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[myanmar_information] The New Light of Myanmar (Monday November 18, 2002)(2/2)
The New Light of Myanmar (Monday November 18,
2002)(2/2)
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10. Exhibition on Myanmar Women's Endeavours
crowded with visitors
11. Illegal teak and other hardwoods seized
12. Yodaya-made monosodium glutamate destroyed
13. Wives of ministers, deputy ministers,
military attaches and wives visit Exhibition
on Myanmar Women's Endeavours
14. Two Chinese culprits handed over
15. 86 American tourists leave for
Kathmandu, Nepal
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10. Exhibition on Myanmar Women's Endeavours
crowded with visitors
Yangon, 17 Nov - The Exhibition on Myanmar Women's
Endeavours continued for the third day at Tatmadaw
Hall on U Wisara Road today.
At the exhibition, the central booth on Myanmar
women's endeavours, the booths on women's health,
preventing violence against women and rehabilitation
of women, international communication, information
economic, cultural affairs are displayed. The
organizational set-up of Myanmar National Committee
for Women's Affairs and logos are also shown there.
The public and students participated in the computer
quiz competition. Artistes and students of Myanmar
Motion Picture Asiayon, Myanmar Music Asiayon, the
Fine Arts Department and the University of Culture
presented entertainment programmes to the visitors.
Over 5,000 people visited the exhibition today.
It will continue till 21 November from 9 am to 5 pm
daily and anyone can visit it free of charge.
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11. Illegal teak and other hardwoods seized
Yangon, 17 Nov - Paying serious attention to
conservation of the forest resources, the Government
has been exposing and arresting the timber smugglers.
A combined team comprising members of local
intelligence unit, Myanmar Police Force, staff of
Forest Department and members of village Peace and
Development Councils, acting on information that
timber smuggling was taking place at the reserve
forest and protected forest in Padaung Township, Bago
Division, combed the areas near Buyo reserve forest,
and Paybin, Byaungkya, Kainggyi, Mathon, Taungmauk,
Kyacheya and Peinnenan villages from 14 to 25
September and seized 95.0766 tons of assorted timber
including 93.1822 tons of illegal teak.
Similarly, a combined team comprising members of local
intelligence unit, MPF, staff of Forest Department and
members of village Peace and Development Councils,
acting on a tip-off, seized 144 illegal teak logs
weighing 55.794 tons at the areas near Ward 2 of
Ngahsudaung Village, Hlegu Township on 1 October;
20.358 tons of teak including 58 illegal teak logs
weighing 16.6322 tons at the saw mill of U Cho Myint
(a) Maung Cho, of No 640, Khadawmi Street, Ward 6,
Dagon Myothit (East) and its surrounding areas on 3
October, and 108 illegal teak logs weighing 35.118
tons at the areas between Ngamoyeik Creek and Ward 2
of Ngahsudaung Village, and the edge of Ngamoyeik
Creek and Ngahsudaung Village in Hlegu Township from 6
to 8 October, after making a thorough search.
In addition, a combined team comprising members of
local intelligence unit, MPF and staff of Forest
Department, acting on information, made a thorough
search along Kabaung Creek near Thabyewa,
Nyaungchaung, Kokkogon, Ohnbinsu and Kabaungtan
Villages in Ottwin Township from 1 to 2 October, and
seized 23 logs of illegal teak weighing 3.972 tons and
104 logs of illegal Pyinkatoe weighing 18.138 tons.
Effective action will be taken against the timber
smugglers by the authorities concerned.
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12. Yodaya-made monosodium glutamate destroyed
Yangon, 17 Nov - Although the Government is strictly
imposing a ban on importing monosodium glutamate,
which can affect public health, some are smuggling it
into the coununtry. Therefore, action is being taken
against them. Officials concerned seized 26,945.6
pounds of Yodaya-made monosodium glutamate in Mongpon,
Loilam Township, Southern Shan State, and destroyed
them in the compound of the Taunggyi Township Customs
Department on 9 November. The contraband was 8,496
500-gram packets with the spoon brand and 320 25-kilo
packets without brand. Action is being taken against
the culprits.
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13. Wives of ministers, deputy ministers,
military attaches and wives visit Exhibition
on Myanmar Women's Endeavours
Yangon, 17 Nov - The wives of the ministers and the
deputy ministers and Military Attaches and their wives
of foreign missions led by Malaysian Military Attaché
Col Hj Harun Bin Hilam and wife Mdm Hajah Hasnah Bte
Jaafar arrived at the Exhibition on Myanmar Women's
Endeavours at Tatmadaw Convention Hall on U Wisara
Road, here this morning.
The guests visited the exhibition and viewed the
portrait of Chairman of the State Peace and
Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence
Services Senior General Than Shwe and the excerpt from
the message of the 54th Anniversary Independence Day
2002 sent by the Senior General, the painting of
inspection tour of Shan State by Vice-Senior General
Maung Aye, the documentary painting on encouragement
to the tasks of MNCWA given by Secretary-1 General
Khin Nyunt and other documentary paintings.
Then, the guests visited the booths of the exhibition
and enjoyed music of xylophone and harp presented by
Myanmar girls. Next, the guests watched entertainment
programmes presented by Fine Arts Department, Myanma
Motion Picture Enterprise, University of Culture and
Myanma Music Asiayon.
Later, the Malaysian Military Attaché and the guests
signed in the visitors' book and left the exhibition
at 11.15 am. Similarly, Director-General U Khin Maung
Htay of Myanma Radio and Television, Director-General
U Chit Naing of Information and Public Relations
Department and officials of the News and Periodicals
Enterprise, chief editors led by Director (News) U Hla
Tun of NPE, U Sein Win of Kyodo News Agency,
Vice-President U Aung Shwe Oo, Secretary U Nyunt Tin
and members of Myanmar Foreign Correspondents Club
visited the exhibition.
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14. Two Chinese culprits handed over
Yangon, 17 Nov - Two Chinese fugitives, Peng Feng (a)
Shan Liu Yi and Zhao Ying Jun (a) Xin Qilin, who had
committed murder, were handed over to China by Muse
District Police Station at the office of the police
station on 15 November afternoon.
The culprits had been serving prison terms at
Myitkyina Jail under Section 13 (1) of the Immigration
Act. They are wanted for shooting a man to death in
Huai Hua region, Yunnan Province on 18-3-2002 before
sneaking into Myanmar. They were arrested on 14-6-2002
in Waingmaw, Kachin State and then sent to Myitkyina
Jail under Section 13 (1) of the Immigration Act.
Muse District Police Commander Police Major Pyay Nyein
and Mr Yan Aui Tone, Head of Yunnan Province Security,
Immigration Administration and Foreign Affairs
Department of China signed the documents and the
culprits were handed over to Chinese Police Force.
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15. 86 American tourists leave for
Kathmandu, Nepal
Yangon, 17 Nov - Under the supervision of the Ministry
of Hotels and Tourism, with the assistance of the
Ministry of Transport and under the arrangement of
Adventure Myanmar Travels & Tours Co Ltd, a chartered
flight Air 2000 with 86 American tourists on board
which arrived in Myanmar on 15 November, left Yangon
International Airport for Khathmatu, Nepal, this
morning. Before their departure, Managing Director of
Myanma Hotels and Tourism Services U Htay Aung and
officials, Managing Director of Adventure Myanmar
Travels & Tours Co Ltd U Aung Myo Min Din and staff
saw them off at the airport.
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