Building of BEMS-5 in Dagon Myothit (South) Tsp Opened

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Volume XVI, Number 289 7th Waxing of Tabodwe 1370 ME Sunday, 1 February, 2009 Four political objectives Four economic objectives Four social objectives * Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of * Stability of the State, community peace other sectors of the economy as well * Uplift of the morale and morality of the and tranquillity, prevalence of law and * Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic entire nation order system * Uplift of national prestige and integrity and * National reconsolidation * Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of preservation and safeguarding of cultural * Emergence of a new enduring State Con- technical know-how and investments from sources inside the coun- heritage and national character stitution try and abroad * Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit * Building of a new modern developed nation * The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in the hands * Uplift of health, fitness and education in accord with the new State Constitution of the State and the national peoples standards of the entire nation Building of BEMS-5 in Dagon Myothit (South) Tsp opened

YANGON, 31 Jan— of the Ministry of Defence the building presented Next, Lt-Gen tanks at water supply sta- of the department ex- The opening of the new unveiled the stone plaque facts about the donation, Myint Swe and party in- tion (2) being undertaken plained the work to Lt- building of No. 5 Basic and inspected the build- and handed over the docu- spected sinking of eight- by YCDC Water and Sani- Gen Myint Swe, who then Education Middle School ing. ments to the deputy direc- inch-diameter tube-wells, tation Department on Zeya gave instructions on the on Bagan Street in Ward The wellwisher of tor-general. and construction of water Myaing Street. The head tasks.—MNA 54, Dagon Myothit (South) Township, took place at the school this morning. Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Coun- cil Commander of Yangon Command Brig- Gen Win Myint, Chair- man of Yangon City De- velopment Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin and Deputy Director-General of No. 3 Basic Education Depart- ment U Myo Myint for- mally opened the building. Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence unveils the stone inscription of new school building for BEMS No. 5 in Dagon Lt-Gen Myint Swe Myothit (South)Township.— MNA People of Mon State have easy access to other regions through better transport Article: Maung Maung Htwe (MNA); Photos: Hla Moe (MNA)

2,900 feet long Gyaing (Zathabyin) Bridge built in Hpa-an Township lies between Kayin and Mon states. (See page 7)

1-2-09 NL 1 7/29/18, 1:52 PM 2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 1 February, 2009 PERSPECTIVES People’s Desire

Sunday, 1 February, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views * Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation Dams in arid regions designed * Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State to grow summer paddy, crops * Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy extensively Fire drill at Zegyo Market in Mandalay Today, the government is trying to the best of

its ability to exploit as many water sources as NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan – Chairman of Mandalay ground floor, installation of pipes at the stalls on the possible for adequate supply of irrigation water Division Peace and Development Council Commander second floor and pumping of water from the fire- to all the regions where water is scarce, especially of Central Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe visited fire engines. He cordially greeted the members of fire to the three arid regions in central Myanmar: drill at the Zegyo Market in Chanayethazan Township brigades. Sagaing, Mandalay and Magway divisions. In on 25 January. The commander inspected paving of tarred road that case, it is implementing extensively dam, The commander inspected water pipes on the in the township.—MNA river water pumping and underground water tapping projects throughout the country. Yangon Mayor inspects City free clinic In spite of having a large area of arable lands, Magway Division was not in a position to grow YANGON, 31 Jan— crops as many acres as it should be due to the fact Chairman of Yangon City that it had to rely mainly on rainwater for the Development Committee agricultural purpose. Unlike in the past, the Mayor Brig-Gen Aung division’s sown acreage is on the remarkable Thein Lin inspected increase now as a result of a growing number of treatments of eye irrigation facilities. This year, it grew over 800,000 specialists to eye patients acres of monsoon paddy, and over 160,000 acres in City free clinic, opened of summer paddy is on target. by YCDC, on corner of Khinmon Dam near Khinmon Village in Kyaikwai Pagoda road and Insein road in Yesagyo Township, Pakokku District, was Mayangon Township, inaugurated on 24 January. Magway Division here this morning. has seen 44 irrigation facilities, thus increasing Yangon City its irrigated acreage to more than 260,000. Development Committee Now, Pakokku, Yesagyo, Pwintbyu and has opened the City free Myaing Townships in Pakokku District are clinic there since 17 April, making a good progress in growing paddy, cotton, 2007 and special eye sugarcane, beans and pulses and edible oil crops treatment clinic has been thanks to the new irrigation facilities. extensively opened at the On completion, the ongoing multipurpose same place to care eye Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin greets an eye patient. dam projects along the Mone Creek will be able patients.—MNA YCDC to boost irrigation of farmlands, generation of Ngwehsaung Beauty photo hydroelectricity, and greening the regions. Knowledge on traffic rules Up to now, 218 dams including Khinmon show organized Dam have been constructed the length and YANGON, 31 Jan – second and third prizes and disseminated breadth of the nation. Therefore, local Jointly organized by 17 consolation prizes to organizations, farmers and local people have to Ngwehsaung Hoteliers the winners. YANGON, 31 Jan – Police 2nd Lt Aung Zin Myo boost agricultural production by cultivating Association and Myanmar On behalf of the Min and party of Yangon Division Wireless and Traffic Photographic Society, the summer paddy and crops on a wider scale with winners, U Kyaw Win Police Corps imparted knowledge on traffic rules to 20 Ngwehsaung Beauty effective use of irrigation water. Hlaing (University of taxi drivers at the compound of airport in Mingaladon photo show was held in Culture) spoke words of Township on 29 January. conjunction with prize thanks. Similarly, Police 2nd Lt Kyaw Min Lwin and presentation ceremony at Every one may visit party gave talks on traffic rules to 95 people at the Thamada Hotel on the photo show that compound of Yan Myo Aung Pagoda in Alanpya Pagoda Road continues tomorrow. Thingangyun Township on 3 January. here this morning. MNA MNA Firstly, responsible persons cut the ribbon to open the show and Old Law students to hold respect-paying ceremony. Joint-Secretary ceremony, get-together on 15 February (1) of the association Dr th YANGON, 31 Jan—The 18 respect-paying ceremony and get-together of Aung Htay Lin explained the old students who studied from first to fifth batch in B.A (Law) and LL.B will purpose of holding the be held at Universities Dhammayon on University Avenue in Kamayut Township show and ceremony. on 15 Februaries (Sunday) from 9 a.m. to noon. Next, Vice- Old students are invited to attend the ceremony without fail. For further Chairman U Tin Win of information, contact Daw Wai Wai Kyi (Tel: 01-660260), Daw Khin Nyein Aye the association, Treasurer (Tel: 01-296461), Daw Khin Win (Lewe) (Tel: 067-30149), U Aye Thaung Daw Moe Moe Mya, (Tel: 01-387631), U Han Htoo (Tel: 01-527242), U Ohn Hlaing (Tel: 01- General Secretary of the A responsible person presents consolation 245484), U Hla Myint (01-380324), U Tin Thaung (Tel: 0999-24960) and Daw association Dr Nay Zin prize to a winner. Than Than (Tel: 01-559902). Latt and responsible MNA NLM persons presented first,

1-2-09 NL 2 7/29/18, 1:52 PM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 1 February, 2009 3 Calif cop who killed man pulled wrong gun OAKLAND, 31 Jan — The transit officer who shot and killed an unarmed man may have mistakenly pulled his service pistol instead of a stun gun, his lawyer said on Friday. Defence attorney Michael Rains made the argument during a bail hearing for 27-year-old Johannes Mehserle. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Morris Jacobson later set bail at $3 million. Jacobson said he set the high amount in part because he considered Mehserle a flight risk after the former officer fled to Nevada during the initial investigation. Mehserle was being held Friday at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. It was not immediately clear if he would be able to post bail. Mehserle has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder in the death of 22- year-old Oscar Grant, who was killed early New Year’s Day. Cell phone videos of the incident, widely viewed on the Internet, showed the officer standing over Grant as he was lying facedown on an Oakland train platform and firing one shot into the man’s back. Grant died of a gunshot wound to his torso. Rains argued Friday that witness accounts indicate that Mehserle meant to Police arrest a demonstrator in Oakland, Calif, on 30 Jan, 2009, during a draw his Taser, but instead pulled his pistol. The lawyer blamed inexperience by protest in support of Oscar Grant, an unarmed 22-year-old killed by BART the young officer, who joined the department in March 2007 and passed his transit police. About 100 demonstrators took to the streets in reaction to a $3 Taser user certification test on 3 Dec. million dollar bond set for Officer Johannes Mehserle who is charged in the Internet New Year’s Day killing.—INTERNET Three Iraqi US soldier shot dead in north policemen killed of Baghdad in S Iraq TIKRIT, 31 Jan — An Iraqi militant shot dead a US BAGHDAD, 31 Jan — soldier and wounded another at a town in Salahudin Prov- Three Iraqi policemen were ince on Friday, a provincial police source said. killed by a collected bomb “Osama Hashim, a young man fetched his AK-47 asin a southern city, sources sault rifle from his house and opened fire in the after- with Iraqi police said on noon on US soldiers who dismounted their patrol’s vehi- Friday. cles in front of his house in the town of Baiji, some 200 The Iraqi police found km north of Baghdad,” the source told Xinhua on condi- a group of explosive de- tion of anonymity. vices in different parts of The US soldiers fired back and killed Hashim before Diwaniyah city, 180 kilo- they stormed his house and detained his brother inside, metres south of Baghdad the source said. The reason behind the incident is un- on Thursday. While being known yet, the source added. transported to a car to the A US military statement confirmed the incident, but US base, one of the explo- said that one of its soldiers has been injured and an Iraqi sive devices exploded, kill- is dead after shooting incident in Baiji. The statement also said that US soldiers detained an- ing 3 policemen and A policeman frisks a resident in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of other Iraqi after the attack by a young man who opened wounding 16 others, the Baghdad on 31 Jan, 2009. —INTERNET source added.—Internet fire on a US foot patrol.—Internet Killing of Iraqi candidates Gaza rocket highlights dangers hits southern MOSUL, 31 Jan — The former Iraqi army officer decided to run in provincial elections to improve Israel Mosul, his violent hometown. Instead, the Sunni fa- JERUSALEM, 31 Jan — A ther of four was gunned down days before the vote, rocket fired by Palestinian the latest example of the dangers facing candidates militants from the Gaza Strip campaigning openly for the first time since the col- exploded in southern Israel on lapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime. Saturday, but there were no Hazim Salim al-Zaidi, 51, was among three Sunni casualties or damage reported, candidates killed two days ahead of Saturday’s elec- the Israeli army said. tions. US officials hope the balloting will give the It is the third rocket attack Sunnis a fairer share of power and thus undermine the since ceasefires on 18 January appeal of the insurgency. brought an end to Israel’s three- More than 14,000 candidates are running for 400 week onslaught against Hamas- seats on provincial councils nationwide. ruled Gaza which left more than Women (front) in suits take part in a workshop to practise their With a new law allowing Iraqis to vote for indi- 1,330 Palestinians dead. skills in job interviews in Tokyo on 31 Jan, 2009. Over a hundred vidual candidates rather than political parties, hope- The rocket was fired from fuls have blanketed towns and cities with posters fea- the north of the Gaza Strip participants aged under 34 years old took part in the free workshop turing their pictures and snappy slogans. and landed in a field near hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Employment Service Such a vigorous effort to draw attention to them- the city of Ashkelon, the Centre on Saturday. selves would have been unheard of in the last vote in army said. 2005.—Internet Internet INTERNET

