Vice-Senior General Maung Aye welcomes Indian Chief of Army Staff and goodwill delegation members

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1 Established 1914 Volume XIII, Number th Waning of Thadingyut 1367 ME Sunday, 30 October, 2005 Four political objectives * Stability of the State, community peace and tranquillity, prevalence of law and order * National reconsolidation * Emergence of a new enduring State Constitution * Building of a new modern developed nation in accord with the new State Constitution YANGON, 29 Oct At the invitation of Vice- Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Deputy Commanderin-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, a goodwill delegation led by Indian Chief of the Army Staff General JJ Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC and Mrs Anupama Singh of the Republic of India arrived here by air this morning to pay a goodwill visit to Myanmar. The Indian Army Goodwill Delegation member were welcomed at Yangon International Airport by Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commanderin-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Soe Thein and Commanderin-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein and their wives, Chief of Military Affairs Security Lt-Gen Myint Swe and wife, Indian Ambassador Mr Bhaskar Kumar Mitra, Military Attaché Colonel Jasvinder Singh Chopra and wife and officials. Four economic objectives * Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of the economy as well * Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system * Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of technical know-how and investments from sources inside the country and abroad * The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in the hands of the State and the national peoples Four social objectives * Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation * Uplift of national prestige and integrity and preservation and safeguarding of cultural heritage and national character * Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit * Uplift of health, fitness and education standards of the entire nation Vice-Senior General Maung Aye welcomes Indian Chief of Army Staff and goodwill delegation members (See page 8) Vice- Senior General Maung Aye welcomes Indian Chief of the Army Staff General JJ Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC at the airport. Vice-Senior General Maung Aye receives visiting Indian Chief of Army Staff Vice-Senior General Maung Aye meets Indian Chief of the Army Staff General JJ Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC. YANGON, 29 Oct Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye received visiting Indian Chief of the Army Staff General JJ Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC and goodwill delegation members at Zeyathiri Beikman Hall on Konmyinttha at 2.30 pm today. Also present at the call were Members of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint and Chief of Armed Forces Training Lt-Gen Aung Htwe of the Ministry of Defence, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Soe Thein, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, Chief of Military Affairs Security Lt-Gen Myint Swe, and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Thu. The visiting Indian Chief of the Army Staff was accompanied by Ambassador of the Republic of India to the Union of Myanmar Mr Bhaskar Kumar Mitra and Military Attaché Colonel Jasvinder Singh Chopra. Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan NL 1

2 2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 30 October, 2005 PERSPECTIVES Sunday, 30 October, 2005 Exert sustained efforts for national development The government has been striving for the emergence of a peaceful, modern and developed nation. Remarkable progress has been made in this regard. Thanks to concerted efforts of the State, the people and the Tatmadaw there have emerged economic bases and rural development is meeting with success. For instance, out of the target of million acres of monsoon paddy in , 3.6 million acres, accounting for 24 per cent of the target, has been cultivated in Ayeyawady Division. Efforts are to be made for cultivating 1.7 million acres of summer paddy, accounting for 48 per cent of the target which is 3.44 million acres, in the division. In the same way, steps are to be taken to exceed the target for other crops. The State mainly relies on the division for crops production. The division is meeting with success in farming owing to concerted efforts of its people. A ceremony to present prizes for outstanding performance in crops production in was held at the city hall in Pathein on 26 October, attended by member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than. As handsome prizes have been presented to the persons for their outstanding performance in crops production, the officials and staff who are engaged in implementing economic projects together with the prize-winners are to exert sustained efforts for improvement of socio-economic life of the people, making better use of natural resources, infrastructures already in place and human resources. Since the division has favourable conditions for farming, efforts are to be made for economic development, making the most of natural resources. Nankathu Dam and Kunchaung-2 Dam have been inaugurated, and Mamya Dam and Kanyin Dam are under construction in the division for boosting crops production. For development of the livestock breeding sector, fish and prawn farming is being carried out in 166,336 acres in Moreover, fingerlings were put into rivers, ponds and lakes as well as paddy fields. Therefore, the entire national people including those from Ayeyawady Division are to exert sustained efforts for further improvement of socio-economic life of the people, making better use of infrastructures so far created. \]^=?\KHXMSW<S_H?<DB[F?XY?RTD=`_F?\aSW\P[F <=>?<@ABCDEFC?GCHIJKLMKHNOLPQ?RKHST? K\S?KCS?ES>?\aSW\XB UB VWFC?GCHIJKLMKHNOCDBNXY?ZB /%*01!)!*23/456537$!*2!"#$% &'#("%)$!*#$+ VW=Mb_KHc]^=?XY?d VW<BF?QH?W[CMT? &89'#("%)$,-.% /;56537$!*: / $!*2 9: People s Desire * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views * Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation * Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State * Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy Cultivation of potato, ginger in Shan State inspected Commander Maj-Gen Ye Myint and Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo inspect thriving Hsinthwelat paddy plantation in Heho, Kalaw Township. A&I YANGON, 28 Oct Chairman of Shan State Peace and Development Council Commander of Eastern Command Maj-Gen Ye Myint and Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo visited Heho central agricultural farm in Kalaw Township on 23 October and heard reports by officials on distribution of paddy strains and corns to the region. The minister urged the officials to boost production for increasing the incomes of farmers, and the commander explained help to be given for the propagation of hybrid corns in the region with over 130,000 corn acerage of land. On arrival at Heho propagation farm, the commander and party heard reports by Myanma Agricul- Eye Specialists team gives health care services in Hmawby YANGON, 29 Oct Under the arrangements of Yangon Division Women s Affairs Organization and health sub-group of social and cultural working group of Myanmar Women s Affairs Federation, Eye specialist Dr Nilar Thein and party made a field trip to Hmawby Township Hospital. They provided medical treatment to 113 patients with eye complaints, and 44 patients were handed over to Yangon Eye Specialist Hospital for further treatment. They also offered pairs of glasses and medicines to patients. Leader of social and cultural working group Dr Sanda Aung, deputy leader Prof Daw Htoo Htoo Aung, leader of health sub-group Dr Khin Than Oo and members of health and education working subgroup participated in this tour. 7th Leprosy Elimination Coord Committee Meeting concludes YANGON, 29 Oct The Seventh Leprosy Elimination Coordination Committee Meeting organized by Leprosy Control Project of Health Department under the Ministry of Health concluded at Grand Plaza Parkroyal Hotel here yesterday. Yesterday morning, the meeting commenced with a speech by Director-General of Health Department Dr Tin Win Maung, and those present discussed matters related to elimination of leprosy. ture Service Managing Director U Ohn Than and officials on cultivation and production of potato, ginger and quality potato and ginger strains that have demand in foreign markets. The minister stressed the need for extending cultivation of potato and ginger. Next, they inspected CPI and Kufrijoti potato strains and urged officials to extend the cultivation of potato. The commander, the minister and party next inspected the plantations of Hsinthwelat paddy strain and Nanthahmwe paddy strain on Taryaw farm in Heho. Later, they visited Namlat horticultural farm in Tounggyi where the farm manager reported on distribution of strains and dissemination of technical methods to local growers. The commander and party then gave necessary instructions and inspected the plantations. Deputy FM leaves for China YANGON, 29 Oct A Myanmar delegation led by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Maung Myint left here by air yesterday evening to attend the Joint Study Convention on East Asia Cooperation and the 3rd East Asia Forum to be held in Beijing on 30 and 31 October, The Deputy Minister was accompanied by Deputy Director-General U Pe Than Oo of the Consular and Legal Affairs Department, Deputy Director-General Daw Than Than Htay of Political Department, Head of Department of International Relations (YU) Prof Dr Daw Myint Myint Kyi, Union of Myanmar Federation Chambers of Commerce and Industry CEC member Dr Sein Myint and Director U Win Thein of ASEAN Affairs Department. The delegation was seen off at Yangon International Airport by Directors-General of the Ministry, departmental officials and Ambassador-designate of the People s Republic of China to Myanmar Mr Guan Mu. Health Department Director-General Dr Tin Win Maung speaking at Seventh Leprosy Elimination Coordination Committee Meeting NL 2

