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 Chairman
of State Peace and Development Council Senior General Than Shwe
and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing leaves for goodwill visit to
Bangladesh
Yangon, 17 Dec - Chairman of
the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar
Prime Minister Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing
Kyaing left here for Dhaka, the People's Republic of Bangladesh,
on a goodwill visit by special flight at 9.30 am today.
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 Lt-Gen Soe Win, Lt-Gen Aung Htwe tour Kutkai, Muse Townships
Yangon, 17 Dec
- Members of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Soe Win and Lt-Gen Aung Htwe of the Ministry of Defence arrived in Lashio on 13 December.
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 Upgrading and beautifying of Yangon City coordinated
Yangon, 17 Dec - Work coordination meeting on upgrading and beautifying Yangon City was held at the City Hall here this afternoon, with an address by Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Myint Swe.
 Third Myanmar Traditional Medicine Practitioners Conference concludes
Yangon, 17 Dec
- The fourth-day paper reading session of the Third Myanmar Traditional Medicine
Practitioners' Conference was held this morning at Pyidaungsu Hall in Kyaikkasan
Grounds.
Rules of 58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day
painting, sculpture competitions announced
Yangon, 17
Dec - As a gesture of hailing the 58th Anniversary Armed Forces
Day, which falls on 27 March 2003, the subcommittee for the
holding of painting and sculpture competition and exhibition of
the work committee for the organizing of poem and arts
competition.
 Minister inspects Kanbawzathadi palace
Yangon, 17 Dec
- Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Kyi Aung, inspected the beautifying tasks being implemented at the Kanbawzathadi palace of King Bayint Naung
in Bago this morning.
Prizes presented to crime reporters (Upper Myanmar)
Yangon, 17 Dec
- A prize presentation ceremony 2002 for crime reporters of Hmukhin Shudaunt Journal of the Crime Reduction and Education and Information Committee was held at the branch office in Pyay
on 15 December.
Commander inspects farming in Myeik Township
Yangon, 17 Dec
- Chairman of Taninthayi Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Coastal Region Command Brig-Gen Tha Aye, inspected the livestock breeding zone in Myeik
on 10 December.
 Industry-1 Deputy Minister inspects factories
Yangon, 17 Dec
- Deputy Minister for Industry-1 Brig-Gen Kyaw Win, went to the site for holding the industrial exhibition in Hsinphyukan
Grounds, Mandalay on 13 December.
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 Signboard of USDA (Kyidaw village) in Padaung Township unveiled
Yangon, 17 Dec
- Secretary-General of the Union Solidarity and Development
Association U Than Aung attended the ceremony to unveil the signboard of UDSA (Kyidaw Village) in Padaung Township on 16 December.
 Traditional Medicine and Medical Equipment Exhibition continues
Yangon, 17 Dec
- The Third Traditional Medicine and Medical Equipment Exhibition, organized by Traditional Medicine Department of the Ministry of Health, continued for the second day at the Tatmadaw Convention Hall here today.
 Mandalay GEC Computer Centre opened
Yangon, 17 Dec
- Minister for Cooperatives Lt-Gen Tin Ngwe yesterday attended the opening ceremony of Computer Training, Sale, Service & Software Centre of Mandalay Division GEC Cooperative Society at the GEC computer cerntre of Mandalay Zaygyo Market in Aungmyay Thazan Township.
 Minister inspects Shwele Hydel Power Plant project
Yangon, 17 Dec
- Minister for Electric Power Maj-Gen Tin Htut on 14 December met with Mr Lin Zai of YMEC, Yunnan Province, China, and party at Shwele Hydel Power Plant project in Namhkam
Township.
Meeting on targeted cultivation of summer paddy in Yangon
Division held
Yangon, 16 Dec
- A work coordination meeting on cultivation of summer paddy in
Yangon Division for the year 2002-2003, took place at the
meeting hall of the Yangon Division Peace and Development
Council Office at 10.30 pm today.
 Commander inspects regional development in Shan State (East)
Yangon, 17 Dec
- Chairman of Shan State (East) Peace and Development Council Commander of Triangle Region Command Brig-Gen Khin Zaw, arrived at Kengtung-Mongkhat-Mongyan road construction site on 11 December.
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Buddha Pujaniya of Botahtaung Pagoda begins
Yangon, 17 Dec - Buddha Pujaniya of Botahtaung Kyaikdeup Pagoda was opened at NanOo Buddha Image hall of the pagoda at 5 pm today.
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 Robes and certificates presented to nuns in Pathein
Yangon, 17 Dec - A ceremony to offer robes and present certificates to nuns of Kulavisesi Pariyatti Yeiktha in Pathein, Ayeyawady Division, was held at the Yeiktha
on 15 December morning.
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 Ministers attend ceremony to unveil stone
inscription bearing Myanma Educational Goal held in Htonbo, Padaung Township
Yangon, 17 Dec - The ceremony to open the multimedia classrooms and the ceremony to hand over the new school building at Basic Education High School in Htonbo, Padaung Township, Bago Division (West) on 16 December.
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 Inter-school sports competitions held in Shan State
Yangon, 17 Dec - The Fifth Shan State Peace and Development Council Chairman's
Shield Inter-School Sports Competitions was held at State Sports
Grounds in Taunggyi on 11 December afternoon.
 Sports diploma course opened
Yangon, 17 Dec
- The opening ceremony of the Sports diploma course No 6 was held at the training hall of Kyaikkasan
Grounds here at 3 pm yesterday.
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Tatmadaw shooting contest ends
Yangon, 17
Dec - The 42nd Defence Services Commander-in-Chief's Shield Tatmadaw (Army, Navy, Air) Shooting Contest was held at the shooting range No 1 of local battalion in PyinOoLwin.
NID ceremony, December sports activities held in Sagaing
Yangon, 17 Dec
- Chairman of Sagaing Division Peace and Development Council Commander of North-West Command Brig-Gen Soe Naing,
viewed and encouraged the mass walking activity.
Victorious athletes honoured
Yangon, 17 Dec - A ceremony to honour Kachin State women's team that won the championship shield in the 8th Inter-State and Division Women's Physical Fitness contest was held.
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