The New Light of Myanmar 03-10-2009

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Volume XVII, Number 170 Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut 1371 ME Saturday, 3 October, 2009

* 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 participa-tion in terms of technical know-how and invest-ments from 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 morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and pres-ervation and safeguarding of cultural heritageand national character

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

of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace and tran-quillity, prevalence of law and order

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Constitution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Oct—Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisExcellency Mr. Horst Kohler, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, on the occasionof the Day of German Unity of the Federal Republic of Germany, which falls on 3 October2009.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwesends felicitations to Germany

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Oct—On the occasion of National Foundation Day of the Republic ofKorea, which falls on 3 October 2009, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitationsto His Excellency Mr. Lee Myung-bak, President of the Republic of Korea.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwefelicitates ROK President

NAY PYI TAW, 2Oct—Chairman of theState Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander-in-Chief ofDefence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwewelcomed back PrimeMinister General TheinSein who arrived backfrom the United States ofAmerica after attendingthe 64th United NationsGeneral Assembly in NewYork of the USA, at NayPyi Taw Airport at 11 amtoday.

Also presenttogether with the SeniorGeneral at the airport wereVice-Chairman of theState Peace andDevelopment CouncilDeputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesCommander-in-Chief(Army) Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Aye,Member of the State Peaceand Development CouncilGeneral Thura ShweMann, Secretary-1 of theState Peace andDevelopment CouncilGeneral Thiha Thura Tin

Senior General Than Shwe welcomes back Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein on PM’s return from USA

Senior General Than Shwe welcomes back Prime Minister General Thein Sein who arrives back from the United Statesof America after attending 64th UN General Assembly in New York of the USA.—MNA

Aung Myint Oo, SPDCmember Lt-Gen Tin Aye,Commander-in-Chief(Navy) Vice-AdmiralNyan Tun, Commander-

in-Chief (Air) Lt-GenMyat Hein, Commanderof Nay Pyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin,Minister for Transport

Maj-Gen Thein Swe,Minister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan,departmental heads, UNResident Coordinator Mr.

Bishow B Parajuli andofficials.

Minister forScience and TechnologyU Thaung and

departmental heads, whoaccompanied the PrimeMinister, arrived backhere on the same flight.

MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 3 October, 2009

Saturday, 3 October, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

Today is the Fullmoon Day of Thadingyutor the Abhidhamma Day, a day of religioussignificance for Buddhists all over the world,marking the end of Buddhist Lent. To mark thereturn of the Buddha from the Tavatimsa to thehuman abode in the evening on the FullmoonDay of Thadingyut, Buddhists in Myanmar offermulti-coloured lights to Him.

After attaining seven vasas, the Buddhaascended the celestial abode Tavatimsa with theaim of repaying the gratitude to celestial beingSantusita, His mother in the previous existence,by means of preaching the Abhidhamma forthree months.

His preaching the Abhidhammacomprising Kusaladhamma, Akusaladhammaand Abyakatadhamma for all the celestial beingsbegan on the Fullmoon Day of Waso andcompleted on the Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut.

The Abhidhamma is of great significanceand subtleness. It can simply get rid of worry andanxiety and lead one to live a peaceful and happylife.

As it is the day of religious significance,Buddhists recite the Abhidhamma verse capableof getting rid of greed, anger, delusion anddefilements. They also do meritorious deeds suchas offering lights, flowers, water and joss sticks,practising meditation, listening the Dhamma andkeeping Sabbath at pagodas and monasteriesthroughout the nation in order to find the correctway to Nibbana, eternal peace and happiness.

Reflecting the attributes of the Buddhaand reciting the Abhidhamma on the FullmoonDay of Thadingyut, all the Buddhists will be ableto attain the noble stage of Nibbana.

Fullmoon Day ofThadingyut

YANGON, 2 Oct—TheTripartite Core Group(TCG) under theobjectives ofcomplementing theimplementations of theNational DisasterProtection Strategies aslaid down andimplemented by theNational DisasterPreparedness CentralCommittee since 15August 2008, hadofficially launched thePost Nargis Recovery andPreparedness Plan(PONREPP) in Bangkokon 9 February 2009.

In line with the Post-Nargis Recovery andpreparedness Plan(PONREPP) along withthe Reconstruction Plan ofthe Government ofMyanmar, the FirstMeeting of the RecoveryForum was held at

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Oct—U Nyan Win, Ministerfor Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, hassent a message of felicitations to His ExcellencyDr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Minister for ForeignAffairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, on theoccasion of the Day of German Unity of the FederalRepublic of Germany, which falls on 3 October2009.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Oct—On the occasion ofNational Foundation Day of the Republic of Korea,which falls on 3 October 2009, U Nyan Win, Ministerfor Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, hassent a message of felicitations to His ExcellencyMr. Yu Myung-hwan, Minister of Foreign Affairsand Trade of the Republic of Korea.

MNA

FM sends felicitationsto ROK

FM sends felicitationsto Germany

YANGON, 2 Oct—With the sponsorship ofAir Bagan Ltd andInternational BeveragesTrading Co Ltd (IBTC)and organized byMyanmar Golf Federation

The First Meeting of the Recovery Forum (RF) held

Chatrium Hotel in Yangontoday to formalize themembership of the forumand discuss fundingconstraints and resourcemobilization for furtherrecovery in the cycloneaffected areas in the Delta.Chairman of the TripartiteCore Group and Chairman

of the Civil ServiceSelection and TrainingBoard U Kyaw Thu andTCG Senior MemberBansarn Bunnag,Ambassador of Thailanddelivered openingremarks at the meeting.

Chairman of TCGand CSSTB U Kyaw Thutogether with other TCGcomponent members fromthe Government ofMyanmar, ASEAN andthe United Nations,representatives of in linegovernment ministriesand representatives fromASEAN countries,

ASEAN Secretariat, UNagencies, donor countries,Red Cross and RedCrescent, InternationalNGOs and private sectorattended the meeting.

The Recovery ForumMeeting then discussedand exchanged views andideas on the Terms ofReference (TOR) for theRecovery Forum and onreviewing the currentfunding constraints facedby the humanitarian anddevelopment actors inorder to scale up theirrecovery programmes.

MNA

Myanmar Golf TourNay Pyi Taw (Open)

concludesand Myanmar PGA,Myanmar Golf Tour2009-2010 Nay Pyi Taw(Open) continued for thefourth round at City GolfCourse, here, today.

At the prize

presenting ceremony,Secretary of Nay Pyi TawDevelopment CommitteeU Tun Kyi presented DailyBest prizes to winners inthe men’s amateur golfers

division and GeneralSecretary of MyanmarGolf Federation U AungHla Han, Daily Best prizesto winners in theprofessional golfersdivision.

Next, Director U YeTint of InternationalBeverages Trading Co Ltd(IBTC) CNP Departmentpresented third, secondand first prizes to Bo Bowith 290 stokes, MaungMaung Oo with 288 andAung Win (selectedMyanmar Golfer) with279 in the men’s amateurgolfers division. After that,Director U Min Thein ofAir Bagan Ltd awarded

third, second and firstprizes to Aung San Win(Srixon) with 284 stokes,Thein Zaw Myint (KMGolf Centre) with 276 andMin Naing (Srixon) with275 in the professionalgolfers division.

Afterwards, DeputyMinister for Progress ofBorder Areas andNational Races and

Development Affairs ColTin Ngwe presentedcheque to Min Naing(Srixon) who won the firstin the professional golfersdivision and then MinNaing (Srixon) gave backK 500,000 to MyanmarGolf Federation as a fund,received by Vice-president of MGF U MinThein.—MNA

DeputyMinisterCol TinNgwe

presentscheque tofirst prize

winnerprofessional

golferMin

Naing(Srixon).

NLM

Chairman of Tripartite Core Group and CSSTB Chairman U KyawThu speaking at first meeting of recovery forum.— MNA

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A van that exploded in the morning, injuring 12 schoolchildren and the driverof the van, in the northwestern town of Kurunegala on 2 Oct, 2009. It was notclear whether the blast was caused by explosives or the accidental ignition of a

gas tank inside the van, which the military said was parked near a house.INTERNET

Personal feud behind Sri Lankablast, 13 wounded

COLOMBO, 2 Oct—An explosion in a van whichwounded 13 people in northwestern Sri Lanka appearedto be part of a personal feud, and not caused by rem-nants of the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, authorities said.The blast occurred in the northwestern town ofKurunegala and was the first since the separatist rebelswere crushed in May. “When the driver tried to start thevan it exploded. Twelve schoolchildren and the driverof the van were injured,” said military spokesman Briga-dier Udaya Nanayakkara.Police spokesman NimalMediwake said officers were investigating but foundindications the matter was personal.” It appears to be acivil dispute,” Mediwake said.

Suicide blasts and bus bombs were hallmarks of theLiberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), whom themilitary defeated in May and ended a 25-year civil war.Since then, soldiers and police have been rounding up ahandful of rebels still in hiding and seizing massivecaches of weapons. Northern Sri Lanka, where the rebelstried to establish their own state, is awash in hiddencaches of guns and military hardware.—Internet

A member of the special warfare command poses forphotographs as he parachutes from a helicopter dur-ing a practice for the upcoming 61st anniversary ofthe Armed Forces Day, in the sky above the Gyeryongmilitary headquarters, about 140 km (87 miles) southof Seoul, on 29 Sept, 2009. South Korea’s Armed Forces Day falls on 1Oct.—INTERNET

NATO airstrike is saidto kill six Afghan civilians

US Iraqwithdrawal

‘accelerating’BAGHDAD, 2 Oct—The

top US military com-mander in Iraq has saidthat the withdrawal ofUS forces is going fasterthan expected — freeingup resources for Af-ghanistan. Gen RayOdierno said 4,000 moreUS toops would be with-drawn by the end of Oc-tober, leaving 120,000 inIraq.

Testifying at a congres-sional hearing, GenOdierno said the US wason track to meet a dead-line for pulling out all UScombat troops from Iraqby August 2010. He urgedCongress not to lose sightof Iraq, as efforts focus onAfghanistan.

Gen Odierno told theHouse Armed ServicesCommittee that the pull-out of 4,000 additionaltroops by mid-Octoberwas “a bit faster than weoriginally planned”.

