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Volume XIV, Number 97 13th Waning of Waso 1368 ME Saturday, 22 July, 2006

Four political objectives Four economic objectives Four social objectives * Stability of the State, community peace * Development of agriculture as the base and all-round * Uplift of the morale and morality of and tranquillity, prevalence of law and development of other sectors of the economy as well the entire nation * Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic order * Uplift of national prestige and integ- system * National reconsolidation rity and preservation and safeguard- * Development of the economy inviting participation in * Emergence of a new enduring State ing of cultural heritage and national terms of technical know-how and investments from character Constitution sources inside the country and abroad * Building of a new modern developed * Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit * The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept * Uplift of health, fitness and education nation in accord with the new State in the hands of the State and the national peoples Constitution standards of the entire nation With all infrastructures built by State, people of Chin State are to strive for improvement of their livelihood and regional development Mindat-Matupi tarred road inaugurated

NAY P YI T AW,21 July — The 102-mile Mindat- Chin State (South). It is the main exit of Matupi as well with the State policy of ensuring harmonious develop- Matupi tarred road, built by Public Works, was inaugu- as a road that links Yezwa on Matupi-Haka Road. ment of all the regions across the country, the 102-mile rated in Matupi in Chin State yesterday morning with Mindat-Matupi Road was first built in 1955 and it was road had been opened successfully. Now there are an address by member of the State Peace and Develop- rebuilt into the earth road in 1973. Being the earth road, 1,062 miles of roads in Chin State compared to only ment Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the Ministry of it was not serviceable in the rainy season. 695 miles before 1988. In accord with the guidance of Defence. That was why the Head of State gave guidance the Head of State, 183 new bridges of 180 feet and Also present on the occasion were Chairman that measures were to be taken to improve the roads in above were built. Among them Bar Bridge in Chin of Sagaing Division PDC Commander of North-West Chin State. Pakokku-Pauk-Kyaukhtu-Mindat Road was State was first built. The bridge, 340 feet long, was Command Maj-Gen Tha Aye, Minister for Construc- opened on 27-11-2003 to get easy access to Mindat in built across Manipur River on 12-12-1992. It was tion Maj-Gen Saw Tun, Vice-Chairman of Chin State Chin State (South) and to improve economic, social opened on 13-3-1998. PDC Col Hsan Aung, officials of the SPDC office, and transport sectors by linking other states and Lt-Gen Ye Myint continued that another bridge departmental officials, local authorities and others divisions including Magway Division, he said. Four in the state is Kattel Suspension Bridge, 440 feet long, totalling 2000. groups were assigned duties to start upgrading Mindat- that was inaugurated on 25-4-2002. It lies on Tiddim- In his speech, Lt-Gen Ye Myint said in Chin Matupi Road on 12-12-2004. But there were difficul- Reed Road across Manipu River. In addition, State there are four main roads — Haka-Gangaw ties in building the road due to geographical condi- Manswang Bridge also situated on Tiddim-Reed Road Road, Haka-Matupi Road, Kalay-Falam-Haka Road tions. However, thanks to the strenuous efforts of across Manipura River was built on 20-3-2005. It is a and Mindat-Matupi Road. The 102-mile Mindat- personnel of Public Works and local people who bailey bridge with 460 feet in length. In the past the Matupi road opened today links Mindat and Matupi in actively participated in construction tasks in accord journey between Mindat and Matupi was rough and a day-long trip. But now one can travel from Matupi- Mindat to Pakokku within 12 hours, he added. The Chin State (North) is now in a position to get easy State, mobilizing its own resources, is building roads and bridges to ensure equitable development of all access to other states and divisions via Haka-Gangaw parts of the country and more unity and amity among national brethren. Not only in Chin State but exit and Kalay-Kalewa-Yagyi-Monywa exit. also in other states and divisions, roads, bridges, railroads, airports and jetties being built one after (See page 8)

Lt-Gen Ye Myint addresses the opening ceremony of Mindat-Matupi tarred road (102-mile) in Chin State. — MNA Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan. 2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 July, 2006 PERSPECTIVES People’s Desire Saturday, 22 July, 2006 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views Work hard in concert for * Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation * Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State greater progress of the Union * Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy The government, in its drive for national development, is implementing through Myanmar ASEAN Women’s harmonious combination for the border areas and national races development project that Friendship Association meets covers border areas, the 24-special development zones project that covers states and divisions, and the rural development tasks that cover countryside regions of the nation. As a result of the projects, all parts of the Union including Shan State have now had prospects for development. With the centre of the four of the development regions established under the plan by the government—Taunggyi, Lashio, Kengtung and Panglong—Shan State has seen peace, stability and all-round development. In the past, local youths in the fringes of Shan State were deprived of opportunity to pursue education owing to the armed insurgency. Now, peace and stability has been restored, and so almost all the villages have been served with Daw Myint Myint Soe, wife of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, delivers an address. — MNA schools, and local youths of national races have YANGON, 21 Foreign Affairs, executive Zaw Win-Daw Khin Khin Bangladeshi Women’s an easy access to higher education in Taunggyi July—The Fifth Annual committee members cum Htay, K 100,000 by U Lu Association, K 50,000 by University, Panglong University, Government General Meeting of the wives of senior officials of Maw-Daw Phyu Phyu U Sonny Aung Khin, K Technological College, Government Computer Myanmar ASEAN the Ministry of Foreign Nyunt, K 100,000 by U 50,000 by Training, Women’s Friendship Affairs, wives of the Hong Swan-Daw Aye Aye Research and Foreign College and Education College. Association (MAWFA) ambassadors and diplomats Mu, K 100,000 by Daw Languages Department of Today, Shan State has got basic foundations was held at the International from ASEAN embassies Myint Myint Aye, K the Ministry of Foreign for development such as a network of transport Business Centre here this in Yangon and the 100,000 by U Tun Myint- Affairs, K 100,000 by facilities, schools, universities and colleges where morning. association members. Daw Aye Aye Nyunt, K Indian Women’s local national race youths can pursue higher Member of the This was followed 100,000 by executive Association and others. education, specialists hospitals, general hospitals, Board of Patrons under the by the cash donations for members, US$ 50 by Daw Daw Myint Myint health care centres, rural health care centres and Association wife of the the association. The Kyi Kyi, K 50,000 by Soe and responsible coal-fired and hydro electric power stations. persons accepted the donations and presented In particular, the region has enjoyed certificates of honour to the increasing development with industrial zones them. and border trade centres that can effectively The meeting enhance regional development, such modern ended with the concluding border cities as Muse, Chinshwehaw, Laukkai, remarks by the chairperson Mongla and Tachilek, thriving tourism industry and a luncheon was hosted and good trade. to members of the The development of the entire Union association. including Shan State is the fruitful result of The MAWFA was formed on 26 July 2001 to efforts for restoring stability and peace. So, the promote cooperation and entire national people are duty-bound to make understanding and collaborative efforts in harmony for greater encourage cultural development of the Union, while preserving and exchange among the protecting the already-restored peace and peoples of Southeast Asia tranquillity. through the collaboration

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PHNOM PENH, 20 July—Cambodian depth development of our two countries,” Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Hor added. Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong on Hor said that Cambodia and Laos Wednesday held talks with visiting will soon sent their teams to resolve their Laotian counterpart Thongloun remaining border issues. Cambodian and Sisoulith, aimed at enhancing two Laos have already finished two-thirds of countries’ cooperation. bordering demarcation. They also agreed “We have in-depth talks on further to construct the highway linking the two strengthening the ties between our two countries as early as possible. countries and exchanged views over the Meanwhile, the two countries regional issues and issues of common determined to strengthen the cooperation concern,” Hor Namhong told reporters with other ASEAN member countries in after the meeting. Both of them praised an efforts to reduce the gap among them. the development of bilateral relationship Thongloun Sisoulith, Deputy Prime since diplomatic ties between the two Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs countries were established 50 years of Laos, arrived here on Wednesday ago. “We have continuous exchanges of afternoon to pay a three-day official visit visit at high levels recent year, which at the invitation of Hor Namhong. Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) holds a ceremony to welcome Swedish King has great importance to promote the in- MNA/Xinhua Carl XVI Gustaf in Beijing, China, on 20 July, 2006.ÐINTERNET A young sea lion Ten dead as storms sweep Japan stands by its new TOKYO, 20 July—At might trigger more a local official said. residence at the least 10 people died and mudslides and floods in About 200 troops Donghu Aquarium 13 went missing in Japan central and western joined hundreds of rescue of Wuhan, capital on Wednesday as Japan. workers in searching of central China’s torrential rains swept Among those affected, collapsed houses and Hubei Province on through a wide swathe of at least four died and four swollen rivers for those the country, triggering others went missing after missing in the region. 20 July, 2006. A mudslides and floods. mudslides struck houses A 66-year-old man “crystal palace” More than 60 cm (24 in Okaya, in Nagano drowned in an irrigation made up of ice inches) of rain has fallen prefecture in central channel in Yamanashi pieces was built for in the last few days, Japan, Kyodo News prefecture in central the sea lions to disrupting rail and road agency said. Japan, a local official avoid the hot traffic. Also in Okaya, an 80- said. A 26-year-old man Weather forecasters year-old woman was went missing after his car summer. warned that the rain found dead after her home was swept into a river in INTERNET could continue and was crushed by mudslides, the central Japanese prefecture of Gifu, Kyodo Two die in Dutch walk Thief compensates victim for News agency said. Two people remained sue to heat unaccounted for after a stolen bike mudslide buried a house A MSTERDAM, 20 July — Bordeaux and an 81-year- BERLIN,19 July—Police Soon afterwards, the person who saw the error in Kyoto prefecture on Two people died on old woman who lived in say a thief in Germany victim received an of his ways. You still get Wednesday, Kyodo Tuesday in the the city was found dead in was so overcome with anonymous letter from them you know.” quoted local officials as Netherlands on the first her home. remorse at having stolen a the thief containing Internet saying.—MNA/Reuters day of a four-day walk Both suffered from bicycle, he wrote the victim $670 in cash—the exact after temperatures rose to medical conditions a letter and fully value of the bicycle Gunmen kill senior official more than 30 degrees aggravated by high recompensed him for the according to the police Celsius (86 degrees temperatures, local loss. notice. Fahrenheit), Dutch authorities said. After the theft in the “The thief also told in western Baghdad television said. A heatwave in 2003 Bavarian village of the man he was sorry BAGHDAD, 20 July— occurred near Technology Around 300 people killed some 15,000 people Bidingen was reported, he couldn’t remember Unknown gunmen shot University in eastern fainted and 30 walkers had in France, with bodies police in nearby Mark- where he’d left the dead a senior official of Karradah neighbourhood, to be taken to hospital piled up in mortuaries and toberdorf made an appeal bike,” police spokesman the Iraqi Interior Ministry killing five people and because of the heat. unclaimed corpses buried in a local paper for any Gerhard Kreis said. in western Baghdad on wounding 18 others. Temperatures in the in paupers’ graves. witnesses to the crime to “He may just have been Wednesday, a ministry The attack set a nearby Netherlands are set to rise MNA/Reuters come forward. a thoroughly honest source told Xinhua. building ablaze and to 36 degrees Celsius Major-General Fakhri damaged two civilian (96.80 degrees Fahren- Abdul Hussein, head of cars, the source said, heit) on Wednesday in legal department in the adding that ambulances, what is a second heatwave Interior Ministry, was fire engines and Iraqi in three weeks. gunned down by armed police rushed to the area The organizers have men in front of his house to evacuate the victims cancelled the walk, which in Mansur District at about and put out the fire. dates back to 1909 and 7:00 am (0300 GMT), the Violence has persisted has around 44,000 source said on condition in Iraq despite the participants from across of anonymity. formation of a new the world. Separately, a police national unity government In France, two elderly source said that three in the war-torn country in people died on Tuesday, coordinated explosions late May. probably also due to heat. including a car bomb MNA/Xinhua Temperatures topped 35 Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) in A general view of Beijing-Guangzhou railway the Gironde Prefecture trunk line destroyed by flood in Shaoguan, where they have died. south China's Guangdong Province, on An 85-year-old man 19 July, 2006.—INTERNET died in a hospital in 4 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 July, 2006 sk\mOs∑m\;Aa; eKt\ek¥a\lWa;

