[myanmar_information] THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR (28-8-2002)

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR (28-8-2002)

1. Secretary-1 receives Ambassador 
   of Arab Republic of Egypt 
2. Secretary-1 meets students who 
   completed engineering course at Nationalities 
   Youth Resource Development Degree College (Yangon)
 
3. -Health Minister receives guests
   -Bangladeshi Transport Minister concludes visit
    Yangon Mayor receives Chinese Vice-Mayor 
    of KumingYangon Mayor receives Chinese 
    Vice-Mayor of Kuming
 
4. -Mass activities for eradication 
    of dengue hemorrhagic fever launched
   -Leading Committee for Organizing 
    Myanmar Women's Efforts Exhibition meets
   -Construction Minister looks into roads, 
    bridges in Bago Division 
5. -Minister inspects factories 
    in Kyaukse Industrial Zone 
   -Minister for Culture inspects tasks 
    in MraukU Cultural Heritage Region
   -Sports equipment donated to football 
    teams undergoing training in Sagaing Division
   -USDA CEC member addresses Management 
    Multiplier Course 
6. -Coord meeting on promotion of tourism 
    between Myanmar and China held
   -Chinese tourism delegation visits Kanbawzathadi
Palace
   -Demonstration of admixtures given 
7. Agricultural and livestock breeding tasks 
   inspected in Shan State (North) 
8. -Yangon Division Myanmar Traditional Cultural 
    Performing Arts Competitions open
   -Waso robes and rice donated to members 
    of the Sangha in Mandalay
   -Agricultural and livestock breeding tasks 
    inspected in Shan State (North) 
9. 29 fires broke out in July 

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( 1 ) Secretary-1 receives Ambassador of Arab Republic
of Egypt

Yangon, 27 Aug - On behalf of the Chairman of the
State Peace and
development Council, Secretary-1 of the State Peace
and Development
Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt received Ambassador of the
Arab Republic of
Egypt to Myanmar Dr Farouk Mabrouk who had completed
his tour of duty
at Zeyathiri Beikman in Konmyinttha here at 10 am
today.

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( 2 ) Youths being nurtured to know alien conspiracies
and to
safeguard Union, national solidarity, sovereignty
Union and sovereignty will perpetuate only if there is
national unity 
Secretary-1 meets students who completed engineering
course at
Nationalities Youth Resource Development Degree
College (Yangon)

Yangon, 27 Aug - Chairman of the Work Committee for
Progress of Border
Areas and National Races Secretary-1 of the State
Peace and
Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt met with
students who completed
the engineering course in 2000-2001 and 2001-2002
academic years at
Nationalities Youth Resource Development Degree
College (Yangon) of
the Education and Training Department of the Ministry
for Progress of
Border Areas and National Races and Development
Affairs, at Diamond
Jubilee Hall on Pyay Road this morning.

Speaking on the occasion, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin
Nyunt said as is
known to all, the government has been striving for
development of the
border regions which lagged behind in progress for the
past 40 years
due to internal insurgency, practicing "Our Three Main
National Causes
--- non-disintegration of the Union;
non-disintegration of the
national solidarity; and perpetuation of the national
sovereignty --- 
as the principal policy of the nation. In implementing
the border area
development tasks since 1989, it formed the Central
Committee for
Progress of Border Areas and National Races, the Work
Committee, the
subcommittees and the regional bodies.

The government also formed the Ministry for Progress
of Border Areas
and National Races and Development Affairs in 1992 for
rapid progress
of the border areas. It can be witnessed that the
border areas are
developing in leaps and bounds due to prevalence of
peace and
stability and further strengthening of national unity.
During the past
12 years and up to now, the government has laid down
short-term and
long-term projects for proportionate development of
the border areas
covering transport, agriculture, health, education,
social, economic
and other sectors on a wider-scale.

