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The New Light of Myanmar (Friday, 3 September, 1999)
- Subject: The New Light of Myanmar (Friday, 3 September, 1999)
- From: " Okkar " <okkar66129@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 03:25:18 -0700
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The New Light of Myanmar (Friday, 3 September, 1999)
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(1) Cash donations invited for
building of Dattawshin Pagoda
(2) Billboard put up to hail USDA
Annual General Meeting
(3) 6,469 persons visit Myanmar
Scenery Photo Exhbn
(4) Yangon Division (Basic Education
level) 7th Myanmar Traditional
Performing Arts Competition opened
(5) Eighth Tatmadaw (Army, Navy,
Air) Karatedo Competition opened
(6) 928 members resign from Ottwin
Township NLD
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(1) Cash donations invited for
building of Dattawshin Pagoda
YANGON,2 Sept-Under the sponsorship of
Hill Missionary Sayadaw Bhaddanta
Pannajota, Dattawshin Pagoda,70 feet
high, is being built on the hill of
Tadagyiywa Pagoda, Ywadaw, Bandaban
District, Chittagong Hill legion,
Bangladesh Well-wishers who want to
donate cash for the construction of the
pagoda, can contact the Head Office of
the Ministry of Religious Affairs
(665621), Chairman of Tamway Township
Peace and Development Council (545422
and 551708), U Win Naing (Pyi Sone Win
Naing Company), No 23/25, at the corner
of Myanma Gonyi Road and 108th Street in
Mingala Taungnyunt Township, (291712), U
Soe Aung (Thukha Aung Company), No 337,
first floor, Room No 12 and 14,
Shwebontha Street, Pabedan Township
(544022).
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(2) Billboard put up to hail USDA
Annual General Meeting
YANGON, 2 Sept-A ceremony to put up the
billboard hailing 6F Annual General
Meeting of Union Solidarity and
Development Association 1999 was held at
the corner of Waizayanta Road and
Thingangyun Road in Thingangyun Township
at 7 am today.
Present on the occasion were
secretaries, executives and members of
Yangon Division, District and Township
USDAs, chairman and members of
Thingangyun Township Peace and
Development Council, members of Township
Maternal and Child Welfare Association,
Women' s Affairs Committee, Township
Writers and Journalists Association, Red
Cross and Fire Brigade, teachers,
students, members of Ward Peace and
Development Councils and people
totalling over 3,000.
Afterwards, Chairman of Thingangyun
Township Peace and Development Council U
Khin Maung Htay, Chairman of South
Okkalapa Township Peace and Development
Council U Mya Aung and Secretary of
Thingangyun Township USDA U Khin Wai
unveiled the billboard.
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(3) 6,469 persons visit Myanmar
Scenery Photo Exhbn
YANGON, 2 Sept-Monsoon Photographic
Competition and Myanmar Scenery (1999)
Photo Exhibition continued for the ninth
day at the Tatmadaw Hall on U Wisara
Road today.
Altogether 6,469 persons including
monks, teachers, students and people of
Tamway, South Okkalapa, Bahan, Hline
and members of Yakin, Latha and
Lanmadaw Township Union Solidarity and
Development Associations visited the
exhibition today.
Colour photos of photographers are
being displayed at the exhibition.
IPRD, News and Periodicals Enterprise,
Myawady Literature House, Sarpay
Beikman and Zaw Literature House sold
various kinds of books . Forever Group
Computer Centre and News and
Periodicals Enterprise accepted
trainees at 10 per-cent discount.
Visitors had photos taken with
artistes.
Sales of photos and books for today
amounted to K 402,060.
The exhibition will be daily open from
9 am to 5 pm till 5 September.
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(4) Yangon Division (Basic Education
level) 7th Myanmar Traditional
Performing Arts Competition opened
YANGON, 2 Sept-The opening ceremony of
Yangon Division (Basic Education level)
Seventh Myanmar Traditional Performing
Arts Competition was held at Botahtaung
College this morning.
Present on the occasion were Vice
Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and
Development Council Deputy Commander
Brig-Gen Hsan Hsint members of
Organizing Committee for the
Competition, judges, faculty members of
universities and colleges in Yangon
Division, personnel, students and
guests.
U Khin Maung Latt, principal of
Botahtaung College, formally opened it.
The guests were entertained to dances
of artistes of the college.
The deputy commander presented gifts to
the artistes.
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(5) Eighth Tatmadaw (Army, Navy,
Air) Karatedo Competition opened
YANGON, 2 Sept -The opening ceremony of
the eighth Tatmadaw (Army, Navy, Air)
Karatedo Competition for Defence
Services Commander-in-Chief's
Championship Shield 1999 was held at the
Stadium in Toungoo yesterday morning.
Present on the occasion were Commander
of Southern Command Maj-Gen Tin Aye and
wife Daw Kyi Kyi Ohn, Commander of
Toungoo Station Brig-Gen Thura Myint
Thein and senior Tatmadaw officers,
guests, managers, members of Myanmar
Karatedo selection team.
On behalf of the Commander-in-Chief of
Defence Services, Commander Maj-Gen Tin
Aye delivered an opening address.
Then, karatekas of Myanma Karatedo
Federation demonstrated basic and
competitive techniques of Karatedo.
Then, Commander Maj-Gen Tin Aye and
party went to the construction site of
four-lane Khabaung Bridge which will
link Toungoo and Ottwin Townships,
constructed by Bridge Construction
Special Group No 1 of Public Works.
Senior Engineer U Han Soe reported to
the Commander on the construction
project.
The commander gave instructions to
officials and inspected the construction
site.
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(6) 928 members resign from Ottwin
Township NLD
YANGON, 2 Sept-A ceremony to present
letters of resignation of 928 members of
Ottwin Township National League for
Democracy, Bago Division, was held at
the office of Ottwin Township Multiparty
Democracy General Election
Sub-Commission at 10 am on 29 August
1999.
Nine hundred and twenty-eight members
of Ottwin Township NLD, Bago Division,
of their own volition, resigned by
sending letters of resignation to the
part concerned on 29 August 1999 as
they no longer wished to participate in
party politics of NLD.
Member of Kathittan Ward NLD of Ottwin
Township U Aung Than, on behalf of the
party members, explained matters
related to the resignation from the
party and handed over the letters of
resignation to Chairman of Township
Multiparty Democracy General Election
Sub-Commission U Shan Lwe.
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