Emergence of the State Constitution Is the Duty of All Citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan

Khanti ca, patience; this is the way to auspiciousness.

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Volume XII, Number 26 9th Waning of Kason 1366 ME Wednesday, 12 May, 2004 Four political objectives * Stability of the State, community peace and tranquillity, prevalence of law and order * National reconsolidation * Emergence of a new enduring State Consti- tution * Building of a new modern developed nation in accord with the new State Constitution Four economic objectives * Development of agriculture as the base and all- round development of other sectors of the economy as well * Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system * Development of the economy inviting partici- pation in terms of technical know-how and investments from sources inside the country and abroad * The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in the hands of the State and the national peoples

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye inspects the power station of the Paunglaung Hydel-power Project. — MNA Four social objectives Government effectively tapping land resources * Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation to raise agriculture production * Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preservation and safeguarding of cultural Vice-Senior General Maung Aye inspects Paunglaung heritage and national character Multi-purpose Dam Project, Bagan Palace Reconstruction Project * Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit * Uplift of health, fitness and education stand- YANGON, 11 May — Chairman of Mandalay Di- soil condition of Tebokan riculture production, and to ards of the entire nation Vice-Chairman of the State vision Peace and Develop- region, land reclamation give encouragement to na- Peace and Development ment Council Commander work, efforts to irrigate tional entrepreneurs to be- Council Deputy Com- of Central Command Maj- crops, cultivation of sea- come successful business- INSIDE mander-in-Chief of Defence Gen Ye Myint, ministers, sonal and perennial crops, men. Only if the national The nation’s agricultural Perspectives Services Commander-in- deputy ministers, Chairman and plans to extend culti- entrepreneurs can actually production will develop in Strive for Bago Chief (Army) Vice-Senior of Magway Division Peace vation, presented by Man- produce quality crops from quality as well as in quan- Division to become General Maung Aye met with and Development Council aging Director of the com- their farms run with ad- tity only when there exist second granary of the national entrepreneurs and Col Zaw Min, officials of the pany U Tun Myint Naing. vanced machinery, will the successful farms. All should State inspected Paunglaung Multi- State Peace and Develop- In his address, Vice- nation’s agricultural pro- always pay serious attention (Page 2) purpose Dam Project and ment Council Office, depart- Senior General Maung Aye duce be able to penetrate to the objective — The ini- Article Bagan Palace Reconstruction mental heads and national said that the Government foreign markets. Entrepre- tiative to shape the national Malaria, a fatal Project on 9 and 10 May. entrepreneurs, Vice-Senior has been issuing permits for neurs should have the aim economy must be kept in disease (Page 7) Accompanied by Secre- General Maung Aye left national entrepreneurs, who of exporting their crops the hands of the State and tary-1 of the State Peace and Bagan-NyaungU by helicop- have capital, to reclaim land abroad. As the soil of the national people. Chairman of Development Council Lt- ter for Tebokan Land Rec- for agriculture. Thus, there Magway Division is suit- Minister for Agriculture National Health Committee Prime Gen Soe Win, members of lamation Project of Asia emerge large stretches of able for cotton, they should and Irrigation Maj-Gen Minister General the State Peace and Devel- World Co Ltd in Salin cultivation land in strive to set up large cotton Nyunt Tin explained plans to Khin Nyunt attends opment Council Lt-Gen Ye Township, Minbu District, Ayeyawady, Yangon, and farms. Cultivation of rice supply water through Linzin dinner hosted to Myint and Lt-Gen Thiha Magway Division, at 7.30 Magway divisions and ma- and cotton should be in ac- canal, Lt-Gen Ye Myint outstanding Red Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, am on 9 May. jor oil palm plots in cord with the soil condition means to increase the volume Cross members Commander-in-Chief At the briefing hall of Taninthayi Division. of a particular area. The of water for irrigation, Col (Page 10) (Navy) Rear-Admiral Soe the project, Vice-Senior The Government has Government will provide Zaw Min growing of multi Circulation Thein, Commander-in-Chief General Maung Aye and been effectively tapping irrigation facilities and all crops in the division. 22,357 (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, party heard a report on the land resources to raise ag- other assistance. (See page 8)

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye hears a report by Vice-Quartermaster-General Maj-Gen Htin Aung Kyaw on Tatmadaw cotton farm (Pwintbyu). — MNA Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan. 2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 12 May, 2004 PERSPECTIVES People’s Desire * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views Wednesday, 12 May, 2004 * Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation Strive for Bago Division to * Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State become second granary * Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy of the State Ambassador U Khin Maung Aye POEM: Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt met presents credentials to President of Let’s show the innate goodwill with members of Toungoo District and the Hellenic Republic *˚Writing and journalism Headed toward same goodwill Toungoo Township Peace and Development YANGON, 12 May— U Khin Maung Aye, Ambas- Councils, departmental personnel and mem- sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union of Pride of race, pride of lineage bers of social organizations at the meeting hall Myanmar to the Hellenic Republic, presented his Creden- And pride of literature to be uplifted of the Central Command in Toungoo on 9 tials to Mr Constantinos Stephanopoulos, President of the We’re looking forward to that. April. After hearing the reports on tasks be- Hellenic Republic, on 30 April 2004, in Athens.—MNA *˚With goodwill clearly shown To make Myanmar pleasant ing carried out on education, health, agricul- Plan of Action Workshop on National Hands joined in solidarity ture, forest reservation and reforestation, con- Surveillance System held To participate struction of roads and bridges and township With warmth and congeniality YANGON, 11 May — Plan of Action Workshop De- development and fulfilling whatever was nec- Holding pen, each with specific thought velopment for Implementing the Recommendation of the essary, the Prime Minister said that, in ac- Let’s push ahead writing. Comprehensive Assessment of National Surveillance Sys- cordance with the guidance of Head of State May Ru (Trns) Senior General Than Shwe, all the necessary tem, jointly organized by the Ministry of Health and WHO, was opened at Traders Hotel here this morning with an (In honour of the Myanmar Writers and Journalists measures are being taken for Bago Division to address by Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint. Association Central Body Meeting currently in progress.) become the second rice bowl after Ayeyawady It was also attended by Deputy Minister for Health Division and therefore efforts are being made Dr Mya Oo, the directors-general of the departments under Fire engines, machine parts donated for the development of agriculture in the divi- the Ministry of Health and responsible officials, Dr YANGON, 11 May — Minister for Social Welfare, sion. It is obvious that the Government is striv- Agostino Borra, Resident Representative of WHO, and Relief and Resettlement Maj-Gen Sein Htwa inspected ing for the development of all regions of the officials. In his opening address, Dr Kyaw Myint said that four fire engines and spare parts donated by President of Union. A large sum of money was spent on surveillance is imperative in prevention and control of the Korea Green Tech Co, Ltd Mr Lim Taeck Soo, Mr Hur the construction of dams, sluice gates and river spread of infectious diseases. The surveillance tasks were Eul Burm of Jico Int’l and Daw Tin Tin Khine of Sandian water pumping stations in Bago Division (East) conducted previously in Myanmar. As a result, Myanmar & Group Co Ltd to Fire Services Department at Fire Serv- and Bago Division (West). Now there is a total has been able to prevent and control such infectious dis- ices Department (Headquarters) this morning. of 28 dams, one regulating, four diversion eases as small pox, plague and diarrhoea. Moreover, there Next, the minister attended the donation ceremony weirs, four sluice gates and 57 river water had been cooperation among health department, local au- which was held at the meeting hall of the Ministry of pumping stations in the entire division. Moreo- thorities and social organizations when infectious diseases Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement and made a speech broke out, he added. Next, Dr Agostino Borra made an ver, four weirs and one sluice gate are under on the occasion. On behalf of the wellwishers, Daw Thanda address. A total of 122 officials including the directors- Han explained the purpose of the donation and presented construction and it is being planned to build general of departments under the Ministry of Health, medi- related documents to the director-general of the FSD. After another eight dams and 42 river water pump- cal superintendents and officials of WHO and social or- accepting the related documents, the latter presented cer- ing stations. ganizations participated in the workshop. — MNA tificates of honour to the donors. — MNA It is necessary for Myanma Agriculture Service, Settlements and Land Records De- MRTV-4 to be aired soon partment and Irrigation Department to keep YANGON, 11 May — Myanma Radio and Televi- systematic records of land and agricultural sta- sion will broadcast a new channel named MRTV-4 begin- tistics not only for the extension of sown acre- ning from 15 May 2004. In this channel, entertainment age and boosting the yield of crops but also and news programmes will be included besides the ones for the success of national economic plans in that give knowledge to the public. MMBox through which Bago Division. the MRTV-4 will be aired caters for daily news, three To protect the environment of the Bago foreign video films, foreign TV series, music programmes, Ranges, Myanma Agriculture Service and For- Karaoke songs, Myanmar TV and Myawady TV excerpts, est Department are to carry out afforestation daily newspapers, weekly journals and monthly magazines. Public can tune in to these programmes on the work. Moreover, to improve the transporta- screen at any time. In addition, the programmes of U Kyaw Nyunt (Kyaw Nyunt Yi) hands over tion in the division, roads linking town and Myanmar Radio, national races and Yangon City FM can town, village and village and, town and vil- cash donation of K 250,000 to Deputy Minister for be enjoyed through the MMBox. — MNA Information Brig-Gen Aung Thein. — MNA lage are to be built after drawing systematic plans. Scholarships presented at MMU MWJA conference hailed At a time when all the requirements are YANGON, 11 May —A ceremony to present schol- YANGON, 11 May —To hail the Third Conference being fulfilled by the government, we would arships was held at the Myanmar Maritime University of the Central Body of the Myanmar Writers and Journal- like to urge all those responsible in Bago Di- here this morning. Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Hla ists Association, Mingala Taungnyunt Township WJA vision to try their best for their region to Myint Swe, Deputy Minister Col Nyan Tun Aung, Of- Patron U Kyaw Nyunt (Kyaw Nyunt Yi), wife Daw Wah become the second granary of the State. ficer on Special Duty Brig-Gen Myo Tin, the MMU rec- Wah Kyaw donated K 250,000 for use in welfare services tor and guests were present on the occasion. of Mingala Taungnyunt WJA. The ceremony to donate Officials leave for Malaysia The minister and the deputy minister gave away cash was held at Kyaikkasan grounds, the venue of the prizes to outstanding students and the rector presented Central Body meeting at 1 pm today. Likewise, Daw Yin YANGON, 11 May —To attend the Third ASEAN scholarships to the winners. — MNA Yin (Saw Mon Nyin) donated K 50,000; Mandalay Maha Forest Products Council meeting and the First Conference Aungmyay WJA K 20,000; Chaungzon Township Peace of the ASEAN Forest Products Industry Club (AFPIC) in and Development Council of Mon State K 20,000; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Myanmar Timber Entrepreneurs Phakant Township WJA K 20,000. —MNA

