The New Light of Myanmar (Monday, 15 Mar, 1999)

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The New Light of Myanmar (Monday, 15  Mar, 1999)  
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(1)   General Maung Aye and Daw Mya Mya San attend consecration
       of Saw Hla Wun Pagoda in Bagan
(2)   Secretary-l attends enshrinement of Shwebontha Muni Pagoda in Padaung
Township
(3)   Myanmar journalists back from Japan
(4)   Opium, chemicals seized in Muse
(5)   U Phone Myint appointed Ambassador to Italy
(6)   Minister for Foreign Affairs leaves for three ASEAN nations
(7)   57 members resign from Pale Township NLD
(8)   MOB opens bank branch in Ahlon
(9)   67 members resign from Kungyangon Township NLD
(10) Vietnam delegation leaves for home
(11) Dioxin pollution spreading in Japan?
(12) Solar storms to be predicted
(13) Western Command Commander meets officials of Thandwe District
(14) Computer Quiz continues
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(1)   General Maung Aye and Daw Mya Mya San attend consecration
       of Saw Hla Wun Pagoda in Bagan

YANGON, 14 March- Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)
General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San attended consecration of No 676 Saw
Hla Wun Pagoda near Minnanthu Village in Bagan, Nyaung-U Township, NyaungU
District, Mandalay Division, this morning.

    Saw Hla Wun Pagoda was renovated by officers, other ranks and families of
the Adjutant-General's Office and regiments and units with the patron age of
Secretary-3 of the State Peace and Development Council Adjutant-General Lt-Gen
Win Myint and wife Daw Khin Cho Oo.

    Present on the occasion were member of State Central Working Committee of
the Sangha Sayadaw of Nyaung-U and members of the Sangha, Secretary-2 Lt-Gen
Tin Oo and wife Daw Khin Than Nwe, Secretary-3 Lt-Gen Win Myint and wife Daw
Khin Cho Oo, members of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-
Chuef (Navy) Vice-Admiral Nyunt Thein, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Kyaw
Than and Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace and Development Council Commander
of Central Command Maj-Gen Ye Myint and wife Dr Daw Tin Lin Myint, Minister
for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Nyunt Tin, Minister for Construction
Maj-Gen Saw Tun, Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint, Minister for Science
and Technology U Thaung, Minister for Electric Power Maj-Gen Tin Htut,
Minister for Religious Affairs Maj-Gen Sein Htwa, Vice-Quartermaster-General
Brig-Gen Kyaw Win, senior military officers, heads of departments, officers,
other ranks and families of the Adjutant-General's Office and regiments and
units under the Adjutant-General's Office, local entrepreneurs, teachers,
members of Union Solidarity and Development Association and guests.

    At 7 am, Assistant Director U Khin Maung Win of Mandalay Division
Religious Affairs Department read the agenda of the ceremony. Director U Aung
Kyaing of Archaeology Department supplicated on brief history of the pagoda
and renovation.

    The Sayadaws consecrated No 676 Saw Hla Wun Pagoda.

    General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San and party received the Five
Precepts from border region missionary Kammathanacariya Maha Ganthavacaka
Saddhamma Jotika Agga Maha Pandita Alodawpyay Sayadaw Bhaddanta Aiyavamsa of
Aungmye Bodhi Dhamma Yeikthakyaung of Nyaung-U. Then, members of the Sangha
recited parittas.

    Afterwards, General Maung Aye and Daw Mya Mya San presented offertories to
Alo
dawpyay Sayadaw.

    Secretary-2 Lt-Gen Tin Oo and Daw Khin Than Nwe and Secretary-3 Lt-Gen Win
Myint and Daw Khin Cho Oo and members also presented offertories to the
Sayadaws.

    Gukyaung Sayadaw Agga Maha Pandita Bhaddanta Jagara delivered a sermon,
followed by sharing of merits.

    General Maung Aye and Daw Mya Mya San performed the ritual of golden and
silver showers to mark successful completion of the consecration ceremony.

    The General and wife and party then went round the pagoda.

    After the ceremony, they paid obeisance to Alodawpyay Pagoda. General
Maung Aye donated cash towards the pagoda's funds.

    Next, General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San and party paid homage to
Sambuddhe Pagoda and No 392 pagoda.

