Information Sheet No.B-1208 (I)

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MYANMAR INFORMATION COMMITTEE
YANGON

Information  Sheet
 No.B-1208 (I)               5th January, 2000

(1) Senior General Than Shwe and Wife Host 52nd Independence Day Anniversary 
Reception and Banquet

    Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council 
of the Union of Myanmar Senior   General  Than Shwe 
and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing hosted the 52nd Anniversary
 Independence Day reception and banquet at the Pyithu
Hluttaw (Parliamentary Building) on  4 January 2000. 

(2) Foundation Laid to Build Eight-Storey Ward at Jivitadana Sangha (Monks) 
Hospital

    Foundation was laid on 4 January to build an
eight-storey building housing medical wards of
Jivitadana Sangha Hospital in its compound. Chairman
of National Health Committee Secretary-1 of the State
Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt laid
the foundation.

(3) 5.3 m Stimulant Tablets Seized in Mongphyat, Shan State (East)

    Over 5.3 million stimulant tablets were seized at a
check point in Mongphyat,  Shan State (East), on 23
December from a truck. A combined team of members of
Defence  Services Intelligence regional unit and
Myanmar Police Force searched the car and found the
drugs. Action has been taken against Sai Aung (a) Tun
Aung of  Kengtung Township, who was the driver, and
Aik Kyaing of Mongyan Township, who was the passenger
on the  car. Investigation is under way to expose
culprits related with the case.

                                    
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