Singapore eyes to set up ASEAN clearing and depository utility SINGAPORE, 20 July— clearing and custody also expected to help The Singapore Exchange facilities to ASEAN facilitate growth of (SGX) on Wednesday exchanges for cross border securities trading within proposed that a clearing trading of ASEAN the ASEAN community, and depository utility be products by their mitigate the risk faced by set up within the respective brokers. The clearing brokers, as well Association of South- proposed entity could be as lowering costs and East Asian Nations jointly owned by ASEAN increasing value to (ASEAN) to facilitate the exchanges,” SGX Chief customers, according to integration of regional Executive Officer Hsieh Hsieh. Tourist walk past a billboard of 39th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on display markets. Fu Hua said at an industry “As an initial step, we near the Petronas Twin Tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 21 July, 2006. “The objective of the conference. could promote integration INTERNET entity is to provide The regional utility is through harmonizing and aligning our market practices and standards Jellyfish slow with the international investment community,” Japanese nuke plant he added. TOKYO, 20 July — A mass of jellyfish forced a MNA/Xinhua Japanese nuclear power plant to slow part of its output this week after the slimy creatures blocked up the plant’s seawater cooling system. Five killed “It’s the first time we have had to lower power output because of jellyfish,” a Chubu Electric Power in gas Co spokesman said.The water intake at Chubu Electric’s Hamaoka power plant in Shizuoka accident prefecture, about 150 kilometres (90 miles) southwest of Tokyo, stopped automatically on in Egypt Wednesday when the slippery customers got blocked in a filtering device. CAIRO, 20 July — Five Without enough seawater coming in to the women were killed in an cooling system, Chubu Electric had to lower the Airbus 380-800 on display at Farnborough International Airshow in Egyptian village on output of two of the reactors at the plant to 60-70 Farnborough, southern England, on 17 July, 2006. Tuesday when a small gas percent of capacity.Output returned to normal by INTERNET cylinder exploded, set fire the evening after the company removed the jellyfish, to their house and blew the spokesman said.”We sometimes do the same Five killed, six missing due to flood out one of the walls on top thing when debris from typhoons sticks to the of a neighbouring house, filter,” he said.No radioactive material leaked out in northern Vietnam the state news agency due to the incident, he added.—Internet MENA said. HANOI, 20 July — three adults in a family, water flows as a boat The women were the Earthquake jolts Flood and landslide and left five others missing carrying them was wife of the owner and the sparked by torrential rain since 17 July , said an capsized, she added. wives of her two brothers N-W China in Vietnam’s northern official from the In Vinh Phuc, floods in one house and a 65- provinces of Bac Can and provincial Storm and have killed a person and BEIJING, 20 July— An southwest of Qinghai. It year-old woman and her Vinh Phuc have killed Flood Prevention and left another missing earthquake measuring 5.6 is under the admini- granddaughter in the five people and left six Rescue Committee, who when they were collec- degrees on the Richter stration of the Yushu house next door, it said. others missing, local identified herself Thao. ting firewood, said an Scale jolted a county in Tibetan Autonomous The accident took officials told Xinhua The five missing official from the northwest China’s Qing- Prefecture, which covers place in Minya Province, Wednesday. people included three provincial People’s hai Province at 5:53 pm an area of 198,000 square in the Nile valley about In Bac Can, flooding schoolteachers from Ba Committee, who dec- (Beijing Time) Wednes- kilo-metres or 27.5 per 140 km (85 miles) south and landslides have killed Be District, who were lined to be named. day, according to the cent of the province’s of Cairo. four people, including swept away by strong MNA/Xinhua China Seismological total.— MNA/Xinhua MNA/Reuters Bureau. The epicentre was 15 killed in road accident located in a sparesly populated pasturing area in Philippines on the Qinghai-Tibet MANILA, 20 July — Fifteen farmers were killed and Plateau at 33.0 degrees 22 others wounded in the early morning Thursday north Latitude and 96.3 when a truck carrying them overturned on a downhill degrees east Longitude, road in Negro Oriental Province, central Philippines, about 70 kilometres south said local officials. of the county seat of The deadly accident took place in the town of La Yushu. Libertad of Negros Oriental Province as the victims The area was hit by were riding in a 10-wheeler truck to a market to sell another earthquake their products, the officials said. measuring 5.0 degrees La Libertad Mayor Josie Sy-Limkaichiong said on the Richter Scale on that she could not determine exactly what caused the Tuesday.No casualties accident up to now, but she said rains may have made from both the quakes have the road slippery, or the driver may have fallen asleep Rescue workers use a crane to hoist the bus in the accident scene of China’s been reported, according as it was very early in the morning. metropolis of Shanghai, on 19 July , 2006. The accident occurred to the bureau. The mayor said that the municipal government Wednesday at about 6:40 pm when a 49-seat Benz bus carrying 30 people With a population of would provide medical and financial needs to rushed out of the Hangzhou-Shanghai freeway in Songjiang District, 240,100, Yushu County the victims. leaving at least seven people dead and 22 others injured. Initial investigation is located in the MNA/Xinhua showed that the driver’s misoperation was to blame.—INTERNET THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 July, 2006 5 Poor nations ‘being pushed back’

