The New Light of Myanmar (Thursday, 21 February, 2002)(1/2)

Subject: The New Light of Myanmar (Thursday, 21 February, 2002)(1/2)
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Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 02:03:43 EST
The New Light of Myanmar (Thursday, 21 February, 2002)(1/2)
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1. Senior General Than Shwe hosts dinner to delegates to
   USDA Special General Meeting (2002)
2. - Secretary-1 attends coord meeting on transmission of
     MRTV-3 Programme, construction of MRTV-3 building
   - Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt attends meeting of Central
     Body for Ensuring Smooth and Secure Transportation
3. 47th Nurses Conference held at the Institute of Nursing
4. - Daw Mya Mya San recites religious verses at Lawka
     Chantha Abhaya Labha Muni Image
   - Industry-1 Minister receives guests
   - Minister receives guests
   - Industry-2 Minister receives Malaysian guests
5. - Ambassador U Wunna Maung Lwin accredited to Netherlands
   - Ambassador U Wunna Maung Lwin accredited to Belgium
   - Ambassador U Wunna Maung Lwin accredited to Spain
6. - The First-day session of Special General Meeting of USDA
     (2002) held
   - Contract to supply communication and safety equipment
     signed
   - e-National Task Force meeting held
   - Myanmar Nurses Conference held
7. - Contracts signed for purchase of marine products
   - Military code of conduct and extempore talks contests held
   - Computers and stationery donated
8. - Applications invited to Myanmar Maritime University,
     Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University
   - Myawady TV to use Palapa C-2 satellite
   - Leadership seminar for PWDS opens
   - Workshop on entroscopy diagnosis and treatment held
9. - Myanmar Fishery and Livestock Fair-2002 continues
   - Drug traffickers sentenced

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( 1 ) Senior General Than Shwe hosts dinner to delegates to USDA Special
General Meeting (2002)

Yangon, 20 Feb- Patron of the Union Solidarity and Development Association
Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of
Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe hosted a dinner to delegates of
state/division/district/township USDAs who had attended the Special General
Meeting of the Union Solidarity and Development Association (2002), at the
Zeyathiri Beikman on Konmyinttha here this evening.

Senior General Than Shwe arrived there at 7 pm and cordially greeted the
delegates of USDAs. Also present at the dinner were members of the Panel of
Patrons of USDA (Central) Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Deve-lopment
Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief
(Army) General Maung Aye, Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development
Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, members of the State Peace and Development
Council, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Kyi Min, Commander-in-Chief
(Air) Maj-Gen Myint Swe, Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development
Council Commander of Yangon Command Brig-Gen Myint Swe, ministers, the
Attorney-General, the chairman of the Civil Service Selection and Training
Board, the mayor, members of the Panel of Patrons of USDA (Central), CEC
members of USDA, deputy ministers, members of the National Convention
Convening Commission, senior officers of the Ministry of Defence,
departmental heads, chairmen of NGOs and officials, USDA delegates and
guests. Before the dinner, the Myanma modern music troupe entertained the
audience with songs, and artistes of the Fine Arts Department, Ministry of
Culture, Myanmar classical songs, yein dances and anyeint performances during
and after the dinner.

Excerpts of national significance from Senior General Than Shwe's address
(19-2-2002)

 * It is not for nothing that we are now in the present position in the
country.

 * We are working day and night as best we could for the emergence of a
peaceful, modern and developed nation.

 * It can be achieved not by words but by practical deeds.

 * We are fully aware that there can be difficulties and obstacles ahead.
There are a lot of disturbances from inside and outside the country. Against
all the odds, we are working because of our love of the nation.

 * If there are no disturbances and obstacles, the pace of development of the
nation will be quicker and so will the work to build a democratic nation.

 * More disturbances and blockages will only mean that it will take longer to
reach that objective.

* Efforts are being made for the modernization and development of the future
nation and also to make sure that the new generation is free from any
hardship and troubles.

* Efforts are being made to ensure non-disintegration of the Union and
non-disintegration of national solidarity and to safeguard the sovereignty of
the nation, thereby making sure that the nation is not at the beck and call
of others. The USDA members are: - to develop patriotic spirit;

- to strive for the development of the Union and safeguard it with their
lives; and as befits the members of the USDA; and

- to nurture strong will and determination so as to overcome any difficulty
whatsoever.

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( 2 ) Secretary-1 attends coord meeting on transmission of MRTV-3 Programme,
construction of MRTV-3 building

 Yangon, 20 Feb- A coordination meeting on transmission of MRTV-3 Programmes
and construction of MRTV-3 building of the Ministry of Information was held
at the meeting hall of Myanma Radio and Television on Pyay Road yesterday
evening, attended by Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council
Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt. Also present on the occasion were the ministers, the
mayor, the deputy ministers, officials of the State Peace and Development
Council Office, departmental heads and officials.

