Senior General Than Shwe sees off Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San on their departure for Bangladesh

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1 Established 1914 Volume XVI, Number 173 9th Waxing of Thadingyut 1370 ME Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 Senior General Than Shwe sees off Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San on their departure for Bangladesh NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe saw off Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San on their departure for Bangladesh by special flight at the invita- tion of Chief Adviser of the Caretaker Government of the People s Republic of Bangladesh Dr Fakruddin Ahmed at Nay Pyi Taw Airport this morning. Member of SPDC General Thura Shwe Mann of the Ministry of Defence, Prime Minister General Thein Sein and wife Daw Khin Khin Win, Lt-Gen Myint Hlaing of the Ministry of Defence, Maj-Gen Maung Shein, Maj-Gen Ohn Myint, Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, Maj-Gen Ko Ko, Maj-Gen Tha Aye, Adjutant-General Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung and Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win of the Ministry of Defence and Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin and their wives, Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe, Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, senior military officers, (See page 8) Senior General Than Shwe sees off Vice-Senior General Maung Aye at Nay Pyi Taw Airport. Four political objectives * Stability of the State, community peace and tranquillity, 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 1 Four economic objectives * Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development 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 inside the country and abroad * The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in the hands of the State and the national peoples Four social objectives * Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation * Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preservation and safeguarding of cultural heritage and national character * Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit * Uplift of health, fitness and education standards of the entire nation

2 2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 PERSPECTIVES Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 Local people to participate in regional development tasks Prime Minister General Thein Sein in his tour of Mandalay Division inspected regional development tasks in Pyawbwe, Meiktila, Thazi, Mahlaing and Myingyan on 3 October. In Myanmar, rural folks make up 70 per cent of the nation s population, and their main business is agriculture. So, only when per capita income of farmers is on the increase, will the nation be able to enjoy economic growth. With this concept, the government is fulfilling agricultural requirements for boosting the incomes of farmers. Myanmar being rich in natural resources, farmers can enjoy better incomes if they work hard, taking full advantage of natural resources in abundance. While in Pyawbwe, the Prime Minister gave instructions, saying that Myanmar was favoured with vacant and fallow lands in abundance, and called for advanced agricultural methods, using high-yield strains of crops along with chemical and locallyproduced fertilizers in combination. Tawma Village in Meiktila Township is growing late monsoon long staple cotton. If the cotton output exceeds the target, the farmers will be awarded the prize for highest cotton per acre yield. Mahlaing gets low annual rainfall. In the past, the township did not get sufficient water for growing monsoon paddy. So, the government has constructed Kyintha Dam in the township for supply of adequate irrigation water. Now, local farmers can apply triplecropping pattern including monsoon and summer paddy. Farmers on their part have to use machines to expedite agricultural tasks and to generate electric power on a manageable scale with the use of cattle dung. The people are, therefore, to engage in regional development tasks in concert with the government, in recognition of the hard work the government is exerting to attend to the people s economic and social requirements. People s Desire * 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 Minister facilitates power supply Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint inspects Hlinethaya main sub-power station. EP-2 YANGON, 6 Oct Minister for Electric Power No. 2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint inspected connection of 230 KV power lines between Hlinethaya and Bayintnaung and distribution of power from output feeders such as Ywama, Seinpanmyaing, Hsinmalaik- 1 and 2 power lines in Bayintnaung main sub power YANGON, 6 Oct World Habitat Day-2008 was observed at Chatriun Hotel here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Secretary of National Disaster Preparedness Central Committee Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and YANGON, 6 Oct A seminar on establishment of private teak plantation, issue permit on timber and development of woodbased industry was held at International Business Centre on 4 October, with an address by Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung. The seminar was jointly organized by the Ministry of Forestry and Myanmar Timber Entrepreneurs Association. Chairman of MTEA U Sein Lwin gave a speech on the occasion. Director-General station in Mayangon Township yesterday. The minister inspected power distribution in panel of the control room, 230 KV power lines in Hlinethaya and Bayintnaung and transformers in switch yard and application of communication network carrier system. The minister then gave necessary instructions. World Habitat Day-2008 observed Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung visits Wood-based Factory of Lin Win Co Ltd in Industrial Zone No. 2 in Dagon Seikkan Township. FORESTRY Resettlement Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe briefed on requirement for reconstruction works in the storm-hit delta region and matters related to collaboration on water supply and environmental conservation works in the storm-hit areas. Afterwards, Mr David Evans, Acting Head of UN Habitat explained the purpose of holding the World Habitat Day. Winners of the Design Competition for Cyclone Resistant Community Building were presented the prizes by responsible personnel of Association of Myanmar Architects, Myanmar Engineering Society, Tun Foundation Bank and UN-Habitat. Seminar, as part of the UN World Habitat Day, followed and resource persons read papers on disaster preparedness and experiences of disasters. Seminar focuses on development of wood-based industry (Retd) of Forestry Department U Shwe Kyaw submitted paper on compilation of timber permit, Joint Secretary-1 of MTEA Dr Myo Thet on opportunities and challenges for development of timber industry in Myanmar, executive U Zaw Win of MTEA on opportunities for establishment of private teak plantation, Deputy Director Dr Nyi Nyi Kyaw of Forestry Research Department on ways and means to establish teak plantation, U Min Ko Ko Gyi on establishment of timber areas and staff officer U Aye Win of Kyangin Township on forestry industry organization in Thailand, study of teak plantation and woodbased factories and establishment of teak plantation in Kyangin Township by Phyo Sithu Trading Co. The resource persons replied to the queries of the participants. On 5 October, the minister inspected wood-based factories of Lin Win Co Ltd and Myanma Teak Industry Co Ltd in industrial zone No. 2 in Dagon Seikkan Township. 2

3 US, NATO attacks killed 3,200 Afghan civilians since 2005 KABUL, 7 Oct Up to 3,200 civilians have been killed in NATO and US action in Afghanistan since 2005 but compensation payouts have been far lower than in other global cases, according to research by a US professor. The use of air power is growing, raising risks for civilians, University of New Hampshire professor Marc W Herold says in research released on the anniversary of the 7 October, 2001 launch of the invasion of Afghanistan. International troops arrived to topple the Taliban and have remained to fight an insurgency in which civilians are killed in military action and attacks, although the government and militaries involved do not release numbers. Herold says other groups tracking the civilian cost of the war, such as Human Rights Watch, underestimate the tolls while international military and media attach low value to Afghan life in the accounting of events. Herold, who runs the Afghan Victim Memorial Project, says his research shows between 2,699 and 3,273 civilians were killed in direct action by international forces in Afghanistan from 2005 to so far this year. Internet US military to deploy more surveillance planes to Afghanistan Iran: no US request on diplomatic post TEHERAN, 7 Oct Iran says it has not received any request from the United States to establish a diplomatic outpost in Teheran. Hasan Qashqavi, spokesman for Iran s Foreign Ministry, told reporters on Monday that Washington has not made a formal request to assign diplomats in the Iranian capital. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday that Washington was continuing to look at the idea of establishing a diplomatic outpost in Iran. Rice spoke while flying from India to Kazakhstan. The US has not had formal diplomatic relations with Teheran for nearly 30 years. Internet WASHINGTON, 7 Oct The military is expanding the number of airplanes for reconnaissance and surveillance in Iraq and Afghanistan in response to demands from the Pentagon chief to assume a war footing in getting more planes into the air. The US Army is sending a new unit of remote-controlled aircraft, similar to one it fielded in Iraq two years ago, to Afghanistan to monitor insurgents and enemy targets. The Air Force, meanwhile, is deploying about three dozen small turboprop planes with reconnaissance and surveillance crews to add to the unmanned planes already being used there. Both services are also trying to put more laptop computers in the hands of soldiers on the ground so they can benefit from the data provided by the eyes in the sky. The moves are prompted by criticism from Defence Secretary Robert Gates, who has said it was like pulling teeth to get the services to provide more remote controlled aircraft over the skies of Iraq and Afghanistan. Internet THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 8 October, Toll rises to 17 in latest Pakistani suicide attack Pakistani men wounded in a blast at a lawmaker s home, are seen at a local hospital in the Bhakkar area of Punjab province, Pakistan, on 6 Oct, INTERNET The bullet-proof vest of an Iraqi soldier who died in a bomb attack near a mosque lies on a cart at the site of the attack in Baghdad s Zafaraniya district. INTERNET ISLAMABAD, 7 Oct The death toll from a suicide attack on a Pakistani opposition politician s home rose to 17, police said on Tuesday, a day after the bomber struck in the town of Bhakkar, deep in the central province of Punjab. Investigators said they found the head of the bomber, and from its appearance he appeared to come from the nearby militantinfested tribal lands. He was around 30 years-old and looks as if he was ethnic Pashtun from a tribal area. Probably he had links with militants there, Punjab police chief Shaukat Javed said. Violence has soared in Pakistan in the last year, and militancy has spread over most parts of North West Frontier Province and the tribal regions bordering Afghanistan. The security scare hit new heights after the 20 September suicide truck bomb attack that killed 55 people and destroyed the Marriott hotel in Islamabad. British and UN diplomats have been ordered to send their families out of Pakistan. Internet US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 539 WASHINGTON, 7 Oct As of Monday, 6 Oct, 2008, at least 539 members of the US military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the US invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defence Department. The department last updated its figures Monday at 10 am EDT. Of those, the military reports 389 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, the Defence Department reports 66 more members of the US military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, three were the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; and Yemen. There were also four CIA officer deaths and one military civilian death. Internet Pakistani youngsters sit beside the bloodstain wall of a house after a suspected US missiles strike in Mohammadkhel, a village in the Pakistani north Waziristan region along Afghan border, on 4 Oct, INTERNET Mortar rounds hit market in Somalia, 17 killed MOGADISHU, 7 Oct Mortar rounds slammed into a market in Somalia s capital on Monday, killing at least 17 people, after a failed insurgent attack on the presidential palace. Also Monday, a remote-controlled land mine killed a Somali driver and wounded two aid workers an Italian and a Somali some 60 miles southwest of Mogadishu. The aid workers injuries were not critical, Dr Abdi Rahman said. Witnesses said those killed in the capital included a 13-year-old. The fighting began when insurgents fired mortars at the presidential palace but missed, according to military spokesman Dahir Hersi. Al-Shabab, a radical Islamic group at the heart of the Somali insurgency, claimed responsibility for the initial attack. Internet An Afghan woman clad in burqa stands by the bed of her wounded son at the Gozara hospital, who got injured during a suicide attack in Gozara district of Herat province west of Kabul, Afghanistan, on 5 Oct, INTERNET 3

