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Volume XI, Number 207 1st Waning of Tazaungmon 1365 ME Sunday, 9 November, 2003 Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing offer Shwekyathingan to Dhammacakka Mudra Buddha images of Varadahta Datuzediya Tooth Relic Pagoda (Yangon) YANGON, 8 Nov— The eighth Buddha Pujaniya, conse- cration of the Buddha, Shwekyathingan (golden lotus robe) and provisions offering of Varadahta Datuzediya Tooth Relic Pagoda (Yangon) were held at the Tooth Relic Pagoda on Dhammapala Hill in Mayangon Township early in the morning today, attended by Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing. Present were State Ovadacariya Sayadaws, Sayadaws of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee, Tipitakadhara Tipitakakovida Sayadaws, Ovadacariya Sayadaws of Tooth Relic Pagoda (Yangon) Board of Trustees, Sayadaws of International Theravada Buddhist Missionary University, Chief Patron Sayadaw of the State Pariyatti Sasana Univer- sity (Yangon), Chairmen Sayadaws of Sangha Nayaka Committees of All Ganas in Yangon Division, Chairman of Theravada Ovadacariya Sayadaw and invited members of the Sangha totalling 45, Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Sen- ior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San, Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and wife Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe, Lt-Gen Tin Oo’s wife Daw Khin Than Nwe, member of the State Peace and Development Council General Thura Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing offer Shwekya Thingan to the Dhammacakka Mudra Shwe Mann and wife Daw Khin Lay Thet, Secretary-1 of the Buddha Image. — MNA State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Soe Win and Board and their wives, the deputy ministers, the vice-mayor, Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya wife Daw Than Than Nwe, Secretary-2 Lt-Gen Thein Sein the director-general of the State Peace and Development San, Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and wife Dr Daw and wife Daw Khin Khin Win, members of the State Peace Council Office, heads of departments, members of Leading Khin Win Shwe, Lt-Gen Tin Oo’s wife Daw Khin Than and Development Council and their wives, the Commander- Committee, Work Committee and Sub-committees, mem- Nwe, General Thura Shwe Mann, the Secretary-1 and the in-Chief (Navy) and the Commander-in-Chief (Air) and bers of the Tooth Relic Pagoda (Yangon) Board of Trustees Secretary-2, members of the State Peace and Development their wives, Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and De- and guests. Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Council, the Commander-in-Chief (Navy) and the Com- velopment Council Commander of Yangon Command and Kyaing Kyaing offered “soon”, water and flowers to Bud- mander-in-Chief (Air), the Chairman of Yangon Division wife, the ministers, the chief justice, the attorney-general dha images and the Tooth Relic Pagoda. Peace and Development Council Commander of Yangon and the chairman of Civil Service Selection and Training Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing, (See page 8)
Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing and those present receiving the Nine Precepts from Sayadaw Bhaddanta Panñinda Bhivamsa. — MNA Myanmar wushu team bags Devotees perform meritorious deeds at famous pagodas, monasteries in Yangon two more silver medals YANGON, 8 Nov — The ligious and social organiza- ter were given in charity to all wellwishers and members of famous pagodas, monaster- tions, wellwishers and pil- visitors the whole day. religious organizations of- YANGON, 8 Nov — Ma Thin Za Soe (YCDC) of ies and religious buildings in grims. Wut associations recited fered the Matho Thingans to Myanmar Wushu team Myanmar won silver medal, Yangon were crowded with After the prize-presenta- parittas and religious verses the Buddha images of the bagged two more silver med- China gold and Vietnam and devotees performing meri- tion ceremony, the newly- at the Sule Pagoda this pagoda before dawn. als in Hsanso competition the Philippines bronze re- torious deeds today, Full weaved Matho Thingans evening. Fruits and 5,000 Chairman of Seikkan after the final day match of spectively. Moon Day of Tazaungmon. were offered to the Buddha lights were offered to the Township Sangha Nayaka 7th World Wushu Champi- After the final day match, The 19th Matho Thingan images on the platform. As of Lord Buddha and Kathina Committee Sayadaw onship held in Macao today. Myanmar Wushu team Weaving Competition, or- yesterday evening until this robes were offered to the Bhaddanta Sobhita invested In the men’s 48 kilo divi- fetched two gold, four silver ganized by Shwedagon Pa- evening, the pagoda drew a Buddha images there. the congregation with the sion of Hsanso competition, and two grade-4 and one goda Board of Trustees, was large number of the mem- The 21st Matho Thingan Five Precepts and delivered Thein Htaik Oo (Defence) grade-5 certificates of hon- held at the Yahu Corner bers of the Sangha and de- Weaving Contest was held a sermon, followed by shar- of Myanmar won silver our. In the championship, (north-west corner) of the vout laity paying reverence, at NanU Phayagyi Dazaung ing of merits gained. medal, the Philippines gold Myanmar stood fifth place platform of the pagoda this offering water, flowers, in- of Botahtaung Kyaikdayup Wellwishers donated K and host Macao and Yemen among the prize winning morning. Present on the oc- cense sticks and lights to the HsandawU Pagoda at 5 am 810,000 for presenting cash bronze respectively. In the countries. casion were members of the pagoda, practising medita- today. Members of the pa- prizes to the winning teams. women’s 40 kilo division, NLM pagoda board of trustees, re- tion. Feast and drinking wa- goda board of trustees, (See page 2) Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan. 2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 9 November, 2003 PERSPECTIVES Sunday, 9 November, 2003 For boosting agricultural production Being an agro-based nation Myanmar must promote her agriculture sector radically. Only then will the national economic life make progress. With this concept the State is laying emphasis on boosting agricultural production as one of the national duties. For the economic development of the State, special attention is to be paid to agriculture and meat and fish sectors. Rakhine State is one of the states and divisions that contribute much to- wards the State’s economy. On 1 November, member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than of the Ministry of Defence inspected con- struction of Nayikan Bridge on Yangon-Sittway road and regional development tasks. During his inspection tour of Rakhine State, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than met with officials, members of social organizations, townselders and local people and discussed matters relating to peace and tranquillity of the State, law en- Precinct of Shwedagon Pagoda packed with pilgrims on Lawka Chantha Abhaya Laba Muni Buddha Image crowded forcement and making efforts for extension of fullmoon day of Tazaungmon. — MNA with pilgrims on fullmoon day of Tazaungmon.—MNA agriculture and livestock breeding sector in and Kyaikkale were Rakhine State thereby contributing to the State’s Devotees perform meritorious deeds… crowded with people keep- economy. (from page 1) Religious verses on board trustees presented ing precepts, offering flow- Now is the time when efforts are being The pagoda was bustling Thamanña Phala Sutta were prizes to the winning teams. ers, water, lights and fruits made by laying down plans systematically for with devout laity the whole recited, followed by sharing The 24th Matho to the pagodas, practising of merits. boosting agriculture and livestock breeding tasks. day. Among them, some Thingan Weaving and Of- meditation, telling beads practised meditation while The 13th Matho fering Ceremony was held and serving the visitors with In Rakhine State, people are enjoying surplus some offered flowers, wa- Thingan offering ceremony at the Kyaikkasan Pagoda refreshments and cold rice and there are favourable condition to extend ter, lights and cash to the was held at the in Thingangun Township, drinks. the sown acreage. pagoda. In the evening, Shwephonepwint Pagoda in Yangon East District, this The townships and At present, it is targeted to put 1.2 million Sunday Sanitation Team of- Pazuntaung Township this morning. A member of the wards in Yangon held acres under monsoon paddy in Rakhine State. In fered 9,000 lights to the morning. Present on the pagoda board of trustees pre- Kathina robe-offering cer- line with the target, local organizations and farm- pagoda. occasion were Minister for sented prizes to the winning emonies, Samanña Phala ers are to strive for reclaiming more land to The eighth Matho Information Brig-Gen teams. The Pagoda Day observing ceremonies extend paddy sown acreage. Moreover, they are Thingan Weaving Contest Kyaw Hsan, officials, mem- Ovadacariya Pahtama and feast offering ceremo- to strive to meet the target that is to put under took place at Thiri Mingala bers of the pagoda board of Shwekyin Monastery nies as well as funfairs at trustees, wellwishers, Wut 30,000 acres of land under summer paddy. Kaba Aye Pagoda this Sayadaw Ashin Sumana de- respective places. morning. The pagoda board associations and lay per- livered a sermon on Sila While pious people Farmers are to embark on an ambitious trustees and wellwishers sons. (precepts). Those present were doing meritorious programme of growing not only monsoon and offered the Matho Thingans The minister, Shwe- shared merits gained. Matho deeds at religious buildings, summer paddy but also beans and pulses, edible to 29 Buddha images. They phonepwint Pagoda Board Thingans were offered to the Yangon Zoological Gar- oil crops and new items of crops on a manageable offered “soon” to of Trustees Chairman U Ko Buddha image at the pagoda. dens, Hlawga Wildlife Park, scale together with conducting livestock breed- Sayadaws. They also pre- Ko Gyi and Secretary of Similarly, such pagodas Kandawgyi Gardens, Inya ing tasks. sented robes and offertories Township Union Solidarity in Yangon as Kohtatgyi, Lake, the People’s Square As regards growing beans and pulses, all to members of the Sangha. and Development Associa- Chaukhtatgyi, Ngahtatgyi, and People’s Park, amuse- sorts of the crops that are suitable to the region Next, merits gained were tion offered Shwekya Melamu, Mogaung, Yangon ment parks and playgrounds should be grown. shared. Thingans to the Buddha Im- Arnanda, Okkalapa MyoU, were bustling with holiday- age of the Dhammayon. Of- In Rakhine State, fresh water and sea The pagoda board of Dagon MyoU, Kyaikkalot makers. — MNA trustees also organized ficials, wellwishers and prawn breeding tasks are being carried out on a Thamanña Phala Sutta Day members of Wut associa- Prize-winners in oral examination of wide scale. In the past, there were only about (Day of members of Bud- tions offered Matho 60,000 acres of prawn breeding ponds but now, dhist Order) observing cer- Thingans to the Buddha Abhidhamma and Buddha Dhamma the number rises to over 150,000. emony at the prayer hall of images at the pagoda. Teachings As Rakhine State has targeted to become the pagoda at 7 am today. Wellwishers and the pagoda one of the states that contribute much towards YANGON, 8 Nov —A heads of departments and the national economy, farmers in Rakhine State Shwemyaya Invitational ceremony to present prizes their families, faculty mem- are urged to strive for boosting livestock breed- Hockey Cup held and certificates of honour to bers and guests. ing and agricultural production. the students who had won The ceremony was YANGON, 8 Nov — The eral U Thaung Htaik and the oral examination of opened with three-time prize presentation ceremony officials of the Sports and Abhidhamma and Buddha recitation of Namo Tassa. of Shwemyaya Invitational Physical Education Depart- Dhamma Teachings for the The congregation received Hockey Cup (Men/Women) ment, guests and enthusi- year 2002, organized by Na- the Five Precepts from jointly organized by asts. tionalities Youth Resource Nayaka Sayadaw Abhi- Myanmar Hockey Federa- Before the ceremony, Development Degree Col- dhaja Agga Maha Sad- tion and Ngapali Enterprise Defence Services Records lege (Yangon) of Education dhamajotika Bhaddanta was held at Theinbyu Office Team-A and Team- and Training Department Pandhita of Tiger Parahita hockey pitch this evening. B competed for the cham- under the Ministry of School for National Races Chairman of Myanmar Ol- pionship for the men’s open Progress of Border Areas Development and offered ympic Committee Minister event. The minister pre- and National Races and De- provisions to members of for Sports Brig-Gen Thura sented the championship for velopment Affairs was held the Sangha. Aye Myint presented prizes men’s open event to De- at Tiger Parahita School for Next, Minister Col Thein to winners. fence Services Records Of- National Races Develop- Nyunt made a speech on the It was attended by Presi- fice Team-B. ment yesterday afternoon. occasion. The minister and dent of MHF Commander After the prize presenta- Present on the occa- heads of departments pre- of No 2 Military Region tion, Brig-Gen Myo Myint sion were Minister for sented souvenirs to teach- Commandant of Defence presented a commemorative Progress of Border Areas ers. The directors-general of Services Records Office gift to Managing Director U and National Races and De- the departments presented Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint presents a Brig-Gen Myo Myint and Myint Naing of Ngapali velopment Affairs Col prizes to other winners. prize to a winning team. —MNA executives, Director-Gen- Enterprise.— MNA Thein Nyunt and wife, MNA
