Established 1914

Volume XVIII, Number 332 Fullmoon Day of Tabaung 1372 ME Saturday, 19 March, 2011

Senior General Than Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing

put religious objects into Maha Muni Buddha Image at
Datusaya Datpaungsu Pagoda in Zabuthiri Township
of Nay Pyi Taw District
N AY P YI T AW , 18
March—Chairman of the
State Peace and Develop-
ment Council Com-
mander-in-Chief of De-
fence Services Senior
General Than Shwe and
wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing
attended the ceremony to
put religious objects into
the pinnacle of Maha
Muni Buddha Image, offer
headdress and consecrate
the image at Maha
Abithanna Beikmandaw
in the precinct of Datusaya
Datpaungsu Pagoda on
Zabu Kyetthayay Road in
Bawgatheikdi Ward,
Zabuthiri Township, Nay
Pyi Taw District, at 9 am
today.
Also present on the
gala occasion were State
Ovadacariya Sayadaws,
Chairman of the State
Sangha Maha Nayaka
Committee Presiding
Nayaka of Bhamo Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing offer religious objects to be put into the pinnacle of
Monastery of Mandalay Maha Muni Buddha Image, jewellery, the pinnacle of jewelled headdress, the jewelled headdress and golden robes
Sayadaw Abhidhaja dedicating to the Lord Buddha to State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Chairman Sayadaw.—MNA
Maha Rattha Guru
Abhidhaja Agga Maha Nay Pyi Taw Uppatasanti and Development Aung Hlaing of the Min- Command, ministers, the held at first in conjunction
Saddhammajotika Dr Pagoda Board of Trus- Council Thura U Shwe istry of Defence and wife Attorney-General, the with the offering of head-
Bhaddanta Kumara- tees, Vice-Chairman of Mann and wife Daw Khin Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, Auditor-General, the dress to the image.
bhivamsa and member the State Peace and De- Lay Thet, Prime Minister Commander-in-Chief Chairman of Civil Serv- The Sayadaws, and
Sayadaws, members of velopment Council U Thein Sein and wife (Navy) Vice-Admiral ice Selection and Train- the congregation led by
State Central Working Deputy Commander-in- Daw Khin Khin Win, Nyan Tun and wife, ing Board, departmental Senior General Than
Committee of the Sangha Chief of Defence Serv- Secretary-1 of the State Commander-in-Chief heads, wellwishers and Shwe and wife Daw
of All Orders, ices Commander-in-Chief Peace and Development (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein guests. Kyaing Kyaing opened
Tipitakadhara Tipitaka- (Army) Vice-Senior Council Thiha Thura U and wife, senior military The ceremony to put the ceremony with three-
kovida Sayadaws, title General Maung Aye and Tin Aung Myint Oo and officers of the Ministry of religious objects time recitation of Namo
recipient Sayadaws, wife Daw Mya Mya San, wife Daw Khin Saw Defence, the commander into the pinnacle of Maha Tassa.
Ovadaçariya Sayadaws of Member of the State Peace Hnin, General Min of Nay Pyi Taw Muni Buddha Image was (See page 8)

Four political objectives Four economic objectives Four social objectives

* Stability of the State, community peace and
tranquillity, prevalence of law and order
* National reconsolidation
* Emergence of a new enduring State Constitu-
tion
* Building of a new modern developed nation in
accord with the new State Constitution
* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-
ment 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
* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire
nation
* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and
preservation and safeguarding of cultural her-
itage and national character
* Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit
* Uplift of health, fitness and education stand-
ards of the entire nation

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PERSPECTIVES People’s Desire

Saturday, 19 March, 2011 * 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
Perform meritorious deeds on * Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State
Fullmoon Day of Tabaung * Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy
Today is Fullmoon Day of Tabaung, the
twelfth and last month of the Myanmar
calendar. Tabaung falls between the cold season
Defence Services Agricultural Course concludes
and the hot season. YANGON, 18 March
Religiously, Fullmoon Day of Tabaung is — A ceremony to
celebrated as a day on which the Buddha set out conclude Defence
to return home. At the time, the Buddha was Services Agricultural
delivering a sermon to lay people from Inga and Course No.69 was held
Magadha at Veluwun Monastery of Rajagjo. at the hall of Defence
King Suddhodhana, the Buddha’s father, sent Services Agricultural
his ten ministers to Rajagjo to invite the Buddha. Training School of
Kaludayi Minister led the journey and became Myanma Paddy
an Ahrat after hearing the Buddha’s sermons. Research Department in
Then, Ahrat Kaludayi supplicated to the Buddha Hmawby Township
for an itinerary to Kapilawut, reciting 64 verses here this morning,
that portrayed the pleasant month of Tabaung attended by Maj-Gen Tin
and convincing the Buddha that it was time to Ngwe of the Ministry of
return to his birth place, the Kapilawut Court, Defence.
as a token of repaying parental gratitude. It It was also
was Fullmoon Day of Tabaung in 103 RE. attended by officials Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe awards an outstanding trainee of Defence Services
On the First Waning of Tabaung, the from government
Buddha made a 60-day journey to Kapilawut. Agricultural Course No.69. —MNA
departments and the
Today, the people perform meritorious Ministry of Agriculture need to make efforts for attended by 31 trainees. abroad with radiation
deeds such as holding Buddha Pujaniya at and Irrigation, the school boosting agricultural Afterwards, Maj- detectors whether they
pagodas, reciting Patthana, offering alms to principal and course products of the nation, Gen Tin Ngwe, together had radiation sickness.
members of the Sangha, and offering provisions instructors. to render assistance to with Chairman of Yangon Monitoring started
at auspicious time in Tabaung. First, Maj-Gen Tin agricultural tasks of Region Peace and today at Yangon
On the auspicious occasion of the Fullmoon Ngwe viewed paddy Defence Services and to Development Council International Airport,
Day of Tabaung, Buddhist people are exhorted strains developed by employ modern Commander of Yangon Mandalay International
to constantly do meritorious deeds, Myanma Paddy agricultural techniques. Command Brig-Gen Tun Airport and Yangon Port,
contemplating the Supreme Attributes of the Research Department Then, he presented Than, went to Yangon and travellers from and
Buddha. displayed on the ground completion certificates to International Airport and via Japan will be
floor. Speaking on the the trainees. The 14- viewed the screening of monitored to detect
week course was those who arrived from radiation. — MNA
Lucky Bird exhibits its occasion, he stressed the

products at IT & Mobile Myanma Gems Emporium continues for ninth day
Hall near Myanma Gems
Exhibition 2011 Museum here today.
Jade lots on
YANGON, 18 March—Lucky Bird Group of
display at Mani Yadana
Companies is exhibiting its products at IT & Mobile
Jade Hall much attracted
Exhibition 2011 at Tatmadaw Convention Hall
gems merchants at home
here commencing today to 21 March.
and abroad and jewel
At the booths of IT Shop, True Value and
shops of local gems
Toshiba, customers may purchase notebooks,
merchants were packed
copiers, GIS solution, survey solution, and
with observers and
projectors.
buyers.
Lucky Bird opens its showrooms at No. 355,
A total of 8701
Theinbyu Street, Mingala Taungnyunt Township,
local and foreign gems
Yangon Ph: 399011, 379875 and at No. 100, at the
merchants visited the
corner of 75 th and 31 st Streets, Mandalay, Ph:
emporium today and bid
0273478 and Thabyaygon Market, Nay Pyi Taw,
for 2464 jade lots through
Ph: 067-414113.—MNA
competitive tender
NAY PYI TAW, 18 continued for ninth day system.
Local and foreign MNA
March—The 48 th at Mani Yadana Jade
gems merchants Myanma Gems Em-
observing lots of jade.
porium 2011, organized Hlawga Park to run extra hours on Tabaung
by Central Committee
Fullmoon Day, Armed Forces Day
MNA for Organizing Myanma
Gems Emporium, YANGON, 18 March—Hlawga Park under the
Ministry of Forestry is opened daily from 8 am to
IT, True Value and Toshiba showrooms of 5 pm. The park will be kept opened from 8 am to
6 pm on Fullmoon Day of Tabaung which falls on
Lucky Bird Group of Companies seen in IT &
19 March and on Armed Forces Day which falls
Mobile Exhibition 2011. on 27 March for the holiday makers to be able to
MNA enjoy relaxing atmosphere there. –MNA

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Bomb blasts in Indonesia’s Bogor,

no casualty reported
JAKARTA, 18
March—A low explo-
sive bomb exploded in
Indonesia’s Bogor
regency of West Java
Province on Friday, a
police officer said here.
Adj Sen Comm
Dadang Raharja, Bogor
Police Chief told private
television MetroTV said
that the bomb exploded
at 11:30 local time
A man stands in rubble of an Iraqi army headquarters building after a (0530 GMT) but it did
suicide attack in Kanan, east of the provincial Capital of Baqouba, 35 not hurt anybody.
miles (60 kilometres) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on 14 March, 2011. “At 09:00 local time
INTERNET (0200 GMT), a cleaning
service at Bogor’s Kota
Wisata residence found
a box wrapped in a
plastic bag. There was a
text on the plastic bag
saying ‘it is a bomb’.
Then, we called a bomb
squad to tame the
bomb,” said Raharja.
He said that the bomb
squad detected the box
and found metal
materials.
“They evacuated
the box to a field in the
residence to avoid loss
if it explodes. However,
10 minutes later, the
bomb exploded by it
self,” said Raharja.
According to him,
there is no casualty
among officers as the
bomb has been wrapped
with a bomb blanket.
He also said that the
police have increased
security following the
incident as it was
happened not too far
from house of President
Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono in Cikeas.
Xinhua

