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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR (Thursday, 18 Feb, 1999)

                       THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR (Thursday, 18 Feb, 1999)


(1) Senior General Than Shwe receives Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Army
(2) General Maung Aye receives visiting Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Army
(3) Secretary-l meets Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Army
(4) Nyaunglaybin Township NLD dissolved
(5) US $13,000 donated to MACWA
(6) PHS Telephone System launched at Sittway Hospital
(7) Workshop on Findings of Fertility Survey for Country Report commences
(8) 10 members resign from Dagon Myothit Township NLD
(9) Union of Myanmar Multiparty Democracy General Election Commission
Announcement No       1441
(10) Minister for Energy inspects oilfields
(11) Second Yangon Gems Emporium 99 continues
(12) CSO opens In-service Computer Application Course No 1/99

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(1) Senior General Than Shwe receives Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Army

YANGON, 17 Feb-; Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe received
Commander-inChief of Royal Thai Army General Surayud Chulanont and party at
Dagon Yeiktha of the Ministry of Defence: at 2 pm today.
    Also present together with Senior General Than Shwe were Vice-Chairman of
the State Peace and Develotpment Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence
Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) General Maung Aye, Secretary-l of the State
Peace and Development Council Chief of the Office of Strategic Studies and
Director of Defence Services Intelligence Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, Secretary-2 of
the State Peace and Development Council Chief of Bureau of Special Operations
and Chief of Staff (Army) Lt-Gen Tin Oo, Secretary-3 of the State Peace and
Development Council Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Win Myint, members of the State
Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Nyunt
Thein, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Kyaw Than and Commander of Yangon
Command Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
Military Affairs Lt-Gen Tin Hla, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Khin
Maung Win, Director of Supply and Transport Brig-Gen Tin Tun, Director-General
of Protocol Department Thura U Aung Htet and Military Attache of Myanmar
Embassy in Thailand Lt-Col Kyaw Han.

    The guests were accompanied by Ambassador of Thailand Mr Pensak Chalarak
and Army and Air Attache of Thailand Col Chaiwat Satondee.

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(2) General Maung Aye receives visiting Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Army

 YANGON, 17 Feb-Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)
General Maung Aye received Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Army General
Surayud Chulanont and party at Zeya Thiri Beikman at Konmyinttha at 10.30 am
today.

    Also present together with General Maung Aye were Secretary-1 of the State
Peace and Development Council Chief of the Office of Strategic Studies and
Director of Defence Services Intelligence Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, Secretary-2 of
the State Peace and Development Council Chief of Bureau of Special Operations
and Chief of Staff (Army) Lt-Gen Tin Oo, Secretary-3 of the State Peace and
Development Council Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Win Myint, members of the State
Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Nyunt
Thein, Commander-inChief (Air) Lt-Gen Kyaw Than and Commander of Yangon
Command Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
Military Affairs Lt-Gen Tin Hla, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Khin
Maung Win and Military Attache of Myanmar Embassy in Thailand Lt-Col Kyaw Han.

    The guests were accompanied by Army and Air Attache of Thailand Col
Chaiwst Satondee and officials.
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(3) Secretary-l meets Commander-in-Chief of Royal Thai Army

YANGON, 17 Feb-Secretary-l of the State Peace and Development Council Chief of
the Office of Strategic Studies and Director of Defence Services Intelligence
Lt-Gen Khin
Nyunt met Commander-inChief of Royal Thai Army General Surayud Chulanont and
party at Dagon Yeiktha of the Ministry of Defence at 1.30 pm today.
    Also present together with the Secretary-1 were Deputy Minister for
Foreign Affairs U Khin Maung Win, Director of Supply and Transport Brig-Gen
Tin Tun, Deputy Chief of the Office of Strategic Studies and Deputy Director
of Defence Services Intelligence Brig-Gen Kyaw Win and Military Attache of
Myanmar Embassy in Thailand Lt-Col Kyaw Han.

    The guests were accompanied by Ambassador of Thailand Mr Pensak Chalarak
and Army and Air Attache of Thailand Col Chaiwat Satondee.
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(4) Nyaunglaybin Township NLD dissolved

YANGON, 17 Feb-Nineteen Executive Committee members and Two hundred and
seventy-five ordinary Nyaunglaybin Township National League or Democracy, Bago
Division, tendered their resignations of their own volition on 14 February
1999.

    Altogether 19 EC members and 275 ordinary members of the Nyaunglaybin
Township NLD resigned from the party membership of their own volition since
they no longer wished to continue to take part in NLD's party politics. They
notified the office of Nyaunglaybin Township Multiparty Democracy General
Election Commission and the chairman of the party concerned.

    On 14 February, personal 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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(5) US $13,000 donated to MACWA

YANGON, 17 Feb-Well-wishers donate d cash to buy a motor car and 1,000 pairs
of child slippers to Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association today.

    The cash and slipper donation ceremony held at Mya Yeik Nyo Royal Hotel
this afternoon was attended by Chairperson of MMCWA Professor Daw Kyu Kyu Swe,
Vice-Chairperons, Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe and Dr Kyi Soe, executives and
officials and donors.

    President of Japan Hamilton Ltd Mr Nobuhisa Honyo and Mr Utaro Utsuki of
Shinto Prayer Ishikawa, Tammagu Shrine, donated US $ 13,000 to the association
to buy a car and U Min Min Aung of Silver Wave Co Ltd of Japan he pairs of
slipper worth K 2 million.

    Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe accepted the donations.

