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Informatiom Sheet N0.A-0795(I)



                             MYANMAR  INFORMATION  COMMITTEE
                                                   YANGON
                                             Informatiom  Sheet
			        N0.A-0795(I)                   10th  February 1999 	

(1)		Tatmadaw (Defence Services), People Destroy 6,181.66 acres of Illicit
Poppy Plantations November 98 to 31 January 1999.
		In January 1999, a total of 2,559.05 acres of poppy plantations-- 131 acres
in Hsenwi Township in Shan State (North), 896.40 acres in Tangyang Township,
98 acres in Kunlong Township, 149.50 acres in Muse Township, 48 acres in
Hopang Township, 55.50 acres in Namkham Township, 390.75 acres in Monekoe
region, 749.90 acres in Laukkai Township, 80 acres in Talay Township in Shan
State (East) -were destroyed. Acreage of illicit poppy plantation destroyed
from November 1998 to 31 January 1999 are as follows:-
		(a)	Monekoe Region			959.00 acres
		(b)	Muse Township			647.25 acres
		(c)	Namkham Township		109.00 acres
		(d)	Kutkai Township			  72.00 acres
		(e)	Hsenwi Township			398.00 acres
		(f)	Kunlong Township			230.75 acres
		(g)	Tanyang Township		     1,197.70 acres
		(h)	Laukkai Township			749.90 acres
		(i)	Hsipaw Township			13.00 acres
		(j)	Hopang Township			48.00 acres
		(k)	Pinlaung Township			182.95 acres
		(l)	Phekhon Township		     1,267.31 acres
		(m)	Talay Township			80.00 acres
		(n)	Kengtung Township			11.00 acres
		(o)	Waingmaw Township		55.00 acres
		(p)	Moebye Township			160.80 acres
		A total of 6,181.66 acres of poppy plantations illegally grown in Shan State
(North), Shan State ( South), Shan State (East), Kayah and Kachin States have
been destroyed, and efforts are continuing to search and destroy the illegal
poppy plantations.
(2)		Eighth Research Paper-reading Session on Traditional Medicine Held
		The eight research paper-reading session on traditional medicine was held at

the Traditional Medicine Department on U Wisara Road in Dagon Township on 9
February. Altogether 24 papers were presented at the session which continues
on 10 February.
(3)		Flight Kitchen Unit for Aircraft Catering Service Opened
		Opening ceremony of a flight kitchen unit for aircraft catering service
built by Department of Civil Aviation in cooperation with Myanmar LSG
Lufthansa Service Ltd was held at the unit on Yangon International Airport
premises on 9 February. The Department of Civil Aviation and LSG Lufthansa
Service ventured together to establish this Build, Operate  and Transfer
Catering Service to provide airlines and other customers with premium quality
products to ISO 9000 standards. Chairman and CEO Mr. Helmut Woelki extended
greetings and presented cash for Myanmar National Education Committee.
(4)		Zaw Zaw Lat Wins Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championship
		Myanmar youth amateur golfers Zaw Paing Oo and Zaw Zaw Lat of the Ministry
of Communications, Posts and Telegraphs led by executive of Myanmar Golf
Federation 
U Ko Ko Aye took part in the Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championship held in
Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 3 to 6 February. Altogether 76 golfers from Pakistan,
India, Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh participated in the championship. Zaw Zaw
Lat, handicap 6, won the championship with 288 strokes in handicap event. Zaw
Paing Oo also secured fourth with 303 strokes in scratch event.

Spirit of Mutual Cooperation Needed in the Fight Against Narcotic Drugs
		It is unfortunate that the United States and Britain have chosen to boycott
the International Police Conference on Heroin Production and Trafficking,
which is taking place in Yangon at the end of this month. The International
drug trade is an urgent problem which needs to be addressed in a spirit of
mutual cooperation by the entire world community.
		As two of the largest markets for heroin in the world, the United States and
Britain bear a special responsibility to work with the rest of the
international community in every way possible. Their huge markets fuel a
global narcotics trade which threatens to infect many countries in the
developing world, including Myanmar.
		The Government of Myanmar greatly regrets the British and American refusal
to participate in this important conference and urges them to put politics
aside, for the sake of the millions of people around the world whose lives are
threatened by the drug trade.
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