at first use, number ofburns experienced duringuse, or type of relaxer used,”said Rosenberg. For you -nger women, who usedrelaxers at earlier ages andmore frequently than olderwomen, no linkage wasfound either, he said.

The findings provethat the use of hair relaxersare not causing breastcancer and do not con-tribute to a higher incidenceof breast cancer, saidRosenberg.— Internet

An international team of researchersreported Thursday that they havesequenced the genome of Aedes

aegypti, the mosquito responsible fortransmitting yellow and dengue fevers,

which are a major burden in Africaand other parts of the developing

world.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 17 May — Aninternational team of researchers reportedThursday that they have sequenced thegenome of Aedes aegypti, the mosquitoresponsible for transmitting yellow anddengue fevers, which are a major burdenin Africa and other parts of the developingworld.These findings, which will be publishedin the 18 May issue of journal Science,may provide new leads for controlling

the spread of these diseases, and theyoffer the opportunity to compare thisgenome with those of Anophelesgambiae, the mosquito that transmitsmalaria.Based on the draft sequence, theresearchers reported that the twomosquito genomes have much incommon but differ in overall size, theamount of mobile sequences called“transposable elements,” and the averagelengths of “introns,” which are sequencesthat do not code for protein. Otherdifferences involve gene density and thecomposition of gene families.These insects represent the two majormosquito subfamilies, and thedifferences between them should reflectinherent biological properties, such asblood feeding preferences, host-seekingbehavior and individual abilities totransmit certain pathogens.The authors also compared the A.aegypti genome to that of the moredistantly related Drosophila mela-nogaster and identified differences thatshould help clarify which genesand gene activities are specific tomosquitoes. ? — Internet

Vietnam’s Internet rateabove world average

HANOI, 18 May —Vietnam now has 15.8million Internet users,accounting for 19 per centof its population, higherthan the world averageof 16.9 per cent, localnewspaper Saigon Li-beration reported onThursday.

Vietnam has seen anaverage annual rise of 36per cent in Internet userssince its connection to theglobal computer networkin November 1997, and

25-35 per cent of thecountry’s population areestimated to use theInternet in 2010, a nationalreview conference bythe Vietnamese Ministryof Posts and Tele-com-munications was told onWednesday.

Of the 15.8 millionInternet users, 4.4 millionare subscribers, includingnearly 677,000 broadband ones, the VietnamInternet Network Infor-mation Centre told Xinhua

on Thursday, noting thatthe country’s total in-ternational bandwidthcurrently stands at 8,703Mbps.

Under the ministry’splan, all ministries,sectors and state admi-nistrative agencies atdistrict level upward,institutes, universities,colleges and seniorhigh schools will havebroadband Internet con-nections by 2010. MNA/Xinhua

Rising tide in Thailand’s Phuket BANGKOK, 18 May — The rising tide in southern

Thai resort of Phuket was a normal condition duringthe monsoon season and it should not be mistaken asa sign of a looming tsunami, local authorities saidThursday.

The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Centre inPhuket reported the sea current had risen to its highestlevel this year since Wednesday. Authorities insisted itwas not related to the powerful quake which hit Laoson Wednesday. People living near the mangrovesalong Thepkasattree Road as well as vendors along theHad Sai Kaew beach were affected by the rising tide.It’s been reported the tide had receded to its normallevel, the Thai News Agency said. — MNA/Xinhua

Malaysia sets up welfare foundationfor teachers

KUALA LUMPUR, 18May — Malaysianteachers have received aspecial gift on theTeachers Day as thegovernment pledges to setup a foundation to takecare of their welfare, localPress reported Thursday.

Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawion Wednesday nightannounced the setting upof the Tun Hussein OnnTeachers Foundation,which is the first one of its

kind specially establishedfor the teachers and led bythe government itself inthis country.

“Its main function willbe to look into the welfareof teachers and assist intimes of emergencies,bereavements and manyothers. This is one of theefforts taken by thegovernment to improvethe teaching professionand look after the welfareof teachers,” Badawi saidwhen launching the 36th

national-level TeachersDay celebrations in JohorState.— MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T S

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

ACROSS 1 Colonist 5 Notch 8 High-bridged, as a nose 9 Gain10 Chide (4,3)11 Pithy12 Knitted garment14 Crib17 Greek island19 Cry out22 Tract23 Month24 Card game25 Refuse collector

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Ricardo Carvalho

Carvalho signs five-year contract

Preakness Stakes hopeful C P West with exerciserider Carlos Correa up, goes through earlymorning workouts at Pimlico Race Track in

Baltimore, Maryland on 18 May, 2007. The 132ndrunning of the Preakness Stakes will take place

on 19 May .—INTERNET

Spain’sDavid Ferrerreacts during

his matchagainst

Swiss playerRoger

Federer atthe Hamburg

MastersTennis

tournamentin Hamburgon 18 May,

2007. INTERNET

Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia returns the ballto her compatriot Dinara Safina during theirmatch at the Italian Open tennis tournament

in Rome on 18 May, 2007. — INTERNET

LONDON, 18 May—Chelsea’sRicardo Carvalho has markedhis 29th birthday by signing anew five-year contract atStamford Bridge.