The Ministry for PBANRDA has opened 17 border areas
and national races
development schools where basic education primary,
middle and high
school lessons are being taught to bring out human
resources which
have the ability to perpetually develop and safeguard
the border
areas. The schools are also giving priority to
teaching the subjects
concerning Union Spirit and culture. The Education and
Training
Department has opened one Nationalities Youth Resource
Development
Degree College each in Yangon and Mandalay. The
students who pass the
matriculation examination from the border areas and
national races
development schools can attend the degree colleges,
which were opened
with the following six objectives:

- to enable the national race youths to possess love
and unity among
themselves and strengthen their Union Spirit while
pursuing education;
- to enable the youths of the Union to have belief in
"Our Three Main
National Causes" and to protect it;
- to enable them to understand and preserve the
traditions and
cultures of the national races;
- to vitalize their spirit to work for further
improvement of the
living standard of the border areas;
- to nurture the youths to have the ardent will to
take part in
building a peaceful, modern and developed nation;
- to enable them to complete the higher education
courses and to serve
the regional interests in the respective sectors.

The degree colleges opened since 2000-2001 academic
year are
conducting three-year arts and science courses and
two-year
engineering courses. After completion of their degree
courses and
diploma courses, they will have to go back to their
native regions to
discharge duties there. The degree college in Yangon
has produced the
first batch of 20 engineers who have completed the
two-year diploma
course. The respective ministries will appointed them
at their
departments to work for development of the border
areas. Head of State
Senior General Than Shwe has given guidance, saying
that
"intellectuals and technicians who will serve the
national interests
are required for emergence of a modern and developed
nation. We can
strive to build the nation and develop it only with
the intellectuals
and technicians." Now the Ministry for PBANRDA has
realized the
guidance. In other words, it is striving to implement
the project
which is producing highly-skilled human resources
needed for the
nation and the regions.

As various national races are living together in the
Union, the Union
itself and the sovereignty will perpetuate only if
there is national
unity. The Union of Myanmar had experienced the
divide-and-rule policy
for over 100 years under the colonialist rule. After
the nation
regained independence, it faced attempts to cause
national dissension
for many times. Till now some foreign nations are
using various
methods to cause disagreement between the nation
races. The youths
have been nurtured to become persons who know the
alien conspiracies
to break up the national unity and who will safeguard
the Union, the
national solidarity and the sovereignty at the risk of
their lives.

The degree college produced eight students who are
entitled to enroll
at the B Tech course. It is an achievement to realize
the Myanmar
education goal 1 to create a constant learning
society.

He said it was heartening to The Nationalities Youth
Resources
Development Degree Colleges would produce not only
engineering diploma
holders and arts and science graduated youths at the
end of academic
year. Those who qualified for MA and MSc courses are
allowed to join
the respective universities. This contributes toward
constant learning
education in the national education promotion special
project.
According to the national education promotion
programmes being
implemented in Myanmar, 304 e-Education Learning
Centers using Data
Broadcasting System were established. Information and
communication
technology can be taught at multimedia classrooms and
e-Education
Learning Centre of the Nationalities Youth Resources
Development
Degree Colleges.

The government with the aim of equal development of
the national
people and narrowing the gap of living standard
established 24 special
zones in 14 states and divisions. Universities,
technological colleges
and computer colleges were opened in these regions for
highly-qualified human resource development.

A total of K 25,805.11 million K 14,537.46 million
from border area
development fund of the Ministry of Progress of Border
Areas and
National Races and Development Affairs and K 11,267.65
million from
the fund of other ministries concerned were spent in
border area
development from 1989 to July 2002. The government
spent a large sums
of money in the development of border area and
national races for
equal development in the whole country in building a
peaceful, modern
developed nation.

The Secretary-1 spoke of the need for the youths from
various border
areas who completed the engineering course to
implement the six
objectives of the course based on knowledge gained at
the course in
combination with practical life to be encountered in
the regions.

He also urged them to nurture regional national youths
to possess
modern technology, outlooks and knowledge
consolidating the Union
Spirit.

He said the government assigned duties to the engineer
officers and
they are to make for uplift of social life of national
brethren in
border areas in all means while discharging chief
duties on regional
development.