Pakistan army chief condemns Minneapolis

US drone attack gas explosion
M IR A LI , 18 March—Pakistan’s army chief has condemned a US starts huge
drone attack that killed more than three dozen people, saying the missiles fire
struck a peaceful meeting of tribal elders.
M INNEAPOLIS , 18
Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani called Thursday’s strike “unjustified and
March—A Minneapolis
intolerable” and said it was a violation of human rights.
natural gas explosion
Pakistani intelligence officials initially said the 38 people killed in a
Thursday started a fire that
compound in the North Waziristan tribal area were militants meeting to
shot flames several stories
discuss the war in Afghanistan.
Iraqi Army soldiers are seen at the site of a high and disrupted early
They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not
suicide attack in northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, morning traffic, officials
authorized to talk to reporters. Civilian casualties from drone strikes are said.
Monday recently.
a main source of friction between the Pakistani and US governments. The incident, during
INTERNET
Internet which there were no
reported injuries, caused a
Homemade bombs kill Brit Army to get supergun to counter school lockdown and
four in Iraq Taleban snipers voluntary neighbourhood
evacuation, the Minn-
BAGHDAD, 18 March— District police chief, LONDON, 18 March— The hi-tech pod detects line troops will be the first to eapolis Star Tribune
Improvised bombs in the Wisam Ali Badar. The British Army is testing the muzzle blast sound made receive the pods - designed reported.
Iraqi cities of Baghdad A similar attack in rifles fitted with a “gunfire as a bullet is fired, then tracks by Middlesex-based Ultra The explosion
and Tikrit killed four the west of the capital locator” pod which uses the wave made as it moves Electronics. The firm’s Colin happened near an energy
people on Thursday, killed one person and sonar to calculate an enemy’s through the air, The Sun Howard said: “It enables you maintenance facility near
including the wife of a wounded another, position within 1.3 seconds reports. to run away in the right Highway 62, said Kristine
police officer, police and security officials said. in order to counter Taleban The device, which uses direction or take cover. You Chapin, a Minnesota
security sources said. And a homemade bomb snipers in Afghanistan. The the same motion sensor can also return fire accurately. Department of Public
The woman was killed killed two farmers in the device described as an technology as in the We need to save lives, and
militants sniper’s worst Safety spokeswoman.
and three other people northern city of Tikrit Nintendo Wii, shows the you do that by knowing Nearby Windom,
nightmare is set to save
were wounded in Violence across Iraq has range and elevation of the where the enemy is.” Armatage and Kenny
hundreds of lives. And to
northern Baghdad as three fallen sharply since its field test the technology sniper on a clock face screen, Engineer Trevor Wood said elementary schools and
homemade bombs peak in 2006-2007 but soldiers of 3 Para offered enabling a soldier to fire back the sensor was developed Susan B. Anthony Middle
detonated simultaneously attacks and kidnappings themselves as targets last instantly and with accuracy after bringing sonar School kept students
outside the homes of remain common. weekend to draw out sniper almost the equal of a missile technology up from
inside, the Star Tribune
police officers, said a Internet fire. system. The SAS and front underwater.—Internet
reported.—Internet

Afghan victims of a
suicide attack on an
Afghan army
recruitment center are
seen in a ambulance
at the hospital in
Kunduz, north of
Kabul, Afghanistan,
on 14 March, 2011.
INTERNET
One dead as H1N1 virus returns to Venezuela
CARACAS, 18 March—At least one person has died from a resurgence of the
Influenza A (H1N1) virus in Venezuela that infected 12 other people, Health
Minister Eugenia Sader said on Thursday.
“We have an outbreak of H1N1 in the state of Merida,” she said, adding
that 12 people have tested positive for the disease and a 32-year-old has died.
Sader said only one of those who tested positive had been hospitalised,
with the others treating the disease at home.
Authorities emphasised that the latest outbreak was a far cry from the 2009
global H1N1 flu pandemic, which killed 114 Venezuelans.
Sader said the disease may have been brought in by one of the 160,000
tourists who flocked to the western state of Merida, near the Colombian
border, for a bull-fighting festival.
Internet

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Radiation in decline near troubled Fukushima

nuke plant following water-dousing measures
An aerial view taken from a helicopter from
Japan’s Self-Defence Force shows damage to
the No 4 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi
nuclear power complex in this handout taken on
16 March, 2011 and released on 17 March,
2011.—INTERNET
TOKYO, 18 March—Radiation has seen a steady
decline near the damaged Fukushima No 1 nuclear
power plant following water-dousing measures
taken Thursday, said the Nuclear and Industrial
Safety Agency Friday.
According to Measurements taken by the
agency around 1.1 km west of the plant’s No 2
Japan says water drops will continue
BEIJING, 18 March—Japan’s nuclear crisis was
triggered by the devastating earthquake last week.
Emergency workers have air-dropped water over
the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Plant’s Number 3
Reactor, and similar efforts will continue on Friday.
Four of the Fukus-hima plant’s six reactors
have seen fires, explo-sions, damage to the structures
housing the reactor cores, partial meltdowns or
rising temperatures in the pools.
Japan is doing its best to cool the nuclear fuel
rods to avoid further radiation. The main task aims
at cooling the number 3 reactor. Two Japanese
military helicopters began dum-ping seawater on it
Thursday morning.
About 30 tons of water have been dropped.
Special police units equipped with water cannons,
however, could not reach the targets from safe
distances and had to pull back.
reactor, hourly radiation dose stood at 279.4
microsievert at 5 am Friday, down from 309 and
292 microsievert around the time when the Self-
Defence Forces (SDF) shot water at the reactor to
cool down the overheating spent fuel storage
pool.
Expert Zheng Zhiyuan teaches quake escaping
Agency officials said that they will work to
restore electricity for No 1 and No 2 reactors skills to students at the Nongzhang middle school
Friday, and for No 3, No 4 reactors Sunday, to in Yingjiang County, southwest China’s Yunnan
chill down the malfunctioned reactors and Province, on 17 March, 2011. A quake drill was
overheating storage pools. held Thursday in the county, which was hit by a
The storage pools at the power station lost 5.8-magnitude quake last Thursday. Schools in
their cooling function after the colossal quake the county are enforced to carry out at least two
and tsunami hit northeastern and eastern Japan drills every semester after a 5.9-magnitude quake
on 11 March. It is also no longer possible to hit Yingjiang in 2008.—XINHUA
monitor the water level and temperature of the
pools of the four reactors.
On Thursday morning two SDF CH-47
Death toll rises to 6,405 in
helicopters dumped water in turn on the damaged Japan following 11 March
No 3 reactor, followed by five fire and rescue
trucks equipped with high-pressure water canons quake
shooting around 30 tons of water at the reactor TOKYO, 18 March—Japan’s National Police
later in the day. Agency said Friday that the catastrophic 11 March
Xinhua earthquake and ensuing tsunami have left 6,405
people dead and 10,259 others unaccounted for in
Japan by 9:00 am (0000 GMT).
The plant’s owner, Tokyo Electric Power Internet
Corporation, says it believes SOME progress has
been made in stabilizing radiation levels.
Meanwhile, engineers have also been trying to
run power from the main grid, to start up pumps
needed to cool the overheated reactor cores.
The company says to complete an emergency
power cable is the first step towards recovery.
But there may be bad news too.
US officials, warn Unit 4 is seriously at risk.
Washington says all the water has gone from the
reactor’s spent fuel pool and anyone close to it
faces radiation.
Chinese nationals wait for evacuation at
Executives at the Fukushima nuclear plant have
a different opinion, saying they believe the rods in Narita Airport in Tokyo, Japan, on
that pool are covered with water. But an official 17 March, 2011.
from Japan’s nuclear safety agency later moved
XINHUA
closer to the US position.—Xinhua

Power plant stable, but Constant rain hampers recovery efforts in

may deteriorate
BEIJING, 18 March—A senior advisor to the
IAEA Director General says the situation at Japan’s
quake-crippled nuclear power plant is stable, but it
may deteriorate.
Graham Andrew said, “So, concerning the
current situation, at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
power plant, the situation remains serious, but
there’s been no significant worsening since
yesterday. The current situation at units one, two
and three, whose cores have suffered damage,
appears to be relatively stable.
Seawater is being injected into all three units,
using fire exting-uishing hoses, but the contain-
ment pressures are fluctuating. Unit four, in
particular, remains a major safety concern: no
information is available on the level of water in the
spend fuel pond, no water temperature indication
from the unit four spent fuel pond has been received
since 14th March, when the temperature was 84 Queensland of Australia has severely hampered
degrees Centigrade.”
Xinhua damage the morale of victims and volunteers, the
Australia’s Queensland
A satellite image obtained from the US Naval
Research Laboratory shows Cyclone Yasi
approaching the coast of Australia on 2 Feb,
2011.— XINHUA
BRISBANE, 18 March—Constant rain in north
the recovery efforts after tropical Cyclone Yasi and
head of Queensland’s Flood Recovery Taskforce
said on Friday.
Australian army Major General Mick Slater,
who is in charge of the reconstruction of north
Queensland following major floods and Yasi, said
disaster zones were not being resurrected or attended
to as quickly as first hoped due to bad weather.
“Immediately following the cyclone, the
military, the emergency services and community
volunteers from across the affected region came
together and worked really well,” Slater told
Australia’s national prime TV, Channel Nine’s
Today Show.
“But people are starting to feel fatigued and the
lack of progress because of the continuing rain in
some areas is starting to get people’s spirits down,”
Slater said. He said Prince William’s arrival on the
weekend in north Queensland, as part of his visit to
the disaster affected areas in Australia, will suffice
to reinvigorate the spirits of locals who are still
suffering from the Queensland’s worst disaster.
Xinhua

