Literati to lead people applying modern arts, new thoughts ...Dec 24, 2007 · the 60th Tipitakadhara Tipitaka Kovida Selection Ex-amination was held at Wizaya Mingala Dhammathabin

Fullmoon Day of Nadaw 1369 ME Monday, 24 December, 2007Volume XV, Number 252

Established 1914

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

* Stability of the State, communitypeace and tranquillity, prevalenceof law and order

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

* 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 participationin terms of technical know-how and investmentsfrom sources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must bekept in the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and moralityof the entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and in-tegrity and preservation and safe-guarding of cultural heritage andnational character

* Uplift of dynamism of patrioticspirit

* Uplift of health, fitness and educa-tion standards of the entire nation

Four political objectives Four economic objectives Four social objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Dec — A ceremony to presentprizes to winners of National Literary Life TimeAchievement Award, National Literary Award andSarpay Beikman Manuscript Award for 2006 was heldat the Ministry of Information, here, this afternoon,with an address by Secretary-1 of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo.

Also present on the occasion were Adjutant-Gen-eral Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung, the ministers, theChief Justice, the Attorney-General, the deputy minis-ters, the Director-General of Myanmar Police Force,the director-general of the SPDC Office, departmentalheads, members of Myanmar Historical Commission,members of the Scrutiny Committee for National

Literati to lead people applying modernarts, new thoughts, theories, ideasSecretary-1 presents National Literary Life Time Achievement Award,

National Literary Award and Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award to winners

Literary Life Time Achievement Award and NationalLiterary Award and the Scrutiny Committee for SarpayBeikman Manuscript Award, literati, journalists, prizewinners and family members, staff of departments andenterprises under the ministry.

On the occasion, Secretary-1 of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo said today’s ceremony is an annual event heldto award those for their literary achievements as well asencourage the Myanmar literature to develop and flour-ish. At a time when historical Myanmar literature isdeveloping, it is also a great honour for the entire

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�Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo and party pose for a documentaryphoto with the winners of National Literary

Award.—MNASecretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo and party pose for a documentaryphoto together with National Literary Life

Time Achievement�Award winner DawKyan�(writer Ma Kyan).—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 24 December, 2007

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 DesireMonday, 24 December, 2007

Guard against outsideinstigation through highintellect

Education is the process by which peo-ple acquire knowledge, skills, good habits,values, or attitudes. Efforts are to be made forfacing and surmounting the challenges ofknowledge age as science and technology aredeveloping rapidly in the world today. Onlycitizens with high intellectual power can con-front and cope with outside instigation andattempts to influence the nation.

Education belongs to all the citizensand the duties of the education sector are touplift the education of students and the entirepeople and to enhance their knowledge andthinking power.

It is the duty of the teachers to nurturethe students to become proficient in theirstudies and to possess spirit and qualificationsof the good citizens especially in abiding bylaw, observing social codes of conduct, re-specting and cherishing culture and customsand preserving the national character.

Youths are active and have construc-tive views and are willing to serve social du-ties. The teachers on their part are to uplifttheir intellect to contribute towards kindlingpatriotism and Union spirit.

The teachers are to serve educationalduties with national outlook. By doing so,younger generation with high intellect willemerge and they will be able to shape thefuture of the nation and its people.

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win supplicates on religious matters at opening of 60thTipitakadhara Tipitaka Kovida Selection Examination.—MNA

Deputy Minister Lt-Col Khin Maung Kyaw speaks at annual meeting ofMyanmar Engineering Society.— MNA

60th Tipitakadhara Tipitaka Kovida SelectionExamination commences

YANGON, 23 Dec — The opening ceremony ofthe 60th Tipitakadhara Tipitaka Kovida Selection Ex-amination was held at Wizaya Mingala DhammathabinHall on Kaba Aye Hill in Mayangon Township thismorning.

Tipitakadhara Selection Ovadaçariya Commit-tee Chairman Mandalay Paukmyaing monasterySayadaw Agga Maha Pandita BhaddantaAggavamsabhivamsa administered the Five Precepts.

On behalf of the Chairman of State SanghaMaha Nayaka Committee, Nyaungdon PonnamayamaZaykyaung Monastery Sayadaw Secretary of SSMNCAbhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Abhidhaja Agga MahaSaddhammajotika Bhaddanta Osadhabhivamsa gaveSaraniya Ovadakatha.

Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and De-velopment Council Commander of Yangon Com-mand Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win supplicated on thereligious affairs.

Minister for Religious Affairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung also supplicated on matters related tothe religious affairs.

Next, the commander and the minister acceptedcash donations for the examination from wellwishersand presented certificates of honour to them.

After the ceremony, wellwishers offered robesand alms to members of the Sangha. At 1 pm, theexamination commenced at Maha Pasana Cave onKaba Aye Hill.

MNA

Myanmar Engineering Society holds AGMYANGON, 23 Dec —

The opening ceremony ofthe annual general meet-ing of Myanmar Engineer-ing Society was held atthe meeting hall of theMES on Hline Campusthis morning, with an ad-dress by Chairman of themeeting Patron of MESDeputy Minister for In-dustry 2 Lt-Col KhinMaung Kyaw.

Chairman of MES UThan Myint delivered a

speech and General Sec-retary U Win Khaing sub-mitted the report of Cen-tral Executive Commit-tee.

Treasurer U Ko KoGyi and Vice-ChairmanU Kyaw San Win readout the reports and soughtthe approval of thosepresent.

Next, the MES chair-man spoke words ofthanks and the meetingcame to an end with the

concluding remarks bythe meeting chairman.

It was also attendedby Deputy Minister forConstruction U Tint Sweand patrons of MES, theexecutives and membersof MES and guests.

Process and ProductShow and paper readingsession to mark the meet-ing took place at the build-ing of MES from 21 to 23December.

MNA

Myanmar DentalAssociation

conference 23-26 JanYANGON, 23 Dec—

The 28th conference of theMyanmar Dental Associa-tion and ninth FDI-MDAJoint Educational Meet-ing will be held at the Trad-ers Hotel, here, from 23 to26 January 2008. Thosewishing to attend the meet-ing may get registered atthe hotel from 9:00 am to3:00 pm on 21 and 22 Janu-ary.

The conference in-cludes paper reading ses-sion, paying respects toelderly persons, sportsevents, new CEC mem-bers election and boothsof pharmaceutical compa-nies.—MNA

Follow up newsPlease read Shan

Yoma Naga Co Ltd is min-ing 2,000 tons of coal perday in the news of Minis-ter for Electric Power No1 Col Zaw Min, featuredin the newspapers issuedon 23-12-2007. —MNA

JAKARTA, 23 Dec— The Indonesian Govern-ment has targeted 6.4 billion US dollars in foreignexchange from an estimated seven million foreigntourists expected next year.

“We haven’t reached our target yet for the year2007, but the number of foreign visitors arriving in thefirst 10 months of this year was up, compared to lastyear’s figures,” Thamrin Bhiwana Bachri, directorgeneral for marketing at the Culture and TourismMinistry, was quoted Saturday by local newspaperThe Jakarta Post as saying.

“Arrivals were increasing at around 14.4 percent from January to October this year, compared tothe same period in 2006.”

Thamrin said ASEAN countries, especiallyMalaysia and Singapore, have been the focus forIndonesia’s tourism sector over the last 10 to 15 years.

He said the two countries remained Indonesia’smajor markets. “Their proximity, the high amount offlights available and the similar customs and food arethe main factors that stimulate the interest of peoplefrom these countries to visit Indonesia,” he said.

Bali remains a favourite tourist destination, withforeign arrivals up 40 per cent this year.—MNA/Xinhua

Indonesia eyes $6.4b fromtourism in 2008

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 24 December, 2007 3

In this photo released by China’s official Xinhuanews agency, Chinese and Indian soldiers act

during the joint anti-terrorism military training insouthwest China on Saturday, 22 Dec, 2007.

XINHUA

Cars congest the 10 Freeway in Los Angeles,California. The head of the US environmentalprotection body ignored advice from staff in rejectingCalifornia’s bid to set tough new vehicle emissions standards, it was reported on Friday.— INTERNET

A Thai boatman pushes his boat before the launching of the new bridgelinking Malaysia and Thailand in Malaysia’s village of Bukit Bunga on 21

Dec, 2007. — INTERNET

China, India start jointanti-terror mily training

KUNMING, 22 Dec —The Chinese and Indianarmies kicked off theirfirst joint anti-terrorismmilitary training insouthwest China on Fridaymorning.

