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- State Peace and Development Council Chairman Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to Panama
- Secretary-1 receives Japanese guests
- Third ASEAN AMMY
- Secretary-1 calls for effective implementation of projects covered by National Education Promotion Special Four-Year Plan (Health Sector)
- Minister for Sports meets Malaysian Minister
- Development of agriculture, livestock zones on Aingkalaung-kyun, Bawle-kyun in Yangon Division discussed
- 329.67 kilos of raw opium seized in Namhlan Township
(1) State Peace and Development Council Chairman Senior General Than Shwe sends felicitations to PanamaYANGON, 3 Nov-Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to Her Excellency Ms Mireya Moscoso, President of the Republic of Panama, on the Anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of Panama which falls on 3 November 2000.
(2) Secretary-1 receives Japanese guests
YANGON, 2 Nov-Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt.-Gen Khin Nyunt received Senior Adviser of Japan-Myanmar CCI Business Cooperation Committee and Chairman of Itochu Co Mr Tomoo Takahara and party yesterday evening. Also present at the call were Minister at the State Peace and Development Council Chairman's Office Brig-Gen Abel, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung, Deputy Minister U Khin Maung Win, Director-General of Protocol Department Thura U Aung Htet and Japanese Ambassador Mr Shigeru Tsumori.
Secretary-1 receives ministers, deputy ministers and delegates who will attend Third AMMY
YANGON, 2 Nov-Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt.-Gen Khin Nyunt received the ministers, deputy ministers and delegates who will attend the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth at the guest house of Ministry of Defence this morning. Present at the call were Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung, Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Maj-Gen Sein Htwa, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Khin Maung Win, Director-General of Protocol Department Thura U Aung Htet, Minister of Youth and Sports of Malaysia Dato Seri Hishammuddin Bin Tan Hussein, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of Brunei Pehin Orang Kaya Digadong Seri Lela Dato Seri Paduka (Dr) Haji Awang Hussain bin Pehin Orang Kaya Digadong Seri Diraja Dato Laila Utama Haji Awang Mohd Yusof, Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of Cambodia Mr Nou Muth, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Indonesia Mr Zainal Arifin, Secretary General of Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union Mr Bouttanavong Bounpone, Presidential Adviser on Youth Affairs and Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of National Youth Commission of the Philippines Mabel P Villarica-Mamba, Chairman of National Youth Council of Singapore Mr David TE Lim, Permanent Secretary at Prime Minister's Office of Thailand Mrs Panit Nitithanprapas, Chairman of Vietnamese National Youth Affairs Committee Mr Vu Trong Kim and Vice-Secretary General of the ASEAN Secretariat Mr Tran Duc Minh..
The opening ceremony of the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth
YANGON, 2 Nov - The opening ceremony of the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth, hosted by Myanmar for the first time, was held at Sedona Hotel here this morning, addressed by Chairman of the ASEAN Steering Committee of Myanmar Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt.-Gen Khin Nyunt.
Also present on the occasion were ministers, the Yangon Mayor, Chairman of the Leading Committee to Host the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Maj-Gen Sein Htwa, Minister of CuLt.ure, Youth and Sports of Brunei Pehin Orang Kaya Digadong Seri Lela Dato Seri Paduka (Dr) Haji Awang Hussain bin Pehin Orang Kaya Digadong Seri Diraja Dato Laila Utama Haji Awang Mohd Yusof, Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of Cambodia Mr Nou Muth, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Indonesia Mr Zainal Arifin, Secretary General of Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union Mr Bounpone Bouttanavong, Minister of Youth and Sports of Malaysia Dato Hishammuddin Bin Tun Hussein, Presidential Adviser on Youth Affairs and Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of National Youth Commission of the Philippines Ms Mabel P Villarica-Mamba, Chairman of National Youth Council of Singapore Mr David TE Lim, Permanent Secretary at Prime Minister's Office of Thailand Mrs Panit Nitithanprapas, Chairman of Vietnamese National Youth Affairs Committee Mr Vu Trong Kim, Deputy-Secretary General of the ASEAN Secretariat Mr Tran Duc Minh, deputy ministers, member of Myanmar National Committee for Women's Affairs Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe, Chairperson of Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association Prof Daw Kyu Kyu Swe, ambassadors and diplomats of the ASEAN nations, the ambassador of People's Republic of China to Myanmar, the ambassador of Republic of Korea to Myanmar, members of the Leading Committee to Host the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth and the Work Committee and chairmen and members of the subcommittees, heads of departments, representatives of ASEAN nations, Managing Director of News and Periodicals Enterprise U Tin Kha, Director (News) U Hla Tun, Patron of Myanmar Foreign Correspondents Club U Sein Win, President U Sao Kai Pha and members, local and foreign journalists and guests.
