[myanmar_information] The New Light of Myanmar ( 4-7-2003)

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The New Light of Myanmar ( 4-7-2003)
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(1)   True Myanmar women born in Myanmar 
      society never need to demand rights like 
      their foreign counterparts 
(2)   Irrigation work inspected in Bago Division 
(3)   Foster Home inspected
(4)   Myanmar delegation arrives back from Malaysia
(5)   Appointment of Ambassador of 
      New Zealand agreed on
(6)   Poppy-substitute crop seeds, rice, salt 
      provided to Kokang nationals who contributed 
      towards total elimination of poppy cultivation  
      in Shan State (North) 
(7)   Narcotic drugs seized in Monkoe, Bhamo, Muse
(8)   Seeds of poppy-substitute crops 
      provided in Tachilek
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(1)	Myanmar society not based on individuals, but on
family led by father and mother
True Myanmar women born in Myanmar society never need
to demand rights like their foreign counterparts 

Yangon, 3 July - Daw Kyaing Kyaing, wife of Chairman
of the State Peace and Development Council
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General
Than Shwe, presented prizes to the outstanding women
at the ceremony to mark the Myanmar Women's Day for
2003 at International Business Centre on Pyay Road,
here, at 8 am today.

Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council
General Khin Nyunt delivered an address at the
ceremony.

Also present on the occasion were 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) Vice-Senior
General Maung Aye; member of Myanmar National
Committee for Women's Affairs and Myanmar National
Working Committee for Women's Affairs Dr Daw Khin Win
Shwe, wife of the Secretary-1; Daw Khin Than Nwe, wife
of Lt-Gen Tin Oo; wives of the members of the State
Peace and Development Council; Chairman of Yangon
Division Peace and Development Council Commander
Maj-Gen Myint Swe and wife, ministers and their wives,
the Chief Justice, the mayor of Yangon, deputy
ministers, the vice-mayor, members of the MNCWA,
advisers, members of the Working Committee, members of
the Work Committee for Organizing 2003 Myanmar Women's
Day, members of WCWAs of Yangon Division and
Districts, officials of the State Peace and
Development Council Office, departmental heads,
representatives of social organizations, artistes,
donors, outstanding women and guests.

First, Secretary-1 General Khin Nyunt delivered an
address. He said:

The Myanmar Women's Day was organized in honour of the
entire Myanmar women, and it glorified the honourable
dignity, the brilliant efforts, and their tradition to
safeguard and promote the nation and the lineage.

Throughout the long history, the true Myanmar women
have the fine tradition of striving shoulder to
shoulder with their male counterparts for national
progress, emergence of Myanmar culture and building of
a strong State based on nationalist fervour.

At present, efforts are being made with the strength
of the entire nation for the nation to catch up with
world nations and stand with dignity and for
perpetuity of the sovereignty. Thus, the entire
womenfolk will have to harmoniously take part in the
task. The government is striving in all sectors for
rapid progress of the Union, national economic
development, and the people to fully enjoy the fruits
of the national progress with peace of mind.

The government has acknowledged the role of women who
have taken part in the national development drive with
patriotism. It is seriously making arrangements for
progress of the women's sector, the women mass to
emerge as a national force, enabling them to take part
in the nation-building endeavours in respective
sectors.

The Myanmar society already has the good foundations
for all-round development of the women's sector. Thus,
it can be said that it is a blessing to be a Myanmar
woman.

Myanmars have never ignored the important role of the
womenfolk any time in the past, but have due regards
for them.

The Myanmar women are enjoying equal rights compared
with their male counterparts in all sectors. In
addition, men and women in Myanmar have mutual
understanding, sympathy, and respect between them. The
formation of the Myanmar society is not based on
individuals, but on the family led by the father and
the mother. As the mother equally shares with her
spouse in managing the family affairs, it is true that
a Myanmar woman never loses her rights in the society.
The true Myanmar women born in the Myanmar society
never need to demand rights like their counterparts in
other nations. It is a pride for all Myanmar women
since they are enjoying their rights as inborn rights.

n this regard, the State Peace and Development Council
is giving encouragement to development of the women's
sector. It is making systematic arrangements to
promote and strengthen the fine traditions of the
Myanmar women, to enhance their brilliant abilities,
and to use such abilities in the national development
drive.

With the aim of creating a force of truely Myanmar
women that is endowed with the fine traditions,
priority has been given to promotion of Myanmar
women's spiritual ability including flourishing of the
spirit to cherish the traditions and culture,
patriotism, the spirit to love the nation, and the
will to protect the race and lineage.

