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Subject: Military TV station to broadcast via Asiasat-2+ 

	 Military TV station to broadcast via Asiasat-2+
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     	YANGON, Feb. 20 Kyodo - Myanmar's military-run television
	station Myawaddy Television (MWD TV) signed an agreement in Yangon on
	Wednesday with Asia Satellite Telecommunication Co. to use the Hong
	Kong company's Asiasat-2 transponder, state-run newspapers reported
	Thursday.
     	The agreement was signed between Brig. Gen. Aung Thein of the
	Defense Ministry and Sabrina Cubbon of Asia Satellite
	Communication Co., the Hong Kong-based firm's subsidiary in Yangon.
     	MWD TV began airing programs in March 1995 for four hours
	in the morning, in addition to programs shown on the same channel for
	seven hours in the afternoon by the state-controlled Myanmar
	Television and Radio Department (MTRD).
     	MWD TV will soon broadcast in the afternoon through Asiasat-2
	using a separate channel operated by the MTRD, the newspapers said.
	==Kyodo