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 Senior
General Than Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing and Tatmadaw families
offer "soon" to members of the Sangha
Yangon, 13 March - Under the patronage of
Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council
Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe
and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing, families of the State Peace and
Development Council and Tatmadaw (Army, Navy and Air) offered
"soon".
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 Secretary-1
previews 40th Myanma Gems Emporium
Yangon, 13 March -
Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council General
Khin Nyunt previewed the 40th Myanma Gems Emporium 2003 this
afternoon.
The Secretary-1, accompanied
by officials of the State Peace and Development Council Office,
arrived at the preview of the 40th Myanma Gems Emporium on Kaba
Aye Pagoda Road at 5.30 pm.
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 Princess Maha Chakri
Sirindhorn visits Mandalay and Muse
Yangon, 13 March - Princess Maha Chakri
Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand visited Mandalay and Muse on 11 and 12
March.
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Italian tourists arrive
Yangon, 13 March - Under the
supervision of the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, sponsored by the Ministry of
Transport and arranged by Myanmar Lotus Asia Tours Ltd, a chartered flight Lauda
Air Boeing 767/300 with 70 Italian tourists on board landed at Yangon
International Airport this morning.
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 Cash
and kind presented to Tatmadawmen of Armed Forces Day parade
columns
Yangon, 13 March - Hailing the 58th
Anniversary Armed Forces Day, cash and kind was presented for
the second time to the Tatmadawmen who will take part in the
58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day parade at the meeting hall of
the Directorate of Defence Services Museum and Historical
Research Institute on Shwedagon Pagoda Road here this afternoon.
 Lt-Gen
Ye Myint inspects preparation of Myitnge Bridge construction
Yangon, 13 March -
Member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Ye
Myint of the Ministry of Defence arrived at Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat Hospital in Mandalay this morning.
 Minister
inspects booths of Armed Forces Day Exhibition
Yangon, 13 March -
Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Maj-Gen
Sein Htwa inspected the preparation of booths of the ministries
and booths on nation-building endeavours and Twelve Objectives
of the State for the 58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day
Exhibition at Defence Services Museum on Shwedagon Pagoda Road
this afternoon and left necessary instructions.
 Management,
clerical courses end
Yangon, 13 March -
Minister for Progress of Border Areas and National Races and
Development Affairs Col Thein Nyunt attended the conclusion of
management course No 15, and clerical course Nos 22, 23 and 24
at the central training school of the Education.
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 Regional
development projects inspected
Yangon, 13 March -
Member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Ye
Myint of the Ministry of Defence yesterday inspected progress of
Pakokku, a major town on the western bank of Ayeyawady River.
Forestry Minister inspects departmental tasks
Yangon, 13 March -
Minister for Forestry U Aung Phone visited Mingin Township and
met with the chairman of township Peace and Development Council
and the secretary and executives of Mingin Township Union
Solidarity and Development Association on 7 March.
 Gems
Emporium Central Committee meets
Yangon, 13 March - The
second meeting of the Central Committee for holding the 40th
Myanma Gems Emporium 2003 was held at Myanma Gem Hall on Kaba
Aye Pagoda Road here at 4:30 pm today.
Asia
Regional HIV/AIDS Project Supervisory Committee meets
Yangon, 13 March - The
opening ceremony of first meeting of the Supervisory Committee
for Asia Regional HIV/AIDS Project implemented in Myanmar and
Yunnan Province and Guangxi Zhaung region of PRC under the
programme of AusAID was held at the Micasa Hotel on Kaba Aye
Pagoda Road this morning.
The
Government of the Union of Myanmar
The Ministry of Health
Order No. 1/2003
Yangon, 5th Waxing Day of Taboung 1364 M.E
( 7th March, 2003
( Continued from yesterday
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Title recipient
sayadaws arrive
Yangon, 13 March - Agga Maha Pandita
Title recipient Sayadaw Bhad-danta Jinalankara of Sangha Raja Mahavihara
Monastery of Sri Lanka, Agga Maha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja Title recipient Sayadaws
Bhaddanta Kumarakatthapa of Anan-dakudivihara Monastery of Kathmandu.
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Drug trafficker gets 15
years
Yangon, 13 March - Ma Moe Thanda Oo, 40,
daughter of U Tin Maung Hla of 30th street between 66th and 67th streets,
Chanayethazan Township, who was arrested with 754 stimulant tablets on 16-6-2002
in Mandalay.
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Zaw Zin Win emerges
champion in Tiger Myanmar Amateur Open 2003
Yangon, 13 March - The final day of the Tiger
Myanmar Amateur Open 2003, organized by Myanmar Golf Federation and mainly
sponsored by Tiger Beer, was held at Yangon Golf Club, Danyingon, here this
afternoon, attended by MGF President Maj-Gen Win Hlaing.
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Myanmar CP Inter-Club
Tennis Tournament to be held
Yangon, 13 March - As a gesture of
hailing the 58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day, Myanmar CP Inter-Club Tennis
Tournament organized by Myanmar Tennis Federation and sponsored by Myanmar CP Co
Ltd will be held at Theinbyu Tennis Court here from 22 to 28 March.
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