LONDON, 20 July—The says aid should be used to Countries (LDCs) report, world’s poorest nations make poorer economies the poorest nations are at a “critical moment more productive and boost achieved an overall 2004 of transition” which wealth creation. growth rate of 5.9% — threatens to push them “We need to go back to their best performance for even further behind, the the basics,” said co-author 20 years. United Nations has Zeljka Kozul-Wright. But that average masks warned. “If countries do not big disparities among the The 50 least developed invest in infrastructure, LDCs in terms of growth countries, most of which they are not going to sow performance. At the top are in Africa, lack the the seeds for growth and of the table, Chad achieved means to compete in a development in future,” a 31% increase in GDP, rapidly globalising world, she told the BBC News while for the worst says the UN’s Unctad website. performer, Haiti, GDP General view of a Security Council meeting to discuss the conflict between agency. According to Unctad’s shrank by 3.8%. Israel and Lebanon at United Nations headquarters in New York on Unctad’s latest report annual Least Developed Internet 20 July, 2006.—INTERNET Peru, Russia sign nuclear cooperation agreement LIMA, 20 July— the environment, Maurtua proliferation treaty. Peru and Russia have said at a ceremony where The agreement includes signed an agreement he signed the agreement joint nuclear research to develop nuclear tech- with Serguey Kirienko, projects, an expert nology in the field of the head of Russia’s exchange programme and energy cooperation, Peru’s Federal Atomic Energy a technician training Foreign Minister Oscar Agency. programme. Maurtua said on Wed- He added that the Russia has signed nesday. agreement complies with similar agreements with This agreement will the guidelines of the the United States, Britain, contribute to Peru’s socio- International Atomic Germany, France, Italy, economic development Energy Agency (IAEA) Canada, South Korea, via energy resources that and avoids violation of Brazil, Argentina, Chile have a smaller impact on the nuclear non- and Cuba. —MNA/Xinhua Official says China faces “serious” In a photo provided Pakistan, India talks about by the Miss Univer- se pageant, Nadine soil pollution illegal border crossings Chandrawinata, Miss BEIJING, 20 July— of grain are polluted each Addressing a national ISLAMABAD, 20 July — An important meeting of Indonesia 2006, checks China’s to penvironme- year by heavy metals that video conference on soil Pakistan Rangers and India's Border Security Force out part of the national ntal official said Tuesday have found their way into pollution, Zhou said costume of Kurara (BSF) was underway Wednesday at Wagah border of China faces “serious” soil soil. Direct economic harmful substances in the Chibana, Miss Japan pollution that jeopardizes losses exceed 20 billion soil are absorbed by Pakistan and India, local private Geo TV reported. 2006, before the taping the ecology, food safety, yuan (about 2.5 billion US crops. As people consume Indian team head Sri A Jain has alleged that illegal of the opening number crossings of Pak-India border was continued while for Sunday’s Miss people’s health and the dollars),” said Zhou such crops, their health is Pakistan officials have called the Indian allegation Universe pageant, on 20 sustainable development Shengxian, director of the at risk. “Soil pollution has baseless. July, 2006, at the Shrine of agriculture. State Environmental worsened. According to Earlier, Deputy Director General of Pakistan Auditorium in Los “It is estimated that Protection Administration incomplete statistics, Rangers (Punjab) Brigadier Muhammad Qaiser Khan Angeles.—INTERNET nationwide 12 million tons (SEPA). about 150 million mu (10 Tareen received the Indian delegation led by BSF million hectares) of arable Deputy Inspector General Sri A Jain at the Wagah land in China has been border crossing. polluted, ” said Zhou. Tareen said that after construction of barrier at the China has around 1.8 border and searchlight monitoring it was impossible billion mu (120 million for a person to cross the border. hectares) of arable land. The meeting of Pakistani and Indian border forces On Tuesday, SEPA officials holds extraordinary importance in the wake and the Ministry of Land of postponement of the secretary level talks. and Resources jointly MNA/Xinhua launched China’s first soil pollution survey backed by a budget of one billion Coalition soldier killed, yuan (125 million US dollars). two injured in Afghanistan The programme aims to assess soil quality KABUL, 20 July—Firefight in Afghanistan’s southern Uruzgan Province left one soldier of the across the country by US-led coalition forces dead and injured two analyzing the amount of others, a Press release of the US military said heavy metals, pesticide residue and organic Wednesday. A woman presents a Bagua (the Eight Diagrams) abacus of the Ming Dynasty pollutants in the soil. Using “A Coalition soldier was killed while conducting (1368-1644) in Huizhou County, east China's Anhui Province, the results of the survey, combat operations in the Carhar Cineh District of on 17 July, 2006. — INTERNET Uruzgan Province on Tuesday,” the Press release the two organizations said. Gas explosion kills five in S-W China province will conduct pilot projects on rehabilitating “Two Coalition soldiers were wounded in the GUIYANG, 20 July — A pm on Tuesday at a coal underground were killed in fighting and taken to a Coalition hospital. They are gas explosion has left mine located at Zhaizi the blast, the source said, and comprehensive listed in stable condition,” it added. five people dead at a Village, Yemachuan adding their bodies were treatment of polluted soil. However, it did not disclose the names and coal mine in southwest Township of Hezhang recovered Wednesday They will also work to nationality of the soldiers. China’s Guizhou Province, County, according to a morning. The coal mine establish a soil quality supervision and It is the second coalition soldier killed in the local authorities said source with the county had been illegally operated management system. volatile Uruzgan Province in the past three days. Wednesday. The accident government. Al the before the tragedy, the MNA/Xinhua MNA/Xinhua took place at about 5:50 five miners working sources said.—MNA/Xinhua 6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 July, 2006 Vietnam has investment of $ 43m abroad

HANOI, 20 July — Vietnam poured over 43 million US dollars into eight projects abroad between January and mid-July, a local official told Xinhua on Wednesday. The projects mainly building a big hospital Agency under the Malaysia and the United involve in exploring and in Cambodia, said Ministry of Planning States. Vietnam, which exploiting oil and gas in Nguyen Anh Tuan, and Investment. Other had total investment of Singapore, growing deputy head of the destinations of the over 367 million dollars rubber trees in Laos and Foreign Investment projects include abroad in 2005 main- ly in Laos, Russia, Lithuania’s new government sworn in Cambodia and Indone- sia, is expected to RIGA, 20 July — The swearing in of Lithuania's new government, led by annually invest 200 Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas, was done in Parliament on Tuesday, million dollars abroad according to reports from Vilnius. between 2006 and 2010, Kirkilas' four-party Farmers’ Union got three each got two ministerial Tuan said. coalition, with 53 seats in ministries, including the portfolios. To date, the country the 141-seat Parliament, Foreign Ministry, which The new government has granted licences to is Lithuania's 14th since will be headed by Petras pledged to fight cor- 158 overseas investment the Baltic country Vaitiekunas, who ruption, reverse a de- projects with a total regained its independence previously served as mographic trend that has and its first minority ambassador to Belarus, seen Lithuania's popu- registered capital of government. the Ministry of lation shrink due to low more than 670 million Kirkilas’ Social Agriculture and the birth rates and emigration, dollars in nearly 40 Democrats took six Cabinet Ministry of Economy. speed up the country’s countries and regions. posts, including the The other two parities infrastructure develop- Laos has attracted most A boy jumps into the water at Vienna’s Schafberg Ministry of Finance, the in the coalition, the Liberal ment and boost the growth of the Vietnamese swimming bath, on 20 July, 2006. A heat wave hits Ministry of Environment, Central Union and the of science and techno- investment abroad, he Austria these days with temperatures up to the Ministry of Social Civil Democratic Union logy.—MNA/Xinhua noted. — MNA/Xinhua 37 degrees Celsius. —INTERNET Security and Labour, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Defence and China to spend heavily on the Ministry of Education and Science. water treatment, recycling The National BEIJING,20 July — China will invest up to 300 billion yuan (37.5 billion US dollars) in urban Manila tells sewage treatment and recycling during the 11th villagers around Five-Year Plan (2006-2010) period, a senior official with the Ministry of Construction has said. volcano to Zhang Yue, deputy head of the ministry’s urban evacuate construction department, told Xinhua that China will further open its water sector to foreign and MANILA, 20 July — Philippine authorities or- private capitals to raise the necessary funds. dered about 4,000 people In a document released last December, the to evacuate their homes Chinese Government said by 2010, 70 per cent of and farms near an erupting the waste water in Chinese cities must be treated volcano in the central before being discharged into the environment. A Liberian vessel (Sea Victory Monrovia) sails at the Kenyan docks in the region, disaster officials Zhang said the Ministry of Construction has coastal city of Mombasa, on 18 July, 2006. Kenya’s main port is targeting said on Tuesday. in collaboration with the National Development cargo business for reconstruction of southern Sudan to expand its business, On Friday, volcanolog- and Reform Commission and the State and the government is planning a second port to serve northern neighbours ists raised the alert Environmental Protection Administration like Ethiopia, an official said on Tuesday.—INTERNET level to 3 on a 1-5 scale drafted a plan for urban sewage treatment and after 2,462-metre (8,077- Canada asks Israel, Lebanon not to recycling between 2006 and 2010. The plan is foot) Mount Mayon began expected to be approved by the State Council spewing ash and lava. The attack evacuation ships soon, he said. According to the plan, major cities must have 80 experts said Mayon, the OTTAWA, 20 July — expected to take the rejected criticism that per cent of their sewage treated by 2010. For medium most active of 22 Canada wants Israel and Canadians to Cyprus and Canada had been slower and small cities, the rate should be between 60 to 70 volcanoes in the South- Lebanon to guarantee they Turkey, where chartered than other countries in per cent. east Asian country, was will not attack seven ships aircraft will take the helping its citizens leave MNA/Xinhua showing signs of a major scheduled to pick up passengers back to Canada. Lebanon.— MNA/Xinuua eruption within weeks. Canadians stranded in Officials said the “Residents outside the the strife-torn country, Canadian Government has danger zone were also Foreign Minister Peter dispatched a military advised to bevigilant due MacKay said on Tuesday. reconnaissance squad to to risks of rockfalls and “We want assurances Lebanon to ensure the pyroclastic flows on the that those ships will Canadians’ safety and volcano’s slopes,” the be protected and afforded offer logistical advice. Philippine Institute of the utmost safety,” As many as 50,000 Volcanology and Seis- MacKay said during an Canadians are believed to mology (Phivolcs) said in interview with the reside in Lebanon. The a statement on Tuesday. Canadian Broadcasting bulk of them are Phivolcs said volcanic Corporation. The first of permanent residents of tremors had eased but Canada's seven chartered Lebanon with dual lava continuedto flow passenger ships is citizenship and are from Mayon’s crater, scheduled to arrive at the unlikely to leave. And creating a stream of port of Beirut on another estimated 5,000 incandescentmud and Wednesday. Canadians are visiting A shop owner tries to salvage anything of value from his shop destroyed in a rocks as far as 800 metres Officials say that the relatives for the summer bomb attack, on 20 July, 2006, in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of down the southeastern vessels, capable of carry- holidays. Baghdad, Iraq. Late Wednesday a car bomb exploded in a popular market in slope. ing an estimated 2,000 Meanwhile, Prime Kirkuk, killing one civilian and wounding seven others, police Brig Sarhat MNA/Reuters Canadians a day, are Minister Stephen Harper Qadir said. —INTERNET THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 July, 2006 7 Adding glory to Mongla

Myint Soe (Na-ta-la)

