The New Light of Myanmar (Tuesday, 26 September, 2000)

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The New Light of Myanmar (Tuesday, 26 September, 2000)

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1. Senior General Than Shwe gives guidance to UDNR trainees
2. Sate Peace and Development Council Chairman
   Senior General Than Shwe hosts dinner in honour of
   UDNR trainees
3. - Minister for Commerce receives guests
   - Minister for Health receives Japanese guests
   - Sports Minister meets coaches from PRC
   - UMFCCI Chairman meets foreign guests
4. Eighth Meeting of the ASEAN Sub-committee on Education
   (ASCOE) begins
5. Minister for Education addresses Eighth Meeting of ASCOE
6. Ministry of Construction holds second four-monthly meeting
7. Minister for Industry-1 tours Magway
8. - Laos delegation arrives
   - UDNR trainees tour downtown Yangon
9. 10 Kawa Township NLD members resign of own accord

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( 1 )  Ensuring progress in all regions will narrow development gap among
national brethren Education is basic requirement for regional development
Senior General Than Shwe gives guidance to UDNR trainees

YANGON, 25 Sept- Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe gave guidance
to trainees of the Primary Teachership Course No 32 of University for
Development of National Races in Mingala Hall of the Pyithu Hluttaw in Yangon
this afternoon.

Also present on the occasion were Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and
Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
Commander-in-Chief (Army) General Maung Aye,  Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, Secretary-2
Lt-Gen Tin Oo, Secretary-3 Lt-Gen Win Myint, members of the State Peace and
Development Council, Vice-Admiral Maung Maung Khin,   and  specially invited
guests and trainees of the Course No 32 of UDNR and their supervisor
teachers. Director-General Lt-Col Pe Nyein of the State Peace and Development
Council Office acted as master of ceremonies.

The Senior General delivered the address.

Afterward,  Primary Teachership Course No 32 of the University for
Development of National Rase, Shan national  Maung sai Thet Aung Oo and Po-
Kayin national Ma Nan Mi Kyipyan Lwin of Thaton Township, Mon state, spoke on
 behalf of the trainees.

Next, Senior General Than Shwe and party cordially greeted the trainees and
supervisor teachers.

Excerpts from Senior General's guidance

* Ensuring progress in all regions will narrow the development gap among the
national brethren.

* In new five-year plan ensuring better transport in all the regions of the
Union will be included in the other development objectives.

* Peace and stability is the first requirement for progress of a nation.

* Development task cannot be undertaken without peace and stability.

* The nation will develop only when all the national brethren work in harmony.

* Priority is being given to the betterment of the road transport which is
the base for regional development.

Next, Senior General Than Shwe and party cordially greeted the trainees and
supervisor teachers.
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( 2 )  Sate Peace and Development Council Chairman Senior General Than Shwe
hosts dinner in honour of UDNR trainees

YANGON, 25 Sept- Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the
Union of Myanmar Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than
Shwe hosted a dinner in honour of trainees of Primary Teachership Course No
32 of the University for Development of National Races at the Pyithu Hluttaw
Building at 7 pm today.

At 6.20 pm, Senior General Than Shwe arrived at the Pyithu Hluttaw Building
and cordially greeted the trainees in front of the Mother Myanmar Statue at
the entrance of the Pyithu Hluttaw Building.

Then, the Senior General hosted a dinner to the trainees. Also present on the
occasion 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  Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, Secretary-2 Lt-Gen Tin Oo,
Secretary-3 Lt-Gen Win Myint,  and Training Board, members of the Management
Committee for Excursion of Trainees from Primary Teachership Course No 32 of
UDNR, officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office, the Pyithu
Hluttaw Office and CSSTB Office, guests, the Rector of UDNR and supervisor
teachers and trainees. Before and during the dinner, vocalists presented
variety songs in accompaniment of Myanma Athan modern music troupe.

After the dinner, cultural dances were presented at Thabin Hall of the Pyithu
Hluttaw Building by the Drama Division of Fine Arts Department of the
Ministry of Culture.
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( 3 )  Minister for Commerce receives guests

YANGON, 25 Sept- Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Pyi Sone received Managing
Director Mr Andre Pithois of Martaban Co Ltd and party at his office on
Strand Road at 10 am today. The minister also received Board Executive Member
Mr R Massud Khan of International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh and party at
11 am today.

