THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ( Wednesday, 27 Jan 1999)

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ( Wednesday, 27 Jan 1999)
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(1)   National entrepreneurs urged to do large-scale farming and build agro-
based industries and take lead in market economy in future
(2)   Pakokku U Ohn Pe Literary Award Trust Fund Supervisory Committee meets
(3)   Customs Department observes Customs Day
(4)   Chief Medical Officer inspects hospitals
(5)   171 members resign from Yommabin Township NLD
(6)   New Digital auto telephone exchange of MPR inaugurated in Insein
Township
(7)   Shwedagon  Pagoda's Htidaw Renovation Exhibition   continues
(8)   Myanmar Today on sale
(9)   Taninthayi Township NLD dissolved
(10)  Hluttaw representative-elect U Thein Han permitted to resign
     
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(1)   National entrepreneurs urged to do large-scale farming and build agro-
based industries and take lead in market economy in future

YANGON, 26 Jan-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-
in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe addressed Tatmadaw
members and families of Pathein Station in Ayeyawady Hall of South-West
Command in Pathein Township, Ayeyawady Division, at 8 am yesterday.

Guidance given by Senior General Than Shwe during tour of 16 townships in
Yangon,
Ayeyawady Divisions

Agriculture should be based in building the nation as the nation has vast land
resources and agriculture has been carried out since the time of forefathers.

Agricultural, industrial and trade sectors should be developed mainly in
building the nation, Due to the conditions of the nation which lacks in
technology and capital, agriculture which has good foundations must be the
basis.

National entrepreneurs who have the capital, management skill, techniques and
know-how should be encouraged in taming wetlands, vacant, virgin and fallow
lands to do agriculture on commercial scale.

The agricultural sector will advance significantly and the countryside which
is the home to farmers will develop only with the emergence of modern private
farms stretching thousands of acres.

More nationals should emerge as entrepreneurs who do agriculture on the vast
lands; so should other national entrepreneurs; entrepreneurs should be those
who can lead the market economy and those of international standards; they
must not be just compradores of foreign entrepreneurs.

While serving their own interests, national entrepreneurs would have to serve
the interests of the State and the national people; they need to have goodwill
toward the country and spirit of patriotism.

The Government with true goodwill is helping and promoting nationals, who are
living on this soil and partaking of water from the same source, to do well in
their enterprises.

Entrepreneurs who have come to engage in agricultural production are regarded
as colleagues who have come to cooperate with the Government of the State
within the framework of the plan of the State.

While strenuous efforts are being made to achieve success in agriculture
production, the goal to set up agro-based industries, and from there, to build
other industries as well must be laid down.

As the population of the country will be about 60 million in 2010,
arrangements are to be made to be able to cultivate monsoon paddy on 14
million acres of land and summer paddy on four million acres of land with a
view to providing sufficient food for the growing population.

Efforts are to be made to boost the production of paddy, the main crop, as
well as to extend the cultivation of oil crops with a view to achieving
domestic sufficiency in oil.

Efforts are to be made with the objective of achieving 100 basket-per-acre
yield of paddy and 15-basket-per-acre yield of sesame.

According to the region, sown acreage is to be extended year by year, and only
when success is achieved in growing multiple-crop will the living standard of
farmers be higher.

With respect to extension of summer paddy cultivation in Ayeyawady Division,
it is necessary to inspect again the areas benefited by Paddy-l Project and
Paddy-2 Project and to make arrangements for extension of more such areas.

Efforts are to be made to turn Ayeyawady Division into the division which can
produce not only paddy but also beans and pulses most in future.

Private entrepreneurs are to be encouraged to participate in extending
cultivation works of rubber and oil palm in Taninthayi Division.

National entrepreneurs are to be invited to extensively engage and invest in
the fisheries and meat sector as in the agricultural sector, and to undertake
fish and prawn breeding works on commercial scale.

The Government, the people and the Tatmadaw must cooperate in building the
State.
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(2)   Pakokku U Ohn Pe Literary Award Trust Fund Supervisory Committee meets

YANGON, 26 Jan-Pakokku U Ohn Pe Literary Award Trust Fund Supervisory
Committee held its meeting at the Ministry of Information on Bo Aung Kyaw
Street this afternoon.

