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Four political objectives State Peace and Development Council * Stability of the State, community peace and tranquillity, prevalence of law and Chairman Senior General Than Shwe sends order * National reconsolidation felicitations to Algeria * Emergence of a new enduring State Con- YANGON, 1 Nov — On the occasion of the National Day of the People’s Democratic Republic of stitution Algeria, which falls on 1 November 2003, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and * Building of a new modern developed na- Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency tion in accord with the new State Consti- Mr Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. — MNA tution Four economic objectives * Development of agriculture as the base and Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt sends message of all-round development of other sectors of the economy as well congratulations to his Malaysian Counterpart * Proper evolution of the market-oriented YANGON, 31 Oct — General Khin Nyunt, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a economic system message of congratulations to His Excellency Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who has been * Development of the economy inviting par- appointed as Prime Minister of Malaysia. — MNA ticipation in terms of technical know-how and investments from sources inside the country and abroad Prime Minister addresses MEC Meeting * The initiative to shape the national economy YANGON, 31 Oct — The roadmap of the State, the efficient human resources, cation standard, included in must be kept in the hands of the State and the Myanmar Education Com- Government is making ef- universities and colleges are the five rural development national peoples mittee held its Meeting forts to turn the Union of being opened with respect to tasks. 2/2003 at the hall of the Uni- Myanmar into a modern and the specialities concerned. In With the objective that Four social objectives versities Central Council in developed democratic nation. like manner, to ensure the de- all school-age children must * Uplift of the morale and morality of the Kamayut Township here Hailing the seven-point velopment of human resources have access to schools, plans entire nation this afternoon, with an ad- roadmap of the State, the in every region, more univer- are being implemented, re- * Uplift of national prestige and integrity and dress by Chairman of MEC entire mass of national races sities and colleges are being sulting in the increase of the Prime Minister of the State held mass rallies in support built nationwide. population of school-age preservation and safeguarding of cultural General Khin Nyunt. of it in all the states and divi- The institutions of higher children. The enrollment heritage and national character ,Also present at the meet- sions and pledged to do their learning are being opened not rate of school-age children * Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit ing were Vice-Chairman of bit in the implementation of only in big cities, but also in rose to 95 per cent in 2003 * Uplift of health, fitness and education MEC and Secretary-1 of the the roadmap. secluded places. from 70 per cent in the past. standards of the entire nation State Peace and Develop- To be able to reach the For instance, one univer- (See page 8)

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt speaks at the meeting No 2/2003 of the Myanmar Education Committee. — MNA ment Council Lt-Gen Soe goal of a modern and devel- sity, one government techno- Win, member of the State oped democratic nation after logical college and one gov- 11th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Peace and Development the successful realization of ernment computer college were Council and Chief of Armed the seven-point roadmap of constructed in Panglong region, Performing Arts Competitions conclude Forces Training Lt-Gen the State, the strong national Shan State. Moreover, colleges YANGON, 31 Oct — The petitions Minister for Cul- competitions Deputy Min- Kyaw Win, ministers, the economy and highly-quali- and government technological 11th Myanmar Traditional ture Maj-Gen Kyi Aung and ister for Information Brig- chief justice, the attorney- fied human resources are re- science schools are under con- Cultural Performing Minister for Social Welfare, Gen Aung Thein, officials general, the auditor-general, quired. struction in Monyin of Kachin Arts Competitions starting Relief and Resettlement of work committees and sub- the chairman of Civil Serv- Therefore, the Govern- State and Myingyan Township 14 October concluded Maj-Gen Sein Htwa, Vice- committees, foreign tourists ice Selection and Training ment is implementing the na- of Mandalay Division. today. Chairman of the Leading and enthusiasts. Board, deputy ministers, tional economic plans already Steps are being taken with The 18th and last day Committee for holding the (See page 9) members of MEC, the di- laid down for the promotion added momentum to raise the contests of the competitions rector-general of the State of national economic life and standard of human resources were held at the designated INSIDE Foreign News Peace and Development revitalization of the nation’s in the higher education sec- places here. Perspectives Pages The competitions were Council Office, departmen- wealth. At the same time, the tor. Myanmar will not be 3,4,5,6,12,13,14 tal heads and officials. national education promotion In the basic education sec- attended by Members of the deviated from her path In his speech, Prime plans are also under way in tor also, arrangements are Panel of Patrons of the Com- Minister General Khin order to develop the human being made to accelerate the mittee for Holding the 11th by threats and Circulation Nyunt said while imple- resources. development pace in rural Myanmar Traditional Cul- challenges 24,042 menting the seven-point For the development of areas and raise the rural edu- tural Performing Arts Com- Page 2 Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan. 2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 1 November, 2003 PERSPECTIVES Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt sends message of Saturday, 1 November, 2003 felicitations to Algeria Myanmar will not be deviated YANGON, 1 Nov — On the occasion of the National Day of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, which falls on 1 November 2003, General Khin Nyunt, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, from her path by threats and has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Ahmed Ouyahia, Head of the Government of the challenges People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. — MNA On 30 August 2003, Prime Minister Gen- Minister receives eral Khin Nyunt clarified the seven-point policy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung and programme (roadmap). Starting from 20 guests September, mass rallies in support of the speech YANGON, 31 Oct — Min- sends felicitations to Algeria delivered by the Prime Minister were held in ister for Livestock and Fish- YANGON, 1 Nov — On the occasion of the National Day of the People’s Yangon, Mandalay, Hpa-an, Myitkyina, Loikaw, eries Brig-Gen Maung Democratic Republic of Algeria, which falls on 1 November 2003, U Win Aung, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, has sent Taunggyi, Bago, Pathein, Magway, Sittway, Maung Thein received a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Abdelaziz Belkhadem, Mawlamyine, Pyay, Kengtung, Monywa, Hakha, Chairman Mr Oh Sang Soo and party of Gold Fish Prod- Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Democratic Myeik and Lashio. ucts Co Ltd of the Republic Republic of Algeria. — MNA At the mass rallies, people’s representa- of Korea and a 14-member tives throughout the country unanimously ap- delegation led by Vice Sec- proved the call for active participation of the retary General Mr Duan entire national people by doing their bit for Guanhan of Yunnan Provin- successful implementation of the seven-point cial Government separately roadmap. at his office at 10 am and And again on 21 October, the representa- 10.30 am today. tives of the people pledged to strive for the Also present were success of the roadmap at the rally held at the Deputy Minister U Aung Thein and departmental sports ground at the foot of the Shwezigon Pa- heads of the ministry. goda in the Bagan Archaeology Zone. MNA Myanmar is determined and committed to build a democratic society in keeping with the Minister for Livestock and objective conditions of the nation as well as the Fisheries Brig-Gen Maung aspirations of the people. Already systematic Maung Thein receives Vice Secretary General Mr steps are being initiated for the convening of the Duan Guanhan of Yunnan National Convention that would eventually lead Provincial Government to a new constitution and a democratic society in and party. — MNA the country. For Myanmar, the interests of the 52 million people take precedence over every- Dr Tun Aung Kyaw, winner of National Literary Award in Knowledge thing. On 27 October 2003, the United States (Applied Science) category Department of State issued a biannual report on the situation in Myanmar. Article by Thaung Win Bo, Photo by Khin Maung Win There is a lack of objectivity in the report Dr Tun Aung Kyaw, knowledge” in which he to be blind and thus this tended to eradicate blindness and it is nothing but a politically motivated who won the National Liter- stated the causes for blind- prompted him to write arti- and a person who reads the attempt to exert pressure on Myanmar. The ary Award in Knowledge ness. cles on the disease. book will gain much knowl- report fails to note the vast transformation tak- (Applied Science) category As an eye surgeon, Dr In the book “ A healthy edge about the eye. ing place in the country, particularly the strides with the book entitled “ A Tun Aung Kyaw knows eye means a prosperous life”, Dr Tun Aung Kyaw is taken by the Government towards the emer- healthy eye means a pros- much about that many peo- he writes salient points on an eye surgeon who takes gence of a democratic state. perous life”, has written arti- ple have only a limited eye complaints giving the charge of the Blindness Pre- The Government, relying on its own re- cles on eye complaints since knowledge of eye complaints people knowledge, educa- vention Project of the Health sources and with the support of friends and 1976. At that time, he wrote and in his carrier as an eye tion, warning and advice on Department under the Min- neighbours, has been able to improve the quality articles under the entitle surgeon, he came across eye. In writing the book, Dr istry of Health. “Prevent blindness through many people who ought not Tun Aung Kyaw said, he in- (Translation: BG) of life of its citizens. Never before in its history has the country seen so much improvement in its Kanbawza Open Golf Championship basic infrastructure as well as health and educa- tion standards of the people in such a brief time. continues With regard to the economic situation, YANGON, Myanmar Golf Federation any disinterested observer will find that the 31 Oct — The and Myanmar PGA, contin- unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States Kanbawza ued for the third day at the on Myanmar are not having the intended effect. Open Golf Ayethaya Golf Course in Championship Taunggyi today. With might and main, Myanmar is imple- jointly organ- After the third day event, menting the 15-year Drug Eradication Plan as a ized by Zaw Zaw Latt (Pan-West) national duty. She is also cooperating with re- leads the professional golf- gional and international partners as well as with ers event with 217 strokes, international organizations. followed by Aung Win Moreover, it appears that the report fails (YCDC) with 218 strokes to take into account the statistics provided by its and Nanda Kyaw with 221 own Drug Enforcement Agency or by the Inter- strokes. At the third day Dr Tun Aung Kyaw explains his literary point of view. national Narcotic Control Board (INCB). event, Nyunt Win scored Myanmar has already conducted together with hole-in-one at the third hole. PRC Auditor-General Yin Aung Latt leads the the United States Opium Yield Survey 9 times amateur level event with 224 concludes visit and the US agency concerned clearly acknowl- strokes, followed by Zaw Zin YANGON, 31 Oct — tor-General's Office Daw edged that opium production has fallen 77 per Win with 226 strokes and Goodwill delegation led by Thin Thin and officials, and cent since the programme began in 1993. If one Aung Aung Kyaw with 228 Auditor-General Mr Li Ambassador of the PRC to is to quote from INCB report, it is clearly stated strokes. Jinhua of the People's Re- Myanmar Mr Li Jinjun and that opium production fell by 50 per cent in the Rothmans of Pall Mall public of China left here by officials. last six years. Myanmar Pte Ltd, KBZ air this morning. The delegation mem- It is an undeniable fact that the Govern- Bank Ltd, Air Mandalay, The delegation was bers visited Mandalay and ment is taking systematic steps for the emer- Grand Slam (Musing Wear), seen off at Yangon Interna- Bagan-NyaungU and stud- gence of a democratic state. Democracy must be Loi-Hein (Alpine), KM Golf tional Airport by Auditor- ied the traditional culture Centre, Maruman, Wilson, General Maj-Gen Lun and ancient national herit- homegrown and cannot be imposed from out- Canon, UPG and Eden Maung, Deputy Auditor- age during their stay in side. Myanmar will not be deviated from her Yin Aung Latt leads Group also sponsored the General U Khin Win, Di- Myanmar. path by threats and challenges. amateur level event.—MGF championship. — MNA rector-General of the Audi- MNA

