[myanmar_information] The New Light of Myanmar (Tuesday, 30 July, 2002)

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The New Light of Myanmar (Tuesday, 30 July, 2002)
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1. - State Peace and Development Council Chairman 
     Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations 
     to Morocco
   - State Peace and Development Council Chairman 
     Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations 
     to Vanuatu 
2. Secretary-1 calls on YCDC officials to lay down 
   systematic plan in translating guidance of Head 
   of State into action  
3. Ceremony in honour of achievement in enrolment 
   movement held in Mandalay 
4. Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than inspects cultivation of 
   monsoon paddy in Bago Division 
5. - Appointment of Ambassador agreed on
   - A&I Minister receives Vietnamese delegation
   - Commerce Minister receives guests
   - Deputy Minister signs in book of condolence  
6. - Minister inspects roads and bridges in 
     Sagaing Division
   - Coord meeting of gems entrepreneurs held
   - Ministers meet with importers and exporters 
7. - Minister looks over Sittoung Bridge
   - CIFHC holds coord meeting 
   - 1st Myanmar-Vietnam Agriculture sector and 
     Forest sector work group meeting held 
   - Cash donated to Performing Arts Competition 
8. - Commander explains rural development tasks 
   - Myanmar Youth beat China (U-20) 2-1 
9. Heroin seized in Tachilek 

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( 1 ) State Peace and Development Council Chairman
Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to
Morocco

Yangon, 30 July - Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman
of the State Peace and Development Council of the
Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations
to His Majesty King Mohammed VI of the Kingdom of
Morocco, on the occasion of the National Day of the
Kingdom of Morocco which falls on 30 July 2002.

State Peace and Development Council Chairman Senior
General Than Shwe sends felicitations to Vanuatu

Yangon, 30 July - On the occasion of the Independence
Day of the Republic of Vanuatu, which falls on 30 July
2002, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State
Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar,
has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency
Father John Bani, President of the Republic of
Vanuatu.

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( 2 )  Secretary-1 calls on YCDC officials to lay down
systematic plan in translating guidance of Head of
State into action 

Only when good persons implement good plans, can good
results be produced

Yangon, 29 July -Secretary-1 of the State Peace and
Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt met with
officials of Yangon City Deve-lopment Committee in the
meeting hall of the City Hall this morning. 

In the sitting room of the Mayor, Chairman of YCDC U
Ko Lay reported to the Secretary-1 on the set-up and
strength of departments under YCDC, the budget for the
2002-2003 fiscal year, the targeted work and progress
of work, the location of agricultural and livestock
breeding projects being undertaken by YCDC and the
production and sale of agricultural produce and
livestock breeding products for city-dwellers by YCDC.


The Secretary-1 said that Yangon City Development
Committee is responsible for undertaking not only its
main tasks but also the tasks directly assigned by
Head of State Senior General Than Shwe. The main duty
of YCDC is to keep Yangon City clean and tidy and to
improve the living standard of Yangon City dwellers.
In addition, it is to undertake agricultural and
livestock breeding tasks according to the guidance of
Head of State Senior General Than Shwe so that
city-dwellers can buy and consume fresh food.

 According to the report of the Chairman of YCDC
Mayor, it is found that the investment for
agricultural and livestock breeding tasks is very
large. However, in accordance with the guidance of
Head of State Senior General Than Shwe, efforts are to
be exerted in producing enough food such as chicken,
pork, fish, prawns, vegetables and kitchen crops. 

Therefore, plans are to be laid down in translating
the guidance of the Head of State into action and to
achieve success in accordance with the amount of
investment. The use of money for production work and
distribution work are to be carried out systematically
so that loss and wastage may not occur, and
supervision at different levels is to be provided.
Only when good persons implement systematic and good
plans, can good results be produced.

 Therefore, systematic supervision is to be provided
right down to the grassroots level so that the
production work assigned by the Head of State can be
carried out successfully. In meeting with the
officials of YCDC in the meeting hall of the City
Hall, the Secretary-1 said that today the State Peace
and Development Council is making all-out efforts in
all sectors to enable the Union of Myanmar to keep
abreast with other nations, to strengthen the national
economy and to enable the people to live peaceful
lives. 

At that time, the most fundamental requirement is to
ensure that Yangon City has typical characteristics of
a modern city and city-dwellers can make their livings
conveniently and have a higher standard of living.
Yangon, the hub of the economic sector of the State,
needs to be a modern city with economic
infrastructures which serve as links to businesses,
financial and banking services, offices and management
work and international relations. 