3 MoD says Iraq has cost UK 3.1bn BAGHDAD, 28 Oct The Iraq war and its aftermath cost the UK almost 3.1bn up to the end of March this year, new figures from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) reveal. The ministry's annual report shows troops' operations in Iraq cost 910m in the last financial year, compared to 847m in 2002/3 and 1.3bn in 2003/4. Overall, the MoD spent 30.88bn in the year to March, including 67m in Afghanistan and 87m in the Balkans. Opponents of the Iraq war say an astonishing sum has been spent on it. Andrew Burgin, from the Stop The War Coalition, said: "It is a huge amount and every pound has been misspent and could have been better spent on schools and A Kashmiri earthquake survivor woman looks around before her makeshift tent in the devastated city of Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, early on 28 Oct, INTERNET hospitals. "It is a complete waste of money and resources - and a waste of human life on an illegal, unpopular and immoral war." But a Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "We believe that the operations in Iraq were the right actions to rid the THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 30 October, world of a very dangerous dictator." The costs of the conflict in Iraq essentially come from government contingency reserves. Ministers say remarkable political progress has been made in Iraq, with a new constitution approved in a referendum, and that security is also improving. Internet Tropical Storm Beta gathering force off Nicaragua MIAMI, 28 Oct Tropical Storm Beta formed off the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was forecast to strengthen into a hurricane and drench Central America with potentially flooding rain, the US National Hurricane Center said. Storm alerts were posted for the Nicaraguan coast and the adjacent islands. Forecasters said the storm could dump 15 inches of rain on western Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, with isolated amounts up to 20 inches. At 8 am (1200 GMT), Beta had top sustained winds of 40 miles per hour and was about 135 miles east-southeast of Bluefields, Nicaragua. The storm was moving slowly northwest at four mph in the warm Caribbean and was expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane, with top winds of at least 74 mph, before moving over the Nicaraguan coast by Saturday. Beta was the 23rd named tropical cyclone of the unrelenting and recordbreaking Atlantic-Caribbean hurricane season. No 22, named Alpha, broke the record for the number of storms set in 1933 and made 2005 the most active hurricane season since records began 150 years ago. Weather forecasters switched to the Greek alphabet for storm names after using up their annual list of 21 names for the season with Wilma, which was at one point the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin. It ravaged Mexico s Yucatan Peninsula and Roadside bomb kills one police, wounds two in Kandahar Province KABUL,28 Oct A roadside bomb attack killed one police officer and injured two civilians in Afghanistan s southern Kandahar Province on Thursday, a senior police official confirmed. The incident took place in Hojak Baba area just 20 minutes ago when a highway police van was passing by a bicycle parked alongside the road, Amanullah told Xinhua. The bomb was planted in a bicycle parked along the road, he said. Kandahar, the former stronghold of Taleban, has been the scene of spiralling security incidents over the past one month during which more than 50 people have been killed. Taleban-led militancy have claimed lives of over 1,400 including rebels, Afghan and US troops since the beginning of this year. Russian-Indian relations at unprecedentedly high level MOSCOW, 28 Oct Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday expressed satisfaction with the development of the Russian-Indian relations, saying the relations are at an unprecedentedly high level. Political contacts (between Russia and India) have practically never ceased, Putin said at a meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Natwar US military deaths in Iraq sharply rise to 2,012 WASHINGTON, 28 Oct As of Friday, 28 Oct, 2005, at least 2,012 members of the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,567 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The figures include five military civilians. Since 1 May, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations in Iraq had ended, 1,873 US military members have died, according to AP's count. That includes at least 1,458 deaths resulting from hostile action, according to the military's numbers. Internet southern Florida and killed 28 people in Florida, the Bahamas, Haiti and Mexico. The Atlantic hurricane season runs through November 30. /Reuters Singh, who arrived here to attend the session of the Council of Prime Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization as an observer. Putin said that the upcoming visit to Russia by India s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would be a key event of the year. We are preparing for this visit, he said. The Indian minister told Putin that his Wednesday meeting with the Russian co-chairman of the Indian-Russian intergovernmental economic cooperation commission had been fruitful as the two parties discussed a broad range of issues and reached consensus on most of them. Among others, the discussion of economic issues was one of the most successful, Singh said. Two killed in bomb blast in S-W Bangladesh DHAKA, 28 Oct Two persons were killed late Wednesday night in a bomb explosion in southwestern Narail District, 273 kilometres from Dhaka, private television channel ATN reported on Thursday morning. When reached by phone on Thursday morning, Narail police told Xinhua that leftist guerillas operating in northwestern and southwestern Bangladesh claimed the responsibility of the bombing. Police said the incident occurred at Noadia Village market and the persons killed were sitting at a restaurant late at night when the activists of the leftists group Janajuddha (People s War) threw the bombs at the restaurant killing the persons. None was injured in the blasts, police and the TV channel said. A US Marine with 3/6 Marines Lima company secures a position in the Iraqi- Syrian border town of Kusaiybah, western Iraq recently. INTERNET NL 3

4 4 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 30 October, 2005 Virginia Beach resident, Ed Nichols, centre, shouts out his feelings about the war in Iraq towards the presidential motorcade as it leaves the underground parking lot beneath Chrysler Hall in Norfolk, Va on 28 Oct, INTERNET India, Iran ready to leave behind IAEA vote issue MOSCOW, 28 Oct India and Iran have agreed that minor differences on Teheran s nuclear programme should not come in the way of their long-term relationship. During the 30-minute meeting between External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh and Iranian Vice- President Perviz Davoodi here Wednesday night on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting, both leaders are understood to have agreed that any tactical move by the two sides ahead of the IAEA vote next month should not have any negative impact on bilateral ties. It was reiterated that relatively minor differences at any point of time should not be allowed to stand in the way of the long-term vision of close political, economic and cultural relations between India and Iran, sources said. India s decision to support the IAEA resolution against Iran s nuclear programme last month had led to hiccups in their relations and had raised questions over the status of the proposed 7.4 billion dollar gas pipeline project as also the LNG deal. Teheran had later clarified that such one-off decisions would not hamper historical and cultural ties between the two friendly countries. New Delhi had maintained that its decision at IAEA meet was in Iran s favour and aimed at gaining more time for diplomatic efforts to resolve the issue within the nuclear watchdog and not allow it to go to the UN Security Council. /PTI Diabetes affects 21 million Americans WASHINGTON, 28 Oct Diabetes affects nearly 21 million Americans, incurring huge economic burden to the US society, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday. The number represents 7 per cent of the diabetes cases since cludes 2.6 million new American population, and Another 41 million people are estimated among these people, more than 6 million do not to have pre-diabetes, a know they have the disease, which is the sixth the risk of developing condition that increases leading killer in the type 2 diabetes the United States, the CDC most common form of the said. disease as well as heart The number in- disease and stroke, said sk\mos m\;aa; ekt\ek a\lwa; Democrats say White House deception on Iraq exposed WASHINGTON, 28 Oct Leaders of the opposition Democratic party said that federal charges against a top White House aide reveal US President George W Bush s administration had employed devious and dishonest tactics to make its case for going to war against Iraq. Calling it a sad day for the United States, the leader of the Democratic minority in the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, said: At the heart of these indictments was the effort by the Bush administration to discredit critics of its Iraq policy with reckless disregard for national security and the public trust. A federal grand jury earlier on Friday indicted I. Lewis Scooter Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, for allegedly lying repeatedly to investigators looking into the leaked identity of a CIA agent. Libby, 55, immediately quit his post in Cheney s office after he was charged with one count of obstruction of justice, two counts of perjury and two counts of making false statements. This case is