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BAGHDAD, 31 Oct—Guerillas blasted a freight train west of Baghdad and exploded a bomb near a convoy in a northern city, injuring a US soldier, on Thursday as international organizations continued their exodus from Iraq. 357 US service members In Saddam Hussein hometown of wounded early Thursday when a bomb on the future of our operations, in par- Tikrit, US soldiers also raided six exploded near a US convoy in the north- ticular security arrangements that we killed since beginning of houses after receiving “reliable intelli- ern city of Mosul, the military said. would need to take to operate in Iraq,” gence” that the inhabitants were help- The United Nations said Wednes- UN spokeswoman Marie Okabe said. war in Iraq ing to establish a “new terrorist net- day it was temporarily pulling its re- She said it was not an “evacuation” WASHINGTON, 31 Oct—As of on Thursday, 30 Oct, work there and planning terrorist at- maining international staff out of Bagh- and staff in the north would remain. 357 US service members have died since the beginning of tacks against coalition forces,” a mili- dad, joining other organizations in with- Okabe declined to give more de- military operations in Iraq, according to the Depart- tary spokesman said. drawing after Monday’s deadly sui- tails but about 60 UN staff members ment of Defense. The freight train was carrying mili- cide car bombing at the Baghdad head- were believed to be in Iraq, including The British military has reported 50 deaths; Denmark, tary supplies near Fallujah west of quarters of the Red Cross. some 20 in Baghdad, after Secretary- Spain and Ukraine reported one each. On or since May 1, Baghdad, when an improvised bomb The International Committee of the General Kofi Annan ordered most oth- when President Bush declared that major combat operations set four containers ablaze. No casual- Red Cross and Medecins Sans ers out in late September. in Iraq had ended, 219 US soldiers have died in Iraq, ties were reported, but the attack Frontieres, or Doctors Without Bor- The Red Cross said it would re- according to the latest Defense Department figures. sparked a frenzy of looting by Iraqis ders , said they too were pulling their main in Iraq but would scale back the Since the start of military operations, 1,757 US service who carried off computers, tents, bot- workers out of Baghdad. number of international staff — now members have been injured as a result of hostile action, tled water and other supplies. “We have asked our staff in Bagh- numbering about 30 — and increase according to US Central Command. Non-hostile injured A soldier from the 2nd Brigade of dad to come out temporarily for consul- security for those who stay. The agency numbered 339. The latest identifications reported by the the 101st Airborne Division was slightly tations with a team from headquarters has 600 Iraqi employees. —Internet Department of Defense and family members: —Internet Annan says he ordered UN staff out of Baghdad to reassess operations after attacks UNITED NATIONS, 31 Oct—Troubled by a recent spate of violent attacks in Iraq, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Thursday he ordered UN international staff to leave Baghdad while the agency reassesses how to play the vital role envisioned by Washington and the Security Council. Annan told The Associated Press he attacks of the last 72 hours, and we need to wants to discuss ‘’a new phase’’ in postwar analyze for ourselves what the future holds violence with the small international staff and how we should conduct our own opera- that stayed in Baghdad after two bombings tions,’’ Annan said. at U.N. headquarters there, and then deter- ‘’I think this sort of reflection is better mine how to proceed. done in a calmer place and then we deter- At the moment, the United Nations has mine what our next moves should be.’’ no plans to withdraw from Iraq but Annan In recent days, Baghdad has been hit by left open that possibility if the situation a series of explosions, most of them caused dictates it. by suicide bombers driving vehicles into ‘’We want to reassess our position and police stations or other targets, including A US soldier mans a gun on top of a Humvee to cordon off a street after a suspected booby- our posture and also try and assess the new the headquarters of the International Com- trapped car was found a few hundred yards from the US-led coalition headquarters in developments on the ground because we mittee of the Red Cross. central Baghdad early on Friday, 31 Oct, 2003. The graffiti behind reads “Baghdad, be seem to be entering a new phase with the Internet patient. We are determined to liberate you”. —INTERNET UN seeks answer to water problem UNGA starts high-level meeting ROME, 31Oct— Farms swallow up more than two thirds of global water consump- tion, and keeping the land topped up is just as important as quenching the thirst of a growing world population, the UN food agency said on Wednesday. on development financing The Food and Agriculture Organization Faures said irrigation systems had to be UNITED NATIONS, 31 Oct— The United Nations General Assembly started a two-day held a conference in Rome to stress the modernized and governments must work high-level dialogue Wednesday on implementing the outcome of the 2002 Interna- importance of global collaboration to maxi- together to improve water management for tional Conference on Financing for Development held in Monterrey, Mexico. mize the potential of what many consider the the future. Opening the event, General Assembly assistance, debt relief, domestic resource mo- Earth’s single most precious commodity. An FAO report last year said spiralling President Julian Hunte said the dialogue bilization and partnerships. “Each person needs two to four litres of farming, industrial and urban needs will boost aims to comprehensively review progress The theme of the dialogue is “The water a day to drink. But some 4,000 litres water demand by 40 per cent by 2030 in arid made, both substantially and institutionally, Monterrey Consensus: Status of implementa- of water are needed to produce the food you developing countries. in meeting the commitments made at the tion and tasks ahead.”Participants will dis- eat on your plate,” Jean Marc Faures, FAO’s “On an individual basis it is very hard to Monterrey gathering. cuss a series of reports by UN Secretary- senior water resources officer, told Reuters. do anything, this is a problem that needs to be The Financing for Development agenda General Kofi Annan on follow-up to the “If you want to address the problem of addressed at a governmental level,” Faures is a comprehensive one, Hunte said, which Monterrey Conference, and on implementing water you have to address agriculture.” said. — MNA/Reuters encompassed trade, official development the Millennium Declaration. — MNA/Xinhua Annan seeks 0.5% growth Dutch population in UN budget to record lowest

UNITED NATIONS, 31 Oct—After nearly a decade of no growth in 2003 growth in the United Nations budget, Secretary-General BRUSSELS, 31 Oct — The Kofi Annan has recommended a 0.5-per-cent growth in population of the Nether- the organization’s budget for the 2004-2005 biennium, lands is likely to increase by including small extra expenditures on programmes for 65,000 only in 2003, record- Africa, crime prevention and human rights observance. ing the lowest increase in “The budget embodies both our great hopes for the almost 20 years, Radio Neth- organization and our carefully considered decisions of what erlands reported Wednesday. to do in a world of finite and limited resources,” he told the The number of people in General Assembly’s Administrative and Budgetary Com- the Netherlands increased by mittee while introducing the 3.058-billion-US-dollar budget 20,000 in the third quarter of on Wednesday. 2003, some 10,000 fewer Cautioning that the security of UN mission staff would than in the same period last require more funds than presently requested, Annan said the year, Radio Netherlands results-based budget reflects a major effort to align the quoted the report by the activities of the organization with priorities agreed on at the Statistics Netherlands as Millennium Summit of 2000 and major world conferences. saying. MNA/PTI The UN are pulling out of Iraq following a wave of deadly attacks.—INTERNET MNA/Xinhua

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              staff out of Baghdad The United Nations is temporarily withdraw- UNITED NATIONS, 31 Oct — United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has ing its international asked UN international staff in Baghdad to pull out following a new wave of bombing staff from Baghdad to attacks in the Iraqi capital, a UN spokesperson said Thursday. consult on the security “The Secretary-General has been keep- she said. situation in the Itaqi ing the situation in Iraq under constant and She said that the venue for the consulta- capital, a spokeswoman close review, particularly in light of the tions had not been definitively decided but said on 30 October, recent wave of violence in Baghdad, which it probably would be Larnaca, Cyprus. 2003. The decision included the attack on Monday on the Inter- Currently, she added, there were close follows Monday's car national Committee of the Red Cross to 60 UN international staff in Iraq, some 20 bomb attack on the (ICRC),” spokesperson Marie Okabe told in Baghdad and the remaining in northern International Committee reporters. Iraq, working with some 4,000 Iraqi nation- of the Red Cross, in “In light of these developments, he has als. which 12 people, asked the small remaining team of interna- “I would also like to stress that this is a inluding two ICRC tional officials in Baghdad to come out temporary relocation and is part of an ongo- guards, were killed. temporarily for consultations with people ing process, of a constant review of the

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             need if we are to continue working there,” Okabe stressed. — MNA/Xinhua  JAKARTA,31 Oct— Indonesian foreign tourist arrivals UN reports Thai cabinet approves Indonesian from January to August this year decreased to 2.3 million people, or 20 per cent lower than the same period of last rising opium year, Indonesian Minister for Tourism and Cultura I Gde production in money to assist foreign Ardika said here Wednesday. According to the minister, it seemed difficult for the Afghanistan tourist nation to attract some 4.5 million to 4.8 million foreign tourists as targeted this year. UNITED NATIONS, 31 flood-stricken provinces Ardika said that the decline of the figure was mainly Oct— Opium production is BANGKOK, 31 Oct — The Thai Cabinet approved a arrivals caused by the widely spread of the severe acute respira- on the rise this year in Af- contingent budget of 200 million baht (some five mil- tory syndrome (SARS) in Asia region and the war in ghanistan, which is by far lion US dollars) to assist flood stricken provinces and decrease Iraq. the world’s biggest producer flood victims in the upper-southern provinces of MNA/Xinhua of the drug, said a survey Petchaburi and Prachuab Khiri Khan. released by the United Na- The Cabinet approved People in the provinces tions on Wednesday. the budget at its weekly have reportedly faced diffi- The survey found the area under opium poppy cul- meeting on Tuesday, ac- culties in travelling for their tivation has jumped by 8 per cording to local TV news businesses although schools cent over last year, to 80,000 reports Wednesday. are now closed for vacations hectares from 74,000 hec- The money would be used after the first semester, with tares. Now there is opium for the reconstruction and those living in some areas cultivation in 28 of Afghani- repair of roads and other in- having been cut off from the stan’s 32 provinces, up from frastructures damaged by outside world. 18 in 1999. the prolonged flood, said the However, the flood, as Production has also in- news reports. high as one metre in some creased, rising by 6 per cent The budget would also areas, is receding, as the to 3,600 tons from 3,400 be used to assist flood vic- State Railway of Thailand tons, and about 1.7 million tims who had lost their (SRT) has resumed its people, or 7 per cent of Af- houses and farmlands due services on southern ghanistan’s population, are to the inundation, stated the routes passing through the involved in the industry. news reports. provinces. The annual survey, Over 30,000 households Damages of the pro- which took in fieldwork and in Petchaburi and Prachuap longed flood have not yet analysis of satellite images, Khiri Khan have suffered been officially announced, Computer image shows satellites that form part of the Galileo navigation system was conducted by the UN from the prolonged flood of the report said. network. India has agreed to take a 300 million euro stake in the European Union's Office on Drugs and Crime two weeks. MNA/Xinhua Galileo system.—INTERNET (UNODC).— MNA/Xinhua THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 1 November, 2003 5

