Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein Inspects Training School (Mandalay) of MWVO, Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon)

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Four political objectives Four economic objectives Four social objectives * Stability of the State, community peace * Development of agriculture as the base and all-round * Uplift of the morale and morality of and tranquillity, prevalence of law and development of other sectors of the economy as well the entire nation * Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic order * Uplift of national prestige and integ- system * National reconsolidation rity and preservation and safeguard- * Development of the economy inviting participation in * Emergence of a new enduring State ing of cultural heritage and national terms of technical know-how and investments from character Constitution sources inside the country and abroad * Building of a new modern developed * Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit * The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept * Uplift of health, fitness and education nation in accord with the new State in the hands of the State and the national peoples Constitution standards of the entire nation Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein inspects Training School (Mandalay) of MWVO, Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon)

Mandalay Division, this ennial crops in the com- afternoon. pound of the school, Chairman of the breeding goats and cows, MWVO Central Organ- tasks being carried out izing Committee Secret- for cultivation of 12.28 ary-1 Adjutant-General acres of physic nut sap- Lt-Gen Thein Sein heard lings for the first phase reports on matters re- and five acres for the lated to the training second phsase, and re- school, water and power quirements by Principal supply facilities, grow- Lt-Col Aung Soe (Retd). ing of seasonal and per- (See page 8) Engineers of Public Works are building 5,614 foot long Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon) that will have four-lane motorway, on both sides of Mandalay and

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein inspects construction of Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon). — MNA Sagaing at the same time.

YANGON, 5 Feb — Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein, accompanied by member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the Ministry of Defence, Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace and Development Coun- cil Commander of Cen- tral Command Maj-Gen Khin Zaw, the ministers, the deputy ministers, Mandalay Mayor Brig- Gen Phone Zaw Han, senior military officers and officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office, arrived at Training School (Manda- lay) of Myanmar War Veterans Organization in Patheingyi Township, Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan. 2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 6 February, 2006 PERSPECTIVES People’s Desire Monday, 6 February, 2006 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views Maintain development * Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation infrastructures for posterity * Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State As Myanmar is rich in natural resources, * Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy efforts are being made for extensive utilization of virgin and fallow lands. Systematic steps are being taken for en- Chanmyathazi Township hancement of socio-economic life of rural peo- 2006 KuN˙s\' (59) N˙s\e®mak\ ple and boosting the production of the agricul- USDA opens organizational

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Bush that he Blair said that he was records a two-hour meeting Council...I recommend gain confidence," voluntary activities, study was "solidly" behind "solidly with the (US) between the two leaders at them not to commit such a Rafsanjani said. "Iran has and consider other means America's plans to invade president and ready to do the White House on 31 mistake," Rafsanjani was had a good cooperation for restoration of its legal Iraq, despite the absence whatever it took to disarm January, 2003, nearly two quoted as speaking at a with the International rights," Ahmadinejad of a second UN resolution, Saddam," and Bush told months before the invasion, religious gathering. Atomic Energy Agency said.— MNA/Xinhua a British newspaper quoted him that "the diplomatic In the memo, US Rafsanjani, chairman (IAEA) even beyond its President George W Bush of the powerful arbitration duties. I think there might made it clear that his body Expediency Council, be wise individuals in this country intended to launch said Iran was seeking atmosphere who could the war against Iraq "nothing beyond legal have a better look at the whether or not there was a international rights and future and will not be second UN resolution and making use of nuclear willing to record such a even if UN inspectors energy for a better life". black page in history," he found no evidence of a "Under current added. banned Iraqi weapons circumstances, we cause Earlier, Iran's hardline programme. no trouble for anybody," President Mahmoud The disclosures come stressed Rafsanjani. Ahmadinejad restated in in a new edition of Lawless "If you (the Europeans) the southern province of World by Phillipe Sands, a Bushehr that the Islamic Chile sends aid Republic would adopt Queen's Counsel (QC) and retaliating measures if its professor of international to Bolivian nuclear case is hauled to law at University College, storm victims the UN Security Council. London. It is to be "If the logical published on Friday. SANTIAGO, 5 Feb — proposals of the The first edition of the Chile has sent a 15-tonne independent states for Investors study shares prices during the morning trading at RHB private stock book, published in consignment of aid to help eventual solution of Iran's market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, on 3 Feb, 2006. February 2005, exposed some 50,000 people hit by peaceful nuclear activities INTERNET the doubts shared by severe storms in Foreign Office lawyers neighbouring Bolivia, said about the legality of the a government statement US contractor pleads guilty to Iraq bribe scheme invasion, which eventually on Friday. forced Blair to publish the The Chilean aid, sent WASHINGTON, 4 Febr — A former official with the US governing administration in Iraq pleaded guilty full legal advice given to on Friday morning in a on Thursday and admitted he and others took more than one million US dollars in bribes and stole more him by the attorney Hercules transport, than two million US dollars in reconstruction money. general, Lord Goldsmith. includes tinned food, Robert Stein, guilty plea in federal court million US dollars, the numerous construction and According to the memo, mattresses and blankets. comptroller and funding in Washington, they said. officials said. service companies that did The delivery was Bush also said that the US officer for the Coalition He admitted that he Stein admitted that he business in Iraq, and organized by the Interior was so worried about the Provisional Authority — conspired, along with other and others received bribes Michael Wheeler and Ministry and the Foreign possible failure of finding South Central Region in public officials, including exceeding one million US Debra Harrison, both Ministry. Chilean Interior hard evidence against 2003 and 2004, pleaded several US Army officers, lieutenant colonels in the Minister Francisco Vidal dollars in money, cars, Saddam that thought of guilty to conspiracy, to rig bids to steer contracts said his country had jewellery and other items US Army Reserves. The “flying U2 reconnaissance bribery, money laundering to a certain contractor. always shown solidarity of value from the contractor, three defendants were aircraft, planes with and other charges, Justice According to a to other nations, as was who was not identified. arrested in November or fighter cover over Iraq, the case when the United Department officials said. document filed in court and Stein said he and others December. painted in UN colours”. States was badly hit in the Stein, 50, of agreed to by Stein, the total stole more than two million MNA/Reuters MNA/Xinhua recent hurricane season, Fayetteville, North value of the contracts US dollars that had been and that Bolivia could not Carolina, and a former awarded to Stein's co- designated for the 2,249 US soldiers killed be an exception. Defense Department conspirator in the Iraqi city reconstruction of Iraq and MNA/Xinhua contractor, entered the of Hilla exceeded eight smuggled a portion of that in Iraq stolen currency into the United States aboard WASHINGTON, 5 Jan —As of Saturday, 4 Feb, commercial aircraft, the 2006, at least 2,249 members of the US military officials said. have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in He also pleaded guilty March 2003, according to an Associated Press to the unlawful possession count. The figure includes six military civilians. of various weapons, At least 1,759 died as a result of hostile action, including machine guns, according to the military's numbers. silencers and grenade The AP count is one higher than the Defence launchers, and as a Department's tally, last updated Friday at 10 am convicted felon, he pleaded EST. guilty to a charge of being a The British military has reported 100 deaths; felon in possession of a Italy, 27; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13; firearm. Spain, 11; Slovakia, three; Denmark, El Salvador, Stein faces a maximum Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; Hungary, penalty of 30 years in prison Kazakhstan, Latvia, one death each. and a fine of 250,000 US Since 1 May , 2003, when President Bush dollars. A sentencing date declared that major combat operations in Iraq had has yet to be scheduled. ended, 2,110 US military members have died, An American soldier searches a house during a raid in Ramadi, 115 kilometers Also facing charges in the according to AP's count. That includes at least (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, on 4 Feb, 2006. Men from the US Army’s investigation is Philip 1,645 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers.— Internet 101st Airborne Division detained ten Iraqis during a series of raids. INTERNET Bloom, the owner of

