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(1) Implementing of Wood Based Dagon Industrial Estate Project gaining momentum
YANGON, 10 Aug - Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt inspected sawn timber mills and forest-based factories at Wood-Based Dagon Industrial Estate Project in Dagon (South) Township this afternoon.
Accompanied by the officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office he arrived there and was welcomed by Member of the State Peace and Development Council Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Commander Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than, Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung, Minister for Industry-2 Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe, Minister for National Planning and Economic Development U Soe Tha, Ministers at the Office of the Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Brig-Gen Abel and Brig-Gen Maung Maung, Minister for Forestry U Aung Phone, Minister for Home Affairs Col Tin Hlaing, Minister for Electric Power Maj-Gen Tin Htut, Deputy Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Soe Myint, Vice-Chairman of Yangon City Development Committee Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa, heads of department, local authorities. Managing Director of Myanma Timber Enterprise U Shwe Baw, departmental personnel and officials of Services International Industrial Development Co Ltd.
Vice-Chairperson of SIIDCL Dr Mya Thida briefed the Secretary-1 on location and area of the project, joint formation of such as roads, drainage system, water and power supply, communication facilities, showrooms, workshops, offices, staff quarters, warehouses, a maintenance centre, power transformers and water tanks, she added.
She also explained plans to build a civic centre accommodating offices, showrooms meeting halls which are project-aid facilities, and a resource centre housing a training hall, 60 apartments, a warehouse, a fire brigade, a clinic and a messing hall, which are work-aid facilities.
Ministers Brig-Gen Maung Maung, Maj-Gen Tin Htut, U Aung Phone and Brig-Gen Abel joined in the discussions.
Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt gave suggestions.
Together with officials, the Secretary-1 went to a factory of Forest Products Joint-Venture Corporation Ltd where he was welcomed by Chairman U Bo Ni and members of the Board of Directors of the company.
He inspected grooved planks, parquet, sawn timber and the factory's production process.
Minister U Aung Phone briefed him on blueprint of the MTE's main jetty and joint-ventures, products and sales of FPJVC.
At a forest-based factory of Sanfoco Wood Industries Limited, they heard a report on lay-out plan of the factory and production of furniture presented by Chairman Mr Santi Vayakanvichitr and officials.
SWIL and its factory are cent per cent investment enterprises on Santi Forestry Co Ltd of Thailand.
The Secretary-1 and party then supervised production of garden furniture and parquet at No 4 Furniture Factory of MTE in Thuwunna, Thingangyun Township.
The factory is exporting its products.
In Botahtaung Township, they inspected Forest Joint-Venture Business Centre Project.
Managing Director U Thein Htay of FPJVC briefed them on progress in construction of the 11-storey building and projected functions storey-wise.
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(2) Cash assistance provided 27th time for in-service disabled Tatmadawmen
YANGON, 10 Aug - The 27th ceremony of the Thanmyanthu Enterprise to provide cash assistance for in-service Tatmadawmen who sacrificed their limbs while discharging duties was held at the City Hall here at 1 pm today and Secretary-2 of the State Peace and Development Council Chief of Bureau of Special Operations Chief of Staff (Army) Lt-Gen Tin Oo delivered an address.
Also present on the occasion were Secretary-3 of the State Peace and Development Council Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Win Myint, Minister for Information Maj-Gen Kyi Aung, Chief of Staff (Navy) Capt Kyi Min, Chief of Staff (Air) Col Myint Swe, Judge Advocate-General Maj-Gen Than Oo, Vice-Adjutant-General Brig-Gen Maung Nyo, Director of Medical Services Brig-Gen Mya Thein Han, Deputy Minister for Forestry Col Thaik Tun, Deputy Minister for Labour U Kyaw Aye, officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office and departments concerned, well-wishers, guests and disabled Tatmadawmen.
Then, Lt-Gen Win Myint, Maj-Gen Kyi Aung, Col Thaik Tun also spoke.