4 4 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL S MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION (8 October 2008) The observance of the International Day for Disaster Reduction for 2008 takes place in a year that has seen more than its fair share of natural calamities, and falls on the third anniversary of the earthquake in South Asia. With the casualties of that disaster and of this year s Wenchuan Earthquake and Cyclone Nargis still fresh in our minds, it is all the more appropriate to recall the lessons we have learned. Nearly four years ago, Governments adopted the Hyogo Framework for Action, which aims to reduce our collective vulnerability to natural hazards. But we must do more to turn commitments on paper into deeds that can keep the next major disaster from taking so many lives and destroying so many livelihoods. Now more than ever, when we are trying to accelerate national and international efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, disaster risk reduction needs to be acknowledged and incorporated as a key plank of that work. The threats posed by climate change including increasing droughts, floods and storms increases the urgency further still, particularly in the world s poorest, most vulnerable communities. The World Disaster Reduction Campaign for focuses on making Hospitals Safe from Disasters. When health facilities are damaged, so, too, is our ability to improve maternal and child health and to provide other essential health services. But in resilient communities, health systems are better able to withstand natural hazards. We need to mobilize society at every level to reduce risk and protect health facilities so that they can save lives. I urge all partners Governments, civil society, international financial institutions and the private sector to step up implementation of the Hyogo Framework. Disaster risk reduction is everybody s business. Only by investing in tangible risk reduction measures can we reduce vulnerability and protect development. On this International Day, let us renew our dedication to this vital task. UNIC A boy plays in the model of the head of an Airbus A380 plane during the exhibition marking the centenary of the French aerospace industry on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, France, on 4 Oct, XINHUA Japan s foreign reserve down for second straight month on weaker euro TOKYO, 7 Oct Japan s foreign exchange reserves fell 851 million dollars from late August to billion dollars at the end of September, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday. It is the second straight month decline since the foreign reserve fell below the 1 trillion mark in August. The world s second-largest after China s, Japan s foreign reserve dropped on sharp declines in the appraisal value of the nation s euro-denominated assets, the ministry said. It explained the euro lost ground against the dollar in September and reduced the value of euro assets when calculated in dollar terms. Internet Heavy storm leaves 2,000 without power in New Zealand WELLINGTON, 7 Oct About two thousand electricity consumers in New Zealand s lower and central North Island were still without power on Tuesday after strong winds battered the region. Supply was lost on Tuesday after winds gusting to more than 150km/h brought down trees and branches on powerlines, Radio New Zealand reported. At one stage, more than 4,000 customers were without power in Wellington, Wairarapa, Manawatu and Taranaki. The power is now back on in Wellington, but about 2,000 households in areas further north are still without supply. Internet Poll: 63% Palestinians support extending Abbas presidential term RAMALLAH, 7 Oct A local poll published here Monday showed the majority of the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza support extending the presidential term of Mahmoud Abbas until January The poll, which was conducted by a Ramallahbased group, the Near East Consulting, said that 63 percent of those involved in the telephone poll support extending the presidential term of Abbas. Thirty-seven percent NEW YORK, 7 Oct Crude prices dipped below 88 US dollars a barrel, the new low in the past eight months, amid global sell-off on fears that financial crisis could lead to a recession to curb oil demand. Light, sweet crude for November plunged 6.07 dollars to settle at dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. London Brent crude fell 6.45 dollars to dollars a barrel. Six found dead in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES, 7 Oct Six people were found dead on Monday in the Porter Ranch area near downtown Los Angeles in what police said was a murder-suicide. The bodies were discovered about 7 am local of those who joined the poll oppose the extension of Abbas presidential term for another year. The poll s margin of error was 3.19 percent and the margin of trust was 95 percent. It said that 945 Palestinians, from both genders and from both the West Bank and Gaza participated in the poll and were asked questions related to the current political situation in the Palestinian territories. Earlier on Monday, Hamas lawmakers passed a resolution in a session held at the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in Gaza that opposes the extension of Abbas presidential term even for one day. Hamas says that according to the basic law, the presidential term of Abbas is four years and ends on 8 Jan, Hamas wants to nominate PLC speaker Aziz Dweik, who is currently in an Israeli jail, as the interim president for 60 days. Internet Crude prices dip below $88 amid global market sell-off The price of oil continued on its significant decline and even broke some key support levels when it traded below 90 dollars per barrel, Wall Street Strategies senior research analyst Conley Turner told Xinhua. The fall is being attributed to the fact the current financial crisis is causing a lot of market participant to sell the commodity on the outlook that the world wide demand for the commodity will be cut sharply in the short term, said Turner. Crude prices have declined from a peak of dollars a barrel set on 11 July as high prices and the spreading financial crisis curb oil consumption. Crude prices retreated as China, the world s second biggest consumer, will not import gasoline for the second straight month and instead export the fuel due to heavy domestic stockpiles and a dip in demand. Internet time in a residence in a gated community, said Los Angeles police officer Sara Faden. Initial reports indicate all the victims are from one family. The gunman apparently had financial problems and killed his mother, wife and three children before taking his own life, according to a police source who spoke on condition of anonymity. The case was still under investigation, the source said. Internet Los Angeles Police officers stand in front of the home where six bodies were found at a gated community in the San Fernando Valley neighbourhood of Porter Ranch area of Los Angeles on 6 Oct, XINHUA 4