bigger than the leak of highly classified information, said Senator Harry Reid, leader of the Democratic minority in the Senate. It is about how the Bush White House manufactured and manipulated intelligence in order to bolster its case for the war in Iraq and to discredit anyone who dared to challenge the president, Reid said in a statement. The indictment against Libby grew out of a federal investigation into who in the Bush administration may have leaked the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame. The CIA officer s cover was blown in a newspaper column by a conservative commentator that appeared shortly after her husband, a former diplomat, publicly questioned the Bush administration s rationale for the US-led invasion of Iraq. Internet Maradona tells Cuba he ll lead anti-bush march HAVANA, 28 Oct Argentine soccer hero Diego Maradona promised Cuban President Fidel Castro on Thursday he would be at the front of an anti-bush march in Argentina next week. US President George W. Bush will attend a summit of leaders from all countries from the Americas except Cuba in Mar del Plata, Argentina, abuse undermined his career and health. Following an operation this year to staple his stomach and cut his ballooning weight, a much 4-5 November. I think Bush is a murderer.... I m going to head the march against slimmer Maradona a CDC statement. Diabetes is a lack of control of blood sugar. Type-2 diabetes is mostly found among adults. The risk of diabetes increases with age. The condition affects about 21 per cent of Americans aged 60 years or older. Earthquake kills one and injures another in south China NANNING, 28 Oct One senior man in his 60s was killed and another injured in an earthquake in Pingguo County, Bose City of south China s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter Scale on Thursday evening struck Haicheng Township in Pingguo County, with the epicentre being situated at north Latitude and east Longitude, according to the Chinese Seismic Observatory Network. The tremor was also felt in a number of other areas in Guangxi, including Nanning, the regional capital. him stepping foot on Argentine soil, Maradona said, appearing on Cuban television with Castro. I promised the Comandante that I would do it and I will, the 44-year-old football legend said, referring to Castro. For me he is a god, Maradona said of the 79- year-old left-wing Cuban leader, whom he considers a friend and a father figure who helped him kick drugs. Maradona was in Havana to interview Castro for his weekly television show in Argentina, which has brought the fallen star back to the limelight after years battling cocaine addiction. He thanked Cuba for giving him a haven for almost four years at a health farm where he still has a house and plans to rest when his television contract ends next year. Maradona, one of the finest soccer players of all times, captained Argentina to World Cup victory in 1986, but drug launched a new career in August as television host. His first guest was Brazilian soccer great Pele. The Castro interview is icing on the cake for his top-rated show, Maradona said. I was missing the greatest one, and now I have him. /Reuters A Syrian border soldier stands guard at the Syrian-Iraqi border of Abu Kamal, on 28 Oct, 2005, about 600 km (373 miles) northwest of Damascus. INTERNET NL 4

5 Chinese President appoints seven new ambassadors BEIJING, 28 Oct Chinese President Hu Jintao Thursday appointed new ambassadors to seven countries in accordance with a decision made by the National People s Congress Standing Committee. Li Huilai was appointed the Ambassador to the Republic of Tadzhikstan, replacing Wu Hongbin. Wu Hongbin was appointed the Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus, replacing Yu Zhenqi. Yu Zhenqi was appointed the Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, replacing Xie Hangsheng. Guan Mu was appointed the Ambassador to the Union of Myanmar, replacing Li Jinjun. Tao Weiguang was appointed the Ambassador to the Union of Comoros, replacing Zhao Chunsheng. Yu Hongjun was appointed the Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan, replacing Gao Yusheng. Zhao Rongxian was appointed the Ambassador to the Republic of Cuba, replacing Li Lianfu. THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 30 October, A Kashmiri earthquake survivor girl with a broken arm and a boy, living in miserable conditions after being made homeless by 8 Oct, earthquake, chat as they cook bread for breakfast in the devastated city of Muzaffarabad, Pakistan, early on 28 Oct, INTERNET Six dead, dozen feared trapped in Philippine mine MOUNT DIWATA, Philippines, 28 Oct The death toll from a cave-in at a gold mine in the southern Philippines rose to six on Friday when a body was pulled from a second tunnel where toxic fumes had seeped, officials said. Rescue teams found a dead miner in a tunnel adjacent to one that had caved in after an explosion two days ago, village chief Franco Tito told reporters, adding that efforts continued to disperse poisonous gas. Five bodies and 11 injured miners had been pulled out on Wednesday night. Carmelito Lupo of the regional civil defence office said 12 people remained trapped, correcting an earlier report that an estimated 100 miners were still inside the collapsed Sunshine tunnel at Mount Diwalwal on the island of Mindanao. Environment Secretary Michael Defensor and Edilberto Arreza, regional director of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau, said 11 people were trapped. The accident happened as the Philippines rolls out the welcome mat for foreign investors to revive its moribund mining sector to take advantage of high prices of gold and other metals. Our teams will attempt to enter the tunnel late on Friday night, said Richard Aquino, operations manager at JB China trains 1m people in western areas to use computer BEIJING, 28 Oct Nearly one million people in China s comparatively poor western areas have been trained to use computer and the Internet, thanks to a programme recently launched by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC). The programme of computer training for people in poor western areas was jointly launched by CYLC and the Leading Group for Western Region Development of the State Council in July It called on all society to donate computers to schools in western poor areas. Young volunteers of long-term poverty-alleviation projects, including Project of Supporting Education in Poor Areas and Western Project, have served as the trainers to conduct computer skill training to the local people. Training one million computer technicians is a target set three years ago when the programme was launched. Mining and Management Corp, a small firm operating the collapsed tunnel. We re not sure if we can still find survivors inside. We may undertake a retrieval, not a rescue operation. Aquino said the collapsed section was about 750 metres (810 yards) from the tunnel entrance but that it would take two days to clear the debris and reach the trapped people. /Reuters Indian residents walk through a flooded street in the southern Indian city of Bangalore on 27 October, Heavy rain and storms paralyzed life in southern India on Thursday, flooding roads, snapping power and phone lines and disrupting flights as the death toll due to the bad weather this month crossed 100. INTERNET Six confirmed dead from rocket attacks near Kabul KABUL, 27 Oct Death toll from Monday night s rocket attacks near the Afghan capital has risen to six, Interior Ministry spokesman confirmed Tuesday. Six persons have been confirmed dead and three others sustained injuries in the bloody incident, Yusuf Stanikzai told Xinhua. The incident took place when fighters of the former Taleban regime targeted a convoy of the US troops in Tangi Waghjan of Logar Province 10 miles south of Kabul but missed the target and hit two civilian cars killing six persons on the spot and wounding three others. The attackers used rocketpropelled grenade and machine guns in the gruesome event, Stanikzai added. US convoy, according to Afghan sources, was going towards Gardiz, the provincial capital of Paktia, which the civilian cars were not allowed to edge it. 19 killed as Iraqi militia clash with guerillas BAGHDAD, 18 Oct Seventeen Mehdi Army militia fighters and two policemen were killed when they clashed with Sunni guerillas south of Baghdad on Thursday, an Interior Ministry official said. Another five police and 12 members of the Shiite militia were wounded in the gunbattle which erupted after they went to try to rescue a member of the Mehdi Army who was being held hostage, the official said. There was no immediate information on casualties on the guerilla side. /Reuters Two US soldiers killed in Baghdad BAGHDAD, 28 Oct Two US soldiers were killed when their convoy struck a roadside bomb in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, the US military said on Thursday. The US military death toll in Iraq passed the 2,000 mark earlier this week. The latest deaths brought to 2,003 the number of US soldiers killed since the March 2003 US-led invasion. /Reuters Old building collapse kills 13, injures 30 in India LUCKNOW (India), 28 Oct Thirteen people, including five children, were killed and 30 injured when an old building collapsed in the north Indian city of Kanpur after a gas cylinder exploded, officials said on Thursday. They said the toll could rise as six of the injured were in critical condition after the century-old, two storey building fell on Wednesday night. The rubble is almost cleared and there is no one trapped in the debris, Dipak Kumar, the city s top civil official, said. Many buildings in Indian cities are decades-old and poorly maintained. In August, a four-storey residential building collapsed in Mumbai, killing at least 11 people. /Reuters Tunnel collapse traps 12 in S China county GUANGZHOU, 28 Oct A tunnel collapse that occurred early Wednesday morning has trapped 12 workers in Jiaoling County, south China s Guangdong Province, and rescue efforts are going on, local government sources said on Thursday. At around 5:30 Wednesday morning, a collapse took place in a tunnel now under construction in the Jiaoling section of the trans-regional expressway from north China s Tianjin Municipality to Shantou City of Guangdong, trapping 12 workers inside. The collapse happened some 463 metres from one of the entrances of the tunnel, the sources said NL 5

