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1 ) President Mr Jiang Zemin
and Madame Wang Yeping arrive on state visit
Yangon, 12 Dec- At the invitation of Chairman of
the State Peace and Development Council and Prime Minister of the
Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing
Kyaing, the goodwill delegation led by President of the People's
Republic of China Mr Jiang Zemin and Madame Wang Yeping arrived here
by special flight this afternoon to pay a state visit to Myanmar.
President of the People's Republic of China Mr Jiang Zemin and
Madame Wang Yeping and goodwill delegation members were welcomed at
Yangon International Airport by Chairman of the State Peace and
Development Council and Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar
Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing, Vice-Chair-man
of the State Peace and Development Council General Maung Aye and
wife, Secretary-l of the State Peace and Development Counci1 Lt-Gen
Khin Nyunt and wife, members of the State Peace and Development
Council Maj-Gen Thura Shwe Mann and wife and Commander of Yangon
Command Maj-Gen Khin Maung Than and wife, Minister for Foreign
Affairs U Win Aung and wife Deputy Minister U Khin Maung Win and
wife, Ambassador of Myanmar to PRC U Sein Win Aung and wife,
Director-General Thura U Aung Htet of the Protocol Department, the
Acting Dean of Diplomatic Corps the Ambassador of Italy and heads of
foreign missions in Myanmar and their wives, heads of UN agencies
and their wives, Ambassador of PRC Mr Li Jinjun, staff and families
of the Chinese Embassy.
Schoolgirls and Chinese community in Yangon
waiting at the airport welcomed the Chinese President and Madame and
delegation members waving miniature flags of the two countries and
chanting slogans. The aircraft carrying the Chinese delegation led
by President Mr Jiang Zemin and Madame Wang Yeping arrived at the
airport at 12.30 pm.
Director-General Thura U Aung Htet of
the-Protocol Department and Chinese Ambassador Mr Li Jinjun boarded
the plane and welcomed President Mr Jiang Zemin and Madame Wang
Yeping. Then, the Chinese President and Madame were accorded a
21-gun salute. Schoolgirls and Chinese community in Yangon waiting
at the airport-welcomed the Chinese President and Madame waving
miniature flags of the two countries and chanting slogans. Pictures
of Senior General Than Shwe and PRC President Mr Jiang Zemin were
hung at both sides of the archway of VIP Lounge of Yangon
International Airport.
 
Two Myanmar girls presented a bouquet to the
goodwill delegation led by the Chinese President. Afterwards, PRC
President Mr Jiang Zemin and Madame Wang Yeping were greeted by
Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing. First,
the PRC President presented his entourage to Senior General Than
Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing and party.
Similarly, the Senior General presented his
entourage to the PRC President and Madam Next, Senior General
Than-Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing and party, PRC President Mr
Jiang Zemin and Madame Wang Yeping and party went to the reception
hall of the airport. Then, PRC President Mr Jiang Zemin and Senior
General Than Shwe took the salute of the Guard of Honour. The State
Band played the national anthems of the two countries.
Afterwards, the PRC President and the Senior General inspected
the Guard of Honour. Then, the PRC President and the Senior General
greeted the Acting Dean of Diplomatic Corps the Ambassador of Italy
and heads of foreign missions in Myanmar and their wives, heads of
UN agencies and their wives, Ambassador of PRC Mr Li Jinjun, staff
and families of the Chinese Embassy at the reception hall.
The PRC President and Madame and goodwill
delegation members, together with Senior General Than Shwe and wife
Daw Kyaing Kyaing and party proceeded to Seinle Kantha State House
in a motorcade.
Teachers, students, nurses and people numbering
10,000 warmly welcomed the guests waving miniature flags of the two
countries along the route from the airport to Seinle Kantha State
House, and also along the University Avenue wishing the President of
the People's Republic of China and Madame and Senior General Than
Shwe and wife good health and hailing the Myanmar-China friendship.
In extending the grand welcome to the PRC President and Madame
and members of the goodwill delegation an archway was put up at the
entrance of Yangon International Airport bearing the wards both in
Myanmar and English "We warmly welcome His Excellency President of
the People's Republic of China Mr Jiang Zemin and Madame Wang
Yeping" flags of the two nations were posted at the entrance to the
airport, at the corner of Inyalay, at the corner of Pyay Road and Inya Road, in front of the People's Square, Yangon International Airport and along the entrance road, along Pyay Road and the bund of Inya Lake, at the junction of Kamayut, Hanthawady Roundabout, U Wisara Roundabout and the People's Square.