5 Russian expert: China secures success in reform, opening-up by gradualism, innovation MOSCOW, 7 Oct In the last three decades of economic reform and opening-up, the Chinese people have achieved remarkable success under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, said a venerable Russian scholar in a recent interview with Xinhua. The Chinese government has been taking a steady, sure and gradual manner in popularizing and carrying out reformrelated policies to ensure most of the Chinese people can understand and accept them, said Michael Titarenko, director of the Far East Institute of the Russian Academy of Science. The Chinese government has taken into full account of tolerance limit of the general public over change and reform and assured them that the difficulties brought on by reform policies were temporary and surmountable, said Titarenko, a leading expert on China. Such a steady and sure manner has been a crucial factor in helping China succeed in its reform and opening-up over the past 30 years, he added. Titarenko said reform and opening-up policy was taken as the old generation of Chinese leadership and the public strived to explore new road suitable to China s future development after the so-called Cultural Revolution that halted the country s economic growth in the 1970s. Xinhua Pupils at Qiyilu No.1 Primary School chat with an elder at the rest home of Jinan, capital of east China s Shandong Province, on 6 Oct, XINHUA All Items from Xinhua News Agency Brazil to use foreign exchange reserves to help exporters RIO DE JANEIRO, 7 Oct Brazil has decided to use part of its foreign exchange reserves to help its exporters amid the global financial crisis, Finance Minister Guido Mantega said on Monday. The state-owned Brazilian Development Bank will also open a new credit loan of 2.5 billion US dollars to aid Brazil s exporting businesses, Mantega said. The details of the government s bailout policy would be made public on Tuesday, the minister added. The decision was made in order to ease the panic in the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange (Bovespa), which suffered a 15 percent fall in the morning session on Monday. Mantega said Brazil s economy was strong enough to deal with the crisis. Here we do not have rotten assets, although we are suffering liquidity problems, he said, adding that the government is taking all necessary measures to ensure the liquidity in the country s markets. Brazilian foreign currency reserves now stand at about 207 billion US dollars, according to figures published on the central bank s website. Xinhua Uruguayan youths create prints with a vintage printer beside a visual art museum in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 4 Oct, XINHUA THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 8 October, Rescuers deliver food to local residents at Yangyi Village, the epicenter of the earthquake, in Gedar Township of Damxung County in southwest China s Tibet Autonomous Region, on 7 Oct, XINHUA Chinese telecom companies ordered to share, co-build infrastructure BEIJING, 7 Oct Chinese government on Monday ordered its three domestic telecom operators to share and co-build infrastructure to avoid repeat construction in the wake of industry restructuring. The move would erode the competitive edge of China Mobile, the nation s largest mobile operator, as its smaller rivals could access its wider network. A circular jointly issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) and the Beijing-Shijiazhuang railway under construction BEIJING, 7 Oct Construction began on a high-speed passenger rail line between Beijing and Shijiazhuang, capital of north China s Hebei Province Tuesday, the Ministry of Railway (MOR) said. The new 281 kilometer line is part of another route which connects Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong in south China. It totals more than 2,300 km long. With an estimated cost of billion yuan (6.4 billion US dollars), the Beijing-Shijiazhuang line is expected to be complete and in operation in four years. It is jointly funded by the MOR, Beijing and Hebei governments. Xinhua State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the State Council required China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom to promote the sharing and co-construction of infrastructure and avoid repeat building in the industry overhaul and the new round of network construction starting this month, according to the circular. The existing telecom towers and lines must open to rivals. If conditions were not ready for sharing, operators should expand and adjust their technologies, said the circular. If an operator planned to build telecom towers and lines, other operators should inform it in 10 working days if they had such facilities to share or plans to join the construction. They will be banned from building at the same sites and routes within three years if they show no need for co-construction, the two agencies said. Xinhua Singapore Temasek to sell power firm PowerSeraya SINGAPORE, 7 Oct Singapore state investment firm Temasek Holdings launched on Tuesday the sale of its electricity generator PowerSeraya, which generates about 28 percent of the city-state s electricity. PowerSeraya will be the last of three power generator that Temasek is selling under its plan announced in July last year to divest all of its wholly-owned power generation companies in Singapore by the end of next year, in a bid to liberalize the city-state s power-generating sector. PowerSeraya has a capacity of 3,100 megawatts (MW) now, and this will rise to 3,900 MW by 2010 when a new 800 MW capacity natural gas-fired plant completes. For the year ended 31 March, 2008, Power-Seraya had revenues of 2.79 billion Singapore dollars (1.90 billion US dollars) and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization of 355 million Singapore dollars. In a statement, Tema-sek s director of investment Gwendel Tung said, PowerSeraya has attracted strong indications of interest from a number of potential bidders. Xinhua 5

6 6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 Chinese crested named World s Ugliest Dog Gus the dog has three legs, one eye and no hair, except for a white tuft on the top of his head. He s a real winner. The pedigree Chinese crested won the World s Ugliest Dog contest on Saturday at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Pakistani girls show their hands painted with traditional henna in preparation for the upcoming Eid al- Fitr festival in Multan, Pakistan. Pakistani Muslims are preparing for Eid al-fitr, a celebration that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan this week. 3 win Nobel for subatomic physic research Two Japanese citizens, Makoto Kobayashi, left, and Toshihide Maskawa, center, and a Japaneseborn American Yoichiro Nambu. INTERNET STOCKHOLM, 7 Oct Two Japanese scientists and a Tokyo-born American shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for physics for discoveries in sub-atomic particles, the prize committee said on Tuesday. The Nobel committee lauded Yoichiro Nambu, a Tokyo-born American citizen, and Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa of Japan for separate work that helped explain why the universe is made up mostly of matter and not anti-matter via processes known as broken symmetries. They helped figure out the existence and behavior of the very tiniest particles known as quarks. Nambu, a professor at the University of Chicago, was recognized for his discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry. It helps underlie the Standard Model of physics, which unites three of the four fundamental forces of nature: strong, weak and electromagnetic, leaving out gravity. Nambu shared half of the prestigious 10 million Swedish crown ($1.4 million) prize with Kobayashi of Japan s High Energy Accelerator Research Organization and Maskawa of Kyoto University. Kobayashi and Maskawa proposed the six types of quarks up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top. All were later discovered in high-energy particle physics experiments. Internet Northern California. His owner, Jeanenne Teed, brought Gus all the way from Florida, to compete for the dubious distinction. After the excitement of the moment, Teed characterized her dog s reaction: Well, I think right now he s ready for a nap. The Chinese crested breed is a popular choice in this annual contest. Last year s champ, Elwood, was a Chinese crested and Chihuahua mix. Gus owner won $500 and will be flown to New York to appear on CBS This Morning. The event will be aired on the Animal Planet network in October. Man arrested for stuffing dead animals in lockers Police have arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of stealing dead animals from a veterinary hospital morgue and stuffing them into empty lockers at a Bay Area high school. Police say the man admitted that he took the bodies of two cats and a 25- pound dog from an unlocked freezer behind the VetCare Hospital in Dublin. He said he then put the dead animals in lockers at Dublin High School before classes started on 25 Aug. The man told police he thought it was a practical joke. Man accused of stealing empty beer truck Police arrested a 21-year-old man for allegedly stealing a beer truck, then dumping the vehicle after determining it contained no cargo. Police arrested the man on Monday on suspicion of felony theft of an automobile. Bail was set at $5,000 cash or bond on Tuesday. Authorities say a deputy discovered the beer truck stuck in the mud along the Wild Rice River. Sgt Jeff Skuza said, He d stolen it thinking he d get some beer, and it was completely empty. Police identified the suspect through a tip from his friend. NJ farm flings pumpkins with giant catapult One New Jersey farm has a special attraction to go with the season s hay rides and corn mazes: giant pumpkin catapult. A group of middle school students who became obsessed with the medieval weapon asked northern New Jersey farmers Anthony and Heidi Lentini if they could use physics to fling the big orange squash. The couple, who have corn mazes on their Newton farm to attract customers, agreed. NEWSALBUM Indonesians warned to stay away from erupting volcano JAKARTA, 7 Oct People living in the shadow of Mount Soputan volcano on Indonesia s Sulawesi island were warned to stay away Tuesday after it started erupting with smoke and flame, officials said. There s no order to evacuate but people are asked to stay outside a radius of four kilometres (2.5 miles) from the volcano s summit because it could spew lava and heat clouds down its slopes, volcanologist Sandi said. The nearest village was eight kilometres away on the western side of the volcano, which towers 1,783 metres (5,955 feet) over North Sulawesi province. The mountain started erupting Monday morning and continued to shoot massive clouds of smoke and flame throughout the night, prompting authorities to raise the eruption warning level to the third highest on a four-level system. A new lava dome has been forming at the peak of Mount Soputan since a big eruption in Scientists have said that its collapse will send lava as well as deadly heatclouds speeding down its slopes. Internet File photo shows the Mount Soputan volcano spewing thick smoke and clouds in Minahasa. People living in the shadow of Mount Soputan volcano on Indonesia s Sulawesi island were warned to stay away Tuesday after it started erupting with smoke and flame, officials said. INTERNET Two conjoined Nile Tilapia fish, dubbed Siamese Twin, swim in a small aquarium in Bangkok on 3 Oct, They are both eight months old and share part of the skin together. A camel foams at the mouth as he is whipped by a robot jockey during a race at Nad al-sheba in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This is the first season that robotic jockeys have been used to race camels in Dubai. 40 injured in mid-air incident in West Australia CANBERRA, 7 Oct Up to 40 people were injured when a passenger jet carrying more than 300 people made an emergency landing near Exmouth in West Australia following a mid-air incident Tuesday afternoon. Sergeant Greg Lambert from the Western Australian police said the Airbus A320 owned by Australia s largest airline company Qantas landed safety at Learmonth Airport near Exmouth after a mayday call. He said up to 40 people were injured during a mid-air incident but the nature of the mid-air incident is unknown, according to a report by Australian Associated Press. Emergency services and medical staff were at the airport. Xinhua 6

