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 Senior
General Than Shwe inspects 58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day
Commemorative Exhibition
Yangon, 25 March- Chairman of
the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of
Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe inspected the 58th
Anniversary Armed Forces Day Commemorative Exhibition at Defence
Services Museum this morning.
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State Peace and Development Council Chairman and Prime Minister
Senior General Than Shwe sends messages of felicitations to
Bangladesh
Yangon, 26
March - On the occasion of the Anniversary of the Independence
Day of the People's Republic of Bangladesh which falls on 26
March 2003, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State
Peace and Development Council and Prime Minister of the Union of
Myanmar, has sent messages of felicitations to His Excellency
Prof Dr Iajuddin Ahmed.
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 Padomma
Soap Factory opened in Paung, Mon State
Yangon, 25 March - Members of
the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Maung Bo and Lt-
Gen Tin Aye of the Ministry of Defence attended the opening of
the Padomma Soap Factory to hail the 58th Anniversary Armed
Forces Day constructed by the Ministry of Industry-2 in Paung.
 Drill
of parade columns inspected
Yangon, 25 March - Chairman of the
Leading Committee for Observance of the 58th Anniversary Armed
Forces Day Member of the State Peace and Development Council
Chief of Armed Forces Training Lt- Gen. Kaw Win inspected the
drill of the 58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day parade columns.
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Daw Khin Win Shwe meets WCWA members in Hsipaw, Kyaukme,
Nawnghkio
Yangon, 25
March - Member of Myanmar National Committee for Women's Affairs
and Myanmar National Working Committee for Women's Affairs Field
Group Leader Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe, who were in Lashio to observe
the activities of Shan State (North) Women Affairs Work
Committee.
CEC
of MWJA meets
Yangon, 25
March - The Central Executive Committee of the Myanmar Writers
and Journalists Association held the meeting No 3/2003 at the
meeting hall of the MWJA this afternoon.
Seminar on Myanma industrial development concludes
Yangon, 25
March - Organized by the work committee for organizing Myanma
Industrial Development Seminars and Industrial Exhibition, the
seminar on Myanma industrial development to mark Myanma
Industrial Exhibition-2003 continued today for the last day at
Mandalay University.
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 Cash
and kind donated to members of parade columns
Yangon, 25
March - To hail the 58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day, cash and
kind were donated to members of the parade columns which will
take part in the 58th Anniversary Armed Forces Day Parade at the
Office of the Director of Defence Services Museum and Historical
Research Institute.
 Commander,
Minister meet USDA members
Yangon, 25
March - Commander of Northern Command Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe
and Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan met with members
of Ward, Township, District and Kachin State branches of the
Union Solidarity and Development Association in Myitkyina in the
state on 24 March.
 MNWCWA
members meet regional WCWAs in Shan State
(
North )
Yangon, 25 March - The field excursion
team made up of members of the Myanmar National Working
Committee for W omen. s Affairs led by member of MNCWA and
Working Committee Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe left here to carry out
tasks for national con- solidation and development of the women
sector arrived at Lashio on 23 March afternoon.
MNAMCEA (Upper Myanmar)
formed
Yangon, 25
March - A meeting to form and assign duties to Myanmar
Cnstruction Entrepreneurs Association (Upper Myanmar, Mandalay
branch) was held at Nadi Myanmar Hotel.
 Myanma
Industrial Exhibition continues
Yangon, 25
March - Myanma Industrial Exhibition-2003 contiuned today at
Hsinbyukan ground in Mandalay for the seventh day. Shops were
kept open, and so also were exhibition booths of the ministries,
industrial zones and private.
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Minister U Win Aung
sends message of felicitations to Bangladesh
Yangon, 26 March - On the occasion
of the Anniversary of the Independence Day of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh
which falls on 26 March 2003, His Excellency U Win Aung, Minister for Foreign
Affairs of the Union of Myanmar has sent a message of felicitations to Mr M
Morshed Kham, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Peoples Republic of
Bangladesh.
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UMFCCI President
receives guests
Yangon, 25 March - Secretary-General of GMS
Business Forum of Laos Mr Khamsinthavong Nhouyvanisvong together with Economic
Affairs Officer of UNESCAP in Thailand Mr Masato Abe and Project Director of
GMS-BF Secretariat Daw San Yu Yu Ohn, called on Union of Myanmar Federation of
Chambers of Commerce & Industry President U Win Myint, Vice-President U
Pyone Maung Maung, at the UMFCCI this morning.
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Ovada sought
for all-round renovation of prayer halls
Yangon, 25 March - Ovadacariya
Sayadaws gave Ovadas for all-round renovation of Settawya and Phayagyikoesu
prayer halls of the Shwe Phone Pwint Pagoda in Pazundaung Township at the pagoda
at 5 am toady.
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Myanmar
qualifies for Asian Cup Soccer Tourney
Yangon, 25 March - The qualifiers
of Asian Cup Soccer Tourney held in Maldives from 21 to 25 March continued this
evening. With 2-0 win over the host Maldives, Myanmar won 6 points from two
matches and qualified for Asian Cup Soccer Tourney.
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Drug
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81 grams of
Marijuana seized
Yangon, 25 March - Toungoo
District Court on 24 February sentenced U Hla Aung, 54, to three years'
imprisonment under section 19 (A) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
Law.
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