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 Vice-Senior
General Maung Aye inspects Pon Creek Bridge Construction Project
Yangon, 15 Feb — Vice-Chairman of
the State Peace and Development Council Deputy
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)
Vice-Senior General Maung Aye left here by helicopter and
arrived at Heho Airport in Kalaw Township, Shan State,
yesterday morning.
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 Coord
meeting on maintenance of Thazi-Taunggyi-Kengtung section of
Union Highway held
Yangon,
15 Feb — Work coordination meeting on maintenance of the
Thazi-Taunggyi-Kengtung section of
Meiktila-Taunggyi-Kengtung-Tachilek Union Highway was held at
the meeting hall of the Eastern Command in Taunggyi at 1 pm
today.
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 Vice-Senior
General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San pay homage to
Sayadaws at 16th Shwekyin Nikaya Gana Sangha Meeting
Yangon,
15 Feb — The final-day session of the 16th Shwekyin Nikaya Gana
Sangha Meeting was held at Kangyi Pariyatti Sarthintaik in
Nyaungshwe, Shan State (South), today, attended by Vice-Chairman
of the State Peace and Development Council Deputy
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)
Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San
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attends 18th Buddha Pujaniya of Maha Wizaya Pagoda
Yangon,
15 Feb — The opening ceremony of the 18th Buddha Pujaniya of
Maha Wizaya Pagoda in conjunction with the Htamane contest was
held at the southern archway of the pagoda this evening.
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 Vice-Senior
General Maung Aye and wife pay homage to Sula Muni Lawkachantha
Pagoda in Taunggyi
Yangon, 15 Feb — Vice-Chairman of the
State Peace and Development Council Deputy Commander-in-Chief of
Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General
Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San and party paid a visit to the
Sula Muni Lawkachantha Pagoda.
 Nuns
who passed religious exam honoured
Yangon,
15 Feb — A
ceremony to honour the nuns who passed the 59th Saddhammadhaja
Agama + Sabhava examination, organized by Thameik-dawdaya
Thukhitayama Daw Nyanasari Nunnery, was held at the nunnery this
afternoon. Vice-Chairman of State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee
Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Bhaddanta Pañindabhivamsa
administered the Nine Precepts.
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 Special Refresher Course No 51 for Basic
Education Teachers opens at CICS in Phaunggyi
Yangon,
15 Feb — The opening ceremony of Special Refresher Course No 51 for Basic
Education Teachers was held at Central Institute of Civil Service (Phaunggyi) in
Hlegu Township, Yangon Division, this morning, with an address by Chairman of
Myanmar Education Committee Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development
Council General Khin Nyunt.
 Minister for Information addresses 57th Anniversary of MRTV
Yangon,
15 Feb—A ceremony to mark the 57th Anniversary of Myanma Radio and Television
was held at the Studio-A of the broadcasting station on Pyay Road here this
afternoon, with an address by Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan.
Union
Day Exhibition crowded
Yangon,
15 Feb — The 56th Anniversary Union
Day Exhibition at Tatmadaw Convention Hall was crowded with visitors on the
final day today.
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 Secretary-1
hosts dinner to Union Day delegates
Yangon,
15 Feb — Chairman of the Central Committee for Organizing the 56th Anniversary
Union Day Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council General Khin
Nyunt hosted a dinner in honour of Union Day delegates of states and divisions.
 USDA Secretariat Member meets information staff
Yangon,
15 Feb — Secretariat Member of the Union Solidarity and Development Association
Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, together with members of Sagaing
Division and Monywa District USDAs, offered “soon” to 1,300 members of
the Sangha at Chindwin Rice Offering Association in Monywa
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Union Day delegates tour
Yangon
Yangon,
15 Feb — The traditional cultural troupe members and Union Solidarity and
Development Association member Union Day delegates who attended the 56th
Anniversary Union Day paid homage to Lawka Chantha Abhaya Labha Muni Buddha
Image on Mindhamma Hill in Insein Township this morning.
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Tourists arrive by chartered
flight
Yangon,
15 Feb — Under the supervision of Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, with the
assistance of Ministry of Transport, under the arrangement of Myanmar Hotels and
Cruises Ltd, 85 tourists arrived by two chartered flights of PB Air at
Bagan-NaungU from Bangkok this morning.
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Tatmadaw boxing team leaves for India
Yangon, 15 Feb — The Myanma Tatmadaw Boxing team led by Principal of Defence Services
Self-defence and Sports Institute Col Htein Lin left here for India by air this
morning to participate in the friendly boxing match.
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Heroin, marijuana seized in Myitkyina
Yangon,
15 Feb — A combined team comprising members of Local Intelligence Unit and Myitkyina Special Anti-Drug Squad, acting on information, searched Tun Tun near
Thaungcho creek, Ayemya-thaya Ward, Phakant on 14 January morning and arrested
him together with 0.2 grams of heroin and K 40,000.
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