7 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 8 October, Nweinn Village in Pale Township gets library Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan and wife donate cash to U Soe Pyaing Self-reliance Library in Nweinn Village in Pale Township through a responsible person. NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct U Soe Pyaing Selfreliance Library and the new building for the library in Nweinn Village in Pale Township, Sagaing Division, was opened on 5 October. Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, a donor of the new building, unveiled the signboard of the library, and the minister and wife handed over documents related to the library to Chairman of the committee for the library YANGON, 7 Oct Under the supervision of the Ministry of Forestry and Health Department of the Ministry of Health, Social Vision Services organized Four Clean Edutainment Demonstration Programme with the sponsorship of wellwishers at Parkroyal Hotel this morning.. First, CEC member of the SVS Daw Yi Yi Win made an opening address. Deputy Director Dr Than Htut of Occupation Health under the Health Department and Mr Waldemar Pickardt of UNICEF delivered addresses on the occasion. Next, SVS Chair- U Kyi Htay. Afterwards, Head of MWAF Information Department Daw Kyi Kyi Win and responsible persons handed over books and periodicals donated by the Information Department of Myanmar Women s Affairs Federation and the Chairman of Sagaing Division Peace and Development Council Commander of North- West Command and wife. Donors of Mintaingpin Village, Nweinn Village and Pale Township donated furniture and books to the library at the opening ceremony. Head of Sagaing Division Information and Public Relations Department U Tin Than Win handed over K 1,018,100 donated by wellwishers including K 300,000 contributed by Minister Brig- Gen Kyaw Hsan and wife to the library. After the ceremony, the minister and party visited the library. Afterwards, Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan and wife went to Dhamma Wiseittarama Monastery in Nweinn Village and presented offertories. During the tour of the village, they also attended a ceremony to pay respects to the aged and donated cash to older persons aged 70 and above and donated food to them. In the afternoon, the minister visited Hlaingchaung Dam near Newinn Village and attended to the needs for the dam and encouraged the local farmers. Four clean and hygiene promotion programme organized man U Hsu Tin explained the programme and Health Education Officer Daw Aye Aye Khine read out the message of Director Dr Khin Maung Lwin of Four Clean and Hygiene Project of the ministry. Afterwards, officials answered the queries raised by those present and film stars entertained those present with educative programme on four clean and hygiene. Daw Yi Yi Win delivers address at ceremony to demonstrate Four Clean Edutainment Demonstration Programme. Objectives of the 16 th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions 1. Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preservation and safeguarding of cultural heritage and national character 2. Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation 3. Keeping genuine patriotism based on national solidarity alive and dynamic 4. Turning out younger generation who will continue to safeguard the national culture and character Deputy Minister U Kyaw Thu and party visit primary school in Seikkyi Village. TCG chairman and party view progress of rural-based rehabilitation tasks in Mawlamyinegyun, Kungyangon Tsps YANGON, 7 Oct Chairman of Tripartite Core Group Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Thu together with heads of diplomatic missions of ASEAN member nations including Thai Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Bansarn Bunnag, ASEAN Alternate Chairman, members of TCG Ms Adelina Kamal of ASEAN Secretariat and members, UNDP Country Director Mr Toshi Hiro Tanaka and officials made a tour of inspection to Mawlamyinegyun Township in Ayeyawady Division and Kungyangon Township in Yangon Division by air this morning. They looked into progress of rural-based rehabilitation tasks being carried out at Kyatshar village in Mawlamyinegyun Township and Myatlayon and Seikkyi villages in Kungyangon Township. TCG Chairman Deputy Minister U Kyaw Thu and party observed new village and houses for storm survivors built by the government with the contributions of social organizations and wellwishers from abroad and at home, water purifier generated by solar energy, floating hospital and presented clothes and foodstuff to school children of Kyatshar village Basic Education High School. Next, they viewed construction of boats for fishermen at Myatlayon village in Kungyangon Township and repair of Basic Education Primary School in Seikkyi village and greeted teachers and school children. They also looked into betel plantation, construction of boats for fishermen and building of water purifier and waterfilter tank and arrived in Yangon in the evening. 7

8 8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 Senior General Than Shwe sees off Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San on their departure for Bangladesh (from page 1) Director-General of Government Office Col Thant Shin and departmental heads, Charge d Affaires ai of Bangladesh Embassy Mr Golam Mostafa and wife, Military Attaché Brig-Gen ANM Shawkat Jamal and officials also saw off Vice- Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San. Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife were accompanied by Secretary-1 of SPDC Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife Daw Khin Saw Hnin, member of the SPDC Lt-Gen Tin Aye, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Rear Admiral Nyan Tun, Commanderin-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, Military Affairs Security Chief Lt-Gen Ye Myint, Maj-Gen Khin Zaw of the Ministry of Defence, Chairman of Rakhine State Peace and Development Council Commander of Western Command Maj- Gen Thaung Aye, Minister for National Planning and Economic Development U Soe Tha, Minister for Commerce Brig- Gen Tin Naing Thein, Minister for Construction Maj-Gen Saw Tun, Minister for Science and Technology U Thaung, Minister for Immigration and Population Maj- Gen Saw Lwin, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win and wife Daw Myint Myint Soe, Minister for Energy Brig- Gen Lun Thi, Director-General of SPDC Office Col Kyaw Kyaw Win and departmental heads and officials. Senior General Than Shwe sees off Vice-Senior General Maung Aye at Nay Pyi Taw Airport. Farm implements for progress of agricultural sector YANGON, 7 Oct Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo inspected harvesters, 25-HP power tillers, disc wheels for tractors and mobile paddyhusk-powered gas machines manufactured by No. 1 Main Work shop of Agriculture Mechanization Department in Kyaikkaloh industrial region in Mingaladon Township on 29 September. The minister inspected production of rubber products from recycled tyres, finished products, various kinds of wheels, farm implements and battery-operated harvesters and engine-powered harvesters. Production of recycled rubber saves cost. Aged and women get care and protection YANGON, 6 Oct A ceremony to open a workshop on older people development and protection of women jointly organized by Social Welfare Department under the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement and UNFPA at Sedona Hotel here this morning. Present on the occasion were Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe, Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue Col Hla Thein Swe, Vice- Presidents of Myanmar Women s Affairs Federation Daw Khin Lay Myint and Daw Khin Thet Htay and member secretaries, Patron of Yangon Division WAO Daw Kyin Myaing and members, the Resident Representatives of UN agencies, responsible persons of social organizations and guests. First, Minister Maj- Gen Maung Maung Swe gave an opening speech. Next, Resident Representative of UNFPA Mr Daniel B.Baker delivered an address and the ceremony came to close. The workshop continues at Sedona Hotel. Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo inspects farm implements produced by No. 1 Main Workshop in Mingaladon Township. Anniversary ICT Exhibition 31 Oct YANGON, 5 Oct Under the arrangements of the Myanmar Computer Federation, the 10th Anniversary ICT Exhibition organized by Myanmar Computer Professional Association and Myanmar Computer Industry Association will be held to mark the 10th anniversary of MCF and computer associa- tions at Tatmadaw Convention Hall on U Wizara Road, here, from 31 Oct to 2 Nov. Those wishing to stage booths may contact MCIA in Myanmar Info-Tech (Hline Campus) (Tel: , ) for details information. Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe delivers address at opening of a workshop on older people development and protection of women. 8 7/30/18, 12:18 AM