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An International Committee of the Red Cross worker leaves the agency’s shattered Baghdad headquarters, on 30 October, 2003. Red Cross officials in Iraq are to hold Iraqi boys view a destroyed car at an Iraqi police station, the target talks outside the country with Swiss-based colleagues on how to reduce foreign staff in of a suicide bomb attack on Monday, in the Baghdad suburb of Baghdad after a devastating suicide bombing of its headquarters there, a spokeswoman Baya’a on 30 October, 2003.—INTERNET said on Thursday.—INTERNET

Across the street from the Al- Khadraa Police station an Iraqi surveys the damage to his car after a bombing on Monday, 27 October, 2003. The latest The train that was carrying supplies was set ablaze by an improvised bomb attacks illustrated the desparate nature of the resistance - from hit-run outside Fallujah, west of Baghdad Thursday.—INTERNET guerrillas, perhaps Saddam loyalists, who are staging an average of 26 low-profile attacks on US forces daily, to bombers, perhaps Islamic extremists, staging suicide terror strikes.—INTERNET

War combat death toll in Iraq climbed past the number of soldiers killed Iraqi security men shout as a car bomb burns outside the Baghdad Hotel in the during the invasion when the US military said on Wednesday it had lost two Iraqi capital earlier this month. Victims of the blast included members of an Iraqi more dead in a roadside bomb blast north of Baghdad.—INTERNET force set up to guard buildings, the Facilities Protection Service.—INTERNET

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Iraq debt should be cut Red Cross plans how to cut WASHINGTON, 31 Oct — At least two-thirds of Iraq’s estimated 120 billion US dollars foreign debt will need to be written off if the country is to be properly rebuilt, World Bank President James Wolfensohn said on Wednesday. Iraq staff after bomb He said some 40 billion US dollars of nations said they wanted to reach a deal by BAGHDAD, 31 Oct — Red Cross officials in Iraq are to hold talks outside the the debt is owed to the Paris Club, a group the end of 2004 on Iraq’s debt. country with Swiss-based colleagues on how to reduce foreign staff in Baghdad after of 19 government creditors from industrial- Wolfensohn said the 13 billion US a devastating suicide bombing of its headquarters there, a spokeswoman said on ized countries who negotiate debt restruc- dollars in aid pledged at an international Thursday. turing, and at least 80 billion US dollars donor meeting in Madrid last week for Iraq’s Nada Doumani told Reuters Wednes- “We have seen plenty of signs of soli- more due to other countries, including Gulf reconstruction was a “good start” and an- day’s decision by the International Com- darity since the bombing,” Doumani said. Arab and former Soviet states. other donors’ meeting may follow. mittee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to pull out “Families of detainees, contractors and hos- The Paris Club is a grouping of creditor The United States has proposed 20 some of about 30 international staff, but pitals that we work with, have been coming governments who regularly meet in Paris to billion US dollars for Iraq’s reconstruction, maintain activities in Iraq was the best solu- to our headquarters to plead with us to stay discuss bilateral official debt of nations around part of a larger 87 billion US dollars that tion to an agonizing dilemma. in Iraq.” the world. It also helps them with restructur- Washington wants approved by Congress She would not say where the talks, She said the ICRC had resumed some ing that debt or lending money to them. for military spending in Iraq and Afghani- which will go on through the weekend, operations such as trucking clean water into “It will need to be at least that to give stan. would be held. Baghdad’s teeming Shiite Muslim slum dis- the country a real chance of getting back to “The meeting from a financial point of Monday’s bombing, which killed 12 trict now known as Sadr City. equilibrium, so I think a target of something view was quite successful, the interest was people, including two ICRC local employ- Doumani said the Geneva-based ICRC north of two-thirds will be what people will considerable but there remain the overriding ees, has forced the traditionally neutral ICRC would be considering extra security meas- be looking at,” he told the National Press questions of security and the future transfer- to balance the need to protect its staff against ures for its 600 local staff and those foreign Club in Washington. ence of power,” Wolfensohn said of the the imperatives of its humanitarian mission staff remaining in Iraq. Last month the Group of Seven wealthy Madrid meeting..—MNA/Reuters in Iraq. MNA/Reuters Baghdad gas explosion Chinese State Councillor kills at least one Iraqi meets UN guests BEIJING, 31 Oct—Chinese State Councillor Tang BAGHDAD, 31 Oct—A blast in central Baghdad’s Jiaxuan met here Wednesday with Klaus Topfer, Un- old quarter on Thursday killed at least one Iraqi and set dersecretary-General of the United Nations and Execu- several buildings ablaze, but the US Army said it was a tive Director of the United Nations Environment Pro- gas explosion rather than another bomb attack in the gramme (UNEP). city. Tang said he valued Government attaches impor- “It was a propane gas Hussein was toppled in UNEP’s role in protecting tance to environmental pro- tank that exploded,” a US April. the global environment, and tection and regards sustain- Army spokesman said. Witnesses said the expressed appreciation for able development as of great The blast, which ech- dead man was a tea vendor Topfer’s efforts in strength- significance, expressing the oed across Baghdad on who had been sitting out- ening cooperation with hope to further enhance Thursday evening, followed side a three-storey building China. cooperation with the UN. suicide car bomb attacks on which bore the brunt of the He said the Chinese MNA/Xinhua the International Commit- blast. A pool of blood was tee of the Red Cross and left on the pavement. Brazilian president plans to visit three police stations that At least two wounded killed at least 35 people on men were carried away by Arab countries in December Monday, the bloodiest day residents. BRASILIA, 31 Oct—Brazilian President Luiz Inacio in Baghdad since Saddam MNA/Reuters Lula da Silva will visit six Arab countries in December as part of its government’s efforts to strengthen ties with Train looted after developing nations, the presidential office said on Wednes- day. Lula will visit Syria, so-called Group of 20 (G- bomb attack in Iraq Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, the 20), a bloc of developing BAGHDAD, 31 Oct— A cargo train was looted by local United Arab Emirates (UAE), countries. During the two residents in western Iraq after being attacked by a bomb Egypt and Libya between De- tours, Lula will be accompa- planted on track Thursday, witnesses said. cember 2 and December 10. nied by businessmen inter- Red Cross employees sit outside their damaged headquar- The train was carrying computers, medicines, bever- On Saturday, he will start an ested in enhancing commer- ters in Baghdad, on 30 October, 2003. The International ages and other supplies from Fallujah, 50 kilometres west eight-day Africa tour to Sao cial exchanges with Brazil Red Cross said Thursday it will decide soon how many of its of Baghdad, to Haditha, some 200 kilometres further west, Tome and Principe, Angola, and the South American foreign staff will leave Iraq after the Geneva headquarters when it was attacked. Four carriages caught fire but there Mozambique, Namibia and Common Market announced it was reducing the number of personnel due was no report of casualties. Residents thronged to the scene South Africa. (Mercosur), diplomatic to this week’s vehicle bombing against its local and tried to take whatever they could carry, said the Most of the countries in sources said. headquarters.—INTERNET witnesses.—MNA/Xinhua both tours are members of the MNA/Xinhua Sixth China-EU leaders’ meeting held in Beijing BEIJING, 31 Oct— The sixth China-EU leaders’ meeting was held here Thursday, and leaders from the two sides vowed to boost the cooperation between China and the European Union (EU). Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Prime cently issued its first EU policy paper. Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, in his He said the bilateral trade volume has capacity as President of the European Coun- grown sharply and that during the first three cil, President of the European Commission quarters of this year hit 89.06 billion US Romano Prodi and High Representative for dollars, up 41.5 per cent over the same the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy period of last year and surpassing the figure Javier Solana attended the summit. of the whole year in 2002. Wen said developing the China-EU As for the EU itself, the Premier said relations is in the fundamental interest of it is a vital political force and economy both sides and would bring about mutual across the world and it has played an impor- benefit. tant role in the international arena. China-EU relations should be devel- China has always supported the inte- oped from the long-term strategic perspec- gration process of the EU and wished it to tive, Wen said. be strong and prosperous, he said, noting The Premier said that the EU has is- that China is willing to enhance coopera- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao toast a sued five strategic papers on its policy to- tion in various fields. deal to allow China to join the European Union’s (EU) Galileo satellite navigation wards China and the Chinese side has re- MNA/Xinhua system.—INTERNET THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 1 November, 2003 7

