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Information Sheet N0. A-0993 (I)



MYANMAR INFORMATION COMMITTEE
YANGON

Information  Sheet
N0. A-0993 (I)                        20th July  1999
	
(1)		52nd Anniversary Arzani (Martyr's Day) Day Observed in Yangon 

		The 52nd Anniversary Arzani Day (1999) was observed at the 
Arzani Mausoleum  at 8 am on 19 July. On  behalf of the Chairman of the State 
Peace and Development Council, Chairman of the 52nd Anniversary Arzani Day 
Observance Committee Minister for Culture attended the ceremony, saluted the 
State Flag, laid wreaths at the tombs of the late national leader Bogyoke 
(General) Aung San and his fallen colleagues and dispensed metta (compassion 
and love). The families of the Arzanis laid wreaths at the respective tombs. 
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, daughter of Bogyoke Aung San, laid a flower basket. On 
behalf of U Aung San Oo, the eldest son of Bogyoke Aung San, and wife Daw Lei 
Lei Nwe Thein, U Nan Nwe and family laid the wreath and shared merits. Next, 
the families of other Arzanis laid wreaths at the respective tombs and shared 
merits. Representatives of the Union Solidarity and Development Association, 
Myanmar War Veterans Organization, non-governmental organizations, diplomats 
and heads of UN agencies also laid wreaths. 

(2)		Three-storey Building Inaugurated at Yangon Institute of 
Education 				Practising School

		A new three-storey building was inaugurated at the Yangon 
Institute of Education Practising School on 19 July. The three-storey 
building was constructed at a cost of K. 104 million within seven months and 
it consists of 39 class rooms.

(3)		Minister for Foreign Affairs Arrives Back

		Minister for Foreign Affairs arrived back Yangon by air on 19 
July after paying visits to Sri Lanka at the invitation of the Minister for 
Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and to 
Bangladesh at the invitation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the 
People's Republic of Bangladesh.

(4)		Production of Nyaungdon Test Well No. 2 Inspected

		Drilling of the Nyaungdon Test Well No.2, Ayeyarwaddy 
Division began in mid-May 1999. It now produces four million cubic feet of 
natural gas and 80 condensate barrels per day. The natural gas is being sent 
by pipeline from  Nyaungdon to Yangon beginning  on 19 July.

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