The guests from Bangladesh were accompanied by Ambassador of Bangladesh to
Myanmar Mr Ahmed Rahim. Present on the occasion were Deputy Minister for
Commerce Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, Director-General U Nyunt Aye of Directorate of
Trade, Director-General Col Nay Win of Border Trade Department, Managing
Director U Min Hla Aung of Myanma Agricultural Produce Trading and officials.

Minister for Health receives Japanese guests

YANGON, 25 Sept-Minister for Health Maj-Gen Ket Sein received Managing
Director Mr Masataka Kitasaka of Myanmar Association Japan and party at his
office on Pyidaungsu Yeiktha Road at 10.30 am today. The Minister also
received Resident Representative of World Health Organization Dr Agostino
Borra at 1 pm and Ambassador of Nepal to Myanmar Gen Satchit Shumshere J B
Rana (Retd) at 2 pm respectively. Also present at the calls were Deputy
Ministers Professor Dr Mya Oo and Professor Dr Kyaw Myint and officials of
the ministry.

Sports Minister meets coaches from PRC

YANGON, 25 Sept - Chairman of Myanmar Olympic Committee Minister for Sports
Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint met with four sport coaches hired from the People's
Republic of China at National Indoor Stadium-1 this afternoon.

Present were General Secretary of Myanmar Olympic Committee Director-General
of Sports and Physical Education Department U Thaung Htaik, presidents and
secretaries of respective sports federations, shooting coach Miao Huwfeng,
weight-lifting coach Wu Yiping, swimming coach Miss Ding Jilian and table
tennis coach Bian Zhiqi and officials. The ministers extended greetings to
the coaches. Then, the presidents, secretaries and officials of shooting,
weight-lifting, swimming and table tennis federations reported on training
programmes. The minister gave instructions.

UMFCCI Chairman meets foreign guests

YANGON, 25 Sept -Commercial Director Mr Giuseppi Ribechi of Mediotrade SPA
based in Rome, Italy, and Managing Director Mr Andre Pithois of Martaban Co
Ltd based in France, called on the chairman and members of Union of Myanmar
Federation of Chambers of Commerce & Industry at the UMFCCI Head Office on
Merchant Street here this morning. UMFCCI President U Win Myint,
Vice-President U Win Aung, EC members and the guests had discussions on
mutual exports and imports.

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( 4 )  Eighth Meeting of the ASEAN Sub-committee on Education (ASCOE) begins

YANGON, 25 Sept- The Eighth Meeting of the ASEAN Sub-committee on Education
(ASCOE), hosted by Myanmar for the first time, was held at Hotel Equatorial
on Alanpya Pagoda Road this morning.

Present on the occasion were Chairman of ASEAN Sub-committee on Education
Director-General U Tin Nyo of No 1 Basic Education Department, officials of
the ASEAN Secretariat, leaders and delegation members of ASEAN nations
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar and observers. First, Leader of the Myanmar
delegation U Tin Nyo presided over the meeting and then, handed over the duty
of Chairman for ASEAN Sub-committee on Education to Dr Fe A Hidalgo of the
Philippines. Next, Dr Fe A Hidalgo and U Tin Nyo were Chairman and
Vice-Chairman of the meeting.

Afterwards, the meeting agenda was passed and work programmes and resolutions
from ASEAN Meetings related to the education were reported. In the afternoon,
participants discussed conditions of plans being presented to the ASEAN
Sub-committee on Education, submitting of new plans to the meeting, other
matters related to the ASEAN Sub-committee on Education and country and date
for holding the ninth meeting for ASEAN Sub-committee on Education. The
meeting ended at 5 pm. The meeting continues on 26 September. In the evening,
Deputy Minister for Education Brig-Gen Soe Win Maung hosted a dinner at
Sedona Hotel on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road for delegates to the Eight Meeting of
the ASEAN Sub-committee on Education.

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( 5 ) Minister for Education addresses Eighth Meeting of ASCOE

YANGON, 25 Sept - A ceremony to open the Eighth Meeting of the ASEAN
Sub-committee on Education, ASCOE, hosted by Myanmar for the first time, was
held at the Hotel Equatorial on Alanpya Pagoda Road this morning.