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UNITED NATIONS, 8 Nov— US billionaire Ted Turner said he hoped the world would learn from the errors of the Iraq war and that the United Nations would be strength- ened by it. “The unilateralism and our action on that war hasn’t been that successful for the United States, and Britain,” he told reporters. “It’s easy to start a war, it’s very hard to ber board of directors, former Norwegian end it.” Turner spoke at UN headquarters prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, a where he went to report on the United Na- former director of the World Health Organi- tions Foundation, which he founded with zation. one billion dollars in 1997. “Men should be barred from public office “There were no weapons of mass de- for 100 years,” he said. “We would have a struction, the security is very poor there,” he much better world.” said. Since its founding six years ago, Turner’s “And we are in a mess. And out of that we group has donated 689 million dollars for might learn a lesson and give this preemptive children’s medicine and to fight AIDS. war and unilateralism another thought.” Turner founded CNN, but in 2003 lost his He called the Iraq war “a very divisive post as vice president of AOL Time Warner, action, but this has happened to the UN which had purchased CNN. He remains the before.” “It happened numerous times dur- largest single shareholder. ing the Cold War and the UN survived that,” He said of the Iraq war, “People are paying he said. a price now, not only a price in gigantic “It’s very possible that the UN will come amount of money, the United States spent US military vehicles and a fire truck arrive at the scene where an US Army Black Hawk out of it much stronger than it was before.” billions of dollars bombing and damaging helicopter crashed Friday near Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit.—INTERNET Turner also lauded the foundation’s in- Iraq, now we have to spend 87 billion to fix it clusion of the sixth woman on the 11-mem- back up again. — Internet India, Iran agree to work 195 kilos of World court condemns US together to fight terrorism drugs seized NEW DELHI, 8 Nov—India and Iran have agreed to in dispute with Iran pursue joint strategies for peace and international sta- in Australia bility and work together to combat global terrorism. CANBERRA, 8 Nov— Aus- AMSTERDAM, 8 Nov— The International Court of Justice in The Hague said on Thursday that US attacks against three Iranian oil platforms in 1987 and 1988 were The matter came up dur- Terming the Indian del- tralia and Belgium’s police unjustified. The World Court however rejected claims for financial compensation ing a meeting between an egation’s visit to Iran as a have broken up a Belgium- filed by both Iran and the United States. Indian parliamentary delega- “milestone” in bilateral rela- based drug syndicate in a Iran filed its claim against the United self-defence,” it said, referring to the 1955 tion led by Lok Sabha (Lower tions, Kharroubi said there joint operation, seizing 195 States in late 1992, accusing US warships of Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and House of Indian Parliament) were tremendous opportuni- kilos of ecstasy worth 42 mil- destroying three of its oil platforms in the Consular Rights between the US and Iran, Speaker Manohar Joshi and ties for the two nations, which lion US dollars. Gulf. In 1996 the US filed a counter claim regarding the freedom of commerce and his counterpart in Iran’s had deep relations and Two Belgian nationals for damages to maritime trade. navigation between the two territories. Majlis, Mehdi Kharroubi, in civilizational similarities, to and one Dutch national along “The actions of the United States of The court said it rejected the Iranian Teheran, a Lok Sabha re- work together in a variety of with three Australian men America.... cannot be justified as measures claim for financial damage compensation lease said here Thursday. areas, the potential for which have been arrested in con- necessary to protect the essential security as Iran’s oil platforms had not been opera- Both speakers said the needed to be explored fur- nection with the alleged im- interests of the United States of America,” tional at the time of the attacks and the two democracies could co- ther. The delegation also portation of ecstasy, Minis- the world court said in a statement. country was therefore not restricted in its operate in the Inter-Parlia- called on President Syed ter for Justice and Customs “The United States was only entitled to freedom of trade. mentary Union to work out Mohammad Khatami, who Chris Ellison said in a state- have recourse to force... if it was acting in MNA/Reuters joint strategies for peace and said India had been a source ment Thursday. The haul of international stability and of inspiration for Iran as a 860,000 ecstasy tablets rep- BEIJING, 8 Nov— China will continue to broaden coopera- eradicate terrorism, as it land of thought, wisdom and resents the second largest tion with the Republic of Serbia and Montenegro, said Jia had no place in a civilized struggle for great causes. seizure of the kind in Aus- Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese society. MNA/PTI tralia.—MNA/Xinhua China, People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), here Thursday. India emphasizes free flow Serbia In a meeting with visiting Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic, Jia said that China, Serbia and Montenegro enjoy a profound traditional friendship and that bilateral coopera- of N-power technology, equipment tion is consistent with fundamental interests and common to expand UNITED NATIONS, 8 Nov— India has asked industrialized nations to “shed the aspirations of the people of both countries. baggage inherited” from the past and allow flow of equipment and technology related Jia said he believed that the mutually beneficial coopera- to peaceful uses of nuclear energy in the interest of the peoples of developing countries. tion between China and Serbia and Montenegro can bear still cooperation Whenever there are no genuine con- energy based on closed cycle approach ena- more fruitful results through joint efforts. cerns, barriers to deployment of nuclear bling fuller use of uranium and thorium is MNA/Xinhua technologies need to be examined and the only way to meet the development aspi- brought down through pragmatic approach, ration of more than a billion people. India’s representative B. Mahtab, told the India, therefore, is pursuing a compre- General Assembly. hensive R and D programme to explore Participating in the debate on the report newer technologies to widen the scope of of International Atomic Energy Agency nuclear energy use, he added. (IAEA), he said growth of nuclear energy in “Today, we are on a fast-track growth, the developing countries, particularly in fast backed by strong research and development growing economies with large populations, programme, industrial and safety infrastruc- should be a matter of global interest in view ture,” he said. of its potential to protect the Earth from Detailing India’s plan to increase pro- irreversible climate changes. duction of nuclear power, Mahtab said two “We must move towards a more peace- billion people are projected to be added in ful and prosperous world on the basis of next 30 years to six billion already inhabit- plenty of energy available within the reach ing the earth and another one billion in of all. Mindless controls without addressing subsequent 20 years. the core issue of meeting development aspi- Virtually all increase would be in the de- ration of the needy do not help the situation: veloping countries with bulk in urban areas. rather it makes matters worse,” he told the “The core challenge for development would 191-member Assembly. thus be to ensure availability of productive Emphasizing India’s commitment to work work opportunities and access to basic serv- against proliferation of nuclear weapons, ices,” he stressed. Referring to steep disparity A model sits on a motorcycle during the 2003 Beijing International Motorcycle Mahtab said looking from the perspective of of incomes between rich and the poor nations, Exhibition in Beijing, on 6 November. China has a capacity of producing 12 million a large and growing economy like India, he said availability of energy within the reach motorcycles a year, but faces an ever decreasing domestic demand as fewer people with its small hydrocarbon and depleting of everyone could significantly correct the buy motorcycles in urban areas. — INTERNET coals reserves, the development of nuclear situation.—MNA/PTI
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Hundreds demonstrate in Baghdad, demand US leave Iraq BAGHDAD, 8 Nov — About 500 people Sunnis and the end of the harassment of demonstrated outside the Baghdad head- Sunnis by occupation forces.” quarters of the US-led coalition, demanding Opposition to the US-led occupation that American troops leave Iraq and free comes predominantly from Iraq’s Sunni Sunni Muslims they say have been arrested. population, which was in power under de- The demonstrators chanted “USA, go posed president Saddam Hussein, and is away!” before praying Friday outside the concentrated in areas north and west of Bagh- coalition compound. dad where most anti-coalition attacks have “We want them to release personnel taken place. from our mosques and to leave our country,” The demonstration was called by the said Sheikh Abdul Sattar al-Janabi, who Superior Islamic Institute which operates wanted to be received by a coalition official. from the Um al-Tubul mosque in west Iraqi protesters hold up a nationalist banner during an anti-US demonstration outside Religious leaders wanted to present a Baghdad and is headed by Sheikh Mahdi the Baghdad headquarters of the US-led coalition. Some 500 protesters text demanding “the release of Sunni reli- al-Sumaidy. demonstrated following the Friday noon prayers to demand the release of their leaders gious people, the arrest of those who kill Internet arrested by the US army. —˚INTERNET Malaysian PM China boosts desertification Massive project launched for better urges local protection of ancient tombs governments to control as an industry ZHENGZHOU, 8 Nov— China has launched a mammoth project designed to protect BEIJING, 8 Nov — China will strive to boost the preven- cut red tape hundreds of ancient tombs in the Mount Mangshan area of Luoyang City in central China’s tion and control of desertification as an