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* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

A world-class hotel in Nay Pyi TawByline: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

Kanyin Dam to bring development to western regions of AyeyawadyArticle & Photos:

Khin Maung Than (Sethmu)

Reception Hall where the international meetings can be held. (See page 7)

For the development of western regions of MagwayDivision on the west bank of the Ayeyawady River, theTatmadaw government implemented constructionprojects of not only railroads, motorways and bridgesbut also dams and reservoirs to ensure development ofthe agricultural sector with additional water resources.Now, Kanyin Dam is under construction in IngapuTownship of Ayeyawady Division in order to irrigateabout 25,000 acres of summer paddy. Both Ingapu andMyanaung townships will be able to have access toirrigation water upon the completion of Kanyin dam.

Our news crew, accompanied by Staff Officers UKhin Maung Than of Ma Mya Dam project, U MyoMyint Aung (quality control), Deputy Staff OfficersU Myint Swe and U Thein Win Tun, arrived at KanyinDam construction project in Ingapu Township viaPathein-Monywa road. The dam project was started in2002-2003 and the concrete diaphragm wall has beencompleted. And 86 per cent of concrete plastering and88 per cent of drilling have been completed.

(See page 9) Completed spillway of Kanyin Dam.

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PERSPECTIVES

Endeavour for establishment ofindustrial nation

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Industrial sector is instrumental inbringing about national development. SoMyanmar is building sound infrastructuresto build up an industrialized country. Import-substitute industries are mushrooming as theState has extended building industrial regionsand zones and factories.

With the State being able to establishmore heavy industries, percentage of theindustrial sector in the nation’s GDP hasincreased year by year. Establishment of moreindustries and factories has not onlycontributed to regional development but alsocreated job opportunities for local people.

New production techniques have beenacquired as encouragement is being given todevelop the private industrial sector whilepromoting operation capacity of State-runfactories. Moreover, use of modern machineryand tools has facilitated in gaining technologyand work experiences.

Ministry of Industry-1 is runningfactories manufacturing consumer andhousehold goods. Textile factories,pharmaceutical factories, paper and pulpmills, high heat-duty fire brick factories, steelhousehold goods factories, plastic factoriesand consumer goods factories are nowoperating in full swing for manufacturing awide range of products.

For balanced development of industrialzones and regions, local and internationalstudy of boosting productivity and continuousresearch on quality control are necessary.

There has been improved productivitydue to the establishment of a great number offactories in industrial zones and regions. Sothe industrial sector will develop more bymanufacturing high quality goods while tryingfor each and every factory to operate at fullcapacity with proper proportion in cost andincome.

* 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 Desire

YANGON, 29 Nov—The prize presentationceremony of 40th Defence Services Commander-in-Chief’s Shield Tatmadaw (Army, Navy, and Air)Track & Field events was held at Aung San Stadiumhere on 26 November.

It was attended by Deputy Commander of YangonCommand Brig-Gen Kyaw Kyaw Tun, senior military

40th C-in-C’s Shield Tatmadaw (Army, Navy, Air) Trackand Field events conclude

officers, station commanders, Tatmadawmen, theirfamily members and fans.

The deputy commander and senior military officerswatched the final events and the responsible personspresented the individual awards to winners and referees.

Next, the deputy commander presented thechampionship shield to the champion team.—MNA

YANGON, 29 Nov—The annual general meetingsof Myanmar Fish Entrepreneurs’Association,Myanmar Saltwater Farmers Association, MyanmarAquafeed Association and Myanmar FreshwaterFarmers Association under Myanmar FisheriesFederation were held at the federation in InseinTownship here this morning, with an address byPatron of Myanmar Fisheries Federation Minister forLivestock and Fisheries Brig-Gen Maung MaungThein.

Next, President of the federation U Htay Myintdelivered an address and Chairman U Than Lwin ofMFEA extended greetings.

Secretary U Nay Soe then read out annual reportand financial statements in the fifth AGM of theMFEA. The minister then accepted cash presented by

Associations under Myanmar Fisheries Federation hold AGMs

the association to the federation.It was followed by the third AGM of MSFA in

which Chairman U Maung Maung Soe of theassociation extended greetings and advisor to theassociation U Hla Win assessed the discussions. Thefourth AGM of MAA was then held . Chairman of theassociation U Ohn Lwin extended greetings andSecretary U Myint Oo read out annual report andfinancial statements.

It was followed by the third AGM of MFFA inwhich Chairman U Nyein Myaing of the associationextended greetings and Secretary U Win Kyaing readout annual report and financial statements.

The meeting then ended with a concluding remarkby the minister.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 29Nov—A ceremony toobserve World DiabetesDay was held at themeeting hall of 300-bedteaching hospital inChanmyathazi Township,Mandalay, at 9 pm on 14November. It was attendedby rectors from theUniversities of Medicine,medical superintendents,professors, specialists,departmental officials,heads township healthdepartments staff,members of socialorganizations and guests.

World Diabetes Day markedin Mandalay

Attendees were givenfree diabetes check-upsand pamphlets. It wasfollowed by a healtheducative talk. Chairmanof the ceremony MedicalSuperintendent of the 300-bed teaching hospital DrKhin Maung extendedgreetings. Professor DrAung Gyi of MandalayGeneral Hospital andAssociate Professor DrAye Aye Aung of the 300-bed teaching hospitaldiscussed preventivemeasures againstdiabetes.—MNA

PAUNG, 29 Nov—Anew library namedMyosetthit library was

Paung Township gets one more libraryopened in Ahlab villageof Paung Township, MonState, on 17 November.

The building wasformally opened byChairman of Ahlab Village

Peace and DevelopmentCouncil U San Thein andHead of TownshipInformation and PublicRelations DepartmentDaw Cho Myat MyatHtwe.—Myanma Alin

Minister Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein addresses AGMs of associations under MyanmarFisheries Federation.—MNA

Chairman U SanThein of Ahlab

Village PDC andDaw Cho Myat Myat

Htwe of PaungTownship IPRD cut

a ribbon to openMyosetthit library.

MYANMA ALIN

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Afghan war more challengingthan Iraq

Raul Castro praises Cubanarmy as well prepared

HAVANA, 29 Nov — Raul Castro toured military in-stallations and met with his armed forces high com-mand during three days of extensive war games, say-ing his forces’ preparedness inspires more respect thanpossession of an advanced weapon ever could.

The military exercises, which were wrapping upSaturday ahead of Cuba’s National Defence Day onSunday, involve hundreds of thousands of people —both uniformed and civilian — and are the largest since2004.

Cuban military leaders say they must guard againstan American attack, despite assurances from Wash-ington that such talk is absurd and the fact that rela-tions have been improving, albeit slowly, since Presi-dent Barack Obama took office.

Internet

Afghan police stand guard at a site of a blast in the centre of Kabul, on 28November. An explosion was heard in the capital, according to witnesses,

around 10:20 am (0550 GMT) and was immediately followed by the sound ofsirens as security forces rushed to the scene. —INTERNET

A man walks along an empty Revolution Avenue in downtown Tijuana,Mexico, on 28 Nov, 2009. Mexico’s drug war and the economic crisis are

keeping tourists from the once busiest party street, forcing some bars to shutdown.—INTERNET

Death toll from floods in Saudi reaches 106RIYADH, 29 Nov — A Saudi official says the death toll from the unusually heavy

rains that hit western Saudi Arabia has reached 106.The official says rescue teams were looking for possible survivors from the

downpours that caused heavy flooding in the coastal city of Jiddah, the main entrypoint for the millions of people performing the annual hajj pilgrimage. He spokeon condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to talk to the media.

The deaths have been blamed on flooding and collapsed homes and bridges.Sami Badawood, spokesman of health services in Jiddah, says in a statement

that area hospitals have been equipped to deal with any possible outbreaks ofdiseases resulting from the flooding, such as dengue fever.—Internet

A Jordanian manpoints towards a dried

water pit near the DeadSea, south of theJordanian capital

Amman, on 9 Novem-ber. The surface level ofthe Dead Sea is plung-ing by a metre (three

feet) a year and nothinghas yet been done toreverse the declinebecause of a lack of

political cooperation asa result of the

Arab-Israeli conflict.INTERNET

FORWARD OPERATING

BASE SHANK(Afghanistan),29 Nov — Veterans of Iraqrecall rolling to war alongasphalted highways, swel-tering in flat scrublandsand chatting with city-wise university graduatesconnected to the widerworld.

Now fighting in Af-ghanistan, US soldiers in-variably encounter illiter-ate farmers who maynever have talked to anAmerican as they slog intoremote villages on dirt

tracks through bitterlycold, snow-streakedmountains.

“Before deploying herewe were given training onlanguage, culture, every-thing. I thought that sinceI was an Iraq combat vet-eran, I didn’t need any ofthat stuff. I was wrong,”says Sgt Michael McCann,returning from a patrol inthe east-central provinceof Logar.

While their experiencesin the two war zones vary,for many soldiers in the

field — if not policy mak-ers — the conflict in Af-ghanistan is one they thinkmay prove harder andlonger to win.

