ARUSHA [url=http://www.cheapairmax97saleuk.com/]http://www.cheapairmax97saleuk.com/[/url] , Tanzania, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Wednesday directed the country's army to build a perimeter wall around tanzanite mine site in northern part of the east African nation to control theft and smuggling of the precious gemstones.

The Tanzanian leader made the directive when speaking at the inauguration of a 26km road linking the mine site and Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA).

He directed the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) and the income generating arm of the national service (SUMA-JKT) to build a 13-square-kilometer fence surrounding tanzanite mining area in Mirerani area, Simanjiro District in Manyara Region.

"Construction work should start immediately, we have to protect our natural resources so that it benefit all Tanzanians," said Magufuli.

The Tanzanian President also suggested the need for the wall to be installed with electrical wire and fixed with surveillance cameras on its four corners, and have single entrance gate. The move, according to him, will monitor all suspicious activities within the site's block A and D, areas believed to house a huge amount of the minerals.

The president's move is aimed at controlling all tanzanite minerals explored in the area, as for years Tanzania has been losing millions of foreign currencies due to smuggling.

"I suggest that the gate should be installed with a modern detector machine that can spotlight any hidden substance," he said.

The mining site is jointly owned and managed by a private firm Sky Associates Limited and the State Mining Corporation (STAMICO), a wholly-owned government enterprise under the Ministry of Energy and Minerals, each commanding a 50-percent share in the gemstones' exploration in the area.

President Magufuli also ordered a review of all Tanzanite mine contracts that would enable an increase in the government's royalty hence speed up country's socio-economic development.

According to President Magufuli, from now on all tanzanite sales would be conducted at the mining site (Mererani).

"I want to see buyers come directly here in Mererani to buy the gemstone...this will make the government have the record on the exported minerals," he said.

Tanzanite is only found in Tanzania, in the Mererani Hills of the Manyara Region in the north of the country. Tanzanite is mined from a single source in an area that is 2-kilometer wide and 4-kilometer long and divided into 4 blocks (A, B, C, and D) near Mount Kilimanjaro.

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by Xinhua writers Cheng Lu, Chu Yi and Xuan Liqi

BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- In a room in the service center of Anlelin Residential Community, Fu Guiling and her neighbors unskillfully fiddle with touchscreens, shaking their smartphones while giggling.

The 66-year-old woman was intimidated by mobile devices until she attended a course offered by See Young, a Beijing-based nonprofit group, which defines its mission as helping the elderly to harness technology.

Picture and video sharing, online chatting and shopping may be easy for the younger generation, but for China's more than 230 million elderly who grew up in a pre-digital age, technology often moves too fast for them to keep up.

THE GENERATION FORGOTTEN BY TECH

"What's the problem with my phone? The screen has turned black. I can't open it," Fu asks a See Young volunteer.

She is confused by the "screen lock" function. Two weeks ago, her daughter gave her an unwanted Huawei smartphone. It is her first time to own such a device.

"I only know how to answer the phone," she laughs.

However, the See Young course is teaching Fu and several of her neighbors the various ways to use social networking app WeChat, such as enlarging the font, using the "shake" function and how to create group chats.

Since it opened its doors in 2011, See Young has helped more than 18,000 senior citizens across the country and has more than 3,800 volunteers, mostly university students.

"Everything started from my beloved grandma," said Zhang Jiaxin, co-founder of See Young, which was developed by a student voluntary team at Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.

Born in a small town of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Zhang was brought up by his grandma. In 2008, he went to university in Beijing, and the only way for his grandma to see him was through video calls.

"I taught her step by step, but she still failed to do it," Zhang said. "I realized that there must be many grandmas in China who could not handle computers and other modern gadgets. So I started See Young to make their old age easier."

Aging poses many challenges -- weaker eyesight, shortened memory, less agile fingers. The older generation often finds themselves excluded by the modern technology that the rest of society finds indispensable.

China had more than 230.8 million people aged 60 or above at the end of 2016, 16.7 percent of the total population, according to the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The country's elderly will account for about one-quarter of the population by 2030.

Closing the gap between the elderly and new technology can be an effective way to solve many of the problems with aging. It can open up a whole new social world.

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