Internet

Iran nuclear talks with US andallies eases tension

GENEVA, 2 Oct—Talksbetween Iran and six ma-jor powers over Tehran’snuclear programme onThursday opened the doorto improved relations asIran agreed to allow UNinspectors into a newlydisclosed uranium enrich-ment plant.

Both the United Statesand Iran described thetalks between Tehran andthe six powers — Britain,

France, Germany, Russiaand China as well as theUnited States — as pro-ductive and agreed thecontacts would be re-sumed by the end of themonth. In Washington,President Barack Obamadescribed the meeting inGeneva as a “constructivebeginning” but insistedthat Iran must demonstrateto the United States and itsEuropean allies that it was

not seeking nuclear weap-ons. Iran insists its nuclearprogram is designed onlyfor electrical power gen-eration,

“The Iranian govern-ment heard a clear and uni-fied message from the in-ternational community.Iran must demonstratethrough concrete steps thatit will live up to its respon-sibilities with respect to itsnuclear programme,”Obama said.—Internet

Israel, Palestinians readyfor prisoner swap

JERUSALEM, 2 Oct—Israel and the Palestinians are tak-ing a first, tentative step toward swapping a captive Is-raeli soldier for hundreds of Palestinians held in Israelijails.Israel is to receive a recent videotape of the soldier— the first glimpse of Sgt Gilad Schalit since he wascaptured more than three years ago. If Israel confirmsthe videotape is authentic and recent, 20 Palestinianwomen prisoners are to be freed to the West Bank andGaza. Friday’s deal marks the first tangible sign ofprogress in more than three years of talks aimed at amuch larger prisoner exchange.—Internet

KABUL, 2 Oct—ANATO airstrike on a com-pound in southwestern Af-ghanistan killed a familyof six, a local tribal leadersaid on Thursday, despiteorders from the top UScommander to avoidairpower if civilians are atrisk. The US military saidthe airstrike occurred aftertroops came under firefrom the compound lateWednesday.

There were conflictingreports about the attack,which took place in south-ern Helmand Province, aTaleban stronghold. A Brit-ish military spokesman, LtCol Nick Richardson, saidthere were unconfirmed re-ports that 12 people werekilled — including six chil-dren, two women and fourmilitants.

Ghulam Mohammad

Khan, a tribal leader, saidthe dead included a farmer,his wife and four children,as well as three “guests.”Civilian deaths have beena source of friction be-tween President HamidKarzai and US militarycommanders and have in-furiated many ordinaryAfghans, who claim inter-national soldiers useheavy-handed tactics.

Internet

People drag out their motorcycle from the ruins of their house in Padangon Indonesia’s Sumatra Island on 1 Oct, 2009.—INTERNET

US, British troops killed inAfghanistan attacks

KABUL , 2 Oct—A suicide bomber struck a U.S.convoy Friday in southern Afghanistan, killing twoAmerican soldiers, the U.S. command said. Two otherinternational troops — one American and one British— were reported killed the day before.

U.S. spokeswoman Capt. Elizabeth Mathiasconfirmed the deaths in the convoy attack but wouldnot specify where it occurred.

She also said a third American died when Talibanmilitants fired rocket-propelled grenades at a patrollate Thursday in eastern Afghanistan. Several otherAmericans were wounded, she added..—Internet

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Robot cars designed by Nissan travel in group andmove to avoid obstacles at a Press preview at thecompany’s headquarters in Yokohama, suburbanTokyo. With these robots, engineers in Japan say

they are a step closer to developing technology theyhope will cut the risk of car crashes — by

mimicking the behaviour of fish.— INTERNET

TOKYO , 2 Oct — Car-maker Toyota has warnedof safety problems withfloor mats on some of itsUS models, which maycause the acceleratorpedal to stick.

The problem affectsseven models of Toyota

The latest

Toyota

Camry model

is one of

those

affected.

INTERNET

Toyota issues US safetywarningand Lexus cars and trucksin the US, where ownershave been told to removefloormats on the driver’sside.

The US National High-way Traffic Safety Admini-stration (NHTSA) saidToyota would be recalling

affected vehicles.It has had reports of

100 incidents, involving17 crashes and fivedeaths.Toyota said itwould be launching asafety campaign on spe-cific Toyota and Lexusvehicles.—Internet

Mitsubishi wins about 100orders for new jet

TOKYO, 2 Oct — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries hasreceived about 100 orders for Japan’s first passengerjet, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday.

The group has received a big order from TransStates Airliner, a US regional carrier based in Mis-souri, the newspaper said in its online edition, withoutnaming its sources.

The Japanese company has already received anorder from All Nippon Airways for up to 25 of itsMitsubishi Regional Jet, which is currently under de-velopment.—Internet

LONDON, 2 Oct — The unemployment rate acrossthe 16 countries that use the euro has risen again asthe effects of the recession continue to be felt. Au-gust’s seasonally adjusted rate rose to 9.6%, comparedwith 9.5% in the previous month, official figures show.The number of people without a job in the eurozone isnow 15.2 million.

Despite the fact that many eurozone economies arerecovering from recession, economists expect unemploy-ment rates to continue rising. Among the member states,the jobless rate was highest in Spain, with a rate of 18.9%,and Latvia, with a rate of 18.3%. The lowest rate of 3.5%was recorded in the Netherlands.—Internet

PARIS, 2 Oct — Unem-ployment is rising aroundthe world as the recessionleaves few corners un-touched — but sharp dif-ferences remain betweencompanies directly hit byfinancial or housing-mar-ket collapses and thosethat have deliberately pro-tected jobs with expensivemeasures — includingsubsidizing shorter work-ing weeks.

Unemployment ratesin the 30 wealthy coun-tries that belong to the Or-ganization for EconomicCooperation and Devel-opment range from a lowof 3.2 percent in the Neth-erlands to 17.6 percent inSpain, according to July

SAN FRANCISCO, 2 Oct— IBM Corp is trying to sty-mie Google Inc’s expansion into the business softwaremarket.The weapon: a bare-bones e-mail service thatIBM is selling to companies for $36 annually perworker, undercutting a more comprehensive packageof software applications that Google sells for $50 peruser annually.

For that slightly higher price, Google is offering25 times more storage: 25 gigabytes per account com-pared to IBM’s 1 gigabyte per mailbox. Google alsothrows in word processing, spreadsheet and presenta-tion applications, as well as a video channel. None ofthose features are included in IBM’s package.

Even so, IBM believes its service, called LotusLiveiNotes, can beat Google because it has a much largersales force and relationships with corporate custom-ers going back long before Google co-founders LarryPage and Sergey Brin were even born in 1973.“Thisis trouble for Google,” said Gartner Inc analyst Mat-thew Cain.

Armonk, NY-based IBM is responding to the in-creasing corporate demand for inexpensive e-mailthat’s run on computers owned by an external sup-plier instead of the company relying on the service.This approach has become trendy enough to get itsown catch phrase — “cloud computing.”—Internet

A miniature model ofMitsubishi Regional Jet

(MRJ). MitsubishiHeavy Industries has

received about 100orders for Japan’s first

passenger jet, the Nikkeibusiness daily reported.

INTERNET

World unemployment rising; rates, responses varyfigures.

In the developingworld, the downturn hasalso taken its toll. Unem-ployment in Brazil ap-pears now to be easing abit, but Mexico in Augustposted its highest joblessrate in 13 years.

In Africa, the conti-nent’s largest economy,South Africa, is in thegrips of its first recessionin 17 years and about aquarter of the populationis officially without work.

The US unemploy-ment rate was 9.4 percentin July, above the Euro-pean Union rate of 8.8percent.

By August, the US un-employment rate had

ticked up to 9.7 percent, a26-year high.

On Friday, the LabourDepartment is due to re-lease data for Septemberand economists are fore-casting the rate edged upto 9.8 percent.

Most economists seeUS unemployment top-ping 10 percent by earlynext year.

The speed of the in-crease in unemploymentrates also varies, withcountries like Francestarting with relativelyhigh unemployment andshifting only slightly up-ward, and Britain and Ire-land starting low but ris-ing fast.

Internet

Eurozone jobless continues rising

WASHINGTON , 2 Oct —The big three US car firmsall saw their sales fall in September, as they suffered ahangover from the end of the “cash for clunkers” scrap-page scheme. General Motors reported the biggest de-cline, with its sales dropping 45% from a year earlier,while Chrysler’s fell 45%, and Ford’s slipped 5%.

The falls came after the scrappage scheme endedon 24 August. This gave customers a cash incentiveto trade in their old cars for new ones, lifting US salesin July and August. The $3bn (£1.8bn) Car Allow-ance Rebate System offered customers $3,500 towardsthe cost of a new vehicle. A similar scheme is con-tinuing in the UK. Ford’s decline in sales was muchless severe than its rivals, as it was helped by the popu-larity of its newly launched Taurus model. Japanesefirms also saw their US sales fall in September, withToyota’s down 13% and Nissan’s falling 7%. SouthKorea’s Hyundai bucked the trend, with its sales forthe month adding 27%.—Internet

September drop for US car sales

IBM undercuts Google withdiscount e-mail service

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French navyfinds missingpilot’s bodyPARIS, 2 Oct—One

missing pilot’s body hasbeen located after twoRafale fighter jetscrashed into Mediterra-nean a week ago, theFrench navy said onWednesday.

The wreckage of onecrashed Rafale and thepilot’s body were found35 kilometres east of CapBear in south France,on a slope 700 metresbeneath water, Frenchnavy said in a statement.

The recovery of thebody may be delayedfor one or three weeksdue to the bad weather atthe spot, a navy officerin charge of publicrelations told mediareporters.

The two Rafale jetsplunged into the Mediter-ranean Sea on the wayback to their aircraftcarrier after a test flightat 6:00 pm local time on24 Sept. French authori-ties ordered investigationinto the accident andpresumed the possibilityof a collision.

Xinhua

Sino-US co-developed sportplane delivered

China starts A/H1N1 test kit mass production

Ariane five carries two satellitesinto space from French GuianaPARIS, 2 Oct—Two telecommunications satellites

Amanzonas 2 and COMSATBw-1 are successfullylaunched into space aboard rocket Ariane 5 from thespaceport in French Guiana on Thursday, the livewebcast of Arianespace headquartered near Parisshowed.