    They proceeded to Bagan Archaeological Museum and inspected the central
booth, booths of handicraft in Bagan Period and Buddhist art in Bagan Period
there.
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(2)   Secretary-l attends enshrinement of Shwebontha Muni Pagoda in Padaung
Township


YANGON, 14 March Secretary-l of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen
Khin Nyunt, accompanied by Minister for Cooperatives U Aung San, Minister for
Hotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Saw Lwin, Minister for Education U Than Aung,
Minister for Health Maj-Gen Ket Sein, Minister for Labour Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe,
Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Brig-Gen Khin Maung, Deputy
Minister for Progress of Border Areas and National Races and Development
Affairs U Kyaw Tin, Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs U Aung Khin, Deputy
Minister for Science and Technology U Hlaing Win, Deputy Minister for Home
Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung, Chief of Staff (Air) Col Myint Swe,
officials of the State Peace and Development Council O5ce, heads of department
and officials, left here by Tatmadaw aircraft for Pyay, Bago Division
yesterday afternoon.

    They were welcomed at Khitaya Airport at 3.45 pm by member of the State
Peace and Development Council Chairman of Bago Division Peace and Development
Council Commander of Southern Command Maj-Gen Tin Aye, Minister for Rail
Transportation U Pan Aung, military and civilian officers, members of
social.organizations and family members.

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(3)   Myanmar journalists back from Japan

YANGON, 14 March- Deputy Chief Editor U Ye Myint Pe of the Kyemon Daily and
Editor U Nyunt Ohn of the New Light of Myanmar of News and Periodicals
Enterprise of the Ministry of Information arrived back here by air this
evening after attending the Asian Economic Reporting Seminar in Tokyo, Japan,
from 8 to 14 March 1999.

    They were welcomed back at Yangon International Airport by Director (News)
U Hla Tun of News and Periodicals Enterprise, officials and families.
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(4)   Opium, chemicals seized in Muse


YANGON, 14 March- A combined team comprising members of local intelligence
unit and Tatmadawmen, acting on information, combed the motor road between
Ponpaw-Naunghin in Muse Township, Shan State (North), on 24 February and
seized ownerless opium weighing 12 kilos.

Similarly, the team discharged duty at map reference P-2 19947 in Muse
Township, Shan State (North), the same day. They seized ownerless 14
containers of acid used in making narcotic drugs. It contained 56 gallons.

    Action is taken against the seizure under the Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Law.
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(5)   U Phone Myint appointed Ambassador to Italy

YANGON, 15 March-The Chairman o f the State Peace and Development Council of
the Union of Myanmar has appointed 1 U Phone Myint, Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the Union o f Myanmar to the Republic of Korea, as
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Union of Myanmar to the
Republic of Italy.-
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(6)   Minister for Foreign Affairs leaves for three ASEAN nations


YANGON, 14 March-At the invitation of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of
respective countries, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung left here by air
this morning to pay visits to the Republic of the Philippines, the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam and the Lao People's Democratic Republic. While in Laos,
Minister U Win Aung will also attend the Fourth Meeting of the Myanmar-Lao
Joint Commission for Bilatera1 Cooperation.

    The Minister for Foreign Affairs was seen off at Yangon International
Airport by Minister at the State Peace and Development Council Chairman's
Office Brig-Gen Abel, Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Brig-Gen Maung
Maung Thein, Deputy .Minister for Foreign Affairs U Khin Maung Win, officials
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, heads and staff members of the embassies
of the Philippines, SRV and LPDR.

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(7)   57 members resign from Pale Township NLD

YANGON, 14 March-Fifty-seven members resigned from the National League for
Democracy of Pale Township, Sagaing Division.

    Fifty-seven members of Pale Township NLD, Sagaing Division, on their own
volition, resigned by sending letters of resignation to Pale Township
Multiparty Democracy General Election Commission and the party concerned on 12
January 1999 as they no longer wished to participate in party politics of NLD.
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(8)   MOB opens bank branch in Ahlon

    YANGON, 14 March- Ahlon Township Bank branch of Myanmar, Oriental Bank was
opened in Ahlon Township this morning.

Present on the occasion were Minister for Finance and Revenue U Khin Maung
Thein, Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Than Tun, the Governor of Central Bank of
Myanmar U Kyaw Kyaw Maung, the managing directors and the directors-general of
enterprises and departments under the ministry, members of Yangon West
District and Township Peace and Development Councils, members of the board of
directors of MOB, service personnel, EC members of Township Union Solidarity
and Development Association and guests.