I find happiness the village which had only under the arrangement of and the whole Shan State College in Yangon or Region Command Maj- every time I compare the 14 or 15 houses. His Public Relations (East) Special Region 4 Mandalay. Vocational Gen Min Aung Hlaing, scenes of the photos significant shots at Subcommittee, a was globally declared an schools are being run to Deputy Minister for taken at border areas Mongla village included a subordinate body of the Opium Free Zone in April improve the living Home Affairs Brig-Gen before 1989 and the ones picture in which U Sai Lin, Work Committee for 1997, a result of six years conditions of nationality Phone Swe, the Director- shot at the time of the national race leader of Development of Border of efforts to beef up girls and women and to General of Education development at present. Special Region 4, passing Areas and National Races. alternative farming ensure their secure life. and Training Photos that were taken a bamboo bridge over a The documentary shot programmes in the area. Youths who have Department of the in 1989 and 1990 creek at the entrance to during the trip was Large farms the region is completed arts, science PBANRDA Ministry, documented the birth of the village together with broadcast by TV running with aims to and engineering diploma that is running the the history of border area visitors. The photographer Myanmar in a feature export stand witness to the courses from one of the school, national race development. The also recorded villagers of under the title ÐThe bloom fact that the programmes two degree colleges are leaders of the Special photos I got from U Than Silu warmly welcoming on Thanlwin River bank. are going strong till today. discharging duties under Region and others. Aung of the Information the team. All those The development Border areas various ministries for Thirty-eight and Public Relations pictures were taken 16 momentum of Mongla including Mongla region development of their own trainees are attending the Department five years years ago. But during region reached new are now gaining rapid regions. The Ministry for three six-month courses progress. But how are we Progress of Border Areas — basic civil engi- going to maintain the and National Races and neering course, electrical sound foundations of their Development Affairs has engineering and welding rapid progress? Who will been making arrange- course, and mechanic continue to shape the ments for the qualified course — at the school future of border areas? students of the degree free of charge. In They are no other persons colleges to attend B Tech addition, the than the national races of course, master of arts government bears all the Myanmar. The govern- course or master of expenses of the courses. ment on its part has been science course. In the near The school helps define running 27 nationalities future, those students will the government’s youth development have the opportunity to goodwill towards schools and 34 vocational pursue PhD courses. national race youths and training schools for Border Area in shaping the future of women in the border areas Nationalities Youth border areas. The opening ceremony of the Border Area Nationalities Youth and one Nationalities Technical School opened Mongla region Technical School in progress. Youth Resource on 9 July 2006 is one of is the first to be ago were old but, as those 16 years, hamlets heights in 1997. Mongla valuable as gold for me. like Mongla and Namtit Town was complete with The photo- have become modern pagodas, a Buddhology grapher took those border towns enjoying museum, a middle school pictures in 1990, during progress and prosperity. (now upgraded into a high his trip to Namtit region The muddy entrance road school), a 50-bed hospital in northern Shan State, to Namtit has become a and a TV retransmission Mongla and Silu regions tarred one, and Mongla station. Near the town was in eastern Shan State Town and the grand the Wanton Dam. The when he went there Shwepyi Bridge have main market was under together with a team of taken the place of Mongla construction and hotel UNDP staff. Namtit then village and the bamboo services were gaining was just a hamlet. His bridge. momentum for photos show a car bogged It was 1997 that development. The Drug down in the muddy an information team Elimination Museum has Border Area Nationalities Youth Technical School. village entrance road and visited Mongla region been an honour to Mongla, Development Degree the endeavours the internationally proclai- It was 1997 that an information team visited College each in Yangon government has been med as an Opium Free and Mandalay for human making to develop human Zone. It is a place fully Mongla region under the arrangement of Public resources development. resources of the enjoying the fruits of Relations Subcommittee, a subordinate body of A student who hinterlands. It is the first peace and stability and the Work Committee for Development of Border passes the matriculation such school ever built in rapid development. examination from any one the border regions. The Hence, we can say that Areas and National Races. The documentary shot of the nationalities youth opening ceremony was the Border Area during the trip was broadcast by TV Myanmar development schools may attended by Chairman of Nationalities Youth under the title ÐThe bloom on Thanlwin River attend the Nationalities Shan State (East) Peace Technical School adds Youth Resource and Development Council glory to Mongla region. bank. Development Degree Commander of Triangle (Translation: TMT) 8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 July, 2006

Lt-Gen Ye Myint unveils the stone inscription of Mindat-Matupi tarred road (102-mile). — MNA its bright future. With all the infrastructures built by the With all infrastructures built by State, the people of Chin State are urged to strive for the As Mindat-Matupi Road has been improvement of their livelihood and regional develop- State, people of Chin State are… ment. All in all, he said, as Mindat-Matupi Road has upgraded, one can travel from Mindat to (from page 1) been upgraded, one can travel from Mindat to Matuipi Matupi in six hours although it took another by the government. In Chin State (South) Mindat- only in six hours although it took about five days in the about five days in the past. Kyaukhtu-Pauk Road has also been upgraded. There- past. Pakokku can also be reached in a day. Due to the fore, one can travel from Mindat to Pakokku in a half launch of bus lines to run along the route to Mindat, In conclusion, the commander thanked those day. And one can also travel from Pakokku to Anawrahta Matupi and Pakkokku, economic, social, health and who put their energy to the road construction and urged Bridge across Ayeyawady River and then to other states education sectors of local people will improve. So, all the local residents to maintain the road. In his speech Construction Minister Maj-Gen Saw Tun said as part of the government’s efforts for the transportation sector, the 102-mile long Mindat-Matupi tarred road was inaugurated. A total distance of roads in Myanmar has increased from 13,635 miles in 1988 to 19,021 miles in 2006. In Chin State, after the construction of the Mindat-Matupi Road, the total distance of earthen and tarred roads reaches 1,062 miles. In Chin State, there are four main roads — the 70-mile long Haka- Gangaw Road, the 173-mile long Haka-Matupi Road, the 115-mile long Kalay-Haka Road and the 102-mile long Mindat-Matupi Road. Haka-Gangaw Road will also be upgraded this year to become an all-weather facility, the minister said. Meanwhile, bridges on the state’s roads will also be renovated and upgraded. Bar Bridge on Kalay- Falam-Haka Road has been upgraded and will be inaugurated this year. Although it was a five-day journey from Mindat to Matupi in the past, now it will take only 6 hours due to the newly inaugurated 102-mile long tarred road. Moreover, living and education standards of residents in Commander Maj-Gen Tha Aye, Minister Maj-Gen Saw Tun and Vice-Chairman of Chin State Chin State will improve, the minister said. Afterwards, Lt-Gen Ye Myint unveiled the PDC Col Hsan Aung formally open Mindat-Matupi tarred road. — MNA stone inscription of the Mindat-Matupi Road. and divisions. the people of Chin State are to participate in the efforts Commander Maj-Gen Tha Aye, Construction Likewise, Lt-Gen Ye Myint said, Chin State for nation-building tasks with Union Spirit and maintain Minister Maj-Gen Saw Tun and Chin State Peace and (North) is now in a position to get easy access to other the road, he urged. Development Council Vice-Chairman Col Hsan Aung states and divisions via Haka-Gangaw exit and Kalay- Afterwards, Commander Maj-Gen Tha Aye formally opened the road. The second and third sessions of the Mindat- Matupi Road opening ceremony were also held at mile post Nos 70/0 and 56/0 of the road and Maj-Gen Tha Aye, Maj-Gen Saw Tun and Col Hsan Aung formally opened the road. After the opening ceremony, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party pose for documentary photos together with local people. The 50-mile long road section of Mindat-Matupi Road was tarred in 2005-2006 and the section from mile post Nos 50/0 to 102/0 was upgraded in 2006-2007 fiscal year. — MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Tha Aye speaks at the Minister Maj-Gen Saw Tun speaking at the opening ceremony of Mindat-Matupi tarred opening ceremony of Mindat-Matupi tarred road (102-mile) in Chin State. — MNA road (102-mile) in Chin State. — MNA Kalewa-Yagyi-Monywa exit. The government has been said the 102-mile long tarred road section of Mindat- encouraging Chin State to boost cultivation of paddy, Matupi Road links Chin State (South) and Matupi. The maize grains and tea and carry out sericulture. Neces- road was 16 ft wide and earthen one until 1988 and could sary assistance is being rendered to Chin State to be- be used only in the open season in the past. come a state of tea. Besides, the government has given In 2004-2005 fiscal year, the road was divided all necessary assistance to boost breeding domesticated into four sections and upgraded by road construction wild oxen. That is why Chin State has potential to have special groups, he said. A local resident expresses thanks. — MNA THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 July, 2006 9 Industry-2 Ministry Low-fare taxi service opens on July 23 exerts effort to develop YANGON, 21 July — new farm implements Chairman of Yangon NAY PYI TAW, 21 July — Minister for Industry-2 Division Supervisory Maj-Gen Saw Lwin and officials met with staff of No Committee for Ensuring 2 Agricultural Machinery Factory (Malun) in Minhla Secure and Smooth Township, Magway Division, on 17 July. General Transport Chairman of Manager U Thein Aung reported on production of the Yangon Division Peace factory for the 2006-2007 fiscal year to the minister. and Development Council The minister urged the officials and staff to exert Commander of Yangon their utmost efforts to develop advanced farm Command Brig-Gen Hla implements and natural gas-run tractors. Later, the Htay Win inspected officials conducted the minister around the factory. Parami Taxies to be put On 18 July, the minister and party went to Pakokku into service in Yangon in Industrial Region of the Ministry of Industry-2 in front of the meeting hall Myaing Township. At the briefing hall, Project Director of Yangon Command U Tin Htut Aung of Myanma Industrial Construction Headquarters this Services explained construction of Machine Tools evening. Factory to the minister. The minister later called upon Bandoola Transport Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win inspects CNG-run taxies of the officials to complete the work on schedules. Co Ltd will use Sonata III Bandoola Transport Col Ltd. — MNA Next, Managing-Director U Oo Zun of Myanma CNG taxies manufactured Tyre and Rubber Industries reported on cultivation of by Hyundai Motor enabling the public and Parami taxies will Highway Bus Terminal physic nut in the industrial region to the minister. The Company. students to take taxies at transport passengers with in South Okkalapa minister and party inspected the sites to build factories, The commander low fare and to place charging K 100 for every Township at 6 am on 23 and the officials also conducted them around the instructed officials to emphasis on secure and mile. The taxi service will July. industrial region.—MNA make arrangements for smooth transport. be launched from Parami MNA Talks on Child Cancer given YANGON, 21 July — attended the ceremony and room of Shwepyitha Yangon North District made a speech. Township MCWA and Maternal and Child Daw Saw Shwe, met expectant mothers Welfare Supervisory chairperson of Yangon there. And she provided Committee organized a North District MCWSC cash and kind to them. ceremony to present presented membership The chairperson membership applications applications to Daw Mar of Yangon Division in conjunction with a Mar Wai. MCWSC and party went ceremony to give Later, Paediatrician Dr to Pre-primary School in educative talks on Child Daw Khin Saw Yi and Shwelinban Industrial Cancer and Reproductive Obstetrics and Gynaeco- Zone, Hlinethaya Town- Organs Cancer at logist Dr Daw Aye Aye ship and presented Kanaung hall in Shwe of Insein Hospital umbrellas to the Shwepyitha Industrial gave talks on child cancer children. Zone this afternoon. and reproductive organs MNA Daw Mar Mar Wai, cancer. Daw Mar Mar Wai speaking at a ceremony to Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win and chairperson of Yangon Daw Mar Mar Wai wife being welcomed by Egyptian Ambassador give health educative talks. — MNA Division MCWSC also inspected the delivery Mr Mohamed Mohamed Minessy and wife at the reception to mark the National Day of the Arab Republic of Egypt on 21-7-2006. — MNA Minister for Electric Power No (2) receives Chinese guest NAY PYI TAW, 21 July — Minister for Electric Power No (2) Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint received Mr Zaho Ruolin, Chairman of China National Electric Equipment Corporation at the ministry, here , yesterday morning. Also present at the call were the Director-General of Electric Power Department and the Managing Director of Electric Power Supply Enterprise.— MNA Secretary Dr Khin Mar Aye of Health Sub- MWAF organizes educative talks Working Group gives talks on health. YANGON, 21 July — With the sponsorship of the MNA education sub-working group of the social and cultural working committee under Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation and the Yangon Division Women’s Affairs Organization, the educative talks were held at the Youth Training Centre (Kyaikwaing) of the Social Welfare Department this afternoon. It was attended by Secretary of the sub-working group Dr Khin Mar Aye and members, Secretary of Yangon Division Women’s Affairs Organization Daw Swè Khin Mar Win and members, chairpersons of district/ township/ward women’s affairs organizations and members. Secretary of Yangon Division Women’s Affairs Organization Daw Swè Khin Mar Win extended greetings. Secretary of the sub-working group Dr Khin Mar Aye and member Dr Khin Thet Myaing gave talks.—MNA 10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 July, 2006 Coord meeting of Energy Ministry held Information Minister receives NAY PYI TAW, 21 during the 2006/07 fiscal concerned. July — A coordination year and running of Next, the deputy foreign guests meeting to increase the factories at full capacity. minister, the director- production of chemical He heard the reports on general and officials gave NAY PYI TAW, 21 Ntegrator Pte Ltd and directors of departments fertilizer run by the progress of maintenance supplementary reports. The July — Minister for party at the minister’s and enterprises under the factories of Myanma works and production of meeting came to an end with Information Brig-Gen office this evening. ministry, deputy director- Petroleum Products chemical fertilizer concluding remarks by the Kyaw Hsan received Also present general and head of Enterprise under the presented by officials minister. — MNA Chairman Mr Bernard were the directors- office. Ministry of Energy was Chen Tien Lap of general and managing MNA held at the meeting hall of the ministry in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday evening with an address by Minister for Energy Brig- Gen Lun Thi. Also present were Deputy Minister Brig- Gen Than Htay, the director-general, mana- ging directors, directors, factory managers and officials. In his address, the minister gave instructions on producing chemical Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan meets Chairman Mr Bernard Chen Tien Lap of Ntegrator Pte Ltd. — MNA fertilizer to meet the target

Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon) Return Journey to nearing completion Upper Land Article and photo: Thaung Win Bo * My birthplace, my land With yearning to be there sometime The Ayeyawady over Ayeyawady River permitted to pass through nearly complete due to My mind gets worned out severally River is the artery in namely Ayeyawady the bridge for its concerted efforts of both Though it’s not worlds apart Myanmar. In Myitkyina construction teams on Bridge (Yadanabon) is durability. Therefore, I, from the Upper Land of Kachin State, Bala nearing completion. vehicles in excess of the Mandalay and Sagaing Min Htin Bridge was Ayeyawady permitted load pass banks. Have been roaming built across Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon) through the river by According to the The Lower Land, lower place River that originated linking Khawadaw Ward Z-craft. decision of the Special Arriving to make money from northernmost of of Mandalay and Tagaung To overcome Projects Implementation Lower Myanmar with great beauty Myanmar. Furthermore, Ward of Sagaing is under difficulties of transport Committee Meeting 1/ Made me fall in love other bridges built across construction at the place, sector, construction tasks 99, engineers from Public Far apart from Upper Land Ayeyawady River are 2,000 feet upstream from of Ayeyawady Bridge Works under the Ayeyawady Bridge the existing Inwa Bridge. (Yadanabon) Project on Ministry of Construction * As the occasion allowed (Magway) in Magway, Inwa Bridge is Mandalay bank com- drew the design of Headed for birthplace, Upper Land Anawrahta Bridge in situated in the strategic menced on 30 October Ayeyawady Bridge With the one who’s ever at my side Chauk, Nawade Bridge point of the central area of 2001 after the stake (Yadanabon) that can in Pyay, Bo Myat Tun Myanmar. So far, Inwa driving ceremony. withstand earthquake My spouse likened to a lass Bridge near Nyaungdon, Bridge has been in service Likewise, construction of jolts, by conducting I made the journey Maubin Bridge in for about 70 years after its the bridge on Sagaing detailed survey of the ’Cause I was in Yangon most of the time Maubin and Dedaye opening in 1934. Since bank started on 26 axis, soil test and possible Feel odd when I go elsewhere Bridge in Dedaye. At earthquakes. 1992, over 15-ton loaded November 2002. At The road may sometimes be rough present, the 8th bridge vehicles have not been present, the bridge is (See page 11) Let her see what she might To make the journey up complete I put in my all. * However, Journey to Upper Land Was smooth as could be ’Twas as if in Yangon A cushy ride in the coach Beside the route, its environs Were full of emerald green fields And the woodlands of same colour Their freshness gladdens me ’Cause this journey brought happiness Wanting to see how beloved spouse Of low land abode was feeling Took half a glance and Caught a face brimming with a smile Progress of Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon) construction project seen from Sagaing bank on 7-7-2006. Shoon Mya Aung (Trs) THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 July, 2006 11 Ayeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon) … (from page 10) Republic of China. Therefore, Ayeyawady The bridge will be Myanmar engineers built Bridge (Yadanabon) will 3,675 feet long. Inwa the bridge that can endure be the widest span facility Bridge is 3,948 feet in the wind speed of 90 miles among the bridges length. Ayeyawady per hour. constructed with iron Bridge (Yadanabon) will The lower structure frames in the country. have two 367.5 feet of the bridge was built Upon completion, bridge spans, three 735 with five feet diameter Ayeyawady Bridge feet spans and two 367.5 reinforced concrete piles. (Yadanabon) will feet spans. The approach The approach bridge contribute not only bridge on Mandalay bank section was constructed towards better transport will be 1,140 feet long with 280 piles and the of large vehicles from and the approach bridge main structure of the Mandalay to Monywa, on Sagaing side, 780 feet bridge with 191. Shwebo, Gangaw, long. Hence, the total Both approach Kalay, Myitkyina and length of the bridge will bridges are supported other towns through Rorbert Lee, late Hong Kong movie star Bruce Lee’s younger brother, be 5,614 feet. The bridge with 28 pillars and the Sagaing at any time but poses in front of Bruce’s statue during its inauguration ceremony at will have a 49 feet wide main bridge with eight also toward smooth Avenue of Stars tourist spot in Hong Kong Thursday, on 20 July, 2006. four-lane motorway piers. The upper structure and speedy flow of The ceremony marked the 33rd anniversary of the death of the Hong flanked by six feet wide is of reinforced concrete commodities. Therefore, Kong film and martial arts legend.—INTERNET walkways. Its clearance beams and floor. Myanmar engineers of will be 700 feet wide and The main bridge has Public Works are striving Spain, FAO sign agreement on 40 feet high. The bridge been installed with arch day in, day out for can withstand 60-ton steel frames and completion of fighting hunger loads. reinforced concrete floor. Ayeyawady Bridge MADRID, 21 July — million US dollars) with million euros (11.25 Steel frames for the The arch steel frame is 49 (Yadanabon) before The Spanish Government the UN Food and million dollars) for new bridge were imported metres high and its span December 2006. on Wednesday signed an Agriculture Organization joint projects and from the People’s is 224 metres wide. Translation: TTA agreement totalling 25 (FAO) to fund joint anti- reviewed a series of million euros (31.25 hunger projects. other ventures that are The agreement, signed currently underway, Drug mistakes injure 1.5 Building collapse kills over at the end of the first such as food security Joint Spain-FAO projects in Mauritania, million in US every year 50 in Lagos Commission meeting, Mali and Central WASHINGTON, 21 July — Medication errors LAGOS, 21 July — Command, told Xinhua commits 8 million euros America; water projects hurt 1.5 million people every year in the United More than 50 people were that the tragedy occurred (10 million dollars) to in Africa’s Burkina States and cost at least 3.5 billion US dollars, killed in a collapsed at about 7 pm (1800 GMT) be given to the Spain- Faso, Guinea, Senegal FAO Latin American according to a report issued on Thursday. building in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, adding that 45 and Mali; the and Caribbean Trust If hospitals, clinics and giving the baby five officials said here on persons were rescued so Mediterranean fishing Fund. project; and an Egyptian other providers owned up injections so administered Wednesday. far. The joint com-mission anti-bird-flu project. to each and every mistake, the medicine in what turned Ani Baba, an official There was no also promised about 9 MNA/Xinhua it would help to keep track out to be an unusual and of Lagos State Ambulance “inkling of the incident”, of and eventually reduce improper way — Services told reporters that an eyewitness said, adding them, and systems such as intravenously. The baby more than 50 corpses had that over 120 people were Five 1,000-year-old wells electronic prescribing died, and the autopsy been recovered from the trapped in the rubble, would also help, the showed it did not have collapsed building and many of them were discovered in E China Institute of Medicine report syphilis and never needed deposited at the mortuaries children and their mothers N ANCHANG, 21 July — Chinese archaeologists said. the treatment in the first in Gbagada, Ikeja and as well as many customers have discovered five 1,000-year-old wells in Ji’an “Medication errors place. Lagos Island general in a restaurant, salon and City, east China’s Jiangxi Province. are among the most “This case illustrates hospitals. six other shops on the Many items used in sacrificial ceremonies and common medical errors, that medication errors are According to him, ground floor of the carved bricks dating back to the Tang Dynasty (618- harming at least 1.5 million almost never the fault of a scores of people were still building. So far, the 907) and the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) people every year,” the single practitioner or trapped under the debris. immediate cause of the were unearthed from the mud-filled wells. institute said in a statement. caused by the failure of a Olubode Ojajuni, incident has not been The wells, from five to 11 metres deep, were Such mistakes kill at single element,” the report public relations officer of immediately ascertained. found at a construction site of a new building for the least 7,000 people a year, read. — MNA/Reuters the Lagos State Police MNA/Xinhua Ji’an Hotel. Archaeologists arrived immediately on according to the institute, receiving the news and carried out excavations and an independent, non-profit protection of the site. organization that advises The most valuable items unearthed were 30 the federal government on well-preserved porcelain articles made in the famous health issues. Jizhou kiln of the Tang Dynasty. — MNA/Xinhua “The extra medical costs of treating drug- related injuries occurring India, South Africa, Brazil to in hospitals alone explore business cooperation conservatively amount to 3.5 billion US dollars a DURBAN, 21 July — India, South Africa and Brazil year, and this estimate does are expected to explore regulations for small businesses not take into account lost and access to finance and technology support at a wages and productivity or summit as part of their trilateral cooperation to be held additional health care here next month. The summit, from 23 to 25 August, costs,” the institute added. will involve India’s National Small Industries One example — a Corporation (NSIC), South Africa’s Small Enterprise Denver hospital gave a Development Agency (Seda) and Brazilian Micro and newborn infant a tenfold A traditional Venetian gondola passes between narrow boats in the Little Small Businesses Support Service (Sebrae). overdose of penicillin in Venice area in London on 21 July, 2006. The gondola “Rosanna” has Speaking to reporters in Pretoria, NSIC Director Arun Kumar said they envisaged sharing expertise to case it had been infected been restored to full working order after 30 years on the canals of Venice with syphilis from its ensure the transition of small businesses, currently in mother in 1996. in Italy, and is now being used on the canals in central west London this the second economy, to the mainstream economy. Nurses balked at weekend for leisure transportation. —INTERNET MNA/PTI 12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 July, 2006