The government has formed and assigned duties to the
Myanmar National Committee for Women's Affairs for
progress of the women's sector and to realize the
sector's aims on national scale.

Thanks to the Myanmar society based on good
foundations, the women's sector is enjoying progress
to a certain degree. The MNCWA is now implementing the
task for development of the sector, and to steer it
towards serving the national interest.

The MNCWA, on behalf of the State, is striving for
progress of the Myanmar women's sector in coordination
with the efforts to develop the international women's
sector. Thus, the day on which the MNCWA emerged, is
marked as the Myanmar Women's Day to highlight their
significant and profound abilities, brilliant
accomplishments and fine traditions. The MNCWA has
formed the working committee and subcommittees to
systematically develop all the fields including the
health, education, social and economic fields of the
sector in accord with the duties assigned by the
State.

It is also organizing and leading the Myanmar
womenfolk to become a consolidated national force and
enabling it to harmoniously strive together with other
social organizations in the national development
drive.

Especially, in the young women's sector, efforts are
systematically made not only for promoting health,
health care services and sharing knowledge on
reproductive health but also for spreading of Myanmar
typical women's qualities such as upholding customs
and tradition, having morals, and behaving well in
their words and deeds. 

In addition, with regard to the women's sector, the
Committee for Prevention of Violence against Women and
Rehabilitation and the Working Committee for
Prevention of Trafficking in Persons have been formed
to systematically carry out the measures for
preventing violence against women and trafficking in
women and children, which are given priority in the
international community, he said.

It is heartening to learn that officials concerned
from the Myanmar National Women's Affairs Committee
themselves led groups and went down to the grassroots
level of the country to conduct organizational tasks
with a view to helping young women know Myanma
tradition, morals and the existing rules and
regulations which give protection to women. 

Thanks to the energetic efforts of the officials
concerned, wrong ideologies and the tendency to rely
on foreigners become less and less among Myanmar young
women, and they can avoid the instigations of
destructive elements and deception of human
traffickers. Moreover, the number of cases on
trafficking in persons becomes less and less gradually
thanks to the efforts of the officials concerned from
the MNCWA. Due to harmonious efforts of officials from
different levels of the MNCWA, success has been
achieved. It is found that the movements of the
international women's sector in greater momentum is
now placing emphasis on not only women's right, but
also the development of the women's sector,
elimination of poverty bred by the discrimination
against women, and peaceful and pleasant environments.


Therefore, with a great deal of basic women's rights
in hand, the endeavours to improve the Myanmar women's
sector that gives priority to their development have
everything in common with the movements of the
international women's sector and have also become more
and more active in cooperating with them. 

The MNCWA laid down systematic work programmes for the
development of the women's sector and is shouldering
these responsibilities hand in hand with respective
subcommittees by giving educational talks, holding
educational seminars, making field tours of all the
divisions and states and rendering every necessary
assistance to the local populace. Moreover, the MNCWA
also cooperates with governmental departments, social
organizations and the national people to achieve the
goal. Thanks to these endeavours, it can be witnessed
that the aims of the development of women's sector set
by the State are becoming more and more realized. The
Secretary-1 urged all to beware of destructive acts
being launched by the destructive elements from their
negative point of view who cannot bear the growing
relations between Myanmar women and international
women and are attempting to destroy them, and the
armed insurgent groups who are trying to break up the
national consolidation prevailing among Myanmar women
and to tarnish the dignity of women. 

For economic reason, these destructive elements and
armed insurgent groups are luring innocent and young
national women, and inducing them with false pledges
to go abroad illegally. Based on the nationalistic
spirit and the Union Spirit, the mass of Myanmar women
are to organize young women not to do so and prevent
them from being persuaded by unscrupulous persons. 

No matter what the destructive acts of internal and
external destructive elements may be, the Government
is making efforts with true and genuine goodwill to
ensure the women of Myanmar national races to be on
par with the international women in development
status.

The invented fabrications of the wicked therefore will
surely end up in failure. And the responsibilities of
the MNCWA are becoming more and more important.

Moreover, the MNCWA, the MNWCWA, and
division/state/township committees are to cooperate
with each other harmoniously for the realization of
the aims of women's sector set by the State, while
striving for the perpetual flourishing of magnificent
dignity possessed by the mass of Myanmar women. 

To sum up, I would like to urge all Myanmar women
- to preserve and promote the significant
characteristics of Myanmar women, upholding the
Myanmar Women's Day, which came into existence, and
that deserves the entire mass of Myanmar women;
- to strive for speedy development of the women's
sector by further strengthening the Myanmar women's
rights that have existed throughout the course of
history; 
- to participate in the nation-building tasks by
turning the mass of Myanmar women into a strong and
efficient national force; and 
- to earnestly safeguard the hereditary
characteristics of Myanmar young women, the cherishing
of traditional culture, and the further cementing of
patriotic spirit, nationalistic spirit, national
consolidation spirit, and the Union Spirit.