The two armies eachdispatched about 100ground troops for thetraining, code-named“Hand-in-Hand 2007”, toKunming, popularlyknown as the “City ofPerpetual Spring”.

Major General Xiong

Zuoming, commander ofthe Chinese troops, said atthe opening ceremony ofthe joint training, "BothChina and India areresolutely opposed toterrorism and activelycommitted to strengthen-ing international coopera-tion in fighting terrorism.

“But we must be awarethat factors endangeringworld peace and stabilitystill exist. Terrorism, inparticular, has become apublic enemy to the

international community,”Xiong told the ceremony.

“We would like to joinhands with India to makeunremitting efforts to pushfor building a harmoniousworld featuring long-lasting peace and commonprosperity,” he added.

The joint training wasintended to enhance mutualunderstanding and trust,said Chinese ForeignMinistry spokesman QinGang on Thursday.

MNA/Xinhua

Coroner says same weapon killedseven UK soldiers in Iraq

LONDON, 22 Dec —Seven British soldiers shotdead in Iraq this year wereprobably killed by thesame sniper using thesame US-made weapon, aBritish coroner said onFriday.

The coroner, DavidMasters, was speaking a

day after recording averdict of unlawful killingin the death of RodneyWilson, a British soldiershot by insurgentswhile on patrol in thesouthern Iraqi city ofBasra in June.

Masters said evidencegiven during Wilson’s

inquest showed that sixother British soldierskilled in the three monthsbefore Masters were morethan likely killed by thesame sniper using thesame weapon.

“In terms of themarkings on the fragmentsfound, an expert forensicscientist concluded thatthey were fired from thesame weapon,” Masterstold Reuters.

The weapon wasprobably an M16 or anM4 Carbine, both high-powered US-made assaultrifles, he said.

MNA/Reuters

Iraq’s violence takesheavy toll on children

France to build third of world’snew N-reactors

I N T E R N A T I O N A L N E W S

GENEVA, 22 Dec— TheUnited Nations Children’sFund (UNICEF) onFriday painted a bleakpicture of the situation ofchildren in Iraq, where anestimated two millionboys and girls continuesuffer from poor nutrition,disease and interruptededucation.

Thousands of familieshave been obliged to leavetheir homes because ofviolence or threats, andhundreds of children havelost their lives in theviolence, UNICEF said ina Press release.

Conditions continueto deteriorate, with manymothers preventing theirchildren from attendingschool for fear they would

be attacked. “Iraqi children are

paying far too high aprice,” said Roger Wright,UNICEF’s special repre-sentative for Iraq.

MNA/Xinhua

PARIS, 22 Dec — Frenchnuclear group Areva isprojecting to build a thirdof all new nuclear reactorsin the world between nowand 2030, Anne Lauver-geon, chairwoman of theboard of directors of theAreva group, has said.

According toLauvergeon, who wasaddressing France’sNational Assembly

economic affairs com-mittee Wednesday, thenumber of new reactors tobe constructed in the worldby 2030 would be between100 and 300.

“We are lookingforward to being able tosoak up to a third of thismarket,” Lauvergeon said,adding that Areva was“five years ahead of itscompetitors” with its newgeneration of reactors.

Lauvergeon said hergroup intended to buildthird generation EPRreactors, developed incollaboration with Ger-many’s Siemens, whichhad a production capacityof 1,600 MW(MegaWatts), and Atmeareactors, developed withJapan’s Mitsubishi with acapacity of 1,100 MW.

In order to finance theambitious programme,Areva was in dire need to“increase its capital” base,

Lauvergeon said beforeunderlining the need forhuge investments toenhance electricitynetworks in the world.

MNA/Xinhua

Quake jolts central TurkeyANKARA, 23 Dece—An earthquake with a

magnitude of 5.7 shook an area near the Turkishcapital Ankara on Thursday, the country’s earthquakeobservatory said, but there were no immediate reportsof casualties.

CNN Turk television reported that 10 to 15houses had been damaged in Sirapinar Village nearBala, where the quake occurred at 11:48 a.m. (0948GMT). The extent of the damage was not clear.

Ankara provincial governor Kemal Onal earliertold CNN Turk television no damage or casualtieshad been reported.

MNA/Reuters

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Union says strikes mayclose British airports

LONDON, 22 Dec —Thousands of workers atseven of Britain’s busiestairports have voted tostrike in a dispute overpensions that could causewidespread disruption andclosures in the New Year,their union said on Friday.

The Unite union saidits members will walk outthree times next month inprotest at the closure tonew employees of thefinal salary-linked pensionscheme of airport operatorBAA.

“Without doubt, in myview, it will result in theclosure of those sevenairports during thattimeframe,” its NationalAviation SecretaryBrendan Gold told a newsconference. “There willbe a huge amount ofdisruption.”

Union members willstage three strikes: two 24-hour walkouts starting at0600 GMT on 7 Januaryand 14 January and afurther 48-hour strike from0600 GMT on 17 January.

Those taking part includefire crews, security staffand clerical workers.

The strike will affectthe country’s biggestairport Heathrow, inLondon, as well asGatwick, Stansted,Southampton, Glasgow,Edinburgh and Aberdeenairports.

A spokesman forBAA, owned by Spain’sFerrovial, would notcomment on the likelyimpact at its airports.

MNA/Reuters

Four missing in fire at Mitsubishichemical plant

TOKYO, 22 Dec — Fourworkers were missing aftera fire broke out on Friday atan ethylene plant near Tokyorun by Mitsubishi ChemicalCorp’s, Japan’s toppetrochemicals manu-facturer.

Mitsubishi Chemical saidoutput at the Kashima

facility, its largest ethyleneplant, is expected to dropbecause of the fire, whichaffected one of the plant'stwo units.

The fire broke out near acracking furnace at the uniton Friday morning, a localfire department official said.Fire fighters are searching

for the four missingemployees, who wereworking for anothercompany.

Television footage in theafternoon showed ablackened plant with smallflames still flickering.

Ethylene, made fromnaphtha, is a basic feedstockfor petroche-micals that areprocessed into products suchas plastics.

The Kashima plant,which consists of two units,can produce up to 926,000tons of ethylene per year,with the No 2 unitcontributing 516,000 tonnes.In years when the units aretemporarily shut formaintenance, overallcapacity drops to 851,000tons, while capacity atthe No 2 unit falls to 476,000tons a year.— MNA/Reuters

Google, Microsoft, Yahoo finedof online gambling

Vietnam strives toimprove youth’s height

A man dressed as Santa Claus and children

participate in a rafting event in Citarik River in

Pelabuhan Ratu, West Java on 22 Dec, 2007.

INTERNET

Bessie Washington, 65, sits by the cooking area outside her tent at “tent city”,a terminus for the homeless in Ontario, a suburb outside Los Angeles,

California on 19 Dec, 2007.— INTERNET

Japan’s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to well-wishersthrough the bulletproof glass of a balcony at Imperial Palace

in Tokyo during a public appearance on 23 Dec, 2007.Emperor Akihito marks his 74th birthday

on Sunday.—INTERNET

HANOI, 22 Dec —Vietnam is focusing onnutrition and physicalculture issues in a move toincrease the averageheights of its male andfemale young people to1.67 metres and 1.55metres, respectively, by2030 from current 1.63metres and 1.53 metres.

The country will

conduct researches onlocal people's stature, dietand physical activities,and campaigns onenhancing publicawareness about thegrowth of youths,especially those agedunder 14, the New Hanoinewspaper reported onFriday.

MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 22 Dec —Google Inc, Microsoft Corpand Yahoo Inc have agreedto pay 31.5 million dollarsin fines to resolve claimsthey promoted illegalgambling, The Wall StreetJournal reported onThursday.

The US Department ofJustice said it had agreed tothe fines with the three high-tech companies for“corporate conduct thegovernment found inviolation of the FederalWire Wager Act, federalwagering excise tax laws,

and various states' statutesand municipal lawsprohibiting gambling,”according to the report.

Microsoft is to pay thelargest penalty, with itssettlement totalling 21million dollars. Thecompany is accused ofreceiving paymentsbetween 1997 and June 2007from online-gambling

businesses for advertisingonline gambling.

As part of the settle-ments, none of the threecompanies admitted orcontested their culpability.All three companies saidthey had stopped acceptingadvertising from gamblingcompanies nearly fouryears ago.

MNA/Xinhua

US soldier killed, 11 woundedin Iraq bombings

BAGHDAD, 23 Dec —An American soldier was killed and 11 others werewounded when two roadside bomb attacks hit their vehicles in northern Iraq, theUS military said on Saturday.