At the meeting, Minister for Information Maj-Gen Kyi Aung reported to the
Secretary-1 on transmission of MRTV-3 programmes and arrangements for
construction of MRTV-3 building. Then, Director-General U Khin Maung Htay of
MRTV reported on purchase of machines for the MRTV-3, vehicles provided for
covering the programmes, installation of the new telephone exchange at MRTV
and matters on construction of the MRTV-3 building.

Next, Managing Director U Aung Zaw Naing of Olympic Co reported on
construction of the MRTV-3 building with the use of scale model. Chief
Engineer U Tin Wan of MRTV also reported on extended transmission of TV
programmes with the use of Multi-Channel Per Carrier (MCPC) system for better
quality in transmission of MRTV and MRTV-3 programmes. Minister for
Information Maj-Gen Kyi Aung gave a supplementary report.

Deputy Minister for Education U Myo Nyunt reported on education television
programmes to be transmitted in cooperation with MRTV to rach the villages.
MRTV-3 Director U Win Kyi also reported on transmission of MRTV-3 and
strength of service personnel. Then, those present took part in the
discussions. Next, the Secretary-1 gave instructions on featuring and
transmitting regional development tasks of respective States and Divisions,
enabling the viewers to better understand the Multi-Channel Per Carrier
(MCPC) system and the building of MRTV-3 to be constructed systematically
phase by phase.

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Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt attends meeting of Central Body for Ensuring
Smooth and Secure Transportation

Yangon, 20 Feb -Chairman of the Central Body for Ensuring Smooth and Secure
Transportation Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen
Khin Nyunt attended the Meeting 1/2002 of the Central Body held at the office
of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) of the Ministry of Defence at 2 pm today.
Also present on the occasion were members of the State Peace and Development
Council Maj-Gen Ye Myint, Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than and Quartermaster-General
Maj-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo of the Ministry of Defence, ministers,
officials from the State Peace and Development Council office, departmental
heads and national entrepreneurs. Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt made a speech
on the occasion. He said the Yangon-Mandalay Union Highway is the artery of
the State and it is beneficial to the economic and social sectors.

It is definitely necessary to maintain the highway for ensuring smooth and
secure transportation as the traffic is heavy. In accordance with the
guidance of Head of State Senior General Than Shwe, national entrepreneurs
are assigned duties to upgrade the Yangon-Mandalay Highway to an
international standard highway, so the highway project is an important one
for the State, he added. The national entrepreneurs are working hard in
building the highway and the State has been rendering assistance to them as
far as possible to be able to overcome difficulties in upgrading the highway.

 So, the national entrepreneurs are to strive for the timely completion of
the highway with accelerated momentum, he said. Then, Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than
and Maj-Gen Ye Myint of the Ministry of Defence reported to the Secretary-1
on progress in renovating and extending roads and in upgrading the highway.
Afterwards, officials from Asia World, Kanbawza, Yuzana, Dagon International,
Olympic, Hong Peng and Shwe Thanlwin companies that are constructing the
respective sections of the highway briefed the Secretary-1 on production and
collection of paving stones, strength of machinery, work done, tasks to be
carried out and requirements. Then, the ministries concerned reported on
assistance being rendered by them in building the highway. Secretary-1 Lt-Gen
Khin Nyunt attended to the needs and gave instructions. Then, the meeting
came to a close.
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( 3 ) 47th Nurses Conference held at the Institute of Nursing

( Government producing more nurses, upgrading their qualifications and
education, creating more opportunities for them Nurses most basic and major
force of health sector)

Yangon, 20 Feb- A ceremony to open the 47th Nurses Conference was held at the
Institute of Nursing (Yangon) on Bogyoke Aung San Street here at 8.30 am
today, with an address by Chairman of National Health Committee Secretary-1
of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt. Also present at
the conference were Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council
Commander of Yangon Command Brig-Gen Myint Swe, ministers, deputy ministers,
officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office, departmental
heads, directors-general, deputy directors-general and rectors of departments
and universities under the Ministry of Health, resident representatives of UN
agencies and officials, medical superintendents of hospitals in Yangon,
Assistant Directors (Nurse) and Staff Officers (Nurse) of States and
Divisions, matrons and sisters, commandants of military hospitals, nurse
officers, chairmen and officials of NGOs, the chairperson and executives of
Myanmar Nurses Association (Central), delegates of branches of State and
Division associations, members of MNA and guests.