Soldiers and officersinvolved in combat opera-tions all cite the more pun-ishing geography and cli-mate, those focused on de-velopment the bare-bonesinfrastructure, and intelli-gence specialists the evengreater difficulties in iden-tifying the militants asamong the many sharpcontrasts between Af-ghanistan and Iraq.

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9,000 Marinesto Helmandafter Obama

speechWASHINGTON, 29 Nov

— The US military willdeploy up to 9,000 Ma-rines to Afghanistan’sHelmand Province —doubling US presencethere — in the days afterPresident BarackObama’s war strategy an-nouncement this week,the Washington Post saidon Saturday.

Citing senior US offi-cials, the daily said theextra Marines won’t moveto the restive southernprovince until afterObama’s address to thenation on Tuesday fromthe prestigious West Pointmilitary academy in NewYork state.

The aim is to regain afooting in the region thathas been a base for a fierceTaleban insurgency in re-cent months.—Internet

At least 73 dead in Congoboat accident

KINSHASA, 29 Nov — At least 73 people were killedand others missing after a logging boat sank in a lakein western Democratic Republic of Congo, a RedCross official said on Saturday.

The boat sank in bad weather and had been trans-porting logs on Lake Mai Ndombe in Bandundu Pro-vince with no authorization to take on passengers,United Nations-sponsored Radio Okapi said.

“We are at 272 survivors and 73 dead. These arebodies that we have found along the shores of thelake,” Dominic Lutula, president of the Congolese RedCross told Reuters.

Internet

Europe lacks means, will forAfghan war

BRUSSELS, 29 Nov — The United States’ partnerscould deploy some 5,000 extra troops under a newstrategy to combat the Afghan insurgency but lack themeans or the will to do much more, according to ana-lysts.

Plagued by economic problems, overstretched ar-mies deployed in Iraq or the Balkans and growingmilitary and civilian casualties, European nations arelosing appetite for a fight that has dragged on for eightyears. But any tepid response to requests by command-ers could hurt US President Barack Obama, who isdue to unveil the new strategy on Tuesday, and dis-patch more than 30,000 US reinforcements to make itwork.—Internet

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China to keepmacroeconomic

policy stancein 2010 with

flexibility BEIJING, 29 Nov—

China has vowed to main-tain its macroeconomicpolicy stance in 2010 de-spite worries that itsstimulus is likely to riskfueling new bubbles andovercapacity.

A meeting of the Po-litical Bureau of the Com-munist Party of China(CPC) Central Committeeagreed on Friday that thecountry will continue theproactive fiscal policyand moderately easymonetary policy nextyear.

“It is a must for thecountry to stick to the pro-growth policy stance,”said Zhang Liqun, a re-searcher with the Devel-opment Research Centerof the State Council, oneof China’s top think tanks.

“A guarantee to the8-percent growth targetthis year does not meanthe national economy hasbeen on an independentand stable developingtrack,” Zhang said.

Xinhua

India says overseas workerswill not be affected

by Dubai World default NEW DELHI, 29 Nov—India said on Saturday there

is no cause for worrying over potential job lossesamong Indians employed in the Gulf following themulti-billion-dollar debt default risk faced by DubaiWorld, reported the Indo-Asian News Service.

Indian Minister for Overseas Indian affairs VayalarRavi said he has feedback from Indian consulate gen-eral in Dubai and Indian embassies in the region.

“We are not expecting any kind of exodus of In-dian workers to India,” he was quoted as saying.

The minister also said there was some impact inthe Gulf region at the beginning of the meltdown lastyear but the situation had changed since then.

About 100,000 Indian workers had returned fromDubai at that time. But many of them have gone back,the minister pointed out.—Xinhua

Cambodian mechanic Nhean Phaloek sits in his self-designedhome-made Angkor 333-2010 car at his house in Phnom Penh.

The gold-coloured convertible turns heads on impoverishedCambodia’s roads — not least because of creator Nhean

Phaloek’s outlandish claim that it can be operatedtelepathically.—INTERNET

‘Telepathic’ car symbolisesCambodian car industry hopes

PHNOM PENH, 29 Nov—The gold-coloured convertible turns headson impoverished Cambodia’s roads — not least because of creatorNhean Phaloek’s outlandish claim that it can be operated telepathi-cally. “I just snap my fingers and the car’s door will open. Or I justthink of opening the car’s door, and the door opens immediately,”says the 51-year-old as he proudly shows off the homemade car,named the Angkor 333-2010.

Onlookers gasp as he demonstrates the trick, and with the fibre-glass vehicle having cost him 5,000 dollars and 19 months of labourhe is in no mood to reveal the remote control system behind it.

But as with a handful of other Cambodians who make their owncurious cars, he dreams the two-seater will help foster an automo-bile industry in the country, still poor after decades of conflict.

“I am very excited and proud of this car because many peopleadmire me and keep asking me about how I can make it,” he says,adding that it reaches speeds of up to 100 kilometres (62 miles) perhour.—Internet

Russia agrees French superjumbo overfly

Russia has given thegreen light for Air

France’s A380superjumbo to overflySiberia, opening theway for a projectedParis-Tokyo service,France’s TransportMinister DominiqueBussereau has said.

INTERNET

Cars drive on a high-way in the Gulf emirate

of Dubai. Dubai’sambitions to become aninternational financial

centre are in doubtafter the shock an-nouncement that its

main state-owned firmwants to suspend debt

payments, analysts saidon Sunday.—INTERNET

Nissan to double electriccar power

TOKYO, 29 Nov—Japan’s Nissan Motor Co is work-ing on a lithium-ion battery that can power an electricvehicle for 300 kilometres (190 miles) on a singlecharge, the business daily Nikkei said on Sunday.

The distance is nearly double the 160-kilometrerange of the Leaf, Nissan’s first all-electric car set togo on sale in late 2010 in Japan, the United States andEurope.

Nissan, Japan’s third largest automaker, aims to pro-duce electric cars incorporating the new battery by2015, according to Nikkei.

Nissan plans to boost the capacity of the lithium-ion battery’s positive electrode by adding nickel andcobalt to its main material, manganese, it said.

The enhanced battery can store about twice as muchelectricity as batteries with positive electrodes madeonly from manganese.

It is robust enough for practical use, able to with-stand about 1,000 charge cycles, the daily said.

Internet

Dubai looks to oil-rich neighbourfor possible aid

PARIS, 29 Nov—Russiahas given the green lightfor Air France’s A380superjumbo to overfly Si-beria, opening the way fora projected Paris-Tokyoservice, Transport Minis-ter Dominique Bussereausaid on Saturday.

In a statement, Bus-sereau said the accord wasapproved by RussianPrime Minister VladimirPutin at the end of a two-day visit to France whichsaw a number of business

deals concluded.Bussereau said the

agreement on the A380also allowed for morecargo flights betweenParis airports and Russia,favouring Russian com-panies in particular, asMoscow had sought.

Air France has just be-gun regular commercialflights between Paris andNew York with the A380as the first European air-line to use the superjumbojet. It will also serve Jo-

hannesburg from Febru-ary and then Tokyo.

The aircraft is alreadyin use by Singapore Air-lines, Gulf-based Emir-ates and Qantas of Aus-tralia. Putin’s trip also se-cured a deal for French in-vestment in a key pipelineproject and the strugglingAvtovaz car maker, aswell as a promise thatFrance will consider sell-ing Moscow a huge am-phibious assault ship.

Internet

DUBAI, 29 Nov—As world marketsabsorbed the shock of Dubai’s debt cri-sis, the ruler of the once-booming city-state left town for an important meetingin a desert palace. His hosts: the leadersof neighbouring Abu Dhabi whose bal-ance sheets are flush with oil revenue.

It’s not known what promises weremade inside the halls in Al Ain duringthe parade of visitors for an importantIslamic feast day on Friday. But their newrelationship is clear. Abu Dhabi has thecash and cache to be Dubai’s white knight

— in a Gulf version of a too-big-to-failbailout or to help calm markets withpromises to intervene if Dubai’s fiscalmess deepens. The direction Abu Dhabitakes will likely set the tone for the com-ing week as analysts try to sort out whatbanks and institutions have the most atstake in the money crunch — which hassuddenly shifted Dubai’s image from adesert dream factory of indoor ski slopesand a “seven-star” hotel to a recklessspender sideswiped by the recession andunable to pay its bills.—Internet

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China’s top political advisor: China,Brazil should share experience in

green energy

Contestants pose for photos at the final of the 49th Miss International BeautyPageant held in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, on 28 Nov, 2009. The top three winners are Anagabriela Espinoza from Mexico, Seo Eum-mi from South Korea and Chloe-Beth Morgan from the UK. —XINHUA

IGUAZU, 29 Nov—Bothrich in hydroelectric re-sources, China and Brazilshould learn from eachother in promoting theharmonious developmentbetween man and the na-ture, said China’s top po-litical adviser Jia Qinglinon Saturday.

