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Volume XIII, Number 122 12th Waxing of Wagaung 1367 ME Tuesday, 16 August, 2005 Nation-building tasks being carried out through special projects to ensure cent-per-cent, equitable development of all regions of the country Strive in harmony for emergence of modern nation Prime Minister General Soe Win inspects development tasks in Pauk

Prime Minister General Soe Win meets officials, social organizations and entrepreneurs. — MNA

YANGON, 15 Aug — grading tasks and the rector, professors and frankly professors, lectur- the hospital, Prime Min- Superintendent Dr Than Prime Minister General PBANRDA Minister Col faculty members of the ers, demonstrator and tu- ister General Soe Win Than Aye and officials. Soe Win, accompanied by Thein Nyunt gave a sup- university, Rector U Soe tors. Later, the prime and party inspected the The prime minister Member of the State Peace plementary report. Myint reported on brief minister and party went wards, laboratory, medi- greeted doctors and ful- and Development Council Afterwards, the history of the university, to Pauk Township 16-bed cal store and X-ray room filled the requirements. Lt-Gen Ye Myint, Chair- prime minister and party the area, construction of hospital by helicopter. At together with Medical (See page 16) man of Sagaing Division went to Pakokku Univer- buildings in the university, Peace and Development sity and inspected con- the number of students and Council Commander of struction of the main build- staff strength. 187 villages out of the 273 in Pauk Township North-West Command ing of the university. Rec- After the meeting, have been supplied with safe drinking water. There Maj-Gen Tha Aye, the tor U Soe Myint and pro- Prime Minister General are 14 villages that have not been supplied with drink- ministers and deputy min- fessors welcomed them. Soe Win fulfilled the re- isters, Chairman of At the meeting with quirements and greeted ing water. Magway Division Peace and Development Council Col Phone Maw Shwe and officials, on 13 August morning inspected Myakantha Garden in Pakokku and instructed the officials to upgrade the garden. The garden has 25.20 acres and it is being upgraded. The shady trees, crops and herbal plants are planted in the garden. Director-General of the Development Af- fairs Department of the Ministry of Progress of Border Areas and Na- tional Races and Devel- opment Affairs U Myo Myint reported on up- The main building of Pakokku University nearing completion. — MNA Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan. 2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 16 August, 2005 PERSPECTIVES People’s Desire Tuesday, 16 August, 2005 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views Work in concert for the sake * Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation of departmental and regional * Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State * Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy interests The government is fulfilling the require- Industry-1 Minister Sermons to be delivered ments of each and every sector by building receives Chinese guests YANGON, 15 Aug—Bahujanahitadhara infrastructures for the equitable development Shwemann U Thuriya Sayadaw and Secretary of of all the regions in the Union and for higher YANGON, 15 Aug— Minister for Industry-1 U Ayeyawady Division Sangha Nayaka Committee living standard of the people. And due to the Aung Thaung received Chairman of China CAMC Presiding Sayadaw of Nyaungwaing Dhammadipa active and enthusiastic efforts of regional au- Engineering Co Ltd (CAMCE) Ms Luo Yan and Kyaungtaik of Maubin, Ayeyawady Division, will thorities, departmental personnel, members of party this afternoon at the ministry. deliver sermons at Budhahu Dhammayon of social organizations and people, development Also present on the occasion were Deputy Shwedagon Pagoda at 1 pm on 19 August 2005 endeavours have now begun to bear fruits. Minister Brig-Gen Thein Tun and directors-general (Fullmoon Day of Wagaung 1367 ME). Prime Minister General Soe Win, accom- and managing directors under the ministry. —MNA MNA panied by responsible personnel, visited Pakokku, Yesagyo and Myaing Townships in Foreign Minister signs Book of Condolences for late Magway Division and inspected construction projects, manufacturing industries and devel- Sri Lankan Foreign Minister opment work there on 12 August. During the trip, the Prime Minister met YANGON, 15 Aug— with departmental personnel, members of so- Minister for Foreign Af- cial organizations and townselders. At the meet- fairs U Nyan Win signed ing, the Prime Minister said that, as the gov- the Book of Condolences ernment was fulfilling all the requirements for opened for the late Min- the implementation of development plans with ister for Foreign Affairs goodwill, it was necessary for department per- of the Democratic Social- sonnel at different levels and members of ward ist Republic of Sri Lanka and village-tract peace and development coun- Hon Lakshman cils to carry out their duties with patience and Kadirgamar, at the Em- diligence in the interests of their respective de- bassy of the Democratic partments and regions. Socialist Republic of Sri There are vast areas of arable land in Lanka at No 34 Tawwin Magway Division and therefore dams and river Road, Dagon Township, water pumping stations are being built to sup- Minister of Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win signs the Book of Condolences for ply water for agricultural purpose. today. the late Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Socialist Republic of MNA The already-completed river water pump- Sri Lanka Hon Lakshman Kadirgamar. — MNA ing stations in Pakokku, Yesagyo and Pauk Townships will supply water to about 20,000 Vice-Mayor inspects tax-free markets acres of farmland. The Kyeeywa river water pumping station under construction in Pakokku YANGON, 15 Aug— Vice-Chairman of Yangon cials to supervise the shops in the markets for the Township will be capable of irrigating 5,000 City Development Committee Vice-Mayor Col convenience of customers. acres of farmland and the Minywa river water Maung Pa and officials this morning inspected tax- Col Maung Pa also inspected maintenance of pumping station in Yesagyo Township, on its free markets run by YCDC and maintenance of roads Hanthawady road in Kamayut Township, Baho Road completion, will be able to supply water to 3,000 in the city. in Sangyoung Township, Strand Road in Kamayut acres of farmland all the year round. Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa and party inspected Township and Maha Bandola Road in Lanmadaw In Pakkoku District, Irrigation Depart- tax-free markets in Tarmway Township, Yankin Township and gave instructions to officials. —MNA ment and local authorities are building 71 small Township and Kamayut Township and urged offi- dams and lakes for cultivation of crops and for greening of the region and some are already Sales promotion prizes awarded Dokyeywa completed. YANGON, 15 Aug— goda Road here at 7 pm matters related to boost- Journal in The government is spending a lot on water A ceremony to present yesterday. ing quality of the station- supply projects, big and small, in Magway Di- sales promotion prizes of Managing Director ery. Afterwards, prizes circulation vision and local authorities and people are lend- Beauty World Trading of Beauty World Trading were presented to own- ing themselves to these projects. 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RAMADI (Iraq), 14 Aug—An attack on a US military patrol followed by heavy US gunfire left 15 Iraqis dead and 17 wounded in a town west of Baghdad, residents said on Saturday. Residents of Nasaf, a town just Captain Jeffrey Pool, a Marines spokes- outside Ramadi, west of Baghdad, said man in Ramadi, said in an e-mailed a roadside bomb exploded next to a reply to questions. US armoured patrol as it passed near He did not say whether an attack on the Ibn al-Jawzi mosque shortly after a US patrol had occurred or whether prayers on Friday. any US troops were wounded. Following the explosion, US troops The death toll was initially reported opened fire, the residents said, shoot- as two dead, but doctors said it had ing towards those emerging from the risen sharply overnight, with several of mosque. the severely wounded succumbing to Munem Aftan, the director of their injuries. Ramadi General Hospital, said 15 peo- Iraqi civilians frequently complain ple were killed, including eight chil- that US troops open fire indiscrimi- dren, and 17 wounded. nately after they are attacked. The US The US military denied troops had military says it does everything possi- opened fire indiscriminately. "Indis- ble to avoid civilian casualties and is Workers stitch garments at a factory in Ningbo. China's industrial output rose criminate US fire on civilians? No, careful to respond to attacks in a meas- 16.1 percent from a year earlier to 581.1 billion yuan (71.6 billion US) in July, nothing even resembling this occurred," ured fashion. —MNA/Reuters slowing fractionally from the previous month, official data showed.—INTERNET At least 125 dead from 1,853 US troops killed since Flood traps disease after Mumbai floods beginning of Iraq war 10,000 tourists in S-W China MUMBAI, 14 Aug—The death toll from water-borne WASHINGTON, 14 Aug—As of Sunday, 14 August, 2005, at least 1,853 diseases following floods in Mumbai and surround- members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war LIJIANG (Yunnan), 14 ing areas two weeks ago had risen to at least 125 by in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,431 died Aug—An estimated Saturday, officials said. as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The figures 10,000 domestic and for- Manu Srivastav, additional commissioner of the include five military civilians. eign tourists have been Mumbai Municipality, told a news conference that more The AP count is seven higher than the Defence Department's tally, last trapped since Thursday than 1,000 people had been admitted to city hospitals updated at 10 am EDT on Friday. The British military has reported 93 after rain-triggered flood in the last day, taking the total number hospitalized to deaths; Italy, 26; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; Spain, 11; Slovakia, cut off traffic in a scenic 4,301. Hospitals shown in television and newspaper three; El Salvador, Estonia, Thailand and the Netherlands, two each; and spot in southwest China. pictures appeared to be overflowing, with patients seen Denmark, Hungary, Kazakhstan and Latvia one death each. Continuous downpours lying on mattresses on floors of wards and corridors. Since 1 May, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat op- triggered floods in the Of 89 dead in Mumbai, India's largest city, 19 erations in Iraq had ended, 1,714 US military members have died, according Jinsha River, which began were suspected to have succumbed to leptospirosis, to AP's count. That includes at least 1,322 deaths resulting from hostile submerging the nearby key a bacterial disease which spreads through exposure action, according to the military's numbers.