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[myanmar_information] THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR (Friday November 8, 2002) PART ( I )
THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR (Friday November 8, 2002) PART ( I )
1. Senior General Than Shwe attends Eighth Summit of
ASEAN Myanmar actively participating in regional cooperation
2. All patriotic people need to endeavour with
national spirit consciously to prevent and fight danger
of being overcome by infiltration of alien ways that would destroy
own culture at close quarters
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1. Senior General Than Shwe attends Eighth Summit of
ASEAN Myanmar actively participating in regional cooperation
Yangon, 7 Nov - The Eighth Summit of ASEAN commenced at Hotel
Inter-Continental in Phnom Penh on 4 November. It was attended by Chairman of
the State Peace and Development Council Prime Minister of the Union of
Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe.
Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Prime Minister of the
Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe and ASEAN Heads of State/Government
arrived at the Hotel Inter-Continental where they were welcomed by Prime
Minister of Cambodia Mr Samdech Hun Sen.
ASEAN Heads of State/Government had documentary photos taken. The Eighth
Summit of ASEAN was held at the Ballroom-3 of the Hotel Inter-Continental at
8.30 am. Present on the occasion were His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal
Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam, Prime Minister of Cambodia Mr Samdech Hun Sen,
President of Indonesia Madame Megawati Sukarnoputri, Prime Minister of the
Lao People's Democratic Republic Mr Boungnang Vorachit, Prime Minister of
Malaysia DatoÕ Seri Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad, Chairman of the State Peace and
Development Council Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar Senior General
Than Shwe, President of the Republic of Philippines Madame Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo, Prime Minister of Singapore Mr Goh Chok Tong, Prime
Minister of Thailand Dr Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister of the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam Mr Phan Van Khai and ASEAN Secretary-General Mr Rodolfo C
Severino Jr.
Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council General Khin Nyunt and
the ministers observed the summit of ASEAN Heads of State/Government and
Heads of Government of the PeopleÕs Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of
Korea and India at the Ballroom-2. A ceremony to sign ASEAN Tourism Agreement
was held at Ballroom-1 of the Hotel Inter-Continental. Chairman of the State
Peace and Development Council Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar Senior
General Than Shwe and ASEAN Heads of State/Government signed the ASEAN
Tourism Agreement (T-ASEAN). Present were ASEAN Heads of State/Government,
the ASEAN Secretary-General, the Secretary-1 and the ministers, the ministers
of ASEAN nations and senior officials. ASEAN Heads of State/Government and
Heads of Government of the People's Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of
Korea enjoyed working lunch at Sihanouk-ville Room. Before the meeting, ASEAN
Heads of State/Government and Heads of Government of the People's Republic of
China, Japan, the Republic of Korea had documentary photos taken.
Next, the meeting of ASEAN Heads of State/Government and Heads of Government
of the People's Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea was held at
the Ballroom-3 in the afternoon. Present were ASEAN Heads of
State/Government, Chinese Premier Mr Zhu Rongji, Japanese Prime Minister Mr
Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of ROK Mr Kim Suk Soo. On 4 November, ASEAN
Heads of State/Government met Heads of Government of the People's Republic of
China, Japan and the Republic of Korea separately at the Ballroom-3. First,
the meeting of ASEAN Heads of State/Government and the Chinese Premier was
held at the Ballroom-3 at 5.30 pm. The first meeting was attended by ASEAN Hea
ds of State/Government and Chinese Premier Mr Zhu Rongji.
Next, a ceremony to sign the Framework Agreement on ASEAN-China Comprehensive
Economic Cooperation was held at the Ballroom-1. Chairman of the State Peace
and Development Council Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar Senior General
Than Shwe and ASEAN Heads of State/Government and Chinese Premier Mr Zhu
Rongji signed the Framework Agreement on ASEAN-China Comprehensive Economic
Cooperation. Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung, Ministers of Foreign
Affairs of ASEAN and the People's Republic of China and the ministers
concerned signed the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China
Sea. Present were ASEAN Heads of State/Government and the Chinese Premier,
the ASEAN Secretary-General, Secretary-1 and the ministers and senior
officials. On 5 November, the meeting of ASEAN Heads of State/Government and
the Japanese Prime Minister was held at the Ballroom-3 of Hotel
Inter-Continental at 9 am. The second meeting was attended by ASEAN Heads of
State/Government and Japanese Prime Minister Mr Junichiro Koizumi. Next, a
ceremony to sign the Joint Declaration of the Leaders of ASEAN and Japan on
Comprehensive Economic Partnership was held at the Ballroom-1.
Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Prime Minister of the
Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe and ASEAN Heads of State/Government
and Japanese Prime Minister Mr Junichiro Koizumi signed the Joint Declaration
of the Leaders of ASEAN and Japan on Conprehensive Economic Partnership.
