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Volume XVI, Number 347 6th Waxing of Hnaung Tagu 1370 ME Tuesday, 31 March, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

* Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit* Uplift of health, fitness and education stand-

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Consti-

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

Educativetalks onhealth 4

AprilYANGON, 30 March —

Talks on Antioxidant &Your Health will be heldat Myanmar FisheryFederation on Bayin-tnaung Road in InseinTownship on 4 April.

Specialist Prof DrKhin Maung Win will givetalks and any one mayattend the talks sponsoredby Zifam Company.

MNA

Using cell phones andplaying video games

may not be as harmfulto children’s academic

performance aspreviously believed.

Video games, cell phones and academicperformance: Some good news

BARCELONA, 30 March — Using cell phones andplaying video games may not be as harmful to children’sacademic performance as previously believed,according to new research by a team of Michigan StateUniversity scholars.

In fact, cell phones had no effect on academicperformance among a group of 12-year-olds, theresearchers found in a three-year study published bythe Conference Proceedings of the InternationalAssociation for Development of the InformationSociety, or IADIS, in Barcelona, Spain.

And while the researchers found a strongrelationship between video games and lower gradepoint averages, playing video games did not appear toaffect math skills and had a positive relationship withvisual-spatial skills.

Internet

YANGON, 30 March—The prize presentation forPakokku U Ohn Pe Literary Award, scholarships andPakokku Library Book Award for 2008 was held atTraders Hotel on Sule Pagoda Road this morning,attended by Minister for Information Brig-Gen KyawHsan.

Patron of Fund Supervisory Committee forPakokku U Ohn Pe Literary Award Managing Directorof Printing and Publishing Enterprise U Aung Nyeingave a speech.

Pakokku U Ohn Pe Literary Award,scholarships and Pakokku Library

Book Award presented for 2008

Minister

Information Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsanpresents prize to Pakokku U Ohn Pe Life-longLiterary Award winner Dr Kyaw Sein.—MNA

Information Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsanpresents prize to Min Zeya who wins second

prize in Novel genre.—MNAMinister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presented prizes toDr Kyaw Sein (Dr Kyaw Sein) winner of Pakokku UOhn Pe Life-long Literary Award. The Ministerpresented first, second and third prizes to Aung ThaHsan (Thandwe) for “Tay-thi-hnget-ei-pan-paung-ta-ya-ka-byazu”, Maung Saw Tun (Kyaunggon) for“Amay-ywa-hnit-achar-ka-byar-myar” andAphyaukmyay Maung Swe Mon for “Yay-chan-ta-khwet-pan-ta-khet” in collected poems genre andsecond and third prizes to Min Zeya for “Nge-thaw-hla-thi” and Paing (Hlaingthit) for “Plastic-hte-ga-kyai-ta-bwint” in novel genre.

Direcor-General of Myanma Radio and TelevisionU Khin Maung Htay presented first, second and thirdprizes to Maung Cheint for “Ta-nga-a-the-mar-ye-tha-lar-hey”, Nanda Khin (Thakkalamye) for “Bo-bwar-amway-chit-tat-say- hnit-achar-wut-htu-to-myar” andNay Myo Thant for “Myay-thin-pyant-pyant-moe-ya-nant-wut-htu-to-myar in short stories genre and secondand third prizes to Zin Min (Thameinhtaw) for “Phyat-than-khe-ya-tha-maing-zin-hsaung-kyin-kher-ya-tar-won-myar” and Kay Myu for “Myanma-yoke-shin-

khet-oo-dar-rite-tar-hse-nga-oo-doe-ei-yoke-pon-hlwa-myar” in treatise genre.

Chairman of Myanmar Writers and JournalistsAssociation U Hla Myaing (Ko Hsaung) presentedprizes to Nay Zin Lat, Kyaw Kyaw Win (MA) andHmawwun Kyi Myat for Pakokku Library Book Award.

Managing Director of PPE U Aung Nyein presentedPakokku U Ohn Pe scholarships to Ma Kyu Kyu Swe(Yangon University of National Culture and FineArts), Maung Pyi Phyo Aung (Mandalay UNCFA),Maung Phyo Pyi Sone Nyein (Monywa University),Ma Theint Theint Phyo, Maung Htin Lin Aung and MaNilar Tun of (Yadanabon University).

(See page 8)

Businessmen and entrepreneurswho are financially strong and socialorganizations are to make concertedefforts individually or in groups forexpanding the literary market andcultivating the reading habits amongthe people.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 31 March, 2009

Tuesday, 31 March, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

As the economy of Myanmar is based onagriculture, the government, with a view toboosting productivity of the agriculture sector,is trying its utmost to fulfil all the requirements.Needless to say, water is a sine qua non foragriculture. Therefore, dams, sluice gates anddiversion weirs are being built whereverpossible.

Paunglaung diversion weir constructedby the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigationnear Thitseintpin village in Nay Pyi TawPyinmana Township was commissioned intoservice on 25 March. The purpose of thediversion weir is to irrigate farmland with thewater that has been used in generatingelectricity.

Paunglaung diversion weir was built bydamming the river downstream from thePaunglaung dam. The diversion weir canirrigate, through its left and right canals, about35,000 acres of farmlands in Nay Pyi TawPyinmana, Nay Pyi Taw Lewe and Yedashetownships for cultivation of monsoon andsummer paddy and other crops all the yearround.

Now that Paunglaung diversion weirhas been built, monsoon and summer paddy,sugarcane, corn, sesame and such beans as greengram and chick pea can be grown in villagesalong the canals of the weir.

Thanks to the construction of moredams, sluice gates and canals across the nation,irrigated acreage of farmland and productionof crops is increasing. As a result, the income offarmers has increased and their living standardhas also become higher.

It is necessary for local farmers to extendcultivation of main crops and other seasonalcrops by using the dam water in a most effectiveand beneficial way and to keep greening theforests in the watershed area.

Extend cultivation ofpaddy and other crops

ErratumPlease read Kachin

State in the headline ofnews item “Develop-ment of …..” whichappears on page 2 of thisdaily issued on 26-3-2009.Error is regretted.

Ed.

YANGON, 30 March—At the invitation of Under-Secretary-General of theUnited Nations andExecutive Secretary ofESCAP Dr NoeleenHeyzer, a Myanmardelegation led byChairman of TripartiteCore Group Chairman ofCivil Service Selection andTraining Board U KyawThu participated in theHigh-level Round Table onRegional Cooperation forDisaster Risk Reduction inBangkok, Kingdom ofThailand, from 25 to 27March.

The Chairman of theTCG was elected as a Vice-Chairman of the Meetingheld at the hall of the UnitedNations Conference Centre(UNCC) on 25 March.Chairman of TCG U KyawThu delivered an addresson highlighting ofMyanmar’s experience indisaster risk reduction andits disaster managementstrategy.

The TCG Chairmanmet with Dr NoeleenHeyzer in a separatemeeting, and cordiallydiscussed issues concerningESCAP’s role in assistingthe Post Nargis EarlyRecovery and PreparednessPlan (PONREPP) and

Myanmar delegation discussesRegional Cooperation for Disaster

Risk Reduction in Bangkokproviding of technicalsupport for the Civil ServiceSelection and TrainingBoard in its capacity as theASEAN Resource Centre.

On 26 and 27 March,the Myanmar delegationcontinued to participate inthe First Session of theCommittee on DisasterRisk Reduction (CDRR)and Expert Group Meetingon Information andCommunications Techno-logy (CICT) at the samevenue.

The Myanmardelegation led byChairman U Kyaw Thuarrived back here by air on28 March.

MNA

Appointment of BritishAmbassador agreed on

NAY PYI TAW, 30 March—The Governmentof the Union of Myanmar has agreed to the proposedappointment of H.E Mr Andrew Richard Heyn asAmbassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ofthe United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernIreland to the Union of Myanmar, in succession toH.E Mr Mark Canning.

Mr Andrew Richard Heyn joined theOverseas Trade Division of the Ministry of Trade andIndustry in 1986 and transferred to the British Foreignand Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1989 and servedin various capacities at different departments of theFCO and at Her Britannic Majesty’s Embassies in theBolivanrian Republic of Venezuela and PortugueseRepublic. He is currently serving as the Deputy Headof Mission and Director of Trade and Investment atHer Britannic Majesty’s Embassy in Ireland.

Mr Heyn is married with children.—MNA

Talks on fire prevention heldYANGON, 30 March—As a gesture of hailing

the 64th Anniversary Armed Forces Day, talks on fireprevention was held in conjunction with the firefighting demonstration at the meeting hall of theMedical Research Department (Upper Myanmar) on25 March.

Present on the occasion were the Director-General of Medical Research Department, staff officersof township Fire Services Department and officials.

First, Deputy Director-General of MRD DrKyaw Zin Thant made an opening speech on theoccasion. Next, Head of township FSD U Zaw Winexplained experiences. Then, a fire drill was carriedout duties and responsibilities.—NLM

NAY PYI TAW, 30March—The SpecialAppellate Benchcomprising Deputy Chief

Supreme Court (Mandalay) hears SpecialCriminal Appeal cases

Justice of The SupremeCourt (Mandalay) U KhinMaung Latt, SupremeCourt Judges of the

Supreme Court(Mandalay) U Thet Tunand U Kyaw Win sittingat court room No.1 of theSupreme Court (Nay PyiTaw) heard (4) SpecialCriminal Appeal casesunder Section 7 of theJudiciary Law, 2000, on30th March 2009.—MNA

Chairman of Tripartite Core Group and CivilService Selection and Training Board U KyawThu attends the High-level Round Table on

Regional Cooperation for Disaster RiskReduction in Bangkok, Thailand.—MNA

Talks on fire prevention in progress atMedical Research Department.