The attack took place when the soldier's unit was conducting combatoperations in Kirkuk Province on Friday, a military statement said.

The wounded soldiers were transported to a military medical facility fortreatment, the statement added.

The latest death brings the number of US soldiers who have been killed inIraq to more than 3,895 since the US-led invasion broke out in 2003, accordingto media count based on Pentagon figures.

MNA/Xinhua

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Chauffeurs pose withBentley limousines atthe new St Regis hotelin Singapore in thishandout photo datedon 14 Dec, 2007. TheSt Regis Singapore, anew five-star hotel,opened its doors on

Saturday with a fleetof customised Bentley

limousines to ferryguests around.

INTERNET

A general view of a container terminal in Singaporeon 22 Dec, 2007. Singapore is spending S$2 billion($1.38 billion) to boost annual capacity at its containerport by about 40 per cent to cope with the highervolumes expected from global trade, a newspaper said on Saturday.—INTERNET

World eco growth to sufferfrom financial crisis

PARIS, 22 Dec — International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing DirectorDominique Strauss-Kahn said here on Friday that world economic growth will“suffer slightly” from the current global financial crisis.

Speaking on a French radio station, Strauss-Kahn said “the impact of the currentfinancial crisis on Europe and the United States will be significant, while theeconomic growth will be much weaker, though it will not necessarily be disastrous,it will nevertheless continue to exist.” According to him, the world economicgrowth generally “will continue to be relatively strong this year" because "theemerging economies such as China, India and Brazil, which are main engines ofgrowth, will be less affected by the crisis.” —MNA/Xinhua

UK Q3 current account gaphits record high

EU charges companies forair freight cartel

Vietnam to buy 30Airbus airplanes

LONDON, 22 Dec —Britain's current accountgap hit a record high of 20billion pounds in the thirdquarter, equivalent to 5.7per cent of GDP, officialdata showed on Thursday.

The Office forNational Statistics alsoreported that quarterlyGDP growth in the thirdquarter of 2007 wasunrevised at 0.7 per centbut the annual rate wasmarked a tenth of a pointhigher to 3.3 per centbecause of changes to2006 data.

Public sector netborrowing, meanwhile, hita record high of 11.208billion pounds inNovember as governmentexpenditure outstrippedreceipts. The cashmeasure, PSNCR, stood

at 8.937 billion pounds,around 1.5 billion higherthan a year earlier.

The huge rise in the Q3current account deficit islikely to put furtherpressure on sterling and isa result of a big rise in thedeficit on income as well

as trade in goods. The GDP breakdown,

meanwhile, revealedconsumer expenditurerose by 1.1 per cent in Q3,the fastest rate since Q22006. The saving ratio fellto 3.4 per cent from 4.0percent.—MNA/Reuters

BRUSSELS, 22 Dec —The European Union(EU) anti-trust watchdogannounced on Friday thatit had formally chargedseveral companies forrunning an air freightcartel.

"A statement ofobjections has been sentto a number of companies,concerning their allegedparticipation in a cartel inthe provision of airfreightservices," the European

Commission said in astatement.

As a usual practice, thecommission did notdisclose the names of thesuspected companies, butAir France-KLM, BritishAirways, Scandinaviancarrier SAS, Lufthansaand Japan Airlines

acknowledged they hadbeen targeted. A statementof objections is a formalstep in the EU anti-trustinvestigations in which thecommission informs theparties concerned inwriting of the objectionsraised against them.

MNA/Xinhua

E C O N O M I C N E W S

HANOI, 22 Dec —Vietnam Airlines, thecountry's national flagcarrier, and the VietnamAircraft LeasingCompany (VALC) willbuy 30 airplanes fromAirbus, Vietnam NewsAgency reported Friday.

Under a contractsigned here Friday, theairline will buy 10 A350-900 XWB and 10 A321aircraft, and the VALCwill purchase 10 A321.

The France-basedplane maker will deliverthe first A321 to Vietnamin 2012, and the first A350-900 in 2016.

The 10 aircraft

purchased by the VALCwill be rented by VietnamAirlines for 12 years, saidthe agency. VietnamAirlines, which iscurrently operating 47aircraft, plans to have afleet of 86 by 2015 and110 by 2020. Vietnam'sair industry served nearly7.9 million domestic andforeign passengers in thefirst 11 months of this year,posting a year-on-yearrise of 15.7 per cent.Meanwhile, the industrytransported 119,700cargoes, up 4 per cent,according to the country'sGeneral Statistics Office.

MNA/Xinhua

Alipay enables Chinese consumers to buyfrom US retailers

HANGZHOU, 22Dec — Alipay a Chineseonline payment platformand a subsidiary of AlibabaGroup, announced onThursday that it has signeda corporation agreementwith New York basedPhillion Selwanes Partners(PSP) to enable ChineseMainland consumers tobuy directly from USretailers.

According to theagreement, PSP will helpto promote the acceptanceof Alipay by NorthAmerican merchants.

Jonathan Lu,Alipay’s president said itwas a natural step for thecompany to expand

service in North America,as it had become a popular

online payment system inChina.—MNA/Reuters

An Ecobookmade partly from

bamboo isdisplayed in San

Francisco,California, on 10

Dec, 2007.Asustek

Computer Inc isfinding potential

beauty, andsales, in an eco-

friendlynotebook PCencased in

natural material:bamboo.INTERNET

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Castro meets withVenezuelan President

Three Gorges avoids 191m tons ofgreenhouse gas emissions

WHO suspects limited human H5N1spread in Pakistan

Malaysia unveils new 50-ringgitbanknotes

KUALA LUMPUR, 22Dec — Malaysia’s centralbank Friday announcedthe issuance of a new-design banknote in de-nomination of 50 ringgit(about 14.7 US dollars)the first denomination ofthe country’s FourthSeries of currency noteswhich will replace itsexisting series in stages.

The new banknoteretains the predominantcolour of green-blue

SHANGHAI, 22 Dec —China’s Three GorgesProject, the world’sbiggest hydroelectricplant, helped the countryavoid emitting 191.3million tons of carbondioxide and 1.16 milliontons of sulphur dioxideas at the end of lastmonth, officials saidhere Friday. The National De-velopment and ReformCommission(NDRC),

the government’s topeconomic planner, saidthat the plant hadgenerated 203.7 billionkilowatt-hours of elec-tricity since its firstgenerating units beganoperation in 2003. Hao Weiping, chief ofthe power section of theEnergy Bureau of theNDRC, said Chinesecoal-fired power plantswould have burned about73.35 million tons of coal

to produce the sameamount of electricity. The Three GorgesProject will be able togenerate 84.7 billion kwhof electricity annuallywhen it is completed atthe end of 2008, or theequivalent of 50 milliontons of coal, said theChina Three GorgesCorporation, the deve-loper and operator of thedam project.

MNA/Xinhua

HAVANA, 22 Dec —Cuban leader FidelCastro met with visitingVenezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez on Thurs-day, who is here to attenda regional oil summit,Cuban daily Granmareported Friday.

In a cordial andfriendly atmosphere, thetwo and-a-half-hourmeeting on Thursdayafternoon showed the

“profound friendship”between the two leadersas well as the peoples ofthe two countries,Granma said.

Chavez arrived hereWednesday to attendthe PetroCaribe Summitin the south centralCuban city of Cien-fuegos. It is his thirdmeeting with the Cubanleader in two months.

MNA/Xinhua

and the main theme ofthe design is thecountry’s NationalMission 2020, the BankNegara Malaysia said.

The first 50 millionpieces of the newbanknote featuresMalaysia’s first PrimeMinister Tunku AbdulRahman Putra Al-Haj atthe historic declaration ofMalaya’s independenceand the logo of the 50thAnniversary of In-

dependence on thereverse side, the bankadded. — MNA/Xinhua

GENEVA, 22 Dec — TheWorld Health Orga-nization (WHO) suspectsthere has been only limitedhuman-to-human trans-mission of the H5N1virus in Pakistan, butinternational test resultsare still pending, a topofficial said on Friday.

David Heymann, WHOassistant director-generalfor health security andenvironment, also said

that no new suspecthuman bird flu caseshad emerged in Pakistansince 6 December, sig-nalling there had beenno further spread.

Global health expertsfear that bird flu couldmutate into a form thatspreads easily from oneperson to another,triggering a pandemicthat could kill millionsof people.

