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[myanmar_information] THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR (Tuesday, April 22, 2003)
THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR (Tuesday, April 22, 2003)
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1. Secretary-1 attends handing over ceremony of Jaya
Gold-2 vessel from Myanma Shipyards to Java Marine
Lines Pte Ltd
2. Minister meets UK guest
3. Cash and gifts donated to MMCWA
4. Photo exhibition in commemoration of 60th
anniversary of construction of Myanmar-Thai
Railroad
5. New Generation Aviation Courses opened
6. On-job training course for headmasters and
headmistresses opened
7. Respects paid to aged persons, fish released,
blood donated in Myitkyina
8. Commander attends closing ceremony of Maha
Thingyan Festival
9. Commander attends ceremonies to pay respects to
aged persons, offer provisions to monks in
Taunggyi
10. Meeting of Work Committee for Prevention and
Treatment of SARS held
11. Township development inspected
12. Myanmar Selected Football team arrives back
13. Officials discuss Anti-drug competitions
14. Raw opium, heroin seized in Kachin State
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1. Secretary-1 attends handing over ceremony of Jaya
Gold-2 vessel from Myanma Shipyards to Java Marine
Lines Pte Ltd
Yangon, 21 April ? Secretary-1 of the State Peace and
Development Council General Khin Nyunt attended the
handing over ceremony of Jaya Gold-2 vessel built by
Myanma Shipyards of the Ministry of Transport for Java
Marine Lines Private Ltd of Singapore at Nanthida
Jetty, here, at 8.30 am today.
First, Secretary-1 General Khin Nyunt, Secretary-2
Lt-Gen Soe Win, Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and
Development Council Commander of Yangon Command
Maj-Gen Myint Swe, the ministers, the mayor of Yangon
City, deputy ministers, departmental heads and guests
went on inspection on board Jaya Gold-2 vessel.
Then, the ceremony to hand over Jaya Gold-2 vessel
from Myanma Shipyards to Java Marine Lines Private Ltd
was held at Nanthida Hall. Managing Director U Percy
Maung Maung of Myanma Shipyards and Representative of
Java Marine Lines Pte Ltd Mr Wong Sun signed and
exchanged the documents related to the vessel. Also
present on the occasion were officials of Java Marine
Lines Private Ltd.
The offshore oil exploration utility vessel built by
Myanma Shipyards for Java Marine Lines Pte Ltd of
Singapore is 56 metres long, 13.6 metre wide and 5.2
metres high. Its draught is 3.5 metres and it can be
operated by 52 crew. The vessel can carry about 1,200
tons of materials such as chemicals, fuel, fresh
water, iron pipes, etc for the offshore oil drilling
platform.
The vessel with two 1,750 HP main diesel engines and
three 315 kilowatt generators can travel 12 nautical
miles per hour.
Modern communication equipment, satellite navigation
equipment, instant cement-mix tank and cement blower,
mud tank, pumps and sewerage and spilled oil cleaner
are installed aboard the vessel. In addition, the
vessel, installed with fire-fighting equipment to be
used in an emergency on the offshore drilling
platforms, is valued at US $ 2.44 million. Built by
Myanma Shipyards, the vessel meets the set standards
of the maritime law prescribed by Singaporean
Government and international maritime laws such as
international safety management and prevention against
sea pollution. The vessel has secured the certificate
of highest grade from Lloids Register of Shipping
(LRS), an international ship-building inspection and
registration organization .
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2. Minister meets UK guest
Yangon, 21 April? Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win
Aung received member of the House of Lords of the
United Kingdom Mr Viscount Slim at his office this
morning.
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3. Cash and gifts donated to MMCWA
Yangon, 21 April? Wellwishers presented cash to
Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association at
MMCWA office at the corner of Thanthumar and Parami
Roads in South Okkalapa Township this afternoon.
Director Mr David A Schaefer of Yangon International
Educare Centre presented K 500,000, Managing Director
U Aung Ye Myint of Ye Dagun Construction K 100,000, Mr
Akihiko Isagawa, a delegate of Asia Maternal and Child
Welfare Association (AMCWA), a social organization
based in Japan, exercise books worth US $ 10,619 and
Managing Director U Kyaw Min Oo of Myanma Thiha Co Ltd
fire extinguishers worth K 264,000 to MMCWA.
Vice-Chairperson of MMCWA Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe
accepted the donations and gifts and presented
certificates of honour to the donors. Chairperson
Professor Daw Kyu Kyu Swe thanked the donors.
