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Volume XV, Number 78 4th Waning of First Waso 1369 ME Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 Senior General Than Shwe sends True patriotism message of felicitations to Belarus * It is very important for everyone of the nation regardless of the place he NAY PYI TAW, 3 July — Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a lives to have strong Union Spirit. message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Alexander R Lukashenko, * Only Union Spirit is the true patri- President of the Republic of Belarus, on the occasion of the independence otism all the nationalities will have Day of the Republic of Belarus which falls on 3 July.— MNA to safeguard. Secretary-1 addresses special refresher course No 9 for faculty members Every nation has rights to build a way towards national interest on self-reliance basis for the betterment of the nation and its people The rights to safeguard the territory, sovereignty and national interest are the most basic ones for every nation

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein delivers an address at opening of Special Refresher Course No 9 for faculty members at Central Institute of Civil Service (Upper Myanmar).— MNA NAY PYI TAW, 2 July — The special refresher try of Defence, Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace Development Council Office, heads of departments, course No 9 for faculty members was opened at the and Development Council Commander of Central local authorities, Rector of CICS (Upper Myanmar) U Central Institute of Civil Service (Upper Myanmar) in Command Maj-Gen Khin Zaw, the ministers, the Aung Hsan Win and faculty members and trainee PyinOoLwin Township in Mandalay Division this chairman of Civil Service Selection and Training Board, teachers. morning, with an address by Chairman of Myanmar the chairman of Mandalay City Development Com- The Secretary-1 said every nation of the world are Education Committee Secretary-1 of the State Peace mittee Mandalay Mayor, members of CSSTB, the nurturing the younger generation competitively to and Development Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein. deputy chief justice of Upper Myanmar Supreme Court, apply the latest science and technology in the interest Also present were Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the Minis- senior military officers, officials of the State Peace and (See page 8) Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

3-6-07 NL 1 8/10/18, 02:36 PM 2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 PERSPECTIVES People’s Desire Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 * 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 Strive for enhancing * Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State Myanmar women’s life * Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy According to culture, traditions and laws, Myanmar Women have enjoyed rights on equal Teak saplings grown hailing Foreign Minister sends message terms with men since time immemorial. The Myanmar National Committee for Women’s Myanmar Women’s Day of felicitations to Belarus Affairs was formed on 3 July 1996 with the YANGON, 2 July— Hailing the Myanmar Wom- aim of maintaining the already-achieved wom- NAY PYI TAW, 3 July —U Nyan Win, Minister en’s Day 2007, the collective teak growing ceremony for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, has sent en’s rights. was held in front of the Prayer Hall of U Khanti Pagoda The Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Martinov in Mawlamyine on 27 June. Sergei Nikolaevich, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the was formed on 20 December 2003 to be able to Present on the occasion were Chairman of Mon enhance the standard of women, protect and Republic of Belarus, on the occasion of the Independ- State Peace and Development Council Commander of ence Day of the Republic of Belarus which falls on 3 rehabilitate, and improve their social and cul- South-East Command Maj-Gen Thet Naing Win, wife tural sectors. Members of the committees at July. Daw Myint Myint Soe, Patron of Mon State Women’s MNA different levels are actively participating in the Affair Organization, Secretary U Aung Win of Mon State drive for national development and improve- PDC, departmental officials, Chairperson Daw Nyein ment of women’s life. Nyein Htaik of Mon State WAO and members, members I&P Minister gives instructions to The government has designated 3 July as of social organizations and local people. Myanmar Women’s Day and marked it yearly First, the commander and wife, members of the since 1998. The Myanmar Women’s Day is departmental personnel WAO and social organizations, local people grew teak marked to reflect the brilliant performance of YANGON, 1 July — Service personnel are to plants. women and their morale. conscientiously discharge the respective duties in recon- Next, the commander and wife viewed partici- The MWAF is a national force that is serv- vening the final session of the National Convention pation of WAO and social organization members and ing the interest of the State and the people. which is the first step of the seven-step Road Map, said local people in growing 538 teak saplings. — MNA Every woman fully equipped with community Minister for Immigration and Population Maj-Gen Maung spirit, nationalism and patriotism can become Secretariat Member meets with Maung Swe at the meeting with officials of Immigration a member of the federation. and National Registration Department and Population The MWAF has different sub-committees Thaboung Township USDA members Department at the hall of Population Department on in order to engage in the drive for protection Maha Bandoola Street, here, this morning. NAY PYI TAW, 2 July —Secretariat Member of of women and rehabilitation. Also present on the occasion were Director- the Union Solidarity and Development Association Min- The sub-committees are taking measures for General U Maung Maung Than of INRD, directors of the development of woman sector, prevention ister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung met with the town- INRD and PD and officials. of against violence women, prevention of traf- ship USDA secretary, executives and organizers at Paper The minister continued to say that officials are to ficking in persons, rehabilitation of women be- and Pulp Factory (Thaboung) of Myanma Paper and make field trips to grass-roots level for realizing the aims ing trafficked and all-round development of Chemical Industries in Thaboung Township on 29 June. of the departments. young women. First, Secretary U Thein Win of township USDA and Officials reported on population of Yangon Di- Fully endowed with the fine traditions of executives reported to the minister on five rural develop- vision, issuing of citizenship scruting cards and difficul- outstanding performance, nationalism and the ment tasks being carried out in their respective regions. ties in task. Director-General U Maung Maung Than spirit of preserving lineage, we firmly believe Yesterday morning, the minister inspected nur- gave a supplementary report. that Myanmar women will be able to take part turing of eucliptus and bamboo plantations in the factory After hearing the reports, the minister attended in nation-building endeavours and enhancing compound and called for growing bamboo platation to the needs. meeting the target. their life. MNA During his tour, the minister also inspected Control Room of Power Plant, running of 15-megawatt Myanmar bags medals in 4th Asian and 6-megawatt tarbines and the tasks of Chemical Plant Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun delivers an of the Paper and Pulp Factory, and fulfilled the need of address at opening of job proficiency course the tasks. Afterwards, the minister visited Win Thuza Youth Wushu Championship Shop in Pathein.— MNA of Internal Revenue Department. — MNA YANGON, 2 July — The victorious Myanmar Wushu team, which bagged two gold medals, one silver and four bronze in the 4th Asian Youth Wushu Cham- pionship held in Yeong Ju of the Republic of Korea from 27 June to 1 July, arrived back here by air yesterday. The victorious team was welcomed back and greeted at Yangon International Airport by Director- General U Thaung Htaik of Sports and Physical Educa- tion Department, who is also a secretary of Myanmar Olympic Committee, and officials concerned, Chair- person Daw Aye Aye of Central Work Committee for Myanmar Women’s Sports Federation, who is also a member of MOC and patrons in-charge, President of Myanmar Wushu Federation Dr Sai Sam Tun and executives, Wushu athletes from MWF and families. Ma Thet Thet Naing secured a gold medal in 50 employees of MFR receive skills for job proficiency Daoshu (single-edged sword), a bronze medal in NAY PYI TAW, 2 July —A total of 50 employees of with the aim of producing skilful officials who will take Changquan and a bronze medal in Gunshu (Staff) ; the Ministry of Finance and Revenue are attending the part in implementing the tasks of the ministry in accord- Maung Kyaw Zin Thit, a gold medal in Daoshu (single- job proficiency course No 30 for officials of the ministry ance with rules and regulations. edged sword); Ma Sandi Oo, a silver medal in Jianshu held at the ministry here today. Also present at the opening of course were Deputy (double-edged sword) and one bronze medal in Gunshu Minister for Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Minister Col Hla Thein Swe, Governor of Central Bank and Maung Kyaw Naing Oo, a bronze medal in Sanshou Tun delivered an address at the opening of the four-week of Myanmar U Than Nyein, Director-General of Internal 52 kilo in the championship. — MNA course conducted by Internal Revenue Department. In Revenue Department U San Tun and officials. his address, the minister said the course was conducted MNA