The launcher Ariane 5 ECA, ignited in the SouthAmerican jungle (2159 GMT), took off with a totallift performance of 9,087 kg, which includes 7,905 kgfor the pair of satellites.

The Amanzonas 2 spacecraft parted first, around 27minutes after the liftoff. Nearly six minutes later,COMSATBw-1 was spat into space. They are sched-uled to enter eostationary transfer orbits in a few days,each with a lifetime of 15 years.

The first separated one is to be used by the Spanish-based HISPASAT telecommunications operator forcivilian services covering an area extending fromAlaska of United States to Tierra del Fuego, the southarea of South America.—Xinhua

Kenya Airways signs codesharing deal with Eagle Airlines

NAIROBI, 2 Oct—Kenya Airways said on Thursdayit has signed a Code Share Agreement with NigerianEagle Airlines to strengthen its presence and increasemarket share in West Africa.The agreement, to takeeffect on 25 Oct, will offer customers of the two air-lines extended travel and better connection options inWest, East and Southern Africa.

“The agreement will provide a seamless and supe-rior connecting product for our markets which is inline with our route expansion and effective servicedelivery strategy,” Kenya Airways Group CEO TitusNaikuni said in a statement.

“If you want to do business in Africa, you must dobusiness in Nigeria. The airline had longed to have apartner in Nigeria and expressed satisfaction at thepartnership with Nigeria’s most promising young air-line,” he added.

Xinhua

Group of Rio National CoordinatorsMeeting opens in Mexico

MEXICO CITY, 2 Oct—The fourth Group of Rio Na-tional Coordinators Meeting opened here on Thurs-day, the Mexican Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

The meeting seeks “the joint effort of member na-tions to update and strengthen the Permanent Mecha-nism for Consultation and Political Coordination”, saidSalvador Beltran del Rio, deputy minister for LatinAmerican and Caribbean affairs.—Xinhua

SHENYANG, 2 Oct—Chi-na’s Shenyang AircraftCorporation(SAC) hasdelivered the first L162, alight sport plane, to its co-developer, the US CessnaAircraft Company(Cessna), said a spokes-man with SAC on Friday.

The L162 Skycatcher isa two-seat aircraft, with agross weight of 0.6-tonneand a length of 6.95 me-ters, said Pang Zhen, man-ager of the SAC civil air-craft division. Cessna, asthe proprietor of L162, isresponsible for the de-signing, airworthiness ap-proval, marketing and af-ter-sale services.

SAC, as the only sub-contractor, takes care ofmaterials purchasing,parts manufacturing, as-sembling and test-flying,Pang said.It can fly up to1,800 metres high at 207km per hour, and cover722 kilometres with a fullfuel tank, Pang said.Theannual demand for L162ranges between 1,000 to1,200, according toCessna’s forecast.

Currently, a total of1,000 customers are wait-ing for delivery and SACwill start mass productionsince the first deliveryand the yearly capacity isestimated to reach 1,000

planes, Pang said. EachL162 is priced at 111,500US dollars.Cessna andSAC started cooperationin developing and produc-ing the plane in Novem-ber 2007.

SAC, established in1951, is a renowned Chi-nese military-civil planemanufacturer under AVIC(Aviation Industries ofChina) Corporation.Cessna is a leading de-signer and manufacturerof light and midsize busi-ness jets, utility turbo-props and single engineaircraft. It has so far soldmore than 190,000 air-craft.—Xinhua

A buffoon actor instructs two kids the slickcircumvolving trick during the 2009 Hangzhou

International Buffoons Carnival, inside theBotanical Garden of Hangzhou, east China’sZhejiang Province, on 1 Oct, 2009.—XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

SHANGHAI, 2 Oct—An A/H1N1 test kitinvented by Chinese scientists has beenapproved for mass-production, said aproject spokesman on Friday.

The kit will be mass-produced byShanghai Hai-tai Jinxin Biological Mo-lecular Diagnostic Kit Corporation anddistributed to military hospitals and dis-ease control and prevention centers(CDCs) across China, said Wang Shenqi,head of the project and a researcher of

China Military Medical Science Institute.Early treatment is the key to cure A/

H1N1 flu and the test kit can help diag-nose patients who are in latent period eventhough they show no symptoms at all,Wang said. “By testing the patient’s sa-liva, the kit can diagnose A/H1N1 fluwithin two hours.” It can help contain thespread of the flu among high risk groupsand save medical costs by early diagno-sis, Wang said.—Xinhua

Watermelon carvings by Takashi Itoh: Koalas.Takashi Itoh, 33, has carved flowers, figurines and

even a portrait of Vincent Van Gogh. — XINHUA

Several Yoga fans show their pliable body skill assome 600 Yoga practicers converge by the side ofthe Laolongtou Pass (Old Dragon Head Pass), at

the Shanhaiguan (the Mountains and the Sea)Pass the eastern beginning of the Great Wall, for amass exercise of the callisthenics, to manifest theirown means of celebration for the 60th anniversaryof the founding of the People’s Republic of China,

in Qinhuangdao City, north China’s HebeiProvince, on 30 Sept, 2009. — XINHUA

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NEWS ALBUM

German archaeologists have

unearthed alabaster jars from a

burial chamber beneath the royal

palace in Qatna, Syria, dating

from the 14th century B.C.

The unusually low level of the RiverElbe means no boat trips for tourists

visiting the city of Dresden for the time being.

The water level currently stands at80 cms (31.5 inches)) instead of

around two metres.

Milton Mbhele showed up for hiswedding in a white limousine — withfour brides.

The women in white gowns eachreceived rings and a kiss from thegroom at a ceremony Saturday attendedby hundreds of people. On Sunday, thefamilies gathered for a second tradi-tional Zulu wedding and planned toexchange gifts on Monday.

South African law recognizes tradi-tional polygamous marriages — evenPresident Jacob Zuma has three wives.Yet while polygamy remains commonamong several tribes including the Zu-lus and Swazis, simultaneous weddingsare rare.

Mbhele, 44, a municipal manager in

Bridegroom Milton Mbhele, with hisfour brides, left to right, Happiness,Thobile, Simangele, and Zanele attheir western wedding in Weenen,

near Ladysmith, South Africa, on 26Sept, 2009.

South African man marries 4 women at same timenearby Indaka, said the joint celebrationsaved money by combining the festivi-ties.

Mbhele has already been married toThobile Vilakazi for 12 years and has 11children, but did not specify who theirmothers are.

“I want her to be happy,” he said ofVilakazi, who was also given a goldenwristwatch at Saturday’s ceremony.

“I think getting married to her for thesecond time would make her happy sinceI will be taking in three other wives sothis will relieve her in some way.”

An upstate New York farmer said arecently deceased chicken left behind animpressive legacy — an egg weighing138 grams, almost 5 ounces.

Chris Schauerman of Honeoye Fallssaid he noticed one of his chickens ap-peared ill one day last week and died laterthat night after laying the massive object,which is 2 1/2 times the size of an aver-age egg, CNN reported on Monday.

“I just couldn’t believe it,” Schauer-man said. “You open up the chicken coop,and sitting inside the nest with five othereggs is just this behemoth.” “We kind ofrelated it to a woman having a 25-poundbaby, if you do the math,” Schauermansaid. “I’m pretty sure that’s what even-tually led to the death of the chicken.”

A 5-year-old pet dog rescued itsmaster, a 70-year-old woman, after shesuffered a major heart attack in herhome.

The dog, kept by a family in Anshan,Liaoning province, heard the sound ofheavy breathing from the grandmoth-er’s room one night and hurried to heraide where she was seen with her handsover her chest , sweating profusely butunable to speak a word.

The dog then ran throughout thehouse, barking loudly at other familymembers and scratching at doors untilsomeone woke up and administered thegrandmother medicine. Had it not beenfor the dog, she would not have sur-vived, a doctor said later.

Dying chicken lays 138-gram eggSchauerman said he is loaning the

egg to a teacher friend for show-and-tell with schoolchildren before it goeson to fulfill its final purpose. “I’mgonna make an omelet.

Maybe a little ham. Delicious!”Schauerman said.

Family dog savesgrandma’s life

DUBAI, 2 Oct —Thedeveloper building theworld’s tallest skyscraperin Dubai says claddingwork on the shiny silver-colored tower’s outside iscomplete. Completion ofthe aluminum and glassfacade marks a key mile-stone for Emaar Proper-ties, which is racing to

NEW DELHI , 2 Oct —Geologists in southern In-dia say they have foundhundreds of dinosaur eggclusters which could beabout 65 million yearsold.

It was a chance finddiscovered when a teamof scientists were locatinga place to excavate an an-cient riverbed in the stateof Tamil Nadu.

As they dug deeperthey saw layers of whatlooked like fossilisedeggs.

The photos and sam-ples were then sent tovarious universities whoconfirmed that they were

WASHINGTON, 2 Oct —An international team ofscientists reported onThursday that the skeletonof an early human wholived 4.4 million years agoshows humans did notevolve from chimpanzee-like ancestors.

The 17-year investiga-tion into the discovery ofthe extremely fragile re-mains of the small“ground ape” found in theAfar region of Ethiopiawill be described on Fri-day in a special issue ofthe journal Science. Thejournal will also contain11 papers about the dis-covery.

The find has been

likened to the discovery

of a treasure trove.

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Dinosaur eggs are found in Indiadinosaur eggs.

Each egg is the size ofa football — about 13 to23cm in diameter, lyingburied in sandy nests.

The leader of the team,MU Ramkumar, told theBBC the finding is signifi-cant and could help to un-ravel the mystery aboutthe extinction of dino-saurs.

Scientists believe theeggs belong to the docileleaf-eating Sauropodbranch of dinosaurs.

Their remains havebeen dug up on every con-tinent, including Antarc-tica.

Palaeontologists use

the term to describe large,four-legged, plant-eatingdinosaurs with bulky bod-ies, long necks and tailsand tiny heads with rela-tively small brains.

Dr Ramkumar and histeam have called on thecentral and state govern-ments to protect what theyare calling a “Jurassictreasure trove”.

The presence of dino-saur eggs was first re-corded in the same districtby a British geologist inthe 1860s.

In the 1990s a dinosauregg was found in a gov-ernment-owned factory inthe state. —Internet

World’s tallest tower moves closer tocompletion

meet a self-imposeddeadline to have the BurjDubai complete by theend of the year.