industry to Henan Province. KUALA LUMPUR, 8 improve its ecosystem, officials from the State Forestry Nov— Malaysian new Prime Administration (SFA) said here Thursday. Chinese archaeologists the project will be carried out thousands of mausoleums of Minister Abdullah Ahmad Addressing a forum on Zhu noted that the country will make thorough surveys in three phases, from 2003 to ancient kings and emperors Badawi Thursday directed desert control, Zhu Lieke, will make efforts to establish a and exploration of the number 2005, from 2006 to 2009 and as well as tombs of nobles and local governments at state deputy director of the SFA, stable and booming desert in- and distribution of ancient from 2010 to 2012. A re- ordinary people, the largest level to set up task forces to tombs in the area, using high- nowned city with a group of ancient tombs that reduce bureaucracy. said that desertification had dustry within 50 years to curb become a serious problem in desertification. China’s desert tech means, said Zhu Liang, longstanding history, has ever been found in China. The directive was given head of the No. 2 Archaeo- Luoyang was made the capi- The date of the tombs at a meeting of chief minis- China, so it was imperative industries are mostly located logical Work Team of tal city of 13 dynasties in Chi- ranges from the Eastern Zhou ters from various states to confront the threat.Zhu said in the country’s northern and Luoyang City, which is re- nese history during a histori- Dynasty (770 BC- 256 BC) to chaired for the first time by that the promotion of the northwestern areas. After two sponsible for the current in- cal period of more than 1,000 the Qing Dynasty (1644- Abdullah as Prime Minister “desert industry” should be decades’ development, Zhu 1911). Owing to wind and at the Prime Minister’s of- taken as a top priority. acknow-ledged, they have al- vestigation and exploration. years. rainwater erosion and dam- fice in Putrajaya, south of A desert industry, which ready become mainstays of Archaeologists will also Covering more than 750 Kuala Lumpur. was first proposed by Chi- local economy. search for unknown tombs in square kilometres, the Mount age caused by bustling hu- “The instruction is nese scientist Qian Xuesen The forum on the area, said Zhu. All data Mangshan area spans seven man activities, the number of based on the government’s in 1984, refers to all desert- desertification control is part and materials obtained from districts and counties of tombs that have surface signs aspiration to raise the qual- based agricultural and for- of China’s first desert industry the current investigation pro- Xigong, Laocheng, Jianxi, has declined to less than 400 ity of the civil service so that estry economies targeted at expo, which opened Thursday gramme will be used for fu- Hequ, Luolong, Yanshi and from the former 600 in the it becomes smoother and the control of desertification and will last three days. ture protection, study and ex- Mengjin in the northern part early years following the more efficient,” said a state- and a sustainable develop- The expo will attract more cavations of ancient tombs in of Luoyang. The area is founding of New China in ment issued by the Prime ment of resources. enterprises to desertification the area.Beginning last month, crowded with hundreds of 1949.— MNA/Xinhua Minister’s office after the According to statistics, control, Liu Tuo, a sand con- ROME, 8 Nov— Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday meeting. Abdullah also in- China has a total of 1.74 trol official with SFA, said. A Putin vowed on Thursday to stage a “consistent and tough” crackdown on structed the chief ministers million square kilometres of total of 142 enterprises in- all illegal activities in Russia regardless of who the perpetrators and state secretaries to make desertified land, covering volving in forestry, environ- might be. proposals to Chief Secretary vows to 18.2 per cent of the coun- ment, water conservancy, ag- “Our aim is not to go after specific individuals but to establish order to the Government Samsudin try’s territory. Also, 13 mil- riculture and the petroleum Osman on the revamp of in our country,” Putin said at a news conference in Rome following lion hectares of farmland industry, from 22 provinces, government front-line agen- crack the twice-yearly European Union-Russia summit. cies, especially the land of- and 100 million hectares of municipalities and autono- “And we will do so in a consistent and tough fashion without fice, district office and the grassland are exposed to the mous regions will take part in down on regard to whatever attempts these people may make to defend local council. threat of desertification the expo. themselves or even resort to blackmail. Attempts to blackmail the MNA/Xinhua scourge. MNA/Xinhua state authorities will fail,” he added. all illegal Putin spoke after EU officials said they wanted reassurances UN to seek $9b to fight “AIDS” in third world after the arrest of YUKOS
US FACES INTENSIFIED RESISTANCE IN IRAQ
Blackhawk down in Iraq, six US soldiers killed
BAGHDAD, 8 Nov—Six US soldiers were killed when a Blackhawk helicopter was “forced down” in northern Iraq and another died in a separate attack as Turkey announced it was abandoning plans to send troops to help its beleaguered US ally. The bloodshed that has become the daily norm here also claimed the life of another US soldier in Mosul and an Iraqi woman northeast of the capital as Washington readied plans to trim its troop strength in the strife-torn country. The six soldiers, all from the 101st Airborne Division, were killed when the Blackhawk came down outside an American base near Saddam Hussein ’s hometown of Tikrit, a hotbed of anti-US sentiment. The downing came less than a week after a Chinook transport helicopter was shot down by a ground-fired missile near the flashpoint western town of Fallujah, killing 16 soldiers and wounding 26. “The total number of people on board was six. All six have died,” said Major Josselyn Aberle, a spokeswoman for the 4th Infantry Division in Tikrit, 180 kilometers (110 A US Army soldier secures the “Green Zone” in central Baghdad, after mortars were miles) north of Baghdad. fired into the area late November 4, 2003. The mortars hit the highly guarded head- “They were all from the 101st Airborne Division. They were in a Blackhawk quarters area of the US-led occupation, wounding four people and shaking downtown helicopter transporting personnel from Mosul to Tikrit on a routine flight. The cause is Baghdad with explosions. still being investigated.” INTERNET Aberle said that officials were looking into reports that loud booms were heard just before the Blackhawk went down. Witnesses were adamant the aircraft had been knocked out of the sky. “I saw one of the helicopters shot from the side and I saw smoke and a ball of fire. I felt happy,” said Saqr Ghani, who like many here celebrated the setback for the US-led occupation. “I then ran to the car and immediately headed to the river bank where I saw the helicopter cut in two pieces.” A farmer, Abu Ahmad, said he had heard a loud blast and saw smoking rising from where the helicopter crashed. US army Specialist Bryan Speckler suggested the attack was similar to the downing of a Blackhawk by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) on October 25 just outside Tikrit. Internet
US Army troops move in to secure the crash site of a Black Hawk helicopter in the northern Iraqi town of Tikrit, November 7, 2003. — INTERNET
Detained Iraqis are surrounded after attacking soldiers of the US Army’s 4th Infantry Division (Task Force Ironhorse) during an early morning raid A US Army Apache helicopter flies over an Abrams tank guarding the entrance in the village of Maidan, 40 kms northeast of Baquba, Iraq , November 7, to the crash site of a Black Hawk helicopter, in the northern Iraq town of Tikrit, 2003. As deadly guerilla attacks against US forces have been increasing in November 7, 2003. The helicopter crashed near Saddam Hussein’s hometown parts of Iraq, US troops detained dozens of Iraqis after raiding the village in Iraq on Friday, killing six people on board, and US soldiers said it had been looking for members of a suspected cell planning attacks on coalition probably been shot down with a rocket-propelled grenade. —INTERNET forces. — INTERNET
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Iraq occupation BEIJING, 8 Nov — Dead or alive, the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein remains useful to US President George W Bush as a good excuse for continuing the occupation of Iraq by the US-led coalition forces, said an article published by the English-language China Daily on Friday. With his fate still unknown six months was to emancipate the Iraqi people from the rule after the war, the former Iraqi president “has of a despot and give them a democratic and proven to be the United States’ largest excuse stable Iraq. But half a year after the ‘liberation,’ for military operations against Iraq”, said the an ideal society promised by the United States article written by Wu Yixue. The Bush Ad- is still out of sight of the Iraqi people,” it added. ministration is under tremendous pressure both Just as the Bush Administration has failed at home and abroad “for its lack of an obvious so far to present any hard evidence on Iraq’s intention to immediately end its military pres- alleged programme of weapons of mass de- ence in Iraq and return the sovereignty of Iraq struction, the US President once again provided to the Iraqi people.” On Monday, Bush said no exact evidence for Saddam’s direct connec- that Saddam is still alive and is trying to make tion with the recent serious bomb attacks in troubles for the coalition forces. Iraq. By accusing Saddam of being behind the “Bush’s words are nothing but an excuse recent series of bomb attacks that inflicted aimed at exculpating himself from responsibili- heavy loss of lives on the US side, the article ties for the mounting casualties of US soldiers said, Bush was trying to justify the foreign in Iraq and continuously keeping a US military occupation of Iraq, said the article. presence in the country,” said the article. US helicopters have been searching the area of the helicopter crash near Tikrit “Bush once said the US-led war in Iraq MNA/Xinhua on 7 November. — INTERNET Nepal’s garment Virus-hit ship arrives S Korean, Pakistani export to US back in Britain presidents meet LONDON, 8 Nov — The virus-hit British cruise drops in ship, Aurora, which has prompted a diplomatic SEOUL, 8 Nov — Visiting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, at a meeting with row when Spain closed its border with British colony South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun Thursday and expressed his hope for en- October Gibraltar, arrived back in Southampton, England hanced bilateral relations between the two countries. KATHMANDU, 8 Nov — Thursday. The two leaders noted the steady ex- ogy, and energy-mineral industries, the Presi- Nepal’s ready-made garment The Aurora, with Britain regretted pansion of economic cooperation and per- dential Office said. export to the United States about 1,900 passengers and the Spanish closure of its sonnel exchanges between the two countries The two leaders agreed to widen per- since the normalization of diplomatic ties in sonnel exchanges to include the cultural, arts dropped by 60 per cent in more than 800 crew on border with Gibraltar, say- 1983 and agreed to nurture the ties to maxi- and sports fields in a bid to promote civilian October over the same pe- board, left on October 20 ing the action of the Span- mize future potential growth. cooperation. riod last year, according to for a 17-day European voy- ish Government was “un- President Roh asked Musharraf to fos- They signed two cooperation agree- figures released by the Gar- age. More than 500 of its necessary and dispropor- ter an improved atmosphere for South Ko- ments after the meeting, one relating to the IT ment Association of Nepal passengers suffered from a tionate”. highly infectious stomach Gibraltar ceased being rean firms to invest in Pakistan and also to industry and the other on energy and mineral on