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Senior General Than
Shwe sends felicitations to President and Prime Minister of Sri
Lanka
Yangon, 4
Feb — On the occasion of the Anniversary of the Independence Day
of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka which falls on
4 February 2003, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State
Peace and Development Council and Prime Minister of the Union of
Myanmar, has sent messages of felicitations to Her Excellency
Madame Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, President of the
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and to His
Excellency, Honourable Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe, Prime Minister
of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
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Minister U Win Aung sends felicitations to Sri
Lankan counterpart
Yangon,
4 Feb — On the occasion of the Anniversary of the Independence
Day of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka which
falls on 4 February 2003, His Excellency U Win Aung, Minister
for Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, has sent message of
felicitations to His Excellency Honourable Tyronne Fernando,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Socialist Republic
of Sri Lanka.
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Religions
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 Maha
Atula Pattanila Bowl conveyed onto Mindhamma Hill
Y angon, 3 Feb — Deputy
Minister for Transport U Pe Than, Director-General U Sann Lwin of Department of
Promotion and Propagation of the Sasana and party conveyed Maha Atula Pattanila
Bowl by train from Mandalay to Yangon on 1 February.
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Pongal Celebration of All Myanmar
Tamil (Hindu) Foundation held
Yangon,
3 Feb — Organized by All Myanmar Tamil (Hindu) Foundation held in commemoration
of Pongal Celebration at Inya Lake Hotel yesterday. Present on the occasion
were Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Aung Ko,
Director-General of Department of Religious Affairs Dr Myo Myint, Indian
Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Rajiv Kumar Bhatia.
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 Transport
Minister attends prize presentation for outstanding athletes,
closing of training courses
Yangon,
3 Feb — A ceremony to present prizes to outstanding athletes of
departments and organizations of the Ministry of Transport in
the local and international sports competitions was held at the
ministry this morning.
 PBANRDA
Minister tours Rakhine State
Yangon,
3 Feb— The Hitdaw hoisting ceremony of rebuilt Lawka Htaikpan
YwaOo Pagoda was held at Pyatha model village in Maungtaw
Township on 1 February.
 Ministry
of Finance and Revenue, Central Bank of Myanmar, Budget
Department inspected
Yangon,
3 Feb—Minister for Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun met with
Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue Brig-Gen Than Tun, the
Governor of the Central Bank of Myanmar, directors-general and
managing directors and officials at the meeting hall of the
ministry on Sethmu Street in Yankin Township.
Information Sub-committee for WHO member health ministers'
meeting coordinated
Yangon,
3 Feb — A coordination meeting of Information sub-committee of
the Third Meeting of Global Alliance for Elimination of Leprosy
of WHO member health ministers to be hosted in Myanmar was held.
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 Broadcasting
of TV programmes hailing 58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day
coordinated
Yangon, 3 Feb — The
coordination meeting on broadcasting of TV programmes hailing
58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day and information matters was
held at the meeting hall of the Ministry of Information on Bo
Aung Kyaw Street at 2 pm today, with an address by Minister for
Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan.
 Prisons
Department meets
Yangon,
3 Feb — The third four-monthly work coordination meeting of the
Prisons Department, Ministry of Home Affairs, was held at the
Director-General’s Office of the department at noon today,
attended by Minister for Home Affairs Col Tin Hlaing.
 Facts-for-life
training course on HIV/AIDS for housewives held
Yangon,
3 Feb—A ceremony to open the facts-for-life training course on
HIV/AIDS for housewives from Phekon, Hsihseng, Hopong and
Mongyawng Townships, was held at Myanmar Maternal and Child
Welfare Association at the corner of Thanthuma and Parami Roads
in South Okkalapa Township here this morning. MMCWA and UNICEF
sponsored the course.
NEWS
FROM THE DISTRICTS
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Paddy collectively sold in Nattalin
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Talks on women’s rights held in
Hpa-an
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Gravel road opened at Pyinmana
Institute of Agriculture
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earth road constructed in
Letpadan
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 22nd Executive Committee Meeting and the 10th
General Assembly of AFMA and FAO/AFMA and Myanmar: Regional
Seminar on Improving Agricultural Marketing Information System
held
Yangon,
3 Feb— The opening ceremony of the 22nd Executive Committee
Meeting and the 10th General Assembly of Association of Food
and Agricultural Marketing Agency (AFMA) in Asia and the Pacific
and FAO and AFMA and Myanmar Regional Seminar on Improving
Agricultural Marketing Information System hosted in Myanmar was
held at Traders Hotel.
Culture Minister receives Laos Ambassador
Yangon,
3 Feb — Minister for Culture Maj-Gen
Kyi Aung received Ambassador of Lao People’s Democratic Republic
to Myanmar Mr Chanthavy Bodhisane at his office at 2.30 pm
today.
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Coordinator of JICA, Professor of ANU call on Minister U Than
Aung
Yangon,
3 Feb — The delegation led by Coordinator Mr Kenji Iwaguchi
called on Minister for Education U Than Aung at 2 pm today and
the delegation led by Director of Research School of Pacific and
Asia Studies Professor from Australian National University (ANU)
James Fox called on Minister for Education U Than Aung at 2.30
pm at Diamon Jubilee Hall.
Information Minister receives guest
Yangon,
3 Feb — Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan received
Producer of Mimesha Production Co Mr Sanjoy Hazarika of India at
his office on Bo Aung Kyaw Street at 9 am today.
Also present were
Deputy Minister for Information Brig-Gen Aung Thein,
Director-General of Myanma Radio and Television U Khin Maung
Htay, Director-General of Information and Public Relations
Department U Chit Naing, Managing, Director of Printing and
Publishing Enterprise U Myint Thein.
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Information Technology
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 Myanmar ICT Week
continues
Yangon,
3 Feb — The Second Myanmar ICT Week continued at the MICT Park on Hline
University Campus today. It was visited by students, youths, entrepreneurs and
public with keen interest.
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Prizes presented to winners in
Computer Network Game
Yangon, 3 Feb — The prize
presentation for winners in Myanmar Counter Strike Computer Network Game of the
Second Myanma Information and Communication Technology Week was held at the MICT
Park this evening. Game in-charge of Ko Po Tha of Net-Zone explained facts about
the game.
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Sports
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Myanmar
canoe team bags 5 gold, 10 silver, 2 bronze in 4th SEA Canoeing Contest
Y angon, 3 Feb — The Myanmar
canoe team participated in 18 events in the 4th South-East Asia Canoeing Contest
in Thailand from 27 January to 3 February.
Invitational boxing on 6-8 Feb
Y angon,
3 Feb—With the sponsorship of Myanmar Olympic Committee and Myanmar Boxing
Federation, the four-nation invitational boxing contest will be held.
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Final events of second round for
48th ISD men’s soccer tournament conclude
Yangon,
3 Feb — The 48th Inter-State and Division men’s soccer tournament for 2003
continued with its final events of second round at the designated football
grounds this evening. The soccer match of group (bb) Bago Division played
against Ayeyawaddy Division in Aung San football ground and the former won the
latter 2-1. A player, Kyi Khine of Bago Division got player of the match award
in the match.
In
group (bb), Kachin State beat Yangon Division 1-0 in Padonma
sports ground, San-gyoung Township and a player .
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Opium seized in Phakant
Y angon,
3 Feb—A combined team comprising
members of the local intelligence unit and the local police force, acting on
information, searched the house of Sein Hlaing, son of U Thaung, of Aunkkalahmaw
Village, Myaukpyu Village-tract, Phakant Township, on 30 December 2002 and
seized 694.5 grams of opium.
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