Carvalho joined from Portofor £19.85m in 2004 but willmiss the FA Cup final after dam-aging medial ligaments in hisright knee against Bolton inApril.

“He has been a key player forus since he joined and is withoutdoubt one of the world’s best

central defenders,” said chief ex-ecutive Peter Kenyon.

“The only shame is that he willmiss Saturday's game throughinjury.”—Internet

S Korean wins women’sbantamweight at

Taekwondo Worlds BEIJING, 19 May — South Korean

Jung Jin Kee defeated Tseng Yi-Hsungfrom Taibei 6-4 to grab women's under-55 kilogrammes (bantamweight) goldmedal at the Beijing World TaekwondoChampionships on Friday.

The two tusslers were 2-2 in the firstbout before Jung Jin Kee came up to lead5-4 in the second.

Jung soon extended her advantage to7-4 in the third bout, and finally securedher victory 6-4 despite of one-pointdeduction.—MNA/Xinhua

Taekwondo World’s openingceremony gives hints to 2008 Games

CHANGPING (Beijing), 19 May — A tiny and shortopening ceremony of the Taekwondo World Champi-onships proved the ability of the Chinese producers tomake a high-expected show of the 2008 Beijing Olym-pic Games. Friday's opening ceremony, which costabout three million RMB (about 390,000 US dollars),lasted only 50 minutes with 1,290 participants.

Some high-tech electronic lights and four big screenswere the centre pieces of the night show, and the TigerTaekwondo Team of South Korea was the only knowninvitation for the programme.

"The opening ceremony had clear definition of thesport and the theme of the World Championships,"said Lu Jiankang, one of the producers of the 2008Olympic Games opening ceremony, on Saturday.

MNA/Xinhua

Ferguson banks on winninghabit to lift Cup

Drogba embarks on differentsort of work for UN

LONDON, 19 May — Chelsea striker Didier Drogbawill end his season in Saturday's FA Cup final withManchester United and embark on very different sortof work for the United Nations fighting poverty.

Drogba will be key to Chelsea's Cup hopes, havingscored 32 goals in a season where they have fought aconstant battle against injuries and a lost the PremierLeague title to United. The striker, who helped theIvory Coast reached their first World Cup at last year'sfinals, is well aware of the sense of occasion at the firstFA Cup final at the new Wembley.

"They've won the league, they've had fewer injuriesthan us but we're still there," Drogba told reporters.

"It's going to be a fantastic moment, a bit like the lastWorld Cup." But he added: "It's a good moment onlywhen you win."—MNA/Reuters

AS Roma’s team celebrates the withthe trophy at the end of the Italian Cupsecond leg final soccer match againstInter Milan at the San Siro stadium in

Milan on 17 May, 2007.— XINHUA

Vidic fearedfor United future

MANCHESTER, 19 May — ManchesterUnited defender Nemanja Vidic said hefeared he would not make the grade atOld Trafford after initially strugglingafter joining from Spartak Moscow inJanuary, 2006.

"My first couple of months in Eng-land were very difficult," Vidic told re-porters ahead of Saturday's FA Cup fi-nal. "To be honest, I didn't think I had afuture in England. I did worry that Iwasn't going to make it at ManchesterUnited.

"The football is different in England.In the summer it wasn't that I was scaredbut I had lost my confidence because ofwhat happened in those first couple ofmonths.—MNA/Reuters

MANCHESTER (England),19 May — ManchesterUnited will be as hungry asChelsea's wounded lions towin the FA Cup final, man-ager Alex Ferguson said onFriday.

The first final to beplayed at the lavish newWembley Stadium on Sat-urday pits newly crownedPremier League championsUnited against the team theydislodged from the throne.

It is Chelsea's opportu-nity for a small element ofrevenge but Ferguson willexpect United's winninghabit to be prevalent as theylook to add to their recordtally of 11 FA Cup winsand complete a fourthleague and cup double un-der his command.

"I am acutely aware thaton the one side you have awounded animal who havelost the league to us,"Ferguson said.