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4. Photo exhibition in commemoration of 60th
anniversary of construction of Myanmar-Thai
Railroad
Yangon, 21 April? A photo exhibition in commemoration
of the 60th anniversary of construction of
Myanmar-Thai Railroad sponsored by Embassy of
Australia was held at Inya Lake Hotel this evening.
Members of Library, Museum and Exhibition Supervisory
Committee inspected the photos at the exhibition.
Secretary of Library, Museum and Exhibition
Supervisory Committee Director of Information and
Public Relations Department U Tun Min presented the
permit of the exhibition to Ambassador of Australia Mr
Trevor David Wilson. The exhibition will be kept open
from 9 am to 4 pm daily till 2 May.
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5. New Generation Aviation Courses opened
Yangon, 21 April? The New Generation Aviation Basic
Course (1/2003) and Advanced Course (1/2003),
organized by the Union Solidarity and Development
Association and the Commander-in-Chief (Air)?s Office,
was opened at the hall of Lanmadaw BEHS-1 here this
morning, with an opening address by Yangon Division
USDA Patron Yangon Division Peace and Development
Council Chairman Yangon Command Commander Maj-Gen
Myint Swe.
Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe explained the purpose of
opening the courses.
Then, on behalf of the Commander-in-Chief (Air), Col
Tin Naing Tun briefed on matters related to opening of
the courses.
Altogether 75 trainees ? 50 trainees at the basic
level?and 25 at the advanced level are attending the
courses that will last five weeks.
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Yangon, 21 April ? On-job training course-2003 for
headmasters and headmistress was opened at Yangon
Institute of Education Practising High School in Hline
Township this morning.
Minister for Education U Than Aung made an address on
the occasion. In his address, he said education is
important not only for the development of the State
but also for perpetuation of the Union and national
people. He also urged the trainees to observe
continuously the changes to education system and to
make efforts for education projects to succeed. A
total of 220 headmasters and headmistress of the
basic education high schools and middle schools under
No 1, 2 and 3 basic education departments are
attending the 10-day course.
Deputy Ministers for Education Brig-Gen Soe Win Maung
and U Myo Nyunt, the directors-general, chairmen and
rectors of the departments and groups under the
Ministry of Education, officials of the basic
education departments also attended the opening
ceremony.
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7. Respects paid to aged persons, fish released,
blood donated in Myitkyina
Yangon, 21 April ? The ceremony to pay respects to
aged persons was held in conjunction with the ceremony
to set fish free on 17 April (Myanmar New Year Day) at
Myitkyina.
Kachin State Peace and Development Council Chairman
Northern Command Commander Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe and
wife, Myitkyina Air Force Base Commander Brig-Gen Bo
Kyi, Deputy Commander Brig-Gen San Tun and senior
military officers, departmental heads and guests
attended the ceremony.
First, the commander and the congregation paid
respects to aged persons aged between 77 and 98 years
old and presented cash assistance and medicines.
Then, the congregation set fish free into the
Ayeyawady River marking Myanmar New Year Day.
Afterwards, the commander attended the blood donation
ceremony held at Myitkyina General Hospital.
At the ceremony, a total of 100 persons including wife
of the commander and members of the Maternal and Child
Welfare Association, the Union Solidarity and
Development Association, Red Cross Society, Fire
Brigade and the Tatmadaw men donated blood.
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8. Commander attends closing ceremony of Maha
Thingyan Festival
Yangon, 21 April ? The closing ceremony of Myanma
Traditional Maha Thingyan Festival was held in
conjunction with the prize presentation ceremony at
the central pandal in Mawlamyine on 16 April evening.
First, yein troupes presented dances and songs to the
audience.
Then, the commander and officials presented prizes to
the yein troupes and decorated floats. Next, the
commander and guests enjoyed the water festival.
Later, the yein troupes sang Myananda song and the
Myanma Traditional Maha Thingyan Festival in
Mawlamyine was concluded.
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9. Commander attends ceremonies to pay respects to
aged persons, offer provisions to monks in
Taunggyi
Yangon, 21 April ? The sixth ceremony to pay respects
to aged persons, organized by Shan State Peace and
Development Council, was held at the Town Hall in
Taunggyi at 2 pm on 17 April.
On behalf of the aged persons, grandma Daw Khin Thein
said prayers. Chairman of Taunggyi Township Peace and
Development Council U Hla Nay reported on the purposes
of the ceremony.
Today?s donations for the aged persons were: K 401,000
donated by Shan State Peace and Development Council; K
2,005,000 by Kanbawza Bank Ltd Chairman U Aung Ko Win;
K 2,005,000 by U Aung Hkam Hti of PaO National
Organization and Ruby Dragon and Jade Dragon Co Ltd
Chairman U Nay Win Tun; K 2,005,000 by Eden Group Co
Ltd and K 802,000 by wellwishers from Taunggyi.