1-2-09 NL 3 7/29/18, 1:52 PM 4 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 1 February, 2009 Once-in-century Australian heatwave claims homes, lives MELBOURNE, 31 Jan— come dangerously close to still. Australia’s second-larg- major electricity transmis- Temperatures in Vic- est city Melbourne sion lines which supplied toria topped 43 degrees ground to a halt Satur- power to Melbourne on Celsius (109 Fahrenheit) day, crippled by a once- Saturday. for a record-breaking in-a-century heatwave More than 500,000 third consecutive day on that has claimed almost homes and businesses Friday, when 10 homes 30 lives and razed at in Melbourne were and a timber plantation least 17 homes. left without power on were destroyed in a Wildfires raged Friday night after an 6,500 hectare (16,000 through the southeastern electrical substation ex- acre) blaze. state of Victoria, where ploded in the heat, bring- The heat was blamed authorities said flames had ing the city to a stand for a spike in sudden People cool off in the water at a beach in Melbourne deaths in the neighbour- on 31 Jan, 2009. Melbourne recorded its hottest British protests against foreign ing state of South Aus- ever three-day heatwave on Friday, after the tem- tralia, which was in the perature hit 43.8 degrees Celsius (110.84 Fahren- energy workers spread grip of its hottest heit), the third day above 43 Celsius.—INTERNET IMMINGHAM, 31 Jan— land, where workers first currently at its highest rate weather since 1908. Wildcat strikes against for- walked out Wednesday for 10 years as the credit At least 22 people Russia launches research eign workers spread over the use of Italian and crunch hits hard. Prime died in the South Aus- through oil refineries and Portuguese contractors on Minister Gordon Brown tralia capital, Adelaide, satellite into orbit other energy facilities in a 200-million-pound (222 has made a point of pledg- on Friday, said the state’s Britain, fuelled by fears of million euros, 286 million ing “British jobs for British health minister John MOSCOW, 31 Jan— nature of solar flares. rising job cuts. dollars) building project. workers,” while more re- Hill. Most were older Russia on Friday The launch, initially The protest started at But it had spread by Fri- cently warning against trade than 70 and had likely launched its first carrier scheduled for Thursday, Britain’s third-largest oil day to other refineries and protectionism as a response just “succumbed to rocket of 2009 to send a was delayed until Friday refinery, Lindsey in Lin- plants across Britain, to the worldwide economic the heat,” he said. research satellite into for technical reasons. colnshire, eastern Eng- where unemployment is downturn.—Internet space, the Itar-Tass news The Cyclone-3 three- Internet agency reported. stage liquid-propellant Restaurant fire The Cyclone-3 carrier rocket was developed in US senator says missile shield could boost rocket, with a Coronas- 1977 on the basis of the US-Russia ties kills two, injures Photon satellite atop, intercontinental ballistic blasted off from the missile R-36. A total of WASHINGTON, 31 Jan—The United States and Russia have a chance to achieve a four in Japan “real breakthrough” in their relationship by cooperating on missile defence, an Plesetsk space center in 121 launches of the rocket TOKYO, 31 Jan—Two northwest Russia on Fri- have been carried out dur- influential US senator said on Friday. men were killed and four day afternoon, Alexei ing flying tests and in Senator Carl Levin, a Democrat from Michigan who chairs the Senate’s armed others seriously injured Fri- Zolotukhin, chief of the regular operations. services committee, said he believed President Barack Obama’s administration day in a fire at a “soba” space force information The Russian space was seriously interested in exploring cooperation with Moscow on the issue. noodle restaurant in and public relations serv- agency is planning to Missile defence has been a contentious subject between Moscow and Washing- Odawara, Kanagawa Pre- ice, was quoted as saying. carry out 39 space ton, particularly since the Bush administration sealed deals last year to deploy 10 fecture of Japan, local me- The Coronas-Photon launches this year from its interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic.—Internet dia reported. satellite will be used to Plesetsk space center and Local authorities are study the internal struc- the Baikonurspace center Bus crashes in Arizona, killing seven still working to determine ture of the sun and the in Kazakhstan.—Internet the cause of the blaze and Chinese tourists confirm the identities of the Bomber behind bars after DOLAN SPRINGS, 31 The bus was traveling Nyhart said five people two who died, Kyodo Jan—A tour bus over- north on US 93 when it had suffered life-threaten- News agency and NHK botched attack turned on a highway near veered left and then right ing injuries. “We’re hope- both said. LONDON, 31 Jan—A man who injured himself in a the Hoover Dam on Fri- across the median, Nyhart ful that those people can The four injured men failed suicide attack on a restaurant in Britain has been day, killing seven Chinese said. It rolled at least once be stabilized and at least have been sent to hospital. jailed for life on Friday, and ordered to spend at least nationals and injuring at before stopping. the death toll stop where When the fire broke out, six 18 years behind bars. least 10 other people, au- He believes all but one it is,” he said. The driver men were in the facility, Nicky Reilly, 22, accidentally set off a home-made thorities said. of the victims killed at the of the bus was among which apparently was tem- nail bomb in a toilet cubicle as he prepared to target Six fatalities were con- scene had been ejected those in critical condition, porarily closed, according more than 30 diners and staff in a restaurant in Exeter, firmed at the scene, about from the bus. he said.—Internet to the police.—Internet southwest England. 190 miles northwest of Described during his trial as the “least cunning” per- Phoenix; a seventh person son ever to have been charged with terrorism, Reilly died at a Las Vegas hos- injured only himself in the blast in May last year. pital, said Cmdr Dean Reilly, who suffers from Asperger’s syndrome and Nyhart of the Arizona De- has learning difficulties, had pleaded guilty to at- partment of Public Safety. tempted murder and preparing an act of terrorism. Nyhart said investiga- Sentencing him at the Old Bailey in London, Judge tors were struggling to Justice David Calvert-Smith said the offence was made identify the injured and worse “by the fact that it was long-planned, that it had were not certain how multiple intended victims and was intended to terror- many people were on the ise the population of this country”. 24-passenger bus or how Officials investigate the scene of a tour bus crash US Highway 93 near Dolan “It was sheer luck or chance that it did not succeed many had been trans- Springs, Ariz on 30 Jan, 2009. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says in its objectives.” ported to hospitals in a tour bus overturned on a highway near the Hoover Dam, killing at least six Internet Kingman and Las Vegas. passengers and injuring at least 16.—INTERNET

