08-02-2009 (New Light of Myanar) Article

Established 1914
Volume XVI, Number 296
14th Waxing of Tabodwe 1370 ME
Sunday, 8 February, 2009
Consolidated people
With the fine traditions and high cultural standards, the national races consolidated themselves as a people in the simple and single term Myanmar.
Senior General Than Shwe Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
(From the 58th Anniversary Union Day message)
Secretary-1 attends ceremony to present Myanmar Motion Picture Outstanding Award (Academy Award) for 2007
Movie professionals should be supporters of national interest
NAY PYI TAW, 7 Feb Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife Daw Khin Saw Hnin attended the ceremony to present the Myanma Motion Picture Outstanding Award (Academy Award) for 2007, organized by Myanma Motion Picture Enterprise under the Ministry of Information, at the open air theatre of the City Hall here this evening. Also present on the occasion were senior military officers of the Ministry of Defence and their wives, Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command MajGen Wai Lwin and wife, ministers and their wives, the Attorney-General, the deputy ministers, senior
Films have great influence over the people. So, film artistes have to be positive role models in morale and morality for the youth of today.
Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo greeting best actor award winner Kyaw Ye Aung.MNA
military officers, departmental heads, Union Day delegates, officials of the Myanmar Motion Picture Promotion and Scrutinizing Board, the Motion Picture and Video Censor Board, responsible persons of Myanma Motion Picture Asiayon, Myanmar Music Asiayon, Myanmar Thabin Asiayon, Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association, social organizations, film artistes, technicians, film producers and fans. First, Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan delivered an address. The minister said at this Myanma Motion Picture Outstanding Award presentation ceremony for 2007, the winners will be announced soon. Here, may I express my heartfelt thanks for your presence. In compliance with the guidance of the Head of State, the University of National Culture and Arts (Yangon) has conducted the threeyear under-graduate course on motion picture and drama since 2007 to produce skilled film technicians. So, there will be an increase in the number of youths who are skilled in the arts of film making and video film shooting, and that will help produce more quality films and video films.In order to improve Myanmar film industry, the Ministry of Information has imported a lot of machines and equipment for the Myanma Motion Picture Enterprise. So, now we can produce better films in picture, colour and sound, and that saves foreign exchange as we dont need to develop the films abroad. As a result, films are improving in quality gradually. We will import some more necessary equipment for development of the film industry. (See page 8)
Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan delivers an address at the ceremony to present the Myanmar Motion Picture Outstanding Award.MNA
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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 8 February, 2009
PERSPECTIVES
Peoples Desire
* * * * 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 Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy
Safeguard national policies for perpetuation of the Union

The Union of Myanmar is a nation of national races. National people such as Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Bamar, Mon, Rakhine and Shan have been residing in the Union since time immemorial as it is a nation formed with the essence of a society based on family. Each national race has its own customs, language and culture and they live in the same land partaking water from the same source. Therefore Union spirit has been forged in the minds of the national races. In the history, the imperialists and fascists were driven out of the nation with the strength of all the national races. The nation thus regained its sovereignty and independence. Today, the government has given priority to building of national solidarity in order to shape a brighter future. Now the country is on the path to modernization in accord with the national policy of non-disintegration of the Union, non-disintegration of national solidarity and perpetuation of sovereignty. All the national races are actively participating in the nation-building tasks under the correct leadership of the government and fruitful results have been achieved nationwide. Emergence of basic infrastructures on economy, education, health and social affairs including roads and bridges that contribute towards better transport in the states and divisions indicates the development images of the Union. All the national people need to safeguard the national policy upholding the noble traditions and unity for perpetuation of the Union.
Lt-Gen Tha Aye on inspection tour of Mon State

NAY PYI TAW, 7 FebLt-Gen Tha Aye of the Ministry of Defence together with Chairman of Mon State Peace and Development Council Commander of SouthEast Command Maj-Gen Thet Naing Win and departmental officials on 1 February inspected production process and sample slabs of the marble slab factory (Kyaikto) near Taunggale Village of Kyaikto Township. At the construction site of Radial Tyre Factory Project in Bilin Township, he viewed the scale model of the factory and progress of project tasks. He looked into thriving groundnut plantations in Shweindon
Lt-Gen Tha Aye of the Ministry of Defence presents computers for basic education schools at Thaton BEHS No. 2.MNA
Phaya field of Bilin Township and tarmacking of the road section at mile post 128 on YangonMawlamyine road. At Thaton BEHS No. 2, Lt-Gen Tha Aye presented computers for the schools through officials. He oversaw construction of Yinnyein Station Hospital sponsored by Tun Myat Aung Co in Paung and thriving paddy plantations in Phyuba Village. Lt-Gen Tha Aye and party looked into maintenance of Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine). MNA
Kanebos rainbow in the rain programme to be held

YANGON, 7 FebKanebo will exchange its Gamonpwint (Kaba-Aye), Seingayhar (Pyay Road), rainbow (K) member cards for gifts through target MK (Dagon Center), from 16 to 28 February at point up to 15 February from 12 noon to 7 p.m. at Traders Hotel, Blazon, Yuzana Plaza.MNA
31st ISD Team Golf Championship ends

YANGON, 6 Feb Organized by the Ministry of Sports and Myanmar Golf Federation, the final round of the 31st Inter State/Division Team Golf Championship was held in conjunction with prize presentation ceremony at Ayethaya Golf Club in Taunggyi on 4 February. After the final round, Hti Htan Hlyan (Chin State) was awarded Eagle for third round and Aye Chantha (Taninthayi Division) and Maung Maung Than (Rakhine State) were awarded Eagle for final round. At Team Captains event, U Aung Than of Shan State (East) stood second by firing 71 strokes and U Kyaw Kyaw of Mandalay Division, first with 69. At Individual Scratch Event Silver Division, Zaw Win (Mon State) won third prize with 326 strokes, Khin Maung Aye (Kachin State), second with 326 and Soe Myint Thaung (Chin State), first with 323. At Individual Scratch Event Gold Division, Maung Maung Oo won third prize with 296, Thet Zaw Htwe, second with 292 and Than Zaw (Yangon Division), first with 292. At Team Scratch Event Silver Division, Ayeyawady Division stood second with 996 and Kachin State, first with 993. At Team Scratch Event Gold Division, Yangon Division won Championship Trophy with 909 and Mandalay Division stood second with 912. Next, Team Captain U Khin Maung Latt of Yangon Division team spoke words of thanks. Officials presented prizes to winners of individual and team events. Next, MGF Secretary U Aung Kyi handed over gift awarded by the Ministry of Sports and MGF to Deputy Manager U Soe Myint of Ayethaya Golf Club. The tournament was sponsored by KBZ Bank Ltd and cosponsors were Dagon Brewery Ltd and KM Golf Center with the aim of turning out Myanmar golfers. MNA
Director-General of SPED U Thaung Htaik seen together with golfers of Yangon Division which wins Championship Trophy.
MGF
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US Security Dept evacuated for dead fish, white powder

WASHINGTON, 7 Feb The US Homeland Security Department building was evacuated on Friday after receiving suspicious dead fish and white powder. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the department was briefly evacuated after an employee received a package containing a dead fish and white powder. The authorities has made a swift response to the reports on the suspicious package delivered to the department office in downtown Washington, DC, said FBI spokeswoman Kate Schweit. She also said that the area around the office has been secured by local police and fire department, and the package has been taken to a lab for test. The incidents evoked memory of the anthrax letters that killed five people and stirred panic in the US right after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. In December, the FBI and the State Department said that more than 40 governor offices and at least 15 US embassies in Europe have received envelopes with suspicious white powder but they did not find dangerous substances. The similar envelopes with white powder also appeared in more than 50 bank branches and a prominent newspaper headquarters in October, carrying a message its payback time. Despite a hoax, the FBI said that sending threat letters is still considered a serious crime. Internet
The ruins of a building destroyed by a suicide car bomb attack in central Baghdad, Iraq recently. INTERNET
Israel aircraft strike in Gaza after rocket fire

GAZA. 7 Feb Israeli aircraft fired several missiles in the Gaza Strip on Friday after two rockets fired from the Hamas-controlled territory landed in Israel, none of the attacks causing any injuries.Residents in Gaza said the Israeli attacks targeted open areas near the southern town of Rafah and smuggling tunnels along the border with Egypt. An Israeli military spokesman confirmed the air strikes but gave no further details.Earlier, two rockets fired from northern Gaza landed in Israel, the Israeli military said. Israel and Hamas declared separate ceasefires on 18 January , ending a 22-day Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip. Israel said its campaign, which left about 1,300 Palestinians dead, was aimed at stopping cross-border rocket fire. Ten Israeli soldiers and three civilians were killed in the Gaza campaign. Israel often targets the tunnels under the Gaza Strips border with Egypt, which it says are used by Hamas to smuggle in weapons.Internet
US soldier dies in northern Iraq