 
The guests, together with Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing, arrived at Seinle Kantha State House at 1 pm.
Afterwards, the Senior General and wife greeted the PRC President and Madame and left there at 1.15 pm.
The PRC President and Madame were accompanied by Vice Premier of the State Council Mr Qian Qichen and wife Mrs Zhou Hanqiong, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Tang Jiaxuan, Minister of State Development Planning Commission Mr Zeng Peiyan, Minister of Agriculture Mr Du Qinglin, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Mr Shi Guangsheng, Director of Central Policy Planning Office Mr Teng Wensheng, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Wang Yi and
senior departmental officials of the People's Republic of China.
President Jiang Zemin of PRC calls on
Chairman of State Peace and Development Council
Senior General Than Shwe
 
YANGON, 12 Dec-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council
Prime Minister Senior General Than Shwe met President Jiang Zemin of
the people's Republic of China, currently here on a state visit, at
the Credentials Hall in the Pyithu Hluttaw building this evening.
Present on the occasion together with Senior General Than Shwe were
Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council General
Maung Aye, Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council
Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung, Deputy
Minister for Foreign Affairs U Khin Maung Win, Vice Premier Mr Qian
Qichen and Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Tang Jiaxuan.
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Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing hosts banquet in honour of PRC President Mr Jiang Zemin and Madame Wang Yeping and party
Yangon, 12 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 hosted a banquet in honour of the goodwill delegation led by President of the People's Republic of China Mr Jiang Zemin and Madame Wang Yeping at the Reception Hall of the Pyithu Hluttaw Building on Pyay Road at 7.30 pm today.
Also present at the banquet were Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council General Maung Aye and wife, Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and wife, members of the State Peace and Development Council and their wives, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Kyi Min and wife, Commander-in-Chief (Air) Maj-Gen Myint Swe
and wife, the ministers and their wives, the Yangon City Mayor and
wife, the Deputy
Minister for Foreign Affairs and wife, senior military officers, Ambassador of the Union of Myanmar to PRC U Sein Win Aung and wife, Chinese Ambassador Mr Li Jinjun, directors-general of the State Peace and Development Council Office, the Government's Office, the Pyithu Hluttaw Building and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassadors and their wives of missions in Yangon, resident representatives and heads of UN agencies and guests.
At the banquet, the State Band played national anthems of the two countries. Then, Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing and President Mr Jiang Zemin and Madame Wang Yeping, together with those present, toasted the banquet.
Before and during the banquet, vocalists presented songs to the accompaniment of Myanma Athan modern music troupe.
After the banquet, artistes of the Fine Arts Department of the Ministry of Culture and the dance troupe of Heilongjiang Province of China, which arrived here under the arrangements of culture exchange between China and Myanmar presented variety cultural dances of the two countries.
After the variety dances, President Mr Jiang Zemin and Madame Wang Yeping and Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing presented the flower basket to the artistes.
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( 3 ) Senior General Than Shwe holds discussions with President Jiang Zemin
 
Yangon, 12 Dec- Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Prime Minister Senior General Than Shwe met and had discussions with President Jiang Zemin of the People's Republic of China in the hall of the Pyithu Hluttaw building at 4.15 pm today.
Present on the occasion together with Senior General Than Shwe were Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council General Maung Aye, Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Nyunt Tin, Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung, Minister for Industry-2 Maj-Gen Saw Lwin, Minister for National Planning and Economic Development U Soe Tha, Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Pyi Sone, Minister for Finance and Revenue U Khin Maung Thein, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Win Aung, Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein, Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi, Minister for Science and Technology U Thaung, Minister for Electric Power Brig-Gen Tin Htut, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Khin Maung Win, Myanmar Ambassador to the PRC U Sein Win Aung, Director-General of the State Peace and Development Council Office Lt-Col Pe Nyein and departmental officials.