To implement these objectives and to fulfil these
requirements, Yangon City Development Committee is
placed under the direct supervision of the Chairman of
the State Peace and Development Council. As YCDC has
been making systematic efforts under the correct
leadership and guidance of the Head of State, Yangon
City has improved considerably. Therefore, YCDC needs
to make continued efforts to enable Yangon City to
have typical characteristics of a modern city and
stand as a strategic city for the development of the
national economy.

 Moreover, it is necessary to preserve natural
environments where Yangon city dwellers can relax
peacefully and to create a healthy and clean society
which contribute to the improvement of their mental
and physical health. The aims and main duties of YCDC
are to develop the State as well as Yangon City and to
improve the national economy and the living standard
of the people. Moreover, it is to fulfil the basic
requirements concerning economy, education, health,
social affairs and safety of city-dwellers. It is to
undertake the tasks pertaining to the livelihood and
welfare of the people and rules and regulations.
Furthermore, with the development of the State, the
fundamental requirements of Yangon City and
city-dwellers are becoming wider and wider.

 As the volume of the work has become wider and
larger, more care needs to be taken of the present
tasks, and new tasks need to be carried out. As there
is an increase in the size and number of tasks, the
duty to take care of them in connection with the
financial matters and malpractice has become greater
as well. In Yangon, five-star hotels, modern high-rise
blocks of flats, modern condominiums, business centres
and modern supermarkets and markets, hospitals of
international standard and the news and information
centre of international standard have emerging.

 Therefore, the employees of YCDC are responsible for
the security, cleanliness, safety and health of the
people as well as the services of various kinds,
maintenance of rules and regulations and safety of the
buildings. Similarly, ancient buildings which enhance
the gracefulness of the city, need to undergo major
renovation; systematic plans are to be laid down in
repairing old buildings which spoil the image of the
city. 

Modern amusement parks and sports grounds have emerged
in Yangon, and road islands, circular islands and
triangle islands have to be built along roads; shade
trees and flowering plants have to be grown by the
sides of roads. Shade trees and flowering plants have
to be grown wherever possible. Systematic measures
have to be taken so that Yangon City can become a
garden city again. It is necessary to clean and
beautify the roads on the outskirts of the city.
During the rainy season, the growing of trees and
plants is to be completed.

 It is greatly important to keep the city beautiful
and clean. Systematic measures are to be taken in
keeping tidy and clean roads in downtown Yangon,
circular roads, wards on the outskirts of the city and
lanes. As Yangon City has become more populous, YCDC
is to undertake the task of collecting garbage and
organize the people to discard waste and garbage
systematically.

All over Yangon, wide roads, railway overpasses,
river-crossing bridges and networks of roads have been
built; in wards on the outskirts of the city, streets
have been paved on self-reliance. Although road
islands, triangle islands, circular islands and
pavements have been built along the roads, most of the
pavements need to be repaired. Systematic measures are
to be taken to keep tidy and clean the pavements not
only in the centre of the city but also in wards on
the outskirts of the city and to ensure proper flow of
water in the drains.

 In this regard, departments concerned need to
cooperate. When roads are dug to place telephone lines
and power cables, departments concerned need to
coordinate work so that the roads can be restored to
their original condition in a day. A systematic plan
needs to be laid down to repair roads and pavements as
soon as they need repairing. Flooding is a main cause
which damages roads. 

The Secretary-1 spoke on proper drainage and
sanitation works. He said measures are being
undertaken for proper drainage in Yangon City under
the close supervision of the commander of Yangon
Command, he called on YCDC to carry out the tasks in
cooperation with the people. He said the people should
be prevented from constructing the buildings and shops
across the drains and they should not be allowed to
extend their houses next to them and in the alleys
after paying fines toYCDC. Effective measures should
be carried out against those acts that made the
systematic plan of the city ugly, he added. He said
traffic engineering works such as establishment of
road safety guard rails, erecting the signposts,
traffic lights and aerial height masts are essential
for traffic safety.

Similar efforts are to be made not only in downtown
areas but also in suburban areas, he said. He said
with the increasing number of vehicles and growing
population systematic arrangements are to be made with
greater momentum for traffic safety in major roads in
the city. He said it is very useful for the people
that FM radio station broadcast the functions of YCDC
including traffic safety and the newspapers and
magazines carried information about YCDC. 