Friday. bug, which causes diar- Spanish in 1704 when a participate more actively in the information- development. Garment export volume rhoea, nausea and vomiting. British-led naval force con- technology (IT) and construction markets. Musharraf arrived here on Wednesday stood at 3.81 million US dol- Ahead of the ship’s ar- quered the “Rock”, which President Musharraf asked South Ko- for a three-day visit to South Korea after lars in October, while it was rival, the P&O Cruises, Spain formally ceded in the rea to assist Pakistan’s IT, science-technol- winding up his trip to China. — MNA/Xinhua 9.56 million dollars in Octo- which run the vessel, said 1713 Treaty of Utrecht. ber 2002, said the industry just one passenger was still Britain and Spain Cambodia celebrates Water Festival association. displaying symptoms of the agreed last year to share This is the third straight bug. sovereignty over Gibraltar, PHNOM PENH, 8 Nov — Cambodia on Friday started the celebrations of the annual month that Nepal’s garment Spain sealed its border whose 30,000 inhabitants Water Festival, the biggest festival in the capital city, in front of the Royal Palace here, exports to the United States with Gibraltar Monday for want to remain linked to which is expected to attract over one million people. experienced a downfall. The fear of infection from the Britain and would next year King Norodom Sihanouk reportedly tional and international festival, as saying. export dipped by one per cent Aurora, which docked at celebrate the 300th anniver- plans to watch the boat racing on the first day Among the racers this year, some 650 are and 18 per cent in August Gibraltar after the Greek sary of Gibraltar as a Brit- of the festival celebrations which will last female. and September, respectively, Government denied the ship ish territory. through Sunday. The boat racing this year is Besides the boat racing, the three-day prior to which it had been entry to the Greek port of Talks between Britain attended by 376 racing boats, 30 less than last celebrations include fireworks, moonprayers year, because a number of boats are too old to and illuminated boats with ministry and royal growing for 12 consecutive Piraeus outside Athens last and Spain over the enclave attend the competition, the Kampuchea Thmei emblems. Last year, the festival drew up to months. The United States Friday. were stalled after newspaper quoted Chea Kean, vice-secretary two million visitors to Phnom Penh from around is the largest market of Ne- Spain reopened its Gibraltarians voted over- of the permanent committee preparing na- the country. — MNA/Xinhua pal’s garment items exported border with Gibraltar two whelmingly in a referen- abroad, consuming some 85 hours after the Aurora dum last year that they per cent of its total. sailed for Southampton should stay British. China presents donation for China has 293 MNA/Xinhua Monday. MNA/Xinhua sister cities with Indonesian flood victims Japan, S Korea JAKARTA, 8 Nov — The Chinese Red Cross Society on WUXI (Jiangsu), 8 Nov Friday presented a donation of 20,000 US dollars to help — Besides actively promot- the flood-afflicted areas in Indonesia’s North Sumatra ing state-to-state friendship, Province, where at least 113 people have been confirmed China also is also establish- dead so far. ing friendly ties at the local “Although the donation efforts of the Indonesian peo- level. “Promoting friendly is not huge in amount, it ex- ple, and also with the care and relations with foreign cities presses the sincerity of the help from the international is an important policy of Chi- Chinese Government and the community, the people in the na’s diplomacy,” Chen Chinese people to help the afflicted areas will win the Haosu, president of the Chi- Indonesian Government and fight against the catastrophe nese People’s Association people overcome difficul- and then rebuild their hope,” for Friendship with Foreign ties,” Chinese Ambassador the ambassador said. Countries said here Thurs- to Indonesia Lu Shumin said Besides human casual- day at the meeting held to when handing the donation ties, the flash flood that oc- promote communication to Mari’e Muhammad, di- curred at the Langkat tourist among local governments of rector of the Indonesian Red resort on Sunday destroyed China, Japan and South Ko- Cross Society. more than 400 homes, cot- rea. Chen said China has A US Army tank rushes to the scene where an US Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed “I’m confident that tages and other buildings, established friendly ties with Friday, on 6 Nov, 2003 into a riverbank near Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, with the guidance and lead- while more than one hundred 220 Japanese cities and 73 north of Baghdad, killing six US soldiers, the military said. It probably was hit by a ership of the Indonesian people are still missing. South Korean cities. rocket-propelled grenade, an officer said. — INTERNET Government and the joint MNA/Xinhua MNA/Xinhua THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 9 November, 2003 7
People’s Desire Border area development * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding Myint Soe (Na-ta-la) negative views Childhood friends the operation captain to send him to the forward areas, * Oppose those trying to jeopardize I think that my father was among in the persons but failed. When two of us left for forward areas, Tin Oo who hardly shed tears. Throughout my life, I had almost was left behind at the battalion, downhearted. stability of the State and progress of never heard father grumbling, and never seen him felt sad First, the headquarters of our Light Infantry Divi- the nation and depressed. I had seen him shedding tears only once sion was stationed at Leikha, and six months later, it moved * Oppose foreign nations interfering in when the abbot monk of YwaU Monastery of my village its HQ to Hsihseng. Our LID was launching military passed away. I was a third-grader then. The whole village operations in all the directions. The insurgents of the internal affairs of the State revered the monk so much, and relied on him to solve Burma Communist Party and the Ya-la-la-pha (Red Pa- * Crush all internal and external their many problems. O) were mostly active in the areas lying in the east and destructive elements as the common As the late abbot monk was the patron of Maha south of Hsihseng. They rarely entered the areas west of Dwara order of Laymyethna Township, a large number of Hsihseng frequented by the White Pa-O insurgents. Our enemy his disciples, lay persons and monks, from far and near battalion was sent to Hsihseng area to launch operations attended the funeral rites. While the adults were grieving at Mene mountain range and along the banks of Ponchaung much for the death of the monk, we, the children, were Creek. While discharging my duties to transport supplies very happy at the final rites ceremony. We were running and carry wounded persons, I met with my old friends Efficient use of electricity again. We were talking about many things during our in the crowd, enjoying the food that was served at the * Use daylight as the main source of light ceremony, and watching plays in the late evenings. reunion. The ethnic races including the Shan, the Pa-O, and One of my friends tried to learn Pa-O language as * Use the least possible amount of electricity the Kayah, who came to the rites together with the he fell in love with a young Pa-O woman. He tried to only if there is not enough natural light Sayadaw of the Laymyethna Parahita School, also enter- learn Pa-O as he found it difficult in communicating with * Use the least possible amount of electricity tained the public with traditional dances. The children of her. Later, he became very fluent in Pa-O, but failed to the ethnic races of my aged were neatly dressed with their win the love of the young woman. required in production and service enter- traditional costumes. But I did not understand the words Pinlaung, second; Kyauktan, third prises of their songs. As in the case of Hsihseng, I had been to * Preventing waste of electricity benefits the When I passed the eighth standard at the village Pinlaung and Kyauktan for two or three times. Our monastic education school, father asked me whether I columns had to enter Kayah region via Pinlaung. In the user and others past, we had to launch military operations in the areas would like to continue my studies in Yangon or Letpadan There are about 500,000 households or Laymyethna. I chose Laymyethna as it was the nearest east and west of Inlay Lake. But now, the Inlay is the to my village. So, I continued to attend classes at the pride of Shan State where visitors are taking a peaceful using electricity in Yangon. Thus, saving a Laymyethna Parahita School, and met with the ethnic vacation, while staying at the floating hotels. The Lake four-foot fluorescent lamp every day by each children, who performed dances and songs at the final region is also the showcase of the traditions and cul- household amounts to saving power that is tures of the ethnic races, and It is an area where rites in my village, again at the school. I never forget my equal to the capacity a 20-megawatt power childhood days at Laymyethna Parahita School together handicrafts are produced. with my ethnic friends. I was very happy at the school I had been to Kyauktan and Mongpyin/Letthet station can supply. then. And when I arrived at their native regions on mili- regions north of Hopong. The regions are home to the tary operation duties, we were still friends, and we all had ethnic Pa-O people. These regions were free from Red our respective responsibilities. Pa-Os and White Pa-Os. We encountered only the in- Military operations started in Hsihseng surgents of the central bureau of the BCP in the re- Efficient use of fuel Three of us, the childhood friends, were discharg- gions. ing duties together at the same battalion. Later, I was It was so strange to launch military operations in * Saving one gallon of fuel per car per month assigned duties at the commando company. My friend, the Pa-O region where gentle and religious ethnic races will save the nation one US dollar Kaung San Oo, was sent to join the battalion launching lived, as the insurgents in the area were following the * Thus, a total of 455,822 cars in Myanmar military operations in Monai region as a reinforcement. armed struggle line. But now the situation of the whole But another friend of mine, Tin Oo, was left for the De- Pa-O region is totally different from that of the past. can save US$ 5.5 million in a year fence Services volleyball team. He was a selected player (To be continued) * The amount, US $ 5.5 million, can build a of the Defence Services Academy while attending it. So, (Translation: TMT) major bridge across Ayeyawady River he had to stay behind at the headquarters. He tried to ask ******** Minister inspects bridges being consturcted in Mandalay Division All this needs to YANGON, 8 Nov — lane reinforce concreted gave instructions on system- be known Minister for Construction bridge with 4-foot wide atic use of construction ma- Maj-Gen Saw Tun attended walkwads on both sides terials. the corner stone laying cer- and can withstand 75 tons The Ayeyawady * Do not be frightened emony for construction of of load. Bridge (Yadanabon) is be- whenever intimidated City Hall in Kyaukse, Man- Afterwards, the ing constructed at 2,000 feet dalay Division, on 7 No- minister inspected the work upstream of present Innwa * Do not be bolstered vember morning. done of Panlaung Bridge Bridge. The bridge is 5,614 The minister then being constructed on feet long and 49 feet wide whenever flattered inspected the completion Palake-TadaU Road. with 5-foot-wide walkways of construction of the At the briefing hall on both sides. The approach * Do not be softened two-storey building of on Mandalay Bank of structures of the bridge will “King Among whenever appeased Kyaukse Basic Educa- Ayeyawady Bridge be constructed with rein- Men” in
