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 Senior
General Than Shwe and Daw Kyaing Kyaing leave on state visit to
Vietnam
Yangon,
15 March — At the invitation of the President of the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam His Excellency Mr Tran Duc Luong and Madame
Nguyen Thi Vinh, Chairman of the State Peace and Development
Council of the Union of Myanmar Senior General Than Shwe and
wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing left here by special flight this morning
to pay a state visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
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Bangladeshi
Prime Minister to visit Myanmar
Yangon,
15 March — At the invitation of Chairman of the State Peace and
Development Council and Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar,
Senior General Than Shwe,
Her Excellency Begum Khaleda Zia, Prime Minister of the People’s
Republic of Bangladesh will pay an official goodwill visit to
the Union of Myanmar in the near future.
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 Special
Meeting 1/2002 of CCDAC held
Yangon,
15 March—The Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control held its
Special Meeting 1/2003 at the meeting hall of Drug Elimination
Museum at the corner of Kyundaw Street and Hanthawady Street in
Kamayut Township here this morning, with an address by
Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council General
Khin Nyunt.
 Press
conference on 40th Myanma Gems Emporium held
Yangon,
15 March — Members of the Public Relations and
Information Committee Deputy Minister for Information Brig-Gen
Aung Thein, Director-General of Myanma Radio and Television U
Khin Maung Htay, Director (News) of the News and Periodicals
Enterprise U Hla Tun, Correspondent of Kyodo News Agency U Sein
Win, Patron of Myanmar Foreign Correspondents Club U Hla Htwe,
President U Sao Kai Hpa and member correspondents, and chief
editors and deputy chief editors of dailies visited the 40th
Myanma Gems Emporium 2003 organized by the Central Committee for
holding Myanma Gems Emporium at the hall of the Myanma Gems
Emporium on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road this afternoon.
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 Secretary-1
attends cornerstone laying ceremony of Myanmar Maritime
University
Yangon, 15 March — Chairman of Myanmar
Education Committee Secretary-1 of the State Peace and
Development Council General Khin Nyunt attended the cornerstone
laying ceremony of the Myanmar Maritime University under the
Ministry of Transport at Thanlyin-Kyauktan Development Zone in
Thanlyin Township, Yangon South District, at 8.30 am today.
 Mayor
inspects agriculture and livestock breeding farm
Yangon,
15 March — Chairman of Yangon City Development Committee Yangon Mayor U Ko
Lay, formally opened Seinpan self-reliant road in
Ward-2, Shwepyitha Township.
The
Union of Myanmar
The State Peace and Development Council
The Law Amending the Myanmar Registration of Ships Act
( The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 4 / 2003 )
The 12th Waxing Day of Taboung, 1364 M.E.
( 14th March, 2003 )
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International Relations
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 Princess Sirindhorn visits MraukU and Sittway
Yangon,
15 March — Visiting Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of
Thailand made a tour of MraukU and Sittway in Rakhine State on 13 March.
Italian
tourists arrive
Yangon, 15 March
- Under the supervision of the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism and with the
assistance of the Ministry of Transport and arrangements of Asian Trails Tours
Co Ltd, 94 Italian tourism entrepreneurs arrived at Yangon International Airport
by flight TG 303 of Thai Airways.
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 Princess Sirindhorn visits
National Museum, Drug Elimination Museum
Yangon, 15 March —
Visiting Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand, arrived at the National Museum.
612 gem
merchants arrive
Yangon,
15 March - A total of 612 gem merchants- 327 from 117 foreign firms, 285 from
105 local firms have arrived at 40th Myanma Gems Emporium 2003 being held at the
hall of Myanma Gems Emporium on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road today.
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 Secretary-1 attends prize
presentation of MNOC Chairman's Cup Football Tournament
Yangon,
15 March — The final match and prize presentation ceremony of second Myanmar
National Olympic Council Chairman's Cup open football tournament 2003 took place
at the Youths Training Centre (Thuwunna) this afternoon, attended by Chairman of
MNOC Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development Council General Khin Nyunt.
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Drug
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Drug traffickers sentenced
Yangon, 15 March — A
combined team comprising members of the local intelligence unit and members of
Zayawady Police Station, acting on information searched Ma Malarlamon Thiya’s
house at Sinmawtaw village, Jpu village-tract, Zayawady on 11 October 2002. The
authorities seized 4.233 grams of marihuana.
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