1-2-09 NL 4 7/29/18, 1:52 PM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 1 February, 2009 5 China offers incentives to stimulate hybrid cars BEIJING, 31 Jan—China companies, post services the development and is to offer policy incentives and public offices were maintenance of energy- to speed up spread of encouraged to use more friendly cars. energy-saving cars in 13 energy-saving vehicles, This is considered the pilot cities. the circular said. boldest measure the central The ministries of The government pro- government has ever taken finance and science and mised to give companies to stimulate promotion of technology jointly issued and institutions, which hybrid cars although the a circular on providing purchase and use such subsidies have yet to subsidies to users of vehicles, lump sum extend to private car users. hybrid, electric and fuel subsidies to offset their Due to much higher Linemen work to restore electricity to more than 200,000 Louisville residents, days cell cars in Beijing, extra cost on fuelling price tags on them, hybrid after an ice storm hit the city on 30 Jan, 2009. More than 600,000 homes and Shanghai and another 11 efficient cars than ordinary cars encountered cold businesses were still without power on Friday morning after snow and ice storms major cities, the Ministry ones. shoulders in thriving earlier this week left more than 1.5 million customers in the dark from Oklahoma of Finance said on its Meanwhile, the central domestic car market over to Pennsylvania, local utilities reported. The storms on 27-28 Jan, hit Kentucky website on Sunday. government urged local the past few years. the hardest, leaving more than half a million customers without power.—XINHUA Public transport, taxi governments to subsidize Xinhua Mexico bids for hosting New York mayor proposes some FIFA World Cup in 2018 or 2022 23,000 jobs cut MEXICO CITY, 31 Jan— possibility of attracting US has also risen its NEW YORK, 31 Jan — year starting on 1 July The mayor called for a The General Secretary of all the Latin Americans hand to organize one of New York Mayor Michael that includes cutting some reduction of almost 23,000 the Mexican Federation of who watch football in the World Cups of 2018 Bloomberg unveiled his 23,000 jobs and increases jobs through layoffs and Football, Decio de Maria, the US,” Maria added. or 2022. 43.4 billion US dollars in costs for everyday New attrition. About 15,000 announced on Friday Mexico hosted the Xinhua budget Friday for the fiscal Yorker. employees would be laid that they had sent to the world Cups of 1970 and off, including 14,000 Federation of International 1986. France, Italy and Education Department Football Associations Brazil also held the World employees, and 7,700 jobs (FIFA) a letter to request Cup twice. would be lost through the hosting of the World Maria said that the attrition. Cup 2018 or 2022. request of the candidature During his nearly two- “Today we sent our encourage the Mexican hour statement, the mayor request to hold the World football sector to improve said that the preliminary Cup 2018 or 2022,”Maria the stadiums and a better budget for the 2009-2010 said. “Mexico has a fame infrastructure in the fiscal year comes as the in the football world, country. city faces a 4 billion dollars and it has organized Besides Mexico, in the budget deficit — up from two World Cups and one North-Centralamerica just over 1 billion dollars Confederation Cup. and the Caribbean Foot- only a few months Mexico also has the ball Confederation, the ago, according to a report Huanghe Boat returns to China’s Antarctic ice available on www.- Russia, Cuba cement strategic partnership breaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, from Panda ny1.com. The deficit MOSCOW, 31 Jan — Castro recalled the Cuba.” Dock of Zhongshan Antarctic Station after continues to rise as tax Russia and Cuba took a Caribbean state’s long- “The strategic part- unloading goods, on 29 Jan, 2009. As glaciers revenues plummet and the step towards the revival standing ties with the Cold nership which we have clears off, ice breaker Xuelong began unload city loses out on state of their old friendship as War ally. “We are old agreed on in the com- goods to Zhongshan Antarctic Station. —XINHUA aid.—Xinhua the two countries signed a friends, we’ve known each munique reflects what we package of bilateral agree- other through good times have reached and what we All items from Xinhua News Agency ments after Friday’s top- and bad, and have great will seek in the future,” level Kremlin talks. experience,” Castro said. the 77-year-old Cuban At the start of the talks “Today is an historic leader said, referring to a with Russian President moment, an important strategic partnership pact Dmitry Medvedev, landmark in relation signed by the two leaders visiting Cuban leader Raul between Russia and after their talks.—Xinhua Euro zone unemployment rises to two year high in December BRUSSELS, 31 Jan—Unemployment rate in the euro zone rose to the highest point in more than two years in December 2008, according to official figures released here on Friday. As many as 12.472 million people were unemployed in the 15-nation zone in December, increasing by 230,000 or 8.0 percent, compared with November’s 7.9 percent. This is the ninth consecutive monthly hike. Compared with the same month in 2007, the number of the jobless was up 1.397 million in the euro area, according to the first estimate from the Statistical Office Kids try to be barbers at a career experiencing centre for children in Hangzhou, of the European Communities (Eurostat).Among the member states, the lowest east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 30 Jan, 2009. Lots of kids are sent here unemployment rate were recorded in the Netherlands (2.7 percent) and Austria (3.9 during the Spring Festival to try different jobs, such as fire fighters, astronauts, percent)and the highest in Spain (14.4 percent).—Xinhua journalists, doctors etc. to gain practical and social experience.—XINHUA

1-2-09 NL 5 7/29/18, 1:52 PM 6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 1 February, 2009 Obama calls China’s Hu to discuss currency Father fatally stabbed in front of WASHINGTON, 31 Jan nipulator. currency exchange rate. — President Obama The news releases Meanwhile, the other- daughter at bus stop called Chinese President provided clues to the wise opaque White LONDON , 31 Jan — A father was fatally mally identified but was described as in his Hu Jintao on Friday, ac- current delicate relation- House statement noted stabbed in front of his 3-year-old daughter thirties, was treated by an ambulance crew cording to carefully ship between the two that “President Obama on Thursday night in Britain as he went to at the scene before being taken to a South worded statements re- nations on the currency stressed the need to cor- visit his wife and newborn son in the London hospital, where he was pronounced leased by both the White question. rect global trade imbal- hospital. The man was at a bus stop in dead. House and the official “Hu said the core in- ances as well as to stimu- Croydon, South London, when he got Detective Chief Inspector Cliff Lyons, New China News terest of either country late global growth and into an argument with an old who is leading the investigation, said: “This Agency, in the wake of should be respected by get credit markets flow- acquaintance.During a struggle the man, was a shocking attack in a public place in pre-confirmation state- each other and taken into ing” — a point that sug- who is originally from Ghana but has lived the early evening. The victim’s three-year- ments by Treasury Sec- consideration,” the Chi- gests continuing concern in Britain for many years, was stabbed.Last old daughter was with him when he was retary Timothy F nese government said, an over the weak yuan’s ef- night a 22-year-old man went to a police attacked, though fortunately she wasn’t Geithner suggesting that apparent request for an fects on the US station in Croydon. He has been arrested physically injured. Even more tragically, his Obama might believe end to potentially insult- economy. on suspicion of murder. partner had given birth to a son just that China is a currency ma- ing comments about the Internet The victim, who has not yet been for- morning.—Internet Indian officials hunt tigers Wall Street suffers worst January after ‘man-eaters’ kill at least seven WASHINGTON, 31 Jan — Wall Street has suffered its worst Janu- ary on record as a barrage of bad US economic data continues to KISHANPUR, 31 Jan — Tigers have killed at shake investors’ confidence. least three children and four adults in north The Dow Jones Index ended the month down 8.8% in what some India in recent weeks, officials said Friday, forc- analysts see as a bad omen for the year ahead. ing frightened villagers to stay indoors while The broader S&P 500 index fell by 8.6%, also a record fall for forest rangers search for the wild cats. January. Authorities wielding guns combed villages The Dow fell 1.82% on the last trading day of the month after surrounding the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in the official figures showed that US GDP fell sharply in the final quarter state of Uttar Pradesh, from which seven ti- of 2008. gers are believed to have strayed. One of the World markets also suffered — the MSCI world index closed tigers is believed to have killed at least four down 8.6% on the month. people in the last two weeks, including three US economic output fell by 3.8% in the last three months of the children between the ages of 8 and 15. Bengal Tiger stands on a rock in an Indian year, the biggest quarterly decline since 1982. “An order has been issued either to zoological park.—INTERNET It was also the second quarterly decline in a row - the first time tranquilize and cage the man-eater or, if it is Villagers in the area are keeping their chil- that has happened since 1991. not possible, to kill it,” said PP Singh, a local dren home from school and have stopped tend- And this was just the latest in a long line of bad economic fig- forest official. ing their fields for fear of the tigers.—Internet ures. —Internet Pfannenstiel — globetrotting German Sit Properly at the computer NEWS ALBUM goalie with 24 clubs Stretching your neck and working your wrists at a computer for hours at a time can strain much of the body. Never mind Kaka or The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons offers Zinedine Zidane. When it these suggestions to help reduce computer pain and discomfort: comes to record transfers, the - Sit up straight, with your ears lined up with the top of your man with a suitcase shoulders, and your shoulders lined up with the hips. permanently at the ready is - Relax your upper arms, and hold them close to your body. Lutz Pfannenstiel, a Keep your hands and wrists straight in front of your arms. globetrotting German who's - Keep your hands and fingers relaxed when typing or just signed for his 24th club. clicking on the mouse. After Malaysia, Canada, - Take regular breaks and relax your hands and fingers. Australia and Albania — to A Porsche 908 Spyder is seen in the - Give your eyes a rest and look away from the computer every name but a few — rear mirror of a car in the new so often. Also, try to position your screen to reflect the least glare. Pfannenstiel recently headed Porsche museum in Stuttgart, Place your computer monitor about an arm's length in front for Norway, where last week Germany. The new Porsche museum of you, and right at eye level so you don't have to look up or he signed a contract as player- presents 82 cars to document the down to view the monitorp. coach of Oslo-based third- German car manufacturer’s history. division club Mangerud Star. Never mind Kaka or Zinedine Cell phones, traffic a deadly combo for kids The career of the 35-year- Zidane. When it comes to Talking on a cell phone while crossing a street can be old goalkeeper certainly record transfers, the man disastrous for children,a University of Alabama at Birmingham doesn’t compare to that of the with a suitcase permanently study shows. The research, first presented in April at the world’s most expensive at the ready is Lutz National Conference on Child Health Psychology, is being player, France’s Zidane, who Pfannenstiel, seen here, a published in the February issue of the Pediatrics. It found that moved from Juventus to Real globetrotting German who’s 10- and 11-year-olds were less attentive to traffic and were Madrid for 75 million euros in just signed for his 24th club. involved in more collisions and near misses with traffic when 2001. using a cell phone to talk to a research assistant in interactive, But he has probably seen played on the six continents simulated road crossings. more of the world as well as defined by world governing A crane picks up junk cars on a scrap "The children who were on the cell phone and were distracted experiencing at first hand the body FIFA, which classes North yard in Bremen, Germany. German during their crossing were significantly more likely to get hit by game's underbelly. and South America separately. car owners are being offered 2,500 a car in the virtual environment," study author Katherine Byington, It has also given him, in “It’s not something that I euros to trade in their old a doctoral candidate in psychology at the University of Alabama place of a bulging trophy haul, planned. It’s all been completely automobiles for eco-friendly vehicles at Birmingham, said at the time of the April presentation. "They a unique title - he is the first by chance, but I’m proud of the as part of a government scheme to were getting hit or almost getting hit at least [once], while the kids professional footballer to have record,” said the keeper. promote green motoring alternatives. that weren't on the cell phone didn't get hit."