Volunteers, residentsand soldiers help alongthe coast to remove oil

spill in Taean, about 170kms southwest of Seoul.

South Korea plans tobring forward a ban onvisits by single-hulledtankers following the

country’s worst oil spill,a maritime official saidon Friday.— INTERNET

Diver Brad Normanphotographs a whale

shark at NingalooMarine Park,off the

coast of WesternAustralia, in thisundated handout

picture made availableon 29 Nov, 2007.

INTERNET

In this photo taken on 22 Dec, 2007 and distributed by China’s officialXinhua news agency, shown is the locomotive of the first Chinese-designedand manufactured high-speed train CRH2-300 at CSR Sifang Locomotive

and Rolling Stock Co Ltd in Qingdao, east China.—INTERNET

Pakistan announced lastweek that eight people hadbeen infected since lateOctober, including aveterinarian involved inculling whose twobrothers died. A WHOteam has investigatedthe outbreak, and in-ternational laboratoryresults on samples takenare now expected at theweekend.

MNA/Reuters

China unveils new 300 kphbullet train

JINAN, 23 Dec — Thefirst bullet train designedand manufactured inChina with a speed of 300kilometres per hour rolledoff the production line onSaturday morning.

The train was thelatest model in thecountry’s China RailwayHigh-speed (CRH) Series.

“This marks thatChina has joined an eliteworld club after Japan,France and Germany tobecome the fourth countrycapable of turning out suchhigh speed trains,” saidWang Yongping, Ministryof Railways spokesman.

Previously, China’sfastest self-developedtrains ran at a service speedof up to 250 kilometresper hour. Those trains,

which debuted on April18, serve the Beijing-Harbin, Beijing-Shanghaiand Beijing-Guangzhouroutes.

The new train, bycomparison, excelled in itsair tightness, driving forceand smoothness of travelling,according to Wang.

The streamlined trainwas made of aluminumalloy, weighing aboutseven tons. The thinnestpart of the body was only1.5 millimeters thick.

“The train body is thelightest of its kind in theworld,” said Ma Yunshuang,vice-director with thetechnical centre of ChinaSouthern Locomotive andRolling Stock Industry(Group) Corporation. “Sucha design was for the sake ofenergy economization”.

He noted the train’sper capita power was 12.7kilowatts, lowerthan otherhigh-speed trains, whichwas normally about 15kilowatts.—MNA/Xinhua

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Development of Kayin State inspectedNAY PYI TAW, 23 Dec—Maj-Gen Tha Aye of

Ministry of Defence accompanied by Commander ofSouth East Command Maj-Gen Thet Naing Win,Chairman of Kayin State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Brig-Gen Zaw Min and officials arrived atMyawady on 20 December.

Maj-Gen Tha Aye met departmental officials atMyawady District PDC office and heard reports ondevelopment of social and economic sector of thedistrict and cultivation of ten major crops. TheChairman of Kayin State PDC reported on regionaldevelopment tasks and progress of border trade.

Next, he urged them to adhere to the State’s

policy and perform tasks dutifully.Afterwards, Maj-Gen Tha Aye and party looked

into issuing of a single day visit ticket at Myanmar-Thailand Goodwill Bridge (on Myanmar side) anddevelopments of Myawady.

Next, Director of Myawady District Border TradeDepartment U Aung Soe Thein gave an account ofregular border trade.

Afterwards, Maj-Gen Tha Aye and partylooked into implementation of border trade zone projectwhere Director U Aung Soe Thein and officials reportedon construction of buildings and roads, supply ofdrinking water and electricity in the trade zone. Later,they inspected work being done.

Next, Maj-Gen Tha Aye and party metservicemen of local battalions and their families at thehall of Thingan Nyinaung Station, gave instructionson regional development and presented gifts to them.On arrival at Kawkareik People’s Hospital, Maj-GenTha Aye and party inspected the hospital. Maj-GenTha Aye asked after the warded patients and providedcash assistance for them. At Kawkareik Station, Maj-Gen Tha Aye met servicemen and their families, andpresented clothes to them .

Thereafter, Maj-Gen Tha Aye and partyinspected roadworks at Kyondo-Kawkareik roadsection and fulfilled the requirements.

MNA

Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan hosts dinner in honour ofLiterary Award winners and Scrutiny Committee members

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Dec —�Minister forInformation Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan hosted a dinnerin honour of the winners of National Literary Life-Time Achievement award, National Literary Awardand Sarpay Beikman Manuscript award 2006 andScrutiny Committee members at Shwe Nan TawHotel here this evening.

Chief Justice U Aung Toe, Attorney-GeneralU Aye Maung, departmental heads of the Ministryof Information, the literati and executive committeemembers of Myanmar Writers and JournalistsAssociation attended the dinner.—MNA

Second Inter-School CricketChallenge Shield concludes

YANGON, 23 Dec — The final matches of thesecond Inter-School Cricket Challenge Shield jointlyorganized by Myanmar Cricket Federation and No3 Basic Education Department were held inconjunction with the prize presentation ceremony atCricket Training Ground in Bahan Townshipyesterday.

In the boys’ event, Ahlon BEHS No 4 teambeat Lanmadaw BEHS No 1 by 51 runs. ChampionAhlon BEHS No 4 team won K 70,000 for the firstprize, Lanmadaw BEHS No 1 team, K 40,000 forthe second, Kyimyindine BEHS No 3, K 20,000 forthe third.

The Best Batsman Award went to Myat MinHein (Lanmadaw BEHS No 1), the Best BowlerAward to Aung Pyae Phyo Min (Ahlon BEHS No 4)and the Best All Rounder Award to Saw Phone ThetPaing (Ahlon BEHS No 4) and they also won K5,000 each as rewards.

In girls’ event, Kyimyindine BEHS No 3 teambeat Ahlon BEHS No 4 team by 23 runs. ChampionKyimyindine BEHS No 3 team was awarded K70,000 for the first prize, Ahlon BEHS No 4 team K40,000 for the second and Tamway BEHS No 3 teamK 20,000 for the third.

Best Batsman Award winner Aye Sanda Linn(Bahan BEHS No 1), Best Bowler Award winnerLinn Linn Tun (Kyimyindine BEHS No 3) and BestAll Rounder Award winner Mya Myet Chei (AhlonBEHS No 4) secured K 5,000 each.

President of MCF U Nyunt Win presentedcricket gear for development of cricket sport inbasic education schools to prize winning schoolsthrough officials.

The director-general of No 3 BED and officials,the president of MCF and executives presentedprizes to the respective winners.

MNA

YMCA holds X’ masservice plus dinner

YANGON, 23 Dec — The Christmas serviceconducted by Young Men’s Christian Association washeld in conjunction with a dinner at M3 Food Centre inBahan Township, here, yesterday.

It was attended by Minister for Religious AffairsBrig-Gen Thura Myint Maung, Chairman of YangonCity Development Committee Mayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin, Deputy Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin,departmental heads, the Archbishop and bishops,representatives of various religions, the chairman andmembers of YMCA, guests and others.

YMCA General Secretary Dr Tha Nyan read theverses from the Bible and Vice-Chairman Rev UDavid Soe Tint prayed for God’s blessing.

YMCA Chairman Dr U Tin Hla made anintroductory speech.

Next, the minister extended greetings.This was followed by Christmas service

including saying prayers. Later, a dinner was hosted tothose present on the occasion. — MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan greets the

winners of National Literary Life-Time

Achievement Award, National Literary Award

and Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award at the

dinner.—�MNA

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Literati to lead peopleapplying modern…

(from page 1)people to see fine classical literature, works of literatureof high standards and books in knowledge/aesthetic genreflourishing. And this will serve the interests of the Stateand the people.

The government is encouraging in all aspects todevelop the literature, the pillar of national culture inorder to catch up with the developing world. In doing so,handsome literary prizes are also being awarded yearafter year.

Myanmar alphabets and literature have already flour-ished since more than 1000 years during the civilizationof Bagan. In successive eras, Myanmar literature hasdeveloped in all genres such as royal literature, descrip-tions of rural life, prose and poetry. It is found thatMyanmar literature has developed in essence and formalike. And it has developed in all fields such as political,religious and social affairs.

Thanks to the Myanmar literature, the Myanmarpeople have been blessed with such good characteristics

as kindness, good manners, sympathy and mutual helpand unity. Particularly, literature has bequeathed thepeople mental as well as physical abilities. So onus isupon the literati to develop and maintain those character-istics and traditions with national outlook. Literature andculture play a tremendous role in serving the nationalinterest. At a time when the world is changing rapidly, theMyanmar people need to have knowledge, experience,national outlook with high spirit through the might ofliterature so as to keep safeguarding the national interest.

