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The New Light of Myanmar (Friday, 26 April, 2002)

The New Light of Myanmar (Friday, 26 April, 2002)
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1. General Maung Aye confers with Thai Prime Minister
   Thai Prime Minister hosts dinner in honor of
   Myanmar
   goodwill delegation
2. Myanmar and China stepping up efforts to take
   drug control measures Chinese heroin traffickers
   exposed and handed over to China
3. Industry-1 Minister receives Ambassador
4. Maj-Gen Maung Bo looks into construction of
   Kyweku-Kyaukphya Bridge
5. - Minister inspects construction of Thabbyinnu
Stupa
   - Cash donated to MWJA
   - Work Efficiency Course for administrative
     officers opened
   - Fire brigade member's code of conduct contest
     held
6. Dams in Myingyan District inspected
7. - Provision offering ceremony held
   - Tagaung Mingalar Maha Pagoda consecrated
8. Age-wise Karatedo tourney on 17, 18 May
9. Heroin seized in Muse

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( 1 ) General Maung Aye confers with Thai Prime
Minister Thai Prime Minister hosts dinner in honor of
Myanmar goodwill delegation

Yangon, 25 April - Visiting Vice-Chairman of the State
Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar
General Maung Aye called on Prime Minister of Thailand
Dr Thaksin Shinawatra at the Ivory Room of the State
House in Bang-kok, Thailand, at 4.30 pm local time on
23 April.

Before the discussions, General Maung Aye and the Thai
Prime Minister posed for a documentary photo.

They then had cordial discussions. Also present on the
occasion together with General Maung Aye was Minister
for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung and the Thai Prime
Minister was accompanied by Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Thailand Dr Surakiart Sathirathai.

Afterwards, Myanmar goodwill delegation led by the
General and the Thai Prime Minister and party held a
meeting at the Blue Room of the State House at 5.30
pm.

At the meeting, the General was accompanied by members
of the State Peace and Development Council Maj-Gen
Thura Shwe Mann and Maj-Gen Soe Win, Minister for
National Planing and Economic Development U Soe Tha,
Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Pyi Sone, Minister for
Foreign Affairs U Win Aung, Minister for Home Affairs
Col Tin Hlaing, Minister for Livestock and Fisheries
Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein, Minister for Science and
Technology U Thaung, Vice-Chief of Military
Intelligence Maj-Gen Kyaw Win, Deputy Minister for
Health Professor Dr Kyaw Myint, Ambassador of Myanmar
to Thailand U Myo Myint and departmental heads and the
Thai Prime Minister was accompanied by Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Defense General Chavalit
Yongchaiyudh, Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Surakiart
Sathirathai, Minister of Home Affairs Police Capt
Purachai Piumsombun, Minister of Commerce Mr Adisai
Bodharamik, Ambassador of Thailand to Myanmar Mr Oum
Maolanon and high-ranking officials.

They discussed matters related to tourism industry,
fisheries, agriculture, livestock breeding, promotion
of economic cooperation, ensuring smooth transport
between the two nations, co-operation in eradication
of drugs between the two nations and labor affairs.

The Myanmar goodwill delegation headed by General
Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San attended a dinner
given in their honor by Thai Prime Minister Dr Thaksin
Shinawatra at Santi Maitri building of the State House
at night.

Also present were member of the State Peace and
Development Council Maj-Gen Thura Shwe Mann and wife
Daw Khin Lay Thet, member of the State Peace and
Development Council Maj-Gen Soe Win and wife Daw Than
Than Nwe, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung and
wife Daw San Yon, Minister for National Planning and
Economic Development U Soe Tha, Minister for Commerce
Brig-Gen Pyi Sone, Minister for Home Affairs Col Tin
Hlaing, Minister for Livestock Breeding and Fisheries
Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein, Minister for Science and
Technology U Thaung, Vice-Chief of Military
Intelligence Maj-Gen Kyaw Win, Deputy Minister for
Health Professor Dr Kyaw Myint, the ambassador of
Myanmar to Thailand and wife, the military attach of
Myanmar to Thailand, the director-general of the State
Peace and Development Council Office and heads of
department, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand and
Minister of Defence General Chavalid Youngchaiyude,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Dr Surakiart
Sathirathai and wife, Minister of Finance Mr Somkid
Jatusripitak, Minister of Home Affairs Police Captain
Purachai Piumsombun and wife, Minister of Commerce
Ardisai Bodharamik, Minister of Health Mrs Sudarat
Keyuraphan, Deputy Minister of Defense Gen Yuthasak
Sasiprapha, the Thai ambassador to Myanmar and wife
and high-ranking officials.

