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The New Light of Myanmar (Friday, 27 April, 2001)(1/2)

The New Light of Myanmar (Friday, 27 April, 2001)(1/2)
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1. - Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to
     President of South Africa
   - Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to
     Yugoslav President
   - Senior General Than Shwe sends message of
     congratulations to Japanese Prime Minister
   - Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council
     and Prime Minister Senior General Than Shwe sends
     felicitations to President of Federal Government of
     Yugoslavia
   - Chief Executive and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
     Staff Committee of Pakistan to pay visit to Myanmar
2. State Peace and Development Council Chairman
   Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General
   Than Shwe receives PLA Chief of General Staff Headquarters
   and party
3. - General Maung Aye receives PLA Chief of General Staff
     Headquarters
   - General Maung Aye hosts dinner in honour of PLA Chief
     of General Staff Headquarters and party
4. - PLA Chief of General Staff HQ visits Defence Services
     Museum
   - Foreign Minister U Win Aung sends felicitations to
     Yugoslav FM
   - Minister receives Japanese guests
   - Ambassador U Linn Myaing appointed as Ambassador to USA
   - Ambassador U Hla Maung presents credentials to
     Malaysian Sultan
5. - Diplomats briefed on recent attack on Pachee outpost
   - Briefing on attack of SURA on Tatmadaw outpost
   - Ministry of Industry-1 holds coord meeting
   - Medicines and medical equipment donated to Ministry
     of Health
   - Myanmar and International Affairs Studies Trainees visit
     Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions
6. Committee for Carving Lawka Chantha Abhaya Labha Muni
   Image meets
7. - Myanmar eradicating narcotic drugs in promoting mental
     health care plans
   - Training courses open at MAPT
   - Workshop on e-Commerce Initiative in Myanmar held
   - Workshop on Promotion of Research Culture opened
8. - Donations to Disabled Training School
   - UMFCCI President meets Malaysian guests
9. - Laotian delegation concludes visit
   - The Strand Hotel celebrates its centennial
   - E-business workshop at UMFCCI

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( 1 ) Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to President of South Africa

Yangon, 27 April?Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Thabo M Mbeki, President of the Republic of South Africa, on the occasion of the Freedom Day of the Republic of South Africa which falls on 27 April 2001.

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Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to Yugoslav President

Yangon, 27 April?Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Vojislav Kostunica, President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, on the occasion of the National Day of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which falls on 27 April 2001.

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Senior General Than Shwe sends message of congratulations to Japanese Prime Minister

Yangon, 26 April?Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council and Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of congratulations to His Excellency Mr Junichiro Koizumi, newly elected Prime Minister of Japan.

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council and Prime Minister Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to President of Federal Government of Yugoslavia

Yangon, 27 April?Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council and Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Zoran Zizic, President of the Federal Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, on the occasion of the National Day of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which falls on 27 April 2001.

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Chief Executive and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan to pay visit to Myanmar

Yangon, 27 April?At the invitation of the Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council, Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services of the Union of Myanmar, Senior General Than Shwe and Madame Daw Kyaing Kyaing, His Excellency General Pervez Musharraf, Chief Executive and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Begum Pervez Musharraf, will pay an official goodwill visit to the Union of Myanmar in the near
future.
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( 2 ) State Peace and Development Council Chairman Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe receives PLA Chief of General Staff Headquarters and party

Yangon, 26 April? Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe received visiting Chief of General Staff Headquarters General Fu Quangyou of People?s Liberation Army of the People?s Republic of China and goodwill delegation members at the Credentials Hall of the Pyithu Hluttaw Building at 3 pm today.

Also present at the call were Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) General Maung Aye, Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Chief of the Office of Strategic Studies Director of Defence Services Intelligence Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, Secretary-3 Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Win Myint, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Rear-Admiral Kyi Min, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Kyaw Than, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Military Affairs Quartermaster-General Lt-Gen Tin Hla, Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung, Deputy Minister for Defence Brig-Gen Khin Maung Win, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Khin Maung Win, Director of Ordnance Col Hla Tun of the Ministry of Defence and Director-General Thura U Aung Htet of the Protocol Department.