B AGHDAD, 7 Feb The US military says an American soldier has died of a noncombat-related injury near the northern Iraqi city of Balad Ruz. A US statement released Saturday said the soldier died on Friday but gave no further details. The latest fatality brings to at least 4,238 the number of US military members who have died in the Iraq war since it began in 2003. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,406 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to the militarys numbers. Internet
A man wounded in bomb attack receiving treatment in hospital in Baghdad, Iraq on 5 Feb, 2009. INTERNET
US investigates death of diplomat in Ethiopia
Ohio bus crash sends 13 to hospital
WASHINGTON, 7 Feb The United States said on TOLEDO, 7 Feb A swerving minivan Friday hit a Friday it is investigating the suspicious death of one school bus carrying high school students in Toledo, Ohio, of its diplomats at the US embassy in Addis Ababa. sending 10 students and three other people to hospitals, Foreign Service Officer Brian Adkins, 25, died sud- police said. denly on 31 January, and his death is under investiThe Toledo (Ohio) Blade reported that none of the stugation by the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, State dents injuries were serious. Elmer Johnson Jr, 32, and Department acting spokesman Robert Wood said in a Angela Johnson, 25, who were in the minivan, were in statement.We are coordinating closely with the gov- critical condition at St Vincent Mercy Medical Center, the ernment of Ethiopia, he added. highway patrol said. Adkins was serving in the embassys consular The bus was headed toward Toledo Express Airport, section.A State Department official who asked not to where students were going to take part in the school be named said Adkins died under suspicious circum- districts aviation technician programme. stances but could not confirm press reports that he Jose Sonora Jr, 15, said he was sitting in the rear of the had been murdered.Our first indications were that this bus when the crash occurred.I felt the bus hit. I heard the was not something associated with terrorism, the of- boom and everything else. I saw debris flying and snow, ficial said.Internet he was quoted by the newspaper as saying.Internet KANDAHAR, 7 Feb US-led forces have killed six people during a raid in the southern Afghan province of Zabul, Afghan officials said on Friday. Afghanistan has seen a sharp escalation of violence in recent years and is going through its bloodiest period since US-led troops and Afghan forces overthrew the Taleban in 2001. The victims in the latest incident were six civilian males from two families, said Mohammad Hashim, a member of Zabuls provincial council. Deputy provincial governor Gulab Shah Alikheil confirmed that six people were killed in an overnight operation, but could not say wether they were civilians or Taleban militants. Internet
Turkey bombs PKK bases in Iraq

A NKARA, 7 Feb Turkey launched its first air strikes of 2009 this week aimed at PKK bases in northern Iraq, military officials said on Friday. Brig Gen Metin Gurak said at a press briefing the raids were carried out Wednesday and Thursday, Hurriyet reported. They struck the Hakurk area. The PKK, the Turkish acronym for the Kurdistan Workers Party, uses strongholds in Iraq to carry out military operations in Turkey, officials say. Turkey also carried out a ground operation in 2008 that crossed the border.Gurak also told reporters the Turkish government welcomes the US decision to classify PEJAK, an Iranian Kurdish group, as a terrorist organization. Internet
Afghans say US-led raid kills six in S
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Russia allows transit of US military supplies

MOSCOW, 7 FebRussia granted transit rights Friday to non-lethal US military supplies headed to Afghanistan but only after apparently pressuring a former Soviet state to close an air base leased to the Americans. The signal from Moscow: Russia is willing to help on Afghanistan, but only on the Kremlins New Zealand Maori warriors paddle their Waka, a canoe as part of the ceremonies to celebrate New Zealands Waitangi Day in Waitangi, New Zealand, on 6 Feb , 2009. Waitangi Day marks the signing of the treaty between indigenous Maori and KUALA LUMPUR, 7 Feb European settlers, the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 Feb, A pair of identical twins 1840 .INTERNET escaped being convicted and hanged on drugs charges in Malaysia, due to confusion over which one of them was the culprit, reJERUSALEM, 7 FebThe UN agency that provides ports said on Satur-day.The humanitarian aid to Middle East refugees has sus- 27-year-old twins, R Sathis pended relief to Gaza after two incidents this week in Raj and Sabarish Raj, had which the ruling Hamas government seized the sup- been charged with traffickplies, the UN group said on Friday. ing 166 kilos of cannabis The UN Relief and Works Agency wont resume and 1.7 kilos of raw opium deliveries until the stolen supplies are returned, and the in 2003. But police had agency is given credible assurances from the Hamas trouble identifying which government in Gaza that there will be no repeat of these one was in possession of thefts, the agency said in a written statement. the drugs. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon underscored that This is a very unique position, issuing a statement demanding Hamas im- case as they are identical mediately release the supplies it has seized.All par- twins. Even the DNA evities must refrain from interfering with, or hampering dence could not prove the provision and distribution of, urgently needed humanitarian assistance to the civilian population in Gaza, Ban said in a statement. In the latest incident, the UNRWA said truckloads MONTREAL, 7 Feb of flour and rice were taken overnight on the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing that links Energy drinks are the coffee of a new generaGaza and Israel. The food came from Egypt and was to have been tion, but they have too collected and distributed by the agency on Friday. In- much sugar and caffeine stead, it was taken away by trucks contracted by the and can have a negative Ministry of Social Affairs, according to the UN state- health impact, a Canaresearcher ment. Two hundred metric tons (220 US tons) of rice dian and 100 metric tons (110 US tons) of flour were seized, said.Stephanie Cote, nutritionist with Extenso, a the agency said.Internet terms. Kyrgyzstan announced the closure of the Manas air base but American officials suspect that Russia was behind the decision, having long been irritated by the US presence in central Asia. The Russian decision to let US supplies cross its territory opened another route to those through Pakistan now threatened by militant attacks, but US officials were still left scrambling for alternatives to Manas. Russia wants to open discussions on thorny policy issues that Washington and Moscow have clashed on in recent years NATO enlargement, missile defence in Europe, a new strategic arms control treaty. More importantly, Russias expectation is that Washington must go through Moscow where Central Asia is concerned. Internet
Malaysian twins escape hangman over identity confusion

anything as the DNA could be either Sathis or Sabarishs, said High Court judge Zaharah Ibrahim.I cant be calling the wrong twin to enter his defence. I cant be sending the wrong person to the gallows, she said according to the New Straits Times as she acquitted the pair. The court heard that one of the twins was caught taking a car load of drugs to a house in suburban Kuala Lumpur. After he was apprehended the other twin arrived at the house and was also arrested.Internet
UN suspends Gaza aid shipments
Ex-hostage says Colombian rebels killed lawmakers in cold blood

BOGOTA, 7 FebA Colombian former hostage released by Marxist guerrillas after nearly seven years in captivity said the rebels who held him and 11 colleagues killed the others in cold blood, an act he called a war crime. Speaking upon his arrival in Cali hours after his release on Thursday, former regional legislator Sigifredo Lopez said he never saw what happened the day his fellow lawmakers died because he had been separated from them as punishment for supposedly being a troublemaker. Rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, better known as FARC, had taken him to another part of the campground, chained him to a tree and built a small wall made from palm fronds so he couldnt communicate with the other captives.Internet
Energy drinks not for children

Universite de Montreal health and nutrition think-tank, said its not uncommon for students to consume energy drinks to increase their concentration as they study throughout the night. A 2008 report by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada found 1.5 billion cans of Red Bull were sold in the United States in 2004. Consumption in Canada is said to be comparable, and it is a growing trend for 18-to 24-year-olds. However, this market segment is broadening as younger children are beginning to consume these drinks before doing physical activity, Cote said. Internet
Australians battling dozens of wildfires

SYDNEY, 7 FebCrews battled to contain dozens of wildfires across southeastern Australia on Saturday as temperatures soared to record levels and officials warned conditions were perfect for a deadly inferno. At least 40 fires were blazing in New South Wales state, and more burned in Victoria and South Australia. Most were in parks and bush land away from residential areas. Forecasters said a heat wave that has stewed millions of people in the southeast in the past two weeks would peak at the weekend with temperatures of up to 117 F (47 C). Hot, dry winds would also blow across the region, creating conditions very similar to those that caused the 1983 wildfire tragedy known as Ash Wednesday that killed 75 people.Most of the fires burning Saturday were being contained by thousands of volunteer firefighters manning hoses and building firebreaks at the edges. Tens of thousands more were standing by, along with waterbombing planes and helicopters, said New South Wales Rural Fire Service chief Shane Fitzsimmons.Internet
Qing Pang and Jian Tong of China acknowledge the crowd from the winners podium after the Pairs Free Skate during the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Pacific Coliseum, on 5 Feb, in Vancouver, Canada.INTERNET
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DEVELOPMENT OF RAKHINE STATE IN THE TIME OF TATMADAW GOVERNMENT

Hailing the 62nd Anniversary Union Day
Projects to be implemented for development of Rakhine State

