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The New Light of Myanmar (Friday, 3 November, 2000)(2/2)

The New Light of Myanmar (Friday, 3 November, 2000) (2/2)
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1. State Peace and Development Council Chairman
   Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to Panama
2. - Secretary-1 receives Japanese guests
   - Secretary-1 receives ministers, deputy ministers and
     delegates who will attend Third AMMY
3. - The opening ceremony of the Third ASEAN Ministerial
     Meeting on Youth
   - Secretary-1 hosts dinner in honour of delegates of
     Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth
4. - Secretary-1 calls for effective implementation of
     projects covered by National Education Promotion
     Special Four-Year Plan (Health Sector)
5. - News briefing on Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on
     Youth held
   - Joint Press Statement The Third ASEAN Ministerial
     Meeting on Youth
6. - Myanmar hosts Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth
   - Delegates to 28th Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on
     Industrial Co-operation visit Hlinethaya Industrial Zone
   - Members of Shipping Programme of SEA Youth conclude visit
7. - Minister for Sports meets Malaysian Minister
   - Deputy Minister for Commerce meets Japanese guests
8. Development of agriculture, livestock zones on
   Aingkalaung-kyun, Bawle-kyun in Yangon Division discussed
9. 329.67 kilos of raw opium seized in Namhlan Township
19 - members resign from Haka Township NLD of own accord
   - Multiparty Democracy General-Election Commission
     Announcement

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( 6 ) Myanmar hosts Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth

YANGON, 2 Nov - Myanmar hosted the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth
for the first time at Sedona Hotel here this morning. Present at the meeting
were Chairman of the Leading Committee for Hosting the Third ASEAN
Ministerial Meeting on Youth Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and
Resettlement Maj-Gen Sein Htwa, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of
Brunei Pehin Orang Kaya Digadong Seri Lela Dato Seri Paduka (Dr) Haji Awang
Hussain bin Pehin Orang Kaya Digadong Seri Diraja Dato Laila Utama Haji Awang
Mohd Yusof, Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of Cambodia Mr Nou
Muth, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Indonesia Mr Zainal Arifin,
Secretary-General of Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union Mr Bounpone
Bouttanavong, Minister of Youth and Sports of Malaysia Dato Hishammuddin Bin
Tun Hussein, Presidential Adviser on Youth Affairs and Chairperson and Chief
Executive Officer of National Youth Commission of the Philippines Ms Mabel P
Villarica-Mamba, Chairman of National Youth Council of Singapore Mr David TE
Lim, Permanent Secretary at Prime Minister's Office of Thailand Mrs Panit
Nitithanprapas, Chairman of Vietnamese National Youth Affairs Committee Mr Vu
Trong Kim, Deputy Secretary General of the ASEAN Secretariat Mr Tran Duc Minh
and representatives of the ten ASEAN nations. Minister Maj-Gen Sein Htwa
chaired the meeting with Presidential Adviser on Youth Affairs and
Chairperson and Chief Executive  Officer of National Youth Commission of the
Philippines Ms Mabel P Villarica-Mamba as the Vice-Chairperson.

First, the meeting approved the agenda and laid down work programmes. The
leaders of the delegations of the respective nations delivered addresses. In
the afternoon session, the meeting presented and discussed ASEAN Youth
Subcommittee's implementations on the resolutions laid down at the Second
ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth hosted by Malaysia, discussed and approved
the reports of the Senior Officials Meeting for the AMMY III, matters
relating to upgrading the ASEAN Youth Subcommittee to the Senior Officials
Meeting on Youth, the Yangon Declaration and the Joint Press Statement of the
AMMY III and to hold the AMMY IV 2003 in the Philippines, coordinated matters
on organizing the East Asia Youth Festival hailing the 21 Century, and
discussed and approved the AMMY III report. Minister Maj-Gen Sein Htwa
delivered the concluding address. The AMMY III successfully concluded in the
evening. The meeting issued a joint press statement.

Delegates to 28th Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on Industrial Co~operation
visit Hlinethaya Industrial Zone

YANGON, 2 Nov-The fina1 day of the 28th Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on
Industrial Cooperation, hosted by Myanmar for the first time was successfully
held at the Traders Hotel on Sule Pagoda Road this morning.

Present were representatives of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
Myanmar the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, representatives of
the ASEAN Secretariat and ASEAN Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ACCI),
guests and officials.

The representatives confirmed the final decision and record of the meeting
and chose Director-General U Tin Hlaing of Directorate of Industries under
Ministry of Industry-l as Chairman, of Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on
Industrial Cooperation, 2001.

The representatives together with Director-General U Tin Hlaing and
departmental officials visited Hlinethaya Industrial Zone in the afternoon.
They were welcomed and greeted by Deputy Director U Tun Lin of Department for
Human Settlement and Housing Development under Ministry of Construction and
explained facts about Hlinethaya Industrial Zone with audio-visual aids. The
representatives, together with Chairman U Maung Maung Tin of Administration
Committee for Hlinethaya Industrial Zone and members visited Cable Factory of
Myanmar Sigma Co Ltd and Wood Refining Factory of Teak Farm Industries Co
Ltd. They were conducted around the zone by car.

Members of Shipping Programme of SEA Youth conclude visit

YANGON, 2 Nov-The leader and 33 youth members of the 27th Shipping Programme
of SEA Youth visited Hlinethaya. Industrial Zone this morning. Officials
explained facts about the zone with audiovisual aids. Director-General of
Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development U Arnt Kyaw presented
gifts to Deputy Administrator of the Programme Mr Yoshitoshi Ko wako. They
visited FMI City, Panhline- Housing Estate and Golf Course and Aungzeya
Bridge.Central Executive Committee member of the Union Solidarity and
Development   Association U Than Shwe hosted luncheon in their honour at the
Traders Hotel. Secretary-General of USDA U Than Aung, USDA Secretariat member
U Ko Lay and CEC members were also present. A ceremony to bid farewell to the
leader and youth members was held at No 3 Bo Aung Kyaw Wharf in the evening.
They will go to Malaysia.