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Dangerous parasite found Health Tip: Soothe swollen feet

In this Tuesday, on 13 July, 2010 picture, Dr Ulrich
Wernery checks the health of a camel at the
Camelicious farm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Camel milk has at least three times more vitamin C
than a cow’s and is considered an alternative for the
lactose intolerant. Researchers, meanwhile, have
studied possible roles in fighting bacteria, tumours and
diabetes.—INTERNET
in pet kinkajous
ATLANTA, 18 March—The kinkajou, a mammal
native to the South America sometimes kept as a
pet, has been found to harbour a parasite that can be
fatal, US officials warn.
The Centres for Disease Control and
Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report, released Thursday, says three states found
the parasite roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis,
better known as raccoon roundworms in pet
kinkajous, which can cause serious illness or death
in humans.
“If the animal is infected with the roundworm
Baylisascaris procyonis, the infection can be spread
from the animal to humans via feces contaminated
with the eggs of the worm,” the report says.
Internet
during pregnancy
The added pounds of pregnancy can take a toll
on your whole body, but your feet bear the brunt of
that baby weight.
The American Pediatric Medical Association
suggests how to help ease sore, swollen feet during
pregnancy:
* Rest with your feet elevated as often as you
can.
* Don’t cross your legs or ankles.
* When sitting, stretch your feet and legs
often.
* Wear comfortable shoes. Have your feet
measured to make sure you’re wearing the
right size, as pregnancy can make feet
longer and wider.—Internet

NY approves blood test for colon cancer Tiffany Ortiz-Avila, a

nurse with the Good
MADISON, 18 March—A colon cancer actually use, ColoVantage is arguably
Samaritan Mobile
test using a blood specimen has been the first practical testing option to promote
Integrated Healthcare
approved by the New York State meaningful cancer evaluation among this
Clinic, checks Deborah
Department of Health, officials of a large underserved population. It is fitting
Hammond’s vital signs
diagnostics company said. that March, colorectal cancer awareness
on 15 March.
“ColoVantage is a convenient, non- month, marks the date our test met New
Hammond was the first
invasive option for the millions of patients York’s rigorous regulatory criteria.”
patient to be seen in the
50 years of age and older who resist Cohen says US residents are advised
new clinic that will
testing by recommended screening to get a colonoscopy or flexible
connect mental health
methods,” Dr Jon R Cohen, senior vice sigmoidoscopy beginning at age 50; only
patients with primary
president and chief medical officer of about half actually get the invasive
care services.
Quest Diagnostics, says in a statement. screening.
INTERNET
“As a technique that patients may Internet

QuadSport ATVs recalled A boutique worker

arranges a Bulgari
Toys R Us
W ASHINGTON , 18 March—American Suzuki display window in cancels $1.1
Motor Corp is recalling 1,350 QuadSport all-terrain
vehicles due to circuit board failures that could
Shanghai in this billion loan deal
20 November, 2003 file
result in a crash, US regulators said. N EW Y ORK , 18
photo. France’s LVMH
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission March— Privately held
will take over Italy’s
said the circuit board failures cause the engine to toy retailer Toys R Us
Bulgari in a 3.7 billion
stall due to insufficient battery charges. (TOY.UL) has canceled
euros ($5.19 billion) deal
The recall involves 2009 LT-Z400 and LT- a $1.1 billion loan deal
Z400Z QuadSport ATVs. The ATVs were to add lustre to the No 1
that was intended to
distributed in the United States by American Suzuki luxury group’s jewellery
refinance its debt and
Motor Corp of Brea, Calif, Montgomery Motors business and bring it more
exposure to emerging reduce borrowing costs,
Ltd of Honolulu and Suzuki del Caribe Inc of Rio Bloomberg reported on
Piedras, Puerto Rico. markets.—INTERNET
Monday.
They were sold from September 2008 through
Citing five people
last month for about $6,600. Consumers were
advised to stop using the ATVs and call a local
US e-book sales surge in January familiar with the matter,
Suzuki dealer to schedule a free repair.—Internet SAN FRANCISCO, 18 March—Sales down 1.9 percent year-on-year. Bloomberg reported the
of electronic books (e-books) more Among the categories, adult cancellation but did not
than doubled in January in the United hardcover sales totaled 49.1 million say why. Spokespeople
States, according to latest figures dollars in January of this year, a drop for Toys R Us were not
released Thursday by the Association immediately available to
of 11.3 percent from a year earlier,
of American Publishers (AAP). comment. The company
while adult paperback sales fell 19.7
E-book net sales jumped to 69.9 has filed with regulators
percent to 83.6 million dollars,
million US dollars in the first month for an $800 million initial
indicating the difficulties traditional
of 2011, an increase of nearly 116 public offering; the
percent compared with 32.4 million book industry is facing. relationship of the debt
dollars in the year-ago period, the The AAP has 300 members refinancing to the
AAP said in a report. including most of the major US offering was not
A homeless man rests in the doorway of a branch E-book was the category that saw commercial, education and immediately clear.
of a Lloyds Bank in central London, in 2010. the most significant sales growth, the professional publishers as well as Reuters Loan Pricing
Britain’s partly-nationalised Lloyds bank said report showed. smaller and non-profit publishers, Corp reported last week
Thursday that it will axe another 570 jobs in It found that total US books sales university presses and scholarly that committments had
Britain and outsource 450 positions as the lender on all platforms, in all categories, hit societies. been due today on the
continues a major restructuring.—INTERNET nearly 806 million dollars for January, Xinhua deal.—Reuters