Subject
Agriculture -Zeechaung dam Transport -180 feet and above Bridge under construction -Kyauktan bridge Railroad -Sittway-Ponnagyun -Kyauktaw-MraukU -Minbya-An-Minbu Railway station -MraukU station -Myomayat camp station -Teinnyo station -Maha Muni station -Apaukwa station -Yoe Tayoke station -Ponnagyun station Railroad-cum-bridge -Pitauk river crossing bridge -Yoechaung bridge Communications -CDMA/GSM mobile telephone - GSM mobile telephone Electric Power Project under implementation -Thahtaychaung -Anchaung
Projects to be implemented
Location
Remark
Kyauktaw Township Benefited cultivation acreage 1000
Sittway Township Rakhine State
Yangon-Sittway Road People can travel up and down country via Minbu on west bank of Ayeyawady River Sittway-Ponnagyun-KyauktawMraukU (99 miles) Minbu-An-Minbya (158 miles) Total railroad miles from Minbu to Sittway (257 miles)
Plans are under way to build railroad in Rakhine State. Photo shows Map of Sittway-Ponnagyun-Kyauktaw-MraukU-MinbyaAn-Minbu railroad project.
MraukU Township MraukU Township MraukU Township MraukU Township Ponnagyun Township Ponnagyun Township Ponnagyun Township Kyauktaw and Ponnagyun Ponnagyun Township Rakhine State Sittway Township
5500 units 1400 units
Thandwe Township An Township
111.0 megawatts 15.0 megawatts
Sai Tin Hydropower Plant Photo shows site chosen for construction of Sai Tin hydropower plant project, which will be able to produce 70 megawatts, in Buthidaung Township, Rakhine State.
-Thandwechaung -Kyeintali -Sai Tin Oil and Natural Gas Offshore Oil and Natural Gas -Shwe (1) (A-1) -Shwe Phyu (A-3) -Mya Gas Deposit
Thandwe Township 39.0 megawatts Kyeintali Township 28.0 megawatts Buthidaung Township 70.0 megawatts
Rakhine Offshore Rakhine Offshore Rakhine Offshore
It produces from 3.4 to 5.4 trillion cubic feet. It produces from 0.5to 1.2 trillion cubic feet. It produces from 1.8 to 3.4 trillion cubic feet.
Thahtaychaung hydropower plant project with 111 megawatts generating power is under construction across Thahtay creek near the site 12 miles north-east of Thandwe for sufficient supply of electricity in Rakhine State. Upon completion, it will be able to generate 417 million kilowatt hours a year.
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Maung Po Hmat
In the late 1991, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics formed with 15 Soviet Socialist republics collapsed into 15 separate countries. In some of those countries, for example the Russian Federation, Muslims of Chechnya launched armed revolt to secede from the mother country. Similarly, Tatastan region saw rebellions for secession from the country. Accordingly, the government of the Russian Federation had to suppress the rebellions. The United States of America and the European Union aided and abetted Chechnya rebels, and provided fertile soil for them in Washington and London. They also accused the government of the Russian Federation of human rights violation and genocide. South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions seceded from Georgia, an ex-member of the USSR. Those secessions were due to alien instigation and incitement. The US and European Union gave places to the countries that had seceded from the USSR and former eastern European Socialist countries in NATO. With the intention of breaking up national unity in Ukraine, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, they drove wedges among the people. Moreover, they provoked yellow revolution, orange revolution and rose revolution in order that those countries became their minion ones, following downfall of the governments that did not get along with West-Bloc. While being parts of USSR, they were united, but after seceding from USSR, the seceded countries came to fight each other. For instance, Azerbaijan engaged in the battle against Armenian for territorial possession. Czechoslovakia Socialist Republic, an eastern European country, split into Czech Republic and Slovak Republic following the downfall of the socialist governments. Yugoslavia in Balkan region in the southeast part of Europe used to be a Socialist country constituted with six nations. They were cohesive in the time of President Marshal Broz Tito. In 1992 Yugoslavia collapsed into six parts at the alien instigation. The main land of Yugoslavia is Serbia. Serbs of Serbia made a world history for their brilliant resistance against Hitler's Nazi troops and Mussolini's Italian Fascist troops through guerilla warfare in the World War II. The US provided assistance for Muslims of Bosnia Herzegovina that seceded from Yugoslavia, and the Muslim troops of Chechnya that seceded from the Russian Federation. It was because it encouraged secession from the Socialist (Communist) countries and according to its strategy to devastate Communism, not because it was in favour of Muslims. Kosovo, a part of Serbia, saw constant illegal immigration of Muslims from its neighbour Albania. Albanian ethnic groups launched their armed revolts since 1990 to secede Kosovo from Serbia. In fear of collapse of the nation, Serbian government suppressed the rebellion. Initially, the US condemned leader Hashin Sagi of Kosovo separation force as a drug lord and dacoit. But, when it considered Serbia to be the last Communist nation of Europe, the US not only expressed its support for Hashin Sagi but also invaded Serbia, leading NATO troops on 23 March 1999. The US kept Serbia under its control and encouraged secession from Kosovo. In 2008, the US and Europe recognized Kosovo as an independent nation. Showing total disregard for the strong objection of the international community including the Russian Federation, the US separated Kosovo from Serbia. The US-led troops invaded Iraq in the Middle East on 19 March 2003. Since 1990, the US had abetted Kurd rebels in the northern part rising against the government to secede from Iraq, and Shiia Muslim troops in the southern part of Iraq rising against Sunny Muslim government of Saddam Hussein. The constitution drawn after the US invasion of Iraq manifests three parts: the area of Kurds, that of Sunny Iraqis, and that of Shiia Iraqis. Kurds were homeless people like gypsies. Sixty per cent of Kurds took refuge in Turkey, and nearly 40 per cent, in Iran, Iraq and Syria. After seizing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria, Kurds launched armed revolts in Turkey, Iraq and Iran to establish Kurdistan. The US is abetting Kurd revolutionaries. It made some regions secede from some African countries and is driving wedges among the people to secede from the nations concerned. Myanmar is home to more than 100 national races that have been living in unity since time immemorial. National brethren remained united and safeguarded the nation and sovereignty (independence) from the period of losing independence to the post-independence period, and in the times when the Union was on the verge of losing independence and collapse. The Federal movement to break up the Union into eight parts at the instigation of the colonialists met its end in 1962 due to the unanimous disapproval of the entire people. National brethren have managed to put an end to all the movements in which a handful of expatriates and national axe-handles tried to secede some parts from the Union as masterminded by their alien masters. The Union of Myanmar has been standing firmly with independence or sovereignty thanks to consolidated unity and Union Spirit of national brethren. So, neocolonialists then resort to other possible ways and means to disrupt the national goal of building a peaceful, modern and developed discipline-flourishing democratic nation. Today, Myanmar has enjoyed peace and stability along with development in various sectors at the unprecedented level. And it has achieved many tangible basic foundations for democratic transition. The National Convention adopted the principles. The Commission for Drafting State Constitution drafted the State Constitution (2008), which was then approved by 92.48 per cent of the voters. Multiparty democracy general elections will take place in accordance with the new constitution in 2010. Now, the people are awaiting 2010 elections to elect their representatives. Some are found active in making preparations to register their parties. The forces of national politics are persuading and encouraging politicians to give priority to national interest rather than to personality cult, attachment to the party concerned, sectarianism and dogmatism in the 2010 elections. The seven steps for transition to democracy are ongoing such as promulgation of necessary laws; registering of political parties; arrangements for elections to be held by the Election Commission for which candidates will stand; assuming charge of duties by Pyithu Hluttaw, Amyotha Hluttaw; Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, and State/Region Hluttaws in which representatives-elect will have to represent the people to exercise the legislative power; formation of governing body under the President who will have to undertake executive power; and formation of Union high courts that will have to exercise judicial power. Throughout the periods of the National Convention, and the referendum to approve the new constitution, subversive elements were resorting to a variety of means to hinder the processes. So, the entire people had to overcome the conspiracies through national unity and Union Spirit. Axe-handles and national traitors who are hurting the public interests, using beautiful word of democracy, opportunists seeking self-interests through politics and neo-colonialists are expressing their stances that they do not accept the State Constitution approved with the support of 92.48 per cent of the voters. Anti-democracy activists and lackeys of the colonialists always find faults with the State's future programmes through the radio stations under the influence of the colonialists. Turning a blind eye to achievements of nation building endeavours carried out in the interest of the State and the people, they made a spate of accusations over the efforts of the government. At present also, they aired fabricated news time and again that a group of boat Bengali Muslims who were Rohinjas from Myanmar were tortured by Myanmar and driven out by Thailand. In the late January and the early February 2009, the spokesman from UNHCR, the Washingtonbased Human Rights Watchdog, the Thai based GHRE (a) Renegade-Grassroots Human Rights Education, Amnesty International, Arakan Project (Bangkok) and Refugee International (Washington), fuelled the problem, saying that the so-called Rohinjas were subject to torture by Thai authorities and driven out of the country by Myanmar authorities. In the 30-1-2009 issue of Myanmar newspapers, it was stated that at present some foreign media were airing that some Rohinjas are attempting to enter Thailand by boat from the sea and some of them from Myanmar; and that there was no national race by the name of Rohinjas in the national races of Myanmar. Myanmar shares border with Bangladesh, India, the Peoples Republic of China, the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic and Thailand. There could be immigrants from one country to another as the border was not properly demarcated by brick or steel walls. There was no incident that the Myanmar governments of successive eras did accept renegades, expatriates and insurgents who breached the law and fled into the nation from neighbouring countries. (See page 7)
Today, Myanmar has enjoyed peace and stability along with development in various sectors at the unprecedented level. And it has achieved many tangible basic foundations for democratic transition.
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Rohinja is not Myanmar national race, nor is in Myanmar

