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The New Light of Myanmar (Thursday, 29 November, 2001)(2/2)

The New Light of Myanmar (Thursday, 29 November, 2001)(2/2)
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1. - State Peace and Development Council Chairman Senior General
     Than Shwe sends felicitations to Republic of Albania
   - Senior General Than Shwe stresses quality improvement
     of industrial products to meet customer satisfaction
2. Secretary-1 hoists Htidaw of Gandakuti Kyaungdawgyi
3. - Secretary-1 attends Brand Launching Ceremony of
     LG (Gold Star) Elevator into Sigma Elevator
4. Formation of SPA Scholarship Foundation held
5. - Lawka Chantha Image Information & Documentation C
     ommittee meets
   - Mekong Subregion Ministers arrive to attend conference
   - Senior officials of Greater Mekong Sub-region tour Yangon
6. - Minister attends course opening ceremony
   - Oculists Conference opened
7. - Sigma elevator's sole agent assigned
   - Minister inspects booths at Thailand Exhibition 2001
8. - Iodine deficiency elimination activities week to
     be launched
   - Appointment of Ambassador of Spain agreed on
9. - Kyauktaw TV retransmission station begins operation
   - MRTV and Korea (ARIRANG TV) sign agreement
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( 6 )   Minister attends course opening ceremony

Yangon, 28 Nov - Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Pyi Sone attended the closing
ceremony of the Finance and Accounts Management Course No 1/2001 and opening
ceremony of the Book-keeping and Quality Control Course No 3/2001 and Basic
Accounting Course No 1/2001 held at the hall of Myanma Agricultural Produce
Trading on Pansodan Street this afternoon. Present on the occasion were
Deputy Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, Director-General of the
Directorate of Trade U Nyunt Aye, Director-General of the Border Trade
Department U Nay Win, Managing Director of the Myanma Agricultural Produce
Trading U Min Hla Aung, officials and trainees. First, Minister Brig-Gen Pyi
Sone made a speech and presented prizes to those who stood first, second and
third in the course. Later, a representative of the trainees spoke words of
thanks.

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Oculists Conference opened

Yangon, 28 Nov - The opening ceremony of the 13th Oculists Conference of
Myanmar Medical Association was held at the hall of MMA on Theinphyu Road,
Mingalataungnyunt Township this morning, with an address by Deputy Minister
for Health Professor Dr Mya Oo. It was attended by Director of Medical
Services of the Ministry of Defence Brig-Gen Mya Thein Han, Chairman of MMA
Professor U Myo Myint, Chairman of Eye Specialists Association Dr Soe Nyunt
and members, oculists from the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India
and guests.

 Professor U Myo Myint and Dr Soe Nyunt extended greetings and the opening
ceremony ended. After that, the deputy minister and guests viewed the booths
displayed at the conference. The Oculists Conference then followed. At the
conference, oculists from the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India
and Myanmar oculists will submit 22 papers on eye treatment and queries
raised will be replied by resource persons. The conference will continue
tomorrow.

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( 7 ) Sigma elevator's sole agent assigned

Yangon, 28 Nov - A ceremony to assign a sole agent of Myanmar for Sigma
Elevator brand elevators and escalators of the Fortune International Limited
and the Sigma Elevator Co of Korea, was held at the Traders Hotel on Sule
Pagoda Road this afternoon. It was attended by departmental officials,
national entrepreneurs and guests.

Director-General U Arnt Kyaw of the Department of Human Settlement and
Housing Development of the Ministry of Construction made a speech on the
occasion, and Director Mr Victor Kim of Sigma Elevator Co of Korea extended
greetings The Fortune International Ltd gave clarifications on its elevators
and escalators being used in Myanmar.

Then, Managing Director U Mya Han of the Fortune International Ltd and Yuzana
Construction Group Chairman U Htay Myint signed the sales of elevators. Next,
it was agreed to appoint Director Mr Victor Kim a sole agent of Myanmar.
Afterwards, officials presented gifts to Yuzana Construction Group, Asia
Express Co and Golden Flower Construction Group, which are the highest
purchasers of Sigma elevators.

