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State
Peace and Development Council Chairman Senior General Than Shwe
sends condolences to ROK
Yangon, 19
Feb — Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and
Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message
of sympathy and condolences to His Excellency Mr Kim Dae Jung,
President of the Republic of Korea.
 Taninthayi
Division gaining gradual development in all sectors including
economic and social fields
Yangon, 19
Feb — Member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen
Maung Bo of the Ministry of Defence inspected development
undertakings in Myeik and Kawthoung, Taninthayi Division, on 17
and 18 February.
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 Lt-Gen
Ye Myint inspects regional development in Mandalay, Kyaukse
Yangon, 19
Feb— Member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Ye
Myint of the Ministry of Defence, inspected regional development
in Mandalay and Kyaukse Township on 18 February.
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Minister meets Laotian envoy
Yangon, 19 Feb — Minister for
Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Nyunt Tin met Ambassador of
Laos Mr Chanthavy Bodhisane.
Information Minister receives guests
Yangon, 19
Feb — Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan received Mr
Koji Chino, Film Director, Producer and Scriptwriter of Japan at
his office here this afternoon.
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Health Minister receives guests
Yangon, 19
Feb — Minister for Health Professor Dr Kyaw Myint received
Ambassador of Britain to Myanmar Ms Victoria Jane Bowman at his
office on Pyidaungsu Yeiktha Street in Dagon Township at 2 pm
yesterday.
Japanese classical music concert staged
Yangon, 19
Feb — Japanese classical music concert, organized by Myanmar
Japan Relations Centre and Ensemble Kochi music band of Japan,
took place at the National Theatre on Myoma Kyaung Street here
this evening.
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 Bio-mass
power plant opened for rural development
Yangon, 19 Feb — Chairman of
Ayeyawady Division Peace and Development Council Commander of
South-West Command Maj-Gen Htay Oo and Minister for Cooperatives
Lt-Gen Tin Ngwe attended the opening of the paddy husk-fired
power plant of Hleseik Village General Enterprises Cooperative
Society held at the basic education high school in the village
on 16 February.
 Lt-Gen
Maung
Bo
attends opening of Pyidawaye Sasana Beikmandawgyi in Kawthoung
Yangon, 19
Feb — The opening and merit sharing ceremony of Sasana
Beikmandawgyi in Kaw-thoung, Taninthayi Division, was held at
the Beikmandawgyi on 18 February morning.
 Lt-Gen
Aung Htwe inspects Ponchaung-Namsang railroad and bridge
Yangon, 19
Feb — Member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen
Aung Htwe of the Ministry of Defence, inspected construction of
Ponchaung-Namsang railroad on 17 February morning.
Transport Minister tours Kawthoung
Yangon, 19
Feb — Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe inspected
extension of Tawwin Bridge of the Myanmar Port Authority on
17-2-2003 morning.
 Agricultural
work in Ayeyawady Division inspected
Yangon, 19
Feb — Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Nyunt Tin
yesterday morning met industrial entrepreneurs of Hinthada
Industrial Zone and members of Agriculture Service Coordination
Committees of Ayeyawady Division and Hinthada District.
 Minister
Brig-Gen Thein Zaw tours Bagan-NyaungU
Yangon, 19
Feb — Minister for Hotels and Tourism Brig-Gen Thein Zaw,
together with officials, inspected the site for hotel zone in
Bagan-NyaungU, Mandalay Division, on 16 February.
Ministry of Health holds coordination meeting
Yangon, 19
Feb — The third four-monthly coordination meeting 2002 of the
Ministry of Health was held at the meeting hall of Medical
Research Department (Lower Myanmar) on Ziwaka Road in Dagon
Township this morning.
Orthopaedic and facial surgery performed
Yangon, 19
Feb — Acting Director of the Directorate of Medical Services of
the Ministry of Defence Col Than Aung this morning visited
patients at the Defence Services Orthopaedic Hospital (500-bed)
including 48 patients who had undergone orthopaedic and facial
surgery.
Myanmar Rice Millers’ Association branch formed in Kyauktan
Yangon, 19
Feb — Kyauktan Township branch of Myanmar Rice Millers’
Association was formed yesterday morning .
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Coop
Minister tours Ayeyawady Division
Yangon, 19 Feb — Minister for
Cooperatives Lt-Gen Tin Ngwe, accompanied by departmental
personnel on 15 February went to Pathein, Ayeyawady Division and
inspected progress in construction of the cooperative training
school and computer room and gave necessary instructions.
 Lt-Gen
Maung Bo attends opening of multimedia classrooms at Myeik
BEHS-2
Yagnon, 19 Feb — Member of
the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Maung Bo of the
Ministry of Defence, inspected construction tasks and attended
the opening of the multimedia classrooms of No 2 Basic Education
High School in Myeik, Taninthayi Division, on 16 February.
 Lt-Gen
Aung Htwe inspects Seikkhaung-Ponchaung railroad and bridge
Yangon, 19
Feb — Member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen
Aung Htwe of the Ministry of Defence, inspected the layers and
pigs farm being raised by the Homein region development affairs
committee near Namkok Village in Hopong Township on 16 February.
 Minister
inspects irrigation networks in Ayeyawady Division
Yangon, 19
Feb— Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Nyunt Tin
and officials inspected Panhlaing sluice gate in Nyaungdon
Township, maintenance of the sluice gates, proper drainage and
irrigation to wetlands for cultivation of summer paddy on 17
February.
Myanmar National Women’s Affairs Committee meets
Yangon, 19
Feb — The Myanmar National Committee for Women’s Affairs held
its coordination meeting No 1/2003 at the meeting hall of the
Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement in Mayangon
Township yesterday afternoon.
 Shwepaukkan
and North Okkalapa industrial zones’ products inspected
Yangon, 19
Feb — Incharge of Shwepaukkan and North Okkalapa Industrial
zones Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint, arrived at
management office of Shwe-paukkan Industrial Zone this
afternoon.
 Military
Codes of Conduct and Extempore Talks Contest (Central Level)
held
Yangon, 19
Feb — The opening ceremony of Central level Military Codes of
Conduct and Extempore Talks Contests to mark the 58th
Anniversary Armed Forces Day was held at the hall of Yangon
Command this morning.
Ministry of Labour holds meeting
Yangon, 19
Feb — Third four-monthly coordination meeting for 2002 of the
Ministry of Labour was held at Ahlon Main Medical Depot of the
Social Security Board in Ahlon Township yesterday morning.
News from the Districts
- Buddha
Pujaniya of Yan Myo Aung Pagoda held in Gangaw
- Rural
gravel road put into service in Kyaukpyu
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1.14
kilos of marijuana seized in Kyaukme
Yangon, 19 Feb — A combined
team comprising members of local intelligence unit and local
police force, acting on a tip-off, on 24 January.
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