He said the youths were trained at the degree college
and were sent to
border areas to discharge duties for implementation of
Our Three Main
National Causes --- non-disintegration of the Union,
non-disintegration of national solidarity and
perpetuation of
sovereignty. He spoke of the need to make efforts for
propagation of
the spirit of national solidarity and the Union Spirit
in the region.
He said now some foreign nations are driving a wedge
among the
national brethren in various means and they are
attempting to break up
the Union that has existed for thousands of years.

After the national brethren had realized the fact that
they are
driving a wedge among them, national engineers are to
organize and
lead the national people for safeguarding Our Three
Main National
Causes, he said. In conclusion, he said with the
development of border
areas and living standard of local people would
improve and the uplift
of social standard would lead to national solidarity
and further
consolidating of the Union.

He urged the graduate youths to actively participate
in border area
development tasks after realizing the gratitude of the
State.

Then, the Secretary-1 presented best student award and
a certificate
of honour to Maung Khin Maung Oo, a Rakhine national
student majoring
in civil engineering with the student registration
number 0039; and
outstanding engineering award and a certificate of
honour to Maung
Lein Nai (a) Maung Lin Naing, a Chin national student
of civil
engineering with the student registration number 0036.
Later, the
first session of the ceremony ended.

Afterwards, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and party
posed for a photo
together with the graduating students. The Secretary-1
also cordially
met with the faculty of the college, students,
graduating students and
their parents.

At 10 am, a ceremony to present AGTI Engineering
Diploma and to assign
duties ensued. At the ceremony, Principal of the
college U Sein Htay
conferred AGTI Engineering diplomas on 20 national
students. After Col
Than Win, Director-General of the Education and
Training Department,
presented assignment of duty to graduating students,
the ceremony came
to an end.

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( 3 ) Health Minister receives guests

Yangon, 27 Aug - Minister for Health Maj-Gen Ket Sein
received the
delegation led by Mrs Shirin Nirzi (a) Daw Kyi Kyi Win
of
Pakistan-Myanmar Friendship Association at his office
on Pyidaungsu
Yeiktha Street at 10 am today. Similarly, the minister
received
Leprosy Control Project in-charge of WHO Dr Vijay
Kumar Pannikar and
Resident Representative of WHO Dr Agostino Borra at
the same venue at
11 am today.

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Bangladeshi Transport Minister concludes visit

Yangon, 27 Aug - Bangladeshi Transport Minister Mr
Barrister Nazmul
Huda left here for home by air at 10 am today. The
minister was seen
off at the Yangon International Airport by Minister
for National
Planning and Economic Development U Soe Tha,
Bangladeshi ambassador to
Myanmar Mr Ahmed Rahim and officials of the ministry.

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Yangon Mayor receives Chinese Vice-Mayor of
KumingYangon Mayor
receives Chinese Vice-Mayor of Kuming

Yangon, 27 Aug - Chairman of Yangon City Development
Committee Mayor U
Ko Lay received the visiting delegation led by
Vice-Mayor of Kuming
Municipal People's Government of People's Republic of
China at the
city hall of YCDC at 10 am today.

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( 4 )  Mass activities for eradication of dengue
hemorrhagic fever
launched

Yangon, 27 Aug - Members of the National Health
Committee Minister for
Health Maj-Gen Ket Sein and Yangon Mayor U Ko Lay and
party inspected
mass activities for eradication of dengue hemorrhagic
fever launched
in Ward 20, Dagon Myothit (South) Township in Yangon
East District
today.

The minister, the mayor, Deputy Minister for Health
Prof Dr Kyaw Myint
and officials arrived at the office of the Staff
Officer of Dagon
Myothit (South) Township Development Affairs
Department. At the hall
of the office, Head of Health Department Dr Yee Yee
Thein of Yangon
City Development Committee and Township Health Officer
Dr U Myint Kyi
Aye reported on preventive measures for dengue
hemorrhagic fever,
healthcare tasks and future plans to the minister and
the mayor who
attended to the needs.