People’s Desire * Oppose those relying on external Border area development (Kayah region) elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views Myint Soe (Na-ta-la) * Oppose those trying to jeopardize (Continued from yesterday) brethren died too. Whatever had happened in the past, the stability of the State and progress of While the Kayan Pyithit Party was active in Kadugyi, development of Kayah State is the national duty for all at Kadule and Phekon and Leinli and Nanpan in the south of present. the nation Pinlaung in cooperation with Ra-la-la-ta, I heard of its leader The results of peace * Oppose foreign nations interfering in by the name Than Chah very often. Later, I came to know Pasawng, Pekhon, Shadaw, Dimawhso, and Pruhso internal affairs of the State that U Than Soe Naing was Than Chah. He has started a new in Kayah region have been covered by the border area life with new conviction and name. development project. The border area development drive * Crush all internal and external The KNPP and officials of the Military Intelligence began in the region in 1994-95. Motor roads have emerged destructive elements as the common in the areas where there were not even bullock-cart tracks in and peace negotiators held the first meeting at Warihsu enemy village near Loikaw in October 1993. There was only seven the past. or eight MI officials and peace negotiators, but about 150 or A large number of new roads including Moebye- 200 members of the KNPP were waiting for them at the Laginew-Pikin road, Pruhso-Muhso-Hoya road, Hsibu- village. After the meeting the KNPP returned to the legal Pyinhsuang-Thikyeik road, Hoya-Geko road, Lobakhu- fold on 21 March 1995. Secretary-1 (now Prime Minister) Khupara road, Pikin-Laei-Latain-Hsaungpyaung road, Efficient use of electricity General Khin Nyunt attended the ceremony to mark the Bawlake-Dawnyekhu-Dawtamagyi road, Lawpita-Parekhu- * Use daylight as the main source of light achieving of peace at the town hall in Loikaw. Bolya road, Dawrawkhu-Lwekahti road have been built. Peace was achieved thanks to the efforts of the peace Leiktho-Yado-Hsibu-Loikaw road has been upgraded to a * Use the least possible amount of electricity negotiators led by the Archbishop of Loikaw Catholic Church, Union Highway. only if there is not enough natural light and the officers, rankers and privates of the Tatmadaw Thirteen basic education primary schools, four basic * Use the least possible amount of electricity battalions, who took part in the respective sectors. education middle schools and two basic education high A memorable region schools have been opened in the state for development of the required in production and service enter- For me, Kayah State is included in one of the memo- education sector. Station Hospitals emerged in Hsibu- prises rable regions. I have been once to Latein, Laei, Pikin and Dawtamagyi, Hoya and Lweyin. Four dispensaries and nine * Preventing waste of electricity benefits the Laginwe region during the Pinlaung region military opera- rural health centres have been opened. Post offices have tion. As I met with my old classmates, it was not like a been opened in Pasawng, Dimawhso, Pruhso, Hsibu and user and others military operation for me. I felt like home there. Hoya; telegraph offices in Mese, Pikin, Dawtamagyi and There are about 500,000 households In another operation, our columns entered Hsibu, Shadaw; and radio telephone lines were installed in Loikaw, Thikyeik, Pyinhsuang, Thaoauk, Maungbalaw, Kyekataw, Hoya and Mese. using electricity in Yangon. Thus, saving a Lobakhu and Khupara region via Loikaw. In the regions, TV retransmission stations have been built in four-foot fluorescent lamp every day by each there were only foot tracks on steep mountain slopes then. Bawlake, Pasawng, Mese, Pruhso and Shadaw. Five agri- household amounts to saving power that is Often, our mules and horses fell into the gorges and died. The cultural camps, one tractor station, and four veterinary equal to the capacity a 20-megawatt power night march was worse. centres, have been also set up. Electricity supply to towns When I was a captain, our No 1 column led by our and villages in the region has been extended. Moreover a station can supply. new Commanding Officer Lt-Col Kyaw Lwin entered large number of religious buildings have been renovated. Shadaw region. The No 2 column under the command of The Dwe-me-naw Lake, lies in Kayah State. It is Deputy CO Maj Saw Sae Wa Nyunt were operating in the home to ethnic races including Kayah, Gekho, Geba, Kayan, region between Pon Creek and Thanlwin River. Lt Chit Swe Paye, Manu Manaw, Yinbaw and Yintale who are living in Efficient use of fuel unity and amity. The land is also rich in natural resources. and some of my soldiers died in the enemy attack on * Saving one gallon of fuel per car per month Tatmadaw camp at the end of 1987. I have memorable days in Kayah State, and I am glad to see The CO and some officers and privates fell in the peace prevailing in the region and it will be a pride for me will save the nation one US dollar battle at Daw-khaw-aw in the south of Shadaw. The CO died to see the region developing. * Thus, a total of 455,822 cars in Myanmar without knowing that I would become his son-in-law one (Concluded) can save US$ 5.5 million in a year day. Mnay of our men including the CO sacrificed their lives (Translation: TMT) for the national cause in Kayah region. Many national Kyemon+Myanma Alin: 28 October 2003 * The amount, US $ 5.5 million, can build a China’s first business park China signs protocols on major bridge across Ayeyawady River to debut in Beijing sports exchange with All this needs to BEIJING, 31 Oct — By the end of this year, the first business park in China for company headquarters will France, Netherlands be known make its debut in Fengtai District of Beijing, and the BEIJING, 31 Oct — China signed a protocol with France headquarters of 80 large enterprises will move into the on the sports exchange for 2003-2004 here on Thursday. park by then. The protocol, signed by Yuan Weimin, director of the * Do not be frightened Dauphin Xu, executive oped across China from the Chinese Sport General Administration and French Sports whenever intimidated director and Asia Pacific south to the north. For in- Minister Jean-Francois Lamour, would allow the two coun- president of DAUPHIN In- stance, a huge special eco- tries to exchange visits and share information on nearly 20 * Do not be bolstered ternational Group, released nomic zone came into being sports, including cycling, equestrian, fencing, taekwondo the news when addressing around the Pearl River Delta and skiing. whenever flattered the International Forum on and a regional economy "Some events in China, including equestrian and track Urban Development which formed in the Yangtze River and field, are not fully developed, We hope they will be * Do not be softened opened in Beijing Wednes- Delta with Shanghai Pudong reinforced through the sports exchanges," said Yuan. whenever appeased day. Xu is also chairman and New District at its core. Lamour, a fencing winner at the Seoul Olympics, said general manager of the park, "The centre of China's France was likely to learn from China in bidding the which is called ABP (Ad- next regional economy may Olympic Games. — MNA/Xinhua vanced Business Park), spe- quite likely be Beijing, and cially designed as office that is why the ABP will be quarters for large enterprises. set up here," he said. Statis- Security ready for upcoming With a cost of 4.5 bil- tics show that in the first eight lion yuan (about 543.6 mil- months this year, Beijing re- Boao Asian Forum lion US dollars), the ABP ported its GDP (gross do- HAIKOU, 31 Oct — Security operations are ready for the will offer office towers for mestic product) as 212.37 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2003, from 500 large enterprises and billion yuan (about 25.66 bil- November 2-3, with more than 1,300 policemen residing in nearly 2,000 medium and lion US dollars), up 9.9 per the town. small companies when it is cent year-on-year, using for- The Hainan Provincial Public Security Department completely finished, said Xu. eign capital of 1.5 billion US said the police officers have conducted exercises and made Among the first 80 large dollars, a surge of 10.7 per preparations to ensure the security of the conference. enterprises to enter the ABP cent. By now, 293 of the The Frontier Defence Army has conducted maritime at the end of this year, Xu world's top 500 companies security exercises involving suspicious vessels and floating said, 95 per cent are high- have set up branch offices or objects. The Armed Police practised dealing with flamma- tech companies, including research centres in Beijing, ble and explosive substances. some world famous names. with 24 of them choosing Fire fighters have inspected the fire equipment at the Xu said that today the Beijing as their regional head- BFA site, the International Conference Centre. regional economy is devel- quarters. — MNA/Xinhua MNA/Xinhua 8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 1 November, 2003

