The New Light of Myanmar (Thursday, 7 February, 2002)(2/2)

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The New Light of Myanmar (Thursday, 7 February, 2002)(2/2)
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1. Myanmar Affairs and International Studies Course No 4
   and Executives' Management Course No 23 conclude
2. - Secretary-1 receives President of Daewoo International
     Corporation
   - Secretary-1 attends opening of four-storey lecture hall,
     Exhibition on
3. - Commerce Minister receives guests
   - Industry-1 Minister receives guests
4. Regional Conference on Social Development and Poverty
   Reduction held
5. - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand and party arrive
   - Maj-Gen Aung Htwe inspects poultry farm, Heho Airport
6. - Payment of outstanding land lease fees of hotels coordinated
   - Minister inspects industrial zone
7. - Health Minister views transplant of kidney
   - Union Day delegates arrive
8. - Stone inscriptions bearing Myanma Education Goals unveiled
   - Cornerstones laid for University of Paramedical
     Sciences (Mandalay)
   - Study group from Ponpakyin region tours Yangon
9. - Pro-Am Golf Tourney of London Myanmar Open 2002 Golf
     Tournament held
   - Friendly soccer match continues

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( 6 )  Payment of outstanding land lease fees of hotels coordinated

Yangon, 6 Feb- A coordination meeting on payment of outstanding land lease
fees of hotels operated with foreign investment being undertaken under
Build-Operate and Transfer ( BOT) system with the Ministry of the Hotels and
Tourism was held at Traders Hotel on Sule Pagoda Road this afternoon. Present
were Minister for Hotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Saw Lwin, Deputy Minister
Brig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu, Director-General U Khin Maung Latt, Managing Director
U Kyi Tun, general managers of hotels operated with foreign investment and
officials.

Minister Maj-Gen Saw Lwin said there are 14 hotels operated with foreign
investment and land lease and building fees are to be paid in US dollars to
the State through the ministry. Land lease and building fees of US $ 8.23
million have been received so far and outstanding land lease and building
lease fees are US $ 13.463 million, he said. Complications may arise later
due to the delay of payment. There is no right to cancel outstanding land
lease and building fees according to the Trade Policy Council. Outstanding
land lease and building lease fees are to be paid in installment, he said.
Director-General of Directorate of Hotels and Tourism U Khin Maung Latt
reported on list of hotels that have to pay outstanding land lease fees.
General managers of the hotels took part in the discussions. The minister
fulfilled the requirements. The meeting ended in the evening.

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Minister inspects industrial zone

Yangon, 6 Feb-Minister for Industry-2 Maj-Gen Saw Lwin arrived at the Indagaw
Industrial Zone of the ministry in Indagaw region, Bago Division, yesterday
afternoon. At the briefing hall, the minister heard reports presented by the
Managing Director of the Myanma Industrial Construction Services and
officials on progress in paving factory road, supply of water and
electricity, progress in constructing factory's buildings, storage of
machines imported the People's Republic of China and production conditions.
Afterwards, the minister inspected production of disc wheels of the Myanma
Automobile and Diesel Engine Industries, storage of machines in Inlet &
Exhaust Valves Shop, construction of aluminium string factory, storage of
machines in power tiller engine factory of the Myanma Agricultural Machinery
Industries, and construction of Heat Treatment Shop and Forging Shop. The
minister also gave necessary instructions.

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( 7 ) Health Minister views transplant of kidney

Yangon, 6 Feb -Minister for Health Maj-Gen Ket Sein inspected the second
kidney transplant at Mandalay People's Hospital in Mandalay yesterday
morning. Physicians from Yangon and Mandalay jointly performed the kidney
transplant for the second time. Specialists led by Director-General of the
Medical Research Department (Lower Myanmar) Renal Specialist Prof Dr Paing
Soe and Lecturer Dr Khin Maung Htay of MPH, Renal Surgeon Dr Than Aye, Prof
Dr Sai Lun Maung of MPH and specialists, Renal Surgeon Dr Htay Htay Myint and
group, Prof Dr Khin Htun, Lecturer Dr Toe Lwin, Anaesthetists led by Prof Dr
Tin Myint, Prof Dr Thant Zin, Prof Dr Tin Myint, Lecturer Dr Daw Khin Maw,
Director-General of Health Department Dr Wan Maung and Medical Superindentent
Dr Win Shein conducted the kidney transplant.

Maj-Gen Ket Sein invisited the patient Ma Mar Mar Oo of Patheingyi Township,
and taking out a kidney from Donor Ma Mar Mar Lin, who is the patient's
sister, and cordially spoke words of encouragement to the physicians,
specialists, the patient and her family. Under the arrangement of Medical
Superintendent Dr Win Shein and Rector Dr Soe Tun of the Institute of
Medicine (Mandalay), the kidney transplant was shown on close circuit TV. The
operation was arranged to be on screen at the meeting hall of MPH and Medical
Teaching Unit of IM (Mandalay).

 This programme also contributes to lecture on the kidney transplant by Prof
Dr Win Myint of the Surgical Department to undergraduates and postgraduates
from IM (Mandalay). He then replied in details the queries raised by the
students and experts. Minister Maj-Gen Ket Sein inspected teaching of medical
science with modern communication systems at MPH and IM (Mandalay) and gave
instructions. All over the country, nine kidney transplants for 13 patients
have been conducted and success has been achieved cent per cent. This is the
second time in Mandalay and is also successful and the patients are doing
well. The ministry has been striving for success of advanced operations at
home and already made arrangements for liver transplant. A similar operation
will be conducted for Ma Win Win Thant on 7 February. In the afternoon, the
minister inspected the Siamese twins at MPH and attended to the needs
relating to preparations for the operation.