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China’s peaceful development opportunity A man gets his face
smeared with coloured
for world powder during holi
L ONDON , 18 March—China’s developed China becomes, the greater its festivities in
peaceful development is win-win to contribution to the world will be.” Allahabad, India, on
others and it’s a blessing and opportunity Liu pointed out as China has become 18 March, 2011. Holi,
to the whole world, Chinese ambassador the world’s largest exporter and the Hindu festival of
to Britain Liu Xiaoming said here manufacturer and has attracted over 700 colours will be
Thursday. The thinking and the direction billion US dollars of foreign investment celebrated across the
of China’s development for the next five over the past decade, and that China’s country on
years can be seen at its 12th Five Year Plan peaceful development is an engine and 20 March .—INTERNET
which boils down into two key terms opportunity for world economic growth.
‘‘scientific development” and “peaceful Taking China’s active involvement HIV transmitted via transplanted organ
development,” Liu said in a speech delivered in UN peacekeeping missions and its A TLANTA , 18 March—Health because it was not required.
at the Royal Institute of International Affairs. efforts to facilitate the Six-Party Talks as officials say they have confirmed a case “This case highlights the need to
“China’s future has never been so examples, Liu said China’s peaceful of human immunodeficiency virus revise national policy on the type and
closely linked to that of the rest of the development has proved to be a strong transmission by a transplanted organ timing of HIV tests used to screen living
world and it’s scientific development force for world peace and stability. from a living US donor. donors,” the report says. “Specifically,
calls for international cooperation and a Liu urged his audience to reject The Centres for Disease Control transplant centers should screen living
peaceful environment,” the ambassador stereotyped thinking, try to hear, to see and Prevention’s Morbidity and donors using the most sensitive test —
said. “China’s peaceful development is and to understand China with an open Mortality Weekly Report, released currently nucleic acid testing — as close
open, cooperative and win-win to mind, and seize opportunities presented Thursday, says the donor tested negative to the time of transplant surgery as
others,” Liu emphasized. “It is a blessing by China’s development. for HIV prior to transplant but the most feasible.”
and opportunity to the world. The more Xinhua sensitive screening test was not used Internet
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logo is
Samsung to face challenges
pictured in this year amid fierce
front of
Publigroupe
competition
SEOUL, 18 March—Samsung Electronics, the
headquarters
world’s largest memory chip maker, will face
in Lausanne challenges this year amid fierce competitions among
on 18 March, rival companies, the South Korean firm’s chief
2011. The full- executive said Friday.
year net profit Choi Gee-sung, vice chairman and chief A pedestrian wearing a face mask looks at a
for 2010 rose executive of Samsung Electronics, said at its annual screen displaying stock prices in Tokyo as she
general meeting of shareholders that 2011 will be passes by, on 18 March , 2011. Japanese shares
to CHF 42.6
a challenging year for electronics companies as jumped 3 percent and the yen tumbled on
millions (US$ intensifying competition continues to put pressure Friday after the Group of Seven (G7) nations
47 millions). on profit margins. agreed on a rare joint intervention to curb the
INTERNET After confirming last year’s record profits, Choi soaring currency and calm markets jittery over
noted that Samsung will continue to aggressively Japan nuclear power plant crisis
Mexico grounds pilots on two enter new business areas, aiming to lay the INTERNET
groundwork for the health and medical equipment
flights for drinking business and become an industry leader in solar Colombia to develop strategy to
MEXICO CITY, 18 March—Mexican authorities
cells. attract more lucrative nautical
Samsung acquired a controlling stake in
suspended the licenses of two pilots, two co-pilots
Medison, the country’s top ultrasonic medical tourism
and a flight attendant on flights operated by Mexican equipment maker in February in a bid to enter into BOGOTA, 18 March—Colombia’s tourism ministry
carrier Aeromexico for being under the influence the healthcare sector. will hold a special forum aimed at attracting an increasing
of alcohol, the Communications and Transportation The company also announced in late February share of the lucrative multi-million dollar nautical tourism
Department said in a statement Thursday. that it will establish a joint biomedical venture with industry in Latin America, organizers said Thursday.
The department said three crew members on an US drugmaker Quintiles. The forum will start Friday in the northern Colombian
Meanwhile, Samsung confirmed its record 2010 tourism town of Santa Marta, said Gregorio Mendez,
Aeromexico flight that arrived Wednesday at the
profits at the meeting. Consolidated revenue for manager of the tourism consultancy firm GMM.
Mexico City Airport from the Pacific coast resort of Mendez will present a special study developed on the
2010 reached an all-time high of 154.63 trillion
Puerto Vallarta had been found to have consumed won (136.9 billion US dollars), up 13 percent from potential of targeting this class of high-income luxury
alcohol. the previous year.—Xinhua tourism. This will open up for a kind of tourism that is
And the department said that an Aeromexico very sustainable, offers tourists more options and
flight from San Jose, Costa Rica to Mexico City was which represents something that will translate into
markets with a higher revenue power, said Mendez.
canceled on Saturday after Costa Rican authorities
Both public and private entities will be participating
determined the pilot and co-pilot had been drinking. in the debate of nautical (aquatic) tourism, including
The licenses of all the crew members were special participation by industries that include mega
suspended, and the department opened an yacht clubs, sailing ships, boats and cruise ships to
investigation in which the licenses could be ensure that Colombia’s northern Caribbean coast will
permanently canceled. be increasingly included in maritime routes from the
It also opened a civil investigation of the carrier tropical islands in the Caribbean, Central and South
America.
to determine whether it fulfilled its responsibilities
An estimated 2 million sports and tourism
to ensure the safe operations of its flights. embarkations are registered each year in the Caribbean
No one answered calls for comment at The Brooks mountain range spreads out to the Sea and investments in this industry are worth more
Aeromexico, Mexico’s largest carrier. horizon in northern Alaska on 17 March, 2011. than one billion US dollars, local tourism authorities
Internet INTERNET said.—Xinhua

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 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 19 March, 2011 7

Hsadaw Bridge commissioned into service

in Mongkai Township

Commander
Brig-Gen
Mya Tun Oo
and officials
walking
along
Hsadaw
Bridge.
MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 18 March—A ceremony to Project Special Group (9) of Public Works under
commission Hsadaw Bridge across Hsadaw Creek the Ministry of Construction.
Donor U Myint Thein and family, who cast the
on Panketu-Hsipaw Road in Mongkai Township The 360 feet long facility has 24 feet wide
Maha Muni Buddha Image.
was held at the bridge on 16 March. motor way and three feet wide pedestrian way on
Commander of Central-East Command Brig- either side. The bridge can withstand 60-ton loads. (News on page 1)—MNA
Gen Mya Tun Oo and officials formally opened the The newly opened bridge is the 262th facility
bridge and sprinkled scented water on the stone of its kind in the nation. The facility will create
Cash and books donated to
plaque. better transport between southern and northern Myanmar Libraries Foundation
The bridge was built by Bridge Construction areas of Shan State.—MNA Y ANGON , 18 March—Myanmar Libraries
Foundation is contributing to improvement of
knowledge of the people and providing assistance
for development of self-reliant libraries.
Chairman of the foundation U Maung Maung
and Vice-Chairman U Nyunt Swe today accepted
various subjects of 3000 books in English worth K
9 million donated by Dr Thant Thaw Kaung and
wife of Myanmar Book Aid and Preservation
Foundation; K 100,000 by actor Academy Khant
Sithu; 9000 copies of 7Days and Internet journals
worth K 180,000 by Inforithum Maze Co Ltd; 1500
copies of Economic Journal worth K 150,000 by
Myanmar Trademark; 1700 copies of novel worth
K 340,000 by U Min Thura (Barani Sarpay); 335
books worth K 100,000 by SS Khin Maung Aye
and 100 copies of magazine worth K 50,000 by
Daw Than Than (Sabei Oo Family).
Certificates of honour were presented to the
The newly-opened Hsadaw Bridge.—MNA wellwishers. Those wishing to donate book and
cash to the foundation may contact Myanmar
UMFCCI Officials meets foreign guests Workshop on Private- Libraries Foundation at 228 on Theinbyu Street in
Public Dialogue towards Botahtaung Township, Tel: 01-271342, 01-201936
Strategies and Actions to an 01-398756.—MNA
YANGON, 18 March — challenges and barriers party and a 15-member develop the Edible Oil
A
delegation
three-member
led by
which are likely to be
occurred alongside the
delegation led
Director-General Mr. Yu
by Crop Sector in Myanmar BSC, MBA hold 126 meeting th
by FAO, technological
Economist Mr. Athene establishment of ASEAN Young of Ministry of transfer for production of N AY P YI T AW , 18 banking matters.
Church of Mekong Economic Community in Economic and agricultural produce and March—The Banks Executive committee
Economic Department of 2015, difficulties for Commerce of Anhui invitation to the capacity Supervisory Committee members of MBA and
Vietnam-based ASEAN service industries which Province of the People’s building courses. of the Ministry of Finance officials participated in the
Secretariat called on are pivotal to free trade, Republic of China at the In meeting with and Revenue and discussions. Managing
Vice-Presidents of the cooperation in realization same venue separately. Chinese delegation, they Myanmar Banks directors of State-owned
Union of Myanmar of same standards in held frank discussions on Association held the 126 banks, chairmen and
th
In meeting with FAO
Federation of Chambers ASEAN member nations officials, they held successful holding of meeting at the ministry, managing directors of
of Commerce and and foreign investments comprehensive business meet between here, this morning. private-run banks
Industry and Joint- in Myanmar. discussions on FAO Myanmar and Chinese Deputy Minister for reported on their
General –Secretary and Next, UMFCCI assistances for entrepreneurs, prospects Finance and Revenue U undertakings.
party at the office of the officials received Project development of for investments in Hla Thein Swe made a The meeting ended
federation here on 14 Technical Advisor Mr. agriculture sector in agriculture and speech. with concluding
March. Leon Gouws of FAO Myanmar, cooperation manufacturing sectors in Governor U Than remarks by the deputy
They discussed Resident Representative with private sector in Myanmar. Nyein of Central Bank minister.
matters related to Office in Myanmar and holding International MNA of Myanmar discussed MNA

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Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing put
religious objects into the pinnacle of
Maha Muni Buddha Image.
MNA

verse, Paççayuddesa of cepts. Members of the alms to Chairman

Pathana and Achievement Sangha recited Metta, Sayadaw Abhidhaja
Gatha that started Jayanto Pubbannha Suttas and Maha Rattha Guru
SPDC Bodhiyamule. other Pali verses. Abhidhaja Agga Maha
In the third Head of State Saddhammajotika Dr
session of the ceremony, Senior General Than Bhaddanta Kumarabhi-
Senior General Than nacle.
the Chairman Sayadaw
administered the Nine Pre-
Shwe and wife Daw
Kyaing Kyaing offered
vamsa.
(See page 9)
Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Next, the golden
robe was offered to Maha
Kyaing… Muni Buddha Image.
The consecration
(from page 1) objects, Maj-Gen Than ceremony followed in the
Wellwisher of the Htay of the Ministry of De- second session of the cer-
image Head of State Sen- fence jewellery, Chairman emony.
ior General Than Shwe U Tint Hsan of ACE Con- In line with the
and wife Daw Kyaing struction Co the pinnacle Udana verse in Pali lan-
Kyaing offered religious of jewelled headdress, and guage, the Chairman
objects to be put into the engineers the jewelled Sayadaw and member
pinnacle of Maha Muni headdress and golden robes Sayadaws consecrated the
Buddha Image, jewellery, atop the Buddha image. Buddha Image by recit-

Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing present
offertories to SSMNC Chairman Sayadaw Dr Bhaddanta
Kumarabhivamsa.—MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San present
offertories to Sasana Nugaha Monastery Sayadaw Bhaddanta
Khemindasami.—MNA
the pinnacle of jewelled Senior General ing Anekajati Samsaram
headdress, the jewelled Than Shwe and wife Daw verse, Patiçça Samuppada
headdress and golden Kyaing Kyaing put reli- Anuloma Desana, first
robes dedicating to the gious objects into the im- paragraph of Yadahave
Lord Buddha to the Chair- age at the auspicious time. verse, Patiçça Samuppada
man Sayadaw. After keeping Patiloma Desana, second
Commander of jewellery into the pinnacle, paragraph of Yadahave
Nay Pyi Taw Command the Buddha image was verse, Patiçça Samuppada SPDC Member Thura U Shwe Mann and wife Daw Khin Lay Thet
Brig-Gen Maung Maung decorated with the jew- Anuloma Desana, third offer provisions to a Sayadaw.— MNA
Aye conveyed religious elled headdress and its pin- paragraph of Yadahave