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Iraqi PM criticizes US raid on Baghdad’s Shiite suburb BAGHDAD, 1 July — take part in any military military forces or coordi- Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri operation without prior nation with the com- al-Maliki on Saturday approval from Iraqi mand”. criticized the US military military command. The statement also operation in Baghdad's In a statement, Maliki urged the Iraqi troops to Shiite bastion of Sadr City, said that his government abide by orders, made by hours after the US military “vehemently rejects any the higher national auth- killed 26 suspected military operation by the orities, and warned against militants in the capital's MultiNational Forces in launching attacks against eastern neighbourhood. any Iraqi province or city civilians. The Iraqi Govern- Maliki also ordered the without prior approval of ment would seek clarifi- Iraqi special forces not to the command of the Iraqi cation from the Multi- National Forces about the operation that was carried out in the Sadr City neigh- bourhood at dawn Saturday. Earlier, the US military Chinese President Hu Jintao cuts the ribbon by car driving-in during the said that 26 militants, opening ceremony of the Shenzhen Bay Port (or Hong Kong-Shenzhen believed to have ties with Western Corridor), a border crossing between south China’s city “Iranian terror network”, Shenzhen and Hong Kong on 1 July, 2007. — XINHUA were killed during raids on Baghdad’s eastern neigh- Penang to be safest state by 2010 borhood of Sadr City during pre-dawn hours on PENANG, 1 July — Chief They should help the “The police and Saturday. The troops Minister Tan Sri Dr Koh police curb crime in their population ratio in the state detained 17 suspected Tsu Koon has set a target neighbourhood, he told is 1:366 against the ideal militants, the statement of making Penang the reporters after launching international standard said, adding that there were safest state by 2010 and the Macallum Area Safe ratio of 1:250,” he added. no US casualties during the called for the cooperation Town Initiative here. Also present at the raids, a military statement of all quarters to achieve He said there were launching were Malaysia said. —MNA/Xinhua this. 4,244 police personnel Crime Prevention Found- serving the state’s 1.5 ation vice-chairman Tan Denmark’s Crown Princess Mary holds her million population. Sri Lee Lam Thye and daughter, Princess Isabella Henrietta Ingrid Penang police chief Datuk Margrethe, after the christening ceremony in Police officers examine Koh Hong Sun. Fredensborg on 1 July, 2007. — INTERNET a vehicle outside a Besides the Macallum house on Ramilies road area, the Safe Town in Liverpool, northern programme was also Sunday attacks kill two England , on 1 July , launched simultaneously 2007 following the in Bayan Baru, Taman arrest of a person in Raja Tun Uda in Americans in Iraq connection with Butterworth, and Bukit Saturday’s terrorist Minyak and Taman BAGHDAD,1 July — American death toll in Iraq his vehicle on the west Baghdad reported. attack in Glasgow. Siakap, Seberang Jaya. Two US soldiers were to 3,579. side of the Iraqi capital. Fighting in southern INTERNET Internet killed in separate attacks One of the soldiers was The second died when his Baghdad has been in the Baghdad area, the killed by gunfire in an patrol came under fire in particularly fierce lately, US military reported ambush that followed a a southern district of the with five US soldiers Sunday, bringing the roadside bomb attack on city, the US command in killed and seven others wounded by a roadside bombing Thursday. But plays down EU American commanders say the push to pacify flight ban Baghdad and its sur- J AKARTA, 1 July — Indonesian Vice- “Formally, there is no impact at all. rounding provinces is President Jusuf Kalla said Friday a But of course it has psychological effects bearing fruit despite US recent decision by the European Union because many European people stay death tolls of 100 or to ban all Indonesian airlines from here,” Kalla told reporters at his office more for the past three flying to the region would have no here. months. significant impact on the country. He said Indonesia could take a lesson The number of Iraqi Kalla said currently no from the EU move by improving the civilians killed in June Indonesian airline has scheduled aviation safety standards. dropped to 1,227, down flights to any European destinations, The European Commission from 1,949 in 1 May,501 although flag carrier Garuda Thursday announced that all 51 airlines in April; and 1,872 in Indonesia has announced a plan to certified in Indonesia would be blocked March, an Iraqi Interior reopen route to Amsterdam that was from flying to the EU. Ministry official said ceased in 2004. MNA/Xinhua Saturday. Internet

3-6-07 NL 3 8/10/18, 02:36 PM 4 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 WHO FCTC opens second session sk\mOs∑m\;Aa; eKt\ek¥a\lWa; in Bangkok BANGKOK, 1 July — over 500 delegates from guidelines for the im- but complacency,” said The Conference of the 145 countries as parties to plementation of smoke- Dr Asamoa-Baah, Deputy Parties to the WHO the WHO FCTC, with free places and regulations Director-General of Framework Convention voting rights on such key on tobacco products as WHO. on Tobacco Control agendas as items in the stipulated in the FCTC, Although people all (WHO FCTC) opened templates for protocols on and previously identified around the world have its second session in illicit trade in tobacco during the first session of realized the killing danger Bangkok Saturday. products and cross-border the Conference in Geneva of smoking, and various The seven-day tobacco advertising, in February 2006. tobacco control policies meeting, which lasts until promotion and spon- “Our greatest enemy have been identified in the next Friday, has drawn sorship, as well as the is not the tobacco industry, convention and national laws, “laws on the book Official says more Malaysian male tend are not laws on the street”, the WHO deputy head to take up nursing as career noted, urging that all KUALA LUMPUR,1 new trainee nurses each male nurses who went for parities to take immediate July— More Malaysian year recruited by the private training, he said. action to implement men were beginning to government institutes, Abdul Latiff said that control measures to take up nursing as a career about 10 per cent were Malaysia also faced a decrease tobacco con- and the female-dominated males, Deputy Health shortage of nurses as many sumption and thus reduce profession was not Minister Abdul Latiff trained nurses hopped to serious health risks of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) monopolized, a local Ahmad said at an the private sector or went smokers and second-hand greets Venezualan President Hugo Chavez in health official said here international nursing overseas for better smokers.— MNA/Xinhua Teheran on 1 July, 2007.— INTERNET on Friday. conference here. salaries. Among some 3,000 There were a lot more MNA/Xinhua Air cons, fridges to require efficiency Smoke starts choking Indonesia’s labels in S’pore SINGAPORE, 1 July — tick means low efficiency, without ticks, can save Sumatra Singapore on Friday while four ticks mean very consumers about 860 JAKARTA,1 July— the Jambi Forest Agency, Sumatra and Kalimantan launched a new scheme good efficiency. Singapore dollars (about Smoke has started Frans Tandipau, said the islands where thick haze requiring all air con- Choosing a highly 562 US dollars) a year. choking the Indonesian 13 hotspots were located form forest fires spread ditioners and refri- efficient energy saving The new mandatory province of Jambi on in a number of districts in and flew to neighbouuring gerators to display labels model which comes with regulation is a stronger Sumatra Island with Tebo Regency. Singapore and Malaysia, stating their energy 4 ticks on the energy label, form of the voluntary satellite photos showing He said that police reported the national consumption starting compared to a model scheme the NEA launched 13 hotspots in forests and officers and a number of Antara news agency. The from next year. in 2002. Currently, only plantation areas in the officials from regional Indonesian Government According to the Police forensic 20 per cent of the models province, an official said administration were has promised that it would National Environment on the market have been officers look at the Friday. heading to the locations strengthen its effort to Authority (NEA), the labelled. Secretary to the Forest of forest fires. Jambi is fight forest fires this year. label uses ticks to indicate burnt wreckage of a The NEA said it hopes Fire Monitoring Centre at among provinces on MNA/Xinhua energy efficiency. One that raising awareness will Jeep Cherokee shift consumer demand to F-16 aircraft from US uncovers crossborder drug tunnel high energy efficient, vehicle as it is environmentally-friendly the US Air Force in Arizona removed from the products. NOGALES (Arizona) 1 one end of the tunnel but no ventilation Thunderbirds fly It will also encourage July— US authorities while Sonora state police system. “Because of the departure entrance at manufacturers to stream- during an airshow at have discovered a cramp- arrested five people at an (small) size of the line their products, as each Glasgow airport, ed but sophisticated drug apartment on the other passageway, it wouldn’t certification test for the the Graf Ignatievo smuggling tunnel linking side, said US Immigration have been very practical Scotland on 1 July, labels will cost around Nogales, Arizona, with its to smuggle people. military airport, 140 and Customs Enforce- 4,000 US dollars. Mexican sister city, ment, or ICE, in a state- MNA/Reuters 2007. — INTERNET MNA/Xinhua km east of Sofia, Nogales, Sonora, officials ment. said on Friday. Agents discovered Bulgaria on 1 July, In coordinated raids on the tunnel’s entrance in Thursday, US drug and 2007. the house’s utility room Customs agents moved in hidden beneath sheets of INTERNET on an Arizona home at plywood and weighed down with dirt filled bags. The tunnel had been recently constructed and looked like it had not yet been used, said the ICE statement. The shaft of the tunnel was reinforced with wood supports and sand bags. It had lighting

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E C O N O M I C N E W S China, Pakistan to cut trade tariffs from July B EIJING, 1 July—China after the agreement comes treatment of investments, and Pakistan will start to into force, both sides will expropriation, compen- cut or scrap tariffs on all further reduce tariffs on sation for damages and products from 1 July to the products based on the losses and dispute settle- boost bilateral trade, agreement implemen- ment. Wang Xinpei, spokesman tation. China and Pakistan of the Ministry of Com- The aim is to scrap trade volume reached 5.3 merce, has said. tariffs on up to 90 per billion US dollars in 2006, The two-phase step is cent of products within a up 23 per cent over the in accordance with a free reasonable period with previous year. trade agreement (FTA) mutual concerns being Bilateral trade volume signed by the two taken into account. has grown by nearly 20 Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayaf Bin Abdul Aziz (C), brother of Saudi countries last November, The agreement also per cent annually over the King Abdulah, speaks to Saudi reporters after his meeting with members of which aimed to triple the covers investments, past ten years, according trade volume to 15 billion including investment to ministry statistics. the Saudi advisory Shura Council to discuss the security situation in the dollars in five years. promotion and protection, MNA/Xinhua kingdom, in Jeddah on 1 July, 2007 — INTERNET Under the agreement, both sides will, during S Korea develops new Phase I, slash tariffs on 85 per cent of the products by different ranges in five infantry fighting vehicle years after the agreement SEOUL, 1 July—South Korean Agency for Defence is put into force, and Development announced Friday that it has developed eliminate tariffs on 36 per a new model of infantry fighting vehicle after seven cent of the products in years of research and manufacturing. three years. The agency said the newly developed K21 armoured During this phase, vehicle has a mounted, stabilized 40-millimetre China will largely reduce automatic cannon, a 7.63-millimetre machine gun and tariffs on livestock, a launcher for anti-tank guided missiles, enabling it to aquatic products, vege- fight helicopters. tables, mineral products The 26-ton vehicle with superb river-crossing ability and textiles, while can carry three crew members and a squad of nine Pakistan will mainly soldiers. It also travels at a speed of up to 70 kilometres reduce tariffs on beef and per hour on the ground, and 7.8 kilometres per hour in mutton, chemicals and The Sydney Opera House is reflected in a pool of rain water in this 31 March , water, the agency said. machinery products. 2005 file photo. A UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Christchurch Massive production of the vehicle will be started In phase II, which on 28 June, 2007 has voted to give Sydney’s landmark Opera House World next year, said the agency. starts from the sixth year Heritage status by adding it to a list of culturally significant sites.— INTERNET MNA/Xinhua A robot kicks a ball Panama drums up $460m for canal expansion at a demonstration PANAMA CITY, 1 July —Panamanian dollars, with more than 70 per cent of during the Robo- lawmakers on Saturday approved a 460- that coming from increased canal transit One Special Cup, million-US-dollar budget increase for tolls. soccer tournament 2008 as part of a 5.25-billion-US-dollar Tomas Altamirano, a lawmaker for of remote- plan to expand the Panama Canal. the ruling Democratic Revolutionary controlled biped Legislators agreed to increase the Party, said the agreement constituted the: ambulation robot, Panama Canal authority’s 2008 budget “first budget for the expansion of the in Tokyo MNA/Reuters by almost 30 per cent to 2.02 billion US Panama Canal”.— on 1 July, 2007. INTERNET China opposes US investigations against its steel tubes BEIJING, 1 July— China gations violate WTO rules, has been practised for strongly opposes the US’ Wang Xinpei said. more than 20 years.Wang combined use of anti- Wang noted given the said the move would affect dumping and anti-subsidy fact the United States does the Sino-US trade in a measures against carbon not realize China as a negative way, and China steel tubes imported from market economy, use of hopes the United States to China, which was an- anti-dump-ing and anti- abide by consensus nounced by the United subsidy mea-sures also reached by state leaders States on Thursday, a infringes the US’ own of the two sides on solving spokesman with the rules and its tradition of frictions in their economic Ministry of Commerce not adopting anti-subsidy and trade relationship Palestinians look at a crater made by an Israeli air strike in Gaza on 1 July, said on Friday. measures against any non- through dialogues. 2007.— INTERNET The combined investi- market economies, which MNA/Xinhua