In the march towards a new nation, the State requiresthe literati to train the people to cultivate high moralethrough their literary strength so that sound political,economic, social conditions can be forged.

He said endeavours are to be made for the people topossess ethnics of the citizens such as nationalistic spirit,national solidarity spirit and Union spirit, practice ofpreserving traditional culture, high morale, abiding by lawand rules and observing regulations and reviewing in theinterest of the society through the strength of literature.

He said the literati are to lead the people applyingmodern arts, new thoughts, theories and ideas and theymust also have ability to review the international devel-opments from the point of view of national interest.

Some big nations are making instigation on purposein order to inculcate with their thoughts or ideas they wishthrough the broadcasting stations and the media. If weignore their attempts with the use of advanced communi-

cation technology, it is sure that national outlooks andideas will perish.

It is important to educate the people to gain knowl-edge on international affairs, to see the history of the past

Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsanhanded National Literary Awards to Maung Paw Tun inthe translation (aesthetics) genre, Kyaw Oo in the generalknowledge (science) genre and Nay Myo Naing in thegeneral knowledge (applied science) genre.

Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-GenHtay Oo awarded Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Awardsto Pathein Aung Than Oo who stood first in the novelgenre, Thu Theim second and Paint Hline Thit third.

(See page 9)

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo presents National Literary Award to

Myinmu Maung Naing Moe.—MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo presents National Literary Life Time

Achievement Award toDaw Kyan (Ma Kyan).—MNA

and to distinguish right and wrong.It is the fact that penetration of alien culture and

customs is unavoidable. The literati need to create soundliterature that can safeguard the national culture.

In conclusion, I would like to urge the literati tocompile fine literature toward the national interests and toeducate the people to possess knowledge and mutual helpand noble attitudes of Myanmar people.

Next, the Secretary-1 presented National LiteraryLife Time Achievement Award to writer Ma Kyan (DawKyan), National Literary Awards to Hmu Tha Mein in thepolitical genre, Kyi Naing in the collected short storygenre and Myinmu Maung Naing Moe in the collectedpoems genre.

Adjutant-General Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung gaveNational Literary Awards to Shin Htwe Yin (Anthropol-ogy) in the Myanma culture and fine arts genre, MaSandar in the youth literature genre and Kyaw Win in thetranslation (general knowledge) genre.

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo and party pose for documentary photowith winners of Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award.—MNA

Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung gives NationalLiterary Award to Kyaw Win.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presentsNational Literary Award to Nay Myo Naing.

MNA

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Literati to lead peopleapplying modern…

(from page 8)Chief Justice U Aung Toe presented first, second

and third prizes in the Sarpay Beikman ManuscriptAward to Maung Cheint, Nay Myo Thant and Thwe HtarNyo (Thakkala) in the collected short stories genre.

Attorney-General U Aye Maung gave first, secondand third prizes to Shwemyaing Pyone Le Maw, Maung

Ohn Thaung (Magway) and Athoke Maung Win Yaungin the collected poems genre.

Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Tin Naing Theinpresented first, second and third prizes to Nyunt Nyunt Yi(Fine Arts), U Moe Myint Win (Science and Technology)and Maung Nwe Than (IPRD) in the general knowledge(arts) genre.

Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win awardedprizes to Aung Soe (Seikpyo-107) who stood first in thegeneral knowledge (science), Dr Myint Than(Nyaunglebin), second and Dr Aye Kyaw (Physiology)third.

Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint gave secondand third to Kay Myu and U Thaung Ngwe in the belle-letters genre and second prize to Maung Hsanda (Lewe)in the drama genre.

Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlementand Minister for Immigration and Population Maj-Gen

Maung Maung Swe presented first, second and thirdprizes to Myat Wai Toe (Institute of Education), HtanHlaing and Tin Aung Thwin in the Myanma culture andfine arts genre.

Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyein handed first,second and second prizes to Aung Kyaw Hsan, MyatMyo Myint and Yenatha Maung Kyaw Nyunt in the child

literature genre.Minister for Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun

awarded prizes to Kyunsinmyay Saw Khet who securedthe first prize in the youth literature genre, Myoma HlaMaung the second and Maung Hsanda (Lewe).

Later, writer Ma Kyan (Daw Kyan) spoke words ofthanks.

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung MyintOo and party posed for documentary photo with LifeTime National Literary Award winner Daw Kyan (writerMa Kyan).

The Secretary-1 and party had documentary photostaken together with prize winners in the NationalLiterary Award and the Sarpay Beikman ManuscriptAward.

The Secretary-1 and party greeted the prize winnersand viewed prize winning books and photos.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo presents SarpayBeikman Manuscript Award to

Paint Hline Thit.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Ohn Myint gives SarpayBeikman Manuscript Award to Maung

Hsanda (Lewe).—MNA

Minister U Nyan Win presents SarpayBeikman Manuscript Award to Dr Aye Kyaw

(Physiology).—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Tin Naing Thein givesSarpay Beikman Manuscript Award to Maung

Nwe Than (IPRD)—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swepresents Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award

to Tin Aung Thwin.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun presents Sarpay Beikman Manuscript Award to Myoma Hla Maung.—MNA

Chief Justice U Aung Toe presents SarpayBeikman Manuscript Award to Thwe Htar Nyo

(Thakkala).—MNA

Attorney-General U Aye Maung gives SarpayBeikman Manuscript Award to Athoke

Maung Win Yaung.—MNA

Minister Dr Chan Nyein presents SarpayBeikman Manuscript Award to Yenatha

Maung Kyaw Nyunt.—MNA

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KNU terrorist insurgents perpetrate series of atrocitiesreceiving cash assistance from external elements

People urged to exercise constant vigilance against destructive acts,come forward with timely information

NAY PYI TAW, 23Dec—KUN terroristinsurgents have beenperpetrating a spate ofdestructive acts such asdetonating bombs,looting and killing thepeople, planting minesand committing arsonwith every intention ofundermining stability ofthe State, communitypeace and tranquillity andprevalence of law andorder, relying on externalelements.

On 18December, a bus whichwas on its way fromKawkareik to Myawadywas blasted and attackedwith launchers and smallarms by a group of KNU,leaving eight passengersdead and six othersinjured. The incident hasalready been reported inthe 20 December issue of

dailies.According to

information received, itis further learnt that theKNU have been fundedby some big nations andexpatriates under theinfluence of those nationsin order that they cancommit destructive actsand violence in the nation.

About 15members includingMaung Maung (a) PyiThit Nyunt Wai ofNCUB, Khine Soe NaingAung, Myo Win, MyintThein, KNU Vice-Chairman Tamalar Baw,Mutu Hseboe, Oliver, PyiHla Sein, Du Wun andMahn Kyaw Pe of KNDOon 28 November met atthe office of NCUB inMae Sot in the othercountry and discussedmatters on intensifyingthe destructive acts in the

nation. Maung Maung (a)Pyi Thit Nyunt Wai ofNCUB provided KNUwith US$ 20,000 throughMutu Hseboe. This wasthe second time the NCUBprovided KNU with cashassistance. The NCUB hasalready provided KNUwith cash assistance inMarch 2007 through KNUBrigade-7 CommanderJohnny.

On 6 December,Major Robert John Still ofUS Air Force met withTamalar Baw, PhadoMann Shar and Soe Soe atthe house of KNU Vice-Chairman Tamalar Baw.And Major Robert JohnStill gave cash assistanceand documents to TamalarBaw for purchasing armsand ammunition, walkie-talkies and uniforms. It islearnt that more cashassistance will be provided

to KNU. KNU terroristinsurgents purchased armsand ammunition with cashprovided by externalelements and have beencommitting a series ofatrocities to undermine

peace and stability andcause panic to the people.It is learnt that they willperpetrate moredestructive acts.

The authoritiesconcerned have urged the

people to exercise aconstant vigilance againstany atrocities of internaland external destructiveelements and to comeforward with timelyinformation.—MNA

Germany still restricts border crossingPRAGUE, 23 Dec—

Germany kept a restrictedoperation regime at thelocal border crossingTillyschanz-Zelezna onFriday in spite of Czech’sentry into the SchengenZone at midnightThursday, according tothe Czech news agencyCTK.

The Germans stillallow the crossing to beused only by driverswith car number platesof the Bavarian districts

Weiden, Neustadt andSchwandorf.

Germans from otherdistricts are not allowed tocross the border in Eslarn-Zelezna, CTK said.