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A soldier from the 16th Military Police Twenty-eight percent were opposed, and 17 percent Brigade died Sunday night when his Humvee collided with expressed no opinion. an American tank, the statement added. The survey by the polling company NOP was based on More than 750 US service members have died since telephone interviews with 1,001 adults between April 30 President Bush launched the Iraq war in March 2003. and May 2. It had a margin of error of about 3 percentage Internet points. — Internet Red Cross says Iraq abuse widespread, routine Up to 90 percent of Iraqi detainees arrested “by mistake” GENEVA, 11 May— Up to 90 percent of Iraqi detainees were arrested “by mistake,” according to coalition intelligence officers cited in a Red Cross report disclosed Monday. It also says US officers mistreated inmates at the notorious Abu Ghraib Prison by keeping them naked in dark, empty cells. Abuse of Iraqi prisoners cilities, including the mili- military intelligence in a sys- tary confinement in small by American soldiers was tary intelligence section at tematic way to gain confes- concrete cells devoid of day- widespread and routine, the Camp Cropper at Baghdad sions and extract informa- light,” says the report. “Their report finds contrary to Presi- International Airport and the tion and other forms of co- continued internment several dent Bush’s contention that Tikrit holding area, accord- operation from persons who months after their arrest in the mistreatment “was the ing to the report. The 24- had been arrested in con- strict solitary confinement wrongdoing of a few." page document cites abuses nection with suspected se- constituted a serious viola- An Iraqi man, outside the Abu Ghraib prison, near the Red Cross delegates saw some “tantamount to tor- curity offenses or deemed tion of the third and fourth Iraqi capital Baghdad, on 8 May, 2004, displays a newspa- US military intelligence ture” including brutality, to have an ‘intelligence Geneva Conventions.” per with pictures of abused Iraqi prisoners. officers mistreating prison- hooding, humiliation and value.’ ” Internet INTERNET ers under interrogation at threats of “imminent execu- “Since June 2003 over a Abu Ghraib and collected tion. These methods of hundred ‘high value detain- allegations of abuse at more physical and psychological ees’ have been held for nearly Senator says “many, many” abuse than 10 other detention fa- coercion were used by the 23 hours a day in strict soli- investigations ongoing Baghdad bomb kills seven, Shiites clash with troops WASHINGTON, 11 May — A leading Republican senator said on Sunday there are “many, many” criminal investigations going on of deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq BAGHDAD, 11 May — An explosion at a crowded market in Baghdad on Sunday killed “at the hands of United States officials”. at least seven Iraqis, including three policemen, and wounded 13, medical staff said. Elsewhere, Shiite Mehdi Army militia- be released soon. Speaking as new photographs were pub- “This is deeper and wider than I think most in men clashed with US troops in the capital That would deepen a global scandal un- lished apparently showing abuse of US-held this administration understand.” and in the holy city of Najaf to the south and leashed by images, leaked after months of prisoners in Iraq, US Senator Chuck Hagel, a On Friday, after daylong congressional also engaged in sporadic fighting with the allegations of ill-treatment by US guards and Nebraska Republican, told CBS’ “Face the hearings on the abuse controversy, Defence British in Basra, where three soldiers were interrogators, of naked Iraqi detainees being Nation” programme the number of investiga- Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said a group of wounded in a grenade attack. humiliated. tions could be as many as 30 or more. four former government and military offi- In the United States, where the adminis- The apparent bomb blast in the Bayaa Hagel said he could not discuss details cials would conduct a review of the Penta- tration is under fire during the presidential District of southern Baghdad left body parts of matters presented to him as a member of gon’s investigation into abuse of Iraqi pris- election campaign over abuse of Iraqi strewn around the market and blood and the Senate Intelligence Committee but that oners by US troops. prisoners, Vice-President Dick Cheney flesh coated on walls. It was not clear whether they extended beyond the ongoing contro- So far, at least seven people have been spoke up for Defence Secretary Donald the Iraqi police, regarded by guerillas as versy over Iraqi prisoners of war at the Abu criminally charged and six military person- Rumsfeld. People should “get off his case”. collaborators, had been the intended target. Ghraib Prison. nel have been reprimanded. The Army said Despite assurances from President George A US military convoy had passed by shortly “There are many, many investigations on Friday it was investigating possible abuse W Bush that the ill-treatment of prisoners by before. The unassuming neighbourhood, ongoing now as a result of deaths in Af- by US soldiers of 42 Iraqi civilians in addi- US soldiers was the “wrongdoing of a few”, home to both Sunni and Shiite Muslims, was ghanistan and Iraq, deaths that came at the tion to the prison probe. evidence has mounted of widespread abuses not an obvious target. hands of United States officials,” Hagel The scandal exploded last week with the that have contributed to anger among Iraqis at Such bomb attacks, usually aimed at the said.He said he did not know precisely how release of photographs showing grinning continued US occupation. security forces or foreigners, are not infre- many probes were continuing, some which uniformed personnel posing in front of na- A Pentagon official told The Washing- quent in Baghdad. On Thursday, a suicide have been referred to the US Justice Depart- ked detainees. ton Post that new pictures, including video car bomber killed five Iraqis and a US soldier ment. “My understanding is that its prob- On Sunday, the New Yorker magazine made by soldiers at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib outside the headquarters of the US-run ad- ably in the range of 30, maybe more than said it obtained photographs of what it prison depicting “live-action abuse”, could ministration. — MNA/Reuters that, of investigations, not all are homicide,” described as a dog threatening a naked he said. inmate at Abu Ghraib Prison, and another “We are trying to get the facts... The picture of the same man with blood stream- American people must have a clear honest ing from his leg after he had apparently assessment here if we are to retain confi- been bitten. dence in our government,” Hagel added. MNA/Reuters Maintaining defence capability priority task for Russia MOSCOW, 11 May — Russia comes in favour of minimizing the significance of force, but the priority task is to maintain its defence capacity, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said Saturday on the eve of the national Victory Day holiday. “While we remember the country at the necessary level policy goals,” Ivanov said. lessons of the past war, we is unquestionably a priority Victory Day is one of the are clearly aware that, de- task,” he noted. most important dates on Rus- spite positive changes that “Though we consistently sia’s calendar, as the nation have taken place in the mili- stand for the minimization of mourns Soviet losses, esti- tary and political situation, the significance of military mated at 27 million people, the world is still not free from force in seeking solutions to that outnumbered those of instability, wars, or armed international problems, we any other country in World conflicts,” Ivanov said dur- realize full well that highly War II. ing commemorations mark- professional and effective Earlier Saturday, President ing the anniversary of the end Armed Forces alone can give Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at of World War II. a complete and unquestion- the Tomb of the Unknown A US Army vehicle drives by a burning car after a two car convoy came under attack “For this reason, main- able guarantee for the attain- Soldier near the Kremlin walls. in Baghdad, Iraq on 8 May, 2004. — INTERNET taining the capability of the ment of Russia’s foreign MNA/Xinhua

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State Oil Marketing Pipeline Paul Horsnell, head of Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers depicted in widely broadcast photographs was unjus- Militants set off the bomb later told Dow Jones that the energy research at Barclays tified under any circumstances, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Saturday under the Faw oil damage was still consider- Capital in London, said the Monday. pipeline, some 35 miles south able and that the second pipe- blast is likely to cause only a Nearly two-thirds of those surveyed said Thirty percent of the 1,003 US adults of the main southern city of line’s capacity was too small temporary disruption of ex- they believed the abuse, which President asked about the Abu Ghraib prison scandal Basra, said an engineer at to carry all of the additional ports. Bush and other top US officials have con- said they believed such abuse was a common Iraq’s Southern Oil Com- exports. He told Dow Jones But he said the signifi- demned, to be isolated incidents. occurrence, while 64 percent said they pany, speaking on condition that exports had fallen to 1.2 cance of the attack is that Far more blamed the soldiers’ superiors believed the incidents were isolated. of anonymity. million barrels a day follow- “quite clearly, now the south- and military intelligence officers for the The poll had a margin of error of plus Firefighters have been fighting the blast. ern infrastructure is a tar- mistreatment than considered top officials or minus 3 percentage points for most ing the blaze since it began, The official, who spoke get.” such as Bush or Defence Secretary Donald questions. said Jabber Luyaibi, director on condition of anonymity, Iraq exports some 1.65 Rumsfeld responsible. Internet general of Iraq’s Southern told Dow Jones that repairs million barrels per day from Oil Company. to the pipeline should take the south and another Luyaibi said the blast another 48 hours. 200,000 barrels per day from damaged a 18-foot section Dan Senor, a spokesman the north through Turkey. of one of two pipelines that for the coalition, confirmed In late April, suicide run from Basra to the Faw that there was a bombing but bombers in boats attacked peninsula on the Gulf. The gave no details, saying that Iraqi pumping stations in the pipelines have a capacity of to do so might help the insur- Gulf, briefly disrupting Iraqi 2 million barrels per day - gents. oil exports.—Internet Chinese Premier calls Child killed for UN role in Iraq in Iraq LONDON, 11 May— Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attack on Monday called for the United Nations to be given BAGHDAD, 11 May—A the leading role in Iraq and said China was very con- four-year-old girl was killed cerned about the ongoing instability there. and four men were wounded After talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, today when assailants fired Wen said it was important to hand power back to the rockets at a US army patrol Iraqis as soon as possible. in the centre of the northern He declined, however, to comment on allegations that city of Mosul, Iraqi police Iraqi girl Luban Laith 6, is comforted by her father in the hospital in the holy city of Kerbala, coalition troops tortured and mistreated Iraq prisoners of said. Iraq, 100 km south of Baghdad, on 8 May, 2004. Luban was shot in the stomach during clashes war. The assailants in a car with Iraqis loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada and Pollish coalition forces.—INTERNET “The unstable situation in Iraq, we feel very con- opened fire with anti-tank cerned and even worried,” said Wen, in a joint news rockets and machine-guns in Chinese Vice-President meets French guests conference with Blair. “We must hand over the govern- the Yarmouk district, Cap- BEIJING, 11 May— China values its relationship with France from the strategic ment back to the Iraqi people as soon as possible. tain Baker Said Toufik said. perspective, and will work with the French side to further upgrade the comprehensive We need to give the United Nations the leading role The girl killed and men and strategic partnership in accordance with the guideline of the Sino-French joint in the resolution of the Iraqi issue.” wounded were near the scene statement. Internet of the strike, after which the Chinese Vice-President the invitation of his French tour early this year impressed attackers fled. US troops Zeng Qinghong made the counterpart Jacques Chirac, the French people. have been regularly targeted remarks when meeting here which pushed forward the This year marks 40th an- by guerillas in and around Sunday with Jean Besson, comprehensive and strategic niversary of the establish- the city, 370 km from Bagh- President of the France- partnership between the two ment of the France-China dad.—Internet China Amity Group of the countries, he said. diplomatic ties, and China French Senate and his party. He noted that Chirac will has successfully held the year Coal mine gas Zeng said that the Sino- visit China in October and of Chinese culture in France, French relations have been attend the opening ceremony he added. blast leaves developing in a comprehen- of the year of French culture Besson noted that France sive way, and the mutual trust in China, which will advance and China have shared simi- two miners in the political field and stra- the bilateral ties to a new lar views on the international tegic cooperation between height. affairs, and he hopes that the dead, three the two sides have been fur- Besson said that France- two countries will further ther consolidated. China relations have main- expand cooperation in the missing Chinese President Hu tained good momentum for fields of energy resources Jintao paid a successful state development, and Chinese and aviation. GUANGZHOU, 11 May — A coal mine gas blast killed visit to France in January at President Hu Jintao’s France MNA/Xinhua two miners and injured an- US-led forces claim killing 18 in Baghdad clash other with three missing in BAGHDAD, 11 May— US forces clashed with fighters loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada Qujiang County, south Chi- al-Sadr in Baghdad’s Sadr City suburb on Sunday and killed 18, a US military na’s Guangdong Province, spokesman said. Saturday evening. Brigadier-General Mark 18,” Kimmit told a news thorities for the murder of The six miners were Kimmitt said US-led forces conference. another cleric, launched a working in the shaft when had responded to reports that Witnesses said Sadr mi- revolt against US-led forces the accident happened at the militiamen loyal to Sadr had litiamen had fired several in Iraq one month ago. Laolitang Coal Mine. set up check points and at- mortar bombs at a govern- Iraq’s US-led authori- Rescue work is still go- tacked police stations in the ment building and engaged ties have vowed to kill or ing on to search for the miss- district. in brief gunbattles with capture the cleric, who is ing miners, and efforts to deal “Coalition forces have American soldiers in differ- holed up in the Shiite holy US Army soldiers stand guard on the highway with the aftermath of the ac- stabilized the situation at ent parts of the neighbour- city of Najaf, 100 miles leading from Baghdad to Fallujah, Iraq on 8 May, cident are proceeding two Iraqi police stations in hood. south of Baghdad. 2004.—INTERNET smoothly. — MNA/Xinhua the district and have killed Sadr, wanted by the au- MNA/Reuters