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The Canadian Forces Malaysian Govt forms Snowbirds fly past the special forces to check schools Peace Tower during KUALA LUMPUR, 1 July — The Malaysian Education Ministry has formed special task forces at various levels nationwide to monitor the health conditions Canada Day in all schools in the country, according to Malaysia’s national news agency celebrations on Bernama on Saturday. The main mission of the be mobilized immediately. Hon said that his Parliament Hill in task forces was to send Several cases of the ministry planned to set up periodic reports on the level suspected food poisoning a joint committee with the Ottawa on 1 July , of cleanliness of school were reported in some Health Ministry to ensure 2007. Canadians are canteens and food schools in the country the cleanliness of food and poisoning cases to the recently, involving more drinks served at school celebrating their ministry, Bernama quoted than 100 students or pupils canteens. He also threw Malaysia’s Deputy Edu- in a certain single case. his support to the imple- country’s 140th cation Minister Hon Choon These students or pupils mentation of a school Kim as saying. Hon reportedly had problems canteen grading scheme birthday. —INTERNET expressed hope that the after having meals at in the country. special task forces could canteens of the schools. MNA/Xinhua Zimbabwe extracts Two injured in Air China flight accident BEIJING, 1 July — One passenger and one crew member were injured in an Air China passenger jet 50,000 carats diamonds accident here on Sunday. The fore-undercarriage of the Boeing 767 took in trial mining back automatically before taking-off, which was due HARARE, 1 July — The Zimbabwe Mining 5:15 Sunday afternoon from Beijing to Dubai, General Development Corporation has so far extracted more Administration of Civil Aviation (CAAC) officials than 50,000 carats of diamonds through trial mining said. at Chiadzwa in Marange, Manicaland Province, Most of the passengers have boarded the aircraft local Press The Herald reported on Friday. when the jet head fell onto the ground, according to the Minister of Mines and Mining Development Amos CAAC. The two passengers, who are both Chinese, Midzi said mining of the precious stones was going on have been sent to hospital, and other passengers have well and that the government was convinced that been properly settled while a CAAC team has been ZMDC was capable of carrying out the task. conducting investigations. Midzi, however, refused to comment on the value or The passenger and the crew member felt dazed, where the precious stones were being kept. “ZMDC and medical checks show they were only slightly An Air China plane lies on the ground after the will reinvest the funds realized from the sale of the injured, the CAAC said. fore-undercarriage retracted before take-off at the products they have so far mined. All 148 passengers are boarding another Air China Beijing Capital International Airport on 1 July, What ZMDC requires immediately is injection of aircraft, waiting for taking-off Sunday night, according 2007. The accident left one passenger and one new equipment which would then enhance its capacity to the CAAC. crew member injured, Xinhua News Agency and increase production and therefore improve its Xinhua reported. — INTERNET performance,” said Midzi. He allayed fears from some quarters, particularly reportedly plans to withdraw from the parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines, Energy and Tourism that ZMDC needed a foreign troops from Iraq technical partner as it had no technical capacity to mine the precious stones in Marange. SYDNEY, 1 July — Australian Prime Minister John Howard is secretly planning to begin withdrawing Commenting on the recent visit by a delegation Australian troops from Iraq by February 2008, Australian media reported on Sunday. from Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), The Sunday Telegraph, withdrawal plan as “one Australian troops would Meet the Press programme Midzi said the government was transparent with the quoting an unnamed of the most closely remain in Iraq for as long on Sunday that a plan by team, an indication that it had nothing to hide. senior military source, guarded secrets in top as needed. A spokesman Opposition leader Kevin MNA/Xinhua described Howard’s levels of the bureaucracy”. for Howard on Sunday Rudd to withdraw Aus- The Sunday Telegraph referred to Howard’s tralian troops from Iraq, if said the drawdown of statement last week and he won power in elections troops would focus on told Reuters that he did to be held later this year, soldiers based in southern not want to give credence could create tensions Iraq on security duty with to The Sunday Telegraph between Australia and the Iraqi soldiers. report. Howard said last United States. Australia has about week that his government “The United States is 1,500 soldiers, sailors and was not committed to a extraordinarily grateful to airmen in and around Iraq. timetable over Australian Australia for its com- Howard, a close ally of troops in Iraq but was mitments there (in Iraq),” US President George W committed to an outcome he said. “Whenever one Bush, has been a mainstay driven by circumstances agrees with an ally about of support for the contro- and events. any subject, it’s better than versial United States His withdrawal plan if one disagrees and there’s military presence in Iraq. had yet to be put to US always a tension or a stress As recently as last week President Bush or to the on a relationship,” he said. Flood victims gather near a Pakistan Army helicopter to receive relief goods Prime Minister Howard Australian Cabinet, The The tone of the relation- in Turbat on 1 July , 2007. A flash flood swept through six villages in said there were no plans Sunday Telegraph said. ship in relation to Iraq Pakistan’s storm-hit Baluchistan Province killing 30 people and forcing more to withdraw Australian US Ambassador to would depend on the than 10,000 from their homes as a huge effort to help up to 15 million people troops from Iraq, and has Australia Robert Mc- details, he said. geared up.— INTERNET consistently said that Callum told Channel 10’s MNA/Reuters

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Honouring Myanmar Women’s Day To All Myanmar Women

Myanmar Women’s Day for * In almost all walks of life Never have we been secondary or sub- servient All Myanmar Women With privileges and equal rights Aye Phyu A special custom to hold to our hearts tight women empowerment and the proper dispersion of * Husbands and wives in married life women on the basis of equality in all sphere of Again partners with equal rights Family burden carried by man on his society. Agreement was made there for everyone to shoulder go home with an assignment to meet the commit- And by woman, on her head, well and ment made in the area of women empowerment. For proper ®mn\maAm¥io;qm^;m¥a;en≥ us, Myanmar Women, 3 July on which the great * More capacity building and empower- MWAF originated, poses as a very special day fol- 2007 KuNuuuu ˙s\'\\\\ z¨liuciuiuiuiu \l\\\\ (3) rk\\\\\ ment lowing the Beijing Conference that laid down the For all women to be self-confident and foundation for the main concern for the betterment of self dependent MYANMAR WOMEN’S DAY women and their empowerment. Through micro credit and vocational 3rd July 2007 Different nations with different social, eco- training nomic, political and cultural backgrounds take dif- For income generation and awareness ferent paths and means to fulfil their commitment raising “Myanmar Women’s Day” falls on 3 July and objectives in this area. MWAF, while collabo- * When women are empowered every year. It is an auspicious day for all Myanmar rating with other international women organizations They say a society with stability is as- sured Women. Actually it designated the day, 3 July of and other social organizations, tailor its programmes And enlightened women force 1996 to be exact, on which the first ever Myanmar to the needs of Myanmar Women so as to keep up For developing good societies, surely a National Committee for Women’s Affairs with the international trends and at the same time (MNCWA) was formed with the main objective for great resource safeguarding the national interest at all times. * Ignorance driven away taking the initiative in organizing the mass of At present MWAF has been trying its utmost From life’s challenges, we won’t sway Myanmar Women to become one in line with the to successfully implement its grand and noble objec- Holding our heads up and looking ahead commitment made at Beijing’s Fourth World Wom- tives through its various working groups. Since its Let’s march forward along the path in en’s Conference in 1995 in the area of women formation, it has been engaged in a variety of tasks in the road map! empowerment and advancement. the women sector for all-round development of Honouring Myanmar Women’s Day The limitations of the Committee in under- Myanmar Women for their protection, for their rights, Aye Phyu taking various issues for the entire Myanmar Women for their empowerment and betterment in life. mass eventually led to the formation of a greater United Nations Secretary General, has stated tion to micro credit.” organization for promoting the Myanmar Women in his message on this year’s International Women’s In fact MWAF stands as a true pillar, a sector in the country. Accordingly the Myanmar Day that “Empowering women is not only a goal in source of inspiration and strength for our women Women’s Affairs Federation (MWAF) was estab- itself. It is a condition for building better lives for folk. We should take pride in MWAF, in its numer- lished on 20 December, 2003 for the benefit of the everyone on the planet”. ous endeavours and give proper recognition to its Myanmar Women from all walks of life, to stand as As the Secretary General has emphasized in founding day. To all Myanmar Women across the the body representing and responsible for the women his speech, MWAF has been strengthening “every nation, let’s all hail the auspicious “Myanmar Wom- sector. In fact MWAF upgrades the previous Com- means of empowering women and girls from educa- en’s Day”! mittee with its new set-up making it easier, more practical and more efficient to carry out all the related issues regarding the entire Myanmar Women At present MWAF has been trying its utmost to mass on a wider scale and with extended perspec- successfully implement its grand and noble objectives tives. All Myanmar women, while paying due through its various working groups. Since its forma- respect and recognition to the International Wom- en’s Day (8 March every year) should attach great tion, it has been engaged in a variety of tasks in the significance to Myanmar Women’s Day of 3 July since it is the date of birth of MNCWA, whose women sector for allround development of Myanmar origin could be traced back directly to the Fourth Women for their protection, for their rights, for their World Women’s Conference of 1995. Beijing Conference ended with a Declara- empowerment and betterment in life. tion that highlights the paramount importance of