9 People take part in building village (from page 16) Maj-Gen Tha Aye presented a computer and Commander Maj-Gen Thet Naing Win 100 dozens of exercise books and sports gear to Headmistress Daw Than Nwe. Maj-Gen Tha Aye planted a coconut tree at Set-se beach in Thanbyuzayat township. Departmental officials, members of social organizations and local people planted 5,291 coconut trees. He inspected restaurants and souvenir shops along the beach. He gave instructions on growing of trees to prevent bank erosion. At Ngwemoe Hotel, Chairman of Thanbyuzayat Township Peace and Development Council U Maung Maung and Mon State Superintending Engineer U Soe Thet of Public Works on construction of Kyaikkhami- Setse strand road. Maj-Gen Tha Aye inspected salt fields of Set-se salt industry and cultivation of water melon among the rubber plants in the rubber farm of Myanmar Rubber General Trading in the township. There are10 acres of water melon, 1,270 acres of pineapple, 370 acres of paddy and two acres of maize in the rubber farms. Maj-Gen Tha Aye visited Lamong People s Hospital and he and the commander presented cash assistance to patients at the hospital. Maj-Gen Tha Aye and party arrived in Ye in the evening. Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township Association get-together YANGON, 7 Oct An annual meeting of the Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township Association (Yangon) will be held in conjunction with prize presentation ceremony at Dolphin Restaurant in the compound of Kandawgyi Aquarium here on 2 November. Offspring of the members who passed the matriculation examination with flying colours may contact Chairman U Aye Lwin (Ph: ), Vice- Chairmen U Tun Aung Zan (Ph: ), U Saw Tun Khaing (Ph: ) and U Tin Ko Ko (Ph: ), Secretary Pyinmana Myint Hlaing (Ph: ) and Treasurer Dr Khin New Aye (Ph: ) not later than 17 October. Non-members of the association may attend the ceremony. Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan accepts cash presented by a donor to be spent on construction of buildings for libraries and buying books in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana District. THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 8 October, Buildings, publications and cash for self-reliant libraries in rural regions NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct A ceremony to present buildings, publications and cash for self-reliant libraries in rural regions was held at the Yadanamon Hall of No. 1 Basic Education High School in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township this afternoon, attended by Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe, Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, director-general and managing directors of departments and enterprises under the Ministry of Information, departmental officials, socials organizations and wellwishers. First, Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin made an opening speech. Next, Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan also made a speech. This was followed by the cash and kind presentation ceremony. Chairman of Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon Township PDC U Nay Aung, on behalf of Minister for Home Affairs Maj-Gen Maung Oo, presented documents related to a building worth K 2.1 million for Magyibin Village, Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon Township, and a building worth K 5 million for Hsinthe Village, Chairman of Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township PDC U Win Htay, on behalf of Nay Pyi Taw Development Committee, presented documents related to a library building worth K 6 million for Shwenatha Ward, Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana and Thawdawin Co documents related to a library building worth K 6 million for Zeegon Village, Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township. Commander Maj- Gen Wai Lwin accepted the donations and presented certificates of honour to the well-wishers. Next, U Hla Win-Daw Thanda Khine presented documents related to a library building worth K 3 million for Shasepho Village, Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township, those from Temyint Village documents related to a library building worth K 7 million for Temyint Village, Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon Township, those from Taungnyo Village documents related to a library building worth K 1.8 million for Taungnyo Village, Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township and U Soe Tint- Daw Yin Nu documents related to library buildings Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe accepts cash presented by a donor to be spent on construction of buildings for libraries and buying books in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana District. Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin accepts cash presented by a donor to be spent on construction of buildings for libraries and buying books in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana District. worth K 4 million for Kayukchet and Thayetkon Village, Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township. Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan accepted the donations and presented certificates of honour to the well-wishers. Next, those from Pyankapyay Village presented K 1.1million for Thayagon Village library, Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township, Chairman of Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana District PDC U Khin Maung Zaw presented K 3 million for library of Kinpontan Village, Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township, for library of Pattar Village, Nay Pyi Taw Lewe Township, for Thabyechaung Village, Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon Township and those from Kinpontan Village presented K 1 million for library of Kinpontan Village, Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township. Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe accepted the donations and presented certificates of honour to the well-wishers. After that, local people from Patta, Thabyechaung and Hsinthe Villages presented K 1 million each for village libraries in Nay Pyi Taw Lewe and Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon Townships and U Ohn Shwe-Daw Nilar (Main Battery Service) presented K 500,000 for Kinpontan Village library in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township. Director-General of Information and Public Relations Department U Chit Naing accepted the donations and presented certificates of honour to the wellwishers. U Thein Htwe-Daw Mya San Hla (Nan Sein Confectionery) presented K 1 million for Thayagon Village library, local people K 1 million for Pyutwin Village library, U San Tin Aung (Shwebo) 990 books worth K 1,530,000 and K 500,000 for libraries in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana District. Chairman of Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana District Peace and Development Council U Khin Maung Zaw accepted the donations. Wellwishers donated K 47,630,000 and 990 books for 13 self-reliance libraries in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana District. 9

10 10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 Over 130 officers of Energy Ministry receive skills NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct Ministry of Energy conducted a work proficiency course for new officers at the ministry here yesterday. A total of 131 trainees are attending the twoweek course. Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi made an opening address at the ceremony. It was also attended by Deputy Minister Brig- Gen Than Htay, directorsgeneral and managing directors of the departments and enterprises under the ministry and course instructors. With noble mind In serving public interest Do not deviate from own way Because of slanders Just carry it on (Venerable Shwe Hintha Sayadaw) Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi delivers address at opening of work proficiency course for new officers. Villager injured in Shwegyin Tsp mine blast NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct A villager was wounded in his left foot in a mile blast in Shwegyin Township, Bago Division, on 4 October. U Saw Al Sae of the village of Padaekaw in Shwegyin Township stepped on a mine planted by insurgents on his way to a stream near the village to pan for gold in the evening. He was taken to the 100- bed hospital in Shwegyin. He is not in a critical condition. US, UK embassies visit NLD HQ 22 times in September YANGON, 7 Oct The people are criticizing and keeping a watchful eye on the National League for Democracy (NLD) (Central) because it keeps in touch with embassies of the United States and Myawady Trade Zone under construction YANGON, 7 Oct Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Tin Naing Thein met members of the combined team, officials of companies who are responsible for constructing Myawady Trade Zone in Myawady on 3 October. Director of Border Trade Department U Yan Naing Tun reported on construction of Myawady Trade Zone. Deputy Minister for the United Kingdom in Yangon and complies with their instructions. Staff from the two foreign embassies frequented NLD (HQ) on West Shwegondaing Street in Yangon 22 times Commerce Brig-Gen Aung Tun gave a supplementary report. The minister fulfilled the requirements for construction of the zone. He also met entrepreneurs who are engaged in export and import enterprises. The Minister inspected functions of the departments at Myanmar-Thai Friendship Bridge. in September During their visits, embassy staff held meetings with NLD CEC members, and presented large and small envelopes. Staff get D-G s advice YANGON, 7 Oct Director-General U Aye Lwin of No. 2 Basic Education Department on 30 September met with the Township Education Officer and heads of basic education schools and teachers at No. 1 Basic Education School in Kyaukse Township, Mandalay Division, and spoke of the need for them to implement the five points of education policy laid down by the State. The director-general also spoke of the need to enhance teaching ability, to effectively use teaching and learning aids, to abide by rules and regulations laid down, to be equipped with a sense of patriotism and Union Spirit, to strive for boosting the pass rate of matriculation exam, to fully implement the guardian system, to teach in line with monthly contents, to hold monthly tests according to the set timeframe and to supervise students by giving them exercises. Photo shows solar-powered water purifying machine in Kyatshar Village in Mawlamyinegyun Township. 10

11 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 8 October, Remarkable progress of Shwe Kokko and Myitta Lin Myaing villages in Myawady Township (from page 16) Shwe Kokko Village is located near the bank of the Thaung Yin River. It is merely a village. However, I was surprised and pleased to witness that the village had been developed considerably at the level of a township with concrete roads, fine houses, large buildings, school, hospital, football ground and the market. Green gram, corn and physic nut were grown as mixed crops in the rubber farms. U Saw Chit Thu of Shwe Kokko Village said, "Long ago, this region lacked peace and stability. We made peace with the government, and since 1997, we have been engaged in regional development tasks. At that time, there were families of only seven huts. The government provided us with assistance for raising the education and health sectors and regional development. It also disbursed 100 million kyats to us for agricultural farming. People of various national races including national people who had returned from the refugee camps in the neighbouring country resettled here, and Article by Maung Maung Htwe (), photos by Hla Moe () now the number of the households here is more than "We have grown rubber in 2578 acres and green gram and corn in 2030 acres. We plan to grow crops on a large scale if the crop plantations prove successful. I believe we will achieve success." There was a thriving trade of goods in the village with a large number of shops. In the past, a villager had to take some risk if he wanted to go even to the bridge across the Mepale' Creek. In general, rural folks appreciate the value of peace more than urban dwellers do. The following day, we Thriving green gram plantations grown as mixed crop in the rubber farm near Shwe Kokko Village. Grapefruit plants in Myitta Lin Myaing Village. proceeded to Myitta Lin Myaing Villag. At the entrance to the village, we visited thriving honey orange and grapefruit farms. There, U Saw Mokthon (a) U Saw Maw Tho said, "We made peace with the government in the mid We have founded our village for about two years. Previously, the number of the houses was only 10. Now, people of various national races have resettled here. We grow green gram, corn and rubber for our living. "The soil here is very fertile, so we chose this place to establish a village to earn our living. No alien countries are better than ours. A person can earn his living easily here even if he plucked branches of Eugenia trees for sale. I planned to establish this village because I do not want any national people to go through the hell in the refugee camps in the other nation. Now, we are trying our best. The government is disbursing small loans to us to run our agricultural farms. We are also trying to open schools and health care centres and a corn factory." A lot of work remains to be done for further development of the entire Union including Myawady. If a handful of remnant KNU insurgents and some other armed groups participate in the regional development tasks, we will soon achieve our goal of building a peaceful, modern and developed democratic nation. Translation: MS Kyemon: ***** Six special criminal appeal cases heard in Nay Pyi Taw NAY PYI TAW, 6 Oct The Special Appellate Bench involving Deputy Chief Justice of Supreme Court (Yangon) U Thein Soe, Supreme Court Judges (Mandalay) U San Tint Yi and U Kyaw Win sitting at Court room 1 of Supreme Court (Nay Pyi Taw), heard (6) special criminal appeal cases under the Section 7 of the Judiciary Law, 2008 this morning. Don t Smoke Kawthoung honours the aged YANGON, 6 Oct A ceremony to mark the International Day of Older Persons took place at 10thmile village, Kawthoung township on 1 October. On the occasion, Chairpersons and members of Kawthoung District and Township Women s Affairs Organizations, members of the township Maternal and Child Welfare Association and members of social organizations, paid respect to 28 older persons and gave cash and gifts to them. Next, the head and staff of the district Health Department provided medical care to the aged. Flower arrangement for family income generation NAY PYI TAW, 6 Oct Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association opened the flower arrangement course at the office of MMCWA in Nay Pyi Taw Lewe today. A total of 44 trainees are attending the arrangement course No 1/2008 which last until 10 October. The course was conducted with the aim of increasing the income of members of the association. The course was opened with an address by Leader of Economy and Social Group of MMCWA Daw Htwe Htwe Nyunt. 11