Also present together with the President Jiang Zemin were Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Tang Jiaxuan, Minister of State Development Planning Commission Mr Zeng Peiyan, Minister of Agriculture Mr Du Quinglin, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Mr Shi Guangsheng, Director of Central Policy Planning Mr Teng Wen Sheng, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Li Jinjun and senior officials.
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( 4 ) President Jiang Zemin's
arrival statement
Yangon, 12 Dec- At the invitation of Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Prime Minister Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing, the goodwill delegation led by President of the People's Republic of China Mr Jiang Zemin and Madame Wang Yeping arrived here this afternoon to pay a state visit. The following is a translation of the written statement by PRC President Mr Jiang Zemin.
I am very glad to have the opportunity of coming to the Union of Myanmar for a state visit at the invitation of
Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council. I would like to take this opportunity to convey the cordial greetings and good wishes of the Chinese people to the people of Myanmar.
China and Myanmar are good neighbours with a profound " pawkphaw " friendship fostered in the long-term and close contacts between the two peoples.
In the past 50 years since the establishment of
diplomatic ties, the two countries initiated the Five Principles of
Peaceful Coexistence for state-to-state relations and the friendly
bilateral relations were constantly consolidated and developed. This
is in the interest of the two peoples as well as peace and stability
in the region.
I wish to enhance mutual understanding,
deepen friendship and expand cooperation through exchange of views
on our bilateral relations and other issues of common interest with
leaders of Myanmar during my visit. I also wish to learn more about
the economic and social development of the country. I am confident
that with the thoughtful arrangements of our host, my current visit
will achieve positive results. May the Union of Myanmar enjoy
prosperity and its people well-being.
Press conference on PRC
President's state visit held
Yangon, 12 Dec - The Press conference on the state visit of President of the People's Republic of China Mr Jiang Zemin at the invitation of Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Prime Minister Senior-General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing, was held at the Sedona Hotel on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road at 6.45 pm today.
Present on the occasion were Managing Director of the News and Periodicals Enterprise of the Ministry of Information U Tin Kha, Director-General of the Information and Public Relations Department U Chit Naing, Correspondent U Sein Win of Kyodo News Agency, President of the Foreign Correspondents Club U Sao Kai Hpa and members, officials and editors of the Ministry of Information, and correspondents of Kyodo, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Nikki and NHK News Agencies, Hong Kong TVB, Asia TV, Asia Plus, Cable TV, Phoenix TV, Radio Television HK, and Commercial Radio.
Director-General of the Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of PRC Mr Kong Quan, who accompanies the PRC President, presented matters related to the state visit, and agreements signed between the Union of Myanmar and the People's Republic of China. Then, Mr Kong Quan
replied to the queries raised by those present, and the conference
ended at 7.45pm.
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( 5 ) Myanmar and PRC sign seven agreements on various fields
Yangon, 12 Dec - The Union of Myanmar and the People's Republic of China signed seven agreements at the Protocol Hall of the Pyithu Hluttaw building here at 6 pm today.
Present at the ceremony were Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council and Prime Minister Senior General Than Shwe, Vice-Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council General Maung Aye, Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt, ministers, deputy ministers, the Myanmar ambassador to the PRC and heads of department.
President of the PRC Mr Jiang Zemin, Vice Premier Mr Qian Qichen, ministers, the ambassador of PRC to Myanmar and senior departmental officials were also present.
 
Minister for Home Affairs Col Tin Hlaing and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Tang Jiaxuan signed and exchanged documents on the Protocol between the Ministry of Home Affairs of Myanmar and the Ministry of Public Security of the PRC on Cooperation in Border Areas.
Minister for National Planning and Economic Development U Soe Tha and Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Mr Shi Guangsheng of the PRC signed and exchanged documents on the Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation and the Agreement on the Promotion and Protection of Investments between the Government of the Union of Myanmar and the Government of PRC.
  
Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Nyunt Tin and Minister of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China Mr Du Qinglin signed and exchanged documents on the agreement between the government of Union of Myanmar and the government of the PRC on Phytosanitary Cooperation.
Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein and Minister of Agriculture of the PRC Mr Du Qinglin signed and exchanged documents on the Agreement on Cooperation in the Animal Health and Quarantine and the Agreement on Fisheries Cooperation between the government of the Union of Myanmar and the government of the PRC.