Donations in cash and kind for the disabled Tatmadawmen exceeded K 5.9 million including K 2 million each by Daw Khin Saw Yi of Thamnyanthu Economic Enterprise (Yangon) and U Thein Aung of Thanmyanthu Economic Enterprise (Yangon), K 60.0,000 by U Tin Win and Daw San Win of KN Company, K 200,000 by Managing Director of Great Dragon Company Daw Yi Yi Wai, K 151,630 and clothes and blankets by Agga Maha Thiri Thudhamrma Theingi Daw Hse K 100,000 by Thanmyanthu Economic Enterprise (Mawlamyine), K 50,000 by Dr Myint Sein and Daw Thin Thin Sein of Orchard Co Ltd, K 29,500 by U Sein Win and Thiri Thudhamma Theingi Daw Myint Myint Yee of Shweyiwin Company, K 20,000 each by U Aung Tha Tun, U Kyin Sein-Daw Than Than Nyunt and family and Daw Win Win Nu of Golden Home Aluminum Trading.
The Secretary-2, the Secretary-3 and officials accepted the donations.
The Secretary-2, the Secretary-3, officials and donors presented account books and cash assistance to the disabled Tatmadawmen who sacrificed their limbs in the cause of the country.
Thanmyanthu Economic Enterprise and Golden Home Aluminium Trading donated cash for Mary Chapman's School for the Deaf and Dumb, Khawechan and Kyimyindine Blind Schools and the training school for the disabled.
Later, the Secretary-2, the Secretary-3 and party cordially conversed with the disabled Tatmadawmen.
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(3) Agents-saboteur caught in the act of inciting social unrest, identities, nationalities and action plans reveal those behind perpetrators
YANGON, 10 Aug - Some foreigners yesterday morning distributed small instigative leaflets and dropped them from cars at busy public places in Yangon to incite unrest in commemoration of the four eights (8-8-88) but the public nearby seized them and sent them to the authorities
In this connection, General Staff Officer (Grade I) Lt-Col Hla Min of the Office of the Strategic Studies and officials of the Information Committee met the local and foreign journalists and briefed them at No 2 Tatmadaw Guest House at 1 pm today.
It was attended by personnel of the News and Periodicals Enterprise of the Ministry of Information and correspondents of foreign news agencies such as Kyodo, Nikkei, Xinhua, AFP, TBS, AP, NHK, Youmiuri, Mainichi, Fuji TV, Reuters, NTV, Tokyo, Asahi, Nihon Keizai and TV Asahi.
They explained that some foreigners took taxis and then scattered the four eights commemorative small red instigative leaflets measuring 3.6" × 2" on which "Goodwill Message" was printed in yellow both in English and Myanmar bearing a fighting peacock at busy centres such as Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, in front of Kaba Aye Pagoda, Bogyoke Aung San Market, at the junction of the Bogyoke Aung San Street and Shwebontha Street, at the junction of Sule Pagoda Road and Maha Bandoola Street, at the junction of Anawrawhta Street and Sule Pagoda Road, at the junction of Maha Bandoola Street and Shwedagon Pagoda Road and in the vicinity of Shwedagon Pagoda yesterday morning. Some of them distributed the small leaflets. The public wishing to live in peace could not stand the acts of those foreigners and seized the motor vehicles and the foreigners on board, finally sending them to the nearest police stations.
The foreigners seized by the public were two American men, four American women, two Thai men, one Thai woman, two Malaysian men and one Malaysian woman. Moreover, three Indonesian men, one Filipino woman and one Australian woman who arrived in Myanmar together with those seized were also exposed at the airport and they are being held for interrogation.
After investigating the foreigners who distributed the leaflets, it was found that they were sent by the International Organization for Democracy in Burma in the US using the democracy and human rights groups in Thailand, that the 18 foreigners were organized into six groups, from "An to "F", each comprising three members, that they had been instructed time and places to distribute the leaflets in Yangon, that each group was to distribute the leaflets at two places, that with systematic arrangements each group was given the telephone numbers and addresses of the US Embassy, Thai Embassy, Australian Embassy, Indonesian Embassy, the Philippine Embassy, British Embassy and Malaysian Embassy to be able to contact in times of emergency and the map of Yangon.