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"And in this festival Russia’s Elena Dementieva raises her winner’s plate after the Pan Pacific largest auto market after Strong sales were season, and seeing such Open tennis tournament final match against former world number one the United States, China reported in Beijing and tempting festival sales, I Martina Hingis of Switzerland in Tokyo, on 5 Feb, 2006.—INTERNET Daily reported Saturday. Guangzhou, capital of really can no longer wait In a Press release, South China's Guangdong to let my dream come CAAM, one of the most Province as well. true," he added. Official says 314 survivors in important sources of Braving sub-zero MNA/Xinhua industry information, Egypt’s ferry disaster reported that in 2005, 5.9 US troops to leave CAIRO, 4 Feb— An Egyptian official said Saturday that naval forces have million auto units were rescued 314 people of Al-Salaam 98 ferryboat which sank in the Red Sea sold in China, higher than Pakistan in March overnight on Friday. Japan's 5.8 million and ISLAMBAD, 4 Feb — American troops, engaged Major-General Mah- of Safaga, an Egyptian capital Cairo, at 2:30 am Germany's 5.2 million. in operation in Pakistan's earthquake-hit areas, fouz Taha, director of the Red Sea port some 600 (0030 GMT) on Friday. However, opinions in will leave Pakistan in March, the country's relief Authority of Red Sea kilometres southeast of the MNA/Xinhua Chinese language Press commissioner said here on Friday. ports, said some of the argued, after taking away "The US troops will hospital in the town of survivors were taken from Indonesian hostages released in Somalia China's export and the start leaving this month Shinkiari in North-West factor of double counting, and the departure process Frontier Province. the ferry's lifeboats, others JAKARTA, 4 Feb — Fourteen Indonesians working from inflatable rescue for Taiwanese fishing boats have been released the number of units will complete in March," "The decision about the craft dropped into the sea more than five months after they were taken hostages actually sold in China was Federal Relief return of the US by helicopters, and others by a Somali armed group, a spokesman of the around 5.7 million. Commissioner Major- helicopters has yet been were pulled from the water Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Friday. Chinese car dealers are General Farooq Ahmad taken and such a decision wearing life jackets. The Indonesian hostages were now on their way reportedly already seeing Khan told a news will be taken with Four Egyptian rescue to Nairobi, Kenya, spokesman Yuri O Thamrin said. a promising trend, conference. He said the Pakistan's consent," ships reached the scene "Indonesian officials in Nairobi said the 14 especially during their United States had given Farooq said. Friday afternoon, about 10 Indonesian fishermen were released and leaving heated sales campaigns control of the He said that the United hours after the 35-year- (for Nairobi)," Antara news agency quoted Yuri as before and during Spring Muzaffarabad Hospital to States would hand over old ferry likely went down saying. — MNA/Xinhua Festival. Pakistan and they were refilling stations and some 95 kilometres off Even before the also closing another field engineering equipment to the Egyptian port of Pakistan after the return Hurghada. of American soldiers. The ship, Al Salaam 19 killed as Taleban launch attacks in Helmand Around 1,200 US troops have been engaged 98, with 1,310 passengers KANDAHAR (Afghanistan), 4 Feb — Taleban insurgents launched four attacks in the southern Afghan in quake relief mission. and 104 crew members, province of Helmand on Friday and three policemen and 16 Taleban were killed, the province's deputy The announcement of 22 cars, 16 trucks aboard, governor said. US soldiers' withdrawal disappeared from the radar "The fighting is Mir said about 200 peacekeeping force. surrounded, he said. coincides with the end of screen shortly after it left continuing between police insurgents had been The violence began A 30-vehicle police the Saudi port of Dubah at and the Taleban," said involved in the fighting, and early in the morning convoy, sent to help from NATO's relief mission in 7:30 pm local time (1630 deputy governor Mullah some of them had when Taleban gunmen the provincial capital, Pakistan. Around 1,000 GMT) on Thursday. Mir, who was in a police ambushed police rein- ambushed a police convoy, Lashkar Gah, was also NATO troops stationed The ship should have convoy that came under forcements going to the killing a policemen, Mir ambushed, he said. The in the Bagh District of arrived at its destination attack. scene of the initial clash. said. insurgents then launched a Pakistan-controlled Aircraft from a US-led Later, another convoy, fourth attack in the area, he Kashmir for three Royal Navy seizes force battling insurgents in in which he was travelling, said. months. the Afghan south and east was ambushed and briefly MNA/Reuters MNA/Xinhua 350 m pounds cocaine haul were over the site of the LONDON, 4 Feb — Britain's Royal Navy has seized fighting but had yet to attack cocaine with a street value of up to 350 million pounds the insurgents, Mir said. (620 million US dollars) after intercepting a cargo ship A US military in the Caribbean, the Ministry of Defence said on spokesman said he had Friday. received no information The operation, which happened on Wednesday, about any fighting in the was one of the largest drug hauls on record. province. It was carried out by HMS Southampton and the Helmand has been Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker RFA Grey Rover. Some plagued by insurgents since 3-1/2 tons of cocaine was found aboard the ship. US forces and their Afghan No details were given of where the ship had come allies ousted the Taleban in from or its destination. The ministry said the two late 2001. It is also a major British ships had been working with the US Coast opium-poppy growing and Guard and the Dutch Navy. "This was a particularly drug-smuggling region. well coordinated operation," said the Commanding Several thousand Officer of HMS Southampton, Rob Vitali. "The success British troops are due to be of this seizure will send a clear message of deployed there later this determination to stop the smuggling of illegal drugs — year under a plan to expand A US military patrol inspects the damage from a car bomb, on 3 Feb, 2006, in and we are good at it." — MNA/Reuters Afghanistan's NATO-led eastern Baghdad, Iraq. —INTERNET THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 6 February, 2006 5 Vietnam’s big power plant becomes operational WW II bomb discovered in Budapest THAI NGUYEN (Vietnam), 4 Feb— The first turbine of a 110-megawatts thermoelectric plant in BUDAPEST, 4 Feb— Road workers discovered an Vietnam’s northern Thai Nguyen Province was connected to the country’s national electricity grid on unexploded Second World War bomb under the Friday. pavement on a busy road in Budapest, Hungarian With construction cost Construction Corporation, Vietnam is spending cent of the electricity police reported on Friday. Traffic, including bus of 123 million US dollars use low-quality coal from nearly 37.56 trillion output comes from traffic, along a section of Pasareti Ave has been provided by the Chinese the province’s two coal Vietnamese dong (over hydroelectricity. detoured and a bomb squad was called in to remove Government as a mines with total capacity 2.36 US billion dollars) Vietnam’s demand for the explosive, the local media said. preferential loan, the Cao of 360,000 tons per year. on developing power electricity is estimated at The Hungarian Armed Forces professional team Ngan plant is expected to To cope with potential projects in 2006 in a bid to 53 billion kilowatt hours unearthed the 149- millimetre fragmentation bomb start supplying 600 million power shortage in the next meet its increasing this year, up around 17 per on Friday night as well as a hand grenade. kilowatt hours annually to few years, Vietnam will demand for electricity. cent against last year. Now, They exploded the grenade under controlled the national electricity grid expand some existing Power demand has 96 per cent of communes conditions on site, and took the bomb to a central after its second turbine thermoelectric plants in annually increased 13-15 in Vietnam have access to repository for later dismantling. — MNA/Xinhua becomes operational in the northern Quang Ninh per cent in recent years in the national power grid, the second quarter of this year. Province and southern Vietnam, where 60 per EVN said. —MNA/Xinhua Portuguese police seize four The two-turbine plant, Can Tho City, accelerate tons of cocaine whose general contractor construction of half-done LISBON, 4 Feb— Portugal’s Judicial Police was China’s Harbin Power power works, and import announced on Friday they had seized nearly four Engineering Company and more electricity from tons of high grade cocaine after dismantling an subcontractors were two China, according to the international drug trafficking ring operating in Vietnamese partners, state-owned Vietnam Portugal, Spain and Britain. namely the Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the The drug arrived in Viana do Castelo, northern Machinery Installation country’s biggest Portugal, from where it was sent to Spain across the Corporation and the electricity producer and border into Galicia, and also to Britain, the police Vietnam Industrial sole distributor. told local media. The police said they had arrested four Spaniards aged between 30 and 56, and one Georgia foils terrorist Briton who was arrested at a farmhouse where he was guarding 114 parcels of high-grade cocaine plot to down plane which together weighed 2.8 tons.— MNA/Xinhua TBILISI,4 Feb — Georgian police said on Friday they had foiled a terrorist plot to down a plane, At least 14 burnt to death in after finding a ground-to-air missile set up beneath Nigerian auto accident a busy flight path. LAGOS, 4 Feb— At least 14 passengers were Interior Minister Vano attacks on its territory, and burnt to death as a commercial bus they were aboard Merabishvili gave no said Ossetian security collided with a van head-on and later caught fire in indication of the precise services aided by Russia the northern Nigerian state of Yobe, a road official target of the shoulder- were behind a bomb that said on Friday. launched Igla, Russian- killed three people in the Visitors from China’s eastern Zhejiang Province Yobe Sector Commander of the Federal Road made equivalent of the US town of Gori a year ago. leave Hong Kong Disneyland on 4 Feb, 2006, after Safety Commission, Zakanija Mamman, identified Stinger missile, but said it MNA/Reuters a tour of the entertainment theme park. —INTERNET the cause of the accident, which occurred along the had been ready for firing. Potiskum-Bauchi Road on Tuesday, as a burst tyre, “Most aircraft fly by Seychelles mobilizes Army to fight saying the bus lost control before the collision. this route from the east to Mamman told the official News Agency of Nigeria the west of the country,” crippling virus that the victims, who were mainly men, had been he told reporters. “We VICTORIA,4 Feb — Seychelles said on Thursday it had mobilized its Army evacuated to a hospital at Potiskum and that one of have once again avoided a to control an incurable crippling mosquito-borne disease that has affected the three seriously injured had been discharged. serious terrorist act.” thousands of people on the idyllic Indian ocean archipelago. MNA/Xinhua He linked the missile Over the last four recognized in epidemic opportunities for other to rebels in South Ossetia, weeks, 2,000 of the form in East Africa in 1952, diseases to set in. Over 3.3 tons of drugs seized in Spain a region of Georgia that island’s 80,000 people is marked by high fever “Cases of the disease have MADRID, 4 Feb— Spain’s Civil Guard officers has been outside central have been inflicted with and severe rashes, and been doubling every week, seized 3.3 tons of hashish on Garrucha beach, in government control since “chikungunya” fever, while health officials say with 200 having been Almeria municipality, on the southern cost of Spain, a brief war in 1992, in the named after a Swahili most people eventually reported during the first week and arrested three people who were unloading the immediate aftermath of word meaning “that which recover, it is extremely of January, 300 during the drugs, said the police on Friday. the Soviet Union’s bends up” and referring to painful and there is no second, while 513 were Almeria authorities sent a Guard detachment to collapse. the stooped posture of known cure or vaccine. occurred in the third week of the beach after noticing a suspicious raft there. The Georgia frequently those afflicted. It also leaves immune January”, Dr Jude Gedeon, raft turned out to be carrying 3.3 tons of the drug, blames the Ossetians for The disease, first systems weak, providing director for community whose street value could be more than four million health, told Reuters. euros (about 4.8 million US dollars). “We are still counting The officers also seized a van, in which the but the number is quickly smugglers had planned to carry the hashish, and a approaching 1,000 for this gun that had been reported stolen more than a year week.” Gedeon blamed the ago in Valencia. — MNA/Xinhua rise in the number of cases on heavier than normal Panic stampede kills 66 in Manila rainfall over the last three MANILA, 4 Feb — Sixty-six people were trampled months and said a task force to death and many others injured on Saturday has been set up to help morning when a stampede broke out at a stadium in control the spread of the Pasig City, Metro Manila, local TV News Patrol epidemic which can transfer reported. Pasig City Mayor Vicente Eusebio said from person to person. the latest count on the fatality as of posting time The Seychelles military stood at 66 but the figure could increase. has been called in to provide Dozens of dead bodies of the victims lay on the ground personnel and transport and at the scene, the TV live report showed, the police tried to help authorities clear areas maintain order amid crowd of standers-by. prone to mosquito-breeding Police said that thousands of people lining up at such as stagnant pools of the stadium’s entrance heard someone shouted “bomb”, before they came into chaos. It was in the An Iraqi family waits outside for US Marines from the 22nd Marine water and to spray areas anniversary celebration of local TV ABS-CBN’s Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Iraqi soldiers to search their home during an where cases of the viral game show Wowowie, which would be held at operation in the village of Abu Rayat, 25 km (16 miles) southeast of the western infection have been noon, when the stampede happened. — MNA/Xinhua Iraq town of Hit, on 4 Feb, 2006. —INTERNET found.— MNA/Reuters 6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 6 February, 2006 Putin proposes nuclear fuel network