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 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 19 March, 2011 9

The Chairman and member Sayadaws of State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee consecrete
Maha Muni Buddha Image.
MNA

Jewelled headdress and its pinnacle being

decorated at Maha Muni Buddha Image.
MNA

Senior General Than Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing…

(from page 8) Secretary Sayadaw Pre- Pandita Agga Maha
Vice-Senior siding Nayaka of Sasana Saddhamma Joti-
General Maung Aye and Nuggaha Monastery at kadhaja Bhaddanta
wife Daw Mya Mya San Chaukhtetgyi Phayagyi Khemindasami.
donated provisions to Monastery Agga Maha (See page 10)

Prime Minister U Thein Sein and wife Daw Khin Khin Win donate
offertories to a Sayadaw.—MNA

Secretary-1 of SPDC Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife

Daw Khin Saw Hnin donate offertories to a Sayadaw.—MNA

Nay Pyi Taw Mayor U Thein Nyunt presenting gifts to General Min Aung Hlaing of Ministry of Defence and wife Daw Kyu
senior architects and technicians. —MNA Kyu Hla donate offertories to a Sayadaw. —MNA

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 10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 19 March, 2011

Com- Com-
mander- mander-
in-Chief in-Chief
(Navy)
(Air) Lt-
Vice-
Admiral Gen Myat
Nyan Hein and
Tun and wife
wife present
donate
offertories
offertories
to a
to a
Sayadaw. Sayadaw.
MNA MNA

Commander-in-Chief Nay Pyi Taw Mayor U the Senior General and in the precinct of
Senior General Than Shwe, (Navy) Vice-Admiral Thein Nyunt presented wife made three-time Datusaya Datpaungsu
Nyan Tun and wife, and gifts to architects and recitation of Buddha Pagoda on Zabu
wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing… Commander-in-Chief technicians. Architect Sasanam Çiram Kyetthayay Road in
(from page 9) Aung Myint Oo and (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Chairman of ACE Con- Titthatu at the Bawgathiri Ward,
SPDC member wife Daw Khin Saw Hein and wife struction Company U conclusion of the Zabuthiri Township,
Thura U Shwe Mann Hnin donated presented alms to the Tint Hsan read the ceremony. Nay Pyi Taw District is
and wife Daw Khin offertories to the Sayadaws. paper on entrusting the After that, the Sen- 12 feet and five inches
Lay Thet, Prime Sayadaws. ` Minister for renovated Maha Muni ior General and wife high.
Minister U Thein Sein General Min Aung Progress of Border Buddha Image to performed the rituals of Wellwisher techni-
and wife Daw Khin Hlaing of the Ministry Areas and National wellwishers. golden and silver cian U Myint Thein and
Khin Win, Secretary-1 of Defence and wife Races and The SSMNC showers to mark the wife Daw Sein Sein
Thiha Thura U Tin Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, Development Affairs Chairman Bhamo successful completion Thein of 42nd street in
Sayadaw delivered a of the ceremony. Shanpwe Ward in
sermon, and the Senior General Mandalay cast the
congregation led by Than Shwe and wife Buddha Image and
Senior General Than Daw Kyaing Kyaing donated it to the State.
Shwe and wife Daw offered meals to Casting the image
Kyaing Kyaing shared members of the started on 9-9-2007
merits gained. Sangha. and it was completed
The Sayadaws, and Maha Muni Bud- on 9-9-2009.
the congregation led by dha Image being kept The Buddha Image
was conveyed to Nay
Pyi Taw on 13 January
Chairman U Tint Hsan of ACE Construction
2011 after keeping it at
Co., reading paper on entrusting renovated the embrace of Maha
Maha Muni Buddha Image to wellwishers. Muni Buddha Image of
Mandalay for seven
MNA
days.—MNA

Commander attends opening of Myanmar WHO Resident Representative calls on Health Minister
Football Academy Building NAY PYI TAW, 18 March—Resident
Representative of World Health Or-
They discussed achievements of
tasks being jointly undertaken by the
N AY P YI T AW , 18 Myanmar Football mayor, the FIFA ganization Dr HSB Tennakoon called Ministry of Health and the WHO and
March—Chairman of Federation and Federation President and the MFF on Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint cooperation in realizing the Millen-
Mandalay Region Peace International Football President formally at the Ministry here, this noon. nium Development Goals of the United
and Development Coun- Associations at Sports and opened the academy. Also present at the call were Nations, and plan for making
cil Commander of Physical Education The Commander and the Deputy Ministers Dr Mya Oo and Dr collaborative efforts in carrying out
Central Command Brig- Institute in Chanmyathazi FIFA President unveiled Paing Soe and directors-general of health development tasks.
Gen Ye Aung on 13 Township, Mandalay on the bronze plaque of the departments. MNA
March met servicemen 15 March. academy.
and their families at the Also present on the The Commander and
hall of local battalion in occasion were Chairman personnel viewed train-
Magway station and pre- of Mandalay City De- ing session and progress
sented cash assistance to velopment Committee of the football pitch. The
them. Mayor U Phone Zaw MFF President, at the
On 14 March, the Han, senior military of- meeting hall of the
Commander went to De- ficers, FIFA President academy, explained
fence Services Hospital Mr Joseph S. Blatter, progress of football sport
of the local station and MFF President U Zaw in Myanmar and the
provided patients with Zaw and members, FIFA President his visit
cash assistance. departmental personnel, to Myanmar.
The Commander officials of Sports and The Commander, the
attended the opening of Physical Education mayor and the FIFA
Myanmar Football Institute (Mandalay), President exchanged
Academy Building guests and locals. gifts and posed for docu- Health Minister Dr Kyaw Myint receives WHO Resident Representative
jointly founded by The Commander, the mentary photos.—MNA Dr HSB Tennakoon.—MNA

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Chocolate seen as ancient trade Toshiba LCD plant out,

