NEWS - Japan to Implement Two Techn

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Japan to Implement Two Technical Programs for Myanmar

            Xinhua
            05-JAN-99

            YANGON (Jan. 5) XINHUA - The Japanese government will
            implement two separate technical programs for Myanmar's
            Central Forestry Development Training Center (CFDTC) and
            the Irrigation Technology Center (ITC). 

            According to a press release from the Japanese Embassy
            here Tuesday, Japan, for the first program, will send two
            experts, provide necessary equipment and training in Japan
            and third countries, and share the costs of program
activities
            from 1999 to 2000. 

            The CFDTC program, agreed upon by Japan International
            Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Forest Department of
            the Myanmar Ministry of Forestry last December, aims to
            give aftercare to Yangon division's Hmawby green area, built
            in 1988 with Japanese aid. 

            For the second program for ITC, which will start in April
this
            year at Myanmar's Ngamoeik Dam project area in Hlegu,
            Bago and end in 2004, Japan will send five experts to
            introduce and promote water management technology during
            the five years, and provide equipment and training in Japan,
            the press release said. 

            The Japanese government has been in cooperation with the
            ITC for 10 years to promote irrigation technology in
            Myanmar.