Efforts should be made for city dwellers to gain
knowledge and to realize the civic duties of the
citizens. He said the government has now established
Internet and Intranet. Information concerning the
development of Yangon City and reality of life of the
people with high living standard should be announced
to the world through YCDC website and Yangon City
website. 

Under the guidance of the Head of State, YCDC has
established 10 cultivation and livestock breeding
camps in the environs of Yangon and is implementing
the tasks for city dwellers to buy fresh meat and
fish, vegetables and kitchen crops at reasonable
prices, he said. He said achievements have been made
in production of meat, fish, vegetable and kitchen
crops as well as paddy, beans and pulses and perennial
crops at the cultivation and livestock breeding camps.
The farm products are sold at tax free markets. 

These tasks reflect the noble cetena of the Head of
State toward the people for raising the living
standard. The Secretary-1 urged officials to implement
the tasks with seriousness and efforts are to be made
for boosting production and sale of meat and
vegetables, he added. The Secretary-1 said efforts are
to be made for food sufficiency, consumption of fresh
and hygienic food and keeping markets neat and clean.
He also said it is necessary to make efforts for
establishment of hygienic sale systems practised at
the major markets in South East Asian nations and to
gradually upgrade transport, storage, packaging and
distribution systems and displays of goods. 

He also called for cooperation and coordination among
the YCDC, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of
Education in ensuring the sale of fresh and hygienic
food at schools and school health activities. He spoke
at length on traffic and road safety, systematic
establishment of parking lots, fire prevention
measures and arrangements for fire-engines to enter
suburban areas. With the development of Yangon City,
development affairs tasks have become wider. He
stressed the importance of systematic management at
the departments of YCDC. Urban projects that can
fulfil the characteristics of a modern city and
economic and social needs in accord with time and
circumstances are to be drawn in coordination with
Department of Human Settlement and Housing
Development.

 He said the main tasks of YCDC is to develop Yangon
City in accord with the characteristics of a modern
city, to enable the Yangonites to live peacefully and
to carry out economic and social activities in peace
of mind. Only when the needs of the people are
fulfilled, will functions and plans be successful. He
said the staff of YCDC at different levels are to
review their tasks continuously and to discharge the
duties with the concept of serving the interest of the
people.

 The measures of YCDC are for the people to enjoy
peace, food sufficiency and doing business freely
within the frame of rules and regulations. Only when
the people participate in the tasks with the attitude
of the citizens will development tasks be successful
in the long run. He urged all to take part in the
tasks for modernization of Yangon and in carrying out
socio-economic activities with goodwill and sense of
duty. 

In conclusion, he urged YCDC members and staff to make
efforts for making Yangon to become a city of
international standard and a garden city as the
national task, to make appropriate arrangements for
collecting tax that should not be a burden to the
people, to make strenuous efforts for high living
standard of the people, ensuring smooth transport and
convenience of their business with goodwill and to
implement the cultivation, livestock breeding and
production tasks for food sufficiency of the people in
the city and purchase of rice, fish and meat and
vegetables at reasonable price. 
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( 3 ) Ceremony in honour of achievement in enrolment
movement held in Mandalay

Yangon, 29 July-A ceremony in honour of achievement in
enrolment movement for school-going age children for
2002 was held at Ayethida Hall of No 8 Basic Education
High School in Mandalay this morning. Chairman of
Mandalay Division Peace and Development Council
Commander of Central Command Brig-Gen Ye Myint and
Minister for Education U Than Aung attended and
addressed the ceremony.

Before the ceremony, band troupes and pom pom troupe
of No 1, No 4 and No 8 BEHSs and violin troupe of No
22 BEHS entertained the guests with Myanmar
songs.First, the first session of the agenda was held
in front of No 8 BEHS. Fourth-graders Ma Htay Oo Zun
and Ma Lin Ei Zaw read the agenda in Myanmar and
English and the ceremony was opened. 

Then, 14 students representing the states and
divisions formally opened the ceremony and those
present sang the songs of nationalism.

The second session of the agenda was held at Ayethida
Hall. Masters of ceremonies Fourth-graders Ma Keza
Lwin and Ma Aye Aye Khine read the agenda in Myanmar
and English respectively and the ceremony was opened.
According to the agenda, the band troupe of No 8 BEHS
played the national anthem and the ceremony was
opened.