Secretary-1 Lt.-Gen Khin Nyunt delivered the address. He said: I am pleased to have this opportunity to deliver the keynote address at the official opening ceremony of the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth, which is being held with the noble objective of promoting the interest of the youth of all ASEAN member-countries. This is the first time ever that an ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth is being held in Myanmar. I also wish to extend a most cordial welcome to the Deputy Secretary General and all the Distinguished Ministers and Delegates to our country and wish all of you a pleasant and enjoyable stay. This is the first AMMY Meeting of the new millennium and it is indeed most appropriate that the theme of the Meeting is, " Preparing ASEAN Youth for the Challenges of Globalization".
Today the process of globalization has become an undeniable fact of life and nations are now more integrated and more interdependent than ever before. Globalization creates new opportunities for betterment of life for all of us. It can provide us with the means to prosperity and development. But at the same time it brings with it new challenges particularly to developing nations. These nations run the risk of being marginalized. and being relegated to the sidelines as others march on to greater heights of progress. Nowadays, we speak of the digital devide. Let us not forget that there can also be a development divide where the gap between the rich and poor within a nation and between nations can be widened with each passing day. In meeting these challenges, the future of the world clearly belongs to the youth. The Kuala Lumpur Agenda for ASEAN Youth Development has rightly designated the preparation and empowerment of ASEAN youth to meet the challenges of globalization in the 21st century as one of the aims of the ASEAN Youth Policy.
The strategies adopted at the Second ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth have gained more relevancy in this globalize world. I am fully confident that the deliberations of the Distinguished Ministers at this Meeting will serve to further advance the development of the youth of Southeast Asian nations. We in Myanmar have adopted a sound and comprehensive policy aimed at the all-round development of the youth in the nation. Even as we equip our youth with appropriate skills to meet the needs of the society, we are instilling spiritual, moral and cultural values as well as the spirit of patriotism and love of country. We firmly believe that our youth can and will be an important force in fulfilling our national objective of becoming a peaceful, prosperous, modern and developed State. The youth of the nation are being nurtured to overcome the challenges of the times.
In this regard, special attention is being paid to human resource development. Myanmar is in the process of implementing a 4 Year Plan for education so that our academic standards will be on par with the more advanced nations of ASEAN. Raising the standard of education is a national priority and the Government is devoting a large portion of its resources towards this end. At the same time, educational opportunities are being opened up nation-wide. For over forty years after regaining our independence in 1984, our nation had been faced with internal strife. Due to this situation, many children and youth in the border areas did not have access to education. However, due to the restoration of national unity and reconsolidation, 17 armed groups have returned to the legal fold and the country is enjoying peace and stability. Education is now being enjoyed by the youth of our national races throughout the length and breadth of the country.
Moreover, universities and colleges are being established in all the regions of the country so that the people can have easy access to tertiary education. With regard to cooperation with ASEAN in the field of education, Myanmar joined the membership of ASEAN University Network in order to nurture our youth to be highly competent in facing the challenges around the world in the 21st century. As a first step, we obtained the AUN membership for the University of Yangon and the Institute of Economics. We look forward to enhancing cooperation with our ASEAN brothers and sisters in youth and education sectors. In our vision of ASEAN 2020, we envisage the entire Southeast Asia to be an ASEAN community conscious of its ties of history, aware of its cultural heritage and bound by a common regional identity. To endeavour towards achieving all these objectives is a priority task of ASEAN, and I believe all the Ministers and representatives present here play a major role in this endeavour . As for Myanmar, we are also performing this duty in all relevant sectors. In Myanmar, while laying down national aims for promoting health, upgrading educational qualification, uplifting the dynamism of patriotic spirit and safeguarding national culture, we are preparing our youth for the emergence of a caring society.