6 6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 30 October, 2005 See everything through loving-kindness Myinmu Maung Naing Moe Once Lord Buddha leading the disciples of monks went to a bamboo forest near Kosambi city state. It was over 2,500 years ago that the Buddha while staying at Ghositayon monastery in Kosambi went to the forest in the east to teach the monks who instead of living in unity were quarrelling one another among themselves. On the way, the Buddha met with monk Ashin Bhagu at Balakalonaka village, and taught him the benefits of living alone. In the bamboo forest lived three monks Ashin Anuruddha, Ashin Nandiya and Ashin Kimila with Ashin Anuruddha as the leading monk. Ashin Anuruddha first saw the Buddha coming. But rather than welcoming the Buddha alone, he called his fellow monks to welcome the Buddha together with him. Because he knew that three of them were living in unity so they should do everything in unity. The Buddha asked them whether they had unity among themselves. The three monks replied, We see no evil, but only lovimgs-kindness among ourselves. We are always in unity and have no disputes. We are indivisible. They also said, We are always happy and take pride in ourselves to be able to live in harmony as true friends. What prevails among us is the loving-kindness and we always have consideration for one another. Although we are three in number we act like one. Majority wish always rules. In my view, they were really saints deserving reverence. I found the epic while reading the third and fourth volumes of Buddha s life story. I admire the three monks so much that they were living in oneness. Loving-kindness will make everything in this They also said, We are always happy and take pride in ourselves to be able to live in harmony as true friends. What prevails among us is the loving-kindness and we always have consideration for one another. Although we are three in number we act like one. Majority wish always rules. world beautiful. But greed, anger, and excessive pride make everything ugly. Some even try to deny what they see with their own eyes. Despite the prevalence of peace, stability, progress and prosperity in the country, they will express their negative views. According to Lord Buddha, they are the people who do not observe the Dhamma. Such persons only uphold Adhamma. They will say what is right as wrong, and what is wrong as right. But in this world, the forces of evil cannot win over the good people. As such the Dhamma will win over everything evil in the end. Everyone should love and cherish his own native place and country. He should be of benefit to himself, to his native place and his country. From there, he should serve the interests of the world. Everything looks beautiful in the embrace of loving-kindness. But everything turns ugly under the influence of greed, anger, antagonism and arrogance. The world will be a beautiful place if all are free from hatred and grudge, and entire mankind embrace loving-kindness. (Translation: TMT) Kyemon: Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions continue Minister Maj-Gen Sein Htwa and Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan enjoy the performance of a contestant in the professional level men s mandolin contest. YANGON, 29 Oct The 13th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions continued for the 16th day at the designated places here today. Among the audience including tourists were members of the Panel of Patrons for Organizing the Competitions Minister for Culture Metitions Maj-Gen Kyi Aung, Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Maj-Gen Sein Htwa and Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, Deputy Commander of Yangon Command Brig-Gen Wai Lwin, officials and maestros. A total of 14 competitors contended in amateur level women s classical song contest, and 10 in the basic education level boys (aged 15-20) classical song contest held at the National Museum on Pyay Road in Dagon Township. In the mandolin contest held at the National Theatre on Myoma Kyaung Road in Dagon Township, eight competitors participated in professional level (men), two in professional level (women), five in basic education level (boys aged 15-20), three in basic education level (girls aged 15-20), three in higher education level (men), and one in higher education level (woman). Violin contest took place at Kanbawza Theatre. Eight contestants participated in higher education level (men), five in Maung Naing Lin Aung of Rakhine State takes part in the basic education level boys (aged 15-20) classical song contest. higher education level (women), nine in basic education level (boys aged 10-15), and seven in basic education level (girls aged 10-15). In the traditional orchestra contest (individual) held at Padomma Theatre, five contestants took part in the professional level (women), three in the basic education level (girls aged 15-20) and nine in basic education level (girls aged 5-10) NL 6

7 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 30 October, Education sector witnesses sustained progress Development of basic education in the time of Tatmadaw Government Multi-media classrooms and e-education Learning Centres in Basic Education School in States and Divisions State and Division Multi-media classroms 2005 e-education Learning Centres Students learning in multi-media classroom at Thanatpin Basic Education High School in Bago Division. Multimedia classrooms At a time when the world is witnessing rapid development in the science and technology sector, information and communication technology is penetrating not only into the higher education sector but also the basic education sector. At such a time, the government, without losing sight of current developments, is providing necessary assistance to new generation student youths enabling them to operate computer and use electronic devices in the learning process. In doing so, modern teaching and learning aids are being supplied to schools in accord with their levels. Wellwishers from the respective localities, on their part, are also extending a helping hand to these endeavours. Teachers are also training their pupils how to effectively use the teaching and learning aids. In Myanmar, human resource development through the education sector is introduced as national duty and emphasis is being placed on it and thus success is achieved every year. With the successful implementation of long-term and short-term education promotion programmes, opportunities have been opened up for every student. With the aim of building stable, firm and all-round developed national structure, nurturing today s youth and turning out intellectuals and intelligentsia who are able to keep abreast of international community, modern teaching and learning centres have been built throughout the country. The table shows the development in the basic education sector in the time of the Tatmadaw government. ****** Kachin Kayah Kayin Chin Sagaing Taninthayi Bago (East) Bago (West) Magway Mandalay Mon Rakhine Yangon Shan (South) Shan (North) Shan (East) Ayeyawady Total Students are learning in multi-media classroom at Mongla Basic Education High School in Shan State (East) Students are learning with teaching aids in multi-media classroom at Basic Education High School No 4 in Sangyoung township NL 7

8 8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 30 October, 2005 Vice-Senior General Maung Aye welcomes Indian Chief of Army Staff and goodwill delegation members Vice-Senior General Maung Aye welcomes General JJ Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC at the airport. Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and General JJ Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC take the salute of the Guard of Honour. Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and General JJ Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC inspect the Guard of Honour. YANGON, 29 Oct Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San hosted a dinner in honour of the visiting Indian Army goodwill delegation led by Indian Chief of the Army Staff General JJ Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC and Mrs Anupama Singh at Zeyathiri Beikman Hall on Konmyinttha at 7 pm today. Also present at the dinner were Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Thein Sein and wife Daw Khin Khin Win, Members of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint, Lt-Gen Maung Bo and Chief of Armed Forces Training Lt-Gen Aung Htwe of the Ministry of Defence, Commanderin-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Soe Thein, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein and their wives, Chief of Military Affairs Security Lt-Gen Myint Swe and wife, senior military officers of the Ministry of Defence, Indian Ambassador Mr Bhaskar Kumar Mitra, Military Attaché Col Jasvinder Singh Chopra and wife and officials. (See page 11) (from page 1) When the plane carrying the Indian Chief of the Army Staff and wife and party arrived at the airport at 9.05 am, Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San and party welcomed the Indian goodwill delegation. Next, Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and the Indian Chief of the Army Staff went to the dais at the lounge of the airport and took the salute of the Guard of Honour. Afterwards, Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and the Indian Chief of the Army Staff inspected the Guard of Honour. General JJ Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC cordially greeted Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and party. After that, the goodwill delegation led by the Indian Chief of the Army Staff and wife proceeded to the State House. Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San host dinner in honour of Indian Chief of Army Staff and party Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San host a dinner in honour of Indian Chief of the Army Staff General JJ Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC and Mrs Anupama Singh and party NL 8