A board with therelevant restrictinginstruction, situated infront of Eslarn, Bavaria’stown closest to thecrossing, has not beenremoved, Libor Picka,mayor of the Czech townBela nad Radbuzou said.

It will reportedly

remain in its place for thenext three years until abypass of Eslarn iscompleted, Picka added.

Neustadt landcounsellor SimonWittmann said in thelocal Press that theresidents of Eslarn canstay calm as he wouldnot allow the crossing tobe opened to trans-regional and freighttransport until the Eslarnbypass is completed.

MNA/Xinhua

Police officers to patrol Paris dailyover X’mas period

PARIS, 22 Dec—TheFrench capital’s policeauthorities will mobilize,each day until the end of theyear, some 1,500 policeofficers to beef up securityacross the capital over theChristmas period,according to a statementissued Friday.

Since the beginning ofDecember, policeauthorities have deployeda patrol mechanism

covering all areas in thecapital in a bid tostrengthen security in themost visited commercialsectors. These measureswill remain in place untilearly January 2008.

A total of 415 policepatrols, on foot ormotorized, will bedeployed everyday acrossthe capital. To reinforcethese security measures,the police have targeted four

symbolic sectors which arethe most frequented bytourists, namely theC h a m p s - E l y s e e s -Madeleine, Haussmann-Opera, Rivoli-Forum desHalles and Montparnasse-Rennes. Moreover, amobile police station forassisting foreigners indistress has been set upalong shopping malls in theHaussmann-Opera area.

MNA/Xinhua

Medical treatment being provided to Ma Win Nanda, 5, of Hpa-anTownship who was wounded in the attack of KNU terrorist

insurgents.—MNA

An infant killed by KNU terroristinsurgents.—MNA

A man who was killed in the attack of KNUterrorist insurgents.—MNA

A woman killed by KNU terroristinsurgents.—MNA

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Images

of

the

Day

A NASA photo shows

the International

Space Station. A

Russian Progress

spacecraft blasted off

on Sunday from the

Baikonur

cosmodrome in

Kazakhstan

delivering presents

and goodies for

Christmas and New

Year’s to the

International Space

Station.

INTERNET

Valerie Begue, Miss Reunion celebrates afterbeing awarded Miss France 2008 during the 61stMiss France beauty contest on early December.

INTERNET

Mickey Mouse in Santa Claus outfit performs as

part of Christmas show during a parade at Tokyo

Disneyland in Tokyo. – XINHUA

Guo Yue holds an IBM first laptop computer

PC5140 year 1986 model while being surrounded

by his collection of other IBM laptop models at his

home in Beijing on 22 Dec, 2007. Guo started his

collection of IBM laptop computers since 2004.

INTERNET

An artistfrom the

desert stateof

Rajasthanperforms a

puppet showduring theall India

craft fair inthe southern

city ofHyderabad ,on 20 Dec,

2007.INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TERAJU VOY NO (TRJ-275)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATERAJU VOY NO (TRJ-275) are hereby notified thatthe vessel will be arriving on 24.12.2007 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of A.W.P.T where itwill lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subjectto the byelaws 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

Brokerage houses for sale1. Brokerage houses have already been built at border trade zone in Myawady.The following three firms will sell them.2. The areas and values of the brokerage houses are as follows:—

(a) Max Myanmar Company(20 ft by 50 ft) Two-storey (1) Room— K 42 million

(b) Eden Company(20 ft by 50 ft) Two-storey (1) Room— K 38 million(13 ft by 50 ft) Two-storey (1) Room— K 25 million

(c) Shwewahmyay Company(25 ft by 50 ft) Two-storey (1) Room— K 45 million

3. Those interested may buy the above brokerage houses in accord with thefollowing rules.

(a) The buyer must be a Myanmar citizen.(b) He shall abide by the laws promulgated by the State. He shall not be

associated with an unlawful person or unlawful organization ororganizations.

(c) He shall not have violated the Narcotic Drugs and PsychotropicSubstances Law and Control of Money Laundering Law before andhave not associated with violators of the above laws.

(d) Priority shall be given to members of Local Merchants Associationsor State Chamber of Commerce and Industry or Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry and brotherassociations.

(e) Payment may be made in installments.

4. Contact the following for further details.(a) Max Myanmar Company Ph- 095200557, 01-524016, 527797(b) Eden Company Ph- 01-500980/985(c) Shwewahmyay Company Ph- 092006206, 01-374964, 381994(d) Border Trade Department Ph- 067-408174/017

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

UK doctors say raise price of alcohol

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GEE HONG VOY NO (722)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GEE HONGVOY NO (722) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 24.12.2007 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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 EAGLE SHIPPING CO, LTDPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Mother of “space station”astronaut dies in US crash CHICAGO, 22 Dec—The mother of a US astronaut

who has been in space since October was killed whena freight train hit her car at a railroad crossing nearChicago, police said on Thursday.

Daniel Tani’s 90-year-old mother, Rose, died onWednesday as her son was aloft in the InternationalSpace Station.He was told of her death but is notscheduled to return to Earth until next month.

A NASA spokeswoman said there was no impact onspace station activities and Tani was working on ascience experiment on Thursday, as scheduled.

Police in the town of Lombard, Illinois, west ofChicago, said Tani’s mother was behind a schoolbus stopped at a crossing when the gate went down.She drove around the bus onto the tracks and wasstruck, they said.

MNA/Reuters

Lula signs decree totackle deforestation

in Amazon RIO DE JANEIRO, 22

Dec—Brazilian PresidentLuiz Inacio Lula da Silvasigned here on Friday adecree to fight defore-station in the Amazonrainforest.

The document restrictssales of products andderivatives of animal orvegetable sources fromthe Amazon region, definesactions to protect areasendangered by defore-station and monitors therationalization of land use.The decree also establishespenalties for those whopurchase or transport anyproduct from environ-mentally-protected areas.

MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 22 Dec—Senior doctors said onFriday the governmentshould raise the price ofalcohol as part of a seriesof tough measures to cutthe harm caused byexcessive drinking.

Ian Gilmore,President of the RoyalCollege of Physicians andNick Sheron, a liverspecialist at SouthamptonUniversity Hospital, saidattempts to changepeople’s behaviourthrough education orpublic information had notworked.

Writing in theChristmas issue of theBMJ magazine, they saidraising prices, banningalcohol advertising andreducing its availabilityshould be consideredinstead.

“To suggest, asproducers and retailers do,that increasing the priceof alcohol would notreduce alcohol-relatedharm goes against theevidence and thefundamental principles ofmarketing — product,

price, promotion, andplace,” they wrote.

“How many morelives will be damaged byalcohol in the UK beforeour governments decideto tackle the problem withmeasures that are likely towork?”

The doctors arguedthat figures showed thatalcohol was a major healthand social problem.

Drink was responsiblefor 150,000 hospitaladmissions and up to22,000 deaths in 2003.

Alcohol was also afactor in more than half ofviolent crimes and a thirdof domestic violence, withbetween 780,000 and 1.3million children affectedby their parents’ use ofalcohol.

MNA/Reuters

Truck-car collision kills sixin Guangdong Province

GUANGZHOU, 22 Dec — Six people in an overloadedcar died after the car collided with a truck earlyThursday morning in south China’s GuangdongProvince. The accident happened around 2:30 am neara bus station in Zhanjiang City when the car wascrushed by a sand-carrying truck. The car was caughton fire after the collision. Five people in the car diedat the scene, according to local traffic police.

Rescuers found a passenger who was seriouslyinjured on the backseat, who later died in hospital.

Investigation into the cause of the accident isunderway.—MNA/Xinhua

Workers from Indonesia’s national oil companyPertamina pull a tube to salvage oil from the

over-turned oil tanker at the port in Surabaya.Fuel has begun seeping from a small tanker that

capsized at an Indonesian port this week,apparently from its engine rather than the fuelhold, the port master said recently.— INTERNET

EU approves Enel’stakeover of Romanian

power company BRUSSELS, 22 Dec —

Italian utility Enel on Fridaywon approval from theEuropean Union (EU) tobuy Romanian electricitydistributor and supplierEMS for 820 million euros.

“The transaction wouldnot significantly impedeeffective competition,”the European Commissionsaid in a statement afterexamining the operation.