Then, the minister, the mayor and party inspected mass
activities on
Yaynantha-1 Street in Ward 20 by staff of the township
health
department and the health department of YCDC, the
chairman and members
of Ward Peace and Development Council, members of
USDA, Women's
Affairs Committe MCWA, Red Cross Society and Auxiliary
Fire Brigade
and people in the ward.

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Leading Committee for Organizing Myanmar Women's
Efforts Exhibition
meets

Yangon, 27 Aug - A coordination meeting of the Leading
Committee for
Organizing Myanmar Women's Efforts Exhibition to be
conducted by
Myanmar National Committee for Women's Affairs was
held at the office
of the minister for Social Welfare, Relief and
Resettlement on
Opponseik Street, Mayangon Township, this afternoon.

Chairman of th Leading Committee Minister Maj-Gen Sein
Htwa made a
speech on the occasion. Then, the vice-chairperson-2
reported on
matters related to organizing the exhibition and
Member of the Working
Committee Director of the Exhibition Director of the
National Museum
of the Department of Cultural Institute Daw Nu Mra
Zan, on progress of
work for opening booths. Next, representatives of the
Fund-Raising
Committee, the Opening Ceremony Organizing Group, the
Invitation and
Reception Group, the Booth Opening Group, the Security
Group, the
Entertainment Group, the Souvenirs Displaying Group,
the Information
Group, the Computer Quiz Competition Organizing Group,
the Photo
Competition Organizing Group, and the Management Group
reported on
work progress, followed by a general round of
discussions.

After that, the resolutions were approved. The meeting
came to a close
with concluding remarks by the minister.

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Construction Minister looks into roads, bridges in
Bago Division

Yangon, 27 Aug - Minister for Construction Maj-Gen Saw
Tun,
accompanied by officials inspected Bago-Naunglaybin
road section and
Nyaunglaybin-Madauk road section this morning. He
heard reports on
maintenance of Nyaunglay-bin-Madauk-Shwekyin road
section during the
rainy season and future tasks to be undertaken in the
open season
reported by Bago Division Superintending Engineer U
Kyaw Lwin.

The minister gave instructions on matters relating to
construction
tasks to the officials concerned. Then, the minister
and party
proceeded to the Shwekyin-Madauk bridge construction
project and
inspected completion of bridge and future tasks to be
implemented. At
the briefing hall, the minister heard reports on
completion of all
approach bridges, 12 out of 36 reinforced concrete
beams of the main
bridge, approach road on both Madauk and Shwekyin
banks and future
tasks to be completed by Senior Engineer U Win Aung.
Next, the
minister gave instructions on construction tasks for
the bridge.

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( 5 ) Minister inspects factories in Kyaukse
Industrial Zone 

Yangon, 26 Aug - Member of Central Organizing
Committee of Myanmar War
Veterans Organization Minister for Industry-1 U Aung
Thaung inspected
construction of welfare shop of Mandalay Division War
Veterans
Organization in Singaing Township yesterday.

The minister went to vest factory project (Kyaukse)
site in Kyaukse
Industrial Zone. He inspected production of sports
shirts and vests
and installation of machines and gave instructions.
Next, the minister
presented fruit basket to Chinese experts. The
minister inspected
sewing machine factory in Kyaukse. The minister then
inspected the
plot chosen for construction of asbestos brick factory
that can
produce 2,500 tons annually. The minister inspected
plastic factory
(Kyaukse) and presented fruit basket to Chinese
experts who rendered
assistance for construction of the factory.

The minister went to the site of cement factory and
inspected progress
of work, construction of kiln and computer control
room. He gave
instructions on opening of the factory in November.
The minister
inspected No 3 paper mill in Singaing Township and
accessories
workshop.

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Minister for Culture inspects tasks in MraukU Cultural
Heritage Region

Yangon, 27 Aug - Minister for Culture U Tin Win
inspected maintenance
of Laungkyettaung Stone Inscriptions on Laungkyettaung
Hillock. The
minister then paid obeisance to Shwekyatpha Pagoda on
Laungkyettaung
Hillock and Wish-granting Khaunglaungswe Pagoda and
gave necessary
instructions to officials.