 At the opening ceremony, Chairman of National Health Committee Secretary-1
of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt delivered an
address. The Secretary-1 said till now, the association has stood as a
reliable and firm national force taking the leadership role in promoting the
national health standard throughout the period of 54 years since it was
founded in 1948. He wished the members of the association to be able to
strive for physical and mental health of the entire mankind, successful
implementation of the national health plans and raising the national health
standard. He said the work of the nurses is noble. It can be carried out only
with love, kindness and compassion. Thus, the nurses should have the noble
aims, gentle mind and immense goodwill.

Thus, the association is required to play a key role in combining the noble
dignity and skills of the nurses to become an effective single force; the
nurses should also strive to contribute towards realization of the aims of
the national health plan. The government is striving from all sectors for
rapid progress of the nation and to enable her to stand tall among the world
nations. In so doing the government is making efforts to develop the national
forces. Health and fitness of the entire people is an essential requirement
in striving to develop all the sectors of the nation. Only the healthy and
fit people will be able to strive for national progress. Only if all the
national people are fit and healthy, will they be able to take part in
national development undertakings with full strength and to enjoy the fruits
of progress. The government has been implementing the national health plans,
the four-year national education promotion programme of the health sector and
the 30-year national health plan.

 The national health plans cover the tasks to effectively extend the scope of
the public health care programme to reach rural areas including the border
regions, to gradually improve the quality of public health care programmes
from major towns to remote areas to narrow the health gap between rural and
urban areas. Priority has been given to advanced health research work in
order to develop the human resources of the health sector and produced
qualified persons in the field in order to extend the area and to promote the
quality in the public health care sector. In implementing the enormous and
delicate national health plans, the government is relying on the
participation of the social organizations and the public in addition to the
Ministry of Health and related government bodies. Nurses are the most basic
and the major force of the health sector. Every day, they are closely working
with the physicians and giving assistance to them. They are also attending to
the needs of the patients, and taking part in the treatment and
rehabilitation programmes. They are playing a role in the management sector
of the hospitals and dispensaries.

The nurses have been assigned the duty of the health care sector which is
based on the primary public health care programme. Especially, nurses and
midwives are discharging the main duties at rural health care centres which
are the most basic sector of the nation's health care system. As it has
acknowledged the important role of the nurses, the government has been
striving to producing more nurses, upgrading their qualifications, enabling
them to pursue further studies and assigning advanced duties to them. The
government is also laying down plans to use their skills effectively. In
addition to setting up the Institute of Nursing (Yangon) and the Institute of
Nursing (Mandalay), the government is extending nurses training schools and
midwifery training schools in all the states and divisions.

 There are now 21 nurses training schools and another 21 midwifery training
schools in the nation. BNSc courses have been conducted in the two nursing
institutes and bridge-courses will be opened for in-service nurses. The MNSc
course was opened in 2001-2002, and scholars have been sent abroad to attend
Ph D courses. The government has made arrangements to send scholars to other
courses and seminars abroad. As it is giving encouragement to improve the
qualifications of nurses and to continuously produce nurses, it is also
trying to raise the living standard of the nurses. Thus there are now nurses
who hold BNSc, MNSc and Ph D degrees. In 2000-2001, there were 12,821 nurses
in the nation, up from 8,349 in 1988-98. The number of midwives reached
11,180 in 2000-2001 from 8,121 in 1988-89. He said health care services,
leadership and management courses are being conducted for improvement of
qualifications of health staff including nurses.

 Assistant Directors (Nursing), Nursing Staff Officers, matrons and sisters
and nursing officers attended the courses and they skilfully handled advanced
nursing activities and management. It can be seen that qualities of hospitals
and public health care services are improving with momentum due to the
improvement in nurses' leadership and management capabilities. Now, Head of
State Senior General Than Shwe has laid down five rural development tasks and
given guidance on implementation of the tasks for speeding up the development
momentum of success achieved in the country, he said. Head of State Senior
General Than Shwe laid down five tasks for development of rural areas
including border areas, the most basic regions of the State. Health personnel
are to implement the task for promotion of the health standard of rural
people.

 He quoted Head of State Senior General Than Shwe as saying that efforts are
to be made for improvement of health standard of rural people and development
of rural delivery rooms, rural health centres and station hospitals and
treatment and other facilities and dissemination of health knowledge in
cooperation with the people. The government has been implementing rural
health development plan in accord with the guidance of the Head of State and
rural health centres are the most basic forces, he said. Now, station
hospitals, rural dispensaries and rural health centres undertake rural health
care services and each rural health centres was reorganized with 13 staff.
Nurses and midwives of a rural health centre are the front health staff who
provide basic health care services to the people, he said. He said there were
1,337 rural health centres in 1988-89 and there are 1,402 in 2000-2001.