 Then, 14 students, on behalf of those who got
enrolment under the programme of enrolment movement
for school-going age children, took position on the
stage. Next, Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace and
Development Council Commander of Central Command
Brig-Gen Ye Myint made a speech. In his address,
Brig-Gen Ye Myint said that as there was rapid growth
in science and technology in the world, information
and communication technology has been developing with
added momentum. The countries of the world are further
focusing on education and they are putting emphasis on
training and nurturing to be able to keep abreast with
others in the future, he noted.

 In Myanmar, the 30-year long-term education plan has
been laid down and tasks for education promotion
programmes are being carried out. Under the education
promotion programmes, enrolment movement has been
carried out for an increase in the rate of primary
school level enrolment since 1999, he said. The
committees for ensuring the enrolment of the
school-going age children at different levels were
formed to village-tract level to ensure the success of
the enrolment of the school-going age children for
2002. With the assistance provided by social
organizations, measures are being taken for enrolment
of the needy children and the drop-outs in the primary
school level. Hence, there was an increase in the rate
of enrolment up to 98.36 per cent this year in 55
townships of enrolment movement project. 

Due to the participation of the local authorities, the
education staff, departmental personnel, social
organizations, wellwishers and the public, the rate of
enrolment has increased, he said and thanked those who
are making earnest efforts in the project. In
participating in the project, all concerned are to
exert efforts with diligence and perseverance and
accept it as a national task, he said and called on
those concerned to uplift the four project tasks in
enrolment movement for school-going age children.
Then, Minister U Than Aung said that in ensuring all
school-age children to go to school, the Central
Committee and leading committees at state/division,
district and township levels were formed; more-over,
324 leading committees at township level and 16,290
work committees at village-tract and ward level and
39,974 work committees at village level were formed.

Arrangements to help those who have difficulty in
going to school were undertaken with the cooperation
of local people, education staff, members of the Union
Solidarity and Development Association and social
organizations, parent-teacher associations and school
boards of trustees. The enrolment in 55 townships
covered by the programme saw 98.36 per cent; the
enrolment in the entire nation reached 93.07 per cent.
At the first phase of the education promotion
programme, measures were taken to reduce the rate of
drop-outs to zero; at the second phase, measures were
taken to increase the percentage of the enrolment in
kindergarten.

At the seminar on 30-year long-term plan in the basic
education sector held in May 2001, ten tasks have been
laid down; the second task is to ensure every citizen
to complete the primary education; it is targeted to
undertake this task during the first five years of the
30-year long-term plan; the people numbering in
million took part in the task of ensuring all
school-age children to go to school; there were
altogether 1,233,002 children who registered at the
kindergarten.

To honour the achievement in enrolment for school-age
children, the activities carried out all over the
nation were exhibited in the Diamond Jubilee Hall of
Yangon University; they are also exhibited in
Mandalay. Now 2,400 post-primary schools have been
opened, and children from rural areas can pursue
middle-school education. Then, Ma Aye Aye Aung of No 7
Basic Education Primary School, Ma Aye Nyein Thida Soe
from No 13 BEPS, Ma Zin Nyein Oo from No 8 BEPS and
Maung Han Tha Soe from No 7 BEPS in Pyigyidagon
Township expressed their pleasure for having an
opportunity to go to school under the programme of
sending school-age children to school. 

Afterwards, the children presented an entertainment
programme. The commander and guests viewed the
exhibitions of No 1 Basic Education Department, No 2
BED, No 3 BED and the Education Planning and Training
Department at No 8 BEHS. Then, a paper reading session
on sending school-age children to go to school. Over
3,000 students from basic education schools in
Mandalay visited the exhibitions. 
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( 4 ) Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than inspects cultivation of
monsoon paddy in Bago Division

Yangon, 29 July - State Peace and Development Council
member Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than of the Ministry of
Defence and party, accompanied by Commander Brig-Gen
Aung Min and officials, visited Kwin Creek Bridge
(Bridge No 1/130) construction site at mile post 129/6
on Yangon-Mandalay Union Highway in Bago Division this
morning. Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than heard reports on
construction of the two-lane bridge for the first
phase and plans for extending the bridge into
four-lane one in future by Bago Division
Superintending Engineer U Kyaw Lwin and Project
In-charge U Shwe Lay. Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than spoke of
the need to construct the bridge for long-term use. 