    Minister U Khin Maung Thein said MOB has opened 11 bank branches and it is
a successful private bank offering modern banking services and fulfiling the
requirements of the people, adding private entrepreneurs are engaged in
economic undertakings including banking services.

He said the government is granting permits to national entrepreneurs for
reclamation of fallow and virgin lands and urged the banks to provide
financial assistance 'o the entrepreneurs.

    Chairman of MOB U Tin Oo gave a speech.

    Next, Minister U Khin Maung Thein and Chairman U Tin Oo formally opened
the branch. The minister and guests then inspected it.
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(9)   67 members resign from Kungyangon Township NLD

    YANGON, 14 March-Sixty-seven members resigned from the National League for
Democracy of Kungyangon Township, Yangon Division.

    Sixty-seven members of Kungyangon Township NLD, Yangon Division, on their
own volition, resigned by sending letters of resignation to Kungyangon
Township Multiparty Democracy General Election Commission and the party
concerned on 29 January 1999 as they no longer wished to participate in party
politics of NLD.
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(10) Vietnam delegation leaves for home

    YANGON, 14 March- The Vietnam delegation led by Deputy Director-General Ms
Nguyen Thi Kim Cuc of Vietnam Radio (VOV) left here by air this morning.

    The Vietnam delegation was seen off at Yangon International Airport by
Director-General U Khin Maung Htay of Myanma Radio and Television, Director
(Admin) U Phone Myint, Deputy Director (Broadcasting) U Aung Soe Min and
officials.

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(11) Dioxin pollution spreading in Japan?

    YANGON, 14 March--NHK reported that researchers had found high level of
dioxin in a type of water bird living in the Tokyo area. It said researchers
at Yokohama National University measured dioxin levels in the livers of 14
wild cormorants caught in Tokyo's Ueno Park nearby Ichikawa City. They found
out the livers contained an average 9,300 pica grams of dioxin in per gram of
fat. One young cormorant in Ueno Park was found to be contaminated with
extremely high level of dioxin. In Japan, cormorants inhabit in ponds, rivers
and shallow waters. Researchers believe that the high level of dioxin in those
birds was due to their eating fish from polluted waters. The NHK report said
the data clearly showed that the dioxin pollution was spreading in Japan.
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(12) Solar storms to be predicted

YANGON, 14 March-A CNN report said that a solar storm can spew as much as 10
billion tons of electrically charged gas out into the solar system with the
speed of up to one to two million miles per hour. It said such storms can
damage orbiting satellites and overload the electrical power grid on earth.

    It added that in March 1998, a solar storm occurred a black-out in eastern
Canada.
Previously, scientists could not predict the solar storm but new images from a
Japanese satellite called Yokoh showed that an "s" shaped structure often
appeared on the sun just before solar storms erupted. The scientists are
trying to make use of the latest discovery so that they will be able to
accurately predict the eruption of Solar storms in future and then warn power
companies and satellite operators in advance.

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(13) Western Command Commander meets officials of Thandwe District

   
YANGON, 14 March - Chairman of Rakhine State Peace and Development Council
Commander of Western Command Maj-Gen Aung Htwe met Rakhine State level
departmenta1 officials, officials of Thandwe District and Township at the
Meeting Hall of Thandwe District Peace and Development Council Office on 10
March morning.

    The Commander explained points on the guidance given during the recent
inspection of Rakhine State by Senior General Than Shwe and regional
development works.

    Commander Maj-Gen Aung Htwe gave instructions to officials on agriculture,
livestock breeding, production of fish and prawn breeding and future tasks.

    Chairman Of Thandwe District Peace and Development Council Lt-Col Khin
Maung Than and departmental officials reported to the commander on their
activities.

    The Commander fulfilled the requirements.

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(14) Computer Quiz continues

   
YANGON, 14 March- The Computer Quiz Competition in commemoration of the 54th
Anniversary Armed Forces Day continued at the booth of Twelve Objectives in
Defence Services Museum this morning.

    Joint-Secretary of Twelve Objectives Booth Display Work Committee Major
Tun Zaw Myint explained the points about quiz and Assistant Lecturer U Khin
Maung Win of AppliedTechnology Department of Institute of Computer .Science
and Technology rules and disciplines.

    Members of Than Lyin, Insein and Hlinethaya Township USDAs today
participated in the quiz.

    The quiz will continue till 23 March.

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