    Present on the occasion were Chairman of Pakokku U Ohn Pe Literary Award
Trust Fund Supervisory Committee Deputy Minister for Information Brig-Gen Aung
Thein, Pakokku U Ohn Pe, retired Managing Director of Myanma Motion Picture
Enterprise U Maung Maung Khin, Managing Director of Printing and Publishing
Enterprise U Than Maung and members of Pakokku U Ohn Pe Literary Award Trust
Fund Supervisory Committee and Scholar ship Selection Committee.

    Brig-Gen Aung Thein discussed ensuring smooth work and accounts, interest,
number of prizes and expenditure, presenting two awards for life-long
contribution to literature instead of one according to the wish of U Ohn Pe
and thanked respective departments that rendered assistance to recent
excursion of prize winners.

    Secretary of the Committee Director (News) of NPE U Hla Tun reported on
resolutions of the previous meeting and work done.

    Account statement was then submitted for approval.

    The meeting ended with the concluding remarks by the deputy minister.
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(3)   Customs Department observes Customs Day

YANGON, 26 Jan - The Customs Department of the Ministry of Finance and Revenue
observed Customs Day in the hall of the training school of the department this
morning.

    Present were Minister for Finance and Revenue U Khin Maung Thein, Minister
for Immigration and Population U Saw Tun, Governor of the Central Bank of the
Union of Myanmar U Kyaw Kyaw Maung, Director-General of the Customs Department
U Tun Chun, directors-general and managing directors of the ministry and
employees of the Customs Department.

    In his address, Minister U Khin Maung Thein said Customs Day is observed
in 147 member nations of the World Customs Organization today; as a member of
the World Customs Organization, Myanmar also held a ceremony to observe the
Customs Day.

    The Customs Department is striving to exceed the target set in accord with
the fiscal year,


thereby contributing to efforts for building a modern and developed nation,
the goal of the State.

    Myanmar is also a member nation of the World Trade Organization as well as
of the ASEAN, and so, arrangements are to be made to be in line with standards
and rules and regulations with respect to international trade; moreover,
efforts are to be exerted to exceed the target set by the State.

    Director-General U Tun Chun presented awards to two Yebala medal recipient
employee, one employee who got promoted, 57 employees who won commendation
certificates and 14 employees who were outstanding at various courses.

    Deputy Director-General Thiha Thura U Thein Tun Tin gave away prizes to
outstanding children of employees including four children who won distinctions
at higher institution level examination and 25 at basic education high school
examination.
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(4)   Chief Medical Officer inspects hospitals

YANGON, 26 Jan-Chief Medical Officer Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe of the Ministry of
Industry-2 inspected hospitals, dispensaries and day care centres under Myanma
Machine Tool and Electrical Industries on 24 January.


    Accompanied by officials, she visited the hospitals, dispensaries and
centres of No 1 Farm Machinery Factory, No 1 Machine Tool Factory and No 2
Automobile Factory.

General managers of the respective factories, factory doctors and officials of
Maternal and Child Welfare Associations of the factories explained to her
points about the facilities.

    Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe gave suggestions.
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(5)   171 members resign from Yommabin Township NLD

YANGON, 26 Jan-One hundred and seventy-one members resigned from the National
League for Democracy of Yinmabin Township, Sagaing Division.

    One hundred and seventy-one members of Yinmabin Township NLD, Sagaing
Division, of their own volition, tendered their resignations by sending
letters of resignation to Yinmabin Township Multiparty Democracy General
Election Commission Office and the party concerned on 30 December 1998 as they
no longer wished to participate in party politics of NLD.
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(6)   New Digital auto telephone exchange of MPR inaugurated in Insein
Township

YANGON, 26 Jan-A new digital auto telephone exchange of Myanma Posts and
Telecommunication was inaugurated at the MPT office near Insein Overpass in
Insein Township this morning.

    Present on the occasion were Minister for Communications, Posts and
Telegraphs Brig-Gen Win Tin, Minister for Information Maj-Gen Kyi Aung,
Ambassador of the People's Republic of China Mr Liang Dong, Director of
Signals Brig-Gen Aung Myint, departmental officials, Chairmen of Yangon North
District and Insein Township Peace and Development Councils and members,
personnel of companies, Managing Director of MPT U Maung Maung Tin, foreign
correspondents, officials of Shanghai Bell Telephone Equipment Manufacturing
Co Ltd, band troupe and pom pom dance troupe members of Basic Education High
School No 2 in Sangyoung and guests.

