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CYCLONE NARGIS AND ITS AFTERMATH - HEADLINES: Prime Minister visits relief camps in
Ayeyawady Division...Lt-Gen Myint Swe on inspection tour of relief
camps in Dedaye, Kungyangon townships...Ministers receive EU commission delegation...Shwe Thanlwin aid for
20 villages...Hovercraft handed over...Electric Power No 2 Minister inspects repair works...Health care services inspected at relief
camps in Dagon Myothit (South)...Volunteers clear debris in
downtown Yangon...Storm victims furnished with
supplies, accommodations...Debris cleared in Bahan, Tamway...1,050 shelter boxes donated by
Rotary Club arrive...International relief supplies flowing by air
to Myanmar:
YANGON, 16 May—The international community is providing relief supplies
to the storm-hit areas from 6 up to 15 May. Ten donor countries have transported
relief items by air 20 times to Myanmar. The following table shows donor countries,
aircraft, relief supplies and weight...Relief and rehabilitation tasks
carried out in Bogale Township...Brunei donates $100,000 to storm victims...ECDHAO Commissioner and party visit
relief camp in Hlinethaya Township...Cash and kind for storm victims...Latest casualty figures...Relief aid for storm victims...Naval vessels participate in
relief and rehabilitation
tasks...More wellwishers, doctors arrive
Pyapon to help storm victims...Pharmaceutical and Medical
Equipment Entrepreneurs donate
medicine, cash for storm victims...Relief supplies presented to storm
victims in Dedaye... More relief supplies from abroad
arrive at Yangon International
Airport...Relief supplies promptly shipped to
Ayeyawady Division...MWAF, Yangon Division WAO donate meals,
household goods to victims...Maj-Gen Tha Aye attends
cash donation ceremony for
storm victims of Ayeyawady,
Yangon Divisions...Legal action for any relief
aid embezzlement
National Disaster Preparedness Central
Committee releases announcement...Diesel donated for relief
and resettlement...Witness may inform about misappropriation of
internal and international relief funds and supplies.....
CYCLONE NARGIS AND ITS AFTERMATH - PHOTO CAPTIONS: Lt-Gen Myint Swe visits relief camp at Kyondah Village in Dedaye Township, Ayeyawady Division...Minister U Soe Tha, Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe and Minister Dr Kyaw Myint meet
EU commission delegation led by Commissioner Mr Louis Michel...A hovercraft from Thailand to be used in
storm-hit Ayeyawady delta region arrives
in Yangon...Minister Dr Kyaw Myint inspects health care services at the relief camp
in Dagon Myothit (South) Township...Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint visits sub-power station No 1 in
Hlinethaya Township...Relief aid being sent to Kamakalu village in Bogale Township, Ayeyawady Division...Airlifted relief items for storm survivors arrive at villages in Labutta, Ayeyawady Division...Personnel of Rotary Club hand over shelter boxes to the staff of Htoo
Trading Co Ltd and Air Bagan...Buildings under repair in Bogale Township, Ayeyawady Division...Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win, Minister Maj-Gen Maung
Maung Swe and Commissioner Mr Louis Michel visit Padan relief
camp in Hlinethaya Township...Brunei Ambassador presents US$ 100,000 to Deputy Minister
Col Hla Thein Swe...Maj-Gen Tha Aye accepts cash donation from a donor....Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Myint accepts foodstuff, purified
water, consumer goods and construction materials worth K 11.5
million donated by PTTEP Co Ltd...Storm survivors being
accommodated in
tents at Kyondah
village, Dedaye
Township, Ayeyawady
Division...Relief aid from IFRC arrives at Yangon International Airport...Health care services being provided to emergency patients from Ayeyawady Division in Yangon...Water purification machine for storm-hit families is installed in
Kyondah Village of Dedaye Township, Ayeyawdy Division...Family members sharing food donated by wellwishers...Vessels carrying relief supplies leave for storm-hit areas in Ayeyawady
Division...Health care services for storm victims in Labutta Township in progress...Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi and Thai Ambassador
Mr Bansarn Bunnag view MT Pentrader carrying 480,000 litres
of diesel to be used for relief and resettlement work in storm-hit
areas.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Participate in reconstruction
of hospitals and schools".
Source/publisher:
SPDC (News and Periodical Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar)
Date of Publication:
2008-05-17
Date of entry:
2008-05-21
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