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(from page 6) In the time of the British government, it was found that the British brought Bengalis and Indians of India (now Pakistan, India and Bangladesh) into the nation with various intentions. There were some cases that the needy Bengalis were hired for farm works in Rakhine State where there was poor transport. Some Bengalis did not return to their natives and steadily lived in the region. In 1953 when the census was taken in the nation, Bengalis in Rakhine State forcibly asked officials concerned to officially include them in the countrys population as Rohinjas. The Myanmar Census Department refused their demand. Bengalis who had already arrived in Rakhine State harboured Bangali Muslims who illegally immigrated to the country through Buthidaung, Maungtaw and Rathedaung and abetted them in various ways. When the AFPFL was split into two, Thantshin AFPFL (then Pahtasa) granted the right to vote to Bangali Muslims in the region in order to win their ballots. Terming themselves as Rohinjas, the Bengalis were active and rose against the government to separate Buthidaung, Maungtaw and Rathedaung from the nation. During the World War II when Myanmar was under the Japanese subjugation, Bengalis in the border fled to the Bengal region. In 1945 when the British re-entered Myanmar the Bengalis stealthily crossed the Myanmar border again. At the instigation of the colonialists, the Bengali Muslims of Buthidaung and Maungtaw regions launched Mujahid armed insurgencies against the government to secede from the country in 1947. They set fire to villages of Rakhine nationals. The Bengalis who later entered the country even killed Muslims who were there early. Mujahid insurgents were taking a large number of Bengalis to Rakhine State and establishing villages for them while setting Rakhine villages on fire. At that time, the Union Government (AFPFL Government) had to face a series of attacks of various enemies as multicoloured insurgencies reigned in the nation. The British ruled Rakine State for 123 years from 1827 to 1948. During that period, Bengalis entered the nation en masse. In 1950-1951, the Myanmar Tatmadaw had to suppress Mujahid insurgents and it was able to put an end to the insurgency in 1954. Upon the request of the Myanmar government the Bangladeshi (the then East Pakistan) government arrested and jailed Kalar Karsin, the leader of Mujahid insurgents. The fifth conference of Rakhine National Unity Organization held in March 1959 passed a resolution to effectively deter the influx of East Pakistani (now Bangladeshi) nationals into Rakhine State with the help of some Muslims in the name of Myanmar citizens in Sittway, Buthidaung and Maungtaw regions. In 1960, due to canvassing for votes by Pahtasa (Thantshin AFPFL) the Bangali Muslims in Rakhine State formed the Rohinja Patriotic Front and were active again. Arab Muslims were stranded in Bengali region as their vessel crashed and got married to local Muslim (Bengali) women. Their offspring were called Rohant which was derived from Rohon, a word of Arabic. With the passage of time, they dubbed themselves as Rohinjas. As the descendents of Arab Muslims sailors from northern Africa and Bengali Muslims in Bengal region were named as Rohinjas, it is sure that they were not Myanmar nationals but Arab-Bengali Muslims who were those of mixed parentage. When the Revolutionary Council assumed the State responsibilities, steps were taken from October to December in 1966 to scrutinize and segregate Muslims who had already become Myanmar citizens from Bengali Muslims who later stealthily entered the nation under operation Kyigan. Under the operation, a large number of Bengali Muslims in Sittway, Myebon, Kyauktaw, Ponnagyun, Thandwe, Taungup, Kyeingyaung and Maungtaw regions were found to be those who illegally entered the nation. In February 1969, illegal immigrant Bengalis were scrutinized in Sittway and Kyaukphyu districts under the Myatmon operation. In 1971 when a conflict between East Pakistan (Bengal) and West Pakistan broke out over 10,000 Bengali refugees fled to Buthidaung and Maungtaw regions. Necessary measures were taken for them to be able to return to their native (Bengal) after systematic scrutiny. Starting from February 1974, illegal immigrants were scrutinized in Rakhine, Chin, Kachin and Shan states under the Sabai operation. Under the operation, it was found that there were 988 Bangladeshi citizens who illegally entered Rakhine State, 663 who breached the citizen registration act and 18,254 foreigners. Every time when operations were launched, the illegal Bengali Muslim immigrants fled to Bangladesh en masse. In 1978 when the Nagamin operation was launched those who illegally entered Rakhine State fled to their native nation. Some of those who fled to the native nation were scrutinized and accepted through the Hintha operation. In 1991-1992 when the Immigration Department scrutinized those who illegally entered Rakhine State they fled to the native nation en masse. Under the agreement of the Bangladeshi government and the Myanmar government those who met the four requirements were accepted. During 13 years from 1992 to 2005, 236,495 persons were scrutinized and accepted. The western media aired fabricated news over the matter and abetted those who illegally entered Myanmar. The US which harboured millions of expatriates and renegades from different countries was suffered severely on 11-9-2001. Therefore, it has had to tighten the immigration law. As it was vulnerable to the illegal influx of people from south Mexico, it had to set up the wall with steel fences at the border sharing with Mexico. It has to shoot the illegal immigrants to dead. Israel had to build a big wall in the west bank to deter the entry of Palestinians. Harbouring over 300,000 renegades, the US is making attempts to topple the Castro socialist government. In the time of President Clinton the US marines drove out boat people Cubans and Hispanics who attempted to enter the US. After the Vietnam war, boat people from south Vietnam fled the country. Hong Kong then belonged to the British did not accept the boat people and expelled them. Most recently, Indonesia and Australia drove out boat Muslims. It is obvious that no house owners want to accept any unscrupulous visitors. It is fair that Thailand didnt want to accept more Bengali Muslims (so-called Rohinjas) as there were Muslim insurgency in four Muslim provinces of south Thailand. In Myanmar there is no national race by the name of Rohinja. The destructive elements should be aware of the fact that the principle calling for no secession of any parts from the Union was included in the State constitution adopted by the people. (Translation: MS+TS)
In Myanmar there is no national race by the name of Rohinja.

Leprosy Elimination Day observed
NAY PYI TAW, 7 FebOrganized by the Ministry of Health, the 6th Leprosy Elimination Day Commemorative Ceremony was held at the meeting hall of the ministry here this morning, with address by Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint. It was also attended by Deputy Minister Dr Mya Oo, Vice-President of Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association Daw Aye Aye and member Daw Nilar Thaw, Head of Information Department under Myanmar Womens Affairs Federation Daw Kyi Kyi Win, Head of International Relations Department Daw Myint Myint Soe, the directors-general and officials of the ministry, the medical superintendents, responsible persons of social organizations, the resident representatives of UN agencies, representatives of IMCJ, JICA and TLMI and guests. After delivering address by Minister Dr Kyaw Myint, the prize presentation ceremony followed. The minister, the deputy minister, WHO Public Health Administer Ms. Margareta Skold and Director Dr. Norihisa Ishll of International Medical Center of Japan presented prizes to winners of essay contests to mark Leprosy Elimination Day 2009. Next, educative programme on elimination of leprosy was shown and the ceremony came to an end. This years motto of Leprosy Elimination Day is Treat Early: Prevent Disability.MNA
Minister Dr Kyaw Myint addresses the 6th Leprosy Elimination Day Commemorative Ceremony.MNA
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Secretary-1 attends
(from page 1) The new executive committee of the Myanma Motion Picture Asiayon was reconstituted in 2007. The executive committee is working hard with renewed strength in various aspects. The Myanma Motion Picture Asiayon is importing film reels with its funds and distributing them on credit to producers with the aim of helping produce more and more Myanmar films. Furthermore, it has launched film and video film acting course to produce new generation artistes. And is has also launched film directing course to increase the number of skilled film directors. Now, it is trying to regularly open other courses such as script course, editing course and photography course. It occasionally conducts seminars and workshops on film technology to improve the film industry. And it is training and organizing film professionals to improve their skills mentally and morally. Besides, the Ministry of Information and the Myanma Motion Picture Enterprise are trying in all aspects to improve the Myanmar film industry. Myanmar film delegations were sent to the People's Republic of China in 2008 to hold discussions with China Film Group Corporation to co-produce films; to the International Co-
Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife Daw Khin Saw Hnin attend the ceremony to present Myanmar Motion Picture Outstanding Awards and Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan delivering an address.MNA
production Workshop in the Republic of Korea in 2008 to co-produce films and video films; and the 17th Chinese Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival in China. I believe national film professionals would be able to improve the Myanmar film industry through international studies and cooperation. The Myanma Motion Picture Asiayon and film professionals are working hard, but I would say they still need to work harder in order to improve the Myanmar film industry. I have said several times that market expansion is an engine for improvement of the film world. So, we need to penetrate not only domestic but also foreign markets. In this regard, our works need to meet international standard in theme, plot, acting, picture, sound and colour as well as in production and distribution. Therefore, national film professionals need to combine their skills with modern film equipment effectively. And they need to purchase other necessary machines individually or in share. I have heard some comments that at present, film professionals focused only on profits rather than on quality, and that was the root cause of a fall in the quality of films. I do not think it is wise to pay too much attention to profits, if we really want to produce quality works. Therefore, we can dream about improvement only if such producers quit that profit-oriented policy and invest enough time, funds, manpower and equipment without sacrificing their pride and dignity in producing films. And if we can produce quality films and penetrate international market, we can make greater profits. Here, a fact I would like to point out is that films have great influence
Professionals of the movie world should build international level studios individually, collectively or in cooperation with the Myanmar Motion Picture Asiayon.
over the people. So, film artistes have to be positive role models in morale and morality for the youth of today. They have to demonstrate and promote traditional culture, Myanmar spirit and social values in a mode of dress, behaviours and expressions. More than that, they have to enhance the image and prestige of the nation and the people in portraying the traditions and lifestyles of the people. And they have to avoid decadent performances that can bring disgrace to the nation and the people. Film professionals are also to try to transform analogue to digital system by co-producing pictures with other countries so as to improve Myanmar film industry. I feel encouraged to learn that some professionals are trying to shoot quality films with the digital system. I would like to urge them to keep on trying to attract the emulation of other producers in this case. I do not think a film can attract complete attention of the fans although it is of high quality but the projecting and sound systems are not modern. So, we have to upgrade the present cinema halls to modern ones. I am pleased to learn that the upgrading of sound systems and projectors of the cinemas is already ongoing. The project should be extended in the whole country. The world countries are changing to cinema complex system which includes 50-seat to 100-seat mini-cinemas along with other services such as sales rooms, beauty salons and fitness centres and digital cinema system from 400 to 500 capacity cinemas. Hence, individual or collective efforts should be made to introduce the cinema complex system and digital system. Our country also needs big studios like some other countries to produce films of higher quality. Professionals of the movie world should build international level studios individually, collectively or in cooperation with the Myanmar Motion Picture Asiayon. The Information Ministry will also render assistance to the best of its ability in accord with the frames and principles. I have already made suggestion in connection with the five tasks to be implemented by the MMPA and entrepreneurs. I will now state the tasks as follows to enable the film professionals to try to implement them in cooperation: 1. To build modern stu dios individually or collectively within the framework of the principles laid down by the State. 2. To cooperate broadly with foreign countries in film-making, film editing and screening and to strive for showing Myanmar films abroad. 3.To strive to change from analogue to digital in film-making and screening 4.To modernize sound and projecting systems of private and State-owned cinemas. 5.To strive for emergence of cinema complexes and digital cinemas simultaneously. (See page 9)
Myanmar Motion Picture Outstanding Award winners.MNA
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Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presents the Best Actor Award to Kyaw Ye Aung.MNA
Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presents the Best Film Award to Myint Marlar Film Production.MNA
dependence era and dutifully serving the national duties in the respective roles during the independence struggle and during the period the nation has to maintain her independence. The professionals will have to actively participate in the present nation-building endeavours with correct conviction in the national interest. It is common knowledge that the sevenstep Road Map is being implemented in accord with the public wish for the democratization process. The Road Map is the best means to reach the goal desired by the people in accord with the nation's prevailing conditions. It is also the most appropriate and harm-free means to transform to democracy in a peaceful and stable atmosphere. The constitution has been ratified with the massive approval of the people, which is the fourth step. The gen-
Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presents the Best Cinematography Award to Kyaukphyu (Padetha).MNA
eral election, the fifth step, will be successfully held in 2010. The movie professionals will have to dutifully play their part for the success of the 2010 general election. Soon, the motion picture academy awards for 2007 will be announced. As in the previous years the judges at different levels selected every award in accord with the set standards. The ten movies released in 2007 were watched again and again to award the persons who actually deserved and met the set standard. The persons who won awards this year are to carry on trying to win more awards and the persons who have not won the award yet should strive to win the award in the coming years. In conclusion, I would like to urge the movie professionals to implement the five aims, the five tasks in hand and the 12 basic work
Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presents the Best Music Award to Sein Mutta.MNA
duced by Myint Marlar Film Production, the Best Cinematography Award to Kyaukphyu (Padetha) for his work in Nga-darnga-thwe-ngaAyeyawady, the Best Supporting Actor Award to Moe Di for his work in Koe-hse-hsa-tha-leintmei, the Best Actor Award to Kyaw Ye Aung for his work in Koe-hsehsa-tha-leint-mei. Next, some selected scenes of the award winners were shown. Afterwards, Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presented Academy Awards to the respective winners. The Academy Award winners for 2007 paid respects to Secretary1 Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife Daw Khin Saw Hnin. After the ceremony, the Secretary-1, wife and party cordially greeted Academy Award winning film stars and film technicians. MNA
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(from page 8) We have already laid down five aims and 12 basic work programmes since about 2005 for development of the movie world. I would like to urge again all film professionals to strive to successfully implement them. The professionals may face difficulties, disagreements and challenges in implementing them. Success will surely be achieved if the following points are used as the base in overcoming the difficulties, disagreements and challenges: 1. The aim of developing movie professionals 2. A balanced view of self-interest and other's interest 3. Zeal, perseverance and efforts 4. Unity 5. Cooperation 6. Patience and understanding
The ministry will also lend a helping hand for achieving success. All the persons of the media world including movie professionals should be the supporters of the national interest and should have correct conviction. This is very important. The interest of the country and the national races is the national interest. Here, the supporters mean persons who are always serving, protecting and promoting the national interest and those who will wipe out all dangers harming the national interest. I would emphasize that the movie professionals have the duty to serve, protect and promote the interest of the country and the national races while working in the interest of the people of the same profession. The artistes have the fine tradition of awakening the national spirit during the pre-in-
programmes for development of the movie world and its professionals; to strive to acquire required equipment and studios, to make films in cooperation with foreign countries, and to upgrade film projecting system and cinemas till reaching the international level; to strive for Myanmar movies to penetrate foreign markets; to preserve and protect cultural heritage and national characters with the help of their profession; and to join hands with the government and the people for emergence of a peaceful, modern and developed democratic nation. In the list of Academy Award Winners, the Best Music Award went to Sein Mutta, the Best Film Director Award to Maung Yin Aung for his work in Koe-hse-hsatha-leint-mei, the Best Film Award to Koe-hsehsa-tha-leint-mei pro-
Best Supporting Actor Award winner Moe Di being greeted by film artistes.MNA
Best Film Director Award winner Maung Yin Aung being greeted by film artistes.MNA
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Lt-Gen Myint Swe attends MFF 10th annual meeting, Myanma Maritime Products Market Festival
those of international organizations and companies who provided motorized fishing boats and fishing gear to the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries and MFF. Next, Lt-Gen Myint Swe, the minister, the secretary of Yangon Division PDC and officials accepted cash donations of wellwishers and presented certificates of honour to them. th Then the 10 annual meeting of MFF followed. Hailing the meeting, Myanma Maritime Products Market Festival will be held up to 10 Feb from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. Miss Mermaid contest, Photo show and contest on development of fisheries sector, paper reading sessions and entertainment programme will be held at the festival.MNA
Indian Vice-President and wife leave for Mandalay