3-6-07 NL 7 8/10/18, 02:37 PM 8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 Secretary-1 addresses special refresher… (from page 1) man rights. Those relying on external el- of the nation and its people and are ements acting as stooges under the influ- training them to become qualified intel- ence of the aliens are making lectuals and intelligentsia through propagandas that nationalistic fervour is power of science and technology. out of date and they are inculcating Like other nations of the world, younger generation with the spirit to rely Myanmar is making efforts for serving on the aliens, he pointed out. the interest of the nation and its people In fact, every nation has rights to through science and technology and ef- build a way towards serving the national forts are also being made for the emer- interest on self-reliance basis for the bet- gence of a new nation, he said. terment of the nation and its people. He said based on the education sec- The rights to safeguard the territory, tor the government is endeavouring for sovereignty and national interest are the promotion of education of the people most basic ones for every nation, he which is the important national strength stressed. Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein greets trainees at opening of Special and for consolidation of patriotism and In conformity with those fundamen- Refresher Course No 9 for faculty members at Central Institute of Civil the Union spirit of intellectuals and in- tal rights, every nation has the right to Service (Upper Myanmar).—MNA telligentsia. choose and practice a system to protect Education plays a major role in and promote its interest within the cation environment capable of develop- held very soon. nation-building tasks and in march- framework of national policy. ing the State and the people to keep pace A referendum will be held after ing towards the right path that brings People should have correct and with changes and developments. the draft constitution has been drawn about the national interest in the new firm nationalism to safeguard and At present also, there has been an based on the detailed basic principles nation. The nation must be built promote the interest of the race and opportunity to pursue basic education as laid down by the NC. When the time through educational force in order to nation and to protect the fundamen- well as higher education in different re- comes to do so, it is important for the keep abreast of the international tal rights of a sovereign state. They gions of the nation and a choice of national people to be able to distin- community. Efforts are to be made for should have brilliant qualifications to studying for master and doctorate degree guish right and wrong without any restoration of discipline-flourishing safeguard their own country. courses. ism and personality cult. So, efforts to democratic system and perpetuation of I would like to urge the people to Moreover, the new programmes educate the people to broaden their the Union through educational force. carry out the national task of the educa- were introduced at the high school level horizons, to have national as well as Therefore, education capable of over- tion sector with the conviction that the for uplift of the standard of education so international outlooks and to be rational coming various kinds of challenges will qualification and efficiency to build and that students can pursue the international must be exerted through the education have to be built, he added. defend a modern and developed nation level education of higher institutions. sector. In globalization period, interna- is a requisite. The said qualification and Therefore, faculty members are to Today’s destructive elements are tional relations are to be promoted for efficiency depend on teachers’ ability to try their utmost to further nurture stu- making political profits in the name of development of science and technology nurture and develop individual skill of dents coming from basic education sec- religious and social affairs by resorting of the country and for strong national their students. tor to be qualified and familiar with to various wicked ways. Describing the economic force. It is necessary for the Every student has significant indi- higher institutions as there will be an in- various titles that have been popular in people to preserve national culture and vidual talent and qualification and the crease in the number of students of the international arena, such elements characters and social norms of the suc- only thing is to develop and nurture the higher education sector. from inside and outside the country are cessive periods, he said. given talent and qualification. In the meantime, teachers of higher making fabrications with intent to tar- It is important to build nationalis- As long as individual vision, crea- institutions are to make relentless efforts nish the image of the government. tic fervour based on national solidarity tivity, innovative mind, absorbing power for development of science and technol- Unaware of these, the people might spirit and Union spirit as there is the and analytical skills can be fostered and ogy in the nation and related subjects, to have misunderstanding. That is why spread of ism and cultural penetration raised, students will be able to practi- innovate new subjects and to ensure de- those from the education field are to in the nations of the world. cally apply sophisticated techniques and velopment of applied subjects. organize the people to clearly see the He said some western nations are technologies thanks to those developing As different research centres in true colours of the destructionists. undermining the national endeavours qualifications. conformity with respective regions Work programmes to promote na- under the pretext of democracy and hu- The government has created an edu- have been established at universities tional education, improve the knowl- and colleges more researches that con- edge of the people and produce intellec- tribute to regional development, tuals and intelligentsia are indispensable Korean Ambassador calls on Culture Minister economy and production of the region for ensuring peace and stability of the NAY PYI TAW, 2 July — Mr countries. are to be done. State, national economic growth, high Park Key-Chong, Korean Ambassador Also present at the call were He stressed the need for faculty living standards of the people and a new to Myanmar, called on Minister for Cul- Director-General U San Win of Depart- members to strive for development of modern nation. Hence, all the faculty ture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint at the ment of Archaeological, National Mu- science and technology in the fields of members are to consider this fact and agriculture, livestock, fisheries, forestry, urged to diligently perform national ministry, here, today. seum and Libraries, Director-General U industry, mining and energy and to pro- duties of the education sector. The Sec- At the meeting, they discussed Yan Naing Oo of Fine Arts Department duce more intellectuals and technocrats retary-1 concluded that the people are to culture cooperation between the two and officials concerned.— MNA that play a crucial role in developing na- be trained to receive higher education, tional economy. to be rational and thoughtful and to have Furthermore, faculty members are national spirit through the education to try their best for the emergence of in- sector; and that national duties are to be tellectuals and intelligentsia and devel- carried out through the education sector opment of technology so that the State for the emergence of a peaceful, mod- can rely on its own in an effort to en- ern discipline-flourishing democratic sure national development. nation. Therefore, the education sector is to After the opening ceremony of the try to improve the education of the course, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein people and to enable them to be ratio- greeted the trainee teachers. A total of nal and thoughtful. Only then will po- 426 faculty members from various litical, economic and social infrastruc- states and divisions are doing the four- tures of the State develop through the week course. Before the ceremony, at strength of the educated people. The the office of CICS (Upper Myanmar) process of building a new modern nation Rector U Aung San Win reported to the is well under way and the final session Secretary-1 on conducting of courses Korean Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Park Key-Chong calls on of the National Convention, the first step and agricultural and livestock breeding Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint, Minister for Culture.— CULTURE of the seven-step Road Map, will be tasks. — MNA

3-6-07 NL 8 8/10/18, 02:37 PM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 9 Wellwishers donate cash to MWAF to hail Myanmar Women’s Day

YANGON, 2 July — attended the cash As a gesture of hailing donation ceremony. the Myanmar Women’s A total of 44 Day which falls on 3 July, wellwishers including wellwishers donated wives of the members of cash to Myanmar the State Peace and Women’s Affairs Development Council, Federation to mark the Union Solidarity and Myanmar Women’s Day Development Asso- at the office of MWAF in ciation, Myanmar Bahan Township today. Maternal and Child President of Welfare Association and Myanmar Women’s ministries donated cash Affairs Federation Daw to the association. Than Than Nwe, vice- MWAF President presidents and Daw Than Than Nwe and President of MWAF executives of MWAF, Vice-Presidents Daw Daw Than Than Educative talks to mark Myanmar President of Myanmar Khin Lay Myint and Daw Nwe speaks words of Maternal and Child Khin Thet Htay accepted thanks at a ceremony Women’s Day launched Welfare Association the donation and to donate cash to YANGON, 2 July — School this morning, with affairs. Daw Khin Khin Win and presented certificates of MWAF. — MNA As a gesture hailing an address by Leader of Next, Secretary executives of the honour to wellwishers. Myanmar Women’s Day Environment Working Dr Khin Mar Aye gave association and Today’s donation 70 books on general for 2007, an educative talk, Group of MWAF Daw talks on dengue departmental officials were K 16,855,000 and knowledge. —MNA organized by Environment Nilar Thaw. haemorrhagic fever, Working Group, Social First, Leader Daw member of Environment Welfare and Culture Nilar Thaw explained Working Group Daw Yi Working Group and about the history of the Yi Nyein on Health Working Group of federation, its aims, environmental affairs and Myanmar Women’s working groups and setup leader Daw Yi Yi Lay of Affairs Federation, was of departments and sub- Second Group of held at Myanyila Hall of working groups and gave Environment Working Latha Township No 2 talks on salient points of Group on human beings Basic Education High health and environmental and their world. — MNA