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Senior General Than Shwe offers provisions to members of the Sangha at the consecra- Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing present offertories to a tion and Shwekyathingan and rice offering ceremony at the 8th Buddha Pujaniya Sayadaw at the consecration and Shwekyathingan and rice offering ceremony at the 8th Festival of Tooth Relic Pagoda (Yangon). —MNA Buddha Pujaniya Festival of Tooth Relic Pagoda (Yangon). — MNA The prime minister San, Prime Minister Gen- and wife Dr Daw Khin eral Khin Nyunt and wife Win Shwe presented Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe, Shwekyathingan to Ottara Lt-Gen Tin Oo’s wife Daw Bodhi Mudra Buddha im- Khin Than Nwe, member age. of the State Peace and De- Lt-Gen Tin Oo’s wife velopment Council General Daw Khin Than Nwe pre- Thura Shwe Mann and sented Shwekyathingan to wife Daw Khin Lay Thet, Labha Mudra Buddha im- Secretary-1 of the State age. Next, General Thura Peace and development Shwe Mann and wife Daw Council Lt-Gen Soe Win Khin Lay Thet presented and wife Daw Than Than Shwekyathingan to Maha Nwe, Secretary-2 Lt-Gen Karuna Mudra Buddha im- Thein Sein and wife Daw age. Khin Khin Win, members The Secretary-1 and of the State Peace and De- wife Daw Than Than Nwe velopment Council and presented Shwekyathingan their wives, the Com- to Jana Mudra Buddha im- mander-in-Chief (Navy) age. Next, the Secretary-2 and the Commander-in- and wife Dr Daw Khin Chief (Air) and their wives, Khin Win presented the Chairman of Yangon Senior General Than Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing and party offer soon to members of the Sangha at the Shwekyathingan to Division Peace and Devel- consecration and Shwekyathingan and rice offering ceremony at the 8th Buddha Pujaniya Festival of Tooth Relic Bumiphatha Mudra Buddha opment Council Com- Pagoda (Yangon). — MNA image. mander of Yangon Com- Member of the State mand and wife, the minis- Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing Peace and Development ters, the chief justice, the Council Lt-Gen Aung Htwe attorney-general and the offer Shwekyathingan to … and wife Daw Khin Hnin chairman of Civil Service (from page 1) Maha Rattha Guru 1 and the Secretary-2, Abhidhaja Agga Wai presented Shwe- Selection and Training Command and the ministers Aungmye-bonzan Sayadaw members of the State Peace Mahajotika Magway kyathingan to Sandhita Board and their wives, the presented “soon” to the Bhaddanta Pañindabhi- and Development Council, Sayadaw Bhaddanta Mudra Buddha image. deputy ministers, heads of members of the Sangha. vamsa. the Commander-in-Chief Kumara delivered a sermon, Member of the State departments, members of Next, the consecration Members of the Sangha (Navy) and the Com- followed by sharing of mer- Peace and Development District and Township ceremony was held at 6.00 recited Metta Suttas. mander-in-Chief (Air), the its gained. Council Lt-Gen Khin Peace and Development am. Members of the Sangha Senior General Than Chairman of Yangon Divi- Senior General Than Maung Than and wife Daw Councils, members of the consecrated Buddha images Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing sion Peace and Develop- Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Malar Tint presen- Union Solidarity and De- and the Tooth Relic Pagoda. Kyaing, Vice-Senior Gen- ment Council Commander Kyaing presented ted Shwekyathingan to velopment Association and Next, merits-sharing and eral Maung Aye and wife of Yangon Command and Shwekyathingan to Palihariya Mudra Buddha social organizations and Shwekyathingan offering Daw Mya Mya San, Prime the ministers presented of- Dhammacakka Mudra image. After the ceremony, wellwishers offered provi- ceremonies were held. Minister General Khin fertories to the members of Buddha image. rice offering was held. sions to members of the The congregation re- Nyunt and wife Dr Daw the Sangha. Vice-Senior General Senior General Than Sangha at the respective ceived the Nine Precepts Khin Win Shwe, Lt-Gen Next, Secretary of the Maung Aye and wife Daw Shwe and wife Daw designated places. from Vice-Chairman of the Tin Oo’s wife Daw Khin State Sangha Maha Nayaka Mya Mya San presented Kyaing Kyaing, Vice-Sen- Today’s donations were State Sangha Maha Nayaka Than Nwe, General Thura Committee Abhidhaja Shwekyathingan to Varadha ior General Maung Aye worth K 16.8 million. Committee Abhidhaja Shwe Mann, the Secretary- Maha Rattha Guru Mudra Buddha image. and wife Daw Mya Mya MNA
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Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San offer Shwekyathingan to a Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and wife Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe offer Shwekyathingan Buddha Image at the consecration and Shwekyathingan and rice offering ceremony at to a Buddha Image at the consecration and Shwekyathingan and rice offering ceremony at the 8th Buddha Pujaniya Festival of Tooth Relic Pagoda (Yangon). —MNA the 8th Buddha Pujaniya Festival of Tooth Relic Pagoda (Yangon). —MNA Ko reported on measures Prime Minister… being taken after holding the (from page 16) State Sangha Maha Nayaka work committee meeting. Theravada Buddhism flour- Committee and Ovdacariya Next, the chairmen and ishes, and propagates. Thus, Sayadaws. Thus, it is be- officials of the sub-commit- it is sure that the fourth World lieved that the Summit would tees reported on work being Buddhist Summit would be be held on a grand scale. carried out for holding the successfully held in the na- Therefore, the work commit- ceremony, greening, invita- tion without any hindrance tee and the respective sub- tion, accommodation, trans- and difficulty. committees are to present port, information and docu- To be able to success- their reports on work being mentation, finance and fully hold the Summit, pre- carried out for successful health. paratory work is being car- holding of the Summit. This was followed by a ried out in respective sectors Afterwards, Secretary of general round of discussions. after forming the Leading the Leading Committee for In response to the reports, Committee, the Work Com- Organizing the Summit Min- the Prime Minister gave in- mittee and the Sub-Commit- ister for Religious Affairs structions. The meeting General Thura Shwe Mann and wife Daw Khin Lay Thet offer Shwekyathingan to a Buddha tees. Brig-Gen Thura Myint ended with the three-time Image at the 8th Buddha Pujaniya Festival of Tooth Relic Pagoda (Yangon). —MNA In addition, to hold the Maung reported on work recitation of Buddha Summit in accord with the being carried out for the suc- Sasanam Ciram Titthatu. tradition of Theravada Bud- cessful holding of the Sum- After the meeting, the dhism and to be of interna- mit and future tasks. Prime Minister and party pro- tional level, Thitagu Saya- Next, Secretary of the ceeded to the Kaba Aye Hill daw himself is providing Work Committee for Organ- and inspected greening tasks close supervision in prepara- izing the Summit Deputy in the environs of Maha tory work under the Ovada Minister for Religious Af- Pasana Cave Ordination of member Sayadaws of fairs Brig-Gen Thura Aung Hall.—MNA 13th Asian Archery Championships and Athens Olympic Qualifier for 2004 continue YANGON, 7 Nov—The President of Asian Archery medal to Chinese (Taipei). events of Women’s Recurve Federation Mr Hong-Jong Next, Minister Brig-Gen and Men’s Recurve and Yu, Vice-President of Asian Thura Aye Myint, Leader of Compound Team for the Archery Federation Mr San panel of patrons of Myanmar 13th Asian Archery Cham- Guan Kosavinta and Presi- Women Sports Federation Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Soe Win and wife Daw Than Than Nwe offer Shwekyathingan to a pionships and Athens Olym- dent of Myanmar Archery Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe and Buddha Image at the 8th Buddha Pujaniya Festival of Tooth Relic Pagoda (Yangon). —MNA pic Qualifier for the 2004 Federation Dr Khin Shwe, Member of panel of patron being hosted in the Union of General Secretary of AAF Daw Khin Than Nwe, Presi- Myanmar continued at Mr Sung-Ho-Um, General dent of Myanmar Women Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung sends Youth Training Centre Secretary of the MAF U Sports Federation Dr Daw felicitations to Kingdom of Cambodia (Thuwunna) on Waizayanta Kyaw Oo and executives, May May Yi, President of YANGON, 9 Nov — On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Independence Day Street, Thingangyun Town- departmental heads, manag- Asian Archery Federation of the Kingdom of Cambodia, which falls on 9 November 2003, U Win Aung, Minister ship starting from this morn- ers, leaders of archery teams Mr Hong-Jong Yu, Vice- for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His ing. of the respective nations, ath- President of Asian Archery Excellency Mr HOR Namhong, Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Present on the occasion letes, teachers and students, Federation Mr San Guan International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia. — MNA were Chairman of Leading trainees of the Sports and Kosavinta and President of Committee for Holding the Physical Education Institute Myanmar Archery Federa- Samanña Phala Day observed Competition Minister for and Sports Plus Education tion Dr Khin Shwe together Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Training School and enthu- with the athletes posed for a YANGON, 8 Nov — A to- Panña Sami (Magadi-Thazi) ers and lights to the Lord Myint, Leader of panel of siasts. documentary photo. tal of over 500 trainees of observed Samanña Phala Buddha and recited religious patrons of Myanmar Women The archers from host In the event of Men’s basic Buddhist culture course Day at Maha Theindawgyi verses. Next, they prayed for Sports Federation Dr Daw Myanmar, Korea, Kazakh- Compound, Member of No 21 of the Ministry of on Kaba Aye Hill here this the well-being of all crea- Khin Win Shwe, Member of stan, Japan, China (Taipei), panel of patrons Daw Khin Culture led by course instruc- morning. tures, and shared the merits panel of patrons Daw Khin Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Than Nwe presented a gold tor Sayadaw Bhaddanta They offered water, flow- gained. — MNA Than Nwe and members, Bhutan and China took part medal to Korean team, a sil- in the event of Women’s ver medal to Malaysian team Recurve. and a bronze medal to China The archers from host (Taipei) and she together Myanmar, Korea, Bhutan, with the athletes posed for a Japan, Malaysia, Hong documentary photo. Kong, China, China (Taipei), In the event of the Men’s Iran, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Recurve, after President of India, Thailand and Singa- the AAF Mr Hong-Jong Yu pore took part in the event of had presented a gold medal Men’s Recurve and Com- to Korean team, a silver pound Team. medal to Indian team and a In the event of Women’s bronze medal to Chinese Recurve, Leader of panel of team, Minister for Sports patrons of Myanmar Women Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint Sports Federation Dr Daw presented a trophy to gold Khin Win Shwe presented a medallist Korean team. The gold medal and trophy to events of Women’s Recurve Head of the Panel of Leading Patrons of Myanmar Women Sports Federation Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe watches the Korean team, a silver medal and Men’s Recurve continue performance of a contestant at 13th Asian Archery Championship and Athens Olympic Archery Qualifier for 2004. — MNA to Chinese team and a bronze at 8 am tomorrow. — MNA 10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 9 November, 2003 Lt-Gen Ye Myint offers Kathina robes to members of the Sangha in Indrayama Monastery YANGON, 8 Nov — ceived the Five Precepts from Kathina robes offering cer- the Sayadaw of the monas- emony of Member of the tery. Later, members of the State Peace and Develop- Sangha recited paritta. ment Council Lt-Gen Ye Lt-Gen Ye Myint and Myint of the Ministry of family offered Kathina robes Defence, wife Dr Daw Tin to the Sayadaws. The com- Lin Myint and family was mander, the minister and of- held at Indrayama ficials presented Kathina Kyaungtaik in Amarapura robes and offertories to mem- Township on 6 November bers of the Sangha. The morning. Sayadaw of the monastery It was attended by mem- delivered a sermon, followed