MOSCOW, 5 Feb — President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia's initiative to set up an international network of nuclear fuel cycle services is aimed at helping settle acute issues of world politics. "In resolving any, even and means," Putin said to create an international "equal and non- the most acute issues of when receiving network of nuclear fuel discriminatory access" to world politics, we credentials from cycle services is aimed at joint work for developing invariably and con- ambassadors of foreign helping settle acute nuclear energy for all sistently adhere to the line countries, quoted by the issues, Putin said. interested states and the of settlement by political ITAR-TASS news agency. The goal of the regime of non- and diplomatic methods The Russian initiative initiative is to provide proliferation of nuclear weapons must be strictly UN chief mourns loss of life from observed, he said. The Russian leader put sinking of Egyptian ferry forward the proposal late last month, saying the UNITED NATIONS, 5 Feb sinking of the Egyptian According to the network must be — UN Secretary-General ferry, Al Salam Boccaccio spokesman, Annan has supervised by the Kofi Annan mourned the 98, in the Red Sea urged all who are able, to International Atomic loss of life from sinking of Thursday night. extend their assistance to Energy Agency. Egyptian ferry, UN The Secretary-General the Egyptian Government The deputy chief of the spokesman Stephane sincerely regretted the loss in the search for survivors. Russian atomic energy Dujarric said Friday. of life due to this tragedy The Egyptian cruiser agency Rosatom, Sergei In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, In a statement released and extended his with over 1,400 people Antipov, said on Thursday babies have the swimming training at a Maternal and by the spokesman, Annan condolences to the victims aboard sank in the Red an international centre for Infantile Health Care Center in Suzhou, east China's said he was deeply and their families, Sea shortly after it left the uranium enrichment and Jiangsu Province, on 3 Feb, 2006. —INTERNET saddened to learn of the Dujarric observed. Saudi port of Dubah at the handling of fissile 7:30 pm local time (1630 materials may be created Holiday travellers across China on their way back GMT) on Thursday. in Siberia. SHANGHAI, 5 Feb — More and more people who had hurried home for family reunion to observe the MNA/Xinhua MNA/Xinhua Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, began to return to their work places as the week-long Over 1,000 paramilitaries holiday is drawing to the end. According to the than 70,000 passengers As a major destination Hunan provinces. disarm in Colombia Shanghai railway bureau, Friday. for returned migrant On Thursday, the city's BOGOTA, 5 Feb— As Luis Carlos Restrepo it will probably sell out In Hefei, more workers, Guangzhou, Baiyun Airport recorded many as 1,166 soldiers of Ramirez, the country's high 15.3 million tickets for passengers took trains capital city of the booming 650 arrivals and the Colombia's right- commissioner for peace, return journeys between destined to Beijing, Guangdong Province in departures of aircrafts, wing Self-Defence presided over the 3 and 22 February, when Shanghai and Guangzhou; south China, saw involving 75,000 tickets. Forces of Colombia ceremony, his second the current 40-day hot and in Fuyang, which is approximately 100,000 The same day also (AUC), members of the massive demobilization transport season con- one of the four major passenger arrivals at its witnessed arrivals of more Tayrona Resistance Bloc, this week. It took place cludes. The figure will be sources of migrant railway station Friday. than 100,000 travellers disarmed in a ceremony close to the El Sol ravine, 389,000 tickets, or 2.6 per workers in China, sent out Most of them were aboard buses in in the north of the country, in Guachaca Municipality, cent, more than the same nearly 50,000 passengers migrant workers returning Guangzhou. local media reported on 70 kilometres from Santa period of last year. on Friday, much higher from Henan, Sichuan and MNA/Xinhua Friday. Marta, in Magdalena Most of the travellers than the 37,000 on department. Some 21,300 to be returned to work Thursday. Hopes fade for missing French climber in Nepal AUC paramilitaries have places will be migrant Local railway KATHMANDU, 5 Feb— northern Nepal on his own stove and rations for demobilized to date, thanks workers, the bureau said. authorities said Fuyang Rescuers all but gave up but lost contact with the Lafaille at the base camp to the peace process Meanwhile, civil would sell out a total of hope on Saturday of base camp on 28 January. in case he managed to get initiated by the Colombian aviation services in 1.16 million tickets in the finding a well-known "There was no sign of back. Government in 2002. Shanghai will see a peak coming 25 days, a year- French mountaineer alive him," said Veikka The missing climber's On Friday, the of return passengers on-year growth of more after a week's search for Gustafsson, a Finnish tent had been sighted by demobilized troops handed Saturday. than 60,000. him on the world's fifth- mountaineer after a rescuers at an altitude of in 351 grenades, seven On Friday, travellers The Nanchang railway highest peak in the helicopter search along 6,700 metres. vehicles and 582 guns, six also thronged to three bureau in the capital city Himalayas. Lafaille's climbing route on If successful, Lafaille 60mm mortars, 14 40mm major railway stations, of east China's Jiangxi Jean-Christophe Saturday. "There is very would have been the grenade launchers, a rocket namely Hefei, Fuyang and Province, on Friday sent Lafaille, 40, was little hope that he is alive. It first climber ever to propelled grenade launcher Bengbu, in east China's out an estimated number attempting to climb the is extremely cold up there." successfully climb and a rocket. Anhui Province. Local of 300,000 passengers and 8463-metre (27,765-foot) But the search team left Makalu solo in winter. MNA/Xinhua railway authorities added 70 temporary Mt Makalu peak in a tent, a sleeping bag, a MNA/Reuters