offering Lenovo frets about supplies
T OKYO , 18 March—Toshiba Corp said an
PHILADELPHIA, 18 March—Chocolate may have been a driving factor in assembly line in Japan making small liquid crystal
extensive trade between ancient northern and southern societies in the Americas, displays would be closed for a month, and PC
US researchers say. maker Lenovo Group Ltd voiced worries over
Scientists say Pueblo people living in what’s now the US Southwest drank a parts, highlighting the threat to global supply chains
A Chinese staff member
cacao-based beverage that was probably imported from Mesoamerican cultures from Japan’s devastating earthquake.
of UnionPay
in southern Mexico or Central America, ScienceNews.org reported Thursday.
demonstrates the receipt Hitachi Ltd also said production of small LCDs
Pueblo groups and subsequent Southwest societies traded turquoise for
and rubles withdrawn will be halted at its factory near Tokyo for a month
Mesoamerican cacao for about five centuries, from around 900 to 1400,
from Gazprombank’s as it deals with damage and power outages stemming
archaeologist Dorothy Washburn of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
ATM by using a from last week’s 9.0 magnitude earthquake.
theorizes. A chemical analysis of Pueblo vessels suggests large numbers of people
UnionPay card, during a The closures are the latest in a series of plant
throughout Pueblo society consumed cacao, from low-ranking farmers to elite
launching ceremony in shutdowns by Japanese companies following the
Moscow, capital of
residents of a multistorey pueblo, she said.
“Since cacao was consumed by both Pueblo elites and non-elites, active earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear fallout
Russia, on 17 March, threat, which threaten supplies of everything from
2011.—XINHUA trading for cacao must have occurred with Mesoamerican states,” Washburn said.
Evidence of cacao drinking by Pueblo people surprised many archaeologists who semiconductors to car parts to manufacturers across
Home prices have long assumed that cultures of the Southwest and Mesoamerica had minimal the globe.
Any lengthy disruptions to regional production
contact.—Internet
in China The Twitter homepage.
networks could spill over into global supply chains,
potentially putting a dent in corporate profits and
continued to Social networking
fanatics deluged by
economic growth more broadly — worries over
which have been reflected in falls in global share
rise in updates and posts are prices.
turning to services that Toshiba’s assembly line at a plant near Tokyo
February promise more intimate making LCDs for smartphones and other devices
BEIJING, 18 March— communities will be closed to repair sensitive equipment knocked
Home prices in most increasingly tied to real out of alignment by the quake, a Toshiba
major Chinese cities world activities. spokeswoman said on Thursday.
continued to rise month INTERNET Reuters
on month in February
despite government Injured camel euthanized A staff worker carries a
bag of salt in Taiyuan,
efforts to cool the property
market, according to the
at Miami zoo capital of north China’s
Shanxi Province, on 17
National Bureau of MIAMI, 18 March—Officials at Zoo Miami say March, 2011. China
Statistics (NBS) Friday. a camel was euthanized after being injured in an National Salt Industry
Month-on-month incident involving an escaped Indian Guar, a type Corp (CNSIC) on
price declines of new of wild cattle. The elderly female dromedary camel Thursday said China has
commercial homes were was euthanized Wednesday because of pre-existing rich salt reserves to meet
reported only in eight conditions that were made worse when she panicked people’s demand and
cities out of the NBS’ and fell after the escaped Guar jumped into the consumers need not panic
statistical pool of 70 camel exhibit last week, WFOR-TV, Miami, to hoard salt.—XINHUA
major Chinese cities, reported.
prices stood unchanged
in six cities, while 56
The 14-year-old camel was able to stand up
after the fall, but it became apparent there was
Child, teen heart screening
other cities posted
monthly price gains.
severe muscular and joint damage that became
worse during the last few days, zoo spokesman
may cut deaths
As for resold housing Ron Magill said. In its final 24 hours the animal was P HILADELPHIA , 18 March—US adding the ECG to the history and
units, home prices completely unable to remain on its feet, he said. researchers found in a pilot study physical increases the likelihood of
continued to increase in The camel had already been under treatment screening detects potentially serious detecting children at risk for sudden
50 major cities in for leg and joint problems associated with advanced heart conditions in healthy children cardiac arrest.
February from January, age, zoo workers said. that can result in sudden cardiac The researchers evaluated 400
only four cities reported The escaped Guar was out of its exhibit for arrest. healthy subjects ages 5-19 who
second-hand home price about a half hour but never ventured into any Study leader Dr Victoria L were screened using a medical
declines month on month public areas. Zoo officials said a compromised area Vetter, a pediatric cardiologist at family history questionnaire, a
in February, according in the rear moat of the Guar exhibit allowed the The Children’s Hospital of physical examination, an ECG and
to data released by the animal to breach the barrier. an echocardiogram. The study,
Philadelphia, said the preliminary
NBS on its website. Modifications were being made to prevent published in the American Heart
On a year-on-year results suggest a relatively low-cost
similar incidents, they said.—Internet Journal, identified previously
basis, prices of new screening — a 10-minute
Staff workers undiagnosed cardiac abnormalities
homes rose in 68 out of electrocardiogram — might help
put Shuanghui in 23 subjects, and hypertension in
the 70 major Chinese identify children who are at risk for
meat products an additional 20, with 10 of the 400
cities. sudden cardiac arrest.
off the shelf subjects with serious cardiac
In the national capital “In the United States, the current
after receiving conditions not detected by primary
Beijing where the American Heart Association
a sale care physicians.
municipal government guidelines recommend screening
raised the down payment “Using ECG outperformed the
suspension only competitive athletes, not all
requirement and banned history and physical examination
notice at a children, using history and physical
third-home purchases, and found previously unidentified
supermarket in examination alone,” Vetter said in a potentially serious abnormalities
new home prices rose 0.4
Shanghai, east statement. that would not have been identified
percent in February from
January, and 6.8 percent China, on 16 In Italy and Japan, which have by history and physical examination
year on year. March, 2011. compulsory screening of all athletes alone,” the study authors said.
Xinhua XINHUA or schoolchildren, researchers found Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICE

MV HANSEDUO VOY NO (006)
Consignees of cargo carried on MV HANSEDUO
VOY NO (006) are hereby notified that the vessel
will be arriving on 20.3.2011 and cargo will be
discharged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lie
at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to
the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.
Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8
am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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 REGIONAL CONTAINER
LINES
Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICE

MV XIANG DA VOY NO (1110)
Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG DA
All 228 people
VOY NO (1110) are hereby notified that the vessel
onboard were killed will be arriving on 20.3.2011 and cargo will be
when the Air France discharged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will
plane crashed in lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to
2009.— INTERNET the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.
Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8
CLAIMS DAY NOTICE am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day
MV SANG THAI QUARTZ VOY NO (05) now declared as the third day after final discharge of
Consignees of cargo carried on MV SANG THAI cargo from the Vessel.
No claims against this vessel will be admitted
QUARTZ VOY NO (05) are hereby notified that the
after the Claims Day.
vessel will be arriving on 19.3.2011 and cargo will be
discharged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT
lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY
the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon. AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING
Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 (MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDN BHD
am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day Phone No: 256908/378316/376797
now declared as the third day after final discharge of
cargo from the Vessel. Airbus faces manslaughter CLAIMS DAY NOTICE
No claims against this vessel will be admitted MV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (377)
after the Claims Day. charges over Rio crash Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA
PARIS, 18 March — A for sure what happened TAMPAN VOY NO (377) are hereby notified that the
SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT vessel will be arriving on 19.3.2011 and cargo will be
French judge has filed as the so-called “black
MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY discharged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will
preliminary manslaugh- boxes”, which monitored
AGENT FOR: SANG THAI SHIPPING CO LTD lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to
ter charges against Euro- events during the flight,
Phone No: 256924/256914 the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.
pean aircraft maker Air- have not been recovered.
Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8
US inflation rate hits 0.5% bus over a crash in 2009. Next week, a fourth at-
am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day
All of the 228 people tempt to find the voice
in February onboard were killed and data recorders will get
now declared as the third day after final discharge of
cargo from the Vessel.
NEW YORK, 18 March nual 2.1%, up from 1.6% when an Air France flight underway. The search in- No claims against this vessel will be admitted
—US prices rose 0.5% in in the year to January, the from Rio de Janeiro to volves dives to depths of after the Claims Day.
February compared with Labour Department said. Paris came down in the up to 4,000 metres
SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT
the previous month, as Food price inflation Atlantic Ocean on 1 June (13,120 feet) to examine
MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY
food and fuel prices con- was a key driver of the in- that year. The prelimi- the ocean floor between AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINER
tinued to exert pressure crease. Food costs went nary charges pave the Brazil and West Africa. LINES
on the economy. up by 0.6% month-on- way for further investiga- Internet Phone No: 256908/378316/376797
The change, higher month, the most in two- tion.
than the 0.4% seen in and-a-half years. Petrol The cause of the ac- Cumberland sausage wins protection
January, was the fastest prices rose even faster, up cident is not known,
LONDON, 18 March — the product.
monthly rate of increase 4.7%. But apart from though sensors on the
Cumberland sausage- The decision puts the
in nearly two years. those two categories, aircraft sent faulty speed
makers are enjoying the sausages on a par with
The core rate of infla- price rises were more readings to pilots. Airbus
champagne moment of champagne, sherry, and
tion, which strips out food muted. —Internet says no one can know
their product being pro- Parma ham as edible
and energy costs, rose by
tected from geographi- products that must come
0.2% — the same as in The Cumberland
cally inaccurate imita- from specific geographi-
January. Consumer Price sausage joins Stilton
tions. However good cal areas after winning
Index inflation hit an an- cheese and Cornish
other sausages may taste, protection under Euro-
The CPI measure is if they’re not from Cum- pean law. Foods from the clotted cream in win-
closely watched by the bria they can no longer be UK which have already ning European protec-
Federal Reserve as a described as Cumberland been granted Protected tion .— INTERNET
measure of price sausages, Food minister Geographical Indication cream and Melton
momentum. Jim Paice has ruled, de- status include Stilton Mowbray pork pies.
INTERNET spite the German origin of cheese, Cornish clotted Internet

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Huge lobster saved from An Airbus A330 is seen

being pulled by
participators at Hong Kong
the pot International Airport in
south China’s Hong Kong,
One of the biggest on 17 March, 2011. The
and oldest lobsters ever “Aircraft Pull” event is one
caught in Britain has of a series of celebration
been saved from the pot events to celebrate the 100th
and will live out the rest Anniversary of Aviation
Development in Hong
of its long life in an
Kong.
aquarium.
The massive
crustacean measures
Californian sea lion star Miller dies at 30 Actress Nubia Esteban
The Aquarium of the the Long Beach-based animal encounters. The wears a chocolate outfit
close to one metre (3
Pacific in Southern aquarium for health and star’s 29th birthday in July inside a chocolate cage
feet) in length and
weighs more than 4 kg California announced safety reasons last year. 2009 was reported live at the 16th Salon du
(9 lb). Wednesday that Miller, Born in the wild in by a local television news Chocolat in Paris. She
“He’s a fantastic one of its most famous sea 1981, Miller was rescued crew during a special was dressed by Bailey’s
specimen and by his lion performers, has died. from a beach in San Diego presentation. and Carole Dichampt.
size alone he has got to the coast of West Sussex. He was 30 years old. by a marine rehabilitation
be at least 50 years old,” Lobsters are among Miller died of natural facility. Deemed not to be Woman arrested for DUI
causes, the aquarium said. a candidate for release
said Lindsay Holloway
of the Blue Reef
the planet’s oldest
inhabitants with fossil In the wild, sea lions often back into the ocean, the scolding police for parking
aquarium in live to between 15 and 17 animal was then adopted A US woman was arrested for drunken driving
remains found dating
Portsmouth, where the years, while those living and trained for a career as in Westminster, Colorado, after she drove up to a
back more than 100
lobster now lives. in captivity can reach up a performing sea lion at suspected DUI traffic collision and complained to
million years. They are
“He is an amazing Southern California officers about how they parked their patrol cars,
also extremely long- to 30 years in age.
creature and it’s quite amusement parks. media reported on Thursday. The crash happened
lived with some reaching He was the fifth oldest
an achievement to have At 18 years of age, Sunday at the intersection of West 99th and 100th
ages of over 80 years. male sea lion in any
reached such an Miller came to Aquarium avenues in Westminster. Katherine Morse, 48,
The aquarium said zoological institution and
impressive age,” he of the Pacific in decided to pull up and stop at about 5:15 pm while
added. The lobster was the heaviest recorded had “retired” last year to a September 1998 as an officers were investigating a DUI-related crash.
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Fall in audience to see “American Pie” actor