On arrival at the State House at 8.15 pm, General
Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San were welcomed by
Thai Prime Minister Dr Thaksin Shinawatra.

Before the dinner, General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya
Mya San and the Myanmar goodwill delegation and Thai
Prime Minister Dr Thaksin Shinawatra and party had a
cordial meeting. Then, the Thai Prime Minister hosted
the dinner for General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya
San and members of the Myanmar goodwill delegation.
During the dinner, music entertainment programmers
were presented.

After the dinner, Thai traditional dances were
presented. After the dinner, Thai Prime Minister Dr
Thaksin Shinawatra and General Maung Aye proposed a
toast together with those present at the dinner. Thai
Prime Minister Dr Thaksin Shinawatra presented a gift
to General Maung Aye.

General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San presented a
basket of flowers to the traditional dance troupe.
Then, General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San
cordially greeted those present at the dinner and left
for the Penninsular Hotel in a motorcade.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Dr Surakiart
Sathirathai paid a courtesy call on General Maung Aye
at the guest room on the 37th floor of the Penninsular
Hotel in Bangkok at 2.30 pm on 23 April. Also present
together with General Maung Aye were members of the
State Peace and Development Council Maj-Gen Thura Shwe
Mann and Maj-Gen Soe Win, Minister for Foreign Affairs
U Win Aung, Vice-Chief of Military Intelligence
Maj-Gen Kyaw Win, Deputy Minister for Health Professor
Dr Kyaw Myint, Ambassador of Myanmar to Thailand U Myo
Myint, Military Attach Lt-Col Ko Ko Maung,
Director-General of the State Peace and Development
Council Chairman's Office Lt-Col Pe Nyein and
Director-General of the Protocol Department of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thura U Aung Htet.

The Thai Foreign Minister was accompanied by Permanent
Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr Tej
Bunnag, directors-general and officials. They
discussed matters related to the further strengthening
of ties of friendship and cooperation of mutual
interest.

Daw Mya Mya San, wife of General Maung Aye, Daw Khin
Lay Thet, wife of Maj-Gen Thura Shwe Mann, Daw Than
Than Nwe, wife of Maj-Gen Soe Win, Daw San Yon, wife
of Minister U Win Aung, Dr Daw Tin Moe Aye, wife of
the Myanmar Ambassador to Thailand, Daw Khin Win Kyaw,
wife of the Myanmar Military Attach? to Thailand, Mrs
Viparanee Maolanon, wife of the Thai Ambassador to
Myanmar and officials visited the Grand Palace in
Bangkok at 2 pm on 23 April.

They paid homage to the Emerald Buddha Image in the
compound of the Grand Palace.

Daw Mya Mya San made cash donations and signed in the
visitors' book.

Then, they visited Vimanmek, the old residence of King
Rama V.

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( 2 ) Myanmar and China stepping up efforts to take
drug control measures Chinese heroin traffickers
exposed and handed over to China

Yangon, 25 April -  The Government is combating
narcotic drugs as a national duty, especially taking
drug abuse control measures along the border. The
Myanmar-China information exchange programmd is
achieving considerable success. On 5 April 2002,
354.15 kilograms of heroin were seized in Gwandaung
Province, China. With regard to that case, the
officials of the Drug Control Commission of China came
to meet with leaders of Wa national race in Panghsan,
Special Region-2, Shan State (North). As the culprits
who trafficked in heroin are in hiding in Wa region,
the officials discussed mutual cooperation in exposing
and arresting them. Wa national race leader U Pauk Yu
Chan reported the matter to the Government and agreed
to the cooperation plan. The joint investigation of
the Wa national race group and the Chinese Drug
Control Commission led to the arrest of three culprits
including one Chinese woman at the Lanchee Hotel in
Panghsan on 5 April. On 8 April, two Chinese were
captured dead in the jungle near Namlinson Village,
Panghsan. Eight culprits were captured alive. The main
culprit called Wan Kyu Kwan from Hong Kong was
arrested at Panku Village, Panghsan, on 9 April. The
12 culprits were handed over to the officials of China
to be able to conduct further investigation. Together
with them, three handguns, eight cellular phones used
in China, three vehicles and 217 logs used in
trafficking in heroin were handed over.