"On the other hand youhave got a team with confi-dence, and I just have tomake sure there is no dis-tinction between the two

teams in terms of the desireto win. I think that will beimportant," he told report-ers. "To do the double againwould be fantastic for us.The big pressure was on usto win the league. That wasthe priority for us given thefact Chelsea hadsteamrollered the league theprevious two years.

MNA/Reuters

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Saturday, 19 May, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, Southwest Monsoon hasadvanced into the Deltaic area. Rain or thundershowers havebeen scattered in Kayah State and Magway Division, fairlywidespread in Kachin State, upper Sagaing, Mandalay andAyeyawady Divisions and widespread in the remaining areaswith locally heavyfall in lower Sagaing Division, isolatedheavyfalls in Rakhine State, Yangon and upper SagaingDivisions. Day temperatures were (3ºC) to (4ºC) below Mayaverage temperature in eastern Shan, Rakhine, Mon States,Bago and Yangon Divisions, (7ºC) below May average tem-perature in Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway Divisions, (10ºC)below May average temperature in northern Shan States and(5ºC) above May average temperature in Taninthayi Divisionand about May average temperature in the remaining areas.The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay PyiTaw (0.75) inch. Minkin (5.59) inches, Coco Island (3.58)inches, Thandwe (3.27) inches, Mogok (2.76) inches, Kayanand Pathein (2.64) inches each, Kanbalu (2.56) inches, Gwa(2.24) inches, Dawei (2.08) inches, Bago (2.05) inches, Hpa-an (2.01) inches, Thaton (1.89) inches, Namsam (1.73) inches,Mawlaik and Shwebo (1.70) inches each, Kalay and Kyaukpyu(1.65) inches each.

Maximum temperature on 18-5-2007 was 86°F. Mini-mum temperature on 19-5-2007 was 74°F. Relative humidityat 09:30 hours MST on 19-5-2007 was 100%. Total sunshinehours on 18-5-2007 was (3.4) hour approx.

Rainfall on 19-5-2007 was (1.03) inches at Mingaladon,(0.59) inch at Kaba-Aye, (0.59) inch at Central Yangon. Totalrainfall since 1-1-2007 was (21.54) inches at Mingaladon,(24.96) inches at Kaba-Aye and (23.31) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(12) mph from Southwest at (17:30) hours MST on 18-5-2007.

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

Forecast valid until evening of 20-5-2007: Rain orthundershowers will be scattered in Kayah State, Mandalayand Magway Divisions, fairly wiedspread in Kachin and ShanStates, Sagaing Division and widespread in the remainingareas. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Increase of rain inLower Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areas for20-5-2007: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areas for20-5-2007: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areas for20-5-2007: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

WEATHER

*R 489 Published by the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar. Edited and printed at The New Light of Myanmar Press,No 22/30 Strand Road at 43rd Street, Yangon. Cable Newlight, PO Box No. 43, Telephones: Editors 392308, Manager 392226, Circulation 392304, Advertisement 392223,Accounts 392224, Administration 392225, Production/Press 297028

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Sunday, 20 MayTune in today

Chelsea captain John Terry, left, raises the trophyafter his team beat Manchester United 1-0 to win the

FA Cup final soccer match between Chelsea andManchester United at Wembley Stadium in London,

on Saturday 19 May , 2007. — INTERNET

FA Cup final - Chelsea 1-0 Man UtdLONDON , 19 May — A

Didier Drogba goal late inextra time was enough tosecure victory for Chelseaover Manchester United inthe first FA Cup final at thenew Wembley.

Drogba produced a raremoment of brilliance in agame that failed to live up toexpectations and completeda cup double for the Blues.

He played a one-twowith Frank Lampard beforestabbing past Edwin van derSar with the tie headed forpenalties.

Ryan Giggs missed agood chance to win thegame for United in normaltime.

The 90,000 fans insidethe stadium were treated toa fantastic pre-match build-up featuring some famousfaces from Wembley’sglorious past.

But aside fromDrogba’s late winner, thetwo best sides in the countryproduced a game that isunlikely to live long in thememory.

A cagey opening 20minutes set the pace for amatch that at times seemedmore like the CommunityShield than the first FACup final at an immaculatenew Wembley.

The first effort ontarget did not arrive untilafter the half hour withPaulo Ferreira venturingforward and slipping a pass

in for Frank Lampard, whoforced Edwin van der Sar tomake a smart low save.

That was about theextent of the first 45 minutesas both teams looked heavy-legged after a season inwhich they have each playedover 60 games.

The pitch, whichlooked in fabulous conditionat the start, began to cut up

which did not aid thefootballing spectacle or theweary players.