The Chinese General and party were accompanied by Ambassador of the People?s Republic of China Mr Li Jinjun and Military, Naval and Air Attaché Senior Colonel Xu Shulai.
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( 3 ) General Maung Aye receives PLA Chief of General Staff Headquarters

Yangon, 26 April? Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) General Maung Aye received visiting Chief of General Staff Headquarters General Fu Quangyou of People?s Liberation Army of the People?s Republic of China and goodwill delegation members at Zeyathiri Beikman Tatma-daw Hall on Konmyinttha at 9 am today.


Also present at the call were Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Chief of the Office of Strategic Studies Director of Defence Services Intelligence Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, Secretary-3 Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Win Myint, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Rear-Admiral Kyi Min, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Kyaw Than, Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Military Affairs Quartermaster-General Lt-Gen Tin Hla, Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung, Deputy Minister for Defence Brig-Gen Khin Maung Win and Director of Ordnance Col Hla Tun of the Ministry of Defence.

The PRC General and party were accompanied by Ambassador of the People?s Republic of China Mr Li Jinjun and Military, Naval and Air Attaché Senior Colonel Xu Shulai.

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General Maung Aye hosts dinner in honour of PLA Chief of General Staff Headquarters and party


Yangon, 26 April? Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) General Maung Aye hosted a dinner in honour of visiting Chief of General Staff Headquarters General Fu Quangyou of People?s Libreation Army of the People?s Republic of China and goodwill delegation members at Zeyathiri Beikman Tatma-daw Hall on Konmyinttha this evening.

Also present at the dinner were Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Chief of the Office of Strategic Studies Director of Defence Services Intelligence Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, Secretary-3 Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Win Myint, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Rear-Admiral Kyi Min, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Kyaw Than, Deputy Prime Minister Minister for Military Affairs Quartermaster-General Lt-Gen Tin Hla, Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung, Deputy Minister for Defence Brig-Gen Khin Maung Win and senior military officers of the Ministry of Defence.

The PRC General and party were accompanied by Ambassador of the People?s Republic of China Mr Li Jinjun and Military, Naval and Air Attaché Senior Colonel Xu Shulai.Before and during the dinner, variety songs and music were presented by artists of the Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture and cultural dances were presented after the dinner.

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( 4 ) PLA Chief of General Staff HQ visits Defence Services Museum

Yangon, 26 April ?The goodwill delegation led by Chief of General Staff Headquarters, People?s Liberation Army, People?s Republic of China General Fu Quangyou, currently here at the invitation of Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) General Maung Aye, visited Defence Services Museum on Shwedagon Pagoda Road this morning.

Accompanied by Director of Ordnance Services Col Hla Tun of Ministry of Defence, Military, Naval and Air Attache Senior Colonel Xu Shulai and officials, General Fu Quangyou and party arrived at Defence Services Museum at 10.30 am.

They were welcomed by Director of Defence Services Museum and Historical Research Institute Col Ye Htut and Tatmadaw officers.Officials conducted General Fu Quangyou and party round the exhibitions at the museum.Then, General Fu Quangyou signed in the visitors? book.Afterwards, General Fu Quangyou and Col Ye Htut exchanged souvenirs.The goodwill delegation left there at 11.15 am.

Foreign Minister U Win Aung sends felicitations to Yugoslav FM

Yangon, 27 April?U Win Aung, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Goran Svilanovic, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, on the occasion of the National Day of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which falls on 27 April 2001.

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Minister receives Japanese guests

Yangon, 26 April?Minister for Progress of Border Areas and National Races and Development Affairs Col Thein Nyunt received Senior Adviser Mr Tomomitsu Iwakura of Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, Ambassador of Japan Mr Shigeru Tsumori, Vice-Chairman of Japan Noodle Entrepreneurs Association and members at his office at 3 pm today.

