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Princess Sirindhorn to visit Myanmar
Yangon, 7
March — At the invitation of the Chairman of the State Peace and
Development Council of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Than
Shwe, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of the
Kingdom of Thailand will pay a royal visit to the Union of
Myanmar in the near future.
 MWVO
COC Chairman
meets Yangon Division, District and Township WVOs
Yangon, 6
March — Chairman of Myanmar War Veterans Organization Central
Organizing Committee Member of the State Peace and Development
Council Adjutant-General Lt-Gen Thein Sein met with members of
Yangon Division, District and Township WVO Supervisory
Committees and chairmen and secretaries of Township WVOs at the
meeting hall of MWVO Headquarters on Pyay Road in Mayangon
Township this afternoon.
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 Secretary-1
General Khin Nyunt
receives Project
Director of Washington Times
Yangon, 6
March— Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council
General Khin Nyunt received Project Director Mr Stephen Brookes
of the Washington Times of the United States of America at
Zeyathiri Beik-man Hall of Konmyint-tha here at 5 pm today.
 Commander
inspects agriculture tasks
Yangon, 6
March — Chairman of Shan State Peace and Development Council
Commander of Eastern Command Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint, inspected
the soil preparation works for cultivation of 50 acres of summer
paddy and cultivation of winter crops including garlic and
potato in Zeya Ayechan Farm in Heho, Kalaw Township, on 3 March
afternoon.
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 Commander
inspects Kyansittha column
Yangon, 6
March — Chairman of Management Committee for Observance of 58th
Anniversary Armed Forces Day Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen
Myint Swe this afternoon
 Minister
for Finance and Revenue inspects Customs Department
Yangon, 6
March — Minister for Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun,
inspected the Headquarters of the Customs Department on Strand
Road this evening.
 Commerce
Ministry
Booth inspected
Yangon, 6 March — Minister
for Commerce Brig-Gen Pyi Sone this afternoon visited the
Defence Services Museum on Shwedagon Pagoda Road here where he
inspected the 58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day commemorative
booths of the ministry.
 Information
Minister inspects printing presses for sub-printing house
Yangon, 6 March— Minister for
Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, arrived at Asia World jetty in
Ahlon Township this afternoon.
Armed
Forces Day commemorative computer quiz opens
Yangon, 6 March — The 58th
Anniversary Armed Forces Day commemorative computer quiz
organized by the Twelve Objectives of the State Exhibition Booth
was opened at the Directorate of Defence Services Museum and
Historical Research Institute on Shwedagon Pagoda Road in Dagon
Township this morning.
 Farm
machinery introduced in Pathein, Ayeyawady Division
Yangon, 6
March— The ceremony to demonstrate the use of farm machinery,
organized by the Ministry of Industry-2 and SPA Lwin and Swan
Tractor Enterprise, was held at Pathein University staff welfare
plantation in Pathein, Ayeyawady Division, yesterday morning.
Township MCWAs’ delivery rooms inspected
Yangon, 6
March — Patron of the Supervisory Committee for Yangon Division
Maternal and Child Welfare Association Daw Khin Thet Htay and
officials inspected delivery rooms of Hmawby and Shwepyitha
townships MCWAs in Yangon District (North) this morning
Tarred road and bridges inaugurated
Yangon, 6
March — As a gesture hailing the 58th Anniversary Armed Forces
Day, tarred road leading to the hospital in Lonkhin Village in
Phakant and new bridges were opened to the public on 8 February
morning.
Beinnwegon Village gets sufficient water
Yangon, 6
March — For supplying clean water for Beinnwegon Village,
Taungtha Township, a two-inch tube-well sunk by township
Development Affairs Committee was opened on 4 March morning.
Tube-wells, hand pumps put into service
Yangon, 6 March — A hand pump
sunk by Taze Township Development Affairs Department was put
into service in Thantha Village in Taze Township on 26 February.