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Blair said he was sorry mittee of the Red Cross his resignation. cannot see what independ- US soldier to face May 19 for any mistreatment by Brit- (ICRC) had raised concerns The ICRC said on Friday ent people are saying about ish soldiers, but stopped short with it over the treatment of visits to detention centres in the problem and how severe trial for Iraq prison abuse of admitting abuses had taken British-held prisoners back Iraq had revealed infringe- it is,” he told BBC Televi- BAGHDAD, 11 May —The first court martial of a US place. in February. ments of international trea- sion. soldier charged with abusing Iraqi detainees in the Abu “We’ve already made it Hounded by politicians ties on prisoners of war that The Ministry of Defence Ghraib prison west of Baghdad will start on 19 May and absolutely clear we apolo- of all parties, Defence Sec- were “tantamount to tor- said the report was confiden- be opened to the public, a US military spokesman said on gize deeply to anyone who’s retary Geoff Hoon agreed to ture”. tial and that it had acted on Sunday. been mistreated by any of make a statement to Parlia- It said the abuse reports the recommendations. Specialist Jeremy Sivits was charged with maltreatment our soldiers. That is abso- ment on Monday. mainly involved US troops, Blair said on Sunday any of detainees, conspiracy to maltreat subordinates and de- lutely and totally unaccept- Blair’s government has but it had given London a abuse was inexcusable but tainees and dereliction of duty for negligently failing to able,” Blair told France 3 already been rocked by the report raising concerns about called for a sense of perspec- protect detainees from cruelty, abuse and maltreatment, he television on Sunday. suicide of Iraq weapons ex- British-run jails. tive, saying thousands of sol- said. “We went to Iraq to end pert David Kelly during a Former foreign secretary diers in Iraq were doing good “Court martials are open to the public,” and it would be those type of abuses, not to row over the case for going Robin Cook of Blair’s La- work. held in Baghdad, subject to final approval, Brigadier-Gen- engage in them.” to war. Hoon came under bour Party urged the gov- “This appalling treat- eral Mark Kimmit told a news conference. Blair made the com- intense pressure during the ernment on Sunday to pub- ment of Iraqi prisoners, if it “It’s our desire to make the upcoming courts martial as ments after the government subsequent inquiry but lish the ICRC report. happened, is totally unac- accessible as possible,” Kimmit said at the Conference said the International Com- survived media calls for “Until they do, really we ceptable, be it by British or Centre in the Green Zone — the former Saddam Hussein US soldiers or anyone else presidential complex where the US-led administration is in the coalition,” he told housed. French LCI television on a The court martial could be held in the heavily guarded visit to Paris. Conference Centre to give media maximum access, Kimmit MNA/Reuters said. — MNA/Reuters France steps up call for full Iraq sovereignty PARIS, 11 May— President Jacques Chirac pressed French demands for a genuine return of sovereignty to Iraqis on Sunday, citing what he called the wave of resentment felt by its population against the US-led occupation. Chirac made the call at an event in should “have the capacity to call for the Paris with British Prime Minister Tony end of the international mission (in Iraq) Blair. Without referring explicitly to the if it deems it necessary and when it deems scandal over abuse by US soldiers of Iraqi it necessary”. prisoners, he warned of the risk of a back- Blair, who backed the war in Iraq and lash by any people which had been hu- whose troops there are also facing accusa- miliated. tions of abuse, did not comment on Chirac’s “I think that today it is clear that a large demands but called for international unity majority of Iraqis resent the peacekeeping over the crisis. forces which they regard as an occupying “Whatever disagreements there have been, force,” he told an audience of British and on the conflict, we are in the situation we are A British Army vehicle patrols the centre of Basra, southern Iraq, after gunmen loyal to French students at an event to mark the birth in now and it is in the interests of everybody radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr attacked British patrols and government of the European Union. that Iraq stabilizes and becomes a prosperous buildings, on 8 May, 2004.—INTERNET “That is why it is very urgent to transfer, and democratic country,” he said. Ex-Iran envoy to IAEA suggests pulling out of NPT without any ambiguity, true sovereignty and “What is important now... is to make sure powers to an Iraqi authority recognized as that we try and reach an agreement inside the TEHERAN, 11 May — Iran should consider withdrawing from the Nuclear Non- such by the Iraqi people,” said Chirac, who United Nations for the proper and full trans- Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which in not beneficial for the country, a former Iranian led international opposition to the war in fer of sovereignty to the Iraqi people after envoy to the UN’s nuclear watchdog was quoted as saying on Sunday. Iraq. June 30,” he told the audience at Chirac’s “The time has come for pressure following revela- But the reformist govern- The United States will keep some 135,000 Elysee Palace. Iran to really put on its agenda tions last year that Iran had ment has repeatedly assured troops in Iraq after June 30, when Washing- The UN Security Council — where Brit- pulling out of the NPT,” hidden potentially weapons- the international community ton starts handing sovereignty back. ain and France hold vetoes — has begun Mohammad Kiarashi, the related technology for 18 that Iran will continue to co- In a comment on world tensions later on, discussions on a new Iraqi resolution that former Iranian representative years forced Teheran to agree operate with the IAEA and he added: “Every time you humiliate people would support a caretaker government and to the International Atomic to snap checks of its nuclear will not pull out of the NPT. in one way or another, you create the re- define its relationship to US-led forces after Energy Agency (IAEA), was sites and to halt the enrich- IAEA chief Mohamed flexes and behaviour of aggression.” a handover of power on 30 June. quoted as saying in the Sharq ment of uranium. ElBaradei warned Iran on Chirac called on the UN Security But some countries in the UN Security newspaper. Some sections of Iran’s Thursday the world would Council to agree arrangements to secure Council have questioned what the United “Iran, through its mem- clerical establishment have not wait forever for Teheran a power transfer from June 30 to an in- States and its ally Britain mean by sover- bership (of the NPT), has called for the country to fol- to divulge the full extent and terim government and facilitate election eignty and have asked why they see Iraqi gained nothing but pressure low North Korea’s example nature of its nuclear pro- of a new government later this year or forces remaining under US control when the and it is not beneficial at all and pull out of the NPT. gramme. — MNA/Reuters early next. occupation ends. for Iran,” he said. He stressed that this government MNA/Reuters Concerted international Sino-Canadian cooperation project on China to launch new CDM launched in N-W China air flight to Tajikistan YINCHUAN,11 May — A cooperation project between URUMQI, 11 May— A new China and Canada on the clean development mechanism air route will be launched (CDM) was launched in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Monday, linking Urumqi, Autonomous Region on Sunday. capital of Xinjiang in north- This is the first Chinese region to devote to the reduction west China, with the Tajik of greenhouse gas with donations from Canada, said Lu capital Dushanbe to serve the Xuedu, a research fellow of the Rural and Social Develop- growing number of Tajik ment Department under the Ministry of Science and Tech- tourists to China. nology, at a ceremony held Sunday in Yinchuan, capital of The weekly flight, avail- Ningxia. able every Monday, is oper- The CDM, defined in the Kyoto Protocol to the United ated by the Xinjiang com- Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change signed pany of China’s Southern in Japan in 1997, is a new international cooperation system, Airlines. This is the sixth air under which, the developed countries provide funds and route the Xinjiang Company technical assistance to help developing countries in reduc- runs to Central Asian coun- ing emissions of harmful greenhouse gases. tries, following the ones to Statistics showed, 80 per cent of the carbon dioxide in Alma-Ata of Kazakhstan and the world are produced by developed countries. Conse- Bishkek of Kyrgyzstan. quently, the developed countries should shoulder principal Gunmen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take position in the centre of MNA/Xinhua responsibility for global climate changes.—MNA/Xinhua Basra, southern Iraq on 8 May, 2004.—INTERNET

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GENEVA, 11 May— The International Committee of the Red Cross, which knew firsthand from Iraqi prisoners about US abuse for months, faces a daily dilemma of whether to go public with its findings. The humanitarian confirmed that US troops dilemma facing the Geneva- agency, whose officials qui- had subjected Iraqi prison- based body. etly visit 460,000 inmates in ers to degrading treatment, “We have experienced it 80 countries each year, in- sometimes “tantamount to and lived it elsewhere. There forms detaining authorities torture”, in a system of abuse are moments where of course about its concerns over treat- widespread throughout as human beings, we would ment and conditions. 2003. like to stand up and speak The 141-year-old agency The leaked report — de- out, he said.” keeps a public silence about scribing brutal beatings to “It is important that we what it hears from detainees obtain confessions and fir- continue to have access to as the price for gaining ac- ing on unarmed prisoners these people, no matter how cess to detainees, many of from watchtowers which difficult the dilemma whom languish in dark and caused some deaths — seems... What we are look- dirty jails long after conflicts added to the worldwide scan- ing for is impact.” disappear from the front dal which broke with the The Swiss, who worked pages. release of photographs for the ICRC during the But the ICRC has come showing brutal humiliation Bosnian war in Banja Luka under pressure for some of Iraqi inmates in Abu and later in Kosovo, has soul-searching since a con- Ghraib, a US-run jail near made many a prison visit. An Iraqi crowd walks past burning tyre barricades during clashes with British troops in fidential report, based on Baghdad. “Confidentiality is a vital Basra on 8 May, 2004.