In conclusion, I wish to reiterate that Myanmar always stands ready to cooperate as a dutiful member of ASEAN. We are nurturing our youth and, through this, we are fulfilling the responsibility of bringing out progressive and vigorous ASEAN youth. In doing so, I like to urge all ASEAN members to heighten the cooperation among countries in the region so that objectives of ASEAN Vision 2020 will be materialized.
After the ceremony, the Secretary-1 posed for photo together with leaders of delegations of the ASEAN nations and the Vice-Secretary General of the ASEAN Secretariat.
Secretary-1 hosts dinner in honour of delegates of Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on YouthYANGON 2 Nov - Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt.-Gen Khin Nyunt hosted dinner in honour of delegates attending the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth and officials of the ASEAN Secretariat at the Karaweik Palace this evening.
Also present were member of the State Peace and Development Council Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Commander Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than, ministers, deputy ministers, officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office, member of the Myanma National Working Committee for Women's Affairs Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe, Chairperson of Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Association Professor Dr Daw Kyu Kyu Swe, Vice-Chairperson of Myanmar National Working Committee for Women's Affairs Dr Daw May May Yee, ambassadors of embassies of ASEAN member nations, specially-invited ambassadors, officials of the Leading Committee for Organizing the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth, the working committee and sub-committees and guests.
News briefing on Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth held
YANGON, 2 Nov - A news briefing on the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth was held at the Sedona Hotel this evening. Chairman of the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Maj-Gen Sein Htwa, Deputy Secretary-General of the ASEAN Secretariat Office Mr Tran Duc Minh, leaders of delegations from ASEAN member nations, member of the Central Executive Committee of the Union Solidarity and Development Association U Thein Sein, Managing Director of News and Periodicals Enterprise U Tin Kha, Director (News) U Hla Tun, Adviser to the Minister for Information U Kyaw Min, Chairman of Myanmar Foreign Correspondents Club U Sao Kai Hpa and members and local and foreign journalists. Minister Maj-Gen Sein Htwa explained matters related to the meeting. Then, the ministers replied to queries raised by the journalists.
Joint Press Statement The Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth
2 November 2000, YangonYANGON, 2 Nov-The following is the Joint Press Statement issued at the end of the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth at Sedona Hotel here today. .
1. The Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth was convened on 2 November 2000, preceded by the Senior Officials Meeting on Youth held from 30 to 31 October 2000, in Yangon, Myanmar.
2. The Meeting was officially opened by His Excellency Lt.-Gen Khin Nyunt, Secretary- 1 of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, and Chairman of the ASEAN Steering Committee of Myanmar.
3. In his Keynote Speech, Lt.-Gen Khin Nyunt pointed out that the process of globalization had become an undeniable fact of life and that nations were more now more integrated and more interdependent than ever before. He urged the ASEAN Youth Ministers to design appropriate policies that would prepare and empower the ASEAN youth to develop their competencies and skills to meet these challenges posed by globalization.
4. Lt.-Gen Khin Nyunt also emphasized that the developing nations, while enjoying opportunities for prosperity and development, could also face the prospect of being marginalized. in the process of globalization. He noted that the real challenge was that of bridging the development divide between the rich and poor within the nation as well as between nations. Family, he encouraged the Ministers to assist in contributing toward closer regional integration by enhancing cooperation in youth and education sectors.
5. The Meeting was attended by HE Pehin Dato Hj Awang Hussain bin Pehin Dato Haji Awang Mohd Yusof, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of Brunei Darussalam, HE Mr Nou Muth, Undersecretary of State of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Kingdom of Cambodia, HE Mr Zainal Arifin, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, HE Mr Bounpone Bouttanavong, Secretary-General of the Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, HE Dato' Hishammuddin bin Tun Hussein, Minister of Youth and Sports of Malaysia, HE Maj-Gen Sein Htwa, Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement of the Union of Myanmar, HE Ms Mabel P VillaricaMamba, Presidential Advisor on Youth Affairs and Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Commission of the Republic of the Philippines, HE Mr David TE Lim, Minister of State for Defence, and Information & the Arts, and Chairman of the National Youth Council of Singapore, HE Mrs Panit Nitithanprapas, Permanent Secretary of the Prime Minister's Office of Thailand, HE Mr Vu Trong Kim, Chairman of the National Committee on Youth of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Hon Mr Tran Duc Minh, Deputy Secretary-General of the ASEAN Secretariat, and their respective delegations.