12 \\ \\ 12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 pv\etac\su mn\maniuc\cmeta\ rn\kun\ mi>eta\sv\pc\qayaer;eka\mt^ psßv\;wy\yërac\;k er;ap > rk\s ' 2008 KuNṡ\ eaak\tiubal 6 rk\ K ip\pit\ez;non\;lwaekåy Kc\; rn\kun\ mi>eta\sv\pc\qayaer;eka\mt^flup\cn\;qum:at k\ lm\;kc\;kt ram a;kiu qiuelȧc\rumaerak\ k p\ec Pc\. wy\y rn\ K ip\pit\ ez;non\;lwam a; Pit\eKÅAp\påqv\- su\ psßv\;am oi;amv\ \\ AerAt k\ (k) 80/100 Am io;asa; lm\;kc\;kt ra 500tn\ ez;non\;lwapit\rk\mȧ en (12;00)nar^ Ps\ p^; ez;non\; tc\q c\;lwapm usm ts\sm ulyc\ k p\ 2000/- (k p\nṡ\etac\titi) NOn\; Pc\. Bt\g k\nċ\.ec sarc\;@an' psßv\;wy\yërac\;k er;@ansut c\ wy\y Niuc\påqv\" Aeq;sit\AK k\alk\m a;kiu Pun\;Amṫ\ qiu RMu;K in\at c\; Sk\q y\ em; mn\;niuc\påqv\" Uk psßv\;wy\yërac\;k er;ap > More libraries, museums in China BEIJING, 7 Oct China has taken big steps towards developing public cultural services since adopting the reform and opening-up policy three decades ago, statistics from the Cultural Ministry revealed here Monday. Take for example the number of public cultural facilities built in the past 30 years. In 1978, there were 349 museums across the country. Today, there are five times as many as China now has 1,722 museums. Ministry figures also show that China has 2,799 public libraries (above the county level) and tens of thousands of cultural centres down to the community and village levels. Last year, the national fiscal expenditure on cultural development was up to billion yuan (2.903 billion US dollars), more than 30 times what was spent in /Xinhua Vietnam, Singapore Armies to promote solidarity HANOI, 7 Oct Singapore s Chief of Army Major General Neo Kian Hong on Monday began a threeday friendship official visit to Vietnam, at the invitation of Lieutenant General Pham Hong Loi, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People s Army, Vietnam News Agency reported. Neo Kian Hong and Pham Hong Loi agreed in their meeting that the ground forces of the two armies should promote cooperation through the exchange of delegations, training and the sharing of experiences on coping with natural disasters and epidemic prevention. The two sides planned to sign a memorandum of understanding regarding defence cooperation, with the aim of contributing to the promotion of solidarity and mutual understanding between the peoples and armed forces of Vietnam and Singapore. Internet B desh to boost private-sector investment with ADB help DHAKA, 7 Oct Bangladesh will mobilize massive private-sector funds to invest in muchneeded infrastructure projects with the help of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), local newspaper reported on Monday. ADB will provide a 165- million-us-dollar loan to support a Public-Private Infrastructure Development Facility in the country, the leading Spacecraft Cassini plans two flybys of Saturn s geyser moon in October WASHINGTON, 7 Oct Spacecraft Cassini will fly by Saturn s geyser moon, Enceladus, twice in October, the US space agency NASA reported Monday. The 9 Oct flyby is an inside pitch the closest flyby yet of any moon of Saturn, at only 25 km from the surface. The 31 Oct flyby is farther out, at 196 km. The Enceladus geysers were discovered by Cassini in It produces a few hundred kg per second of gas and dust, which are mainly water vapor and water ice. Since then, scientists have been intrigued about what powers them, because the moon is so tiny, at only 500 km in diameter. Scientists are intrigued by the possibility that liquid water, perhaps even an ocean, may exist beneath the surface of Enceladus. Trace amounts of organics have also been detected, raising tantalizing possibilities about the moon s habitability. Internet English daily The Independent reported. The project will catalyze private-sector investments of up to 600 million US dollars to finance 15 to 20 projects, mostly in energy, a release was quoted as saying. The energy-sector schemes will add at least 900 megawatts of powergeneration capacity, providing electricity to about 100,000 more households through the renewable-energy programme. ADB is providing 82 million US dollars to help finance large infrastructure projects, 50 million US dollars to assist small- and medium-sized energy projects, and 33 million US dollars to promote renewable energy. A 500,000 US dollars technical assistance grant will also be provided by ADB for training and support. /Xinhua Russian peacekeeping forces leave the Georgian breakaway Abkhazia region town of Sukhumi. Forces in Georgia are seeking to trigger fresh military action around the country s separatist regions, Russia said Monday, despite stressing it would complete a scheduled troop pull-back on time. INTERNET Poverty still plagues US cities WASHINGTON, 7 Oct Most US mayors and city officials say poverty is a growing problem, with many families unable to get by, according to a survey released on Monday. Some 90 percent of city officials in the National League of Cities survey of mayors and leaders of towns of 30,000 people or more say that during the last decade poverty rates have either increased or stayed the same in their towns. About a third of those participating consider poverty a severe or serious problem in their cities. More than four decades after the United States government declared war on poverty, the official 2008 poverty rate is 12.3 percent, not even 2 percent less than the 1967 figure of 14.2 per cent, the report said, adding. Internet A rear view of the charter bus that overturned, Sunday, is seen in a wrecking yard near Williams, Calif, on 6 Oct, INTERNET The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. An aerial view shows part of the illuminated street circuit of the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix at dusk in this file photo. INTERNET 12