1-2-09 NL 6 7/29/18, 1:52 PM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 1 February, 2009 7 Yangon Division Secure and Smooth Transport Supervisory Committee meets

YANGON, 31 Jan — Yangon Division Secure and concluding remarks by the commander. the commander and the mayor gave necessary instruc- Smooth Transport Supervisory Committee held a co- Next, the commander, the mayor and officials tions and inspected sanitation works. ordination meeting at the meeting hall of All Bus-Line opened the new Sanpya Hospital tarred road in Next, the commander addressed coordination Control Committee (Head Office) in Tamway Town- Thingangyun Township. They sprinkled scented water meeting for successful implementation of construc- ship yesterday with an address by Chairman of the on the stone inscription of the new road and inspected tion of roads and bridges in Yangon Division held at committee Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and the new tarred road. Yangon Division PDC Office on Bank Road in Development Council Commander of Yangon Com- Afterwards, they opened the new Street-2 and Kyauktada Township. mand Brig-Gen Win Myint. Sein Pan Myaing tarred roads in South Okkalapa Officials reported to the commander on con- After hearing reports on maters related to uni- Township and greeted local people. struction of district-to-district roads and bridges in the versity ferries, traffic rules and requirements being After hearing reports on measures taken for division. The meeting came to an end with concluding fulfilled presented by those present, the commander proper flow of water presented by officials at Hantha remarks by the commander. attended to the needs. The meeting came to an end with Yeikmon Housing Complex in Kamaryut Township, MNA People of Mon State have easy access to other regions through better transport Article: Maung Maung Htwe (MNA); Photos: Hla Moe (MNA)

(from page 1) Chairman of ellers will have the oppor- Recently, we, the Karuppi Village Peace and tunity to enjoy the natural news team members of the Development Council U and scenic beauty of the Kyemon Daily, had an op- Kar Toon explained, “Upon beach along the route in portunity to observe better completion, the bridge will cars. transport in Mon State. contribute to better trans- On the way to the As the road sec- port for the villages next to construction site of tions in Mon State had sea such as Panga, Karuppi, Kyaikkhami-Setse direct been upgraded to the as- Wekalanug, Ankhe, road, we took a rest at the phalt ones, the people Kawlay, Htinyu, Anin, view point. have easy access to Hnitkayin, Lamaing and We enjoyed the blue Mawlamyine from Mawkanin.” sky and greenish sea as well Phayagyi Village of Bago While in Thanbyu- as music of the waves. Division conveniently. zayat Township, we The plan is under During the tour, we viewed progress in con- way to upgrade arrived at Mawlamyine struction of Kyaikkhami- Kyaikkhami-Setse direct through Thanlwin Bridge Setse Beach Direct Road. road from the earth road to (Mawlamyine) in a short The road is only 14 miles the tarred one. Along the time. After that, we pro- long. However, it is im- road, a total of 13 bridges Photo shows 60 per cent completion of building ceeded to Thanbyuzayat portant for the region. will be built, and three of 13 Township to observe the Originally, differ- have been completed so far. Karuppi Creek Bridge. construction of Karuppi Creek Bridge. three feet wide pedestrian has been facilitated with In an interview, way on both sides have 12 major bridges includ- Engineer U Soe Thein of been built in the region. ing Gyaing (Zathabyin), Public Works of In the region, there Attarayan, Thanlwin Mawlamyine District were 22 roads in the past, Bridge, Winphanon, said, “Karuppi Bridge will and now, two is added to the Hneepadaw, Wewinkara, be 300 feet long and 18 list of roads including the Kwamkyaik, Kyodan and feet wide, flanked by two road section from Khawza Ye bridges. Conse- feet and six inches wide to Lamaing. At present, the quently, Yangon-Myeik pedestrian ways and it is 358 miles and five furlongs Union Highway has under construction with long tarred road section, the emerged in the region. the assistance of the gov- 11 miles and five furlongs In the past, ernment and the concerted long gravel road section,, Thanlwin River divided efforts of the local peo- the 49 miles and six fur- Mon State and other re- ple. So far, construction longs long hard road sec- gions. No one could not of the bridge has com- tions and the 33 miles and dream of enjoying the pleted by 60 per cent.” two furlongs long earth road fruits of better transport He added, “As the in addition to 1,435 bridges like emergence of have been built. Thanlwin Bridge. During old facility is a railroad Visitors can enjoy beauty of beach from view point on bridge, vehicles can use it Before 1988, there the tour, we witnessed the Kyaikkhami-Setse direct road. temporarily. The old were only three bridges of remarkable progress of bridge cannot withstand ent roads led to With the assistance Bridge with three feet wide over 180 feet long in Mon Mon State in the trans- the vehicles with heavy Kyaikkhami and Setse. On of the government and the pedestrian way on either State. They were Thebyu portation sector. loads and trucks and it completion, the direct road concerted efforts of the lo- side and the 180 feet long Creek Bridge, Bilin Creek ***** delays the flow of com- will link Kyaikkhami and cal people, the 150 feet long and 18 feet wide Bridge and Khawa Creek Translation: TTA modities.” Setse. Therefore, the trav- and 18 feet wide Asin Zeebyuthoung Bridge with Bridge. Now, the region Kyemon: 30-1-2009

1-2-09 NL 7 7/29/18, 1:52 PM 8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 1 February, 2009 Kunhing Township aims Kya-in-Seikkyi sees progress summer paddy output growth NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan — Chairman of Shan NAY P YI T AW, 31 Jan —Chairman of Mon State and local people. State Peace and Development Council Commander Peace and Development Council Commander of Next, the commander oversaw chosen site for of Eastern Command Brig-Gen Yar Pyae gave South-East Command Maj-Gen Thet Naing Win construction of a bridge on the west bank of Zami river necessary instructions at the summer paddy cultivation together with Chairman of Kayin State PDC Brig- and site chosen for construction of Phatake-Taguntaing ceremony held at the field of Farmer U Maha Nandar Gen Zaw Min inspected patient wards, labour room, axis road, and met with servicemen and their families at Namphaing village in Kunhing Township on 24 operation theater and works done for cleaning and at the station hall in Kya-in-Seikkyi. January and looked into ploughing of farmland and beautifying of Kya-in-Seikkyi Township People’s On 24 January, the commander inspected cultivation of summer paddy. Hospital on 23 January. construction of Dale creek bridge on Kya-in-Seikkyi- Next, the commander inspected condition of Next, the commander looked into learning of Chaunghnakwa road. Nampan creek bridge, flow of currents and chosen school children at multimedia classroom and progress Next, the commander watched final match of construction site for rail-cum-bridge. Officials in repairing of classroom and fulfilled the requirements. South-East Command Commander’s Shield (Men/ presented reports to the commander. At the meeting hall of Kya-in-Seikkyi Township Women) Volleyball Tournament at the gymnasium of Afterwards, the commander oversaw PDC Office, the commander met with township level local station and presented prizes. preparations for upgrading of wooden bridge across departmental officials, the chairmen of village PDCs MNA a creek in Loilem. — MNA Students pay respects to BEPSs in Pyapon Township get new school retired teachers buildings

AY YI AW N P T , 31 Jan— The second respects NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan — Member of National (2) and Dedaye Swedawkon village BEPSs to the paying ceremony of No.1 Basic Education High School Disaster Preparedness Central Committee Minister township education officer and explained purpose of of Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana took place at the school this for Hotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing attended donation. afternoon. the opening of new school building for Basic Education Afterwards, the minister presented certificate of Present on the occasion were Minister for Primary School donated by wellwisher Daw Than honour to the wellwisher and food and snacks to Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe, member of Civil Service Than Lay (China Airline) and family at Thameinhtaw students of BEPSs. Selection and Training Board U Hla Myint Oo, retired Theimkon (2) village in Pyapon Township on 26 Similar ceremony was held at Thameinhtaw teachers and old students. January. village BEHS. The minister, wellwisher U Maung Old student U Ni Ni Maung explained the The minister, the wellwisher and the education Maung (Asia Express) and the division education purpose of holding the ceremony. officer of Ayeyawady Division opened the new school officer opened the new school building and the Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe and member of building. Wellwisher Daw Than Than Lay presented wellwisher handed over documents related to the CSSTB U Hla Myint Oo also spoke on the occasion exercise books and stationery to the headmistress. building to the division education officer. and donated cash for holding the ceremony. Next, the minister, the wellwisher and the At Hleseik village BEPS in Kyaiklat Township, The students paid respects to the old teachers division education officer opened the new school the minister, the wellwisher and the division education and received their blessing. building for Thameinhtaw Theimkon (1) village BEPS. officer opened the new school building and the After that, the students donated cash and kind to The wellwisher handed over documents related to new wellwisher handed over documents related to the the old teachers. school buildings for Thameinhtaw Theimkon (1) and building to the township education officer. — MNA MNA

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Seminar on “One Village One Golf tourney (2009) for readers of Golf Product” held Masters magazine to be organized NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan—The and Disbursement Subcommittee YANGON, 31 Jan—Han Golf held with system 36 and prizes will be Cottage Industries Department under the Director-General of the Cottage Masters Pte Ltd will organize the Golf awarded handsomely to winners. The golf Ministry of Cooperatives organized the Industries Department U Sein Than, Masters Magazine Reader’s Tournament tourney is mainly sponsored by Han Golf seminar on “One Village One Product” representatives of the departments (2009) for the readers of Golf Masters Masters Pte Ltd with cosponsors: Srixon, at its meeting hall, here, yesterday concerned, resource persons and guests. magazine at Shwemantaung Golf Club, Cleveland, Cross Creek, XXIO, OGAWA, morning. Director-General U Sein Than Mandalay on 15 February. Royal Modern Furniture, Pahtama Group It was attended by Chairman of delivered an address. Any person who reads the Ltd (Mandalay), Mr Big (Mandalay), C the Industrial Subcommittee of the Eleven resource persons read out magazine may participate in the Care, GP Watch (Mandalay), Lucky Supporting Committee for Rural papers on progress of one village one tournament and contact Asia Center Han Drinking Water (Mandalay), Dagon Development Deputy Minister for product. Attendees discussed the papers. Golf Master Pro Shop (Tel: 02-64583, Brewery, IBTC, Nivea, Life Line and Industry-2 Lt-Col Khin Maung Kyaw, The director-general made concluding 09-2017639 and 09-6804015) not later Hotel Mandalay. Han Even Management Secretary of the Economic Development remarks.—MNA than 12 February. The tourney will be will organize the tournament.—MNA

1-2-09 NL 8 7/29/18, 1:52 PM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 1 February, 2009 9 Regional Development of More hydroelectricity supplied to cover size Monywa District inspected of electricity lost due to repairs to turbines