bers of the Sangha led by by sharing the merits gained. Sayadaw of the monastery Afterwards, Lt-Gen Ye Sasanadhaja Dhammacariya Myint attended the Kathina Maha Ganthavacaka Pandita Robes Offering Ceremony Bhaddanta Ottara, Lt-Gen of the Central Command held Ye Myint and wife, Chair- at Paypin Masoeyein man of Mandalay Division Pariyatti Sarthintaik in Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing present offertories to members of the Sangha at the consecration Peace and Development Pyigyidagun Township, and Shwekyarthingan offering ceremony at the 8th Buddha Pujaniya Festival of Tooth Relic Pagoda (Yangon). —MNA Council Commander of Cen- Mandalay. First, the congre- tral Command Maj-Gen Ye gation received the Five Pre- Myint and wife, Minister for cepts from the Sayadaw of Anti-AIDS/HIV Religious Affairs Brig-Gen the monastery Bhaddanta Exhibition Thura Myint Maung, Deputy Ottama. Minister for Home Affairs Next, Lt-Gen Ye Myint, extended Brig-Gen Phone Swe, the commander and Tactical YANGON, 8 Nov — Deputy Chief Justice of the Operations Commander Col The first Anti-AIDS Ex- Supreme Court (Upper Win Swe offered robes to hibition being displayed Myanmar) U Khin Maung the Sayadaws of Paypin from 9 am to 6 pm daily Latt, Deputy Attorney-Gen- Masoeyein Pariyatti at Tatmadaw Conven- eral U Han Shein, officers of Sarthintaik, Sittathukha tion Hall on U Wisara the Central Command, local Kyaungtaik and Thayet- Road is extended from 9 authorities, members of so- pingwa Kyaungtaik. to 12 November. cial organizations and Sayadaw Bhaddanta MNA guests. First, Lt-Gen Ye Ottama delivered a sermon, Myint, Commander Maj- followed by sharing of the Gen Ye Myint and Minister merits gained. After the cer- Lt-Gen Ye Myint and Brig-Gen Thura Myint emony, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and family offer Kathina Maung offered soon to 79 the commander and wife of- robes to a Sayadaw. members of the Sangha. fered soon to members of the MNA The congregation re- Sangha. —MNA Kathina robes offering ceremony of families of Office of Chief of Armed Forces Training held YANGON, 8 Nov—Under tended by Sasana Dhajasiri- First, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win the patronage of Member of parava Dhamacariya Pali and the congregation re- the State Peace and Develop- Pahtamakyaw Setpyarai ceived the Five Precepts from ment Council Chief of Armed Sayadaw Ashin Sirinda and Sayadaw Ashin Sirinda. Forces Training Lt-Gen members of the Sangha, Next, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win Kyaw Win and wife Daw Chief of Armed Forces Train- and wife and officials offered San San Yi, the Kathina robes ing Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and Kathina robes and provisions offering ceremony of fami- wife, Vice-Chiefs of Armed to members of the Sangha lies of the Office of Chief of Forces Training Maj-Gen and shared merits gained. Armed Forces Training was Win Myint and Maj-Gen After the ceremony, Lt- held at Pathadikayon Aung Kyi, senior military Gen Kyaw Win and wife and Kyaungtaik in Hline Town- officers and their wives, officials offered Soon to ship this morning. families of other ranks and members of the Sangha. The ceremony was at- guests. MNA PM General Home Affairs Ministry offers Lt-Gen Kyaw Win offers Kathina robes to a Sayadaw at Khin Nyunt… Kathina robes GAD holds YANGON, 8 Nov— The Pandita Bhaddanta the Kathina Robes Offering Ceremony of the Office of (from page 16) tenth communal Kathina Osadhabhivamsa. Chief of Armed Froces Training. — MNA Nayaka Committee Agga family day robe offering of the Ministry The minister and wife and Maha Pandita Naga YANGON, 8 Nov — The of Home Affairs was held at officials presented Kathina Hlainggu Kalewatawya Family Day ceremony of the ministry this morning. robes and offertories to the Sayadaw Bhaddanta the General Administration Present were Sayadaws members of the Sangha, fol- Jarayabhivamsa delivered a Department of the Minis- led by Joint Secretary lowed by sharing of merits. sermon and the congrega- try of Home Affairs was Sayadaw of the State Sangha “Soon” was offered to tion shared merits gained. held at the assembly hall of Maha Nayaka Committee the members of the Sangha. After the ceremony, the ministry yesterday Nyaungdon Sayadaw Agga MNA Prime Minister General Khin morning, attended by Min- Maha Pandita Bhaddanta Nyunt and wife Dr Daw Khin ister for Home Affairs Col Osadhabhivamsa and mem- Earthquake Report Win Shwe and wellwishers Tin Hlaing. bers of the Sangha. YANGON, 8 Nov—An offered Soon to members of Also present were the It was also attended by earthquake of moderate in- the Sangha. director-general and offi- Minister for Home Affairs tensity (4.0) Richter Scale MNA cials of the MPF and depart- Col Tin Hlaing and wife, wife with its epicentre about (179) ments under the ministry, award in administrative field. of Deputy Minister Brig-Gen miles Northeast of Manda- advisers, and staff families The director-general and of- Phone Swe, the director-gen- lay seismological observa- of GAD. ficials presented prizes to eral of Myanmar Police tory was recorded at 12 hours The minister spoke on outstanding staff and stu- Force, officials and families. 29 minutes 34 seconds the occasion and presented dents. Soon was offered to The congregation received Myanmar Standard Time on Minister Col Tin Hlaing presents prize to an outstanding prizes to 8 winners of out- members of the Sangha to the Nine Precepts from 8th November 2003. staff. — MNA standing performance mark the ceremony. — MNA Sayadaw Agga Maha MNA THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 9 November, 2003 11
Implementation of projects for socio-economic development of all regions in the country
Thanlwin river
crossing bridge
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opened on 5 August
1997. The bridge is
linking
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Hpa-an
in Kayin State.
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Development of a re- gion depends much on easy access to it. With this end in view, the State has been building a net- work of roads and bridges the length and breadth of the nation. As a result, new roads and bridges have emerged one after an- other throughout the country. The Govern- ment is continuing its efforts to build new roads and bridges. The photo shows Gyaing Bridge (Zathabyin) that links Kayin and Mon States across the Gyaing River. PHOTO: MNA
Transportation plays a vital role in regional development. The photo shows the Gyaing (Kawkareik) Bridge that serves the interests of the people in Kayin State. PHOTO: MNA
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As a result, commer- China’s insurance market has been ex- cial medical insurers across the country cov- periencing a flourishing period and the whole ered 136 million people and earned 32.1 industry, including China’s reinsurance com- billion yuan (3.8 billion US dollars) in 2002. panies, is undertaking a profound A decision published by the Communist shareholding-oriented reorganization to Party of China (CPC) Central Committee A D V E R T I S E M E N T S shape sound modern finance enterprises, he said that all commercial banks and securi- CLAIMS DAY NOTICE said. Statistics from the industry indicate ties, insurance and trust investment compa- that China had collected 296.8 billion yuan nies in the country must undergo further MV “ORIENT ENTERPRISE” (35.9 billion US dollars) of premiums in the reforms to become modern financial enter- first nine months of 2003, equal to the total prises with ample capital, tight internal man- VOY NO (104) of 2002. agement, safe operation, excellent service Consignees of cargo carried on MV “ORIENT ENTER- By last September, the country’s insur- and good economic returns. PRISE” Voy No (104) which will be arriving on 9-11-2003 ance industry boasted 383.2 billion yuan “We shall promote the shareholding re- are hereby notified that their cargo will be discharged into (46.4 billion US dollars) of bank deposits, of forms in some qualified state-owned com- the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at the consignee’s risk which 354.7 billion yuan (43 billion US mercial banks, which will step up efforts in and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of dollars) was taken for investment, up 42.8 handling bad assets and increasing capital the Port of Yangon. per cent and 53.6 per cent respectively from funds to create conditions for being listed on Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily between 8 am to 2002. the stock market,” it said, encouraging in- 11.20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm into Claims Day now declared “With this amazing speed, China will vestors to participate in the restructuring of as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the Vessel. become one of the world’s 10 biggest insur- small and medium-sized financial institu- No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the ance markets no later than 2010,” said Dai. tions. — MNA/Xinhua Claims Day. SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY Delegation of China’s Manned AGENT FOR: M/S ORIENT EXPRESS LINES Phone : 378316, 256908, 376797 Space Mission ends Macao visit MACAO, 8 Nov—The Delegation of China’s First Manned Space Mission, including CLAIMS DAY NOTICE China’s first astronaut Yang Liwei, ended its visit to Hong Kong and Macao Thursday MV “DAWEI” VOY NO (22) afternoon, and left here for Beijing. Chief Executive of the Macao Special Kong on October 31, and continued the trip Consignees of cargo carried on MV DAWEI Voy No Administrative Region (SAR) government to Macao on Wednesday. It had a tight sched- (22) are hereby notified that the vessel arrived on Edmund Ho Hau Wah held a farewell cer- ule, meeting people of all walks of life in 8-11-2003 and cargo will be discharged into the premises of emony for the delegation, during which the Macao and giving speeches on China’s first Myanma Port Authority where it will lie at the consignee’s delegation presented a map of Macao taken manned space mission. Yang was admired risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions by China’s self-launched satellite in space and treated as a star hero wherever he went. of the Port of Yangon. to the SAR government as a gift. The Exhibition of China’s First Manned Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily between 8 am to On behalf of the delegation, Hu Shixiang, Space Mission, where the re-entry Shenzhou- 11.20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm upto Claims Day now declared vice director-general of China’s manned 5 capsule, the astronaut’s space suit and food as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the Vessel. space flight programme and head of the and the parachute was put on show, began No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the delegation, said that although they had a here Wednesday afternoon and will continue Claims Day. short visit in Macao, they were greatly moved till Friday noon. On the opening day of the AGENCY DEPARTMENT by Macao compatriots’ ardour and affec- exhibition, over 20,000 people visited the MYANMA FIVE STAR LINE tion. show, which was unprecedented for such Phone : 295279, 295280, 295281, 295658, 295659 The delegation began the visit to Hong events in Macao. — MNA/Xinhua 3,900-metre Chinese calligraphic China, Japan destroy Beijing will build 15 sewage work applies for “Guiness” record wartime chemical weapons in treatment facilities before 2008 NANCHANG, 8 Nov — The families of a late Chinese BEIJING, 8 Nov— Beijing will invest 3.2 billion yuan calligrapher, who wrote a 3,900-metre-long Chinese N-E China (390 million US dollars) to update its sewage treatment calligraphic work, are applying to list the work in the HARBIN, 8 Nov— A special group of Chinese and Japa- facilities before 2008. Guiness Book of Records. nese experts arrived Thursday morning in Qiqihar City in The investment will be used to construct three sewage Dai Tianpei, the calligrapher, who was born in 1930 and China’s northernmost Heilongjiang Province to destroy burying fields, seven sewage treatment factories, three sew- died in October 2003, spent five years