13 India to launch lunar mission on 22 Oct NEW DELHI, 7 Oct India s first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 is likely to lift off in the early hours of 22 Oct from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, about 90km from Chennai, South India, Indo Asian News Agency reported on Monday. The tentative launch date is 22 Oct though the window will be kept open till 26 Oct Depending on the weather, we plan to launch the lunar spacecraft around 6.30 am IST, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) director S. Satish was cited as saying. The 1,380 kg spacecraft, built at ISRO s satellite centre in this IT hub, will be carried into lunar orbit by a specially designed 320- tonne Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV- C11), with six strap-on propellants weighing 12 tonnes each. The integration will be completed by this week-end. All systems and instruments will be checked and tested for operational purposes, Satish noted. The spacecraft will orbit around the moon at an altitude of 100 km to map the topography and the mineralogical rsources of the lunar soil, Satish added. Internet Oral vitamin D may help prevent some skin infections WASHINGTON, 7 Oct A new study by US researchers suggests that use of oral Vitamin D supplements may help prevent skin infections that are a common result of atopic dermatitis, the most common form of eczema. The study, led by researchers at the University of California, San Hurricane Norbert forms off Mexico s Pacific coast MEXICO CITY, 7 Oct The US National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Norbert has formed far off Mexico s Pacific coast. The center says Norbert is centered 315 miles (510 kilometers) south-southwest of the port city of Manzanillo, and is not expected to threaten land. The storm had winds of 75 mph (120 kph) Monday night. Forecasters said Norbert was moving westnorthwest at 8 mph (13 kph) and was expected to continue that path over the next two days. Norbert is seventh hurricane of the east Pacific. Diego, found that use of oral vitamin D appeared to correct a defect in the immune systems in patients with this skin disease. The finding was published on 3 Oct in the latest edition of the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. The researchers studied a small number of patients with moderate Internet THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 8 October, The Satellite Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft, India s first moon mission craft is seen from behind glass at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) center in Bangalore on 18 Sept, to severe atopic dermatitis, a chronic skin disease that affects 10 to 20 percent of children and 1-3 percent of adults. It had previously been shown that defects in the immune system interfere with the skin s ability to produce a peptide called cathelicidin, which is protective against microbial invasion. In many skin diseases, including eczema, a deficiency of cathelicidin correlates with increased infection. Internet In this photo released by International Fund for Animal Welfare, penguins are released by environmentalists at the Cassino Beach, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on 4 Oct, INTERNET INTERNET T-27 planes of the air force acrobatic group Fomasa from Brazil perform in an aerial exhibition during the 75th anniversary of the Marco Fidel Suarez air base in Cali on 5 Oct, INTERNET Chinese scientists start studying samples from Shenzhou-7 LANZHOU, 7 Oct Chinese scientists on Monday unsealed a box of solid lubricant samples that were aboard the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft. They will study the material for the next six months. Two types of solid lubricant samples, after being exposed to outer space during the Shenzhou-7 mission, had shown obvious changes, said Liu Weimin, head of the Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in northwest Gansu Province. The appearance of the two types of samples has either turned dark or become rougher, he said. Solid lubricants are widely used in spacecraft to reduce friction because they withstand high temperatures. Scientists hoped to improve the stability and lifetime of the materials by studying the test samples taken to outer space. Liu said scientists would compare the samples with those exposed to a simulated space environment in the laboratory. We need to know how the lubricants react to being in a vacuum, atomic oxygen and low temperatures in outer space, he said. If scientists discover the difference between the two exposed lubricants, they might be able to tell how other materials change in outer space, Liu said.the solid lubricant samples, loaded outside the Shenzhou-7 capsule and retrieved by astronaut Zhai Zhigang during his spacewalk, weighed about 2.2 kg. They were exposed to outer space for 44 hours. Internet US spacecraft to explore outer solar system WASHINGTON, 7 Oct The first US spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space is ready for launch on 19 Oct, NASA announced Monday. The two-year mission will begin from the Kwajalein Atoll, a part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean, according to NASA s report. Called the Interstellar Boundary Explorer or IBEX, the spacecraft will conduct extremely highaltitude orbits above Earthto investigate and capture images of processes taking place at the farthest reaches of the solar system. Known as the interstellar boundary, this region marks where the solar system meets interstellar space. The interstellar boundary regions are critical because they shield us from the vast majority of dangerous galactic cosmic rays, which otherwise would penetrate into Earth s orbit and make human spaceflight much more dangerous, said David McComas, IBEX principal investigator. IBEX is poised to thoroughly map this interstellar boundary region of the solar system. The images will allow scientists to understand the global interaction between our sun and the galaxy for the very first time. Internet 13

14 14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 S P O R T S Mikel Obi gets green light to skip Sierra Leone clash LAGOS, 7 Oct Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi has been given the green light by Nigeria to skip Saturday's 2010 World Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone, officials said on Tuesday. Top team official Emmanuel Attah told reporters the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has agreed with Chelsea for Mikel to be excused from the final group match against Sierra Leone in Abuja this weekend. "The NFF and Chelsea manager Luiz Felipe Scolari have agreed that Mikel skip this game so as to concentrate fully on his club career," Attah said. John Obi Mikel, seen "We agreed to this because we want the player has been given the here in February 2008, to fully establish himself green light by Nigeria to at the club while also improving the working rela- World Cup qualifier skip Saturday s 2010 tionship between us and against Sierra Leone, the overseas clubs of our officials have said. players." Internet INTERNET Hewitt to make injury comeback at Sydney International tennis Four-time winner Lleyton Hewitt, seen here, will make his comeback from hip surgery at the Sydney International next January. INTERNET SYDNEY, 7 Oct Fourtime winner Lleyton Hewitt will make his comeback from hip surgery at the Sydney International next January, organisers said on Tuesday. The former Australian world number one missed the US Open and Australia's Davis Cup tie in Chile to have the arthroscopic hip surgery last August and he is using the Sydney event as his major tournament lead-in to the Australian Open from January 19-February 1. Two-time grand slam champion Hewitt, 27, whose ATP ranking has slipped to 67, won the Sydney title in 2000, 2001, 2004 and "My recovery is going well and I am really looking forward to the Australian summer," Hewitt said in a statement. Internet Seve Ballesteros admitted to hospital MADRID, 7 Oct Seve Ballesteros was admitted to a hospital Monday after feeling dizzy and fainting. Ballesteros, the winner of three British Opens and two Masters, was taken to La Paz hospital after briefly losing consciousness, the hospital said in a statement. His condition was stable, and he was undergoing diagnostic tests, the hospital said. No further information on his condition or treatment would be made available under instructions from Ballesteros' family, the hospital said. Internet Liverpool confirm Skrtel ligament damage LIVERPOOL, 7 Oct Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel suffered posterior cruciate ligament damage in his right knee during his side's 3-2 win over Manchester City, the Premier League club confirmed on Monday. Skrtel, 23, was stretchered off with his leg heavily strapped after falling awkwardly in a challenge with Ched Evans in the second half at Eastlands on Sunday. Scans revealed that the Slovakian centre-back has damaged the knee ligament and he will have further tests to determine the length of his absence, likely to be several months. "Martin underwent a scan this morning which showed damage to the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee," club spokesman Ian Cotton said. "He will see a specialist on Tuesday to assess the extent of the injury and will then have an accurate idea of the timescales involved before he is back playing again." Internet Blatter concern over foreign investors BRUSSELS, 7 Oct Sepp Blatter has expressed his concern over the influx of foreign investors snapping up English Premier League clubs. "There's danger," FIFA's president warned the media at the European Parliament here Monday. "These people arrive, buy the clubs but they can leave at any moment. That creates a risk of instability for these teams and the competition as a whole. Ideally a way should be found for clubs to be financed by local investors. "There should also be a control of these clubs' finances. But I don't have a miracle remedy. It's an important topic for discussion that we should have with UEFA (European football's governing Soccer association FIFA President Swiss Sepp Blatter Jankovic regains world No.1 tennis spot PARIS, 7 Oct Jelena Jankovic of Serbia was confirmed as regaining the world No.1 ranking on Monday following her win in the WTA tournament at Stuttgart on Sunday body)." But while voicing his concern, Blatter said the arrival of buyers from the Middle East (Manchester City), Russia (Chelsea) and the United States (Manchester United, Liverpool), was only to be expected. Internet She takes over from Serena Williams in the sixth changeover at the top since Justine Henin retired in May. Jankovic held the top ranking for just one week in August before being overtaken by compatriot Ana Ivanovic. Internet Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, seen here in September 2008, has been confirmed as regaining the world No.1 ranking on Monday following her win in the WTA tournament at Stuttgart. INTERNET Blackburn s Santa Cruz misses Paraguay WC matches ASUNCION, 7 Oct Injured Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz will miss Paraguay's forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Peru, the country's football federation said on Monday. Blackburn Rovers Paraguayan forward Roque Santa Cruz, seen here on 4 Oct, 2008, will miss Paraguay s forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Peru, the country s football federation said on Monday. INTERNET The 27-year-old Santa Cruz is suffering from a muscle pull from Saturday's 2-0 home defeat to Premiership champions Manchester United, keeping him out of action for three weeks. "It's a pity but I will not be able to play," Santa Cruz told Paraguay radio speaking from London. "The injury is causing me real problems." Internet No Federer, but Guccione a rare sight in Stockholm STOCKHOLM, 7 Oct Chris Guccione will carry the flag as he aims to produce the first Australian match win at the Stockholm Open since Ranked 88th in the ATP rankings Guccione is the lone Aussie at the Kungligahallen and the only current contender on the ATP with Lleyton Hewitt recovering from recent hip surgery and not due back until January. In first-round play, Japanese wildcard Kei Nishikori upset Spanish eighth seed Marcel Granollers 2-6, 6-4, 6-2. Ecuador's Nicolas Lapentti returned nine years after his Stockholm quarter-final, spending nearly three hours in ovecoming Ivan Navarro of Spain 3-6, 7-6 (9/7), 7-5. It's been nearly a decade since Australians celebrated a match victory in the Swedish capital, Andrew Ilie earning a first round win eight years ago. Internet Hamlin released from hospital day after hard wreck TALLADEGA, 7 Oct Denny Hamlin was released from a hospital on Monday, a day after a tire failure led to a hard crash at Talladega Superspeedway. Hamlin was kept overnight for observation at a Birmingham hospital after his car slammed into a wall. He was alert and awake when he was transported to the UAB Medical Center on Sunday, but was complaining of a headache and possibly had a concussion. He was also favoring his right foot after a slow exit from his crumpled car. Internet Denny Hamlin is placed on a stretcher after a crash during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' AMP Energy 500 auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., on 5 Oct, INTERNET 14

