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 Senior General
Than Shwe gives guidance to trainees of primary teachership
course No 35 of UDNR
Yangon,
28 Jan— Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe
gave guidance to the trainees of primary teachership course No
35 of University for Development of National Races at Mingala
Hall in Pyithu Hluttaw building this morning.
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 Chairman of
State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of
Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe hosts dinner to UDNR
students
Yangon,
28 Jan — Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe
hosted a dinner in honour of the trainees of Primary Teachership
Course No 35 of University for Development of National Races at
the Pyithu Hluttaw Building on Pyay Road.
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 Secretary-1
addresses coord meeting on implementation of agreements between
Myanmar and PRC
Yangon,
28 Jan — Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council
General Khin Nyunt addressed the coordination meeting on
implementation of agreements between Myanmar and People’s
Republic of China during the State visit of Chairman of the
State Peace and Development Council and Prime Minister Senior
General Than Shwe to PRC from 6 to 11 January 2003.
 Gold
nuts and bolts fixed at Chindwin Bridge (Monywa)
Yangon,
28 Jan — A ceremony to fix the last gold nuts and bolts to the
frame of Chindwin Bridge (Monywa) on Monywa-Kale new road was
held at the bridge on 26 January morning.
NEWS FROM THE DISTRICTS
Sports gears
presented to Chin State U-13 football team
Cleft lip patients treated in Myaing
Rural dispensary handed over to Health Department
Teaching aids CD-ROMs donated in Natmauk
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 Shan
State (East) Drug Elimination Work Committee Chairman Minister
for Labour U Tin Winn discusses matters on drug eradication
Yangon,
28 Jan—Chairman of Shan State (East) Drug Elimination Work
Committee Minister for Labour U Tin Winn inspected construction
of the diversion weir by Wa national race group about six miles
north-east of Ponpa-kyin on 22 January morning.
Shan
State (North) USDA donates new school building
Yangon,
28 Jan — A ceremony to open a new school building donated by
Shan State (North) Union Solidarity and Development Association
was held at the affiliated basic education high school in
Naungmon Village, Lashio Township, on 26 January afternoon.
Officials inspect Muse
Yangon,
28 Jan — Director-General Col Myo Myint of Development Affairs
Department under the Ministry for Progress of Border Areas and
National Races and Development Affairs together with officials,
inspected drinking water ponds in Muse on 26 January.
Cash and kind donated to MMCWA
YANGON. 28 Jan - A
ceremony to donate cash and kind to Myanmar Maternal and Child
Welfare Association was held at the meeting hall of the building
of the association this afternoon.
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International Relations
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 Minister
receives
Ambassador
Yangon,
28 Jan — Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint received
Ambassador of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic to Myanmar Mr
Chanthavy Bodhisane at his office at 1.30 pm today.
 LBF
Minister meets guests
Yangon,
28 Jan — Minister for Livestock Breeding and Fisheries Brig-Gen
Maung Maung Thein met President Mr Francois Gontier of EEM Co
Ltd of France and party at his office at noon today.
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H&T
Minister arrives back
Yangon,
28 Jan — The Myanmar delegation led by Minister for Hotels and
Tourism Brig-Gen Thein Zaw left here on 23 January by air and
arrived in Phnom Penh to attend the 6th ASEAN Tourism Ministers'
Meeting, the 2nd ASEAN +China, Japan, and Korea ministers'
meeting and ASEAN Tourism Forum (AFT-2003) held in Phnom Pneh,
Cambodia on 24 January.
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Information Technology
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IT
examinations to be held
Yangon,
28 Jan — Myanmar Computer Science Association will hold MCSA
Professional Certificate (Network Engineering) and Software
Engineering examinations on 1 March 2003 in Yangon.
IT
Caravan Leaves Yangon
YANGON, 28 Jan -
With the supervision of Myanmar Computer Federation and the
assistance of Centre of the International Co-Operation for
Computerization (CICC), IT Caravan started leaving Yangon this
morning.
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 MICT
Week extended to 5 February
Yangon,
28 Jan —MICT Week to mark the 1st founding anniversary of
Myanmar Information and Communication Technology Park (MICT
Park) continued at Hline University Campus and it will be
extended till 5 February.
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Drugs
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Stimulant
tablets seized in Tamu
Yangon,
28 Jan — A combined team comprising members of the local
intelligence unit and Tamu Special Anti-drug Squad, acting on
information, on 24 December 2002 searched Naungkyar, Bahmon and
Ye Lwin at the junction of Kyun Nguatto, in Tamu and seized 190
stimulant tablets in a plastic bag in the underwear of Naungkya
(a) Hsanghngar, an Indian citizen.
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23 acres
of poppy fields destroyed in Dimawhso
Yangon,
28 Jan — Eight acres of poppy plantation on Padaing Mountain
range and 15 acres two miles west of Dawrawkhu Village, in
Dimawhso Township, Kayah State, were destroyed on 19 and 20
January by the combined team comprising members of Tatmadaw,
local intelligence unit, Myanmar Police Force and departmental
staff.
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