Jia, chairman of theChinese People’s PoliticalConsultative Conference(CPPCC) National Com-mittee, made the remarks

during his visit to theItaipu Waterpower Stationon the Brazil-Paraguayborder.Jia spoke highly ofItaipu’s resource utiliza-tion mode, which com-bines hydrodynamics,aquatic breeding, tourismand ecosystem protection,a development modecharacteristic of harmonybetween man and the na-ture.

China and Brazil areboth rich in hydraulic re-

sources.Vast is the room for bi-

lateral exchange and co-operation in areas like theconservation of water re-sources, construction andadministration of powerinstallations, as well aspersonnel training, hesaid. Jia expressed hopethat both sides could learnfrom each other so as tobetter serve the interestsof the two peoples.

Xinhua

Nepal holds “Stop Melting Life, Savethe Himalayas” conference

All Items from Xinhua News AgencySeries of earthquakes hit

Indonesia’s EastNusatenggara Province JAKARTA, 29 Nov— A serial earthquakes rocked

Indonesia’s East Nusatenggara Province, the coun-try’s territory border to Timor-Leste, on Saturday withthe strongest magnitude of 6.2, the Indonesian Mete-orology, Climate and Geophysics Agency (BMKG)reported.The strongest earthquake occurred at 14:04p.m. local time (0704 GMT) at 195 km Southwest ofWaingapu at a depth of 30 km below sea level.

The first earthquake occurred at 07:36 am localtime (0036 GMT) at 5.2 magnitude at 20 km belowsea level, followed by other earthquakes at 5.3 mag-nitude at 08:08 am local time (0104 GMT) and 12:25p.m. local time (0525 GMT) at 25 and 50 km belowsea levels respectively.

Indonesia is an archipelago country that sits on avulnerable quake-hit area, where two continentalplates, stretching from Western hemisphere to Japan,meet that often cause seismic and volcanic move-ments. —Xinhua

Moderate offshoreearthquake hits Philippines MANILA, 29 Nov—An offshore earthquake, meas-uring 5.9 magnitude, jolted southern Philippines onSunday morning. There is not yet report of casual-ties or damage. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seis-mology (Phivolcs) said the temblor with a tectonicorigin struck at 2:10 am Sunday (1810 GMT Satur-day) 159 kilometers southeast of General Santos city. The Southeast Asian country is part of the so-calledPacific Ring of Fire, a string of islands on the PacificOcean rim that were formed by the eruptions of un-dersea volcanoes.—Xinhua

At least sixdie in boatcapsize in

E MalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR, 29 Nov.—A boat which capsizedoffshore the Sabah Statein East Malaysia onThursday had claimed atleast six lives, local policesaid on Saturday. Sabah police said thatthree more bodies werefound on Saturday follow-ing three on Friday off-shore Kudat Town, wherethe tragedy took place at5.30 pm on Thursday,about an hour after theboat left the Kudat jettyfor Pulau Banggi, orBanggi Island.—Xinhua

KATHMANDU, 29 Nov—A Press conference hasbeen held in the capital ofKathmandu to voice theconcern on the impact ofclimate change in Nepal,local media reported onSunday.

The conference, enti-tled “Stop Melting Life,Save The Himalayas”,was organized through thejoint co-ordination of Cli-mate Change NetworkNepal, Nepalese Youthsfor Climate Action, CleanEnergy Nepal, Oxfam GBNepal and KathmanduMetropolitan City onSaturday.According toSunday’s The Rising Ne-pal, climate change is a

big threat to the lives andlivelihoods of the poorpeople of Nepal. Rainfallpatterns are changing,temperatures are risingand glaciers are meltingfast. Rapid retreat ofHimalayan glaciers willaffect lives and livelihoodsof over a billion of peopleliving in the basin of the

rivers fed by glaciers.Pankaj KC, campaign co-ordinator of ClimateChange Network Nepal,said that leaders and rep-resentatives of the countrymust demand climate jus-tice for Nepal at the UnitedNations summit at Copen-hagen.

Xinhua

India to spend $2 b onCommonwealth Games

PORT OF SPAIN,29 Nov— A total of two billion USdollars is estimated to be spent on the CommonwealthGames that will be held in June 2010 in New Delhi,organizers said here on Saturday. Sindhushree Khular, India’s minister of youth, toldreporters on the second day of the CommonwealthHeads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the capi-tal of Trinidad and Tobago that the budget was muchlarger than originally planned due to an expansion inthe number of venues. “The original budget estimatewas low, the same thing that happened in Glasgowand in London,” Kular said, referring to Glasgow’s2014 plan to host the Commonwealth Games and Lon-don’s 2010 plan to host the Olympics. “When we madethe budget we thought there would be 10 functionalareas. We now had to raise the number to 34.”—Xinhua

VALPARAISO, 29 Nov—A Chinese naval flotilla onSaturday concluded itsgood-will visit to Chile andsailed for Peru to continueits South America tour.Thesquadron, composed ofmissile destroyerShijiazhuang and supplyship Hongzehu, unmooredat around 10:00 am localtime and sailed from theValparaiso military wharfto music played by theChile navy’s military band.

The two-vessel fleet ar-rived in Chile on Mondayfor the Chinese Navy’s sec-ond visit to Chile since1997.During the four-dayvisit, Major General WangFushan, commander of thefleet, met with Chilean

Defence Minister FranciscoVidal and other high-rank-ing military and govern-ment officials.

Xinhua

Chinese naval fleet leavesChile for Peru

A Lipizzaner Stallion performs during the

“World Famous” Lipizzaner Stallions’ 40th

Anniversary tour in Fairfax, Virginia, on 28

November, 2009.—INTERNET

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NEWS ALBUM

The model of King Kong featured inthe original 1933 epic film, is seenahead of its auction, in central London,in this file photo. The tiny King Kongfigurine that helped launch the careerof one of cinema’s biggest monsters hassold for about 121,000 pounds($200,000) at a London auction. Auc-tioneer Christie’s says the 22-inch (56-centimeter) skeleton was the one usedin the climactic scene of the 1933 moviein which the giant ape climbs New York’s Empire State Building.

In this photo taken, Ariel, a Leonber-ger dog owned by Paul and Mary AnnSmith of Powell, Wyo, lies happily sur-rounded by her brood of 18 puppies, 9males and 9 females. Ariel’s litter, bornin late October, set a new worldwiderecord for the number of surviving Leonberger puppies in one litter.

“Okonomiyaki Robot” demonstrates itsability to cook Japanese traditionalfood Okonomiyaki, a savoury pancake,during the international robot exhibi-tion 2009 in Tokyo on 25 Nov, 2009.The robot which has 15 joints, can takeverbal orders from customers and usestandard kitchen utensils. The banner reads,” Okonomiyaki”.

Children look at bicycles at the Chinese pavilion atIndia International Trade Fair in New Delhi

recently.—INTERNET

Venezuela turns to cloud-seedingto battle drought

CARACAS, 29 Nov — Hugo Chavez says he is start-ing to “bombard” clouds now that Cuba has providedVenezuela with cloud-seeding help in an effort to pro-duce rain and alleviate the effects of a severe drought.

The Venezuelan president said on Saturday nightthat specialized equipment, sent by Fidel Castro andCuban President Raul Castro, is starting to be used toseed clouds from planes.

“We’re bombarding clouds,” Chavez said during atelevised speech. “We have some planes there, andsome equipment that Fidel and Raul sent us.”

Chavez is trying to squeeze more rain from theclouds as his country heads into its dry season amid adrought that has put reservoirs at their lowest levels indecades. The lack of water behind hydroelectric damsthat supply most of Venezuela’s electricity is threat-ening to worsen blackouts that have already becomean emerging political liability.

Chavez suggested he wants to witness the cloud-seeding effort, saying: “Any cloud that comes in myway, I’ll hurl a lightning bolt at it. Tonight I’m goingout to bombard.”—Internet

Wis police report four shot

in Madison duplexMADISON, 29 Nov — Four people, including two

children, were wounded early on Saturday at a duplexin what investigators described as domestic shootings.

Madison police said they didn’t know whatprompted the shootings and were waiting Saturdayafternoon to talk to the victims, who were still emerg-ing from surgery.

“I have four injured people and we don’t have astraight story on what happened,” Sgt Phil Moore said.

A 42-year-old woman, 38-year-old man, 7-year-old-boy and 8-year-old girl were taken to a local hospitalwith gunshot wounds, Moore said. They all lived to-gether in the duplex, but Moore didn’t elaborate ontheir relationships or identify them by name.

One victim ran across the street and called policeabout 6:20 am on Saturday, Moore said. Police reco-vered all the weapons involved, including at leastone firearm, he said.

He declined to provide other details, but said eve-ryone involved in the shootings had been identifiedand there was no threat to the community.

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S Korea fishing boat sinks off Uruguay; no one hurtMONTEVIDEO, 29 Nov — A South Korean fishing vessel has burned and sunk in

the port of Uruguay’s capital. Navy officials say all 38 crew members are safe.Navy spokesman Anselmo Borges says Saturday’s fire began in the bunk area

and spread to other areas of the 130-foot (40-metre) Esperanza. The cause is underinvestigation. Navy divers removed ammonia gas tanks used for refrigeration be-fore the fire could cause them to explode.

