Work coordination meeting of National Convention
Convening Commission,
Work Committee and Management Committee held
Present were Chairman of National Convention Convening
Commission Secretary-2 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein, members of the
commission, Chairman of the National Convention Convening Work Committee Chief
Justice U Aung Toe, members of the Work Committee, Chairman of Management
Committee Auditor-General Maj-Gen Lun
Maung and members.
Joint Secretary of the National Convention Convening
Commission Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint
of the Ministry of Defence acted as master of ceremonies.
Chairman of National Convention Convening Commission
Secretary-2 Lt-Gen Thein Sein
delivered an address.
He said it was the second meeting of the National Convention
Convening Commission, Work Committee and Management Committee to discuss work
done, being done and to be done relating to the National Convention.
The first meeting was held in the Pyidaungsu Hall in Kyaikkasan Grounds on
Tasks on the National Convention laid down at the first
meeting were implemented and measures were also undertaken. The National
Convention will be held at Nyaung-hnapinkwin on
Within a month, he said, the commission, work committee and
management committee are to discuss work done and being done and measures to be
taken when the National Convention is in progress. After accepting the guidance
of high-ranking officials of the State, necessary buildings such as Convention
hall, meeting halls for group discussion, hostels the mess, hospital,
gymnasiums, canteens and recreation centres were
constructed in Nyaunghnapinkwin.
The list of the delegates to the National Convention was
scrutinized and selected and invitations were sent to the delegates beginning 7
April. The government has sanctioned financial allotments, he added. The
National Convention is to be reconvened after it was adjourned in 1996.
There will be eight groups- delegates of political parties,
delegates of 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 delegates.
The groups include delegates representing the majority of
the national races.
He said the National Convention will be held in accord with
the procedures on holding of the National Convention announced by the National
Convention Convening Commission and six objectives of the National Convention.
He urged the work committee and management committee to make necessary
arrangements for the convenience of the delegates.
Secretary of National Convention Convening Commission
Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan reported
on invitation sent to the delegates, accommodation, welfare and requirements of
the delegates, arrangements for documentary photos and publication of books and
arrangements for successful holding of the National Convention.
Chairman of the National Convention Convening Work Committee
Chief Justice U Aung Toe reported on work done by the committee, Chairman of
Management Committee Auditor-General Maj-Gen Lun Maung on work done and requirements. A general round of
discussions followed.
Chairman of the Commission Secretary-2 Lt-Gen Thein Sein fulfilled the
requirements. The meeting came to a close after concluding remarks by the
chairman.
After the coordination meeting, Chairman of NCCC Secretary-2
of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thein
Sein and party inspected progress in preparations in
Pyidaungsu Hall.
Chairman of NCCC Secretary-2 of the State Peace and
Development Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein
and party proceeded to the hostel for women delegates and inspected the meeting
room, bed rooms, recreation hall and the mess hall.
Next, they looked into the GEC welfare shops, Winthuza shops of the Ministry of Industry-1. After that,
Lt-Gen Thein Sein and party
inspected beauty salon, photo studios, optical shops, public telephone booth,
fax, E-mail and express mail services being opened there together with the
welfare shops.
Later, the Secretary-2 and party arrived at the gymnasium
and inspected construction of women's fitness centre, women's table tennis
hall, men's fitness centre, men's table tennis hall, modern sports gear,
arrangements being made for construction of badminton court.
Next, they arrived at the hospital being opened for the
delegates and inspected patient wards, traditional medicine clinic, dental
clinic, operation theatre, laboratory and medical store. After giving necessary
instructions to officials, Lt-Gen Thein Sein and party left Nyaunghnapinkwin
at
The National Convention will be convened in Nyaung-hnapinkwin beginning
In each hostel there are eight bed rooms each of which can
accommodate four delegates and each bedroom is provided with a bathroom and
toilet. Each bedroom has been facilitated with TV and VCD.
The delegates of political parties will hold discussions in
Room-1 of the National Convention Convening Work Committee Office, the
delegates of the representatives-elect in Room-2, the delegates of peasants in
Room-4, the delegates of workers in Room-5, the delegates of intellectuals and
intelligentsia in Room-6, the delegates of State service personnel in Room-7
and other invited delegates in Room-8. The delegates of national races will
hold discussions in Room-3 on the right side of Pyidaungsu Hall.
Shops are kept open at Nyaunghnapinkwin
to enable the delegates to the National Convention to buy household utensils,
foodstuff, stationery and other general goods at affordable prices.
At the shop of Yangon Division Government Employees
Cooperatives (GEC), books and periodicals, consumers' goods, general items,
textile, clothes, various kinds of books and periodicals and stationery.
Winthuza shop of the Ministry of
Industry-1 also opens a shop there and put on sale in it clothes, foodstuff,
medicines, ceramics, other general materials.
Besides the shops, studios for documentary photo, beauty
salons, optical wares and optical clinics are also opened there.
Moreover, the Ministry of Communications, Posts and
Telegraphs will provide mail and telegraph services for the delegates to the
National Convention. The ministry will also provide the direct dial system for
international and local calls.
Arrangements have been made for enabling the delegates to
the National Convention to enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner. The mess hall-1
can accommodate 250 delegates at a time; the mess hall-2, 410; and the mess
hall-3, 410. Staffed with specialists, surgeons, orthopedists, oculists and
other physicians and installed with modern hospital equipment, one hospital is
kept open to look after the health of the delegates. Traditional medicines are
also available at the hospital.
One gymnasium measuring 120' x 90' x 36' was also
constructed there to enable the delegates to do sports exercises.
In the gymnasium are four badminton courts, one body fitness
hall equipped with modern sports gear where men and women can do exercises
separately and one tennis court.
Theatres were also constructed for the evening recreation of
the delegates.
Rice, edible oil, salt, beans and pulses and other dried
foodstuff have been stored systematically.
Separate mess hall, bed-room, bathroom and water closet were
also constructed for employees from respective ministries who will carry out
their duties at the National Convention. Tea shops and cold drinks shops will
also be opened for them there.
Source: "The New Light of