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 Visiting Vice Premier of State Council of PRC
Mr Li Lanqing and wife Madam
Zhang Suzhen leave for Mandalay
Yangon, 16 Jan
- Visiting Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Mr Li Lanqing and wife Madam Zhang Suzhen
and party, left here by special flight this morning to visit Mandalay.
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 Harmonious contribution of skill, ability and goodwill to work will lead to achieving success
Yangon, 16 Jan Ñ Members of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Thura Shwe Mann and Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than met with departmental personnel, members of Union Solidarity and Development Association and social organizations and towns- elders in Gwa Township, Rakhine State, on 13 January.
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 Cornerstones laid for constructing northern prayer hall of Sule Pagoda
Yangon, 16 Jan
- A ceremony to lay cornerstones at the northern prayer hall of Sule Pagoda took place at the pagoda and attended by Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Myint Swe and Chairman of Yangon City Development Committee Mayor U Ko Lay.
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UN Secretary General sends felicitations to Senior General Than Shwe
Yangon, 16 Jan
- The following is the message of felicitations from Mr Kofi A Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, sent to Senior General Than Shwe.
 Armed Forces Day Commemorative TV Quiz contest held
Yangon, 16 Jan
- The 58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day Commemorative Higher Education Level TV Quiz competition was held at the Studio-A of Myanma Radio and Television on Pyay Road here this morning.
State Lottery tickets easily available
Yangon, 16 Jan
- Any one may apply for the purchase of K 50-worth Aungbalay lottery tickets at Aungbalay
Lottery Division of the Internal Revenue Department.
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 Lt-Gen Soe Win, Lt-Gen Ye Myint present New Year gifts to heads of Naga nationals in Lahe
Yangon, 16 Jan
- Members of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Soe Win and Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the Ministry of Defence attended the Naga Traditional New Year Festival for 2003 in Lahe on 15 January morning and presented gifts to Naga national race leaders.
Workshop on Paukkhaung Model Forest opens
Yangon, 16 Jan
- The National Synthesis Workshop on Paukkhaung Model Forest, jointly conducted by the Forest Department of the Ministry of Forestry, regional model forest project and JIFPRO of Japan, was opened at the head office of the Forest Department in Insein Township this morning.
Pet show and contest to be held
Yangon, 16 Jann
- The coordination meeting of the work committee for holding the Third Mayor's Cup Pet Show and Contest-2003 was held at the office of the Veterinary and Slaughter Houses at Combined Office on Seikkantha Street in Kyauktada Township this afternoon.
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 Myanmar Medical Association holds 49th Conference
Yangon, 16 Jan
- Myanmar Medical Association held its 49th Conference at Toungoo District Peace and Development Council Office in Toungoo, Bago Division, yesterday morning.
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Myanmar Health Research Congress to be held
Yangon, 16 Jan
- The Myanmar Health Research Congress of the Ministry of Health
will be held at the Department of Medical Research ( Lower
Myanmar ) for 5 Days from 27 to 31 January, 2003.
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 Preparatory Meeting of Senior Officials on S & T held
Yangon, 16 Jan
- A Preparatory Meeting of Senior Officials on the 2nd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology, which is hosted in Myanmar, took place at the Sedona Hotel on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road this morning.
Thai delegation arrives
Yangon, 16 Jan
- A Thai delegation led by
Minister of Commerce of Thailand Dr Adisai Bodharamik arrived here this
afternoon.
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 Thai, Singaporean ministers arrive to attend ASEAN Ministerial Meeting
Yangon, 16 Jan
- To attend the 2nd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science and Technology to be hosted in Myanmar, Thai Minister of Science and Technology Mr Phinij Jarusombat and Singaporean Minister of National Development Mr Vivian Balakrishnan.
Italian Tourists arrive
Yangon, 16 Jan
- Under the supervision of the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, with the assistance of the Ministry of Transport and with the arrangement of Myanmar Lotus Asia Tours Ltd, 39 Italian tourists arrived here by Lauda
Air Boeing 767/300, a chartered flight, this morning.
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54 kilos of heroin, 1,870 stimulants seized in Laukkai
Yangon, 16 Jan
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6 January 2003, Tatmadawmen from local battalion, members of local intelligence unit, members of Special Anti-drug Squad and Shan State (North) Special Region-1, acting on information, stopped and searched three motorcyclists in Ward 2, Laukkai Township.
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