They discussed matters related to extended cultivation of buck wheat in Myanmar and exporting them to Japan.Also present at the call were Deputy Minister U Kyaw Tin and Director-General Col Myo Myint of Development Affairs Department.

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Ambassador U Linn Myaing appointed as Ambassador to USA

Yangon, 27 April?The Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar has appointed U Linn Myaing, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union of Myanmar to the French Republic, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union of Myanmar to the United States of America.

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Ambassador U Hla Maung presents credentials to Malaysian Sultan

Yangon, 27 April?U Hla Maung, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union of Myanmar to Malaysia, presented his credentials to His Majesty Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Alhaj ibni Almarhum Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah Alhaj Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, on 19 April 2001, in Kuala Lumpur.

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( 5 ) Diplomats briefed on recent attack on Pachee outpost

Yangon, 25 April ? A briefing on incidents at the Myanmar-Thai border, particularly the recent attack on Pachee outpost, was given to the Heads of Diplomatic Missions here by Deputy Minister U Khin Maung Win of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at Wunzin Minyarzar Hall, Ministry of Foreign Affairs at 4.30 pm today.

Deputy Minister U Khin Maung Win briefed the diplomats with maps on the situation.

In his briefing, the deputy minister stated that Myanmar has always adhered to the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence in its relations with the neighbouring countries.


However, in some of the battles which took place at the Myanmar-Thai Border, it has been found that some Thai troops were not only providing assistance to the drug trafficking insurgent group SURA led by Ywet Sit but were also directly involved in the assaults on Myanmar outpost. Moreover, Thai media had also spread false and fabricated allegations against Myanmar regarding narcotic drugs.The deputy minister also stated that such action could adversely affect the existing relations between the two countries.

Then, the deputy minister answered the queries raised by the diplomats.

The briefing was attended by Dean of the Diplomatic Corps Ambassador of the Lao People?s Democratic Republic Mr Ly Bounkham and other heads of missions. After the briefing, the diplomats viewed the maps showing the attack launched by SURA opium insurgents on Pachee outpost in Mongton Township and the camps of SURA insurgents based on the side of Thailand along the Myanmar-Thai border.

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Briefing on attack of SURA on Tatmadaw outpost

Yangon, 26 April - A briefing on the attack of SURA opium-trafficking insurgents on a Tatmadaw outpost at the Myanmar-Thai border was given to the foreign military attaches at Tatmadaw Guest House on Inya Road at 11 am today.

Present were Head of Department of the Office of Strategic Studies of the Ministry of Defence Col Thein Swe and officials and military attaches of the embassies.

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General Staff' Officer (Grade 1 ) Cmdr Ngwe Tun (Navy) explained matters related to the attack of the opium insurgent group on a Tatmadaw outpost at the Myanmar-Thai border on 22 April, Col Thein Swe replied to the queries raised by the military attaches.

After the briefing, the military attaches viewed the maps showing the attack of SURA insurgent group on Pachee outpost in Mongton Township and camps of SURA opium trafficking insurgents based on the side of Thailand along the Myanmar-Thai border.

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Ministry of Industry-1 holds coord meeting

Yangon, 26 April? The Ministry of Industry-1 held a meeting on the assessment of the performance of the ministry in 2000-2001 fiscal year and the accomplishment of the target in 2001-2002 fiscal year at the training hall of the ministry this morning, with an address by Minister U Aung Thaung.

Also present were Deputy Ministers Brig-Gen Thein Tun and Brig-Gen Kyaw Win, directors-general and managing directors of departments and enterprises and factory managers.

The minister gave a speech.Then, the factory managers reported on production work of their respective factories. Managing directors and deputy ministers gave supplementary reports.

Afterwards, the minister gave instructions on work.