Daw Than Than Nwe accepts cash donated by a wellwisher. MNA

NLD Headquarters has constant contacts Daw Ni Lar Thaw, leader of working group for environment of MWAF, delivers an address. — MNA with American Embassy in Yangon American Embassy staff visited NLD Ten members of Hinthada Headquarters 18 times in June Township NLD resign YANGON, 2 July — The National on the party because it is being League for Democracy Headquarters criticized for having constant YANGON, 2 July — San Hlaing and U Soe Hla people for the has been trying to push Myanmar to contacts with American Embassy. Ten members of of Hinthada Township development of the become a colonial subjugation and The US embassy staff have entered Hinthada Township NLD sent their resignation country. minion instead of keeping in the fore the NLD headquarters on West National League for letters to the NLD (HQ) They also witnessed the national cause. All the people have Shwegondine street for 11 times in Democracy Party and local administrative that NLD tried to lost confidence and interest in the April and 21 in May. resigned from the party bodies. jeopardise the country in of their own volition on In the letters sent to cooperation with party because it is maintaining Similarly, the US embassy staff 25 June. Hinthada Township internal and external constant contacts with diplomats and entered the NLD headquarters for 18 U Mya Thaung, U Multi-party General elements, they said. embassy staff of some embassies in times in June and met with NLD Phoe Htay, U Sein Win, Election Subcommission, These are the reasons Yangon and dancing to the tune of members and CEC members and U Than Win, U San Win, they said that NLD has why they left the party some big nations. carried letters and parcels there. U Aung Ya, U Tin Aung not cooperated with the of their own accord, they The people are keeping an eye MNA Myint, U Kyaw Swe, U government and the said. — MNA

3-6-07 NL 9 8/10/18, 02:37 PM 10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 Information Minister attends work Lt-Gen Ye Myint on inspection… (from page 16) plantation and pig farm tower, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and Lt-Gen Ye Myint gave coordination meeting for 2007 called on officials instructions on extended concerned to supervise cultivation of physic nut concrete tasks to meet the plants from which set standards and focus on biodiesel can be extracted occupational safety. and raising of poultry. Afterwards, Lt-Gen The MCDC has Ye Myint and party looked cultivated 120 acres of into progress of works of physic nut plants and 30 Yeywa hydropower acres of fruit and project by car. The project vegetables, and raised is located on Myitnge 1,000 pigs and 6,000 River near Yeyaman chickens and other ducks, Village, 31 miles south- geese and Muscovy ducks east of Mandalay city. in No 1 Multi-purpose Upon completion, the cultivation and poultry project will produce 790 farm. There are also 16 megawatts of electricity. fish ponds in the farm. Upon arrival at No 1 Afterwards, Lt-Gen Multi-purpose cultivation Ye Myint and party and poultry farm of inspected thriving summer Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan addresses work coordination meeting for 2007 of the Ministry Mandalay City paddy fields and of Information.—MNA Development Committee harvesting of summer in Patheingyi Township, paddy on both sides of NAY P YI T AW, 2 July — Minister for Information and regulations. Mandalay Mayor Brig- Yedagun Road. Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan attended a work coordination For the year 2007-2008, 11 objectives of the Gen Phone Zaw Han After that, they were meeting for 2007 of the ministry, here, this afternoon. ministry are being implemented and the duties for briefed them on cultivation conducted by the Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan made a speech, implementing the objectives have been assigned. of physic nut plants on 120 Commander around 100 acres of land and growing acres physic nut plantation saying that the meeting is aimed at giving instructions Therefore, the departments and enterprises are to of fruit and vegetables of No 2 Multi-purpose on tasks to be carried out, and discussing matters on devote themselves to successful implementation of including tapioca and cultivation and poultry measures to be undertaken in 2007-2008 by the the objectives, said the minister. perennial crops and raising farm. The Central ministry. The directors-general and managing directors of poultry. Command Headquarters The ministry is not only performing information reported on work being done and future tasks to the Next, they were and regiments and units in tasks but striving to seek more earnings for the State. minister. conducted by the mayor the station have cultivated At the meeting, ways and means are to be sought for In responses to the reports, the minister attended around physic nut a total of 250 acres of increasing incomes of the State and reducing expenses, to their needs and stressed the need for collectively plantations, tapioca physic nut plants. — MNA he added. Emphasis is placed on dynamic development carrying out the tasks to achieve the success. of the under developed states and divisions. In addition, Also present on the occasion were deputy directors- Guangzhou-Yangon new expenses for the projects are to be spent systematically general, general mangers, directors and officials of the airline launched and data need to be corrected in conformity with rules departments and enterprises under the ministry.—MNA YANGON, 2 July — promote tourism, trade China Southern Airlines and economy as well as A-319 aircraft launched amity between the two its maiden flight today countries, said an official from Guangzhou of PRC of China Southern to the Union of Myanmar. Airlines. The aircraft After a 30-day carrying 115 passengers period of sales promotion, arrived at Yangon at 10.30 normal flights will be am today. It was carried out between welcomed at Yangon Guangzhou and Yangon International Airport by on Mondays, Wednesdays officials of Ministry of and Saturdays. Transport and Chinese Air China is embassy. The launch of a operating on Beijing- new airline between China Kunming-Yangon run and and Myanmar will help China Eastern Airlines on Minister Maj-Gen Aung Min inspects construction of Katha-Bhamo Kunming-Yangon run it A-319 aircraft of China Southern Airlines arrives Railroad section.— RAIL is learnt. at Yangon International Airport.—MNA Minister inspects construction of MNA Katha-Bhamo Railroad NAY PYI TAW, 2 July Bhamo in Kachin State and railways and bridges and — Minister for Rail it will be 95 miles long. maintenance tasks on Transportation Maj-Gen There will be 55 bridges Mandalay-Myitkyina Aung Min and Deputy including one river- Railroad. Minister U Pe Than crossing bridge on the road. On his tour, Minister inspected construction of On completion, the railroad Maj-Gen Aung Min and the Katha-Bhamo Railroad will be a direct rail service Deputy Minister U Pe Than section on 30 June and gave from Nay Pyi Taw to met with officials of the instructions. Bhamo through Mandalay, road construction project Katha-Bhamo Naba and Katha. and heard reports on Railroad is being During his inspection construction tasks and constructed to link Katha tour, the minister and party assisted in the construction in Sagaing Division and also inspected condition of project.— MNA

3-6-07 NL 10 8/10/18, 02:37 PM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 11 Most young Filipinos use Hu attends HK return web for gaming, social anniversary celebration HONG K ONG, 2 July — the third-term HKSAR network Chinese President Hu government and members MANILA, 2 July — Gaming and social networking Jintao attended a gathering of the Executive Council have emerged as primary reasons why young marking the 10th also took their oaths. Filipinos use the Internet, local media reported on anniversary of Hong After the inaugu- Saturday. Kong’s return to China ration, Tsang addressed Citing a recent survey below, said the report, noting and the inauguration of the gathering, expressing by DigitalFilipino.com, a that most of the respondents the third-term government his gratitude to the central report by Inquirer news spend 12 to 24 hours a week of the Hong Kong Special government and Hong network said that majority surfing the web. Administrative Region Kong citizens for their (more than 70 per cent) of DigitalFilipino.com (HKSAR) here Sunday support for the third-term gamers play in Internet started its annual Internet morning. HKSAR government, and cafes even though they user survey in 2002. In Chief Executive vowing to go all out to do have Internet connections previous surveys, res- Donald Tsang went to the his job well. at home. pondents cited research podium first to President Hu Almost 90 per cent of and e-mail as main reasons take his oath solemnly, delivered an important 375 respondents in this why they go online. administered by President speech after the inaugu- year’s survey are aged 25 or MNA/Xinhua Hu. ration. Bao Xishun (R), the world’s tallest person Principal officials of MNA/Xinhua according to the Guinness World Records, poses for wedding photos with his fiancee Xia Shujuan. US boosts airport security, The wedding of Bao, 2.36 metres in height and 56 years old,will be held on 12 July , 2007. threat level unchanged INTERNET KENNEBUNKPORT United States and the Coach collision kills 10, injures (Maine), 2 July — The colour-coded gauge of United States boosted security threats was not 11 in Vietnam security at airports raised. following what British Still, White House HANOI, 2 July — A coach bumped into another in spokesman Tony Snow Vietnam’s central Khanh Hoa Province Saturday police called a terrorist attack at Glasgow Airport said more police and afternoon, killing 10 people, including a coach driver, and car bombs found in federal agents would be and injuring 11 others, Central Vietnam Television London, but left the US sent to guard airports and reported. threat level unchanged. travellers could expect A coach running at high speed crashed into the White House inconveniences including back of another coach in the province’s Van Ninh officials said on Saturday longer lines ahead of the District. Local police are investigating the accident’s they had uncovered no busy Independence Day cause. — MNA/Xinhua specific threat in the holiday on 4 July, espe- Takefumi Sakata of cially at larger airports. Castro charges CIA more murderous than ever “There is no Japan holds up a trophy HAVANA, 2 July — Convalescing Cuban President Fidel Castro charged on Sunday the release of indication of any specific after his win against classified CIA documents detailing past abuses was a smoke screen behind which the Bush Administration or credible threat to the Roberto Vasquez of hoped to hide even worse methods. United States, no change in the overall security Panama during their “I think that this action could be an attempt ... to 1963, was the victim of a plot involving elements of the level,” said Snow, who is World Boxing make people believe that these methods belong to CIA and militant anti-Castro Cuban exiles. with President George W Association (WBA) another era and are no longer used,” Castro wrote in an Castro, a master sharp-shooter with a telescopic Bush at his parents’ editorial published by the Communist country’s official rifle, insists Lee Harvey Oswald could not have been flyweight title bout in summer home in Ken- media. the only shooter in Dallas. nebunkport, Maine. Tokyo on 1 July , 2007. “Everything described in the documents is still MNA/Reuters MNA/Reuters INTERNET being done, only in a more brutal manner around the Philippine entire planet, including an increasing number of illegal actions in the very United States.” police raid The CIA declassified on Tuesday hundreds of abortion clinic pages of long-secret records that detailed some of the agency’s worst illegal abuses during about 25 years of MANILA, 2 July — overseas assassination attempts, domestic spying and Philippine police have kidnapping. raided an abortion centre in Manila and “rescued” The documents are known in the CIA as the 13 women inside and “Family Jewels” and some describe the agency’s efforts arrested five employees of to persuade Johnny Roselli, believed to be a mobster, the illegal clinic, reported to help plot the assassination of Castro. the official Philippine “Sunday is a good day to read what appears to be News Agency on Sunday. science fiction,” Castro began his three-page editorial, The unregistered titled “The Killing Machine”. clinic was a mere two- He went on to quote extensively from material bedroom apartment in a covering the attempt on his life, as well as a New York popular district of Manila, Times analysis of all the documents. where some of the Cuba charges that Castro has been the target of “rescued” women were A policeman patrols on a Segway at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National about to undergo abortion hundreds of assassination attempts. The Cuban leader Airport in Arlington, Virginia recently. The White House announced on operations when police has said numerous times that President George W came Saturday night, said Bush has ordered him killed. Saturday that security was being reinforced at US airports in the wake of the the report. Castro also reiterated in detail his long-held belief discovery of two car bombs in London and the crash of a blazing vehicle into MNA/Xinhua that US president John F Kennedy, assassinated in a terminal building at Glasgow’s airport. — XINHUA