estimated the three passenger trains to its train Industrial added stations will see off more fleet. value up in N-E Mild quake jolts Palu, China province HARBIN, 4 Feb — The Indonesia overall industrial added JAKARTA, 5 Feb— A mild earthquake measuring value of northeast China's 5.1 on the Richter Scale jolted Palu, capital of Heilongjiang Province Central Sulawesi Province, at 7:38 am on Saturday, reached 269.63 billion a spokesman said. yuan (33.7 billion US The epicentre of the quake was located at 1.77 dollars) last year, a rise of degrees Southern Latitude and 120.10 degrees 12.9 per cent year on year, Eastern Longitude, or some 100 kilometres south- according to local east of Palu, at a depth of 30 kilometres, Antara government statistics. The news agency quoted the head of the local industrial added value meteorology and geophysics office, Robert Owen accounted for 57.5 per cent Wahyu, as saying. of the overall economic The tremor was caused by the lithosphere's growth of the province last friction, he said, adding that it was not dangerous A US Marine with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) kicks down a year, according to the for people as it was not powerful. — MNA/Xinhua door as they search houses near the western Iraq town of Hit, on 3 Feb, 2006. provincial statistics INTERNET bureau.— MNA/Xinhua THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 6 February, 2006 7 WHO sends tamiflu to Experts skeptical of experimental birdflu vaccines WASHINGTON, 5 Feb— Centre — were able to cine you would see in hu- that could kill millions. Iraq after bird flu Two teams working on protect mice against fatal mans.” If that happens, a vac- better vaccines for use H5N1 infections. The H5N1 avian in- cine is the best protec- confirmed against a potential bird But neither study was fluenza virus has killed tion. Ideal would be a GENEVA, 5 Feb— The the government of Iraq to flu pandemic have an- even mentioned at a or forced the culling of at vaccine that could be pro- World Health Organisa- get a supply of Tamiflu nounced progress in the meeting of top US flu least 200 million birds and duced immediately, or tion (WHO) said on Fri- and it is on its way,” said past week, but influenza experts in Washington has spread from East Asia even ahead of time. day that it was sending Margaret Chan, WHO as- experts are skeptical. this week. across to parts of Europe. But developing new several thousand courses sistant director-general The two labs both “It’s just not that It mostly affects birds but vaccines is a time-con- of influenza drug Tamiflu for communicable dis- used a human cold virus, new,” Dr. John Treanor, it has infected 161 people suming and tricky busi- to Iraq to help treat any eases. The 7,000-10,000 called an adenovirus, to a flu vaccine expert at the and killed 86 of them ness, and for the next few further cases of deadly courses of the drug, made carry pieces of DNA from University of Rochester since 2003, according to years the world is stuck bird flu in humans. by Swiss firm Roche, H5N1 flu in a vaccine. in New York, said in an the World Health Organi- with 40-year-old technol- The United Nations’ would arrive in the next Both labs — one at the interview. “There are a zation. ogy, no matter what hap- health agency has already few days, she told jour- US Centers for Disease zillion vaccines that pro- Experts worry it could pens in the lab, the ex- announced that a team, nalists. A course is a Control and Prevention tect in mice. On the grand mutate into a form easily perts, including manufac- including veterinary ex- packet of 10 pills which and one at the University scale of things, it’s no- transmitted between peo- turers, said. perts, is on the way to are to be taken two times of Pittsburgh Medical where near to being a vac- ple, causing a pandemic MNA/Reuters investigate the situation a day for five days. in the north after a teen- Tamiflu is regarded as the Children ager died last month from best available treatment the virus. against bird flu. more prone to “The WHO is helping MNA/Reuters cancer in Micro credit fair Nepal KATHMANDU, 5 Feb— held in Banglandesh Children are more prone to cancer and have been DHAKA, 5 Feb— Two-day micro credit fair is placed in the high-risk being held in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, to group because of genetic celebrate the successful enforcement of micro credit factors in Nepal, an offi- in the country. cial at Nepal Cancer Relief The United Nations About 60 organiza- Society (NCRS) said here set 2005 as the “Year of tions which are enforcing Saturday. micro credit”. Bangladesh micro credit showcased “Newly born infants is the model of micro their achievements in the are also at risk of cancer credit which helped a lot fair. disease in Nepal,” Diwakar of people alleviate pov- Grameen Bank Raj Rajkarnikar, president erty. started micro credit pro- of NCRS, a non-govern- Hundreds of organi- gramme in one village in ment organization, said zations in Bangladesh Bangladesh back in 1976, here to mark the World Protesters display their placards as they shout slogans during a rally have joined the micro lending 27 US dollars to Cancer Day. There has credit system, among them 52 people. Over years it commemorating the Filipino-American war on 3 Feb, 2006 in front of the US been increasing number of Embassy in Manila, Philippines. —INTERNET Grameen Bank is the big- has grown into a big bank, blood cancer, called gest and the most success- serving nearly 5 million Leukemia, in children and Egypt prevents George ful one. clients, 96 per cent of them other risk factors are brain While inaugurating are women. tumour, kidney and eye the fair Saturday, Moham- Grameen Bank lends cancer, Rajkarnikar added. Galloway entering country med Yunus, the founder out half a billion dollars About 55,000 people CAIRO, 5 Feb— Egyp- A prominent oppo- ganizers of the “trial” for of Grameen Bank, said each year, average loan is are estimated to be affected tian immigration officials nent of the invasion of Iraq help and spent much of micro credit has changed just 120 dollars, some by cancer while, 14,000 to prevented British member and advocate of Palestin- the night in a chair, they the rural economy a great loans are even under 10 15,000 new cases have of Parliament George Gal- ian rights, Galloway has added. deal. The rural people, dollars. been surfacing every year loway from entering the spent more than 12 hours The two-day “trial”, especially the rural wom- In Bangladesh, about in the country. Over 50 per country on Friday night at Cairo Airport after ar- which ends on Saturday, en’s life has improved a 15 million people have got cent among the cancer pa- because he is on a black- riving on an EgyptAir has been organized by the lot. micro credit from differ- tients are affected by lung list, airport sources said flight from London, the Union of Arab Lawyers, Yunus said micro ent organizations, and the cancer and it was due to on Saturday. airport sources said. which said former credit is a big financial beneficiaries from this smoking and by the use of Galloway had flown “He’ll probably have Malaysian Prime Minis- sector which cannot be programme are even more. tobacco related things. to Cairo to take part in a to go to London on the ter Mahathir Mohamad ignored. MNA/Xinhua MNA/Xinhua mock trial of US Presi- next plane, unless attempts was taking part. The dent George W. Bush, Is- to get him through suc- sources gave no immedi- raeli Prime Minister Ariel ceed, which is most un- ate reason why Galloway Sharon and British Prime likely,” said one airport should be on the list of Minister Tony Blair for official, who asked not to people not permitted to their activities in Iraq and be named. enter Egypt. the Palestinian territories. Galloway phoned or- MNA/Reuters Death toll in Indonesian sunken ferry jumps to 55 JAKARTA, 5 Feb— 160 people sank in a nar- day the accident was The death toll from a ferry row strait between the East caused by tidal waves on accident between Kupang Nusa Tenggara capital of the strait, some 2,000 kilo- and Rote in East Nusa Kupang and nearby Rote metres east of Jakarta. Tenggara Province, Indo- Island, said the report. The The ferry can carry nesia, jumped to 55 on evacuation process, which up to 400 people and a Friday, The Jakarta Post involved a police helicop- number of vehicles, Hatta daily reported on Satur- ter and Navy warships, said, ruling out possibility day. Rescuers have found have found 126 survivors. that the accident was Rescuers escort a ferry accident survivor in Kupang, the capital of the western 45 bodies three days after Minister of Transportation caused by over-capacity. a ferry carrying more than Hatta Radjasa said Thurs- half of Timor island recently. —INTERNET MNA/Xinhua 8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 6 February, 2006

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein hears report on training school of MWVO in Mandalay by Principal Lt-Col Aung Soe (Retd).— MNA have been completed by roads on both sides have 90 per cent. been completed by cent Secretary-1 Lt-Gen per cent. Thein Sein and Lt-Gen The arch iron frames Ye Myint gave necessary have been installed be- instructions. Next, they tween RP5 and RP6. The inspected progress in main section of the construction of the bridge has been installed bridge, and the twin tun- with iron frames in length nel (underpass) being of 886 metres out of built by Myanma Rail- 1,126 metres in total. So ways. far, the construction of Engineers of Public the bridge has completed Works are building 5,614 by 85 per cent. foot long Aye-yawady Afterwards, the Sec- Bridge (Yadanabon) with retary-1 and party over- four-lane motorway. saw greening tasks at Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein inspects underpass under construction.— MNA Construction tasks are Mandalay Kandawgyi being carried out simul- Lake and Taungthaman Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein (underpass) measuring 75 390/7 on Mandalay- taneously on both Man- Lake, and extension of feet by 115 feet are be- Myitkyina railroad, and dalay and Sagaing banks. repaving 62nd Street. inspects Training School … ing built at mile post the construction tasks At present, approach MNA (from page 1) ing Engineer U Hsan Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Win of Sagaing site and Thein Sein instructed of- Deputy Superintending ficials to extend cultiva- Engineer U Htay Myint tion of perennial crops in- of Mandalay site briefed cluding physic nut plants the Secretary-1 on mat- without harming other ters related to the bridge, perennial, seasonal crops installation of iron frames and kitchen crop planta- at the bridge, completion tions. of approach bridges, and On arrival at the site installation of the iron of Ayeyawady Bridge frames at the main sec- (Mandalay) Project on tion of the bridge. The Mandalay bank, the Sec- commanders gave sup- retary-1 and party were plementary reports. welcomed by Chairman Minister for Rail of Sagaing Division Transportation Maj-Gen Peace and Development Aung Min reported that Council Commander of the approach road to the North-West Command bridge on Mandalay bank Maj-Gen Tha Aye and will pass across Manda- officials. lay-Myitkyina railroad. Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein inspects demonstration of test run of a bulldozer with the use of Deputy Superintend- Hence, the twin tunnel physic nut oil at the farm of MCDC on 3-2-2006. (News Reported) — MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein inspects demonstration of test run of an excavator with the use of physic nut oil at No 1 farm of MCDC on 3-2-2006.(News reported)—MNA THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 6 February, 2006 9

The Htidaw hoisting of Aung Min Aung Pagoda in progress. MNA Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence fixes Seinbudaw atop Aung Min Aung Pagoda. — MNA Ceremonies to hoist Shwehtidaw …

(from page 16) Myint Swe shared merits Maung Weik and Lt-Gen Myint Swe, Brig- gained. Minister Brig-Gen Family Co spent over Gen Thura Myint Thura Myint Maung, K 270 million on renova- Maung, officials and Deputy Commander Brig- tion of the Shin Upagutta wellwisher Maung Weik Gen Wai Lwin and Lake. and family company of- wellwisher U Maung MNA fered provisions to the Weik formally opened the Sayadaws. Lake. Lt-Gen Myint Secretary of the Lt-Gen Myint Swe SSMNC Nyaungdon unveiled the stone plaque Swe of Ministry of Sayadaw Abhidhaja Maha of the lake and sprinkled Defence offers alms Rattha Guru Bhaddanta scented water on it. Lt- Osadhabhivamsa deliv- Gen Myint Swe and party to a Sayadaw. ered a sermon, and the con- viewed round renovation gregation led by Lt-Gen tasks at the lake. MNA