A delegation led by member of the Central Committee
for Drug Abuse Control Lt-Col San Pwint, a Wa national
race delegation led by U Pauk Yu Chan of Special
Region-2 and a Chinese delegation led by
Director-General of Yunnan Province Drug Control
Committee of the Chinese Drug Control Commission Mr
Chain Ho Shwin and Director of Beijing National Drug
Control Commission Mr Tein Min discussed cooperation
in drug control at the Minzin Hotel in Panghsan from
10 to 11 am on 21 April. They exchanged information
regarding the case. They discussed cooperation in
arresting the Chinese culprits at large. In the
afternoon, they went to the house used by drug
traffickers, and inspected logs on which holes were
drilled to carry heroin. They also inspected arms and
ammunition, vehicles, cellular phones and documents.
The drug traffickers carried heroin by putting it in
the holes with three-inch diameter and three-foot
length drilled on the logs which were then mixed with
other logs. Afterwards, the delegations from the two
countries left Panghsan for Hsonwo Village by car.
They studied progress in combing the areas in search
of the Chinese culprits by Wa national race group and
village militia units. The delegations from the two
countries are still working together to arrest them.

In combating narcotic drugs, Myanmar and China signed
an agreement on drugs and control of precursor
chemicals used in producing drugs in January 2001. To
exchange information across the border, border liaison
offices were opened in Chinshwehaw and Bhamo in April
2001. In August 2001, four nations Myanmar, China,
Thailand and Laos  issued the Beijing Declaration. The
exchange of information between Myanmar and China
resulted in the arrest of Tan Shauk Lin, a drug
culprit from China, in Muse in 2001 and the man was
handed over to China. In addition, Shan Chauk Mein, a
culprit mainly implicated in drug trafficking in
China, was arrested in Muse. Lyo Min, a drug culprit
from China, was captured dead after exchange of fire
in January 2002. The officials of Myanmar and China
are stepping up their efforts to take drug control
measures along the border.

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( 3 ) Industry-1 Minister receives Ambassador

Yangon, 25 April - Minister for Industry-1 U Aung
Thaung received Ambassador of Israel to Myanmar Mr
Yaacov Avrahamy at the ministry this evening. Also
present at the call were Deputy Ministers Brig-Gen
Thein Tun and Brig-Gen Kyaw Win and directors-general
and managing directors of the departments and
industries under the ministry.

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( 4 ) Maj-Gen Maung Bo looks into construction of
Kyweku-Kyaukphya Bridge

Yangon, 25 April - Member of the State Peace and
Development Council Maj-Gen Maung Bo of the Ministry
of Defense, accompanied by Deputy Commander of Coastal
Region Command Brig-Gen Tin Latt and departmental
officials, inspected making of concrete beams and
installation of steel trusses to Kyaukphya River
Kyweku-Kyaukphya Bridge on 22 April afternoon.

Superintending Engineer U Ba Wan reported on work
being carried out. Maj-Gen Maung Bo gave instructions
on timely completion, meeting the set standard and
ensuring worksite safety and attended to the needs.
The 3,612 feet long and 28 feet high bridge has a
1,500-foot approach bridge and its main bridge is 640
metres long. It is located on Dawei-Myeik-Kawthoung
Road near Kyweku Village in Myeik Township.

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( 5 ) Minister inspects construction of Thabbyinnu
Stupa

Yangon, 23 April - Chairman of the Leading Committee
for Construction of Thabbyinnu Stupa Minister for
Transport Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe this morning arrived
at the Thabbyinnu Stupa construction site and
inspected progress of Myanmar artistic works and
Buddha images, which will be kept in 60 feet high
Gandhakuti. The officials concerned reported on
progress of work.

The minister then inspected arrangements for laying
concrete for construction of the ceiling of the pagoda
being built on the 108 feet high level of the stupa,
and fulfilled the requirements. Altogether 70 per cent
of construction of the ceiling has been complete. On
completion the pagoda will beÊ203 feet and six inches
high.

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Cash donated to MWJA

Yangon, 25 April - Hailing the third Myanmar Writers
and Journalists Association Conference, a ceremony to
present cash donations to MWJA was held at the Sarpay
Beikman Building on Pyay Road this afternoon.