finishing the lengthy chemical weapons stored in the city. age burning fields and two garbage transferring stations, piece of collected works of poems of the Tang Dynasty When they surrendered and returned home at the end of said Liang Guangsheng, vice director of the Beijing Munici- (618-907), when ancient Chinese classic poetry reached its World War II, Japanese intruding troops left countless pal Administrative Committee. culmination. Using the traditional Chinese brush pen, the chemical weapons they had developed during the war in The Municipality will be capable of handling 12,500 work, with seven million Chinese characters in total, was northeast China. tons of non- industrial sewage every day by 2008, when a completed in mini-characters, or in the traditional term of Some of the abandoned chemical weapons were found total of 12,000 tons of non-industrial sewage is expected to “fly-sized” characters, according to experts. recently in the city and other places in northeast China and be created every day. Many renowned Chinese calligraphers have commented caused injuries, or even death. Beijing also plans to reduce the amount of non-industrial that the huge work is valuable in terms of its artistic accom- A fatal toxic gas leakage from abandoned Japanese sewage produced every day and better recycle garbage. At plishment. Yang Xin, a calligraphic expert with the Palace chemical weapons killed one person and injured 42 others present, 88 per cent of local non-industrial sewage was Museum, or the Forbidden City, contributed the title — after barrels of mustard gas were dug up at a construction site buried after going through detoxification treatment. Quan Tang Shi — for the work, meaning the full collection in Qiqihar in early August. It is expected that 98 per cent of the sewage in the city of Tang Dynasty poems. Nearly 100 Chinese and Japanese experts will partici- proper will be treated by 2008, up 7 per cent compared to the According to Dai’s family, the calligrapher worked more pate, and Japanese chemical weapons and medical experts present. Half of the sewage in Beijing’s suburbs will un- than 12 hours a day to finish the work, and he fell sick a few will arrive in several groups, according to Guo Haizhou, an dergo the same treatment. times during his five-year marathon. official of the Qiqihar municipal government.—MNA/Xinhua According to Liang, 30 per cent of sewage will be The 3,900-metre piece and others of Dai’s works were recycled by 2008, up 20 per cent compared to the current expected to be exhibited to the public next year, according Don’t smoke level. to his family. — MNA/Xinhua MNA/Xinhua
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India plans to expand Air Force S-E Asia’s first solar cell plant strength to 60 squadrons NEW DELHI, 8 Nov — The Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to expand its strength from to be set up in Philippines the present 39 squadrons to 60 squadrons over the next 10 years, Indian Air Chief S Krishnaswamy said here Friday, according to the Press Trust of India (PTI). MANILA, 8 Nov — Southeast Asia (SEA)’s first wafer fabrication plant for solar Disclosing that IAF was in the process duction of up to five AWACS mounted on cells will be set up in the Philippines by American technology firm Cypress, the of phasing out aging MIG-21, MIG-23 and the Russian IL-76 platform would be com- Philippine Star daily on-line news reported Friday. Cypress Semiconduc- Asia,” she said. locally, adding that their MIG-27 fleet, Krishnaswamy was quoted as pleted by 2008. tor’s majority-owned sub- Photo-voltaic cells are photo-voltaic cells were saying that he visualized IAF attaining a “This would be for the first time that sidiary Sunpower Corp. will the key components of solar among the most efficient in strength of 60 squadrons by the next 10 airborne radars would be mounted on the IL- begin setting up the plant energy systems, converting the world. years to keep pace with India’s move to 76 frame and we are confident that the sys- next month for production sunlight into electricity. They Sunpower decided to become a super economic power. tem would be a success,” Krishnaswamy of solar cells from wafers are vital in providing power begin wafer fabrication in Briefing reporters on the deliberations said. He disclosed that the IAF would hold its that are to be fabricated in in remote areas isolated from this country after the gov- of the Western Air Command Commanders first joint fighter exercises with the US Air the Philippines, said Theresa larger power grids as well as ernment and local utilities Conference held in New Delhi, the Air Chief Force at Gwalior with the Americans send- Go, director of the subsidi- in reducing dependence on gave an assurance of a steady, said even as the MIG fleet was being phased ing a batch of F-15 fighters. ary’s local operations. non-renewable energy stable supply of electricity out, the IAF’s efforts were to ensure timely This, he said, would be followed up by “This will be the first sources like oil, officials said. and water, key ingredients replenishments so as not to affect the battle a batch of six to eight IAF Jaguars holding time for large-scale produc- Go said that most of the for production of silicon preparedness of the force. joint exercises with US Pacific Command at tion of photo-voltaic cells to output would be exported wafers, Go said. Asserting that the first series of Israeli Alaska. “Such exercises give our pilots the be carried out in Southeast with about 20 per cent sold MNA/Xinhua PHALCON Air early warning and control much needed exposure to flying systems and system would be inducted by 2006, patterns prevalent outside,” he said. China’s first Krishnaswamy said that the complete in- MNA/Xinhua Half of Chinese astronaut crowned China to work with int’l community Space Hero drivers admit falling BEIJING, 8 Nov — Chi- for peaceful use of outer space na’s first astronaut Yang asleep at the wheel BEIJING, 8 Nov— China will work with the international community for the peaceful Liwei was conferred the title BEIJING, 8 Nov — Half of Chinese drivers have once use of outer space, said Chinese President Hu Jintao here Friday when addressing a rally of “Space Hero” on Friday at catnapped behind the wheel, according to China’s first celebrating the country’s first manned spaceflight, which made it the third spacefaring a high-profile rally celebrat- ever survey on drivers’ vigilance. country after Russia and the United States. ing the country’s first Among the 516 drivers ing problems and the rest The achievements construction and adhering to manned space technology, manned space flight. surveyed, nearly a quarter just rely on alcohol, tonic or made in China’s manned reform and opening-up, and he said. Yang, 38, was also reported fatigue driving, half even sleeping pills. space project marks the in- the balanced economic and The Chinese people are awarded a badge of honour said they have sleeping prob- This survey, an impor- creasing consolidation of social development, we can of remarkable wisdom and for his space faring merits at lems, and 10 per cent admit- tant event jointly launched China’s comprehensive constantly make greater great creativity, and are in- the rally organized by the ted they had dozed off be- by the Beijing Municipal strength as well as the con- achievements in socialist dustrious, brave and persist- Central Committee of the fore being stopped for the Traffic Bureau, China Na- tinued promotion of China’s modernization construc- ent, he said, noting they have Communist Party of China survey on the same day, the tional Radio, Chinese Medi- science and technology level tion,” he said. the courage, confidence and (CPC), the State Council and survey says. cal Association and Sanofi- over 20 years of reform and Hu praised Yang Liwei, capability to make China a the Central Military Com- The test results of a spe- Synthelabo Minsheng Phar- opening-up, said Hu, also China’s first astronaut, and strong member of the world mission. At the rally attended cial “psycho vigilance task maceutical Co Ltd for World General Secretary of the others who contributed to the community and contribute to by top leaders of the country (PVT)” apparatus used in this Sleep Day on March 21 this Communist Party of China country’s manned space pro- peace and development of and several thousand others, survey on drivers’ vigilance year, is the first of its kind in (CPC) Central Committee. gramme. China’s first humankind. including space experts, gov- found 20 per cent of them China. It aims to study the “This again proves that manned space flight sol- China will better imple- ernment officials and serv- showed slow reaction. relationship between drivers’ as long as we stick to the emnly declared to the world ment the strategy of revitaliz- icemen, Chinese Premier The survey also showed vigilance and sleep and was CPC’s basic theories, guide- that China has become the ing the nation through science, Wen Jiabao announced the that 82 per cent of drivers conducted simultaneously on lines, creed, experience, the world’s third country inde- education and talented peo- decision by the party, the have less than eight sleep the expressways of Beijing- road of centering economic pendently grasping the ple, he said.—MNA/Xinhua central government and the hours a day and 47.7 per cent Shijiagzhuang and Shang- military commission to hon- have less than seven hours, hai-Hangzhou on March 20 Chinese enterprises urged to establish our Yang Liwei. while 90 per cent take no and 21 this year. MNA/Xinhua measures to treat their sleep- MNA/Xinhua new concepts of competition China’s space exhibition closes in Macao BEIJING, 8 Nov— Chinese Vice-Premier Huang Ju has urged enterprises at home and MACAO, 8 Nov—The Exhibition of Manned Space Mission to the Hong Kong abroad to establish new concepts of competition and development, so as to seize the China’s First Manned Space Mission, and Macao special administrative regions opportunity, meet the challenges and contribute more for the development of human society. which came to the Macao leg on Wednes- started first in Hong Kong on October 31. Huang, also a member ity for the society and be it as important to obtain the day, closed here Friday afternoon after In both cities, the exhibition was opened of the Standing Committee more committed to system- trust of consumers and soci- drawing 120,000 visitors. round-the-clock and completely for free in of the Political Bureau of the atic, technological and man- ety to achieve the develop- The exhibition brought along with the order to satisfy the maximum number of Communist Party of China agement innovations so as to ment of enterprise and mar- visit of the delegation of China’s First eager visitors. — MNA/Xinhua (CPC) Central Committee, give full play to the com- ket, Huang said. made the remark at an inter- parative advantage and boost He said enterprises national financial forum here the enterprise’s core com- should establish wide-rang- Friday afternoon. petitiveness. ing cooperation in competi- He said enterprises The enterprises should tion and learn from each other should shoulder broader and also strictly comply with the to achieve the win-win re- more concrete responsibil- principle of honesty, regard sult.—MNA/Xinhua S Africa alarmed by outbreak of malaria JOHANNESBURG, 8 Nov—South African travellers to Egypt and India were warned Tuesday to take precautions against malaria, after an outbreak of the disease in those countries. Andrew Jamieson, a spokesman for the — to undergo medical tests. About 94 cases of medical information service Medinfo, said on malaria were reported in central Kolkata, the Thursday that two members of the Egyptian seaport city of India, and adjoining areas in the soccer squad died and 11 others were hospital- past week, including two deaths, Jamieson ized after contracting the disease while attend- said. “(South African) Health authorities are ing the recent 8th African Games in Abuja, alarmed by the sudden increase in malaria Nigeria. “Egypt’s Health Ministry has or- incidence, especially as the geographic spread Two contestants who˚advanced to the Miss Shanghai˚Competition finals greet the dered all 600 members of the squad — com- of the disease has been particularly rapid in the audience on Friday. Thirteen girls will compete in the finals and the winners will be prising athletes, administrators and journalists heart of the city,” he said.—MNA/Xinhua crowned on November 21. — XINHUA