Present were ASEAN Heads of State/Government and the Japanese Prime Minister,
the ASEAN Secretary-General, the Secretary-1 and the ministers and senior
officials. The meeting of ASEAN Heads of State/Government and Prime Minister
of ROK was held at the Ballroom-3. Present were ASEAN Heads of
State/Government and Prime Minister of ROK Mr Kim Suk Soo. Before the meeting
of ASEAN and India, ASEAN Heads of State/Government and India had documentary
photos taken. The meeting of ASEAN Heads of State/Government and Prime
Minister of India was held at the Ballroom-3 at 2.30 pm. Present were ASEAN
Heads of State/Government and Indian Prime Minister Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee.
The briefing of the President of the Republic of South Africa was held at
Imperial Room-1 of the Hotel Inter-Continental.
ASEAN Heads of State/Government and President of the Republic of South Africa
Mr Tarbo M Mbeki had documentary photos taken. President of South Africa
Tarbo M Mbeki briefed on new partnership for AfricaÕs development and
strengthening of relations between members of the Organization of African
Unity and members of ASEAN. Present were Chairman of the State Peace and
Development Council Prime Minister of Union of Myanmar Senior General Than
Shwe, ASEAN Heads of State/Government, the ASEAN Secretary-General, the
Secretary-1, the ministers of ASEAN and senior officials. The good results of
meetings held in Phnom Penh from 3 to 5 November are as follows: Chairman of
the State Peace and Development Council Prime Minister of Union of Myanmar
Senior General Than Shwe attended the First Greater Mekong Subregion Summit,
the Eighth Summit of ASEAN, ASEAN Heads of State and Government of the
People's Republic of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea Summit,
ASEAN-China Summit, ASEAN-Japan Summit, ASEAN-Korea, the First ASEAN-India
Summit and the meeting of the President of the Republic of South Africa and
Chairman of OAU and ASEAN Heads of State.
Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Prime Minister of Union
of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe and the Prime Ministers of Cambodia,
China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam signed the Agreement on Electric Power,
Communication and Trade among the governments of Greater Mekong Subregion.
At the ASEAN Summit, the Agreement on Cooperation in Tourism among ASEAN
nations was signed. At the ASEAN-China meeting, the Framework Agreement on
ASEAN-China Comprehensive Economic Cooperation was signed. The Joint
Declaration of the Leaders of ASEAN and Japan on Conprehensive Economic
Partnership was signed at ASEAN-Japan meeting. Chairman of the State Peace
and Development Council Prime Minister of Union of Myanmar Senior General
Than Shwe cordially exchanged views in meeting with ASEAN leaders and Prime
Ministers of China, Japan, Korea and India and the President of the Republic
of South Africa. Senior General Than Shwe met Prime Minister of Cambodia Mr
Samdech Hun Sen and Japanese Prime Minister Mr Junichiro Koizumi separately
and discussed bilateral friendly relations and common interests.
ASEAN and Chinese Foreign Ministers signed the Declaration on the Conduct of
Parties in the South China Sea at the ASEAN Summit and the summit issued a
declaration on anti-terrorism.
The ASEAN-China Summit issued ASEAN-China Declaration on Cooperation on
non-traditional security. Myanmar actively took part in the discussions of
the First GMS Summit, ASEAN Summit and related meetings for cooperation in
the region. Myanmar exchanged views in meeting with leaders of the region and
the president of the Republic of South Africa. The discussions promoted
bilateral friendly relations. Myanmar also signed the important agreements on
economic cooperation for promotion of economic cooperation.
The ASEAN-India Summit was held for the first time and the briefing of
President of the Republic of South Africa on New Partnership for Africa's
Development to ASEAN leaders were the historic events. In the evening, Prime
Minister of Cambodia Mr Samdech Hun Sen and Madame Banrani Hun Sen hosted
banquet in honour of ASEAN Heads/Government and their wives, Heads of
State/Government of the People's Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of
Korea, India and the Republic of South Africa and their wives at the Grand
Ballroom of Hotel Inter-Continental in Phnom Penh.
It was attended by Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Prime
Minister of Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing
Kyaing. ASEAN Heads/Government and their wives, Heads of State/Government of
the People's Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, India and the
Republic of South Africa arrived at the Hotel Inter-Continental where they
were welcomed by Prime Minister of Cambodia Mr Samdech Hun Sen and Madame
Banrani Hun Sen.