—Internet road linking Shangri-La, a to water contaminated with the urine of infected ani- mythical and enchanting mals, Srivastav said. Three were cases of malaria wonderland in Yunnan and one person died of gastroenteritis. Province, to the city of "In 66 cases the symptoms very closely mimic Vietnamese party leader urges Lijiang, a renowned local those of leptospirosis, but since the test reports are cultural heritage for sight- not available we are not in a position to say with Press to promote nat’l strength seeing, as of Thursday certainty that these are leptospirosis cases," he told HANOI, 14 Aug—The Press must promote the strength of the entire na- noon.—MNA/Xinhua Reuters. He said about 2 per cent of those admitted tion by positively and effectively influencing the formation of Vietnamese to hospital had died. Doctors say people who waded character in spirit, intellect, mind and sense of uprightness as well as healthy Car bomb hits through dirty water during the floods could have con- public opinion in the new stage, a Vietnamese party leader said. US patrol in tracted leptospirosis, which takes at least 10-12 days Nong Duc Manh, gen- delivering a speech at the as a broad forum for the to manifest. Health officials said the incubation pe- eral secretary of the Cen- eighth congress of the people of all walks of life. western riod for the disease is nearly over, and that hospital tral Committee of the Vietnam Journalists Asso- The party leader urged Baghdad admissions for it could start to fall in one or two Communist Party of Viet- ciation in Hanoi, the capi- journalists to increase the days.— MNA/Reuters nam, made the call while tal, on Saturday, Vietnam quality of expression in the BAGHDAD, 15 Aug — News Agency reported. Press so that they can help A car bomb struck a US Manh urged local the public fully understand military patrol on a main journalists to focus on the nature of big events road in western Baghdad raising the Press quality inside and outside the on Sunday, killing at least and effectiveness to soci- country, while enhancing a civilian, police said. ety, ensuring the develop- the Press combative spirit “A car bomb parked ment of the Press in quan- against reactionary tongues on the side of the road in tity, content quality, tech- and sabotage plots of hos- Khadraa District deto- nology and genres so as tile forces. According to nated as a US military to better satisfy the peo- the association, there are patrol was passing ple's demand and enthu- now more than 550 Press by, killing a civilian siastically serve the ex- organizations issuing over and wounding few ecution of the guidelines 700 publications nation- others, according to ini- and internal and external wide. The number of news- tial reports,” an Interior policies of the party and papers, magazines, and ra- Ministry source told state. He stressed that jour- dio and television pro- Xinhua on condition of nalists must resolutely grammes in Vietnamese anonymity. stamp out information that and ethnic languages for The blast also dam- negatively affects the ethnic minority groups liv- aged at least two US country's economic, politi- ing in remote and isolated Humvees and three civil- A wounded woman lies in a hospital bed in Baghdad after being injured in cal and cultural life in or- areas has continuously in- ian cars, the source said. a mortar attack recently. — INTERNET der to make the Press rise creased.— MNA/Xinhua MNA/Xinhua

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Bo said that the Sino- German Gref, Russian Minister of Eco- Aerial view of the Quai bridge at the lake of Zurich, right, and the River Russian trade and economic relations nomic Development and Trade, said that Limmat, left, on which participants of the annual Street Parade celebrate on 13 enjoyed rapid growth in the past years. In Russia attaches great importance to develop- August, 2005. Around one million people took to the streets to enjoy the biggest 2004, bilateral trade reached 21.2 billion ing Sino-Russian economic trade relations. party in Switzerland. —INTERNET US dollars. The figure is expected to MNA/Xinhua Imperial Ancestral Temple in Beijing Japanese encephalitis claimed 367 lives better protected in India last year BEIJING, 14 Aug— The 600-year-old Imperial Ancestral Temple, the only NEW DELHI, 14 Aug — Brain fever due to Japanese encephalitis (Je) is existing temple of its kind in China, is being armed with modern equipment to suspected to have claimed 367 lives in India last year, India's Health Minister guard against fire, floods and lightning. Anbumani Ramadoss said in Parliament on Friday. The project will root out 21 safety The cost of the 10 projects will reach Ramadoss also said a total of 1,695 six and Tamil Nadu four. hazards such as outdated fire alarms and 17.5 million yuan (2.2 million US dol- cases of the endemic were reported from Je is caused by a virus which is aging electrical wiring at the ancient lars), according to China Daily. 12 states during this period. transmitted through mosquitoes. wooden compound, located to the east Yu said his bureau will earmark at Uttar Pradesh reported highest While there is no specific treatment of the Forbidden City in the heart of least 15 million yuan (two million US number of the cases of Je with 1,030 for it, early symptomatic management is Beijing, according to the Beijing Mu- dollars) annually in equipping other her- cases, of which 228 proved fatal during important, the minister said. nicipal Bureau of Cultural Heritage. itage sites with similar protection in the 2004. The main hosts of Je virus are pigs The three-million-yuan (370,000 US Chinese capital. According to the Health Minister, and water birds and the outbreaks dollars) project, scheduled to be finished More than 60 per cent of the city's this year, Assam has reported 18 cases occurred where there was close interac- in November, will equip the temple with heritage sites are occupied by residents and four deaths due to Je while Karnataka tion between these animals and human advanced fire alarm system, fire hydrants and institutions that do not pay enough has reported nine cases, West Bengal beings. — MNA/Xinhua and hoses, and lightning conductors, Yu attention to maintenance and protection Ping, deputy director of the bureau, was of the ancient buildings, a survey carried Crude oil prices rise to another record quoted as saying by the English-language out by the bureau last year shows. NEW YORK, 14 Aug— Crude oil futures rose to a record for a fifth straight newspaper China Daily on Saturday. Rapid rise in the use of electricity and session on Friday, hitting 67 dollars a barrel on speculation that increased Yu said nine other ancient buildings gas in ancient wooden structures has fuel demand might outpaced production. in Beijing would receive similar safety imposed great threats to the safety of the On the New York Mercantile Ex- 1988. Oil prices soared because there had renovations this year, including the Jietai heritage sites, Mei Ninghua, director with change, light, sweet crude oil futures for been a widespread concern over supply Temple, the Bell and Drum Towers, and the bureau, pointed out, promising that September delivery climbed 1.06 dol- disruptions. At least 14 disruptions at US the Altar of the God of Agriculture — all his bureau will work along with other lars to end at 66.86 dollars. Prices hit refineries were reported since 20 July. of which are jewels in the city's crown of agencies to solve the safety problems. 67.10 dollars per barrel in early trading, While US refineries were operating 3,5000 heritage sites. MNA/Xinhua the highest level since 1983 when the at 95 per cent of capacity last week, Central Bank contract began trading. traders still worried fuel supplies would Six US soldiers killed Meanwhile, on London's Interna- not be sufficient to meet surging demand manager tional Petroleum Exchange, the Sep- during the summer peak time. Many ana- in Iraq bombings kidnapped in tember Brent crude-oil futures contract lysts said there were profound supply- BAGHDAD, 14 Aug—˚Six US soldiers died in road- rose 1.07 dollars to finish at 66.45 demand imbalances in the world and side bombings and a shooting, the military said on Iraq dollars a barrel. Intraday Brent oil prices there was no sign of the imbalances being Sunday, as lawmakers rushed to persuade Sunni BAGHDAD, 14 Aug — touched 66.77 dollars a barrel, the high- corrected anytime soon. Arabs to accept federalism provisions in the draft Gunmen Saturday kid- est since the contract was introduced in MNA/Xinhua constitution that is due in one day. napped the general man- With intense negotiations continuing just hours ager of the Central Bank before parliament was to ratify the charter, one Shiite of Iraq in front of his home legislator, Jawad al-Maliki, told The Associated Press in eastern Baghdad, state- that the deadline might have to be extended. owned television said. "If we don't reach an agreement today, we might Iraq Television amend the interim constitution and extend the deadline quoted an interior minis- by a minimum of two weeks," he said. try official as saying that Elsewhere, the US military said three soldiers were “armed terrorists” ab- killed and one other wounded in a roadside bombing ducted Haseeb Kazem late Saturday near Tuz Khormato, 95 miles north of Jaweed shortly after he Baghdad. left his home in al- One soldier on a patrol was killed Sunday and three Mustansariya in the capi- others wounded in a blast east of Rutbah, 250 miles tal and took him to an un- west of Baghdad, the military said. In another roadside known destination. bombing, one soldier was killed Saturday and another No one claimed re- wounded in western Baghdad. sponsibility for the kid- The military said in a brief statement from Baghdad napping of the bank offi- that one soldier was found dead on Friday of a gunshot cial, but neighbours ex- wound. The military said an investigation was underway pected that a ransom will and did not say where the soldier was found or if an be demanded for his An Iraqi policeman picks up the license plate from a vehicle used as a suicide attack was suspected. release. car bomb in Baghdad on 14 August, 2005. Internet Internet INTERNET THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 16 August, 2005 5 Philippines keeps typhoon Malaysia lifts haze emergency in two areas KUALA LUMPUR, 14 Aug—The Malaysian Government lifted the haze warning in northernmost islands emergency in two areas of the Selangor State on Saturday after the Air MANILA, 14 Aug— The Philippine authorities on Saturday put the highest Pollution Index (API) readings dropped below 500. typhoon warning, Storm Signal No 1, in effect over the province of Batanes and The withdrawal of the the air quality remains at a declared the haze emer- its neighbouring islands in the northernmost part of the country, while emergency status in Kuala satisfactory level,” NSC gency in the two areas typhoon “Huaning” intensified and headed toward Hong Kong of China. Selangor and Port Klang said in a statement released when the API readings The state weather bu- kilometres per hour and is western seaboard of was declared under the in- here. surged above 500, a