Borges says the vessel arrived on 5 Nov and was due to head soon for fishinggrounds.

He says crew members come from Korea, Vietnam and Indonesia.Another South Korean vessel burned in Montevideo on 19 Nov. The cause of

the fire on the Excellent 8 also is unknown.—Internet

La interstate crash kills five; critically hurts tenNEW ORLEANS, 29 Nov — A minivan

packed with children blew a tire, clippeda delivery truck and rolled on a Louisi-ana interstate on Saturday, killing fivepeople and critically injuring another 10,state police said.

Thirteen children riding withoutseatbelts were thrown from the van, includ-ing four of the dead who were found in themedian of Interstate 10 near Baton Rouge,Louisiana State Police said. All those killed

and injured were aboard the GMC Safariminivan, and some were related, policespokesman Russell Graham said. “I justsaw the vehicle flip about three or four timesand kids flying everywhere,” witnessTammy Hall told WAFB-TV. “It looked tobe about 10 to 11 kids out of the car. Andeveryone started stopping, and we went toget her, and you could tell the driver wasdead instantly.”

Internet

Health tis: Having aconversation about cancerIf you’ve been diagnosed with cancer,

it’s a difficult task to inform friends andfamily. The American Cancer Societysuggests how to approach the subject:

* Compose a list of people you wantto tell yourself, and other people youwant them to notify for you. Also, jotdown thoughts about how you’d like tobegin, and what you want to share.

* Explain your type of cancer, andshare as much about your diagnosis,prognosis and treatment options as youare comfortable with.

* Encourage family and friends todo research on their own.

* Think about any topics that are toodifficult for you to discuss, and avoidthose topics.

* Compose responses to likely ques-tions, and know when and how you’dlike to end the conversation.

Stellar fossils fromMilky Way’s past

revealedA cluster of ancient stars is likely the

relic of a dwarf galaxy that merged withthe Milky Way during its early days,scientists now find.

Called Terzan 5, the globular starcluster lies within the Milky Way’scentral bulge of stars that protrudes upand down from the galaxy’s flatteneddisk. A globular cluster can host a col-lection of 10,000 to 1 million-plusstars bound together by gravity.

The traditional view of the 150 orso clusters in our galaxy has been thatthe stars of each one, typically ancientin cosmic terms, were born at aboutthe same time from one cloud of gasand dust.

Psychotherapy can boosthappiness more than money

Psychological therapy may be muchmore effective at making people happythan getting a raise or winning a lotteryprize, suggests an English study.

Researchers analyzed data on thou-sands of people who provided informa-tion about their mental well-being andfound that the increase in happiness froma $1,329 course of therapy was so sig-nificant that it would take a pay raise ofmore than $41,542 to achieve an equalboost in well-being.

That suggests that therapy could beas much as 32 times more cost-effectiveat improving well-being than simply get-ting more money, the researchers said.

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 30 November, 2009 7

Byline: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)(from page 1)

In making the endeav-ourers in all aspects for thedevelopment of Nay PyiTaw, the government hasequipped Nay Pyi Tawwith international-stand-ard buildings, roads andbridges, starting frombuilding up it.

As a result, one cansee departmental build-

new towns such as OttaraThiri, Pobba Thiri,Dekkhina Thiri and ZeyaThiri are being built as wellas Nay Pyi Taw Zoologi-cal Garden, Water Foun-tain Garden, Herbal Gar-den and National Land-mark Garden.

As parts of a specialproject, international-standard Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant Hotelwhich is located on thePhozaung Mountain nearOttara Thiri. Just when wearrived there, we felt cool.

While taking a lookaround from ViewingTower which is the mainbuilding of the Hotel, wesaw very pleasant views.We saw Yezin Dam,Ottara Thiri and Pobba

Ngalaik Dam, BagoMountain Ranges and sunset view in the west.

We interviewed Di-rector U Yan Win from G-4 Group Company, whichis constructing the hotel.

He said, “We startedbuilding Mount PleasantHotel on 28 May 2009. Ithas an area of 25 acres.The main building isViewing Tower and it isa three-storey structure.In addition, it has a Re-ception Hall in which in-ternational meetings canbe held. As a first phase,ten bungalows will beopened in early Decem-ber. The nineteen remain-

ing bungalows are underway to be opened inMarch, 2010. Upon com-pletion, there will be al-together 70 bedrooms init. To mark the openingof the Hotel, guests whostay at the Hotel duringthe six months are to paycosts less than 40 per-cent of the fixed price,he added.

The hotel being situ-ated at over 1,600 feetabove sea level, the tem-perature of mountain isfive degree centigrade lessthan that of the groundlevel. The weather condi-tion is the same asPyinOoLwin. It is cool.

So, it was named MountPleasant Hotel. It is aplace where guests canenjoy the viewpoints ofNay Pyi Taw.

Plans are under wayto build mountain walk-ways and child play-grounds. Especially,Chinese and Thai foodwill be available at theHotel.

Opening the interna-tional-standard Hotel,guests from home andabroad can enjoy pleas-ant views.

********Translation: MT

Myanma Alin(27-11-2009)

A bridge connecting Mount Pleasant Hotel with bungalows.

ings, houses, roads andmarkets across Nay PyiTaw far and wide.

At the same time, the

Hotel is being constructedand will be opened soon.

We, Myanma Alindaily team, took a visit to

Thiri in the east,Uppatasanti Pagoda in thesouth and ChaungmagyiDam, Pyithu Hluttaw,

Photo shows a bungalow in Mount Pleasant Hotel.

Photo shows a bungalow in Mount PleasantHotel. Mount Pleasant Hotel decorated with many architectural designs.

A world-class hotel in Nay Pyi Taw

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 30 November, 2009

NAY PYI TAW, 29 Nov—The eighth

ceremony to pay respects to teachers

who retired during the period between

1953 and 2009 of TadaU BEHS will

be held at Yadanar Tun hall on 2

January 2010. The old students are

invited to attend the ceremony without

fail.

Those wishing to donate cash and

NAY PYI TAW PYINMANA, 29 Nov—

The Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township

Writers and Journalists Association

observed Sarsodaw Day at No. 1 Basic

Education High School on 17

November.

Chairman of the Township WJA

U Myint Lwin (San Kaung) made a

NAY PYI TAW, 29 Nov— The first-

stage round robin matches of the 48th

Defence Services Commander-in-

Chief’s Trophy (Army, Navy and Air)

Football Tournament (2009) continued

at designated sports grounds.

In Group (A) matches held in

Eastern Command Zone (Taunggyi),

Yangon Command made a victory over

North-East Command 6-1 while No. 11

LID beat Central Command 1-0; in

Group (B) in South-West Command

Zone (Pathein), it was a goalless draw

between South-East Command team-A

YANGON, 29 Nov—Organized by

Yangon Division Health Committee

to achieve the Millennium

Development Goals (MDGs), the

coordination meeting on curbing

maternal and child mortality rate was

held at University of Nursing

(Yangon) here today. Secretary of

Yangon Division Peace and

Development Council Chairman of

Division Health Committee U Khin

Maung Tun made a speech on the

occasion.

Afterwards, Head of Yangon

Division Health Department and

Deputy Head Dr Wai Mar Mar Tun

discussed works being carried out and

YANGON, 29 Nov—Chairman of

Yangon City Development Committee

Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin

opened 5th Myoma Street in Southern

Ward (4) in Thakayta Township here

this morning.

The 521 feet long and 15 feet

wide concrete street was built with

the technical assistance by the

Engineering Department (Road and

Bridge) of YCDC and with the

contribution of social organizations

and ward dwellers.

Next, he attended the opening of a

new health centre of No (1) Basic

Education High School in South

Okkalapa Township. The mayor,

Chairman of the school health care

committee Dr Myint Thaung and

NAY PYI TAW, 29

Nov—Chairman of

Kayin State Peace and

Development Council

Development tasks inspected

in Thakayta, South Okkalapa

Headmistress Daw Mya Mya Thin

formally opened the facility.

The mayor addressed the ceremony

to donate blood at the same venue, and

viewed members of social organizations

and the Myanmar Anti-Narcotics

Association donating blood.

He also inspected construction of

concrete roads in No (8) Basic

Education Primary School in Ward (7)

and on 14th Pinya Street and 13th Pinya

Street in Ward (5), and sinking of 8-

inch diameter tube-wells on Kaytu

Marlar Road in Ward (4), in front of

Nandawun Market on Thumingalar

Street, and on Thumingalar Street in

Ward (10) in South Okkalapa

Township.

MNA

Tatmadaw Football Tourney (2009)

continues

and Eastern Command while No. 55 LID

crippled Triangle Region Command 3-0;

in Group (C) in North-West Command

Zone (Monywa), Southern Command

utterly routed Coastal Region Command

team-A 3-0 while South-East Command

team-B held draw with No. 44 LID 1-1;

in Group (D) in Southern Command Zone

(Toungoo), No. 88 LID and Coastal

Region Command team-B also held 0-0

draw while No. 66 LID made the highest

goals of the day against North-East

Command 7-4.