Present on the occasion were Minister for Health Maj-Gen Ket Sein, Ministers
and Deputy Minister,  ambassadors of ASEAN member nations to Myanmar, the
chairman of the ASEAN Sub-committee on Education and delegates of ten ASEAN
member nations, officials of the ASEAN Secretariat, observers and guests.

Minister for Education U Than Aung made an opening speech. He said: It is my
great pleasure indeed to be with all of you this morning at the opening of
the 8th Meeting of the ASEAN Sub-Committee on Education. The Government of
the Union of Myanmar, through the Ministry of Education is honoured and proud
to host this important meeting. It is also coincided with the blessed hosting
of the ninth ASEAN Youth Day Meeting (AYDM-IX) last month, 10-12, August in
Yangon. I am very pleased to meet delegates from ASEAN nations on this
auspicious occasion. I would like to extend to all our ASEAN colleagues,
brothers of kith and kin, a very warm welcome to the capital of Myanmar. To
all, I say "MINGALAR BA" in Myanmar gesture of greetings and wishes for your
personal well-being and pleasant stay while you are here with us.

Since the founding of ASEAN brotherhood over the past 30 years or so, we
constantly put our heads together in intellectual unity and in a mission of
close co-operation among neighbouring countries. We are here not only for the
vision of a changed and united ASEAN, but with the means of bringing it to
pass. We are here now with a mind free from the trammels of conventions and
precedents but in our ASEAN way of thinking and doing in a new spirit fresh
every year.

We are here with a renewed one heart, one will, one goal: the dedication to
live together in a higher plan of action for our respective country in a
wholesome attitude to pass it on to our younger generations. It is a
heartening assurance that every ASEAN country is on the track of the regional
and global "Economic and Financial Recovery" which has effected nearly all of
us in recent years. Honestly speaking, the root cause of the world's state is
not of economic, the cause is rather moral issue and inhumanity imposed upon
us. This may be overcome with the common denominator of our national need:
the moral and spiritual recovery and technical competency through promoting
the important role that education plays in the development of a highly
knowledgeable and employability skills in the best mobilization of human
resources.

The first-ever and recent ASEAN Students Exchange Programme at the secondary
level hosted by Malaysia in July 2000, has been an evidence of promoting
friendship, moral upliftment and spiritual awakening among the ASEAN youths
in many ways. Myanmar sent 3 boys and 3 girls accompanied by a team leader
and one supervisor. The three ASCOE flagship projects, the two on-going
projects and the new project proposals, forwarded and advanced would surely
foster opportunities to strengthen inter-personal relationships,
understanding and co-operation in areas of common interest which have been
firmly envisaged and declared in the Hanoi Plan of Action (HPA) of 1998 and
in ASEAN Vision 2020. In this opportune time allow me to express Myanmar's
efforts in recent years. The Government of the Union of Myanmar has always
highly prized and regarded education as top national priorities and policy.

In a bid to uplift the education standard of the entire national people,
Basic Education plays a fundamental role. At the Basic Education Sector, the
Education Promotion Programmes have been implemented by means of three Phases
since 1998. With regards to international co-operation in education, Myanmar
plans to further accelerate co-operation in education with other ASEAN
countries and to participate actively in all activities of ASEAN Universities
Network (AUN). All efforts will eventually help Myanmar integrate with the
ASEAN education systems. At this meeting, we will hear progress reports of
the ASEAN Education Sub-Committee over the last period and their plan of
action for the coming year. Myanmar hopes to learn and exchange experiences
in education and training in order to contribute to our ASEAN integration
process.

May I wish you all good health and happiness and the meeting to be a
significant success. Our meeting here today is only the beginning of a new
commitment to inculcate in our young children the spirit of friendship,
co-operation and understanding. It takes a passion. I trust that everyone of
you will respond to its high challenge. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for
your kind attention. Then, Chairman of the ASEAN Sub-Committee on Education
Director-General of No 1 Basic Education Department U Tin Nyo extended
greetings. After the ceremony, the ministers, the deputy ministers and
delegates to the meeting had photos taken.