level reau PAGASA said pack- expected to be 240 kilo- Luzon and the Visayas, it struction of Prime Minis- NSC, however, did not that is classified as ing maximum sustained metres north and north- added. Sea areas west of ter Abdullah Ahmad provide the current API “hazardous” to health. winds of 95 kilometres per east of Hong Kong by Luzon and Western Badawi, the National Se- readings in the two areas. API levels above 300 hour and gusts up to 120 Sunday morning. Visayas will have occa- curity Council (NSC) said. According to local re- are considered “hazard- kilometres per hour, The weather bureau sional rains with winds of “However, govern- ports, the API in Kuala ous”, between 201 and 300 Huaning’s centre was 410 said the rain will fall over 30 to 50 kilometres per ment agencies, the private Selangor recorded at 5 pm as “very unhealthy”, be- kilometres north and Luzon and the Visayas, hour. PAGASA advised sector and members of the local time (0900 GMT) on tween 101 and 200 as “un- northwest of Laoag City particularly the western fishing boats and other public involved in dealing Friday fell to 228 while the healthy”, between 51 and in northern Philippines sections, with Huaning small seacrafts not to ven- with the haze problem index for Port Klang 100 as “moderate” and at 04:00 am local time inducing the southwest ture out into the sea over should continue to inten- dropped to 182. below 50 as “good”. (20:00 GMT Friday) monsoon. The surge of the western areas of Luzon sify efforts to ensure that On Thursday, Badawi MNA/Xinhua Saturday. strong winds associated and the Visayas, which The typhoon was with the southwest will have moderate to high moving northwest at 19 monsoon would affect the waves. — MNA/Xinhua Police save six fishermen trapped by tropical storm “Sanvu” in S China SHANTOU (Guangdong), 14 Aug— Six fishermen were saved by police on Saturday after being trapped by tropical storm Sanvu for about 12 hours at the sea water off the southern coastal Province of Guangdong. The six fishermen from water nearby the port due call for help and it took the province’s Haifeng to strong wind and huge them more than 10 hours County tried to sail into the waves caused by the tropi- to save the desperate fish- Xiaomo Port to avoid cal storm, said Miao ermen from the fishing Sanvu around 6 pm Friday, Jiazhen, head of the port. boat, whose stern had sunk but got stranded at the sea The public security de- in the sea. The fishermen partment of Shanwei City were receiving treatment Earthquake sent rescuers with salvage local hospital, according to topples houses in motorboat to the site local government. Petronas Twin Towers (L) and the KL Tower (R) are clearly visible in this southwest China shortly after receiving the MNA/Xinhua photo taken in Kuala Lumpur, on 13 August, 2005. —INTERNET BEIJING, 14 Aug—An earthquake hit southwest Quake jolts Sumbawa Island, Indonesia Iranian daily says China on Saturday, bring- JAKARTA, 14 Aug—An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter Scale ing down several houses shook parts of Indonesia’s Sumbawa Island on Saturday, but there were no US worried about and causing injuries, reports of damage or injuries, an official said. Xinhua news agency said. The quake, which quoted Katut Bagus, an Island and 240 kilometres The quake, measuring struck at 11:10 am local official of the meteoro- below sea level. Iran-Iraq close relations 5.3 on the Richter Scale, hit time, was also felt in the logical and geophysics Indonesia is prone to TEHERAN, 14 Aug — IRNA—A morning paper said Wenshan County in neighbouring islands of agency in the Balinese seismic shocks as it sits on on Sunday that establishment of close relations be- Yunnan Province just after Bali and Sumbawa, capital Denpasar as say- the so-called Pacific Rim tween Iran and Iraq has worried the US as it can no midday. —MNA/Reuters Antara news agency ing. of Fire, where the meeting longer blame Teheran for creating tension in Iraq. The quake’s epicen- of continental plates The English-language paper 'Iran Daily' referred in tre was 40 kilometres causes high volcanic and its editorial to the recent claims made by the US northwest of Sumbawa seismic activity. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld who said weap- Besar, capital of Sumbawa MNA/Xinhua ons confiscated in Iraq were "clearly, unambiguously from Iran" and admonished Teheran for allowing the Tropical storm “Sanvu” explosives to cross the border. The paper added that Rumsfeld made the claim lands in S China coast while commander of British-led forces in southeastern GUANGZHOU, 14 Aug—Severe tropical storm Iraq, Major General Jim Dutton, officially said "there Sanvu landed in the coastal areas of south China’s exists no evidence about Iran smuggling weapons in Guangdong Province on Saturday noon, bringing the region." rainstorms, local observatory said. Referring to the US Secretary of Defence as one of Sanvu, the 10th tropi- affected by Sanvu, the the American statesmen "known for making irrespon- cal storm that visited Chinese name for coral, sible remarks," the paper added that even American China this year, slapped have taken emergency journalists "have had problems reflecting his com- the Chenghai area in the precautionary measures ments that are more opinionated than factual." city of Shantou at 12:45 against the tropical storm. The paper further noted that Rumsfeld's remarks pm with powerful gusts, Local residents were showed once again "to what low levels Americans are the maximum power of told to be on full alert for willing to stoop for scoring points against rivals, in- which reached the 12th the storm and all vessels cluding the use of lies, deception and slander. degree. in the open sea have been "Today Iraqi officials and people have fully grasped The storm will move called back to the ports. that Iran is a reliable neighbour which can play an northwestward at an esti- Sanvu came on the important role in promoting political stability, recon- mated speed of 20 kilo- heels of typhoon Matsa, struction and economic recovery," Iran Daily said. Office workers head to their work places armed with metres per hour and will which swept through Noting that Teheran and Baghdad "can establish umbrellas as overnight rain continued through the bring rainstorms to the China’s eastern coastal meaningful bonds" by putting the dark era of Saddam morning in Beijing, on 12 August, 2005. Severe eastern part of the prov- areas last week, dumping Hussein's anti-Iran policies behind them, the paper tropical storm Sanvu has made landfall in the coastal ince, said the observatory. torrential rains and caus- said in conclusion "Rumsfeld is worried that stable, areas of south China’s Guangdong Province, lashing Guangdong and its ing enormous economic constructive ties between Iraq and Iran will prevent local communities with rainstorms, state media neighbouring Province of losses in the afflicted re- him from blaming Iran for the deteriorating Iraqi reported.—INTERNET Fujian, which may also be gions. — MNA/Xinhua situation." — Internet 6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 16 August, 2005 China’s economy to grow Rockets attacks, bomb blasts rock steadily despite problems S-W Pakistan on Independence Day BEIJING, 15 Aug— Despite low consumer price ISLAMABAD, 15 Aug— Rockets attacks and bomb blasts rocked parts in Pakistan’s southwestern index and industrial profit drop, China’s economy Baluchistan Province on early Sunday while the nation was celebrating its 58th anniversary of is believed to grow steadily for the second half of independence from British rule, but there was no casualties. 2005. Some 10 rockets were fired by unidentified assail- A bomb exploded in a government-run school two Instead of slowing down as expected, China’s ants near a paramilitary post in Kohlu, 180 kilometres hours before a function in the same school to celebrate economy engine maintained a strong momentum, with east of Quetta, capital of Baluchistan. The frontier the independence day. Local government officials and a 9.5-per-cent growth in the second quarter, even a constabulary and paramilitary soldiers returned mortar general public were scheduled to attend the function. little higher than the first quarter. fire and the assailants fled, witnesses said. Another homemade bomb exploded near the office Along with the fast growth rate, China’s economy A rocket was fired on a school in Mand area, in of Municipal Committee in Quetta one hour before the suffers low consumer price index (CPI), slumping district Turbat, 700 kilometres from Quetta, partly national day function. There was no casualty but the industrial profit and overgrowing foreign exchange damaging one of its walls and smashing some win- blast caused damage to windows on the building. reserve, which might affect the stability of the economy. dow glasses, principal of the school Rahima Jalal No one has claimed responsibility but the authori- Overall, the economy is moving for the better, said said. The school belongs to Federal Minister for ties blamed local anti-government tribesmen for such Xie Fuzhan, deputy director with the Development Special Education Begum Zubaida Jalal. The minis- attacks. Rocket attacks on paramilitary posts and gov- Research Centre of the State Council. In the first half, ter’s home is located near the school and she was at her ernment buildings often take place in Baluchistan. the industrial profit rose by 16 per cent, much lower home when the rocket was fired. Nationalist Baloch tribesmen demand royalty for natu- than 40-per cent increase last year. “But there is no Rahima Jalal said that a post of paramilitary ral resources in the province and they also oppose signal for any danger as China aimed to cool down its forces is located close to the school and that they government plans to build new military cantonments overheated industries,” said Xie. — MNA/Xinhua might be the target. there. — MNA/Xinhua Angelina Jolie Beijing to have gets Cambodian seawater pool citizenship PHNOM PENH, 14 next year Aug— US Hollywood star BEIJING, 15 Aug— Beijing citizens, who are Angelina Jolie was willing to pay more will be able to enjoy swimming granted a Cambodian citi- in real seawater without actually going to the zenship recently by King seaside from next June, a report said here on Norodom Sihamoni, an Saturday. NGO official said on Fri- day. The seawater will be purchased and transported King Sihamoni signed from Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China’s Liaoning a royal decree approving Province to Beijing every week. Jolie’s citizenship on 31 The first seawater swimming pool in the capital is July, said Suwanna under construction in the Shijingshan Sports Centre. Ganntlett, country direc- Before the pool welcomes its first batch of swimmers, tor of WildAid. The re- it needs 2,400 cubic metres of seawater to fill it, which World Hotdog Eating Champion Takeru Kobayashi (L) from Japan eats a ward is for Jolie’s grand will take two months to transport. After that, 500 cubic roasted pork bun while competing in the final of the 'Stomach of the World' environmental work and metres of seawater will be transported to Beijing each eating contest in Hong Kong on 14 August, 2005. Kobayashi ate 100 buns in 12 assistance done to Cam- week. minutes to win the championship.