The EU’s antitrustwatchdog said although thetwo companies’ activitiesoverlap on the electricityretail supply market, itsinvestigation showed thatthe proposed concentrationwould not give rise tocompetition concerns asin the market for theretail supply of electricitysince there are severalother strong competitorspresent.—MNA/Xinhua

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UNSC urges donors to meetPalestinian pledges

Moderate quake hitseastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, 22 Dec—An earthquake with magnitudeof 5. 5 rocked eastern part of Indonesia on Fridayevening with no report of damages or casualty, themeteorology agency said here.

The quake struck at 23:17 Jakarta time 1617 GMTwith epicentre at 173 kilometres southwest Manado,the capital of North Sulawsi Province and at 30kilometres in depth, an official of the agency said.

MNA/Xinhua

China donates $100,000to flood-hit N-E Uganda

Ariane rocket blasts off with satellites

A two-month old Amur tiger cub plays in a cage in the municipal zoo RoyevRuchey in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, on 21 Dec, 2007. A pair ofAmur tigers Cedar and Iris have given birth to seven cubs in the last 3 years

in the zoo.—INTERNET

Chinese peers perform acrobatic performance in Beijing, capital of China,on 21 Dec, 2007.—XINHUA

Spain’s “El Gordo” lottery awards over $3b

An Indonesian woman with her children wadesthrough a flooded street in north Jakarta, Indonesia,on 21 Dec, 2007. High tides flooded parts of theIndonesian capital with seawater and inundated hundreds of homes in the capital.—INTERNET

UNITED NATIONS, 22Dec—The UN SecurityCouncil on Friday urgeddonors who pledged 7.4billion US dollars in aidto the Palestinians inParis this week to comeup with the cash quicklyto shore up the peaceprocess.

At Monday’s meetingin Paris, internationaldonors pledged that sumover three years tosupport the Western-backed governmentof President MahmoudAbbas, who is nego-

tiating peace with Israel. The funds are

designed to revive thePalestinian economy andstrengthen Abbas in astruggle with HamasIslamists who control theGaza Strip.

The donors' meetingfollowed a US-hostedconference in Anna-polis last month, whichrelaunched talks to createa Palestinian state,aiming to reach a dealnext year.

Security Councilpresident Marcello

Spatafora of Italy saidthe Council welcomedthe donors' conference as“an important step in abroader process aimingat the realization of thevision of two states livingside by side in peace andsecurity”.

“The members of theSecurity Council ... urgea rapid disbursement ofthese pledges, based onequitable burden-sharing among alldonors,” his statementsaid.

MNA/Reuters MADRID, 23 Dec—Spain’s “El Gordo” theworld's biggest lottery,gave out 2.2 billion euros(3.2 billion US dollars) inChristmas prizes onSaturday.

El Gordo, Spanish for“The Fat One”, is designedso that as many people aspossible across Spain geta festive windfall.

The top prize this yearwas three million euros— going to the series oftickets with the magicnumber 6,381.

Because the tickets aresold in a series of 10, onlythose who paid 200 eurosfor the whole strip get the

full prize. A total of 185series of tickets bear thewinning number.

The biggest share ofwinning tickets wasbought by people in thetown of Nava, in thenorthwestern Asturiasregion.

But some also went tothe traditionally luckyCatalan town of Sort(Luck) where a traditionof winners has made it apopular place to buytickets and increased itschances of winning.

MNA/Reuters

KAMPALA, 23 Dec—Chinese Government hasgiven a 100,000-US-dollarcash donation to the peopleof northern and easternUganda to help themrebuild their lives after

severe floods hit their area. Sun Heping, Chinese

Ambassador to Uganda,handed over the cheque toUganda's Minister ofDisaster Preparedness andRelief Tarsis Kabwegyerehere on Friday.

“The purpose of thedonation is to join in theefforts to help the Ugandanpeople suffering in theflooded areas to rebuildtheir homeland,” Sun said.

Kabwegyere thankedthe Chinese Governmentfor the donation saying itcomes in handy in helpingthe affected people rebuildtheir lives.

“We appreciate thecontribution you havemade and we will certainlydeliver the service to thepeople who need it. Thefloods have now gone butthe consequences are stillwith us. We actually needa lot more money,” he said.

Severe floods hit thenorthern and eastern partof the country betweenJuly and October, whichhave destroyed crops andproperty, cut off villagesand washed away bridgesand roads in northern andeastern Uganda.

MNA/Xinhua

KOUROU (FrenchGuiana), 23 Dec—AnAriane-5 rocket blasted offfrom French Guiana onFriday putting into orbitt e l ecommunica t ionssatellites for Africa andNorth America, spaceofficials said.

The rocket waslaunched from Europe’sspace base in Kourou, onthe northeast coast ofSouth America, at 6:41 pm(2141 GMT).

Originally scheduled forlaunch on Thursday, themission was delayed for24 hours on account of atechnical problem.Twenty-seven minutesafter lift-off the rocketplaced into a preliminaryorbit RASCOM-QAF1, a

telecoms satellitedesigned to provideservice across Africa.

RASCOM, a 3.2-ton(7,000-pound) satellite forthe Regional AfricanSatellite Communica-tion Organization(RASCOM), is slated toserve the rural Africanmarket overlooked by

major commercialoperators.

“(RASCOM-QAF1)will contribute to bridgingthe digital divide withinAfrica and between Africaand the rest of the world,”Faraj Elamari, RASCOMchief executive said afterthe launch.

MNA/Reuters

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Arsenal's striker Nicklas Bendtner(L) scores thewinning goal during the Premiership match

against Spurs at the Emirates Stadium. Bendtner'slate goal secured a precious 2-1 victory over

Tottenham.—INTERNET

Arsenal go 4 points clearafter beating Spurs 2-1

Aston Villa's Martin Laursen, centre, wins aheader from a corner during the English PremierLeague soccer match against Manchester City at

Villa Park, Birmingham, England, on 22 Dec,2007. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.—INTERNET

Sunderland's PaulMcShane, right, andReading's Dave Kitsonbattle for the ball dur-ing the English PremierLeague soccer match atthe Madejski Stadium,Reading, England, on22 Dec, 2007. Reading

won the match 2-1.INTERNET

AS Nancy's Issar Dia(R) challenges Olym-

pique Lyon's SebastienSquillaci during theirFrench Ligue 1 soccermatch in Nancy on 22Dec, 2007.—INTERNET

Liverpool'sHarry Kewell,right, in action

with Ports-mouth's Glen

Johnsonduring the

English Pre-mier League

soccer match atAnfield, Liver-pool, England,

on 22 Dec,2007. Liverpoolwon the match4-1.—INTERNET

Leaders Lyon held after late Nancy equalizer

Roma sink Sampdoria with Totti brace ROME, 23 Dec — Captain Francesco Totti scored

twice as second-placed AS Roma kept in touch withSerie A leaders Inter Milan with a 2-0 win over 10-manSampdoria on Saturday.

Totti set the home side on their way in the 18thminute with one of his trademark chipped penalties,awarded for Stefano Lucchini's foul on Matteo Ferrari.

Lucchini wasted a good chance to equalize in the31st minute, firing wide after Sergio Volpi had foundhim on the left side of the six-yard box with a free kick.

Roma pressed forward after the break and Sampkeeper Luca Castellazzi did well to tip a spectacularSimone Perrotta effort from outside box on to thebar.—MNA/Reuters

Perez double sendsPSV top

AMSTERDAM, 23 Dec — Two goalsfrom Kenneth Perez sent PSV Eindhoventop of the Dutch league on Saturday aftera 4-1 home win over Utrecht.

Perez opened the scoring after 15minutes following a blunder from Utrechtgoalkeeper Franck Grandel.

Leroy George equalized shortly afterthe restart but goals from Lazovic andanother from Perez within four minutessettled the match, while DannyKoevermans added a fourth with fiveminutes remaining.—MNA/Reuters

Lakis strike gives PAOKa 1-0 win over Levadiakos ATHENS, 23 Dec — Former Greece midfielder

Vassilis Lakis struck the only goal of the match to givePAOK Salonika a 1-0 win over Levadiakos on Satur-day and fifth place in the Greek Super League.

PAOK dominated the game but failed to make thebreakthrough until Lakis latched on to a pass fromZizis Vryzas and shot past Levadiakos goalkeeperSrdan Blazic.

Canadian international striker Tomasz Radzinskiscored a hat-trick in Xanthi's 6-1 thrashing of ApollonKalamaria in the only other game played on Saturday.