    Managing Director of MPT U Maung Maung Tin said the 3,0001ine digital
exchange, S-12 SPC Digital Switching Equipment, was presented by the
government of the People's Republic of China during the Deputy Premier Mr Wu
Bang Go's visit to Myanmar. It is also a gift in honour of Chairman of the
State Peace and Development Council Senior General Than Shwe's visit to
Shanghai Bell Telephone Equipment Manufacturing Co Ltd on 11 January 1996.

    Arrangements are being made for launching of CDMA mobile telephone system
in Yangon and Mandalay and installation of Internet Service Provider.

    Vice-President of Shanghai Bell Telephone Equipment Manufacturing Co Ltd
Mr Yuan Xin extended greetings.

    Mr Yuan Xin handed over related documents to Managing Director U Maung
Maung Tin, Minister Brig-Gen Win Tin presented gifts to Mr Yuan Xin,
Ambassador Mr Liang Dong, General Representative Mr Liu Peng Cheng.

    Mr Yuan Xin also presented gifts to the minister and officials.

    The minister and Mr Yuan Xin formally opened the exchange. The minister
and party inspected the auto exchange.
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(7)   Shwedagon  Pagoda's Htidaw Renovation Exhibition   continues

YANGON, 26 Jan - The Shwedagon Pagoda's Htidaw Renovation Exhibition continued
at Chanthagyi Tazaung on the platform of the pagoda today.

    The exhibition was crowded with members of the Sangha, devotees and
tourists who paid obeisance to it and donated cash and jewellery.

    Donations by the public have amounted to 4,639 items of jewellery weighing
5,865.8 grams, 17.30 viss of gold, K 30,059,426, 122 FECs, US $ 10, Singapore
$ 22, six China yuans and 300 bahts from 20 January to this evening.

    The exhibition will continue till 28 February.
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(8)   Myanmar Today on sale

YANGON, 26 Jan - The "Myanmar Today" Vol 2 No 1, four-monthly issue, published
by Ministry of Information, compiled by Information and Public Relations
Department and printed by Printing and Publishing Enterprise is in
circulation.

    The features include excerpts of guidance at concluding ceremony of Union
Solidarity and Development Association Special Refresher Course No 3 and
Executives' Management Course No 15 given by Senior General Than Shwe, the 6th
ASEAN Summit, Exhibition '98-To Revitalize and Foster Patriotic Spirit, the
inauguration ceremony of Bala Min Htin Bridge, foreigners who distribute anti-
government leaflets, mass meeting expressing people's sentiments in Chin
State, prize-presentation for Myanma Motion Picture Awards for 1997 and so on
with colour photographs.

    The copy is on sale at Sarpay Beikman Bookshop on Merchant Street, the
News and Periodicals Enterprise Book-; shop, IPRD Head Office and
District/Township IPRD offices beginning today.

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(9)   Taninthayi Township NLD dissolved

YANGON, 26 Jan-All the Executive Committee members of Taninthayi Township
National League for Democracy, Taninthayi Division, tendered their
resignations and dissolved the Township NLD of their own volition on 18
January 1999.

    Taninthayi Township NLD was first formed on 29 October 1998 with 8 EC
members. The 5 remaining EC members of the Township NLD and 42 ordinary
members, totalling 47, resigned from the party membership of their own
volition since they no longer wished to continue to take part in NLD's party
politics. They notified the office of Taninthayi Township Multiparty Democracy
General Election Commission and the chairman of the party concerned. On 18
January, personnel of the township NLD dissolved it.

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(10)  Hluttaw representative-elect U Thein Han permitted to resign

YANGON, 26 Jan-The Multiparty Democracy General Election Commission today
permitted U Thein Han of the National League for Democracy, Pyithu Hluttaw
representative elected in the Multiparty Democracy General Election from
Padaung Township Constituency 2 in Bago Division. To resign as Hluttaw
representative elect.

    It said he was permitted to resign in accordance with Section 11 (e) of
the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law.

    The commission said he submitted of his own volition and that he be
permitted to resign because of his health.
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