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt attends Myanmar Fishery and Livestock Fair 2003 while Minister Brig-Gen Pyi Sone makes an opening speech on the occasion.—MNA grammes. He said a total of gree courses, showing an in- Number of the townships eral Khin Nyunt made a con- Prime Minister addresses… 78 work plans and 637 crease of 98 degree-courses. covered by the project in- cluding speech. In his speech, (from page 1) ments are therefore to be projects were being imple- Similarly, human resources creased to 144 and 98.93 per he said it was encouraging At a time when the Gov- made systematically for the mented under the 30 years development centres were cent of children in the town- to hear the arrangements for ernment is hammering away realization of the goals of the education promotion pro- also conducting 159 training ship were registered at kin- nurturing highly qualified at the drive to promote the long-term education plan to gramme for the higher edu- courses, making the number dergarten. Tasks for perma- human resources being car- national education standard be in conformity with present cation sector. New universi- of the courses conducted by nent schooling for children ried out by the ministries re- across the country from the situation. ties and colleges had been the higher education institu- were also being carried out. lated to education. It was a basic education sector to the At such a time when ef- opened, and new courses tions total at 316, he said. Under the programme to significant progress that a higher education sector, all forts are being made to shape were introduced at universi- As regards the basic edu- increase the rate of students total of 257 degree courses the officials of the education a modern and developed de- ties, colleges and human re- cation sector, the minister pursuing the middle school could be extended at the uni- sector should make field trips mocracy by solely relying sources development centres said the ministry was creat- education after the primary versities and colleges under down to such grass-roots on own national strength, it in order to enable the higher ing learning opportunities by school level, appropriate pri- the Ministry of Education at level as rural areas. is necessary to turn out hu- education institutions to con- opening and upgrading of mary schools had been up- the time of the present gov- The education plans are man resources capable of duct courses the communi- basic education schools. In graded into post-primary ernment. Thanks to the open- meeting with success as building their own nation by ties take interest in, nurture 2003-04 academic year, there school starting 2001-02 aca- ing of such advanced schoolheads and technicians themselves. highly qualified human re- were a total of 41,121 schools demic year. Therefore, a to- courses, students were able take part in education semi- Thus, to achieve that sources needed for the na- including 1,806 of high tal of 224,044 post-primary to choose the subjects of their nars that are held every year goal, it is incumbent upon tion, enhance regional hu- school level, 3,067 of mid- students were learning at the interest and the citizen were to draw educational plans and not only ministries responsi- man resource development, dle school level, 3,820 of 3820 post-primary schools able to continue their con- review the plans being im- ble for universities and col- enable higher education in- post-primary school level in 2003-04. stant pursuit of learning. plemented. leges but also related minis- stitutions to fulfil the educa- and 31,428 of primary school Next, Minister for Trans- Only when there are edu- The five-year short-term tries to work together for the tional requirements in dif- level. A total of 649,632 stu- port Maj-Gen Hla Myint cated persons and intellec- plan, included in the 30-year emergence of highly-quali- ferent situations and differ- dents were learning at the Swe, Minister for Science tuals in the country, there long-term plan for the na- fied human resources. ent fields. high school level, 1,992,862 and Technology U Thaung, emerge citizens who can tional education promotion Afterwards, those In the 1988-89 academic at the middle school level Minister for Cooperatives contribute towards the de- programme laid down in line present approved the min- year, universities, degree col- and 4,997,536 at the pri- Maj-Gen Htay Oo, and Di- velopment of the nation. with the guidance of Head of utes of Myanmar Education leges and colleges under the mary school level, totalling rector-General U Saw Lwin Head of State Senior Gen- State Senior-General Than Committee Meeting 1/2003. Ministry of Education were the number of students at of the Higher Education eral Than Shwe gave guid- Shwe, and annual plans are Next, Minister for Edu- able to conduct only 59 7,640,030. Under the project Department (Lower ance to carry out tasks with discussed and reviewed at cation U Than Aung reported courses including under- for enrollment of all the Myanmar) reported on tasks the aim of enabling those educational seminars held on the extension of human graduate and post-graduate school-aged children, being carried out in Myanmar who play leading role in ru- every year. And arrange- resources development pro- diplomas and master’s de- enrollment activities were Aerospace Engineering Uni- ral areas of the country to gree courses. In 2003-04 aca- carried out in respective versity of the Department for obtain degrees. First ASEAN-India Tourism demic year, they were able townships during the school Civil Aviation, curriculum In conclusion, the Prime to conduct a total of 157 enrollment week from 9 to of diploma courses in Minister urged those present Consultations opened courses including under- and 15 June, 2003. Thanks to Myanmar Aerospace Engi- to strive for the successful YANGON, 31 Oct — The exchange. Myanmar being a post-graduate diplomas, these efforts, 95.05 per cent neering University, arrange- implementation of education opening ceremony of the country abundant in re- master’s degree, master of of children above the age of ments to attach the Institute promotion programmes and First ASEAN-India Tourism sources for tourism indus- research and doctorate de- 5 were enrolled at schools. of Lacquerware to Meiktila national education promo- Consultation was held at the try, the government is exert- Institute of Economics, and tion programmes with a view Bagan Hotel in Bagan this ing efforts for the develop- Observers visit central training conferring honorary doctor- to nurturing highly qualified morning. It was attended by ment of the industry. It is ate degrees respectively. human resources and intel- Minister for Hotels and Tour- also cooperating with Visit school in North Dagon Myothit Afterwards, Chairman of lectuals in the country in ac- ism Brig-Gen Thein Zaw, ASEAN Campaign and YANGON, 31 Oct — With of Progress of Border Areas Myanmar Education Com- cord with the guidance of the representatives of tourism in- BIMST-EC. He also ex- Director-Genral of the DAD and National Races and De- mittee Prime Minister Gen- head of State. — MNA dustries from Brunei, Cam- pressed his belief that pro- Col Myo Myint and officials, velopment Affairs, visited bodia, Indonesia, Laos, Ma- motion of cooperation in executive officers from de- the nursery gardening course Deputy Minister inspects upgrading laysia, Myanmar, the Philip- tourism between ASEAN velopment affairs commit- conducted at the central train- pines, Singapore, Thai, Vi- and India will meet with suc- tees and engineers in-charge ing school in Dagon Myothit of Hotels, Motels and Inns etnam, and the ASEAN Sec- cess. Afterwards, Chairman attending the work coordi- (North) on 28 October. YANGON, 31 Oct—Chair- tel on Kaba Aye Pagoda retariat, Joint-Secretary of of ASEAN Tourism Indus- nation meeting for upgrad- They studied nursery gar- man of Sub-Committee for Road where MIH Managing the Ministry of Tourism of try Chairman of Tourism of ing task organized by the dens and the training being Upgrading of Hotels, Mo- Director Mr Sukhdeep Singh India Mr Amitabh Kant and Laos Ambassador Vang Development Affairs De- given at the gardening tels and Inns Deputy Minis- and General Manager Mr guests. Rattanavong and Joint-Sec- partment under the Ministry courses. — MNA ter for Hotels and Tourism Ingo Gero Ra Uber reported Minister Brig-Gen Thein retary Mr Amitabh Kant also Brig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu, on upgrading of bedrooms Zaw made a speech. He said spoke on the occasion. After Drug traffickers sentenced accompanied by officials, on for tourists. Next, the deputy tourism industry is an im- the ceremony, the First YANGON, 31 Oct — A Cho, son of U Tun Shein of 30 October evening in- minister inspected arrange- portant and new economic ASEAN-India Tourism Con- combined team comprising Theinseik village, Thaton spected Pansea Hotel run- ments being made for visi- sector that can fetch foreign sultations were held. —MNA members of the local intelli- Township; and Maung Hsan, ning with cent per cent for- tors’ recreation. gence unit and Hpa-an Anti- son of U Tun Kyi of the same eign investment on Tawwin Next, the deputy minis- Earthquake report drug Squad, acting on infor- village, under Sections 15/ Road where General Man- ter and party went on to YANGON, 31 Oct—An earthquake of slight intensity (4.7) mation, inspected two sus- 19(A)/21 of Narcotic Drugs ager Mr Geoffroy de Geyer Micasa Hotel running with Richter Scale with its epicenter about (172) miles north of pects, Pho Cho and Maung and Psychotropic Substances D’ Orth and officials reported cent per cent foreign invest- Kaba Aye seismological observatory was recorded at (12) Hsan, near a Chinese Tem- Law. on arrangements being made ment on Kaba Aye Pagoda hours (52) minutes (01)second Myanmar Standard Time on ple on Okphotan Street in On 23 September 2003, for enabling tourists to stay Road. General Manager Mr 30 October 2003. Thaton, on 20 September Thaton District Court handed there with peace of mind and Mazhar Ali Khal Pe Khin Similarly, an earthquake of strong intensity (6.6) Rich- 2002. The authorities found down 20 years’ imprison- conducted them round the and officials reported on up- ter Scale with its epicenter about (3160) miles northeast of 653.20 grams of marijuana ment each on the two drug hotel. grading work to deputy min- Mandalay seismological observatory was recorded at (07) on Maung Hsan. pushers under the Section On 31 October morning, ister who gave necessary in- hours (44) minutes (34)second Myanmar Standard Time on Thaton Police Station 19(a). deputy minister and party structions. 31 October 2003.—MNA filed lawsuits against Pho MNA proceeded to Inya Lake Ho- MNA THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 1 November, 2003 9 Government has been making … (from page 16) a constant learning society will of peace and tranquillity in the be able to face the challenges nation. Infrastructures needed of the future. for national development have Therefore, the government been established. With the ef- has been making all-out ef- fective use of those infrastruc- forts for creating a situation tures, human resources play a complete with teaching and key role in national develop- learning aids based on infor- ment. Therefore, priority is mation and communication being given to the education technology to be able to pro- promotion programme for con- duce human resources capa- stant emergence of the intel- ble of handling various situa- lectuals and intelligentsia who tions to be faced in future and are going to build and safe- to ensure the emergence of guard the new nation and for constant learning Myanmar so- human resources develop- ciety in keeping with the times. ment. With regard to the progress At a time when the respec- made in the education sector, tive nations are making relent- phase-by-phase measures have less efforts for producing hu- been successfully taken for man resources of international promotion of the higher edu- levels, the present era has be- cation sector. And cumulative come the knowledge age. success has been achieved in Therefore, the government implementing the aims phase Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Soe Win having a cordial conversation with teacher trainees at the opening of the Special has laid down systematic plans by phase for all-round devel- Refresher Course (54) for Basic Education Teachers. — MNA for producing highly qualified opment of student youths and versities and colleges. the government has been real- perpetuation through national education standard of the en- human resources and improve- bridging the development gap At the same time, system- izing short-term economic solidarity. tire people must be high for ment of education standard of between urban and rural areas. atic measures are being taken projects and at the same time The government in coop- perpetual flourishing of de- the entire nation and is imple- In the third stage of the with added momentum for rais- establishing good foundations eration with the entire people mocracy in the nation. Up- menting them. education promotion pro- ing the education standard of in education sector, he noted. has been constantly and stead- holding the guidance, all are to Improvement in science gramme, the special national rural people, mounting liter- He called on the teachers fastly making endeavours in make collective efforts by do- and technology and electronic education promotion plan is ary campaigns, and enhancing to make endeavours with a accord with the correct poli- ing their bit for ensuring com- technology is now influencing being realized simultaneously the reading power of literate wide view of national outlook cies, and consequently the na- munity peace, strong economy the economic, education and after combining the basic edu- persons in rural areas. for speeding up the develop- tion has been on the correct of the State and high education health spheres of the human cation sector with the higher If constant producing of ment momentum in the educa- path leading to development. standard of the people. society. Teaching and learn- education sector. As a result, highly-qualified human re- tion sector both quantitatively Thus, there have emerged In conclusion, the Secre- ing based on electronic com- syllabuses of the former have sources can be combined har- and qualitatively. good foundations for national tary-1 said that the teachers puter science that is keeping been upgraded, and e-Educa- moniously with promotion of He again urged the teach- solidarity, and economic, so- are the ones who are to nur- pace with changes has become tion learning centres have been the education standard of the ers to properly guide and nur- cial and technological infra- ture the students for brighter the prerequisite for develop- established in various town- entire people, the national goal ture the students to become structures. At such a time, the future of the State and thus he ment of highly qualified hu- ships to broadcast respective — building a peaceful, mod- ones, possessing nationalist government has adopted the called on the teachers with the man resources and improve- lectures for the students ern and developed nation— spirit and patriotism, fully State’s seven-point roadmap national outlook to make ef- ment of the national education through data broadcasting sys- can be accomplished in a short equipped with the conviction for the emergence of a demo- forts in pursuing the studies in standard. tem. Under a special pro- time. that they will strive for ena- cratic nation. These policies order to translate the national Efforts will have to be gramme, professors from the Being convinced that bling the nation and the people have been laid down in ac- education promotion plans made to improve the skills of higher education sector are giv- strong economy and literacy to stand tall and to keep abreast cordance with the political ob- into action as well as to ex- teachers who are engaged in ing lectures to the outstanding for all is of paramount impor- with the world nations, and the jectives of the State. change views and set under- teaching with the use of mod- students of matriculation in the tance for building up a modern concept that they will defend He quoted Head of State standing among the trainees. ern teaching aids. In brief, only townships where there are uni- developed democratic nation, and safeguard the Union for its Senior General Than Shwe in After the ceremony, the his guidance, as saying that Secretary-1 cordially greeted peace and stability must be the trainees. restored, and the country and A total of 1,504 trainees the people must be economi- from States and Divisions are cally strong for building up a attending the five-week discipline-flourishing demo- course. cratic nation. Similarly, the MNA Meeting on ASEAN Tourism Investment held YANGON, 31 Oct — The ism industry and the ASEAN 8th Meeting of the Task Secretariat. At the meeting, Force on Tourism Invest- matters related to the long- ment was held at the Bagan term development of tour- Hotel in NyaungU Township ism investment, promotion yesterday afternoon. It was of cooperation, enhancement attended by delegates of tour- of economic sectors of Minister Maj-Gen Kyi Aung watches the performance of a competitor at the basic education level girls’ religious ism industries from ASEAN ASEAN countries were dis- song competition (aged 5-10). — MNA countries, the ASEAN tour- cussed. — MNA 11th Myanmar Traditional… Obstetrics and Gynaecology (from page 1) (aged 5-10). The song con- Conference on 26, 27 Nov The song contest was test of the competitions suc- YANGON, 31 Oct— The on 26 and 27 November at held at the National Museum cessfully concluded at 3 pm. 6th Conference in Obstetrics Summit Parkview Hotel. on Pyay Road at 9 am. Chair- The oboe contests of the and Gynaecology sponsored Those interested and sur- person of the Panel of Judges competitions were held at by Obstetrics and Gynaecol- geons are invited to attend for Song Competitions As- Padonma theatre in ogy Team of Myanmar Medi- the conference. sistant Director Daw Tin Tin Sangyoung Township at 9 cal Association will be held MNA Mya of MRTV, Secretary am. A total of 9 contestants Assistant Engineer Daw May participated in the profes- Archery teams arrive Pyone Khaing and member sional level oboe contest, 7 YANGON, 31 Oct— To par- of a manager and three archers made judgments on the per- contestants in the basic edu- ticipate in the 13th Asian Ar- arrived here today. The 12- formance at the song con- cation level oboe contest chery Championship and the member Kazakhstan team led test. (aged10-15), and three con- 2004 Athens Olympic Archery by Miss Beloslyudseva Victo- A total of 13 contestants testants in the basic educa- Qualifier, a manager, a coach ria also arrived here this after- participated in the basic edu- tion level oboe contest (aged and two archers from Qatar noon. They were welcomed at cation level Dhammapuza 5-10). Members of the panel arrived here this morning. Yangon International Airport song contest for girl (aged 5- of judges led by U Mya Gyi Similarly, a Malaysian Ar- by officials of Sports and 10), and 14 contestants in the acted as judges at the con- Little boy in action at basic education level boys’ chery team comprising a man- Physical Education Depart- basic education level oldies/ tests. oldies/modern song competition ager and five athletes and a ment and Myanmar Archery modern song contest for boys MNA (aged 5-10). — MNA Singaporean team consisting Federation.— MNA 10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 1 November, 2003 To reach the world level Nyi Nyi Soe Nyunt