News
From the Districts
-Taungtha gets another tube-well
-Model village sets up self-reliance library
-Buddha image conveyed to Kyaukdaga
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 Livestock
breeding
tasks
inspected
Yangon, 6 March — Yangon City
Development Committee Chairman Mayor U Ko Lay, Joint-Secretary U
Kyi Win, Member Col Tin Soe and officials inspected the wetland
livestock breeding farm being undertaken by YCDC in
Kyaikthalekwin, Twantay Township, this morning.
 Management
multiplier course of USDA opens
Yangon, 6 March — The opening ceremony of the Management
Multiplier Course No 2 for Executives organized by Yangon North
District Union Solidarity and Development Association was held
at the office of Hmawby Township USDA this afternoon.
 Minister
inspects locomotive shed (Ywahtaung)
Yangon, 6 March — Minister
for Rail Transportation Maj-Gen Aung Min, together with Deputy
Minister U Pe Than and officials, inspected the diesel
locomotive shed (Ywahtaung) on 4 March morning.
Parade columns entertained
Yangon, 6 March — Under the
supervision of the Directorate of Public Relations and
Psychological Warfare, Tatmadaw Television Unit, No 1 Mobile
Public Relations Unit .
 Commander
of Central command inspects land reclamation tasks
Yangon, 6 March —
Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace and Development Council
Commander of Central Command Maj-Gen Ye Myint, inspected the
reclamation of 500 acres of land being carried out by local
people and the Agricultural Mechanization Department at
Htanaung-taing Village.
 Sugarcane
plantations in Bago Division inspected
Yangon, 6
March — Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Brig-Gen
Khin Maung and officials, inspected thriving sugarcane
plantations and attended to the needs in Pyay Township yesterday
morning.
Superstar Virgo
cruiser to visit Myanmar
Yangon, 6
March — A coordination meeting was held for the first visit of
Superstar Virgo Cruise of Star Cruises to Myanmar in October
2003, at the Ministry of Transport this morning.
Myanmar Gazette
Yangon, 6
March — The State Peace and Development Council has appointed
Pro-Rector U Saw Kyaw Min of Yangon Western University of the
Higher Education Department (Lower Myanmar) of the Ministry of
Education as Rector of the same university on probation from the
date he assumes charge of his duties.
Tube-well opened in
Hsunbon Village
Yangon, 6
March — Officials of the Kayah State Development Affairs
Committee inspected sinking of a tube-well on 1 February in
Hsunbon Village in Loikaw Township sunk by township DAC.
Two lakes cleaned
in Mogok
Yangon, 6
March — Local people of Padamya Ward in Mogok and staff of
township Development Affairs Department on 24 February cleaned
two water storage lakes in Sitan Ward.
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Minister receives Japanese experts
Yangon, 6 March — Minister
for Livestock and Fisheries Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein received
Ship Builder Professor Mr Masaru of Silver Wave Trading Ltd of
Japan and party at his office this afternoon.
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 Myanmar
delegation leaves for Sri Lanka to attend 4th BIMST-EC Commerce
and Economic Ministers’ Meeting
Yangon, 6
March—Minister at the Office of the Chairman of the State Peace
and Development Council Brig-Gen Abel left for Colombo, Sri
Lanka this afternoon .
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Information Technology
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e-Commerce course opened
Yangon, 6 March— e-Commerce
with Struts and JWSDP Application Course jointly conducted by
Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry
and Japan Overseas Development Corporation (JODC) was opened
this morning at MICT Park in Hline Township.
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MNOC
Chairman’s Trophy soccer tourney continues
Yangon, 6 March — The second
Myanmar National Olympic Committee Chairman’s Trophy soccer
tournament (open) for the year 2003, organized by Myanmar
Football Federation, continued at the Youths Training Centre in
Thuwunna this afternoon.
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MFF
meets sports journalists
Yangon, 6
March — The Myanmar Football Federation and the Myanmar Sports
Journalists Federation held a meeting at the meeting hall of
Aung San Gymnasium this morning.
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