Deputy Minister for Energy U Tin Tun and President of the state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation of the PRC Mr Ma Fu Cai signed and exchanged documents on the Contract for Improved Petroleum Recovery on I0R-4, Pyay Field, between Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise and CNPC
International Ltd.
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Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt calls on President Jiang Zemin and wife
 
Yangon, 12 Dec -Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Nyunt and wife Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe called
on President of the People's Republic of China Mr Jiang Zemin and Madame Wang Yeping, who are on a goodwill visit in Myanmar at the invitation of Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Prime Minister of the
Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing, at Seinle Kantha State House here at 3.30 pm
today.
Also present at the call were Vice Premier of the State Council Mr Qian Qichen and wife, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr Tang Jiaxuan, Minister for
Foreign Affairs U Win Aung and wife, Ambassador of Myanmar to China
U Sein Win Aung and wife, and Director-General of the Protocol Department Thura U Aung Htet.
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Minister receives Chinese delegation
Yangon, 12 Dec -Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung received Chairman of China Material Machinery & Equipment Corporation (Group) Mr Ren Hong Bin and party at his office at 2 pm today.
Also present at the
call were Deputy Minister for Industry-1 Brig-Gen Kyaw Win, directors-
general and managing directors of industries and departments under the ministry.
Commerce Minister receives Singaporean guests
Yangon, 12 Dec - Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Pyi Sone received Chief Operating Officer of UE Trade Corporation Pte Ltd of Singapore Mr Pankaj Pandit and party at his office on Strand Street at 2 pm today.
Also present at the call were Director-General of the Directorate of Trade U Nyunt Aye, Director-General of the Border Trade Department U Nay Win, Managing Director of Myanma Agricultural Produce Trading U Min Hla Aung and departmental officials.
National Workshop on Mutual Legal Assistance
concludes
Yangon, 12 Dec- The National Workshop on Mutual Legal
Assistance, organized by UNDCA, the Central Committee for Drug Abuse
Control and the Attorney-General, continued for the final day at Sedona
Hotel on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road at 9 am today. Director-General Dr Tun
Shin of Attorney-General's Office presided over the workshop.
Also present at the workshop were officials of the
UNDCA Resident Representative's Office, 31 delegates of the
Attorney-General's Office, Supreme Court, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
CCDAC, Office of the Chief of Military Intelligence, Myanmar Police
Force, Central Bank of Myanmar and Bureau of Special Investigation. The
director-general of Attorney-General's Office gave a speech on the
occasion.
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Minister for Industry-1 inspects sites for
construction of cement bag factory and pulp mill
 
Yangon,12 Dec- Minister for Industry -1 U Aung Thaung and officials
inspected the sites for construction of cement bag factory and pulp
mill near Yeni No 2 Paper Mill in Yeni, Bago Division, yesterday.
The cement bag factory will produce 80 tons of
bags a day and the pulp factory will manufacture 50 tons of pulp
Factory Manager U Tin Htut reported on construction of new
factories with the aid of charts. The minister then gave
instructions. The minister and party went to the paper mill and
inspected production process, paper rolls and cutting of paper
into various sizes. At 10 am, the minister and party went to
Zeyawady No 2 distillery and inspected quality control work,
bottling, alcohol tanks, storage of fuel oil and boilers. The
minister gave instructions. The minister inspected construction of
warehouse r for alcohol and storage of alcohol.
At 2 pm, the minister went to Win Thuza shop in Bago and
inspected sale of products of the Ministry of Industry-1, the
Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, the Ministry of
Industry-2, the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of
Livestock and
Fisheries. He discussed storage of goods.
A contract signing ceremony between Myanma Paper and Chemical
Industries and Tianjin Machinery-'Import and Export Corporation
(Group) of the People's Republic of China for construction of
60-ton per day pulp factory and newsprint project in
Thabaung Township, Ayeyawady Division, was held at the
Ministry of Industry-1 on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road this morning.
Present were Minister U Aung Thaung, Deputy Ministers Brig-Gen Thein
Tun and Brig-Gen Kyaw Win, the directors-general and managing
directors of departments and enterprises and representatives led by
Chairman Mr Sun Jian Rong of Tianjin Machinery Import and Export
Corporation (Group3.)