Myanmar Archers are undergoing tough training Federation was making its best to win victories in all the to win medals in the coming three great events — a south- three international games. He said, “Our archers will face east Asia level competition, an Asia level competition a tough competition with their counterparts from top Asian and a world level competition — that will be held countries. The Federation is providing every support and next month in their own country and in December in assistance to the archers to do their best in the Asian Vietnam. Archery Championships and the qualifier events. I be- From 4 to 8 November, the Myanmar archers will lieve that we are going to win medals as our boys and compete with their rivals in the Asian Archery Champi- girls are doing good in their training, and in addition, we onships on their own soil, and after the Asian Champion- are the host. We are also doing our best to win the quali- ships, on 9 November, they will take part in the qualifier fier and to take part in the World Archery Championships events for the Athens World Archery Championships. In in Athens next year.” December, they will go to Vietnam for the 22nd South- When asked about the SEA Games in Vietnam, he East Asia Games. said, “Our main rivals will be Malaysia, Indonesia Although the Myanmar archers have won 12 gold, and the Philippines. But we cannot underestimate the host. 11 silver and 12 bronze in other international events, since I believe that our boys and girls will take part in the the founding of the Myanmar Archery Federation eight Games with firm determination to bring honour to the years ago in 1995, they haven’t bagged any gold in the nation.” SEA Games yet. They only won silver and bronze in the “Myanmar archers are in good shape in undergo- SEA Games. ing training together with their Korean coach, Mr An Seung MAF Secretary U Kyaw Oo told NLM that the Bum. Federation President Dr Khin Shwe is looking into

Aiming at the target. A Myanmar archer undergoing training. all the requirements of the archers to win medals. He has used over US $ 17,000 for the archers to go training with advanced methods and gear. I hope his contribution will help much towards further development of the sport. Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint and offi- cials are also rendering assistance to the Federation and the archers”, he also told NLM. Concerning the Federation’s future plans, he said, “we are conducting courses in states and divisions to nur- ture a core force of new generation archers for the MAF. The MAF President is also providing all the expenses for hiring the Korean coach, Mr Yun Jea Tong, and courses for the new generation.” Because of the guidelines given by the State, the support provided by the Sports Minister and the collective and energetic efforts of the Federation members, Myanmar archers will continue to win victories and reach the world level in the future. Ready to show their best performance. Myanmar archers at their training camp. (Translation: TMT) Ministers to meet in Geneva to National Literary Award (Child Literature) increase health investment GENEVA, 31 Oct — Ministers of health, finance and Article by Thaung Win Bo & photo by Khin Maung Win planning from 40 developing countries are meeting at the World Health Organization (WHO) headquarters here The National Literary Award In 2002, the book of his poems Wednesday to address the need to significantly increase (Child Literature) for 2002 went to appeared in various journals and investments in health. "This meeting signifies real political Writer Min Shwe Min (Insein) for magazines was published with il- commitment from the highest levels of government and his beautiful work “Maung Lu lustrations. donor representatives. We must choose to make equitable Hmway and Ma Pan Hmoun”, a The purpose of his work is to and efficient health investments a reality," WHO Director- collection of poems for children. make children more polite and clev- General Dr Lee Jong Wook told reporters. Starting from 1974 when he was an erer at their studies. The work also The official said that it is the first time WHO hosts a eighth standard student at Basic features culture and customs of na- meeting so widely attended by non-health officials. Education High School in Insein, tional races. The meeting, slated to close on Thursday, comes he tried out for a pen name. He was With great pleasure and happi- nearly two years after the launch of the 2001 Report of the born in Rakhin State. ness he said to the New Light of Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH). The He writes not only poems Myanmar daily “I did not expect to report recommends that donors should increase assistance but short stories. His other pen win the National Literary Award at for health to 27 billion US dollars by 2007. names are Nyi Thit Sin and Maung all, but I did”. He also expressed his However, a recent WHO study has shown that the total Ko Oo. heartfelt thanks to the State for development assistance for health from selected sources He wrote the book titled honouring the highest literary award Writer Min Shwe Min (Insein), winner of increased from around 6.1 billion US dollars in 1999 to only “Samyein-set-htok-sar-oak”, a col- to him. the National Literary Award 7.7 billion US dollars in 2001. — MNA/Xinhua lection of poems, in 2000. (Translation: MS) (Child Literature).

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Implementation of projects for socio-economic development of all regions in the country

As the Government is carrying out tasks for equitable devel- opment of all States and Divisions, Magway Division has been achieving progress in economic, health and social sectors. The new Magway Airfield and runway inaugurated on 6 June 2003 is ready to receive jumbo jets like Airbus. PHOTO: MNA

Homalin airport was opened on 3 August 2003 in Homalin, Khamti District, Sagaing Division. The photo shows the runway of Homalin Airport. PHOTO: MNA

Heho Airport is the entrance to Shan State (South), its capital Taunggyi, and the Inlay lake. The upgrading tasks of the airport com- pleted on 1 October 2003, allowing Forker F-28 aero- planes to land at the airport. The new Heho Airport of Shan State (South) was opened on 12 October 2003. PHOTO: MNA

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NAIROBI, 31 Oct — A In his opening remarks, world, so that its agro-based five-day international meet- Kenyan Vice-President products can find favour- ing on agriculture involving Moody Awori called on de- able markets. top researchers from Africa veloping countries to adopt He commended the and Europe opened in the agricultural science and tech- CGIAR for genetic variety Kenyan capital Nairobi on nology to transform agricul- improvement in cassava pro- Wednesday. ture and become competi- duction in the humid and The gathering, the Con- tive. semi humid parts of Africa, sultative Group on Interna- The Vice-President development of higher yield- tional Agricultural Research challenged the CGIAR to ing varieties of rice with bet- (CGIAR) annual general play a leading role in influ- ter resistance to pests and meeting, is being held at the encing the World Trade Or- diseases and control of pests headquarters of the United ganization to establish a fair and disease afflicting crops Nations Environment Pro- market-oriented trading sys- and cattle. A D V E R T I S E M E N T S gramme in Nairobi. tem for the developing MNA/Xinhua CLAIMS DAY NOTICE Chinese govt delegation to explore ways to increase imports MV “SEA MERCHANT” BEIJING, 31 Oct — The ucts to the United States. and chemical industrial prod- there is still room for im- Chinese Government will China will expand im- ucts. He said the price and provement.” VOY NO (479) send a delegation to the United ports from the United States added value of such products Founded in May 1973, Consignees of cargo carried on MV SEA MERCHANT States to explore ways for and it hopes the US side will are relatively high so import- the USCBC is a private, non- Voy No (479) are hereby notified that the vessel will be China to increase imports. ease restrictions on exports ing them can also reduce the profit organization. It is the arriving on 2-11-2003 and cargo will be discharged into the This was revealed by Wan to China, said Chinese Pre- deficit more quickly. principal organization of US premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at the consignee’s risk Jifei, president of the China mier Wen Jiabao when he However, the US Gov- corporations engaged in busi- and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of Council for the Promotion of met with US Commerce Sec- ernment has restricted exports ness relations with China. It the Port of Yangon. International Trade (CCPIT), retary Donald Evans Tues- of such products. Wen urged served early efforts of US Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to 11.20 at a Press conference co- day. the US Government to change business in China in the ab- am and 12 noon to 4 pm upto Claims Day now declared as the hosted here Wednesday by “We hold that a basically its policies. sence of formal diplomatic third day after final discharge of cargo from the vessel. the CCPIT and the US-China balanced trade relationship Christopher Calvin, relations between the two No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Business Council (USCBC). between China and the United chairman of the USCBC, said nations. Claims Day. Wan said cool-headed States should be pursued in he believes China will com- The USCBC delegation SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT and objective analysis of the the course of development,” plete WTO compliance and visits China to celebrate its MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY US deficit in bilateral trade is Wen said. change the trade imbalance. 30th anniversary and 30-year needed, adding the main rea- Wen said one way to re- He said China has made cooperation with the CCPIT, AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINER LINE son for the deficit was that duce the deficit is to buy more progress in WTO compliance China’s largest trade promo- Phone : 256908,378316,376797 many US companies invest US products, but what China “thoughtfully and progres- tion organization. ARRIVAL/CLAIMS DAY NOTICE in China and export their prod- needs are electronic, aviation sively” in various areas, “but MNA/Xinhua MV “BAGO” VOY NO BG754/N Mily industries encouraged to produce Russian cultural Consignees of cargo carried on MV “BAGO” Voy No more products in China festival begins BG754/N are hereby notified that the vessel has arrived at BEIJING, 31 Oct — Mili- and they have developed revenues of civilian products in Beijing Yangon port on 3-11-2003 and will berth on about tary industries, with their their own processes for re- made by military industrial BEIJING, 31 Oct — A Rus- 4-11-2003 and cargoes will be discharged into the premises advanced science and tech- search and development of enterprises topped 85.9 bil- sian cultural festival opened of Myanma Port Authority where it will lie at the consign- nologies, should play an in- civilian products after 20 lion yuan (10.35 billion US here Wednesday evening to ee’s risk and expenses and subject to the bye-laws and creasingly crucial role in years of growth, said Zhang dollars), up 37.5 per cent bring typical Russian folk conditions of the port of Yangon. bolstering the development Yunchuan, Minister of the compared with the figures dance and music to Chinese Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to of the national economy as State Commission of Sci- for the same period last year. audiences. The festival, to run until 11.30 and 12 noon to 4 pm into Claims Day now declared as well as in upgrading and up- ence, Technology and In- To date, 34 military in- dating traditional industries, dustry for National Defence. November 5 in such cities as the third day after final discharge of cargo from vessel. dustry enterprises have been said a senior official. Statistics from the com- listed on the market, accord- Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the The government has mission indicated that, from ing to Zhang. and Ningbo, is sponsored by Claims Day. shifted its emphasis in mili- January to September, sales MNA/Xinhua China’s Ministry of Culture CONTAINER FEEDER SERVICE tary industries to manufac- with the participation of MYANMA FIVE STAR LINE turing more products for ci- Shanghai to hold annual nearly 160 Russian artists Phone : 293147,296507,295754 vilian use since late 1970s from a group of musicians forum on Expo before 2010 and three well-known artistic troupes — Moiseyev dance US, China to establish textile SHANGHAI, 31 Oct — Chi- year history of the World ensemble, Kuban Kazak na’s economic hub Shanghai Expo. Shanghai Vice-Mayor dance ensemble and Caraian consultation mechanism plans to hold a forum on the Zhou Yupeng said the Shang- jazz troupe. World Expo every year ahead hai Municipal Government BEIJING, 31 Oct — The cooperation, addressing such that China would continue The Moiseyev dance en- United States and China have problems as the protection its reform and opening-up of the 2010 Shanghai World promised to host the most suc- semble, the Caraian jazz agreed to establish a bilat- of intellectual property, policy and welcome foreign Expo, in a bid to draw new cessful World Expo in his- troupe and the prize-winning eral textile consultation avoiding trade disputes. investment enterprises to concepts from around the tory, when the city bid for the musician from the mechanism on a regular ba- The two sides would hold participate in the restructur- world. event. Tchaikovsky International sis, said US Secretary of an exhibition in China to pro- ing of the Chinese textile and The announcement was The first forum was to be Music Competition per- Commerce Donald Evans mote US textile products to apparel industry, said Evans. jointly released by the Shang- held on October 30, with the formed for the audience at here Wednesday. China, said Evans, adding The two sides agreed to hai Municipal Government theme “Facing the future the opening performance of Seeing his China tour as that a seminar would be increase dialogue in and Bureau of International World Expo”. More than 230 the festival. successful, Evans told a Press hosted to introduce invest- economy and commerce Exhibition (BIE) here experts from home and abroad During the festival, the conference that the consul- ment opportunities in the within the framework of the Wednesday. attended the forum and offer Moiseyev dance ensemble tation mechanism is aimed United States to the Chinese Sino-US Joint Commission BIE Secretary-General strategies in technological and the Kuban Kazak dance at exchanging information textile trade. on Commerce and Trade Vicente Gonzalez innovation and sustainable ensemble will stage more and resolving problems in The two sides would also (JCCT), and to enhance co- Loscertales said it was the development. performances separately. bilateral textile and apparel explore other measures to operation in the protection first such move in the 150- MNA/Xinhua The Tchaikovsky Inter-

