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 Secretary-1
General Khin Nyunt receives guest
Yangon,
20 Feb — Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council
General Khin Nyunt met General Secretary Dr Ahn Jae Woong of
Christian Conference of Asia, Hong Kong SAR, China, at
Zeyarthiri Beikman on Konmyittha at 5 pm today.
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 Lt-Gen
Ye Myint inspects river water pumping projects in Mandalay
Division
Yangon,
20 Feb — Member of the State Peace and Development Council
Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the Ministry of Defence, met township level
officials.
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 Lt-Gen
Aung Htwe inspects Ayethaya Industrial Zone, Nanthida
Agriculture and Livestock Breeding Farm
Yangon,
20 Feb — Member of the State Peace and Development Council
Lt-Gen Aung Htwe of the Ministry of Defence, arrived at Ayethaya
Industrial Zone in Taunggyi on 19 February.
 Minister
inspects tin refinery and salt Mill
Yangon, 20 Feb — Minister for Mines
Brig-Gen Ohn Myint,yesterday afternoon inspected production
process and progress in repairing the five-ton kiln at the Tin
Refinery in Thanlyin Township and gave instructions.
 USDA
Secretariat Member meets with township USDA members
Yangon,
20 Feb — Secretariat Member of Union Solidarity and Development
Association Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan met with secretaries, organizers
and executives of Pazundaung and Mingala Taungnyunt township
USDA
 Management
Committee for Organizing 56th Anniversary Union Day holds review
meeting
Yangon,
20 Feb — The Management Committee for Organizing the 56th
Anniversary Union Day held the meeting to review tasks of the
management committee at Pyithu Hluttaw Building on Pyay Road,
here, at 2 pm today,
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 Lt-Gen
Aung Htwe coordinatesupgrading of
roads and bridges in Loilem
Yangon,
20 Feb — Member of the State Peace and Development Council
Lt-Gen Aung Htwe of the Ministry of Defence arrived at the
meeting hall of Loilem Station on 18 February morning.
 40th
Myanma Gems Emporium 15 to 23 March
Yangon, 20 Feb— First meeting of the
Central Committee for holding the 40th Myanma Gems Emporium to
be held from 15 to 23 March this year was held in conjunction
with the review of the sale of mid-year Myanma Gems Emporium
held in October 2002 at Myanma gem hall on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road
here today.
 Home
Affairs Minister tours Mon State
Yangon, 20 Feb — Minister for Home Affairs
Col Tin Hlaing, accompanied by officials, inspected agriculture
and livestock breeding farms of the ministry, buildings of units
and departments, and police stations and met the staff families
in Kyaikto, Bilin, Mawlamyine, Kyaik-maraw, Thanbyuzayat and
Kyaik-khami townships in Mon State on 17 and 18 February.
 Dr
Daw Khin Win Shwe meets cleft lip and palate patients at Pathein
General Hospital
Yangon,
20 Feb — Vice-Chairperson of Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare
Association Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe and party arrived at Pathein
General Hospital yesterday.
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 Tourists
arrive by chartered flight
Yangon,
20 Feb — Under the supervision of the Ministry of Hotels and
Tourism and arranged by the Ministry of Transport and Myanmar
Lotus Asia Tours Ltd, a chartered flight carrying 100 tourists
on board from Italy landed.
ASEAN-CCI Ex-Co meeting held
Yangon,
20 Feb — The executives co-ordination meeting of ASEAN Chambers
of Commerce & Industry was held at the Grand Plaza Pearl Royal
Hotel on Signals Pagoda Road here this morning.
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CPT
Minister receives Korean delegation
Yangon, 20 Feb — Minister for
Communications, Posts and Telegraphs Brig-Gen Thein Zaw received
Mr No Chun Park, representative of Thai branch of LG
International Corporation of Korea at his office at 2.30 pm
today.
Vietnamese delegation visits Bagan-NyaungU, Kalaw
Yangon, 20 Feb — The goodwill delegation
led by Minister of National Defence Sr Lt-Gen Pham Van Tra of
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, left here by Tatmadaw aircraft on
yesterday morning and arrived in Bagan-NyaungU.
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Myanmar Open Golf Tourney to be held from 27 Feb to 2 March
Yangon,
20 Feb — Myanmar Open Golf Tournament 2003, jointly organized by
Myan-mar Professional Golfers Association and Asian Professional
Golfers Association and sponsored by Rothmans of Pall Mall
Myanmar Pte Ltd, will be held on a grand scale as an
international event at Yangon Golf Club here from 27 February to
2 March.
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Raw opium,
stimulant tablets seized
in Kalaw,
Monghsu
Yangon, 20 Feb — A combined team
comprising members of the local intelligence unit and Myanmar
Police Force, acting on information, searched a passenger bus
with the number plates 5 Kha/6669 on 1 August 2002.
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