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International Committee (DVD Player) undermine popular stop fighting until it had “Now we see more of the Red Cross, with a (6) Digital Camera 9 luM; support for Hizbollah in achieved its goals while clearly the role Syria view to their return to (7) Flash Gun (Digital Camera) 9 luM; (8) Mini-DV Camera Recorder (NTSC) Lebanon, UN Secretary- US Ambassador John has been playing in Israel and a ceasefire. With Battery 5 luM; General Kofi Annan said Bolton said he could not frustrating efforts to bring Annan later was to (9) Nikon D-2xDigital Camera Body Only 1 luM; on Thursday. see how a government this to a conclusion,” brief US Secretary of (10) Nikon-80 to 400 Zoom Lens 1 luM; In a speech to the could reach an agreement Bolton said. State Condoleezza Rice (11) Type Writer (Myanmar-18") 13 luM; UN Security Council, with a “terrorist group” Annan accused on the findings of the UN 2" tc\dåep;q∑c\;mOkui (31-7-2005)rk\ (16:30) nar^t∑c\ p it\påmv\" Annan called for an such as Hizbollah. Hizbollah of holding “an mission he sent to the 3" tc\dåpMusMN˙c\. Aeq;sit\AK¥k\Alk\m¥a;kui eAak\pålip\sat∑c\ immediate end to the “We have no entire nation hostage” by region last weekend. laerak\sMusm\;wy\y¨Nuic\påqv\ - fighting and proposed timeline,” Gillerman said. abducting Israeli troops He said a quick end pv\t∑c\;/pv\ppsßv\;m¥a;wy\y¨er;N˙c\.TuK∑´erac\;K¥er;eka\mt^ sending an international “Diplomacy can take off and firing rockets on to the fighting would pn\Âka;er;wn\Âk^;@an force to southern only after terror has been Israel. He condemned allow aid workers to mn\ma.AqMN˙c\.Rup\mc\qMÂka; Lebanon to bolster the taken care of.” He Israel for using excessive reach those in need and pv\lm\; ' rn\kun\‘mi> Lebanese Army so it can scolded Annan for not force in Lebanon, which would “give diplomacy Pun\; - 537685 fully deploy along the mentioning the role of he said weakened the the chance to work out a Syria or Iran in the crisis. Beirut government, killed practical package of Singapore launches new staff Bolton said a Syrian innocent people and was actions that would Government decision to wrecking the country. provide a lasting solution training programme for SMEs bar veteran UN Middle The Secretary- to the current crisis”. East envoy Terje Roed General said the two MNA/Reuters SINGAPORE, 20 July— 600 workers from 100 place,” according to Singapore launched a new SMEs in the first year. Lim. staff training programme A joint effort between He also announced at Italy spy chief denies role in for local small and Singapore’s Standards, the forum that the medium-sized enterprises Productivity and Inno- government and industry CIA kidnapping (SMEs) Wednesday, as vation Board (SPRING) associations have jointly announced by Minister for and the Workforce committed 60 million ROME, 20 July— The committee’s chairman, defence committee’s Trade and Industry Lim Development Agency, Singapore dollars (about head of Italy’s military were Pollari’s first known chairman, told reporters. Hng Kiang. Speaking at a the programme will 38 million US dollars) to intelligence agency on response since De Gregorio added local forum, Lim said that “identify and plug invigorate 10 strategic in- Wednesday defended prosecutors questioned that although Sismi the programme, called training gaps while dustries including logis- himself and colleagues him on Saturday over cooperated with foreign SME Training for En- emphasizing industry tics, furniture, fashion, being investigated for Sismi’s possible role agents, it would not do hanced Performance and and occupational skills infocomm technology and their possible role in the helping the CIA abduct a so with “projects that Upgrade (Step-UP), is that are immediately precision engineering. alleged CIA kidnapping Muslim cleric in Milan were against the law”. expected to benefit some applicable to the work- MNA/Xinhua of a terrorism suspect in and fly him to Egypt. Twenty-six Ameri- Milan. The suspect, an cans, most believed to be ICRC concerned about humanitarian Nicolo Pollari told a Egyptian named Hassan CIA agents, face arrest closed-door meeting of Mustafa Osama Nasr, warrants over the Nasr situation in Lebanon the Senate Defence says he was tortured there case. GENEVA, 20 July— military action was evacuations and to Committee that the Sismi under interrogation. Pollari declined to The International Com- causing on civilians in maintain health ser- intelligence agency had “General Pollari said speak with reporters as he mittee of the Red Cross Lebanon. vices,” the ICRC’s “nothing to do with calmly that our secret left the hearing. (ICRC) said here on “Hundreds of civi- director of operations, illegal acts” and would services did not violate MNA/Reuters Wednesday that it was lians in Lebanon have Pierre Krahenbuhl, told not break the law to help the law, even in situations “extremely concerned” been killed or wounded, reporters at a Press foreign agents. that can be defined as about the grave and it remains difficult conference. The comments, re- border-line,” Senator DON’T SMOKE consequences Israeli to organize medical MNA/Xinhua layed to reporters by the Sergio De Gregorio, the THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 July, 2006 13 pvaer;®Pc\. eKt\m^P∑M>‘Pi;tui;tk\eqa Nuic\cMeta\”k^; tv\eSak\AM. 5th World Water Congress to open in Beijing in September BEIJING, 20 July— The water environment and Ministry of Construction Fifth World Water humans, Wang said. and the International Congress is to be held 10- Seminars and forums Water Association (IWA). 14 September this year in will also be held for Wang Guangtao, the Beijing, the first time overseas participants Chinese Minister of China has hosted the most about the challenges facing Construction, will be the important conference for China’s water resources president of the organizing the world water industry, and its laws and policies committee. said Wang Tiehong, relevant to the industry. The IWA is the most general secretary of the There will also be an authoritative association organizing committee. exhibition of advanced in the world water This year’s Congress techniques, equipment and industry. Its mission is to will focus on water engineering technology in provide creative, practical resource management, water-processing areas, and sustainable solutions safety of drinking water, Wang added. for water crisis and A 5.4-metre long praying mantis robot is displayed at Marunouchi square in Tokyo sustainable water use and This year’s Congress is consumption. on 21 July, 2006.—INTERNET the harmony between the co-hosted by China’s MNA/Xinhua Four naval Nearly 100 injured as warships on cruise ship tilts in US stand by to evacuate Indians WASHINGTON, 20 July — At least 93 people were injured, 16 of them seriously, when a cruise ship listed in Lebanon sharply off Port Canaveral, Florida, on Tuesday, media NEW DELHI, 20 July — reports said on Wednesday. Four warships of the Two victims were airlifted to local hospitals, and 10 Indian Navy have been ambulances, three helicopters, four buses and mass- kept stand-by off the casualty trailers were on hand as the vessel arrived at Mediterranean coast of the port, CNN reported. Lebanon to carry out Some passengers suffered broken bones, Rosalyn evacuation of 12,000 Postel, spokeswoman for port, was quoted as saying. Indian nationals living in The New York-bound ship, the Crown Princess, that country, if the developed a problem with its rudder, causing it to take Male Sumatran tiger Rokan lays in the grass while eating his breakfast at the situation so warrants in a “heavy roll,” listing hard to one side about two hours US National Zoo in Washington, on 20 July, 2006. Tigers have 40 percent the wake of increased after its departure from Port Canaveral, the Coast less habitat than they did a decade ago, due to intense poaching and the rise Israeli military action. Guard said. of an Asian middle class that puts pressure on the big cats and their Destroyer INS All 3,100 passengers and 1,200 crew members environment, wildlife experts said on Thursday.—INTERNET Mumbai, guided-missile aboard the 113,000-ton ship were accounted for, frigates INS Betwa and ISLAMABAD, 20 July — Pakistan’s exports in the according to the Associated Press. INS Brahmaputra and the fiscal year of 2005-06 (July 2005-June 2006) were Some passengers said the ship was already tilting Pakistan’s auxillary fleet tanker INS recorded at 16.469 billion US dollars, showing an Tuesday morning, even before the sudden roll to the Shakti have been moved export increase of 14.4 per cent over last fiscal year’s side, the Associated Press reported. to the Lebanese coast to The ship, which was on a nine-day Western register 14.391 billion dollars, according to trade figures evacuate Indian nati- Caribbean cruise and had been scheduled to return to released on Wednesday. onals, Navy sources said. New York on Thursday, would remain at Canaveral 14.4% growth The fiscal 2005-06 also witnessed the imports of The sources said the Port for several days, and the Coast Guard planned to in fiscal 28.581 billion dollars, an increase of 38.8 per cent possible evacuation inspect it Wednesday. Princess Cruise Lines, which over last year, the state-run APP news agency would be worked by the operated the ship, said it was investigating what 2005-06 reported. government with Israeli caused the severe list. — MNA/Xinhua MNA/Xinhua authorities.— MNA/PTI

