THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ( Wednesday, 6 Jan 1999)

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR ( Wednesday, 6 Jan 1999)
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(1)   Secretary-l attends opening ceremony of Ayeyeikmon Housing Project Phase
III
(2)   Secretary-1 receives Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal
(3)   Coordination meeting held for completion of major projects in time
(4)   Tatmadaw Agricultural Course 35 opens
(5)   Amphetamine tablets, arms, ammunition, cash seized in Tachilek
(6)   USDA Multiplier Management Course concludes in Kyauktan
(7)   More NLD members resign
(8)   Yebyu Township NLD dissolved
(9)   MPS pays respects to doyen photographers
(10)  Minister meets leader of Tohoku Kodai High School Karate-do Team
(11)  202 grams of heroin seized in Mandalay
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(1)   Secretary-l attends opening ceremony of Ayeyeikmon Housing Project Phase
III

YANGON, S Jan-A ceremony to open Ayeyeikmon Housing Project Phase m of Hline
Township jointly undertaken by Department of Human Settlement and Housing
Development and
Yuzana Construction Group, and to open and hand over new school buildings of
Basic Education
Primary School No 14 and Basic Education Primary School No 29 of Hline
Township was held at
Ayeyeikmon Housing Project in Hline Township. Secretary-l of the State Peace
and Development
Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt attended the ceremony.

    Also present on the occasion were Minister for Construction Maj-Gen Saw
Tun, Minister for
Information Maj-Gen Kyi Aung, Minister for Hotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Saw
Lwin, Minister for
Progress of Border Areas and National Races and Development Affairs Col Thein
Nyunt, Minister
for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Brig-Gen Pyi Sone, Minister for
Livestock and Fisheries
Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein, Minister for Education U Than Aung, Minister for
Health Maj-Gen
Ket Sein, Minister for Labour Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe, Ministers at the Prime
Minister's Office
Brig-Gen Lun Maung and Lt-Gen Tin Ngwe, deputy ministers, officials of the
State Peace and
Development Council Office, department heads, district, township and ward
authorities,
members of Union Solidarity and Development Association, Red Cross Brigade,
Auxiliary Fire
Brigade, Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association, officials of Ministry
of Construction and
Ministry of Education, township education officers, heads of school, teachers,
Chairman of Yuzana
Construction Group U Htay Myint and officials and invited guests.
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(2)   Secretary-1 receives Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal

YANGON, 5 Jan-Secretary-l of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen
Khin Nyunt
received Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal Mr Murari Raj
Sharma and party who
called at Dagon Yeiktha of the Ministry of Defence at 5 pm today.
    Present on the occasion together with Secretary-l Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt were
Minister for Foreign
Affairs U Win Aung, Deputy Minister U Khin Maung Win, Director-General of
Protocol
Department Thura U Aung Htet and Ambassador of Nepal Mr Satchi Shumshere J B
Rana.

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(3)   Coordination meeting held for completion of major projects in time

YANGON, 5 Jan Coordination meeting on completion of major projects in time was
held at
Public Works (Head Office) this evening, attended by Secretary-2 of the State
Peace and
Development Council Lt-Gen Tin Oo.

    It was attended by Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Nyunt
Tin, Minister for
Industry-l U Aung Thaung, Minister for Construction Maj-Gen Saw Tun, Minister
for Electric
Power Maj-Gen Tin Htut, Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue Brig-Gen Than
Tun, Deputy
Ministers for Construction Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint and U Tint Swe, senior
military officers of the
Ministry of Defence and officials of the State Peace and Development Council
Office and
departments.

    The Secretary-2 said construction works are being undertaken in the
respective states and
divisions for national development and some of reservoir, factory and bridge
construction projects
are to be completed before monsoon, adding that necessary assistance will also
be provided for
completion of some projects in open season.

    He spoke of fixing priority stage in fulfilling requirements and
cooperation by departments.

    Ministers Maj-Gen Nyunt Tin, Maj-Gen Saw Tun and Maj-Gen Tin Htut reported
on projects to
be completed before monsoon and requirements and Minister U Aung Thaung on
assistance of the
ministry.

    The Secretary-2 then fulfilled the requirements.
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(4)   Tatmadaw Agricultural Course 35 opens

YANGON, 5 Jan - The Tatmadaw Agricultural Course 35 opened at Central Rice
Cultivation
Centre in Hmawby Township, Yangon Division, this morning, addressed by
Minister for Agriculture
and Irrigation Maj-Gen Nyunt Tin.

    Also present on the occasion were Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Khin Maung,
officials of the
ministry and Hmawby Station, local authorities and trainees.

    The minister elaborated on the endeavours to boost national agricultural
produce based on three
objectives to ensure surplus paddy production, to ensure local sufficiency in
edible production and
extension of beans and industrial crop cultivation.

    He also spoke of efforts in putting 14 million acres under monsoon paddy
and four million acres
under summer paddy and extension of cultivation of four main crops -paddy,
beans, cotton and
sugarcane-reclamation of fallow, vacant and virgin lands and wetlands,
applying four innovative
means.

    He cordially greeted all the trainees.

    The 14-week course is being attended by 185 Tatmadawmen of Army, Navy and
Air.
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(5)   Amphetamine tablets, arms, ammunition, cash seized in Tachilek

YANGON, 5 Jan Amphetamine tablets, arms, ammunition and cash were seized in
Meileikpakaw (Lower) and Meileikpakaw (Upper) villages in Mongko village-
tract, Tachilek, Shan
State (East3 on 5 December 1998.