9 YANGON, 29 Oct Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar General Soe Win received Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Somsavat Lengsavad of the Lao People s Democratic Republic and party at Zeyathiri Beikman Hall on Konmyinttha, here, at 4.30 pm today. Also present at the call were Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win, Deputy Minister U Kyaw Thu, Myanmar Ambassador to Lao PDR U Tin Oo, Director-General of the Protocol Department Thura U Aung Htet and officials. THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 30 October, Prime Minister General Soe Win receives Lao PDR Deputy Prime Minister (from page 16) cooperation with officials concerned and IT technicians. Launching of Myanmar character system in computer is one of the efforts of the project. A 17-member Working Committee for computer- The Laotian Deputy Prime Minister was accompanied by Laotian Ambassador Mr Chanthavy Bodhisane. With the use of Myanmar character ized Myanmar character system was formed, he said. A distribution ceremony of computerized Unicode Myanmar character software was held on 12 of this month. Myanmar consonants, vowels, numbers and special symbols can be used in digital form on various computer systems. Myanmar Info- Tech has uploaded Myanmar Unicode Font Installer Software on the Internet and anyone can use it free of charge. Myanmar IT technicians are making efforts for translation of world languages into Myanmar language on computer and Myanmar Info-Tech is cooperating with foreign IT companies and technicians for development of IT in Myanmar, he said. He also reported on programmes laid down for success of ICT project. Secretary of Working Committee for computerized Myanmar character system Dr Daw Myint Myint Than reported on Prime Minister General Soe Win inspects computer and IT accessories displayed at Myanmar Info-Tech Hall. Prime Minister General Soe Win receives Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Somsavat Lengsavad of Lao PDR at Zeyathiri Beikman. Prime Minister General Soe Win to attend ACMECS Summit YANGON, 30 Oct At the invitation of Dr Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, General Soe Win, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar and delegation will attend the 2nd Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (ACMECS) Summit to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, in the near future. basic Myanmar language system, implementation of tasks, characteristics of Myanmar Unicode Font Installer Software, easy writing of Myanmar and Pali words and experimental tasks. Next, Chairman of Myanmar Info-Tech U Thein Oo reported on objectives of Myanmar Info- Tech, implementation of the tasks phase by phase and arrangements for Industrial Development Information System (IDIS), Managing Director of Myanmar Info-Tech U Aung Zaw Myint on programmes for rural development information system. Officials of Mandalay MICT Park and IT companies in Yangon reported on attempts for IT development and cooperation. Minister for National Planning and Economic Development U Soe Tha, Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Tin Naing Thein and Minister Brig- Gen Thein Zaw reported on measures undertaken for development of IT and future plan. Prime Minister General Soe Win said according to reports, the tasks of Myanmar Info-Tech are successful and launching (See page 10) Prime Minister General Soe Win hears reports on step by step implementation of aims of Myanmar Info-Tech by Chairman U Thein Oo NL 9

10 10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 30 October, 2005 With the use of Myanmar character (from page 9) of computerized Myanmar character system is an obvious fact. With the use of Myanmar character system in computer programme, most of the public can use the computers more extensively, allowing themselves to improve their knowledge as well as social standards, he said. The launch of computerized unicode Myanmar character software will help the people not only in urban but also in rural areas to use the computer extensively, and it will serve the interests of the country. The Prime Minister commended Myanmar technicians for their efforts with genuine goodwill, and he said he believed they would make more innovations in future in the interests of the State. More cooperation should be made between privates and between privates and government bodies in ensuring the development of IT. They should also cooperate in improving the IT and generating more incomes through the advent of the To whom it may concern * Human you, using knowledge Be sensible, apply reason Of same humankind, put in stockade Use scaring tactics, using both dog and hunter Like driving down shouting range, striving What you re doing, is surely Tarnishing your honour. * I m human, he s human too Why don t you hold in mind Inhuman, bereft of human behaviour And rudeness will immediately disappear Reappearing amidst the world Always doing good toward humankind This will truly happen Without the multitudes feeling disgust With dear mind and goodwill You will surely behave to be honoured. Byan Hlwar (Trs) NCCC Chairman Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein inspects Pyidaungsu Hall of Nyaunghnapin Camp in Hmawby Township. system. Afterwards, the Prime Minister and party viewed computer accessories and IT systems displayed by IT companies at Myanmar Info-Tech booth. At Myanmar Teleport booth, Major Nay Win reported to the Prime Minister on Internet services being provided by Myanmar Teleport and measures being taken for the development of information technology. Later, Maj-Gen Thein Tun of the Ministry of Defence, Minister for Home Affairs Maj-Gen Maung Oo, Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyein and Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw presented supplementary reports. Prime Minister General Soe Win gave necessary instructions and left. Minister for Com- munica- tions, Posts and Telegraphs Brig-Gen Thein Zaw. Preparations are to be made to invite the delegations to the NC in early November (from page 16) preparations are to be made to invite the delegates to the NC in early November as it is required to deliver invitation cards to them one month ahead of the start of the NC. The proposals respective delegate groups submitted to the previous NC regarding the division of executive and judicial powers had been discussed. At the forthcoming NC, approvals will be sought to lay down detailed basic principles in accord with the proposals for the delegation of executive and judicial powers. Then, discussions will continue for other articles, so all necessary steps are to be taken in advance. The seven-point YANGON, 29 Oct After attending the 7th Meeting of the Myanmar- Lao PDR Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation held in Mandalay, the Laotian delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Somsavat Lengsavad left Yangon this evening. They were seen off at Yangon International Airport by Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win and wife, U Tin Win, Ambassador of Myanmar to Lao PDR, Laotian Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Chanthavy Bodhisane and wife, responsible officials of the Ministry and Laos Embassy. The Laotian delegation arrived in Mandalay from Yangon by air on 26 October They were welcomed at Road Map has been adopted for the emergence of a discipline-flourishing democratic nation. The convening of the National Convention plays a pivotal role in the process. Lao PDR delegation leaves for home Mandalay International Airport by Mandalay City Mayor Brig-Gen Phone Zaw Han and wife and officials. In the evening, Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace and Development Council Central Command Commander Maj-Gen Khin Zaw and wife hosted a dinner in honour of the Laotian delegation. The opening ceremony of the 7th Meeting of the Myanmar-Lao PDR Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation was held at Mandalay Hill Resort Hotel on 27 October. The meeting was attended on the Myanmar side by Foreign Affairs Minister U Nyan Win and senior officials from ministries concerned and on the Laos side by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign The chairman called on the members of the Commission, Work Committee, Management Committee and respective subcommittees to take measures in concert for ensuring accomplishment of their tasks. The Commission secretary reported on programmes for inviting the delegates to the NC and financial allotments allowed by the State for the NC; the Work Committee chairman progress of work carried out by the Work Committee the discussions to be held at the next NC; and the Management Committee chairman, on arrangements to be jointly made by the Management Committee and subcommittees after reviewing the strengths and weaknesses the committee experienced in order to avoid possible weak points on management sector of the NC. It was followed by a general round of discussions. The Commission Affairs Minister Mr Somsavat Lengsavad and delegation members. Then the meeting came to a close and the two leaders signed agreements of the meeting. Minister U Nyan Win and wife hosted a dinner chairman delivered concluding remarks. After the meeting, the Secretary-1 inspected Pyidaungsu Hall in Nyaunghnapin Camp and gave instructions on repair to the building. The eight groups delegates of political parties, representatives-elect, delegates of national races, delegates of peasants, delegates of workers, delegates of intellectuals and intelligentsia, delegates of State service personnel and other invited persons will attend the next NC. At the forthcoming NC, approvals will be sought to lay down detailed basic principles in accord with the proposals for the delegation of executive and judicial powers. in honour of the Laotian delegation in the evening of the same day. The visiting Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister and wife visited Mogok and Kyaikhtiyo before their departure for Bangkok. Deputy Minister for Information Brig-Gen Aung Thein presents prize to Editor U Naing Tun of Sub-Printing House (Taunggyi) (News on reported) NL 10 10/1/32, 17:01