15 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 8 October, Asia education summit calls for strong partnership DHAKA, 7 Oct Asia regional higher education summit called here on Monday for stronger partnerships among public and private institutions across the globe to face the emerging challenges, local newspaper reported on Tuesday. The three-day summit, first of its kind in Asia, began in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Monday with participation of around 150 university presidents and vice chancellors, senior executives of businesses and foundations and government officials. Speakers at the inaugural session termed terrorism, food shortages, energy deficiency and poverty the major challenges that the world is undergoing today, saying that it is higher education and innovative thinking that can help face these challenges. Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman of Bangladesh caretaker government said at the inaugural session, "degradation of ecology, population, rapid urbanization and poverty are the major issues in the case of Bangladesh. /Xinhua Obama widens leading margins over McCain in nat l polls WASHINGTON, 7 Oct US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is moving further ahead in all national polls Monday in the wake of economic downturn and financial crisis. The latest CNN survey found Obama now leads McCain 53 to 45 per cent, doubling the 4-point lead Obama held in the last CNN poll in mid- September. The Gallup daily tracking poll also show Obama leads by 8 per cent, with 50 per cent of the respondents Wednesday, 8 October View on today 7:00 am 1. etac\tn\;qaqna po Sraeta\Bura;Âk^;f prit\tra;eta\ 7:25 am 2. To be healthy exercise 7:30 am 3. Morning news 7:40 am 4. Nice and sweet song 7:50 am 5. ASui pic\p supporting him and 42 per cent supporting McCain. In all other national polls, Obama's leading margins range from 6 to 8 per cent. Pollesters said the Obama's gains could be attributed to the financial turmoil, record-low approval ratings for Republican President George W. Bush and a drop in the public's perception of Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate Sara Palin. /Xinhua 8:00 am 6. mø; mø;âk Âk yu\ek ;moak 7. Musical programme KuNṡ\ (16) Âkim\e mak\ mn\ma.ri u;rayu\ek ;mo ASi u' Ak' Aer;' At^; pioc\p ' pioc\p ẃc\m a;el.lani uc\âkrn\ (kalepået;/ ekt\ehac\;et;) (Ae KKMpva 15-20Nṡ\) (Am io;qa;) 9. International news 10. At^; pic\p 4:00 pm 1. Martial song 4:10 pm 2. Ak pic\p 4:15 pm 3. Musical programme 4:30 pm 4. Aew;qc\tk qiul\pvaer; Rup\ mc\qm ka;qc\kn\;sa Professor Yoshiyuki Sankai displays his newly developed robot suit in Tsukuba, near Tokyo. The Japanese professor announced he is introducing robot suits for paralysed people, helping them to walk again by detecting their next move and lifting their muscles. INTERNET Large molybdenum mine found in south China HAIKOU, 7 Oct A large field containing rich deposits of rare molybdenum has been found in south China's island province of Hainan, local authorities said here. Molybdenum is a hard, silvery mineral mainly used in toughening alloy steels and softening tungsten alloys. It is used in aviation, construction and military material manufacturing industries. The proven reserves of the mine in Baoting County are estimated at 254,000 tons worth of more than 100 billion yuan (14.6 billion US dollars), making it one of the 10 largest molybdenum mines in the country, according to a statement from the Hainan Provincial Mining Association on Sunday. /Xinhua ptmnṡ\ (Datuebd' R pebd' qt ebd Rukappleebd AT ; pom a;) (Datuebd) 4:45 pm 5. Songs for uphold National Spirit 5:00 pm 6. Classical song 5:10 pm 7. Dance of National Races 5:20 pm 8. ROP y\sumlc\aas^ymas^asu\ 5:30 pm KuNṡ\ (16) Âkim\e mak\ mn\ma.riu;rayu\ek ;mo ASiu' Ak' Aer;' At^; pioc\p ' pioc\p ẃc\m a;el.laniuc\âkrn\ (kalepået;/ekt\ehac\; et;) (Ae KKMpva 15-20) Nṡ\ (Am io;qm^;) 5:40 pm 10. rqepål c\ qrup\esac\l c\ pc\ 6:00 pm 11. Evening news 6:30 pm 12. Weather report 6:35 pm 13. mn\madel.riu;ralk\ew > 14. Siuliuk\Âksiu> u> 15. Ap piuc\;sim\;lm\;siue per; 16. Tk\ mk\ep a\rwc\aim\etac\rċ\ 8:00 pm 17. News 18. International news 19. Weather report KuNṡ\ (15) Âkim\e mak\ mn\ma.ri u;rayu\ek ;mo ASi u' Ak' Aer;' At^; pioc\p ' {quwfiqamzat\eta\âk^;} (emac\ua%\wc\;nċ\.ap >) (ptmsu) (rn\kun\tiuc\;) (ptmpi uc\;) WEATHER Tuesday, 7 October, 2008 Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST: During the past 24 hours, Weather has been partly cloudy in Magway and Taninthayi Divisions, rain or thundershowers have been isolated in Kachin, Rakhine Kayah, Kayin and Mon States,upper Sagaing,Yangon and Ayeyarwady Divisions, scattered in Shan and Chin States, Mandalay and Bago Divisions and fairly widespread in the remaining areas. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Loilin (2.76) inches, Meiktila (0.90) inch, Bago (0.79) inch. Maximum temperature on was 90 F. Minimum temperature on was 71ºF. Relative humidity at (09:30) hours MST on was 84%. Total sunshine hours on was (3.8) hours approx. Rainfall on was (Nil) at Mingaladon, (Nil) at Kaba-Aye and (0.31)inch at Central Yangon. Total rainfall since was (98.70) inches at Mingaladon, (109.64) inches at Kaba-Aye and (127.16) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from Southwest at (18:30) hours MST on Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. Forecast valid until evening of : Weather will be partly cloudy in Kayah State and Magway Division, rain or thundershowers will be isolated in Mon and Kayin States, lower Sagaing, Bago, Yangon, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions and scattered in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is (80%). State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate in Myanmar waters. Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of increase of rian in Northern Myanmar areas. Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for : Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (80%). Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for : Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (80%). Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for : Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%). R 489 Published by the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar. Edited and printed at The New Light of Myanmar Press, No 22/30 Strand Road at 43rd Street, Yangon. Cable Newlight, PO Box No. 43, Telephones: Editors , Manager , Circulation , Advertisement , Accounts , Administration , Production/Press

16 9th Waxing of Thadingyut 1370 ME Wednesday, 8 October, 2008 People take part in building village school in Mon State Maj-Gen Tha Aye visits mixed-crop plantation of watermelon and rubber of Myanmar Rubber General Trading. NAY PYI TAW, 7 Oct A coordination meeting on production of sun-dried salt and iodized salt was held at the Yamanya Hall of Mon State Peace and Development Council Office with an address by Maj-Gen Tha Aye of the Ministry of Defence on 1 October. Salt entrepreneurs from Thaton, Thanbyuzayat and Ye Townships took part in the discussions. Maj- Gen Tha Aye fulfilled the requirements. Maj-Gen Tha Aye, accompanied by Chairman of Mon State Peace and Development Council Commander of South-East Command Maj-Gen Thet Naing Win and officials, inspected 200-acre model monsoon paddy farm in Kwanta model village in Mudon Township. Maj-Gen Tha Aye attended the opening of new building for Dagundaing Village Basic Education High School in Mudon Township. The one-storeyed building, 150 feet long and 30 feet wide, was built at a cost of K 24 million including K 10.5 million contributed by the people, K 7.5 million by the State and K 6 million by Mon State Peace and Development Council. (See page 9) Remarkable progress of Shwe Kokko and Myitta Lin Myaing villages in Myawady Township Article by Maung Maung Htwe (), photos by Hla Moe () During our recent trip to Kayin State, we mediamen dropped in Myawady and surrounding villages due to the arrangements made by Chairman of Kayin State Peace and Development Council Brig- Gen Zaw Min. Myawady of Kayin State shares the border with the neighbouring country, and has enjoyed rapid development. In particular, its basic education schools are on a par with a degree college. The village's development rate has gathered momentum with livestock farms, rubber farms, physic nut plantations and gardens. Establishment of a border trade centre in the town is a giant step for development of border trade with neighbouring Thailand. While in Myawady, we had an opportunity to visit Shwe Kokko and Myitta Lin Myaing villages on a package tour arranged by officials concerned. (See page 11) Basic education high school of Shwe Kokko Village. 16