6. H.E. Major-General Sein Htwa, Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement of the Union of Myanmar, and HE Ms Mabel P VillaricaMamba were unanimously elected Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson of the Meeting, respectively.
7. As host of the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth, Maj-Gen Sein Htwa extended a warm welcome to the Ministers and their delegations. He recalled the successive progress achieved by the ASEAN Youth Ministers since their first meeting in 1992. In his statement, Maj-Gen Sein Htwa noted that Myanmar had joined hands with other ASEAN countries and had worked diligently to achieve the vision and policies laid down by ASEAN thirty years ago. He also emphasized that for the achievement and development to be sustainable, systematic nurturing of the youth is a ''must'' as the future lies in their hands.
8. Maj-Gen Sein Htwa also officiated at the lunching of the Youth @ASEAN WebPages, which provided a regional overview of ASEAN cooperation in youth matters, as well as comprehensive information on existing resources, programmes and activities carried out by Member Countries. The Ministers welcomed the launching of the Youth@ASEAN WebPages and expressed appreciation to Singapore for leading the initiative to develop the WebPages and hyperlink it to existing national homepages and the ASEAN Secretariat homepage. The Youth@ASEAN WebPages can be accessed at www.aseanyouth.org.
9. The Ministers shared views and experiences of efforts undertaken individually and collectively to strengthen and develop the capacities of the youth in ASEAN Member Countries.
Yangon 2000 Declaration on Preparing ASEAN Youth For The Challenges of Globalization
10. The Ministers expressed their commitment to provide opportunities to prepare and empower the region's youth to meet the increasing opportunities and challenges created by globalisation, taking into account their capacities, potentials and vulnerabilities.
11. In the light of the rapid changes taking place in ASEAN as a result of regional economic integration, the trends of trade liberalization and globalisation, and the renewed focus of priorities in youth human resources development as called for by the Ha On Pain of Action, among other important documents relevant to the intensification of regional cooperation in youth matters the Ministers reiterated their commitment and determination to nurture a resilient and responsible ASEAN youth who could contribute significantly to Asian's prosperity and progress in the new millennium, particularly in addressing the challenges of rapid global and regional integration.
12. To this end, they adopted the Yangon 2000 Declaration on Preparing ASEAN Youth For the Challenges of Globalisation, outlining the future course of action to be charted in strengthening internet capacities to inculcate a sense of ASEAN awareness and identity among the ASEAN youth and to equip them with the necessary skills and capabilities to meet the cha11enges of globalisation.
13. To realise the strategies-outlined in the Declaration, the Ministers tasked their Senior Officials to seek ways and means to implement regional activities particularly through cost-sharing and the utilization of existing resources and capacities available in Member Countries.
14. The Ministers also noted that the Yangon 2000 Declaration on Preparing ASEAN Youth for the Challenges of Globalisation also took into consideration the youth-relate, priorities stated in the UN Millennium Summit Declaration adopted by the UN Millennium Summit on 8 September 2000.
15. Regarding cooperation in youth development matters with countries in East Asia, the Ministers tasked their Senior Officials to identify ongoing ASEAN activities that China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) could be invited to participate. In this regard, the Ministers agreed that China, Japan and the ROK could initially participate in ASEAN activities at the project level.
ASEAN Youth Projects
16. The Ministers noted the progress in the implementation of the ongoing ASEAN projects in the field of youth cooperation and human resource development since the Second ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth held in Kuala Lumpur in November 1997.
17. The Ministers noted with appreciation the efforts undertaken by the Country Coordinators to implement projects and activities under the representative priority areas of the Work Plan, and also noted that the priorities of the Kuala Lumpur Agenda on ASEAN Youth Development had been. successfully addressed by the ASY Work Plan. They noted with satisfaction the completion of five projects under the Work Plan's programme areas on ASEAN Awareness Family Values, Leadership Development, Skills Training for Out of School Youth, one ongoing annual activity under the Work Plan's programme area on ASEAN Awareness and the endorsement of six projects for future implementation. In this regard, the Ministers requested their Senior Official to review all ongoing and pending projects and implementation of pending projects based on availability of resources and the priorities set out by thc Yangon 2000 Declaration on Preparing ASEAN Youth for the challenges of Globalization.
