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 Secretary-1 receives Bangladeshi Ministers, lays wreath at
Memorial to President Ziaur Rahman Yangon, 19 Dec - Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar General Khin Nyunt, who was a member of the delegation to the
People's Republic of Bangladesh, received Minister for Home Affairs Mr Altaf Hossain Chowdhury of Bangladesh at the Pacific Lounge of the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka, Bangladesh, at 3 pm on 17 December.
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 Lanthamine Bridge opened in Ayeyawady Division
Yangon, 19 Dec - A ceremony to inaugurate Lanthamine Bridge linking Wakema Township and Kyonmange Township in Myaungmya
District, Ayeyawady Division.
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 Lt-Gen Soe Win and Lt-Gen Aung Htwe tour northern Shan State
Yangon, 19 Dec
- Members of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Soe Win and Lt-Gen Aung Htwe
of the Ministry of Defence, inspected the coffee plantation of the command on 15 December and gave instructions to officials.
 Sub-committee for Organizing State Flag Hoisting and Saluting Ceremony meets
Yangon,
19 Dec - The Sub-committee for Organizing the Yangon City State
Flag Hoisting and Saluting Ceremony to mark the 55th Anniversary
Independence Day 2003 held the second coordination meeting at
the hall of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council at 2
pm today.
 Minister
inspects Nyaungdon oil and natural gas field
Yangon,
19 Dec - Minister for Energy Brig- Gen Lun Thi arrived, at
Nyaungdon oil and natural gas field in Nyaungdon region,
Ayeyawady Division, yesterday.
Cash
presented to PBA' office construction
Yangon,
19 Dec - Cash presentation ceremony for the construction of
office of the Private Banks Association was held at the meeting
hall of the Union of Myanmar Bank this morning.
Rules of 58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day
painting, sculpture competitions announced
Yangon, 19 Dec
- As a gesture of hailing the 58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day, which falls on 27 March 2003.
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 Commander attends opening of Youth Camp
Yangon, 19 Dec
- The opening ceremony of the Youth Camp (5/2002) arranged by Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association and organized by Yangon Division Maternal and Child Welfare Supervisory Committee, was held at the Pyidaungsu Hall in Kyaikkasan
grounds this morning.
Rail section inspected
Yangon, 19 Dec
- Minister for Rail Transportation U Pan Aung inspected
arrangements for running
of the trains between Yaymyetni and Myetmyaung railroad section on Pakokku-Gangaw-Kale railroad on 16 December.
 Minister inspects hotel projects and communications
Yangon, 19 Dec
- Minister for Communications, Posts and Telegraphs and Hotels and Tourism Brig-Gen Thein Zaw on 17 December inspected the sites chosen to construct private hotels along the Ngapali beach in Thandwe, Rakhine State, and gave necessary instructions.
Myanmar Gazette
Yangon, 19 Dec
- The State Peace and Development Council has appointed the following persons as heads of service organizations on expiry of the one-year probation period.
 Traditional Medicine and Medical Equipment Exhibition continues
Yangon, 19 Dec
- Third Traditional Medicine and Medical Equipment Exhibition, organized by Traditional Medicine Department of the Ministry of Health, continued for the fifth day at the Tatmadaw Convention Hall on U Wisara Road at 9 am today.
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 Minister leaves for
BIMST-EC Meeting
Yangon,
19 Dec - Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung left Yangon by
air this afternoon to attend the 5th Ministerial Meeting of the
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand Economic
Cooperation (BIMST-EC) Group to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka,
on 20 December.
 Ambassadors,
families from Thailand visit Myanmar
Yangon,
19 Dec - Under the arrangements of the Myanmar Embassy in
Thailand, the 22 member delegation comprising Ambassadors and
their families of Switzerland, Poland, Nigeria, Cambodia and
Brunei discharging duties in Thailand .
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Minister receives Chinese journalist delegation
Yangon,
19 Dec - The visiting Chinese journalist delegation headed by
Deputy Administrator of Air Force Newspaper of China Mr Zhou Zhi,
of Embassy of the People's Republic of China .
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Meeting on Myanmar-Thailand transnational drug abuse control held in Chiang Mai
Yangon,
19 Dec - Myanmar delegation comprising Secretary of the Central
Committee for Drug Abuse Control Director-General of Myanmar
Police Force Brig-Gen Khin Yi, attended the Seventh Cooperation Meeting on Myanmar/Thailand Trans-national Drug Abuse Control held in Chiang Mai on 13 and 14 December.
 International community satisfied with the results of Myanmar's
narcotic eradication endeavours
Yangon, 19 Dec
- The Steering Committee of the project to develop Wa region in Shan State (East) held its seventh meeting in Kengtung on 17 December.
Chinese
journalist delegation tours Yangon
Yangon,19
Dec - Under the cultural exchange programme between China and
Myanmar, the visiting Chinese journalist delegation led by
Deputy Administrator Mr Zhou Zhi of Air Force Newspaper this
morning visited the Shwedagon Pagoda and they went round the
pagoda clockwise.
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Myanmar stands third,
Zaw Zaw Latt second in 42nd Putra Cup Golf Tourney
Yangon, 19 Dec - The Myanmar amateur
golf team which participated in the 42nd Putra Cup Golf Tourney
in Hong Kong from 12 to 15 December arrived back at Yangon
International Air-port on 16 December, evening.
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