YANGON, 7 FebAt the invitation of Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Deputy Commander-inChief of the Defence Services Commander-inChief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San, a delegation led by Vice-President Shri M. Hamid Ansari of the Republic of India and wife Shrimati Salma Ansari accompanied by Deputy Minister for Communications, Posts and Telegraphs Maj-Gen Thein Tun and wife, Myanmar Ambassador to the Republic of India U Kyi Thein and wife, Indian Ambassador Mr. Aloke Sen and wife and Director-General of the Protocol Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Kyaw, left for Mandalay at 12.15 p.m. by special flight from here. The goodwill delegation was seen off at Yangon International Airport by Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Yangon Command BrigGen Win Myint and wife, Chairman of Yangon City Development Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin, Senior Military Officers and officials. The delegation led by Indian Vice-President and wife visited Zaphar Shah Tomb in Dagon Township and Yadana White elephants at white elephant garden in Mindhamma Hill in Insein Township this morning. MNA
Lt-Gen Myint Swe visits booths opened at Myanma Maritime Products Market Festival.MNA
YANGON, 7 Feb th The opening of 10 Annual Meeting of Myanmar Fishery Federation was held in conjunction with Myanma Maritime Products Market Festival at MFF building in Insein Township here this morning, attended by Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence. It was also attended by Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Yangon Command BrigGen Win Myint, Patron of MFF Minister for Livestock and Fisheries BrigGen Maung Maung Thein, departmental heads, diplomats of foreign embassies, resident representatives of UN agencies, responsible of INGOs, MFF President and CEC members and members and guests. Commander Brig-Gen Win Myint, Minister Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein and MFF President opened the ceremony. Next, Lt-Gen Myint Swe, the commander and party viewed booths opened at the festival. Then Lt-Gen Myint Swe, Minister Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein and MFF President delivered addresses at Thiri Annawah Hall. Afterwards, the minister presented prizes to outstanding students who are offspring of members of MFF and certificates of honour to
Indian Vice-President Shri M. Hamid Ansari visits Yadana White elephant garden in Mindhamma Hill. MNA
th First special sales promotion and Educative talk on 6 fun fair (2009) on 12-14 Feb Leprosy Elimination Day held
YANGON, 7 FebThe first time special sales promotion and fun fair (2009), organized by 547 Trading and Ruby Mart, will be held at Kandawgyi Island Garden from 12 February to 14 February. At the special sales promotion, 547 Trading will sell its multi-plastic products, soaps and sugar with special prices. Stationery products, foodstuffs, clothes, electronics, ISUZU buses & Light Truck and household goods will be available on special discount from 20 to 70 per cent. On 11 February, wholesales merchants may purchase the varieties of products. Arrangements have been made for smoothing transports with Parami Taxi and bus lines. And various products will be available at reasonable prices with lucky draws and entertainment programmes during the promotion. MNA NAY PYI TAW, 7 FebA ceremony to mark the sixth Leprosy Elimination Day was held at the meeting hall of the Ministry of Health, here, this morning. Project Manager Dr. Kyaw Myint, writer Chit Naing (Psychology), writer Ma Sandar, actor academy Myat Kay Thi Aung and writer Chit San Win gave talks on the occasion. It was attended by officials under the Minis-
Mo Asia Co. Ltd (Dumex) donates milk powder, nutritious powder

YANGON, 7 Feb On behalf of the Commandant, the head of Paediatrics Department accepted Dumex milk powder and Dumex One Plus nutritious powder worth over K 700,000 donated by Mo Asia Co. Ltd (Dumex) for children who are receiving treatments at No. (1) Defence Services Obstetric and Gynaecology and Children Hospital (300-bed), Mingaladon yesterday. The head of department spoke words of thanks on the occasion. NLM
try of Health and other Ministries, interested persons, members of International Medical Centre Japan (IMCJ), members of social organization, teachers and students. MNA
Mountaineering group successfully scale Saramayti

YANGON, 7 Feb A Winter mountaineering group including 22 members led by Associate Professor U Myo Thant of Myanmarsar Department of Yangon University, Chairman of Universities Hiking and Mountaineering Association successfully climbed Mt Saramayti at 9 am on 26 January. The climbers also hoisted the flags of the Union of Myanmar and their group on the 12,553-foot high mountains peak, which is also called Nwemouk.MNA
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Gen Aung Thein Lin, the deputy ministers, members of CSSTB, officials of the Ministry of Education, the rector of CICS (Phaunggyi), course instructors and trainees. Chairman of CSSTB U Kyaw Thu said every citizen in the country has regarded independence and perpetuation of sovereignty as their soul. They made the country stronger and the younger generation has to continue to discharge these duties as noble national tasks. The State Peace and Development Council upholding Our Three Main National Causes has laid down 12 objectives to enable the nation to keep abreast of international communities. he said. In the education sector, better education foundations were built nationwide. Now there are arts and science universities, technological universities and universities of computer studies in all 24- special development regions. National race youths in those regions can learn higher education. He elaborated on importance of research and application of research in social and economic affairs of the respective regions. He said as long as there is unity in the country difficulties, hindrance and limits can be overcome. High human resources are the main forces that support the perpetuation of a democratic nation. A new nation has to be built based on those who serve the national and regional interest not in words but in actions, he added. It is necessary for the youths of today who will safeguard the nation to possess not only high qualifications and strong belief but also sprit of serving the interest of Myanmar society. Next, Chairman U Kyaw Thu presented awards to outstanding trainees and certificates to them. The four-week course was attended by 333 university teachers. MNA
62nd Anniversary Union Day Objectives

For all the national races to safeguard the national policy non-disintegration of the Union, non-disintegration of national solidarity and perpetuation of sovereignty; For all the national races to keep Union Spirit ever alive and dynamic among the national people; For all the national races to defend and safeguard the Union for the perpetual existence; For all the national races to prevent, through national solidarity, the danger of internal and external destructive elements undermining peace and stability of the State and national development; For all the national races to make endeavours for the emergence of an enduring State Constitution in accord with the fundamental principles and detailed basic principles laid down by the National Convention, and For all the national races to make concerted efforts for successful implementation of the seven-step Road Map. POEM:
Chairman of CSSTB U Kyaw Thu presents prize to a trainee.