—INTERNET visits to some of the 10,000 Pierre Kraehenbuehl, element of our approach. It Iraqis held by US and Brit- ICRC director of operations, is needed to establish a mean- Malaysia urges US to ensure no ish forces, surfaced on Fri- defended the agency’s fo- ingful working relationship day in the US Wall Street cus on confidential dialogue with the authorities and build recurrence of abusing prisoners Journal without its consent. rather than public denuncia- trust with the prisoners and The ICRC report, handed tion at a hastily-called news authorities,” Kraehenbuehl KUALA LUMPUR, 11 May — Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi to US authorities in Febru- conference last Friday. said. Sunday urged the United States to ensure that cases of abuse of Iraqi prisoners such ary following oral reports, But he conceded the The ICRC says it does as in the Abu Gharib prison in Baghdad would not recur. not allow itself to be swayed The Prime Minister said to comment on US President Abdul Razak said it was not Kuwait affirms help to Iraqis in by the media or political pres- this could be done if the George W Bush’s apology enough for United States power handover sure to reveal violations of United States gave a direc- over the abuse of the prison- President George W Bush to international humanitarian tive to this effect to its mili- ers by US soldiers. apologize without taking KUWAIT CITY, 11 May — Kuwait on Sunday stressed tary forces. On Saturday, Deputy stern action to address the the importance of consolidating efforts to help Iraqis in law under the Geneva Con- He said this when asked Prime Minister Najib Tun abuse of Iraqi prisoners by the transfer of authority to the people from the US-led ventions. — MNA/Reuters US soldiers. coalition, Kuwait News Agency reported. The US leader should Kuwait Minister of For- tions in Iraq on the Arab coun- Chavez condemns “terrorist” take sterner action, includ- eign Affairs Sheikh tries, especially those neigh- ing reviewing the system of Mohamed Sabah Al-Salem bouring Iraq, he said, adding US policy against Cuba treating prisoners of war by Al-Sabahom made in re- that Iraqi Foreign Minister the US military forces, be- marks on sideline of his par- Hoshyar Zebari reported very CARACAS (Venezuela), 11 May — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday cause these were not isolated ticipation in the preparatory well on the situation in his condemned the United States as a “terrorist state” for toughening sanctions against incidents, the Deputy Prime meeting of Arab foreign country during the meetings. Cuba and he said his government would increase its trade and cooperation with the Minister added. ministers held at he Arab Iraq will establish a tran- Communist-ruled island. “Those involved should League Headquarters in sitional government this In a television broadcast, the United States by forging terrorist government should be severely punished but the Cairo, Egypt. month, and the authority will the left-wing Venezuelan a close relationship with put yourselves top of the list,” overall treatment of prison- Sheikh Mohammed was be handed over to the gov- leader attacked US meas- Cuba, the target of a long- he said in the broadcast last- ers should also be reviewed quoted as saying “everyone ernment on June 30th. ures announced Thursday to running US trade embargo. ing more than five hours. by the US Government,” he must realize the critical situ- An Iraqi national confer- reduce the flow of dollars to Venezuela is Cuba’s big- Chavez rejected US calls said. ation in Iraq, which calls for ence will be set up in August, cash-strapped Cuba and to gest trade partner, sending for Cuba’s neighbours to re- Najib said the United consolidating efforts, espe- which will have the role of increase support for internal cheap oil to Havana, while duce contacts and trade with States’credibility and image cially on the part of neigh- consolidating the transitional opponents of President Fi- more than 10,000 Cuban doc- Castro’s government. as a human rights champion bouring countries who will government. del Castro. “That’s called tors, sports instructors and He said he had ordered had been dented and ques- have an important role to In January 2005, free elec- state terrorism, inciting peo- other experts work in Vene- the state oil company tioned by the international play in helping Iraqis in the tions will be held in Iraq, ple to kill President Castro, zuela. Pointing to the interna- Petroleos de Venezuela community. smooth transfer of author- resulting in an internation- to overthrow him, inciting tional scandal over the mis- (PDVSA) to study the possi- Bush had, for the first ity”. ally recognized elected gov- violence,” Chavez said. treatment of Iraqi prisoners by bility of investing in an idle time on Thursday, publicly Everyone is aware of the ernment. Since he was elected in US guards, Chavez said Wash- Soviet-built refinery at apologized for the humilia- impact of the adverse condi- MNA/Xinhuan 1998, Chavez has angered ington had no moral right to Cienfuegos on Cuba’s south- tion suffered by the Iraqi pris- criticize human rights in Cuba. central coast. oners since the abuse of the “The Washington Gov- Under a 2000 energy ac- detainees was exposed last ernment says it has a list of cord, Venezuela ships at least week. evil terrorists, of terrorist 53,000 barrels per day of oil The local newspapers re- states. Well, you in the US to Cuba. — MNA/Reuters ported that besides apologiz- US doctors successfully remove sick gorilla’s lung ing, Bush had also blamed SAN FRANCISCO, 11 May — Doctors in San Francisco US Defence Secretary have removed the diseased lung of a 29-year-old male Donald Rumsfeld for not in- gorilla from the city zoo and said on Saturday they were forming him earlier about the cautiously optimistic the animal would make a full recov- problem at the Abu Ghraib ery. prison outside Baghdad. The operation on Kubi, a 422-pound ape, was the first of Bush was however re- its kind and took nearly five hours to complete on Friday. A ported to have resisted pres- team of surgeons and veterinarians at the University of sure from various parties to California San Francisco donated their time to save the sack Rumsfeld or demand animal, which has spent its entire life at the San Francisco his resignation. Zoo. In recent years, Kubi has suffered a chronic cough and Since last week the media lung infections that did not respond to drugs. Recently his has been splashed with pic- condition escalated to pneumonia and doctors said he would tures of Iraqi prisoners being not have lived without the surgery. When they opened the tortured or humiliated, includ- ape, they found his right lung was almost completely non- ing being stripped naked, by A British soldier waits during clashes with militiamen loyal to Shiite Muslim radical leader functional. The operation was considered extremely risky personnel of the occupying Moqtada Sadr who roamed the city of Basra firing shots at troops as their battle with the and doctors had cautioned there was a 30-per-cent chance forces. US-led coalition spread to British-controlled southern Iraq, on 8 May, 2004.—INTERNET the gorilla would not survive the surgery.—MNA/Reuters MNA/Xinhua THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 12 May, 2004 7 Efficient use of electricity Malaria, a fatal disease * Use daylight as the main source of light * Use the least possible amount of elec- Dr Saw Lwin (Malaria) tricity only if there is not enough natural light How do people get malaria? Wrong views about got a wrong view on malaria that human beings could be * Use the least possible amount of elec- malaria still remains up to now. infected with malaria by breathing air from muddy ponds. When I was in Taunggyi, a bus conductor said to (Mal = bad; aria = air, Malaria = bad air). So, he filled up tricity required in production and me, “Dr, I am a bus conductor of Taunggyi-Tachilek bus all the ponds with earth and took measures for proper service enterprises line. I did not drink raw water at all but only purified flow of all small water sources in malaria-prone areas, * Preventing waste of electricity benefits drinking water, and even I did not take a bath everywhere resulting in a decrease in breeding of mosquitoes. His the user and others I was, lest I might catch malaria. But, unfortunately, I idea was wrong, but his measures led to a fall in the rate have been infected with malaria. of malaria outbreaks. There are about 500,000 households us- And when I was on the Tamu-Kabaw valley trip in Among the sources that malarial parasites spread Sagaing, a departmental officer asked me if it was right are ponds and streams and drains where water flows gently. ing electricity in Yangon. Thus, saving a that people got malaria because of having a bath in spring, When the mosquito larvae in such sources grow to four-foot fluorescent lamp everyday by each drinking spring water or taking banana or papaya. mosquitoes, they hide near these sources. And when people household amounts to saving power that is I still remember a film I saw when I was young. come to these places to drink stream water or take a bath, equal to the capacity a 20-megawatt power One episode of the film featured the actor Zaw Lwin surely they may be bitten by the mosquitoes, and they are station can supply. shivering with malaria after drinking stream water. A short infected with malaria. The symptoms of malaria show story of a certain journal also featured suffering malaria over a week after being bitten by malaria-carrying owing to drinking raw water in malaria-prone areas. Anopheles mosquitoes. At that time, they cannot remember Elder persons in the nation would warn those that they were bitten by mosquitoes over one week ago Efficient use of fuel travelling to the countryside or rural areas against taking but what they remember was they drank stream water and * Saving one gallon of fuel per car per a bath in stream, drinking stream water and eating banana took a bath in the stream. and papaya, being worried that they might caught malaria. We can notice that the outbreak rate of malaria is month will save the nation one US dollar The above-mentioned statements are some of my high when there is a greater number of mosquitoes. So in * Thus, a total of 455,822 cars in Myanmar true stories. These wrong ideas are rooted to many people. the rainy season when the number of mosquitoes sharply can save US$ 5.5 million in a year As a matter of fact, the main cause of being infected increases, there grows the occurrence of malaria. with malaria is “being bitten by malaria-carrying And it is crystal clear that local people in Yangon * The amount, US $ 5.5 million, can build Anopheles mosquitoes”. Malaria can be transmitted and Mandalay eat banana, papaya and bamboo shoots but a major bridge across Ayeyawady River through blood transfusion. Malaria can also be transmitted they do not get malaria. The people who live in malaria- from a mother to her fetus. However, such cases are very prone regions get immune to the malarial parasites. rare. The malaria patients do not take drugs It has been found out for more than 100 years that systematically. Although the body temperature falls, All this needs to be known mosquitoes carry malarial parasite. Most people still stick malaria has not been cured well. In the mean time, the to the wrong ideas on malaria. So, the Ministry of Health parasites are latent and not active in the their bodies. The * Do not be frightened whenever laid down three ways to accomplish its objectives, one of PABA (Para-amino-benzoic-acid) content in banana, which is “Dissemination of health education down to the papaya and bamboo shoot helps the number of malarial intimidated grassroots level”. Only when the people have the right parasites increase. So, a few days after they have eaten * Do not be bolstered whenever flattered view about malaria, can they effectively prevent the banana, papaya and bamboo shoot, consuming the PABA, disease. If people stick to the wrong ideas such as only the malarial parasites breed on a large scale, and the disease * Do not be softened whenever appeased drinking boiled water or purified water and avoiding eating resurfaces. 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Vice-Senior General Maung Aye inspects Tatmadaw cotton farm (Pwintbyu).— MNA the farm, its aim, and plans to put 10,000 acres of land under cotton. Quartermaster-General Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo explained plans to extend cotton sown acreage up to 15,000 acres and to use pest-re- sistant and quality strains. Entrepreneurs also explained the condition of their cotton cultivation work. Col Zaw Min gave a supplementary report. Vice-Senior General Maung Aye spoke of the need to strive for it to become a model farm pro- ducing quality crops at low Vice-Senior General Maung Aye meets with officials at the briefing hall of Asia World Co Ltd in Salin Township, Magway Division. — MNA cost. Next, Vice-Senior ment reported on feasibil- conditions in generating lic of China participating Maj-Gen Kyi Aung said Maung Aye gave instruc- General Maung Aye and ity study for the project, electricity and work in construction of power Bagan golden palace con- tions on construction of party inspected land prepa- current of Paunglaung progress. Minister Maj- station. struction works of King the magnificent golden rations for growing cotton River and potential capac- Gen Nyunt Tin gave a sup- Vice-Senior General Anawrahta who built the palace of the King and water supply tasks. ity of generating 85 mega- plementary report. Maung Aye and party ar- first kingdom of Myanmar Anawrahta which the en- They also inspected the watts. Vice-Senior General rived back in Bagan- are being carried out in the tire people are to be proud plantations of long staple Minister for Electric Maung Aye gave instruc- NyaungU in the evening. compound of the ancient of in accord with the his- cotton. Power Maj-Gen Tin Htut tions on systematization in Paunglaung Multi-pur- Bagan city under the guid- torical evidences. Afterwards, they reported on implementa- implementing the project pose Dam Project is being ance of the Head of State. Next, Vice-Senior looked into Pyi Lone tion of the project, and by the Ministry of Agri- implemented on Paung- He said excavation in General Maung Aye in- Kyaw agricultural project preparatory measures for culture and Irrigation and laung River near the compound of the wall spected the scale model of of Htoo Trading Co Ltd implementation of upper the Ministry of Electric Kyitaung-Khawma Vil- of Bagan ancient city Arimadanapura Bagan in Pwintbyu Township. Paunglaung and Nancho Power. lage, ten miles east of started in May 2003. Foun- golden palace. Officials reported on hydel-power