Elevation of the ASEAN Sub-Committee on Youth to Senior Officials Meeting on Youth
18. The Ministers endorsed: thc recommendations of thc Committee on Social Development (COSD) Ad Hoc Task Force on Enhancing the Effectiveness of thc COSD and its Subsidiary Bodies to elevate the ASEAN Sub-Committee on Youth to a Senior Officials Meeting on Youth.
19. Accordingly, the Ministers adopted the Terms of Reference for the Senior Officials Meeting on Youth which would take over the responsibilities of the ASEAN Sub-Committee on Youth, once the restructuring of the COSD had been approved by the 34th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in July 2001.
Myanmar hosts Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on YouthYANGON, 2 Nov - Myanmar hosted the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth for the first time at Sedona Hotel here this morning. Present at the meeting were Chairman of the Leading Committee for Hosting the Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Maj-Gen Sein Htwa, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of Brunei Pehin Orang Kaya Digadong Seri Lela Dato Seri Paduka (Dr) Haji Awang Hussain bin Pehin Orang Kaya Digadong Seri Diraja Dato Laila Utama Haji Awang Mohd Yusof, Deputy Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of Cambodia Mr Nou Muth, Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports of Indonesia Mr Zainal Arifin, Secretary-General of Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union Mr Bounpone Bouttanavong, Minister of Youth and Sports of Malaysia Dato Hishammuddin Bin Tun Hussein, Presidential Adviser on Youth Affairs and Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of National Youth Commission of the Philippines Ms Mabel P Villarica-Mamba, Chairman of National Youth Council of Singapore Mr David TE Lim, Permanent Secretary at Prime Minister's Office of Thailand Mrs Panit Nitithanprapas, Chairman of Vietnamese National Youth Affairs Committee Mr Vu Trong Kim, Deputy Secretary General of the ASEAN Secretariat Mr Tran Duc Minh and representatives of the ten ASEAN nations. Minister Maj-Gen Sein Htwa chaired the meeting with Presidential Adviser on Youth Affairs and Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of National Youth Commission of the Philippines Ms Mabel P Villarica-Mamba as the Vice-Chairperson.
First, the meeting approved the agenda and laid down work programmes. The leaders of the delegations of the respective nations delivered addresses. In the afternoon session, the meeting presented and discussed ASEAN Youth Subcommittee's implementations on the resolutions laid down at the Second ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Youth hosted by Malaysia, discussed and approved the reports of the Senior Officials Meeting for the AMMY III, matters relating to upgrading the ASEAN Youth Subcommittee to the Senior Officials Meeting on Youth, the Yangon Declaration and the Joint Press Statement of the AMMY III and to hold the AMMY IV 2003 in the Philippines, coordinated matters on organizing the East Asia Youth Festival hailing the 21 Century, and discussed and approved the AMMY III report. Minister Maj-Gen Sein Htwa delivered the concluding address. The AMMY III successfully concluded in the evening. The meeting issued a joint press statement.
Delegates to 28th Meeting of ASEAN Working Group on Industrial Co~operation visit Hlinethaya Industrial Zone
YANGON, 2 Nov-The fina1 day of the 28th Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Industrial Cooperation, hosted by Myanmar for the first time was successfully held at the Traders Hotel on Sule Pagoda Road this morning.
Present were representatives of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, representatives of the ASEAN Secretariat and ASEAN Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), guests and officials.
The representatives confirmed the final decision and record of the meeting and chose Director-General U Tin Hlaing of Directorate of Industries under Ministry of Industry-l as Chairman, of Meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Industrial Cooperation, 2001.
The representatives together with Director-General U Tin Hlaing and departmental officials visited Hlinethaya Industrial Zone in the afternoon. They were welcomed and greeted by Deputy Director U Tun Lin of Department for Human Settlement and Housing Development under Ministry of Construction and explained facts about Hlinethaya Industrial Zone with audio-visual aids. The representatives, together with Chairman U Maung Maung Tin of Administration Committee for Hlinethaya Industrial Zone and members visited Cable Factory of Myanmar Sigma Co Lt.d and Wood Refining Factory of Teak Farm Industries Co Lt.d. They were conducted around the zone by car.
(4) Secretary-1 calls for effective implementation of projects covered by National Education Promotion Special Four-Year Plan (Health Sector)
YANGON, 2 Nov - Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt.-Gen Khin Nyunt today delivered an address at the seminar on the National Education Promotion Special Four-Year Plan (Health Sector) in his capacity as the Chairman of the National Health Committee.