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YANGON , 7 Feb The conclusion ceremony of special refresher course No. 14 for faculty members was held at Nawarat Hall of Central Institute of Civil Service (Phaunggyi) in Hlegu Township this morning. On behalf of Chairman of Myanmar Education Committee Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Develop-
ment Council Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, Chairman of Civil Service Selection and Training Board U Kyaw Thu delivered a speech. Also present were Minister for Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun, Auditor-General Maj-Gen Lun Maung, Chairman of Yangon City Development Committee Mayor Brig-
Nation of rising dignity and bravery

* Kachin, Kayah love each other Kayin, Chin kith and kin Bamar, Mon with enduring amity Rakhine, Shan in cordial friendship Unity blooming among them * Indivisible we are Union people loving one another Hate will never there be Warding off all slanders Inseparable family members * Serving national interest In history with pride Under reign of three great kings Nawrahta, Bayintnaung and U Aung Zeya The sword of Myanmar Regarded highly all over Asia * In harmony and unison Also helping each other To defend motherland Is in the mind of all Even dare risk their lives * Dignity and bravery for race Always rising high Salin Phone Kyaw (Trs) Hailing the 62nd Anniversary Union Day
RV! Centre (Yangon) completion certificates

YANGON, 7 Feb RV! Centre (Yangon) held th its 12 completion certificate presentation ceremony at Parkroyal Hotel on Alanpya Pagoda Road, here, on 13 January. Chairman of RV! Centre (Yangon) U Win Sein extended greetings and Managing Director Mr. Argus Ang, spoke. Next, they presented completion certificates, outstanding awards in the respective subjects, team/group best awards and best outstanding awards. The centre conducts English proficiency courses for entrance exams, IELTS and TOFEL preparation course, Oral English, SAT-1 (Eng/Maths), English Diploma course, Summer Programme course, IGCSE Exam course and Primary (1-6) for iPSE (Singapore International Primary School Examination). RV! Centre (Yangon) is an exam centre recognized by University of Cambridge and is also an exam centre of Singapore Examinations & Assessment Board. Moreover, there will be certificate and diploma courses related to management, presented by murdouch University in Australia. Those interested may contact RV! Centre (Yangon) (Tel: 242410, 541886, 543618, 250388352, and 09861-2246). MNA
The 12th ceremony to present completion certificate of RV! Centre (Yangon) in progress.MNA
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TENDER INVITATION
Myanma Ceramic Industries, Ministry of Industry(1), is intended to establish (5) Cement Manufacturing Plants in Pyin Nyaung area, Thar Zi Township, Mandalay Division, and (1) Cement Manufacturing Plant in Ping Pep area, Taungyi Township, Southern Shan State, adopting the following Cement Manufacturing process and capacity, using kiln firing systems with kiln burner of coal and gas dual firing system (free mixing ratio). (a) 700 ton per day, wet process. (b) 1000 ton per day, dry process. Sealed tenders are invited from Japanese OEM Companies only, with the machinery of Japan origin and sami-turnkey basis including technical advice, machinery supply, erection, commissioning and supervisory services. The details can be obtained from the following contact office. -Myanma Ceramic Industries: Building No:41, Nay Pyi Taw Union of Myanmar. Tel: 067-408386, 408296 Fex: 067-408064 * Tender Closing Date: 16.3.2009 (Monday)
Fla man issued 50 traffic citations in one day

B OYNTON B EACH , 7 FebElvis has left the vehicle. A man was arrested on more than 50 traffic citations all in one day. Police said Elvis Alonzo Barrett, 46, fled from police trying to stop him for a traffic violation Thursday morning. Police said he ran through red lights, crashed into another car and a fence. Police said they found crack cocaine and a crack pipe in his car. Barrett faces several charges, including fleeing and eluding and reckless driving. He was also issued more than 50 traffic citations on charges including speeding, running red lights, and not wearing a seat belt.Internet
Pedestrians walk past Hynix Semiconductor office in Seoul on 5 Feb, 2009. The worlds No 2 computer memory chip maker Hynix reported its fifth straight quarterly loss but its shares jumped more than 5 percent on hopes the worst is over for the battered sector. INTERNET
CLAIMS DAY NOTICE

MV XIANG DA VOY NO (9005)
Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG DA VOY NO (9005) are hereby notified that the vessel will be arriving on 8.2.2009 and cargo will be discharged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at the consignees 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 CHINASHIPPING (MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDN BHD Phone No: 256908/378316/376797
Ski rescue team reaches stranded SUVs

D UBLIN , 7 FebA mountain rescue team on skis rescued four people stranded when their vehicles got stuck in heavy snow in the Wicklow Mountains in southeast Ireland. Wicklow Mountain Rescue attempted to reach the area by vehicle several times on Wednesday but was able to get no closer than 3 miles away, The Irish Independent reported. Finally, two members of the group headed into Sally Gap on skis carrying thermal blankets and food. Were claiming it to be Irelands first ski rescue, we hope it is, Anne Fitzgerald of Wicklow Mountain Rescue said.The men were airlifted out. They were lucky in one respect they were able to get a cell phone signal to summon help. Internet
High cancer rates confirmed near Canadas oil sands

C ALGARY , 7 Feb Health officials in Alberta confirmed on Friday that there are more cases of cancer than expected in a small aboriginal village downstream from the Canadian provinces massive oil sands plants, but they said there was no cause for residents to be alarmed. Residents of the village of Fort Chipewyan, a onetime trading post on the northeast shore of Lake Athabasca, say oil sands developments may be responsible for rare bileduct cancers first spotted by a doctor in the community in 2006.Those complaints sparked a study by Alberta health autho-rities, which released the results on Friday. The study said that while the incidence of cancer was higher than expected in the village of about 1,400, only two of the six cases of the rare cancer cholangiocarcinoma reported by the communitys doctor were confirmed, while three were other types of cancer, and one was not cancer at all. However, the study found 47 individuals in the community had 51 different cancers over the 1995 to 2006 study period, more that the 39 cases health officials had expected to find. The village is about 260 kilometres (160 miles) north of Fort McMurray, where a number of projects have been established to mine the oil sands, as part of the process that converts the tarlike bitumen stripped from the sand into synthetic crude oil.Internet
Doctor loses license in live birth abortion case

MIAMI, 7 FebA doctors license was revoked Friday in the case of a teenager who planned to have an abortion but instead gave birth to a baby she says was killed when clinic staffers put it into a plastic bag and threw it in the trash. The doctor, Pierre Jean-Jacques Renelique, also is the subject of a criminal investigation. Renelique was not present when the baby was born, but the Florida Medical Board upheld Department of Health allegations that he falsified medical records, inappropriately delegated tasks to unlicensed personnel and committed malpractice. Joseph Harrison, the attorney representing Renelique at the license revocation hearing in Tampa, said Renelique has not decided whether to appeal.The state attorneys office, meanwhile, said its criminal investigation into the incident is ongoing and no charges have been filed. A fetus born alive cannot be put to death even if its mother intended to have an abortion, police said when the incident occurred in 2006. Internet
Light plane forced to land in Australian harbour

DARWIN, 7 FebA pilot guided a light plane and his five passengers to a safe landing in shallow waters in northern Australia on Friday and walked away with his baggage. The dual-propeller Piper Chieftain experienced engine trouble shortly after takeoff from the frontier city of Darwin. It quickly descended as pilot Steve Bolle sought a place on a nearby beach to make an emergency landing reminiscent of the dramatic splashdown of an Airbus 320 in New Yorks Hudson River last month. The plane came to rest on a sand bar in Darwin Harbour in about two feet of water at low tide. All six people were able to wade the 200 yards (meters) to the beach. News photos showed a drenched Bolle lugging his bag ashore. The pilot should be commended for keeping a level head and acting appropriately to ensure the safety of his passengers, said Northern Territory emergency superintendent Rob Farmer. Internet
First US face transplant patient leaves hospital

CLEVELAND, 7 FebShe can eat pizza. And hamburgers. She can smell perfume, drink coffee from a cup, and purse her lips as if to blow a kiss. Except that one lip is hers, and the other is from a dead woman. She is the nations first face transplant patient, and on Thursday night, she went home from a Cleveland hospital. Im happy about myself, she told her doctors. She accepted her new face, said Dr Maria Siemionow, the Cleveland Clinic reconstructive surgeon who led the historic operation in early December.The womans identity has not been revealed, and hospital officials wont say where she went. She and her family have declined requests for an interview. She suffered a traumatic injury several years ago, the details of which doctors also wont reveal. But it left the woman with no nose, palate, or way to eat or breathe normally. In a 22-hour procedure, 80 percent of her face was replaced with bone, muscles, nerves, skin and blood vessels from another woman who had just died.It was the fourth partial face transplant in the world, though the others were not as extensive.Internet
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US octuplets were product of six embryos