By way of compari-son, the builder says theamount of aluminum usedon the building’s faceweighs as much as fivedouble-decker AirbusA380 jetliners, while the

more than 1 million squarefeet (103,000 square me-tres) of glass panels couldcover 14 soccer fields.

The Burj Dubai, Ara-bic for “Dubai Tower,”stands more than 2,600feet (800 metres) tall,though Emaar has yet toconfirm is final height.

Internet

Humans didn’t evolve fromchimpanzee-like ancestors

The fossil, nicknamed“Ardi,” is the earliest skel-eton known from the hu-man branch of the primatefamily tree. The branchincludes Homosa-piens aswell as species closer tohumans than to chimpan-zees and bono-bos. Thediscoveries provide newinsights about howhominids — the family of“great apes” comprisinghumans, chimpanzees,gorillas and orangut-ans— may have emergedfrom an ancestral ape.

Until the discovery ofArdi, the earliest well-known stage of humanevolution was Australopi-

thecus, the small-brained,fully bipedal “ape man”that lived between fourmillion and one millionyears ago.

The most famousAustralopithecus fossil isthe 3.2-million-year-old“Lucy,” which was namedafter the Beatles song“Lucy in the Sky withDiamonds.” Lucy wasfound in 1974 about45miles north of where Ardiwould later be discovered.Ardi’s skeleton and asso-ciated Ardipithecusramidus remains are olderand more primitive thanAustralopithecus.

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Myanmar Buddhist Lent ends in Thadingyut (Oc-tober) hence its literal meaning is “the end of BuddhistLent”. Buddhist monks after observing lent vows in therainy season of three months, July, August and Septem-ber, are now free to go out for overnight stay from theirresiding monasteries. This seventh month of Myanmarcalendar has also astrological name “Tula” (Libro) and itszodiacal sign is a merchant holding a balance. Lotusflower (Belumbo nucifera) which blooms plentiful in thismonth is the designated flower of the month. Lotus flowersymbolises purity, beauty and fragrance and it is thesacred flower for the Buddhists. The asterism Asawaniand the moon shine astride in the night firmament.

The fullmoon day of Thadingyut is marked“Abhidhamma Day” (1) Abhidhamma of seven Treatises(Buddhist Philosophy) (2) Sutta of three Treatises (theDiscourses) and (3) Vinaya of five treatises (the Disci-pline of rules for the monks form Tipitaka (Three Baskets(Bodies) of the Buddha’s Teachings. In the Maha Sakarityear of 109, in the evening of the fullmoon day of Waso,Lord Gotama Buddha performed the great miracle in thecity of Savalthi to subdue the sectarian opponents. Themiracle was in the form of emissions of water and fire inpairs from the apertures of Lord Buddha’s head. Themiracle took place near the white mango tree in the royalpark of King Kosala. After the performance, GotamaBuddha ascended Tavatimsa, the celestial kingdom wherehis mother Maha Maya became Santussita deva. GotamaBuddha, wishing to return his filial debt of gratitude heowed to his mother by preaching her Abhidhamma. Thushe observed his seventh lent in Tavatimsa. Sitting on thebrown emerald slab “Pandukambala” which was thethrone of Sakka Deva, shaded by Pinlai Kathit (CoralTree, Erythrina indica), Lord Buddha expounded allseven Treatises of Abhidhamma to a gathering of devas,Sakka, Brahmas including Santussita deva. His preachingsthroughout the lent period came to an end on the full moonday of Thadingyut. Therefore, the fullmoon day ofThadingyut is designated and celebrated as AbhidhammaDay by the Buddhists.

Lord Buddha told Sakka Deva that he wouldreturn to earth (human world) as he had accomplished hisDhamma duta (the mission of preaching Dhamma).Whereupon, Sakka Deva arranged a magnificent send-off. Three stairways were created—one of gold on theright side for the Devas, one of silver on the left side forthe Brahmas and one in the middle of rubies for LordBuddha to descend upon. Devas, accompanying Lord

Abhidhamma Day and Light FestivalDr Khin Maung Nyunt

Buddha, held celestial regalia to honour the Buddha, PancaSankha Deva on the right Veluva harps in praise of LordBuddha. Matali Deva on the left side carried flowers andfragrance to honour Lord Buddha, Suyama Deva carried aYak tail, fly whisk, Santussita Deva held a ruby studdedgold fan, Sakka Deva blew the Vizayuthara Conch shell tocelebrate the auspicious occasion. All deities in the entireuniverse also gathered to pay homage to Lord Buddha asbest as they could. The three stairways being illuminated bythe lights radiated from the devas and Brahmas led to theGateway of the city of Sanhasa on earth. When LordBuddha had set foot upon earth, the awaiting crowd withthe king and his court at the city gate paid obeissance toLord Buddha and as a token of welcome, a grand lightfestival was held.

To commemorate this great event in the life of LordBuddha which took place on the fullmoon day of Thadinkyut,Myanmar people annually celebrate Light Festival. Thisfestival is also called Tawedaintha Pwe (Tavatimsa Festi-val) or “Si Mee Myint Moe Pwe”. “Si Mee” means “lightproduced by oil lamps” and “Myint Moe” means “MtMeru” on which Tavatimsa is believed to exist. Therefore,it means “Festival of Lighting by oil lamps of Mt Meru”.Myanmar kings in all periods of Myanmar history held thisfestival at their capitals on state scale as well as throughouttheir kingdoms, on local levels. Artistic replicas of Mt Meruwith three stairways were constructed for the festival onopen grounds. Evening lights were lit on them. The eventof Lord Buddha’s descent from Tavatimsa to earth with thecompany of Devas, Sakka, Brahmas was depicted on thereplicas with images and statues. Sometimes live showswere staged. Only Lord Buddha was presented by an imageor statue. Hymns were sung and religious music played. Afree-for-all feast was given where fruits cakes, glutinousrice and soft drink or plain tea were served. At the capital,in addition to replicas of Mt Meru, on four sides of thepalace, Winkaba (Mazes) were built of bamboo for theamusement of the public. At nights, puppet shows werestaged. The king issued money, oil, cotton wickers andearthen oil containers and other accessories for lightingprominent pagodas, temples and shrines at and around thecapital.

In the countryside the light festival takes the localcharacter. Towns and villages near the rivers and lakesilluminations are made on the water. When darkness falls,people row out to the middle of water surface and light upoil lamps, put on floats made of banana stems, bamboos orreeds and let them adrift, creating a spectacular scene. The

full moon’s silvery rays passing through the foliage ofswaying trees creating black and white designs on thewater, while flickering flames of oil lamps on the floatscasting shimmering reflections on the ripples. In ShanState, especially in Pa-O villages, locally made firerockets are shot into the sky and hot-air balloons offantastic shapes and designs are let into the sky to payhomage to the Sulamani Pagoda in Tavatimsa.

Two solemn religious rites of Thadingyut are (1)Pawarana and (2) Puja. Pawarana is held at the end of theLent. Each monk by turn has to ask other monks of theresiding monastery to reprimand him for any sin he mayhave been noticed committed and he has to confess andapologize and promise not to repeat the sin. This rite takesplace in the ordination hall, on the fullmoon day ofThadingyut every year. Pawarana dates back to thelifetime of Gotama Buddha. Monks who observed theirlent at a village in Kosala kingdom agreed to keep mumduring lent because talking could cause argument anddispute which could lead to disunity and unhappinessamong them. After the lent they visited Lord Buddharesiding in Jetavann Vihara. They explained to the Bud-dha how they kept unity and happiness during lent. LordBuddha disapproved their method of maintaining unityand happiness by keeping mum as it was disrespectableto the donors and supporters of the Sangha. He recom-mended the rite of Pawarana, so that sinful monk wouldrepent and be pardoned and monks would live in har-mony, unity and happiness.

Puja is the rite performed by laymen. Pujameans worship or making a devotional offering. InBuddhism, there are Five infinite debts of gratitudeowed to (1) the Buddha (2) the Dhamma (3) theSangha (Assembly of monks) (4) Parents and (5)Teachers (regardless of their age, gender and religiousfaiths) including your bosses and seniors. The fullmoonday of Thadingyut is the occasion for Myanmar Bud-dhists to give due pujas to the above Five Categories.They visit the aged, the seniors, the teachers and truefriends to pay them reverence and respects and givethem devotional gifts. They receive from them bless-ings and words of admonition. To the minors, somepocket money may be given for their enjoyment ofThadingyut festival.

Thadingyut light festival is rejoicing and merry-making. But in essence, it is the occasion for spiritualdelight and merit-making.

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NAY PYI TAW, 2 Oct—The first meeting ofthe Central Committee for holding 89th AnniversaryNational Day 2009 was held at the meeting hall ofMinistry of Education here this morning.

It was attended by Chairman of the CentralCommittee for holding 89th Anniversary NationalDay 2009 Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyein,member of the Central Committee Deputy Ministerfor Health Dr Mya Oo, departmental heads, officialsconcerned and guests.

Minister Dr Chan Nyein made an openingspeech on the occasion. Afterwards, Joint-Secretary

Central Committee forholding 89th AnniversaryNational Day 2009 meets

Director-General U Aye Lwin of No.2 Basic Educa-tion Department presented report on completion ofholding 88th National Day 2008 and Secretary Di-rector-General U Bo Win of Education Planning andTraining Department on plan for holding 89th Na-tional Day 2009.

Afterwards, those present gave suggestions

Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyeinspeaking at first coordination meeting

for holding 89th AnniversaryNational Day 2009.— MNA

on tasks that include in the plan.The meeting ended with closing address by

Minister Dr Chan Nyein.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 2 Oct – PrimeMinister of the Union of Myanmar Gen-eral Thein Sein who was in New York ofthe United States of America, receivedrespects paid by staff and their familiesof Office of Myanmar Permanent Rep-

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Oct—Labour Department under the Ministry of Labourhas opened Labour Exchange Offices at District and Township Labour Depart-ments as of 20 July 2009.

The labour exchange offices are giving services on registration not onlyto the local employment agencies but also the overseas employment agencies.Moreover, these offices seek the offers of employers and job opportunities for thejob hunters.