Also present at the seminar at the NHC meeting hall were Minister for Health Maj-Gen Ket Sein, Deputy Ministers Dr Mya Oo and Professor Dr Kyaw Myint, and directors-general, rectors and officials the departments and the institutes of medicine under the ministry.
Secretary-1 Lt.-Gen Khin Nyunt said the government has laid down and is implementing the National Education Promotion Special Four-Year Plan to nurture outstanding and brilliant human resource required for national development. Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Science and Technology are carrying out the action plans covered by the Four-Year Plan in respective sectors.
Ministry of Health, he said, is duty bound to implement the public health care action plans covered by the National Health Plan as well as those covered by the National Education Promotion Special Four-Year Plan (Health Sector), which is based on the National Health Plan. The government is building and upgrading hospitals, clinics and other structures needed for the health sector, and providing more treatment and diagnosis equipment and medicines. Serious attention has to be paid to public health care and treatment services while efforts are being made for promotion of health-related education sector; medical institutes have to be opened in accord with the objectives and health-related human resource development plans need be implemented.
Minister for Health Maj-Gen Ket Sein explained the National Health Plan and the National Education Promotion Special Four-Year Plan (Health Sector).
Deputy Minister Professor Dr Kyaw Myint reported on the tasks for training and academic studies in medical science, upgrading of training plus treatment hospitals, promotion of traditional medical science, and health and medical research. Deputy Minister Dr Mya Oo spoke of the National Education Promotion Special Four-Year Plan (Health Sector), plans for recruitment and training of dental surgeons, specialists, doctors, nurses and health personnel, and other medical science studies. Director-General of Traditional Medicine Department Professor Dr Kyaw Myint Tun and Director-General of Medical Research Department (Lower Myanmar) Professor Dr Paing Soe reported on the project to promote the standard of traditional medicine and human resource development project covered by the National Education Promotion Special Four-Year Plan (Health Sector).
The Secretary-1 said successful implementation of the National Education Promotion Special Four-Year Plan (Health Sector) will help advance Myanmar's public health care and health-related education sector. He stressed of the need to practically implement the projects for human resource development, extension of hospitals, research on traditional medicines and finding new traditional medical treatments. In keeping with Senior General Than Shwe's guidance on establishment of special treatment departments for the patients suffering from the diseases occurring in certain regions, respective hospitals have to set up such treatment departments. He also emphasized the need for the Ministry of Health to effectively and properly spend the funds in local and foreign currency allotted by the government in order to implement human resource development project. In conclusion, he urged all to implement the work plans successfully.
(5) Minister for Sports meets Malaysian Minister
YANGON, 2 Nov-Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint met Minister of Youth and Sports, Malaysia Dato Hishammuddin Bin Tun Hussein who arrived here to attend Third ASEAN Ministerial Meeting an Youth and party together wife ambassador of Malaysia to Myanmar at his office this morning. Also present at the call were General Secretary of Myanmar Olympic Committee Director-General of Sports and Physical Education Department U Thaung Htaik and officials.
Deputy Minister for Commerce meets Japanese guests
YANGON, 2 Nov- Deputy Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan met Chairman Mr Tomoo Takahara of the Japan-Myanmar CCI Business Cooperation Committee and party at his office on Strand Road at 9 am today. Also present at the call were Director-General Col Nay Win of Border Trade Department, Managing Director U Min Hla Aung of Myanmar Agricultural Produce Trading and officials.
Members of Shipping Programme of SEA Youth conclude visit
YANGON, 2 Nov-The leader and 33 youth members of the 27th Shipping Programme of SEA Youth visited Hlinethaya. Industrial Zone this morning. Officials explained facts about the zone with audiovisual aids. Director-General of Department of Human Settlement and Housing Development U Arnt Kyaw presented gifts to Deputy Administrator of the Programme Mr Yoshitoshi Ko wako. They visited FMI City, Panhline- Housing Estate and Golf Course and Aungzeya Bridge.Central Executive Committee member of the Union Solidarity and Development Association U Than Shwe hosted luncheon in their honour at the Traders Hotel. Secretary-General of USDA U Than Aung, USDA Secretariat member U Ko Lay and CEC members were also present. A ceremony to bid farewell to the leader and youth members was held at No 3 Bo Aung Kyaw Wharf in the evening. They will go to Malaysia.