11 Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife (from page 8) Before and during the dinner, artistes of Fine Arts Department entertained the guests with songs. After the din- Wife of Indian Chief of Army Staff visits MMCWA, Early Childhood Development Centre ner, they presented Myanmar traditional dances and songs. General JJ Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC and Mrs Anupama YANGON, 29 Oct Mrs Anupama Singh, wife of Indian Chief of the Army Staff General JJ Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC, and party, accompanied by Daw Nwe Nwe Win, wife of Maj-Gen Than Htay of the Ministry of Defence, and officials, arrived at Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association Headquarters at the corner of Thanthuma and Parami Roads in South Okkalapa Township this afternoon. The guests were welcomed there by President of MMCWA Daw Khin Khin Win, Vice- President Dr Daw Tin Lin Myint and CEC members. President Daw Singh presented the flower basket to the artistes and later, they posed for the documentary photo. Khin Khin Win and Secretary Dr Daw Wai Wai Tha explained the aim and functions of the association. The wife of the Indian Chief of the Army Staff donated cash to the funds of the association. President Daw Khin Khin Win gave souvenirs to the guests. Afterwards, the THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 30 October, Vice- Senior General Maung Aye cordially greets Indian Chief of the Army Staff General JJ Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC at Zeyathiri Beikman. ( News on page 1 ) guests viewed round documentary photos on activities of MMCWA and they the Early Childhood Development Centre. MMCWA President Daw Khin Khin Win presents a souvenir to Mrs Anupama Singh, wife of the Indian Chief of the Army Staff. Mrs Anupama Singh, wife of the Indian Chief of the Army Staff, visits Early Childhood Development Centre. Indian General and party visit Memorial to Fallen Heroes, Myanma Gems Museum YANGON, 29 Oct Accompanied by Maj- Gen Than Htay of the Ministry of Defence, visiting Indian Chief of the Army Staff General JJ Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC and goodwill delegation members arrived at Memorial to Fallen Heroes on Arzarni Road in Bahan Township this evening. They were welcomed there by Chairman of the Memorial to Fallen Heroes Maintenance Group Yangon Station Commander Brig-Gen Myo Myint and officials. The Indian Chief of the Army Staff laid a flower basket to pay tribute to the fallen heroes and visited there. On arrival at Myanma Gems Museum on Kaba Aye Pagoda road, the Indian guests were welcomed by Deputy Director U Kyaw Win and officials of the museum. The guests toured the museum. Indian Chief of the Army Staff General JJ Singh PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC and goodwill delegation members paying tribute to fallen heroes. Indian Chief of the Army Staff General JJ Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC and wife at Myanma Gems Museum NL 11 10/1/32, 17:01

12 12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 30 October, 2005 A D V E R T I S E M E N T S CLAIMS DAY NOTICE MV ZHE HAI 315 VOY NO (033) Consignees of cargo carried on MV ZHE HAI 315 VOY NO (033) are hereby notified that the vessel will be arriving on and cargo will be discharged into the premises of A.W.P.T 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 up to Claims Day now declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the vessel. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims Day. SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY AGENT FOR: M/S INTERASIA LINES Phone No: /378316/ CLAIMS DAY NOTICE MV JOINT GRACE VOY NO (-) Consignees of cargo carried on MV JOINT GRACE VOY NO (-) are hereby notified that the vessel will be arriving on and cargo will be discharged into the premises of SPW-2 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 up to Claims Day now declared as the third day after final discharge of cargo from the vessel. No claims against this vessel will be admitted after the Claims Day. SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENT MYANMA PORT AUTHORITY AGENT FOR: M/S PROMINAT SHIPPING (PTE) LTD, SINGAPORE Phone No: /256919/ Telephone service available for 94% of Chinese villages CHONGQING, 28 Oct By the end of September 2005, telephone service had Rush-hour train derails in Liverpool LONDON, 28 Oct A rush-hour train derailed in Liverpool, northwest England, on Wednesday evening, local police said, adding that there were no 11 killed in fire at jail at Amsterdam Airport India's economic growth likely to surpass 7% this year NEW DELHI, 28 Oct Forecasting an economic growth of over 7 per cent this fiscal, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said the slump in agriculture growth was affecting the overall GDP growth and asked farm scientists to help in ushering in the second green revolution. "We grew at almost 7 per cent last year and this year too, we expect growth to be in excess of 7 per cent. However, this is based on a growth in agriculture of less than 2 per cent," Singh said while inaugurating the first National Conference on Krishi Vigyan Kendras. Stating that agriculture contributes to 22 per cent of India's GDP, the Prime Minister said been extended to 94 per cent of China's administrative villages. An official with the Five-Year Plan of the Chinese Ministry of Social and Economic Information Industry Development (2001- (MII) made the 2005), the official said. announcement here China is expected to link Thursday at a national working conference on information technology application. By the end of this year, 95 per cent of Chinese administrative villages will be connected with telephone service, which is the target set by the 10 AMSTERDAM, 28 Oct A fire broke out at a detention centre at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Thursday, killing 11 people and injuring 15, Dutch media immediate reports of injuries. "We do have a derailment and we have approximately 90 passengers on board. We are leading them off and there are no reports of injuries so far," a spokesman for the Merseyside fire service said. A spokeswoman for the Merseyside Ambulance Service also said they had not received any reports of injuries. Local media said the train had derailed inside a tunnel. There was no immediate word as to why the train had derailed. Seven people died in a train crash in southern England in November last year. /Reuters all households by telephone, including its vast rural areas, by 2020, according to the ministry. reported. The media quoted the Justice Ministry for the latest death toll. Earlier, a police spokesman said 10 people had been killed but declined to give further details before a news conference due to be held at 0430 GMT. An airport spokeswoman said the fire, which began shortly after midnight and took several hours to bring under control, had had no impact on flights. The Dutch news agency ANP said all the dead were detainees. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. The detention complex mainly housed suspected drug traffickers, police said, but it was also used to hold illegal immigrants before expulsion. /Reuters the agricultural and extension research system played a pivotal role in the country's first green revolution. "If we have to achieve our ambitions of growing at a rapid pace of over 8 per cent per annum we must aim at an agricultural growth rate of over 4 per cent per year. "Unfortunately, this has not been so in the recent past with average agricultural growth rates of just 1.5 per cent in the three years of the tenth five year plan," Singh said. Stating that the country required a second green revolution, Singh said the agricultural scientists would have to work towards providing the technological basis for new breakthroughs. "They will have to look at providing cropspecific, region-specific, S African luxury train crash injures dozens JOHANNESBURG, 28 Oct Dozens of passengers, including two Japanese tourists, were injured when South Africa's luxury Blue Train smashed headon into another train overnight, police said on Thursday. The accident involving killed. Local radio the Blue Train, which reported five people were transports mostly wealthy seriously hurt. tourists between Pretoria "It was a head-on and Cape Town, occurred collision... around 44 near De Aar in the semiarid passengers and 30 staff on southern Karoo the Blue Train were region. slightly injured," said Police said no one was police spokesman Flood fatalities in central Vietnam rise to 24 HANOI, 28 Oct Floods have killed 24 local people and left one missing in Vietnam's central region since last weekend, a local official told Xinhua on Thursday. Binh Dinh Province has suffered the highest human loss with 12, and followed by provinces of Quang Ngai, Quang Nam, Khanh Hoa and Phu Yen, said Nguyen Sy Nuoi, deputy head of the Flood and Storm Control Bureau in charge of the central region under the Central Flood and Storm Control Committee. The floods, sparked by torrential rain, have also submerged several thousands of houses, more than 15,000 hectares of rice and subsidiary crops, and damaged many sections of roads, dykes and irrigation works in the region, he said. resource-specific and farm-specific solutions", he said. "I am told that there are estimates that indicate that even with the current available technologies, it is possible to double the present food production by the end of the 11th plan", Singh said. Singh said the government planned to have one Krishi Vigyan Kendra in every district, which would provide the benefits of advanced research and training to all farmers. He said the Indian Council of Agricultural Research has already established 492 KVKs so far. /PTI Zandisile Makhuphula, adding most escaped serious harm. The other train the Trans Karoo express was carrying 182 people, some of whom were also injured, he said. The Blue Train is one of South Africa's top tourist attractions, transporting passengers across the country in oldfashioned luxury. The train had been travelling to Cape Town, said Makhuphula. /Reuters Expressway pileup kills one in E China province NANCHANG, 28 Oct One car driver was confirmed dead and another person was seriously injured from a road pileup accident that happened Wednesday morning in east China's Jiangxi Province, local police sources said on Thursday. Between 7:45 and 8:16 Wednesday morning, 23 motor vehicles piled up Tourists are reflected in a puddle of water as they walk during sunrise at the Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap, 300 km (186 miles) north-west of Phnom Penh on 28 Oct, INTERNET on the fog-blanketed expressway from the provincial capital of Nanchang to Zhangshu, also in Jiangxi. The accident killed one car driver immediately and seriously injured another person, with several others slightly wounded, the sources said. Cause of the accident is being investigated NL 12 10/1/32, 17:01