projects. Afterwards, Vice-Sen- Pyinmana. dations, pillars and wide Htoo Trading Co Ltd permission granted by the In response to the re- ior General Maung Aye Four 70-megawatt tur- basement which historians will construct the palace government for land ports, Vice-Senior General and party inspected con- bines will be assembled in accepted as the palace of which includes 12 royal reclamation for agricul- Maung Aye said that struction of the embank- the underground power King Anawrahta, urns of chambers and ten stair- tural purpose, cultivation Paunglaung Hydel-power ment. Officials of the Irri- station. Pyu period and pieces of cases. of sesamum, pigeon Project is being imple- gation Department con- The project is being broken pots were exca- Vice-Senior General pea, cotton, thitseint mented on Paunglaung ducted them round the undertaken with the aim of vated and construction Maung Aye and party vis- (belleric myrobalan), River. project site. They also in- generating power, prevent- works of Bagan golden pal- ited Bagan Archaeological mango, plum and As part of the project, spected construction tasks. ing floods and irrigating ace are to be implemented. Museum and inspected thanakkha (limonia upper Paunglaung and Vice-Senior General 35,000 acres of farmlands. Myanmar architect Bagan Nanmyo booth and acidissima), and arrange- Nancho Hydel-power Maung Aye and party in- Yesterday, Vice-Senior Tanpawady U Win Maung the scale model of the pal- ments for irrigation of the projects will be imple- spected installation of gen- General Maung Aye and reported on historical facts ace. He then gave neces- plantations. Officials of mented soon. On comple- erators at the underground party went to the site of about the palace and archi- sary instructions. Dagon International Ltd tion, the projects will con- power station. Arimadanapura Bagan tect U Myint Thaw on ar- Vice-Senior General reported on conditions of tribute towards require- Vice-Senior General golden palace of Maharaza chitectural design of the Maung Aye and party land reclaimed in ment of electricity to an Maung Aye cordially Thiri Aniroda Deva King palace and tasks to be un- arrived back here in the Chaungzon region, extent, he said. greeted experts of YMEC Anawrahta. dertaken. evening. Yaypokgyi, Pyintbyu Vice-Senior General Co of the People’s Repub- Minister for Culture Vice-Senior General MNA THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 12 May, 2004 9 Myanmar ideologically. It is All delegates are believed … necessary for the literati to (from page 16) of 1,619 self-reliant libraries be well aware of it. Also and to enhance their vision, have also been set up in vil- apparent are the attempts to and to develop human re- lages and wards. infiltrate their western char- sources including the na- The departmental pub- acter from cultural, eco- tion-building intellectuals lishing enterprises also print nomic and social fronts to and intelligentsia, who are and distribute newspapers the decorum of dress into the basic requirements for and journals as well as the eastern countries with social development of the books that mirror and high- the use of effective mass nation. Furthermore, litera- light the State’s policies and media. ture plays a vital role in en- books on cultural and social At such a time, the hancing the knowledge and affairs. The newspapers are literati therefore should mo- vision of the people, their being published at tivate with the literary might happiness and mental prow- subprinting houses in major the people, especially the ess. Hence, the Government cities of states and divisions young, to enable them to honours the invaluable the same day so that they cherish and uplift the high strength and vitality of lit- can be distributed easily to and lofty culture and polite erature, and is supporting remote regions of the Un- traits, the decorum of dress, and protecting it in all as- ion. To speak of private manner and behaviour con- Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt cordially greets doyen literati. — MNA pects for the emergence of publishing industries, there sistent with ethics. a literary structure serving were a total of 5,037 print- In particular, the literati the national interest to raise ing houses and 759 publish- should strive with the liter- the standard of the people. ers up to the dawn of the ary might to arm the youths In addition to rendering all- year 2004, according to the of the new generation with round assistance for flour- statistics of the Central Reg- a broader scope of knowl- ishing and raising the stand- istration Board of Printers edge, deep consideration, ard of Myanmar literature, and Publishers. Altogether correct outlook on interna- the Government is also lay- 9,759 titles of books on tional affairs with historical ing a firm foundation ensur- various topics were pub- background, and construc- ing a secure and high-stand- lished in 2003 while 102 tive attitude to see the truth. ard social life for men of sorts of weekly journals and At such a time when some letters. The Government’s 150 sorts of monthly maga- big powers are applying the assistance includes present- zines are in regular circula- mass media in an improper ing literary awards, holding tion. At such an opportune way and attempting to instil literary competitions and time when the world of their ideology on the cul- developing the literary pro- Myanmar literature is tural and social fronts cov- fession for the progress of booming due to the encour- ertly, all the literati are to the publishing business, agement given by the Gov- work hard in unity, using boosting the number of ernment, it is incumbent the strength of literature to readers and further promot- upon the literati, publishers, instil in the entire mass of Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt views photos of activities of MWJA. — MNA ing art and style of writing. printers and readers to work Myanmar people nationalis- and sovereign Union. cessful implementation technology and to make ef- Regarding the literary together in harmony to keep tic sense, national outlook, Therefore, all the literati of the seven-point policy forts for successful imple- awards and manuscript Myanmar literature on the and nationalistic fervour. are to preserve the fine tra- programme of the State. mentation of the seven- awards, incentive is being right track of nationalism I would like to urge all ditions of Myanmar litera- In conclusion, I would point policy programme that given to private literary and to see that it serves the the central body members to ture which has safeguarded like to urge all the literati to will take shape a peaceful, awards in addition to the interest of own race accord- unitedly strive for flourish- and promoted the national strive for the Union of modern, developed and dis- National Literary Awards, ing to its fine tradition. ing of MWJA which is tak- interests at every turning- Myanmar to stand tall cipline-flourishing demo- Sarpay Beikman Manu- Owing to the fast devel- ing a leading role in organ- point in the long history of among nations of the world cratic nation, the national script Awards and National opment of the information izing the literati as a con- Myanmar. The National with high prestige, to uplift goal. Slogan Awards. Moreover, and communication tech- solidated national force. Convention that will lead the morale and morality of Next, Prime Minister measures are being taken nologies, every nation of the Nowadays, the govern- the Union to a stable and the entire citizens and to General Khin Nyunt cor- for the emergence of novice world is in the process of ment, based on the na- a certain future will be promote the nationalistic dially greeted the literati, writers by organizing liter- globalization. At such a tional strength and force, held soon and we believe fervour of the citizens members of Central Body ary contests. time like this, some big na- is step by step implement- that all are going to par- through literature; to strive of MWJA and observed As for libraries and tions with the superiority in ing the seven-point policy ticipate in it. In the to uplift the strength of na- documentary photos of reading rooms, the Informa- technology and wealth have programme that will raise broader interest of the tional literature to be able to MWJA. Prime Minister tion and Public Relations come to misuse the mass the prestige of the nation State, I would like to urge guard against the infiltration General Khin Nyunt and Department has opened a media with the intention of and enable it to stand tall those from the world of of alien culture and their party had photo taken with total of 368 libraries in 324 overwhelming the develop- among the nations of the literature to actively par- acts of sabotage using infor- the Chairman of MWJA and townships. Besides, a total ing countries including world as an independent ticipate in efforts for suc- mation and communication CEC members. — MNA Third Central Body Meeting of Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association begins YANGON, 11 May — The MWJA Chairman U Hla Myanmar Music Asiayon, tisans Asiayon, Myanmar Than Maung (Than Maung) tively. Next, U Mann Thint Third Central Body Meet- Myaing (Ko Hsaung) Myanmar Traditional Sports Writers Federation and CEC member U Khin Naung (Mann Thint Naung) ing of Myanmar Writers chaired the meeting, and Artists and Artisans and Myanmar Printing En- Maung Tun (Khin Maung of Hpa-an Township, Kayin and Journalists Association Joint-Secretary U Myint Asiayon, Myanmar Sports trepreneurs Association. Tun-Lanmadaw) also sub- State, Daw Nu Nu Yin was opened at Pyidaungsu Kywe (Maung Myint Writers Federation and Secretary of the central mitted the financial report (May Shi Shar) of Maha Hall on Kyaikkasan Ground Kywe) acted as master of Myanmar Printing Entrepre- executive committee of the 2002-2003 and audit report Aungmyay Township, Man- here at noon today. ceremonies. The master of neurs Association sent MWJA U Hla Tun (Hla respectively. dalay Division,U Kyaing It was attended by ceremonies announced the baskeds of flower to hon- Tun -Twantay) and Central CEC Member U Than Myint (Mg Yan Shin) of Deputy Ministers for Infor- start of the meeting. our the meeting. Executive Committee mem- Hlaing (Takkatho Thinkha), Botahtaung Township and mation U Thein Sein and Next, Chairman U Hla The master of ceremo- ber U Myo Thant (Maung U Ohn Maung (Myinmu Daw Cho Cho Than (Cho Brig-Gen Aung Thein, Myaing (Ko Hsaung) gave nies read out the messages Hsu Shin) submitted the Maung Naing Moe), CEC Mya Nwe) of Ahlon Town- MWJA Chairman U Hla an opening speech. sent by Myanma Motion report of the committee and Members U Tin Hlaing (Le ship seconded the motion- Myaing (Ko Hsaung), CEC Myanmar Women’s Affairs Pictures Asiayon, Myanma the meeting adjourned. Dwin Thar Saw Chit) and 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. members, Central Body Federation, Myanma Mo- Thabin Asiayon, Myanmar At the second session of Daw Cho Cho Tin (Ma The meeting continues till members, observers and tion Pictures Asiayon, Music Asiayon, Myanmar the meeting, MWJA Vice Sanda) also tabled the mo- 13 May. guests. Myanma Thabin Asiayon, Traditional Artists and Ar- Chairman-2 treasurer U tions 1, 2, 3 and 4 respec- MNA

MWJA Chairman U Hla Myaing (Ko Hsaung) speaks at the opening of the third meeting of the Central Body of Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association . — MNA 10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 12 May, 2004 Chairman of National Health Committee Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt attends dinner hosted to outstanding Red Cross members YANGON, 11 May — A ceremony to host dinner to the outstanding Red Cross members selected from the states and divisions attending the Get-Together of Outstanding Red Cross Members of Myanmar Red Cross Society 2004 was held at Institute of Nursing (Yangon) this evening.Chairman of National Health Committee Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt attended the ceremony. Present at the dinner were Vice-Chairmen of National Health Committee Secretary-1 of the State Peace and De- velopment Council Lt-Gen Soe Win and Secretary-2 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein, Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Develop- ment Council Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe, Minis- ters, the Yangon Mayor, Deputy Ministers, officials of State Peace and Development Council Office, departmental heads, social organizations and officials of the ICRC and the IFRC, members of the Central Council of Myanmar Red Cross Society, the Chairman and CEC members of the Myanmar Red Cross Society, members of Supervi- sory Committee for Red Cross in states and divisions, outstanding members of Red Cross and guests. Under the programme, Chairman of National Health Committee Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and party enjoyed the dinner together with the outstanding Red Cross members. Next, Chairman of the Myanmar Red Cross Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt addresses the dinner hosted in honour of outstanding Red Cross members. — MNA Society Dr Kyaw Win and resident representative of the IFRC Ms Joanna Macleen presented the First Aid Kids to Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than attends consecration of historic the Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint. On behalf of the outstanding Red Cross members, Myatsaw Nyinaung Pagoda in Toungoo outstanding Red Cross member Ma Htwe Htwe Hlaing of YANGON, 11 May—The consecration ceremony of his- Later, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than, Commander Maj- Kayin State spoke words of thanks.And then, Chairman toric Myatsaw Nyinaung Pagoda in Toungoo, Bago Divi- Gen Ko Ko and party inspected the tarred Toungoo- of the Myanmar Red Cross Society Dr Kyaw Win ex- sion was held at the platform of the pagoda yesterday Htantabin-Zayatgyi road. After that, they proceeded to tended greetings. After the members of the MRCS and morning, attended by members of the Sangha led by Pre- Zayatgyi Station Hospital in Htantabin Township where school Red Cross Association had entertained with songs siding Sayadaw of the Pagoda Bhaddanta Silavamsa of Station Medical Officer Dr Nay Win Thwin reported on and educative dramma, the ceremony ended. After the Yangon Kyaungtaik, member of the State Peace and the salient points of the hospital to Lt-Gen Khin Maung ceremony, Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt cordially Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than of the Than who gave necessary instructions. greeted the outstanding Red Cross members. — MNA Ministry of Defence, Chairman of Bago Division Peace Next, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than and party met with and Development Council Commander of Southern Com- Senior Engineer of Bago Division Public Works U Tin Regional development tasks mand Maj-Gen Ko Ko and senior military officers, Bago Tun and officials who are engaged in construction of inspected in Mongkai Division PDC Secretary Lt-Col Thein Lwin, Bago Divi- Toungoo-Kyaukkyi-Sittoung-Moppalin road at the local sion level departmental officials, local authorities and battalion in Zayatgyi Village and gave instructions. Next, YANGON, 11 May—Member of the State Peace and wellwishers. Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than and party inspected the 18- Development Council Lt-Gen Aung Htwe of the Ministry The ceremony was opened with the three time recita- mile gravel road between Zayatgyi and Mone by car. of Defence held a meeting with officers and other ranks tion of Namo Tassa. Ovadacariya Sayadaw of the Pagoda In the afternoon, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than, the com- and their family members at local battalion in Mongkai Bhaddanta Çandima invested the congregation with the mander and party arrived at Mone Village in Kyaukkyi Township on 9 May morning. On the occasion, Lt-Gen Nine Precepts. Township and met with officers and other ranks of the Aung Htwe dealt with regional development and exten- Next, members of the Sangha recited parittas. local battalion and their families and gave instructions. sion of agriculture and livestock breeding and attended to Afterwards, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than, Commander In the evening, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than, the com- the needs. Accompanied by Shan State Peace and Devel- Maj-Gen Ko Ko and wellwishers presented offertories to mander and party Mone Station Hospital and met with opment Council Chairman Eastern Command Commander members of the Sangha. Station Medical Officer Dr Mya Khine and hospital staff Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint and departmental officials, Next, Sayadaws consecrated the pagoda and the cer- and gave necessary instructions. Lt-Gen Aung Htwe inspected Mongkai People’s Station emony ended with the three-time recitation of Buddha After inspecting the hospital, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than Hospital and presented cash assistance to the patients. Sasanam Ciram Titthatu. enquired after the warded patients. — MNA Officials reported on tasks for upgrading of the hospital to a 25-bed one. Lt-Gen Aung Htwe gave instructions and Lt-Gen Maung Bo inspects construction of Thanlwin presented K 100,000 for construction tasks. Lt-Gen Aung Htwe also inspected construction of a people’s hospital in Bridge (Mawlamyine) Mongkai Township and left necessary instructions. YANGON, 10 May — Member of the State Peace and Lt-Gen Maung Bo visited Hsandawshin Kyaikthanlan Afterwards, Lt-Gen Aung Htwe met with departmen- Development Council Lt-Gen Maung Bo of the Ministry Pagoda, donated cash and signed in the visitors’ book. He tal personnel and locals at the city hall of Mongkai. The of Defence, Chairman of Mon State Peace and Develop- also inspected extension of pagoda platform. commander reported on regional development tasks. With ment Council Commander of South East Command Maj- Lt-Gen Maung Bo also visited the Buddha Image in respect to the report, Lt-Gen Aung Htwe stressed the Gen Thura Myint Aung and officials inspected construc- Maha Myatmuni Pagoda and Samathala chamber built in importance of nation-building tasks. Lt-Gen Aung Htwe tion of four-star five-storey Mawlamyine Strand Hotel in commemoration of its centenary. looked into construction of a new building of Mongkai Mawlamyine on 9 May. Assistant General Manager of Lt-Gen Maung Bo met departmental officials at BEHS and fulfilled the requirements. He visited Shwe Htoo Trading Co Ltd U Aung Naing Oo reported on work. Yamanya Hall Mon State Peace and Development Coun- Myin Tin Pagoda and Mwaydaw Monastery and presented Lt-Gen Maung Bo, the commander and party inspected cil Office. He explained implementation of the projects offertories to Sayadaw U Revata. Next, Lt-Gen Aung Htwe paving of Strand Road. They went to the site of construc- for national development, serving their duty conscien- inspected construction of Gantakutitaik of Pawdawmu tion of Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine). Managing Direc- tiously and participating in the respective roles in the Lonehsaitein Buddha Image. —MNA tor of Public Works U Han Zaw and senior engineer re- interest of the nation and its people. — MNA C-in-C (Air)’s shield table tennis ported on progress of work. Lt-Gen Maung Bo gave instructions on completion of Yangon City upgrading tasks tourney concludes the bridge in time. He inspected paving of road of approach structure and laying of slabs on Mawlamyine side. inspected YANGON, 10 May — The final event of the Com- mander-in-Chief (Air’s) shield for table tennis tourney in YANGON, 11 May—Chairman of Yangon Division conjection with prize presentation ceremony took place at Delegation leaves for ASEAN Labour Peace and Development Council Commander of Yangon Thura Ohn Khine hall of Meiktila Air Base yesterday Ministers’ meeting Command Maj-Gen Myint Swe and Chairman of Yangon City Development Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung morning, attended by Commander of No 99 LID Col Tin YANGON, 11 May— The Myanmar delegation led by Oo Lwin, Meiktila Station Commander Brig-Gen Khin Labour Minister U Tin Winn left here by air this morning Thein Lin inspected tasks being carried out by the YCDC Maung Aye,Base Commander Brig-Gen Khin Maung Tin to attend 18th ASEAN Labour Ministers’ meeting to be for upgrading of the roads in Yangon City this morning. of Flying Training Base, Base Commander Col Thura held in Brunei Darussalam. The commander and the mayor looked into laying of Khin Maung Win of Ground Training Base and other The Myanmar delegation was seen off at the Yangon concrete piles on the platforms at the corner of Kaba Aye ranks and spectators. After the final events, officials con- International Airport by Minister for Cooperatives Maj- Pagoda Road and University Avenue Road in Bahan Town- cerned presented the first prize, the second and the third Gen Htay Oo, Minister at Prime Minister’s Office U Than ship. Officials reported on work progress and future tasks. to the winners in the single and double events. On behalf Shwe, Deputy Minister for Labour Brig-Gen Win Sein, Next, they inspected tarring of Yadana Street in South of Commander-in-Chief (Air’s), Base Commander Brig- officials concerned under the ministry and families. Okkalapa Township, Yangon East District. During the in- Gen Khin Maung Tin presented the championship shield Other delegation members are Director-General for spection tour, they gave instructions on emphasis to be to officials concerned of Flying Training Base team. Labour Department U Soe Nyunt and Assistant Director placed on meeting the set standard and timely completion MNA U Kyaw Kyaw.—MNA of the projects in upgrading Yangon City. — MNA

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Korea developed a technol- Phone No: 256908/378316/376797 SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT ogy that fires a guided missile in mid-air after verti- MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY Vietnam to export more cally ejecting it from a AGENT FOR: M/S PREMIER SPECTRUM launching pad, a local state- coffee in second quarter Phone No: 256908/378316/376797 run defence agency said HANOI, 11 May — Viet- Robusta, in Vietnam are fore- Monday. nam is expected to export cast to yield more than NZ sets up ministerial task force to focus Thus, South Korea be- 315,000 tons of coffee worth 700,000 tons of coffee beans came the world’s second 140 million US dollars in the which has been exported to on Asia relations nation to develop the “cold second quarter of this year, 59 countries and territories. WELLINGTON, 11 May — “We also have a study initiative, which was organ- launch” technology after year-on-year rises of 30 per The country shipped 329,000 New Zealand has established underway on how to achieve ized by the Asia 2000 Foun- Russia, Shim Woo-jeon, a cent and 20 per cent, respec- tons of coffee worth 220 mil- a ministerial task force to closer relations with India, dation and launched by Prime principal researcher at the tively. lion dollars in the first four build on recent break- and New Zealand is gearing Minister Helen Clark last Agency for Defence Devel- The expected rise is months of this year, up 35.4 throughs in economic links up for the 2005 World Expo August with the aim of iden- opment, was quoted by South based on the increasing de- per cent in volume and 28.6 with Asia, Foreign Minister in Aichi, Japan,” said Goff, tifying priority goals and Korean Yonhap news mand for coffee in many per cent in value. Phil Goff announced Mon- who is now in Japan on a practical actions to energize agency. countries, including Viet- Vietnam exported day. three-day visit. New Zealand’s links with The technology is nam’s key coffee importers 352,000 tons of coffee to the “There have been some He said it was important Asia. mainly aimed at reducing such as the European Union EU, accounting for 47 per positive developments in re- that New Zealand took full “Asia’s importance to flames at the time of blast- (EU), the United States and cent of its export volume, cent months, such as the advantage of these develop- our future continues to grow. off to keep enemy forces Japan, said the country’s and 109,000 tons of the prod- agreed framework opening ments. “It will be the Task We need to go on the front from detecting the launch- Ministry of Trade on Mon- uct to the United States, or the way for free trade nego- Force’s job to coordinate foot and develop our skills ing site, Shim said in a Press day. 14.6 per cent of its total, last tiations with China in early work being done across gov- and networks in Asia, and briefing. This year, 500,000 hec- year. 2005; talks on a closer Eco- ernment on relations with we need to make sure we are MNA/Xinhua tares of coffee trees, mainly MNA/Xinhua nomic Partnership with Thai- Asia, and to develop a suit- adequately informed and or- land, and ASEAN Economic able policy framework that ganized to take advantage of Ministers calling for a free takes the private sector’s in- the rapid changes occurring The best time plant a tree was twenty years ago. trade agreement with New terests into account as well.” in this dynamic region,” Goff Zealand and Australia,” Goff The Task Force will also said. The second best time is now. said in a statement. follow up the seriously Asia MNA/Xinhua