Out of the foreigners, American citizen Mr Green Joel Edwards arrived in Thailand on 8 July and while there he was organized by Ms Debbie Stothard of the Alternative Asean organization to assist in the cause of democracy and human rights in Myanmar. Similarly, other American citizens Miss Chhatpan Sapna and Miss Hamliton were also organized by Ms Stothard. They therefore arrived in Myanmar to perpetrate the acts. They admitted that the T-shirts bearing instigative words in commemoration of the four eights and leaflets were issued to them by Ms Stothard.
American citizens Mr Tyler Richard, Miss Michele Lynn and Miss Nisha Marie arrived in Myanmar as they were sent by Myanmar expatriates in US who told them that there would be public unrest in August in Myanmar and asked them to take part in the riots. Myanmar expatriates were said to have issued the T-shirts and leaflets to them.
Thai citizen Mr Jaran is vice-chairman of the Union for Civil Liberty in Thailand and adviser to Parliament of Human Right which was contacted by the US based International Organization for Democracy in Burma. He was informed that the tenth anniversary of the four eights would be held in Yangon and expenses would be sent to him if he would like to attend the anniversary. Mr Jaran of the Union for Civil Liberty, his assistant Miss Chanaka and a .farmer Mr Sawat were then selected to be sent to Yangon. T-shirts and leaflets were given to the three at the airport and they were sent to Yangon. Indonesian Mr Sulaiman Haikal and group arrived in Yangon after being organized by Mr Rachada of Bangkok-based Alternative Asean Network on Burma which gave the group T-shirts and leaflets on arrival in Thailand.
All those foreigners were organized by various groups acting to incite unrest in Myanmar and destabilize the country on the pretext of democracy.
They revealed that the International Organization for Democracy in Burma stood for their expenses tour and arranged the plot. The Naga International Travel Service initiated the package for them and they arrived in Myanmar on 7 August and checked in together at the Kandawgyi Palace Hotel and planned to leave on 9 August. If the distribution of leaflets was successful they planned to hand over the rubber block to the hard-cores inside the country for continued distribution of the leaflets.
RFA has been broadcasting daily the so-called appeal of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in anticipation of the four-eights anniversary. Radio stations such as VOA and BBC, too, were playing up the tenth four-eights anniversary to incite unrest in Myanmar. The so-called tape "appeal to the public of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi" was smuggled out of the country by Alternative Asean group and sent to the VOA and RFA which have been broadcasting it. BBC TV has also been featuring the four eight special features daily. The Democratic Myanma Athan based in Norway is also said to be broadcasting tenth four-eights anniversary incitements. At the same time, other opposition groups outside the country were trying to incite riots in stable and peaceful Myanmar and cause public concern and they are interfering in the Internal affairs by using foreigners.
Anti-government groups in foreign countries are thus trying to destabilize the country and cause public concern and anguish in collusion with the internal destructive group working on the pretext of democracy and human rights.
Organizations in some big nations are supporting such acts and they are paying the Myanmar expatriates and teaching them to oppose and destroy Myanmar. Those groups in collusion with internal axe-handles are found to be carrying out synchronized activities, to incite unrest in the country.
The aliens who entered Myanmar and broke the existing laws have been seized by the public. These foreigners smuggled in the instigative leaflets in the soles of slippers and Ovaltine cartoons and hidden in their clothes. Their premeditated acts to the detriment of Myanmar and its people are evident. Authorities are planning to take necessary action against them.
The incident proves that Myanmar people cannot stand the attempts of internal axe-handles and foreigners to destabilize and destroy the nation and as such they seized the foreigners distributing the leaflets. Foreign news agencies and anti-government groups in foreign countries believing the false reports of internal destructive group active on the pretexts of democracy and human rights planned to carry -out a synchronized acts. However, the four-eights anniversary incidents, which they expected to occur, did not materialize anywhere in Myanmar. The People, as usual, are living in peace undisturbed, said the spokesman, in his statement.
Officials replied to queries of the correspondents.
Gallery of pictures which speak volumes of who's behind what!