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Wednesday has left Bra- Luxemburgo's record fined, banned by FIFA zil suddenly facing a short- at club level, which in- ZURICH, 21 July — Former France captain age of coaches and play- cludes five Brazilian Zinedine Zidane and Italy defender Marco ers to choose from as they championship titles with Materazzi were both fined and banned by FIFA on set about rebuilding after four different clubs, makes Thursday after the head-butting incident that their World Cup failure. him the obvious choice. Rabobank's team rider Denis Menchov of Russia (R) marred the World Cup final. On the coaching front, But the coach has al- and team mate Mickael Rasmussen of Denmark (L), Zidane, who has retired of a racist nature," a FIFA Vanderlei Luxemburgo ready had one bite at the wearing the climber's jersey, cycle past the finish line as a player, was fined statement said. and Paulo Autuori appear cherry, a disastrous two- after the 17th stage of the 93rd Tour de France 7,500 Swiss francs (6,014 "During the course of to be the only obvious can- year spell which ended cycling race between Saint-Jean-De-Maurienne and US dollars) and handed a their hearings both play- didates and even they with him being sacked af- Morzine, on 20 July, 2006. —INTERNET three-match ban by FIFA's ers also apologized to come with question marks ter a humiliating loss to hanging over them. nine-man Cameroon at the five-man disciplinary FIFA for their inappropri- Safin stunned, Haas progress committee following his ate behaviour and ex- As for players, 2000 Olympic Games. red card for head-butting pressed their regret at the Parreira's faith in his age- During his tenure at Indianapolis event ing team over the last two Materazzi in Berlin on 9 incident." Luxemburgo became the WASHINGTON, 21 July — Two-time Grand Slam July. MNA/Reuters years has given little centre of an investigation winner Marat Safin suffered a shock exit at the RCA As he is no longer a Sports marketing pioneer over his tax returns and Championships on Wednesday in Indianapolis, falling player, he offered to un- was later found to have in straight sets to world No 512 Wesley Whitehouse of dertake three days of com- McCormack voted on to Hall of Fame adulterated his age, mak- South Africa. munity service on FIFA's HOYLAKE (England), member and former Royal ing himself three years Safin, seeded 16th, lost in 6-1, 6-4 to the 27-year- behalf as part of their hu- 20 July — The late Mark and Ancient Golf Club younger than he really old journeyman, who has won only two matches this manitarian activities, McCormack, once (R&A) secretary Michael was. season at the ATP level. which the committee ac- dubbed the most power- Bonallack told a news He also fell out with Fifth-seeded Tommy Haas easily advanced to the cepted. ful man in sport, will be- conference at Hoylake on Ronaldinho — now the third round after defeating George Bastl of Switzerland The Italian defender, come a member of the Wednesday. world's number one 6-3, 6-3. who admitted insulting World Golf Hall of Fame MNA/Reuters player.—MNA/Reuters The victory gave Haas a 31-12 record this year, Zidane, provoking the on 30 Oct as part of the including tournament victories at Delray Beach and Frenchman's head-butt, class of 2006, officials Manchester City sign striker Memphis. He is currently 21st in the ATP Tour rankings, was handed a two-match said on Wednesday. only two matches short of his victory total for all of last ban and fined 5,000 Swiss A pioneer of the Coradi from Valencia year. francs (4,010 US dollars). sports marketing industry LONDON, 21 July — Valencia’s Italian striker Two more Russians advanced as Igor Kunitsyn He attended a hearing last and founder of golf's offi- Bernardo Corradi has joined Manchester City, the ousted Germany's Lars Burgsmuller 7-5, 6-2 and sev- Friday, but his sentence cial world rankings, Premier League club said on Thursday. enth-seeded Dmitry Tursunov advanced when Ger- has been fiercely criticized McCormack was selected The 30-year-old signed a three-year contract for an man Benjamin Becker quit with heat exhaustion. in Italy. The bans apply to through the lifetime undisclosed fee, City said on their official website. Tursunov led 6-3, 5-7, 2-1 when Becker called it a day. international competitive achievement category by Reports in Spain put the fee at around 1.5 million euros Belgium's Xavier Malisse, seeded 11th, used a matches, even though it is the World Golf Foundation (1.9 million US dollars). strong serve to oust Lee Hyung-taik of South Korea, 7- a symbolic ban for Zidane (WGF) board of directors “I’m delighted to have secured Bernardo, he is a 6 (7-4), 6-1. who has confirmed he has selection committee. player I’ve been looking at for some time and think he Malisse had 12 aces while winning 76 per cent (29- no intention of reversing McCormack, whose will be a terrific acquisition for this football club,” City of-36) of his first serve points. his decision to retire. signing of Arnold Palmer manager Stuart Pearce told the website. In the day's another big upset, No. 6 seed Dominik Materazzi will miss in 1960 ushered in his Corradi, a former Italy international, said: “I hope Hrbaty of Slovakia and ranked 22 in the world was Italy's opening two Euro International Manage- to bring all my enthusiasm to Manchester City and I upset by Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark, 6-3, 6-3. Carlsen, 2008 qualifiers against ment Group (IMG) com- want to show everyone that I want to work hard now No. 123 in the ATP rankings, saved 10 of 11 break Lithuania on 2 September pany, died on 16 May, points during the match while winning 83 per cent of and during the season with my teammates. I want to do and, ironically, France on 2003 after failing to re- his first serve points (15-of-18). well here.” 6 September. cover from a heart attack. Other second-round winners at the Indianapolis The Italian joined Valencia from Lazio in 2004, but "In their statements, "Without him profes- Tennis Centre included 12th-seeded Gilles Muller, a 6- was loaned out last season to Parma for whom he both players stressed that sional golfers would not 2, 6-3 winner over Paul Capdeville; and No. 8 Paradorn Materazzi's comments had enjoy the rewards they scored 10 goals. Srichaphan, a 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (4-7), 6-4 winner over been defamatory but not get today," Hall of Fame MNA/Reuters qualifier Wayne Arthurs. — MNA/Xinhua Lin, Zhang sail into 2nd Parreira resigns as round at Macao Open Brazil coach MACAO, 20 July — World champions RIO DE JANEIRO, 20 July — Carlos Lin Dan and Zhang Ning of China both Alberto Parreira resigned as coach of eased to the second round of the Macao Brazil on Wednesday less than three Open badminton championships here on weeks after their quarterfinal exit at the Wednesday. World Cup, the Brazilian Football Con- Lin Dan sank Chan Io Chong of Macao federation (CBF) said. 21-5, 21-15 in the first round clash, set- "After a meeting held this morn- ting up a meeting with South Korea's ing... with CBF president Ricardo Shon Seung Mo, who knocked out the Teixeira, coach Carlos Alberto Parreira "Super Dan" in the Athens Olympics two left the Brazilian national team," said a years ago. statement on the CBF's official website. Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat, another "It was a joint decision and Parreira men's singles title favorite, swept past will not have, from today, any profes- local player Leong Kin Fai 21-9, 21-11. sional connection with the Brazilian Four other Chinese players — Chen Football Confederation." China's Jia Tong dives during the Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand Hong, Chen Yu, Chen Jin and Bao Parreira, who led Brazil to their women's 10-meter platform event at watches his tee shot on the 18th hole Chunlai—all made it through into the fourth world title in 1994, had been at the FINA World Cup competition in during the first round of the British men's singles second round. the helm since the start of 2003. Brazil Changshu, a city in east China's Open Championship at the Royal In the women's singles, world number lost 1-0 to France at the World Cup after Jiangsu Province, on 20 July, 2006. Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, on one Zhang Ning routed Finland's Anu starting the tournament as favourites. Jia took the gold medal with 385.30 20 July, 2006. —INTERNET Nieminen 21-8, 21-13.— MNA/Xinhua MNA/Reuters points.—INTERNET THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 July, 2006 15 Indonesia’s tsunami death toll Indonesia to install tsunami reaches 547, 323 missing warning system JAKARTRA, 21 July — At least 547 people were killed, 465 injured and 323 still missing in the tsunami disaster, triggered by a 6.8 magni- in Java, Bali tude quake, hitting Indonesia’s Java Island on Monday, National JAKARTA, 21 July — Disaster Management Coordination Board said here on Thursday. Indonesia will prioritize the southern waters off An official in charge coastal areas of Indone- Indonesian President of the board, Setio sia’s West Java, Central Susilo Bambang Java and Bali islands Sutarmo, told Xinhua that Java and Yogyakarta prov- Yudhoyono has said that when setting up tsunami over 5,541 people had also inces. the government would early warning system, a taken refugee at camps and The buoys would be update and improve tsu- minister said here on tents, after giant waves set up in quake-vulnerable nami detector device to Thursday. struck onto land and dam- zones with high popula- give early warnings to Research and Tech- aged buildings and infra- tion density and huge people. nology Minister structure in the southern amount of assets, he said. MNA/Xinhua Kusmayanto Kadiman said the government would install the device on the basis of the density of population, the amount of assets and the vulner- ability of the area from the possible disaster. “We put priority on WEATHER southern sea off Java and Friday, 21 July, 2006 Bali islands,” Kus- Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 mayanto said. hours MST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been Java Island is the partly cloudy in lower Sagaing Division, rain have been most populated area in isolated in Kayah State, Mandalay and Magway Divisions, fairly widespread in Kachin, Shan and Chin States, upper Indonesia and Bali Island Sagaing, Bago and Ayeyawady Divisions and widespread in is the most favourable the remaining areas with isolated heavyfalls in Kachin and tourist destination in the Rakhine States. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall re- Swedish tsunami survivor Peter Damerau, left, looks on as Indonesian country. Both of them corded were Putao and Sittway (3.11) inches each, Phyapon President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, and his wife Kristiani, lower have huge infrastructures. (2.84) inches,Thaton (2.68) inches, Hpa-an (2.24) inches, right, greet his sons Pidi, center, and Permarten, second left, during their MNA/Xinhua Mawlamyine (2.20) inches, Thandwe (1.97) inches and meeting at Halim Perdanakusumah airbase in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Pyinmana (0.55) inch. July 21, 2006. Pangandaran, one of Java’s most popular seaside resorts Maximum temperature on 20-7-2006 was 82¡F. when the waves hit and separated Damerau from his children for more than Minimum temperature on 21-7-2006 was 66¡F. Relative 12 hours after the disaster. — INTERNET humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 21-7-2006 was (96%). Total sunshine hours on 20-7-2006 was nil. Rainfalls on 21-7-2006 were (0.51) inch at 12:05 am 4:45 pm Mingaladon, (0.39) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.16) inch at 5. Round up of the Aew;qc\\tk\\\ ˚˚q˚˚˚ iiuuliuiiuu \\pvaer;\\\ 4. Saturday, 22 July Central Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were (48.46) week’s TV local news Rupuuuu \mc\\\mc\ \q\\\\ MÂka;qcMMMÂka;qcM Kn\\\\\ \;sa\\\\ inches at Mingaladon, (58.03) inches at Kaba-Aye and 12:50 am Tune in today -duuuuutiiiiiyN˙˙˙˙˙s\\\\\ (Ruuuuukebd- (62.64) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at 6. Ncuuiiuiuuii c\\\\\ Ka;zatMMMKa;zatMM lm\\\\\ ;t\\\\\ ´´∑∑´∑´´∑∑ 8:30 am AT¨¨;po)¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ (Rukuuuu ebd) Brief news Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mph from Southwest at (22:30) {Sv;Sa}\\\\\ 8:35 am Music: (Apcuuiiuiuuii ;-8)\\\\\ 5:00 pm -It might be you hours MST on 20-7-2006. 1:25 pm 5. At^;p^^^^ iociiioci \p\\\\ ∑´∑´∑´∑´∑´ 8:40 am Perspectives Bay inference: Monsoon is weak in the Andaman Saturday, 22 July Âka;mcÂka;mc\\q\ uutu pv\\.\.wesra. 8:45 am Music: Sea and South Bay and moderate to strong elsewhere in the 7. Âka;mcÂka;mc\q\ utu pv\.\wesra. 5:15 pm -Save the best for View on today Bay of Bengal. sapedqa 6. Musical programme last 7:00 am Forecast valid until evening of 22-7-2006: Rain 1:35 pm 5:30 pm 8:50 am National news / 1. Recitation of Parittas 8. {elakr´´´´´´´´´´> Al˙˙˙˙˙rtna} Slogan will be isolated in Kayah State, Mandalay Magway and by Missionary Saya- (r´´´´´´eAac´´´´ \\'emq√\\\ ßßa√ßßß ^^;'q^^^ ¨¨¨¨¨T¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨;s¨¨¨¨¨ MM'MMM 7. Games for children 9:00 am Music: lower Sagaing Divisions, scattered in Shan,Chin, States and 6:00 pm -Whenever forever upper Sagaing Division, fairly widespread in Kachin daw U Ottamathara p∑∑∑∑c∑ \\\\.\...nd. ^^^^emac^ \\\\'\ K¥s\\\\sN\ iiiiuiuuu;√u ^^^^;'^ comes 7:25 am eK¥artna' emkb¥a) 8. Evening news 9:05 am International State,Bago, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions and wide- 2. To be healthy 1:50 pm 6:30 pm news spread in the remaining states and divisions. Degree of exercise 9. At^^^;p^^ iiiociioc\\\p\\ ∑∑∑´´∑∑´´´ 9. Weather report 9:10 am Music: certainty is (80%). 7:30 am -Funky town State of the sea: 2:05 pm 6:35 pm 1:30 pm Squalls with moderate to rough 3. Morning news News / Slogan 10.Dance of national 10.Discovery 1:40 pm Request sea are likely at times off and along Rakhine Coast. Surface 7:40 am -Only you wind speed in squalls may reach (35) to (40) mph. Seas will races 6:45 pm 4. Nice and sweet song 2:20 pm -You light up my be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters. life 7:55 am 11.Am´´´´´´´´´´siiiiim\\\\\;enqv\\\\\..... Am´´´´´´´´´´siiiiim\\\\\; 11.Musical programme Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of 5.Akpiociioci \p\\\ ∑´∑´∑´∑´ 7:00 pm -The day we find raBaKMMM love decrease of rain in Southern Myanmar area. 8:05 am 2:30 pm 12.rTiiiuuiiuiiuuikii \\\A\\ uuutuu \\\sk\\ \\\(m\\ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨Sy¨¨ \\\)\\ 9:00 pm ASEAN News Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring knuuuuu sv\\\\\ t\\\\\ ;puuiiuiuuii a;∑∑∑∑∑ tet;tMM∑∑M∑MM∑∑ ta;MMMMM 6. 12. nt\\qa;etaerel\\\ ˙˙ac˙˙˙ \\tm\\\ MMMMM 7:05 pm review areas for 22-7-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain. Degree Exchange news 8:15 am 2:40 pm 13.Niiiuuiiucuu \\\c\\ MMMKa;zatMMKa;zat\\\lm\\ \\\;t\\ ∑∑∑´´∑∑´´´ of certainty is (60%). 7. 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NAY PYI TAW, 20 July — Member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Kyaw Win of the Ministry of Defence, together with Chairman of Shan State Peace and Development Council Com- mander of Eastern Command Brig-Gen Thaung Aye on 15 July visited Maha Myatmuni Buddha Image in Laikha, Shan State (South). They offered flowers, lights and joss sticks and paid homage to the Buddha Image. Afterwards, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and the com- mander went to Konnin Monastery in Laikha and presented offertories to Chairman of Laikha Township Sangha Nayaka Committee Presiding Sayadaw of the monastery Sayadaw U Vicittasara. During his tour, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win also vis- ited the Haw Palace in Laikha. — MNA

