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The New Light of Myanmar (Saturday 3 June, 2000)



The New Light of Myanmar (Saturday 3 June, 2000)
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( 1 ) Senior  General Than Shwe meets State  Councillor
      of PRC

YANGON,  2  June-  Chairman  of  the  State  Peace  and
Development  Council  Commander  -in  Chair of  Defence
Services Senior General Than Shwe met State  Councillor
of the  People's  Republic of China Mr Ismail  Amat and
Delegation  currently  here  on a  goodwill  visit,  at
Credentials Hall of the Pyithu Hluttaw Building at 2 pm
today.

Also present  together  with Senior  General  Than Shwe
were  Vice-Chairman  of the State Peace and Development
Council Deputy Commander - in Chief of Defence Services
Commander   -in  Chief   (Army)   General   Maung  Aye,
Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development  Council
Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, Secretary-2 Lt-Gen Tin Oo, Secretary
-3 Lt-Gen Win Myint, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win
Aung, Minister for Culture U Win Sein, Deputy  Minister
for  Foreign  Affairs  U Khin  Maung  Win and  Director
General of Protocol  Department  Thura U Aung  Htet.The
Guests  were  accompanied  by  Ambassador  of  People's
Republic of China Mr Liang Dong.

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( 2) General Maung Aye meets Defence Attaches of India

YANGON, 2 June-  Vice-Chairman  of the State  Peace and
Development  Council  Deputy   Commander-in-  Chief  of
Defence  Services  Commander- in -Chief ( Army) General
Maung Aye  received  Development  Attache  of India Col
Jasbir Singh, VSM, who had  completed  his tour of duty
and his successor  Col Shakti and  Development  Council
Chief of the Office of Strategic  Studies and  Director
of Defence  Services  Intelligence  Lt- Gen Khin Nyunt,
Secretary-2 of the State Peace and Development  Council
Chief of Bureau  of  Special  Operations  and  Chief of
Staff ( Army ) Lt-Gen Tin Oo members of the State Peace
and  Development  Council  Commander-in-Chief  ( Navy )
Vice-admiral Nyunt Thein and Commander -in- Chief ( Air
) Lt- Gen Kyaw Than.

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( 3 ) General  Maung Aye  meets  Military  attaches  of
Socialist Republic of Vietnam

YANGON, 2 June-Vice  -Chairman  of the State  Peace and
Development  Council  Deputy   Commander-in-  Chief  of
Defence  Services  Commander- in -Chief ( Army) General
Maung Aye met Military  Attaches of Socialist  Republic
of  Vietnam  Senior  Colonel  Nguyen  Ngoc  Lu who  had
completed  his tour of duty  and his  successor  Senior
Colonel Le Van Vy at the  Ministry  of Defence  at 9 am
today.

Also  Present  together  with  General  Maung  Aye were
Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development  Council
Chief of the Office of Strategic  Studies and  Director
of Defence  Services  Intelligence  Lt- Gen Khin Nyunt,
Secretary-2 of the State Peace and Development  Council
Chief of Bureau  of  Special  Operations  and  Chief of
Staff ( Army ) Lt-Gen Tin Oo members of the State Peace
and  Development  Council  Commander-in-Chief  ( Navy )
Vice-admiral  Nyunt Thein and Commander -in- Chief (Air
) Lt- Gen Kyaw Than.

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(   4   )    Secretary-1    receives    UN    Assistant
Secretary-General


YANGON, 2 June-  Secretary-1  of the  State  Peace  and
Development  Council Lt- Gen Khin Nyunt received United
Nations Assistant  Secretary-General  Dr Nay Tun at the
guest house of Ministry of Defence at 5 pm today.

Also  present  at the call were  Minister  at the State
Peace and Development  Council  Chairman's Office Brig-
Gen Able ,  Minister  for  Foreign  Affairs U Win Aung,
Deputy  Minister U Khin Maung win, Director  General of
Protocol  Department  Thraa U Aung  Htet  and  Resident
Representative of United Nations Development  Programme
Mr Patrice Coeur Bizot.

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( 5 ) Diplomacy  plays  crucial role in keeping  nation
free from influence of some big nations

YANGON-2  June-A  ceremony to open Course in Diplomacy
No 2 sponsored by the  Ministry of Foreign  Affairs was
held at the ministry today, addressed by Secretary-1 of
the State Peace and  Development  Council  Lt- Gen Khin
Nyunt.

Also present were ministers, the chief justice,  deputy
ministers, officials of the State Peace and Development
Council Office, heads of department,  directors-general
of  departments  of the  Ministry  of Foreign  Affairs,
officials, instructors and trainees.