—INTERNET bodia, Suwanna Ganntlett The pool will be 5,000 square metres with an said, adding that the movie investment of 14.6 million US dollars, and will use India rejects Nepal complaint over assault rifle star has provided 1.5 mil- around 30 tons of seawater daily. KOLKATA (India), 14 Aug— A state-run Indian arms manufacturer on lion US dollars to assist With a capacity of 2,000 swimmers, the pool is 50- Saturday rejected a complaint by Nepal that it supplied the kingdom faulty wildlife reserves in Cam- metre long and 25 metres wide. assault rifles which led to heavy losses in a gunbattle with Maoist rebels this bodia’s remote northwest- “Because the investment and transportation is so month. ern provinces.She also high, so this swimming pool’s ticket will be expen- An official of the Ri- our forces in counter-in- fighting and soldiers had adopted a Cambodian boy sive. The fine details are not yet decided, the report fle Factory Icchapore said surgency operations,” said to wait for it to cool before in 2002. said. the guns may have failed PK Agarwal, additional they could use it again. During Jolie’s stay This is the second inland seawater swimming pool because of poor mainte- general manager of the fac- The Army casualties here last July, Prime Min- in China, with the first in Changchun, capital of Jilin nance by the Nepali Army tory in the eastern Indian were the biggest since ister Hun Sen mentioned Province in northeast China. to offer her citizenship. which lost 42 soldiers in State of West Bengal. Maoist violence esca- MNA/PTI After meeting with Hun the fighting in the west of The Nepali Army, lated after King Sen, Jolie said that she was the country last weekend. quoting soldiers who took Gyanendra seized direct very proud and honoured Another 75 soldiers re- part in the 10-hour battle power in February by that Cambodian Prime main missing. with the guerillas, said the sacking the multiparty Minister Hun Sen would “The rifles are war- INSAS rifle frequently government. give her a Cambodian citi- tested and widely used by became too hot during the MNA/Reuters zenship. — MNA/Xinhua No terror mastermind behind London bombers LONDON, 14 Aug — Groups behind the July London bomb attack that killed 52 people and a failed attempt to strike again soon after appear to have been acting independently of an al-Qaeda mastermind abroad, a newspaper reported on Saturday. The Independent, analyst, who said it Britain. working on their own. It quoting police and in- would be difficult for Is- “All the talk about is not something we telligence officials, said lamic militants in Brit- ‘Mr Bigs’ and al-Qaeda expected.” it was also likely that ain to prepare and set off masterminds looks like Four young British four 7 July suicide explosive devices with- something from a film Muslims blew them- bombers were probably out some training in Pa- script at the moment,” selves up on three Lon- not linked to another kistan, Afghanistan or the newspaper quoted don underground trains group of four who failed elsewhere. a police source as say- and a bus on 7 July, kill- to blow up explosives The newspaper said ing. ing 52 people. An ap- on buses and under- police and intelligence “Of course, things parent bid to repeat the ground trains two weeks sources felt the fact there could change if new in- attacks on 21 July failed later. was no leader from telligence comes and police have arrested But some of the re- abroad showed how other through, but it looks in- four people they say A rickshaw puller takes his customer through a port’s conclusions were “self-sufficient” units creasingly as if these were behind it. flooded street after rains in Kolkata, India, questioned by a terror could be hiding in people were largely MNA/Reuters on 14 August, 2005.—INTERNET THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 16 August, 2005 7 Construction Minister inspects… (from page 16) morning. Senior Engineer Daw Si Than reported on matters related to its construction and future tasks to the minister who also oversaw the tasks being undertaken on either side of the river and fulfilled the requirements. The main bridge is 540 feet long and it is Minister Maj-Gen Saw Tun inspects construction of Panmawady Bridge (Myintkaseik) in Ayeyawady Division. — CONSTRUCTION a suspension one, and the approaching bridges The rest of its construc- on both sides of the river tion continues. are 360 feet long each. MNA Meeting on pilgrimage to India, Nepal held

Workshop on Myanmar YANGON, 15 Aug — A coordination meeting ICT Development Master on organizing pilgrimage to India and Nepal took Plan Project commences place at the Ministry of Religious Affairs this af- YANGON, 15 Aug — The workshop on The ternoon, with an opening Myanmar ICT Development Master Plan Project address by Minister Brig- took place at MICT Park in Hline Township this Gen Thura Myint Maung. afternoon. It was attended Present on the occasion were Vice-Chairman Deputy Minister Brig- of e-National Task Force, member of Civil Service Gen Thura Aung Ko and Selection and Training Board U Aung Myint and directors-general and of- members, the Resident Representative of Korea ficials of the departments International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the under the ministry and Myanmar experts and those from Korea Informa- guests. At the meeting tion Strategy Development Institute (KISDI). the deputy minister ex- The project has been implemented by e-National plained the pilgrimage Minister Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung speaking at the meeting on pilgrimage and Director General Dr MNA Task Force in cooperation with KOICA since 2004. to India and Nepal. — Myo Myint of the Depart- It includes a wide range of ICT sectors. The work- reported on arrangements dia and Nepal. Then those ing ended with conclud- ment for Promotion and shop continues tomorrow. being made for organiz- present took part in the ing remarks by the minis- Propagation of the Sasana MNA ing the pilgrimage to In- discussions and the meet- ter. — MNA Deputy Minister inspects Shwe Pyi Tha Oil Field

YANGON, 15 Aug — ported on exploration and velopment Association Deputy Minister for En- production of natural gas Brig-Gen Than Htay, ac- ergy Brig-Gen Than Htay and arrangements for drill- companied by Chairman on 13 August arrived Shwe ing of new oil wells. The of Bago Division (West) Pyi Tha Oil Field in deputy minister urged the Peace and Development Myanaung, Bago Division staff personnel to strive for Council Brig-Gen Hla (West), and inspected meeting with more success Min, attended a ceremony pumping of oil from well in oil and natural gas ex- to donate exercise books No 56 and preparation for ploration. He also briefed and pencils to nine monas- drilling of well No 57. on arrangements for sup- tic education schools held At the meeting with ply of machinery and spare at Hmoke Shay Village- the deputy minister at the parts to be used in the ex- tract in Pyay and handed briefing hall of the oil field, ploration. On 13 August, over exercise books and general manager and engi- Central Executive of the pencils. The ceremony was Workshop on Myanmar ICT Development Master neers of the oil field re- Union Solidarity and De- organized by Bago Divi- Plan Project in progress at MICT Park in Hline sion (West) USDA. Township. — Communication Deputy Minister Brig- Gen Than Htay also do- nated exercise books and Papers on tourism pencils to schools and libraries in villages in promotion to be read Myanaung Township and Parahita school in Kyangin Township on 13 and 14 YANGON, 15 Aug— With the aim of promoting August. — MNA tourism industry and human resource development, Union of Myanmar Travellers’ Association (UMTA) Finace and Revenue organized paper reading sessions yearly. This Team plays against year’s paper reading session will be held this Tagon Team in month. Myanmar premier Papers on Adventure Based Tourism arranged league soccer tourna- by UMTA and Development of Tourist Souvenir ment Monday. The Market by the Ministry of Cooperatives will be read match ended with at the session.—MNA 1-1 draw.—NLM 8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 16 August, 2005 People and the Tatmadaw to cooperate in building a peaceful and modern developed nation

(from page 16) drinking water, priority the 273 in Pauk Town- has been given to the sup- ship have been supplied ply of water. The State with safe drinking water. has built irrigation facili- There are 14 villages that ties to benefit a great have not been supplied number of acres of farm- with drinking water, 10 land in other regions. villages that have not However, on Pakokku enough water and 23 vil- plains including this re- lages where water is gion, only small-scale scarce. Development Af- dams could be built due fairs Department is under- to their geographical con- taking rural water supply ditions for the supply of projects. The chairman water. The Prime Minis- reported to the Prime ter said all possible meas- Minister on per capita in- ures will be taken for the come, agricultural, live- greening of Pauk region stock breeding and health and for socio-economic matters, opening of rural development of local peo- libraries and requirements ple. In addition, the peo- for regional development. ple and the Tatmadaw are After that, the com- to cooperate in building a mander, the minister, peaceful and modern de- Prime Minister General Soe Win inspects Pauk Township’s 16-bed hospital. — MNA deputy ministers and of- veloped nation. Then the ported on matters per- District and Township Htay Oo reported on ar- ciency, export of surplus ficials reported on matters Prime Minister greeted taining to the dam. Peace and Development eas, population, land re- and boosting of crops relating to education, those present. Chairman of Division Councils from five town- sources, rainfall, cultiva- cultivation. health, transport and com- The Prime Minis- Peace and Development ships and members, offi- tion of paddy, rice suffi- Minister for Forestry munication. ter and party visited Pauk Council and officials re- cials, members of social ciency, GDP and per Brig-Gen Thein Aung re- Townselders pre- basic education high ported on the projects organizations, entrepre- capita income in the reported on benefits and sented reports on condi- school. Deputy Minister being implemented in neurs, industrialists, mem- gion, water supply and good climate due to grow- tion of Hsinzar creek for Education Brig-Gen Pakokku District. The bers of Ward and Village drinking water supply ing trees, arrangements bridge and requirements Aung Myo Min, the Prime Minister then gave Peace and Development project, matters on educa- for growing of trees in for construction of a new headmaster and teachers instructions and inspected Councils and townselders tion, health and transport catchment area of dams bridge and Col Phone reported on condition of the main dam of Innbat at Pyithaya Hall in and opening of rural li- and reservoirs and plans Maw Shwe on supply of school buildings and con- Dam and construction of Pakokku. braries. to