Next, he inspected completion of the bridge and
attended to the needs. The bridge linking Phyu and
Kyauktaga townships is 300 feet long and the approach
road each on both banks is 500 feet long. The bridge
is 48 feet wide and it has two six-feet-wide walkways.
It can withstand 60-ton loads.

 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than and party then proceeded to
Waw and met Bago District Peace and Development
Council Chairman Lt-Col Myo Tint, township chairman U
Kyaw Khaing Soe and members,  depart mental officials,
members of USDA, MCWA, Women's Affairs Committee, War
Veterans Association, Red Cross and Auxiliary Fire
brigade, townselders and local people. Bago District
Chairman Lt-Col Myo Tint briefed Maj-Gen Khin Maung
Than on location of Waw Township, growing of monsoon
paddy and plans for growing of summer paddy,
construction of dams, sluice gates and Bago-Sittaung
Canal, land reclamation in southern Pazaita region,
construction of canals, benefited areas and future
plans. 

Then, Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than made a speech on
development of Waw Township. He said he and his party
arrived there to know the condition of the township
and to fulfil the needs. Bago Division is the division
that mainly contributes to the economic development of
the State and townships in the division also give
assistance to the State. So, it can be said that
measures for economic development of townships in the
division is measures for economic development of the
State, he added.

 The four major crops of the State  paddy, cotton,
sugarcane and beans and pulses as well as other oil
crops grow well in the townships in the division. So
growing of these crops are to be boosted. The State
has implemented plans to reclaim wet, vacant and
virgin lands to increase cultivated acreage and to
utilize underground water. Dams, reservoirs, sluice
gates and canals have been built to grow crops on
these lands in the division. So peasants are to strive
for development of agriculture sector with might and
main and local authorities and officials concerned are
to give necessary assistance to them, he pointed out.

 Long-term and short-term economic projects have been
laid down and implemented to be able to turn the
nation into a peaceful, modern and developed nation
and success has been achieved. As the StateÕs economy
is based on agriculture sector, the government has
laid down plans for development of agriculture sector.
So also peasants and farmers in the region are to pay
attention to extending of cultivated areas, double and
multiple cropping and boosting of per acre yield, he
stressed. Moreover, efforts are to be made for
balanced development of fish and meat sector and
traditional methods of fishing in ponds, creeks and
rivers should be turned into breeding of fish in ponds
that can contribute to mass production without
effecting cultivated acreage.

 Breeding of ducks is also to be extended and breeding
of poultry must be switched from manageable scale to
commercial scale, he added. In conclusion, Maj-Gen
Khin Maung Than said the five rural development tasks
are to be implemented for balanced development of the
region. Local authorities, departmental officials,
local people and social organizations are to strive
for prevalence of law and order and stability. After
the ceremony, Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than and party
greeted those present cordially. Maj-Gen Khin Maung
Than and party, in motor boats, inspected thriving of
monsoon paddy at watershed lands of Phayapyo,
Kamakaban, Kadoot and Kyoneye villages. They met
farmers from Thanattan, Kyonpa and Kyeebin villages of
Thanattan Village-tract in Thanatpin Township and gave
instructions on rural development tasks. Officials of
Village Peace and Development Councils reported
Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than and party on growing of
monsoon paddy, beans and pulses in summer, measures
for education, health and social affairs. 

Bago District Chairman Lt-Col Myo Tint attended to the
requirements. Afterwards, Commander Brig-Gen Aung Min
and Minister Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein explained ways
and means to be carried out for regional economic
development tasks, agriculture and livestock breeding
tasks. Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than then made a speech. He
said the State has built dams and sluice gates in Bago
Division (East) and construction of canals contributes
to prevention of flood. Peasants, taking advantages,
are to grow rice using modern methods to boost
production and livestock breeding is also to be done
simultaneously so that the socio-economic life of
peasants will progress. 

Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than and party then inspected
growing of monsoon paddy at watershed areas in the
township in motor boats. Canals and bunds have been
built. As a result, there were 43,511 acres of wet
land in Waw Township in 1998-99, Bago Division, and
21,420 acres of land was reclaimed as of 2001-2002,
and plans are under way to reclaim the rest 22,091
acres in 2002-2003. On completion, good paddy pedigree
can be grown and double cropping can be done,
transportation will be smooth, farm produce will
easily be transported and flood can be prevented. 