Spanish films enters treatment
MADRID, 18 March—The year 2010 saw a sharp
decline in the number of spectators going to see films BEIJING, 18 Macrh— much fun and loved the
in Spain’s cinemas, according to figures published “American Pie” actor character, [but] I don’t
this week. The Spanish Ministry of Culture made Seann William has want to be known as that
public figures that Spanish films brought in earnings entered treatment for character forever. Now
of 80,277,621 euros (112,600,000 US dollars) and “health and personal I’m realizing that I
had 12,928,363 viewers in cinemas in 2010 in
issues,” according to his probably will be known
comparison with earnings of 104, 367,061
(146,500,000 dollars) in 2009, when 17,480,282 rep’s statement released
people went to see a Spanish film in the cinema. Wednesday.
A modal presents a A girl holds the wax
The figures are better than expected. It had been figure of Justin Bieber The actor’s rep told
creation during the
predicted that the earnings for the year would be at the Madame People magazine in the
Lakme Fashion closer to 69 million euros, but there was still a loss of
Tussauds New York, statement: “Seann Will-
Week Summer/ over 4 million spectators in 2010. Video piracy and
the United States, on iam Scott has voluntarily
Resort 2011 in the increased popularity of seeing films on the internet
15 March, 2011. admitted himself for
Mumbai, India, on are two factors for the decline in cinema audiences.
The former president of the Spanish Film Academy, XINHUA proactive treatment to
15 March, 2011.
Alex de la Iglesia, recognised that factor in his speech address health and
XINHUA personal issues. He
in the prestigious Goya Awards last month.—Xinhua
appreciates the support
Crossover music from Scottish folk singer of his many fans at this
time.”
BEIJING, 18 March—One of Scotland’s most famous folk singers, Katie Targett-
No futher details
Adams, teams up with Irish band Seeley for a night of traditional Scottish tunes and
were available. Actor Seann William.
pop songs in Beijing.
Targett-Adams, 32, one of Scotland’s leading Celtic harpists with six albums to Seann William is best
her name, has developed her own blend of crossover music, performing a variety known for his breakout as that character for-
of styles from pop to jazz, and from traditional Scottish melodies to classical pieces. role in the “American ever.”
She performed in China four years ago and is keen to popularize the Celtic harp, Pie” franchise, but he Scott was most
which she has playing since she was a child. admitted some reluctance recently seen in the 2010
The singer-songwriter mixes traditional Scottish folk music with contemporary about rejoining the Kevin Smith buddy
pieces and sings in both English and Chinese. She played at the launch of Harry potential fourth movie of comedy “Cop Out,”
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The band, Seeley, which has eight young its kind. starring Bruce Willis and
musicians from Ireland, play Uilleann pipes, Irish flute, percussion, and Anglo “I did three of Tracy Morgan.
concertinas, among other instruments.—Xinhua Targett-Adams them,” he said. “I had so Xinhua

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 14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 19 March, 2011
Wenger confirms shock Lehmann return
LONDON, 18 March – Arsenal manager
Arsene Wenger confirmed on Thursday
that goalkeeper Jens Lehmann is set to
re-join the club until the end of the sea-
son. Lehmann, 41, has been a free agent
since retiring in 2010 after two years with
German club Stuttgart. Manuel Almunia
is currently Arsenal’s only fit senior goal-
keeper because of injuries to Wojciech
Szczesny, Lukasz Fabianski and Vito
Mannone. “Lehmann is training with us
and will sign for the rest of the season,”
said Wenger. “We have no cover in the
Premier League, so that is why I decided
to bring Jens back. He has not signed,
but a contract has been agreed.”
Lehmann made 199 appearances for
Arsenal between 2003 and 2008. The
former Germany international won the
Premier League title in 2004, as well as
the FA Cup in 2005, but left the club in
2008 after losing his place to Almunia.
Should he sign in time, Lehmann could
be named in Arsenal’s squad for the Pre-
mier League trip to West Bromwich
Albion on Saturday. Arsenal trail lead-
ers Manchester United by three points
in the Premier League title race, but
have a game in hand.— Internet
Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann
Rebels Evra and Ribery get France recalls
PARIS, 18 March — Two of France’s
World Cup rebels Patrice Evra and
Franck Ribery were called up for inter-
national duty on Thursday for the first
time since a troubled 2010 World Cup
saw them hit with sanctions.Coach
Laurent Blanc named former captain
Evra and Bayern Munich winger
Ribery in the 23-man squad to face Lux-
embourg away in a Euro 2012 Two of France’s World Cup rebels
qualifier on March 25 and a friendly Patrice Evra and Franck Ribery,
with Croatia in Paris four days later. were called up for international duty
Highly-rated left-back Evra has for the first time since a troubled 2010
now served a five-match ban for his World Cup saw them hit with sanctions.
leading role in a World Cup training INTERNET
ground strike. Senior squad member while Manchester United left-back Evra
Ribery picked up a three-match ban for had been in competition for a starting
his role in the strike, but his absence place with Barcelona’s Eric Abidal,
was prolonged by injury. Blanc had de- who was due to undergo surgery on a
scribed Ribery as “indispensable”, liver tumour on Thursday.— Internet

Abidal surgery completed 2011 African Champions League

‘without incident’
France defender
Eric Abidal
MADRID, 18 March —
Barcelona’s French de-
fender Eric Abidal under-
went surgery “without in-
cident” on Thursday to
remove a liver tumour,
the defending Spanish
champions said.
Doctors at Barcelo-
na’s Hospital Clinic
managed to remove the
entire tumour during the
operation, which lasted
around three hours, it said
in a statement posted on
its website.
“Depending on how
he evolves, the player
may be discharged from
hospital in approximately
one week. In accordance
with the specific wishes of
the player, the club
demands the maximum
respect for his privacy at
this moment,” it said.
The tumour was re-
moved by laparoscopy,
an increasingly popular
type of surgery in which
doctors make a few small
incisions, compared with
traditional surgery, in
which they make one
long cut to enter the body.
Internet
Unbeaten Lucian Bute
Casey takes the early lead
S P O R T S
Unbeaten Bute defends title
against Ulsterman
MONTREAL, 18 March —
Unbeaten Lucian Bute will
make the seventh defence
of his International Boxing
Federation super middle-
weight crown against Brian
Magee of Northern Ireland
on Saturday in a show-
down of southpaw stars.
Bute, a Romanian-born
fighter based in Montreal,
i s
27-0 with 22 knockouts
and has stopped foes inside
the distance in sixs of his
past seven starts dating to
his 2007 title-claiming vic-
tory over Colombia’s
Alejandro Berrio.
It will be only the sec-
ond time in his career that
Bute, 31, has walked into
the ring against a fellow left-
hander and the first time
since 2007, but the home-
town idol is not worried.
“We had left-handed spar-
ring partners and watched
a lot of video on Magee,”
Bute said. “He’s
experienced. He is very
aggressive and he can
punch. I can’t underestimate
him. I’m ready for a long,
tough fight.”
Magee, 34-3 with one
drawn and 24 knockouts,
is the former European
champion in the weight
class. The 35-year-old
Ulsterman is on a 10-fight
unbeaten run and has not
lost since being stopped by
Britain’s Carl Froch in
2006.— Internet
kicks off this weekend
JOHANNESBURG,18
March — Title holders TP
Mazembe are weary and
record six-time winners
Al-Ahly are rusty ahead
of 2011 African Champi-
ons League debuts this
weekend. Mazembe from
A TP Mazembe fan cheers
for his team during the
2010 FIFA Club World
Cup final in the Emirati
capital Abu Dhabi, last
December. Mazembe
from the Democratic Re-
public of Congo host
Simba of Tanzania as
2011 African Champions
League debuts this
weekend.— INTERNET
the Democratic Republic
of Congo host Simba of
Tanzania as the second
qualifying round begins
and Ahly of Egypt have
home advantage over
SuperSport United of
South Africa.
There are 10 other
former winners in action
and only two come into
direct contact with the
clash between Club
Africain of Tunisia and
Zamalek of Egypt the
major attraction of a 15-
fixture schedule. Since
crushing Esperance of
Tunisia 6-1 over two legs
last November to become
the first club to twice suc-
cessfully defend the title,
Mazembe have finished
runners-up behind Inter
Milan in the FIFA Club
World Cup.— Internet

