The New Light of Myanmar (Sunday, 10 February, 2002)(2/2)

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The New Light of Myanmar (Sunday, 10 February, 2002)(2/2)
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1. General Maung Aye sees off Supreme Commander of Royal Thai
   Armed Forces and party
2. Cleansing of Lawka Chantha Abhaya Labha Muni Image,
   enshrinement of bronze Parabaik bearing Maha Samaya Sutta,
   throne offering to two Arahat statues held
3. Secretary-1 meets with Union Day delegates
4. Secretary-1 attends opening of ordination hall of Maha
   Santisukha Buddhist Missionary Kyaungdawgyi in Tamway
5. Supreme Commander of Royal Thai Armed Forces and wife and
   party tour Mandalay
6. Maj-Gen Ye Myint inspects construction of Yangon-Mandalay
   Highway
7. - Ministers and departmental heads host dinner to delegates
   - Minister inspects Heho, Lashio airports
   - Physical skill contest of pre-primary schools and
     day-care nurseries opened
8. - Union Flag conveyed from Thanlyin to Kyimyindine
   - Stationery, school uniforms, medicines donated to BEPSs
9. - Maj-Gen Soe Win meets USDA members in Maungtaw
   - Soft ball contest and prize presentation ceremony held

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( 7 ) Ministers and departmental heads host dinner to delegates

Yangon, 9 Feb - Ministers, the deputy minister and departmental heads hosted
a dinner at their residences in honour of members of traditional cultural
troupes and Union Solidarity and Development Association members from States
and Divisions who will attend the 55th Anniversary Union Day ceremony.
Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung and family hosted dinner to delegates
from Mandalay Division USDA yesterday evening. Minister for Cooperatives
Lt-Gen Tin Ngwe hosted a dinner to delegates from Mon, Rakhine and Shan
States. Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung hosted a
dinner to four delegates from Kayin State USDA yesterday evening.

Similarly, Director-General U Tin Hlaing of the Directorate of Industries and
Director-General U San Kyi of the Regional Industrial Coordination and
Inspection Department, Managing Director U Kyaw Myint of Myanma Foodstuff
Industries, Managing Director Col Soe Yi of Myanma Ceramics Industries,
Managing Director U Thaik Tun of Myanma General and Maintenance Industries
and Managing Director U Than Shwe of Myanma Paper and Chemical Industries of
the Ministry of Industry-1 and Managing Director of Myanma Agriculture
Service U Tun Than and their families hosted dinner to the Union Day
delegates. After the dinner, the hosts presented souvenirs to the delegates.

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Minister inspects Heho, Lashio airports

 Yangon, 9 Feb- Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe, accompanied by
Director-General U Win Maung of Directorate of Civil Aviation, arrived at
Heho Airport yesterday. At the airport, Director-General U Win Maung and
officials reported on extended construction of the runway. The minister
attended to their needs. Then, the minister and party inspected extended
construction of the airport. Next, the minister and party went to Lashio
Airport. Officials reported on extension of the airport and requirements of
heavy machinery. The minister gave necessary instructions. Afterwards, the
minister and party inspected soil condition for extended construction of the
airport. This morning, the minister and party inspected the apron, the runway
and surrounding areas of the airport.

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Physical skill contest of pre-primary schools and day-care nurseries opened

Yangon, 9 Feb - A ceremony to open physical skill contest of pre-primary
schools and day-care nurseries in Yangon Division, organized by the Social
Welfare Department of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and
Resettlement, was held at the Aung San Stadium this morning.

 It was attended by Minister for SWRR Maj-Gen Sein Htwa and wife Daw Khin
Aye, directors-general of the departments under the ministry and their wives,
adviser of the ministry Prof Daw May May Yi, officials of the departments
under the ministry, headmistresses and teachers of pre-primary schools and
day-care nurseries in the division, guests, children and their parents. The
minister formally opened the contest. After the contests, the minister, wife
of the minister, the departmental heads and their wives, officials and guests
presented prizes to Mingala Taungnyunt Township Day-Care Nursery, Dagon
Myothit (North) Township Day-Care Nursery and Mingaladon Township No 3
Pre-Primary School which stood first, second and third respectively in the
contests.
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( 8 ) Union Flag conveyed from Thanlyin to Kyimyindine

Yangon, 9 Feb-A ceremony to convey the Union Flag, which rested for one night
at the Thiha Dipa Sports Ground in Thanlyin to Salin Sports Ground in
Kyimyindine, Yangon North District, was held at the Thiha Dipa Sports Ground
this morning. Present on the occasion were Chairman of Yangon South District
Peace and Development Council Lt-Col Sein Hlaing, Secretary Maj Myo Thant and
members, district-level departmental officials, chairmen and members of
Township Peace and Development Councils in the District, Secretary U Lwin Oo
and executives of District Union Solidarity and Development Association,
service personnel, members of social organizations and people.

 Those present at the ceremony saluted the Flag with the Guard of Honour of
Yangon Command while the military band of the Tatmadaw (Navy) was playing the
National Anthem. Chairman of Yangon South District Peace and Development
Council Lt-Col Sein Hlaing took out the Flag out of the silver bowl and
carried it, flanked by Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air) and police officers and
Union nationals. He handed over the Union Flag to Deputy Commissioner U Pe
Thant of Yangon North District General Administration Department.