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NAY PYI TAW, 2 Oct —The Ministry of Health was taking preventivemeasures against New Influenza A (H1N1) with added momentum starting from28 April. Up to now, 51 cases infected with New Influenza A (H1N1) had beenconfirmed, but no casualties. Out of them, 47 patients had been discharged fromhospital as they had fully recovered and there are still four patients in hospital withimproved health conditions.

The ministry urged the public to follow the warnings on New InfluenzaA (H1N1) and to cooperate in preventive measures against the virus.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Oct—PrimeMinister of the Union of Myanmar Gen-eral Thein Sein on 28 September re-

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Oct—PrimeMinister of the Union of MyanmarGeneral Thein Sein delivered an ad-dress at the 64th United NationsGeneral Assembly held at New Yorkin the United States of America at9 am on 28 September.

Also present on the occassionwere Heads of Sta teGovernment, Ministers, Deputy

Prime Minister General Thein Seindelivers address at

64th UN General AssemblyMinisters of UN member countries,UN Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moon and responsible persons fromthe respective agencies under theUnited Nations and special guests.

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Prime Minister General Thein Seinreceives Singaporean Foreign

Affairs Ministerceived Minister of Foreign Affairs of theRepublic of Singapore Mr George Yeoat United Nations Headquarter in NewYork.

Also present at the call wereMinister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win,Myanmar Permanent Representative toUN Ambassador U Than Swe and offi-cials.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein meetsstaff families of Office of MyanmarPermanent Representative to UN

Measures against New InfluenzaA (H1N1) taken with added momentum

Labour Exchange Offices seeking localand foreign jobs for job hunters

Prime Minister General Thein Seinattending 64th United

Nations General Assembly.—MNA

Prime Minister General TheinSein receives Minister of Foreign

Affairs of the Republic of SingaporeMr George Yeo at United NationsHeadquarter in New York.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein meets staff and their families of Office of Myanmar Permanent Representative to theUnited Nations in New York.—MNA

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resentative to the United Nations in NewYork on 28 September.

Prime Minister General TheinSein accompanied by Minister for For-eign Affairs U Nyan Win and Ministerfor Science and Technology U Thaung

arrived at the Office of Myanmar Repre-sentative to the United Nations wherethey were welcomed by Myanmar Per-manent Representative to the UN Am-bassador U Than Swe, wife Daw KhinWin Yi and staff families.

Prime Minister General TheinSein elaborated developments of theState and prevailing peace and stabilityin the State thanks to collaborative ef-forts of the State, the people andTatmadaw and stressed the need for

implementation of works for mutual ben-efits abiding by rules and regulations andlaws of the host country.

Next, the Prime Minister and theForeign Affairs Minister presented giftsto staff families.

After the meeting, staff and theirfamilies of the Office of Myanmar Rep-resentative to the UN paid respects incompliance with the Myanmar traditionand culture to the Prime Minister.

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NAY PYI TAW, 2 Oct—Prime Minister of theUnion of Myanmar General Thein Sein and party wenton a sightseeing tour of New York on 29 September.

The Prime Minister and party visited Battery

Prime Minister General Thein Sein tours New York

Park in the east of Manhattan, Financial District-WallStreet, Manhattan Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge andhad their photographs taken while visiting BatteryPark.

The Prime Minister and party also enjoyed theviews of the town from Empire State Building indowntown area and had their photographs taken.

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NAY PYI TAW, 2 Oct — Prime Min-ister of the Union of Myanmar GeneralThein Sein accompanied by Minister forScience and Technology U Thaung,Deputy Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin,Director-General U Kyaw Kyaw of Pro-tocol Department under the Ministry ofForeign Affairs, Head of Office U ThaAung Nyunt and officials left Myanmarby air on 26 September to attend the 64th

United Nations General Assembly in NewYork of the United States of America andstopped over in Singapore.

The Prime Minister and party ar-rived at Changi International Airport inthe Republic of Singapore at 11.15 p.m.They were welcomed at the airport byMyanmar Ambassador to Singapore UWin Myint and embassy staff.

Prime Minister General Thein Seinarrives in New York

The Prime Minister and party tooka rest at special lounge of the airport.

Next, the Prime Minister and partyleft Singapore and arrived at FrankfurtAirport of the Federal Republic of Ger-many the next morning where they werewelcomed by Myanmar Ambassador toGermany U Tin Win and embassy staff.

Then, they left Frankfurt Airportand arrived at J.F.K Airport in New Yorkat 10.25 a.m. on 27 September.

The Prime Minister and party werewelcomed at the airport by Minister forForeign Affairs U Nyan Win who was inadvance there to attend the 64th UNGAand Myanmar Permanent Representativeto the UN U Than Swe. Then the PrimeMinister and party put up at East GateHotel in New York. – MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Oct—Prime Minister of the Un-ion of Myanmar GeneralThein Sein and party leftNew York at 11.15 pmlocal time on 29 Septem-ber after attending the 64th

United Nations GeneralAssembly at the UN Head-quarters in New York ofthe United States ofAmerica.

They arrived atChangi International Air-port of the Republic ofSingapore via FrankfurtAirport of the FederalRepublic of Germany on1 October morning.

The Prime Ministerand party visited Singa-pore in a motorcade. At

Prime Minister General Thein Seinarrives back in Nay Pyi Taw

the Myanmar Embassy toSingapore, they were wel-comed by staff families ofthe embassy.

Myanmar Ambassa-dor to Singapore U WinMyint and wife, officers,staff and families of theembassy paid respects tothe Prime Minister.

The Prime Ministerexplained progress ofpeace and stability of thecountry due to concertedefforts of the government,the people and theTatmadaw, and hestressed the need for theembassy staff to loyallyserve the interest of theState.

They left Singapore

for Myanmar by air in theafternoon and arrived backhere via Yangon.—MNA

YANGON, 2 Oct—The Paradesi Sangha NayakaCommittee has been holding the Majjhima regionKathina robe offering ceremony in the Republic ofIndia yearly.

Kathina robes may be donated not later than 31October to take part in the 32nd Majjhima regionKathina robe offering ceremony for 348 Myanmar

Kathina robes for Majjhima regionmonks residing at 11 Myanmar monasteries and eightuniversities 400 members of the Sangha residing atMyanmar monasteries at the fur-flung regions of As-sam, Tripur and Manipur of India.

Those wishing to donate robes and offertoriesmay dial 01-545215, 01-545216, 01-55173, 01-727746,01-536348 and 01-652236.—MNA

Prime Minister

General Thein Sein

enjoys views of New

York from Empire

State Building.

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Prime Minister General Thein Sein being welcomed by MyanmarPermanent Representative to the UN U Than Swe at J.F.K Airport in

New York.—MNA

Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein

leaves New Yorkafter attending 64th

United NationsGeneral Assembly.

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NAY PYI TAW, 2 Oct—The second coordinationmeeting of 17th Myanmar Traditional CulturalPerforming Arts Competitions CompetitionsOrganizing Committee and representatives fromStates/Divisions, took place at the meeting hall of theMinistry of Culture, here, this evening.

Also present at the meeting were Chairman ofthe organizing committee Commander of Nay PyiTaw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, Vice-Chairmanof the organizing committee Minister for CultureMaj-Gen Khin Aung Myint, members of theorganizing committee deputy ministers, departmentalheads, artists and representative from States/Divisionsand officials.

First, Vice-Chairman Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint gave an opening speech.

Next, representative person from States/Divisions, officials from the committee and sub-committees and judge presented carry-out tasks andMinister Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint then attended tothe needs.

Second coord meeting of17th Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing ArtsCompetitions Organizing

Committee held

Afterwards, those attended presented generalmatters related to the competitions. Commander Maj-

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Oct—The prize presentationceremony for outstanding students of Mon State was heldat the hall of the state in Mawlamyine on 27 September.

Chairman of Mon State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of South-East Command Maj-

Commander, Minister award outstanding students in Mon StateGen Thet Naing Win and Minister for Mines Brig-GenOhn Myint spoke on the occasion and presented prizesto the students who passed the matriculation examinationfor 2008-09 with flying colours in Mon State.

In the afternoon, member of Myanmar IndustrialDevelopment Central Committee In-charge ofMawlamyine Industrial Zone Minister Brig-Gen OhnMyint met with entrepreneurs and departmentalofficials at the zone.

On 28 September, the minister met withtownselders, local people and members of socialorganizations at Nat Hmaw Village Basic EducationPost-Primary School and visited Thanlwin HlineLibrary, village dispensary and primary school.

Next, the minister attended to the needs in meetingwith local people and members of social organizationsat Htone-aing Model Village in Hpa-an Township inKayin State and looked into developments of thevillage.— MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein addresses 64th United Nations General Assembly

in New York. (News on Page 8)—MNA

MinisterBrig-Gen

OhnMyint

addresseslocal

people inNat

HmawVillage of

PaungTownship.

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Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin addressessecond coordination meeting of 17th

Myanmar Traditional Cultural PerformingArts Competitions Organizing Committeeand representatives from States/Divisions.

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Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Khin AungMyint addresses second coordination

meeting of 17th Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing Arts Competitions

Organizing Committee and representativesfrom States/Divisions.—MNA

Gen Wai Lwin then heard reports on presentingprizes and gave concluding remarks.—MNA

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YANGON, 2 Oct —Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, DawKhin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma (a) Ange Lay filedappeals against the judgments at Yangon DivisionCourt as they were dissatisfied with the judgments of theCriminal Regular Trial 47/2009. These were the crimi-nal appeal cases No 173/2009 and No 174/2009. Re-garding their appeals, Yangon Division Court heard thefinal arguments on 18 September and passed finaljudgments together at 10 am today.