Survival in Tampa Wozniacki, Sharapova reach semis at Indian Wells

battle looms for
ex-German
champions
BERLIN, 18 March —
Former champions VfL
Wolfsburg, Borussia
Moenchengladbach,
VfB Stuttgart and
Werder Bremen are all
playing for their
Bundesliga survival this
weekend, with relegation
looming.
Just six points sepa-
rate Bremen, 12th in the
league from bottom side
‘Gladbach with eight
games left until the last
day of the season on 14
May .— Internet
P ALM H ARBOR , 18
March — Paul Casey
changed his schedule
leading up the Masters,
and it’s starting to look
like a good move.
Once the fog lifted,
Casey played bogey-
free on the tough
Copperhead course at
Innisbrook on Thursday
for a 7-under 64 to take
the lead among the early
starters at the Transitions
Championship.
“The state of my game
is going in the right di-
rection,” Casey said.
Casey made back-to-
back birdies late in his
round to surge past Nick
Watney, who is coming
off the biggest win of his
career last week in the
World Golf Champion-
ship at Doral.
Watney had seven
birdies in 12 holes before
missing a few greens to-
ward the end of his round
and settling for a 66.
Internet
INDIAN WELLS, 18 March
— Top seed Caroline
Wozniacki, whose oppo-
nent pulled out with a
painful injury, eased into
the Indian Wells semi-
finals where she was
joined by Maria
Sharapova. Wozniacki, of
Denmark, was ahead 3-0
when Victoria Azarenka
packed it in after taking a
lengthy medical timeout to
receive treatment for an
injury to the left side of her
hip.
The eighth seed
Azarenka suffered the set-
back just 10 minutes into
the match on the second
point of the third game
while stretching to try and
return a shot. World
Nick Watney tees off on
the 12th hole during the
first round of the Tran-
sitions Championship
golf tournament on 17
March, 2011, in Palm
Harbor, Fla.
INTERNET
number one Wozniacki,
who is good friends with
Azarenka, said she was
sorry to have to win that
way.
Sharapova won her
quarter-final despite com-
mitting 13 double faults
and winning just 27 per-
cent of her second-serve
points.
Neither player could
hold serve at the start of
the deciding set but then
Sharapova found a spark
in the sixth game to hold
serve for the first time in
the set and level the score
at 3-3. Sharapova also
won the next three games
to take the match.
Internet

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 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 19 March, 2011
Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas
WEATHER
Friday, 18th March, 2011
Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.
During the past 24 hours, rain or thoundershowers have been
widespread in Kayin and Mon States, fairly widespread in Bago
and Yangon Regions, sacttered in Ayeyawydy and Taninthayi
Regions, isolated in Shan, Rakhine and Kayah States, weather
has been partly cloudy over the remaining Regions and States
with isolated heavy falls in Kayin and Mon States. Day
temperatures were (15°C) to (20°C) below March average
temperatures in Eastern Shan and Kayin States, (10°C) to (15°C)
below March average temperature in Bago, Yangon, Ayeyawady
and Taninthayi Regions, Southern Shan, Kayah and Mon States,
(9°C) below March average temperature in Northern Shan State
and (4°C) to (8°C) below March average temperatures in the
remaining Regions and States. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall
recorded were Myawady (3.94) inches, Kyaikmaraw (3.14) inches,
Hpa-an (2.28) inches, Chaungzon (1.89) inches, Mawlamyine and
Kawkareik (1.61) inches each, Kyaikkhami (1.46) inches and
Mudon (1.26) inches.
Nay Pyi Taw
Maximum temperature on 17-3-2011 was 86°F. Minimum
temperature on 18-3-2011 was 64°F. Relative humidity at (09:30)
hours MST on 18-3-2011 was (60%). Rainfall on 18-3-2011
was (Nil).
Yangon (Kaba-Aye)
Maximum temperature on 17-3-2011 was 72°F. Minimum
temperature on 18-3-2011 was 62°F. Relative humidity at (09:30)
hours MST on 18-3-2011 was (74%). Total sunshine hours on
17-3-2011 was (1.4)hour (Approx).
15
Rainfall on 18-3-2011 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, (0.08)
inch at Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon each . Total rainfall since
1-1-2011 was (5.79) inches at Mingaladon, (6.89) inches at Kaba-
Aye and (7.09) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed
at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (16) mph from Southeast at (11:30)
hours MST on 17-3-2011.
Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy over
the Andaman Sea and the South Bay and partly cloudy over
elsewhere Bay of Bengal.
Forecast valid until evening of the 19th March 2011: Rain
or thundershowers are likely to be scattered in Yangon,
Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Regions, Kayin and Mon States,
isolated in Sagaing and Bago Regions, Kachin and Kayah States
and weather will be partly cloudy over the remaining Regions
and States. Degree of certainty is (60%).
State of the sea: Strong Easterly winds with moderate to
rough seas are likely at times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and
along Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speed in strong wind
may reach (35) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere Myanmar
waters.
Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of
continuation of rain or thundershowers in the Southern Myanmar
areas.
Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for
19-3-2011: Partly cloudy.
Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for
19-3-2011: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.
Degree of certainty is (60%).
Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for
19-3-2011: Partly cloudy.
Weather Outlook For Third Weekend Of March 2011:
During the coming weekend, weather will be partly cloudy over
Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay Regions.

Landslide closes California MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

highway Programme Schedule

SAN FRANCISCO, 18 March — A section of (19-3-2011) (Saturday)
California’s historic Highway 1 washed away after
several days of heavy rain and officials say they
Transmissions Times
expect a long-term closure for repairs.
The California Highway Patrol said a 40-foot Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MST
stretch of saturated roadway on the coastal highway Oversea Transmission - (19-3-11 09:30 am ~
tumbled down a hillside on Wednesday evening in 20-3-11 09:30 am) MST
Monterey Country, the San Francisco Chronicle Local Transmission
reported. * Opening
After the landslide, near an area called Hurricane * News
Point, the California Department of Transportation An Australian academic has praised the * Tabaung Festival
closed several miles of the road south of Garrapata increasing use of social media during disasters, * Uppatasanti Pagoda
State Park and posted signs warning motorists of the * News
saying there had been a “beautiful display of
washout. * A Worth studying site for ancient Myanmar
The Monterey Times Herald reported the CHP humanity” on Facebook during recent
catastrophes. Heritage
said the closure could last “potentially several days if * Formation of Sand Stupa in Unity
not longer.” No injuries were reported.—Internet INTERNET
* News
5:20 pm * Arhat’s foot print on sacred Kyauk-Tha Lin
8:20 am 1:35 pm
hill
5. Nice & Sweet Song 6. TV Drama Series8. Dhamma Puja Song
* News
2:30 am 5:40 pm
8:30 am * Products of Myanmar Myaing Loom
7. Mahowthada 9. Documentary * Myanmar’s Traditions and Culture
6. Health Programme (Part-22) (Tabaung Month) ‘‘The Mystique of Shwedagon Pagoda’’
8:40 am 4:00 pm 6:00 pm Oversea Transmission
7. International News 1. Martial Song 10. Evening News * Opening
4:05 pm 6:15 pm * News
8:45 am
Saturday, 11. Weather Report
2. Cultural Dances * Tabaung Festival
8. Songs in honour of 6:20 pm * Uppatasanti Pagoda
19 March 4:20 am
(66)th Anniversary 12. Ahlashamae
3. Songs in honour of * News
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6:40 pm Heritage
11:00 am Armed Forces Day
13. TV Drama Series * Formation of Sand Stupa in Unity
7:00 am 1. Martial Song 4:30 pm * News
7:35 pm
4. University Of * Arhat’s foot print on sacred Kyauk-Tha Lin
1. Paritta By Venerable 11:10 am 14. Documentary
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(TV Lectures) * News
Sedi Taw)
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th
-Firt Year * Products of Myanmar Myaing Loom
8:00 pm
Paritta Armed Forces Day (Philosophy) * Myanmar’s Traditions and Culture
15. News
4:45 pm ‘‘The Mystique of Shwedagon Pagoda’’
7:30 am 11:25 am 16. International News
5. Songs For * News
2. Morning News 3. Game For Children 17. Weather Report * Youth of the Future ‘‘Drummer’’
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7:40 am 11:50 am * News
National Spirit (Fullmoon Day of * The Pindaya Natural Cave
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 Fullmoon Day of Tabaung 1372 ME Saturday, 19 March, 2011

Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy

Riots beget riots, not democracy
Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire VOA, BBC-sowing hatred

among the people
We favour peace and stability
RFA, DVB-generating public
We favour development outrage
We oppose unrest and violence Do not allow ourselves to be
Wipe out those inciting unrest swayed by killer broadcasts
and violence designed to cause troubles

Secretary-1 receives Vice-President

Mr Zhong Shujun of China Development Bank

Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo receives Chinese delegation led by Vice-President
Mr Zhong Shujun of China Development Bank.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 18 March—Secretary-1 of the
State Peace and Development Council Thiha Thura
U Tin Aung Myint Oo received a Chinese delegation
led by Vice-President Mr Zhong Shujun of China
Development Bank at the hall of the State Peace and
Development Council Office, here, at 1 pm today.
Also present at the call together with the
Secretary-1 were Minister for National Planning
and Economic Development U Soe Tha, Deputy
Minister for Defence U Aye Myint, Deputy Minister
for Finance and Revenue U Hla Thein Swe,
Director-General U Kyaw Kyaw Win of the State
Peace and Development Council Office, Governor
of the Central Bank of Myanmar U Than Nyein
and Managing Director U Khin Maung Soe of
Myanma Economic Corporation.
At the call, the two sides frankly discussed
economic matters.—MNA

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