Win Myint attends ceremony marking

[darnott@xxxxxxxxxxx]

[Could someone explain  the rituals of golden and silver showers
-- probably not what I'm thinking  -- DA]

BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific
April 13, 2001, Friday

Burmese leader Win Myint attends ceremony marking start of cement plant 
project

SOURCE: TV Myanmar, Rangoon, in Burmese 1330 gmt 11 Apr 01

Text of report by Burmese TV on 11 April

A ground breaking ceremony marking the Sinmin Cement
Plant project in Kyaukse of the Union of Myanmar Burma
Economic Holdings Ltd UMEHL to be constructed near
Nwalegauk Mountain, Kyaukse East, Kyaukse Township,
Mandalay Division, was held at a pavilion of the plant project this
morning. Lt-Gen Win Myint, chairman of UMEHL, secretary-3 of
the State Peace and Development Council SPDC , and adjutant
general, attended the ceremony...

At the auspicious time, Chairman Lt-Gen Win Myint drove a stake
and sprinkled scented water on it.

Minister of Industry-1 U Aung Thaung and party, officials
of China National Building Material Equipment Corporation and
Yunnan Machinery Import and Export Corporation of the People's
Republic of China then drove stakes and sprinkled scented water on them.

Afterwards, Secretary-3 Lt-Gen Win Myint performed rituals of golden
and silver showers to mark successful completion of the ceremony.
UMEHL will build one 400-ton cement plant using wet process
and one 700-ton cement plant using dry process in Kyaukse
Township. After the ceremony, Lt Gen Win Myint presented cash
assistance to Union Solidarity and Development Associations of
various townships in Kyaukse District to mark the success of the
ceremony...