On 25 August morning, the minister arrived at
Htokhtanthein Stupa
built in 1571 by Rakhine King Phalaung in MraukU and
inspected the
maintenance work there. Deputy Director U Phone Kyaw
reported on
arrangements being made for the maintenance work.
Then, the minister
and party inspected Laymyetna Stupa, Yanaung Zeya
Stupa (a) Shitthaung
Stupa and Andawthein Stupa. The minister held a
coordination with
officials on maintenance of Andawthein Stupa. Next,
the minister
inspected decoration work on the platform of
Linbanpyauk Pagoda and
left instructions to officials.

In the evening, the minister inspected renovation of
stone wall of
MraukU Era in MraukU Cultural Region and
Archaeological Museum in
MraukU and gave necessary instructions.

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Sports equipment donated to football teams undergoing
training in
Sagaing Division

Yangon, 27 Aug - Under the development programme of
youth football, a
ceremony to donate sports equipment to the football
teams which are
undergoing training in Sagaing Division was held at
the office of
Sagaing Division Union Solidarity and Development
Association this
morning.

 First, Chairman of Myanmar Olympic Committee Minister
for Sports
Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint was introduced to the members
of football
teams. In his speech, the minister said the youth
football development
project is being drawn up for turning out of new
generation
footballers to enable them to enhance the football
standard. The three
football teams U-13, U-17 and U-21are being formed,
track suits and
footballs will be presented to them and good salaries
will be also
offered to the coaches, he said. He then presented
track suits and
sports equipment to the deputy commander.

In the afternoon, Sagaing Division Sports and Physical
Education
Committee Commander of North-West Command Brig-Gen Soe
Naing and the
minister watched the final of the third State/Division
novice soccer
tournament of USDA CEC member Sports Minister's bowl.
The commander
accepted cash donations for Sagaing Division SPEC made
by Sagaing,
Monywa, Shwebo and Katha districts and donated K 1.5
million to
Sagaing Division USDA. Then the minister presented K
100,000 each to
five basic education schools, which participated in
the opening
ceremony.

Later, the commander, minister, deputy commander and
officials
presented prizes to winning teams and individuals.

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USDA CEC member addresses Management Multiplier Course

Yangon, 27 Aug - The opening ceremony of the
Management Multiplier
Course No 17 organized by Bahan Township Union
Solidarity and
Development Association was held at the hall of the
Township USDA
office this morning, with an address by USDA CEC
member Col Tin
Hlaing.

Then, donations were made for the course. Yangon
Division USDA
presented K 100,000; U Tin Oo-Daw Hmwe (D-Shadow
Cosmetics K 50,000;
Traditional Medicine Practitioner U Bo Gyi-Daw Than
Than
(Pyilonchantha medical house), K 30,000 U Aung Aung
(Moekaungkin
restaurant), K 30,000 and township USDA 1,000
ball-point pens to the
CEC member who accepted the donations and presented
certificates of
honour to the wellwishers. Altogether 65 trainees are
attending the
two-week course.

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( 6 ) Coord meeting on promotion of tourism between
Myanmar and China
held

Yangon, 27 Aug - A coordination meeting to promote
tourism industry
between Myanmar and the People's Republic of China and
mutual
cooperation successfully concluded at Summer Palace
Hall of the
Traders Hotel on Sule Pagoda Road this evening.

Present on the occasion were Vice-Mayor Mr Lei Xiao
Ming of Kunming
Municipal People's Government, China, Director-General
U Khin Maung
Latt of Directorate of Hotels and Tourism of the
Ministry of Hotels
and Tourism and officials, the chairman of Union of
Myanmar Travel
Association and members, Vice Director-General of
Kunming Municipal
Tourism Bureau Mr Mao Cheng Yi and others. Mr Lei Xiao
Ming spoke on
the occasion and thanked the Minister for Hotels and
Tourism and the
Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar for their arrangements
for the meeting
of Chinese tour operators with Myanmar tourism
entrepreneurs.