    A combined force of members of Defence Services Intelligence, Tatmadawmen
and members of
Myanmar Police Force searched the house of Phihsa @ Soe Win son of U San Tu in
Meileikpakaw
(Lower) village and found 108,000 amphetamine tablets, one M-16, one magazine,
20 rounds of
ammunition, baht 68,930, 15 kinds of goldware weighing over 20 ticals, nine
cars and one
motorcycle.

    In Meileikpakaw (Upper) village, they searched the house of Yaku Hsam, son
of U Cho Hsan,
and found l66,000 amphetamine tablets, one .45 pistol, one magazine, seven
rounds of ammunition,
one rifle, 49 ammunition, baht 6,680, yuan 281, K 68,250, six kinds of
goldware weighing over nine
ticals, one car and two motorcycles.

Police of Tachilek booked the culprits and impounded the drug, cash and
related property.
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(6)   USDA Multiplier Management Course concludes in Kyauktan

YANGON, 5 Jan-A ceremony to conclude the Multiplier Management Course No 8 for
Executives of Kyauktan Township Union Solidarity and Development Association
was held in the
Township USDA Office this morning.

    Member of Central Executive Committee of USDA Minister at the Prime
Minister's Office U
Than Shwe addressed the ceremony.

    Present on the occasion were Executive Committee members of Division,
District and Township
USDAs, members of Township Peace ant Development Council, chairperson and
members of
Maternal and Child Welfare Association, guests and trainees.
    Altogether 60 trainees attended the course which lasted two weeks.
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(7)   More NLD members resign

YANGON, 5 Jan-Forty-three members resigned from the National League for
Democracy of
Thayet Township, Magway Division, on 21 December 1998.

    Forty-three members of Thayet Township NLD, Magway Division, on their own
volition,
tendered their resignations by sending letters of resignation to Thayet
Township Multiparty
Democracy General Election Commission Office and the party concerned on 21
December as they
no longer wished to participate in party politics of NLD.
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(8)   Yebyu Township NLD dissolved

YANGON, 5 Jan-The Executive Committee members and all members of Yebyu
Township
National League for Democracy, Taninthayi Division, tendered their
resignations and dissolved the
Township NLD on their own volition on 28 December 1998.

    Yebyu Township NLD was first formed on 26 April 1991 with nine EC members.
Out of nine EC
members, seven were left. The remaining EC members of the Township NLD
resigned from the
party membership on their own volition since they no longer wished to continue
to take part in
NLD's party politics. They notified the office of Yebyu Township Multiparty
Democracy General
Election Commission and the chairman of the party concerned. On 28 December,
personnel of the
township NLD dissolved it by handing over the signboard, seals and documents
to the Township
Multiparty Democracy General Election Commission.
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(9)   MPS pays respects to doyen photographers

YANGON, 5 Jan-Myanmar Photographic Society held the fourth ceremony to pay
respects to
doyen photographers at 27t29, 35th Street (lower block), Kyauktada Township,
this morning.

    Present on the occasion were Sayagyi U Khin Lay Maung, U Maung Maung Kyi,
U Thein
Maung, U Maung Maung Tin, U Pe Khin and U Than.

    Chairman of Myanmar Photographic Society U Aye Chit and members paid
respects to the
doyens.

    Sayagyi U Thein Maung made a speech on behalf of all doyens.

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(10)  Minister meets leader of Tohoku Kodai High School Karate-do Team

YANGON, 5 Jan-Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Sein Win met leader of Tohoku Kodai
High
School Karate-do Team Mr Akihiro Sakai and three members of Japan who called
at his office this
morning.

    Present at the call were Director-General Col Hla Myint Kyaw of Sports and
Physical Education
Department, Officer on Special Duty Col Thaung Htaik, Adviser Col Ngo Ciin
Pau, President of
Myanmar Karate-do Federation Police Col Khin Maung Tun and officials.

    They discussed mutua1 cooperation in Karatedo event.

    The minister, guests and officials attended demonstration of Tohoku Kodai
High School
Karate-do team and Myanmar thletes at the National Indoor Stadium 1 in
Thuwunna.
    Also present on the occasion were officials of SPED, patrons of Myanmar
Women's Sports
Federation, executives of ME, officials of the Japan Embassy, trainees of
Sports and Education
Combined Training School, members of Union Solidarity and Development
Association and
spectators.

    President of MKF Police Col Khin Maung Tun made a speech Mr Akihiro Sakai
also gave a
speech and presented a digital score board to MKF.

    Japanese Karate-do Coach Mr Mori Yutaka demonstrated on single Kata event.

    Myanmar and Japan athletes competed single and team Kata events.

    Later, MKF President, leader of the Japanese team and Col Hla Myint Kyaw
presented prizes to
the winners.
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(11)  202 grams of heroin seized in Mandalay

YANGON, 5 Jan-Acting on information, members of Mandalay Anti-Drug Squad
searched two
suspects Kyaw Kyaw Win and Htay Maung-at a place between 75th Street and 32nd
and 33rd
Streets in Mandalay at 2.30 pm on 19 December.

    They seized 202 grams of heroin kept in soap boxes from Plastic bag of
Kyaw Kyaw Win.

    No 1 Police Station in Mandalay has taken action against Kyaw Kyaw Win,
31, son of U Thaung
Shwe of Pyigyi-Dagun Township and Htay Maung, 40, son of U Nyein of Chanmya-
Thazi
Township under the Narcoi Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.
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