MNA

Sarsodaw Day observed in Nay Pyi Taw

Pyinmana Tsp

speech. U Kyaw Shin and U Kyi Aung

(vocalist Kyi Aung) gave talks. U Tun

Kyaw Min read out the message sent

by Chairman of Myanmar Writers and

Journalists Association. A total of over

300 teachers and students attended the

ceremony.

Myanma Alin

Coordination meeting on curbing

maternal and child mortality rate held

tasks in maternal and child health care.

The chairman of Yangon Division

Health Committee accepted health-

aided vinyl donated by Yangon

Division Health Committee, Yangon

Division Maternal and Child Welfare

Supervisory Committee, World Vision

(Myanmar), Marie Stope International

(Myanmar) and UNFPA.

Medical superintendents, OG

specialists and responsible persons

discussed death toll of pregnant women,

mothers and child under one year and

decline of mother and child mortality

rate in Yangon Division. The discussion

came to an end with closing remarks

by the chairman of YDHC.—MNA

Respect paying ceremony of TadaU

BEHS on 2 Jan 2010

kind may contact Fund Raising

Committee Chairman Dr. Kyaw Tin (ph

066-44058, 44236, 09-9050896),

Respect Paying Committee Chairman U

Ye Lin Thu (Shwethit Gold Jewelry)

(ph 066-44067, 09-6808836, 09-

2024994), Secretary U Soe Moe Aung

(Sabaephyu Store) (ph 066-44121,

44122, 44125 and 09-2021212). —MNA

Kayin State PDC Chairman attends winter

groundnut collective cultivation ceremony

Chairman of the Township WJA U Myint Lwin (San Kaung)

makes a speech on Sarsodaw Day.

CC

U Khin Maung

Tun accepts

health-aided

vinyl donated by

Yangon Division

MCWSC, World

Vision

(Myanmar),

Marie Stope

International

(Myanmar) and

UNFPA.—MNA

All this needs to be known* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

Brig-Gen Zaw Min

attended the winter

groundnut collective

cultivation ceremony

near Kawhlight village in

Hpa-an Township on 17

November, and inspected

the thriving kitchen crops

in Kawhlightkyun.

On 18 November,

the chairman inspected

monsoon paddy

harvest and digging

canal near Yatha-

gepyan, Pangon and

Nganetpya villages.

MNA

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Kanyin Dam to bring development to western regions of Ayeyawady

Loikaw University, the pride of Kayah State…(from page 16)

Loikaw University, a glory of Loikaw ofKayah State, was opened on 5 August, 2007. Themain building is 400 feet long, 283 feet wide and41 feet high. It is a three-storey structure.

The main building is complete with Ph.D andM.Res treatise room, computer training centre, e-library, physics practical room and language lab aswell as lecture rooms.

It is fair to say that the birth of the Loikaw

University creates an opportunity for the youth inthe region to learn higher education within theirreach and to discharge their duties in the drive forthe national development by doing their bit.

Translation: MT(Myanma Alin: 29-11-2009)

(from page 1)The groundwork of

Kanyin Dam projectstarted in 2007-2008 and31 per cent was com-pleted up to June 2009.Up to that month, 35 percent of groundwork forthe construction of spill-

way was completed byclearing the 85-acre landand 54 per cent of con-crete pavement was com-pleted. The other worksare also being undertakento complete on schedule.The entrance road toKanyin Dam was up-

graded to gravel one with24 feet in with and 4 milesin length to ensure serv-iceable in all weathers.There is no need to irri-gate monsoon paddy asthe average annual rain-fall of the region is 79inches. The Kanyin Dam

therefore is being con-structed with the aim ofirrigating summer paddyfields.

The Kanyin Dam is ofearthen type and has 194feet in height, 3750 feet inlength and 2850 feet longembankment. It is built by

damming Kanyin Creekand is located near Tatkonvillge of Ingapu Townshipin Ayeyewady Division.

The dam constructionis carried out by Construc-tion Group (9) of Irriga-tion Department startingfrom 2002-2003 and is ex-

pected to be completed by2010-2011. The govern-ment is constructing thedam with the aim of im-proving the socio-eco-nomic status of the localsand greening the region.

Translation: HKA(Kyemon;24-11-09)

Groundwork is being carried out with the use of heavy machinery.

Water supplying canal being constructed with the use of heavy machinery.

Article & Photos; Khin Maung Than (Sethmu)

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 30 November, 2009

DHAKA, 29 Nov —Bangladesh’s exportsector gets an additional10 billion taka (142.9million US dollars)stimulus package to facethe tail effects of theglobal financial crisis.

Bangladeshi FinanceMinister Abul MaalAbdul Muhithannounced the packageat a press conference athis office Wednesday,according to nationalnews agency BSS.

The amount is an

Bangladeshi exporters get additionalover $140 mln stimulus package

ANKARA, 29 Nov—Turkey’s telecom-munications watchdogsaid Saturday the countryis developing its ownInternet search engine andaims to launch it in 2010,the semi-official Anatolianews agency reported.

All major searchengines used worldwideare based in foreigncountries, which can notmeet Turkey’s needs andcould bring securityproblems, said TayfunAcarer, chairman ofTurkey’s InformationTechnologies andC o m m u n i c a t i o n sAuthority Board.

“I believe that oursearch engine will bepopular in Turkic andMuslim countries and Iam confident that these

Turkey says developing ownInternet search engine

TEL AVIV, 29 Nov—the world’s biggesttechnology servicescompany, is expected toannounce this week theacquisition of databasesecurity start-upGuardium for $225million (136.2 millionpounds), Israeli financialnewspaper TheMarkerreported.

The deal is due toclose on Monday and willthen be announced to thepublic, TheMarker said onSunday.

Guardium started asan Israeli firm in 2002 butmoved to Boston in 2003.It has about 60 employeesand all will profit from thesale, TheMarker cited asource close to the

IBM to buy start-upGuardium

MUMBAI, 29 Nov —An expected fall inlending rates in the near-term is likely to promptIndian bachelors tospend more money ontwo-wheeler purchasesover the next six months,a study has said.

“Young unmarriedmales are most likely tospend on two-wheelersover the next six months,as they believe interestrates are likely todecrease,” the study byBoston Analytics on‘Vehicle PurchaseIntentions’ said.

Indian men to spend more onbikes in next six-months

company as saying.The company had

raised $21 million fromventure capital funds suchas Ascent VenturePartners, Israel’sStageOne Ventures andVeritas, and CiscoSystems (CSCO.O), thepaper said.

Guardium is asubsidiary of Israel’s Log-On Software. Officials atLog-On declined tocomment on the report.

Guardium’s productenables companies toextend the use ofcorporate applications tocustomers, partners andproviders while ensuringthat the databases used bythose applications areshielded.—Xinhua

addition to the stimuluspackage, announcedearlier for the exportindustries excludinggarment sector.

Amidst growingconcern about possiblenegative impact of globalrecession on the country’sexport, the government inApril this year announceda stimulus package of34.24 billion taka (489.1million US dollars) for theexporters.

The stimulus supportwith the additional

amount will be providedover the next five years tohelp exporters includingapparel sector increasetheir competitiveness,maintain strong positionat the existing market andexplore new avenues withproduct diversification.

With the additionalamount, the garmentsector will get up to5percent cash incentivefor entering into marketsother than US, UK,European Union andCanada.—Xinhua

Conducted among10 ,000 Ind ianconsumers, the studyfound the major thrustin demand was comingfrom young males in theage-group o f 18-35years, who are mostlyunmarried and ready tospend.

While a majority oftwo-wheeler makerssaw record sa les inOctober, the demandfor these veh ic leswould hugely dependon consumers’ comfortto borrow money, itsaid.—Xinhua

countries will trust oursearch engine,” Acarerwas quoted as saying.

Turkey also initiatedanother project toal locate an e-mailaddress with a quota of10 gigabytes to each ofTurkey’s 70 millioncit izens to build amobile network thatmatches ci t izens’identity numbers, saidAcarer.

He said the projectis being tested and thatits softwareinfrastructure wasalready completed.

The network couldreplace foreign mailnetworks such as Yahoo,Gmail and Hotmail inTurkey, Acarer wasquoted as saying.

Xinhua

IBM plans to buy Guardium, a subsidiary ofIsrael’s Log-On Software.—INTERNET

Shaolin monks demonstrating their Kungfu skills. Every Chinese man isexpected to know at least a little bit Kungfu.—INTERNET

With ever-developing technology, we mayprobably see soccer matches between humans

and robots in future.—INTERNET

SIRSI (Karnataka), 29 Nov—An internalinvestigation is on by a nuclear experts’ team in Kaigain Uttara Kannada district, after at least 50 peopleworking in the nuclear power plant were treated forexcessive radiation exposure after drinking water mixedwith tritium, a highly radioactive substance.

The team in Kaiga is probing last week’s incidentin which 45-50 employees working in the firstmaintenance unit of the plant were treated for increasinglevel of tritium, also known as Hydrogen-3, after theydrank water from a water cooler in the operating areaon 24 November.