LOS ANGELES, 7 Feb The California woman who gave birth to octuplets less than two weeks ago said in an interview broadcast on Friday that her babies were the product of six implanted embryos, the same procedure used to conceive her six other children. In the NBC television interview, Nadya Suleman, 33, also defended her decision to have so many children and suggested she was being singled out for harsh public criticism in part because she is a single mom. Suleman, dubbed Octo-mom in New York tabloids, went public as the California Medical Board launched an inquiry into the fertility treatments leading to the birth of her octuplets, delivered on January 26, 91/2 weeks premature.The arrival of the six boys and two girls marked only the second known set of US octuplets to have survived birth. I feel as though Ive been under the microscope because Ive chosen this unconventional kind of life, Suleman told NBC News. I didnt intend on it being unconventional. It just turned out to be. All I wanted was children. I wanted to be a mom. Thats all I ever wanted in my life. Internet
Filipino FedEx (Federal Express) employees wave goodbye to the courier services Airbus A-310 plane as it prepares to take off from the sprawling Subic Freeport, a former US naval base, 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Manila, Philippines early Friday,6 Feb, 2009. INTERNET
Dutch find more human trafficking victims

AMSTERDAM, 7 Feb The number of victims of human trafficking found in the Netherlands increased to 809 in 2008 from 716 in 2007, records indicate. The newspaper Trouw, using figures obtained from the National Center Against Human Trafficking, said there were especially large increases in the number of victims from Hungary and China, Radio Netherlands/Expatica reported. Most of the victims, 763, were women, the great majority of them forced to work as prostitutes. The number of Hungarians found in the Netherlands increased to 43 from 12 in 2007, all of them women forced into sex work. Investigators said trafficking networks bringing women to the Netherlands appear to have shifted to Eastern Europe. Internet
Weather satellite blasts off from SoCal coast

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE (Calif.), 7 FebA rocket carrying a US global weather satellite has blasted off from Californias Vandenberg Air Force Base. The NOAA-N Prime satellite was launched aboard a Delta 2 rocket from the central coast base at 2:22 am Friday.The launch had been planned for Wednesday but it was postponed because of launch pad technical problems. NOAA-N Prime is the last in a series of polar-orbiting satellites that have been observing Earths weather since 1960. Its data will be used for long-range weather and climate forecasts.The satellite also carries sensors that can receive distress signals from mariners and hikers. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration manages the $564 million mission. The satellite was built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co.Internet
Hungry caterpillars spread misery in West Africa

GBOLUMUE ( Liberia ),7 Feb Martha Kermel holds out rail-thin arms covered with a latticework of scratches from her encounter with a plague of caterpillars that has devastated crops and spread fear through this corner of West Africa. They scratched my arms when they moved, said Kermel, a mother of four, telling how the small creatures poured down onto her from the tree branches overhead as she set out from her village to a rice farm cultivated by her community in Liberia. That was two weeks ago. Now the millions of caterpillars which covered the road and nearby bushes have retreated into cocoons, or hatched already into moths ready to spawn a new generation of grubs here or further afield.The insects can travel up to 60 miles (100 km) a day, and have already crossed the border to Guinea, an agriculturally rich country and the source of many of Liberias food imports.Internet
Scientists develop ways producing anti-bird flu drug Zanamivir

Scientists in Shanghai and two pharmaceutical companies in Jiangsu province have successfully developed ways to produce the anti-bird flu drug Zanamivir, based on a licensing agreement with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline(GSK), China Daily reported, citing local media report. Zanamivir is an antiviral medication that can block the action of influenza A and influenza B, the two most common types of flu. The drug, marketed by UKbased GSK under the trade name Relenza, is said to be on par with Oseltamivir, a drug produced by Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche under the trade name Tamiflu, in battling bird flu in humans. A trip to Ripleys Believe It or Not museum in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, may make it easier for couples to have a baby. The museum launched a month-long display of its fertility statues. The 5-foot tall wooden statues have been on display around the world. According to the company, more than 2,000 women have reported becoming pregnant after touching the statues.
Baby with two heads dies in Indonesia

A baby with two heads in Indonesia died at a hospital in Medan, the second largest city in the country, hospital official said. The baby had been treated at the Adam Malik General Hospital for 13 days, kompas website Friday quoted announcement issued by the hospital as saying. Hospital director Azwan Hakmi Lubis said the baby died of heart failure, which eventually halted the babys blood circulation and troubled the breathing. The baby, which was actually a twin, was accepted in late January. The baby, who was later called Marwati 1 and Marwati 2, has two lungs, two legs, one abdomen, one genital and anus, two hearts and two backbones. The hearts and backbones, however, were linked together. The museum says those statues were gained from the Ivory Coast of West Africa in 1993 and then placed in its corporate headquarters. Within months, 13 women became pregnant. Couples planning to have a baby can touch the statues for free during business hours.
Women pray at a tomb for dead guide dogs in an asylum for retired guide dogs in Sapporo, northern Japan. Most guide dogs over 12 years old are retired from service due to their declining physical strength. More than 200 retired guide dogs have lived their remaining years in the facility since the Hokkaido guide dogs association opened the care center in 1978, authorities said.
A visitor looks at a sculpture made of radish in the shape of dragons head during a food carving competition in Qingdao, east Chinas Shandong Province.
60-year-old Canadian woman gives birth to twins

A 60-year-old Canadian woman has given birth to twin boys, after receiving IVF treatment in India, media reports said. Ranjit Hayer, originally from India, tried in vain for decades to have a child, enduring multiple miscarriages, surgery, even the trauma of being robbed by a fertility doctor. Finally, after a successful IVF treatment, the Calgary woman gave birth to twins. Hayers boys were delivered seven weeks prematurely by Cesarean section at Calgarys Foothills Hospital on Tuesday morning, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Radio reported.
Fertility statues may get you pregnant
A folk artist performs acrobatics during a folk art festival held in Qingdao, east Chinas Shandong Province.
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Tsonga and Ferrer stay on track for final showdown
JOHANNESBURG, 7 FebTop seeds Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France and David Ferrer of Spain continued their relentless advance Friday toward the SA Tennis Open final. Crowd favourite and first seed Tsonga took control in the second set en route to a 6-4, 6-1 victory over seventh seed Kristof Vliegen of Belgium at Montecasino entertainment centre. And second seed Ferrer wore down Paris-based Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis to triumph 7-5, 6-2 in the other centre-court duel watched by a capacity 3,000 crowd. The big guns were joined in the semi-finals by fifth seed Jeremy Chardy, who defeated Sebastien de Chaunac in an all-French clash, and Portuguese Frederico Gil, a 7-6 (8/6), 6-3 victor over fourth seed Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain. Internet
Australia, New Zealand in Fed Cup Asia final

PERTH, 7 FebAustralia and New Zealand on Friday moved on to the final of the Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group I womens team event, with the right to move on to the World Group II play-off at stake. The host nation cruised through to Saturdays final with an easy 3-0 win over Taiwan, finishing out a clean sweep of their three Group B ties. The Kiwis had a tougher time in Group A, defeating Indonesia 2-1 when Marina Erakovic and Kairangi Vano defeated Ayu Fani Damayanti and Sandy Gumulya in the deciding doubles rubber, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, after the singles matches were split. The winner of Saturdays final will advance to the World Group II play-off in April one step closer to the elite World Group competition. The Australians enjoyed the luxury of being able to rest in-form Jelena Dokic for their ties against Taiwan, who were not at full strength with two top players not able to be in Perth. Casey Dellacqua got the nod to replace Dokic, and took advantage of the opportunity by dominating Hwang I-Hsuan 6-1, 6-1.Internet Manchester City Blackburn Rovers Chelsea Everton Sunderland West Bromwich Wigan Portsmouth
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Villegas handles the South and keeps the lead

SAN DIEGO, 7 FebCamilo Villegas accomplished his goal Friday in the Buick Invitational, keeping it around par and keeping the lead while playing the tough South Course in all the elements a golfer dreads, from rain to wind to cold. John Rollins was one shot behind, and achieved more than anyone imagined. On a tough day for scoring, Rollins holed out a 9-iron for eagle and made six birdies on his way to an 8-under 64 that at least gave Villegas some company heading into the weekend. Villegas teed off in a steady rain, and when he reached the exposed holes along the Pacific bluffs, more rain arrived equipped with gusts up to 25 mph that made the San Diego weather feel more like Sun Valley. But he scrambled for pars, took advantage of a few par 5s and wound up with a 70 that put him at 11under 133.Internet
Safina to set up base in Croatia Atletico turn to Resino to revive ZAGREB, 7 FebRussias Dinara Safina, the current Champions League hopes world number two, will begin training in Croatia from
March onwards, the Croatian sport daily Sportske Novosti reported on Friday. The 22-year-old, and her Croatian coach Zeljko Krajan, have asked the northern town of Varazdin to enter into a partnership over the construction of tennis courts where the Russian can train with Safina putting up the money to finance the costs. Weve reached an agreement in principle to construct tennis courts that will serve as a base for her training, the mayor of Varazdin, Zlatko Horvat, told the paper. Its a huge thing for the development of tennis in Varazdin.Internet
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
MADRID, 7 FebAtletico Madrid may still be in the money-spinning Champions League, but on the domestic front they are in crisis without a win in 2009 giving them an uphill task to match last season?s top four finish. Mexican Javier Aguirre paid the price for the clubs downturn when he was sacked as coach on Monday and former Atletico goalkeeper Abel Resino has been appointed on a six-month contract and takes charge for Sunday?s match at Recreativo Huelva. The 49-year-old Resino, who arrives from second division side Castellon, is seen by many as a stop-gap, but if he can push Atletico into the Champions League places he could make the job his. We have a great squad and the logical thing is for us to be in the top four, said Resino. We have a lot of quality but need to believe in ourselves again. We need to restore confidence. Internet
Beckhams desire boosts Milan title push