NLM

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 31 March, 2009 3

Fatal shootings in US since July 2008BEIJING, 30 March — A gunman stormed a nursing home in Carthage, NC, Sunday

morning, fatally shooting eight people and injuring three others, including a police officer.The United States top the world with 250 million firearms owned privately. Loose

gun control has made the country a hotbed for gun-related crimes.The following are major shooting incidents happened in the United States in the

past eight months.2008:27 July — One person was killed and eight others were wounded as a man

opened fire inside a church with a shotgun in the city of Knoxville, Tennessee.1 Aug — A gunman took the lives of three teenagers and injured another near

Menominee River in northern Wisconsin.13 Aug — A man forced his way into the Arkansas Democratic headquarters and

fatally shot state party chairman Bill Gwatney.2 Sept— Six people were shot dead and two were wounded in a series of shoot-

ing incidents in Washington State.16 Oct — One high-school student was killed and three were seriously injured

when a gunman shot at them near their school in Detroit, Michigan.26 Oct— Two people were killed and one was injured in a shooting incident at

the University of Central Arkansas.23 Nov — A teenager shot dead a young man in a shopping mall in suburban

Seattle. One person was also seriously injured.14 Dec— A man dressed in a Santa Claus costume barged into a Christmas Eve

party in Covina, a Los Angeles suburb, and opened fire, killing nine people beforetaking his own life.

2009:24 Jan — Two people were killed and seven others wounded in a gun shooting

spree by unidentified assailants in a house in Wichita, Kansas.On the same day, two teenagers died and seven others were injured when a gunman

opened fire at a group of students outside a nightspot in Portland, Oregon.24 Feb — At least seven people were injured in a gun shooting incident at the

New Orleans’ Mardi Gras festival.10 March— A gunman killed 10 people and himself in an hour-long rampage in

Alabama that left his mother, grandmother and other relatives dead.15 March— In a vicious shooting case that happened in Miami, the gunman shot

four people to death and committed suicide.—Internet

US Army Europe commander Gen Carter F Ham on 26 March, 2009 in AlHillah, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad Iraq, looks over damage caused

to a Humvee the day before during a patrol in the area. —INTERNET

A member of the Iraqi army’s intelligence unit detains analleged sniper from the Sahwa militia in Baghdad’s Fadeldistrict. Iraqi forces clashed with anti-Al-Qaeda militants inBaghdad for a second straight day on Sunday, as US troopsbacking them ordered fighters to hand over their weapons

or face reprisals.—INTERNET

Britain to start Iraq pullout on TuesdayBASRA, 30 March — British forces will officially start to pull out of Iraq on

Tuesday, signalling the end of six years of military operations that began with theUS-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.

The British-led coalition base in Basra will lower its flag and transfer to UScontrol as American soldiers arrive to take up a new role that includes the trainingof Iraq’s fledgling police force.

“It will be a significant day because it signals the completion of Britain’s militarytasks here,” Major General Andy Salmon, the outgoing British commander of thebase, told AFP ahead of the pull out.

“We have had some difficult times but we look ahead to the future with a hugeamount of optimism for Iraq.”—Internet

The bridge over

Euphrates river in

Fallujah, through a

building destroyed in an

airstrike during the war.

Iraqis have taken full

control of Fallujah, the

cradle of the insur-

gency, a major step in

taking responsibility for

their country.

INTERNET

Kurdish rebel leader in Iraqvows not to disarm

SULAIMANIYAH, 30 March—The military chief ofKurdish rebels launching attacks into Turkey fromhideouts in Iraq said his group will not lay down itsarms until there is a political settlement between theTurkish government and the militants, according toan audio tape released on Saturday.

Murat Karayilan’s audio recording, sent to IraqiKurdish journalists, came less than a week after IraqiPresident Jalal Talabani called on the Kurdish Work-ers Party, or PKK, stop fighting or leave Iraq.

“Our weapons are necessary because we are not deal-ing with a state that believes in democracy,” Karayilansaid in the tape. “We are dealing with a state ruled bymilitary generals. To abandon our arms without a politi-cal solution to our issues means suicide.”—Internet

US, Iraqi troops clashwith anti-Qaeda group in

BaghdadBAGHDAD, 30 March—Iraqi security forces backed

by US troops fought Sunday sporadic clashes with a localAwakening Council group members in a central Bagh-dad Sunni enclave, police and witnesses said. SinceSunday morning, the troops have tried to restore controlin the Sunni neighbourhood of Fadel, a former strong-hold for al-Qaeda militants, an Interior Ministry sourcetold Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

Residents in the neighborhood said that US armouredvehicles and Iraqi military trucks deployed in the keycrossings of the neighbourhood and frequently sent amessage to local residents by loudspeakers, ordering themto hand over weapons by midday.—Internet

KABUL, 30 March—A suicide attack rockedDand district of Kandahar province in southAfghanistan Monday, killing eight persons andinjuring six others, Zalmai Ayubi thespokesman for provincial administration said.

“The terrorist entered the headquarters ofDand district around 11:50 am and blew himselfup, killing eight persons including two policeand six civilians,” Ayubi told Xinhua.

He also added that six more persons,including police chief and district chief ofDand were injured in the blast.

Internet

Suicide attack killseight, wounds sixin S Afghanistan

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TOKYO, 30 March—Japan’s industrial outputplunged for a fifth straight month in February ascompanies slashed production amid recession at homeand in its major export markets, official data showedon Monday.

Factory production in Asia’s biggest economydropped 9.4 percent from the previous month as demandfor Japan’s cars, televisions and other high-tech goodshas dried up, the trade and industry ministry reported.

The reading was worse than a market forecast of a9.0 percent decline. Production had fallen a record10.2 percent in January as the global downturn hasbattered Japan’s exports, forcing its manufacturers tolay off thousands of workers and idle plants.

“Overall, industrial production is dropping quickly,”with passenger cars, small vehicles and auto parts aswell as chip-making machinery declining the most, theministry said.

On a brighter note, production is expected to pickup as inventories run low, with the ministry forecastinga 2.9 percent rise for March and a 3.1 percent increasein April, based on the manufacturers’ own forecasts.

But the ministry remained cautious in its predictionsfor the world’s number two economy, where exportshalved last month and which is believed to be on coursefor its worst recession since World War II.—Internet

File photo shows a worker of Japan’s auto giant Nissan Motor assembling parts atthe company’s Kyushu Plant at Karita town in Fukuoka prefecture. —INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 30March— A gunmanstormed a nursing home inCarthage, North California,on Sunday morning, fatallyshooting eight people andinjuring three others,including a police officer,police said.

The gunman, identifiedas Robert Stewart, 45, waswounded and appre-hended at the scene,Maureen Krueger, a localDistrict Attorney, toldreporters.

The shooting happenedaround 10 am eastern time(1400 GMT) at PinelakeHealth and Rehab Centre,a five-star, 90-bedrehabilitation, nursing andAlzheimer’s care facility,according to CarthagePolice Chief ChrisMcKenzie.

Those killed includinga nurse and 7 patients,ranged in age from 78 to 98.

After the attack, sixpeople were taken byambulance to a nearby

COLOMBO, 30 March—At least 24 Tamil Tigerrebels and a navy sailorwere killed in a major seabattle off Sri Lanka’snortheast coast on Mon-day, a navy spokesmansaid.

Government forcessank four boats of theLiberation Tigers of TamilEelam (LTTE) off thecoast of Mullaittivu,spokesman D K P Dass-anayake said.

He said one sailor waskilled and three morewounded in the sea battle.

The battle came asground troops stepped upattacks against the Tigerswho have been corneredin a narrow strip of junglein Mullaittivu.

Internet

25 killed inSri Lanka sea

battle

An investigator carries a weapon at the scenewhere a gunman opened fire at a nursing home

on Sunday morning, killing at least six people andwounding several others in Carthage, NC, on 29

March, 2009.—INTERNET

Sri Lankan Navy boats race past the sea front Galle Face promenade inColombo in February. —INTERNET

REYNOSA, 30 March— Acting on a tip, 30 maskedsoldiers in combat gear bust down the door of aboarded-up house to find 55 terrified migrants, hostagesof the Gulf drug cartel.

Amid screams and the smell of urine and sweat, theyfind a blood-spattered room and a nail-encrusted logused to beat the captives and extort money from theirfamilies: $3,000 each.

Five suspected kidnappers are hauled off in a militarytruck, including the alleged leader — the son of a localpolice officer.

The Associated Press spent five days on the frontline of Mexico’s drug war, embedded with the army’s8th Division in Tamaulipas state, one of manyorganized-crime hotspots now policed by 45,000 troopsnationwide. Launched by President Felipe Calderon inDecember 2006, the army is Mexico’s last and besthope to gain control over drug cartels and spiralingviolence, which have killed more than 9,000 peoplesince then.—Internet

Eight killed in shooting spree atUS nursing home

hospital. Justin Garner, apolice officer, was amongthe wounded. He was thefirst police officer at thescene to confront Stewart.

Officials said withoutGarner’s action, thetragedy could be worse,because the gunman wasshooting randomly roomafter room at the time.

Local officials werestunned by the magnitudeof the violence. “This

doesn’t happen in Carthage,this is brand new to us, “saidCarol Sparks, the townmanager. “Everybody rightnow is in a state of shock. Iam too.” Carthage has apopulation of some 2,000people. —MNA/Xinhua

With Mexico’s army in thewar on drugs

Japan factory output dives9.4 percent in February

MEDELLIN, 30 March— President of theInterAmerican Develop-ment Bank (IDB) LuisAlberto Moreno has saidthat he was very satisfiedwith China’s entry into theIDB.

“We are very happy tohave found the formulafor China to be a share-holder and enter the familyof our institutions,”Moreno told Xinhua in arecent interview.Morenonoted that China has triedfor 15 years to enter theIDB.

IDB President highly appraises China’s entry“Without doubts,

China is very importantfor the world economy,not only for it productionand commerce, but alsofor its monetary reserves,which are three timesmore of those from theEuropean Union,”Moreno said.

Moreno pointed outthat “China has a clear goalin Latin America and theCaribbean, with which ithas a growing commercethat has been multipliedby three times in the last10 years.” Moreno also

stressed that “the IDB hasgreat knowledge on LatinAmerican countries andthat is what China needsfor its insertion.”

The IDB will soon startcooperation with thePeople’s Bank of China, orthe central bank, and otherChinese financialinstitutions, Morenosaid.China promised tomake a contribution of 350million US dollars to theIDB to be used oneconomic and socialdevelopment programmes.