3-6-07 NL 11 8/10/18, 02:37 PM 12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 A D V E R T I S E M E N T S CLAIMS DAY NOTICE MV GATI SUVIDHA VOY NO (73807) Consignees of cargo carried on MV GATI SUVIDHA VOY NO (73807) are hereby notified that the vessel will be arriving on 3.7.2007 and cargo will be discharged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up to Claims Day now declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the vessel. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims Day. SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY AGENT FOR: M/S GATI COAST TO COAST Phone No: 256908/378316/376797 CLAIMS DAY NOTICE MV KOTA TERAJU VOY NO (241) Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TERAJU VOY NO (241) are hereby notified that the vessel will China builds first inter-city subway be arriving on 3.7.2007 and cargo will be discharged GUANGZHOU, 1 July—Construction on China’s first into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at the intercity subway which will connect Guangzhou and consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. Foshan in Guangdong Province, got underway on Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 am Thursday. to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up to Claims Day now The new subway will start from Lijiao in the city of declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo Guangzhou and run westward through Haizhu and from the vessel. Liwan districts of the provincial capital, and end at No claims against this vessel will be admitted after Kuiqi Road in Foshan after passing through Chancheng the Claims Day. and Nanhai districts of Foshan, according to Ding SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT Jianlong, chairman of the board of Guangzhou-Foshan MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY Track Transport Co Ltd. AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINER At 32.16-kilometre long the subway will have 21 LINES PTE LTD stops, of which, 10 will be within Guangzhou. It will Phone No: 256908/378316/376797 also connect to four other subways in Guangzhou. It is designed to accommodate trains travelling at a maximum speed of 80 kilometresm per hour. Guangzhou-Foshan subway will cost 14.67 billion yuan, of which Guangzhou will invest 51 per cent while Foshan will cover 49 per cent. The provincial government is also providing subsidies for the project. MNA/Xinhua Rainstorm kills five, affects 2.2mln in S-W China CHENGDU, 1 July —A hit 26 counties with six the rainstorm, the office rainstorm that began on reporting precipitations of said. Two people died in Thursday has killed five more than 100 millimetres, collapsed buildings in villagers and destroyed according to the provincial Nanchong City, one in a 5,598 homes in southwest disaster relief office. landslide in Ya’an City, China’s Sichuan Province, More than 1,000 people and one each in Neijiang government sources said were displaced and 2.2 and Ganzi, it said. on Friday. The rainstorm million were affected by MNA/Xinhua

Paraguayan police seize five tons of marijuana John Hinman of the BUENOS A IRES, 1 July—Paraguayan police Thursday seized five tons of marijuana and arrested 12 suspects, Paola Fire including four minors, in the city of Capiata, 25 Department kilometres east of the capital Asuncion, according to sandbags along the news reaching here. Marais Des Cygnes The marijuana, which was placed in black polythene bags and hidden in a storage facility in the city, was River in Osawatomie, discovered by the police in a search operation. Chile Kan, on 1 July, was the probable final destination of the drugs, the 2007.— INTERNET police said.— MNA/Xinhua

3-6-07 NL 12 8/10/18, 02:37 PM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 13 pvaer;®Pc\. eKt\m^P∑M>‘Pi;tui;tk\eqa Nuic\cMeta\”k^; tv\eSak\AM. Building discovered in Chinese first emperor’s tomb been built for the soul of the emperor to go out. Duan said they began to carry out research on the mausoleum’s internal structure in 2002 with remote sensing techno- logy, for it has not been allowed to be excavated. The tomb of Qinshihuang . — INTERNET The Qinshihuang’s XI’AN , 1 July — Chi- four surrounding stair-like mausoleum is located near nese archaeologists said walls and each wall with Xi’an, capital of northwest A new “Shinkansen N700” bullet train prepares to leave Shinagawa railway that after five years of nine steps of platforms, said China’s Shaanxi Province. station in Tokyo, capital of Japan, on 1 July, 2007. The N700 bullet train research they have con- Duan Qingbo, a researcher Xinhua with a top speed of 340 km per hour came into service on Sunday. — XINHUA firmed that there is a 30- with Shaanxi Institute of metre-high building Archaeology. UN to restructure buried in the tomb of Qin- The whole building shihuang, Chinese first were buried under the peacekeeping functions emperor more than 2,000 earth, which made it years ago. The building, difficult for researchers to UNITED NATIONS, 1 July — The UN General buried in the 51-metre- get a complete picture of Assembly on Friday endorsed Secretary-General Ban high, pyramid-like earth it, according to Duan. Ki-moon’s proposals to split the world body’s above the tomb’s main Duan said he believed peacekeeping functions into two departments. body underground, has the building may have The proposals, approved by the assembly in a resolution, include a restructuring of the Department UN provides $310m for of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the creation of a separate Department of Field Support (DFS), to be Madagascar headed by an undersecretary-general. ANTANANARIVO, 1 July — United Nations agencies Working-level resources in both departments and has agreed to provide 310 million US dollars to assist in other parts of the UN Secretariat will undergo a Madagascar’s economic development plan. major increase and new capacities, while integrated An agreement was signed here on Friday between structures will be added in order to match the growing the Madagascan Government and 11 UN agencies complexity of mandated activities. including the United Nations Development Programme Shortly after taking office in January, the UN chief (UNDP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and proposed the reform aimed at strengthening the capacity the UN Scientific, Educational and Cultural of the United Nations to mount and sustain Organization (UNESCO) at the presence of Canadian actress Ellen Page poses for photographers peacekeeping operations in an era when the demand Madagascan Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara. at the 42nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for blue helmets has reached at an all-time high. MNA/Xinhua on 1 July , 2007. — INTERNET MNA/Xinhua Mystery coffins opened in 2,500-year-old tomb India rains strand pilgrims; JING’AN (Jiangxi ), 1 tomb containing 47 coffins The tomb, in Lijia bodily tissue, as well as three die in Mumbai July — Chinese archaeo- made of a rare wood called village in Jing’an county, many bronze, gold and logists have started to nanmu in east China’s is 16 metres long, about silk items, porcelain and NUNWAN (India), 2 July — Heavy rains across India excavate a 2,500-year-old Jiangxi Province. 11.5 metres wide and three jade. on Saturday left thousands of Hindu pilgrims stranded metres deep. It is believed The bodily tissue has in Kashmir and killed three people in Mumbai, while at to date back to the Eastern been identified as the least eight fishermen were feared drowned off the Zhou Dynasty (770-221 brain of the dead in the stormy southern coast. BC). coffin. The tissue has Hindus camped out in forests after rains suspended It is the largest group of shrunk to the size of a one of India’s most important pilgrimages, to a coffins ever discovered in fist, but it has complete Himalayan cave shrine where devotees worship a a single tomb and the brain structure with two phallus-shaped ice stalagmite seen as a symbol of excavation has been cerebral hemi-sphere, Lord Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. dubbed “the most impor- cerebel, and brainstem. Every year thousands of Hindus trek along a tant archaeology project of “This is the first time treacherous mountain track to the Amarnath Shrine, the year” by cultural that such a complete located at an altitude of 3,800 metres (12,700 feet) experts and media. structure was found in where they worship the ice stalagmite. Nine coffins were southern China and it will Indian authorities in Kashmir have deployed tens Chinese archaeologists are to excavate a 2,500- opened by archaeologists fill in gaps in the study of of thousands of soldiers along the pilgrims’ route, year-old tomb containing 47 coffins made of a earlier because they were human bone structure in which crosses icy streams, goes around glacier-fed rotten and partly destroyed the pre-Qin era (770-221 lakes and winds through snow-covered mountain kind of rare wood called nanmu in Lijia village by tomb robbers. Archaeo- BC),” said Zhu Hong, a passes. in Jing’an county, east China’s Jiangxi Province logists opened another palaeoanthropological The two-month long pilgrimage has often been coffin on Sunday morning, expert from Jilin Uni- on 1 July , 2007. targeted by Muslim rebels. Last year, over a dozen finding a relatively com- versity. pilgrims were wounded in an attack. INTERNET plete human skeleton, Xinhua MNA/Reuters