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( 5 ) Appointment of Ambassador agreed on

Yangon, 30 July -The Government of the Union of
Myanmar has given agreement to the appointment of Mr
Yuji Miyamoto as Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Union of Myanmar in
succession to His Excellency Mr Shigeru Tsumori. Mr
Miyamoto was born in 1946. He passed the Higher
Diplomatic Service Examination in 1968. He graduated
from Kyoto University, Faculty of Law, and joined the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969. Since then, he
had served in various capacities in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, and at Japanese Embassy in United
Kingdom, Japanese Consulate-General at Atlanta, the
United States and Japanese Embassy in China. Moreover,
he served as the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to China in 1999. Mr Miyamoto has been
serving as Director-General for Arms Control and
Scientific Affairs. Mr Miyamoto is married with two
children. 

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A&I Minister receives Vietnamese delegation

Yangon, 29 July - Minister for Agriculture and
Irrigation Maj-Gen Nyunt Tin received the Vietnamese
delegation headed by Deputy Director-General of the
International Cooperation Department of the Ministry
of Agriculture and Development of Rural Region of the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam Mr Nguyen Dinh Houng,
currently here to attend the Myanmar-Vietnam
agriculture sector and forest sector work group
meeting, at his office here this afternoon. 

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Commerce Minister receives guests

Yangon, 29 July - Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Pyi
Sone received representative Mr Karl Imhof Wiget and
party of Louis Dreyfus Co of Switzerland at his office
this afternoon. 

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Deputy Minister signs in book of condolence 

Yangon, 29 July -Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U
Khin Maung Win went to the Indian Embassy on Merchant
Street at 4 pm today and signed in the book of
condolence opened for late Vice President of India
Shri Krishan Kant. 

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( 6 ) Minister inspects roads and bridges in Sagaing
Division

Yangon, 29 July - Minister for Construction Maj-Gen
Saw Tun, accompanied by Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Myint
Thein and officials of Public Works, arrived at the
site chosen for the construction of Panmon Bridge at
Mile Post 15/5 on Kale-Gangaw road in Sagaing Division
yesterday. Officials of Public Works reported on
arrangements made for the project. Then, the minister
inspected maintenance work of the road being carried
out by Public Works and gave necessary instructions.
Afterwards, the minister, together with Brig-Gen Khin
Maung Aye of Kale Station, inspected the construction
site of the 200-bed hospital extension project in Kale
and gave necessary instructions. 

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Coord meeting of gems entrepreneurs held

Yangon, 29 July - A coordination meeting of gems
entrepreneurs was held at Thiriyadana Hall of the
Ministry of Mines this afternoon. It was attended by
Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint, Deputy Minister
U Myint Thein, directors-general and managing
directors of the ministry, entrepreneurs and
departmental officials. Minister Brig-Gen Ohn Myint
made a speech. Managing Director U Khin Oo of Myanma
Gems Enterprise and entrepreneurs discussed matters
related to the mining and sale of gems and jades,
future tasks and sales of jades at the gems emporium
held in May. 

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Ministers meet with importers and exporters


Yangon, 29 July - A second ceremony to meet with
importers and exporters and to explain trading
activities took place at the meeting hall on the fifth
floor of the Ministry of Commerce on Strand Road this
afternoon. 

Secretary of the Council of Trade Policy Minister for
NPED U Soe Tha spoke of trading policies; Minister at
the State Peace and Development Council Chairman's
Office Lt-Gen Min Thein, the need to carry out tasks
speedily and correctly; Minister for Finance and
Revenue U Khin Maung Thein and Minister for Commerce
Brig-Gen Pyi Sone, the need to provide assistance for
the undertaking of activities in accord with the
trading policies laid down by the State and
cooperation of the manufacturers and exporters for the
benefit of the State, the people and themselves and
for long-term successes. Afterwards, the meeting ended
in the evening. 
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( 7 ) Minister looks over Sittoung Bridge

Yangon, 29 July - Minister for Rail Transportation U
Pan Aung, accompanied by officials, arrived at
Sittoung Bridge yesterday and looked over construction
of rail road in the middle of the bridge to be used by
heavy trucks. The Minister instructed on measures to
be taken and gave necessary assistance. Then, the
minister met officials, engineers and labour incharges
of Myanma Railway (Division No 8), explained matters
on present rail road section, mechanical, economical
and transportation sectors with the help of audio
visual aids and gave instructions on maintenance and
future tasks. The minister closely inspected
construction and flooring tasks and gave necessary
instructions this morning.