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In the nation’s capital Beijing, in the two cities respectively. Nazi Germany in the World War II. After his brief speech, some 5,000 sol- nearly 50 per cent of the residents listen to the As China opens wider its media sector in The world community’s task is to “give diers, wearing span-new uniforms and car- radio for 14.5 hours a week on average. line with its World Trade Organization commit- a worthy rebuff to the terrorists and rid the rying polished rifles and military banners, In its biggest city Shanghai, 93 per cent ment, more international broadcasters will seek world of this plague”, Putin said. marched past him and other Russian senior of the citizens tune in radio programmes for to enter the Chinese market, Neely predicts. “We have no right to turn a blind eye on officials amid the beat of a military orches- an average 14 hours a week. The figure is Nielsen Media Research’s listener rat- the Nazi swastika and the fascism that is tra. close to that of other international metropo- ing is a new service in China and is con- still spreading in the world, or to the fact At the beginning of the march, Defence lises such as Sydney and Singapore, ac- ducted once a quarter. The rating, which that no less a terrible evil — international Minister Sergei Ivanov was driven around cording to Mark Neely, executive director aims to study and analyse listeners’ prefer- terrorism — is added to them and is causing Red Square in a Zil limousine to review the for the company’s Asia-Pacific affairs. ences and demands, has become available in death and destruction,” Putin was quoted as troops. Radio broadcasting has remained an several large cities in the northern, eastern saying. Nationwide parades and celebrations important means of communication and and central regions and will extend to 35 While Putin spoke to soldiers, veterans were held in Russia on Sunday to mark the advertising in China despite the strong im- cities by the end of this year. and senior officials, a bomb planted under festival, while the parade on the Red Square pact of the Internet and television, accord- In another development, Nielsen Media the VIP seats in a stadium in the Chechen is the most eye-catching one. ing to the company’s rating. Research’s audience rating, a service that capital of Grozny exploded during a Victory Victory Day is one of the most important This is a result of diverse and colourful was launched in China’s interior regions in Day celebration. dates on Russia’s calendar as the nation programmes provided by local radio sta- 1994, is now available to televisions in 56 During his speech, Putin also congratu- mourns Soviet losses of an estimated 27 tions, as well as the growing number of cities. lated World War II veterans for their glori- million people, which outnumbered those of private car owners in China who often tune In an ambitious plan to enhance its pres- ous victory over Nazi Germany 59 years any other country in World War II. in for broadcast news, music and other enter- ence in the Chinese market, the company ago, saying their heroic feats brought peace, MNA/Xinhua tainment programmes during their car rides. will extend its audience rating service to News broadcasting is the most popular more than 100 cities and to cover 75 per cent radio programmes in Beijing and Shang- of the domestic TV advertising market by hai, and the Nielsen Media Research rating the end of 2004, says Mark Grunert, execu- shows the road traffic news of Beijing tive director of the company’s China arm. Communications Radio and the morning MNA/Xinhua Libyans protest US criticism of HIV trial verdict BENGHAZI, 11 May — Libyan protesters burnt the US flag in the coastal city of Benghazi on Sunday after Washington criticized a death sentence imposed on six foreign medics for infecting children with HIV. The five Bulgarian nurses they are Arabs ,” said one pean Union has also con- and a Palestinian doctor were protesting parent who gave demned the verdicts, fuel- condemned to death after his name only as Jamel. ling speculation in Bulgaria they were convicted of de- “We are angry at the US that the medics might be liberately infecting 426 chil- contempt for our court ver- pardoned by Libyan leader dren with the virus that dict. It hurts us as bias against Moammar Kadaffi, who is causes AIDS. Washington the rights of Arabs here in keen to mend ties with the called Thursday’s verdict Libya as well as in Iraq with West.The Libyan Govern- “unacceptable”. the scandalous abuses of ment said on Friday that Visitors admire the preserved site, where dinosaurs once lived and died in the Hundreds of protesters prisoners in Abu Ghraib America had “no moral au- middle jurassic, some 160 million years ago, in the Zigong Dinosaur Museum, China's marched through Benghazi Jail,” said another parent, thority anymore to talk about southwestern Sichuan province. Here, dinosaurs of the Jurassic age lay down to die, on Sunday, most of them par- Mohamed Shaloush. human rights” after the Iraqi forming a cemetery of an estimated 30,000 square meters (330,000 square feet), of which ents of children who had been “America is humiliating prisoner abuse scandal. only one tenth has been investigated so far, as the extraordinarily plentiful fossils were infected at the city’s hospital us everywhere as Arabs and Police kept a low profile first discovered by a team of geologists in 1972, but ignored as China was caught in the where the medics worked. Muslims.” as the protesters burnt the middle of the politically charged ravages of the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution.—INTERNET They waved photographs The six foreign medics plan US flag in front of the Italian of Libyan infants with AIDS to appeal. They say Tripoli consulate. Local officials say and of Iraqi prisoners abused used them as scapegoats rather Italy is in charge of US con- Pakistan welcomes Vajpayee Cambodian by US soldiers at a Baghdad than admit the virus was sulate interests in Benghazi. statement on peace process official jail. caused by unhygienic stand- Washington is due to up- ISLAMABAD, 11 May — Pakistan on Sunday welcomed “America rejected the ards and that their convictions grade diplomatic ties with Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s commit- values work Libyan court verdict be- were based on two confes- Libya by opening a liaison ment to pursuing the peace process with Islamabad to cause the case involved sions given under torture. office in Tripoli. It relaxed its logical end. of Chinese Libyan children. America More than 40 of the in- its trade embargo last month “We do welcome India was keen to resolve all archaeologists backs White Western peo- fected children have died after Kadaffi pledged to give Prime Minister Vajpayee’s problems with Pakistan ple with blue eyes against since the nurses were de- up weapons of mass destruc- reiteration of his commit- through talks provided it PHNOM PENH, 11 May Libyan children because tained in 1999. The Euro- tion. — MNA/Reuters ment to the dialogue proc- stopped sponsoring terror- — A Cambodian cultural ess as well as his expres- ism. official praised Saturday Kenyan President calls for people sion of the hope that the Khan, however, termed the good masterpiece of comprehensive dialogue “incorrect” reports attributed Chinese archaeologists in to plant more trees process at the official and to some quarters in India that renovating and conserving NAIROBI, 11 May — Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has called for his fellow people to ministerial levels could Pakistan sponsored terrorism temples in Cambodia, say- plant more tress in the country, the Presidential Press Service (PPS) said here Saturday. culminate to a summit,” to prevent voters from casting that it is a model in Speaking when officially launching the to practise agro-forestry, saying the practice Pakistan Foreign Office ing their ballots in the elec- reconstructing Cambodia’s Presidential Tree Planting Day, which falls would go a long way in improving the envi- spokesman Masood Khan tions to the Lower House of old temples. on 8 May, Kibaki said Kenya needs to ronment. Meanwhile, Kibaki advised Ken- was quoted as saying by Parliament in Jammu and Michel Tranet, Under- increase its forest coverage to prevent de- yans who have access to land to take affores- the official media. Kashmir. secretary of State of certification and protect the water catch- tation as a commercial venture, saying that At a rally in the north The “low turnout” cannot the Ministry of Culture ment areas for increased productivity on tree planting is a profitable venture with good Indian town of Ludhiana in be attributed to “terrorists” as and Fine Arts, told Xinhua the farms, the PPS said in a Press release. returns. Punjab on Saturday, leading Kashmiri leaders “I would like to admire He told the Ministry of Environment to “Let us begin looking at tree farming as a Vajpayee had vowed to take have “opposed” these polls, for their care and disci- ensure availability of tree seedlings to Ken- business one can benefit from and not just the Indo-Pakistani peace ini- he said adding that there has plines in repairing the yans at reasonable price. the preserve of the government,” he said. tiative to its logical end. been no interference from temple”. The President also encouraged farmers MNA/Xinhua He had also said that Pakistan. —MNA/PTI MNA/Xinhua 14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 12 May, 2004 Newcastle’s Champions League Late Giuly strike keeps Monaco’s title hopes alive MONACO, 11 May— Monaco captain Ludovic Giuly scored a last-gasp goal to hand S hopes fade Olympique Marseille a 1-0 defeat and keep the principality team’s Ligue 1 title hopes LONDON, 11 May— Newcastle United’s hopes of grabbing fourth alive on Sunday. place and a Champions League qualifying slot were severely dented Giuly, his team’s saviour countless one-man down since the 86th minute after P when they were held to a 1-1 home draw by relegated Wolverhampton times this season, pushed the ball home striker Didier Drogba was taken off the pitch Wanderers on Sunday. three minutes into injury time after Mar- on a stretcher with a groin injury. Newcastle, knocked out of the UEFA Cup semifinals by Olympique seille goalkeeper Fabien Barthez failed to Despite the tight scoring, the game was a Marseille on Thursday, need to win their final two Premier League stop a powerful shot by Argentine Lucas lively, hardfought contest between two tal- O games — at Southampton on Wednesday and at Liverpool next Bernardi. ented teams boosted by their fine showings Saturday — to finish fourth. The somewhat fortuitous victory allowed at European level. They trail Liverpool by five points and could even miss out on fifth the Champions League finalists to stay in Monaco qualified for the Champions R and a UEFA Cup place as they are also two behind Aston Villa, who second place on 71 points, two points behind League final on Wednesday when they drew host Manchester United in their final game. champions and leaders Olympique Lyon 2-2 at Chelsea while Marseille beat Newcas- The result also made mathematically certain that Wolves would be with three games left. tle United 2-0 on Thursday to ease into the relegated after one season in the top flight. The other two Ligue 1 title contenders UEFA Cup final. T Newcastle led after 38 minutes when Lee Bowyer converted a won on Saturday, Lyon 2-1 at Metz and Monaco’s main chances came from Giuly, Shola Ameobi cross but Wolves claimed a deserved equalizer in the Paris St. Germain, now third one point be- but the French international striker was de- 70th minute when Romanian substitute Viorel Ganea pounced on a hind Monaco, beating Stade Rennes 1-0 at nied by the impeccable Barthez until his very S loose ball to shoot low into the corner from the edge of the box. the Parc des Princes. last opportunity. MNA/Reuters UEFA Cup finalists Marseille had been MNA/Reuters Maradona could Emerson hat-trick puts Reds receive medical second in J-League attention in Uruguay TOKYO, 11 May— Brazilian striker Emerson netted his MONTEVIDEO, 11 May— second hat-trick in three weeks on Sunday to give Urawa Argentine football legend Reds a 3-0 win at Albirex Niigata and second place in the J- Diego Armando Maradona League. The 2003 J-League Player of the Year took advan- might receive medical atten- tage of poor defending from promoted Albirex, completing tion in neighbouring Uru- his hat-trick with a breakaway goal nine minutes from time guay because almost every in front of 41,000 in rain-drenched Niigata. clinic in Buenos Aires alleg- Urawa, managed by former German World Cup winner edly refused to take him, Guido Buchwald, improved to 17 points from nine first- Uruguayan Press said. stage matches but still trail leaders Jubilo Iwata by seven Dailies posted Saturday points. that Maradona would “very Albirex, J-2 champions last year, dropped to the bottom probably” receive a treat- of the table on six points. ment in the Spanish Asso- Jubilo beat Gamba Osaka 2-0 at Expo Stadium thanks to ciation medical centre, in the second-half goals from forward Ryoichi Maeda and Brazil- world well-known Punta del ian Rodrigo Gral on his return from suspension. Weder Bremen players, from left, Fabian Ernst, Ailton from Brazil, Markus Daun and Este beach resort, 140 kilo- Champions Yokohama F-Marinos won 3-1 at home to Tim Borowski celebrate after the beat Bayern Munich 3-1 in a German first division metres east of the capital erratic Tokyo Verdy to go third behind Urawa on goal soccer match in Munich, southern Germany, on 8 May, 2004. Bremen clinched the Montevideo. difference. league championship with the win.—INTERNET MNA/Xinhua But Yokohama, who have a game in hand on the clubs above them, needed injury-time goals from substitute Ajax clinch 29th title with victory over NAC Breda Yukihiko Sato and South Korea striker Ahn Jung-hwan at AMSTERDAM, 11 May— Ajax Amsterdam clinched their 29th Dutch title after beating NAC Breda 2-0 on Sunday International Stadium. to leave last season’s champions PSV Eindhoven six points adrift with only one match remaining. Elsewhere, Cerezo Osaka climbed off the foot of the Ajax have 77 points and PSV 71 following their 3-2 cially as Sonck was unconvincing during his first six months First Division with a 2-1 victory at Shimizu S-Pulse in a bad- victory over ADO Den Haag. Feyenoord, 4-1 winners at in Amsterdam. tempered match which included 13 yellow and two red cards RBC Roosendaal are third on 65 points. Greek forward Yannis Anastasiou, bought from Roda JC — both for Cerezo players. JEF United Ichihara slipped to Ajax’s success this season can be traced back to De- Kerkrade, had a run of good form after the winter break to fourth on 15 points after being held 1-1 by visiting Nagoya cember when they were eliminated from the Champions help Ajax put together a string of six victories, including a Grampus Eight.—MNA/Reuters League, leaving them with only the domestic title to play for. 2-1 home win over PSV. The final league match before the winter break at Twente Koeman’s young side had a serious setback at the end of Belgian top scorer Pieroni Enschede gave coach Ronald Koeman a lot to think about February with defeats at Heerenveen (4-1) and Utrecht (1- after his side lost 2-0. 