Established 1914 Volume XIV, Number 286 10th Waxing of Tabodwe 1368 ME Saturday, 27 January, 2007 Senior General Than Shwe receives Supreme Commander of Royal Thai Armed Forces NAY PYI TAW, 26 Commander-in-Chief Jan — Chairman of the (Army) Vice-Senior Gen- State Peace and Develop- eral Maung Aye, Member ment Council of the Un- of the State Peace and De- ion of Myanmar Com- velopment Council Gen- mander-in-Chief of De- eral Thura Shwe Mann of fence Services Senior the Ministry of Defence, General Than Shwe re- Commander-in-Chief ceived the delegation led (Navy) Vice-Admiral by Supreme Commander Soe Thein, Commander- of Royal Thai Armed in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Forces General Myat Hein, Military Af- Boonsrang Niumpradit at fairs Security Chief Maj- Bayintnaung Yeiktha, Gen Ye Myint, Deputy here, this afternoon. Minister for Foreign Af- Also present fairs U Maung Myint, were Vice-Chairman of Ambassador of Thailand the State Peace and De- to Myanmar Mr Suphot velopment Council Dhirakaosal and Military Deputy Commander-in- Attaché Col Prissapa Chief of Defence Services Suvanatat. — MNA Senior General Than Shwe shakes hands with Su- preme Commander of Royal Thai Armed Forces General Boonsrang Niumpradit at Bayintnaung Yeiktha. MNA Senior General Than Shwe receives Supreme Com- mander of Royal Thai Armed Forces General Boonsrang Niumpradit and party at Bayintnaung Yeiktha. MNA Four political objectives Four economic objectives Four social objectives * Stability of the State, community peace * Development of agriculture as the base and all-round * Uplift of the morale and morality of and tranquillity, prevalence of law and development of other sectors of the economy as well the entire nation order * Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic * Uplift of national prestige and integ- * National reconsolidation system rity and preservation and safeguard- * Emergence of a new enduring State * Development of the economy inviting participation in ing of cultural heritage and national Constitution terms of technical know-how and investments from character * Building of a new modern developed sources inside the country and abroad * Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit * The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept nation in accord with the new State * Uplift of health, fitness and education in the hands of the State and the national peoples Constitution standards of the entire nation Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan. 27-1-07NL 1 1/27/07, 3:31 AM 2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 27 January, 2007 PERSPECTIVES People’s Desire Saturday, 27 January, 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 Exert concerted efforts * Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State for perpetual existence of * Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy the Union Thai delegation concludes visit The government has been making all- out efforts to bring about equitable develop- YANGON, 26 Jan — The ment the length and breadth of the nation. It visiting goodwill delega- has opened more schools, universities, hospi- tion led by Major General Pornpipat Subhanbhesuj of tals and dispensaries so that local youths can National Defence College have easy access to higher education and the of Royal Thai Armed people can fully enjoy health care services. Forces left here for home Regarding this, the government is pro- by air yesterday. ducing educators who are capable of educat- The delegation was ing and widening the scope of knowledge of the seen off at Yangon Inter- youths in border areas that lagged behind in national Airport by Col Hla Tun of National De- development, and of ensuring development of fence College, military human resources. officers, Thai ambassador The University for Development of Na- to Myanmar Mr Suphot tional Races is constantly training and nurtur- Dhiraksosal, Military At- ing the youths in border areas to become tache’ Colonel Prissapa Maj-Gen Pornpipat Subhanbhesuj of teachers. The university has now completed Suvanatat and officials Major General Pornpipat Subhanbhesuj National Defence College of Royal Thai No 38 Course (BEd). And the graduate teach- concerned. Before they left here, presented gifts to officials Armed Forces being seen off at Yangon ers will now be able to discharge duties in their they visited the National of the museum and signed International Airport. — MNA respective regions they have been posted to. Museum today. the visitor’s book.— MNA In addition to teaching, the graduate Self-reliant TV centres teachers are to strive to enrich the knowledge Htilin gets TV of native youths and inculcate Union Spirit in opened in Mongyai them for regional development. YANGON, 26 Jan — The inauguration of retransmission station At present, the government with the par- Tasks for opening rural rural self-reliant TV cen- YANGON, 26 Jan — ticipation of the people from all walks of life is self-reliant TV centres tres were held at Hoya and As from 24 Janu- implementing the seven-step Road Map for have been carried out in Lwengin villages in Tasks for constructing TV ary, the programmes of the emergence of a peaceful, modern, devel- order that the people in Mongyai Township, retransmission station in TV Myanmar have been oped and discipline-flourishing democratic rural areas in Shan State Lashio District on 13 Htilin, Magway Division transmitted from the sta- nation. With prevalence of peace and stability, (North) can watch the pro- January. were completed on 24 tion. the government has built economic and edu- grammes of TV Myanmar. MNA January. MNA cation infrastructures across the nation. Workshop on Seismotectonics in Myanmar and At a time when efforts are being made for the emergence of a democratic nation the Earthquake Risk Management held entire national people including the graduate YANGON, 26 Jan— It was sponsored by the quake management, Paleo- 2006) is a dedicated seis- teachers of the UDNR are to make concerted Satoru Ohya Memorial Myanmar Earthquake seismology and earthquake mological geologist, whose efforts for perpetual existence of the Union. Workshop on Committee, the Depart- disaster preparedness and involvement in the Seismotectonics in ment of Meteorology and possible future action pro- Myanmar seismological Myanmar and Earthquake Hydrology and World Seis- gramme. It was attended by instrumentation, seismol- Niuciuiuiuiu \c\\\\ MetaMMMM \As\\\\ iu;r@anpiuiuiuiu iuciuiuiuiu \\\\\ Risk Management mic Safety Initiative. 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Abdul Kalam prior to a meeting in New Delhi. Putin has promised energy- from surrounding areas and said it was “a Its leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim is a key hungry India nuclear reactors and power plants after arriving on a mission to technical question” for the United States to figure behind the US-backed national unity rejuvenate ties with Moscow’s former Cold War ally.—INTERNET decide whether to deploy more soldiers. President George W Bush plans to government. send another 21,500 troops to Iraq, a move Some commentators are concerned that Bush climate speech fails widely criticized in the United States. On without the support of US troops in Iraq, Wed-nesday, the Senate Foreign Relations the already boiling sectarian violence to impress down under Committee voted against the decision, between Sunnis and Shiites could break which is due to go before the Senate next out into ever greater killing sprees. CANBERRA, 25 Jan— barely mentioned climate change will have a major week.