ROME, 7 FebAC Milan continue their pursuit of Inter Milan this weekend boosted by David Beckhams admission that he wants to stay in Italy rather than end his loan deal in March. The former England captain joined Milan from LA Galaxy at the end of December and is due to return to the US on March 9, a day after Milan host Atalanta in Serie A. But having previously kept diplomatically quiet regarding the subject of staying, Beckham made it clear following Wednesdays 2-2 friendly draw against Rangers in Glasgow that he wants to continue his Italian experience for as long as he can. I have enjoyed my time here. I knew I would enjoy it but I didnt expect to enjoy it as much as I have, said the 33-yar-old. Ive expressed my desire to stay here for a while but at the moment Im still a Galaxy player. I respect the Galaxy and everything they have done for me. They have always been great to me.Internet
Klose fit to face Dortmund, van Bommel waits

BERLIN, 7 FebGermany striker Miroslav Klose will play for Bayern Munich against Borussia Dortmund in Sundays Bundesliga clash having shaken off a knee injury, while captain Mark van Bommel remains unsure of his future. Klose, the top scorer at the 2006 World Cup, sat out training last week with a knee strain, but passed a fitness test on Friday and will partner Luca Toni up front against Dortmund. Bayern are fourth in the league after suffering their third defeat of the season at Hamburg last Friday. He (Klose) looks good, said Bayern coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who will be without banned Italian Massimo Otto for the Allianz Arena clash with Dortmund. Kloses inclusion means no place in the starting line-up for Podolski, who has not played a single game for Bayern since November 2008 and the 23-year-old will re-join Cologne in the summer. Meanwhile, Bayern captain Mark van Bommel has said he is no closer to making a decision about where he will play next season. The 31-year-old is out of contract in June and is considering whether to sign a years extension.Internet
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Boys practice during a boxing lesson on a street in central Havana on 5 Feb, 2009. INTERNET
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Russia, allies to create joint air defence

MOSCOW, 7 FebRussia and its post-Soviet allies are planning to create a joint air defence system stretching from NATOs borders to China, news agencies quoted an official from their Moscow-led regional security group as saying on Friday. Russia and Belarus, which borders NATO members Poland and Lithuania, agreed on Tuesday to merge their air defence systems in a move seen by many experts as a response to US plans to deploy elements of its missile defence system in Eastern Europe. The united air defence system of Russia and Belarus will become part of a joint air defence system of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (ODKB), Interfax news agency quoted general secretary Nikolai Bordyuzha as saying. The seven-member ODKB also includes the Caucasus republic of Armenia and four Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.MNA/Reuters
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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST: During the past 24 hours, light rain has been isolated in Taninthayi Division, weather has been partly cloudy in Kachin and Shan States and generally fair in the remaining States and Divisions. Night temperatures were (3C) to (4C) below February average temperatures in Chin State, upper Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway and Bago Divisions, (4C) above February average temperatures in Kachin State and Taninthayi Division, (5C) above February average temperatures in Mon State and about February average temperatures in the remaining areas. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded was Myeik (0.43) inch. The significant night temperatures were Haka (-1C), Pinlaung and Loilem (2C) each and Ann (5C). Maximum temperature on 6-2-2009 was 94F. Minimum temperature on 7-2-2009 was 65F. Relative humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 7-2-2009 was 68%. Total sunshine hours on 6-2-2009 was (8.8) hrs approx. Rainfall on 7-2-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, KabaAye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mph from North at (13:30) hours MST on 6-2-2009. Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and South Bay and generally fair elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal. Forecast valid until evening of 8th February 2009: Weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin and Shan States, upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the remaining areas. State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate in Myanmar waters. Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of slight decrease of night temperature in Eastern Myanmar areas. Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for 8-2-2009: Generally fair weather. Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 8-2-2009: Generally fair weather. Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for 8-2-2009: Generally fair weather.
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Four political objectives

* Stability of the State, community peace and tranquillity, prevalence of law and order * National reconsolidation * Emergence of a new enduring State Constitution * Building of a new modern developed nation in accord with the new State Constitution
Four economic objectives

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of the economy as well * Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system * Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of technical know-how and investments from sources inside the country and abroad * The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in the hands of the State and the national peoples
Four social objectives

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation * Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preservation and safeguarding of cultural heritage and national character * Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit * Uplift of health, fitness and education standards of the entire nation
Haka, Tiddim Townships: on the path to development

NAY PYI TAW, 7 Feb Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of the Ministry of Defence accompanied by Chairman of Chin State Peace and Development Council Brig-Gen Hon Ngai and Col Aung San Chit of local station heard reports on road works of TiddimReed road section and construction of retaining wall and bridge presented by officials at the briefing hall on 5 February Lt-Gen Khin Zaw gave instructions on giving priority to paving of roads in the townshiop. Next, Lt-Gen Khin Zaw inspected maintenance of 460-foot long Manhsaung suspension bridge across Manipur river. In the afternoon, Lt-Gen Khin Zaw and party visited Border Trade Department under the Ministry of Commerce in Reedkhorda and gave instructions on extended cultivation of maize, ginger and fermented soyabean and promotion border trade. He also looked into Myanmar-India friendship bridge, boundary post and shops there. Next, Lt-Gen Khin Zaw oversaw construction of 108-foot Thingarchaung bridge. At the office of General Administration Department in Reedkhorda, Lt-Gen Khin Zaw met with departmental officials and local people and presented clothes, medicines and cash assistance to them. Then Lt-Gen Khin Zaw visited Reed Lake recreation center and Township Hospital and looked into road works on Reed-Tiddim road and production line of Tiddim silk factory. At Kam Hauk hall in Tiddim, Lt-Gen Khin Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of the Ministry of Defence visits Zaw and party met departTiddim Silk factory.MNA mental officials and local Next, Lt-Gen cational Training School Races Development people and presented clothes, medicines and Khin Zaw inspected works in Tiddim and visited Bor- Training School. of trainees of Women Vo- der Areas and National MNA cash assistance to them.
HAILING THE 62ND ANNIVERSARY UNION DAY

Projects to be implemented for development of Rakhine State
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Nation of rising dignity and bravery

* Kachin, Kayah love each other Kayin, Chin kith and kin Bamar, Mon with enduring amity Rakhine, Shan in cordial friendship Unity blooming among them
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Buffon and Pirlo back for Italy

ROME, 7 FebItaly coach Marcello Lippi has recalled Gianluigi Buffon and Andrea Pirlo to his
Pirlo - back from injury for Italy.
squad for next week's friendly with Brazil at the Emirates Stadium. Juventus stopper Buffon and AC Milan midfielder Pirlo missed the last match against Greece in November through injury. But there is no place again for attacking pair Alessandro del Piero, of Juve, and Antonio Cassano, of Sampdoria, while Giorgio Chiellini is missing through injury. Chiellini's absence means Fiorentina's Alessandro Gamberini should partner Fabio Cannavaro in defence. Lippi has included youngsters Alberto Aquilani, Riccardo Montolivo, Giuseppe Rossi and Simone Pepe with an eye on the World Cup next year. Internet
Rohinja is not Myanmar national race, nor is in Myanmar The forces of national politics are persuading and encouraging politicians to give priority to national interest rather than to personality cult, attachment to the party concerned, sectarianism and dogmatism in the 2010 elections.
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Established 1914

Volume XVI, Number 296

14th Waxing of Tabodwe 1370 ME

Sunday, 8 February, 2009

2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 8 February, 2009

Safeguard national policies for perpetuation of the Union

Lt-Gen Tha Aye on inspection tour of Mon State

Kanebos rainbow in the rain programme to be held

31st ISD Team Golf Championship ends

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 8 February, 2009 3

US Security Dept evacuated for dead fish, white powder

Israel aircraft strike in Gaza after rocket fire

US soldier dies in northern Iraq

US investigates death of diplomat in Ethiopia

Ohio bus crash sends 13 to hospital

Turkey bombs PKK bases in Iraq

Afghans say US-led raid kills six in S

4 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 8 February, 2009

Russia allows transit of US military supplies

Malaysian twins escape hangman over identity confusion

UN suspends Gaza aid shipments

Ex-hostage says Colombian rebels killed lawmakers in cold blood

Energy drinks not for children

Australians battling dozens of wildfires

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 8 February, 2009 5

DEVELOPMENT OF RAKHINE STATE IN THE TIME OF TATMADAW GOVERNMENT

Projects to be implemented for development of Rakhine State

Kyauktaw Township Benefited cultivation acreage 1000

Sittway Township Rakhine State

5500 units 1400 units

Thandwe Township An Township

111.0 megawatts 15.0 megawatts

Rakhine Offshore Rakhine Offshore Rakhine Offshore

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Rohinja is not Myanmar national race, nor is in Myanmar

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Rohinja is not Myanmar national race, nor is in Myanmar

In Myanmar there is no national race by the name of Rohinja.

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Myanmar Motion Picture Outstanding Award winners.MNA

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Indian Vice-President and wife leave for Mandalay

Mo Asia Co. Ltd (Dumex) donates milk powder, nutritious powder

Mountaineering group successfully scale Saramayti

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Special refresher course for faculties concludes

62nd Anniversary Union Day Objectives

Chairman of CSSTB U Kyaw Thu presents prize to a trainee.

Nation of rising dignity and bravery

RV! Centre (Yangon) completion certificates

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Fla man issued 50 traffic citations in one day

CLAIMS DAY NOTICE

Ski rescue team reaches stranded SUVs

High cancer rates confirmed near Canadas oil sands

Doctor loses license in live birth abortion case

Light plane forced to land in Australian harbour

First US face transplant patient leaves hospital