Established 1914 Volume XVII, Number 74 8th Waxing of Waso 1371 ME Monday, 29 June, 2009 8th Plenary Meeting of Sixth 47-member State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee concludes YANGON, 28 June – The Eighth Plenary Meeting of Saddhama Jotikadhaja Bhaddanta Veponla Bhivamsa Agga Maha Pandita Bhaddanta Tilawka Bhivamsa the Sixth 47-member State Sangha Maha Nayaka academic affairs. gave his explanation and sought the approval. Committee continued for the second day today at At the afternoon session, members of the State Afterwards, member Sayadaws discussed tasks to Wizaya Mingala Dhamma Thabin Hall on Kaba Aye Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee discussed and be carried out in accord with the Vinaya Dhamma Hill in Mayangon Township here. decided Vinicchaya, religious and academic affairs. procedures Chapter (7), Para 56 (c) and selection of At the meeting, Agga Maha Ganthavaçaka In response to the discussions and decision about State Vinaya Sayadaws. Then the meeting concluded Bhaddanta Veponla discussed Vinicchaya affairs, the report on the activities the second period’s work successfully. Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Agga Maha Saddhama Jotikadhaja Bhaddanta Sirinda progress of the Sixth State Sangha Maha Nayaka Win and wife Daw Myint Myint Soe offered a day religious affairs and Agga Maha Pandita Agga Maha Committee (First Branch), Joint-Secretary Sayadaw meal to the Sayadaws.—MNA Myitkyina in Kachin State getting prosperous Article: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon) Council U Tin Maung Oo told the Myanma Alin, “Our township shares the border with Sumprabum in the north, Inganyan and Waingmaw in the east, Moemauk, Bhamo and Shwegu in the south, and Mohnyin, Mogaung, Karmaing, Hpa-kant and Tanai townships in the west. It has an area of 2510.45 square miles, and is 18.61 miles wide between east and west, and 124.8 miles between south and north. Our township is constituted with 25 wards and 60 villages.” Assistant Engineer U Myo Aye Lwin of the Township Development Affairs Committee said, “To keep our township clean and pleasant, we have decorated the 163 traffic islands with flower beds along the main roads, Myitkyina-Sumprabum Road and the Union Highway. And workers of the Township Development Affairs Committee maintain them.” (See page 7) Traffic islands in Myitkyina are decorated with flower beds. Union Highway is kept clean in Myitkyina, Kachin State. The development of Myitkyina, the capital city of Kachin State, is now gaining momentum due to smooth transport. As a result of the projects implemented the government has been implementing for equitable development of all parts of the Union, Myitkyina has seen a lot of positive changes. Myitkyina is accessible directly by train from Mandalay, and by plane from Mandalay, Yangon and Putao. Smooth transport is the engine of remarkable development of Myitkyina and its better relations with other townships. During our trip, we witnessed significant progress of Myitkyina. We took an up-train to Myitkyina from Mandalay. On arrival at the station, we witnessed clean roads, fine buildings and houses, and huge traffic on roads, which represented rapid regional development. When asked about the region, Secretary of Myitkyina Township Peace and Development 29-6-09 NL 1 18/8/3, 8:46 PM 2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 29 June, 2009 PERSPECTIVES People’s Desire Monday, 29 June, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views * Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation Beware of infectious * Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State diseases in rainy season * Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy Now is the time when the climate is Sanitation tasks in Mandalay Division wet with heavy rains. So we should be well aware of and prevent infectious diseases such as coughs and sneezes, the common cold, flu, hepatitis, typhoid, dengue fever and diarrhea. Sometimes, we catch a cold and have got a flu affecting our immunity. One may suffer from other diseases because of one’s low immune system. As most germs causing people to catch a cold can survive for hours on materials, we can get infectious diseases if we touch those materials or if our hands touch each other’s. In order to avoid infectious diseases, we must wash and clean our hands very often, use insecticidal soap and cover our mouth with a handkerchief or a piece of soft Commander Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe looks into sanitation tasks in Patheingyi Township. paper when we cough or sneeze. It is necessary MNA to pay attention to the health of young NAY P YI T AW, 28 June—Under the programme Patheingyi Township on 15 June. Chairman of of carrying out sanitation weekly in Township, Mandalay Division Peace and Development Council children as