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Saturday, February 22, 2003

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Secretary-1 General Khin Nyunt receives Vietnamese delegation

Yangon, 21 Feb — Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council General Khin Nyunt received the Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Chief Justice of Supreme Court and Chief Justice of Central Military Court of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Mr Le Due Tu.

Banks guarantee financial safety; people should do their work as usual without any worry concerning the banks

Yangon, 21 Feb — Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council General Khin Nyunt addressed the Commerce Ministry’s third four-monthly and annual meeting this afternoon at the ministry.

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Secretary-1 addresses opening of 48th Myanmar Nurses Conference

Yangon, 21 Feb—Chairman of the National Health Committee Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council General Khin Nyunt this afternoon .



Lt-Gen Kyaw Win meets with Tatmadaw-
men of 
Armed Forces Day parade columns

Yangon, 21 Feb — Chairman of the Leading Committee for Organizing the 58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day Member of the State Peace and Development Council Chief of Armed Forces Training Lt-Gen Kyaw Win met with officers and other ranks of military columns which will take part in the 58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day Parade at Pyidaungsu Hall of Kyaikkasan Grounds here at 8 am today.



Central Committee for Scrutinizing Video
Services meets

Yangon, 21 Feb — The meeting (1/2003) of the Central Committee for Scrutinizing Video Services of the Ministry of Information was held at the meeting hall of Myanma Motion Picture enterprise (Head office), with an address by Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan.



Myanmar stands first in World Population Day poster contest

Yangon, 21 Feb — The age-wise poster competitions divided into  five categories were held in Myanmar for the International Poster Competition to mark World Population Day 2002 organized by the UNFPA. Each first prize-winning work was sent to the UNFPA (New York).

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than attends opening ceremonies of plants of Ministry of Industry-2

Yangon, 21 Feb — The opening ceremonies of the disc wheel plant, inlet and exhaust valve  plant, and radiator plant of the Ministry of Industry-2 were held at Indagaw Industrial Zone in Bago Township, Bago Division this morning.



Yangon Division Supervisory Committee
for Ensuring Secure and Smooth Transport meets

Yangon, 21 Feb — The work coordination meeting of the Yangon Division Supervisory Committee for Ensuring Secure and Smooth Transport took place at the head office of the All Private Bus Lines Control Committee (Yangon) on Laydauntkan Street, Tamway  Township, at 5 pm today.



Information Minister attends demonstra-
tion of fire extinguishers

Yangon, 21 Feb — Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan attended the fire fighting demonstration of Rain Flower brand fire extinguishers of Myanmar Thiha Co  at Central Press of Printing and Publishing Enterprise on Theinbyu Street here this morning.



News from the districts

-Rural tube-well opened in Myinmu
-Padaung Township gets 58 rural tube-wells
-Cultivation duty assigned in Yamethin

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Vietnamese Minister of National Defence leaves for home

Yangon, 21 Feb — A 15-member goodwill delegation led by Minister of National Defence Sr Lt-Gen Pham Van Tra of Vietnamese People’s Army left here by air this morning.



60th ASEAN-CCI Council Meeting held

Yangon, 21 Feb — The opening ceremony of the 60th ASEAN-CCI Council Meeting hosted by Myanmar was held at the Grand Plaza Parkroyal on Signals Pagoda Road at 9.30 am today.

Information Minister receives Indian Ambassador

Yangon, 21 Feb — Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan received Indian ambassador to the Union of Myanmar Mr Rajiv Kumar Bhatia.

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Heroin, stimulant tablets, licenceless car seized in Monekoe

Yangon, 21 Feb — A combined team comprising members of local intelligence unit and Muse Special Anti-Drug Squad and local battalion, acting on information, searched the house of Shout Lint (a) Lint Yee Lo, No 194, No 1 Ward, Monekoe Township.

 

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