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CIFHC holds coord meeting 

Yangon, 29 July - The Work Coordiantion Meeting for
2002 of Central Inland Freight Handling Committee was
held at Lanmadaw Yeiktha on Wadan street this morning,
attended by Minister for Labour U Tin Winn.The
minister made a speech and inspected the freight
handling activities in Lanmadaw Township. Then, the
minister met with the staff of Lanmadaw Township CIFHC
at the recreation centre of the township committee and
gave necessary instructions. The meeting continues up
to 31 July.

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1st Myanmar-Vietnam Agriculture sector and Forest
sector work group meeting held 

Yangon, 29 July - The 1st Myanmar-Vietnam agriculture
sector and forest sector work group meeting and a
ceremony to sign 2003-2004 Biennial Work Plan on
Agriculture, Irrigation and Forestry Technical and
Economic Cooperation was held at Myanma Timber Trading
Centre in Shwetaunggya Road here this morning. 

It was attended by the directors-general and managing
directors of the departments and enterprises under the
A&I Ministry and Ministry of Forestry, officials of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, counsellor of the
Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and
10-member Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy
Director-General of the International Cooperation
Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and
Development of Rural Region of the Socialist Republic
of Vietnam Mr Nguyen Dinh Houng. At the meeting,
Director-General of the Planning and Statistics
Department of the Ministry of Forestry U Soe Tint,
Director-General of the Planning Department of the
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation U Tin Htut Oo
and Mr Nguyen Dinh Houng signed the 2003-2004 Biennial
Work Plan on Agriculture, Irrigation and Forestry
Technical and Economic Cooperation. 

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Cash donated to Performing Arts Competition

 Yangon, 29 July - A ceremony to present cash to Fund
Raising and Awarding Sub-committee for organizing the
10th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts
Competition was held this afternoon at the meeting
hall No 4 of the Yangon City Development Committee.
Chairman of the Leading Committee for 10th Myanmar
Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competition
Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Myint Swe attended
and accepted the cash donations. 

Thirty-one wellwishers pesented K 10,033,000 including
K five million by YCDC, K 1 million by Yangon City
Bank Ltd, K 500,000 by Myanmar Motion Picture Asiayon,
K 300,000 by U Kyaw Naing Oo (Naing Group
Construction), K 300,000 by U Teza (Htoo Trading), K
600,000 by the Ministry of Industry-1, K 500,000 by
Kanbawza Bank Ltd to Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe, Vice
Mayor Col Maung Pa, Col Yan Naing Oo and U Kyi Win.
The responsible officials presented the certificates
of honour to the wellwishers. Then, Commander Maj-Gen
Myint Swe spoke words of thanks.
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( 8 ) Commander explains rural development tasks 

Yangon, 29 July - Chairman of Ayeyawady Division Peace
and Development Council Commander of South-West
Command Brig-Gen Htay Oo arrived at the affiliated
basic education middle school in Aung Hla Village,
Labutta Township yesterday morning and met with the
chairman and members of Village Peace and Development
Council, towns-elders, members of the school board of
trustees, teachers and local people. The commander
explained matters related to the implementation of
five rural development tasks. Myaung-mya District
Peace and Development Council Chairman Lt-Col Tin Aye,
Chairman of Village Peace and Development Council U
Lun Maung and Secretary of Township Union Solidarity
and Development Association U Hlaing Oo and Headmaster
U Hla Myint reported on rural development tasks being
carried out sectorwise. The commander gave necessary
instructions and provided assistance for repairs of
the school and furniture.

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Myanmar Youth beat China (U-20) 2-1

Yangon, 29 July - Myanmar-China friendly football
match continued at Youth Training Centre (Thuwunna)
here this evening. Among the spectators were Chairman
of Myanmar Olympic Committee Minister for Sports
Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint, members of the committee,
officials of the Ministry of Sports and Myanmar
Football Federation, families of the Chinese Embassy,
invited guests and fans. Myanmar Youth team beat China
(U-20) team 2-1. 

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( 9 ) Heroin seized in Tachilek

Yangon, 29 July - A combined team comprising members
of local intelligence unit, acting on information,
intercepted a Camry with number plates (3 Kha/5095) on
2 July. Three people in the car tried to flee without
stopping it and therefore the authorities had to open
fire and arrest them. Two of the three people managed
to escape. The authorities arrested Aik Yi of
Naungshan village, Kengtung Township, with the car and
99 heroin blocks weighing totally 33 kilos kept in two
bags. Action is being taken against him by the police
station concerned under Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances Law.

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