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(4) Illicit saw mill, timbers confiscated in Paukkhaung
YANGON, 10 Aug - The team led by the director of the inspection division of the Forest Department, together with employees of Paukkhaung Township Forest Department, conducted a surprise check in Paukkhaung Township, Bago Division, on 28 July, and seized four engines, two machines for making grooved planks, nine motors, 28 circular saws and other parts of a sawmill, four teak logs weighing 0.366 tons, 760 grooved planks weighing 0.125 tons, 227 group-1 logs weighing 68.8316 tons and 418 sawn timbers of other kinds weighing 1.5091 tons.
Instructions have been given to bring confiscated engines and timbers into the compound of the office of Paukkhaung Township Forest Department and to take action against the owners of the illicit saw mill and timbers.
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(5) Diplomats briefed on foreigners who attempted to destabilize Myanmar
YANGON, 10 Aug - General Staff Officer (Grade I) Lt-Col Hla Min of the Office of the Strategic Studies and officials of the Information Committee met diplomats at No 2 Tatmadaw Guest House at 2.30 pm today and briefed them in connection with distribution by some foreigners of small instigative leaflets at busy public places in Yangon to incite unrest in commemoration of the four eights (8-8-88) yesterday morning and the subsequent detention by the public who sent them to the nearest police stations.
The news briefing was attended by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Khin Maung Win and the directors-general, the diplomats of Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia Thailand, Italy, France, India, Japan, Bangladesh, Korea, the Philippines. Russia, Singapore, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, Israel, Egypt, Australia, Norway, Brunei, Britain, United States, Pakistan, China and Yugoslavia and resident representatives and officials of UNDP, UNICEF, UNHCR, FAO and WHO. Government officials replied to questions and the news briefing ended at about 3.30 pm.
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(6) Myanma Tatmadaw judo team arrives back from Vietnam
YANGON, 10 Aug - A nine-member Myanma Tatmadaw judo team led by Chairman of Myanma Tatmadaw Judo Committee Lt-Col Tint Swe arrived back here this morning after participating in Vietnam Invitational Judo Contest held in Ho Chi Minh City.
The team was welcomed back at Yangon International Airport by Secretary-3 of the State Peace and Development Council Chairman of Defence Services Sports and Physical Education Management Board Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Win Myint, Vice Adjutant-General Brig-Gen Maung Nyo, senior military officers, officials of Defence Service Sports and Physical Education Management Board and families.
Myanmar Tatmadaw judo team won three silver medals and four bronze medals in ASEAN judo contest and one silver medal in international judo contest.
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YANGON, 10 Aug - Member of National Health Committee Minister for Health Maj-Gen Ket Sein visited Sports and Physical Education Institute this afternoon.
Accompanied by Chairman of Myanmar Olympic Committee Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Sein Win, he inspected the activities to be jointly implemented by the two ministries.
Brig-Gen Sein Win briefed him on points of the combined course on education and spots.
The ministers inspected training halls, grand stand and gymnasiums.
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(8) Exhibition on Independence Day of India
YANGON, 10 Aug - The Embassy of India opened a documentary exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the independence day of the Republic of India at the embassy this morning.
Ambassador of India Mr Shyam Saran and Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyunt Swe spoke.
Minister for Science and Technology U Thaung, Deputy Minister for Information Brig-Gen Aung Thein, the embassy staff, diplomats, officials of UN agencies in Myanmar, heads of department and guests were also present.
Before the opening ceremony, Vice-Chairman of Library, Museum and Exhibition Supervisory Committee Deputy Director-General of Information and Public Relations Department U Aung San and members inspected the exhibition.
It opens for the public till 14 August.
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YANGON, 10 Aug - Ye Aung and Tint Tint Tun will star in a film hailing the Annual General Meeting of Union Solidarity and Development Association, which is being shot in Lashio and Muse in Shan State North.
Directed by Zinyaw Maung Maung, the film "Moe-yan-tho Hlwint-pyantzay-myi Kethayaza Doh-eiah-man" is based on a novel by Maung Aung (Yupabeda).
The film crew including the director, cast and technicians flew to Lashio this morning.