YANGON, 31 Jan — Chairman of Sagaing Division Peace and Development Council Commander Responsible persons trying to restore regular of North-West Command Maj-Gen Myint Soe met power supply as soon as possible with officials of Pauk-in farm of Myanma Agriculture Service at the briefing hall of the farm in ChaungU NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan—The gas pipelines of KNPP blasted towers Nos (220) and (222) of Lawpita- Township, Monywa District on 24 January. Yadana Natural Gas Project offshore Mottama coast Toungoo grid near the Thaukyaykhat Creek, thereby After hearing reports on cultivation of crops at have been under maintenance since 24 January. So, worsening the situations. Now, the electricity available Pauk-in catchment area, progress of winter crop gas production has fallen to some extent, and more is limited and the regions concerned have to share. cultivation in the township and agriculture works of hydroelectricity is supplied to cover the size of the Responsible persons are trying to restore regular the farm, the commander fulfilled the requirements electricity lost due to the repairs to the turbines. power supply as soon as possible. and inspected sample strains of chick pea and wheat On 26 January, some terrorists of KNU and MNA and wheat plantation. Next, the commander viewed winter crop Genes Linked To Parkinson’s Side Effects Identified rocking — side effects plantations in Pauk-in catchment area in a motorcade. known as L-DOPA- At papaya farm of Farmer U Tin Myo, the commander SCIENCEDAILY, 31 commonly suffer a seemingly miraculously, induced dyskinesias. oversaw cucumber strains and thriving cucumber Jan— People with slowing or freezing of by taking L-DOPA or "L-DOPA-induced plantations and gave necessary instructions. — MNA Parkinson's disease movement caused by the related drugs that mimic dyskinesias are a major

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1-2-09 NL 9 7/29/18, 1:52 PM 10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 1 February, 2009 Collective cultivation of Mandalay Division to grow long summer paddy in Pyay NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan – A collective cultivation of staple cotton extensively summer paddy took place on the farm of farmer U Hla Moe of Ngaywa village tract in Pyay Township on 23 January. NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan—Minister for Industry-1 mand Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe and the minister held a U Aung Thaung inspected progress in installing ma- meeting with members of the agricultural coordina- Chairman of Bago Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Southern Command Brig-Gen chines in Textile Factory under the Myanma Textile tion supervisory committee and farmers from Hla Min visited the cultivation. Industries in Pyawbwe this morning. Yamethin, Myingyan and NyaungU districts and The commander inspected cultivation of sunflower He called for earlier test run of the factory and townships at Kandaw Mingala Hall in Meiktila. The in Pegyi Village-tract and Khawar Dam near Chingyi growing shade trees and wind-breaking trees for commander called for extensive growing of long Village in Pandaung Township. greening the surrounding areas. staple cotton. He also inspected cultivation of summer paddy and The minister inspected Ngwechi (6) long staple The minister instructed the committee members ploughing in Tonkin Village. cotton purchasing depot in Kantaung Village, Meiktila to fulfil the requirements of local farmers, and cooper- The commander also inspected concrete sleeper fac- Township, and called for exactness in weighing goods, ate with local farmers for boosting purchase of cotton. tory construction project (Okshippin), private teak plan- and minimizing loss and wastage. The commander and the minister replied to the tation, Phankhapin reserve forest, construction of railroad Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace and queries raised by the farmers. section of Okshippin-Thekaw-Pandaung-Phayapaw Rail- Development Council Commander of Central Com- MNA road, construction of bridges and stations.—MNA Mechanized farming has been popular across the nation Article: Myint Maung Soe;Photos: Hla Shwe (Kaytumati)

(from page 16) machines for Chindwintha Brand small tractors such made higher profits last year. The per acre yield of that Possessing the gift of fertile soil and temperate as hoeing machines, 12-blade harrows, nine-blade cotton strain is 400 to 500 viss. climate, Myanmar has practised agriculture as major harrows, and three-blade scientific harrows. We sell Now, the plan to replace usual strains of crops business from time immemorial. So, it stands as an small tractors by installment. A tractor is priced at with high-yield ones is ongoing across the nation. The agro-based country, now. around four million kyats. A buyer has to pay by 40 Agricultural Research Department (Yezin) produces According to different geographical features percent in the first installment, and 30 percent each in and distributes high-yield strains of various crops to and climate patterns, the regions of the nation grow the second and third installments. We have run this farmers. In this regard, farmers should choose the various species of crops. It is fair to say that Myanmar factory for three years. We produce 25 units a month. strains that are suitable for their regions. is a land of crops. Up to now, we have produced and sold over 200 The major requirement for agriculture is water. Today, science and technology dominate other units." So, the government is constructing clusters of dams fields. Many countries have turned to technology- In relation to the performance of a tractor, he throughout the country. So far, the nation has seen 218 based agriculture. said, "These tractors are small ones, so it is easy to dams, the majority of which are in arid regions: Myanmar has been in the transition from con- maintain them, and it does not cost much to repair Mandalay, Sagaing and Magway divisions. Those ventional to mechanized farming for several years. In them. In particular, they are designed for less fuel regions get an average annual rainfall of only 30 the process, the nation is practising advanced farming consumption. A 12-blade tractor can plough 10 acres inches. Agricultural farms in the regions are making or model farming system. in eight hours, and a three-blade tractor can plough progress to a certain degree thanks to the irrigation Modern farming amounts to replacing of cattle four acres in eight hours. A tractor consumes about one facilities. Use of correct agricultural methods, pro- with tractors and combine harvesters, use of high- gallon of fuel an acre." portionate ratio of humus and fertilizers, and use of yield strains, supply of sufficient irrigation water, use Many other industrial zones sell Leya-16 Brand correct pesticides are also necessary for boosting per of correct agricultural methods, and proportionate and Leya-22 Brand tractors by installment. So, farmers acre yields of crops. ratio of inorganic and organic fertilizers. have come to use tractors in place of cattle. Now, the Now, mechanized farming has been popular all On the recent trip to Hsinthe Dam in Nay Pyi use of tractors has covered 35 percent of the total sown over the nation due to greater use of tractors, quality Taw Tatkon, we came across a convoy of small acreage of the nation. and high-yield strains of crops and correct agricul- tractors on Yangon-Mandalay Highway. U Myint Use of high-yield strains of crops is part of the tural methods. Thein of Thiha Tun Co Ltd of Monywa Industrial drive for mechanized farming. Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon ***** Zone told the Myanma Alin, "These tractors are our and Meiktila townships, for instance, replaced usual Translation: MS company's products. We also produce ploughing strain of cotton with Ngwechi (6) strain cotton and Myanma Alin: 30-1-2009

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Tuti Yusupowa, 128 Iran says US has no choice, but change years old, is seen in the TEHERAN, 31 Jan—Iran’s government change.” village in spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham on He said the US request of the talks Karakalpakistan in a Saturday urged the United States to change “means the passivity of the Western remote region of its policy towards Iran and the world, thought, the failure of capitalist thought Uzbekistan on 28 Jan, saying the country has no choice. and the failure of the system of 2009. Yusupowa, who Responding to the US offer of direct domination.” was born on 1 July, talks between Iran and the United States, “The only way out of this passivity 1880, is the world’s Elham said that “there remains no choice is to change the outlook to the world and oldest woman, said a for the United States but change, and to the human being which is the most state official Safar this change is determined to be done,” important discourse in today’s world,” Hakimov who is Iran’s Mehr news agency reported. he added. working on a field Elham said that “the US behavior of Iranian President Mahmoud survey to discover focusing on the secondary matters will Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that the people aged over 100 in not solve any issue. Negotiation and the United States must make a the country. Picture like is secondary, the main issue is there “fundamental” change in its policy taken on 28 Jan, 2009. is left no other choice in the world but instead of only tactics.—Internet INTERNET Musical drama takes Shaolin Senior official urges to safeguard culture to the world social equity, stability BEIJING, 31 Jan—“Shaolin In The Wind”, a kung- BEIJING, 31 Jan—A senior official with Communist fu musical drama performed by the Zhengzhou Party of China (CPC) has urged to ensure social equity Theatrical Troupe, will hit the Australian stage 33 and maintain social stability in promoting the country’s times in only 40 days. economic growth. Starting on 28 Jan and covering Sydney, Canberra Zhou Yongkang, member of the Standing and Melbourne, it will set the record as the longest Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central continual period for a Chinese drama to perform in a Committee, made the remark in an article to be foreign country. published in the journal Qiushi (Seeking Truth), run by Sound Bite: Zhang Xiangrong, head of the the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Zhengzhou Theatrical Troupe China on 1 Feb. “Shaolin In The Wind” tells the legend of a Shaolin Zhou, also secretary of the Political and Legislative A man hangs a Vietnamese hat on a tourism booth monk. It’s a story about the conflict between good and Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee, evil, set alongside the tragic romance of the eastern promoting Vietnam at Madrid’s International said that law enforcement organs should push forward world. “Shaolin In The Wind” incorporates Tourism Trade Fair (FITUR) on its inauguration reforms of working mechanism and judiciary system. international standards of dance to express the core of day on 28 Jan, 2009. FITUR is a grand international He also stressed that all the law enforcement organs the Chinese culture and its national spirit. People from should well comprehend and implement the Scientific tourism fair with over a hundred participating every country and culture can understand it. Outlook on Development, the Party’s new creed, and Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting countries and thousands of companies showcasing maintain social stability to celebrate the new China’s from Zhengzhou.—Internet their products and services.—INTERNET 60th anniversary of founding on 1 Oct.—Internet In thi on 27 Jan, 2009 file China’s software industry posts 29% photo, Honda cars are seen parked at docks in revenue growth for 2008 Southampton, England, BEIJING, 31 Jan—China’s software industry reported a 29-percent revenue on 27 Jan, 2009. Some growth for 2008 from one year earlier, the Ministry of Industry and IT have 4,200 auto workers at announced. Honda’s British plant in Software technology services were the biggest driving factor, up 40 percent Swndon worked their last from 2007. And software products followed with a 17 percent rise. shift on Friday before a An official with the ministry said high-tech industries had developed in a quick four-month layoff as the and stable manner in 2008 despite the global economic crisis. Japanese carmaker seeks Output from industry leading state-owned and privately-owned high-tech to cut costs.—INTERNET companies, with annual sales revenues of more than five million yuan, was up 14 percent from the previous year. Philippines to help Brunei to develop And production of high-end products such as laptops and LCD TV’s also rose by more than 20 percent. agricultural sector The software industry generated 580 billion yuan of revenue in 2007, up 21 percent year-on-year. KUALA LUMPUR, 31 ending his three-day visit Arroyo said that Brunei Jan—The Philippines is to the Philippines on had shown interest in Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.—Internet expected to help Brunei to Saturday, according to the seeking assistance from develop its agricultural Brunei Times. the Philippines in rice A model displays a sector, according to The Philippines production as Brunei creation by designer Brunei newspapers on would send a delegation hoped to achieve self- Minh Hanh of Saturday. to assist Brunei in its drive sufficiency in agriculture Vietnam during a This was one of the to develop its agricultural production. outcomes of talks between sector as one result of the Arroyo said that her Rome Fashion Week Brunei Sultan Hassanal closed-door discussions country will send a Haute Couture Bolkiah and Philippines between the leaders of the delegation to visit Brunei Spring/Summer President Gloria two countries, the to discuss mutual 2009 show on 31 Macapagal Arroyoin newspaper said. cooperation in agriculture, Manila on Friday. According to a joint according to the Jan, 2009. Brunei Sultan statement issued on the newspaper. INTERNET Hassanal Bolkiah was closed-door meeting, Internet

