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