There were 64 regional health centres in 1988-89 and it rose to 84 in
2000-2001. Altogether 5,657 rural health centres and 395 station hospitals
were opened. Now rural health centres, maternal and child health centres of
regional health centres in various parts of the country can undertake
preventive measures, basic health care services, maternal and child health
care and nutrition. Those who undertake these tasks are nurses and midwives,
he added. Preventive measures on malaria, elephantiasis, dengue fever,
tuberculosis, leprosy and seasonal diseases were systematically laid down.

Therefore, health care services of nurses play an important role in health
education, he said. He urged nurses to make endeavours as a consolidated
national force of health sector for success of national health plans under
the leadership of Myanmar Nurses Association after realizing the objectives
and goodwill of the State. Myanmar Nurses Association, a strong national
force, has mobilized nurses and midwives in unity and formed 181 branches in
the whole country. He urged them to make continued efforts for exploitation
of their strength beneficially and standing as a leading association. He
urged the association to lead and organize the nurses to possess the good
qualities and conduct, to preserve Myanmar customs and traditions and to
behave well.

 In conclusion, he urged the nurses to make efforts to improve their
qualities, turn out well-qualified ones, to participate in national
development tasks, national health plan and nation-building tasks and to
serve the interest of the nation and the people as dutiful personnel. After
the opening ceremony, the Secretary-1 and party viewed the booth of MNA
(Central), the booth of 47th MNC and documentary movement photos of the
branches of State and Division associations.

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( 4 ) Daw Mya Mya San recites religious verses at Lawka Chantha Abhaya Labha
Muni Image

Yangon, 20 Feb - Parikamma pre-ceremony for consecration and Buddha Pujaniya
of Lawka Chantha Abhaya Labha Muni Image, kept on Mindhamma Hill in Insein
Township, is being held at Gandakuti Kyaung-dawgyi beginning 17 February. At
8 am today, Daw Mya Mya San, wife of Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and
Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
Commander-in-Chief (Army) General Maung Aye, Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe, wife of
Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, and
wives of the members of the State Peace and Development Council, wives of the
Commander-in-Chief (Navy) and the Commander-in-Chief (Air), the wife of the
Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Yangon
Command and wives of the ministers recited religious verses at the ceremony.

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Industry-1 Minister receives guests

 Yangon, 20 Feb - Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung received Managing
Director Mr Masahiro Abe of Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan and party, Senior
Vice-President Mr Toshikazu Suzuki of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation of
Japan and party, Expert for Paper Mills Mr Tadashi Sano of Nichimen
Corporation of Japan and party and Mr Rebechi of Mediotrade of Italy and
party at his office this afternoon respectively. Also present at the calls
were Deputy Ministers Brig-Gen Thein Tun and Brig-Gen Kyaw Win,
director-general and managing directors of the department and industries
under the ministry. MNA tonnes of marine products.

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Minister receives guests

Yangon, 20 Feb - Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe received the
goodwill delegation of Malaysia led by Mr Azmin Mustam bin Abdulkarim at his
office this morning. Also present at the call were Deputy Minister for
Transport U Pe Than, Director-General of Transport Department Col Nyan Tun
Aung, Managing Director of Myanma Five Star Line U Khin Maung Kyi and
officials.

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Industry-2 Minister receives Malaysian guests

Yangon, 20 Feb - Chairman of the supervisory committee for overseas
employment Minister for Industry-2 Maj-Gen Saw Lwin received Director of
Malaysia-Myanmar Friendship Association of Malaysia Mr J Tan Teck Lim and
party at the Ministry of Industry-2 on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road at 10 am today.
They cordially discussed matters related to sending workers to Malaysia. Also
present at the call were Deputy Minister for Labour Brig-Gen Win Sein, Deputy
Minister for Industry-2 Lt-Col Khin Maung Kyaw and officials.

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( 5 ) Ambassador U Wunna Maung Lwin accredited to Netherlands

Yangon, 21 Feb- The Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of
the Union of Myanmar has appointed U Wunna Maung Lwin, Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union of Myanmar to the Republic of
France, concurrently as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
Union of Myanmar to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Ambassador U Wunna Maung Lwin accredited to Belgium

Yangon, 21 Feb - The Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of
the Union of Myanmar has appointed U Wunna Maung Lwin, Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union of Myanmar to the Republic of
France, concurrently as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
Union of Myanmar to the Kingdom of Belgium.

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Ambassador U Wunna Maung Lwin accredited to Spain

Yangon, 21 Feb - The Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of
the Union of Myanmar has appointed U Wunna Maung Lwin, Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union of Myanmar to the Republic of
France, concurrently as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
Union of Myanmar to the Kingdom of Spain.

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