build finished wood irrigation water in Pauk struction of a new school spillways. Chairman of Pakokku Next, Chairman of factory in Pakokku. Township and completion building. Next, the Prime The Prime Minister District Peace and Devel- Magway Division Peace Minister for Progress of 12 water supply Minister viewed the stu- and party met local peo- opment Council Lt-Col and Development Coun- of Border Areas and Na- projects out of the 16 for dents’ learning at the ple and discussed water the regional greening. multi-media classrooms. supply, greening and de- To ensure the equal development of all the regions of In response to the Afterwards, the Prime velopment of agriculture. reports, General Soe Win Minister and party The small-scale the country, the government is implementing the border said to ensure the equal greeted local people. At Innbat earth dam is 3,650 region development project, 24 special development re- development of all the re- noon, the Prime Minister feet long and 43 feet high gions of the country, the and party helicoptered to and its capacity is 1,140 gions project and five rural development tasks. As Pauk government is implement- Innbat Dam being con- acre feet and it can sup- ing the border region de- structed by Magway Di- ply water to 200 acres of township has the scarcity of irrigation water and drink- velopment project, 24 spe- vision Irrigation Depart- land. The Prime Minister ing water, priority has been given to the supply of water. cial development regions ment in Innbat Village in and party inspected project and five rural de- Pakokku township. At the Nonpoh Dam under con- The State has built irrigation facilities to benefit a great velopment tasks. As Pauk briefing hall, Minister struction. number of acres of farmland in other regions. township has the scarcity Maj-Gen Htay Oo re- The Prime Minister of irrigation water and met Chairmen of Pakokku cil Col Phone Maw Shwe tional Races and Devel- reported on development opment Affairs Col Thein of the district and greening Nyunt reported on the activities. ministry’s efforts for Minister for National transport and supply of Planning and Economic drinking water in the ru- Development U Soe Tha ral regions. He said pure reported on implementa- and clean water is now tion of short-term eco- available in 7,900 villages nomic projects for eco- in Mandalay, Sagaing and nomic growth, the ratio of Magway Divisions. Magway Division in na- Speaking on the tional economic develop- occasion, the Prime Min- ment and the need to ister said that Pakokku is make efforts for economic a dry region that produced development of Pakokku the least amount of rice District. in Magway Division. Minister for Agricul- The majority of ture and Irrigation Maj- people living in the rural Gen Htay Oo reported on areas, were facing hard- the ministry’s assistance ships because of the lack for the development of of progress. In addition to agriculture of farmers, the transport and livelihood Prime Minister General Soe Win inspects multi-media classroom of Basic Education majority of the population difficulties, the people High School in Pauk. — MNA in Myanmar, rice suffi- (See page 9) THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 16 August, 2005 9 All possible measures will be taken for greening of Pauk region and for socio-economic development of local people

(from page 8) were facing shortage of water for drinking and irrigation purposes. Since its assumption of the State duties, the Tatmadaw government has been building necessary infrastructures to make Pakokku the largest town on the west bank of Ayeyawady River, to develop the whole Pakokku region, to supply ad- equate amount of water for various purposes, and to develop the areas in southern Chin State. It has been building new railroads, motor roads, bridges across rivers and creeks, and airports. It also des- ignated the Pakokku region as a development zone, setting up necessary institutions of higher learning for progress of health, education and human resources. Moreover, it has been tapping all the available water resources in the region for irrigation. Thus, new dams and water pumping stations do emerge in the region. As the geographical situation demands setting up of small scale dams to the most possible degree, priority has been given to building these facilities in cooperation with the locals. Prime Minister General Soe Win inspects construction of the main building of Pakokku University. —MNA Only when land and marine resources in the With the active participation of local people in the region, the government is to make continued efforts for national development. In particular, the participation of social organizations in nation-building tasks is encouraging and the prospects for the participation of the people in building a future nation can be easily assessed. Integrated and well-coordinated efforts of the State, the people and the Tatmadaw are indispensable for the building of a modern, developed and discipline- flourishing democratic nation. The Prime Minister and party met members of Pakokku District and Township Agricultural Supervi- sory Committee and farmers from river water pumping areas. The Prime Minister gave instructions on implementation of water pumping projects. He cor- dially greeted the farmers. The Prime Minister and party inspected Government Technological College and Government Computer College. They also greeted faculty members and principals. Deputy Minister for Education Brig-Gen Aung Myo Min inspected Pakokku Education College on MiPrime Minister General Soe Win meeting with departmenal officials, members of social organizations 13 August. The deputy minister met Division Educa- and townselders at Pauk Township Peace and Development Council Office. — MNA tion Officer, the vice-principal, teachers and students. Deputy Minister for Health Dr Mya Oo inspected 200- region are effectively utilized will the local peo- the region, Pakokku region will see more develop- bed hospital and nursing and midwifery training ple be able to engage in double cropping and their ment in the very near future. school.—MNA income increase.The harder we work the higher the living standard will be, he said. As the government has been creating necessary infrastructures for national development the local people are to participate in the task, realizing the goodwill of the government. It is incumbent upon the local people to deal with food security in the region, conservation of forest, greening of the region, extended cultivation of cash crops, breeding that is suitable to the region. Only then, will the living standard of the people improve and will poverty alleviate. At present, unprecedented progress has been made in Pakokku and plans for availability of potable water in the region has already been carried out to a certain extent. Work is well under way for the whole Pakokku District to have potable water. At the same time, the private industrial zone has been set up in the region and Pakokku jeep and trucks are popular among customers. This con- tributes to boosting the income of the people. With the development of agricultural sector, livestock breeding sector and industrial sector in Prime Minister General Soe Win meeting with local people in Innbat Village in Pakokku. — MNA 10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 16 August, 2005 Gems course for women opened Medical and educational

YANGON, 15 Aug — Yangon Division Peace Thet Htay. equipment presented The opening ceremony of and Development Coun- Course instructor U Gems course, co-spon- cil on Bank Road in Aung Ko explained mat- YANGON, 15 Aug tion to Yangon Division Vice-President Dr sored by Working Group Kyauktada Township this ters related to the course. — A ceremony to donate Maternal and Child Wel- Daw Tin Lin Myint ex- for promotion of womens' afternoon with an address The 50 women medical and educational fare Supervisory Commit- plained the matters related life and Genuine Gems by Patron of Yangon Di- trainees are attending the equipment, provided by tee took place at the to the donation. Associates-GGA Co Ltd vision Women’s Affairs three-week course. Myanmar Maternal and Yangon Division Health Next, Dr Daw Tin took place at the office of Organization Daw Khin MNA Child Welfare Associa- Department this after- Lin Myint presented the noon. equipment to Daw Khin Present on the oc- Thet Htay who expressed casion were Vice-Presi- thanks for the donation dent of MMCWA Dr Daw and the ceremony ended. Tin Lin Myint and execu- After the ceremony, tives, Chairperson of Chairperson of YMCWSC YMCWSC Daw Khin Daw Khin Thet Htay Thet Htay and members, handed over the equipment Head of Department of to chairpersons of District YHD Dr Hla Myint and MCWSCs. officials. MNA MRTV-4 covers live Patron of Yangon Division WAO Daw Khin Thet Htay speaking at the opeining ceremony of football matches of EPL MNA Gems course.— YANGON, 15 Aug — The channels of MRTV-4 Ugandan Govt — 5-Movies and 5-Cartoons will air the football Int’l experts start investigation work in series of English Premier League and the FA cup. plans AIDS The matches can be watched through Family Uganda on air mishap strategy for Digital Receiver in the area of Yangon City.—MNA KAMPALA, 15 Aug — investigation. But we ternal affairs and himself. north The international team of have started and are do- “We are waiting for US professor shot dead technical experts investi- ing very well." Sudan to put in place KAMPALA, 15 Aug — gating the Ugandan The ill-fated VIP their leadership panel. The Ugandan Govern- in Brazil’s Amazon presidential MI-172 heli- version helicopter flew Meanwhile, we are work- ment is drafting a special BRASILIA, 15 Aug — diately available for com- copter crash on 30 July from President Yoweri ing. The technical team AIDS strategic plan to A US anthropology pro- ment. that killed Sudan's former Museveni's hometown of is investigating several address the spread of HIV/ fessor on a research trip to Petersen, chairman of first vice-president John Rwakitura in southern leads. AIDS in northern Uganda, Brazil was shot and killed the Department of Anthro- Garang and 12 other peo- Uganda via Entebbe be- Among other local Press reported on on Saturday in an Ama- pology at the University ple has started work in fore heading to Garang's things their task is to take Saturday. zon rainforest town, a US of Vermont, was on a re- Uganda, local Press re- New Site headquarters in the black boxes to Rus- The AIDS Control Embassy spokesman said search field trip with col- ported on Saturday. southern Sudan. It sia for opening to trace Programme executive di- on Sunday. leagues in the Manaus Ugandan Minister of crashed on 30 July at the cause of the crash," rector, Dr Elizabeth James Petersen, 51, area, located around 1,200 Works John Nasasira was night. Nasasira said. Madra was quoted as say- of the University of Ver- miles (1,900 kilometres) quoted by The New Vi- Nasasira told the He declined to name ing the strategy would in- mont, was shot while he northwest of the capital sion as saying "We have newspaper on Friday that these investigators. "We volve the Ministry of was being robbed in a res- Brasilia. He was working more