Next, Daw Kyaing Kyaing presented a prize and a
certificate of honour awarded by MNCWA to 89 years old
writer Ma Myat Lay (a) Daw Thein Hsaing who is the
oldest woman in writing treatises, novels and articles
and learning advanced subjects. Daw Thein Hsaing had
received BA, Dip in Education and the degree of Law.
She also received the Certificate in International
Marketing at 84 and the Certificate in Basic Library
Technical Services (Level 1, 2 and 3) at 85 and Dip in
Applied Psychology at 88. Daw Kyaing Kyaing also
presented a prize and a certificate of honour awarded
by MNCWA to the Myanmar women engineers led by Senior
Engineer Daw Si Than who had built Yenwe Creek Bridge
near Pyuntaza, Bago Division. It was the first bridge
built by Myanmar women engineers.

Daw Mya Mya San presented a prize and a certificate of
honour awarded by MNCWA to outstanding student Ma Naw
Thitsa Moe Myint of Anisakhan Basic Education High
School in PyinOoLwin Township. The student won the
first position with six distinctions in the 2002
matriculation examination in the entire nation. Daw
Mya Mya San also presented a prize and a certificate
of honour awarded by MNCWA to Ma Khaing Khaing Maw who
won one silver in the Taijiquan event in XIX
South-East Asian Games in 1997, 9th position in
Taijiquan event in 4th World Wushu Championship in
1997, one gold in the Second SEA Wushu Championship in
1999, one gold in Taijijian event and one gold in
Taiji combined event, three silvers in Taijiquan,
Taijijian and Taiji combined events in the 5th Asian
Wushu Championship in year 2002, one gold in Taijiquan
+ Taijijian event in XXI SEA Games in 2001, one silver
and the fourth position in Taijiquan event in the 6th
Wushu Championship in 2001 and one gold in the
Taijiquan and Taijijian event in XIV Asian Games in
2002. Daw Mya Mya San presented a prize and a
certificate of honour awarded by MNCWA to Myanmar
disabled athlete Ma Nyunt Nyunt Win who won one bronze
in the Third Photography Contest for Skills of
Disabled in 1991, one silver in the Javelin Event in
the 7th Far East and South Pacific Countries'
Competition for the Disabled in 1999, three golds in
the Javelin, Discus and Shot-put Events in the First
ASEAN Countries' Tournament for the Disabled in 2002,
two silvers in the Javelin and discus events and the
fourth position in the shot-put event in the 8th Far
East and South Pacific Countries' Competition for the
Disabled in 2002.

Vice-Chairperson-1 of Work Committee for Organizing
the Myanmar Women's Day member of MNCWA and MNWCWA Dr
Daw Khin Win Shwe presented prizes and certificates of
honour awarded by MNCWA to outstanding Myanmar Police
Force member Police Capt Daw Khin Mya Mya who
discharged duty assigned by the State at the risk of
her life, Daw Saw Ohnma Khaing of the Fire Fighting
Training School of Fire Services Department who
discharged duty on rescued items in breaking out the
fire at risk of her life as well as over 800 times of
fire fighting demonstration and outstanding Red Cross
member Daw Aye Aye Than, winner of Excellent
Performance in Social Field (Third-Class), who
participated in the social activities such as rescue
works on fire hazard, floods and natural diseases in
Taninthayi Division and attended 1992 Asia-Pacific
Region Youths' Get-Together.

After the ceremony, Daw Kyaing Kyaing and guests
viewed photographs on women activities, various kinds
of books and magazines related to the women's affairs
displayed at the lobby of IBC.
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(2)	Irrigation work inspected in Bago Division 

Yangon, 3 July - Minister for Agriculture and
Irrigation Maj-Gen Nyunt Tin, accompanied by
departmental officials, inspected the functions of the
Zaungtu Diversion Weir, constructed by the Irrigation
Department in Bago Township, Bago Division, yesterday
morning. U Aye Myint, Director of the Irrigation
Department of Bago Division, reported to the minister
on tasks for maintenance of the diversion weir, water
supply, and irrigation canal. 

The minister gave instructions to officials from the
Irrigation Department and the Myanma Agriculture
Service on supply of irrigation water, proper flow of
water of the diversion weir, and crop cultivation
acreage. Next, the minister and engineers observed the
condition of creeks which flow into the Bago River on
the map. 

