Informarion Sheet A- 0065(I)

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Informarion Sheet


	A- 0065(I)						                             18-7 - 97


(A)		U Aung San U ( elder brother of  Mrs. Aris / Daw Su Kyi ) and spouse
 Daw Le Le Nwe Thein who are in Myanmar  to attend the 50th. Anniversary of
 the Martyr?s Day donated cash towards the funds of Myanmar Nurses
Association on the morning of July 17th. in Yangon in memory of mother Daw
Khin Kyi. The donation  will  be used in the construction of Home for Retired
Nurses.

(B)		Direct shipping of massive construction materials from abroad to coastal
regions in Myanmar being made possible. Myanman Five Star Line is shipping
 massive  construction  materials from abroad direct to respective ports of
costal regions. 

Altogether (55) of (110) buoys conveyed  by mv Chin Shwe Haw of MFSL from
Nanjing, the People?s Republic of China, were unloaded at Dawei Port in
Taninthayi Division on 4th. July and the remaining (55) at Sittway Port in
Rakhine State on 8th. July. They will be used in building bridges covered by
projects in Taninthayi Division and Rakhine State. Formerly, construction
materials were unloaded at Yangon Port from which they were sent to
respective costal regions, causing large expenditures, delays and
difficulties in handling them. MFSL now uses 3,000 ton mv Chin Shwe Haw and
mv Mongla, built in China for the direct shipping.

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