Uttara Kannada district Superintendent of PoliceRaman Gupta told PTI that police have offered theirassistance in the investigation.

“We are taking it seriously as public interest isinvolved. We are waiting for the nod of Kaigaauthorities for investigation”, Gupta said.—Xinhua

Nuclear experts probingradiation-contaminated water

TOKYO, 29 Nov— The US dollar briefly fell tothe 14-year low in the upper 84-yen range earlyFriday morning in Tokyo. At 9 am, the dollar fetched85.16-18 yen, compared with 86.78-79 yen at 5 pmThursday in Tokyo. US financial markets were closedThursday for the Thanksgiving holiday.The eurotraded at 1.4968-4970 dollars and 127.45-53 yenagainst 1.5089-5090 dollars and 130.95-99 yen inTokyo late Thursday.

Japanese Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii saidJapan will “keep close tabs on the dollar-yen rate”and will “take appropriate measures” if foreignexchange rates “move abnormally”. —Xinhua

Dollar falls to 14-year low in lower84-yen level in Tokyo

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Indonesia launches new Navy vessel

Bhopal gas survivors mark25 years of agony

Gunmen shoot dead Red Crescentofficial in N Afghanistan

KABUL, 29 Nov—Unknown armed men gunneddown an acting provincial director of Afghan RedCrescent in Takhar Province of northern Afghanistan,a private television channel reported on Saturday. “Makhdom Abdullah was leaving a mosque inFarkhar District after Eidul Adha prayer on Friday,when unidentified armed men opened fire, killing himon the spot, “Tolo television quoted provincial policechief Ziahuddin Mahmodi as saying in a news bulle-tin. Four persons have been arrested in the incident, itadded. Although no groups or individuals have claimedresponsibility, Taleban militants fighting Afghan gov-ernment and international troops often target securityforces and government service members. Taleban militants, active in southern part of the post-Taleban country, have been attempting to infiltrate tothe peaceful Northern Provinces in the past severalmonths. —Xinhua

JAKARTA, 29 Nov — The Indonesiangovernment launched on Saturday aNavy vessel namely “Banjarmasin592” in state’s run ship dockyard lo-cated in Surabaya, East Java, local me-dia reported.

The vessel was initially designed bySouth Korean Dae Sun Shipbuilding(DSS), assembled by Indonesia’s ship-yard of PT PAL Surabaya. It takes a yearto buildup settle the Landing PlatformDeck (LPD) vessel.

“This is the transfer of technologyform to our strategic industrysector,” Defence Minister PurnomoYusgiantoro was quoted by theDetik.com as saying on the sidelinesof the vessel launching.

The assembling of the LPD vessel

was supervised by South Korea’s DSSengineers.

The South Korea’s DSS shipyardhas built two vessels for Indonesia’sNavy, the Makassar 590 and Surabaya591, the minister said.

Another navy vessel would be madeby DSS, scheduled to be handed overJanuary next year.

Indonesia has ordered 4 navy vesselsto DSS in 2003, financed by credit ex-port scheme, Purnomo said.

The LPD vessel is able to acceler-ate up to 15 knots, boards 562 troops,13 tanks, 2 Landing Craft Vehicles boatsand 5 helicopters.

The Navy vessel is armed by threeunits of machine guns from calibers of67 and 40 mm.—Xinhua

Thirteen inmatesescape in

W AfghanistanKABUL, 29 Nov— Over

a dozen inmates escapedfrom prison in Farah Pro-vince west of Afghanistan,provincial police chiefFaqir Mohammad Askarsaid on Sunday.

“Thirteen prisoners bydigging a tunnel fledaway from jail on the firstday of Eidul Adha onFriday night,” Askar toldXinhua.

Eidul Adha, the Mus-lims’ biggest annual reli-gious festival, began onFriday.

Askar further addedthat one of the escapeeshad been arrested and op-eration for re-arresting theremaining 12 is continu-ing.—Xinhua

A securityman walks past the remains of the UnionCarbide factory in Bhopal on 18 November. Survi-vors say the anniversary marks another year ofphysical and psychological trauma compounded bygovernment and corporate negligence.—INTERNET

Security officials stand guard at the crash site of a cargo plane at PudongInternational Airport in Shanghai, China, on 28 Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

BHOPAL, 29 Nov —Livestock outnumber hu-mans at the Arif Nagarslum, a toxic wasteyardnext to the site of theworld’s worst industrialaccident, which occurred25 years ago this week inthe Indian city of Bhopal.

While the animals areblissfully unaware of theirpoisoned surroundings,residents are bitter when-ever they glance behindtheir homes towards theold Union Carbide fac-tory, where a lethal plumeof gas escaped from astorage tank in the earlyhours of 3 December,1984, killing thousandsinstantly.

Arif Nagar and otherdestitute neighbourhoodsaround the plant becamea graveyard as residentschoked to death on morethan 40 tonnes of methylisocyanate — the rawmaterial used to make thepesticide carbaryl.

“I started frothingfrom the mouth, my eyeswere huge and red. Ithought I was going todie,” said Hamid Khan,70, who watched his twochildren die in the disas-ter and whose skin andorgans are racked withinfections to this day.

Khan was a day la-bourer at the time, but —like many living in thevicinity — the effects ofthe gas and years of ex-posure to contaminatedwater and soil left him tooweak to do regular work.

Internet

(R-L) Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan, his wife Jaya Bachchan, daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and son Abhishek Bachchan pose for a picture dur-ing the unveiling ceremony of “Madhushala” (the house of wine), a book of poemsby late writer Harivansh Rai Bachchan, in Mumbai on 28 Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

SHANGHAI, 29 Nov—The flight data recorder of theZimbabwean cargo plane that crashed Saturday inShanghai has been found, local aviation controlauthorities said on Sunday.

However, experts said decoding of the datarecorded in the “black box” would not necessarilyascertain the cause of the accident.

Three staff died and four others were injured afterthe cargo plane caught fire and crashed at the Shang-hai Pudong airport Saturday.

The four injured, who are in stable conditions inthe People’s Hospital of Pudong New Area of the city,are from the United States, Indonesia, Belgium andZimbabwe.

On Sunday morning, the No. 1 runway at the air-port was being repaired. When the destroyed lightingfacilities on the ground are restored, the local aviationauthorities will dispatch professionals to make safetycheck on the runway. It will resume operation afterthe check proves it’s up to security criteria.

The crashed MD-ll plane belonged to the AvientAviation, a freight charter airline based in Zimbabwe.It was scheduled to fly from Shanghai to the BishkekManas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan. —Xinhua

“Black box” of crashed

Zimbabwean cargo plane

found in Shanghai

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 30 November, 2009

Don’t

Smoke

A/H1N1 flu death toll hitsnine in West Bank

RAMALLAH, 29 Nov—A pregnant Palestinianwoman from Hebron and a man from Jenin died ofthe A/H1N1 virus in the West Bank, the Health Min-istry announced on Saturday.

Asad al-Ramlawi, an official from the ministry inthe West Bank, said that the pregnant woman in hermid 30s and a man with diabetes from Jenin died inthe hospital earlier on Saturday.

The latest deaths bring the number of Palestinianswho died of the flu to nine, he said, adding that 1,170people have been infected.—Xinhua

A/H1N1 flu virus claimsthird victim in Macedonia

TIRANA, 29 Nov—The A/H1N1 flu virus has killeda 34-year-old man in Macedonia, bringing the deathtoll from the virus to three in the western Balkan coun-try, health authorities said on Saturday.

Director of the country’s Clinic for Infectious Dis-eases Zvonko Milenkovic said that the man had a de-teriorating health problem, and died of complicationswithin less than 60 hours after admitted into the clinic.

This is the third death that the H1N1 flu virus hadcaused in Macedonia, following the deaths of anothertwo men aged 32 and 77 respectively.

The Chairwoman of the Pandemic Flu CommitteeJovanka Kostovska said that 2,600 people have beentested positive for H1N1 flu so far, and the figure isset to rise.—Xinhua

Afghan, NATO forces detain Talebanmilitants near Afghan capital

China to expand old-for-new car,appliance schemes

Rat pack: Scientists warming up toAfrican rodent

Nine killed, 30 injuredin road accidentin Bangladesh

DHAKA, 29 Nov—Nine persons were killed and 30others wounded in a road accident at Bangladesh’sBhaluka sub-district of northern Mymensingh District,some 122 kms north of the capital Dhaka, at early hourson Sunday, police said.

Police office of the sub-district Abul Bashar toldXinhua by telephone that the accident happened as aMyensingh-bound passenger bus from the capitalDhaka lost control as it veered at high speed to avoida truck coming from opposite direction. The bus thenslipped off the road and hit two roadside trees.

Three persons were killed at the scene ataround 1 am Six others died in different hospitals,Bashar said.