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win of the Ministry of Defence offers alms to a Sayadaw of Konnin Monastery in Laikha. MNA Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects Two members tax-free markets resign from YeU Township NLD

YANGON, 21 July—Two members of YeU Town- ship National League for Democracy in Sagaing Division—chairman U Tin Tun and secretary U Win Aung of Magyeedaw Village-tract —resigned from the party on 26 June of their own accord by sending letters of resignation to the NLD headquarters and local authorities concerned. In the letters submitted to Sagaing Division Multi- party Democracy General Election Sub-commission, they said that they were no longer interested in the party and party duties. So, they quit the party and the duties of their own volition. Thirty-one members of YeU Township NLD have left the party since last June 2006. Therefore, 33 members have quit the party so far. — MNA

INSIDE Panglong is a place Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects Shukhintha tax free market in Thakayta Township.—MNA

YANGON, 21 July — Tax-free markets are open tax-free markets in Dagon Myothit (North), Dagon fully enjoying the fruits in Yangon for enabling city dwellers to buy fresh Myothit (South), Thakayta, Tamway and Yankin Town- vegetables, meat and fish and other kitchen items. ships. of peace and stability Accompanied by Chairman of Yangon Divi- After inspecting the markets, Lt-Gen Myint sion Peace and Development Council Commander of Swe gave instructions on supervision to be made for Yangon Command Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win, selling of goods with correct weight and measures and and rapid development. Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa and officials, Lt-Gen Myint sale of meat, fish and vegetables at fair price. Swe of the Ministry of Defence this morning inspected MNA Hence, we can say Weather Forecast for (22-7-2006) that the Border Area Nay Pyi Taw and Yangon and neighbour- Mandalay and neigh- Nationalities Youth neighbouring areas ing areas bouring areas Technical School adds Likelihood of isolated rain. One or two rain. Likelihood of isolated Degree of certainty is Degree of certainty is rain. Degree of certainty is glory to Mongla region. (60%). (60%). (80%). PAGE 7 MYINT SOE (NA-TA-LA)