Joe Cole looked one ofthe few capable of liveningthings up before he wassurprisingly replaced athalf-time by Arjen Robben.

The pace picked upslightly after the break, withUnited looking the morelikely to get Wembley’sfirst Cup final goal.

Wayne Rooneyemerged from his first-halfshell to bring a first saveout of Petr Cech and testedChelsea’s backline with acouple of bursting runs.

Paul Scholes pickedout Giggs to volley just overthe top as Sir AlexFerguson’s men showed theodd glimpse of the stylishside that dominated thePremiership.

Chelsea add the FACup to the League Cupwhich they won earlier thisseason and manager JoseMourinho did his jobprospects no harm bysecuring the one domestictrophy that was missing inhis collection.

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YANGON, 19 May— Lt-Gen Myint Swe ofthe Ministry of Defenceattended the 10th AnnualGeneral Meeting ofMyanmar Rice DealersAssociation at the hall ofthe Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambersof Commerce and Indus-try on Minye KyawswaRoad in LanmadawTownship this morning.

First, Chairmanof the association U AungThan Oo gave an openingspeech.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Myint Swe deliveredan address. He said that theState Peace and Develop-ment Council had laiddown and is implementing12 political, economic andsocial objectives for emer-gence of a peaceful, mod-ern, developed and disci-pline-flourishing demo-cratic nation. Tasks fordevelopment of the agri-cultural sector is being un-dertaken in line with oneof the four economic ob-jectives — Developmentof agriculture as the baseand all-round developmentof other sectors of the

Government sets over 1,500m baskets ofpaddy as production target as national

duty for food sufficiencyLt-Gen Myint Swe attends 10th AGM of

Myanmar Rice Dealers Association

economy as well.Myanmar is rich

in water and land re-sources with favourableclimatic condition. Al-though Myanmar hadfood sufficiency andcould export surplus riceabroad in the past, lateryield of rice declined dueto various reasons. Atpresent, the governmenthas made efforts not onlyfor food sufficiency butalso for surplus of food.

The governmenthad spent a large amountof money on constructionof 199 dams and 305 river

water pumping projectsthroughout the nation toirrigate 2.6 million acres

kets of paddy were pro-duced from 11.81 millionacres of farmland. Over

1,326 million baskets ofpaddy in 2005-06.

In accord with the

YANGON, 19 May — Thirty-sevenmembers including U Tin Aye, U ThanMaung, U Hla Soe, U Tun Aung, U AyeLwin, U Hla Than, U Han Tin, UThaung, U Myint Shwe and U Tha Seinof Mawlamyinegyun Township Na-tional League for Democracy ofAyeyawady Division resigned from theNLD of their own accord on 11 May.

They had sent their resignationletters to the NLD headquarters and

37 of MawlamyinegyunTownship NLD quit

They have no longer interestin party’s activities

local authorities concerned. In theirletters sent to MawlamyinegyunTownship Multi-party DemocracyGeneral Election Subcommission,they said they were disappointed aboutthe acts of the party and they had nomore wish to discharge the duties ofthe party and they had no longer inter-est in the party’s activities. That iswhy they quit the party of their ownaccord.—MNA

Weather Forecast for (20-5-2007)

Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areas

One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Yangon and neighbouring areas

One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Mandalay and neighbouring areas

One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the seaSeas will be moderate to rough in Myanmar waters.

target as national duty forthe food sufficiency of in-creasing population in thefuture, and the productiontarget of paddy can be wellmet.

With a view topromoting the trade sec-tor in line with the mar-ket-oriented economicsystem, the Myanmar riceand paddy trading newpolicy was prescribed on23 April 2003. Some per-sons are trading rice andpaddy with avarice.Hence, the rice and paddymerchants are to do theirbusinesses with fair priceof goods.

The government had spent the large amount ofmoney on construction of 199 dams and 305 riverwater pumping projects throughout the nation toirrigate 2.6 million acres of farmland. In 1988-89, atotal of 630 million baskets of paddy were producedfrom 11.81 million acres of farmland. Over 800 mil-lion baskets of paddy yielded in 1993-94, over 1,000million baskets of paddy in 2000-2001 and 1,326million baskets of paddy in 2005-06.

of farmland. In 1988-89,a total of 630 million bas-

800 million baskets ofpaddy yielded in 1993-94,over 1,000 million basketsof paddy in 2000-2001 and

guidance of the Head ofState, the government setover 1,500 million basketsof paddy as the production (See page 9)

Lt-Gen Myint Swe delivers an address at 10th Annual General Meeting of Myanmar Rice Dealers Association.—MNA

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