Managing Director of Myanma Paper and Chemical Industries U
Than Shwe reported on construction of pulp factory and
newsprint factory project.
Managing Director of Myanma Paper and Chemical Industries U Than
Shwe and Chairman Mr Sun Jian Rong of Tianjin Machinery Import and
Export Corporation (Group) signed the contract and exchanged it.
Chairman Mr Sun Jian Rong spoke words of thanks. The US $ 36.5
million project will be implemented for providing the needs of
newsprint in the country, import substitute products and earning
foreign exchange by exporting the surplus.
Similarly, the contract signing ceremony between Chengda Chemical
Engineering Corporation and Myanma Paper and Chemical Industries for
construction of 80-ton per day unbleached bamboo pulp mill, 50-ton
per day chemi thermo mechanical, pulp factory and 120-ton per day
alkali recovery plant at the Ministry of Industry-l. Managing
Director of Myanma Paper and Chemical Industries U Than Shwe
reported on the project. President Mr Cao Guang and Managing
Director U Than Shwe signed the contracts worth US $ 81.5 million
and exchanged them. President Mr Cao Guang spoke words of thanks.
Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University to be opened
Yangon, 12 Dec - The Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University of the Ministry of Science and Technology will be opened in August 2002.
The degree courses on BE (Aerospace Propulsion & Flight Vehicles), BE (Aerospace-Avionics) and BE (Aerospace-Electrical Systems & Instrumentation) will be conducted at the university. Each degree course lasts 5 years and altogether fifty students will be allowed for each degree course.
Male students who got 345 marks and above in the 2001 matriculation exam and meet the following qualifications are entitled to apply for the entrance examination.
(a) The applicant must be a Myanmar citizen according to the existing law.
(b) The applicant must pass a medical check-up.
(c) The applicant must take an entrance examination which includes three two-hour papers English, Mathematics and
Science and are set in accord with the matriculation curriculum. (The date, time and place for the examination will be announced in due course.)
(d) An interview will be called for.
Applications are to be sent to the University Entrance Scrutiny Board (the Higher Education Department, Lower Myanmar) not later than 14 January 2002.
The serial number of the application already sent to the University Entrance Scrutiny Board (the Higher Education Department, Lower Myanmar), the roll number of the matriculation examination, the examination centre and total marks must be correctly described in the application.
For more information, contact the Higher Education Department (Lower Myan-mar), Thaton Road, Kamayut Township, Ph 503147, and the Yangon Technological University, Gyogon, Insein,
Ph 642560.
Coop candy factory inspected
Yangon, 12 Dec - Minister for Cooperatives Lt-Gen Tin Ngwe inspected production process at the cooperative candy factory at the corner of Cherry Street and Industry-3 Street in Industrial Zone, Shwepyitha, this morning.
The director-general of the Cooperative Department, the chairman of the factory and officials conducted the minister round the factory.
Then, the minister and the factory management board of directors held a coordination meeting.
Deputy Director-General of the Cooperative Department Lt-Col Tin Win, Vice-Chairman U Htay Win and Managing Director U Aung Win reported on production capacity, management and marketing. The minister gave instructions.
The minister and party next inspected hatching of fingerlings, and breeding of fish and pigs jointly run by Yangon Division and Township Cooperative Syndicate and Kyaw Ya General Business Cooperative Society. The minister gave necessary instructions to the officials.
The minister attended the ceremony to disseminate knowledge on cooperatives and delivered a speech at
the meeting hall of the ministry.
Also present were the directors-general of the Cooperative Department and the Cottage Industries Department, officials, and principals and teachers of Cooperative Degree College, Colleges and Commercial Schools.
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) Drug trafficker sentenced
Yangon, 12 Nov - A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and Bago Anti-Drug Squad, acting on information, searched Cho Tu (a) Saw Tei Hlyan on the Yangon-Mandalay Highway, near Hteene Gone Village, Toungoo Township and seized 735 grams of marijuana, at 3 pm on 24 June 2001.
In connection with the case, the Toungoo Police Station No 1 filed Cho Tu (a) Saw Tei Hlyan, 34, son of U Baraung Ne of Thaung-thale Village, DaikU Township under Section 15/19(A) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law. Toungoo District Court handed down 15
years' imprisonment under Section 19 (A) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law on him on 27
November.
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