Minister for Religious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Newly-renovated Shin Upagutta Mingala Lake. —˚MNA Myint Maung. — MNA Union Day delegates and cultural Pro-Golfer Zaw Zaw Latt sets aim to troupes arrives Yangon claim champion YANGON, 5 Feb — arrived here by air today Union Day Reception par 212 total. Zaw Zin The fourth and final Union Day delegates and to attend the 59th Anni- and Accommodation Win (Srixon) shared third round of the tour contin- cultural troupes from versary Union Day Cer- Subcommittee Secretary place on 70 with Yin ues tomorrow. Taninthayi Division, emony 2006. They were Lt-Col Tin Kyaing and Aung Latt (Taunggyi) for The Sixth Leg of Air Shan State (North) and welcomed at the airport Subcommittee members a two-under-par 214 Bagan Myanmar Golf (South) and Chin State by the 59th Anniversary and officials. — MNA each. Former champion Tour is being sponsored YANGON, 5 Feb — Soe Kyaw Naing by Air Bagan Ltd to- Zaw Zaw Latt was still (Srixon) stood in the gether with co-sponsors standing in the first po- fourth position by scor- KBZ Bank, Myanmar sition by firing a five- ing 220. Brewery Ltd, Myanmar under-par 211 in total on In the amateur golf- Treasure Resort Hotel, the third round in profes- ers division, Aung Win Aureum Palace Hotel sional golfers division of (Ministry of Forestry) Resort, Kawthoung Golf the Air Bagan Myanmar who is favorite to secure Club, Srixon, Kachin Golf Tour at Kawthoung champion was leading his Golfers Group, Jade Land Golf Club in Kawthoung division by shooting 222 Myanmar Co Ltd, Max this morning. in total on third round. Myanmar Co Ltd, Lon- Likewise, veteran Bo Bo and Ngwe Tun don, Viking Marine Prod- Myint Thaung (KM shared the second place, uct Trading Co Ltd. Han Golf Centre) shot a third tying at 230. Naing Event Management or- round four-under-par 68 Naing Lin shot 231 in the ganizes the functions of Union Day delegates from States and Divisions arrive at Yangon Airport. — MNA today for a four-under- third position. the golf tour. — MNA 10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 6 February, 2006 Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon) Home Affairs Minister meets staff and Construction Project and extended tasks of families of departments

Yangon International Airport inspected YANGON, 5 Feb — mental officials under the dalay Myanma Police Minister for Home Affairs Ministry of Home Affairs Force, General Adminis- YANGON, 5 Feb — instructions on timely runway of Yangon Inter- Maj-Gen Maung Oo at- and family members of the tration Department, Bu- Minister for Construction completion of the tasks national Airport, the min- tended the ceremony to training school. Next, he reau of Special Operation Maj-Gen Saw Tun to- and worksite safety and ister heard reports on the conclude SIP Course No inspected physic nut plan- and Prisons Department gether with officials of attended to the needs. progress of the tasks and 54 at Myanmar Police tations and fish ponds. at Aung San Hall of Man- Public Works arrived at Next, the minister and future plan. Regarding the Force Central Training In the evening, the dalay Division Police Ayeyawady Bridge party inspected construc- reports, the minister gave Depot in PyinOoLwin on minister called on staff and Force. (Yadanabon) Construc- tion tasks of approach instructions on timely 3 February morning. family members of Man- MNA tion Project and heard re- bridges and fixing the completion of the tasks At the meeting hall, ports on completion of the main bridge steel frame. and meeting the set stand- the minister heard reports tasks of constructing the At present, the 85 per cent ard of the tasks. on matters related to the 59th Anniversary Union approach bridges on of constructing the ap- Later the minister training courses by Prin- Sagaing and Mandalay proach bridges of inspected the worksite. cipal Police Brig-Gen Day objectives banks, fixing the main Ayeyawady Bridge Yangon International Air- Khin Maung. Next, the steel frames and future (Yadanabon) was com- port is being extended up minister inspected units of — For all national races to safeguard the plans. pleted. to 11,200 feet to enable the training school. national policy — non-disintegration of After hearing re- On arrival at the the Boeing 747-400s to In the afternoon, the the Union, non-disintegration of national ports, the minister gave project of extending the land. — MNA minister met with depart- solidarity and perpetuation of sovereignty. — To keep the Union spirit ever alive and dynamic among the national people. — For all national people to defend and safeguard the Union for its perpetual existence. — To prevent, through national solidarity, the danger of internal and external destructive elements undermining peace and stability of the State and national development. —˚For all national races to make concerted efforts for successful implementation of the seven-point future policy programme of the State. Yangon Mayor inspects land reclamation for

Progress in construction of Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon). (News on page 1) — MNA growing physic nut YANGON, 5 Feb — Chairman of Yangon City Development Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein New items of SANYO air-conditioners introduced Lin and officials inspected land reclamation and sowing of physic nut seeds near Yaynetkyi and Gwaytauk- YANGON, 5 Feb — The new items of SANYO engineers clarified the new items of SANYO air- aing villages for growing physic nut carried out by air-conditioners of OK Myanmar Co Ltd of Myanmar conditioners. YCDC in Hlegu Township, Yangon Division this Marketing Representative of SANYO Electric Corpo- SANYO (GTC) air-conditioners are produced morning. ration in Japan were introduced at Dusit Inya Lake for use in the businesses at reasonable price and they On arrival at Gwaytauk-aing village, the mayor Hotel yesterday evening. are of good quality with one year guarantee. Before the heard reports on 300 acres reclamation and sowing of Present on the occasion were agents of electric end of guarantee, the repair will be made for the physic nut seeds by an official and planted physic nut. equipment stores, entrepreneurs and invited guests. damage free of charge. The Yangon mayor also inspected land recla- First, Managing Director of OK Myanmar Co Ltd U Relating to these air-conditioners, the further mation for growing physic nut near Yaynetkyi village Kyaw Kyaw Hlaing reported on extended tasks of the information can be inquired through electrical goods and attended to the needs. company and Member of Board of Company Direc- shops and OK Myanmar Co Ltd Showroom in MNA tors Lt-Col Zaw Weik (Retd) clarified the arrange- Shwegondine, Tel: 544463, 544464, 544465, Pansoden ments for providing the services closely to the cus- Showroom Tel: 241-077384-077, Bo Aung Kyaw Mandalay Mayor tomers at SANYO showrooms and service centres Showroom Tel: 377 627 and Pyinmana Showroom opened at Mandalay and Pyinmana. Next, company Tel: 067-22953. — MNA oversees sanitation, upgrading tasks

