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Subject: Wife of Myanmar's FM Ohn Gyaw went shopping in a ASEAN country.
Wives of Foreign Ministers visit city's interesting spots
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Wives of ASEAN Forign Ministers who accompanied their husbands for the
30th ASEAN Ministrial meeting had a programme of their own today.
Led by Datin Endon Mahmood, wife of Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah
Ahmad Badawi, their tour around the city started at 9am with a visit to
the Jade Museum and Bee Jewellery and Souvenir Centre.
The delegation consisted of Yunisa Alatas, wife of Indonesian Foreign
Minister Ali Alatas, Pengiran Anak Zariah, wife of Brunei's Foreign
Minister Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Lalitha Jayakumar, wife of Singapore's
Foreign Minister Prof S. Jayakumar, Taptim Chaiyasan, wife of Thailand's
Foreign Minister Prachuab Chaiyasarn, Bounkongmany Lengsavad, wife of
Loas' Foreign Minister Somsavat Lengsavad, Daw Khin Kyi, wife of
Myanmar's Foreign Minister U Ohn Gyaw and Nguyen Bach Tuyet, wife of
Vietnam's Foreign Minister Nguyen Manh Cam.
Kazuko I. Siazon, wife of Phillippines Foreign Minister Domingo L.
Siazon, was absent.
At the Jade Museum, they saw about 700 pieces of jade pieces, carvings,
statutes, jewellery and other art works dating back to the dawn of the
Chinese civilisation.
Apart from the Jade Museum, the wives also visited MATIC and the One
Utama Shopping Centre.
[Photo: Interesting pieces...(From left) Khin Kyi, Pengiran Anak Zariah,
Yunisa and Lalitha taking a closer look at some of the jade jewellery on
sale with help from salegirl Intan Huraini Abu Hurairah. Second from
right is owner Norlinah Abdullah.]
(26 July 1997, Malaysian News Soruce)
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