Argentine forward Mauro Poy put Xanthi two upbefore Radzinski scored his first with a powerful drivefrom outside the penalty area in added time at the endof the first half. —MNA/Reuters

Romagnoli penalty givesSporting 2-1 win over Pacos

LISBON, 23 Dec —A second-half penalty by Argen-tine midfielder Romagnoli gave Sporting a 2-1 victoryover 10-man Pacos Ferreira to regain third place in thePortuguese Premier League on Saturday. Porto, wholost 1-0 at Nacional Madeira in their first defeat in theleague on Friday, remain top with 35 points from 14matches, seven clear of Benfica, who beat EstrelaAmadora 3-0 on Thursday. Sporting have 26 points.

Pacos Ferreira went ahead after 10 minutes whenBrazilian Edson headed in at the far post. Sportingequalized eight minutes later when midfielder SimonVukcevic fired in an angled shot following a neat passfrom Miguel Veloso. —MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 23 Dec — Ar-senal guaranteed them-selves Christmas dinner asPremier League leadersafter they beat north Lon-don rivals TottenhamHotspur 2-1 at the Emir-ates on Saturday to open afour-point lead.

Arsenal, below theirbest for much of the game,won with a 76th-minuteheader by NicklasBendtner to move to 43points, four ahead of Man-chester United, who playin-form Everton on Sun-day. Tottenham, who have

now gone 20 league andCup games without beat-ing Arsenal, missed theirchance on Saturday.

Arsenal took the leadthree minutes into the sec-ond half when a backheelby Cesc Fabregas set upEmmanuel Adebayor for10th league goal this sea-son.

Dimitar Berbatov lev-elled from a tight angle inthe 66th minute but, afterthe Bulgarian was thentripped in the box, RobbieKeane had his penaltysaved by ManuelAlmunia.

Arsenal took almostimmediate advantagewhen 19-year-old Danishstriker Bendtner came offthe bench to power homea header from a Fabregascorner with his first touch.

"We were a bit flat inthe first half andTottenham played well,"Arsene Wenger told SkySports. —MNA/Reuters

PARIS, 23 Dec — A lategoal from Chris Malongasecured second-placedAS Nancy a 1-1 draw athome to Ligue 1 leadersOlympique Lyon onSaturday.

Lyon, who head intothe mid-season break witha four-point cushion, led

through a Milan Barosgoal on 80 minutes beforesubstitute Malonga struckthree minutes from time.

Nancy were the betterside but were kept atbay by keeper RemyVercoutre.

Lyon were lucky not tofall behind just before the

break when a Marc-Antoine Fortune headerhit the post.

But the championswere dangerous on thecounter attack with Francestriker Karim Benzema aconstant threat.

Nancy midfielderYoussouf Hadji had twoclear chances on 67 and75 minutes, only to bedenied by Vercoutre.

Baros, who replaced theinjured Sidney Govou onthe half-hour mark, wasperfectly set up by a HatemBen Arfa through pass be-fore he slotted the ball pastGennaro Bracigliano.

MNA/Reuters

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WEATHER

Sunday, 23 December, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Taninthayi Division and generally fair in theremaining States and Divisions. Night temperatureswere (3ºC) to (4ºC) below December average tempera-tures in Kachin State, Sagaing and Yangon Divisions,(5ºC) to (6ºC) below December average temperaturesin Chin and Rakhine States, (3ºC) above Decemberaverage temperatures in Taninthayi Division and aboutDecember average temperatures in the remainingStates and Divisions. The significant night tempera-tures were Haka (-2ºC), Namhsam, Pinlaung and An(3ºC) each and Putao (4ºC).

Maximum temperature on 22-12-2007 was 93ºF.Minimum temperature on 23-12-2007 was 58ºF. Relativehumidity at 09:30 hours MST on 23-12-2007 was 69%.Total sunshine hours on 22-12-2007 was (8.3) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 23-12-2007 was (nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2007 was(136.57) inches at Mingaladon, (141.38) inches at Kaba-Aye and (144.29) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mph fromNorthwest at (10:30) hours MST on 22-12-2007.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theSouthwest Bay and generally fair in the Andaman Seaand elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 24-12-2007:Weather will be partly cloudy in Taninthayi Divisionand generally fair in the remaining States and Divi-sions.

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofslight decrease of night temperatures in th UpperMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 24-12-2007: Fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 24-12-2007: Fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 24-12-2007: Fair weather.

R 489 Published by the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar. Editednd 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 392369

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UK finds bluetongue in imported cows, ban sought

Turkish soldiers patrol on road near Yuksekova in southeastern Turkey,bordering Iraq, on 22 Dec, 2007—INTERNET

YAOUNDE, 23Dec— The Cameroonianand German governmentssigned an agreement hereFriday to write off morethan 1.2 billion US dollarsof debt owed by the WestAfrican country.

Germany decidedto exempt Cameroon fromits debt of 530 billion USdollars CFA francs (1.23billion dollars) after thecountry met conditionsunder the EnhancedHeavily Indebted PoorCountries (HIPC) initiativein May 2006.

The debt mainlycame from the country’sinfrastructure construction,including such projects asYaounde Airport, DoualaPort, national railways andthe state television stationcomplex.

MNA/Xinhua

Germanywrites off

Cameroon’s$1.2b debt

LONDON, 23 Dec — Bluetongue virus has been found in 20 cows imported intoEngland from the Netherlands, prompting British farmers to call for a livestockimport ban.

Britain’s Farm Ministrysaid the virus had beendetected at a farm nearWorcester in westernEngland located outsideexisting bluetongueprotection and surveillancezones.

The animals had beenimported from a region inthe Netherlands where thedisease is circulating.

Last week the virus was

found in an imported cowat a farm in northeastEngland which had beenimported from Germany.

“This is the second timein a week that animalsinfected with bluetonguehave been imported,” aspokesman for the NationalFarmers Union said in astatement.

“Until such time asarrangements are in place

to prevent this sort of thinghappening, the only safecourse of action is to banall imports of livestockfrom bluetongueinflectedareas,” he added.

The Farm Ministry saidthere was currently noevidence that the virus wascirculating in the area. Theanimals will be culled andthe farm placed underrestrictions.—MNA/Reuters

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Fullmoon Day of Nadaw 1369 ME Monday, 24 December, 2007

People’s Desire� We favour stability.� We favour peace.� We oppose unrest and violence.

Objectives of the 60thAnniversary

Independence Day(a) All the national people to constantly join

hands for safeguarding the perpetua-tion of independence and sovereignty ofthe State;

(b) All the national people to collectivelystrive for non-disintegration of the Un-ion and non-disintegration of nationalsolidarity;

(c) To ensure emergence of an enduringconstitution in line with the fundamen-tal principles and detailed basic princi-ples adopted by the National Conven-tion that has been completed success-fully;

(d) All the national people to harmoniouslymake all-out efforts for building of amodern, developed discipline-flourish-ing democratic nation;

(e) All the national people to cooperate inrealizing the State’s seven-step RoadMap with Union Spirit, patriotic spiritand the spirit of sacrifice.

Haka (-2ºC)Namhsam (3ºC)Pinlaung (3ºC)Ann (3ºC)Putao (4ºC)

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� Skyful liars attempting to destroy nation� BBC lying

VOA deceivingRFA setting up hostilities

� Beware! Don’t be bought by those ill-wishers

YANGON, 23 Dec — A ceremony to open theLawka Ahla library of Dhamma Vihara PahtamakyawMonastery was held in conjunction with the first cashdonation for Sangha Gonyi three-storey building at themonastery in Nga/Ka Ward, Thingangyun Townshiphere yesterday, attended by Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence.

Present also were State Ovadacariya NyaungdonMonastery Sayadaw Abhidaja Maha Rattha GuruBhaddanta Sobhana and members of the Sangha,Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Develop-ment Council Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win, departmental heads, wellwishers,members of the social organizations and guests.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe attends openingceremony of library, accepts cash donations

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win and donorActor Khant Sithu formally opened the library.

Next, Lt-Gen Myint Swe and the commanderpresented books and viewed the library.

At the first cash donation ceremony, Lt-Gen MyintSwe, the commander and wellwishers received the FivePrecepts from Sayadaw Bhaddanta Sobhana and donatedprovisions to the Sayadaw and members of the Sangha.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe, the commander and officialsaccepted K 35 million donated by wellwishers and Chair-man of Myanma Motion Picture Asiayon U Myint TheinPe, K 300,000 for the ceremony to pay respects to elderlyfilm actors and actresses presented by Actor Khant Sithu.Next, those present shared the merits gained. —MNA

�Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence accepts cash donation from a wellwisher for SanghaGonyi three-storey building.— MNA

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