Present on the occasion were Minister for Information
Maj-Gen Kyi Aung, Deputy Ministers for Information
Brig-Gen Aung Thein and U Thein Sein,
directors-general and managing directors of
departments and enterprises under the ministry, MWJA
Chairman U Hla Myaing (Ko Hsaung), Vice-Chairmen U Tin
Kha (Tekkatho Tin Kha), U Than Maung (Than Maung) and
U Myint Thein (Myint Thein-Maubin), Secretary U Hla
Tun (Hla Tun-Twantay), Joint-Secretary U Myint Kywe
(Maung Myint Kywe) and central executive committee
members and donors.

Secretary U Hla Tun (Hla Tun-Twantay) acted as master
of ceremonies. The minister made an address. Then, on
behalf of the donors, Saya U San Tin Aung (Shwebo)
explained the purpose of the donations. Later,
Chairman U Hla Myaing (Ko Hsaung) accepted K 2 million
donated by Saya U San Tin Aung (Shwebo), K 900,000 by
U Kyaw Nyunt Yee-Daw Wah Wah Kyaw, K 700,000 by Saya U
Mya Thein (Moe Htwet Myint-Myitwakyun-paw) Myinmoekhit
Tathaung General Services Co Ltd, K 50,000 by U Kyaw
Hsan (Thu Khi Aung) and K 10,000 by Daw Khin Khin Sein
(Yuwady Khin Sein Hlaing). Expressing words of thanks
by the chairman brought the ceremony to a close.

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Work Efficiency Course for administrative officers
opened

Yangon, 23 April - Work Efficiency Training Course No
2 for district/township level officers of General
Administration Department under the Ministry of Home
Affairs was opened at the GAD's Training School on
Saya San Street in Bahan Township here this morning
with an address by Minister for Home Affairs Col Tin
Hlaing.

Also present were Deputy Minster for Home Affairs
Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung, the directors-general of
departments under the ministry, the Deputy
Director-General Police Brig-Gen of Myanmar Police
Force, the deputy directors-general, the directors,
course instructors, guests and trainees. In his
address, Minister Col Tin Hlaing said that the aims of
the course are to bring about the administrative
personnel who are efficient in leadership and
administration in implementing the objectives and
policies of the State, to practically implement those
objectives and policies in accord with the existing
rules and regulations as well as in conformity with
the change of economic, political, administrative and
social conditions, and to become a strong
administrative body on which future administrative
machinery could rely.

The trainee officers are to successfully implement the
objectives of the State after realizing the change of
their country's economic, political, administrative
and social conditions, he said. He stressed the need
for trainee officers to study the lectures of the
course for practical use, to implement the national
and regional development tasks in accord with
political, economic and social objectives laid down by
the State, and to try to become a good
administrator/organizer on whom the State and the
people can rely. The three-month course is being
attended by 40 district/township level trainee
officers.

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Fire brigade member's code of conduct contest held

Yangon, 25 April -  The central level fire brigade
member's code of conduct contest of the Fire Services
Department under the Ministry of Social Welfare,
Relief and Resettlement was held at the Central Fire
Services Training School this morning.

 Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement
Maj-Gen Sein Htwa, Deputy Minister U Hlaing Win, the
director-general and officers of the Fire Services
Department inspected the contest . A total of 53
officers and other ranks from the head office and
state/division central fire services training schools
took part in the contest , which comprises three
categories. The prizes will be presented to those who
stand first, second and third in the respective
divisions on 5 May, the 56th Anniversary Fire Services
Day.

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( 6 ) Dams in Myingyan District inspected

Yangon, 25 April - Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace
and Development Council Commander of Central Command
Brig-Gen Ye Myint, accompanied by Chairman of Myingyan
District Peace and Development Council Lt-Col Ye Swe
and officials, inspected Taung-pinle and Myaukpinle
dams in Kanchaw Village, Myingyan Township, on 24
April.

In the briefing hall of Myaukpinle dam, the commander
heard reports on storage of water, work done for
cultivation of cotton and sesame and irrigation
systems by officials of the Irrigation Department and
gave necessary instructions. Then, the commander
proceeded to the project site of Phoungadaw dam in
Ngazun Township and heard reports on construction of
the main earth embankment, the spillway and the sluice
gate, and arrangements being made for water supply on
completion of the dam and inspected the site.