In reviewing the reasons of the lawyers of theappeal plaintiffs, there are two main points: (1) the 1974constitution of the Socialist Republic of the Union ofMyanmar became null and void due to the situations thathappened in the country in 1988 and (2) it cannot be saidthat Daw Aung San Suu Kyi breached the terms of therestrictions and continued restrictions against her origi-nal rights prescribed in the 1974 constitution as they hadnot been the legal ones before. Therefore, it is necessaryto conclude whether the 1974 constitution is still inforce or not. The 2008 constitution of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar has been approved by the nationalreferendum. The third paragraph of the preamble of theconstitution states that “In order to gain independencespeedily, the Constitution was hastily drafted, and it wasadopted by the Constituent Assembly on 24th Septem-ber 1947. After attaining independence, ParliamentaryDemocracy System was practised in the State in accordwith the Constitution of the Union of Myanmar. How-ever, as democratic system could not be effectivelymaterialized, the new Constitution of the Socialist Re-public of the Union of Myanmar was drafted based onthe single party system, and after holding a NationalReferendum, a socialist democratic State was set up in1974. The Constitution came to an end because of thegeneral situation occurred in 1988.” According to thestatement, it is found that the 1974 constitution becamenull and void due to the situations that happened in thecountry in 1988. The sixth paragraph of the announce-ment No 1/90 of the State Law and Order RestorationCouncil states that “the State Law and Order RestorationCouncil (Tatmadaw) is an organization that is ruling thecountry with martial law and it is not an organization thatis practising any constitution. The SLORC Governmentis ruling the country as a military government and it isknown to all that it is the government accepted by theUnited Nations and world nations.”

According to the above statement, it is found thatthe State Law and Order Restoration Council (Tatmadaw)clearly stated that it did not practise any constitution. Itis therefore clear that at a time when the Tatmadaw tookover the State duties in order to save the country in timethat was in deteriorating situation, the 1974 constitutionbecame null and void.

The constitution of a country has to be prescribedin accord with the wishes of its people. As for the 1947constitution, the State leaders hastily drafted it at aConstituent Assembly as they wanted to gain independ-ence speedily in a peaceful way. Then the independencewas announced. As to the 1974 constitution, the draftone was first written and it was approved and promul-gated through the referendum.

The 2008 constitution was prescribed on 29 May2008 through the national referendum only after theNational Convention had adopted basic principles anddetailed basic principles. This is why the constitutioncame into existence after the true desire of the people hadbeen obtained.

Here, it is necessary to be aware of the fact that theconstitution and the statute law are different. In the

Criminal appeal cases No 173/2009 and No 174/2009 rejected and judgment anddecree of Yangon North District Court confirmed

Declaration No 6/88 issued by the State Law and OrderRestoration Council, it is stated that on 18 September,1988 when the SLORC took over the State duties, all theexisting laws are still in effect until it dissolves orrevokes them. The existing laws mean ordinary statutes.In these expressions, the constitution is not included.

Sub-Article (A) of Article 202 of the 1974 consti-tution states that this Constitution is the Basic Law of allthe Laws of the Union. Section-449 of the 2008 consti-tution also states that this Constitution is the Basic Lawof all the Laws of the Union. Looking at those provi-sions, the constitution is the basis of all existing laws.Based on the constitution, all other existing laws have tobe prescribed to be in conformity with that constitution.The constitution is not to be prescribed based on theexisting laws. It can therefore be said that the statementof the deputy division law officer that the provisionsincluded in the constitution that is not contrary to theexisting laws shall not become null void is not true.

Therefore, it can be deduced from the foregoinglegal points along with the nature of the law, the 1974constitution of the Socialist Republic of Myanmar be-came null and void following the general deterioration in1988, and that is stated in the third paragraph of the StateConstitution of the Union of the Republic of Myanmar.

The second part is to decide whether or not therestriction order, the prohibition order and the continuedprohibition order on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi are legiti-mate, and she violated these orders. The scrutinizationof the primary case exposes that Daw Aung San SuuKyi, Daw Khin Khin Win, Ma Win Ma Ma (a) Ange Layand Mr John William Yettaw were put on trial under theLaw to Safeguard the State Against the Dangers ofThose Desiring to Cause Subversive Acts.

The Law to Safeguard the State Against theDangers of Those Desiring to Cause Subversive Actswas promulgated under Pyithu Hluttaw Law No. 3 in1975. The 1988 situations put an end to the 1974constitution, but the State Law and Order RestorationCouncil did not promulgate or nullify the law. In 1991,the State Law and Order Restoration Council amendedthe law under Law No 11/91. Therefore, the Law toSafeguard the State against the Dangers of Those Desir-ing to Cause Subversive Acts is still in force, and it is theoriginal law.

Here, the purpose of the Law to Safeguard theState against the Dangers of Those Desiring to CauseSubversive Acts needs to be explained. The law isdesigned to protect the State sovereignty and security,and community peace from threats, and safeguard thenation against those desiring to harm the State. In orderto achieve these objectives, the Central Body, also theadministrative body, was formed and then entrustedauthority to take preventive measures against possibledangers. The Central Body pursues the objectives byissuing restriction order, warrant for arrest and prohibi-tion order according to its executive authority. It has totake action and make a verdict according to the execu-tive power only when a person violates restriction order,warrant for arrest and prohibition order issued under theauthority of the Central Body.

Evidence (b) restriction order, evidence (b-1)prohibition order and evidence (b-2) are the orders theCentral Body issued on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi underArticle (7), Article 10 (b) and Article 11 under the Lawto Safeguard the State Against the Dangers of ThoseDesiring to Cause Subversive Acts. The law is still ineffect, so it cannot be deemed if the said orders issuedaccording to the law are illegitimate orders. It will be

unwise if the law is deemed to have been null and voidlike the 1974 constitution. The 1974 constitution and theexisting laws are separate laws. Therefore, it is fair tosay that the revision case filed by the lawyers of appealplaintiffs should not be accepted for hearing.

According to the witnesses who argued in theprimary case, US citizen Mr John William Yettawentered the residence of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi twice.In the first time, he left Book of Mormon. In the processof searching the house, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi took thebook from the altar in her house and gave it to theofficials. In the second time, she accepted the letters andbooks given by Mr John William Yettaw’s daughter.The statements of the witnesses have made it apparentthat while staying in her house, Mr John William Yettawtook many photos and made several home videos andbrought them along with him. Appeal plaintiffs DawKhin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma (a) Ange Lay livetogether with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. The statementsof the plaintiff witnesses also made it clear that while MrJohn William Yettaw was staying in the residence ofDaw Aung San Suu Kyi, the two violated the law incollusion with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi by helping himwith making bed and laying the table for meals for him.

Paragraph (c) of the prohibition order and contin-ued prohibition order on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi saysnot to communicate outside by post or by telegraph. Theinitial court defined the expression “communicate” incombination with the expression “outside” stated in theparagraph (c). Here, the expression “communicate”means the deal between the one who communicates andthe one who is communicated. Only then will they beable to contact with each other. Accepting outsidecontact means communicating outside, so it shall bedeemed that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi re-communicatedMr John William Yettaw by accepting his contact.Therefore, the initial district court’s decision “she failedto abide by the prohibition order” is not wrong. Theargument given by the lawyer of the appeal plaintiff —considering the expression “outside” to be “making acontact” by combining the expression with anotherexpression “communication” can make the initial ex-pression greatly confused— is deemed to be wrong.

On the whole, the 1988 unrest made the 1974constitution null and void, but the Law to Safeguard theState Against the Dangers of Those Desiring to CauseSubversive Acts is still in effect and it is therefore anexisting law. According to the statements of the plaintiffwitnesses, it makes it clear that defendants Daw AungSan Suu Kyi, Daw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma(a) Ange Lay failed to honour the restriction order, theprohibition order and the continued prohibition orderissued under the provisions of the law. Therefore, it isnot wrong that the initial district court sentenced DawAung San Suu Kyi under Article (22) of the law andDaw Khin Khin Win and Ma Win Ma Ma (a) Ange Layunder Article (19) of Code of Criminal Procedure andArticle (22) of the law.

Therefore, it is hereby announced that based onthe above-mentioned facts, the judgment and order ofYangon North District Court are confirmed and rejectthe criminal appeal cases Nos 173/2009 and 174/2009.

Appeal plaintiffs’ lawyers U Kyi Win, U NyanWin, U Hla Myo Myint and Daw Khin Htay Kywe,and appeal defendants’ deputy law officers fromYangon Division Court Daw Khin Mar Kyi, DawKhin Mayday and U Myat Khaing were present at thehearings.

MNA

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GATI PRIDE VOY NO (23110)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GATI PRIDEVOY NO (23110) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 3.10.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S GATI COAST TO COASTPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BLUE SKY VOY NO (1)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BLUE SKYVOY NO (1) are here by notified that the vessels will bearriving on 3.10.2009 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at the consign-ee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws andconditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: MIRAE SHIPPING CO., LTDKOREA

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG DA VOY NO (9038)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG DAVOY NO (9038) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 3.10.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING(MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDN BDH

Phone No:256908/378316/376797

British archaeologists have unearthed an amphi-theatre at a ancient port outside Rome which mayhave played host to emperors such as Hadrian and

Trajan.—INTERNET

Ministry of InformationPrinting and Publishing Enterprise &Myanma Motion Picture Enterprise

Invitation to Tender1. Sealed tenders are invited for Printing andPublishing Enterprise and Myanma Motion PictureEnterprise for supply of the following—(A) Printing and Publishing Enterprise

No. Descriptions Quantity(1) Pallet Truck (3 tons) - 1 No(2) Digital Multifunction Copier - 1 No(3) Book Scanner - 1 No(4) Computer P4 - 6 Nos(5) Laserjet Printer (A3) - 2 Nos(6) Computer (Branded) P4 - 4 No(7) Document Scanner (A4) - 1 No(8) Scanner (A4) - 1 No(9) Printer (Cannon IP 1880) - 1 No

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& Digital Video Player - 16 Sets(4) Cassette Recorder 100 W - 2 Nos(5) Computer Accessories - 2 Nos

2. Tender closing date/time will be on 16-10-2009 at16:30 hrs.

3. Tender documents are available at the below-mentioned address.

Procurement CommitteeMinistry of Information

Myanma Motion Picture EnterpriseNo.28, Kokkine Yeiktha Street, Bahan Township,

Yangon.Ph: 534574, 536029

UK dig finds Roman amphitheatreROME, 2 Oct—British archaeologists

have unearthed an amphitheatre at a an-cient port outside Rome which mayhave played host to emperors such asHadrian and Trajan. The team, led bythe University of Southampton, say thearena could have held up to 2,000people and been used for gladiatorgames or animal baiting.

It was found inside a giganticimperial-style palace within the well-preserved old harbour of Portus.