YANGON, 5 Feb — Mandalay City Development Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Phone Zaw Han inspected dredging of drains and sanitation tasks in Maha Aungmye Township on 1 February. He also oversaw preparations for the fourth Mayor’s Cup Horticultural Show at Mandalay Kandawgyi Lake. The mayor inspected repaving and upgrading roads on 62nd Street and 89th street. Afterwards, the mayor attended the ceremony to serve children with nutritious refreshments at the nursery of Social Welfare Department in Chanaye Thazan Township. The mayor and party also looked into the Myittasanyay Nursery of Maternal and Child OK Myanmar Co Ltd Managing Director U Kyaw Kyaw Hlaing explains new products of SANYO brand Welfare Association Branch of MCDC. air-conditioner. — MNA MNA THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 6 February, 2006 11 Chavez says Bush worse than Hitler Twelve hurt in guerillas’ blast in E Nepal CARACAS (Venezuela), 6 Feb — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told a rally of thousands of supporters on Saturday that US President George W Bush was worse than Hitler and vowed to buy more KATHMANDU, 5 Feb— police noted. arms to defend his nation as their diplomatic relations deteriorated. At least 10 civilians and A troop of Royal two security men were Nepalese Army from “The imperialist, genocidal, fascist attitude of the Washington and Caracas recently locked horns injured in a guerillas’ blast Itahari defused 13 bombs US president has no limits. I think Hitler would be like over a US block on sales of Spanish military equip- in eastern Nepal on Fri- while the one went off. a suckling baby next to George W Bush,” Chavez said ment to Venezuela. The Spanish aircraft contained day morning, local police Two Royal Nepalese from a stage decorated with a huge red image of US-made technology, which requires countries to get office said Saturday. Army personnel were in- himself as a young soldier. Washington’s clearance for the sale. The civilians and the jured while trying to de- Already frayed ties between the United States and Chavez, who last year bought helicopters and security men were hurt fuse the bombs. the socialist leader worsened further this week after 100,000 rifles from Russia, said he would seek to buy when a bomb planted by Meanwhile, guerrillas Chavez expelled a US military attache accused of more arms to defend Venezuela against any attempt to guerillas went off on also detonated a bomb on espionage and the White House responded by ordering topple his government. US officials say the purchases Luhandra bridge in a rural road at Pidarmani out a Venezuelan diplomat. could destabilize the region as Chavez moves to create Biratnagar City of Morang of Sidraha Village on Fri- Chavez, a retired Army paratrooper who often a huge military reservist movement. District, some 400 kilo- day morning, the police accuses Washington of trying to overthrow him, warned “I ask for permission ... to buy another cargo of arms metres east of Kathmandu, said, adding, “The secu- he could shut Venezuelan oil refineries in the United because the gringos want us unarmed. We have to defend on Friday, local police of- rity forces managed to States and sell oil for the US market elsewhere if our fatherland,” he said. “Venezuela needs 1 million fice said in a statement. defuse that bomb as well.” Washington cuts off ties. well-equipped men and women, and well-armed.” The guerillas had MNA/Xinhua US officials have made no suggestion they plan to The Venezuelan leader has put himself at the blocked the Hulaki High- break relations. Washington has repeatedly dismissed centre of regional opposition to Bush, who he calls way for over 10 hours af- Chavez’ threats and charges as inflammatory rhetoric “Mr Danger”, while Washington brands Chavez a Over 60 ter planting 14 powerful aimed at stirring up nationalist sentiment among his worrying threat to regional stability and criticizes his bombs on the bridge, the vehicles pile poor supporters. alliance with Cuba. — MNA/Reuters up in Japan, Bulgaria reports first injuring 31 TOKYO, 5 Feb— Over case of H5 avian flu 60 vehicles piled up on SOFIA, 5 Feb — Bulgaria has discovered its first the Hokuriku expressway case of H5 bird flu in a swan found in the waters of in central Japan late Fri- the Danube River, authorities said on Friday, and day, causing injures of 31 samples will be sent to Britain to test whether it is people, Kyodo News the strain that can kill people. reported Saturday. Sandwiched between veterinary offices on high Four people were se- Romania and Turkey, alert but the discovery of riously injured in the acci- both of which have been one infected swan did not dent, which happened at hit by outbreaks of the mean there was a danger about 9:40 pm (1240 deadly H5N1 strain, Bul- of wider outbreaks. GMT), in Izumi, Toyama garia has been seen as a “This was a single Prefecture. The section of possible destination for bird,” he said. “There is the highway was icy, the virus. no sign of any strange be- which might have caused A night view of the Olympic ski alpine slalom course for the upcoming Torino “Our teams found a haviour or massive deaths the cars and trucks to skid. 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Sestriere, Italy, on 3 Feb, 2006. The Games will wild swan in the Danube by wild birds.” Some of the vehicles be held from 10-26 Feb,2006.—INTERNET River near the town of The swan was found in the serial collisions were Vidin. The tests on the alive on January 31 at an severely damaged, and six Iran vows not to give in swan showed it was in- industrial site near the people were trapped in fected with the H5 virus,” border with Romania and their cars. However, all of Agriculture Minister Serbia. It died after show- them were rescued early under pressure on nuclear issue Nihat Kabil told a news ing symptoms of shaking Saturday, police and fire- TEHERAN, 5 Feb— Iranian Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Gholam-Ali conference. and partial paralysis. fighters said. Haddad-Adel here Saturday vowed that Iran would not give in under pressure He said he had put his MNA/Reuters MNA/Xinhua over its nuclear programme, the official IRNA news agency reported. Adel was also quoted as saying that developing nuclear weapons. “the Iranian nation will not surrender to Javad Vaeidi, deputy secretary of pressures imposed on the country by Supreme National Security Council of certain powers on its nuclear pro- Iran, warned in Vienna soon after the grammes”. IAEA’s vote that Teheran would resume He complained that Iran’s progress “full-scale” of uranium enrichment. in nuclear technology “has been turned Former Iranian president Akbar into a pretext for certain powers to im- Hashemi Rafsanjani on Friday also pose pressures on the Iranian nation”. warned that referring Iran’s nuclear case The hardline speaker reiterated that to the UN Security Council would be a the Iranian Government was obliged to “big mistake”. implement a law passed late last year to The Iranian Majlis in December cease voluntary cooperative measures 2005 ratified a law demanding the on the nuclear issue in case the file was government to cease all voluntary meas- referred to the UN Security Council. ures on the nuclear programme if hauled “The Majlis believes the law man- to the UN, including the implementa- dating implementation of the country’s tion of the additional protocol of the nuclear programmes should be enforced. Non-Proliferation Treaty and volun- We will review it after the IAEA deci- tary suspension of some nuclear work. sion. But we should (first) see what On 10 January, Teheran resumed decisions the agency will take,” he said. nuclear research work regardless of the The Speaker’s comments came warnings of the European Union (EU) shortly before the emergency meeting and virtually rejected a Russian pro- of the International Atomic Energy posal to transfer uranium enrichment Agency (IAEA) board of governors in work to Russia, which prompted the Vienna adopted a resolution to report EU to call for the IAEA emergency Iran’s nuclear issue to the UN Security meeting. Council over concerns that Teheran is MNA/Xinhua 12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 6 February, 2006 Vietnam’s first satellite

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A second space item since mass balance of the ice from Britain's Hadley University of Swansea's satellite control station the country's first sheet more rapidly than Centre for Climate School of the Environment will be established in Hoai astronaut took part in a predicted," the study said. Prediction and Research — and Society said the Duc District, northern Ha Soviet space mission in It said the fact that the a branch of the Kangerdlugssuaq and Tay Province and a 1985. two major outflow glaciers Meteorological Office — Helheim glaciers had standby one in Ben Cat MNA/Xinhua had shown the same sudden that the Greenland ice sheet doubled their rate of flow District, southern Binh to the ocean over the past acceleration despite being could be disappearing faster Indian scientists two years after steady more than 300 kilometres than previously thought. movement during the apart suggested the cause The ice sheet contains Ancient stone sculptures on ready for 1990s. was not local but more one-tenth of the world's display in North China city This spurt meant that likely climatic or oceanic freshwater reserves. ballistic missile SHIJIAZHUANG, 4 Feb — An exhibition featuring current environmental in origin. Scientists predict that ancient stone sculptures opened recently in Handan, launch models of the rate of retreat "In both of these glaciers global average tem- a historically famous city in North China's Hebei NEW DELHI, 4 Feb — of Greenland's giant ice the acceleration and retreat peratures will rise by Province, to mark the ongoing Spring Festival. Preparations are complete sheet — which could add has been sudden, despite between one and six degrees It comprises a total of 70 stone Buddhist for the first launch of seven metres to the height the progressive nature of Celsius this century unless sculptures, rubbings and tablets carved in a 900- nuclear-capable ballistic of the world's oceans if it warming and thinning over urgent action is taken now year period from the Northern Dynasties (386-581) missile Agni-III but a disappears — had some years," the report said. to cap and reduce carbon to the Song Dynasty (960-1279). decision on its testing underestimated the "The longevity of this emissions. Some 86 photographs of Buddhist sculptures, would have to be taken by problem. flux increase is unknown Even a rise of three unearthed from grottos and tombs in Handan and its the government, Indo- "It seems likely that but could be substantial," it degrees could result in surrounding areas, are also on display in the 600- Asian News Service other Greenland outlets will added. cataclysmic species loss, square-metre exhibition hall at the city's museum. (IANS) quoted the undergo similar changes, The report followed a melting polar icecaps After the holiday display period, the cultural raising sea levels by many country's top defence relics will be on permanent show at the museum to metres and wholesale scientist M. Natarajan as German FM appeals to provide local residents with a chance to appreciate famine and disease. saying here on Friday. the art of stone carving in ancient times. Greenland is only part "We have done all the Iraqi kidnappers Handan has a history of 8,000 years in stone of the picture, and there is technical tasks for a carving. The technique of ancient artists in the project of this nature. But BERLIN, 4 Feb — German Foreign Minister Frank- also evidence of local region exerted a strong influence on the creation of Walter Steinmeier made an appeal broadcast on the Al warming and melting on when it will be fired, how Buddhist sculpture during the Northern Dynasties. Jazeera television station on Friday calling on Iraqi the giant Western Antarctic it will be fired, and where MNA/Xinhua kidnappers to free two German engineers threatened ice sheet.— MNA/Reuters it will be fired is a decision with death. that has to be taken at a "Chancellor (Angela) Merkel and I are appealing to higher level," IANS you — also in the name of all Germans — to release Venezuela describes US expelling of diplomat as retaliation quoted Defence Research Thomas Nitzschke and Rene Braeunlich unharmed," CARACAS, 4 Feb — expecting such a move, after another Venezuelan official, and Development Steinmeier said. A deadline set by the kidnappers Venezuelan Deputy Foreign Venezuelan President Hugo Pavel Rondon, who is on a Organization (DRDO) expires on Friday and Steinmeier said the government Minister Mari Hernandez Chavez declared John diplomatic mission in Cuba, chief Natarajan as saying. had been unable to contact them. said that Friday's US Correa, a US naval attache told the Cuban Press that "Two other versions of "I appeal to the kidnappers: take into account the decision to expel a at the US Embassy in Figueredo's expulsion was the indigenously families' distress. Thomas Nitzschke and Rene Venezuelan diplomat was a Venezuela, persona non inappropriate because developed Agni missile, Braeunlich were in Iraq to contribute to the "political retaliation", local grata, expelling him from Correa had been charged one with a range of 700 improvement of the lifestyles of people in Iraq," the media reported. the country. with a crime that is clearly kilometres and the other minister said. Steinmeier said earlier on Friday he had Hernandez told Hernandez added that defined under Venezuelan with a range of 2,500 no news to report and declined to give any details of Venezuelan state television Figueredo had conducted law. kilometres, have already Germany's efforts to free the two men or of its that there was no reason to herself in an "exemplary and Figueredo "is not at the entered service with the assessment of a film in which the kidnappers said they expel Jenny Figueredo Frias, unobjectionable" manner at same level as Correa and he Indian Armed Forces," would kill the men in 72 hours if their demands were but that the Venezuelan the Venezuelan Embassy in is accused of a crime", he Natarajan disclosed. not met.— MNA/Reuters Government had been Washington. Meanwhile, said. — MNA/Xinhua MNA/Xinhua