The dam with a 60-foot-high and 2,850-foot-long earth
embankment and a storage capacity of 7,900 acre-feet,
will be able to irrigate 2,000 acres of land in
Magyikyat, Tharkyin and Thagyangone Villages in the
township.
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( 7 ) Provision offering ceremony held

Yangon, 25 April - Mon State Rice offering Association
held the 20th provision offering ceremony at Fanyin
Dhammayon, Aukkyin Ward in Mawlamyine on 21 April
evening.

Present on the occasion were members of the Sangha led
by Sayadaw Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Bhaddanta
Suriyabhivamsa of the Buddhasasana Theikpan Monastery,
Chairman of the Mon State Peace and Development
Council Commander of South-East Command Brig-Gen Thura
Myint Aung and senior military officers, secretary and
members of the Mon State Peace and Development
Council, departmental heads, members of the Union
Solidarity and Development Association and social
organizations, well-wishers and invited guests.

First, the congregation received the Five the Precepts
from the Sayadaw. The commander and officials
presented "soon", edible oil and offertories to the
members of the Sangha. Then, the commander and family
presented 20 bags of rice and 10 tin containers of
edible oil worth K 210,000 and Chairman of the
association U Win Shwe accepted the donations.

Next, the commander and officials accepted the
donations of K 100,000 by U Win Shwe; K 100,000 by Mon
State USDA; K 100,000 by Mawlamyine All Bus Lines
Control Committee; K 210,000 by U Nyein Maung and
family and other cash donations. The congregation
shared the merits gained and the ceremony came to a
close. At the ceremony, the provisions worth K
2,150,000 were presented to the monasteries in ten
townships in Mon State.

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Tagaung Mingalar Maha Pagoda consecrated

Yangon, 25 April - The consecration ceremony of
Tagaung Mingalar Maha Pagoda in Pathein was held at
the pagoda on 23 April morning.

Present were Chairman of Ayeyawady Division Sangha
Nayaka Committee Weluwun Kyaung Sayadaw Agga Maha
Pandita Bhaddanta Nagavamsa and members of the Sangha,
Chairman of Ayeyawady Division Peace and Development
Council Commander of South-West Command Brig-Gen Htay
Oo and wife Daw Ni Ni Win, Deputy Commander Brig-Gen
Tint Swe, senior military officers, Secretary of
Division Peace and Development Council Lt-Col Sein
Maung and members, division level departmental
officials, members of the Pagoda Board of Trustees,
social organizations, towns-elders and guests.

Members of the Sangha consecrated the Tagaung Mingalar
Maha Pagoda. Then, the congregation received the Five
Precepts from Weluwun Sayadaw and members of the
Sangha recited the parittas. Afterwards, the commander
and officials presented offertories to the Sayadaws
and members of the Sangha. Weluwun Kyaung Sayadaw
delivered a sermon, followed by sharing of merits
gained. Later, the consecration ceremony ended with
recitation of Buddha Sasanam ?iram Titthatu three
times.

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( 8 ) Age-wise Karatedo tourney on 17, 18 May

Yangon, 25 April -  The Year 2002 age-wise Karatedo
tournament, organized by Myanmar Karatedo Federation
and sponsored by the Fantasy Soft Drinks Co, will be
held on a grand scale at Aung San gymnasium on 17 and
18 May. The tourney is divided into three categories
aged 15-18 division, under-15 division and under-12
division.

Those wishing to participate in the tourney are to
enroll their names together with original and copies
of testimonial for age, three passport-size photos and
entrance fee of K 500 for each division at Myanmar
Karatedo Federation (Aung San Stadium) from 10 am to 2
pm daily except Sunday, not later than 14 May.

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( 9 ) Heroin seized in Muse

Yangon, 25 April -  A combined team comprising members
of the local intelligence unit and Myanmar Police
Force, acting on a tip-off, searched a house at No
160, Myoma Ward 5, Kyugok (Pansai), Shan State
(North), on 6 April and arrested the host, Yankyin
Shwe, and Nawtaung (a) Liukwa, a guest, who lives in
No 157, Kachinsu, Muse, together with five blocks of
heroin weighing 1.75 kilos. The police station
concerned opened a case against them under the
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.

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