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Union Day delegates arrive

Yangon, 6 Feb -Members of national races cultural troupe and delegates from
states and divisions arrived here today by air to attend the 55th Anniversary
Union Day flag-hoisting ceremony and dinner. Delegates from Kayah State
arrived here in the morning and those from Rakhine State, in the afternoon.
Reception and Accommodation Sub-Committee Chairman No 4 Military Command
Commander Yangon Station Commander Defence Services Records Office Commandant
Brig-Gen Myo Myint and members and officials welcomed and accommodated them
at No 1 Transit Centre (Bayint-naung) here. Similarly, delegates from
Ayeyawady Division arrived there by car today.
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( 8 ) Stone inscriptions bearing Myanma Education Goals unveiled

 Yangon, 6 Feb - The ceremony to unveil the stone inscription bearing Myanma
Education Goals was held at BEHS-1 in Pyay, Bago Division (West) yesterday
morning. It was attended by Deputy Minister for Education U Myo Nyunt,
Chairman of Bago Division (West) Peace and Development Council Col Soe Nwe,
Director-General of No 1 Basic Education Department U Tin Nyo, Rector U Mya
Win of Pyay University, Deputy Director-General U Sein Win of Higher
Education Department (Lower Myanmar), the division education officer,
departmental officials, school heads, teachers and students and others.
Outstanding students formally unveiled the stone inscription bearing the
sentence " To create an education system that can generate a learning society
capable of facing the challenges of the knowledge age ". Deputy Minister U
Myo Nyunt elaborated on Myanma education goals at the hall of the school. The
headmaster spoke words of thanks and the ceremony came to a close. A similar
ceremony was held at BEHS-1 in Gyobingauk yesterday afternoon, attended by
Deputy Minister U Myo Nyunt, Director-General U Tin Nyo, the township
education officer, departmental officials, teachers and students and others.

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Cornerstones laid for University of Paramedical Sciences (Mandalay)

Yangon, 6 Feb- A ceremony to lay cornerstones for University of Paramedical
Sciences (Mandalay) of the Medical Science Department was held in
Sharsaychet, Patheingyi Township, Mandalay Division, yesterday. At the
ceremony, member of the State Peace and Development Council Maj-Gen Ye Myint
of the Ministry of Defence, Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace and
Development Council Commander of Central Command Brig-Gen Ye Myint, Minister
for Health Maj-Gen Ket Sein, Mandalay Mayor Brig-Gen Yan Thein, Deputy
Minister for Science and Technology U Nyi Hla Ngwe, Secretary of Mandalay
Division Peace and Development Council Lt-Col Tin Ohn, Director-General of
Health Department Dr Wan Maung, Deputy Director-General Dr Maung Maung Win of
Medical Science Department laid the cornerstones. Also present were military
and civilian officers.

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Study group from Ponpakyin region tours Yangon

Yangon, 6 Feb - At the invitation of Chairman of Work Committee for
Development of Border Areas and National Races Secretary-1 of the State Peace
and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, a 40-member study group comprising
students of national races from Ponpakyin region of Mongton Township, Shan
State (East) arrived here by air yesterday evening to visit famous pagodas
and to study development of the State. The study group paid a visit to
Shwedagon Pagoda this morning and made cash donations for the pagoda. They
then viewed the Buddhology Museum and paid homage to Maha Wizaya Pagoda.
Then, they visited to the Drug Elimination Museum and were conducted round
the museum by the officials. In the afternoon, the study group visited the
National Museum.
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( 9 ) Pro-Am Golf Tourney of London Myanmar Open 2002 Golf Tournament held

Yangon, 6 Feb-The Pro-Am Golf Tournament of London-Myanmar Open 2002 Golf
Tournament, organized by the Myanmar Professional Golfers'Association and the
Asian Professional Golfers' Association (Asian PGA) and mainly sponsored by
the Rothmans of Pall Mall Myanmar Pte Ltd, was held at the Yangon Golf Club,
Danyingon, here, today. Among the spectators were President of the MPGA and
the Myanmar Golf Federation Brig-Gen Win Hlaing, General Secretary of the
Myanmar Olympic Committee Director-General of the Sports and Physical
Education Department U Thaung Htaik, Deputy Director-General U Thein Aung,
Secretary of MGF U Aung Kyi and executives, General Secretary of MPGA
professional golfer U Chan Han and executives, guests, BAT (APS) Area
Director Mr Patrick O' Keeffe, Managing Director of the Rothmans of Pall Mall
Myanmar Pte Ltd Mr Arend NG and officials. After the tourney, officials
presented prizes to the prize-winners. The Rothmans of Pall Mall Myanmar Pte
Ltd hosted a dinner to the participants at the Sedona Hotel. A total of 152
golfers 122 professionals from 21 nations, 26 Myanmar professions and four
Myanmar amateurs will take part in the London-Myanmar Open 2002 Golf
Tournament to be held from 7 to 10 February.

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Friendly soccer match continues

Yangon, 6 Feb- The third friendly warming-up soccer match between under-17
Myanmar Youth selected football team and Sangji Univesity football team of
Korea took place at the Thuwumma Youth Training Centre this evening. Among
the spectators were Myanmar Olympic Committee Chairman Minister for Sports
Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint and officials, the Korean Ambassador and officials
from the embassy and guests. In the match, Sangji University team defeated
Myanmar Youth team 6-0..


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