Joining hands in undertaking the tourism industry will
result in the
development of mutual cooperation, further
strengthening of friendship
between the two countries, he said. He then extended
invitations to
Myanmar tourism entrepreneurs to visit Kunming.
Director-General of
Directorate of Hotels and Tourism U Khin Maung Latt
also spoke on the
occasion. He said the Myanmar Deputy Minister for
Hotels and Tourism
and the Chinese Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
signed an
agreement on tourism cooperation between the two
countries on 16 July
2000.

This coordination meeting is the first step towards
the success of
tourism development for both countries, and Myanmar
officials and
tourism entrepreneurs will pay a visit to Kunming, he
said. Myanmar
tourism entrepreneurs are making efforts to achieve
success, and
departmental officials concerned will render
assistance to them when
required.

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Chinese tourism delegation visits Kanbawzathadi Palace

Yangon, 27 Aug - The visiting Chinese tourism
delegation led by
Vice-Mayor Mr Lei Xiaoming of Kunming Municipal
People's Government of
the People's Republic of China, accompanied by
officials from the
Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, visited Kanbawza-thadi
Palace and paid
obeisance to pagodas in Bago yesterday afternoon.

The Chinese delegation arrived at the palace site of
King Bayintnaung
excavated and reconstructed by the Archaeology
Department of the
Ministry of Culture where officials from the
department briefed them
on construction tasks at the briefing hall. After
looking around the
archaeology museum and Bamayathana throne chamber, the
delegation
visited Shwe-mawdaw Pagoda, Shwetha-hlaung Image and
Kyaikpon Pagoda
in Bago and arrived back here in the evening.

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Demonstration of admixtures given

Yangon, 27 Aug - Suntac Technologies gave the
demonstration of
admixtures which are used in producing reinforced
concrete
manufactured by Master Builder's Technologies,
Switzerland, at
International Business Centre on Pyay Road this
morning. First,
Chairman of Myanmar Construction Entrepreneurs
Association U Khin Shwe
made an opening speech and General Manager of Suntac
Technologies made
an introductory speech.

Then, Mr Kimmarfleet of Degussa explained chemical
construction
materials of Degussa and Mr Desking of Master
Builder's technologies
on concrete admixtures. Use of admixtures imported by
Suntac
Technologies can reduce the construction cost.

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( 7 ) Agricultural and livestock breeding tasks
inspected in Shan
State (North)

Yangon, 27 Aug - Chief Medical Officer of the Ministry
of Industry-2
Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe, accompanied by Patron of the
Ministry Maternal
and Child Welfare Association wife of the minister for
Industry-2 Daw
Moe Moe Myint and executives, arrived at Indagaw
Industrial Zone of
the Ministry in Bago Division this morning.

They were briefed on the salient points of the
industrial zone, the
strength of the staff, health care services,
construction of factories
and others by officials. Then, they inspected machine
parts produced
by Myanma Automobile and Diesel Engine Industries and
production
functions of the respective workshops. Afterwards,
they inspected the
clinic of Social Security Board for service personnel
of the factory.

Dr Myo Thaik in-charge of the clinic reported on
opening of the clinic
to the chief medical officer, who gave necessary
instructions. Next,
the chief medical officer and party inspected assembly
of power tiller
engine of Myanma Agricultural Machinery Industries at
the factory.

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( 8 )  Yangon Division Myanmar Traditional Cultural
Performing Arts
Competitions open

Yangon, 27 Aug - The opening ceremony of the 10th
Myanmar Traditional
Cultural Performing Arts Competitions (Basic Education
Level) of
Yangon Division was held at No 6 Basic Education High
School in
Botahtaung Township this morning, attended by Chairman
of Yangon
Division Peace and Development Council Commander of
Yangon Command
Maj-Gen Myint Swe.

 The competitions will be held at four venues. Singing
competition
will be held at No 1 BEHS in Latha Township; dance
competition at No 6
BEHS Botahtaung Township; song composing competition
at No 2 BEHS in
Dagon Township; and music competition at No 1 BEHS in
Lanmadaw
Township. There are 336 participants and the
competitions will
continue till 29 August.