Internet

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Indonesia speeds up infrastructureprojects developments

JAKARTA, 30 March—Indonesia’s Public Work Ministry accelerates building 12prioritized infrastructure projects, including toll roads and bridges, which couldcreate massive jobs and boost the real estate sector, a paper said here on Monday.

A Director at the Ministry Hermanto Dardak quoted by Bisnis Indonesia assaying that the speed-up of the projects aimed at cushion the impact of the globalfinancial routs.

“A new road can step up economic activities by six times,” he said.The projects of roads were to be accomplished this year, including mega bridge

connecting Java island and Madura island, and toll road of Bogor Ring Road, saidDardak.

The government has launched over 6.2 billion US dollars stimulus package tofinance huge infrastructure projects.

The country’s economy is predicted to grow between 4 to 4.5 percent this year.Xinhua

Some photographers take photos of a tea garden in Meitan County, southwestChina’s Guizhou Province, on 28 March, 2009.Meitan County is the largesttea production base in northern Guizhou Province with about 1,333 hectares

of tea plantation and local government are making their effort to developecological tourism in the region. —XINHUA

Tainted pepper recalled in CaliforniaLOS ANGELES, 30 March—The California government has ordered a recall of

pepper tainted with salmonella after at least 33 people fell ill after eating the pep-per, health officials confirmed on Sunday.

The tainted pepper was traced to spices from a San Francisco Bay Area foodcompany, a Union City firm that distributes most of its pepper to Asian restau-rants, according to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).

Most of the 33 sick people found in California were in northern and centralparts of the state, although nine additional cases were found in other states, theCDPH said.

The products do not have lot or batch numbers, but bear the “Lion How Brand”label. They include the company’s entire product line, including ground or wholepeppercorns of the white, black and cayenne varieties, chopped onion and onionpowder, and chopped, minced or granulated garlic, the CDPH said.

Lion How Brand powder and mustard powder should also not be eaten, theCDPH said, adding that further investigation was still underway.

The company cannot be reached for comment. —Xinhua

Missile BrahMos testfired at India’s

PokharanNEW DELHI, 30 March—India

Sunday successfully test fired anew version of its supersonic sur-face-to-surface cruise missileBrahMos at Pokhran in thedeserts of the western Indian stateof Rajasthan, a senior Indian De-fence Ministry official said.

“The Block II version ofBrahMos missile, which has astriking range of 290 km, suc-cessfully made to its target in ex-actly two-and-a-half minutes af-ter its was launched in Pokhranat around 11:00 am (0530GMT),” the official said, on con-dition of anonymity.—Xinhua

KABUL,30 March — Five Taleban insurgents were killed as themines planted by themselves exploded pre-maturely in Khost provinceeast of Afghanistan on Monday, a local official said.

Today at 5:00 am local time (GMT0030) when Taleban militantswere planting mines in two parts of a road in Sabari district but boththe mines went off pre-maturely leaving five rebels dead and injuredtwo others,” Daulat Khan Qayumi the district chief of Sabari toldXinhua.

Taleban militants have not made comment so far.The militants who staged a violent comeback four years ago have

vowed to speed up attacks mostly in the shape of roadside bombingsand suicide attacks this year in Afghanistan.

Xinhua

Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev visits Kubinka Airbase outside Moscow,on 28 March, 2009.—XINHUA

India suc-cessfully testfired a new

version of itssupersonicsurface-to-

surfacecruisemissile

BrahMos atPokhran inthe deserts

of thewesternIndianstate of

Rajasthan,on 29

March,2009.

XINHUA

Five Talebaninsurgentskilled by

self-plantedbombs in

Afghanistan

A German policeman detains a demonstrator during a protest in Berlin, on 28March, 2009. Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Berlin and Frankfurt

to protest against globalization and deepening global recession. —XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

RIO DE JANEIRO, 30 March — Brazil and Chinasigned this week an agreement on cooperation in re-searches to develop genetically-modified cassavas,announced the Brazilian Agricultural Research Cor-poration (Embrapa) on Friday.

The agreement aims to develop cassavas that con-tain more glucose and less starch which can be usedin the production of ethanol, the Embrapa said in astatement.—Xinhua

Brazil, China to cooperatein developing

genetically-modified cassavas

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NEWS ALBUM

Easter egg designer Regina Schilling

presents one of her miniature works,

a painted zebra finch egg, at the 19th

Easter Egg Art Market in Dresden.

Some 40 artists present over 5,000

decorated eggs at the event, which

runs through.

Spider found at grocery likely not lethalA spider found in a Tulsa grocery

store might not have been as deadly asinitially thought.

The spider, spotted in a shipment ofbananas at Whole Foods, was taken onSunday to the University of Tulsa, whereanimal facilities manager Terry Childsidentified it as a Brazilian wanderingspider, considered one of the most lethalin the world. But Barry Downer, thecurator of aquariums and herpetology atthe Tulsa Zoo, said video and photos hehad seen of the spider led him to believethat it was a Huntsman spider, which isharmless to humans.

“There’s pretty definitive evidence ithas been misidentified,” Downer said.

Childs said Wednesday night that hedestroyed the spider at the urging of a TUadministrator because of safety concerns.

Downer said the spider should have

been preserved for study, but he was toldthat the body would not be made available.

“It doesn’t make any sense to me whyit wouldn’t be saved,” he said.

A school spokesman said on Thursdaythat the university is looking into how andwhy the spider was destroyed.

Richard Grantham, director of the plantdisease and insect diagnostics lab atOklahoma State University, also said thespider should not have been destroyed.

Japan Aerospace ExplorationAgency’s Koichi Wakata enjoys anapple International Space Station.

Police say Pa labour chief too drunk to sign namePolice in Harrisburg say the acting

chief of Pennsylvania’s Labour andIndustry Department was too drunk tosign a citation for public drunkenness.

Forty-three-year-old Sandi Vitoentered a rehabilitation facility last week,shortly after news stories were publishedabout an incident at a downtown hotelbar.

The Patriot-News published a copy ofthe citation in Thursday’s editions. It said

Vito was “extremely intoxicated” and theline for her signature contained the entry“too drunk to sign.”

A Labour Department spokesmannotes his boss expressed her “sincereremorse” about the incident. He says theattention being paid to the citation isridiculous. Vito has been acting secretarysince February 2008. She awaits a Senatevote on naming her to the positionpermanently.

Kangaroos “on the run”in France

Panic gripped Australian theme parkin southern France when 15 kangarooswere found missing Saturday.

While 13 kangaroos were found onSunday following a major searchoperation, three marsupials are still atlarge.

“When we arrived on Saturdaymorning, five pens had been brokenopen, their padlocks were smashed andthe perimeter fence was torn in severalplaces,” said Carole Masson, owner ofthe nature reserve in southwesternCarcassonne.“We had 15 missingkangaroos — it was complete panic,”she said.

Rescue workers stand on the remains of a collapsed apartment building asthey continue to search the rubble for survivors and victims, in Lagos, Ni-

geria, on 25 March, 2009. The Red Cross has raised the death toll to at leastfive in the collapsed building which fell down without warning on Tuesday in

Nigeria’s main southern city of Lagos.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 30March—The WhiteHouse says neither Gen-eral Motors nor Chryslersubmitted acceptableplans to receive more bail-out money, setting thestage for a crisis in Detroitand putting in motionwhat could be the finaltwo months of two Ameri-can auto giants.

President BarackObama and his top advis-

SYDNEY, 30 March—AnAustralian Hells Angelwhose brother was bludg-eoned to death at Sydneyairport was under guard inhospital Monday after be-ing shot several times, po-lice and media reports said.

In the latest episode inthe country’s ongoingbiker war, police said the32-year-old survived afterbeing shot late Sundayoutside his Sydney homeand was in a stable condi-

Australian biker shot in gang wartion in hospital.

News reports said thevictim was Peter Zervas,whose brother Anthonywas beaten to death atSydney airport on March22 during a brawl that sawsimmering tensions be-tween biker gangs ex-plode into public vio-lence.

The commander of theNew South Wales PoliceGangs Squad, superin-tendent Mal Lanyon, said

there was little doubt thegunman was from a bikergang.

“I think it’s probablyrealistic that we will belooking at other motorcy-cle gangs,” he told ABCradio.

Lanyon said he wasconcerned at reports bikergangs were stockpilingweapons and bringingmembers of overseaschapters to Australia as re-inforcements.—Internet

Obama conditions bailout funds for automakersers have determined thatneither company is viableand that taxpayers will notspend untold billions moreto keep the pair ofautomakers open forever.In a last-ditch effort, the ad-ministration gave eachcompany a brief deadlineto try one last time to con-vince Washington it isworth saving, said senioradministration officialswho spoke on the condition

of anonymity to morebluntly discuss the decision.

Obama was set tomake the announcementat 11 am Monday in theWhite House’s foyer.

In an interview withCBS’ “Face the Nation”broadcast Sunday, Obamasaid the companies mustdo more to receive addi-tional financial aid fromthe government.

Internet

CANBERRA, 30 March— Australian meat ex-porters called on Mondayfor a suspension on thegovernment’s plan to in-crease inspection chargesfrom 1 July.

Exporters will have topay the entire cost of in-spections by the Austral-ian Quarantine and In-spection Service (AQIS),which the meat exporterssaid will limit exports.”Why you would want tonow put a tax on exportsat this crucial time, defieslogic,” The AustralianMeat Industry Council

Australia’s meat industry calls for suspensionon export inspection charges

CEO Steve Martin told re-porters.

According to Austral-ian Associated Press,Martin said exporters areexperiencing a difficulttrading environment andthe changes will cost jobs.

“They’ll either pass iton to producers, so theproducers will wear it, orbusinesses will wear itthrough reduced input,and reduced staff,” Mar-tin said.

The increased charges,would also impact on thefish, dairy, grains and hor-ticulture industries that all

export overseas, Martinsaid.

Presently, food export-ers are charged 60 percentof the cost of inspections,with the commonwealthfunding the rest.

The meat industry hascalled the change to thetax, said it would place a40 million Australian dol-lars (27.4 million US dol-lars) burden on all indus-try including agriculture.Of that impost, meat ex-porters would pay 32 mil-lion Australian dollars(22million US dollars).

