THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR
(Thursday, 14 October  1999)

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1. Secretary-l previews 1999 Mid-Year Myanma Gems Emporium
2. Secretary-1 inspects Padauk Shwewa monastic education school in Mayangon Township
3. Secretary-1 inspects carving of statue of King Alaung Mintayagyi
4. Health Ministers of countries of WHO South-East Asia tour upcountry
5. Ministry of Industry-1 holds bi-annual meeting
6. Supervisory Committee for Establishment of Land and Water Transport Links between Myanmar and China meets
7. Minister for Home Affairs meets Ambassador of Finland
8. Union Kayin League condemns terrorist acts against Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok
9. 29 members resign from Thayetchaung Township NLD

YANGON, 13 Oct - Secretary-l of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt previewed the
1999 Mid-Year Myanma Gems Emporium at Myanma Gems Mart on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road this morning.

Accompanied by officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office, Secretary-l Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt
arrived at Myanma Gems Mart at 9.20 am today.

First, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and party inspected modern jewellery.

Then, Secretary- 1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt gave instructions to officials.

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and party also previewed the booths of jewellery.

Secretary-l Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt gave instructions to officials.

Secretary-l Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt then inspected private gems and jewellery shops on the ground floor and left there.
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(2) Secretary-1 inspects Padauk Shwewa monastic education school in Mayangon Township

YANGON, 13 Oct - Secretary-l of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt together with
officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office arrived at Padauk Shwewa Monastery in Ward 5 in
Mayangon Township at 4 pm today.

Then, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and party paid obeisance to Presiding Sayadaw of Padauk Shwewa
Monastery Principal of Monastic Education School at Padauk Shwewa Kyaungtaik Bhaddanta Pavara and
members of the Sangha and presented offertories to the Sayadaws.

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt supplicated on students' peaceful pursuit of education.

The Secretary-1 attended to their needs of text books, workbooks, buildings and furniture at the school.

Then, Secretary-l Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt inspected the Padauk Shwewa Monastic Education School.
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(3) Secretary-1 inspects carving of statue of King Alaung Mintayagyi

YANGON, 13 Oct - Secretary-l of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, accompanied
by Deputy Commander of Yangon Command and officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office,
arrived at the work shop of Sculptor in Ward 5 in Mayangon Township at 5.30 pm today.

Then, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt inspected carving of King Alaung Mintayagyi Statue to be placed in the
National Museum and gave instructions to officials.

Secretary-l Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt then left there in the evening.
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(4) Health Ministers of countries of WHO South-East Asia tour upcountry

YANGON, 13 Oct - Health Ministers from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Korea, Maldives, Nepal and Sri- Lanka
attending the 17th Meeting of Health Ministers of Countries of WHO South-East Asia Region hosted in Myanmar
for the first time, accompanied by Minister for Health Maj-Gen Ket Sein, Regional Director of WHO South-East
Asia Region Dr Uton Muchtar Rafei, WHO Resident Representative in Myanmar Dr Klaus Wagner and officials,
visited Bagan-NyaungU, Popa and Mandalay today.

Minister of Health and Family Welfare.

They went to Bagan Archaeological Museum where they were welcomed by Secretary of NyaungU District Peace
and Development Council Major and officials.  The Health Ministers posed for photos in front of ancient pagodas and structures. They observed handicraft room of Bagan  Period and Buddha images. They signed in the visitors' book.

The Health Ministers and party toured Bagan ancient cultural region by helicopter. Members accompanied by the
Health Ministers visited Ananda Temple, Shwezigon Pagoda and Gubyaukgyi Pagoda.

They visited Myanan Sankyaw Shwenandaw, Shwenandaw Cultural Museum and Hsutaungpyi Pagoda in Mandalay
Hill. They then made donations.

They arrived back here in the evening.
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(5) Ministry of Industry-1 holds bi-annual meeting

YANGON, 13 Oct - The Ministry of Industry-l held the meeting on reviewing work done in the first six months
and meeting the target for the second six months at the ministry this afternoon.

It was attended by Minister for Industry-l U Aung Thaung, Deputy Ministers and officials.

Minister U Aung Thaung made a speech.  Afterwards, departmental heads presented reports on sector-wise works and reviewed them.  The meeting continues tomorrow.
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(6) Supervisory Committee for Establishment of Land and Water Transport Links between Myanmar and China meets

YANGON, 13 Oct - The Supervisory Committee for Establishment of Land and Water Transport Links between
the Myanmar and People's Republic of China held its second coordination meeting at Royal Yangon City Hotel on
Pyay Road this morning.

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe extended greetings.  Then, Mr Ju Chengzhi presented a painting on Sinkham Container Yard to Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe to mark the success of the second coordination meeting.

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe accepted it and spoke words of thanks.

The meeting continues till 16 October.
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(7) Minister for Home Affairs meets Ambassador of Finland

YANGON, 13 Oct - Minister for Home Affairs Col Tin Hlaing met Ambassador of Finland Mr Tauno Kaaria
based in Bangkok who called at his office this evening.

Present at the call were Deputy Director-General of Myanmar Police Force Police and Head of Office Major.
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(8) Union Kayin League condemns terrorist acts against Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok

Declaration condemning forcible entry into and looting of Myanmar
Embassy on pretext of democracy

Dated 11th October 1999

1.  Union Kayin League strongly denounces the forcible entry into the looting of the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, by a group of terrorists at a time when the Tatmadaw government is not only building the Union of Myanmar to become a modern and developed nation but also exerting its efforts for winning national re-consolidation through the National Convention, as the acts of the group of destructive elements no matter how much they tried to sound good on the pretext of democracy were terrorists acts.

2.  It must be assumed that the Thai government, which failed to give adequate security to prevent the intrusion into the Embassy representing Myanmar in the broad daylight by the group of armed terrorists, is mainly responsible.    Moreover, we of the Union Kayin League strongly and seriously denounce the statement “They are not terrorists, they are students, who fight for democracy, we have given them safe passage to their own country. We don’t consider them to be terrorists. They are students” made by Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister of Thailand Mr. Sanan Kachornprasart in expressing his attitude, as it is an irresponsible statement by an official of the Thai government.

3.  In addition to strongly denouncing the internal/external organizations and media which had given encouragement and support to the forcible armed intrusion into and looting of the sovereign Myanmar Embassy by the group of armed terrorists even though it is a terrorists act, we shall have to assume that the Thai government, which has the duty to safeguard against transgression of the Embassy premises in accord with the Article 22 of the Vienna Convention of Diplomatic Relations, to which the world nations have agreed to adhere, should be held mainlyresponsible for being the host nation and for having transported the terrorists to safety in Thailand.

 We seriously demand the Thai government to take measures to arrest  the terrorists, who can be presumed to be still in Thailand, and to take action against them in accord with the international law at the earliest.

    International terrorism shall certainly fall.
 

(  U Mahn Tin Aung Than )
Chairman
Union Kayin League
(Phone : 222410)
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(9) 29 members resign from Thayetchaung Township NLD

YANGON, 13 Oct - Twenty-nine members resigned from  the National League for Democracy of Thayetchaung
Township, Taninthayi Division.

Twenty-nine members of Thayetchaung Township NLD, Taninthayi Division, of their own volition, resigned by
sending letters of resignation to Thayetchaung Township Multiparty Democracy General Election Sub-Commission
Office and the party concerned on 26 August 1999 as they no longer wished to participate in party politics of NLD.
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