1-2-09 NL 11 7/29/18, 1:52 PM 12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 1 February, 2009 Invitation To Tender Most Irish expect EU Save the Children is an international aid agency responding to Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. Save the Children wish to invite competent, reliable and legally registered construction companies for the construc- treaty vote to pass tion of sub rural health centres as follows; DUBLIN, 31 Jan—Most Irish people expect that • 2 centres in Ngapudaw Township (Ayeyarwaddy division) Ref#CONS/HEA/NPW/001 any second referendum on the European Union’s • 4 centres in Kyauktan Township (Yangon division) Ref # CONS/HEA/KYT/002 reform treaty would be passed, a national poll on • 4 centres in Kungyangone Township (Yangon division) Ref # CONS/HEA/KCG/003 Friday showed. The Irish voted “No” in June to the Lisbon The interested bidders can obtain the complete set of bidding documents at SC offices in Treaty, but since then a deepening recession has • Kyauktan, No. 25 Saybowa Block, Yangon-Kyauktan road nd raised concerns about Ireland losing its status in • Yangon, No. 224 A, Solomon Tower, 2 Floor, U Wisara Road, Bahan Township • Kunchangone, No. 102 Myoma street, Myoma Block Europe. • Thingangon, Ywarma Street, Ywarma quarter, Ngapudaw Township The former “Celtic Tiger” economy has suffered • The bidding documents can be collected not later than 6th February 2009 at 17.00 h a reversal of fortune with a severe, two-year down- • The bidding SEALED documents should be received by Save the Children not later than 13th February turn in house prices prompting the government to 2009 at 17.00 h; clearly specifying Ref # on the envelope. forecast a 4 percent drop in economic output this year — the worst recession on record. Police detain man with Ireland is expected to hold a second referendum Detained Mexican on the treaty later this year after winning conces- $2.5 million sions from EU members who want it fully ratified beauty queen released by the end of 2009. MEXICO CITY, 31 Jan—Police say they have detained an Ecuadorean man for carrying about $2.5 million in MEXICO CITY, 31 Jan— nition and $45,000 with Ireland was the first euro zone economy to slip cash in a suitcase at Mexico City’s international air- Prosecutors ruled on Fri- them inside a vehicle. into recession last year. port. day that a Mexican She was stripped of Nearly 60 percent of respondents in the The Public Safety Department said on Friday the beauty queen be released one of her crowns — the Lansdowne poll said Ireland would pass a second money was found during a routine inspection of lug- from house arrest after title she won in the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty later this year, gage being taken aboard a flight bound for Colombia. investigations in a drug Hispanoamerican Queen and 61 percent said they were concerned about the The man who registered the suitcase was taken into and weapons case turned pageant in October — but country losing its status in Europe. custody. No charges were immediately filed. up no evidence against still holds the beauty ti- Nearly three quarters of the 1,000 people asked Police say inspectors became suspicious on Thurs- her. tle of the northern state of said the government was handling the economy day when they saw lots of rectangular shapes in the Laura Zuniga, 23, was Sinaloa, long known as a poorly, up from 63 percent in September. Just less man’s suitcase. detained in western center for Mexico’s drug than half said they expected the recession, which The shapes turned out to be 153 stacks of US cur- Mexico on 23 Dec, in a cartels. started in 2008, to last more than three years. rency wrapped in plastic. vehicle along with seven Prosecutors on Friday Around 56 percent said they expected the gov- Mexico is a main transit route for Colombian co- men, some of them sus- said Zuniga should be re- ernment, whose term runs out in 2012, would be caine being smuggled to the United States, and traf- pected drug traffickers. leased and local media forced into a general election this year. fickers often try to move proceeds from drug sales back Authorities found a large reported that she left cus- Highlighting the soured public mood in Ireland, to Colombia.—Internet stash of weapons, ammu- tody later that day. 46 percent of those surveyed said they expected The Attorney Gener- their personal situation to be worse off next year. Murderous mum killed child for lover al’s Office said in a state- In 1997, when Ireland’s economy was booming, ment that “no informa- that was only 9 percent. OTTAWA, 31 Jan — A Nova Scotia heard she nearby LaHave River and tion was found that tie Interviewing for the poll was conducted between Canadian mother mur- drove Karissa to a remote rolled her daughter’s life- (Zuniga) to any criminal 12 and 23 January. dered her only child in a spot near the town of less body down to the activity.”—Internet Internet twisted bid to save her re- Bridgewater in January river bank, later discard- lationship with a boy- 2008 and told her to get ing some of Karissa’s friend, a court official out of the car. clothes in a public gar- Water cutbacks on tap for Mexico City said. They argued and Penny bage can. VILLA DE ALLENDE, 31 Jan—Five “The city will not suffer what you Penny Boudreau, 34, tackled Karissa to the In a bid to conceal her million residents in Mexico City and could call a water crisis,” said Ramon pleaded guilty and was ground, pinned her with crime Boudreau reported its metro area could soon start feeling Aguirre of the Mexico City water de- sentenced to life in prison her knees, wrapped twine her daughter missing, ap- the effects of water cutbacks imposed partment. “We will have 85 percent of with no possibility of pa- around her neck and stran- pearing two days later on on Friday due to drought conditions. the water we would normally receive.” role for 20 years for strangled her. television to plead for her Water behind the Cutzamala dam Officials admit the only solution to gling her 12-year-old “Karissa said: to come home before system is below normal levels after a the water woes is a change in usage daughter Karissa after her ‘Mommy, don’t’,” pros- Karissa’s frozen body was lack of rain in 2008, according to of- habits, particularly in Mexico City, boyfriend had given her ecutor Paul Scovil told the discovered by searchers. ficials. The dam system accounts for which uses more water than the rest of an ultimatum: Karissa or court, as relatives sobbed, Boudreau was arrested 20 percent of the water used in Mexico the country combined. him. according to local media. for the murder in June City and its surrounding area. “For certain, this is priority No 1 for The Supreme Court of Boudreau then drove to 2008.—Internet “This year, the amount of rainfall Mexico City, not only because we have in the area diminished significantly,” announced a reduction this weekend in Eight killed in South African butcher said Javier Ramirez, head of the the supply from Cutzamala, but also Cutzamala system. “It wasn’t enough because it has to do with shop bloodbath after heist goes awry to fill up the dams. In past years, the sustainability,” said Marcelo Ebrard, DURBAN, 31 Jan—A cash heist at a butcher shop in the South African port of general water level of the dam system head of Mexico City’s government. Durban ended in a bloodbath Friday when police fatally shot all eight suspects as had gone up a little bit, but this year “That is to say, the city cannot keep they fled with their loot. it was really scarce.” having the same pattern that it now has, “The suspects entered the butcher’s and held up people at gunpoint. They later The valves from the dam system are a pattern that until recently believed fled with an unspecified amount of money. The police gave chase,’’ Police Inspec- being shut down from Friday until that the resource is unlimited.” tor Michael Read said. “Police shot dead all eight suspects, all men, after they lost Monday. There will be cutbacks at the Thousands of families in the affected control of the vehicle in which they were fleeing.” end of each month through May. Of- areas have already started to store wa- One policeman and two bystanders were injured in the exchange of fire, In- ficials say the move should save 10 ter. Local and federal authorities are spector Read said, adding that all the money had been recovered. million cubic meters (2.64 billion gal- also preparing a national campaign to More than 50 suspects die every month in South Africa from bullets or at the lons) of water in that time. raise public awareness of water hands of police in a country which has one of the world’s highest crime rates. Despite the cutbacks, officials say consumption. Internet the available amount is still adequate. Internet

