The New Light of Myanmar (Friday, 24 September, 1999)

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The New Light of Myanmar (Friday, 24 September, 1999) 
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(1)   Senior General Than Shwe offers rice and alms to 
      Sayadaws, members of the Sangha and nuns in Mandalay 
       Division
(2)   Secretary-1 attends opening ceremony of International 
       Exhibition (Yangon)99
(3)   Thingangyun Basic Education Primary School 
        No 8 gets Multi-media Teaching Centre
(4)   Tourism Development Management Committee holds 
        meeting 1/99
(5)   Commander-in-Chief (Navy) meets Naval Attache 
        of Thailand
(6)    Minister meets President of Yunnan Machinery & 
       Equipment Import/Export Corporation
(7)    K 900,000 for renovation of ancient Bagan pagoda
(8)    Ministry of Communications, Posts and Telegraphs holds 
         work coordination meeting
(9)    Mid-year Gems Emporium to be held from 12 to 18 October
(10)  29 members resign from Papun Township NLD

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(1)   Senior General Than Shwe offers rice and alms to 
      Sayadaws, members of the Sangha and nuns in Mandalay 
       Division
    
YANGON, 23 Sept - Chairman of the State Peace ,and 9 Development Council 
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe attended the 
ceremony of offering provisions to 527 Sayadaws and members of the Sangha 
from 167 monasteries and 157 nuns from 11 Nunnery Sarthintaiks of 
Aungmyay-thazan Township, Chanaye thazan Township, Maha Aungmyay Township, 
Chanmyathazi Township, Pyigyidagun Township, Amarapura Township and 
Patheingyi Township of Mandalay District, Mandalay Division, and offered rice 
and alms to the Sayadaws and members of the Sangha and nuns at Maha 
Atulawaiyan (Atumashi) Kyaungdawgyi in Aungmyaythazan Township, Mandalay, at 
8.00 am yesterday.
    
Afterwards, the Senior General presented rice and offertories to the 
Vice-Chairman of the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee Masoeyeik Taikthit 
Sayadaw and Chairman of Mandalay Division Sangha Nayaka Committee 
Myataungtaik Shwewawinkyaung Sayadaw.
The Senior General and party shared merits gained for the good deeds.
After the ceremony, the Senior General and party went to Kyaukse by car.
They attended the ceremony of offering rice to 54 Sayadaws and members of the 
Sangha and 35 nuns from Kyaukse at Thiri Sasana Dhammayon in Kyaukse.
        
Next, rice and offertories were presented to the nuns.

The nuns blessed the congregation.

The Senior General and party shared the merits gained for the good deeds.

Then, the Senior General and party offered ?soon? to the Sayadaws, members of 
the Sangha and nuns.

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(2)   Secretary-1 attends opening ceremony of International 
       Exhibition (Yangon)99
        
YANGON, 23 Sept - Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council 
Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt attended the opening ceremony of the International 
Exhibition (Yangon) 99 organized by Laser World Co Ltd at Tatmadaw Hall on U 
Wisara Road this morning.

Then, officials presented commemorative pennants to Secretary-l Lt-Gen Khin 
Nyunt and party.
After the opening ceremony, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and party inspected 
the exhibition.

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(3)   Thingangyun Basic Education Primary School 
        No 8 gets Multi-media Teaching Centre
        
YANGON, 23 Sept - The opening ceremony of Multimedia Teaching Centre of Basic 
Education - Primary School No 8 in Thingangyun Township was held at the 
school this afternoon, attended by Chairman of Myanmar Education Committee 
Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen.Khin Nyunt.

First, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt pressed the button to unveil the 
signboard of Multi-media Teaching Centre at the school.

Then, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and party inspected educational 
broadcasting service, demonstrative media section, computer section, 
listening section, reading section, health and IQ related booth, school 
clinic, science, painting and music booths.

Then, well-wishers made donations towards the school trust fund.
Later, Secretary- 1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt signed in the visitor?s books.

Speaking on the occasion, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt said.

After the ceremony, Secretary-l Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and party had documentary 
photo taken together with the headmistress, members of School Board of 
Trustees and parent-teacher association and will-wishers.

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(4)   Tourism Development Management Committee holds 
        meeting 1/99
    
YANGON, 23 Sept - The Tourism Development Management Committee held its 
meeting,1/99 at the Strand Hotel this morning, addressed by Chairman of the 
Tourism Development Management Committee Secretary-l of the State Peace and 
Development Council Lt -Gen Khin Nyunt.
Speaking on the occasion,7 the Secretary-l made a speech.

The Secretary-1 attended to the requirements and delivered the concluding 
address.

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(5)   Commander-in-Chief (Navy) meets Naval Attache 
        of Thailand
    
YANGON, 23 Sept - Member of the State Peace and Development Council 
Commander-in-Chief (Navy) ViceAdmiral Nyunt Thein met Naval Attache of Thai 
Embassy Capt Prawit Srisukwattana (RTN), who had completed histour of duty, 
at Dagon Yeiktha of the Ministry of Defence at 1 pm today.

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(6)   Minister meets President of Yunnan Machinery & 
        Equipment Import/Export Corporation
    
YANGON, 23 Sept - Minister at the State Peace and Development Council 
Chairman?s Office and Secretary of Myanmar Investment Commission Brig-Gen 
Maung Maung met President of Yunnan Machinery & Equipment Import/Export 
Corporation of People?s Republic of China Mr Lui Zai You and party who called 
at the MIC Office at 10 am today.

Also present at the call were officials of Directorate of Investment and 
Companies Administration.

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(7)   K 900,000 for renovation of ancient Bagan pagoda
    
YANGON, 23 Sept - Sayadaw Ven Shi Fa Zhao of Golden Temple of Singapore and 
well-wishers donated K 900,000 for renovation of the ancient Pagoda No 808 in 
Bagan at the Ministry of Culture on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road this afternoon.

Minister for Culture U Win Sein accented the donation.

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(8)   Ministry of Communications, Posts and Telegraphs holds 
        work coordination meeting
    
YANGON, 23 Sept - The work coordination meeting of the Ministry of 
Communications, Posts and Telegraphs for fiscal 1999-2000 was held at 
Communications and Postal Training Centre this morning, addressed by Minister 
for Communications, Posts and Telegraphs Brig-Gen Win Tin.

Speaking on the occasion, the minister said.

Managers of States and Divisions, chief engineers and the principal presented 
implementation of tasks during the year,future tasks and work plans.

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(9)   Mid-year Gems Emporium to be held from 12 to 18 October

YANGON, 23 Sept - Myanma Gems Emporium Central Committee held a meeting to 
coordinate holding of the Mid-year Gems Emporium in the coming October and 
assess the 36th Myanma Gems Emporium which was organized in March 1999.

Patron of the committee Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint delivered an 
address at the meeting which was held at Myanma Gems Mart this afternoon.

Advantages and weaknesses of the previous gems emporiums were assessed for 
holding the Mid-year Gems Emporium in a better way.

The meeting ended with concluding remarks by the minister.

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(10)  29 members resign from Papun Township NLD

YANGON, 23 Sept - Twenty-nine members resigned from the National League for 
Democracy of Papun Township, Kayin State.

Twenty-nine members of Papun Township NLD, Kayin State, of their own 
volition, resigned by sending letters of resignation to Papun Township 
Multiparty Democracy General Election Commission Office and the party 
concerned on 4 September 1999 as they no longer wished to participate in 
party politics of NLD.

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