 The commissioner conveyed the Union Flag from the sports ground and handed
it over to Chairman of Yangon South District Peace and Development Council
Lt-Col Sein Hlaing at the designated place. Flanked by four officers of the
Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air) and Myanma Police Force and Union nationals,
Lt-Col Sein Hlaing conveyed the Union Flag to the archway of the Sports
Ground and handed it over to Chairman of Yangon West District Peace and
Development Council Lt-Col Maung Maung Shein, who conveyed the flag onto the
Union Boat and planted it in the silver bowl at 6.55 am. The Union Flag
flanked by four officers of the Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air) and MPF and
Union nationals, the Union Boat left for Salin Sports Ground in Kyimyindine
through Kyaik-khauk Pagoda Road, Thanlyin Bridge, Ayeyawun Street, Wayzayanda
Street, Laydaunt-kan Street, East Myinpyaing-gwin Street, Shwegondaing
Street, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Dhamma Zedi Street, UWisara Road, Hanthawadi
Roundabout and Upper Kyimyindine Road.

The Union Flag was accorded a rousing welcome along the road by vast
multitudes of people and a great number of members of Township Peace and
Development Councils, the USDA, Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare
Association, Red Cross and Auxiliary Fire Brigade, Myanmar Police Force,
teachers, students and departmental employees waving miniature flags, putting
up banners and archways across the road. On arrival at the archway of
Wayluwun Housing Estate between Sangyoung and Kyimyindine townships, Lt-Col
Maung Maung Shein took out the flag from the silver bowl on the Union Boat
and conveyed it, flanked by four officers of the Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and
Air) and MPF and Union nationals.

He handed over the flag to Deputy Commissioner U Yan Myo Aung Thein of Yangon
West District General Administration Department. The flag was conveyed by
relay teams of Sangyoung, Seikkan and Mayangon, Hline, Kamayut, Bahan,
Lanmadaw, Latha, Pabedan and Kyauktada Township Peace and Development
Councils, Kyimyindine Township Maternal and Child Welfare Association and
Fire Brigade. Secretary U Tin Win of Yangon West District USDA handed over
the flag to Chairman of Yangon West District Peace and Development Council
Lt-Col Maung Maung Shein. Flanked by four officers of the Tatmadaw (Army,
Navy and Air) and MPF and Union nationals, Lt-Col Maung Maung Shein conveyed
the flag and planted it in the silver bowl on the stage in the Salin Sports
Ground. The Guard of Honour of Yangon Command and the people saluted the flag
to the strains of the National Anthem played by the military band of the
Tatmadaw (Air). The sports ground was crowded with the people who came to
salute the flag and they were entertained with the Anyeint troupe of Mobile
Public Relations Unit, Myawady Anyeint and documentary films.

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Stationery, school uniforms, medicines donated to BEPSs

Yangon, 9 Feb - Under the cooperation programme between Myanmar-Japan
Friendship Association and Japan-Myanmar Friendship Association, a ceremony
to donate stationery, school uniforms and medicines worth K 5,744,000 for 450
students and 13 teachers of Basic Education Primary School No 3, Dagon
Myothit (North) Township and 539 students and 16 teachers of BEPS No 28,
Hlinethaya Township in Yangon was held in conjunction with a dinner at the
Mya Yeik Nyo Royal Hotel this evening. It was attended by President of
Myanmar-Japan Friendship Association Minister of Home Affairs Col Tin Hlaing,
Minister for Education U Than Aung, Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen
Thura Myint Maung, Deputy Minister for Culture U Soe Nyunt, Vice-Presidents
of the association Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe, Dr Daw May May Yi, Dr Khin Shwe and
Dr Mya Mya Win, General Secretary U Ye Htut, Joint-Secretary U Maung Win and
CEC members, guests, Japan-Myanmar Friendship Association President Mr Ken
Uchida and members and officials of Japanese Embassy.
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( 9 ) Maj-Gen Soe Win meets USDA members in Maungtaw

Yangon, 9 Feb - Member of the Panel of Patrons of the Union Solidarity and
Development Association (Central) member of the State Peace and Development
Council Maj-Gen Soe Win of the Ministry of Defence, together with Chairman of
Rakhine State Peace and Development Council Commander of Western Command
Brig-Gen Maung Oo and officials, met with members of Maungtaw and Buhidaung
townships and District, Township and Village USDAs at Maungtaw District USDA
yesterday evening. Maj-Gen Soe Win urged them to actively cooperate in
development tasks for border area national races and rural areas. Next, he
donated K 100,000 and farm equipment for implementation of development tasks
of the rural areas. Then, he fulfilled their requirements after hearing
reports.

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Soft ball contest and prize presentation ceremony held

Yangon, 9 Feb - Under the cooperation programme between Myanmar Japan
Friendship Association and Japan Myanmar Friendship Association, women's soft
ball contest and prize presentation ceremony was held at the Shwe Paukkan
Sports Ground in North Okkalapa Township on 6 February afternoon. It was
attended by President of MJFA Minister for Home Affairs Col Tin Hlaing,
Vice-Presidents Dr Daw May May Yi, Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe, Dr Daw Mya Mya Win,
officials of the association, directors-general and officials of the
departments under the Ministry of Home Affairs, fans, President Mr Ken Uchida
and members of JMFA and officials of the Japanese Embassy.

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