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The demand from restrict foreigners to buy under which foreigners foreigners has pushed South African land. buy land.” price hike in poverty and Mbeki said that the loaded onto a cargo ship “This will be done in triggered complaint from government is to review line with international ordinary citizens. its willing-buyer, will- for export, in Inchon, norms and practices,” he The Black governing-seller policy this year added. However, he did ment promised millions of in a bid to boost land re- not specify what condi- South Africans to give form. He said the state west of Seoul, on 3 tions will be posed on them land before they would play a more central foreigners to buy land in came to power in 1994. role in land reform to ac- Feb.—INTERNET But about 70 per cent of celerate restitution and Two astronauts leave land in the country is still help empower the poor. station for spacewalk held by small number of MNA/Xinhua MOSCOW, 5 Feb — The two astronauts that were Earthwork enters peak time for S Africa, China living on the International agree deal on Space Station left the sta- Three Gorges power station tion and went on a space- clothes imports walk at 2244 GMT on Fri- YICHANG (Hubei), 4 Feb — Earthwork entered peak time for construction of a new underground day, the Russian Mission power workshop in the world’s largest hydropower station at the Three Gorges, Yichang City of central CAPE TOWN, 4 Feb— Control Centre (TsUP) China’s Hubei Province. South Africa has reached said. Over 1,000 workers Three Gorges Project will used for generating hy- gigantic reservoir, with agreement with China to The spacewalk took spared the week-long va- cost more than six billion dro-electricity. an estimated cost of 180 regulate the import of about six hours, and the cation of China’s Lunar yuan (some 720 million Launched in 1993, the bilmajor water control cheap Chinese clothes astronauts released a spe- New Year drilling and US dollars). When the Three Gorges Project is works to tame the mighty and textiles which ana- cial kind of “satellite” excavating a cellar in the project becomes opera- being built in three phases Yangtze, will all be lysts say threaten the in- known as SuitSat, which mountain on the southern tional by 2010, 90 per cent on the middle reaches of erected on the river’s dustry in the country, was stuffed with a donated bank of the Yangtze of the water in the Three the Yangtze River. Based southern bank. President Thabo Mbeki radio, a transmitter, elec- River, which is expected Gorges Reservoir will be on an original plan, the MNA/Xinhua said on Friday. tronics boxes, batteries to accommodate six gen- “We have already and old clothes to hold the erators, each with an in- Deaths push rare Asia reached agreement with... gear in place. stalled capacity of China to protect our The transmitter will 700,000 kilowatts. clothing and textile sec- send recorded messages The China Yangtze dolphins nearer extinction tor,” Mbeki told Parlia- in six languages to ama- River Three Gorges JOHANNESBURG ,4 Feb— Ten dead Irrawaddy dolphins have been found ment in his annual state teur radio operators for Project Development in Cambodia’s Mekong River, eight of them calves, pushing one of the rarest of the nation address. No several days before even- Corporation started the cetaceans nearer extinction, the environmental group WWF International further details were im- tually re-entering Earth’s construction project in said on Friday. mediately available. atmosphere and burning March, 2005. The drill- The deaths mean a tre (115-mile) stretch of “This time of year South African trade up, NASA officials said. ing work is expected to be 10-per-cent drop in the news, making a serious commonly sees a peak in officials said on Friday Besides, the two astro- completed in July this number of Irrawaddy dol- situation even more criti- dolphin deaths, but 10 in they had been in talks nauts also performed year, and the concrete phins living in the cal,” said Robert Mather, the last two months is par- with China on some regu- maintenance and photog- molding to begin in Au- Mekong, previously Senior Conservation ticularly high and ... none latory arrangement in- raphy tasks, including gust, according to sched- thought to be between 80 Policy Manager of have been reported since volving import quotas as locking a cable cutter on ule. The underground and 100. They are re- WWF’s Greater Mekong May 2005,” he said. part of a strategy of ac- the station’s mobile trans- power workshop with the stricted to a 190-kilome- Programme. The WWF said that celerating South Africa’s porter rail car, creating at least one of the dol- economic growth to at storage space, retrieving a phins drowned after be- least 6 per cent per year Russian science experi- coming entangled in fish- from the current 4 per ment and photographing ing gillnets, the biggest cent. handrails, antennas and threat to the Mekong African countries and sensors. US space station population. China had a difficult re- commander Bill Mc- But other factors such lationship because while Arthur, and Russian flight as pollution may be re- they gained from China’s engineer Valery Tokarev sponsible as eight of the increased appetite for are the 12th term of obser- 10 dead dolphins were commodities, an influx of vation members working calves, it said. cheap Chinese manufac- on the sta-tion.They ar- “This trend (calves tured goods had been de- rived in the International dying) has been seen for structive to local indus- Space Station on 3 Octo- a number of years and is tries, negotiators said. ber , 2005, and launched a suspected to be due to MNA/Reuters spacewalk successfully on some form of environ- 7 November, during mental pollution. How- which they installed a ever, ongoing tissue sam- video camera outward the Don’t ples and chemical analy- US part of the station and sis have yet to reveal the removed some other Astronauts Bill McArthur of the US and Valery Tokarev of Russia are seen Smoke cause,” the WWF said. equipment outside the sta- during their spacewalk from the International Space Station on 3 Feb, 2006. tion.—MNA/Xinhua INTERNET MNA/Xinhua 14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 6 February, 2006 Shearer sets Newcastle record, S P O R T S 200 for Henry LONDON, 5 Feb— Former England captain Alan Shearer broke Newcastle Real run riot to sink Espanyol 4-0 United's goal-scoring record in a 2-0 home win over fellow strugglers Portsmouth MADRID, 5 Feb— Real Madrid ran riot against a poor Espanyol in the on Saturday. Bernabeu on Saturday, winning 4-0 to move up to second in the Primera Liga. The 35-year-old, who took on the role Leaders Chelsea entertain third-placed Real hardly broke sweat against fel- Real have 42 points from 22 games of assistant to caretaker boss Glenn Roeder Liverpool on Sunday. Second-placed Man- low King's Cup semifinalists with Guti, and are 10 points behind leaders Barce- following the midweek sacking of Graeme chester United host Fulham later on Satur- Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo on his lona who play Atletico Madrid at home Souness, scored in the second half to day. Luke Moore's hat-trick inspired Aston return from injury, striking before the on Sunday. Third-placed Valencia, with eclipse Jackie Milburn's record of 200 Villa to a 4-0 rout of Middlesbrough while break. 40 points, can move back above Real if goals. new signing Dean Ashton marked his first Zidane added a second five minutes they beat Deportivo Coruna away later It was Newcastle's first victory in seven start for West Ham United with a goal in the after the restart to extend Real's winning on Saturday. league games and lifted them to 15th in the 2-0 home win over bottom of the table run to seven games in all competitions. Earlier a Salva Ballesta header dragged table, having picked up 29 points from 24 Sunderland, who had Stephen Wright sent Malaga off the foot of the table and games. off. earned new coach Manuel Hierro a 2-1 France striker Thierry Henry also West Bromwich Albion defeated debut home win over Athletic Bilbao. reached a significant milestone, grabbing Blackburn Rovers 2-0 and Bolton Wan- Malaga's Portuguese defender Litos his 200th goal for injury-hit Arsenal in derers shared a 1-1 draw with Wigan Ath- headed the home side in front from an their 2-0 triumph at Birmingham City. letic. Antonio Hidalgo free kick after 30 min- Arsenal, on 40 points, moved up one David Weir's goal gave Everton a 1-0 utes, but fellow strugglers Bilbao lev- place to fifth, one point behind neighbours win at home to Manchester City, who had elled the scores through Aritz Aduriz Tottenham Hotspur who host Charlton Stephen Jordan sent off with one minute to just before the break. —MNA/Reuters Athletic in a London derby on Sunday. go.— MNA/Reuters Ivory Coast beat Cameroon on penalties Ex-FIFA referee CAIRO, 5 Feb— Ivory Coast beat Cameroon 12-11 on penalties after extra time finished 1-1 on Saturday to line up an African appointed FUFA's CEO Nations Cup semi-final against Nigeria. KAMPALA, 5 Feb— Former FIFA referee Charles Ivorian captain Didier elled three minutes later through Masembe Friday was appointed Chief Executive Of- Drogba rifled home the winning fellow substitute Albert Meyong ficer (CEO) of the Federation of Uganda Football spot kick after Cameroon's Ze. But extra time yielded no more Associations (FUFA), local Press reported on Satur- Samuel Eto'o, the tournament's goals and the game went to the day. FUFA media committee chairman Rogers top scorer, missed his penalty roulette of penalties. Mulindwa announced the appointment and said the following a poor display all night. Having also drawn 1-1 after ex- new CEO will begin work on February 10 under a five- Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia eyes the ball After 90 minutes of scrappy tra time, Nigeria beat Tunisia 6-5 year contract. during the quarter final match with football, the game burst into life in a penalty shootout in the earlier Masembe, who has held various positions in foot- Mikhail Youzhny of Russia at the ATP when Ivorian Bakary Kone rifled quarterfinal in Port Said to reach ball, was until his new role an administrative secretary Zagreb Tennis Tournament in Zagreb, home in the second minute of their semifinal berth in Alexandria at Uganda National Council of Sports (NCS). Croatia,on 3 Feb, 2006.—INTERNET extra time and Cameroon lev- on Tuesday.—MNA/Reuters MNA/Xinhua Hingis beats Sharapova Roma beat Parma to continue Champions League charge for final at Pan Pacific Open ROME, 5 Feb—AS Roma's charge for one of Italy's four Champions League berths maintained its momentum when they beat Parma 3-0 in Serie A on Saturday. TOKYO, 5 Feb— Swiss Martina Hingis defeated top- seeded Maria Sharapova of Russia 6-3, 6-1 to advance Roma's seventh consecutive league win leaves them running on to Totti's neat chip over the defence before to the final of the Pan Pacific Open here on Saturday. fifth with 42 points, just two behind fourth-placed lobbing Guardalben. Hingis, a wild carder, resorted to her solid Fiorentina who play Lecce on Saturday. Totti conjured up another defence-splitting pass five groundstrokes and strong serves to a win over the The 2001 champions, who knocked Juventus out of minutes later for Simone Perrotta to lob Guardalben defending champion in one hour and six minutes. the Italian Cup in midweek, dominated the first half and again — this time from a tight angle — and seal the win. "I played well," said Hingis. "I didn't miss much on went close when Francesco Totti's volley was tipped The result left Parma 16th in Serie A on 21 points, two key points and I put a lot of pressure on her." over by Matteo Guardalben. points above the relegation zone. Leading 4-3 in the first set, Hingis broke Sharapova They finally scored two minutes after the break, In Saturday's earlier match Siena and Ascoli drew for 5-3 and had two aces in the final game to take the Brazilian winger Mancini firing in the rebound after 1-1, a result that left them 12th and 13th respectively. opening set. Totti's header and close-range shot were cleared off the Ascoli were on course for their first away win this Hingis, who was playing Sharapova for the first line in quick succession. Parma striker Domenico Morfeo season when Gianluca Commotto turned home Michele time, won the capacity crowd behind her, surged ahead headed against the post midway through the half but in Fini's low cross to put them ahead in the 40th minute. 5-1 in the second set and broke her opponent in the the 72nd minute Mancini grabbed his second goal, MNA/Reuters final game to seal off the match. Hingis, who retired three years ago because of foot, heel and ankle injuries, Vieri double lifts Monaco spirits is a four-time winner in Tokyo. She last played in the PARIS, 5 Feb— Italy striker Christian Vieri scored his first two tournament in 2002.— MNA/Xinhua Ligue 1 goals on Saturday to help Monaco secure a welcome 3-1 win at Stade Rennes. Answers to yesterday’s The victory lifted spirits at the principality team in added Crossword Puzzle Monaco after a dull start to the time. year featuring an embarrassing Thanks to Vieri, Monaco climb A8S8C8G8START elimination by Fifth Division two places to seventh and can SAPPHIRE8A8E8 Colmar in the second round of still hope to qualify for Europe the French Cup on Wednesday. with more of the same from a I8I8A8E8SPATE Vieri, 32, joined Monaco last player who was one of the world's DETAINED8E8A8 month from AC Milan in an ef- top marksmen for years. E8E8R8D8ASTIR fort to boost his chances of mak- Paris St. Germain missed out ing Italy's World Cup squad. on precious points in the race for 8M8P8AYE8T8N8 Rennes led at halftime with a Europe as they were held to a HARASS8BARREN 25th minute goal by midfielder 2-2 home draw by St Etienne 8C8R8SOB8Y8R8 Arnold Mvuemba Makengo but earlier on Saturday. 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GENEVA, 5 Feb — The World Health Organization (WHO) called here on Friday for global efforts to combat cancer, which caused some 7.6 million deaths in 2005. Cancer is a leading in low and middle income veloping countries in obesity are contributing cause of death globally, countries, where resources terms of cancer preven- to the rise in cancer rates, and 84 million people will available for prevention, tion, treatment and care," particularly in low and die in the next 10 years if diagnosis and treatment of Le Gales-Camus said. middle income coun- action is not taken, Dr cancer are limited or non- It is estimated that tries. Catherine Le Gales- existent. over 40 per cent of all Tobacco use alone Camus, WHO assistant "We must, first and cancer can be prevented. accounts for some 1.5 mil- director-general for non- foremost, address the tre- However, dramatic in- lion cancer deaths per communicable diseases mendous inequalities be- creases in risk factors year, WHO figures show. and mental health, told tween developed and de- such as tobacco use and MNA/Xinhua reporters at a Press conference. She said the WHO has Albanians become largest proposed a global goal of reducing chronic disease death rates by 2 per cent ethnic minority group in Italy per annum from 2006 to TIRANA, 5 Feb— Al- showed that the number the fifth with 93,000. 2015. banian immigrants have of Albanian immigrants Around 63 per cent of overtaken the Moroc- in Italy has reached the Albanian immigrants Achievement of this WEATHER goal would avert over cans to become the larg- 316,000, topping the list live in the northern part of eight million of the pro- est ethnic minority group of ethnic minorities resid- Italy, while 24 per cent in jected 84 million deaths in Italy, the Albanian ing in that country. the central part and 12.5 due to cancer in the next Daily News reported on Romanians come next per cent in the south, ac- Sunday, 5 February, 2006 decade, she said. Friday, citing data from with a population of cording to the statistics. Summary of observations recorded at According to the offi- the Italian Institute of 248,000, followed by Chi- Albania has a popu- 09:30 hours MST: During the past 24 hours, light cial, more than 70 per cent Statistics. nese in fourth place with lation of 3.4 million. rain has been isolated in Kachin State, upper of all cancer deaths occur The new statistics 111,000, and Ukrainians About one-third of its Sagaing and Taninthayi Division and weather has people have emigrated been generally fair in the remaining areas. Night abroad, mostly to Greece