than 10 technical the government has also shall name them in a cou- Health, non-governmental taurant in the town of with the University of Sao investigators from the appointed a leadership ple of days. Let them do organizations (NGOs) and Iranduba, about 14 miles Paulo, Brazil, on a joint United States, Russia, panel to oversee the in- their work first," he said. donors. (22 kilometres) west of research study known as Kenya, Sudan and of vestigations. A black box is a de- She said the strategy Amazonas state capital the Central Amazon course Uganda. They ar- The panel is com- vice that records informa- would include coordina- Manaus, the spokesman, Project. Petersen was with rived in the country a posed of several honour- tion about an aircraft tion of activities carried John Wilcock, said. a Brazilian anthropologist couple of days ago. They able ministers including while in-flight and is a out by organizations in- Three suspects were from the University of Sao are based in Entebbe. We Beatrice Wabudeya, min- vital part in investigating volved in the fight against taken into custody on Sun- Paulo when he was robbed are considering whether ister of the office of the causes of mishaps or ac- the scourge. day morning in connec- and shot on Saturday night the United Nations president; Ruhakana cidents involving aircraft. "The multi-sectoral tion with Petersen's mur- while eating dinner at a should be part of this Rugunda, minister of in- MNA/Xinhua programme will involve der, Brazil's CBN radio roadside restaurant, CBN the Prime Minister's Of- reported. Wilcock could reported. Petersen died Smugglers of Egyptian fice, youth groups, NGOs, not confirm the informa- shortly afterward, the Uganda AIDS Com- tion. Federal police in Wilcock said. mission and district lead- Manaus were not imme- MNA/Reuters antiquities sentenced ers who will be charged CAIRO, 14 Aug — A in custody received be- pieces, including human with monitoring resources gang who smuggled an- tween 15 and 42 years in and animal mummies and and delivery of drugs," Thirteen killed, eight injured cient Egyptian artefacts jail, a Cairo court ruling wooden sarcophagi, were Madra said. She said the worth about 55 million US said. One of the three was smuggled over the years, AIDS programme in the in Kenya bus crash dollars out of Egypt were an official from the state's judicial sources previously north was failing because NAIVASHI (Kenya), 15 Aug — At least 13 people, sentenced on Saturday to Supreme Council of An- said. Some of the men fi- the parties involved were including two children, died and eight were seriously between 15 and 55 years tiquities. nanced illegal excavations not coordinated, adding injured on Saturday when a bus and a cement truck in prison. Four other men, fu- at some of Egypt's best "all programmes aimed at collided on Kenya's busy Nairobi-Nakuru Highway, Some of antiquities gitives who were tried in known archaeological addressing AIDS in inter- witnesses said. were seized at Cairo Air- absentia, were sentenced sites — Saqqara, Tell el- nally displaced persons' The accident occurred near the town of Naivasha port, but many of the more to between 15 to 55 years Amarna, Dahshour and camps and the entire re- and police said the force of the collision was so great than 57,000 articles were in prison, the ruling said. Tel Basta, the sources had gion should be well coor- that most of the dead were cut into pieces. smuggled out. Some have They included a Swiss citi- said.Saqqara is the ne- dinated." "It seems the lorry had no brakes, it ripped through been returned, including zen and a German of Egyp- cropolis for the ancient city She urged the govern- the bus and then landed under a bridge. It is a terrible artefacts sent back in July tian origin. of Memphis and Tell el- ment and donors to develop thing," Naivasha police boss Simon Kiragu told Reuters. from Australia, where Three of the original Amarna was the shortlived a special psychosocial pro- Police said six men, five women and two children they were found for sale 10 defendants were acquit- capital under heterodox gramme to sexually trans- travelling in the bus died and five people were admit- on the Internet. ted, it said. pharaoh Akhenaten. mitted diseases and ted to a nearby hospital in critical condition. Three men who were Tens of thousands of MNA/Reuters stress.—MNA/Xinhua MNA/Reuters THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 16 August, 2005 11 Let’s grow special high yield Hsinshweli paddy

Ahtet Minhla Nyunt Aung

The State Peace opment projects being salient points of tended the harvesting cer- success with the result of conducted by the Settle- and Development Coun- carried out in various parts Hsinshweli paddy, our emony of special high about 203 baskets to 217.4 ments and Land Records cil is giving priority to of the nation. In this con- news crew of the Minis- yield Hsinshweli paddy in baskets per acre yield. Department, per acre of development of an agro- nection, emphasis is be- try of Information left for Phaingkyaung Village, Then, 80 per cent of local the model plot of based economy that ing placed on mechanized Lashio on 12 June 2005. Muse Township. At the farmers are now engaged Phaingkyaung Village- suits geographical and agriculture. In the evening, our news ceremony, Township in growing the high-yield tract was expected to be weather conditions of In the meantime, crew met Chairman of Manager of Myanma Ag- strain, a species of meedon 267.20 baskets. the nation. constant efforts are being Shan State (North) Peace riculture Service U Myint rice group, on a commer- In an interview, At the same time, made to enable farmers to farmer U Sai Aik of it has been taking sys- use quality strain paddy Kaunglar Village of tematic steps for food and apply advanced agri- Phaingkyaung Village- security of the growing cultural techniques. Only tract said that he culti- population and for ex- then will per capita in- vated four acres of port of the surplus. come of farmers increase Hsinshweli summer To ensure devel- and economy in the re- paddy this year. Mobiliz- opment of the agricul- gion develop. ing the assistance of tural sector it is neces- Of the ten major members of the township sary to extend the sown crops, three new crops and agricultural supervisory acreage, boost the per three perennial crops, committee, he applied the acre yield, apply double those that are suitable to agricultural methods ef- and mixed cropping, and the region concerned are fectively to meet the per use quality strains and to be grown extensively. acre yield target of over modern techniques. The government is build- Secretary of Muse District PDC Col Tin Yu explains matters on cultivation of 200 baskets. Previous The majority of ing more irrigation facili- special high yield Hsinshweli paddy. year, he grew paddy for the nation’s population ties for development of and Development Coun- Aung explained the com- cial scale. The manager production of paddy are rural people who are agriculture, while making cil Commander of North- pletion of harvesting in of the township Myanma seeds and gained a mainly engaged in agri- efforts for acquisition of East Command Maj-Gen model plots of summer Agriculture Service ex- healthy profit. So he culture. Agricultural in- quality strain crops and Myint Hlaing. paddy yielding over 200 plained effective agricul- could buy a power-tiller frastructures such as new crops for boosting the At the meeting, baskets per acre and plans tural methods, systematic worth K 800,000. On av- dams and reservoirs are per acre yield. At the same Commander Maj-Gen for cultivation of monsoon use of natural and chemi- erage, local paddy strains being built for develop- time, extended cultivation Myint Hlaing said that paddy for 2005-2006. cal fertilizers, pesticides, yield about 40 baskets an ment of socio-economic of coffee, tea, pepper and Head of State Senior Gen- The per care yield and water for cultivation acre, and Hsinshweli of Hsinshweli strain strain, about 200 baskets. The motto of local farmers is “Grow Hsinshweli high-yield strain paddy paddy in Muse Township. The prevailing price of across Shan State to double the standard of living of farmers”. By using The per acre yield has paddy was K 3,000 a bas- Hsinshweli high-yield strain paddy, local farmers in Shan State (North) have reached 267 baskets. ket. He made a profit of enjoyed fruitful results of development with higher living standard. Staff Officer of K 400,000 per acre. Now, Muse Township Settle- local farmers grow life of rural people. rubber is being carried out eral Than Shwe during his of the five sample plots of ments and Land Records Hsinshweli high-yield Only when the in the nation. tour of Shan State (North) Hsinshweli strain paddy Department U Than strain paddy both in the agricultural sector deve- As paddy is the sta- from 14 to 16 April 2002 was 241.37 baskets. Offi- Myint said the township rainy season and in sum- lops will the national ple food as well as the gave guidance on making cials presented model put 23,319 acres under mer, and are enjoying economy make progress. foreign exchange earner, every effort to ensure suf- farmer prize for 2004- monsoon paddy and 2,604 higher living standard. Hence, the government cultivation and production ficiency in rice in Shan 2005 to the winner, and acres under summer The motto of local provides all necessary of paddy is a national duty. State (North). In accord gifts to those who contrib- paddy in 2004-2005. This farmers is “Grow assistance to farmers to In paddy production, tar- with the guidance, vari- uted their services to the year, the region desig- Hsinshweli high-yield engage in double and get is to be set to ensure ous ways and means are project. nated a 10-acre model plot strain paddy across Shan mixed cropping. The self-sufficiency in food being applied for rice suf- We interviewed the and a 300-acre field. A State to double the stand- government is doing so and export the surplus. ficiency in the region. The officials. Muse District ten-acre field of ard of living of farmers”. with the aim of bringing To be able to do so, high yield Hsinshweli PDC Secretary Maj Tin Naunghsai Village-tract By using Hsinshweli about equitable develop- special high yield strain is now ensuring rice Yu said that on average was harvested first with high-yield strain paddy, ment across the nation Hsinshweli paddy is sufficiency and the sur- per acre yield of the use of combined-har- local farmers in Shan and enhancing the socio- grown in Shan State plus. The commander Hsinshweli strain paddy vesters in the presence of State (North) have en- economic life of rural (North) and it is thriving called upon our news crew was 160 to 250 baskets. local farmers and guests. joyed fruitful results of dwellers. there. Hsinshweli paddy members to cover the suc- Under the instructions of The one-acre sample plot development with higher A project being will be beneficial to farm- cess of special high yield the commander, 25 acres of farmer U Sai Kham living standard. implemented for march- ers in Shan State (North) Hsinshweli paddy for pub- were put under Hsinshweli Hswe harvested on 9 June ********* ing towards an agro- as its yield is over 200 lic information. strain paddy in Namhkam 2005 achieved per acre Translation: TS + MS based industrialized na- baskets per acre. Our news crew Township in 2003-2004. yield of 218.85 baskets. 