Internet

Woman, 84, rescues5-year-old boy from river

An 84-year-old woman rescued a 5-year-old boy who was pushed into ariver in Jinan, Shandong province.

As he played on a small bridge inLanxi village, one of his friends pushedYu Hang into the river.

Wu rushed into the river and pulledthe boy to the riverbank. She wasexhausted after the episode was overand had to be fetched home by othervillages.

The boy and Wu have become closefriends.

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Let’s cultivate a good habit of readingKyaw Oo Swe

(Continued from yesterday)As a matter of fact, the Secretary-1 of the State

Peace and Development Council at the FourthConference of Myanmar Writers and JournalistsAssociation held in July 2006 had already stressed theneed for those engaged in printing, publishing anddistribution of books and publications to serve theinterest of the State and the people, and also at thenational literary award and Sarpay Beikmanmanuscript award presentation ceremonies held yearlyby the government, he spoke of the need for them tocooperate with writers and journalists in nation-building endeavours. Moreover, the Minister forInformation, whenever he met with CEC members ofthe Myanmar Writers and Journalist Association andPrinting and Publishing Entrepreneurs Association,stressed the need of serving the national interest andfulfilled the requirements for development of theliterary world and of those in the literary world.

With regard to making the literary market moresuccessful and equipping the people with the readinghabit, the following is the excerpt from the addressmade by the Minister for Information at the FourthConference of MJWA held on 28 June 2008:

“It is required for the literary world to makeprogress in making efforts for development ofthose from the literary world. And it is requiredfor the literary market to make progress in strivingfor development of the literary world. To make theliterary market more successful, discussions, paperreading sessions, workshops and foreign tours areto be conducted. It is due to the fact that 70 per centof the population reside in rural regions. However,the literary market is still growing only amongurban people. Therefore, for development of theliterary market, the literary world and those fromthe literary world, it is required to cultivate thereading habit among the readers. And it is ourbelief that only when the rural people are fullyequipped with the reading habit, will the literarymarket and the literary world develop.”

It can be deduced from the excerpt from theaddress made by the Minister for Information thatthose from the literary world are required to equip therural people with the reading habit and to strive for theliterary market to make progress. It is found that in thepast there were a small number of libraries in ruralregions. It was due to the fact that books andpublications could not be bought owing to lack offunds, there were no human resources that can managelibraries, it was devoid of reading facilities for localpeople and students and financial constraints.

Likewise, lack of reading habit among the peoplewould result in the decline of literary market, for theywere in no position to collect books that are worthreading. With an increase in the demand for books onentertaining, publishers and producers are desirous ofmaking investment in those books. As a result, thereare hardly any publishers who publish informativeand knowledgeable books. Actually, publishing ofinformative and knowledgeable books, extension ofthe literary market and equipping the people with thereading habit are interdependent.

Therefore, in that regard, the Head of State hasgiven guidance on development of libraries. In line withthe guidance, the Ministry of Information made strenuousefforts for success of the drive through the opening ofaltogether 55,755 self-reliant rural libraries throughoutthe nation. In the process, it has had to carry out the fivetasks, namely, acquisition of building and land forperpetuation of libraries, facilitating the libraries withfurniture, developing the reading habit among ruralpeople, maintenance of books and publications in thelibraries and raising the library funds. Meanwhile, theMinistry of Information is now taking steps foracquisition of the internationally recognized ISSN andISBN to infiltrate the literary markets at home andabroad. However, it is likely that the government aloneis incapable of carrying that task and so are those fromthe literary world alone. This being so, who will cooperatein what way in this regard?

It is obvious that the three main pillars, namely,human resources capable of maintaining the libraries,raising the funds and management are a must forperpetual existence of rural libraries. This can berealized through the well-coordinated efforts ofbusinessmen, wealthy persons and librarians in thenation. It is learnt that in the international arena,organizations made up of businessmen and intellectuals,joint venture corporations and NGO companies that werejointly established by the two nations are engaged in thetasks. With the help of those organizations, some aremaking efforts for development of human resources forlibraries, raising the funds and management aftercontacting with the library associations in the region andthe global literary organizations. In addition, they madefield trips right down to the schools so that they caneffectively cultivate the reading habits among the students.

For example, such organizations as the ChinaLiterary Foundations in the People’s Republic of China,Book of Trust Association in India, the National BookDevelopment Council in Singapore, the Asia TrustFunds in the Philippines, Nepal and Vietnam, the BookBox Library and the Language Project in Laos, theASEAN Libraries Organization in South East Asia,the Asia Foundation in Asia are making all-out effortsin various ways and means for development of theirliterature and language, equipping more people withthe reading habits, raising funds for the libraries andpenetrating the literary markets at home and abroad. Inthe regional level also, conferences on cultivating thereading habits of the ASEAN Libraries Organizationare held occasionally in order to equip the people withthe reading habits. The ASEAN Libraries Organizationin collaboration with the literary organizations inIndonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand as wellas those in the region is trying its utmost forimprovement of the reading habits. Similarly, the

People’s Republic of China and India hold the bookpromotion ceremonies in their efforts to develop thereading habits among their people.

In Myanmar, there are some businessmen andentrepreneurs who are interested in literature, literaryenthusiasts and literati who can afford money. Andthey are making efforts for development of Myanmarliterature. They held the literary award and manuscriptaward presentation ceremonies of Pakokku U OhnPe, Tun Foundation, Thuta Sweson and Sayawun TinShwe Literary and Manuscript Award. Nowadays,one should not be content with the holding of suchceremonies but he should cultivate the readinghabits among the people as a national concern sothat the latter can keep pace with changes anddevelopments. Therefore, literary foundations andorganizations are to be established through theconcerted efforts of librarians, literati andentrepreneurs for development of human resourcescapable of managing the libraries, raising thelibrary funds and management for perpetualexistence of rural libraries. Having contacted withthe regional and international literary organizations,those foundations and organizations are to successfullyimplement the drive for development of their literatureand libraries in all seriousness. In the meantime, theyare to engage in the drive for cultivating the readinghabits among the youths and children. In the process,they are to give priority to developing the readinghabits among the school-age children in both urbanand rural regions while opening more libraries inschools, raising the library funds, developing humanresources and transforming the self-reliant librariesinto the e-libraries. They should develop the readinghabits by organizing the reading contests, the booktalks and the literary talks and setting up of readingcamp, creative poetry picture book and story hour. Itis a high time to launch the mass activities at nationallevel to develop the reading habits among the peoplemade up of the foundations, organizations and printers,publishers and distributors.

In conclusion, businessmen and entrepreneurswho are financially strong and social organizationsare to make concerted efforts individually or in groupsfor expanding the literary market and cultivating thereading habits among the people. It has already beenstated in the introduction that each and every oneneeds to have strong spiritual resistance so that thelanguage, literature, culture and customs of the Stateand the people do not fade away and disappear. Thus,the entire national people are to be convinced of thefact that the developing of the reading habits is adriving factor for equipping themselves with strongresistance, and to accept it as a national concern. Inother words, the entire national people are to try hardfor successful realization of the drive beingimplemented by those from the literary world and thereading public.

(Concluded)(Translation: TS)

To make the literary market more successful, discussions,paper reading sessions, workshops and foreign tours are to beconducted.

It is obvious that the three main pillars, namely, humanresources capable of maintaining the libraries, raising thefunds and management are a must for perpetual existence ofrural libraries.

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(from page 1)Managing Director of News and

Periodicals Enterprise U Soe Winpresented outstanding awards inMyanmarsar and English to MaungPhyo Min Han of No 5 Basic EducationHigh School in Botahtaung Township,Ma Phyo Thinza Khin and Maung AyeChan Kyaw Kyaw of No 2 BEHS inPathein, Ma May Thu Zaw of No 1BEHS in Myitkyina, Maung Kyaw Zinand Ma Barani Soe Soe of No 1 BEHSin Mohnyin.

Managing Director of MyanmaMotion Picture Enterprise U Aung MyoMyint presented outstanding awards inmathematics, chemistry and physics toMa Hsu Yi Hnin of No 2 BEHS inYankin, Ma May Thu Kyaw of No 6BEHS in Pathein, Maung Phyo Aung

Pakokku U Ohn Pe Literary Award,…

Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presents cash award tomembers of Pakokku U Ohn Pe Literary Award Scrutiny Committee

(2007-2010) through Chairman of the Committee U Myo Thant(Maung Hsu Shin).—MNA

Health Minister Dr Kyaw Myint speaks at the coordination meeting onselection of candidates from Universities of Medicine for FRCP

scholarship.—MNA

Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin presentsprize to a winner in Military Code of Conduct Contest.—MNA

A large number of people seen enjoying their visit to Tatmadaw Parkand Square at Nay Pyi Taw Parade Ground on

30 March evening.MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30 March—Commander of Nay Pyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin delivered an addressat the prize presentation ceremony formilitary code of conduct contest to mark

NAY PYI TAW, 30 March—Acoordination meeting on selection ofcandidates from Universities ofMedicine for FRCP scholarship, post-graduate medical courses and chancesfor specialists was held at the hall ofUniversity of Medicine-1, Yangon, on22 March, with an address by Ministerfor Health Dr Kyaw Myint.

NAY PYI TAW, 30 March—Theopening of natural disaster preventionmanagement course No 3/2009 of theMinistry of Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement was held at KyaukpyuDistrict Red Cross Society in RakhineState today.

Winners awarded in Military Code ofConduct Contest

the 64th Anniversary Armed Forces Dayat the hall of the command headquarterson 27 March afternoon.

At the ceremony, the commanderawarded the prize winners.—MNA

Natural disaster prevention managementcourse opened

Director-General U Than Oo ofthe Relief and Resettlement Departmentmade an opening address. At the course,the instructors will lecture subjects ondisaster prevention. A total of 58 traineesof Kyaukpyu District are attending the 5-day course.—MNA

Scholarship, academic matters discussedRectors and faculty members of

medical universities from Yangon andMandalay reported on selection ofcandidates for FRCP and academicmatters for the subject-wise post-graduatecourses.