Then, Chairman of Shan State Peace and Development
Council Commander of Eastern Command Maj-Gen Khin
Maung Myint and officials presented provisions to the
aged persons.
Next, the commander attended the rice offering
ceremony at Myole Dhammayon in Taunggyi and offered
rice to members of the Sangha and nuns. At the
ceremony, departmental officials and wellwishers of
wards in Taunggyi donated 162 bags of rice and other
provisions worth K 2,582,620 to 500 members of the
Sangha and 100 nuns of monasteries and nunneries in
Taunggyi.
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10. Meeting of Work Committee for Prevention and
Treatment of SARS held
Yangon, 21 April ? A meeting of the Work Committee for
Prevention and Treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome (SARS) of the Ministry of Health was held at
the meeting hall of the ministry on Pyidaungsu Yeiktha
Street in Dagon Township here this morning, with an
address by the Work Committee Chairman Deputy
Minister for Health Dr Mya Oo.
In his speech, the deputy minister said it is needed
to constantly know the history and outbreak of the
disease. Although there is no outbreak of the disease
in Myanmar, it is required to lay emphasis on taking
precautionary tasks. Health staff are to be on alert
to the occurence of the deadly disease and to keep
ready to give effective medical treatment if there is
any outbreak, he added.
Next, Work Committee Secretary Health Department
Director (Disease Control) Dr Ye Myint, HD Deputy
Director-General (Treatment) Dr Hla Pe and Deputy
Director-General (Disease Control) Dr Soe Aung
explained their respective precautionary measures, and
those in attendance took part in the discussions.
Then, the meeting ended with concluding remarks by the
deputy minister.
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11. Township development inspected
Yangon, 21 April ? Officials of Rakhine State
Development Affairs Committee on 18 April inspected
water supply, sanitation of markets, establishment of
the nursery and park, condition of Rammawady Hall and
construction of gravel roads carried out by Kyaukphyu
Township Development Affairs Committee in 2002-2003
fiscal year.
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12. Myanmar Selected Football team arrives back
Yangon, 21 April ? Myanmar Selected Football team, led
by Deputy Director of the Sports and Physical
Education Department U Naw Taung, comprising team
managers and athletes totalling 24, arrived back here
by air yesterday evening after taking part in the
first leg qualifier held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for the
Olympic Soccer Tournament to be held in Athens, Greece
in 2004.
Myanmar Selected Football team was welcomed back at
Yangon International Airport by Deputy
Director-General of the SPED U Thein Aung and
officials, the Myanmar Football Federation and
athletes.
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13. Officials discuss Anti-drug competitions
Yangon, 21 April ? A work coordination meeting on
holding of literary and painting competitions to
commemorate the International Day Against Drug Abuse
and Illicit Trafficking, which falls on 26 June 2003,
took place at the meeting hall of the Southern Command
in Toungoo, Bago Division, on 19 April morning.
The meeting was attended by Chairman of the Committee
for Drug Abuse Control of Bago Division Commander of
Southern Command Brig-Gen Ko Ko, and officials.
The commander spoke on the occasion and heard reports
on the type of the competitions, rules and regulations
of the competitions, and the formation of committees
for the competitions.
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14. Raw opium, heroin seized in Kachin State
Yangon, 21 April?Daw Nyunt Sein, daughter of U Ba San,
of Lebonlay Village, Mohnyin Township, was arrested
with 3.103 kilos of raw opium on No 47
Mandalay-Myitkyina Up train at Indaw Station by
members of the local intelligence unit, Special
Anti-Drug Squad and MPF on 1 March.
A similar seizure was made in a separate incident in
which the authorities concerned intercepted a Hilux
(Dha/3543) which was driven from Hlaingza to Myitkyina
in front of Laja Special Anti-Drug Office, and nabbed
Ma Dwebu, daughter of U Gawlu Yan, of Ward-5,
Hlaingza Village, Momauk Township, together with 0.244
kilos of heroin on 10 March. Further information led
to the arrest of Ma Li Li Aung (a) Ma Mar Taung,
daughter of U Janmaw Sun, of Konlaw Village, Momauk
Township.
Likewise, members of local intelligence unit,
Special Anti-Drug Squad and MPF, on 25March raided the
house of Thein Zaw Nge, son of U San Ngwe, of Nankhwin
Village, Mogaung Township, and seized 54.06 gs of
heroin. Action is being taken against the four
according to law.
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