Present were Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Prime
Minister of Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing
Kyaing, His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam,
President of Indonesia Madame Megawati Sukarnoputri, Prime Minister of the
Lao People's Democratic Republic Mr Boungnang Vorachit, Prime Minister of
Malaysia Dato' Sari Dr Mahathir bin Mahamed, President of the Republic of
Philippines Madame Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Prime Minister of Singapore Mr
Goh Chok Tong, Prime Minister of Thailand Dr Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime
Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Mr Phan Van Khai, Chinese
Premier Mr Zhu Rongji, Japanese Prime Minister Mr Junichiro Koizumi, Prime
Minister of ROK Mr Kim Suk Soo, Indian Prime Minister Mr Atal Behari
Vajpayee, President of the Republic of South Africa Tarbo M Mbeki,
Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council General Khin Nyunt and
wife, the ministers, the President of Asian Development Bank, ASEAN
Secretary-General, senior officials, ASEAN Directors-General and guests.
On 6 November, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Prime
Minister of Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing
Kyaing and party visited the viewpoint where Mekong, Tnle Sap and Bassac
rivers meet. Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Prime
Minister of Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing
Kyaing and party toured Phnom Penh.
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2. All patriotic people need to endeavour with
national spirit consciously to prevent and fight danger
of being overcome by infiltration of alien ways that would destroy
own culture at close quarters
Performing arts competitions have brought great results of making youths of
today respect, cherish and value Myanmar national culture and arts
Yangon, 7 Nov - The following is the address delivered by General Khin Nyunt,
Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council, at the presentation
of prizes at the closing ceremony of the Tenth Myanmar Traditional Cultural
Performing Arts Competitions at the National Theatre here today.
I would like to present greetings to all Ministers, Deputy Ministers,
departmental heads, diplomats, specially invited guests, judge artistes and
participants, with the wishes Ñ May all be at peace in mind and joy at heart,
and May all be people capable of uplifting themselves as a nationality that
stands proud of national pride and prestige by cherishing and valuing own
traditional cultural heritage. It has now been a decade that Myanmar people
have been holding the Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts annually
on a grand scale with aims at preventing an infiltration of alien culture in
uplifting the national pride of Myanmar culture.
Thanks to tumultuous and united participation of the entire nation every year
from township, district, state and division and central levels in the Myanmar
traditional cultural performing arts competition that is designed to uplift
Myanmar traditional cultural performing arts that has a great tradition, it
is now clearly seen that it is a national festival that deserves the taking
of pride by the Myanmar people. All along since the time of our forefathers
right to this day, Myanmar people have held festivals in all the months of
the year traditionally to preserve and uplift religious, social, national
defence, literary, artistic and cultural affairs.
These festivals of the 12 months of the year are not merely for festivity but
are connected with Buddha's teachings of Theravada, and Myanmar cultural,
social and personal codes of conduct and they are also linked with promotion
of men and women of excellence and accordingly they have been conceived by
the entire Myanmar nationality as highly important festivals of Myanmar
nation. Accordingly, the entirety of Myanmar nationals are placing emphasis
on the holding of the traditional cultural performing arts competitions as
national festivals every year, and encouragement is being given for
perpetuation of Myanmar culture, and customs, habits, ways of thought, codes
of conduct and ethics in Myanmar society.
I would like to say in succession that in other words, the traditional
cultural performing arts competitions and national festivals that promote the
high lineage and prestige of Myanmar and propagate Myanmar ways, customs,
traditions and national characteristics are being held and as such the nation
and the people can take pride in the competitions. So, I would like to say
here that those in the lead in organizing these traditional cultural
performing arts competitions, Myanmar maestros who are helping to keep
Myanmar arts true to their original form and all those who are taking part in
the competitions are all good sons and daughters of the nation. It has been
accepted by all patriotic and performing arts cherishing Myanmar people that
Myanmar arts and culture are most delicate, subtle, extensive and of a high
standard replete with national essence.
It has been found that Myanmar arts and literature have been able to have
Myanmar people understand, accept and practise ethics, codes of conduct,
discipline, customs and cultural traditions of Myanmar society, to love their
own nationality, to practise good traditions of maintaining our own
nationality and to promote traditions of Myanmar culture that teach one and
all to be wise and gentle. Especially the marionette art or the puppet drama,
that is based on the little marionettes' artistic movements combined with the
art of singing, lamenting and dramatic speaking, are capable of giving
aesthetic and informative knowledge for the spectators by giving priority to
the teachings of ancient words of wisdom and knowledge, ways of the courts
and Myanmar ways, characteristics and thinking.
This year, too, in Thuwunna Thama Jataka, all competing artistes have
prominently displayed not just parental love and reciprocation by the
gratitude of the offspring, the great appreciation shown by the son Thuwunna
Thama, and the dynamism of truth springing from that love of Thuwnna Thama.
To our delight, to speak of a significant fact about marionette drama, it can
be noted that there can now be seen emergence of women artistes and
puppeteers of great talents just as it should be recorded in history that the
competitions have been made open to the women puppeteers. Similarly, with the
permission given for participation of women players of the saing dramatic
arts there have come about a flourishing of players women artistes of the
dramatic arts, individually and collectively. In fact, it was because there
had been ancient inscriptions, relief works and wall paintings about the
flourishing of women not only in singing and dancing but also in playing of
musical instruments that it has been possible to make a revival of women
playing various arts of the performing genres.