After attending to the needs, theminister gave concluding remarks.

MNA

Kyaw of No 1 BEHS in Latha and Ma WaiMon Aung of No 1 BEHS in PyiOoLwin.

Director-General of EducationPlanning and Training Department U BoWin presented outstanding awards inbiology, economics, geography, historyand optional Myanmar to Maung PhyoAung Kyaw of No 1 BEHS in Latha,Maung Pyi Shan Aung of No 1 BEHS inZalun, Ma Yin Yin Than of BEHS inGangaw, Maung Myo Phyu of BEHS inHopin and Ma Thet Hnin Wai ofKangyidaunk Township.

U Tint Swe, Chairman of PakokkuLibrary Committee explained thepresentation of the prizes.

Dr Kyaw Sein spoke words of thanks.After the ceremony, the minister and

guests had documentary photos takentogether with the award winners.—MNA

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YANGON, 30 March— A ceremony to honourthose who have participated in the committees forsuccessful realization of the objectives of the Ministryof Information was held at the Studio-A of MyanmarRadio and Television on Pyay Road here at 11 amtoday with an address by Minister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan.

Also present on the occasion were directors-general and managing directors of departments andenterprises under the Ministry of Information, advisors,literati and artistes who have participated in thecommittees for successful realization of the objectivesof the Ministry of Information, guests and servicepersonnel and others.

In his address, Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan said that the Ministry of Informationis discharging the two main duties, namely, news andinformation duty and duty concerning literature andfine arts, adding that it is making all-out efforts in theprocess of changing news and information sectors forthe better both in form and essence.

He said that the ministry is trying its utmost fordevelopment of Myanmar literature and those from theliterary field while striving for Myanmar literature toachieve international prominence. Meanwhile, it is making

Ministry of Information trying its utmost for development ofMyanmar literature and those from the literary field while striving

for Myanmar literature to achieve international prominenceMinister for Information attends ceremony to honour those who have

participated in successful realization of Ministry of Information’s objectives

relentless efforts together with film and video artistes forthe development of film and video fields so that they keeppace with changes and developments, he noted.

The ministry has recognized the activeparticipation of literati, musicians and artistes in thesuccessful realization of its objectives, he said andstressed the need for officials concerned to strive forMyanmar literature to achieve international prominenceand to prevent the influence of media that can harmMyanmar culture and national interest. In the sameway, concerted efforts are to be exerted for expandingthe film and video markets, qualitative improvementof films and videos and development of film and videoworlds, he said.

In conclusion, the minister urged those presentto make well-coordinated efforts for cultivating thereading habits among the entire people including thosefrom rural regions and for the emergence oforganizations and foundations capable of ensuring theperpetual existence of the already established self-reliant rural libraries.

Next, Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presentedcash awards to Vice-Chairman of the National LiteraryAward Scrutiny Committee (2006-2007) U Tin Kha(Tekkatho Tin Kha), on behalf of the committee

members, to Chairman of the Sarpay BeikmanManuscripts Award Scrutiny Committee (2006-2007)U Myint Thein (Myint Thein Aung), on behalf of thecommittee members, to Chairman of Pakokku U OhnPe Literary Award Scrutiny Committee (2007-2010)U Myo Thant (Maung Hsu Shin), on behalf of thecommittee members, to member of the Board of Judgesfor Myanmar Motion Picture Standard, 2007 MotionPicture Censorship Group and Video Censorship GroupDaw Po Po Kyi (Po Po Kyi-Law), on behalf of thegroup members, to Chairman of the MRTV ClassicalSong Scrutiny Committee, the Modern Song ScrutinyCommittee and Myanmar Classical Song ScrutinyCommittee Bogale Tint Aung, on behalf of thecommittee members and to Chairman of MyanmarReferences Compiling Committee U Thaw Kaung(Thaw Kaung), on behalf of the committee members.

Afterwards, member of the MRTV ClassicalSong Scrutiny Committee, the Modern Song ScrutinyCommittee and Myanmar Classical Song ScrutinyCommittee U Maung Maung Latt (Naung), on behalfof the artistes, spoke words of thanks.

After the ceremony, the Minister forInformation cordially greeted those present on theoccasion.—MNA

YANGON, 30March—The book salesof women publishers is inprogress at Lawkanat ArtGallery on PansodanLower Block here.

Books on variouscategories published by

YANGON, 30 March—The Prizepresenting ceremony of 5th Kite Festivalfor 2009 organized by MyanmarTraditional Sports Federation was heldat Inya Lake Hotel here on 28 March,attended by secretary general ofMyanmar Olympic Committee directorgeneral of Sports and Physical Education

YANGON, 30 March—AnautMakyigan-Phalan Oh earth road ofPakokku Township constructed byPakokku Township DevelopmentCommittee was opened on 26 March, asa gesture to mark the 64th AnniversaryArmed Forces Day for 2009.

Kite Festival-2009 concludesDepartment U Thaung Htaik.

The director-general and personnelfrom Myanmar Women SportsFederation and Myanmar TraditionalSports Federation presented prizes towinners of the competition in respectivecategories.

MNA

New earth road opened in PakokkuU Tin Maung Soe, chairman of the

district Peace and Development Councilofficially opened the new road which is5,120 feet long and 12 feet wide,contributing to smooth transport for 8villages of 6 village-tracts.

MNA

Women publishers hold book salesPyone, Zun Pwint, NayYi Yi, Yan Aung and YanAung-2, Kan Kaw Wityi,Bagan and Myo Sat ThitPublishing Houses are on

sale, at a discount of 10 to30 percent. The book saleswhich is held for forth timewill continue up to 5 April.

MNA

Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan speaks at the ceremony to honour those who have participated in the committees for successfulrealization of the objectives of the ministry.—MNA

BOOKSBooks of famous

authors are on sale.

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Paunglaung Diversion Weir irrigating 35,000 acres of farmland inNay Pyi Taw Pyinmana, Nay Pyi Taw Lewe, Yedashe Townships

Article: Kyaw Sein; Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

(from page 16)acting for thedocumentary video beingdirected by Ko Zaw MinAung of IrrigationDepartment.

We were welcomedby Director U Myint Than,assistant directors andstaff officers ofConstruction (5) ofIrrigation Department.

In the first interview,Director U Myint Thanexplained, “TheConstruction (5) is takingthe responsibility forconstruction of dykes anddams, drains and greeningtasks in Nay Pyi Taw.Paunglaung DiversionWeir is one of its tasks.The diversion weir wasbuilt on Paunglaung River,downstream of

Paunglaung Dam. Therock-filled dam is alsogenerating hydropower.Without draining out thewater into PaunglaungRiver, the dam supplieswater to the diversion weirin generating hydropower.Therefore, PaunglaungDiversion Weir built withright and left canals willirrigate 35,000 acres offarmland in Nay Pyi TawPyinmana, Nay Pyi TawLewe and YedasheTownships.”

He continued to say,“The Construction (5) ofIrrigation Departmentbuilt the rock-filled damat first. After constructingthe hydropower plantinstalled with four 70-megawatt generators at thedam, the PaunglaungDiversion Weir Projectand irrigation system wereimplemented at the same

time. At present, thecompleted diversion weircommenced its functions ofsupplying water on 10March.”

“Thanks to con-struction of the diversionweir, the environment ofNay Pyi Taw will be lushand green. Local farmerswill enjoy the higher livingstandard by earning moreincome from cultivation ofdouble and triple crops. Dueto large volume of water,the diversion weir was builtas a heavy reservoir withthe use of stones. A similartask was carried out atPaunglaung River,” headded.

He further explained,“Actually, Paunglaung is ariver, but not a creek.Hsinthay and Ngalaik

creeks flow intoPaunglaung River.Likewise, the water fromgenerating hydropoweralso flows into the river.When the less volume ofwater flowed into the river,the workers carried outconstruction tasks day and

Shwe said, “Constructionof the diversion weir startedin 2005-2006. Thediversion weir was built tominimize the wastage ofwater that flows out fromthe hydropower generatingand to supply water to35,000 acres of farmlandsin Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana,Nay Pyi Taw Lewe andYedashe Townships. Thediversion weir is located onPaunglaung River 11 milesdownstream of PaunglaungDam. Each main canal isover 29 miles long. The leftcanal will irrigate 16,000acres of farmland and theright one, 19,000 acres offarmland. In building thediversion weir, efforts weremade for construction ofthe afflux bund forprevention against floodingat the villages on its rightside. The bund is over20,000 feet long acrossPaunglaung River.”

Moreover, AssistantDirector (Mechanical) U

Tun Aung Naing alsoexplained, “Themechanical engineersparticipated in theconstruction of the bundwith the use of heavy rocksto block the flow of water.After completion of bothright and left canals, theriver has been unblocked.The workers repaired themachines as quickly aspossible for timelycompletion of theconstruction tasks. If theywere not able to carry outmaintenance work, thedamaged machinery weresent back to the workshop.About 100 mechanics,

technicians and workersdischarged their duties. Inaccord with the guidanceof the Head of State, westrove for completion of thetasks as scheduled.”

We had an interviewwith a woman who visitedthe diversion weir.

“I am Daw Tin Tin Ayeof Thitseint Village and Iam discharging duty ofgeneral worker at BasicEducation Middle School(Branch) in ThitseintpinVillage. The region gotbetter transport due toconstruction of the road forthe dam. The local peoplecan use automobile orbicycle now. Supply ofwater contributes to

development ofagriculture. Farmers canearn the increased incomethrough cultivation ofdouble cropping. So, Ithank the government forits efforts.”

We also held aninterview with farmer DawMay Nwe Win ofThitseintpin Village. Shesaid, “I cultivate eight acres

of paddy and 12 acres ofpea. After reaping pea,summer paddy can begrown. I thank thegovernment for gettingmore income through thecultivation task.”

In another interview,farmer U Win Myint ofThitseintpin Village, saidthat he grows sugarcane,paddy, maize, sesame,green gram, green bean andchick pea on 15 acres ofland. Before completion ofthe diversion weir, hecultivated monsoon paddyonly. At present, he ismaking preparation forharvesting summer paddyon 6.5 acres of farmlands.He said he thanks the

government for itsassistance for carrying outthe cultivation tasks bothin summer and in rainyseason.