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SINGAPORE, 31 Oct— The Ministry of Health (MOH) of Singapore said Thursday that it has drafted a new bill which would further enhance the regulation of human stem cell research and human tissue research and banking. The proposed new Regulation of Bio- stem cell research shall be liable upon medical Research Act will “strictly pro- conviction to a fine, imprisonment or both, hibit reproductive cloning, the creation of it said. “Clear and stringent regulations are a human being through the application of critical as more research using human stem cloning technology”, said the ministry in cells and tissues is carried out in Singapore a Press release. because they will ensure that all the work It will also stipulate the requirements being done here is ethically sound,” said for informed consent before researchers Tan Chorh Chuan, MOH’s director of medi- can obtain tissues from patients or cal services. subjects for research, and safeguards to The draft Regulation of Biomedical protect patients’ interests, said the MOH Research Bill will be put up on MOH’s web release. site for public consultation and comment Workers clean the spiked dome of Singapore’s peculiarlyshaped Esplanade Arts Centre Any person who carries out repro- from November 10 to 30. on 30 October, 2003 in Singapore. Singapore has been pouring hundreds of millions of ductive cloning research or unauthorized MNA/Xinhua dollars into becoming a regional center for the arts.— INTERNET Singapore to ease visa Shock wave from Sun hits requirements for visitors SINGAPORE, 31 Oct— Singapore Deputy Prime Minis- Earth’s magnetic field ter Lee Hsien Loong said here on Thursday that Singapore is to ease visa requirements for visitors to the country. LONDON, 31 Oct— A people thought,” Dr. Mike grids in the far north so en- CME was propelled towards Lee made the remarks in his speech at the Global massive bubble of gas that Hapgood, a space expert at ergy disruptions would be Earth by a huge solar flare Chinese Entrepreneurs’ Forum Grand Banquet Dinner on could cause havoc with the Appleton Laboratory in minimized, scientists said, that erupted on Tuesday. It Thursday evening. power grids and satellite sys- England, told Reuters. although out in space it could was classified as a G-5, the A Press release published by Singapore’s Immigra- tems hit the Earth’s mag- The gaseous cloud that cause interference with sat- strongest category, and was tion and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) later said that from netic field on Wednesday dumps energy into the mag- ellites and spacecraft. travelling much faster than November 1, 2003, citizens of the People’s Republic of morning and is likely to have netic field that surrounds the CMEs come around other CMEs. China and the Commonwealth of Independent States the biggest impact in Alaska Earth, creating a every few years but the one The scale of it and the (CIS) holding Diplomatic, Official, Service or Public and the Far East. geomagnetic storm, is un- that arrived on Wednesday fact that it was heading to- Affairs passports will be exempted from visa requirements Scientists said the likely to have much of an is one of the strongest. De- wards the Earth is what if they stay in Singapore for a period not exceeding 30 cloud of charged particles impact in Europe. scribed as more of a nui- makes this one so special. days. unleashed at high speeds by But Hapgood and other sance than a danger to hu- “There is a whole pe- From December 2003, it will be easier for business a hyperactive Sun and known scientists suspect the CME man life, they disrupt mo- riod of activity on the Sun travellers to apply for long-term Multiple Journey Visas as a coronal mass ejection produced an amazing aurora, bile phone signals and can that is driving this. It may (MJVs), said the ICA release. So long as the applicant is able (CME) travelled at about five or light show, over Alaska cause major headaches for continue for a week or two to furnish a Letter of Introduction from a government million miles an hour. and the Far East, as well as power, satellite communi- so we may get more of these agency or a business associate in Singapore, the ICA will “It arrived at six this some radio communication cations and navigational events coming from the consider granting him a long-term MJV with a validity morning (0600 GMT) and problems. Fortunately there companies. Sun,” said Hapgood. period of up to five years, said the release. was going much faster than are not many large power Wednesday’s massive MNA/Reuters MNA/Xinhua Week-long Russian culture festival in Cambodia celebrates King’s 81st birthday PHNOM PENH, 31 Oct— Sihanouk in various periods the King’s films, alongside India from November 1 Cambodia on Thursday of their life. blessings and documentaries kicks off grand celebrations Newspapers carried about the King. MOSCOW, 31 Oct— A week-long Rus- of Russian Culture” is being organized under in honour of King Norodom front page photos of the re- The King’s birthday sian culture festival will be organized in the the inter-governmental agreement on cultural Sihanouk on the occasion vered monarch and full page coincides with elaborate Indian metropolis of New Delhi, Kolkata and cooperation between the two countries, ITAR- of his 81st birthday on Fri- blessings and admirings to preparations for the 50th Mumbai from November 1. The event, “Days TASS reported Wednesday. — MNA/PTI day with well-wishings wish him a long life, though anniversary of Cambodia’s from the whole country. the King requested earlier Independence on November Phnom Penh’s main this month that admirers not 9. It also serves as an infor- Vietnam streets and public parks have send him birthday greetings. mal lead-in to the Water Fes- imports been decked out with lights Moreover, television tival, which runs from No- for the birthday celebration. channels have been airing vember 7 to November 9. more auto About 40 portraits of the the King’s films twice a Sihanouk, who was rein- King have been erected week since early October. stated as the constitutional parts in first around the city, featuring And from Thursday to Sat- monarch in 1993, remains images of the King and urday, state-run television “a unifying symbol” for 10 months Queen Norodom Monineath station TVK will air five of Cambodia.—MNA/Xinhua HANOI, 31 Oct— Viet- nam imported 432 million US dollars worth of automo- UN signs MoU with NACEN to check bile parts and component kits in the first 10 months of the ozone depleting substances year, posting a year-on-year NEW DELHI, 31 Oct— The MoU is part of the conditioners. Production and increase of 52 per cent, ac- United Nations Environment obligations for ratification of consumption of ODS affect cording to the Ministry of Programme on Thursday the Montreal Protocol to the ozone layer of the Earth. Planning and Investment on signed an agreement with In- which India is a signatory. India decided to phase Thursday. dia’s National Academy of “India being a signatory out use of ODS in 1993 and The rise is attributed to Customs Excise and Narcot- is committed to following introduced a regulatory strong sales of the country’s ics (NACEN) to train Cus- the Montreal Protocol pro- mechanism in 2000. But the Winners at the 1999 Miss Thailand pageant. A disgraced automobile makers which toms officials in the Asia- visions related to ODS phase taxation system has not Thai beauty queen has tearfully confessed to a secret mar- sold more than 25,000 vehi- Pacific Region for control- out,” an official release said. changed, hence making the riage after she was stripped of her title when a photograph cles in the first nine months ling and monitoring Ozone ODS, comprising of illegally produced ODS of her wedding seven years ago ran in the local press. of this year.—MNA/Xinhua Depleting Substances chloroflourocarbons, are cheaper than the legally pro- INTERNET (ODS). used in refrigeration and air- duced CFCs. — MNA/PTI