Xinhua

Examinees review their materials before the examination starts in Shanghai,east China, on 29 Nov, 2009. The annual examination for selecting national

public servants was held in main cities of China on Sunday.—XINHUA

In this photo, a pregnant naked mole rat is shownat the Barshop Institute at the UT Health ScienceCentre in San Antonio. Naked mole rats are becom-ing more popular in research laboratories, where theseemingly invulnerable rodents have surprised sci-entists with their ability to live up to 30 years andtheir potential to offer insights into human health.They’re being used to study everything from

aging to cancer to strokes.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 29 Nov—China will expandschemes that give consum-ers a discount if they tradein old cars and householdappliances for new ones,according to Vice Com-merce Minister JiangZengwei. The pro-

grammes will contribute toa fresh drive by the gov-ernment to boost rural andurban consumption nextyear to push up overalleconomic growth, Xinhuanews agency quoted Jiangat the weekend as telling aforum in Beijing.

The trade-in offers,along with tax rebates forrural buyers of domesticappliances and tax breakson fuel-efficient cars,have helped sustain retailsales, which rose 16.2 per-cent in the year to Octo-ber.—Internet

SAN ANTONIO, 29Nov—Naked mole ratsdon’t get cancer. Theyshrug off brushes withacid and age so well, someare older than the college-aged researchers handlingthem. “They really arefrom Mars, I think,” saidThomas Park, a professorof biological sciences atthe University of Illinoisat Chicago.

Actually, they’re fromthe horn of Africa. Butnaked mole rats are be-

coming more popular inresearch laboratories,where the seemingly in-vulnerable rodents havesurprised scientists withtheir ability to live up to30 years and their poten-tial to offer insights intohuman health. They’rebeing used to study eve-rything from aging to can-cer to strokes.

About 1,500 nakedmole rats live in cleartanks connected by longtubes at the University ofTexas Health Science

Center in San Antonio,where researcher Ro-chelle Buffenstein nur-tures the largest colony inthe US At least a half-dozen other universitiesalso have colonies.

Nearly blind and hair-less, the rodents resemblewrinkled spring rolls withtiny legs and buck teeth.They normally live in un-derground tunnels with asocial structure compara-ble to bees. Buffenstein isstudying their longevity.

Internet

KABUL, 29 Nov—Afghan troopsbacked by NATO-led International Se-curity Assistance Force (ISAF) forcesdetained suspected Taleban militantsduring an operation in Logar Provincesome 80 km south of capital Kabul onSaturday, said a Press release of allies.

“The joint security forces targetedcompounds near the village of Alozi inthe Pul-e-Alam district where intelli-gence sources reported militant activityand detained the suspected militants,”the statement said.

In a separate incident, two more mili-tants were detained in eastern KhostProvince on the same day, it added.

“Today an Afghan-international se-curity force detained a couple of sus-pected militants in Sabari district ofKhost Province while pursuing aHaqqani facilitator allegedly involvedwith planning of attacks and the trans-port of fighters into the area,” the state-ment said. The Haqqani group is report-edly linked to Al-Qaeda and known forits ruthless attacks in Afghanistan.

The forces also recovered a numberof AK-47 rifles and military-grade bat-teries while no shots were fired and noone was injured in either of the opera-tions, it said, adding “ISAF suffered nofatalities in the last 24 hours.”—Xinhua

TRADEMARK CAUTION

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China to build remote-sensing satellitereceiving station in Antarctica

Thai and Westerntourists look on at the

Lopburi, Thailand,Monkey Festival on 29Nov, 2009. The annualfestival, in its 21st year,began by businessmenas a way of showingappreciation for thelong tailed mackak

monkeys and the tour-ism they attract. —

INTERNET

Tourists feed black-headed gulls at the Dianchi Lake in Kunming, capital ofsouthwest China’s Yunnan Province, on 27 Nov, 2009. A great number of

black- headed gulls migrate here to live through the winterannually.—XINHUA

ABOARD XUELONG, 29Nov— A Chinese scien-tist said China plans tobuild a remote-sensingsatellite receiving stationin Antarctica to bettermonitor the global oceanenvironment.

Jiang Xingwei, directorof China’s National Satel-lite Ocean ApplicationService, who is travelingwith the Xuelong ice-

breaker, said the receivingstation will rely on theZhongshan Station andthe Great Wall Station,China’s two research sta-tions in Antarctica.

Jiang said the receivingstation will mainly re-ceive information sent outby ocean satellites, andacquire updates on oceanwater colour, ocean dy-namic environment and

the polar region environ-ment.

The station has greatsignificance as over 70percent of the earth’s sur-face is covered by ocean,he added.

Currently, China hasfour ocean satellite re-ceiving stations, whichare located in Beijing,Sanya in southern Hainanprovince, Mudanjiang innortheastern HeilongjiangProvince and Hangzhouin northern ZhejiangProvince. —Xinhua

Dancers perform at theGreat Hall of the People

to celebrate the 60thanniversary of the

founding of the People’sRepublic of China and

the founding of ChineseDancers Association in

Beijing recently. XINHUA

GPS cell phone apps challengestandalone devices

Many pregnant women take drugsharmful to baby

Detergent exposurehard on workers’ lungs

Nuclear science to fightsleeping sickness

KANSAS CITY, 29 Nov—The growth of cellphones with global-posi-tioning technology ismaking life uncertain forthe makers of personalnavigational devices thathelp drivers figure outwhere they are and where

to go. Manufacturers ofstandalone GPS productswill have to move quicklyand smartly to transformtheir dumb map readersinto intelligent devicesthat can provide a host ofservices such as trafficavoidance.

Otherwise, they riskobsolescence in a future inwhich customers viewnavigation as simply onemore application for theirphones. Some of thenewer apps alreadyclosely match what basic,d a s h b o a r d - m o u n t e dgadgets can do.

“You have to redefinethe category somewhat,like what Apple did withthe iPod Touch,” saidRoss Rubin, technologyanalyst for research firmThe NPD Group. “Thatturned it from somethingthat was just a mediaplayer into something thataccessed the Web.”

Internet

NEW YORK, 29 Nov—With the help of their doc-tors, women planning tobecome pregnant shouldtake an inventory of themedications they take, re-searchers from Canadaadvise.

In a study, they foundthat many pregnantwomen still take medica-tions long known to causebirth defects.

Some medications withknown fetal risk, such asdrugs that control epi-lepsy, are essential duringpregnancy, Dr AnickBerard, at the Universityof Montreal in Quebec,

noted in an email corre-spondence to ReutersHealth.

Other medications, suchas those that treat severeacne, anxiety and psychi-atric drugs, antibiotics, andmany drugs prescribed forheart disease and medicalconditions, “can andshould be avoided,” ac-cording to Berard. Womenshould understand the sideeffects of any drug they aretaking — especially drugstreating a chronic condi-tion — and plan pregnan-cies to avoid or minimizerisks such drugs pose tobabies, Berard added.

For the 5 years betweenJanuary 1998 and the lastday of 2002, Berard andcolleagues analyzed theprescriptions filled bypregnant women for drugsavailable at the time andknown to pose fetal risks.

Internet

NEWYORK, 29 Nov—People who work in de-tergent factories are at in-creased risk of develop-ing respiratory problems,including asthma, pro-bably from exposure tochemicals contained indetergent, two new stud-ies hint.

But a spokesman forthe detergent industry ar-gues that the findingsfrom these studies don’tapply to the US and Eu-ropean detergent indus-tries at large. “Over theyears, the detergent in-dustry has developed suc-cessful product steward-ship programmes to pro-mote the safe use of en-zymes, using appropriaterisk assessment and riskmanagement strategies toavoid unacceptable risksin the workplace,” Rich-ard Sedlak, vice presidentof technical and internalaffairs for The Soap andDetergent Association

(SDA), said in a preparedstatement.

While the author of oneof the new studies agreesthat the industry overallhas done a good job pro-tecting workers, he saidregulatory agencies’ cur-rent exposure standardsare too high.

Exposure to chemicalsfound in powdered deter-gent was first recognizedin 1969 to cause job-re-lated asthma. Since then,the industry has intro-duced measures for limit-ing workers’ exposure, al-though outbreaks of occu-pational asthma still oc-cur.—Internet

VIENNA,29 Nov—TheInternational Atomic En-ergy Agency on Fridayannounced an agreementto help African nationsbattle the tsetse fly, themain carrier of parasites

that causes sleeping sick-ness with its bites.

The IAEA, which hasbeen working on the prob-lem with African coun-tries for 30 years, canmake available a SterileInsect Technique (SIT), anuclear-based pest controltechnology that is oftendescribed as “biologicalbirth control for insects”,according to the agency’swebsite. The IAEA signeda memorandum of under-standing on Wednesdaywith the African Union,extending cooperation ina range of domains. Workon sleeping sickness fol-lows an effective trial inZanzibar in the late1990s.—Internet

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Bremen goes top after 2-2draw with Wolfsburg

Federer ousted by Davydenko at ATPTour Finals

Nikolay Davydenko (L) of Russiashakes hand with Roger Federer ofSwitzerland after their ATP World TourFinals semi-final in London, capital ofBritain, on 28 Nov, 2009. — XINHUA

Redknapp belief in top-fourstatus reinforced by Villa draw

BIRMINGHAM, 29 Nov—Spurs coach HarryRedknapp feels it is time for Tottenham to embracetheir chance of breaking the top four monopoly onthe Premier League this season after their 1-1 drawagainst fellow contenders Aston Villa.