1-2-09 NL 12 7/29/18, 1:52 PM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 1 February, 2009 13 Protein may predict disease progression MESSINA, 31 Jan — vances to a more serious trophil Gelatinase-Associ- Italian researchers have form.The investigators ated Lipocalin levels than found blood or urine lev- evaluated the blood and patients whose disease did els of a protein may pre- urine levels of Neutrophil not progress. Both urinary dict kidney disease pro- Gelatinase-Associated Neutrophil Gelatinase-As- gression. Lipocalin in 96 patients sociated Lipocalin and The study, published in with non-terminal chronic blood Neutrophil the Clinical Journal of the kidney disease. By the end Gelatinase-Associated American Society Neph- of the year-and-a-half Lipocalin levels predicted rology, suggests a small study, 31 patients experi- worsening of chronic kid- protein released from the enced significant progres- ney disease. kidney’s injured tubular sion of their disease — in “Our study offers a cells — called Neutrophil some cases developing great new tool for preven- Gelatinase-Associated end-stage renal disease. tion of renal failure pro- Starting on 1 Feb , all Verizon Wireless Communications Stores across the Lipocalin — could help The researchers noted gression,” study leader Dr nation will have live Verizon Hubs available to test out. The Verizon Hub, the identify patients in need of that at the start of the Michele Buemi of the Uni- first-ever VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) home telecommunications more aggressive care be- study, the patients who versity of Messina in Italy system featuring fully integrated connectivity with family members’ wireless cause their chronic kidney developed advanced dis- said in a statement. phones, gives busy families information at their fingertips from an easy-to- disease is likely to ad- ease had had higher Neu- Internet navigate touch screen with clear icons.—INTERNET Possible flu silver bullet Denmark releases Bacon Explosion recipe tested on mice UFO archives an Internet hit TOKYO, 31 Jan — Japa- National Institute of Infec- COPENHAGEN, 31 Jan—The Danish Air Force has KANSAS CITY 31 Jan— City Star reported Friday. nese researchers say tious Diseases, Hokkaido released 329 pages of previously classified archives A pair of Kansas City, US News & World Re- they’ve developed a new, University, Saitama Medi- on UFO sightings, including details on more than 200 Mo, pork enthusiasts said port quoted the two men universal flu vaccine, of- cal University and NOF unsolved cases. their online recipe for the as saying the dish was de- fering a possible silver bul- Corp. targeted the proteins Capt Thomas Pedersen said the military released artery-clogging Bacon signed to attract visitors to let against new strains of inside the virus, which the documents after growing weary of journalists ask- Explosion has been their barbecuing team’s the bug. morph little over time ing questions about them, the Copenhagen Post re- viewed about 390,000 Web site, Trials on mice have compared with proteins on ported Friday. times. BBQAddicts.com. shown promising results the surface. “We decided to publish the archives because frankly The Bacon Explosion, Chronister said the Bacon even on strains that can The vaccine has an arti- there is nothing really secret in them,” Pedersen said. the brainchild of Aaron Explosion “got so much mutate quickly, Yomiuri ficial version of the protein “The Air Force has no interest in keeping unusual Chronister and friend traction on the Web be- Shimbun reported Friday. developed by the team that sightings a secret. Our job is to maintain national se- Jason Day, contains two cause it seems so over the Previous vaccines were is attached to a special curity, not investigate UFOs.” pounds of bacon coupled top.” —Internet developed based on pro- membrane, the Japanese The Air Force said the archives contain details of with two pounds of Ital- teins resembling barbs that publication said. When the unexplained events occurring between 1978 and 2002, ian sausage, totaling about Man gets life covered the outer surface vaccine is injected, im- before the job of chronicling UFO sightings went to a 5,000 calories and 500 for killing of the virus, researchers mune system cells attack group called Scandinavian UFO Information.—Internet grams of fat, the Kansas said. When a virus enters virus-infected cells. male intern the body of a vaccinated “We’ll investigate what MEDIA, 31 Jan—A person, antibodies detect dosage will be safe and ef- Pennsylvania man was the barbs and try to sup- fective for humans,” said sentenced to life in prison press and fight off the vi- Tetsuya Uchida, a senior with no parole on Friday rus. The drawback was the researcher at the institute. for killing a young man he shape of the proteins dif- “I hope the vaccine can be supervised on the job. fers from strain to strain. put to practical use as soon William F Smithson, Researchers from the as possible.”—Internet 43, of Thornbury, a Phila- Fastest electric car hits delphia suburb, must serve an additional 108 to 208 the road months in prison on top of his life term, Judge Barry WEST RICHLAND, 31 Jan will prove that electric- — US niche automaker powered vehicles will not Dozer said. Shelby Supercars unveiled only match but also pro- The family of Jason on Friday what it calls the vide more overall per- Shephard asked for the Outfielders : Pelicans try to catch a fish at the zoo in Hanover, central world’s fastest electric car formance than internal additional time because Germany.—INTERNET — a vehicle capable of hit- combustion cars,” a com- they wanted to make sure ting 208 mph. pany spokesman said. Smithson received a maxi- The Ultimate Aero EV The Ultimate Aero EV Scientists warn of more acidic oceans mum sentence, The Phila- is not only capable of fly- is expected to reach show- MONACO, 31 Jan—Greenhouse gases are putting oceans at risk of becoming too delphia Inquirer reported. ing down the road, it can rooms by the end of the acidic to support reefs and marine life, scientists at a UN forum in Monaco warned Shephard, 23, was an be recharged in 10 min- year. The price of the car on Friday. intern for Daktronics, a utes, using a system the has not been announced. More than 150 scientists called on governments to take immediate action to re- manufacturer of score- company calls “Charge on Shelby Supercars also duce carbon dioxide emissions in the Monaco Declaration on Ocean Acidification boards based in South Da- the Run,” the Telegraph makes the fastest gas- drafted during the conference, the United Nations said in a news release. kota. Prosecutors said reported Friday. powered car currently in In the declaration, the marine scientists from 26 countries said acidity levels were Smithson invited him over, On the road, the Ulti- production, the SSC Ulti- accelerating and their negative impacts could be corralled by reducing the amounts drugged him and then mate Aero EV can reach mate Aero TT, which of greenhouse gases released to the atmosphere. strangled him because he 60 mph in 2.5 seconds, the reaches a top speed of 257 Prince Albert II of Monaco urged political leaders to consider the declaration resisted his sexual ad- company said. mph. before negotiations at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen at the vances. “The Ultimate Aero EV Internet end of this year.—Internet Internet

1-2-09 NL 13 7/29/18, 1:52 PM 14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 1 February, 2009 Owen out for six weeks S P O R T S NEWCASTLE, 31 Jan— missing for about 10 weeks Struggling Newcastle but we have to soldier on (31.1.2009) confirmed on Friday that and put out the best team Federer’s favourite, England international we can.”—Internet Stoke City 1 - 0 Manchester City striker Michael Owen will Arsenal 0 - 0 West Ham United says shattered Nadal be sidelined for up to six Aston Villa 0 - 0 Wigan Athletic MELBOURNE, 31 Jan— weeks with ankle liga- Bolton 3 - 2 Tottenham Spain’s shattered Rafael ment damage. Nadal has named Roger Owen, who had scored Fulham 3 - 1 Portsmouth Federer as clear favourite 10 goals this season, Hull City 2 - 2 West Bromwich for their Australian Open limped off after just 19 Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Blackburn final after the top seed’s minutes of Wednesday’s Manchester United 1 - 0 Everton gruelling semi with 2-1 defeat by Manchester Fernando Verdasco. City at St James’ Park. Nadal, who sobbed as “It’s a big blow and the he earned three match injuries are mounting up,” Michael Owen, will be points after five hours and Newcastle manager Joe sidelined for up to six 14 minutes — an Austral- Kinnear told the club weeks with ankle ian Open record — against website. Spain’s Rafael Nadal ligament damage. his fellow Spaniard was “Joey Barton is also INTERNET facing a race against time to recover for Sunday’s final. “It’s going to be a little bit tough on Sunday. Roger Man United’s Ferguson had Friday off and only three sets in his semi-final so now, for sure, he’s the favourite,” said Nadal. rejects 2012 Olympics job “But I’ll try my best.” MANCHESTER, 31 Jan—Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has ruled out coaching a British soccer After the brutal but high-quality marathon, Verdasco Arsenal’s Gael Clichy (L) challenges West Ham netted the final point at 1:07 am on Saturday and Nadal team at the 2012 London Olympics. The 67-year-old Scot held informal talks last year United’s Valon Behrami during their English was still talking to the media at 3:00 am. Premier League soccer match at the Emirates He said he would have a massage, eat and try to sleep about the role with British Prime Minister Gordon stadium in London on 31 Jan, 2009.—INTERNET as long as possible on Saturday before a light practice Brown and London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe, but session in the evening. The final is scheduled for 7:30 said he does not want another job. Stoilov named as new Bulgaria coach pm (0830 GMT) on Sunday. “No. I won’t turn to international management,” Nadal, 22, is unlikely to be fully recovered after Ferguson said Friday in the club’s magazine, Inside SOFIA, 31 Jan— Litex being stretched to the limit by his fellow left-hander, United. “When I’ve finished here, I think I deserve a Lovech coach Stanimir who bounced back from an apparent injury problem to rest. After here, I’m finished.” Stoilov was on Friday force a gripping final set.—Internet Ferguson, who would be 70 when the Olympics handed the job of trying to begin, does not even believe there will be a combined guide struggling Bulgaria CROSSWORDS PUZZLE British team at the games. into the 2010 World Cup Internet finals. Stoilov succeeds Newcastle complete Nolan signing Plamen Markov who was Newcastle, 31 Jan—Newcastle on Friday completed sacked in December after the four-million-pound signing of former Bolton cap- the team’s disappointing tain Kevin Nolan. start to their World Cup Litex Lovech coach Nolan, 26, has signed a four-and-a-half year con- qualifying campaign Stanimir Stoilov tract and goes straight into the squad for Sunday’s which has seen them draw northeast derby clash with Sunderland. their opening three Group Stoilov, who is likely to Once tipped to become an England international, Eight games. remain in charge of his Nolan has gone off the boil over the last year and felt They are currently club side, briefly coached he needed a fresh challenge to revitalise his career. seven points behind lead- the national team in 2007 He said he would relish the prospect of a derby ers, and reigning world after the resignation of debut. champions, Italy, and four Bulgaria’s 1994 World “It’s a massive game to come into and hopefully one off second-placed Ireland. Cup star striker Hristo in which we can get the win and start getting away from The 41-year-old Stoichkov.—Internet that relegation zone.” Nolan represents manager Joe Kinnear’s second Chelsea manager slams ACROSS DOWN breakthrough in the transfer market in the wake of unfair referees 1 Unsullied 2 Lariat Danish winger Peter Lovenkrands’ arrival last week. COBHAM, 31 Jan—Luiz Felipe Scolari fears Chel- 4 French naval base 3 Allowance to divorced Internet 10 Uneasy wife sea’s Premier League challenge could be wrecked by 11 Furze 5 Rascal referees who punish his team more than their title 12 Snapshot 6 Excel rivals. 13 Repeat 7 Symbolic diagram Scolari is convinced the Blues are being picked on 15 Designation 8 Fabric for overalls by officials and highlighted Lee Probert’s failure to 17 Outer covering of 9 Make merry send off Mohamed Shawky after the Middlesbrough flower 14 Look after midfielder handled when he had already been booked 19 Sound 16 Drastically cut foen in Wednesday’s 2-0 win at the Bridge as concrete 22 Swirl 18 Soothe evidence. 25 Waterfall 20 Bivalves The Brazilian believes the likes of Manchester United 27 Wooden shoe 21 Climb and Liverpool — who Chelsea face in a crucial clash on 29 Furlough 23 Exclude Sunday — get more decisions going their way at home 30 Windflower 24 Scatter Newcastle on Friday completed the because they put pressure on referees and make life 31 Insignificant 26 Expert four-million-pound signing of former Bolton uncomfortable for them. 32 Stage-whisper 28 Litter captain Kevin Nolan.—INTERNET Internet