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( 6 ) Ministry of Construction holds second four-monthly meeting

YANGON, 25 Sept - The Ministry of Construction held the second four-monthly
meeting for Year 2000 at the meeting hall of the Public Works on Shwedagon
Pagoda Road this morning. Present were Minister for Construction Maj-Gen Saw
Tun, Deputy Ministers U Tint Swe and Brig-Gen Myint Thein, Managing Director
of Public Works U Nay Soe Naing, Director-General of the Department for Human
Settlement and Housing Development U Arnt Kyaw, Director-General of the
Construction Inspection Department U Soe Tint, heads of divisions,
superintending engineers, deputy superintending engineers and engineers.

At the meeting, the minister called on superintending engineers to carry out
their tasks strenuously, to double their efforts and to supervise the tasks
being undertaken at the grass roots level. He also spoke about maintenance
and expenditure, adding that the Department for Human Settlement and Housing
Development needs to maintain quality in carrying out the work, and to
undertake the tasks in accordance with rules and regulations. The minister
also gave instructions on road repairs and urged all to work in the interests
of the nation with a sense of patriotism. Then, the superintending engineers
of states and divisions and those from road, bridge, building and airport
projects reported on progress of work and matters related to expenditure and
machinery.

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( 7 )  Minister for Industry-1 tours Magway


YANGON, 25 Sept- Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung, accompanied by
Chairman of Magway Division Peace and Development Council Brig-Gen Thein Zaw
and departmental heads, inspected preparations for opening of Win Thuza Shop
at Magway Department Store on 22 September.

On 23 September, the minister and party inspected test-running of the soft
drinks factory built by Myanma Foodstuff Industries at Factories Project
Office in Magway. The minister then inspected construction of oil tanks for
Soap Factory of Seinban Industrial Producers Cooperative of Mandalay. He also
inspected production of Hmway soap, spare parts produced by Seinban
Industrial Production Cooperative and fitting of boilers.

On 23 September, Member of Central Executive Committee of the Union
Solidarity and Development Association U Aung Thaung met executives and
organizers of township, ward and village USDAs at Township Peace and
Development Council Office.

On 24 September, the CEC member met executives and organizers of NyaungU
district, township, ward and village-tract USDAs. This morning, the minister,
accompanied by Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Thein Tun and officials, inspected No
2 Ceramics Factory and corrugated Iron Sheet Factory in Hline Township.

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( 8 ) Laos delegation arrives

YANGON, 25 Sept- At the invitation of Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare
Association, a three-member delegation led by Chairperson Madame Onechanh
Thommavong of the Women's Federation of the Lao People Democratic Republic
arrived here by air this evening to study the tasks of MMCWA and to pay a
goodwill visit to the Union of Myanmar. They were welcomed at Yangon
International Airport by Chairperson of MMCWA Professor Daw Kyu Kyu Swe,
Vice-Chairperson Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe, members of Central Executive
Committee, Ambassador of Laos PDR Mr Ly Bounkham and embassy staff.

UDNR trainees tour downtown Yangon

YANGON, 25 Sept-Trainees of Primary Teacher-ship Course No 32 of the
University for Development of National Races, led by Rector Col Zaw Min
Thein, together with Pro-Rector Daw Khin Si Si and supervisors, and
accompanied by officials of Reception and Accommodation Sub-committee, toured
downtown Yangon this morning. On arrival at Yangon Zoological Gardens, they
were welcomed by officials. Secretary of Administrative Committee U Khin
Thein extended greetings. Administrative Officer Maj Myat Nyein spoke about
the zoos. Then gifts were exchanged.

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( 9 )  10 Kawa Township NLD members resign of own accord

YANGON, 25 Sept-Ten members resigned from the National League for Democracy
of Kawa Township, Bago Division. Ten members of Kawa Township NLD, Bago
Division, of their own accord, resigned by sending letters of resignation to
Kawa Township Multiparty Democracy General Election Sub-commission and the
party concerned on 4 July 2000 as they no longer wished to participate in
party politics of NLD.

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WEATHER REPORT

TODAY

Forcast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 26th   September  2000: Isolated
rain or  rainshowers. Degree of certainty is 70%.
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