13 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 30 October, Russian booster blasts off with nine satellites MOSCOW, 28 Oct A Russian Kosmos-3M booster rocket blasted off from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the north of Russia on Thursday, to put into orbit nine satellites, including one each from Russia and China. The cluster launch the main payload of the includes Russia s launch, he said. Its Mozhayets-5 and Iran s first remote probing satellites Mesbah and Sinah-1, the ITAR-TASS news agency quoted an official at the launch pad as saying. The satellites have function is to assess the influence of radiation on avionics at an altitude of 700 to 800 kilometres, said the ITAR-TASS report. China s DMC+4, which is developed by Britain s SSTL, is a to reach preset orbits in remote-probing unit Agency. about half an hour. The equipped with two Russian unit will be the last to separate from the booster, said the official. Mozhayets-5, an experimental satellite, is photographic cameras. One of the cameras will function in the naturaldisaster warning mode and the other will be used in Brazil to build 5 rockets by 2022 BRASILIA, 28 Oct The Brazilian Government said on Wednesday it will spend 700 million US dollars building five rockets to launch satellites into space by The plan, known as the Southern Cross, takes its name from the southern constellation that is made up of five stars. The first launcher called Alfam will be an improved version of the VLS-1 rocket, which Brazil has been using since The development programme was suspended in August 2003 following the explosion of a VLS-1 Vietnam s handicraft export rises in first 10 months HANOI, 28 Oct Vietnam has so far this year exported 459 million US dollars worth of handicrafts, up 11.2 per cent against the same period last year, the Trade Ministry said Thursday. Of the turnovers, 199 million dollars came from pottery items, and 153 million dollars from products from bamboo or rattan or sedge. Most of the exports went to the European Union (EU), the United States, Japan, South Africa and Australia. To realize this year s target of 500 million dollars, the ministry is calling for local producers to diversify models, build more brands, and intensify trade promotion abroad, especially in markets with strict quality requirements such as the EU and the United States. cartography projects. Iran s Mesbah satellite was manufactured by Italy s Carlo Gavazzi Space. The Sinah-1 was made in Iran. Other satellites include Britain s TopSat and the SSETI Express, of the European Space The two-stage booster Kosmos-3M can take payloads of up to 1,500 kilogrammes to the 250-1,700 kilometres high orbits. rocket that killed 21 engineers and technicians. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a cooperation agreement in Moscow last week, under which Russia and Brazil will work together on the Alfam programme. The structure of the other four rockets has yet to be determined. US survey shows disease no deterrence for some smokers WASHINGTON, 28 Oct Nearly half of Americans who suffered from emphysema in 2003 still smoked in spite of the debilitating chronic illness associated with cigarette smoking, according to a federal health care survey released this week. While 43 per cent of people with emphysema did not give up cigarettes, about a quarter of adults with other smoking-related diseases also reported that they continued to smoke, according to the survey conducted by an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Twenty-two per cent of people with asthma, 21 per cent of stroke victims and 20 per cent of people with cardiovascular problems said they continued to light up, the survey reported. Among other findings, slightly less than half of all Americans who smoked in 2003 had a routine medical check-up within the last year, compared with 61 per cent of nonsmokers. Sixty-three per cent of the smokers who did have a routine check-up were advised by a physician to stop smoking, up from 57 per cent in 2000, the survey said. The survey results are based on health care information collected each year from a sample of US households. /Reuters Vietnam to develop more computer games HANOI, 28 Oct Vietnam is facilitating production of games played on computers or other electronic equipment like mobile phones, targeting game revenues for 150 million US dollars in 2010, according to the Vietnam Software Association (Vinasa). By 2010, Vietnam will have some 80 local game producers with around 3,000 game programmers. More and more Vietnamese games, especially online games are being developed, Vinasa Chairman Truong Gia Binh A Lockheed Martin Atlas V rocket, of the same type as the one damaged by Hurricane Wilma, lifts off from Cape Canaveral in this 12 August file photo. INTERNET First Nation dancers Harvey Thunderchild, right, and Lorne Gardypie walk past a Royal Canadian Mounted Police honour guard at the Hill 62 Canadian Memorial in Zillebeke, Belgium, on Friday, 28 Oct, INTERNET told Xinhua on Thursday. The association has put forth major directions for the local game industry, including the establishment of game development groups, cooperation with information technology giants like Intel, Cisco and IBM, construction of game research and development centres, and launch of game-programming contests. Vinasa, on Tuesday, signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korea s Information Technology Promotion Department, under which Vietnamese companies can localize Korean online games and launch into the domestic market, use technologies to be transferred by Korean partners to develop their own games, and eventually join hands with the partners to make games for export, Binh said. Vietnam has produced a limited number of games for computers and mobile phones, he said. Our company plans to launch our first massive multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) with the plot similar to Son Tinh-Thuy Tinh (a wellknown Vietnamese legend) in June 2006, said Binh, also general director of FPT, a leading information technology firm in the country. Danish police arrest four terrorist suspects STOCKHOLM, 28 Oct Danish police Thursday arrested four men on suspicion of belonging to a network planning a suicide attack in Europe, said reports reaching here from the Danish capital Copenhagen. The four, arrested Thursday, are all Muslims aged 16 to 20. One of them is a Danish citizen. They will stay in custody until November 16 as the investigation goes on, said police spokesman Joern Bro. Bro said the network they belong to had planned to carry out a suicide attack in Europe. He declined to reveal further details. 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14 14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 30 October, 2005 S P O R T S Third consecutive home draw for Ajax AMSTERDAM, 29 Oct Ajax Amsterdam were held to a goalless draw by Heerenveen on Friday and lost contact with the top of the First Division. Ajax, now 283 minutes Trabelsi, who came off in Heerenveen, tenth with without scoring a goal in the first half with a hamstring 12 points, host CSKA the league, started with injury. Moscow in a UEFA Cup Ioannis Anastasiou as central Ajax remain fifth with tie on Thursday. striker but the Greek 15 points after 10 matches, /Reuters missed four good chances, seven points behind leaders while Nigel de Jong saw PSV Eindhoven, who his injury-time goal disallowed travel to Twente Enschede for offside. on Saturday. Ajax will travel to AZ Alkmaar are second Swiss side Thun on with 21 points and Wednesday for a Champions meet ADO Den Haag, League Group B while Feyenoord, also on match and are likely to 21, face Willem II Tilburg miss Tunisian Hatem on Sunday. Celtic announce new $26.7m share issue GLASGOW, 29 Oct Celtic are launching a new 15- million-pound (26.75-million-US-dollar) share issue to boost their youth system and build a showpiece training complex. The Glasgow club's biggest shareholder, Dermot Desmond has conditionally agreed to underwrite the scheme up to 10 million pounds. Chairman Brian Quinn said on Friday: "If Celtic is to remain competitive in Scotland and Europe, it must give a high priority to finding, developing and training high quality Celtic players of the future." A total of 50 million new ordinary shares are to be made available to existing shareholders and new investors at 30 pence per share. Celtic aim to spend 10 million pounds on their youth academy plus scouting and player development schemes with the remaining five million to be spent on slashing the club debt. /Reuters CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Girl's name 4 Uniform 9 Fielding position (4,3) 10 Prickle 11 Fastener 12 Exact 13 Cereal 14 Hint 16 Relation 18 Snub-nosed dog 20 Small fish 21 Facts 24 Admitted 25 Prospect 26 Repeat performance 27 Fold DOWN 1 Cat-like 2 Tedium 3 Is not well 5 As good as secured (sl.) (2,3,3) 6 Strong feeling 7 Pulled jerkily 8 Wide open 13 Wind insturment 15 Concise 17 Coax by flattery 18 Power-cable support 19 Short coat 22 Make amends 23 Pace Football star, Iron Lady prepare for Liberia run-off MONROVIA, 29 Oct Liberia's football legend George Weah and political Iron Lady Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf prepared for the run-off after electoral official had declared on Thursday as the start of the second round of campaigning for the two leading presidential candidates. Weah, the former FIFA football player of the year, himself born in a slum, began his run-off election campaign by visiting the handicapped and street Russia's Maria Petrova is lifted by her partner Alexei Tikhonov as they perform their free programme to win the silver medal in the pairs competition at Skate Canada International, on Friday, 28 Oct, 2005, in St John's, NL. INTERNET Soccer legend George Best very seriously ill LONDON, 29 Oct Football legend George Best remains "very seriously ill" despite the easing of internal bleeding he has been suffering, his consultant said on Thursday. "Quite what will happen over the next 24 hours is difficult to say," Professor Roger Williams said. "The next 24 hours will be very crucial for him," Williams added. The ex- Manchester United and Northern Ireland footballer, who is 59, is said to be stable in intensive care. Best entered Cromwell Hospital in west London three weeks ago. He had a liver transplant in His condition worsened significantly on Wednesday, before he spent a more comfortable night. Williams said the internal bleeding of the bowel was linked to an infection, but the problems were not directly linked to the replacement liver, which is functioning well. But he has previously said Best is more susceptible to illness due to medication to suppress the immune system and prevent his body rejecting the liver. "All one can say is that the bleeding, we think, is easing, but he is very seriously ill on a ventilator," Prof Williams said. Best has not been conscious since Wednesday morning, when he was sedated to be put on the machine. His consultant said he would remain on it "until we are sure that he is breathing on his own". peddlers, assuring them that he would go the extra mile in catering to their needs because he fully understood their difficulties. Weah has repeatedly pledged if elected, he would bring together all Liberians to sign a peace document in three months and restore running water, electricity and other basic social services such as reconstruction of roads which are in a deplorable state after the bloody civil war. For her part, the Harvard-trained economist of the Unity Party Johnson-Sirleaf began her run-off election campaign with a visit to market women on the outskirts of Monrovia, where she is sponsoring a road project to alleviate them from selling their food stuff along muddy roads. Later on in her campaign statement at her party's headquarters, Johnson-Sirleaf said: "The country is at a crossroad and you would have to decide in whose hand do you want to put your future." "I beg all Liberians to do their country a favor, come out on November 8 and vote for our country." Henry looks like missing north London derby LONDON, 29 Oct Arsenal striker Thierry Henry has only a 30 per cent chance of being fit for the north London derby at Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday. "There is a bit of uncertainty about Thierry," manager Arsene Wenger told Arsenal TV Online on Thursday. "He has had a little bit of a setback. "We pushed him in a little early and we need to get him completely back to where he can perform. At the moment he is not there, he is 30 per cent to play (against Tottenham) and 70 per cent not to play." The French international returned to the side as a 16th-minute substitute against Sparta Prague in the Champions League on October 18 after being sidelined for six weeks with a groin injury. Henry scored twice in a 2-0 win in Prague to overhaul Ian Wright as Arsenal's record goalscorer. /Reuters Anderlecht held by Lokeren BRUSSELS, 29 Oct Anderlecht failed in their attempt to go top of the Belgian First Division when they were held to a 2-2 draw by Lokeren on Friday. League leaders Standard Liege go in to their game on Sunday happy in the knowledge that they will remain top no matter what the result against Excelsior Mouscron after Anderlecht threw away the lead on two occasions. The Brussels side are now two points behind Liege with one more game played. Anderlecht took the lead on the half hour through Serhat Akin who scored his third goal in two games. /Reuters China's team, front, and Macau team row towards the finish line during the first day of the woman dragon boat race in the 4th East Asian Games in Macau on Saturday, 29 Oct, Dragon boat racing started out as a frantic search for an ancient Chinese poet who committed suicide by plunging into a river. About 2,300 years later, dragon boat racing is a full-fledged international competitive sport that's now a medal sport at the fourth East Asian Games in Macau. INTERNET NL 14 10/1/32, 17:01

15 Top Cheney aide indicted in CIA leak probe WASHINGTON, 29 Oct In a damaging blow to a beleaguered White House, Vice- President Dick Cheney s Chief of Staff, Lewis Libby, was indicted on Friday for obstructing justice, perjury and lying after a two-year investigation into the leak of a covert CIA operative s identity. Libby resigned his White House post and faces up to 30 years in prison in a case that has put a spotlight on how the administration sold the nation on the war in Iraq and countered its critics. Cheney said Libby would fight the charges brought against him. Libby predicted: At the end of this process I will be completely and totally exonerated. President George W Bush s top political adviser, Karl Rove, was not THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 30 October, indicted along with Libby, but special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald has made clear to Rove he remains under investigation and in legal jeopardy, lawyers said. It s not over, Fitzgerald told a news conference. Bush said the investigation and legal proceedings were serious and now the process moves into a new phase. Reggie Walton, the federal judge chosen to handle Libby s case, was appointed by Bush to the court. An arraignment for Libby to enter a plea has yet to be scheduled. Libby s indictment raises the spectre of a politically damaging criminal trial. Lawyers involved in the leak case said Cheney himself and other top White House officials can expect to be called as witnesses. /Reuters Miss Traditional contestant Michelle Pala from the Central Highlands Province sits as a headwear is fitted on her before she performs in the contest held WEATHER in the Papua New Guinea capital city of Port Saturday, 29 October, 2005 Moresby on 29 October, The competition, Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 which raised funds for a local charity, involves hours MST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudy in Yangon Division, Kayin and Mon States, rain or thundershowers have been isolated in Kayah State, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions, scattered in Kachin State, upper Sagaing 4. 9" 4 and Bago Divisions and widespread in the remaining areas with isolated heavyfalls in Rakhine State, Mandalay and Magway Divisions. 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16 13th Waning of Thadingyut 1367 ME Sunday, 30 October, 2005 With the use of Myanmar character system in computer programme, people can use computers more extensively Prime Minister General Soe Win meets with officials of Myanmar Info-Tech, IT technicians and entrepreneurs. YANGON, 29 Oct Prime Minister General Soe Win discussed IT development and requirements in meeting with officials, IT technicians and entrepreneurs at YANGON, 29 Oct The National Convention Convening Commission, Work Committee and Management Committee met at the NCCC in Nyaunghnapin Camp, Myanmar Info-Tech on Hline Campus this morning. At the hall of Myanmar Info-Tech, Chairman of e- National Task Force Minister for Communications, Posts and Telegraphs Brig-Gen Thein Zaw said efforts are being made for development of ICT sector in (See page 9) National Convention to resume on 5 December At the forthcoming NC, approvals will be sought to lay down detailed basic principles in accord with proposals for delegation of executive and judicial powers Hmawby Township, Yangon Division, this afternoon. NCCC Chairman Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein, Vice-Chairman Minister for Electric Power Maj-Gen Tin Htut, Secretary Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan and members, Work Committee Chairman Chief Justice U Aung Toe, Vice- Chairman Attorney-General U Aye Maung, Management Committee Chairman Auditor-General Maj-Gen Lun Maung and officials held discussions at the meeting. The NCCC chairman said that at the National Convention held from 15 February to 31 March 2005, he let the del- egates know that the NC will resume at the end of 2005 as it could delay the agricultural tasks of delegate farmers and businesses of other delegates. The NC will resume on 5 December 2005 in Nyaunghnapin Camp in Hmawby Township. All necessary arrangements are to be made as from now for management matters such as food and accommodation, water and power supply. And (See page 10) NCCC Chairman Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein delivers a speech at the work coordination meeting. NCCC Secretary Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan. Management Committee Chairman Maj-Gen Lun Maung. Work Committee Chairman Chief Justice U Aung Toe NL 16 10/1/32, 17:01