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Minister inspects booths at Thailand Exhibition 2001

Yangon, 28 Nov - Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Pyi Sone and officials
inspected the booths of Thailand Exhibition 2001, which will be held at the
Yangon Trade Centre in Mingala Taungnyunt Township beginning 29 November
under the programme for promoting Myanmar-Thai economic cooperation.
Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Committee for Library, Museum and Exhibition
Deputy Director-General of the Information and Public Relations Department U
Aung San and committee members inspected 129 booths from 157 Thai companies.
Then, Vice-Chairman U Aung San, on behalf of the committee, granted Managing
Director Mr Arnan permission to hold the exhibition from 29 November to 2
December. The exhibition will allow companies and entrepreneurs admission by
ticket from 10 am to 6 pm on 29 and 30 November, and it will be open to the
public on 1 and 2 December.
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( 8 )    Appointment of Ambassador of Spain agreed on

Yangon, 29 Nov- The Government of the Union of Myanmar has agreed to the
appointment of Mr Jose Eugenio Salarich Fernandez De Valderrama as Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Spain to the Union of
Myanmar in succession to His Excellency Mr Cesar Gonzalez Palacios. Mr
Salarich was born in 1955 in Madrid. He has a Master's Degree in Law and a
Diploma in International Studies from the Diplomatic School of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs in Madrid. He joined the Spanish Diplomatic Service in May
1981 and has served in various capacities in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Spain and in the diplomatic missions of Spain in Yaounde, New York and the
Holy See. He was appointed as Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique in
January 1997 and was concurrently accredited to the Kingdom of Swaziland. He
was accredited Spanish Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand since September
2001. Mr Salarich will be concurrently accredited to the Union of Myanmar
with residence in Bangkok, Thailand. He is married and has three sons.

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Iodine deficiency elimination activities week to be launched

Yangon, 28 Nov - The Leading Central Committee for Myanmar iodine deficiency
elimination activities week held a meeting at the ministry this afternoon,
with an address by Chairman of the committee Minister for Health Maj-Gen Ket
Sein. Also present were Deputy Minister Professor Dr Mya Oo, members of the
committee, directors-general of departments under the Ministry, deputy
directors-general, officials, chairmen and officials of Organizing and Giving
Educative Talks and Information Subcommittee, Subcommittee for Holding the
Opening Ceremony, and Funds Management Subcommittee, Chairperson of Myanmar
Maternal and Child Welfare Association Professor Dr Daw Kyu Kyu Swe, chairmen
and representatives of NGOs, and invited guests. The minister delivered a
speech on the occasion. Then, Deputy Director-General of the Department of
Health Dr Soe Aung reported on the project, and Director (Public Health) of
the Department of Health Dr Htay Lwin on the work carried out by respective
subcommittees. Afterwards, a general round of discussions followed, and
future tasks were laid down.
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( 9 )  Kyauktaw TV retransmission station begins operation

 Yangon, 28 Nov - A TV retransmission station has started beaming of the progr
ammes of TV Myanmar in Rakhine State beginning 23 November evening. Located
in Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State, the station is retransmitting the
programmes clearly with 10-volt transmission power and frequency 12. It is
set up with the funds of the Border Areas and National Races Development Plan
allotted by Kyauktaw Township Department for Development of Border Areas and
National Races under the supervision of Myanmar Radio and Television.

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MRTV and Korea (ARIRANG TV) sign agreement

Yangon, 28 Nov - An agreement on cooperation between Myanma Radio and
Television of Ministry of Information and Korean International Broadcasting
Foundation (ARIRANG TV) was signed at the office of MRTV on Pyay Road at 2 pm
today, attended by Deputy Minister for Information Brig-Gen Aung Thein. Also
present were Director-General of MRTV U Khin Maung Htay, Director-General of
Information and Public Relations Department U Chit Naing, Managing Director
of Printing and Publishing Enterprise U Myint Thein, Managing Director of
Myanma Motion Picture Enterprise U Bo Kyi, Ambassador of the Republic of
Korea to Myanmar Mr Chung Jung-gun and officials. Then, Director-General U
Khin Maung Htay and Ambassador Mr Chung Jung-gun exchanged the documents
related to the agreement.

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