Senior General Than Shwe sends message of felicitations to President of the Republic of Turkey NAY PYI TAW, 29 Oct - Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr. Abdullah Gul, President of the Republic of Turkey, on the occasion of the anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey, which falls on 29 October 2008.[ more + ] General Thura Shwe Mann receives Chinese PLA Deputy Chief of General Staff General Zhang Li NAY PYI TAW, 28 Oct-Member of the State Peace and Development Council General Thura Shwe Mann of the Ministry of Defence received the visiting Chinese goodwill delegation led by Deputy Chief of General Staff General Zhang Li of Chinese People?s Liberation Army at the Bayintnaung Yeiktha, here yesterday evening Present on the occasion together with General Thura Shwe Mann were Military Affairs Security Chief Lt-Gen Ye Myint, Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, Chief of Staff (Air) Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint, Deputy Chief of Armed Forces Training Maj-Gen Zaw Win, Vice Adjutant-General Maj-Gen Hla Shwe, Vice Quartermaster- General Maj-Gen Khin Maung Tun and senior military officers and together with Deputy Chief of General Staff General Zhang Li were Ambassador of the People?s Republic of China to Myanmar Mr Guan Mu and Military Attache? Senior Colonel Fan Lianfeng.[ more + ] General Thura Shwe Mann sees off Chinese goodwill delegation NAY PYI TAW, 28 Oct - Member of the State Peace and Development Council General Thura Shwe Mann of the Ministry of Defence saw off Chinese delegation led by Deputy Chief of General Staff General Zhang Li of the People?s Liberation Army of the People?s Republic of China at the Nay Pyi Taw Airport this morning. Member of the State Peace and Development Council General Thura Shwe Mann of the Ministry of Defence together with Chinese Deputy Chief of General Staff General Zhang Li and party arrived at the Nay Pyi Taw Airport in a motorcade.[ more + ] Encourage farmers to produce bio-gas out of cow manure Prime Minister inspects rehabilitation, reconstruction tasks in Ngwesinyaw model village and Pyinsalu YANGON, 28 Oct- Chairman of National Disaster Preparedness Central Committee Prime Minister General Thein Sein, accompanied by Maj-Gen Ko Ko of the Ministry of Defence, Chairman of Ayeyawady Division Peace and Development Council Commander of South-West Command Brig-Gen Kyaw Swe, ministers, deputy ministers, the Director-General of the Government Office and departmental officials, this morning left Pathein by helicopter and arrived Pyinsalu, Labutta District at 8.45 p.m. Along the route, the Prime Minister and party inspected thriving paddy fields from the helicopter.[ more + ] Prime Minister General Thein Sein sends message of felicitations to Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey NAY PYI TAW, 29 Oct - General Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey, on the occasion of the anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey, which falls on 29 October 2008.[ more + ] Prime Minister holds discussions with divisional level officials in Pathein Needs to improve transport for convenience of trucks in a bid to facilitate regeneration of storm-hit areas and reconstruction tasks stressed YANGON, 28 Oct- Chairman of the National Disaster Preparedness Central Committee Prime Minister General Thein Sein had a meeting with divisional level departmental officials at South-West Command in Pathein yesterday afternoon.[ more + ] Prime Minister looks into repair of Yangon-Pathein road YANGON, 28 Oct- Prime Minister General Thein Sein, accompanied by Maj-Gen Ko Ko of the Ministry of Defence, ministers, deputy ministers, the Director- General of the Government Office and departmental officials, yesterday morning inspected traffic along Yangon-Pathein Road, reconstruction of road sections with the use of heavy machinery and stockpiling of gravel for repair of the road by car.[ more + ] Maj-Gen Khin Zaw inspects roads, bridges in Rakhine State NAY PYI TAW, 28 Oct- Maj-Gen Khin Zaw of the Ministry of Defence, accompanied by Chairman of Rakhine State Peace and Development Council Commander of Western Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye, inspected dredging of drains on both sides of An-Padegyaw- Maei road, extension of the road with the use of heavy machinery and conditions of road sections and repair of bridges along Maei- Kyaukpyu road on 23 October.[ more + ] Labour Minister attends ASEAN Human Resources Summit in Singapore NAY PYI TAW, 28 Oct-Minister for Labour U Aung Kyi attended the ASEAN Human Resources Summit and Singapore Human Capital Summit held in the Republic of Singapore from 22 to 24 October at the invitation of Singaporean Minister for Manpower Mr. Gan Kim Yong.[ more + ] Minister inspects protection of electric power system and testing branch of MEPE YANGON, 28 Oct - Minister for Electric Power No. 2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint visited protection of electric power system and testing branch of Myanma Electric Power Enterprise in Ahlon Township yesterday.[ more + ] FM felicitates Turkish counterpart NAY PYI TAW, 29 Oct - On the occasion of the anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic of Turkey, which falls on 29 October 2008, His Excellency U Nyan Win, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr. Ali Babacan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey.[ more + ] Charity football ends in draw YANGON, 28 Oct- Chairman of Myanmar Olympic Committee Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint watched the fund-raising second friendly football match between Myanmar and Brazil held in Aung San Stadium at 3.30 p.m today. Prior to the football match, artistes presented songs to the spectators. Footballers from both teams led by referees took designated positions. Next, General Secretary of Myanmar Olympic Committee Director- General of Sports and Physical Education Department U Thaung Htaik and President of Myanmar Football Federation U Zaw Zaw greeted footballers from both teams.[ more + ] School buildings opened in Natogyi Township NAY PYI TAW, 28 Oct- Deputy Minister for Transport Col Nyan Tun Aung formally opened the school buildings in Natogyi Township on 25 October.[ more + ] Myanmar secures gold and silver YANGON, 28 Oct-Ma Aung Nghein of Myanmar secured one gold medal and one silver medal in the compound event of third world ranking Asian Circuit Archery held in Manila, the Philippines from 25 to 30 October.[ more + ] Yangon Division Supervisory Committee for Ensuring Secure and Smooth Transport meets YANGON, 27 Oct- A Work coordination meeting of Yangon Division Supervisory Committee for Ensuring Secure and Smooth Transport was held at the meeting hall of All Bus Lines Control Committee (Head Office) on Laydaunkkan Road in Tamway Township, on 24 October.[ more + ] Myanmar Wushu team leaves for PRC YANGON, 28 Oct- Myanmar Wushu team left here by air this morning to participate in World Traditional Wushu Championship to be held in Shiyan, the People?s Republic of China from 28 October to 2 November.[ more + ]