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Medicines and medical equipment donated to Ministry of Health

Yangon, 26 April? The Ministry of Health is carrying out development of rural health and health education tasks with added momentum for ensuring improvement of health standard of the whole people in line with the guidance of the Head of State. For more effective undertakings in work, Five Dragon Co Ltd, Tokyo Pipe Factory and entrepreneurs donated medicines, medical equipment, TVs and cash to the Ministry of Health at 3 pm today.

Present were Minister for Health Maj-Gen Ket Sein, Deputy Ministers Prof Dr Mya Oo and Prof Dr Kyaw Myint, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea Mr Chung Junggum, National Health Committee Secretary Health Planning Department Director-General Dr Kyi Soe and guests. ROK Ambassador Mr Chung Jung-gum and MD of Five Dragon Co Ms Rosa Pun explained the purpose of the donation.

Then, Minister Maj-Gen Ket Sein accepted US$ 15,000 to be spent in purchasing medicines and medical equipment for rural health development donated by ROK Ambassador Mr Chung Junggum, nine sets of TV worth K 2.8 million by seven Hong Kong-based companies through Managing Director Ms Rosa Pun of Five Dragon Co Ltd, K 450,000 for purchasing TVs by U Myat Thin Aung and Daw Khin Myint Myint of Aung Aung Enterprise, VDC players worth K 500,000 for health education tasks by Managing Director Ms Rosa Pun of Five Dragon Co Ltd, K 100,000 for distribution of health phamphlets in rural areas and Cussons and Baby Products worth K 400,000 by U Thein Han of Tokyo Pipe Factory, K 200,000 for distribution of health phamphlets in rural areas by U Htay Khaing of Aungthabye Khaing Co and K 230,000 for distribution of health phamphlets in rural areas by President Dr Maung Maung Lay of Myanmar Medicine and Medicinal Merchants and Entrepreneurs Association and eight companies.

The minister presented certificates of honour to wellwishers and thanked for donations of the wellwishers.

These TVs will be installed at Central Women Hospital, Children Hospital, South Okkalapa Women Hospital, Thingangyun Sanpya Hospital, Yangon Eastern General Hospital, Insein Hospital, Mandalay Women Hospital, Mandalay Children Hospital and teaching hospitals. Medicines and medical equipment will be sent to respective departments. Today?s donations by wellwishers amounted to K 4.6 million and US$ 15,000.

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Myanmar and International Affairs Studies Trainees visit Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions

Yangon, 24 April ? The trainees of Myanmar and International Affairs Studies Course No 2 of Union Solidarity and Development Association, accompanied by CEC member of USDA Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Brig-Gen Khin Maung, Principal Lt-Col Myo Myint, course instructors, arrived at Letpan Chaypaw water pumping project in NyaungU on 22 April morning.

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Khin Maung explained the project, water supply project for rural and regional development to the trainees.

The trainees visited the agriculture equipment productions factory of Agriculture Mechanization Department in Kyaukse (Inngon).

They went to Sagaing where member of panel of patrons. of USDA Chairman of Sagaing Division Peace and Development Council Commander of North-West Command Maj-Gen Soe Win hosted lunch in honour of the trainees and extended greetings to them.

The trainees arrived at Maha Nanda Lake in Shwebo in the evening. The Chairman of Shwebo District Peace and Development Council hosted dinner in honour of the trainees.

They paid homage to Maha Shwesigyi Pagoda in Kantbalu on 23 April.The trainees visited Kindat dam,Thaphanseik dam and King Alaungmintaya palace in Shwebo.

The Myanmar and International Affairs Studies Trainees visited University for Development of National Races in Sagaing, Ayeyawady River Bridge project in Amarapura, Central Institute of Civil Service (Upper Myanmar), Central Training Centre of Myanmar Police Force and Central Fire Training School of Fire Services Department in PyinOo-Lwin on 24 April.In the evening, the trainees paid homage to Maha Myatmuni Yokeshindawmyat in Mandalay and made a donation to the pagoda funds.

Member of Panel of Patrons of USDA Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Central Command Maj-Gen Ye Myint hosted dinner in honour of the trainees.

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