The minister gave instructions on conducting
feasibility study for the construction of a dam on the
upper part of the diversion weir, and inspected the
flow of water at sluice gates.

Next, the minister and party went to the Zwebat sluice
gate project, being implemented by the construction
group-6 of the Irrigation Department in the east of
Moeyungyi Lake near Kywetesu Village, Waw Township,
Bago Division. Director U Khin Maung Myint of the
construction group-6 reported to the minister on tasks
being carried out for the supply of irrigation water
in summer, plans for extended cultivation. After
hearing reports, the minister looked into Shankaing
sluice gate, Pinekyon sluice gate, Tarwa sluice gate,
Hsema sluice gate, and Zwebat sluice gate on the map.
The minister also inspected the keeping of ostriches
at the Myanma Farms Enterprise on the ten-mile hill in
Bago Township. 

In the evening, the minister arrived at the vegetables
and fruits research and development bureau of the MAS
in Yemon Village in Hlegu Township, where he heard
reports on findings of the bureau. He gave
instructions on cultivation of table-type grape,
honey-orange, four kitchen crops - onion, garlic,
potato, and chilli. He also inspected the cultivation
of okras, cucumbers, beans and pulses, and monsoon
crops, and mango plantations.
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(3)	Foster Home inspected

Yangon, 3 July - Deputy Minister for Social Welfare,
Relief and Resettlement U Hlaing Win this morning
inspected the Foster Home established with the
assistance of the Child Care Association of Total
Myanmar Exploration & Production in Shwenantha model
village in Minga-ladon Township here.

President of the Association U Aung Than, headmaster U
Chantha and officials welcomed him and reported the
provision of care to 62 orphans and poor children. 

Deputy Minister U Hlaing Win viewed round the Foster
Home and gave necessary instructions to the staff. 
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(4)	Myanmar delegation arrives back from Malaysia

Yangon, 3 July - The Myanmar delegation led by
Attorney-General U Aye Maung, after attending the
ASEAN Attorneys-General's Meeting on Treaty on Mutual
Assistance on Criminal Matters at the invitation of
the Malaysian Attorney-General, arrived back here by
air this afternoon.
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(5)	Appointment of Ambassador of New Zealand agreed on

Yangon, 4 July - The Government of the Union of
Myanmar has accorded agreement to the appointment of
Mr Peter Howard Rider as Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of New Zealand to the Union of Myanmar
in succession to Mr Alan Williams. Mr Rider will be
concurrently accredited to the Union of Myanmar with
residence in Bangkok.

Mr Peter Howard Rider was born on 1 January 1951.
After obtaining a Bachelor of Science and a Master of
Philosophy degree, he joined the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs in 1978. He served as Second Secretary at the
New Zealand Embassy in Bahrain from 1980 to 1982 and
as Policy Officer in the Middle East & Africa Division
at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1984. 

He was seconded to the Ministry of Trade and Industry
from 1984 to 1985. He served as First Secretary at the
New Zealand Embassy in Riyadh from 1988 to 1989 and
Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent
Mission of New Zealand in Geneva from 1989 to 1992. He
also served as Deputy Permanent Representative at the
Permanent Mission of New Zealand in New York from 1995
to 1998. He served as Director of the Audit Review
Division of the Ministry from 1998 to 2000. Since
2000, he has been serving as International Affairs
Adviser to the Department of Prime Minister and
Cabinet. 
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(6)	Poppy-substitute crop seeds, rice, salt provided
to Kokang nationals who contributed towards total
elimination of poppy cultivation  in Shan State
(North) 

Yangon, 3 July - The Central Committee for Drug Abuse
Control provided coffee saplings, seeds of
poppy-substitute crops - maize, high-yield strain
paddy and vegetables - rice and salt to Kokang
national who contributed towards total elimination of
poppy cultivation in Shan State (North) at a ceremony
held at the Drug Elimination Museum in Laukkai on 28
June afternoon.

It was attended by CCDAC members Deputy Minister for
Agriculture and Irrigation Brig-Gen Khin Maung, Deputy
Minister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung,
Deputy Minister for Progress of Border Areas and
National Races and Development Affairs Brig-Gen Than
Tun and Deputy Minister for Livestock and Fisheries U
Aung Thein, Brig-Gen Than Win of Laukkai Station,
local authorities, Kokang National Race Leader of
Special Region-1 U Phon Kya Shin and Kokang nationals.

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Khin Maung explained the
purpose of providing the provision. Deputy Minister
Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung dealt with measures being
taken with might and main for eradication of narcotic
drugs in Myanmar under the leadership of the State
Peace and Development Council; and Brig-Gen Than Win,
with tasks being undertaken for fighting anti-narcotic
drugs and regional development in Kokang region.