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( 7 ) Minister for Sports meets Malaysian Minister

YANGON, 2 Nov-Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint met Minister of
Youth and Sports, Malaysia Dato Hishammuddin Bin Tun Hussein who arrived here
to attend Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting an Youth and party together wife
ambassador of Malaysia to Myanmar at his office this morning. Also present at
the call were General Secretary of Myanmar Olympic Committee Director-General
of Sports and Physical Education Department U Thaung Htaik and officials.

Deputy Minister for Commerce meets Japanese guests

YANGON, 2 Nov- Deputy Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan met Chairman
Mr Tomoo Takahara of the Japan-Myanmar CCI Business Cooperation Committee and
party at his office on Strand Road at 9 am today. Also present at the call
were Director-General Col Nay Win of Border Trade Department, Managing
Director U Min Hla Aung of Myanmar Agricultural Produce Trading and
officials.

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( 8 ) Development of agriculture, livestock zones on Aingkalaung-kyun,
Bawle-kyun in Yangon Division discussed

YANGON, 2 Nov - A coordination meeting on establishment of agriculture and
livestock zones on Aingkalaung-kyun in Taikkyi Township and Bawlekyun in
Htantabin Township was held at the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation
today with an address by Secretary-2 of the State Peace and Development
Council Lt-Gen Tin Oo.

Also present at the meeting were member of the  Yangon Command Maj-Gen Khin
Maung Than, ministers, deputy ministers, departmental heads, officials of the
State Peace and Development Council Office and departments.

In his address, the Secretary-2 said Nyaunghnapin-kwin Zone, Barlar Zone and
Uto-Kya-in Zone in Yangon Division are the major zones providing the division
with food supplies. In Yangon Division, there still remain some more areas
where the agriculture and livestock zones can be set up, and Aingkalaung-kyun
and Bawle-kyun in Taikkyi and Htantabin townships are the most promising
areas where agriculture and livestock services can be carried out. Due to
difficult access, agriculture and livestock sectors could not be expanded in
some areas in Takkyi and Htantabin townships, and today, the regions have got
Myochaung Bridge and Yaybawthaung Bridge spanning the rivers that hindered
smooth transport. Head of State Senior General Than Shwe has recently toured
Aingkalaung-kyun and Bawle-kyun regions and given guidance on establishment
of agriculture and livestock zones on self- reliance.Then, secretary-2 later
gave suggestions on the work plans.

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( 9 ) 329.67 kilos of raw opium seized in Namhlan Township

YANGON, 2 Nov-A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit,
Tatmadaw unit and MPF, acting on information, stopped and searched a Hino (9
Ka/9019) which left Mongkai near the entrance to the local battalion in
Namhlan, Shan State (North) on 19 October. The authorities arrested driver
Sai Tun Sein, son of U Lon Lu, of Kali Village, Hopan Village-tract, Konhein
Township together with 191 packets of raw opium weighing 329.67 kilos hidden
in twelve containers, and oil and water tanks of the car. Action was taken
against him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.

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19 members resign from Haka Township NLD of own accord

YANGON, 2 Nov-Nineteen members have resigned of their own accord from the
National League for Democracy of Haka Township, Chin State. Nineteen members
of Haka Township NLD, Chin State, of their own accord, resigned by sending
letters of resignation to Haka Township Multiparty Democracy General Election
Sub-commission and the party concerned on 31 July 2000 as they no longer
wished to participate in party politics of NLD.

Union of Myanmar

Multiparty Democracy General-Election Commission

Announcement No 1518

(7th Waxing of Tazaungmon, 1362 ME) (2 November. 2000)

Subject: Permission given to Dr Kyi Min to resign as Pyithu Hluttaw
representative elected from Pakokku Township Constituency 1, Magway Division

1. Dr Kyi Min, Hluttaw representative elected at the Multiparty Democracy
General Election from Pakokku Township Constituency 1, Magway Division,
submitted of his own volition to this Commission that he be-permitted to
resign as he wants to attend to personal matters.

2. Upon the above-mentioned Dr Kyi Min's submission, this Commission hereby
announces that Dr Kyi Min has been permitted to resign from being Hluttaw
representative-elect of Pakokku Township Constituency I effective today under
Section 11 (e) of the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law.

By order Sd Aye Maung

Secretary

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Union of Myanmar

Muitiparty Democracy General Election Commission

Announcement No 1519

(7th Waxing of Tazaungmon, 1362 ME) (2 November, 2000)

Subject: Permission given to U Hlaing Aye to resign as Pyithu Hluttaw
representative elected from Pakokku Township Constituency 2, Mapway Division

1. U Hlaing Aye, Hluttaw representative elected at the Multiparty Democracy
General Election from Pakokku Township Constituency 2, Magway Division,
submitted of his own volition to this Commission that he be permitted to
resign on health grounds. 2. Upon the above-mentioned U Hlaing Aye's
submission, this

Commission hereby announces that U Hlaing Aye has been permitted to resign
from being Hluttaw representative-elect of Pakokku Township Constituency 2
effective today under Section 11 (e) of the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law.

By order Sd Aye Maung

Secretary


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WEATHER REPORT

TODAY

Forcast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 3rd November  2000: Intermittent
rain which may be heavy at time. Degree of certainty is 60%


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