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Google is working the importance of African bears turning up on remote islands or across wide bays. programme. with publishers large and small to en- affairs to the international However, previously there had been doubts about For three months, Google will stop courage them to make their books community. whether the bears had walked over ice part of the way scanning copyrighted books to allow searchable. In exchange, Google can cre- In an interview with or hitched a ride on an iceberg. owners to inform the company of objec- ate distinct pages for each book with Le Parisien daily, Douste- “What’s new this time is that we have data showing tions. advertising and links to retailers. As a Blazy said France’s Af- how long the bear was in the water,” Jon Aars, a “Any and all copyright holders... can further inducement, publishers can create rica policy “relies first on researcher at the Norwegian Polar Institute, said on tell us which books they’d prefer that we a direct sales link to consumers for their a major conviction: secu- Friday. “This is the first time that such a long swim has not scan if we find them in a library,” titles. rity and development are been documented by satellite telemetry for polar Adam Smith, the product manager of “We are really excited about the scope inseparable”. bears,” the institute added. Google Print, said in a statement on of this programme and the good it will “In the 21st Century, The female bear, equipped with a satellite tracking Google’s corporate web site. do for the world,” Smith said in a tel- nothing goes without the device, entered the water on the east of the Norwegian Nonetheless, Google is moving ahead ephone interview. Google said that vir- African continent. There Arctic island of Spitsbergen early on 20 July, swam with its ambitious project to work with tually all major US and British publish- will not be security nor northeast and re-emerged on the island of Edgeoya a publishers and librarians to scan books in ers are participating, at least in part, in growth for the West and day later. A sensor on the bear’s collar sent different the public domain that are not covered by Google Print. Critics of the programme in particular for the Euro- signals when it was in salty sea water compared to on copyright, he said. Libraries participating said that Google’s plan to allow copy- pean continent without land or on ice. in the programme include Oxford Uni- right holders to indicate whether they Africa’s development,” “This is an astonishing swim,” Aars said, saying it versity, Harvard University, the New wish to opt out of the Google Print project said Douste-Blazy. showed that polar bears could in many ways be York Public Library, Stanford Univer- switches the burden of upholding copy- He called for the inter- classified as marine mammals — a group including sity and the University of Michigan. right from infringers to the copyright national community to whales and dolphins. Aars said the bear, dubbed “Skadi” The Google spokesman declined to holders.— MNA/Reuters help develop the African after a Norse goddess of snow, had probably swum continent as it boasts a closer to 100 kilometres (62 miles) since the bear Bangladesh inquiry blames Canada firm for gas fire large potential market as almost certainly did not swim the 74 kilometres (46 miles) between the two points in an exact straight line. DHAKA, 14 Aug— A Bangladesh inquiry has blamed Canadian firm Niko well as rich natural re- Resources Ltd for a major gas field and the company will be asked to pay sources, and help solve the The bear covered the gap in about 24 hours, giving an compensation, a government official said on Saturday. problems haunting Africa, average speed of 3-4 kilometres per hour — sabout as The fire, started by a viser Mahmudur Rahman ration wing of the Ministry such as terrorism, illegal fast as a person walking.The swim probably meant that blowout in late June, is told reporters. of Energy and Mineral immigration, sanitary two cubs, with Skadi when the bear was marked in the still raging at the north- “The report said Niko Resources.Rahman said and environmental pro- spring, had died earlier in the summer. Mortality rates eastern Tengratila gas was solely responsible for Niko would be asked to blems.—MNA/Xinhua among polar bear cubs are high.—MNA/Reuters field. The blaze forced the gas field fire, because compensate for the losses hundreds of families to they did not have sufficient caused by the fire when a flee their homes and equipment and preparation separate assessment com- sparked protests demand- for drilling,” Rahman said. mittee submits its report by ing that the government “The drilling design was the end of the month. scrap its agreement with also faulty.” Experts fear the en- Niko. “The inquiry com- Company officials tire 115 billion cubic feet mittee, formed immedi- could not be reached for (BCF) of gas reserves in ately after the well caught comment. Niko is the joint the field will be lost un- fire in June, has submit- operator of the gas field less the fire is stopped and ted the final report today,” with Bangladesh’s state- leaks are plugged. government energy ad- owned BAPEX, the explo- MNA/Reuters Chavez completes MERCOSUR tour with agreements concluded CARACAS,14 Aug — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday concluded his working visits to three countries of the Common Market of the Chinese visitors at the Beijing Jundong Cars Services show room where the latest South (MERCOSUR) aiming at enhancing bilateral relations and promoting Ferrari sports car, the F430, is on display in Beijing, on 14 August, 2005. China’s Latin American integration. appetite for luxury car is expected to boom due to its large population base and the During the three-day visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil, Chavez signed growing number of wealthy benefiting from a robust economy. —INTERNET with his counterparts a series of bilateral political and economic agreements. Under the agreements signed with his Uruguayan counterpart, Tabare Vazquez, UNICEF warns of risk to children in Gaza pullout Venezuela is to provide low-price crude oil for refining at Uruguayan refineries for GENEVA, 14 Aug — The United Nations agency for children on Friday 25 years. The processed oil will be used to meet Uruguay’s energy needs with the warned that arms and explosives left behind after Israel’s planned withdrawal surplus to be exported to South American countries. from the Gaza Strip posed an acute danger to the young and urged caution. Joint exploitation will take place in one of the reserve blocs Venezuela has in UNICEF urged that children be kept out of harm’s way to prevent more deaths. the eastern petroleum strip, where there are proven reserves of 300 billion barrels In the nearly five years since a Palestinian uprising broke out, 829 children under of crude. In return, Uruguay will export a large amount of agricultural, telecommu- 18 have died, 713 of those Palestinians, it said. nications and service products to Venezuela. Other joint efforts in the programme “There will be weapons, there might be explosives, in this area,” said UNICEF include plans for an alcohol distillation project with Uruguay near its northeastern spokesman Marc Vergara at a media briefing. “They might find unexploded border with Brazil and a cement plant which will export from Uruguay to Venezuela ordnance. That’s the danger.” Israel intends to evacuate all of its 21 enclaves in 10 million US dollars’ worth of cement annually. Gaza and four of 120 in the West Bank starting next Wednesday, the first removal During his visit on 11 August to Argentina, the second leg of the tour, Chavez of settlements from land Palestinians want for a state. signed with his colleague Nestor Kirchner a series of agreements worth over 500 If Israel’s “disengagement plan” does not proceed peacefully, children could be million dollars.— MNA/Xinhua in danger, the agency said.— MNA/Reuters 14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 16 August, 2005 Arsenal leave it late to beat 10-man Newcastle LONDON, 15 Aug— Arsenal needed captain Thierry Henry to score a late S P O R T S penalty and substitute Robin van Persie to seal the points in a laboured 2-0 win over 10-man Newcastle United on Sunday. Newcastle were spir- Champions Rangers lose five-goal ited throughout but finally thriller at Aberdeen paid the price for a 32nd- minute red card shown to GLASGOW, 15 Aug— Jamie Smith scored a spectacular late winner to give England midfielder Aberdeen a 3-2 victory over Scottish champions Rangers on Sunday. Smith's 25-metre drive two minutes lous goal from Steve Lovell seven min- Jermaine Jenas for a lung- from time settled a thrilling encounter in utes later. Lovell gathered a ball from ing tackle on Gilberto at which Rangers battled back from 2-0 Barry Nicholson and cut inside Malcolm Highbury. down before having Fernando Ricksen to drill a low shot into the bottom right Graeme Souness' re- sent off. The result left Rangers' city hand corner from the edge of the box. vamped side held out un- rivals Celtic top of the Premier League Within 90 seconds Rangers pulled a til Fredrik Ljungberg went table after three matches on seven points, goal back when Dado Prso hammered down under a challenge one point clear of Rangers. home a header high into the middle of by substitute Charles Celtic had a 3-1 home win over Falkirk the net following a corner by Ricksen. N'Zogbia and Henry Arsenal midfielder Fredrik Ljungberg(R) challenges on Saturday. Hearts, also on six points, Then TV pictures showed Ricksen steered the spot-kick just beyond Shay Given in the Celestine Babayaro of Newcastle during a Premier- will go top if they get at least a draw at and teammate Nacho Novo squaring up ship match at Highbury in north London. Arsenal Dundee United later on Sunday. as they returned to the centre circle and 81st minute. defeated Newcastle 2-0.