Paunglaung Diver-sion Weir was built onPaunglaung River, nearThitseintpin Village of NayPyi Taw Pyinmana

Township. The catchmentarea is 3267 square miles.The diversion weir is 750feet wide and 15 feet high,and the sluice gate has twofour feet by six feet valves,one six square feet valveand two four feet by sixfeet valve. The diversionweir can irrigate 35,000acres of farmlands and ithas 29.72 miles long leftmain canal, 29.35 mileslong right main canal and

night.”In another interview,

Assistant Director (1) U Hla

Water flowing in 29.72 miles long left main canal of PaunglaungDiversion Weir to irrigate 16,000 acres of farmlands.

Director U Myint Than (Construction-5) seenin an interview.

U Tun Aung Naing,Assistant Director

(Mechanical).

U Hla Shwe, AssistantDirector (1).

U Win Myint(farmer),

Thitseintpin Village.

Daw Tin Tin Aye,General Worker,

Thitseintpin BEMS(Branch).

Daw May Nwe Win(farmer), Thitseintpin

Village.

127.73 miles long tributarycanals.

It was estimatedthat the project wasimplemented by spendingK 16,143.526 million onconstruction tasks.Actually, the irrigationfacility that can increasethe yield of agriculturalproduce and individualincome of the local farmerswill contribute to the upliftof living standard of thelocal people.

*****Translation: TTA

Myanma Alin:29-3-2009

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Police chief, 13 securitymembers wounded in bomb

attacks in western Iraq

Models display creations during a fashion showof 2009 fashion graduates of Zhejiang Sci-Tech

University on China International Fashion Week(09/10 autumn/winter series) in Beijing, China,

on 29 March, 2009.—INTERNET

Solar panels are pictured on the Marina Barragebuilding, with the Singapore Flyer observationwheel and office and hotel buildings pictured inthe background, in Singapore in this on 25 March,2009 file photo. For a country that’s right on theequator, relying on solar energy in Singaporeseems like a bright idea. Try and get off the grid,however, and it quickly loses its shine. The bulk ofSingapore’s almost 5 million people also live inhigh-rise buildings, rather than houses, whichmakes putting up cells on the roof nearly impossible

for individuals.—INTERNET

SEOUL, 30 March—South Korea’s national debt isexpected to rise 19 percent in 2009 as the governmentis to increase its bond issuance to fund its large-scalesupplementary budget, the nation’s finance ministrysaid Monday.

According to the Ministry of Strategy and Finance,national debt is expected to top 366.9 trillion won(269.6 billion US dollars) this year, up from 308.3trillion won (226.5 billion US dollars) of the previousyear. With the forecasted figure, the nation’s per-capita debt is to stand at 7.53 million won (5,530 USdollars), while it marked 6.34 million won (4,660 USdollars) a year earlier.

The increase of the debt amount will also pull up itsportion in gross domestic product from 32.5 percent to48.5 percent, which the government aims to graduallyreduce to 30 percent until 2012.

The increase is attributed mostly to a massiveamount of bonds that the government plans to issue forthe record-high extra budget worth 28.9 trillion won,or 21.2 billion US dollars, for this year, according tothe nation’s experts.—Internet

Netanyahu vows to reach“durable peace” with Arab neighbours

JERUSALEM, 30 March—Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahusaid Monday that the new government will make every effort to reach “a durablepeace with all of Israel’s Arab neighbours.”

“Whenever Israel stands before peace-seeking an Arab leader, it follows andanswers the call,” the Likud leader told the Knesset (parliament) in Jerusalemduring a special session marking the 30th anniversary of the Israel-Egypt peacetreaty.

Netanyahu praised late Prime Minister Menachem Begin and the late EgyptianPresident Anwar Sadat for “their wisdom in making the impossible possible.”

Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty on 26 March, 1979, normalizingrelations between the two countries. Earlier on Monday, Netanyahu officiallyinformed acting Knesset Speaker Michael Eitan that he has succeeded in formingthe cabinet, which would comprise 30 ministers and seven deputy ministers.

Likud lawmaker Reuven Rivlin was appointed Knesset Speaker.—Internet

Composer MauriceJarre reacts with the

Golden Honorary Bearfor his lifetime

achievement at the 59thBerlinale film festival in

Berlin.—INTERNET

Takeru Kobayashi(L) of Japan and Johnny Wu(R) of China’s Hong Kong swallow food during an

eating contest in Suzhou, east China’s JiangsuProvince, on 29 March, 2009. Takeru Kobayashi,the famous Japanese big eater, claimed the title inthe eating contest on Sunday by eating 164 sushi

within 20 minutes.—Xinhua

US soldier guilty in killing offour Iraqis in 2007

VILSECK (Germany), 30 March—A military courtconvicted a second US soldier of murder in theexecution-style slayings of four bound and blindfoldedIraqi detainees in 2007 after the soldier pleaded guiltyat his court-martial Monday.

Wearing his dress uniform and speaking crispyand confidently, Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Mayo of FortBragg, NC, pleaded guilty to charges of premeditatedmurder and conspiracy to commit premeditated murderat the proceeding at the US Army’s Rose Barracks insouthern Germany.

He pleaded not guilty to a charge of obstruction ofjustice in the incident, which occurred while he wasdeployed to Iraq. Military prosecutors dropped thatcharge.

The 27-year-old will be sentenced later Mondayand faces the possibility of life in prison, along with areduction in rank to private, forfeiture of all pay and adishonorable discharge.—Internet

S Korea sees national debtgrowth of 19% for 2009

BEIJING, 30 March—Oscar-winning Frenchcomposer Maurice Jarre, who had composed musicfor over a hundred and fifty film and televisionproductions, has passed away in Los Angeles,according to media France reports Monday. He was84. Jarre, father of electronic music composer andproducer Jean-Michel Jarre, had lived in Los Angelesfor many years.

He won his first Oscar in 1962 for “Lawrence ofArabia.” “Doctor Zhivago” and “A Passage to India.”

Jarre was awarded two further Oscars for “DoctorZhivago” and “A Passage to India.” —Internet

Composer Maurice Jarre dies

RAMADI, 30 March —A commander of a quickreaction force and 13security members werewounded Sunday inseparate bomb attacks thattargeted Iraqi securityforces in the westernprovince of Anbar, a pro-vincial police source said.

A roadside bombwent off near the convoyof Major Mohammad Jar,commander of thepolice’s quick reactionforce in the town ofAmriyat al-Fallujah, someseven kilometressoutheast of Fallujah City,

the source from theprovincial policecommand told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

Jar and six of hisbodyguards werewounded by the blast, thesource said, adding thattwo of the convoy’svehicles were badlydamaged.—Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV HELMUTH RAMBOW VOY NO (037)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV HELMUTHRAMBOW VOY NO (037) are hereby notified that thevessel has arrived on 29.3.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPINGLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DALIA ROJA VOY NO (97)Consignees of cargo carried on MV DALIA ROJA

VOY NO (97) are hereby notified that the vessel hasarrived on 30.3.2009 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of S.P. W.6 where it will lie at the consign-ee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws andconditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: EASTERN CAR LINER LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV PAWITRA NAREE VOY NO (076A)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV PAWITRANAREE VOY NO (076A) are hereby notified that thevessel has arrived on 27.3.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: SK SHIPPING CO., LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BRAVE PESCADORES VOY NO (235)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BRAVEPESCADORES VOY NO (235) are hereby notifiedthat the vessel has arrived on 29.3.2009 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of S.P.W where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: FAIRWIN INT’L SHIPPING CO.,LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

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A clown performs during the 7th international clownfestival in Brasilia, Brazil, on 28 March , 2009. Theevent which started on 24 March and ended on 28March attracted clowns form France, Switzerland, Argentina, Spain and Brazil.—XINHUA

International Kite Festivalgoes fly in Vietnam

HANOI, 30 March — The International Kite Festival,held for the first time in Vietnam, concluded on Sun-day, attracting kite artisans from 17 counties and re-gions, the Vietnam News reported on Monday.

Germany took the prize for youngest participants,while the French team got the award for the strangest-looking kite, said the newspaper.The largest kite awardwent to New Zealand, while the United Kingdom tookthe prize for the most variety. The prize for the longestkite went to the Indonesian team, while host Vietnamwon the prize for the most traditional kites.The three-day festival, held in the southern beach city Ba Ria-Vung Tau of Vietnam attracted 20,000 domestic andinternational tourists.—Internet

Indian scientistsdiscover new bacteria

NEW DELHI, 30 March— Indian scientists havefound micro-organismscalled extremophiles, thatcan survive boiling waterand UV radiation, localtabloid Mail Today re-ported on Thursday.Thescientists discovered these40 kilometers above theEarth’ s surface, said thereport. Leading the effortis South Indian cityHyderabad’s Center ofCellular and Microbiol-ogy scientist S Shivaji,who has researched bac-teria in Antarctica, ArcticOcean and the HimalayanGlaciers.”The three newspecies discovered nowcan be differentiated fromall species so far reportedin scientific literature,”the paper quoted Shivajias saying.

These bacteria canwithstand higher doses ofultraviolet radiation, growin low nutrient conditions,and have fatty acid com-positions that allows themto survive extremeconditions.The new spe-cies were isolated afterextensive analysis of airsamples collected fromupper atmosphere. Thesamples were collected ataltitudes between 20kilometres to 41.4 kilo-metres in April 2005, butthe discovery only camerecently.—Internet

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Hard-to-cure TB poses new globalhealth threat

Brazilian researcher finds maternalmilk polluted with toxic chemical

22 killed at Ivory Coastsoccer match stampede

ABIDJAN, 30 March—A stampede at a World Cupqualifying soccer match in the Ivory Coast killed atleast 22 people and wounded 132 Sunday, authoritiessaid.

Fans at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny arena pushedagainst each other shortly before the game betweenIvory Coast and Malawi, setting off a panic that led tothe stampede, Interior Minister Desire Tagro said onstate television.

“They started pushing to get in because the matchwas about to start and each and every one of themwanted to get in,” Tagro said.