Martin O’Neill, the Villa manager, spends much ofhis time playing down his own side’s credentials toleap-frog over struggling Liverpool this season - butRedknapp feels his team are certain to claim a placein Europe this season and sees no reason why thatshould not be in the Champions League.

The well-earned and hugely deserved point at Villawill have reinforced Redknapp’s self-belief and he isin bullish mood ahead of travelling to ManchesterUnited on Tuesday to face Sir Alex Ferguson in theCarling Cup quarter finals.—Internet

Tottenham’s defender Michael Dawson (2nd R)celebrates scoring during their English Premier

League football match against Aston Villa at VillaPark in Birmingham. Dawson smashed in a superbequaliser as Tottenham came from behind to draw1-1 with Aston Villa and retain their place in the

Premier League’s top four.— INTERNET

Lens’s forwardEduardo (L)challengesMarseille’s

defender HiltonVitorino (R)during theirFrench L1

football matchat Felix Bollaertstadium in Lens.

INTERNET

Eduardo thwarts OM afterCoupet blow for PSG

PARIS, 29 Nov—An injury-time goal by Brazilianstriker Eduardo earned Lens a 1-0 victory at home toMarseille on Saturday that prevented DidierDeschamps’s side from moving to within a point oftop spot.

Auxerre remain top of the division despite losing1-0 at Paris Saint-Germain, in a game over-shadowedby a serious leg injury sustained by PSG goalkeeperGregory Coupet. Marseille dominated for long spellsat the Stade Felix Bollaert but were grateful to goal-keeper Steve Mandanda for saving Yohan Demont’s62nd-minute penalty, which the Lens skipper took him-self after being fouled by Garry Bocaly.

Internet

Ferguson counting on twomore years from Giggs

PORTSMOUTH, 29 Nov—Sir Alex Ferguson believeshe can get at least another two years of five-star serv-ice from Ryan Giggs. The evergreen Welshman, whoscored his 100th Premier League goal in ManchesterUnited’s 4-1 win at Portsmouth, turned 36 on Sundayand is currently playing some of the best football ofhis career.

Wayne Rooney’s first hat-trick for United sinceOctober 2006 laid the foundations for the champions’victory at Fratton Park but the artistry of Giggs, whocurled in a late free-kick, was every bit as significant.“Happy Birthday Ryan,” Ferguson said. “He has hadit 36 times in his life, wait until he gets to 67 - I thinkhe will be retired by then! “He is an exceptional player— a rarity. He will play for two years yet.”

Internet

ROME, 29 Nov—Genoamoved up to fifth in SerieA after thumpingSampdoria 3-0 in theGenoa derby on Saturdayin an ill-tempered matchin which three playerswere sent off. Samp staya point above their city ri-vals but it is Genoa whowill have bragging rightsin the city for the next fewmonths. Two penaltiesfrom Omar Milanetto andRaffaele Palladino and athird goal from MarcoRossi secured three pointsfor Genoa.

Internet

Celtic’s

forward

Scott

McDonald

GLASGOW, 29 Nov—Celtic got back to winning wayswith a 3-1 defeat of St Mirren to return to the top of theScottish Premier League on Saturday. The Hoops tookfull advantage of rivals Rangers’ 1-0 defeat to Aber-deen in the early kick-off match to move two pointsclear at the top. An uninspiring first-half was lit up withthree goals in the final nine minutes. St Mirren defenderChris Innes turned Socceroos striker Scott McDonald’sshot past his own keeper in the 38th minute beforeGeorgios Samaras made it two just three minutes later.

Internet

Hughes expects Robinhoto end City’s blues

MANCHESTER, 29 Nov—Manchester City managerMark Hughes believes Robinho’s impressive returnto action in his side’s 1-1 against Hull will help lift thegloom around Eastlands. Robinho had been out sincethe end of August with an ankle problem and has beenthe subject of speculation linking him with a move toBarcelona.

City also became embroiled in a row with Brazilafter the player was called up for his country’s 1-0friendly win over England in Doha two weeks ago.But he finally returned to action against the Tigers onSaturday and looked in top form in 75 minutes beforebeing substituted.—Internet

ManchesterCity’s forwardRobinho (L)

collides with HullCity’s defenderPaul McShane

during theirEnglish PremierLeague football

match at The Cityof Manchester

stadium.INTERNET

BERLIN, 29 Nov—Werder Bremen scored astoppage-time goal fromdefender Per Mertesackerto draw 2-2 with champi-ons VfL Wolfsburg onSaturday and go top of theGerman first division soc-

cer league on goal differ-ence. Wolfsburg lookedset to win the match whileleading 2-1 with just fiveminutes from time butMertesacker rose abovethe Wolfsburg defense instoppage time to head inthe equalizer from aMesut Ozil corner.

Internet

LONDON, 29 Nov—World No 1 RogerFederer was knocked out of the semifi-nals by Russian Nikolay Davydenko

6-2, 4-6, 7-5 at the ATP World Tour Fi-nals on Saturday. It is Davydenko’s firstvictory over Federer in their 13 meet-ings within seven years.

“I thank all my family, everybodywho support me, wait for this moment,you know when I can beat Federer, be-cause I beat everyone in top 10 exceptFederer,” said the Russian “Iron Man”.“I was thinking it may be coming in 2010or 2011. But in 2009, end of the season,it’s a good feeling.” Davydenko, 28, fin-ished second to Novak Djokovic of Ser-bia in last year’s ATP Tour Finals. Heedged out the defending champion witha better sets record in Group B.

Xinhua

Genoa claimderby honours

with Samp romp

Celtic back on top as Rangers slip up

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Shan State and Mandalay, Bago, Yangon andTaninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the remainingStates and Divisions. Night temperatures were (7°C) tobelow November average temperatures in upper SagaingDivision, (5 °C) to (6°C) below November averagetemperatures in lower Sagaing,Magway and BagoDivisions, (3°C) to (4°C) below November averagetemperatures in Kachin, Chin, Rakhine, Kayah, Mon Statesand Yangon Division and about November averagetemperatures in the remaining areas. The significant nighttemperatures were Loilem (1 °C), Haka (4 °C), Namsam andPinlaung (6°C) each, and Mindat (7°C) each.

Maximum temperature on 28-11-2009 was 93°F.Minimum temperature on 29-11-2009 was 59°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 29-11-2009 was 69%.Total sun shine hours on 28-11-2009 was (8.7) hoursapprox.

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Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and South Bay and generally fair elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 30th November 2009:Weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin,Shan States upperSagaing, Mandalay and Yangon Divisions and generallyfair in the remaining areas.

State of the sea: Sea will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generally fairweather in the whole country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for30-11-2009: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for30-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for30-11-2009: Generally Fair weather.

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BAQUBA (Iraq), 29Nov—A paramilitarymember and a civilianwere killed, three peopleinjured, and eight othersdetained in separateincidents overnight anddawn across Iraq’svolatile province ofDiyala northeast ofBaghdad, a provincialpolice source said.

An AwakeningCouncil group memberwas killed and two otherswere wounded, one ofthem in a criticalcondition, by a roadsidebomb explosion late onSaturday near theircheckpoint in the al-Ghalbiyah town, some16 km northwest of theprovincial capital city ofBaquba, the source toldXinhua on condition ofanonymity.

Iraqi security forcescordoned off the scene

Two people killed in Iraq’sDiyala violence

to secure the area andimmediately launchedan investigation on theincident, the source said.

The AwakeningCouncils, or Sahwagroups, are paramilitarygroups formed by somepowerful former anti-USinsurgent groups, whofought against the al-Qaida network after thelatter exercisedindiscriminate killingsagainst both Shiite andSunni Muslimcommunities.

In a separateincident, a civilian waskilled and another wasseriously injured whenanother roadside bombdetonated at dawn neartheir car on the main roadleading to the Saif Sa’advillages, some 27 kmnorthwest of Baquba, hesaid.

Xinhua

A skull composed bycigarette butts isdemonstrated at the 4thBeijing Cultural andCreative Fair in Beijing, thecapital city of China on 28Nov 2009. The fair, whichwas kicked off on Saturday,exhibited various strangeand interesting culturalcreations and attracted a great number of visitors.—XINHUA

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14th Waxing of Nadaw 1371 ME Monday, 30 November, 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

Loikaw University, the pride of Kayah StateByline: Tin Mar Win and Aye Thandar Thein; Photos: Myanma Alin

For the development of arts and sciences inharmony with the use of knowledge and technolo-gies, the government is now promoting the educa-tion sector in order to widen the horizons of thepeople to keep pace with changes and develop-

ments.More and more basic education schools, uni-

versities and collages as well as degree collagesare being opened the length and breadth of thenation including border areas to bring about equal

learning opportunities between rural and urbanregions. As a result, the youth around the nationhave now higher education in their home re-gions.

(See page 9)

Photo shows prestigious Loikaw University, in Kayah State.

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