0) before embarking on another unbeaten run that guided to join Auxerre Long-term injuries to Steven Pienaar and Zlatan them without further hiccups to the title. BRUSSELS, 11 Ma— Excelsior Mouscron have agreed to Ibrahimovic forced Ajax to enter the transfer market, espe- Koeman found it hard to field his ideal line-up because transfer their Belgium striker Luigi Pieroni to AJ Auxerre of his preference for conventional wingers was thwarted by the France, the Belgian First Division club said. Inter close on Champions poor performances of Tom Soetaers and Victor Sikora. The two clubs reached agreement on Friday on a fee of Romanian youngster Nicolea Mitea also struggled after the 1.5 million euros for Pieroni, top scorer in the Belgian First League qualifiers winter break. Division with 26 goals, and he is due to sign a four-year MILAN, 11 May— Inter Milan’s hopes of Champions In defence, new signings Zdenek Grygera and Julien contract with Auxerre next week. League football next season were given a major boost with Escude had difficulty adapting to the Ajax style although the “It was that money or nothing,” Mouscron’s president a 1-0 win over Parma in Serie A’s penultimate round of comeback of 20-year-old Johnny Heitinga, after a year out Jean-Pierre Detremmerie told Belgian media. “Pieroni ar- matches on Sunday. with a knee ligament injury, brought stability to the backline. rived for free at our club last year and had just one season left Brazilian Adriano’s 62nd-minute goal against his former Czech international Tomas Galasek gave balance to the on his contract after this one.” club secured a vital win for Inter who are now in fourth midfield in between the more attacking Wesley Sneijder and The 23-year-old Pieroni’s agent Eric Depireux said: place, a point ahead of Parma who had Emanuele Blasi sent Rafael van der Vaart, both Dutch internationals. “We also had contacts with Southampton and Sampdoria off in the 78th minute. MNA/Reuters but their offers were even less interesting.”—MNA/Reuters Lazio’s chances of making the Champions League qualifying round now look slim after they fell to a 2-1 defeat at Neftchi clinch Azeri league, Brescia. Former European Player of the Year Roberto Baggio cup double again scored for Brescia in his final home game before retirement, BAKU, 11 May— Neftchi Baku beat Samkir 1-0 after leaving Lazio three points behind Inter in sixth place. extra time in the Azerbaijan Cup final on Sunday to clinch Newly crowned champions AC Milan suffered only their second league and cup double. their second defeat of the season with a 2-1 reverse at lowly Samir Abbasov scored the 104th-minute winner from Reggina that secured Serie A survival for the Calabrians. close range to give Neftchi their second trophy in four days. Second-placed Roma were also beaten, relegation threat- Neftchi edged Samkir to win their third league title on ened Perugia winning 3-1 at a neutral venue in Palermo. Wednesday. Samkir, who won back-to-back league titles in Juventus, who have secured third position and a place in 2000 and 2001, finished second. the Champions League qualifying round, beat Sampdoria 2- It was the second successive cup final between the two 0 in coach Marcello Lippi’s final game in charge at the Delle teams. Neftchi were declared the winners in 2002 after Alpi stadium. Samkir walked off the pitch in protest at a controversial In the relegation battles, Empoli lost to doomed Ancona penalty call. 2-1 while Siena enjoyed a 3-1 victory at fellow strugglers Soccer in Azerbaijan was suspended the following sea- Venus Williams returns a ball to Karoline Sprem from Modena to ensure top flight football next season. son. Neftchi also beat Samkir in the 1999 final in a penalty Croatia in the half-final of the German Open WTA tennis MNA/Reuters shoot-out after a scoreless 120 minutes. —MNA/Reuters tournament in Berlin on 8 May,2004.—INTERNET THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 12 May, 2004 15 Panorama & Myanma Lake 00:05 Travelogue (PyinOo 04:50 Rope Painting 06:20 Production of A Sentiment” 21:25 Song of Myanmar Lwin) 04:55 Kachin Dance Delicous Seafood MRTV-3MRTV-3 16:30 National News Beauty & Scenic 00:10 Songs “Love Slave” 04:58 Nan Pan Market Day 06:25 Song On Screen “Phe- 16:35 Fabulous Bagan (II) Sights “Mingalabar” 00:15 National News 05:00 National News nomena of Love” 16:40 Poppy Substitute Crop 21:35 Peaceful & Developed 00:20 Production of A Deli- 05:05 Towards Pondaung 06:30 National News Cultivation in Border Dawei cious Seafood Ponnya Yaw Region 06:35 Fabulous Bagan (II) Areas 21:40 Headline News 00:25 Song of Myanmar (Part-I) 06:40 Poppy Substitute Crop 16:45 National News 21:42 Myanmar Profile “Fast Beauty & Scenic 05:10 Songs “Love Boat” Cultivation in Border 16:50 Myanmar Arts & Food” Sights “Myanma Pano- 05:15 National News Areas Handicraft Centre 21:45 National News rama & Myanma Sen- 05:20 Adept Sons of Inlay 06:45 National News 12-5-2004 (Wednesday) 16:55 Ah-Hla- Kabya-Pan- 21:50 Moyingyi Wildlife timent” Lake 06:50 Myanmar Arts & (Programme Schedule) Pawah Sanctuary 00:30 National News 05:32 Song of Myanmar Handicraft Centre Morning Transmission 17:00 National News 21:55 Wararya’ Dance 00:35 Fabulous Bagan (II) Beauty & Scenic 06:55 Ah-Hla-Kabya-Pan- (9:00 - 10:00) 17:05 PaO Nationals’ 21:58 New Vogue Flower 00:40 Poppy Substitute Crop Sights “Mingalabar” Pawah Traditoinal Long Arrangement Cultivation in Border 05:36 Peaceful & Developed 07:00 National News 9:00 Signature Tune Drum 22:00 National News Areas Dawei 07:05 PaO Nationals’ Greeting 17:10 Myanmar Modern 22:05 Travelogue (PyinOo 00:45 National News 05:40 Headline News Traditoinal Long 9:02 Song of Myanmar Songs “Come, Visit Lwin) 00:50 Myanmar Arts & 05:42 Myanmar Profile “Fast Drum Beauty & Scenic My Home” 22:10 Songs “Love Slave” Handicraft Centre Food” 07:10 Myanmar Modern Sights “Myanma Pano- 17:12 Hta Pwe (or) Mogok 22:15 National News 00:55 Ah-Hla-Kabya-Pan- 05:45 National News Song “Come, Visit My rama & Myanma Sen- Gems Market 22:20 Production of A Deli- Pawah 05:50 Moyingyi Wildlife Home” timent” 17:15 National News cious Seafood 01:00 National News Sanctuary 07:12 Hta Pwe (or) Mogok 9:06 Peaceful & Developed 17:20 Naga Traditional Cos- 22:25 Song On Screen “Phe- 01:05 PaO Nationals’ 05:55 Wararya’ Dance Gems Market Dawei tumes and Dances nomena of Love” Traditoinal Long 05:58 New Vogue Flower 07:15 National News 9:10 Headline News 17:25 Song of Myanmar 22:30 National News Drum Arrangement 07:20 Naga Traditional Cos- 9:12 Myanmar Profile “Fast Beauty & Scenic 22:35 Fabulous Bagan (II) 01:10 Myanmar Modern 06:00 National News tumes and Dances Food” Sights “Come and See 22:40 Poppy Substitute Crop Song “Come, Visit My 06:05 Travelogue (PyinOo 07:28 Song of Myanmar 9:15 National News Myanmar” Cultivation in Border Home” Lwin) Beauty & Scenic 9:20 Moyingyi Wildlife Areas 01:12 Hta Pwe (or) Mogok 06:10 Songs “Love Slave” Sights “Come and See Sanctuary Evening Transmission 22:45 National News Gems Market 06:15 National News Myanmar” 9:25 Wararya’ Dance (19:30 - 23:30) 22:50 Myanmar Arts & 01:15 National News 9:28 New Vogue Flower 19:30 Signature Tune Handicraft Centre 01:20 Naga Traditional Cos- Arrangement Greeting 22:55 Ah-Hla-Kabya-Pan- tumes and Dances 9:30 National News 19:32 Song of Myanmar Pawah 01:25 Song of Myanmar 9:35 Travelogue (PyinOo Beauty & Scenic 23:00 National News Beauty & Scenic Lwin) Sights “Myanma Pano- 23:05 PaO Nationals’ Sights “Come and See 9:40 Songs “Love Slave” rama & Myanma Sen- Traditoinal Long Myanmar” 9:45 National News timent” Drum 9:50 Production of A 19:36 Livistona Speciosa 23:10 Myanmar Modern 13-5-2004 (Thursday) Delicous Seafood (Taung Htan) Song “Come, Visit My Morning Transmission 9:58 Song of Myanmar 19:40 Headline News Home” (03:30 - 07:30) Beauty & Scenic 19:42 Ancient Pakhangyi 23:12 Hta Pwe (or) Mogok 03:30 Signature Tune Sights “Come and See Monastery Gems Market Greeting Myanmar” 19:45 National News 23:15 National News 03:32 Song of Myanmar 19:50 Myaing Hay Wun El- 23:20 Naga Traditional Cos- Beauty & Scenic 12-5-2004 (Wednesday) ephant Camp tumes and Dances Sights “Myanma Pano- Evening Transmission 19:55 Auspicious Glory 23:28 Song of Myanmar rama & Myanma Sen- (15:30 - 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R 489 Published by the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar. Edited and printed at The New Light of Myanmar Press, No 22/30 Strand Road at 43rd Street, Yangon. Cable Newlight, PO Box No. 43, Telephones: Editors 296115, Manager 296864, Circulation 297093, Advertisement 296843, Accounts 296545, Administration 296161, Production 297032 (Office) /297028 (Press). 9th Waning of Kason 1366 ME Wednesday, 12 May, 2004 Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife visit Mann Shwesettaw Pagoda YANGON, 11 May—Vice-Chairman of the State Peace Pagoda in Minbu (Saku) Township, Magway Division, and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief yesterday. Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife and of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice- party paid homage to the Buddha’s footprint (lower) and Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San, offered gold foils to it. They also visited the Buddha’s accompanied by Secretary-1 of the State Peace and De- footprint (upper) and paid homage to the Ahtetsettawya velopment Council Lt-Gen Soe Win and wife Daw Than Pagoda. Next, they offered gold foils to the pagoda. Vice- Than Nwe, members of the State Peace and Development Senior General Maung Aye inspected tasks for all-round Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint and Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin renovation of the pagoda and gave instructions to the Aung Myint Oo, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Rear-Ad- officials concerned. Vice-Senior General Maung Aye made miral Soe Thein, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat cash donations to the pagoda. Vice-Senior General Maung Hein and Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace and De- Aye and wife and party signed in the visitors’ book. velopment Council Commander of Central Command Maj- Next, Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife and Gen Ye Myint and their wives, the ministers and their party visited the Maha Myat Muni Buddha Image in Mann wives and officials, paid a visit to the Mann Shwesettaw Settaw Koekhangyi Prayer Hall.—MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San pay homage to the Ahtetsettawya Pagoda in Minbu (Saku) Township, Magway Division. — MNA All delegates are believed to attend forthcoming National Convention which will lead the Union to stable, firm future Government supporting and protecting invaluable strength and vitality of literature for emergence of a literary structure serving national interest to raise standard of people Central Body of MWJA holds third meeting YANGON, 11 May — The third meeting of Central Body national strength, with national spirit, is good outcome that literature has the power to promote the entire peo- of Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association was held of the expeditious endeavours to firmly build the na- ple’s education standard, uplift the moral standard, per- at the Pyidaungsu Hall in Kyaikkasan Grounds, this morn- tional strength. petuate the traditions and culture and national character, ing, with an address by Prime Minister General Khin As now is the time all the national people are joining to promote the intellectual level of all the national races Nyunt. hands and making self-reliant efforts for progress and (See page 9) Also present were Secretary-1 of the State Peace and prosperity of the nation and the race and for protecting Development Council Lt-Gen Soe Win, Secretary-2 Lt- and raising the national interest on the international front, Gen Thein Sein, Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and we will be able to realize our visions only if we can Development Council Commander of Yangon Command maintain and promote national vigilance and strength. Maj-Gen Myint Swe, the ministers, the chief justice, the Moreover, the flourishing of good spiritual foun- auditor-general, the Yangon mayor, the deputy ministers, dations such as the spirit to cherish and build the officials of the State Peace and Development Council nation, the spirit to prevent the Union from collapse, Office, heads of departments, Chairman of MWJA U Hla and the spirit to protect and cement national unity is Myaing (Ko Hsaung), CEC members, literati, officials of the essential national strength that must be built for social organizations, delegates, observers and guests. firmness and perpetuation of the nation, the people Joint Secretary of MWJA Dr Tin Tun Oo acted as and the Union. master of ceremonies. In his address, Prime Minister In this regard, literati must accept the duty to always General Khin Nyunt said: strive with the power of the pen for all the literary forces At present, the Government has been giving encour- of the nation to unitedly stand under the banner of the agement for further effectiveness and firmness of the MWJA and to vitalize the national spirit of the entire national strength and power, while striving in all sectors mass of people of the country. Men of letters must accept for the nation and people to stand tall among the world the fact that literature has greater influence and impact countries with high national pride and dignity. upon all the sectors encompassing the spiritual and physi- First, I would like to say that the efforts of all the cal build-up of the country and has the constructive power Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt addresses the third literati to preserve and uplift the fine traditions and to serve the interest of the nation. meeting of the Central Body of Myanmar Writers and effective power of literature, that can help raise the The Government has already upheld the conviction Journalists Association — MNA