An Associated Press photographer said people beganshoving and pushing 40 minutes before the beginningof the game. Police fired tear gas into one section of thecrowd.—Internet

Rakesh Sharma, India’s first astronaut who went into space in 1984, salutesbefore a flight on board an F/A-18F Super Hornet, in Bangalore in February

2009. Indian scientists are looking to develop a curry fit for space, as the countryplans its first manned mission outside the earth’s atmosphere.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 30 March—The Beijing Chest Hospitalwas packed with people ona recent weekday morning.In the waiting area, WangChong, a migrant workerwho has been fightingtuberculosis for severalmonths, was facing adilemma: Does he continuetreatment that has alreadycost him more than $5,000or stop before his savingsare wiped out?

It’s not only his healthat stake. If Wang stopstreatment prematurely, histuberculosis is likely tomorph into one of the new,hardier strains that resist

the drugs he has been usingand that pose a growingthreat to global publichealth. Countries as diverseas China, Russia and SouthAfrica are vulnerable, andthe new strains have alsoappeared in the UnitedStates.“TB is now takingon a deadly new form —one that will spreadfurther,” said CorneliaHennig, the World HealthOrganization’s TBprogramme coordinatorfor China. “We can choose:Either we act now withrational and provenapproaches, or we pay laterwith a worsening

epidemic.”The WHO is trying to

bring renewed vigor to thefight with a three-daymeeting of health ministersfrom the worst-affectedcountries in Beijingstarting 1 April. Alsoattending are WHODirector-General MargaretChan and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & MelindaGates Foundation, a majorcontributor to research onglobal health problems.Countries are expected todraw up five-year plans toprevent and control thespread of drug-resistantTB.—Internet

RIO DE JANEIRO, 30March— A Brazilianresearcher has found apresence of a high toxicchemical in samples ofmaternal milk in someBrazilian cities, due to theenvironmental pollution.

Claudia HoffmannKowalski Schroder madethe research as part of herPhD project for the FoodEngineering Faculty (FEA)in University of Campinas(Unicamp), the university

reported on its website onSunday. The Hoffmannfound tracks of “Poly-chlorinatedbiphenyl”(PCB) in most of the 200samples of maternal milktaken in seven states ofBrazil.

The biggest accumu-lation of PCB was found inthe samples from SaoPaulo, most populated andpolluted state of Brazil.

The PCB are syntheticchlorinated hydrocarbons

which threat the quality ofmaternal milk, the best foodfor newborns. Since organsof infants are still indeveloping phases duringthe nursing, the presence ofthe PCB in maternal milkhas unpredictable conse-quences.—Internet

An aerial view shows homes on the southside of Fargo, North Dakota in theBriarwood neighbourhood surrounded by flood waters on 29 March, 2009. A

dike holding back the swollen Red River failed early on and swamped aschool in Fargo, North Dakota, but a backup dike contained the spill as cold

weather favored flood fighting and evacuation efforts.—INTERNET

Gene found to suppress skin cancer WASHINGTON, 30

March — US researcherssaid on Sunday they hadidentified an enzyme genethat suppresses tumorgrowth in melanoma, thedeadliest form of skin

cancer. The researchers from

the National Institutes ofHealth found that one ofthe most often mutatedgenes that code for matrixmetalloproteinase (MMP)

enzymes, MMP-8,actually serves as a tumorsuppressor gene, but notan oncogene, as waspreviously thought.

MMP enzymes playa key role in the process ofremodeling skin aftersunburns, cuts or otherinjuries, and the MMPgene family has long beenthought to increase the riskof cancers, includingbreast, colon andmelanoma.

“The study suggeststhat a better approach maybe to look for drugs thatrestore or increase MMP-8 function or for drugs thatblock only those MMPsthat are truly oncogenes,”the researchers said in apress release.

The findings werepublished in the Britishjournal Nature Genetics.

Internet

Dust in Antarctic ice may helpunderstand past climates

Men carry an injured spectator following a stadium stampede ahead of aWorld Cup qualifying match between Ivory Coast and Malawi, in Abijdjan,

Ivory Coast on 30 March, 2009.—INTERNET

LONDON, 30 March —Ancient dust trapped deepin Antarctic ice sheetsmay come from SouthAmerica and helpuncover details of pastclimate change, a newstudy said on Sunday.

Dust deposition inAntarctic ice sheets wasmuch higher during thelast ice age, but the causesof this flux have long beenunclear, researchers fromuniversities of Edinburgh,Stirling and Lille, wrotein the journal Nature Geo-science.

Their study, however,shows that the coldestperiods of the past 80,000years correspond with thedustiest periods inAntarctica’s past.

At that time, glaciersin Patagonia were at theirbiggest and dust fromthem was blown acrossthe ocean to Antarctica,they said. Duringwarming periods, dustwas trapped in melt water

which ran into lakes atthe edge of the ice, so lessdust was blown south toAntarctica. Dust from theice cores was analyzedand found to be a closematch with mud of thesame age in the MagellanStraits, the researcherssaid, showing that mostof the dust originated inthis region.—Internet

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S P O R T S

(L-R) Team China skip Wang Bingyu, third LiuYin, second Yue Qingshuang, lead Zhou Yan andfifth Liu Jinli pose with the trophy after they won

against Sweden in the finals at the 2009 WorldWomen’s Curling Championship in Gangneung,

east of Seoul on 29 March, 2009.— XINHUA

Argentine press say Maradona has successfuldebut as coach

Argentina’s nationalfootball team coach

Diego Maradonaapplauds his players on28 March. Maradonacould not have asked

for a better result in hisfirst official match asArgentina coach, with

his team crushingVenezuela 4-0.

INTERNET

Brazil ties Ecuador 1-1in World Cup qualifier

QUITO, 30 March—Brazil made a 1-1 away draw toEcuador in their World Cup qualifier on Sunday dueto the outstanding performance of goalkeeper JulioCesar.

Ecuador outplayed the five-time world champi-ons but were denied the goal by Inter Milan goalkeeperCesar time and again.

Substitute Julio Baptista scored the opening forBrazil in the 74th minute before substitute CristianNoboa made the equaliser in the 89th minute at theAtahualpa at 2,800 meters above sea level.

Brazil accumulated 18 points from 11 games inthe 10-team South American qualifying group, fivebehind leaders Paraguay, while Ecuador have 13.

Xinhua

Heskey ruled out ofUkraine game

Striker Emile Heskey,was on Sunday ruled

out of England’s WorldCup 2010 qualifier athome to Ukraine this

week with a hamstringinjury.—INTERNET

Zambia fight back to rockEgypt in World Cup

JOHANNESBURG, 30 March—Zambia came frombehind to force a 1-1 draw with Egypt at Cairo Sta-dium on Sunday as the 2010 World Cup-African

Zambia’s FrancisKasonde celebrates after

scoring a goal againstEgypt during their 2010World Cup African zone

group C qualifyingfootball match in Cairo.

INTERNET

Federer,Serena, Venus

and Stosuradvance

MIAMI, 30 March—Serena and Venus Will-iams and men’s worldnumber two RogerFederer cruised into thefourth round of the WTAand ATP hardcourt tour-nament here but secondseed Dinara Safinacrashed out.

Reigning AustralianOpen champion SerenaWilliams defeated China’sPeng Shuai 7-5, 6-2 whileUS fifth seed Venus Will-iams, the reigningWimbledon champion,beat Germany’s Anna-Lena Groenefeld, 7-5,6-3.The sisters could meetin a semi-final at this ninemillion-dollar event,which saw its greatest up-set yet when Australia’s42nd-ranked SamanthaStosur stunned Russiansecond seed Safina 6-1,6-4.—Internet

Boluda confirmed asReal Madrid president

Vicente Boluda, wasconfirmed as thepresident of Real

Madrid at a GeneralAssembly of club

members.—INTERNET

Tiger thrills at Bay Hill with winning putt on 18

Tiger Woods celebrates af-ter sinking the putt to winthe Arnold Palmer Invita-tional golf tournament atBay Hill in Orlando, Fla,on 29 March, 2009. Woodsclosed with a 3-under 67for a one-shot victory overSean O’Hair.—INTERNET

LONDON, 30 March—Striker Emile Heskey wason Sunday ruled out ofEngland’s World Cup2010 qualifier at home toUkraine this week with ahamstring injury.

The Aston Villa for-ward was forced off in the14th minute of England’s4-0 friendly win againstSlovakia at Wembley onSaturday, shortly afterputting his side in front.Itwas the former Liverpooland Wigan Athleticstriker’s first internationalgoal in almost six yearsand his first goal for En-gland at their national sta-dium.

England coach FabioCapello said Heskey hadbeen suffering from“cramp”, but the FootballAssociation revealed thatscans to his left hamstringshowed that he would notbe able to face Ukraine onWednesday.

Heskey’s withdrawalfollows that of West Hamstriker Carlton Cole, whocame on in place ofHeskey against Slovakiabut was then taken off af-ter sustaining a thighstrain.—Internet

MADRID, 30 March—Vicente Boluda was con-firmed as the president ofReal Madrid at a GeneralAssembly of club mem-bers on Sunday, the clubannounced on its website.In total, 943 membersvoted to keep Boluda inhis post, while 248 votedagainst him and therewere 26 abstentions.

Sunday’s meeting re-placed the flawed GeneralAssembly of 7 December,after which former presi-dent Ramon Calderon

was forced to step down amid allegations of electoralvote-rigging. The vote confirms Boluda as president,as until Sunday he had only held the post on an in-terim basis.

However, Boluda confirmed at the beginning of themeeting that the club intend to hold fresh presidentialelections in June. A poll published on Sunday in thesports paper Marca suggested that former presidentFlorentino Perez is the overwhelming favourite to winthe elections.—Internet

Nations Cup qualifyingshocks continued.

Wigan striker AmrZaki put the ‘Pharaohs’ahead on 27 minutes onlyfor defender DennisBanda from Lusakaarmy club Green Buffa-loes to equalise early inthe second half. Egypt,winners of the previoustwo biennial Nations Cuptournaments, will bebitterly disappointed atfailing to get theirthird-round campaign offto a winning start athome.