The Secretary-1  thanked seasoned personnel and retired
ambassadors  for their  assistance  in  conducting  the
course in diplomacy  designed to enable  diplomats  and
the cord with the international changing situation.

In  conclusion,  the  Secretary-1  urge the trainees to
strive for full  realization of the aims of the course;
and  to  strive  to   exhilarate   and  correct   their
conviction  and  views in  uplifting  their  diplomatic
skills;  and all the staff of the  Ministry  of Foreign
Affairs  to have the  conviction  to  become  brilliant
diplomats serving the interest of the nation and nation
and the people in discharging their  duties.The17  week
course is being attended by 40 trainees of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and other ministries.

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( 6 ) Minister meets Japan visitor

YANGON, 1 June- Minister for finance and Revenue U Khin
Maung  Thein  met  Development   Director   General  of
Development  Bank of Japan Mr Kiyoshi Goto and party at
his office at 9 am  today.Also  present at the call was
Governor  of the  Central  Bank of  Myanmar U Kyaw Kyaw
Maung.

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( 7 ) Secretary-3  attended  opening  ceremony of Photo
Exhibition

YANGON,  1  June-The  opening  ceremony  of  Photo  and
Pictures  Exhibition  to mark the 50th  Anniversary  of
Establishment of Diplomatic  Relations  between Myanmar
and the People's Republic of China was held at the City
Hall of Yangon  Development  Committee  at 9 am  today,
attended  by   Secretary-3   of  the  State  Peace  and
Development Council Lt- Gen Win Myint.

Also present on the occasion were  Minister for Foreign
Affairs  U  Win  Aung  ,  ministers   ,senior  Tatmadaw
officers  ,  heads  of  department  ,  ambassadors  and
embassy  staff,  Ambassador  of PRC Mr  Liang  Dong and
embassy staff.

Ambassador  of PRC Mr Liang Dong spoke on the  occasion
and  Minister  for  Foreign  Affairs U Win Aung  made a
speech on the occasion.

Then, Minister U Win Aung and  Ambassador Mr Liang Dong
formally  opened the photo  exhibition.  After  opening
exhibition, Secretary-3 Lt- Gen Win Myint, minister and
deputy  ministers,  ambassadors  and embassy  staff and
guest  inspected the  exhibition.The  photo  exhibition
will  open up to 4 June  from 9 am to 5 pm  daily  with
free charge.
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( 8 ) PRC Sate Councillor and delegation visit Bago

YANGON,  2  June-State   Councillor   of  the  People's
Republic  of  China  Mr  Ismail  Amat  and   delegation
currently  here on a  goodwill  visit,  accompanied  by
Minister  for Culture U Win Sein and  officials  of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs  visited Bago this morning.

State  Councillor of the People's  Republic of China Mr
Ismail Amat and delegation  presented  flowers , lights
and  scented  water to Buddha  image at Prayer  Hall of
Shwemadaw   Pagoda  and  history  of   Hanthawady   and
renovation and reconstruction of Kanbawza Thadi Places.

Then, State  Councillor  Mr Ismail Amat and  delegation
viewed the Bamayathana Throne and Archaeological Museum
in Bago.The delegation then left Bago for Yangon in the
afternoon.
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( 9 ) Agreement singed on building 500-ton cement plant

 YANGON 2 June - A  ceremony  to sign an  agreement  on
building  500-ton Kyaukse Cement Plant to be undertaken
jointly by Myanma Ceramics  Industry of the Ministry of
Industry-1  and  China  National   Constructional   and
Agricultural  Import and Export Corporation ( CAMC ) of
the  People's  Republic  of  China,  was  held  at  the
ministry on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road today.

The capacity of Kyaukse Cement Plant is 500 tons a day.
The  value of  machinery  and  technology  is US$  16.5
million.  The  project  will be  implemented  within 22
months after the agreement has been concluded.

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( 10 ) 22 Kyaukse  Township  NLD members  resign of own
accord

YANGON, 26  May-Twenty-two  members  resigned  from the
National  League for  Democracy  of  Kyaukse  Township,
Mandalay   Division.  Twenty-two   members  of  Kyaukse
Township NLD,  Mandalay  Division, of their own accord,
resigned by sending  letters of resignation  to Kyaukse
Township   Multiparty    Democracy   General   Election
Sub-commission  and  thc  party  concerned  on 5  March
2000as  they no  longer  wish to  participate  in party
politics of NLD.

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