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Notts County have collected 300,000 second round first leg In Europe, Arsenal clearly struggle to pounds (502,500 US dollars) in gate receipts UEFA Cup soccer match find the fluid, attacking football and precise from their League Cup tie at Stamford Bridge finishing which has brought them two do- last week. In addition, Chelsea shirts signed in Prague, Czech mestic league and FA Cup doubles since by the London club’s players are to be auc- Republic, on Thursday 1998. tioned to raise more much-needed funds. Nov. 6, 2003. Levski The fact that Ashley Cole’s winner came MNA/Reuters Sofia drew with Slavia Early Seve Trophy advantage for Britain,Ireland Prague 2-2. VALENCIA (Spain), 8 Nov— Holders Britain and Ireland, inspired by Lee Westwood INTERNET and David Howell, led Continental Europe by 3-1/2 points to 1-1/2 after the opening day fourballs in the Seve Trophy on Thursday. France celebrates Champions League “night Britain and Ireland won Montgomerie and Paul “Padraig played unbe- three of the five fourball Lawrie but Irishman Padraig lievably well,” said Garcia, of madness” matches played at Campo de Harrington and Briton Phillip after the Irishman had cov- PARIS, 8 Nov— France Lyon returned from Bayern previously only by Marco Golf Parador in El Saler to Price completed a success- ered the four holes between celebrated a night of soccer Munich with a 2-1 win in the van Basten and Simone take the early initiative in the ful day for the visitors in the the fourth and the seventh in madness on Thursday after Champions League. Inzaghi — as Monaco shred- Ryder Cup-style team com- final match. five under par. Monaco thrashed Deportivo Striker Dado Prso scored ded a Deportivo defence petition. In-form Harrington and “We did well turning for Coruna 8-3 and Olympique four goals — a feat achieved which committed every de- “We would definitely fellow Ryder Cup player home, but he had left us just fensive sin in the book. have taken that if you had Price beat Denmark’s Tho- too much to do.” CROSSWORD PUZZLE Already 5-2 down at offered us a two-point lead mas Bjorn and Spaniard Four greensomes are halftime, the Spanish side at the start of play, so it has Sergio Garcia by two holes scheduled for Saturday changed their goalkeeper but been a pretty good first day to give Britain and Ireland a morning with four foursome shipped another two goals for us,” said Britain and Ire- two-point lead going into matches to follow in the af- within four minutes of the land captain Colin Friday’s fourball matches. ternoon. —˚MNA/Reuters restart. In Munich, Lyon Montgomerie. striker Giovane Elber re- “The competition is in- turned to his former hunting tense, as you would expect, ground at the Olympic Sta- but the standard of play has dium and scored the deci- been excellent.” sive goal against Bayern, the Englishmen Westwood 2001 champions. and Howell set the tone, pick- French clubs often have ing up eight birdies between an inferiority complex when them on their way to a two- playing big foreign clubs hole victory against Ryder and these victories by the Cup veterans Seve two best teams in the coun- Ballesteros and Jose Maria try were hailed as land- Olazabal in the first match. marks. Fellow Britons Brian Le Parisien, a daily news- Davis and Paul Casey main- paper devoted to Paris St. tained the momentum, beat- ACROSS DOWN Germain, was so moved that ing Spaniards Ignacio 7 Glorify 1 Helicopter (sl) it led its front page with the Garrido and Miguel Angel story, under the headline Jimenez 2 and 1, before Ger- 8 Mob 2 Receive under a will “Two Incredible Achieve- many’s Alex Cejka and 10 Black and white 3 Wall painting ments”. “An Evening of Frenchman Raphael horse 4 Concord Madness” read the front page Jacquelin earned Continen- 11 Unit of length 5 Lessen headline in L’Equipe sports tal Europe’s first points. 12 Give out 6 Precious stone newspaper. Cejka and Jacquelin, Didier Deschamps, coach seven clear after just nine 13 Paris river 9 An end rail (anag.) of league leaders Monaco, holes, held off a brave 17 Female 14 Venetian boat had repeatedly said fightback by good friends 18 Hint 15 Bed covering Deportivo were clear favour- Justin Rose and Ian Poulter 22 Discovered 16 Keep at it ites in Group C although he before triumphing 4 and 3. 23 Team's batting period 19 Bid and his players had been dis- Swedish duo Fredrik Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova practices in appointed to lose 1-0 in Spain Jacobson and Niclas Fasth Pattaya, 150 km (90 miles) east of Bangkok, November 7, 24 Breathe out 20 Duke's territory last month. squared their contest with the 2003. Kournikova is here on a three-day visit to promote 25 Emphasis 21 Join MNA/Reuters Scottish combination of Thailand tourism. — INTERNET THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 9 November, 2003 15 MRTV-3MRTV-3 16:35 Let us preserve the 21:55 A Classical Male nut-soup” Watershed Areas Dance 22:45 National News 16:40 Myanmar Cuisine 22:00 National News 22:50 Safari in style “Noodle with Coco- 22:05 Marvel of Pagoda with 22:55 Lon Yuu Festival nut-soup ” Uncountable Buddha Dance 16:45 National News Images 23:00 National News 9-11-2003 (Sunday) 16:50 Safari in style 22:10 Song “Blue Moon” 23:05 Macadamia (Perennial (Programme Schedule) 16:55 Lon Yuu Festival 22:12 Thin Straw Pulp Paper Cash Crop) Dance 22:15 National News Morning Transmission 17:00 National News 22:20 Central Agriculture 23:10 Towards Mandalay (9:00 - 10:00) 17:05 Macadamia (Perennial Research Institute Golden City Cash Crop) 22:25 Song on Screen “Cre- 23:15 Weekly News 9:00 Signature Tune 17:10 Song “Towards Man- ating of a Love-Like Highlights Greetings dalay Golden City” Song” 23:20 Promoting Tourism 9:02 Song of Myanmar 17:15 National News 22:30 National News through music Beauty & Scenic 17:20 Promoting Tourism 22:35 Let us preserve the 23:25 Song of Myanmar Sights “Myanma Pano- through music Watershed Areas Beauty & Scenic Sights rama & Myanma Sen- 17:25 Song of Myanmar 22:40 Myanmar Cuisine “Come and See timent” Beauty & Scenic “Noodle with Coco- Myanmar” 9:06 Ancient-Architectural Sights “Come and See heritage of Taung- Myanmar” thaman Kyauktaw Gyi e-Education Learning Centre
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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 296115, Manager 296864, Circulation 297093, Advertisement 296843, Accounts 296545, Administration 296161, Production 297032 (Office) /297028 (Press). 1st Waning of Tazaungmon, 1365 ME Sunday, 9 November, 2003 State Peace and Development Council Chairman Four political objectives * Stability of the State, community peace and Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to tranquillity, prevalence of law and order * National reconsolidation Kingdom of Cambodia * Emergence of a new enduring State Consti- tution YANGON, 9 Nov — On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Independence Day of the * Building of a new modern developed nation Kingdom of Cambodia, which falls on 9 November 2003, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of in accord with the new State Constitution the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Majesty Preah Bat Samdech Preah Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia. — MNA Four economic objectives * Development of agriculture as the base and all- round development of other sectors of the Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt sends economy as well * Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco- felicitations to Kingdom of Cambodia nomic system YANGON, 9 Nov — On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Independence Day of the * Development of the economy inviting partici- Kingdom of Cambodia, which falls on 9 November 2003, General Khin Nyunt, Prime Minister of the pation in terms of technical know-how and Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Samdech Hun Sen, Prime investments from sources inside the country Minister of the Royal Government of Cambodia. — MNA 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 stand- ards of the entire nation PM General Khin Nyunt attends Kathina robes offering ceremony of MMPA YANGON, 8 Nov—The sec- Alodawpyi Sayadaw ond Kathina robes offering Bhaddanta Ariyavamsa and ceremony of families of members of the Sangha, Prime Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and wife Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe present offertories to a Sayadaw at the Second Myanmar Motion Picture Minister General Khin Nyunt's Kathina Robes Offering Ceremony of Myanmar Motion Picture Asiayon. — MNA Asiayon was held at wife Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe, Aungmyay Bodi Dhamma the ministers, the deputy min- Prime Minister attends work coordination meeting for Yeiktha Alodawpyi Kyaung- isters, the vice-mayor, offi- taik on Pinshwenyaung Street, cials of the State Peace and Holding of Fourth World Buddhist Summit Tamwaylay Ward, Tamway Development Council Office, YANGON, 8 Oct—The an address by Prime the ministers, the deputy of the Summit. Township this morning. Prime heads of departments, fami- work coordination meeting Minister General Khin ministers, the vice-mayor, It is incumbent upon the Minister General Khin Nyunt lies of the MMPA and guests. for Holding of the Fourth Nyunt. officials of the State Peace officials concerned to hold attended the ceremony and First, the ceremony was World Buddhist Summit was Also present on the occa- and Development Council the Summit successfully and offered provisions to mem- opened with three-time reci- held at the meeting hall of sion were Chairman of Office, heads of departments, systematically as Buddhist bers of the Sangha. tation of Namo Tassa. The International Theravada Yangon Division Peace and the Pro-Rector of the ITBMU organizations and those from Present on the occasion congregation received the Buddhist Missionary Uni- Development Council Com- and officials and members 15 member nations are to were Vice-Chairman of the Five Precepts from Dawei versity in Mayangon Town- mander of Yangon Com- of the Leading Committee attend the Summit. State Sangha Maha Nayaka Sayadaw. Next, members of ship here at noon today, with mand Maj-Gen Myint Swe, for Organizing the Summit, Pure Theravada Bud- Committee Abhidhaja Maha the Sangha recited parittas. 13th Asian Archery the Work Committee and dhism flourishes in Rattha Guru Dawei Sayadaw Chairman of the MMPA U INSIDE Championships and Sub-Committees. Myanmar. Therefore, hold- Bhaddanta Arcinnabhivamsa, Sein Tin offered Kathina robes Perspectives Athens Olympic The ceremony was ing of the Summit in Joint-Secretary of the State to Dawei Sayadaw Bhaddanta Sangha Maha Nayaka Com- Arcinnabhivamsa. For boosting Qualifier for 2004 opened with the three-time Myanmar as a host nation continues mittee Agga Maha Pandita Next, Prime Minister Gen- agricultural production recitation of Namo Tassa. amounts to bringing honour page 9 Next, Prime Minister to the nation. Naga Hlainggu Kalewatawya eral Khin Nyunt and wife Dr page 2 Foreign News made a speech. He said that Myanmar is a land where Sayadaw Bhaddanta Jagaya- Daw Khin Win Shwe and party Article pages Myanmar has decided to hold the international meetings bhivamsa and Sayadaws, offered provisions to mem- Border area 3,4,5,6,12,13,14 the Fourth World Buddhist and conferences have Alodawpyi Kyaungtaik Pre- bers of the Sangha. siding Nayaka Maha Gantha Afterwards, Joint-Secre- development Circulation Summit as a host nation, add- been held as a host. It is Vacakapandita Agga Maha tary of State Sangha Maha page 7 ing that measures are being also a place where pure 23,976 taken for successful holding (See page 9 ) Saddhammajotikadhaja (See page 10 )
Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt gives instructions at the work coordination meeting on holding of the Fourth World Buddhist Summit. —MNA