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Waso robes and rice donated to members of the Sangha
in Mandalay

Yangon, 27 Aug - The 12th ceremony to donate Waso
robes and rice to
some 34,800 members of the Sangha and 2,704 nuns of
2,013 monasteries
in Aung-myethazan, Chanayethazan, Mahaaungmye,
Chanmya-thazi,
Pyigyidagun, Amara-pura and Patheingyi townships in
Mandalay District,
Mandalay Division, organized by Division Satu Pissaya
Nuggaha
Offertories Donating Association, was held at the
Myanan Sangyaw
Shwenandawgyi in Mandalay Nanmyo on 23 August.

Sayadaw Bhaddanta Agghiya administered the Nine
Precepts to the
congregation. Then, members of the Sangha recited
parittas.
Afterwards, the commander supplicated on the religious
affairs.
Association Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace and
Development
Council Commander of Central Command Brig-Gen Ye Myint
and wife and
the officials presented Waso robes and rice to the
Sayadaws.

Next, Sayadaw Bhaddanta Sirindabhivamsa delivered a
sermon, followed
by sharing of merits gained. After the ceremony,
"soon" was offered to
members of the Sangha. Today's donations totaled 1,016
sets of robes
for 1,016 Sayadaws and 12,502 bags of rice for members
of the Sangha
and nuns in the seven townships.
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Agricultural and livestock breeding tasks inspected in
Shan State
(North)

Yangon, 27 Aug - Chairman of Shan State (North) Peace
and Development
Council Commander of North-East Command Brig-Gen Myint
Hlaing and CEC
Member of the Union Solidarity and Development
Association Col Tin
Hlaing, accompanied by officials, inspected the
50-acre model farm of
Hsinshweli high-yield strain paddy being undertaken by
Hopeik Village
USDA in Lashio Township on 24 August.

Officials concerned and farmers reported on the model
farm which are
thriving and participation of the USDA members. The
commander and the
CEC member gave necessary instructions. Then, the
commander and the
CEC member looked into the 120-acre model farm of
Hsinshweli
high-yield strain paddy being undertaken by Shan State
Peace and
Development Council in Humon Village in the same
township. The farmers
in Hsenwi also observed the model farm. The commander
and the CEC
member proceeded to the poppy-substitute corn
cultivation and bee
keeping camp of the North-East Command in Bonmon
Village, Lashio
Township.

At the briefing hall, the commander dealt with
cultivation and
distribution of poppy-substitute corn and future plans
to be
implemented. Then, Lt-Col Nay Lin Aung of the command
reported on
conditions of the bee keeping camp, future tasks and
production and
marketing of honey and honey products. Afterwards, the
commander and
the CEC member saw over the bee keeping camp and the
500-acre
Hsinshweli high-yield strain paddy field. They then
went to the
livestock breeding farm of the command and inspected
systematic
breeding of pigs and fish. The CEC member met with
USDA members,
members of Maternal and Child Welfare Association,
Committee for
Women's Affairs, Red Cross Society, Auxiliary Fire
Brigade and
townselders at Banbwe Village, Nawnghkio Township USDA
and Manhe
Village on 23 August, and Kongtha Village in Hsipaw
Township on 25
August.

The CEC member then discussed participation of USDA
members in rural
development tasks and community welfare work,
cooperation with social
organizations, organizing measures, economic tasks and
organizing of
USDA multiplier management courses. After that, the
CEC member
attended to needs regarding the reports presented by
the USDA members.

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( 9 ) 29 fires broke out in July

Yangon, 27 Aug - Altogether 29 fires broke out across
the nation in
July, causing the loss of K 3.34 million worth of
property. Of them,
23 took place due to negligence; 5 broke out due to
electrical fault;
there was one false fire alarm. Now, in spite of being
rainy season,
there has been fires because of negligence and
electrical fault. To
reduce fires outbreaks, the personnel concerned are
asked to make
plans for prevention of fire outbreaks.

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