Experts said the entire site deservedgreater recognition. The excavationteam, which also included archaeolo-gists from Cambridge University, hasspent two years at Portus, about 20miles (32km) from the Italian capital.

They worked in collaboration with

the British School at Rome on the firstlarge-scale dig at Portus.

The ancient gateway to theMediterranean Sea, which is twice thesize of the port of Southampton,supplied the centre of the RomanEmpire with food, slaves, wild animalsand building materials for hundreds ofyears.It is now two miles inland andnext to Fiumicino Airport’s runway.

The project concentrated on thebanks of a hexagonal-shaped man-made lake which formed part of the2nd Century harbour. This area wasfirst excavated in the 1860s and whatmight have been a theatre was discov-ered and marked on plans, but no traceof the building could subsequently befound.—Internet

HU orders pla, papf tomake new contributions to

world peaceBEIJING, 2 Oct—Chinese President Hu Jintao on

Thursday called on the People’s Liberation Army(PLA) and the People’s Armed Police Force (PAPF)to make new contributions to safeguarding nationalsovereignty, security and territorial integrity, as wellas to maintaining world peace.

“The PLA and PAPF must carry forward theirglorious tradition, build up military strength andperform their duties earnestly,” he said at a celebrationmarking the 60th anniversary of the founding of NewChina. —MNA/Xinhua

6.3 magnitudeearthquakehits Samoa

regionAUCKLAND, 2 Oct—

An earthquake measuring6.3 on the Richter Scalestruck off the Pacificisland kingdom of Tongaand the Samoa Islands onFriday, the US GeologicalSurvey said.

The quake, whichoccurred at 02:07 p.m.local time Friday (01: 07GMT), was centered 545kilometres northeast ofNuku’alofa, the capital ofTonga.

It was at a depth of10 kilomeres.

There were noreports of casualties anddamage so far. Notsunami warning had beenissued by the Hawaii-based Pacific TsunamiWarning Centre.

It came two daysafter a giant tremor causeda devastating tsunamiwhich killed almost 150people. —MNA/Xinhua

Ministry of InformationMyanma Radio and Television

Invitation To Tender1. Sealed tenders are invited for Myanma Radio andTelevision for supply of the following—

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Myanma Motion Picture EnterpriseNo. 28, Kokkine Yeiktha Street,

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A performer shows dancewith tiger during thespecial show by theNational Circus of

Russia under invitationto Luoyang City, central

China’s Henan Province,on 1 Oct, 2009.

INTERNET

An elderly woman is taken for a walk by two relatives, and their pet retriever inJakarta. Scientists have shown since the 1930s that reducing the calorie intake

by 30 percent for rats, mice and — in a more recent finding — primates canextend their lifespan by 40 percent and have health benefits.—INTERNET

Supporters of theChicago 2016 Olympic

bid cheer before thestart of the opening

ceremony of the 121stsession of the Interna-tional Olympic Con-gress in Copenhagen

one day before theInternational Olympic

Committee votes onwho will host the 2016

games.—INTERNET

H1N1 flu expected to createhospital bed shortage in US

LOS ANGELES, 2 Oct —The H1N1 flu virus, alsoknown as swine flu, couldcreate hospital bed short-age in 15 US states, ac-

cording to a study re-leased on Thursday.Meanwhile, 12 otherstates could reach or ex-ceed 75 percent of theirhospital bed capacity, saidthe study by the non-profitgroup Trust for America’sHealth. These scenarioscould become reality if 35percent of Americans getsick, the study noted. The number of peoplewho could get sick withH1N1 flu in the UnitedStates ranges from a highof 12.9 million in Califor-nia and a low of 186,434in Wyoming, and the

number of people who arehospitalized could rangefrom a high of 168,025 inCalifornia to a low of2,485 in Wyoming, ac-cording to the study. The states that are ex-pected to face the most se-vere shortage of hospitalbeds are Delaware (203percent), Connecticut (148percent), Hawaii (143 per-cent) and Maryland (143percent). The estimateswere based on theFluSurge model devel-oped by the US Centers forDisease Control and Pre-vention.— Xinhua

Stillbirth in firstpregnancy raises risk for

subsequent pregnancy LOS ANGELES, 2 Oct — Women who experience astillbirth in their first pregnancy may be at higher riskfor complications or adverse outcomes in their nextpregnancy, a new study has said. A first pregnancy which resulted in stillbirth wasassociated with increased risk of placental diseases,fetal distress, chorioamnionitis and neonatal mortal-ity in the second pregnancy, compared to a pregnancythat resulted in live birth, according to a study appear-ing online in the October issue of the American Jour-nal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The study was conducted by researchers at KaiserPermanente, a medical institution in Los Angeles. Theresearchers examined 71,315 Kaiser PermanenteSouthern California members from diverse racial andethnic backgrounds who delivered one child at 20-44weeks’ gestation between 1991 to 2008. They found that women whose first pregnancy re-sulted in stillbirth tended to be younger, African Ameri-can and had started prenatal care later in the pregnancy,as well as having a shorter interval between the firsttwo pregnancies. A stillbirth in the first pregnancy was also associ-ated with an increased risk of spontaneous pretermbirth and stillbirth in the second pregnancy, an obser-vation that is consistent with the findings of previousstudies, said Dr Darios Getahun, the study’s leadauthor. — Xinhua

Mexico, US toboost coop in

cancerresearches

MEXICO CITY, 2 Oct —Mexico and the UnitedStates agreed to cooperatein researches on cancer,US embassy in Mexicosaid in a statement onThursday. A document of inten-tion was signed betweenthe two countries.It was part of a partner-ship between the UnitedStates and four LatinAmerican countries,namely, Argentina, Bra-zil, Mexico and Uruguay,to “accelerate progressagainst cancer in His-panic populations in theUnited States and LatinAmerica and improvecancer research,” thestatement said.

Xinhua

Most babies born this century will live to 100LONDON , 2 Oct – Most

babies born in rich coun-tries this century willeventually make it totheir 100th birthday, newresearch says. Danish ex-perts say that since the

20th century, people indeveloped countries areliving about three dec-ades longer than in thepast. Surprisingly, thetrend shows little sign ofslowing down. In an arti-cle published Friday inthe medical journal Lan-cet, the researchers writethat the process of agingmay be “modifiable.”

James Vaupel of theMax Planck Institute inGermany and colleaguesin Denmark examinedstudies published globallyin 2004-2005 on numer-

ous issues related to ag-ing. They found life ex-pectancy is increasingsteadily in most countries,even beyond the limits ofwhat scientists firstthought possible. In Ja-pan, for instance, whichhas the world’s longestlife expectancy, more thanhalf of the country’s 80-year-old women are ex-pected to live to 90.

Internet

Suppliers face winter fluvaccine delays, cutbacksWASHINGTON , 2 Oct — Waiting for the swine flu vac-

cine? Well, you might have to wait a bit longer for aseasonal flu shot, too. The biggest makers of seasonal fluvaccines in the US are running into delays or cutting backshipments — partly because of the crunch to producemillions of doses of the new swine flu vaccine.

Drugmaker Sanofi Pasteur said it has shipped morethan half of the 50.5 million doses of seasonal flu vac-cine ordered and it could be November before some UScustomers get the rest of their shipments. Novartis AGand GlaxoSmithKline PLC said on Thursday their ship-ments are on schedule. But they’ve told customers theymay get about 10 percent less than ordered. The threecompanies account for about 100 million of the nation’sexpected 114 million doses.

The delay and cutbacks have already forced somedoctor’s offices to turn away patients and others to can-cel clinics around the country. In Lyon County, Kan, thehealth department canceled next week’s drive-thru flushot clinic because it used up the doses it received inAugust and hasn’t received any more.—Internet

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Jankovic beats Li to reachPan Pacific final

TOKYO, 2 Oct — Former world No. 1 JelenaJankovic reached the Pan Pacific Open final by de-feating Li Na of China 6-4, 6-3 here on Friday.

The seventh-seeded Serbian will next meet winnerof the other semifinal between Maria Sharapova andAgnieszka Radwanska.

Jankovic, the highest seeded player left in the sin-gles draw, broke four times and dropped serve twice.

The top six seeds, led by Dinara Safina and VenusWilliams, all lost their first round matches of the tour-nament.— Xinhua

BEIJING, 2 Oct —World number two Rafa Nadal wasconfirmed to play the China Open next week at theOlympic Green Tennis Center where he won the goldmedal last year, organizers said here on Friday.

The Spaniard had been doubtful for the 6.6 milliondollars mixed event due to an abdominal injury butorganizers said he is now fit and ready to appear in theevent where he last played and won in 2005.

Organizers said his doctor had given his a thoroughphysical check and confirmed that he has been fullyrecovered.

Chen Zhen, the competition supervisor, said, “Weare happy that Nadal has passed the physical check.We are all looking forward to watching him put upgood performance for the fans.”

The China Open will for the first time be played inthe Olympic venue. The prize money has been in-creased to a total of 6.6 million US dollars, with 4.5million going to the women.

Nadal, who has not played since a US Open semi-final defeat to eventual champion Juan Martin DelPotro last month, will be joined by world number fourNovak Djokovic and number six and defending cham-pion Andy Roddick. Russia’s Marat Safin, the 2004champion, has announced that he will retire after thetournament.

Women’s world number one Dinara Safina arrivedin Beijing early after being eliminated in the first roundin Tokyo. — Xinhua

PARIS, 2 Oct —Celtic’s Europa League ambitionssuffered another blow on Thursday when they wereheld to a 1-1 draw at home by Rapid Vienna in a matchwhich brought back uncomfortable, ugly memories.

Celtic, who had lost their opening Group C matchat Hapoel Tel Aviv, slipped behind after just three min-utes at Parkhead when a mistake by Stephen McManusgifted Nikica Jelavic a goal.

Australia’s Scott McDonald levelled in the 20thminute but Celtic could not find the winner as the Scot-tish giants slumped to the foot of the table followingHamburg’s 4-2 win over Hapoel Tel-Aviv.

Twenty-five years ago, Celtic and Rapid clashedin the Cup Winners’ Cup. Rapid won 3-1 at home be-fore Celtic took a 3-0 lead in the second leg.

But Rapid player Rudi Weinhofer collapsed to theground, claiming to have been hit by a missile thrownfrom the terraces before UEFA ordered a third gameto be played.