It is also seen clearly in the competitions of dramatic arts, theatre arts
and marionette arts that there have come about a flourishing of the
marionette arts, dramatic arts and orchestral arts in their own genres. As
regards dancing, it is seen that real Myanmar art of dancing has been
portrayed true to form with its tunes and beats, complete with the grace and
glamour of Myanmar dances of beauty and harmony, with their cultured and
pliant grandeur. Even so, it is still necessary for maestros of Myanmar
dances to carry on with their tutelage in continued training of Myanmar
dances to bring out the most of Myanmar dances. In the competition of
dramatic arts theatre, it is found to have been carried out grandly in a
stately way in accord with the good traditions of Ramayana loved by all
Myanmar people.
The values portrayed by Ramayana, namely his upright and noble disposition,
his great kindness, helpfulness, adherence to the truth, his principle of
living up to his father's words, Lekkhana's respect for his elder brother,
Thugyaik and Hanuman's thankfulness, Bivithana's love for truth, Thida Dewi's
abhorrence of others' persuasions, and her truthfulness to her husband's
words, are values that are practised by Myanmar men and women of high calibre
and so it is sure that Ramayana will always continue to flourish in the
cultural sphere of Myanmars. I would like to say in this connection that next
year's dramatic art competition will be on the theme of Saddan the Elephant
King, from the 550 nipata stories that give lessons, lamentation and
attraction to Myanmar spectators.
It may be recalled that the Saddan the Elephant King had been laid down as
the theme in the puppet theatre of the eighth competition. I would like to
say that, just as the puppet artistes at that time had been able to portray
King Saddan's dignity, unswerving love, forbearance, and Sula Thubadda's
wrongful conceptions of these with hatred, enmity, and great dosa, moha and
mana that could even obliterate its own emotional nature, so too will it all
show in the coming year by the dramatic theatre artistes. It may also be
appreciated that there is quantitative as well as qualitative improvement in
the participation in the competitions. It is seen particularly that, in the
states and divisions that could give a low turnout in the competitions, there
has been more persons coming to take part in the competitions, and it is most
satisfactory.
In the composing competitions, topics based on education and youth power have
been prescribed for the new generation, and topics based on rural scenes have
been prescribed for higher voluntary and professional levels; it was most
topical with the times and circumstances and it is learnt that participants
have been able to compose songs with the right themes. It should be most
satisfactory to know that compositions are generally most positive, most
musical in aesthetics and most Myanmar in tunes. In this year's new
additional category of Myanmar guitar playing, it is most satisfying to see
that more than expected number of instrumentalists have come to participate
in the competition and it is also of a high standard, and accordingly therein
are the good results of revival of musical instruments near extinction in
practice, and efforts must be kept up in this direction. Accordingly I would
like to give the good news that the donmin playing will be added as an
instrumental in the next year's competitions.
The good results of the performing arts competitions being kept up with a
great momentum are most pronounced and satisfying emergence of new generation
of artistes taking part in the competitions. To see new generation youths in
the most early stages and emergence of young prodigies in the competitions is
most pleasing and also great sights for all those who love their people,
their land and their culture. The very fact that Myanmar is prominent as a
nationality with its own nation, people and culture distinctively with its
own ways, styles and characteristics unblemished is all due to Myanmar
people's preservation of Myanmar nationality, religion and culture with their
principle of preserving their own nationality. What is most primary is the
new generation's endeavours with a strong immune patriotic system to preserve
their own nationality, language, literature and culture against the erosion
of the times and infiltration of alien ways.
Accordingly it is necessary for all patriotic people to endeavour with
national spirit consciously to prevent and fight the danger of being overcome
by infiltration of alien ways that would destroy our own culture at close
quarters and that is nothing agreeable in any way. It can be seen with pride
that the traditional cultural performing arts competitions have been
undertaking the duty to uplift Myanmar culture and prevent infiltration of
alien ways the needs of national importance. It is also to be seen in
practice that the competitions have brought the great results of making the
youths of today respect, cherish and value Myanmar national culture and arts
and promote among them the practice of fine Myanmar customs and ways. So, I
would like to ask the artistes to keep up the tempo of the success of these
competitions, with further flourishing of its good results.
In closing, I would like to urge the master artistes and participating new
generation.
- to strive with the might of Myanmar arts to keep Myanmar culture, arts and
national character with dignity and grandeur among nations of the world;
- to strive with the might of Myanmar arts to keep Myanmar people's
historical intensity, national pride and cultural prestige and integrity till
the end of the world; and
- to strive with the might of Myanmar arts prevent infiltration of alien ways
and move to maintain national characteristics, by filling the youths of the
new generation with immune system of national spirit.
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