Next, on behalf of the commander of North-East
Command, Brig-Gen Than Win presented the coffee
saplings and seeds of maize and paddy; Deputy Minister
Brig-Gen Khin Maung, seeds of vegetables; and Deputy
Minister Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung, 5,000 bags of
rice and 100 bags of salt to U Phone Kya Shin.

U Phone Kya Shin expressed his thanks, saying that
Kokang nationals cultivated poppy for many years but
they have no longer cultivated poppy since the year in
which the government started the 15-year plan. He
added that Kokang nationals are implementing the
objectives of the plan fully.

In the poppy cultivation season of the previous year,
the government provided seeds of poppy-substitute
crops to them, which led to the total eradication of
poppy cultivation in Kokang region. Under the New
Destiny Project, seeds of crops were provided to
Kokang national race farmers. They are going to
cultivate these seeds and the harvests will be in
October or November. Until the harvest season, the
farmers will surely have difficulty with foodstuff. 

He said that he thanks the government whole-heartedly
for its provision. In conclusion, he pledged to make
endeavours with added momentum for achieving greater
success in cultivating poppy-substitute crops.

After the ceremony, the deputy ministers and officials
viewed the perennial crop plantations and poultry farm
of U Yan Kyo Wai near Stone Pillar BP 127, and the
model farm of Kokang region poppy-substitute perennial
crops near Yanlonkyaing Village in Laukkai Township.
In the model farm, a total of some 3,900 mango trees
are grown on 33.62 acres, 1,000 lychee trees on 5.20
acres, 3,000 orange trees on 15.46 acres, 3,000
grapefruit trees on 50.73 acres, and 6,000 pepper
trees on 24.39 acres. 

They also observed the agriculture and livestock
breeding farm of Kokang Su Paung Nyi Nya Co,
poppy-substitute perennial crops farm of Kunmin Gili
Co, Kokang-Myanmar poultry farm near Konhsa Village
and the perennial crops plantation of U Mye Shauk Chan
and U Lu Ar Paung near Nali Village, and fulfilled
their requirements. 
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(7)	Narcotic drugs seized in Monkoe, Bhamo, Muse

Yangon, 3 July - A combined team comprising members of
the local intelligence unit and Myanmar Police Force,
acting on information, stopped and searched a Beijing
Jeep bus, going from Phaunghsai to Monkoe, at Kaungtat
Police Station in Monkoe Township, Shan State (North),
on 19 June and seized passenger Re Se, son of U Yee
Shwe Hpa of Panphek Village, Monhoung Village-tract,
Kutkai Township, together with 26 rounds of M-22
ammunition. Further investigation led to seizure of Ri
Kya Sant, son of U Rin In Chaw of Ward 4, Tayok
Village, Phaunghsai Village-tract, with 940 grams of
raw opium.

While the combined team were waiting on the lane in
Budozagon (Shanwaing Ward), Paukkon Ward, Bhamo, they
searched suspect Ma Dashi Lu, daughter of U Da Shi Gam
of Ward 4, Mongkhong Village, Mansi Township, with
35.01 grams of heroin the same day. On 24 June, the
combined team comprising members of the local
battalion and Special Anti-Drug Squad, acting on
information, searched the place where precursor
chemical liquid which can be used in refining heroin
were hidden in the bush beside the lane near old Malun
Village in Muse Township. 

The team arrested Sai Saw Hla, who looked after the
chemical liquid, son of U Shwe Kyaung of Manhaung
Village, Namhon Village-tract, Muse Township, together
with 252 litres of Ether, 360 litres of Lysol and 100
litres of Hydrochloric acid.

Actions are being taken against them under Narcotic
Drug and Psychotropic Substances Law at the police
station concerned.
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(8)	Seeds of poppy-substitute crops provided in
Tachilek

Yangon, 3 July - The Tachilek District Committee for
Drug Abuse Control organized a ceremony to provide
seeds of poppy-substitute crops to poppy cultivators
at Monglin (West) Village in Tachilek Township on 29
June morning, attended by about 350 local people.

On the occasion, Chairman of District Committee for
Drug Abuse Control Chairman of Tachilek District Peace
and Development Council Lt-Col Aung Nyunt delivered a
speech. Next, Lt-Col Aung Nyunt and officials
presented 150 baskets of paddy strain and 20 baskets
of maize strain ex-poppy-growers of Maka, Kyasheepa,
Kyalaw, Panpe, Hwewai, Khashan, Hwelaw, Namkahm, Madei
and Kyataw villages. 
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