BURMA PRESS SUMMARY
From the Rangoon "The New Light of Myanmar"
Compiled for the Burma Studies Group by Hugh C. MacDougall
Published by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Illinois
Volume VII, No. 5, May 1993

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NATIONAL CONVENTION
Convention Activities
Donations 6

NATIONAL CONVENTION

[Adjourned until June 7.]

Convention Activities

May 14: Speaking at a meeting of the National Convention Decoration Sub-committee, Secretary Maj. Tin Tun noted that between Jan. 9 and Apr. 8, there were 9 plenary sessions and one Panel of Chairmen meeting at the Meeting Hall of the President's Residence, and 1 plenary session and 2 Panel of Chairmen meetings at Sayasan Hall in the Kyaikkasan Grounds. There were altogether 109 plenary, panel, and group discussion meetings. (NLM 5/15)

Donations

May 23: The staffs of Myanmar embassies abroad, and Myanmar citizens abroad, have donated more that US$20,437, DM2,200 and K10,000 for the National Convention. Recent donations were received from Embassies in Colombo, Seoul, Belgrade, and Manila. (NLM 5/24)