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Ronaldo refused to allow Manchester 20,000 pounds, also for improper conduct. and United teammate Ryan Giggs, who plan United goalkeeper Fabien The bans take effect from Monday, No- to contest charges of misconduct relating to Barthez to move to vember 17, the FA said. the same game, are yet to have their hear- Olympique Marseille on All five Arsenal players had admitted ings. — MNA/Reuters loan, a FIFA spokesman said on Thursday. The decision by the play- South Africa narrows gap on China ers’ committee of world soc- HYDERABAD(India), 31 Oct— While Asian sports powerhouse China kept its steady cer’s ruling body was made pace by taking four more gold medals on Wednesday, South Africa got a golden “on the basis of the transfer harvest at Afro-Asian Games on Wednesday to narrow the gap between the two regulations which say trans- countries. fers can only be registered South Africa took five event through Su Yiping of to Japanese Nozomi Nobe during the transfer window” titles from athletics and China who beat her teammate and Mizuki Wakabayashi. Real Sociedad’s Kovasevic (L) vies with Atletico Madrid’s which opens again in Janu- Alvaro Novo (R) during Spanish soccer League match at the swimming to rank second in Feng Yun in the 100-metre The three shooting ary. the medal table with 12 gold, hurdles with a time of 13.18 gold medals on offer were Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid.—INTERNET “The committee looked 11 silver and 13 bronze med- seconds. In the field events, split by China and India. Tan at the case and rejected the als. China took four golds Asia was in dominant posi- Zongliang, who won the US sports tighten controls request,” the spokesman from weightlifting, shooting tion with Africa winning only men’s 50-metre free pistol said. NEW YORK, 31 Oct— American sport has begun tighten- and athletics to top the table one gold medal in the men’s title earlier in the games, Marseille had said they ing its doping controls as the fight against the designer at 17-6-3. javelin through South Afri- dominated the qualifying and wanted the nine-month loan steroid THG intensifies. Africa finally displayed can Piennar Hardaus who final stages to collect a total of the France keeper to be Major League Baseball (MLB) and Major League Soc- its supremacy in athletics threw to a winning distance of 693.8 points in the 10- completed by October 31. cer (MLS) have added THG — tetrahydrogestrinone — to competitions. Its athletes of 84.50 metres. metre air pistol event. The French club has sev- their list of banned substances, while the National Football won nine out of 15 gold med- Zhang Na of China won The other two shooting eral important league games League (NFL) insist they will come down hard on players als on Wednesday with vet- the women’s pole vault with golds were taken by Indian before January and Barthez testing positive for the newly-discovered steroid. eran sprinter Franckie a height of 4.10 metres. The shooters with Rajyavardhan can play only league games, “My position is that it is a steroid and we treat it like we Fredericks of Namibia win- women’s long jump was won Rathore winning the men’s and not in the Champions treat steroids,” Harold Henderson, executive vice-president ning two titles, one in the by India’s world champion- double trap title at 174 hits League, because he is still and chairman of the NFL management council, was quoted men’s 200 metres and the ships bronze medallist Anju and Anjali Bhagwat taking registered with United for as saying on Thursday. other in the 4X100 metres George who surged away to the gold of women’s sport European matches. “They’re banned... we test for them and whenever we relay. Eiegayehu D. Dibaba 6.53 metres. Indian Anil rifle 3-position event at 675.5 The spokesman said the have a test for them, we take action when we find positives.” of Ethiopia, who won the Kumar took the men’s dis- points. After Wednesday’s French football federation Tetrahydrogestrinone is a banned steroid which had women’s 5,000-metre title cus title with a result of 60.68 competitions, Asia has got had been informed of the been tweaked by chemists to make it previously undetectable at the Paris world champion- metres. 47 gold medals while Africa decision and it would be for- under normal test conditions. ships earlier this year, eased African swimmers took taken 34 titles. The competi- mally announced on Friday. With officials having announced recently that four US to victory in the 10,000 me- an upper hand for the first tions of the eight-day games Marseille had asked for athletes have tested positive for the drug, USA Track and tres with a time of 33 min- time since the beginning of end on October 31 while special dispensation to sign Field, the governing body of American athletics, have since utes 1.12 seconds. the competitions. They took the closing ceremony will be Barthez, number three at adopted a “zero tolerance” policy towards those found The men’s 1,500 meters four out of six golds. The held on November 1. United, because their number guilty. Professional athletes from a cross-section of sports race was also dominated by other two gold medals went MNA/Xinhua two goalkeeper would be out in North America have been subpoenaed to appear before a African runners with for several months due to grand jury probing the finances of the Bay Area Laboratory Abdlallam Mohammed from injury. Cooperative (BALCO). Sudan taking the gold at Barthez needs to play first BALCO, a Californian company which makes nutri- 3:40.17 and his compatriot team soccer to guarantee his tional supplements, has been identified by the United States Peter Ashak Abaihy winning place in Jacques Santini’s Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) as what they believe was the silver in 3:40.21. The French squad for Euro 2004. the source of THG. bronze medal went to Marseille presented The NFL said last week that THG would now be Benjamin Chediinyot of Barthez to the media last included in current testing as a banned substance. Kenya at 3:40.56. week and he was expected to Commissioner Paul Tagliabue confirmed on Wednes- The 3,000-metre stee- replace Croatian Vedran day, after a meeting of league owners in Chicago, that they plechase gold went to John Runje as number one. are also discussing the possibility of testing previous sam- Kemboi of Kenya who He won the European ples for THG. The NFL conducts random testing, and issued clocked 8:56.43; the wom- Cup with Marseille in 1993 a stern message to its players after the meeting. en’s 200-metre title was before moving to Monaco. “It’s a strict liability policy,” Henderson told Thurs- taken by Delphine Bartillo He joined United in 2000. Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic returns a shot to Spain’s day’s edition of the New York Times. “You’re responsible Atangana of Cameroon in a MNA/Reuters Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain during their Paris ATP for what’s in your body — the players are taught that from time of 23.37 seconds. Masters Series third round match at the Bercy indoor the minute they come into the league.” — MNA/Reuters Asia won only one track tournament in Paris. Novak won 7-5, 7-5.—INTERNET THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 1 November, 2003 15

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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). 16 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 1 November, 2003 8th Waxing of Tazaungmon, 1365 ME Saturday, 1 November, 2003 Prime Minister attends opening of “Myanmar Fishery and Livestock Fair 2003”

YANGON, 31 Oct — “Myanmar Fishery and Live- stock Fair 2003” was opened this morning at the Yangon Trade Centre on Lower Pazundaung Street, attended by Prime Minister of the State General Khin Nyunt. Present on the occasion were Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Soe Win, Secretary-2 Lt-Gen Thein Sein, ministers, Thai Com- merce Minister Dr Adisai Bodharamik, Chinese deputy general secretary of Yunnan Province Mr Duan Guan Han and party, deputy ministers, responsible personnel of the State Peace and Development Council Office, foreign dip- lomats in Myanmar, depart- mental heads, and guests. Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and guests visit the booths of the Myanmar Fishery and Livestock Fair 2003. — MNA First, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen added products. tries annually. Due to lack accordingly. live fish and shrimp, frozen companies participating in Soe Win formally opened the With the motto of “further processing” fa- As the whole production fish, prawn and crab, locally this “Myanmar Fishery and fair. Speaking on the occa- “Myanmar’s Fish and Meat cilities, only live, chilled and component in the livestock produced machinery for fish- Livestock Fair-2003”. I am sion, Minister for Commerce for All”, we aim to expand frozen raw products could and fishery sector has been ery, cold storage facilities, confident that this fair will Brig-Gen Pyi Sone said: market share of Myanmar’s be exported. During the privatized, investors are wel- motors, pumps, fishing nets, give you very good opportu- We are conducting surplus fishery and livestock same span of ten years, value comed by the Government etc. nities for mutual benefit. And “Myanmar Fishery and Live- products within the region of export of fish products and citizens alike as it is our For your information, I also would like to thank to stock Fair” with the follow- and to visualize the invest- increase six-fold making a desire to make this sector there are six countries par- the Organizing Committee ing objectives: ment potentials of this sec- significant growth in the grow in a sustained manner. ticipating in this fair. They for giving every effort to — to develop awareness tor. industry. It is our vision to increase the are 20 companies from Thai- make this fair a successful of Myanmar’s developing During a span of ten Being the largest coun- profitability and competi- land, 6 companies from one. Next, Minister Brig-Gen fishery and livestock prod- years, we were able to in- try in South-east Asia Pe- tiveness, and enhance the China, 8 from Singapore, 2 Pyi Sone presented gifts to ucts internationally; crease per capita consump- ninsular with only fifty two natural resource base to from South Korea, one com- Prime Minister General Khin — to gain market access tion of fish one and a half million inhabitants, large achieve greater national pany each from Malaysia and Nyunt, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen for the fishery and livestock; times and , of meat by nearly areas of land in different wealth and stronger rural Hong Kong. Apart from the Soe Win, Secretary-2 Lt-Gen — to attract foreign in- three times. To achieve this, climatic regions are avail- communities. foreign companies, 95 local Thein Sein and distinguished vestment in fishery and live- we were able to increase the able in Myanmar. In this Trade Fair, 133 companies are also partici- guests. Later, Prime Minis- stock sector; acreage of fish and shrimp Aquaculture can be materi- foreign and local companies pating with the various live- ter General Khin Nyunt cor- — to obtain technical ponds from forty thousand alised in the unpolluted wa- are participating with 229 stock and fisheries related dially greeted those present know-how of fishery and live- acres to three hundred and ters along the inland and booths at the indoor and out- products. on the occasion and inspected stock production and other twenty four thousand acres. coastal regions. Farm ani- door spaces. They are dis- In conclusion, allow me the trade fair. related manufacturing; and Although export of live- mals can be raised in the playing wide range of fish- to express once again that, I The trade fair will be kept — to produce and share stock products is not very pasturelands and grasslands, eries and livestock related feel deeply honoured for your open from 9 am to 5 pm till 4 wholesomeconsumer goods, much, fishery products are and related infrastructure products, such as, feedstuff presence here and also thanks November as of today. including high quality value exported to over forty coun- and industries can be built and veterinary medicines, for both foreign and local MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Soe Win delivers address at the opening of Special Refresher Course No 54 for teachers. — MNA Government has been making all-out efforts for developing human resources capable of handling various situations to be faced in future and to ensure emergence of constant learning Myanmar society in keeping with the times Special Refresher Course No 54 for basic education teachers opened YANGON, 31 Oct—The Also present on the occa- Council Office and heads of intelligentsia on whom the cial refresher courses for ba- The education promo- Special Refresher Course No sion were Chairman of department, Rector of CICS State can rely, to gain expe- sic education teachers have tion programme is a signifi- 54 for basic education teach- Yangon Division Peace and Col Win Maung and offi- riences and knowledge after been opened and the present cant turning point in the edu- ers was opened at the Development Council Com- cials, course instructors and realizing the prevailing situ- course is No 54. cation history of Myanmar Nawarat Hall of Central In- mander of Yangon Com- trainee teachers. ation and future of the State, The State Peace and De- as well as an education mile- stitute of Civil Service mand Maj-Gen Myint Swe, In his address, Vice- of enabling them to serve the velopment Council has been stone. That is why the role (Phaunggyi) in Hlegu Town- ministers, the Chief Justice, Chairman of Myanmar Edu- interest of the State consci- making strenuous efforts for of teachers is of paramount ship, Yangon Division at the Attorney-General, the cation Committee Secretary- entiously and constantly the education sector to keep importance in the pro- noon today with an address Chairman of Civil Service 1 of the State Peace and De- based on the knowledge they pace with changes in politi- gramme. by Vice-Chairman of Selection and Training Board velopment Council Lt-Gen gained, and of enabling them cal, economic and social sec- Nowadays, concerted ef- Myanmar Education Com- and members, the Yangon Soe Win said that with the to effectively contribute their tors and to be on a par with forts are being made on self- mittee Secretary-1 of the Mayor, deputy ministers, aim of enabling the basic shares in national and re- that of the global nations reliant basis to ensure devel- State Peace and Develop- senior military officers, the education teachers, who are gional development through while striving for the emer- opment of economic and so- ment Council Lt-Gen Soe Director-General of the State nurturing the student youths the education sector with gence of a new modern and cial sectors with prevalence Win. Peace and Development to become intellectuals and strong nationalism, the spe- developed nation. (See page 9)