they are more vulnerable to departmental personnel and members of social Commander of Central Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe infectious diseases such as the common cold organizations took part in the activities at Basic observed the activities and attended to the needs. and sneezes than adults. Education High School in Kyaukmi village in MNA We may have got sore eyes by touching Vocalist, our eyes with our dirty hands in this rainy Myanmar delegation leaves for season. Therefore, all the people especially beauty queen children are to wash and clean their hands contests held Dubai of UAE carefully. Eating overripe fruits, food that has in Ayeyawady been unattended in flies-infested areas and Division unhygienic food can cause dysentery- and YANGON, 28 June diarrhea-related diseases. So we should eat —Vocalist and beauty wholesome food only. queen contests, jointly All the people will be able to prevent organized by Premier Coffee Co Ltd and Ginsetin, infectious diseases that occur in the rainy starting from 14 June, season by taking care of their personal successfully concluded at hygiene, keeping their surroundings clean Pathein, Myaungmya, and tidy and eating wholesome food in accord Hinthada, Pyapon and with the public health education notices. Maubin Townships in Ayeyawady Division. Premier Coffee Co Ltd and Ginsetin thanked those participated in the contests from those townships. Myanmar delegation members pose for documentry photo before their In gratitude for departure for Dubai. the service of agents from MNA the township concerned, those who had won the YANGON, 28 left by air for Dubai of President of first prizes in the township June— A 18-member Union of Arab Emirates UMFCCI U Win Myint level contests are to Myanmar delegation led to attend Middle East and personnel concerned compete again in the by Chairman of Myanmar Africa and Asia Rice saw off the Myanmar country level. Premier Rice Merchants As- Summit 2009 to be held at delegation at Yangon Coffee and Ginsetin will sociation CEC member of Dubai of UAE on 28 and International Airport. hold the country level the Union of Myanmar 29 June. MNA A vocalist participates in Vocalists contests of contest at Capital Hyper Federation of Chambers Premier Coffee Co Ltd and Ginsetin. Market in Yangon soon. of Commerce and DRIVE SAFELY MNA MNA Industry U Aung Than Oo 29-6-09 NL 2 18/8/3, 8:46 PM THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 29 June, 2009 3 Russian President concludes tour of Africa MOSCOW, 28 June — Medvedev’s trip, is Rus- tion, including a planned Russian President Dmitry sia’s largest trade partner free trade zone between Medvedev on Friday among the four countries the two countries. ended a four-day trip to he visited. Trade volume The Russian president Africa that took him to between the two countries also called for expanded Egypt, Nigeria, Namibia was 1.7 billion U.S. dollars commercial ties, saying and Angola. last year, and the number projects in the energy field, The tour was high- of Egypt-bound Russian high-tech industries and lighted by the signing of a tourists reached 1.8 mil- outer space are promising. series of documents rang- lion in 2008, the Kremlin Energy cooperation ing from a strategic coop- said. topped Medvedev’s eration pact to energy During his visit to agenda in Nigeria as Citizens take part in the deals. Cairo, Medvedev and his Gazprom, Russia’s state final of a Chinese chess Chavez to US general: Medvedev’s visit, the Egyptian counterpart gas monopoly, had been contest at the Cultural second by a Russian presi- Hosni Mubarak signed a picked as a core investor Square of the Bell and You’re the threat, not us dent to sub-Saharan Af- strategic partnership treaty in the exploration of the Drum Tower in Beijing, CARACAS, 28 June — President Hugo Chavez says rica, sent a signal to the that specifies the main ar- African country’s gas re- capital of China, on 27 a US general shouldn’t be raising concerns that Vene- world that Russia is striv- eas of bilateral coopera- serves. —Internet June, 2009. —INTERNET zuela is buying arms, and the American commander ing to regain the influence Park rangers enter is wrong to argue there isn’t a “conventional military it had on the resource-rich the thick forest in the threat in the region.” continent before the col- Virunga National Chavez says the US is a threat to Venezuela, and lapse of the Soviet Union. Park in 2008. Dozens that’s why his government is strengthening its mili- Medvedev, with a del- of animals have been tary. egation of officials and killed by armed The comment is aimed at Genneral Douglas Fraser, businessmen in tow, seems groups at Africa’s who took over as commander of US military to have focused his trip on oldest national park operations in Latin America and the Caribbean this helping Russian firms that in the Democratic week.