(6) Development of agriculture, livestock zones on Aingkalaung-kyun, Bawle-kyun in Yangon Division discussed
YANGON, 2 Nov - A coordination meeting on establishment of agriculture and livestock zones on Aingkalaung-kyun in Taikkyi Township and Bawlekyun in Htantabin Township was held at the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation today with an address by Secretary-2 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt.-Gen Tin Oo.
Also present at the meeting were member of the Yangon Command Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than, ministers, deputy ministers, departmental heads, officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office and departments.
In his address, the Secretary-2 said Nyaunghnapin-kwin Zone, Barlar Zone and Uto-Kya-in Zone in Yangon Division are the major zones providing the division with food supplies. In Yangon Division, there still remain some more areas where the agriculture and livestock zones can be set up, and Aingkalaung-kyun and Bawle-kyun in Taikkyi and Htantabin townships are the most promising areas where agriculture and livestock services can be carried out. Due to difficult access, agriculture and livestock sectors could not be expanded in some areas in Takkyi and Htantabin townships, and today, the regions have got Myochaung Bridge and Yaybawthaung Bridge spanning the rivers that hindered smooth transport. Head of State Senior General Than Shwe has recently toured Aingkalaung-kyun and Bawle-kyun regions and given guidance on establishment of agriculture and livestock zones on self- reliance. Then, secretary-2 later gave suggestions on the work plans.
(7) 329.67 kilos of raw opium seized in Namhlan Township
YANGON, 2 Nov-A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit, Tatmadaw unit and MPF, acting on information, stopped and searched a Hino (9 Ka/9019) which left Mongkai near the entrance to the local battalion in Namhlan, Shan State (North) on 19 October. The authorities arrested driver Sai Tun Sein, son of U Lon Lu, of Kali Village, Hopan Village-tract, Konhein Township together with 191 packets of raw opium weighing 329.67 kilos hidden in twelve containers, and oil and water tanks of the car. Action was taken against him under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.
19 members resign from Haka Township NLD of own accord
YANGON, 2 Nov-Nineteen members have resigned of their own accord from the National League for Democracy of Haka Township, Chin State. Nineteen members of Haka Township NLD, Chin State, of their own accord, resigned by sending letters of resignation to Haka Township Multiparty Democracy General Election Sub-commission and the party concerned on 31 July 2000 as they no longer wished to participate in party politics of NLD.
Union of Myanmar
Multiparty Democracy General-Election Commission
Announcement No 1518(7th Waxing of Tazaungmon, 1362 ME) (2 November. 2000)
Subject: Permission given to Dr Kyi Min to resign as Pyithu Hluttaw representative elected from Pakokku Township Constituency 1, Magway Division
1. Dr Kyi Min, Hluttaw representative elected at the Multiparty Democracy General Election from Pakokku Township Constituency (1)Magway Division, submitted of his own volition to this Commission that he be-permitted to resign as he wants to attend to personal matters.
2. Upon the above-mentioned Dr Kyi Min's submission, this Commission hereby announces that Dr Kyi Min has been permitted to resign from being Hluttaw representative-elect of Pakokku Township Constituency I effective today under Section 11 (e) of the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law.
By order Sd Aye Maung
Secretary
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Union of Myanmar
Muitiparty Democracy General Election Commission
Announcement No 1519(7th Waxing of Tazaungmon, 1362 ME) (2 November, 2000)
Subject: Permission given to U Hlaing Aye to resign as Pyithu Hluttaw representative elected from Pakokku Township Constituency 2, Mapway Division
1. U Hlaing Aye, Hluttaw representative elected at the Multiparty Democracy General Election from Pakokku Township Constituency (2) Magway Division, submitted of his own volition to this Commission that he be permitted to resign on health grounds. 2. Upon the above-mentioned U Hlaing Aye's submission, this
Commission hereby announces that U Hlaing Aye has been permitted to resign from being Hluttaw representative-elect of Pakokku Township Constituency 2 effective today under Section 11 (e) of the Pyithu Hluttaw Election Law.
By order Sd Aye Maung
Secretary
WEATHER REPORT
TODAYForecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 3rd November 2000: Intermittent rain which may be heavy at time. Degree of certainty is 60%.
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