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Asleep in Jesus MRTV-3 Ms Florence Jarvis (Toungoo) Programme Schedule Retired Sister YGH (1.2.2009) (Sunday) Age (86) years Eldest daughter of Mr JF Jarvis and Daw Than Transmission Times of Toungoo Sister of (Patsy-Daw Saw Po), (Cyril)- Daw Khin Shwe Mar, (Ernest)-Daw Shirley, Local Transmission - (09:00am ~ 10:00am) MST Abroad Transmission (Charles)- Silvy, Rev Mother Josephine Mary, (Europe) - (15:30pm ~ 23:30pm) MST (Sisters of Reparation, Toungoo), (Vincent-Daw Abroad Transmission Mya Mya Aye), Cecy-U Hla Win, Rita-U Victor (North America) - (23:30pm ~ 07:30am) MST Myo Myint, Christopher and Magdalena, fell Asleep in Jesus, on Friday, 30th January, 2009 at 6 pm. Local Transmission Burial will take place on 2-2-09, after funeral * Signature Tune service at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Toungoo for * Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights entombment at St Lazarus Cemetry RIP. * Aungpan Oranges * Kiss of Death * With the Gentle Breeze.... * Coconut Juice and Its Palm-Leaf Hat * Myanmar Traditional Marionette Theatre (Part-I) * Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights Abroad Transmissions * Signature Tune * Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights * Palm Leaf Inscription * Travelogue “Sagaing” WEATHER * Floral Lovers’ Paradise (National Kandawgyi Gardens) * Let’s Strive for Environmental Conservation: Saturday, 31 January, 2009 Clearance of Discarded Plastic Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr * Shwe Li-1 Hydropower Project MST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly * New, Modernized Myanmar Food cloudy in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine States, Mandalay, * Myanmar Modern Song Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair in * Aungpan Oranges * Kiss of Death the remaining States and Divisions. Night temperatures Performers dance during the 37th Chingay * With the Gentle Breeze.... were (4˚C) below January average temperatures in Chin State, (3˚C) above January average temperatures in Man- Parade in Singapore on 30 Jan, 2009. More than * Myanmar Traditional Morionette Theature (PartI) * Women with Remarkable Necks dalay and Taninthayi Divisions and about January aver- 4,300 performers from all over the world attended * Village Use Area Zoning Process (Hukaung Tiger age temperatures in the remaining States and Divisions. the annual street parade on Friday night to Reserve) The significant night temperatures were Loilem (0˚C), celebrate China’s lunar New Year, attracting tens * Glazed Earthen Pot Namhsam (3˚C), Pinlaung and Haka (4˚C) each. * Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights Maximum temperature on 30-1-2009 was 93˚F. of thousands of visitors.—INTERNET Website: www.mrtv3.net.mm Minimum temperature on 31-1-2009 was 62˚F. Relative humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 31-1-2009 was 80%. 8:45 am 2:50 pm 6:30 pm Total sunshine hours on 30-1-2009 was (8.5) hrs approx. 8. Musical programme 9. International news 10. Weather report Rainfall on 31-1-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, 11:00 am 4:00 pm 6:35 pm Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1- kat∑n∑ \;As\ Âs√^ \\ 1. Martial song 1. Martial song 11. kat∑n∑∑ \;As\\ Âs√^^ \\\ 2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central 11:10 am 4:10 pm “Pocket Dragon Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mph from Southeast at (11:30) hours MST on 2. Musical programme 2. Song of national races Adventure” 30-1-2009. 11:25 am 4:20 pm 6:55 pm 12. tsm¥k\\\\\ N\\\\\ ats˙˙˙˙˙ k\\\\\ k∑∑∑∑∑ sa\\\\\ Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the West Sunday, 1 February 3. 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Ak‘piciiii \p\\\\ ∑´∑´∑´∑´∑´ will be partly cloudy in Shan State, upper Sagaing, Yangon 7:25 am (Apiuciuiuiuiu \;-19)\\\\ (p’k´∑´∑´∑’k´∑´∑ kiiiii Kc\\\\\ )]\\\\\ 4:50 pm and Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the re- 2. To be healthy exercise 12:15 pm 7:10 pm maining areas. Degree of certainty is (40%). 6. 2009KNuuuuu s˙˙˙˙˙ 'tk\\\\\ q˚˚˚˚˚ luuiiuiuuii wc\\\\\ saem;p\\\\\ ´´∑∑´∑´´∑∑ Niuciu \c\ MKa;zatMKa;zat\lm\ \;t\ ∑´∑´ 7:30 am 5. Golf magazine (TV) 13. Niuciuiu \c\\ MKa;zatMMKa;zat\lm\\ \;t\\ ∑´∑´∑´ State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate in Baqarp\S\\\\ iuciuiuiuiu \raqc\\\\ \Kn\\\\ \;sa\\\\ 3. Morning news 12:30 pm {qsaNßßßßß c˙˙˙˙˙ y.\.\.\.\.\ √˙˙˙˙˙ eqaemt\\\\\ a}††††† Myanmar waters. (RpebdBaqarp¨¨¨¨¨ ) (Ap\\\\\ cuuuiiuuiii ;-k)\\\\\ 7:40 am 6. mnmnmab\\\\\ d^^^^^ y^^^^^ zatiuiuiuiuiu lm\\\\\ ;\\\\\ (Apiuicuiuiuiu \;-16)\\\\ Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of 4. Nice and sweet song {qeyaz√MMMMM l\\\\\ n∑∑∑∑∑ ;tc\\\\\ qv\\\\\ ’k..’k.\\..\\\ ;}iiiii 5:20 pm 8:00 pm slight increase of night temperatures in the Northern 7:55 am (mc\;qs\\\\ ßa'ßßßß Âkv\l\\\\ ´.l´.´.´.´. ´.√´.´.´.´. ^;)^^^^ 7. Songs to uphold 14. News Myanmar areas. 5. y√\ek¥;l\\\\ imiiii μa(38)Pamgμμμμ çlaçççç (dåRiukiuiuiuiu \ta-sN\\\\ ∂aeAac∂∂∂∂ \q\\\\ iniiii \;)\\\\ national spirit 15. International news Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area 8:15 am 2:25 pm 5:30 pm 16. Weather report for 1-2-2009: Generally fair weather. 6. ASiui‘puiuiui‘pu iciiii \p\\\\ ∑´∑´∑´∑´∑´ 7. Musical programme 8. Sing and enjoy 17. Niuciuiuiuiu \c\\\\ MKa;zatMMMKa;zatM \lm\\\\ \;t\\\\ ∑´∑´∑´∑´∑´ Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 1-2-2009: Partly cloudy. 8:30 am 2:35 pm 6:00 pm {Âkmamμμμμμ nuuuuu t\\\\\ cuiuiuiuiui ;}\\\\\ Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area 7. International news 8. At^^;‘p^^^ iiciii \\p\\\ ∑∑´´∑´∑∑´´ 9. 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1-2-09 NL 15 7/29/18, 1:52 PM 7th Waxing of Tabodwe 1370 ME Sunday, 1 February, 2009 Foreign Affairs Minister, TCG meet Nay Pyi Taw Traffic Rules Enforcement Supervisory Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Committee meets NAY P YI TAW, 31 Jan — The meeting (4/2009) of Nay Pyi Taw Traffic Rules Enforcement Supervi- sory Committee was held at Nay Pyi Taw Command yesterday. Patron of the committee Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin addressed the meeting. The chairman of the committee reported on traffic accidents and enforcement of traffic rules. Later, the commander gave instructions to the officials after hearing the reports on work being done by the committee and the subcommittees. MNA

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Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win meets Special Advisor to UN PREVENTIVE MEASURES Secretary-General Mr. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan —Special Advisor to the Win at five-storey Guest House in Yangon at 1 p.m. and Secretary-General of the United Nations Mr. Ibrahim Tripartite Core Group at the Chatrium Hotel at 3.55 p.m. Earthquake News Agboola Gambari and party arrived in Yangon at 9.25 In the evening, Minister U Nyan Win hosted a a.m. today. dinner to Mr.Gambari at Mya Yeik Nyo Royal Hotel. NAY PYI TAW, 31 Jan—The Meteorology and Mr. Gambari met Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan MNA Hydrology Department today announced that a moderate earthquake of intensity (5.1) on Richter Scale Fewer Days Of Extreme Cold And More selected 262 European observatories which ana- with its epicenter about (358) miles South-West of Days Of Extreme Heat In Europe lysed the series of minimum and maximum daily Kaba-Aye Seismological observatory in Myanmar SCIENCEDAILY, 31 Jan— Scientists from the temperatures from 1955 to 1998 to estimate trend water region was recorded at (10) hrs (57) min (33) Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have variations in extreme temperature events. Accord- sec M.S.T on 31st January, 2009.—MNA ing to the study, in Europe days of extreme cold are decreasing and days of extreme heat increasing. From 0.5ºC to 1ºC in the average minimum tem- INSIDE perature, and from 0.5ºC to 2ºC in the average maximum temperature. Pakokku, Yesagyo, Pwintbyu and Continuous rises in annual temperatures in Myaing Townships in Pakokku District certain areas lead to “changes in the environment and are making a good progress in growing significant increases in the frequency of values considered extreme temperatures”, SINC was told by paddy, cotton, sugarcane, beans and pulses Emiliano Hernández, Professor of Atmospheric Phys- and edible oil crops thanks to the new ics at the UCM and one of the study's authors. irrigation facilities. Frecuency of extreme heat (DCE) from 1955 to 1998. Internet PERSPECTIVES PAGE 2 Mechanized farming has been popular across the nation Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Hla Shwe (Kaytumati)

A convoy of small tractors near Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon Township on their way to Hpa-an. (See page 10)

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