Current Rapid boss Peter Pacult scored the onlygoal of the match which was played at Old Trafford totake his side through to the next round.—Internet

BEIJING, 2 Oct — USteen sensation MelanieOudin, looking to extendher dream breakthroughseason at the China Open,says the confidence shegained from her run to theUS Open last eight willserve her well in Beijing.

The 18-year-old Oudinburst onto the tennis scenethis year with a fourth-round showing at Wim-bledon, shocking formerworld number one JelenaJankovic en route.

The Georgia nativefollowed that up with aneven better run at Flush-ing Meadows, defeatingfourth seed Elena

PRATTVILLE, 2 Oct—Scotland’s Janice Moodieshot a bogey-free 8-under64 on Thursday to take aone-stroke lead over 14-year-old Alexis Thomp-son in the Navistar LPGAClassic, with MichelleWie and top-rankedLorena Ochoa twostrokes back.

Moodie, a two-timewinner on the LPGATour, played her finalnine holes — the frontnine on The Senatorcourse at the Robert TrentJones Golf Trail’s Capi-tol Hill complex, in 6-under 30.

She birdied her finalfour holes and six of herlast seven.

Internet

BERLIN, 2 Oct — Germany captain Michael Ballackhas sent national team coach Joachim Loew an ‘all-clear’text message saying he is fit to face Russia in their cru-cial World Cup qualifier, it was revealed Thursday.

Chelsea midfielder Ballack, 33, sat out Wednesdaynight’s 1-0 Champions League win at Apoel Nicosiawith a calf injury, but sent Loew an SMS saying hewill be fit for the Group Four clash on October 10 inMoscow. “I am really glad that he did not play onWednesday,” admitted Loew.

Germany are just a point ahead of Russia in thequalifying group and a victory in Moscow would guar-antee Loew’s side a place in South Africa next Juneregardless of their last match against Finland in Ham-burg on 14 October.

But Germany team manager Oliver Bierhoff hasbeen working out the logistics of ‘Plan B’ should hisside finish the campaign as runner-up to Russia.

A second-place finish in the group would mean Ger-many face a play-off over two legs against one of theother eight best runners-up from the European quali-fying zone.—Internet

Everton stays perfect inEuropa League

BRUSSELS, 2 Oct — Everton maintained its perfectrecord with a come-from-behind 2-1 win over BateBorisov in Europa League on Thursday.

Dmitri Likhtarovich put the home side ahead, butEverton tied it with a header by Belgian midfielderMarouane Fellaini in the 68th minute and Australianforward Tim Cahill lobbed the ball over Bate goal-keeper Sergei Veremko 11 minutes later.

American Tim Howard was in goal for Everton.AEK Athens beat Benfica 1-0. Everton is six points

ahead of AEK and Benfica in Group I.Also, Fulham took the lead in Group E with four

points after a 1-0 win over Basel. American ClintDempsey played the entire match for Fulham. Romasecured its first points of the season with a 2-0 winover CSKA Sofia. Basel and Roma both have threepoints and CSKA has one.

Last season’s UEFA Cup champion ShakhtarDonetsk beat Partizan Belgrade 4-1.

The result gave Shakhtar sole possession of the leadin Group J after Toulouse was held to a 2-2 draw athome by Club Brugge.—Internet

Nadal confirmed to playChina Open in Beijing

US teen Oudin ready to makegood on US Open promise

US teen sensationMelanie Oudin.

Dementieva and anotherformer number one, MariaSharapova.

Oudin, who has shotup to a career-high 42 inthe world rankings, has tobattle through the qualify-ing rounds in Beijing butsaid her new-found selfbelief will carry herthrough to the main draw.

“I don’t think my men-tal game has changedsince the US Open exceptthat it has given me moreconfidence. I definitelythink I can keep up withthese girls,” Oudin saidafter a practice sessionhere.

“I’ve been trying towork on a bunch of thingssince the US Open. I amtrying to make my gamestrong and to movequicker on the court,” shesaid, according to a state-ment posted Friday on thetournament website.

Oudin was to faceworld number 115 AlexaGlatch of the UnitedStates on Friday. The topeight qualifiers will ad-vance to the main draw.

Internet

2016 Olympic race too closeto call ahead of vote

US first lady MichelleObama arrives for theopening ceremony forthe 121st IOC session

and XIII OlympicCongress at the Operahouse in Copenhagen,

on 1 Oct, 2009.INTERNET

COPENHAGEN, 2 Oct —In 30 minutes, it will beover.

Years of preparations,arm-twisting, sweet-talk-ing and hopes will be re-jected or rewarded on Fri-day when the Interna-tional Olympic Commit-tee votes to select the hostfor the 2016 Games.

Chicago, Rio de Ja-neiro, Madrid and Tokyo— one by one — will beeliminated in a tense half-hour of successive roundsof secret balloting untilone stands alone.

Internet

Celtic held in Euro grudge matchas Everton, Fulham win

Moodie shoots 64 to takeNavistar LPGA Classic

Alexis Thompson waves

after completing her

first round of the

Navistar LPGA Classic

golf tournament at the

Robert Trent Jones Golf

Trail at Capitol Hill on

1 Oct, 2009 in Prattville,

Ala.—INTERNET

Germany

captain

Michael

Ballack.

INTERNET

Germany’s Ballack ‘all-clear’for Moscow clash

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudy inKachin and Kayah States, rain or thundershowers havebeen isolated in Shan and Chin States, Sagaing and MandalayDivisions, fairly widespread in Kayin State and MagwayDivision and widespread in the remaining States andDivisions with locally heavyfall in Taninthayi Division andisolated heavyfall in Ayeyawady Division. The noteworthyamounts of rainfall recorded were Kawthoung (3.42) inches,Pyapon (3.15) inches, Myeik (3.04) inches, Dawei (2.37)inches, Yangon (Central) (1.85) inches, Thayawady (1.77)inches, Kyaukpyu (1.70) inches and Aunglan (1.42) inches.

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Bay inference: According to the observations at(15:30)hrs M.S.T today, the low pressure area over the WestCentral Bay still persists. Weather is cloudy in the North Bayand monsoon is moderate to strong in the Andaman Sea andelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 3rd October 2009: Rainor thundershowers will be widespread in Mon, Kayin Statesand Taninthayi Division, fairly widespread in Rakhine State,Bago, Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions, isolated in theremaining States and Divisions with likelihood of isolatedheavyfall in Taninthayi Division. Degree of certainty is(80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seas arelikely at times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach(35-40) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofthundery conditions in Deltaic areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for3-10-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for3-10-2009: One or two rain or tundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for2-10-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).Weather Outloo9k for First weekend of October 2009:During the coming weekend, rain or thundershowers arelikely to be isolated in Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay Divisions,fairly widespread in Yangon Division.

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BC/6665, Lieutenant-Colonel (Rtd)OTS-9

Deputy Minister (Rtd)(78 years)

Son of Headmaster (U Ba Yin-Daw OhnTin) of Shwe Sitthi Village of Meiktila Township,Mandalay Division; beloved husband of DawHla Yin of No. 152 on 45th Street in Ward 10 ofBotahtaung Township, Yangon; beloved fatherof U Tin Wa (Manager, Myanma AgricultureService-Nay Pyi Taw)-Daw Nilar Soe Nyunt(Internal Revenue Department, KyimyindineTownship), U Yazar Soe Nyunt (Head of Branch-Admin, National Culture and Fine ArtsUniversity-Yangon)-Daw Htar Htar Oo, MajorHlaing Myint (Rtd) (Factory Manager ofTatmadaw Football Factory, Hmawby)-Daw KhinBagyi Soe Nyunt, Dr. Pyinnyar Soe Nyunt (Major-Rtd)-Daw Ohnmar, Ma Khin La Pyae Wun SoeNyunt, Ma Yin Padauk Soe Nyunt, Ma Nay WunNi Ni Soe Nyunt and Major Ye Yint Soe (Rtd)(Deputy Director of Ministry of Religious Affairs)-Dr. Marlar Kyaing (Yangon Eye Hospital);beloved grandfather of Ma Pan Pwint Phyu SoeNyunt (Shwe Pon), Ma Moe Pwint Phyu SoeNyunt (Ngwe Pon), Maung Zarn Lin Htet SoeNyunt (Sein Pon), Maung Sa Soe Nyunt, MaungPhone Soe Nyunt, Ma May Thawdar Soe Nyunt,Ma Thinn Thiri Soe Nyunt, Maung Ponnya SoeNyunt and Ma Myat Pan Pwint Soe Nyunt, passedaway at 10.40 am on 2-10-2009 (Friday).

(The funeral will be announced later.)Bereaved Family

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Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut 1371 ME Saturday, 3 October, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

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

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Oct—General Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Unionof Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to Her Excellency Dr AngelaDorothea Merkel, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, on theoccasion of the Day of German Unity of the Federal Republic of Germany, whichfalls on 3 October 2009.—MNA

Prime Minister sendsfelicitations to Germany

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Oct—On the occasion of National Foundation Day of theRepublic of Korea, which falls on 3 October 2009, General Thein Sein, PrimeMinister of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisExcellency Mr Chung Un-chan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea.

MNA

Prime Minister sends messageof felicitations to ROK

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Oct—Prime Minister of theUnion of Myanmar General Thein Sein during his stayin New York met with United Nations Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moon at the UN Headquarters inNew York at 11 am on 28 September.

At the call, the Prime Minister was accompa-nied by Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win,Minister for Science and Technology U Thaung, DeputyAttorney-General Dr Tun Shin, Myanmar PermanentRepresentative to the UN Ambassador U Than Swe,Director-General U Thant Kyaw of the InternationalOrganizations and Economic Department under theMinistry of Foreign Affairs and officials; and the UNSecretary-General, by Under-Secretary-General (Po-litical Affairs) Mr Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General (Secretariat) Mr Vijay Nambiar, Under-Sec-retary-General (Humanitarian Affairs and EmergencyRelief) Mr John Holmes and Special Adviser to theUN Secretary-General Mr Ibrahim A Gambari.—MNA

PM General Thein Sein meets UN Secretary-General

Prime Minister General Thein Sein shakeshands with United Nations Secretary-General

Mr Ban Ki-moon at the hall of UNHeadquarters in New York.—MNA

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