    Professor Daw Kyu Kyu Swe thanked the donors.
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(6) PHS Telephone System launched at Sittway Hospital

YANGON, 17 Feb-A ceremony to launch PHS Telephone System at Sittway Hospital
was held at the hospital in Sittway on 16 February.

    The 50-line telephone exchange worth US $ 150,000 was donated by Basic
Human Needs Association and NTT Do Co Mo of Japan.

    Member of the State Peace and Development Council Chairman of Rakhine
State Peace and Development Council Maj-Gen Aung Htwe thanked the donors.

    Chairman of Basic Human Needs Association Mr Takeo Nobusawa and Manager of
NTT Do Co Mo Mr Koyahera Hideo delivered speeches.

Minister for Communications, Posts and Telegraphs Brig-Gen Win Tin accepted
the related documents and presented certificates of honour to the donors.

    Commander Maj-Gen Aung Htwe, Minister Brig-Gen Win Tin and officials of
BHN and Do Co Mo formally opened the telephone exchange.
    Director-General of Traditional Medicine Department Professor Dr Kyaw
Myint Tun met health staff at the hospital and inspected construction site for
16-bed traditional medicine hospital.

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(7) Workshop on Findings of Fertility Survey for Country Report commences

YANGON, 17 Feb - A ceremony to open Dissemination Workshop on Findings of
Fertility and Reproductive Health Survey for Country Report jointly conducted
by the Ministry of Immigration and Population and United Nations Population
Fund (UNFPA) was held at the International Business Centre on Pyay Road this
morning.

    Present on the occasion were ministers, the Chief Justice, the Attorney-
General, deputy ministers, representatives of UN agencies, department heads,
chairman of Myanmar Medical Association, chairperson and vice-chairperson of
Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association, chairperson of Myanmar Women
Entrepreneurs Association, officials of Myanmar Red Cross Society, Myanmar
Education Research Bureau and the University of Computer Science and
Technology and guests.
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(8) 10 members resign from Dagon Myothit Township NLD

YANGON, 17 Feb-Ten members resigned from the National League for Democracy of
Dagon Myothit Township, Yangon Division, on 12, 21, 23, 26 January and 9
February 1999.

    One member of Dagon Myothit (East) Township NLD, Yangon Division, of their
own volition, resigned by sending letters of signation to Dagon Myothit
Township Multiparty Democracy General Election Commission Office and the party
concerned on 21 January, and another nine members of Dagon Myothit (South)
followed suit on 12, 23, 26 January and 9 February respectively as they no
longer wished to participate in party politics of NLD.
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(9) Union of Myanmar Multiparty Democracy General Election Commission
Announcement No 1441

3rd Waxing of Tabaung, 1360 ME (17 February 1999)

 Subject: Permission given to U Arnt Kyi to resign as Pyithu Hluttaw
representative-elect from

Sedoktara Township Constituency in Magway Division

1. U Arnt Kyi of the National League for Democracy, Pyithu Hluttaw
representative elected at the Multiparty Democracy General Election from
Sedoktara Township Constituency in Magway Division, submitted of his own
volition to this Commission that he be permitted to resign because of ill
health.
2. Upon the above-mentioned submission, this Commission hereby announces that
U Arnt Kyi has been permitted to resign from being Hluttaw representative-
elect of Sedoktara Constituency effective today under Section 11 (e) of the
Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law.


By order,

Sd Aye Maung
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(10) Minister for Energy inspects oilfields


 YANGON, 17 Feb- Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi inspected works under
the ministry in central Myanmar from 14 to 16 February.

    The minister and party inspected Htaukshabin-Kanni oilfield where manager
U Mya San reported on condition of test well No 194, boosting production and
future tasks. The minister gave instructions on work

    The minister went on to Man oilfield and inspected test wells No 647 and
648. He met officials of Baker Hughes Solution Co and urged them to make
efforts for drilling as scheduled.

    The minister then presented K 100,000 for service personnel.
    On 15 February, the minister and party met service personnel and officials
of Gold Water Co in cooperation with Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise in
Yenangyoung oilfield.

    The minister inspected Chauk oilfield and production of sulfuric acid at
No 1 Fertilizer (Salay)
and alum factory of Myanma Petrochemical Enterprise.

    On 16 Februarys the minister inspected Ayadaw natural gas field and
Kyaukhwet Letpando region.

    The minister and party inspected No 2 fertilizer Plant (Kyunchaung).


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(11) Second Yangon Gems Emporium 99 continues

 YANGON, 17 Feb-The Second Yangon Gems Emporium 99 organized by the
Cooperative Department and 1TF (Yangon) Co Ltd continued at Hotel Equatorial
today for the second day.

    Local and foreign gem merchants and tourists visited the emporium and
bought gems from seventy-five booths of gems cooperative societies and local
gem enterpreneurs.

    The gems on display arc being sold in US dollals

    It is open from 10 am to 6 pm till 21 February.

Admission is free.
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(12) CSO opens In-service Computer Application Course No 1/99

 YANGON, 17 Feb - In-service Computer Application Course No 1/99 of the
Central Statistical Organization of the Ministry of National Planning and
Economic Development was opened in the CSO training hall yesterday.

    Present at the opening ceremony were Minister for National Planning and
Economic Development U Soe Tha, directors-general guests and trainees.

    In his address, Minister U Soe Tha spoke of the need for departments and
organizations of the ministry to be skilful in operating computers for they
have to deal with data on national development.

    He said it is essential for the offices to build database in the computers
of the Head Office and regional database in state/division CSO offices.

    He said more computers need to be installed and used to keep up with the
Information Technology and urged the trainees to share their experience and
skill in their own offices.

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