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Sunday January 5, 2003

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State Peace and Development Council Chairman Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing host 55th Anniversary Independence Day reception and banquet

Yangon, 4 Jan - Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing hosted the 55th Anniversary Independence Day reception and banquet at Pyithu Hluttaw on Pyay Road this evening.

Prizes presented for Independence Day Essay, Poem, TV Quiz & Computer Art Competitions

Yangon, 4 Jan - The ceremony to present prizes to winners in the 55th Anniversary Independence Day Commemorative Essay, Poem, TV Quiz and Computer Art Competitions was held at the Pyithu Hluttaw Building on Pyay Road this evening, attended by Chairman of Central Committee for Organizing the 55th Anniversary Independence Day Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council General Khin Nyunt.

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There is freedom of worship, no discrimination on religious grounds in Myanmar Secretary-1 addresses the ceremony to mark 125 years of Vasse Sallal Goenka Family in Myanmar

Yangon, 4 Jan - Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council General Khin Nyunt delivered an address at the ceremony to mark the 125 years of the Vasse Sallal Goenka Family in Myanmar at Dhammajoti Vipassana Yeiktha of International Dhammagiri Vipassana Organization on Ngadatgyi Pagoda Road in Bahan Township this afternoon.
 


 

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Over 10,000 attend 55th Anniversary Independence Day Flag Hoisting and Saluting Ceremony at People's Square

Yangon, 4 Dec - The year 2003 55th Anniversary Independence Day Yangon City State Flag Hoisting and Saluting Ceremony was held at the People's Square on Pyay Road this morning, attended by over 10,000 people.

Secretary-1 attends coord meeting on cooperation between Myanmar and Bangladesh

Yangon, 4 Jan - The coordination meeting on mutually beneficial cooperation between Myanmar and Bangladesh was held at Zeyathiri Beikman on Konmyinttha here this morning, with an address by Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council General Khin Nyunt.

Union of Myanmar
State Peace and Development Council
Notification No 1/2003
2nd Waxing of Pyatho 1364
(4 January 2003)

Lt-Gen Thura Shwe Mann meets departmental officials in Putao, Machanbaw

Yangon, 4 Jan - Member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thura Shwe Mann, left Myitkyina by Tatmadaw aircraft on 3 January morning and arrived in Putao at 11.30 am.

Minister inspects Sitaung bridge

Yangon, 4 Jan - Minister for Rail Transportation U Pan Aung inspected Sittaung bridge permitted to be used by extra load traffic beginning from 1 January yesterday morning.

District News in Brief

- Rural tube-wells and gravel road put into service
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Myaing Township gets new law court
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Hand-pump inaugurated in Madot model village

Myanmar Industrial Port Container Terminal and Inland Container Depot opens

Yangon, 4 Jan - The opening ceremony of Myanmar Industrial Port Container Terminal and Inland Container Depot of Myanma Annawa Swan-er-shin Group (S) Co Ltd was held at the Myanma Industrial Port on Strand Road in Ahlon Township this morning, attended by Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council General Khin Nyunt.

Foreign Heads of State/Government
send felicitations to
Senior General Than Shwe

 Yangon, 4 Jan - The following are messages of felicitations from foreign Heads of State and Government sent to Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council and Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, on the occasion of the 55th Anniversary Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar.

Independence Day Exhibition continues

Yangon, 4 Jan - Under the objectives of the 55th Anniversary Independence Day .

MOFA holds Independence Day funfair

Yangon, 4 Jan - The Independence Day-2003 funfair of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was held in conjunction with the ceremony to present prizes to outstanding staff members of the ministry at Wunzinminyaza Hall of the ministry this morning.

Society of Medical Rehabilitation to visit Mawlamyine

Yangon, 4 Jan - Society of Medical Rehabilitation under Myanmar Medical Association comprising the medical rehabilitation specialists, the rehabilitation nurses, the physiotherapists and the orthodox and prosthetic technicians will be visiting Mawlamyine, Mon State on 10 January 2003.

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Regional News

Minister receives cultural delegation of PRC

Yangon, 4 Jan - Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Kyi Aung received a two-member delegation led by Deputy Director-General Mr Li Xin of the Foreign Relations Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, the People's Republic of China, arriving here under the cultural cooperation and exchange programme between the two countries at the National Theatre in Dagon Township this afternoon.

 

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