3-6-07 NL 13 8/10/18, 02:37 PM 14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 Uruguay beat Bolivia thanks to S P O R T S Sanchez goal SAN CRISTOBAL (Venezuela), 2 July — Uruguay shrugged off their shock opening defeat by Peru to beat shot-shy Bolivia 1-0 in the Copa America on Saturday. Mexican-based striker Vicente Sanchez scrambled the only goal in the 58th minute of the Group A game on a wet and windy afternoon in the Venezuelan Andes. Despite a stuttering performance in which striker Diego Forlan was again largely ineffective, Uruguay picked up their first win while Bolivia were left with one point from two games. Bolivia played lots of neat football in midfield but had to wait until injury time for their only real chance. Uruguay made a determined start with several ferocious tackles flying in early on. Carlos Diogo, Uruguay's right back, should have been sent off for an awful challenge from behind on Jaime Moreno in the 20th minute Hamit Altintop of Bayern Munich shoots during but US referee Baldomero Toledo let him off with a yellow card. their soccer match against Sao Paulo at the 10th Neither side produced a real chance before halftime in the worst Chelsea centre-back Ricardo Carvalho Anniversary Reunification Cup in Hong Kong 45 minutes of football the tournament has witnessed. of Portugal plays soccer with his fans on 1 July, 2007.— INTERNET MNA/Reuters in Jakarta on 1 July, 2007. — INTERNET Britain’s Storm captures Bateman birdies last to French Open by one shot drive away with Buick GRAND BLANC (Michigan), 2 July — American VERSAILLES (), 2 July — Britain's Graeme Storm won the French Open on Sunday by a shot from Brian Bateman rolled in a pressure-packed 12-foot Denmark's overnight leader Soren Hansen after start- birdie putt on the final hole to clinch his maiden career ing out five strokes behind. PGA Tour win at the Buick Open on Sunday. The former British Amateur champion became the Without a top 30 finish this season, Bateman mixed European Tour's 14th first time winner of the season as four birdies with a single bogey for three-under 69 and he closed with a five under 66 for a seven-under 277 a one-shot victory over Jason Gore and former Buick total. champions Justin Leonard and Woody Austin. Eight-time European number one Colin Bateman stepped onto the 18th tee at Warwick Hills Montgomerie led with four holes to go but two late ’s Timo Bracht celebrates as he wins the Golf Club needing a birdie to keep the 4.9-million-US- bogeys left the Scot in a share of third place with Ironman European Championship in dollar tournament from going to a playoff with Gore, Thomas Bjorn of Denmark, Ireland's Damien McGrane on 1 July, 2007. About 5,000 triathletes com- Leonard and Austin all in the clubhouse at 14-under. and Briton Simon Khan, two strokes behind Storm. pete for qualification for the legendary Ironman in Six former winners had been among the 20 players within three shots of the lead with nine holes to play, By picking up 895,000 US dollars, one of the richest and the European Championship.— INTERNET first prizes of the season, Storm also clinched a British and Bateman had looked an unlikely threat. Open spot from a mini order of merit that ended with Mauresmo shines in rain MNA/Reuters the French event. Storm's victory ended a seven year wait for success. with Santangelo win He was the player who holed Britain and Ireland's LONDON, 2 July — 6-2 victory over Italian winning putt in the 1999 Walker Cup match against Champion Amelie Mau- Mara Santangelo in the America and Storm has now joined his Nairn teammates resmo shone amid the rain third round on Saturday. Paul Casey, Luke Donald and Simon Dyson by enjoy- clouds on Wimbledon's Mauresmo got off to a ing a Tour victory.— MNA/Reuters Centre Court with a 6-1, slow start with a poor opening service game af- Sharapova squeezes in ter the start of the match was delayed by almost two victory between downpours hours. LONDON, 2 July — Former champion However the fourth Germany’s WBA middle weight World Champion Maria Sharapova squeezed in a victory seed soon found her Felix Sturm (R) lands a punch on his challenger between downpours at Wimbledon on touch and was never re- Noe Tulio Gonzalez Alcoba from Uruguay during Saturday, beating Ai Sugiyama of Japan ally in trouble against their boxing World Championship title fight in 6-3, 6-3, book her place in the fourth Santangelo, whom she Stuttgart on 30 June, 2007. — INTERNET round. also beat in straight sets at Drizzle turned to heavier rain on Eastbourne last week. Pernice turns big back 9 matchpoint but the umpire allowed play Mauresmo, who has to continue, frustrating Sugiyama who had a mixed season after into Buick lead wanted it halted and pleasing Sharapova missing two months with GRAND BLANC (Michigan), 2 July — Tom Pernice Jr who just wanted the match wrapped up. appendicitis earlier in the turned a sizzling back nine into a one-shot third round The match started almost two hours year and then being ham- lead at the Buick Open on Saturday. late because of rain but once it got pered by a thigh problem, Battling through the outward nine in level par, underway Sharapova gained the advan- gave herself eight out of Pernice caught fire after the turn, starting with an eagle tage in the fifth game of the first set when 10 for her performance. at the par five 13th followed by four consecutive she broke. Mauresmo added that birdies to sign for a six-under 66. Colin Montgomerie of Scotland putts Her superior ball placement and light the delay in starting the The American, who claimed his maiden PGA Tour on the 14th hole during the French touch put pressure on Sugiyama in the match because of the win at the 1999 Buick Open, sits alone atop a crowded Open golf tournament at the Golf Na- ninth and the Japanese player handed her bad weather had not leaderboard on 13-under 203 with compatriots Scott tional in Saint-Quentin- en-Yvelines, the set with a double fault. bothered her. Verplank and Brian Bateman and 's Jesper near Paris, on 1 July, 2007. INTERNET MNA/Reuters MNA/Reuters Parnevik lurking one shot back. —MNA/Reuters