—INTERNET In an incident-packed game at they had to be separated by the referee Van Persie put the re- Pittodrie referee John Underhill booked and Rangers captain Barry Ferguson. sult beyond doubt six min- midfield, playing its first after Given flapped at a four players in the first half-hour. The Four minutes into the second period utes later, side-footing past competitive game since Dennis Bergkamp cross last, Bob Malcolm of Rangers, conceded an overhead kick by Peter Lovenkrands Given from the narrowest Patrick Vieira left for and the Swede was denied the free kick that led to Aberdeen's opener hauled Rangers level from substitute of angles after being Juventus. minutes later by a superb from skipper Russell Anderson. Steve Thompson's cross on the left. picked out by Ljungberg Arsenal still failed to close-range save by the He headed home after Rangers failed Rangers had Ricksen sent off for a at the near post. make much headway, hav- Newcastle keeper. to clear Gary Dempsey's free kick on the second booking after 55 minutes for Yet the scoreline ing only Kolo Toure's siz- Ljungberg made left after 30 minutes. blocking Aberdeen's Kevin flattered Arsenal. They zling shot on the turn and amends in the last 10 min- Aberdeeen went 2-0 up with a fabu- McNaughton. — MNA/Reuters struggled to break down a poor header from Thierry utes, though, winning the opponents who made light Henry to show for their penalty and then setting Crespo saves Chelsea work of being a man down efforts before the break. up van Persie after the in their first game of the It was one-way traffic striker had replaced fel- LONDON, 15 Aug— Argentine substitute Hernan Crespo scored a stoppage- time winner as champions Chelsea snatched a dramatic 1-0 victory over season. throughout the second half low Dutchman Bergkamp. Wigan Athletic at the JJB Stadium on Sunday. Jenas' exit was also a but Newcastle, helped by Premier League action tactical blow as Newcas- The promoted underdogs, playing Chelsea, whose owner Roman a superb league debut from was continuing on Sun- tle's 4-5-1 formation with their first game in the top-flight, looked Abramovich has spent 330 million Scott Parker, stuck to their day with champions Chel- Alan Shearer up front had destined for a sensational draw until pounds (599.2 million US dollars) on task, conceding few sea playing at promoted done a good job of muz- Crespo — back after a loan spell at AC the club, deployed all their attacking clearcut chances. Wigan Athletic. zling Arsenal's four-man Milan — hammered home a superb shot force on a promoted side who suffered Ljungberg mis-kicked MNA/Reuters in the 93rd minute. the cruellest of fates.—MNA/Reuters Bruges held to draw, Westerlo win again BRUSSELS, 15 Aug— Champions Club Bruges were held to a surprising 1-1 draw by FC Brussels in the Belgian First Division on Saturday. Westerlo made it two wins out of two after 24 minutes. to sit at the top of the table with six However on-loan Genk striker Igor points after a 1-0 victory at cup holders De Camargo equalized for the home Germinal Beerschot. team four minutes later. A last minute strike from Bjorn De Two second half goals from Gunther Wilde sealed the points for Westerlo. van Handenhoven and Arnar Vidarsson Bruges looked set to bounce back gave Lokeren a 2-0 win at Excelsior from their midweek Champions League Mouscron to add to their draw on the defeat against an injury-hit Brussels side opening day. On Friday La Louviere and after Mannaseh Ishiaku put them ahead Ghent drew 1-1.— MNA/Reuters Weah eligible for Liberia’s presidential candidate LAGOS, 15 Aug — George Weah, former African, European and World Player of the Year, has been declared eligible for the candidate for the Liberian presidential election due in October. Opponents of Weah, who is consid- handled or even saw a French passport ered a leading contender in the election, under the name George Weah, since it Chelsea's Frank Lampard(C) gets stuck into the Wigan's defence during their alleged that he should be excluded from opened in December 2003." Premiership clash at the JJB Stadium, in Wigan. Chelsea won 1-0.—INTERNET the race because he took French citizen- However, the office of the Consular ship while playing for a French team in Attache came across documents belong- 10-man Cologne beat Stuttgart 3-2 1993. But Liberia's National Election ing to Weah on two occasions, both of BERLIN, 15 Aug— Cologne, down to 10 men for the last 19 minutes, beat VfB Commission (NEC) declared in a 5-page them pertaining to a visa request in order Stuttgart 3-2 in the Bundesliga on Sunday, while Werder Bremen also won ruling that evidence adduced by the com- to enable him to travel to France this away 2-0 at Mainz. plainants is not sufficient to prove the year, it said. Stuttgart fought back strongly after booking, but they ran out of time. dual nationality of Weah to render them The commission therefore ruled that going three goals behind to strikes by Werder's strong start to the season ineligible to contest in the election, re- the request suggests that Weah is not a Markus Feulner and Albert Streit, who continued. The strike pair of Ivan Klasnic ports reaching here Saturday said. French citizen as one does not need a scored twice in seven minutes, but were and Miroslav Klose each scored and The NEC verdict said the commis- visa to travel to a country of which he is left ruing a missed first-half penalty their solid defence was enough to keep sion had sought clarification from the a citizen. Weah has had an extraordinary after Danish striker Jon Dahl Tomasson out an always-lively Mainz attack. embassies of France near Monrovia. international soccer career, most notably was brought down. Cologne and Werder joined "The French Consulate (in Abidjan) with the prestigious Italian club AC Mi- Two goals in 11 minutes by Marco champions Bayern Munich, Hamburg do not have and never had any French lan, with whom he won the European Streller and Christian Tiffert offered SV and Schalke 06 as the only teams citizen by name of George Weah regis- Player of the Year award in 1995. In the some hope for Stuttgart, especially after with six points from their opening two tered as a French citizen residing in same year, he also won the African and Cologne midfielder Andrew Sinkala was games. Liberia. Further more, the office of the World Player of the Year awards. sent off in the 71st minute for a second MNA/Reuters Consular Attache in Monrovia never MNA/Xinhua THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 16 August, 2005 15 Egypt arrests three Red Sea bomb suspects CAIRO, 15 Aug — raided some of the hide- Egyptian security forces outs and they found, in a have arrested three sus- farm in el Arish (north pected members of cell Sinai), about a ton of involved in the July high explosives and are bombings in the Red Sea comparing it to the sub- resort of Sharm el-Sheikh stances used in the three that killed at least 64 peo- attacks,” the newspaper ple, the Al-Ahram daily reported without giving a said on Sunday. source. Authorities sus- The semi-official pect the Sharm el-Sheikh newspaper said security attacks and bombings last To mark the birthday anniversary of U Soe Lwin forces were searching for October in and around currently staying in the US, his family donates others who assisted or Taba, another Sinai resort K 100,000 to the funds of the Hninzigon Home helped plan the three at- town, were all the work tacks on 23 July. “Police of a group of Bedouin for the Aged. — H based in northern Sinai. Hundreds of people were qtiep;NOi;eSa\K¥k\ detained for questioning in the el Arish area after 1" rn\kun\tiuc\;eA;K¥m\;qayaer;N˙c\.P∑M>“Piio;er; ekac\s^qv\ rn\kun\Sip\km\; the Taba attack. Al ts\elYak\ qn\>r˙c\;qaya l˙peser;At∑k\ ®mn\ma.Sip\km\;Aa%apiuc\AP∑´> Ahram said one of three arrested was working as Asv\;m¥a;N˙c\.p¨;epåc\;j wiuc\;wn\;k¨v^eSac\r∑k\lYk\ r˙irat∑c\ rn\ukun\®ms\At∑c\; a guard in a farm owned WEATHER sun\Sn\emYapåenqv\. AmOik\m¥a;eÂkac\. Sip\km\;ts\elYak\ qn\≥r˙c\;qp\yp\ by a Palestinian living in Monday, 15 August, 2005 el Arish. His arrest led to Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 er;kiu TiKiuk\eslYk\r˙ieÂkac\; et∑>r˙irpåqv\" the other two being de- hours MST: During the past 24 hours, weather has 2" Tiu≥A®pc\ ePa\®ppå diuk\' AmiOk\m¥a;eÂkac\. rn\kun\®ms\At∑c\; q∑a;laenÂkqv\. tained. Security officials been partly cloudy in Kachin State, rain has been iso- traced what the newspa- lated in Kachin State, lower Sagaing and Mandalay k¨;tiu≥sk\el˙m¥a;t∑c\ pn\ka' dlk\m¥a;Ò diuk\' AmiOk\m¥a; rs\pt\mOeÂkac\. per described as the “ter- Divisions, scattered in Shan State and Magway Divi- rorist cell” by following sion and widespread in the remaining areas with iso- sk\el˙m¥a; em¥apåka qeBçaÂk^;m¥a;N˙c\. tiuk\Kiuk\mi®p^; Kr^;qv\m¥a; Aqk\ tracks of two vehicles lated heavyfalls in Rakhine State and Bago Division. AN †ray\SMu;ROM;mO®Ps\sU\m¥a; ®Ps\p∑a;K´.påqv\" carrying explosives from The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were central Sinai to Sharm el- Thandwe (3.23) inches, Zaungtu (3.15) inches, 3" qiu≥påj 1905 KuN˙s\ ®mn\ma.Sip\km\;Ak\Upedpud\m 65 ®Pc\.lv\; ®ms\At∑c\; Sheikh, the daily said. Mawlamyine (2.76) inches and Thaton (2.60) inches. MNA/Reuters Maximum temperature on 14-8-2005 was 83°F. psßv\;m¥a; s∑n\>ps\®Kc\;kiu ta;®ms\Tut\®pn\Ta;ri˙påj rn\kun\tiuc\;At∑c\;ri˙ ®ms\eK¥ac\; Minimum temperature on 15-8-2005 was 68°F. Rela- m¥a;At∑c\; AmiOk\' diuk\m¥a; s∑n\>ps\®Kc\;m®porn\ qtiep;ta;®ms\påqv\" ta;®ms\ tive humidity at 9:30 hrs MST on 15-8-2005 was 96%. Total sunshine hours on 14-8-2005 was nil. K¥k\Aa;ePak\P¥k\påk UpedN˙c\.Av^ Tierak\s∑a Aer;y¨q∑a;mv\®Ps\påqv\" Rainfalls on 15-8-2005 were 1.26 inches at rn\kun\tiuc\;eA;K¥m\;qayaer;N˙c\.P∑M>‘Pi;er;ekac\s^ Mingaladon, 1.22 inches at Kaba-Aye, 1.18 inches at central Yangon. 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(from page 1) Afterwards, Prime Minister General Soe Win inspected the sinking of four-inch tube-well near the hospital by Pauk Township Development Affairs Department. Next, the Prime Min- ister met departmental staff, social organizations and townselders at the township PDC office. The township chairman reported on area and lo- cation of Pauk Township, cultivation acreage, annual rainfalls, thriving plantations of paddy and other crops and sufficiency of rice. He also reported that in the township 187 villages out of (See page 8) Prime Minister General Soe Win views sinking of a tube-well in Pauk. — MNA Only when land and marine resources in the region are effectively utilized will the local people be able to engage in double cropping and their income increase

Prime Minister General Soe Win inspects construction of the spillway of Innbat Dam. — MNA Minister calls for early completion Construction Minister inspects roads of Yeywa hydel power project and bridges in Ayeyawaddy Division

YANGON, 15 Aug — meeting held at the brief- Hydro-electric Power De- YANGON, 15 Aug — party proceeded to the (Myinkaseik) over Minister for Electric ing hall of the project on partment, the minister Minister for Construction construction site of the Panmawady river this Power Maj-Gen Tin Htut 13 August, the minister gave necessary instruc- Maj-Gen Saw Tun to- Panmawady Bridge (See page 7) urged the officials of the also emphasized the early tions. gether with officials of INSIDE Yeywa hydel power completion of the project After the meeting, Public Works inspected project to make efforts for meeting the set standard. he inspected the construc- the maintenance of In the meantime, constant efforts are being early completion of the After hearing re- tion of intake structure, the Yangon-Pathein motor made to enable farmers to use quality strain paddy project to meet the de- ports presented by Deputy main dam and power sta- road section and gave nec- and apply advanced agricultural techniques. Only mand for power supply. Minister for Electric tion. The minister and essary instructions to the then will per capita income of farmers increase and In his remarks at Power U Myo Myint and party also inspected con- officials yesterday. economy in the region develop. the work coordination director-general of the struction site. — MNA The minister and PAGE 11 AHTET MINHLA NYUNT AUNG