Internet

BUENOS AIRES, 30March—Main Argentinespress said on Sunday thatDiego Maradona had asuccessful start as coachof the Argentine soccernational team, which won4-0 against Venezuela inthe 11th date of the SouthAmerican qualifiers forthe World Cup South Af-rica 2010.

“The passion re-turns: 4-0 to Venezuela,”local daily Calrain pub-lished on Sunday hailedLionel Messi “great per-formance”, adding that“the national team wentfrom lower to higher inthe official debut ofMaradona as coach.”

La Nacion daily said

that “Maradona’s team,with Messi’s hand” andadded that “Argentinamake its way with attackpower.””With Messi asflag attach, the team wasconvincing and excitedthe people, beyond someof the lacking when mak-ing the game.”Sports

daily “Ole” headlined“Showgoal” and said that“Diego excited everybodyagain,” “he made historyin his official debut,” “heexploited the Monumen-tal as he requested and re-covered the love betweenthe national team and theaudience.”—Internet

ORLANDO, 30 March—Tiger Woods drove away fromBay Hill wearing the navy blue blazer traditionallyawarded to the winner of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.He is more interested in a jacket of a different color, butthis was a good start.

Woods couldn’t have written a better script Sunday,even if he’s guilty of plagiarism. For the second straightyear at Bay Hill, he made pivotal putts along the backnine and came to the 18th hole needing a birdie to win.From the middle of the fairway, he had 164 yards to thehole — eerily, the same distance as last year.Sean O’Hairwas in the final group, same as last year. The putt wasfar easier this time — only about 12 feet up the hill witha slight left-to-right break — but the outcome was pre-dictable to just about everyone except for the lone voicefrom the bleachers that blurted out, “Playoff.”

Woods holed the putt, and broke into a routine thatalso was similar to a year ago. He crouched andbackpedaled as the ball rolled to the hole, but instead ofslamming his cap to the ground, he punched the air witha roundhouse and hugged his caddie, Steve Williams,who lifted him slightly into the air.—Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, light rain or thunder-showers have been isolated in Kachin State and upperSagaing Division, weather has been partly cloudy inremaining areas. Day temperatures were (3˚C) to (4˚C)below March average temperatures in Mandalay,Magway, Bago and Ayeyawady Divisions, (3˚C) to (4˚C)above March average temperatures in Kachin State andupper Sagaing Division and about March averagetemperatures in the remaining areas.The significant Daytemperatures were Minbu (42˚C), Magway andThayawady (41˚C) each, Aunglan (40˚C). The noteworthamount of rainfall recorded was Hkamti (0.15) inch.

Maximum temperature on 29-3-2009 was 101°F.Minimum temperature on 30-3-2009 was 68°F. Rela-tive humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 30-3-2009 was70%. Total sunshine hours on 29-3-2009 was (9.4) hrsapprox.

Rainfall on 30-3-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009was (Tr) at Mingaladon, (0.20) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.04)inch at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from Sothwest at (21:30) hoursMST on 29-3-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and North Bay and generally fair else-where in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 31th March 2009:Rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated in Kachin,Chin, Shan, Rakhine and Mon States, Sagaing, Manda-lay, Taninthayi Divisions and weather will be partly cloudyin the remaining States and Divisions. Degree of certaintyis (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofcontinuation of rain or thundershowers in the NorthernMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 31-3-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 31-3-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 31-3-2009: Partly cloudy.

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* Signature Tune* Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights* Are they real or paper?* Welcome to Ngwe Hsaung* Enjoy our Shan Food* Kayah Traditional Museum* Myanma Traditional Musical Instruments

(Brass Instruments: Cymbal) (Kyay-Naung)* Melodious Flute Tunes of the Villages* Effigies-the super stars* Myanmar Mondern Song* Lacquer painting workmanship from Sandadaw Pyae

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(Brass gong) (Maung Saing)* Butterfly Garden In Yangon* Nipa Palm Forest* Thriving Crops in Shan State ( North)* Seik Khun Hand Loom Industry* Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights

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Asleep in JesusDaw Rosalind Sui Thluai Ling, B.A. Ed, B.EdTownship Education Officer, Chin State (Retd)

Age 72 yearsHakha, Chin State

Beloved daughter of (Rev Sang Ling-Daw Sai Pen),beloved sister of (Capt Sui Mang Ling, Retd), (Tial Cuai),(Capt Lian Hmung Ling, Retd), (Dr Herbert Tial CungLing, M.B.B.S, D O (Germany), U Thla Peng, B.Sc (Eng)(Dy. Director Constn, Corpn, Retd), (Dar Cin), Daw MahZing (Primary Head Retd), (Tial Chin), U Van Duh, B.Sc,BVS (Dy Director, Vety Department (Retd)), (Daw BettyLing, BA), (Ngun Dang), beloved mother of Daw BawiCin, BA, M.Div, M. Th-U Ni Kham, Tial Tum Sung,grandmother of four, the great grandmother of one DawR. Sui Thluai Ling asleep in Jesus on 30.3.2009 at 1:40pm in her residence, Hakha, Chin State. Funeral servicewill be held at Hakha Baptist Church on 31.3.2009(Tuesday) at 1:00 pm and buried at Hakha BaptistCemetary.

Relatives and Friends far and near, please accept thisas the only intimation.

Bereaved Family Members

Cholesterol drug reduces bloodclots by over 40%

BEIJING, 30 March—A new study showed Crestor(rosuvastatin calcium that helps fight high cholesterol)reduced the risk of blood clots by 44 percent.

The study dubbed JUPITER — Justification forthe Use of Statins in Prevention: an Intervention TrialEvaluating Rosuvastatin — was presented at theAmerican Heart Association Scientific Sessions Sun-day. It demonstrated that Crestor also reduced the com-bined risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack andstroke by 47 percent.

The study was a long-term, large-scale study of17,802 patients designed to determine if treatment withCrestor lowered the risk of heart attack, stroke andother major cardiovascular events in patients with lowlevels of “bad” cholesterol (or LDL-C), and raised lev-els of the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein(CRP).—Internet.

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6th Waxing of Hnaung Tagu 1370 ME Tuesday, 31 March, 2009

Paunglaung Diversion Weir irrigating 35,000 acres of farmlands inNay Pyi Taw Pyinmana, Nay Pyi Taw Lewe, Yedashe Townships

Article: Kyaw Sein; Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

Over Clocking to be demonstratedYANGON, 30 March—Organized by Myanmar

Computer Professionals Association, with theassistance of Golden Power Technology and PersonalComputer Magazine, Over Clocking Demonstrationwill be held at Myanmar Info-Tech from 1 to 3 pm on3 April.

Experts from Golden Power Technology andPersonal Computer Magazine will conduct thedemonstration. Preliminary discussions will be in theform of the workshop. Experiences and knowledgewill be shared during the demonstration.

Any interested persons may attend thedemonstration. For further information, dial Tel-652276.—MNA

Green tourism on 4 AprilYANGON, 30 March—Myanmar Tour Operators

Association will hold a talk at Asia Plaza Hotel on 4April.

Dr U Khin Maung Nyunt will give a talk on GreenTourism and any interested persons may enlist atMTOA Office (Tel-559672 and 559673).—MNA

SCIENCEDAILY, 30 March — Buying a new car isone of the biggest purchases most people make. Buthow can you be sure that the car you order will live upto your expectations? European and Asian research-ers are using immersive virtual reality and emotionaldesign to offer a solution.

Catering to car buyers’ desires

View of the CATER car configuratov.

Most people do not buy cars on a whim and mostdo not want just a standard model. They will oftenspend weeks comparing features before decidingwhether to splurge on leather seats or put the moneytowards high-performance alloy wheels instead.

The customer’s choices will not be based onfunctionality alone – if that were the case we would alldrive the most fuel-efficient vehicles that can get usfrom A to B as cheaply, safely and comfortably aspossible. Design also plays a major role, attractingpeople to a certain model based on tastes and feelingsalone.

For manufacturers, this has long created a di-lemma. Since the first assembly-line Fords rolled offthe factory floor almost a century ago, mass produc-tion has meant that vehicles can be produced cheaplyenough so that nearly everyone in the developedworld can now afford one.

Internet

LONDON, 30 March — Ants and bees have longbeen recognized as tireless workers, but now newresearch suggests they behave like model citizens,too.

Unlike herds of bison or shoals of fish -- whereindividuals may appear to be team players but actuallybehave according to their own interests -- some ani-mals, including ants and bees, really do have the bestinterests of the group at heart.

The study's findings appear to echo the insectworlds portrayed in the animated films Antz and BeeMovie, in which the characters live in rigidly con-formist societies. Scientists from the Universities ofEdinburgh and Oxford reached their conclusion bycreating a mathematical model to study the manner inwhich cooperative groups of animals, known assuperorganisms, evolve.—Internet

Ants cooperating to create a bridge for others tocarry food back.

Team approach appears towork best for insect colonies

Paunglaung Diversion Weir built near Thitseintpin Village of Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township stores water to be supplied to 35,000 acres offarmlands.

While Paunglaung River is flowing along itscourse, the 59.07-mile main canal of the diversionweir is benefiting the irrigated areas.

We, members of the news team of the MyanmaAlin Daily arrived at Paunglaung Diversion Weir to

write articles on progress of Paunglaung Multi-purposeDam Project. Staff Officer U Thar Yar of Construction(5) took us to the briefing hall of the diversion weir.

We witnessed thriving summer paddy and peaplantations along the road to the diversion weir. These

plantations are being irrigated from the diversionweir.

We saw the local people near the briefing hall.They looked at film star Eindra Kyaw Zin who was

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Completion certificatespresented

YANGON, 30 March—A ceremony to presentcompletion certificates for State School for Fine Artsand State School for Music and Drama of Fine ArtsDepartment under the Ministry of Culture for 2008-2009 academic was held in conjunction with fine artsexhibition at National Theatre, here this morning.

Director-General of Fine Arts Department UYan Naing Oo made a closing speech on the occasion.Next, the director-general and officials presentedcompletion certificates to 46 trainees.

Afterwards, the director-general viewed finearts exhibition and enjoyed varieties of dancesperformed by the students.—MNA

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