3-6-07 NL 14 8/10/18, 02:37 PM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 3 July, 2007 15 US Marines probed for involvement in killing civilians in Iraq LOS ANGELES, 2 July violated the laws of war, tigation. defence attorney who — A federal agency was according to the North Under the Uniform specializes in military law, investigating whether some County Times, a local Code of Military Justice, the according to the newspaper. Marines shot a group of newspaper in California. killing of a captured enemy The Marines are prisoners to death in The newspaper said combatant who does not believed to have been Fallujah, Iraq in 2004, it NCIS has interviewed present a threat is considered involved in the deaths of as was reported Saturday. about 20 people so far and murder, the newspaper many as eight people who The Naval Criminal some have been read their reported. were captured during one Investigative Service rights, said the paper, Some of those being of the largest battles of the (NCIS) was conducting the quoting military and legal questioned are no longer in Iraq war, said the paper. probe into whether five to sources with direct the Marine Corps, and at It was unclear whether 10 Marines from California knowledge of the inves- least one has hired a private the Iraqis had been declared prisoners, whether any or all were bound in any way, and where specifically the slayings took place, the newspaper reported. The shootings re- portedly happened on or about 10 November, 2004, three days after the United States launched a major WEATHER assault in Fallujah, a city in Monday, 2 July, 2007 western Iraq that at the Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 time was under insurgent hours MST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been control, the newspaper partly cloudy in Magway Division, rain have been iso- reported. — MNA/Xinhua lated in Kayah State and lower Sagaing Division, scat- tered in Shan State and Mandalay Division, fairly wide- spread in upper Sagaing, Bago and Taninthayi Divisions and widespread in the remaining areas with isolated Joerg Adler, director of the all-weather zoo Muenster, and the zoo’s vet Sandra heavyfalls in Kachin and Rakhine States. The notewor- Silinski look into an incubator containing baby gorilla ‘Mary 2’ in the intensive thy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw (0.12) care room of the children university hospital of Muenster on 1 July , 2007. ‘Mary inch, Sittway (6.19) inches, Machanbaw (3.46) inches, 2’ from the zoo in the western German city of Muenster had to be taken to a Maungtaw (2.84) inches, Thandwe (2.76) inches, special room at the intensive care unit of the clinic because it was neglected by its Kyaukpyu (2.68) inches, Dawei (1.46) inches, Mogok mother after its father repeatedly attacked the baby gorilla. — INTERNET Tuesday, 3 July (1.34) inches. Tune in today Maximum temperature on 1-7-2007 was 83¡F. Mini- 8:00 am 6:35 pm mum temperature on 2-7-2007 was 74¡F. Relative ÂkyÂkyp\\\\\ c∑∑∑∑∑ m¥a;r.\.\.\.\.\ >rc´´´´´ K\\\\\ nuuuuu q\\\\\ MMMMM 8:30 am Brief news 7. Song of yesteryears 9. humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 2-7-2007 was 84%. 8:10 am 6:50 pm 8:35 am Music: -Happy nation Total sunshine hours on 1-7-2007 was (Nil). 8. Akpiociioc\p\\ ∑´∑´∑´ mnmn\maAm¥o\\\\ i;qmiiii ^;m¥a;en>^^^^ 10. (Ace of Base) Rainfall on 2-7-2007 was (0.16) inch at Mingaladon, 8:15 am gu%uuuu \poAs\\\poAs\ ^As√^^^^ \\\\\ 8:40 am Perspectives (0.08) inch at Kaba-Aye, (0.08) inch at Central Yangon. 9. mnmn\maAm¥o\\\\ i;qmiiii ^;m¥a;en>^^^^ 7:00 pm 8:45 am Music: gu%uuuu \poAs\\\poAs\ ^As√^^^^ \\\\\ Total rainfall since 1-1-2007 was (52.80) inches at Tuesday, 3 July 11. mnmn\maAm¥o\\\\ i;qmiiii ^;m¥a;en>^^^^ -Keep on smiling 8:30 am (New kids on the Mingaladon, (57.01) inches at Kaba-Aye and (54.21) View on today ATmiiiii ;Am\\\\\ t˙˙˙˙˙ \\\\\ 10. International news k¥pn;ska;epap\\\\\ ociiiocii p\\\\\ (2007)´´∑∑´∑´´∑∑ Block) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at 7:00 am 8:45 am 8:50 am National news / Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph from Northwest at 1. ek¥;z;R¨¨¨¨¨ c˙˙˙˙˙ mc\\\\\ ;k\\\\\ n∑∑∑∑∑ ;Sraeta\\\\\ \\\\\ 7:10 pm Slogan (10:30) hours MST on 1-7-2007. Bra;”kuu ;'^^ Nciuiu etaMM q\\ GMM 11. Let’s Go Niuciuiuiuiu \c\\\\ MKa;zatMMMKa;zatM \lm\\\\ \;t\\\\ ∑´∑´∑´∑´∑´ Bra;”kuuu ;'^^^ Nciuiuiu etaMMM q\\\ GMMM 12. 9:00 am Music: Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the Andaman mhanaykAP>Ak¥´´´´´´´´∑∑´´∑∑∑ o;etaiio;etaiii \\\\\ 4:00 pm {qn;ts\\\\\ ra\\\\\ -First love (Kolon) Sea and Bay of Bengal. eSacK¥op\\\\\\\\\\ '\\\\\ ABDzmhar@iiiii 1. Martial song eRWAWWWW ipiiii \mk\\\\ \}(Ap\\\\ iuciuiuiuiu \;-13)\\\\ 9:05 am International 4:15 pm Forecast valid until evening of 3-7-2007: Rain gRuuuuu 'uuuuu ABDzAgiiiii mhaqd©©©©© mÎÎÎÎÎ µµµµµ 8:00 pm news 2. Song to uphold 9:10am Music: will be isolated in Kayah State, scattered in Shan State, ezatiiiiik' tiiiiipiiiii!kDr' 13. News National Spirit -Rose in my heart Mandalay and Magway Divisions, fairly widespread in DmB‹agårµµµµµ k'iiiii Sraeta\\\\ 14. International news 4:30 pm (Beijing Boys) upper Sagaing and Bago Divisions and widespread in the BdN∂∂∂∂∂ 0††††† siiiii tiiiii qaraB††††† 0iiiii qfMMMMM 15. Weather report 1:30 pm News / Slogan 3. Aew;qctk\\\\\ q˚˚˚˚˚ liiuuiuiiuu \\\\\ remaining areas with likelihood of isolated heavyfalls in prtiiiii tra;eta\\\\\ \\\\\ 16. Niuciuiuiuiu \c\\\\ MKa;zatMMMKa;zatM \lm\\\\ \;t\\\\ ∑´∑´∑´∑´∑´ 1:40pm Lunch time music pvaer; Rpuuuuu mc\\\mc\\ q\\\\\ Âka; MMMÂka; MM Rakhine State and Yangon Division. Degree of certainty 7:15 am {erqmel;¨¨¨¨¨ dtuuuuu yK¥siiiii p\\\\\ pcuupcuMMuuMMM }\\\\\ -Be my girl (OTT) qcKn\\\\\ ;sa\\\\\ is (80%). 2. tpiiiii !kDr'Dmiiiii B‹agårµµµµµ k'iiiii (Apcuiuiuiuiui ;-24)\\\\\ -Brother Lovie -dtuuuuu yiiiii Ns˙˙˙˙˙ \\\\\ (Modern Talking) State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough sea Ag©©mhap‹©©© iit'iii BdN∂∂∂∂∂ ††††† (qmcuuiiuiuuii ;\\\\\ AT;‘p¨¨¨¨¨ ) (qmcuiuiuiuiui ;)\\\\\ 17. mnmnmaN\\\\\ cuiuiuiuiui c\\\\\ Am¥oMMMMM ;qmiiiii ;er;ra^^^^^ qriiiii Niiiii aB∂∂∂∂∂ wiiiii q(eyaSraetaMMMMM )\\\\\ 9:00 pm English Speaking are likely at times off and along Myanmar Coast. Surface AP>K¥op´∑´∑´∑´∑´∑ fÂk\\\\\ ;Âkp^^^^^ m\\\\\ PcOOOPcOO .\.\.\.\.\ Course ehaÂka;eta\\\\\m¨¨¨¨¨Ap\\\\\eqa 4:45 pm wind speed in squalls may reach (35) to (40) mph. 4. Dance of national rnk\\\\\ nuuuuu t\\\\\ cuiuiuiuiui ;Am¥\\\\\ o;qmiiio;qmii ;er;ra^^^^^ 9:10 pm Article √påtqNπππππ iii iipåL††††† etaiiiii \\\\\ 9:20 pm Weekly sports Outlook for subsequent two days: Strong races AP∑´>m∑´∑´∑´∑´ ˙s˙˙˙˙ ^s√^^^^ \tc\\\\ \Sk\\\\ \eqa\\\\ 7:25 am 2007KuNuuuu ˙s˙˙˙˙ \'\\\\ z¨l¨¨¨¨ iuciuiuiuiu \l(3)rk\\\\ \\\\\ reel monsoon. 5:00 pm 9:35 pm Listening 3. To be healthy Ksa;na;ScMMMMM et;zat\\\\\ wc\\\\\ \\\\\ mnmn\maAm¥o\\\\ i;qmiiii ^;m¥a;en>^^^^ Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring exercise 5. pleasure areas for 3-7-2007: One or two rain. Degree of certainty 5:10 pm ATimiiii \;Am\\\\ ˙t˙˙˙˙ \\mn\\mn\ \ma\\\\ 7:30 am -Another day in is (80%).%). 6. Sing and Enjoy Am¥oi;qmiiii ^;m¥a;wt^^^^ \sa;\\\\ paradise 4. Morning news Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areas 6:00 pm Sc\yc\\\\ \T\\\\ Mu;PMuMuMuMu ∑´>m∑´∑´∑´∑´ OppOOOppO ∑´∑´∑´∑´∑´ (Phill Collin) 7:40 am for 3-7-2007: Some rain. Degree of certainty is (80%). 7. Evening news (Apiuicuuiiuiu \;-2)\\\\ - For all that I am ). 5. Nice and sweet song (A Teen) 6:30 pm 18. The next day’s Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areas 7:50 am 9:45 pm News /Slogan for 3-7-2007: One or two rain. Degree of certainty is 6. kb¥apn;√y¥a√\\\\\ \\\\\ 8. Weather report programme 10:00 pm PEL (80%). *R 489 Published by the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar. Edited and printed at The New Light of Myanmar Press, No 22/30 Strand Road at 43rd Street, Yangon. Cable Newlight, PO Box No. 43, Telephones: Editors 392308, Manager 392226, Circulation 392304, Advertisement 392223, Accounts 392224, Administration 392225, Production/Press 297028

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Four political objectives Four economic objectives Four social objectives * Stability of the State, community peace * Development of agriculture as the base and all-round * Uplift of the morale and morality of development of other sectors of the economy as well and tranquillity, prevalence of law and 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 Constitution character 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 Lt-Gen Ye Myint on inspection tour of Mandalay Division

NAY PYI TAW, 2 hydropower project near rangements to be made July — Accompanied by Yeyaman village, south- for installation of Pen Chairman of Mandalay east of Mandalay City on Stock, progress in build- Division Peace and De- 30 June. ing Power House, water velopment Council Com- At the briefing sources prospects and mander of Central Com- hall, Deputy Director U future plans. mand Maj-Gen Khin Khin Maung Latt of No After hearing the Zaw and officials con- 2 Construction Group of reports, Lt-Gen Ye cerned, Member of the Hydropower Implemen- Myint stressed the need State Peace and Devel- tation Department of the to carry out the project opment Council Lt-Gen Ministry of Electric tasks as scheduled and Ye Myint of the Minis- Power No 1 briefed pay serious attention to try of Defence during his Lt-Gen Ye Myint and construction of project recent tour of Mandalay party on completion of buildings to meet the set Division went on an in- RCC concrete tasks of standards and inspected spection tour of Yeywa main embankment, ar- progress of construction Lt-Gen Ye Myint of Ministry of Defence in- spects Yeywa Hydel Power Project. — MNA tasks from the observa- seeing progress in cover- tion tower. ing the main embankment Next, Lt-Gen Ye (Stage-9-RCC) with con- Myint and party were crete and connecting steel conducted by officials pipe at water intake struc- concerned round the ture from the observation Power House. After over- (See page 10) Yeywa hydropower project located on Myitnge river near Yeyaman village, 31 miles south-east of Man- dalay will produce 790 megawatt.

“Myanmar Women’s Day” falls on 3 July every I year. It is an auspicious day for all Myanmar Women. Myanmar Actually it designated the day, 3 July of 1996 to be exact, N on which the first ever Myanmar National Committee S Women’s Day for Women’s Affairs (MNCWA) was formed with the main objective for taking the initiative in organizing I the mass of Myanmar Women to become one in line for All Myanmar with the commitment made at Beijing’s Fourth World D Women Women’s Conference in 1995 in the area of women E empowerment and advancement. PAGE 7 AYE PHYU

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