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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). 9th Waxing of Tabodwe 1367 ME Monday, 6 February, 2006 Ceremonies to hoist Shwehtidaw atop Aung Min Aung Pagoda, share merits for Shin Upagutta Lake held at Shwedagon Pagoda

YANGON, 5 Feb — A Bhaddanta Paññinda- ceremony to hoist bhivamsa and member Shwehtidaw atop Aung Sayadaws, and members Min Aung Pagoda and the of the Sangha, Chairman ceremony to share merits of the Leading Commit- for completion of Shin tee for All-round Perpetual Upagutta Mingala Lake Renovation of Shwedagon were held in the precinct Pagoda Minister for Reli- of Shwedagon Pagoda, gious Affairs Brig-Gen here, this morning, at- Thura Myint Maung, tended by Lt-Gen Myint Chairman of the Work Swe of the Ministry of Committee Deputy Com- Defence. mander of Yangon Com- Also present on the mand Brig-Gen Wai occasion were Ovada- Lwin, departmental offi- çariya of Shwedagon Pa- cials and guests. goda Board of Trustees, Minister for Religious Vice-Chairman of State Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Sangha Maha Nayaka Myint Maung supplicated Committee Abhidhaja on the purpose of holding Maha Rattha Guru the ceremonies. Abhidhaja Agga Maha Lt-Gen Myint Swe Saddhammajotika and the congregation re-

Lt-Gen Myint Swe presents Seinbudaw to the Sayadaw.—MNA

ceived the Five Precepts Sayadaws recited Metta atop Aung Min Aung Pa- from Sayadaw Bhaddanta Sutta. goda, and sprinkled Paññindabhivamsa. The Lt-Gen Myint Swe, scented water on the Minister Brig-Gen Thura Htidaw. Minister Brig-Gen Myint Maung and offi- The merit-sharing Thura Myint Maung cials offered parts of ceremony for Shin Deputy Commander of Shwehtidaw to the Upagutta Mingala Lake Yangn Command Brig- Sayadaws. followed at the north-west Gen Wai Lwin and Next, Lt-Gen Myint corner of Shwedagon Pa- wellwisher Maung Swe of the Ministry of goda. The Vice-Chairman Weik formally open Defence and Minister Sayadaw administered the Shin Upagutta Mingala Brig-Gen Thura Myint Nine Precepts. Kandaw Garden.—MNA Maung hoisted the Htidaw (See page 9) Full dress rehearsal for conveying Union Flag held

YANGON, 5 Feb — mander of Yangon Com- inspected the full dress Division held under the rangements this morning. Thihadipa Sports Ground Chairman of Yangon Di- mand Brig-Gen Hla Htay rehearsal for conveying 59th Anniversary Union The Union Flag was in Thanlyin representing vision Peace and Devel- Win and Yangon Mayor Union Flag to townships Day Flag Conveying and conveyed from the City Yangon South District, the opment Council Com- Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin in four districts in Yangon Full Dress Rehearsal ar- Hall to the dais in sports ground in Dagon Myothit (South) Town- ship representing Yangon East District, Gyobyu Sports Ground in Taikkyi Township representing Yangon North District, and Salin Sports Ground in Kyimyindine Township representing Yangon West District, then to the dais in the People’s Square on Pyay Road, here. After that, the Union Flag was conveyed back to the City Hall. Chair- man of the Sub-committee for Conveying Union Flag and Setting up Bill- boards Secretary of Yangon City Develop- ment Committee U Tin Soe and members and flag relay teams conveyed the Union Flag on board the Full dress rehearsal of conveying the Union Flag to townships in four districts this morning. — CITY NEWS Union Boat. — MNA